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. United Press Foreign Editor THE CONTINUED allied successes in Italy are accompanied by a dangerous situation for the Germans which is developing in the Balkans, and the Italian offengive is bound to have important repercussions across the Adriatic. The first effect is psychological and probably already is being felt as the occupied and satellite countries, after

long months of uncertainty

for the big drive, see it bearing fruit.

JUDGE QUITS CASE TO SHON ANY CRITICISM

Miller Refuses to Serve in Case of Three Theft

Suspects.

By NOBLE REED Declaring that “some reflections | have been cast upon the courts, William B. Miller today resigned as

special judge in the case of three men charged with burglary and! auto banditry in criminal court. | “I cannot continue to sit as spe-| eial judge in this case because if I should have to find the defendants pot guilty, someone would say the case had been ‘fixed’ and if I found! them guilty, the defendants would think the court was prejudiced against them,” Judge Miller said as he retiréd from the bench in the case, ! “It looks to me as if only socialites, blue-bloods, and corporation lawyers should be selected as spe-! cial judges in these criminal cases,” ! he said.

Press Mentioned

He charged from the bench that Pewspaper publicity had cast some on the case, and that perhaps “in the future some newspaper reporter may be in court on!

De dealt with when it arises” The case in which Judge Miller was selected to preside involved) William Cangany, 27, of 5535 Ry-| Bolt ave. Joseph Alfred Rolland, ! 28, of 857 8. Pershing ave, and! Herald Weidman, 19, of 1035 English ave, all charged with burglary and auto banditry In connection with the theft of $2200 from the Vonnegut Hardware Co. store, 3833 N. Illinois st, on Feb. 21. The trio was called for arraign-| ment before Judge Miller today. Cangany, who posted $5000 cash bond for his release at the time of his arrest, and Rolland pleaded not guilty and said they were ready for immediate trial.

Agreement Claimed

Weidman refused to be arraigned, explaining that police officers had agreed to “drop my case” if he testified for the state against the other two defendants. Asked whom he made the agree= ment with, he replied that Detectives Thomas Naumsek and Harry Schly told him that if he testified for the state that “charges against me would be dropped.” | Detective Neumsek declined to discuss the youth's charges in open | eourt, but denied privately that any

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DENIES ‘SUPERMAN’ LISTENING GADGET

Idea Is Called Impossible And ‘Rotten.’

WASHINGTON, May 28 (U. P).| «Charles E. Wilson, executive vice chairman of the war production board, today took time to deny re-' ports that there existed a “super-| man” gadget which could be used to eavesdrop on private conversations anywhere within a three-mile radius. ‘ Reported existence of the gadget *shocked” the Washington Post, which stormed in an editorial yes-

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~ VOLUME 55—NUMBER 65.

Hoosier Heroes—

Hayes, Plummer

during allied preparations man commander.

VALE ELECTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HEAD Local Pastor First Hoosier

Named Moderator in 34 Years.

By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor CHICAGO, May 26.—When Dr. {Roy Ewing Vale accepts the gavel {as a token of his election to the |office of moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the U. S. A. today, he will be the first Indiana pastor to have that honor in 34 years. Dr. Vale, pastor of the Tabernacle | Presbyterian cHurch, Indianapolis, {was unanimously named moderator | by the general assembly, late yes-| | terday, after both his opponents had | withdrawn from the race. The elec- | {tion was held in the Fourth Pres-| |Byterian church here on the first day of the 156th session of the] ‘| general assembly.

Dr. Barnes Withdraws } On the first ballot, Dr. Vale polled

Lost in Service; 3 Fliers Missing

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Second Lt. Earl E. Plummer . .. killed in plane crash.

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Pvt. James E. Hayes . . . dies in Hawaii

Second Lt. Beryl H. Stevens . .. missing over Italy.

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member of the Cyclone division of 4ithe infantry, died in service this month and three other Indianapolis men are missing following

182 votes against 154 by Dr. Robert B. Whyte of Cleveland and 114 by Dr. George Emerson Barnes of Philadelphia. Dr. R. Lincoin Long of Toledo, who was to have been

a split in the Ohio vote,

had 223 votes to his credit; Whyte, 164; and Dr. Barnes, 62. Before a third ballot could be taken {Dr. Barnes withdrew, leaving Dr.

votes for Dr. Vale and 173 for Dr, Whyte. Although Dr. Vale's vote | was in excess of Dr. Whyte's, he {did not have more than half the | total number cast, which the church requires for election.

