Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1945 — Page 3

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LL MEN UNDEF 30 FACE DRAFT

Stimson ‘Says Casualties 8241 for Week; Some

Commanders Shifted. (Continued From Page One)

cover principally the period of the :

German offensive.” The over-all army total an“mounced today by Stimson was 564,351. The navy, marine corps and

MacArthur Drives Within ~~ 90 to 95 Miles From Manila

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pletely wiped out within 10 minutes” by madsed artillery fire.

Japs Admit Retreat

(The Japanese Domef’

were dislodged in bloody fighting.

The Japanese radio said considerable num-= bers of American tanks were going {ashore and that “immense battles” _|are now being fought.)

news agency reported that American tanks advanced east _ from San Fahian yesterday and ‘drove into Japanese positiogs from which they

American aircraft roamed the “Iskies unchallenged. * Organized and bitter resistance, bad weather or other such factors might make the battle for Manila a long campaign. r

see American troops in the capital within a matter of weeks, instead of months as first thought.

that I would like to take a vacation after the fall of Manila and

it, he merely smiled and said:

A break or two, however, might

When I remarked to MacArthur

would like to know when#to -plan

[EDICT ON FUEL v-

PONDERED HERE

168- Degree. “Order Keeps! City - Residents, Firms

Guessing on Outcome. " (Contintied From Page One)

displays and outdoor advertising billboards. Local coal dealers were hopeful that conflicting orders from the solid fuels administrator would in, Ithe long run bring relief to the

s. Bombs Rain On "Old Hickory’

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force repeated the attack the fol“jowing day. » - ” " THE MARAUPERS had become ‘separated from the rest of their formation in bad weather and dropped their bombs on the town at 3:30 in the afternoon. The

pilots believed they "were over |

the German lines. Infantrymen of the 30th .division still were digging out of the wreckage at 2:30 the following afternoon when the heavies came

ITAVERNS MAY LOSE

HOUR OFF CLOSINGS

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bibers, assisting officers in their attempts fo eliminat teen-age revelry from. taverns. They likewise would strengthen certain restrictions pertalhing to female tipplers. There's a feeling among sober- | minded Republicans that all restric- | tive measures should be bolstered For instance | Indiana’ has a law requiring tavern

patrons to sit down while drinking. Buf practice has developed a eomplicated series of contortions by |

|and made air-tight.

all oy thar £ the wholiale beer business, ig "Under ‘the present Bl-partisan !

liquor board: and enforcement setup, Democrats have completely

monopolized the beer wholesaling}

trade. This is because the bi-par-tisan features were introduced after

the Démocrats had already grabbed;

most ‘of the business. Current plans. are to change the commission from a bi-partisan fourmember hoard to either a two to oné Republican three-member hoard,

or a threes to two Republican fivemember hoard.

"HEARING ON WELFARE!

‘BILLS. TO BE CLOSED

The house social security commit- |

Municipal League Directors Study Proposal for - State Bill.

Indiana Muneipal League direcs tors were to decide at a meeting this afternoon whether they will spon {sor a skip-election bill in the legis~ lature. At preliminary discussions yestere

“Tl get you started just as’ soon as I can” There always was the possibility that the Japanese might declare Manila an open city as MacArthur did in December, 1941. But it appeared remote at the moment. Even should the Japanese issue an open city declaration, the American command might find it necessary to decline to recognize it, just as the Japanese ignored the American gesture in 1941. The Japanese were known, to have large concentrations of ammunition, weapons andes supplies in Manila,

Later, said the Japanese, the Americans again attacked an infiltrated Jap positions. | Other Japanese reports asserted their air’ forces had sunk “many large-type warships land transports” and that' the Americans ashore had been “cut off” from their sea-borne supplies.) (A B. B. C. broadcast reported by the Blue Network said American troops were less than 100 kilometers —62 miles—from Manila. This | would put them far acrofs the Agno and it. appeared that.the. announcer: {confused his kilometers and miles. (Blue also quoted B. B. C. as saying that the Americans were inland an average defith of 35 kilometers, or 20 miles.) : Small Arms Resistance

