Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1944 — Page 19

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: | CLEVELAND, EVELA ), May 19 (U. P)— ~ Officials of the office of defense

which already has turned up huge gasoline ration fraids at ration board No. 6, Cleveland's largest board.

A police report was read at the conference stating that Robert A. Dissauer, chief clerk of ration board No. 6, alleged he had conspired with a former ODT official here to defraud the government of gasoline coupons beginning last February.

Deal Arranged

Dissauer, now charged in a fed-

eral warrant with gas coupon thefts. said that the ODT official demanded

fication of records, and the former SPonsored parking projects have

of gasoline. Dissauer asserted. Meanwhile, Dissauer's wife, Mrs.

reprisals from the black marketeers' who actually profited by the illegal gasoline coupons.

Heavy Guard Slated

Mile Square Suggested for Future Convenience of Motorists.

Need for a well-plotted public parking program was proposed to the City Plan Commission iast night by Plan Director Noble Hollister. Displaying a map graphically indicating an abundance of commercial parking areas liberally sprinkled through the downtown area, Mr. Hollister pointed out that municipally-

‘| five-man house committee. He told

Filed in House; Dies Will Go Ahead.

WASHINGTON, May 19 (U. P.). —House forces lining up against the C. 1. O. political action committee were joined today by Rep. E. C. Gathings (D. Ark.), who demanded “nothing short” of a thorough and complete investigation of its activities—"not a lick and promise affair.” : He" filed a resolution similar to one filed two days ago by Rep. Howard W. Smith (D. Va.) which called for investigation of campaign contributions” to candidates for the house by corporations and Gathings’ resolution calls specifically for an investigation of the political action committee by a

newsmen his measure applies to primary campaigns as well as general elections, thus meeting the ruling by Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle that the Smith-Connally war disputes ‘act prohibition of political contributions by labor ‘unions does not apply to primaries. Will Continue Probe The Dies committee on unAmerican activities, which already has scheduled hearings on the C. I. O. committee, will continue to conduct its own investigation, according to word received last

been “mentioned” parking relief.

for post-war |

Shying away from “on the spot” committee broke out on the floor recommendations, Mr. Hollister of the house yesterday with Reps. Bertha Dissauer, told investi tors listed as a remote possibility the es- Clare E. Hoffman (R. Mich.) and that her husband was protecting | tablishment of parking spaces on|John Elliott Rankin ~(D. Miss), OPA and ODT officials for fear of the four triangular corners of the charging that Sidney Hillman was

Mile Square and the clearing of some areas in the “blighted neighborhoods” fringing the downtown district. Mr. Hollister cited the example

night from Chairman Martin Dies (D. Tex.). A bitter attack on the C. I. O.

a “foreign-born racketeer” and a “foreign-born Communist” who was seeking to make congress his personal rubber stamp. i Hillman and the pplitical action

Birkett L. Williams, regional OPA St by other cities which operate committee were defended by Rep.!

director who attended the

shuttle-bus service connecting out-| Vito Marcantonio (A.L.P. N. Y.),!

conference. said the whole plan of | \YIN8 Parking centers with shopping who said labor had a right to pro- |

issuing ration coupons soon would | be changed in Cleveland, with al central issuance center kept under | heavy guard.

conference included A. R. Fiorette,! ehief OPA district enforcement at-! torney; Robert Homas, ODT regional dierctor; Lee Howley, assistant U. S.| district attorney; and Clinton M.| Fisk, district OPA director. ———C————_——— rn

NEW YUGOSLAVIA CABINET ORDERED

LONDON, May 19 (U. P).—King! Peter II of Yugoslavia has renounced the prime minister and cabinet of his government-in-exile and has named Dr. Ivan Subasic, formfer governor of Croatia, to form & new ministry in a move toward a

reconciliation with partisan leader] Marshal Josip (Tito) Broz, it was! Jearned today. Subasic. who returned to Britain | this month from the United States | at the request of the king, agreed | to replace Dr. Bozhidar Pudich as prime minister and to form a new government on the condition that Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch would | not be retained as mniister of war, reliable sources reported { Yugoslav quarters said that the! change in the government was a move to establish a regime accept- | able to Broz and that it had been planned by the king for some time.

