Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1945 — Page 1

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

PAGE 2 AP DISPATCH ON PEACE IN ERROR

Premature Celebrations Are Spiked By Truman.

NEW YORK, April 30 (U.P.).~— The nation got back to the busipess of winning the®war today after a week-end in which an erroneous Associated Press dispatch from San | ; | Francisco touched off premature] {Peace celebrations. : A personal denial by Truman Saturday night many had surrendered stopped th nation-wide celebrations. At ‘the time ‘he made his denial thousands of persons were on the sidewalks in front of the White House, “God Bless America” and Star Spangled Banner.” ie AP. *dispateh, 655 » m. (Indianapolis rend:

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‘Rites for Fred W.

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imorrow at Shirley singing Hill chapel. Burial will

magazine, Mr,

few groups of sick and wounded, ne camp there not to retrh to the] _ | said. 8 Soviet union,” Wheteas Russia has observed all In one instance Golikov explained, ! : the dispatch said, that Soviet rep- | obligations ‘undertaken in the |resentatives recently discovered in| patriation agreement signed by the England three camps containing] Big Three at Yalta, he’ said, the 1712 Soviet citizens. United -States and Britain have | “Our representatives had not been violated the agreement and mal-|told anything of the existence of treated Russian prisoners in Eng- | these cam ps.’ Golikov land and Egypt. las saving. “The camps were run by | The Americans and British liber-| American police. Soviet citizens

ated 150.000 Soviet prisoners ex-/were held in these camps under

“RUSSIAN RAPS U. S. BRITAIN

Charges Allies Maltreated Soviet Prisoners. By M. S. HANDLER’

United Press Staff Correspopdent cluding those freed in he last few quite inadmissable conditipns.” MOSCOW, April 30.—Col. Ww F. weeks, he said, but onlya35,000 have | egreeeerren

been returned to Russia. . § . of the Soviet I, Golikov, president ol ine ee “In England, Frahce, Italy, the! Cotton Stems char a there | . Used in Boxes

repatriation U. S. and Egypt,” he said, {the United States and Britain today gre Still many. thousands compelled | WASHINGTON, April 30 (U P.).—The war production board

with maltreating Soviet prisoners to wait many months before being said today cotton stems are now

11ta- alowed to.return home.” ‘Unsatisfactory Conditions’ being used as a corrugating material for shipping containers

Agcording to the dispatch, Golikoy The stems are: ordinarily left

yesterday at Methodist hos-|the Soviet news ‘agency Tass that specifically accused the U. §. and will. be held at 3 p. m. to- the Red Army. Tits liberated mn Britain of yaslenns some Russian Brothers’ Irving y prisoners liberated from the Gerbe in Wash- than 200,000 non-Russian allied war mans without informing the Soviet standing in the fields after cotton picked. Experiments. carried mans. held some Russians “under quite out by the Johnson C. Smith uniOf these, unsatisfactory conditions” and the; versity, Charlotte, N. C., and the cans and British have under “British ! feire"” to trv| Savannah, Ga, have found this patriated with ato persuade Russials held in a new use for the stems; WPB said

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commission,

Fred Ww. Hallett

Hallett. editor "and otherwise violating the Ye

the Inland Poultry Journal and repatriation agreement, known poultry expert who| He also said in an interview with

tal,

gton Park. In addition to editing the poultry Hallett was president he Inland Journal firm. A showan of Rhode Island reds, he also!

as a poultry judge on many

he said, 64,188 already All Ameribeen re-

and civilian prisoners from the Ger- government of their whereabouts; 18 have been repatriated poles in Egypt had been permitted Herty foundation laboratory,

was quoted®

| all

#%Nazis Quit.”

‘many had surreddered.

