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How to Foil Purse Snatchers in Yu

|. VOLUME 55—NUMBER 234

The dangers of the over-the-shoulder bag: Worn to the back, as shown above, this bag is a prime target for all handbag manipulators.

Easily opened and out of view of th

e owner, the “thief” ‘can help him-

self to the contents. Or he may choose to snip the straps and make

‘off with the bag. The safest way to the front.

Any handbag is more vulnerable when the shopper's arms are filled

wear this type of bag would be to

with packages. This is especially true when carried as above, on the far side of an armful of packages. Slipping the bag from under the arm then becomes easy for the “manipulator.” The “victim,” whese arms are strained by the load she carries, may not feel the handbag re-

moved.

VETO EXPECTED IN TAX ‘FREEZE

May Decide Action on Social Security.

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party in Indiana ‘has been outlined committee, The Republican majority of the will spensor bills, to provide: ONE. The

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (U. P.).— The tone of President Roosevelt's language in his expected veto of the special security tax freeze bill was seen today as the determining factor in whether congress votes to over-ride him. Both houses have now passed

the bill freezing social security tax rates during 1945 at the current

0. Kd by Senate, 262 to 72

. The vote in the house was 262 to 72. The senate approved the freeze measure late yesterday, 47 to 19. leaders are certain Mr. Roosevelt will veto the bill There has been no sign from the White House but it was recalled that one of the President's reasons for vetoing the entire tax bill last year was its social security freese rider. Chairman Walter F. George (D. Ga.) of the senate finance commit~ tee, a proponent of the freeze, said after the bill's passage yesterday he did not believe congress wouid override the veto, But Senator Robert F. Wagner (D. N. Y), who is opposed to the measure, said the tone of the President's veto message would determine whether the senate would vote the bill into Jaw without President's signature. (There little doubt that the house would promptly over-ride a veto.)

Forecasts Some Switches f the President advanced a

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‘HUMAN FLY’ SCALES THE CLAYPOOL TODAY

Death-Defying Feat Wil

Benefit Veterans.

The “dean of building climbers,” Johnny J. Woods, will scale the nine-story Hotel Claypool at 3:30 p. m. ‘today. Police will .rope off the sidewalk along the Washington st. side of the building. The “human fly” is appearing on behalf of district 11 of the Ameri can Legion which is ring a drive for funds to buy gifts for the 4700 service veterans hospitalized in Indiana. « Mr. Woods will repeat his climbing fete Monday at 9 p. m. He was last here in 1939 when he climbed the Washington hotel.

QUADRUPLET GIRLS BORN - IN ENGLAND

WARRINGTON, Lancashire, Dec. 9 (U. P.)~Alice and Mavis, two of the quadruplets born to Mrs. Ethel Linda Green, were reported ‘“‘somewhat poorly” today at Warrington General hospital. Their conditio; was said to be not serious. : Alice weighed three pounds, four bunces at birth, and Mavis three pounds, 10 ounces. The other two children, Mary and Maureen, were

By JOE JARVIS THERE IS no such thing as a handbag that can't be “picked” or “snatched.” The woman shopper who knows this and follows the simple advice of police familiar with the ways of the “bag-opener” and “pbag-snatcher” can avoid being victimized. Handbag thieves like crowds, especially Christmas throngs. Handbag theft cases reported to police increase 50 per cent during the holiday shopping season, Chief of Detectives Jesse McMurtry said today. ‘But for every woman who reports a theft,” he said, “there may be two who don't. Still others report lost handbags when often they may have been stolen.” » » ” HANDBAG manipulators work best in the crowds on the street floors and around bargain counters of the department stores. There, shoppers frequently put down their handbags to try on gloves, to feel the texture of cloth, or to adjust a piece of jewelry,

Two policewomen demonstrate

or the clerk (Times employee Mrs,

4-Year Program for State

OP Legislators

. By NOBLE REED Legislation covering the entire four-year program of the Republican

by the G. O. P. legislative policy legislature which will open Jan. 4

eral reorganization of state government to “patch

up the loose ends” left by the Indiana supreme court decision which declared unconstitutional the reorganization laws passed in 1941, (Some state bureaus have been operating under a sort of gentleman’s agreement in relation, to the governor's office since the Supreme court decision.) TWO. A possible increase in taxes to offset declining revenues after the war and to insure a pay-ag-you go policy, preserving most of the state's present $45,000,000 balance.

