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E 55—NUMBER 250

THURSDAY; DECEMBER 28, 1944

Entered as Second-Class. Matteg at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind

Issued daily except Sunday

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U.S. TAKES OVER

WARDS

IN SEVEN CITIES

CLEAN SLATE— 'Folks' Given Parting Bow ‘By Schricker

By SHERLEY UHL ETTING around and meeting the folks” gave grey, mild-mannered Henry F. Schricker the greatest:personal satisfaction during his four years as governor. Reminiscing in mellow tones, the governor reckoned today hed gotten around Indiana about as much as any preceding executive and said he felt the better for itt Known throughout Indiana as just plain “Hank,” Governor

Gov. Schricker

Schricker, somewhat wistfully, is putting the finishing touches on

his eight years in public life. Four of these he spent as lieutenant governor, four as governor. #" » » CELEBRATED as the state's No. 1 .hand-shaker, Governor Schricker feels his experience has been greatly enriched through, “learning about the peoples’ probJems and responsibilities.” What about his administration? “Nothing fantastic or spectacular,” drawled the governor, munching a handful of Beechnut tobacco. It was the way he wanted it, he said—an honest, business-like affair. » 8 = HE SAID he didn't want to ap‘pear, to be boastful, but nevertheess, he pointed out, not an ounce of scandal, financial or otherwise, tainted his administration. Polishing off his pince-nez, the governor didn’t think he could possibly have returned to private life with any wrong- -doing on his conscience, Governor Schricker’s conscience won't be burdened when he goes back to the little town of Knox next month, but it appears that the moving vans and his -1940 Chevrolet will, ® 8 = , “YOU KNOW, you accumulate 8 lot of odds and ends in four years as governor,” smiled Mr. Schricker. “We've got so much bric-a-brac up at the mansion I told my wife we might have to hold a public sale,” he joked. “People are always giving you something as a souvenir.” One of these prize souvenirs has been used throughout his term as a paper-weight on his desk. It’s a shiny, silvered horseshoe formerly worn by Greyhound, world’s champion trotting horse.

” LJ s GOVERNOR SCHRICKER also is trying to figure out how he’s going to haul four or five hundred books, mostly history books, back to his Knox county home. He's acquired quite a library. “Then there's all the extra pieces of furniture too.” Although’ lines in “the gov's” face are a little deeper, his hair slightly thinner, he’s actually prospered physically during his tenure. “Gained a few pounds and feel great,” he said. Then he opined as how that wasn't particularly remarkable in view of the many times he was forced, out of politeness, to eat two or three lunches and maybe a couple of dinners. “Got pretty tired of turkey, though,” he added. » n »

AS WARTIME governor, Governor Schricker has undoubtedly ' eaten more public fish and. fowl dinners than any of his predecessors. Beef and pork haven't been too plentiful, What was dished out must have been good, however, for the governor, was absent only one day out of the entire four years because of sickness. “Had a little cold,” he | explained. Among his more serious observa-

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TIMES INDEX

STORES

‘We Have No Time for Indfistrial War,’ FDR Says.

By ARTHUR GUNDERSON

Uniteu Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—The federal government, acting under orders of President Roosevelt, took possession of Montgomery Ward & Co. properties in seven cities to-

day. But for the second time this year, Sewell Avery, chairman of the firm's board of directors, refused to accept the executive order. Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Byron, director of the special services di-

vision of the army service forces, served the possession order at 9:50 a. m. It affected Ward properties in Chicago, Detroit, Jamaica, N: Y.; St. Paul, Minn; Denver, Colo.; San Rafael, Cal, and Portland, Ore. The firm had refused to abide by WLB directives on wages and maintenance of membership in all the cities named in the order.

