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WEDNESDAY, APRIL

FEAR JAPS HOLD 2900 PRISONERS

Army Reveals Only 107 of]

Guardsmen on Bataan Made Escape.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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22, 1042 It's Home Week at Ayres

WASHINGTON, April 22 (U, P).| 2000 of the 3000 national guardsmen who fought on Bataan peninsula today were be- | lieved to be prisoners of war. On of a war depart-| ment communique revealing that | only three officers and 104 enlisted | had escaped to) was estimated unof-| 3000 gnardsmen had| in the battle. i escaped were from past artillery from New, comprised about 1500; 1500 men were un-| the 102d tank| battalion Wisconsin, Illinois, | Ohio and Kentucky, and the 194th] tank battalion from Minnesota, Mis- | sou C rmia and Washington. The 3000 guardsmen were includ- | ed in previous war department an-| nouncements estimating Bataan | losses at 35.000 combatant Ameri-| can Filipino troops, 23.000 civilian refugees, and several thousand supply and other special forces. | The latest dispatches from Corregidor said an intense artillery bombardment has lessened. althougn dive bombers attacked nearby Ft. Hughes and Ft. Drum, also in Ma-| nila bay, without causing damage or casualties i Rut the Japanese were reported reinforcing their oe troops already landed on the island of Panay, in the center of the aii. if pine Archipelago.

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NN. N This is Home week at L. S. Ayres & Co, and among the exhibits is this victory pantry shelf —1942 version of the old-fashioned root celjar. Here Miss Bonnie Sochar, 7589 E, Washington st, examines part of the exhibit which is being furnished by county 4-H clubs. Alongside the exhibit, the Purdue agriculture school and the Marion county agricultural agent's office have an example of soil testing and they offer advice on how and where to have your garden soil graded.

PEACE FOR ITALY? BRITISH SUSPICIOUS

April 22 (U P).—News!| Chronicle dispatches from Lisbon}

and Ankara reported today that secret preparations were being made | BB Ma i po gy in Rome to obtain a separate peace | groups of volunteers to the center in the Chamber of Commerce building in groups of 10. And he has reported that post members have been 100 per cent punctual in keeping their appointments,

Legionnaires Donate Blood

Madden-Nottingham post. American Legion, is setting a record at the Red Cross blood donor center for other volunteers to shoot at.

LONDON,

The Ankara dispatch quoted neu- | tral diplomatic reports that Italians had been depressed by Pierre La-| val’s return to power in Vichy, fearing Germany would reject the Ital-

GHORMLEY SENT May 12 Set Aside TONEW ZEALAND ocr Eon

GOVERNOR SCHRICKER has proclaimed May 12 as Hospital Vice Admiral to Organize Joint Command Outside

day—the day when the public is MacArthur's Area.

invited to become acquainted with hospital problems and objectives. The public will be shown the four objectives of hospitals in war time: GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD-| «Tq increase facilities and servQUARTERS, Australia, April 22 (U.| ices to meet a need swollen by a P.).—Vice Admiral Robert Lee population increase in war proGhormley of Portland, Ore, has been ordered to New Zealand to organize a joint United States-New Zealand naval command whieh will be outside the zone commanded by

duction areas. “To render prompt and efficient Gen. Douglas MacArthur, it was learned today.

service to all patients with the The news cleared up weeks of

aim of restoring men and women to health and productive effort as early as possible, “To train nurses as quickly and mystery regarding the status of New Zealand, only 1000 miles Southeast of Australia, in Gen. MacArthur's new united nations Southwest Pa-

FREE JUDICIARY IS GARTERS AIM

Candidate for Court Pledges Fair

Treatment for All.

The backbone of good government is uncontrolled courts in| which the cases are decided on the] law and evidence, Clyde Carter,! candidate for the G. O. P. nomina-| tion as criminal court judge, said! last night in addresses before eight | political meetings. “The judicial system, to be free, and uncontrolled, must have but one platform, that all cases will be! decided fairly, impartially and] speedily, without regard for race! religion, color or affiliations of de-| fendants or the attorneys,” Mr. | Carter said. “All cases must yo tried in open court, not in back room. Such a platform : wholeheartedly pledge.”

