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3 : to ‘adopt in- perpetrating these Take Yonabaru Airport, Tia and Rae sufferings.” Seek to Flank Naha.

He reassured the senate at the .|outset that American prisoners . of (Continued From Page One) |Wal’ were not incarcerated in any i of the concentration camps. system of defenses connected byl “There Ts no relationship whatunderground tunnels. Housé-l0-| ever between a concentration camp house fighting was under way in|for political prisoners and a camp some sectors. {for prisoners of war,” he said. Equally bloody fighting was un- Rumors Excluded der way for Shuri, under assault! go gaig the committee based its

by the 1st marine and 77th army |.onelusions upon - three classes of infantry divisions,

The 1st marines gained up to 150. yards yesterday northwest of Shuri, while units of" the 77th reached the foot of Chocolate Drop hill immediately before Shuri but

evidence: Personal inspection, testimony of eyewitnesses among the prisoners and “comition knowledge of the camp”—things not actually seen by. the prisoners but which they all knew to be true from cir-

were forced to withdraw by heavy |cumstantial evidence.

Japanese fire. He said rumor, hearsay and every Nagoya -in Ruins other doubtful forms of informa+The Japanese were drenching the |ticn or testimony had been careShuri front with such heavy mor- [fully excluded. : tar and machine-gun fire that sup-

plies, ammunition and food had to [be assured that everything therein|forced down a

~ OKINAWA YANKS Congressmen Verify Atrocities, | Urge Swift Nazi Punishment

pant and death rates ran from 5 to 20 persons a day. 400 Bodies Per Day The “medica! experiment building” at Buchenwald was used by scientists from Berlin who came down to inoculate “guinea pigs” with deadly diseases. Prisoners were induced to “volunteer” for this by being promised better living ‘quarters and more food. ty The Crematory at Buchenwald, Barkley said, had a maximum ca- | pagity of about -400 bodies per 10- | hour day. Xf wis enclosed by. a high Hoard fence and manned by 8. S. guards, Roll call at Buchenwald was held every evening and a truck collected [the bodies of all who had died dur{ing the day as well as live prison- |= who were to be executed for

political reasons, | Hung on Hooks | The dead were taken directly to

“Those reading the report may | the ‘crematorum.. The living . were

13-foot shaft,

be dropped to the troops by para- described was either actually seen |Strangled and hung on hooks by

chute, {by us or reported to us by compe-

8S. 8. men and then fed to the

Meanwhile one-fourth of Nagoya, [tent and reliable eyewitneigh or Ovens.

Japan's largest aircraft manufac- that it is based on circumstantial

turing center and third largest city, ¢vidence.” ‘ | brick oven each. . No Eyewitnesses .| was 18 bodies. It took 15 to 20 min-

was pelieved In ruins today as a

There were two batteries of three Total capacity

result of yesterday's fire raid by| Bodily tortures were not described | 'eS 0 dispose of an oventul.

a record fleet of more than 500| because “eyewitnesses to the pro-|

Supertortresses. |ceedingse in the torture chambers Official estimates awaited recon- seem“ always to have been done nalssance . photographs but retwn- away with.” ‘lig crewmen sald ney believed the | go coq the committee saw with bombs burnea out an area Lwice its own eyes:

the size of the 5% square miles ONE: “ “The barracks, the work destroyed in a previous attack. places, the physical facilities for tor2 B-29's Lost ture, degradation and execution.” If confirmed, it would mean about TWO: “The victims both dead 16 of tae city's 61 square miles have and alive,” of the atrocities pracbeen aevasiaied. {ticed at these camps.” rar D's: w: - i THREE: “The progress of liquiYs Voie reported lost 21), com by staghigtion which was still

Radio Tokyo said today that task Eoing-on Saw Them Die forces frum which carrier planes had peen raiding kyusnu's air fieias| FOUR: “We saw the indescriband other targeis for the ast two able flith dnd smelled the nauseatdays had headed south. ling stich before it wag Sinuney ; up, and we saw a number of vicAn enemy broadcast said Japa-|umg of nis liquidation process act. nese suicide planes counter-attack: |, 31g die.” ing the task forces. southeast of Barkley said that at Buchenwald, Kyushu sank or damaged two air-|ipa first camp visited, the commitcralt carriers, a battleship and tWoltee saw the “little camp,” in which unidentified warships, iprisoners slept on triple-decked Fleet headquarters did not com-|shelves.

ment but a communique said Japa-| Each shelf was about 12 feet]

nese air attacks nad damaged a square with 16 prisoners to a shelf.

