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The Columbus Citizen
Local Weather-Rain probably ending tonight; continued cold tomorrow morning. (Summary on Page 2)
FINAL EDITION
PRICE THREE CENTS Daily and Sunday 25 cents a week
VOL.45-No.240 COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 26, 1943
Entered at Columbus. O. Post Office as second-class matter.)
Allies Capture Seven Strongholds in Italy
NAZI UKRAINE LINE COLLAPSES
Spirits High As Chest Army Drives on Goal
Campaign Opens At Memorial Hall; Parade Cancelled
Like Soldiers on a battlefront, the 3500 members of the volunteer charity army didn't let the weather bother them today as they launched a determined drive for $1,487,000-the 1943 War Chest goal,
The volunteer solicitors moved into the field after an enthusiastic mass rally last night in Memorial Hall.
There, they heard Herbert N. Lape Sr., drive chairman; Albert M. Miller, War Chest president, and Miss Lee Ya Ching, Chinese flier, stress the added importance of success to this year's financial campaign.
All Effort Needed
"I believe in the people of Columbus and Franklin County," Mr. Lape told the thousands who sloshed through the night's nasty rain to attend the meeting. "And because of this belief I have no doubt in the final outcome of this campaign.
"But no one dares shirk his duties. You must put every effort into this, the greatest cause of all-suffering humanity."
The volunteer workers who will solicit every home and business organization in this county for contributions to operate the 88 different agencies participating in the War Chest were told of the difficulties of their task.
Task is Greater
Higher taxes, higher costs of living, increased bond buying, will make the 1943 goal harder to attain, they were told.
"That is a challenge to each of you," Mr. Miller said.
"More money in the pockets of more people does not eliminate the necessity for support of vitally important agencies on the homefront," he said.
"More money and jobs do not eliminate family and health problems. This is no time for the community to let its people down."
After Miss Lee had outlined the various phases of American aid to her country, she was presented a $100 bill sent her by Mother Stephanie, St. Mary of the Spring College, for the United China Relief Fund.
Parade, Rally Cancelled
Rain cancelled the downtown parade and outdoor rally in the State House grounds and the pageant of United Nations represented by War Chest agencies was held in the hall. Women dressed in the colorful native costumes of the countries were introduced from the stage.
Two wounded soldiers now recuperating at Fletcher General Hospital at Cambridge also were on the program.
The campaign will continue through Nov. 8, when a Victory Dinner will be held. The first report luncheon of the drive will be at noon tomorrow at the Southern Hotel.
Military Front Day
Tomorrow's luncheon will be Military Front Day, with representatives of War Prisoners' Aid, USO and United Seamen's Service, three of the participating agencies, at the speakers' table.
Rev. C. Ronald Garmey, rector of St, Paul's Episcopal Church, will deliver the invocation.
Reports of the 13 money-raising divisions will be recorded on a blackboard.
Other report luncheons are on Friday, next Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Oak-st Car Tracks Will be Removed
The city will begin removing abandoned street car tracks on Oak-st between 18th-st and Miller-av within the next few days, City Engineer Paul Maetzel said today. The tracks will be given to the war scrap drive.
You Can Help, Give Your Blood
Daily quota ……………… 250
Donors yesterday ……… 168
Openings tomorrow ……… 130
Star Visits Here
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Binnie Barnes.
Binnie Barnes, movie star, is visiting her husband, Capt. Mike Frankovitch, former Pacific Coast football star, in Columbus. Last Sunday it was reported that Miss Barnes' hus-band, an Army ferry pilot, had been in a crash. "The reports of my injuries are greatly exaggerated," said Capt. Frankovitch. "They aren't true."
Two Persons Killed In County Traffic
Dr. Edward E. Smith, coroner, was to hold an inquest this afternoon in the traffic death last night of Gump Mayer, about 70, of 2825 Harrisburg-pk.
Mr. Mayer was fatally injured when he was struck by an automobile driven by Rev. H. F. Miller, 68, pastor of the Harrisburg Methodist Church, it was reported by state highway patrolmen.
Also killed in an auto accident last night was Mrs. Alice Kilkenny, 23, wife of Earl Kilkenny, who died almost instantly when she fell from her husband's moving auto in the Worthington-Galena-rd, sheriff's deputies said. Dr. Smith said he would hold an inquest in Mrs. Kilkenny's death later in the week.
According to state highway patrolmen, Mr. Mayer was walking south, the same direction that the car which struck him was traveling. He was taken to Mt. Carmel Hospital in a Norris Funeral Home ambulance where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His body was removed to the Spears Funeral Home.
