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VOLUME 55—NUMBER 217 -

F ORECAST: Cloudy tonight aitd'partly Cloudy tomorrow; continued cool.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER

20, 1944

ianapolis Times

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind.

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Ernie Pyle: ‘Stampede To Buy Bonds... Isn’t It The Least We Can Do?

The Coos and the igginian . a's ond Their Bonds

The war bonds spread on the living room floor of the Elzie Carter home, 2327 E. Michigan st, are the result of five consecutive war loan drives and consistent payroll deductions. fighting money are (left to right) Mrs. Maurice Carter, daughter-in-law; Robert Carter, Mr. Carter, Linda Sue Higgins, granddaughter, and Mrs. Carter. They are ready for the sixth campaign.

18,000 TO SPEED BOND DRIVE HERE

Legion, Scouts, Volunteers Begin Canvass for $67,250,000. &

To meet a quota of $67,250,000 in war bond sales by Dec. 16, approximately 18000 volunteer; workers began & canvas of Marion county and Indianapolis residents today. With the $14 billion 6th war loan drive opening officially all over the nation today, Indiana's goal has been set at $239,000,000 with Marion county’s quota more than 28 per cent of the state goal. A gala opening for the Marion county drive was made yesterday in a special program of popular American music by Fabien Sevitzky and the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra before ah oudience of 4500 in the Cadle Tabernacle.

Legion. Takes Part

William H. Trimble, country chairman of the war finance committee, issued a statement last night to all volunteer workers urging them to overlook no person in the city or county, regardless of age. The volunteers include more than 6000 American Legion members in 38 posts, more than 5000 Cubs and Boy Scouts and approximately 4500 worpen workers. The legionnaires, headed by Neal Grider, . state and county director of Legion war bond efforts, have been assigned to more than 6000 employee groups, each with one to 24 employees.

Scouts Conduct Canvass

Boy Scouts and Cubs will conduct a house to house canvass within the city as they have done in the last two campaigns and the women's division, headed by Mrs. Ralph W. Showalter, chairman, and Mrs. Maxwell Droke, vice chairman, will staff more than 80 bond booths in the downtown area and at theaters and will handle solicitations in the farm and suburban areas outside the city. Mrs, I. Irving Newman is chairman of bond booth : activities and Miss Frances Kelly is vicechairman. Mrs. Lehman Dunning, vice-chairman of the farm and suburban division, will have charge

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NARROW BALKAN DOOR

LONDON, Nov. 20 (U, P.)~The last escape corridor for an estimated 100,000 Germans straggling 1 northward into Yugoslavia from Greece and Albania narrowed to less than 60 miles today as British,

Mairioo Carter, machinhst’s mate 2-6... a blue star for him.

By ERNIE PYLE

THIS LITTLE PIECE comes more ‘in the blood-bank category than in the bondbuying one, yet if you'll apply it to your bond buying, it may help save a great deal of blood. This fall I came home from France on a ship that carried 1000 of our wounded

American soldiers, were terribly wounded stretcher cases,

About a fourth of

The rest were up and about.

others could walk, though an ing were many legs and

until we got to America. They operated several ti them

These blood.

many eyes that could not see. Well, there was one hospitalized soldier who was near death on this trip, He was wounded internally, and the army doctors were trying desperately to keep him alive

kept pouring plasma and whole blood into him constantly, until they ran out of whole

1ong the walk- 1 happened .to b

arms missing, ing about this boy.

the ship's officers,

army and navy officers aboard. They were doing it almost surreptiti-

mes, and they ously, for they did

cabin at noon one day when he was talk-

other doctors at that moment going around the ship typing specimens from several of

that they needed blood, And why didn't they wart it to get out?

e in the head doctor's Because

He said he had his the other

themselves and from unwounded

n't want it to get out

if ‘it “had, there would have

been a stampede to the hospital ward by

wounded men, offering their

blood to this dying comrade. Think of that—a stampede of men

badly wounded, wanting to give

their blood! If they, much, were willing to give even more for their fellowmen, isn't it the least we can do for those fellowmen still fighting to stampede to the bond counter?

who had already given 50

CONQUEST OF MET FRENCH RACE DOWN RHINE RIVER: YANKS GAIN 4 ML IN SAAR BASIN

Checking over the $6000 in

Second It Orville Higgins Jr. son-in-law . . , a gold star for him.

