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‘Russ Drive Breath- Taking... What Does It Mean To U.S. A
By HAL O'FLAHERTY Times War Analyst
AS THE Russian armies drive into Germany, all else fades before the breath-taking spectacle, the climax of the.
world’s greatest tragedy.
When the curtain is rung down, Russia will take its
bow as the victor.
THREE DEATHS HERE BLAMED ON MONOXIDE
Couple Found Dead in Car; Third Overcome While Working in Garage.
Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning had claimed three lives in Indianapolis today. Two of the dead, a youthful couple, were found in the rear seat of an automobile parked in a woodod section of the northeast side. The third victim, Alonzo Moore, 58, of 4316 W. Washington st., was overcome while repairing his car in his garage last night. A coroner's report today disclosed that monoxide fumes also were responsible for the tragic deaths of Lovell M. Everts, 23, of 4344 E. 21st st, and Miss Opie Gladys Bryant, 19, of 2146 N. Olney st,
Found in Back Seat
The couple was found in the back seat of a car which apparently had been parked in a field near Ritter ave, and E. 30th st. since early Thursday. Blood on their faces resulted from lung hemorrhages, Deputy
Coroner Gail Eldridge said. Neither
of the bodies was bruised or cut.
Both the coroner’s office and deputy
sheriff's discounted theories of double-murder advanced shortly after the bodies were found last night. A hammer and other tools on the automobile floor were free of blood, the sheriff's office stated.
Girl Died Quickly A medical examination revealed
Miss Bryant had died immediately,
when exhaust gas accidentally
Mr.
Everts, however, lingered uncon-
scious for several hours, the exam-
ination showed. The pair was last seen together Wednesday midnight by a friend in a tavern at Massachusetts ave. and
Avondale pl.
Their bodies were discovered last
night by:John E. Underhill, 16, of
8035 N. Ritter ave.
Young Underhill first noticed the car in the lot
Thursday afternoon with its motor
running. At that time he started to investigate but was deterred by a face which he saw in one of the automobile’s rear windows. Returning from work last night at 9:30 p. m., he again observed the car, parked in the same location,
and made his startling discovery.
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REPORT RED CROSS SHUNS EAM REQUEST
ATHENS, Jan. 27 (U. P.).—ReHable sources said today the Inter national Red Cross had declined to deliver letters containing a formal request by the E. A. M. (national liberation front) for a United States-British-French commission for Greece, The letters, signed by Dmitri Parof the central committee, asked for a commission. “to put an end to intervention” by Lt. Gen. Ronald M, Bcobie, British allied military commander in Greece, They. were intended for delivery in Washington, London, Moscow and Paris through the International Red Cross. The organization declined to handle them on the grounds that they were political,
WORK-OR-ELSE. BILL "FACES BITTER FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (U. P). —House leaders were reported fearful today that proposed “work-or-else” legislation would be killed next week if efforts were made to attach an anti-closed shop provision to the bill Opposed by both labor and management, the measure, coming up for debate Monday, also faces the
"bitterest sectional fight of the new
congress, threatening to split party votes on both gides.
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The applause of European peoples will
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echo over the earth, hailing the banner bearing the ham-
mer and sickle.
Britain and the United States also will be called before the curtain for their share of the cheering but it will be Russia that holds the spotlight.
What does this mean to of the west?
Europe and the democracies
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Europe, including the conquered people of Germany,
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will ‘gaze upon the colossal
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strength of Russia and the
United States with a new vision. Such devastating power dwarfs anything ever produced in the scramble of countries between the Atlantic and the borders of Russia. It means that the United States must join more closely than ever with Britain and that both must work with Russia to prevent an overthrow’of order in a dozen ‘ states that are threatened with revolutions.
