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LITTLE CORPORAL— 3 3 ; Tyndall Aid i . re em - peri ——— BE Hindered by woop ! County 'Ax By SHERLEY UML * Like Napoleon, whom he resembles in stature, William E. (Billy) Hamilton is capable of doing more than one thing at a time. At present, for instance, the stocky little corporal of city hall's Victory Committee is trying « to file a slate of precinct committeemen and : convention del- ° egates for the Tyndall steerIng group; consummating more political “deals” than he can keep tab on, and flinging

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who, he asserts, have conspired to make his job extremely difficuit. . Since the commissioners wen to work on the political division map with a carving knife finely tempered with factional wisdom, complains Mr. Hamilton, it's no easy task to get the right committeemen filed in the right precincts. Recently the county commissioners who are aligned with the Victory Committee's arch-enemy, the regular G.O.P. organization,

i, changed the boundary lines of 86

- precincts and created 11 new ones, ostensibly - for the purpose of coordinating sizes of the precincts with the number of voters contained therein.

Has Another Theory But busy Billy Hamilton has another theory. ‘He charges that the precinct and ward dissection was a flagrant example of “gerrymandering” with the intent to cut the Victory Committee's ace electioneers out of the primary battle by sub-dividing or combin-

most assiduously by the commis sioners, asserts Mr. Hamilton, were precisely those “city hall strongholds” which were supposed to give the Tyndall G. O. P. faction an edge in the outlying balloting areas. Charges “Slicing” In some places, he further charges, “the commissioners bunched two or three city hall candidates into a single precinct,” thus overlapping their individual electioneering powers and otherwise invalidating their status. In others, the shifted boundaries automatically “dumped” a lot of organization Republicans in “city hall precincts,” altering the neighborhood’s entire voting personality, he said. The sixth ward in the River. side district, where, declares Mr. Hamilton, city hall partisans

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SOVIET ASKS STUDY OF ITALY’S FUTURE

MOSCOW, March 30 (U. P.).— Izvestia, official organ of the Russian government, today called on the United States and Great Britain to join with the Soviet union in an immediate review of the Italian political situation which, it said, “is getting worse and worse and is threatening Italy with disaster.” The newspaper recalled pointedly that there has been no joint consideration and joint decision by the three powers on the constitution of the Badoglio government and asserted that “liberal” elements should be included.

If You Are a Vegetarian,

OPA Ration News Is Good

WASHINGTON, March 30. (U) P.).—April will be a good month for vegetarians

Under the new ration schedules

4250 23 VOTE

Support in Test of Home Strength.

(Story by William Philip Simms on Page 18)

P.) .—Prime Minister Winston ing vote of confidence today

amendment Tuesday, 117 to 116, over government opposition. Today's vote was on a motion that the disputed clause in the

GES VICTORY T0 CHIRCHIL

Wins Virtually Complete

LONDON, March 30 (U.| § Churchill won an overwhelm-|

when the house of commons|® reversed, 425 to 23, a ballot}!

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WELFARE BOARD

education bill should be eliminated from the measure. i Even before thie decisive vote, po-| litical activity had made Churchill's victory manifest. When chief government whip

a -hurst of cheering came from the government benches. : The only opposition voiced came from the Laborite benches where one member shouted: *“Twentythree honest men.”

OPA SUSPENDS

James Stuart announced the result, |

Investigators Recommend New System for Handling State Relief.

Dismissal of - the. present state board of public formation of an “entirely new system” of control over the state welfare program was advocated today in the fourth of a series of reports made by the welfare-legislative incommission

ting . The -legislative commission would abolish the present system in which control is vested in a five-member, part-time board and a full-time director (Thurman A. Gottschalk) and

ANGRY GROCER

\Woman Charges Rulings.

Causing Waste in : Food Stocks.

