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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1944

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By EMMA RIVERS MILNER | Times Church Editor ‘SON of Indiana today holds one of the highest honors the Roman Catholic church can bestow. The Most Rev. Joseph Elmer Ritter was installed as archbishop of Indianapolis in history-making ceremonies this morning in the SS. Peter and Paul cathedral. At the same time, the new Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis was established. The installation and establishment were followed by a pontifical solemn mass for which the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, J. U. D,, apostolic delegate to the United States, was celebrant. n s » ARCHBISHOPS, bishops and abbots from all parts of the

nation participated in the ceremonies, among the most brilliant ever witnessed by this community. “It was necessary to reserve half - * the cathedral to seat the monsignor, clergy, religious and officials.

Additional photos, page 13; installation sermons, page 3; story of civic reception, page 5.

It rarely happens that a priest is made a bishop of the diocese in which he is serving or that a bishop becomes archbishop of the archdiocese created from his diocese. Both these honors now have been conferred upon Archbishop Ritter. Truly a Hoosier, he was born and brought up on the Ohio river in the old town of New Albany. 8 un »

ALTHOUGH THE HERITAGE of the Catholic world from the time of St. Peter was in evidence in every song, word and gesture, Indiana’s special interest in the ceremonies is obvious. } When the news came in November that Indiana was to give this new archbishop to the world, the chancery was asked why this ll boy dedicated his life to the priesthood. The answer was: “Joseph Elmer Ritter had a good mother and father and a good home to start him on the way to becoming a priest and an archbishop.”

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. THE PARENTS who made that home are not living. But other relatives were among the faithful filling the cathedral pews this morning. They saw the pageantry of the installation and establishment and heard the reading of the official decree and the sermons. They lived again the drama of the sacrifice of the Saviour on Calvary which is repeated daily in the mass. And all the while, except for a few brief silences, devotedly pre- ~,.+. pared music poured from the choir loft. Rising and falling, sometimes plaintive and again triumphant, it steeped the holy place in its loveliness as the ceremonies went forward before the gold and white altar, 2 » » A FANFARE OF TRUMPETS and organ hailed the beginning of the pageantry as the procession of clergy, religious and the prelates entered by the north transcept. Last among these came the apostolic delegate, Archbishop Clcognanl, because he was the ranking prelate of all. He was accompanied by two prelates and by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Raymond R. Noll, as assistant priest. Msgr. Noll is vicar general of the diocese and the cathedral pastor. The apostolic delegate was preceded by Archbishop-elect Ritter. The apostolic delegate was vested in the cappa magna, the great two-tiered cape of his office. The upper cape of ermine came a trifle i below his shoulders while beneath it a second cape of red watered silk ‘ fell over him in majestic folds to form a sweeping train along the floor.

ARCHBISHOP-ELECT RITTER wore a hooded cloak, or cope, and a silk head dress, or mitre. He, too, was attended by two prelates wearing -choir costumes or the robes of monsignori. The procession passed slowly along the north aisle to the rear of the church as the four-part male, chorus sang Reyl's “Ecce Sacerdos Magnus.” The chorus was composed of the cathedral schola cantorum, a number of whom have sung in the cathedral for more than 30 years; the clergy choir, and selected singers from various Catholic choirs of the city. . The entire program was in charge of Elmer A. Steffen, K. S. G., archdiocesan director of music. Mr. Steflen was assisted by the Rev, Fr. Edwin Sahm, who directed the Gregorian chant, ” . .

AT THE REAR of the church, the procession paused while the apostolic delegate knelt to pray, kissed the crucifix, accepted from a prelate the holy water sprinkler and extended it for the arctibishopelect to touch. The apostolic delegate sprinkled the bystanders with holy water and was then incensed by a high prelate with three double swings of the censer. The procession then moved along the center aisle toward the front pews into which the clergy and monsignori filed. The prelates, including archbishops, bishops and abbots, proceeded to the sanctuary where the apostolic delegate seated himself on a throne to the left, or gospel side, of the altar, Nearby the archbishop-elect sat down on a faldstool.

