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to something else, they it an omen favorable to Republican side. Dewey is sure to take advantage of every opening left by Demo“crats from here on, to return blow for . blow, Some advisers have urged him to swing hard in Charleston speech tonight. Meanwhile, if Roosevelt makes more speeches, one of them will be devoted to answering Dewey's charge of unpreparedness for war. Presidential aides are digging out Republican voting records on air- . force expansion, selective service, ~~ lend-lease,
Industry and Politics
PARTY CAMPAIGNERS sizing
have changed many things, Plants established in hitherto rural areas brought in large numbers of unionized workers and these Now threaten to overturn estab-
FOR THE first time, politicians pay attention this year to their women’s auxiliaries, hitherto kept powerless. Reason: A League of Women Voters estimate that women will cast 60 per cent of the vole in states like Pennsylvania. . 8 8 =
| Byrnes and FDR Phit?
'_ FRIENDS OF War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes say he has not seen F. D, R. since the Demogratic convention, despite the fact that his office is in the White House, his job often labeled “as gistant president.” Harry Hopkins has been the go-between in hane dling Byrnes-Roosevelt matters, Reason is Byrnes” feeling about the treatment accorded his vice presidential candidscy. He was given to understand he was the President's choice, then slapped down hard, When Byrnes quits next month #5 OWM director to enter private Iw practice, Ben Cohen, his general counsel, will leave to. Ine timates say theyll be law parte
TIBET TO THE U. S« IRON LUNG EPIC ENDS
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Made a runway so the plane could fake off. But the sick man was six feet four, weighed 200 pounds, and the plane was so tiny there was room only for the patient and the pilot: The pilot, Maj. Fred G. Welsh, West Englewood, N. J, threw ali the equipment out of the plane, including parachutes, and shakily took off, 3 Over the ‘Hump’ ‘ Over the dangerous Himalayan *hump” where U, S, planes daily fiy supplies into and out of China, Maj. Welsh piloted his little aircraft with his right hand while with the left he pumped a canvas Pellows that kept Wesselhoeft Becathing, : Then for two and a half months Wesselhoeft lay in a British “lung”
erick Beecherd of New Brunswick, _¥. J, improvised an artificial ves- _ pirator out of old airplane and jeep Sorta to enable their countryman fo be flown back to America.
A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington | Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers |
(Continued From Page One) ‘Nippon, and it's up to Jap fleet to prevent the break-through at any
One of the greatest sea battles in all history is in the making.
Robct Bomb Threat Still Exists
“T expect any letdown in Europe. BT on ce of the robot bomb is too well understood
peace. Nobody in the know is laughing off
Dewey's Camp in High Spirits GOVERNOR DEWEY'S camp is in top spirits over two campaign developments of last 48 hours; first, what Dewey advisers call the strongly defensive tone of F. D. R's Thursday night speech, and second, obvious confusion on Democratic side as to whether F. D, R. is to make any more public campaign appearances. Some G. O. P. campaigners thought the President’s speech started out well but sagged sharply after the first few minutes, that it lacked the fire of the teamsters’ speech of two weeks ago. Whether its tone was due to bad reaction to the “Fala speech” or
| Rockefeller, proposing 16 East
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Shortwave Controversy
I N NER-ADMINISTRATION battle is on over continuation of international shertwave brosdcasts after the war. Inter departmental « advisory committee has recommended that federsl communications commission refuse frequencies for direct foreign service, arguing that radio spectrum will be overcrowded with more essential operations,
Elmer Davis and Nelson Rockfeller dissent, contending shortwave service is only medium for making uncensored American voices heard abroad. Radio industry planners support Davis and
coast transmitters, 10 for West coast.
If plan goes through, question remains” whether government or industry will operate the stations.
yy.» 2 WHILE SENATOR BALL (R. Minn.) declines to campaign for Dewey, Senator Burton (R. 0), Ball's teammate, in international collaboration fight, is being booked by Republican national committee for speeches at Major rallies, - * Says Burton: “Election of Dewey is an essential part of the peace.” ” ”» » DIES CQMMITTEE is speeding up hearings on C. I. O. Political Action Committee with the idea of getting its report issued—and well circulated—before election. Report will repeat committee's previous charge that P, A. C. is Communist-controlled. #® o 8
Reconversion Bill CONGRESS LEADERS see scant hope for liberalizing unemployment «- compensation features of reconversion bill in the post-election session.
Roosevelt, in signing bill, Iamented omissions of travel pay and minimum standards of job~ less benefits, but action is likely to go over to the new congress, ® x = EXODUS FROM war production centers is under way and mounting weekly through the Midwest. Hundreds of war workers and their families have quietly gone back to the farm and smaller towns, WMC reports show plant requirements spotty, with need still great in some areas.
