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FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight; light rain, colder tomorrow,

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1943

Entered as Second<Class Matter at Postoftice Indianapolis, Ind, ssued daily except Sunday

JAP WARSHPS

In Two-Hour Battle

Near Rabaul.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Nov. 25-(U. Po.

| |—An outnumbered Amierican naval] _ flotilla. sank four Japanese destroyTors and damaged a fifth in a two-

By NOBLE

age couple on a charge of murderir baby brought adinissions today

its responsibility to youth, The couple, George Lowe Jr, st., and Betty Jean Long, 16, whose was at 2160 N. Alabama st, are b without bond, awaiting trial on fir ‘charges that, upon conviction, imprisonment or even. death in t for both. . The indictment spurred officials

tion agencies to begin a searching 1

REED The: indictment this week of an unwed teen-

from social, | and church leaders that society is

Fifth Destroyer Damaged

could mean

of Social Agencies; the Indianapolis Church Federaand numerous private and

; (Critcs, Analyzing Baby Murder, Say Society Is Falling Down on Job FLED IN MIDST

“If these children had had the sdvadiopts of the counsel of-one trained social worker, this SEngedy would never have happened,” associate

8 their hour-old civic falling down in

Markey, Social Agencies. “Society must

18, of 520 Mills temporary home eing held in jail st degree murder life he electric chair

there hasn't beer social work into

“Evidence in that society owe

s of the CouncH - ° - ~fallure io note

public welfare

nvestigation into Ail the

its duty to vouth,” ‘We have the nucleus of machinery to readjust | the lives of unfor

advice and readjustment.

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declared Sydney B secretary of ‘the Council of admit that it has fallen down in he sald, :

} i tunate children but up to this time 1. enough public support to expand | all the broken homes which need [ i

this case points clearly to the fact | s a debt to these two children for their maladjustments before they { into tragedy.”

and church leaders’ who were

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_ BEGIN S WHOLESALE EVACUATIO!

a ———

CLAIM HITLER OF RAF BOMBS

iserators Pound Sofia; Balkan Situation May Explode Soon. BULLETIN gir STOCKHOLM, Nov. 25 (U. P.).

leaders were reported selling .in motion today a whole

| sale evacuation of Berlin,

A well-informed source sald

aroused over the case asserted that unless more ad-

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virtually all the government - ministries were being reméved from Berlin, possibly to Vienna. (The London Dally Mail said

hour battle almost under the guns of the big ‘enemy base at Rabaul, New Britain, early today, and official.

the patfern of social phases that fed up to” the tragedy. :

* the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. Mc-

KIEV TANK DUEL!

RAGES 11TH DAY

“German Cotter oiler ONense at! Zhitomir Cracking, Reports. Jnioate;

Turkey Ducked, Finger Didn't

Eleven stitches were taken in the index finger of the left ‘hand of Ray Whobrey, 2740 Carrollton, yesterday. While chopping off the head of his holiday feast, Mr. Whobrey’s ax slipped and hit his index finger. . i He commented, “I'll poison he next one, 23 Suter, "we

fast all along the threatened front and improved its positions at a sumber of points. : (A German communique acknowl!a Soviet break-through’ in 7 Dnieper bend south of Kreménchug and significantly failed to ~ fepeat a Nazi radio claim yesterday Pt the Germans had captured russilov and Cherniakhov in the hitomir area west of Kiev)

Nazi Gamble in Balance

: At least momentarily, Germany's}

great eastern front gamble hung in e balance, and observers believed t Von Mannstein’s forces faced & possible disastrous retreat unléss powerful ground and aerial reinforcements could be rushed into the battle of the Zhitomir salient immediately. - The Moscow communique reported Russian artillery and tanks inheavy losses on the attacking ‘Germans in the Cherniakov and FE sectors of the Zhitomjr front and smashed back every Nazi assault. Russian gunners destroyed or dis“abled 32 German tanks in yesterday's fighting, the cogmugique said.

