Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1943 — Page 19
HINT NO. 3 NAZI
18 IRRATIONAL
Babbles of Persecution; 4 Is Considered a Loss To Allies.
LONDON, May t (tf BP) —After two years of captivity the war's most famous prisoner—Rudolf Hess —Was described today by reliable sources as a “complete loss” to the
By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Dr. William F, Rothenburger, who resighed last night as the pastor of the Third Christian chureh, will give a large part of hig time to help build up friendship between North and South America.
The co-operation and good will of these two continents is one of the most important things that can
|be accomplished in the present
allies and becoming more and more! World shakeup, Dr. Rothenburger
irrational and neurotie. Hess, the one-time deputy fuehrer
believes, He is a trustee of Ward college at
of the Nazi party, was reported still
housed in an internment camp, ported jointly by Methodists and
where he lives the routine life of a prisoner plagued by an inereasing persecution complex, He was said to have once ealled his guards several times a day to complain that “you are plotting against me” His general health was said to be “not bad,” though it was becoming increasingly difficult “to make any sense out of what he is talking about.”
Still Talking of Russ
Recalling that Hess arrived in| Britain on May 10, 1041, an informant said: “Before he landed we would have thought it worthwhile to do) almost anything in order to get the No. 3 Nazi in our hands. Once!
Disciples of Christ. Dr. Rothenburger resigned effective Sept. 7. the date which will mark the 16th anniversary of his storate here. “Deep regret” at his resighation was expressed by H. B. Holloway, chairman of the church board. Mr. Holloway was authorized to appoint a committee to select a new minister. Dr. Rothenburger has always been internationally-minded. He visited South America and became particularly interested in that continent some years ago as a member of a good will seminar which hela sessions in Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and the islands of Trinidad
Buenos Aires, a unified college sup- §§
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Dr. Rothenburger Resigns |PROBE SHOOTING As Third Christian's Pastor] , AT SELFRIDGE
Army Board Puts Deposed Colonel Under Observa-
tion; Vietim ‘Fair.’
SELFRIDGE FIELD, Mich, May 7 (U. POA board of army officers today continued its investigation of the shooting of a Negro soldier by Col. William T. Colman, 30, deposed commandant of Selfridge field army air base, Colman was relieved of his command and placed under arrest ime mediately after the shooting of Pvt, William McRae, 24, Morven, N. C., about 1 a. m. Wednesday. Colman is under observation by medical : corps personnel at the army's Perey { : Jones General hospital, Battle . | Creek, Mich. McRae is under treatment at the Dr. Rothenburger base hospital here, reportedly suffering from bullet wounds in the members of his family agreed that abdomen, His condition was dethe close of the 16th year of his|scribed as “fair” pastorate that he would “surrender| Meantime, command of the post the task to someone else.” hag been taken over by Col. William While he does not intend to take |B. Wright, for the last eight months another pastorate, he will preach |base commander at Barksdale Field, occasionally upon invitations, La. Upon completion of its investiga« Taught School tion, the board of officers was exHe was educated at Ohio Normal pected to report its findings to the
we got him, we found out differ- and Santo Domingo. university, at Hiram college and the ently, He has been a complete Collected Paintings University of Chicago. Spokane unilogs. An evidence of Dr. Rothenburger's | Versity conferred upon him the honHe suffers from several fixed | to. interest and travel are the 50 orary degree of divinity. ldeas, and it iS ho good trying tO que; of painting masterpieces He taught school for three years talk to hith about others, His prin. fh 0h nang in the various rooms [early in life and held pastorates at cipal fixed idea is the same lang Of the Third church. ‘The original | Ashtabula and Cleveland, O., and wih ich Je apityed Rin the [of one, “Christ, the Light of the|at Springfield, Ill, before coming a ae : 1. | World® by Holman Hunt was seen | here, Whole ROI and het Bngland, He by Dr. and Mrs. Rothenburger in| He has three daughters, Mrs. Mal. thee world inuth join with Germany | St Paul's Cathedral in London and colm Ferguson, Washington, D. C.} to defeat the Soviets He st arted | I? spite of the severe hombing since Mrs. E. Rogers, Indianapolis, and talking about that as sooh 8s he | the picture is still unharmed, Dr. | Miss Wilma Rothenburger, a senior ha Rothenburger said, [8 DePauw university,
landed and he never has stopped.” Despite a parliamentary inquiry| Christian unity, one of the earli-| Mrs. Rothenburger, an accom-
