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I" i; UNREAL’ Airmen Live Through War,

Die in Wreck|-

~ By SHERLEY UHL Times Staff Writer

"TERRE HAUTE, Ind, ‘Sept. 15.—Looking very ‘boyish as he spared thoughtfully at his halffilled glass, the 30-year-old

train crash survivor said he had seen human slaughter in

“You expected that sort of thing over there,” he said. “Your attitude

It's unreal.” » = J BvEy SOW, 20 hours later, it for him to realize

snuffed out in one sickening split-second * crunch after each had braved flak and shellfire for more than a year in the European

He and his companion, a lieutenant, wondered what a strange

catastrophies to hit the home

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sporting oak ‘leaf clusters, silver stars, ribbons, medals, Purple Hearts, J ~ ~ THEIR furloughs over, back at MM. Sheridan, they learned they were to be relocated in the U. 8, pocsibly at camps nearest their

heats joyous flurry of telegrams and # ‘ephone-calls followed. Some of the fellows decided to summon their wives down to Mi-

ami. The war, they thought, was |

Just about over for them. » » » LATE PULLING out of Chicago the Dixie Fiyer plunged through Indiana toward Terre Haute. Everybody, said the army men, was feeling splendid. Shortly after returning to this (Continued on Page 8—Cdlumn 5)

DEATH TOLL IN KILLER STORM

Loss Set at $30,000,000; Eleven States Littered With Debris.

BOSTON, Sept. 15 (U. P.) ~The tropical hurricane which battered 900 miles of the Atlantic coast, littered a half dozen big cities and 11 states with debris, took 22 lives, and caused damage estimated at $30,000,000, was expiring today somewhere off the coast of Nova Scotia. The famous resort, Atlantic City, N. J, was worst hit but the east’s three principal coastal cities, New

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York, Philadelphia, and Boston were lashed by high winds. : New York had the greatest loss of life—186. Norfolk, Va., New London, Conn., Providence and Nantucket, R. I, and Taunton and Brockton, Mass. were other cities in the storm's path. Approximately 150 persons were injured seriously enough for hospitalization. The wind velocity reached 95 miles an hour in gusts in New York City and gusts attained a maximum velocity of 108 miles an hour in the Thames river valley of southeastern

New Jersey was expected to reach $10,000,000. $15,000,000 Damage

was estimated at $15,000,000. Damage in New York City and

the coast south of New Jersey to North Carolina reached an indicated total of $3,000,000. A tidal wave engulfed the famous

reached the eastern tip of Long Island, 120 miles from New York city, at approximately 9 o'clock last night.

QUEBEC CONFERENGE ENDING TOMORROW

QUEBEC, Sept. 15 (U, P.)—Of-

that the conference here has moved into its closing stages, but indicated that the President and the prime minister might continue their discussions elsewhere, White House ‘Press - Secretary Stephen T. Early said that the President and \the Prime Minister will finish. their work by noon tomorrow, and as an afterthought he added that- that would “conclude their conferences in Quebec.” Reporters leaped at this indication of another meeting as contained .in Early’s emphasis of the words “in Quebec,” but he declined to give any explanation of why he had used this phraseology. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, witha briefcase bulging with international political problems that multiply with every new blow against Germany and Japan, today joined the Roosevelt-Churchill dis-

cussions.

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(Casualty List, Page 9) t J TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 15 (U. P).—A twisted mass of wreckage,

ath of Terre Haute early yesterday.

TIMES INDEX

Amusements. . 18, Jane Jordan. . 31

_ Eddie Ash ... 26|Ruth Millett. 23

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Twenty-six of the dead were army airmen, many of them veterans of the Italian campaign, and the remainder were train

REPORT BIG RUSSIAN P

WAR NEWS REEL—

King's Triumph; Belgian Episode; Deadly Bazooka

views parade troops after his successful coup @’etat which placed his country allied side.

CALIFORNIA—A deadly ba-

‘zooka rocket pierces armor plat-

ing of a tank, causing a shower of molten metal sparks at an army camp exhibition,

: 3 _— - LYON, France—Before the liberation, patriots (shown here), take cover behind a wall as Nazi snipers fire from a hospital, in the background.

ITALY—A combat patrol of the all-Negro 92d division strikes at a Nazi machine gun nest. A bazooka shell js screaming toward the enemy. .

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CIRCLE AACHEN 7 IN NEW DRIVE, INTO GERMANY

Call Siegfried Line Obsolete And Weaker Than Atlantic Wall.

By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, A. E. F., Sept. 15.— The American 1st army’ completed the encirclement of the big Siegfried line bastion of Aachen today after capturing

“{the Dutch fortress city of Maas-

tricht in a lightning thrust across

Map of war distances, Page 6.