WALLACE ATTENDS | PAN-AMERICAN MASS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (U.P). : —American civilians were urged today to “share gladly” the sacrifices

. iday Festivities. WITH 5TH ARMY IN ITALY, Nov. 25 (U, P.).—Turkeys by the ton were ‘done up brown today for the biggest Thanksgiving dinner ever served to American doughboys in Europe. Lt. Gen. Mark W, Clark personally supervised thé é arrénggments for the delivery of the turkeys and all the trimmings to the men in the front lines ang even those out on patrol. : Clark satisfied himself this morning that virtually every United States soldier and officer in Italy would have his turkey today, The few who miss will get it cold tomorrow or the next day. Thanksgiving day got off to a good start ‘with Jess rain at the front than at any time in the last week. A special Thanksgiving breakfast was served in .alF messes. It consisted of stewed. prunes, cereal, ham and eggs, toast with butter and jam, and coffee. i The big dinner included roast turkey, giblet gravy, dressing, cran- 8 berry sauce; creamed Irish potatoes, rice, raisin cobbler, olives, celery, fresh fruit and nuts, bread, ytter and coffee, : - At a number of front line messés

Ly ———————————————————————— PONTIAC, MICH, MAYOR DIES PONTIAC, Mich., Nov, 25 (U. P.).

y of them and to” “femember |«Joseph H. Potts, 51, Pontiac mayer

hat men in the armed services are

. mass at St. “Patrick's cathedral by

Cormick, rector of Catholic Uni“of America. Vice President

10a m.. a m.... 3 Ham...

and a native of Brazil, Ind, died of & heart attack at his home last night.

NORFOLK, “Va, Nov. 25 (U. P).

TIMES. FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

foment, as.

5 wriraenass 18] Movies

sources indicated the Japanese

{were trying to evacuate key person-

nel from the Northern Solomons.

_ |between Rabaul and Buka island.

IMAP NEW PUSH

~ IN MID-PACIFIC

Americans ‘Mop Up After

Gilberts Conquest Costing | Japs 6000 Men.

PEARL HARBOR, Nov.

25. (U.

done Boman atecteia dard EGER id hind AlFFOrGeR massed Tor a hewn

thrust into Japan's mid- Pacific |

“stand strongholds today after al bloody 78-hour conquest of the | MacArthur's main Gilbert island bases.that cost J {the Japanest ‘an éstimated 60007

Virtually completing one of the shortest and least costly invasions ‘of ‘the Pacific ‘war, U. S. marines

'|and army troops were disclosed to

have wiped out all organized resistance in the Gilberts before noon Tuesday—little more than three days after their initial landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls last Saturday

mander-fh=chief - of the - Pacific fleet, revealed that the 2d U. S. marine division captured Betio island, main position-on the Tarawa atoll, Tuesday, after erushing a last, desperate Japanese counter- | attack. ‘ Few Prisoners "Taken Only a few prisoners were taken by the marines in the savage battle, and the broken Japanese remnants who escaped are bieng hunted down! at bayonet point on Betto ‘and the! neighboring islets. Other isolated enemy . units on Makin and Apemama islands also were reported being mopped up rapidly. The occupation of the Gilberts, observers said, eliminated approxi-

cost to the American forces of only | a fraction of that number. U. 8S. army Seabees and army en- | gineers were reported moving in

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DOWNTOWN STORE ROBBED Two overcoats valued at a total

eof $57.35 and seven suits of clothes,

value not estimated, were taken

{from the show windows of the Fair

store, 325 W. Washington st, early (today. The thief broke two win-| dows to obtain entry. Further theft was frustrated by-the appearance of Night Patrolmpn Harry Beynon, .11825 Dawson st, .

Sergeant ‘Bawls Out’ Colonel| Who Gets Pity of Corporal

and a tardy one to hoot. “What in hell are you waiting for?” he demanded. “Get the hell in line.” More than slightly taken aback,

_ Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, com- F

mately “6000 Japanese troops at a

| northernmost of the Solomons; be-| {gan shortly before 2 a: m. and {ended just before dawn without loss | {to the American warships, a com- | munique said.

Only one of the six Japanese de- |

stroyers engaged escaped undamaged | from the hail of American gunfire | {and torpedoes,

Two Sunk Immediately The destroyers were intercepted |

in an apparent attempt - to--slip

| through the American blockade into {Buka, and two were sunk almost | immediately by torpedoes. The rest! turned tail and fled back at high | speed toward Rabaul;

In Dumping fun batile that

the enemy garrison. The night battle marked the second victory for U. 8. naval fcrees in the South Pacific this month and brought enemy losses since Nov. 1 to at least one cruiser and eight destroyers. :

Hammer Bougainville

MacArthur's communique also reported that American fliers continued to hammer enemy airdromes on Bougainville and Buka and that allied bombers raided Gasmata, on the southern coast of New Britain, ifor the fourth consecutive day.

