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By PAUL GHALI Times Foreign Correspondent BERN, Switzerland, Feb. 13.— "The wehrmacht (German army); now shows increasing signs of . momentarily - seizing power in Germany. The army is bulwarked, apparently, by the rising antagonism of the German masses toward the “ Nazi party.

UnmistakKable evidence is abroad

that the long-lived rivalry be-,

tween the army and the party is breaking into open conflict, Thus the possibility is advanced that the reich's military defeat may be precipjtated by piecemeal capitulation of some wehrmacht units—or even by a military coup d’etat in Berlin itself. ¢ Any move by the wehrmacht

toward the allies at this juncture would considerably reinforce the political jmportance of the German officers’ committee sponsored by Moscow. This would “give Joseph Stalin further reason to advocate international recognition of his proteges as the future government of Germany, observers believe, Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler—in his capacity of home de-

fense minister—has been obliged by the tense home situation, to recall to Berlin some S. S. (elite guard) units, already transferred to the Nazis’ last-ditch fortress in the Bavarian Alps, according - to reports reaching here. German army leaders - apparently are convinced that Himmler and the party aim to drag the wehrmacht down with them.

. This, “in érder that the army shall share responsibility for Germany’'s defeat in the eyes of the people. It_is plain also that the only hope. remaining to many army leaders is to abandon.the’ losing side at the last minute: They know that their military action in Europe has ended. But they still hope to be en-

‘abled to play a role in the ad-

ministration of their country by taking part in the collapse of the Nazi regime. Himmler’s latest plan for the defense of the Eastern Front— which will impose devastating losses on the wehrmacht in order to enable the Nazis themselves to hold on a few more weeks— is undoubtedly one reason for the army leaders’ grudge against the party.

According to this plan -— ree portedly transmitted ‘to the wehrmacht the middle of last week— volkssturm (people's army) units, commanded by the S. 8, will henceforth be placed In the front lines. The wehrmacht will man the second lines of defense. Waffen S. S. troops will be posted some 10 miles behind wehrmacht lines as “operational reserves.” Thus the entire weight of re-

sistance will Test on the wehrs | macht, since the “people's “army is totally inexperienced in battle, Thus, in case of unsuccessful resistance, the responsibility for maneuvers could be pushed onto the wehrmacht command while

the S: 8. could wash their hands of it,

Simms: Stalin 's Juggling of Poland’ s Boundaries May Jeopardize Dumbarton Oaks Pld Denny: Stalin's Domination of Big 3 Seen in Compromise .on Post-War Settlement Terms

By: WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—If the Big Three decision regarding Poland stands—and it would now seem, to all intents, irrevocable— it may jeopardize Dumbarton Oaks and the whole American peace plan. Under the pact signed at Yalta, in the Crimea, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill gave way completely to Marshal

Stalin, whose plans for the partition of Poland are well known, They agreed to the Curzon line as the new Russo-Polish frontier and to the Stalin thesis that Poland shall have several large slices of Germany by way of compensation. The effect of all this on the United States will be tremendous if, as‘it"is generally expected, this country participates in the collec-

tive security guarantees 50 widely favored by the American people. It would set up a new and bigger “Alsace-Lorraine” between Germany and Poland and make the United States at least partly re=--sponsible for its safety. The Big Three did not specify the exact amount of German soil which. the Poles” might annex.

By LUDWELL DENNY Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. — Let San Francisco review Yalta! The Big Three agreement at Yalta was an attempted post-war settlement without consulting the .ofher allies. It was a compromise in. which Stalin dictated most of the terms, and the Atlantic Charter pledges—other than German disarmament — came off a bad

(Continued on Page 12—Column 3)| second. This Big Three political

agreement, Including its secret provisions, should be examined by the full united nations meeting at San Francisco in April. In justice to. the President, it should be recognized that he has much less bargaining power than Stalin in any Big Three meeting now. At Yalta Stalin had three aces, and Roosevelt only one— which he could not play. Stalin's first ace - was actual possession of part of eastern Ger-

claims and sphere of influence,

Three

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‘many and all of eastern Europe, | except Greece, and the strongest military force on the continent. His second ace was Churchill's prior acceptance of Russian

and agreement that these decisions should be made by the Big (or four) instead of the united nations. Stalin's third ace was the power to help us, or

Woman's Body Is Found Near Wrecked Auto

DEALER FOUND | BUILTY IN SALE.

Last Ruins of Budapest Fall

PATTON OPENS TWO NEW GAPS IN WEST WALL!

Report on ‘Sacred’

FOUR-FRONT

WAR PLEDGE DOOMS REICH

Big Three Plan for.

