Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 September 1944 — Page 3
“DEATHS AT 13 ;
a, the sky- x 59 S00 Sh dmeiiall Tr 5 “vk Wart Rehab + oper tity German Y ‘8 linbing Policeman, was killed Aug. 18 in . gestapo bead Defeat Might Mean Junking'pronce. ste nad bean rind Auto Crashes, Drowning: ce af justics to "Of War Plante. since January, 1943, tered “And Trai nd, they bad | ~ Of War Plants, Truman dary, and en “And Train Accidents one exchange : Prance with the infantry about a : pa Fa : near rebellion today as’ 3 ely * Warns Workers. = fini wo. : “Responsible. centers on an event whieh onfires roared |; @ Kornblum, the husband of Li t between irony and tragedy. - x city, DETROIT, Sept. § (U. P>.—Sena- Mrs Nina Koroblin aa Ww. i | The holiday death toll in Indiana | : he tanks ‘and . . tor Harry S. Truman, Democratic yt ooh (SO a slong rest | reached 13 today with the addition
of four fatalities dufing.the Labor
dent of Indianapolis and graduated
But the ar- fd from Technical high school. He Day press of travel, But even this dark cloud has too quickly for L Siareq 18s sughy that 2) Prgsident was a member ‘of Bh Calvin ‘Ww. A train-auto crash at St. Joe in silver lining—if a slightly ta aa aK rian ants will be converted |Erather lodge No. 717, F. and A. M., | DeKalb county yesterday claimed ‘Por ; anks stopped J ma) plan NE ] and had been on the police depart- two more lives, Another met death m with flowers »i; i's to Jost-war peuvent ne Sorts pro ment seven years, He was 33, # in a traffic accident near BurnettsrT | Susuan Si Aust a o| Survivors, besides his wife, include : e P. Anderson... ~~ Pvi, William J. Whitlock . . , |Yille and the fourth died after beir:g British rolled ~ a sister, Mrs. Jennie Rodge, Indian- prise of Ge killed in France. : hit by a train near Gas City, ¢ will have to be accomplished with ey were aided - apolls, and a brother, Capt. Henry ! C: M. Conte, 79, and Lis sister, out its usual youthful “su \ the interior. Kornblum, stationed with the dental oak leaf oltisters and the distin-)1943, and has been overseas since| nounced the award of the distin Mrs, Lina Dorsey, 78, were killed? : : Pervision, rmty” rose up corps at Chanute field, IIL. guished flying-cross. May 1; 1944. , He recently was pro-| guished flying cross to the following Instantly when -their car was de- the hall day. elementary ‘sehion] llisge and did of Ny Cy» He is now entitled to a rest and moted from the rank of second Hoosier airmen: molished by a Baltimore & Ohio} schedule. will allow youths to ate for the troops. i who| Pfe. Hayes (Chick) Ogden, son of wil She Slipved i return to the lieutenant to that of first lieutenant.| First Lt. Paul G. Schauwecker, i eh THER. Nezo Jul. f tend any of the three shows, tos Vig : Wiose: wh ad tates. He has been sta-| Prior to enterin service, Lt. Clay City; T. . John G. Reif, denis of Lxrapill in Alen county. { ACTIVE fear we competition of pal new Mr. and Mrs, G. E. Ogden, 2214 N. tioned in England. Nan wie an 2 oe by aie RY g = Foon W. a: Twenty-year-old William. Flore, High i afternoon or to= (0. P.) ~Mar- | ats ve their way, Rural st. was killed Aug. 12 in so» & Co. Marion; 8. Sgt. John N. Harris, Logansport, died after he had. lost i Jug : ; ay Yertas Truman's appearance in the ar- france: after serving overseas since Col, Franklin T. Hallam, a. sur- 8 x» Jeffersonville, and S. Sgt. Emmett|cOntrol of his car near Burnetts- The circus’ 1400 population, 30 give Jeans f genal city included ‘a press von-|June. geon with the 14th army corps in Put, Joseph G. Alu, husband ofl. Huntsman, Shelburn. ville and it rolled over several times. elephants, and thousands of mes of communica- : : He entered the Service Aug. Llthe Southwest Mrs L Al u, 2208 English ave. a a Donald R. Sizelove, 16, was killed nagerie inmates will make their way nd first official ming, 2 11941, and was