Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1945 — Page 1
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Barkley ‘No - Prejudice’ Move Makes Removal Possible by Majority.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
BE. Capehart, Republican, took an uncertain seat as the Junior senator from Indiana today, When the 79th congress convened at noon, the senate chaplain said 8 prayer. Then Capehart's credentials were presented hy his senfor colleague Senator Willis (R Ind). Up rose Majority Yeader Barkley (D. Ky.) and made the point that Capehart be sworn in “without prejudice.” ‘Then it occurred to Barkley that he had just been reelected and must be sworn in himself, 80 he turned the matter over fo Senator McKeller (D. Tenn.) who made the “without prejudice” move.
Senator Stewart Explains
Senator . Stewart (D... Tenn.), chairman of the senate sub-com-mittee which recently conducted the election fraud hearings in Indiana, explained in an interview what this means. “Should Senator Capehart have been seated and a contest brought ft would take a two-thirds vote to unseat him,” Senator Stewart explained, “With the no prejudice on record
he can be regpoved by a majority ”
yote. “Our investigators have not’ completed the post-election, hearings in Marion county. But a check of 1200 purged registered voters there showed that 91 per cent were Demoerats, If such a ratio prevails, no doubt. the Capehart seat will be challenged.” : ~« After he had made-his “no prejudice” move, Senator Barkley walked up the aisle, shook Senator Cape-
gBar's hand anq ‘both smiled in their}.
. best company manner. " Capehart Is Sworn in
Senator Willis then accompanied Bentor Capehart to the rostrum where he was sworn in alongside Senator Barkley. Heretofore, both Senator Stewart, Senator Ball of Minnesota; Republican member of the investiga~ tion sub-committee, had given as‘surance Mr, Capehart would not be unseated, Maybe he will not, but there remains the possibility of a contest because of the challenge today. Something unique in senate his tory was the fact that Senator Willis had performed as an éscort for
within 12 months. Me escorted former Senator Samuel D. Jackson (D. Ind.) when he wag named to the senate upon the death of Senator Frederick Van Nuys (D. Ind.) last February-Then he did the same thing for William B. Jenner (R. Ind.), who was elected senator in November to fill ‘the unexpired term in the 78th congress. : Former Senator Jenner was host at a luncheon for Senator Capehart after the ceremonies today.
Senator Catches Cold. The junior senator arrived from
Indiana late yesterday and hel
caught a first rate cold en route, he said. The train was six hours behind schedule, Beaming with pride from the senate gallery a# the oath taking were Mrs. Capehart, their son Earl, a
daugliter, Patricia, a high - school student. Others in the Capehart party were his secretary, Harry D. Youse, Markie; Miss Ruby Boling, Salem, and Miss Beverly Bever, Connersville,
Bobbitt, Indianapolis city attorney,
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* WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—Homer|
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Rites Friday
Leo Daugherty ;
TIMES WRITER IS DEAD AT 41
Services for Leo Daugherty
«To Be Held in Dayton, 0. Leo. Daugherty, assistant sports
editor-of The Times and a veteran newspaperman, died yesterday afternoon at .his home, 3720 N. Pennsylvania st. He was 41. Death resulted: from a heart attack. Mr, Daugherty had been suffering» from a severe cold. He worked Monday, but remained at home ‘Tuesday. - He had been employed by The Times since 1936, serving at various times as reporter, rewriteman, eopy
reader -and in the sports depart-
ment, : - Natiye of Ohio
Born in Steubenville, O., he began his newspaper career as a cub reporter on ‘the Steubenville Herald. He still"was in high school at that time, Subsequently, he worked on the Dayton '(O.) Herald, Pittsburgh Press, Youngstown Telegram, Newark (N. J.). Star-Fagle and the Chicago Herald-Examiner. Mr. Daugherty was well known among Indianapolis sports enthusiasts. He was an ardent booster of Notre Dame teams. He was a member of St. Joan of Arc church, the Cathedral Men's club and the Indianapolis Press club.
‘ Burial In Dayton
He was married in 1930 to Miss Annette McMahon of “who 18 survives him. Also viving him aré his brother, Frederick J. Daugherty, and his mother, Mrs. Mary R. Daugherty, both of Pittsburgh. The body will lie in state this afternoon and tonight at: the Kirby Mortuary, 1901 N. Meridian st. It will be taken to the Hoyne Mortuary in Dayton tomorrow. Services will be at 9 a. m. Friday in St. Joseph's church, with burial‘in Calvary cemetery, Dayton.
