Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1944 — Page 2

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"fines Attack; Yanks Gain On Guam, Tinian. By UNITED PRESS A powerful U. S. task force was

Tevealed today to have struck in the western Carolines as invasion forces

.eontinued their conquests of Guam |

and Tinian and a major battle ap“peared to be shaping up between American troops and trapped Japanese on British New Guinea. Adm. Chester Nimitz revealed in ‘a communique that carrier-based planes hit enemy bases on Palay, Yap and Ultithi islands in the Carolines Monday and Tuesday, singing 10 vessels, shooting down five planes and destroying 21 on the ground. Five American planes were lost. Adm. Nimitz listed as sunk one destroyer, an oiler, a destroyer escort or mine layer, seven small cargo vessels and “many smaller craft.” Peak Captured

Before beginning their drive southward, marines on Tinian captured Mt. Laso, 564-foot peak dominating the smooth, rolling plateau on the southern sector. They controlled one-third of Tinian after six days of fighting and were making a bid for quick completion of the con-

American casualties through Thursday were 159 dead, 441 Wounded and 32 mifsing against 2089 enemy dead and 62 captured. 2 A SIAL DRS RS i

captured 4500-feet . airstrip within bomber range of Tokyo, Nimitz said. On Guam marines and army troops continued their battle of annihilation against Japanese forces trapped on Orote Peninsula. A bitter and bloody pattle was impending on British New Guinea where the trapped Japanese 18th army made another unsuccessful attempt to break out and was believed preparing for a major counter assault, Although the! 45,000-man army, cut off from supplies and reinforcements by a ring of allied warships and planes around the coastal area, had been reported starving, United Press was correspondent Francis McCarthy reported from = Altape that enemy advance units were well fed and equipped with excellent arms,

Sink Jap Vessels, ‘Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com-

“munique disclosed that navy Ven-

tura bombers, sweeping over the Carolines, sank one 1500 ton vessel and damaged three luggers of a Japanese convoy 160 miles south of Truk. - The British admiralty announced that British submarines in far eastem waters sarik 21 more vessels. "British Indian force, driving invaders from Manipur state toward the Burmese border, captured three Japanese strongholds on the Im-phal-Tamu road. Planes of the 14th U. 8. air force in China continued widespread attacks on Japanese supply lines and military installations, a communique said. ,

Capt. Meredith of

Movie Fame, Here

ONE OF THE “MEN” in “Of Mice and Men” and something of a clay pigeon in his first movie “Winterset,” Capt. Burgess Meredith, is temporarily stationed at Stout field awaiting reassignment. Overseas for 10 months, the stage and screen star has been in the service for over two years. He enlisted as a private. He was with air force intelligence in Washington and with the psychological warfare unit of the supreme command in England. The wrote and acted in “Wel= come fo Britain” an army orientation film as well as “Salute to France,” timed for the Normandy invasion. His last appearance on the legitimate stage was in “Candida,” playing opposite Katherine Cornell. His last movie was with Ginger Rogers three years ago. Last month he married actress Paulette Goddard.

10 AP VESSELS

Our Losses Light in Caro-

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PFC. ROLAND PARKS, stationed Ra with - the infantry in Italy, was killed in that drea Feb. 23, according to word received yesterday by

his sister, Mrs. Henry Cochran, 1424 S. Kenyon ave, * Joining the army in Ocober, 1941, the 29-year-old infantryman went overseas in April. He was wounded Feb. € ol p and returned to duty a week later. Roland Parks Just a week after he returned to duty he was reported missing and his status now has been changed by the war department from missing to killed. , His brother, Pvt. Robert Parks, a member of the military police in

beachhead. Shipped overseas at about the same time, the boys attended school in . Scottsburg and worked at the Charleston powder plant before entering service. They met over there twice, once in Sicily when Robert was allowed to go to the front lines and personally give birthday congratulations to his brother. Double memorial services will be held in Scottsburg but the date has not been set, » # 8 PVT. HAROLD BROWN, husband of Mrs. Elsie Brown, 1001 N. Delaware st, was killed in France July

had been overseas since April and went to.France right after D-day. A graduate of Shortridge high school, he is.25 and was formerly

Sha ERE See Av ARSREDE AW Eron SEPA WC og chile ER ena * Wednesday night by the war de= 3

