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First Archbishop of Indiana
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FORECAST: Clearing and colder tonight; tomorrow, fair apd continued cold.
The Most Rev. Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter
Dec. 19 Will Establish
Rites on Indianapolis Archdiocesan See
By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor The Most Rev. Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter of the new archdiocese of Indiana announced today that the new Archdiocesan See in Indianapolis will be established in ceremonies at SS. Peter and Paul's cathedral Dee. 19. : : Archbishop Ritter telephoned the dite of the ceremonies this morning from Washington, D. C. Last night, the Apostolic delegation
Pope had elevated Bishop Ritter of tut nino JRGE HELP FOR archbishop of Indiana, the Indian- |
WAR | FAMILIES
In Want; Send Wires To Senate.
By KENNETH HUFFORD Telegrams were sent today by American Legion department commanders and adjutants to members of the U. 8. senate urging immediate passage of a pending measure for the support of widows and orphans of world war I. This action was taken following a report made by Maurice F. Devine, Manchester, N. H, national legislative chairman.
forward-looking . institutions. Various laymen, who have aided in the
vay A the diocese have been| ,' nation-wide survey just comecoratea. leted reveals that “thousan As bishop, Archbishop Ritter im a aaa cue
launched the Catholic Youth Organization with its elaborate recreational and religious program, the
children are living on the verge of destitution in the midst of our war prosperity.” . 3
Act Before Congress Legislation to provide payments
NEW WELFARE
{Legislative Group Favors
PLAN OFFERED T0 SCHRICKER
Putting State Board on
The state legislative committee which for two years has been in-
Full-Time Basis. 4
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1944 -
Entered ss Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind, Issued daily except Sunday
American 9th Army Hurled Into Battle In Hol 1ST ARMY SLASHES OUT TOWARD RHINE; ALLIES ATTACK ALL ALONG WEST FRONT
Has Hitler Fled To Japan? Or Argentina’
Rumors Tell of Flight by Submarine
Or Plane; Other
United Press Staff
At Early Peace Bids.
By W. R. HIGGINBOTHAM
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Two independent sources sug-
YANKS INVADE NAPA ISLANDS OFF N. GUINEA
Sources Hint
Correspondent
4800 Tons of Bombs Pave Way for
PRICE FOUR CENTS srs — rr
and
Hodges as He Opens Push From Aachen Area. , By J. EDWARD MURRAY
United Press Stall Correspondent
PARIS, Nov. 16,—Two more American armies—the 1st
gested today that Adolf Hitler-—far from mad, ill or dead —has left by submarine or plane for Japan for a conference
Seek to Knock Out Enemy
in ‘Germany and the long unreported 9th in Holland— swarmed into Gen. Dwight D. Eisnhower’s winter campaign
replace the present board. That
Rigs FEAR ald lia 3 Sade ¥ townshi; Legion Reports” Many Are] county weitare boards
vestigating the state welfare system today ended its work by submitting to Governor Schricker a report recommending a number of changes, major of which are:
That the present five-member state welfare board which serves only on a per diem basis be abolished and that a three-mem-per, full-time board be created to
the position of full-time administrator (now held by Thurman Gottschalk) be continued, with the appointment by the board subject to the approval of the governor. The three-member board would be composed of no more than two members of the same political
party.
2 That the present system of appointment , of county welfare boards by judges be changed— the circuit judge to appoint two members; the county one; the county council, one, and
trustees, The os ds. we now ap- FIVE—Austrians have begun passive resistance against pointed by circuit court judges inthe Germans. ely 2 he
all counties except Marion where the juvenile court judge appoints. The welfare commission found that in several instances where the circuit judge's jurisdiction extends over an area of more than one county the welfare boards were used to further the political ambitions—of the appointing judge.
3 That a legislative council of eight members be set’ up to investigate between legislative sessions complaints that are submitted r the operation of state institutions and state depart ments. Council members would be legislators appointed by the senate president and speaker of the house. They would be paid only expenses.
