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recommenda5 for military d similar items

, vision yesterday afternoon.

said the genrder prohibits uthorizing ine ods in excess arly required” pporting lian economy al export ree 3

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committee in es Todd, Mrs. 5. H. H. Arne , D. Sheerin, Mrs. Arthur J, hard and Mrs.

which will be _ | f the hall will ospital follow= i

KIDDING S TRUCK |

killed today »d on an ice- [ West Terre Beaton into _

es his wife, ood, 40, and Terre Haute, car went out ad 40. iractor-trailer, 35, of 1544 unhurt.

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0 TONS: " sc. 16 (U. PD, 1 the Mediter« ore than 150,« 00 sorties dure s to drop 200,« ves on enemy tries, the a today.

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"in north-central Burma collapsed . today,

mile stretch of the Burma road

" goration of the Burma road.

' Qol. Elliott Roosevelt and his bride

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APS Ll | IN NORTH BURMA.

Chinese Troops Reopen Major Portion of Supply Line.

BHAMO, Dec. 16 (U. P.).—The last organized Japanese resistance

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Chinese troops mopped up enemy stragglers in the captured Irrawaddy river stronghold of Bhamo.

They were ending & 28-day battle that reopened all but.a 40 to 50-

Survivors, besides his wife and | Heine, to Shira Roiblinn tained parents, include two sisters, Mrs. killed in France. n-train Bhamo fe merica Irene Doughty of the Rural Route hospital in New Guinea. He has

veterans of the Chinese 38th _di-

Japs Charge Wildly

Victory came after a wild éharge by the trapped Japanese garrison broke under a hail of gunfire. The river beaches were left littered with enemy. dead. The Japanese garrison originally ‘numbered about 1000 men, but it was not known how many managed to slip through the Chinese lines during the siege. Hemmed into a series. of narrow ‘pockets along the river shore under |1 murderous. Chinese crossfire and almost incessant attack by American dive-bombers, the Japanese had held out for four weeks.

Strong Positions

In these positions they could have been dislodged only by a costly frontal attack: Before dawn Friday, however, the enemy gathered their forces unexpectedly. They charged screaming down the river bank in an attempt to crack through the Chinese lines and escape to’ the south. The attack failed completely, and Maj. Gen. Li Hung's troops moved in immediately to wipe out the few remaining Japanese hiding in the network of trenches and log-covered bunkers of the river edge.

Last Jap Stronghold

The fall of Bhamo eliminated the last important Japanese position north of Mandalay and augured an early resumption of allied military traffic over the entire Burma road from India to Chungking. Units of the Chinese 30th division already were fighting in the Namkhan area 35 miles southeast of Bhamo. They were only 40 airline miles from a juncture with another force pushing down through China's western Yunnan province toward the Burma frontier. Destruction of the relatively small Japanese forces between those two columns would complete the res-

Steamship Tefminus

One of the most important road and river communications centers {fn Burma, Bhamo had a pre-war population of 8000 and was the northern terminus for the Irrawaddy steamship line from Rangoon. Before the Japanese conquest of Burma, supplies were moved up the river to Bhamo and thence by truck over the motor highway to China. The town also was the terminus for the old Burma-China caravan route used by traders for centuries. It was over this ancient road that Marco Polo returned from China on his famous journey back to Italy.

PROPOSED WELFARE CHANGES RAPPED

All but two recommendations of the Indiana welfare: investigation commission were under file of the Indianapolis Family Welfare so¢iety’s board of directors today. The board, at a meeting last night, condemned the suggested elimination of the Indiana personnel division as certifying agency for welfare jobs and the proposed reorganization of the administrative

organization. ' Approval, however, was given to ‘ pecommendations for a higher per

diem rate of board for children and the raising of the age limit for benefits for dependent schoolchil~ firen from 16 to 18.

Tr ELLIOTT AND BRIDE TO VISIT WHITE HOUSE

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 16 (U. P.).—

of two weeks, Film Actress Faye Emerson, slipped out of town quietly yesterday. They are on their ‘way to . visit Miss Emerson's mother—Mrs, Jean Young—in Texas and her famous in-laws at the White House, her studio said today. The. couple, married Dec. 3 on the rim of Grand Canyon, presumably were making the trip by private airplane, a Warner Bros.

21 in France.

the Franklin township high school.| i He formerly was. employed by the New York Central railroad and was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, Five Points. ; The sergeant entered the serviee| . . ° in Atigust, 1942, and had Been overseas since August,

9 address and Mrs, Pauline Smith, Indianapolis.

co-pilét of a B-24, has been missing in the American area since Dec. 5. McClellan, 618 W. 43d st., recéived the Wednesday, on ‘her husband's 26th tirthday. ©

the 11tir army air force and had |

where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Prior to enter-

|purple heart.

1944 <

S. Sgt. Melvin W. J. Rouse, hus-

{band of Mrs, Alma Rouse, 317 Beth- | el ave, Beech Grove, and, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rouse, R. R. 9, Box, 472, was killed in action Nov.| He was serving with| = the infantry and had been in France two months,

Sgt. Rouse was 26 and attenged ]

s = Second Lt. Paul D.

