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‘Hitler Ready To Risk National Suicide For Reich In War To Death’
ern front—and the murder of Russian emissaries under a flag of truce at Budapest. In the Hungarian’ capital, the Nazis have invited wholesale and pointless slaughter by their methods, since- Moscow dispatches say the Russians are now fight-
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Analyst
HITLER'S NEW YEAR SPEECH fits in. with other
elopments of recent days.
It" lugtrates the kind of war Jhe Nazis intend to
fight in 1 final stages. It is war: to the death, rather
" amounts to national suicide for the Germans,
seems as determined as ever—now
“has come—to risk dragging ag is own people to destruction;
Henry W. Man
VOLUME 55—NUMBER 254
That doe,
movement, He may,
_ mounting casualties will lead to
than surrender, It capitulation.
Hitler that the showdown
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z Anpointed..
Business Manager of Tires
Mark Ferree to Be Assistant
General Business Manager
Of Scripps-Howard.
Appointment of Mark Ferree,” for the past eight years business” man-
ager of The Times, as assistant gen-_
eri] business manager of ScrippsHoward Newspapers, was announced today by Ray A. Huber, general business manager,” He is succeeded as
business mariager of The Times bw
Henry W- ‘Manz, who has been advertising director of the Cincinnati Post; a Scripps-Howard newspaper. Mr. Ferree will remain in In- ~ dianapolis for some time assisting Mr. Manz in his new assignment,
- after which his office will be at 230 -
Park Avenue, New York. In Cincinnati Since. 1928 ‘Mr. Manz, who arrived: in Indian-
apolis yesterday, has been associated ' with the Cincinnati Post since 1928,
for the last seven years as advertising director. He'is president of the Newspaper Advertising Executives association, an international organ{zation of advertising ‘and business
~ executives of more than 600 of the - leading newspapers of the United
States and Canada. He is chairman of the advisory committee of the
Bureau of Advertising of the Amer-
ican Newspaper Publishers association; and chairman of. the bureau's
newly ‘organized sales committee, which will direct reséarch and pro--
motion for the Mtllion-dollar advertising expansion project to be conducted by newspaper publishers of this country. Born in Marion, O., Mr. Manz is
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Henry W. Manz
Mark. Ferree
Mercury Drops Cold Wave
fo 2 Above; fo Linger Here
Near-zero temperatures will. freval here through most of this week, the weather bureau forecast _Xoday as the mercy dived to a new low of 3 above zero at midnight and stayed there for more than eight ‘hours. Little relief from the sub-normal temperatures was seen by the
indicated temperatufes will drop “ain Thursday and stay down until
about Saturday. More snow is” on 1 the program tor
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
12 (Widmighy) 2 7am 3 1a m. 2 8am... 2 23 m..... 2 Sa. m.....2 3am... 2 10a. m..... 4 4a m..... 2 Nam... 6 5a m. 2 12 (Noon)... 8 6a m..... 2 Lip ss, 9.
tomorrow, adding to the traffic haz« “ards that already are bad. Tempéfitiires outside the city at Cook airport went to zero about 3:30 a. m. today and hovered around that mark all morning. At Pt. Wayne it was 8 below zero,
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U.S. SUB AND THREE
LESSER CRAFT LOST
Undersea Raider Held Presdential Citation.
' WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P).—|
The navy today announced loss .of | the 1525-ton submarine Harder, |
nemesis of Japanese shipping since ASKED FOR VEHICLES
the early days of the war.
‘GRAND JURY. SWORN IN BY JUDGE BAIN
New Court rt andl Drawn, For Six Months.
Members of the new grand jury were selected and sworn in today by Judge William D. Bain of Criminal court. The six members are: Walter H, Beard, 2301 Broadway; a refired businessman. Marion Vanarsdall, ave., agent, Mrs. Lulu Cox, “2 S. Dearborn st., a housewife. Franklin H. Small, 3516 N. Capiol ave, a retired railway mail clerk,
insurance and, Foal
ave. used car dealer. | Mrs. Reba Ann Jackson, Kingsley dr, a housewife.
