Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1944 — Page 1

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VOLUME 55—NUMBER 81

Representing WITH BRITISH 6TH AIRBO NE DIVISION, France, June 12 (Delayed) —Paratroop Captain Charles Bliss had that grin on his face that always means something

brewing.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1944

. “This,” said Charles, “is going to be good. Do you remember the gap we left in our lines just around Bre-

ville? Well, Jerry’s found

it at last and he’s coming

through. We have a report of at least 600 panzer grenadiers advancing through the woods and believe that they're to try to drive through Ranville to break our line. Well, what we are going to do to those Jerries should make a nice little story for you. Look.”

He pointed along the walls and through the orchards and when you looked hard you could see British troops

everywhere.

They were well dug in among bushes and grass, and

only the green camouflaged above the skyline—that and

heavy machine-guns and Stens. It was just before noon that we saw the first Ger-

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British Paratroopers Lure Nazi Regiment Into Death Trap |

mans. Over there on the other side of the dropping zone you could suddenly see figures moving among trees. We watched them forming up into batches of 10 to 15 men. No one fired. Only the dull boom of artillery from somewhere away in the distance, and the busy hum of

fighting planes disturbed the placid Saturday morning. Shortly after noon the German attack began. In those

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tops of their helmets poked the muzzles of their Brens,

A NAZ| LIAR—

I Gentle? He * Struts Like - 3 ! A Bad Dog By B. J. McQUAID Times Foreign Correspondent ABOARD AN AMPHIBIOUS FORCE FLAGSHIP, in Baie De La Seine. ~The young Nazi lieutenant was prematurely gray and had the patient, tired look of the old soldier. His brown eyes were curiously gentle, but there was Something unpleasant Pg about his smile. ° He was every inch the Nazi, and he spoke | with the amaz- | ing kind of

g Aarrowhich I

never. before in

shuman being. oo L. The lieuten- Mr. McQuaid

ant said he spoke no English—a

taking a group of slightly wounded German prisoners out to the first-aid ship.

F ”. .»B The lieutenant said that Amer-

nation. The British, he said, were

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Trial ‘Dropped’ By Judge Here Set for<June 30

Trial of the burglary case in which one special judge resigned, and a new special judge was selected, has been set for June 30 in criminal court. When the three defendants in the case were called in for arraignment May 26, William B. Miller, serving as special judge in the case, suddenly resigned’ from the bench, after charging that “newspaper stories had cast some reflections on the court.” Subsequently, Judge W. D. Bain of criminal court, named a new

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SHOTS FAIL TO STOP BURGLARS IN CHASE

Bandits Elude Police in 70-M. P. H. Race.

More than 20 shots fired from the guns of five policemen at point blank range failed to stop two burglars fleeing in a car at 70 miles an hour down Sherman dr. early today. Police received a telephone call about 1:30 a. m, that two men were seen crawling into a window of the Brock drug store, 38th st, and Sherman dr. As the first squad car arrived at the store, two burglars ran out,

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LOCAL TEMPERATURES

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TIMES FEATURES On INSIDE PAGES

Hardest Fighting Since Rome Is Met 70 Miles Past Capital.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, June 15 (U. P.).— American armored columns bypassed the German coastal stronghold of Orbetello, 70 miles above Rome, and smashed through the enemy's hill defenses five miles beyond that port, it was disclosed today, while other 5th army forces battered slowly through fierce Nazi resistance around Lake Bolsena, 40 miles inland. Headquarters spokesmen revealed that the fast-rolling Americans swung into the hills east of Orbetello and turned back to hit the Nazis five miles further north at the junction of the coastal road with highway 74, which extends inland to Lake Bolsena. German rear guards behind the fleeing and shattered Nazi 14th army battled desperately for two days to stem the American drive, which threatened to outflank their inland positions around the Etruscan plain, but official reports revealed that the Yankee columns punched through north and east of the junction, Threaten Grosseto One wing of the American force drove northward to within 18 miles of the highway hub of Grosseto,

while the second knifed two miles eastward along highway 74.

