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VOLUME 55—NUMBER 228
M. KIDNEY
Times Staft Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Alleged high jinks at the Marion county courthouse on the night of Nov. 2 will be one of the matters to be taken up during the senate campaign investigating committee’s Indiana probe, it was
learned today.
Committee attorneys abd staff men will be ih Indianapolis preparing the case and Chairman Stewart (D.
ee et ———
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FORECAST: Fair and continued cold tonight; tomorrow inereased cloud iness and warmer.
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Tenn.), has announced a hearing by the sub-committee
there for Dec. 19.
Senator Ball (R. Minn.) sub-committee appointed by
is the other yretitier of the Committee Chairman Green
(D. “R. 1.), after it was unanimously voted to carry on a
full-scale investigation in th Ace investigator George
e state. Shillito will arrive in Indian-
apolis Monday to open investigation headquarters in the
Butler Queen
Candi
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An election tonight by Butler university men attending the basketball game with Franklin college will decide which of these campus “beauties will be Homecoming Queen. The winner will be announced at the dance following and will be given a loving cup. The contestants are (left to fight) Evelyn Goepper, Alpha Chi Omega; Ann Shuttleworth, Kappa Alpha Theta; Phyllis Hornbeck, Delta Delta Delta; Rosalind
Martin, Independent; Margaret Billings, Pi Phi; Peggy O'Donnell, Trianon; Louise
Louise Hamilton, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Phyllis Dell, Delta Gamma.
BABY FOUND— Million Dollar ~ Claim Set For Court Hearing
By NOBLE REED THE 13-DAY-OLD BABY of Mrs, Jessie R. Jones, Indianapolis girl, who filed a million-dollar lawsuit yesterday accusing a doctor of giving her infant away,
has been located at the home of a farm couple ynear Columbia City, it was learned today. The baby -was ordered by Judge Emsley W. Johnson Jr. of sus perior court 3 to be brought into court at 2 p. m, next Tuesday for a habeas corpus hearing on Mrs. Jones’; charges that the infant was placed in the home of foster parents illegally by Dr. Portia Parker, Indianapolis physician. The habeas corpus proceedings followed the filing of a suit in superior court by Mrs. Jones for the return of her baby and $1,000,000 damages against Dr, Parker, = » w ‘ . MRS. JONES, 19-year-old war plant worker whose husband, Pvt. John Jones was killed on the battlefields of France last June, charged in her suit that Dr. Parker gave her baby away to an “unnamed” couple without her permission the same day it was born. “I haven't seen my baby since a few minutes after it was born,” Mrs, Jones said. “I don’t even know if it was a boy or girl + + +» » the doctor told me that I could never see it again.” Mrs, Jones admitted signing an agreement with Dr. Parker to have the baby adopted several weeks before it was born but, she said: “I was confused about things then. . . . I've changed my mind. , .,. I want my baby back because my mother and ca in Leslie, Ky., want to keep ® =» . DR. PARKER said she gave the
baby to a couple whom she refused to identify under terms of
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NEW CORCORAN CHARGES AIRED
Former New Deal Adviser Again Accused of ‘Undue
Influence.’
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (U. P.).— Thomas G. (Tommy the Cork) Corcoran, former New Deal adviser accused by deposed Assistant Attorney General Norman M. Littell of wielding undue influence over Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle, today was charged “for the second time this week with seeking to “use” his former administration colleagues in behalf of private clients. The second charge, made in the house by Rep. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R. Mass.), came amid the following developments - in the Littell-Biddle feud:
ONE. President James G. Patton of the National Farmers Union today issued a statement calling Mr. Littell’'s dismissal “a severe blow to a public service that had need of all those who have shown themselves vigilant to guard the interests of the people.” Mr. Littell testified before the senate war investigating committee last summer against the assignment of surplus land disposal to Jesse Jones’ Reconstruction Finance Corp. Mr. Patton said that “but for Littell'’s efforts the new surplus property board would have had little chance to function in the public interest.”
TWO. Senator Homer Ferguson (R. Mich.) who said he was also speaking for Senator Harley M. Kilgore (D, W. Va,), another member of the senate war committee, denied the charge of insubordination which President Roosevelt gave as his grounds for firing Mr. Littell. Senator Ferguson said Mr, Lit tell, a former Indianapolis man, had made his statement to the committee accusing Mr, Biddle of favoring Corcoran in the Savannah shipyard case solely at the committee's request, and that it was not Mr.