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Mr. Small was appointed foreman. The new jury will meet Mondays
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‘NO NECKING’ SIGNS
1019 Beville estate
James Artman, 1452 S. Belmont
s not mean Hitler has lost hope,
however, hope that
CONGRESSMEN 1 HINT SUPPORT *
FOR Confers With Leaders “On Program to Pep Up
Home Front.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 Ww. Pye Early congresisonal reaction was favorable today to an administration request for legislation to tigh federal controls on manpower, ncluding a draft of 4-E's for essential war work. The request, along with other pro‘posals for stiffening the home front’s war effort, was made yesterday by War Mobilization Director James: F. Byrnes in a 20,000-word report to the 79th congress, which
tomorrow. As congressmen studied the Byrries
administration leadérs of thé house and senate fo complete thé progiam for the beginning days of the session. ‘Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky) of the house military affairs committee ~ whole-heartedly approved Byrnes’ recommendation for putting
-14=F’s to work for’ the war effort.
. “I'm for a law,” he said, will*mean ‘work or fight."” All’Out Effort Needed ' May .$aid his cdOmmittee - would | meet. soon to consider such legislation. ri. Yesterday the nation heard a
“that
g {blunt warning from Byrnes that
America’s front-line fighting men may run short of supplies “in a few weeks” unless the home front puts aside all thoughts of reconversion
war production, Byrnes told President Roosevelt and the incoming congress in’ his report that mobilization of this country’s industrial and manpower resources Still is incomplete. This is true, he said, despite the fact that 1944 arms production equalled the total output of all other countries combined. “The German counter attack through the first army positions has convinced us that we can win this war only by the all-out efforts of the American people—that we can not pursue an all-out production effort while simultaneously releasing | materials, facilities and manpower for civilian production,” he declared. “Our, soldiers at the front today are _not short of ammunition and supplies- as result of any production failures. However, they may be short a few weeks hence if we fail. If they are to freely use what they now have in order to save human lives; they must know that more, in abundance, is on the way.” Byrnes told congriéss that the: following legislation was . needed to enable the war program to “ride on a horge instead of a mule”: ONE. Authority to assign 4,000,000 4-F"s to war jobs as well as mile tary service unless they already engaged in essential activity. TWO: Authority" for the var
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EARLY ‘BIG THREE’
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.).~ Congressional leaders said today that President Roosevelt had “indi-
“sometime soon” with Prime Min~ ister Winston Churchill and Premiet, Josef Stalin. This information was developed
of , three ' lesser craft also pont The board of safety today con=| tat. the Jeaders’ first conference of
disc losed. “
dential Spliliadonmtecing thoy- | sands of tons of Japanese shipping, was the 35th U. 8. submarine lost in this war. The “other lost vessels were ‘the landing craft LSM-318 and the motor torpedo. boat PT-300, which were ‘lost im the Philippines area, and the PT-311 which was déstroyed in the Mediterranean area. These losses. raised to 243 the total of U. 8. naval vessels. lost
~ from all causes-in this war,
he Harder carried ‘a’ normal - complement of 656 men,
| sidered the letter of a New Custis)
The Harder, “holder of a presi- | woman, asking that sigmé™ reading| which convenes
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in all city-streetcars and busses.
signs in the public vehicles,
mer Sgt. Forest “Whizbang” Allison, of the famous “bus kissing” ineident, the New Castle residéiit said “Such things in public are both disgusting “and nauseating to decent people.” Allison was crificized for stopping
The woman asked the board to use its influence to get the admonition placed beside the “No Smoking”
Going on record on behalf ‘of for-
the year with the President, in {preparation for the new congress tomorrow. The
“No Loving-or Necking” be placed President will send his annual mes-
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sage to congress on Saturday. The indication of an early meet-
was reported by .Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley (D. Ky.)
TWO DIE AS SHIP EXPLODES | LEONARDO, N. J., Jan. 2 (U. P.). ~—Two crewmen of the tanker Sun0CO + Were and. eight others were missing today following. an explosion and fire which broke out as the loaded ship proceeded from
ing of the “big three” allied leaders
They will succumb along with as much as they can \ ge * stroy of the European structure. oe not counting on the survival of the core of his Ppéstial Nazi Military victory he sannot expéct. ; weariness and ss than outright
Or he may believe that gstoeton among the united nations will bring about the“same end. . The divergencies ayge reece and Poland—with the
QF 4F FIR :
“I report, President Roosévelt met with}
and devotes undivided attention tol
threatened. .The speech was timed
TUESDAY, xan > 145
German successes on the Western front,
VESTERN SECTION OF SALIENT
those who" weaken was ' which ~~
to colncide-with temporary the ci These must
a
Entered as Second Class Matter at Postoftion Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily gxcept Sunday
possibility that they might extend from the political to have bolstered the fain ging spirits of many Getmans. the military field—cannot help but encourage him. Hitler's speech—which most _listeners agreed was made by him—contained nothing really new. Coming at this. time, it was reafirmation—perhaps a final one—of his determination not to capitulate, It was -anothér demand on the an people that they fight
to. the last- breath. . Death {0
. Even-realists among ‘them are likely to’ have been inspited—if pet by hope of victory—at. least with new faith in Gefmany’ s ability to keep on fighting, Av the same time, the Nazis have taken other. steps which attest to the desperate nature of -their struggle. These steps are prophetic of the increasing slaughter
is due in its closing phases.
