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2 Shaded area on map shows sections affected by the flood. “The Ohio river is over its banks alt the way from Pittsburgh to beyond Louisville,
Unit Seht to Southern Danger Zone.
Fioncusbion Is Started Indiana Guard In Many Kentucky’ Communities.
By UNITED PRESS The muddy crest of the
river. rolled river front residents, officially esti-
carrying the -threat of new. flood mated at 3000 families, camped out damage to farmlands and cities in of harm's way today to “sit out” Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. 3 : Weather bureau officials said the ihe latest. rampage of the Ohio | flood waters were leveling off above river, Cincinnati. Portsmouth, O., ap-| Freézing weather, brought added peared to be winning a battle to [discomfort to the refugees, but the keep the river from pouring over office of Brig. Gen. Elmer W. Sher-|. flood walls into the main business | wood, Indiana adjutant general and and residential sections, The river'sifiood relief director, said the situa-
crest subsided 1.2 feet in 24 hoursition was “hot alarming anywhere” { at Cincinnati.
Kentucky was
Ohio today,
Indiana bottomland farmers and downstream
next in -the path; The 2d battilion, 4th infantry of
of the rising walter, the Indiana -State Guard was orHundreds of volunteers, state! | dered to active duty in the. flood! militia, auxiliary police, boy scouts,! area today by Gen. Sherwood. The | prison inmates and even German | mobilization followed appeals of prisoners of war were working | New Albany |
Down
Following the disastrous flood of 1937, and an enormous damage toll,
Fatety
By UNITED PRESS | Mayor Tyndall.
in the southern part of the state. |criminating
fe from raging waters, hemmed by the town erected
On Indiana, Kentucky And Illinois
All but the most essential work in Grand View has stopped., Not
so on the rampant Ohio, . Here
barge up stream,
ADVANCE AGAINST
LIGHT
RESISTANCE
- IN EARLY STAGES
HOOSIER HEROES—
Emmelman . Fultz,
McMillen Killed; Seven Wounded
“An Indianapolis ensign who was
‘Front Dispatches Reveal Units of
Hodges’
Since Yesterday.
Army East of River
By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press Staff Correspondent
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| | Photos By Victor Peterson.
a tug noses a large flat-bottomed
GAMBLERS KEEP WEATHER EYE ON REMY SHIFT
Resign and Question Is: What Happens Next?
By SHERLEY UHL oe Will the “heat” : Sisappesi as the
WRC erie disse Such -is the question‘ posed by | Indianapolis’ hopeful gambling clan on the theory that everything might blossom out this spring, : The boys are eyeing studiously the impending resignation of Board President Will H. Remy, the city’s iNo. 1 . anti-vice {crusader. Mr: Remy .will vacate his Safety | board post ‘soon 10% devote: full’ meas- _ (ure to his private William Remy practice. He-will not accept a high-er-salaried job in the city legal department, already tendered by
Gamblers Ordinarily, Mr.. Remy's
|drawal might signal a return to | the lush days when gaming flour-
ished on a more or less open and
organized basis. That's something | the town hasn't seen the likes of since the advent of the ‘Tyndall “closed lid” policy in January, 1943. Gambling outside the city re{portedly is running virtually un{hampered under the not too disnoses of county |authorities and the easy money lads are anticipating a «prosperous era. {But with fingers crossed, : Because, even when Gambler Nemesis Remy steps aside, he leaves
Cross Fingers
with-
Safety Board President to,
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agaipst time and the river,
Evacuation Under Way ' ¢ ! They evacuated families, moved |
household goods and livestock, and built sandbag barricades all along |
Raymond Jaegers, mayor; Sam Shannon, Jeffersonville | mayor, and Oris Head, Madison | mayor.
Near 70 Feet at Aurora
One flood death was reported.
the Kentucky stretch of the Ohio| river, The evacuation was under way in the Jow sections of all towns
mark at Aurora, nearly 18 feet} above flood level, and inundated | from Catlettsburg to Owensboro. about two-thirds of the town, which! All but about half a block of Cat- was isolated into six sections. Jeitsburg . was under water. The] ‘At nearby Lawrenceburg, state] town has a population of 4500. | police, firemen, auxiliary workers, | Everywhere along the thqusand- | boy scouts, sea ‘scouts and volunmile course of the river there wis | teers helped move lowland residents some destruction. War plants Se their household goods. Local
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From 800 Feet Above Elod~— Angry River and Desolation
By VICTOR PETERSON Below lay the rampant Ohio river: It was flooding again, the worst since the disastrous rampage of 1937. From the cabirr of the plane I eould see miles up and down stream investigation of the hard-hit Hoosier
as we left Evansville yesterday noon. lowlands. Tom aver was mhyup af he edger: A2 1.08 i av2 could see unter ee Sousa Indiana Ingtastetad | of the Ohio swirled over rich IndiRelief officials grimly anticipated jas pore Die aor Ee ay, from the water, then drop ack,
reached this week-énd. _Tree-studed knolls Jitted above 1 was accompanying Brig. Gen. the surface like | islands. Hills
Elmer Sherwood, state adjutant gen- | SN, N40 Was sakiSé 4 Sis riny 0d. FEB tio 4
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am....27T 10am Tam..2 11am... 33 8am.....28 12 (don): YH
The Ohio approached the 70-foot
(a police chief of his own choice still {in offig& Chief Jesse McMurtry is a standh stalwart. of the safety head and presumably he befriends Mr. Remy's “no dice” theories, very seriously. This véry fact is (reason why McMurtry was selected ‘to succeed former Chief Beeker, who
the principal
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£.0.R. URGES SPEED |. ON MANPOWER BILL
Barkley Hopes Senate Might Decide by Nightfall.
