Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1944 — Page 1

CIRCLE ter Ave.

Founder of Isolation Clinic

“‘minated his services with the city

. ernment funds for operation of the

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Adolf Hitler is shown here in

| Hitler, 55 Today,

a recent map-studying conference

with his wavering ally, Premier Antonescu of Romania. This photo reached the United States through neutral sources.

BEATTY QUITS AS HOSPITAL CHIEF

To Devote Full Time to

Practice.

Dr. Norman N. Beatty, chief founder and director of the city isolation hospital since its establish-

ment in November, 1943, has resigned to devote 2 full time to his private practice. Executive direction of the venereal disease clinic has been. trans-

man Gy Morgan, city health board |

Although ft was learned that Dr. Beatty ter-

Dr. Beatty

six weeks ago, his departure from the $3600-a-year post was not announced until today.

Load ‘Too Heavy

“Dr. Beatty feit that he was carrying too heavy a load to permit him to tend to private business,” Dr. Morgan explained. “Technically, he did not resign. He had been employed at the hospital on a parttime basis just as any other clinical physician.” Dr. Morgan said the business administration at the hospital is now under William R. Shirley, who receives $3900 a year. Instrumental in - obtaining gov-

hospital, Dr. Beatty, more than any other person, mapped the course for the city’s wide-scale venereal cone trol program. He is still chairman of the sub-committee on health and sanitation of the Indianapolis PostWar Planning committee. He could not be reached for comment today.

KING URGES EQUAL

ROLE FOR YUGOSLAVS,

LONDON, April 20 (U. P.) —King Peter of Yugoslavia said today that his country should be a “link harmonizing the common interests of the great powers in the Balkans,” but in order to function in that capacity it must have equal part in’ conversations among them. “Without free and independent Balkan states, respected by our great allies, peace in Europe can

never be assured,” Peter said.

RUSS TO RECOGNIZE | SPAIN, EX-AID SAYS

MEXICO CITY, April 20 (U.P.).— Julian Gorki, ‘former Communist party official, today predicted Russia would recognize Spain's Falangist government as soon as the United States and Spain adjusted their relationships.

DEWEY SPEECH SCHEDULED NEW YORK, April 20 (U”P.).—| Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New| York will head the list of speakers | at the 23d annual dinner of the bureau -of advertising, American Newspaper Publishers association, on April 27, it was announced today.

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Editorials Mrs. Ferguson.19 Ration Dates..12 Financial .... 21|Mrs. Roosevelt. 15

Forum ........18|Side Glances ..16 20 Sports Aver vi 0 In Indpls. ..... 3(State Deaths.. 7 Indpls,..15| Thos. Stokes ..16 Ridne; 16{Up Front . 15

Yank Ace Lost In Sweep After Getting 21 Craft

A U. 8. FIGHTER BASE, England, April 20 (U. P.) —Capt. Duane Willard Beeson's stuttering guns fell silent over an enemy airfield near Berlin on April 5 and the race to beat Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's combat record lost one of its top contenders. Beeson's radio sputtered and two American Mustang pilots who were strafing the German fleld with him heard an exasperated, “Damn it,” as a burst of flak wrecked his plane's cooling system, The 22-year-old Boise, Ida. fighter ace—he had 21 enemy planes to his credit before this amission — switched off his radio

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LIMIT PRESS IN SEDITION TRIAL

Judge Explains Selection of | ie new order will not stop the|crewmen have been killed: in com-

Jurors Will Crowd

Courtroom.

WASHINGTON, April 20 (U, P). —Three or four reporters will have to represent the public “in concentrated form” during selection of the ‘jury at the war's biggest sedition trial, Justice Edward C. Eicher ruled today. - A start in selection of the jury

was delayed as lawyers continued |

to air complaints. Attorney Ira Chase Koehne told the court his telephone was tapped and that “everything that happens in my office is heard, even though the telephone receiver is on the hook.”

