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A Weekly Sizeup by the Staff of the Scripps-Howard

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transportation facilities have been remarkably effective. They point to signs that Turkey will enter the war; to German peace feelers; to -*

indications of German panic. ® . .

SECOND SCHOOL: Germany still has very powerful armies. They are taking a beating in the East, of course, but the Russian supply lines are being drawn out longer and longer. tell on the power of the Soviet drive. The time it took ‘allied armies to capture Caen is proof of the We have been in France a little over a

Germans’ fighting power, month and are behind schedule in

It may take from three to five months for allied armies to reach We have Cherbourg, but our forces must have

another deep-water port—say Brest.

the French capital.

They sum up: It will not be before Hitler falls—say April, May

Washington Newspapers

That's bound to

our drive toward Paris.

this year but well imto néxt spring or June,

RUSS OPEN NEW

‘Push Toward Lwow: Nazis

POLISH DRIVE|

> Sgt. Henry E. Hapner, 433 S. Warman ave, 7, ” » » FIRST LT. EDWARD T. KITLEY, son of Mrs, Gladys Kitley, New Palestine, was killed in action over England July 1, after comle more than 71 missions as a new offensive, Karl Heinz Stegbola [228 a P-47 Thunderbolt. was warning his countrymen in do=|" myprv coven of the missions were mestic broadcasts that the “great flown to continental Europe, most storm” had arrived. of them as escort to huge forma«For him,” he said, “it is a ques= tions of B-17 Flying Fortresses and tion of ‘do or die’ now to end this|p a4 ypergtors, After the invasion

war. He wants to suggest to us that started Lt. Kitley helped maintain we are on our last legs. It is true y pe:

that we have our anxieties and there are a good many things which we wish could be different from what

Warned ‘Day of Great

Storm Is Here.’ (Continued From Page One)

by strafing

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Hoosier Heroes: Lt. Kitley | Killed: Robinson Missing

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a fighter cover above invasion troops | and bombing thé en-

On D-day he started out before |

of Mrs. Marie Dobrowo slski, Whit-

_|ing; Pvt. Albert E. Fields, son of

Charles Fields, Crawfordsville; Pfc. Ernest E. Lindstaedt, son of John Lindstaedt, South Bend, and Bet. John R. York, son of Robert W York, Hymera. Listed as wounded in the Mediterranean area are ‘Pvt. John M. Mallory, son of Mrs. Mary E. Mallory, Plymouth; Pfe. Kenneth L. Manuwal, husband of Mrs. Marsella Manuwal, Plymouth; Pvt, Arthur Ruiz, son of Mrs. Elodia Samano, East Chicago; Pvt. Roger K. Sammons, son of Mrs. Pearl SamPvt, Sylvester W. |Sayo, son of Mrs, Pauline Sayo, Michigan. City; . Pvt, Edward 8S.

|mons, Muncie;

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they happen to be at the moment by force of circumstances. “But we still are far away from throwing away the trumps we are holding in our hands, or even from showing the hand prematurely.” Luck was captured by the 1st

dawn and flew until nearly midnight | to help cover the landing of para-| troopers on the coast of France| and attacked ground targets near the allied beachhead.

cross, the air medal, three oak leaf

Holder of the distinguished flying

Japanese Believed in Tough Spot

CONGRESSIONAL SOURCES, we're not waiting for Hitler to fold, in numbers far in excess of the enemy ability to replace them.

pointing out that in the Pacific say our subs are sinking Jap ships Jap

forces are thinned and extended even more than Hitler's. We have absolute domination of sea and air in the Pacific, The Japanese fleet won't or can’t come out, therefore it cannot supply or protect its far-flung garrisons such as Saipan, where Adm, Nimitz's

forces just took control.

Next move after Saipan? Guessers here guess as follows:

Why

not Guam and Palau, then -on to the Philippines and Formosa? Gen.

MacArthur can be presumed to

want to try the. Philippines first,

‘but Adm. Nimitz is on record as aiming for the coast of China. .