U. 8S. Asks Injunction

Gen. Byron awaited action on the government's request for an injunction in Federal court at Chicago, restraining company officials from interfering with government operation of the properties. Mr. Roosevelt, in a statement on the Montgomery Ward seizure, said the confidence of employers and workers in the war-time struc‘ure for settling labor disputes was being threatened “by the consistent and willful defiance of its decisions by the head of one of the greatest corporations of this country—Sewell Avery, chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward & Co.” \ “This company, under Mr, Avery’s leadership, has waged a bitter fight against the bona fide unions of its employees throughout the war,” Mr. Roosevelt said, “in reckless disregard of the government's efforts to maintain harmoriy between managément and labor.”

Other Strikes Feared

The President said there was a threat that workers in “some of our most critical war plants (at Detroit) may join” a strike against four Ward stores in the Detroit area, “Strikes in wartime cannot be condoned, whether théy are strikes by workers against their employers or strikes by employers against their government,” Mr. Roosevelt said. “All of our energies are engrossed in fighting a war on the military battlefront. We have none to spare for a war on the industrial battlefront.” Avery was closeted in his paneled office with army officers and declined to amplify his refusal to accept the order. His previous refusal to accept a presidential seizure order came last April 26 when the government seized the Chicago properties for the first time. The next day he was carried from his office by two soldiers. Today's order calling for govern-

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City Scheduled To Slip and Slide For Another Day

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am +13 10a m..... 14 Tam... 13 11am.... 16 8a. «+. 14 12 (Noon)... 19 Sam... 4 1pm....2

Indianapolis residents looked to another day of slipping and sliding today on icy streets and pavements Prospects for a thaw was remote as the weather bureau promised only slightly warmer temperatures. The mercury was 13 above at 6 a. m, today. Described as the worst freezing rain in many years, yesterday's storm left a glaze over a wide area of the country,“from eastern Missouri to the Atlantic coast and southward as far as Tennessee and North | Carolina, . Several pedestrians were injured in falls. Della Voitt, 613 N. Illinois st. fell in front of 615 N, Illinois st.

and broke her hip.

DEATH MISSES TIME IN ATHENS

British

‘|lanarchy.”

CHURCHILL 20

Sources Report Assassination Attempt

(Delayed) —An American relief col-

but the rescued doughboys aren't

Bastogne garrison has knocked out an estimated 200 Germ tanks in the last eight

Na By ROBERT RICHARDS ~ United Press Stal Correspondent BASTOGNE, Belgium, Dec.

verjoyed about it. The column which relieved the

pl Panther

fighting unit—its designation may not yet be revealed — are a little peeved that others are going to horn |

armor, mind you,” explained Tech. Spring Valley, N. D.

the air corps, but we don't need no infantry help right now.”

The men of the famous American

a. h Gr. Dominic J. Rochetto, 23, of “We're always enty glad to see the armor and

with their arrival at Bastogne's outskirts.

umbled into the battered city in force today.

Rochetto and four buddies told us

what it. was like fighting inside the | pocket while they their Garands in the shadow of a the C-47's

m. Indianapolis time) yesterday|to

Trucks, jeeps and other vehicles

just shot straighter last.” “We didn't have too much trouble chimed in Cpl Thomas Mulligan, 23, of Detroit.

Rochetta was speaking again. “Mostly we minded the rain ahd leaned against | the snow and the cold. God bless anda lot more, but our ammunition got Thunderbolts. They really kept us

(alr transports)

ing when things got tough.

“There were times when we had But we and made 1t|for

ration our ammunition.

th those Jerries,”

Rescue ‘Peeves Bastogne Yanks—'We Don’t Need Help’

“Hell, our outfit knocked out 108 of their vehicles the first two days of action. We would have banged

so short toward the end we quit firing on convoys, saving it for the Krauts.” “Those Germans were too young us,” added Pfc. Derofer, 24, of Hartford, Conn. ‘They Were just kids. Yesterday me

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By Machine Gun.

BULLETIN

ATHENS, Dec. 28 (U. P.).— Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden left today for London. Their departure indicated that some decision in the Greek crisis had been reached. Premier . George Papendreou was reported to have sent his resignation to King George of Greece and suggested the appointment of a three-man regency.

