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' VOLUME 54—~NUMBER 238

“We Will Get to Rome but the Way Is Cruel Pyle

By ERNIE PYLE AT THE FRONT LINE IN ITALY, Dec. 14 (By Wireless) .—The war in Italy is tough. The land and the weath-

er are both against us.

It rains and‘it rains. Vehicles bog down and temporary bridges wash out. The country is shockingly beautiful, and just as shockingly hard to capture from the enemy. The hills rise to high ridges of almost solid rock.

NAZIS ABANDON “LAST BIG BASE

ALONG DMEPER

- Capture of Cherkasi Gives

Russ Firm Grip on Rail Center. LONDON, Dec. 14 (U. P,).—Gen.

_ Ivan 8. Konev’s Ukrainian army

has stormed and captured Cherkasi, the last major German base on the west bank of the lower Dnieper Premier Josef Stalin ane nounced today in a special order of the day. Official Moscow announcement of the capture of Cherkasi was borne out by a German high command acknowledgment that the town had been evacuated. Supplementary Nazi reports said

-§t had been “completely destroyed.”

Stalin, hailing the victors at Cherkasi, described the town as “an important center of German defense on the right bank of the Dnieper” and said it fell today as a result of stubborn fighting.

German Position Crumbling

Military quarters here believed the fall of Cherkasi signalized the crumbling of the entire German position in the northern section of the Dnieper bend, since it gave the Russians a firm grip on an extensive and strategic rail and highway

Cherkasi, a town «f some 50,000 inhabitants important for its Dnieper river crossing and its in-

dustries, lies some 100: "miles below in

Kiev, and was the main German stronghold anchoring the defenses along the upper rim of the Dnieper

Berlin Concedes Loss

A Berlin communique conceding the loss of Cherkasi reported “embittered fighting” and increased Russian pressure both in that

sector and around Kirovograd to|-

the south. “The. enemy was able to gain ground at some places,” the Nazis admitted. Three infantry divisions, one sir-borne division and other auxfliary units distinguished themselves in the capture of Cherkast, Stalin said, and henceforth will add the name of the own to their designations. The German DNB news agency

.gald Cherkasi was evacuated last night “in Tull order without loss of “men or material”

Fighting Heavy Below Malin

“The heaviest fighting of the entire Russian front still raged below Malin, 58 miles northwest of Kiev, but the Germans were attacking with dozens instead of hundreds of tanks

* and the Russians obviously were not

yet ready to throw their full

tions yesterday in their second advance below Malin in as many days. Some 150 miles southeast of Kiev, the Soviets tightened their arc around the Dnieper bend railway and industrial city of Kirovograd, 62 miles southwest of Kremenchug, with the: capture of five more vil-

hint that preparations were tinder way for a Soviet winter

Three Link-Belt Departments Clothe 65 Children

their collection totaled $1300 and one ‘of them said.

PATTON'S TOUR STIRS BALKANS

Sens Inspects Defenses In Mid-East; Hitler

Shifts Reserves.

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 14-Lt. Gen, George S, Patton has made a threeday tour of ‘strategic military zones the Middle East, a Cairo announcement revealed today, fanning on the likelihood of or imminent action in the jittery Balkan theater. Patton, who commanded the United States 7th army campaign through Sicily, was revealed to have made a sweep through the Middle

LONDON, Dec. 14 (U. P.)o— British Mosquito bombers raided western Germany for the fourth straight night last night after a strong force of American Flying Fortresses and Liberators hit northwest Germany yesterday. Specific targets were not announced for either the day or night raiders. None ‘of the Mosquito bombers was lost.

East as the guest of Gen, Henry Maitland Wilson, British commander. i

known as “Old Blood and

TUESDAY, DECEMBE

You can’t go around them through the flat peaceful val leys, because the Germans look down upon you and would

let you have it. "” ” ®

SO YOU HAVE to go up and over.

