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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 104

By DAVID KARNO

‘Copyright, 1044, Tr tig Indiauspalis Times and The

4 0 Daily New: “Where now, tio. my

This hoary phrase summarizes the predics- : ment of Adolf Hitler, whose reign in Germany is drawing to a close and who must now be look-

ing fof\a hole in which to hide.

Adolf has several alternatives to follow after the allies take his country and destroy

his regime, These are:

1. Barricade Binzeif 5 and his die-hard fa

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1 Where Now, Little Man? Will Hitler F lee, Kill Self Or Try Disguise?

Flight—from himself from Germany or from life itself but Hitler has. a strong sense of ‘the melo~ —is the prospect that faces Der Fuehrer upon his defeal dramatic. Furthermore, the “suicide” choice

by the allies. What choice he will make is an intriguing | * y4,]q allow the paranoiac Hitler to go out ina question which is discussed by a member of the Chicago

Daily News and the Indianapolis Times war desk staff.

for a suicidal last-stand.

3. Flee to a neutral country. > The first possibilty, Sounds melodramatic

blaze of glory. It would also strike a deep chord in the heart® of those impressionable Germans ; whose love of Wagnerian climaxes borders on natical followers in the Berchtesgaden fortress the pathological—they “might perpetuate th : ‘| “memory of the little mah with the mustache 2. Assume a disguise and lose ‘himself in | as another Napoleon. This would be sufficient the masses of German people as plain T Sutoric compensation for romantic Adolf. “Joe Doakes.” Some suggest disguise, don civilian clothes ‘and Telum to

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Five Jonct age. on Sept 1, 1909, when Germasty Javadad Poliads Ths Indiusapeil Thais pabiissed iis. “eartoon; captioned “Why 12.000,000 Men Are Under Arma” 1i ‘appeared particularly appropriate today - $0 republish the drawing with David Karne's provocative story of “Where Now, Little Man?"

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yesterday and today | have been jammed to capacity

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guys. Yesterday was termed the: heaviest -Priday since Easter by ;' officials of the bus terminal and Union station. Bus ticket wine

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.— thing, from now on, in the way of war news, German collapse, when it comes, may have fantastic - overtones, For instance: Where will top Nazis look for refuge? Argentina? If doesn't seem likely they can get there short of attempting spy-thriller disguises and

Sweden? It's not certain . those cotmtries will take them. Ireland? Tt might be the smartest

fake passports. Switzerland?

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BETTING HERE new in (hat Americans will storm. through Ger

many before Russians do.

Germans are not. gothg to let us walk in—therell probably be heavy fighting along Siegfried line. But the Germans have shown in past month that their first concern is to hold the She Rumisns badk in the East—and they've done it. The Russians are Prussia, haven't taken Warsaw. Ferre rar Tk ote hi L

were a few weeks ago. . - ”

Haven't Enough to Hold Both Lines

disrupt attempt any large-scale transfer of troops now.

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ATROCITY—

Japs Behead Guam Natives To Guard Secret of Defenses|’

“By "CHARLES ARNOT and There tan be ~1v0-doubt-of - the P - fate of the 51 native villagers,

MAC R. JOHNSON United Press War Correspondents

YONA VILLAGE, Guam, Aug. 15 (Delayed).—In this little native village on recaptured Guam more than 2000 Chamorro natives knelt before a small - palm-thatched shrine today to pray for Sf native men who were decapitated by the

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And Fight to Take Strategic Ridge.

By JAMES E. ROPER United Press Staft Correspondent

ROME, Sept. 2—British troops,

All Had Beer Shot Bown: ‘Relatives Here Notified a

By VICTOR PETERSON A ighttiens of heart, strange after weeks of worry, rules in seven |ioward makirig peace with Russia. Indianapolis ‘homes today for seven Hoosier hero sons and husbands| (4 Vichy broadcast heard in Lonwere among the more than 1000 American airmen liberated from prison | 45, seid the two countries had sevcamps in Romania and sent to Bucharest three days ago. Wined and dined by Bucharest citizens, the men hive been given The Finnish government ordered the freedom of the city and are awaiting air evacuation to Italy where |, ships to sail immediately. for 900. of them ,arzined. the Jast. gay gh ’ of August.” NARD A LYNCH a sign that a diplomatic break is According to a United Press gf § |imminent — and the Stockholm dispatch, the men dropped to their . newspaper Dagens Nyheter said a ‘knees and kissed the: earth, then SAFETY : CHIEF DIES Finnish peace delegation was ready ran whooping across the airfield J kissing everyone from generals, to ; buck privaies,

Among those Iiberated was: Capt. : Floyd ‘L. Robinson, son of Mr. and Served Here 32 Years. [seen inthe Helsinki government's Mrs, Alva Robinson, a1 N. la “{ Salle st, ring -his|’

fatherland at any hour.

