Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1944 — Page 2
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SUPPLY NEEDS GREAT IN FRANCE Lack of Equipment Seen As Big If in Winning Campaign.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—A general German withdrawal both in France and the Balkans—a retreat comparable to that along the eastern front—has become a distinct possibility. Now tha Gen. Eisenhower's forces have broken out of the Normandy bottleneck, the western front may soon be stretched to such a length that the Germans will not be able to find reserves to defend it. Failure to contain the allies within the Cherbourg peninsula is com-
SEER
Col. Edmund W. Starling
BODYGUARD OF 5 PRESIDENTS DIES
parable to the failure to capture {submit their resignations to Man-
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Stalingrad. That is why the Nazis fought so desperately. Unless the Germans withdraw from western and southwestern France to more defensible positions —such, for example, as the old Maginot line—they may ‘soon find themselves exposed to precisely the |
‘Roosevelt, Hoover Mourn Loss of Col. Starling, Friend of Famous.
Roosevelt and former overtook the French, the Belgians | president Herbert Hoover today and the British when the shoe Was |, eq the death of Col. Edmund. on the other foot, back in 1940. W. Starling, friend of five PresiTurks May Enter War dents. |
. - . . , { In the Balkans they face & similar| giarjing 60, had been in ill-health!
“predicament. - ‘The Turks may enter’ for several weeks and when his con- | . the war any time,
} « |. dition developed into pneumonia on| A pincers movement, therefore, from the direction of Turkey dn the
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would seem to be a retreat perhaps widow, received a telegram from as far back as a line from Trieste, president Roosevelt. thro the Iron Gate of the Danugh G Guard for Three Decades
ube to the Carpathians.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (U. P.)—|
| July 14-he was removed to St. Luke's > 4 hospital, where he died yesterday. 1 "." one side, and Jugoslavia on the oth- | The body is to be cremated today |
“Tgrocery operatar,
As First Move Toward
Peace.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 4 (U.P).=— The Finnish Riksdag unanimously elected Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim president of the republic today, culminating ‘a portentous government shakeup that was expected to take Finland out of the war, ’ ’ Mannerheim's election was voted by the Riksdag ai a perfunctory session that lasted only a few minutes, after which the deputies ad[journed until mid-afternoon when {Mannerheim was to be sworn in as | president. Members of the outgoing govern-
ment of ex-President Rysto Ryti and Premier Edwin Linkomies will
nerheim at the oath-taking eceremony, after which he may announce {the names of his new government. Reports that Russian and Finnish representatives already have begun peace negotiations appeared premature, since the new government would have no authority un it has been sworn in. : However, reports that small German forces have begun evacuating southern Finland gained more
credence. : /
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contempt charge yesterday after a hearing before Judge Robert C. Baltzell, * - : Tharp, who failed to appear when subpenaed as a witness in a recent
MANNERREI 18 FINN PRESIDENT
{Unanimous Election Is Seen
Talk With Stain ~~ Exile Premier
. MOSCOW, Aug. 4 (U. P.).—Stanislaus’ Mikolajczyk, premier of the Polish exile government, emerged in excellent spirits but non-commit-tal from his first conference with Premier Marshal Josef Stalin early today, © Mikolajeayk carried with him from the Kremlin a batch of typewritten sheets, but there was no indication: whether they contained Soyiet proposals or merely constituted a report of the conference. Though he declined to comment or answer questions, Mikolajczyk’s Jovial -mood indicated that some progress toward an eventual rapprochement between the two governments may have been made.
"No Indication of Action At the same time, it was possible that at this initial session Mikolajezyk only expressed his hope that & solution could be found to the
_ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIM
{ Turkey’s successful defiance of Ger-
HINT SATELLITE REBUKE TO.
Ankara: Hears: 3 Balkan Nations Refuse to End Turkish Ties.