OPA got more than it bargained for today in the form of stale cakes and pies when it hailed Mrs. Birdie Farley before its hearing commissioner on charges of failing to register as a grocer. With the fire of Eire in her eyes, Mrs. Farley, who operates a- grocery at ‘3620 W. 10th st, loaded several boxes of “leftovers” on a table confronting the commissioner's bench and proceded to castigate OPA for everything from “snooping” to bureacucratic bungling.”

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place control under a three-member, full-time board. (Such a change was made several years ago in the state highway commission setup.) The commission, created by the ‘43 legislature, will submit its recommendations to the 1045 legislature. ; ) Have Unique System Commission Chairman Earl B. Teckemeyer suggested that the new

No city’s momentous gaming case that ended up in a general exchange of apologies are shown here as they faced Municipal Court Judge John L. Peak, the arresting officers; Defense Attorney David M. Lewis; Defendant Thomas Hutson (background); Defendant John K. Jennings; Defendant Carl Mullen and Defense Attor-

system might be modeled after other states, painting out that Indiana's program differs from that of all other states. “Why, we were not able to discover,” the report said. The report charged that the present system has not made it possible for any board member to have the complete grasp of the program necessary to the proper formulation of policy, without the aid of suggestions which have

Her exhibit, she explained, was to

impress the commissioner with the! | “absurdity” of an OPA ruling which! forbids wholesale bakeries to resell (leftover goods at reduced prices. As! a consequences, she complained, |“T'm left with a pile of worthless! {ples and rolls whenever business is | | slack. | After listening to her scathing criticism of OPA practices in gen-; eral and particular, the contmis- | sioner ordered her business sus-| pended for 15 days on account of! failing to register, selling above ceiling prices and neglecting to display ceiling prices, To her defense Mrs. Farley summoned several customers who testifled that they were “very well satis- |

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CALLS TAX PLAN UNFAIR WASHINGTON, March 30 (U. P).! —Rep. Carl T. Curtis (R. Neb.) told! the house today that the proposed | new tax simplification plan is un-| fair to those who make large dona-| tions to churches and charitable institutions.

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amounted to domination by administrators and department heads.” Likewise, Mr. investigation had revealed “it has not been possible (for the board) to attain the close supervision over operations so vitally necessary to efficient management.” The commission recommended that a three-member, full time “ade-quately-paid” board, be appointed by the governor, on staggered terms, with qualifications “for such members to be such as absolutely to preclude the possibility of so-called political reward appointments.” Duties of the new board would include: Establishment of a policy

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TOSSES HAT IN RING

Lieutenant Governorship Is Sought by Auditor.

State Auditor Richard T. Jamies today became the first to formally toss his hat into the race for the G. O. P. lieutenant governor nomination with an announcement of his candidacy. Mr. James, who is 34, is ending his second term as state auditor. His ‘candidacy for the lieutenant governorship nomination has been indersed by his home district, the fifth. : Several others have been mentioned as prospective candidates for

Teckemeyer said!

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1944 _

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NATION NEEDS 4F WORK LAW STIMSON SAYS

War Secretary Opposed to|

It's Still d Mystery Why Jennings’ Room Was Raided

M By NOBLE REED How the police department happened to use the name of Stewart Donnelly, internationally-known confidence man, on a warrant for a raid on the Claypool hotel apartment of John K. Jennings, state director of the war manpower commission, was an unexplained my: today. The “discrepancy” so irked Municipal Judge John McNelis that he delivered a blistering tirade against what he termed “cutrageous, deplorable and brazen” police tactics and! -

welfare and the then threw out of court the gam-| apartment of Mr. Jennings or any

bling charges against Mr. Jennings other respectable citizen having a and his six poker-playing guests. |private game of poker, I certainly The judicial fireworks exploded | Would not have issued the warwhen the judge found out that the rant.”

court been misled about! Sgt. Charles Burkett, who led the the b lively 2d {raid, merely explained that the in-

The t fof the {formation that Donnelly occupied

raid had | the room “came from a superior ofbeen issued by Judge McNelis oni. uw ong that was the end of it.

information presented to him by| “It was either extremely lax in-

Patrolman Ray Peak. | vestigation on the part of police or “From the evidence police officers | ylain misrepresentation by officers,”

olis Real Estate Board in the said: “Undoubtedly the Germans overheard the broadcast. It is my memory that their planes mixed with ours during the melee. Everyone regrets the incident but friendly aircraft are supposed to stay 1500 yards from a ship or be fired upon.” Mr. Tucker, executive officer

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‘Cpl. William Duggar and Pfc. J. M. Hunt Hurt.