WASHINGTON, March 8. (U. P.). — President Roosevelt today urged the senate to hurry up and make up its mind -about manpiwer
*| legislation,
Senate Democratic. Leader Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky, reported the President's feelings. to newsmen after a conference of congressional leaders with him. Barkley hoped the senate might reach its final decision on the matter before nightfall, f He said the President "was 'anx- | fous for us to pass whatever we are going to pass as soon as possible.” The senate leader added, relative to the manpower bill now pending, that “we cleared off some underbrush yesterday—nét in the right way, but still it was cleared off.”
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HARE-RAISING— Even Wallace
Groggy From Rabbit Punch
FOR 29 YEARS State Entomol ogist Frank Wallace has been answering silly questions about insects, animals and people. But this one had him treed and stumped, temporarily. It was something of a 'hare-raiser. The dean of the Indiana conservation department; hemmed, hawed, then a Senta ie The query faster uphill or
Can a rabbit “run downhill? 8 » n » TROUBLE with this poser, Mr. Wallace decided is that you can’t reply by simply saying yes or no. Folks demand an explanation. That's what the army information branch learned shortly alter brazenly trotting out iis opinion that rabbis are speedier uphill than dowl. The issue popped up, innocently enough, ina quiz distributed by the Army News Feature service department, appearing in G. I. publications. x 8 =» BUT 1T'S been burning ever since, with animal authorities from the Bronx to San Diego pairing off into uphill and downhill factions. Today, United Press wires were hot with statements from zoo keepers, wild life observers, outdoor enthusiasts and others, staking their reputations and miscellaneous valuables, And pink elephant experts ventured haphazardly out of their own specialized field to speculate but not on the news wires. And G. 1s overseas took time out in foxholes, Cologne and else=where to consider the army's “uphill decision,” in most cases dubiously. " ~ = BACK in Indianapolis, Mr. Wallace, still pondering, begins by disclosing that rabbits habitually run around in circles like people. But after some prodding he conceded he was merely trying to change the subject. Slanting off in another direction, he said he could think of nothing that could run faster uphill than’ downhill unless it was the cost of living. Furthermore, he intoned, “When I went rabbit hunting I usually
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50 WOUNDED ARRIVE HOURLY
WASHINGTON, March 8 (U. P). —Sick “and wounded soldiers from|men
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SAYS SUSPECT FAMILIAR WITH
De Graphenreed’s Ex-Em-ployer Gives Testimony At Murder Trial.
Rogers Carey, former employer of Charles De Ws tnt Gab
FLORIST'S HOME
12959 E. Michigan st., in France.
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killed when his ship was blown up| PARIS, March 8. —Units of United States 1st near the Philippines and two local army have stormed across the Rhine and are advane-
men who were serving in the Buti into the heart of Germany against light resistpean theater are included on today
[list of war dead. One local man is ance, missing, six local men and a | Zionsville man have been wounded
Vanguards of Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges’ 1st
|and one fighting man is a prisoner. army made the historic crossing at 4:30 o’clock yes-
KILLED terday afternoon south of Cologne, a front dispatch Ensign Richard Charles Emmel-| revealed. .
TD oa E. Riverside dr. in. ihe) A partial security blackout cloaked the progress of the Pfc. Furl Coy McMillen, 1841 N.| frst American columns east of the Rhine, but the anTalbot st., in Europe. Inouncement from Hodges’ headquarters that only “light” Pvi, Heriwell (Fred) Fulle, resistance had been encountered in the early stages made
English ave, in Germany. : : WISSING it clear the advance was going well. Cpl. Robert E. Gheen, ; x New Offensive Mounting 33d st, over Yugoslavia. First army troops who broke the back of the German - WOUNDED Rhineland army on the plains before Cologne in 12 days of “T. 5th Gr. Robert E. Schiiesman,| Sustained offensive and. captured Cologne itself almost. with- ~~ |out a struggle won the first Rhine bridgehead. Strong supporting infantry units were rushed into the bridgehead after the first shock troops had broken across and it was indicated that Hodges was pouring a steady tide {of men and armor into the attack. It was the first time an in-
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Cpl. James Nicholson, 16 N. Arsenal ave., in Belgium.