- o ” sDEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Republican; but. the anticipated fight over the vice presidential nomination may turn out to be synthetic. Odds now faver Wallace. of edition time Saturday.) President Roosevelt's preference for the vice president as his running mate will be made known in 8 communication to one of the party chieftains, probably National Chairman Hannegan or Senator Jackson of Indiana, permanent chairman of the convention. s ” s

FDR’s Word Powerful

WHILE THE President is not expected to insist on Mr. Wallace . .. but to give the impression that the decision is up to the convention ... it is believed his word will be powerful enough so that state leaders will hesitate to buck. Meanwhile, other hopefuls will get their trial runs, entertain their friends at fancy headquarters, get some advertising, and have their vanity tickled. The whetting of ‘many ambitions probably will confuse the opposition, playing in Wallace's favor. It's Wallace against the field, and some think the President cleverly arranged it this way by letting the race apparently become wide open for a time. Wallace has some 300 delegates to start with, and strength elsewhere that will uncover itself if the bandwagon gets going. The President is said to have ruled out all southerners on this theory: If a traditional conserva=tive of the Old South were nominated, Negro votes would be lost in eastern strongholds; if a liberal southerner were selected, this would strengthen the southern

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South Is Big Worry

CONVENTION will have plenty of trouble with southerners in any case. They'll make platform writing a real problem when it comes to planks on poli-tax, Negro voting, etc. Also there are the Texas and South Carolina delegation squabbles revolving about “white supremacy,” and involving the complicated electoral-college problem posed by Texas. Leaders are expected to fry, while at Chicago, to work out some solution of this problem. Best guess on Negro plank fis that it will at least equal that of 1040, which said: “We shall continue to strive for complete legislative safeguards against diserimination in government service and benefits, and in the national-de-

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LJ = s next week will be livelier than the

a : fense forces. We pledge to uphold due process and the equal protec tion of the laws for every citizen, regardless of race, creed or color.” ” ” 2 CONGRESSMEN FACING tough fights from pressure groups in their home districts have been bucked up by Mike Monroney's victory in Oklahoma, show signs of greater independence during remainder of campaign. Oil interests thought they could beat Monroney; best guess now is he'll win in November, too, even if Republican landslide sweeps rest of Oklahoma,

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Who's Who on Murdoch

WHO'S WHO shows that Senator Abe Murdock of Utah, who's scheduled to be chairman of the important credentials committee at the Chicago convention, is, in addition to being a Democrat, also a Mormon, an Elk, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Lions club, and a resident of Beaver, Utah. » 2 2 MILLIONS OF dollars’ worth of NYA war training equipment has become the property of public schools through a provision in a new appropriation bill. Previously these tools were only lent to schools while NYA was being liguidated, with the armed services getting first call after that, the schools second call, and provision for public sales of any surplus. Schools now have permanent title, » s 8 SOME C. 1. O. local unions split over making support of a fourth term a test for political action committee approval. :One group argues that Republicans #ith good labor voting records should be indorsed. Republican congressmen watch anxiously. 2 2 8 CRITICAL SHORTAGE of doctors may show up three years from now, Manpower Chief McNutt predicts, because pre-medic students are being drafted. Only two-thirds of the available places in colleges will bé filled this year | —and those mostly with women and 4-F's, 8 o 2 DECISION TO let RFC dispose of the 8000000 acres of land taken over by government during Po howls from those who ho returning service men would get a change to settle on suitable parcels. TNhey may talk about it to platform makers at Chicago.

Bombers Flying

" Beer to France

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, A EF, July 15 (U. P.).—Thirsty airmen in Normandy look forward now to the frequent arrival of the beer barrel bombers. To replenish meager supplies available at the front, pilots of nonoperation fighter bombers are slinging full beer barrels onto bomb racks and flying them across the channel. The regular barrels as - they come from the brewers are equipped with a special streamlined nose to cut down wind resistance.

KIDNAPER OF BABY SENT TO BELLEVUE

NEW YORK, July 15 (U. P.).—| Mrs. Joan Schlutter, 29, who told police that an unbearable craving for motherhood impelled her to break into the New York Foundling hospital early Thursday and steal six-months-old Barbara Anne Goggin from her crib, was ¢ommitted to Bellevue hospital today for observation. Mrs. Schlutter showed no emotion when arraigned on kidnaping charges before Magistrate Harry G. Andrews in felony court, but earlier, in’ the police lineup, she had wept and was on the verge of

ROTARIANS T0 HEAR COL. IRVIN TUESDAY

“Indianapolis Rotarians will hear Col. George A. Irvin, infantry office and region VI fleld officer Jor the war manpower commission, speak at 12:15 p. m. Tuesday at the Claypool hotel.

nounced that the July frolic and| golf tournament will be held Thurs- | day at the Highland Golf and Country club beginning at 12:30 p. m.

