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sources here believed,

* Inason Any Time After ~ Mid-January.

| elsiog of at least two armies.othe

Sth and 10th—can be expected to play a big role in impending operations in’ southeastern Europe with Turkey taking an increasingly active part. Tn addition, Anglo-Amer-jean forces in; Italy may stabilize their front and attack the Balkans across the Adriatic while the Russ

ii army intensifies pressure from the east,

FROM THE WEST—The inva-

ably will be ann while the Germans are involved deeply in the east and facing growing commitments in the Balkans,

Expect Marshall in London

The London Daily Herald said that Gen. George C. Marshall, U. 8. chief of staff, was expected in london within the next few weeks to take over command of preparations for the invasion of western Europe. There also_was a strong feeling, the Herald said, that President

Roosevelt will come to Britain to |New Britain invasion coast only of plans for the “second front” and

participate in the final perfecting

to wish his men well.

Stockholm . dispatches indicated

..that the Balkans situation was com"ing rapidly to a head in the wake

of the Cairo and Tehran confer-

. ences, but Ankara and Cairo be-

lieved the inevitable Balkans explosion was months, rather than weeks or days, away.

Only a German ‘preventive at-

"tack” on Turkey in an attempt to

throw allied plans off balance could provoke an immediate crisis, most though alli;

“agreed that thé "Balkans probably

would be embroiled again in a fullscale war before winter shows melt.

Rumors Are Listed

Among the flood of unconfirmed reports reaching Stockholm by diverse routes were these: 1. Marshal Erwin Rommel, German commander in northern Italy and the Balkans, has arrived at the

fuehrer's headquarters for a con-|

ference with Adolf Hitler. 2. New German reinforcements

have been rushed to the Bulgarian- |

Turkish borders, Lemnos on the p-| proaches to the Dardanelles, and the |

; Bulgarian and Greek coasts of the;

Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas. : 3. Premier Dobri Bojilov of Bul-|

garia, who has Slavic ties with Rus-| mons, meetirig only the lightest op-

sia despite his present domination)

‘by Germany, held two special cab-|Kieta harbor, on the island's east

inet meetings, conferred with the regency council and met several high army officers.

Bulgaria Must Withdraw

4 More than 100 Bulgarians marched through the streets of Sofia carrying placards exclaiming, “Bulgaria must withdraw from the war!” Germany was reported awaiting the outcome of a conference between her ambassador to Ankara, Baron Franz von Papen, end President Ismet Inonu before deciding definitely her future policy toward

Turkey. Papen was expected to]

Violet Falkum, Minneapolis, Minn, puts all her muscle into turning over the propeller of a SNJ training plane. She's WAVE aviation machinist’s mate at the Jacksonville, Fla, naval air station. (Navy phote.)

BOMBS AGAIN ROCK CAPE GLOUGESTER

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alone at the western end of the

280 miles southwest of Rabaul in| the nine days of attack. Altogether better than 1300 tons have hit the islands north and south coastlines since Nov. 20.

{Capitol Hill “Invaded’ by

Housewives and Two Marines.

(Continued From Page One) point of starving—or something—in

order to get along.”

Blinded in Accident “If 1 have to go to work” he added; “I can't go to school and be rehabilitated for a good job.” Ben Noble, blinded in a jeep accident in the United States, appeared before the committee accompanied by his wife. He said there should be “some government

| coutrot- of -prices. Mrs.- Noble -ex-|

pressed fear that, with their 7-months-old baby, they might have to “move into some slum district.” Meanwhile, Rep. Thomas E. Scanlon

the protection of the consumer” where the representatives of the women’s organizations and others

Cal) told the meeting that the people are overwhelmingly in favor of food subsidies.