» McClellan Jr.,

His wife, Mrs. Gene Clairmont

war department“ telegram

Lt. McClellan was serving with |

Marion, and has a daughter, Jenny Lee. He attended Butler university,

ing the service he was employed by the Curtiss-Wright Corp. : ® a = Pfc. Dorsey Lee Littrell, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Littrell, 1015 N.|. Belle Vieu pi., was wounded in Germany Nov. 19 and is in a hospital in France. He was hit in the left shoulder by shrapnel. A graduate of Washington high school, he is 21 and formerly was employed by the Link Belt Co. He entered the army in February, 1943, and went overseas in September. » » 2

Pfe. Clarence V. Amick, son of! Roy R. Amick, 38 N. Holmes ave., was wounded Oct. 9 over Germany and was taken to a hospital in England for an operation. Pvt. Amick is 19 and attended school at Bedford. He entered the army in January, 1944, and ‘went overseas with the infantry ‘last May 5. # 2 Pfc. Robert L. Grigsby, son of |g Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Grigsby, formerly of 841 N. Chester ave., was wounded Nov. 30 in France. has been awarded the purple heart |

pital in France. Pvt. Grigsbhy’s parents now live in| Los Angeles, Cal. An aunt, Mrs. | Charles B. Spellman, resides at 1518 N. Dearborn st. : Pvt. Grigsby was employed by L. S. Ayres & Co. before entering the service. He is 20 and was graduated | from Technical high school. A brother, 8. Sgt. Paul E. Grigs-| by, is serving in the South Pacific. He is a veteran of the Marshalls and Saipan. 5 ” s . Sgt. Archie Hottenroth, brother of Joseph H. Hottenroth, 441 N. Denny | st., was wounded in France and is in| a hospital in England. He was wounded near St. Malo after returning from a daylight reconnaissance trip inside Germany lines. The sergeant was awarded the

He entered the service Oct. 10, 1942.. A brother, Jacob, is serving with the army in the Pacific. o o 8 Pvt. James B. Harper, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Harper, 1116 N.| Capitol ave, was seriously wounded | Sept. 29 on ‘Bougainville and is in a

By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 16.—Russian tanks and Cossack horsemen broke into the plains of northwestern Hungary in a new threat to Vienna and the Slovak capital of Bratislava today. Berlin broadcasts meanwhile hinted that a powerful Red winter offensive was getting under way in south Poland. Moscow and Berlin gave only the barest details on the battle for Budapest. Freezing rains and strong German reinforcements combined to slow the Russian assault almost to a standstill at the gates of the city. ' 8.8. elite guards were reported holding sway in the terror-ridden capital to prevent an uprising. On the Slovak-Hungarian frontier 35 miles northwest of Budapest, however, Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's 2d Ukrainian army

spokesman sald.

forced a major break in the de-

3 Are Hurt

DETROIT, Dec. 16 (U. P).~ State police, instructed by Governor HI P. Kelly to enforce order, "watch today over reinforced t lines ringing Montgomery d & Co.'s retail store in nearby Oak, Mich. : flare-up in a week-long strike

Police Stand Watch After

: "injured three company of-|stores

in Ward Strike

labor board hearing in Washington. 2 : State police were ordered to the scene after Robert Barden, manager of Ward's Royal Oak store, charged that pickets were barricading en-

and manhandling “everyone who tried to enter” Union leaders deJed, tney - were “barricading” the

Barden said that pickets attacked Patrick, his assistant manager, ; cting

formerly of 908 S. Illinois st. wounded Sept. 22 in Italy and is in| a hospital there.

{service four years. last July.

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Hoosier Heroes: Rouse. Killed in France;

S. Sgt. Melvin W. J. Rouse . . .

Roman W. Eckerle, ‘son of Mrs. Elizabeth Eckerle, Jasper; T. 5th Gr’ Richard E. , son of Mrs. Elizabeth M, Ard ; Pfc. Roy E. Eilet, husband of . Harriett Ellet, Huntington.

Pvt. Herbert PF. First, husband of Mrs. Bertha E. First, Huntington; Pfe. Joseph]: M. Flynn, son of Mrs. Mary E. Flynn, Gary; Sgt. Lawrence H. Fry, son of Mrs. ©. Pry, Greensburg; Pfc. John E. Greentree, son of Mrs. Ethel Greentree, Vincennes Pvt. Elmer E. Griswold, husband of Mrs. Frieda Griswold, Grabill; Pfe. Vernen L. Groben, son of Leo Giroben 8r., Evansville; 8. Sgt. Cloyce H. Gunter, husband ‘of Mrs. Ruby Gunter, Mishawaka; Pvt, Robert M. Hamilton, son of Mrs Daisy M. Hamilton, Washington, t. Richard E. Harden, son of Mrs ertrude Harden, Terre Haute, Pic. Byron E. Healy, husband of Mrs. Mildred L. Healy, Auburn; Pfc. Forrest E. Hood, hysband of Mrs. Ma-ian G. Hood, Hammond; Pfc. Robert RE. Hosier, son of Mrs, Addelia Hosier. New Albany. Pvt. Walter L. Hucksted, Tshand of Mrs. Doris J. Hucksted, La Porte; Pvt, Harry Mh. Kilander. son of Mrs, Lida E

been awarded the purple heart.

