Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1943 — Page 1

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broken rly!

) pairs

‘reduced point values of canned peas

Explaining tions, rationing officials said.

fd . favorably with those of last

the heavy slaughter of meat can be gasoline black markets yet wndertaken by OPA, Indiana OPA of- © @zero point value had values in De- |ficlals yesterday told Indianapolis cember ranging from 12 points a/gasoline dealers and distributors pound for spinach .down to’ twe (that they would be penalized gallon points a pound for beets and ‘car-|for gallon for every black market corn, ‘peas “and ‘linia [gas ‘coupon or Improperly indorsed

These three items make up about 25 per cent of all rationed foods. © Cuts In frozen bles reflect

By EDWAR EDWARD P. > MORGAN

ts Ta tod Talttea Dally New. Tne

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“secret rocket weapon” be-.

cause, in a desperate hurry to get the rocket ready, the

Nazis put the cart before the horse and tried to press it

" into mass production before the experimental stage.

scientists had finished with

These sate: people continue to take a realistic and

liked to put the secret weapon to work long before now

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to suffer—and to give the

German people the grim comfort that the third reich could still strike back against the increasing menacing foe, An intelligent guess would be that production difficul-

. ties and well-aimed and wellIt is theorized here that the Nazis would have sorely combined to delay the debut

timed allied bombings, both of the secret weapon, Infor--

mation from “neutral” sources indicates that the Gere as a reprisal for the terrific bomb punishment ; Ahat Berlin mans went to prodigious expense and pains to construct

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Just ¢ one but several forms of rocket bombs and shel aimed principally at London from the north coast

some kind of rocket gum installations in the P region in North France even before they were turn out the necessarily cbmplicated ammunition : other necessary equipment on sufficient scale to the weapon any sustained operation, Then, it is presumed, the royal air force and Am ican air force came along and threw the Nazi timetables

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Many Frozen Vegetables| And Fruits to Be Avail-

able Without Stamps.

{Food Point Chart, Page 3) WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (U. PJ). The office of price administration today made canned snap beans and most frozen vegetables — except frozen corn, peas and lima beans point free for January. It sharply

and tomatoes. Jams, preserves and hon-citrus marmalades, however, were raised from six to eight points a pound. Frozen fruits—with the exception of blueberries and huckleberries— and fruit juices, on the other hand, were made point free, The new point values become effective Sunday. the vegetables reduc:

“Supplies of canned green, or wax, beans are at a fairly high level and the production outlook indicates supplies will continue to be satisfactory.’ “Reduction 1 the point value of “eanned peas #hd tomatoes is possible since consumer demand has seiined more than 10 per cent in the past two months. Stocks of} of * these commodities com-

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toma pointe, one Ye reduced Wi py Isiies Drastic Instruc-

vegetal only adequate. supplies at present but also the necessity of clearing cold storage space so that

absorbed, 1t was explained. ; Progen vegetables which will have

od Sa ees par values, 41". Froten Fruit Reduced '

ozen Blueberries and huckle- [ollmen at the world war memorial, wee reduced: trom 13 to six|P. J. Earl of the OPA’s enforcement

host func

of what happened in Europe after "dream of Lenin and Trotsky and

olution: But the. time was pot | . | (Continued on Page 3—Column 2)

OIL MEN GET : MUST: ORDERS “=== 25.

recommendations made by state fire marshal’s office to eliminate fire hazards in the building.

Civil Wars

They Becloud Horizon Of Longed-for . New World.

This is the fourth of a series of dispatches forecasting probable developments in 1944.

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Seripps-Howard Foreign Editer

WASHINGTON, Dee. 30. ~—While almost everybody expects the war in Europe to end in 1944, not many believe it will usher in the longed-for bright new world. Instead, the forecast is for an outburst of civil wars as bloody as the present conflict.