Invasion of North

Europe Hinted:-

Unity Haijled by

‘Congress.

"BULLETIN

By W. R, HIGGINBOTHAM

OF POOR MEAT To Red Army

LONDON, Feb, 13 (U.P.).—The |

ruins .of Budapest, capital of HunWins 3 Possible Gates-to

gary and one-time city of 1,500,000; (fel] today to the Red army after a. Rhineland as Monty Slogs Ahead.

United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Eeb, 13.—Adolf ‘Hitler's Germany today faced its doom in a four-front war, The Reich had knowledge that the Big Three were more closely united for victory than at any time in world war II. i Already-there-were-signs-that the epic decisions of the Yalta, Crimea talks were being implemented.

LONDON, Feb. 13 (U. P.).—The London Polish government an-’ nounced tonight that it rejects completely the Big Three decision | on Poland.

By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.— The Roosevelt, Stalin- Church-

of distinc|Seyffert Draws Brows. Suspended Sentence and $500 Fine

P.) ~The |

siege of six weeks. | { Last ditch resistance’ by the : : {doomed German and Hungarian In Sunnyside Case. | garrison of Budapest, encircled since! Louis J. Seyffert, former operator [Dey 22 Sieasred our in the Lapin BULLETIN 1 +of Kuhn's marcket, today. was. found | DAME TV Orns y PARIS, Feb. 13 (U. : = —i=Canadian—1lst=—apmy—completed guilty of an -attempt to defraud The total of prisoners captured bY! the conquest of the Reichswald | Marion county by supplying meat the Russians in the siege mounted| or Reich's Forest at the north enthusiastic chiver from conjof a grade inferior to that con-ito 110,000. | end of the Siegfried line ‘today. | tracted for to the County Tubercu- | { :

Near this wrecked car at the foot of a 25-foot embankment on White River blvd. north ot 30th st. was found the body of Mrs. Esther L. Gillam. Police are searching for a second person believed to have: | years and fined him $500 and costs.|the German nigh command for the

been friving,

The fall of Budapest was fore-|

| losis hospital at Sunnyside. | Judgé William D. Bain, who heard {the case in criminal couft last Ffi-| | oy and Saturday, sentenced Mr.

Seyffert to state prison for 2 to 14

The prison term was suspended.

{shadowed by the announcement!

last night that all organized re-!

sistance crushed.

It became a certainty today when |

in the city had been |

The advancing troops pressed |

| that the United States,

on into the Rhineland through heavy German artillery fire,

By JACK FLEISCHER United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Peb. 13.—American 3d

|gress today on its proposal

Invasion of Norway?

It was apparent that steps wers under way. to seal Germany's fate and erect & new and permanent post-war peace. Military i. the Big Three may have planned ah ine

{Russia and Great Britain be bound in post-war unity as a “sacred obligation” to the peoples of the world. President Roosevelt, Marshal Josef

\first tim in eeks igno Bud |v. Win e in weeks ignored Buda- t _punched two new holes | « Stalin and Prime Minister *|vasion of wen the" Germen 3 Dene (Continued vn Page Page 11—Colufn_ 4) in the stegfried pillbox belt north svn * Ero % of Echtesna 1 . (Text Page Two) "=~

- Mr. Seyffert had een 3 aosused in oma. us. diam of atdefraud the ny by

bic on the hospital with meat of one and two grades below the i IN SILESIA |U. S. standard. grade of “Good” as BUDGET 3 ET STRAIN contracted. for with the county com- | missioners. Didn’t Cut Price

> | The indictment alleged ‘Mr. Seyfto an billed the county at contract

prices although actually delivering - Warns of Possible DefiGit "Tre tess sxpencive meaty —

ch today. coast, Fete, T . advances gave them Tree : Hints were present that decisions nd. gateways to the Rhine-|... ourchill made that post-war u STR 18 he Pacific war Europe ma its of séven German divisions|SmPact the foundation of their|D) 7% 8 £088 SERCH . Pe may

ha been counted in the forces] greport and Raleuiens’ on the o- All parties to the eight-day ¢ cone |bracing against . the Canadisn| Tan Conversations | ference were significantly silent, o To achieve it they announced they ¥ B

FheiR foveal Wo Rie and! had summoned the united nations this point, hawever, : . : The . Germans appeared’ to be | conference in San Francisco on| Developments: ‘ New ‘Siath G Carries {0 throwing in reinforcements at the APril 25 to draft a world security| ONE: In both London and Moscow {the less expensive meat. yen NES expense of ater pastions. of ihe treaty. : military experts believed Germany If Revenue Drops Judge Bain, in suspending the Queis River, Nazis | Western front. - Pattern Is Set TOW Je pinche Bebu all sides . prison term, declared that “the state = The 30th and 5th divisions of the| It will be in the Dumbarton Oaks| citadel ng. inner Naa

