Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1945 — Page 1

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DEATH ToL IN

UTAH RAILWAY | - WRECKNOW 48

Nay Servivemen- Die as 2d Section of Pacific

Limited Crashes 1st.

' OGDEN, Utah, Jan, 1 (U. Pim "Rescue workers cut ‘through four telescoped cars of the crack Pacific Limited sprawled across the double track of the Southern Pacific railway today in search ‘of additional bodies as the toll from yesterday's wreck was estimated at more than 48 dead and 81 injured. The Southern Pacific news bu-

“.refiu at San Francisco reported 19

civilian fatalities and 29 among service personnel. Forty-one civil-

fans and 40 servicemen were injured

in the collision. Twenty cars lay askew along the

rock-filled roadbed across the back-| -

waters of Great Salt Lake 14 miles west of Ogden.

Ten of them were baggage” cars|

of the second section, which carried no passengers, Second Section Crashes First The other eight Were from the 18-car first section . which . were “knocked from the track when the second section plowed into the rear

"of the advance units of the Pacific)

Limited, bound from Chicago to Ban. Prancisco. D. Perazzo, assistant, Ogden train< master, said the first. section running 12 minutes ahead of the sec“ond section, which was made up of a locomotive and 12 cars of baggage, stopped at the edge of Great Salt lake to wait for a freight train crew ahead to repair a hot box. The freight and first section were Just getting under way again when the second section of the limited roared out of the fog and tore its way into the rear car of the slowly moving section ahead. The engineer of the second -section, James McDonald of Ogden, was killed, The locomotive of the second section, believed travelling at the 60 _-miles an hour schedule, plowed completely. through the rear car of the train. ahead, w

was trave

«15 miles an hour, ‘Wooden Coach Crushed Ons steel Pullman was hurled

. across the frack into the salty "marsh of the other side. Four cars}

were crushed, including a wooden day coach third from the end. from

- which only seven persons escaped

alive. Four other cars-of the sec-

~\ond-section were derailed.

* politics in the state, Mr.

addition, s Puliman porter and \ dining room employees were

Tu ‘Railroad. officials siid of the dead passengers, 28 were service men, 17 ‘civilians, and bodies were without sufficient identification to astértain whether they were military personnel or civilians. Most of the passengers’'in the first section were asleep in their berths or sprawled in their seats ih the day coaches when the wreck occurred, Block signals are in operation along the double main line, and trainmen said warnings had been sent up when the first section was forced to stop.

Sees Train Lights

Roy Morris, Richmond, Cal, steamfitter, was standing’ in -the vestibule of tHe fourth car from “ the end of the train, just ‘one car shead of the wooden coach where most of the victims died, ‘when the second section rushed nx of the darkness. : “I saw its lights” Morris said. MAL first I - thought it was on

FORECAST: Clearing and cold tonight; lowest tem

MONDAY, JANUARY $1045

The Man of the Year is G. |. Joe, who is fighting savagely and brilliantly in Europe and the PaInside Germany, the typical G. |. Joe (above), his face haggard and. unshaven, showing. traces of the horror he has seen, is photographed near Hurtgen. He is Pfc. Thomas W. Kilgore, Macon, Ga.; a member of Co. A, Ist battalion, 121st infantry, 8th infantry division, U. S. Ist army.

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BAN ON LIQUOR | DIDN'T HALT 4

Third Wartime New Year ~ Was Biggest Spending. Spree. Since 20's.

By UNITED PRESS Americans turned once more to the grim business of producing materials for weapons of war..teday after ushering in their third wartime New Year ih the biggest-spend-ing spree since the rearing twens ties. Indianapolis was no. exception, particularly on Saturday night,

when war. workers, their pockets|-

crammed ‘with cash, jammed hotels, taverns and night. spots. Last night those who still had bottles left, did their celebrating at. home as Indiana’s laws prohibit the selling of

liquor on Sunday.

ing of liquor put a damper on the gaiety -in many states but in the majority of the larger cities the lid| was off and crowds jammed night | clubs, bars and theaters with open pocketbooks, $25 Per Person The top tariff in New York's ile spots was $25 per person, while on the west coast the top was $36.75 per couple at Mocamby’s. Top price to celebrate in Chicago was $17.25 per person at fhe Drake hotel's Camelia House, A heavy fog shrouded New York's Times Square, focal point of the nation’s New Year's celebration, but it failed to keep away the crowds which gathered to celebrate the arrival of 1945.

