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SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1945 a

ACROSS RHINE

Three servicemen from Indianapolis were killed in action, fwo are six have been wounded and one is a prisoner of ‘Germany today’s casualty lists reveal,

* KILLED

Pfc. William Allen Parker, 1056 N. Holmes ave., in Germany. Ensign Harold Earl Schenk, 1218 Bislich,. almost mid-way be-|Oliver ave, in the Pacific. tween Wesel and Rees, was cap-| Pfc. Arthur D. Kessler, R. R. 11, tured by British *shock troops in{Box 204-H, in France. the first wild rush™ across the MISSING Rhine. Pfc. James H. Shofner, 2330 N. Scottish riflemen were mopping Harding st., in Germany. up 8 tow Leluiy Nags Jin the| "g ggt. Chester Nicholson, forstreets o e two flanking towns. Montgomety sent his men into mer Allison employee, since a raid

Begin ‘Final Assault.’ (Continued From Page One)

ward from Wesel to the Ruhr city of Duesseldorf.

Ensign Harold Earl Schenk . . .

okyo. killed in the Pacific. battle with a stirring order of the gver Tokyo WOUNDED § the bag day hailing_the Rhine crossing as Plo. Charles B. Hendricks, 912 service last June, going overseas in the “final assault” of the Western 2 8Hles PB. “encrices, November. He held the combat in-

Broadway st., in Germany. Pfc. Maynard R. Swedberg, 2159 | N. Rutal st, in Germany. Pvt. Harold E. Reid, R. R. 3, Box 430, in Belgium. Pfc. Robert L. Reynolds, Ander-

WAT. Attack Goes “Extremely Well” His headquarters said the attack was going ‘extremely well” in the opening hours, United Press front correspondents reported that all initial objectives had been taken with amazingly light casualties, [corps in the South .Pacific, and a| 4 _|tucky ave. in Germany. : Woaigid mili S00 Shuey war Put. Alfred Bruder Jr, 734 N. Sister Mrs. Thelma Bona Elkhart. strike behind the German lines, Ketcham st, in Germany. WOUNDED— It was the greatest dirborne -op- PRISONER eration in‘history. Field «lispatches| Pfc. James E. Chandler, Pvt. Harold E. Reid, son of Mr.| sald miles-long sky trains were|Parker ave, of Germany. | Mrs. Walter Reid, R. R. 3, Box 430, is in a hospital in England after

shuttling over the battlefront to x ly unload their cargoes of men, tanks DEAD— Haire ns Ist tm don and guns in the enemy's rear. Pfc. Arthur D. Kessler, husband . 41 Wesel, the allied ground troops Mrs. Margaret Kessler, R. R. 11, part in the invasions of Sicily and |. were 245 miles west of Berlin and Box 204-H, and son of Mr. and | Italy as well ‘a% rane. He #1] astride the great northern German | Mrs. Arthur A. Kessler, #833 E.|tendeq Ben Davis high. school be-| plain extending all the way to the| lo1st st, was Killed Feb. 23, in fore err. ser ice. enemy capital. A Facing thém were an estimated 15 to 20 thinned-out Grman divisions, numbering perhaps 150,000 to | 200,000 men.

fantryman * badge. and the expert rifleman’s badge. {at Washington high school, he was employed at Allison's until his en-trance-into the army. Surviving him besides his wife,

Europe.

Pvt. Paul McCleary, jer, Sgt. Fred, with the

415 Ken- {

2268 |

| France. |

|army, Pvt, Kessler had been over-| invasion of France, | seas five months. Before entering 2 nn : £ ; service two years ago, he was a| Pfc, Maynard 'R. Swedberg, son Nazis Placed for Stand [draftsman at the Prest-O-Lite Bat~ lof Mr. and Mrs. John E. Swedberg, (Berlin's D. N." B. news agency tery Co, Inc. He was graduated 2159 N. Rural st, was wounded broadcast an urgent appeal to the|from Warren Central high school in} | Feb, 23 in Germany.

A former student |st.,

| served in son, formerly of Indianapolis, in | daughters and parents, are a broth-|gium and Germany. He is a gr rad- | medical { uate of Technical high school and was employed at the Real Silk before entering

3 Indianapolis Servicemen Killed in Action,

2 Reported Missing While 6 Are Wounded

Pfe. Arthur D.’ Kessler . , . killed in France,

Pfc. Charles B. Hendricks,

liam D. Hendricks, has been Enlisting Jan. 25, 1944, overseas

England, France, Bel-

Hosiery Mills, Inc, service. A brother, Cpl. William C. Hend.

ricks, is serving with the engineers |

in the South Facile.

