Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1943 — Page 9
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Judge Cox Says City Police Tactics Resemble 'Gestapo'
Charging that some police tactics here “resemble gestapo methods,”
Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox today ordered released from jail'a 1§-year-cld pal of a youth who recently: accused’ city detectives of instigating a ¢frame-up” burglary. “The practice of police going to this boy's home and picking him up on suspicion every time there is a burglarly case resembles gestapo methods,” Judge Cox said. “1 think police should not molest this boy unless they know he has committed a crime.” Records show that the youth had been arrested several times in connection with thefts and that he had been found guilty of some of the offenses. In ordering the boy released to his father, Judge Cox admonished police officers to “leave this boy {alone for a while and give him a chance to straighten himself out.” The hearing was on 2a habeas corpus petition which charged that a juvenile court affidavit on which the youth was sent to jail two months ago was illegal.
Failed to State Details
Judge Cox held that the form of affidavit failed to state the details lof the offense charged against the boy in violation of the constitution. The defendant admitted that he {was a member of a gang of south [side boys allegedly involved in several burglaries. Another member of the gang, a 15-year-old boy, was ordered released by Judge Cox in a similar hearing a month ago, when the accused lad testified that a city detective instigated -a “frame-up” {burglary to trap members of the | gang.
Russia Warns Of Big Attack
MOSCOW, May 14 (U.P.).— The official Red army newspaper, Red Star, said today that a big scale offensive was imminent on the Russian front and warned that Germany still was capable of attacking in great force. The announcement followed the Soviet mid-day communique which said the Red air force, continuing its offensive against German supply and communica tions lines, destroyed 40 railway cars and sank four enemy ships in the Barents sea. An editorial in Red Star said a large scale German tank attack was expected. The newspaper suggested that the German high command would pin its hopes on its armored and aerial forces.
FLOOD CREST DUE The detective, Thomas ‘Naumsek, Wih= was cleared of the charge by the
By NEA Service | safety board after the boy's story The Wabash and White rivers Was thoroughly aired at a recent continued to rise slowly today and | Public hearing.
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were expected Sunday or Monday. WASHINGTON, May 14 (U, P.) —
The bureau said that no estimate | of ‘Crop damage in lowlands could ' Sixteen months after it was assumed be made until high water recedes. | that the entire crew of the U. S. At Lafayette, the Wabash began | heavy cruiser Houston was lost in falling after reaching a crest of 21.3 'the battle of the Java sea, it befeet. Stages of 20 feet at Vincennes came known today that at least iseven members of the crew are and 19 at New Harmony were ex-|
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Their names were among those Closed roads included U. S. 43|of 1044 naval officers and enlisted north of Lafayette, 59 north of men listed by the navy as being Howesville, U. S. 63 north of U. S. held prisoner by the Japanese. 234, State 157 at the Green-Owens| The list, first of its kind to be county line and northwest ofireleased by the navy, also disclosed
Bloomfield, State 168 east of Ft./that at least two men survived the
Branch, U. S. 234 east of State 863. destroyer Pope.
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doubtedly had Alaska as its ultimate destination. The southern arm of the twopronged Japanese offensive at that time was repelledat Midway. The northern arm also was turned back from its major objective—the American base at Dutch Harbor—but the enemy did succeed in eastlbishing themselves on the western end of the Aleutian string. Attu is protected by strong ocean currents and treacherous offshore rocks and hidden reefs. Chichagof harbor on the North coast offers good shelter for vessels of less than 14 feet draft. The navy, however, gave no hint as to where the American landings were made. Attu is 233 nautical miles west of Amchitka, new American base in the Rat islands. The forces now fighting on Attu may have come from Amchitka, which was occupied by U. S. troops Jan. 12.
Bombarded Island Twice
Up to today Kiska had figured most prominently in communiques from the Aleutians. The first mention of Attu, after the landings in June, 1942, was made by the navy on July 2, last year, in reporting that a patrol plane had observed Japanese transports off that island. In addition to air raids on Attu, U. 8. surface forces have twice bombarded the isiand — the first time on Feb. 18 and the second time on last April 24. The Japanese apparently had been using Attu chiefly as a supply base and as a refueling point for ships headed toward Kiska. Last week, however, the navy revealed that the enemy had been constructing a landing strip on the island, and it was believed Japanese had intended to make Attu a base for bombers. In addition to Chichagof harbor, Attu has two other shore indentations where small vessels can be accommodated. One is Holtz bay, west of Chichagof, and the other is Sarana bay on the northeast shore.
Japs Well Intrenched
| The Japanese were believed to be | well intrenched on both Attu and (Kiska islands but the number of | enemy soldiers garrisoned on Attu i was not known. The latest air attack on Kiska | was reported yesterday. A Washingjton communique said Mitchells {bombed the airplane runway and main camp area on the Barren is{land Tuesday in the 221st attack |since March 1. The enemy is be{lieved to have a submarine base jon Kiska.
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Invasion of Italy Would Aid
A Major Push in Balkans
By VICTOR GORDON LENNOX Copyright, 1943, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine.
