Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1944 — Page 2
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deserters from the Bulgarian army
- British control.
Leftists Take. 8 Villages From E. D. E. S., British
ATHENS, Dec. 22 (U. P).—Reports - circulated today that the civil war had spread to northern Greece, Left wing E. L. A. E. forces there are reported to have captured eight a from the rightist E. D. E. 8, followers of Gen, Napoleon Zervas. Northern Greece was reported seething with unrest. An inflltration of hot-blooded elements from Bulgaria and Albania accentuated the trouble. Open warfare between the E. L. A. 8 and E. D. E 8. factions threatened or already had begun.
Move On Headquarters
Reliable information reaching British sources here said the E. L. A. 8. men, clearing eight villages of E. D. E 8. sympathizers, were moving toward the Dhriskis ridge, a dominating height east of Ioannina, site of E. D. E. 8. headquarters. Other E. L. A. 8B. forces were reported massing along the border territory. Zervas sources claimed that the E. L. A. 8. men had attacked the E. D. E. 8, near the town of Arta, 40 miles south of Ioannina. The reports said that 300 Bul‘garlans who were supposed to be
had been counted in the area northeast of Salonika, big port in North-
eastern @reece. Albanians Also on Move
A number of Albanians were reported moving through E. L. A. 8. territory toward zones controlled by Zervas followers in Epirus. Coincident with the mounting unrest, German broadcasts were reported to have begun a propaganda campaign to “Free Macedonia.” The Greek government was described as fearful that Bulgarians and Albanians were planning.some kind of coup to split Macedonia from Greece. ~ On the Athens “front,” British troops and tanks crossed Piraeus harbor in assault craft, landed on the northern rim, and drove inland, bringing the entire port under
RENEW PICKETING AT 4 WARD STORES
DETROIT, Dec. 22 (U, P).— Pickets ringed four Ward & Co. retail stores today with renewed vigor after hearing pleas of union leaders who said the stores must be closed by Saturday to force government action in the company's refusal to comply with war” labor board directives. y Company officials said the stores opened at their, usual time today.
JUDGE SCOUTS ‘WAR DIVORCE’ THEORIES
The genera] belief that the heavy increase in divorces here this year was due to hasty war marriages has been discounted by Judge Ralph Hamill of superior court 5. Records in more than a score of! divorce cases heard in two days this | week showed that the average span of married life in the cases was more than 11 years. ‘This, shows that most of the couples coming into court for divorces were married long before the war started,” Judge Hamill said. The judge also found that the average age of the couples seeking divorces was about 34.
‘JUMP TOWN’ YOUTHS PLAN DANCE TONIGHT
Jump Town, the newest teen canteen, will sponsor a dance from 9 to 11 o'clock tonight in the Rhodius community center. In charge of the program are: Doris Litscomb, chairman, Angeline Lynch and Wilma Maxey, doar, commit. tee; Kathaleen Wilham, chairman, Joan Ford and Don Bygers, refreshments committee; Marlyn irk, chairman, Jeanne Agnew and. Barbara Oliver, projects committee; Ray Browne, chairman, Guy Fish gnd Charles Amos, floor committee, and
Misses Evelyn Hartley, Marjorie Smith, Lilllan Seats, Frances Whiteraft and Forrest Higgs, adult sponsors. Music will be provided by Doc
Watson's band. A floor show will be given by Edna Andrews and Jody Noel, vocalists, and Maryland Kirk and Lavina Valent, dancers,
ROBERT L. McLEAN DIES LANSDOWNE, Pa. Dec. 22 (U. P.) ~Robert Lewis McLean, 1717, former secretary-treasurer of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and uncle of Robert McLean, president
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are REPORT UNREST | IN N. GREEGE
Meridian st,
GARFIELD RINK NEAR FREEZING
lce Skaters by
Tomorrow.