: wi E. J t the. hel thas not established nlawful and : By HEZE CLARK illiam enner at the helm. By NOBLE REED as not established an unlawful an Concede. [U.S. 3d army shouldered past the pattern. The Black sea conferees| In addition to possible landings in

: The 37-year-old ex-army captain 4 felonious. intent . , . and that Mr. [concrete forts of the Siegfried belt! Police today #76 looking for the | succeeded John H. Lauer of Wil-! Governor Gates warned the leg- Seyffert is 62, has never been con=| By ROBERT MUSEL at points northwest of Echternach. jasifounced a a) Nowa aml Denmark an all-out United Press Staff Correspondent offensive in the West seemed likely,

DRIVER SOUGHT Jenner Tle oH GATES PREDITS 525 INFATAL CRASH "3753 ime

G.O.P. in Indiana By SHERLEY UHL Harold Biddle dle, Manager of Republican political machinery, Message Bar: Borrowed Machine, : slack for’two months, made up for | : 0 5 1%)

Tope “today by turning out. al Owner Tells Police: “0: P. staté committee, With |

Closecin Fighting Deadliest Of Pacific War.

By: FRANCIS McCARTHY United Press Staff Correspondent Doesn't Show Up

The car was to have been re- ; I B turried at 9 p. m, accerding to Mr. y Frazier, as Biddle was to have “reported to work at that time. #2 § Biddle did rot show up for work : 3 ; | last night or today, police said, ) Deputy Coroner Dr. Anderson Nettleship said that Mrs. Gillam, had, been dead for at least flve hours when found. His autopsy showed death due to a severe skull fracture and the bursting of the aorta, largest blood vessel in the body. When park employees found the body it had been covered with a fur|. coat, Two large handkerchiefs, apparently used to wipe blood from her face, were found near the scene.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

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Adolf,

driver of the wrecked car in which! 'liamsport, who resigned Wie he [Salute i = Sheval a a Teli of any offense.” fo said Farther to the north Patton mare |cluding voting methods. Continuation of the shing Red 7 manship to join the Indiana - at imprisonment of the defendant 3 crushin Mrs Esther L. Gillam, 1721 Beeler | p to] g p | "LONDON, Feb. 13.—The German |3 break through the West wall in| announcement yesterday of com- army offensive was expected. : blvd., just north of 30th st. [this morning, other changes also | He declared that the state's] The jurist further declared that) jh ns w th kK i | rough Silesia toward Dresden and | Ma ere. throwing crack tank and | april conference call - Park department employees | Were announced. : sod Senne. the negt blelinium is) the hospital as ye 2s the defend-| Berlin had carried to the Queis Panzer grenadier divisions into the rap i te 30 Tialy.ang Hungary. i = destine ou alance on! n r y James Whitcomb, veteran Indian go e ant knew or should have known | | river. {threatened Rhineland front. The ip, sacurity treaty to the senate] TWO: German propagandists; discovered the car and replaced Claude Billings of Akron $1,000,000 even if present, war-in-| (Continued on Page 10—Column 6 the body at ‘the bottom of a 25. | 88 sécretary of the state committee. flated revenues continue and the| | Oder. Agree on Plans footed by the unequivocal declarae CITY PAY HIKE BILL | Both Moscow and .Berlin said : tion that “Germany is doomed.” vice - chhirman in favor of Mrs. state budget committee, he sai ,, The car, which smashed into a » 3 ‘frée, throwing Mrs. Gillam from | Manel Sites Fraser of Delphi. |dicate that expenditures iy ex- | or Breslau LINK IN INS. MANILA |for Germany, |in the Reich. . anguard was beating into They passed on her a grim|- 10 foreign audiences they — tender in the Riley hotel. a is Might ‘Go in Red’ ‘northwestward on the road to Ber- survive and be fit to live within] Himes.” he had lent his car at 6 p. m. leither the war with Germany or| Hin, | the “comity of nations.” I THREE: Possible effect of the yesterday : to: Harold Biddle - who, |Japan should end within the next By KENNETH HUFFORD This “rail junction on the Yiiebst| 2 with most of “Europe's political andi was noted -that the united naw» is. bar, lgo into the “red” as much as| Bills to create a powerful state river is 72 miles southeast of Ber- economic = problems — boundaries, | tions conference to implement $18, 000,000. {aviation commission and raise salar- {lin and the same distance northeast indication that! southern Manila today. populations and revealed they |Soviet. . Japanese nonaggression | $40,000, 000 balance in the general] | legislature today. the German front in Silesia is] They blasted the Japanese garri-| would intervene jointly almost any- pact, and that the location of the | fund as of next June 30. | The city salaries measure would crumbling, and the roads to Dres- Son. back into the. burning water-| where to aid or prod liberated meeting -is San Francisco “Fifteen days.later,” he said, 000,000 to about $27,000,000 for the | from $600 to $1200 and the city! The. decisive juncture, sealed off Polish problem based on compro- | astic.* Special meetings were held | state will be called upon to distrib- clerk from $2400 to $4000. The biil| the last avenue of escape for the ute nearly one-third for teachers | Was advanced through second read- (trapped Japanese in Manila ‘Only a Working Balance’ | week. He warned that because of the | Passage ‘of the state aviation nh commitment of $24,000,000 commission bill, minus its original

