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Agreement Reached on All Candidates Except for Congress.

By NOBLE REED _ The opening barrage of the Marion county regular Republican organization’s primary election fight to retain control of the party’s machinery was fired today with a slate of candidates the regulars will support at the polls May 2. Pitting the strength of the regular organization against that of the city hall-sponsored G. O. P. Victory committee, regular organization leaders have agreed unanimously on candidates for all offices

For circuit court’ fudge, Lloyd D.} b Sout aig. iors DV

months ago when he turnéd down an offer of Mayor Tyndall for the presidency of the city board of works and flopped over to the regular organization. For county commissioner, third district, Ray Mendenhall, seeking his second term as commissioner. For coroner, Dr. R. B. Storms, seeking his third term for the office.

Brown Asks Renomination

For surveyor, Paul Brown, incumbent; for state representative, Mrs. Katherine Atkins, who was head of the Willkie-for-President club in 1940 and a delegate to the national G. 0. P. convention; Harold Burnett, insurance and real estate dealer at Edgewood; Mrs. Nellie Downey, incumbent; Wilbur H. Grant, an attorney; J. Otto Lee, incumbent; Rae W. Powell, an attorney and former member of the county election board; George Riener, an attorney; Luke Schneider, a publicity man, and Earl R. Teckemeyer, real estate man and present member of the legislature. Two other candidates were to be decided upon later. For state senate: John W. Atherton, Mrs. Arcada Balz and Robert. L. Brockenburr, all incumbents; Paul Moffett, member of the house of representatives last year, and Roger Wolcott, an investment broker and a member of the Columbia club board of directors. Hoyt Moore, the joint senator from Marion and Johnson counties, is a holdover senator.

SIMMS IN LONDON—

Allies Must 'Get in Step’ ' Politically

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor LONDON, March 22 (By Wireless). — While. it. remains clear that Britain, America and Russia are unquestionably as one for the destruction of Hitler and his gang, it is just as evident in London as it is in Washington that they are dangerously out of step diplomatically. Such being the case, it is pretty generally taken for granted that one of Under Secretary of State Stettinius’ principal jobs here will be to make a thorough survey of what is now a rather chaotic situation and —if non-British reports are true— to lay the groundwork for a new. meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, or perhaps even of the “Big Three.” Over here no less than In America it is recognized that Hitler’s one chance of escape is to split the allies. Yet the Big Three powers are are inviting just

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TEACHERS ASK PAY INCREASES

Proposed City Schedule Calls for Adjustments Totaling $441,715. By MILDRED REIMER Salary adjustments totaling $441. 1s for. 1889 Indianapolis, ment heads and principals during the 1044-45 school term were recommended yesterday to the school

Mr. Simms

. {board by the Federation of Indian-

apolis Public School Teachers. The new pay schedule, which includes increases from $120 to $180 for each teacher per school year, was submitted to the school board by Miss Clara Moore, salary com-

"| mittee chairman of the federation.

Although the school board budget does not have to be adopted until August, the law requires the board to adopt annual teacher pay schedules on or before May 1. The new proposal will be considered by school board members in fixing next year's salaries. If the adjustments are granted, Miss Moore pointed out, Indianapolis grade school teachers’ salaries still would be $200 under the national median for ‘cities of this size and high school teachers pay would be $300 under the level. Federation officials said that the present teachers’ pay schedule provides a minimum salary of $900 less

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ICE JAMS BOMBED TO EASE CITY FLOOD

MILES CITY, Mont, March 22 (U. P.).—Engineers and anxious residents of this flooded city today awaited the results of last night's air bombing of ice jams in the Yellowstone river in an attempt to drain away the flood waters. A Flying Fortress, operating on instruments in the darkness, dropped 5000 pounds of explosives in an attempt to clear the river. Two square miles of the residential area were inundated.

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Claims Farmers Must Join

AAA to Get Deferments

WASHINGTON, March 2 (U. P). ~One investigation was ordered today and another was under consideration into charges

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that farmers have been forced to join the agricultural adjustment agency program under threat of being drafted or refused gasoline and rationed equipment. Reps. Forest A. Harness (R. Ind.) and Ross Rizley (R. Okla.) made the accusations and Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) of the house military affairs committee said he would order an “immediate investigation" into use of the selective service act to promote the AAA program. Chai Howard W. Smith (D. Va.) of the special house committee on government agencies said he would confer with OPA officials and would “go into it thoroughly” if it were found that rationed goods were being used to force farmer co-oper-ation in the AAA. .

by Selective Service Board No. 2

Harness made public a notice sent policy of Grant county, Indiang, to dratt-| © he farmers, asking them to rep

SHIFTING LAVA OF VESUVIUS PERILS 86,000

Flow Turns Toward 3 New Towns as Experts Warn Of Cone Bursting.

