Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1945 — Page 8

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~~ RHINELAND USE De Gaulle’s Bid for Control Gives Rise to Four

General Plans.

Times Foreign Service PARIS, Jan. 20.—Gen. De Gaulle’s declaration that France must control the Rhine from north to south finds overwhelming national support, but there is considerable dis- . agreement on the method of control. ’ Leading commentators, like Maurjce Schumann in L'Aube, and Philippe Barres in the Paris Presse, as well as the Socialist and Communist newspapers, approve the general principle. So far, few: people, including’ De Gaulle, have indicated

the precise measures they are preto support with the exception) of the Socialists. Four different policies are under discussion: ™ ONE—(Most generally sipperted) French annexation of the Rhineland and the Ruhr, with the northern Rhineland going to Belgium and Holland, TWO-—Creation of an autonomous Rhineland state inside a radically reorganized Germany. THREE—Creation of a separate state under international control. FOUR~Longer or permanent allied occupantion of demilitarized areas, following the destruction of

may well be considered the bar- , | Aeronautical ometer of the effect on GErMANYS|epce pelieves scrapping of one-|ning only those meetings which are manpower shortage of the battles in| fourth of the army's

the East and West. The German command has been velopment of improved private air-|ing down the number of meetings

| thinning its forces in Norway. Italy | planes. | may be next.

No Signs Yet of a Getrian |

[SAVINGS SPREAD

Withdrawal to Alps Barrier BY TRAVEL BAN

By RICHARD MOWRER Times Foreign Correspondent WITH THE 5TH ARMY, Jan.

Some shifting of troops has oc-

curred since the Russians bulldozer | offensive started. But this appears to be of a local nature. There are still elements of 27 German divisions facing the allied armies u Italy.

A Germal

withdrawal to the Alp§ would release some 10 divisions for other fronts. But the wealth and resources which the Reich is drain-

ing from North Italy a still | URGES JUNKING PART, |

Mr. Mowrer

{enjoy first priority as far as the | German high command | cerned.

Front Is Barometer Nevertheless, the Italian front,

Meanwhile, the ‘main allied ac-

the German heavy industry, espe-| tions, and fuel and supply dumps.

cially in Westphalia. |

Enemy fighter opposition is negli-

Annexation by France, or the gible.

creation of an autonomous state]

The Luftwaffe has withdrawn its

under international control, was ad- | fighters from Italy except for some vocated hy Marshal Foch in 1919,/40 Me-109s turned over to the Fasbut was opposed by certain groups | cist- Italian airforce, which inter

in France as well as by President cept American bombers with little

Wilson and British Prime Minister enthusiasm.

David Lloyd George:

German ack-ack, on .the other

hand, has increased steadily and

| there is hardly a target that is not

fel protected by anti-aircraft bat- * | teries, The reason for the virtual non‘|existence of the luftwaffe on the

29.—There are no indications 88] 1ealian front seems 10 be the ‘Ger vet that the Germans are Prepar-| mang serious shortage of fuel, paring to withdraw to the Alps barrier.

ticularly aviation gasoline. The Russian advance has de{prived the Germans of natural oil supplies in Romania and Poland land threatens those of the Zala ‘and Burgenland areas northeast of Lake Balaton, And the strategic bombers of the 12th air force, based in Italy, moreover, have attacked persistently the | | synthetic oil plants. The luftwaffe’s ‘greatest weakness lies in fuel first, planes second. | The Germans still have plenty of airmen, according to information available here, The problem is to |

Iget them off the ground. Copyright, 1945, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine,

OF SURPLUS PLANES

| LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 (U. P.) — | Eugene E. Wilson, president of the Chamber of- Com-

airplanes every

| year after the war would spur de-

Wilson, speaking recently at a meeting of the aircraft manufac-

tivity here is.in the air, weather turers council and the West coast have yet been compiled to show permitting, The 12th air force is aircraft hammering at the Germans’ Bren-|said the nation must junk war-| { miles,