= . » A mere platoon

of (Germans, well dug in on a high, rock-spined hill, can hold out for a long time against tremendous onslaughts. Having come from home so recently, 1 know you folks

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children. “We

THIS I8 NOT a mean city. It is generous. Its heart is big.

THE WEATHER was freesing

workers took the several others to

When they came back to the Clothe-A-Child office the lad was warmly clothed. And he had two sets of bundles. One of the workers had bought the sick child a complete outfit— out of her own pocketbook. se =

_. IT'S ALMOST daylight when the night shift at Link-Belt trudges home. ! Yesterday they waived their sleep and at 8 a. m. were at the Clothe-A-Child office to buy warm clothing for 65 needy youngsters. They spent all morning buying the outfits and providing food for

gomeral mown a: “Old miood and| LOST BOMBER’S CREW

Guts,” . appeared unheralded in Cairo, and the demands of military shrouded the intents of his trip so far from Sicily, where the most recent advices said his 7th army still was stationed. Coincident with the disclosure of Patton's visit, a dispatch from Zurich quoted reliable sources as reporting -that Germany was rushing all available reinforcements to the Balkans, Several air squadrons earmarked for use in Italy and material fos! the Russian front were diverted to the Balkans, The Zurich report said the reserves moved into the Balkans were estimated at 40000 men, adding that units were on the way from as

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KING GEORGE IS 48

LONDON, Dec. 14 (U. P).—King 48th

Wayne, is a member of an eightman crew of an army heavy bomber reported missing today nearly 36 hours after the plane disappeared on a routine combat mission in Massachusetts. An intensive search by air-and ground, hampered by near-zero weather, revealed no trace of the Jost bomber, the public relations base at Westover field, Mass., reported.

(TEST PROVES GIRL WAS BURNED ALIVE

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Dec. 14 (U. P)~—A pathological examina-

Wife of Gen. Mork Clark

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[Twin Brother Home Ill, But Gets Warm Clothes

(List of Donors, Page Six) By WILLIAM CRABB

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HOOSIER LISTED WITH.

Sgt. Bernard G. Stockley, Ft.|

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yesterday. A widow brought her

68-year-old son to the Clothe-A-Child office. The lad's twin Brother

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F.D.R. Explains ‘Military Duty’

. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 14 (U. P.).—~To 19,044 Harvard men in the armed services, the Harvard Crimson; undergraduate newspaper sent a questionnaire. Answering the question: “Military duty?” President Roosevelt wrote; “comnmander-in-chief of the United States army and navy.” i Answering the du estion: “Foreign service?” the President wrote, “occasionally.”

LT, PAUL H. HUGHES MISSING IN ACTION

Bombardier of Indianapolis In Raid on Germany.

Missing - LT. PAUL H. HUGHES, bombardier with the army air forces, has been missing in action over Germany since Dec. 1. Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. L Hughes, 1104 N. Tuxedo st. he entered the service Nov. 19, 1941,

and served for a year in the infantry. before Sranaterring to the air forces. , After being commissioned a second lieutenant May 13, 1943, at

graduate of Jefferson high school (Continued on Page 7—Column 2)

BUS PASSENGER INJURED

Coffee Is Bad, Woman Is Shot

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (U. P).

{| copyrignt. 1043, by the Indianapolis Times

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind., Issued daily except Sunday

R 14, 1943

back there are disappointed and puzzled by the slow progress in Italy. You wonder why we move northward so imperceptibly. ‘You are impatient for us to get to Rome. Well, 1 can tell you this—our troops are just as impatient for Rume as you. But they all say such things as this: “It never was this bad in Tunisia.” “We ran into a new brand of Krauts over here.” “If it would only stop

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4 ABOVE ZERO DUE HERE: ICE SLOWS AUTOS

More Snow ls Forecast as ‘City Shivers in Cold

Wave.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 15 10 a.m. 15 15 Mam . 16 . 15 12 (Noom) 17 13 1pm . 18

