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By SHERLEY UHL NDIANAPOLIS bookies were digging in for a sad, bad winter today. Their faces were longer than the odds on a $300 hay-burner running in a $50,000 handicap. Complexions of the handbook operators were growing paler than ever in anticipation of the lean months ahead, beginning Jan. 3. On that date the bookies—much given to- shedding crocodile tears over their alleged losses—might be expected to weep in unison. For: on Jan. 3 their stock-in-trade, horse racing, is to cease and desist under orders of the U. 8. government, » » »
NO LOCAL cracking-down vice squad ever dealt the trade a deadlier blow, But because Indianapolis isn't a “horsey” town, the damsge won't be as widespread here as elsewhere. A checkup among the gaming gentry indicated that probably not more than 35 or 40 bona-fide, full-time horse betting establishments are now operating in this , vicinity. . These are augmented by fly-by-night characters who loaf around bars, pool rooms and other spor tive locales, seldom passing up an opportunity to accept an illegitimate wager. Some taverns accept horse bets as a side-line. s s 8 ALTOGETHER the “profession” here employs possibly 250 persons as telephone men, callers, calculators and morning line chalkeruppers. Considerably more than that—thousands no less—are frequent patrons of the ancient and not too dishonorable institution. Whatever happens, the local chance-takers are positive that the end of the ponies for the duration will contribute virtually nothing toward solving the manpower problem here, One cynical individual couldn't be convinced that horse-playing had anything to do with absenteeism in Indianapolis. He conceded, however, that the efficiency’ of some laborers, who place a bet,. then chew their fingernails, might be sharpened a bit,
» » » MOST OF the bookies interviewed believed that “guys with gambling blood will bet if they have to bet on license plates.” Trying to see a silver lining in the dark cloud, several bookmakers said they were awaiting “word from the service” as to the possibility of a substitute for American racing. By “the service” they meant the telegraphic information "they receive straight from the tracks.
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‘Miss Portsmouth’ Is Named Mayor
PORTSMOUTH, N, H.,, Dec. 27 U. P.).—Beaten by eight votes in Portsmouth’s mayoral election last fortnight, Mrs. Mary Dondero, 50, one-time “Miss ~Portsmouth” and long-time “sweetheart” . representatives, last night was returned a winner over her Republican rival] by seven votes in a recount. She thus became: 1. The first woman mayor in New Hampshire, 2. The first grandmother to hold the office in New England.
JAP THREAT HEARD AGAINST SHANGHAI
CHUINGKING, Dec. 27 (U. P.).— The Japanese have threatened the complete destruction of Shanghai if and when' they are forced to evacuate, a Chinese military spokesman sald today. He said the ‘threat was voiced by the Japanese garrison commander recently to a mixed Chinese and Japanese audience at Shanghal,
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CHINESE REDS SCORE By UNITED PRESS
The Chinese Communist army,|
which recently opened a campaign against the Japanese in western Honan province, has defeated a Japanese force protecting repair of a bridge at Heishihkuan, 30 miles east of Loyang, and has liberated 2000 Chinese forced laborers, the Communist transmitter at Yenan
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FREEZING RAIN ADDS PERIL TO ICED STREETS
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Freezing rain, ending early tomorrow morning, was promised for Indianapolis by the weather bureau today as pedestrians and automobiles slipped and skidded over icy streets. . : The worst of the storm, however, halted its northward course today and began moving to the east. There's to be little change in temperature tomorrow. Most of the streetcars, trolleys and busses were off schedule this morning as traffic slowed down and ice filled the windshields.
Intersections Sanded
Indianapolis Railways track crews began sanding and cindering intersections at 5 a. m. today. Two derailinents and a break in an overhead trolley put some streetcars and trackless trolleys 25 minutes behind schedule, An E. Washington streetcar went off the track at Gray st. about 8:30 a. m. and a College car slipped from the rails at 63d st. about 9. a. m. The trolley broke on the Northwestern line. When the city awakened this morning, a layer of snow, estimated unofficially at about an inch and a half deep, covered the ground. Later the snow turned to slest which added to the hazards of walking and driving, already dangerous as a result of the ice left over from the Christmas day rain. Motorist Rams Train
Limited visibility as a result of the falling smow during the night caused an Indianapolis motorist to ram into the side of a Big Four| freight train momentarily halted across Audubon rd. about 4 a. m. Chester Wisdow, 28, of 820 -‘W. 54th st, the driver of the car, was
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Freezing rain tonight, ending early tomorrow morning; not se cold tonight; little change in temperature tomorrow.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1944
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
made just 41 years ago?
