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FORECAST: Fair toight and .tomorrow ;

55—NUMBER 271

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espondent esident Roosevelt, with pminated ex-Vice Presi-

tion Finance Corp., which Jones has headed since 1933. Most of the anticipated senate fight is expected to center around Wallace's qualifications to do that job.

Only an hour before his nomination went to the sen-.

a United WASHINGTON, a senate fight certain,

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EFORMED dent Henry A. Wallace secretary of commerce i ¥ fi —a job for which his _ Jesse H. Jones, said ate, Wallace issued a statement in which he said his conWorship, Wallace is unsuited. : ception of his new job was that it would be “to promote

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a maximum of national employment by private business.” “Government must accept the duty of seeing that all

boo supervision of the ns of the Reconstruc-

With the cabinet pj multi-billion dollar finan ge

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colder tonight; lowest temperature 20 to 24,

" MONDAY, JANUARY

lames Wallace To Commerce Post; Senate Fight Seen Sure

PLANES BLAST NAZI ARMOR

Russians 166 Miles From Berlin

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gration” 7 . M. Midweel : . Borvics Ye Herbert Brownell Jr., chairmy ublican national committee, raises the gavel to officially open the planning session today in P. M. the Claypool hotel. Shown (left to rig er Schroeder, Illinois; Ezra R. Whitla, Idaho, both vice chairmen; Miss Marian Martin, assistrust Bldg. ant national chairman; Mr. Brownel} i rine Biown, Ohio, vice chairman; Harrison Spangler, Iowa, general counsel, and Jouett R. one RI-406 Todd, Kent, treasurer. § v8 ® istian? M. by ackus ton, Soloist

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Eight-Point i

| Chairman's:

Adopted

10 A. M. lave Despite Some 0 to our Dial Anti-Isolationif x hurch By DANIEL M. a St. A Republican victory progra as laid down — by National Chairman Herbert BF gE the opening | ZARENE session of G. O. P. national commi aypool hotel W. Wash.) ~~ today. > 28 Although there is some disse} ‘all-out’ -aintia| isolationist trend that highlighted § Dre: commit- hi Herbert Brownell Jr, Republican national committee chairman | of Music tee meetings held yesterday, (left), huddled at breakfast: this morning with William E. Jenner,

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| Bedford, who | is. . reported slated to become assistant chairman.

| | the program was accepted. |

~~ This means that M Brownell wil. stay on as! national chairman and may or may | not have a full-time assistant. For- | mer short-term U. 8. Senafor wil-| liam E. Jenner of Indiana is being,

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gram for the party does not deal] with either foreign or domestic pol- | You

talked of for this assignment, Apo} Discussed Eight-Point Program : By} arty Heads | | Mr. Brownell's eight-point pro- . Today |

: j E. Jenner of] t term senator, | fpublican’s first) ecutive ii

fey, but is simply a plan for full~ paqson time. functioning of the party or- {may b ganization for winning future cam-| ¢11.ti paigns. | A principal point, and one on which there has been inter-party friction in the past, is that: forte

“An intensive two-year campaign to be in co-operation with the senatorial|.onferel and congressional committees, shall) Nation be carried on to win Republican gerber control of the senate and house of pigwigsh®

this key spot! jonal commit=| anization was | i morning in a j Mr.

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2d & Norwald 0:30-7:30 N. Bright 8 10:00-5:00 ant eo Sas

