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‘VOLUME 55 NUMBER 60
if EE SATURDAY, MAY 20, 194
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice
. : ’ ’ Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued dally except Sunday
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‘Possibly a score or more
“children, were injured about noon today when the truck in
of Mexicans, some of them
“which "they were riding collided with a truck carrying
“dynamite at the east edge of
The dynamite did not explode. .. Five ambulances were rushed to the scene, at E. Washington st. and the city limits, taking 15 of the injured
to City hospital.
The Mexicans were on the way to Alma, Mich., pre-
“sumably to work.
The truck was driven by Mariliams Barrers, 27, of
Mission, Tex.
" Hegadore, 37, of Dawson, Pa., R. D. 1. It was traveling
The truck loaded with dynamite was driven by John
Less seriously injured we left lying on the ground to be
west on Washington st. The truck loaded with 32 people crowded in the open back and cab with their luggage had turned out of a filling station on the northwest corner of the intersection. The explosives truck swerved sharply to avoid collision but the Mexican truck plowed into the side, hurling the riders to the pavement. Hundreds of spectators rushed to the scene and early " ones administered temporary first aid. The children and more seriously injured were rushed
blocks on either side.
cleared sufficiently of the inju The dynamite-loaded truc
accident occurred.
immediately to City hospital and ambulances dispatched to the accident were making round trips.
re placed on stretchers and treated at the scene.
State and city police blocked all traffic around the accident at the start and cars were lined up for several
Side streets filled rapidly before the’ area could be
red to permit cars through. k was heading west on the
National road with 1300 pounds of explosives When the
s + Truck Collide Dynamite Fails To Explode
It was enroute from Connelsville, Pa., to Madisonville, Ky. The truck is owned by William Boughman of Con-
nelsville.
City hospital officials said none of the persons ad-
mitted to the hospital in the
first few ambulance loads
appears to be critically injured although there were a number with injured backs, broken arms and legs. One difficulty arose immediately and that was in understanding what the injured were trying to tell doctors.
One hospital official said h
e believed that interpreters
usually went with such work parties but that they hadn't
been able to find him: yet.
_ The senate today passed and sent
; :
. A. maze ot steel girders fogm Channel coast. This wall, now completed, stands as a concrete and steel structure Not at all sure, however, that this wall is strong enough to resist the force of invading allies, the Nazis have since begun another one right behind it. Behind these walls will be housed the huge German guns, all set
the i
Alaimed Nazis Line Their R Reinforced Atlantic Wall With Huge Long-Distance Guns
aad Sd
to boom forth across the Channel on D-day.
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This gun looks big enough to reach clear across the Channel, but the wary Nazis are assembling every bit of defense equipment available to resist the invasion. There are many guns like this along the coast.
lin. the French : warding off invasion.”
SENATE PASSES SIMPLIFIED TAX
Bill Returned to House for Action on Some Slight
Changes. WASHINGTON, May 20 (U. P.).—~
back to the house the tax simplifleation bill which would relieve 80,000.000 income taxpayers from the burden of computing and filing returns, The measure passed the senate by voice vote in the same basic form that the house had approved
Ade Buried Amid Rustic Simplicity He Loved SoWell
Only poignant memories remain today of one of the glorious figures in Indiana's golden age of literature. Amidst the rustic simplicity that he loved so well, George Ade was laid to rest at Fairlawn cemetery near his Brook, Ind, home yesterday to join his pals of the late 90's and the early 1900's—James Whitcomb Riley, George Barr McCutcheon, Lew Wallace and others. Only two writers of that era remain, Booth Tarkington, who is writing a novel at his summer home in Maine, and Meredith Nicholson, who has laid down his pen. Why no other great figures have
three weeks ago. The house, how-
ever, must act on some technical!
amendments.
The new bill, now another step | (Continued on Page 3—Column 1)
nearer actual law, resulted from! nation-wide demands for a simpli- | fied method of paying income. taxes. | In addition to making it unnecessary for wage and salary earners receiving less than $5000 to compute returns, the bill would simplify procedure for others, Senator William R. Langer (R. N. D), who “filibustered” the bill yesterday, concluded his speech today with an explanation that he felt he now was familiar enough with its provisions to vote. He denied he meant to “filibuster,” but
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Shortridge Bids for Fame With $1,150,000 Bond Sales
With war bond sales running close to the $1,500,000 mark, Shortridge
sprung up in the formerly fertile Hoosier literary soil was a question
ROMANIAN SOLDIERS WEAR OWN CLOTHING
Times Specisl BERN, May 20.—Romania’'s newest draft calls to arms all men born in 1925—and their haberdashery. Recruits are requested to bring along every single article of under wear they possess—shirts and shorts, socks, woolens and related gear—as the government is “unable to provide anything except uniforms and arms.”
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COUNTY PERIL CITED IN FEUD
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Bont Acme telephoto from March of Time's “Underground in Europe.”