B-29's Average 50 Tons of Bombs Daily on Jap Mainland
You may know those B-29 Superfortresses now bombing Japan are big babies, but did you know that their wingspread is 21 feet, 2 inches longer than Orville Wright's
Wright's historic first flight of a powered heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk, N. C,, lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. A B-29's wingspan is 141 feet,
United Press St
The Russians were attempting encircled enemy garrison.
fate of Stalingrad and Warsaw,”
LABOR IS GIVEN
NEW PAY WEDGE
WLB to 0. K. Increases in Foundries; Opens Door In Other Cases.
taken to City hospital with cuts and bruises, but his condition ‘was not |
Ice caused two falls. i They involved Wilbur Hobosheldt, | 46, of 4925 Indianola ave, who, slipped in his front yard late yesterday, and James D: Sering, 18, a sailor stationed at Norfolk, Va., who fell after alighting from a streetcar. The sailor had been visiting relatives at 1615 Nowland ave. and fell in front of 1540 Roosevelt ave, early today. He was taken to the Veterans hospital with a broken left arm. Near zero temperatures contributed yesterday to the cause of a fire which destroyed a one-story frame house at 6191 Michigan rd. Firemen said an overheated stove caused the blaze which did damage estimated at about $2500, The house is owned by Emma Sutton, the fire department reported.
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labor a potent argument for seeking raises in excess of the little steel formula. Wage increases in war-vital foundries and forges were authorized as a means of alleviating manpower shortages and increasing production. WLB acted after an investigation made at the request of the war production board, the war manpower commission and the, armed services. The board announced last night it would approve or order wage increases up to 10 cents an hour above minimum brackets in foundries requiring such action, The board specifically recognized that “the level of wages has been
{a contributing factor in the foun-
dry manpower shortage.” This argument was expected to be
brought heavily to bear in the were stepping up the intensity and | when visibility
C. 1. O. textile workers case on
which the board began deliberations almost hourly. Siege guns were be- chief of the 21st bomber comniand |PrOPably, sunk and damaged by the |
today.
of the state house of |
‘Hoosier. Heroes— The textile workers uuion, asking|
1 FOUR SERVICEMEN an increase from 50 to 60 cents an| KILLED IN BATTLE inc in minimum wage rates in the!
|industry, contends that the critical | |shortage of cotton duck for tents] 'and tarpaulins as well as other textile shortages result largely from
a manpower shortage which could
Infantryman Missing, 7 On Injured List.
An Indianapolis sergeant, a local | marine and two navy men have been added to the list of world war II DIES HERE AT 80 dead. A local infantryman is missing in action and seven Indian- Mrs. Emma C. Vonnegut, wife of apolis men have been injured, six |Franklin Vonnegut, chairman of| of them on battle fronts and the the board of the Vonnegut Hard- | other in an English port. ware Co., died yesterday at Method KILLED ist hospital. She was 80 years old.| Pharmacist’s Mate 3-c Charles| Born in Toledo, she came to this William Greenwood, 518 Livingston city over 50 years ago. She and ave, on Peleliu, |her husband made their home at T. Sgt. William E. Cooley, 7300 4011 N. Pennsylvania st. Pendleton pike, in Europe, | Mrs. Vonnegut was a member of Coxswain Lyndah] A. Miller, 1450 | the Propylaeum association of InN. Mount st., in the Mediterranean. | dianapolis and the Woman's DeSeaman 1-¢ James M. Grayson | partment club. { Jr, 53 N. 15th st. Beech Grove, in! Survivors, in. addition to her hus- | the European theater, tband, are a daughter, Mrs KatnMISSING (erine Fosler; a son, Wilfred K | : Krauss; a granddaughter, Mrs, Vir. ent Leslie, 1019 River ave., | gin Gruen, and two sisters, Mré | ' Charles Krauss, all of this city. and WOUNDED
Mrs, Robert E. Murray, -Toledo. ‘Marine, Pfc. Joseph H. Gendron, 4015" E. 11th st.. on Guam, Pfc. Raymond F. Mogle, 924 Coffey st., in France. Seaman 2-¢ Kenneth Lee Askren, E. 56th st., during naval action. Pvt. Loren 8. Buell, 1450 King ave, France. Sgt. Leo D. Eskew, 049 Harrison st., in France, Pvt. James R, Lynch, 839 Park ave, in France. Cpl. David C. Marth, 540 Sheffield ave, injured in an English port, 1
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GUEST FOUND DEAD IN ROOM AT HOTEL
“A room clerk found Charles M.
