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TIMES EXCLUSIVES co By Our Own Writers Generals Say: ‘We Must Lick Them In Last Hill’
By HENRY J. TAYLOR preparing to keep on fighting until they get to
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FORWARD AREA, SUPREME
QUARTERS, March 13.—8ince our first bridgehead was established across the Rhine, 1 have visited and asked each commander in this area how long
he believes it will take our troops
I put this question to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, and Lt. Gens. Courtney H. Hodges, Ogres S. Patton, Carl Spaatz, Omar olittle and Maj. Gen. Hoyt S.
Bradley, James Vandenburg.
Not one of these generals would hazard a guess It was not a question
as to how long it will take. “of speaking off the record. Each
know how the Germans have been able to stand this long against what has been thrown at them.
The simple fact is that our top
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Berlin,
They cannot say how long that may take, because there are so many unknown factors which will determine the speed of their movements. .There is no way to calculate an estimate of the time it will take for Germany to collapse. As one of these generals said, “Every competent military man knows that on a strictly military
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to reach Berlin. basis Germany
knows.
said he did not and he may be
in the last hill
commanders are suicide plan is
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. . . By Victor Peterson
Grieving Parents Are Sent Bloody Clothes of Son Lost In Action Eight Months Ago
By VICTOR PETERSON An Indianapolis mother and father today are racked with need-
less anguish.
Strict interpretation of cold, impartial law is the cause.
Eight months ago their son, action in New Guinea.
gn artillery captain, was Killed in
Death came from gunshot wounds in the head.
The telegram of death came as a shock.
They were braced for the arrival of kis foot locker with his personal effects. It did not come until mid-February. “We thought the last chapter » » »
| had been written,” his mother said. 3 | Wednesday a neat package ar- |
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WAR PRISONERS SOCIETY . . . By Mildred Koschmann Waiting...Hoping...Praying For News From the Pacific
For three “long years families
of .29 Indianapolis prisoners, some
of them soldiers, some civilians, have been waiting, hoping and praying ®
for good news from the Pacific.
And realizing that each tiny scrap of information about any
prisoner in Japanese hands might
lead to news about their own, they
have organized the Pagific Prisoners of War society,
Until now, the society has had ho publicity. : But, though ‘it’s an unpleasant thought,” they realize that their organization is a growing one. “They know that each time the marines, navy, air force or army edges further into Japanese territory, more American boys, perhaps some of them from Indianapolis, will be liberated: That's why today they want
others.to know about the society |
“-gnd its monthly meeétifigs war memorial; 0 ~ ~ ~
MANILA SURVEY ... By
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Since July about 50 wives, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers of Indianapolis prisoners have been piecing together information in their meetings. They've been talking about the invasion -of - the Philippines | since last October and even | spotted tiny islands where troops | might land on D-day.-In the last two meetings they've
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Emma Rivers Milner ;
Local Missionary to Start Rehabilitation in Philippines
The Rev. E. K. Higdon will fly to the Philippines about May 1 as one of the first Americans to be sent to rehabilitate Protestant missions ravished in world war II He will repre- hs sent the Foreign @& Missions Confer- $& ence of North § America, ©0-o0p- §
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tary of oriental missions for the | United Christian Missionary society. The chief object of the Rev, Mr. Higdon’s trip is to make a survey of Manila and the community to ascertain what damage has been done to the missionary properties of the denominations and what missionaries remain to man the various projects. Millions upon millions of dollars
how lang certain elements of her armies can hang on in ‘selected places on a suicide basis, no one
“This- whole battle for Germany is Hitler's doom
“One thing seems clear—we will have to lick them
FORECAST; Clear and slightly
would have quit long ago. But
able to drag it out indefinitely.
and the last valley for their slow already in operation,” he said.
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MATTER NAMED STATE HEAD OF
CONSERVATION
Marion Banker Successor To Barnhart; On Board For. 3 Years.
