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A navy carrier fighter now will be able to cut its takeoff run in half, the navy said, thus permitting car-

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (. P.) ~The navy an- ~ nounced today that it has developed for immediate use Jet propulsion units to assist carrier planes and flying boats to take off with heavier loads, in shorter spaceg and

riers to use more of'their deck space tor planes,

THE JET units, each an engine in itself, look very much like bombs except that they are fastened to the fuselage. Once in the air the pilot can jettison the units. Generally, more than one unit—each of which delivers approximately 330 horsepower throughout the takeoff—

. would be used on a single plane.

without air.

The jet unit is a cylinder full of a solid propellent, which includes oxygen in the mixture so it can burn

IT HAS an electrically controlled spark plug which

‘sets it off and a rocketlike vent through which the jet

- gasses give their thrust,

Experiments with J. A. T, 0.—the navy’s abbreviation for jet assisted taffeoffs—began in 1941 at Annapolis, Md., under the supervision of Capt. Calvin M. Bolster, the navy said. The first small jet units were built for the navy at the Guggenheim Aeronautical laboratories at the Cajitor-

nia Institute of Technology.

periments.

Eighteen days later, Cmdr. Leroy C. Simpler 0

Lewes, Del., flying ace of Guadalcanal days, made the firs jet assisted carrier takeoff with the same plane.

THE FIRST flight test was made March 1, 1943, b Marine Capt. William L. Gore, formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa, Gore, while still a private first class, had believed enough in jet assisted takeoff to spend his own money om ex-':

NEW DEALERS ASDEFEATISTS

They Fear the the Future, bit | Don’t Share That Fear,’ He Declares. (Text of Address, Page 18) By CHARLES T. LUCEY

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ROUTE TO LOUISVILLE, Sept. 8. ~The drama and excitement of

Governor. Dewey's bid for the presidency will be in cheering thousands in great auditoriums and along ticker-taped streets where he rides

smiling snd waving, but much. of]

the political bone and sinew of the campaign will be in quiet sessions away from the crowds, _ It was that way in Philadelphia yesterday, and, on Mr. Dewey's

the hours before his speech. With labor groups he could cite what he had done on workmen's com-

marked that he had sald before that he would like to go home to Hyde Park, but not because he was tired or defeated.

HALT B-24 PRODUCTION DETROIT, Sept. 8 (U, P.)—Production of B-24 bombers ‘at the Ford Motor Willow Run plant was halted today by a strike of crane operators and riveters,

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DEWEY SEEKS VIEWS ON TALK | IN PAUSE HERE|

Greets State and bly GOP Leaders Gathered -.

At Union Station.

Bmiling and very affable, G. O. P. Candidate Thomas E Dewey got off his special train at the Union station here today to spend 30 minutes ‘Ichatting and shaking hands with Indiana and local! Republican leaders who had gathered to greet him. Senator,| Dewey's question to alt local lead(ers was “what was the reaction to eal, ‘|my speech last night?”

was “fine and well received.” Shakes Hands With All He shook hands with a number

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pictures,” added someone loudly in the crowd. Mr. Dewey smiled,

FDR to Dewey: What's Buzzin’, (7th) Cousin

NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (U, P).— If President Roosevelt fails to be re-elected in November, one of his relatives—a distant cousin named Thomas E. Dewey—will move into the White House, The Democratic and Republican leaders are seventh cousins, once removed, but their relationship must be traced back 10 genera~ tions, according to Bruce Chapman, the Mutual network's “answer man.” He said his study of family trees revealed that Hepzibah Lyman of North Hampton, Mass, married Josiah Dewey, son of the first Dewey to come to this country (in 1630) and their greatgreat - great - great - great-great-grandson is the Republican party's Thomas E. Dewey, Hepzibah's uncle, Lt.

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Willkie Accuses Roosevelt, Dewey Equally. of Cowardice

WASHINGTON, Sek. 4 ene 1 I Willkie today charged PresiDewey equally with political |

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Balkans

Hint Soviets May Now Be Inside Greece.

LONDON, Sept. 8 (U. P).—~Russian tanks and troops were reported overrunning all Bulgaria and striking out for the Adriatic and Aegean coasts today. Yugoslav sources said the Russian

to|2TMY’s Balkan offensive had touchea

off a general uprising against Nazi occupation forces in Serbia. An official statement from allied headquarters in Italy said railroads

and highways in Yugoslavia had

been damaged so badly by bombing and sabotage that organized German resistance te the Russian threat from Romania was impossible. The success of the combined allied-partisan activity prevents the Gern.ans huis back into

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Reports from allied and enemy sources indicated that the greatest combined operation of the Balkan war was in full swing, poising an imminent threat of encirclement and destruction to possibly 375,000 German troops in southeastern Europe

Word of the new offepsive came close after an announcement that allied commando units landed in strength in western Yugoslavia, Joined forces with Marshal Josip Tito’s partisans, and were moving eastward toward the Danube and a juncture with the Russians.

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Hoosier Hefoss—

2 OFFICERS IN ITALY AND FRANGE KILLED

Brown and McMurtry Are

Among Casualties.

