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By PAUL GHALI ‘Times Foreign Correspondent BERN, Switzerland, Nov, 25.—The

destruction” is the universal theme

tary chaplains these days—probably on orders of the

wehrmacht high command. The fa out in suicide rash.

8. 8. (elite guard) and gestapo men, as W diers whose families have been wiped out’ by ments or who fear a return to tie front, are doing

away with themselves rather than

realize is coming to them when Germany is defeated.

Hatred of the brown-shirted re be increasing daily not only among

just what has“sin of selfof Germany's mili-

therland has broken

as solmbard-

to face what they

gime is reported to the German people

but, inside the wehrmacht itself as everybody wonders

happened to Adolf Hitler.

Der fuehrer’s continued “flight from publicity,” has apparently had a catastrophic effect on the faithful, for his continued silence seems to confirm the rampant rumors as to his bad health or even death. The case of Gen. Erwin Rommel whose recovery after injury on the western front had been reported only to be contradicted weeks later by announcement of his death is not forgotten. Now the people ask, “Was Hitler wounded more dangerously than we were told during the July 20 attempted assassination?” Heinrich Himmler and his cohorts undoubtedly have their hands full these days, not only in attempting to

deal “with this rising hara-k

spread sabotage, which appears to mark the initial signs of active resistance against the Nazi regime, The Oldenburg railway bridge on the OldenburgBremen line has been wilfully destroyed. At the same

place, on the same night, target for British aviators, armaments industry. been found to have construc be laid to sabotage. This ty

soon, often killing the man Submachine guns, too, a

National Socialist party lit up the railway station as a Sabotage is reported in the wehrmacht and in the

For many weeks the Ov

irl mania but with wide-

unknown enemies of the

usable owing to tiny technical faults invisible when they leave the factory. So “Vengeance on the 8. 8.” is now the common foothote on volkssturm (people's army) posters. As a result of all this recalcitrance, the gestapo is reported to be steadily tightening its iron grip and

the army its punishment measures.

shot or sent to the

al Hand Grenade 39 has tion faults which can only pe of grenade explodes too who is throwing it. re often found to be un-

Any soldier guilty of the slightest fault is either “punishment company” where treatment is said to be so bestial that the men prefer death to.the slow torture meted. out, Some. are sent instead to the ‘eastern front, thus carrying their death sentences with them, for they are placed in positions where escape is impossible.

Suicides Sweeping Reich As Gestapo Rule Is Clamped T ighter

nies of death:

horror.

claims them.” them,”

reaching here,

These punishment squads are now siows as “compas

On the home front death seems to Tob Jost its Visitors to Switzerland, who have seen bome barded German towns, have been impressed by the indifference with which the people apparently regard * bodies lying in roads for days on end “because nobody

“Do what you like with the dead we're fed up with is the reply now when survivors of allied bombings request municipal aid, according to accaunts

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Yanks Make Grim Pre-Battle Pact in Reich

An act seen in peatotime before baseball, basketball or football games ois carried out under grim and deadly circumstances as the men of a tank destroyer unit make a pact betore going off to face the

Nazis in battle sear Stohlberg, Germany.

SHIATTS SPENT ~ BY COUNTY GOP

Campaign Called ‘Cheapest’ In History of Or-

ganization.

Campaign receipts of $115761.03 and expenditures of $114,778.36 were listed in a fiscal report covering the period from last May 15 filed today by the Marion County Republican Central committee with ‘A. Jack Tilson, county clerk. The report, made by Edwin Steers Sr, committee treasurer, showed a balance of $982.67 on hand after payment of all current campaign expenditures had been made. Also included in the disbursements reported was payment of approximate~ly $19,000 owed by the committee from previous campaigns. Described as the “cheapest” campaign in the history of the Republican organization in the county, the report included contributions

of $3500 from the Republican Vie}

tory committee and $35,000 from the Citizens Information associa~ tion. - The latter grovip Is the outgrowth of the Willkie-for-president clubs organized in 1940.

PAULETTE EXPECTS STORK HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 2 (U. P). = Screen Star Paulette Goddard

and her husband, Capt. Burgess.