The main advance south across

market. At the moment one order | has diverted their .January ~erders of Indiana-mined coal to railroads, while a second order has banned shipment of coal mined in West virginia and Kentucky to dealers north of Indianapolis. . Users of electricity have been advised that the elimination of nonessential power and illumination applies only to areas where coalusing power companies- have insufficient, coal reserves. * The Indianapolis Power and Tight Co: His closed that it has built up its reserves during the summer to a point where there now is on hand a twomonths’ supply, or about 230,000 tons of coal.

Distribution Problem Faced

was 82,029. Army Losses Greater

Army casualties werd 7909 greater fe" than those announced a week ago U and included 106,952 killed, 333,849 wounded, 64,283 missing and 59,267 | prisoners;of war, ~The navy total included 31,441 dead, 36,798 wounded, 9311 missing and 4479 prisoners of war. Secretary Stimson gave the ex- | . blanation of the army's sastiahy | * yeporting methods; wa “I have been giving out every week the total of army casualties for all theaters as recorded in the latest available reports. As for the | casualties in the European theater, the war department has regularly announced about the middle of ev-

Campaign Develops

The campaign fast was develop-| ing into a race between Japanese forces seeking to stem the drive on Manila and 6th army columns dash-

over and piled up additional casualties and damage. *

THERE WAS no officialeexpla‘nation for the second attack, except that it was made “in eiror.” It was understood that Maj. Gen. Leland Hobbs, commander, of the 30th division, protested the ‘bombing of ‘hig troops in sulphurous terms,

CHAPLIN RETRIAL IS SET

HOLLYWOOD, Jan, 11 (UP =="alcololle beverage tonmission: Superior Judge Samuel R. Blake | G. O. P. heads are busily tHrash- tary service during. 1944, the Jourhal unexpired term of A. R. Killian, today set May 2 for the retrial of ing out details of this reorganiza- 1of the American Medical associa-| Joan Barry's paternity suit against tion problem, primary purpose. of |tion reported today in its current to become superintendent of. state

Comedian Charlie Chaplin.

which jumpy patrons can leave their tee hearing on the state welfare de-,| {4aY board members discussed favors seats and have them too. | partment reorganization bills sched-| ably a bill that would postpone ths Most of the tightening-down uled this afternoon will not be open | next election for city officials to measures are being pushed by rep- to the public, Rep. Earl B. Tecke-|1947 instead of 1946 along with daly. esenliatives fom saad towns and meyer, committee chairman, an- and county elections. rural areas incerely pious- men | nounc among the representatives are of| nee. iy a date tor a public Members favoring the bill cone the opinion that 1 a. m. Sunday hearing on the welfare bills at our| tend that the issues of mayoralty closing law is sacriligious. | caucus session this afternoon,” he| | elections are overshadowed by state Catch in all this talked about re-|said.. and national issues when city elec vamping ‘of the liquor laws, how-| . oTOTE ae eT © |tions dre held at the same time. ever, is that it may be included 183 DOCTORS WAR VICTIMS The board elected Mayor Loba in an omnibus bill reorganizing the CHICAGO, Jan, 11 «(U, P).—Al Bruner of Bloomington as. new . Tota of -18%: physiciars-tied dx ‘mb president. ofthe league. toll. the.

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who resigned as mayor of Lafayette

which is to obtain for the GG, O. P Jw | police.

| « preceding month,

ery month the losses there for the the Luzon plains was meeting only

Figures Next Week “1 expect, in accordance with this!

figures for December which willl cover principally the period of We German oflensive. “No casualty figures, have been omitted. Without naming officers involved,

therefore, |

sporadic smal arms resistance.