Pyt: Donald E. Sterrett,-Conners-Sunday laws ‘prohibiting the serv- | (ville, son of Mrs. Elsworth Sterrett, 2 13221 Roosevelt ave, in the Tazem-

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Harry D. Youse of Markle Named Capehart's Secretary

Senator-eléct Homer E. Capehart today announced the appointment of Harry D, Youse, Markle, as his private secretary. + Mr. Capehart left this afternoon for Washington, where he will take the oath of office at noon Wednesday as the 79th congr Rees, Long identified withs Rep “Youise headed ‘an ‘office force that will include Miss Ruby Boling, Salem, as stenographer. 8he was associated with Mr. Capehart in his pre-elec-tion campaign. Recepfiohist and clerk will be Miss Beverly Bever, Connersville, A number of friends accompanied

" the senator-elect and Mrs. Capehart

i to.witness the induction ceremonies. -Mr. Youse is known prominently

TIMES INDEX

4 Ruth Millett .

Amusements “

Police ‘estimated that 1,000,000 (Continued on Page 5—Column 8)

in Hoosier business and political cir; clés.” "He "is" president of the May & Youse Lumber Co. of Markle, and served in 1934 and 1936 as Res publican chairman of Huntington county. - ‘He was one of the managers in the 1934 campaign of former U, 8. Can | gengtor Arthur -R. Robinson. In the 1942 campaign, he ‘was state manager for Mart. J. O'Malley of Huntington in _his siccessful campaign for Indiana supreme court Judge. Mr. * Youse is married and the father of two sons, Marine Lt. Don C. Youse and Bevan K...8 senior, in the Markle high school. , Miss Boling has been active inh Republican affairs in her home county of Washington. In recent years she was in the office of secretary of “state, later going to the

HOOSIER HEROES— ‘Navy Man Dies; 5 Lie Missing, Five Wounded

A former Indianapolis navy man has died of wounds received in the Pacific and. four. Jocgl men and a Connersyille man ‘whose. mother lives here are missing. In addition, five more fighting men have been wounded. KILLED to Machinist's Mate 1-c Revis Garrett Jr., formerly of Indianapolis in the Pacific. MISSING Pvt. Walter L. Westall, Mickley ave. in Germany. Sgt. William J. Eschenbach, 915

Greer st., over Germany. 1 Pvt. John M. Griffin, 317 ‘N. ford st., in Germany. 7.

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'bourg area. os S. Sgt. Ruseéil C: Stewart, 745 S. Sherman 4dr., over Germany. ~~ WOUNDED Pfc. Dennis R. Flick, 2125 Conrad ave,, in Holland. 8. Sgt. Wendell Lawrence, 1827 Medford st., in. Gefmany. Pfc. Pasquale Amato, Davidson st., in Belgium. Pvt. Raymond Hostetler, Addison st., in the Palays. Pvt. Robert Bauer, 1601 Spruce st., in France.

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RITES TOMORROW “FOR JAMES DEERY

Former Controller After Heart Attack.

" Bervices® for ‘James E. Deery, former city controller, will be held at 10 a. m, tomorrow in SS. Peter

Dies

Holy - Cross, “For mahy years active i ‘the Democratic party and the Catirolic church, Mn Deery' died yesterday morning in City hopital after a short illness, He had suffered a heart attack last Tuesday in his law ,0fMce in‘ the State Life building, was 58. ‘Mr. Deery, who lived at 2001 N. Delaware 8t., served as deputy Marion county prosecutor in charge of the grand jury from 1911 to 1914 and Municipal judge from 1914 to 1918. Her From 19356 to 1037 he served 4s elty corporation counsel under

AMERICAN- ‘HEAVIES’

|QVER REICH 10TH DAY/|

* LONDON, Jan. 1 (u. P.).~Amer-

‘land moderately strong winds, ac-

and Paul Catherdal with burial in |

2-ABOVE COLD. DUE BY Y TONIGHT

Mercury des Day Down. Rapidly With. Little. Relief InSight.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

A cold wave was on i's Way to Indianapolis today temperas« tures are expected to slide to 2 above by tonight. A 20-degrée drop was recorded by the “weather bureau from 8 pp yeaa to 8 a. m. today, it was:12

In the northern part of the state the forecast includes snow flurries

| companied by zero temperatures. Fair and continued cold weather is promised for tomorrow. Little of the snow and ice was expected to melt this week and police urged motorists and pedestrians to ‘drive and walk with utmost caution. §- Some of the ice and snow thawed yesterday when the thermometer read 32, three degrees above normal.

|. That Nazis Might Listen

JNew Year's broadcast. .

A that Germany in the end would

BRADFORD ENTERS | LIQUOR BUSINESS

Joseph Daniels Expected to

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acatire about 2 abov e; tomorrow, fair and continue cold.

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Entered as Second Class Matter at Postoffice .

ianapolis 9, Ind. “Issued daily except Sunday

WAR: FRONTS

REICH CANNOT BE DEFEATED, HITLER BOASTS

Goebbels Hints Broatlly|

- To Peace Terms.

