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VOLUME 55—NUMBER 260
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1945
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With Atterbury’s 83d—‘In Hottest Spot On Coldest Part of Front’
By C. R. CUNNINGHAM United Press Staft Correspondent r OUTSIDE PROVEDROUX WITH THE U. S. 83D INFANTRY, Jan. 8 (Delayed) .—This town is the closest point in the American lst army’s drive to meet the 3d army and pinch off several thousand Nazis,
Tonight, amid the whine and
seemed almost too close for comfort. A high wind is whipping the snow in the faces of the frozen infantrymen of the 83d division (trained at
FDR. SETS UP BUDGET FOR 16 HONTHS WAR
Flexible’ Expenditures Are Nearly 18 Billions Less Than 1945.
(Budget Tables, Pages 2 and 3)
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—President Roosevelt presented to congress today a flexible 1946 fiscal year budget calling for reduction of
| expenditures to $83,760,000,000 and
estimating cumulative war authorigations at $450:000,000,000 for six years. The 1946 expenditures would be approximately $17,802,000,000 less than those in the current (1945) fiscal year. The six year war authorizations figure covers the period from July
of Bastogne, bark of shells, it
Camp Atterbury, Ind.)
The 83d and its accompanying 3d armored division
are fighting to close that gap soon.
‘Tomperafures Skid—Butler Coeds Do Same
A task force .under Capt. John W, Gordan; Pittsburgh, Pa, has swept through Hebronval and Ottre
They are struggling through the snowdrifts south of the St. Vith-La Roche road in the direction of Bastogne, "From where-I am writing it is just a little under 12 miles to the 3d army's 101st airborne division north
and Yolned a Beaumont, Tex."
Col. Richardson’s men took the village of Joubie-" valet and pressed out to within coughing distance of
Provedroux.
A cough, however, could hardly be heard on this front. The roar of the wind mingles with the chatter of German rifle and machine gun fire and a rain of
artillery shells.
1, 1040 to June 30, 1946. TE
Mr. Roosevelt told congress that there was no justification for tax reduction so long as we are engaged
in major war, He framed this budget to meet the eventuality of war in Europe continuing for. another 18 months.
Calls for Expense Cut
This budget message contained a preview of* Mr. Roosevelt's post-war demobilization and employment plans. They evidently contemplate reduction of annual government expenditures to $50,000,000,000 through the demobilization period and, ultimately, to $25.000,000,000 where they would level off. He said that as demobilization accelerates after the war “there may be 60,000,000 men and women to be employed. " “Manifestly,” Mr. Roosevelt said, “full employment in peacetime can be assured only when the reduction in war demand is approximately offset by additional peacetime demand
~ from -the - millions of consumers, businesses, farmers, and by federal,
state and local governments. “And that means that consumers’ expenditures and business invest ments must increase by about 50 per cent, measured in constant prices, above the level of the year 1939 if full employment is to, be provided by private enterprise. w
Tax Revision Proposed To that end he proposed post-war
* overhaul of the wartime tax struc-
ture to stimulate consumers’ de-
-mand and promote business invest-
ment, Spending, revenue and deficit estimates were all down in this budget compared with those for the current fiscal year which will end on June 30. The 1946 fiscal year, budgeted today, will riin from July 1, 1945, to~June 30, 1046. The public debt is going up to an estimated $252,000,000,000 on June 30 and to $202,000,000,000 on June 30, 1946. Mr. Roosevelt will ask congress to raise the statutory debt limit, now $260,000,000,000. : He estimated interest on the pub-
* lie debt slone would cost $4,500,000,-
000 the fiscal year 1946, His calculion of war expenditures for the next fiscal year ranged from less than $60,000,000,000 to more thah $80,000,000,000—depending on when
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By 1946, Your U.S. Debt
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (U,
"for lack of help.
Going down!
what happened to Butler Collegians Joy Mudd skid Into a rock at the bottom of the hill back of the College of Religion building.
The {emperature is scheduled to skid low {oday and tonight and that is just about (left) and Mary Ann Culhan.
