Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1945 — Page 2

been Killed,

"GIVES UP CITY

at Fanatical Major Loses Nerve.

By MALCOLM MUIR JR~ United Préss Staff Correspondent ASCHAFFENBURG, Germany, Apri 3 (U. P.).—American power “shattered even the nerves of ome off ‘Germany's most finantical com-| Ahanders—a friend of Adolf Hitler—/ “aiid today the last resistance ceased dn Aschaffenburg, “Alter six days of relentless at. tack from the air and ground, the Tionocled Nazi commander, a Maj Lambert, broke and sent 'word to | the Americans he had enough. He had bullied his men with such cruel efficiency, even threatening them with death, that they called him “geheweinhund”—pig dog. But he finally lost his nerve under the grushing force of American armor. This mornnig he .gent an Amerfcan private, who was captured four| days ago, and fa German captain to the American lines with an offer of surrender. Co-operates Docilely { Walter P. O’Brien, WashD. C., commander of the 157th regiment, back word with the that white flags were to be flown “profusely” from the turrets of castle command post ‘before § a. m.| A’ few minutes before the dead- ! line, the castle doors opened. J.ambert, immaculately dressed in grey-green Wehrmacht cap, neatly! pressed trousers and riding boots, | stepped together with his entire command staff of 100 selécted offiCETs, Many of them carried white figs. When they reached the American lines, Lambert was sent in a jeep to a schoolhouse where O'Brien Was | waiting with two interpreters, 1st Lt. Fritz Schnaittacher, New York City, and 2d Lt. Fred Kaufman, Port Arthur, Tex. Kaufman had

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certain part of the city, folded and taken to a large theater where they met the German commander in a strictly sian military ‘atmosphere.

| old, | courteous in a military manner,

By ROBERT VERMILLION United Press Staff Correspondent WITH 9TH ARMY BEFORE DUISBURG, Germany, April 3 (De[layed —An Anferican lieutenant and two men who entered war-wrecked Duisburg under a flag of, truce to seek surrender found only“one:per{son who wanted to continue the] "hopeless fight. But he was the stiff -necked young | Nazi captain commanding the défending regiment—so the siege continued tonight. Civilians cheered the Americans, who attended a surrender conference, Grinning —and. begging cigarets, the civilians walked beside |

pletely surrounded and the situation was hopeless, Two Junior officers with the captain agreed

The captain discussed the situation generally and tried successfully to get Gooch to give him a briefing of the American

[tense that he that he . was pletely, When Gooch insisted on an answer, the captain studied a {ment and refused. Gooch indicating the party was dismissed.

proof com-

must ‘have surrounded

them as they passed through the lines The Nazi captain was courteous unwavering. MThere is other choice,” he sd. “It is my duty to fight on for the fuehrer the German| Reich.” \ I'he peace was ungerChristopher M.| Gooch of Nashville, - Tenn, Pfc. Josepli Enderer of New York City and Pvt. William Andrews of Galla-

and

mission

| tin, Tenn

Mavor With Party

They crossed the Riine-Herne

canal from the Hambron side, which

is held by the Americans, in an asuit boat, accompanied by the of Hambron who had informed the Americans that the German soldiers wanted to surrender. On -the Duisburg side they were met by a delegation of German non-commissioned officers. One of

| them told Gooch:

“We know why you are here and

wish you success.”

reaching =a were blind-

The ' Americans, on

formal PrusThe captain was about 35 years) bemedaled- and extremely | him he was com-|

Gooch told

to don the temporary rank of major to at least equal the rank of Lam- | bert. When the Nazi commander sur-| rendered his pride was compietely} grained and his spirit broken. <“You Americans don't fully appreciate the real power that's in you,” Lambert said. “We do now, at long! last.” Strong Points Visited i On instructions from OBrien, the German commander, accompanied | by an American platoon, walked to!

each enemy resistance point in the city and sent in the same message: | ! “Everything has ended for us. It is time to come on out.” . Many of the enemy crack SS men and fanatic Nazi youths but - all seemed to come out willingly. “Perhaps they remembered that . Lambert, after ordering them io a Jast-man’ Rand, Sung to the safety "of the castle's air shelter while they were fighting a suicide battle. By 1 p. m. the city was entirely cleared. Maj. Gen. Robert T Frederick, 37-year-old commander of the 45th division, estimated that | 3000 prisoners had been taken since | Suriday. There was one sad fact, however, only .160, Germans had against far Heavier casualties by the attacking side—~ our side.

