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VOLUME 54—NUMBER 145

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1943

Heavy Crop Loss Already Looms From Drought Downstate.

Ee nid _ While Indiana farmers in the 7 {> sontimwesietny district are praying rain to save their parched crops, |

Marion county’s men of the soil

: "/H. /Armington, F dadapolieh metdoroogis, said today tia “we

short of normal for August, which | & is almost as much as the shortage [3 for the entire year, The total lack |} fo rainfall since Jan. 1 is 1.96

Commission ‘predicted a ‘serious beef shortage before Jan. 1 for that reason. ‘Corn ‘is parching in the fields under temperatures close to 102 de- ; grees, and the Evansville area has had only traces of rain for over six weeks. Only .12 of an inch has fallen this month, In the area swept by the Wabash river - fldods this spring, the early corn has developed well, but the drought threatens to. prevent the Mr, of the late plantings. protect their livestock Warrick county. farmers are hauling water from Boonville, and grain dealers corn crap: in thet ic at Dane area

Dime RESTAURANT DESTROYED BY FIRE

Blaze Reported by Passing Defense Plant Worker. ‘The - Maplehurst’ Farms branch Xestaurant on Tibbs ave. was destroyed pletely today by a fire which started in the plant pump house shortly after midnight. Equipment from the city fire

‘ department, Allison’s and Stout

field was used to put out the blaze, which lasted three hours. The fire Was reported by an Allison employee who was on his way to work. 8. A. Mills, president of the firm, that. damage. was unestimated ‘that the cafe and: ice cream ‘store was ‘destroyed along with an ‘addition to the building which was under construction. - The fire will not interfere with the regular Maplehurst milk servioe: or business of the main plant eafeteris, in Mars Hill, Mr. Mills

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———Hoasier Heroe Indianapolis ‘Man Dies in * 5: Sicily Drive

Killed Bist I Kurt B. Klee of the U 8 paniriopen ‘was killed in acin Sicily on July 10, the first of the allied invasion, the war department yesterday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward CT. Klee, 2628 Station st. A ‘week. a the war de-

HAN , Mass, Aug. 27 (U. P.). tire Federal Judge John P. : a of ‘Wilmington, Del, Who 1 his 15th birthday Aug.

General's Wife Visits Here

‘Mrs. Mark W. Clark (seated) and her 17-year-old daughter, Ann, chat on the porch of the Irving Lemaux home where they are guests.

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Dramatic Inside Story of Clark Mission to Be Told

The real life drama of Lt. Gen. Mark+«W. Clark's North Africa spy mission will come to life in Indianapolis. The story of the. daring mission with the famous house, with the light and the whirling windmill that: foretold stormy seas will be un-

Ww. to country in the third ‘war loan drive. } ‘and her 17-year-old daughter, Ann, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ir{ving W. Lemaux; 4550 Park ‘ave. ‘The famous pants that Gen. Clark lost during the mission that preceded the allied inyasion are on their way back to the United States, Mrs. Clark said. Gen, -Clark lost

{them the: night he was tossed “out

of a rubber boat on ‘the way back to the submarine that carried the party to safety. The slides were made from pictures that Gen. Clark sent his wife. Photographers went back over the scene of the mission several months afterwards to take pictures. They were released recently by the war department. “Only one slide will. not be shown,” Mrs, Clark said. “That one pictures my husband greeting the ‘king .of England when he arrived at the fifth army headquarters, and in’ the background was a certain plane. I will have to have the slide (Continued on Page Five)

HOME OFFERS FOR BILLY MUST WAIT

Authorities to Search for Baby’s Parents First.

‘William Patrick’ Franklin, 6%-month-old :baby left on a doorstep on’ :Buckingham ‘dr. Tuesday, could have several homes with child-lov-ing: ‘parents but he’s going to have fo wait a while, Left at the home ‘of Mr: and Mrs. W. OC. Richter, 432 Buckingham dr., the ‘baby is now at the Children’s Guardian home and according to authorities there, will remain at the home until his parents are found or until sufficient time has elapsed for them to appear, From the time the abandonment was reported, calls have flooded the county public welfare department from families wanting to adopt the baby.