Ice skaters probably will have an opportunity to try their skill on the Garfleld park lagoon tomorrow. Cfty recreation department offlcials said today that removal of a large sandbar in the center of the
{lagoon has been completed and the
area flooded. They estimated that 12 more hours of freezing weather—which appears likely—will provide a safe ~| skating surface. :
Adequate Supervision
K. Mark Cowen, city recreation director, said adequate supervision and firewood would be available at Lake Sullivan for “swing shift” skating parties as long as the ice remains, Arrangements are being made to make the facilities available as early as 7 a. m. dally. All skating areas, however, he said, will be closed on Christmas eve and night at 6 p. m. because of a shortage of supervisors.
CAPTIVE YANKS FACE SAD YULE
But Gift Packages Will Make Christmas ‘Just a Little Whiter.’
By MELVIN C. KRAMPF United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 22—Theyll have Christmas trees with plenty of ornaments. They'll have cornucopias filled with candies, Christmas music..and books galore, games and a regular turkey dinner. But it all adds up to a' pretty dismal Christmas nevertheless. For two of that holiday's priceless ingredients are missing—-home and freedom. This is the schedule for | Dec. 25 at Stalag Luft III and other prisoner of war camps for American airmen shot down over enemy territory. It won't be like Christmas, 1941] or even 1942 for some of the lads. But it will be a touch of home, thanks to the National war fund and the American Red Cross.
Plans Made Months Ago
Months ago they made their Christmas plans. Today they have word through neutral sources-that their job is done; that the tinsel and the gifts and the food have arrived. It was almost a year ago when the war prisoners aid decided to make Christmas a little less dreary for American prisoners. They collected and sent via Sweden vast quantities of Christmas tree trimmings and favors, phonographs, Christmas records and. books, musical instruments and candies. There were candles and even artificial snow,
Red Cross Boxes
The Red Cross prepared special Christmas boxes which include: Turkey, strawberry jam, nuts, fruit bars, dates, canned cherries, chewing gum, deviled ham, cheddar cheese, bouillon cubes, butter, tea, honey, wash cloths, playing cards, a game and two pictures of an American scene. Also cigarets and smoking tobacco.
of the Evening Bulletin and the " Associated Press, died suddenly last | night,
“This should make Christmas Just! a little whiter for those boys,” the Red Cross spokesman said.
Two Patients at Billings Come Home for Holidays
~ Two soldier patients at Billings hospital are home. this year for Christmas with many war stories to tell their folks, They are Pvt, Francis Bennett, 1046 8. Whitcomb ave, and Pvt. Tilford Coyle, 1962 N. Tacoma st., both wounded in Europe. : Pvt, Coyle, whose wife, May, lives at the Tacoma st. address, had a private war of his own on an out-
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Pvt. Francis Bennett
On D-day he went into France,
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Surface May Be Safe for
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“Moroft Carolors Rehisarse: for Yuletide
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (U. P.);| —The rumble of guns may again blot out the traditional message of “Peace on Earth.” But the nation will do its utmost on this, its fourth consecutive wartime Christmas, to carry the customs and spirit of the holiday to millions of servicemen around the world. Thousands of tons of turkey have been purchased for holiday dinners. Unless actually pinned down by gunfire, servicemen everywhere are due fora turkey dinner with all the fixings. If they spend Christmas in the front lines they will probably get their turkey as soon as relieved. Turkey for Prisoners Even American prisoners of war, at least those in Germany, will also have turkey—canned turkey. The quartermaster corps started canning and shipping the traditional Christmas bird via International Red Cross six months ago.
American home folks have showered G. 1. Joe with gifts. At latest count some 50,000,000 holiday packages had been sent to soldiers overseas,
In playing Santa Claus, the army postal service is'using every conceivable type of-transportation from Arctic dog team, desert camel and parachute to amphibious jeep, duck and weasel,
that the troops have been buying large quantities of gifts in foreign countries. No matter where he is the U. 8. soldier can be depended upon to improvise a Christmas tree. It may have palm fronds instead of pine needles. But the result can be depended upon to be Christmas-like. Out in the fleet the extent of Christmas observance will. depend on the size and location of the ships. Christmas on Warships
On the bigger war craft, provided they are not in dangerous combat areas, the crews will cluster on the
Reports from overseas indicate!
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|DR. KEMPF GETS
George J. Marott listens to a rehearsal of some of his carolers as they prepare for another Yuletide season of song extolling the birth of Christ. Here they raise their voices in the Marott hotel, 2625 N.