By JAMES E. ROPER United Press Staff Correspondent ATHENS, Dec. 28.—British sources said today that machine gun bullets believed fired in an assassination attempt missed Prime Minister Churchill and other British authorities by 30. yards yesterday. A Greek girl was wounded by the bullets, probably fatally, the British said. It was the second time in 24 hours that Churchill has missed death in Athens. On Tuesday, nearly a ton of dynamite was found fused in a sewer beneath the Great Britain hotel, British and Greek . government headquarters.

Talks at Stalemate

The latest incident was disclosed as negotiations among Greek political leaders seeking to énd the civil war reached a temporary stalemate. " However, it was believed that King George might pave the way for a solution by setting -up a regency. Fighting still raged in Athens and northwest Greece. Additional areas of southeast Athens were cleared during the morning and a British armored force was sent 168 miles south of the capital to round up 150 members of the rebellious E. L.A 8 - British informants charged that machine gunners “undoubtedly”

DECEMBER has beén a happy month for Mrs. Ruth Cope, Indianapolis mother of . four navy veterans. Al] four of her sons were home this month. Three of them have returned to their stations and the fourth is home with a medical discharge. Apprentice Seaman Robert Cope, 18, the youngest of the foursome,

‘bin Cope,

The Four Copes Get Home at the Same Time

The Cope brothers,“sons of Mrs. Ruth Cope, 833 Buchanan st. all were home at the same time and had this picture taken, Left to right are Ralph, Erbin, Robert and Howard.

has returned to.Great Lakes, Ill, for further training. Machinist's Mate 2-¢ Howard Cope, 23, a veteran of 16 months in the South Pacific, has reported to San Francisco, Cal. Motor Machinist's Mate 3-¢ Er20, who served 16 months in the North Atlantic, has returned to his ship. He is the husband of Mrs. Joyce Cope, 3004 E. New York st.

Celles,

PARIS, Dec.

YANK ATTACK DRIVES NAZIS BACK; THOUSANDS OF ENEMY ENCIRCLED

Americans Punch Ahead on Both Flanks; 2000 Planes Blast :

German Lines.

By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent

28.—American troops have seized the initiative on both, flanks and at the tip of the Belgian-Lux-embourg salient, supreme headquarters announced today. ‘I'he Yanks drove back the westernmost German spearhead three miles and surrounded thousands of Nazis east of A broadcast Nazi dispatch. from Marshal von Rund-

stedt’s headquarters admitted

Ralph, 25, received a medical discharge after serving as a fireman 1-¢c. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Cope, and two daughters, Ruth and Judith, reside at 1523 Harlan st. All four brothers received their boot training at Great Lakes, Til Ralph and Howard attended Technical high school, Robert attended Manual, and Erbin graduated- from Manual,

were aiming at Churchill, Marshal Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, su preme allied commander for the Mediterranean theater, and Lt. Gen, Ronald Scobie, British commander in Athens, when they opened fire yesterday. Greek Girl Felled

They conceded, however, that the snipers might not have known that Churchill was in the party which was entering an armored car in front of the British embassy. The short burst felled a Greek girl 100 yards away and struck an adjacent building 30 yards from Churchill. British informants said they obtained an eye-witness account of the shooting from Scobie. Scobie announced in a communique that the process of clearing Athens and Piraeus of insurgent forces was “progressing slowly, but satisfactorily.” King George of Greece was expected to yield to the unanimous demand of Greek political leaders that he establish a regency immediately as a step toward ending the civil war. Archbishop Damaskinos appeared the most likely choice for regent. If appointed, he presumably would accept the proffered resignation of Premier George Papandreou and ask some other political leader to form a new government. Hint Big Three Action

Unless thie Greeks themselves find a solution soon, it appeared the whole problem might be thrown into the laps of Prime Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt and Premier Josef “Stalin. Churchill said yesterday a “Big Three” meeting may be imminent. “Of course, we must expect that in a not very long time, the President, Mr. Stalin and myself with our advisers will meet again and we will then review this situation,” Churchill told a press conference at the British embassy. “If you cannot get a satisfactory and trustworthy democratic foundation, you may have to havg for the time being an international trust of some kind or another. We cannot afford to see this state drifting into

CONFIRM CHOICE OF DR. KILLIAN

New Head of State Police Silent on Reports of

Reorganization.