General Motors. He entered the service in October, 1943. Le Survivors, besides the wife, include the mother, Mrs. Inez Brown, three sisters, Marjorie, Betty and Mrs, Carl Ellis, and a brother, Robert, all of Indianapolis. His father, the late Garvin Brown, died several -years ago. » » » PFC. CHARLES FRANKLIN WEST, son of Mr. and Mrs, Ralph West, 22 S. Addison st., was killed June 22 on Sajpan. He was with an amphibious tank division and had been in the Pacific 17 months. “ Pvt, West was 22 and a graduate of Washington high school. A former employee of the Link-Belt Co., he entered the service Sept. 8, 1042, His parents received notification of his death July 14 and about a week later received a picture of their son, one that he had had taken in Hawaii last February, - Pvt. West was born in Fillmore but had lived in Indianapolis since he was 5. Survivors, besides the parents, include two sisters, Anita Jane and Betty, and a brother, Robert, all of Indianapolis. 2 8 = PVT. HERBERT KAUFMAN, son of Mr. .and Mrs. A, H. Kaufman, Terre Haute, formerly of 3726 N. Meridian st., was wounded in France on D-day and died the next day, June 7. A former student of Shortridge high school, he is a graduate of the Millersburg military institute, Millersburg, Ky. Pvt. Kaufman's father owns a theater in Terre Haute and was associated with several motion picture companies in Indianapolis when the family lived here. Survivors, besides the parents, include a brother, James, Terre Haute. # o o

SGT. GORDON I. CLAGHORN, son of E. L. Claghorn, 6500 E. 10th

Cherbourg and has been awarded the purple heart. He was clipped in the ear by a rifle slug, Sgt. Claghorn is a graduate of Warren Central high school. He is the grandson of Mrs. Julia Claghorn, R. R. 11, Box 670. » o ”

SGT. JACOB A. (DICK) SHIDELER, a veteran of more than four years in the Pacific, was seriously wounded June 28 in the Saipan campaign, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Shideler, 1122 N. Jefferson ave., were notified last night.

Italy, was kiled May 8 on the Anzio| §

3, his wife was notified Sunday. He].

Gordon Claghorn J. Wounded

Honored

Armor-Grimes Furnace Co. Two brothers, Pvt.

are in the service, serving overseas and Omer is stationed in Texas. Rudolph was wi an infantry division. .

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viously listed as missing in ‘action, is a prisoner of Germany, his pare ents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter W, Henry,

partment. A turret gunner, Sgt. Henry had been missing since May 28. He entered the. service in January, 1942, and has been overseas since April, 1944, = » 2

LT. WILLIAM O. BARNARD,

who had been missing over Austria since June 26, is a prisoner of Ger many, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Barnard, learned yesterday. Lt. Barnard’s parents live in New Castle, His father is a member of the public service commission, . The lieutenant had been based in Italy and had completed his 46th mission just before his capture. He had been awarded the air medal and four oak leaf clusters. LJ o =

SECOND LT. JACK F. STARKEY,

bomber squadron now operating from a base somewhere in Burma, has been decorated with the distinguished flying cross, ; Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Starkey, 1441 N. Alabama st, he was cited for “extraordinary achievement in aerial flight.” He had flown more than 50 missions over northern Burma. Lt. Starkey also. holds the air medal, » » 2

8. SGT. JOHN P. MEEHAN, who is completing his second year overseas, has received a commendation for outstanding performance of his duties at a 13th army air force advance heavy bomber base. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, John Meehan, 1323 Wade st., and attended Manual high school. “The small number of personnel on hand for duty has caused you to perform your duties without benefit of assistance while increased operations have multiplied the requirements of personal endeavor,” the commendation said. ® = 8

- CAPT. PIERRE B. AIMAN, 4919 N. Meridian st., was included in a list of 21 members of a U. 8. army unit in the European theater of operations, who have been awarded the bronze star. The awards were made for the unit's planning and training schedule in England before the invasion.

os » lJ FIRST LT. THEODORE W. SEDVERT, husband of Mrs. Dorothy May Sedvert, 533 N. Bradley ave, has been awarded the air medal and two oak leaf clusters. Stationed at 9th air force head-

Sgt. Shideler was at Wheeler field when the Japs attacked Pearl | Harbor. His brother, Chief Petty Officer George Shideler, husband of |

Mrs. Ruth Shideler, also of the Jef- | ferson ave. address, has served

SAY FDR IGNORED 2D |seven years overseas with the naval

SPOT BID BY LEWIS

WASHINGTON, July 28 (U. PJ). ~John L. Lewis suppqrted Wendell

Roosevelt in the 1940 campaign because Mr. Roosevelt “completely ignored” the mine leader’s proposal that he Be his third-term running mate, Collier's magazine asserted today. An article in the current issue of the magazine attributed the information to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. - The article, dealing primarily with Miss Perkins, said that her resignation had been In Mr. Roosevelt's hands since 1936 and that “she has frequently urged him to accept it.”