250,000 of Bier Of Smith in N.Y.
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who seeks the presidency from thé same gubernatorial office Smith sought it from in 1928, was there, So was Mrs. Dewey. With a member of the Smith family, they knelt and prayed. » td » THE FORMER governor, Hers bert H. Lehman, now head of the united nations relief and rehabilitation administrafion, paused be« fore the open casket, then sat for a moment, head bowed, in s nearby pew. ! A delegation of 250 union leaders passed: A gréy-haired woman in a fate tered coat sobbed as shé turned away from the casket, : The soft music of the organ filled the church and a police man said quietly, “Keép moving,
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» ss » E FIFTEEN HUNDRED young girls who had sung dt .intervdls started to cross the cathedral and pass the bier, but Msgr. Joseph F. Flannelly waved them
Major Break-Through Is
army under Lt. Gen. George 8.
Scored North of Aachen. 3
Doughboys of the American 3d
The true significance Patton extended their hold on the in Washington and London to warrant taking it easy. southwest corner of embattled Ft.| the buzsbembd ready months earlier, it might Mave |[Driant in the suburbs of Metz to Had the heen me 7 | within 100 yards of the main fort- | doomed the European invasion. Se ifications, where they could hear | The V<2’is no mere Nasi bugaboo. It exists. Its destructive ihe Germans shouting to ome an- = § » Americans also had toehold , : , cone The a 0 Gut asl aumfert 18 Shak Yhe Nags aven's yet gut i ter Biv nal ea trol. Mis operation Is erratic. fortress. But time can cure that. If Hitler can prolong the war—evem | South of Metz, the 3d army until next spring or summer—he may be able to perfect the new |yisided some ground to an enemy engine of destruction, and he counts on it to give him a negotiated |counter-attdck near Sivry, nine
forest east of Luneville stubborn resistance and captured Anglemont, six miles southwest of Baccarat. Supreme headquarters reported the Germans had sent substantial reinforcements of good troops, in-
ics, into the heavily-wooded area northeast of the Epinal-Montbe-laird arc protecting the Belfort gap into Germany north of the Swiss border. : Far to the north, the Cahad'an
canal in northwest Belgium for & solid front nearly three and a half miles long and a mile deep. The Canadians were meeting stiff opposition from German forces clinging to their positions on the south bank of the Schelde estuary, seeking to deprive the allies of tie use of the big port of Antwerp as long as possible.
Opposition Lighter
Farther east, the opposition was lighter and the Canadians advanced to Santvlet, three and a half miles north of Lillo and just south of three miles north of Putte, well inside the border. British and Polish columns on the Canadian flank advanced two miles along parallel roads to within 'a few thousand yards of Tilburg, age of the German salient,
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the tip of the British bridgehead in
an official spokesman declined com ment on a German report that the British had made a new crossing of the lower Rhine, Hint Arnhem Enfered London morning newspapers car« ried an unconfirmed Stockholm report that British tanks, striking out. from the new bridgehead, had broken into Arnhem.
imeter of besieged Dunkerque, last
channel coast, but there was no confirmation that the British and Canadians yet had launched their final assault against the stronghold. On the 3d army front, American
credited with effectively sealing & huge German railway gun ‘in 8 tunnel from which it had been fir« ing Thursday. They also were be lieved to have dive-bombed successfully the turntable of a heavy field gun. Farther south, the AmericanFrench 7th army threw a siege arc three quarters of the way around Thillot, in the Vosges foothills 17 miles north of Belfort. Further progress was reported in the woods west of Belfort.
MATHEWS FORESEES A DEWEY, VICTORY
PORTLAND, Ind. Oct. 7 (U, P. —Jerry A. Mathews, editor of the Young Republican, national Republican weekly, and veteran long-time election forecaster, yesterday predicted that Thomas Dewey would be élécted President ‘with a minimum of 298 electoral votes and possibly more than 300. Dewey will carry New York with a “tremendous up-state majority” and all thé New England states with thé possible exception of Rhode Island, Mathews said.
