Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1945 — Page 2
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Walter Bedell Smith, the Indian- - And Family First. | apolis. genera] who sighed the Ger= {man surrender for- ‘the allies. By. FREDERICK C. OTHMAN | “In this hour of sober . triumph United Press Staff Correspondent 5 all Indiana extends grateful appres WASHINGTON, May 8.—Presi-~ ciation for vour superb. service to “dent Truman made histQry. this| the nation,” Governor ‘Gates cabled. rainy im his oval oftipe,/“Your Historie record accords honor reading bis V-B day proclamation, and distinction worthy of Indiana's pot only to am extra- early press] greatest wartime tradition.’ ; 3 ,. conference, but to his cabinet, coms | “Throu gh you all -Indiana’ pays ional leaders and-his family. [homage 2. . to the great leader } "Then he read it to the nation. Gey. Eisenhower.” ] "Eisenhower's Key Man’ ». executive office basement. And in Indianapolis many others To the assembled reporters, ad- proutily read of the general signing "ministration leaders, Mrs. Truman, surrender in the. tle red and her daughter,’ the President's schoolhouse in Relms. © remarks probably sounded oven When the news of the end of the better than they did to the radio war in Ewope Was announced, audience. yeorge V. Bedell, 1424 Marlowe
exuberant observations &s he wen. aves the general's uncles; Manual aking. | high school and ‘many friends and ‘Flags of Freedom Fly’ Rain was falling ‘in a downpour, |tentively.
but the apple-green office was ril- | liantly lighted, riot only by electric- | Eisenhower, Gen. Smith has been |
ity, but by the presidential smile. the key man in the mobilization of Mr. Truman stood in his double-|vast numbers of men and material] breasted black suit, shirt with hard that brought victory in Europe. k collar, and sober blue tie. He re-| ge nay participated im invasions | marked that he didn't want his lof North Africa, Sicily, Italy and|
words released until after 8 a. Mm. | prance and his uniform is decorated |
3 ber husband
. Churchill, Marshal Stalin and Gen:.
and said he thought he'd better! with fous rows of medals, including read his proclamation. the distinguished service medal | , He sald mot to-werry. It would with a cluster, the legion of merit, | taken only seven minutes. the legion of honor, and the croix, “The flags of freedom fly all over: de guerre with a palm. Europe,” he began. | “The lad.was quite a scrapper in| Then he smiled and added that his youth,” his one uncle said, re=| something else was being celebrated, | calling Walter's youth at 1723 Ash-| too—his birthday, his 61st. {land ave, where his parents, the]
Mrs. Truman, clad in a black suit |jate Mr. and Mrs. William L. Smith, | Ly
and a turquoise blouse, smiled -at| lived. d he went on read- | Writes His Teacher | p——The e said he had another| little release, a small goosmont | “TY Jue tst1e? So death 1 Siok which would give the Japs Some! Mrs, Nettie Rigler, 28 S. Oxford st. ies ot wnat they ean Rpec 10m general's childhood nurse, said. | : Turn Mrs. Rigler took care of the gen-| 3 ing on Japs eral when he was 3 years old and! P The allies, Mr. Truman said, are yeans ‘a scrap book of all of turning loose upon ther the great- {his achievements. She recalls that | est war machine in the history of | ‘he was “smart as a tack when 3 the world. fpaby. " As he talked, he was forced to Especially proud of the general, blink. The photographers stood On| 44, is Miss Arda Knox, 803 E. 34th ‘chairs arourid the rear of the ro0m | = pis mathematics teacher at | and recorded the historic moment | | Manual high schol. : | on celluloid. Their photo- flash | Just last January -Miss Knox re-. lamps made. a series of flashes, lke | ..ived a letter from the general, a street car trolley on an icy wire. | the first she had heard from him! The President looked up from his |since she saw his head bent over. Bi, said had been ready his algebra book in the classroom. or this announcement since a wee | EH Kemper McComb, Manual ago Saturday, and announced 80-1 rincipal, also recalled the general's berly that America has enormous high school’ days, describing him ‘as
oblems before her. He used the »” Hollywood——terrifio—and he spoke | ® “solid and substantial student. it ‘soberly. Rises Hard Way He said we could make the world | Having joined the National Guard a happy place in which to live, or when he left high school in 1913, we could ruin it, depending on Gen. Smith came up through the | whether we worked with our allies army the hard way. He was not a
@ peace as we have in war. Then West Pointer but began as & second | -
lieutenant at Ft. Harrison in 1917.
