Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1943 — Page 1

- | for needy children, to whom the

| Clothe-A-Child Fund totaled $1021297, while the

Times Contributions Total $15,472.17; Mile-0-Dimes || Sets Record. (List of jDenors, Page 3) By WILLIAM CRABB While her sons fought freedom’s|: battle overseas, Indianapolis brought

Christmas cheer to approximately 1250 wounded gnd hospitalized sol-

: diers in the county's three war hos- { pitals today, and at the same time

did not forget to care for the underprivileged children on the home

(| front.

All this was accomplished through

| The Indianapolis Times Christmas i/ Fund, which provided gifts for the

soldiers and warm winter clothing

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Mrs. F. Noble Ropkey, chairman of the Red Cross Gray Ladies at Stout field station hospital, gives Pvi. Herbert L. Kiger, W. Alex ander, Pa. one of the Christmas gifts provided by the people of Indianapolis through The Times Christmas fund. Their yesterday.

‘REALLY NICE! SAYS PATIENT,

Billings,

war boom with its higher prices had made their plight more desperate than ever before. Cash contributions for the War Hospitals and the 14th annual

traditional Mile-O-Dimes amounted to $5259.20, Jargest in the history of the ewalk Santa Claus,” making a total of $15,472.17.

Many Direct Donors

Actually, the expenditures will exceed $25,000 as an estimated : $10000 was spent by donors who | Parties Held at met the children at Clothe-A-Child J Ss headquarters and shopped for the Ft. Harrison and children themselves. . A total of $6831.84 was earmarked Stout Field. by the contributors for Clothe-A-| Child, $1300.59 was designated for{ The generosity of Indianapolis people through their contributions to The Times Christmas Pund made itself felt: Yesterday and today.in & round of parties for the wounded and hospitalized service men in Marion county. Approximately 1250 gifts were : distributed to the men at Stout] fleld station hospital, Ft. Harrison ; station hospital, and Billings Gen-

fund to be used for both purposes. | Clothe-A-Child provided outfits for 1113 children up to Christmas

“yemainder were 7 at the. bedside of eath' patient at| Billings late last night. And the men seemed to like the of | kits, each of which contained such . S.iftems as shaving cream, razor blades, hand -iotion. games, books, cards, writing paper, séwing kits and cigarets, A typical comment

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With a thermometer

in his mouth, Cl. Daniel Col. Lovie MeKeacher, New Bedford, Mase. attempis fo mas. SoPPed bis SUCH ter a juggle-puzrle at Ft. Harrison station hospital use the shoe polish first.

nef today: tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy.

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ORTONA FURY IS EQUAL T0 STALINGRAD

{Nazis Cling Desperately to Nearly Impreg-

SE % Santa Claus comes to Fi. Hirrison station hospital to distribute The Times’ gifts. Here he hands a package to Cpl. Nile Daniels of Tacoma, Wash, who looks up with pleasure mixed with incredulity, Opl. Daniels has been in service for about (we years. ;

nable Positions in Adriatic Anchor of Italian Line; Street Fighting Bitter.

By C. R. CUNNINGHAM . United Press Staff Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Dec, 25.~The {battle for Ortona, Adriatic anchor of the Nazi line, mounted (today to a pitch officially described as “matching the (fury of Stalingrad” with the Germans clinging despers ately to almost impregnable positions in the northwestern {corner of the town.

(A Cairo broadcast heard in London said Ortona was

| “entirely in allied hands? However, other sources previ-

a (ously had reported allied capture of the town and in each case proved premature.) La

140,000 ARE IDLE

Se ” is a opened his McSwane, San Angelo, Tex, as he opened his packand decided to age at Stout field. “It's got just about everything : you need.”

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Elements of three German divisions—~the 26th panzer,

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“(forces at bay for the fourth \straight day in the bitterest street fighting of the entire Italian campaign. J { The Germans moved some tanks into the basements of ruined stons {houses and swept the approaches to the northwestern corner of the

‘Industry - Wide Walk « Qut town with withering fire, while pa« {trols clashed in bloody hand-to-

Threatens as Workers. [hind struggles amid the rubble left

: by bombs and shells, Quit on Holiday.