In the death of Mrs. Kilkenny, her husband, an employe of the Armstrong Furnace Co. told deputy sheriffs that his wife's coat had caught in the car door and when she opened the door to free it, the wind whipped the door completely open and she fell out. She was pronounced dead on arrival at University Hospital.
Admiral Buckmaster Arrives Here Today
Rear Adm. Elliott Buckmaster, who commanded the aircraft carrier Yorktown during its victories at Midway Island and Coral Sea was to arrive in Columbus this afternoon.
His plane, scheduled to arrive at noon, was delayed. It was expected at 2 p.m.
He will speak at the Navy Day dinner in the Neil House at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow and will give the oath of allegiance to more than 50 WAVE recruits, representing the largest group ever to be sworn in Columbus. Members of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the dinner, were to greet Adm. Buckmaster at Port Columbus. He is expected to visit his sisters, Mrs. E. W. Campion, 228 N. Drexel-av, and Miss Helen Buckmaster, 373 S. Columbia-av. They will be special guests at tomorrow's dinner.
Another special guest will be Mrs. Eliza Hoover, 631 E. Broad st, whose son, Capt. Gilbert C. Hoover, directed the rescue of the admiral's crew after the Yorktown was sunk.
3 Candidates Fight Move For Rail-Light
Sandusky, Kinnear, Alexander Oppose Power Firm Deal
By LAWRENCE THOMPSON
Jacob Sandusky, candidate for mayor, promised today that if elected he will "oppose with all the force I possess" sale of the Columbus and Southern Ohio Power Co. to the BancOhio Corp. or any of its associates.
His pledge was made in a talk over WHKC.
From two other Democrats, candidates for City Council, came discussion of the impending enforced sale of the power company, both expressing opposition to control of the company by the BancOhio or other Wolfe interests. They were Arvin Alexander and Peter Kinnear.
GOP Sets Rally
Republicans, preparing for a North Side rally tonight, limited themselves last night to a statement from Robert T. Oestreicher. Council candidate, promising a Republican administration would attempt to solve the juvenile delinquency problem.
Mr. Sandusky's statement:
"The change of ownership of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. has become an important issue in this campaign.
"I pledge to oppose with all the force I possess, the sale of that great utility to Banc-Ohio Corp. or any of its associates.
Shuns "Tie-up"
"I deem ownership of this utility by BancOhio as definitely contrary to the public interest.
"I want you to confidently believe I have not now and never shall have any tie-up with any public utility. I shall always safeguard your interests and see to it that the utilities give them maximum service and reasonable rates."
Mr. Alexander made the following statements:
"They (the Wolfes) own 17 of the 21 banks in this city. They own three of the four newspapers. They control three radio stations. They own downtown property valued in the millions of dollars. They hold additional millions in municipal bonds.
"What more do they want?
"They Want Control"
"I'll tell you what they want. control of the C. & S. O. Co., or, as you may know it, the Columbus Rail-Light Co. The Wolfes want to own the company which provides your electric current and your street car transportation.
"They do not want a City Council which is determined to investigate the feasibility of purchase of Rail-Light Co. by your city government. That is why the rulers of this far-flung Wolfe empire have decided that I must be defeated. That is why they have ordered the defeat of W. L. Lehman, Joseph Van-Heyde and Peter Kinnear."
Mr. Kinnear, speaking at a Fifth Ward meeting, said that crosstown bus service would be improved if there were municipal ownership of the Columbus & Southern Ohio Power Co.
Cross-Town Service
"By the end of this decade, Columbus would have a population of 500,000 providing the High-st bottleneck of attempting to run all street cars and buses over this highway was ended and cross-town service installed," Mr. Kinnear said.
Mr. Kinnear declared that thousands of residents are being inconvenienced daily by an outmoded
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Ohio Turkeymen Promise Holiday Dinners for All
There'll be plenty of turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners in Columbus.
With the release of turkeys by the Government for civilian purchase yesterday, dealers here already are being swamped with calls from housewives but they think they can fill all orders.
The supply is good and the birds are well fed this year, the dealers report. Shoppers get an added break because the OPA has set a retail price ceiling on turkeys.
Depending on the weight of the bird, the table-dressed turkey ready for the oven will sell from 55 to 63 cents a pound, which is about equal to last year's prices.
The numerous turkey farms which dot Central Ohio are beginning their winter shipments to wholesale dealers now and they say a normal supply is expected.
Most of the turkeys for the armed forces already have been supplied from Oregon, Texas and California farms, where the birds mature earlier, so that the civilian supply from Ohio will be sufficient for the demand.