LONDON, Jan. i\(U. P.—=Adolf Hitler broke a silence of nearly six months today with "a defiant | warning that. Germany was determi¥ied to. fight on to, “victory, through 1946 or longer Nf neces-

sary. He said this “would be _dote to prevent the Reich's“ ‘dismemberby the allies. Germany - never will capitulate, though: her cities may be laid in ruins and her armies thrown back in new reverses, Hitler said in a

It was his first speech since he took the radio last July to explain ‘that, the plot against his life had failed, Propaganda Minister ‘Goebbels, who preceded Hitler to the microphone, hinted broadly, however, that Germany might listen to peag terms “of which Germany need ashamed” =~ ' He. too, rejected all t {ight of unconditional surre! A

Sees Jewish Conspiracy

Hitler also ‘his armed forces call. “life or death” fight

ld conspiracy” and predicted break the enemy by counter-attacks. Neither in the order or in his radio speech, did Hitler specifically mention the German counteroffensive in. Belgium. Listeners familiar with" Hitles voice were certain that-he made the speech broadcast by the Berlin radio, but some believed the speech was a recording, rather than’ a direct | transmission. Thoygh he sounded tired, ‘the

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Take His G. 0. P. Post.

FT. WAYNE GIRL, 12, TO BECOME MOTHER

FT. WAYNE, fh, Jan. 1 (U, P)

4A 12-year-old girl was in a local

hospital today awaiting birth of aj child, reportediy due-in February. | Police opened a thorough investigation of the case to determine who. the .father was, and whether orf not the family knew. anything about the circumstances.

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|ney and “former chairman, will be

The First Baby Born Here in '45

James L. Bradford, 11th district | Republican chairman, today was making preparations to enter the { wholesale liquor business and resign | his political ‘post. State law bans political job-hold-{érs’ from the liquor business. ft is {expected Joseph J. Daniels, attors

named to the office, i Mr. Bradford, in ‘making his announcement yesterday, did not re-

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the “Jewish iternational|yop cer mentiotied

the Soviet

(Jan, 1, 1945)

WESTERN FRONT—Patton tanks and infantry gain two miles in offensive west of Bastogne.

AIR WAR—American heavy bombers range - over Germany ‘10th straight day; R. AF. bombs Berlin, : 15h emi

GERMANY-—Hitler - pledges “through 1946 if necessary”; Ghebbels hints Nazis might Histon to peace terms.

fight

'GREECE—New regent confers “with

political ledders as peace hopes rise, . PACIFIC—Lone B-29'%®cruise over Tokyo, set fires; Jap dead. on Leyte exceeds 117,000; Yanks continue Luzon Mompine.

BUDAPEST REDS

‘Angered by Murder of Two

Emissaries; ; Nazis Face

* Anfiilation.

MOSCOW, Jan. 1 (U. P).~Russi shock “troops fought through the last smoking, rubbled streets of

jie western. half of Budapest today

ina “no quarter” battle. They were determined to annihilate the encircled enemy garrison to -avenge ‘the ‘murder of two Red) army surrender emissaries, - The Soviet In its communiques the taking pf any prisoners inside Budapest. Two-thirds or more of Buda, that part of the city west of the Danube, are under Soviet control. N More than 2700 German and Hungarian troops were killed in the capital in the past 24 hours, the} latest communique said. There was ao doubt that the German generals and their staff officers

{held responsible for the killing of

the two Red urmy officers whp carried surrender terms to the Germans under a flag of truce Saturday would be hanged ‘as war criminals

if taken alive.

Reds Give ‘No Quarter’

The Red army's “no quarter” policy in Budapest was expected to spread quickly to“ other fronts, in= cluding Poland, where the bulk of appeared ready to launch the“biggest offen= sive yet toward | x Northwest of Budapest, , Gen. Feodor I. Tolbukhin's 3d Ukrainan

‘army completed the liquidation of

an encircled enemy force in the Pillis hills, on the south bank: of the Danube. Marshal Rodioney, Malinovsky’s 2d Ukrainian army, simultaneously pushed the Germans .back across the border of northwestern Hungary below the Czechoslovak communica~

SINGLE 295 CRUSE AGROSS TOKYO SKIES

‘Some’ Fires.

: By UNITED PRESS Single Mariahas-based = B-26 Superfortresses erpised over Tokyo | three Ames between 10 p. m. and | 5 a m, (Japanese time), dropping | “some’’ y bombs and starting “sgfme” fires, Japanese broadcasts reported today. : [a Tokyo broadcast recorded. by FCC said that two Superforalso appeared over the ern Japanese home island of Kyushu “shortly after ’ welock th morning. » fhe Japanese said these plahes

|had come from the “China area”

30% dropping sone

incendiaries. Some Ares werq AUAHiad Rt Were JUL OW

: in a short time."

GIVENO WARTER...

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) Saturday.

