Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1944 — Page 1
FORECAST: Partly cloudy “tonjght and tomorrow, Colder early tonight. and wakmer tomorrow forenoon. .
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Amusements,
Nazis Revive Medieval Society To Kill Allies’ Friends
By PAUL GHALIX Times Foreign Correspondent
BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 16 ~That awe-
inspiring secret medieval society as the Holy Fehme has been revi
“Germany. The German press how gives the
est publicity to the names of Reich in-
habitants condemnell to death by
German . tribunal—the Holy Fehme—for having aided the allied occupational au-
thorities.
All’ bodies of Germans assassinated for are now affixed with notices signed “The Avengers of German
“their treachery”
Honor." Recentlyt=the body of a the German Railways,
known ved in
great-
secret
who had * placed himself at the disposition of allied railroad engineers, was found tagged with a notice that he had had to pay for his treachery. An Aachen businessman, a Muzzenich schoolmaster and the allied-installed rural burgomaster in the Aachen region—also * assassinated recently—all were found bear
n employee of mysteriously
« ered the inadequa
ing signs—“Avengers of German Horror.” In each troubled period of German history the Holy Fehme rises from its ashes. In olden times its hooded members met in Black Forest caverns, There they condemned fo death the political adversaries of their emperors and their religious and personal opponents. ® There they completed what they consid-
by the German emperors. During the first years of the Weimar republic a so-called Fehme condemned to
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execition
has been
te sentences meted out
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to make real peace with the allies. The current version of the Holy Fehme
ently, with the sole aim of terrorizing those citizens inclined to aid the allied occupation of the Reich. The publication of its sentences has another implication, however. clearly. that many Germans indeed are co-operating with the allies. i, by The Indianapolis Times and
Entered a Second-Olass Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday g gt
TH CAPTURES LAUTERBOURG,
German nioderates who désired
established by the Nazis, appar- °
It shows
Unhinges German Defenses In Northeast France, Storms West Wall.
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CRASH KILLS (ONE FIREMAN, INJURES TWO
As Skidding Fire Truck | Strikes Auto.
One fireman was killed two others |
were injured and a mother and her daughter hurt when a fire truck
‘overturned in the 4100 block on E. ¥
Michigan st. today after a collision with a passenger car.
The dead: E
Chauffeur Hubert Toombs, 47, off . 8224 E. Worth st. "We The injured:
Pvt. Harold Adkinson, 38, of 660 N. Colorado st., condition critical.
Lt. Walter Miles, 55, of 836 Berwyn st., condition not serious.
Mrs. Bertha McMahon, 39, of 6040 E. St. Joseph st, head and back injuries. * Diane, Mrs. McMahon's daughter,
Toombs died en route to City hospital in an ambulance. The truck was on a test run and was going east on E. Michigan st. Toombs was driving.
Truck Goes Into Skid
Lt. Miles told police at the hospital that Toombs had braked suddenly at Grant st. to avoid striking an unidentified automobile which crossed Michigan st. © He said-the- fire truck went into a side skid on the icy pavement. * About 300 feet west of Gladstone ave. the truck struck a passenger car operated by Mrs. McMahon, overturning and crashing into a parked car owned by James H. Wilson, 48 S. Gladstone ave.
Girls" Knee Cut
Mrs. McMahon was treated by a private physician. Diane, who was riding in the’ car, was cut on the left knee. The fire truck was a jpumper- assigned to station 20. Traffic on the E. Michigan st. ear line was held up 35 minutes. The Wilson car was demolished, while the McMahon car was dam-
24 Years in Service
Toombs had been a member of the fire department for 24 years. Se is survived by his wife, Louise, a son and two daughters; his father, William, and two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Oertel and Mrs, Clara Duckum, all of Indianapolis. Accident prevention investigators, Lawrence E. Fanning and Harvey Badgley, said another fire truck responding to’ an alarm had’ passed
ahead of the pumper being tested. The crash occurred about 10 8. m. Several hundred persons gathered at the scene.
Phillips Signs Sliding IHSAA Pay Contracts
L. Virgil Phillips. Vincennes high school principal, today signed two contracts, covering three and onehalf years, as Indiana High School Athletic association commissioner, He will take office Jan. 1, The first contract extends to the ehd of the association's fiscal year, Aug. 1, 1045, and the secend for a threeyear period. His salary for the first 18 months will be at the rate of $6600 a year, for the next 12 months, $6800, and for the last 12 covered by the contracts, $7000. The late Arthur L. Trester, who succeeds, was receiving $7500 a year at the time of his death. .- Morris E. McCarty. Lafayette, board of control president, will con~
tournament will be held of “big name” Marion county and
basketball in the Coliseum again this year,
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Processing of ‘Wool for Home Front Clothes Barred for 5 Months.