Deny Petition

He described it as “a sample of what the FBIand the secret service and Anti-Defamation league” have been doing to the 30 defendants and their counsel: The court took no action as he did not make a formal motion for anything.

Koehne also filed a petition for|

dismissal of the court stenographer on grounds that one member of the court reporting firm is Jewish and “the racial, national and religious fanaticism of at least the Jewish member” might “imperil the liberty” of the defendants. Eicher, however, struck the petition from the record. Eicher, who delayed court open-

{ : — —— Nn. | (Continued on Page 3—Column 2) | (continued on Page $—Column 8), Selection of Rep. Halleck as the

O'Connell, Church Heirarchy ‘Dean,’

Ill of Pneumonia

BOSTON, April 20 (U, P.).—William Cardinal O'Connell, 84-year-old dean of the Catholic hierarchy in America, had a comfortable night at his home, ; where he 1s critically ill with pneumonia, it was § reported today. A formal 9 a.m. bulletin was omitted, but unofficial word indicated that the prelate was holding his

n. : Meanwhile, “the priests and the Card. O'Connell. faithful” of Cardinal O’Connell’s archdiocese were called on to offer prayers for his “spiritual and bodily welfare.” : Throughout the night the cardinal’s nephew, Philip. O'Connell, and three nieces remained at the home, At dawn they left for their Newton home, apparently encouraged . by Cardinal O'Connell's

In 1894 after he had served par-

X | mittee in a formal report today de-

{| effort.

. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944

By EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent :

LONDON, April 20.—Adolf Hitler celebrated his 55th birthday anniversary amid the bomb-ruins of his onceproud Germany today as allied armies massed on three sides of his European fortress for decisive asgaults that may end his reign before another year. : There was no werd on whether Hitler would speak or otherwise note the occasion.

Hears Knock Of Doom At Europe's Doors

But today promised to be in striking contrast to five years ago, when Hitler celebrated his last peace-time birthday. Then he paraded 40,000 picked soldiers through

Berlin, showed off the most

modern weapons of warfare

and the Luftwaffe filled the sky in a flaunting gesture to

the world.

Now, hardly 40,000 men could be found in Berlin,

except for the SS police troops.

Everywhere along the

borders of the shrinking Nazi empire, the Germans were. on the defensive waiting for the attack which means their doom. : The allies during the last year have changed Hitler’ dreams of conquest. A.year ago the allies already had started the Nazis on the road to defeat. First it was at El Alamein, then Stalingrad. As the year® went on,

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END DRAFT OF MEN OVER 26 IN WAR WORK

MIGHTY ALLIED BATTLE FLEET ~ STUNS 2 JAP BASES IN SUMATRA

[Indiana Local Boards Get Order to Postpone or.

Cancel Inductions.

By EARL RICHERT Effective today, Indiana's local ! draft boards were instructed by Col. Robinson Hitchcock, state draft director, to postpone inductions and cancel existing induction orders of registrants 26 years of age and over| who are engaged in war or war supporting industries. Previously, in connection with the new national policy of taking men under 26 first, state headquarters had instructed the local boards. to fill their calls with men over 26 if they could not find enough men under that age. Now, under the new state order, the draft board's do not have to meet their quotas if they do not have enough men under 26 to fill them. - Up to Staff Chiefs

Col. Hitchcock said this order would remain in effect “according to the determination of the joint chiefs of staff.” ie be The new order was issued following the return of Maj. 8. S. Springer, selective service official, from Washington. Maj. Springer learned that other states were canceling and postponing the induction of men over 26, even though the boards could not fill their calls, and Col. Hitchcock said it was decided put that program into effect here to keep in line with the nation. | “We don't want to impose on In-!

HOOSIER HEROES— Local Fliers Die in Action On Far Fronts

First Lt, Herman F. Ridenour . . .

diana by taking men that the other | : 1 aa : states are not,” Col. Hitchcock said.| Wm. McAllister RK. J. George Examinations Continue ) Col. Hitchcock emphasized that] TWO INDIANAPOLIS = bomber

schedules for preinduction physical bat in the European and China war examinations for all men under 38. 1 oters They will be examined for possible

RUSS STORM SEVASTOPOL INNER FORTS

Battle Along 1941-42 Siege Lines; Thousands of Nazis Drown.

