Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1943 — Page 1
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21 VOLUME 54—NUMBER 178
nts Detailed Before Indiana Doctors by 3 Military Heads.
| By HELEN RUEGAMER
Families of American service men |
; were assured that their sons i relatives are receiving the best | jble treatment at the hands of
ent army doctors by Brig. |
George F. Lull, deputy surpn general from Washington, C. He’ spoke at the luncheon meetof the Indiana State Medical peiation in the Claypool hotel. attack of the Hoosier doctors y socialized medicine was sidesked at today’s sessions in favor scientific talks by army and navy cers on the treatment of casual‘and the successful results, “Gen. Lull cited the example of prid war I when the death rate wounded in evacuation hospitals 15 per cent, while this time, 3 Tunisia, the death rate was from to 3% per cent.
Praises Hoosier Doctors
He commended the Hoosier docfor their 100 per cent co-opera-ion in furnishing physicians, but rned that more may be needed the war ends. When the last war ended, he said,
ninth naval district at Great Lakes, t the luncheon. ps morning's session was high-
= by talks by Cmdr. John F.
French Guard Against Escape of Laval A la Benito. . By PAUL GHALI
Copyright. 1943, by The Indianapolis Times and Chicas
The Dally News, Ine, BERN, Switzerland, Sept. 20.— Pierre Laval is about to abandon the sinking Vichy ship and take refuge in Switzerland ‘or Portugal. Pierre Laval barely escaped as-
type of unconfirmed report | about Vichy's ‘puppet premier which has been in circulation here ever since the rumored appointment of | Rene Jardan as the head of Laval's Nazi-con-Pierre Laval , lled cabinet, an appointment supposed to pave the way for the retirement of Laval and his family to some haven. $ Jardan, on a recent visit here denied that he would accept this post, but remained reticent. about Laval’s plans. French circles here remark: “It’s strange there have not been more attempts: at assassinating Laval.” »" # » ONE ARDENT De Gaullist disclosed that French patriots have recently tightened their never ceasing watch over Laval, fearful he might escape them as Mussolini did the Italians, Laval will try to remain in power to the last minute, no matter how difficult his problems, judging from my knowledge of his psychology. Laval loves power for its own sake, he feels that the Germans would replace him by a mere gauleiter and he would do much to avoid this happening to
Lack of physical courage may overcome such scruples, however, should there he more attempts
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on his life,
Committee to Tell. McNutt No Labor Shortages
Exist in Area. By ROGER BUDROW
man Paul V. McNutt in Washing-
to prevent.the WMC from classifying the city a No, 1 critical labor shortage area Oct. 1. Leaving this afternoon for the nation's capital will be George A. Kuhn, Indianapolis chamber of com~ merce president; Myron Green, the chamber’s industrial commissioner, and a member of the Indianapolis war- manpower committee, and C. Harvey Bradley, representing Indianapolis industry. They will point out to Mr, MeNutt that both the Indianapolis WMC director, Wilfred Bradshaw, and the regional WMC director, William H, Spencer of Chicago, believe Indianapolis should nof be put on the critical list now but that Mr. McNutt's office: has ignored these recommendations thus far,
Figures Are Stale
They also will point out that the Washington WMC's action J8 based upon labor shortage figures several months old and not accurate even at that and that a Chamber of Commerce survey, substantiated by a partial recheck by the Indianapolis WMC, shows that instead of an anticipated 8000 shortage by Jan. 1, Indianapolis actually will have a slight surplus. Tomorrow will be the last date for Mr. McNutt to change his mind inasmuch as his assistants have {said the No. 1 classification for the city is due Oct. 1 or Friday. Meanwhile, state draft headquarters cautioned workers against quitting their present tasks to take war jobs, pointing out that al-
ton tomorrow in a. last-ditch effort!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1043
Asks Critical Area Exemption NAZIS (CRA Ul YANKS RUS]
{Fifth Army Only 156 M
More than 200 active applications are on file at Electronie Laboratories, Mrs. Dora Rouck, personnel interviewer, points out, In support of the company’s contention it has no labor shortage,
More Labor Than We Need,’ McNutt Told by Officials
Electronic Laboratories, Indianapolis electrical products manufacturer, today telegraphed WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt asking that the firm be exempt from restrictions applying to Indianapolis when it is placed on the No. 1 critical labor shortage area list Oct. 1.
