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velt. Here (left to right), Rep. John J, Cochran of St. Louis; Adm. Ernest King look on as Mrs. O'Hare fastens the medal around her husband's neck.

“down six Japanese bombers, reCi , from President Roosethe Navy Frank Knox, and

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J ORDER FATHERS DRAFTED BY AGE

Boards to Be Told to Take Those in 18-22-Year

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (U, P.).— Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) - of the house military affairs com-

The injured man was Henry Murray, 53, of 648 E. 31st st, a member of No. 10 company. A ladder on which he was working slipped from under him because of its icy

Two-Alarm Blaze Destroys Half of Local Rubber Plant

A two-alarm blaze which following an. explosion early today destroyed one of two buildings at Consolidated Rubber Laboratories, Inc. 399 Division st, and resulted in injury to one fireman, The loss may reach $150,000 as all machinery was ruined. Ice formed quickly as water from four streams was poured into the flaming structure, hampering the firemen.

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sefting and he fell 15 feet. He

By CHARLES P. ARNOT United Press Staff Correspondent

ABOARD U. S. CARRIER, Central Pacific, - Nov. 30 (Delayed)—"Switch on your. top-

lights.”

Butch O’Hare's flying mate heard those Jast words of the heroic pilot over his plane radio as they returned from saving a battle fleet— ~ ‘a job O'Hare characteristically had assigned

himself,

[BRITISH SHIPS, AIRCRAFT SINK

3

FIVE U-BOATS

: Three Others Damaged as

Pack of 20 Is Driven | Off Convoy Path..

LONDON, Dec. 11 (U. P.).—Brit-| ish planes and warships destroyed | five German submarines and dam- | aged three more in a two-day battle | fought recently in the North Atlantic, a joint communique of the | admiralty "arid air ministry an- | nounced today. The eight U-boats destroyed or damaged comprised a large part of a submarine concentration preparing for a major attack on two valuable convoys, the communique said. 4 More than 99 per cent of the escorted ships in the convoys have reached harbor safely, and the British warships sustained no damage or casualties,

Decisively Defeated “A strong concentration of U-boats which had gathered in the North Atlantic in order to launch

a major attack on allied shipping recently was decisively defeated by

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lights as he wanted to—to measure his from his neighbor.

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blazed brielly. O'Hare’s Hellcat Fighter slipped,

Japanese aircraft. . That was 72 hours ago.

WASHINGTON

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Watch for a break-up in the Balkans as the beginning of the end of. Hitler. If Turkey comes in and Bulgaria drops out, Rumania

and Hungary won't be far behind. ‘The allies won't have to bother with Crete, the Aegean and Greece. mans in that area will be forced to evacuate or be pinched ofl, ~ Betting is that April will find Germany—=if she hasn't changed regimes and quit meantime— under final all-out attack from the east, the west, the south and from the

arr.

DON'T BE tooled by Foreign Minister Menemencioglu’s poker- | remains un- |

LONDON, Dec. 11 (U. P.).—One of the biggest fleets of | American heavy bombers ever dispatched on any raid, ine

faced pronouncement that Turkey's changed.” Here's the catch: Turkish foreign policy (as fixed in 1939 and consolidated at fntérvals since) is to “co-operate effectively” and lend all possible aid to Britain and France “in the event of war in the Mediterranean area.” “70 DATE, Turkey has co-operated more effectively by staying ont than by coming in, Now the situation is reversed. She can do more by coming in—and she will, with noe change in her foreign policy. » » # . » .

“foreign policy

effective, secret wire-pullers there. Anything can happen.

Also don't be surprised if Hiller makes the first move against | Turkey by “Pearl-Harboring” Istanbul and Uskuder, on the Bosphorus,

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BUT HE NEVER had a chance to use the

Guns on a Japanese plane that sneaked by accident into the forraation

once, then disappeared into the blackness of ocean swells dotted at places with the blazing

The Ger.

ipped, Swooped, Then Vanished Into Sec

HOUR BY HO carrier force have in the memory of

distance

; O'Hare’s last call. swooped ward IH. O'Hare, 2

O'Hare {Continued

action,

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LONDON, Dec, 11 (U. | today that Russia and her a

| launch large-scale ground operations “in the nearest pos.

| sible future.”

