Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1945 — Page 1
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1945
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Pestoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
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Roosevelt To F ight For National Service Law Despite All Opposition
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (U, P.).—President Roosevelt determined today to fight for enactment of national service legislation despite the cool attitude of congress and .the hostility of organized labor and the National Association of Manufacturers. : The President conferred with congressional leaders and the army and navy high commands on the subject
~ GOP BILL SEEKS
CONTROL OVER BEER PERMITS
Legislators Start Move to!
Recapture Business
From Democrats.
By NOBLE REED A bill to put Democrats out of . the beer wholesale business in Indiana so that Republican county
chairmen can get into the trade]:
was introduced in the house today. Reps. Herbert M. Copeland of Madison and Howard S. Steele of Knox, both Republicans, are the authors. The measure was not sponsored by the regular.G. O. P. leadership but it follows the general idea already being discussed by the G. O. P. high command and the party's legislative policy committee. The bill wduld eliminate from the present alcoholic beverage act the clause that prevents the beversage commission from refusing to renew a wholesaler’s permit on “capricious, arbitrary or political grounds.”
Lets Bars Down
Elimination of this clause would give the proposed new Republican controlled beverage commission unhampered powers to dish out beer permits to any one it chooses and for any reason. The Copeland-Steele bill also would make renewal of beer permits held by qualified wholesalers optional instead of .mandatory under the present act. In effect the hill would put the by back into poli-| tics, where before the Re-publican-controlled legislature created the new bi-partisan beverage commission in 1941 under exGovernor Henry Schricker, Democrat,
Responds to Pressure
Rep. Copeland said he was aware that the Republican policy committee was planning to sponsor similar legislation but “thefe has been so much pressure from my home district for action that I thought it! was time to introduce the bill.” “It is high time to break up the stronghold the Democrats have held over the beer business for the last 10 years,” he said. A-resolution introduced in the house by Glenn Slenker (R. Monticello) recommends a constitutional amendment to increase the terms of sheriffs from two to four years. Other bills introduced in the legslature today would:
ONE: Permit all state, city, county and township employees to organize unions and enter into collective bargaining contracts with any political subdivisions. It was ine troduced by house Democratic minority members. TWO: Increase unemployment compensation benefits from the present $18 weekly for 18 weeks to $26 weekly. This bill also was sponsored by the Democratic minority in the senate. Republican leaders are expected to sponsor a biil for $20 weekly for 20 weeks.
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EAST SIDE GARAGE DAMAGED BY FIRE
Pire' this morning damaged the Auto City garage, 2119 E. Washington st., and destroyed or damaged 12 cars which were in for repairs. A storage yard for parts back of the garage also was swept by flames. C. E. Selmier, owner, said that the fire started when a gasoline tank exploded. It was beleved caused by a spark from an acetylene. torch. No one was injured and damage has not been estimated. . The _.fire spread rapidly to the Washington Auto Parts Tire Co. at 2113 E. Washington st. but firemén confined the flames to the rear of the buildihg. Owner Leo Cohen said that $10,000 in’ goods were stored there. :
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labor commissioner.
60-year-old appointee declared. “The reason they do, in my opinion, is because they don’t have to espouse any wild ideas in order to be leaders.” Business manager of the United Association of -- Steamfitters local here 31 years, a has heen 3 leading , figure in \ihionism. He also has been president of the state building and construction trades council 21 years.
