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Voters Swarm
FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness and warmer tonight and tomorrow; showers tomorrow.
The line of challenged voters who appeared at the courthouse this morning extended from the «+ potunda, shown here, back along the left side of the picture to the west door. As many as 150 were counted in the line at various times. Others kept coming in.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1944
A semblance of order out of chaos is brought about as the volgrs reach the courthouse rotunda to have their registration certified. This picture of the rotunda, viewed from the floor above, shows those
Courthouse Halls For Certification
challenged being waited on in order.
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TANKS BATTLING NEAR COLOGNE
‘ $ee-Saw Fight- Rages All Day in Streets of
-«" Vossenack.
_ PARIS, Nov. T (U. P).—Amerfcan and German armored forces battled all day today in the streets] of tiny Vossenack, 28 miles southwest of Cologne, and late in the day each side held a part of the village. ¢ A blazing see-saw preliminary to the winter battle of the Rhineland was raging. To the northwest, British, Cangdian, American and Polish forces
virtually ended: up the battle of |
Southwest Holland. . They captured the last two enemy strongholds on , Walcheren island and liquidated one of the last two enemy pockets * south of the Holland Deep. Some 7000 Gelman prisoners already have been rounded up on Walcheren and adjoining Beveland, a
German rear guards holding out’ - against American troops in the streets of Moerdijk were doomed to death or capture, " (The D. N. B. news agency in Germany reported today that allied forces had ‘crossed to Schouwen .island, above Beveland and Walcheren.) Most of the 40,000 Germans south of the Meuse and Holland Deep at the start of the 21st army group of- ~ fensive three weeks ago escaped] safely to the north oil allied of- + ficers acknowledged. - Only 4500 prisoners have been taken since Oct. 22. : The main fighting for Vossenack, at the tip of the American salient southeast of Aachen, swayed back
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TEMPERATURE RISES WITH SKIES CLOUDED
Hoosiers went to the polls today under overcast skies and accom- ¢ panying warmer temperatures. . No rain was in sight today, the weather bureau. predicted, although showers are forecast for tomorrow.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am..... 4 10am... 44 WAM... 42 11a m....46 Sam... 42 12 (Nogn).. 50 9am... 48 lpm... 5l
A woman was burned to
Woman Perishes as Flames Sweep Tourist Camp Here, Destroying Three Cottages
(Photo, Page 17)
death today in a raging fire
that swept the Cedar Lodge tourist camp, 3047 Madison ave. The, victim was Mrs. Jennie Stout, 64, in whose cottage
the flames started before spreading to four other cabins.
Steward, 69, who lives in cottage No. 9, built a fire in Mrs. Stout’s cabin and then proceeded to build fires in the other connecting cottages. Discovering the fire, two passers{by tore down the doer of the cabin occupied by George -Chakales just in time to prevent him from being overcome by smoke, Cabins Destroyed When the fire departments arrived, the Stout and Chakales" cabins and two unoccupied cabins were in
flames ‘and’ an explosion, believed to be an oil stove in one of the vacant cabins, occurred. The first three cabins, which are all ‘made ‘of wood and joined together, were totally destroyed. Part
fourth cabin and the fifth was damaged. Flaming" pieces of wood were carried by the wind north into fields of dry grass but were put out by residents in the neighborhood. Mrs. Stout's body was found in | a mass of flames by Assistant Fire| Chief Roscoe McKinney and Lt. Russell Iverson of fire station 7. The body was en to the city vmorgue, Two fox terriers, owned by Mr, ‘Chakales, also were burned to death.
Worked as Housekeeper
A housekeeper at the tourist camp for the last three years, Mrs, Stout was the wife of the late West Stout, owner of the old Stout's Beer Garden, located on W. Market st. near Capitol ave. before prohibition. She had lived near Edgewood with her husband ‘until his death. . Mr, Stout was ‘a watchman at the statehouse. Besides the damage to the tourist camp, Mr. Charles also said that a box containing valuable papers and $300 in cash was destroyed. The camp is located about a halfmile south of the city limits. Mrs, Stout has a brother, Charles Clark, 1805 E. Minnesota st, night manager of the Baratoga bar.