implying that Mrs. Hess now is in |est ideals of the Disciples of Chis, | plished writer, who was his constant Britain, there was every indication Was furthered by Dr. Rothenburger companion oh his numerous trips in official quarters that she is not, when he was president of the Diss | abroad, died Match 27, 1042, |ciples’ international convention in| TT. =r o Hess Location Secret 1934. Then, he held an “open plat- | The question of whether she form” urging all branches of the BAER FIELD SOLDIER would be allowed to come to Britain | op ictian church to have a voice | was raised originally by Laborite,epaiqiecs of doctrine. He also ine William Thorne last October, when 4,0 rated a commission for the re- CITED FOR BRAVERY it was established that she was then | qtudy of the Disciples and has in either Switzerland or Italy. [served as the commission secretary FT. WAYNE, Ind, May 7 (U. P), He Seat location of Het ever since, “|—Cpl. Bruce Stone, 22-year-old internment camp cannot “| He star ; vealed. Despite the fact that he has delivery a a Sheeches THE/IHES 0! 1S Bik: EUAN). fines S ~~ Iron stationed at Baer field, receives
been in Britain two years, many| national conventions which i A Nndetails of his arrival still were ob-| in ; CO the soldiers’ medal for “bravery ues to grow. over and above the call of duty" at
secure in the face of repeated parliamentary inquiry, and probably Church Has Grown decorational ceremonies during rewill remain so until the end of the| Under his chairmanship, a com- | treat at the air base today: war, mission revamped the missionary; Cpl. Stone, a native of GreenHowever, it was established be-|setup of the Disciples. wood, Miss, is being cited for saving yond doubt that his motive in the In his own church here, he built|the lite of Wiley R. Smith, 21, of sensational flight was an attempt the educational building, was in-| Waterloo. Ala. to bring Britain into the war Sttumental in employing Prof.| Smith was rescued from a burning against Russia alongside Germany. (Joseph Lautner as choir master and | reconnaissance car by Cpl. Stone He was said to lack an under-| Mrs. Ruth Estes as director of re-|aftor it was involved in an sccident standing of why his proposals fell | ligious education, near the base last August, Cpl flat, and that was believed to be one| His church has grown under his|gione also made two unsuccessful reason for his progressive mental leadership until it now stands fifth | attempts to pull Pre. Alex E. Ruddeterioration, in point of giving to all causes|,jtcky from the flaming wreckage.
Hess was understood never to have hong the Sow congregations of the npn given the British any military in-|Disciples of Christ. His church oo formation. One possible benefit | School is pre Wi the largest in the) MACHINE SHOP HERE vom his presence was further con- | country and he has received more Joan of the Nazi intention to] than 2000 into membership during DAMAGED BY FIRE ttack Russia, as British quarters|DiS pastorate which began in 1927.| , see in the machine shop buildalready were convinced Adolf Hitler Will Preach Some
was going to de, Dr. Rothenburger is a member |of fertilizers, early today, caused One Version Cited |of the board of Flanner House and amore than $3000 in damage as According to one version, Hess| frequent speaker in churches of all| flames swept over a tractor under brought a semi-formal proposal un-idenominations. He is scheduled to repair and spread to the roof. der which Germany would agree continue his active duties as pastor, Backfire from the tractor is beto peace with Britain if Britain until about Aug. 1 when he will go|lieved to have caused the blaze. agreed to return the Geman col-|on veecation. [Firemen had to lay more than 1000
onies, pay substantial indemnities, The pastor said that he and!/feet of hose to reach water. cut down her armed forces, ROW |
the Germans full sway over Europe : ' ! ® and joint control of the Suez canal, C b f T f | w w +h and make various Mediterranean | om a $s o a ar I
concessions to Germany, Italy and
Sn best sources insisted, how- Ch ur ch of Total Religion’
ever, that he had no such detailed plan. NEW YORK, May 7 (U. P).—] “Total religion, which touched Hess' status is that of a prisoner | Dr. Janet Aiken, former English life at every point, is the answer of war. He receives the .regular| teacher at Columbia university who to total war and the total state,” prisoners’ ration, and is allowed lim- once criticized the president's gram- [she explained. She said she was ited reading material, intluding mar and protested shoe rationing resisting the “total state” when she books, magazines and newspapers bY going barefoot in winter, today walked barefoot in February some But he has not shown much inter- launched her movement for “total 10 miles from her home to the est in readi.g. {religion” which is her answer to{mayor's office to leave a protest He spends most of his time brood- | total war. against shoe rationing. ing, occasionally writing, but mostly] Dr. Aiken, a pretty, alert and| “We have no buildings, no talking, provided he can get a guard 8racious little woman, author of a finances, no organization, no paid to listen to him. |dozen text books and two books on workers. Anybody can belong and, {philosophy — her philosophy — said in fact, everybody does belong as (the home into which she has just this is total, universal, unselfish,
Fs D. R. TO RUN AGAIN, moved will be “a contagion center practical religion.”