ne took up his script again. : When world war II started, he was
Prayers Next Sunda y y i" colonel. -
“The victory won in thé West,” ! When he was promoted to brigape Sd “must now be won in the! | dier general, “Beedle” Smith was ~ appointéd secretary of the chief of
He thnught a “nothent and said isenhower. ne hoped that this theught could! [stalls board for, Gen. E
be emphasized time after time. Back to his speech, he read the w ‘phrase: “The dictators once thought Ston eman as us soft and weak.” And he wondered, he said with |
Right on Victory a smile, what the Germans think |
about us now, A prophesy by The Times’ vet- | Next Sunday, he said, would be | eran correspondent, William H. dedicated to prayer; particularly Stoneman, was borne out finally ‘appropriate, too, he added, because | and completely with today's Big it is Mother's day. = - Three announcement of the total Mr. Truman said that hé'd sent capitulation of Germany congratulatory cables to Winston On March 28 Mr. Stoneman wrote from London: ‘Eizenhower and De Gaulle He “Germany's ‘capitulation’ is started to read (hem, but settled likely to be a piecemeal, disorfor the one to Eisenhower, when 8anized affair in which one miliSecretary Jonathan Daniels inter- tary command and one town after rupted to say. he'd better get to his another will surrender or be wiped
microphene downstairs. . The clock | Out. said-8.57 a. m. | “This may preclude any such
rr | ‘Armistieé day’ as the allies cele- | «FREE MAIL FOR MRS. F. D. R. | brated in 1918. It may also inWASHINGTON, May 8 (U. P. ) == volve a lot of tedious, bloody batPresident Truman has signed a bill/“tles in such difficult areas as Holgiving Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt! land, Norway, Bav aria, Bohemia lifetime franking privileges. and northern aly”
Hersey and Mauldin Among Winners of Pulitzer Prizes
NEW YORK, May 8 (U. Po ington, London and the fronts John HetTsey's “A Bell for Adano,” Sicily, Italy and France. received the Pulitzer prize of $500 Local News Prize yesterday as the most distinguished . novel published during 1944. Jack 8. McDowell “of the San - Tg . : Francisco Call-Bulletin won the 8 daly Chase’s comedy drama, ¢500 award for distinguished reHarvey, the story of an alco- | porterial work during the year. holic and his invisible six-foot rab-| Award ‘was based on accuracy and bit, received the $500 award for the terseness with preference given to . original American play represent-ijocal of regional news stories’ pre- - ing in marked fashion “the educa-| pared under, the pressure of editional - value .and power of the tion time stage, preferably dealing ~ with! Harold V. Boyle, Associated Press American life ; war correspondent, won a $500 The Detroit, Mich, Free Press award for distinguished Correwon the Pulitzer award for the most | spondence. © The. committee said
disinterested and meritorious pub-|that Boyle's stories promoted in-
——He service rendered-by-an-American ternational understanding —and—ap-
newspaper-during the - year for its|yhreciation investigation of legislative gran Joe Rosenthal Associated -Press and corruption at Lansing, Mich | photographer, Woh th ie award for The distinguished editorial writ- an outstanding example of news ing award, limited to the editorial | photography with 3 picture of page,- went to George W. Porter,! y 8 marines pla the Anderichief editorial writer of the Provi-|aan flag on Mont ribachd, Iwo cence, R. I., Journal-Bulletin, Ne
( Jima. A Sslect Best Cartoon Biography Wins Prize
Sgi. Bill Mauldin, ‘United Fea- Historian Stephen Bonsal won tures Syndicate, Inc, cartoonist, won the award for a distinguished book | the cartoonist award. Mauldin was of the year on the history of the
singled out “for distinguished serv- United States with his book, “Un- |
ice as. a cartoonist as exemplified finished Business.” by the cartoon entitled, ‘Fresh, The committee awarded $500 to « spirited American ‘trcops, flushed | George Bancroft, author of “BrahWith vietory, are bringing in thou-! min Rebel” for a distinguished sands of hungry, ragged, battle~' American blography, Hi weary prisoners.” The cdrtoon was For a distinguished volume of from Mauldin's series “Up Front verse published by: an -American With Mauldin.” - author, $500 went to Karl Shapiro, James B. Reston of the New York author of *V-Letter. and Other Thnes won the $500 award “for a Poems.” i, 1 = distinguished example of telegraphic = Aaron Copland, composer, won’ ‘reporting on national affairs pub-| the awardsfor distinguished musi-
‘shed in cally newspapers in the cal composition in the larger forms hi . | of chamber, orchestral, or choral | The $500 award for distinguished musfo or for an operatic work (infaphic reporting on‘ interna- | cluding ballet) performed or’ pub-| ‘went to Mark 8. Wat- | lished during the year by an Amercorrespondent of the ican corfiposer. His ballet, hppa
‘United States.”
