Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1945 — Page 5

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WASHINGTON, Jan, 17~U, B, h eck! t1tch : ng combat losses thus fat in this war First ‘Application

have been more than 22 times rAgonizing itching of ugly eczema, Rash,| the total number .of Americal tter, Ringworm, Pimples, Scables, Toe

engwarm, Jumples, Scab casualties in the last war, a ch is checked on TION of i LUB STAR OINTMENT. Repeat study of official statistics dis< | total included 248,653 for the army eeded ns nature helps heal. Money back 17] Closed today. and 11,082 for the other services. [RST jar fails to satisfy. Try it today. All-service “casualties mr world ®

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LONDON, Jan. 17 (U. P). —For-| CHICAGO, Jan. 17 (U, P.) ~The eign. Secretary Anthony Eden de- enormous construction program that | hied in commons today that France will follsw the war offers “an un-| and Russia have reached an agrec-|pargjleled. opportunity” to-incorper-| ment on carving up Germany alter|ate built-in safety features into the the war. nation’s highway, Sidney J. Wil- : . Reports had appeared -in thelliams, general manager of the naWith Development of British press that France and Rus- tional safety council, told members {sia ‘had agreed on detaching the of the American Road Builders’ asRecord Fleet. rRurh; Saar; Rhineland ' and parts’ sociation today. |

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Whe war II, as officially’ announced

here, -have= redthed :686,380—including 604,351 for the army. and 82,029 for the navy, marine corps and - coast - guard—as compared with a grand total of 259,735 for world war I, The .last war's

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» on . ‘THE TOTALS cover about 36% months of U. S. participation in this war and 19 months in the last. That this is the costliest conflict not alone because it is lasting longer is indicated by a comparison of monthly casualty rates.

In this war the rate figures out at 18,805 a month, In world war I it was 13,670. The sharpest increase over the last war was reflected by navy statistics showing losses in that Limes

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THE-ARMY'S world war | mm total includes 564,351 announced by Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- . son last Thursday through Dec. Swift air service. is provided daily for Pas- 29«-but not including losses in the . : 3 : Germans’ Ardennes. counter-of-sengers, Air Mail and Air Express to Cin fensive—plus 40,000 which Stimcinnati, Louisville, Washingtori, New York son anndéunced Monday for the and Boston. Also fo Chicago, St. Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Mexico City; El Paso, Tucson, Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Jicket Office: 519 Merchants Bank Bldg. Please make reservations well in advance.

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in terms of fire power, is now five times ‘more potent than it was before Pearl Harbor. The navy reported today that all! of its combatant ships combined can fire nearly 2000 tons.of shells! in 15 seconds under normal condi-| tions. The U. 8. navy, now the largest lin the world, has kept fire power well in the van of its increase in size. Since July 1, 1940, the combatant navy has increased threefold. . ; Behind this vast expansion in hitting power is the radical change that has occurred in armament, largely since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

. Most Modern Battleship

Indicative of the increased. effectiveness of modern ordnance is the | navy's disclosure that its great 45,- | {000-ton battleship Iowa packs a wallop 92 percent greater than hat, {of the 30-year-old Texas. The Iowa,| most modern U. 8S. battleship, is{ armed with nine 16-inch guns, 20| five-inch double-purpose guns and numerous smaller anti - aircraft weapons. The Texas, commissioned in 1914, is a 1ot better ship tign it was before Pearl Harbor How much better the navy is not saying, but on Dec. 7, 1941, it had 10 14-inch guns, 16 fivesinth guns and: 12

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Little 2-year-old Marilyn Diana Schwartz hugs her new .puppy, “Choo Choo,” in Jersey City, N. J, on the pet's arrival after a 15,000-mile air hitch-hiking trip from Australia. “Choo Choo” was routed only by a tag. attached around its neck and is believed to be a gift of Marilyn's cousin, stationed in Papuan, New Guinea.

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i The Iowa in 15 seconds ean fire Organized Workers Back] 3 tons of shells Its strHead of Teamsters to

|face fire is nearly half again as Replace Mme. Perkins.

great as that of the Texas, the fire of its double purpose guns more than five times as great and WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (U. P)). its automatic weapons 63 times as ~Daniel J. Tobin, president of the great. . PF, of L. teamsters union, appeared today to be organized labor's leading candidate to become secretary of labor if and when Frances

Perkins resigns. Baltimore—commissioned in 1943—

Tobin has the backing of A. PF. : . has 123 per cent more fire power of L. President William Green, who |.) ve Pensacola Freie

called on President Roosevelt yes- in 1930. The Baltimore, carrying terday and asked that he replace|y;;q eight-inch guns, 12 five-inch Miss Perkins. Neither the -Con-|aa's and numerous smaller antigress of Industrial Organizations |, rast weapons, can fire approxinor any of the independent rail-|imately five tons of shells in 15 way brotherhoods is backing one of, seconds. It is three times as powits own members. erful -in- double-purpose guns and Tobin did have C. I. O. support |ainost 40 times as great n smallduring the last political campaign, |er AA batteries than the Pensacola: but was believed to have alienated | which before its modernizatoin carit by a bitter post-election attack ried 10 eight-inch and eight fiveon the C. I. O. Political Action Com- | inch guns. mittee. The greatest fire power increase Miss “Perkins is known to be {in- modern fighting ships is evianxious to be relieved of her offi-|denced in the destroyers where the cial duties, but Mr. Roosevelt has |latest class—the 2200-ton Sumner given ne hint on whether a change |—iays down a barrage 216 per cent is in the“making. The secretary|greater than that of the old fourherself has avoided questions “by|stackers built in 1918. Ships of cancelling her past three monthly |the Sumner class can toss a ton’ press conferences. of steel in 15 seconds. All these comparisons are based on gun fire alone and did not include the additional fire power provided by torpedoes, depth charges and ship based aircraft.

