Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1944 — Page 5

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the main escape routes for German forces remaining in Southwest

Southern France to 170 miles. The advance already had cut the last railway link between France and Italy. French forces tightened their . of encirclement about the

The enémy presumably has com-|: pleted his demolitions of Toulon's vital installations,

Advance Up Rhone

Other American elements of Li Gen. Alexander M. Patch Jr.'s 7th army pushed 42 miles northwest from liberated Marseille to within eight miles of Arles on the Rhone estuary, 140 miles south of Lyon. Some street fighting continued in Marseille, Cannes and Grasse, seven and a half miles to the north, fell to the Americans after a week-long siege and extended the allied bridgehead along the coast another five miles to the east to within 17 miles of

Nice and 2 miles to the Ttalisn border. : ‘Cannes ranked with Nice and Monte Carlo as a fashionable Riviera resort before the war. The world's most fashionable yachts anchored in its basin in | years. The anchorage was to have been blown up by the Gletmans,

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LONDON, Aug. 25 (U. P.) —American armadas about 2500 war planes flew out from Greht Britain ‘and Italy today to. “attack numerous targets in northern Germany and Czechoslovakia in the second consecutive day of the renewed allied aerial offensive.

More than 1100 Flying Fortresses and Liberators, escorted by approximately 750 fighter planes in nine task forces struck at numerous targets over a 5000-square mile area in northern Germany, spreading fire and destruction throughout the region.

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FOR VAGUE oN | NELSON FUTURE,

Says WPB Chief May Not

Return to Post; Krug

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up to the last minute that it any-|

thing reigned within the WPB it was harmony. Wilson = heatedly told reporters that Nelson had delayed reconversion planning through a » attitude—using the Spanish term for putting things off until tomorrow—and that the WPB boss made no attempt to squelch a vilification campaign against him inside the agency despite repeated promises to do so.

Angrily Thupps Desk Angrily thumping his desk, Wilson revealed that Nelson had informed him only 30 days ago that! War Mobilization Director James F, Byrnes had authorized WPB last April to follow the Baruch plan for reconversion of industry,

In his letter of resignation, Wilson told the’ President that members of Nelson's personal staff at WPB were inspiring news stories to the effect that he was opposed to reconversion now because it might jeopardize the competitive position of big firms, such as G. E, Nelson, he said, disclaimed ~any responsiBility for these attacks. Wilson told Mr. Roosevelt that it was apparent that the attacks upon him and his staff would increase and that it would “impair the efficiency of key men and will more than offset any contribution that I'can make to the improvement of the lagging programs.” In accepting the resignation, Mr. Roosevelt said he had been aware of “some. dissension” in WPB, but that he had hoped it would disappear, “I Must Accept” “I have accepted your judgment in other things” the chief executive sald. “I must accept it in this matter.” Events leading up to the wideopen split in WPB moved swiftly during the last five days. They started when Mr. Roosevelt announced last Saturday that he was sending ' Nelson to China on -an’ urgent mission for “several months” leaving Wilson in charge of WPB. The President's action immediately prompted speculation over the future of Nelson's newly announced program for limited industrial reconversion and some quarters asserted that he was being sent away so that the program could be altered to suit Wilson and certain army officials, Mr. Roosevelt denied those assertions in a formal statement and described Nelson's mission as “most important and pressing.” Nevertheless, rumors persisted that Wilson would seek to block the reconversion plans during Nelson's absence—rumaqrs which Wilson attributed to Nelson's personal aids and which he said precipitated his decision to resign.

Term Rumors Unfounded

Shortly after his letter of resignation was made public, Wilson ed before the special senate wir investigation committee, which later issued a statement saying it was convinced that rumors of disagreement between Nelson and Wilson “are entirely unfounded

Dr. John L. Lavan . . . “The study of infantile paralysis has as many intricacies as the riddle of the hen and the egg.”

NO POLIO CURE; EXPERT WARNS

Here for State Group’s Session, Dr. Lavan Sees

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men have complete knowledge of when the animal was exposed, to what dosage, and numerous other important facts which are only guesses in human treatment, “Making Progress” ‘We do not know how near we are the cure,” he said. -“We may|" find it tomorrow—perhaps it will take years. At least we know we are making progress.” New miracle drugs seem to hold little significance in infantile paralysis research, he stated. He pointed out that one research office ‘has conducted more than 560 experiments with more than 300 drugs, but that “the answer is zero as far as having any bearing on the course of the disease.” Dr. Lavan also pointed out that the belief that the Sister Kenny method of treatment is a panacea for disease is a popular fallacy. “Kenry is not a cure, for thera is no cure” he stated. “We have not used the method long enough to know all its potentialities.”