Pvt. Harper is 19 and entered the service in August, 1943. He went |

overseas last March,

Pfc. John We Jones, son of Mr,

and Mrs. Keller Jones, 5101 Massachusetts ave., the shoulder during action in Italy. mel. r, He has returned to duty. i

was wounded in

Pvt. Jones has been in the service |

about two years and overseas about | Michigan City;

been in’ the Aleutians since Apri] | Year. 1, 1944. & =» = "The lieutenant is the son of Mr.| Pvt. WilliamgG. Peedin, husband | and Mrs. Paul D. McClellan Sr. |0f Mrs. Lois M. Peedin, Paragon,

was

Pvt. Peedin is 25-and has been. in He went overseas |

Before enterihg the service he

lived in North Carolina.

2 Two Hoosier marines have been

killed in action. They are:

Marine Pfc. Robert B. Boeglin, son of | Mrs. Prancis Boeglin, Huntingburg, and

Quartermaster 3-.¢ James Ralph Liber-

Eo i ond Mss. John William | oe ars Jarsey E. Harmon, Farmersburg;

" The navy has confirmed the re-

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port that Pfe. Ralph B. Talley, son

of Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Talley,! ctte Schoff, La Porte, and Pfc, has been! | Wolford, son of Mrs. Rosetta N. Wolfor

{1401 N. Somerset st. wounded in action. o » &

The war department today con-

firmed the reports that the follow-

ing local men have been wounded:

Pvt. David F. Craig, husband. of Mrs. Gladys E. Craig, 1210 Pickwick | pl, *| Curbeaux, husband of Mrs, Marth 5 Curbeaux, 6104 W, Washington | ; Pfc. Robert L. Graham, son of Berly J Garman, Ft. Wayne; Pfc. Joseph vl Mary K. Graham, 404 S. Oxford st.; He (son of Mrs. Lawrence H. Knoop, 240!

Golden Hill; Pfc. Charles V.|

N. Keystone ave.; Pfc. Clarence O.

and is now in an evacuation” hos-| Wolfe, son of Mrs. Delcle Wolfe, 39

N. Belmont st. and Pvt. Orval E. | Haaf Jr., son of Orval E. Haaf Sr, 3025 Jackson st. ”

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The following Indiana. marines

have been wounded:

Pvt. Maurice E. Stafford, son of Mr Mrs. Frank Stafford, Auburn; Pfc. C. Summers Jr., Sr., Evansville, and Pfc,

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Sixty-seven more Indiana soldiers

have been wounded in action.

EUROPE

Pvt. Marcel I. Abernathy, son of Mrs Anna Abernathy, Rosedale; E. Aldtidge Jr., |Sr., Terre Haute; Pvt. Bert E. Anderson, son of Mrs. Julia Anda rson, Hammond; Plc. Sigmund FP Binkowkki, s6n of Mre. Catherine Binkowski, South Bend; B8gt. Robert E. Blakeman, { Mrs. Blakeman, Dugger; Pvt. Adolph A.

Bolanowski, son of ™rs. Lucy Bolanowski,

Hammond; Pfc. De Von C. Books, son of William |

. Hazel Books, Elkhart; R. Booth, son nf Mrs, sans.

Pfc. Dallas Brown, son of Ollie T. Brown, Eckerty, Pvt. Caivel Burton Jr,

Sgt. Anna Booth, Or

M. Castle, Gary, Pfc. William K. Clark

son, son of Robert H. Clarkson, Sullivan;

|Pvt, Byro: OC. Coie, son of Mrs. Geral

{dine M. Cole, West Lafayette; Cpl. LeRoy

Cook, husband of Mrs. LeRoy Cook, Muncie; Capt. Carl H. Cremer, husband- o Mrs. Juanita L. Cramer, Patoka;

Vienna Threatened by Lunge ‘Of Russ Cossacks and Tanks

Bratislava and Vienna,

the Bratislava plain. Malinovsky’s ‘troops thrust” west

to drive directly ahead for Bratis lava and the Austrian capital, 8 and 116 miles beyond. The Berlin radio warned somber ly that Vienna was now a “front line city.” reports said Col. Gen. Heinz Guder ian, German chief of staff, had ar rived in Vienna to inspect the city’ defenses. Approximately 300,000 Vi

Moscow remained silent on the re Poland. Berlin asserted that stron formations of Gen. Ivan I. Konev'

1st Ukrainian army were strikin

Krakow-Tarnow-Debica railway.

a! F. Du Bois,

Pfc. Lawrence F. Knoop,| of Mrs. Edith Hyatte, Winamac;

d Virgil son cf Virgil C. Summers . Dean V. Wade, husband of Mrs. Dean V, Wade, Hammond.

2d Lt. Victor son of Victor E. Aldridge

Mary

son of Mrs. Malinda M. Burten, Greensburg; 2d Lt. Jerry E. Castle, brother of Miss Marge

Sgt.