Hodgsier Heroes— SGT, WELWEE, TOKYO BOMBER, IS [EAD
Barry, Sweeney “Also on Death List.
‘An airmen who participated in the first bombing mission over Tokyo, has died of wounds received in a flight over Japan and two infantrymen - have been killed in Europe. Another has died of wounds received In Germany. In addition wo others are missing. DEAD Sgt. Raymond John McElwee Jr., 3703 N. Pennsylvania, of wounds|. received over Japan. S. Sgt. Thomas A. Trittipo, 2020 N. Olney st., in France, Sgt. Victor J. Barry, 3302 Washington blvd., in Germany: Pvt. John F. Sweeney, Illinois st, in Germany. MISSING Second Lt." Joseph Turner, 4902 N. Illinois st., in Germany. Sgt. Edward. Sauer, 2217 College ave., in Germany.
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Somber Yous Marks First Session of 79th Congress
By LYLE ©. "WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—The infant 79th congress began in somber mood today a two-year existence during which it will have to shoulder huge legislative burdens of war and
- peace,
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+i, Both houses witnessed the swear-ing-in 6f néw members and adopted
TIMES INDEX Musio Linniges 12 Obituaries 8 Fred Perkins . 9 Radio ........17
Ration Dates. 11 3 |Mrs. Roosevelt 9 Side Glances.” 10 Wm; P. Simms 10 Sports 14 State Deaths. ' 8; Thos. Stokes. 10 Jas. Thrasher. 10 Up Front 8
In the Service '7 Jane Jordan.. 17
2 Women's News’ 13
Maj. Williams 9
resolutions notifying President Roosevelt that they were in session and prepared to heat from him, With victory apparently a long way off on both sides of the worid, the 79th congress must concern itself not only with still acute problems of war but also with the even more complex problems. of the peace to comie, r The President's message on the state of the Union will be read to congress by a clerk Saturday. In a joint session that day, house and senate will canvass the electoral
feated for the presidency. The - President's ‘message will be read to congress by Series on next Tuesday. e annual message is” eagerly awaited for a statement making our foreign policy—notably in relation to European affairs—-more specific. - The fiscal Mr, Roosevelt's
vote by which Mr. Roosevelt de-| Governor Thomas. E. Dewey
annual budget
budgeting for 13th consecutive defct, i expected to nt 1046 ex-|y
: HOPPER HEAVY WITH GOP BILLS
More Than 300 New Laws To Be Passed at Session
Opening Tomorrow. By NOBLE REED,
fecting directly or indirectly every man, woman and child in Indiana, will be passed by the 48th general assembly opening here at 10 a. m. tomorrow for a 60-day session. The law-making will be controlled entirely by the overwhelming Re: publican majority in both houses, 69 of the 100 members in the haquse and 37 of the 50 senators. The - Republican majority policy committee, headed by Lieut.-Gov.-elect Richard James, who will be presiding officer of the senate, h drafted an extensive program bills, covering a wide field: of PSs affairs.
Creighton Presides in" Hofise
Speaker Hobart Creighton (R. Warsaw) will preside in the house with = Rep. George - Henley (R. Bloomington) serving as majority floor leader. Senator John Van Ness (R. Valparaiso) is president pro tem, in the senate. The Democratic minority floor leaders will be Rep. Robert E. Heller, Decatur, in the house, and Senator Walter Vermillion, Anderson, in the upper chamber. The minority members will hold their first caucus session tonight to outline bills supporting pledges made in the Democratic state platform last June. Few of the Democratic bills are expected to get much attention unless they attract enough Republican legislators to override party lines.
Reorganization Tops List
gram is a series of state govern= ment reorganization bills. Some of them are being considered from the standpoint of Republican control over bureaus ‘that were left bipursisan by the 1941 and 1943 Jp.
