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railway system. By one stroke its lines have been denied to the Germans scrambling to get out of the remote corners of France and have been opened to the allies to further their advance.

160 Miles From Reich

The dash of southern forces to Grenoble, 140 air miles from the Mediterranean beaches, and to Sens, southeast of Paris and approximately 160 miles from the German border, largely cuts off the escape routes of the Nazis in the south unelss they try an exit into northern Italy, .Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower's of- ~ fensive-minded generals are sure to exploit the sirategic location of Paris for a quick cleanup. The capital is only 115 miles to the borders of Belgium and a drive in that direction would net valuable channel ports as well as wipe out the most bothersome of the flying bomb nests. ’

Enemy Status Analyzed

ation for”the Germans as this: The Germah# lack any new panzer forces to replace those ground up in the Falaise-Argentan pocket. Their luftwaffe is a feeble and spent force. Their infantry lacks adequate transport even for retreat. On some battlefields they are even running short of explosives and guns. Slashing of communications has made a mockery of the famous Wehrmacht organization. Compe-

‘WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23, 1944

J END OF FRANCE BATTLE NEARS

Partisans Liberate Paris

As Allies Drive on Reich

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headquarters permited correspondents to state flatly that the battle of France is nearing its end and that the liberation of the entire country is not far off. Far behind Patton’s flying columns, a powerful American tank army massed around liberated Paris, while other American and allied armies converged on the Seine river line, tightening a great noose around the broken remnants of the German 7th army in Normandy. One American column slashed deep into the southern flank of the corridor across which the Germans were fleeing,

against light resistance. A second American force drove into the corridor along a parallel path more than 10 miles to the northeast, between the Eure and Seine rivers. Both forces were reported making rapid progress toward the channel coast and its prize port of Le Havre, little more than 50 miles beyond their advanced units. Gen. Charles de Gaulle, president of the French Committee of National Liberation, was believed rushing to the capital . to establish his pro-,

visional government there, It|tactics, by-passing some enemy was considered ssible that! strongpoints and reducing others by \ 3 possible thal syitt, overwhelming attack. Gen. Pierre Koenig, com-| The Americans were putting into cander and chief of the French Practice Patton's instructions: “All forces of the interior, newly ap- You fellows got to do to lick hell pointed governor of Paris, might|/0Ut Of those damn Germans is tw already be in the city. kick them down one hill and up the Only about 93,000 of the more next, or knock them from one valthar 400,000 “Germans ~who ~de-|ley—into--another, all .the - way. to. fended Normandy on D-day were Berlin. alive and uncaptured in the .nar-| Far behind Patton’s racing spearrowing corridor extending from heads, Canadian and British troopthe channel to the northern -uh-|ers rolled back the entire Nazi flank urbs of Paris and from the Seine along the channel coast, capturing to the Touques and Vie river the seaport towns of Cabourg, Houl‘lines. , gate, Villers-Sur-Mer and Deauville |

: . i And those fleeing remnants were 30d penetrating Trouville in a gen- | being hounded mercilessly from | eral advance toward the mouth of | land and air, bombed and shelled the Seine. " as they raced for the Seine, where! ven miles south of Trouville,

allied planes swept through low-| they captured Pont Leveque and

tent military critics assert that only) the 8. S. panzer grenadiers are cap- | able of putting up a fight and they! lack the tools. | Infantry leadership is largely In| the hands of officers who are either too old or too young. Meanwhile, the allied force is] pyramiding. Eisenhower's forces! shortly will be joined by Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's army moving up from the south. Elimination of the Falaise-Argentan pocket frees the entire British 2d army for a new assignment, This is the result of the strategy of Eisenhower and his staff—the men Hitler called “military idiots."

| channel coast sweeping into Trou- Capture Orbec and Vinoutiers.

