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3 HOWARD VOLUME 54—NUMBER 136
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Clapper: ‘No Trial
By RAYMOND CLAPPER | WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Several pitiful renegade oe journalists who work for the axis were indicted decently for treason. More to the point would be a reward for the dclivery of Mussolini, dead or alive— preferably dead. The same should be: arranged regarding Hitler.
' When Italy surrenders,
which may not'be long now,
we shall have the problem of what to do with Mussolini. When Germany surrenders,
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%Laportes’ Corn Awes Garden Reporter
which is almost certain to
occur within the next 12 months, we shall have the problem of what to do wath Hitler. : It is not too early to decide what we shall do with
them.
There need be no hair-tearing about this.’
As a
simple, clean-cut way to dispose of one of the lesser problems connected with the end of the war, just shoot them. No trial is needed. We know they are guilty. They forced war when Chamberlain was begging for peace. Don’t allow international law to lay its palsied hand on
"While Fremont Power, The Times reporter whist all decked out S15 akagot sult nd Cxperted on Sonia toes Inst summer, is serving in the maritime service, the garden survey continues. It’s in charge of Reporter -Ruegamer, whio is shown five ears of corn (count them) growing on one stalk by Mrs. W, E. Laporte,
SESiy $78, WhD 38 8 the:
a os il To Regard Hospital ‘as
Penal Institution.
Whether the! city isolation” hos pital should “be considered a “penal institution was debated by the ) safety. board today. ee ‘While deploring 17 escapes from the veriereal clinic since Aug. 1, Dr _ Heyman G.' Morgan, city health] hoard. secretary, pointed. out that rities were reluctant to
mm; feeling between Safety Board | President Will H. Remy and .isola-| officials :
dion | ‘hospital - bubbled: to the surface when Mr. Remy, oxmired: | “I ‘can’t commend "the 4sfficlency, of a place ‘that’ interns Ce and suspect characters'and 7 ites turds: hen guy'ons ihe SERels) Again.” Dr. Morgan: replied that health authorities “are opposed to conling Vere) sions 1s ci inal offenses.” The safety board will ask the fire prevention bureau to determine whe doors or windows of the r tution might be barred. The ard obtained Dr. Morgan's per3 to regard .12 policetnen. assigned there as responsible ‘only to’ their immediate superiors, and Bot to health officials.
Mercury af 59, a ‘Month's Lowest
LOCAL TEMPERATURES.
oman Today was’the “cold= y of the month. The mera tumble. to 59 degrees
gob Veo ne
deft.
year sort ‘of *‘ignoraint-like”” They “ balong “the - roadside. And they planted it. When I'say that the seeds grew and produced, I'm putting it ‘mildly. “ One stalk growing at, the Laportes’ back ® doorstep went to town. In fact, it outdid itself. It just grew
"land - grew—about eight feet worth.
And then down close to the ground it sprouted five ears in one spot. They didn’t ply the stalk with any of Fremont Power's famous corncobs or: fertilizer or vitamins. Like Topsy, it just grew. .
Can’t Eat It—New Teeth I stood in their backyard yester-
LL envisioned those five ears ready to eat,’ steaming hot on a platter, with plenty | of butter ‘and salt standing by. ‘But such is ‘the. life of a rambling garden reporter like (Fremont ‘and. I—we don’t ‘eat, we “fiust. look. Mr. Laporte, himself, can only ‘look at the corn: Poor man, he just got ‘a new set of teeth. All in all, the ‘Laportes’ victory | garden would make many old-timers just ‘a little envious. Everything is
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[SWISS INTERN TWO 1., BONER CREWS
| Make Forest La Landings at
Zurich, Bern.
ZURICH, Aug. 17 (U. P.).—Twq American heavy bombers = made
day. and their crews, totaling 20 men, were interned. One bomber came down at a Zurich airport at 12:40 p. m. local
other landed in the Bern area. Early reports said the first bomb-
er was British, but latér advices identified them bowl. as American.
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day, my mouth fairly watering as
forced landings in Switzerland to-|:
time. It was damaged slightly. The|
1 | Security legislation.
Seeds Picked Up Along Road ~~ Grow 8-Foot Stalk, 5 Ears:z
“By HELEN RUEGAMER There are two kinds of corn—good cori and bad corn. T11 take & How Yor the bad corn which flows from this typewriter, but for the good I'll yield to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Laporte, 5013 University ave. ‘They're neophyte gardeners. They went at their victory garden this
even stopped while driving in the
country one Sunday afternoon and picked up some Stray ‘seed corn
RATION BOOK 3 800D SEPT. 12
Brown Stamps to Be Valid
For Meats and Fats;
No. 2 to Overlap.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (U. P.). —Consumers will begin using war ration book three on Sept. 12, start~ ing with brown stamps which will be used to obtain meat, butter, fats, oils*and rationed dairy products, the office of price administration announced last night. Brown stamps lettered “A”: will become, valid on the 12th, and from
| then on, each subsequent letter will {be * placed in circulation each:
succeeding Sunday. Brown “A” and “B” stamps will be valid until Oct. 2, “C,” “D,” “E,” and “F” stamps until Oct. 30. The OPA also announced that red stamps “Xn syn and “Zin war ration book two will become valid on Aug. 22 and 29, and Sept. 5. All three will expire Oct. 2.