an instructor at Pt. Edra » Mh. % by a train near Gas City when ne into the city today to set up the day that the | by a/reception. ‘Shortly atter noon poo pt 08 C0, TEOWICT 81 Th Pacific, has been has been awarded. the soldiers T. Sgt. Doyle L. Byers, husband tell asleep on the tracks while rest- § modernized tentless show. : rail lines to | J, an official party under polics secur, seas. A former 'empoyee of the A Xe. medal by Maj. Gen. O. W. Gris- [of Mrs. Doyle Byers, Bedford, has|ing after a hike. | In addition to affecting the fi motored whi lac when [Shell Oil Co. andthe Standard Oil! meritorious serv. Bo wold, commanding general of the been presented the third oak leaf| Nine other ‘deaths had resulted ; nancial status and the morale of the sedan made appearance. Co, he was 26 and had attended ice under fire in cluster to the air medal for “meri. | Saturday and Sunday in trafic ac-| | city’s schoolboys, the school board
provide Jobs for all if we have the infantryman combat badge. Lt. Stanley E. Judson, husband of + overt C. Hibler Jr, pilot of 8 |) op aardeq a second cluster. : couragé and resourcefulness to help | 2 as Mrs. Frances Judson, 953 Oakland ''» &rmy air force bomber, is &| Both men are radio operators and RY. industry put them to work on m Mate 3-c ave, has been awarded the distin- member of .a bomber squadronireceived their decorations for “meri-
. " The lieutenant is the son of Mr./the slogan of Larry Parson, city vr. fll. 8 lobafter this war 8 over Sat oh January. Je varticipated Of * Demobilizing and Mrs. Robert C. Hibler Sr., 3521 | personnel director, who announced : : and Saipan o . a . N. Denny st., and attended Techni- today that veterans will receive prei, Servicemen. cal high school. Prior to entering ference ratings in the new merit # the service he was employed in system of employment instituted at
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; in action. ; i 7d across the street and entered the . id connecting him with th ' IN INDIANAPOLIS in the pospital in England, Jocepn | S€TVice about the same time was| _- * °° = Ep : Junior's got something there! The brothers are . Joseph | discharged.” Pvt. John M, Stevenson, husband s : . : EVENTS TODAY = Dodd, serving in the South Pacific; |* Committee members said Tomp- of Mrs. Edna Mae Stevenson, Cam- |, Cur F006, BETPH Hone Sad} Listen to him! Fe Ringling Bros. ror, and raum an *Y | Pfc. James Dodd, stationed In aly kins was not asked how many bridge City, was seriously wounded ley James Hart, was suspected be- wi é : ~ > pian cub: mcneon: omoerashy lon. with the medical corps; Cp - troops could be discharged when |June 23 during action in France|... ft re ‘nature of former I've been reading about school pening!
Technical high school. tes i, serving. torious achievement” while partici. |cidents and from drownings. : whimsy may bring home the water vig a Xe Truman to Detroit to] He was a member of the Chris- Dutt Sue ; Pe award was made for Pvt. |Pating in heavy bombing assaults on The nation's Labor Day trafic toll £54 shortage to the elephants. Water ©. feview & Labhr Day parade and ad- {tian Men Builders class of the ge was congratu. Alu's heroism at Guadacanal on vital Nazi targets in Europe and in| VS reported by the United Press to) | } boys are expected to be eagerly an: ted 100000 at a Third Christian church, Indianap-|1ateqd by Maj Nov. 26. 1943, and reads: support of advances by the ground De 172, much less than the 250 pre- § sought by circus managers — : Congress of Industrial Organization olls Lodge No. 17, Loyal Order of Gén..O. W. Gris. “When a soldier fleeing to escape troops in France. dilted by the National Safety Coun: also truant officers, should some ‘o B rally which preceded the A. F. of Moose, and Hayward-Barcus Post Nebr, Sgt. Byers is a radio operator and Cll fF the three-day period. ' be found available.
