Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1944 — Page 1

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VOLUME 55—NUMBER 62

Anzio Todi ‘Across Fields Blood-Red With Poppies’

By ROBERT VERMILLION United Press Stal Correspondent

WITH THE 5TH ARMY ON THE ANZIO BEACHHEAD, Italy, May 23.—Picked units of American shock troops rose from their slit trenches in broad daylight today and advanced across fields blood-red with poppies obi the German ring around the Anzio beachhead. observation post on a slight rise I saw the ay running and crawling across the flatland

Volunteers Needed to Speed Clothes to Soviet

Backed by x mountain of clothing, five volunteers make but i slight dent in the garments given in

the recent Russian War Relief drive. One carload is ready to go, nine

to right) Mrs. Marjorie Bruner, director of Indianapolis activities for the Russian War Relief; Mrs. John Meliett, Mrs. Gaar Williams, fo Louisa Steeg, warehouse manager, Perry wan

VICTORY GROUP | oe coon wats END CHRYSLER =e sions To Be Loaded for Michigan st.

the “bloody mile.”

the infantry assault.

~ TUESDAY, MAY 23,

between our forward foxholes and the enemy—a field of waist-high weeds and poppies which had been nicknamed

An artillery barrage of 1000 guns behind the infantry lines opened the attack, massing death and destruction upon the German trench system in the rising ground beyond the field. Then our tanks rolled foward to spearhead

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The hands of my watch showed exactly 6:30 a. m.

when officers bobbed up out of shallow treng the front and beckoned the infantry to follow them forward through smoke screens.

all along f

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Enemy machinegun fire was so terrible that I was orced to retire to a battalion command post to avoid

being pinned down in my forward observation post.

First reports at that point indicated the first Ameri-

They bent low, seeking cover from the terrific Ger- cans to cross the “bloody mile” had found some of the for-

man mortar and machinegun fire. Every man had been picked for this assault job and given special training in attack during the past month.

OPPOSES DAD'S POOLROOM BAN

Edwin Ryan an Appeals Edward A. Ryan’s Loss of Permit After Raid.

By SHERLEY UHL } { Edwin J. Ryan, who as judge pro tem in criminal court last Satur-| day discharged seven men charged! with gambling in the White Swan | —— | Social club case, is serving as attor-| | ney for his father, Edward A. Ryan, |

remain. Doing their part are (left

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ward German trenches empty. not anticipated a bold daylight assault.

\by American battleships, clamping 17 German divisions between their fire and the main Italian battlefront 20-odd miles to the southeast.

The enemy apparently had I spent the night (Continued on Page 2—Column 4)

hth ARMY STRIKES FROM ANZIO TO TRAP NAZIS IN SOUTH ITALY

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WAN JUDGE Win National F Freak Squeak Honors Swarms of Aircraft Support Attack;

Battleships Participate as the Fight Enters New Phase.

LONDON, May 23 (U. P.).—Radio Berlin said tonight

. that American paratroops have attacked German positions

along the Appian way in support of the two-way allied ofiensive in western Italy.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, May 23 (U. P.),

| —Allied troops launched an all-out offensive from the Anzio

reachhead today under cover. of a three-way bombardment heavy bombers and artillery,

American infantry and tanks went over the top to break

|the German ring around the beachhead after a shattering ‘artillery barrage by more than 1000 guns massed behind them.

The Anzio offensive was synchronized with the 12-day

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Trip to Russia.

THE RUSSIAN War

t 3 i oir - Hi Tyndall at 11 a. m. tomorrow for reissuance of his poolroom license, revoked May 9 after a police raiding squad found

WILDCAT STRIK

Relief |

. drive for clothirig to send overPrimary Outlay Exceeds seas to America's ally was a great e ‘ y . | success. About 10 freight carloads That of ‘Regulars’ | By.$5000.

By NOBLE REED The defeated city hall-sponsored | Republican Victory Committee spent | $5000 more than the regular G.O.P. organization in the primary election campaign, according to financial statements on file in the county clerk's office today. The Victory committee spent $23.684 in itg unsuccessful attempt to nominate a slate of candidates while the Republican campaign committee, fiscal agent for the G. O. P. central committee, listed $18.705 expenses in its successful promotion of regular organization candidates. _ Last week the Republican. central committee listed $4907 expenditures since November, 1942, but this money was used to maintain the party's headquarters and was not | _ connected with the pre-primary | election campaign.