Meredith, former moving picture star, announced - today that they expect a baby in June or July. They

| expected to be witnessed by an

tary, Leslie O'Connor, reported.

PURDUE AND INDIANA GRID CLASSIC TODAY

29,000 Expected to See

Game in Lafayette.

Hoosierdom was all steamed up again today over its anhual gridiron classic—Purdue vs, Indiana, The two bitter intra-state rivals met at Purdue's West Lafayette stadium this afternoon for the 47th time. In the almost half-century series, the Purdue Boilermakers have won 25, Indiana has won 16 times amd five of the battles ended in ties. Coach Bo McMillin's Crimson warriors were favored to win this afternoon over Cecil Isbell’s eleven, riddled by navy transfers and injuries. The game 1s a sellout and was

overflowing crowd of more than 20,000.

DRY MEASURE LOOMS WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (U. P). —Rep. Joseph R. Bryson (D, 8. C.) said today that he would redouble his efforts early in the 79th con-

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gress for approval of a national wartime prohibition measure,

LABOR . . . By Fred W. Perkins Political Activities of C. I. O. Spurred by Ickes’ Sharp Talk

ORICAGO, Nov. 25.—As an after

provision of the corrupt practices

Judge K. M. Landis, 78, Czar Of Baseball Since 1920, Dies i = - (Photo, Page 8) CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (U. P.).~Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 78-year-old commissioner of baseball who has ruled America’s No, 1 sport with an iron hand since 1920, died today at St. Luke's hospital.

The stormy Landis, whose name had baseball, died in his sleep at 4:35 a.

me a légend in professional m. (Indianapolis time), his secre-

“In compliance with. his wish, no funeral service will be held,” O’Connor said in a statement released immediately after his death. “Also in accordance with his desires, cremation will take place privately and friends are asked not to send flowers.”

1ll Since Oct. 2

Landis, who was named commissioner of baseball shortly after the notorious “Black Sox” scandal, had been ill since Oct. 2. Landis was noted for his hardiness and disdain for pampering and medical care, and his physician said he was undergoing a “rest cure” to recover from a severe cold and fatigue. His condition was not thought to be serious until early this' week when he suffered a heart attack. He rallied later in the week, however, but suffered another relapse yesterday. The last bulletin on his condition, issued late Ildst night, said he was sleeping. His wife, who also is a patient at St. Luke's convalescing from a fractured wrist, and his son, Col. Reed G. Landis, and daughter and son-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Richard W. Phillips, were at the bedside when he died. Landis, a gruff-speaking old man with shaggy white hair, battered hat and keen wit, became a legend in his lifetime. He was noted for his fairness and as a man who always gave the underdog a break,

Shaken by Scandal

Baseball was severely shaken by the “Black 8ox” scandal in 1920 and needed someone to guide it through its darkest hour.

who had gained nation-wide fame

nal and. took office as baseball's sole 8 {1 in 1920 and stayed there for

Club owners turned to ' Landis, a 54-year-old federal judge in Illinois

MOTHER OF SEVITZKY DIES IN SIBERIA TOWN

JAPAN TRIES TO. MINIMIZE B-29 RAID ON TOKYO

Blandly Ignore Towering Smoke Over Wrecked * Aircraft Factory.

By UNITED PRESS Japanese propagandists struggled to minimize the importance of the Superfortress raid on Tokyo today, even as U. 8. air force

spokesmen were forecasting new and heavier punishment for - the enemy capital. Meanwhile American fliers in the| Philippines-were scoring a smashe«{ ing triumph with the destruction of a troop-packed convoy en route fo Leyte island, Radio Tokyo, blandly ignoring the smoke clouds still towering ‘over the wrecked Nakajima aircraft plant and other factories in the center and suburbs of the city, assured the Japanese people that {nothing much happened” in yesterday’'s B-29 strike.

