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that no youngster remain home from school or otherwise suffer because of the lack of adequate clothing. Although Clothe-A-Child is a Christmas program, it
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LIKE ZOMBIES— Terror Grips Hitlerites as Doom Nears
By NAT A. BARROWS
Times Foreign Correspondent
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 27. ~Ingide the besieged and doomed fortress of Germany, some 80,000,000 Herrenvolk brace themselves dismally, but fanati- | cally, for ever greater sac-. rifices. Against them, from the west, east ahd south, presses the mightiest co-ordinated assault in history. Their Damocles’ sword ; stirs ominously i in the repercus=— i sions of “earthquake :bombs,” "infantry pene- " trations, home front shortages and increasing Nazi demands for more manpower, more production more sacrifices. What is. going on there behind the west wall? What is the picture inside Ger= many today as the twilight of its approaching sixth war winter foreshadows a new version of “The Twilight of the Gods"? What are the Germans doing and thinking and experiencing while their day of retribution draws inevitably closer? ® #8 PART OF the story of life inside Germany can be told from
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Stockholm-—gathered from neu="
tral travelers, deserters, escaped prisoners, Swedish correspondents, and the Nazi press itself. From such sources, it is possible —by assiduous . double-checking and by wary avoidance of planted
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Nat A, Barrows, Times foreign correspondent, has collected an amazingly accurate picture on what happens when a country is near collapse. This is the first of a series of articles, giving the clearest veiw of inside Germany yet provided the readers of America.
rumors and idle gossip—to obtain ] some idea of what is facing us i across the Rhine. Pirst, let us examine German civilians in the west: Overstrained by excessive factory labors, trenchdigging, volkssturm (people’s army) drills, and unending dashes to air-raid shelters, civilians immediately behind the west wall shamble through their rubble like zombies, only half alive, » ” " TERROR haunts them every minute. Terror of bombs. Terror of what the Nazis tel them will follow allied victory. Terror of what cruelties Hein- ! rich Himmler's sadistic cutthroats will inflict for the slightest deviation from Nazi policies. Into their bomb-deafened ears, Propaganda Minister , Goebbels’ frenzied propaganda line rants unceasingly : \ “Never cry for mercy. ... Never bend. the proud German neck under the foot of the mongol or Jew. , , . We want revenge, revenge. . . , We have but one will: To use the cruelest means ever invented by German brains.” » » » THEY HAVE been mesmerized by their leaders into amazing feats of endurance and their outlook. however ominous and
bleak, remains utterly fanatical.
But the strain is terrific. One informant now in Sweden reports a growing undercurrent among civilians in the Ruhr,
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103,000 IN PLAN
Job Outlook
Had industrial jobs in pre-war 1940, 67,620. City’s wartime peak 1943), 135,000, Industry to employ after war, 103,000. Want industrial jobs after war assuming all veterans want their old jobs back), 130,000. "Must find work elsewhere, like selling, ete., 27,000,
INDUSTRY CITED
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Stewart-Warner Executive Sees Prosperity for All
“Businesses.
Calling the 53 per cent increase estimated for postwar industrial employment here “the fuse which must be fired to set off the main charge,” James 8. Knowlson, chairman of the Stewart-Warner Corp., today praised the courage and vision: of Indianapolis industry. Speaking at the committee "for economic development luncheon at ‘the Claypool hotel, ‘Mr. Knowlson said, “To you all, outside of industry, take heed. Look at these figures, for they are your yardstick. See what they mean to you. Don't sit back—make your own plans as bravely, as codrageously, as these industrial neighbors of yours have done.” Mr, Knowlson pointed out that there are fewer persons employed in industry than there are in agriculture for wholesale and retail trade, transportation, communication and utility activities.