Appointment of Dr. Austin R. Killian, mayor of Lafayette, as state police superintendent was officially confirmed today. Ruel W. Steele, executive secretary to Governor-elect Gates, announced that Dr. Killian would succeed Don F, Stiver, who has served under three consecutive Democratic administrations. The new superintendent had no comment on reports that the state police top-command is due for an overhauling. It is known, however, that plans are under consideration for division of the Indiana force into north and south control areas.

New Captaincies Forecast

There likewise is the possibility that two or three new captaincies may be created to supplement the single captain's rank now held by Walter Eckert. Capt. Eckert, second in command will serve as acting superintendent between Jan. 1 and Jan. 8. Standardized traffic regulations in all state cities has been another issue raised in connection with the forthcoming administration change. | For cities in its class, Dr. Killian’s Lafayette won the state trafic safety plaque in both 1942 and 1043, In announcing Dr. pointment’ today, Gates declared: “Dr. Killian's experience meets fully the requirement of law relating to the qualifications of superintendent of police. “His superior service jn the army, his years as a public administrator,

Killian's ap-Governor-elect

GOP POLICY GROUP HEARS HEALTH PLAN

Broader Program Sought by

State Medical Leaders.

Legislation setting up broader public health services in Indiana was discussed by state medical association leaders before the Repub-

Amusements. 6|Charles Lucey 13| Flora Lewis, 76, of 111 8. Noble st. |lican legislative policy} “committee Jack Bell ....13|Ruth Millett. 13|slipped near her home and also here today, Comics ,...... 21|Movies ...... 6{broke a hip. Medical men were expected to Crossword ... 21{Music ....... 6| Flora Petters, 31, of 833 8. West propose a bill calling for more fullRobt. Duncan 14| Obituaries ... 0|st, broke her left leg in a fall at|time health officers ‘and provisions ‘Editorials ... 14|Pred Perkins. 13|West and Washington sts. for control over contagious Peter Edson.. 14|Radio ....... 21| Flora Hensley, 47, of 215 W. 0th |diseases, especially venereal infecFashions .... 16| Ration Dates. 8|st, slipped in front of 902 N. Illinois |tions. : Business ..... 18| Mrs. Roosevelt 13st. a leg. | The committee this morning also "Forum ....,.. 14|8ide Glances. 14 na driven by considered the possibility of some Meta Given... 18 . Villa ave, changes in the state's unemploy: In Indpls. ee 4 Deaths Service

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Hoosier Heroes: 7 More Names on War Dead List

Six Indianapolis men and a

on today’s list of world war II dead. missing and six fighting men have been wounded.

KILLED Pfc. Charles Wesley Fox, 908 Goodlet ave., 8. Sgt. Chris Mosckou Jr., 1308 N. Gladstone ave., over France. Pvt. Edward E. DeFord, 515 Coffey st., in Germany, Pfc. Carl F. Teal, 4909 E. 11th st, (Bud) Acheson, formerly of Indianapolis,

First Lt. Wilbur E. in Germany.

Pvt. Thomas G. Harrison, 2754 Walker ave.,

Sidney A. Mills, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Elden Mills, West Hartford, Conn., formerly of Indianapolis, in the European theater.

Sgt. John R. Christrhan, formerly of 820 N. Butler st. T. Sgt. Robert M. Jacoby, 5139 Kenwood ave. in the Central

WOUNDED Richard W. Fergusqn, 3325 Roosevelt ave,

MISSI Germany. Pacific. Pfc. Pvt. Norman G. Neuman, 912 Pvt, Clarence C. Austin, 1110 Pvt.

Mediterranean area.

