Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1944 — Page 1
. FORECAST: Cloudy and slightly warmer tonight and (tomorrow; low ést about 32.
as-SBecond-Class Matter at Postoflice
ai 9, Ind. Issued dally except Sunday
PRICE FOUR CENTS
Husband Tells Police Wif ‘Set ‘Revenge’ Blazes. P)Mrs. Aloen Ol, i, Logans.
port, will be charged with murder in connection with the death of
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TRIAL OF 8 YOUTHS FOR BANDITRY OPENS
LIBRARIAN BEATEN TO _DEATH IN CATHEDRAL WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P). w-Catherine Cooper Reardon, 37-year-old assistant librarian at Wash ington’s great national cathedral, was found beaten to death in the sub-basement of the cathedrals
clothes in the library attic, three floors above the place where she was found.
HINTS JAPAN STILL HAS PLENTY OF SHIPS
LOS ANGELES, March 2 (U. P.).
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Was Lewi
Leader i in Eye; U.
A. W. 0. L. army corporal
ent from the boys overseas?”
Will Lewis’ eye botome as famous as his eyebrow? brows when he left his office a was “not to be disturbed.” be absent-without-leave from in Atlantic City.
center there when he went A.
paused long enough yesterday Dennis took the occasi Ricotta said he had won
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A. W. O. L. Soldier Seid He Punched Uriion
M. W. Denies It.
WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P.).—Did or didn’t an
plant his fist in the eye of
United Mine Workers President John Le Lewis “as a pres-
The corporal, Henry Kania, 21, of Schenectady, N. Y., says he did. So does hie ‘buddy, Pvt. Jacob Ricotta, 20, of
Rochester, N, Y., who accompanied him to Lewis’ office to te’! the mine chief what they think about wartime strikes. K. C. Adams, spokesman for Lewis, says there was some arm-waving, but no punch.’ He said Lewis spoke to the boys “like a father,” and told them “about the coal operators’ conspiracy.” Neutral observers re-
~ ported no sign of a “shiner”
beneath Lewis’ bushy. eyend started for home. At the
Lewis’ residence in Alexandria, Va., a secretary said Lewis
A ” s - * ) 2 THE SOLDIERS were reported by army officials to
the army air force command
They said Kania, who served in the Mediterranean area, was in the air forces redistribution
W.0.L, and Ricotta was a
patient in England general hospital. : At last reports, military police were searching- for the two soldiers but hadn't found them. The search started from the front of the mine workers building where Ricotta
to be photographed hanging
onto the arm of Lewis’ brother, Dennis.
on to accuse the - -OW1 of
““poisoning”’ the minds of soldiers overseas.
the purple heart for wounds
- suffered at Salerno. Army officials at Atlantic City didn’t know suything about that, but confirmed that he had been
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ledo, O. state hospital only a day or so after a minor fire. He had not heard of them since.
He told Ray E. Smith, secretary
night for a lie detector test which showed Mrs. Ott to be guilty and
grown up in Snellville. He asked Police Supt. Don PF. Stiver_to allow Patrolman Prechiel to come to Logansport to participate in the questioning, believing
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PVT. HARRY L. KING WOUNDED IN ITALY
Infantryman Is Reported Recovering.
PVT. HARRY L. KING, Indianapolls army "infantryman, was wounded by shrapnel Jan. 31 in
Raly 2d is. now recovering in a),
hospital in that area. *. Hs Wis. Mis Jane Bins, 37590 ve. received ‘ord yesterday that Be Had beep. UDR In a letter to Mrs. King, Pvt, ¢|King wrote that he had received
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(Lepke) aamed names s and Places” Lepke was approached by a visitor while he was in federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kas, in 1940,1,, the News said, and made the follow-
fire which destroyed the
_state hospital last February and took .the lives of eight perseries of coincidetices. superintendent. of the Evansville instiIndianapolis last week when the evening
Logansport state hospital in s = 3
Ollie Prechtel
ALLIES CONSOLIDATE
ADMIRALTYS GAINS
wr. Repulse Jap Counter- Blow
On Los Negros.