Lack of fuel in March prior- to the arrival of ‘the Americans .interrupted the cremations, Barkley said.

The committee saw a truckload of 60 bodies, with about 25 additional bodies near it, standing near the crematorium.

Starvation Center

Barkley said the committee was {informed that rations at the camp were between 600 and 700 calories a day and consisted of very weak soup and a small piece of bread. “It is only when the stench of the camp is smelled that onyone can have complete appreciation of the depth of degradation to which the German Nazi government and those responsible for it and its agencies, organizations and practices had dropped in their treatment of those who have failed to embrace the doctrines of the ‘master race’” Barkley said, The Nordhausen camp, Barkley

said, was a combination factory land starvation-center.

: ; RTE 5v : major unit of a fast task force al[The clearance height between the| Save laborers were systematically

an undisclosed location. shelves was a little ‘over two feet. The communique said 21 Japanese] In the “little ‘camp” he said, planes were shot down by air patrolsPrisoners were given six weeks beand navy anti-aircraft guns, fore being graduated to the “regu-

Gaiis: on Luson lar barracks.

, Several groups of Japanese planes During Death Bae ew thes attacked American shipping around 3 bo ’ J ed ns oe Monday, damaging - three small . . . units, Twenty-five enemy planes | (han a he rear aks and Were shot down, .___ |cently running about 50 per day. On Luzon, in the Philippines, The “regular barracks” ha des Amnetican Hoops grove Mifough the | clared, had domitory rooms approxi25.yard Wide Balele pals leading |, tely 42 by 23 feet and about 10 to the Cagayan valley where most, ot high in which, since the war of the enemy's forces on the Island | 55) persons were made to sleep with Were concentrated. {less than one blanket per person Other American troops continued ang no heat. gains on Mindanao. Filipino guer-| The “hospital” at Buchenwald, rillas captured the port of Cagayan Barkley said, was a place “where on Mindanao and won control of moribund (dying) persons were sent the entire northern: coast. [to die.” No medicines were availMeanwhile, the London Star re-!able, hence there was no treatment.

ported combined chiefs of staff in|Typhus and tuberculosis were rams1countries.”

starved to death, meanwhile being forced to work long hours at .an underground factory which produced V-1 and V-2 bombs, airplane engines and munitions, Prisoners Shot at Pits

At Dachau, Barkley said, the committee saw about 300 bodies of those who had died that morning. The Dachau gas chamber, he re~ ported, could dispose of about 100 men at a time, Prisoners were also shot after being forced to kneel at the edge of open pits,

Barkley said the worst’ treated prisoners - were Jews, Russians and Poles. He said the committee was of the opinion that a" colossal scheme , of extermination was planned and put into effect against all those in occupied countries who refused to accept the principles of Naziism, or who opposed the { saddling of the Naz

Washington were discussing “big: changes” in the Pacific and Far]

Eastern theaters. The dispatch =a Pan-American Regional Plan

all theaters from the Kuriles to Australia may be organized.

MANY WOUNDED SAVED TENTH ARMY HEADQUARRS, Okinawa, May 15 (U. P).—/| _ TERS, hire , a A wound- | tion today, and then if approved to ed on Okinawa is under 3 per cent, [the Latin" Americans before night.