Dislikes Word ‘Radical’
«There is no doubt, believes Mr. Kern, that there are certain localities in the nation where it is difficult to maintain good labor-man-agement relationships. “I dislike to use the term ‘radical’ in describing .the attitudes that prevail in‘ these communities,” Mr, Kern declared. “It's a dangerous word to use and it doesn’t always mean what it implies.” Discussing the war labor board, the new commissioner said that “it probably was necessary to have management the period.” “In the end, it will be admitted, I think, that it all was for the best. But, I don't believe the majority of
during war
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SENATOR MALONEY DIES IN CONNECTICUT
Democrat Had Been II
Since New Year's Day.
f. MERIDEN, Conn., Jan. 16 (U. P.). —Senator Francis T. Maloney (D. Conn.) died today at Meriden hospital where he had been a patient since New Year's day, suffering from grippe and a heart attack. At: the hospital it was said the senator had spent a, restful night, chatted with his nurse when ‘he awoke and decided to take a nap. He died in his sleep from a heart attack. Only hospital attendants were in Maloney’s room when he died. One of the medica] staff said Maloney had seemed to be recovering rapidly from the ailment which kept his condition serious for two weeks. Maloney was 50. He was the senior Democratic senator from Connecticut and his death requires the calling of a special election by Governor Raymond E. Baldwin to decide his successor.
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Back-sliding youths with wrong
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Amusements. Jack Bell
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ideas are on the crime skids in Indianapolis, So goes the report of Juvenile Air Capt. Clifford Richter, who today viewed with alarm an epidemie of sled stealing, the like. of which he has never seen before. - Admitting the teen-age Sioa snatchers are pretty slippery, t captain said that nevertheless
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certain controls over both labor and
today. Then he started preparation of another message to congress demanding a national service law, _ Chairman Elbert D. Thomas (D. Utah) of the senate military affairs committee said after the conference that the President expected to send the message to the capitol
“in a day or two.” The President’s decision
Kern Swornin as State Labor Chief
+ Charles Kern
Promises "No Wild Ideas’; Favors ‘Reasonable Attitude’
By KENNETH HUFFORD A native Hoosier, whose father and mother also were born -in Indianapolis, Charles Kern—unassuming and serious-minded—is typical of Indiana labor leaders. He took the oath of office today as state
“I believe labor Teaders in Indiana take a reasonable ‘attitude toward management in the settlement of their mutual problems,” the
= RAIN, WARMER DUE TOMORROW
City Crews Clean Streets After Inch of Snow
Blankets Area.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES +23 10a. m.... 35 .24 1am... 25 . 24 12 (Noon).. 26
p.m... am... a. m.. a.m. i 1pom..... 28:
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More snow or rain is in store for Indianapolis tomorrow. And with this forecast .the local weather man also promised warmer temperatures tomorrow after the mercury drops slightly today. In the ithern section of the state 5 expected tomorrow, Thursday and Sunday, according to
the five-day weather forecast. City streets and sidewalks remained slick today as créws contin ued to clear streetcar tracks and intersections of ice and snow. One and four-tenths inches of snow was measured last night, nearly all of it
falling in the preceding 24 hours.
Driving Hazardous
Hazardous © driving and walking conditions caused three falls on the ice here and one traffic accident. Stanley Redlick, 66, of 1916 W. Michigan st., broke his leg when he fell this morning at Holmes ave, and St. Clair st. , James Puckett, 2138 N. Jefferson ave, slipped at 25th st., and Guilford ave. yesterday. Mr. Redlick and Mr. Puckett were tikén to City hospital. While playing in a school yard at Sacred Heart Catholic school yesterday, Jean Hemelgarn, 13, of 1626 8. Delaware st. slipped and broke her arm, Icy streets at 42d st. and Central ave. yesterday caused a city sanitation department ash wagon to skid against a utility pole. The pole broke off and flying glass from the light shade cut Robert Duseath, 10, of 3724 Central ave.
LINTON CORPORAL KILLED
Cpl. Delmas E. Moore of Linton was among three non-commissioned officers killed in an auto collision Sunday near Hillsboro, Tex. The men were stationed at Camp Hood, Tex. ’
Snow Skids Youths Into ~ Sled-Stealing Epidemic
fessed to the crime of “runner running”--or selling stolen sleds. Capt. Richter said he also had lectured six boys accused of hav=ing knowingly purchased the con-
_traband sleds.
