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VOLUME 55—NUMBER 237
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1944
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoftice Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
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‘Dead- Eye’ Kruse Wings A Bat In Circle Dress Shop
Without batting an eye, Patrolman Ed Kruse steadies himself atop 8 ladder, takes aim and blasts away with a B-B gun at a roving bat which terrorized a downtown dress shop this morning.
Young-Girl Worker Knifed And Attacked by Soldier
A 10-year-old girl was stabbed and left lying half-nude in an alley fear Alabama and New York sts. early today. The girl, who is in a critical condition at City hospital, told police 8 soldier grabbed her as she got off work at 1 a.
Bakery Co,
She said when she tried to fight him off the soldier stabbed her in
PARRY ACCUSES JOSE OF MISUSING OFFICE
Charges Attorney Advances
‘Interest of Friends.’
By NOBLE REED County Attorney Victor Jose Jr was accused today by Addison J. Parry, county council president, of using his office to “advance the personal interests of his chosen friends Mr, Parry's statement followed charges made before the council
. yesterday by Mr. Jose. The latter
protested the council's adjournment to a third day on the ground that it costs the county $70 extra per day to pay councilmen’s salaries. The council's adjournment yesterday until today was necessary, Mr. Parry said, in order to inves tigate further requests totaling $21,000 extra money for election ex-
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Y Rabbit Dealers In State Check on Tularemia
Moving to halt the increased Wlremia rate here, state donserdepartment officers have icin, a crack-down on wild rabbit sales, ,
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the back with a knife, dragged her into an alley, tore off part of her clothes, gagged her, then assaulted her. City hospital physicians found deep stab wounds in her back and side and said she was suffering from exposure, . Three other girls ‘reported attempted assaults while they were walking along the streets last night. The assailant in all three attacks apparently was the same youth, about 16 years old and wearing a
The girls said -the youth grabbed them but ran away each time when they screamed. None of them was injured. Miss Ruth Padgett, 49, ‘of 2223 N. New Jersey st. said a young man, apparently the same youth who grabbed. the girls, snatched her purse containing $4 near her home last night,
F.D. R. WILL SPEAK
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (U. P.) — President Roosevelt will speak for about 15 minutes over all broadcasting networks at 4:15 p. m. (Indianapolis time) on Sunday, Dec. 24, in his annual Christmas eve address to the nation, the White House announced today,
Here Fined
Acting on state health department information that the disease. imparted to humans through rabbit meat, is on the upgrade, conservation, agents have made 10 raids on. grocerymen, Three, convicted of more than 20 rabbits, the legal limit, were fined $10 each today
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on, then got as blind as. Now he knows difrerfntly.
In line of duty this morning, he plugged a bat of the flitting variety on the fly. In answer to frantic calls from salesgirls he and Patrolman LeRoy Bartlett stalked their
eerie prey in the Hollywood Dress Monument Circle.
As the mammal roosted between flights in the belfry-like rafters of the store, Officer
INDIANA DRAFT BOARDS T0 TAP
FARMER POOL
Deferments=* of 18-t0-26 Group Face Review Immediately.
The farm labor pool will be tapped to provide more young Hoo= sier men for the armed forces. This was the effect of instructions sent to local draft boards today by Col. Robinson Hitchcock, state draft director. He instructed the boards to reconsider immediately the farm deferments held by all 18 through 25~ year-old . draft registrants. The boards weré asked to make as many registrants as possible available to the armed forces.
Points to Army Needs
Pointing to the accelerated needs of the armed forces, Col. Hitchcock said that draft records reveal] that there are eight deferments in effect for agriculture to each one in’ industry for the 18 through 25 group. “It has been determined through a study of agricultural manpower requirements,” he said, “that many young farm registrants may be released for military service without seriously affecting the 1945 food production program. “Each local board is requested to analyze farm deferment ‘conditions existing in its area. This review should take place immediately so that farm production schedules can be planned. for the-coming season
‘land so that we may obtain all avails
able manpower at once.” Boards to Compile Lists
The plan of review provides: that local boards shall compile at once lists of all farm-deferred men under 26. These lists are to be submitted to the county agricultural war boards and the war boards are to rearrange the names in order of their importance to food production. Names of farmers most important to agriculture would be placed highest on the list. As soon as the lists are re-ar-ranged, each local draft board and each county war board will meet jointly to analyze the agricultural situation in their county area, Col. Hitchcock said. This analysis will determine the minimum manpower needs in agriculture which will permit continued necessary farm production so that a8 many men as possible can be freed for the armed forces, he added.