Already revolutionary owen are at work throughout Europe. Some have emerged into the open, oth-.. underground. Ex-

ers are still

see a repetition the first world war. Then the

the left extremists was world rev-

tions in Effort to Curb Black Market.

By HELEN RUEGAMER

ring” netomes Jor Jams an. in by Uealers will bejWere given

INDICT WOMAN

and & third inmate of the home BE died several days after a fire swept

Smith charged that the new nursing home law was violated by having the doors to the building locked, that she failed to obtain a license under the new law and that she permitted fire hazards on the premises.

against Paul Parker, 2020 E 19th st., on charges of kidnaping shd rape of a 15-year-old local girl, ~ ‘Another indictment was returned

| the courthouse - {mended.: The jury stated that 5200 In the most drastic drive against|more square feet could be added Hy) building floors over five courtrooms whose celling now are twa stories high at a cost of approximately $6250.

may, in the future, be needed than can be obtained in our present At a meeting of about 200 local {building but until this structure is rearranged to its reasonable capacity #t would be a wanton waste to erect!

IN 3 DEATHS AT NURSING HOME

Southport Operator Charged With Manslaughter, 43 Law Violation.

The Marion county grand jury returned two indictments in eriminal court today against Mrs, Jane Smith, operator of the Rosswood nursing home in Southport, charg-| ing her with manslaughter and violation of the new 1943 law regulating nursing homes. Two men were burned to death

the institution last Nov, 5. The manslaughter indictment]

charged that the two aged men who! F®

burned to death in a converted hen house adjacent to the nursing home| had been locked in, preventing them from making their escape when the building caught fire.

Charge Law Broken The other indictment against Mrs.

Two indictments were returned

Br wy na oo Dancers Sonsitive and Alive: Try to Jitterbug fo Chopin

By VICTOR PETERSON From out front the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo is beautiful. backstage it is That's where I saw it last night at the Murat theater in its opening | performance. It's really two shows in one

5 New Rooms Uryed

Construetion of five new rooms in also was’ recom-

«4. On the stage and in the wings. Multi-colared lights flickered on the white gowns of the dancers

“Much has been said sbout

clean bill of health

2,000,000 FLATRIONS AUTHORIZED IN "44

“More space WPB AlSO will 50,000 Bathtubs.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (U. P). ~The war production board today ” authorized production ‘of 2,000,000 « county-owned buildings electric flatirons for civilian use in 1944 and also approved a program

.|to produce 50,000 cast iron battubs condemned as{for war housing projects. = | WPB warned against interpreting

CLOSE TREASURERS

The Ballet Russe—From Back Stage

Anna Istomina, 18-year | nak of gremne paint, Oh On stage It looks statuesque,

-old dancer, lives behind Aa 01 ety Mick Sings ae

EPORT 507 OF BERLIN IN RUINS; NAZIS RETREAT TOWARD POLANI

Russians Reach Outskirts of Zhitomir.

MOSCOW, Dec. 30 (U. P.). ~=(ien. Nikolai F, Vatutin's army of the Ukraine smashed into the outskirts of Zhitomir today in its pursuit of routed and demoralized German forces whose 100-mile defense front showed every sign of imminent collapse.

The Germans were reported in full retreat toward Poland and Ru mania. : Delayed field dispatohes sald powerful Soviet forces have swept through German for tifications

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From

while" In the off-stage shadows painted faces bobbed up and down as the owners’ bodies went through

ing setting-up exercises. three, bend . , . one, two, three, bend. And as superbly conditioned and trained as they are, the dancers puff and sweat and groan like we of the armchair ballet, On=stage the grease paint faces become statuesque.

the contours change to heavy lines

But that is not true of the hers acters themselves. They are alive,

in one. Oblivious to everything, offstage members dance madly within a square foot while the ballet moves serenely before the footlights, . Crowding one another for space, they warm up sing 1 ® packing crate