The sleds are now idling in the property room, awaiting’ identification and claim by their owners. Capt. Richter warned
_ parents not to believe youngsters
who blandly announce, ky, ‘somebody gave me a sled.” Chances are, said the captain, .the kids "have bought their new
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to make : fight for the pro-
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TTH ARMY GOES
OVER TO ATTACK
ON UPPER RHINE
Yanks Occupy Houffalize at Center of Nazi
Salient.
By BOYD D. LEWIS United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Jan, 16-—Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey’s British 2d army opened ‘a new offensive today. 'The British struck against the German bridgehead west of the Roer river in the area of the Dutch border town of Sittard, 17 miles northwest of Aachen. Simultaneously the American 7th army at the opposite end of the front seized the initiative along the upper Rhine. ’ The Yanks stormed the German bridgehead north of Strasbourg. They gain almost two miles to the outskirts of Crambihein; nine miles from the Alsatian capital.
Tanks, Troops Attack
The new allied blows were struck. as American and British troops ground down the wilted Ardennes salient, 8 They were occupying its onetime anchor post of Houffalize, which the Nazis abandoned. Spearheaded by the 30th division (trained -at- Camp Atterbury, Ind) and two other 1st army divisions, they ‘also were closing against St, Vith. This is the last big German-held base west of the Siegfried line in that sector. ; British tanks and troops attacked fram the famous Dutch corridor between Belgium and Germany. Charge Bridgehead They struck into stiffy defended territory bounded by "Sittard, Roermend, on the Maas 15 miles to the north, and Geilenkirchen, 11 miles southeast of Sittard. The - drive was aimed into the southern flank of the Gefman bulge westward into the British positions along that border region of the dangling “appendix” of Holland. The doughboys found Houffalize abandoned by the Germans, who were withdrawing eastward to the St. .Vith ridge. Marshal Karl von Rundstedt apparently intended to experiment there with an attempted stand outside the Siegfried line. Seventh army troops and tanks charged the German bridgehead
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14 DEAD IN FIRE IN CHICAGO HOTEL
Dozen Bodies Recovered; Woman's Leap Fatal,
CHICAGO, Jan. 16 (Ui P.).— death early today and many others were reportéd injured when fire swept through the six-story General Clark hotel on the northern edge of the loop. Firemen removed 12 bodies from the ruins of the 70-room building shortly affer the flames had been brought under control. .An unidentified woman died in a hospital of injuries received when, she leaped from a window to escape the flames, ss one man died of burns, police
The blaze, discovered shortly after midnight, was brought under control two hours later, Thousands of persons attracted by the screaming fire sirens watched as guests trapped in the upper stories of the structure leaped into nets. Others escaped through the lobby or down fire escapes As the flames swept upward rE the top four stories. The t said|China about 50*permanent guests and a
ivancing Americans within ~408Xt 24 hours, if it has not already
ago. - In his annual nissigs to ebngress then he proposed national service legislation contingent on enactment of
other programs.
No national service bill was enacted, and pr oponents of the measure complained that the President's request had been too qualified. They said he did not follow it
up with any real insistence.
In his message’ this year, Mr. Roosevelt on Jan. 6
REDS FLANK WAR NEW ASSAULT ON 75-ML FRONT
WAR FRONTS
(Jan. 16, 1945)
WESTERN FRONT—American armored columns occupy Houffalize at center of Ardennes salient; 7th seizes intiative on upper Rhine. g
PACIFIC—Americans on Luzon advance to within 75 air miles of Manila, Tokyo reports 3d fleet carrier planes hit China coast from Hankow to Swatow.
EASTERN FRONT—Red army drives wedge into southern Polish plains within 45 miles of Reich. Fall of Schlossberg, East Prussian fortress, reported. Nazis say Reds reach Radom.
AIR WAR—American heavy bombers resiilme daylight attacks on Germany.
ITALY—Deep snow and poor visibility virtually halt action.
U. S. UNCHECKED IN MANILA PUSH
Yanks Less Than 75 Miles! From Capital of Philippines.