SEEN IMMINENT

“Expected in Parliament Meeting Today.

with Germany at a special meeting 4f parliament today as a first step

ered diplomatic relations.)

Finnish or Swedish ports—usually

to leave immediately for Moscow.

Clinching Evidence

: : i] Clinening. evidence ‘that ‘an’ nFire Prevention Expert portant grove. was contemplated was

; decision to convene parliament to‘Bernard "A, Lynch, chief of fire day instead of Tuesday.

2 {50th mission as a pilot ‘of a B-24 prevention of the Indianapolis firej Dagens Nyheter said Russia had

"| San tonio, Tex. cluded on today’s casualty list, three a wi three oak leaf of Sem Siving Shep lives in the Sif cde) = _ |life. He entered the fire department fighting in France. A former miss- ;

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dé known to Finland that she when he ‘was shot down June 24 department, and considered ‘by [made his raid over the Ploesti oil many to be the top-ranking author- must break with Germany before

* The 26-year-old captain, a gradu-| the country, died last night of a|Thus, the mere departure of any

NEW CASUALTY BIST fe wer ors St a ic ke i pe i ido» Po ; 1042 and shipped for overseas duty} Close associates said that he had | £3 vil ot. Johnson}, Ribielesil ‘of this city, he em tion for about a year but shrugged WINTER HOURS | N Killed France, © usa em Senin bet a an on etening we ws] EFFECT ‘AT STORES ~ linson who maintains he homie an ai 2 case 9% guspected os ' Pall and winter opening and}!

ity on fire preventive measures in any peace negotiations can begin.

| been troubled with a heart condi-|

closing hours went into effect today 8, 1800, and had. lived here all his for the majority of Indianapolis

apolis, gnnounced that the hours Saturdays

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through will be from 9:45 a. m. to 5:45 p. m. Stores will open at noon Mondays

Russ, Romanians Open Talks; |= wes =

$2,500,000 EXPANSION

Bulgaria Forms New Cabinet | ro pLaNT APPROVED LONDO 2 (U.P) —Soviet, Other German admissions of the The Defense Plant Corp. antives be- [growing defection among the Nazis’ | nounced in Washington today an a at Moscow today dn {Balkan satellites also came today,|increase in its contract with Gen351 ada) srmistios terms, and there were in: with the German Transocean news eral Motors Corp. to provide addidications at Cairo that the allies a cy reporting that puppet presi- tional faciilties here, costing apmay resume their Peace talks ‘with {dent Joseph Tiso, of Czechoslovakia, | poximately - $2,500,000.

has thad relieved Gen. Ferdinand Catlos;] Allison division officials said

Jeontrolled Scandinavian telegraph{that an anhnouncement shout it ox bureau reporting that. German might be made later. fs ; g troops were e evacuating Greece and | $

Hitlerites Fall Back at Top Speed From Channel Coast to Lorraine Basin.

By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, A. E. F., Sept. 2— | Five American armored columns moved on the borders of | Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg along a front of more than 100 miles today and Nazi spokesmen warned their «people that allied invasion forces might break into the

At the same time, British and Canadian troops ait a wide swath across the robot bomb coast to the north, eliminating most of the German robot bases in France and advancing to within 15 miles of Belgium. . The Germans were falling back at top speed all across the: front from ithe hansel coast (

Severance of Mi of Reich Ties!

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as a private at station house 4 in stores. Shops will be closed Labor!

The or a T. Cloyd,| 1917 and was later transferred to|92Y: 5242 Regent st., faltered and broke station 9. In 1822 he was assigried

Murray Morris, manager of the| © KILLED .|when he learned that his son, 2d to the fire prevention department, Merchants’ Association of Indian-

commander-in-chief of the Slovak [were not permitted to say what thes of former Premier |army, of his post, and the German- | $2,500,000 would he used for but said |

eq is evident’ that the

enemy is withdrawing in ov ; order right back to Germany” a British military spokesman ie Unofficial front reports and Ger« man admissions, which headquarters observers saw no reason to doubt, said units of the Amesican 15; arply

By UNITED Press Two travelers from Berlin reaching . Switzerland said today in a dispatch to the office of war information that German military reverses had caused a split + within the elite guard of Gestipo Chief Heinrich Himmler, the imprison< ment of some SS leaders, an in-

soon be over, with we open speculation, however, as to how

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were moving through the forest of : Ardennes above Sedan and may already have entered Belgium.

Patton's 3d army was reported deep inside’ Alsace-Larraine beyond | Verdun, in the triangle formed hy the Luxembourg-Germany-France s frontiers. Siegfried Line Next

‘Patton's spearheads already ha

Maginot line and were in for. % ward almost -