Canadian forces broke into Ore [tona Tuesday and pushed the stil YOUNGSTOWN, 0, Dec. 28 (U. bornly-resistiiy foe back throusy P.) Z.About 35,000 workers were idle!the streets In a bitter tank battle

IN STEEL MILLS

in the Youngstown area today as until they came up against the *

steel workers refused to go to their enemy's prepared defenses. Ortona Jobs at the Youngstown Sheet &!is the main barrier to Pescara, 11 Tube Co. and the Republic Steel miles to the north, eastern terminus Corp.'s vital plants because of a of the lateral road to Rome, # contract expiration last night. | Other Sth army empire troops In Cleveland, more than 7000 | gained new ground to the west, workers were idle when a picket however, ‘anid the Sth army captured line at the Oorrigan-McKinney and several. heights in: strip mills of the Republic Steel despite heavy rain and poor visie Corp. refused to let night shift bility, Gen. Dwight D. workers enter the mills last night.icommunique announced. i Most of the steel plants in Cleve-| Elsewhere on the Sth army front, land and some in Youngstown were the weather limited activity “to closed for a holiday and an accus patrolling. / rate check on the number of work-| The communique also reported ers affected would not be possible that allied motor torpedo boats had until Sunday night when. work 18! guscessfully” attacked the former

Eisenhower's

scheduled to be resumed, officials Jugosiav cruiser Dalmacija~seised pointed out. . by the Germans in the 1941 Balkans Contracts Expire campaign—after the vessel was

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‘It's Awfully Nice!’

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| Mile Out at Ft. Harrison, Cpl. Nile total on the Mile-O | Daniels, Tacoma, Wash, looked 1941. Last year's serious for a while and then sald, “Gee, it's awfully nice of these Indianapolis people.” And that ought to make contributors feel pretty good down inside. But it wasnt all gaily wrapped Christmas gifts, for there was and laughter in the air, too. Cornell

Ppesident Spends Happy " Christmas at Home.

CHIANG TELLS CHINA ALLIES NEARER GOA

CHUNGKING, Dec, 26 (U. P.).— Chiang Kai-shek, in|music a Christmas broadcast to China's|Accordionist Catherine

P) ~Like millions of other American homes, President Roosevelt's house was littered today. wrappings and resounded

he was just another grandfather y todgy—and he liked it. Gathered around a Christmas! gt on his knee. ‘

executive had such a completely

family Christmas. It was the first hower's staff not yet filled, that ‘time since he took'office in 1833/of commander of American inva-

her cClure, Mrs. Louis Segar, Mrs Bowers and Mrs. Helen Green, . Tray favors, cigarets and candy were passed out to each patient, and refreshments of eggnog, home-

that he has spent Christmas in his own home, and it was the figgt time gince the war began that he had around him as many members of the family.

ISIVE’ BLO ASKED BY STILWELL SENATOR LUCAS HITS

| CHUNGKING, Dec. 25 (U. P)— . Stilwell, An

Lt. Gen. Joseph W 1 commander in

this

HYDE PARK, N. Y., Dec. 25 (U. supreme command of Gen, Dwight D, Eisenhower, it was understood

vith gift i choice for the over-all air comwith the mand. He has worked in close delighted squeals of little children. gegociation with Eisenhower since Franklin D. Roosevelt fight be &|the early days of the figure to the world, but|vasion of North

Sevenijong known as an grandchildren vied for chances 10|phibious landings, may be given the job of directing the landing of the Not in several years has the chief huge “second front” army.

Fathers and Sons Gone

GIFTS ON FOR'S KNEE "Top Air and Sea Commands 300 TONS OF BOMBS

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE Sis United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 25.—~Two British officers probably will be given the top air and sea commands for the invasion of western Europe under the

Greatest Pacific Air Attack Roars Into 10th Day.

ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS, 11| Néw Guinea, Dec. 28 (U, P.) ~Allled planes heaped anothéy 300 tons of explosives on Japanese-held positions on Cape Gloucester, New Brit.{ain, Thursday, it was announced today, as the greatest sustained aerial offensive of the Pacific war roared into its 10th consecutive day. Liberator, Mitchell and Hudson ‘bombers hurled fresh - destruction yi into Cape Gloucester bivouacs, supply dumps and the once-menacing . agi y enemy airfield, bringing to 2093 tons Fight Near Zhitomir. the total weight of explosives it st LONDON, Dec. 36 (U.P). —Al eral of ihe aiand. since Deo, 1 Clerman communique reported to-| Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Christ. day that the Russian army had|mas day ommnique sg allied - «| medium bom! e Dhite attacked on a broad front east of and-run raids on supply dumps at Zhitomir at the southwest corner|g.pniii and Shortland island, south of the Kiev salient and “heavy,lof Bougainville, and made a night fluctuating” fighting Is going on. |fun against the enemy seaplane . Co | base at Faisl, off the south coast of -The_ Berlin report of a Zhitomir ainville. offensive by strong Russian in-| (Tokyo radio broadcast an. enemy fautzy and tank forces eondiuntelcnmnbigle a ots 0 naval p n from 8 tacit acknowledgment that hel," "0" qs allied ratders that ats tacked Rabaul Friday morning, The communique al sald Japanese naval air formal bombed allied positions on Cape Merkus on the

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‘Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder, commander-in-chief of a allied air forces in the Mediterranean, was believed the most likely

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viets again were driving for the pre-war Polish frontier.

| MOSCOW, Dec. 38 (U. P) ~The _ {Russiay army drove to within little Hoosier Heroes

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junction on the Moscow-Riga railfrom the north today after the German defense bas-

REST of Mrs. Nadia Winkley, 40 Ber. ., has been killed in ac-

Home

Marine, Is Killed

tstraritled off Silba nd, presumes | Contracts between the United ayly through mele : {Steel Workérs of America union yy Built by Germans

(0.1, 0) and the companies on! " strike expired at. midnight last | Used by the Jugosiavs as a train night, and union and company of- ing ship, the 2360-ton Daimacija

ficials feared the stoppage would, : Ge spread to include all of the 350,000 Was armed with six anti-aircraft

workers at the 214 affected plants. (guns and was not regarded as a Contracts with 268 offier com-|formidable fleet unit. It was built panies including the United States by the Germans in 1809 and sold Steel Corp. and the Jones & Laugh- to the Jugoslavs in 1926. . lin Steel Corp. expire Jan. 3 and 4| American B-26 Marauders severe and unless the strikes are settled ly damaged railway yards and by that time, the stoppage may be warehouses and probably destroyed Seesnm a rallw Cecina (Continued on Page 4-—~Column §) a xd ay bride 8 ad cin on the

17 BURN TO DEATH ing mission yesterday by the North INN. Y. HOTEL FIRE tion was encountered.

tion was encountered. ; NEW YORK, Det. 38 (U. PJ lami te rea seen ented Police and fire officials sald today patrols, during which one enemy that a fire which swept through a plane was shot down,

cheap midtown ing house os! eres —— a Tae wr tx 31 pens ARREST OF PETAN AND AIDS SOUGHT

had been caused by '=»;cigaret By UNITED PRESS

dropped either on .a mattress or in Warrants have been issued . for

a storage closet, Charred fragments of bodies the arrest of Marshal Henri Philippe

found in the burned-out interior of the 30-cent-a-bed hotel indicated that many more may have perished and other leaders of the in the blaze, which raged for three| Vichy French government and ar hours. rangements for their trial have Authorities, hampered by the fact been completed, the French com. that only fragments of many pages, Mitte pf national liberation said to. of the hotel's register were salvaged, day. : ; believed the total death toll may | The committee's never be known. dio, Free French com=

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