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Cash Gifts From the Police

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and stood around with a “you know

me, Al” look in his eyes. A Democratic member of the force, slightly irked because he was expected to “ante up” for a Republican primary, declared that while Sgt. Mayes didn’t say anything “intimidating” he did remark to several squad crews: “Hello boys, do you want to see me?” This same informant said Sgt. Mayes “gave police officers an opportunity to see him,” serving as a collector of Victory committee donations and delivering to the donors receipts already signed by the cammittee treasurer.

+ $100 Top Rumored

Other reports at headquarters have it fhat word was passed via the grape-vine that patrolmen were advised to fork over five per cent of their annual pay of $2400, sergeants learned. that $50 would be adequate, and that expected contributions in the higher ranks ranged as high as $100. Sgt. Mayes’ account of his activities varies considerably. According

to the husky right-hand-man of the

city's chief executive, he was be-

sieged by police eager to contribute |

money to the administration to “do them the favor” of transporting their cash to the Victory committee’s treasurer. “When police came to city hall, 1 naturally was the first person they saw,” explained Sgt. Mayes. “They not only saw me at the hall, but they called me up at home asking

where they could turn in their do-|

nations. . . . I suppose it was because I was one of the few persons they knew at city hall.” He conceded that he hdd visited police headquarters last week and had “stood around,’ but firmly denied that he had ever “made any demands of anybody, or even suggested that anyone was expected to contribute.” He did not appear at official roll call, but managed to be around when most of the boys

His version was seconded by Victory committeemen who said that he had acted in this case “more or less as a messenger” having no

official connection with the Victory

committee. Police Chief Clifford Beeker, who last month issued an edict against police participation in politics, professed complete ignorance of the fund - reaping goings-on around headquarters, saying only that “they can't do that, , . . It’s against the rules.” ;

Laws Are Examined

Rapidly’ thumbing through. the statutes, City Attorney Arch N. Bobbitt was inclined to disagree with the chief. Mr. Bobbitt said he examined “section by section” a law purporting to prohibit police politicking but was unable to find anything relating to fund solicitations. The statute reads: “It shall be unlawful for persons on the police force to solicit any person to vote at any election for any candidate, or. to challenge any voter, or in any manner attempt to influence any elector at such election . . or to be a member of any political committee.” “This law was passed to prevent police strong-arming at the polls,” said the city attorney. He further emphasized the opinion that police who have contributed have not become Victory committee members thereby.

Tyndall's Statement

In an official statement, Mayor!

Tyndall declared. “I appreciate the fact that policemen and firemen have indicated their willingness to back up our program of good government by making voluntary contributions. “These funds will be used by the Victory committee to back candi-| dates who believe in the kind of government I believe in, including Judge John L. Niblack of Municipal Court 4, a candidate for Republican nomination for prosecutor, and Charles A. Huff, candidate for con-

IEUROPE SWEPT

BY 5000 PLANES

8000 Tons of Bombs Rock Aviation Centers and

French Railroads. (Continued From Page One)

that German Messerschmitts and black-painted night fighters tried to intercept them, “1 saw between 100 and 150 fighters,” S. Sgt. Paul C. Bara of Newcastle, Pa., a Fortress tail gunner, said. “They attacked us in the target area, coming in 12 at a time. After they, attacked, they peeled off and made a circle as if’ to come back again, but our Mustangs were down on them before they had a chance, and they ran away.” Task forces who hit Werl and Lippstadt made the trip without running into German fighters, but flew for miles through anti-aircraft fire from Germany's most heavily defended belt. : The Werl raiders reported - that their bombs set off an explosion

‘which sent black smoke billowing

10,000 feet into the air. Examination of photographs made in the American raid yesterday revealed that the Fortresses and Liberators scored bhulls-eyes on vital German aircraft factories at Oranijenburg and Rathenow in the area of Berlin and set a fire in a rayon plant at Wittenberge, 75 miles to the northwest. U. 8S. and R. A. F. medium and light bombers struck repeatedly at the invasion coast today. Marauder mediums hit military targets along the French shore. Douglas Havoc light bombers of the 9th air force hit northern France. Bostons,

{Mitchells and Typhoons of the tac-

tical air forc€ were active in the

{same area.