Governor Gates today appointed {Milton Matter, banker of Marion, the Indiana con-
ag director of |servation department
{Hugh W. Barnhart, pemocrt off A [TBI Given for Monkey Due on Kansas City Job
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 13 (U. P.).—No monkey yet—but plenty
Rochester. Mr, Matter has been a member of the state conservation board for three and 2 half years, having been named as a Republican member by
former Governor Schricker. He was
: the board's sec37. retary for two Mitton Matter years. Borp. at Marion and a pupil inj the public schools there, Mr. Matter, later graduated cum laude from Princeton university. He won the Marquand fellowship in art history there and studied for two years, one of them in Europe, Upon returning fo the United States he became affiliated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In 1912 he came to Indianapolis as acting director of the Herron Art Institute. ; Mr. Matter; who is 97, partieipated in world war I as a lieutenant in the aviation corps. After the war, he became an officer in the Marion state bank, owned by his father, Philip, who died in. 1928. He succeeded his father as president of the bank and also took charge of the Philip Matter estate. He became noted in conservation work when he developed 600 acres of Brown county land as a farm demonstration area. He is married and the father of three children. Governor Gates said he would appoint a new conservation commission later today.
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1ST ARMY GAINS A MILE, NEARS VITAL MILITARY SUPERHIGHWAY
'Luck of the Irish’ Stays With Bertelli
This picture of Angelo Bertelli was taken when the marine corps lieutenant was commissioned before going overseas. He is demonstrating.how forward pass skill alse is useful in throwing hand
grenades,
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 13 (U. PJ). —The “luck of the Irish” apparently-still is with Lt. Angelo Bertelii, the great little Italian quarterback with Notre Dame's football team in 1943, his wife
revealed today.
Bertelli, now with the marine corps on Iwo Jima, missed death or serious injury by 15 feet when a’
mortar shell exploded that close to him, she said. Four men standing near him were wounded, one seriously, but he didn't suffer a scratch. Bertelli, who received more votes than any other player in the balloting for the United Press AllAmerica team in 1943, is a liaison officer with 21st
of monkey business.
That was the communique today from Kansas City's 15-story courthouse, where Peter, the air duct cleaning monk, was scheduled to do
his work beginning at 9:30 o'clock
The show wasn't over, however. Steve Ely, brother of Bob,
proprietor of Ely & Ely, the supposed firm of man and monkey which cleans air ducts for a living, showed up at the courthouse and
_ faced reporters.
The car in which Peter was be-
dng brought here from - Terre
Haute broke down some time last night somewhere on U. S. 40 out in Missouri, Steve said with a straight face.
Another One En Route “Bob started out last night to
bring him on in to finish up this | In fact, I understand now |
job. that' another of his four monks is coming with Peter.” > . And with that, Steve Ely went to work getting the openings in the dirty, greasy air channels all ready for the monkeys’ arrival— if and when. Over his shoulder
as he worked, he gave out withthe |
latest time schedule: “About 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, it looks like now.” © There still remained bastidns of high good faith in 'the court house, Take Sheriff J. A. Purdome, for instance. Purdome is a smart man, as many a Crook has had to admit. He said “There's a monk, all right.” There seemed to be a universal
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"RECEIPT ENTERS SLAYING TRIAL
| Alibi Defense Seen Hinging On Establishment of | Hospital Date.
A City hospital nurse was called |
jas a defense witness today in the |
Chimney Sweep | Wiedenhoft murder trial to identity|
Monkeys Sought {a hospital receipt that may have) ; In Terre Hau te |an important bearing on the case.
|. An alibi defense that Charles] {DeGraphenreed, alleged slayer of) {Gus L., Wiedenhoft, South side | florist, was attending a private] | party at 605 W. 28th st. the night| of the murder, hung on the re-| ceipt. | The defense. has presented® wit- | nesses who testified the late Mrs. | Nola Bell of the W. 28th st. ad-| dress was taken to the Flower] Mission hospital June 29, 1944, ‘a day. before’ the murder. Ti
this morning.
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THE TELEPHONES jangled constantly today at the desk of Harry Hamby, assistant city editor of The Terre Haute Tribune. Harry was being kept busy answering these questions: “Who is Bob Ely?” “Does Bob: Ely have monkeys?” «Ean they sweep chimneys?’ | “Are there any monkeys in Terre ‘Haute?” Defendant on Stand
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TERRE HAUTE, the Tribune and Harry's desk were the focal points today as editors all over the. U, S. tried to pin down the’ monkey story. whether or not there was a Bob Ely who. had monkey-chimney sweeps. : The United Press wires carried such messages as these: “Kansas City—Let's get atop of the monkey story saying whether they are or aren't, (Signed)— New York™ - “Chicago—Does anyone at Terre Haute ' know whether Ely's monkeys are chimney sweeps?—
Testifying in his own behalf yesterday, the defendant said he attended a party at Mrs. Bell's home the night following her admittance to the hospital where she died July 8, Other defense witnesses have corroborated DeGraphenreed’s alibi ¥ Miss Ruth Wilson, a receiving officer at the hospital, established that the person who signed the receipt, Miss Fern Huffman, was working there last June when Mrs. | Bell was admitted. | Deputy Prosecutor Frank |
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|the two armies on the Rhine last 30
Nazi ‘Suicide Dives’ Miss Remagen
Bridge; Two Enemy Counter-
Blows Blunted.
