Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1943 — Page 3
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Nazis in Russia Plot Hitler Fall
* MOSCOW, Sept. 20 (U. P).—
ment in Germany to seek peace with the united nations, it was announced .today. A group of 100 officers of the, 8th army who are now in Soviet
‘overthrow of the Nazi regime. ~ The Communist newspaper - Pravda today reprinted a full page “of the newspaper “Freies Deutsch land,” which disclosed that delegates representing five prison camps met near Moscow on Sept. 11 and organized the officers’
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FILE MURDER CHARGE AGAINST 2 BROTHERS
Charges of murder were filed today against Fred Smith, 51, and his brother, Tom, 40, both of 1323 Montcalm st., as the result of the death in the Veterans’ hospital early yesterday of William Tomlinson, 43, of 1108 Central ave: Tomlinson was stabbed fatally early Saturday morning outside the Old Homestead tavern, 1150 W. 18th st., after an argument in the tavern at closing time. Detectives said they knew of no reason why Tomlinson should have been singled out for the attack.
RATIO
N BOOK 4 SETUP IS TOLD
OPA Will Use Schools to Handle October Applications.
With three canned goods stamps and one gasoline coupon expiring this week, the OPA today announced the provisions of war ration book 4 which will be distributed late in October. Blue stamps R, 8 and T die at midnight tonight but blue stamps U, V and W will be good until midnight Oct. 20. Gasoline stamp 7 in motorists’ A books expire at mid night tomorrow when stamp 8 becomes good for three gallons each. Ration book 4, to be issued by the schools the last 10 days of October will: contain 384 small-size stamps, red, blue, green and black, and will cover all foods now rationed as well as possible additional needs for ration currency.
First Stamps Green
The first stamps to come into use will be the green ones, which will be valid “sometime in November” on an interim basis in connection with blue processed food stamps in much the same way that the brown stamps in Ration Book 3 are being used in the meats-fats program. ...The red and blue stamps will be used as before to buy rationed
tokens, or coins, will be issued “early in 1944” to be used as change for blue ;
longer tioned, the OPA explained the coffee stamps will be considered the same as spares. It said spares may be used “in case any additional ration’ currency is needed for any of the programs.” : . The OPA said schools were being used instead of the mails because there was insufficient time between completion of the mailing of book three and the date when book four goes into use to handle applications
REPORT ITALIANS * WRECK TUNNEL
LONDON, . Sept... 20 (U.P). Italian soldiers destroyed the $12.-
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Here's a preview of war ration book No. 4, with its smaller size numbered stamps and coupons labeled with specific commodities like sugar. Ti contains enough coupons to last for a long period.
* » Windsors in U.S. » eo 0p For Brief Visit BOSTON, Sept. 20 (U. P. ~The Duke and Duchess of Windsor to day were en route here from Miami, Fla, to visit the duchess’ aunt, 70-year-old Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman of Washington who is in a hospital with 8 fractured hip. x No reception was planned for the royal couple who announced last night from Miami that their visit—their first to Boston—would be brief. Official duties hitherto had prevented the duke, governor-general of the Bahamas, from leaving Nassau. The duke and duchess plan to stop at New York and Washington after visiting Mrs. Merryman. The duchess’ “Aunt Bessie” was injured in a fall at Hyannis, Mass; Aug. 27.
JUGOSLAV PATRIOTS TAKE TWO ISLANDS
LONDON, Sept. 20 (U. P), — Croat guerrillas fighting under Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch were reported today to have occupied the Adriatic islands of Krk and Rab, south of Fiume, further strengthening coastal positions held by the Jugoslav patriots fighting the Germans. Units of the Croat fleet helped gain control of the islands after joining the guerrillas, according to word reaching Jugoslav headquarters in London. Large parts of the Italian Isonzo and Lombardia diVisions . also... were. .sald to. have Joined Mikhatlovitch. There were indications that the
the Adriatic coast, using both land and air forces.: The patriots were believed in control of practically all
+ {of the Dalmatian coast.
The Germans have been pouring fresh troops into the Balkans in preparation for a last-ditch stand, according to reliable information received in Ankara, Turkey. The present Nazi strength in the Balkans was estimated at 20-divisions; or up to 300,000 men.
THREE CUE ARTISTS APPEAR WEDNESDAY
Three top billiard players will be in town tomorrow and Wednesday night to give exhibitions.
WOUNDED MAN
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Police Seize Goods Apartment, After Shot Fells Suspect.
Dewey George Elliott, 42, wounded when he allegedly attempted to escape from police, was held on a vagrancy charge today while police investigated his possible connection with North side burglaries and shoplifting. Detectives said that he was dis-
playing women's dresses to his wife in her apartment at 724% N, Ala-
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sought to question him regarding a stolen radio. rm They said he fled down the stairs, and, when he failed“to obey orders to stop, Detective Thomas Naumsek fired twice, one of the bullets striking Elliott in the left arm. He was taken to City” hospital. : Polite said that in a room Elliott had rented at 905 Edison ave. they found a shotgun, four rifles, two pistols, fishing equipment, and suitcases of assorted dry goods and other articles. Detective Chief Jesse McMurty urged that victims of recent burglaries on the North side come to headquarters to see if they can identify any of the articles. Elliott's wife also was held on a vagrancy charge, and his 18-year-old stepdaughter was taken to the Juvenile detention home,
TWO MARION GOUNTY PRISONERS PAROLED
Paroled were Albert Donaldson, sentenced here in February, 1927, to one to eight years and life for petit larceny and habitual criminal; and Harry Beebe, sentenced here in December, 1935, to. 25 years for robbery. Beebe is wanted by Kentucky and Ohio authorities on other charges. Denied paroles were Roy Dixon,
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Chiria's vast manpower can be util. ized in striking a mortal blow at the Jap army. Will it be necessary for the United
“States “ultimately “to send a hiige land army to China to expel the
Jap from Chinese soil? Or will Chiang Kai-shek’s forces, with American armament and assisted by Anglo-American naval and air support, be strong enough to bear the main brunt of this task themselves? Burma to Provide Test
‘We do not know the answers yet, but the showing of Chinese under training here gives reason for encouragement. The test will come
. |when this token force goes up against the Jap army in Burma, On}
the basis of its performance in combat it should be easier to assess China's military powers.
is Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, com‘'mander of U, 8, forces in China, Burma and India, He always has maintained that, with good train.
ership, the Chinese soldier is the equal of the Japanese, He and his staff are confident that results of this experiment will vindicate their th
Chinese soldiers I watched under training here simply. were un« recogiizable as the same men who straggled—emaciated, tattered and disease-ridden—out of Burma more than a year ago. oo Their torn uniforms have been replaced with smart khaki outfits-pro-vided by the British under reverse lend lease. Their personal equipment is similar to that issued to the British Tommy in India.
Never Had Shoes Before The day I arrived at the center, Chinese soldiers were receiving an issue of leather shoes—the first real shoes most of them ever had possessed. They could not have been more pleased if they had been presented with gold watches. The only footwear they had known before
ton trucks, and are they proud of them! In China where ammunition is precious they got little target practice, but here they can shoot until the cows come home.
a ——————— WRC GROUP TO MEET Maj. Robert Anderson, Women"s Relief Corps 44, will meet at 1 p. m. tomorrow at Ft. Priendly, 512 N. Illinois st. Mrs. Mary Haley is president,
perving two to 14 years for a sex
U. S. ENVOY LEAVES RUSSIA, HOME-BOUND
MOSCOW, Sept. 20 (U, P.) —Adm. Willlam H. Standley, United States
ambassador to the Soviet Union, has | peny.
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The sister, Julia Rose, 18 months, was in fair condition at the hose
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old daughter, Jerolyn, were able to
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jeave the hospital after treatment, _ Rites Set for Mother i Funeral services for ‘Mrs. Nancy Cole, 27, who was killed will be held Wednesday afternoon in Salem, Ind, Mrs. Cole was born in Culver, Ind, and moved here recently - from Salem. x Survivors, besides her husband and three children, are her parents, ME, and Mrs. Henry © Buckhelstesr; = three sisters, Lt. Julia Buckheister with the nurses’ corps at Ft. Hayes, O.; Mrs. Betty Shafer, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Irene Cole, Campelisburg, and four brothers, Henry Bucke heister Jr, Robert and Ernest Buck heister, all of Indianapolis, and Bus gene Buckhelster of Sioux Falls, 8D
DISABLED VETERANS ASK FOR REFORMS
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (U. P) The disabled American veterans, closing its 22nd national convention today, adopted a six-point program for the care of disabled veterans of the present war, The resolution, “based upon our experience following world war 1” urged the government to: Take care of the disabled first} abolish red tape and administer veterans’ benefits under a single government agency; expand hospital facilities; preserve vocational traine ing during disability; provide ems ployment for disabled veterans at prevailing wages; provide adequate
CORONER PROBING DEATH OF INFANT
‘Ice Pick’ Thief Appears Again
AN “ICE PICK” burglar con: tinues to menace North side homes. Early yesterday morning, Phyllis Bundy, 31, of 2814 -N, Capitol ave, awakened to find a man standing beside her bed. Donald Randall, 5, who was visiting her also was in the room. “Don’t. scream or I'll hit the boy,” he threatened. But. she screamed and he fled through a window from which he had picked a screen lock to enter, He took $18 from her pocket-
{body was wrapped was the -only | clue police had today in seeking the | identity of the person who threw a one-day-old baby from a bridge to a sandbar in White River near Southport. The body of the infant, which Coroner Roy B.” Storms said ap-
parently was born unattended, was found yesterday morning by Alyin | Adams and Robert Alff, both 18. (It was wrapped in a pink slip on Twhich there were blood stains. The coroner will conduct Aan outopsy today to determine cause of death; Ga y 3
STRAUSS SAYS: STORE HOURS MONDAY 12:15 till
LISTEN ON FRIDAY "NIGHTS, WIRE 9:45,
“FIGHTING HEROES OF THE U.S. NAVY”
compensation geared to cost of i-living.
The convention chose Denver,
An undergarment in which the Colo, for the next convention, to
[be held Sept. 1 to 10, 1044,
'SERIAL NUMBERS AID ARMY ON INQUIRIES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20- (U, P), ~The war department today asked
serial fiumber whenever they submit inquiries to official agencies cone cerning officers or enlisted persone nel, : ? Many members of the armed . forces have identical names, the was department explained, and the only method of absolute identificatiofi is by serial umber;
The NAVY has moined a’
Store (fo this area)—t present Officers’ Uniforms and Accessories under the
Naval Plan,
This straight-line; selective (sailor—tailor—retailer)—
creates a standard of quality and that i evidently impossible under
other method.
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