Whit y At the state committee meeting Years. of society.” . i last night on ite " River | 8 c g| Russian drive fanning ‘out! Field dispatches said the Ger- churchill conversations and of the! 'the southern allied spearheads in 1340 Ww. apolis and Washington newsman, | Prin st, | the breached Bober line west.of the this capital: Wilsonian lines, were caught flate | | Gillam was about 26 years old, Jas stepped down as state G. O. P. | The conservative estimates st hel 3 YANK DIVISIONS - [rampant on a broad arc northwest | |agteed. on war and post-war ‘plans §anda line-to radio listeners withe / 1000 in the next two years. Frazier, 1054'2 W. 31st st. bar-| (Continued on Page 17—Column 4) " 3 test \ ‘State | miles from Dresden and swinging | German people that they would! Sea political crime of Mr. Frazier told police today that Then, the governor warned, if Measure Is Pressed. : |attacks toward Sommerfeld. objectives and methods of dealing | |cific war was closely scrutinized. is now manager of the Riley hotel [in half, the state” government mignt| can divisions linked up inside! They promised aid to distressed meet on the notice date of the (ture to forget about the present) |advanced toward passage in the| “There is every | balance will shrink more than $12, | $6000 a year to $12,000, councilmen | | (Continued on Page 17—Column 1) ing of the entire Pacific war. The report revealed a specific| Crimean declaration was -enthusi« 6 7 | Tt was passed by, the . house last | 8 {dor across Manila bay were rocking! 9

Big 3 Decisions at Glance |

| WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. P). | -The major decisions reached by the Big Three at Yalta:

GERMANY

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; 5 {difficulties during the next two « , Speedway City, met death some | way commission. B “would not be to the best interests! | high command reported today that ithe Pruem area. pletion of the Roosevelt -Stalin- | New attacks were predicted from 1346 W. Pruitt} Jistace. Codi [th d” side of the ledger at least] e “red” side o ra -and David Knoepfle, This is seven to 10 miles ‘beyond (Continued on Page 14—Column 3) before hot weather begins to swelter| prepafed for a Big Three bid along foot embankment at 8 a. m. Mrs.| Mrs. Eleanor Snodgrass of Nash- | strictest of economies are practiced. | {van S. Konev's army was running, The Big Three said they had| For hours they offered no propae the wreckage, is owned by H. D.| The committee realignment was | ceed revenues by as much as $9,000, ADVANCED IN IN SENATE : Li rs border area some 70 | cleansing sentence, but assured the|Vei8hed uncertainly . about. a aerial © Commission The Berlin radio reported Sov fet | They announced agreement. on Big .Three deliberations on the Pae he says, is a former marine and Hew months and--production -iscut MANILA, Feb. 13.—Three Ameri- | forms of government and such, |Dumbarton Oaks was summoned to The governor “urged the legisla- | ies of Indianapolis city officials were |of Drésden. “this | Increase the mayor's ‘pay from | front in the deadliest close-in fight-| peoples toward desired objectives. | FOUR: Soviet reaction to the |salaries.” | ing in the senate without opposition. | It came as Bataan and Corregi3 > +411 - annually for tuition and the dan- | You're or Su erdu Syciiis wal materials will be elimi P per War criminals will be punished. . | A commission will be established

to study reparations.

| gerous possibilities of uncertain (Continued on Page 10—Column 3 |years ahead “we dare not consider |

the balance as a surplus.” At best, Hoosier Heroes—

“In Indpls.

