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into Cap Rumanian Civilians in Mass ‘ this sume spson, come — Flight From Russ Army ordSElanted | Border Areas. 4 g By UNITED PRESS e Nazis will New rumblings from the Balkans agm inistra- were ted by-the office of war m clothing. information today, with Bulgaria ———

calling more troops to the colors and Rumanian civilians beginning

- had launched a “regular of-

sufficient ‘weapons for four regiments, the newspaper reported. The dispatch said the Patriots

JOHN D; GOLLETT, 1, FINANCIER, IS DEAD

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sioners who buflt the state capitol building.

ville, Terre Haute & Chicago raflJusd, and established the first bank y in the county. He had lved in Indianapolis since 1898, and was a cashier and director of the old Union National bank until 1912. He has managed farm lands in western Indiana, and since 1934 has been associated with the investment firm which was founded by his son, John P. Collett. Mr. Collett attended Wabash college and was a member of the pioneer class at Rose Polytechnic institute which was founded by his

He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; Mystic Tie lodge 368, F. & A. M.; Keystone chapter, O. E 8; Raper Commandery; Scottish Rite, and the Central Avenue Methodist church. He and his wife observed their

"MISTRIAL DECLARED IN NOXON'S CASE

PITTSFIELD, Mass, March 9 3 (U. P).—A mistrial was declared ! today in the trial of John F. Noxon Jr, 47, charged with electrocuting his defective 6-month-old son, because of the illness of a juror.

were believed to have received arms}

THE. INDIAN:

) Marines Advance on New Britain Base

Te ond of oe aint tains Indies of the Sorthwet Pate war, ©. S. marines have cut the Willau- | mez peninsula 170 miles west of the Japs’ Rabaul base and are fighting toward Talasea (above). the Yanks have advanced half way from Cape Gloucester to Rabaul

Thus

Report Helsinki In New Overture

For Russ Peace

STOCKHOLM, March 9 (U.P). ~The newspaper Tidningen sald today there had been an “important development” in Finland's efforts to arrange a separate peace with Russia and another dispatch tmplied that it might lead to the departure of a special envoy to Moscow. The development came yesterday, Tidningen said, and Finland is expected to issue a communique relating to it today. The dispatch sald the development was believed to involve a new move by Finland, but did not elaborate further, The communique was scheduled for release last night, but was postponed without explanation, Tidningen sald.

- . "= : OTHER SOURCES said Finland, in a note to Moscow Monday, rejected three of the six conditions laid down by Russia for an armistice and it was possible that the new development mentioned by Tidningen stemmed from Russia's reply. A vaguely worded dispatch from the Helsinki correspondent of the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet hinted that the reply had Been received in Helsinki and that it was at least not entifély negative since the correspondent expected soon to be able to “dis cuss a prominent person's travel. ling plans.” . = ” THIS MIGHT mean that former Premier Juho K. Paasikivi of Finland, who initiated peace discussions with Mme. Alexandra Kollontal, Soviet ambassador to Sweden, at Stockholm, might be! planning to leave for Moscow to continue the talks Reliable informants said the | three Soviet demands which Finland rejected Monday were those for internment of 100,000 German troops in Finland, withdrawal of Finnish troops within Finland's 1940 borders and reléase to Russia of all Soviet and allied prisoners of war and civilians in advance of any Shaistics,

FINLAND WAS ld to have countered with a proposal that these three points be left for negotiation after an armistice, just as Russia had agreed to leave the questions of reparations, demobilization of the Finnish army and possession of the Petsamo region for later negotiation. Informants said Finland feared to agree to turn over tens of thousands of Finns of Russian descent to the Soviets because it would" provoke a political storm. The Finns were willing to release Russian war prisoners, it was said, but wishes reciprocity toward Finnish war prisoners.

FOURTH SEA LORD DIES

| JUBOSLAV UNITY

{will bring a showdown between Tito ‘and Gen. Draja Mihailovitch, the {royal government's

SOUGHT BY KING

Plans to Confer With British on | Tito Differences.