: By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent GEN... MACARTHUR'S 'HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Jan. 16. — American tanks, mobile guns and infantry swept on today unchecked and apparently unchallenged across the great central Luzon plains. The Yanks were less ‘than 75 air miles north of Manila today. The biggest invasion of the Pacific war entered its second week with American spearheads nearly 35 air miles and 40 road miles inland from the Lingayen gulf beachhead. They are almost a third of the way to the Philippines capital
Stiff Fight in’ Northeast
Stiff fightidg was under way along the : Rosario-Pozorrubio line at the northeastern corner of ‘the | beachhead. But the unopposed frontal ad- | vance already had- carried to with-| in nearly 30 miles of the great] Clark field air dent r. The provisional fi of Tarlac is perhaps a doze mite Ss away. Camiling, 28 road miles inland from Lingayen and five miles inside Tarlac province, fell Sunday to two converging columns. They advanced nine miles from Bayambang, to the northeast, arti Mangatarem, to the northwest, and merged into a single powerful army aimed straight at Manila.
May Be Engulfed
Tarlac lies 22 road miles and 17 air miles south of Camiling. It may be engulfed by the adthe
fallen. For the first time since Gen. Douglas MacArthur's men began the march back to Manila from New Guinea, they are fighting under the conditions in which their mechanized equipment and great firepower ay i Be used.
- By MAC R. JOHNSON United Press Staff Correspondent PEARL HARBOR, Jan, 16.—Carrier planes of the 3d fleet lashed the China” coast from Hongkong] to Swatow yesterday for.the second straight day, Tokyo broadeasts | revealed today. Adm. Willlam F. Halsey turned north for his new targets after a 69 ships off, French Indo-
A Pearl Harhot comuiunique res pol without elaboration that Haley's, air. forces ‘had Spend. the)
TERMS TO STAND
CHURCHILL SAYS ‘UNCONDITIONAL’
Allies Will Force Surrender Even if It Lengthens
War, Commons Told. By W. R. HIGGENBOTHAM
called again for national service.
Such strong. advocates .
of national service as Senator Warren R. Austin (R. Vt.) adopted a “wait and see” attitude, however. : After today’s conference, Thomas said he expected that the President's new message would be backed by
statements to the house and
mittees from Gen. George C.
senate military affairs comMarshall and Adm. Ernest
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AW IN
British Open Drive Along Dutch Border
City Center West
By BRUCE
offensive.
miles on a 75-mile front.
United Press Staff Corresp LONDON, Jan. 16.—Prime Minister Churchill told commons today | that the allies will fight on until Germany surrenders unconditionally. He said this policy will be adhered to even if it stiffens Nazi resistance and prolongs the war. Churchill reaffirmed the allies’ insistence on unconditional surrender in answer to persistent questions from labor members at the reopen-
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ing of parliament after the Christmas recess. By coincidence his reply came less than 24 hours after Senator Burton K. -Wheeler hy charged in the U. 8. senate that | unconditional surrender was a [ “brutal, asinine slogan.” ! Wheeler said it was costing thousands of American lives, splitting allied unity and threatening a third world war. Churchill also: ONE—Indorsed President Roosevelt’s views that the objectives of the Atlantic Charter were as valid as they were in 1941 though all were not likely to be attained immediately and the Charter “is not law.” TWO-—Assured - the house that | Britain-would continue to recognize the Polish exile government in Lon{don as the legal government of Poland despite Russia's recognition of the rival provisional regime at Lublin. THREE~Revealed British casualties in Greece from Dec. 3 to Jan. 6 totaled 2101, including 237 dead. Churchill put off all questions on Greece until after he has made his statement and ‘debate begins on the Greek situation Thursday. Churchill's remarks on the Atlantic Charter clearly showed that he had Joined common cause with
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FOR BIG 3 MEETING
Report Parley to Start Within Two Weeks.