Pfc. Clinton R. Martin Sr., 238 ‘W. Wyoming st., Pvt. William A. Umphrey, 3060 N. Meridian st,

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Harry E. Montgomery, formerly of 1741 Parker ave, in the

former local man aré included In addition two airmen are

in Germany,

in Germany.

in France.

over

in Germany. in Germany. in Germany,

N. Beville ave, Burdsall pkwy.,

in Germany. in France,

STIMSON REPORTS |

IMPORTANT GAINS

Says Nazi Front Front Lessened

To 20 Miles.

WASHINGTON, Dec, 28 (U. P.). —Allled forces in Belgium and Luxembourg have made “some very important” gains in the past two days while the only Nazi gains “have been negligible,” Secretary of War Stimson said today. He warned that it is too early to predict what additional power the

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Times Special EDINBURG, Ind, Dec. 28.—Six persons, including all members of a family of four, were killed instantly last night when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train at a crossing here. Those killed were Howard T, Hill, 50, Edinburg manufacturer and beverage dealer; his wife Corinna Hil, 44; their two daughters, Florence Ellen Hill, 17, and Virginia Hill, 14; ‘two of the girls’ friends, Annette Hardin, 15, daughter of Owen Hardin, and Melba Talbert,

18, daughter of Roscos Talbert, ui

gin{oversiad » veveiage wholesale busts

Family of 4 Among 6 Dead In Edinburg Crossing Crash

Three of the bodies, those of Mrs. Hill, Virginia Hill and Miss Hardin were fond crushed in the wreckage of the car which was dragged a fourth of a mile down the tracks. The bodies of Mr. Hill, Florence Ellen Hill and Miss Talbert were strewn along the tracks. Mr. Hill's body was found near the crossing.

«The automobile was smashed into a shapeless mass of twisted metal Mr. Hill was engaged in the veneer manufacturing business with his brothér, Harry Hill, who ved two terms in Indiana. legisla from Johnson and. Marion De during the early '30s. They also

New U. S. Total

Of Casualties Set at 628,441

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (U.P.). —U. 8. combat casualties announced here since Pearl Harbor reached 628,441 today, 65973 grevter than the last overall gure announced two weeks ago. The casualties included 547,823 for the army and 80618 for the navy, marine corps and coast guard. . Secretary of War “Henry L. Stimson said the army casualties included only those through Dec. 14 and not .any of those suffered in the current German offensive on the Western front, which started Nov. 16. The army figure included 102,961 killed, 319,935 wounded, 65,762 missing and 59,165 prisoners of war. ” A The navy total, announced as of last night, included 31,182 dead, 35942 wounded, 9010 missing and 4484 prisoners of war,

NOXON LOSES AGAIN

PITTSFIELD, Mass, Dec. 28 (U.

defective 6-month-old son,

7 CARRIERS LEFT TO JAPS?

LONDON, Dec. 28 (U. P.) ~The Berlin radio identified the American units encircled at Bastogne

that the Germans had lost the

initiative on a 35-mile front between Bastogne and Echternacht,

P.).—For thé second time, Superior | Judge Abraham E. Pinanski today | denied John F. Noxon’s motion for a new trial on a murder charge in the electrocution of hig mentally-

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (U,P.).=| . €| The best available estimates of Japan's aircraft carrier strength indicated today that recent American blows have whittled the enemy wy

as the 101st airborne division, the 10th armored division and “remnants” of the 28th infantry division.

RUSSIAN TANKS RACE FOR VIENNA

Powerful Forces Wheel Away From Budapest as Foe Pulls Back.

By M. 8S. HANDLER United Press Staff Correspondent

MOSCOW, Dec. 28.—The Red

and had “gone over to the elastic defense of their flank.” The Berlin radio said the Germans had” lost Echternach, southern anchor post of the base of the salient, Supreme headquarters revealed only today that the base had been in enemy hands. - On the basis of 8. H. A. E. P. rereports as of noon yesterday, hard fighting doughboys won their biggest defensive victory since the enemy. ati when they shoved back. the nant on the Meuse. They captured several hundred prisoners and a

number.of tanks and other armored vehicles.