{ner Pass and Po valley-communica~{ weary planes and start a new pro- [hotel accommodations. He pointed out, however, that the put out of action when a mortar!

war production council, |

{cur ement program,

[greatest mistake. After the last war, force in the world—but she locked up -her planes, nationglizéd the industry and quit improving.” Wilson said- the industry didn’t

Food and Fuel Among Items Covered by Economy in : Transportation.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES —

— _ MONDAY, JAN. 29, 1045

‘Edgar M. Elbert, director of the

clubs, will speak at the Indianap-

jolts Lions club meeting at noon

Wednesday in the Claypool hotel. Owner .of a real estate and -insuraneg business, Mr, Elbert is .a key member of the Maywood, Ill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—War! Mobilization Director Byrnes’ ban, on conventions; effective Feb. 1, will serve not only to keep hundreds of thousands of persons at home, thus easing the tight transporgation”situation, but wil] contribu the war effort in four other’ ways. “The restrictions aren't being imposed solely to keep people from traveling, important as that factor is,” declared Col, J. Monroe Johnson, ODT director and chairman’ of the war committee on conventions. | “The saving in food, manpower, fuel and hotel accommodations also will amount to a lot.” Col. Johnson predicted that less than 2 ors cent of all requests for permission to hold conventions and {conferences will be approved be- | tween now and the war's end. (The committee turned down 108 out of the first 110 applications). All Meetings Hit “A lot of people think we're ban-

called conventions,” he said, “whereas we're really concerned with keep-

of all types which normally draw attendance from outside cities.” Col. Johnson said no figures

Lions club and has held various offices in the club here. He was elected to his present office at the association's annual meeting in July, 1943. > He Jormerly was business man-

International Association of Lions:

Lions Club International Director Will Speak Here

ager and assistant secretary-of the Westlake - hospital, Melrose . Park, Ill, and building commissioner of Maywood. A graduate of Concordia Teachers’ college, Rixer Forest, Ill, -he attended the.Jadies Millikin uni-

versity, Valparaiso university, and the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Medinah club, the Kappa Delta Chi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternitigs and the Maywood Gun club and St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church.

PARIS, Jan. 29 (U, P).—Two 19-year-old anti-aircraft gunners, who did not kpew “what they were volunteering for,” manned bazookas for the first time in their lives and knocked out two German tanks. Pfc. Roland E. Seaman of Clarksburg, W. Va, and Pfc. Albert A. Darago of Parkville, Md, were brought’ to a S. H. A. E. F. press conference by Brig. Gen. C. M. C. Miele, chief of the 12th army group's anti-aircraft artillery, to demon-

gunners who sometimes “shoot down" tanks as well as planes. It was during the breakthrough battle of mid-Décember when ackack batteries were being thrown in as anti-tank guns to halt the German thrust toward Liege.

| probable total savings in travel fuel, food, manpower and

| timated 4,500,000 miles will be saved

in that city alone, The White House and the com- | mittee, Col. Johnson said, have! jointly requested government, agen- |

The gun crew in which Seaman and Darago were serving had been|

| “We must never repeat France's Chicago Convention bureau has es-/ghell exploded its ammunition pile. The crew members were drafted

France had the greatest air- next month by banning conventions gs infantry.

strate the versatility of ~ ack-ack|

2 Ack-Ack Men Take Over On the Bazooka—And How

house held by 10 or 15 infantrymen and showed us two bazookas. “‘I want you to crawl to that hedgerow’ and attack Tiger tanks coming down the road,’ he told us. “He showed us how to operate the bazookas and we crawléd to the hedge. “Four tanks were there. We just poked the bazookas through the hedge and let ‘em go. “After the first couple of rounds two of the tanks came aflame.” Darago said six Germans were standing around one tank talking when they opened fire. - “After the first round,” he’ said, “I took a look through a hole in the hedge. “Those Jerries were running

around screaming—but there were only ‘three of them then”

CHEMISTS ARRANGE VALENTINE PARTY

Nelson S. Knaggs will speak on |

AACHEN RULED BY ARMY COURT

Former lowa Judge Shows Leniency to Nazis Brought

Before Him.