Inside Germany Today yo. By UNITED PRESS "Stunned residents of Dortmund, latest city marked for obliteration, counted their dead from 5600 tons of bombs dropped in a 2000-plane raid. Sleep-hungry Berlin had its 21st consecutive air attack. A prisoner said a German soldier “tired of fighting” cut the demolition wires on the Remagegn bridge (Page 2). German front dispatches reported hundreds of Russian armyitiicks were rushing supplies to the Oder for a direct drive on Berlin. Captured German regulars said S. S. officers blew up a bridge with them on it because they disobeyed orders to fight to death west of the Rhine (Page 2). German aviators were flying “suicide missions” against the 1st army bridge in desperate efforts to cut the allies’ Remagen lifeline (Page 2). :
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By BRUCE W. MUNN
United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, March 13.—New American attacks from the Remagen bridgehead gained up to a mile today. The advance brought Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’ vanguard- within easy striking distance of the vital military superhighway between the Ruhr and upper Rhineland. Allied broadcasts reported that a U. S. 1st army on-
siaught beginning early this morning had shoved out the rim of the pocket across the Rhine and it now was six miles deep and 11 miles wide. | ;
A. Nazi dispatch broadcast AEDMANS ADMIT from Western front head-| quarters said the battle of | § 4 the Remagen bridgehead was the RED PRESSURE
“most embittered struggle of id entire, Western front.” ] | The U. S..9th armored division | Report Battle for attacked northeast of Honnef, rive] erside city which had hated} “Capital About to Start.
hands ‘several times in the last 100 hours, the enemy report said.v » | : Alswst Compleie Mop-1p LONDON, March 13 (U P.).—~The To the southwest, the 1st and 3d | German high command said today armies virtually complefed the mop- that the Red army has increased up of an estimated 23,000 German ithe pressure on German lines betroops trapped by the junction of |fore its Oder river bridgehead about miles due east of Berlin, ha week. . |: signs that the battle or Berlin Lt. Gen. George S, Patton's 32 was about to begin came from army cleaned out all but scattered |Russia, Germany and the western
remnants of German units north of {¢ront, the Mosel river, and lined up solid | An allied army broadcast quoted on the river between Coblenz and !q spokesman at Lt. Gen. Omar N. Trier except for a six-mile gap. |Bradley’s 12th army group headOn the 1st army front, the Ger- | quarters as saying the Nazis had mans mounted two small but well- clamped an iron grip +7 martial law organized = counter-attacks against |on all of Berlin according to newly the eastern rim of the bridgehead. |captured prisoners. ‘ : The Soviet army journal, Red One Dents Yank Line Star, said a powerful Russian war One by 200 tank-led troops Was machine stands at the gates of the stopped cold. The other dented the | German capital ready to unfurl the 1st army lines in the hills egst of barher of victory over Berlin. Remagen, but ‘the Americans re- Expect Kuestrin to Aid gained the lost ground. A German communique, AacFirst army headquarters knowledging increased Russian
an-|
in the Oder bridgehead
Nazi #
| nounced that Hodges’ forces in the Pressure : | south end of ES ho over the | north of Frankfurt, said hard fight-
| Rhine last night captured a high |ing German troops managed to
perating agency § ‘of 65 Protestant denominations.
are inVested in missions in the islands to which Indianapolis church
New York.” “New York—sStaffer on’ monk
Curious Woman
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The Rev. Mr. § Higdon is secre- 7 : tary of the conference’s Philip- Mr Higdon pine committee. He lives at 5425 Julian ave, and is executive secre- » ” =
folk have been making gifts for many years. The properties include
“ ‘almost, every kind of religious and
social service organization such as (hospitals, churches, Sunday schools, | (Continued op Page 3—Column 4) » » "
WHAT IS DUMBARTON OAKS? . .. By Sherléy URI Some Know and Many Don't—
But Can You Do Any Better?