for good.” : Dr. Aiken held a preliminary G. 0. P. CH IEF CLAIMS “I have become a practical con- meeting in Central park at which
COLUMBUS, O., May 7 (U. P.).— Sulting philosopher,” said Dr. Aiken, she announced to several hundred President Roosevelt undoubtedly who wrote one book without once | interested bystanders that they and will seek a fourth term and will be USINg “whom and criticised Presi- everybody else are members in good a more “formidable candidate” if dent Roosevelt for saying “engineers standing of “your church,” the y . are just like the plain folks all of name she selected for those who us ave.” The president said he did want to meet together to practice
ing of Kingsbury & Co, Inc, maker
the war is still in progress than if ended, but a Republican president
war department at Washington, Informed sources indicated Colman probably would face court-martial proceedings. Served in Philippines Colman, a native of Dunkirk, N. Y. was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1026. He completed flight training in 1020 and subsequently served at Langley field, Va, in the Philippines and with the army air forces materiel division at Wright field, ©. He is marired and has two sons. It was learned that McRae, a motor vehicle driver, was shot shortly after he delivered a car to Colman near the front steps of the administration building. Two soldiers reportedly witnessed the shooting and immediately called the officer of the day. The latter called the provost marshal, who placed Colman under arrest and relieved him of his command,
All Wear Khaki At This Nuptial
’ BUFFALO, May 7 (U. P) —The bride wore khaki, and so did all the rest of her wedding party at Buffalo's first WAAC military wedding today. Corp. Mildred M. Geib and her bridegroom, Sgt. William J. Ladd of Philadelphia, and the maid of honor and best man were all in uniforms. A guard of honor was formed by 20 WAACs from the 15th company stationed here. Aux. Josephine M. Battaglia, of Buffalo, was maid of honor, and Pvt. Walter Krosiak of Pittsburgh, best man, After a three-day honeymoon, the miiltary couple will report to their respective stations—she to her post here, he to Syracuse, NY.
BRITISH SOLDIERS JAILED FOR GOSSIP
LONDON, May 7 (U. P.).—The British government, warning against careless talk, revealed today that a number of soldiers had been cashfered or jailed for disclosing military information. One .case included in a published digest was that of a senior officer, broken and sent up for a year because he gossiped to a dinner friend about a second front. Another soldier who arranged a code with his wife to let her know where he'd be stationed, drew a sixmonth sentence, ik 0. E. 8. TO HONOR COX Monument chapter, 0. E. 8.. will observe the anniversary of its founding at 6 p. m. Monday in the Masonic temple, 525 N. Illinois st. Honored guest will be Otto Ww. Cox, worthy grand patron: of the state group and first worthy patron of the Monument group.
——— ek HINT DUTCH RISING URGED
LONDON, May 7 (U. P.).—The Aneta (Dutch) news agency said today an underground Netherlands newspaper had called for an all-out effort by patriots to resist the Nazis on the heels of axis reports that an uprising in Holland had been beaten
will be elected in 1944, Chairman n° Such thing |total religion.
down by machine-gun forces.
