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FRIDAY, OCTOBER

8, 1943 Ind. Issued daily except Sunda

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CAPUA SEED IN5TH ARMY'S 10-MILE DRIVE

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British Smash Nazi Coun- ~ ter-Attacks on Adriatic

Front.

By RICHARD D. McMILLAN United Press Sta® Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al-| siers, Oct. 8—Allied troops driving 10| miles closer to Rome have occupied

Armies Converge: on Kiev’ From Three Sides in | New Drive.

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from both flanks and the rear to- ; Capua, transport hub 18 miles north day after three crossings of the’ ” : : of Naples, and the entire 17-mile Dnieper had breached the German| Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Evans | 0p of the south bank of the ; + « + Stout field men have a new Ritter defonse. line . Adult, Hitler)» 3 Volturno river from Capua to the : had wanted held at any cost. aa sea, it was announced today. “The outflanking of Kiev and con- The coastal wing of the 5th army solidation of firm Soviet bridge- slogged through drenching rains and | heads on either side, together with over plains that were quagmires for & powerful uprising by Soviet - new gains carrying the assault units guerrillas behind the cracked Ger- ; ; up against the primary German ry ee RS Apeated to wake the 7 AT STOUT FIELD defense line along the flooded i City on Volturno. + S middle Dnieper a matter of time. Across Italy, where the British|: Expand Bridgeheads ag ; 8th army was developing a' long! The Russian army insurge against GENEral Succeeds Col. Lan- ranse flanking of Rome, Gen. Sif 18 gE Sansom ro ss See shalom 2 i off repea counter-a ould be of action on a 1000-mile front from dis Ap Head of Carrier . {resumed their offensive tactics to ne for \ Leningrad to the Caucasus which Command seize strategic ground near the/ saw the Russians i hae " Adriatic port of Termoli, board to Latvia, crump e- Nazi 8 Dwindles } more : Brig. Gen. Prederick W. Evans trength m you. Jitues on the Jusingrea Jak: 2nd has been appointed commanding] Swinging their armor to the Adearry Had ne Caucasus into|§0eral of 1 Troop Carrier Com |riatic coast in an effort to stem the bridgehead e Cauca mand of the army air forces, with | British drive east and slightly north Mts last phase. ie {he| headquarters ‘at Stout field, suc-|of Rome—87 miles southeast of Front dispatches amplifying thei qo 04) Reed Gi. Landis of the|which the 5th army stood at the first announcements of Russian Volturno--the Germans rushed the

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alr corps. Col. Landis, who headed the Troop Carrier Command since Aug. ‘l5, and previously served as chief of staff, has been given an unannounced assignment. Gen. Evans was born March 8, 1808 at Lawrence, Mass. He attended Hobart college, Geneva, N. Y.. and enlisted as a flying ‘cadet, aviation section, signal corps enlisted reserve, Oct. 19, 1917. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and promoted to first lieu. tenant Jah. 9, 1918. He served until Oct. 27, 1919, when he was disReappointed in 1920

| He was reappointed a second lieutenant in the, air service of the {regular army, y 1, 1920. On the same date he was promoted to first lieutenant and. to captain, Dec, 1,

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ALLIES SEIZE AEGEAN ISLAND, SINK CONVOY

Germans on Rhodes Face Flanking Peril.

LONDON, Oct. 8 (U. P) ~The allies, moving swiftly to save their imperiled foothold in the Aegean sea, were revealed today to have seized an island only 15 miles from the German bastion of Rhodes, beaten off ‘a strong attack on the island and destroyed a Nazi supply

convoy. The seizure of Simi, midway between Rhodes and embattled Cos in the Dodecanese, was disclosed in a Cairo ¢ which announced that heavy losses were inflicted on the Germans in a futile attempt to oust the allied garrison. taken.