0. P. Yeadership 1 thinking about changing the aleoholic beverage setup to meet demands from the party’s rank and file for more of the beer wholesale business which has been cornered by the Democrats for 10 years. Democrats took over the lion's share of the business back during the McNutt regime when permits were handed out on a partisan basis. Republican county chairmen are ¢lamoring for a chance to get into the business, Also the G. O. P. leadership is proposing a change in the highway department to give Governor-elect Ralph PF. Gates’ administration control over the $20,000,000 annual postwar. road building program. When Governor Schricker was the only Democrat state official elected in 1940 the Republican majority in the legislature made the highway commission a bi-partisan affair, two Democrats and two Republicans. Now the G. O. P. leadership is proposing that the commission be a three or five-member board with a
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RAGE TRACKS CLOSE
By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Jan. 3. - Horse {racing, the “sport of kings,” which drew its: major support from the man on the street, blacked out in the United States today. It was the first national ban on Tacing since 1665, when it was introduced in this country 280 years ago. The United States had become the greatest horse race nation in the world. It gave up the sport in ¢ompliance with a government res quest that it conserve its manpower, materials and transportation needs for the war effort. The ban became éfective'at midnight last night when the dog tracks in Florida closed their gates. It affects harness racing, too, but none of those tracks were scheduled, for operation until spring.
Few Protests Heard
How long the sport will be suspended no one knew. Although there were scattered protests, the
general -feeling among owners, trainers, jockeys, touts, bookmakers, and track employees alike was that the war comes first.
ernors of 22 states where tracks are .|located would be asked by the industry to meet in the near:
SHAEF SILENT
An estimated 300 new laws, afgl*
Foremost on the Republican pro-|
{there from November,
UNDER. FEDERAL BAN]
“| Thoroughbreds Go on Block; WMC Signs Manpower. |
war I~in'a ar ve spirit. The
There was a report that the'govs
By JAMES McGLINCY Uniteu Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Jan. 3-Supreme allied headquarters’ remained adamant today in its refusal to tell the American public one of the bitterest results of the German breakthrough on the Western front. The. extent of American casualties still is an 8. H. A. BE. P. secret.
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ON 106TH FATE;
FORECAST: Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1945
TRAINED HERE,
‘Destroyed, Nazis Claim; “Yolithful Members Were “Popular Here.
Ly . The fate of the men who two months ago were swarming Indianapolis with the Lion divisional patch on their shoulder today is
AEP The Lion division was the last division trained at Camp Atterbury. Known as the 106th infantry division, the Germans claim it was destroyed on their break-through counter-attack... ) “ Friends here have received letters indicating the division went over-
By Dec. 3 they were going into France. If the German reports can be believed, the 106th had plunged into battle within two weeks.
Believed Near Malmedy
A fiancee of one of the men has interpreted her most recent letter (written before the attack) to mean that the division was in the line near Malmedy, It was in that region that some lof the heaviest. Nazi blows fell. It was the scene of the murder of 115 American soldiers taken prisoner.
among cues and ap-
“Mrs. “U.S.
years.\ ,..
said. “They are men who had been washed out of the air corps and A. 'S. T. P. students transferred when the program was. closed down.
* “All of Us Loved Them”
“They had the typical youthful cockiness and every place they went they livened things up. All of us loved them.” The "106th reported to Camp Atterbury in March, 1044, following Tennessee maneuvers. In October, under the command of Maj. Gen. Alan Jones, they shipped for the East coast. Two other fighting divisions were trained at Atterbury. The 83d, which has received much publicity for action in France, was stationed at Atterbury in 1942 and '43. It was followed by the 30th, Old Hickory, which trained 1943, to January, 1944.
Drop in Mercury Due Late Foday
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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peratures greeted the Hoosiers hereabouts today the weather bureau warned that the cold wave is not broken, NA The mercury is expected to pest] a dive ‘late this afternoon, con=| tinuing through the night with occasional light snow flurries. It was 23 degrees above at 6 a. m. The new cold wave which struck Indiana with a vengeance yesterday originated, according to the United Press, in Canada, sweeping eastward across the United States. Unseasonably chilly temperatires were reported as far south as Atlanta, Ga., which shivered with the thermometer at 31 degrees yesterday. Yesterday's low aw point in Indian-
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By FRED W, PERKINS Scripps-Howard Stall Writer. WASHINGTON, Jan, 3— Powerful support for revision of.