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T0 VISIT IT AUSTRALIA

Mrs. Roosevelt sevelt Shows Up

At New Zealand.

CANBERRA, Aug. 27 (U. P.)— Authoritative quarters said today that Mus. Eleanor Roosevelt was expected to arrive in Australia from New Zealand soon. She will visit the capital and other Australian cities. She told a press conference in Auchland she had a very pleasant trip—the-longest of her many journeys as first lady—encountering good weather all: the way. Mrs. Roosevelt said she brought

from the president a message of good luck and thanks to the service men throughout the Pacific. Her observations confirmed an intimation that they are doing a grand job, she said. Her arrival took most of New Zealand by surprise, since only 12 days ago she helped her husband * entertain Prime Minister Churchill

and his daughter Mary at the],

Roosevelt estate at Hyde Park, N. Y., some 10,000 miles away. (Though there was no official announcement of her mode - of travel, it was obvious that she flew to New: Zealand.) Responding to a speech of welcome by Waller Nash, New Zealand’s minister to Washington, Mrs. Roosevelt said she brought the president’s greetings. “I ‘know he'd like to be here with me,” she said. “Long ago, you were kind enough to ask me to

(Continued on Page Five)

CHURCHILL TALKS TUESDAY QUEBEC, Aug. 27. (U. P.) —Prime Minister Churchill's international broadcast will be made at 1 p. m. EWT next Tuesday, a British spokesman at the citadel announced

today.

Soviets Step Ahead of U.S.and Britain in. Approving French

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By H. O. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (U. P.).—~The Soviet union's unqualified recognition of the French committee of national liberation today over-

| Britain and Canada.

“The. Russian action recognizing the committee Sas “representative | of the shale dutarests of tw Fresh republic” and plegging to exchange

ves, Was | not ‘a ‘surprise. : E Soviet officials for some. Hime Tiave

hogn Jressiug for allied Fecopnition | seemed

djshadowed the limited recognition granted by the United States, Great

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WELLES SAYS

Reveals Information Letter to. Foreign

Ambassadors.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (U. PJ). —Sumner Welles has informed ambassadors of foreign countries here

in

that President Roosevelt has ac-

cepted his resignation as undersecretary of state, it was learned to-

Welles, now -at. Bar Harbor, Me, conveyed the news of his resignation—yet to be confirmed officially —in lengthy, personal letters: to the various members of = the ‘diplomatic corps with whom he had been associated during his long career in

‘Ithe state department.

The letters were dated Aug. 22, one day before issuance of an announcement by Welles’ nState department office that he'\would be out of town for a few days. Later it was reported that Welles whs resting in Bar Harbor.

Hopes for Friendship

In his communication to . the ambassadors, Welles said that, the president. having accepted . his resignation, he no longer had offi-

maintain friendship with. them. Verification of Welles’ resignation—climaxing a long period of growing disagreement between him and Secretary of State Cordell Hull—led ‘to. speculation as to his successor. Among names mentioned was that of George 8. Messersmith, B 8. ambassador 0

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standing record: break of war. He is now In Mexico City. Another possibility was -Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan, now special assistant to Hull, Others mentioned include Norman Armour, ambassador to Aressing, pow in the United Stajes:

BAR HARBOR, Me. Aug. 27 AU. P.).—Sumner Welles reserved comment today on a report from Washington he had told foreign ambas* sadors that President Roosevelt has accepted . his resignation as undersecretary of state. Previously, Welles had told newsmen that he came here to recover from fatigue and a slight illness, and : that any statements would ‘be issued through the state department. Welles would give no hint as to his future plans.