Brig. Gen. Gordon P. Saville,

American commander of the tactical air forces in Italy, said the enemy stand above Orbetello and in the Lake Bolsena area was intended to “gain time for the rabble | of their shattered armies to reach | their main defensive positions in! northern Italy.” More than 3000 German trucks, cars and tanks have been smashed

by allied planes in the month-long

retreat from the south, Saville said, asserting that the enemy’s transport system has been wrecked and that it is doubtful whether he can put up a major defense short of. the

Rimini-Pisa line 100 miles further

north. Fierce fighting raged around Lake Bolsena, 40 miles inland, where American units were striking up along the west shore and British forces up the east side in a pincers thrust against Orvieto, a key highway and road junction.

Pass Through Latera

The Americans pushed on through Latera, four miles north of the highway 7¢ junction at Valentano, and were reported approaching Gradioli, two miles beyond Latera,

y. On the east side of the lake, the Germans were reported falling after two days of bitter resistance under relentless attack by British armored columns. The allied force was reported a Bolsena, on the north shore of the lake eight miles south of Orvieto and about seven miles east of the advapcing Americans. British 8th army units simultaneously were reported moving slowly northward on both sides of ‘the Tiber. One column pushed on 10 miles northeast of Viterbo to a point about 43 miles above Rome against sporadic enemy opposition. A second 8th army formation swung up the east bank of the Tiber several miles beyond captured Magliano for a gain of about four and cne-half miles in two days, driving to within about seven miles of Terni and about the same distance from Narni.

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HERE IT IS in black and white —the graphic true story of the i invasion so far. Those optimists who may reduce their bond pur- | chases under the mistaken im- | pression that the war is nearly

won, will find it startling. Scan the map closely. The black section shows the areas occupied by the Germans. The white is the proportionately small part captured by the allies.

SULLIVAN GETS DEMOCRAT NOD

| Pushed for Attorney General As Party Prepares for

Convention.

By EARL RICHERT

Marion county Democratic leaders today were awaiting the arrival of state convention delegates here tomorrow to begin negotiations to win the attorney generalship nomination for Arthur J. Sullivan, Indianapolis attorney who was nominated for state senator at the priHubert Wickens, Greensburg attorney, is the only announced candidate for the attorney general's nomination, " County leaders said that contrary to the general impression Mr, Wickens had not been given “the nod” by Governor Schricker and State Chairman Fred Bays. Mr. Sullivan won a state senatorship nomination in the primary without the backing of the' then regular county organization. While he has made no formal announcement, Mr. Sullivan said today that he expected to be “in

nomination is made. The Democratic state convention will open tomorrow night with district caucuses at which delegates to the national convention and committee officers for the state convention will be chosen. Balloting will

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there” when the attorney generals|

Russian Troops

Roll Finns Back In Steady Blows)

Despite our successes, the Nazis are confident in the knowledge that we have an infinitely greater distance to go before we can claim a decisive visio. in Barope.

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MOSCOW, June 14 (U. rind

Russ army struck northeast across Campaign Moving in High i» |the waist of the Karelian is thmus|

toward Lake Ladoga today, methodically smashing the eastern half of Finland's already-breached outer defense line. While other columns pushed ul the main highways and railway = ward Viipuri, Finland's third city 40 miles to the northwest, Ss Leonid A. Govorov temporaril shifted the main weight of his | day-old offensive to the northeas in an attempt to complete the io struction of the enemy line. The Russians captured five towns

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Hoosier Heroes—_

LT. EDGAR GRABHORN MISSING OVER REICH

Pvt. Curt Holstein Wounded:

While in Italy.

SECOND LT. EDGAR A. GRABHORN JR., a navigator on a bomber, failed to return from a raid over Germany May 29. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Grabhorn, R. R. 4, Greenfield, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs.

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Pyle's Lesson for the Day— Be tee Tired to Give a Damn

By ERNIE PYLE

(By Wireless) —On ‘the way to the LST. the Walely Workhorse of ila way. ‘We car-

Here, With Auction * Set Tonight.

| Marion county was riding high {in the fifth war loan drive today. Spurred by the invasion and the {opening of the “Fighting Fifth” {campaign, Indianapolis and county ¢ | residents bought an estimated $7,{000,000 in war bonds during the first two days of the drive. However, William H. Trimble, county war - finance committee chairman, pointed out that ‘the amount is only a few hundred thousand dollars more than the $3,300,000 average that will have to be purchased each of the 24 weekdays of the campaign in order to reach the county's $79,000,000 quota by July 8 The quota was due to receive a boost tonight at the $1,000,000 war bond auction dinner at 6 p. m. at ithe Claypool hotel. With Miss Jeanne Crain, star of the new film, “Home in Indiana,” as hostess, the dinner will feature

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2 NAMED IN BLAME FOR PEARL HARBOR

Army Officer Scored for Delay in Signals. WASHINGTON, June 14 (U. P).

that Japanese planes Pear] Harbor for their sneak attack

10,000 SORTIES

—A house committee charged today|

ALLIES PIERCE NAZI LINE 30 MILES INLAND; - MIGHTIEST DAY AIR RAIDS SLAM EUROPE

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Germans Throw in ‘Suicide Divisions’ In Frantic Attempt to Halt Beachhead Advance.