By PHIL AULT United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 16.-Best informed sources ‘said today that President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin probably. will meet in the Middle East within the next two weeks. . Both time and place for the conference have been fixed definitely, it was learned, and an advance party of high British officials was preparing to depart on short notice. Churchill probably will remain in
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3d Fleet Lashes China Coast For Second Day, Tokyo Says
Following through Monday, Tokyo said, about 70 carrier planes bombed and , machine-gunned - Hongkong, Canton and Swatow, the latter midway ‘between Hongkong and Amioy. Five planes were shot down and three damaged, Tokyo said.’ “The damage to our side was negligible,” the broadcasts added. Formosa also apparently was hit both days. Pearl Harbor confirmed: Sunday's
terday said 200 carrier planes raided the island the next day.
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TIME AND PLACE SET|
attack and a Tokyo broadcast yes-|
Two Local Fighting Men Are Missing, Four
Seven more fighting men have been added to the growing list of world war II dead while two Indianapolis men are ‘missing and four have been wounded.
KILLED
Flight Officer Charles 8S. Voyles, 3444 Salem st, over Germany. 8. Sgt. John D. ‘Baker, 1014 English ave., in New Guinea. Pfc. Elmer D. Rowland, 3300 N. Emerson ave, in the European the-. ater. Pfc. Ralph E. Locke, 908 Woodlawn ave. in Belgium, Sgt. Gorden E. Mather, West Lafayette, formerly of Indianapolis, at Bastogne, Pfc. Richard Dean Higgens, 15 W. Elbert st, on Leyte. Chief Officer Walter C. Eaves, 1434. N. Delaware st, in New Guinea.
MISSING 8. Sgt. Paris O. Cross, formerly of Indianapolis, in Gérmany.
Pvt. Ross G. Jarrett, 2118 N. Meridian st., in Germany.
WOUNDED -
Seaman 1-c Herbert Richard Taylor, 934 -8.. Missouri st, in the Philippines. S. Sgt. Mitchell H. Bailey, 110 W: {Walnut st, ig, France.
Pfc. Mitchell W. Kelley, 2621 Mc- |
Clure st, in the European theater,
Pfc, Jack C. Denhart, Lebanon
and northeast of Indianapolis, in Begum.
TO DEATH LIST.
Are Wounded: |
ks Admit Fall of Big E. Prussian Russ at Gates of Transport
of Vistula,
W. MUNN
: United Press Staff Correspondent % LONDON, Jan. 16.—Moscow, announced today that the | 1st White Russian army had joined the all-out Soviet winter The 1st smashed westward from the Vistula.up to 37 &
In a mighty onsurge it flanked Warsaw to the south
and carried to fhe outskirts of Radom. ; Marshal Cog K. Zhukov of the Soviet supreme command was revealed to he in command of the 1st White Russian army, Zhukov’s troops charged westward
days overran more than 1300 towns and villages. Premier Josef Stalin announced the new offensive in a 3 special order
gap between them and the German:
the old Polish capital. Farther north, Berlin acknowl edged the loss of the East Prussian fortress of Schlossberg to a Russian offensive which Moscow has not yet reported. The Nazis said other Soviet armies had scored deep penetrations of the German positions north of Warsaw and in the Narew river valley. Solid 40-Mile Wedge The German high command reported the loss of Schlossberg, 28 miles northeast of Insterburg and 14 miles inside East Prussia, in violent fighting at the northern end of the 600-mile Soviet offensive front. Schlossberg is a transport junce tion and hedgehog base in the network of German homeland defenses, It fell to the Russians “despite a grim defense by our troops,” a Bere line communique said. This gave weight to its earlier reports that massed Soviet forces were hammering the whole border
| belt of East Prussia.
To the southwest, Marshal “Ivan 8S. Konev's 1st Ukrainian army was driving a solid 40-mile wedge across southern Poland. Moscow suggested that the Gere mans were falling back rapidly in
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Atterbury's 30th Plunges Ahead
“Honskong Garon. “Amey apa te
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