I. U. Creates New Degree To Confer on Ernie Pyle
“Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Nov, T~It'N be another feather in Ernie Pyles heavily-bedecked cap when the celebrated war correspondent is awarded the honorary degree here next Monday by Indiana university, his alma mater, Decision of the university, through a vote of its faculty and to confer’ e Shon
doctorate in the institution's history was announced today by | President Herman B Wells. The ceremonies will also include acceptance by the university of the Boris Chaliapin portrait of the Indianapolis Times: columnist which appeared on the cover of Time magazine last July. Recently, the original was presented to the university by P. I. Prentice and Roy Larsen, publisher and
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Aniusament; rv. Bi Ruth Millett ..13 ;
Rddie Ash ....10|Movies ........8 _. Comics wn esess20| Music Sess snee 8 * Crossword ....20 Obituaries .... 4 Editorials 14! Ernie Pyle ..,.13
Peter Edson oii Radio ciienns 20)
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{Damage was estimated at $6000. The blaze started shortly after 6:30 a. m. when Lanan
Election Extra—
® Because of late closing of the polls and delayed counting of votes in Indiana and elsewhere this year, and because of the wartime necessity for conserving paper, The Times will not publish its customary Election Night Extras this evening: * Latest and, most completd election réturns will be! : given in .
THE TIMES ELECTION EXTRA .
early Wednesday morning and the regular editions all during the day.
Hoosier Heroes—
FIVE LOCAL MEN "REPORTED KILLED
Two Listed as Missing
Made Prisoners.
Five more Indianapolis men have died for the country while three have been wounded and two previously missing have been reported
prisoners, KILLED
Pvt. Bamuel J. Epsy, 2719 Winthrop ave. in Italy. Coxswain Franklin Burgess, 2210 Barrett ave, at sea. Ensign Wiliam J. Kappus, R. R. 3, Box 339, near Florida. Pfc. Chester W. Ritter 1253 Shepard st, in Italy. Cpl. Walter B. Gardner, Edgemont ave, in France.
WOUNDED Seaman 2-¢ James Denton, 343 N. Lynn st, in the South Pacific. Pfc. Arlon E. Wykle, formerly of 8426 N. Rural st, in France, Pfc. Samuel H. Smith, 6316 Park ave, at Aachen.
PRISONER
Sgt. George M. (Mel) Brown, formerly of 2418 E. 10th st, of Germany. 8gt. Marion Dale Eyster, 232 N.| Belmont ave, of Germany.
(Details, Page 5)
REPORT .NAZIS KILL EX-ITALIAN EDITOR
ROME, Nov. 7 (U. P).~—Under-
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The reports said ‘ Knsaldo eniliste 1:
(REDS COST NALIS| 8,990,000 MEN
‘(Stalin Tells Foe’s Losses
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“ton the life center of Germany.” ’
Since Start of War on
Eastern Front.