LONDON, March 9 (U. P.).—King Peter of Jugoslavia is expected to arrive here soon from Cairo to confer with high British officials in an attempt to settle differences between his government and the partisan forces under Marshal Josip (Tito) Brozovich, well informed quarters reported today. At the same time, Great Britain conveyed to the Polish government-in-exile here Russia's dissatisfaction with its statement regarding the question of a new frontier between the two countries. Diplomatic sources reported that Premier Bozhidar Puritch and Interior Minister Viadeta Milicevitch of the royal Jugsolav exile govern-

ment were expected to accompany the 20-year-old king to London.

Reorganization Necessary? Some Jugoslav quarters believed a government reorganization might be necessary to settle the differences between the present royal government and Tito's national liberation movement and mentioned Dr. Branco Cubrilovitch as a possible gucgessor 10 Puriichy ua. gre:

Ti Minister Winston Churchill made it clear in his recent address to the house of commons that ithe British government is giving ‘full support to Tito's partisans, The royal Jugoslav government in {Cairo has not only refused consist{ently to recognize Tito's national liberation movement but has never ceased to attack the partisan leader and his followers. Diplomatic quarters understood that the official allied view was that Puritch’s government at Cairo must recognize the partisans and work with them, or give way to a government that will, Most observers believed that the forthcoming London conversations

war minister whose forces reportedly have clashed with the partisans inside Jugoslavia and that an attempt would be made here to clear up the situation at home and abroad to insure unity on the common front.

Believed Inadequate

The Polish government's. propotals transmitted to Moscow by Churchill were understood to have been regarded as inadequate by the Soviets who replied once again that an understanding could be reached only if the exile government

BRISTOL, England, March 8 (U. P.).—Vice Adm. Frank Henderson

last night of a heart ailment at,

Judge Pinanski set May 31 for the new trial,

been confined several weeks,

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north from New Britain, placed the Americans 110 miles east of Cape Gloucester, and almost half way to Rabaul. “We caught Bell for a while,” Col. Oliver P. Smith, one of the senior © landing officers, said. ‘The Japs ‘ are not quitting, The little devils are putting up a pretty good fight” As one marine put it, “Our beachhead is the hottest since Tarawa.” The first wave was met by Japanese machine-gun fire from a steep hillside on the right flank before the alligators (amphibious tanks) reached’ the beachi-and some men were wounded.

Halt Mortar Fire -

"Soon after the assault wave reached the beach, the Japanese began dropping mortar shells acclrately along the shore. One landed in a group of men, killing or wounding several. The mortar fire started as soon as the first wave got well established. Mortars from many emplacements kept up sporadically all day Monday, but the last one finally was knocked out at 6:45 p. m. The Americans ran into the first * Japanese pillboxes 200 ‘feet from shore. The enemy positions were | ican

Local Marine Led Troops In Carving Out Beachhead

The Japanese made one suicide charge with 15 men who ran screaming toward us with bayonets fixed, but the marines mowed down eight and the attack died quickly, A defensive perimeter around the | beachhead soon was established, several machine-guns were knocked out and an advanced unit under Maj. Gordon Gayle of Houston, Tex., swarmed into Volupai plantation, heading across the peninsula. Meanwhile American artillery opened up on the Japanese and began knocking out mortars with 75millimeter shells, One landed 15 feet from a group of the enemy and wiped out everyone: “¢ Maj. H. J. Adams of San Diego, Cal, Teported that a group .of marines slept in a copra shed on the edge of the plantation the first night, discovering in the morning that a Japanese had hidden in the Copra oven under them all night. They quickly eliminated him. It was considered significant that no Japanese planes opposed any phase of the initial operations, indicating’ that the enemy's air force on New Britain either is completely shattered or so short of gasoline and

ang that it is unable to strike.

After two days of fighting, 77 dead Japanese were counted. American casualties were light.

Pegram, 54, fourth sea lord, died, frontier. r Bristol naval hospital, where he had |

Much |

changed membership and accepted ithe Curzon line as Poland's eastern

In general the Polish proposals were understood to have suggested that final solution of the frontier dispute be postponed until after the war, with the Curzon line accepted meantime by both countries as a temporary frontier. The Soviet government's attitude was believed to be that these proposals were unacceptable because they postponed every real decision. offering none of the immediate guarantees which Russia seeks as a preliminary to a full settlement.