ACTRESS FACES 13TH SURGERY
Jane Froman Is Optimistic, Sees Complete Recovery From Her Injuries.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (U. P) ~~ Jane Froman will interrupt rehearsals for her Broadway comeback today to undergo . gi her 13th opera- &
The company maintained that
not denied additional war contracts because the concern is the only one in the nation that manufactures some types of equipment and that if additional war contracts are not
' |given, the war effort will be “pen-
than it needs. It further argued that Electronic Laboratories should be
it has more labor supply available
DRIVERS ESCAPE
Enemy's Mountai
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allied bombs,
buildings along the Piazza spite.”
southern Italy, surged onto
Pompeii, on the lower slope of Vesuvius three miles above! Castellammare Di Stabia.)
German resistance, in the mountains above the Naples plain broke
‘ {alized seriously.”
yesterday after six days and nights
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Collapse Suddenly.
BULLETIN ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Sept. 29
ho escaped from Naples said
today that the Germans had blown up the royal palace and other historic buildings which had escaped damage by
He said the Germans, obviously expecting to yield Naples to the allies at any time, were blowing up many
de Plebiscito “out of sheer
By RICHARD D. McMILLAN United Press Staff Correspondent
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Sept. 29,— The 5th army cracked the German mountain defense line in
Naples plain and began the
march on Italy's third city and largest port today. The fall of Naples was believed imminent. The Americans and British reached thé Gulf of Naples with the capture of the naval base town of Castellammare Di Stabia, 15 miles south of Naples itself, and swept on in pure suit of retreating German troops. ; : (Information reached London that the allies had entered
RUSS OFFENSIVE
FLAMING COACH POWER MOUNTS
though they may not realize it, of an allied offensive rivaling in in.
Since young Paul Colette shot tensity any since the start of the
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'BADOGLIO TO ACCEPT LIBERAL GOVERNMENT
, Sept. 20 (U. F)—An
| constant terror of assassins.
Laval is known to have lived in
DOWNEY RAPS
WAR STRATEGY
Senator Says Effective Use Of Airpower Could Beat: Nazis in Months.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (U. P). ~Senator Sheridan Downey (D.
ston Churchill and declared that if the allies would make proper use of airpower. they could bomb Germany out of the war “in four months,” Speaking in the senate in support of a bill by Senator Burton” K. Wheeler (D. Mont.) to defer draft ing- of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers until Jan. 1, Downey denounced plans to build “a vast land army most of which never can, and never will be, used.” Referring to a Sept. 21 speech in parliament in which Churchill said that in May he and President Roosevelt decided that the principal objective was to knock Italy out of the war this year, Downey asserted: # ira “In view of a 400 per cent allied plane superiority, constantly and
brought, Germany to dust and to defeat months ago.”
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many already are doing essential work.
PROPERTY OWNERS SLOW WITH TAXES
Treasurer Issues Warning Not to Wait for Rush.
Some 355,000 county property taxpayers were warned today by Chief Deputy Treasurer James S. Cross that unless they pay their fall installment of taxes within the next two weeks they will face a serious congestion at the cash
few dozen taxpayers have _ their duplicates and paid 3 thus far with the deadlittle more than four , Nov. 1, explained that =a
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Yankee Clipper near Lisbon last February said she felt wonderful— just wonderful.” “My operation today is the 13th” she said, “but it's the lucky one. Off comes the cast—and the wheelchair —and pass me my cane, brother, I'm raring to go.” Receives Penicillin
Thin but gay, Miss Froman reported that in addition to her operations she had undergone four blood transfusions, seven months of hospitalization and had had 28,000 units of penicillin, : “They gave penicillin to me three times,” ‘she said. “I guess I must have been pretty near dead.” Her nurse, who attends her constantly “during her rehearsals for “Artists and Models,” said the penicillin . was acquired through Dr. John Moorehead, bone specialist at Doctor's hospital, *
Propulsion Is Secret As star of the show, Miss Froman sings six songs and is propelled about the stage in a “secret way—so nobody will be able to tell I néed a “crutch.” “I'll wear fluffy Uresses—and cast or no cast, T can gesture with my arm,” she said. Asked for her reaction to the crash which threatened to cripple Hér for life, she said: . “It's a patriotic one. You don't know how much you love your country until you get stuck abroad and afraid you can’t get home. I'll never forget how I felt”
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THREE OVERCOME BY FUMES FROM HEATER
Three women were treated at City hospital today after being ovgycome by fumes from a hot water heater at the Lory Childers home, 2017 N. Sherman dr. : Mrs. Childers, 45, and Mrs, Alice Morris, ‘70, who lives at the same address, became unconscious, and Miss Opal Morris, of Vincennes, niece of Mrs. Morris, who was partly overcome, ran out of the house and called a neighbor. Mrs. Ruth Golder turned off the gas and opened windows. The two women regained consciousness when the ambuance arrived, and their ‘condition is not serious. 3 >
Hoosier Heroes—
CAPT. BADERTSCHER PERU CRASH VICTIM
Flight Surgeon Was Aboard ~ Bomber in S. America.
