Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1942 — Page 8

“OF WANA T TOLD

" Merohants Told Citizens to

Come and Get it When Japs

Were at Gates; Most of Goods Later

Returned

to Stores.

# By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WA HINGTON, Sept. 16.—~The

“nila just before the Japanese entered: the Philippine capital can now be|-

story of the “legal looting” of Ma-

told—a story probably without parallel in this most incredible of wars. The war in the Pacific was not unexpected by those in authority

in the Philippines. -

“Their only surprise—if any-—was in the way ith

onths before the srieak-punch at Pearl Harbor they had begun

bo make ready for whatever might ‘happen. / But it| takes years, not months, to ‘prepare for modern war. Thus reserve stocks of supplies for both military and civilian use had been accumulated, it® became 1 the first weeks of the at Manila was doomed.

Come and Get I

mit all these stores to fall hands of the invaders was ble. As much as it was possible to transport by around the clock was

Corregidor and the caves hn. Still the docks, quays, land other: storage places i high with goods of every le kind. istmas eve the authorities

rounding themselv

Manila merchants joined ent. The Japs were at

es formed. Neckties, ve-and-ten stuff, furni-

drug = = stot e articles, pictures in frames, soap, rugs. They moved in

on the march, one line empty-hand-ed, the other loaded down.

Christmas day until New Year's.

gan to go—showcases, window-trim-mings, even paneled walls and doors. The city was pretty well stripped. Then the army engineers: finished the job. Piers, docks, warehouses, heavy machinery, ships in the harbor, were blown to kingdom come. When the Japs entered, there was nothing much left for them to loot. Manila was not badly damaged. It had been declared an open city to spare it from needless bombard-, ment and the pointless death -of thousands of women and children

All Legitimate

After a time, life ‘was resumed where it had left off—though vastly changed under enemy occupation. You can’t put an entire nation in a concentration camp, so the ordinary citizens, including the merchants, were allowed to go about their business if they had any business to go about. Now the lines of “legal looters” reversed themselves. Merchants would announce that’ they would buy back the showcases, wood paneling, or whatever goods had been carried off before the occupation. Thereupon, like the good citizens they were, the new owners would

carry the “loot” back to the old.

There was nothing the Japanese could do about it. The whole business had been perfectly legitimate, from start to finish, in morals as well as in law. ’

WANT TO BE A WAVE? APPLY BY MAIL ONLY

Application will be accepted here by mail only for enlisted women in the WAVES, Lieut. N. C. Russell, USNR, officer in charge of the new office for naval reserve officer pro: curement, said today. The new office opened yesterday at 429 N. Pennsylvania ‘st., where the

and out in orderly lines, like ants L

applications may be mailed.

That sort of thing went on from/| §

Toward the end, store fixtures be-|

Fi Ean

Given a title to end all titles, Mary Marlin of Hollywood - has ‘been dubbed “Miss Blue Ribbon of 1942” by the California Models guild because she set a record of holding the most beauty titles so far this year.

‘| Sept. 7 (Delayed) (U. P.).—Amer-

‘|island in the Aleutians, it was disclosed today.

| Japanese post three days after an

‘|narbor and strafed a boat which

Hoosier Joins

CCC Pals in Navy

MANY of Bernie Harry Sanders’ former pals in the CCC have joined the navy. Hoping to see themysagain, Bernie joined up himself yesterday afternoon, becoming the 1250th recruit enlisted here this month. Bernie is 20, the son of Floyd Sanders, of Sanford, Ind. He put the Indiana. recruiting area-at thé halfway point in its drive for 2500 enlistments during September. | Meantime, Comm. R. H. G. Mathews, addressing the Mercator club, said the goal would be raised to 3000 for October if the Sep- | tember goal of 2500 is reached.

"STRAFE KISKA

Japs Go ‘Down Like Wheat, Pilots Report; Warehouse, “Ship Attacked.

- AN ALASKAN ARMY AIR BASE,

ican. fighter’ planes have strafed Japanese troops and military installations on enemy-occupied Kiska

.TWo §| fighters attacked the American bombing squadron had inspected and blasted the targets. A four-engined flying boat in the water was riddled by the fighters’ bullets in their first sweep. Then they fired at a company of soldiers who ‘appeared to be lined up for mess, and the pilots reported the Japanese went “down like wheat.” Some scattered and escaped. The planes swept back over Kiska

the pilots believed was a yacht converted into a floating command post. The pilots said they saw officer-sailors on deck fall before the gunfire was turned intp the base of the stack, a vulnerable spot on a boat. ; Most Difficult Mission As a parting shot, the planes rifled incendiary bullets into a warehouse. The mission was described as the most difficult ever undertaken by fighter pilots in the Aleutians. Maj. Gen. Simon Boliver Buckner Jr. had recommended decorations for the pilots. Their names were not revealed. Brig. Gen. William O. Butler of Marshall, Va.,, commander of the army air forces in Alaska, led the bomber attack three days earlier. The attack caught the Japanese off guard and the planes had emptied their bomb racks before anti-air-craft guns went into action. Observers reported ,K damaging “near misses” on several cargo ships. ' Gen. Butler said he had been able to observe the- layout closely and to spot important targets.

