Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1942 — Page 45

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John Lee Court Appearance

Tuesday to Climax Series |

Of Continuances.

. About all the legal angles in the book have been used in defending John W. Lee, 42-year-old soap salesman whose car hurtled over a downtown sidewalk, killing three persons and injuring 10 last July 20. Lee first was charged with perJury in connection with alleged false “information on his application for a * driver’s license, concerning his phy- - sical condition. : + Later, he was indicted by the : grand jury on charges of reckless _ homicide and manslaughter. The driver was slated for arraignment in criminal court soon after ~the indictments were returned but “his attorney, Edwin J. Ryan, asked for and was granted a continuance to prepare pleadings.

Blocks Own Arraignment

. When Lee was called for arraignment a second time, Mr. Ryan filed 8 motion for change of venue from Judge Dewey E. Myers. .. ‘Several weeks elapsed before proeeedings for selecthhg a special Judge was completed because the defense attorney had asked for two “separate judges, one to try the per-

Jury charge and another judge to

hearing the homicide case.

~ Lee was’ called forz arraignment “Wednesday in both es, the perJury case before special Judge Otto ‘Cox yesterday morning and the “homicide case in the afternoon. “+ Mr. Ryan blocked arraignment on the perjury charge by filing a mo‘tion to quash the indictment on which Judge Cox said he would rule next Saturday. Lee came into criminal court again four hours later for arraignment on the homicide charge before another judge, Samuel Harrisoi. Mr. Ryan again blocked arraignment with another motion to quash the homicide and. manslaughtér indictments.

Postponements Likely

- Judge Harrison said he would continue the case until next Tuesday which the judge fixed as the deadline for the defense to file any more pleadings. : "If. there are more pléadings on that date, the case may have to be * postponed again for special rulings before Lee will be called to say whether he is guilty or not guilty of the charges. "At the time of the accident, s'ate, county and city safety author ties announced campaigns to have crivers’ license laws made more strict. Lee is said to have suffered a fainting spell at the wheel of his car and careened into a crow: of pedestrians at Washington and Me-

' ridian sts.

“The McMurray Chin,” a Shortridge all-school dramatic production, will be presented tonight in Caleb Mills hall by the students of Shortridge under the direction of Miss Eleanor Dee Theek. In the above picture the leading characters from left to right standing: Patricia Rice, Richard Tribbe, Joan Bartley and Margaret McGuire, and seated is Norma Klepfer. Jack Beck has been appointed stage

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Paratroopers Land Under

French Machine Gun Fire

WITH THE A. E. F. IN ORAN,, Nov. 13 ¢Delayed).—A detachment of ‘American paratroopers told today how they made a perfect forced landing with a flat tire in a vineyard near Arzew after encountering unexpected machine gun fire over the Tafaraqui air port that almost brought their plane down. | The Americans left England early Sunday, arriving over the airdrome at 7 a. m. with orders to land, not to jump. They said they expected the field would be in friendly hands but when they descended to 100 feet, French machine guns opened up and peppered the wings and fuselage. . The plane pulled out fast with only one slight casualty, paratroop Lieut. P. Morgan, of Fredericksburg, Va., who suffered a slight hand wound. “We had separated from the other planes during the long night flight and were almost out of gas,” one of the crewmen said.

“We went about 20 miles and saw a flat vineyard, where we plopped down perfectly. We didn’t know whether it was friendly or enemy territory, but we stood guard with a 30 caliber machine gun. Later we found we were in a friendly zone.” The crew was comfortably fixed with, rations and peanuts, * while they waited for gas and a new tire.

FATHERS OF MEN IN SERVICE WILL MEET

Fathers of Sons in Service, Inc. will meet at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in the East assembly room of the World War memorial. Mothers of sons. and daughters in service will be guests. A “gettogether” for new members has been planned and work of committees will be outlined. Mothers and fathers of service men and women in Indianapolis and vicinity have been invited to attend.

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TWELFTH AIR FORCE HEAD: QUARTERS, ALGERIA, Nov. 20 (U.!

P.) —Lieut. Alain Joseph groused,

today about bad luck because he and two buddies, although credited with shooting down two French | Dewoitine fighter planes with rifle] {fire, had failed to get a crack at] | German opposition. Joseph, who is 25 and from New York City, trudged into -Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle’s headquarters after a 40-mile desert hike to tell how he and four companions bagged the two French planes after their own paratroop transport had been shot down. The transport was attacked by six -Dewoitines and forced to make a crash landing on the desert. Five] of the Americans were killed in the attack, but Joseph and the others hopped out, unslung their rifles and began firing at the French fighters, who were strafing them from as low as 50 feet.

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SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Nov. 20.—Guadalcanal’s status as the American Gibraltar of a future system of Pacific air and naval bases, similar to Great Britains Mediterranean Gibraltar, it is held here in military circles, has been established by the navy's sweeping victory on the southwestern side of the Solomons. The American army’s flying fortresses and fighters, both of those

mon, in the Solomons themselves, ! and under Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney in the New Guinea area, have taken a full role in the setting of this cornerstone of America’s defensive system against and resurgence by Japan, Despite the enemy's attacks, this, our first sentry south of the equator, still stands.

Must Retake More

However, in both the south Pacific and the southwest Pacific commands, it is conceded that Guadalcanal can only be considered the beginning and entry point into Asiatic waters like Gibraltar to the Mediterranean. | Future naval bases, which are to Asiatic waters what Algiers, Bizerta, Tripoli, Malta, Suda bay, Haifa and Alexandria are to the British]

| fleet, remain for the American navy |

to retake and put in such condition that they become Asiatic prototypes for the British navy's chain of bases across the Mediterranean. . The substantial cost involved in beating back the Japanese—however commensurately large are Japan’s losses—Isan Augury that Guadalcanal, though much less fitted by natural qualifications to

peace in the Pacific, must, nevertheless, serve as such until a better

one is offered. Bases Still Unconquered

Beyond Guadalcanal there are! still unconquered Jap bases in the Buin.- Faisi quadrangle at the southern end of Bougainville isAnd and at the island's other end. There is another base at Buka— both still in the Solomons.