Todd Duncan Coming Home for Concert Famed Baritone Sings at Tabernacle Wednesday
By MILDRED KOSCHMANN TWO OF the proudest parents in Indianapolis are getting ready for a gala homeconiing celebration next week. They are Mr. and Mrs, John Duncan, 2345 Martindale ave, The big occasion—their - son, g Todd, world famous Negro baritone, is coming home to sing at the third municipal concert at the Cadle tabernacle Wednesday night. To the music
‘ apolis symTodd Duncan phony orchestra he will be heard in the arias “Hear Me Ye Winds and Waves” from Handel's opera, “Scipio”;
of the Indian-
“Largo al Factotum” from Ros-
sinis opera, “The Barber of Seville,” and two “Porgy and Bess” favorites, » » 5 “I DIDN'T KNOW he could sing to amount to anything until he started taking voice lessons,” Mr. Duncan explained, “I still can remember that first song . . . ‘Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown,’ his dad recalled. “He sang it down home in’ Danville, Ky., when he was just 5.” The first Mrs. Duncan died nearly 10 years ago. Todd's stepmother, however, is just as proud of him as if he were her own. o » » WHEN he was 9, he sang at Simpson chapel, 11th and Mis-
«4.400 sts, and his a Mal
the organ for him. He learned to play the piano as soon as his legs were long enough to reach the pedals. Next in line were violin lessons but they didn’t appeal to him, : “Todd's mother. even wanted to teach me to play, Mr. Duncan said. “I got along pretty good until one day I was practicing and she said I was wrong. I said I wasn't and I never touched the piano for two years.” : . 8 =» 1 THE REAL music career of the singing artist began after an Indianapolis music teacher heard him sing when he was 18, “Papa, I can sing,” he told his
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FIREMEN SAVE MAN FROM HIS SICK BED
Victim Severely Burned Blazing Home.
A 75-year-old man was in a critical condition at City hospital today after ‘two city firemen braved smoke and flame to rescue him from his sick bed during an early morning fire at 226 S. Randolph st. The victim is John M. Ley. He suffered severe burns ‘and smoke poisoning. Mrs. Herman J. Ley, 26, the victim's daughter-in-law, was awakened by the crackling of the flames and the smoke about 3:15 a. m. She aroused her husband and, grabbing up her 2-year-old son, Jo-
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Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan look over their Yavorite record album, "Porgy and Bess,” featuring Todd
Duncan, their world-famous son.
POLIO EVENTS ENDING TONIGHT
Cadle Tabernacle All- Star Show and Dances Mark ‘Finale of Drive.
The 1945 infantile paralysis campaign will come to a close tonight, climaxed by benefit dances and the national all-star talent show in Cadle tabernacle, Servicemen and women, co-oper-ating in the drive, will hold dances at Ft. Harrison, Camp Atterbury and Stout field. Other dances will be given tonight by the American Syrian Lebanon Brotherhood, 2245 E. Riverside dr., South Side Turners, Elks, Grand Knights of Columbus, Lions club of Beech Grove, Loyal Order of Moose, Joy lodge No. §, at 322 E. New York st, Sahara
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21 MORE JAP VESSELS SUNK BY U.S. SUBS
WASHINGTON, Jan, 27 (U, P.). —Amercian submarines have sunk 21 more Japanese ships, including a light cruiser, in the increasing {attack against Japan’s constricting supply lines, the navy announced today. . These sinkings, on the basis of unofficial éstimates, pushed the toll of Jap shipping lost from all causes since the start of the war to more than 5,500,000 tons. The losses raised the total of enemy ships destroyed by American submarines to 979. It was the 15th cruiser sunk by our undersea craft. The latest bag also included 13 cargo ships, four cargo-transports, two tankers and an auxiliary vessel,
WASHINGTON
A Weekly Sizeup by the Staff of the Scripps-Howard
Washington
Newspapers Su
WASHINGTON, Jan, 27.—If senate votes first on Wallace nomination, he'll be defeated, according to best
dope here,
If George bill becomes law before the vote on Wallace
he’ll be confirmed for the cabinet post. minus loan agencies. Here are 24 Democrats whose vote is tabylated against Wallace by
the nose-counters: Byrd, Hoey,
Bailey, George, Russell, Eastland,
Connally, O'Daniel, McClellan, McKellar, McCarran, Tydings, Andrews,
Scrugham, Gerry, Stewart, Walsh,
McFarland, Glass, Radcliffe, Bank
head, Johnson (Colo), Wheeler, Thomas (Okla.).
Add nearly all Republicans; defeaf.
sum total, Wallace's overwhelming
When ‘showdown comes next week, Senator Pepper won't oppose efforts to take up the George bill first, This is tip-off that administration leaders believe Wallace is licked. Early, this week, Pepper said the nomination should be considered first... Administration men are already scouting for second choice man
ut ing court to take it:
- in case Wallace loses. Indications are. they'll {ry to talk Bill Douglas.
msi en vi oo, ores Last tim these
Hoosier Heroes—
. Three Men Killed, 5 More Wounded, - pe a i lg One’Is’ Prisoner Three more Indianapolis men have died in Europe, while five local men have been wounded and an airman has been captured by the Germans. Two of the wounded men are brothers. - > KILLED Pvt. James R. Gregory, 2914 E. 18th st. in Belgium. Pfc. Harold Lee Comstock, 1700 E. 69th st., in Germany. S. Sgt. Max L. Merritt, 51 N. Arlington ave. in Belgium. WOUNDED Sgt. Henry A. Hessman, Union st., in Germany. Seaman 2-¢ Frank Edward Hessman, 1238 Union st., in the Pacific. Capt. Owen Michael Mullin, 1426 Pleasant st., in Germany. Pfc. Thomas L. Davis, 1441 Cornell ave, in Belgium. Sgt. Neal B. Sublett, R. R. 7, Box 121, in Belgium.
