Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1944 — Page 1

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‘Open Switch Blamed

In Downtown Collision.

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Sixteen persons were injured today in a head-on crash between | two streetcars at Pennsylvania and| Maryland sts, Three ambulances were dis-| patched to the scene of the acci-| dent, which .occurred after an| Illinois-Fairgrounds car missed a switch at the intersection and; ripped into a Shelby car going East | on Maryland st. Hundreds of Memorial day strollers who converged upon the scene of the collision hampered rescue work. Special police crews attempted to give emergency treatment to serious cases and to quiet hysteria among several women passengers. Those injured were: * JACKSON A. WAGNER, streetcar operator. HAROLD HENDRIX, 8, of 1207 Bradbury st. HENDRIX, 8, of 1207 Bradbury st. VERLE COOK, 8, of 1207 Bradbury st. ROBERT LEE JACKSON, 35, of 726 N. California st. FREIDA TURPIN, 55, Trospect si. ELIZABETH KAESBURG, 60, of 953 Prospect st. - RICHARD H. BUIS, 10, of R. R. 5, Box 99. Robert Logston, 46, of 1305 Ringgold ave. ‘Iva L. Logston, 42, of 1305 Ringgold ave. Sophia Mueller, 71, of 1325 Finley

st. Janet Jackson, 10, of 1222 Hoyt ave, :

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Join Hands i in National Unity

GETTYSBURG. Pa, May 30 (U.P.).—On the historic bat- | tleground marking one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil war, the governors of North and South joined hands today in expressions of national unity against foreign aggression. The, occasion was the Memorial Day services of the 36th annual governors’ conference which adjourned its business sessions to pay homage with impressive services: in Gettysburg national cemetery to the dead of Union and Confederate armies.

SIX PLANES SHOWER GIRGLE WITH ROSES

‘Fallen Fliers Ho Honored as

Part of Day’s Ceremonies.

A shower of roses fell from the skies over Monument circle and the Indiana World War Memorial today in honor of the fallen fliers of the present war.

As part of the all-day memorial services throughout the city, six CAP planes circled the heart of the city and dropped the flowers. The ceremony was sponsored by the Loyal. Legion of the United States. J. K. Lilly Sr, is head of the organization. ~The CAP color guard was on the circle and the bugle corps sounded

taps. Pilots part inculde William - Hyl Merle Denney, Carl Meyers, Harry McQuinn,

Theodore Cable and Ftred Worley. Spectators lined the walks this morning to watch the annual Meparade as it made its

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today | services - throughout the land as a

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{ahead in the battles of the current |conflict, which already has claimed {the lives of came from: Rear Adm. William Brent Young, navy supply chief,

B “the ‘crucial hour of our history.”

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HONOR U. S. DEAD.

minder of Heavy Losses Ahead.

By SANDOR S. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 30.-— The nation mourned its soldier dead in solemn Memorial day

high naval official warned that D'day., “soon to come,” will bring casualties “such as American armies

The stern reminder of what lies; 7,000 American men,

who told a Memorial day gathering at Georgetown university that this

“This is the decisive hour in the |ancient war between might and right” he said. “The military] (forces of free men are poised today! lto assault the fortress of the dark power enslaving Europe.”

Must Have Courage

. ‘Warning again that heavy casualties seem inevitable because .“‘our foe is powerful and well-en-| treniched,” he added: “We must have the courage to accept such sacrifices, for if we falter in the face of heavy losses our dead will have died in vain. For the sake of those who fall, for ourselves and our children, and their children, we must endure and drive on until al] resistance ceases.” - In cemeteries green with spring in small towns in New England and in Iowa, in shady cemeteries in big cities, and in the National cemetery at Arlington, families and officials

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TO ‘SCORCH EARTH’

LONDON, May 30 (U. P).— Stockholm reports said today that the Germans intend to follow a “scroched earth” pelicy as they fall back across occupied western Europe before allied invasion armies.

ital quoted -a- Berlin newspaper as saying that’the German army will “burn all Yegetation and grating

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Tailor-Made Nylon World

In Prospect

(First of a Series)

By EDWARD A. EVANS Secripps-Howard Sta Writer WILMINGTON, Del, May 30.— Of all the du Pont Co.s thousands of products, the nylons have perhaps most intrigued public interest. For one reason, millions eof women wonder when nylon stockings will be back. For another, these magical materials—manufactured from the elements of coal, air and water—had barely begun to hint at their startling possibilities when war's demands banished most of them from the civilian market and wrapped many of their present uses in military secrecy. So a reporter, here to catch a few such glimpses of the post-

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GAMING TRIAL DELAY LAID TO ‘RED TAPE

Blue Blames Machinery for Picking Special Judge.

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| ernors, he has sought to put the gov- | ernor of New York on the spot, to

BRICKER MAKES STOP-DEWEY BID

Strange Political Drama Being Played Openly At Conference.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Seripps-Howard Staff Writer HERSHEY, Pa, May 30. — A strange political drama is being played concurrently with the annual governors’ conference here, with the evident relish of everybody present, which might have some real effect were it not so short a time before the Republican national convention June 26.

(Resume of Governor Dewey's speech, Page 3.)