Use Both Books ; Inasmuch as the brown stamps
in book three will go into use while | .
the red stamps of book two still-are valid, customers will be giving their butchers and: grocers both red and and brown stamps for the period from Sept. 12 to Oct. 2.
“C” gasoline ration coupons to exchange them for the new mileage ration coupons between Aug. 23 and Sept. 1. : The new type coupons are designed to tighten the rationing program.
The OPA also reminded motorists| 0 ‘who still hold the old type “B” and
I. S. ARMADA OF BABY BOATS
Dozens of Mass-Produced, Small Craft Used: at
Vella Lavella.
By B. J. McQUAID
Co, yrignt, 1943, by The Indisnapelis Tim P d The Chicago Datly News, Inc. ”
" WITH U. 8. INVASION: PORCES AT VELLA LAVELLA, Aug. 15 (Delayed) —Americans landed here in force, at dawn today (Sunday) and stole a long march on the Japs, who are still reeling from the hammer blows we administered during our capture of Munda field. Voyaging under such caver as was afforded by & hprignts ‘moonlit night,
shore was: well’ adv The biggest ships fn our invasion force were the covering screen of
the : first all-out ' employment of small, mass-production landing craft to transport troops and conquest of ‘a mew’
ployed. { Rice Anchorage ‘Rehearsal’ *
Rice Anchorage, and Vella Lavella. The Rice Anchorage landing, the night of July 5-6, may be said to have been a full dress rehearsal for today’s operation because it ‘also involved the use only of small transports. But that landing was
was: in broad ‘daylight, - § Our troops met no. opposition: at| the beach, though several hyndred unarmed Jap survivors from recent sea battles in Vella gulf were be(Continued on Page Five)
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TRICKED JAPS|
powerful - escort * vessels. © This was},
and supplies. in|, fypes of ships were lewis em m:
made in darkness whereas today’s|®
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= Shoot Duce
this’ business. B® the Shiernational aw experts get into this, nothing will ever happen. Why make it complicated ?
“If you try to exile them,
you will have their henchmen
trying: to help them return from Elba. We should always ' be having to watch them to guard against escape plots.
Shooting is so much simpler.
want them.
They can be found if we
.* J. Edgar Hoover could get them. In fact it is the job he did ‘on the kidnaping gangsters here in America that
nd Hitler’ suggests % me that the same ruthless extermination should be applied to the gangster in Europe. :
What good will it do? First, it will rid us of the two men who pulled the
trigger for this war. Hitler and Mussolini saw the British =
prime minister and the French premier crawl to Munich begging for peace. Hitler and Mussolini wanted to use war as their method, and they made it war. There can ra (Continued on Page Two)
OF SICILY IS OVER: ST
Father of 5 Geb Draft Summons
+. NANTUCKET, Mass, Aug. 17 (U. B.)—Stuart Day, 36, a ‘soda clerk’ and father of five [ children ranging in age from ‘8 to: 15, received induction orders from his local draft board toda;
ye ‘Two other Nantucket fathers, one .with three children and the other with two, also received induction orders. State - Selective Service Director Ralph. M. Smith said Day probably was ‘being in.ducted because he was in a non-deferrable industry,
RUSS CONVERGE ON NAZI BASE
Enemy Gaunter - tacks
+ = /|vinced that “the major battles lie /|aead of us, not, behind us."
Th Te ein beach of ‘Vella Lavelln’s southeast ering
I walched the show "from - the Karachey
‘Massive blows from this column drove. three battered German panzer divisions equipped with °self-pro-pelled guns back’ beyond Degirevo, only 14 miles from Kirov junction on the Bryansk-Vyazma, line. PFurther Saqviet progress would place Ee 4 Gontinyed on. Page Two)
WAR WON'T END SOON, RICK SAYS Only a" Miracle to” Bring
Victory Sooner, He Says. NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (U. P).—~
. | Germany will. not crack before the
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Coming Up; A Fight for More Sovurity—No. 2
"This is the scoond of a séfles of articles on proposed new . Social
‘By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Aug. Ye
grave, but some people have. that " impression 7
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|Broader American Proposals Still Far | | temp From Britain's ‘Cradle to Grave’ Plan||;
Benis ts oust ud Ni shmby
VICTORY STILL LONG WAY 2
Major Battle Yet ‘Ahead, Says Byrnes, Speaking For President.