Churchill Lands A 20-Inch Trout

QUEBEC, Aug. 27 (U. P).— » Prime Minister Winston Churchill caught a 20-inch trout yesterday at his hideaway, nine miles from the nearest public gate. Churchill, has daughter, Subaltern Mary Churchill, and Mrs. Churchill, were resting and fishing at a camp in the Quebec area. Reporters on. their way to the camp were stopped by a gate across & narrow road nine miles away. They learned of Churchill’s fishing success by telephone. The prime minister has had a special phone installed in his bedroom at the camp, presumably to keep in touch with London and Washington. The Churchill party went to the ‘camp by motor, with 17° passenger cars and nine trucks furnished by

Tomatoes Gets 30 Days.

cial ties with them but hoped to]

Man Convicted of Stealing

The Last Time | Saw Berlin

|Once Glittering City Is Found

Maze of Blackened Ruins

~ By JOSEPH W. GRIGG . United Press Staft Correspondent

~ LONDON, Aug. 27 (U. P.).~—The last ‘time I saw Berlin was a little over a year and a half ago when, just after Pearl Havbor, I was en route to a Nazi internment I saw it again today—in R. A. F. reconnaissance pictures taken after Mon-

camp.

-day’s great raid.

It isn’t the same city. Parts of it are

hardly recognizable.

The apartment house where I lived at

‘No. 2 Meierottostrasse near

damm—Berlin’s Fifth ave.—was just a

blackened, empty spot on a

The Kurfuerstendamm of peace-time evenings was a blaze of lights from world famous movie: theaters and department

JAPS BLASTED IN NEW GUINEA

Record Armada of 100 Bombers Smashes Supply. Line.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Aug. 2T 40. Py)

most ‘of the ehoreline of Bairoko harbor, the last Japanese nest on that central Solomons islands, and

Huge Fires Started

The important Hansa bay link in the enemy’s New Guinea supply route glong the northeast coast lies 250 airline milés north and west of Salamaua where allied troops edged forward for. indefinitely stated gains to increase the threat to the strongly-held airdrome. The bombers set huge fires in the bivouac and dump areas ai Awar and Nubia plantation adjoin-

WED T0 7 SOLDIERS,

"WOMAN CONFESSES

Vivian Eggers Is Held for

Arizona Authorities.

Vivian Eggers, 34, of Indianapolis, who told police she had marriéd seven soldiers, was being held

stores.

The pictures show it a street of blackened ruins. It will be years again before the lights blaze again. The fashionable Kranzler cafe, where, before the war, Berliners sat on a terrace and sipped Rhine wine and coffee, and, in wartime, tried to keep up their spirits on an Ersatz brew of roasted barley or acorns,

appears to have been blotted out. There

was a whole

Kurfuersten-

picture. That life

Jackie's Nap!

Woke Up in Theater After Parents Left; *Twas Morning. JACKIE HERMAN BROWN

Wednesday night in the Indiana theater and spending a couple days at the Children’s Guardian

year-old child was found

asleep near closing time Wednes{day by the Manager of the theater

uvenile aid authorities e_ child's parents this

ALLEGED SINKINGS

| Instructs Berlin Legation

To Demand Action.

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 27 (. UP.) .— Informed sources said today that

Sweden expected to make one of

the most serious protests to Germany ever lodged in Berlin by this country when full reports are received on the alleged sinking of two Swedish trawlers by German destroyers off the Danish coast. The government instructed its Berlin legation to investigate .the fate of the crewmen aboard the trawlers. A preliminary German reply to the Swedish legation said no survivors were picked up. Public indignation was reported at a peak unsurpassed since the

mysterious sinking some weeks ago:

of the Swedish submarine Ulven. The conduct of the German warships, as reported here, was denounced as senseless and brutal.

WORK IS RESUMED AT BREWSTER PLANT

JOHNSVILLE, Pa. Aug. 27 (U.} P.).—~War planes were again being produced at the Brewster Aeronautical Corp. plant today as 6000 employees returned to their jobs after a four-day strike precipitated by the military arrest of four plant guards. The guards. members of the coast guard reserve (temporary), remained in custody at the Philadelphia navy yard, while 38 other guards, including three women, were

‘| released in the status of risanets~

at-large” ' and ordered ‘to’ remain within 100 miles of the plant

string of fine cafes there—

Kranzler, Nampe, Zoocorner, Traube and many others around which life in Berlin's west end used to center at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and ‘on long summer evenings.

will now be a thing of the

past because the eastern end of the Kur-

fuerstendamm was as thoroughly obliter(Continued on Page Five)

BERLINERS FLEE T0 CITY'S EDGE

Yank Bombers Attack Poix Airfield in North

France.