The Germans have once again flagrantly abandoned The worst examples are
vilized. rules .of warfare.
the attested massacre of American prisoners on the West-":
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ing on:a: “no quarter” The Nazis presu {troops with the primi
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starts its two-year career at noon| ce
cae she received a copy of “Brave
"Times BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan, 2.reward for a good try and hopes of
Miss Morrison, daughter = of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Morrison, had been assigned to interview Ernie on his recent visit to Bloomington and Indiana university where he
dectors of humane letters. ” ” » = BUT ERNIE was unable to grant Miss Morrison any time for n -interview. ' So ‘he wrote to George Heighway, alumni secretary .of Indiana university, requesting the name of the “tall, red-haired girl” who had attempted to interview him: “It was the best Christmas surprise I've ever received,” the high school journalist said when she received her copy of “Brave Men.”
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BROADCLOTH SHIRTS . RARE ON N HOMEFRONT
Leisure Coats in Demand,
SESSION "INDICATED
cated” to them that he would meet PHvib
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Apparel Club Reports.
The American male soon may be! treating a white broadcloth shirt | with "the. same care and affection
olp Roward for a Good Try!
- Miss Gladys. Lillian Morrison and her Christmas surprise ‘packige
received his honorary degree Of |
“Joegan Joreling. Budapest block by
{cornered Nazi -elite
- {that the Nazis had rejected a sur- - | render ultimatum by slaying the two
| |
RUSS LEVELING BUDAPEST INNO QUARTER FAT
‘Death to the Last Man, inflamed Red Troops
Proclaim.
By M. S. HANDLER United Press Staff Correspondent MOSCOW, Jan. 2.—~Thousands of Russian cannon and rocket guns
block. Inflam i by the murder of two of its emissariés;. the Red /atmy proclaimed “no quarter” Jor the
on in the heart of the city. “Death to the last man” was the Seviet war cry. . Word spread through the Falke
‘Russian officers gho presented it.
Men” from Ernie. “Rate, .
Erte “Sonds Aufograp shed” Book to Studont-Raporter
Special “To Gladys Lillian Morrison, in better luck next time. Ernie Pyle.”
That was the message received by Miss Morrison, ‘a 16-year-old Bloomington. high school junior, the day beforg Christmas. It was inscribed in the book, “Brave Men,” the latest work of The Indianapelis Times war correspondent.
PARI- MUTUEL PAN | FOR STATE REVIVED
| Fair Officials Told Told of Ban on
Trotting Races.
"By SHERLEY UHL Members of -Hoosierdom's celebrated tretting horse industry were told today that sulky-pulling pacers come under the Byrnes no racing edict, just as do running horses. Horsemen and state fair officials also were made aware of the fact that another legislative bill to legalize pari-muiuels in Indiana is in the mill for the 1945 general assembly. This one supposedly would limit mutuel betting to trotting horses only. The Byrnes bam and the 'parimutuel proposal were the headline topics today on the agenda of the Indiana Association of County and District fairs, meetirig at the Lin-
coln hotel. Opposition Develops
L. V.”Hauk of Morristown, president of the association, informed
that. his. wife has been giving her his conferees that the trotting horse
ns. Salesmen at the Claypool hotel
agreed today that white shirts were one of the home front casualties. | They're not off the market, but | they're hard to get. .
One salesman explained that the |
shortage was due partly to govern. menjropders for cotton and also be-|
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MAN, WOMAN DIE
‘IN CROSSING CRASH
, FOWLER, Ind. Jan. 3 (UP).
Charles i McDaniel, 52, and Mrs.
were killed yesterday when thelr automobile was stfuck at a crossing by ‘a New York Central passenger train.
plants would have to take their | medicine along with other racing
¢for the- Men's Apparel. club show sports. He réceived a federal opin-
lion that trotters were included {under the war mobilizer's crack‘down. The horsemen were optimistic, |however, over reporfs that some | modification of this ruling could be | expected by next July, when the summer Indiana trotting horse cir|euit is scheduled to begin, Several ‘lof them were quoting a letter from {an Indiana congressman declaring "that trotters eventually would be exempt from the no racing order. Over ‘the pari-mutuel proposal, county fairmen and horsemen were
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Alice Boesch, 42, both of ‘Ft. Wayne, already splitting into factions.