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Col. Frederic B, Westervelt, army |

fall,

Throws Parley Into Crisis

only playing lip service to the iideal of a world organization and {preparing to retire to hemisphere |isolationism. Such a feeling among

{the western European nation, it. is

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10.000 AT LOAN Rain and Cold DRIVE OPENING

Crop Damage | : (Continued .From Page One). Infantry Show Friday 18/2 nours beginning at 7 a. m. yes - Next Feature. Da pig gral sayied. the (Continued From Page One)

most extensive damage and 80 per ; ; cent of the streets were blocked by Circle opened the drive {ir Marion|fallen trees. The home of Ben Ries county, and approximately 10:000| was destroyed by high winds and persons watched the c¢eremonies/other homes and buildings we despite .inclement weather. damaged. ; * “Governor, Mayor Speak Andrew Jackson, 4, Was, cut Speakers at the rally, including [S¢VeTely Dy flying glass when a Governor Gates, Mayor Tyndall door was blown shut in his home

rion” county citizens to do their utmost to fill the $33,000,000 quota in individual bond sales.

and Willlam H. Trimble, county Be oa Nate. 8, He was war finance chairman, urged Ma- en lo ¥ hospital. :

Sewers Overflowed While walking on 15th st, near

the Polk Milk Co, -Miss Gladys

yoke on their |

“We are called on again to lend Wilson, 16, of 1323 Columbia ave. our money,” Governor Gates said. [Was knocked down by lightning “Our men in Europe won the great- [about 3:30 p. m. She was treated est victory in the history of the{in City hospital for shock and world because they never quit. We (minor cuts, must be ready to match their vic-| In Indianapolis the storm damage tory with achievement here at|{was confined mainly to the east home.” and west sections of the city. ReMayor Tyndall introduced the [Ports of sewers overflowing, howe order of the day, “Over the top,[eVer, came from all sections of the Indianapolis,” and called upon |City. . | every citizen to buy bonds with| The storage barn on 5400 E. Rayevery spare dollar. mond st., owned by O, E. Woempener, R. R. 5, Box 530, Was hit Parade Colorful by lightning and destroyed by fire. “Don’t wait until someone asks|y; contained 200 tons of hay and you glo buy a bond,” Mr. Trimble several farm implements. yrged. “Go So your bank, post of-1- cement block wall of the Amer-! fice, movie theater, or to any store |, {ican Valve and Enamel Co. in Mars! where war bonds are sold and get | gin was blown down by the strong! JOUrS .. , she biggest You can bUy."| cae” Residents in the Bop block] Besides seeing a colorful parade of S. East st. reported that a large of Murat Shriners, Ft. Harrison |philboard in that block had blown

bandsmen and a crack military down and was lying scattered across police battalion and mechanized [the street.

equipment from Camp Atterbury, the crowd witnessed decorations of wounded veterans and the swearing in of a group of navy inductees. Four overseas veterans, Lt. Walter Z. Granecki, 1st Lt. Ralph C. Smith, Chief Petty Officer George C. Stumpf and Lt. (jg) Robert W. A ; Stranghn, related their combat ex-| Hot utility wires were down in the periences. 1100 block on E. Market st., the 400 Highlighting the all-day exhibit{Plock on S. Oxford st., Gladstone of war weapons and equipment on|2Ye- and E. Michigan st, 800 block the Circle was a CG-4A glider from Sherman dr. and 1100 block on King Ae night's show 40 veter. |, At the Intersection at 13th st. and

: Broadway the entire top of a ans of battle action overseas will blew to Yr ground. P Tree

demonstrate what Gen. Joseph W.| Apout 44 fallen trees or limbs | Stilwell, commanding general of the|ghich barricaded and braced the army ground forces, described as the smokestack of the Model Creamery,

“close-up” of the kind of infantry|is50 Beecher st. were cleared away fighting that is necessary. to defeat|py city street crews.