MISSING —

over Tokyo Feb. 14.

ors Corp. ” ” o

Pfe. James H. Shofner, husband |

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

19-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs, Wil012 Broadway reported wounded March:3, in Germany. he went| last December and has |

STATE POLICE REORGANIZED

21 Promotions and Transfers Listed by: Killian.

A sweeping reorganization of the state police force, including 21 promotions and transfers and one demotion, was announced today. Col, Austin R. Killian; state police superintendent, said the shifts were intended to realign the department “under military “lines.” The changes .were the first to be made under the new Republican administration. “Promotions were made on the basis of competitive mental examinations,” said-the superintendent. “Also taken into consideration were service records with the department and’ personal interviews with state police members. This is required by state law governing department activities.”

bi-partisan basis, force Republican,

Generally ‘speaking, this political |

| plan.

ment's nine post areas.

| respective areas, Col.

New post lieutenants and thelr area commands are: 2

| headquarters post; Eugene St. John,

{of Mrs. Martha E. Shofner, 2330 N.| | Putnamville post; Blain B. Schang,

Harding st.

has been missing in| | seymour

and. Charlestown post; | John R. Fisher, W, Lafayette post;

& Co, Jolly

apolis.

rheumatic fever while in E as a combat engineer returned to Billings last May. He was a graduate of Our Lady A Mr, Tanner, who was 85, had live of Lourdes school, school and a former student at the | UniverSity of Notre Dame. merly employed at P. R. Mallory | Mrs. he was a member of the Beulah Tanner, all of Indianapolis, | United Life Insurance Co. prior to Lady of |and Nina D. Hodges, Phoenix, Ariz.; a son, Harold, Indianapolis; a sis-| the Lutheran parochial school and Surviving in addition to his par- (ter, Mrs. Lavinia Robinson, Craw-|Wwas a member of Central Christian ents are his grandparents, Mr. and |fordsville; Mrs. W. C. Corum, also of Indian-|Rensselaer,

club of Our Lourdes church,

: : : 4 : 5 ; > : ~tFuneral Monday for-Soldier - o 0) > : . : Who Died in Army Hospital Rites will be held at 9 a. m,, |She is survived by two sisters, Miss Monday “at St. Philip Neri Catholic | Grace Flagg, church for>8gt. Robert L. Corum, Mrs. Laura Pranklin, Newark, O. son of Mr, and Mrs, 4 33 N. Kealing ave,

terday at Billings Goweral hospital. | Burial will be in Memorial Park.

L. L. Cor

Cathedral high | here 40 years

For- [four daughters, Mrs.

great-grahdchildren.

WILLIAM H. REESE

Services will be held at 10:30 a. The law specifies that state police | m. tomorrow at the Robert W. Stirpersonnel shall be appointed on a ling funeral home for William H. with half ‘of the! Reese, who died yesterday at hig| half Democratic.| home, 4441 Evanston ave. Reese,

ratio held true in the reorganization vived by his wife, Nellie: two daugh-

Mr.

who was 58, is sur-

IS DEAD

| ters, Mrs. Frieda Daglish and Miss |

|and Mrs. Post commanders, will have com- Florence Haley, et cupervisory authority in their | | wick and Mrs. Roxie Walkland, all Killian said. | | of Indianapolis; | One objective of the shift is to fix| | Robert Daglish, serving in France, | Waist gunner on a B-20 Super-| definite responsibility over terri-| and two grandchildren. A brother, Seaman 1-c John, serv- fort, he formerly was employed by | | tories. An infantryman with the Tthiing in the navy, took part in the [the Allison division of General Mot- | CECIL W. HARPER Services. for Cecil W. Harper, 920 . Alabama st., who died-Thursday, are seheduled tomorrow afternoon | in Martinsville, with burial also-in {member of Iba!

669, F. & A. M., Sahara Grotto and | LOS Martinsville, Ren. Rainbow divi-| the Litboraphers union, local | Mrs. Bertha Buechert, Mrs. Clara eran of the Rembow Mrs. Eda Cline, all

| Under the new setup, lieutenants | Martha Reese; both of Indianapo-! will command each of the depart- lis; four sons, William, Lee, Harvey Supervision | and Virgil, all of Indianapolis; al of the posts is now under four dis- | brother, Robert, Franklin; five Sie [trict lieutenants, each heading two] [ ters, Mrs. Ola Faulkner, Roachdale, S. Sgt. Chester. Nicholson, son of {sr more field areas. The 21-year-old paratrooper took | ar and Mrs. Cyrus Nicholsen, Dan-

|ville, has been missing since a raid pl

‘Masonic Rites

Masonic rites will

Nellie Nicholson, Mrs.|

Mrs. Anna South-

an mortuary for

a son-in-law, Sgt.

| vesterday in

Tuesday in Chicago.

Indianapolis,

who died bod LEWIS W. TANNER Services will be held at 1:30 p. m. | Monday at Conkle Funeral Home for The 21-year-old soldier contracted Lewis W. Tanner, retired cement daughter of Edward C. W. Wische Enpand contractor who died Thursday at his| mejer, vice president of the Indiana and was home, 1160 N. Warman’ ave. {will be in Floral Park.