WHAT IS DUMBARTON OAKS? What does it signify? One thing is certain: The name is of world importance if for no other season than that it implies an initial step toward a post- ’ 8 iN »
war plan for international co-op-eration. 0 Some of its féatures may echo through many years to come, It | (Continued on Page 7—Column 1)
LABOR . . . By Fred W. Perkins CIO Bows as International
Labor Leader in New York
NEW YORK, March 13~This gosmopolitan city turned out a eapacity crowd of 18,000 last night in Madison Square Garden, with seats costing up to $2.40 apiece, for - the American debut of of the 0. L O. as an international labor
spokesman rivaling the American Federation of Labor. The labor angle was completely entangled in the general international subject. The meeting itself was designated as a “world unity” rally. a ; The New York C. I. O. industrial union council was the organizer,
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Amusements. 10) Movies ...... Business ..... 6|Ernie Pyle ,, 11 Comics ...... 18/ Radio ......, 18 Crossword ... 18|Ration Dates. 2 Editorials .... 12|Sille Glances. 12 Forum ....... 12| Society, .. 14, 15 Meta, Given . 15 Mrs. Roosevelt 11 John /Hillman 12| Wm. P. Simms 12 in Indpls.,.. 3 Sports ....... 8 Inside Indpls. 11 Tom Stokes.. 12
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Above the speakers’ platform hung the Star Spangled Banner, the British Unign Jack and the hammer and sickle on Russia's red banner, ! in There also were huge photograplis. of Marshal Stalin, Prime Minister Churchill and President ‘Roosevelt, and of Philip Murray, Sir Walter Citrine and V. V. Kuznétsov-~American, British and Russian labor leaders. AE . The A, P. of IL. which has reJused to recognize Russian labor
NOMINATED BY FDR
‘Proposes Setting Record of Four-Star Officers.
"WASHINGTON, March 13 (U. P.) —President Roosevelt today proposed the creation of nine new genérals to give the army its greatest galaxy of four-star officers on active duty in U. S. history. He nominated nine lieutenant generals to the temporary rank of general. At present there are only two generals on active duty and four - five-star “generals of the army.” Those nominated for promotion to four-star rank were: Joseph T. McNarney, deputy supreme allied commander in the Mediterranean theater. Omar N. Bradley, commanding general of the 12th army group in Europe, Carl Spaatz, commanding general of the U, 8. strategic air force in Europe. George C. Kenney, commanding general of the Far East air forces. k V. Clark, commanding general’ of the ‘15th army group in Italy. Walter Krueger, commanding the 6th army in the Philippines. Brehon Somervell, commanding the army service forces.
6th army group in Europe. Thomas T, Handy, deputy chief
Four-star generals now on active duty are Malin Craig, who was recalled from retirement to head the war department's personnel board, and Joseph W. Stilwell, chief of the army ground forces. ,The five-star generals are Mar-
Joins Tax Line Expecting Treat
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 13 (U. P.).—Eleven thousand persons stood in line yesterday—but at least one didn't know why. Most of the liners-up were standing‘ outside and inside the federal building to file 1944 income tax returns. One woman, however, waited in line an hour, then reached a deputy to ask: “What's up?” Learning what was “up,’ she said, “I just saw the line and thought there must be something good at the other end of it.”
.P.).~Roy Rogers, 33, top western
Hoosier Heroes—
VOGEL, HURST DEAD;
So far no monk no Ely.
(Kansas City)."” 2 ; » ASSISTANT City Editor Hamby took his men from their regular routine and started them out to find Ely. - But so fdr the Terre Haute city
directory, city and county officials,
; ‘Four Listed as Prisoners ex-organ grinders and former banana stand proprietors have And 13 Wounded. |
brought no information concern- { ing the mysterious Joe Ely. In today’s casualty list two Indi-| The only monkeys Hamby |anapolis servicemen are killed, one knows about are two or three who |js missing, four are prisoners and | are quartered out at Terre Haute’s | 13 are wounded. Deming Park. But they're owned | : KILLED
,by the city, not Bob Ely. «Seaman 1-¢ Charles E. Vogel, 327 N. 20th ave., Beech Grove, in the| South Pacific. T. Sgt. William L. Hurst, 4718] Vernon ave. over Yugoslavia, MISSING Lt. Russell Masters, Anderson, |
ROY ROGERS FACES DRAFT - - “HOLLYWOOD, March 13 (U., movie star of 1944, will take a draft
board physical examination Saturday. .