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as fully as possible for civilian care, and to provide a surplus for EE MEMORIAL WILL BE Admiral Ghormley, with head=/

army and navy hospitals. “To educate the public to an appreciation of the value of requarters at Auckland, will head a] separate joint United States-New Zealand command, informants said. Civilian defense council offices in| the war memorial have been made a war bond and stamp pledging

habilitative care in a hospital.” He will, however, maintain close Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary, Gen. MacArthur's naval commander for center for persons in Indianapolis Admiral Ghormley until recently asocarthur week canvassers. had served as special United States| arc 3 H. Arnholter, chairman | He has sérved as assistant chief {through May 2, said plans are for | of staff of the United States fleet, | 6000 canvassers in the city and St ant by iy: oe have OP pasis, but these canvassers may miss Srations ofice ln additlon to hiS|,ersons who are at work when they teship Nevada. 3 Persons who are missed by the canvassers are asked to call at the Bernard Gates, Broad Ripple high| Besides receiving pledges to buy school student, was presented with! bonds, the canvassers will explain American Legion high school ora-|inform persons how they can help torical contest. Presentation was in defense work. Canvassers are apolis attorney, who also presented [council under the direction of Mrs. the school with a silver plaque which |Arnholter, who explained today transferred to the school of the con-{ed. She asked that anyone who test winner next year. would volunteer telephone RI-2541.

liaison with Gen. MacArthur ana the Southwest Pacific. and Marion county missed by the| naval observer at London. of the bond pledging drive April 27! fleet operations officer, director of| county to work on a single block | ships commands, including the bat-| call. PUPIL-ORATOR HONORED memorial to make their pledges. a gold medal today for winning the the meaning of civilian defense and made by Howard M. Meyer, Indian- being organized by the defense it will retain until the award is that many volunteers are vet need- — OL Le ES

ian claims on France, and that Ital-

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ians believed they might be able to make a separate peace which would | result in the return of the Italian] prisoners of the British. The Lisbon dispatch said that it] the Germans did not fully occupy . Italy a separate peace would be “the shotguns to fountain pens, was easiest thing which could happen.” heaped up on two tables at police] It quoted as authority a South; headquarters today and the search; American diplomat recently arrived was still going on. from Rome : It marked the latter stages of a’ British diplomatic quarters yawned crime “career” for four Indianapolis | ts { Oe oat smoke | “dead end kids” who this week confessed stealing a blind man’s “raised | numbers” watch and using it for {shotgun target practice.

BY BOY BURGLARS

Loot valued at $400, ranging _

an informant said.

| WRITER LOSES CREDENTIALS | The bors admitted ransacking 40

‘homes and one auto in the north-! |east section of the city. After a} | three month's hunt, the four 14-| | véar-olds were rounded up. Today one of the boy's uncle, El- |

WASHINGTON, April 22 (U. P) —The war department has ordered | the credentials of Walter Farr, London Dailv Mail correspondent, re- v

‘voked for allegedly writing a ais- | er McCormick. 42. of R. R. 12, Box|

torted story reporting convoy move- | ments in the southwest Pacific, it! was disclosed today.

1102, was charged with contributing ‘to delinquency. Police charged him! | with keeping a shotgun and golf! wants his nephew had stolen.

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| their loot in their homes, in sewers, { Dearborn park and along Fall creek. | Searches in those places netted the] | oot at headquarters today. Also recovered was $290, which! remained from $400 stolen from| an East side home. Police said one boy used the money to buy a; bedroom suite for his mother after; she returned from a hospital.

RESIGNATION REPORT CONFIRMED BY PLOCH

| Carl A. Ploch, insurance executive, today confirmed reports that he has resigned as a member of ithe Marion County Weifare board in a letter to Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox. | Mr. Ploch said the pressure of his (personal business activities pre-, ‘vented him from continuing as a! member. He denied that his resig-! ination resulted from any Henan, {in the welfare department.

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Services were held today in Phil. ! jadelphia, Pa, for Henry A Mt- { Carthy, father of Mrs. Mary Tisdale, {3931 N. Pennsylvania st. An active corporation lawyer at 173, Mr. McCarthy died Saturday at this home there. He was descendant {from a family which for five gen(erations, dating from 1700, has been represented in the legal profession. | He was considered the dean of Philadelphia lawyers. Mrs. Tisdale is the wife of Lieut. Col. Henry E. Tisdale. Of the four other daughters who survive, two are lawyers,

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. April 22. —| Sixteen high school pupils from In- | |dianapolis will be among the 160] | mathematics honor pupils who will | compete in the finals of the 12th annual state high school mathe- | matics contest Saturday at Indiana university. The following will compete in the algebra division: Paul Alexander, Warren Central; Robert Mann, Manual, and Bettie J, Branson, Martha Giner, Robert Grepp, Mer- | rill Hinton, James Kempe and | Ralph Meyer, Technical. Those who will be in the geometry contest are: Keith Brad- | way, Alberta Brummet, Robert! Bryant, Peter Havecotte, Lois Jean | Shaw, Robert Smith and Louise] Williams, Technical, and Joseph] King, Crispus Attucks.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 22 (U. P.).—There probably never will be a shortage of sugar, because the world’s normal production of 30,tons annually could be doubled or trebled if the market

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