Cites Danger

Scanlon said collapse of the subsidy program would send butter up

[10 cents a pound, round steak and {bacon 5 cents, and milk 1 cent a ‘quart. The result, he said, would

be “inflation and destruction of the national economic stabilization program.” He denounced “one of the great-

Other aircraft attacked Gasmata, on the south coast, and the Arawe Barge area with 16 tons and ranged | over New Ireland to drop 22 tons! of explosives or Borpop airdrome,

Noting reports of slower shipping | and air activity at Rabaul, on New | believed the Japanese may be re- | ducing the big base, or preparing | to abandon it, because of allied air supremacy and- the possibility of an invasion hcp from New Guinea. (A Washington dispatch, review- | ing the import of a Japanese ad-| mission of tough going in the South! Pacific, reported the chances of |

limited withdrawals by the enemy] may be growing.) On New Guinea's Huon gulf, Aus- | tralian ground forces seized a hill near Wareo, enemy stronghold, and | pushed to within a mile ol Kaligia, {on the coast. One to two enemy] planes were shot down by raiding |” aircraft near Madang: { American - troops enlarged the| ‘northeast edge of their Bougainville | beachhead. in the Northern Solowhile bombed

| position, aircraft

coast, with 35 tats of 55 tons of explosives,

Landing Craft Output Raised

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (U.P). —Rear Adm. Edward -L. Cochrane, chief of the navy's bureau of ships, | ‘said yesterday that during the | next year $1 out of every $4 spent by the navy for ship construction | will go toward a 65.000 landing craft program. He told a press conference 20,000 landing ships, ranging from amphibian tractors to 450-foot ships,

press Turkey for a guarantee she| .y...4y have been produced, rep- |

will not open the Dardenelles to the allies, Swedish newspapers published reports attributed to Sofia that traffic had been halted between Bulgaria and Turkey—the present danger spot—and said that the Germans

had ordered two divisions totaling] nearly 30,000 men from Svilengrad, in southeastern Bulgaria to’ the |

irontier zone. ' RECEIVE TIRPITZ REPORT

STOCKHOLM, - Dec. 9.(U. P). ~The Gérman battleship Tirpitz,

damaged in ‘a torpedo attack by | Mr. and Mrs. William Hurt, 1300 British submarines at Alten ord

still was at the harbor on Nov.

reports from the underground aid,

today. The Tirpitz recently had been: reported as on its way to Narvik.

| president; Mrs, H. H. Connard, sec-

resenting a total value of $1. 500,000,000 exclusive of ordnance, i

CHILD DELINQUENCY LINKED TO NEW DEAL

The repeal of the old law, “spare | the rod and spoil the child,” for the new deal is responsible for the increase in juvenile delinquency, Judge Mark W. Rhoads of juvenile court told the Warren Township Republican club last night. The club, meeting at the home of

{

Kitley .rd., elected Bernard L. Curry 28, | president. Other officers named were Samuel Rumford, first vice president; William L. Fear, second vice

‘retary, and W. O. Fuller, freasurer.

led by the “four horsemen.”

{est lobby campaigns on the part of big business, special food interests land certain selfish farm blocs” in history to obtain “higher prices at {the expense of the consumer's

| pocketbook. ”

Reps. Ray J. Madden (D. Ind), Michael J. Bradley (D. Pa) and (ND... Cal). | their voices to the chorus, Dr. Belmont Farley of the Na{trzonal Education association, assert{ing that he represented 875,000 teachers, told the gathering that {“unless the rising cost of living is {brought under control it ‘will mean the destruction of the educational system.” Teachers with fixed low incomes {already are seeking other jobs, he 'said, adding that if the subsidy program is killed, “teachers will {have to conclude that congress doesn't care whether the school system survives or not. "

WAL HARRINGTON

KILLED IN ENGLAND|

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 9 (U. P).— Former political associates

were informed yesterday that Maj. Vincent Harrington, former con-

fgressman from Iowa, has been killed

in England. Harrington, a Democrat, resigned from the national house of repre-

{sentatives Sept. 4, 1942, to enter the army,

Prior to that time he had been on leave of absense. He was 40 years old and was serving his third term in the. house

lat the time of his resignation.