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Dutch border for a strike into the
florist’'s home. The defendant was employed ol Mr. Carey, a house cleaning con- | tractor, at the Wiedenhoft home in 1943, the witness said. : The state implied that De Graphenreed had knowledge of the house | layout and that the Wiedenhofts! joften Kept large sums of money in| | tre home. A police witness, George Ww, MeAllister Jr.,- was recalled to the stand to identify -a 38-caliber revolver and a lug wrench found in the vicinity of the slain man’s home. His partner, Sgt. William F. O'Rourke, agreed with’ the testimony. He added that three shells were in the gun when found. -
May Continue Tonight
Defense attorneys John,D. Lewis and M. Wilson Beene attempted to show that the alleged weapons were |: not connected with the crime. Criminal court bailiffs frequently had’ to clear the standees from the rear of the packed courtroom. Judge William D. Bain indicated he might hold a session tonight to bring the case to a close. Additional witnesses to be called include other employees of Mr Carey. They are expected to substantiate details regarding the discovery of about $1100 in cash while cleaning a bathroom closet in the florist’'s home, The final witness for the state: is expected to be Fae Davis, police detective in charge of the investigation, The tsate altered its strategy yesterday and introduced two surprise witnesses. Robert Haskins and his wife, Ora, former drinking companions of De Graphenreed, testified that the defendant told.them he had made up his mind to kill the florist and his
‘water had been dropped to him
2 ADRIFT 3 DAYS,
vading army had crossed rolling plains of porthwestern. Gers, carmen vo W historic western many, .
Povh fiz FAG sy I La since Naporeon’s ate odie Nios pm PE | q Vodka thelthat the U.S. 9th and 3d armies (gran army pushe across the | flanking Hodges’ men were deploy- 2
'R hine more than 100 years'ing on the west bank of the, river ago. for a similar crossing. The assault put fast- | "© Half of Bonn Captured {rolling infantry - columns into the! Hodges’ swift drive across the | southern flank of the teeming Ruhr Rhine, coming barely 48 hours basin less than 290 miles southwest | after the fall of Cologne, made it of Berlin, |clear that the allied armies of the Lwerrible. Storm ol west were ready to tarry the war errthe Storm of Fue linto the heart of Hitle’s reich The blow Tell squarely upon the
: I. : ; without the expected pause for con= . A B-29 BASE, SAIPAN, March 8. | center : of -three German armies solidation on the west side of the — Maj. , Hugh Mahoney, Corpus | struggling to pull back behind the river Christi, Tex., was back at base lo-{ Rhine under a terrible storm of fire Another potential crossing was in day ready to go out on another | from American, British and Ca-|p. making a dozen miles south of Tokyo run after being saved in one nadian divisions massed along a 110- Cologne, where other 1st army of the most daring air-sea rescues ' mile stretch of the Rhine frony Co= troops captured half the university of the. Pacific: war. | blenz - northward to: the -Duteh | ey or Bonn, Mahoney was’ plucked froma life | border. : it The Yanks also ‘were ramming raft. in high seas several miles| Frantic German broadcasts hinted southward along the Rhine from northwest of Saipan by a big Mar-| that a general assault on the Rhine|p. {oward a junction with Lt. tin patrol bomber which used jet | was under way or about to begin|.. George S. Patton's rampaging propulsion equipment. |at several points north and south of 3d army tanks in the Coblenz secHe had been adrift in Japanese | the 1st ‘army bridgehead. lto waters for five days after his| Berlin .spokesmen said the’ Ca-| bomber had been. forced down by|nadian lst army was massing power- | engine failure while returning from |ful tank and infantry formations a bombing mission. along the lower Rhine near .the | (Continued on Page 14 —Column- 3) The flier was little the worse for wear, although he -had lost 15 pounds. Food and 17 bottles of
Martin patrol Bomber Braves Seas to -Save Tokyo Raider.