He is survived by his wife, Nora; Mrs. Dawson was an honor gradu=

Mamie Bernhardt and Miss]

two brothers, and Joseph, Danville,| Ill: seven grandchildren and three band and parents are a daughter,

LITHOGRAPHER

Soderstrom Set Tonight.

{p. m. today at Flanner & Buchan-

strom, 309 N. Bancroft st.» Methodist Rites also will: be held at 2 in Chicago,

Mr. Soderstrom, who was 54, was a ‘lithographer at the William B. Burford Printing Co, anapolis lodge N

“LOCAL BANKER'S DAUGHTER DIES

Yonet. Wischmeler Dawson” Was Honor Graduate,

Mrs.

and

Janet Wischmeier Dawson,

Burial yo tional bank, died yesterday ab

4 her home, East Riyer rd. | The wife of V. Warren Dawson,

late - of Technical high school and was employed at the American

Ura VanPeit,| |

She attended

{her marriage in 1941.

William, | church. Surviving in addition to her huse

Donna Lee Dawson, and a brother, Fdward C. W. Wischmeier Jr., stores | keeper 1-¢c, Camp Peary, Va.

(werner ARNOLD s for Herbert Arnold, who AT h Lo Thursday at his hotite near . | Bridgeport, will be held at 2 p. m, | Monday at Moore's Mortuartes’ Ben Davis .chapel. Burial will be ‘in for - Frank riora1 park.

A farmer in Bridgeport all his life, {Mr. Arnold was 59. He. is survived by his wife, Elsie; a daughter, Mrs, Hazel Dorrell, Valley Mills, and a brother, Ora, Indianapolis.

be held at 8|

Frank Soder-

who died | priaia POWELL hospital. |

D. m. | Mrs. Emma Powell Germany, died yesterday at With Wiis] | home, 338 Villa ave. She was 66 The widow of Frank Powell, who | died five years ago, she is survived and was aby two brothers, Gustav Bluemel, 0. | Indianapolis, and Emil Bluemel, Angeles, Cal., and three sisters,

a native of her

{ Beineke and

German people to stand fast in the| face of the allied breakthrough and | declared that “everything is stake” Ten thousand square miles of Germany's Ruhr valley and West- | phalian plains, stretching back 150-| -

| 1042.

at |iceman, besides his wife and par-| holds in the battle of the Rhine. ) | ents. is a sister, Mrs. Orville Ash- badge.

An infantryman, Pvt. Swedberg | Germany since March I.

ley, Seattle. o ” n A navy fighter pilot, Ensign Har- |

(July, 1943° he ‘was graduated from Technical high school. He is 20. A brother, Pvt. John E. Jr., who

Forrest E. Waggoner, Jasper post;|

world war I, Mr. Harper No. 2 23

sion in army | He is survived by a son, Lt. Ear

1 of Indianapolis.

{Walter J. LaHayne, Connersville | was employed at the 836th Rites will be held at 2:30 m. 'post; Rex R. Fisher, Dunes Park|air forces specialized depot at the| | Soderstrom, in the army; a daugh- | Mondiy at Meyer & bid file | post: Ray G. Fisher, Ligonier post state fair grounds. He was 46. ter, Mrs, Ruth Anna Levy, Chicago, | © "0 0 Cin “burial in Memos and Leo J. Moore, Pendleton post.’ He is survived by four brothers, | |and three sisters, Miss Emma Sod" | rial Park. Lts. St. John, Schang|Floyd and Glen, Martinsville; | erstrom, Chicago; Mrs. Ella Fori-

Laughlin,

—littered with flaming wreckage from as missing in the Pacific

odd miles beyond the Rhine, were old Earl Schenk, previously listed | is 18, recently went overseas. Sincel "> "a 'F ¥ : | “Pvt. Alfred Bruder Jr, husband | of Mrs.

allied air fleet raids. Dec. 29, has been reported” killed | Throughout the area thousands on that date. of American and British sky troops, The ‘war department wire was reof the allied 1st army showered ceived yesterday by his wife, Mrs. down behind the German defenders. Helen E. Schenk, 1218 Oliver ave:, Miles-Long Glider Trains land his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. | Miles - long trains of gliders Schenk, 606 Somersel ave. : J . p | The 23-year-old carrier-base Streamed ACI0ED the Rhine all flier had received his commission in| morning, landing infantrymen on December, 1943, and had gone over- | enemy fields and seattering para-| seas last September. He was a fortroopers across the countryside. {mer employee of Allison's and the Veterans of the American 9th and | International Machine and Tool Co. British 2d arm d the Rh Ensign Schenk was a member of Tis armies crossed the Rhine pairrax Christian church and the] in assault boats and U. 8. navy in- Odd Fellows, and was a graduate of. vasion craft from a number of solid Washington high school. bridgeheads in the 12-mile sector |” Surviving besides his wife and gon Michael Lee. between Rees and Wesel. Wesel is| parents are a sister -Miss Bety Jane 30 miles north of Duesseldorf and Schenk, and a grandfather, O. Ww. miles north of the Rhine-Ruhr Howard, wip? of - Indianapolis.