MOSCOW, April 20 (U. P.). —Russian armies have ripped into the inner defenses of Sevastopol and today were reported battling on the same lines where the Soviet garrison made its main stand in the 250day siege of 1941-42. ~~ = | Front dispatches referring to the “final hours” of the German and Romanian stand at Sevastopol said Russian air force planes pounding the Crimean bastion sank 12 goodsized ships within 24 hours. Massed Russian assault planes

_{were reported laying’ a “carpet of

bombs” on Sevastopol and its Black sea approaches. Jammed into a steadily-narrowing corner of the southwestern Crimea with only the Black sea at their backs, the last remaining thousands of Germans and Romanians were fighting to the death to stem the Soviet tide during frantic 11th hour attempts to evacuate more of the garrison through a tight Russian sea

induction calls in future months. They are: The draft director explained that! T. Sgt. William J. McAllister, 5021) i

| the new policy is designed to meet Guilford ave. | First Lt. Herman F. Ridenour,

{the expressed desire of the army | land navy for younger inductees at 4927 N. Pennsylvania st. | the present time. He said that the } = = = | induction of registrants over the! T SGT. WILLIAM J. McALLIS-| {age of 25 is merely postponed until . | the younger group has been de- | TER a radio operator and gunner livered, | {Continued on Page 5—Column 3 |

According to the order, the draft

| boards will, until further notice, fill | their calls from the totlowing| | ALLECK T0 KEYNOTE |

groups of registrahts:

Men who volunteer for immediate | induction STATE GOP MEETING!

Registrants 18 to 26 yedrs of age.

Registrants 26 and over who have | made arrangements for induction

and express to the local boards a Program Group Due to desire for immediate induction.® | . i | Name Him Monday.

Men 26 years of age and over who are not engaged in war production, | agriculture or war-supporting ac- | Rep. Charles Halleck, Rensselaer, | tivities. ‘head of the G. O. P. congressional | It was on this latter point that ; campaign committee, will be named the local boards expected their | keynoter of the Republican' state most difficulty since practically {convention June 1-2, by the coneveryone can claim to be supporting | vention’s program committee at a

the war effort in one way or an- meeting here Monday. other. House Speaker Hobart Creighton

“The boards,” said Col. Hitchcock, | Will be named permanent chairman. “can stretch that as far as they| John Lauer, new state chairman, want to.” # {will open the state convention as The draft director urged post- temporary chairman and will then poned registrants to keep their jobs | turn the gavel over to Mr. Creigh-

i i

! state keynoter was decided upon by y party leaders after the G. O. P. na- | R AP ARMY COOLNESS {tional committee failed to select him | as the national keynoter, choosing T0 4 f WORK PL AN instead Governor Warren of Cali- -

fornia. House Group Scores ‘Ab-

state committee at the biennial re-

and air blockade. Thousands Drown

Soviet planes and torpedo boats in the last 24 hours were credited with sinking two transports totalling 7000 tons, five barges and two patrol cutters and. setting fire to three large transports. ‘Thousands of enemy troops drowned. : (A British broadcast said the crews of two Romanian liners, the Bessarabia and Transylvania, refused to sail to Sevastopol to aid in the evacuation.). A ceaseless day and night bombardment by both Russian planes and artillery left Sevastopol bay littered with the wreckage of ships and rapidly was reducing the buildings still standing in the city itself to rubble. A pall of smoke hung overhead. Front dispatches indicated that converging Soviet armies under Gens. Feodor I. Tolbukhin and Andrei Yeremenko had overwhelmed the outer defenses of Sevastopol and were assaulting the inner ring

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STOP CHROME SUPPLY

LONDON, April 20 (U. P.).—The Ankara radio broadcast an official announcement today that Turkey will cease exporting chrome to Germany and other axis countries effective tomorrow,

ITALY LEADERS SHIFT

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, April 20 (U. P.).—Premier

Pietro Badoglio has formed a new government with all opposition parties participating except the Ac-

Jap prisoner, wearing a skimpy

Admiralty Island to Col. Earl F. Thompson, Lake James, Ind.; Maj. Brig. Gen. William C. Chase, commanding officer, 1st U. S. cavalry, Providence, R. IL, and Lt. Col. Maurice

Richard R. Wright, Alice, Tex; E. Webb, El Paso, Tex.

