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tected it to happen between the Roer river and the Erft canal, on the Cologne plain. Now Rundstedt has anticipate us by striking to the south, a field of his own choosing. The forces on both. with. the Americans definitely holding the upper hand in the artillery and in the air. Whether they are superior to the Germans, equal to them, or inferior to them in tanks

obviously do not have overwhelming forces everywhere along the German frontiet.

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And, obviously, Rundstedt has attempted to pick a point at which we are weak.

Protected by weather from our air forces,

his fabled skill in shifting troops has certainly massed the cream of

his infantry and armored divisions for an attempted breakthrough. .

factors are reassuring and promise

a favorable ultimate outcome for us. Although Rundstedt has a large number of infantry divisions and armored divisions on the front, or near it, his strategic reserve

is limited almost to the point of being non- .

existent, The Germans. have

air, ,

The Germans must maintain large numvers of good troops all along their frontier in order to prevent a fatal counter-thrust, They must guard against offensives by the British 2d army, by the American 9th, Ist

husbanded’ a number of good pilots and fine, new jet-pro-pelled aircraft for the present offensive, but we still are overwhelmingly powerful in the

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| Don’ t Dismiss Rundstedt’s Drive As Pure Desperation; It Was Expected

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN Times Foreign Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 18.—Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt’s counter-offensive against the United States 1st army in Belgium is the It must not be dismissed as an act of pure desperation. The brilliant German general has known for weeks that he must fight a great knockdown, dragout battle west of the Rhine. have announced on many occasions that we

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ful in the first punch, and on,

What Rundstedt's offensive amounts to, in effect, is an attempt to disrupt the allied by regaining some ground in Belgium and Luxemburg, to bolster

winter offensive—and,

German morale.

Election Hearing Gets Under Way

Senators Tom Stewart (D. Tenn.) and Joseph Ball (R. Minn.) (left fo right) intently watch the parade of witnesses in the senate investigation hearings at the federal building today.

COUNTY UNITY HOPE SEEN IN LEGISLATURE

To End Conflicts “Of Authority.

By NOBLE REED Introduction of a bill in the leg-

i |islature to eliminate overlapping

functions and conflicts of authority in the Marion county government was urged today by Addison J. Parry, county council president. His statement was made in connection with the two-year feud between the council and county commissioners over spending policies. Mr. Parry said “great harm has been done to taxpayers and the Republican party” by the continued attacks on the council by county commissioners, Auditor Ralph Moore and County Attorney Victor Jose Jr.

Cites Cost tp Taxpayers

He aid this waste and inefficiency which is costing tens of thousands of dollars annually could be eliminated if the present archaic form - of county government is modernized. “We have a large corporation which is operating without a definite

head, without a definite purchasing

system and without co-operation between department heads,” he said. “It is to be hoped that the incoming legislature will investigate and modernize county government.” Answering charges made by Auditor Moore last week that the present

county council ‘has proved to be

&% “the most expensive council” in

Frank P. Spangler takes the chair as the first witness to be called fn the senate investigation hearings. Robert T. Murphy, chief senate counsel, propre to izact his questions.

Small Crowd Hears First

Witness Tell

of Losing Vote

By SHERLEY UHL That much publicized federal hearing of the Indiana and Marion eounty election squabble got under way today with considerable apathy. Senators Tom Stewart (D. Tenn.) and Joseph R. Ball (R. Minn.) arrived several hours late on the train from Washington. They went at once to the strongly Democratic Indianapolis Athletic club, where they

will stay today and tomorrow. Hearings started in the courtroom of the Federal building with a small crowd present. Among those were several most interested note-takers, including U. 8. District Attorney Howard Caughran, Deputy ‘Atty. Gen, Frank Coughlin, Marion County Prosecutor Sherwood Blue, Horace Coats, publicity man for U, S. Senator-elect Homer Capehart, and others,

Spangler Called

Robert T. Murphy, chief counsel for the committee, called as first witness an 84-year-old Democrat, Franklin P. Spangler, 733 N. East st. Mr. Spangler testified that he had shifted his voting place ‘and was not permitted to cast his ballot in the 1st precinct of the 11th ward, He displayed his registration receipt but he said that since his name was not on the poll book at his precinct, workers told him that the attorney general had ruléd that he could not vote. He reported that he had listed himself as a Democrat during the poll taking last spring and that he hadn't failed to vote for 62 years. A Republican woman poll taker, knowing his family originally came from the South, told him that he was still fighting the Civil war, he