Combat in Europe and in the South Pacific has taken the lives of an lndianapolis infantryman and an Indiana sports writer and added Bo missing airmen to the casualty hi KILLED Lt. George W. Brown, 2205 N. Parker ave. in Italy. Lt. Kenneth McMurtry, brother of Mrs. Tye E. Hughes, 1220 Polk st. and Mrs. Margaret Jones, 2952 N. Illinois st., in Southerm France. MISSING 8. Sgt. William E. Armstrong, R. R. 1, Box 345E, between Wake and Biak islands. Sgt. William IL Hurst, 4718 Vernon ave, Lawrence over Yugoslavia. : = WOUNDED Pvt. Denny Uberto, 3797 Prospect st, in France. : Pvt. Homer F. Minnick, Whitcomb ave. in France. Pfc. Clarence J. Gladson, 618 Coffey st., on Saipan. ; Pfc. Jimmie Denton, 2510 N. Gladstone ave, in Mediterranean Pfc. John E. Gallamore, 423 N. Holmes ave. in the Mediterranean gone, Second Lt. Robert A. Miller, 4314 BE. New York st. in Italy, 8. Sgt. William G. Lents, 414 N. Haugh st., in Mediterranean theater. 8. Sgt. Arthur D. Schurick, 924 N. Warman ave, in Italy. Richard

1721 N.

Pfe. Charles A. Gladden, formerly of 101 N, New Jersey st., in’ South Pacific.

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WAR FRONTS

WESTERN FRONT—Army spokesmen say Nancy and Metz propably will be captured or encircled within 48 hours.

SOUTHERN FRANCE — Germans failed to halt allies now within 40 miles of Belfort gap into Germany.

RUSSIA—Russians reported overrunning all of Bulgaria.

PACIFIC —B-29's raid industrial targets in Manchuria.

ITALY—British within four miles of Rimini,

2500 AIRCRAFT BLAST EUROPE

Pound 3 Rhineland Cities,

Yugoslavia. LONDON, Sept. 8 (U. P.).—Two

ing up to 2500 planes struck from Britain today at three Rhineland war centers directly ahead of the United States armies closing against Germany and, from Italy, at four Yugoslav rail centers. The 8th air force sent 1500 planes against Ludwigshafen, Kastel and Gustavsburg, Rhineland bastions of the Siegfried defense belt. Some

500 fighter-escorted bombers of the 15th "air force hit the Yugoslav transport. hubs, intensifying the plight of German forces virtually trapped in the Balkans. Mustangs strafed two airdromes north of Belgrade, Liberators bombed the rail yards at: Nis in Central Serbia, biggest transport center in lower Yugoslavia. Fortresses attacked yards at Brod on the Belgrade-Zagreb line and at Sarajevo. Other Libera« tors struck at the Belgrade rail bridge spanning the Sava. Improving weather enabled the 8th air force to resume operations on a8 major scale, and large forces of planes headed by U. 8. heavy bombers were reported shuttling over the channel. A strong force of Lancasters of the royal air force bomber command again attacked the German garrison and fortified positions "at Le Havre, =

M’NELIS IN HOSPITAL ‘FOR SEVERAL DAYS’

Judge John L. McNelis of municipal court 3 was in St. Vincent's hospital today recovering from a kidney ailment. He was stricken as he was leaving his office Wednesday afternoon. His condition, although not serious, will require his hospitalization for several days.

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B-29's—

100 Planes in Raid, Japanese Radio Reports.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U. P.).—Big American B-29 Superfortresses struck today at “important industrial targets” in Japanese-dominated Manchuria, the war department announced, and the Tokyo radio indicated that the targets were the factory cities of Antung and Anshan, The new assault was announced y Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of the army air forces. It was the eighth attack mission by the big four-engined bombers which operate from secret bases far back in the Gina Busmaslngia theater, ’ “100 Planes Reported Arnold did not disclose the number of planes taking part in the raid, nor did he identify the exact targets, but promised that “further details will be released as soon as additional information is available.” Headquarters of the Japanese Kwangtung army announced that 100 American planes, presumably B-29 Superfortresses, attacked Anshan and Pansipu in the industrial area of southern Manchuria at 1:30 p. m. Friday (Japan time). Tokyo radio broadcast a dispatch from Hsingking, Manchuria, quoting the communique which admitted damage to Japanese ground installations. The broadcast was recorded by the United Press at San Francisco. The Tokyo radio reported that up to 40 American planes of a “large type” had hit the important industrial cities: of Antung and Anshan, the last of which felt B-29 bombs in ‘a previous raid six weeks ago.

Carrier-based planes from a U. S. task force and land-based Liberators attacked the Palau islands, 560 east of the Philippines, Tuesday, concentrating on Babelthaup, largest of the group. The German Transocean news agency reported in a Tokyo dispatch that between 400 and 500 carrierbased planes also attacked Palau Wednesday and Thursday and were continuing the attack today. Hint at Drive in China

Allied bombers destroyed 18 more Japanese vessels in new raids over the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. © A Chinese military spokesman at Chungking said reports indicated that the Japanese were concentrating troops in northern Indo-China for a possible northward drive to link up with a full scale offensive the Japanese have launched from Hengyang south toward Kweilin, In Northern Burma British patrols moved unopposed into Hopin, 65 miles southwest of My-

itkyina.