By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Staff Correspondent MOSCOW, - Nov. T7.—Victorious Soviet armies have killed or captured 8,590,000 German troops on the Eastern front, Marshal Josef Stalin diselosed today as his forces engaged the enemy in a great tank battle outside Budapest, last Nazi satellite capital in Europe. (Berlin reported that the Russians were bringing up strong motorized formations for a final as-
{sault on ‘Budapest, Andfetatihed thai
other Soviet forces had made tw attempts to cross the Danube To effort to swing around the rear »
Stalin, in an order of the day observing the 27th anniversary of the Red revolution, said the Ger-man-violated Russian frontier had’
from. the Black sea to the Barents sea, and triumphantly declaréd: “Our aim is t6 smash Hitlerite
of the allied nations.” Millions Liberated . Stalin ‘disclosed that the two summer offensives which carried Soviet troops into East Prussia, pushed the Germans back’ to Warsaw. and liberated Romania and Bulgaria, cost the Germans 790,000 killed or captured. On June 22, German cdsualties for the first three years of the Eastern campaign were set at 9, 800,000, thus brining the total to 8,590,000 for less than three and a half years of warfare. Soviet forces liberated fens ‘of millions ef persons from- the yoke of Naziism, Stalin said, and together with allied armies have taken up positions “for a decisive offensive
Stalin mentioned only that the Soviet borders had been cleared but did not say that the entire Soviet territory had been freed of the Germans, One pocket of enemy troops still is holding out in Latvia and the Soviet premier in his anniversary speech last night estimated that 30 German divisions were trapped on the Courland peninsula in Western Latvia.
been restored for its entire length|.’
Germany by the crushing Press ’
War Workers
Strong Rural
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Philadelphia, Nashville, Houston,
where the [oak Block pL. yotes Roosevelt 44.
throughout New England, particu
"1,121,053 registered voters had cast apolis time), two hours after the
years and some precincts were ha _ time). The total was expected to. . =
new voting records.
The Maryland vote was very In Oregon, observers believed 1940 despite 10,000 fewer registra » »
N. Y., and surrounding Erie coun
Georgia and other southern states
SPEECH BY HITLER | SET FOR TOMORROW
By UNITED PRESS
|QUISLING REPORTED QUITTING IN NORWAY.
By UNITED PRESS
The French news agency (A. PF. P.) said in a dispatch date-lined|
line, puppet Norwegian premier, wag reported to have resigned.
tain reports reaching Sweden.”
Stockholm today that Vidkun Quis-|PY
The dispatch, reported by Fee, whether the speech would be made attributed its information to “cer-|before a large audience or to a {limited eircle of Nazi party leaders,
A Berlin dispatch to the Stockholm newspaper Tidningen said tor |day that Adolf Hitler will make an ‘“ymportant” speech tomorrow, the {anniversary of the 1923 beer hall
The dispatch, reported by the FCO, said it had not been decided
In N. Y., Chicago, Detroit;
By LYLE C. United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—Some of the heaviest voting in history, despite the absence of men in the armed forces, ‘was reported today from industrial centers of this nation which is choosing between
first wartime presidential election since 1864. War workers crowded the polls in New York, Chicago, Detroit,
as the voting places opened. Fair weather over most of the country also was expected to bring out a strong rural vote; First returns came from the rural Nutmush precinct of Vance county, N, C, where the 21 registered voters cast their ballots unanimously for President Roosevelt, and from Mashpee, Mass,
BOSTON REPORTED the total vote running ahead of 1040
Detroit officials estimated that city would poll 700,000 votes compared to 584,000 four years ago. Watchers in Philadelphia reported “very heavy” both the industrial and residential sections. Industrialized Chester, . Pa, was piling up its heaviést, vote in history, and Pittsburgh totals were nig ahead’ of 1940,
IN NEW YORK City's Brookiyet Pe, 100,000 of ‘the
The first 50 votes counted in Pratt City, Kas, a Republican sfgonghold, gave Dewey 27, Roosevelt 23. Despite scattered rains in the West, early voting was exceptionaly heavy in Colorado and Utah, Kansas City was ‘having its biggest rush to the polls in many
“SEVERAL TEXAS cities; including Ft, Worth, San Antonio; Dallas, ‘Houston, Longview and Wichita Falls, were expected to set
Oklahoma war workers rushed fo the polls early and in midmorning the vote was running ahead of 1940.
In San Francisco, approximately 40,000—approximately 10 per cent of the registered voters—cast their ballots the first hour.