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Mr. Spangler, in an {irate tone, said he told the woman that he expected to “eep right on fighting

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BULLETIN

State Atty. Gen. James Emmert (R.) may bear the brunt of the senatorial election investigation, it appeared likely this afternoon, Senator Thoma$ Stewart (D.

y Tenn.), who is presiding, asked

Ernest F. Frick, Democratic member of the Marion county election board, if Mr. Emmert was “a vicious sort of ass, who would jump in everywhere.” Senator Stewart's comment was made regarding the Emmert telegram overruling the majority of the state election board in denying the use of affidavits at the polis, “It looks to me,” Senator Stewart said, “as though this attorney general jumped in where angels fear to tread.”

GOLD WAVE IS DUE T0 STRIKE TOMORROW

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Tam... 25--11ém... 27 8a.m....,. 25 12 (Noom).. 28 Sam....25 lpm... 28

ANOTHER siege of winter was on its way toward Indianapolis today. The weather bureau predicted that ‘by tomorrow ' morning the temperature would slip down to about 10 degrees above zero, the: lowest of the season. on The only comforting factor in the new cold wave is the absence cof any ‘snow storms ‘over the horizon. It'll be generally fair tomorrow with rising temperatures in the

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several years, Mr. Parry cited figures j {putting the blame for any increases| : lon the commissioners and the audi- | tor.

$300,000 In Extras

Auditor Moore, in connection with the feud, issued a statement pointing out that the council during this year had appropriated more than $300,000 extra expense money, more than any other council in five years. “We must call to the attention of the taxpayers that no expenditures are made except as recommended by county commissioners and advertised by the county auditor,” Mr. Parry said. “I wonder if the auditor and the commissioners remember that the tax rate proposed by the commissioners for 1944 was nearly 52 cents and that the county council was able to cut this to 44 cents, affecting a saving of about $400,000.

Request for Increase

“Commissioners asked for an increase in 1044 for their own department of about three times over the amount they received in 1943 but the council cut this about $175,-

Mr. Parry challenged the commissioners or the auditor to prove one instance to support their recent charges that the council had used its appropriating power to play politics. “Politics has never beeen considered by the council in making a single appropriation,” he said.’

BURGLAR IS GIVEN 2-T0-5-YEAR TERM

Edgar Walden, 28, of 4626 Hillside ave. was sentenced to two to five years in prison by Judge W. D. Bain of criminal court today in connection with the burglary of 14 filling stations.

Council Leader Proposes Bill,

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monies tonight and tomorrow.

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8 ” 2 Read, “Our Town,” by Anton Scherrer, on Page Nine today.

U. S. GIVES VIEW ON POLE PUZZLE

Conditionally 0. K.’s Settlement of Russ Row ‘Before End of War.’

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (U. P.). —The United States announced today that it would not object to set tlement of the Russo-Polish border dispute before the war's end. It refrained—directly, at least— from joining Great Britain, however, in urging Poland to accept

In a formal statement on U. S. policy toward Poland, Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr., said

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SENIO RIVER POINTS OCCUPIED IN. ITALY

ROME, Dec. 18 (U. P.).—New Zealand and Italian units of the 8th army occupied positions along the Senio river above and below the main Rimini-Bologna highway three miles beyond newly captured Fenza today, To the north Canadian troops pressed closer to Bagnacavallo from bridgeheads north and south of the city.

The loot recovered in connection with . the burglaries was so extensive, Judge Bain said, that a receiver had to be appointed to redis- | tribute the goods.

New Zealand engineers, who took |Faenza, were removing booby traps and cleaning out isolated pockets of Germans in northern districts lot the town.

CLOTHE-A-CHILD—

THERE ARE 744 children in Indianapolis who have no fear of the cold winter days ahead. Because through the generosity of direct donors and cash con-

Many Still Left Waiting After 744 Receive Outfits |

(List of Donors, Page Two).

tributors to The Times Clothe-A-

Prominent Catholic laymen and members of the clergy greeted the arriving dignitaries in a reception booth in the station. The booth was decorated with the papal colors,

| dren from the cathedral

Catholic Leaders Arrive for Ritter Installation

Dignitaries of the Catholic church were being greeted today in preparation for festivities and cere-

Visiting and local dignitaries at Union station Were, left to right: the Rt. Rev, Msgr. Joseph McShea, secretary of the apostolic delegate; the Most Rev, Joseph E, Ritter, archbishopelect of the archdioce§e of Indianapolis; the Most Rev. Amieto Giovanni Cicognani, J. U. D.; the apostolic delegate; the Very Rev. Msgr. Henry F. Dugan, chancellor of the archdiocese of Indianapolis; and the Rev. Fr. Edward Heston, C. 8, C, of Notre Dame.

