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Its remnants, however, could still prove wrotblesome if the Japanese confined their operations to waters where good land-based air support would be available,

“Moreover, the enemy's Siimarine fleet is intact and .could be used to good effect in home waters. Just how much of the imperial fleet remains afloat and able fo fight after this week’s battle of the Philippines is not known certainly because an accurate estimate of the enemy’s pre-battle strength is not available. On the basis of the best information at hand, however, it appears that at least half of Japan's battleship

Japanese F leet Through As First Class Power, Naval Experts Believe

By SANDOR 8. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—~The Japanese fleet is through as a first-class fighting power, naval experts be.

strength has been sunk, put out -of action or damaged; that its cruiser stre has been reduced by better than two-thirds and its ircraft carrier force by more than one-third. "Of course, it is not known how soon Japan can repair her damaged ships and get them back into action. Some may be out for months. Japan was believed to have had at least 15 battleships,

including five of the most modern type. She was also reported building two 52,000-ton ships to match the U. S. Iowa At least three enemy battleships can now be definitely listed as sunk. These include two sent down in the Solomons and one in the current engagement. Shortly after the outbreak of war, the war depart-

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Subject for Teachers: Glamour

15,000 Educators Meet Here To Study Post-War Plans

when they convened today at the 91st annual session of the Indiana association.

State Teachers

Among the more important legislative resolutions drawn up by a

1.'To integrate and organize all federal educational functions and

forces, under the U. 8. office of education, i 2. To elevate further the office of county superintendent and author. ize the county board of education to receive state teaching unit funds for the county superintendent on the same basis as that received for the city superintendent, 3. To make the office of state superintendent of public instruction a statutory office with a four-year

4. To revise and adjust the state (Continued on Page 3—Column 2) ms mre ec eteneeeegd LOCAL TEMPERATUJ/ES

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apolis residents.

This \rings Governor Dewey down fo 80.5 per cent, his lowest mark since the straw vote began, and brings Governor Democratic senatorial nominee, up, to 48.5 per cent, his highest mark. :

« “The total Times’ straw vote, as of today, shows the following

® ” percentages: President. ... .. Dewey ... Senator ....... Capehart .51.5% Governor. ..... Gates. ....

Congressman .. Stark .

Todays retur faved al Democratic candidat, ith te ex.

of President Roosevelt.

President...... Dowel.

{Charges Roosevelt Selling}

Privileges for ‘Cash on Barrelhead.’

By CHARLES T. LUCEY Seripps-Howard Staff Writer

WITH DEWEY PARTY, la Oct. 26.—There could havejl:: :: : been other reasons, of course, i

South China Sea

The 15000 Ludian educstors descended noon Liiantnlls tr Hedhs

%| Two P.-T.A. Officers Defend! Principal Charged With Paddling: Children.

By NOBLE REED

terday after the parents of five pupils charged in written statements to the prosecutor that their chil

disciplinary Mrs. Vera Hedrick, 618 S. Taft (Continued on Page 5—Column 2)

P.) ~Lee M. Allen, one-time cyclops

2 Assert Trip Would Swing

The map above shows.where two U. S. fleels sunk or damaged at least 30 Jap warships in the Philippine area, including nine sunk, three probably sunk and 18 damaged.

mans 30) NI WARSHIPS SUNK, DAMAGED: wrsoel (],S, FLEET PURSUES FLEEING FOE; EXPECT ENEMY LOSS 10 BE HIGHER

PACIFIC 2s

Nip ships sunk : probably sunk

Decisive American Victory Smashes : All-or-Nothing Bid to Break Philippines Invasion.

By FRANK TREMAINE United Pweg Staff Correspondent

PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 26.—The American 3d and 7th fleets have sunk or damaged at least 30 Jap anese warships, including 10 battleships and three aircraft carriers, in the Philippines to win one of the greatest and most decisive naval battles of the war, it was announced today. Pursuing American surface ships and aircraft were attacking the fleeing, battered remnants of the enemy fleet at midnight (5:30 a. m., Indianapolis time), Pacific fleet headquarters reported, and it was likely that the final tol} would be still greater than the nine enemy warships already known to have been sunk, three probably sunk and 18 = damaged. 3 The only American losses announced—and these figures apparently were complete for the action to date—were the 10,000-ton light carrier Princeton; and an escort cam suk, geveral. destroyers and sseott carziers. damaged » several PT, boats sunk or F damaged,

Then, last night, be went back io! LOyRTUINE POLL

|idency, and gave ar. Rosevert a] Roosevelt Given lent sna his Smacate >a 4 33.5% Majority

In Latest Total

(DEMOCRATS URGE | wow vom ‘out sores.

of the Ku Klux Klan here and now a farmer living near Kingsville, Mo., 35 mlies southeast of here, charged today that U. S. Senator Harry S. man, Domotratic vies pasion tial nominee, joined the Klan 1922 and spoke at one an rally of the organization.

