Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1944 — Page 3

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Invasion of Fatherland Threatened; Soviets 8 Miles Away.

{Continued From Page One) enemy units in savage hand-to-hand figh

(An Atlantic radio broadcast re-

ported by the Stockholm newspaper Morgontidningen said the Russians had crossed the border into East Prussia at Eydtkuhnen and Lyck in

an advance along the Kaunas-Ko-|

nigsberg railway. Atlantic said the crossings had been confirmed by the Moscow radio.) Soviet mobile artillery began pouring a torrent of steel and explosives into fortified East Prussian border towns, while ground forces surged westward from newly. captured Didvytziai, Vilkaviskis and Widgiry, all eight to 11 miles from the boundary, in a powerful drive

along both sides of the Kaunas-Ko-

nigsberg railway. 122 Miles From Silesia

Some 350 miles to the south, Marshal Ivan S. Konev's 1st Ukrainian army also was smashing westward toward the pre-war frontiers of Germany, with one column penetrating to within 122 miles of the

heavily, industrialized province of

Silesia,” Soviet authorities were silent on .the progress of the battle of Warsaw and the fighting for crossings

"of the, Vistula river south of Warhad report-| in the mh.

saw. Front Be as fa

move to outflank the Polish capital

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western Poland. (German broadcasts said the Russians .had crossed the Vistula and reached Staszow, 13 miles beyond the river, 26 miles northwest of Rozalin and only 100 miles from Silesia, but claimed the Soviets had been thrown back across the river by a Nazi counter-attack.) Many roads were found choked with trucks and arms abandoned intact. In one sector, Soviet tanks destroyed a German military train en route to the front, while in another, a German battalion—normally 1000 men—was completely destroyved while marching slong a road.

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Muncie Strike

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turn to work. The plant manufactures bombs and rubber parts for the aviation industry. Work was resumed at the Marion plant of the Anaconda Wire & Cable Co, following a wage dispute which had kept 1100 employees, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (A. FP. of L.) idle since last Friday. The back-to-work movement came yesterday when workers were told that the company would join the union in an appeal to the war iabor board from a recent directive. The company also pledged that a new incentive system would be instigated as soon as possible. The WLB will be asked to approve 5-cent and 8-cent differentials for second and third shift workers, a spokesman said.

RINGLING SHOW BILLS

2-DAY STAND HERE

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, minus its big top.| but still billed as “the greatest! show on earth,” will show in the Butler university bowl Sept. 5 and 6. The circus will be the first public show at the Butler field since the army air forces college training unit disbanded at the school in June. Seating capacity of the bowl is 35,000, Before coming to Indianapolis, the show will play in Chicago for 10 days. It will reopen tomorrow in Akron, O. following the tragic fire in Hartford, Conn. where at least 160 persons were burned and trampled to death.

VICTIM CAPTURES BULB-SNATCHER

Juvenile aid “bulb-snatcher” to deal with today. Mrs. - Dora Kinsey, 220 Blackford st, had been missing light bulbs from her porch lamp every. day for the last week. Yesterday she put in another bulb and waited. Before long a young boy came up on the porch. Mrs. Kinsey took him in custody and held him until police arrived,

authorities had a!

“Three bio Spo, Coming i Soot:

Where and when hard-driving mand is wrestling, If the Japs had Within HOBIE Ad Sask: force Ange.

U.S. naval forces in the Pacific will strike next is the $64 question with which Japan’s new high com-

only three guesses, they’d probably

use. them up on the three areas circled above, which are now well

Hs Persona

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set up, including two socialists— the first move to trick the allies into a soft peace. But the allies refused to bite. Though still in the dark concerning the conference at Spa, they knew Germany was cracking. They redoubled their blows, political as well as military. While Foch hammered away harder than ever on the Western front, in the Balkans and the Near East, President Wilson, with equal sagacity, appealed to the peoples of the central powers to oust their leaders and get out of the war. On Sept. 30 Bulgaria signed an armistice. Turkey followed 30 days later. On Nov. 3, Austria-Hungary] bowed out. The kaiser fled to Holland on Now. 9 and 48 hours later |came the armistice. : | This chronology is important now. On the authority of both Prime:

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Asiatic waters “by the end of the year.” Rt Nor was he willing to predict a speedy internal collapse of Germany —he carefully refrained from that. So Churchill's prophecy of “soon”

meaning within the context of his own speech. 1 Why, then, did he talk so irresponsibly when in the very same sentence he said: “I fear greatly

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- A, and { others can talk of European victory in 1944 if we go all out —the “if” that Churchill forgot—is the remarkable Russian summer offensive and the initial success of the invasion of France. And Churchill, in an apology yesterday for the delay In that invasion date, put in the past tense the grave emergency which still faces us. He accurately explained: “I do not believe this vast enterprise could have been executed ‘We had not the tackle, The the landing craft (60 types) be constructed in the United + « + he should have added shortage of landing craft is his “soon” victory, commander on every crying for more landing