Hermina~-Brader;~734¢- N. Ketcham st., has oeen awarded the purple heart for wounds received in Germany: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bru-|

artillery of the 9th army and| went overseas Nov. 23, 1944. He Pvt. Bruder attended Techni- | cal high scheol and has a 2-year-old

: a u o Pfc. Robert L. Reynolds, son of Mrs. Agnes Reynolds of Anderson, J formerly of Indianapolis, and The British: started the “attack in Pfc, W liam Alien Parker, a rifle-| nephew of Mrs. Arthur Smith, 810 bright moonlight’ late - last night, man with the 3d army/died Marel{ live “¢¢ has reeeived: the purple strinikking behind a * ‘Monty" barrage. 3 of wounds received Feb. 26 in! peart for wounds received in EuAt 2 a. m, the 9th army’ swept | | Germany. rope. He is 2L acrcss the river, apparently south! His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert]

| 8 of Wesel, and ‘won its crossing. { Parker, live at 1056 N. Holmes ave.; Pvt -Paul McCleary, son of Mr. By dawn both armies had won His wife, Mrs. Laurabelle Parker,|and Mrs. Patrick McCleary, 415 firm footholds on the east bank of and two daughters, Aloha Jeap, 4'2,| Kentucky ave, was wounded!’

the river. The parade of troops-|/and Nancy Louise, 10 months, are March 9 in Germany.

[living in Detroit.

” n

PRISONERS—

Pfc. James E. Chandler, nepHew |

and LaHayne were promoted from Homer, Florida, and carroll, Indi-| | man, Oak Park, Ill, and Mrs. Carrie || oo SCHURMANN John Pisher and| | anapolis,

sergeants. Lts. Waggoner were corporals. Lts. Rex Fisher, Ray Fisher and

of Mrs. R. L. Rudicel, 2268 Parker | Moore previously were district lieu- |

ave, and son of Mrs.

Chandler,

With .the 106th

{of 1944.

November, 1942.

by the Polk Milk Co. 2 n o

HONORED—

An Indianapolis fighter pilot and a local engineer-gunner have been

awarded the air medal. First Lt.

‘6043 Estate ave.,

P-38.

T. Sgt. ‘Morris L. Milburn, husBarbara Ann Mil- | burn, R. R. 19, was’ cited for nine The. 25-year-old serviceman for- | | combat: missions aboard a B-17 with

band® of Mrs.

Bertha

After attending schools in St. Paul; “he was employed

Richard S. Griffiith, husband of Mrs. Marjorie M. Griffith received ‘his medal for meritorious achievement aftér

“115 combat ‘missions. He pilots a

nants.

these ranks have not yet been announced.’ | All promotions and transfers, be- | come effective April 1. They were, {approved today by the state police board. Other promotions are: First Sergeants—Richard Y. Sut-

Indianapolis headquarters post; Richard A. Raub, from corporal at

at the Putnamville post, and | Charles D. Love, ‘from corporal tg first sergeant, to Pendleton post. Sergeants — Gale Kassen, from corporal to sergeant at Indianapolis headquarters ‘post; Cecil L. Melvin, ! from. trooper: to sergeant at- Connersville post, and Fred Neal, from trooper at Seymour post to ser-| geant at Putnamville post. Corporals—Elmer C’ Paul, from | trooper to corporal at Indianapolis ' headquarters post; Donald Phipps, | from trooper at Seymour post to corporal at Connersville Be

| Gretche Jol Martinsville; - Le elit eri Kentucky: | WAR } DEPARTMENT doy BE Mrs. Charles Morris, Cambridge | SEEKS CIVILIAN AID died Thursday at her home, #30 > | city, and ‘Mrs. Herbert Higgins, os Bil Werk] [ oarz] was wr—ben :

Five new captaincies have also Plainfield. Greensburg, was laken | heen created, but appointments to| prisoner by the Germans on Nov. | 23. He previously had been _re- | | ported missing since that date. mechanized der, 349 N. Pine|cayalry unit, Pvt. Chandler, who is St., he is with the|27 has been overseas since February | He entered the service in

| NELLIE B. HOWE Rites are to be held at 4 p. m.| forces headq today at the residence, 3406 Salem |at the U.S. for Mrs. Nellie B. Howe, who| Washington st. until April 2. Applicants who are, accepted will

| be provided transportation to Wash- | Howard, will be aided in|S. D. Crane, Carmel; Mrs. Wiiberg

| st.,

l'died Thursday at her home. Burial will be in Crown Hill. A resident of Indianapolis since|ington, D. C. They