A dinner at 7 p. m. will conclude | jeast seven American paratroopers | - the fesivities. 5 “on the ground with no other . : wounds but. cut throats.” Snosage —— City-Wide | PLANE CRASHES IN N, Y. ~ Bas > i JAMESTOWN, N. Y, July 15 (U. : BRANCHES : | P.) ~An army C-47 ‘transport plane

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| nysteria as she told the story of | the abduction of the blond, blueeyed baby.

‘REPORTS NAZIS CUT THROATS OF YANKS

TEMPLE, Tex., July 15 (U. LP.) .— Pfc. Andrew Wesolowsk, Milwau-

on allied soldiers by the Nazis. Wesolowski, a patient at MecCloskey General hospital, said last night that in Normandy he ‘saw at

Ukrainian army at the climax, of its thrust deep into old Poland from Kiev last winter.

Push Toward Brest Litovsk

The southeastern invasion route to Berlin runs from Lwow along the northern rim of the Carpathians - to Krakow, Poland, and thence into Germany through Oppeln and Breslau to Berlin. On the central front, the Ruse sians launched the battle of the eastern frontiers with columns pressing directly along roads leading to Konigsberg and Warsaw, While three columns converged on Grodno, others pressed on toward

s = = Brest Litovsk ina frontal advance from liberated Pinsk that was ex-| CAPT. FLOYD I. ROBINSON,

ected to collapse the enemy's en- |OPerations officer of a B-24 LiberPre defense triangle before the Bug |ator squadron in Italy, has been|° river, Moscow dispatches said. missing in action over Romania (Reports reaching Madrid by|Since June 24. way of Vichy said Adolf Hitler's) The first pilot attached to a supreme war council had decided |Liberator group in Italy, he had to evacuate Lithuania, Latvia and|flown over 41 missions over RegensEstonia, London broadcasts re-|berg, Welner-Neustadt, ‘Brasov, corded by FCC monitors reported | Budapest, Toulon, Ploesti and other that the Germans had begun to|targets. dismount installations in the fort of Konigsberg. Civilians are high school and the U. 8. Military crowding East Prussian railway gcademy, N. Y. He received his stations and blocking roads, thelcommission May 29, 1942, and arbroadcast said.) rived overseas Jan. 24, 1044. Expect Grodno to Fall Capt. Robinson is the son of Mr. G 5 il ortheast of and Mrs. Alva M. Robinson, 1417 todno, 150 miles nor N. La Salle st, and the husband Warsaw and 440 miles east of of Mrs. Charlotte H. Robinson, San Berlin, was expected to fall with-|Antonio, Tex. in possibly a matter of hours, A brother, Cpl. Earl Robinson, is Other Soviet armies along the|stationed at the marine barracks embattled 450-mile front drove to|at San Diego, Cal. within a little more than 45 miles ® = =» of Bialystok and less than- 55 miles HOSPITAL APPRENTICE 1-c

from Brest Litovsk; rolled to within 26 miles from the pre-war Lithu- ERNEST CHARLES BUHNEING

anian capital of Kaunas, and broke| Was wounded while serving on an into the streets of Opochka, 28 miles | invasion carrier. His family has renorth of Idritsa and 22 miles east|ceived no details of his injuries but

clusters and a number of citations for bravery, Lt. Kitley has been in the service since May 15, 1942. He received his training at Keesler field, Biloxi, Miss., and left for over=Seas duty in December, 1943. He is a graduate of Warren Central high school and attended Purdue university and the Roscoe Turner Aeronautical school. He was formerly employed by the International Harvester Co. Twenty-two, he was born in Washington, D., C,, but had lived in New Palestine 19 years, since the death of his father. Besides his mother, he is survived by a twin sister, Mrs, Mildred Hendryx of Cincinnati.

