Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1945 — Page 4
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GE 4. — = Ce i INDIANAPOLIS TIMES * ki RG YRSDAY, APRIL 26, 1945. drivate of 106th, Released, Set Record in Building B-29 Base READY TO FIGHT Te * Tells of Prison Beatings 4 ph a | BEER LAW SUIT LS Ayres & Co ie
By JOHN McDERMOTT Russian front and his nerves were]; United Press Staff Correspondent |got Sometimes he tried to stab ; j | WITH 6TH DIVISION, EAST} with his bayonet. Once he beat Emmert Says Action Does OF LEIPZIG, Germany, April 261 ne with the butt of his gun because | Not Have Legal Basis. American soldiers did not believe), | thought I wasn't working enough i A suit challenging constitution- | ality of the new 1945 liquor code | “doesn’t have a. leg to stand on,”
| it when the guards who used ig Amanna and Pfc. Charles Gilbert, | § beat Sham Such a8 Cave © | Kittanning, Pa, were taken prisoner | § X Charlie’—told them hey WErein., o; 1944 while fighting with - im Shami . de going to be marched to freedom. the 106th division trained at Cam Left to right: Pfc. M. A. Power, Tech. 5th Gr. D. E. Roepke, |, :iana Attorney General James A. ¢ ing to be 8 . wh amp Tech, 5th Gr. E. M. Freeman, Pvt, C. C, Hillman and Pfo. R. D. - : 4 ‘We thought it was going Atterbury) near St. Vith, Belgium,|' 1 0b ‘ ; Emmert said today. 5 another torturous hike,” said in the battle of the bulge. Aas, | Mr. Eramert did nok disclose wis Pfc. Vincent J. Amanna, Phila-} Along with fifty other Americans| prVE INDIANAPOLIS members | A. Power, 3443 Sutherland ave: |aofion the state would take in comdelphia, Pa. they were jammed into 4 boxcar for| of an army air force aviation en- | Tech. 5th Gr. D. E. Roepke, 3956 Fatiing the. sult. whisiives fied Amanna was among the 12,000 their trip eastward. They were left| gineer battalion speeded up bomb- | Boulevard pl; Tech. 5th Gr. E. ne ager hil er allied prisoners led into American there for two days without food Or ings of Tokyo by completing: a | M. Freeman, 1642 Tabor st.: Pvt. yes F wis Cg i oy lines by the German colonel com- | heat. L | Superfort base in the Marianas in | C. C. Hillman, 1334 Kappes st. | o es BY ae § mandant of their Camp. | Rumors Run Wild the record time of 54 days. and Pfc. R. D. Glassburn, R. R. 7 was the opening legal volley in “Buttstroke Charlie,’ according Gilbert was sick at his stomach| In the battalion were Pfe. M. | 10, Box 348. ET fT You the oening eg) soley In
one of the Ger-| 3 | a revi a———————— re, to Amanna, was 0 {while he told Mfs story. For the] | cratic war over control of the state
EBs roms Bas uars al the er a a lpast four months he had lived on PARK DEPARTMENT POLICE CAPTAIN ™ pie beer business. |
his rifle. | mostly bread and water, and his first | Filed by Democratic Dealer ~~ Once he lashed an American meal of good American G. IL food | PLANS T0 EXPAND Elden B. Riggs, owner of the
: prisoner with a wire whip until his| wag too much for him, The park. department today was | ; Riggs Distributing Co, Democratic back was bloodsoaked and man- Amann and Givers said their | Working on a 1046 budget that] |beer wholesaler of Crawfordsville, gled. That happened several weeks | brought the suit, The new liquor
would include additional playground |
i ing | hike to freedom began at 2 a. m. at : : ago while the prisoners were being [facilities and supervisory personnel. | law was adopted by the recent G. |
forced to work in a sugarbeet fac- | the town of Torugs, 18 miles north- { O. P.-dominated legislature. ; 2 : east of Wurzen, | Paul Brown, city parks superin-| Schulz Is Transferred to Pleas: Greerlee BR re. of the Loved to Beat Yanks “Rumors were running wild,” said | tendent, said the work has just be- . voovow | Indiana Licensed Beer Wholesalers : Amanna. “I didn't believe we were gun but that “splendid” plans ge Detective Division. 4 .