EVENTS TODAY

Red Cross annual fund campaign. Wikis per collection at Schools 18, 30, and St. Anthony school, tiom, aol hotel. : Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Columbia club,

Indiana Women's Demeeratie club, ClayI hotel, 6:30 p.

the Indiana regional scholastic art contest, Block's auditorium, 4 p, m. Meeting to discuss training problems and post-war msiness, Indistspoly Athletic club, night. Post-war social lecture, Vulvar sity building, 7:30 p. m. Howard G. Lytle, eI secretary, Indianapolis Goodwill Industries, Inc. speaker. Planning-with-youth Rseting Garfield community center, 8 p. m, School Teach-

Feleration Son of aRtianapels

Zeta, Beta Chi, ae ” alpha chapter, ' Hotel Lincoln, 7:45 p.

Marion County CT of Republican Women, Columbia club, 8 p. m.

. damage to war plants, it was said,

“350,000 incendiary bombs over -

Madi Schricker - present awards for) asy.

Evacuation of Berlin Seen as

Aim of Allies

WASHINGTON, March 9 (U, P.) —Military observers here believed today that the mounting allied air raids on Berlin may represent an experimental effort to force complete evacuation of the German capital. A possible clue to the outcome of the stepped-up bombings—in which American planes have joined with three daylight raids in five days—was provided in reports from Stockholm and Berne saying that the Nazi government was considering Berlin's abandonment. : Berlin has many vital war factories, many of which already have been damaged heavily in previous raids by. the royal air force. The city's evacuation, however, would shut down: these plants completely and rank. as a tremendous victory in the allied campaign against Nazi war production. IT WAS regarded as significant here, from the standpoint of making Berlin uninhabitable, that the attacking American Flying Fortresses and Liberators have dropped large amounts of incendiary bombs rather than employing solely the tactic for which they were primarily designed— precision bombing. If the American raids on Berlin were intended only to do further

the big bombers could have been more effective if they had used their cargo space to cart big, high explosives over the city. Actually, however, the U. S. daylight raiders dropped some

large areas and the flames of the burning Berlin were seen as far as 250 miles from the Nazi capital. ® ® = ANOTHER REASON for the stepped-up bombings is believed to be the desire by the allied command to destroy as much of the luftwaffe as possible over Germany proper, thereby reducing the number of planes that the Germans can send up to oppose a western European invasion. The long series of Berlin night raids by the royal sir force succeeded in bringing up some defending German night fighters, but did not draw a real challenge from the luftwaffe ‘It is, however, almost impossible for the luftwaffe to remain on the ground when 1000 or more daylight raiders sweep over the homeland ah Bs a targets.

THE GERMAN pordle can only guess the number of their own fighters which roar up at night to meet allied attackers; in daylight however, the case is somewhat different and morale probably would suffer if the burghers of Berlin fail to see German fighters in the sky when they themsselves are being plastered mercilessly. Losses admittedly have beeh heavy in the resultant battles over Berlin, but nearly always it is the Germans who have taken the greater loss.

NAZIS FAIL TO HALT STRIKE

LONDON, March 9 (U, P.).—~The

Daily Telegraph today quoted a radio Bari report that the Germans had used tanks against strikers in Milan and other northern Italian cities but had been unable to halt

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Coupon Syndicate Is ~~ Cracked.

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of 327 Fall Creek bivd,, and Charles D, Gilbert, 58, of 215 E. New York st. All are now out on bond. | TenEyck is held under provisions of the second war powers act. The U. 8. distriot attorney has been presented affidavits by the OPA charging that he has diverted an estimated 200,000 gallons worth of gas ration stamps allegedly’ supplied

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ave, a WAVE for only four months, is a graduate of the gun- " nery school at Pensacola, Fla. Because of expertness, she was chosen as an instructor. At Floyd Bennett field, N. Y,, she will instruct cadets, gunners and officers ° taking refresher courses in the handling of ma-

DAY RAIDS NULLIFY BERLIN'S PROTECTION

WASHINGTON, March 9 (U,.P.). The Great American daylight air raids on Berlin have nullified the last remaining protection for Germany's “one all-important city,” Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today. Neither anti-aircraft fire nor “close line fighter defenses” were