On Court House. By NOBLE REED Its long nose jutting menacingly from a veil of camouflage netting, this big gun waits silently for D-day. This is one of the Nazi fortiy sed nT county coun ioe SoU] pions sank the Channel const (hat are being pounded repay |" by our air forces in “softening up” raids.
cealing important facts in connec-|
tion with their request Joe | finds to A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington
eliminate court house h | Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Commissioners last om ro este! ed an ordinance appropriating $14,-. 861 to remove the court house sky- | light and correct a fire hazard in| the county carpenter shop on the fourth floor. The council refused to appropri-| ate any of the money at its meeting Thursday. Yesterday commissioners re-
ter from the city building department declaring that the court house skylight was in immediate danger
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Growing optimism about the forthcoming invasion is evident among congressional sources close to military men. They feel that establishment of the beachhead probably won't be as hard and bloody as was indicated several months ago, though casualties will be large. As for the big battle later, when Germans bring up mobile reserves, the feeling here is that results will depend primarily on our air forces, and the speed and effectiveness with which they bomb roads, ‘ railroads, troop concentrations. But at best, a considerable number of those who should know feel the battle of Europe will not end in victory for us before 1945. NOTE: War department is letting contracts next week for a new wool field jacket for American soldiers in the European theater of operations. In most parts of Europe that would be fall or winter equipment. # ® .
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SECT POLYGAMISTS
Defendants With 55 Wives, Unperturbed by Verdict.
SALT LAKE CITY, May 20 (U. P.) —Fifteen polygamists, members of the fundamentalist sect, were
blank check from her father. “who was unable to attend.
- probably-is the nation’s No. 1 high| Anne Metager, sponsored by the
school in bond, sales, war finance [Cadet club, was crowned - bond
committee 18st night at Caleb Mills hall.
officials told students|queen and winner of the drive, with The [sales of $240,001.
campaign has been extended tO| Total sales for the school were June, and more bonds are expected |$1,088,002, plus Mr. Capehart's $50,-
10.he pledged.
The students themselves
000. ts of the three-week drive at|bought nearly $70,000 worth of were: announced to the bonds.
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packed the hall.
students and their families bonds. behind the Cadets were Miss
Mary Hall, supported by the Vik-
Fhe mystery man,” who offered ings and the Witch club with sales
he
tch actual student purchases of $230,348; Jane Weber, supported $50,000, was announced as|by the Tri-K club, $108,148; Dottie re His daughter, Pa- | Friedland, Debettes, $184,703; Dolma
Wiel, handed the school officials, . (Overley, Oomph club and A. G.
TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES
{Ja Babes, $68,786.
Slube, $11 $176,452; Lillian Bluestein, adassah Debs, $166,283 and Phyllis
NEW MILLION-TON landing-craft construction program, just approved by house, contemplates construction through most or all of
(Continued on Page 2—Column 1) HOOSIER HEROES— {DIES THREATENS 2 Former Pupils At Shortridge Die When Ship Sinks
found guilty today of illegal relations with their 55 plural wives. The defendants apparently were unperturbed by the verdict. read by District Judge Ray Van Cott Jr. who had heard the case without a jury. The conviction was the first in any of the cases pending against 48 fundamentalists arrested in Utah, Idaho and Arizona last March 17. Van Cott set May 25 for passing
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PEDESTRIAN KILLED | LOGANSPORT, May 20 (U.P) .—} Fred Powell, 56, a plumber, died in a hospital today shortly after he had walked against the side of moving police squad car.
‘Hints Subversive Elements
High in Government.
JASPER, Tex, May 20 (U. P) — Rep. Martin Dies (D. Tex), who has announced he will not seek reelection because of illness, today threatened an expose of “cabinet officers. and high government officials” in which he said he would
: “This edition of your Sooner
waive his congressional immunity. - “|. Dies said last night that he would |make a report to the nation “as a citizen” and invite “the cabinet
NEW DEAL EXPOSE
officers and New Dealers, all of whom are mentioned and exposed, to test in the courts the truthfulness of what I shall say through the libel laws.” The expose will be made in mid-
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IS BLASTED IN RECORD RAIDS
5000 Planes Strike Europe With 6000 Tons in 24 Hours.
By WALTER CRONKITE United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON,“May 20.— American heavy bombers smashed at three German airdromes and one rail hub in France today to continue a new pre-invasion offensive in which nearly 5000 allied planes dropped more than 6000 tons of bombs on Europe in 24 hours. Flying Fortresses and Liberators escorted by some 1000 American
Surprise Raid Smashes Jap Base in Java
By DON CASWELL United Press Staff Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, May 20.—Carrier-based planes, bombers and warships of the Southwest Asia, Central Pacific and Southwest’ ‘Pacific? minds ““joinéd forces for the first time in this war to carry out a heavy surprise air raid on the Japanese naval base of Soeraba ja, Java, from dawn to midnight Wednesday, a special communique announced today.