By JACK FLEISCHER United Press Staff Correspondent AACHEN, Germany, Jah. 24 (Delayed) (U. P.).~The American military government court was in session, and on the bench was Lt. William Rule of Hampton, Ia., who once served as 8 superior court Judge. It was a grubby case. A German man who lives in Aachen and a Belgian woman who lives across the frontier were charged with crossing the border illegally, Both pleaded guilty. Rule dismissed the charges. He told the man that one of the “few cases of decency I have encountered here’ in Germany” was involved, adding: “It may seem strange to you after living under’ Nazi law that I won't punish you. But I warn you that

punish you severely.” The German said hé got word that his mother had died at a cousin's home and he wanted to attend the funeral. returning to Aachen, and the cousin | with him, She said she crossed the | border accidentally while accom- | pany ‘ing him part way. | The A. M G. courts in the Aachen | district, which means virtually all of American-occupied Germany-— ‘have imposed only four death sentences on German civilians. No exe{cution has been carried out. The {Nazi regime handed out death sen-

“A lieutenant came over to us| “A Magic Carpet Through South | tences as casually as U, 8. judges

and called for volunteers,” Seaman | said.

“Darago and 1 volunteered. Then|

did it want poor management to|ers to any meetings unless they are|teered for. >

stifle the industry by dumping! surplus supplies on the market.

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| effort.”

‘absolutely essential to the war|

“We soon found out.

Let it

America” at the annual Valentine | party of the Indiana section of the { American Chemical society at 6:30

want to be subsidized. -But neither cies to refrain from sending speak-|we wondered what we had volun- | p. m, Feb. 9 in the Indianapolis] | Athletic club. |

iE “The lieutenant took us to a will piay for dancing, .

Ted Campbell and his orchestra

{intone “five dollars and costs” in traffic cases. : “And still these Germans have the. nerve to complain about our se-

if you get into trouble again I'll

He was arrested while |

Volcano Erupts In Wake of B-29 Crew's Escapy

By LISLE SHOEMAKER United Press Staff Correspondent { 21ST BOMBER COMMAND, Sa pan, Jan. 1 (Delayed. Crew men bers of a B-29 super-fortress to] today of surviving a crash in roug surf off an island-believed occupie by the Japanese—and of being ref cued only a day before the islan erupted in volcanic flames. : Cpl. Francis H. Kindseth of Ge Ind, was a member of the crew, The crew, led by Lt. Col. Euge Dougherty of Minneapolis and Ms John R..Van Tright of Ottawa, I had gone on a night mission Tokyo. ‘They missed their target b dropped bombs at Sendai, 200 mil¢! north of Tokyo. Returning to Saipan they em countered ‘headwinds and ran ot of fuel near the little island of Ald magan, 175 miles north of the) base. ; J “Just as we were setting the plar] down in the water we noticed oy map had the words ‘active volcan’ labeled across Alamagan,” Vi Tright said. i But there was no choice, The] | ditched the plant 50 yards off shor} Navigator-bomber 2d Lt. Jeron | Silver of Brooklyn, N. Y. suffered || broken leg in the landing. “We landed at 1 p. m.” ve] Tright said. “The shore was notl ing but rocks. When we put ti bomber down we noticed that a nav Liberator plane had spotted us i we had no worries except that v might have to do a little shooting As it turned out they saw no ot on the island. After friendly plang had flown over, a destroyer put in shore for the rescue around 6 p. r The B-29 had broken up and sun] The destroyer dispatched a wha] boat to pick up the men. i “The real climax came the ned day,” Van Tright added. “Pilo} flying over the island reported

verity,” said Lt. Lee Metcalf, former assistant state attorney general! | trom Hamilton, Mont.

was erupting violently with flam across the whole width and dow)

- [to the poirit where we landed.”

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