TWO INDIANAPOLIS MARINES have been wounded in combat duty in the Pagific and a local airman is now a prisoner of the Nazis,

WOUNDED Pfc. John M. Hunt, 1147 ‘Tudor ave. Cpl. William Duggar, Washington st.

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was running a gaming ihe defense attorney, David Lewis, : . 1 DICE GAME Boner Explained discharged naval lieutenant, disraiders struck again last night on| radio warning in English had families, were caught shooting dice. | there was a crap game going on in saw the game and saw money beinto a police car, confiscating 30 trip, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt said tions about strikes at. home, 2062 Men of all services whom she Broadway.

establishment in the apartment,” i; suppress the evidence and orJudge McNelis said. By Tucker Here (I r . o By VICTOR PETERSON Police Confiscate 30 Cents, Give H. S. Youths Ride closed today that early in the fateful day when 23 American a north side apartment where 11] been broadcast stating there Shortridge high school boys, some snould be no firing between the Sgt. Edward Brown said his squad was called to 34th and Pennsylvania an apartment building he owned nearby. ing exchanged as dice rolled furiously. Hoosier Heroes— cents found on the floor. The boys were slated at juvenile ON 14,000-MILE TRIP WASHINGTON, March 30 (U.P). today that servicemen whom she saw in the Caribbean area and Only one serviceman, she said at her news conference since her revisited on this third tour of in- ss = =» stallations

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Washington hotel, Mr. Tucker |

Putting Them in Uniform.

WASHINGTON, March 30 (U. P).| —Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-|

son said today he ‘believed em-| phatically that legislation is needed | to insure utilization of 4-F"s in the war effort, but added, however, that he did not like the idea of drafting 4-F's into the army to accomplish this purpose. “I do not think this most vitally needed step‘sheuld be taken by indirection by inducting men into the army who are not qualified to serve in the army,” he said. At his news conference, Mr. Stimson also announced that casualties of the U. S. armed forces now total 173,239, an increase of 4947 above the total of a week ago, it was revealed today. This week's total included 40,657 killed, 64,098 wounded, 36,321 missing and 32,163 prisoners of war. Lists Enemy Losses

On the credit side, U. S. army air force pilots destroyed 11,042 axis aircraft in all theaters in the air and on the ground during 1943 at cost of 2885 American planes—a victory ratio of almost 4 to 1. Stimson made known his views on the 4-F draft as a house military | affairs subcommittee began to prepare limited national service legislation to force 4-F"s into non- | combat work battalions or essential | industry. About 1000000 4-F's would be affected by the house committee plan. « Stimson. said he preferred legislation along the lines of the AustinWadsworth bill, calling for national service by all. He added, however, that the army would co-operate In { carrying out any more limited program which congress might enact.

Goal Is Unchanged

The fact that selective service has not produced enough new men to {meet scheduled quotas, Stimson said, has necessitated certain shifts of personnel within th® army, but the army's manpower goal of 7,700,000 men has not changed. The shifts, Stimson said, were “for the purpose of meeting immediate needs of our new units for replacement of men whom we had to withdraw from existing units for replacement overseas.” The shifts were accomplished by withdrawing men from activities less essential at the moment. “Had personnel been delivered on {schedule, more time would have {been available to organize and train units to meet the dates scheduled ion the basis of our strategic plans,” | Sti on said, ! Assumed Greater Load

| “While holding to its authorized {goal of 7,700,000, the army has assumed a greater load than was contemplated at the time that level was set: It is planning to meet this increased load within that previously determined strength by every medsure of manpower economy practicable.” . { In this connection, Mr. Stimson | disclosed that about 2,500,000 of the