Retail dealers suggest, however, that advance orders be placed as soon as possible for Thanksgiving and Christmas birds.
FDR Denies Slackers Hide in Federal Jobs
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-- (U.P.)--President Roosevelt to-day denounced as "groundless" and "irresponsible" reports that the Federal Government was a haven for draft dodgers, submitting figures to Congress showing that only 3.2 per cent of the Government civilian work force has received occupational deferment.
Mr. Roosevelt offered no male-female breakdown, but the Civil Service Commission said about one-third of the people employed full-time by the Government were women. That would, in the light of Mr. Roosevelt's statistics, mean that about 4.9 per cent of the men employed by the Government had received occupational deferments.
In identical letters sent to the House speaker and Senate president, Mr. Roosevelt said that on last July 31, "the latest date for which complete figures are available," there were 2,980,404 full-time Government employes, of whom 98,053 had received occupational deferments.
Mr. Roosevelt's defense of the Government's draft deferment policy for its employes followed closely a recommendation by a House Military Affairs subcommittee for an investigation of deferments in the war, Navy and six other Government departments on grounds that they have used replacement schedules to protect civilian employes from the draft.
It also came as the House began debate on a bill to defer fathers until all eligible non-fathers in the country have been called.
The chief executive reported 84,000 occupational deferments among the 1,952,700 civilian employes of the War and Navy departments, including workers in Government arsenals and ship-yards. Mr. Roosevelt, however, did
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Committee Backs Liquor Tax Boost
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26,--(U.P)--
The House Ways and Means Committee today approved an increase from $6 to $10 a gallon in the federal excise tax on liquor. It rejected all proposals for increased levies on tobacco and gasoline.
The liquor tax increase which had been proposed by the Treasury , would increase the federal levy from $1.50 to $2.50 per quart of 100 proof spirits.
The committee also approved increases in beer and wine taxes. It estimated that these and the higher liquor taxes would bring in $557,000,000 additional revenue a year.
First Major Increases
These were the first major tax increases the committee has approved for 1944. Tre Administration has asked $10,500,000,000.
The schedule approved by the committee today included:
1: Distilled spirits-$10 a gallon instead of the present $6.
2: Beer-$8 a barrel instead of $7
3: Still Wine-under 14 per cent, 15 cents a gallon instead of 10 cents; 14 to 21 per cent, 60 cents instead of 40; over 21 per cent, $2 instead of $1.
4: Sparkling wine - 15 cents a half pint instead of 10 cents.
5: All other wines - 10 cents a half pint instead of five cents.
The committee specified that the increases shall be terminated six months after the war.
It reserved decision on other excise increases, such as on toilet
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Next Liquor Ration Still Is Undecided
Don Fisher, state liquor director, doesn't know yet what the ration unit will be during the sixth ration period which begins Monday, he said today.
During this and the preceding liquor ration period state store customers were allowed to purchase a bottle of rum, brandy or cordials in addition to a pint, two pints, a fifth or a quart of whisky.
The unit during the next period, which will run to Dec. 1, will not be any larger, Mr. Fisher indicated, and there is a possibility, because of transportation difficulties, that it might be smaller.
New Ration Book Registration Begins
Tomorrow is the first day for obatining War Ration Book Four.
If your name begins with letter "A" to "F," inclusive, you will apply from 1 to 6 p.m. in the same school building in your neighborhood in which you obtained Book Two last February.
Registration for persons whose last names begin with letters "G" to "N," inclusive, will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday, while those whose last names begin with letters "O" to "Z," inclusive, and all others who failed to register may do so from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. The longer hour schedule on Thursday is provided for convenience of war workers.
Hours for Bexley, Grandview and Arlington applications differ slightly. They are from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow, 1:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Friday. Applicants will register on the same "first letter of your last name" basis as in Columbia.
Registration is simple. One adult member of the family may go to the nearest public school on the designated day and register for the entire family. Only requirement is that War Ration Book Three for each member of the family must be shown to establish eligibility for Ration Book Four.
Surety Men Elect;
Hear Plea for 'Freedom'
Members of the Ohio Association of Insurance Agents were to ation of Insurance Agents elected new officers today, the final day of their annual meeting at the Neil House.
J.F. VanDechten, Akron, is the new president and Harry T. Minister, Columbus, vice president. New trustees are C.G. Hale, Cleveland; T.R. Schmidt, Hamilton, and E.R. Randall, Greenville.
James F. Lincoln, president of the Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, charged the Government "now in power" wishes to retain control of individual liberties and warned that "we must make it our solemn pledge that we'd rather die than not be free." He spoke at the association's annual banquet last night.