JAPS REVEAL BRACING PHILIPPINES’ DEFENSE

By UNITED PRESS The Japanese-controlled Manila ‘radio announced today that the cfvillian population of the Philippines has been - mobilized for defense “against enemy terror raids.” The broadcast; recorded by United

Press, San Prancisco, showed Jap- -_ anese anticipation of air attacks on the Philippines by American

DECATUR ENSIGN KILLED

DECATUR, July 28 (U. P.)\—En-. sign Bugene Leroy Friedt,” 25, for-‘mer-Ball State college and Decatur high school athlete, was killed in plane crash recently, according

fierce fighting was raging there to-

asd rs. Jack Priedt. shock units

air corps and now is in the United | States, s » -

PVT. HANS P. MENGERING, son

L. Willkie rather than Presidentjyof Mrs. Gertrude Mengering, 6175

{Carrollton ave. has been wounded in the European theater of war, it was announced today. » ” s PVT. RUDOLPH WEBB, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Webb, 3141 Northwestern ave., was wounded in action in France on an undisclosed date and is in a hospital in England. He has been awarded the purple heart. A native of Indianapolis, he is 19

Yanks Mass

ROME, July 28 (U. P.).~The | British 8th army, advancing yard by yard through bitter enemy resistance, stormed to within seven

while American and German forces to the west massed for the battle of Pisa and exchanged heavy artillery ped mortar fire across the Arno ver,

(A German communique said the front south of Florence and that

day.) : New Zealand tanks and infantrymen spearheaded the frontal drive on Florence, slugging directly up highway two against fanatically— , Nazi paratroopers and who fought to the death

British 7 Mi. From Florence:

miles or less of Florence today

allies opened an offensive on a wide

quarters he has completed 20 missions. He is a graduate of Technical high school and Butler university. His father, Herman W. Sedvert, also resides at the Bradley ave. address. Ed ” s S. SGT. ROBERT E. PEDIGO, son of J. Erman Pedigo, 1636 Hoefgen st, and Mrs. Mary E. Myer, 1825 8. Senate ave., and husband of

and formerly was employed by the Raymond

Webb Jr. and Pvt. Omer S. Webb, Raymond is

SGT. CHARLES L. HENRY, pre- |

a pilot with a 10th air force fighter-}.

Rudolph Webb Rupett Tumlin Wounded Honored

Earl ave, has been awarded the third oak leaf cluster to the air medal for meritorious achievement while participating in bombardment

An engineer gunner on the Liberator, “Profit Without Loss,” Sgt. Dill has completed 28 missions, inSudiig. two fo Berlin- and--one on

On a mission to Hamburg, his

Sgt. Dill fs the son of Charles W.| Dill, Indianapolis, and has a son, ! David C., whom he never has seen. . » » » THE NAVY today confirmed the previous report that Pfc. Roger| Francis McGuire, son of Mrs. Mary | McGuire, 839 Chadwick st., has been | wounded in action. X . ” = 2 “A CASUALTY LIST peleased toddy by the navy included two Hoosiers killed in action, one miss-

ing, and five who have been wound-

_The Indiana dead are: Marine Pfc, William E. Plake, son of Mrs. Francis Plake, Tipton, and Baker 3-c Daniel DeWitt Harper, brother of Russell Harper, Pt. Wayne. Aviation Radioman 2-¢ Jack Henry

Cooper Clevenz, Elkhart, was listedas missing in action. The wounded list includes Harry Ottoburn Clendenin, husband of Mrs. Pansy Clendenin, and son of Elzaduen Clendenin, Greenfield, and brother of Samuel Byron Clendenin, Anderson; Pharmacist’s Mate 2-¢ Jack Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, E. Mason, Beech Grove; Marine Pfc. Louis J. Rausch, son of Louis Rausch, Evansville; Marine Pfc. Richard A. Rausch, husband of Mrs. Richard Rausch, Richmond, and Marine Pfc. Richard Edward | Simonis, son of Mrs. Henrietta Simonis, Ft. Wayne. » » » ‘THIRTY-TWO INDIANA soldiers

are among the 1016 U. 8. men] wounded in action in the European | and Mediterranean theaters. In the European theater they are: Pvt. Raymond O. Barkey, son of Mrs. Martha Barkey, Roselawn; Pvt. Joseph W. Cates, son of Eli E. Cates, Anderson; Pfc. Lester R. Cowan, son of Mrs. Freida E. Cowan, La Porte; Sgt. Donald E. Fendley, son of Mrs. Lucinda D. Fendley, Ladoga; Cpl. Ivan J. Glancy, husband of Mrs. Helen M. Glancy, Poland; Pfc. James M. Goodwin, son of Mrs. Cora M. Goodwin, Bloomington; Pfc. Farland V. Hart, son of John E. Hart, Ft. Wayne; - Pfc.