Archbishop-Elect Receives

Children Here

By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor HIGH ' CHURCH DIGNITARIES were arriving at Union station today fér the installation tomorrow of the Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter

orange and white, and the United States flag. The installation of the Most Rev. Ritter and the establishment of the new Ecclesiastical Roman Catholic Province of Indianapolis will be conducted at 10 a. m. in the SS. Peter and Paul cathedral. They will be followed by a solemn pontifical mass. The series will be broadcast by WIBC, starting at 10 a. m.

EARLY this mdning, two chilgrade school called on Archbishop-elect Ritter and presented him with a beautifully bound book. The book contained the" spiritual offerings given by all the children of the archdiocese, numbering 15,769 in elementary and secondary schools. A smoking censer stamped in gold and an {fscription in gold letters adorn the red leather binding. The cover design was prepared by Sister Mary Rosalie of Ladywood school. The insciiption from the Psalms reads: “My prayer, O Lord, rises as incense in Thy sight.” » ” ”

BROTHER ETIENNE, C. 8. C,, of Cathedral high school lettered the following messagé on the first pages: “To His Excellengy, the Most Reverend Joseph E. Ritter, D.D., Archbishop of Indianapolis on the

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Hoosier Heroes—

STORER AND MYERS KILLED IN SERVICE

The fight against the Nazis has cost the lives of two more Indianapolis men. Today's casualty list also includes a mis¥fhg airman and eight local men who have been wounded. KILLED Pfc. Thomas Myers, formerly of 31 8. Butler ave., in France,

are needy only because of the impact of war. They cannot be clothed directly by donors because of regulations of the Amerfcan Red Cross, through which they, have sought help, Expert Times shoppers, however, canstake care of their needs through cash contributions to Clothe-A~Child. So if you plan to help these chil“dren through the Clothe-A-~Child office, do it now. " ‘a’ »

or THE 744 hildren clothed

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for 226. Times sh: ‘have pur«chased .garments for 518, - Sitter. Sates WACE ve recruiting staff had

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8. Sgt. George O. Storer Jr, |2810 Stuart st, wounded in Ger- | many, died in Belgium, MISSING Sgt. Raymond 8. Root, 3905 Carson ave., over China, WOUNDED Pfc. Robert T. Passons, Roosevelt ave., in Italy, Sgt. David Sizelove, 1340 W. 31st st, in Italy. Motor Machinist's Mate 3-c. Mervin Glenn Evans, 5045 W, Morris st., in the Philippines, St. Sgt. Homer J. Watson, 256 N. Highland st., in the Philippines, 8. Sgt. ‘James W. Weber, 3764 W. Washington st., in Italy. Pfc. Alexander Regich, 749 N. Warman ave,, in Italy. ! Pvt. Gordon. W, Merrell, 2126 E.

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B-29'S REKINDLE FIRES IN JAPAN

Super Fleets Return Blast War Plants

At Nagoya.

By FRED SCHERFF United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Big fleets of B-29 Superfortresses dealt two more punishing blows at Japan's war-making capacity, it was announced today. They returned to the big air production center of Nagoya in 100plane strength. They also smashed hard at Hankow, major Japanese supply base in China, The Superfortress attack on Nagoya, site of the big Mitsubishi alrcraft industry, was the second within a week on Japan's third industrial city. Saipan said the raid was carried out in numerical strength equal to that of last: Wednesday's initial operation against Nagoya. The Han-

kow attack was in approximately equal strength.

to.

Heavy Damage Shown

Photographic reconnaissance reports on the initial Nagoya attack revealed that the Hatsudoki factory of the Mitsubishi works was heavily damaged. Two big aircraft assembly buildings were shown to be largely destroyed. Two main assembly buildings received slightly less damage. Three of the four assembly buildings were believed knocked out and 22 smaller buildings were damaged. A Domel Japanese news agency broadcast complained that: “The enemy resorted to deceptive tactics by feinting an eastward move toward Tokyo while flying in the skies over Shizuoka. Suddenly reversing their course westward, the enemy aircraft penetrated into the skies over Nagoya.’ Domei said six B-29s flew over Nanking, seat of the puppet Chinese government, today but dropped no hombs.

