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New Inilislries to Remain, F
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Speaker Assures.
By SHERLEY UHL Times Staff Writer
LAFAYETTE, Aug. 7~Not a’
single major Indianapolis war in-
dustry intends. to fold up quietly ;
and steal away in the post-war era, Joseph E. Cain, Indianapolis chairman of the council of economic des velopment, told a state C. E. D. conference here today. “In all my conversations with In-
Mr. Cain, executive vice president of P. R. Mallory & Co. of Indianapolis, “the emphasis has been on
plant expansion, not retrenchment. & -:. “Most: of qur manufacturing units already. haye mapped extensive and-Si "practical -
reconversion programs. Some are still working out solutions
per cent for retaining whatever war-developed industries are now located in Indianapolis.”
Job Figures Given He briefed the over-all industrial employment figure for the state capital as follows: “Fifty-seven thousand employed in 1940; 130,000 employed during the high-water mark of the war boom period; 75,000 an-
immediate post-war period.”
Confers With Leaders Here
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“There'll be no news from these conferences” Herbert Brownell Jr. (center), G. O. P. national chairticipated. to be employed in the! man, said today as he conferred here with party leaders. “What we decide on will be revealed by our
actions during the next three months.”
On the left is G. O. P. State Chairman John Lauer, and on the
The statistical slack from the war | right is Republican, Gubernatorial Nominee Ralph Gates.
peakpeak to the post-war “norm” will not actually be too drastic, Mr. ! Cain predicted, because of three! factors: Thousands of women will! return from the assembly line to the kitchen; hordes of under-aged' and over-aged workers will g0 back to school and retire, respectively; an indefinite psychologic trend toward post-war travel to out-state areas will cut down the numbers wanting jobs, Mr. Cain said the Indianapolis C. E. D. is now making additional surveys of the city’s service industries, covering retail and wholesale trade.
Charts Back Forecasts
A veritable brain-frust of business leaders from 36 state communi-
ties, spurred by . rapid-fire - allied
victories, ‘conferred here: on what | they considered the greatest economic knot Indiana has ever had | to untie. Theirs was no “pie-in-the-sky” approach, since most of them carried charts and statistics to back up their optimistic predictions. Much of the emphasis was on the developmént of revolutionary postwar gadgets, details of which were
Brownell
CLAIMS INDIANA ONDEWEY'S SIDE
Says Nominee’ Capable of Handling 1
Peace Problems. By EARL RICHERT
Governor, Dewey, if elected Eres [0.3.05 the Catholic chureh, the |
dent, will utilize “the best brains’ of the country without regard to! partisan politics” in the winning of | the peace, Herbert Brownell Jr! |G. O. P. national chairman, de !clared at a press conference here! today. “The job of winning the peace! he said, “is a hard one. It will take teamwork. You don't need to! listen to promises on this, all’ you need to do is .to look at Gov-'
enor Dewey's record. He's select. | ed the best qualified men to help!
Churches, Civic Groups Plan Sane Peace-Day Observance
By E RIVERS MILNER
Church Editor Indianapolis civic and religious groups are taking steps “to prevent undignified and pagan celebration” on the day when peace arrives. ,
With the approval of Mayor Tyndall and sponsored by the Indisn- ‘Germans had drained off a major {portion of their strategic reserves
'apolis Church. federation and its executive secretary, Dr. Howard J. | Baumgartel, a planning committee will meet Wednesday afternoon in| the federation office. Representatives of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Cham{ber of Commerce, the A. P. of L., the;
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BATTLES RAGE | FROM KRAKOW TO E. PRUSSIA
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stand on Approaches | .. To the Reich.