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L¥ di » » ” 5 AFTER CERTAIN preliminary procedure, the apostolic delegate on gave the decree to the Very Rev, Msgr. Henry F. Dugan, closely race associated with the archbishop-elgct, who read the decree aloud in both Latin and English. The decree is the official document of and establishment and installation from the apostolic delegation in

Washington, D, C. The pallium, or white wool symbol of archbishop, was not placed around the archbishop-elect’'s neck as is usual at an installation. Due to wartime conditions, it has not yet come from the Holy Father, After the return of the notary to the sanctuary, soon came the great moment of the ceremonies when the new province and the

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B-29'S RAID OMURA, | CLOTHE A-CHILD—

Ritter Is Installed As Archbishop Here In Brilliant And History-Making Pageant

Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter of’ Indianapolis sits upon the throne holding the crozier following installation ceremonies this morning at SS. Peter and Paul cathedral, The Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis also was established under the guidance of The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, apostolic delegate to the United States. On the ‘throne with Archbishop Ritter are (left) The Very Rev. Msgr. Leonard Wernsing, Jasper, and (right) The Very Rev. Msgr. A. J. Copenolle, Earl Park.

F. D. R. RETURNS T0 WHITE HOUSE

Tanned, Rested After 3 Weeks at Warm Springs; Faces Many Problems.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (U, P.) — President Roosevelt, tanned and rested from his rigorous fourth term campaign, returned to the White House today. After a three-week vacation at Warm Springs, Ga., he was back at his desk to deal with serious diplomatic, military and domestic problems. Mr. Roosevelt kept up with his paper work on a daily basis while resting at the “Little White House” on the Warm Springs foundation. Nevertheless, he came home to a

‘wide assortment of official tasks,

including: ONE—A complicated foreign affairs situation. TWO-—Furtherance of plans for a meeting of the “Big Three.” THREE—Completion of the administration’s program for the new congress. FOUR~—Final drafting of the administration’s new financial budget. FIVE—His. Jan. 20 inauguration. Mr. Roosevelt left Washington Nov. 27. He reached Warm Springs the next day, he left the Georgia spa on Dec. 17, stopped yesterday

“light strike today hit enemy targets

SHANGHAI, . NANKING,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (U. P.) .— Buperfortresses in a three-way day-

at Omura, Japan and Shanghai and Nanking, China, the war depart

ment announced today. The raiders over China reported they shot down five enemy planes, probably destroyed- three and damaged nine. others. The attack against the Omura aircraft plant was made at mid-day by s medium force of B-29's through heavy cloud cover,

Jto inspect the 107,000-acre marine corps training base at Camp Lejeune, N. C.,, and arrived here at 7:30 a. m. (Indianapolis time) today. (This was the first public disclosure of Mr. Roosevelt's whereabouts for the past three weeks. He was accompanied by correspondents for the three press associations.) Mr.©°Roosevelt's stay in Georgia was on a ‘“take-it-easy”

G. I. in Germany Aids Needy Here With $15 Order

CPL. CLANCY E. BARNES is a busy fellow these days. Along with a lot of other Indianapolis men he’s inside Germany where the nights are long and the fighting bilter, Yet Cpl. Barnes isn’t forgetting

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at the Federal building by a U. 8. Nov. 7 election. Mr. Emmert is scheduled to take | the witness stand later today. The state election board’s instruc-| tion, signed by Governor Schricker, | advised county election officials to permit the use of affidavits at the polls. . Mr. Emmert's countermanding message was that they should not do so, that this was a law violation and that an investigation would follow. ‘Getling ' Interesting’

Testimony regarding the tele gram came from Robert H. Baron of the local Western Union office, When he disclosed that the Emmert telegrams had been paid for by the Republican state committee, Chairman Stewart (D. Tenn.) of the senate sub-committee, said: “This is getting interesting.” He then inquired as to how distribution of the state election board's instructions was financed. Mr. Baron said they were charged to LIncoln 7481. Sherwood Blue, Marion county prosecutor, looked up the number and it was found to be the state printing board. This, likewise, is the office of the state election board of which Governor Henry FP. Schricker, a Democrat, is ex-officio chairman,