EXPLOSIONS M COMMUNIST SHOW
BOSTON, Oct. 7 (U, P).—The Communist-sponsored musical show “Bandwagon” moved on to Bridgeport, Conn. today for the second performance of its 25-city tour, while police sought to determine who provided the re.ricke which nearly broke up its premie here last night. The show opened to a capacity crowd of 2700 despite picketing by irate members of the Massachu~ setts Women’s Political club, but many of the spectators were sent scurrying for the exits midway through the performance by a series of resounding explosions. They returned to their seats upon discovering the cause was not bombs but fire-crackers hurled by a group of boys. Police blamed youngsters for the incident but béileved others may have supplied the fire-crackers inasmuch "as they have not been on sale here sincé Pearl Harbor, The tion sponsored
Browder and the show. ; BERIFF CURRENS DIE ; Ri S DIES
President of Rotary
cluding “fight-to-the-death” fanat-}
| canteen, The
Holland across thé Rhine river, but |
Fighting continued on the per-|
German-held port on the French |
Thunderbolt fighter-bombers were|
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RALPH S. NORWOOD, presi-
has been elected president of the Rotary club of Indianapolis. Mr. Norwood succeéds Howard N. Sweetman, ~ Mr. Norwood has been active in Rotary for a number of years and was advanced from the office of first vice president. He
prise attracted national: attention. ) * He has been active in Indianapolis civic and business affairs and is a director and former president of the Indiabapolis Merchants association. -
FERMOR S$. CANNON, president of Railroadmen’s Federal Sa and Loan association, was first vice president. Mr. Cannon was advanced from the office of second vice president. William H. Schmelzel, vice president of Ace Motors, Inc, was named to Mr. -Cannon’s former post. Gwynn P. Patterson, vice president of the Indiana National bank, was re-elected Rotary treasurer. . ” » ”
OTHER officers elected were
Mr. VanSickle, president of the vansickle Radio Supply Co., sueceeds Mr. Tingle as At arms. ” » ”
dent of L. Strauss & Ce, Inc, °
Charles C. Tingle, secretary, and sergeant-
ous TorEs od Ele
ELECTION wis conducted by the board of directors, eight of whom are holdovers from Mr. Sweetman'’s on and . ¢ight of whom are new directors . recently elected.
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- * Boogie Buckett Opening Tonight OPENING festivities tonight ' will touch off the season's activities at Mdisnspolls’ newest teenBoogie Buckett, 1303 u Bellefontaine st.
Decoration of the canteen has
hall, Mrs, Victor
chargé are Melvin Zinn, president; Stanley Shirley, first vies president; Maurice Smock, fregsurer; Alyce Buchan, secretary, snd Alice McNally, Paul Hmm and Patty Shirley, vies presidents.
3100 HEAVIES SMASH
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areas.
and Saarbrucken.
prime targets, : Berlin's 3d Pounding
Liberators.
tion of 39 aircraft on the ground. 10 fighters weré lost.
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Simultanéously the 8th air force
Other large fires were left burns ing in thé Hamburg snd Stettin
Toddy’s onslaught followed a four-way raid by the R, A. F. last night on Bremen, Berlin, Dortmund
Nearly 1000 four-engined lancasters and Halifaxes participtéd ii the night fordy, which followed by only a few hours the largest American daylight raid on Germany since June, with Berlin anmiong the
Berlin took its third pummeéling in 24 hours and 169th since the start of the war yesterday. The German capital rocked undér the impact of scores of block-busters from more than 1250 Flying Fortresses and
As many as 100 German fighters at a time attacked the big bombers over Berlin, but the heavies shot down three and their fighter escort counted for 17 others. American (fants also reported the destruce | | Nineteen American bombers and f,, on the ease if a work stop-
page occurs or so lohg as it conThe unions contend ‘that
ON POLYGAMY, CHARGE |
political assocld| : both a speech by|
DEWEY SPEAKS AT 8:45 TONIGHT
Wallace Plans Tour; % Truman in Missouri. - ; (Continued From Page One)
the job would be paid for by the legislators at fixed rates
Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney of the Democratic senatorial campaign committée accused ‘Dewey of trying to win the election by side-tracking the problem of
‘domestic policies of the Democrats.
Senator Arthur Capper (R. : Kas), leaving the capital to campaign at home for Dewey and ‘Bricker, ssid the New Deal “isn't putting up much of a fight in the Midwest.”
Senator Claude E. Pepper (D. : Fla), addressing the opening of the state C. I. O. in New Jersey, predicted & “landslide” victory ‘for Roosevelt.
| Swinging into West Virginia on |s bid for the border state's eight clectordl votes, Dewey said: | Will Pull No Punches “Mr. Roosevelt asked the Amer‘ican people not to look now belosuse somebody is following him,” [the G. O. P. nominee said, apparently referring to the President's iv of Communist support. | “Since he would like softly fo derily the means by which he seeks
ito discuss it quite openly Charléston on the radio.”
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announced that pictures showed the heaviest destruction in yesterday's raids by the U. 8. heavy bombers for at least two months, with big fires started in the Spandau and Tegel suburbs of Berlin. Follows Night Raids
than the attack he made on Mr, will “pull no punches.”
wir planning will réquire “competence never yet shown by the presént administration.”
is éxpéctéd to concentrate his atBrowder,
participate in Mr. Roosevelt's fourth térm campaign.
STRIKE THREATENS IN PITTSBURGH HOTELS
prevent a
lishments.