American patrols and spotting planes reported artillery fire-in the

hills north of San Fabian. War into the area.

head along the coast to the west. They- reached the mouth of th

gayen,

ing south,

capital was considered possible.

threat to Manila.

el So pressed was the enemy for, Agno river, six miles beyond Lin-| transport that he was using bicycles and came under artillery and pushcarts, in fact, anything on

Secretary Stimson said of field|fire from the foothills of the Zam- wheels.

changes: | {It is the policy of the war de-|

bales mountains,

The Japanese apparently had exThe speed of the advance south | pected the partment to demand the very high was such that one division com- | southern Luzon. est standards of performance from mander was forced to order his | enemy troops were entrenched in we have ‘a shortage of men and

landing to come

the army's commanders,” SLimson vanguards to slow up because they parepared positions there.

said.

demgnd, | “However, such removals

“A number of commanders were moving too fast for communi-| have heen relieved because of this cations and supplies to keep pace. | destroying or damaging 34 aircraf The Calmay river, one to two and jon the ground at Clark field alone | may a half miles inland from the beach- and many others at Lipa and Ba-

mean that: the abilities of the of- heads, and only formidable water tangas.

ficers did not suit their particular barrier north of the Agno, was | assignments, and the men may be forced in the early hours of the in-| 'hag been reduced to a negligible |scale by constant American atDespite the initial lack of resist-| tacks. ance, however, the Japanese fever-| |ishly were running up troops, armor continued to pour troops and sup- | users of outdoor electrical displays snd supplies from southern Luzon. | plies into the expanding American | concerning application of the orders A deadly barrage of bombs, shells| beachhead.

placed at other duties to which they | aré better fitted.”

| SELDON S.. HODGES | DIES IN SEATTLE

Seldon S. Hodges, attorney here before he moved to Seattle, Wash., nine years ago, died there yesterday after a brief illness. He was 56. Active in Democratic politics here, ‘Mr. Hodges occupied offices in the Merchants bank building and also in the When building. He was a

a prominent]

| vasion along a broad front.

MacArthur said

and bullets from American carrier “great base for operations” was be-

and land-based planes was bein hurled at the enemy.

Vehicles Blasted

Whole columns of vehicles were |

blasted into flaming wreckage.

|bridges north of

knocked out.

Manila

g ing developed.

On Leyte, American troops killed | another 415 enemy troops and took tion of the orders as they affect

nine prisoners.

| For mosa::

A front dispatch said an " American armored breakthrough to the! secretary of the Indianapolis Coal

=| Air reconnaissance pilots said the regular practice, to have next week, ships were hurling salvoes of shells| ads from southern Luzon were that - there is

clogged with enemy troops, tanks coal here to keep people warm , . . Other forces expanded the bedch-|and guns moving north to meet the put there is a problem of distribut-

in see our problem The majority of have very little coal for sale, and

Planes struck at enemy airdromes, | t| Tyndall to

Japanese air 3 Tivity over Luzon!

The 1000-ship invasion armada |

a was the statement by Joseph L.

Commenting on the local coal | shortage, Harry A. Rogers. executive

association disclosed “just about enough

Merchant's

ing it evenly to consumers.” “1f the situation gets any worse, we may have to set up stands about ‘the city where consumers may obtain bags of coal,” he said. “You is two-fold: We

« |trucks to deliver it.” He said he had asked Mayor investigate a possible solution should the problem grow more desperate. | At the mayor's office It was re[ported that a statement might be forthcoming later today.

Situation Is: Uncertain Typical of the understanding of

| Hanna, manager of the General {Outdoor Advertising Co. here. “We have not had a clear defini-

{the darkening of our billboards,” Mr. Hanna said, “but the last word {we had was that the -orders were intended only for areas ‘where power {generating companies were sufferling from the coal shortage.

New Bill Would Set Most

graduate of the Benjamin Harrison

law school. A native of Huntsville, Ala. Hodges came to Indianapolis in 1918. He lived 12 years at 44 N, Bradley | st... A member of the American Les

gion, the attorney first moved to Vancouver, B. C. and later Seattle.

be held at Seattle tomorrow.