Says Telegram Political

Meanwhile, Mr. Emmert from the statehouse vigorously defended the distribution of his telegram by the Republican state committee. He said that he considered Governor Schricker's telegram “purely political and an unjustified expenditure of state funds.” “I had no duty to inform the

G. O. P. Paid for Emmert's Vote Telegrams, Probe Told NORDEN FIRMS

By SHERLEY UHL

Attorney General James A. Emmert's telegraphic county election officials countermanding the. state election

instruction to! board's

[stand was distributed at the expense of the Republican state committee. | This fact was disclosed today at the public hearings. being held |

senate committee Investigating the|

‘HOOSIER HEROES—

Family Receives Fourth Casualty Message of War

First Lt. Thomas A. Maguire « + « killed in Germany.

” A fourth ‘casualty message has arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs, John E. Maguire 8r., 903 N Oxford st. : The first informed them that a son had been injured. The second reported that another san is missing in action. The third message told them that their third son, 1st Lt. Thomas A. Maguire, had been wounded, and the last telegram, which arrived Sunday, carried the news that he has been killed in action. War department messages also

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U. S. INDICTS

I" The United States 8th air force sent moré than 300

1ST SLOWS

NAZI DRIVE IN BELGIUM

Hodges Throws Massed Tanks, Guns

And Men Into Furious Struggle; Foe May Be Entirely Halted.

By JAMES McGLINCY United Press Staft Correspondent

PARIS, Dec. 19.—Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges

today regrouped.his 1st army forces to meet the shock of the surprise Nazi offensive on the Western

front.

He sent massed tanks, men and heavy guns into a blaz-

ing battle. Front reports said the north half of the 70-mile defen- : sive front “appeared to be stabilizing.” . Staff officers said the Americans had plenty of forces with which to halt the Germans. The British radio reported the battle “is now in full swing.” . Report Situation ‘Fluid’ On the Luxembourg end of the front the situation was reported “still fluid.” "United Press Correspondent Jack Frankish, with the U.S. 1st army, said late reports indicated the Nazi push into Belgium was slowing to a snail's pace, if not completely halted. Hodge's doughboys rallied from the shock of their most stunning setback since Kasserine pass in Tunisia. They had succeeded in regrouping to meet the onslaught which pushed them out of Germany -at points on a 50-mile front, Frankish reported. Low clouds and haze blanketed a considerable part of the battle zone. Allied planes nevertheless again were swarming to the attack wherever they could find Nazi panzers and infantry. Bombers Join Attack

Flying Fortresses into the battle. They blasted road and rail junctions in front of the U. S. 1st army. The attacks swept the entire area from Trier opposite the Luxembourg front to Gemund at the north end of the 1st army line. The Fortresses carried out their attacks with a small escort of Thunderbolt fighters. == The daylight operations followed up similar blows by the R. A. F. during the night at Munster and Nurnberg.

Plenty to Stop Nazis Grim and tense, the Americans were pouring up into

Conspiracy V to Slow Up defensive positions, United Press Correspondent John McDermott reported from another sector of the front. He Production Charged by quoted a staff officer as saying: Grand Jury. “We've got plenty to halt the Germans. It looks like

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (U. P)— Carl L. Norden, Inc., the firm of Corrigan, Osburn & Wells, Inc., industrial engineers, and four officers of the two companies—one a U. 8. naval officer—were indicted by a special federal grand jury today on charges of conspiring to slow down production of the vital Norden bombsight and impede supervision of its manufacture by the navy. The indictments charge that Norden deliberately provided Reming-ton-Rand, Inc, of Elmira, N. Y, sub-contractors for a bombsight unit, with incomplete and inaccurate specifications in an effort to retain complete manufacturing con-