American marines gnd soldiers on |

i Bougainville, it added, killed 75 more | Japanese while expanding their beachhead around Empress Augusta Other allied warplanes sank an | 8000- ton Japanese freighter-trans- | port ‘in the Dutch East Indies and pounded enemy installations on the northeast coast of New Guinea. Australian ground patrols killed 50 Japanese. in a patrol clash north. lot Finschhafen, . New Guinea, but !there was no further word of ground | {action - around Bajeibers. 10- miles |

{inland from Finschhafen

Hoosier Heroes

RAPHAEL J. GEORGE MISSING IN ACTION

Soldier Recently gently. Wrole of Raid Over Italy.

Missing THE WAR DEPARTMENT has George, 1418 N. Warman ave., that Sgt. Raphael J.

RAIL UNIONS CLOSE STRIKE POLL TODAY|

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (U. P). —Fiftesn non-operating railway unions will complete a strike poll today in which more than 1,000,000

The night battle, fought midway |

En EB

Py Torna ate : die ng ; Bougain “American = troops have ae a trap around -

Some Won't Need Clothes, | BRITISH SURGE ~ But a Lot of Others Will| AHEAD IN ITALY

.... .. By WILLIAM,CRABR a CHARLIE WON'T be helping out. at. the Clothe-A-

| Child office this year.

He came in last December to see if he could work. for

some new clothes because he figured he was too big to be

| considered a child. He was i } ! His father's almost blind and

15 then and his folks wanted

him to finish one more year at high school. -

unable to work. The family's only

| means of support was a trustee's allowance. And Charlie had to wear

| overall pants to school. { Charlie worked at the Clothe-A-to Duy Christmas dinner for his fa Charlie is 16 now and he's work{ing full time supporting ~ his | family. Because jobs are plentiful Je could do it.

{

TiaRApOlEs ‘whose 8 lon—unlike Charlie's—is the as Jt was last year, Jn fact, the *ihfiated cost of living has

their brothers and sisters in

town, With your help, Clothe-A-Child can do it. The social agencies which provide The Times with the names of needy children estimate there are more than 1000 youngsters, perhaps closer to 2000, who are without adequate clothing, They are in the following general groups: 1. Families of widows who are prevented from working because they have to care for small children. 2. Families in which the father is an invalid. 3. Families of servicemen whose government allotments have been

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Child for his clothes and [or muney ther, mother and three little sisters,

held upr.thirough mistakes or other reasons, 4. Orphans, wards of the stale,

4 fonts wHOWed stawit WARIS for’ thet care’ but not “enough io clothe A rowing child adequately.

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THE CLOTHE-A-OHID déMce. | wide

at 212 W. Maryland st. is open will be clothed Monday. : There are two ways you can

help Clothe-A -Child,

You can send cash contributions |

to The Times, 214 W. Maryland st. Experienced shoppers will take the..children to the stores and provide them with warm clothing. Or, if you prefer, you may shop for the children yourself, All you have to do is call RI ley 5551 ind ask for Clothe-A-Chlld. Specify the day and hour you wish to shop and The Times will have the child at the Clothe-A-Child office, 212 W. Maryland st. at that time, .The child's parents will wait at the office while you go to the store—any one you prefer— and make your purchases, Office or factory groups, clubs, sororities and other organizations may take children in groups, as many as they wish, Remember—the needy children © of Indianapolis are needier than ever this year. They're counting on your help.

: Times Yule Fund to Give Soldiers Merry Christmas

By HELEN A MONTH from today will be Indianapolis families will

nappy,

gather

RUEGAMER Christmas. around the

anwhile, wounded men from the world's battlefronts will be

| san at Billings general hospital.

will lie abed at Ft. Harrison and Stout field station hospitals. { They need a “Merry Christ- | mas.” CE FOR THAT reason part of the money contributed to The Indianapolis Times C hristmas Fund this year

and put on a Christmas party for the men in Marfon county's "three war hospitals. Contributions should be turned in now. Your donation added to that of other Indianapolis residents will give our war heroes “and more pleasure on Christmas than you'll ever know. ; Any funds left over, after the gifts are bought and the party planned, will be used to buy permanent gifts for thé hospitals— radios, pianos, furniture, books, » ” »

HERE 1S HOW The “Times works:

Sick, and injured soldiers

mark it “Clothe~-A-Child.” If you prefer that your donation buy a gift for a hospitalized serviceman, Mark it “War Hospitals.” If you have no preference, your money will be used for both. Address your contributions to The Times Christmas Fund, 214 W. Maryland ‘st, Indianapolis. Make a check or money order payable to The Times Christmas Fund .

well do the rest.