ANKARA, Aug. 4 (U.P).—Private reports reaching Ankara today said Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania have, refused a German request that they sever relations with Turkey. / The Nazi request followed - key's break with Germany Wedn day. Apparently = emboldened by
many, the three Balkan satellites rejected the proposal out of their traditional friendship’ for their Balkan neighbor, it was said. Most sources here believed Bulgaria, and ultimately Hungary and Romania, soon will attempt to withdraw from the axis orbit and make peace with the allies: Bulgar Envoy Pays Visit Marko Balabanov, Bulgarian min-
Polish problem and Stalin re-stated his desire for an independent Poland. There were no indications of the next steps on Mikolajczyk's agenda, | but observers here believed he must
ister to Turkey, was understood to have visited Prime Minister Sukru Saracoglu during the past week and assured him of Bulgaria's high. esteem and friendship. . Japan also was. expected to con-
Natis Fall Back To River Mile From Florence
ROME, Aug. 4 (U. P)—Triumphant British troops cracked through the German hill defenses southwest of Florence today and battered the retreating enemy back to their last natural defense line
astride the narrow Ema river, only a mile from the city's edge. Veteran New Zealand infantry- | men tore open the bristling Nazi lines late yesterday. | Official reports said the Germans | were bracing for a last bloody | stand on the Ema line, but allied | cannon already were pounding the Arno river crossings behind them and the fall of the great renais-| sance art center appeared imminent, Under Artillery Fire
(The German DNB news agency | said Florence had been under violent artillery firé since noon yesterday and asserted allied shells were crashing into the heart of the | city.) . oo Headquarters spokesmen said | the fanatical German defense of Florence already had cost the enemy 5000 prisoners, in addition to | thousands of killed and wounded, |
BAND AND BROOKSIDE PRO
Selections by the :Murxt Temple Shrine band and vocal numbers by the Murat Chanters will feature a program at 8 p.m, Sunday at Brookside park. The band will play “Stars and Stripes Forever,” ° ericana,” «Blue Danube,” “Army Air Corps
Trombone,” ‘March Militaire "11" “Intermezzo,” “Raymond” and “The
My Country,” ““Annie Laurie,” “Lift Thine Eyes,” “Dreamland,” “Deep in My Heart,” “One Alone, “A Little Close Harmony,” “Land of Hope and Glory” and “Service Medley.” A community sing will be led by
~|of Poland, before coming to any reason to break.’
i N. Penmaes 4s fined $50 on a
reach an understanding with the tinue relations with Turkey. -Sho new Polish Committee of Liberation, {Kurihara visited Saracoglu Monday which: Russia has recognized as the land was reported reliably to have civilian authority for liberated areas{informed him that Japan saw no
agreements with the Soviets. | Musaffer .Goker,. Turkish-ambas-| ~ Mikolajecayk’s conference with sador to Japan, visited Kuribara Stalin began late last night .and|Wednestiay preparatory to departlasted for.two and a half hours.» [ing for Tokyo the next day. ; [+
T.T0 HEAD ROCHELLE HUDSON ..
“HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4 (U. P.).—. HOLLYWOOD, Aug: 4 (U. P.).— Jean Hersholt, film and radio |Rochelle Hudson, screen star who player, is the new president of the is said to resemble the immortal Mark Twain Association of America, Ramona, today Has been adopted succeeding the late George Ade, by the Kawias' Indian tribesmen
TWAIN -GROUP-ADOPTID TV" MDIANS
_that the allies intend to apply the _ licked the kaiser.
. billets. He never gave them a min-
As in Russia after Stalingrad, however, the Germans will have to
be prodded. They will require the| ‘same hammering they have been
receiving for several months—and then some. : More ships, more planes, more tanks, more munitions of all kinds will be deeded. The war has entered its decisive phase, Our opponent is groggy.
‘We Can Land K. O. Punch
We can land a knockout of we] have the punch. But if we ease up, even for a single round, he may get his wind back and once more place the outcome in doubt, It is no longer a military secret
Foch technique—the plan that
In 1918, Marshal Foch hit the Huns on-the Marne, pounded them in Picardy and in the Argonne. He shelled their lines of communications and bombed them in their rest |
ute’s peace. “How,” Von Hindenburg complained afterwards in his memoirs, “can you expect troops to fight— even when they are as good as our
Mr. Hoover had been in touch
| his illness, as had leading national officials and other friends including Gen. H, H. Arnold, head of the army air forces, and J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the federal bureau of in- | vestigation. : - Startling was a White House guard for nearly three decades. He guarded Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Mr, Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt, Starling was an incredible pistol shot and could keep a tin- can tumbling 40 feet in front of him while he shot from the hip. His southern drawl was gently disarming. To him all men but highest officials were “pard-ner,” and his range of friendships ran the gamut from bootblacks and paperboys to kings. Talks to King, Queen
When King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain came to the United States in 1939 the king said to him one day: “I understand, colonel, that you knew my father.” Starling didn’t bat an eye.
own lords of the battlefield—if they are never allowed to rest?”