so they will apply uniformly to union leaders as well as employ-
_ F. Byrnes, director of war mobil-
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shrouded in the silence of 8 H |W
seas near the middle of November. |
Meanwhile friends here remember the men of the division as’ being
near by. O, head, said today that the di-
vision was very young, having an average age of about 20 and a half
Although slightly. warmer tem- Mr. Bradford has sent 350 notices
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national labor laws and policies
ers,’ came yesterday from James
’ Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
Allies Refuse To Reveal Bitter Toll Ot Yank Casualties:
Under the same news Jeliey 8. buck on releasing any confirmation,
H. A. E F. has so far refused to|or denial or reports on American trained. a Camp Atterbury, Six
clear up the question of changes in| divisional - casualties to the 12th! the allied high command--if any.|army group, which is subordinate to|
capitals that Field Marshal “Sir
Bernard Montgomery has been|claimed that four American divi-| alone and the number of dead and named deputy supreme commander. | sions, incinding ihe 106th, Were, wotinded ranged even higher, Ger-|. 8. H. A. E. F. now is passing the destroyed.
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American newspapers have been|S. H. A. E. F.-and subject to S., ui; through Belgium and Luxembourg, many prisoners it has captured and printing statements from neutral{ A. E. F. orders.
| the Germans claimed. Some 30,000 prisoners were taken
man accounts sald.
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"ALONG 55-MILE SECTOR
“Most of thése boys are from the| = Middle West and New England,” she
The Nazis passed this way . .
when the enemy retreated.
BRANCH OFFICES FOR TAGS LISTED
Applicants for ’45 Auto Licenses’ Myst Prove | Personal Tax Paid.
Locations of 12 branch auto Hcense and gross income. tax offices to be opened here next Tuesday | were annouhced today by James L. Bradford, Marion county auto license manager. The" branch offices will be operated through Feb. 28. They are intended to facilitate the neighborhood purchase of license plates and drivers’ licenses, and the payment of gross income taxes. They will augment the service already available at the statehouse. : - One _hranch, to be established at 301 W. Washington st, will remain open from 8:30 a. m. to 10 p. m. }
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AUGUST KERL DIES Je
~ IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
August Kerl, 83, of 2198 Gale st., was killed today when struck by! an inbound New York Central train at Massachusetts ave. and Avondale
noon when the accident occurred.
of the locomotive to Olney st. two| blocks west of Avondale. "Henry |
on the train and the conductor was| C. FP. Crowin, 1308 Qakland ave. The body was taken to the Moore |
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strengthened so it may enforce its decisions tn the courts, without resort. to the only method of enforcement used up.to this time + —federal seizure of. private enterprises ih ‘which labor troubles occur,’ His object, “Mr. Brviies ex“plained, is “to treat the Petrillos and the Averys alike.” This ret-
that the, war : bor ‘boards suVBorisy be Wm oa ou 8 we Erne.
'—The Army of the Third Reich Passed This Way’
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British Disclose Fiendish Torture In. Nazi Camps
By RONALD CLARK United Press Staff Correspondent TWENTY-FIRST ARMY. GROUP HEADQUARTERS, Western Front, Jan. 3.—An official British army report today revealed the details of fiendish tortures inflicted on men and women in eight low country concéntration camps by the Germans during the occupation. The victims mainly were Belgian civilians and hundreds of them freed by liberating armies made sworn statements which were documented carefully in the report of more than 70 pages. XE 8s» . * ACCOMPANYING the report were photographs of a torture chamber and instruments used at the Breendonk camp. “At that éamp at least 350 persons were believed executed and another 300 died agonizing deaths at the hands of their Nazi tormentors. The investigation also covered
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LUDLOW GETS TOP FOR VETERANS’ BILL
Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — Rep.
house bill 1 of the 79th congress. It provides disability benefits for
are discharged on account of disabilities which were declared to exist by ‘the draftee at the induction
and Kirk funeral home, 2530 Sta- | center, or which were revealed by!
| the Induction examination,
. By CHARLES T. LUCEY * Seripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.~War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes wants U. 8. troops to have all the munitions they need, and
«more to spare. He believes lives.
will be sayed if they get them. “That's behind this big new push for greater war production. - Mr. Byrnes turns parable-maker
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propaganda or not, the German
how many dead it has recovered.
guess as _to how many dead and
MAJOR BA BATTLE
Whether these figures were pure
It probably could make a shrewd
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BELIEVED NEAR: 30 ARMY SANS
Patton Drives Spearhead 5 Mi. N. E. of Bastogne,
Unlooses Big Guns.