The only survivor is a son, Dean,

of Kokomo.

RETURN 0 PRIMARY SYSTEM ADVOCATED

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party candidates by the convention system’ generally has improved over selections made by the old primary selection. They say that often the best primary campaigners make the worst officeholders. They contend that an able man who isn’t: a natural election “stumper” shies from tossing hig hat. in the ring.

Cite Political Machines

Backers of the primary method cite charges that the convention nominating method is usually at the | mercy of political machines, hind-the-scenes string pulling, which the public is ignorant, pr duces a number of partisan “Charley McCarthys,” they assert. Their

Mr. |

. Be- |

A bill to put most of Indiana|veterans of three months service|

State Clocks Back Hour “bir. Hanna said pening recep

‘back on central standard time as and unmarried widows.

of April 1, but giving the larger | to cities the right to stay on war time if they -choose, was introduced in| Funeral services and burial will the house today by Rep. Albeit B.

Thompson (R. North Vernon). The measure, however, would

|a Stepfather to a father 0 a stepmother,

LEGAL POINT LOST

sia tor ts me ou ime sur BY COUNTY: CQUNCIL

{the summer months between June

! other months except

he duration of the conflict.

I! Se. bills introduced in the house the county commissioners over con-

would : ONE: Permit

lective service law. TWO:

members of the armed forces under 21 to make wills auditor may call special meetings and would legalize all such docu-|0f a county council and that he ments made since passage of the se- | {is not required to set forth thé Fr [subject matter except when involvAged and blind persons ing emergency measures. receiving public assistance could | The opinion was given tipon the continue to receive public benefits request of Otto K. Jensen, state ex-

{the county council its first {setback In its 2-vear-old feud wit

trol ‘of ,the county government. Mr. Engmert ruled that the count,

revel Though they have incomes not laminer for the department of in-

| exceeding $15 a month.

Bills introduced woud: | .ONE: Exempt from

= WULFMAN 1S NAMED

| spection and supervision of Pye in the senate Offices.

Only. yesterday the council had

taxation | disclosed a set of proposed rulés by | homesteads valued at $2000 or less | Which they had sought to strength- |; jo yesterday were Mrs. Mary owned by horiorably discharged war | {en their control over the county's | Dressler, 65, of 955 S. Alabama st.

One of the rules, ! 9 ' hnson, 56, of 420 SB. bi adopted, would require the county [ae a Jonns

[purse strings.

TWO: Repeals present law pro-| tviding for adoption of children by conservation orders last night as the

legal

He said about 25 per cent of the firm’s billboards are illuminated at night and ‘that nearly 80 per cent joary war messages.

| signs would remain lighted. Moves to Avert Crisis

Byrnes issued: the drastic

and Sept. 1, putting the state on) A ruling by Attorney. General | 01s | annually. {eentral standard. time “during the: ‘James AF ! the larger) mmert today had given Siiies that wish to stay on war time

essential power and light uses the plea to home and building owners h to install a 68-degree maximum | temperature, and the regulation of Indiana-mined eoal distribution,

v (the orders also eliminated all spe- ;

cial and excursion trains and froze rail schedules to resort areas at the normal year-round levels instead of at the seasonal peaks,

CITY IS PROMISED COLD WAVE BREAK

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st. Mr. Johnson was

{auditor to submit a digest of mat- | treated for a leg injury at Method-

addition-to the ban-on non-i-

STRAUSS SAYS:

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AY NEARE

R. VICTORY

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wart 2 REAL CONT— to shield you when it's cold—to comfort

ters to be presented to the council |

at least 10 days before a meeting | ist hospital.