He is a graduate of Technical

|Varro, son of Mrs, Nancy Varro, |Knox; Pvt. James BE. Wicker, son lof Mrs. Lelah Wicker, Greenfield; |Pfc. Clifford J. Woodard, son of {Charles Woodard, Evansville, and 'Pfc. Charles E. Woosley, son of Mrs. Cora Woosley, Monon. Those wounded in the Southwest Pacific: area include Sgt. Ernest C. Chappelow, son of Mrs. Milda Chappelow, Shelbyville; Pvt. Arthur J. Day, husband of Mrs, Margaret Day, Evansville, and Pvt. Leo E. Wheeler, husband of Mrs. Frances Wheeler, Evansville, 5 = =» T. 4TH GR. WILBERT E. STOPPENHAGEN, ‘Decatur, has been awarded the silver star for heroism on Feb. 6, 1944, when he was in command of a tank in the vicinity of Cassino, the war department announced today. A United Press release Telated the story as followss.

ing streets about 100 yards from the tank. Stoppenhagen raised his head out of the turret in face of comparatively close enemy fire and, although his helmet was pierced by a bullet, succeeded in locating and destroying an enemy machinegun which had been breaking periscopic sights on the tank. “On several occasions he emerged completely from the tank to dislodge rounds jammed in the tank gun, each time exposing himself to sniper and machinegun fire for approximately five minutes” » = 8

T. SGT. JOHN H. HILL, husband of Mrs. Wilma Jean Hill, Bloomington, and son of Mr, and Mrs. Zeke Hill, Charlestown, has been awarded the distinguished flying cross for outstanding achievement in aerial combat over Europe. Engineer and top turret gunner of a B-17, he has participated” in many major 8th army air force bombing operations ran from attacks on industries at Berlin to assaults on military objectives along the French coast. Before entering the service Sgt.

“German infantrymen were Cross-,

of the Latvian border.

Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossov-

sky's 1st White Russian army began a frontal advance on Brest Litovsk| before entering the service, telling] after capturing the Pripet marshes| her that he had arrived in Boston, citadel of Pinsk, 106 miles to the Mass, east, yesterday.

On the Baltic front, Cherniak-

CITE ADMIRAL REEVES

WASHINGTON, July 15 (U. P.).

—Rear Admiral John W, Reeves Jr.,

56, has been awarded the legion of prance on invasion day, received merit for his services as task group {serious leg and shoulder wounds on

commahder on the carrier raid on|jyne 10 and is in a hospital in EngTruk atoll in February, the navy (land.

revealed today.

Mandel Killed, | Vichy Asserts; Was Nazi Foe

Georges Mandel LONDON, July 15 (U. P.)—The

German-controlled Vichy radio said last night’ that Georges Mandel, 59, anti-Nazi former French minister of the interior, had been killed while being transferred from: prison to an internment ¢ camp. a The broadcast sald the car in which Mandel was being transported “was attacked on the road and in the scuffle that followed he was killed. The “attackers” were not identified. Mandel, chief aid to Georges Clemenceau, France's “Tiger” of the first world war, had been imprisoned by the Germans and eventually was released to French police who. ordered his transfer to the camp. He served for three years as chief cabinet secretary in Clemenceau’ 8 government, In 1932 he became a member of the chamber of depufies and in 1938 he served a short term as minister of colonies in the cabinet of Premier Edouard Daladier. He became minister of interior

in the cabinet of Premier Pau] |

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France fell to the Germahs. He, fought hard to keep France in the war against - Germany and, after he failed, went to Morocco whore

crashed in a gully at Blockville, N°| he attempted to set up a French

Reynaud 4n’ 1940 and served until |

yesterday he telephoned his aunt, Miss Carrie Buhneing, 2033 Shelby st., with whom he made his home

‘The son of Ernest Walter Buhneing, Caden st., he entered the service

hovsky's 3d army captured Alove,|last Labor day, received his boot on the west bank of the Nieman [training at the Great Lakes naval river.

training station and went overseas in March. He is 18 and graduated from Technical high school in 1943.