Governor Bricker of Ohio is trying to build up a “stop-Dewey” movement, openly and energetically. At every opportunity thus far offered, in a newspaper conference and in a public session of the gov-

smoke him out, to discredit the New | Yorker because of the latter's continued refusal to declare himself a candidate for the Republican nomination. Governor Bricker has gone even further on behalf of his own glimmering candidacy for the ndmination, into which, in the opinion of most practical politicians, it seems impossible to pump sufficient life at this late date, in view of the mount-

The cumbersome 1 legal machinery!

for selecting a special judge was!

blamed today by Prosecutor Sherwood Blue's office for the two months’ delay in the trial of operators of the Washington Athletic club, 505 W. Washington st. on gambling charges. Explanation of the delay followed disclosure yesterday that a 17-year-old youth, the police department's “key witness” in the case, had been released from custody by Judge Mark W. Rhoads of juvenile court and sent back to his home in Massachusetts last week.

Judge Rhoads explained that the

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Two Men Missing in Action In Atlantic and Over Europe INDIANAPOLIS sailor

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‘GEN. MARSHALL'S STEPSON IS KILLED

WASHINGTON, May 30 (U. P.). —Lt. Allen Tupper Brown, son of Mrs. George C. Marshall, wife of the army chief of staff, was killed yesterday in a tank action near Campoleone, Italy, the war department announced today. No details of Brown's death were announced immediately. . Brown married Madge Shedden of New York in June, 1940. They have one son, two and half years old.

2200 Yank Aircraft Spread Havoc in 3 Countries.

BULLETIN ALLIED HEADQDARTERS, Naples, May 30 (U P.).—An estimated 250 to 500 Italian-based American heavy bombers raided five factories and an airdrome in Austria today By WALTER CRONKITE United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, May 30.—More than 2200 American heavy bombers and .fighters fanned out over Europe in record strength for the third

straight day to drive home a 10-pronged attack on Nazi aircraft factories, airdromes and rail yards in Germany, France and Belgium. About 1000 Flying Fortresses and Liberators, accompanied by more than 1200 Mustangs, Thunderbolts and Lightnings, smashed at three aircraft factories and four airdromes scattered through northwestern Germany and the rail hubs at Brussels, Rieims and Troyes. The main weight of the massive onslaught was directed at factories and bases keying the operations of the German air force in a campaign to knock out or cripple Nazi aerial facilities before D-day."

Targets in Germany

The targets in Germany were plane factories at Dessau, 67 miles southwest of Berlin; Oschersleben, 80 miles sputhwest of Berlin, na Halberstadt, 15 miles from Oschersleben, and airdromes at Handorf near Munster, Diephols near Osnabruck, Halberstadt and in the Hamburg area. : The Berlin radio, first to report

~ | the new attack on Germany, said

the American fleets were engaged heavy air battles, especially. over west of Berlin.

20 RAID ON TOKYO

(May 30, 1944)

ITALY—Fifth army battles into last German defense line below Rome and Lt. Gen. Mark Clark predicts Italian capital will fall before. “many more days.”

AIR WAR—Two American air fleets reported closing over Reich

5TH GAINING SLOWLY; BOMB NAZI AIR BASES

| On the War Fronts jar Predicts Fall

Of Rome Before ‘Many Days.’ By ELEANOR PACKARD

United Press Staff Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUAR-

from Britain and Italy after R.[TERS, Naples, May 30.—The

A. F. Mosquito bombers attack | western Germany and France.

PACIFIC—Erediction that “enorm- | ous Pacific offensive” soon will} engulf more Japanese islands fol- | lows disclosure of six-day bombardment of Ponape, eastern out-! post of Truk.

BURMA—Chinese jungle troops cut | Mogaung valley road south of Kamaing.

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PREDICTED SOON"

‘Enormous’ — Attack Seen by Atherton.

By UNITED PRESS An “enormous” offensive against enemy island bases, with the next bombing of Tokyo “getting closer,” was predicted today as communiques disclosed a six-day bombardment of Ponape island and an advance by American invasion forces to within one mile of Biak island's Mokmer airdrome. x The offensive was predicted by Warren H. Atherton, national commander of the American Legion, in a prepared statement issued after a tour of the Central Pacific area. “Enormous preparations are go-

allied Pacific ce postions less than a mile

5th army battled its way into

\the last German defense line

below Rome today and its

commander, Lt. Gen. Mark W, Clark, predicted that the Italian {capital would fall “before many days have passed.” Front dispatches said American troops and tanks had wedged inte the enemy's Alban hill «defenses with a drive across the Velletrie Valmontone road, but stiffened Gere man resistance limited gains to | yards instead of miles in most sece , tors along the front curving to within 16 miles of Rome.

Gains “Satisfactory”

The Americans also pushed to the outskirts of Lanuvio, four miles southwest of Velleiri, and pounded Velletri and Valmontone, the twe keystones in the enemy line, heave ily with artillery and mortars from

away. “Satisfactory gains” also have been: made southwest of Velletri des spite some of the flercest enemy ree sistance yet encountered by the 5th army, an allied communique re= ported. : Clark predicted the early fall of Rome in an address at Memorial day services at the American ceme= tery at Nuttuno, first port cape tured by his beachhead forces last

January. “We stand on the threshhold of Rome,” he said.

“Before many days