Britain, Beyond that lies Soera-

in the Mediterranean.

Alexandria and still awaiting recovery by the AmericAn fleet. And to the north are Jap bases in Camranh bay and Hainan island. Like the British island of Cyprus at the Mediterranean’s extremity, the Philippines are incidental to the system as a whole. The difference between Britain's permanent system of Mediterra-| nean bases and the system which America is painfully hewing out in the western Pacific are differences of dimension. From Guadalcanal to Singapore is about 3000 miles— nearly twice as long as from Gibraltar to Haifa. As the zone of operations from the new and vaster fleet which is required to hold Japan down and maintain order in the east once the war is won, the waters between Asia and Australia are far more complicated. While America has fully supplemented her Atlantic and Caribbean bases with Britain by 99-year leases, such .implementation of the Solomons never occurred. Before the war Guadalcanal’s role was never guessed by either the British or the Americans. Because neither country foresaw Japan's strength, Britain did not offer, and America therefore did not propose, any emendation of the defense status in the Pacific. >:

LOCAL COEDS WIN INDIANA U. HONORS

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 20. —Eight Indianapolis sophomore coeds at Indiana university are among the 40 sophomore women recognized by Mortar Board for scholastic and activity achievements on the campus. A tea will be given for these students Sunday afternoon. Indianapolis coeds honored are Virginia Brown, Joan Goldsmith, Charlotte Grosskoff, Betty Jane Mitchell, Patricia Peterson, Evelyn Steffan, Jean Tabbert and Phyllis Webb. Others are:

Bonnie Jo Augustine, South Bend; Betty Davis, Batesville; Patricia Gibson, Grange; Betty Jean Gilmore, Kentland; Gerrie Glover, Anderson; Irene Harris, Sullivan; Elsie Hathaway, Winamac; Edna Hauenstein, Tell City; Mary Alice Hawkins, Noblesville; Dorothy Henderson, New Haven; Kathryn Hickred, Ft. Branch; Joan Holmberg, South, K Bend; Margaret Kampschaefer, Evansville, Bettye Karger, Evansville; Kend ushville; Margaret Kime, Sue Lapping, Plymouth; Esther McGinness, Evansville; BoPeep McMillen, Bloomington; Mary Anne Minton, New Albany; Jeanine Moore, Danville, Ill; Phyllis Myers, Hartford City; Priscilla Phipps, Pendleton; Jeanne C. Reese, Brazil; Anna Louise Roedel, Boonville; Norma Roof, Anderson; Beverly Shaver, Chicago, Ill.; Leanore Stapp, - ford; Thelma Wainwright, Rushville; Mary Jean Williams, Worthington, and Doris Wilson, Bicknell.

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Bomber Crew Outrides 30

United States army air force headquarters yesterday revealed the story behind the air medals recent-

fortress crew who successfully bat-

fighters and safely reached base after raiding Lille.

shot down four Nazi planes and probably destroyed four more, and coat nor gloves, operated the tail then limped home with one motor

knocked out, one wing tip rolled | y up “like a sardine can,” the rudder barrel—it was so hot it bent,” 1st an embankment on the Indian res-

| control half-frozen and with one | Lieut. Edward P. Malisewski, Grosse crvation. . member of the crew badly wounded. Pointe, Mich, the co-pilot, said. | Ritchie said he and Roedl posed

Ansley, Ala. the tail gunner, his ner, Staff Sergt. Raleigh W. Hollo-

from a German cannon shell, continued to fire his one remaining under Maj. Gen. Millard F. Har- g minutes and brought down one ene- | to the ground. my fighter.

Houston, Tex., the pilot, described { story during a visit to an American the battle:

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SONG SIGNAL FOR SLAYING WOMAN

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 20 (U, P.).—The hammer-murder of Mrs. Abigale Williams on the Unital»Ouray Indian reservation in Utah Oct. 12, was committed while one of the two men involved sang, “Writing Love Letters in the Sand,” the FBI said today. Jay Newman, special agent in charge of the FBI in Salt Lake City, said Roy Ritchie, 26, has signsd a confession admitting that he and James Roedl, 26, murdered Mrs. Williams and threw her body over

Nazi Planes and Downs 6

‘LONDON, Nov. 20 (U. _P.).— they knocked us out of formation, I knew we were in trouble. When they slammed two cannon shells into the rudder controls, I told the boys to get ready to bale out.” . But the boys stood by their guns {and drove off the attackers. The navigator, 2d Lieut. George J. Spellman, Holyoke, Mass, dragged De John into the radio {room and, although he had neither

y awarded six members of a flying

led 30 German Focke-Wulf-190

The big bomber’s guns definitely

gun in 20 below zero temperatures. “You should have seen that gun

as hitch-hikers and were picked up by the woman just outside Denver.

eft side sprayed with fragments way, Fredericksburg, Va., blew an They planned to kill her, he said, | enemy plape to bits, and the Jowe: and take her automobile. {turret gunner, Staff Sergt. John E.| Ritchie declared the signal for un with only one hand for 10 Owens, Roanoke, Va., sent another committing the murder was given {by Roedl when he sang: “On a day like today, we pass our time away, writing love letters on

the sand.” Roedl then struck Mrs. Williams on the head with a hammer several

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