HE'S COL. ROOSEVELT NOW WASHINGTON, April 19 (U. P). —Promotion of James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, to the rank of full colonel was announced

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phon at the flames licking through the wreckage near him, The patients likewise spoke of the bravery of the nurses—* ‘great girls. »” In the operating room a grim drama was enacted at the height of the air raid. Doctors were performing delicate surgery upon a man’s stomach while the sirens wailed outside and the German bombers droned overhead. . Suddenly explosions rocked the operating theater. The glass windows crashed in and splinters flew across the room. ¢

Surgeon Never Paused

The surgeon never paused, only hastened hig pace . . . scalpel . . . sutures . . . gauze. His assistants quickly passed him the material, pausing perhaps only to glance over their shoulders at the red glare of flames licking the walls outside their broken windows. The incision was sewed and the patient trundled away to a r

The patient came up from the

anaesthesia hours later, heard conversation about the raid and asked: “What raid?” The hospital was a crumbled mass of twisted iron beds, concrete and charred rafters amid curls of gray smoke,

Eight Buildings Wrecked

Half a dozen buildings were wrecked and two were destroyed by fire. Here and there in the rubble was a nurse's blue cap, a bottle of medicine or a medical chart. One of the heroines of the night

told me her story while a sister |

nurse combed her hair. She couldn't comb it herself because

— THE INDIAN. (NAPOLIS TIMES . Operation Goes On Despite Nazi Bombing of Hospital

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ages covering burns she got while trying to put out the fires. She was Ruth Graves, 20, freckle-faced and chubby-cheeked. “I had just gotten back from mealtime and was standing at the desk in the center of my ward when I heard the first two bombs,” she said. “I didn't hear the one which hit our building at all. Everything just” collapsed on us. “Some of the patients got up and walked out. We had to remove rafters from across the beds of others. One little boy was concerned about getting his Donald Duck. Another made sure he took his orange, _

Patients Carry Others

“Patients with rheumatic and heart troubles helped to carry the kids out. I saw one old man trying to put out the fire with his seltzer bottle. Those fires kept springing up all over. I don't know where they came from. + “I tried to put them out with my hands.” She looked at her swathed hands. “They're not burned badly—really ‘they're not.” Then proudly: “I've got a bomb splinter in my cheek. See.” She pointed to a tiny black hole in her left cheek. | Across the ward, a couple of her patients still seemed a little dazed. “Those nurses were great girls,” said one. “Miss*Graves said: ‘Get out the best you can—I've got to try to put these fires out.’ “It's funny,” he went on, “I've got pneumonia. The doctors have. been keeping me in bed. But when those burning rafters fell I hopped out of bed and ran. Now I feel fine.”

CARD PARTY ANNOUNCED

Democrats of the 13th ward will] sponsor a card party at 8 p. m.|

Side Turners hall. Henry O. Goett|

BOSSES VIE IN PRIMARY RACE

Fight for Control Sole Issue Among Leaders of ‘Both Parties.

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by ‘the James L. Bradford machinery. And yesterday Mayor Tyndall, titular leader of the city hall-spon-sored Republican Victory committee, announced his support in the congressional race would be thrown to Charles Alfred Huff, president of the victory committee. Thus a vote for Judge Stark is a vote for the Ostrom-Bradford forces to retain control and a vote for Mr. Huff is a contribution to the victory committee forces. There are seven other candidates

! for the G. O. P. congressional nomi-

nation but they represent no party factions. Perhaps the most bitter G. O. P. primary battle will center between | Prosecutor Sherwood Blue, the reg-|

ular organization candidate for .re-|

nomination, and Judge John L.|

Niblack of municipal court 4, spon- | {sored by | forces.

the anti-organization|

Main Battle for Control

The only tangible issue in this race outside the factional scrap for party power is Prosecutor Blue's charges by vague inference that Judge Niblack has been condoning the city hall's police department in its alleged illegal arrest tactics. Judge Niblack has countered with demands for more vigorous prose-| cution tactics than Mr.. Blue has been showing. The regular G. O. P. organization has slated candidates in other races but their opponents have not been

tory committee.