In their case it was a
RUSH FOR JOBS CONTINUES HERE
‘We Never Realized How Badly We're Needed, Say Applicants. 4
“Why, I never realized how badly my help was needed.” That's the almost unanimous comment of applicants today- for] jobs directly aiding the war effort. ‘That's-the chorus reported by the interviewers who man the desks at the employment offices, at the war plants and at the nurse recruitment stations. And it all began with the pronouncements of war manpower directors last week, the pleas of the army and navy for more nurses and more munitions and the President's recommendations for total mobilization. At the United States employment service office, 257 W. Washington st., Maury Fadell, area director, re-
A local plant gets rush calls to make replacement bearings for crippled ships, but it is behind schedule and machines stand idle See Page 6.
vealed that many of the applicants for jobs in the past four. days have peen older men and women in addition to 4-F's. “Many of these people formerly were in war work but quit because they ‘got tired. of working,” Mr. Fadell declared. “Now they tell us they realize the seriousness of the manpower problem and want to go back to war work.” The area director revealed that the number of applicants inter-
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Share of Will Be $2118
P.)—~Want to know how much
your share of the national debt will be? Well, on the bdsis of 138,000,000 Americans and President Roosevelt's estimate that the national’ debt will be $202,300,000,000 on June 30, 1946, the per capita share of-‘it will be $2118, And - that’s for every man, woman and child in the country. So if you have a wife and two children, for instance, you'd multiply the figure by four to find your family’s share. The deficit for one year alone—July 1, 1945, to June 30, 1046— , 18 expected to mount to $203 for every American. ;
Highlights of Roosevelt Message on the Budget
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (U..P.).—~Important statements in President Roosevelt's message trans-
mitting to congress his
$83,000,000,000 budget:
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
. “I HAVE not made in the past, arid I shall not now make, any ‘prediction concerning. thie length of thé war. My only prediction is - that our ‘enemies will be totally defeated befére we lay down our
arms.”
* “Untimely relaxation in war production spells greater sacrifice An human lives and delays victory,” °
ol Be rd ic 1 ou ry an gery Fiesming, we widunesiiziatud the {ask of defeating Jypun.* 4
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SECOND VICTIM OF BLAZE DIES
Mrs. Anna C. Kelsch is Dead;, Rooming House
Owner in Fair Condition.
Mra ~Anna~ Cristina: Kelsch burned in a fire Sunday at her home, 631 N. New Jersey st., died today in City hospital, She was 68. Mrs. Kelsch, previously identified as Miss Beatrice Bell, is the second victim of the fire. John A. Eblin, 30, died Sunday afternoon of third degree burns. Five other occupants of the lodging house were burned or overcome
Mrs. Anna C, Kelsch
by smoke when flames swept through the nine-room frame building. Audrey Lee Long, 10, who awakened all the roomers and then collapsed in the flaming ‘hall, is in
a critical condition at City hospital. |
John E. Horsley, 49, owner of the house, is in a fair condition at Veterans’ hospital. Othefs injured were Mr, and Mrs. George Wood and their 2-year-old daughter, Mary Catherine. THe Wood family was treated at City hospital,
Mrs. Kelsch was identified yester-|
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TIMES INDEX
Charles Lucey 1 Ruth Millett., 11 ‘Obituaries ... 9
Amusements. , 1 Business .,.., 6 Comies ....... 15
Crossword .... 15 Fred Perkins, 1 David Dietz. , 11 | Radio ......., 15 Editorials .... 12| Ration Dates. 10 Fashions ..... 14] Mrs. Roosevelt 11 Forum ...:..,"12| Side (lances. 12 Freckles ..... 15/ Wm. P, Simms 12
BILLS MOUNT IN LEGISLATURE
Strike Control Act Attacked; $250 ,000 Proposed for Mental Hospital.
A resolution urging congress to repeal the Smith-Connally act outlawing strikes and work stoppages during wartime, was introduced in the state senate today by Senator John 8. Gonas (D. South Bend) and Senator Thurman Crook (D. South Bend), The senators introduced the resolution without comment, A bill to ‘establish a new type of mental hospital for a limited 12month treatment .of mentally-ill patients was introduced in the senate by Senator Von A. Eichhorn (D. Uniondale). The measure would provide for return of patients to the regularly established state asylums if not cured during the 12-month period. It would appropriate $250,000° for
'| construction” of the hospital and
$50,000 annually for” nance, Senator Charles F. Fleming (D. Hammond) introduced a measure giving the state health board authority to purchase blood plasma and distribute it over the state in controlling disease. Another bill submitted in the senate would authorize the state
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its _mainte-
Hoosier Heroes—
FOUR ARE KILLED FOUR OTHERS HURT
One Listed Missing and Another Is Prisoner.