By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent
MOSCOW, Aug. 7.—The
in books. of ‘poor flying weather, and
off again.
summer offensive raged on the approaches to East Prussia, Warsaw and Krakow today as the Germans hurled “substantial” reinforcements of mechanized forces, infantry and aircraft into. an all-out effort to protect their eastern borders. (Polish underground forces, aided by 12-year-old boys who attacked German tanks with Molotov cocktails, have recaptured the Zoliborz
frontline area, showing exactl
Officers stood or squatte
HOOSIER VAGABOND—
'I'd Have Given All I've Ever ‘Had to Be Farther to Rear’
By ERNIE PYLE
Times War Correspondent
| when we broke out of the Normandy beachhead, began in the bright light of midday,.not at the zexa.hour of a bleak. rand. mysterious “dawn as attacks. are supposed to start
The attack had been delay ed from day to day because . known for sure till after breakfast whether it was on or
When the word came that it was on, the various battalion staffs of our reginient were called in from their command posts for a final review of the battle plan. Each one was given a mimeographed sketch of the
bomber was to hammerthe German lines ahead of them. Another mimeographed page was filled with specific orders for the grand attack to follow.
orchard behind a ramshackle stone farmhouse of a poor French family whg had left befgre us. (Continued on Page 9—Column 1)
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district in northern Warsaw and are| continuing bitter fighting to the! south, Gen. Bor, leader of the partisan army, reported in a communique to London today.) . Front dispatches indicated the
RAIDERS SINK 11 JAP VESSELS
27 More Damaged in BoninVolcano Blow; Sansapor
from the reich itself for a. “do-or-die” stand before.their easternmost province and the two largest Polish
_Negro Federation 1VAke) group and ministerial association have reseived invitations
Garbled Orders Orders Sent Sick Men Back to Fight In" Burma.
Dr. By DARRELL BERRIGAN
‘ands “of East Prussian men and
| youths,” were digging frontier forte
carefully concealed for fear that United Press Staff Correspondent
competitors might find qut about them. Some of these inventions will be
him in every he’s ever had. T “There is io such thing as an | Phasized the urgent necessity to
indispensable man,” he said in an- |COntinue, simulaneously, the unflagswer to a question as to whether SINE prosecution of war work,
Gen. Frank D. Merrill's Marauders, | who gained fame with a 700-
NEW DELHI, Aug. 7.—Few of Lt, and sometimes thousands of Janae iinstead of by miles, and the: pa
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placed on display at a state-wide C. E. D. meeting in Indianapolis next month, Clarence Jackson, executive vice president of the state chamber of commerce, - expressed “pessimism” on the short-range picture, optimism on the long-range picture.
BULGARIA REPORTED BIDDING FOR PEACE
ANKARA, Aug. 7 (U. P) ~The | Turkish government was reported in reliable circles today to be sounding out the allies on .a proposal by Bulgaria that she will withdraw from the war if the allies will guarantee her independence within pre- | war 1939 frontiers,
Premier Ivan Bagrianov of Bul-|ences were strictly on organization | this war does end, we shall not be
garia was reported to have transmitted through minister to Turkey Nikola Balabanov the Bulgarian request that Turkey act as intermediary in negotiations. Bagrianov's government was said to be ready to discuss the withdrawal of Bulgarian occupationary troops from Greece on the same basis,
STRIKE AT GLASS PLANT ENDS TODAY
MUNCIE, Ind. Aug. 7 (U. P.).— The 500 striking glass” blowers marched back to their jobs at the Ball Brothers company plant at noon today after voting a few hours earlier to end a three-week strike, More than 3500 workers were idle for several days because they refused to cross the A. F. of L. picket line. LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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anyone except Roosevelt could deal with Churchill and Stalin at the Methodist church pastor and chair-
peace table, {
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Here for Parley “Personal diplomacy throughout
the years has been a failure,” he ing when a peace-day celebration
continued. ‘Governor Dewey will, select the best qualified men and! bein in the country to serve in his inet and to advise him. He'll so see that all geographical secof the country are represented by agi administration-—contrary to the New Deal.” The 40-year-old national chair-|
"man was here for a day of confer- to plan a quiet observance with
ences with state Republican leaders, | including candidates, district chair- | men and county chairmen, He emphasized that the confer-
problems—to co-ordinate the na-| (Continued on “Page 3—Column 3) | |