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Secretary Ben it is clear that history may be on. the point of repeating—at least in its fundamentals. Already {it is believed the counterpart of the secret caucus at Spa has taken place, with Hitler in the kaiser's chair. There, doubtless, the hopelessness of his positicn was exand an effort has been

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AMERICANS OCCUPY

OFFICIAL WEATHER

RENNES IN BRITTANY

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east of Vire was described as more annoying than dangerous. Informed sources here said there was not the slightest indication of a slowdown in the American armored fan-out through Brittany. The double thrust to Rennes and westward in the coastal area was re-

the conquest of Brittany. Aside from road blocks and anti-

delay Bradley's tanks. It was regarded as “likely” that!g the Germans already were Sracust | ing their U-boats and personnel from such big Shoop ny St. Nazaire and Lorient, where p constructed great concrete eh to | protect the submarines from air attack, British Capture Vire

To the northeast, Gorrell said that the joint Anglo-American drive “is rapidly gaining momentum with Vire as the axis” “U. S. armor was executing a wide sweep southeastward from the Gavray-Percy sector and threatening to trap formidable German forces, including elements of the 2d panzer division, “The enemy is in full retreat toward the town of Vire,” Gorrell said, and a broadcast from Normandy said the British had captured the town and were pushing on southeast of the road and rail center, The German Transocean news agency quoted its correspondent at headquarters on the western front, Guenther Weber, as reporting that the situation was “critical” at the Breton end of the battlefront. Rennes, in addition to its importance as a main junction on the Paris-Brest trunk line, is the center of the Breton waterway system. |day.

garded as ending the first phase of |¢

tank screens the Germans might/) throw up in the rolling Breton yi oy countryside dotted with little gray M stone villages, there seemed to be nothing on hand or in prospect to Ok!

ial: 5. Weather Bureaus

All Dats in Central War Time “eee Ti5Y

; 3 13 Ta moa. Hi 1 2p moons

Precipitation 24 hours end. 7:30 a. m. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 ..... 2 Deficiency since Jan. 1

Assmrenennaten

The follewing. table shows jhe temperatures yesterda,

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CHINESE FIGHT WAY INTO HUNAN BASTION

CHUNGKING, Aug. 3 (U. P).— Chinese troops fought their way into the Japanese stronghold of Tengchung in western Hunan province today after American B-25 bombers had blasted wide gaps in

‘the walls encircling the city, a

Chinese communique reported. The Japanese lines defending Tengchung, key railway city west of the Salween river, were broken late this afternoon. Fliers of the 14th American air force had been bombing and strafing Tengchung for three days. They also had bombed the Tien-Ho and White Cloud airdromes in the Canton area, starting fires which were visible for 50 miles, Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell’'s communique said.

REPORT JORDANA DEAD

LONDON, Aug. 3 (U. P).~The German D. N. B. news agency reported from Madrid that Gen. Francisco Gomez de Jordana, Spanish foreign minister,.died to-

IN INDIANAPOLIS-EVENTS-VITALS

EVENTS TODAY WAC alr exhibit, second floor of L. 3.

Indiana C. I 0. Political Action comflee, A Amalgamated Clothing Workers a American Tesion auxiliary, 11th district, World War memorial, 7:30 p. m.

EVENTS TOMORROW

WAC air exhibit, second floor of L. 8. Ayres & Co. Foster-Hall quartet, musical program, Northwestern park, 7 p.m

Optimist elub, Columbia club, 12:15 p.m. Indiana Stamp club, Antlers hotel, Ts

MARRIAGE LICENSES

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Edw: les Gibson, 2, ar 1, of 19%

Ju inia Marie Peterson,

= Lewis Ha Walker, 22, of 3104 W. Jackson: heme ERE,

ny SE M, Taylor

45, of 3721 Schofield; Martha Beard, 36, of 3721 Schoeld.

Jossph Peer, ; of 1531 Bayes) Ruth Helen

of 1031 Ba wilisia* 1° Bincktord. 2 of Jas N 3p Ey ne Ty ‘William H. Woods, 18, of 1622 N. Arsenal;

Bg: Anna Louise Woods, 16, of 1730 Belle:

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Alsg Jeera, Cora 8. i, of 438 N.

William B. Law, 21, Camp Atterbury, Ind.;

Estat "Wiliam Pdwards, 38, San Obispo, Cal.; Hazy Elizabeth Keller, of 337 Down Clarence Arthur. "Jennin 53, R. Box 20909; e Ruth Davis, 4“, Rr R

Box 200, Willing 8. Nale, 30, U. 8. army, Cam Davis, N. C.; Mary Alice Houston, hy

pocdaiyville Lewi » Al de ne 8, exander army air base, Alexandria, Dorotha Alice Clar of 300 N. a Everett Charles Drury, 28, U. S. navy; Ma od Magdalene Davis, 22, Washing-

wits Jackson Edwards, 39, of 927 Southern; Gladys Lorene Barrowman, 35, of 936 Berwyn, Vernon Eugene Smith, 30, of 1438 Samoa; Pattiann Jeffers, 16, of 1526. Sheldon.