Fighting in Europe has cost the lives of four more local men, another is missing, ‘four have been wounded and .one is a German prisoner,
KILLED First Lt. James F. (Bud) Beldon Jr., Seymour, in Germany, Capt. Robert H. Snyder, 609 N. Wallace st., over Yugoslavia. 8. Sgt. James Coleman, formerly of 412 N. Alabama st., in Europe. Pvt. Arthur .L, Gregory, Bridgeport, in Europe,
ase Pfc. Roger L. Alvis, 3030. BE. 10th st, in Belgium.
INJURED T. 5th Gr. Morris Miller, Chase st., in Germany,
First Lt. Byron M. Carmichael,
2337 Collier st., in
First Lt. Robert M. Price, 45 E.|
46th st. over Europe. Sgt. Billy R. Overtdn, 1018 N. Ewing st. in. France. “i PRISONERS -
S. sgt. Robert C. ‘Sponsel Jr., 5165 S. Hardegan rd., , Of Germany,
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force under Lt. Col. Walter Richardson,
The 1st army now holds a good-sized piece of the
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lateral road and the Germans are not yet making much
in the way of a counter-attack,
“Hogan's Crossroads” world, . It is only about a‘five-mile stretch of road. But tonight it was the hottest thing on the front, Having been assured that “Sure, the road is open,”
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A drive along the highway, however, from Sart to" isn’t the healthiest thing in the
-I undertook to take a drive along it.
A “CLEAR PATH FOR INDUSTRY
Message to Assembly Calls For Home Rule and Free Enterprise.
By NOBLE REED
More freedom of opportunity for individual enterprise with home-rule privileges was the keynote sounded by Governor Ralph F. Gates in his first message to the legislature today, less than 24 hours after his inauguration. The new Republican governor declared for the first time that he will oppose a state bonus for war veterans. “The bonus and the pension are the responsibility of the federal government,” he said. The statement answered queries from several sources recently conteerning the possibility of a state bonus for veterans. However, he- outlined at length recommendations for extensive aid for the rehabilitation of Tolpring veterans.
Policies Outlined
The message outlined the governor’s aims in all departments of state governntent except financing. He announced that he will offer another special message to the assembly within the next two weeks, revealing his detailed plans on the state’s complex budget structure. Most of the recommendations made by Governor Gates followed
[the committee. Discussing his philosophy on (business, the governor said: -
Foster Freedom
“Citizens of Indiana have shown that they prefer the advantages of individual opportunities provided for. us by our traditional American freedom, rather than governmentplanned economy to promote their economic advancement. ; “It will be the policy.of my administration to accept their (people’s) decision and to foster freedom of opportunity to all individuals, hence to strive for a minimum of governmental regulations and control. “Only such controls as are needed fo assure equal opportunity for every citizen and to guarantee the maximum of competition and minimum of monopoly should be countenanced,” he said. Governor Gates cited the record of Indiana’s war-time industry as having given ‘‘us a splendid sample of what it can do to produce wealth and assure its benefits to the greatest number.”
““Splendid Example” “If we give free enterprise in our state the opportunity to experiment, to plan, to produce and to
mental interferences, Indiana can be a much more important factor in industrial employment after the Wgr than it ever has been before,” he declared. “I recommend to the general assembly, therefore, that it adhere to this basic conception of our economy whenever it considers legislation affecting the business and industrial advancement of our state.”
Aid for Workers
Other recommendations, . mostly embracing a program previously outlined, ‘included: ONE: Legislation “beneficial to the great group of organized and unorganized workers who have contributed so much to the war ef. fort.” TWO: Creation of a new department of state government “charged primarily with the duty of co-ordi-nating local. stAte and national services for war veterans to smootn their return to normal life.” THREE: Legislation “providing every duly qualified voter” with an
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closely the text of bills already! .jdrafted and. approved recently by Republican majority. poliey |.
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20 ARMADA OFF LUZON SIGHTED
Great Force Ready to Land, Japs Say; Fliers Attack On 1500-Mile Arc.
By MAC R. JOHNSON United Press Staff Correspondent PEARL HARBOR, Jan. 9.—Tokyo today reported a second great American task force has arrived in “the Lingayen gulf combat zone” and was maneuvering for a landing. Hundreds. pf ‘American aircraft— both carrier-based and giant Superforts — meanwhile raked Japanese installations on a 1500-mile arc from Formosa to Tokyo. The Japanese broadcasts estimated the second American striking force at 150 ships, apparently mostly transports. :
Await Zero Hour
The jittery Japanese gave a confused picture of the situation on the coasts of Luzon. Fleets of American warships and transports were reported steaming pack and forth, shelling the shore and apparently feinting at landings at a number of points. The first invasion armada, according to enemy reports, shifted operations to the Manila area today, Later Tokyo said shelling of the coast by the firgt force was slackening but that the huge new task force had appeared in Lingayen gulf. The Japanese said the Americans were only awaiting the zero hour before commencing landing _Opera~ tions. There was no comment’ from American -official sources, However, official announcement was made of fresh aerial blows
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Three times in
down by enemy fire.