[cluding both Flying Fortres

Northwest Germany by day

Lockheed Lightnings and

of the 8th air force escorted the bombers on the mission

KEEP YOUR eye on Bulgaria. Her population is Slav, pro- Which threw the offensive against Germany back into high Russian, and Moscow is very busy In Sofia; has some of hér most [gear after a weather-enforced lull. 2

SUPER-ROMBERS

Jr., 38, torpedo squadron skipper, who hoard Officially the report said: Lt. Cmdr. Ed-

commander aboard this carrier—missing in

GIANT YANK AIR ARMADA ‘HITS REICH

BULLETIN

light today,

UR search planes from this ranged over the spot marked

Lt. Cmdr. John L. Phillips

9, of St. Louis, Mo., airgroup

had won a congressional on Page 3 Column §)

P.).—~The Moscow radio said Ilies are firmly determined to

ses and Liberators, attacked

Republic Thunderbolt fighters

i The Germans laid a smoke {screen over ‘the target ‘area, threw up & moderately heavy

‘ground barrage, and sent

mittee said today that selective service bpards will be ordered to classify pre-Pearl Harbor fathers into age groups and that those

received leg and foot injuries and was treated at City hospital, The company converts old auto-

GATE FOR 1000

the raiding force. German Messerschmitt and Junk-

10 HIT EUROPE x firing fighter planes against

Christmas?

& i director. May said Hershey has Indianapolis Shriners were hav- "= | : | ; _|Aghters were seen than had been I “requested local draft boards to use| Bound Atrm CC le big day today. or. s_ Vigorous a sive wetion On People’s Desire for (List. of Donors. Page Two) By JAMES E. ROPER in action for some time. They dé= ! every . possible , means to defer) Bhortly ‘before 4 a. ‘m.. while| * candid United Prise Sal Correspondent [scribed “the fighter attacks a8 : . 5 S Approximately 1000 candidates, | of the coastal command prevented By HELEN RUEGAMER ADVANCED U, 8, AIR BASE | “yicious.” : i fathers as long as possible Arthur Young and Dave Podns His Return. y ’ “vicious.” . The Germans came up t one of the largest classes ever to|the enemy from launching /any Eastern Italy, Dec. 11.—Gen Henry at the bombe § Asks Explanation were at work, there was a sudden - ” concentrated attack on two valu- HOW WOULD you like to spend H. Arnold. chief of the U. 8 1 Ms in a steep climb, blast, causing a huge cloud of/be admitted to membership In a able convoys. and more than 99) CAIRO, Dec. Hl: (U. P).~KINg| Christmas in bed? You wouldn't? i a p - o Ey — launching rockets which whizged May called Hershey to explain|dense smoke and flame, They Shrine temple, were to be initiated ovoys, and me than % George It of Greece announced 10-| Neither would a couple hundred | Mf forces, pre tod on a visit here through the formation before one Selective service policy toward sotinded an alarm. in the winter ceremonial at Murat pet ted sis ched fi bor in G8Y that in the interests of Greek : + {today that Amer on super-bombers, | ploding. ei fathers following the signing by| As Oapt. Michael Hyland and the Temple Secu ships reac Arbor I unity he is willing to put off his re- . aided by the Be ish and ‘Russian| = Pirst reports from the airmen in. President Roosevelt of the congres- first three of six companies arrived, 1; also is the annual visit of the | Alreralt D d turn (0 Athens after his country ale urees, aul bring very aro dicated that the Lightnings and sional amendment. to the selective they saw a flash of flame extending imperial potentate of the Shrine in| ree Afrerafl Damaged - liberated until the people have ex ent “very sooner | bombard-| Thunderbolts got ‘a heavy. rati®. service act. He sald Hershey's ex-|the length of the building and then North America, Morley E. Mack-| ‘His majesty's ships sustained jpiessed their will regarding him. 5 mean NEIY oo are. going to] OF, [he German fighers as against ~~ planation was “complelely satis-|they saw fhe entire roof cave in.|ensie of Toronto, Canada. neither casualty nor damage. The king's gesture was belleved to 4 aa hens Aimy lr Gite their own losses. ve 0 factory” and that Hershey said his|The heat had caused the huge| wr Mackenzie will address the| “Three aircraft of the coastal have been prompted by the desire at a To. cenference. “The 1. Shi Pudinsky, navigator ‘on office had placed fathers at the [steel supporting girders to melt and |,andidates and the - nobility, -at| command were damaged in com-|of united nations leaders to remove A Rho thelr wngshaired his 14th mission, Said: bottom of the draft pool as directed | 8ive way. Sections of the wall caved | purat tonight. bat with the enemy, and two were the causes. for clashes between boys. frantiehlly: trying to derelon The fighter opposition was pars : by congress. in, Toa The public was given a glimpse of | forced to alight at sea. The air Greek guerrilla factions. ; a trick method ‘af stopping the ticularly & . There were both Drafting of fathers up to 36 al-| The four lines of hose were|he ceremonial with a street parade | Crews suffered casualties, but &| Reports of mountain internecine (twin and single engined planes.

