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; 2 Seve, N. M., before going over-
* Survivors besides his Wife are his
~ 90-month-old son, James Arthur
| Pratt; his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
* ‘Raymond Pratt, 1110 N. Olney st.;
three brothers, S. Sgt. Robert Pratt, an aerial photographer in India; 2d Lt. James Pratt, en route overseas, and Aviation Cadet Richard Pratt, receiving pilot training at Gunter fleld, Ala. His wife and son live with Mrs. Pratt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. King. "5 8 ¢ FIRST LT. MERRILL H BOWNE, son of Mrs. Perry . Lou Bowne, 1220 Park ave, lost his life in combat June 10 in New Guinea where he had been stationed since November, 1943, as a pilot of a B-24 bomber. Entering the army in January, 1942, the 26-year-old airman, husband of Mrs. Betty Brahdon Bowne, New Albany, was born in Brownsburg and was graduated from Purdue university. Before being inducted, he was a test engineer at the Allison division of General Motors two years. He trained for the army in Santa Ana, Cal, and at Williams field, , Ariz, Laurel, Miss. Surviving besides his mother and wife are a daughter, Merrilou born Just before Lt. Bowne went overseas, and his father, Frank Bowne of Brownsburg. # "=. LT. JOHN D. LYNCH, formerly reported missing in action over
Munich, Germany, April 24, was |
killed on that date, his wife, Mrs. June Pennington Lynch, 402 N. Meridian st, has been informed,
.
Lt. Kenneth B. McCoy , , » prisoner in Germany. -
{Emogene Neville, Borden, has been i killed in naval action. » » J MACHINIST'S MATE DALE DEFOREST BROWN, husband of Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Brown, Ft. Wayne, and son of Arthur 8. Brown, Columbia City, has been wounded fn! combat,
® = = FIRST LT. SHERMAN R. SUMMERS JR. of Burkett and 1ST LT. HERBERT J. DIXON of Greencastle have been awarded the bronze oak leaf cluster to the air medal for! service with the allied air forces in! the New Guinea area. i » n . FIRST LT. LEWIS A. KYSAR| of Rushville has "been awarded the! distinguished flying cross for| extraordinary achievement on bomb- | ing attacks over Europe. A veteran of more than 20 mis- { sions, Lt. Kysar wears the air medal iand three oak leaf clusters.
ACQUITTAL PLEA IN | SEDITION CASE LOST
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insufficient to warrant a guilty ver- { dict, |
. | authorities at supreme headquarters
Lt. John D. Lynch Jr. . . . killed over Germany.
Paul Evans Wounded
FRENGH RAILROADS CUT BY PARTISANS
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larly in the Vosges, Meuse and the Meurthe-and-Moselle departments. Nazi troops supported by heavy artllery attacked “French forces of the interior” in the Vercors mountains, southwest of the mountain city of Grenoble, but the resistance forces killed more than 1000 Germans in a battle in the Massif central region, the communique said, French losses were 200 in the latter battle,
Roy Modglin Prisoner
The communique said all com- to move up heavy forces while ar-| | tillery pounds a way into the town|
munications leading to the impor-
The young airman had completed] He said that after studying those 'ant railroad center of Tergnier in
* his 20th mission over Germany and rulings he had concluded that “at|‘he Aisne department had been cut|the guesses were on the port being brought down the record bag of
| {up in the wake of the zdvancing | |infantrymen poured a torrent of
Yanks 0 City in Roughshod Advance. “(Continued From Page One)
shells into Cherbourg, and naval
put the seal of doom on the survivors of an estimated 30,000 German troops trapped by the U. S. thrust across the peninsula,
No Chance of Escape
The cornered enemy garrison, these sourced said, has virtually no chance of evacuation by sea but must surrender or stand and die ih the port. 1 The enemy front was crumbling so rapidly before Cherbourg that some observers predicted the fall of the great harbor would come within 48 hours. Other U. 8. forces behding back the center of the German defense line drove to within two miles of St. Lo, rail and highway hub at the base of the Cherbourg peninsula. Farther around the allied front, British troops seized Hottot, two miles southwest of captured Tilly-Sur-Seulles. * . Bradley's assault forces in the vanguard of the frontal offensive against Cherbourg stormed the city’s outer defenses after carrying through the field defenses hurriedly thrown up by the Germans, Official spokesmen were silent on the number of points at which the veterans were in contact with the Cherbourg defensive perimeter, but it was evident that the lightning drive northward after the establish-
peninsula had succeeded in the primary purpose of bringing the enemy to grips before he could reorganize sufficiently for a stand. The converging push against Cherbourg appeared to encompass the entire front below the port. The
nly 4 Miles From!
ment of the wedge across the!
with
bay and taking Aslito airdrome, |
BIG SEA BATTLE SEEN IN PACIFIC
Marianas Fight Proves Jap Fleet Smoked Out of Hiding Place.