Although some ‘officials of the association were sympathetic. toward the legalizéd wagering plan, many
Half the city. was in Russian hands at the start of the second week of street fighting this morning. . | Enemy Pulverized
. Soviet field dispatches said the Inarrowing pockets held by the axis defenders on both sides of the Danube were being pulverized by a continuous rocket and artillery bombardment. Throwing responsibility for the destruction of the capital squarely on the enemy, the Red army high command ordered the German positions destroyed by shellfire at whatever cost to the city and its remaining civilian inhabitants, - For the tough Nazi elite guards who comprise the core of the Budapest garrison, the Soviet com-|: manders decreed iristant death. It was announced that the responsible German officers involved in the murder of the envoys would be hanged.
3000 Killed
More than¢ 3000 enemy troops were killed in Buda and the east bank ‘section of Pest yesteray. Another 429—apparently Hungarians—| were captured, running the axis losses in®less than two days to an estimated 6300 men. After a week of street fighting surpassing in savagery even the battle for Stalingrad, the Russians held about 40 of Budapest's 80 square miles: This included most
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Hoosier Heroes—
TWO MORE INDIANA
Three ie Wou Wounded on German Battlefront.
An Indianapolis machine gunner has been killed in Germany and an Evansville sailor has died of wounds received in the Pacific. In addition, three Indianapolis meh have been wounded in Germany.
: DEAD Pvt. Robert Leglie, 1019 River ave., in Germany. Motor Machinist's Mate 1-¢ Revis Garrett Jr, Evansville, in ihe Pacific: : WOUNDED Pfc. Robert Lamb, 513 Tecumseh st, in Germany. Pvt. James V. Pappas, 1702 N. Bosart ave. in Germany. Sgt. Cletus B. Fahy 1308 Central |
ds fighting |.
attorney;
SERVICEMEN KILLED
LURED % UES
Nazis Tricked byOwn Radio Into | Hoosier's Hands
Capt. Robert A, Goetcheus A NAZI lieutenant colonel and
four of his parachute troopers surrendered to Capt. Robert A. | Goetcheus, former Indianapolis after hearing a false Geman propaganda - broadcast. This Was. revealed by news dispatches fro. the front today. Col. Friedrich von der Heydt, the captured officer, was in comman 600 enemy parachute troops-in the Eupen-Malmedy area of Belgium. He and his men were dropped Dec. 17 with instructions to disrupt allied communications and secure information on allied troop dispositions. 2 » » MOST OF the men. were captured quickly but. von Her Heydetook to the woods. On his 5th day ‘there He heard on the German radio that Monschaur, Germany, was in- Nazi hands. He started for this town. but soon discovered “that it was being held by American troops. The Nazi commander hid in the home -of a Belgian civilian, whe hurried to Capt. Goetcheus’ office
officer's voluntary surrender, The captain is serving as commander of a military government detachment. 8° » BEFORE “the day was over civilians brought in four more German parachute troopers, who also surrendered to Capt. Goet- | cheus. “The captain is the son of Mrs. Florence £. Goetcheus, 2306 Carrollton: ave., and the hushand . of Mrs. Melba Goetcheus; & former | Muncie girl living in Temple, Tex.
uated school school.