TRUMAN ADVOCATES
WIDENING OF PROBES ‘Essentially Lazy’ Local Naval Commander Constructs Magic Mathematical Calculator With All the Answers
Makes Last Senate Speech
As Committee Head.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (U. P).— Senator Harry S. Truman (D. Mo.), in his farewell address as spokesman for the senate's special war in-’ vestigating committee, told the szenate today that congress should enlarge the scope of its investigations in the interests of its own power and prestige. “In my opinion the power of investigation -is one of the most important powers of congress’ the Democratic vice presidential nominee said. “The manner in which’ that power is exercised largely will determine the position and the prestige of our congress in the future. “An informed congress is a wise congress, and an uninformed congress surely will forfeit a large portion of the respect and confidence of the people.” Paying tribute to the accomplish‘ments of the committee which he headed since its inception March 8, 1941, Truman said it demonstrated what can be aceomplished through investigation by a committee of the He praised the work of both Democrats and Republicans on the committee as well as its staff and 9| advocated that in the future the senate be liberal in providing ample funds (for the prosecution of any
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Dr. John F. Eawards, Broadway | jungle trek to engage the Japanese |
in northern Burma, remained at the |
man of the evangelism committee! of the church federation commit-| tee, has been active in arranging|
for the Wednesday afternoon meet- tered morale.
Near mutiny occurred among the troops last May when: a garbled order sent many wounded and sick |® men back into the front lines before they had recovered, and time passed without fulfillment of an unauthorized promise that they would be relieved from active duty after three months to combat. Now, a large per cent cf the! volunteers were in India rest areas or en route home, on high) priority lists for rotation leave. The remainder have been incor-| porated into the allied forces at] Myitkyina, An investigation by Lt. Gen.| Joseph W.: Stilwell showed that when allied forces at Myitkyina be-
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committee will be organized. Dr. Edwards has material sent out by the Federal Council of ‘churches which suggests that both! ‘civic and religious meetings be held | to mark the cessation of hostilities. Many Indianapolis people will rei member the wild hysteria on Armistice day 1918, which moved the city
{churches open. They also recall that the President said in one of his | speeches: “I have a suspicion that when
in a very, very celebrating mood, a very celebrating frame of mind. I | eng Shot our main emotion will be grim determination that this Shall et happen again. p
Cmdr. Howard H. Aiken of In- F dianapolis, a former Harvard pro fessor who wasn't considered quali- | . fied for scholastic honors during his |. undergraduate days, presented the i world's greatest mathematical calculator to the university today, exe plaining that his own laziness was responsible for its invention.
The calculator, which is unlike any built, was presented to President James B. Conant of Harvard in the presence of high naval offi¢i= als, It will be used by the navy for the duration.
Employing a unique automatic sequence control, it will solve practically any known problem in ap= plied mathematics, carrying out solutions accurate to 23 significant figures, consulting legarithmic and other functional tables.
Adds in .3 Seconds
It can add or substract in .3 sec~ onds 'and solve intricate problems 15 to 50 times as fast as the most modern office equipment. “ff I hadn't bitten off more than I could chew. when I picked out a problem for my master's degree, I probably never,would have thought of. the calgulator,” Cmdr. Aiken’ said. “But being essentially lazy, I figured it would be easier to work out a solution on a machine than. on paper, 1 couldn't find any ma-
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{ fighting front near conquered Myit- | kyina today as army authorities |
sought to restore the unit's shat-| 11500 YANK BOMBERS
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E " st party ¢orrespondid that hundreds of thous- By UNITED PRESS American. forees: were revealed
today to have battered the Japa-| ifications along the East Prussian {nese along 800 miles of “inner de-| juries. Mi he Test > Sous, {fense” front in three days of land, e pu on said, “the first continuous line hundreds of kilometers |S® 20d air assault while U. §.] long was ready on the frontier.) |troops completed occupation of] Soviet gains on the immediate Sansapor on western Dutch New! approaches to East Prussia now Guinea, 600 miles from the Philwere being measured in hundreds ippines.