Temperatures around four above gero tonight were forecast by the weather bureau as thousands skidded to work on icy streets today. Sweeping in on the crest of stift winds from the northwest, the cold wave was increasing in Intensity throughout all north central and eastern states with no relief In sight for at least two days | Affer rising slightly to 22 degrees) late yesterday, temperatures began ropping rapidly again, reaching 15

Every year had as much fun as the children,”

d werk degrees early today. Yesterday's low was 12 degrees, recording An {average temperature of 17 degrees,

16 below normal for December, Traffie Slowed

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‘Millionaire Indiana Industrialist, Banker and

Prominent Repub Suddenly

Will G. lrwin, millionair

financier and prominent Republican,

at the Indiana National bank. Mr. Irwin, a 77-year-old bank, of commented to associates how v In a few moments he coi culty getting his breath. lle

lican Is Stricken at Office.

e Indiana industrialist and died suddenly today

bachelor, had arrived at the

which he was president, around 11 o'clock and

vell he felt. nplained he was having diffi lay down on a davenport, A

doctor was called from the Methodist hospital but before ‘the doctor arrived, Mr. Irwin

[had died.

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IS SEEN BY EDEN

Reports to Camm, Hints, Churchill Still Is in Middle-East.

~ WASHINGTON, Dee. 14 (U. P.).

i | Snow-covered streets slowed traf-| {fie in all sections of the city this| morning but no serious delays were reported hy the Indianapolis Btreet Railways. Hundreds of share-the-ride war plant workers were late to work as automobiles failed to start and passengers rushed for the trolleys which were already jammed to the doors, However, 'tadianapolis Railways officials sald the system was running “near normal” most of the) morning with only a few minor de- | lays on the bus routes where icy streets slowed traffic,

Shippers Warned

Shippers here were warned to protect cargoes against tempera-

e Secretary Anthony Eden told tures while highway crews sanded Sen See: oy that Britain, the icy spots at road intersections but United States and Russia at Tehran reported all roads open. had ensured the shortening of the! AS much as two inches of snow war and laid plans for * ‘maintaining | fe}! in far northern Indiana the world's progress” in the peace | Night, highway officials said, but] {to follow. rid not pile up enough to block In apologizing for Prime Minister | traffic. Churchill's absence at the opening|snow made all roads

of the war debate, he hinted broadly |S: 30 slippery and the highway : commission warned drivers to use

caution in traveling. Ft. Wayne and South Bend reported the lowest temperatures in the state last night with readings of 12 degrees above zero.

Record 21 Below

The lowest temperature in the country last night was recorded at Rosseau, Minn., where. the mereury dropped to 21 “degrees below zero and a further drop was forecast. Duluth, Minn. has 18 below, and Caribou, Me., had nine below. Scattered reports of fatalities indicated the heavigst death toll was suffered in the New England states where at least 13 persons lost their lives because of the weather.

LONDON, Dec. 14 (U, P.).—For-

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Dec, 14 (U. P.) —Canadfan troops. battled forward through Nazi tank forces toward the German Adriatic coastal anchor at Ortona as winter rains and mud returned today to harass the allies in. Italy. The mire slowed action on beth the British Sth and Anglo-American 5th army. sectors, .

that further conferences in the Mediterranean theater were contemplated or under way. “There still remains important ‘work for him to do in the sphere

{cares for the Heacock children, Smokey, a cocker spaniel, was found

[floor of the five-room brick house

Will G, Irwin

TWO CHILDREN SAVED-IN-FIRE:

Blaze Drives 5 From Home Into Morning Cold; Pet Dog Dies.