PEagh plane fled eastward after |

PRICE FIVE

Meet Hears Resis

flank “of the German |, today. J

fire and tanks. - At fist reports, however, Contfing after the recaptu ern tip and Libramont, in th

yet be

ny’s best troops. A late dispatch from the

the, American corridor into Bastogne for the past 72 hous. So far, their attempt

to cut the supply “corridor from Arlon and again isolate the fortress city has been futile. John McDermott, United "Press war correspondent with the 1st army, said -the counter-attacks were "bouncing off like peas shot at an elephant's back.” It’s ‘Fairly Quiet’ New Year's day up to mid-morn- | ing, he said, had been “fairly quiet” all around. the bulge. There had been no sign as to where or-when the Germans would attempt +o renaw their offensive. Bighteen German tanks were |Buberk knocked out in enemy counterattacks’ north of Lugrebois, three miles southeast of Bastogne and only a mile from the Bastogne-]

were wrecked in. the same area

\Other counter-abiatks yesterday were ‘hurled back near Chenogne, four ‘miles southwest of Bastogne. East of Bastogne, American | troops: made some progress south | of Wiltz but there was no immediate indication whether this was a full-scale attack. Another column occupied Reisdorf, just southwest of the German- Luxembourg border at a point four and a half miles east of Diekirch. \ \

ATHENS, Jan. 1 (U. BP). —Arch-|

Greece, conferred with Greek political “leaders today preparatory to selécting a new cabinet. for peace in the Greek civil “war brightened. Damaskinos, named regent hy King George Saturday, was sworn in at noon. yesterday and immediately began a series of individual conferences with George . Papan--|dreou, resigned premier; Themi-| - stocles Sofoulis, leader of ‘the Liberal Party, and others’ ~~. ° / Associates said{ Damaskinos probably would not select the new pre-| mier for several days. The cabinet, when formed, was expected to bel {age up largely of * "dark horses.”

Arlon road, yesterday and 25 others |:

tance From Foes

88-M’s; Yanks Recapture | Rochefort At West Tip of Enemy Salient.

By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent

| PARIS, Jan. 1.—Lt. Gen, George S. Patton's tanks and infantry smashed ahead twe miles on a seven-mile front in a blazing offensive west of Bastogne against the Southern rdennes bulge, "dispatches reported.

#d The attack, launched Saturday ut : revealed only today under security réstrictions, ran into heavy resistance from (German 88-milfimeter guns, other artillery and small arms

it still was making progress, re of Rochefort at the west= e southwest eorner, the new

thrust further constricted the German salient which may rned intq a death trap for tens of thousands of

front said’ “the Germans had

been counter-attacking with tanks and infantry all around

Details still were lacking on the. he

American offensive west of Base togne, but it was known the eastern flank was approximately seven miles west of’ Bastogne. One dispatch said the " offensive: was directed northeast half- -way bes tween Bastogne and St. Hubert, 3 miles to the west. The fill of Libramont, highway. hub eight miles south of St. Hubert,

.jand Rochefort, 11 miles northwest,

was disclosed yesterday.

From. Libramont, former southe:

west anchor of the German’ saliex - 21 miles from Sedan, the mera - seven miles n hwest 3

With Rqchefort again in their hands; the doughboys appeared to have staved off at least temporarily any Germany threat to Dinant and the Meuse river line, 13 miles to 8 northwest,

American prshure had foced the ehemy - to backpedal at least

miles from Celles, his: ederomest

penetration and only four from Meuse. The ‘ northern flank ‘of the A: dennes salient remained quiet exe

| cept for artillery and patrol action.

Greek Regent Scans Cabinet - Prospects, Peace H

bishop Damaskinos, new regent of onl WW

the leftist B., fas 8. the conditions” Ronald Scobie, British hid in Athens, ‘for cessation ties, The E. L. A. Soffer was sald to. have been contained in a Pate aa

dressed to Prime Minister. but was answered in his ali

Scobie’ reply bovis ,

Scobie's terms were evs

ELAS forces of Atheand t

disarmament.

Drop ‘Some’ Bombs, Start, Jap Losses at Leyte—1 1

Yanks Continue Luzon Ra

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Phil ippirfes, Jan. 1 (U. P).—Japanese [losses in the Leyte campaign

| reached 117997, it was announced today, with the counting of an additional 1191 dead and captured. Bombing of Japanese Shipping and installations in the Luzon area con-~ tinued, a communique said. Antiaireraft fire and allied fighters off Mindoro, just southwest of

planes attacking conyoys ‘carrying

REP. LUCE 0 SPEAK FOR THE DOUGHBOYS

NEW YO Some [Clare Boothe Luce (R. Conn) is

Italy before con-

Jan. 1 (U0) P) ~Rep.|

0g 40 take Yh chae of. tha Ammer]

Luzon, shot down 14 of 32 enemy! |

War