Signal for Business
“While industry alone is not the answer to .the employment, problem,” Mr. Knowlson said, “it is the fuse which must be fired to set off thé main charge. It is the yeas! that must get into action before the whole great load will rise. “The great significance of this report lies in the fact that it shows the fuse is set and primed and it serves notice on all the rest of your business life, upon your power com-
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CHRISTMAS SEALS PUT ON SALE TODAY
One person died every nine minutes last year from tuberculosis, The annual Christmas seal drive which opened today dramatically outlined this appalling fact. Bponsored by a committee of civic, labor and business leaders headed by El Lilly, the seal sale will continue through Dec. 24. Money raised will be used to fight the dreaded disease in Inelianagolis and Marien county.
last year and more than 66,000, throughout the nation.
cases.
mittee emphasized.
all homes are safe.”
JOBS INDICATED
The contagious disease took the lives of 235 Marion county residents
It has-been estimated that over 2000 in the county have active
“We must have fewer deaths and fewer sick people,” the drive come “We must guard against the danger of our friends and our families becoming infected, for no home is sate until
PEACE IS HERE
Most of Firms See ‘High Employment | After War.
By ROGER BUDROW
Times Business Editor Indianapolis industries are planning to employ 103,000 persons after the war, or 53 per cent more than they did in the pre-war year of 1940.
This optimistic outlook for post-war jobs was revealed today by the committee for economic development, which based its prediction on estimates received from 807 local industries. The C. D.s findings were made public. at a luncheon at the Claypool hotel, attended by several hundred local executives, and addressed by James S. Knowlson of Chicago, chairman of the Stewart-Warner Corp., and Joseph E. Cain, executive vice president of P. R. Mallory & Co. and local E. D. chairman.
Predicts High Activity
“Inasmuch as the basic buying power of this’ community is largely from industrial payrolls, a 53 per cent increase over: the last pre-war year provides assurance that Indianapolis will enjoy a high level of peacetime business activity,” the C. E’ D. said, The report did not.minimize the fact that there will not be as many industrial jobs after the war as there are now, and did not pretend that there will be an industrial job for everyone who wants one. It pointed out that war has boomed industrial employment here from 67,620 in 1940 to a wartime peak of 135,000 about this time last year. But it had tapered off to nearly 122,000 in July and August this year when the survey was made.
Analyze Job Picture
If 103,000 industrial jobs are available after the war, that will leave 27,000 would-be industrial -vorkers without such jobs, providing all the men in the armed services return to industrial work they left and assuming also that 98% of the men and 68% of the women now working in industry still want to after the war, as they indicated in the survey. But that does not necessarily mean unemployment of 27,000 -because, the C. E. D. pointed out, a vast majority of retail, wholesale and service businesses are short of help and intend to hire more when the manpower situation permits. Thus, having found out how many workers intend to remain here after the war and will want to work, and then having found out how many industrial jobs will be available for them, the C. E. D. intends next to make a survey to learn how much the retail, wholesale and service concerns intend to increase their employment, in reflection of the anticipated 53% increase in industrial employment,
Industry Optimistic
‘| local industries are optimistic over the post-war, Of the 807, only 53 conceded that they will be unable “ito employ as many as they did before: the war... There were 202
ploy more than in 1940,
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Hunt Extended for
Four-year-old Darlene Carey of poodle for “Skippy,” her real-life fox terrier, is dead, the victim of a
Mass Execution
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have been poisoned in Carmel and about 20 each in the two other towns. In all cases the deaths have been due to strychnine, usually placed in meat. “These dogs are not strays,” said Rue Hinshaw, president of the Carmel town board. “Most of them are family and children's pets and many of them are valuable animals.
Two Motives Given
“There are two reasons advanced here for the killings. One is that it is the work of a ‘Peéping Tom’ and the other that the poisoner is a confirmed dog-hater. “Whatever the reason, it has to stop,” he said.. “Why about half the dogs in town have been affected and the people are afraid to let their dogs out.” Carmel residents express “great fear that death might strike down their children for the meat is often tossed into the play area of children and their pets.