Lindsay dead in his room in the
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EMMA C. VONNEGUT
of whisky given to him by his aunt.
Sears, both living at 3738 W. 10th the coroner's investigation. ,
Mrs. Sullivan was charged with child neglect and Mrs. Sears with contributing to the delinquency of a child,
In a statement to police, Mrs. Sears admitted handing the Sulli-
Sunday morning. She said he took a drink. ; SE fale gE : ; | als. Sullivan said 4 few minutés
Hold Mother, Aunt of Boy, 7 Dead After Drinking W hisky
An investigation was being made today into the death of 7-year-old Donald Sullivan at City hospjtal yesterday after he drank a quantity
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Nazis Put Torch to Budapest ‘As Russ Storm Western Half
By HENRY SHAPIRO
aff Correspondent
MOSCOW, Dec. 27.—Russian tanks and infantry stabbed into the heart of flaming Buda, western half of Budapest, today.
to reach the Danube and split the
* $ i (A Moscow broadcast said Budapest was on fire and “sharing the
but the Germans apparently’ had decided~ to fight for every house. The Paris radio said almost all of Pest, the part of the city on the east bank of the Danube, was in | soviet hands, and the Russians were |a little more than a mile from the |cenfer of Buda.) The Germans were blowing up ammunition dumps and dynamiting {and setting fire to railway yards, public buildings and private dwell|ings. They slowly gave ground under the powerful Soviet assault.
Capital Appears Doomed Great columns of smoke were ris-
| WASHINGTON, .Dec..27-AU. P.).l ing “over the apparently donmiea+ thought to be serious. | ~The war labor board today gave Hungarian capital.
| Red army forces were said to {have captured a trainload of Ger|man officials attempting to flee to the Reich.
The bloody battle inside Buda, that part of the capital lying on the west bank of the Danube, appeared to be developing on the | Stalingrad paitern. All government | buildings are in Buda.
| German regiments believed to be among the best in the Wehrmacht were entrenching themselves in the ruins of the city’s stone houses. The process of cleaning up Buda may {be difficult and protracted unless a {sudden collapse comes. A Soviet breakthrough to the Danube, however. would split the garrison | its annihilation.
| Field reports said the Russians
{weight of their attacks in Buda
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PATH INTO GERMANY
Maneuvering Hints Final
Assault From North,
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United’ Press War Analyst The battle of Budapest is reaching its climax, with the prospect that the great Danube traffic center will soon be in Russian hands. The situation front will not be altered radically by the fall of Budapest. But the Russians will have improved their strategic position materially for the final assault’ on Germany. It is not likely the Russians intend to make their main attack on the Reich from the southeast. It is not supposed they will march on Berlin} over the long route through Austria and Czechoslovakia, A move in the direction of Vienna
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Ject to the first drink the boy took. Later Sunday Mrs. Sullivan said her son became ill and couldnt eat. She called a physician who ordered the child taken to the hospital.
and conceivably hasten |
FLIERS GUN FOR LAST TWO RAL LINKS TO NAZIS
9th Air Force Reports 7 of 9 Main Supply Bridges Blasted.