‘wete collected. Today only one carload is pack- | aged and ready for shipment and : it has taken two weeks to get it | ready. ! The reason: volunteer help, which was plentiful the first day of sorting and packing, has dwindled to a mere nothing. Mountainous heaps of clothing are stored from floor to ceiling in several piles at the warehouse, | 1409 N. Illinois st. The piles run the length of the rooms with but narrow passageways through which to walk. Burrowing daily into mountains are two staff workers and two volunteers. With the exception of an occasional helper, the four have sorted and packed a carload of material But unless the same spirit of co-operation is shown in help-

these |

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SET

"= HOUSE APPROVES SIMPLIFIED TAX

nations, mostly from city hall employees and policemen and firemen, a Passage Will Fre Free 30 Mil-|

totaling $25435, leaving a balance’ “of $1751. The statement was filed | at the clerk’s office by Carl Schwen- lion From Figuring Levy. More an ob policemen 454 fire-| WASHINGTON, May 23 (U. P.). men “kick ” contributions — CO! - ing from $5 to as much as-$100. The house today completed con making two $50 donations. One income tax simplification bill which policewoman was listed as donat- will free approximately 30,000,000 ing $50.

ger, committee treasurer. Several police officers were listed as | Bressional action on the individual

Mayor Tyndall, $100; Police Chief| The measure, effective next Jan. | Beeker, $100; William Remy, $125; 1, also would simplify the returns Samuel Walker, defeated candidate which must be filed by the remain-| for county commissioner, $100; ing 20,000,000 taxpayers and would Judge Dan V. White of probate | revise ‘withholding schedules court, $100; L. A. Pottenger, former | make amounts withheld by employ-

| ers cover, as nearly as possible, all! (Continued on Page 2—Column 5) | federal income taxes due.

SURVIVES BATTLES, [routine sceeptance of technical ® KILLED BY TRAIN

senate amendments to the bill The bill has the treasury's approval and is expected to be signed oon GAN SIFY, Ing, may by President Roosevelt. were made today for Frank Boyan, 29, Michigan City, one of the first soldiers to land in the allied African campaign, who was killed when struck by a train last night. Boyan, discharged last February, was wounded twice while participating in seven major battles as an ammunition carrier,

MARCUS RAID UNCONFIRMED PEARL HARBOR, May 23 (U.P). —Pacific fleet headquarters of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz remained silent today on Japanese reports of an American naval task force raid on Marcus island, only 1150 miles southeast of Tokyo.

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES | Amusements. 13|Movies ...... 12

Eddie Ash ... 14{Obituaries , Comics ...... 17

{by United Automobile Workers (C. | his father hmd not been present!

| decision had been confirmed by | William Jenkins, president of local

'a rebellion in which members em- | ployed ‘Park plant ‘union and war labor board orders

{| Americans from the necessity of | Other donations were made by calculating their federal taxes.

Hoosier Heroes: Mackey, Navy Flier,

baseball tickets on the premises. Detroit Leaders Bow 1f0 ge is being represented in the

. tappeal gction by his attorney- -som, | Pressure From High | according to correspondence | Executives.

re-| ceived by the mayor's office and’ the safety board. DETROIT, May 23 (U.P). —A| Revocation Assailed wildcat strike instigated by union | In a letter to the safety board rivalry over soft drink truckers gated May 16, Attorney Ryan dewhich slowed production of vital gcriped the safety board's revocawar material at six Chrysler COrP.\tjon of his father's license “as { plants here was called off today by| |unjust and unfair” He asked for /local union leaders under pressure, rehearing on the grounds that

| I. O.) international executives. lon the day of cancellation of the End of the week-long walkout was ji once announced publicly by U. A. W.-C.| pe elder Mr. Ryan's license has |I. O. headquarters, which said the (o. . petore been denied by the | safety board and twice returned to! him by the mayor upon appeal. hearings. In at least one other case,! safety board records show, Mr. Ryan was represented by his son. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Bar| association, the Lawyers Association of Indianapolis, and the Indian-| apolis Church Federation prepared to study the details of the White Swan case to determine if investiga- | tions are warranted.