By ELEANOR PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent

ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT

Italian coastal towns harboring 80,000 people were menaced today by a shift in the lava flow from erupting Mount Vesuvius, and experts warned that the volcanic cone might burst at any moment and bury the countryside under tons of molten rock.

worst outbreak in modern times, the great volcano has stopped acting according to form and has gone completely erratic. The main lava flow now has shifted from the northwest to the west slopes and is moving down like a fiery snake on the coastal towns of Torre del Greco, Toerre Annunziata and Resina, site of the

® {ancient town of Herculaneum wi i was buried in the great eruption

7 A.D. Evacuation Planned

Allied military authorities were understood to be preparing to évacuate the residents of the three towns if the lava flow continues. Meanwhile, the seething cone of the volcano glowed with such in-

rections. Not a single life has been lost thus far, largely because of the prompt measures taken by the army to remove reluctant civilians from their homes, but millions of dollars worth of property have been ruined and some of the finest vineyards in Italy have been partially wiped out. It was estimated that cultivation of the lava-wasted soil would be impossible for at least a century.

2 Villages Destroyed The villages of San Sebastiano

pubic apd Mash 41 Sowina. were ah, wt

yesterday by the lava ~down the northwest slopes and a two-mile-high column fine dust peppered Naples and

The road to oe Royal Vesuvian here experts up on watching the acty, was closed to all traffic except officers on duty. From one of San Sebastiano's few

watched the death struggle of this town.

Early this morning there were fewer than a dozen buildings left.

I climbed onto the housetop after | midnight and watched the lava burning against the black sky. In| the darkness it looked like a giant | plum cake with the trickling of brandy still burning. The lava pressing against the house sent up a warm glow, pleasant in the chilly night, and gave off a charcoal-like aroma.

Quick Axis Defeat Stressed in Hull's Policy Statement

(Text of 17 Points, Page 5) WASHINGTON, March 22 (U. P.).—Secretary of State Cordell Hull today left with his critics at home and a broad a 17-point state- | ment on the principles of American | foreign policy, emphasizing that its paramount aim now is to “defeat our enemies as quickly as possible.” Observing the “increasing number” of requests for information on foreign policy, Hull last night restated the guiding principles, as previously uttered by himself and President Roosevelt, to serve as an answer to those who contend this government has not made clear where it stands on important international questions.

+ Peace Agency Proposed

country’s adherence to the Atlantic Charter and its desire for international collaboration, came at a time when Russia appeared to be playing a lone diplomatic hand in Europe and amid indications that Britain and Russia were abandoning principles of the Atlantic Charter. Briefly, Hull said this.of Amer ican foreign policy: The paramount aim is a speedy victory; after vic-

VESUVIUS, March 22—Three|}

‘Five days after the start of its]

tensity that Italian experts warned |! it may break suddenly and send a: terrific overflow of lava in all di-|!

The house next to this one was gone | except for a single wall: which was! {about to topple.

The statement, reaffirming this.

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JAPANESE ARMY INVADES INDIA; SPREADS TERROR IN BORDER AREA

Monty Sees Inva

Calls Bombers and Arms Workers Part of

Second Front.

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE - United Press War Correspondent ABOARD GEN. MONTGOMERY’S SPECIAL TRAIN, Somewhere in England, March 22. —The big bombers and the “little men” in the munitions factories already have begun the “second front” against Germany and when the Germans are stunned sufficiently, the allied invasion armies will strike across the English channel, Gen. Sir Bernard Law Montgomery told me in his private office aboard this special train, The man who will lead the British land armies onto the continent was supremely confident when he received me last night after touring England meeting American, British and Empire troops. “The second front has already begun—it's going on now,” Monty of El Alamein said. “We finished in Tunisia in May and then we began bombing Italy. When we thought they were soft enough I invaded Sicily with the Americans

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Hoosier Heroés—

JAMES MITCHELL KILLED IN AGTION

Reported Missing.

COMBAT IN ITALY has added an Indianapolis soldier and a Speedway infantryman to. the war casualty list. Killed Pfc. James F. Mitchell, of Indianapolis.’ Missing S. Sgt. Raymond Slattery, 2328 Georgetown rd., Speedway. = = s PFC. JAMES F. MITCHELL, who lived near Fountain Square before

formerly

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|S. Sgt. Raymond Slattery Is,

sion via Channel

Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery

‘UR POSITION -SERIQUS’--T0J0

Premier Tells Country Destiny of Empire at Stake.