Paul V. Brown, park superin2 calien. | tendent, announced that four to- | boggans will be in operation at the | Coffin golf course against tonight

AIR CRASH FATAL ght TO 3 NAVY: FLIERS ome re atti hos

BUNKER HILL, Ind., Jan. 11 (U, iuna. {P.).—Bunkem® Hill naval air station |

most persuasive argument is that] “the primary method is more rep- | 10 HEAD TAX BOARD resentative of the public as a whole. | Democratic minority members, as | (Continued From Page One) might be expected, are generally | sympathetic - towards any possible direct primary amendment. Its chances, however, are extremely slim. It all depends on}

state boards and commissions which | {were subject to changes in person- | {nel with the retirement of Demo‘cratic Governor Schricker and the |

|inakiguration of a Republican gov- Maine Town Is Coldest

whether the Republican direct primary bloc is large enough to link its members with the Democr: and thus boom up a real threat to the convention system of nominating candidates, - Some middle-of-the-road Republicans. are waiting in the backs

| ernor.

|authorities said today that identity |

In the nation, Greenville, Me.

Governor Gates did not announce immediately his decision regarding | two other positions on the board,

composed of two Democrats and a

of three navy filers killed yester- | os the coldest spot, recording a day inthe mid-air collision of two temperature of 24 below zero. The training ships would ‘be released | jowest reading in the Midwest was

which, under Mr. Schricker was after notification of next of kin.

17 below at Rockford, ‘Ill, while

A fourth airman was injured crit- | | Indiana's low readings were 6 be-

Republican,

The others, in addi- ically when the planes collided and | jow zero at Ft. Wayne and 10 be-

tion to Bedwell, were Peter A. Becz. | crashed oh a farm near Walton, | {low at Logansport. kiewicz (D. South Bend) and How-|Ind., in Cass county while on a| It was 41 above at Helena, Mont, ard Atcheson (R. Scottsburg). routine flight. The a¥cident oc- | which is unusually warm for that A native Hoosier, Mr. Wulfman curred ‘only a short distance from section. Miami reported 40 deis 53, married and has three chil- an auxiliary fleld to the Bunker | grees and the mercury sank to 32 dren, one’ of whom, & son, Joe, is Hill station where the planes were | at Jacksonville, Fla, and 23 at in the army. | based. | Birmingham, Ala.

IN INDIANAPOL IS—EVENTS—VITALS

EVENTS TODAY Pali) Rebecca Holder, at 1732 N. New ersey. | William, carrie’ James, at 1330 Cornell.

ground with a compromise if an actual floor battle flares up. This would~ recommend the use of voting machines in nominating conventions, thus giving convention delegates complete ballot secrecy and reducing intimidation power of the party bosses.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

nee J, 8. Weather Bureau

Girls Verlin, Helen Ting. | at bo Banc,

American Legion suiliary, national com-

; / wep open FI FEI TT OF SRE en SL STR Te Sunrise eee 8:07 | Sunset . 5:40 Hotel Severin *| James, Rosemary Doits, at Coleman. | aman ‘Marie Willame, at 188 Columbia. Era ematn os Taam lk amber & Bulldery: Supls ai. Oi MST Ros, 4 Sain DEATHS ~ . Deficiency. singe Jan. 1 ......... cee BO tndianapels Bes Estate Beard, luncheon, ig th rod 8 | Cora A. Santtg, 1h at 115 8 Audubon Mp0 ¥

m.. Hote! Washington Marion county. conservation council, meetm. Hotel Washington tnditna Industrial Union eouncil, dinner,

Kenneth, Irene Alexander, gt 2197 N. Gale. William, Elizabeth Ar.derson, = 2232 Hovey. | Glenn, Effie Drake, at 1413 N. Sheffield, Herbert, Blanche Hesler, at 340 Middle.

“The following table s shows the highest Yeiperatures for 12 hours ending at "7:30 p. m, yesterday and the lowest tempera« tures for 13 hours ending at 7:30 a. m.

{Frank N;: Pratt, 54, at 2430 N. Gale, cerebral hemorrhage. {mana Harm, 40, at City, acute encepha-

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