Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1945 — Page 19

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Shortage: May Last Years But Rum Holds Gut.

By DOUGLAS SMITH =. Seripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 18. ~There will be no increase in the supply of

The distillery shutdown may last until “he end of the Japanese war, and if the war lasts long it may be years before the United States will have enough high grade liquor to supply the demand. " American whisky stocks are the lowest since 1035, and none is being made. The Scotch picture is particularly dark; imports are down to about half of the pre-war volume. At the present. rate of consumption there is enough American rye and bourbon to last three years, but that means none set aside for

Chances of another “holiday,” during which the distillers would be allowed to make whisky, instead of alcohol for war purposes, have been darkened by the sugar short-

Canadian Supply Steady The Distilled Spirits institute said American whisky stocks {totaled 324,000,000 gallons an March 31; but that some 20 per cent=of this must be discounted because of leakage and evaporation. Withdrawals last year were 64,000,000 gallons, but 25,000,000 gallons of new whisky were made during the holiday last January Thege is and will continue to be a gwd supply of imported liquors: Bum from the West Indies, wine

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the percentage of neutral spirits is as high as 80. A bright spot in the picture is a fairly steady supply of Canadian whisky, which soon may reach

NORWEGIANS ACCUSE

OPERA STAR'S SPOUSE

OSLO, May 18 (U. P.).—Henry Johansen, wealthy husband of Opera Singer Kirsten Flagstad, has been placed on the list of suspected Nazi collaborators and may he arrested, a former Norwegian underground leader said today. The underground spokesman sald Johansen was “high up” on the roster of alleged Nazi followers. He asserted that when Johansen spent a week in the Grini concentration camp last February he lived in the

Miss" Flagstad never collaborated with the Germans so far as 1s known, although many Norwegians regard her with disfavor because

she insisted on returning to this| doors.

country to rejoin her husband in the early days of the war. Many

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By MALCOLM MUIR United Press Staff Corresposdent PARIS, May 18-This French capital was turned into an armed camp for 10 tense days last December when stores of German secret agents were reported prowling through’ the city under orders to murder Gen.-Dwight D. Eisenhower, allied counter-intelligence headquarters revealed today. : Breaking their months-long silence on the reported assassination plot, which at one time was accepted as true even by highranking allied staff-officers, counterintelligence spokesmen said the aftack on Eisenhower never was actually attempted. They disclosed that guards were

abortive German offensive in the Ardennes last December after a captured Nazi soldier declared that an elaborate scheme was afoot to kill Eisenhower. . Wore Allied Uniforms At that time a high allied officer told the United Press that enemy agents were entering the Paris area in . American, British and French uniforms in bands of three to 20 men, bent on slaying Eisenhower and blowing up the city waterworks and transportation system,

directed by Lt. Col. Otto Skorzeny, a veteran Nazi agent already credited with. the paratroop rescue of Benito Mussolini from an allied prison in Italy. Skorzeny's capture by. the 6th army group was disclosed Wednesday. Vast Infiltration Subsequent investigation disclosed Sat the prisoner’s-story was bused «factual misinformation” ay Have eert spreads a By “the erfemy to" sow-Rirther-eon-fusion in- the allied lines at a critical moment in the Ardennes

But the inquiry did confirm what the entire army staff and most Parisians have known for months: that a vast-scale German infiltration did occur in mid-December. Nazi agents, specially schooled in sabotage, intelligence and assassination, were parachuting into the outskirts of Paris itself, and filter{ing through the allied front lines in American jeeps and stolen cars. Some witnesses even claimed to have seen parachutes dropping by night in the Bois de Boulogne inside Paris. Curfew Decreed As the army became aware cf the filtration and learned of the prisoner's assassination report, Paris—then the Western fronts main supply center—took on the atmosphere of a fictional spy thriller. The army. ordered all allied military personnel off the streets after

of grim-faced M. P.’s patrolled the empty- streets throughout the night, halting everyone who- stirred out of

Battalions of heaviiy-asmedt guards tramped continually through the

picking up all men in uniform with-

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out special passes. Roads Blocked ; All roads leading into the city {were blocked off and every incom-

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leaves to Paris were suspended, and for those already in the capital il was a cheerless Christmas, spent huddled in ‘heatless barracks and hotels, Theaters were closed and 50 Red Cross club dances were cancelled, as well-as 5000 invitations sent out to furloughing troops to spend Christ mas in French homes. ° 300 Agents Nabbed The drastic counter-measures met almost immediate success. - The guards and MP's station at road blocks picked up anywhere from 10 to 50 suspects nightly. By Dec. 30, the army announced it had rounded up more than 300 enemy agents, including several women. The infiltration virtually ceased by that time and the murder plet, which allied officers then believed was under way, was described as “definitely under control.” The curfew was lifted, cabarets | reopened and Paris breathed again. Counter-intelligence officers emphasized today that- Skorzeny “had no part in a plot to kill Gen. Eisenhower because there was no plot.”