Protection of Health THREE. Extensive rehabilitation of all state institutions including many additional buildings and the general improvement of personnel conditions. A committee to study legislation for the institutions will be composed of State Senator Floyd Garrott, Speaker of the House Hobart Creighton and Rep, James M. Knapp. FOUR. Expansion of the entire

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EX-REP. LARRABEE SERIOUSLY AILING

Former Congressman Dr, William H, Larrabee of New Palestine was

reported to be in a critical conditioh today at City hospital. He suffered a heart attack yesterday in a local physicign’s office. Dr. Larrabee formerly represented the old 11th and 6th dis-

doing well, CLOTHE-A-CHILD—

LOCAL TEMPERATURES | ® Dew outfit yesterday. anything else. ba ? Baim go | She is one of a family of six. | Besides purchasing the addi- : teres n russ 0 Her father died seven years ago | tional garments this girl needed, Ee A a tt ol and her mother supports the | Times shoppers also clothed her 4am. ou B 3 (Room). 3 family. Grandmother looks after | two brothers and sister, - am... Pm... the, four children, two boys and Among the 64 clothed from dga girl. But the mother’s income | nations to Clothe-A-Child yes+ just doesn’t seem to stretch far tt # TIMES INDEX enough. ! (Continued on Page 3—Column 1) i . hy oi This edition of your Saturday

tricts in congress.

‘They're Super,’ Girl Says; 317 Get Warm Garments

(List of Donors, Page Two)

BY BCRIMPING ard saving, the family was able to purchase a winter coat for the girl. But was nothing left ‘to buy

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This makes it easy for the thief. He can either make off with the bags, or deftly remove the contents of wallets or billfolds. The danger of attracting the ownel’s attention is slight. But even the shopper who holds onto her bag in the jostling crowds should be on guard. Pressed on all sides by fellowshoppers she rarely will observe a slight pressure when the thief opens her handbag. tJ » - VIGILANCE of police and store detectives has held the operations of handbag manipulators to a minimum here, Chief McMurtry said. Most of the reported bag openings and snatchings—as well as pocket picking—have been committed here by men and women fairly young at the game. Detectives can’t be everywhere, though. The prevention of such thefts principally is the job of the shopper. ; Women who put down their handbags on a counter issue a

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the ways of the handbag manipulator. The “victim” (Policewoman Jeanette Gann) shops for gloves, thinking she has protected her handbag by covering it with merchandise and a newspaper.. Instead she has enabled the “thief” (Policewoman Nell Nutt) to pick the bag unnoticed by either the victim

Nina Hoover).

BIDDLE REPLIES IN LITTELL ROW

Gives Senators His Version Of Dispute Over Army And Navy Deals.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (U, P.) = Attorney General Francis Biddle today replied in detail to charges by

Former Assistant Attorney General Norman M., Littell that he used the influence of the department of justice to block Littell's tesfimony before congressional committees, Testifying at a senate immigration committee hearing, Biddle denied he had ever “censored” Littell’s, testimony in the Elk Hills oil case, the Breakers hotel case, or in surplus lands investigations. Biddle appeared before the committee to testify on behalf of Ugo Carusi, one of his executive assistants, for the position of commis sioner of immigration,

Questioned by Critic

The Litfell case came up when Senator Homer D. Ferguson (R. Mich.) asked if Carusi would be permitted to give information to congressional committees, When Chairman Richard B. Rusell (D, Ga.) protested the discussion, Biddle said: - ' “Oh, I think this is very pertinent. Under quesfioning by Ferguson, a ¢ritic of the justice department, Biddle gave the following account:

‘| have quit and have not taken other

I want to make this record.”

In the Elk Hills case, he said, the

navy entered into a contract with Standard Oil Co, of California to acquire oi} from the Elk Hills reserve of California... James For. restal, at that time undersecretary of the navy, studied the contract, questioned its legality and wrote a memorandum to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. The memorandum was sent by Ickes, whose department had ex-

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Hoosier Heroes—

SGT, W'MANUS DEAD: FOUR MEN WOUNDED

Storer, Davis, Mockford, Haley Injured.

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PLANTS HERE HIT BY EXODUS OF WORKERS

War Output Lags in 13 Factories; 4300 Quit Jobs In Three Months.

The city's 95 major war plants,

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

152,000 NAZIS LOST IN 3-WEEK BATTLE ON WESTERN FRONT

which employ about 100,000 persons altogether, lost 4300 of them during September, October and November, As a result, “production is seriously behind schedule in 13 factories,” P. B. Denning, local manpower director, said today,

Mr. Denning said that the 4.3 per cent labor loss, which compares with onlg,1.8 per cent during July and August, is the heaviest loss since sometime in 1943.