Chairman | hd other party|

State leaders beam with pride and joy as their state is honored

and River Av Looe 10:30-70

. representatives in 1946.” Mr, I today was ex-| by the national committee. They are (left to right) John Lauer, state | I BAPTIS ; red aod ‘[' pected hment of ex | chairman; Lt. Gov. Richard T. James, and Ernest Morris, national | [were crumpling she Naz-East Pius. | a Belgium {roared out to the attack. : Criticism Last Year o 0 por sominitieeman. {sia lines to an extent which raised 8. Sgt. Bernard Langenbacher,| They dropped down on the pelby Bb " | execu post as the |the possibility the Germans would 6th Army Less tase Than 60 Mi. 1126; Congress ave. over Germany.| 1 500 feet i uring the 1944 campaign i ping the Re- | {eolumns, as low as eet in some Pastor {be unable to make.a “Tebruk” stand | T. Sgt. Luther Medlin, Selma,| f d their t : was. considerable criticism regard- | publica dl 4 ns hot seven there as they did in the Baltic| North of Manila IN. C., formerly of Indianapolis, in cases, and found thelr wargets so cod. Want ing the Iack of sich co-operation. | days a Ml ks a year. Miracle Battery Made Here states | "© |cermany Pomp sgn og i yl shine Garden In offering his program, Mr. | The dE fi8tant would be Already historic Tannenberg, | BULLETIN Pvt. Rocco Sergi, 227 Arsenal|®® pilot, “we couldn't miss.” OL, ling Prownell pointed up his intention located § y Rablished full- which was the scene of Russia's, PEARL HARBOR, Jan. 22 (U. lave. in Germany ’ ' | Due Biman said thers yore more 1 in O a u o——Y H M #7 +-W U c . Fred a . | vehicles in the columns than he saw = “= House in (Continued on Page 3—Column 4) (C § 3—Column 5) | as yriad OS ar ses most overwhelming world war I de-| P,),—Tokyo broadcasts said that | Sgt. Lester Schuldt, 1221% N.1j tre palaise gap last summer 8 - aw A 7 feats, had been overrun by the Red| more than 550 American carrier- |New Jersey st., in Belgium. | the start of the allied sweep across HURCH y ih s ; By ROGER BUDROW . army. Soviet oft ; ws 14 based planes Yoday stiackey n First oF John G. Murnane, | Prance. nt Streets T F . Times Business Editor “The viet offensive on its 1| Qkinawa island in the Ryukyu |Stoney Creek, Conn, formerly of sur : : 3 F ging forward in the wake of ). D,, Pastor axpayers ace a J Rng The “miracle battery” being manufactured here by P. R. Mallory & | day Sontinved 1a gatlief Hiomensum, chain, ‘the sevond Sucoessive uay | Indianapolis, in ‘Belgium. {the German pullout, American on: “Wh { Co. is causing a revolution in the industry, has sent mercury prices | A B Senige i 2 Ze te ob of attack by m. am Ts WOUNDED | troops moved within shooting dis~ Work Togeth Under Wall oll k soaring and forced the government to draw upon its stockpile for 3nd Breslau as the immedia oo] Halsey’s 3d fleet. 132 g | tance of St. Vith, last Belgian base r WIRE. : ace, © CK | additional supplies, it was learned today. | Jectives, Unites Press pal : ; pd Pvt. Wesley R. Darnell 8r, 132 8.4," Gemnan hands. RD fllustrat : : L 0 | Moreover, the “incredibly tiny” battery is believed to hve enormous | ent Henry Shapire reported from; By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON i 4 In Belgium, 1222 N. T A front dispatch said the doughcal fim, Taxpayers are “in for an addi-|lace has ‘HOES ality him | [post-war commercial possibilities. Censorship of the signal corps hereto- | “Ihe fos : United. Press Staff Curtespondent ¢. Eugene Doughty, 1222 N. Ta- | ;qy5 were poised for the entry nto

Wallace handles the government's bor and} poiies ver hush-hush, but Sus restriction ADE | AT financial operations, Rep. Charles |g, as a sym es 3 oe has been reiszed recently. E COAL FOR

The battery is used -to power k-pot| walkie-talkies and mine detectors, Jones | post-war uses seen include hearing one gids, fire alarms, portable radios, and |intra-train communications,