Every G. I. and Gob to Have. Christmas Turkey, Fixin's
Christmas trees to the traditional feast.
Navy Personnel Gets 500,000 Yule Packages
U. 8. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 22 (U. P.).—More than 500,000 bags of Christmas packages have been distributed - to hundreds of thousands of navy, marine corps and coast guard personnel from the Aleutians to Australia and from Hawaii to the Philippines during the past two months, it was announced today. Lt. Cmdr. Earle D. Chance, U. 8, N. R., Pacific fleet postal officer who formerly was a Los Angeles postal inspector, revealed that every available type of facility has been em-
enormous amount of mail by Christmas.
ting “bubble bath”
Christmas.
ployed to insure delivery of this
if the packages broken open in transit are any indication, Chance said, a lot of riaval personnel is getpowder this
Hospital Executive to Head Preventive Medicine . Department.
“Mrs, Meredith Nicholson Jr, health board member, today described the appointment of Dr. Gerald F.. Kempt as superintendent of preventive ‘medicine as the beginning of &n expanded program of public health education. ‘Appointment to the newly created $4200-a-year post was announced yesterday following a meeting of the board with Mayor Tyndall. Dr. Kempf, whose appointment is effective Jan. 1, is head of the communicable disease . service at city hospital. Five Other Applicants Larry Parsons, city personnel director, said the naming of Dr, Kempf was made in accordance with recently-adopted personnel
| procedures at city hall and followed
his referral to the board along with five other applicants. Dr. Kempf will serve as assistant to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health board secretary, Mr, Parsons added. The 52-year-old physician was graduated from Indiana university in 1916 with a chemistry degree. He taught physiology in the university's school of medicine from 1917-28. He received a degree in medicine in 1928. His interneship was served at City hospital. In 1829 he was appointed a research worker in the Lilly clinic there. He has been with the communicable disease service since 1933. Dr. Kempf is married and has one son. He lives at 2605 E. Riverside dr. A member of the Indianapolis medical society, as well as the state and national medical groups, Dr. Kempf also is a member of the Central Society for Clinical Research, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.
DUCE’'S SWEETHEART. JAILED ROME, Dec. 22 (U. P.).—Cornelia Tanzi, former mistress of Benito Mussolini, was sentenced today to 40 years’ imprisonment for collaborating with the enemy.
NEW CITY POST,
Nazis Drop Girls ‘Behind U.S. Lines To Seduce Yanks
‘By HELEN KIRKPATRICK ™ « _ Times Foreign Correspondent PARIS, Dec. 22, — Englishspeaking German girls- equipped with knives are being dropped by parachute within the American lines, according to reports from an area near the 1st army front, Seven are said to have been arrested to date and to have con--fessed that their mission was to seduce G. 1's and then kill them, The) present German counteroffensjve has many new features, including the dropping of sabo~teurs (behind our lines. A Germans wearing Ameri can uniforms and driving American army cars and trucks have been captured. The United States army yesterday issued a warning that Germans in American and British unfiorm had been spotted in the Paris area, Military police were checking all ‘military vehicles throughout the Paris region yesterday.
Copyrignt, 1944, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Dally News, Inc,
MRS. ROSKIN GIVES RECITAL TOMORROW
Mrs. Evelyn Borofsky Roskin, assisted by Mildred Lind, 18-year-old violinist of the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra. will present her fourth organ recital of the sczason tomorrow. at the temple Beth-El 'Zedeck. The concert is open to the public without: charge. Miss Lind, who is a direct descendant of the late Jenny Lind, famous Swedish singer, is one of the youngest violinists to play with la major symphony orchestra. To add additional local color to the program, she will give the premiere rendition of “Waltz Caprice,” a composition by Janot Roskin, Mr, Roskin is the director of the BethEl choir, composer of long achievement and the husband of Evelyn Borofsky Roskin.