CUBMASTERS GET BADGES OF OFFICE

R. B. Morris is cubmaster of the newly-installed Boy Scout. Cub pack et the 51st st. Methodist church. He is assisted .by Jack. E. Worner. Robert Bain, field commissioner of Cubbing, presented badges of | office of the cubmaster and assist-! ant cubmaster yesterday and the charter presentation was made by! 8. L. Norton, district executive, Boy Scouts of America. Members ,of the Pack committee are E. G. Bowman, chairman; M. C.| Stone, Jacob Showalter, Muriel Delph arfd Dr, Paul R. Oldham. | Den Mother cards of registration” were presented to Mesdames E. A! Abbett, A, R, Gillespie, Robert! Fetter and Mary Stone. The new Pack is organized to furnish recruits for Troop 87 which meets at the 51st st, church under leadership of E. N. Joyce.

‘MOTORIST SLUGGED BY YOUNG BANDIT

Two motorists bandits last night C. M. Combs, 65, of 4224 Broadway, drove his automobile away! from 20th and Dearborn sits. and at 22d and Rural sts, he said he was_slugged by a man hiding in the back-seat. Although stunned he fought off the youth, who was about 18 to 20 years old I'ne as«sallant jumped from the car and ran, Jack Dorfman, 20, of 2353 'N Alabama st, told men forced their way into his car at! 46th st. and College ave. Threat- | ening Mr. Dorfman with a black Jack, he said, they ordered him to drive intd the country where they! took $6 in cash and a wrist watch valued at $50,

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YANKS IN TRAP,

TOKYO CLAIMS

‘Japs Profess to See Chance For Victory.

By UNITED PRESS Tokyo propagandists professed today to see a golden opportunity for Japan to win the war as result of {the American invasion of Okinawa, only 350 miles southwest of their homeland. The Domei news agency reiterated the line it used when the Americans invaded the Philippines and de-. clared that “the Anglo-Americans are completely playing into the

‘hands "of thie Japanese hight cont] on

mand. ”» Domei said the Japanese high command “had lured the enemy into . where Japanese forces’ have the best chances of wiping out| the enemy.” “Tide Likely to Turn” * “Ryukyu promises to be the here the] fide is Tikely~ promised. The Tokyo broadcast a statement to” the Japanese people from Vice Eijero Kondo (retired) that the invasion of

“to TOT,”

warning

'Qkinawa was a step toward invasion

of the homeland but advising them not to become “impatient.” : “Impatience will bring defeat; Kondo was quoted. “There may be some who will ask ‘what is the navy doing?’ 1 say that I would like for you to place your confidence in the posom of the navy minister and wait for the true time for a decisive battle.”

Hears Japs Try ‘To Cut Supplies

WASHINGTON, April 4 (U. P) —The Japanese navy is suffering such heavy He of manpower that Hirohito's sailors are being told to think twite before committing harakirl. The office of war information passed along that bit of news today in a lengthy report on the Japfleet based information from the U, S. navy and other gover nme departments. I'he willingness of commit hara-kiri sidered a virtue of the navy away with said. Japanese alors now are supcommit

Japanese to longer conbecause so man

have done

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thémselves,” the report

hara-Kiri or the sea and are about to “be by allied ships. Japanese losses in naval nel were estimated at Pearl Harbor, now has about ashore,

AKen prisone:

person - 262.000 since The imperial fleet 850.000 men ,afloat and LODGE MEETS TONIGHT Rebekah meet at 7.30 p. m the I. O. O. F, hall E. Washington sts. tice will follow

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Rep. Gillie Still Hunting Shirts With Long Sleeves

PT. WAYNE, Thd,, April 4 (U. P.). |

the names of manufacturers who

‘The party was blindfolded again

land led for a few blocks. - When the blindfolds were removed Gooch

rade One German soldier asked when the war would be over. “Oh, about April 13," Gooch said. The . soldier replied that months ago he bet it would {over by April 5.

him |

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witff Gooch and urged surrender, | War | un- |

forces around Duisburg on the pre- |

May-. Be Unable to Fulfill Promise to Stalin. By R. H. SHACKFORD

United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 4.—Presi-

dent Roosevelt today faced the em- | barrassing possibility of having to

encke on a promise he made to

Marshal Josef Stalin at Yalta.

mo- | He bowed to!