A RECORD number of women’s votes was piling up in Buffalo, Voting enthusiasm was reported high
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Crowd Polls
Vote Is Seen
WILSON
Thomas E. Dewey in the
Dallas and other cities as soon
counted gave Dewey 51 nd
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larly in the industrial areas.
voting In
their ballots by 7 a. m. (Indiappolls opened. traditionally
If voted by 9 a. m. (Indianapolis be far ahead of 1940.
heavy and ahead of 1940. the vote would excéed that of toins, »
ty. in, North Carolina, despite the fact that Mr. Roose-
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YANK BAGS PLANE WITH SEARCHLIGHT
SIXTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, LEYTE, Nov. 8 (U, P.).—A searchlight operator of an American antiaircraft unit is credited with de~ stroying a Japanese plane. It happened this way: The searchlight beam caught the pilot head on, and the blinded Jap had no choice but to try and fly past the light. The operator noticed that when he raised or lowered the beam the pilgt followed suit-+so he gradually lowered the beam until
‘| voting period from 6 to 8 p. m.
Jclals ., Voters “swamped the polls”
ling in industrial aress were Ft.
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their registration records st county election board sought a by ruling:
RURAL TURNOUT HEAVY IN STATE
Industrial Counties Report Indication of Splurge in Late Voting.
By UNITED PRESS Unusually heavy balloting was reported throughout Indiana today with rural, small-town and industrial districts all registering nearrecord early turnouts. Mid-morning trends indicated the farm vote is approaching the alltime 1940 high. In most industrial counties the vote-casting was continuing steady, with local sources anticipating a last-minute labor ballot plunge during the extended
A rapid voter turnover in most districts was interpreted as meaning that straight-balloting was the rule and scratching the exception.
Muncie Polls ‘Swamped’
Fast and plentiful - balloting was recorded in South Bend, Terre Haute, Evansville, Jeffersonville, Muncie, Marion, Elkhart, Anderson, Columbus, Kokomo and Bedford. At South Bend an all-time record vote vas predicted by county offi-
at Muncie. Two exceptions to the heavy poll-
Wayne, normally & Republican stronghold, and Logansport, a rail= road, town. Trogansport poll authori-
to the new time extension amendment. Corydon also registered a small turnout. Cold, windy and overcast weather prevailed throughout most of the state, but in Evansville the temperature was “balmy.” .In Bteuben
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GROCER, 72, DIES AT POLLING PLACE
Committeeman Collapses in 10th Precinct, 2d Ward.
First casualty attributed to. election excitement here today was Edward Lowe, Democratic precinct committeeman in the 10th precinct of the 2d ward, who died of ‘a
heart attack in front of his polling place at 1115 N. Olney st. - Mr. Lowe, who was 72, had arrived at the polls at 6:15 a. m. in an automobile with Roy Smith, a friend, but collapsed before either had time to emerge from the car. A retired groceryman, Mr. Lowe lived at 1102 N. Olney st. For many years he was proprietor of Lowe's Lower Price grocery on Massachusetts ave, near the downtown district. He then opened a. grocery at 2015 E. 10th st, and retired a few years ago. Hig wife, Mrs. Emma Lowe, survives. ‘The. 'body was taken to
the enemy plane crashed.
Shirley Brothers funeral home,
NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (U. P)~ Governor Thomas -E. Dewey voted today as “Thomas Edmund Dewey, New York, lawyer,” supporting his candidacy for President of the He voted ‘at the polling place at 108 E. st, just three blocks from his ‘Roosevelt hotel. Arriving from Albany at 12:30 p. m,, the G. O.. P. candidate went at once by automobile to the polling’
v
dely 100 petgons wait-
residence in the|
date, and his wife stepped up to the desk of election glerk Mrs. Mary E. Dunn,
Dewey's Neighbors Discuss GOP Nominee
By CHARLES T. LUCEY . Beripps-Howard Staff Writer ALBANY, N.Y, Nov. "As Tom arrived in New York today to vote, his neighbors across the street from the old governor's mansion on ., Were preparing to cast|’ own ballots in the Jon Si
Dewey Votes, Receives Election Returns.in New York City
‘Tree Grower’ Franklin Roosevell Casts Ballot for Himself
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Nov. 7 (U. P.)., ~ “Tree Grower” Franklin D:
the fourth time,
islature.