QUEBEC, Aug. 11 (U. P.) ~The Earl of Athlone, governor general of Canada, arrived today from Ottawa, presumably to welcome President Roosevelt in the name of the king to the president's war conferences with Prime Minister Churchill, .
WASHINGTON, Al Aug. 17 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt “will go to the ' Anglo-American conference in Quebec soon with no hope of unconditional surrender by the axis in the near future and firmly con-
ar Mobilization
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ance of shortages if undue delay
of the military situation, Byrnes said there was évery reason for confidence in an ultimate overwhelming ‘victory' over‘ both “Germany and Japan, provided Americans curbed . the .over-confidence now stemming from belief that the Italians no longer possess the will to fight. : y Of the econornic stabilization program at home, he promised a food(Continued on Page Five) Hoosier Heroes— ° i : Navy Lists Three State Casualties Killed THREE HOOSIERS were among ‘casualties revealed today by the naval forces. Listed as dead were Wilbur Charles : Rose, ‘motor machinist’s mate lc, son of Joseph P. Rose, Logansport; Raymond Andrew Smith, motor machinist’s mate 1c, husband of - Pauline Smith, Terre Haute, and Lt. (j. g.) Harry Wray Claybaugh .Jr., husband of Helen Claybaugh, Muncie. » »
‘* SECOND LT: ROBERT A. FLACK, son of Mr. and Mrs. (Continued on Page Two)
Budapest Also An Open Sy
aw ng BE Rent
Tohsr southwestern Italy, hy. fhe allied armies.
[effected a junction and slashed
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|American Artillery Already Shelling Italian Mainland as- Campaign Ends in Five and One-Half Weeks.
By REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Aug. 1m (U. P.).—The battle of Sicily ended today in a smashing allied victory as crack American troops stormed into Mess sina in the wake of a wholesale axis evacuation to the Italian mainland and official announcement of the island’s complete occupation was expected at any moment.
tured Messina.) All that remained for the American 7th and the British 8th armies on the narrow strip along the Messina straits opposite Italy were clean-up operations against German and Italian suicide units.
man main body had fled.
millimeter shells across the straits of Messina opto the fring
Starts New War Phase It was the beginning of a new phase of the war, in which _|the victorious armies of America and Britain will be: facing the roughly-shaken axis forces across a two-mile stretch of water—a situation that might hasten Italy's surrender.
Lt. Col. George Halliday of West Lafayette, Ind., commanded the artillery battalion which fired the first big shells onto the Italian mainland. Pvt. Robert K. Sears, Georgetown, Ind., was a member of the No. 1 gun crew, ‘Col. Halliday graduated from Purdue university in 1928.
A terrific artillery barrage unleashed at 3 a. m. yesterday softened the outer rim of axis defenses for the successful American thrust into Messina, last center of resistance on Sicily. ‘American artillery was shelling the Italian mainland, | two miles across Messina strait from Sicily, in a thunderous prelude to the next step of the. Mediterranean ofensive-i the invasion of Italy proper.
Yanks Land Again The. British 8th army was believed only a few miles south. of Messina following a daring commando landing eight miles south of the city and only nine miles across Messina strait from Reggio Calabria on the Italian mainland. Another American amphibious landing—the third in a week—also was announced. The Americans pushed ashore |
from assault boals early yesterday near Milazzo, 16 miles west of Messina, but the town soon was far in the rear as the main forces
On the War ol
(Issued Aug. 17, 1943)
EUROPE-R. A. F. bombs Italy third successive night, with.
Messina’ itself was only a burned out shell of the former modern city of : 176,500. The ruins resembled those left by the great earthquake of 1908, which razed the city. It had been bombed without respite since the last days of the Tunisian campaign with particularly heavy raids béing directed against
RUSSIA--Five Soviet columns drive on Bryansk; nearest only 16 miles away; Germans counter-attack mn Kharkov area.
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| Concentrated Air Assault |
Unleashed on Turin by R RAF
LONDON, Aug. 1 17 (. P) RAP German airiids in France and blasted the northern Italian {low ;
((Radio Algiers reported that the Americans tad ci
A dispatch from United Press Correspondent C. R. Cun~ ningham, with the American army before Messina, reported : that all ordered resistance had ended last évening and that German non-commissioned officers falling into American hands explained they were merely ‘expendables left be< hind to slow the allied advance. Their officers and the Ger.
_ Already American long toms were hurling their 155 blasting shore uns thal might hatats,
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