The situatjon of ging the snow .and
my “leisurely” drive I was pinned
our troops can be Imagined—Huge crouching in water- filled foxholes,
The only thing this drive proved was that our offen sive-is rolling ahead—slowly because of the show, fog, mines and demolitions—but still rolling. Another three or four days should prove whether
the Germans will be able to pull their forces safely
GENERAL RETREAT BY NAZIS BOLI
WESTERN
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back from the bulge.
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Acme Telephoto Troops of Camp Atterbury’s 83d division showed the way as the Yanks cut the St, Vith-La Roche road.
Orreux, Marcourt, Mont, Dochamps and Hebronval fell w the doughboys. ae #0
action.
Enemy Withdrawal From Entire Bulge Indicated; Tank Battle Rages Near Key
Base of Ardennes Salient.
By J. EDWARD MURRAY United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. 9.-<American and German tanks were locked in a roaring battle today on the approaches to La Roche, keystone base of the Ardennes salient. Front dispatches reported signs that the Germans might be pulling out of the entire bulge under cover of a delaying
A resurgent snowstorm enveloped the mighty clash of armor around Samree, thre miles northeast of La Roche on
NEWS OF 106TH— 3 Soldiers Tell
Of Experiences
On West Front
NEWS OF THREE members of the 106th infantry, Camp At-terbury-trained ' division which has been commended by Gen. Bernard R. Montgomery for gallantry in stemming the Gerjuan break - through into the Belgium bulge, has reached Indianapolis. ' The parents of an Indianapolis man who is with the 106th, Sgt. Leland S. (Stan) Lynch, received letter yesteray that their son is in a hospital in Belgium. Mr. and Mrs. William Featherstone, 108 N. Bazil ave. have re~ ceived letters from two New York soldiers who trained with ‘the 106th at Atterbury. .The New York soldiers, John Neece -and Pfc, Charles Gessner, also are in Belgium. They often visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Featherstone while they were stationed here. They
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the highway to St. Vith. Riflemen of the 83d infantry division (trained at Camp Atterbury, Ind.) drove across the highway with tank spearheads of the 3d armored. The Yanks cut the road on a three-mile front west of the Salm river, The 1st army march, averaging a third of a mile gains, was limited by the storm.
reported encountering “remarkably light” artillery and mortar fire. This indicated a German general withdrawal from the north side of
the one remaining highway out. The road already was under the fire of U. 8. troops less than four miles away.
Lash at 6th Army Group 3 In northeast France the Gers mans, checked short of a breakthrough at every point they have
struck anew, They lashed .at four widely sepa= rated points on the 6th army group front. A front dispatch said they ap-
spot, but failed. It reported that the Germans were altacking in the Rimling area east of Sarreguemines, north - of Lemberg on the west side of the Bitche bulge, north of the Haguenau forest in the vicinity of Obserroeden, and south of Strasbourg along the Rhine-Rhone canal, “There are ‘indications that the
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BY FRED W. PERKINS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan, -9.—Labor organizations, still resisting a universal war service law, de- . spite. President’ Roosevelt's request to congress Jor it, will not oppose, and may Support. the proposéd 4-F legislation, ~The hope is Bog in this pool of 4,000,000 4-F men, disqualified
found several hundred thousafid neededxto relieve the manpower deficits in some essential war industries, : This stand was taken by William’ Green, president of the American - Federation” of -Labor’’
and it as believed. to be the gen-'
tijude of - other union. ‘Who sée In the ¢-F
Lucey: 'F. D.R. Probably Must Settle for Work-or-Fight Law’
By CHARLES T. LUCEY . *"Seripps-Howard Staft Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.~Con= gress buckled down today to study . of President Roosevelt's bid for national service legislation with
Perkins: Will Drafted 4F s = Required fo Pay Union Dues?”
Action on the 4-F bill i ite
Allied armor and infantry were . :
the bulge toward ridges guarding
hit in the last nine days, today
parently hoped. to feel out a weak