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. By JACK FRANKISH 3 United Press Staff Correspondent ; WITH U. 8. FIRST ARMY IN GERMANY, Sept. 30.—~The German command already is plotting a third world war, a secret document

: captured by the British 2d army and turned 1st army. It was an order to high German Ives from “senséless death” in order to preserve

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world leadership, we have need of our officers,” the document said. It was entitled “Special Issue of Notes for Officer Corps,” and was

issued to all branches of the German army down to divisions. Opening with a statement that

, the e of the troops must be raised, it said there had been too .

many wholesale surrenders. Then it proceeded to state that troops and young officers must

‘fight to the last man, while ex-

perienced officers save themselves for another war. “Our complete and final victory seemed until recently so assured

\Document Confirms Nazis’ Plans for Third War

‘Read the concluding installment of "Germany Will Try It Again," by Sigrid Schultz, who writes: "We will have to re- . member that Nazism will retain a great appeal for the Germans, even in defeat." Page 7.

that we can prefare again with high spirits and in good heart for a further struggle,” the document said. . Asserting that “we have been

able to find manpower in quantities at all times,” it continued: “For this reason care must constantly be taken to maintain the officer corps in its present

strength. Nevertheless certain company commands must at the same time be detailed to stay with their troops and in case of : necessity sacrifice themselves as well. Examples of this sort are necessary for the maintenance of troop morale. “Division commands will nominate junior officers to die the hero's death, “It was the German officer corps

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Major Drive Against Nazis Marks Effort to Carry Out Peace Terms.

By NAT A. BARROWS Times Foreign Correspondent HELSINKI, Sept. 30~—PFinland’s first: major offensive against Germany's Lapland army, at present raging 30 miles to the north in the Gulf of Bothnia port of Oulu, emphasizes the exact intention of the Mannerheim government to carry out faithfully every requirement off Russia’s armistice terms. Three columns of seasoned forest troops are now driving wedges toward the Austro-German 20th army in an attempt to fulfill Soviet demands that it be captured and disarmed on Finnish soil. Retreating northwards, the Germans are reported to be blowing up

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HOOSIER HEROES— Smith, Robinson And Ferguson Die

any allied source of the reported B-29 raid. Heretofore B-20's have operated solely from China and India bases. LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am....5% 0am... 59 Tam.... 5 lam... 63 Sam. 56 12 (Noon).. 66 fam...5 1pm... 6? + TIMES INDEX

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In European War

Three Indianapolis men have been killed in France. Six more local men have been wounded, and another is safe after being listed as missing. | KILLED Pvt. George A. Smith, 658 E. 12th st, in France.

T. Sgt. John W, Brown, 1819 Highland place, in France. Pile, Donald W. Jones, R. R, 186, box 659, in the Gilbert islands. Cpl. Harold Allison, 52 N, Chester st, in France. Pvt. Junior F. Cozart, 708 N. Alabama st., in Normandy. Pfc. Gerald D. Walters, 1002

HURT IN_ TRAFFIC

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Lloyd Napler, 18, of 114 8. West| Wi ota — ~The United Mine

By SHERLEY UHL A STRANGER in town recently hailed a cab in front of Union station and asked to be taken to the Lincoln hotel. After a 20minute jaunt involving a 95-cent fare, he arrived at his destination which, in case you're hazy on distances, was only five blocks away.

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Dealers Scoff at Shortage - Report as ‘Hoarders’ Raid Shelves. “A tush to the grocery store to stock up on coffee followed yesterday's OPA announcement that the rationing of coffee may become necessary within the next six months Coffee distfibutors labeled the idea of a coffee shortage “outstandingly foolish® and “unnecessary,” but as much ss 24 pounds of coffee to-a customer was sold by one down-' tewn store, The manager said the rush was “terrible.” It started at noon and by the end of the afternoon the once-filled shelves near the front of the store were beginning to look

Few Limit Sales Vacuum-packed coffee was purchased by most of the customers as

quan A few grocers reported that if the rush kept up today their stocks be low, as some popular brands already are missing from their shelves, but most of them will be able to meet the demand, as many of the

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WAR FRONTS

(Sept. 30, 1944)

WESTERN FRONT--British drive wedge into German lines below Hertogenbosch.

RUSSIA—Russians open third front against Hungary,

ITALY—Germans force British to withdraw from brideghead across Fiumicino river in Adriatic sector.

AIR WAR—Yanks blast Hamm and Bielefield in Westphalia.

PACIFIC—American invasion forces extend conquests to eight Palau islands.

RUSS APPROACH HUNGARY'S GATE

Open 3d Front in Thrust

Tour With Dewey Revives Faith in Future America

By THOMAS L. STOKES ow Scripps-Howard Staff Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—1It is trite to say it. but it is more true every time you experience it—the thrill that comes from going across the country sand back again by train; as a number of us have done with Governor Dewey. - It gives you fresh enthusiasm and fresh energy for the plunge

back into the selfish and self-confident East,’ which is not near

so important as it thinks it is, and not half as human ‘and thoughtful. ; ; The experience makes you humble, almost reverent, td see how much we have and how fine it is, and from what we: started and what we have made of it. It makes you understand why

it, and die for it. We missed them on this journey into Amerjca. Oecasionally you: see them, in uniform, on leave fn the cities. But most of them are gone from their accustomed places. They will be back, the larger part of those boys, and they will grumble at what they find back home. That is as it should be, too, for that is what made us what we are, that continual discontent with things as they are. Some of them, foo, will go to hospital beds, and some will lie there,

farm boys and city boys fight for

| Within Thee Miles of

Tatar Pass.