It is only a possibility and no

istone will be left unturned to avoid | He. But it is there and probably is | {timistic about avoiding a situation

Neo.

IITLER STOOGE Duisburg Crane Alone EE PUTS = In Desire to Continue Fight F[R ON THE SPOT

1 worry of Secretary of |

assembly; or (2) to get Russia drop ‘the idea. Mr. Roosevelt agreed at Yalta to support Russia's bid for three assembly seats, But in a dramatic reversal of policy, he has abandoned another aspect of the Yalta plan to seek three seats for. the United States if the Russian plan is appr oved. His Hands Tied : But Mr. Roosevelt cannot personally fulfill his promise to Stalin, It must be done by the U, 8. delegation to the conference. The President and Stettinius thus are confronted with the job of getting the delegation to support the President's

| promise, if necessary.

That support apparently is non{existent now. But officials are op=

in which the delegation would refuse to back up the President if the

|State Edwar® R. Stettinius Jr., who issue ever gets to that point.

will lead the American delegation | "during a four-hour ‘conference but|found ‘he again was leading a Pa- iat the San Francisco world seeurity | to cheers from the sidelines.| conference. :

Soviet Russia, meanwhile, faced| the choice of abandoning her plan|

{to seek separate assembly represen-

The only apparent alternatives to| tation for White Russia and the

| suc h an embarrassing situation are! { Ukraine, or of risking almost cer-|

(1) to get the U. 8. delegation to the | {tain rejection of it by the united

SIX [conference to be dent's commitment to back Russia's request for three votes on the world! | Russia will drop her plan.

support the Presi=!

nations at San Francisco. American officials are hoping that That

to| would solve a highly delicate prob-

Jem. : If Russia decides to submit the

reaction to rejection is problematica] but it is doubtful she would go so far as to withdraw from the new world organization. The President's decision to drop the U. 8, bid for three votes generally was favorably received. Even such administration stalwarts as Senator Claude Pepper (D, Fla) had opposed the plan, and now expressed hope that “we can prevail upon, Russia the theory of keeping the principle of Sovereign equality in the assembly.” But the decision didn't please Senator + Hiram W. Johnson (R. Cal.), arch-opponent of any kind of world organizatioh, who asked: “Why don't they take that one vote away from us, too?”

LECTURES CONTINUE The Rev. J. Willard Yoder will speak on “We Greet the Veteran,” at 7:30 p. m. today .at the Central Y. W,. C. A. Its the third lecture of the psychology series sponsored by the YW.C. A.

proposal to the conference, it seems|. almost certain to be rejected. Her |.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4

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Dutch Girl Steals Pistols

From Guard :

By LEON KAY United Press Staff Correspondent WITH CANADIAN FORCES IN HOLLAND, April 4.-—Members of the Dutch underground are coming into the open as fast as the Canadians liberate .their towns and villages in northern Holland. The groups comprise men and women of gJl ages. They are haggard from months of hiding in damp cellars, but they are happy and boastful of their exploits in outwitting the gestapo. I spent several hours at one of their centers yesterday and heard them tell of almost fantastic experiences, One girl of 24, hardly five feet tall, said she stole three pistols from. under the nose of a guard at a German supply depot. With the stolen weapons hidden under her dress, she was stopped on the way back by a gestapo agent, but she bluffed her way through a haif hour of questioning. That night she and other un-

derground members used the weap- | at 542014

Fools G estapo

ons to raid a ration card bureau and steal hundreds of cards which were used later to obtain supplies for their hidden comrades. A gray-haired old man sald he served as a messenger among uns derground units for- five months before he had to go into hiding. Previously he had kept an escaped British pilot in the atfic of his house while ‘the ground ‘floor was

occupied by three German officers.

Underground forces were having fun today rounding wp Quislings, estimated at 2 per cent of the population. The defendants were being

marched to prisons to await trial,

CUB BADGES AWARDED Cub pack 187 met at the Northwestern cothmunity center Saturday and cub badges were awarded by Eschol McCain, cubmaster.

MEETING TIME SET Irvington Temple No. 411, Pythian | sisters, will meet at 8 p. m, today E. Washington sk

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