By LLOYD .TUPLING United Press -Staff Correspondent
Hodges’
or. Elements of the 1st army eleared
| more than three-quarters of
Report Russ Across Oder; 27 Mi. From Nazi Capital
More than a dozen army and By navy aircraft gnd several naval d vessels teamed up to save Mahoney and eight “other crewmen. Four
from a plane. He drank only a pint during his five-day voyage because “I thought ‘things might
get tougher.” ROBERT MUSEL
United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, March 8.—The Germans said today that the
crew members were drowned when the Superfort. crashed into the] ocean east of Ryuku islands, Feb. 27, The eight rescued men, whose home addresses were unavailable, are: Capt. E. A. Everts; 1st Lt, C. D. Brodie; 2nd Lt. P. F. Marshall; 2nd Lt. J. 1." Hayes; 2nd Lt, R, F.|
wife when the robbery was planned. |
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HOME FRQM JAP CAMP
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8 (U. P.)—A transport carrying part of the 513 army officers ‘and enlisted freed from the Japanese
overseas are now arriving in this|Cabanatuan prison camp on Luzon country at.the rate of 50 every hour,|steamed through Golden Gate to-
the war department said today.
What's Wrong With UNRRA?
day. -
By Charles T. Lucey
Key Positions in Agency Held by Untrained Persons
(Second of a Series)
WASHINGTON, March 8.—"“Too much Washington”—that's the gist of much criticism of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration ‘for not ‘moving
| more swiftly into its huge relief
task. UNRRA, say informed officials, started out with elaborate organi zation charts and sought men to fit charts, rather than” finding the best men and buildi ganization about them. “People. are more
an or-
than organization,” assistant secretary of State Dean Acheson has warned in connection with UNRRA. “With good people and a bad organization something can be done. But with bad people and poor organization Nothing can be done.” UNRRA heddaunrters, employ~ | ing 700 of the agency's 2000 employees, gives an impression of whirling activity—constant conferences, crowded appointment schedules, much telephoning. But
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Nieman, and Sgt. B. H. Haycock.
(OFFER ARGENTINA BERTH WITH ALLIES
Must Fulfill Formula Set by
Inter<American Session.
MEXICO CITY, March 8 (U. P.. ~The 20 American nations at the Inter-American conference gave Argentina a chance today to return to the family fold. They devised a formula, fulfillment of which would require a declaration of war by Argentina on the axis. It specifically calls for Argentina to change her ‘policy to become eligible foré membership in the united nations. A plenary session of this conten: ence—from which Argentina ‘was | excluded — ratified "the r®solution {containing the formula this’ morn(ing. {proved and signed it at a surprise | meeting last night in the-castle of Chapultepec. “The heads of all the delegations were present. The formula does not commit any
Red army broke across the Oder river south of Kuestrin,
| carved out a bridgehead 10 miles deep, and stormed west-
ward within 27 miles of Berlin. Nazi broadcasts said Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov’'s 1st White Russian army massed along the Oder smashed west-
The steering committee ap-!
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ward from the area of Goeritz, six miles south of Kuestrin,
The vanguard of the bulg-| ing Soviet bridgehead edged against . Seelow, 12° miles
southwest west of the last natural barrier before Berling, and 27 imiles from the capital itself, enemy radio dispatches reported. The Nazi acknowledgement of a yawning breach in the Oder river line was broadcast a day after the Germans reported that Zhukov's mighty army was opening the battle for Berlin.
Ablaze on 40-Mile Front
The whole Berlin front in the Oder valley was reported ablaze from the Oder elbow 29 miles northeast of Berlin to the sector around Frankfurt, & distance of some 40 miles, : Other Russian forcés were storming the rear deféhses of Stettin and hurrying the battle of eastern Pomerania to a victorious conclusion. The Germans said Marshal Ivan S. Konev was massing forces in Silesia in apparent preparation for a renewal of his drive into the south flank of’ the Berlin defenses. Belatedly, the Nazis reported. that Zhukov had seized a big bridgehead across the Oder which Wii from the area 1m south
we
of Kuestrin, 10|
Nielsen, ¥/C. A. Hoyt, Sgt. L. G: and. plunged due west toward Berlin.
strin to that north of Frankfurt {and a number of miles westward toward Berlin,
Claim Counter-Attacks
The Nazis claimed that counters. attacks had constricted the bridge~ head, Yesterday the Germans beat back into Rathstock, six and & half miles southwest. of Kuestrin and three west of the Oder, one broadcast said, Battling furious Soviet resistance, the Nazi propagandists claimed their mén recaptured Klessin, eight miles north of Frankfurt, German artillery was said to have smashed “extensive deployments” west of Lebus, on the west bank of
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TIMES INDEX
.22, Jane Jordan ..27 is .27} Movies Crossword 1] Ernie Pyle ... 1 Editorials .. 1 18| Radio ..vxuese BT Peter -Edson... n Ration Daies , 5 Fashions .... 30) Mrs, Roosevelt 17 Forum ie Side Glances. ..18 . Freckles .......27 Wm, P, Simms 18 Meta Given .,.20| Sports ........28 In Indpls, ..iv. 3 Tom Stokes....18
Amusements . Comics .....
Inside Indpi...1 Worm Seve.
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