Girl's Pet Dies
In August, “Skippy,” the fox terrier of 4-year-old Darlene Carey, died in the fenced-in back yard.|
oi Stir s Residents of i Towns
State police today widened the sweep of their search for a vicious dog-poisoner who for months has been terrorizing Carmel pet lovers when investigation uncovered similar poisonings in Knightstown and
been in the grip of canine-killers for several months.
The survey showed a majority, of |
nine.
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STEELE IS NAMED GATES SECRETARY
' Governos-elect Ralph P. Gates to-
Six dogs who followed their young masters and mistresses to school
Darlene always plays there. “Skippy” was found dead one Democratic candidates and particmorning. By his stifféned body lay | ‘ularly President Roosevelt. a capsule, a powder spilled from the | case. Tests proved it to be strych-
more which expect to employ the same number as before the war; but 552 confidently expect to em-
In a foreword to the report, My-
ron R. Green, executive secretary to the C. E. D. and industrial com-
(Continued - “Page 2~—Column 5) before he is inaugurated and that
day announced the appointment of Ruel W. Steele of Bedford, 36-year-old Lawrence county clerk, as his executive secretary. This was the first appointment to be announced by the governor-elect who will take office on Jan. 8. Mr. Gates has sald that he will announce very few other appointments
there will be no immediate wholesale turnover in jobs at the state house, Mr, Steele was elected Lawrence county clerk in 1936 at the age of 28. ‘When he was re-elected in 1940, he polled the highest majority ever polled by any candidate in LawHe served two terms
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Poisoner of Dogs
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orth and east of Indianapolis have At least 35 pets
Accepts With ‘Deep Regret’;
- remain in' Washington as an ad- -{ ministration adviser gn foreign pol-
Families of service men whose allotments have
elayed, or where some emer-
| Times Opens 15th Annual Clothe-A-Child Campaign— ~You Can Help
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“gency has arisen.
2. Families of ‘widows who are prevented from working because they have to care for small children.
*8. Families in which the
able physically to earn more than a part-time wage. 4, Orphans, wards of the state, who are cared for
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father is an invalid, or un-
FD, R, REVEALS RESIGNATION OF CORDELL HULL
«Turns Aside Inquiries as
To Successor.
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—President Roosevelt announced today that—with very deep and very great regret—he has accepted the resignation of Cordell Hull as sec= retary of state. The 73-year-old Tennessean will
icy, the. President said. Mr. Roosevelt, confirming the resignation at a specially-called news conference, turned aside all inquirfes as to a successor. There were reports, however, that War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes, the South Carolinian whom Mr. Roosevelt brushed aside for the vice presidential nomination last summer, might be the choice, Get Along With Senate
Like Mr. Hull, Mr. Byrnes along well with senators—and that
gets
STATE PARTIES LIST EXPENSES
G. 0. P. Spends $505,000 As Democrats Report $113,501.
By EARL RICHERT Running a statewide |campaign is big business. The report of the treasurer of the
Republican state committee today|gyl's physicians felt his recovery |
showed that approximately $505,000 had been expended in behalf of the | G. O. P. state campaign while the report of the Democratic state committee treasurer showed that the Democratic committee had] spent $113,501. The Democratic report, of course, does not include any of the expenses of the Political Action committee since the P. A. C. spent its own money—most of it in behalf of |
Increase Over 1940
The G. O. P. report, filed here by Treasurer James W. Costin, showed total receipts of $529,000, approxi-| mately the same amount receive inthe 1940 campaign. Republican expenditures this campaign were approximately |
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during |
state committee ended the campaign with a balance of $43,699. The report of “Clarence U. Gramelspacher, Democratic coms mittee treasurer, showed total receipts of $106,732, approximately
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Campaign expenditures in behalf of Senator-elect Homer E. Capehart | totalled $24,195.06 while the direct | expenses ®f his Democratic op-
today. : The governor's campaign ex-
+| pense - report did not include any e| 0f the money spent by the Schrick-
er-Jackson Good Government club.