Urges Workers to Register"

To make up for those quitting war work and to supply employers who customarily have more work this time of year, Mr. Denning urged all men and women not now in war work to apply at the U. 8. employment service office at 257 W. Washington st. The manpower loss has been heaviest among those who live outside Marion county and come in to the city to work. Many of them

war jobs, Mr. Denning said. Among the 13 war plants behind schedule, it was found that 1750 more workers are needed “as quickly as they can be hired.” Workers are needed to assemble parts for batteries and bombsights, to produce shell cases, tires, small arms ammunition and other war products.

Lists Items Made Here

“Indianapolis is charged with the production of an important share of the shells and ammunition, including rockets,” Mr. Denning said. “We also turn out trucks and truck parts, electrical equipment, foundry products, and packed meats and processed foods needed immediately to stock declining reserves on the battlefronts. “Any bottlenecks In production caused "by labor shortage must be cleared up now, by the men and women in Indianapolis not yet on]. war jobs.” R

LEGION POST TO GIVE CHILDREN PRESENTS

The Big Four Railway post 118, American Legion, will give presents Dec. 17 to all children living in} the vicinity of the post home, 960 8. Keystone ave. H. F. McClain is entertainment chairman and H. P. Nurnan is commander. The post's, annual Christmas dinner will be held at Holy Cross hall on the night of Dec. 19,

British In Greece Face New Forces As Battle Rages

ATHENS, Dec. 9 (U. P.) ~Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie announced today that more “Leftist” forces are arriving outside Athens, : Hostile activity against British and Greek government forces has increased, he reported. # Official sources revealed that the anti-government forces controlled four-fifths of Athens, The Greek capital may not be cleared “for a very long time,” it was indicated. Scobie said that Greek regulars repulsed determined rebel attacks supported by heavy machine gun and mortar fire*in the eastern suburbs of Athens. Scobie is commander - of British forces in Greece.

The communique said: that a British ambulance driver, while as sisting a wounded Greek civilian, was shot and wounded. The ambulgnce was captured. Troops supported by tanks and the fire of light naval craft yesterday cleared new areas south of They were held up,

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ILLINOIS STUDIES VOTE LAW SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. 9 (U.

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9

spring or summer, Behind this strategy:

tional wheat, cotton, etc.—submitted to

is conceding, how much if is getting any commitments.

” » . homework, officials here conclude.

Many manufacturing processes,

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

executive branch not to send up any more international agreements for ratification just now. They think the big one—for a united nations organization—should come first, even if it’s not ready till next

commodity agreements—oil,

They want to see the whole picture—how much the United States

Under those circumstances, commodity pacts might take longer to ratify than one for a world organization based on Dumbarton Oaks,

HOW DOES Germany keep up production? Partly, at least, by

ment, have been broken down into jobs that can be done at home

IN SPITE OF reports to the contrary, Secretary Wickard probably will continue to head agriculture department in fourth-term cabinet, At cotton conference here this week he won respect for frank,

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~—Senate strategists advise

Senators want all internarubber, aviation, them before they approve any.

from other powers—before making

including those going into arma-

to information reaching here, labor of handicapped to be utilized.

that the Red army had broken of Budapest.

NEW SUCCESSES WON IN PACIFIC

Jap Navy Seen as Target In New B-29 Raid; Ormoc Toters.

By UNITED PRESS Allied forces scored sweeping successes throughout the Far Eastern war theater today. A new B-20 raid on Japan and smashing ground victories in the Philippines and Southern China were disclosed. At the same time, Tokyo belatedly admitted the severity of the earthquake that shook Central Janan last Thursday. One hard-hit area, the Japanese sald, was Osaka, the empire's third city, where war plants and residential districts were damaged. Censored enemy accounts did not confirm reports that Tokyo itself was in the shock area. Significantly, they withheld all information on the loss of lives in the earthquake, Observatories around the world

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SENATOR CALLS FOR PEARL HARBOR FACTS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (U, P.) —~ Senator James J. Davis (R. Pa.), has asked congress fo take immediate steps to bring the Pearl Harbor disaster “before the high court of public opinion.” Davis told the senate yesterday that the Afnérican people “are determined to have-—and inevitably will have—a true and complete report on this most humiliating dis-

news conference here today,

aster.”

Soviets Break Through Nazi Lines Northeast of Budapest

LONDON, Dec."9 (U. P.) Premier Josef Stalin announced foday through ‘the German lines northeast

They advanced 37 miles on a 75-mile front. The Danube was reached above the Hungarian capital. Simultaneously the Russians forced the Danube south of Budapest.