WOUNDED HERO OF DEC. 7 DECORATED

- PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 16 (U. P.).—Aviation Chief Ordnanceman John W. Finn, of Compton, Cal., who shot at Japanese planes all morning on Dec. 7 despite severe wounds, received the congressional medal, yesterday for his extraordinary heroism at Kanoehe naval air station. He was decorated aboard a warship by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander in chief or the Pacific fleet, during presentation of a total of 25 awards to airmen outstanding in the Marshall islands, Coral sea

and Midway.

GIRL ON WALK KILLED BY CAR

Driverless Auto Breaks From Tow Car, Leaps. Over Curb.

: ly A driverless automobile broke loose from a tow bar, jumped a curb killed 12-year-old Vanda Hopat Congress ave. and: Clifton st. late, yesterday. The death of the girl, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hopkins, 1319 WL. 23d st., was the first traffic fatality in Marion county for 21 days. .Miss . Hopkins was walking home

from school with her sister, Maceile,.

15, when the car jerked away from the rear of a road grader belonging to the Grady Brothers Construction Co. and struck both girls, The older sister escaped with a minor leg injury.

Moved Here Recently

Guy H. Kaylor, 40, an employee of the Grady firm who was operating the car, was charged by police with having improper license plates on the grader. The Hopkins family moved to Indianapolis only two months ago from Edinburg. «+ The girls were pupils at school No. 41. Surviving besides the parents and sister are three other sisters, Mrs. Lorraine Cook of Louisville; Pauline, 13; Mabel 2, and three brothers, Paul, 13; Gerald, 10, and Kenneth, 4.

\ County Lags in With September Half Gone

With September more than half

‘gone, Marion county today had sub-

scribed only 27 per cent of its war bond quota for the month. James F. Frenzel, county administrator, reported that sales of $497,570 last week were nearly $100,000 below the lowest previous weekly figure during any month through last May. “Marion county made a grand showing the last nine days of August, but this isn’t a one-month war,” he reminded.

Constant Brving Urged

“We're no different than the men who do the fighting. We've got to be ready to do our part every week, every month and every year until the war is won.” Bond sales through last Saturday

-—Official Navy Photo.

Bond Drive

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reported by 38 out-state units totaled $1,819,206.50 against a quota of $4,251,660. Marion county’s total sales through Saturday are $1,121;531 against a $4,093,800 quota.

Harvester on Honor Roll

In a drive for 10 per cent of payroll participation, International Harvester announced its 2208 workers have authorized that percentage of deduction from their pay. .Meantime, it was announced that nearly half of the 8500 seats for the Rita Hayworth bond rally Sept. 26 at Cadle Tabernacle have been underwrittena “Only capacity will be sold and we are urging every bond investor to sign up early for his ticket,” Robert A. Adams, county executive chairman, said. *

DIMOUT IN WAYNE TERMED SUCCESS

A civic-minded area that already has organized 10 volunteer firefighting companies, Wayne township last night held a 30-minute dimout, : Paul Goss, township civilian defense director, said the results were

satisfactory. Few violations were reported and a control center, with signal panels and telephones for a dozen’ air raid executives, was operated at the home of Virgil Hughes,

chief air raid warden.

This Is the Tops In Fish Stories

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (U.P). —“Red,” champion of Cambonia, scored a second-round - knockout last night over “Buteh,” the titleholder from Siam, in a bout at the fishbowl ring of the National Aquarium society.

The two champs’ are Siamese fighting fish owned by Dr. Fred Orsinger, aquarium director, who stopped the bout when “Butch” ‘suffered a torn fin.

No title was involved. "It was

0 comenon

Many Key Witnesses Are Being Called to Service, Blue Says.

The war is giving some criminals

| here a chance to slip out of con

victions because © key witnesses against them have gone ‘to the armed services. Prosecutor Sherwood Blue dise closed today that the prosecution of more than a score of criminals recently has-been handicapped and, in some cases, balked entirely by failure to get witnesses into court, A defendant charged with aute banditry yesterday had to be ree tried on a lesser charge of burglary

because a key witness had been called to the army before trial.

Physician in Service

In a- murder case recently, the prosecuter’s office had to compro mise with the defense attorneys on a guilty plea because of the absence of a physician. who had been called to the army. “The physician was the only wite ness the state had to prove that a

body of the victim and that forced us to resort to circumstantial evie dence,” Mr. Blue said. . In many other cases, the‘prosecutor said witnesses who failed to ape pear were found to have left the city to take some job in ‘another y city. : oan Riot Witness in Navy

Preparation of evidence for riok charges against several defendants involved in the recent shooting and cutting affray in Indiana ave. was stymied this week ‘when deputy prosecutors discovered that a key witness had left to join the navy. In criminal cases, the prosecutor's office cannot take depositions from witnesses who can’t’ appear for trial because the criminal code says every defendant “shall havq the ‘right to face his accusers in open court.” “Unless we can get ‘all tried quickly before witnesses get away, we are going to have some difficulty in getting senyictions,” Mr. Blue said.

‘MICHELE MORGAN HOLLYWOOD BRIDE

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 16 (U. PJ), —Michele Morgan, French movie actress, and William Marshall, film leading man, were married lass night in a double ring ceremony. Only ‘a few members of the couple’s families attended. Miss Morgan met the actor abous a year ago when she came to Hole lywood from France. Marshall came

strictly an exhibition, -

to Hollywood from Chicago.

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