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By JACK BELL Times Foreign Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES, Dec. 28 (Delayed) —Two weeks ago Germany’s sudden and unexpected offensive started rolling westward. Two days later a high-ranking officer said to this
correspondent: “This is the
work of a great militarist.
It must be Von Rundstedt. It's none of Hitler's inspired
hunch-leadership.”
Today, as this is being w
Marshal Karl Gerd von Rundstedt’s forces have about shot
their bolt—and failed in their
True, they are hitting hard where we have massed
our strength.
They are still wandering loose with tank units in the
hinterlands.
ritten, it appears that Field and’ road network.
» The Germans, it appears, They're still battering
objective.
are most annoying. had to.
It was a costly business.
But Germany isn’t going to get Liege, with its railway
were stopped—at Bastogne. us fiercely with artillery,
bombing and strafing, dropping giant V-bombs where they But we have saved Bastogne; we
Jerry was. devilishly well-
| “The Germans Played Dead... We Were Naive.. But We Stopped Them’
_ informed about our weakness. He hit just where we were
“spread thinnest. We have had every division in that action pretty badly beaten and it took us a lot of time to stop the Nazi tide. It was a miracle that our troops recovered from their astonishment and confusion at the German counter-
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AVERY TO STAY ON JOB UNLESS HE I$ EJECTED
U. S. May Seize Two More
Properties of Montgomery Ward & Co.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (U. P).-If
of his office while it operates Montgomery Ward & Co. properties, it will have to throw him out. The 70-year-old chairman of the firm’s board of directors made this clear today. Ward's properties in seven cities were seized yesterday by the war department acting on orders from
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (U. P.). —Attorney General Blddle today said no attempt will be made forcibly to remove Sewell Avery from his Montgomery Ward office because. “he is perfectly harmless.”
President Roosevelt to enforce WLB
nance of membership. The company declined today to turn over its books to army officers. Avery refused to recognize the seizure. “I'm still in charge,” the militant $100,000-a-year executive declared. “The plant hasn't been turned over to the government and I'll be on the job unless I am thrown out or te d out.” : IR
“Avery's Second Defiance
Tt was the second time in nine months that Avery has defiled a presidential seizure order. Last April his defiance resulted in his eviction by two soldiers. The seizure order, served by Maj.
tion is subject to severe penalties.” at the government was preparing Kansas City, Mo, and Trenton, N. Chicago, Detroit, Jamaica, N. Y.; Denver, Colo; - St. Paul, Minn.; Portland, Ore., and San Rafael, Cal.
Avery's refusal lo recognize the validity of the government's seizure | 2°
1s based on Yiis contention that the|,, Pearson as state insurance chief
President does not have ihe power under the Smith-Connally act w non-war plants.
Avery offered no objection 1as'|pank supervisor in the department
May when the Hummer Manufacturing Co. a Ward’s subsidiary at Springfield, Ill, was seized. That plant, which also was taken over
. to enforce WLB directives, still is
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1304 ARE OUTFITTED BY CLOTHE-A-GHILD
63 More Cared for in PostChristmas Shopping.
The Times Clothe-A-Child campaign provided warm winter garments for 1304 Indianapolis children, 27 more than in 1943, final figures showed today. Post-Christ-mas buying,
took care of 59 children clothed by| Mr. Times shoppers using cash dona-|university and Wabash tions while direct donors shopped where he was a member of Beta
for four.
During the entire
concluded yesterday, was a state senator.
campaign,| Long an active Republican, he
Five-Striper
Newly-appointed Fleet Adm. William D. Leahy, U. 8. N.; chief of staff to the commander-in-chief of the United States, is shown here in his new five-stripe uniform. Changes consist of a one-half-inch stripe added to
star insignia on the collar instead of four.
2 MORE STATE PLAGES FILLED
McCord, Pearson Named by Gates for Financial,
Insurance Posts.