Hard on Attackers, Too
But the Foch technique is almost as hard on the attackers as it is on those attacked. And certainly it requires far more in the way of! assault equipment, On board our LST between England and France, I talked with many of our sailors. In Normandy
“I did, suh,” he said gravely, “and if you make one-half as good a king as yo’ addy, you'll be all right.” Starling had much ‘affection for Calvin Coolidge and referred to him as “the little fellow.” He taught him to fish.
HOTEL PYROMANIAC FACES LIFE TERM
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 (U.P).
I did the same with our ground and
—George
Holman, ° 49 - year - old
"air forces. Everywhere it was the|
same. Everyone of them wanted to| NE8T0 cafe owner, faced life imget it over quickly so they could Prisonment today following his go home, conviction on 22 counts of murder To do that, they were working 2% the pyromaniac who set the and fighting around the clock, eat- | NeW Amsterdam hotel fire that ing their K-rations or whatever claimed 22 lives last March 27 in food came to hand, and sleeping in San Francisco's worst disaster since
{OPA case, told Judge Baltzell that
with Starlings condition throughout (he forgot to report in court because cently,
of urgent business. | “The fine will give you something to think about before forgetting to |appear next time,” the judge said. A request for probation for Homer Jackson Boren of Central |City, Ky., was revoked. Boren was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison several months ago when he was convicted of transportation of a stolen automobile across state lines, but the sentence was
recently in Evansville when he was convicted of petty larceny in a purse snatching case. In other court actions Warren C. Stanley of Dayton, O. who was icharged with violation of the national motor vehicle theft act, was
Kentucky federal court for trial The case of Forrest E. Smith of Terre Haute, charged with tsgansportation of a stolen automobile across state lines in 1942, was referred to the probation department. Judgment © was withheld on Smith's case in 1942, but later he was convicted on a charge of theft of an automobile in Terre Haute. {He recently was released from the {state reformatory - after serving a two-year term.
'Tank-Dozer’ Aids
Allies in France
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (U, P). —The allied battle through the hedgerows of Normandy was dided by a new U. S. army “tank-dozer” equipped with a powerful blade that can snap or push over trees up to 18 inches in thickness, the war department revealed today. The tank-dozer has a huge three and a half ton bull-dozer blade mounted on an M-4 Sherman tank, combining the terrific work
suspended. He violated probation}
ordered removed to the - eastern).
Indiana humorist who died re-
Hersholt recently was re-elected head of the America-Denmark relief and the Motion Picture relief fund of America. .
and named Leaves.” Miss Hudson will be privileged to roam the Kawias reservation site in the Jacinto mountains near
“Princess -Laughing
forcing them to bring in strong re- | inforcements from other fronts, including at least one. veteran division from the Russian front. {
MRS. BRUNO TO HEAD MARGHERITA- SOCIETY:
The Queen Margherita society has elected Mrs. Phiolmena BRUNO |
a a 25, Olegident. QLDET ta pho d gas W Mrs. Rose ~ Moriarity; .yice president: Mrs. Anna Neese, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Edith Detrainé, financial sec-| retary, Mrs. Frances Navarro, treasurer; | . Mrs. lone Ressino, publicity agent; Mrs. | Betty Mazza, honor guard, and Mesdames | Providence Sansone, Marie Mortocel, Carl Gatti, Josephine Calabrese, Flora Gammeri and Amelia Maddalina,
CARD PARTY SLATED Sahara Grotto's Revellers auxiliary will sponsor a public card party Tuesday night at the Fountain
Tuesday thy Friday _______9:45
trustees.
Palm Springs.
The spirit that won
Haworth’s - collection numb many volumes on United Sta
their clothes if and when there came a lull ° --Nor-did they have to be driven.” Universally and spontaneously. | they sensed they had a job to do and the quicker they did it, the| better, | The thing that griped them most | was the news of strikes and other | production slowdowns over here. They knew that without proper equipment the war would be prolonged and with every extra day it lasted, just that many more of them would never go home.
COAST GUARD MARKS ITS 154TH BIRTHDAY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (U. P).— The coast guard celebrated its 154th | birthday today with tributes from Adm, Ernest J. King, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and its own com- | mandant, vice Adm. Russell R.| Waesche, who revealed that 60.000 coast guardsmen are now directly opposing the enemy in every major | war theater, The coast guard dates back to Aug. 4, 1790, when congress created the revenue-marine service, later the revenue-cutter service until 1915, when it was blended with the lifesaving service into the coast guard. Its largest regular armed vessels today are 327-foot cutters carrying S5-inch broadside battéries. It is the "oldest armed sea force in the western hemisphere.