BULLETIN

BY NIGH | ALL LONDON, June 14 (U. P.).—The German DNB news | agency said allied warships opened a heavy bombardment

1500 Bombers there Rock Tar-. against the channel port of Le Havre today. gets as Smaller Craft

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, LONDON, Strafe Troops.

June 14 (U. P.).—American and British armored forces LONDON, June 14 (U. P.). ‘have broken through the center of the German line in Nor—More than 1500 American ‘mandy, sending patrols as far as 30 miles inland, but the

Fying Popese ad L ez Germans have thrown crack “suicide divisions” into five targets from the suburbs of | major counter-attacks in an attempt to stem the allied Paris to western Germany to-| advance. : : day in: the greatest daviight Bombe Supreme headquarters revealed late today that the tide ing assault ever hurled at the em-|Of battle swayed back and forth, with the hotly contested battled continent, while waves of |tOWI of Montebourg, 14 miles southeast of Cherbourg, U. S. medium bombers smashed at changing hands several times last night. enemy supplies and reinforcements A dispatch from Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's 21st moving into the battle for Caen. [army group headquarters, timed at 4 p. m. today, said the Allied air forces swarmed to the Germans were counter-attacking vigorously along most of

attack, beginning with the first light the front, Th¢ Americans lost ground north of Montebourg

of dawn, in a seemingly endless pa- | but scored slig rade of power that continued | through the late afternoon without let-up. 10 Waves of Planes

gains to the south, while a German attack {on Carentan was contained. Report Furious Counter-Attacks “The enemy is bringing’ up all he can to halt us,” a spokesman was quoted in the dispatch. At the same time ne Blais hn Ig en it was said here that “repeated and furious” German counCreil, Etampes, Mondesir and|ter-attacks in the key sectors of Normandy were likely to \Chateau-Dun airfields in France, continue until one side or the other is exhausted.

russels-Melsbroeck and Eind-| : bd ; : be EE big oll Te- Both sides were throwing in everything available for

fineries at Emmerich, Germany, what may be the first big showdown battle of the Normandy splitting up into separate task jnyasion. The British even wheeled up the battleships Nelson

Pe ns nt pouas | ‘and Ramillies to blast away with their big guns against the

missing from the record owns of Caen and Troarn, most stubborn strong points in feet oral led the day's operations the enemy defense system. which were expected to amount to, Allied mobile units smashed all the way through the,

110,000 sorties by nightfall. ary German defenses to! y y | Simultaneously, the U. S. 9th [prim y 2 counter-attacks were launched in

\air force hurled 10 waves of Ma- | open country below the line; \the general area of Caen, one

rauders and Havocs into a shatter-| from Caen to St. Lo in a sud-| against Carentan and one against

|ing bombardment of enemy instal | Monteboursg. American forces had {lations and road lines behind Caen | den onslaught which took the ptured the latter two towns: on

direct support to the allied| Germans by surprise and out-|;p. Cherbourg peninsula, only to armored thrust around that town. }fankeq those two key stropgholds. have the Nazis batter back into As the heavies and mediums Later it was revealed officially | them. struck, clouds of allied fighters and, \that the Nazi command had as-| 1p. Germans scored some local fighter-bombers slashed across the Signed four panzer divisions to the|g esses headquarters reported, battlefront to hose the Nazi troops| rea of Caen and Tilly-Sur-Seulles,| wie allied advances continued and tanks with machinegun and 20d that great armored battles of |,5un4 Caumont, captured by the rocket fire. {mounting intensity were going On| nearnead of the break-through asBy mid-afternoon the allied fliers around the rim of the bulge ham- | .ay)¢ southwest of Caen, and in the

mered into the enemy defenses. (Continued on “Page 3—Column 2] Three of the five big German; (Continued on “Page 3—Column 4)