INDIANAPOLIS TIMES STRAW VOTE— All Democratic Candidates Gain Half of One Per Cent

~All Democratic candidates gained one-half of 1 per cent in their over-all standings as a result of today’s returns in The Indianapolis Times’ straw poll of Indian-

dent Roosevelt has a majority of } D.-R VISIT HERE 53.5 per cent among civilian vot1 Ui In ers as he enters the final stretch mtn nln, of the campaign, but his margin are several

Marion County Vote.

Nation-wide interviews, conBy EARL RICHERT sg

ducted during the of Oct.

Marion county Democratic lead-| 16-20 by the firm of Roper fort to get President Roosevelt to| (Continued on Page 15—Column 2)

his scheduled appearance in the| By ALEXANDER BARMINE . , . Written for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers "me msaents wun vn wane | NE Indispensable Man Idea Is Made To Order for Communists’ Conspiracy’

They are trying fo convince] wpw YORK, Oct. 26—Despite

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that he does not welcome Com-

Roosevelt. ,40.5% Schricker. .48.6% Jackson .. -43.5%

= Souers ress ie ge the bung periaee: “Republican

munist support, the Communist him for a fourth term in order to Amusemerits + .16| Movies .......16| advance their long-range plans. | Eddie Ash.....26 Music ........18]' In his speech of Jan. 20, 1044, Otome ....-38| Obituaries ---+ 8 Earl Browder, Communist leader, Comics .......31| Ernie Pyle ....21| complained: ord ....31|Radio ........31] “The American people are 50 Mrs. Roosevelt 21| ill prepared for any

deep-going Shabge 1: ihe direction. of so-

‘MY HUSBAND LIED,’ |" OVER—

Clapper's Wife SAYS WAG SUSPECT Hor fo Address

Admits Knowing Cpl. Rid- Town Hall Group. ings but Denies Murder. By LOUISE FLETCHER

My hu band is a liar 3 Editor S| 38 Times Woman's i IS, inona Pp

: and women from the Main streets Luallen Kidd this morning categor- of America and my job is a report-

ically denied murdering WAC Cpl. ing job, telling the ie back Maoma Ridings in the Claypooli),;q what their representatives'in She was questioned at Madison by| trying to find out what the people Sheriff Leslie Bear, of Jefferson| pack home are most concerned county, and Indianapolis police au-| ghout.” thorities who were returning Mrs.| The speaker, a slim, gray-haired,

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Alexander Barmine, 44, fought in the Russian army during

3 A ‘by . on New Communist SPUSAIS ih thie Current Reaser's Digiat. ph :

: came 10 the factory, entered the U. 8. army as a private in 1943 and subsearticle

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Coiflims Surface Action

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz confirmed in his second com~ munique of the battle that American surface ships, as well as carrier aircraft, had engaged the enemy fleet, firing broadsides of shells ranging up to 14 and 16 -irthes into the Sirs} Japanese warships to Goie Within range of Mei guns in two years. The victory smashed an all-nor-nothing Japanese bid to wreck the American invasion of the Philippines and, by the same token, dealt the enemy fleet a blow from which naval observers believed it may never recover. Virtually the whole Japanese fleet participated .in the abortive threes way assault and at one time its surface units were within 70 miles of the American beachheads on Leyte. Communiques gave the following toll of enemy ships to date: ~ SUNK (9)—One battleship of the 29,300-ton Yamashiro class ; two aircraft carriers; four criisers, and an unspecified nymber of destroyers, but at least two. : PROBABLY SUNK (3)—Two battleships; one large carrier. 3 DAMAGED (18)—Seven battleships; six cruisers; une specified number of destroyers, but at least five. Four of the damaged battleships were hit heavily with bombs and when last seen were retiring at low speed and trailing oil, while one of the damaged destroyers was left dead in the water. All five vessels should prove easy prey. to American planes and warships. : Promises Further Details

Nimitz said “further details” of the battle would be announced as they became known. Though he announced yesterday that 150 Japanese planes had been shot down: in the early stages of the battle, his latest communique mentioned neither Japanese nor American air losses. MacArthur similarly was silent on the air losses, but said 53 enemy aircraft had been shot down during an enemy attack on American shipping in Leyte gulf Tuesday preceding the naval battle. Japan herself acknowledged that one of her battleships, two cruisers and a destroyer had been sunk in the two-day melee and another battleship

“substantially damaged,” but| claimed ‘in return that 77 WAR FRONTS : American warships and land-

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(Oct. 26, 1944)

fleet flagship told United Press War Correspondent Ralph Teatsorth: [AIR WAR—Neatly 2000 U. 8. wars defeated with heavy losses, Our| Rubr valley,