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. we had before the war, can pro- Lancaster, three oak leaf clusters for “meri- France in support of the allied duce a wealth of peacetime Ba Aug. Sn torious achievement in aerial com-| 9Uring the battle of Tinian. ground forces. ; ; beyond anything we ever dreamed.” |; minjan and is in a base hospita] D2%" Over Germany and other Ger-| “This 7th army air force bomber| Their group is:a member of the ? . Truman, during his press confer- |, 1.0 south Pacific. man-occupied countries, squadron was most helpful and co: 3d bombardment division cited by & ence, said that if private industry He received a serious head injury He entered the air corps Feb. 23,|0perative during the entire Tinian |President Roosevelt for its now hisfails to make “proper post-war use” and was hit in ‘the leg and on t operation,” Admiral Hill said. “The toric England-Africa shuttle bombof armament plants, the govern- |p... py shrapnel, work involved was of a most exact-|ing of Messerschmitt aircraft facment should operate them. -Gov-| ,- graduate of Beech Grove high ~ DISCHARGE # ing nature and any mistake ‘might tories at Regensburg, Germany. , ernment must see to it that war |, 1941, Pharmacist's Mate! have proven fatal to groups of our = plants are not junked, he said. is 21 and was employed forces. The exactness of fire and wT i um v2 17 4 wi GT) BE RELEASED zoster i VETERANS GET TOP told A. F. of L leaders that the Until his induction, in Whi A re of an pe Roosevelt administration 1942.
: thar,
L. banquet, “America is again at the cross-
* poads,” Truman told the C. I. O.
., “We must again decide
ovation when Truman declared:
AT SEDITION TRIAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. § (U, P).— Four of the 26 defendants in the mass sedition case elected to continue their vacation today as the 4%; -month-old trial resumed in district court after a two-week summer
Word was received from defendants Edward James Smythe, Lois Delafayette Washburn, Peter Stahrenberg, and Gerald B. Winrod that they would be back sooner or later. Everyone else—with the exception of former diplomat Lawrence Dennis, who showed up 28 minutes late, was on hand. when the’ recess formally ended. Government Prosecutor O. John Rogge began where he left off Aug. 18 in his case against the 26 persons accused of plotting with the Nazis to subvert members of the American armed forces and foster a Nazi form of Severnment in this country.
DELAY LADD 2D INDUCTION
HOLLYWOOD, Sep}. 5 (U. P.).— Actor Alan Ladd's scheduled second induction into the army. has been . delayed by national selective service headquarters for an unannounced reason, army officials reposied today.
Herron art museum.
BIRTHS "| Robert Dodd, stationed at Buckley troops now in Europe will be trans- heart, which he sent to his wife. | opp, , , ry and assaulting a woman. Girls field, Denver, Colo. ; ferred by units to other war thea- * = = James was arrested in Muncie as though they had just swallowed castor Maurice, Dorothy Barrett at st. prancis.| Another brother, Eugene, has just ters and others will remain in Eu- Seven Inidan git" have been Tid. andl TotiFned here. Saturams - They’ Barbara Kelly, at reached 18 and expects to enter rope as an army of occupation. os » 8nd returned here Sa y. oil — And the dogs! They're awfully ;
‘Horace, Marian Adams, at or Bincent's. Vernon, Norma Acton, at Colem
at Me! : “Berniece Mirphy, ¥ Methods Lowell, Maymie Shockiey, at Methodist. Boys : Lawrence, Mora Dochiman, at St. Francis. Richard, Elaine Hoover, at St. Francis. Robert, ' Juanita Howe, at St. Francis. - Prank, Guinevere Jones, at toy m, Doro Brown, ear, Richard, Baty Jones, at 8 Vincenis , Raymond, Arline a cent’s. Junior, Ruth Rose, Cale Francis, hemes Hole, at Methodist.
James, y tt, a Se Lewis, June Summerlot, "a Methodis
No. 55, American Legion. Survivors, besides the parents, are four sisters, Miss Fay Ogdbr, Miss Cora Ogden, Mrs. Plora Goodall, and Mrs. Fredonia Bockover, and three brothers. William, Harvey and Griffith Jr, all of Indianapolis.