A. Halleck sald here today in confl" nection - with the Wallace-Jones |10¢ seemed to be

cabinet shift. {in the administra A member of _the house inter- frm for traditions

state and foreign commerce com- | ness policies.” mittee, Rep. Halleck interpreted| Mr. Jones was d the change as “another indication |Indiana representa that the New Dealers are moving tim of ingratitude v back into “the picture.” the earmarks of the “Jesse Jones represented sound ministration. » business . policies in government,” | The former sccretary he said. “So far as I ‘know, Wal- |squelched the reyolt in cratic party in Texas President,

pared with ideas, In fad

Emergency Situation Ended,

Ludlow Advises. By EARL RICHERT

pi Performange Impressive The battery has given an “impressive performance” under the sh conditions of high tempera-

ure and humidity on South. Pacific Wl ony Staff Writer ands and lasts five times as long SHINGTON, Jan, 22.—Indian-

traditional batteries, according apolis will not be allowed to suffer Henry Gemmill and T. J. Keller | i a result of the coal shortage,

IN EAST PRUSSIA

“t-Gniezno, 166 miles from Berlin.

FIN;

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Entered as Becond-Class Matter at Postorfioe seen

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production, and reasonable prices for the consumer. THREE: Opportunity for free enterprise among businessmen must be expanded, particularly among small businessmen. FOUR: Sound governmental programs for river aus thorities, irrigation works, etc., which by their very nature increase opportunities for small businessmen must be (Continued on Page 3-—Column 2)

men in health have jobs,” he said “The common man,” he _ added, “need not tolerate less prosperity in time of peace than he had in time of war.” ; «Mr. Wallace said also that: ONE: We must work out a clear cut program for postwar employment with special attention for returning soldiers.

TWO: We must attemp® to bring about maximum

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DIVE BOMBERS SPREAD HAVOC IN GREAT LL

1800 Vehicles Smashed as Rundstedt Writes Off

Salient.

By BOYD LEWIS United Press Staff Correspondent

PARIS, Jen. 22.—Ameri- | can warplanes pounced on an estimated 3000 German

NAZIESCAPE GAP Times to Darken Neon Sign

In Advance of 'Brownout’

FOR THE FIRST TIME since it was installed 10 vears ago, The Indianapolis Tithes neon sign on thefront of The Times building at 214 W. Maryland st. will be dark tonight. The government's “prownout” order, designed to save coal by reducing the use of electricity, does not go into effect until Feb. 1. The Times, however, is voluntarily eliminating all lights that aren't absolutely necessary beginning tonight.

GUT T0 50 MILES

Insterburg and Allenstein Fall to Lightning | Soviet Sweep. BULLETINS i LONDON, Jan, 22 (U. P.).—

Marshal Stalin announced tonight that the Red army had captured

Ban on Closed Shop Voted

armies drove within 182 miles of | For Manpower Draft Bill tanks, trucks and oth

Berlin today.. They narrowed to WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U:P.)—The house military affairs com- hicles wheeling eastwa 50 miles the escape corridor of mittee voted today to exempt workers assigned to war jobs under pro-| a major withdrawal frot, 2; 000 German Suons In East |posed “work-or-else” legislation -from closed shop provisions of union] flattened Ardennes salient - russia, and capture at Junker | contracts.” . - province's fortress city of Inster- i The vote on the issue was reported to have been 14 to 10 in favor And cestroved or damagec burg, lof an amendmeht to the May bill previding that any worker assigned than 800 of them. The East Prussia transport hub 'to a war’ job or who volunteered == oe | Thunderbolt and Lightn of Allenstein also fell. for a job listed as essential by selec | bombers dipped down througiel Marshal Gregory Zhukov cap- tive service would not be required jen clouds to hammer theo iT tured Inowroclaw key rail june-:ito join a union. Rep. Andrews (R.| cked German columns." tion 62 miles northeast of Poz- 'N. Y.) offered the amendment. i mines spread panic and — nan in Poland, The committee also apoeoved an) | vastation in the enemy ranks. He also seized Aleksandrow, 10 amendment providing Marshall Karl von Rundstedt miles southeast of Torun, and hoards would not eo men yo was writing off the last of his gains Labiszyn, 182 miles east of Berlin. war jobs until after the elapse of In his costly winter offensive. Supreme headquarters described