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POLITICAL SCENE. . . By Thomas L. Stokes
Littell Case Opens Way for Probe of Tommy the Cork
~ WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.~Cqngress has had an opportunity to explore hly and for the
thoroug fest Lime the influence that Thomas
some of his clients have. been
squeiched, except for a fragmentary
_TIMES - INDEX _
Amusements... ok In Indpis. were 3 Kddie Ash..... 8! Inside Indpls.. J Barnaby. cess ’ Jane Jordan 4. 9 Business
Sener 4 Ruth Millett -” 7 Churches weve ed Movies srs 4 Comics sere 9 Obituaries “ten 3 Crossword ene 9 Radio Snsangees 9 Dietz .. 7 Mrs. Roosevelt 7 ++ 6| Bide
story of his operations during the first year after he left the government. He was a witness, for one
Congress Split
names of those responsible for our and the reason why Adm. James relieved of his Pacific command. The war and navy departments Harbor yesterday. The departments announced results of service investigations and the conclusions of the two secretaries that no further action should be taken against either Maj, Gen. Walter C. Short or Rear Adm, Husband E, Kimmel
Statements Issued
(In Dallas Gen. Short issued a statement saying that “when the entire story is unfoldedI am certain of complete vindication in the eyes of the American people.” Charles B. Rugg, counsel for Adm, Kimmel, declared in Boston that the armynavy findings meant “Kimmel has been cleared.”) Congressional reaction was immediate and largely partisan. House Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R. Mass.) said the people would want more details than the departments made public. Senator Lister (D. Ala.): satisfied.”
Senator C. Wayland Brooks (R. Ill): “Someone was responsible. If the evidence does not place the responsibility on Adm. Kimmel and Gen, Short, it is the duty of congress to find out on whose shoulders the responsibility rests.” Chairman Andrew J. May (D.
“I am
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Hoosier Heroes—
EARL HUEHL LISTED AS DEAD IN HOLLAND
Evans Missing in France;
Seven Wounded.
A local flight officer has died in Holland while an infantryman is missing in action and seven Indianapolis men have been wounded.
KILLED
Flight Officer Earl R. Huehl, 305 N. Kealing ave., in Holland. L MISSING Pfc. Edward Johnson Evans, 4460 N. Kessler ave., in France. WOUNDED
Cpl. Gerold G. Howard, 220 8. Wolcott st., on Guam, Sgt. Luell C.' Raybern, 1300 Orange st, in France. Pvt. Ora Dillard, 3405 W. 12th st., in the European area. 8. Sgt. Earl N. Davidson, 1353 8. Meridian st, in Germany. Cpl. Earl Ford Jr., 3060 N. Sherman dr., in France. Pfc. James H. May, Jr. 4638 E. Pleasant Run pkwy. North dr, on Guam, [ Pfc. Lou R. Hedge, 1708 N. Berwick st, in France. :
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on Verdict
To Drop Pearl Harbor Trial
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Barring a congressional investigation it appears today that years will elapse before the public learns all the
plight when Japan hit Pearl Harbor O. Richardson had been summarily
practically closed the book on Pearl
MERCURY RISE DUE
17 Below Zero Registered
In Minnesota. LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a.m.....18 10a m..... 23 7am .18 11a m..... 27 $a m..... 19 12 (Noon).. 29 9am/... 2 l1pm..... 30
Don’t look for any tropical heat over the week-end—but the weather bureau did promise today that it will be a “little” warmer tomorrow. In fact, it is predicted that the center of the current cold wave will move eastward, and that a general warming effect will be felt throughout the Mid-West, A warm sun here this morning had pushed the mercury to the 30degree mark at about noon. All across the northern half of the nation, a layer of snow—varying from one to four or more inches—has covered the ground, with the heaviest fall recorded at Syracuse, N. Y. which had 23 inches, according to the United Press. In Indianapolis at 6 a. m. today the official temperature was 18 degrees, but this was mild compared with the seven below zero recorded at Atlantic Ia. the lowest in the country during the night. The weather bureau said the four-day cold wave originated in central Canada and is moving southward and eastward across the United States, Temperatures along the eastern seaboard were expected to dip tonight.