hon- achian Spring," written’ 1 by Martha Gr
$ Friends. Relatives Happy af
“Lf Gen. Walter Bedell Smith | former neighbors listened most at-|He was elev
Chief of staff’ to Gen. Dwight D. | general in January, 1944.
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HE ¢_ INDIANAPOLIS TIMSS -
Ir mt PASTORS ARE REAPPOINTED
Reappointment of the pastors of
‘Beedle: Smith
dianapolis was announced at the birthday. What a birthday! 93d annual session of the Indiana Conference of the church, which closed Sunday at Ft. Wayne. - The four local pasters reappointed for: 1945-46 are the Rev. E.| F. Raesti, Broadway; the Rev. C.| L. Haney, Beville Avenue; the Rev. "'H. H. Hagzenfield, First, Rev. Robert I. Roederer, Second. | The Rev. F. 0. Wacknits, former | pastor of the Second church, was | & appointed to the church at ©Cul~ and the Rev, FG Kuenler, | favorite tunes on the piana.
former pastor of the Beville Ave-
radio broadcast and a dozen or so
ers, .-
Huntington church.
Wilson S. Parks, formerly of In- vania avenue from the executive
| stewardship. moved in,
ated to major general in| The Rev, M. O. Herman was rer
Indianapolis district,
[Truman Shin Doubly: V-E Day Comes on Birthday
WASHINGTON, May 8 (U. P).— starting: with a press conference at|other automobile driving mechanfour Evangelical churches in In-impis js president Truman's 6lst 8:30 o'cloek this morning. . ; rr Thirty minutes later he made one{mended ' today by the Indiana : : of the mast historic broadcasts ever | Automotive Maintenance Jassocia~ Fyangstoal ‘The President's celebration WaSimade by a .President—-announcing|tion. - nothing -elabarate. Just ending the(the official ‘end of the war With war “with Germany, @ worldwide Germany. - The way the President spent his|{ Governor Gatés for his support of | |conferences with government lead- | birthday was typical of his entire|Proposed legislation. requiring this life—hard ‘work, early to bed, early|inspection.” A fee of 50 cents for Since he took the path of {passenger cars and $1 for trucks “and the over. to" his residential quarters ‘in office on the night of April 12, he was suggested hy the association. the ‘White House and -have a birth- has held more than 200 confergnees day dinner with his wife, daughter|in his office—more than the late CHILDREN'S CHOIR PROGRAM and some close friends. Maybe President Roasevelt would held over after dinner he will play a few|a period of five or six months,
In the late afternoon he will goito rise.