By RICHARD D, McMILLAN p United Press Staff Correspondent ON THE BRITISH FRONT NEAR THE GERMAN BORDER, Sept. 6 (Delayed) —The greatest manhunt in history is under way across Western Europe today. Hundreds of ‘thousands of Germans are fleeing eastward on foot, their panzers smashed, théir trans-

{port gone and death lurking if

Jorloin Bid to

back to Germany

Greatest Manhunt in History Haunts Nazis on Road Home

jorder, are avenging their martyr-

dom in blood. The allied armies have been augmented by at least 1,000,000 men in the form of Maquis bands who stalk the roads of Northern France and Belgium by day and night, adding to the toll-of enemy lives taken by British arms. I have seen groups of Germans lying in heaps in the country fields,

in village streets and in the woods |terday,

where they were shot down by patriot “white armies.” This is a wrathful uprising of millions of people who kuow only

PATTON ATTACKS METZ, NANCY; SUPERFORTS BLAST MANCHURLA; BULGARIA OVERRUN BY RUSSIAN

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Garrett J. VanBlaricum, aviation : machinist’'s mate 2-¢.

JAP BATTLESHIP AND CARRIER HIT

“On 30,000-Ton Vessels “In Philippines.

For several weeks after June 20, Mrs, Marcella VanBlaricum, 2455 College ave, heard nothing from her husband, Garrett J. VanBlaricum, aviation machinist’s mate 2-c, on duty in the Pacific. Today she knows why. On that day four navy torpedo bombers scored five direct hits on a 30,000ton Japanese carrier and one on a 30,000-ton battleship in the battle of -the Eastern Philippites without losing a’ man. A gunner aboard & navy bomber, Mate VanBlaricum ° kept enemy planes at a distance during the dive which resulted in a direct hit on the battleship’s superstructure and a second which was a hit or a near miss, All Mrs. VanBlaricum had heard of the raid from her husband was, SL Jad 3 Very REITOW escape OB ihe

“He has tried to tell me some of the things he has done but the letters then come through looking like lace doilies,” she said. A native of this city, Mate VanBlaricum is a graduate of Ben Davis high school and before entering service maintained his own sign

participated in many raids and in a supporting role in invasions since going on sea duty in March, He entered service in July, 1942, The bombers were based on an Independence class (converted cruiser-type) carrier and took off on June 20 about 4:30 p. m. The enemy fleet was at such a distance that the planes knew that they would have barely enough gas and would have to return after dark. The planes singled out a carrier of the Shokaknu class and a Kingo class battleship as their targets. The enemy's ships were throwing up heavy anti-aircraft fire.

G. I. 0. WINS VOTE AT ALLISON PLANT

Unaffiliated Union Defeated

In Fifth Election.

In its fifth attempt, the United Automobile Workers union, affiliated with the C. I. O, won the election to represent production and maintenance employees in the Allison division ‘of General Motors Corp., defeating the unaffiliated United Air{craft Engine Workers, Inc. © The national labor relations board; which conducted the election yes_announced - that the U. A. W.-C. I. O. received 62.82% of the votes cast while the U. A. E. W. received 31.37%. Of the remainder, 538% said they didn’t want either

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British Say Yank 3d, 7th Armies Joined.

. BULLETIN WITH U. 8S. 3D ARMY IN MOSELLE VALLEY, Sept. 8 (8:30 p. m.).— (U. P.).~—American ars mored units crossed the Moselle below Metz today and established three new bridgeheads, two in the Metz area and one near Toul,

By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, A. E. F., Sept. 8.— Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s 3d army closed against Metz and Nancy today in a Moselle valley drive carrying hi,

within two days. Four allied armies—the Ameri

The British Mediterranean radio

allied front from the North sea to the Mediterranean, but there was no immediate confirmation,

Security Blackout

A security blackout obscured most of the current operations. Front dispatches from the Moselle valley, however, revealed that the 3d army was waging a general offensive from its bridgeheads across thé river. The predicted capture of Metz and Nancy would collapse the Nazi dee fense line and open the way to Gers many. British troops driving northeast.

primary German defense line before The Netherlands border in that sector, and a late front dispatch said the Nazis had begun to blow up the sluice gates of the canal ‘with the obvious ine tention of flooding part of the country.” The dispatch filed today from the British front by Edward Gilling of the Exchange Telegraph said: “After withstanding fierce coun ter-attacks, the bridgehead across the Albert cana] at Beeringen has been further enlarged, and fresh troops now are pouring across. Enemy tanks and infantry attacked

inflicted heavy losses. ing our forces were

from the bridgehead roads.”

This fanning

across the canal was about 26 miles Jor ili Nearest Doin), In Gerat¥s with the appendix of Holland directly within reach. All along a front of more

making giant strides on the British 2d and American Ist army sectors in Belgium and slow but vial

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