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Anzio Tents’

By. ROBERT VERMILLION United Press War Correspondent

ANZIO BEACHHEAD, Italy, | March 29 (Delayed).—Wounded American soldiers moaned and cried in ‘their wrecked hospital tents and explosions still sent flery bits of fragments through the fragile, canvas structures, an hour after three ‘large German incendiary bombs burst among two Ameri hospitals on this beachhead tonight, =x 2 = ” § Eight men were killed—six of them wounded soldiers sleeping on their cots—and 72 were wounded, including two nurses. Thirtyeight of the injired were soldiers who were recuperating from battle "wounds, some of them German prisoners. .. The bombing occurred at 10 o'clock, during the second air raid on this beachhead in seven

hours. The bombs landed about 50 yards from the tent where I |

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DENIES CASINO, IS POWER TEST

Stimson Admits Defeat hut Points to Valuable

Lessons Learned.

WASHINGTON, March 30 (U.P). —Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, discussing the battle of Cassino, ‘said today that “the simple fact is that the Germans stopped us.” He told a news conference that the failure at Cassino, however, would be a “severe set-back only if we did not learn our lessons.” “Under no" circumstances should the Italian campaign be thought of as a test of allied power,” he added. Stimson said our efforts to take

being,” and said that the Germans showed again that they are obstinate and effective soldiers who do not quit when they are ordered to hold a key post at all cost.”

Advantage With Enemy

Nazi occupation of the steep hills behind Cassino, where their guns covered the town, gave the enemy a continual advantage, Stimson said. “We have learned a great many things since the war began and we have put our learning into practice,” he said. “There is no reason to believe that our ability to profit from experience has ended row.” Making his weekly war review, the secretary said he did not wish to “minimize the obvious facts of

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F. D. R. SIGNS TIMBER BILL WASHINGTON, March 30 (U.P). —The President today signed a bill authorizing the agriculture and interior departments to contract with

CERNAUTI L0SS

Way Opened for Soviet Whirlwind Advance In South.

LONDON, March 30 (U. P.).—The German high command acknowledged today the loss of Cernauti, capital of Bucovina province and key

gateway to the Balkans. to Russian assault troops who stormed across the Prut and charged into the city in a two-way pincers. (Stalin confirmed the city’s fall in an order of the day.) A Berlin communique reported the “evacuation” of Cernauti, third city of pre-war Rumania in the

LONDON, March 30 (U.P). The Exchange Telegraph agency reported from Stockholm today that Juho K. Paasikivi, former premier of Finland, had returned to the Swedish capital and possibly proceeded to Moscow to open direct peace talks with the Soviets.

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northeastern province yielded to Russia along with Bessarabia in 1940. : The collapse of German resistance at Cernauti shattered the Nami communications vital: to the. defenses of southwestern Europe and laid open the way for a whirlwind advance by the rampaging Russians into Rumania proper. x Although Nazi propagandists termed the loss of Cérnauti an “evacuation,” Moscow reports of violent street fighting in the city of 110,000 made it evident that the German garrison was overwhelmed by the great Russ army offensive pulverizing the enemy defenses of the entire southern front. A Stockholm dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph said other Ruse sian forces southeast of Cernauti

Cassino had “subsided for the timefhad plunged across the Prut into

Rumania proper. and were battling in the streets of Iasi, vital Rumane ian rail junction some miles west of the Bessarabian border. ce

Rumania Hunts Way Out

Cernauti, most important coms munications center west of the Prut. and south of old Poland, fell to Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's 1st army of the Ukraine, which sent another spearhead careening through Kolmyja, 48 miles to the northwest, within 30 miles of Hungary. A Moscow dispatch followed by a day a Russian warning to Ru-.

mania and Bulgaria to break with \

the Nazis or suffer Germany's eventual fate said that “there is little question the Rumanians are knocking heads together seeking an answer how to get out of the war.” The extent of the Nazi debacle on the southern front was reflected in the communique reporting the loss of Cernautl. It said the Ger. mans had “disengaged themselves” from the lower Bug after the fall of

private owners of timber lands with a view to maintaining set timber yields from intermingled public and! private forests.