Hoosier Heroes—
REEF REPORTED DEAD; 6 LISTED WOUNDED
Two Missing in Germany,
Another on Leyte.
Formerly reported missing in Italy, an infantryman now has been declared dead. In addition, two others are missing in Germany find one on Leyte and six servicemen have been wounded. KILLED Pvt. Ray W. Reef, 1060 E. New York st. in Italy. MISSING Pfc. Eugene (Gene) Worland, 1721 Lockwood st, on Leyte. Pfc. Edward Dirk, 1013 8. New Jersey st, in Germany,
WOUNDED Pfc. Benjamin T. Oakley, 130 N. 4th ave., Beech Grove, in France. Pvt. James W. Ray, 828 Park ave, in Germany. Second Lt. Robert C. Tucker, 3416 Northwestern ave, in France, Pfc. King H, Dunbar, 3833 N, Capitol ave. in Germany.
8. 8gt. Gerald E. Pitts, 322 8. Leeds ave, in Germany. : Pvt. James McCotter, 1814 N.
Rural st., in France. (Details, Page 19)
ARMY GALL FOR YARN
2%. HINTS AT LONG WAR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (U. P.).~ sudden demand for
TODAY Patrolman Ed Kruse thought bats were something people went out
Kruse pumped three ai later proved to be the ters.
Phis, of course; wasn't fatal, So, when the two-man bat squad attempt-
ed to sweep the fugiti
limping gait.
shop, 108 That's when Patrol
dead-eye aim with his trusty air rifle, did something that should stamp him as the 1 marksman,
police department's No.
I'm Lost’
Four tags hang from his collar, yet he waits for his master at
the municipal dog pound. Found
traffic, he wears a heart-shaped city license for 1925. Two of the other tags advertise Palmolive soap and the third Crystal White
laundry soap. Said Mrs. Leona
“He must belong to some child who thinks a tag is a tag. Well, the
dog is waiting for a happy reunion
intruder resumed his soaring, although at a
r rifle b. b's in what
creature's hind-quar- mid-air,
falsetto him with a
ve off his perch, the
fear,
man Kruse, ‘aking
helpless in yesterday's downtown
Frankfort, pound superintendent,
with him.”
Sun Coming Out Tomotrow To Lure Mercury Upward
old Man Sol will take off his earmuffs tomorrow and poke his head . for a while ‘at least,
through the clouds . That's the prediction today of Williamson.
Yes, he insisted, Indianapolis residents may see the sun for the first . and for the fourth time since Nov. 1 in calking
time since Dec. 3 . some kind of record. "And Mr, Wil liamson meant it, too, when he promised, warmer temperatures, The snow flakes that have been falling today? That's just a flurry—they’'re having them as far away as St. Louis and up in Iowa. But they will stop falling] he said, when the current low pres- Warming Up sure area gives way to a higher pressure area, Cold was general east of the Mississippi river and north of Alabama where many places suffered the first snow storm of the season. The lowest temperature here last night was 18 degrees above zero.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am... 183 10am. ..,..2 7am...,.18 1llam..... 21 $a m,....20 12 (Noem).. 22 Sam... 2 1pm... 22
While it may drop again tonight to the same reading, it will rise tomorrow,
Five trafic deaths blamed on
slippery highways were reported by|”
state police, who warned that roads in the northern part of the state were ‘tovered with ice and “very hazardous.” Roads in the Conersville district also were icy, but in the south the
highways were clear except for].
occassional slick spots. Marion reported the most snow— six to eight inches. Indianapolis had two inches. At least 65 deaths were caused by
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CLOTHE-A-CHILD—
Wife of Invalided Husband Prays Someone Will Help Her
, weather bureau chief, R. M.
$. L. MURBARGER DIES HERE AT 69
Secretary of State Athletic Commission Was Colorful Sports Figure.
By HEZE CLARK Professional sports has lost one of its most colorful figures, Samuel L. “Sam” Murbarger, sec~ retary of the Indiana state athletic commission, died last night of a heart attack at his home, 3318 W. Michigan st. Sixty-nine, Mr, Murbarger was considered one of the best allaround athletes of all-time.
Born in Ohio A native of Harrison, O., he came to Indianapolis when a child, His interest in athletics dates from his early school days. When he was 18, Mr. Murbarger got a job traveling with Dan McCloud. world’s heavyweight wrestling champion, on an exhibition tour, The youth mingled with the crowds watching McCloud and stepped up on the stage when the champion offered to take on all comers, From McCloud he learned much about the technique of wrestling 80 much, in fact, that he defeated Herb Hale, a well-known middleweight, in his first match, which was held in Indianapolis. Mr, Murbarger was matched with Harvey Parker, one of the clever-
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most of all, the children would be happy and well.” This mother has her hands full, . She cannot work because her husband is confined to his home.