jon both sides of the Seine at a past drove hard into

hanging clouds to strafe the river Moved up to the west bank of the crossings. : { Trouves river. Canadian, British and American The key highway junction of troops pushing eastward toward Lisieux also was reported in allied the Seine advanced an average of | hands, and south of that town the 10 miles all along the line yester- British crossed the Orbec, Vie and day, with Canadian units along the Touques rivers and pushed on to

ville, only 7!2 miles from the Advance 15 Miles

Seine estuary. At the southern end of the line, Squarely across the path of the the allies swept forward more than retreating Germans, Lt. Gen. Omar|15 miles from captured Gace and N. Bradley's American 2d army seized the town of Laigle. columns lunged toward the channel] Other American units, meanwhile,

the flank of the pushing up from reux, 28 miles to

that threatened to close off the 18st! retreating Nazis, line of escape to the shattersd preux toward Ev enemy within a matter of days at the northwest. Nonancourt, eight most, miles northwest of Dreux, was Progress Is Secret taken, along with -Verneuil, 11 miles Headquarters spokesmen refused farther west.

driving 28 miles northwest of Dreux to the Evreux area th

YANKS POURING INTO GRENOBLE

In 140-Mile Gain

From Coast.

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heavily defended lower Rhone valley. : Allied headquarters had kept the progress of the drive secret to confuse further the enemy and lifted le cloak of secrecy only after the Americans had entered the largest French city yet penetrated in the eight-day-old invasion.

Capture 17,000 Nazis

While the Americans were fighting to clear Grenoble of the last remnants of the German garrison, other allied columns virtually completed the encirclement of Marseille, France's largest port and second city, and fought through the streets of Toulon to within a half mile of the naval arsenal. | One column was within three miles east of Marseille and another, to the northwest, reached Velaux, less than three miles from the last practical highway out of the city and a similar distance from the great salt lake which extends southward to within a few miles of the Mediterranean: a A front dispatch from Packard, United Press war correspondent, “said French forces were driving through the streets of encircled "Toulon¢ from three sides ufter capturing Hyeres, main enemy stronghold east of the naval base and an anclent resort town of 20,000 persons, ' Packard said bloody house to house fighting was raging in Toulon for the sixth straight day with the German garrison apparently determined to resist to the end.

Escape Blocked

Nearly 1500 Germans — believed the majority of the garrison—attempted to break through the French lines west of the city yesterday, but were thrown back and at last reports had rejoined its fanatical defenders. - More than 17,000 prisoners have been captured in the first week of the invasion, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, supreme allied commander, announced in his daily communique. Of these, 12,000 al-

and Corsica. /

Grenoble heightened th¢ threat of

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Later he drove them to a large, fence-enclosed house in a wooded section outside New Ross in Boone county where their long-impris-oned pet greeted them with flattened ears and averted eyes. The Walkers believe he had been beaten into silence. The “contact man” warned them not to notify police, but then asserted that: “Indianapolis : police wouldn't have any jurisdiction in

hound of Dr. Frank W. Walker; 2526 E. 58th st, was “dognaped” by .persons who contacted the: owners only after a $25 reward appeared in thé want ads, The animal had beén stolen from the Walker car. kK They: recovered their pet by going through channels similar to those employed by professional kidnapers back in the childsnatching era. A “go-between” called Mrs. Walker on the phone, instructing her to meet him at 38th and Illinois sts, at 9:30 a. m. several Sundays ago.

Mrs. Frankfort says she intends to seek a reduction in the dog license fee from $2 to $1 to enable more owners to obtain identification tags for their pets.

Simms: 'We Must Dispose of Surplus Goods Cautiously’

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jconsumer, prevent profiteering and {keep the number of intermediaries ito the minimum, peace. | Part of the surplus, both British Similarly, to dump them indis- and American, is already ear-| criminately on the foreign market marked for the relief and rehabilita- | would seriously upset international tion of liberated territories, and part | trade. {will be diverted to the export trade, Aware of the enormous difficul-|POtR categories requiring interties, the Britisn have been working Rational agreement. | on the problem for some time. The But by far the biggest lot will be | government has even compiled a OF home distribution and the Brit- | {whitepaper onthe subject... Three SD concede in advance that unless | general conclusions have been ar- (DiS is handled with extraordinary rived at and these will guide the C&7€ the ultimate consumer can be | government when it comes time Cheated, the taxpayer swindled and | to act. many business enterprises wiped | . ’ . lout. - i to apps stocks we "| The British wish to avoid making reach consumers when the goods are > new crop of quickie millionaires most required and to clear much- | Cov of a lot of selfish jobbers who | needed storage and production | 29Y government property for next | space, but not fast enough to glut | to nothing and sell it back at fancy the market, upset prices and effect prices, to the people who owned)