LONDON, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—Red |

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Hoosier Heroes—

| Silesia. {army captured Insterburg, {miles from the key {fortress of Koenigsberg,

{miles beyond Gumbinnen.

were slashing toward the Baltic at . | land. Ithe southwestern corner of East failed to offer the proposal. Pvt. Alvin V. (Bud) Hurl, 1750 E| Plane Spots Columns | Prussia 30th st, in France, . : , Seaman 2-¢ Lotus Aduilla yones.) A reconnaissance plane spotted

{ Junkers stronghold.

INDIANAPOLIS SEEN

. 5 e Wall Street Journal ~* #4 Congressma + InTIMES INDEX Wallace probably will b er, it is very small, ‘The 5 i Touis Tadlow, (Dyn as oud a secretary of coms e only three-eighths of an dianapolis, notified the Indianapolis was Harry Hopkins” Mr, devel h | Chamber of Commerce toda; Amusements. 4 Inside Indpls. 9 continued. “Obviously this ap Ril Xt 1 develops ais me vy. Jack Bell ... 9|Jane Jordan 13 men was cleared with 8 fhe. ordinary flaliligh: ni the solid Ee pink Busiriess ..». 1|Ruth Millett. S| (Chairman Sidney Hillman © Tp component is mercury.| able 10 pony ‘of coal ig ALLY Comics ...... 13 Music ........ 4 | Political ‘Action Committee). a | ia, 10_catloadls, of: taal day or JRCH Crossword .. 13 [Obituaries . 5) “1 fear that’ Wallace may m ™ for a T6-pound flask! to kee Rrrivion : a 8 og So Editorials ... 10/Radio ....... 13| future loans under the guidance DATE P Indianapolis from suffering. AVE. |" Peter Edson.. 10 Mrs. Roosevelt 9 his astrologer’s chart.” om" ago, have d a Rep. Ludlow’s aid in alleviating SBM. Fashions .... 12|Side Glances 10| Rep. Halleck compared the Wal- L Ra 2 the, oat shortage was asked by meet Forum ...... 10| Wan. P. Simms’ 10 lace appointment with the recent fe eas 0 mH. Book, chamber vice - Yours win | Preckies ..... 13|Sports ...... 6 ouster of Donald Nelson, ele ie Vo Bu ihe! president, why described. the situsor "while Jou - eta Given. . 12 {Thos Stokes . 10|chairman, and the réplacerfient of |) he 4 ae a ee A. Krug, New Deal ill nctente rior Sem ” CF + iii sh Ia Service ... 1 Women's News 12 ay e 3<Column 7) cnariey f wi Hy ) : hh 4 / 3

— ra |a period specified by the selective | ON WAR H FRONTS By BRUCE W. MUNN |orvice diFector for filling desig-| the aerial killing as a rival to that United Press Staff Correspondent 'of the Falaise gap.

nated war jobs with volunteers. LONDON, Jan. 22.—Soviet \g ch volunteers would be exempt Casualties Yoeluda 6 Others That strike broke the spine of German resistance in western Reported Missing and

(forces today captured the|from closed shop provisions under | Frarics East Prussia fortress of In. the Andrews amendment. By midafternoon the 19th tactical

| On a tie vote of 12 to 12, the com-| fhe sterburg. {miitee rejected an amendment of- 14 Wounded. pair command of the 9th air force Their - storming advance fered by Rep. Paul Stewart (D.] | Snopried 3a: ig ramage Jug

.Today's list of world war II casualties include six killed, six missing, and 14 wounded.