Appointment of Joseph McCord as director of the state department of financial institutions and John
was announced today by Governorelect Gates. Since 1941 Mr. McCord has been
of financial institutions. Prior to that he served for 15 years as examiner and assistant supervisor. He succeeds Albert J. Stevenson, Danville Democrat, whose term ends Jan. 15. ” A Republitan, Mr. McCord aiso has been division chief and special deputy collector with the internal revenue department. Born in Daviess County Now a resident of Indianapolis, Mr, McCord was born in Daviess county and for eight years was assistant cashier of a Loogootee bank. On Jan. 15, Mr, Pearson succeeds Frank J. Viehmann of Indianapolis, who served under both Governors Townsend and Schricker, Now special agent of the Glens Falls Insurance Co. here, Mr. Pearson is the son of the late Henry P, Pearson who, at the age of 21, was mayor of Bedford. Hjs father also
attended Indiana college
Pearson
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REPORT ICKES RKEDBY ‘GAG, NAY QUIT JOB
YANKS PUSH NAZIS BACK 15 MILES;
HINT FOE PREPARING NEW SMASH
Distressed Because He Can’t Publicly Criticize Franco, Paper Says.
“By LYLE C. WILSON * United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (U. PJ. ~The newspaper PM reports editorially that Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes is so distressed by some of President Roosevelt's policies that he may resign from the cabinet if the situation falls to
« The report states, specifically, that Ickes considers himself to be “muzzled” by the state department. He has been compelled to decline an invitation publicly to denounce the Spanish government of Generalissimo Francisco Franco at a Madison Square Garden rally to be held next week, the report says. This rally is. being organized to sponsor a demand for a break in diplomatic relations with Madrid.
Admits Deviation
In response to a United Press inquiry whether he had been invited to speak at the anti-Franco rally, Ickes replied: “I have been invited and if I were not holding an official position I would be glad to go up and say what I have thought for some time about that gentleman. But in view of my official position, I have de-
fered with any address Ickes had prepared, or that he even had sought its advice. The implication lis that Ickes took one look at the men placed in charge of the state department and decided it would be futile to expect them to approve what he would like to say about Franco. Bitter ‘Leftist’ Protest ' Ickes was one of the New Deal stalwarts frustrated when President Roosevelt gently balked at aceepting ‘Vice President Henry A. Wallace as his 1944 running mate. His unhappiness—and that of many other top flight administration supporters —was increased when Mr. Roosevelt
office a number of men who did not | even claim to be New Dealers, These state department nominees, confirmed after a senate tussle, included three assistant secretaries— James C. Dunn, William H. Clayton
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NO HANGOVERS— Alcoholics Plan New Year Party Sans That Stuff
By ROBERT FOX IT WON'T BE the most exuberant New Year's party in town this week-end. It may even be a little stodgy without fist-fights, balcony scenes or such. ' Guests at the party will drive home after the party with due regard for icy streets, They will eat hearty breakfasts unencumbered by ice bags, tomato juice or any of the 1000 other sure-fire cures. for hangovers, Collectively they know more hangover cures than any other 200
DEALER CLAIMS
nominated to high state department | ave
. Brother and Sister in Marines
S. Sg. Laurnette M, May Pfc. James H. May Jr,
Eomnils Reunion Held Here As Wounded Fighter Returns
By GEORGIA CLARK The ‘marines took over at 4638 E. Pleasant Run pkwy. North dr, when James H. May 8r.’s son and daughter, the first broker and sister from Indiana to enter the marines, arrived home. The brother, Pfc. James H, May Jr. has returned home a veteran of 13 months in the South Pacific after being wounded on Guam, The sister, Laurnette; who entered the marine corps more than a * year after her brother's induction, doesn’t have any overseas campaign ribbons but she has a staff sergeant’s stripes on the sleeve of her marine uniform, Pvt. May was wounded July 29, the 8th day of the Guam campaign. His outfit had taken a mountain the preceding day and in doing so had met with determined resistance. When the Jap counter-attack came they dug in on a hill in the face of the attack and successfully stood it ofl ’ As fighting continued throughout the night, marine flares showed the
BID IS IGNORED
Tire Firm Charges County Commissioners Take
Higher Estimates.