BULLETIN PARIS, Jan. 3 (U. P.).—~American forces have lost all of their : bridgeheads in Germany along 5 55-mile stretch between the Sarreguemines area and the Rhine. Their withdrawal to northeastern France was dictated by - developments, elsewhere, front dispatches revealed tonight.
By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent = PARIS, Jan. 3.—The American 3d army drove a spear head to the Michamps area five miles northeast of Base togne today. : Yank. heavy artillery swept.
> : Acrhe Telephoto . and left one of the most terrible scenes of the war. An American sol- . dier looks aghast at the body of a 6-year-old boy. The youngster was shot with the other children near Stavelot by advancing Germans. Reason: The Nazis wanted to stifle their cries. The bodies were e found
[FARMS SCANNED
FOR DRAFT CALL?
‘End of Deferments Seen for Men in 18 Through 25 Age Class.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (U. P).— The government today sought to cancel: as many as, possible: of the 364,000 agricultural deferments held by men 18 through 25. “The action followed: pleas from heads of the armed forces for induction of more youths in that age bracket. Army request for more young replacements was believed to reflect, in part, losses suffered in the German offensive in Belgium and Luxembourg. In a letter to ‘Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey,. War (Mobilization Director James PF. ‘Byres made it clear that it was a question of taking men who now hold agricultural deferments:or men |in the next age group—26 through
ments. And the war prodietion board chairman, J. A. Krug, thad advised | him, Byrnes added, that the altérna- | tive would make it “extremely difficult” to most civilian war demands.
| Authority From ER D. R
| Byrnes noted that President Roosevelt had authorized him to
pl. Mr. Kerl .was walking north! Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis Demo-!call on Hershey for cancellation of across the tracks shortly before, crat, today reintroduced his bill for/as many 18-25 “agricultural defer-
| relief of veterans and received the| ments as would be permitted under The body was carried in front|distinction of having it numbered | the ‘so-called’ Tydings amendment
providing for .deferment of legitimate agricultural workers, - It ‘was
Pratt, 2271 Adams st, was engineerimembers of the atmed forces who| uncertain how many young farmers
actually would be drafted. : Byrnes pointed out to Hershey, {however, that the Tydings amend-
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Perkins: Treat the Petrillos’ and Averys Alike, Byrnes Says Lucey: Our Soldiers Need More Shells Than Just Enough’ a
When a house catches fire, he Says, you pour water on it with
évery bit of pressure in the hose» . line if you know you have a big
water® supply behind you. You dump plenty on the houses on "either side to be sure the fire doesn't spread, if the water supply is
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|area of Bastogne. The south flank
20—who hold Secupational defer-
Gen. George S. Patton's - - forces thréw the Germans out of four’ more towns in the general
lof Marshal Karl von Rupdstedt’s salient was gashed deeply. Violent Fighting ea Violent fighting raged in the zone east of Bastogne. * West of the transport center the German high command . reported that about eight American divisions, half armored and half infantry, . were massed for action. “Michamps is 17% miles utes) of Manhay, the ni |sition of the U. 8. 1st army on the ‘north side of the salient. If these are the most advanced positions of
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the 1st and 3d armies, the mileage represents the width of the salient at its waistline, Previously reported positions northwest of Bastogne have been nearer Manhay than is an Supreme headquarters revealed belatedly that the -Germans had driven American forces out of Gere many in the Sarreguemines ares of the Saarland. The Nazis advanced up to three miles and eliminated a doughboy" bridgehead five miles wide and three miles deep in the Reich. Smash at River Line Up 10 48 hours ago, 8. HAEP at the Blies river line in the’ Sars reguemines area six times. They forced a crossing at Bliesbruck, three miles west of Sarreguemines. German attacks were flaring with unspecified intensity and effect along a 35-mile front from Sarregw.. uemines to the Rhine. Pole The’ latest reports, however, said nothing of - any recurring Nazi thrusts in the Saarbrucken area of the Saar. The tense air reported prevalent in the Belgium-Luxembourg thee
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‘WAR FRONTS |
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\ (Jan. 3, 1945) WESTERN FRONT-—Yanks slash ahead northeast of Bastogne. Ime’ minent full-scale offensive by y American 1st and 3d’ armies
PACIFIC—B-20's bomb Japaness production centers of Quake, Na- . BOyA ad Hamamatsu.
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