| This -group, according to its repor?®
filed Saturday, spent $0584,17, most of it in contributions tg the Democratic slate committee, Total con- |W tributiong, received by the, Schrick-er-Jackson Good Government club
total of i spent in
| successor.
political [tioned as a possibility as a per-
$22,000 more than in 1040 but the Very close touch
Capehart's Campaign Expense
ponent, Governor Schrigker, totalled | $4684.72, reports of each showed |
is bound to be an important consideration since the senate will have to pass on treaties. Mr. Byrnes and Mr. Hull both are former senators. Mr. Hull's resignation will be effective with appointment of a
Pending that, Undersecretary of ‘State Edward R. Stettinius Jr, who has been administering the department during Mr. Hull's illness, will continue as acting secretary. Mr. Stettinius also has been men-
{manent choice. for the post. | “The President explained that Mr. |
{from the illness which has kept him | away from the state department
apartment, for five weeks at the {naval hospital—would he retarded by continuance of any heavy responsibility+ Visited Hull Several Times Mr. Roosevelt told the special news conference that he had visited |
|Mr. Hull several times at the hos-|
pital, the most recent oecasion being yesterday. decision was made then. He sald the resignation had been | submitted and accepted formally but | that he did not think the exchange, |of letters would be published because they were more or less in the | nature of personal correspondence. He said twice during the conference that Mr. Hull would keep in| with _him—the! | President—and that through this |close contact, they would continue
lto exchange ideas about foreign Of dead, one to the missing list and
policy. However, he added that he did | not plan to give Mr. any sheepskin—any commission as dn omen holder,
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Hull
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$24,195 and Schricker's $4684
|e with the secretary of the UU, 8. senate, showed that he received | more
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| $6315, approximately $1631 | than he spent. The governor said he expected to turn back fo the national Democratic senatorial campaign committee the $1000 he had received from it and that he would give the remainder of the surplus to the Democratic state committee. . ‘There were several*contributions | of $100 fromi individuals to the Sovernor's campaign. Literature “the chief. item of expense. nse statements of both Mr, Capehart and Governor Schricker included their conventi -0pposi=
The gove: , who ‘had tion, spent ly $1200 (his conven] “ition
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Lborder defenses. troopers landed in Germany east of the upper Rhine near the Swiss
border, this evening.
army was fighting one of the
| the streets of Grosshaw and Hurt-
assessmerit) in his’ Preconvens f ‘while
ice Change | RAID TOKYO AGAIN; KEY NAZI OUTPOSTS ENTERED BY YANKS
Fights of War Is Raging.
By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Nov. 27.—Ameri-
smashed into . Langeérwehe, last stronghold before the Roer river line west of Cologne. Third army forces, 120 ‘miles to
the south, drove into St. Avold, key outpost of the Saarbucken
Swiss dispatches said allied para-
Confirmation was lacking At best it appeared to be a small scale sabotage effort.
Bloody Fight at Duren Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' 1st
bloodiest battles in American history on a nine-mile arc closing against Duren. The center of attack was only 3'% miles from that fortress city 20 miles west of Cologne. The drive into the heart of Langerwehe, 13 miles east-northeast of Aachen, encountered violent resistance. Thunderbolt dive bombers and American artillery pounded the German strongpoints in the streets just ahead of the doughboys, Above Langerwehe other troops captured the hamlet of Frenz and battered eastward a few hundred yards beyond it. Below it the Yanks reached the area of Merode, 31% miles west. of Duren, and fought in
gen.
Repulse Counter-Jabs
Lt, Gen. William H. Simpson's 9th army, on the left flank of the 1st, fought off strong counter-at-
B-29's Strike Nips’ Capital 2d Time In 3 Days.
By UNITED PRESS JAPAN'S Asiatic empire came under the crossfire of American Superfortresses from the east and west for the first time today.
