Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1944 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

_ FRIDAY, /, APRIL 21, 1104

Odessa s Fall Ends Anfonescu's Drea of Rich Romanian Empire

ODESSA, April 14 (Delayed). —

When Adolf Hitler had his big

dream, or nightmare if you prefer, a lot of little Hitlers had similar smaller-scale visions. One of them reached its end

here in this still-smoking port and ruins of Odessa industry. Romanian Puppet Ion Antonescu, whose only support seems increasingly to be the remaining power of the wehrmacht, had planned an empire. This was to be Romania's first eolony—a fabulously rich region between the Dnesir and Bug rivers ~—to whith he gave the grandiloquent name Transdnestria.

‘Scientists’ Lend Hand

“Scientific” tablished to determine what the

commissions were es-|

pame and that its people were Ros manians who somehow had been leq astray into the Russian fold. And fron the pillared palace that commands a magnificent view of the Black sea where Count Vorontsov once ruled for Nicholas I,

Governor Georgei Alexianu looked out upon his stolen domain, entertained with lavish banquets and spent Odessa’s budget, as one man described it, on women. He was deposed by in February. The Romanian rule never was successful. It boils down to a brief sentence: Romanians not only are not good soldiers; they are not even efficient Nazis. Their repressions were as brutal and their treatment of Jews as ruthless as anything the S.S. (elite guard) ever devised. ~ Their economy was designed as

the Germans

proad-scale embezzlement and corruption such as no city under German occupation ever experienced.

Shot With’ Graft

Not only was the Romanian municipal administration shot through with graft, its church affairs were equally involved in politics and commercial trading under the guise of efforts to Romanianize the population, The Odessa church before the invasion had connection with .the Orthodox Russian church, but once the Romanians arrived they ordered this stopped. They sent a commission of 12 clergymen headed by Julius Scriban of Bucharest university. This group took over the. former metropolitan’s home and bishopric quarters and ordered the Odessa church subservient - to Patriarch Nicodemus in Bucharest.

to all the most lucrative parishes while Russians could obtain a post

only by extensive bribery.

Meanwhile the clerical mission joined the general orgy of speculation, dealing in gold and foreign even worthless

currency and trinkets.

Chaos in Romania

There are numerous indications that some such chaos as this suggests now exists within Romania itself as the Russian army moves

forward.

One need only sée a group of Romanian prisoners to realize immediately how much loyalty the

Nazis purchased.

One tattered Romanian, rounded up in Odessa by the Soviet army, looked more like a circus clown

than a fighting man. “What have you been doing?” asked.

been a deserter for three years. That is typical of their attitude.

CHURCH CLUB PLANS FATHER, SON BANQUET

A father and son banquet, sponsored by the Fellowship club, will be given at the Second Evangelical and Reformed church tonight. The Rev, W. Franklin Lahr is the pastor ‘and 175 persons will attend. The program will include Charles Kryter, toastmaster; Arthur Vitz, song’ leader, and Delmar Wilson, scout executive of the Indianapelis area, will speak. There will be a flag ceremony by the church scouts and the Manual high school glee club will sing.

_CARD PARTY PLANNED

I| Fidelity Rebekah lodge will hold a card party at-6:45 p. m. Monday

NEW CARDS GIVEN | SCOUTS BY CHURCH

The Rev. Blaine W. Kirkpatrick announced _foday that 120 members of Boy Scout troop 77 and Cub pack 22 have received new membership cards at the Riverside Park Methodist church.

Sponsored by the Rev. Kirkpatrick, 96 boys are in the Cub pack and 85 in the Scout troop, including 14 in the armed services. Herman Olson is scoutmaster and cubmaster ‘and Richard Murray, senior patrol - leader. Assistant Scoutmasters include Ernest Jarvis, Ottis Williams, Claude Noggle, Walter Krassick, Glenn McCory, Bill Ruesch and Don Olsen. Herbert Cheetham, troop committee chairman, and Walter Teal, pack committee chairman, are assisted by Dallas Murray, Harry Schellert, John Lucas, Paul Bratton, George Richter, C. A. Sheldon and Charles

duit Keep Reading Pyle

“tg you

cartoons which are typical of

recently to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E Kennedy, 518 Tabor st.

Pvt. Kennedy, § who has been at §

Anzio beachhead since the middle

of January, has served with the infantry in Africa and Sicily, His brother, Robert K. Kennedy, sound officer's mate 3-c, also is overseas. In a letter describing the beachhead landing, Pvt. Kennedy said that it occured on “such a dark night that you couldn't see .

to learn more about our conditions over here just keep reading Ernie Pyle and also Sgt. Bill Mauldin puts out some good

that the Luftwaffe camg over but that the “ack-ack on the beach’ was too much for them.”

SEEKS FINE REBATE

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 21 (U. P.).—Hughbert Williamson, 48, world war I veteran who was fined $8.75 in 1942 for calling Hitler “a nasty name,” asked Police Judge Edward G. Burleson for a rebate. “you should have had plenty of

about that guy,” Willlamson said. Judge Burleson admitted maybe Williamson was right, but said he legally couldn't return the money.

Pvt. Kennedy

M.-G.-M. SIGNS VOCALIST HOLLYWOOD, April 21 (U.P.).— Lina Romay, vocalist with Xavier Cugat’s orchestra, has been signed

..but{to a long term contract, Metro-

FOR BLASTING HITLER

time by now to realize I was right

LENA ES

midget dictator had already decided | thoroughly to milk the region of its

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