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~ Captives Trade Diamond Rings ~ With Japanese for Cocoanut

ing two or three months with the

By LEE G. MILLER Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

MANILA, Feb. 26 (By Alr Mail)

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BRIDGE ESCAPES, ‘SUICIDE’ DIVES

‘German Reveals Tired Nazi

last five days 135 German

By ROBERT W. RICHARDS United Press Staff Correspondent WITH U. 8. 3D ARMY IN GERMANY, ‘March 13.—Remnants of a | feeing German convoy were half way across a Rhine bridge when Nazi storm troops. blasted the

riflemen, crouching .in- shelters, coldly- picked them off one by one. This story was told to officers of the 4th armored division by a captured German captain three Luftwaffe. pilots and 22 Ukrainians who had been members of the Wehr-

and Coblens, at 6 a. m. March 9. Jourth division tanks and artillery intercepted it only 200 yards from the: bridge. Their fire destroyed the lead vehicles and threw the entire column into confusion: ‘Several vehiclés™ reached the

the Rhine.

“The 8. 8. saved their own skins

(because a German soldier,

“tired

. TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1945

Fo ss Troan Blow Bridge as Nazi Conroy Crosses

WALTER H. O'NEAL, BUSINESSMAN, DIES

* Times Special

CRAWFORDSVILLE, March 1g :

Rites will be held here Thursday for Walter H. O'Neall, Crawfords-

ville businessman : and president ~

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~-Bits and pieces—~ . + } structure. : macht. span and were half ‘way across|and murdered our comrades .for i Bl 1" solemnly signed as oa Was Responsible for Horses screamed and German| Each man talked independently when Germans on the east bank |attempting to do the same,” one|°f the W. Q. O'Neall Co. He died As Yan witness ‘a $100 bet between a | Banos a few days earlier. Capture of Span soldiers shouted in, panic as they|of the other and all recited virtually set off prepared charges to demolish | prisoner said. yesterday, Sup U. P. man and an A. P. man for.) “00 0 0S Tal Ts of San ’ were, hurled into the air and fell the same facts. the bridge. So much German equipment was | Active in Crawfordsville industry mq 80d against the | Prancisco. Jost 34 pounds in cap- By JOHN B. McDERMOTT A [screaming into the swiftly flowirig| The convoy of at least 200 horse-|. The prisoners said no Americans |left destroyed along the narrow |inte his graduation from Wabash (Continu Pacific war be- | oO Called Frets Sialt Correspondent |FiVET: drawn and motor vehicles began were within crossing distance, and [approach to the shattered span that | CCLe8€ in 1968, Mr. O'Neall was 60. 3 ‘4 ing over by next DGEHBAD. Gers | 28, men who lived attempted .to| withdrawing toward the Kron Prins|thefe was no immediate necessity | Americans have named it the |e Was vice president of the Armco reports that | Christmas. | s a2 a REMAGEN. BRIDG FeIr | wim toward the east bank but S8|bridge, midway between Andernach|for the destruction; “Little Faldise.” Drainage and Metal Products, Inc. thrown at lea: A Norwegian | THE WHOLE lot of the Los many, March 13—The Germans are; . secretary-treasurer of the’ Post-war across the ri Free Pressman, | Banos internees looked mighty (fying what the ' Americans call over which the. Yanks crossed the tangled up in it, even When it isithe first from German sources of|dynamite charges, but found the Public Works Council of “Indiana to supple § Kristen Persen, | skinny, as well they should On lug ciqe missions” against the 1st|Rhine last week. on your side, drives home the idea Sabotage by a member of the Ger- [trestle already in American hands,|*Pd Secretary _of, the Highway bridge.) i was delighted | the starvation diet the Japs im- ariny bridges adwite the Bnine in Between “t p. m. and 6 p. m. yes- of calling the Germali suicide. air- man army. He was among 33 en-|the prisoner said, Equipment and Materials A550= Berlin rep lo: BP; today |.riosed In te Weeks ius; before desperdte efforts to cut the lifelines |terdaY, 35 German planes—Messer- men gineers assigned to the bridge who| Fleeing into bushes, the engineers ciation, cans attacke that an army | their liberation in that marvel- : IE Remazen bridgehead. chmitt 109's and Focke-Wolf 190’s The Ludendorf? bid : ih were captured today while fighting hid -out until nightfall, then re- He is survived by his wife, | Rhelinbreitba | finance officer | ously co-ordinated strike by guer- 2 ¢ he g hn 5 Sad it iri | —made 350 attacks. They tried |, ne "UTERCOr r ge across the fac infantrymen in Luebsdorf, one |furned to their outfit. Dorothy; a daughter, Mrs. Norman and one-hal hopored three- | rillas, amphibious troops and | Tocay i can be reves at In ard to bomb and shoot up the i r.ne. fell intact tp the lst army)myyj south of Linz, As for the soldier who cut the de.| PETTY. JF; two sons, Samuel, with of the east