Mrs. | Dannley, Louisville,

and four sisters,

Civilian personnel stenographer. and

1902, Mrs. Howe was a member of | finding housing by

Connersville post to first sergeant | |

. |

This was history’s third ‘and, Pvt. Parker, Who was 24; entered. ered merly 1 liv ed at 702 Ww. 52d st. | the. 15th-air force.in Italy. i : é ; afold R. Ash, from trooper atest—crossing of -t mmr ; ® ‘x = Hato , ire O0PE Montgomery’ $ oops a OFFICIAL WEATH ER. = “Two Indianapolis infantrymen carporal at Pendleton post. _Ervi in in the path of Caesar and Napoleon | |RALPH FISHER RITES {and a local tank offjcer have been J. Rhoda, irom irooper. i corporal

U. 8. Weather Bureau — c—————

‘WILL BE HELD MONDAY

p. m.|

on a high invasiorr road that head- | quarters observers predicted flatly | U. §. Weather Bureau woilld end in Berlin within al... 20 Dats In Central War Time) month. | Saturday, March 24 Once through the hard core of Sunrise ...... 6:42] Sunset German resistance along the Rhine | Frecipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a. m.

Services are scheduled at 2

7:01 | chapel for Ralph W. Fisher, who

—and part of tha objective ap-, peared %o have been attained in the! first rush—the allies were ex-

tal precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1 eye

50 | College ave, Burial will be in Crown | Nou. 2.

The “following tahle shows “the highest | Hill |

temperatures for 12 hours ending at 7:30] m. yesterday and the lowest tempera-

Mr. Fisher, who was 46 had re-|

p pected to meet only the thinnest fuses for 12 hours ending at 7:30 a. m. Sided in Marion county 39 years|

enemy resistance. “ Mep-Up Wesol Pontoon bridges already were go-

ing up over the Rhine in the wake

of the advancing infantrymen. Thousands of grinning, eager doughboys and tommies were moving in to “get it over with.”

Wesel, one of the first British ob- | 4 \New York ject ives onthe east bank of the! ORGRomS, cy aves Rhine, was cleared of all but a|Qmaha. Neb.

handful of Nazi paratroopers early | this morning. Scottish riflemen of the 5th royal tank regiment, veterans of Libya and Normandy, burst, into Wesel at 9 p. m. yesterday and rooted the sshell-stunned Germans from their cellar hidecuts at bayonet, point. The first returning pilots from a force of Liberators that dropped supplies to the airborne forces reported that a “eolossal” battle was raging on the Westphalian plain near Wesel.

Supported by—Navies

Farther to the south, however, the American 9th army appeared to

be meeting lighter initial opposi-

tion. The airborne troops to the east also were believed to have taken their first objective. Borrowing from the 4nvasion tactics already proved on the beaches of the Pacific and the Mediter-

anean he Oth army's do DOVE

High Low Atlanta ....oiiiinnanniies 8 55 Boston Cit ersa nara aaa as 40 Chicago 55 | Cineinnatt . 53 Cleveland \r 40 ' oe 31 Evansville ens “rer ..iti 54 Fi. WAYRE .o..i.onvqansrnresiens 48 | Indiananelis (city) aus 56 Kansas City, Mo. 62 Miami, Fla. . 62 Minneapolis-St, Paul . .e 53 New Orleans ............ 63 Sirastsesssenseuny 4 38 Pittsburgh . o San Antonio, Tex 68 t. Louis 61 | Washington, D.C ane 48

ERROL AND NORA ARE

MUM ABOUT FUTURE

HOLLYWOOD, March 24 (U.P.). —Errol Flynn took Nora Eddington to the fights last night, but neither would say whether this was a preliminary step toward. setting up housekeeping as Mr. and Mrs. One thing they did say, there

: wouldn't be a divorce in the family.

But they still wouldn't admit they were married. It was the same kind of “no comment” answere they had given on the subject ever ‘since the birth of a daughter to Miss Eddington in Mexico 10 weeks ago.

gomery’s front headquarters when the offensive began.) . German military spokesmen said the allies struck on both sides of

land for 17 years had been a truck |

{driver for the American Astrepuies | Corp. He was a member of Frank 1.

| Strayer Post 1405, Veterans of For-| {eign Wars; Broad Ripple Post 312,

| American Legion, and the Military

{Order of Purple Heart.

Survivors are his wife, Della Mae; | a daughter, Mary Louise; a son,| | George; and his mother, Mrs. Grace | | Fisher, al} of Indianapolis,

HEROIC NAVY DOCTOR HONORED BY CANADA

LOS ANGELES, March 24 P.).—Capt. Corydon M. Wassell, Little Rock, Ark. navy doctor and héro of the film “Story of Dr. sell,” award for service, The award was presented here by D. H. Gibson, president of the Navy League of Canada, in recognition of Wassell’s service to the Canadian government. Wassell, a veteran of the battle of Java, also holds the U, 8S. navy cross and a Dutch decoration.