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At 10 feet, he shot his victim—bingo—in As the salesgirl staff let loose with screams, pounced on the mischief-maker,
could withstand that assault. Before he bit the dust, creature had the salesgirls half batty with They didn't know whether he came out the place bats are said to come out of when they'r
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F.D.R. SELECTS
the valiant patrolmen stabbing knife. Not even the toughest bat
the inky black
e in a hurry, but he came mighty
ARMOUR TO BE
Move Seen as Attempt to Keep Abreast of
Iberia Politics.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — Dr. Carlton J. H. Hayes, ambassador to Spain, has resigned his post and Norman Armour, until recently am-
bassador to Argentina, will succeed him, Armour was nominated today by President Roosevelt. Simultaneously London is recalling Viscount Templewood, better known as Sir Samuel Hoare, as ambassador to Madrid. It is not known here who will take his place. Neither of these changes is made because of dissatisfaction over the performance of either of these envOys, Have Brilliant Records
On the contrary, both are regarded as having brilliant recqrds under peculiarly trying ecircumstances. But the changes do indicate clearly which way the wind is veering in the Iberian peninsula, Lawrence Steinhardt, present ambassador to Turkey, was nominated to be ambassador to the Czechoslovak government _in London, Hallett Johnson, an adviser in the wartime trade policy section of the war supply and resources division, was nominated to be ambassador to Costa Rica. -
Dictatorship Tottering
Spain will probably be the next European country to flare into the international spotlight. The dic~ tatorship of Generalissimo Franco is tottering. It is no longer a ‘question of whether it will collapse but when, and what will come after it, Barring revolution, the odds now seem to favor a “junta of regency.” This would be composed of three men, possibly headed by the archbishop of Toledo, with a moderate premier and a representative cabinet. Something of this kind, it is said. would have the support of the army —a vital consideration if bloodshed is to be avoided. Franco, according to reliable sources, is no longer favored by more than two or three per cent of the population. Of late he has managed to keep his generals in line only by being lavish with honors and pa} intreases.’ The vast majority of Spaniards leaders as well as the masses, are uncompromisingly against a violent solution of the country’s difficulties. If he wished, Franco could retire with a dukedom or most any other honor he fancied--provided, that is, he stepped down voluntarily. And among others -the moderate
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CLAYTON IS VAGUE ON COTTON SALES
Hints He May Have Sold to Japs in 1941,
WASHINGTON, Dec, 13 (U, P) -Willlam L. Clayton, prodded by senators about his qualifications to be assistant secretary of state, said today that Anderson, Clayton & Co. —in which he is principal stockholder—might have sold cotton to Japan in September, 1941. The firm also may have sold to an agency in July, 1942, which dis~ tributed cotton in German-occupied France, he said. Clayton, testifying before the senate foreign relations committee, emphasized, however, that he did not know whether such transactions occurred. He explained that he resigned all "ffices in the firm in 1940 when he entered government service, Anderson, Clayton & Co, is reputed to be the world’s largest cotton brokerage house.
Questioned Closely Clayton, now winding up a term
And, besides, there are four youngsters, all under 10, who must be looked after. For 13 weeks after the 32-year-old father was stricken with paralysis, he received $12 a week sick benefit pay. But that has
now. : And the insurance ‘policy must Pays for services
| he might show him restricted documents . from Soverhment ticles | Questioned by La
as surplus property administrator, was questioned closely. Members of the committee, conducting open hegrings on six top state department nominations questioned the other five nominees yesterday. Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr, (P. Wis.) sat beside Clayton so that
WESTERN _FRONT-—American 1s
SPANISH ENVOY!
»|by lone B-29's on the greater Tokyo
WAR FRONTS
(Dee. 13, 1944)
army opens new drive toward Rhine south of Hartzen forest. Nazis making suicide stand on . Roer,
PACIFIC—Upward of 100 B-20's bomb aircraft center of Nagoya and other targets on main Japanese island of Honshu. Gen. MacArthur regroups ground forces for final phases of Battle of Leyte.
EASTERN FRONT—Germans begin arming rag-tag army of Hungarian civilians for suicidal stand in streets of Budapest. Soviet tanks and shock troops storm through eastern suburbs.
AIR WAR-—More than 500 British heavy bombers attack rail and industrial center of Essen in the Ruhr. Mosquito bombers raid Osnabruck.
ITALY—Germans open new series of attacks along 5th army front in apparent effort to unbalance preparations for possible large scale offensive toward Bologha.