American and British carriers, land-based bombers from Australia, and Australian, Dutch and French warships co-ordinated for the blow at the key Japanese stronghold in the Netherlands East Indies, under the direction of Lord Louis Mount-
fighters hit the Villacoublay and| Orly air bases in the outskirts of Paris and the Champagne field near | Reims, along with the sprawling] Reims rail yards on a trunk line to the invasion coast. A communique said ‘the results of the four-day attack by heavy bombers were “satisfactory.” The fighter escort destroyed two German planes
fighters were missing. No Fighters Challenge The German air force did not challenge the 250 or so heavy
bombers, and the only resistance was sporadic anti-aircraft fire from
‘| isolated batteries.
The weather was spotty, forcing the bombers to aim through mists, but visibility was sufficient to show the bombs crashing on the targets. Reports indicated that the resumed aerial onslaught was being pressed at a pace rivaling if not exceeding that of the month-long campaign broken off last weekend by bad weather.
Allied medium bombers flew
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9 Thoroughbreds Perish in Fire at Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. May “20 (U. P.).—The Derby barn at Churchill Downs—traditional stable for’ the favored entries in the Kentucky Derby and which housed Pensive, the 1944 winner, only two weeks ago—was destroyed by fire today in which nine thoroughbreds and a pony perished. A tenth thoroughbred was missing and believed to have been burned fatally. The loss was estimated at $50,000. The fire, cause of which was not determined immediately, started in the same stall that had been occupied by Pensive at the Derby. The horses destroyed in the fire included Captain Rhythm, a 2-year-old valued at $9000. The other horses in¢luded Guard's Brigade and March Tune, 2-year-olds; Long Trip and Bell Play, owned by F. Coffenberry, Crawfordsville, Ind.; Sun Risk and Silverlynn, Easy Mary and a shetland pony. The ninth thorqughbred lost, Yelka, was killed when it crashed
The 10th thoroughbred was not
and two U. S. bombers and five!
into a fence and broke its neck. °
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CAPTURE PART OF MYITKYINA
‘Entire India Division of 15,000 Men Flown to Imphal Battle Theater.
SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, May [20 (U. P.).—Allied troops have cap- | tured part of Myitkyina, main Japanese base in northern Burma, and
NAZIS DRIVEN BACK T0 FINAL DEFENSE . : LINE BELOW ROME |
INVASION AREA
a —
FLAME SWEPT
TERRACINA IS GOAL OF FIFTH
Germans Flee From Hitler Forts to New Bastions 15 Miles Beyond.
pees By REYNOLDS PACKARD. Correspondent”
United Press Staff ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, May 20.— American and French troops ripped through the last Tortifications of the crumpled Hitler line today toward the new German defense belt anchored on Terracina, which already was ablaze from a heavy bombardment by United States cruisers and destroyers. Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes’ U. 8, mobile forces raced westward from captured Itri and Gaeta, key bastions of the Hitler line, to less
than 15 miles from Terracina, which lies 58 miles southeast of Rome and 26 miles from the Anzio beachhead. To the nbrth, the French chopped into the heart of the wrecked German defense system, and beyond them the Poles struck into Pied-
monte, its northern anchor post.
Nazis Admit Retreat
(The German high command admitted that its troops were backing up to new positions on a 20-mile front from Gaeta to Pontecorvo. It acknowledged the loss of Campo di Nele, four and one-half miles southwest of Pico, and. several heights north of Itri.
are tightening their encirclement of
said today.
Meanwhile, allied headquarters
of the Imphal battle, the entire 5th | (Continued on Page 2—Column 6)
CHINESE ROUT JAPS FROM HONAN BASE
In Loyang Battle.
CHUNGKING, May 20 (U. P).— The encircled Chinese garrison has thrown the Japanese out of Loyang, key Honan province commmunications center on the Lung-Hai railway, in a counter-attack in which 2000 entemy troops were killed, wounded or: captured, the semiofficial Central News agency said today. Fifty Japanese tanks and other vehicles were destroyed in a fiveday battle, the agency said. The Japanese previously had seized one-fifth of Loyang after encircling it.
the doomed gartison, front reports]
disclosed that in the early stages
‘Enemy Loses 2000 Troops.
On the War Fronts.
(The Nazis, reporting “bitter bate tles with far superior enemy ine fantry and tank forces,” said the allies had driven into Aquino near the northern end of the front.) - From Pontecogvo to the coast the
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Mihailovich Out Of New Cabinet, Slav King Says
LONDON, May 20 (U, P.)~— King Peter II, seeking to form a “unity cabinet” to end fratricidal warfare in Yugoslavia, announced today that Gen. Draja Mihailo= vich had been relieved of his post as war minister in the exiled government. In an interview, he also said
in the new cabinet. It was understood Mihailovich will remain as commander-in-chief of the Royal Yugoslav army and it appeared some attempt would be made to effect s reconciliation between him and Mare shal Josip (Tito) Broz. The king was non-committal about the composition of the new cabinet.