CLOTHE-A-CHILD—
WHILE AN Indianapolis soldier is fighting overseas, his wife and children are at home, sick, cold and hungry as Christmas nears, The family ‘gets an allotment, of course, but misfortune has dogged the family of two boys, three girls, and a mother and a "73-year-old grandmother. They need help, and as a last resort, have applied for aid from The Times Clothe-A-Child campaign, The mother cannot work as she is under medical care and must go to the hospital once a week for treatment, The grandmother is well but has no income,
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Federal building, According to preliminary findings, it is
alleged that some Republican
organization workers staged
a sort of orgy in the courthouse on the night of Nov. 2, purging the registration lists of Democrats between
drinks.
Walter Shead, who resigned from a treasury publicity job here to go to Indianapolis to broadcast for the
Marion Suny Democrats
during the campaign, re-
ANTWERP PORT 13 BUSY ALLIED TERMINAL NOW
Buzzing Activity in 36 Hours.
(This dispatch by a merchant marine official, carrying no date, gives the most complete picture so far of the significance of the opening of Antwerp to allied ships.) o
By TOM SUARBRICK MERCHANT NAVY OFFICIAL WAR REPORTER
Distributed by United Press The quays and sheds of Antwerp, which 36 hours ago I saw deserted and overgrown with grass, are now
buzzing with activity. sailed. inl
«ship .in. which. the first big ship convoy to the port slowly passed right along the city's waterfront to a berth up the river as darkness was falling. At last the supplies had gone on to the main port of northwest Europe from various ports of the United Kingdom, where they had been secretly loaded ready to sail immediately the Scheldt was cleared of enemy forces and of mines. At last we have on the northwest European coast our first port ready for immediate use by a large number of the big supply ships. Secondly, that port is close to the fighting fronts. Thirdly, the strain on manpower, rolling stock and
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SOUTHWEST HUNGARY DEFENSES SHREDDED
Russians Take 300 Towns,
Including Rail Junction.
By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Dec. 2.—~Marshal Fedor I, Tolbukhin’s 3d Ukrainian army, in two days have shredded the defenses of Southwest Hungary. They captured more than 300 localities ' including the strategic rail junction of Kapsovar, 75 miles from the Austrian frontier, Moscow announced tonight. Premier Josef Stalin issued an
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EARNING a little money for the family is the 13-year-old son, who carries newspapers. But, with temperatures falling, he has no winter clothes for such an out side job. Already he is ill with a cold, His four-year-old brother also is in bed with a cold. He has no winter coat. , : Besides doctor bills, .the family will also have a dentist to pay soon. Right now .the 9-year-old girl is absent from school because ;of a toothache, Help from some generous Indi. anapolis donor to Clothe-A-Child
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FIEND AT LARGE— Rabbit Killings Stir Residents Of S:E. Side
Donald Richardson . . . a rab-bit-killer has struck down seven
of his pets. ! “ - »
By VICTOR PETERSON WITHIN THE PAST month a rabbit-killing fiend Nas stabbed and crushed to death more than 20 pets belonging to residents
on the Southeast side, Working in the early morning hours, the killer has struck four times, leaving mutilated, mangled bodies lying outside the hutches. The night before last he broke into the hutch-hut of Mrs, Henry Richardson, 914 8t. Peter st. stabbed two, crushed one so viciously that every bone was broken and frightened four weekold bunnies to death, o . . IN EVERY CASE, the striker has ripped the wire caging or torn the doors from their hinges. The same night the flend mys~ teriously broke into a garage at 3026 St. Paul st., and massacred 11 rabbits owned by Harry L. Dennemann, 1013 Harlan” st. wwe » » " A ‘MONTH AGE the flend struck down three pets of young Robert Basey of the St. Paul st. address. Here the bodies were found in the yard, the eyes cut from the head. Residents are at a loss as to the motive of “the wholesale
pos
FINAL HOME |
"PRICE FIVE CENTS"
Senators Will Probe Alleged ‘High Jinks’ At Courthouse Here
turned here and gave the commitiee a long statement,
regarding what he saw at the
courthouse that night.
He alleges that sheets from the registration books were strewn around the place, some being held down by
empty whisky bottles.
Democrats were tipped off on what was going on and he went down there with James L. Beattey, Marion coun-
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RHINE BRIDGES BLOWN UP BY NAZIS AT STRASBOURG; 9TH ENTERS ROER CITIES
Linnish and J
its way-to.the marshy shores Cologne. head in Strasbourg.
bank of the Rhine.
DANES REPORT NAZIS LEAVING
German Ship Losses Linked _To Withdrawal From Denmark, Norway.