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Three adults and two children were driven from their beds into ithe cold and a pet dog was suffo{cated when fire swept the home of

* known

Republican party, | markable energy, he also time

Death was attrib uted to heart failure. One of Leading Citizens Irwin was one of the best citizens of Indiana. His [record of achievement in the flelds of business, finance, industry and [philanthropy was equalled by few {other men. His influence was felt | throughout the state and his coun-

Mr,

| sel was widely sought by financial, {Industrial and political leaders. :

Although he never sought public office, he had for many years been one of the active leaders of the A man of re. found to actively support educational, religious and other enter prises of public benefit,

Succeeded Brown

Mr, Irwin was president and di« rector of many ¢ throughout the nation and & member of &

presiden National bank, largest bank in State, to ‘succeed Arthur ', he who became chairman of the hard, Mr. Irwin was also president of Irwin-Union Trust Co. of bus, Ind., his home fown, and United Starch & Refining Columbus.

Co. He was vice president of ‘the dianapolis Belt Rail Road & Stock yards Co., chairman of the board of Southern Indiana Rallways, chairman of the executive committee of the American Zine, Lead & Smelting Co. of St. Louis, director and executive committee member

Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Heacock,!

today. Awakened by the smell of smoke,

children, Sandra, 7, and Larry, 4, and Miss Violet Easter, 21, who!

dead in the basement, i

Packages Charred Firemen fought the blaze for two hours, and the basement and first

were gutted, Damage was estimated

was undetermined. Among the ruins in the living room was the charred remnants of a gaily-decorated Christmas tree. Underneath the tree Christmas packages, wrapped in bright reds and greens, were brown and soiled where the flames and water had touched them.

where he now 1s,” Eden told the packed house and gallery, “and I am sure the house would wish him to see that work through to the end.”

Five men were missing on Lake | Michigan after their boat capsized | near Saugatuck, Mich.

Lists Casniis | DEANNA GETS: DIVORCE |

Eden said that allied forces in| HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14 (U, P)~ Italy have suffered 26,723 casualties| Deanna Durbin, the singing child | and captured more than 6000 Ger-|star of the movies who grew up in man prisoners. into one of Hollywood's most beauAllied casualties from the start|tiful actresses, was awarded a di-

vorce today from Navy Lt. Vaughn (Continued on yr 3—Column 7)

Paul.

By GEORGE WELLER

and the Chicago Daily News, Inc. cn MEWHERE IN-AUSTRALIA Dec. 13 (Via Airmail).—In the west high reaches of the Owen Stanley mountains the trail that

1 led through the gap to Kokoda on

and Buna is e But the natives say that in the might the Your Of 1ouEly motors 1 heard overhead,

Some Say Flying Dutchman Still Flies, but Only 6 of His 23 Men Have Left the Jungle

American heroism in the face of death in the Times

Mr. and Mrs. Heacock were asleep in the back bedroom, while the chil. dren and Miss Easter were in the

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* HITLER IN SUB QUIZ MADRID, Dec. 14 (U. P.) —~Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, commander-in-chief of the German navy, has been summoned to Adolf Hitler's headquarters to discuss Germany's weakening submarine campaign, reliable reports said today.

that of the motor of the Flying Dutchman, seeking

moss gro rocks of Fro

at $3000, but the cause of the fire

of the Union Trust Co. of Indian-

last 5151 E. 21st st, about 1:30 a. m. apolis and a director of Indiana

Bell Telephone Co, Kingan & Co., United Electric Coal Companies of

However, packing of the Mrs. Heacock aroused her husband Chicago and the Purity Stores of north of U.|and together they rescued thelr gu, Francisco. ;

Butler Trustee

Mr. Irwin also had been 8 trustee of Butler University since 1908 and a trustee of the Christian Founda« tion since 1922. It was his gen erosity largely that enabled the building of the ultra-modern New Tabernacle Christian church in Columbus. Mr. Irwin was born Nov. 24, 1888, at the old Irwin homestead in Columbus, the son of Joseph I. and Harriett C. Irwin. At the time of his birth his father operated a drygoods store in Columbus. He attended public schools there and was graduated from Columbus high school with the class of 1884.

Attended Butler

. He entered Butler college in 1888 and participated in the social lite and athletics of the school. He was {a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and played on’ the Butler football team in his junior and senior years. Also as a senior he was president of the Indiana State Oratorical association, 2 He graduated from Butler uni