By NOBLE REED Charges that county commissioners awarded contracts for tires to two high bidders and: rejected the
lowest offer were made today by the Tire: Service Co., 534 N. Capitol |
of the hill. Later the group dis-
them up. | Struck by Mortar Fire Contracts for the purchase of | tires for all county automobiles and | trucks at both the county garage and the highway department were awarded by commissioners to B. F. Goodrich Stores, Inc., and the Gen-
eral Tire Co. on a 50-50 basis, ine slates,
Japs to be sneaking down the side
covered they had dug in directly over a Jap ammunition dump and the enemy had been trying to blow
Pvt. May was struck by mortar fire. He was in a field hospital five days, on a hospital ship 15 days and then was sent to Pearl Harbor, He remained at Pearl Harbor about a month and then was sent back to
Pvt. May arrived home Dec. 8 and
HERE'S HOW THE FAMED 4TH CUT BASTOGNE SIEGE
They Blasted a 2000-Yard Path to Isolated 101st Airborne Division.
WITH U. 8. TROOPS IN BASTOGNE, Dec. 29 (U. P.).—~The famous 4th armored division, it may be revealed today, was the fighting unit which slashed through the Nazi circle and relieved the ssiege of the 101st airborne Screaming
Eagle division here. Led by stocky, hard-fighting Lt. Col. Creighton W. Abrams, the fighting 4th blasted its way down a 2000-yard stretch of highway from Assenois to Bastogne. Abrams leaped from his tank and shook hands with Brig. Gen. A. C. McAuliffe, acting commander of the 101st at about 5:10 p. m., Dec. 26th. McAuliffe commanded the division in the absence of ‘Maj, Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor who was in Washington, D. C.,, when ‘the Nazi offensive broke. Taylor, leaving Washington by plane Christmas ; eve, joined his troops less than 48 hours later after a wild jeep ride through territory still infested with Germans.
318th Reaches Bastogne -
Following Abrams’ armored thrust, ‘the 318th infantry regiment of the 80th division shoved its way into Bastogne about 10 a. m. Dec. 27. The second battalion of this regiment, led by Lt. Col. Glenn H. Gardner, 27, was the first infentry outfit to get into the town. Gardner is one of the fightingest men in Lt. Gen. George 8. Patton's 3d army. He has been promoted successively from captain to lieutenant colonel on the battlefield in the past six weeks. In addition to the 101st airborne, some elements of the American 10th and 9th armored divisions were also
WAR FRONTS
(Dec. 29, 1944)
2 U.S. ARMIES DRIVE TO SEAL DEATH POCKET
Enemy Escape Gap Cut to 15 Mi.; Patton Hammers
Panzer Flank. (Map, Page Three)
WESTERN FR ONT — Americans drive back Nazi salient 15 miles. Yanks threaten to trap thousands of Germans in Ardefines pocket.
EASTERN FRONT-—-Two Red armies advance on Vienna along 90-mile front. Berlin reports hundreds of Soviet guns and planes bombarding Budapest.
P ACIFI C—Japanese report 30 American transports sailing west through Surigao straits in Philippines, possibly to launch new inTokyo
‘vasion, says.
Honshu raided, By J. EDWARD MURRAY
United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Dec. 29.—American forces today punched a good 15 miles from the Meuse river line, lifting any current threat to the strategic bar-. rier. Lt, Gen, fighting 3d army blows into the under flank of the German bulge in an effort to force a general German withdrawal.
But. at the northern corner of the Nazi salient in the Monschau forest
AIR WAR—Yank airmen pound German targets. British bombers attack Bonn and Munchen-Glad-bach behind Western: front.
ITALY-Allied air assault breaks up German drive.
TRAPPED NAZIS MAUL BUDAPEST
Russians Race for Vienna As Flames Sweep Over "Hungarian Capital.
LONDON, Dec. 29. — Russian |: armies struck up the Danube valley ‘|toward Austria on a 90-mile front today. They raced. far beyond Budapest where the trapped German garrison blew up all the Danube bridges and was burning whole sections of the city as it fell back. Front dispatches sald the area around the Budapest royal palace was engulfed in smoke and flame, The city hall reportedly had been blown up, and streets adjoining parliament buildings were dynamited. The capital was reported swamped by one of the most violent holo-
causts of the war, Russian besiegers and German-Hungarian de-
Marshal Karl Von' Rundstedt is be ginning to build up forces. : this foreshadows the
United Press correspondents with both the* Ast, and 9th American armies reported that signs of the build-up for a possible new breakthrough attempt had been observed.
the alert. By pounding on both sides of the Nazi salient the Americans had reduced its width at the narrowest point to less than 15 miles. They were hammering hard in an effort to trap the Nazi forces in the forward extension of the bulge,
U. 8. commanders were reported on ° :
. | tion.