200 HAWORTH BOOKS GIVEN TO BUTLER
torical collection of the late Paul Haworth, former” head of the department of history and-political science at Butler university, have been presented to that school by his wife, Dr. Roy M. Robbins, present department head, announced today. An guthor in his own righ}, Mr.
; and history, government and
- Mrs. Haworth makes her
world affairs. He was on the Buf-| “ler faculty fram 1922 until his death
the 1906 earthquake and fire, A superior court jury of seven men-and five women~ returned the multiple convictions late last night after deliberating for 7', hours, and recommended that Judge E. P. Murphy sentence Holman to life
power of one and the striking power and protection of the other. “In "Normandy, it was used to slash passages through earth walls and hedgerows where Nazi soldiers: had taken cover to oppose allied
imprisonment.
attacker with machineguns, mortar and tank fire. ’
WAR ANALYSIS—
Allies Begin to Fight Battle
Of France
By LUDWE Scripps-Howar
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Gen.
caught the enemy off guard. The best proof of that is the speed of the advance and the almost total lack of resistance.
the opposite of Montgomery's extreme caution on the eastern or Caen
sector. But more than daring or luck
Allied intelligence reports had re- |
vealed that Brittany never was as well defended as Normandy, and that many if not most of troops in former area had been drawn intoB the Norman line to bottle up the invasion. Thus when the American 1st army finally broke through at the Avranches el- : | bow, Bradley was _ Mr. Denny able not only to swing several col-
'umns east to outflank the enemy's Norman line but also was free to!COSt in men, équipment or time
hurl two columns across Brittany, one west and the other south. , This westward thrust has sealed off
the Brest road. Even more spec-
i tacular has been the successful race| We are getting much for little,
i | southward to Rennes; which now
continues in the direction of the |estimated four “enemy. divisions in Nazaire and that area we probably shall continue
| Loire bases of St, | Nantes.
Rennes, as the transportation hub| Meanwhile the main battle is still] ¢ is of in the Caen sector. At least the strategic importance whether -the enemy thinks so, or he would not| ° red fighting swings west toward Brest have : or east toward
LE the Breton” peninsula,
or south to the Loire Paris.
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the secondary port of St. Malo Would gain on balance. So the best
an i | i Nearly 200 books from the his. | d rolled well beyond Dinan on | part of the picture is the .small cost
The reason. American troops are
northeast—is clear enough. They of a giant hook toward Paris,
on Own Terms
LL DENNY d Staff Writer Bradley's sweep across Brittany
It was a daring move
was involved.
‘are preparing to fight the battle of France on their own terms. | If they cut off the Breton penin'sula, that will protect their rear from counter-attack as the battle (shifts toward Paris. It also will give {them the space for wide maneuver, (So essential for a mechanized army the size of the A. E. F. | Finally, if they can occupy St. | Nazaire and Brest, they will rob [the enemy of his best submarine {bases and obtain major supply bases.
Cost Must Be Counted
As in any military operation the | cost must be counted. Success in Brittany would be failure if the was excessive. If a considerable
{portion of the allied strength were {spent. or confined there, the enemy
[to date,
{and if there are no more than’the
to do so.
concentrated such strength
long. However spectacular the cap-
j roms Berlin—southwest instead of big allied achievement is the start |
there and held off thé British so
; ture of Rennes and the thrusts| ‘racing ‘in the opposite direction (toward Brest and. St. ‘Nazaire, the|
what women can
Colonel says it.
the Army
A AIR FORCE OFFICER came in for his routine checkup and was surprised to find a Wac in charge of the Link Trainer. “Why, that’s no work for a woman!” he said.
“I've been trained for it, sir,” the Wac answered with a smile. “And if I can’t do it, I don’t belong in this man’s Army.” This Wac spirit isn’t just one of brag or pride in the Corps. It's a spirit of confidence.
For the WAC hasn’t been given jobs, it has won the right to do them. When the WAC was first organized, there were only four jobs the Army thought women could handle.
But the WAC rolled up its sleeves and showed the Army
do.
Job by job, they demonstrated their aptitude, their earnestness, and courage. -
And the four jobs grew into 239. Today, wherever you find a Wac on the job, you find a job well done. G.I. Joe says it. The
Winning recognition for gallant service
Square hall.
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Checking Air Force Officers in Link Trainers
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Sending combat orders ro bomber crews
Good soldiers. oo
And the General says, “I wish we had a million more Wacs!”
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