ALLIED HEADQDARTERS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, March 2 (U. P).—American invasion forces, supported by heavy and medium bombers, beat back a counter-at-tack on newly won Momote airfield with heavy enemy losses, and. re~ pairs to the Los Negros airstrip were being rushed today to provide a new base for further aerial attacks on Japan's Pacific bases. While U. 8. planes bombed the enemy positions, units of the dismounted 1st cavalry division repulsed the Japanese assault at dawn yesterday, killing 66 and wounding 84 of the “enemy force which at-
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Reveals Father Of Quadruplets
PITTSBURGH, Pa:, March 2 (U.. PJ) ~The father of a Pittsburgh beauty operator today idenhtified the father of quadruplets | born to an unwed British girl as his son-in-law, Sgt. Wiiliam Thompson. Frank J. Jeneman disclosed to the United Press that his SEuEh. ter, Eleanor, had known for s time that her husband was in with Nora Carpenter, 23-year-old daughter of a coal miner, who gave birth to two boys and two girls Sunday. He said Bis dengnics Noted a a letter from. sometime ago tan Ce un t she a : hoped
HINTS LEPKE ‘HIGHER UPS’
N.Y. Paper Says Racketeer| , Ready ‘to Talk’ on Eve
of Execution. |
NEW YORK, ffarch 2 ~ PY In a last-minute effort to escape the electric chair, Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, condemned New York city racketeer, was reported by several sources today to be ready to make a statement involving political “higher , ups” in his wholesale 2 murder ring. ne Lepke goes to § the chair for murder tonight at. = ™® Sing Sing prison } unless Gov. Eo Thomas E. Dewey es grants him an- PF ou : other stay or his y attorneys appeal Louis Buchalter a federal judge's refusal to grant a writ of habeas corpus. J. Bertram Wegman, attorney for Lepke, declined to comment on the reports that his client had offered to talk or already had signed a statement in which the New York] Daily News quoted him as charging “one New York political faction with seeking, through him, to fasten high crime upon another and bet-ter-entrenched faction.”
‘Freedom: His Reward’
The News -said Lepke's reward was “to be his life-and-his eventual freedom.” The newspaper did not identify the factions or the political figures Lepke was alleged to have named. Governor Dewey's office was not available for comment, Warden William E. Snyder of Sing Sing said that no statement had been made to him by Lepke but the prison chaplain, Dr. Robert E. Brinkman was reported to have carried to Governor Dewey yesterday an offer by Lepke to make a statement. The Daily News said Lepke revealed in a statement a tale of political intrigue “so - astonishing that its repercussions threaten to tear open the most sensational
ing proposition: “If he would make a statement to the visitor which would involve three men, all highly placed in public life, in the murder of a New York contractor in 1931, the visitor would see that the Rosen indictment (for which Lepke is to die) was quashed.”
» The News said also that the
"| visitor, not further identified, prom-
ised Lepke to see that his sentence on a federal narcotic conviction which the gangster was serving at the time was “considerably lessened.” Names Gambler Lepke also -was quoted by the News as saying that Frank -Costello, New York gambler, contributed $25,000 for campaign expenses to “a high office seeker in New York City.” Lepke’s career of crime streiched back to his early boyhood when. he “specialized” in petty pushcart thefts in New York's lower East side. In 1915 he went to prison for robbery and at the age of 19 returned to New York and joined a notorious burglar in fur robberies. Headed Army of Hoodlums He served two more prison terms and then switched his dubious talents to liquor hi-jacking, ‘extortion and labor racketeering during prohibition days. Lepke controlled a small army of hoodlums, and preyed on business men and labor leaders, forcing them to pay for “protection.” During investigation of the murder of the candy merchant, for which he will die, the federal government stepped in and convicted him on a narcotics charge. He was
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DROP BOMB NEAR AMERICAN HOSPITAL
Medical Men Escape Death On Anzio Beachhead.
ANZIO BEACHHEAD, Italy, {March 1 (Delayed) P.) —A German plane dropped a bomb in a hospital area during Tuesday night's raids, wounding twc medical men, Maj. Patrick H. Lawson of Marietta, Okla, in charge of the medical station announced tonight. “The bomb landed about 10:30 p. m. near the hospital kitchen tent which was’ marked with a red “The two medical
MAY INVOLVE |
scandal since the nctorious Becker
His thie SUUhitey Suit She nutes
. By VICTOR PETERSON IT WAS JOY and double joy for Mrs. Justin W. Kegley, 5143 Hardegan st., today. : At 11:10 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 29, a leap year baby girl, Beverly Nadine, was born to Mrs. Kegley “at City hospital. But she could have been happier. Her husband, co-pilot of a B-17, was missing over Germany. ” 2 =
TODAY EVERYTHING is right with the world for late yesterday she received another telegram from the war department stating
oner. i’ - She’s a bit puzzled over which event made her the happiest—“1 guess it was hearing he was ule I was expecting the baby,” said. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Miller and Lt. Kegley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl S:. Kegley, 1540 Epler ave. Lt. Kegley has been overseas since November and was reported missing Jan. 11. He is a graduate” of Southport high school.