year-old travelMr. Miller ,checks. He. has | been in Manila since before the Japs took it I paid 2'2 pesos ($1.25) for a | bar of cheap soap to send out with my laundry, Many Filipinos, early fall of Manila with bales of Jap pesos might serve for wallpaper. can pick- up’ plenty of this “Mickey Mouse money,” as it's called, in the streets—including

fooled by the | are stuck which You |

, shinplaster denominations as low

as one centavo. Smarter Filipinos | spent their Jap pesos for commodities useful in barter. ” ~ ~ SOLDIERS and correspondents keep asking me whether Ernie Pyle will come to Luzon. I can only tell them that Ernie expects to -go ashore with the army | “somewhere out here” after do-

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parachutists. Mr. Terry told of eating the ts of* banana and papaya trees rees themsel Ives were just outside the barbed-wire stockade, but the Japs refuséd to let 1ternees- pick the fruit. “We were in the heart of the world's greatest coconut area” he said, “but no coconuts us except at one watch for one coconut, or one diamond ring for four.”

the

such prices

= ~ = ERNEST J. MORA, 60, New who .was an independent electrical engineer and contractor here, said his plant ang home had been stripped -by the Japs. He estimated his loss at $125,000. Mr.- Mora’s wife was also an internee. "He said he traded her | gold wrist: watch to a Jap guard for four pounds of raw brown sugar and two pounds of rice.

Sees Nazi Party Planning Elaborate Underground

By HELEN KIRKPATRICK Times Foreign Oorrespondent PARIS, March: 13. — The surrender of the already badly mauled and disorganized Germany army should not be expected. : There is every indication that the German army leaders are fully aware of the disintegration of Germany's armed might. Despite the situation the German army chiefs are not in a position to withdraw, regroup or order stirrender. There is every reason to believe that Hitler and Himmler have

taken complete __. ] trick charge and pre- Miss Kirkpa

vented senior wehrmacht officers

* from having any contact with one

* through June 2. E2 through J2

+ X8 through Z5 and A2 and B2.

another—so much do they fear the army's capitulation. Corps commanders have no idea where their divisions are, and | have no.contact with army or army- group headquarters. They | fight on with pistols at their backs. = 2 s PART and parcel of this suicidal political control is the Nazi party | plan for defending the “German citadel,” which is located somewhere in ‘Bavaria and Austria. There are complete’ underground headquarters, arsenals and factories. Protecting the "citadel on “the eastern flank, Germany's best S. S. (elite guard) - divisions are now | fighting the Russians,.in a po- | sition where they can fall ‘back into the citadel. Elaborate plans have been madé*/ and are now in process qfiheing executed. French magus nd Yugoslav Chetnik- experiences are | being fully utilized. ~ 5 o COMPLETE resistance ‘cells have been reorganized throughout | Germany and Austria. Only the |

chiefs of each know who the mem- |

| the Swiss border,

_ 1 ish,

i a good supply, {| atrocities

{ hatred and trouble between

“people.

{ keep { FRERY

| German army

ranking party members has been drawn up and only those known to be 100 per cent trustworthy are to be allowed to enter the citadel. A list of other high Nazis, suspected of being disloyal or capable of treachery, will be allowed to fall into allied hands. = tJ =

MEANWHILE, lesser known but trusted Nazis and S. S. leaders are already trying to assume names and paper of foreign workers, who died in"Germany. Or of German civilians, killed in air raids. They, thus, hope to escape allied justice and be able, if necessary, to flee the country. The citadel’s western flank is on thus giving the Nazi leaders an escape route if the

| citadel finally falls.