John W. Kednay Jr., son .of John

John W. Manifold, son of" Mrs. Nellie Manifold, Pendleton. Also T. 4th Gr. Everett M. Milburn, husband of Mrs. Betty L. Milburn, Middleton; Pfc. Charles F. Mobley, husband of Mrs. Marguer-| ite Mobley, Rushville; T. 5th Gr. James F. Nute, son of Fred F. Nute, Bluffton; Pfc. Norman B. Smith, son of Mrs. George W. Smith, Owensville; Pfc. Elmer P, Watkins, stepson of Robert Earl Simes, Delphi; 8. Sgt. Harry Wilder, son of Harry E. Wilder, Evansville; Pfc. Denman E. Wolfe, son of Robert J. Wolfe, Salem; Sgt. Marvin L. Wright, son of Edgar R. Wright,

Mrs. Helen Pedigo, Greenwood, has! been awarded the air medal for: meritorious achievement in aerial; combat. | He is an armorer and gunner on| a B-24, “Silent Yokum,” and has participated in 16 missions over Germany, | In civilian life, he was a machinist at Lukas-Harold Co. He entered | service Oct. 30, 1942, and has been! overseas since April 2, 1942. ” tJ » T. SGT. RUSSELL C. DILL, husband of Mrs. Mabel Muse Dill, 1456

for Pisa Battle

from a network of hill positions and machinegun nests covering fhe southern approaches to the city, (A BBC broadcast recorded by NBC monitors said the New Zealanders wefe only six miles from Florence.) There was no immediate indica-~ tions that Pisa itself was under fire, despite warnings from 5th’ army spokesmen that the ancient city would be shelled if the Germans continued using its famous Leaning Tower and other buildings as artillery observation posts. (German broadcasts yesterday said a large allied fleet had been sighted off the west coast of Italy, apparently . maneuvering for an

amphibious assault on Genoa or La|

Spezia. There was no

Columbus, and Cpl, Frank E. Zelasko, husband of Mrs. Esther W. Zelasko, South, Bend. . . In the Mediterranean theater the wounded are: Pvt, Harry Baker, husband of Mrs. Mary D. Baker, Muncie; Pvt. Paul H. Balder, son of Mrs. Goldie Balder, Terre Haute; Pfc. Robert. D. Boling, son of Mrs, Leona R. Boling, Milroy; Pvt. Frank H. Brancamp, son of Mrs. Clara Brancamp, Greensburg; 2d Lt. Dale D. Collins, husband of Mrs. Ruth E. Collins, St. Joe; 8..8Sgt. Robert E. Cunningham, brother of Mrs, Katherine Slenker, Plerceton. Also T. 5th Gr. Cecil E. Ellis, son of Mrs. Fred Atkins, Terre Haute; Pfc. Earl Emery, son of Mrs. Marjorle M. Emery, Vincennes; Pic. Elma C. Hiatt, son of Mrs. Minnie L. Hiatt, Marion; T. bth Gr, Paris E. Hicks, son of Mrs. Eva G. Hicks, Jamestown; Cpl. Haymond V. Hurm, son of August J. Hurm, Meinrad; 1st Lt. Robert F. Spencer, brother of David E. Spencer, Charlestown; 8S. Sgt. Clay A. Teal, son of Mrs, Ruth C.. Teal, Muncié, and Pvt. Thomas A. Umek, brother of Cath-

plane was hit by flak, one engine was out, and a fire was raging in|

Wendell Cooper, son of Mrs. Blanche | being hit by a sudden gust of wind.