‘LONDON, May 14.—While the invasion of Sicily and Sardinia may be considered essential for securing the Mediterranean west-east sea route, the occupation of the Italian mainland holds out only limited attractions. True, by forcing Germany's Italian axis partuer to conclude a separate peace, the allies would secure the great advantage of prestige. And they would rob Germany of a considerable manpower pool, a fleet in being, and considerable ‘industrial potential which, howsver, can operate only by receiving raw materials and fuel from Germany. = ” 2 ” 2 2 BUT, FOR the next move toward invasion of Germany itself, the allied armies would be little further forward. The whole range of the Alps, with one main pass into France, three into neutral Switzerland and one—the Brenner—into Austria, would confront them as a formidable barrier. Even the task of breaking out eastward from the Venetian plain through the Carnic Alps into southern Austria would be a task of considerable difficulty.
It would appear, therefore, that in holding Italy, the |
allies’ sole strategic advantage would be as part of yet
another main line of attack, namely, the drive from the |
southeast through the Balkans. 2 » ” » ® » FOR, WITH the western ports of the Adriatic under allied control, the liberation of Yugoslavia would be greatly facilitated. This third line of attack, from the southeast through the Balkans, offers many attractions. There is, first, the objective of first class importance which, in certain circumstances, could be reached without the necessity of forcing any major mountain range. That objective is the Rumanian oil fields of Ploesti. Lying at the foot of the Transylvanian Alps in the Danube basin, 40 miles north of Bucharest, the Rumanian wells are responsible for one-third of all axis oil production. = ” 2 ” ” ® WITHOUT THIS oil, Germany's war machine inevitably will be brought to a standstill before long, assuming that the enemy’s forces of land and air were, meanwhile, being fully engaged. The enemy's supplies of gasoline are running low, in tanks. The loss of 33 per cent of his supplies, with a threat to supplementary sources situated in Hungary, Austria and Poland on which he draws, would make it impossible for him to continue warfare on a grand séale for many months. At first glance, the task appears formidable. It would involve the recapture of Crete and opposed landings in
difficult mountainous country in Greece, with many threats to allied shipping from enemy bases in the Aegean islands. But were Turkey to decide that the time had come to abandon its non-beiligerent roie and take up arms actively in support of the anglo-Turkish alliance, the whole
of other resistance points in the Aegean could be swiftly accom plished. With the Turkish straits open to allied supply and warships, an army, debouching into Bulgaria and pressing on to Rumania, could be supported without too great
It was reealled that two other
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occupation of Guadalcanal—were
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situation would undergo a remarkable transformation. From many fine airfields, which have been constructed in Turkey during the last two years, an allied bomber force could quickly induce Mussolini’s Dodecanese is-
difficulty. In each of these Balkan states, the Germans are confronted by the problem of hostile populations and active sympathizers with the Russian and allied cause are numerous and probably well or-
Aleutians, which stretch in a long string westward from the southern Alaska peninsula, were revealed by the U. S. navy on June 12, 1942, Only nine days ago the Berlin
ry | radio, in an analysis of the Alaskén
situation from the axis viewpoint,
\l|said the United States was ready {ito attack Japanese positions on {| both Attu and Kiska.
The report was credited to Japanese reconnaissance fliers who spotted the construction of the U.
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“Nobody in Japan deceives himself light-heartedly as regards the grave consequences which success of an American attack would signify for Japan,” the broadcast said,
Lewis Kiefer,
G. O. P. Aid, Dies
LEWIS KIEFER, bailiff in superior court 3 and active in Republican politics for 56 years, died at Methedist hospital today. He was 73. A life-long resident of Indianapolis, Mr. Kiefer, who lived at 431 N. Sherman dr, was a precinct committeeman in the 9th ward and had been active in party work since he was in high school. : He was a former justice of peace, Center township, worked in the sheriff's office, and served as court bailiff in a previous Republican administration 15 years ago, He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Stauch, Indianapolis. Mr. Kiefer, a native of Cincinnati, came ‘to Indianapolis as a small child. He has been active in Republican politics since 1803. Besides serving as precinet committeemean, he was ward committeeman for the ninth and 10th wards.
ss ‘es =» HE WAS deputy sheriff under Cyrus J. Clark, Eugene Sauley and Robert Metzger. He was the Justice of the peace in Center township for two terms, retiring in 1922, when he was admitted to the bar, allowed to practice in Marion county circuit state supreme court and the U. 8. court. From 1926-30 he was bailiff under Judge W. O. pi. He was a member of Indian< apolis lodge, Odd Fellows. Surviving besides the daughter are brothers, Adam and Andrew, Indianapolis, and a grandson, Indianapolis.
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only one other obstacle would remain to the allied advance through Hungary toward the heart of Germany. That obstacle is the iron gate, where the Danube carves its way through the lower hills lying between the Transylvania Alps and the mountains of Yugoslavia. ‘To ensure the success of this operation, 'it would he of great
- advantage were the Russians able
to resume their Ukranian counters offensive and compel German res tirement to the line of the Dniester. But that must take time and it is evident that the Germans thems selves mean to attack fiercely in the Kharkov sector as soon as
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It could be argued that one disadvantage to launching the invasion of Europe from the southeast is the much greater distance over which ship-borne supplies must be brought. But with the Mediterranean route again firmly in allied hands and the shipping supply line ‘to
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