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Assists at Consecration” of Bishop Grimmelsman in Columbus, 0,
Times Special COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 22.—The Most Rey, Joseph E. Ritter, newly installed ‘archbishop of Indianapolis, yesterday assisted at the consecration here of the Rt, Rev, Msgr. Joseph Grimmelsman as a bishop of the Roman Catholic church. Bishop Grimmelsman will be installed as the bishop of the new diocese of Evansville Jan. 8 by Archbishop Ritter, Yesterday's ceremonies were conducted in the Pontifical College Josephinum of which Bishop Grimmelsman has been the rector for 12 years. In assisting, Archbishop Ritter performed one of his first official acts since his installation as archbishop in Indianapoits Tuesday.
Cicognani at Cuemony
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani of Washington,” D. C,, apostolic delegate to the _United States, who installed Archbishop Ritter, also officiated at the consecration. The Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, archbishop of Cincinnati, who preached the sermon "at Archbishop Ritter’s installation, also preached yesterday, Bishop Grimmelsman, as the first Episcopal head of the diocese of Evansville, will have jurisdiction over churches in 12 counties in southwestern Indiana, an area formerly included in the diocese of Indianapolis. He will be installed as bishop in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Evansville. The newly consecrated bishop is a native of Cincinnati and has served as assistant at St. Lawrence church, Cincinnati and as chaplain at Mt. St. Joseph's college, Cinetnnati.
INITIATE NEW MEMBERS
Prospect chapter, O. E. 8, will initiate new members tonight. Cletus Bennett, worthy matron, will
FRIDAY, DEC. 22, 198 BANDITS TAKE $126 - FROM LIQUOR STORE
“Two bandits.escaped with $126 at the Terminal Liquor store, 127 W. Market st... last night. They forced’ the clerk, Anthony Pettrich, 315 N.
Hamilton ave., to lie on the floor at ;.
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the point of a gun. Bassler, 3631 N. Illinois st.
of cash from a safe,
AYRES
The store is owned by Charles
Yeggs broke into the Polar Ice & .|Fuel Co. 1902 8. East st., last night A} and took an undetermined amount.
CAROLLERS |
will sing from the street floor balcony today at 4:00 P. M, 4]
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By M. Onited Press MOSCOW, I ports said tods was massing tration of mer , aircraft yet ¢ front, Soviet obser offensive that Germany and Military con gested that ti their counterin an effort timetable off s to face the | the Eastern : tion. Soviet sou: pected the | through the ( * from East Pi thians in succ Keep | The Russjar almost 200 C frayed along t fore they, retreat Ge With * know -plans, Russia unperturbed b man successe were confiden would regain tion. The Russiar said- today th give - on the showed signs out.
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fantail Christmas eve to hear carols. On smaller ships, the only real evidences of Christmas in these! days will be the turkey dinner. At home it Is estimated that 25
Christmas furloughs. For those who must remain in camps, however, there will be comPlete festivities _Fanging fro) from
DENY REPORT URGES MERIT SYSTEM AX
The legislative welfare investigating commission today denied charges made by some civic and professional groups that its recent report recommended elimination of the present merit system procedure in the state welfare department. “The commission has prepared no bills dealing with the merit system nor did we intend to do so,” the statement hid. “Our report stated that in our opinion the county welfare director should be placed under the direct control of the local board but that each director should be qualified under a merit system as approved by the personnel board. - “This conclusion was justified in view of the fact that we actually {have no workable merit system at the present time, Boards can hire and fire for any reason and no one has the power to question their acts.
tem but we want it to be a sound and workable plan and not the hit-or-miss system which we now have,” the commission's statement said.
181 STUDENTS MAKE HONOR ROLL AT TECH
period at Technical high school placed - 181 students on the top roll. cards, Seniors making straight A- plus cards are Raymond P. Brown, Evelyn Bruck, Joan Cooning, Mar‘tha Ginger, Lois: M. Hammon,
i | Audrey H. Hancock, Jo Ann Hynes, [Jean McCoy, Janet McDonnell and |.
Afléen I. Thompson. Underclassmdn who received straight A plus reports are Norma ‘Brenton, Joan Bryant, Bet { Dean, Natalie Graham, Love, Barbara Watson, One post graduate received .a straight A plus record. Fe is Willard Wampley. ia
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