Japan, |

3 Hoosiers in Show v & The Indiana unit is one of 28 now touring the United States 108 N, Hlinois $1.

under orders of Gen. Stilwell Authorized Keepsake Jeweler Hoosiers in the outfit are Tech. 5th Gr. George W. -Steinke of Logansport and Pfc, Edward Zaikousky of Terre Haute, both Veterans of the African and Italian invasions, and Pfc. Clyde W. Winebrenner of South Bend, who was stationed at Trinidad. “‘Here’s Your Infantry’ is team fighting,” Gen. Stilwell said, “and every American should be a part of that team. The knowledge of the infantry that you will acquire by seeing this demonstration will help create a closer bond between you at home and the American foot soldier fighting overseas.”

BODY OF GOEBBELS IS FOUND IN BERLIN

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Trees were down, blocking the streets, in the 1100 block of Blaine ave, the 1300 block Richland st. the 1200 arid 1300 block on S. Belmont ave, 1500 Lee st. and 1128!

Union st. Hot Wires Down

building. Innocent looking sewer covers concealed the entrance to an elaborate transportation system connecting more munitions fac-

tories and residential quarters. Other Lovely

Steel columns supported a con-

surgeon of Carlisle, Pa., said today. | This regional issue so over-, He said Okinawa had the best)... oo everything else at this medical set-up of any Pacific opera- | conference that even the contro-!

ton. versial trusteeship ‘issues is for-| gotten. The only committee action noted | with any great interest was the decision late last night to give France a permanent seat on the security council. Might Wreck League The Dumbarton Oaks proposals | said France should have a perma- | nent seat “in due course”; the

committee delted .“in due course. { American officials are proceeding! very - cautiously on the explosive regional problem. They concede | the possibility of leading into] three dangerous situations—any one of which could virtually wreck the new league before it begins to| breathe. Those situations are:. ONE: Existence of regional organizations that would cut into the| functioning of the ‘world security| council. If the Inter-American system is given complete autonomy, 'it would open the way to a series {of similar regional organizations | which would, in effect, nullify the { authority 6f the security council. Reflect on U. S. TWO: Any move that would make the Latin Americans feel that the United States, now moving in more powerful global circles, has

the hemisphere, or that would re-

»| Of the world- security council.

felt, would lead to futher regional crete ceiling in a huge depot filled pacts which in- continental Europe | with shells, incendiary explosives, would be dominated by the Soviet! and smoke bombs, all neatly nion. z | stacked and properly labelled. When this conference’ started, ! Other shelves were filled with cases there was no - suspicion: that a | containing machine gun bullets, crisis of such magnitude could | pistols and tommy guns. arise over such a question. But! The niiniature electric railroad the question really dates back to | serving these arsenals was found the: Dumbarton Oaks conferences | intact. Conveyor belts carried the last summer when the Big Four | ammunition close to the surface agreed that regional organizations'| where the heavy guns weré emcould not take enforcement action | placed. in their spheres without approval! The largest number of subter- | ranean passages were found beAmerican officials admit now that neath = the Wilhelmstrasee and section, taken literally, went tod | Unter Den Lindén. Many secret far. It.doesn’t take into consider= | places there still were unexplored. ation the inherent right of each | Red Star said it ‘was possible Hit~ nation to self defense and, in the |ler's body yet might be found in case of regional arrangements like | one of them.

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in this hemisphere, right of re- |

gional self defense. { At the Mexico City conference in | March, the United ‘States and- the | Latin American countries agreed | to continentalize the Monroe Doc- }

trine and ‘wrote the act of Chapultepec.

Use of Force It recognized the principle that an attack against one member of the western hemisphere was an at- | tack against all and pledged ~each {to the use of force, if necessary; to put down aggressi6n whether from (within or without the hemisphere. The United States, after days of

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flect in’ any way on the sincerity |of U. 8. action at the recent Mex{ico City conference. | THREE: Any step that would make the United States suspect of

| solves the problem. ; . There seems to be general agreement that regional problems should be handled this way: ; ONE: The regional organization [tries first to settle local disputes | through peaceful ‘means, but short of enforcement action. { TWO: If the regional organiza{tion fails to bring about a peace(ful settlement, then the World Security Council steps in. - THREE: If the Security Council falls to settle it, or even should vote against stepping in, and aggression

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