Other Assets Listed

Accordingly, a fourth ballot would have been necessary if Dr. Whyte had not withdrawn and moved that Dr. Vale be unanimously named moderator. The motion was passed.

Dr. Vale was nominated by Dr. Pred W. Backemeyer of Gary, Ind, the moderator of the Indiana synod. He said Dr. Vale is a “warmhearted shepherd of souls;” that he has a strong personality; a good resonant voice; that he knows the church; and has a definite contribution to make to its mind and spirit. The nominator recalled Dr. Vale's interest in evangelism and his| Christian optimism and described him as a leader of both laymen and | ministers. Dr. Vale's ability to be equally at home in a small, unpretentious chureh and a vast metropolitan - house of worship was praised. And his ambition to inaugurate a lively, interesting denominational newspaper, and the

which provides a plan for the relocation of ministers, were touched upon. The recent liquidation of the debt! of the Tabernacle church, Indian-| apolis, was commended by Dr.|

BIDDLE'S ORDER ON WARD HIT IN SENATE

Statements Are Misleading, Critics Declare.

~WASHINGTON, May 268 (U. P).

4d | —A senate judiciary subcommittee

today accused Attorney General Francis Biddle of making “errone-

‘ |ous, misleading, irrelevant and im-

material statements” and of being “in. error” when he advised Presi‘dent Roosevelt t he had authority to seize the cago properties

committee also charged the national labor relations board with "dilatory tactics in a matter of great urgency” in delaying an order for

a candidate, did not permit his :

On the second ballot, Dr. Vale tH

Whyte as Dr. Vale's only opponent. |. The result of this ballot was 272] |

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action over southern. Europe, an election the firm's em“DEAD ployees to what union Pvt. James E. Hayes, 209 8. Ori- (should represent them. :

FRIDAY, MAY 26; 1944

have to be in the Alban hills

in the plains of Central Italy.

high command attaches enou fresh divisions into Italy.

resources when invasion cf West is imminent. It seems

PURDUE'S CAGE COACH PUT ON BIG 10 ‘CARPET

‘Piggy’ Lambert Censured For Baiting Referees,

Inciting Fans.

CHICAGO, May 26 (U. P)— Big Ten basketball coaches dragged {ward “Piggy” Lambert, veteran

Pastor's Career Answers Prayer

Of His Mother

jon charges of “unorthodox conduct” in conducting basketball games. The carpet-session was the cul- { mination of what coaches and athletic directors termed as “many years of unorthodox conduct” by Lambert, and "members of the Western Conference privately cited instances where Lambert once | grabbed an official by his shirt durling a game and upon another occa- | sion incensed a home crowd by dis- | playing his temper against fans. | Spokesmen for the conference i coaches refused to be quoted di- | rectly in their criticsm of Lambert They emphasized that they had only the utmost respect for Lambert as a basketball coach, but feared that his actions might harm the game and the Western Conference.

His mother, the late Ella Ewing Vale, who prayed before he was born for him te become a minister.

Refuse to Schedule At yesterday's meeting of the basketball coaches, three schools— Illinois, Ohio State and Wisconsin _|—refused games against Purdue, but late in afternoon, Coach Harold Olsen of Ohio State reversed his stand and booked games with Purdue to avoid two long trips to Iowa and Minnesota. Coach Doug Mills of Illinois said today that he would schedule Purdue if Lambert desired. In 25 years at Purdue, Lambert has compiled the best basketball record of any conference coach. His teams have finished below the first division only twice. The Boilermakers have won or shared 11 titles, six of them undisputed.

OCD FACES LOSS OF CITY FUNDS

Shift of Juvenile Project to Police Department Being Studied.

By SHERLEY UHL Virtual dissolution of the Indianapolis OCD as it is npw organized, with the possibility that its entire appropriation may be canceled from the 1945 city budget, loomed as a definite development in administration circles today. Aware of this trend toward disbandonment, OCD heads are moving to protect the organization's Embargo Monday. primary reason for existence—the 4000 boys and:girls enlisted as junA permit system to regulate hog jor police and cadettes under the shipments to the Indianapolis stock-| OCD-stpervised city recreation proyards will go into effect Monday gram. Also included are some 2000 when the present embargo will be youth members of “teen-canteens.” lifted, it was announced today. The legion of trained OCD volunThe number of hogs which the! teers in Indianapolis numbers 20,000 stockyards can handle will be esti-| persons, classified variously as air mated and allotted among the vari-| raid wardens, watchers, auxiliary ous commission firms who will then police and firemen and messengers. get in touch with their farmer cus-| plans now under consideration by tomers and tell them how many some city budget-makers and deand when their hogs can be taken. partmental heads would transfer the The permits will be cleared by a juvenile recreation program over to central agency and no hogs will be}. police department, which presaccepted without permits, it was (Continued on Page 6—Column 3)