= ® =

ORDERS to resistance cover three main headings: ONE: ' Disguised and highly trained ’Nazis are to sabotage the allies inrevery possible way: The Hitler youth have been especially trained for this job. ~ TWO: Others, disguised as civilians, are to do everything stir up trouble between the Brit- . Americans, Rfssians and. French THREE: Others in allied uniforms, of which the Germans have are to commit against the civilian thereby = stirring

cells

population, up the occupiers and’ the civilians. : = = = THESE PLANS have worked out with a detail and precision sf which the Germans are more capable than any. ether For'the Nazis are determined to hold out their léng enough to tire out the allies and, beyond that, by ‘underground methods These are plans which will Germany a trouble center for montns, poss years, after ized resistance of the has been

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planes tacks were shot down. disappeared in the clouds trailing b: idgehead tended to bear out Gerand ‘man reports that the 1st army had thrown pontoon bridges across the ay the Ger- Rhine to supplement the captured

comet-like flame,

have

made “suicide” the

bridges. Sixty-six| Fourteen others,’

tails of smoke

The 1st army men’ s

man air force must be on its last Ludend legs. can explain its failure to go all the greatest concentrations of antiout to destroy the railway bridge aircraft fire in history,

That is the only way they|

INDIANAPOLIS ™ | Dog With Bottles I

WILL ELECT FRIDAY

Election of officers of olis lodge No. 13, B. P 0. E be held al 8 p. m. Friday, with officers to be installed April Nominees for lodge offiges are:

John DeMasie and William E._ Dietric exalted ' ruler James r t

will

L. Bodenm! trustee; John Del Grand lodge and “Mr. representative A class of candidates will be initi ated Into the order and honored with a reception March 23

WORD FROM GERMANY AWAITS ERNA SCHUYZ Erna Schutz, former 1331 Central ave. is “being sought the Indianapolis chapter of t Red Cross which has received a ply to the message she sent to rel

tives in Germany in "November, 1943, 1

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RATION CALEN DAR

MEAT—Red stamps Q5 through|B8 and 85 good through March. 31; T5 through X5 good through April 28; Y5 dnd Z5 and A2 through D2 good are

C6 are good for five aul. lons; El and E2 good for one gallon; 'R1 and R2 are good for five gal lons,

valid through June 30. Meat dealers, SMOES—No 1. No. 2'anq No. 3 will pay two red noints and 4 cents! indefinite ylamps In Book 3 good for each pound of waste fat. BRL 2b PUBL OffemPers fods 4 and § : ( f CANNED GOODS—Blue stamps: 1943-44. he auWng season and Periods

800d 1 through through March 31; C2 through G2|son wy $9! Mauss tu pd good through April 28; H2 Shrouss {cent of fuel oil Supply should hd M2 are good through June 2. N2 used as of March. 5 through 82 are valid through June| TIRES Ls Gimieriias. vehicle tres

30. inspection every Si) Tionths vi _ SUGAR~Stamy 35 valid for five | 5000 miles, i" > ad

pounds through June 2. Ackher TIN SALV LV AGE—Drive opens’ Stamp will becorne valid May 1. | Monday, March 12, with collections

GASOLINE — A-14 SOUpOnS. ke north of 16th st. aRreh Tuesday, t. Wednesday and

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at-| bridges.

to the

dispatches referring over the Rhine at

(Front ‘bridges’

orf bridge.) They had .to fly through one of

of fighting,” deliberately cut demolition charge wires, a German prisoner said last night. The prisoner, a German engineer sergeant in a demolition company, told his captors that he had been

informed the German captain in charge of blowing up the bridge! had committed suicide after its

capture,

Getting

The sergeants story was among

“The bridge was supposed fo have been blown up in mid-afternoon,” the sergeant said. “When only two explosives went off, a company was sent to investigate, “They returned in a few minutes, saying the wires had been cut and they were unable to find the explosives. » The engineers who originally |wired the explosives returned to the

‘bridge about 8 p. m. with additional

molition charges wires, the prisoner said: “Like the rest of us, he was tired of -fighting, Only the S.S. (elite storm troopers) want to continue the war? ~ -

LODGES MEET TONIGHT The Marion county association, Royal Neighbors of America, will meet with Ironwood Camp 2430 in a called meeting tonight at the hall.

the army in France, and Thomas, at home, A third son, Lt. William Q. O'Neall, B-17 pilot, was killed in France, Dec. 31, 1943,

NO, NO, NO

NEW YORK, March 13 (U.P) —A cigaret counter in the lobby of the Central Court building, Brooklyn, “No ifs—. No ands—. No butts, displayed this sign today:

Playas vith Thei Own. Matching Siirts;*2. 98. 10. 9%

Sports shop, Third Floor

bridge, after ration, A dispatch N. Bradley’ headquarters alr forces n weather to the - German bridgehead. But this added, and even holding efforts of th This repo had lost 31 p ‘They were 1 Ludendorff | orders to ge

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