8. Sgt. George P. Anderson, son
lof dr. and Mrs, Charles C. Ander-
son, 435 Manhattan ave, and brother of Mrs. Lois Webb and Mrs. Glenda Martin, both of Indianapolis, was killed inaction July 31 in France. He was wounded on
~ave., and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ace
He received his training at a) Albans, L. I, Camp Lajeune, N. C.,| and San Diego, Cal, and went over-|
Pfc. Jesse C. Wallace, son of Mrs. | Ona May Walslce, 524 S. East st, was wounded July 8 on Saipan but!
been overseas since Jan. 16, A former employee Camp's, Inc., Pvt. Wallace is 20 and | has been in service since May, 1943.1 He patticipated in the Marshalls! invasion and the fighting &t Tinian before going to Saipan. » » »
wold, commanding officer of the 14th army corps
Col, Hallam +upon--receipt of - the award. Col. Hallam’s Indianapolis address is 520 N. Meridian st,
First Lt. Philip Louis Benefiel, navigator of a B-17, holds the air medal with three oak ledf clusters land the distinguished flying cross. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Benefiel, 3315 Ruckle st, and has completed 32 missions, which entitles him to a rest and & return to the United States. ” " ”
| guished flying cross for *“extraoridinary achievement in aerial combat” and holds the air medal and
Army to Explain Method
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (U. P.).— The war department will announce at noon tomorrow its plans for de-
as returned to duty. He is serv- | mobilizing fighting men, it was dis- husband of Mrs. Mary Waldon, 1630 ing with the marine corps and has closed today after a conference of | {Towa st, has .been awarded the air
military leaders and members of the |
of Van house military affairs committee. ‘and has been in’ service since No-
i Maj. Gen: William PF." Tompkins, | chief of the army planning branch; {Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey and fCol. Francis V. Keesling Jr, of se-| Ilective service: Capt. William R.
| Terrell of the bureau of naval per-| ~~~
‘sonnel, and other army and navy
14th army corps, with which he is
shell fragments hurled by explosions in a burning ammunition dump nearby, tried to cross the mouth of a deep, swift river, he was swept from his feet and carried ou, into’ the ocean, ; - “He was unable to swim, and cried for help. Pvt. Alu, without regard for his own safety, swam to the aid of the drowning man. After an exhaustifig struggle against the swift current and ocean ‘waves, he towed the man safely to shore. Pvt. Alu's heroism undoubtedly saved his comrade’s life.” - fF
which has been commended by Rear Admiral H. W. Hill for support given American ground forces
During one week, beginning July { 28, Lt. Hibler’s group made 58 lowlevel bombing and strafing sorties.
Cleveland, O.
Second Lt. Edward Le Waldon,
jmedal, He is a co-pilot of a B-2¢
| vember, 1941, :| Lt Waldon is a graduate of Tech-| nical high school and formerly. was employed by the New York Central railroad.
gunner on an 8th army air force B-17 based in England. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Noble Byers, Bedford, and has been in service since February, 1943, ” ” »
Two Indiana airmen serving with an 8th army air force bomber station in England, have been decorated with oak leas cluster to the air medal. They are T. Sgt. Donald E. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Wilson, Anderson, who received his
Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gardner, Michigan City, who has
torious achievement” during bombing attacks on war plants in Germany and military targets in
CITY JOB RATING
“Patriotism before politics” was
city hall, Discharged servicemen will be given precedence on the job application list, and will be granted the samé advantages accorded them in the civil service rating setup, Mr. Parsons declared. He added that the veterans prethe suggestion of Mayor Tyndall, a retired major-general. About 200 new municipal positionsswill be open Jan. 1 as a result of the J. L. Jacobs & Co,
first cluster, and T. Sgt. Kenneth L.|'
! ference policy was established at|
P.).—The Belgian
starved by the Nazis that they hardly can wait to rush on the still smoking battlefields, freshly killed horses and take the meat home to cook.