By WALTER CRONKITE United Press Staff Cogrespondent NINTH AIR FORCE ADVANCED HEADQUAR-| TERS, Dec. 27. — American, air attacks were reported to-| day to have wrecked seven| of the nine main rail bridges on the lines supplying Marshal |
famous first airplane flight, [Karl Von Rundstedt’s armies in| Belgium and Luxembourg. 2 inches. “With any degree of luck we! ® 8 = should isolate the enemy and deny |
him his last rail link to Belgium,” | a high ranking 9th air force officer | said. { Air experts said that in four days| of perfect flying weather, fighter-
TOKYO ADMITS FRESH ASSAULT
Air Giants Resume Raids From Saipan After Brief Respite.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (U. P.). —B-29 Superfortresses, 50 to 70 strong by axis accounts, resumed
their aerial bombardment of Tokyo bombers of the 9th were believed to in daylight today. 'have knocked out more than half
Presumably they again hit the of the armor and transport Von,
big Musashino aircraft works in sie Rundsted: used to sweep back into
western suburbs of the capital, [2
Again today medium bombers of A German Transocean dispatch|ye” gy thundered over the from Tokyo said “about 70” : ee i =ayer
B-29'S Moselle valley with a hope of comtag ¥ : | participated in the raid. {pleting the destruction of the major The attack, the fifth in strength 1.5) prigges between the Rhine and on Tokyo, inaugurated the second | the German border. month of the mounting -B-29- of! They had dumped into the Mofensive Jintust. J mM. Saipan. 'selle and tributary rivers northward {aoe Tot ig homeang | toward Cologne seven of the big | during the month ended Dec, 24, an oe, Bpokeamen sald Whey, lad average of 50 tons a day. ! (Continued on Page 5—Column 4) A Japanese communique said 50 of the huge raiders participated in| the raid. Fourteen, including five| \probables, were shot down, and 27] damaged, Tokyo claimed.
Respite Ended
Tokyo had had a respite from| large-scale raids since Dec. 3. Lone B-29's, however, have dropped bombs on the city during weather and reconnaissance flights in the interim, - A brief war department announcement said only that the
By UNITED PRESS
It certainly was news to New Yorkers, but a Brazzaville broadcast recorded by the FCC sald supreme allied headquarters had announced that New York was bombed last night by a single plane. The broadcast presumably intended to refer to last night's German raid on" Paris.
BIG JAP CARRIER, 2 OTHER VESSELS SUNK
Seven Combat Ships Included in Sub Haul.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (U. P.).— {A large Japanese aircraft carrier and i» {26 other enemy vessels have been Supérfortress = bombed Industrial) ov by U. S. submarines, Secretargets in the Tokyo area.” Two f | Y ree nf . the previous four raids were di- tary of the Navy James Forrestal rected against the Musashino works, | 1ounced Joasy. Ki | among the most important 'n Japan, ese latest sinkings Included
i ; bat ships in all. and other targets-were-chossii unily: > ro COMDA y was peor. . This latest haul raised to 1090
Brig. Gen. Heywood Mansell Jr. the total of Japanese ships sunk,
U. 8. underseas fleet.
RUSS SEEN CLEARING
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Jack Frankish, UP Reporter, Is Killed By German Bomb
By JOHN McDERMOTT United Press Staff Correspondent A BELGIAN VILLAGE, Dec. 23 (Delayed) ~—Jack Frankish, United Press war correspondent, was killed instantly today by a German bomb | The bomb exploded -about 18 feet {from where - Frankish was stand|ing outside a small hotel. Three Belgian soldiers were killed
|PRO officers and men and half
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ECKERT TO BECOME ACTING POLICE HEAD
Will Hold State Job Until
| Killian Takes Over.
Capt. Walter Eckert will succeed Don Stiver as state police superintendent Jan. 1, pending the ap-
R. Killian to the post, it was learned olay. . Mr. Stiver is resigning to go into
Eckert is a veteran of 14 years on the state police force. Much speculation has arisen as to the likely status of Capt. Eckert Junder ‘the forthcoming administras tion of Governer-elect Ralph Gates. Mr. Gates is expected to name Dr. Killian, mayor of Lafayette, to the superintendency, | sometime this week. : ¥ : The . Republican = ad
he istration will not take office
Eckert. will head the state
pointment of Republican Dr. Austin
private business in Goshen. Capt.
y until |Jan. 8. This means that Capt.| police for
Forrestal said that the total of U. 8. submarine successes in the Pacific covers the sinking of more {than 3,500,000 tons of Japanese |shipping. | Besjdes the aircraft carrier, the {other combat ships sent to the bottom recently were a converted light |cruiser, a destroyer, two destroyer (transports and two escort vessels.