CHINA—Chinese troops continue advance south into Kwangsi province, driving Jap column back on Hochin, 40 miles below Kweichow-Kwangsi border,
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100 B-29'S RAID JAP MAINLAND
Smash at Nagoya Plane Building Center, Other Targets.
By FRED SCHERFF United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Upwards of 100 B-29 Superfortresses bombed the great aircraft center of Nagoya and other targets on the main Japanese island of Honshu today. Enemy broadcasts admitted that the mounting aerial offensive was forcing the evacuation of major industries from Tokyo and other key cities. Tokyo broadcasts said one or two Buperfortresses appeared over the T 0 k y o-Yokohamsa district, the Hiroshima district, 425 miles to the west, and dhe Keijo district of Korea. All were said to have been repulsed “before they were able to do any mischief,” the Japs said.
Berlin Reports Raids Other nuisance raids were made
area during the night, a German D. N. B. dispatch said. Bombs were dropped, it said, but they “fell almost entirely in coastal waters without causing damage.” A United Press dispatch from the B-29 base on Saipan island confirmed the attack on Nagoya. It quoted a 21st bomber command
9 MILE GAIN MADE BY 1ST IN NEW PUS
Yanks Storming
Duren From Two Sides.
By JAMES McGLINCY United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Dec. 13.—American 1st army troops today plunged forward up to two miles through three towns in the snow-blanketed Monschau forest below beleaguered Duren. The new attack broadened Lb, Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’ Rhineland offensive front to at least 20 miles. The doughboys were storming the suburbs of Duren, key citadel 20 miles west of Cologne.
Berlin said they had reached the Roer river on either side of Duren,
Break 3-Month Lull
odges’ new push in the Mone au forest some 15 miles south west of Duren broke a three months’ lull in that sector, 8 In the first few hours his doughe boys rolled eastwand through Rolles« broich, near the headwaters of the Roer. The villages of Bickerath and Simmerath, a mile apart and two miles southwest of Rollesbroich, also were overrun, Lt. Gen, Alexander M. Patch’s Tth army at the other end of the western front raced northward through’ the eastern tip of France. Vanguards were in sight of the Siegfried line and the German border where it cuts westward from the Karlsruhe area.
Smash Across River Patch’s veterans of the drive from the Mediterranean smashed across a river beyond Seltz, near the Rhine, soultzbach, north of Haguenau. The new gains advanced the potential threat of turning the West Wall at its Palatinate elbow. The Germans pocketed in the Colmar area along the upper Rhine counter-attacked heavily in the area of Selestat, 17 miles northeast of Colmar. Front dispatches reported some street fighting at Seltz, 15 miles southwest of Karlsruhe, The spearhead driven beyond the town to the border region, however, had been widened to embrace Nie deroedegen, three miles to the west. Encounter Heavy Fire
Another 7th army spearhead probing northward from the Haguenau area was four miles or less from the border. Heavy fire from the German guns in the Siegfried line was being encountered, Uhited Press Correspondent Jack Frankish reported from the Mone schau forest of Germany that the army troops were driving uphill and through melting snow. It was a two-pronged push thas loosed at dawn under a heavy artillery bombardment. A mushy overcast made air support impossible. By nightfall, Frankish said, the
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By JAMES E. ROPER United Press StAN Correspondent ATHENS, Dec, 13.—-E. L. A, 8. forces opened a full scale attack
‘(from all directions on a shrinking
British pocket in the heart of Athens today. In one sector they broke into.the compound of a military barracks. British tanks and infantry were locked in flerce fighting with the leftwing E. L. A. 8. armed’ units of the E, A. M. or national liberation front, Attacks on the scale of an all-out offensive were made against Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie’s stronghold in
By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 13~The Germans began arming a rag-tag army of Hungarian civilians for a suicidal stand in the Streets of Budapest today. Soviet tanks and shock troops the [stormed through the eastern
‘|suburbs behifid an
artillery barrage. = The * desperate Nazi move came
Nazis Arm Ragged Citizen Army to Defend Budapest
on the heels of a Moscow broadcast ! declaring that /
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Leftists Open Full Scale Push on Athens Defenders
the center of the capital, Violent and bloody struggles were going on 1500 yards from the Hotel Grande Bretagne, headquarters of the British and Greek government forces. One of the heaviest battles of the 10-day campaign in Athens was going on in the military barracks where the E. L, A. 8. troops broke into its compound. The leftists repeatedly sent snipers through the loosely-held British lines. They kept the cen= tral part of the city under a brisk shellfire. Only a trickle of food and water reached the defenders.