‘BIG N. Y. BANKERS’ SCORED BY PEPPER

NEW YORK, March 24 (U. P.).— Senator Claude : Pepper (D. Fla.) charged last night that “big bank-

‘made their crossings in snub-nosed landing craft hauled overland -to the Rhine and manned by U, 8. navy veterans. A terse announcement at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters said allied warships were supporting. the. offensive. That apparently indicated that the battlewagons of the British home fleet, supported by American and allied naval units, had swept through the mined waters of the North sea to bombard German shore positions along the coasts of Holland and - northwestern Germany. 3 * Churchill a Front Montgomery's men kicked off late last night behind a terrible artillery barrage that beat the German river defenses into smoking ruins. They swept across the river in

assault boats, bayoneted the Nazi

survivors from. their pillboxes and

advanced inland on what was de-

, Sepfhet seily ae 3. bia Jk 1 . sald Prime

| blanketed the Ruhr and

Wesel. There they were astride the main ‘roads to Muenster, 48 miles to the northeast, and the broad north German plain which Sweeps eastward 285 miles to BerMighty Air Assault" The offensive, which allied ‘leaders predicted confidently would end in Berlin with the complete destruction .of German, military power, kicked off in brilliant sunshine that promised a day of frightful air bombardment for the hard-pressed Nazi armies, Waves of British heavy bambers its “sup-

porting communications lines with explosives throughout the night, guided to their targets by toweling | fires raging over a 10,000-square-mile pateh of western Germany. At daybreak, thousands of other allied warplanes rocketed across the battle lines to spread death and |

(U. | 20-months-old. daughter,

Was- | ricks pl., has received the Canadian|for leaving his tank and making a foot reconnaissance in the face|

awarded bronze atars - for {action on- the Western front.

S. Sgt.

Also holder of two presidential citations and the purple heart with, two oak leaf clusters, he is 27 and

heroic |

"Kenneth K. Millholland | | Monday at Moore & Kirk Colonial yo oiveq his bronze star while still

hospitalized in England after having 00 | died yesterday at his home, 6505 | lveen wounded for the third time

at West Lafayette post, and Herschel W. Mow, from trooper to corporal at Jasper post. Oscar © D. - Burkett, Indianapolis, was demoted from .1st sergeant to trooper at Indianapolis headquar-

glorifying the land- a downtown office building the other day. scape with its yellow Asked why, he explained he just blossoms, victory gar- couldn't stand the garlic breath of &

ton, from trooper to first sergeant at| Tabernacle

Presbyterian church. | forces counselors.

STRAUSS SAYS:

Entire contents copyrighted, 1945, L. Strauss & Co., Inc.

typist posts in| the war department armed service |

uarters will be recruited | E.S. office at 257 W.|a member of Tabernacle PresBye-

Ky.

Rites were to be held at 3:30 toe

| Crown Hill. A resident of Indianapolis most of her life, Mrs. Schurmann was

| terian church. She is survived by her husband, and three sisters, Mrs,

armed service | Eggert, Indianapolis, and Mrs, | Cletus Haggerty, Putnamville. .

Vol. 3—No. 37 Dear Fellows—

SPRING, . SPRING, beautiful ; spring, finally arrived here, officially, Tuesday." . But, unofficially, it's, been here, off and on, for some time, . . . The forsythia has been

deners have been setting

Saturday

March 24, 1945 Couldn't Stand Garlie— >

THE WAR manpower - commission - hag - placed Indianapokis--on—the-No.1- critical. labor shortage category for the second time, . An elevator operator quit his job in

professional man who has offices in the

ters post.

REBEKAH LODGE TO MEET | Irvington Rebekah lodge 608 will meet at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday at the |

Ann( live at 3159 Boulevard pl.

Lt. Curtis E. Lawless, 242 Hendnow holds the bronze star

of heavy artillery fire while leading | | bis company in an attack against | Rurdorf, Germany. With the 84th division, fought in the battle of the bulge and in the Geilenkirchen sector of Germany, " as 2 Cpl. James E. Blankenship, son of | Mr. and ‘Mrs. E. A. Blankenship, 660 Warren ave, has been awarded the combat infantryman's badge in Italy, With the 5th army, Cpl. Blankenship has been overseas two. years

frioa and-fought—in—North—Afriea—before

he has|

GOSHEN-—Melvin Swartz, ‘69: Survivors

building gnd uses the elevator frequently . Looks like the tenant may have tc quit eating garlic. It's easier to get tenants than elevator operators. . . Mr