4 That in highly industrialized * areas, county welfare boards should establish a staff of directors to work at night to check conditions
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in, Brown county and St. John's and Christ, the King, in Evansville The report was among a number 1939, the then Bishop Ritter,| Of Others that will be brought before
COLD WAVE OVERDUE, WEATHERMAN SAYS
The weather bureau today was sticking to its northern Indiana “first snow” prediction with icy con-
Hoosier Heroes—
E. H. STOKES DIES
cm sre oN PACIFIC ACTION a trace of precipitation was re- ym
In European Battle.
‘treme north portion of state, : SC ret i 1, ie Pate is “overdue.” In Indianapolis the fore- the life of another Indiancast was “cloudy” and colder today|®POlls man and a local infantryand tonight, with occasional light|man is missing in Germany. In rain” addition four fighting men have| By VIRGINIA MACPHERSON 6am... 8 Wam..u|- KILLED BE nates or 1 Tam... Mam... Gunner's Mate 2-¢ Earl Hubert on chargees that he cheatSams. JR Noun). 45 | Stokes, in theled a New York aircraft executive ifey nares Pacific. out of $18,500 by rolling loaded dice
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need 2 HURT, ONE BADLY,
national executive
Scheiberling, commenting upon the report, déplored the findings of the
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Pfc. Robert Seeger Missing
IN. AUTO ACCIDENTS
A pedestrian is in critical condition and a bicycle rider also is in City hospital with injuries as a result of two automobile accidents | this morning. '| Delbert Dawson, 48, of 3650 W. 10th st., was crossing in the 3600 block of W. 10th st, police said, when he walked in front of an automobile driven by Bjarne Udstern, 47, of R. R. 1, Box 217C. Both of Dawson's legs and an arm were broken, and he also was injured in the head. Claude Wilson, 48, of 1027 8. Tremont ave. rode his bicycle into an automobile driven by Harold Woodward, 28, of 327 Taft st, police were told. The accident, which occurred at Tibbs ave. and Washington st. resulted in Wilson
with his last major ally. : The theory was advanced simultaneously by nonSpanish diplomatic circles in Madrid and in a letter to the London Daily Herald by Willi Frischauer, Austrian author, who has spent 20 years studying Hitler's life. Diplomatic circles in Madrid also relayed a report that Hitler fled Germany.last week and had taken refuge in some neutral country, “unconfirmedly Argentina.”
Seven Other Reports
Other unconfirmed and of
the continent dealing with Germany and the fate of Hitler asserted: ; ONE—Another attempt has been made on Hitler's life.
TWO—Germany intends
through Lisbon soon.
THREE—Gestapo agents
suppressing a revolt in Munich led by bombing refugees and foreign slave workers. FOUR—Nine Russian slave workers were shot in Berlin on charges of killing a policeman and possessing great quantities of arms and ammunition.
toward him.
20 years of interpreting Hitl
FARMERS WARNED OF ‘CHEAP FOOD POLICY"
New Crash May Be Result,
Convention Told.
By ROGER BUDROW Farm people are afraid industry and labor will want a national cheap
food policy which will push agriculture into “another long and disastrous depression,” Roger Corbett, secretary of the American Farm Bureau federation, said here today. “Industry and labor,” he told the 26th annual Indiana farm bureau convention, meeting at the Murat theater, “have a selfish interest in maintaining the purchasing power on American farms. “Our 6,000,000 farms are excellent customers for autos, trucks, radios, plumbing supplies, refrigeration units and farm machinery, Think what it means to industry and labor to have these businesses working wo full capacity.” “1t is our belief,” he sald, “that
receiving face injuries.
S1X—A new decree will be issued soon giving gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler, apparently acting fuehrer and dictator of Germany, complete authority over the German army and perhaps requiring the army to take an oath of fidelity
SEVEN—Hitler's bodyguards have been recalled from leave and have been forbidden of the spread of rumors over the fuehrer’s health. Frischauer, in his letter to the Daily Herald, said that
convinced him that the fuehrer was neither mad nor dead. “Hitler, 1 suggest, perhaps in company with Reichs-
ten conflicting reports from
to begin peace overtures
arrested 70,000 persons in
to mix with civilians because
er’s personality and politics
marshal Herman Goering, is on his way to Japan to stage a spectacular East-West axis meeting with the mikado,” Frischauer said.