PALAU INVADED IN TWIN PACIFIC DRIVE; KE NANCY AND

SARANGANI 1S

KABALUJA 12 * CELEBES ° SANGIR IS, SEA

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the “appendix” of Holland and over the German border. Southward 145 miles the U. S. 3d army captured Nancy, biggest transport and military center in northeastern France, opening another gateway to Germany. Between the wings of the general American advance, armored spearheads probed deeper into Germany at a number of points for penetra-

#4 [tions totaling more than six miles

east of Aachen and in the Prum

was a much more formidable fortification.” United Press Correspondent Jack

The gap in the cordon around Aachen apparently was closed when Hodges’ mobile units smashed

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Hoosier Heroes—

S6T. HILL KILLED, § MORE WOUNDED

Ten more Indianapolis men have been added to the growing casualty lists, with two killed; and the others

| | wounded in Europe.

A war department telegram delivered this morning at 325 N. Colorado ave, has added another Indianapolis man to the list of Hoosier Heroes killed in action. In addition, eight local men have been wounded. KILLED Sgt. Arthur Hill, 325 N. Colorado ave. in France.

WOUNDED 8gt. Richard L. Fowish, 322 S. Butler ave, in France. Pfc. Omer D. Russell, R. R. 7 Box 106, in France. Pfc. Herbert E. Johnes, 72 8, 10th st, Beech Grove, in France. Pfe. Paul J. Holcomb, 3590 N. Denny st. in France. Pvt. Charles W. King, 252 St. Clair st, in Europe. 8. Sgt. Elmo G. Workman, brother of Ora C. Workman, Acton, in Italy. . Pvt. Michael J. Casserly, 810 N. Keystone ave., in Europe. Pvt. William Tolbert, R. R. 20,

Box 7, in Europe.

y SAFE 8. Sgt. Theodore R. Fisher, 2406 Wheeler st., in Italy:

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600 MILES

NEAR PHILIPPINES WITH LANDINGS ON PALAL, HALMAHERA ISLANDS

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This map shows the distances to Davao bay on Mindanao, southernmost of the Philippine Siands, ftom

Halmahera and Palau, Jap bastions in the Pacific on which American landing forces are fighting today.

DEWEY MAKES SPURT IN POLL

rvey Shows FDR}. stil Holding Lead By 5 Points.

Times Special NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—A sharp rise in public sentiment in favor of Governor Thomas E. Dewey over President Roosevelt was recorded by the Fortune magazine poll for the week ending Aug. 26. ; The poll, however, still showed the President to have a fairly wide lead, 49.3 per cent of the people favoring him as compared to 44.4 per cent for Mr. Dewey. The remaining 6.3 per cent were recorded as “don't know.” 4 Per Cent Rise

This represents a rise of approximately 4 per cent for Mr. Dewey over the poll for the two-week period ending Aug. 19. Results of the Aug. 19 poll showed public preference 54.6 per cent for Roosevelt to 40 per cent for Dewey, with 45 per cent undecided. Fortune editors said there were two probable reasons for the sharp shift in public sentiment and commented that the shift might be temporary because of the unusual week in which the survey was made, They pointed out that the Aug, 26

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BRIEF COOL SPELL

DUE ON WEEK-END

Near normal temperatures are forecast for Indiana tomorrow followed by a brief cooling Sunday. Scattered showers Sunday and general rains Tuesday or Wednesday also were predicted in the fiveday forecast issued by the weather bureau today.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Sam..... 56 10a m.... 66 Tam.... 55 1llam..... 67 S§a.m..... 58 12 (noon).. 71 Sam . 60 lpm... 72

Tests by Allison May Hike Plane Ceilings 4 Miles

STATE COLLEGE, - Pa, Sept. 15.—Tests made in an Allisonpowered P-39 at Indianapolis this summer, and still continuing there, indicate that a newly developed lubrication system may enable airplanes to fly 20,000 feet higher than present ceilings, it was revealed here today. The new system, it was said, will increase the efficiency of military aircraft and may be extremely helpful in successful stratosphere transportation after the war, ” ® .

Known as the S-8S system after the men who jointly developed it —Dr. P. H. Schweitzer, professor of engineering research at Pennsylvania State college here, and L. P. Sharples, Philadelphia manufacturer of centrifuge equipment —the innovation is lighter and simpler than ~ the conventional circuit and permits location of the oil tank in any part of the ariplane, Schweitzer and Sharples explained the invention in a paper read before a two-day confernce on altitude lubrication attended by representatives of the country's leading oil, airplane and

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ALLISON'S TO GO ON 45-HOUR WEEK

The Allison plants, where most operations now are on a 48-hour week basis, will go on a 45-hour week beginning tomorrow by eliminating Saturday work and putting in nine hours a day five days a week, it was announced today. The -third or midnight shift will be abolished and its employees given work on the first or second shifts.

Assembly and test departments will remain on the 48-hour week for the

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REPORT RUSS DRIVE ON RIA

‘Nazis Say 500,000. Soviets Smash Toward Baltic; Warsaw Attacked.