By ROBERT DOWSON United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON. Dec, 2.—Danish sources said today that the Germans were withdrawing the bulk of their occupation forces from both Norway and Denmark. They sought to reinforce their hard-pressed armies on the Western ‘and Eastern fronts, the Danes said. Only sufficient troops absolutely necessary to man fortifications along the Norwegian coast and in Jutland, the mainland portion of Denmark, were being left in the two countries, the Danish Press service in Stockholm said.
Partially Confirmed
The report appeared partially borne out by a British admiralty communique announcing the probable sinking of southward bound, troop-laden German transport off the. Norwegian coast Monday. Ten other enemy vessels also were sunk or damaged severely off Norway by the carrier force. The Danish Press service, an organization of Danish newspapermen in exile in Sweden, said the Germans had confiscated a number of Danish ships in an effort to speed the evacuation. Danish patriots repeatedly sabotaged German efforts to sail the vessels, however, the Press Service reported. Eleven ships were sald to have
slaughter,
been sunk by patriots recently.
WASHINGTON
A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—It's three years since Pearl Harbor. Best sources here aren’t sure we've even rounded
the halfway mark in licking
Japan,
If European war lasts another 9 or 10 months—and few’ officials here talk any shorter time—end in the Pacific
may be three years ahead.
Answers seem to depend on Russia. Will she shorten European war with a powerful winter
offensive?
Will she fight Japan, or help us do so?
In any case: Roosevelt fourth term will be concerned with foreign, war policy; there'll be little time and attention for domestic legislation.
ONE POLITICIAN here says the President will surprise Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones jby accepting the resignation Jones is expected to hand in (along with other cabinet members) when third
term ends in January and fourth
begins.
But among others there's a conviction Jones will not get, out tiers
ill health forces him to, that F. D. R 4 " Business journals already view with alarm possible Wallace ap-
poitment as Sauninetee, yeerstacy,
. won't fire him,
SIGNS MULTIPLY that administration will try to implement international civil aviation, agreements wider yowers 1. possess Som
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Americans Fight to River Shore In
ulish, German
Anchors Before Cologne.
By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Dec. 2—The American 9th army today fought
of the River Roer in the two
bastions of Linnish and Julich which bar the path toward To the far south the Nazis gave up their perilous bridge-
They blew up three bridges and fell back to the east
completed mopping up both Linnich and Julich but they
had driven to the river shores. TRey could look across the muddy waters to the bristling array of Nazi guns and concrete emplacements on the opposite banks. Hold 15-Mile Strip
The 9th army, adding five miles
bapk in its firm grip. \ Hard-hitting Nazi armored ate tacks directed at the relief of Linnith from Brachelen, seven miles to the northwest, were beat off. Linnich and Julich are the chief cities in the center of the 9th Roer river front. Beyond ‘the river lies the plain where the Germans could be seen installing heavy guns and busily preparing fortifications for a last ditch defense of Cologne and Dusseldorf, 27 and 25 miles, respectively, to the east.
Capture Roer Heights
At the northern end of the Sth army front the Americans captured commanding ground north of Beeck where a bloody battle for control of the city still was in progress. The highway between Linnich and Lindern, three and a half miles to the northwest, was cut. The . Americans won a heights overlooking the Roer within machinegun range of a huge concrete and steel autobahn bridge across the river. The Germans were directing most of their military traffic across this bridge but the American machinegunners were now inh a position to shoot up convoys. Take Advantage of Fog At Strasbourg the Germans took advantage of a heavy fog to extricate their hard-pressed bridgehead garrison which had been fighting around the Rhine bridges. The Germans pulled out their troops and blew up the two highway and one rail bridge across the Rhine. The pull-out occurred yesterday afternoon but was not discovered until this morning because the fog was too heavy for observers to de- | tect what was going on. The ex- | plosion of charges under the bridges
plosions. German civilians
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WAR FRONTS
(Dec. 2, 1944)
in the Saar
WESTERN FRONT-U. 8 0th
holds of Linnich and Julich; Ger« mans blow up three Rhine bridges “at Strasbourg after retiring to east bank.
EASTERN FRONT—Russians shred 300 towns, Premier Stalin ane nounqge. PACIFIC—Two American columns drive through rain to forge new “Leyte.
AIR WAR—U. 8. heavies
The Americans had not yet ,
10 its -Roer, river springboard, now - held a 15-mile strip of the river
had been thought to be shell ex-
army enters Roer river strong-,
southwest Hungary defenses, take
trap for Japanese on northwest :
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