HOLIDAY TRAFFIC REPORTED HEAVY

Trains and Buses Carry

Holiday traffic on trains and buses was reported heavy today but the situation did not get out of hand; traffic officials said.

those from the East where there t

the next major water

Ras laid

Cross. Sore. ~ River -in Most Important Gain Of the Month.

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Adolf Hitler himself headed the stream of refugees from Berlin “Tuesday morning: Lr (Hitler was said to Pa been holding a conference in the" Reich . Chancellery when the sirens sounded Monday night. Res “ie rushed wom Wik pric vate shelter and left -Seiin-4y

| automobile.)

The Nasi-controlled Scandinavian telegraph “bureau reported that bomb-free districts had been

| told to prepare accommodations

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al- | giers, Nov. 25 (U. R).~The British | 8th army surged across the Sangro| ‘river on a five-mile front to a depth | of a mile and a half in a push to} within 25 miles of the Pescara river, | barrier to the north, it was announced rs Gen. Sir Bernard L.-Montgomery's troops .scored their most important; Bin bearly a month on 1 Fave Hanigro on the ATE, Sout | against bitter German opposition | fand under the handicap of rain mud and the flooding of the river, The British secured firmly the in their push into Abruzzo province. Before them lay the strategic objective of Pescara, trom which one of the most important roads to Rome runs across {the peninsula, Harbor Js Useful Pescara also has a major deep | water harbor which would be usetul in the transport of allied sup-| | plies. | The 8th army ‘penetration was in |the forward area of the so-called German winter line, which prisoners said the Nazis had been ordered to hold at all costs. |

for 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 evacuees soon, Munich was fold that it must receive “great contingents” of bombed -out Berliners, :

By UNITED PRESS While allied commanders held to an inexorable and cold« mathematical formula for ANH Berth” Shc vile tha new sections-of - Adolf Hitler’ Fortress Europe trembled today under the massive weight. of § bowibis and there were indi

may ‘become the m tant center of mili $ pope opments in the near future, The R. A. F's lightning-fast Mos« | quito bombers drove Berliners une uerground again last night and at | the same time American Liberators cascaded . tons ‘of explosives upon Sofia, capital of Bulgaria. Daylight Raiders on Move

Flying Portresses made further

“During the past few days the. | pulverizing raids on Nazi naval and {8th army, fighting in exceptionally (railway centers in southern France, bad conditions of mud and rain, Observers along the English chan« crossed the river Sangro and se- nel coast today reported that a cured a bridgehead on the front of stream of daylight raiders, accom

some 9000 yards to a depth of about panied by fighter lanes, h 2000 yards,” a communique said, * P ad moved

gaily-decorated | Christmas trees in their homes to exchange gifts and be carefree and |

“Capacity Loads. |

Union Station reported neayy} . {crowds but. not as big as expected.|® * Most trains were late, particularly

“This wou has been firmly held against repeated German counter-attacks.” On the 5th army front the ecom-

munique reported patrol and Ger- |

man artillery activity, with bad! weather continuing to held operations 10 2 win a nim. ¥

3 DEAD, 40 HURT IN OHIO TRAIN WRECK

Freight and 4B. & & 0. Limited Pile Up in Ohio.

NEWTON FALLS, O, Nov. 25 (U, P.).—~Three persons are known dead and at least 40 injured in a three-way train wreck last night involving the B. & O. railroad’s Ambassador Limited, a crack deisel powered limited and two freight trains one mile east of here. One of the three killed was a

Guy McGowan; 39, and Lawrence Flaesgarten, both of Cleveland, were the others killed. 1

An investigation is ‘ being con. -

in the dire:tion-of Boulogne, France. Enraged Nazi leaders whined about (the * ‘terroristic tactics” of the R.-A. {F, and threatened once .again to bring inte play a “secret weapon” of reprisal. A’ German spokesman mentioned that a new type of warfare might { be od, suggested the possi bility that the Nazis were consid ering the use of poison gas. *

Big Bombers Grounded gl

In this respect, Prime Minister | Churchill warning to the Germans some-moniths ago is recalled: He jot some that if Germany initiated rthe use of poison gas “the: allies will visit upon Germany a fate so { terrible as to defy the imagination. The royal air force giant four motored bombers apparently were grounded last night, after daring

almost 4000 tons of gxplosives and fire bombs on Berlin

Monday and Tuesday nights in what fondey and

‘Sweet Really, ~ Mrs. Patton Say:

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 w. P)—