t - their onion sets and waiting impatiently to harvest radishes,

: i : lettuce, etg. . . . Many fought through Africa and Sicily|hall for a business meeting 2nd ’ ion iiss France, . Belgium | initiation. of ‘the treeg have burst alg Mrs Hemy L Dyer i patertalt and Germany. His mother, Mrs. Rem | forth with tiny leaves. 3 She L&C i os i at a Harriett Millholland, lives at 3940 Sy D h It's been damp R he a gg Pagani haibeer Rookwood ave. tate eat S 11 and cool this week, for the most part, but 0 B = ly WL ; : RE iadtena’ First Li, John W. ostomy sho . % better days are coming. . The sunbath- erie the city-wide observ. | holder of the purple heart, was| BLOOMINGTON—Thomas , Breeden, ing sedson was opened with 3 Frang Holmes ance of Good Frida, awarded ‘the bronze star for |Sivipie. Qisters. Mie. Surele Hendricks. and Henry Calloway dunking themselves in ceo y. . | achievement against the enemy in [353. Cima Saitworu; brother, Walter. sunshine atop the I A. C. . . . Two small : a %% iy Germany, - while serving withthe | BROOK! Een mother Ma. Toe children were burned to death Wednesday Fn infaliiry Qivision, [FOF Inne Shits en B. Mill 0. Survi- when their home at 911 W. New York st. Lots of Excitement— — Fran 1 ye has Neen yer sess » mets val EHARY. Frank B. Mier 70, Sure | caught fire while their mother, Mrs. Helen AN ASH WAGON horse got tired of work and was wounde ov In Ger-| EVANSVILLE—Mrs. Frederick Cook. 8 teen 1 r many, but has returned to combat, |vivors: Daughter, Mts. Andrew Wessels, Smallwood, was at the grocery. . Thir the other day and ran away for a Mth Hi ife. M Lois T. Hust dl, ohn Geiger, 71. Survivors: -Sister, Ann; Indianapolis hotels have agreed to allot 3 excitement. . . . He ran down Morris st S wile, MIS. S$ uston, an dy Ollie, Fred, Ed. } transient room space for ; ¢ hes for blocks anc Carol | per. cent of their from Tibbs--scattering ashes for bl iC

. Reseryations finally sideswiping

among 22

| wife, Lulu; mother, Mrs. Sarah Swartz use .of the armed forces. | son, Paul; daughter, Mrs. Lois Sinner; ) sisters, Mrs. W. U. Miller, Mrs. Clarence will be handled through an army bureau, a police car witl Chive Patrolman Hod Eller almost lost his the wagon. . HARTFORD CITY — Samuel Harrison mo Cook, 77. Survivors: Wife, i a: shirt in a melee with a fan at a yrestling With only one Delbert, Harold, Russel, daughter, Mrs y . The * fan was «FF i Te Alice M. Wolfe; brother, Francis; sister match at the armory. traffic fatalit: Mrs, Clara Barkley taken to court where he agreed -to replace during ° January HUNTINGBURG—Mrs. Theresia Kluch 5 ’ iy i Survivors "Husband, Martin; son, Irwin the officer's torn shirt. . . The American Ind ianapoli sister, Mrs, Frank Uebelhoer. Legion is distributing thousands of copies of placed second 1 LAUREL—Mrs. Mary A. Whitney, 74 ‘ : ini . Survivors: Son, Robert; sisters, Mrs | a booklet advocating universal military train traffic safet Orpha Adams, Mrs. Clara Royce; broth- ing . A splendid exhibit of art painted American cities surveyed tha

MARION--Mrs. Survivors Mrs. William D Mrs. Moine Mor Clarence, Joel.

Survivors: Sisters, Muter; Leenard M. Colli

Fliza Jane;

Husband,

NEW ALBANY-—James G NEW ALBANY-—Miss « Minnie

brother, the Rev

daughters,

ers, Willlam Bert Crawley.

Mary Edna Bryant, Everett; aseler, Chicago;

ton, Swayzee; Cole, 81

Elizabeth; Mrs. John Bracher ns, 71

Mrs

man, Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mrs. Orville Dillinger; spns, Willard, Theodore, Leonard % tls

51, | daughter, sister, brothers,

Braches Rudolph

Survivors: Wie Maurice Bo

by servicemen over the country has been on display at the Illinois st. Service Men's Cen-

month. . . Pabien Sevitzky, Indianapoli Symphony conduetor, has been engaged t

ter. direct the New York Philharmonic in 1 ed J concerts next summer. . . . Indiana Centra : : will have it§ commencement exercises Apr. No Pork Chops— : ; 25 Dr. Roy Ewing Vale will speak

Dave Shaw is president of the Manud senior class. . Two bandits held up th drugstore at 2061 ‘N. Illingis and got awa

THE MEAT shortage has home town housewives frantically racing from one meat market to another seeking the elusive pork

51m New York arg already ying. to scuttle Bretton Woods.” " Pepper told the New York State Council of International Machinists that “these bankers want to dominate. international finajice not for

{public but. for private profit.