Family Invests. for the Living, the Dead, And America.

By VICTOR PETERSON THIS 1S the story of Elzie Carter, his wife, his sons, his daughters, their war bonds and their future. : This family, living in a modest home at 2327 E. Michigan st. knows the meaning of war and

In Legion Campaign For Wounded G. I.’s.

Information desks were estab-

FOUR INJURED

Driverless

crashed into the front of a restaurant at 845 Massachusetts ave, today, injuring three brothers who were sitting at the front table,

Pennsylvania st., meat cutter at the Standard grocery store, 2106 E. 10th

jed by. Miss Vera King, 1864 N. Pennsylvania st, manager of the

GIFTS TO YANKS’: DRIVE LAUNCHED

Downtown Stores Aiding

they entered Massachusetts ave. the car started swerving to the left side of the street.

and saw that his head had fallen backward and that his hands had dropped from the wheel,” she said.

and, after striking a parked car, plunged through the window of a restaurant operated by Mr. Mrs, Holland Aufderheide.

war bonds. One blue and one

lished today in six downtown stores here as a national campaign was

AS DEAD MAN'S CAR RUNS WILD

Th Plunges Through Window of -

Restaurant.

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An automobile, running wild fter the driver died at the wheel,

early 54, of 1918 N.

Paul Jefferson,

t., was driving to work, accompan-

Miss King said that shortly after

Careens Over Curb “I. looked over at Mr. Jefferson

The car careened over the curb

and |

The vehicle struck a table at

gold star hang in the front window.

Maurice, machinist's mate 2-c. The gold star is for their son-in-law, 2d Lt. Orv'lle Higgins Jr, who lost his life in a plane crash two months ago. He was ready to ship out for combat duty. » . .

WHEN THIS SORROW struck the home, Mr. and Mrs, Carter looked upon their year-old granddaughter, Linda Sue Higgins, and felt the full impact of world conflict. The entire family except Mrs. Higgins works at RCA. And working different shifts, they labor around the clock. War bond payroll deductions were the accepted thing. But no longer do they mean just a save

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Hoosier Heroes—

FORMER LOCAL MAN KILLED IN ROMANIA

Indianapolis Yanks Are Wounded.

The status of a former Indian apolis flier has been changed from missing to killed while a local man has been added to the list of missing. In addition four Indianapolis men have been wolinded and one is a prisoner. ‘ KILLED Flight Officer Nelson R. Collins; Shelbyville, formerly of Tin. apolis, in Romania.

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Gullion, 2145 Wolcott st, in the| . p | Bouthwest Pacific.

Pvt. Joseph Beal, 208. Summit st, in France. - Lome

Hannah ..... 11 John Hillman 12

which three Ballard brothers, Cal-

begun by the American Legion to The blue star is for their son, |“give a gift to a’ Yank who gave.”

hospitals will be the beneficiaries of the gifts which will be distributed Christmas day.

desks have been opened are L. 8S. Ayres & Co, Wm. H. Block Co, H. P. Wasson & Co, L. Strauss & Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co.

charge of Fred C. Hasselbring, Indianapolis, southern Indiana, and Robeft IL. Kuntz, Kokomo, for northern Indiana.

asked to buy gifts, Mr. Hesselbring explained. These gifts then are sent to the sorting and wrapping center in the Indiana World War

4009 8 greater number of less -costly

Wounded veterans in American

The stores where information

Charles Mayer & Co, and The drive in this state is in

vice commander for

vice commander

Public Asked to Buy Members of the public are being

Memorial. The legion has asked for 30,000 gifts in this state, approximately four for each man and woman in

veteran will receive a gift or gifts representing approximately equal values. Mr. Hesselbring and other legion officials have emphasized that since the army and navy policy has been to hospitalize each veteran as close home as possible, the large majority of gifts to those in Indiana army and navy Bospitals will be to Hoosiers. |