SGT. HENRY E. HAPNER, airborne infantryman who entered

He served in New Guines and Sicily about a year and was sent to England about six months ago. He is the brother of Mrs. Audrey Shiel, 433 S. Warman ave., and the son of Mrs. Nora Hapner, Hutsonville, Ill. A brother, Frank, is stationed with a radio detachment in the South Pacific. ® = =

S. SGT. JOHN W. KINNAMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Kinnaman, 2154 N. Illinois st. has been awarded the air medal for his participation in 7th army air force attacks against Japan. He is nose turret gunner of a Liberator based in the Marshall islands. He has two brothers in the service. Sgt. Joseph Kinnaman is a member of the signal corps, and David is in the navy. 2 Ed ”

S. SGT. WALTER S. PARK, who has been in India for more than six months as an armorer-gunner of a 10th army air force heavy bombardment group, has been awarded the air medal for meritorious achievement while participating in heavy. bombardment missions totaling more than 100 hours. Sgt. Park is the husband of Mrs. Kathleen Park, 342 Davidson st. 2 uw =» :

SECOND LT. HENRY WEBB, copilot of a Flying Fortress, has been awarded an oak leaf cluster to the air medal for “exceptionally meritorious achievement” in combat operations over Europe. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Webb, 5142 Madison ave. and thé husband of Mrs. Viola M. Webb, also of Indianapolis, Lt. Webb has been in the service since Feb. 15, 1943. He was formerly employed by the Allison division of General Motors. A brother, Seaman 2-¢ Lloyd W. | Webb, is stationed with the eoast {guard in New York City. 8s a8 =

TWO INDIANA MEN today were listed as dead by the navy, and one was listed as wounded. The dead are Lt. (j.g.) Joseph Wayne Oberlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oberlin, Butler, and Cpl. James R. Sedier,

Lawrenceburg. Ship's Cook Donald Arthur Lee, husband of Mrs, Marguerite Louise Lee, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Rose Lee, Decatur, has been wounded. ‘ os 8 =

. SEVENTEEN HOOSIERS were included in today’s war department list of 776 U. 8. soldiers wounded in action, Those wounded while serving in the European area are 2d. Lt. Charles R. Christian, son of

husband of Mrs.*James R. Sedier,

Hill was employed by Kingman & Co., Indianapolis. 2 8 =

S. SGT. DOYLE L. BYERS, radio operator-gunner on an 8th army air force B-17, has been presented -an oak leaf cluster to his air medal for meritorious achievement while participating in heavy bombing assaults in Europe. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Noble Byers, Bedford, Sgt. Byers was formerly employed by. the Reliance Manufacturing Co., Bedford. His wife also lives there. ® 8 = S. SGT. RALPH A. NILES, husband of Mrs. Betty Niles and son of Arthur Niles; both of Rockport, has been awarded the second oak leaf cluster to his air medal.” He is a tail gunner with an.8th army air force Flying Fortress group. 2 " ” T. SGT. JOHN R. KNOX, engineer and top turret gunner with the 8th army air force B-17 group éommanded by Col. Willlam B. David, Calhoun, Ga., has been awarded an oak leaf cluster to the air medal for his part in bombing attacks supporting allied invasion forces France. The flier is the son of Mr, and Mrs. John Knox, Perryville, and before enlisted in the service, November, 1942, was employed by the Wabash River Ordnance plant.

GREWMEN OF B- 29'S " EXECUTED BY JAPS

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of the Japanese. The Japanese in effect was a reiteration of the earlier threat by Tokyo that any airman participating in an attack on Japan was taking a “one way ticket to hell.” ’ Some of the B-29's, in crashing, he said, brought death to their “plundering crew,” adding that other airmen had “parachuted to meet with the same fate which was meted out to the raiders of Tokyo some two years ago.” FCC monitors recorded nothing directly from Tokyo to compare with the Singapore broadcast. FCC reports of the broadcast said the speaker, unidentified, was introduced by a woman, apparently one of the Singapore station's regular announcers, who said merely that “here’is a special talk.” They said the speaker probably was a Japanese and had a tendency to be oratorical, which made the speech difficult to transcribe.

JACKIE COOPER TO WED

- HOLLYWOOD, July 15 (U. P.).— Starlet June Horne revealed today that she and her long-time beau, Jackie Cooper, now training.to become a deck ‘officer’ in the navy, will be married next February. - ~ °

—— MRS. NICHOLSON ELECTED

Mrs. Meredith Nicholson Jr., 4515 N. Delaware st., has been elected a director of the Child Welfare League of America for a term of three years.