. (it in the first place. - new production. . {The London economist insists that | T wo: Efforts will be made to dis-| government control must be maintribute the goods—unless there is tained

process of conversion from war to

throughout the process. | good reason to the contrary— Speculators must be prevented from | through the traders and manti-| “muscling in,”. it says, and perhaps | facturers who would normally dis- the best way to do it is to dispose! tribute them. |

| of surplus stocks through recognized | THREE: Steps will be taken if trade associations. But these, too, | necessary through statutory con-| would need watching to see that!

trols, to insure fair prices to the they did not take undue advantage. icans found French Maquis al-| 1 ° ’ ready had liberated many towns! Stick on Jobs,

and villages. A stiff but compar- . i Jennings Urges

atively brief battle was fought at! (Continued From Page One)

the communications hub of Digne,! 80 miles south of Grenoble, and it!

was there that Maj. Gen. Hans — Schuberth, a corps commander “22t to leave to find a more secure,

whose capture was announced JOb. For its size, Indianapolis was ‘Monday, was taken prisonef. | the least affected of amy city inthe |

this |Lomza on the southern approaches county anyway.” {of East Prussia, and beat off heavy {German attacks south of Riga.

‘all details on the exact progress of| Headquarters also announced the entrapment hanging over German {Bradley's columns in view of the final liquidation of the great pocket (fOrces remaining in 3 uthwest complete demoralization existing In east and northeast of Argentan, [France and allied sources predicted the German command, but the where official sources had indicated | the early enemy evacuation of the] Americans were reported making 100,000 Germans were trapped. {entire area rapidly being pocketed swift progress. | Allied troops moved through the between the southern beachhead The doughboy units on the north pocket yesterday, killing or captur- and allied forces 250 miles to the

‘SGT. YORK OF WAR II’

CLEVELAND, Tenn, Aug. 23 (U. P.).—Business ceased today in this city of 10,000 as a hero's welcome was given to Sgt. Paul B. Huff, Tennessee’s Alvin York of world war II.

Towns Liberated liberated in the advance were such towns as Sisteron, Aspres, Gap, St. Bonnet and L'Argentiere. Marseille was being threatened frontally by forces which advanced

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The festivities will last until 1 8. m. Thursday. Huff won the medal of honor for leading an 18man detail on the Anzio beachhead against 125 Germans. The Nazis were routed. Huff was credited with saving his small patrol by singlehandedly cleaning out a machinegun nest,

| western borders of Germany.

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party to it. But ho. He went all out for a world organization backed by force, including military force. It was one of his finest speeches.

Sees Civilization Periled

Another such war as this would end civilization, he said. A world organization is necessary to prevent it. He added that the world's criminals must demilitarized.” - “The conference of Dumbarton Oaks meets under happiest auspices.” As the speeches went on, as the demonstration of unity proceeded, a rugged old figure emerged as the hero of this drama. That is Cordell Hull. His name was mentioned again and again. His constant contact with members of the foreign relations committee was mentioned with praise and, further, it was revealed that he is keeping the foreign relations committee closely advised of the Dumbarton Oaks conferences. That will help more than anything else. Senators are very jealous of their prerogatives. Mr. Hull knows a thing or two, himself.