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‘Americans held Montebourg in | strength and were clamping an assault arc against Valognes, four miles to the northwest. At the same time the forces expanding the western end of the coriridor across the peninsula were { pushing northward from the Barne|ville area to join in the storniing of Cherbourg.
Favor Speedy Attack
Whether the outer defenses of Cherbourg could be carried on the momentum built up during the smash up the peninsula, or whether Bradley would have to call a halt
was anybody's guess, but many of
occupied territory when his plane this point the court has no discre- PY saboteurs, affecting some main|taken in short order.
Was shot down. He had been based tion to interfere with the orderly routes
from Belgium, northern
{ On the basis of Bradley's per-|
" ; i France and Luxembourg into Paris. | ¢ to d h ill 1 #5 & bombardier at an 8th army air program of the presentation of evi- ; ! iS. formance ate, he will lose no force station in England since Octo- dence that the government has| The main Lyons-Marseilles rail- chance to crash directly into Cher- Tokyo, and conquered more than 1943 evolved.” After presentation of evi-| F0ad wns reported unusable because bourg and create havoe inside the One third of Saipan, from the west
‘Enlisting in May, 1942, he was
called to active duty in September, he added, “when the court will know | #8 200-mile course.
recelving his commission in Big Springs, Tex. #8as, he was stationed in Walla Walla, Wash. Lt Lynch wore the air’ medal, several oak leaf clusters, the distinguished flying cross
dence has been completed, however, | what the whole picture is... . Then, |
have an whether the out a case.” { During a day-long debate vester-
of sabotage at different points
French ofrces carried out nu-
materials. : Actions between Prench forces
and had a letter of commendation day in the absence of the jury, de- and German troops—some on a for successfully completing a mis- fense attorneys argued that, in the large scale—were reported in varision under heavy fire. He was a light of the Hartzel ruling, Eicher Ous regions,
graduate of Purdue university, Besides his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lynch Sr. of Jef-
| should end the sedition trial now | with directed verdicts of acquittal. | The supreme court had set aside
———————————————— FORESTERS SET PARTY
The Catholic Order of Foresters, fersonville, survivors include a sis-| the sedition conviction of Elmer Court No. 645, will give a card ter, Mrs. Harry Neely, and a niece, Hartzell of Chicago on the grounds in St. Catherine's hall
party at 8 o'clock
Martha Sue Neely, both of Jeffer-| that insufficient evidence had been, tonight.
sonville. . » ” SECOND LT. HENRY A. GARDNER, son of Mrs. Louise Trees, 23325 Shelby st, failed to return ‘from a missien over Austria May 24. . The 23-year-old navigator of a 'B-17 bomber is believed to have ‘been on his first mission when Be was reported missing. He had been _ @verseas only nine days and wrote May 23 that he had been on one flight but that it was not a combat * Mission. : Entering the army air forces in _ October, . Technical high school and Purdue
_ University, where he made an out-! standing record in mathematics. vu
. = SECOND LT. KENNETH B. Mc-
bomber, is a prisoner of war in Romania after he was shot down over that country May 5. Lt. McCoy, who is 23, is the husband of Mrs. Martha S. McCoy, $309 Julian ave. He was based in Italy with the 15th army air force and had been overseas since January. He entered service in July, 1942, and took his training at Chattam fleld, Savannah, Ga. i 2 »” t J CAPT. PAUL EVANS, son of Mrs. Ernest N. Evans, 5114 Park ave, * reecived a severe hip injury June 1 on the Anzio beachhead while on his way to Rome.
1942, he had attended |
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coy a bombardier on a Liberator | 12 Russia anticipates buying bil.
{presented for a jury to find him
| guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt” {of attempting to subvert members of the armed forces with anti-!|
OFFICIAL WEATHER
Roosevelt, anti-British and antiJewish pamphlets. The defendants {in the current trial are accused of! {attempting to undermine the morale! |of members of the armed forces. { Admitting that the words “beyond !a reasonable doubt jcourt ruling were “of considerable; concern” to him, Eicher said that ‘he would use the Hartzel opinion] | “as a guide” when the government's ; case has been completed.
RUSS TO BUY U. 5. GOODS | MOSCOW, June 3 (Delayed) (U0. | P.).—Eric Johnston, president of the| {U. 8. Chamber of Commerce, disclosed at a press conference today
EVENTS TODAY
Monarch Engineering Corp. to receive the Atiy-navy “E" award, at the plant, 15 p.m.
: m. Indiana Pharmaceutical association, Claypool hotel, 9:30 a.m, . Indiana Association of Photographers, Hotel Lincoln. Equitable Life Insurance Company of lowa, agency offices in the Board of Trade building and the Columbia club. Reception in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Roy Vale, Scottish Rite cathedral,
National Women's Service league, Colum. bia club, 7:30 p. m.