Japs Version of Raid

Tokyo said the raiders were forced to fly at a great height and carried only a small bomb load, and insisted that practically nothing outside of hospitals and schools was damaged. Five Superfortresses were shot down and nine others were damaged at a cost of seven Japanese fighters, the enemy accounts said. The official American version of the raid said two of the big bombers failed to return to their base on Saipan island in the Marianas. Jubilant crewmen reported that their first ‘strike had caught the Japanese completely off guard. Only meager fighter and anti-aircraft opposition was reported by the first returning fliers, some of whom dis-

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EX-POLICE CAPTAIN W. F. CLAFFEY DIES

Retired Veteran of Force “ Born Here in 1888.

Walter Fred Claffey, member of the Indianapolis police force for a quarter of a century before he retired in 1941, died last night at City hospital after suffering a stroke Monday. y Mr. Claffey resided at 2615 Mankér st. He was born here in 1888 and had resided here all hig life with the exception of a few years spent on & farm in Mooresville, He was vappointed to the police force Jan. 26, 1916, and subsequently served as traffic officer, sergeant and lieutenant before being} promoted to captain in 1037, He retired Feb. 15, 1041, i The police officer was a member of the Church of Our Redeemer and of Logan lodge, F. & A. M., the Scottish Rite and ffurat Shrine. He also was a member of the board of directors of the Police and Firemans Insurance Co. «. The Rev. William Eifert, pastor of the Redeemer Lutheran churchy will conduct services at m.

cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mary; two daughters, Mildred and Pauline Claffey, Indianapolis; three irs, John

goods dims. "Reason: War's mounting other supplies, by this time. will soon.

‘of needs for Pacific war grow eac -

many surrenders;

Aor. the, Pacifle. were 100 lov, .

WASHINGTON

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

Army’s needs were supposed to taper off They haven't and there's no indication they

Orders still come in from the European battlefront. And estimates

Latest word is that cut-backs, when Germany is defeated, will be much smaller than first estimated, This ‘is Because European push is using more than had been anticipated; because expectation grows that a _ tiful. supplies, ‘will have to be left in Europe for some time after Gerbecause Hropean experince indicates estimates

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B-29 RAID was the first to hit at Japanese production of afrcraft. Gen. Arnold disclosed, a few weeks ago, that Japanese fighter production was as yet unchecked, that Japs were still making planes

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Bombs From 2000 ‘Yank Planes Rain On Reich Plants

LONDON, Nov. 25 (U, P.).—More than 2000 American warplanes, half of them heavy bombers, today ate tacked synthetic oil works at Merseburg. They also hit oil storage facilities and rail yards at Bingen near Mainz marking a resumption of the full

(Hoosier Heroes, Page 3)

dress aerial offensive against Germany, ) More than 1000 Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the 8th air force exploded the double attack on the Leuna oil works at Merseburg in Central Germany and fuel and

of the Rhineland. They were escorted by more than 1000 Thunderbolt, Mustang and Lightning fighters. A combat column of Fortresses strung out more than 100 miles attacked the Leuna plant, Big-scale air battles were’ reported over Mersburg, where the war's greatest American air combat was fought Nov. 2 and another large battle was waged four days ago.

GIRAUD RETURNS TO METZ PARIS, Nov, 25 (U, P), — Gen. Henri Giraud, military governor of Metz in 1940, returned yesterday

transport targets in the Bingen area |.

REDS REPORTED IN LATVIA DRIVE

52 Divisions Listed in New Baltic Offensive to

Trap Nazis.

LONDON, Nov. 25 (U, P.).—~Berlin reported that 800,000 Soviet infantrymen and the bulk of the Red

tering against the German pocket in western Latvia today. The German radio said the Russians had begun a massive winter offensive to clear the Baltic states and pave the way for a drive into East Prussia. Far to the south, other Soviet armies in Hungary and southeastern Czechoslovakia, hammered out small gains against the fiercest kind of opposition. Moscow, as usual in the initial stage of a new offensive, had no confirmation of the reported drive in Latvia, Striking for a quick knockout that would reduce the German hold on the Baltic states to a.slim pocket around the Lithuanian port of

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LOCAL TEMPERATURES

to the city liberated by the Amer-| 6 a. m. .. 33 10 a. m. .. 35 ican 3d army. Giraud once vawed| 7 a. m, .. 34 11 a. m, .. 37 not to wear his military decorations| 8 a. m. .. 34 12 noon .. 38 again until Metz was freed. Pam .. M4 1 pom .. 38

At Super-Secret Bombsight

By DELOS SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Nov. 24—The navy| Externally, the sight has three gave reporters a peek at the highly parts. One is a horizontal cylinder secret Norden bombsight yesterday ahout two feet long and eight to and revealed tnat new models in|10 inches in .diameter. production were even more precise circular sight hole two ‘inches in in directing explosives at pin-point| diameter, a dial, and two knobs.

targets like Tokyo and Germany.