Dec. 10 Is Deadline

Only three weeks will be available to buy gifts. Dec. 10 is the deadline for collecting gifts since sufficient time must be allowed to sort, wrap and distribute them. Buying of costly gifts has been discouraged, since this means that lunless they can be balanced against

ones the distribution cannot be made fairly. One provision that is expected to appeal to both donors and recipients is that the person buying the gift may attach his name and address to it.

. Auxiliary to Ald The Christmas gift plan also will

vin and Alvin, and Lee, 19, of 1909 W. Vermont st., were sitting.

pital but none of them appeared to be seriously hurt. treated and later released while Calvin and Alvin remained in the hospital for further treatment.

Mr, Jefferson was found dead. Miss King received only minor injuries,

st., died at City hospital early yes-| terday ‘a few hours after he was dren, struck by a car driven by John Cheshier, 803 Broadway, in the 400 morning, Mr. Cowen, singling out! {bor opened a two-week convention block, E. North. st. |the key role which he believes rec-| ©0day prepared to attack the Smith-

arrested and |reation will assume in the com-

16-year-old twins,

All three were taken to City hos-

Lee Ballard was

At the wheel of the wrecked car,

Frank Witter Dies

From Auto Injuries Frank Witter, 79, of 728 N. East

{could be harmlessly released in the

Recreation Chief

K. Mark Cowen

SEES AID FOR OUR VETERANS

Post-War Play and Sports, Believed Right Program After the War.

Post-war play .and sports will prove the “best antidote” to the destructive emotions fused by military conquest, K. Mark Cowen, Indianapolis’ new recreation chief, thought today. He pictured expanded community play facilities as “safety valves” whereby pent-up “killer instincts”

form of competitive sports. Emphasizing the fact that “almost unconsciously” all our resources have been pointed to destruction by war, he believes that unless this trend is diverted in the post-war era “civilization may go back to the dark ages.”

Holds Staff Parley

WLB IS CHIEF

TARGET AS CIO PARLEY OPENS

Murray Recommends PAC Be Continued; A. F. of L. Meeting Opens.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (U, P.). ~The C. 1. O.'s seventh annual constitutional convention opened here today

with the war labor board as the principal target of criticism by President Philip Murray. He advocated a change in either the board's policles or its personnel. In a 73-page report to the convention, Mr, Murray charged that the WLB has “refrained from making any contribution to the improvement of labor relations or meeting the basic wartime problems of labor.” Mr, Murray described the board's failure to act on labor's request for an upward revision of the little steel formula as a “travesty.” Mr. Murray also” recommended the continuation of the Political Action Committee and advocated a program which would guarantee an annual wage to all workers, Cooperation between industry and labor, elimination of racial discrimination through a permanent fair employment practices committee and collaboration with other nations. Offers Tax Program

Mr. Murray proposed a reconversion tax program which would continue current tax rates on cor-| porations and personal incomes above $5000 annually and reduce taxes on lower income groups. In addition, he suggested a postwar policy based on taxation according to ability to pay; elimination of excise and sales taxes; integration of estate and gift taxes; deduction for maintenance of *“ decent standard of living,” and taxation of corporations for the benefits and services. they receive from utilizing the corporate form.

He arrived here Friday from Birmingham, where he also occupied the post of recreation director,

The driver was charged with driving while drunk. | James W, Ogdorn, 60, of Bridge-| port, was in a critical condition at| City hospital today from injuries received when he was struck by an! automobile driven by William H,|

an Indiana hospital. However, each|Davis, R. R. 1, Clayton, Ind, on the

quarters for his wife and two chil-

In his first staff conference this|

| munity’s veteran rehab#litation pro- | gram, declared: I “You're vested with a tremen- | dous responsibility, but at the same (time it's a marvelous opportunity. . I'd rather have you look at it

tunitv—If-vou-dwell too

but he’s still searching for iiving| Convention

‘A. F. of L. Opens

NEW ORLEEANS, Nov. 20 (U.P). —The American Federation of La-

Connally anti-strike law, the new

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300 CARRIER PLANES

Main street in Bridgeport.