bank of the Seine were disclosed ing the remaining Nazis, and a to be driving downstream toward Le! front dispatch said there was nothParis and eastward toward the old bivouac today but the dead, the capbattlefields of world war I . {tives and a tremendous litter of whereabouts of the U. S. 3d army! — flying columns that captured Scns] BREWERIES TO MEET dash southeast of Paris and swept! on toward Troyes, 43 miles to the INCREASED DEMAND |—The U. S. is drinking and exThe capture of Troyes would put Porting more beer this year than columns astride the main trunk rail-|i5 keeping up with the increased ways to Alsace-Lorraine and Ger-|demand, the bureau of internal would close the last direct mainline; July production of domestic ferescape route for all the Germans in| mented malt liquors totaled 8,001,979 United Press War Correspondent, billion gallons. This slightly exRobert Miller, riding with the ceeded the amount withdrawn for France, reported the Yanks were barrels on hand at the end of the using Patton's familiar leap-frog' month. Repeat First League Tragedy’ (Continued From Page One) In the senate one leader after another, Democrats and Republi-

Havre and fanning out south toward | ing left in that once-formidable Official silence also hid the abandoned German equipment. yesterday after a dramatic, 65-miie/ east and only 130 miles from the! WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (U. P.. Lt, Gen. George S. Patton's tank in 1943, but increased production many's industrial Saar valley, and|revenue reported today. southern France. barrels, or more than a quarter American cavalcade into eastern consumption, and left 8,637,138 Stokes: ‘We Ar fokes: ‘We Are Not Likely to working out the preliminary steps. cans, gave his blessing to a world |"

round-faced Borah; the dumpy, phlegmatic Brandegee; the strident, merciless Jim Reed; the genial Jim Watson; the thin and sour-faced Medill McCormick. Yesterday the tall and imposing Tom. Connally of Texas, chairman of the foreign relations committee, rising to the stature of the statesman he looks, started it off.

Passes Around Tributes

Generously he passed around tributes to Republicans for the help they had given him in drafting and passing his resolution for international co-operation some months | ago, which was the initial step. |

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Then, Acting Republican Leader White (Me.) lauded Senator Connally for his leadership and expressed. confidence it would lead to an inter-national organization. But the outstanding speaker was Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich), one-time isolationist leader.” If there were any “wrecking” going on, he might be expected to be a

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north, below Paris. Lyon Capture Vital

Capture of Lyon, west of Grenoble, remaining railway southwest France while an advance into Chambery, 27 miles north of Grenoble, would cut the railway passing through the Modane tunnel into northern Italy. The only other railway between France and Italy runs along the

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the first day of the invasion. Grenoble also lies 125 miles southeast of Vichy, seat of the French puppet government. Wilson reported that French Maquis—members of the French forces of the interior—aided the Americans in their advance northward through the Alps. Grenoble itself long has been one of the strongest centers of the French resistance movement. The advance probably established the first effective land contact with

French Maquis in the Savoie Alps, |

who for many months have been: supplied with arms and ammunition by allied planes. Grenoble, a city of 100,000, is the capital of Isere department, which borders Savoie department.

Outrun Supplies

The American armored push was made up the Durance river and Isere river valleys, avoiding the more famous Rhone valley, some 50 miles to the west and the historical invasion route into central France. The troops traveled so fast they outran their supply columns and: this prompted Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, commander of the invasion forces, to demand yesterday in an order of the day that the columns press on fatigue or possible shortages of food and equipment.” Though Grenoble lies 140 air miles north of the landing beaches, the tanks and troops actually covered closer to 200 miles in their record trek over mountains and through valleys. Even if they had

traveled a total of only 140 miles, | they would have averaged at least

20 miles a day. Little German resistance was met along the way and the Amer-

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along the highway from Toulon to within three miles of the city and also had captured Alluch, four

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| three miles from the Etang de Berre, a huge salt lake. South of the lake, a five-mile-wide isthmus known as the Cape de Martigues links Marseille with the mainland, but it contains only dirt roads and, consisting of flatlands without any natural protection, would expose any Germans fleeing across it to merciless bombardment from the air and from the sea. The Americans already had outflanked Marseille at Velaux, 15 miles northwest of the Po: and butjtressed the wedge wi advances through St. Cannet, Cadenet and Apt along a front stretching 25 miles farther north. At Apt, the Americans were 34 miles from the Rhone river city of Avignon.