Wally Middlesworth Cited
formerly of Indianapolis, in Europe. |
WOUNDED Torpedoman's Mate 1-¢ John | Charles McAndrews, 105 N, Arsenal
For Overseas Morale Work" » " "=
Ma), Hugh W. (Wally) Middlesworth, 3740 N, Pennsylvania st., well known Indianapolis sports figure, has received special commendation for his accom-
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5 BOXCARS OF TIN COLLECTED IN DRIVE
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Gen. Gordon P. Saville read in| part: “As a special service officer for the past 11 months your activities in supervising .a recreational
hill overlookirig Hoenningen, five{ contain the Soviet pocket. ; miles southeast of the captured Lu.| Other German broadcasts said dendorff bridge, and commanding a the Russians were fighting to exbroad sweep of the east bank of the{Pand and. join their ~bridgeheads river. (over the Oder for a full scale push U. S. shock troops were fighting against Berlin. in the streets of Hoenningen and| The fall , of Kuestrin, 38 miles Honnef, at the opposite end of the east of Berlin and anchor of the 10-mile-wide foothold east of ‘the shattered Oder river line, was ex= Rhine, according to headquarters. | pected to speed the march on the German planes tried 30 times be- | German capifal. - {ween 1 and 6 p. m. to blow up the| The fortress city was captured bridges over the Rhine yesterday in yesterday after a 35-day battle. “suicide attacks,”' a front dispatch Far to the northeast, Marshal reported: Twelve were shot down. Konstantin K. Rokosovsky's 2d Bombs bounced close to the bridges, White Russian army broke through but missed. {to the Gulf of Danzig with the (The reference to “bridges” ap-|capture of Puck, 15 miles northparently tended to confirm German | West of the Polish port of Gdynia, |and Sellistraw, three miles south
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Marines Closing Iwo Battle; Americans Gain on Mindanao
By UNITED PRESS U. 8. Marines were closing the bloody campaign for Iwo today. Meanwhile, American troops rapidly were. expanding their beach~ head on Mindanao from newly-captured Zamboanga in the Philippines. Reconnaissance photographs at the same time showed” the Japanese suffered a severe setback in their homeland, * American Superfortresses have destroyed more than 16'2 square miles in the center of Tokyo and]
entertainmenf, program have been
| 285 city blocks in Nagoya.
lmiles long. and nearly two miles
Jacob L. Devers, commanding the
outstanding.
reation work at a| “The fact that you have pro-
“It just rained tin chns yesterday,”
: wide. In addition to Zamboanga Luther: BE. Tex, city street commis-
h : 1 a) The photographs showed that 15 City, the Americans also captured
of staff to Gen, George C. Marshall. |
shall, Dwight D. Eisenhowr, Douglas MacArthur, and Henry H. Arnold. They were four-star generals until congress recently created the new super-rank of “general of the
{ tactical air force 1 base in France. "Maj. Middlesworth, who -assisted Paul “Tony’ Hinkle in basketball and football activities ap Butler university be- ; wip OF fore they entered Maj. Middlesworththe service, was lauded for “unflagging interest in
‘building up and maintaining a high
state of morale.” ;
vided am exceptional amount of recreation and entertainment facilities tinder ‘dvérsé conditions and. dur-| ing periods of rapid movement is a great credit to you. I wish to coni gratulate you for a job well done.”
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sioner; commented today. A record-breaking five boXcars of tin can salvage were collected during the first day of the campaign, the best first day since September, L1943, : : “And practically all of “it was properly washed and squashed,” Mr, Tex added. “The women are to be 8am... 3 12 (Noon) . 54 ‘|thanked for pitching in so well" . 9 a. Messi 41 B 1 Peg... is 55 Collection nofth of 16th «t, was : to be completed today, and the city
fires still were burning in Nagoya eight hours after the 2000-ton incendiary raid. . § The 23-day battle of Iwo was nearing a mop-up stage .with the marines of the 5th division gradually erushing the last pocket along the north coast. . Less than 1000 Japanese remained, . | in the Philippines, veteran
dromes. at : American bombers from the Phils ippines “continued widespread attacks through the South China sea. (At least nine Jap vessels, totaling °
damaged and enemy airdromes hammered from Formosa to Borneo. American troops were fanning out that loyal members of the Indorapidly in southwest Mindanao China <army still were resisting against only disorganized resistance.| japanese forces im nor Ton~
Pay Income Taxes Dus Marek 15h with | trucks will start south of 16th st. Pia . Phone | ok rou wari] . Das a id diets, "tomorrow and Thursday
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The swift drive already had kin province along the Chiness tablished a firm beachhead thfde'border. | oY
four villages and two valuable aire
nedrly 35,000 tons, were sunk or