The Rev. Mr. Roesti was elected after Mr. Truman succeeded ‘to of- maintained a steady, fast clip over by the Good conference secretary and the Rev.|fice in Blair house, across Pennsyl-|the Pennsylvania ave.’car tracks. President Roosevelt was 63 years dianapolis and now pastor of the mansion. The painters a few days|old When he died last month, and Coalbush church in Mishawaka, ago finished their redecoration of despite his 61 years, Mr. Truman stamps has been purchased since in } ] ,. Mr. nps na 2 ! g Japanese shi | was elected conference secretary of the White House and the Trumans|seems much younger. F =
sk SEMI-YEARLY
ism every six months was ‘recoms}
The group of independent garage | owners and managers has asked
r club at Rhodius. g pe PUPILS BUY MANY STAMPS
To people | Pearl Harbor by pupils at school
today. : : today.
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Joseph Lauber The ‘Speedway Christian chil-| opposite him will be Joseph W. dren's ehoir will give a musieal pro-| Morris as Jane. Mr. Truman thrives on work. He/gram at 7:45 p. m, today in Rhodius| all-male The Trumans moved into the isone of the. fastest walkers injcommunity center. The entertain- Cathedral pupils. nue church, was appointed to the White House yesterday ‘afternoon.| Washington and in the weeks he has ment, given in gonjynction’ with] =. ——teir————r——— They had been living since shortly been to and from fhe Blair house he National Music week, is sponsored MAY USE GERMANY’S
U-BOATS AGAINST JAPS
: WASHINGTON, May 8 ¢U, P.).— A total of $6060 in war savings|Gernian U-boats ray be sink~
_ TUESDAY, 1 MAY 8 1045 | Plays Two Roles
AUTOMOBILE TESTS! hl a
3 LAUBER, a sopho=Inspection of brakes, lights and| more at Cathedral high. scheel,
will have the
leading role in
the spring play, “The Arrival of Kitty, " tobe presented Fri«.
| day and Sunday
in the high school .audi~ toriym. 3 He will have the dual rele of Boh Baxter and Killy, Playing
The rest .of the
will eensist of
Germany's surrender should make 5 who suggest that he reduce the pace|91, at 511 Evanston ave, Mrs, available 200 to 300 submarines So this was actually the Presi-|of his daily schedule, he says they [Pauline Kimberlin, school war serv (which the allies could use in the war : | December, 1942, and to lieutenant stationed as superintendent of theident's first full day in the White|should stick around until he really ice activities chairman, announced ‘against Japan, a reliable source sald House. And it was a really full day,'settled down to work.
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Prruars there is no more fitting parallel to today’s situation— parallel in terms of the task ahead of us—than that which faced Abraham Lincoln only eighty-two years ago in the midst of the Civil War when he spoke the words which
will never die... ad It is for us, the living, rather to be tedicated here to the unfinished work...”
Yes, it is for us, the living, to dedicate
ourselves to the unfinished work—to the
very great task which remains before us. There is no time for idle celebration, and even less reasqn for it. Victory in. Europe means only that the tremendous armies have ceased to fire. The giant planes which roar over Europe today are not carrying bombs. Instead, they are carrying medicines and food and clothing. The even bigger job has Begun--thie job of trying to bring some measure
of order, some small measure of the necessities of life
the .wholé” vast task of picking up the pieces of their lives, their careers, of hunting ceaselessly for members of their scattered families. Meanwhile, in the vast stretches of the Pacific, the
.war goes on, a bitter war against a fanatical foe. V-J
yet can tell.
Europe
Germany Has Surrendered! But the war is not over. V- J Day—Victory over Japan-remains to be attained. And even though Germany stands today a defeated nation, peace has not yet come to Europe. Somehow, some way—we at home must realize that our sons and
brothers and sweethearts and friends stand today in the midst of a devastated Europe, a
Europe still smoldering from the bombs and shells, a Europe torn by human misery.
—to the suffering peoples of Europe. Today they begin
Day may still be very far off, how far none among us - i ¥
No, it is no time for celebrating. Rather, a time
for prayer, of thanks to Almighty God for this day of silent guns in Europe, of a deep and reverent
prayer for the courage and skill and’ integrity to
carry on the unfinished work— to do the great task a . before us.
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devotion — to that causé for which they gave their last full measure of devotion. That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this
‘nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom
— and that government of the people, by the he pepe, for the people shall not perish from he earth.
kL S AYRES § COMPANY.
4x "That from these honored dead we take increased |
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