“The emphasis on the GermanJapanese alliance in recent Nazi proclamations points in this direc
LONDON, Nov. 16 (U. P)~— “Hans Thomsen, German minister to Sweden, has arrived in Berlin to report on the tense relations between the countries, Nazi broadcasts reported today coincident with Stockholm reports of a round-up of gestapo agents by Swedish police.
tjon and so does the fact that the last time Hitler was photographed was in the company of Gen. Oshima, Japan's ambassador to Berlin, who probably observed diplomatic custom by bidding Hitler farewell begore the trip to Tokyo.” Prischauer suggested that the trip to Tokyo could be made by submarine around the Cape of Good Hope, or by plane over Russia or the polar region. He be-
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Philippines, Nov. 16.—American invasion troops have landed on the
knock out an enemy warning sta-
Jon perhaps 3000 Japanese near Limon.
Station Warning of Bombing Raids.
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON: United Press Staff Correspondent
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
The purpose of the landing is to
tion on the American bombing B route to the Philippines. The new landing was revealed today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as his troops on Leyte, 900 miles to the northwest, sprang a trap
Only slight resistance was encountered in the Mapias, 145 miles northwest of American-held Biak and 135 miles north of Noemfoor in New Guinea's Geelvink bay, MacArthur said.
Naval, Air Support
A naval and air bombardment juestded She landing b} @ Spar
prive the enemy of observation posts from which he could warn Halmahera and Japanese-occupied islands in the Philippines of the approach of American heavy bombers and transport planes from New Guinea. Though American fighter planes already are based on captured airfields on Leyte, Flying Fortresses and Liberatork still operate primarily from New Guinea. American heavy bombers dropped 84 tons of bombs on Dumaguete and Fabrica airfields on Negros in the Central Philippines, Saturday and Monday.
Bomb Negros Airfields
Front dispatches indicated thal two flanking columns from Ma}. Gen. Frederick Irving's 24th division in northwest Leyte already had effected a junction about two miles south of Limon after sweeping down either side of a reinforced enemy regiment on the OrmoeLimon road. MacArthur's communique said the division “practically severed” the road between Limon and Ormoc, 20 miles to the south, behind the enemy from both east and west yesterday.
Tokyo: ‘Battle Decisive’
(A German D. N. B. news agency dispatch from Tokyo said the battle for Leyte is regarded in the Japanese capital as “decisive” for the whole course of the war and quoted Premier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso as saying that “both Japan and America have arrived at the crossroads.” (The D. N. B. dispatch estimated that Gen. MacArthur has seven divisions, possibly 105,000 men, on Leyte.)
NEW SMASH TOWARD
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George Raft Mum on Charge of Cheating ‘Mogul Out of $18,500 With Loaded Dice
Shurin said 10 men and three women were gathered in a circle on the floor when Raft made ‘his .|passes. He rolled four fours, four tens and five nines in succession ilwith Shurin and the unnamed
only $10,000. . “And Shurin paid up without a beef,” he said. “He just made some crack about it being his unlucky night.” - picture,
a so why should he cheat? He doesn’t of
BUDAPEST REPORTED
Rail Town Falls to Reds, Berlin Discloses.
lady's husband fading him.
them. 3 Raft’s manager said ‘he and th
The aircraft mogul said he didn't think the dice belonged to Raft; some other male guest brought
LONDON, Nov. 16 (U, P.) —Ber-’ lin reported today that the Red army had launclied an all-out attack east of Budapest and had captured. the rail town of Jaszarokszallas, 38 miles from the capital. - Marshal Rodion W. Malinovsky’'s 2d‘ army ok the Ukraine was swinging the entire front east of Budapest northward in a wheeling o | movement threatening. to envelop _|the city from. the north. ; Other units battered the city’s gouthern suburbs and pushed around it to the west from a bridgehead across the Danube. Jaszarokszallas lies nine miles
they go t0lnorth of Jaszbereny, the capture of
which. Moscow announced last night. * oe . Nazi broadcasts said the Russians took Jaszarokszallas by storm after overcoining “extremely heavy
today. sands of bombers and field guns. ward the Rhine.