“Sometimes Charlie. seemed free until I saw a car approaching |civic improvement were being con . | association, said similar actions * ¢ g | ic 1 > 1 YY a n - . { . _ take a gleeful delight in beating |. rrving the Stars and Stripes. * "~ |sidered, He said it was correct i A police reassignment today sent | LI follow ih Song ies Suroughow us,” said Amanna. : “I cried a little I was so glad to!assume that a finer park system|Capt. Alfred-Schulz, a close friend) the SW to the oa us ou & be ” d spent thre: the |see it.” |would be available next year. lot Detective Chief Clifford Beker, talTiec 1 ‘he siale supreme Court, He ha Ty ie years on theisee i. La 2 he ex! yoar, : | federal district court, and to the
former chief, into the detective diIHR U. 8. supreme court, if necessary. li :
vision. Into Capt. Se¢hulz’ job as next in| Says Law. lllegal command to Inspector Don Tooley | In his suit Mr. Riggs charged
Hit i i! : A ; ) eo ’ over uniformed police - went Capt.|the law canceling all wholesale beer 4 . . {Audrey Jacobs, a cousin of City permits on May 1, is discriminatory - 3 | : A >< |Controller Roy Hickman. land infringes on the rights of in- i: : oe 7 8777, Since ‘Beeker's reduction from!djyiduals. He was granted a ' 3 7 : S , 5 ’
. \s | chief a few months ago, a number | tamnorary restraining order by es > ’ +4 i {of his associates have been re-| Judge Howard A. Sommer of ; ] ; : |assigned to take them out of po-|mentgomery circuit court. ’ ; $4 Me 4 sitions of authority. A hearing to determine whether = : 2 J . , - Not Important {the injunction will be made per- . ] ’ The switch involving the two po- manent is scheduled for May 11. a { lice captains was not brought to the Until that time, the reorganized ; N
attention of the safety board. | Alcoholic Beverage commission is Police Chief Jesse McMurtry said| prevented from enforcing the per|this was because the move was ‘“not|mit cancellation clause in Montimportant” and was “simply a roufine |gomery county, If the injunction reassignment,” He denied there was is made permanent, Riggs would be any political significance. |allowed to retain his license until Mavor -Tyndalll said he was|/November, at which time it would familiar with the move but de- expire normally. clared: Named as defendants were Gov“It's’ just an administrative ernor Gates, the A. B. C., Col. Ausmatter. It's foolish to have depart-|tin R. Killian, state police super=ment heads and then tell them how |intendent; Major Walker Eckert, to run their departments.” | executive officer of the state police; The mayor also termed “a lot of | Attorney General James A, Emhooey” reports that Beeker would mert; Harold Zeller, Montgomery be reduced further to the rank of | county sheriff: Montgomery County patrolman. {Prosecutor Arthur McGaughey; Beeker Denies Rumor {Crawfordsville Police Chief Merle Still another rumor prevalent|Remley and A. B. C. Prosecutor
around city hall and police head-| Glenn Markland. quarters was that the former chief| “Political Plums” would resign to enter the liquor © Mr. Riggs alleged that beer business. _ |wholesaler permits were being > ' To this. Beeker said “there's noth- dished out by Republican county ng to it.” {chairmen as so many “political , a Related to the other rumors was plums.” Po ness. Ton, copen ond rose, sizes 14 to 20, : one that Inspector Tooley would yesterday the A.B. C. issued 25| > < : become detective chief in the event new wholesale beer permits. While - . ty Beeker was demoted to” patrolman most of these went to Republicans 7.98 or resigned. This would leave the making their debut in the business, road open for Capt. Jacobs to be some were issued to firms representmade inspector. ing “political partnerships.” A : . : Political observers read into this | number of Democratic wholesalers Daytime Dresses, Fourth Floor | entire situation a continuance of the have made “dbals” with G. O. P. old feud between Beeker and City| aspirants, admitting them to lush Controller Hickman. If Capt. Jacobs profits realized in the brew diswere to become inspector, it was ex-| tributing trade. y pected the city controller's policies |. : —— would receive more attention. Sl > . 3
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