“Cyermany has surrendered to the | sgfved allied governments nconditionally, occasions. and announcement is expected mo- | Mr. Hallett, tnentarily, it was stated by a high|at 711 N. DeQuincy American official today.” | merly taught for 10

who was, 66, resided st. He forvears at the Chillicothe, of Grace

was granted

Truman Statement State Normal college, |Mo., and was a member The news went around the world Methodist church. and the celebrations started. It | Surviving are his wife, Cora M.; was shortly after 8:30 p. that | two sons, Thomas D. and Robert Mr. Trumai issued a statement John, both cof Indianapolis. and five awvhich made it ciear that the A. P. grangepiidren. || was in error. Calling reporters into his office, the President said: CORRELL OF l. P. “Well, I was over here (at the White House) as vou can see doing a, little work, and this rumor got started. - I had a call from San Francisco and the state department, called me, just got in touch with | / Adm: Leahy and had him call our ‘ y : headquarters commander-in-chief Best Spot News Reporter, (Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower) in| : Europe, and there is no foundation | Pyle Again Honored. Jor the rumor. That is all I have CHICAGO, April 30 (U. P).— O Sa) v YBut the damage had been done. | (Henry T. Gorrell, United Press war Many newspapers had extras on |correspondent, today the streets carrying the A. P. dis- {the annual Sigma Delta Chi award patch under such headlines as (for excellence in “spot news” war Radio stations were] | correspondence, broadcasting it. 7 Gorrell was one of eight newsLaid to Connally | papermen cited for outstanding After Mr. Truman's denial the work in their profession during 1944 A. P. issued a statement in which by the professional journalism it identified Senator Tom Connally fraternity. Among the others were the late of Texas, vice chairman of the {Ernie Pyle, who received honors for Americap delegation at the Sani the secdnd consecutive year for war Francisco conierence, as the “highj| | correspondence, and Marquis Childs, American official” mentioned in its] United Feature Syndicate columnist, gispatch. {who won the award for Washington . “The report of the German correspondence. surrender transmitted by the A. P.| Pyle's award for war cortonight from San Francisco and respondence was for his human in-! attributed to a ‘high government terest reporting, as distinguished official” was ah accurate and factual from Gorrell’s “spot news” stories. account of a statement to A. P.| In someting on the awards, the stafi men: by Senator Connally,| judges said: > vice chairman of the U. S. dele-| “More than any

other reporter,

gation to the United Nations con- Pyle has the gift of bringing the ference and chairman of the senate horrors and realities of war close to foreign relations committee,” stat#ment said. “Another member of the U. S.| €elegation supported Senator Dons |

the home. His articles have been mag{nificent.”

Consistent Reporting Of Gorrell’s reporting, the judges in their announcement of the award said: “Other reporters have excelled in

nally’s statement. He Only Expected It

Connally later denied to guid Pros et ig offic single stories, but Gorrell tops them information about a German sur-, lall for consistent performance. His’ render or that he had made. any | | stories are. Simply written but statement to the effect that. Ger-| abound in facts. | Other . winners’. ‘were Frederick “No;"T" didn't” say Anjitrg ke Kuh, London HilreAll” manager “of that,” he said. |the Chicago Sun, who won the ‘Connally added, however, that award for fordign correspondence; he had “expected the news mo-| Eddie Doherty, of the Chicago Sun, mentarily—just like everybody else who was cited- for general reportdid.” ling: and Felix R. McKnight, of the It was apparenfly a misconstruc-| Dallas Morning News, who won the tion of this remark by an A. P. award for editorial writing. reporter that caused the. news| Prof. Earl English, of the Universervice to make the flat announce- | sity of lowa, worl the award for rement that Germady had sur- search “ifi journalism, and Hank rendered and to credit it to an Barrow, of the Associated Press anonymous source. | was selected for the annual award ieee | {OT editorial cartooning.