Dog Loses His Seeing-Eye Cat

LOS ANGELES, Nov, 20 (U. P.). ~rFreckles, a 12-year-old fox terrier, was minus his Seeing-Eye pal, Listen, today. Listen was a yellow Persian cat which attached itself to the dog eight years ago when Freckles lost his sight in an accident. The faithful cat disappeared

yesterday from the trailer home of its owner, Mrs. Rose Kensey, and hasn't been seén since,

as #1 Jp vaTavys long on the responsibility angle, it might drive you crazy.” Although he’s an -Ohioan, speaks with slight southern accent, acquired during his 15 years as recreation executive in Roanoke; Va, and further polished by his year in Birmingham, Tennis is his hobby,

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that the country was quiet.

The Rains Came and Chased Away First Local Snow Fall

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

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27 Nip Ships Sunk or

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov, 20 (U. P.). -Two military men and two civilians were executed at Oruro totroops quickly suppressed a revolution yesterday and government officials announced

OMPLETED;

Report Fall

Northwest of Aachen 'the British army drove all the Germans except a sacrificial guard from the Dutch salient west of the Meuse above

Roermond. Thé American broadcasting station in Europe said Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey's forces had burst across the Meuse near Venlo. The Germans threw a stiff coun-ter-attack against 2d army forces fighting alongside the American 9th and 1st armies above, Aachen. Some Nazi units reached captured Suggerath, two miles north east of Geilenkirchen, but a front dispatch said the enemy was beaten back. From Metz, United Press Correspondent Collie Small reported that “the seige of perhaps the strongest fortress in Western Europe was nearly over.

| German Resistance Cracks Suddenly

Inside French Fortress City;

of Belfort.

By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent

PARIS, Nov. 20.—American troops virtually completed the conquest of Metz today. German re-. |sistance collapsed suddenly inside the city. Meanwhile French mobile units raced down the west bank of the Rhine after a 28-mile lightning thrust through the Belfort gap to the frontier of Germany. Six allied armies waging Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s greatest offensive of the war slugged for. ward along a 400-mile front against opposition ranging from a desperate Nazi stand on the Cologne plain to a headlong retreat in some sectors. Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny’s sweep to the Rhine, outflanking Belfort and leaving some elements behind to drive into its outskirts, was the most sensational single spurt of the allied winter offensive.

Report Meuse Crossing Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’ 1st army advanced up to almost two miles on a broad front east of Aachen, driving a spearhead through neighboring villages of Wenau and Heistern, 26 miles from Cologne. One 1st army spearhead was probing the Wenau forest, which is within four miles of Duren, heavily bombed road center 20 miles west of Cologne.

LONDON, Nov. 20 (U. P.).~The Swiss radio said today that Basel observers saw allied troops throw a bridge across the Rhine.

crushed save for snipers and a crumbling core in a small barracks in northwestern Metz, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's ase sault forces were in “almost come plete control of the city,” Small said. The German stand in the ene circled fortress collapsed like a punctured balloon after a bitter two-day battle, The French 1st motorized divie sion and mobile units of a motor ized colonial infantry regiment speared to the Rhine late yese terday. Late reports said they had cape tured a number of towns along a three-mile stretch of the river bank

All German resistance was

STRIKE-AT MANILA

Damaged by Yanks.

~ By FRANK TREMAINE United Press Staff Correspondent PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 20.—

300 American carrier planes attacked Manila and severdl other sectors of the Philippines last night (Philippine time). It was the second aerial bombardment of the capital reported by Tokyo within 24 hours. The night raiders hit sectors of the Philippines, including Manila, Clark field, Lipa, Batangas and Aparri” on Luzon, a Domel

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