BELGIANS EAT HORSES BRUSSELS, Sept. 4 (Delayed) (U.
i ~The circus will show at 8:15 p. m. .; “today and at 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. tomorrow with the doors scheduled to open an hour before each show. Such nationally known acts as the daredevil Wallendas, Gargantua and Toto, and Alfred Court and his wild animal trainers, will head the cast of 800.
Modoc, gadabout of the Ringling - Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, has little trouble guenching her thirst as she starts down “the long, long line,
people were sO
carve up
STRAUSS SAYS:
STORE HOURS 945 TO 5:45 : Saturday — 9:30 to 6
a yy ed D8 neh Jue officers revealed their plans to the ing in the European area, but now | committee at a closed session but is home on leave. The holder of decided to make them public today. the purple heart, air medal with | Committee Chairman Andrew J. three oak leaf clusters and the dis-| May (D.. Ky), told newsmen after tinguished flying cross, he has com- the meeting that the plans would
Pvl. William J. Whitlock, son of personnel survey, Veterans will be I Mr. and Mrs. James Whitlock, Edin- | | especially urged to occupy newly burg, was killed in action Aug. 6 in| created Suervisopy posts, Mr. ParFrance. He was 32 and had been sons said. !
Adoption of personnel = rules in service since Oct.: L 1939. rmulated th ayor's adviso: Survivors, besides the parents, ! Tormula by the may Ty
pleted 30 missions. Lt. Bonnet is the husband of Mrs. A. D. Bonnet, 409 N. Oxford st., and | the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Bonnet, 332 N. Jefferson ave. . J . N
Pfe. Frank B. Dodd, who has four | brothers in service, was wounded | July 11 in France and has been! -rawarded-the-purple-heart.-which-his-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude M. Dodd. 2800 E. 55th st., received Saturday. He entered the army in February, 19043, while attending Broad Ripple high school and was sent overseas with the infantry in November. He celebrated his 21st birthday Aug. 17,
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liam H. Dodd, with the signal corns at Camp Chaffee, Ark, and Pvt.
service Spon. —y
prisoner of Germany. His “parents received word that he was missing in August and learned yesterday that he is a prisoner. Cpl. Kernel is the son of Mrs. Emil' C. Kernel, 3600 Bluff rd, and has heen in service since October, 1042. He went overseas in December, 1943, and was serving
; with the paratroopers.
: : Ro place the prisoners near current| ! ER fd since ‘July 3 us sent bie family a Summing gay ecauss of he oi + aly ources sald Lo projects. 3 < and observe the children as they 9, i fL ; : Salegrazp. thas . ” uled Spedels Sunday bustuss he “new seere} weapons partly be- GYPSY. LEE PLANS DIVORCE > through the school doors. : 5 . was just too downhearted to fol- cause er lime 4 RENO, Nev, Sept] 8 (U. P)— They might — sprinkle their stories Je sy
_ OFFICIAL WEATHER
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(All Data in Central War Time) i
ad on 5 fri} sw ~ iw . . itn States, including 192,848 Germans, clothes that make a fellow feel good — dis rR James J. Boyle, husband 50,272 Italians and 730 Japanese. they even seem to make a fellow feel " of Mrs. Helen Ann Boyle, 1244 E. : Prec pasion 2 uk od 53 : “ul 2 Am Bovle, JE. To Make Farcical Speech Ss risers are held at 135 bage like. studying! y since-Jan. 1...........i.0s 1.28 Mrs, James J. Boyle Sr., 1616 Mar- It would be nice —_ if those newsaper
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| school he is 22 and at the time {of his induction was a student at the Northern Tilinols College of Optometry in Chicago.
[lowe ave, who had been listed as
“Cathedral high
{be released by the war department | tomorrow but said he was not at iliberty to make any statement ‘about their nature.