"OFFICIAL WEATHER

reeeee{1, 8. Weather Bureat————— (Al Data in Central War Time) April 30, 1945 5:46 | Sunset . N38

PLANES FROM EUROPE TO AID IN PACIFIC

TL.ONDON, April 30 (U., P.).—Gen. Eo Carl A. Spaatz said today that the } . 3.52 United States will maintain a force shows the “highest < s ending at 7.30 of strategic bombers on the con lowest tempera{ing at 7:30 a. m

Sunrise

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 30 a.m Total precipitation since Jan. 1 .. Excess since Jan. 1 .. = The followir {temper atures p ! in sufficient

upris-

m. Vv tures iby today:

tinent after the war strength to deal with any ing in Germany. i As much air used in the Pacific that theater, Spaatz the existing bases” to handle swarms of ; ers used in Europe. Ha Regarding transfer so | from Britain the 0 R. A. F. spokesman 39 “The R.. A. P. Is

Low 44 power as can be will be sent to said, although are insufficient heavy bomb-

Indianapolis Kansas Miar Minne:

of Far said: going

air power toe East, an 39 { to co39 area to the fullest possibility with’

the greatest impact. ”

FIVE STATE HIGHWAY ' ENGINEERS REPLACED

Announcement of tlie replacement five district engineers was made today by John H. Lauer, chairman of the Indiana highway commission. The appointments, effective morrow, included Don Coffin r-| Vincennes replacing M. T. Kenney in the Crawfordsville district, Clarence Winsor of deroon replacing W. T. McVaugh in the Greenfield a J. Paul Parker Crawfordsville replacing George Lutz in the Ft. Wayne district, Da- : | vid G, Goodwin: of St. Joe replacAddie M. @ Fiasun. ing F. E. Bernoske in the La Porte Lee Hunter: sons | district, and. Russell. Williams of James ‘Jackson; sis-| Vincennes replacing J. P. Thomas

Mrs. Ernest Rush, Mrs. Robert Gui- | brother, Elmer . Ayers. iin the Vincennes district,

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State Deaths

ANDREWS Mrs. Nora, Bigelow, 46. Sur 1 Yivor Hus \ BV sons, Cpl, Edin Rober r sister, Mrs.- Fred Griffith; brothers, John Levey Endsley, EVANSVILLE G., Albert Burvi 8 Ruth

Todrank, 62 Mrs. Marion bnal d O. Todrank smejer, Mrs mon; br

Elza others to

Ohning, N a Sol John, Henry. RAMBL RG Mrs Anna Effing, 74, Bu Yivor Dafighter, Mrs, Leo Niehoff, LOG ANSPORT M1 Lottie Bennett hitestone, 88 Survivor Son, Arthur, ighter, Mrs ia -Bowyer, brother 8. A. Behiner 2 MONTICELLO Burvivors: Bons win, Herbert brotifer, Joht 8 lich, Mrs, Josep ¢ NEW ALBANY--Mrs, stab 5}. Survivors: Marion Bostock, Mrs Lawrenge Hagenstah, ters, lett;

Heimlich, of ¢ Walter, EdLou Poe: Emma Heim-

Charles ve

No Fuel Shorfage Here Now, "But Early Buying Is Urged

There is no shortage "of usable “fuel th Indiana at this time, W. G. Btocktdn, solid fuels administration : Ins war area manager, Geclared taHe urged minediate preter of : + Sond for next winter's use to avoid later. Even now, delivery. cannot, be made |

to 80 per cent of their riormal requirements, Mr. Stocktoh asserted He said, however, that an exception had been made in the case of

tucky coal. Users of “this fuel may obtain 100 per cent of their requirements, . There will he no ‘madification of

operate with the Aniericans in that|

Inidana, 1llinois and Western Ken- |

Jibei Soodaiions, a Lia anion of | Mr. Stockton, - -

the -exception of

Sizes 1163 216 8.