Smashing across the Ipoly river after five days of ferocious fighting, | the Soviets stormed and captured | p. m. today on the south steps of Sahy. They pushed on through a | | the Soldiers and Sajlors’ monument. her home, 3164 N. Illinois st. two-mile-wide mountain gap into| K. Mark Cowen, city recreation |was 85 and had been ill for the past

Unconfirmed Stockholm

ennese were reported erecting a wall of fortifications east of the capital.

ported new offensive in southern

toward Krakow on both sides of the |

Kilander, Francesville; Pvt, Robert G. Kimmel, husband of Mrs. Millicent E. | Kimmel, Huntington; T. 4th Gr. John Klee,

| on of Mrs. Sophia Klee, Hammond; Pvt | Vernon A. Knight, husband of Mts. Reba | I. Knight, Gentryv''le; “1st Lt. Franklin R. {Lybarger, Geneva; Pfc. Boyd T. McDonald, son or Mrs. Nellie MéDonald, Shelbyville, T. 5th Gr. John E, McNeil, son of Mrs, Mifdred McNei® Wheatfield; Pvt, Jesse R. McLin son of Mrs. Rosa McLin, Washing. ton® Pvt, Gerald Morford, son of Mrs. Hilde Morford, Huntington,

First Lt Patrick J. Mulley Jr, son of Patrick J. Mulloy Sr., Gary; Sgt. Leonard A. Obermeler, son of Mrs. Mary I. OberRockport; Pfc. Charles H. Penibleson of Mrs. Helen H. Hanners, Washlagton: 8g... John Piotrowicz, husband of [Mrs. Mary Alice Piotrowicz, Liberty; Pfc [Jultus R. Raska, son of William Raska, S. Sgt. John R. Reddick, f Mrs. Murrel P, Reddick, Carmel; Pvt. LeRoy P. Riedel, nephew of Mrs Sen Hupp, South Bend: Sgt. William 8.

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chuldy, son cor Mrs. Alice P. Schuldt, | Piereaten: 1st it. Sydney E: Simpson, son of Mrs. Ale: Simpson, South Bend.

Pfc James M. Spears, son of Willard [Spear s. Geneva; 8. Sgt. Nathan L TagMevel son. of Mrs. Velma M. Tagmeyer, Pt. Wayne; Pfc. Jack Terrell, husband | o° Mrs Katherine Terrell, Poneto; Pvt, I ohn R. Troup, husband of Mrs. Garnett Troup, Anderson; Pfc. John C. TrowEridge, son of Mr.. Zelpha J. Trowbridge; Solsberry, and Pvt. Charles E. Wilson son of Mrs. Truly A. Wilson, Bedford,

MEDITERRANEAN AREA

Pvt. Stephen J. Bujeker, son of Mrs Mary Bujeker, Jouth Bend: kd Marco T. and Mrs. Gertrude Jackson of Evanict Jr, husband o rs nne - | Evanich, East Chicago; Pfc. William PF. Greenfield; a son, Albert Oster Griflith, son of Mrs. Justice Griffith, | meier of Indianapolis; two brat | Montnelier: Pvt. Herman L. Hampton, son near Five of Mrs Grace V. Hampton, Lafayette; ers, George Summers of nea

Marvin A. Harlos, son of Virgil P

Pvt | Harlos, Lebanon; Pfc. Joe A. Harmon, son {1st Lt. March P. Kovas, son of Mrs. Louls Rovacses, Nev Carlisle; Pvt. Howard W, te son of George H. Kriete, Sey- | mour? 2d Lt. Bernard F. Nienaber, son of Anthony-A. Nienaber 8r., Greensburg; Pvt. | Archie "L. Schoff husband of Mrs. JeanJohn M. d, Bryant, =» ” s ”

The following Indiana soldiers have been killed in_ action:

8. Sgt. Lloyd J. Adams, husband of’ Mrs. Doris L. Adams, Sullivan; 2d Lt. Jesse B. Crecelius, son of Phillip C. Crecelius, | Medaryville; 8. Sgt. Benjamin J. Davis, oa of Mrs. Sarah B. Davis, Hammond; Paul E. Davidson Jr., son of Paul E Dat gon Sr., Cambridge City; Pvt. James husband of Mrs. Helen J Du Bois, South Bend.

Cpl. Darold I. Garman, husband of Mrs.

, Harney Jr. brother of Miss Elizabeth Pfc. Roy T. Hvatte, son 8. Sgt. George E. Kaleck, husband of Mrs. Lucretia Koleck, Highland; Pfc. Floyd E. | Lightner, son of Charles Lightner, Rushville; Pfc. Lewis. L. .Pratt, husband of Mrs. Olga Pratt, La Porte. Capt. Derrill R. Ratliff, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Walter C. Ratliff, Hartford City; 8. Sgt. Raymond R. Richardson, son of Mrs. Leora Richardson, Kokomo; T. 5th Gr. Richard E. S8ausaman, son of Mrs Thelma Sausaman, Denver; 8. Sgt. Alovsius A. Schulte, son of Mr, and Mrs George Schulte, Brookville; Pfc, Norman J. Seflernick, son of Charles Seflernick, Ft. Wayne; Pvt. Richard E. Smiley, son of Mrs. Mildred E. Smiley, Lebanon; 8gt. William E. Sones, son of Ollie Sones, Mishawaka; Pvt, James E. Stiers, husband of Mrs, Berniece Stiers, New Castle, and 24 Lt. Milan Vukovich, husband of Mrs, Marian Vukovich, Gary.