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{state during the depression.” | Mr. Jennings, who was Indiana WPA director before the recent] abolishment of the WPA, said “There won't be another WPA after this war. People have too much! money and they want too much merchandise they haven't been able to get during the war. The cup- |

58 mies north- and a half miles to the northeast, 08rd is bare. In the last war you would sever all after a drive across the high Could get $15 shirts zight up to the

Armistice. It's been different this | time.”

Ready for Changes L Mr. Jennings said that he was’ taking a “liberal attitude toward | post-war activities whenever labor demands in a community will pesmit. There will be inevitable cut- | | backs in scattered areas over the. state and when the time comes and

conditions justify relaxation from | war production, the WMC hopes to !lend substantial aid.”

| He added that inasmuch as the Indianapolis area, which comprises Marion and adjoining counties, in {addition to Putnam county, faces a shortage of 19,000 workers by Sept. 1, "I wouldn't be surprised in a change of our classification. The only chance, as I see it, to "stop 1t 1s an improvement in our | situation and: we don’t have much {time before Sept. 1 for that.” Indianapolis is now in a Group Two classification,

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Soviet Troops Launch Two New Offensives and Seize Iasi.

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Services for Mys. Katherind Sttaub: Wayman, who died | night at her home, 3143 Ruckle st, will be held at 2 p. m. Priday at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Cres mation will follow. The wife of the late Frank Wayman, she was born in Ripley, O., but lived in Indianapolis the last 30 years. She taught here in the public schools. She was a member of the Third Church of Christ, Scientist. Survivors are two sisters, Miss Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky’s| Mary Straub and Mrs. Madee Becks 2d Ukrainian army crumbled Ger-|Vith two stepsons, Frederick Way« man defenses on a 74-mile front | Man, Newcastle, and Donald Wayon both sides of Iasi and advanced man, Bellevue, Ky.; four nieces and

up to 37 miles in the first three|tW0 nephews. days of its offensive in north- | DR SA i eastern Romania. 'DULLES-G. 0. P. CONFER Escape Routes Cut | WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (U. P). Tasi, where the Germans halted —John Foster Dulles, foreign policy a Russian offensive last April, fell adviser to Governor Thomas E. after the Soviets had swung around Dewey, today reached “a large area = to the south and cut all routes of of agreement” with two leading Reescape for the garrison. Then, at- publican senators as President tacking simultaneously from the Roosevelt urged upon delegates to north and south, the 2d army the Dumbarton Oaks conference the smashed row after row of concrete ‘mportance of early agreement on and steel strong points and broke a0 international security organizainto the city. tion. “Fiercest fighting lasted almost] EN 24 hours,” the Soviet communique | ECZEMA reported. “The enemy brought up| several formations to help ithe; A simple way to quick relief from Iasi garrison, but these units were the itching of Eczema, pimples, routed before reaching the eity.” |40RSTY red blotches and other skin "Tati had a peacetime DOBUTATION anions, Js bY applying Petegson's ..., Ointment to the affected parts. Reof 100,000 and formerly, was capital jjayes itching promptly. ‘Makes the of Moldavia. . {skin look better, feel better. Peter- * son's Ointment also soothing for . tired, itchy feet and cracks between QUSTED POLICEMAN toes. 35¢ all druggists. Money back " A if not delighted. : APPEALS DECISION Gas on Stomach 1 hd . . Francis P. Griffin, former police Goths gan 5 minutes or officer who was dismissed by the| When excess stomach acid eauses paintul, suffpest-} safety board recently On ChAIZES| praerive the’ fa and nearibum, doct Fa) of having accepted a $35 bribe in! FRNA Tari medicines like thos in Bell-ans in a traffic case, appealed the de- oun. sere wo money back oa rela of bottle] cision to circuit court today. : In his appeal. Griffin charged that the safety board decision was MOROLINE “fraudulent, capricious and iliegal” on the ground that he had not EETROLEUM JELLY BO been given an opportunity for a hearing before the police trial board Fo ad Tustre, “Keep before he was dismissed. | hair well groomed with The action demands that Griffin be. reinstated to his job. i

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