———————————— \ MAN SLUGGED, ROBBED

Slugged and robbed of $33 by two men last night, E. T. Seats of 1940 |]

“eight miles west of -here, today| government. awd several of the occupants were| - ‘The Nazis arrested film in MoIB reported killed, >

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| Charles L, Ghrietan, Lafayette; I. 4th Gr, { J. Dobrowolski, son.

Lawre ave, Ee se]

WAR AT FRONT

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For England on War: “Dept. Project el

Gilbert E. Forbes, 4409 N. Pennsylvania st, commentator .. for ‘WFBM, has accepted 8 Faropean war correspondent’s assignment and left © Indianapqlis yesterday by plane. His duties will include interviewing Indiana servicemen in France

One of six U.-S. news broadcasters chosen for front-line assignments by the public relations division of the war department, Mr. Forbes will leave New. York today in a plane for England, where he expects to remain two weeks before starting his’ new job.

YANKS GAINING ON FRENCH LINE

Storm St. Lo, Lessay and Periers; Nazis May Be ‘In Bag.’

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SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1944

Big Demand Here Develops =

Sellers’ Market in Hémes

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since the war. They brought ‘the vacancy rate close to zero. And, because so many of these new people got good war plant jobs, they could afford, and did buy, homes. As the “For Rent” columns in the newspapers shrunk to almost nothing, it became increasingly harder to rent apartments or homes where children were permitted. Lartilords whose profits were limited by rent ceilings wouldn't rent to families with children because maintenance costs were higher, The result was that many families had to buy a home to have a roof over their

heads. Z Jump at Chance

Others who had always wanted to own a home of their own, or to have a better one, but had always been a little short of cash, jumped at the chance to buy. Some figured they might break even, or better, by buying instead of paying rent, hoping to get out of their house as much or more than they put in it when the war boom ends. Another source of demand comes from tenants who have had the house they were renting sold from under them. Some of these were “spite” sales, done to get rid of a tenant. But many .wére traceable to the refusal of the OPA to allow the owner to raise the rent,

f’ OPA records show that out of

every 10 cases where a. property

ing at the now quiet British ra of the French front, in which Gen. ‘Sir Bernard L. Montgomery hoped to inflict a telling” defeat on the] enemy. Details were lacking’ "United States assdult units bending back the coastal end of the German line advanced about a mile on a four-mile front, overran five outlying villages, seized the entire north bank of the river Ay from the seg inland beyond Lessay, and hit the edge of the town itself. + At the center of the American front, other assault forces moved forward up to two and a half miles on a four-mile line, seizing four fortified villages and stabbing within two miles of Periers. - A headquarters spokesman said a fierce battle for St. Lo was raging from the east, northeast and northwest. 100,000 Nazis Engaged An estimated 100,000 German troops and tankmen along the American front faced the threat of precipitate withdrawal to more solid defenses. A Lacking details\of the new drive against St. Lo, headquarters said, however, that “strong action” had been started to capture the town. Varying their tactics of the last few days, the Americans struck out at 5:15 a. m. (10:15 p. m. Indianapolis time), in a surprise attack without the customary. artillery preparations at St. Lo. Other American columns in a general advance along a 40-mile front from St. Lo to the west coast threatened to split the German line into three segments.

owner is denied permission to raise the rent, a petition for eviction follows in seven or eight cases. Many |tenants don't want to fight an evictioh notice in just hunt for another place ins Some of the demand has been increased through changes in OPA regulations obtained by real estate organizations. For example, in the beginning of OPA control, a buyer was required to make'a one-third down payment on a home. After vehement protests by real te boards who realized this would prevent many sales, the down payment was reduced to 20 per cent.

More Changes Made

Further changes were made In the law recently, The director may | order an eviction with Nss than the previous three-months waiting period, depending on the individual merits of the case and the landlord’s request. Moreover, the waiting period starts when the owner files the eviction petition with the OPA, not from the date the certificate of eviction is issued by the OPA, which is often several weeks later. The 20 per cent down payment no longer need be in cash although it must be secured by real estate and cash equal to the sum. If the real estate salesman can get the property vacated sooner, it will be easier for him to make favorable sales. . Real estate brokers are making good money. Sales are good, so are prices. “But why shouldn't we?” one salesman said. “We had some mighty lean years in the depres-

sion,” Deny Responsibility

| They are quick to deny, however,

CAPT. NEFF MOVED TO KENTUCKY SCHOOL

Capt. Albert Neft, former assist- ! ant professor of military science and tactics for Indianapolis high! schools and for eight years an R. O. | T. C. instructor at Shortridge high'| school has been transferred to Owensboro, Ky. where he will be P.M. S. & T. of the city schools’ there. With 20 years service in the regular army, the infantry officer has included duty at Ft. Harrison. His wife lives at 3462 N. Meridian st. and will join him later at Owensboro.