The fact that Mrs. Gillam had

William E. Jenner

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been ‘thrown through the right front door ‘and that the ignition keys are missing lead police to believe a second person was th the

(Continued on Page 17 —Column Yi

FEAR 24 DIE IN PLANE"

ALAMEDA, Cal, Feb. 13 w. P). —A navy twin-engined transport plane crashed into San Francisco bay today, and 21 passengers ‘and three crewmen were presumed killéd.

TIMES INDEX

4 Jane Jordan., 20

Amusements. . Barndby ... Busine 6| Obituaries ... 7 " 20| Ernie Pyle ... 11 Crossword :. Editorials ... Peter Edson. . Jorum.. ho Meta Given

12 Mrs. Roosevelt 11 12} Side Glances. 12 13 Sports ...... 3 18| State Deaths: i+ 8] Thos. . Stokes. a esas So Indpls, 11 Women's Nivy is

TOMORROW'S JOB—

A F.L Opposes -U. S. Control of

Veterans’ Jobs

By NED BROOKS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer MIAMI, ‘Feb. 13. — American

Federation of Labor leaders want | a veteran's re-employment pro- | gram which will emphasize local |

community enterprise. Yi. would

minimize controls by the federal government, ; The A. F. of L. exécutive couns cil will tackle jobs-for-servicemen problems before it adjourns late this week. Its course will hinge

on the principle that employers

and labor organiza can achieve better results locally than

| | | ference here won such support | t | ad i

LABOR— World Envoys Cheer Hillman's

~ New Union Plea

By FRED W. PERKINS Seripps-Howard Staff Writer — + LONDON, Feb. 13~It seems here that if the American Federation of Labor wants to stay in the interrational labor picture it will ‘have to “clear it with Sidney.’ ~ Sidney Hillman's first speech before the world trade union con-

today among the Russian, French .

and Latin-American’ delegates, as.

well as C. LO. representatives, shat * his plea for a new world labor Body appeared likely to be #4 despite ' lukewarm supby. British labor leaders.

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TWO DEAD, ONE LOST, 10 LISTED WOUNDED

Judd, Montgomery Killed And Parker Is Missing.

Thirteen fighting men are n-

cluded on today's casualty list.!

Two of fhem have been killed, one is missing and 10 have been wounded, KILLED : . Seaman 1-¢ Millard Damon Judd, Beech Grove, in the Marianas, . Pfe. 8heridan Montgomery, for:

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Read ERNIE PYLE and - ANTON SCHERRER, both | on. Page. 1 1 todayy ® .

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At Duping Your Own People |

By JACK BELL Times Foreign Correspondent SCHMIDT, Germany, Feh, 13— Well, Adolf, it's all over but the shooting. You started a war.and you're not even going to be second, you who've loused up the ‘world. You took yourself an empire in Europe, a few yeafs ago. -*You had the biggest army and it had the ‘nicest toys. . Now, Uncle’ Joe's armies are a mashie shot from Berlin and from where I write, it’s a dog-. leg, par four. : : This 1s what Mr Bell we call a think piece, Adolf, write ten from German . soil—master

minds at work when there is a

ull in essentiai writing. *

3 sed usps

3 ~ Washington,

by self

New York, London, Berlin—you know the stuff! Non-essential, but a guy's gotta relax sometime. |

IN SOME WAYS I've got to hand it to you, Adolf. ° You've taken a nation of intelligent people and duped them into letting themselves be slaughtered to satisfy your ego. 1 know, lots of leaders have duped lots of people since time began. But you, Adolf, are a super-duper. “1h some ways you have pure genius, particularly your ability, to select and hold shrewd, brilliant henchmen. I won't give you a thing: as militarist. Better men than Wh in that line have been working in Germany since Bismarck. : sn BUT, ADOLF, holy Hiackerd what a dope. you've been! you gnash a few + TE ns CS.

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cupation.and control of Germany.

Will be subjected to “new and

Terms were agreed upon for o¢-

German militarism and Naziism | will be destroyed; the German | general staff will be “broken up for all time,” all of Germany's |

t capacity for waging war or pro-

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE

An agreement was reached on

| voting procedure in the ¢ouncil. | -of the contemplated world security | organization, a question left Une

settled at Dumbarton Oaks. To prepare the charter for a

| world security organization along (Continued on Page 17—Column 2)

Big 3 Reaction at a Glance

By UNITED PRESS ’

LONDON~Polish government in!

exile flatly rejects Big Three | decision ‘on. Polish bound dares; .German radio spokesmen call declarations “greatest politi~ cal crime of all times”; military

but still bitter because De Gaulle not invited.

won all debatable | ference; |

observers foresee possible allied | WASHING ON

invasions in north.

ROME&I{alian sources glum

cause Italy was not menioned |

at all,