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OFFICE TO TAKE AUDIT The Marion county treasurer's office will be closed at moon tomorrow for the remainder of the week for the annual audit of the tax col lection books by the sate board of accounts, according , to . Treasurer Walter Boetcher, who wi complete his two-year term tomorrow,

Arp, Van Nuys, Cal: dent Harry C. Fricke, Philadelphia; Benjamin Joseph Gowen, owner of | vajutin's But ‘as the cast|® farm one mile northeast of Vin.

drifts off into the darkened wings °®PDes, and his wife,

Frank P. Huse, new Republican dicted by treasurer-elect, will take over theiday as the city remained in the loffice Saturday. /

£ DIE 1S PLANE STRIKES HOUSE ==

2 Fliers, Farmer and Wife

Victims of Crash Near “Vincennes.

VINCENNES, Ind, Dee: 30 (U.

P).~Two army airmen, a farmer the ballet equivalent of your morn- | And his wife were burned to death One, two, {today when: a two-motored training plane crashed into a farmhouse near here.

The victims were: Capt. Harry ©: Aviation Stu.

The Gowens’ five-year-old ‘daugh-

and dark smudges. They look al- fer suffered from burns, but army

most sinister behind an tmmoble doctors said her condition was not mask. serious,

Details of the crash were not re.

vealed. Both the plane and the sensitive artists and clowns rolled) farmhouse were destroyed by fire,

An army investigation was started.

FALL ON ICE FATAL

-T0 LOCAL MAN, 73

Light Snow, Freezing Fore-

cast Tonight, LOCAL TEMPERA LURES

Gam....12 10am... 18 .

Tam... 13 Mam. .7 2

Sa.m. .... 15 12 (Neon). . 23 bam... 1" 1pm... u Occasional very light snow or

YANKS RAID. NAURU

WEST OF ? dlaenrse

» |similar prediction.

which would lay open the way to old Poland: and. the Balkans. Other Russian forces were re-

the twin rail junctions keying the positions of the Northwest Ukraine, less than 50 miles from the pres war Polish frontier. ;

Germans In Disorder

(Vatutin’s army fanned out west ward, southward and southwestward on an everwidening front already curving. through 100.- miles of Ukraine flatianas, cracking one German strong point after another, The Germans ‘were described as reeling back In “great disorder,” their resistance weakening at all points, and the frequency of their rear guard counter-ithrusts qwin. dling steadily. Red Star, Soviet army organ, sald Infantry, cavalry and

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (U. PD.

er~-in-chief of the U. 8. fleet and a member of the allied high command, declared. today he expects Germany to be defeated in 1044, King thus was in agreement with Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, new commander of the second front in. vasion forces, who has made a

The admiral revealed studies have been in progress for several

to ‘the Pacific theater when Ger-

+ BULLETIN

LONDON, Dee. 30 (U. P.)—The German DNB news agency said today that Russian troops have broken info 4 the White Russian stronghold of Vitebsk and that street fighting was under way inside the city.

{put the aerial

sa —-

In New Smash At France.

attacked southwest Germany today a few hours after the R. A. F, dropped 2240 tons of explosives on Berlin in raid believed to have coms

most half the Nazi capital, While the smoke and:

brought German fave oiuE LH the heart of Zhitomir, the fall of

Americans, The two-way blast at Germany F campaign

mented by intense traftic across the channel diring the day, with me dium. bombers joining in sorties aps. parently directed at the’ Pench, invasion coast. . Coastal observers said alr

of the day before pounded the Pas de Calais ares of, OE sututriony procession -of eave:

many's ‘defeat appears close at hand,

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We Can Crush Nazis i in 1944

~-Adm. Ernest J. King, command- German;

Americans Join

LONDON, Dec. 80 (U. BP). ~~American heavy bombers

pleted the destruction of ak pie A

back on &

oe har wi ts 1

bombers passed jover one Thames 4 (Continued on Page 3—Cotumn 4)

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hundreds of fires set by & mighty 1 British fleet still towered over Ber-

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Adm. King Agrees With lke—