Report Air Battles ¢

Another Tokyo broadcast sald Japanese planes and anti-aircraft units were giving a “hot reception” to several formations of. B-29's. over Kyushu, just southwest of Honshu. Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May's China[ndia 20th command struck simultaneously the Hankow area, on the Yangtze rivar 500 miles east of Chungking.

and 7th armies, and by the French 1st army. What we are facing is a skillful high-péw-ered offensive by an army which, if successcannot go on

still

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amount of success, the present drive should not do more than embarrass us. Such an Bffensive as this can come as a surprise only to those wishful thinkers who have insisted upon believing that the German army is on its last legs. . That theory was thoroughly blasted by our experience in the offensive which began on the 1st army front Nov, 1. If a lesson wasn't learned then, it is deflnitely somebody's fault,

15T HITS BACK AN NAZIS RIP INTO BELGIUM

Hodges Starts Sealing Off Three Deep

Penetrations of American Lines;

Huge Air Battle Raging.

By JAMES McGLINCY

United: Press Staff Correspondent

PARIS, Dec. 18.—Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges

unleashed his American 1st army counter-measures today against the biggest German offensive of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s ‘Western campaign.

The first impact of the drive carried the Germans

several miles across the Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers.

. Dispatches from the fluid, 70-mile battlefront said

Hodges’ doughboys had sprung to the task of sealing off.

the penetrations of the American positions. , Marshal Karl Gerd von Rundstedt’s counter-offensive had plunged at least three spearheads into Belgium and

Luxembourg.

Great Air Battles Continue

For the second straight day great air battles swirled

over the 1st army front. British Spitfires and Tempests streaked down from the 21st army group to join in the fight. fighters and bombers showed up by the hundreds in support of the offensive. Field reports up to early afternoon said that the Ameri« can and British airmén had destroyed 20 German planes, probably downed three more and damaged 13. Three U. 8. Thunderbolts were lost. The Nazis lost 103 planes yesterday against the Americans’ 33.

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The long-hoarded Nazi

Nazis Cities Bombed

Five hundred American heavy bombers attacked rail yards at Cologne, Koblenz, Mainz and elsewhere in Western Many. other large formations of allied bombers flew out over the channel apparently for new assaults on the Nazi communication lines behind the front. The raids followed a heavy three-pronged night assault by more than 1300 R. A. F. heavy bombers on Duisburg, Munich and Ulm. Along with his planes, Rundstedt threw

Philippines, Dec.

mentum today.

American forces drove 12 miles inland on newly-invaded Mindoro

SOUTHERN MINDORD CLEARED OF JAPS

Tokyo Reports 2d Fleet In Waters Off Luzon.

By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, 18.—~The liberation of the Philippines gained mo-

into his mad bull charge a vicious army of V-bombs and paratroopers. Supreme headquarters re-

ported that about 10 more parachute troops were dropped on the 9th army front, flanking the 1st army to the left, last night, Six of them were captured. A complete security blackout blanketed the 1st army front after the day's early reports were in. The move is a customary .one in the first phase of new operations ine

positions. It was taken to keep the Nazis

volving any appreciable change of.

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within 130 miles of Manila. They| were reported to have cleared all) of the Japs out of the southern part of the island.

The dispatch

Anglo-American combat ace, shot | § down his 40th Japanese plane. said Bong Had bagged two planes since he was i \ awarded the congressional medal / Vianden® of honor by Gen. Douglas MacArthur last week.

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(Dec. 18, 1944)

WESTERN FRONT--U. 8. 1st army starts move to seal off miles deep Nazi penetration of American position on 70-mile front at Belglan and Luxembourg frontiers.

PACIFIC—Two fleets of Superfortresses hit Nagoya, Japan's larg« est aircraft center, and Hankow, one of main ‘supply bases. American troops’ drive 12 miles tnlund

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EASTERN FRONT~—Red army rams narrow ‘edge through enemy's » northeast defense lines within five miles Budapest,

ITALY-Eighth army units take positjons on broad front along Senior river beyond newly cap~

north press closer toward ‘Bagna-

AIR WAR—Pive hundred u. 8. “heavies blast Cologne, Koblenz|. and Maina,

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