They joined the Soviet forces advancing northward along the west bank, Stalin reported. The widespread operations set Budapest up for assault from three sides if the axis defenders do not flee to evade the trap closing on them. Stalin reported the Soviets captured more than 150 towns and villages. Vac, transport and defense center on the river elbow 16 miles north of the capital, was included. On the other side of the city, the Russians captured Ercsi, 16 miles south of Budapest and west of the Danube. Report Russ Pressure A Berlin broadcast said the Red army stepped up its pressure “from the breach area north of Budapest.” Vac fell after fierce fighting, the Nazis said.

© Vac lies on the elbow of the Danube due north of Budapest where the river swings down toward the capital. It controls the trunk transport lines north of Budapest, which are on the east side of the river,

The Ankara radio said all civil and military authorities had left Budapest. A Hungarian general named Kulde was appointed mili~ tary governor, the broadcast said. Moscow and Berlin dispatches revealed that major tank battles were raging ‘on’ either side of the beleaguered capital. Reinforced German and Hun|garian divisions were putting up a {desperate but losing fight to hold {lines of communication open be[tween Budapest and Vienna.

LEADER IN PRISON REVOLT CUTS WRIST

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec, 9 (U. P).~ Jack Floyd Adams, 23, identified by Warden Joseph W, Sanford as one of the ringleaders in a three-day prison mutiny at federal penitentiary here, was»in the prison hospital today following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Sanford said Adams slashed his

Fear V-3 'Super-Robot’ Raids

Qn New York This Winter

Dec. 9 (U, P)~A London Daily Mail dispatch from Stockholm said today that the Germans were preparing for a great | winter rocket ‘offensive from Nor.

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wrist with a razor blade late yesterday. He was in a solitary confinement cell. Meanwhile, 8anford began an intensive investigation into the causes of the rebellion. Other leaders of the mutineers have been placed in solitary and face severe punish-

3 Major Generals

Listed Among Enemy Dead.

By JAMES Mc¢GLINCY United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Dec. 9.—~Supreme headquarters estimated today that 152,000 German troops were killed, captured or wounded in the first three weeks of the allied offensive on the western front. The allies now are biting into the Siegfried line in the Saar. They also are pounding the Roer river defenses before the Cologne plain.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's

armies were credited with “destroying” seven German divisions,

Twenty-two others were left “very severely battered” between Nov, 8 and 30.

averaged about 6600 men a day. Three Generals Killed

manders, were captured. | Of the 152000 Nazis reported knocked ouf, 74,000 were captured. Among fhe seven, German sions no longer in action sumed destroyed were the 4 40th, 91st, 275th and - 338th. of these were @estroyed in France and subsequently reconstituted. The 22 mauled divisions included four. panzer sions. AT PPR AE tion with the statistics mally’ an attacking army least as heavily as the On the fighting front, est action was in the 3d army tor. ' Doughboys there knocked ou pillboxes and drove deeper into Siegfried fortiffcations northwest Saarlaltern.

Battle Rages 10 Hours

Some 600 Germans with 11 tanks stabbed back into American-held Dillingen, two and a -half miles northwest of Saarlautern, at 6:20

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forth through the streets and houses of the town for more than 10 hours. The battered enemy finally withdrew at 5 p. m, Southeast of Saarlautern, other elements of Lt, Gen. George 8. Pat ton’s 3d army massed strength along a broad siege arc for a grand assault on Saarbrucken, capital of the Saar. They also extended their new beachheads across the Sgar . river near Saarguemines, - German. resistance was stiffening

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Rioting, Panic Sweep Berlin, Sweden Hears

LONDON, Dec, 9 (U, P)., = Stockholm dispatches said today that rioting and panic swept Berlin in the wake of the American bombing of the Nazi capital last Tuesday. Thousands of Berliners were caught in the open at the height, of the raid, the report said. There was a resultant heavy loss of life. Travelers who returned to Swe= den from Berlin immediately afte er the raid said the riots broke out in several sections of the capital, but they were suppressed ime mediately. "Nazi authorities ore dered drastic punishment for any= one found - circulating reports about the disorders, these travel ers said. Another dispatch from the Swiss-German frontier quoted an _ official German announcement as saying that 23,000 of the 100,~ 000 inhabitants of Freiburg were killed or wounded when that Rhinelnad city was bombed on

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Nov. 27...

(Dec. 9, 1944)

WESTERN FRONT—Supreme headquarters reveals 152,000 Germans ‘killed, wounded or captured in last three weeks on western front. PACIFIC—Buperfortresses raid Seto area of central Jas

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On the War Fronts

CHINA—High government spokes

man announces rout of strong . Japanese invasion force that had penetrated to within 68 miles of

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