LONDON, March 22 (U. P).— Premier Marshal Hideki Tojo told the Japanese parliament today that Japan's military position had become “very serious” in the past six weeks with the empire now facing “decisive struggles which will decide its destiny.” A German DNB dispatch from Tokyo reporting the address said Tojo asserted that the Japanese to

date had warded off all-out attacks on Japan’s outer fighting lines, but at the same $ime warned the enemy would continue hi efforts with superior war materials. Tojo apparently made no attempt to reconcile his report that Japan's situation had deteriorated during the past six weeks with his statement that his country’s forces had defeated enemy attacks. During the six-week period mentioned, - American forces in the South and Southwest Pacific seized new island bases within 800 miles east and 580 miles south of Truk, her main bastion outside home waters. Truk also has been attacked by both carrier and land-based American bombers.

Allied Drive Continues

Gen. Douglas MacArthur's troops in the Southwest Pacific also captured the Admiralty islands and outflanked both Rabaul and Kavjeng with further landings in the Southwest Pacific area,

there no longer was any difference between “action in the fighting line and on the home front.” Total mobilization in Japan already has made great headway, he said, and will be further reinforced. He said new measures influencing Japan's. already low standard of living were contemplated, but promised the government.-would guaran{tee a minimum standard.

WASHINGTON, March 22 (U.P). —Urging enactment of legislation to give regular army commissions to women pilots, Gen. H, H, Arnold,

|chief of the army air forces, said

today he expects in time “to have every man army flier out of the United States and overseas fight-

“We must provide fighting men wherever we can, replacing them with women whether it be in factories or towing airplane targets or wherever it may be.” Arpold told the house military affairs committee,

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Arnold Seeks Commissions For Women Pilots in Army

targets for ground crews and planes, and is starting to use them in the training command. As WASPS they have a civilian standing, he said, but should be made part of the army and given benefits service men and women have. Arnold . told the committee that

“|Three great

Tojo told his parliament that]

1500 AMERICAN BERLIN PLANTS

One of Largest Escort Armadas Accompany

Bombers.

LONDON, March- 22 (U.P).— waves of Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropped about 1500 tons of bombs on Berlin without challenge from the German air force today in the first assault on the cloud-shrouded city since March 9. About 600 heavy bombers of the U. 8. 8th air force flew with one of the strongest fighter escorts ever sent over Germany in a great armada numbering perhaps 1500 warplanes. American crewmen of the fourmotored bombers reported that they scored bulls-eyes on industrial targets in the center of Berlin, and when they left flames were shooting up to 4000 feet amidst the broken clouds above which columns of smoke towered.

Stewart Leads Formation Berlin and the other parts of Germany over which the raiders flew were covered by nine-tenths clouds, and the bombers used the overcast bombing technique, Some Fortress groups reported that breaks in the clouds over the city enabled them to see great patches of it, including at least one big space pocked apparently by bomb craters. Capt. Wayne Beeson of Boise, Ida., a Mustang pilot who found no opposition over Berlin and watched the bombers withdrawing in perfect formation, observed: “You can’t do business with Hitler.” Two waves of Fortresses and one of Liberators—Maj. Jimmy Stewart, former actor, was one of the combat leaders of the latter—swept in over the heart of Berlin from three directions. Bombed 2 Weeks Ago United States army air forces last bombed Berlin two weeks ago tomorrow, in a follow up to the greatest fire raid in history they made on the capital the day before, which in turn followed by only two days the first mass daylight attack of the war on the city. A light force of U. S. bombers hit Berlin for the first time on March 4. The bombers were of the 8th air force while fighters of both the 8th and 9th air forces shepherded them into the core of Germany's defenses. The attack was made through an overcast which held down German fighter opposition, but seven American bombers and one fighter were lost. » = .

On the War Fronts

March 22, 1944

BALKANS—Germans reported selzing key points throughout Rumania and Bulgaria as battle rages on Hungarian border.

PACIFIC—U. S. marines complete encirclement of Bismarck archipelago. (Page Two.)

RUSSIA — Soviet vanguards drive nearly half way across Bessarabia.

AIR WAR—1500 U. 8S. planes raid Berlin.

ITALY—German paratroopers battle New Zealand infantrymen in streets of Cassino. (Page Two.)

KOKOMO'S H. S. GYM DESTROYED BY FIRE

Series of Explosions Rock ‘Wildcats’ Home.

KOKOMO, Ind., March 22 (U. P). —Fire set off by explosions in acetylene tanks in the basement early today destroyed the Haworth gymnasium, home of the Kokomo Wildcats, state tournament runner-up basketball team, which was. adjacent to the high school Officials blamed a series of five explosions in the tanks for the blaze which firemen battled for two hours in near-freezing temperatures to bring under control. The high school was not damaged and classes

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NEW DELHI, March 22 forces were revealed today

border districts and evoking

“dealt with.”

in progress.

the invasion thrust. “There is no need to be

on the map which represents

counter-thrust.” the Japanese columns were the frontier was impossible

units to meet the advancing Report Bloody

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Stall Correspondent MOSCOW, March 22.—Soviet vanguards drove nearly half way across Bessarabia to within 20 miles of the Prut river border of Rumania today after splitting fleeing German armies with a thrust across the Balti-Cernauti railroad.