2000 Planes Attack

Despite murky weather which grounded most of the tactical air

army struck for Vienna on a broad front west of Budapest today. The battle for the Hungarian capital meanwhile roared into its second day. Russian tanks and riflemen raced through the barricaded streets to root out and destroy the trapped axis garrison. The bulk of the German-Hun-garian army that had defended Budapest for séven weeks apparently was pulling back hurriedly to cover the Austrian border, Powerful Soviet armored forces wheeled away from the doomed and burning city to take up the chase.

98 Miles From Vienna

Striking along a 30-mile front some 23 to 30 miles west of Budapest, Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin’s 3d Ukrainian army drove the enemy back as much as 10 miles.

line, where Tolbukhin’s troops yesterday captured Sutto, 98 miles from Vienna. Soviet cavalrymen were reported | slashing around the flanks of the retrea‘ing enemy and chopping i50- | lated units to pieces. Three Nazi

men were wiped out by the Russian horsemen yesterday. Another 3000 Germans and Hun- | garians died in the streets of Budapest and its proaches and 2000 more surrendered in deflance of a “stand and die” order from Berlin.

U. S. SUBMARINE LOST

WASHINGTON, Dec, 28 (U. P.).— overdue on Pacific patrol and pre- | sumed lost with its crew of at least | 62 men, the navy announced today. | This was the 34th U. 8S. submarine |

vessel lost. Our submarines, however, have sunk 934 Japanese ships.

|eraft factory, it was reported today. |

plant.

Aircraft Co., subishi . works, represents the dom-

to seven first-line £

industry. * : Although the

The biggest gains were won on] the northern wing of the assault

immediate ap-

WITH CREW OF 62

The 1450-ton submarine Seawolf is]

Late photographs showed 12 budding bomb bursts in the building area which comprises most of the space of - the 50-acre Musashing

“The factory, part of the Nakajima along with the Mit-

inant factor in the Japanese airorart photographs ne ot 5p

forces, almost 2000 Flying Fortresses, Liberators and fighters struck from Britain at 10 key rail yards, bridges and other links in the German transport network on which the break-through forces depended. For the sixth straight day 8th air force bombers struck at Rundstedt’'s rear, More than 1200 big bombers crashed upward of 2500 tons of ex~ plosives on the supply and reine forcement hubs west of the Rhine, The news was the most encoure aging since the start of Field Mar« shal Karl von Rundstedt's offensive, No German gains were reported at any point, ) Nazi armored formations were go= ing over to the defensive at various places, digging in -their tanks and erecting road blocks,

Yanks Punéh Hard

On the southern side of the Nazi salient the Americans were punche ing hard along a 35-mile front from Bastogne to Echternach.

The relief of the Bastogne garrie ie:

son, and the captlire of Manhmy on {the northern edge of the flank created a narrow waist in the middle of ‘the salient. It’ is only 20 miles

battalions numbering perhaps 3000 wide,

| If further penetrations can be 'made by American forces they would threaten the western half of the {salient with being cut off. The Americans on the south flank were chiselling into the German positions east of Bastogne. They |closed up to the rivers Sure and Clerf in order to create a broader bee for the still narrow corridor into Bastogne.

Situation “Fluid”

Fierce battles still raged in the Gtrandmenil area. Despite the more optimistic front reports, there was no disposition at {headquarters to claim that the Germans had lost the initiative

to be lost from all causes In Ls permanently. war and the 239th American naval

It was Fevealed off officially that the (Continued on “Page §—Column 3)

B-29's-Score 12 Direct Hits On Japanese Plane Factory

TWENTY-FIRST BOMBER terday's attack do not reveal specific [COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 28 (U, P) (Via Navy Radio) .— Superfortress crews raiding Tokyo

yesterday scored 12 direct bomb hits on the important Musashino air-

damage, it may safely be assumed that the Musashino plant no longer is running on schedule, Participating air. crew members said they strung bombs across an industrial area in a pattern a mile long and three blocks wide and in the dock area of Tokyo. They met the stiffest fighter opposition. encountered over the capital. One Superfortress was lost, | the toll of enemy planes

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