had saturated the German positions on the Aachen front
Mapia islands, 115 miles above the |. northwest coast of New Guinea. with some 4800 tons of explosives.
action on the Dutch front in concert with the three-day-old attack.
mering the Germans along virtually the entire western front.
were the British 2d army, the American 9th, the American 1st, the American 3d, the American 7th and the French 1st. ;
opened as Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
ednesday. ... oh The landing was designed to de-{fortress city
gent from the 9th army front the first announcement about it since an early autumn statement over the command. It said:
liam H. Simpson, attacked at 1245 hours date. The attack was preceded by an aerial bombardment which continued to support the operations.”
by United Press War Correspondent Jack Frankish disclosed that Hodges’ troops were slugging the Germans : home soil again,
at 1100 hours (11 a. m.) this date, by heavy aerial bombardment.”
than 1200 of its panied by more than 450 fighters, crashed destructive loads :
or fragmentation bombs on the German front line positions in the Duren-Eschweiler area east of Aachen.
mighty aerial onslaught ahead of the attacking troops was comparable to those preceding the break-throughs at St. Lo ind Caen in Normandy.
ported.
They launched simultaneous drives supported by thouLt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’ 1st army slafhed out to-
Preceding the attack more than 1200 heavy bombers
Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's 9th army went into
ritish 2d army offensive. This offensive likewise was supported by a heavy aerial
Six Armies in Action With the new attacks, six allied armies now were ham-
Lined up flank to flank from Holland to the Vosges, they
The United States attacks in Holland and Germany 8d army in worth.
rom th EY
re ng ss War Correspondent Edward
United P V. Roberts
that Simpson had taken
iar ommand of Tt. Gen. Wik
“The 9th U. S. army, (12:45 p. m.) this
Similar 1st Army Report : A like announcement sent from 1st army headquarters
on their
“An attack was launched by the 1st United States army supported and preceded
Simultaneously the 8th air force announced that more Flying Fortresses and Liberators, accom-
At supreme headquarters it was observed that the
: 11-Mile Penetration ] “Before today's attack began, the deepest American i penetration of Germany had been 11 miles,” Frankish Te-
He implied that the Americans now had exceeded that depth in the new drive aimed out across the Cologne plain toward the Rhine. : After almost two weeks of low ceilings, rain and snow, the weather lifted sufficiently today to permit the aerial 2 bombardment preliminary to the 1st army attack. 3 Hodges’ doughboys had been poised for action for a week, and went over the top as soon as the heavy bombers had got in their blows. : : Rain and snow on the front inside Germany had turned most of the roads into quagmires of mudeand slush.
Today's attack ended the inactivity into which the 1st Buys Jud ealted thug gy in maddy
army front had subsided soaked front remininscent of the after the capture of Aachen pisses of trench warfare in world
a month ago. Striking in the ner that here« The only interruption was a small |tofore heralded big-scale ground of scale but bitter action around |fensives, the Fortresses and Liber= Vossenack, in the Hurtgen forest ators dumped an estimated 36,000 southeast of Aachen. : Throughout the lull the
On the War Fronts (Nov. 16, 1948 forces on northwest Leyte ‘spring itp ten yr] 0 ER
EASTERN FRONT = Boviet arms
dough- | (Continued on Page 3—Column 1)
WESTERN FRONT—U. §. 1st army attacks in Aachen ares behind
heavy aerial barrage; U. 8. 9th : army attacks in Holland; Patton ored columns, closing in on Buda-, tightens siege arc around Meta. | Dest sweep Moros GREE EE
ITALY—British troops push threespronged drive along Bologna highway west from Forli to within five
. miles of Faenza.
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AIR WAR.
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PACIFIC— American in