12:20 p. m. With the President were’ his wife
Roosevelt - voted. for Franklin D. Roosevelt for President today for
The President cast his vote in the old Hyde Park town hall where he made his. first political speech in 1910 when he was a young lawyer running. for the New York state leg-
. Mr. Roosevelt drove from his home with his -family in an open| tourihg car and reached the hall at
‘his. ‘daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger, and 5-year-old Johnny Boettiger, ' ,| The President. was voter No, 251
dred M. Todd as he presented Fo self for identification, “Name please?” Mildred asked. ‘*“Franklin D. Roosevelt,” President replied. Occupation?”
“Tree grower,” he answered,
FDR Visits With Hudson Valley Friends
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY : Times Staft Writer
'| Président Roosevelt, whose sched-
ERROR VOTES
Persons With 1944 R
Balloting Heavy.
"By NOBLE REED After hundreds of irate, would-be voters had swarmed into the courthouse during the morning hours today to get
That those persons who hold 1944 registration receipts
{when we named Carroll Kramer
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HYDE PARK, N. Y, Nov. T—|
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istration Receipts Checked on Master
raightened out, the Marion t noon fo relieve the situation
be automatically given “writs of error” at the courthouse entitling them to vote. That those persons who hold pre« 1944 registration receipts must stand in line until clerks can determine from the master file whether they are entitled to vote. The board issued this ruling after a conference which was attended by Federal District Attorney B. Howard Caughran as “an interested party” and several attorneys, {
FBI Agents Observing Meanwhile, it was learned that
three FBI men were circulating through the crowd of several hun«
Despite the confusion over rege
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first five hours of v ing writs of error so
+ Wait for an Hour
Most of them held registration receipts in their hands as they stood in line, some for as long as an hour,’ Many of these persons, however, did not get writs of error because: they were told by the registration ‘clerks that their names were not on the master file. Approximately 30 of these fled suits in circuit court asking that . their ‘precinct boards be mandated to permit them to vote. First to file was Mrs, Henrietta Coleman, 919 . Broadway.
Wait Tilson Action
James E. Deery, former Démocratic controller wha was sitting as rspecial circuit judge, said he could not rule on the suits until Republican County Clerk A. Jack Tilson had gone through the technicality of waiving service on the suits. At noon Mr. Tilson had not done so. Joe Howard, Democratic nominee for prosecutor, recalled the state ment made. several weeks ago by District Chairman James L. Brad ford that “we won this election
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and George Johnson to handle reg» istration.” Mr. Kramer is 8 G.O.P. ward chairman and Mr. Johnson is" secretary of the Republican county committee, :
{Changes Mind”
One elderly woman who stood in line at the courthouse suggested loudly: “Let's kick Tilson out toe day. Why wait until after the elec~ tion?” Several irate citizens nodded approvingly. One man and one woman fainted while standing in line. In one polling place a man was told that his name was not on the precinct poll book. “Well,” said the man angrily, “I & had intended to vote for Dewey, But = I'll be damned if I do now.” ix A Republican poll worker hurs’ bi riedly hustled the irate citizen into a car to be taken to the courthouss and “fixed up.” ri The precinct election board as 20th and Illinois st. reported that
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BABY FALLS 30 FEET, & ISN'T BADLY. HURT,
LOS ANGELES, Nov, 7 (U.P). Baby Eddie Williams, who fell 30 feet and lived, was recovering today in California hospital, The 2%:-year-old son of Capt, Edward O. Williams, chaplain with the 1st army in Europe, froma window of his mother’ home yesterday, He flere »