The three-day offensive destroyed {of advance was littered with Po or damaged 38 enemy ships, wiped {bodies of thousands of German | {out one town and advanced U. S.
dead, the wreckage of enemy .|lines to within five miles of the : paz jnorthwestern tip of Guam, a com-
| (Continued on “Page ‘3—Column 2) munique by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz disclosed.
Installations Battered The heaviest blow was struck by
HIT FRANCE, REICH planes and warships of a task force
LONDON, Aug.-7-(U. P.) Forces against the Bonin —-and- Volcane {of American bombers estimated at islands, about 600 miles southeast nearly 1000 strong attacked fuel: of Tokye, Thursday and Friday.|, tanks and depots, bridges and rail- Planes and warships sank 11 enemy road junctions over a wide area of iyocqels including a large destroyer | France today as a fieet of nearly and three destroyers or- destroyer | 300 other bombers roared up from lecnorts and damaged 27 other ves{Italy to hit. two synthetic oil plants sels. At least nine barges, two of (at Blechhamer in German Silesia, \ghem carrying troops, were sunk. 75 Wiles southeast of Breslau. Fnemy installations were battered | The two-way daylight assault|on five of the idlands. Nimitz re(against Germany's inner fOrtress|n neq that shellfire from surface icame less than 24 hours after 8th'|. gp destroyed the town of Omura | air force heavy bombers based in on Chichi Jimi. (England attacked the German ir. Fighter planes from the recently
icraft plant at Rahmel, 10 miles cu ~ . ptured airfield on Orote peninsula | northwest of the Baltic port of Gyd- of Guam island supported ground
inia, and went on to land safely at (Continued on Page 3—Column 2)
iboys, including © 30,000 “Hitler
American bases in Russia,
- {sign an oll agreem {an international oil’ JOU be set up 16 advise oe Negus RAE of Seopuen: su bution of
HOOSIER HEROES— 18 Indianapolis Men Casualties;
Five Are Killed
Eighteen more Indianapolis men,
BRITISH JOIN AMERICANS N DRIVE TOWARD PARIS; NAZI RESERVES SLOW RUSS
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‘Like Kansas Tornado’; Mop Brittany Up.
BULLETIN U. 8S. IST ARMY HEADQUARTERS, France, Aug. 7 (U, PP.) The American 5th army driving eastward into France from Brittany today repulsed the heaviest and most determined counter-at-tack the Germans have yet launched against the allied lines.
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, A. E. F,, Aug. 7 (U. P.) —Powerful American and British armies opened the battle for Paris today in a
‘co-ordinated offensive that
burst through the German Orne and Mayenne river lines less than 130 miles from the French capital while other U, 8. columns drove for a quick conquest of the great Breton ports after killing or capturing almost 17.000 of the 25,000 Nazi troops defending the peninsula. (Unconfirmed reports broadcast
11 of them fighting in France, have become casualties of world war IL
KILLED Sgt. James W. Caldwell, 1277 w. ‘Ray st., in South Pacific, Pfc. Francis E. Sunwalt, 3110] Ruckle st., in France,
Pfc. Charles T. Lawrence, 645%;
Massachusetts ave., on Saipan. Pfc. C. R. (Dick) Dungan, 4608 | Guilford ave., in France, Pvt. Raymond Archer Jr, 810 S.| {Rybolt st. in France.
MISSING
Sgt. Roland. H. Hiles, 2019 Caroline ave, in France. S. Sgt. George G. Horton, { Winthrop ave., over France.