ready has begun in many areas and

: hy, “We hope to use planes of newer i : Hershey was quoted an ielling a hydrants of the Chevrolet Body|iong rope, the neophytes were ex-|Tescued by his majesty's ships. |sertions in high quarters that any| 1% types. in We us he a with} 0 Jeneath, and that was a new New York meeting earlier this week nearby. Water which did! hibited through downtown streets. “Contact first was made with|galijed action in the Balkans might : . .

| that about 1,000,000 fathers would

have to be drafted by July 1. A . tentate Mackenzie and F. L. Tomp- tional warfare. fa | The objectives of the United May listed three ways in which building adjoining the one de- [kins fllustrate potentate of Murat |U-boats were then in the vicinity In a letter to Premier Emmanue . = States 8th air force in its first | Hershey said it was possible to get|S7oyed was of the two convoys, which were

Léwis B. Hershey, selective service

mobile batteries into powder which

this afternoon, Tied securely to a The parade was headed by Po-

Temple and members of his divan.

imperial Potentate Leads.

tion,” the communique said.

total of five U-boats were destroyed and three were damaged.

majority of the personnel was

the enemy toward evening. It was estimated that no fewer than 20

forces of his majesty's ships and’ by aircraft of the coastal «n- KING RE SSURES mand working in close co-opera- | ; : |

Invites Post-War Plebiscite

be impeded seriously by the fac-

Tsouderos. of the exiled Greek gov-

strife in Greece have prompted as-| £

In a Hospital?

{On the

from 18 to 22 years oid will be called i Aart A i S—— : itis! ol ; bber. . The During the series of - . . : 6 n against the bombers to launch fis . : Yok be ng Tp A de: |ments Fm i og, EX FA TIONS How Would You Like| | These Raids Are Going to thon cing Ja "ined 10 Ma's. emma ot rt ich DOIN FAERISE fr we nt uate termine EIS | Spend Holidays || Cause Germany's Defeat nee te Le SL closéd session today by Maj. Gen.| : P Speaks Tonight. iy wo days w nights, a 1 Fighters Vicious

Arnold Says.

allied bombings.

thé ald of the Russians and the

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(ors fighters flying six abreast, swept