PRISONER T. Sgt. Jean B. Ent, 5526 Kenwood ave., of Germany.
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6 KNOCKOUTS SCORED IN GLOVES’ OPENER
Total of 19 Bouts Carded First Night of Tourney.
By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor
The slambang kids made a night of it at the National Guard Armory and the first show of -The TimesLegion 1945 Golden Gloves amateur boxing tourney furnished the fistic goers with the customary slugfest, knockdowns and knockouts. The initia] chapter of the 12th renewal of the local fistic presentation was turned over to novice class boxers and 19 matches were run off. Six knockouts were recorded, including two by the technical variety in which the referee halted action when he decided the lad on the losing end was outclassed. Attendance last night was approximately 1500, an increase of about 300 over last year’s first night. The second show of the current amateur fisticuff bill of fare is
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RUSSIA JUST as much
Britain?
as Britain and the United
States, wants the counsels of moderation to prevail in the
liberated areas.
Stalin realizes the need for control.
peatedly that Russia does not
He has said reintend to allow the butchery
of Nazidom to be replaced by chaos. But though it may be against his will and the will
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FEDERAL JUDGE RULES AGAINST ARMY SEIZURES
Far-Reaching Decision Hits Roosevelt's Use of His
Wartime Power.
BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (U. P.). _ =—Chairman William H. Davis of the war labor board said. today that the WLB will collapse unless the Chicago court decision denying
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No Necessity Exists for Rigorous Restrictions, __ Authorities Find.
By JOE JARVIS No ban on indoor sporting events and no curtailment of heat to theaters, schools and other public buildings is planned for Indianapolis. This was announced today by Myron R. Green, city co-ordinator for the coal shortage emergency, following meetings between the solid fuels administration, the Red Cross. and coal dealers. The curbs had been ordered by the solid - fuels administration in Washington as a means of conserving coal and coke in the territory east and south of the Great Lakes.
Left Up to City
Their application to Indianapolis was dependent upon the decision of local officials as to the necessity for the severe restrictions. Meanwhile, William D. Stockton, solid fuels administrator for Indiana, announced that upon the petition of the local advisory committee of dealers, he was amending the original federal directive to permit delivery of two tons of coal instead of one to householders with five days’ supply or less on hand. Commercial users of coal and coke will be permitted, he said, to receive delivery of either one truck load or a week's supply. Commenting on the effect of the drastic conservation orders locally,
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ALLIES MAKE A NEW LANDING IN BURMA
KANDY, Ceylon, Jan. 27 (U, PJ). —Allied forces in the fifth amphibious hop on the Burma coast in two weeks, have landed on Cheduba island, 110 miles southeast of Akyab. The landing brdught their lines within less than 200 miles from the southern tip of Burma, a Southeast Asia communique said today.
DI CICCO, WIFE SEPARATE
NEW YORK, Jan..-27 (U, P.).— Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt di Cicco and her husband Pasquale (Pat) di Cicco; heir to a broccoli farm and actors ‘agent, have “separated by mutual consent,” the young heiress’
Gilchrist, said today.
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NAZIS REPORT REDS GAINING IN SMASH INTO BORDER AREA
Ward's Upheld by Court
Berlin Home Province of Branden:
burg Invaded, Germans Say; East
Prussia Vise ‘Tightens.
BULLETIN
LONDON, Jan. 27 (U.
P.).—~Two Russian armies
crashed through the deeply staggered defenses of the
historic Masurian lakes area
in East Prussia today.
They overran nine major towns in a drive clearing the way for a quick cleanup of 200,000 German troops. trapped in the tottering province.