“Want Plan Studied
Other committee members said {that part of the army's program is {to educate the public about its sysitem of discharging troops so there TWIT bé general acceptance of the |plafi“to be followed. According to one committee meber, part of this educational process will be to make fathers and mothers understand why “Johnny Jones cannot be released from serve ice when Jim Smith who lives
Germany is defeated. He indicated,
however, they- said, that many
Seek to Keep Draft
ing into the service with the hope that troops who have long fighting records or have spent long periods in disease-infested jungles could be released. Some ccngressional quarters have heard reports that the army will be able to discharge 2,000,000 man as soon as Ge y collapses and still have enough for occupation duties
to ‘keep afresh supply-of men go-
are two sisters, Miss Mary Whit-| lock, at home, and Mrs. Burnie Pike, Shelbyville, and a brother, who is serving in the marines,
Two more Indiana #men serving! with the naval forces have 2 {killed in action. They are Kenneth Jarrell, son of Mrs. nce TRendrick, Sellersburg,. and William M. Shears, son of Ellis C. Shears, Evansville, B® an ‘" * Aviation Radioman 2-¢ Kenneth James Phi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emit Phi, Michigan City, is missing
and is in a hospital in England. He has been awarded the purple
listed by the navy as wounded in
'Eienna M. Owen, Hammond; Boatswain’s mate lec Ford Edison Plant, son of Mrs. W. J. Proud, ‘New Carlisle; Pfc. Walter E. Stamets, son-of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Stamets, Goshen; Seaman 2-c Clarence ‘Knox Swoape, son of Mir. and Mrs. Sam A. Swoape, Muncie, and Pfc. Keith W. Thomas, son of Mrs. Esther Thomas, Oxford.
war against Japan.
and transfer to the Pacific for the|
The war department today” an-
' MADRID, Sept. Adolf Hitler's little mustache is
5 @.p)— “h
Hitler Was Too Depressed
cue WIFE STILL MYSTERY
| sufvey committee, under ‘which | politicking on the job would be | banned at city hall, was scheduled {for 2° p. m. today at a meeting of
| the city cabinet in the mayor's|
{ office.
MURDER OF CADET'S
| MONTGQMERY, Ala, Sept.:5(U, | P.).—The murder of Mrs. Esther Drew, 19-year-old wife of a Max{well field aviation cadet remained a { puzzle today after police questioned |a 87-year-old suspect, but apparently failed to find any concrefe
crimes he had committed, James
presently faces charges of burglary,
At the time of his arrest by Indiana
officers, who identified him at
‘Mrs. Dre%'s body was. found on June 16 in a drainage ditch near ‘her home in Montgomery's fashionable Cloverdale section.
243,848 CAPTIVES HELD. WITHIN U. S.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (U.P).
—The war “department announced yesterday that on Sept. 1 there were 243,848 prisoners of war held within the continental limits ‘of the United
cated in“all sections of thé country. The branch camps are designed to
she. said she was “writing 4 new
| Gypsy Rose Lee was registered at| ‘the Washoe Pines dude ranch, 25° miles south of Reno, today where] -
ld, Nancy Armstrong, at Cole . Air Aen ne Bo cman i Heim 3 who had| They Also sald selective service Sich — oO ton of | ey James Ham,’ James was Say — it can't be that badl ; Ber Florence Willenbers, at Coleman. | OP BRL © EEE VC ion |spokesmen have indicated a desire | nr Hagel Mumbower, Ridgeville; caring, t Slectivé service card Sure enough, there will be boys who will Baker, at. Methodist. been listed ws missing BCUIOT 1» continue inductions indefinitely eh BEVIL'E; | and other papers bearing the name : Dillard, Jewel ih in France since D-day, June 6, is a ; Pfc. Robert D. Owen, son of MIS.|of jack Cobb of Montgomery. be sad and dreary!
To fatten it up a bit! . =
ACQUIRED A... a POSSESSION THERE”
& —~
The newspapers call it ‘bad news’ They show pictures of sour-faced boys : !
gloomy, too — and droopy! :
But you'll see other boys — who while not turning handsprings or leaping ‘with joy — will go along with a nice springy step — and with a smile lighting up the face. Now — it doesn’t take a detective to figure the thing out! , Ill bet they were at Strauss’ —on thelr ~~ own Floor — in The Man's Store! | don't know exactly why it is — hut
~ there is something about those
‘men and women would be on hand —
with a happier touch!” Le sad :
Ho's got somthing thre