WAR CORRESPONDENT TO DESCRIBE RAIDS

Bruce Thomas of San Francisco, war correspondent, will speak on “Commandos—Prelude to Unconditional Surrender” at the Church Federation Laymen's breakfast Monday at 8:30 a. m. at the Indianapolis Athletic club. Mr. Thomas will describe a commando raid in Norway to which: he was an eyewitness as a press, representative. He will tell stories of his convoy trips, discuss the] question, “Why Hess Flew to Eng-

land” and the Dieppe raid. Ray | WASHJNGTON, May 19 (U. P.). ize the President to grant the PhilHolcomb, who heard the guest —The U. S. army air force medical |ippines immediate

speaker in Detroit, was instrumen-|

tal in bringing him here. G. V.| wounded and injured personnel by “mutual protection” of the comCarrier of the Arthur Jordan Con- plane last year with only 11 deaths monwealth and the United States servatory of music is laymen’s com- occurring in flight, the office of war | bore the approval of ‘the house in-

mittee chairman. |

German Army Revealed Blown fo Bits On Last Small Strand at Sevastopol

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent SEVASTOPOL, May 17 (De--layed) .—This is the story of the death of an army—the German 17th army—which was literally blasted to bits on a gaunt, three-

her job as housewife and mother to { back up her

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districts, Principle purpose of last night's with the plan commission

planning policies.

War Plant Hires 10,000th Worker

. MRS. PATRICIA McPHER-

SON, 233 8. Dearborn st., took her |

first job this week and became the 10,000th person to be hired at the Indianapolis », Curtiss - Wright | plant. Wife of Robert J, MePherson, the 20 - year - old war worker left

home front. Mr. McPherson. Mrs. McPherson left for induction in the marines May 1. 8. H. Newland, industrial relations manager at the plant, welcomed her to her new position. An aunt will take care of 2-year-old Robert Douglas McPherson, son of the young couple,

FREEMAN TO SPEAK AT SABBATH SERVICE

Julian Freeman will speak on “What We Expect of the Synagog” at the Men's club Sabbath service this evening at 8:30 in the Beth-El Zedeck - temple. Mr. Freeman is club president. Sam Dobrowitz and Percy Simmons will open the ark and Cantor Myro Glass and the choir will chant the service under the direction of Janot Roskin. Others assisting with the annual service are Marshall Sherman, n Adler, Joseph Celender, Louis L. Goldstein, David Granowsky, Manuel Leve, Nathan Regenstrief and Sam Rose.

173,000 SICK EVACUATED

services evacuated - 173527 sick,

information reported today.

for 60 hours after the final capitulation of Savastopol, were jammed 50,000 Germans. The slaughter in that area, roughly three miles long and one mile wide, was epic. When the battle was over, shortly after 10 a. m. on May 12, some 25,000 were prisorfers. The others were dead. : You couldn't walk more than a yard or two in any. direction without stepping on a body. Lt. Gen. Sergei Biriuzov, chief of staff of the Fourth Ukraine front and newly promoted and

[tect its “legitimate interests on the | political front,” and by Rep. Her-| man P. Eberharter (D. Pa.), a Dies |

| was to officially adopt Mr. Hollister’s committee member, who said: | Others who were present at the TASter-plan, setting forth post-war,

“The C. I. O. political action com- | mittee needs no defense on my part. | They are able to take care of them- | {selves, as they have proven in the] {last three weeks in primary elec- | tions held in various sections of the!

country, so I say they do not need {any defense on the floor of this { house. by me or by anybody else.”

REPORT OUSTER MOVE AGAINST NO. 2 POLE

WASHINGTON, May 19 (U. P.).| | —Priends of the Polish government- | {in-exile believed today that the , Polish underground had demanded | the ouster of Gen. Kasimierz Sosnkowski as presidential successordesignate. { They believed that underground | members who recently arrived in| {London had brought the word and {that the council proceeded to comply with the wishes of those still {inside Poland. | { That theory was in direct oppo- | sition to some beliefs that the move | {was made to make the Polish gov- | érnment-in-exile more palatable to {the Soviet Union. But there was no doubt that Sosnkowski's removal from political office—for whatever reason—would please the Russians, who have made no bones of their | dislike of him, | Sosnkowski is commander-in-chief of the Polish armed forces. But under the. Polish constitution, he was named presidential succes-

been graduated as an aerial gunner at Harlingen field, Tex. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Solham, 750 Prospect st.