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (U. P.). —The war production board has put a general stop on increases in civilian production. In a new order today the WPB also halted all processing of wool for civilian clothes for five months. The general civilian production freeze order allows for exemptions, but was designed to prevent interference with war work by upsurges in civilian production, It came shortly after the agency had virfually scrapped its “spot authorization” plan for reconversion. WPB prohibited for five months beginning Jan. 14 the processing of wool tops except to produce yarn for “rated” or priority orders,
Ball of Wool Fiber
A wool top consists of a ball of wool fiber ready for spinning. | The action was taken to meet calls for worsted” yarns needed for greatly increased production of military uniforms, battle jackets, socks and other types of clothing. WPB said this means that no yarn for men's suits, sweaters and
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VOTE HEARINGS OPEN T0 PUBLIC MONDAY
Packed House Expected at
‘Whodunnit’ Session.
By SHERLEY UHL The curtain is scheduled to rise at 10:30 a. m. Monday on Marion county's much-ballyhooed election whodunnit. Politics fans hereabouts are eager to learn whether the mystery actually has a plot. That election registration jumble ~was it deliberate’ or all a mistake? This is the teaser which, It is expected, will attract a packed house when the public hearing of election fraud charges opens in the Federal ‘building. The cast is impressive enough: Senators Joseph H. Ball (R. Minn.) and Tom Stewart (D. Tenn.); scores
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VERONICA LAKE _ T0 BE MARRIED
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 16 (U. P)—~
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FROZEN BY OPA
| Hoosier Heroes—
The Mile-O-Dimes From Seven Floors Up—lt's
CIVILIAN OUTPUT CLOTHE-A-CHILD—
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THERE is just one week- left for The Times Clothe-A-Child to make Indianapolis children happy ’
For Helping the Youngsters |
Slowly but steadily the Mile-O=Dimes grows. Generous contributions keep pouring in to The taal Times’ Sidewalk Santa Claus: Each dime laid on the line in front of L. S. Ayres & Co. and 8. S. Kresge Co. means that much more happiness for some needy child in the
Growing Steadily
PARIS, Dec. 16 (U. P.). —Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s 7th’ army today captured the French border city of Lauterbourg, nine miles west of Karlsruhe near the Rhine. This un- .
man defenses of Northeastern France. The Americans poured across the frontier to storm the outposts of the Siegfried line.
By JAMES McGLINCY United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Dec. 16.—The Germans rushed crack panzer reserves into battle in the upper Rhineland today. They were attempting to halt the latest American penetration of the Reich, But the Tth army hammered out
new gains against almost pointblank fire from the Siegfried line. At least two and probably more of Lt. Gen. Alexander M., Patch's 7th army divisions already were across the German border at the Wissembourg gate near the eastern tip of France. Others rapidly were approaching the frontier along a 19-mile front.
Battles of Attrition
To the north, battles of attrition raged on the other two American bridgeheads inside Germany, Lt. Gen, Omar N. Bradley, com-
annual Clothe-A-Child campaign. This picture of the Mlie was taken by a Times photographer leaning out of a seventh-floor window at Ayres.
GOALS REACHED
ne W eek Left
EMPLOYEES of Mallory’s plant 1 cafeteria forgot about their Christmas party and their boss’
Already 670 have been provided warm clothing. Even more hap-
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piness and warmth can be shared if other generous Hoosier residents put their needy youngsters on their Christmas gift list. A new pair of shoes to replace their ragged ones or to warm their cold feet, a new dress that fits for a change, a heavy pair of trousers to keep-out the cold winds are all many of them want.
SGT. MELVIN ROUSE KILLED IN FRANGE
Lt. Paul McClellan Missing| In American Area.
- Action on the various fighting fronts has added nine Indianapolis men to the growing casualty lists. One of the men was killed in France, one is missing and the others have been wounded.
KILLED 8S. Sgt. Melvin W. J. Rouse, 317 Bethel ave, Beech Grove, in France, MISSING
Second Lt. Paul D. McClellan Jr., 618 W. 43d st, in the American theater.