Reporters saw only the exterior box about two feet square whieh of" the famous sight. “The interior, filled with more han 2000 inter- | (Continued on Page 2~Column 5)

Navy Gives Press a Peek

moving parts, remained as profound a military secret as ever.

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BAYONET-SWINGING AMERICANS BREAK THROUGH HURTGEN WOODS T0 END STALEMATE NEAR AACHEN

Furipus Charge Sends Nazis Reeling Back in Panic as 10-Day Battle Reaches Resounding Climax.

By J. EDWARD MURRAY

United Press Staff

PARIS, Nov. 25.—Bay

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Outlook for consumer |burst out of the Hurtgen forest southeast of Aachen today in a farious charge which sent the Germans reeling back in panic and broke the stalemate on the Rhineland front west of Cologne.’ The 10-day battle of the Hurtgen forest, one of the grimmest and bloodiest of the war in which thousands of men on both sides have fallen, came to a re. sounding climax when U. S. 1st army troops slashed their way out onto the Cologne plain’ a few: miles southwest of Duren, “We have got the ball rolling now," United Press “| Correspondent” Henry T. Gorrell said in ‘a dispatch from

forrest.

the Hurtgen forest turned the

At the south end of th

bourg.

The London radio quoted Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’

The break on the Aachen ment in the weather, High clouds rolled away after a morning rain. Waiti

the Germans in an attack t

Striking without artillery preparation, the Americans’ engaged the enemy hand te hand, put them to flight, and United States” guns mowed them down by the score as they broke from the woods into the open. The break-out came in the area of Grosshau, five miles southwest of Dufen and 12 miles southeast of Aachen. The towns of Hurtgen, Kleinhau and Grosshau were under intense artillery fire, “We have taken many prisoners this morning,” Gorrell reported. “Fifty men and one officer surrendered in a body as soon as the boys went over the top. The Germans

(Nov. 25, 044). WESTERN FRONT - Bayonet swinging Yanks break through southeast of Aachen in Hurtgen

before Cologne as struggle for 8; nears its coniclusian,

“The Germans are , yielding ground, and we. aim to keep them rocked back on their heels.” . Turns the Tide of Battle Lt, Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’ victory on the sim of

front eastward again after counter-blows by massed German forces had edged the allies back in some sectors and stalled the three-army push toward the Rhine.

French troops virtually completed the conquest of Stras-

They also pushed half way through the Vosges mountains on a 55-mile front While tightening their grip on 50,000 Germans pinned against the upper Rhine.

Report Strasbourg Fallen

ing Strasbourg was in allied hands, but allied sources had not reported the crushing of the last bridgehead in the city.

to clean out Northeastern France and battering through the German Saar on a broad front,

smashed transport and gunned the Nazis in the front lines, = The Yanks in the northern.tip of the Hurtgen forest = went over the top with bayonets gleaming and closed with

which had been reinforced overnight.

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‘a German broadcast as says 3d army was moving swiftly | front came with an improve-

and the sun broke through ng Thunderbolt dive-bombers

hat panicked the Nazi ranks

complained they hadn't eaten for three days. be “I saw our infantry herding pris- - oners back through acres of pines | devoid of branches, indicative of , | the ferocity of the 10-day battle, 3 “I saw our jeeps equipped with litters slithering under shell fire - through. the mud to collect our wounded. And I saw men pouring in by the truckload as replacements for casualties.” Among the officers commanding the assault troops were Maj, James C. Kemp .of Clemson College, Maj. - George M. Goforth of Shelby, N.C, ] and Lt. Col. Tom Kenan of Atlanta, Lt. Col. Carl Warren of Opelika, Ala, commanded the gunners who

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