DAVIS CLEARS ARMY CENSORS

No Intentional -Ban Seen On Story of Second Sicily Mixup..

WASHINGTON, April 20 (U.P). —Clearing the army of intentional suppression of news in the second case of allied anti-aircraft guns shooting down American planes over Sicily, War Information Director Elmer Davis today expressed belief that all such incidents now have been told to the public. Secretary of ‘War Henry L. Stimson said at his news conference meanwhile that “to say the army will tolerate blundering or attempt to cover it up is not true.” Davis said the army intended no| violation of the new war news policy| in withholding until yesterday a re-| port that half of 10 U. S. transport planes knocked out July 13 over| Catania, Sicily, were felled by allied | guns.

44 Men Are Lost

10 planes. The incident occurred only three nights after 23 American transports and 410 men had been victims of a similar circum-|

The Catania incident, Davis said, | was buried in army operational re- | ports—“a regrettable detail of a large and successful operation,” the OWT chief declared. It took the army several hours to dig out precise facts after Drew Pearson, columnist, reported yesterday morning that a second case of |

organization meeting here May 9.

tion party, it was announced today.

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Action of the program committee, headed by Mr. Lauer, is expected sence of Co-operation.’ WASHINGTON, April 20 (U. P.).

to be ratified by the Republican ~The house military affairs com-

clared that “there has been a conspicuous: absence” of co-operation on the part of the war department

to make ‘use of 4-F's in the war By HELEN RUEGAMER

. More than 100 men, women and children were in line today for $100 in prizes as they entered ac--counts of their narrow escapes in the Freak Squeak contest, Contestants’ ages ranged ‘from 8 to 80; their Freak Squeaks cover _everything from being chased by an interurban to the old story of running into a door.

The contest, being sponsored

War Production: Chief Donald M. Nelson, meanwhile, told the house banking committee that “the only thing that stands in our way of greatly increased consumer goods is the manpower situation.” - The house military report followed a closed session at which the Costello subcommittee on draft deferments submitted a list of recommendations to force 4-F's into war| jointly by The Indianapolis Times work or noncombat military service.) and the Chamber of Commerce An exhaustive study “has resulted |” Safety Council, closes at midnight in the conclusion that the selective pe me ‘service, army, navy and war man- Freak Squeak power commission are legally em- vi wr powered So, feet, 3 all the exigencies

re are’ some examples:

presented the

Freak Squeak Moral: Don't Cross Bridge Unless You Want to Play Tag With TroHey

“We started to run, but not fast enough,” he explained. “My _ friend dropped to the trestle, hooked one leg around one ‘tie and an arm about another and hung underneath. I ran a little farther and then leaped from the trestle to a pole supporting the overhead ‘wire. The interurban rumbled to a stop near my He's done things the safe and sane. way ever since " Mrs. Lela Welty, 3056 Meredith ave. had the scare of her life

Adil Jo Groots Cotes REEL] AND

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NAVAL CENTER ARE SHASHED

‘All Units Return Undamaged After Striking 700 Miles From Singapore.