Joseph E. Widener, Noted Turf Man, Dies
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26. - (UP) -Joseph E. Widener, financier and horseman, died this morning at his Elkins Park, Pa., residence.
Widener, 72, had been in poor health for some time. He was a noted figure in the turf world and owned many top thoroughbreds. Widener was an amateur jockey in his youth.
DR. BROWN RENAMED
Dr. Samuel L. Brown, Toledo, today was reappointed by Governor Bricker as a member of the State Board of Optometry for a term ending Sept. 25, 1948.
FDR'S COLD IMPROVES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. - (UP) - The White House today reported further improvement in President Roosevelt's head cold. All traces of fever had disappeared this morning.
Nazis Driven Back to Main Rome Defenses
Fifth and Eighth Armies Surge Ahead On 90-Mile Front
ALLIED HQ., ALGIERS, Oct. 26. - (U.P.) - The Fifth Army has gained up to six miles in general Allied advances on the 90-mile Italian front, which captured several key towns and rocked the Germans back to their new defense line, the strongest south of Rome.
Allied armies crashed the last formidable barriers on the approaches to the German line through Mondragone, Venafro and Vasto, on which it appeared that a showdown battle for Rome might be fought.
Pounding the heels of the Nazis as they carried out what appeared to be their final pull-back to their new fortifications, American and British troops of the Fifth Army advanced five to six miles in 48 hours everywhere except in the coastal sector.
More Heights Taken
Wresting additional deminating heights from the foe, the Allies seized the vital road junction of Fancolise, two miles west of Eparanise, for their most important gain. American troops occupied Raviscanina, five miles northwest of Alife, and Rochettqa, two miles north of Pignatoro.
The British Eighth Army cracked the strongest German positions in the center of the Italian line. It captured Baranello, scene of many days of heavy fighting; Bojano, four miles west of Vinchiaturo; Spinete, six miles northwest of Vinchiaturo, and Petrelia, eight miles north of Campobasso.
Bojano lies only 13 miles from Isernia, rail and highway town serving as the middle hinge of the German line.
Withdrawal Orderly
The Germans were covering their orderly withdrawal with heavy shelling, particularly on the Adriatic, where the Eighth Army, having pushed across the Trigno River, closing against Vasto, on the Adriatic 18 miles beyond Termoli.
Spokesmen emphasized that strength of the line behind which the Germans were retreating was such that time would be required for reducing it. The line was regarded as particularly strong on the Adriatic end at Vasto, where three hills must be crossed.
Medium bombers and long-range fighters from the Northwest African Air Forces attacked the Podgorica airfield in southern Jugoslavia yesterday in support of patriot units resisting, and in some sectors attacking, the Germans.
It Snowed Last Oct. 26; Rain Today
The sun was hidden as the sky closed in upon the earth like gathering of a gray blanket. The people said there would be snow, and there was snow. Plenty of it on Oct. 26, 1942, and from then on the fall was miserable.
Now on Oct. 26, exactly one year later, the same people were blessed with a nice gentle rain which trickled along the window panes and made the winter rye sprout in victory gardens.
To describe this "beautiful day" further, the Weather Bureau said it would remain cold with the rain light and occasional. Low this morning was 41. Yesterday the thermometer varied by four degrees-40 to 44.
Army Depot Continues Drive for Workers
Recruiting of employes for the Columbus Army Service Forces Depot will continue "indefinitely" at the Hut on Broad and High streets, Col. Sam I. Zeidner, commanding officer of the depot, announced today. Although 246 workers have been obtained in the past two weeks, the need has increased from 600 to 850.
In addition to laborers, stock chasers, typists, under clerks, baling unit operators and machine operator helpers, auto mechanics and guards are needed. Wages begin at 61 cents an hour.
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Marshal Kesselring
A continuing quarrel between Marshal Albert Kesselring and Marshal Erwin Rommel was cited today as cause for removal of Kesselring from leadership of Axis forces in southern Italy. Rommel took over supreme command of Axis forces in Italy and Kesselring was believed shifted to an air force in Russia.
Merger Joins Three Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-(U.P.)-
Foreign Economic Administrator Leo T. Crowley today consolidated the Lend-Lease administration, the Office of Economic warfare and the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation in a move designed to eliminate overlapping and duplication of operations.
The sweeping reorganization was intended to prevent duplicating and conflicting actions by agents working abroad for the various units. The shakeup also brings under Crowley's direction parts of the State Department's Office of Foreign Economic Co-operation and of the Commodity Credit Corportion which have economic dealings with foreign countries.
