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- By HAL O'FLAHERTY : “Times Special “Writer i WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-—Ger-/ man officers surrounded with their men in Belgian forests and smali hamlets along the ehannel coast, are hearing daily the drumfire of ‘propaganda pounded into their ears by shortwave radio: “Lay down your arms and sur-! render. Your armies are defeated | You, the members of the Wehrmacht, have the power to prevent the destruction of Geftwan lives and property.” be This effective method of liquidat- | ing German resistance already has| brought about mass surrender and | as the prison camps grow the allies | expect to use hundreds of thousands | of German prisoners in work bat- | talions as rapidly as large areas are consolidated, Long before anything in the | nature of a peaceful arrangement has been made with the political] leadership. in Germany, the con-| quered armies in the West of Eu-| rope will be at work on reconstruction. ° Won't Repeat -Error

after the signing of the armistice in 1918 was the release of the German divisions en masse and their ensuing triumphant paraae through Berlin and other great German) cities bearing their battle flags! - singing, using every device to prove to the people at home that the were unbeaten on the front; that they had quit. fighting because they | were “stabbed in the back” by the politicians. As the allied armies draw the ring closer about Germany, the plans for’ military occupation perfected in London will .be put into operation. From many sources, the word has gone out that there will be no immediate demobilization of the German armed forces. They will be put to work. | i

Work on Civil Leaders |

Hitler might drive his people into resistance even after the frontiers have been crossed. It would! then become necessary to deal with the leaders of the German districts falling under mvasion, calling upon them to prevail upon the military leaders to cease fire Apparently something of this nature already is being tried before the main allied forces thrust beyond the French and Belgium borders. The fate of large masses of Ger-

mans along the frontiers depends | upon the attitude of Hitler and his | generals. | The allied armies ready to de-| scend upon Germany may be forced to obliterate whole towns with

their populations unless Hitler or ropelle d or rocket-propelled de- | Hayes.

4he local authorities agree to unconditional surrender.

Only One Point Now

In the hope of avoiding mass slaughter, allied propaganda in the form of leaflets dropped by the hundreds of thousands and by shortwave broadcasts is making the strongest possible appeal to German reason, Almost precisely the same appeal was made in the early days of No.vember, 1918, but at that time it was based upon Wilson's 14 points. Now, there is only one point: “Surrender or die.”

‘post-war security will absolutely reravest errors made : . One of the gravest errors quire the existence of a friendly

France and guarantees that the low countries, Holland and Belgium, will not be overrun. and held by an n enemy power. =

blitz and i ¢ granted that the lesson has been | PODS.

channel. was directed at London this time,

other secret weapons in the offing. and

Two Indianapolis-born cousins ran across each other for the first time in 22 years recently at Key field, Miss. D. J. Lyman (right), of 5947 Crestview dr., Indianapolis art dealer, reminisces with Cousin Melville. Lyman, his sidekick before the latter’s family moved to New York in 1922. D. J. Lyman is Red Cross field director at Key field and Melville, as the stripes denote, is a sergeant—with Ernie Pyle characteristics.

Lesson of V-1: Britain Needs

Friendly France and Holland

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN

Times Foreign Correspondent

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LONDON, Sept. 11. — Britain's Weapons with ' decisive results, It!

covers. a neat, compact area. of 600 square miles, lies within 100 miles of the French coast. containg onesixth of Britain's population, and is bound to remain to Britain what his heel was to Achilles, No po|tential continental enemy of BritThat is the lesson of the buzzhombL ain offers a similar target for you may take it for counter-attacks with similar wea-

London obviously isn't going to ‘be abolished and, consequently, “y-1 the type of robot which these factors will, remain unaltered. It does no good -to talk about was a modest affair compared to the impossibility of -another war, if .another war comes, there Yet if the Germans had had the Wil be no limitation on weapons time and leisure to use it prope:ly, used. The absolutely vital thing, it would have made London un- {rom the Britain's viewpoint, 4s that That statement js made nobody shall employ French or with full recognition of the fact that Belgian or Dutch terrain for operthe blitz in 1940 and 1941 definitely ations against this country, and didn't make London unlivable and there can ‘be no maybes about it. that the buzmbomb, as it was em- COPIER 10g Thstudianapoiy Time ployed this time, was from a mili- | it—— at —————

tary standpoint a dud. 1G. I. Joe O. K.'s World Almanac

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livable.

New "Explosives

Another time robot weapons! would be far more powerful and | more accurate. New explosives are being -developed which will make present-day ametole and TNT look! SOMEWHERE IN THE GILlike gunpowder. Jet-propulsion BERTS ' (Delayed) —If anyone is motors and: rockets will be devel- wondering about what to give a maoped to produce incredible speeds rine in this area for Christmas, which will defy piloted defensive here's a suggestion—give him a copy planes. - Human. pilots, after all, of the latest World Almanac. cannot endure cannon-shell speeds.| The first day one arrived on the This time the German launching island it was quoted fo settle wagers sites were wrecked before they could 8s to the capitals of Massachusetts, be put in operation and the robots Tennessee and West Virginia, and were ultimately launched in fairly (to check up on a guy who claimed clear weather from improvised sites. he could name all the U. 8. PresiAdequate launching sites for jet- dents. He missed Rutherford B.