The bid of the Tire Service Co. was rejected. In a letter to commissioners today, W. R. Mason, manager of Tire Service Co., demanded an explana-
will be here until Jan, 8. Hig sister was here three days but had to report back to general marine headquarters at Arlington, Va. A graduate of the Morgan Park Military Academy, Chicago, Ill, Pvt. May is 28 and entered the marines Jan. 15, 1942, Laurnette enlisted in May, 1943, and was called to duty the following August. She ifs 22 and graduated from high
Asks Reason for Contract
“Our bid was not accepted although it was low and for this reason we would like to have an ex-
caught inside the Bastogne pocket. In the initial phase of the Nazi attack, elements of the 10th arm ored division were the only Amerfcan units inside Bastogne itself Dec. 18th. ~By. Dec. 20 the elements in the town were cut off completely. In addition to the 4th armored Patton sent several other crack ynits northward in his wheel-
division,
pression from the board as to the reasoning behind the letting of this contract to two other firms, both of whose bids were in excess of ours,” Mr. Mason's letter stated. Commissioners Ray Mendenhall, president, and William Bosson explained that they awarded the contract to the two other firms because they had been dealing with them for the past year and had personal knowledge that the firms could deliver tires when the county needed them. Because of the complex usm of classifications and price scales, Mr Mendenhall sald ‘commissioners did
school at Windsor, Ill.
W. Ottenbacher,
about nine weeks.
ADVANCE CONTINUES SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD
Mandalay, northwest of the big rail,
people in Indianapolis,
background. The occasion is the third annual New Year's party of Alcoholics Anonymous ‘Sunday night in Castle Hall. The invitations
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MORE DAMP WEATHER
They've all got an alcoholic !
not attempt to. compile comparative mp p par munique reported that the advanc
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Pvt. May and Sgt. May are the brother and sister of Mrs. Donald | whose husband | also is serving with the marines. He | is a private and has been overseas |
QUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, Dec. 29 (U.P.).—Troops of the 14th army, in a second allled thrust aimed at drove within 97 miles road and water town today and a com:
‘HOOSIER HEROES—
Three in Europe Killed; 1 Missing
men have been wounded there, -
e KILLED
Dire Need for Army Nurses
War department disclosure that
Cited by Red Cross Leader
Mr. Longsworth said 11 army hos-
eastern ave, in Germany.
box 747, in Germidny, T. Sgt. Floyd M. Spray, 614 W 3ist st. in Germany.
MISSING
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And 5 Wounded
Fighting in Gérmany has cost the lives of three more Indianapolis men. An infantryman is missing in the European theater and five local Pfc. George R. Moore, 5224 South-
8. Sgt. J. Hollis Roach, R. R. 15,
Pvt. Max C. McCullough, 1713 N.
fenders battled savagely through the streets, on the rooftops and in the, cellars.
Enemy Retreats Slowly
the center of the city. Gates, doors and windows of thousands of houses had been converted into booby traps in the last ditch, hopeless defense of the.doomed city. Russian tanks and cavalrymen in great strength were reported barely 90 miles from Vienna at the edge of the western Hungarian plains below the Danube.
Moscow relayed front reports that 8. 8. regiments were carrying out the systematic destruction of public buildings as they retreated toward
The Germans were forced to fall pack on Rochefort, more than 10 miles back of their deepest penetra
Meuse. The Americans captured Jambe linne, four miles west of Rochefort, and United Press Corre spendent Jack Fleischer reported they were “pursuing fleeing panzer columns” into Rochefort.
tion and & good 15 miles from the 7
Equally strong forces to the north battled for a crossing of the Hron| river only slightly farther from the Austrian capital. The Soviet morning communique | sald the Germans and Hungarians were retreating slowly westward. They were said tq be suffering ‘enormous” losses in men and material, particularly in the area west of Budapest between the Danube and Lake Balaton. Swaying tank battles raged at a half-dozen points on that 55-mile ‘|front. Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin’s 3d Ukrainian army struck
again and again.