ALLIED SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUARTERS, i | Kandy, Ceylon, April 20 (U. . |P.).—A mighty allied battle k fleet, sweeping unchallenged to within 700 miles of Singapore, bombed and burned the twin | Japanese air-sea bases of Sabang jad Lho Nga in a surprise dawn | strike on northwestern Sumatra | Wednesday, and returned undamaged after destroying at least 25 | enemy planes and possibly five { ships. { A terse communique revealed that | the British-led task force, compris{ing aircraft carriers, battleships and a host of supporting warships, cars jr out the devastating attack most - without opposition from th [stunned Japanese land, sed and air

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loin cloth; respectfully bows low on Acme Telephoto.

es. 25 Planes Destroyed ‘ Thundering in over the enemy strongholds at dawn, carrier-based

House Unit Asks Titl e to Br I tish bombers loosed tons of heavy- ., |caliber bombs on the Sabang aire

' ’ fields, docks, barracks and shore inBases Forever | stallations, while low-flying fighters

WASHINGTON, April 20 (U. P.). strafed grounded planés and other

) ; (targets. —A house naval affairs SubOmLL At least 22 grounded Japanese tee which recently toured South planes were destroyed at Sabang Atlantic naval bases today recom- and several more at Lho Nga, 30 mended immediate steps to gain miles to the south, while three torperpetual title to bases leased to pedo planes that attempted to inthis nation for 99 years by the tercept the fleet on its homeward British in return for the 50 over- run were shot down into the sea by age destroyers. !allied fighter planes. The recommendation was one of | i i many made in a report to Chair- | Ol Task 1s Hit : man Carl Vinson (D. Ga.) of the! The total cost to the big allied naval affairs committee by Reps. task force was one fighter plane F. Edward Hebert (D. La), W. Ster- shot down off Sabang. The pilot

ling Cole (R. N. Y.), and William Was rescued by a submarine that E Sess (R. O.. |surfaced boldly under direct fire

' from the Japanese shore batteries Depend on Friendship to take him aboard. In addition to perpetual control| Two Japanese destroyers and an of the bases, the committee also escort vessel were strafed at their recommended extreme co-operation moorings and left blazing furiously, with Brazil in the building of a |While two merchant vessels were hit Brazilian navy, including the as- |directly by heav, bombs and may signment to the nation of surplus have been sent to the bottom. _. , ships from the U. S. navy after| It was the first great naval counthe war. ter-blow of the war against the The vessels would be given tojwestern flank of Japan's southern Brazil for an indefinite duration empire, and the allied communique “dependent solely upon the con- | said the enemy garrisons were tinuation of the friendly relation- caught completely off guard. ship with the United States.” Intense anti-aircraft fire was enOf the bases acquired from Brit- countered after the initial surprise,

Forty-four men were lost with the | , ™ 40. "110 99-year leases, the but it failed to ward off the allied

committee said: | raiders. “Already the navy alone has spent] One 1000-pound bomb landed over $130,000,000 at the eight loca- squarely on an oil tank, sending

stance over Gela, Sicily. | (Continued on Page 3—Column 1) (Continued on Page 3—Column 1)

HUGE AIR ARMADA OVER EUROPE AGAIN rem G. I. 'Captured’

Returns to Attack After! g,n wrancisco, apr 20 (@.

Bad-Weather Respite, |P.—Broof that all of the South ‘ p Pacific conquests of U. S. fighting: LONDON, April 20 (U. P)~—Imen aren't Japanese-held islands Allied medium bombers streamed was evident to San Franciscans tos out over the continent in unusual

strength tonight in the wake of an day as they played host to 90 Aus»: American Marauder attack on [tralian war-brides and sweethearts northern ' France and a British | American service men met “down heavy bomber assault from Italy on | under.” % the Bulgarian railway junction of| The women, nine with babes-ine Plovdiv. : . arms and many others expectant Bad weather throughout the mothers, disembarked here yesters morning reduced the scale of the day from the ship which brought five - ton - a - minute bombardment (Prime Minister John Curtin fromy from Britain, but improving condi- | Australia. le tions over the channel enabled the| Most of them will become U. 8. = allied medium raiders to pick up the |citizens within the next few years

attack after mid-day. under the. Cable act, as wives at citizens. Their children a

The Marauders struck at military installations in northern France under a strong fighter cover, and into this country. hours later observers along the

U.S. Welcomes. 90 Aussie Girls