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16th panzer division to the Termoli area to aid the Germans’ first air-borne division. Indicative of diminishing German strength, the 15th division was reported able to muster only about 30 tanks. All told, at least six German divisions (90,000 men at full strength) were revealed to be facing the allies along the line on which the first phase of the battle for Rome was being fought. _ Begged by Mud: The drive to the Volturno, the main German defense line above Naples and one of the strongest positions on the way to Rome, was the cap-

of Avems, 10 ‘10 the south,

On the War Fronts

Oct. 8, 1943

PACIFIC—Japanese flee “from: “central Solomons under American bombardment that inflicts heavy casualties on enemy. ’

RUSSIA — Soviet armies smash Nazi winter line at Dnieper, threaten Kiev and pass point 65 miles from Latvia,

WESTERN EUROPE - British planes attack Stuttgart, Munich and Friedrichshafen, losing only seven; Germans weakly retaliate against London,

MEDITERRANEAN — British repulse German attack on Simi, off Rhodes, hold on Cos, Leros and Samos and smash enemy convoy in Agean.

ITALY—Anglo-American 5th army takes Capua, advances to reach 17-mile front along Volturno less than 90 miles from Rome; Brit ish 8th army repulses continued German panzer attacks.

LISBON ‘EXCITEMENT?

¢ sanitation facilities were at standstill foday cli-

| Indianapolis’ | maxing a controversy belween workmen and city hall officials, This

is the idle power plant.

Emergency crews recruited

FLYING FORTS

Round-the-Clock

Offensive.

LONDON, Oct. 8 (U. P) —American Flying Fortresses swung the allied air offensive to northern Germany today with an attack on Bremen soon after a three-hour-long procession of British bombers strung hundreds of tons of bombs across southeast Germany from

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bombers and fighters took over from the royal air force fleets, hundreds strong, which hit the reich by night. Stung to reprisal by the mounting aerial onslaught, the Germans sent 15 planes over London to drop 30 tons of explosives in the capital's heaviest raid recently. :

Key Railway Hub

The Forts have raided Bremen twice before. On each occasion they found it a tough target guarded by heavy anti-aircraft fire and numerous fighters. . were lost in attack on Bremen on April 17, but 62 German fighters were shot down. On June 13, 26 Forts were lost in raids on Bremen and Kiel. Stuttgart, key aircrgft centér and railway hub on the supply route to Italy, bore the brunt of the night assault, but another force made up entirely of four-engined Lancaster bombers also hit Friedrichshafen, site of an important radar plant, and twin-engined Mosquitoes pounded Munich. Though ' the - huge raiding fleets crossed some. of the most heavily defended territory in axis Europe, only sev planes were lost in all raids and in subsidiary mine-laying operations. b Huge, fpreading fires were kindled in all the main target areas, but

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totiay that the Swedish newspapes Sydsvenska Dagbiladet at Malmoe had reported the blowing up of a 5000-ton German transport vessel hotels will be open,

ern part of the Oeresund, the chan- [intend to visit the state parks and nel between Denmark and Sweden. other places where the color may | The newspaper said “several” oth- be seen to invite those not fortu-

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New Plan

To Put Brake on Spending

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY

alt Writer

to put a brake on government spending.

! Th appropriations committee,

Addressing the house on possiblé reforms in procedure and economies |

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TIRE RESTRICTIONS LOOSENED BY OPA

Grade 3 Available With Special Rations. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (U. P).—

The OPA today relaxsd its restric- | tions to make used tires available

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tofore have been ineligible to purchase them. Any car owner who has received a special gasoline ration for any purpose except furlough travel, now will be able to buy grade 3 tires. Previously, no “A” book holder could establish eligibility for tires unless the car was used for occupational purposes. OPA said this means all car owners in the East with “A” books are ineligible, since the “A” book in this area is entirely non-occu-pational. In the West, it was said, car owners can get tires only if they can prove that they use at least part of their “A” ration in occupational driving.

LEAF COLOR SHOW BEST THIS WEEK-END

Indiana’s annual autumn leaf {color show is expected to reach its | peak of brilliance tomorrow and Sunday, Hugh A. Barnhart, con{servation department director, said today.

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| The director door facilities will be available in the state parks and many of the

Mr. Barnhart urged motorists who

to accompany them. He sald that every effort should be made to have all automobile seats filled.