By ROBERT S. MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 30.—The Russian army opened a third front against Hungary today with a powerful thrust into the Carpatho-Ukraine

gateway to the Hungarian plains. Swinging

of mountain defiles linking Poland

disconsolate, watching the sands of life run out. And these, and so many others, will be disillusioned. : 2

America is their sustenance’

and * America cannot fail them again, as it did once before. Somehow, too, after seeing! America again, you have a faith that she will not fail them. We surely have learned much in the years between. They will go back to the places we have seen on this trip. And they are good places, for the most part, except for those bleak tenements you see in the large cities. They are still there, though not so many as they once were. But they are, after all, a small part of the panorama which unfolds before you, as you push

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breacled the main German defenses south of the Tatar gorge and threatened - momentarily to spill across the frontier into the Car-patho-Ukraine section stolen from Czechoslovakia by Hungary. more than 170 miles the Soviet as-

and eastern flanks, came as Rus-

border on a 100-mile front.

ready had crossed the

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A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

5 . 3 WASHINGTON, Sept. 80.—Pacific war causes more | worry here than bad news from Europe. : Latest estimates thdicate Japan can increase its output of war equipment, military supplies; has enough raw materials stock-piled to last for years; can produce planes as fast as we destroy them; has an army of four million and a reserve of two million not yet called up. Amphibious operations in that war are at least three times as difficult as in Europe, military authorities estimate. Shipping problems are staggering, haven't been solved, : As for China, the Burma-Ledo road, when opened, will carry only as are now being flown over the hump. . t »

DON'T LOOK for earth-shaking results from our Albanian opera. tions. Country involved is too far south to be useful in setting up Balkan pincers; too mountainous to permit fast movement,

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singing in the streets.

now have been captured.”

By PAUL GHALI Times Foreign Correspo ndent

BERN, Switzerland,

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BOMB RUHR; BRITISH GAIN IN HOLLAND

that carried to less than three miles of the historic Tatar pass, eastern

abreast of other Soviet forces advancing through the chain

and Slovakia, Russian infantrymen

The new offensive, extending to sault. line on Hungary's northern

sian and Romanian troops moved against the southern Hungarian

Axis reports said the Soviets alsouthern frontier at a number of points and hinted that they had entered Szeged, second largest city in Hungary. At the same time, Moscow announced new gains in the attack on Riga. capital of Latvia, and reported that 30,000 Germans were killeq and 15,745 captured in the 10-day campaign that liberated all

AS NAZI GUNS FALL

DOVER, England, Sept. 30 (U. P.).—The end of Dover's four years under German guns was announced officially today, touching off a jubilant celebration by thousands of persons: dancing, shouting and

Soon after 10 a. m. loudspeakers blared the announcement that “the mayor has received official information that all long range guns on the other side of the channel

Budapest Cries for Peace, But Can't Escape Nazis' Heel Sept. 30—|is another source of depression

Peace demonstrators in Budapest have forced their way into the

Allies, Nazis Gird For Big October Struggle.

By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, A. E. F., Sept. 30.— Allied armed forces heavily bombed the Ruhr valley today, narrowed the German escape corridor from western Holland, and launched the final assault on Calais after a 24-hour truce for the evacuation of French civilians. American and British heavy bombers teamed in a double barreled assault on Ruhr citadels keying the defenses of the northe west passage into Germany shead

and the snow-flecked mountains of eastern France around the Belfort gap.

Jockey for Positions

On the eve of October—tradie flonally the last good fighting month in western Europe—the op= posing armies were jockeying for positions preliminary to a great clash which could be the final battle of the war, Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C, Dempsey’s British 2d army ripped into the exposed German flank in Holland for gains within four miles of Hertogenbosch, strategic transport center, in a drive to cut off the estimated 200,000 Nazis in Holland and along the Channel coast. At the other end of the line, Lt. Gen, George S. Patton's armor battered forward in the Moselle valley after knocking out at least 108 German tanks in 48 hours of fighting.

Resume Calais’ Fight

Canadian assault forces’ resumed the attack on the “last man” gare rison of Calais—about 4000 men dug in amidst the ruins of the channel port—after some = 10,000 civilians were evacuated. “I have received orders from my fuehrer to fight to thé last man, and that is what I intend to do,” the German commander, Schroe= der, told Canadian officers during the negotiations for the truce which ended at noon today. About 800 Flying' Fortresses and Liberators with a strong fighter escort led the air parade to Gere many. They hit Hamm, Bielefeld and Munster, the latter a big transe

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ROBOTS TAKE TOLL LONDON, Sept. 30 (U. Ples German planes. carrying (fying bombs pick-a-back threw thelr missiles against England three times last night, causing damage and casualties in some areas, 5

The sight of their beloved capital, with its finest sections laid waste,

among Budapest residents.