Crowley described the reorganization as "the most far-reaching consolidation of Government agencies in this war," and emphasized that it would unify operations of the various agencies abroad as well as in this country.
Crowley at the same time announced appointment of two deputy administrators of his Foreign Economic Administration - Laughlin Currie, special assistant to President Roosevelt, and Henry W. Riley, heretofore an official of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which Crowley also heads.
Eastern Star Opens Convention Here
With 5000 members from all parts of Ohio expected to attend, the 54th annual convention of the Grand Chapter of the Ohio Order of the Eastern Star will open tonight at Columbus Auditorium. The delegates, representing more than 500 chapters, will participate in a streamlined war session ending tomorrow night.
Speakers on tonight's program will include Governor Bricker and Charles W. Bechtol of Columbus, worthy grand patron. Mrs. Lily Cooper of Findlay, worthy grand matron, will be presiding officer.
Assisting Mrs. Cooper will be Mrs. Netta M. Sullivan of Lima, associate grand matron, and Mrs. Mary Wollerman of Toledo, grand secretary.
Registration headquarters, opened yesterday at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel, were to be moved to Columbus Auditorium late this afternoon, where tomorrow's business sessions will be held. Convention social affairs will be at the hotel.
Wallace in Cleveland Avoids All Politics
CLEVELAND, Oct. 26-Smiling but decidedly evasive regarding political matters, Vice President Henry A. Wallace today laughed off inquiries regarding the possibility of his being a candidate for renomination.
"No comment," was hs terse answer when he was asked point blank whether he will toss his hat into the vice presidential ring. He will speak here tomorrow night.
Axis Forces Fleeing From Dnieper Bend
Reds Drive to Clear Foe From Soviet Soil By First of Year
MOSCOW, Oct. 26.-(U.P)-
Tens of thousands of Germans fled for their lives from the Dnieper bend today as powerful Russian armies crumbled the whole Axis southern Ukrainian front and smashed forward at a pace that gave promise of rolling the enemy back to Rumania and Poland by the end of the year.
The German retreat in some sectors became panicky as demoralized troops abandoned taanks, guns and other arms in wholesale lots in their haste to escape
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through the steadily closing jaws of a Soviet pincers that already was slashing through the mining center of Krivoi Rog in the north and probing the approaches to the Crimea in the south.
Nazi Keystone Broken
Capture of the twin metallurgical centers of Dnepropetrovsk, Russia's "Pittsburgh," and Dneprodzerzhinsk yesterday collapsed the defense keystone in the Dnieper bend and gave the Soviets unchallenged possession of a 600-mile stretch of the Dnieper River from a point below Gomel to one opposite Zaporozhe with the sole exception of Kiev.
The strengthening Soviet drive across the Dnieper bend, coupled with the breaching of another German defense line south of Melitopol, to the southeast, brought the entire Crimea and Nikolaev, at the mouth of the Bug River, under threat of imminent capture.
Germans Near Rout
Liberation of Kiev, capital of the Ukraine and Russia's third city, was considered a foregone conclusion in Soviet military circles. It would expose the rest of the flat steppelands to the assault that is expected to throw the Germans back at least to the borders of old Poland and perhaps to the upper reaches of the Bug River.
Front reports said the German retreat from Dnepropetrovsk and Dneprodzerzhinsk in the northeast corner of the Dnieper bulge at some places had taken on the appearance of a rout. The Russians seized the two cities by storm after forcing the Dnieper to the west and south and posing a threat of encirclement.
Enormous booty of guns, tanks and other supplies were captured intact. Dnepropetrovsk, whose prewar population totalled 400,000, was little more than a ruined shell.
Forty other towns and villages, including Krasnopole, eight miles southwest of Dnepropetrovsk, also were liberated.
Porter Held in East On Chester's Charge
Philadelphia police today were holding a Pullman porter, identiifed as C. H. Stuckey, who is alleged to have slugged John J. Chester, former county prosecutor, at the Union Station Sunday night.
Yesterday, Mr. Chester filed charges of assault with intent to kill against the man and said today he wanted to prosecute the case himself.
Sam Toy, city detective, left today to bring the man back, Detective Chief Leo Phillips said.
QUAKE SHAKES CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26.--
(U.P)--An earthquake of moderate intensity shook the San Francisco Bay area for three minutes beginning at 9:49 last night, but it did little damage.
Inside Today
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1943
Theaters.....16
Editorials.....12
Columnists.....11
Serial Story.....17
Society.....8
Sports.....13
About Town.....11
Ernie Pyle.....11
Business.....16
Radio, Comics.....17
Roll of Honor.....4
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