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in her right temple, after he awakat 2:45 p. m. yesterday. Hav-

to passenger car owners, who here- |

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e suggestion came from Rep. Louls Ludlow . (D. Ind), of the;

the Hoosier congressman pointed

with income and e “One of the inconsistencies of our federal system is that there is no correlation between the spending

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‘and the revenue activities,” Mr, Ludlow declared. UY meliey *Tan't Sound” “The appropriations committee

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the test idea of where the money is coming from. This is not sound or business like, : “I do not believe there is a com« petent business man who would buy a bill of goods ‘without some idea of ‘Whether he would have the money to pay for it, “I believe that a long step toward getting down to earth in our national economy would be to have a balanced nondefense budget. To (Continged on Page 15)

' RAF Raids 'Worse Than Stalingrad

BERN, Oct. 8 (U, P) German soldiers who fought at Stalingrad | said they would rather undergo | the horrors of that battle again than experience a second Royal Air Force bomber raid on a reich city, a Bwiss traveler just back

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Hoosier Heroes—

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NEW CIVIL WAR IN + SPAIN PREDICTED

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were called in to get the machinery into shape for operations. Here are the unused rapid seitling pools.

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ALL MUST HELP WAR AFL TOLD

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—A combination of the tax bill and the ap- Atherton Urges Labor to, ipropriation bill into one measure was suggested today as a good way .

Back Austin-Wadsworth

Measure. BOSTON, Oct. 8 (U, P.) ~~National

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out that no other business is run Commander Warren H. Atherton of of the Russell B. Moore Co, as exe

the American Legion called on dele (Rates to the 63d annual American { Federation of Labor convention tojday to support the Austin-Wads-worth bill to put every man, woman and child In the service of the country. “If you are willing to give your son of daughter to your country’s cause, you should be willing to give yourself to your nation's war effort

sald. Bg In his first major speech since

commander, ' Atherton urged delegates to be strong in facing the issues which confront them. Criticize Strikes “Because we were weak there are of ¢erosses at Pearl Harbor, Casablanca, Sicily, Attu, Guadalcanal and New Guinea: there will be tens of thousands more such crosses and billions of debts on the backs of generations yet unborn bejeause we who wanted peace were ; weak,” he said. Atherton criticized leaders of strikes as well as those who pa:ticipated in them, recalling that during the first six months of this year there were 1855 strikes. Referring to what he termed the unwillingness of labor to abide by wage decisions, Atherton said, “if we called off the ball game every time an umpire made a mistake there would ‘be no baseball.” “If we got a gun and went shooting every time a policeman or a

law and order,” he said. *“Therefore it is wrong for men to prolong the war and cause the death of perhaps your son or my son because they don’t like the judge's decision. “Any man who strikes today is impeding the war effort. Any man who strikes today is giving the (Continued on Page 15)

Planes Praised in ~ Salerno Victory

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& Light Co. officials, today

#0 thit he or she will have a better) ‘chines t0--come- home.” - Atherton |

succeeding Roane Waring as Legion

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WORKERS QUIT

‘Garbage Collections Are Unaffected by Action, * Scholl Says.

By SHERLEY UHL

City engineers, in co-operas tion with Indianapolis Power

were pushing efforts to res open the city sanitation plant “within the next few hours.” Facilities at the plant were suse {pended at 4 a. m. after virtually ail employees resigned, reportedly “in | protest against political interference {by the city hall patronage commits tee.” Plant Manager Clarence Scholl said city garbage collections and Leighborhood sewage would not be affected. However, the danger of polius lon of White river was cited as the outgrowth of fallure of sewage activating units, Raw sewage was pouring into White river this morn« ing without having first been treats ed and clarified by the usual proce | @88. | Mayor Tyndall enlisted the serys’ {ice of Ivan .T. Jacks, chief engineer

{officio adviser to Mr. Scholl, | Mr. Jacks, the’ mayor said, will {remain on the soehe until the emergency is over,

the idle turbines;

Mayor Tyndall said there evidence that the ‘water switch to the power plant had tampered with, : a - Commenting on the sudden down, he remarked; “This

dent was unavoidable. It came

‘Three patrolling the sanitation

plant {premises at 8 a, m., but police and plant engineers said there appars jently had been no damage to plant machinery,

50 Workers .Leave Jobs | Hadley Flint, president of the

{union at the plant, a C. I. O. at 4 filinte, said today that a mately 50 workers had left thelr Jobs as a result of continued litical kibitzing” at the plant by the city hall patronage & He added that “as far as I know” there was no turn-off of the

water supply switch, but there was : a “natural” reduction in plant volte