SGT. THOMAS J. NEILAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neilan, 2217 N. Alabama st., is at Peterson field, Colo., for assignment to the combat crew training school as a radio operator and aerial gunner,

STARLET MARRIED : HOLLYWOOD, May 19 (U. P).— Movie starlet Betty Alexander disclosed today she has been married to air corps Lt. Robert Abercombie, Houston, Tex., for four months,

he will graduate in June.

WLB AID TO SPEAK

Offers a Wide Selection of

passed his entrance examination. | He received his appointment in De- | | cember, 1943, and took the exami-| PFC: CHARLES J. SOLHAM has nation in March at Ft. Harrison.

~8idney D. Podolsky, executive as- Maynard, 1631 E. LaGrande ave. | sistant of the regional war labor : board in Chicago, will speak before NAMED HEAD'G. 0. P. USHER the Indianapolis joint council of!

Paul Burten John Maynard

navy sound school in

| transport service, is in the Aleutians. He is the son of Mrs. Faye

Mrs. Mary Newsom, Columbus,

A. F. of L. Teamsters unions at 6 has been appointed head usher for p.- m. today at the Antlers hotel.

His subject will be “Organization | ¢ G. 0. P. state convention here and Structure of the War Labor June 1-2 by Chairman John Lauer. Board and Its Wage Stabilization Mrs. Newsom is ninth district Yeung Policy.

| Republican vice chairman. |

announced today by Dr. Van Denman Thompson, director of the DePauw school of music, ; | Fred Winship, Franklin, O., was {named dean; Betty Ruth Miller, ‘| Ottumwa, Ia. sub-dean, and Marcia | PAUL. 1. BURTON, seaman 2-c, Hamilton, Greencastle, Ind, secAn honor student at Broad Ripple, former staff musician of WIBC, is retary-treasurer. He par- jn Wg ticipated in baseball and basketball California. {and is a member of the Church of | the Advent and a former Boy Scout. !

ALLOT CIVILIANS BUTTER WASHINGTON. — Civilians will JOHN R. MAYNARD, specialist get about 76 per cent of the 1944 V 3-c, member of the national air butter production. i

of them to the hospital after the driver attempted to squeeze his double-decker under a railway overpass, Police said the driver became confused” while driving his route and turned down the wrong street. The top deck of the bus struck the railroad structure and erumpled back over the five passengers.

—— SATURDAY—LAST DAY —

THE CIVIC THEATRE of Indianapolis is

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sponsori internationally famous World's Fair Exhibit of 3000

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LLS in Block's Auditorium. Proceeds go to the Civic Theatre. ADULTS, 25¢ plus tax—CHILDREN, 10c plus tax

of a bus yesterday and sent two

| sor-designate after the death of the late Gen. Wladislaw Sikorski. ! The Polish national council has recommended that President Wladislaw Raczkiewicz remove Sasnkowski from his post as successor and | it was predicted here that he would do so and name his prime minister. | Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, as Sosnkowski's successor.

mpi ———ram—o——— ASK PHILIPPINE LIBERTY WASHINGTON, May 19 (U. P). —A resolution which would author-

independence {and to acquire bases there for the

I sular affhirs committee today.

and siege guns. *Along the shore were remnants of small rafts the Germans had attempted to use for escape. : Thousands of papers swirled in the dust—passports, military documents, letters, playing cards. Interspersed were other relics— German song books, prayer books, postage stamp albums, bulletpunctured blouses, broken helmets, heaps of ammunition. Russian salvage crews swarmed over the battlefield like ants, sorting usable parts from wrecked ME109 and FW-190 planes, trucks and tanks, The city of Sevastopol itself is rubble. In a 90-minute drive through the streets, I saw only five buildings which appeared habitabl

told us that only 15 per cent the city was still standing

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