The main battle for party control, | between Britain and Cork in south- | Thursday, April 26, at the South of course, is the precinct commit-|ern Eire had been cancelled until ||.

teeman races. In this, the regular

voting, citing 197 of their candidates as being unopposed for re-election. This claim was ridiculed by the victory group, which contended that most of those 197 unopposed precinct .committeemen have swung to their side. Only the election of a county chairman at the annual convention May 6 following the primary will de~ termine that question.

Three Battles Loom

In the Democratic camp the factional lines for control of the party have been drawn in three races, prosecutor, treasurer and sheriff, Spotlighting these will be the! contest between Wilfred Bradshaw, ! former juvenile court judge, seeking the Democratic prosecutor nomination as Chairman Russell Dean's candidate against Joseph Howard, representing the anti-organization faction. In the race for the Democratic treasurer nomination, Chairman Dean is reported throwing his strength to John PF. O'Connor Jr.

M. Pitsenberger, Chairman Dean's faction is sup-

while the antis are supporting Claud |

SEVASTOPOL i IN 3-WAY DR

Soviet Siege Guns, Pla Keep Fires Ablaze in Torn City.

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swept over the “back door” plain toward burning Sevastopol afteg A capturing the coastal stronghold of. { Balaklava and driving on to within | five miles of the Crimean base yes terday. The fall of Sevastopol to the Gers Jmans at the end of a 250-day siege; in 1942 followed by only 24 hours that of Balaklava, and Yeremenko's forces were advancing over the same highway and interurban tram line : that the then victorious enemy fol=.4 lowed. -

Balaklava, scene of the imm charge of the light brigade in

porting - Lewis - (Cap) Johnson for

(the sheriff nomination and the anti-organization group is running] Daniel J. O'Neill Jr. former city| clerk.

REPORT ‘STAND BY’ ORDER GIVEN NAZIS

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erably more important than the time is whether the allies succeed! in fooling the Germans regarding {the place.” The Stockholm reports followed | three more precautionary steps| taken by the allies to guard in-| | vasion plans, including the suspension of steamer service between {Cork and Britain.

The British and Irish steam

| identified specifically with the vic-|packet and Clyde shipping compa- | H

| nies informed shippers that service |

further notice, leaving a skeleton

is chairman, assisted by Mrs. Agnes organization claims a clear majority | service from Dublin Eire's - only

| link with the mother country.

Crimean war of 1854, turned y {enemy's principal defenses along" {the Belbek and Chernaya rivers in Savastopol’'s eastern and northe eastern suburbs, where Gen. ; | I. Tolbukhin’s 4th Ukrainian : {had been stalled since the wormed Ee

JUDGE STARK LISTED: FOR TALK AT RALLY

| Superior Judge Judson L. Stark, | organization candidate for the G.O.P. congressional nominatio \will address the Tth ward peony 3 {lican ‘crganization at a pre-primary {rally at 8 p.m. Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Ebaugh, {2146 N. Delaware st. Atty. Gen. James Emmert and ; Lloyd Claycombe, organization cane . |didate for the G.O.P. circuit court: : | Judge nomination, also will speak.. + ¥ . Dale Brown is ward chairman. ©

In Indianapolis on Page 7 Today

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HICKEY-FREEMAN at $50—And a remarkable

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: SLACKS "For Slacks it's Strauss!" That's what they all sayl That's the general idea. Of course, there are Slacks of various kinds—with various price

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PLAID SHIRTS till who tied it— At about every price—including some extra-special ones at $4 and $5.

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+ THE BASEBALL SEASON opens oright—Wocdnadey night, at 8: 30-—Victery Field!

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