Crewmen said more twin-éngined

{The main wave that hit us came

Objectives Not Disclosed

major operation since an attack on

Rin” ag tie — : separated by a distance of aboud ernment, the king said that “. . . War Fronts German targets in France on Dec. 8 ie before taking fathers, HO vas int Sharge, said Hat acid Hoosier Heros 60 miles.” when the long desired hour of liber- Dec. 13, 1949 (were not disclosed immediately. Cliaed i Gronps —_ he ieries JrubAbly Ny Josier nerops— ation of our motherland strikes, 1 The daylight raid followed a night ; is the A. 31 . ; — . shall examine anew the question of ITALY: Eighth army establishes sortie by British mosquito bombers crusbed boxes, composed of rub1. Age group classification Of per “were being 2h GEOR : NICHOLSON Two-Car Band I fs my return to’ Greece in agreement new bridgehead across Moro river, Which attacked western Germany : prs. After the first group is “cyclone.” ce put through the with the government , . .” PACIFIC: "A 1h wa u and returned without loss. Boia, ot ' . wig a A . 3 ‘ : pi : test n aerial! ER : inaumd Shey will be Jollowed bf There was a smaller. fire at the IS KILLED IN ITALY Make Debut Here ] Guerrilla Pressure 14. Col. Harrison §. Collisl pincers on Rabaul, - 'ITALIANS JO! L re otitline. other age groups, but May Pane bout a month ago and fire| ! y '.{ BANDITS RIDE in separate | The letter was believed to have ’ : [LIA N AL IES Said they probably woul be added ron sunt desrored o scion] 7 | cam ow, 1 [Poon taped i part by. extreme sides, but they wil and atv. | KORORE: Aeris bein wid |y AGTUAL FIGHTING ' more men are needed. © na . tena = Lk ge yy ih When George Loucks, 6317 re from leftist - elements| Harrison station hospital. : . ; die . Use of more 4-Fs. Hershey DOG LOST sine Mother Here Is Notified of riverview eo was at 63d st. and a Ciiosh guerrillas who decline] Their illnesses will run from a | ‘rensport facilities and barracks wiry rrALIAN FORCES ON © phomised to “dig into the groups of : IN -FIRE Son’ : Washington blvd. last night, twe |io recognize the authority of either| sore throat to an appendectomy; | 5% Bulgarian. political sig oi FIFTH ARMY FRANT, Italy, Dec. 3400000 ¢-Fs as promptly as pos-| THAT DESTROYS HOME ~ Son’s Death. cars drove up. The driver of each |the king or the present government. thelr Injuttes’ Som a sprained i aE Geraany. lo (Delayed) (U. P).~The Mallen sible” to if many of them can § Aa A got out, pointed guns at him, took |. The 53-year-old king, who was: ankle to a fractured arm. But no ' it oo hie see 4 id} Fire that took the life of a pet] - Killed re $25 and then drove away separ-. |obl to be away from Greece be-| matter what their trouble, none of | RUSSIA: Russian army drives-Ger- army was forced into retreat in its. not be taken into service. May sa iged y firs Hershey referred to 4-F’s as the|COCKer spaniel and caused $3500| PVT. GEORGE E NICHOL- | ately tween 1923 and 1935 as the result of| : : mans in disorderly retreat fits cometack Attempt. sits Italy “fertile ‘of additional man-|damage swept the home of Mr. and! goN who had been an infan- | AS George M. Rogers was put- | revolution after which a republic (Continued on Page 2—Column. 7) | through Dnieper bend. a “co-belligetent’ of the pool : , — lies, b 1i power” if physical standards are] Mrs. Herbert: Smith, 5415 Manker ting out the lights of the P & P-{was proclaimed, made known his ete rumors allies, but fell back only in the fats fa a Edgewood, . tryman with the Tth army in | up 43g Indiana ave. early today, |readiness to put his.throne in the JAPS CLAIM CHUNGKING RAID ( ters. hands ‘of the people through s NAZIS FLEE DNIEPER CHUNGKING, Dec. 11 (U, P.). Dx royal communication which said: : "The Dome} Japanese news agency * “Unity is necessary today for the Vel) in a Lisbon dispatch broadcast by Lh am... 2H final effort against the enemy, but BEND IN DISORDER Tokyo today quoted Chungking as alpini FPR 3 vee. 22 Ham 2 {entire interior of the ‘one and a half and fled [it also will be needed during the =, : announcing that Tokyo had report- [charged across Nas Sam... 22 12 (neen).. 30° [story brick veneer was de- A period after liberation. That period | Tr — led that two waves of Japanese the Migano Noy fam...2 1pm... 31 [stroyed : Glasson, 614 N. Beville |shpuld find all Greeks in unity and (qf “of Def l planes attacked Chungking Friday |terday in the 2% 4 Speman three men grabbed him | concord. _Lollapse OF DeIeNnses IS gn; The Inst raid on Chungking 8 > CP i : York | “Without ' unity, a good . and Believed Imminent actually ‘was on Aug. 31. "| Britain since world war I. : FDR, On Way Home, Confers “and bed [speedy sation of the” questions) Believed Imminent, ae tee ge ong aE re E LL i. bd a When | which interest Greece might n-| woscOW, Dec, 11 (U..P.).—The iat 1.88 ory = a) ith Eis ; C h : ave, |counter Germans * were in disor- : i as a gi ¢ 1ho : ’ Bast | “Por that reason and in my de-| eri retreat toward the cenirall&» &« DOMDS JO0TIA TO » § bg 2 : ul 2 Isen : wer af art age SN, anothiet | 2i1e 0 contribute to early. elusida- Ukrainian besten of Kiowyrad| 1 . . te ° ke pur ia ak WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (U. P.).|the ancient city of Carthage to con- , Continued on Page 3—Column 32) |!0ddy amid indications of an im-| . B 5 k 1th Ao 4 : President _ Fu _en route|fer with Gen, Dwight D, Eisenhower {Co on Page 3 pending collapee of Nasi defenses ulgarian rea yYvirn . ~ ferences, fade a 48-hour “stop the White House sniounced today. ' 6 Deprived of their northern escape! LONDON, Dec. 11 (U, P)-U. several waves and a :

sory, a widow, still

ow to Spend

Wisely. or’

lines by the Soviet capture of Zna-

ces Bed eth ; ) 8. heavy bombers blasted Sofla yes- | were killed, the German radio said. Ei co Fon a Sn CHIR m Pefm- Cn : “Page S§ na : ————N : _ Forty : TIMES FEATURES #® ma my THES TE TO BL Your children should be protected for I 4 oo t ON INSIDE PAGES ¢ vised KELLAND SEES NEED | ui by the food you give them. 1 BRITISH FIRE DRIVES | resignations or prem — Spon mv 4 sate 6 wel FOR A GOOD MAN’, Me mre to protect thir hoa, in NAZIS BACK IN ITALY|ZAe; and ime ober Busuran ements. .- 13) Millett ...... 8 at Tunis aud| SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 11: Sure. their , guarentee their energy 0 ieveress: 6 Movies a tour by the|(U. P.)—Clarence Budington Kei- f wees. 5|{Musie ....... : the 1500-mile| land, suthor and Republican , ee. T|Obituaries .... line of war II battles | believes the nation needs “a good alee Beneast "and oF Race ba 23 he .

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