By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Jan. 27.—The German high command acknowledged today that the Red army had broken into Bran-
the President's right to seize Montgomery Ward & Co. is reversed or unless congress makes WLB orders effective on everybody. — CHICAGO, Jan, 27 (U. P.) —Federal District Judge Philip L, Sullivan declared today. that President
| Roosevelt was without authority to
take possession of the plants and facilities ,of Montgomery Ward & Co. In a ruling with a far-reaching effect on the chief executive's wartime powers and the Smith-Con-nally Labor Disputes act, Judge Sullivan denied the government's petition for injunctions restraining
@ NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (U. P.). ~ Montgomery Ward common stock enlivened the stock market today. The stock which had sold as low as 504 shot up to 53 on heayy trading just before closing time. Orders to buy the stock came in so rapidly that governors of the stock exchange stopped trading in the issue to permit the specialists to straighten out their books. The issue sold around 11:40 a. m., at 51%, a jump of 13%; points from the sale made just before announcement of the decision. That sale was on a block of 5000 shares. It rose steadily in the subsequent trading.
the company from interfering with army operation of the 18 Ward plants in seven cities. The plants were seized Dec. 28 because the company refused to comply with a War Labor Board order. The judge also denied the government a declaratory judgment by which it <had sought to affirm its legal right to take over the Ward properties. The decision was not expected to be the last one in the Ward case which seemed certain to be carried to the U, 8. Supreme Court U. 8. District Attorney J. Albert Woll representing the government af’ the
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YANKS SLOWED 40 Mi. FROM MANILA
Jap Shells Turn Clark Field
Into No Man’s Land.
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent GEN. MuacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Jan. 27.-Stif-fening Japanese resistance slowed the Amnerican drive barely 40 airline miles north of [Manila today. Field dispatches said ‘the ‘enemy had started shelling the air base at Clark field, yecapiured by the Yanks.
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denburg province, of which Berlin is the capital.
to end of the shifting front.
PATTON ERASES LAST OF BULGE
Salient Now “Little More Than Memory,” Allied
Spokesman Says.
By BOYD LEWIS United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. 27.—The remnants of the Ardennes bulge disappeared today. The U. 8. 3d army shoved up to the German fromtier, restoring the pre-Dec. 16 positions al most points on the line, Battering blows by the 3d gained up to three miles. There was a general falling back of Nazi lines from Holland to the Saar, A S. H. A E PF. spokesman said that the bulge now was “little more than a memory.” The total of prisoners taken in the 42 days since Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt launched his surprise attack reached 46,000 for the 1st and 3d armies. Conditions were so difficult at
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WAR FRONTS
(Jan. 27, 1945)
EASTERN FRONT — Red army breaks into Brandenburg province, Berlin says. Moscow radio reports whole Eastern: front collapsed.
WESTERN FRONT — Third army punches to Reich border in final mopup of Ardennes salient, Germans fall back on stretch between Holland and Saar.
four hours in Tokyo business tricts today. the Saigon-Cholon area of Indo-China for the first
# In another sector the Russians hit the Obra river line. which angles back within 78 miles of the capital, Berlin said. A Berlin communique reported Russian gains from end
The Germans indicated that Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov virtually had cleaned out the Poznan province bulge of western Poland except for the enveloped city of Poznan,
Zhukov apparently was storming the German border defenses on a broad are. His right wing admittedly had burst into Brandenburg-—80-odd miles from Berlin—and was attacke
ing Schneidemuehl, 90 miles south east of Stettin.
94 Miles From Berlin
To the south, the Nazi command saidy his vanguard had reached the Obra somewhere in the border area 94 miles east of Berlin. The closest approach to the Ger. man capital announced by the Soviet high command was at Mosina, 136 miles east. Berlin also admitted officially that the Red army had established several bridgeheads across the Oder river in Silesia; : Commentator Ernst von Hammer, in a supplementary report, disclosed that the Germans had lost Krape pitz, just west of the Oder and 14 nriles south of Oppeln. Von Hammer claimed Krappits had been recaptured. A Moscow dispatch sald Zhukov's drive west of Poznan had been slowed by strong opposition. It appeared -that the German command had decided to undertake its main stand in that sector near. est to Berlin. A Moscow broadcast meanwhile said the entire Eastern front from the Carpathians to the Baltic had
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TRANSPORT CRISIS ~. . REPORTED IN REICH
PARIS, Jan. 27 (U. P).—The transportation situation in Gere many has become chaotic since the Russian offensive with almost all trains reserved for the army, according to reliable information reaching French d. quarters, The same sources said Berlin was packed with refugees from eastern
opened for the homeless.
B-29's Start Fires in Tokyo And Blast Indo-Chind Port
3pm
They also bombed [ing fires that