V. Kednay, Whiting, and T. 5th Gr.|}|

. - ; - T. SGT. JAMES O. HANESWORTH, son of Mrs. Laura Hanesworth, Kokomo; has been awarded the air medal for meritorious service while in aerial flight. He is a gunner on one of the Air Apaches’ Billy Mitchell bombers and has 54 missions to his credit. : : Sgt. Hanesworth has been granted a furlough. After a few months rest he. hopes to return to combat. He attended Kokomo high school and was employed by the Kingston Products Corp. Entering the army in November, 1943, he attended gunnery school at Las Vegas, Nev., and was then sent to the advance headquarters of the 5th army air force in New Guinea. 3

SPAIN SHIFT SEEN BY EX-ENVOY HERE

Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs. Don D. Johnson left Indianapolis yesterday for a new assignment, The Johnsons, who were visiting | the commander's sister, Mrs, E. E. | Martin, 2118 Wynnedale rd. were | married last year. Cmdr. Johnson {has been American naval attache | for air to Spain and Portugal and | his wife is the former Alvarez Cal|deron of Lima, Peru. | “The Franco government is not (too friendly toward Hitler,” Cmdr. rJohnson said; “and “the Spaniards | fear and distrust the Nazis but were (grateful for German help in the Spanish civil war. > “Up until the time I left Europe

SRT Th SRE. Sine oki the Hatter. sesti al AFaY:. somei¢enter. of the. “e Chey to “the | 2 Hitler

government, o wolild still be victorious. But when Americans landed in North Afyica, Spanish officials started to change.” The commander, a graduate of Shortridge high school and Purdue university, is the son of Charles Johnson and brother of Mrs. O.'R. Pfaff, both of Lebanon.

ARRANGE SERVICES FOR TREE VICTIM.

. FT. WAYNE, Ind, July 28 (U. P.). —Rites were arranged today for Mrs. Rosalind May Bracht, 44, who was crushed to death by a falling tree at Pokagon state park near Angola. Her husband remained in an Angola hospital, suffering a fractured leg and other injuries. The tree, weakened by a storm, toppled on them yesterday after

The Brachts and a son had been

vacationing at a lakeside cottage near Pokagon.

QUARTET TO PERFORM Known throughout the world for its rendition of Negro spirituals and gospel songs, the Ambassador quartette from Asbury college of Wilmore, Ky., will sing at 10:30 a. m. Sunday at the Shelby Street Meth-

battered German industrial and rail-

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Ploesti Oil Fields With Bombs.

LONDON, July 28 (U. P.).~—Almost 3000 American heavy bombers and fighters from Britain and Italy rocked axis Europe by daylight today, smashing at the vitals of the

many and the Ploest! oil fields in southern Romania. : Two thousand U. 8. 8th air force Flying ‘Fortresses, Liberators and fighters spearheaded the two-way blow, striking 68 miles southwest of Berlin at the sprawling Leuna synthetic .oil plants in the Merseburg area. Radio Berlin said the raiders also hit the nearby oil and aircraft centers of*Halle and Dessau. Seven heavy bombers and two fighters were lost, while five enemy planes were destroyed. Simultaneously, an estimated 500 Italian-based heavies, covered by strong fighter formations, heaped new devastation on Ploesti's hattered oil installations.

Lay Smoke Screen

The Romanian ground defenses threw up a terrific flak barrage and laid a dense smoke screen across the vital oil fields, but returning American fliers said their bombs touched off great fires and explosions through the target area.

erators bombed the Phlorina railway yards in western Greece. : Despite Nazi accounts of “furious air battles raging all across the

the Luftwaffe put up only defense, = %. § Anti-aircraft fire over the ‘targets was so thick, however, that at one stage of the attack the , American fighter pilots found their visibility dimmed by the black bursts of exploding flack.

Four Nazis Shot Down

One large formation of bombers and fighters was jumped by a group of 16 Messerschmitt 109's and FockeWulf 190’s during the six-hour flight. The enemy fighters barreled down through the bomber formation for one lightning attack, with swarms of Mustang fighters riding hard on their tails. At least four Nazi planes went spinning down in flames without the loss of an American ship. : The daylight attack followed a night raid- during which R. A. F. Mosquito bombers unloaded : scores, of 4000-pound blockbusters on the

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ARRANGE CARD PARTY The church will sponsor a public card party at 8 p. m. tomorrow .at the church, St. Clair and. Park ave.

odist church, 2900 Shelby st. The Rev. Bennie T. Morgan is pastor.

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LECKRONE TO SPEAK TO LUTHERAN CLUB

Walter * Leckrone, editor of The Indianapolis Times, will speak at the noon luncheon meeting Tuesday of the Lutheran Service club

Walter H. Vahle, of the Indisna Wall Paper and Paint Co., newly appointed chairman of the club's program committee, will introduce

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