WAR ANALYSIS—

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Russ Warn Rumania Not to Assist German Foe—or Else

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frozen fruits and vegetables and|Cuts for. the No. 2 can of carrots, canned peas become point free dur. |giving this item a new value of 3 ing April but the present point val¥{points; cuts of one, two and 4 ues of butter and most meats will| points, réspectively for 7, 10 and 14remain unchanged. A notable ex-|ounce cans of tomato juice; and zero ration values for fig and plum jams. . Price Chief Chester Bowles said the removal of point values on the frozen items was requested by the war food administration to clear cold storage space for meat, poultry and dafry products. The meat supply in April will be below March figures but Bowles said meat ration Daniel Kidney 16| values generally could be main23| Ruth ett.. 16|tained because of “satisfactory dis18| tribution” at present. ! The lower sausage values anEditorials .... 16 nounced earlier in the month will oa Is continue; mackerel and sardines . were cut 4 and 8 points respectively, Financial ..,. 12 )| ready-to-eat meats and We Forum ...... 18/Mrs. Roosevelt 15| packed in tin or glass went down

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WPB ISSUES RULING

ON JOB DEFERMENTS|

WASHINGTON, March 30 (U. P.) ~The war pr duction board today formerly notified its field officers that they are authorized to indorse employers requests for deferment of men 22 to 26 only if they are engaged in certain vital industries. - The list of industries—$omewhat expanded: beyond the eight originally slated as the only-deferrable occupations—covered those .materials vital by the war and navy departments and the maritime

presented to me, I thought they! judge McNelis said. had probable cause for belief that| The judge sustained a motion of “Had I known that it was the (Continued on Page 3—Column 1) ie ; “ip A1-BOYS: | Yanks-Kill-Yanks JAMES M.. TUCKER, former Indiana secretary of state and In Police Car. . ? transports were shot down. over The long arm of police gambling} goo by our own guns, an open of whom are members of prominent | hours of § &ad 11 p. m. sts. on the complaint of C. P. Curtin, 6209 Spring Mill road, who said Sgt. Brown said he looked:through the window of the apartment and His squad rushed in the unlocked front door and herded all the boys aid division and ordered to appear | WO LOCAL MARI ES cams enovaes, re == INJURED IN PACIFIC gambling charges. Tanned and only three or four pounds thinner after her 14,000-mile South America “talked very little” about politics and asked no questurn Tuesday, expressed concern PRISONER about having. a chance to vote. S. Sgt. Robert E. Allen, Statés have achieved a reputation for good behavior, she said.

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Quads for Ballet Dancer

Predicted

NEW YORK, March 30 (U. P.).— The Zarief quadruplets, whose arrival medical science predicted accurately three months in advance, were “doing nicely” today. Born to Mrs. Harry Zarief, 27, a Slender rormer ballet dancer who, according to neighbors, “looks

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3 Months Agolix

concert master of the Columbia Broadcasting system, was X-rayed in December. A physician told her that he thought he could count five tiny skulls, byt the concensus at the hospital was that there were ““Four is enough,” the mother said after the arrival of three girls and a boy, born within 31 miniftes in de-

| liveries described by Dr. Benjamin : P. Watson as “easy.”

Dr. Watson, medical ‘director at the hospital, was attended by three other doctors, four graduate nurses,

and a student nurse who, according | to protocol had no right to be there

American bom bers, continuing ! their offensive against enemy bases throughout the Pacific, concentrated their attacks on the battered Japanese base at Rabaul, New Britain,

United Press War Editor The Russian capture of Cernauti and Kolmyja point to the direction of the drive by the right wing of Ukrainian

Danube and westward below the