EVENTS TOMORROW
Indiana Pharfaceutical association, Clayhotel, afternoon and nignt. viera club,
poo American Industrial forum, - . m. June handicap tournament for women Meridian Hills Country club, ed Florists association, Grace Method. church, 7 p.m.
Phi Zeta sororit, Washington hotel, 7:30 p.m. Ts
MARRIAGE LICENSES These lists are from official records in the county court house. The Times, therefore, is mot responsible for errors in names and addresses. James W. Br : | N. "Hints TE, John Galbreath Jr. 23, of of Ba en J,
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Gene Francis Miss. ;
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Leonard Bruce Roberts, 22, ‘Minnesota; Gi (Jd Miller.
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Meridian‘ Helen Anna Pierce, 32, of 1149 W. 28th
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: H Clura M. Parsley, 32, of 501 8. Alabama:
Ella Hazel Fleming, 43, Box 5, Wana-
of 2122 W. race Paino, 19, of
Stewart, of 401 N. Illinois; ‘Vera Lushoft, 23, of “1645 Medford, 32, of 1308 Central; , 39, of 1308 Cen-
teliff, 21, U. 8B. Audrey Hansen,
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chink in the barricades. The Nazi command apparently
Before oin over- for the first time, (the court) will merous actions against canals which! was concentrating its forces in the a in opportunity to know he Germans have been using in-|eastern part of the peninsula as far DOuUncement of minor damage to government has made | ‘ensively for the transport of war]
west as Cherbourg, leaving the western area relatively weak. {| The Americans advanced steadily throughout the day after a series {of thrusts forward which 18 hours ago already had put them at points in what the Germans described as the approaches to the city. The Germans had shown no {tendency so far to try a flight by sea and authorities said they did {not hive sufficient boats of any {utilitarian size to undertake any evacuation of the Cherbourg death |trap. | American mediung artillery, as | well as the giant Long Toms, aljready were raining shells into | Cherbourg. Officers in Daze
Some German officers who fell {into American hands said they had | no idea of what had become of their | men. Other prisoners said they had {not eaten for several days and likened the situation to the last days of Tunisia. | Front dispatches said the enemy has been carrying out demolitions (in Cherbourg for more than a week. | At the eastern end of the beich{head, British troops completed the | occupation of Tilly-sur-Seulles, 12 | miles w days of violent hand-to-hand fighting, and pushed on some two miles to the southwest to the vicinity of Hottat.
IN INDIANAPOLIS-EVENTS-VITALS
Cecil, Molly Branham. at Met Clive, Francis Cromwell, Ro id . Martin, Charlene Fox, at Methodist. Alfred, Grace Nool, at Methodist. Joseph, Elizabeth Serrara, at Methodist, Charles, Mary Thayer, at Methodist. Biware. Mary Bowles, at 968 Ww. Mary-
Charles, Clara Briley, at 253 8. William, Helen Coleman, at 1733 So. James, Margaret Collins, at 823 Beecher. Alva, Rhth Haves, at 2008 Hoyt Wilbur, Lottie Littrell, at 524 E Michigan. Ance, Sally Williams, at 452 Agnes. Boys ji Eugene, Mary Dalvell, at St. Franci Ralph, Reba Heats, at St. Vincent's. Ray, Jade Hurst at St. Vincent's. oseph. Josephine Reese, at St. 's. Jack, Virginia Sellberg, at ATS arianne Archer, Ruth Davis, at Echard, at lyn Ewing, at Dan, Florence Mathews, at william, Earline Beach, at Ala-
ma. William. Amanda Pish - am! er, at ne Belle
DEATHS
Ida Pittman, 79, at chronic myocar 111 XN. Capital,
Elwood Kiste, 94, at 249 E. South, ehronic Laura Belle Woodruff, 74, at 817 E. 20th, Georgianna Webber, 80, at 1100 W. Kess-
ler blvd., ca James E. Meriwether, 33, at City, h
est of Caen, after severals
;and said the Americang steadily were reinforcing their ground troops. The Japanese said their | planes continuously were attacking {the powerful American task force which supported the landing, and {since June 12 had sunk six U. 8. warships, including one battleship, { damaged 47 others and shot down | more than 300 planes.) (Another enemy communique, i broadcast by Tokyo radio to Japa!nese areas and reported by FCC | monitors, admitted the Japanese (suffered “considerable losses in {ships and planes” off Saipan.)