BRITISH BLAST JAP WARSHIPS
Subs Apparently Carrier and Cruiser in Enemy Waters.
on ads sucess? a¥ack
approaches to Malacca Straits off alaya. A royal navy submarine spotted the Japanese carrier of about 7000 tons, penetrated its screen of five submarine chasers, drove home at least two torpedoes, and left the
big warship heeled over and believed sinking
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An admiralty communique, announcing the blows at the Japanese fleet in enemy waters said another submarine carried out a “successful” attack on a Japanese cruiser in the same region, but counter-action prevented observation of the full results.
Supply Vessel Sunk
In still other actions, a medium sized Japanese supply ship was sunk by a torpedo and a small vessel of the same category was destroyed |by gunfire, the admiralty said. Carrying the séa war back to the region where a Japanese cruiser was sunk recently, an unidentified Brit-Hsh--submarine sighted the carrier; during a patrol on the northern approaches to the strait between Malaya and Sumatra, the westernmost major island of the Netherlands East Indies. The submarine shifted course and swung in to the attack. A salvo of torpedoes was fired. The first strike drew an immediate counter-attack by the chasers, which peppered the area with depth charges and forced the British to engage in evasive action.
New Shoe Stamp Valid on May 1
WASHINGTON, March 2 (U.P). —The office of price administration announced today that another ration stamp will become valid for one pair of shoes beginning May 1. Stamp 18 in book one will expire April 30. Airplane stamp No 1 in ration book 3 will continue .to be good for one pair of shoes indefinitely, OPA said. The agency said that no estimate can be made now as to how long it will be before another stamp can be validated following the one which beconies good May 1. Stamp 18 has been good for a pair of shoes since last June 15, The few that are left—estimated at about 6 per cent of the original issue—are the last valid stamps in war ration book 1, which has seen . nearly two years’ service. = After April 30, book 1 goes out of busi~ ness, OPA said.
PROMISES PAY PROBE
Prime Minister John Curtin. promised in the house of representatives today to investigate a proposal that Australia suggest fo the United States that it pay its servicemen £
her husband is safe but a pris-.| :
CANBERRA, March 2 (U. P)—|:
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Sink,
Mother of Leap Year Baby Learns Her Pilot Husband Is Well Although a Prisoner of War in Germany.
BIG BOMBERS SPEARHEAD CE AT
Dad's Sale and Everybody's Happy 5TH MASHES
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GERMAN DRIVE ON BEACHHEAD
Push Enemy an Bath After Seizing Initiative in Bloody Fight.
BULLETIN ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
| Naples, March 2 (U. P.).—Power-
. With her husband reported safe but a prisoner, Mrs. Justin W. Kegley smiles happily with her leap-year baby, Beverly Nadine,
The father, Lt. Justin W. Kegley, and Uncle Marshall Kegley . their picture was made in Belfast where the uncle is working for Lockheed. v
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Mama.”
overseas, said here today. Mr. Baird is in Indianapolis to speak for the Marion , county $1,146,000 war fund drive. It is the clubmobile that is | providing a little ° bit of home to the boys fighting now in Italy, he said. There are 11 of in various Jors. id “A clubmobile manned by twe 3 3 Red Cross girls and a man in fa- Loyd Baird tigue clothes and heavy boots wended -its- way -to-an-anti-aireraft battalion’ in the hills near Cassino,” he described. “One girl got out a victrola and jitterbugged with 20 men in turn in four inches of mud. “She bantered small talk with the men about the Brooklyn Dodgers, the OPA and Frank Sinatra--any-thing to give them a touch of home, Another girl prepared coffee and
TRAPPED BY RUSS
fwo Other Enemy Bases ~ May Fall Soon.