Maj. Harrington was stationed at {Stout field as special service officer for more than a year, coming here when the I troop carrier command | was established in May 21, 1942. He

{had been overseas three or four

months. While a student at Notre Dame university, the major was one of the seven “mules” on the 1925 team He was graduated in 1925. Survivors are his wife and two daughters of Sioux City, Iowa, who lived here while he was at Stout field. DR. FISHER INJURED Dr. Gerald Fisher, 25, of 229 Limestone ave., visiting physician at City hospital, was badly cut and bruised today when the car he was driving collided with one driven by

at Morris and Kappas sts.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

HERE IS THE TRAFFIC RECORD

FATALITIES County oly Toa

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tasssaiEN AE Ega turn

Indians_Wighway Constructors, Inc. 20th annus! meeting, Claypool ho sted. " Seettish Rite candidate class, banquet, Governor John W. hs fn coi SF re ats i a county "ay and players, Claypool prov 7:30 p. m.

Tt , Hotel Lincoln. EE A tomenve. ngincers, , Jagians Jiotel :ahtler; 4 6:45 p. dor Program,

Administration, committeemen

Box 549. | Hubert C. Reed, 22, Camp White, O Ann Eloise

Indiana University Women's club, Indiana university medical center, 8 p. Central W. C. T. U., home of Mrs. "Robert Re ion; 3665 N. Pennsylvania st, Dr, tx rpenter, speaker, 2 p. m, Cheintian ireside council, Dr. Lofiis BE. Evans, T, aburnatle, [Presbyterian . church, 7:45 p. Indianapolis Shonkers club, Hotel Washington, 7:30 p. ist club, Columbia club. Snnarehat Ladies’ society, Anthenaeum,

12 30 p: Cheer Bongeasters,

Oakwood, 22, Oakwood,

Stella Toyner Hamilton. 70, at 2251 N. New Jersey, bronchopneumonia Ruel G. Sullivan, 62, at 702 N. Alabama, ‘chronic nephritis, , 52, at Veterans, Coronary

a3 Beumon) A. Jackson, 31, at Methodist, myo-

carditis. Maer Josephine Thurman, 62, at 928 E.

Inec., home of Mrs. coronary occlus Edward Niles, 4450 Guilford ale, 12:30| Edith Lucille Siewert, EA ‘at 103 E. Mor. Pp. m. ris, carcinoma. ; i ———— Bessie Bueh, 4 40} at iy, octal shecess. 3 or ‘Osborne, at . Grant, MARRIAGE LICENSES periton an tonitis. Clty. 3 James Mace, —, a ty, lobar pneumonia. These lists are from official records In | Gilbert PF. Bonner, 46, at Veterans. cerefhe coum’ sent bow ae Times | bral hemorrhage. ore, is no! or errors in. EE ry ian Bele Carter, 82, at 1925 Central, | Arthur Lee Strader, 53, of 35 N. Gray: coronary echsion. 8, o% Ohy. Jessie Alma Strader, 59, R. Pod Celia Sawyer, 78, 3245 N. Illinois,

chronic intersitital Ph Ty *{ Prank Smith, 73, at City, lobar pneumonia. &

(D: Pa) called together: the unofficial “house committee for|-

gathered. Rep. Will Rogers Jr. (D. |

added: :

Virgil Barry, 34, of 1117 River ave, |

Albert Hotler, occlusion. z Mamie Pittman, 65,» at 1521 Bx 18th, uremia.Anna Hale. 96, at 2320 Sheldon, lobar

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that fruitlessly attacked the great American fleet were shot down in air combat and an undetermined number were destroyed on the ground. 3. Two Japanese light cruisers were sunk in Kwajalein lagoon along with an oil tanker and three cargo vessels. A troop traiisport | and two cargo transports were dam-

transport was damaged at Wotje.

tight plane losses and minor damage to one ship from the Japanese aerial torpedo and bomber attack, described officially as “vigorous and prolonged.” A spokesman at Adm. Chester W. Nimitz’ headquarters said Pownall’s blow was planned so carefully that the raiding phase by dive and

Irs A. iy "15, at 2220 Avondale fo “iad: ai EY ten “By or S| | chronic myocarditis. > = Renter 3 a to Pail Paul; Eunice - ames, 3 Sa 21, "New York ot, ] WO ascia. Lavonse Colings, 18. of OFFICIAL WEATHER Edvard in Ac og 3 0. 8. Weather Bureas ln unts . L 8. Stout : Juanita Mae bon 0 of 33 Goodrich, oh Snelbyvi ile, Ind, All Data in aantial War Time 2 Sunrise . 7:55 | Sunfet ...... 5:20 TEMPERATURE J BIRTHS Dec. 9, 1982

Girls e John, Rose McGrath, at St. Francis.