Bandit Seizes $6637 From Woman Aid at Rubber Union

A bandit armed with a blue-steel revolver held up Miss Catherine Inbookkeeper for Local 110 of United Workers, at E

His wife, Jessie Dobson Vale, who says he was “predestined” to preach.

THERE WAS a time when Dr. Roy Ewing Vale, who was elected yesterday to the highest office of the-Presbyterian church in America, longed to be a lawyer or a doctor rather than a preacher. How he struggled with himself, finally foregoing a boy's dream of worldly success; how he carried forward a family tradition reaching back to the old world; how his mother played a part in his decision to become a clergyman,

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PERMITS TO CHECK SHIPMENTS OF HOGS

Mrs. C. M. Ferguson, assistant bookkeeper who had accompanied Miss Inman to the bank, was parking their car at the time of the holdup. After the thief fled Miss Inman shouted to her to get a guard at the rubber company across the street, but Mrs. Ferguson misunder-

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ay Force Nazi Fight To Death In Italy When the outcome has been decided, it is possible that Hitler will no longer be able to maintain his tenuous grip on the seething peninsula. Bulgaria already seems to be in danger of getting out of line, although reports that Hitler has been forced to undertake a semi-occupation of that country and its Black sea coast are unconfirmed. The result of the Italian campaign and its duration depend largely on Marshal Albert Kesselring, the Ger1f the battle of annihilation which the allies desire is to be fought, it most probably would

below Rome. There is little

possibility that Kesselring would attemp} such a battle

If Kesselring decides to stand in the Alban hills, the battle is likely to be lengthy, particularly if the German

gh importance to it to send

But such a step would be a serious drain on German

Europe from the East and more probable that Kessel-

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ring would try to extricate as

much as possible of his 19

divisions—now almost priceless to Germany—to defend

‘the north.

An allied invasion of southern France is always possible, and 19 divisions or a considerable part of them would make a big difference if they were available on the in-

vader’s flank.

But, at the same time, such an abandonment of most of the Italian peninsula would leave the Balkans wide

open to an allied exploitation

STRIKE TRIMS SANDWICHES I DETROIT AREA

Drivers’ Walkout Threatens City’s Bread: Supply; Bakers May Go Out.

BULLETIN DETROIT, May 26 (U. P.).— Picket lines formed today at the | gates of the Chrysler Corp.'s | Highland Park war plant, where full production was resumed only this week after a wildcat labor

“bite Workers of Amerk members.

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DETROIT, May 26 (U. P.).—The common sandwich became a major {factor in war production schedules here today as government dieticians, caterers and industrialists joined housewives vainly seeking a ready| substitute for a commodity that] striking bakery drivers refused to| deliver. { While some major war plants, which operate their own bakeries remained unaffected, scores of others, whose workers are served by caterers, faced lunchless lunch hours on shifts later today. Managements were concerned about a Bossibility that production would suffer. Ray Fling, Michigan Restaurant and Caterers’ association secretary, said that “Detroit is out of luck {for sandwiches mainstay of war worker's lunches) unless this strike ends promptly. The companies which deliver sandwiches for workers’, meals simply have no place to go to for supplies.”

today that an allied convoy of 80

“stands on the brink of catas-

[army Tecrults UWalliig transporta-

Report Germans Occupying All Bulgarian Ports

STOCKHOLM, May 26 (U. P.). —Dispatches from Berlin said

vessels has just entered the Mediterranean, heightening Nazi speculation over a possible . allied landing north of Rome.

LONDON, May 26 (U. P).— Turkish dispatches said today that five German divisions—175,000 men— have begun the occupation of strategic points in Bulgaria and the Soviet government newspaper Izvestia warned that the country

trophe.” The Russian Tass news agency reported in a dispatch from Istanbul that a mutiny among Bulgarian

tion to Belgrade had been suppressed by German troops. Another Tass report via Stockholm sald the Bulgarian capital of Sofia was now the German army's main administrative center for the entire Balkans.