By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 15.—The German high command reported today that more than 40 Russian divisions— perhaps 500,000 men—had opened a mighty Baltic offensive "aimed at the Latvian capital of Riga from a broad arc to the south and east. The Nazi report came as the Russians blasted wrecked and burning Warsaw from the captured suburb of Praga and massed fo storm across “the Vistula river into the Polish capital. Harried German forces of the Baltic area were reported by Hel-

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 15 (U. PJ. ~—Fighting broke out between Finnish * and German troops in Northern Finland early today. reliable sources reported.

sinki to have attacked the Finnish island of Suursaari (Hogland), strategic fortress commanding the middle reaches of the Gulf of Finland. The move brought the former axis allies to the brink of war. The Finns said twelve ships carrying the German invaders were sunk by artillery fire. Early in August the Russians

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ORDNANCE EXPLOSION HEARD 125 MILES

HASTINGS, Neb, Septt 15 (U. P.)—An explosion heard 125 miles away blasted a loading dock of the Hastings naval ordnance depot today. First reports said “several Negro sailors” were among casualties taken to the depot dispensary, but the extent of casualties and dam-

ag was not available.

Here's What 10 G's Think Of Your Idea, Gen. Hershey

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.— Despite Democratic reports to the contrary, some overseas sol diers are not going to vote for

a fourth term, Rep. John Jen-

.nings (R. Tenn.) predicted today in making public a letter he re-

ceived, ridiculing the Hershey plan to keep the army mobilized.

| after Germany is defeated.

The letter was dated Aug. 23 and addressed from “somewhere in Europe.” It was signed by 10

shrapnel-torn skies of the world, tired, grim American soldiers stood up to cheer the latest mo-

.. rale booster of our beloved friend,

Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. I quote from the Stars and Stripes of Aug. 23, 1944: “We can keep people in the army about as cheaply as we could create an agency for them . when they are out.’ “Right now we think that Gen. Hershey could be voted the man with whom we should like most to share a slit-trench in the front lines, for we believe him to be a man. of vision; a man of understanding, especially of the wants, hopes and dreams of the common - soldier, “It is this keen understanding,

wife who ot omen aren seas. That is why I urge you to support Mr. Roosevelt—he has ~ such men around him to guide and counsel him in his moments of decision. : “As you can see I can hardly control my enthusiasm, for we love it here and will love it even more so after the war is won. We ' love the simple life of ease and ‘quiet dignity, far from the clamor oa turmoil of America and home. : only wish is that we can have

‘less trousers and union scales. Never, not in 1000 years! And we know that they feel pretty much the same way about us, for they would never deprive us of the wonderful opportunity we now have here. Never, not in 1000 years would they come over here and take away our work. “They are content with their

work-a-day world, and dull eve- |

nings at home with wives and .. children. Indeed, we are grateful to in Fortune magazine's

jg/apanese shore installations while

BIG OFFENSIVE HITS BASTIONS OF PHILIPPINES

MacArthur and Nimitz Lead Attacks on 2 Islands Held by Japs.

By FRANK TREMAINE United Press Staff Correspondent PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 15. —A big American invasion armada poured fighting men ashore on the Japanese island base of Palau, 560 miles east of the Philippines, today as Gen. Douglas MacArthur's troops stormed up into the Halmahera ise lands from the south in a twin offensive to clear the road back to Bataan and Corregidor. Exploding their greatest come bined offensive of the Pacific war, MacArthur and Adm, Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the U. 8. Pacific fleet, breached the coastal defenses of the two island bastions under cover of shattering bombardments from sea and sky, ‘MacArthur Leads Men MacArthur led his troops ashore early Friday on Morotai island northernmost of the Halmaheras and only 250 miles south of the Philippines, at almost the same

A navy communique said a fume ber of beachheads were established on Palau, a narrow chain of 28 islands, many of them mountainous, lying between the Carolines and the Phillippines. Babelthuap is the principal islet in the group. ;

Fighting Furious

(Because of time differentials, Nimitz’ announcement said the Palau landing occurred Thursday morning, Honolulu time, which would be Friday morning Halmae hera time.) Ty The twin blow threatened to break the chain of sprawling island bases established by the Japanese around the Philippines and the western and southern approaches to the Chinese mainland, and first reports from Palau said the enemy was fighting back furiously. American battleships, cruisers and supporting warships bombarded the

carrier-based aircraft dive-bombed and strafed the enemy. Powerful Screen MacArthur's men on Morotai also went in under a powerful warship and aircraft screen, but their lands ing: met only feehle Japanese ope position and casualties in the ini. tial assault were described officially = as “very light.” ; The bulk of the Japanese garrie son in the Halmaheras was ree vealed to have been concentrated in the southern part of the island group in the belief that MacArthur {would strike there. Instead, they were bypassed, cut off from their only direct sources of supply, and left to surrender or die.

Claim Attack Repulsed

On Palau, however, one of the toughest battles of the Pacific cam» paign was believed in progress, possibly exceeding in savagery the epic fight for Saipan or the: marine landing on Tarawa. 4 A brief navy communique said reinforcements were being put ashore from a host of guarded by the guns and planes of Adm, William F. Halsey's 3d fleet, and that the landings were “con | tinuing against stiff ground oPposi4 v tion.” ga The reference to “ground”