WOUNDED
Pfc. John Herman Houston, 1311 Hoefgen st., in South Pacific. -
3860 |
S. Sgt. Richard J. Brown, formerly |
of 215 N. Gray st., in France. Pvt. Lawrence W. Smith, 943 N. Tibbs ave., in France, “PVE Thomas Eggers, 1806 W. Minnesota st. in France, Pvt. Leonard PF. Davis, formerly of 501 S. Holmes ave. European theater.. Pfc. Fred W. Limp, 216 E. 23d st., in southwest Pacific. °' . Pfc. Edward C. Raasch, 326 Terrace ave, in France. Pvt. Pete Holevas, 541 W. Pearl st., in France. Sgt. Earl L. Watkins, R. R. 16, Box 541, in France. Lt. Edward J. Denair, 404 N. Bosart ave, in African theater. Pfc. Aloysius Charles Woerdeman, 1618 N. Rural st, in South Pacific.
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RAID ON PHILIPPINES
REPORTED BY IAPS.
“| Claim 1st Attack on Islands
Is Beaten Off.
By UNITED PRESS The official Japanese Domei news
agency reported today that two
allied planes “attempted” to raid Davao, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines today.
Domei said in a wireless dispatch, recorded by U. 8. government monitors, that one of the planes dropped three small bombs which it claimed landed harmlessly in the sea. Domei added that the other plane which followed an hour later fled before reaching Davao. The attack, which was not confirmed by allied sources, would be the first aerial assault on the Philip pines since they fell to the Japanese. The nearest allied base to Davao is Sansapor, at the western end of Dutch New Guinea, 600 miles south of the southern tip of the Philip-
|pines. | U. 8.-BRITAIN TO SIGN PACT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (U. P).—
The United States -and Great|
Britain today werg nearly ready to
t under which
‘by the London radip said the Nazis | were removing their administrative headquarters from Paris to Nancy, near the Franco-German frontier.) The allied offensive line stretched for some 80 miles from Thury-Har- { court, just below Caen, to the lower reaches of the Mayenne river east {of Chateau-Gontier,
Lines Are Buckling
Both .ends of the German battle line before Paris were buckling under the impact of the AngloAmerican drive as veteran British {units punched across the Orne river | below Caen and Lt. Gen. Omar N, {Bradley's rough-riding American tanks swept beyond the Mayennee iriver in great strength and plunged . {on toward the big communications center of Le Mans, 112 miles south- | west, of the capital, | A front dispatch from United - Press War Correspondent Robert Miller, ~with.- the American army, said the “showdown battle” that
possiply the entire European war appeared to be “only a matter of days away.’ The Americans, he said, have turned the enemy retreat intq a headlong flight on some sectors and are driving on the valley of the Loire “like a Kansas tornado.” = “There is no alternative,” he wrote. “If the drive toward Paris continues the Germans must throw in everything they have left to stop us. And if they are unsuccessful, they must write France and possibly the whole war off their books.” Push Nearly Two Miles The British Tommies surged across the Orne two miles north of Thury Harcourt last night and jPisten on almost two les to cut Thurty-Caen highw ° Fer sudden thrust was "described officially as posing a “major threat” to the German hinge positions south lof Caen, where the entire Canadian Ist army was disclosed to have gone into the lines, Front reports said the British had moved strong anti-tank support across the Orne to meet the threat of a German counter-attack and ithat the entire right flank of the Nazi lines guarding Paris was eRe dangered. The bitterly veontested German stronghold of Vire, 21 miles south west of the new breakthrough, also fell. - Six-Pronged Assault
At the opposite end of the battle line, the Americans turned the main weight of their armor eastward from Brittany in a six-pronged assault that front dispatches said was rap~ idly cutting the German left flank to shreds. ‘Bradley's tank columns were on the march along a- 50-mile front,” giving the battered, weary Nazis.
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On the War
{may decide the fate of France and