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{into this matter,” Anderson said in
| It was the duty of the committee to {investigate them”
‘ber has jumped to well shove three
post-war peace and adopting the]
election to 16 straight years in the| (White House, I shall be compelled |:
The governor's associates said his speech tonight would be stronger
Roosevelt at Oklahoma City, and he
Dewey's criticism of the Roosevelt administration’s policies has been one of the major issues of his campaign. He charged that post-
In discussing the President's déclardtion that he did not want thé support of Communists, Dewey [8
tack on the detivities of Earl Recently Dewey said Browder, a Communist leader, had been pardonéd so that he could
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (U. P.). -—The war labor board today appealed to local union officers to striké of employees called in eight Pittsburgh hotels including the major downtown estab-
The WLB requested officers of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders (A. F. of L.) to take all steps necessary “to pre-
now being handled by the house folding room carries a Republican frank, . ’ Duty to Investigate
_ “One of the reasons why I looked
reference to the “Wake Up America” speech by Rep. Fred Bushey (R. Ill), which was printed for na-tion-wide distribution by 13 Republican congressmen, “was that I had heard of the huge political orders passing through the folding room.
“I ‘have been
fourths.”
slumped in their seats. Some be-
gan giggling, others weeping and {some just gazed at a spot on the | {ceiling where Ernst had directed
the attention of his subjects
Regular Officers to Get! The
Relief as Guards at
Maas declared, “If the President is ignorant of that regulation it is a sad commentary that a man can be chief executive for 12 years and know so little of the functions of congress.” Rep. Daniel Reed (R. N. Y), asthat “even if they had been ted at government expense it would ' have been well worth the cost to acquaint the American public sgain with the Communistic relationship between the administration dnd Moscow.”
VICTIM OF SLUSGING TAKEN T0 HOSPITAL
A slugging victim was taken to City hospital :
John Baldwin, 821 College ave. was badly beaten by two thugs last
City hospital where he is said to be in a fair condition. A neighbor, Robert Miers, gave police s description of a suspect. Two girls, Alime Hannes ‘and Geraldine Moorfield, both of 120 W, 12th st., had their purses snatched by two mien in the 900 block of N. Illinols st. about 11:50 p. m. yesterday, They told police a tota] of Jusnita Mortman, 2101 Carrollton ave, had her pursé snatched about Pp. m. yesterday near her home. She told police theres was $9 in it.
ing hér apartment house, 149 W. 9th st., who fook a packege of cig-
she had hidden $5 in the package,
$250 IN LOOT TAKEN FROM PARKED AUTO A car belonging to Gene Ryan, 111 E. 16th st, departmént of conservation employee, was broken into last night and about $250 worth of property taken. He reported that two 38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolvers and 10 boxes of shells were taken. The car was in a lot in back of
night near his home and taken t0|Kegei
arets from her. She told police that |;
viously devoted to school crossings, the chief said. Many of them are expected to be assigned to automobile traffic work, a field that has been seriously undermanned, he added.
“TWENTY-FIVE | BILLION
SOUTHPORT ANNUAL
Appointments to the editorial staff of Southport high school’s senior yearbook, “The 1945 Anchor,” were announced yesterday with Beth Copsey named editor-in-chief of the annual publication. Miss Harriet Kersey, faculty sponsor of the yearbook, said the following students have been named to the staff: Jo Ange Armstrong, Georgis Pitcher, Janice 6k and Robert Carter, editors; Betty Baker, Ray
literary Bet 2 Deutsch and Carol Prather, art work; Kenneth Kehlbeck, sports; J. Wayne Ebert and Jack Nunley, business managers; Elsbeth Lois Preers, Kenneth Jewel, MaxReasner, Jemnnietls
t stant: Charles McLaughlin, Robert
ner and James Hogue, sdvertisemeit; erly Harbin, Mi ‘et Hausman, Doris n, Arnola Con
and Eric pois Rg ply oi, Tare: lation. ! The initial meeting of the Student Organimstion of Southport high school was held this week, with the following officers elected: Kenneth Kehlbeck, president; Don
Fleener, vice president, and Shirley Smith, secertary-treasurer.
Wilson, David Yount and Mac Wilganizations activities, EX-CONGRESSWOMAN HURT
Sirfims, former Republican congresswoman from Illinois, was recovering today from injuries received when thrown from a horse,
thé building and two other cars.also
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cal war production area.” WLLB said it would take no ac-
tinued. wage brackets are too low
Relieve
vent ‘the members of yotir union terrupting service in the hotels and restaurants in thie criti-
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were broken into.
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ALAMOBSA, Col, Oct. 7 (U, P). ~ Mrs. Ruth Hanns McCormick
fracturing Her shouldér bone and an upper arm bone.
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