WOUNDED
Pfc. Dorsey Lee Littrell, Belle Vieu pl., in Germany. Pfc. Clarence V. Amick, 38 N. Holmes ave., over Germany. . Pfc. Robert L. Gribsby, formerly | of 841 N. Chester ave., in France. 8gt. Archie Hottenroth, 441-.N,| Denny st., in France, | Pvt. James B, Harper, 1116 N, Capitol ave. on Bougainville. Pfc. John W,. Jones, 5001 Massa~ chusetts ave., in Italy. Pvt. William G. Peedin, Paragon, formerly of 908 8. Illinois-st., in| Italy.
1915 N.
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gift this year. Instead, they're going Yo clothe two children. The Northeastern Homeworkers club wanted to do “something to help a deserving family. We decided we wanted to send it to you,” they wrote. Yesterday another donor sent in his check. He previously had
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Snow and Cold Forecast Today
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a m..... 23 10a. m..... 21 7a. m..... 22 1llam..... 21 Sam.... 22 12 (Noom).. 23 fam. ... 22 lp m.....24
SNOW FLURRIES® and cold are _the prediction of the weather bureau for today. Indianapolis residents without meteorological equipment and training probably arrived at the same decision this morning. A fine coating of snow covered much of the city this morning and it felt anything but warm. What they might not have been able to tell is that the bureau expects 1 it bo be generally fair to-
REPORT ALLIES FLY OVER HITLER'S LAIR
STOCKHOLM, Dec, 16 (U. P.) ~— A newspaper dispatch published here today said allied planes flew over Berchtesgaden, Adolf Hitler's Bavarian retreat, for the first time yestérday. b The dispatch, which did not give the source of information, said antiaircraft batteries at Hitler's hideout threw up a lively barrage. The planes did not try to attack Berchtesgaden, the report sald, but were believed to have taken pictures.
County Feud R
Proposals for streamlining county government to avoid cumbersome conflicts in authority were revived aay. Taxpayers’ groups offered the. suggestions in connection with the feud between the county council
To Streamline Government
suing to restrain county commis-| Fail to Evacuate Athens,
EA evives Move
State and County Go Over zenich, Birgel and Kufferath, all one
headquarters by the thousands of
home front “soldiers” who for the|of Duren. A factory area southeast past month have punched doorbells|of Mariaweiler was mopped up. A all over the state urging the pur- Saddle near Schophoven was cap-
chase of war bonds.
buying rush, tabulators at the state) gaarlautern. Enemy resistance was war finance committee’s office here|giir Advances of up to a mile
were unable to announce a finaliang a half were ground out alon “| total immediately. on 8 chairman, and William H. Trimble, county chairman, declared that their overall quotas had been exceeded.
and the county goal, $67,250:000.
| payments, Mr. Roosevelt said in a
mander of the 12th army group, sald those battles were costing the Germans four to five men for every
American lost, The- American 1st army tightened IN BOND DRIVE its siege arc around the Roer river sitongheld of Duren on the Cologne ‘pia
The last enemy resistance in Gur-
half to three and a half miles south of Duren, was smashed. High ground | ¢ in the area overlooking the Roer Was won.
Liquidate Nasi Pockets Other 1st army troops liquidated
the last two German pockets along a 16-mile stretch of the Roer north
Quotas With Returns Incomplete.
“We have reached our goal.” That was the message flashed to
ured. Lt. Gen. George 8. Patton's 3d Snowed under by a last-minutei{army won another city block in
an 1l-mile front near Habkir , But both Eugene C. Pulliam, state|, the southeast. shen A supreme headquarters spokesman. revealed that the German command had shifted elements of a crack panzer division from one
lof the northern sectors into line Observing that the results show, cite Patch’s 7th army.
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The state goal was $239,000,000,
FRONTIER CITY|
hinged the crumpled Ger<)
ARTHUR 130 ML FROM MANILA BAY
re —
Yanks Strike Inland From 3 Beaches
On Mindoro Island; Threaten Two Jap Airports.
