Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 April 1945 — Page 16

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WHAT 1S TRUTH

TIRE S ON VON PAPEN?

Was Arrest Staged? ‘Was, ARE PRECIOUS He Already in Allied Hands?

‘ By CURT RIESS Times Foreign Correspondent > : : @ | BERN, April 27—Franz von a Quality and Value

Papen may be a prisoner today:

Wheels Out of | But that does not mean that he| "~ 0 Ss : Outstanding in

was taken prisoner by the allies Ali nme t A e : only recently. | Ig n ( The real story, which is contrary : to official reports, may be somewhat |

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what sinister. 3 y & a. According to my information, von d « ’ N 7 Worst Enemy Papen was in one of the allied capi- bY 1 I'ih Bow-Trimmed! 1 . tals only two weeks ago. A + 0 \ » I, oF

If this is so, the implication is! ons

that von Papen tried to negotiate a | Solids and Prints! Natal

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peace. with the allies on behalf of’

some future Geran government. ? ; = a fo ; | Tried to Negotiate / a : & 5 | In order to save himself, he re-§& = = \ 3 ; af : { fused to go back.into Germany and | ®. % 3 gE J & 2 Mee

the * ‘arrest” was staged to make of- | 1 . : ; : BR | ficial a situation which already had | \ " fi } § CR & cave | existed for some time unofficially. | ; S C A . L ; girls 1 | I.wrote as early as the middle of | For Misses and Women! and f J " and 0 | December that von Papen was in! 3 : 3 a » : were | Lisbon trying to negotiate with the | bo : - : } Aull ’ - i and b allies, but was given the cold 3 L : y a oon shoulder. i A I also said in the middle of De- | 1

cember that, the von Rundstedt of- | J : : wes = fensive had ‘particularly surprised| - 3 3 i ; € the allies because von Rundstedt| BE E> =. : 4 : p 5 had been the man behind von 3 ; 2 0 / Pin Vane nam a Fo ‘We're noted for the wonderful values .

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Rundstedt Sought -Armistice At the time this seemed rather far fetched. But only a few days ago the allies openly admitted that von Rundstedt had sued for an 3 B : armistice and even ofered capitu- : ' : styles for use now and all through lation, though at that time von S SE . , : ame was not mentioned.: ; 3 . iy there are many indica- iE The season's most colorful and fashtions that von Papen never returned to Berlin or Berchtesgaden

when ‘his mission failed. ’ ’ a fields i 8 . Shortly after the von Rundstedt at Wasson’s first. Chesterfields, Sizes for Juniors, offensive collapsed and the allies boxy types and shorties in all pop-

entered the Saar we made Frau Ta Misses and Wom von Papen prisoner under circum-| ; ular shades. All-wool shetlands and : re - a

stances which indicated that this]

lady desired to become our prisoner. ! o crepes. . i Pi | : | - Misses’ Sizes 10 to 20 Li WASSON'S DRESSES,

Making it ‘Official’ > Or perhaps she had been in our OWNSTAIRS STORE

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only too willing to betray the whereabouts of his father, while old ; i a ; ; 7 E $ aman von Papen seemed surprised’ and - ip > ; V2 : . : When y .shocked that the Americans ar- . 3 iT ] A him of rested him.

Needless to say if von Papen had. | \\ . ; TE TEs 7 + ee iF 'L. AK 3 : i | N ¢ b insi Ho. 5 ; \ —— rere ew . een inside Germany and had p /| Lg ; 3 \ i = ” 4 . . ! withed to evade allied arrest he "1 : 2 2 « ’ N : = i ¢ . THO 2 could still ‘be with the other Nazis. : no ; i en 4 ; N \ : Ff g of them

y ment and | - On the other hand; if he ‘were all | - for BE : : EN 2 me } : . . Ny MM. : highly, pr o™ mm - iho time dpuaitiod-hands pg the! ante TOWN NCR ER op : ; ] ; } he ; XE ; ar : "| pre-artangement was ‘toy | > Qe OS Erp a wi fi rg Cr Ap A A , cd E% 2: ; & : Him : : least, m The . J i & iif i i i 4 NE AP Ar Ry u - RT oy £ Lig . sie i -. ; / 7 ?

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lodge was Feached, everything falls a 4a AE ; tan , a ; ; : ai : — FEET ae sda ra e vice | into place. : Tn t= : . ag . west sid

Somebody cooked up the story of | : BE oH re , ; 5 / sokes, Vv:

father and son and thus von : x . : Papen’s face was saved. ; EF 3 ; : ; 5 98 Was It Necesary? ] i Ln ® E Such face-saving may have been | 3 x : xpert the necessary though unhappy duty of those who negotiated. with von A ; Papen he” 7 Cleverly styled tie-

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