Front reports said Marshal Ivan 8. Konev's 2d Ukranian army forces were rolling across the Bessarabian

LONDON, March 22 (U. P,).— Marshal Ivan S. Konev's 2d army of the Ukraine ripped out the northeast anchor of the staggered German salient along the Black sea today, capturing the rail junction and heavily fortified base of Pervomaisk after two days of bitter fighting.

plains at a pace that gave promise of carrying them to the Prut within a matter of days. of the Rumanian border faded as the Russians smashed back new full strength enemy units rushed to

ceased to exist at many points. In old Poland, the 1st Ukranian army broke into Lwow province and pushed down the Brody-Tafnopol highway to within 35 miles of the big highway and ind railway Junction |

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By DAVID M. NICHOL Times Foreign Correspondent ON THE SECOND UKRAINIAN FRONT, March 22.—The Germans have suffered a crushing defeat in the heart of the Ukraine. Under the hammer blows of troops of Marshal Ivan "8. Konev’s front they are reeling back towards Rumania, wasting precious equipment on a lavish scale and struggling to find some line they can hold.” Two entire Nazi armies—the 8th infantry and the 1st tank—have been virtually stripped of their tanks, guns and transport until they hardly exist any- longer as fighting units, A third German army—the 6th linfantry—is suffering a similar disaster at the hands of troops of the 8d Ukrainian front~ under Gen. Rodion Y. Malinovsky. Officers here are not given to extensive forecasts but they are be-

{ginning to talk about the possibility

Large Enemy Force Lunging Toward Imphal, Allied Base Supplying

Gen. Stilwell’s Force.

(U. P.).—Japanese invasion to have lunged across the

Burma frontier into India, spreading alarm through the

a confident statement from .

the British. high command that the invaders would be

An allied communique disclosed that Japanese columns had crossed the Chindwin river at a number of points and were moving westward across the wild Somra hills toward Imphal, a key supply center for allied forces operating in central and northern Burma. Advanced: allied patrols engaged the invaders at several points and it was indicated that sharp fighting was

Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, British commander-in-chief in India, immediately issued a reassuring statement to the India state council promising effective action to block

unduly concerned about the

fact that enemy columns are advancing across the line

the frontier of India in this

wild, thinly-populated region,” Auchinleck said. “I am satisfied that the quality of our men will enable us to deal in due course with this latest Jap

(BBC broadcasts said Auchinleck acknowledged that

in “considerable strength.”

(The broadcasts said a continuous defense line along

because of the terrain, but

that hundreds of native villages had organized defense

Japanese.)

Battle Raging

On Hungary-Rumania Border

By JOHN PARRIS United Press Saft Correspondent

LONDON, March 22.— Swiss advices reported bloody fighting along the border of Hungary and Rumania today, and other sources said the

Germans were occupying Bulgaria and Rumania in a desperate bid to bolster the Balkan defenses against the Russian army. A German foreign office spokesman was quoted in a dispatch to Bern as saying that “the entire matter can be explained as a move of a protective nature, aimed at defending southeastern Europe against Soviet aspirations.” Penetrate Frontier

As the “protective occupation” made notorious by the Nazis was reported engulfing Bulgaria and Rumania, reports through Switzerland said a miniature war was raging along the common frontier of Hungary and Rumania, where the Nazi aggression had fanned ancient hatreds into open hostilities. Hungarian shock troops and home guards were reported opposing German and Rumanian forces

Bessarabia in a futile attempt to trying to push in from the southrestore the Nazi line, which has east, precipitating fierce battles in

the areas of Arad and Nagy-Varad. Marshal Maximilian von Weich, commander of German occupation forces in the Balkans, was reported to have penetrated Hungary's | southeastern frontier with three di-

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Entire Nazi Armies Stripped Of Guns in Ukraine Disaster

incredible speed under conditions

which officers say are unprecedente ed in modern warfare. The Ukrainian mud is something which must be seen to be believed,

but somehow troops, tanks and .

trucks keep rolling forward. During the week I have been visiting this front, there has been constant movement. The weather has been capricious. For two days a furious blizzard raged, drifting snow across. the highways and fields. Underneath, and hardly frozen at all is a layer of greasy mud which seems literally to grip one’s feet and tear at one’s shoes. It is through this that the Russian army is advancing, buoyed up by the conviction that the whole of the Ukraine will soon be liberated.

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