SCHEDULE YULE FETE AT SCHOOL FOR BLIND

A Christmas program will be presented at 10 a. m. Friday by members of the Indiana school for the blind, 7725 College ave. Participants will include Lowell Conley, Donald Schreiner, Wilfred Tull, Catharina Martin, Elizabeth Jane Butler, Joe Chowning, Walter Johnson, Robert Love, Faye Be \udreau, Albert Yerga, Glenn Pitt-

man, Betty Wright, John Richardson, Harriet Cromie, Mabel Lieve and Anna Marie Jack.

MAYOR OPENS YULE PROGRAM ON CIRCLE

Mayor Robert H. Tyndall opened

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

RITES SET FOR ‘McClellan Missing in American Theater]

Native of { Monrovia,

Stoner will be at 2 p.' m. Monday in the Conkle funeral home. will be in Crown Hill.

at her home, 3232 W. Michigan st.

in Indianapolis for 60 years.

West Michigan Street Methodist church and-of Meta council, Degree of Pocahontas.

Mrs. Wert Thompson of Fayetteville, Ark.; Mrs, Mary Clatfey and Mrs. Ruth Sawyers, both of Indlanapolis, and one son, C. C: Stoner of Indianapolis.

MRS. ANNA OSTERMEIER

meier, died yesterday, will be held at 1:30 {p. m. Monday in the Moore & Kirk Irvington mortuary. will be in Memorial Park.

"from Germany at six. the widow of ‘William H. Ostermeier, a contractor, and a member "lof East Park Methodist church.

Mrs. Frieda Folkening of Chicago

Points and Charles Summers of near New Palestine, and two sisters, Mrs. Lena Schildmer of near New Palestine and Mrs. Marue McHenry of Portland, Ore.

MRS. NORA PARMENTER

Monday for Mrs, Nora Parmenter, who died yesterday at her home. 1452 S. East st.

lived here for 23 years, She was 56. Mrs. Parmenter was a member of Prospect chapter, O. E. 8, and

Emmanuel ‘| formed church.

Harry Parmenter and four sisters, Mrs. Thomas Allen of Maywood, Mrs. Mrs. Edward Trisler of Bloomington and Mrs. Everett Beeson of Indianapolis.

charge of the G. H. Hermann funeral ‘| Washir.gton Park.

MRS. STONER

82, Lived in Indianapolis For 60 Years.

Services for Mrs. Gertrude ‘A.

Burial

Mrs. Stoner, 82, died Thursday

.

Native of Monrovia A native of Morovia, she had lived

Mrs. Stoner was a member of the

Surviving are three ‘daughters,

Services for Mrs. Anna Oster1654 S. Delaware st, who

Burial

came here She was

Mrs. Ostermeier, 71,

Surviving are two daughters,

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m.

A native of Terre Haute, she had

Evangelical and = Re-

Survivors include the husband,

Frank Thomas of Bedford,

Funeral arrangements are in

home. Burial will be at

MRS. O'HARA RITES | CONDUCTED TODAY

Services for Mrs. Ella O'Hara, mother of the Most Rev. John F.| O'Hara of New York, military dele- | gate to the armed forces, were| held at 11 a, m. today at S8. Peter and Paul cathedral. Bishop O'Hara was celebrant of the solemn pontifical mass in which several high dignitaries of | the Roman Catholic church participated. | Burial of Mrs. O'Hara was in Holy Cross. Heading the participants in the mas were the Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman, archbishop of New York and niilitdiry vicar to the armed forces. Other dignitaries included Maj. ‘Gen. Willlam R.| Arnold, chief of chaplains, U. 8. army; the Most Rev. John McNicholas, archbishop of Cincinnati The Most Rev. Joseph Albers, bishop of Lansing, Mich.; the Most Rev. | Francis J. McIntyre, D. D. auxiliary | bishop of New York and military | | delegate to the armed forces, and the Most Rev. William T. McCarty,

grams under the supervision of the military delegate to the armed |city recreation department at 1|gorces,

Mrs. O'Hara died Thursday at She!

director, was master of ceremonies! year.

-|and the Indianapolis Matinee Cho-|

ward, where they were in position rale sang.