Another Sunday Punch
Boyd Lewis, United Press corres spondent, reported that Von Rund= stedt was hauling back his most forward units -to regroup them for another Sunday punch and an ate tempt to break through once more, The American high command is aware that Vefi Rundstedt has crack troops which have not yet been committed to the offensive. These reports indicated that the Nazis were pulling back in many places in the salient, covering their withdrawal with small counter~ attacks, Along the Roer front, above the salient, heavy movement of German transport was observed as well as increasing, artillery fire. The Germans were digging in strongly in the Grandmenil area
in the center of the north side of °
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. HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20 (U. P.) — ; ] Columnist Ernie Pyle, en route to|Version of his best-seller “Here REPORTED ON WAY |unless 10,000 nurses are recruited | pital units recently went overseas Delaware st., in France. ’ 1s Your War” : within the next few months many | without nurses. y WOUNDED the Western Pacific after a three-|"., . .;1. couldn't tell much about LOCAL TEMPERATURES American wounded will Jack ade,| “Even in this country the short- . months respite from war: coverage, |i » he said, after looking over pre-| § a. m 2°30 2.90 94 [quate nursing care today spurred an | age of nurses is now acute in army| Pfe. Marion F. Hobbs, 1609 Fletch- : ’ . liminary “takes” of the film, “The| 7 a. mah : gg |Intensive drive to recruit more army | hospitals because the patient load er ave. in France. : » ' am... has more than doubled in the last| Pfe. Rice H. Davis Jr, 2334 Union Story of G. I Joe” “It was alll Sa. m..... 22 12 (Noom),. 27 [Purses nine months while the number of st. in France. TIMES INDEX in pleces, but it looked like they| 9 a. m..... 23% 1pm... 28 | W. 1 Longworth, chairman of the m8 HOVER i eased,” al ® By UNITED PRESS were trying to do it right.” * So Indianapolis chapter of the Red|THTPR HER TL TC ' Pfe. Lowell E. Hamm, 537 Mc-| 1, mokyo radio said today that Pyle, who came home from the| Looks like Indianapolis won't get| Cross, in announcing the local drive a» reported. Clure place, in Germany. enemy planes had been sighted ap- : Auasesmerita . Charles Lucey. 12 fighiting in Prance for a rest, said (a reprieve from Old Man Weather|sald that only 10 nurses—20 per oa Silt la ass ay Pvt. Glen Harting, R. R. 11, boX|proaching the Tokyo - Yokohama ents Ruth Mulest +41 ie Dadi, hd two housg Yo him- | after all. CO al ol veut LY Longsworth urged local resi- Mg, i Branes. Baik. #500 Muateli etropalitan distri 9 p. m. (7 ..voooo4| wasn't rested at all. ¥| Vust when slightly warmer tem- more are needed at once.’ dents not fo employ nurses except ,q i; prance. . EP ted by the FCC 8] Most of his time, he admitted, was | were forecast, along comes |p (Tp Lp oot on the western| I Sitical Hines Ho also appealed _— a vi Sales . . , ne ry , Was |g footnote to the effect that it's ! on to industrial plants to release all ( Is, Page 13) said the Japanese eastern Cc taken by a thousand and one de- going to either snow or rain late front A probably caused more, o minimum required for safety. army headquarters” had lssusd 1 an LEA Radio... .... tails,” correspondence | today tonigh casual than other . “The Cross knows né Set A | with G. L a Sverseas. ” in this’ war,” Mr. 1 pd nurse En or thie BIG 3 MEET MINTED ig Te Fhe 11} He \ : ice when she learns of the dire need| WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (U. P).| An earlier Japanese broadcast said i++ 131 Side Glances. .13 ; for nurses by the army and that Senator Walter F. George: (D.|10 Lightning and Warhawk fighters 15 Sports sR many wounded soldiers may die if Ga) d- today he saw little likeli- | bombed and strafed the suburbs of : ‘Deaths, 10 the nurse shortage continues,” Mr.| hood yp; congressional action on|Hanol, capital of ‘French Indo43 re- | Os no “plans for & world security organiza- China, IE Sl oe ment office is located in t e Cham- | President Roosevelt, rime Minister
Admits Attack on Bonin
BULLETIN By UNITED PRESS
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Tokyo radio reported that un designated American planes were raiding the south-central section of Honshu, principal Japanese home island, tonight (Japanese time). ported in the wake of tacks on the same ares by single; B-29s from nr ": the Mani