Capture Aslito Airdrome { Naval planes and warship guns | Japanese aircraft Sunday as Ameri-
can troops captured Aslito airdrome, only four Hours flying time from
along | Nazi defenses if the enemy leaves a C0aSt beachRead to Magicienne bay
in the east, {Although American losses were ‘not yet available, beyond the an-
{one surface ship, the destruction of {at least 300 Japanese planes was the { greatest number ever shot down in {a single aerial engagement in the
CHUNGKING, June 20 (U. P.). —Vice President Henry A. Wallace arrived at 4 p. m. today and was met at the Chungking air field by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
Pacific. More than 300 enemy planes probably were lost in the battle of Midway, but many went down with wrecked Japanese aircraft carriers. From the size of the Japanese aerial fleet, apparently aiming a major blow on the U. S. Saipan beachs head, the enemy must have had a sizable task force, including carriers, the usual escorting cruisers and destroyers, and possibly battleships. Similarly, the strength of the American force was indicated by the fact that it was able to throw up enough planes and a sufficiently heavy anti-aircraft barrage to prevent damage to all but one ship. With a good proportion of the Japanese task force planes apparently destroyed, the virtually undamaged American fleet probably would have sought to close with the enemy unless the air battle was fought so late in the day that the Japanese were able to flee in the darkness. The crushing blow to the Japanese aerial forces came almost simultaneously with the American
where Seabee construction crews already were working on Aslito airdrome and its 3600-foot runway, which if extended, was believed large enough to accommodate the new B-29 Superfortresses. Veteran marine and army troops jcarried the advance through Saipan {to gain control of the western shore of Magicienne bay, cutting off the southeastern tip of the island above Nafutan point and leaving only small enemy pockets east of Lake Susupe near the Charan Kanoa area.
Cut Off Tip of Island
(The Japanese Domei news agency said the landing last week was carried out by nearly 20,000 U. S. troops and estimated that reinforcements since then had boosted the American force to at least two divisions, approximately 30,000 men.) A Chester W. Nimitz’ communique, which gave no further reports of the spearhead thrusting at island's capital of Garapan, indi-
my Matar 8 8 cl meni Ton Curies,
at 3441 8. Mars Hill,
40, at 1639 Woodlawn, |’ N
cated that the newly captured Aslito airdrome soon will be ready to sup-
"A Jap omgrier-based aerial attack upon an American task force off Saipan ends in failure as 300 enemy planes are reported destroyed, but reveals large units of the Jap fleet are on the prowl and may clash Yanks,soon in the Marianas area. On Saipan itself, the Yanks have“split the Jap forces by driving across the island to Magicienne
Cape Haguman
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Bankhead amendments, while the
Cotton
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house refused to accept them. Senator Robert F. Wagner (D. N. Y) said that if the controversy could not be settled at today’s meeting, he and other senate conferees would take the issue back to the senate for a vote on whether it desires to press for acceptance in the face of the strong house opposition. . There was little likelihood that the house conferees would accept them, since the lower chamber
overwhelming vote. The senate, however, adopted the Bankhead proposals by a close 39-t0-35 count and it appeared more likely to reverse its position rather than run
would delay recess plans. Administration Victory
when the conferees eliminate an amendment providing for court review of OPA regulations, a proposal denounced by OPA Chief Chester Bowles as a “legal booby trap” that would turn price control into “price chaos.” They also dropped a senate amendment which would have re-
$3750 a week from government control.
land strikes across southern Saipan,}
DEMOLITION DATE SET
The’ 16 slot machines confiscated by state police in raids in Marion county Sunday will be demolished, State Police Superintendent Don F. Stiver said today. He said it was the state-wide policy of state police to confiscate and destroy all slot machines found to be in operation and that if the police found more one-armed bandits in operation here they too would be confiscated as were the ones Sunday.
STRAUSS SAYS: .
{June 30,
Amendments accepted by the conferees also provided: A one-year extension in place of 18 months proposed by the senate. The price control act, basis for the OPA, is now scheduled to expire at the end of this month. A ban on subsidy payments after 1945, unless specifically authorized by congress, and restriction of present subsidy payments to items now receiving them. Rent control adjustments in areas where substantial hardship has
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rejected similar proposals by an sal
into a prolonged controversy that;
The administration won a victory agreed to);
moved adjustments to wages below|j
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Removal of the OPA's “highest price line limitation” for wholeee
as evidence of suspected price violation A provision that within after judgment in civil victed defendant may emergency court a protest the OPA regulation un he was convicted: if the
cases except that the protests may {be filed 30 days after start of trial | proceedings or five days after judgment, whichever the defendant selects.
be brought in the county or distriet where the defendant resides. Court review of license suspension for rationing violations. Government loans for cotton to be 9232 per cent of parity.
————————————— PATRIOTIC UNIT TO MEET The Federated Patriotic society
been caused by tax increases or increased operating costs, and aban'donment of rent controls where
DAY
will meet at 8 p. m. tomorrow at 512 N. Illinois st. Mrs. Lula Harte 'zog will preside.
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