Harrison E. Spangler of the Re-
pbitean national committee said Fred Chapman, Killed in Icela
“President Roosevelt will be a] more formidable candidate if the! war is still going on than if the war is ended,” he said. “I have little doubt the president will seek al By HARRISON SALISBURY |dium-sized city where he would be fourth term unless conditions next United Press Staff Correspondent starting out to bring up a family, summer indicate to him that he! p[ONDON, May 7.—What hap-|playing golf on Saturday afternoons.
nd Crash,
Was Worried About Bickering Back Here
“What I want to do as soon as the war is over is get back to the United States, get a good job,
couldn't win. In that case he would pened to Fred Chapman has hapnot run.” pened to a lot of Americans in this war and it's going to happen
to a lot more before the war is over. BICKNELL PARENTS iS He died for his country. J Fred Chapman—Lt. Col. Fred H. GET SONS DIPLO Chapin an aid to Lt. Gen. BICKNELL, Ind, May 7 (U. P.O). Frank M. Andrews. Both were —When diplomas were handed tO yjlled when their plane crashed in graduates of Bicknell high school] reeland Monday. vesterday, parents of seven boys Was Typical American
were on hand to receive the sheep- Fred was an old and close friend skins. The boys all are in the navy, but oF ie und . on Whitin fut were adjudged far enough along in but because he was a typical Amers their studies to deserve graduation. ican who gave his life for his counER Briar try and the story of how he got ATTERBURY MAN DROWNS |, "ihe war and what he thought (U. P.).—The army public relations Fred was an accountant—not a office announced today that Pvt... warlike profession. His home Billie K. Rainey, 20, MacDohald,| yas at Grove Hill, Ala, and when Tenn, was drowned Wednesday he got out of school during the while awimming in the Driftwood depression years he went to Washver at the camp.’ He was a SOn|jhgton and got a job with the govof Mr. and Mrs. George Rainey. ernment in the days when AAA ae ee checks first started pouring out. DIONNES ON ‘ADVENTURE’ He was still working for the govNORTH BAY, Ont, May 7 (U.P). | ernment in 1939 but was just about —The Dionne quintuplets were on ready to get into a private business. the greatest adventure of their ves if ine ot hae not ed rob. today—a rail trip to Superior, Wis, ably wo ve a comfo : e where on Sunday they will christen (in the suburbs of Louisville, Indianfive merchant vessels
going on automobile rides on Sun- marry my best girl and settle days and having neighbors in for|down.," he said. & hand of bridge in the evenings, What worried him most was But the war came. I got a Christ-|what kind of a country he would mas card from him in December,(go back to and what kind of a 1940, from Ft. Bragg, N. C. He had [world he would have to live in. been a reserve artillery officer and| “I'm giving up a lot for my coundecided that America was going to try and that's okay,” he said. “The get into the war sooner or later and, country is worth giving up a lot being single, the best thing he could |for. But what about it? What's it fo was to fon the Sey. wr going to be like when it's over? at was as eard from him until last Feb. 5, when I went Worries Are Over to American headquarters here for| “Are we going to have a chance Gen. Andrews press conference. He to settle down and live decent lives had arrived in London the night be- (Or is there going to be endless fore from Cairo. He was Maj. [rowing and fighting and bickering Chapman then—his appointment|g80ing on the United States and as lieutenant colonel came through |the rest of the world, too? only a couple of weeks before he was| “I don't know a lot about politics killed, labor roubles, high finance and gs like that but I know I don't Wanted to Settle Down want to go back to the United He had traveled far since his|States and find that the war is A. A A. accounting days. From Ft. starting all over again on the home Bragg to Ft. Sill, down to Panama, ground. I think we'll all be pretty where he was attached to Andrews'|tired of fighting by the time the staff, all over Central America and| Germans and Japs are licked and the Caribbean, then to Africa and the boys are going to be pretty finally London. sore if they go back home and find He was filled with wonderment |folks still throwing brickbats over the travels the fortunes of war through each other's windows.” { him. But he wanted to| Well, Fred isn't
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