Fight Being Co-Ordinated

Dr. Lavan said the confererice joday and tomorrow is one of many steps being taken to co-ordinate the fight against the disease. The meeting opened today at a luncheon presided over by Governor Schricker. Scheduled to speak today are Dr. Lavan, Dr. Thurman B. Rice, state health commissioner; Dr, John Van Nuys, Indiana university medical center director; Elaine Whitelaw, director of the national foundation's women's division; Betty Malinka, state representative for the national foundation, and Carl King, state welfare department crippled children's division director, "s sessions will be cone Riley hospital, where center -on the purely medical side of polio. More than 64 polio victims are being treated at the university medical center,

BEEKER PROMOTES 5 TO SERGEANCIES

Police Chief Clifford Beeker .0day announced the promotion of four patrolmen and one investigator to sergeancies. Patrolmen

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and are unfair to both men.”

{paint a picture of harmony was i upset later in the afternoon when { Wilson, at an hour-long informal | | press conference, brought his dis- | pute with Nelson into the open in

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vehement fashion. He denied strongly that he was opposed to edrly reconversion because it might proved advantageous to small business. He sald he had submitted “the only reconversion plan WPB has” to Nelson eight or nine months ago but that some 20 weeks elapsed before he could get Nelson's okay on it. “Manana, That's Why”

Asked why the WPB boss failed to ‘act more promptly, Wilson brought his fist down on his desk and said: } “Manana, that's why.” Asserting that he and his staff had been “constantly pilloried” by accusations of holding up reconversion plannig, Wilson said that Nelson repeatedly promised he would vindicate him, but never did so. He was asked if there was any explanation.

advanced to the rank of sergeant include Paul Pearsey, Willard Brandt, Glyndon Macy and Dulin Judd, Harold Goodman was raised from detective investigator to dei tective ‘sergeant. City council's recent budget review disclosed also that the rank of chief of detectives, held by Jesse McMurtry, has been changed to inspector of detectives. No salary reduction is involved. Chief Beeker said it was “a change in departmental nomenclature only.”

Wilson said angrily, “Manana again.” Wilson came to WPB almost two years ago with the uhderstanding he could return to private industry after six months. Since then he has repeatedly asked the President to relieve him of his WPB job, but was persuaded by Mr. Roosevelt to remain until yesterday. Krug, the new acting chairman, left WPB to join the army as a buck private after he had requested Nelson not to ask for another draft deferment for him. Before he could reach his local board, however, the navy had asked him to accept a commission and immediately sent

“Yes, there is an explanation,”

him overseas.

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Into Capital, Battle Stubborn Nazis.

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across the Yvette river at two points just south of the capital under cover of an aerial barrage, and asserted that violent fighting was in progress in and around the capital. Between the Americans swarming in from the south and French armored forces from the west, the German garrison was being slowly squeezed into the noitheascern corner of the city. At many points the Nazis were reported fieeing to escape the allied tank columns, only to be cut down by French patriots who closed on them from all sides. Brig. Gen. Jacques Leclerc, the legendary French desert warrior, led his 2d armored division into Paris’ early today, bringing the first regular army relief to the city's Suibelen and outmatched partisan

a B, C. Correspondent Merrill Mueller, broadcasting from Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters in France, said this afternoon that the liberation of Paris “is a fact,” but the statement was not elaborated.) The unidentified announcer said also that Canadian troops were in action inside the city, but he did not expand on their part in the battle.

Nazis Burn Buildings - —

Throughout the morning the secret transmitter kept up a running account of the street battle, tracing the progress of the French regulars across the Latin quarter to the Pont St. Michel and on to the Ile de la Cite in the middle of the Seine, and of the Americans from the Orleans gate to the broad Boulevard du Montparnasse and thence to the Luxembourg. : At many points the Germans put the torch to houses dnd public buildings before retreating, and the French transmitter said a pall of smoke covered the center .of the capital. D. N, B. said the ‘historic Louvre, treasure house of the world's greatest art, was the scene of bloody fighting and asserted that a force of patriots had seized the bing and was holding the Wehrmacht

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on the o within yards of the Louvre, “moving in rapidly to lift the siege. Unconfirmed reports broadcast by the Fighting French radio told of

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One broadcast said the Germans, transmitter broadcast mW had set fire to the Hotel Crillon from 1 :

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