Killed MRS. MARTHA BADERTSCHER of been informed by the war department of the death.of her husband, Capt. Robert C. Badertscher, flight surgeon, in an army bomber crash early in September in Iquito, Peru,
B.A . : Capt. Badertscher, son of Dr. J. A, of
61 Passengers Leave Bus Five Minutes Before Fire Breaks Out.
Less than five minutes after 61 passengers left a Peoples Motor Coach Co. bus at the Lukas-Harold Corp. plant, the interior of the vehicle burst into flames. After unloading the passengers, Francis Ballinger, 1317 Truitt st. driver, turned the bus around and started back downtown. A moment later he looked back and saw flames spreading over the rear seats apparently from a leak in the gasoline line. > Before the firemen arrived flames had spread over the whole bus, destroying it. Both Mr. Ballinger and his apprentice driver, George Coffman, 2118 Caroline st., escaped unhurt. “it sgn
MARINES SEIZE REEF NEARER JAP BASES
Coral Isle Taken Sept. 4
Without Opposition.
PEARL HARBOR, T. H,, Sept. 29 (U. P)~United -States marines have landéd without opposition on the coral island of Nanuméa, extending American striking power to within 525 miles of Tarawa, Japan's main base in the Gilbert islands of the central Pacific. Three pictures of the landing operations, released by the navy last night, disclosed that the marines went ashore on the island, also
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NOMINATES SWYGERT TO FEDERAL BENCH
South Pacific, Sept. 29 (U, P.) .—More
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war in the Mediterranean, Battered by massed artillery that fired until thie barrels were hot and
North Africa, Sept. 29 (U, P.).~ German forces have been driven inte a narrowing 17-mile stretch of the northeastern coast of Corsica between Bastia and Fellell, a French communique sald today.
by the big guns of ajlied warships, the Germans finally turned and fled down through the defiles onto the Naples plain, : Front reports indicated the Germans were in full retreat toward Naples, whose outskirts already were within range of American long-tom artillery, : The allied advance swept up the entire Sorrento peninsula on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, the railway and highway junction of Nocera, five miles northwest of Balerno and nine miles northeast of Castellammare Di Stabia, and at least 30 other towns and villages. Thus the fate of Naples was sealed and the port, sacked, burned and possibly already abandoned by the Germans, was expected to fall into allied hands in a number of days, . Sweep on Plain Lt, Gen. Mark W. Clark called on his 5th army for its supreme effort; and at dawn yesterday after an allout barrage by the American long toms and other cannon the infantry lashed out, : Overrunning the last German machine gun and mortar nest in the formidable mountain fastnesses, the troops swept through to the plain and the bay of Naples.
an advance of 11 miles from Mar-
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, |
Nazis Abandoning Last Toe“holds East of Dnieper
By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Stat Correspondent MOSCOW, Sept. 20.—The Russian drive along a 400-mile stretch of the upper and middle Dnieper today mounted in violence as Soviet army assault forces swiftly liquidated the last German toehold on the east bank of the river.” : Massed Russian guns lobbed shells across the Dnieper, softening the German fortifications, and hundreds of Russian air force planes bombed
LONDON, Sept. 20 (U, P= The German radio sald today that “a number” of Russian groups which had crossed the Dnieper were in action west of the river.
and gunned the hard pressed Nazis as they fled over the river. Red Star, the Soviet army organ, said the liberation of the east bank of the Dnieper was in its final phase, and added: a “The whole of the Dnieper is ablaze, The guns are roaring ine lcessantly and are audible far beyond the west bank, Masses of men and material jam the crossings. ‘ Soviet artillery is hammering the crossings and aircraft uninterrupte edly pounds the enemy concentras tions on the west bank.” = To the riorth, Russian forces poured into White Russia at dosens
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