Okla.), to require the listing of!

| passed its previous record day, last

threatened to shatter the en- agriculture as a “critical” * occupa-| ; : { Sept. 1, when 833 vehicles were de~

| lire Nazi defense system along the | jon and to reafiirm the so-calle

dianapolis time) the Lightnings and ° ti th - y y which in effect protected the so-|Jefferson ave. on Leyte. | Thunderbolts slashed ceaselessly at

ent th called Tydinge Shep io Spel | Pvt. Marvin Baggett, 2257 Re-|the tightly packed German columns. selective service act ic ig es formers ave., in Luxembourg. 1 One wis caught near Pram. éait f fot yelepment of ep aceable fArM| pot Lt, Frank M. Platter, Nobles-| of St. Vith, the other north of Die3 ] | ville, formérly of Indianapolis, in| kirch. ) Chairman Mey Ey Ay ho bad] Germany. | Both were wheeling back into the : . Lt. Sylvester C.° Bitter Jr. 2845! Siegfried fortifications on the roads

{move to reinstate work battalions for | : workers who refused war jobs, |Central ave. on Leyte. i to Cologne and Bonn in the Rhine-

Troops of the 3d White Russian] only 57 East Prussian

The driving advance carried 16

Marshal s forces|

At the same time Konstantin K. Rokossovsky’

They were threatening to cut off

an estimated 200,000 Nazis in the 11139 S. West st., during action with |the two columns of about 1500

YANKS TAKE TARLAC: the navy. Yeliicles ah id he be ued rom the last strip o elgian sol Blows) CLARK HELD 20 Ml. Capt. Ha

MISSING rold C. Long, Tansel rd.

‘Tannenberg Overrun simultaneous Soviet

held by the Germans. The Thunderbolts and Lightnings

The

Pfc. LeRoy Niblock, 42&E. wash- apy tine. Pee Soviet officers were oem army forces "rolled south across the| ington st., in Europe. | their operationalimaps several times central Luzon plains on a 10-mile| Pfc. Donald R. Wright Jr, Vanishing Salient | day,” Shapiro reported. “The|front today. They were less than | N. Meridian st., in Europe. | © The general advance along the Russian: now are deep in what they| 60 miles from Manila and 20 miles| Pfc. James J. Heffernan, 5345 E.| 1st army front at the north side of

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call the ‘beast's ‘lair’ and are meas- | from the great Clark field system | Washington st., in Europe. |the vanishing salient was estimated |uring the distance to Berlin.” lof airdromes. T. 5th Gr. Prank M, Schuller,!at two to three miles, with The Nazi high command repotted| Luzon's second largest city, Tar- 2053 Sherbrook st, near Luxem-' units exceeding the figure. steadily mounting Soviet pressure jac, and La Paz, 10 miles to the bourg. | To the northwest, the British in southeastern East Prussia. least southeast, were overrun Sat-| Pvt. Pred ‘W. Sander, Clermonty 2d army advanced more than a mile The Russians were reported in the| yrday in the first hours of the re- in France. to the outskirts of Selstern and

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| ETCHED IN SORROW . . . By Jack Bell

Ra m..... 31 10am ...32 Tam... 32 1larm. a1 * oe semom wsen = ‘Our Little Rose of Sharon Doesn't Know

Of Children Dead or Dying in the Ruins’

HOUFFALIZE, Belgium, Friday, Jan. 19 (Delayed) ~Qur little Sharon is one year old today, with | the sunshine of Miami on her face and a red hibis- | cus in her hair. ‘It has been an interesting year for

Hoosier Salon Comes of Age—

® Anton Scherrer reports today on the Hoosier

of her as she lay thinking, "1 come into this fe, and it is good." She has known no sorrow, our rose of Sharon. Each day has been different, each nour, one of fase

Art. Salon's 21st an- her. She came borne on the winds that obey the Joning Xo RR ® and wisel §-ge Niversary,. ‘Read whinis of the old gnome who Lives in our oak tree. 0° oC ENOTES HOSE SEACH And we like to think, Nora and I, that life " : 0 T in the hands and feet,0f her, and the wonder iil hat 4 Swh . | moved her newborn cugiosity, were fashioned } age nf 00

laughter and joy and moonbeams sifting