FIFTH TAKES CORI, 6 MILES BEYOND “FALLEN CISTERNA

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NAZI BASTION NEAR CASSINO ALSO TOPPLES

‘Allies Move Rapidly in Push

Toward Rome; Poles

Take Piedmonte.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, May 26 (U. P.).—~The allies have captured Cori, six miles northeast of Cisterna. At the other end of the battle line the allies captured Mt. Cairo, important German bastion northwest of Cassino. San Giovanni, Cheer and a half miles neeth:of Pico, also was taken, :.

By REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent * ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, May 26.—The

German troops took over the entire Black sea coast, sources in Ankara said, presumably

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TOKYO ATTACK SEEN POSSIBLE

‘Enemy Knows We Are Coming,” Towers Says; Marcus Raided.

By UNITED PRESS The possibility of a U. S. naval

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Bread-Buying Rush Leading chain stores supplied by

task force attack on the Japanese mainland was raised today Yafter

Balkan |

their own bakeries reported that a! official announcement of the Amer-bread-buying rush developed early|ican assault on. Japan's Marcus istoday and stocks were virtually ex-|land, only 1160 miles southeast of

.{P.).—A court-martial today found

hausted before noon. They noted | an increase in flour sales, indicating that many housewives were turning to their own ovens to feed their working men. The situation threatened to become still more acute as American Federation of Labor bakers considered joining the drivers in a sympathy strike.. A bakers’ strike would shut off the comparatively small bread supply still available to early shoppers.

143 NATIONS ASKED TO MONEY PARLEY

WASHINGTON, May 26 (U. P.. —President Roosevelt has invited all of the 44 united and associated nations except Bolivia to send delegates to an international monetary conference which will start’ July 1 at Bretton Woods, N. H,, the White House announced today. The White House said the conference will be “for the purpose of discussing proposals to meet post-war | international monetary problems.”

F. D. R. TAKES HEALTH TEST

WASHINGTON, May 26 (U..P). —President Roosevelt today had a complete physical examination under the direction of his doctor, Vice Adm. Ross T. Mcintire, at the naval medical center. $

MASS SLAYER TO HANG CAMP ANZA, Cal, May 26 (U.

2d Lt. Beaufort Swancutt guilty of

Tokyo revealed almost no opposition. Vice Adm. John H. Towers, deputy commander of the Pacific fleet, added to the speculation on the possibility of such an attack when he said in a radio broadcast last night that the Japanese enemy “knows we are coming.” A total of 148 tons of bombs was dropped on Marcus Friday and Saturday. Four American planes were lost, the announcement said, refuting Japanese claims that 32 of

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Talk After

LONDON, May 26 (U. P.).—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, fresh from an inspection tour of the allied in-

Buckingham palace today, as it was reported that Nazi gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler has been rushed to France to tighten the German grip on that invasion-threatened country. A laconic announcement of Eisenhower’s latest inspection trip said only that the invasion commander

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(May 26, 1948) ATR WAR — Vichy reports Lyon ITALY—Fifth army ¢ bombed as bad weather halts _ and pushes into

5th army, swiftly exploiting |the linking of its two fronts {below Rome, captured the

Appian way stronghold of Cisterna in a bloody four-hour battle, occupied. virtually the entire Pontine marshes and pushed into the hills to the aortheast, it was disclosed today. Fighter-bombers attached to the

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Nazi Withdrawal From Yugoslavia

Is Hinted by Tito

By JOHN A, PARRIS United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, May 26.—Three German divisions fighting Marshal Tito’s Yugoslav partisans were being withdrawn today to reinforce bate tered Nazi troops in Italy, authori tative Yugoslav quarters said today. The troops were reported moving out of the Isonzo valley between Trieste and Fiume as Tito launched a counter-offensive in Slovenia, apparently aimed at hitting weakened German garrisons. Yugoslav quarters discounted reports that the Germans were rusheing five divisions from Serbia to take over Bulgaria, but said that if the reports were true they might indicate that the Germans are planning to pull out completely from Yugoslavia.

Eisenhower and King George

Inspection Trip

had visited British and American ground forces and was “highly pleased with the’ thoroughness of

“There was nb ‘word on the nature |of his conference in Buckingham palace. Eisenhower was received in audience by the king this morning and remained at the palace for lunch. : : Meanwhile, Radio Moscow broadcast a report that Himmler had left #

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