from Shortridge and the
high Lincoln Law
tering the service was associated
law firm,
By LEO 8. DISHER United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 2. — American heavy bombers and fighters thun- | dered over Germany for the 11th | straight day today. Allied fliers: meanwhile ‘counted | a toll of at least 205 enemy planes shot down yesterday in furious air combats reminiscent of the Battle of Britain. — The Luftwaffe tried 4 sneak play | that failed. Big bombers of the 8th air force,
y SANDOR §. KLEIN ted Press Staff Correspondent
{of the trotting horse breeders were |ave., in Qermaly... - > ’ a married couple ‘from kissing on|Perth Amboy to a Philadelphia re-| They were en route to Boswe well oy Ty ? one of the city busses: finery. a Nien, the accident. occurred, -. (Continued on “Page 8—Column n (Details, Pa Page 2), TIMES INDEX Wi Amusements. . 16) Music ....... 16 N ii . The t i Of Vi sy Smet tote. Dead Yan ks toi. az Cay ptives: That's Cost ictory Business ..... 7 HATO aherty 10 te bret lnm LL we Le : ine B Radio utes i By BOYD LEWIS ‘It is’ obvious now that victory; The misconception that or utmost to perform an operation with one of the ‘most popular. and hr Orcas 0 He es. 2 United Press Stal Correspondent cannot be bought with’ Just a pro-|could be bought cheaply undoubted- light casualties. = - | humane division commanders on the Peter’ Edson. 10 Side Glances:* ON, THE WESTERN “FRONT, digious expenditure of . guns and y is ‘by. the reluctance| They are saddened and grim at Western. front. Forum ..... 10{Sports .... yi Jan, 3—Dead Americans for Ger We must pay—and |of the u 8 army to-reveal anything the circumstances “vhich force us to man prisoners. Ah Ame) my : Bea Given, 1 Taos, Stokes . 18 That is the exchange We are com-| The ‘American -people will be| The tragedy fs that this lulls swell "the prisoners” enclosures. ; es wots i boo Inside Indpls.. 8(Up Front -.>. 9 De ple. 10. make ”; the Western spared a nasty shock if they accept home front. pe : Wil, srs SABIoE te dovaitohoarmanies oa sales Jane Jordan. . 13|George. Weiler: 9| trot. “+. [thE fact that casualties, especially) Our infantry commanders live in|it can ‘be said that the grim R%-(They Siow they cant hai out ta the Morgan. Joe - ‘nfantry, spiritual and physical contact : i ik”
Women Jan. 2A plan to “shake” Japan's key industrial centers into ruin with maf-induced|
“Military and “scientific authork- |
with a letter containing the Nazi |
Capt. Goétcheus is 36 and grad- |
He attended the University of Cincinnati and before en- -|
with the Lustgarten & Lustgarten |
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basis. mably ‘are trying ‘to imbue their tive savagery of cornered beasts.
They also may hope. that the allies will be stung info reprisals in kind, which: would put.the fighting on. level they want,
PANZERS RS PRESS NEW-SAAR PUSH ON 50: MAN
| Rundstedt Gains Mile “and
Half and Cuts Road «In Attack.
By J. SOWaARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent ; PARIS, Jan. 2.—German forces were reported fleeing the westernmost bulge of the Belgian salient today. "But to the southeast they were building up an attack of considerable strength on a front of abotit 50 miles between the Saar land and the upper Rhine. f The new German push was cens
LONDON, an, 2 (U, P)—Fly-, ing Fortresses and Liberators 1000 strong smashed at German tank and troop concentrations, rail yards, road and rail junctions and bridges behind Marshal Karl ven
Rundstedt’s Atiomtiey salient toe day.
tered in the Bitche area of forthe eastern France.
Supreme Seadquaries. snoueed that around Bitche the Nazis gained a mile and a half, and cut the road running five miles southeast to Bannestin. They probably Sapa the latter town.
throughout the border area from
4Bitche to the Rhine.
Report Heavy Attack A field broadeast said the Naz {aggressiveness was spreading westward into the Saar valley, where a heavy attack was launched in the
{area of Waulferflingen, 13 miles , {southeast of Saarbrucken. : Bombers ‘smashed at German
| tanks and troops massed within 10 | miles of the Saar battle lines. Airet reported long lines of men. and armor moving up to the front. Lt. Gen, George S. Patton's 3d army units chopping’ into the south {flank of the Ardennes salient gained {another couple of miles in & num- | ber of sectors. >
| west. of Bastogne and southwestern anchor post of the Nazi salient. Closer to Bastogne, the doughboys seized Hubermont, six miles east of {the Belgian road center; Harlange,
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Luttwalia Tries Snack Play. Loses 205 Planes in One Day -
jern front, but none were identified immediately. A three-hour parade of Rc A PF, bombers last night raided the Voh= | winkel freight yards near the Wests lern front railway bottleneck of Dus|seldorf and the Minster Stein bens | 20] plant near Portmng in the Ruhr, o Numerous fires and at: Yeast one violent explosion were observed i the benzo plant. | The night blow. came as the als lied air forces were tallying the.
with escorting fighters, again were | blasting Object es behind the West |
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They recaptured Moirey,—11-miles——
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Thé. Germans now, are active
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Early Plans to Raze Japan : By Artificial Quake Revealed
ties discussed the plan here in the! | dark. days immediately Tollowing and today.
it was not wholly rejected. Rather, the idea was put aside while the ethods of warfare