Station WIBC broadcast the first 4/15 minutes of the program and a public address system carried the - | program to parts of the downtown -|area. Mayor Tyndall's proclamation stated, “In this critical time, calling for the utmost in courage and rededication of our determination to face the tasks ahead of us, we must have continued courage and hope. “To that end we aré here today to inaugurate Christmas week in Indianapolis. It is appropriate that g| this week be dedicated to renewed 8 | courage, and I call upon the citig| zens of Indianapolis to be of good

‘DOUBLE SORROW HITS IN ELKHART

ELKHART, Ind. Dec. 16 (U. P.) —Mr. and Mrs. Richard Twichell were notified by the war department shortly before the funeral yesterday for their son, Aviation Cadet Richard Twichell, that a sceond son, Pfc. Jack Allen Twichell, was missing in France. The aviation cadet was killed in a plane crash at Spence Field, Ga. i while on a routine -training flight. | He was scheduled to receive his commission as a flying officer Dec. 28. Besides the parents, a third A| brother, Eugene, and a sister, Betty,

cheer during this Christmas season |and throughout the year.”

survive,

EVENTS TODAY

mas concert, Christ

church,

noon,

Ogden Junior Chorale, municipal Christ. Episcopal

William, Athleen Patterson, City, Joseph, Dorothy Wright, City Glen, Venita Apple, St. Vincent's. Clifford, Lenora Hawthorne, Coleman. Clarence, Laurabell Pruitt, Coleman, Albert, Ena Beasey, Methods!

DEATHS

Earl A. ‘Heffner, 54, at 4305 College, coronary thrombosis, Rosalie McAndrews Love, 48, at 1750 w.| Morris, carcinoma.

ELLSWORTH JOHNSON

Services for Ellsworth Johnson, a veneer cutter for many years, were to be at 2 p. m. today in the Rich- | ardson tuneral home, R. Elliott, pastor of the South Side Seventh Day Adventist church, was to officiate and burial was to be in Floral Park. Mr. Johnson, 82, died Wednesday at his home, 345 E. Morris st.

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in Indianapolis for 75 years. worked for various veneer companies for 49 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Addie Johnson; two daughters, Mrs. Grace | Ragsdale and Mrs. haurer, and one son, son, all of Indianapolis,

EMIL J. ZOELLNER Rites will be held at 8:30 a. m.

olic church, he was 63. Survivors are his wife, Johanna;

ERNEST GARR

Services for Ernest Garr, died Thursday in Kokomo, will be held at 2:30 p. m, tomorrow in the Kokomo Masonic temple. Mr, Garr, 68, had served as fulltime secretary-treasurer of all Kokomo Masonic bodies, including the York Rite, for 12 years. 32d degree Mason and a member | Stephanoff; of the Indianapolis Scottish Rite. Survivors are his wife, Louise of off, Kokomo; two daughters, Mrs. Oren |off, all of Indianapolis.

IN INDIANAPOLIS—EVENTS—VITALS |

trances of the four struck stores|

EVENTS TOMORROW Mortgage burning, Grace Methodist chureh, 10:40 a, m.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Willlam Edmond Deupree, 2822 Winthrop; Dorothy Marie Landrith, 2204 Broadway.

Floyd Albert Ki U. 8. army; Clara Lou in, B45 8. New Jersey. Layrdite C. Matthews, 34 W, 8t. Clair;

let Louuise Campbell, 333 N. Fulton, Christensen, 2056 N. oo: pesos Neoma Olvey, 2168 w 0. 3 aititpion, asia N. Dxtore; Ona Mae Ransom, 2337 N. Rural

Stanton C. Btewarf, ‘111 Alabama; Edna Lucille den, 1111 &. Alabama. William Charles Madison;

Janet H Bweegey, 824 Cameron.

Donald, Josephine Lucett, Methodist. Robert, Alma Montgomery, ethodist,

Robert, Marie Gose, City. Harry, Dorothea Weber, St. Vincent's. cart by Sis Wentiing, Bt. Gens,

Raymond, Georgia "young EL

om Suge

Jerse oo claude. "Rosabe]le Ogden, 208° 8, Trow-

| Thomas, Dorothy Shaw, 714 W. New ork. Sam, Julia Watkins, 922 Pica. : Boys

Charles L. Jacobs, 74, at 2021 N. Delp- | ware, cerebral hemorrhage.

Robert, Haylde Mae Muhlhauser, Meth-| Lenora PF. Metcalf, 83, at 2254 Central, | st. ; chronic myocarditis. Joseph, Willa May Smith, Methodist, william Yockey, 68, at Long, pemphigus. | Willis, Jessie Teele, Methodist, | Alexander Heidenreich. 58, at St. Vincent's, David, Lula Alexander, 2315 N. Arsénal.| cerebral hemorrhage. Everett, Lvel Brown, 1700 E, Martin Sophia Btienccker, 76, at 21 8B. Dela Clifton, Beatties 1 Datel 947 8. Capitol. wace, arteriosclerosis Darrel, Mamie Do 904 N. Belmont. John W. Colen, 172, at City, pulmonary Burd Mildred Hampton, 1827 N. New| tuberculosis.

Elsworth Johnson, 82, at 345 E. Morris cerebral hemorrhage. Myrtle Irene Moore, 37, at 1109 E. Ohlo, myocardi Anna Maes Parrish, So h.s Johnson B54, at n H. rris, 83, at Ccetebral hemo Thage

anemia, 8

chronic myocarditis.

bred hemorEhage. Margaret Dell West, 40, at uit N. Délat . ware, mitral stenosis. Charies C. Rin | ecoronar, Joseph Mascari, 50.