MOSCOW, March 2 (U: P.).—Rus-
4 sian armies hammering at the three
main bastions of a’cracking 300mile German front today, closed in on the almost encircled and burning Estonian city of Narva, stormed street by street through Pskov and ripped into the near defenses of Vitebsk. Field dispatches indicated that the German defenses from the Gulf of Finland down through northern Estonia, the region bordering Latvia and into White Russia were giving away under synchronized Soviet offensives. Estonian reports said the Nazis had put the torch to Narva, stronghold commanding the corridor be-
Finland, as well as scores of villages (Continued on “rage 3—Column 6)
SUPREME SOVIET MEETS MOSCOW, March.2 (U. P) —The Supreme. Soviet of the Russian Soviet. Federal Socialist republic, largest of the 16 republics of the
(Continued on Page 3—Column n Biles by police yesterday for bear-
GERMANS IN NARVA
tween Lake Peipus and the Guif of |
By Red Cross Clubmobiles:
By JOAN HIXON
The Red Cross overseas is bringing a bit of America to the boys— doughnuts and jitterbugging in four inches:of mud to “Pistol Packin’
The men and women of the Red Cross overseas are “doing a wonderful job” in giving the men a release from the strains of war, Lloyd Baird, 33-year-old chief of the Red Cross recreation .and club Program
FOUR '43 AUTO TAG GASES DISMISSED
Prosecutor Blue Charges Seizures Illegal.
Charges against .four perso) whose cars were seized by police yesterday for not having 1944 license plates were - dismissed in municipal court today. Sam Huffman, deputy prosecutor, explained that it was up to the state to prove that the cars were operated without 1944 plates and that since the automobiles were parked, this could not be proved. Only four of 25 license cases came up in court today and operators of the four cars did not ap-
pear. Although seizure of 16 automo-
ing 1943 plates was described by Prosecutor Sherwood Blue as illegal, Will H. Remy, safety board president, contended that the city ordinance gives police the right to tow in any auto violating a statute. Mr. Remy also stated that when cars -are standing on the street they are using city property and should be licensed. Police Chief Clifford Beeker, in ordering seizure of cars failing to have new license plates, said the vehicles will not be released until
the owners: appear with new li-
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ful formations of American heavy bombers swarmed into the third big battle of the Anzio beachhead. today, blasting German forces massed against allied troops who had regained the initiative and were driving the Nazis back.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, March 2 (U, P.).—Battle-hardened American troops went over to the attack on the Anzio front and fought the German 14th army's veterans back across ss the beachhead today after weathering the first shock of a major Nazi offensive that had punched a miledeep salient in their lines. The third battle of the beachhead continued in full fury early today as the counter-attacking Americans swarmed up from their -trenches and drove the weary Germans back step by step across a 1300-yard battlefront midway between Cisterna
prisoners were flowing back from
the fighting line in a steady stream. ‘Battlefield Muddy Heavy rains turned the battlefield . into a slippery morass, rob-
{bing the allied troops of their maxi.
mum aerial support and hampering tank operations on both sides, but the big guns of the 5th army raked and tore incessantly at the German -—— | lines. Nazi field artillery and long-range cannon emplaced in the hills to the east answered but latest reports indicated the Americans still held the (Continued on Page 5—Column 2)
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FIVE. CHILDREN DIE AS HOME IS RAZED
WILMINGTON, Del, March 32 (U. P.).—Trapped : in their bedrooms by a raging fire, five brothers and sisters were burned to death today in their home at Gooch’s Bridge, 15 miles below i The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank-
engulfed house but suffered burns and injuries.
ALPENA, Mich., March 2 (U.P). —Four children, from 6 months to 5 years of age, burned to death last night in the farm home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ulch, 13 miles south of here.
U. S. TO TRY TO SPARE ROME, IF POSSIBLE
WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P), —Allied forces in the Rome area will do their utmost to spare religious and historic buildings and monuments so long as they are not used by the enemy for military pur=poses, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson - promised today. “If the enemy is using these monuments there can be no alternative,” Stimson told his press cone ference. “American lives must be safeguarded regardless of the costs
in material things.”
Europe Once More Is Under Round-the-Clock Bomb Raids
BULLETIN LONDON, March 2 (U. P.)~— Strong forces of Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropped bombs through a -selid cloud blanket on a major industrial target in southwest Gérmany today with little opposition from Nazi fighter planes.
LONDON, March 2 (U. P)~— American Flying Fortresses and Liberators swarmed back into the knockout offensive against axis Europe today, SMASLING ab Susmy tare Se in southwestern German
cn 1700 Took aI iain, the
plete the devastation wrought by (the R. A. F. “night shift.” The American heavy headed out across the channel. extreme altitude at mid
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