Study Set June 1

Harvey B. Hartsock, bar president, said he will ask the association's board of governors at its meeting June 1 to look into the] case to determine if the facts war-| rant an investigation by the association. Walter Myers Jr., president of the |lawyers’ association, said the as-| | sociation”s board of directors would {study the case at its meeting this {afternoon and Dr. Howard J.| | Baumgarte], executive secretary of | {the Church Federation of Indian- | | apolis, said that he would refer the case to the federation’s social action committee. In the case before Pro Tem Judge | Ryan. the complaining = witness,

490 U. A. W.-C. 1. O. who had led

at the Chrysler Highland defied internatjonal:

to get back to their jobs. Efforts were made immediately

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Rooster Attacks | Boy, Two, Leaving |

im Unconscious

A RUFFLED rooster pecked on 2-year-old John Lewis Ferguson, son of Mrs. Beulalr Ferguson, 818 E. St. Clair st, yesterday afternoon until the child was unconscious. The rooster, which belongs to a neighbor, wandered into the Ferguson yard and attacked the child until Mrs. Ferguson frightened it away. Young John was | treated at the City v hospital. ! FLOODS THREATEN | CITY Of DES MOINES Clyde Fowler, Kirkwood hotel, pleaded guilty to gambling and the

| DBS MOINES, Iowa, May 23 (U. seven men arrested on affidavits P.).—Heavy rains drained into the signed by Fowler were discharged, {Des Moines river valley today,| Mr. Ryan said he sustained a

blocks from the Des Moines busi-| ness section and creating the worst. (Continued on “Page 5—Column 3)

central Iowa flood situation in a quarter of a century. CLAIM 2000 KILLED IN BELGRADE RAID

Eleven persons were dead and hundreds were removed from flood- | ed homes.

CLINTON LAWYER DIES The German-controlled ScandinaCLINTON, Ind., May 23 (U. P.).—vian Telegraph bureau said in a Mark W. Lyday, 54, prominent Ver- dispatch from Belgrade today that | million county lawyer and former | more than 2000 persons, including state representtive, died at his home | “many German officers and sola today of a heart ailment after a|diers,” were killed in Thursday's two-year {llness. allied raid on Belgrade.

{causing a levee to give way only 20 motion to discharge the’ defend- |

STOCKHOLM, May 23 (U. P.).—|

Dies Saving 4 of Crew

The nation’s No. 2 Freak Squeaker . . . C. E. Thomson, 941 N. Meridian st., right, receives a $250 check from Charles D, Mosier,

Chamber of Commerce safety director, for winning second place in

the national Freak Squeak contest. contest.

LA John E. Kleinhenz . . placed third locally and received

| honorable mention nationally.

C. E. Thomson

For 2d Place in U. S. Contest

By HELEN RUEGAMER Indianapolis has three of the best Freak Squeakers in the

He also placed second in the local |

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. her

Mrs. Ruth Berryman . . first place entry in the Indianapolis contest brought her national honerable mention.

Gets $250

nation.

The National Safety Council today announced that the three winners in Indianapolis’ Freak Squeak contest walked off with prize money

in the national contest. C. E. Thomson, 941 N. Meridian local contest, copped the same posit { national contest. Mrs. Ruth K. Berryman, 1458 N. Linwood ave., and John Ex Kleinhenz, 2432 Park ave, who won first and third prizes locally, won honorable mention and $10 each in the national competition. In hnnouncing the winners the National Safety Council stated that “Indianapolis made one of the very best records of any city participating in the contest.” The local contest was sponsored , by The Indianapolis Times and f the Chamber of Commerce Safety

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GOLD STARS were hung in the windows of two more Indianapolis homes as war combat claimed the lives of their relatives and a third Jocal man is missing since “action over France. KILLED

Harry E. Mackey Jr., 3318 N. Keystone ave. T. Sgt. Robert E. Hobbs, 2144 8. BOR BRAVE. = . MISSING

T. Set. Jeste W. Roberts,. 6138

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AVIATION MACHINISTS

{planes again searched the British

Aviation Machinist's Mate 2-c|

st., the second place winner in the | ion and $250 in prize money in the |

Spy Planes Raid

England; Bomb ‘Crowded’ Ports!