LONDON, Aug.- 27 (U. P.)— American medium bombers, pushing an offensive to smash Nazi air power; attacked the Poix airfield in north France today after R. A. P.

Bight raiders rested to give bat-

Berlin its

: ‘panic-stricken rene ‘bamh-free night in low 3

{the medium bombers during their | attack on the air field, one of the],

Sicorted: and covered

principal bases for German inter-

.'|ceptors that have been

harassing British and American bombers during raids on axis Europe. Watchers on the English southe east coast said considerable numbers of bombers flew at great (Continued on Page Five)

ITALIAN. FLEET SAID TO BE CUT IN HALF

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS North Africa, Aug. 27 (U. P.).— Allied’ naval quarters indicated today that the Italian fleet has been reduced to less than 50 per cent of its prewar strength and. now is clinging to port in hope of avoiding complete destruction.

BRACKEN SURE OF SOVIET INTEGRITY

Terms Talk _ of Separate

Peace as ‘Insult.’

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (U. P).— Any suggestion that Russia will drop out of the war and make a

separate peace with Germany is nothing less than insulting to ‘a brave and capable ally, Brendan

_ | Bracken, British minister of infor-

mation, said at a press conference « Bracken, just-back from the Quebec conference, faced ‘a barrage of questions from nearly 200 reporters at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. He was most emphatic about Russia's staunchness in the joint battle to defeat Hitlerism and declared that the sole remaining hope of the Nazis to escape utter destruction lies their effort to split the united naHons. : ; : Those who spread talk of a seporate peace, however ' innocently, Bracken seid, are uncon= scious disseminators Hitler

propaganda. .’

plows War Chiefs

Discuss Far East Strategy|

Foggia and Naples Area | Plastered With Rain

Of Explosives.

By REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Star Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Aug. 27, —Allied planes of all types exploded a broadside offens sive against. air fields and railways in south Italy yess terday, shooting down 19 planes and wrecking scores

aground. All-American fleets of Flying Fortresses, Mitchell and Marauder medium bombers, Lightning fight= ers apd invader assault craft smashed at select targets around Naples, Reggio Calabria across from Sicily, and Locri under the toe of 1 the Italian boot. ; Shifting the main weight of - the non-stop campaign from devastated Foggia to the Naples region, the allies sent powerful fleets of Flying Fortresses, Marauders and Lighte nings against air flelds near the city; = The fortresses strewed thousands of fragmentation bombs and tons of high explosives on the Capus airdrome 15 miles north of Naples, |

enemy planes. The Forts destroyed eight, the Lightnings four. 3 At Grazzanise the Marauders accompanying Lightnings ran ) 10 to 15 axis fighters. Crewmen of

two and the Lightnings a third. Royal air force Wellingtons fol= lowed the American a : the Naples area ito put the 0 against that key southwestern

night raiders hit the railroad at Bagnoli in the Naples suburbs

Ships Shell Coast

While the northwest African a forces were pounding endlessly lower Italy, British warships targets near Locri and on the Cala~ brian coast toward the south end of the Messina straits, : A naval force bombarded - coastal railway and bridges near Locri, about 20 miles northeast Cape Spartivento, on Tuesday night. Shore batteries replied festly - inaccurately. : Wednesday afternoon a Brill ‘cruiser shelled’ axis Rion the Calabrian coast only a few:t from the allipd-held - north shore of Sicily. Axis bombers attacked the: area last night, causing a & number of casualties and da described as negligible. Three ers were shot .down. hl Mitchells which fgunned s ile (Conuued'e on’ Page Six)

n/On the ‘War

(Aug. 27, 1943) EUROPE — American mu div ‘bombers attacked axis alr field northern France

MEDITERBANEAN — — Allied p begin second week of heavy i tacks on air flelds and railways. southern Italy, concentrating Naples area.

RUSSIA—Russ aimy, pains four miles in drive on key man base at Poltava.