Ll myocacd Thom . nr Brackiin Jones, 71, at 2138' Win

41, at City, peritonitis. 2 id Centenniel, william Joseph 8 Smith, 64, at 3314 Foltz, | Robert McNeill, #9, at 965 Byltwell, cere-

rT at 1 Pleasant, at 851 8. Nobis, chronic |

arter: ir Wve Nance 25. at Flower Mission,

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Rites Arranged Monday for IDR, EDMONDSON ‘Mrs. Rosalie M. Love, 48 OF I. U. IS DEAD

Rites for Mrs. Rosalie McAndrews D. Pritchard, Indianapolis, and rs Love will be conducted at 9:30 a. m.| Hamilton Hunter, Monday in the Kirby mortuary and|son, Machinist's Mate 3-c John R., * Served as. Dean of Men for at 10 a. min Assumption Catholic church Burial will be in Calvary. Mrs. Love, 48, died Thursday at her home, 1750" W. Morris st. She was a native of Greenfield, a member of Assumption church and of the Altar society at the church. Survivors Paul E."Love; her father, Jeremiah McAndrews of Indianapolis; daughters, Miss Helen Love, Miss Catherine Love, Miss Lois Love, Miss Rosaline Love and Miss Elizabeth Love, Pauline Coffey, all of Indianapolis. Also surviving are a sister, Catherine McAndrews of Indianapolis, and three brothers, the Rev.| Dunstan McAndrews of St. Meinrad, John McAndrews of Indianapolis and Anthony McAndrews of Cincinnati, O.

Ft. Wayn

in Hawaii,

MRS. CLARA SLACK

Mrs. Clara Slack, 89, died in City hospital, where she

include her husband,

five New York st.

here 40 vears. She was the

who died about 30 years ago.

Mis. Surviving are a daughter,

and a stepdaughter,

Miss

The Rev, W.

In. Gary.

investigator for almost two native of Monrovia, he lived]

|in Gary. Mr. Hefner,

Attorney in Gary

Goldie SteinEdgel Johnattorney

here seven years ago. He

Monday in Sacred Heart church | Surviving are his wife, Mrs. | paul Kingsbury, 3808 N. Emerson for Emil J. Zoellner, who died yes-|Genevieve L. Heffner; a son, Riger ave, survive him. terday in Je home, 619 Weghorst | Heffner of Indianapolis; four daugh- eerr——————————— st. Burial will be in 8t. Joseph. |ters, Miss Mary Heffner and Miss A member of Sacred Heart Cath-|Rose Heffner, both of Indian- CHURCHILL FAVORS

three sons, Bruno, Paul and Rob-|Gary; his mother, Mrs. ret and a daughter, Mrs. Louise |Heffner, and a sister, Mrs. Payne, all of Indianapolis. “}Taylor, ‘both ‘of Chicago. .

THEODORE STEPHANOFF

who Theodore Stephanoff, a

his home, 715. Lord st. He here since 1908.

day at the Stevens & Sons

He is survived by a brothe a sister, Mrs.

He was a |

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Vol. 3—No. 23

Dear Fellows—

WE'VE BEEN having some real winter weather, at last, with snow, ice and frigid temperatures. The cold has been making the old coal pile look a little sick. . Streets have been slippery, causing motor“ists to drive with caufion. ~~ . Some of the night owls stayed up late Wednesday night and watched a celestial show -put-on- by the Geminid meteors. In Plain stars. The old

English—shooting Christmas spirit is getting so thick by now that you probably could cut it with a knife.

. The stores report ‘the biggest Christmas buying rush In Indianapolis’ history this week. . . . And it looks bigger for next week. . . . Most stores report sales running ahead of last year. Dally Christmas music: programs will be given on monument circle beginning today by 22 choral groups. . . A new campaign has been started here to recruit more canine “soldiers.” . The city dog pound is one of the best sources for the canine recruiters, Already, 50 dogs have gone from the pound into the armed forces.

wow wr Park Trees Guarded—

POLICE CHIEF Clifford Beeker has instructed his men to keep a sharp eye out tor folks who try to harvest their own Christmas trees—in the city park. . . Anyone caught in the act is in for a lot of trouble, says Park Superintendent Paul V. Brown. . Senior Sacrifice day was observed at Tech Wednesday. The money class members ordinarily spend in a day for movies, candy, soft drinks and other luxuries was contributed _ to buy Christmas presents for wounded soldiers at Billings hospital, . . . Howe high .school had its senior winter party at .the school last night, . The school beard has approved post-war ' construction of a building to replace school 4, now at 630 W. Michigan st. . . . The Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. celebrated its 90th anniversary with a banquet - Monday night.