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Dec. 16.—American invasion forces today were pouring into at least three beachheads after a 600-mile amphibious jump from Leyte to within 130 miles of Manila. They struck deep inland on the western Philip-
pines island, of Mindoro. The developing offensive threatened two of the island’s main airfields. (The Japanese Domei agency * admitted that about one divisi8n—15,000 men—of American troops was debarking near San Jose, four miles inland from the southwest coast of Mindoro, and site of an airfield. The broadcast claimed that Japanese garrison units intercepted the invaders and said fighting “is now in progress.”) Japs Claim Naval Successes (A Japanese communique claimed that Japanese planes had sunk or damaged 25 American warships and transports in a series of attacks on the Mindoro invasion armada Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Listed as sunk were four transports. (Eight transports, two. Battleships, three cruisers and two cruisers or destroyers were “heavily damaged and set afire,” and six unidentified vessels were “damaged,” the Jap report said.) . 150-Ship Armada Lands Troops
(Another Tokyo broadcast said a “violent” sea and air battle was in progress in the Sulu sea south of Mindoro.) (A Manila dispatch of the Domei news agency s American bombers attacked the Philippines capital “in waves” this morning, bombing business and residential areas ‘indiscriminately.” The broadcast dispatch was recorded by the FCC.) The doughboys, veterans of the bitter Leyte campaign,
“|stormed ashore on the southwest coast of Mindoro from
a 150-ship invasion armada at dawn yesterday. The invasion followed a withering, 20-minute rocket and gun bombardment. Troops quickly consolidated their beachheads without encountering even so much as an enemy rifle shot. The assault forces drove more than a mile inland through sugar cane and rice fields. They had seized all initial objectives within an hour and a half of H-hour—7:30 a. m Though exact landing sites were not disclosed, San Jose, four miles Inland, is the largest
town in southwest Mindoro. It also|Scribed officially as slight. Author-
is the site of the biggest of two ru. werned, however, that violent airfields in the area. A plantation |’oPanese land, air and possibly railway links San Jose with two naval reaction could be expected, points on ‘the coast, Caminawit|PeThaps in a few days. Point and St. Augustin wharf, Mindoro is slightly less than 300 Only scanty opposition was re- air miles northwest of Leyte. Gen. ported in the first hours of the |DPouglas MacArthur's communique
Po American losses were de-|S5aid, however, that the invasion
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pAvRoLL TAX Recze WASHINGTON Complains Measu Measure Defers
Security Plans. A Weekly Sizeup by the
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16 (vu. po. | taf of the Scripps-Howard
—President Roosevelt today begrudgingly approved legislation freezing the social security payroll tax at 1 per cent for another year. He complained to congress that the measure “merely defers” the financing arrangements of the nation's security insurance plan. The next congress must “thoroughly review the methods of financing” social security benefit
in the footsteps of too man But— that the German supply situ
statement released by the White They believe—or some
House, j His approval of the controversial measure ditched the third vain administration effort to double the
social security levy. unshakable hold in the cities. Unless the new legislation had . 8 =»
been enacted—with or without Mr. OUR OWN supply hinery on Page 2~Column 4)
LEFTISTS ACCUSED OF BREAKING WORD
(Con
Six months after D-day, our
sioners from ousting the council from ifs new headquarters office and to establish the legal authority of each board. Businesmen and taxpayers’ groups
of ® | Serafis' charges on which the E. L.| 1A. 8. leader ‘based his fight
As to production of supplies,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—We're not going to follow: predict the end of the war in Europe. Some military supply experts here tell congressmen probably can’t last beyond March or April.
crack comes, it will come in the German military organization, and not on the home front, that German home front morale is extremely low, because of our | bombings, transportation difficulties, etc,
to these same congressional sources, is more streamlined now.
invasion beaches as ports of entry for supplies.
Opening up of Antwerp is proving as important to our supply picture as military leaders predicted. But undoubtedly winter weather contributéd to the decision to discontinue shipment of supplies over the invasion strips on the Normandy coast,
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ships had traveled 600 miles west and north from Leyte, by-passing Mindanao, Bohol, Cebu, Negros and | Panay. All those islands were revealed to be largely in guerilla hands.
Manila on Luzon
Luzon, site of Manila and thes main Japanese stronghold in the Philippines, lies only eight and a half miles across the Verde island
passage from the north coast of Mindoro. The Japanese were known fo = have plenty of troops, barges and small vessels in the Batangas area of Luzon only 20 miles north of Mindoro. Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger, com- | mander of the 6th army, acknowl edged that the invasion was risky.
Washington
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y of our top men and try to
ation is so acute the Germans
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There seems to be little doubt | But the gestapo has an
» » » for the European theater, according
forces have discontinued use of the
the picture is brighter than it was.
British Leader Says.
ATHENS, Dec. 16 (U., P.).—Lt, Gen. Ronald Scobie announced -today that Maj. Gen. Stefanos Serafis, commander of the BE. L. A. 8. forces, had agreed to evacuate the Athens area—but had failed to carry out his promise; :
lors In
. Scobie issued a . summary
Greek
and wo explained
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