“Only a militant fabor force can counteract: and ‘overcome this force,” Papper said. To

On tb Berlin

By UNITED PRESS

from advanced allied lines today: EASTERN FRONT — 31 miles (from Zaeckerick). WESTERN FRONT — 268 miles (from Mainz).

ITALY —524 miles (from Po ‘Di "Primaro river).

ITALY PLANES BOMB BERLIN . ROME, March 24 (U.P) ~Itdly-

The nearest distances to Berlin|

, Pose. ‘Lillian McCann, a

En H. faws walker for it Virkinia Rodgers, st Coleman.

coming to Italy.

EVENTS TODAY Indiana Council of Teachers of English, meeting, Technical High school, Stuart hall, 9 a, m,

: Daughters of the Union, state convention,

EVENTS TOMORROW

Y. M. C. A. Hi-Hy clubs, Palm Sunday breakfast, 8 a. m, ¥Y. M. C. A. BIRTHS Girls = °

Pred; Katherine Klein, at St.”Ftrancis. Earl, Helen Porter, at St. Francis, John, May Pollard, at City. James, Norma Curry, at Coleman. Warren, Mafy Harbifon, at Coleman, Albert, Louise Hitzelberger, at Coleman, e, Jane Hughes, at Cbleman. Floyd, Mary Conaway, at Methodist... » Myron, Florence Cutrell, at Methodist. Homer, Bertha” Lee, at Methodist, 1 Robert, Helen vanNay, at Methodist. “Boys

t City.

Alice’

Sanford, ‘Virginia Bennett, at St. Francis. y

" |\Adella

Survivors: Sister,

Clarence, Bernice

—haifie; rr Doyal, Martha Lo

E. Bennett, dr., chronic my

sclerosis,

way, apoplex

Allen Miller, 85,

Lawrence Benefiel; Rosa Morales, 46, Anna M. Parker, bral -embolism

Delaware,

William H. Stewart,

William &.. Kamer. 61, at 726. N. coronary ‘occlusion

Gertrude Overstreet Dickey,

SHELBY VILLE=Everer rStroup

Mrs. Georgia Barrett,

Herbert, Mary Whitacre, at Coleman. George, Alice Burk, at Methodist PFrantis,’ Lucille Gantner, Clarence, Alice Luke, at Methodist.

Robert, Mae Mellene, at Methodist. 1049 Bellefon-

Bell, at

flin, at 1413 Linden.

DEATHS

Catherine Seibold, 92, at 3850S. Sherman dr., chronic myocarditis. 91, at 12656 E. Morgan

ocarditis,

Eugene E. i 7, at 4034 BroadRiley, at 2015 Massachusetty, fuila Th at 36 N. Grant, cere-

Juanita May Hanson, 30, at 1021 N. War‘man, carcinoma

arteriosclerosis.

at Cit , eclampsi 72, a Methodist,

at Methodist.

76; at Long, arterio-

at “City, myocarditis. a. cere8, at 2112 N ocarditis he Finds, a, Mn st. Vincent's, lobar

i at uu ot Guitord, |

ted-$400. = % % %

Governor Is Busy— GOVERNOR GATES has been busy a’ week naming new state officials. -. . Hi new alcoholic beverage commission include Dr. Burrel Diefendorf, Mitchell, chairman James Doss, Indianapolis newspaperman Lefler Anderson of La ‘Porte, and Elmer E Lohmdn, Ft. Wayne. © .- To the highwa: commission he named John'H. Lauer, Wil liamsport, chairman; Herman D. Hartman Wabash: Norman F. Schafer, Indianapolis and Keller B. Thompson, Winslow. Carter I. Bowser, Ft. Wayne fire chief, wa: named state fire marsahl. . . . And the “governor named Robert E. Hunter, Anderson to replace ~Claude, Crooks,’ ‘Lebanon, as f° " member of the, state police board, . . George Sadlier, banker, is the new ‘president of the Indiana. tic club, . br

chop, or pound of "hamburger. . « « The situ= “withr-an—est ation is so bad that - empty showcases are the rule, not the exception. Kingan & Co. has closed’ its retail store on W. Washington, and many butchers say they may have to follow suit. City officials have started a war on a black market in uninspected meat. . Another shortage that has some of the

: young folks sad is that of soft drinks, |, . .

Governor Gates Iia$ suggested that the state alcoholic beverage commission suspend the * sale of intoxicating liquors for 24 hours after announcement of victory in Europe. “eo. The governor also has proclaimed April 8. ‘as “Army Day” in Indiana. . . . He urged ‘ Hoosiers to ‘“reconsecrate themselves to the task of producing in the fullest measure 8 possible all weapons, ammunition and war L_ ssippel needed to hasten victory.” .

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Louis Burckbardt, 9, id following » fall