vices could probably be prepared] The “Book of Facts” has been in within a matter of weeks if plans circulation ever since. were carefully laid and labor and | A = materials cunningly organized. In| HOSPITAL ALUMNAE.TO MEET peacetime, when British recon- | The Methodist Hospital Alumnae naissance planes cannot conduct association will hold its first meetlconstant surveillance of the con-|ing of the season at 7:30 p. m. |tinental coast, such work might be Friday at the Jacob E. Wile Memo|effected without discovery. In case rial home. Miss Helen McDonel, lof war—and war always seems to director of nursing association, will break out in Europe in the late Speak on “Trends of Nursings.” 'summer—autumn and winter] Sp pete weather would provide a screen for | SPONSOR CARD PARTY quick building and employment of| A public card party at 8:15 sites. {o'clock tonight at Hamilton and E. The big trouble, of course, is that Washington sts, will be sponLondon, the commercial and po- sored by Indiana old-age pension (litical heart of Britain, is the one group No. 11,

TRIO FIND

Local Yanks Chance on Each Other Within Period "0f 20 Minutes.

who were close friends in civilian life held an impromptu reunion in, 'Hawail recently when they met! | within a périod of 20 minutes. { The men, Harvey L. Albert Jr. {son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Ali bert Sr., 224 N. Alabama st.; James | Clore, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. ! Clore, 322 E. 23d st. and Pfc. Jack | Wesley Smith, son of Mrs. Ethel | Smith, 1727 N. New Jersey st., at one time lived within three blocks of each other here, ; Although all three had been stationed in Hawaii for some time, none knew of the other's nearness until, Pfc. Smith, a marine on liberty, accidentally met Hospital Apprentice’ 1-c Albert, stationed there with the navy. While they were marveling over the coincidence, their mutual hometown buddy, Sailor Clore, walked up to them. * Families of the boys were told of the meeting and. received pictures taken shortly after. the reunion. Pfc, Smith now is in Tinian where he landed on his birthday, July 26. Clore is in New Guinea and Ap- | prentice Albert is with a naval de-

A SMALL WORLD

Three Indianapolis servicemen!

Pictured shortly after their accidental meeting in Hawaii are three Indianapolis men, Left to ‘right, Harvey L. Albert, James Clore and Pfc. Jack Wesley Smith,

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Nylon 'Bargains'

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (U, P.) — Women who had been eagerly awaiting the day when the government would auction off 17,000 pairs of nylon hose stored here, had their hopes shattered today. Perhaps the nylons will be sold, but what woman would want them? Federal authorities revealed that they are unprossessed, have white tops and are not shaped to

tachment serving on Saipan.

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Report Plan to -Infiltrate Into Communist Groups.

Times Foreign Service BERN, Switzerland, Sept. 11.— Many Reich leaders, especially among the'S. S. or elite guard, are already thinking. in terms of - revenge to be taken after the defeat and of the possibility of the secret survival of the Nazi party. This they envisage through ostensible adherence of party members to communism, the ideology ‘hat they believe Russia will impose on Germany after the war. * ‘ Reliable private information speaks of secret societies being formed by Nazis given orders to infiltrate themselves into Communist groups and form “a fifth column. Special training in Marxism is being given to especially chosen members of the Hitler Jugend, This preparation by the Nazis to keep a hold on their country’s

in the greatest secrecy in castles requisitioned a few years ago for the training of German youths in Naziism. = : Copyright. 1944, by The Indianapolis Times

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By NAT A. BARROWS Times Foreign Correspondent GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Friday, Sept. 8 (Delayed).—As they quietly pace thie decks or lie gratefully in| hospital ward bunks aboard the Swedish liner. that is going to carry them back “to the United States, American , exchange prisoners of war still talk like the youngsters who flew away from England in the 8th air force heavy bombers or stormed the beaches in North Africa of Italy, Peay Their language is still strictly GI despite touches of German prison camp slang, such as “Those kraut squarey's couldn't keep us from getting the griff about the war,” meaning the Germans could not keep news from them, But their faces are the faces of men who have matured suddenly by living dangerously. They look now less peaked than they did Thursday when they reached Sweden across the Baltic sea from Germany, Yet they seem many years older than they actually are, Long dreary months behind barbed wiré after fantastic escapes from death leave their marks on youthful faces. . ! Contrast in Spirits One striking characteristic “sets these Americans and their British companions’ distinctly apart from the same number of German ex-

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stretcher cases and men with shat-

tered faces and ; limbs, can Joke and sing and banter. The Ger mans are notably solemn and une mirthful, “Well who would want to smile un the way to Germany these days?” commented an aerial gunner from Missouri, hobbling along on an artificial foot. “We got something to go home to; those krauts have got only misery and defeat.”

Girl Plans Diversions

One American girl will be aboard the Gripsholm helping them enjoy the full program of the latest movies, games, candy, books and other amusements intended to eases the bitter memorie§ behind them, She is Mrs. Ruth O'Connell Fallon of Boston, an American Red Cross worker, She walked along the railroad siding with Col. Charles Rayens, U. 8. military attache to Stocke holm: when the Americans arrived from Trelleborg. : For a couple of seconds ‘they stared hard at the Red Cross milie tary uniform and at her with a wide grin, Then they began to wave madly

and shout all in a chorus, “honey,

you don't know how good it is to see you here—and we mean you.”

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