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BIRTHS

Girls Richard, Martha Bowers, at St. Francis. Walter, Katherine Jones, at St. Vincent's. ' | Earl, Nina Rensberger, at St. Vincent's. Rennsth, Evelyn Washburn, at St. Vine

- Nichia White, at St. Vincent's. Nia Irene Whitsett, at St. Yinomt's, ‘anor Stokes, at Colem Ru): Lillie Disney. at Methodist. Charles, Jane Watson, at Methodis ary Hyde, at 2018 ariindale

Betty Jean McDonald, 18, of 2321 Sta-(R

J fe Durlick, at Colem: Race, "Al PS » , Coleman. 10, al ps, eman., 5 ’ Rose Tem: Co!

Luis | Fred,

an. Robert, Delores Bn at Methodist. Hubert, Letha Buckner, at Methodist. y ura Cox. at Methodist.

re, ethodist, Horace, Florence Hunter, at Methodist. uel, Marie Methodist. Lynch, a + Mathodist,

ul, Mary Jerald, Bernadine Myers, at Methodist. bert, Bernice Schneider, at Methodist,

DEATHS William Lees, 71, at 1125 Polk st., cerebral embolism.

William Wiley Moore, t City, - monary. hemorr ours. TW lly, yu)

55, at 3233 N. Meridian st. p= Talis, Matthias DeWald, 80, at 1053 BE. Market coronary thrombosis.

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Msude B. Holmes, 48, at 4637 Ralston dr, earcinoma.

Mary E. Lee, 65, at 1430 E Vermont st., chronic myocarditis. John Homer Payne, 65, at City, arteriosclerosis. Joseph James Flood, 432, at City, hyperThomas Vi ke, 75, at 423 E.

rtension. as Sine alton, 76. at 1616 N. New

J a pt ™™ Rath Alice lice "Peacock, 31, at St. Vincent's, er MDa Nw Olean Aldora Miller, 35, at City, eareiBoys |r vats Ba 8% St. Francis. Cordie” M. Terry, 39, at City, sortic| CA Yai {EER 3. exzat v. wae at St, Vincent's, ; at Nerhion Noel, at St. [sede Bell 3. ot 1001 w Vermont st.,|

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A New Series of Stripes.

The Hardy Parktwists.

So—this is, in a sense—the revving _up of Fashion Park Suits for Fall— to give the season a Flying Start! So to speak...

They are of freshly loomed woolens— . the Suits have just come from the Designing Rooms at Fashion Park— (and the Fashion Park Designing Staff

is second to none in America—

skills and talents).

We choose to present these Suits — on a scale of outstanding value— featured at

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L STRAUSS AND COMPANY,

iction Is ‘Loose Talk," Denny Asserts

Generals Eisenhower and Bradley are begging for more heavy artillery, ammunition and trucks without which they cannot win “soon” and’ without which they must sacrifice many allied soldiers needlessly. Gen. Somervell, speaking only a few hours before Churchill, said that to meet the demands of our front commanders we must increase production in the second half of this year over the first half as follows: Heavy artillery 45 per cent, trucks 66 per cent, bulldozers 141 per cent, cranes 208 per cent. What Churchill’s half-truth did not include was the fact that the faster the allied offensives move, and the sooner the victory, the greater the expenditure of equipment and the vastly increased need for more,

our highest army, navy and production officials, shortages threaten to slow down the present rate of

our offensives—shortages in 320 vital categories, in 90 of which we have less than 50 per cent of minimum requirements fixed by front commanders. Our commanders are more definite than Churchill and more responsible. They expect European victory within g few months if we don’t let them down. But that is a big “if.” For we are now failing them as the production figures show, The allied fighting forces—with all their amazing heroism and skill —can win only as soon as the American and British civilian fronts give them the full weapons of victory, now lacking.

According to Gen. Somervell, and

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O N.k DAY

(1) Soft, distinguished Shetland types. (2) Sharkskin and Clear Face Worsteds.

Our young men in the Air Forces have a word for it—it's

"REVVING UP!"

"Revving up" a plane is to warm up the motor—getting it ready for the take-off.

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We forget that at our peril.

VICTORY

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candidate for the short U. 8. senate

term who is confined to the govern. ment hospital at Galesburg, TIL, for

treatment of an eye ailment, is doing his campaigning by letter, A message from him to State chairman John Lauer is being read

at all Republican rallies in the state. In it, Capt. Jenner expresses to “all’my good Republican friends in every district, my sincere and deep appreciation for the honor conferred upon me by the delegates at the recent state convention in me for U, 8. senator for the short term.” : If elected, Capt. Jenner will be granted a leave of absence to serve the remaining two months of the late Senator VanNuys’ term,