RE Wolf Recruits WACs—

YOU FELLOWS never would guess who 2 has taken charge of WAC recruiting here in Indiana.*. . . None other than Capt. Wolf—. Capt. Louis C. Wolf, to be exact. It * Henry C. Rothermel has retired from the fire department, | after-serving 45 years at one . station—Engine House 3. at 1134 Prospect sw BE He. was the second oldest member

of the department in pot of servic...

and six grandchildren,

oeen taken Dec. 10. She broke her \ hip when she slipped and fell in son, 61, dean of -meh at Indiana the kitchen’ of her home, 3005 E.| | university for 25 years until his re-

Born in Cincinnati, she had lived at his home in South Pasadena. of George Slack, a brass moulder, the college, disclosed that Dr. Ed-

Nettie Beckett of Indianapolis, grandchild and and a great-grandchild. was a close friend and adviser of

EARL HEFFNER RITES TUESDAY

Ex-Member of State Industrial Board to Be Buried

Services for Earl A. Heffner, OPA

have been tentatively set for 10a. m, | He Tuesday in Gary. Burial will be

54, died yesterday |pelta Tau Delta fraternity and was lat his home, 4305 College ave.

A former member of the state industrial board, he had been an in Gary before coming member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic

church and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.

apolis, and Mrs. Thelma Hackett and Miss Helen Heffner, both of

tioner for many years, died today at A native of Bulgaria, he had lived Services will be at 2 p. m. {home. Burial will be in Crown Hill

Popofl; a brother-in-law, Nick Popand a nephew Theodore Pop-

Saturday |

Mystic Tie lodge 398. .

- Sea Bees, Ignatius G.. (Nish) Dienhart has

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25 Years Until Retire- | ment in July. r Dr. Clarence E. (Pat) Edmond-

today had

tirement last -July, died yesterday

widow | Dr, Herman B Wells, president of | mondson’ s death followed a cerebral ~ Mrs. | hemorrhage. a| As dean of men, Dr. Edmondson

Ernie Pyle, then an, I. U. student land now The Times famous war | correspondent.

Billiards Champion

“A brilliant billiards player, Dr. Edmondson held the United States college faculty billiards championship until his retirement. He was a native of Ellettsville, was graduated from I. U. in “906 and received his | master’s degree in 1012, followed by {his doctorate in 1914. He served as instructor and professor of physiology. Later he taught the required hygier.e course at the |college until his appointment as {dean in 1919,

Member of Delta Tau Delta D-. Edmondson was a member of

| {

years,

anvirer to the I. U. chapter. "Since his retirement he had been living in Colorado and California and recently purchased a home in South Pasadena. Services are to be held in the Little Church-of-the-Flowers at Glendale, Cal. His wife, Mrs. Edna Hat= fleld Edmondson and a sister, Mrs.

was a

BROADCAST SUNDAY

LONDON, Dec. 16 (U. P.).—Prime Minister Winston Churchill, under ° heavy fire from many quarters for his international policy, probably

will broadcast to the world this week-end, perhaps Sunday night. No. 10 Downing Street sources said Churchill was inclined favorably toward a broadcast, but had not yet decided definitely. If he should broadcast, Churchill was expected to appeal for a Greek armistice. urge an immediate tripower conference and reiterate his invitation to the United -States to make public its attitude on the Polish problem.

Mary Alice

confecwas 73. Monfuneral

r, John Tonka

Strauss & Co., Ine.

Dec. 16, 1944

Capt. Oscar Hupp of the Broad Ripple station is the oldest. . . Sam Murbarger, secretary of the Indiana State Athletic Commission, and one-time woild’s professional welterweight wrestling champion, died of a heart attack Tuesday night. . . . Wilbur E. Smith is .the new worshipful master of ._ Amos Stevens (Carpenters union) was named president of the Central Labor ‘union. . . Joseph K. Shepard was re-elected president of the Indianapolis Industrial Union Council (C: I. 0). . . A strip of Lake Sullivan was opened for skating yesterday. -

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Never a Dull Moment—

OUR POLICE never know what to expect next. . . . Patrolman Ed Kruse and LeRoy Bartlett received a radio call to the Hollywood “Dress shop, 108 Monument Circle, Wednesday. When they got there, they found ~M the sales women in a “2 pretty dither over the presence of a bat which was swooping around the place. Patrolman Kruse obtained an air rifle and shot the eerie creature on the fly at 10 feet. . . . Calm then was restored to the dress shop. . Mayor Tyndall has warned city employees that they'll have to stop using city-owned cars for personal or private purposes. . . . All vehicles are to be parked in the municipal garage at night and week-ends, except in emergencies. . Police cars and fire trucks are exempted, of course, . . . Chief Beeker reported to the safety board that major crimes in the first 11 months this year totaled 7252—a decrease of 465 under last year. . .», Who says we're not improving?

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Industry Moves Here—

THE BIG NEWS in industry this week was announcement that General Motors is «= moving its aircraft development section here from Detroit. . . . It-wili be a part of the Allisbn division, effective Feb. 1. Heading it is Don Berlin, native Hoosier who designed the Curtiss P-40 fighter. . . . The drive to get more workers for industry still {s being waged. . The big pfoblem, it's said, is the rapid labor turnover. . . More than 4300 employees have left jobs here in the last three months. . . Local draft boards are getting ready to reclassify for niilitary service men in the 26-37 age group who leave jobs for which they have occupa tiohal deferments. . . . Released from the

taken steps to force the city to sedis | to his pre-war ‘job as superintendent of h

a 1. bill of rights.