Joseph, Gladys Starfett, at St. Francis, Ruby Hughes; 4 St. sVincent's. t Coleman,

t. Holand,’ Anta Rice, ‘at Method

samen

Sree 24 hrs, ending 7:30 a.m. Total precipitation since Jan. An Deficiency since Jan. 1

Bleanor Deal, at 1648 Georgetown Boston

aged at the same spot and one cargo olfic. 4. American forces suffered only

- torpedo bombers carrying heavy

minutes, catching the Japanese by surprise in broad daylight starting at 8a m. Coming only 15 days after cons quest of the Gilberts to the south, the strike at the Marshalls, which extend westward toward the Japanese naval base at Truk in the Carolines, demonstrated the newly fotind_ American ability to pummel the enémy at will in the mid-Pa-

The raid was announced on Tuesday, but radio silence until-the fleet was out of dangerous waters prevented a full report until today. It was the 15th attack on the Marshalls since the first blows to soften the Gilberts in mid-November and coincided with a rald by land-| based bombers reported yesterday |

STRAUSS SAYS:

in a front dispatch.

IT'S

loads of explosives lasted only 10}

ONE

U.S. Revenge Bombs Smash 6 Toe Ships and Damage 4

Presence of the cruisers and the strong units of the Japanese air arm indicated the enemy was shipping in resources to combat the American offensive, but the spokesman said there was no report of surface interference with the fleet.

The Japanese torpedo ahd bomber planes roared in by moonlight over the fleet, which threw up protective planes and such & thick curtain of fire that in a single flight of seven enemy aircraft, six were brought down. The fact they were landbased planes indicated Pownall eased his force within 200 miles of major enemy land bases, «The Japanese were trying feebly to strike back, sending nuisance raiders against the Gilberts but

{causing little or no damage or [called today by his local draft board ing are doing so because of the [casualties in raids on. Makin and | for examination for military service. provision of the law which requires with the housing of all non-ambulatory les _some $00 allowances, will be $280 per month [patients on the first floor.

| Betio, Kwajalein atoll

DAY NEARE

In The Specialty Shop for Tailored Women there are:

ROBES GLOVES HOSE PAJAMAS BAGS SWEATERS GOWNS ~~ HANDKERCHIEFS SLACKS SLIPS CHANEL SOAP SLACK SUITS .. AND POWDER

miles north of ‘conquered Tarawa and’is nearly 70 miles long. It and| adjacent bases had not been molested by carrier-based planes since | a force under Admiral Willlam F. Halsey attacked them Feb. 2, 1942. Kwajalein island 1s on the south end of the curving atoll, Ebeye is two nautical miles to the north and Rol is the northernmost of the chain, which is situated in the west. ern section of the Marshalls called Ralak (sunset),

CALL FATHER OF .10

SCRANTON, Pa,

| 10 children in fifteen vears, was!

{1f accepted, his army pay,

R VICTORY

LEATHER AND DOBBS HATS

CAMEL COATS

the new nursing home ny A. Tallinger of. the state fire ‘mars shal’s office said today, oi The fire marshal's office has nearly completed its inspection sur= vey of all nursing homes and those homes that cannot be changed In conformance with legal requires ments are being within 30 days. Mr. Taflinger sald that leniency is Dec 9 (U, P).|being extended” when revamping of —David Morgan Lewis, 34, father of (8 home is held up.

CONISTON SUITS SUEDE JACKETS SACONY KNIT DRESSES WESTERN JEWELRY ; BLOUSES

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