FIRE DAMAGES DWELLING

A fire of unknown origin burned one room and did considerable smoke damage to a two-story frame dwelling at 728 N. Delaware st. early this morning. No estimate of the damage has been made.

that they are responsible for the |increase in prices. The majority make 5 per cent commission. Selling a higher-priced house means a higher commission, of course. “But if our list price is very far out of line with the general market, it {takes more time and effort and ex{pense to sell it,” one broker said. ‘And with sales the way they are {today, it just “Isn't worth the trouble. It's more important for us to get out and get the houses listed for sale. Getting customers is easy. .We have to get the houses.” Landlords here are using the OPA virtually as a rent collection agency, according to OPA officials who cite figures to show that more eviction notices are sent out here than in cities of comparable or even larger size. In March this year 1676 eviction notices were sent to local ten: ants. OPA records show that during the same month Cleveland

{landlords sent out only 674, Cin[cinnati 714, Columbus 407, Grand

ito trouble.

there is nothing illegal about it,

amount of property sold. Whether the wartime peak

people moved away between June 2 and June 20 moved into the city.

Although such figures contain many duplicate requests, they show that the balance which prevailed earlier in the war has swung the otheg

Recording of Deeds Up

If the peak has passed, i has nol shown up yet in the number of

way.

deeds being recorded, which 87 °

probably the most accurate measure of sales. More deeds have been re« corded in each month this year than in the comparable months of last year. That many homes are selling for cash is shown in the number of mortgages being made. Although 1434 homes were sold this May, only 758 mortgages (under $20,000 each) were recorded, a smaller proportion than earlier in the war. What will happen from here on is anybody's. guess and -few will. venture an opinion. The National Association of Réal! Estate Boards expects “prices to stiffen further in 78 per cent of the 376 cities surveyed and maintain the present level in 98 per cent.” Some government officials are viewing the situation as one leading In a recent visit here, FHA Commissioner Abner H. Pers guson sald, “With over-lending and over-buying at high prices, it is hard to see any result but ultimate crash, wholesale foreclosures, new {mortgage moratorium laws, a new {HOLC to bail out lending institutions, with the final losses paid eventually by the taxpayer.”

Enthusiastic realtors, however, -

see a continuous good demand for homes, basing their hopes on a belief that post-war building costs will be higher, and on the likelihood of sales to returning services men assisted by government credit

and a prosperous era in general for several years.

Nazi Laments af Size of Materiel

By B. J. McQUAID Times Foreign Correspondent WITH U.S. FORCES, in the La Haye-du Puits sector, July 13 (Delayed) —"It it unbelievable what quantities of ammunition the American enemy employs to prepare his attacks. It puts to shame everything we have seen, including those of us who served in Russia.”

You can feel almost sympa. thetic understanding for the German officer who wrote these words in a letter home after you have spent a day wandering about our artillery positions on this fyid La Haye front. You also have a new insight into the reasons why the Germans fear American long toms and

howitzers more than any other

weapon. The writer of the letter, which was shown to me by an artillery colonel, was an unusually brave soldier, He was the last. man in his regiment to surrender. He had huddled three days in a foxhole under prolonged American artillery fire. The “tumult and crescendo” drove him almost mad, he had explained.

PROTECTING AND COMFORTING

Washington Park Mausoleum was designed by an expert mausoleum architect and built of the most permanent materials — reinforced concrete— steel — stone — marble and bronze.

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The building will be heated in winter and air-conditioned for summer, affording comfort to visitors at all times.

You are invited fo come out and inspect the building at any fime, Here you have an opportunity to see for yourself the permanent construction of this beautiful mausoleum.

“SEEING IS BELIEVING”

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