By ROBERT DOWSON United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, May 23.—German “spy”

coasts for invasion secrets during the night and a Nazi broadcast said the main force attacked Portsmouth; one of the principal ports at which the enemy has claimed allied ships and troops were massing. Bombs were dropped both along the south coast and in East Anglia, lying opposite the French; Belgian and Dutch invasion coasts. German planes also were over parts of east Scotland, from which the Germans believe an invasion of Denmark or Norway may be launched. About 100 German planes took part in attacks on south coast districts and parts of East Anglia. A {small number of persons were killed {in a coast town.. A church and mission hall were damaged at one place. Altogether six raiders , Were Shik down during the night.

: Sa m.... 68 12 (Noon)

(invasion coast. {

| straight day. ‘more than 3000 allied planes ranged centrations of every kind ahead of

push of the 5th and 8th armies, which simultaneously increased to a new pitch with a full scale assault on the last segment of the Hitler line and an American assault on

Terracina.

A special announcement confirming Nazi reports of the

Anzio offensive emphasized that the battle in Italy now had entered a new Phase as forces 20 to 30 miles below Rome

-——————slashed into the German flank,

threatening to cut off from [the rear the 150.000 to 255,-

1000 enemy troops hurled into Drop 6500 Tons. Tons of Bombs

‘the main struggle. The first official report of the On Reich, France and Belgium.

new offensive, synchronized with LONDON, May 23 (U. P.).—A!

that of the 5th and 8th armies to the southeast, said no details of the fighting were available. 1750-plane fleet of American Flying Fortresses, Liberators and fighters smashed almost unopposed at the

No Details Available (A Swiss broadcast reported by German network of railways and airfields in northern France today

U. 8. government monitors said the beachhead offensive was “developing successfully” and had reached Lake Folgiano, indicating a gain of some five miles from the last known allied positions at the southafter 1000 R. A. F. night bombers'east corner of the pocket and indidropped some 4480 tons of explo-|cating a gap of about 15 miles besives on Dortmund. Brunswick and tween that area and the Terracina other targets along and behind the sector of the main battlefront.) (The German D. N. B. news A commdnique said the raiders, agency said that preparatory to spearheaded by 750 Fortresses and the beachhead offensive the allies | Liberators, hit the Epinal and Chau- | {had landed “extensive” reinforce~

{mont railway yards and airdromes | {ments on the Nettuno coast under

at Avord, Orleans-Bricy, Bourges, cover of artificial fgg in the last Etampes-Mondesir, Caen and Chat- few days.) eaudun at a cost of one bomber and three fighters. | Directed Southeast he resumed bombardment of | The great allied fliers fleet which near-record heights on its fifth ranged over the beachhead lines In the first 12 hours,| and environs, blasting German con-

western Europe soared to record or the allied land forces, indicated that over Germany and anti-invasion the main weight of the push was directed southeastward toward the rear of German forces defending ‘themselves against heavy blows on ithe Terracina-Piedmonte front. | Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, co 'mander of the 5th army, watc the unleashing of the new offen~ sive from an observation post over-

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REPORTS GERMAN MORALE ALE SLIPPING :. crv ? an one

Correspondent Says Defeat- ative inactivity, the allies went into action early this morning after U. ism Is on Increase. |S. battleships steamed in to shell the German lines. The beachhead ZURICH, Switzerland, May 23] |army struck only one day after it (U. P.).—A Swiss correspondent ‘became evident that all 17 German 2 divisions below Rome had been Who has Just returned Ro: Ger. committed to the main battle line, many reported in the Neue Zuerch- leaving to comparatively light forces jer Zeitung today that the allied the task of containing the beachair war has not yet broken Ger- head. man resistance but that defeatism y §. Flying | and exhaustion are spreading rap- erators with swirms of other allied idly through the Reich. planes gave the new offensive pow“It is obvious that resistance erfy]l support with devastating as(among the German public) al-|qults on German concentrations ready has been greatly impaired|gng strong points over a wide area. and is irresistibly being worn Light fighter-bombers provided down,” the correspondent said, add- | the aerial spearhead for the Anzio ing that the people are gripped by|pjow, smashing at a large force of “a terrible uncertainty” that is|German troops along along an eight-mile affecting war production and other | phases of the home front. | (Continued on Page 2—Column 0

” ” - . ” ® : (May 23, 1944) | | ITALY—Allies start Anzio drive to PACIFIC—Adm.. Chester Nimits entrap 17 German divisions in| x ~ southern Italy; Yank tanks are stopped at Terracina; Nazis re-

riresses and Lib-

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