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taken prisoner

Two WACs, WAVE in Spotlight | chine guns dnd the art of getting

the proper lead on the target. Before enlisting she worked at

Pvt. Helm, 832 N. Tuxedo st. tried to get into the WACs when 18 and was grieved ‘when told she'd have to wait until 20. A month ago she altered her birth certificate to try to hasten her enlistment date, but was ‘caught. But 20 today, she reported early to=be sworn in by Lt. Audrey

a dispatch from Berlin today that a Col. Wililam Ernest Speer of Maj.iy Gen. James H. Doolittle’s staff was during. Monday's American - raid on Berlin,

after

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‘with forcing the Japanese to with-

to him by Nelson Thomas, 47, 2041 Southeastern ave., a bank janitor who admits, OPA alleges, filching the tickets from the institution's vaults. In this transaction, affidavits show, Thomas realized the insignificant. return of only $40. Although he is not under arrest, Thomas has been subpenaed as a] - —° witness in the case before the grand Jury. - On the other hand, TenEyck, when $aken into custody on Feb, 5, had $700 on his person, more than $4000 in bank deposits and a 1941 Cadillac, purchased recently, for which he paid $1600. Affidavits assert that he has been unemployed since September, 1943. A former cab driver, he has been previously convicted on liquor, petit larceny| and assault and battery charges,

Operated Separately

The operations of Gilbert and Jones were not connected with those of TenEyck. The two were arrested and arraigned before the U., 8. commissioner on charges of conspiracy and illegal possession of gas coupons. Jones, a janitor, confessed in late February, to the theft from a downtown bank of three packets of gasoline tickets containing an estimated 32,000 gallons of used coupons each. Gilbert signed an affidavit stating that they both split a $1200 profit netted through sale of the used stamps to filling station proprietors and war plant workers who sc.ved as sub-distributors.

Values Jump Each Sale

In both the TenEyck and Gilbert and Jones cases, the value of the| illicit stamps increased as they were transferred from one agent to another, beginning at $12.50 per hundred gallons at the source, and muitiplying from 10 to 12 cents a gallon charged the ultimate buyer who actually re-used the tickets. Co-operating in the illegal coupon probe were OPA Investigators Robert M. Dodd and Paul Earl and State Police Detectives Fred Morley and M. K. Stewart. OPA investigators said discovery of the fountainheads of the illicit stamp supply was expedited by the fact that some of the original users of the coupons has indorsed them with their license numbers. These

trace the course of the tickets from} the original users, through the gas stations customarily patronized by them, and thence to the banks in which they had finally been deted

’ Officials Not Present

OPA regulations demand that a bank official be present when the used stamps are burned, but in the two cases recently uncovered it was learned that bank executives had neglected to witness the destruction process because they trusted their janitors, one of whom had been employed at the same bank for 18 years. - About 25 per cent of the used stamps recovered had been indorsed {by their original users, OPA Investigator Dodd said. The activities of Gilbert and Jones, affidavits indicate, have been carried on since last summer. TenEyck, however, is alleged to have first approached the custodian, Thomas, his source of supply, early this fall.

16 MORE JAP SHIPS SUNK BY U. S. SUBS

WASHINGTON, March 9 (U. P.). —U. S. submarines. have sunk 16 more Japanese ships, including §ve transports, in their increasingly effective campaign to isolate Japan's) boutlying bases, the nayy announced today. This latest bag bears out the statement of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz that American “submarines in the Pacific are increasing in number and efficiency despite the decrease in targets. Nimitz, commander of the Pacific fleet, credited U. S. submarines}

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Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, auditorium, 2 p. ny

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BIRTES man’s Society Service of "a Indianspoly A iain Methodist Hurl. Esther Uhle, " &. Nincents. ShurShen Ye. Howard, Joann Archer, at Colem .

Indiana Central College Dramatic soclety; play, Kephart Memorial auditorium on the campus, 8:15 p. m. Marion County Protesta JEviagton Methodist Centrak W. GC T. U,

nt church youth, Shurch, Bi night.

North End Garden club, Marott hotel, 12:30 p. m.

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Wilson, Mary Jane G ry, at St. Francis. Mildred Lo we. St St. Francs

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able to stop allied bombers from smashing the Nazi capital at night, he told 4 press conference.

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parachuting safely from his plane midway between Bremen and the German capital.

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