‘Obstruction’ Alleged

They charge further that the engineering firm, through Cmdr. John D. Corrigan, U, 8. N. R, a concealed partner, conspired to obstruct the honest administration of navy supervision of war manufacture for the purpose of obtaining additional business for his firm.

by a special grand jury which has heard more than 100 witnesses since last June 12, were revealed in Washington by Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle. Individual defendants are subject to two years’ imprisonment and $10,000 fine on each indictment if convicted; the firms to the fine only: Named in one indictment were: Corrigan, Osburn & Wells, Inc, industrial engineers,

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, trusions in Italy. and Greece which were followed by Prime Minister Churchill's announcement of the British-Russian accord on the partition of Poland. Washington is churned-up over

His asutngtion uf the initiative

Stokes: U. S. Is Now on Defensive on Post- War Peace Front’

Simms: F, D. R. Cannot Eveile Churchill Challenge on ‘Poles’

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

President Roosevelt to declare him

Hill opinion, be evaded. J ‘Not_only would silence give con=

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have been an open sectet.. In Lon-

ister Churchill,

‘The indictments, handed up to|

the Jerries want their finish this side of the Rhine.” At supreme headquarters it was reported that the Germans were fighting harder than ever against the American 3d and 7th armies, as well as the 1st army.

Patton Drive Stopped From Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's 3d army front, United Press Correspondent Robert W. Richards reported generally stiffening Nazi resistance. The drive into the Saarland and the section of France manned by Patton's right wing was virtually paralyzed. Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s 7th army was reported edging deeper into the forefield of the Siegfried line in the Rhenish Palatinate. The fortifications of Bitche in the French border zone were being stormed. Both Germany and the allies maintained news blackouts over the battle in Belgium and Luxembourg. There were no specific locations beyond the disclosure last night that ————————=—"",German tank destroyers were

ATTACKS ON LUZON nts, civ pogo 2° MOUNTING IN FURY The shower of German Ve {bombs on the areas behind

V-Bombs Continue Carrier Planes Raid Manila the battle zone continued to-

don last summer’ Poland's tragic WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.~Prime|fate was a major topic wherever Minister Churchill's” challenge to|one went in diplomatic circles, It was pretty generally undergelf on Poland cannot, in Capitol |stood that at Tehran Prime Min-| and President Roosevelt had given Marshal Stalin Eastern :

- Area 6th Straight Day.

By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,

aerial bombardment of Luzon into| its sixth straight day today. They already had destroyed or damaged 94 ships and 461 planes in the first 72 hours. - A front dispatch said Filipinos in ~ | Manila confidently expected American invasion forces to land on Luzon and reach the Philippines capital city *“‘soon.” The ground campaign on Leyte“is in its final stages and the beachhead at Mindoro is secure, (A Japanese broadcast yesterday said an American convoy of ‘“‘considerable strength” had been sighted in the Sulu sea south of Mindoro. It speculated that further American {amphibious landings might be in prospect, perhaps on. Luzon.) : A dispatch from Pacific fleet headquarters at Pearl Harbor ‘reported that Adm, ‘William PF, Hal“ ‘|séy’s 3d fleet: planes still were bat-

Philippines, Dec. 19.—Carrier planes {that American troops crossed the of the 3d fleet sent an unparalleled Roer river andy penetrated into

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day, Frankish reported. He said [the roads in the forward areas were choked with traffic—units moving to the rear and tanks, guns and men moving forward. The Luxembourg radio reported

| Duren, on its east bank 20 miles west of Cologne. Elsewhere on the-—Jeng Western front, American $th army troops carved out small gains at the edge of the Cologne plain above Aachen Front reports said Malmedy, five miles to the northeast of Stavelot, also had fallen to the Germans, United Press War Correspondent Jack Frankish reported that the 1st army's préss camp was being evacuated from an unnamed town northwest of Stavelot. American and British warplanes raked the ‘German assault front with bombs, gunfire and rockets yesterday. A dawn to dusk attack knocked out 110 enemy tanks and armored vehicles.