DONALD MACK- RITES WILL ‘BE TOMORROW

Services for Donald Mack, son of Mrs. Robert Mack, 69 N. Ewing st, who died yesterday at Riley hospital, will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Dorsey funeral

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‘tween killed and wounded. The navy total used here for this war was released last Wednesday night. The® world war ‘I figures are from official war. and navy ‘department announcements, ” n 8 A BREAKDOWN of casualties for both wars, not including the 40,000 estimate for the Ardennes, shows: THIS WAR: 138,393 killed, 370,647 wounded, 73,594 missing, and 63,746 prisoners of war, LAST WAR: 53,#78 dead, 201,377 wounded and 4480 prisoners. The breakdown for the army and navy, still not including the 40,000 Ardennes casualties, shows:

WORLD WAR II

ARMY: 106,952 killed, 333,849 wounded 64,283 missing and 59,267 prisoners of war. NAVY: 31441 killed, 36,798 wounded, 9311 missing, and 4479 prisoners of war.

WORLD WAR I

ARMY: 5051C killed, 193,663 wounded, and 4480 prisoners ef war. NAVY: wounded.

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This superiority in fire power goes on down the line. For instance, in the heavy cruiser division; the

3368 killed and T7714

NO NAVY ‘or coast guard perscnnel was reported captured in the last war, and any. marine corps prisoners, for which- there are no official figures, are believed to be included in the army total. Persens originally listed as missing in world war I have leng since been transferred to ‘other - categories. Heavy as this war's American casualties have been, they still are far ‘below British empire losses. Prime Minister Churchill reported in Commons on Tuesday that empire combat casualties from September; 1939, to last Nov. 30 amounted to 1,043,554. Of this total, 635,107 wete United Kingdom losses. wt

JAMES BROOKS RITES WILL BE -TOMORROW

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Green sald after the White House meeting that Mr. Roosevelt kept silent on the A. F. of Ls “standing request,” made before each of the President's three previous inaugurations, to appoint a man from organized labor. to the cabinet position. The President's silence was taken to mean that he still believes someone outside organized labor should administer the labor department. Speculation ower nofi-labor can-

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didates for the job .has tofiched upon Mayor F., H. La Guardia of New York, also a White House visitor yesterday; Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who will be out of a

home. Burial will be in Washington Park cemetery.

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The Rev. Charles L. Haney will officiate and committal services will be held by Capitol City lodge, F. & A. M. Burial will be in Washington Park cemetery. ¢ Mr. Brooks,” who was 70, died Monday in his home northeast of Danville. Born ‘in Indianapolis, he had lived here until he retired 10 years ago. He was a member of Capitol City lodge, Sahara Grotto and the Railroad Retirement association. Survivors, besides Mrs. McKissick, are his wife, Hazel; two sons, Noah of Acton and Herman of Daytona

Beach, Fla. another sister, Mis, Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Rose James P. McKissick of Indianapolis,|, wo "and three brothers, Edward,

and three grandchildren, Vera Mae,’ - : Shirley Ann and James Lewis Thomas and Frank, all of” IndianBrooks, Services will be held at 8:30 a. m. Friday in the G. H. Herrmann| funeral home, 1505 8. East st., and at 9 a. m. in St. Patrick's church. Burial will be in Holy Cross ceme= tary. .

JOSEPHINE LOBDELL, TENNESSEAN, IS DEAD!

“Mrs. Josephine M. Lobdell, wife of the late W. Pierre Lobdell, died | yesterday in the home of her sister-

Job Saturday; John R. Steelnfan, the labor department's former conciliation service director, and Lloyd K. Garrison, war labor board public member and former University of | Wisconsin law school dean.

JOSEPH F.. O'LEARY, LILLY WORKER, DIES

Joseph F. O'Leary, an employee of Eli Lilly & Co. 23 years, died, today in his home, 622 E. Morris st. He was 63. A lifelong Indianapolis resident, Mr. O'Leary was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic church.

No. 78. He was a member of the |} Tuxedo Park Baptist church. His father, Pvt. Robert Mack, was killed in France Nov. 30. , Survivors besides his mother, are a brother, William, in the navy at Great Lakes, and a ‘sister, Elaine

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CHICAGO, Jan. 17 (U. PJ. Seven of the 14 victims of a fire which swept through ‘the General Clark hotel early yesterday remained unidentified today. as a coroner's jury began an investigation of the loop’s worst disaster in 25 years.

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Besides Miss Lobdell, survivors are a sister, Mrs. Nell Cross, and a son, Bryan. Services will be held at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow in Kirby mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill.

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