Children's and Toddler's Shoms Fourth Floor

Retired Farmer Dead Here at 75

RITES WILL be held at 2 p. m., tomorroweat Conkle funeral home for William FE. Crone, retiréd farmer who died yesterday at his home, 2001 E. 52d st. Burial will be in Shiloh. A lifelong

resident of Marion county, Mr. Crone was 75 and was a member of Bridgeport Friends ¢hurch. He is survived by his wife, Legrah; a daughter, Mrs. Rachael Howard, and three grandchildren, of Indianapolis. | JUSTIN GOFF Services were to” be held p. m. today at North Lewisbur

at ag O.,

for Justin Goff, retired interior dec=T

at the Cleo Bur-

orator, who died Friday home Bf his daughter, Mrs. Williams, 1449 S. Belmont ave. ia] will be in North Lewisburg. A resident of Indianapolis most of his life, Mr.”Goff moved to North Lewisburg in 1921 and returned here in 1943. He was 78 and resided at 4129 Spann ave. He is survived by two diaEhters Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Eulalia

Stewart, both of Indianapolis; three

| grandchildren.

ELVA A.

'merly of Milroy, died yesterday at!public ceremonies last night in the

| five ‘years. 31

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1945 ~ MON ALL

MRS. RANSOM GETS : SERVICE AWARD

Nettie - Ransom has been

sons, Harold J. -Charles Ws, and] Fred L.' also of Indianapolis; a| Ms. half-brother, William, Los Angeles, | Cal: a half-sister, Mrs. Stella| Presented with the Cable award Reichert, Indianapolis, and 14 for outstanding public service. She ¢ 1s the wife of ¥:B. Ransom, 828 N. | california st. State Senator enburr madesthe

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MORRIS Elva Annette

Robert Lee Brok-

Mrs. Morris, for- ‘Presentation at’ in Denm and with 6. The

Norway 1 P London end of tl days awa said it n Much pected te in comn Tuesday. as usual Count gave Hir terior mi fuehrer American rate pea purportec Sunday. The di the well said thal believed | be long ¢ it would many’'s © this time the Unit Wo! A sto London original called for dead or and othe: ern allies Under offer, the ‘ the Gerr ern fron arms, thi would “c others 11 would re coast ar authoritie All Lo sized tha earn imn bly the mr criminals theorized ing for a render of Fe

Suggest may be what by wag the offered t alive” an man rad claims th ing the Some | Hitler dis undergro: Tiergarte ister Jose The cl said an death wh ready ha Nazi part though it would be Anothe Hitler dit last Tue “came WO! dead last A In 8a spokesma Himmler Hitler w would ex; Still a published paper M Hitler an Goering galomani Hitler dressing empty re build Lo: ing up a painting nails red,

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|the home of her daughter “Ni, H. Corinthian Baptist church. The

A. Bottorff, 2229 Park ave. award is made annually to the Indiandpolis person whose unselfish whom she ‘had made her home for |. vice is given voluntarily to the

greatest number ol persons. Dr. Theodore Cable, a

with

dentist He and

The widow “of Dy. Charles E. Morris. who died in 1925, Mrs. Mor- here, is founder ot the award. Fis was 78. She—was—a member of | is a former city councilman Milroy Methodist church. [state representative. She is survived by her daughte¥| Mrs. Ransom was nominated for and a son, Dr. E. H. Morris, Indian- | the honor by the Federation of apolis. “ghe was the mother of the Associated Cluos, Inc, A member late Mrs. Bernie Kirshbaum and Of thé Marion county welfare board Mrs. Elmer Shortridge who lived in 2nd the Flanner House guild, she Indianapolis. has been-active at the Senate ave. Rites will be held at 2:30 p. m: seérvicemen’s center. Mrs, RanWednesday at the Murphy fuheral som also has served on the board home in Milroy, with burial in Mc- of management at the Phyllis Carty Cemetery. Wheatley Y.W. 0. A. :

be thoug] his last a The Na that Ger: the “civil went do against B If, hoy idea of s many fro logical fo His em on the wi an answe the allies If noth assumed keep figh ent to the less strug

Himmle er—as mi Hitler—t¢ If Hitl have auf and spar the onus If Hitle logical su left with natical 8, The ut many’s p , to Himm leaders. The 25 have bee: be no las The “yl falling to Berlin hands a: garrison death’ in Except and perhs ‘slovakia, be any p © continue