A fleet of upwards of 100 Saipan-based B-29's gave Tokyo its second heavy pounding in 72 hours while another “substantial” force of the giant bombers struck from India at Bangkok, capital of Thailand. © ° News of that double blow came as American air force leaders revealed that Saipan, 1550 “miles southeast of Tokyo, is being built up swiftly as a major base for the bombing of Japan. Additional B-29's have been flown into the island since the first . strike on the Japanese capital last Friday, and the bombardment of the enemy's homeland will be stepped up to a “Buropean scale” as rapidly as possible, these spokesmen said. Sink More Jap Ships
At the same time, Chungking and Pearl Harbor reported further heavy losses inflicted on Japan's dwindling - shipping resources Saturday in twin raids by China-based land bombers and carrier planes of the Pacific fleet, China-based Liberators sank a Japanese submarine chaser and damaged two light cruisers in the South China sea. The attack came a few hours after “Adm. Chester W. Nimitz far-ranging fliers sank 18 other enemy ships, including a heavy cruis« er and a destroyer, in a raid on Luzon and the waters east of that Philippines island.
Admit ‘Slight’ Damage’
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tacks in the area of Koslar just {west of Julich on the Roer, and around Bqurnheim, a mile and a
| half southwest of Julich. His forces B-29's again took part in the attack
{als since Oct, 2—part of the time at his Ke irelverg. into the
outskirts of two miles almost due | | south of Julich. The 3d army drive into St. Avold, 26 miles east of Metz, represented !
closing against the stronghold from three sides.
To the northwest Patton’s forces the daylight raid on the Bansue inside. Germany's railroad freight yards at Bangkok,
{were fighting
a gain of a mile or more by troops |light blow at Tokyo.
There were no immediate details on the Tokyo raid, beyond the dis~ closure that perhaps 100 “or more jon the Japanese capital. Japanese broadcasts, following |the pattern set last Friday, said |only slight damage to non-military objectives resulted from the day-
A considerable force of B-29 sky cruisers achieved excellent results in
(an important clearing center for
It was believed the final (Continued on “Page 3—Column 4) Japanese supplies.
HOOSIER HEROES—
5 Indiana Men
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Die in Action;
6 Added to List of Wounded
Action on land and sea has added Harry Logsdon, 31 W. Morris st, in
{five more fighting men to the lis
| five to the list of wounded. KILLED
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Cpl. Raymond Vogel, Greenfield, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Roell,! 3916 E. Minnesota st, on Leyte. Pvt, Lester L. Bryant, Coatesville, nephew of Mrs. Howard H.- Miller, 2424 Park ave, in France.
Pfc. Donald M. McKinzie, Brownsburg, formerly of 303 W. 44th st, at Luxembourg. | a Vernon Thomas, 725 Lord! , in France. hi Radioman 2-¢ Herbert
t the South Pacific. MISSING Fireman 1.¢ - Charles William ‘| London, 332 Northern ave. in the | Pacific.
WOUNDED Pfc. Fred R. Henke, 2216 N. Arlings | ton ave, in Hollznd. Pfc. Charles L. Kyle, Davidson st., in France. Pfc. Ralph E. Bentley, 1957 Cen{tral ave, in France. Seaman 1-c Lowell M. Sparks, 401 N. Temple ave, in the Pacific. i Pvt. James Gustafson, 2638 Foltz st., during infantry action.
206 N.
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PACIFIC — B -20 an Lia crash hundreds of tons of bombs on Tekyo amd Bangkok, capital
anese resistance weakens in Ormde chrridor on Leyte islarrd.
WESTERN FRONT Yanks tighten nine - mile assault arc around Nuren, 20 miles west of Cologne as Patton stabs deeper into Saar and Swiss report. wiled aor. |.
On the War Fronts
‘of puppet state of Thalland; Jap-+i:
Slovak: strongholds of Presov and Kassa (Kosice), rolling back Ger‘man resistance on 60-mile front across east half of Nazi protece forate from. Polish to Hungarian borders.
ITALY=British troops of 8th army Jane Faenza and ro i Florence highway for niles on both sides of the ty: :
AIR WAB—-More | = pomber's raid rail
‘burg and |