The rest of the ships included |two large transports, 10 medium cargo vessels, three small cargo | |ships, a small transport, two me- | {dium cargo transports and two! [medium tankers, |
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Yanks Rally To Halt Germans Before Meuse
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STILL THEY STAND— Yank Rescue Unit Moving On Bastogne
By COLLIE SMALL United Press Staff Correspondent WITH AMERICAN FORCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Dec. 26 (Delayed).—A famous American outfit, surrounded and under constant attack for a week, is’ standing fast in the Belgian highway center of Bastogne tonight while this rescue column advances steadily. From the surrounding hills, vanguards of the rescue forces can see the glow of fires in Bastogne. Radio messages from the trapped, Americans say the roar of our approaching guns can be heard
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PARIS BOMBING KILLS MANY G'S
Servicemen’s Club “Filled With Wounded Collapses Like Cards.
By DUDLEY ANN HARMON United Press Staft Correspondent PARIS, Dec. 27.—A bomb dropped by a German plane collapsed a servicemen’s club filled with 200 wounded American soldiers “like a house of cards” last night. A number were killed and wounded in the first raid on Paris in two months “It felt like all Paris was coming down on us,” Pvt. Harvey Althiser of Newburgh, N. Y., a transportation corps driver, said. French and American litter bearers
to hospitals. Paris Lights Ablaze
The dazed, shivering survivors many with only a blanket to pro-
tect them, stood patiently while |
roll call was taken. Only two planes were believed to have participated in the raid, the first since Halloween. Paris was ablaze with lights at the time, the blackout having been lifted 10 days ago in the belief tfiat all danger of such attacks had passed. Many Parisians heard the planes
buzzing around in the starlit sky,|
but. paid scant attention They thought them to be allied aircraft Orly when the bombs came tum-
{bling down did they scatter _for!
shelter. The alarm was sounded. two min-
utes after the last bomb had fallen.!
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‘All Attacks By Foe Broken,’ Army Says.
By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondeng PARIS, Dec. 27, — Amer ican troops blunted the Gers man spearhead drive within four miles of the Meuse today. They recaptured Celles at the spearhead tip. Front dispatches said the Amere ican drive into the southern flank
of the Belgian-Luxembourg bulge ‘was “making excellent headway,
LONDON, Dec. 27 (U. P.)~The Berlin radio said today that the British 2d army is taking over positions. of the American 9th
were expected to go into action soon on the Belgian breakthrough front, Berlin said,
They said that the Germans ape peared to be beginning to call off their efforts to reach the Meuse, with fewer vehicles on the roads today. “All enemy attacks have been broken up,” a dispatch from the 21st army group in the low couns tries said. This apparently ree ferred to the westernmost German drive. No notable changes of position were reported.
Air Attacks Continue The Germans, however, still werg probing and punching along the north flank of their salient from Stavelot to Marche. Apparently they were hunting a soft spot where _they could renew their thrusts toward Liege. and Namur, The weather was again bright and clear, allowing the American air power to turn out in force. Yank fliers again took a deadly toll of German armor and transport. More than 600 heavies lashed as {rail bridges, freight yards and | Junctions in western Germany. | Approximately 300 planes engaged {the U.S. fleet near Bonn. At least 28 enemy aircraft were downed. The 1st allied airborne army an. nounced that hundreds of tons of |supplies, mostly ammunitions, have | been dropped to . the powerful American force holding out at | Bastogne. The Belgian highway |center has been under German ate | tack for a week. Three Towns Retaken | Paratroops were landed first in the area to mark out landing zones, then the supplies were rained down, No specific report was released on the progress of the strong American. relief column which has narrowed the gap that separates them from Bastogne to less than five miles.
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