FRENCH ZONE CAUSES: DELAY

Final

Occupation: Limits Near Settlement.

~ By ROBERT J, MANNING United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 18.--Official ' sources sald yesterday the only un- | decidack. question about ~ the, four occupation zones in Germany concerns the. exact ~ makeup of the French zone.

tions’ for “internatiopalizing” the rich Ruhr valley had been abandoned for the time being. The Ruhr will be part of the French zone.

France are said to have reserved the right eventually to divorce the valley entirely from Germany and make it an international settlement. Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, deputy U, 8. occupation chief for Germany, said in Paris he believed the exact and final occupation zones would be agreed on within a few days.

Austrian Problem According to reliable information there still is liklihood of Big Three disagreement over the degree of authority to be wielded over the four occupation zones by the Brit-ish-Russian-French-American control council. A more fertile field for allied disharmony on the occupation front is Austria, where agreement on control plans has been hampered By

Austrian provisional government. It was learned that in the two weeks since this government was formed under 74-year-old Dr. Karl

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REVOLT FLARES IN VETS PROBE

House Critics of Rankin Later Subside.

BY NED BROOKS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

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bellion in the house veterans’ committed subsided today after irate members had challenged Chairman John Rankin’s methods of conducting the investigation of the - veterans’ administration. At least one .committee member, it was learned, threatened to resign as.a protest against the chairman’s procedure. . The first three days of the in~ quiry have been spent in questioning Rep. Philip J. Philbin (D,,

from veterans and their families to support his charges that patients in veterans’ hospitals were neglected, mistreated and given inferior care. Rep. William J. Green (D., Pa.) protested that “we seem to be investigating Mr. Philbin rather than his charges.” Test Vote Avoided An outright test of Rep. Rankin's leadership was avoided when Rep. Leo F. Rafiel (D, N. Y.) was persuaded to withdraw a demand for a committee vote on the propriety of questions put to Rep Philbin by the chairman. Rep. Rafiel objected to questions intended to show that Rep. Philbin's demands for an® investigation were inspired - by Cosmopolitan magazine, which recently published articles ~ criticizing veterans’ hospital So

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were taking the inquiry into their own hands to avoid a whitewash. May Break Out Again Some members predicted the committee revolt might break out anew when the ttee hears its second witness, Albert Deutsch, writer for the newspaper P. M. Rep. Rankin has charged that certain writers who have criticized veterans’ medical care were prompted by “subversive” influence. Albert Q. Maisel, author of the Cosmopolitan articles, has been summoned to follow Mr. Deutsch. When Rep. Rafiel demanded a committee vote on his appeal from a Rankin ruling, the chairman ordered a secret session. Affer an hour’s debate, the demand was withdrawn, one member explaining that “we decided we'd never get anywhere with a quarrel among ourselves.” The committee then voted to complete the questioning of Rep. Philbin in closed session, although the witness said he had no objection to ‘publication of his testimony.

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Rep. Bernard W. Kearney (R. N, [Y.) complimented Rep. Philbin for “distinct service” to the committee land chairman Rankin promised that “all” the charges will be investigated.”

42 FROM COUNTY ENTER SERVIGES

Forty-two more Marion county men have entered the armed forces. Twenty-nine were taken into the army through local board 11, 12 enlisted in the navy and one was accepted for the marine corps. ARMY

William Alvie Bain, 502 8. Warman ave.; Robert Gene Clark, 818 8. Waldelhets st.; Carl Melvin Collins, R. R. 671: Donald Sasidon Cooper, 1102 ' Westbrook i Frederick Curl, 2510 8. Collier st.; James Dillingham, 8329 a Holt rd.; James Elliott, R. R. 20, 21; Paul Gordon Faulkner, Bridgeport: Jos=

old Guthrie Griffey, R. 7, Box 1 5 Woodrow Harrell, 841 5 Roena st.; Howard Albert Hoffman, Bridgeport; William Albert Huddleston, 35 Addison st; Charles A. Hughes, 837 8. Lyons st.; Paul Vincent Hynes, 31 8. Holmes ave., and Richard James Krebs, 1521 Snepaaiy st. JTobert Porter Kuszmaul, 1318 Berwick t.; John Julian Mascoe, 2204 Haines ave.; Basil Benjamin Minear, Bridgeport; rl Raymond Russell, 1022 8, Bu ¥i st.; James * Philip Smith, yp Bicking st.: Thomas Paul Stovall, 2230 W, McCarty st.; Jahn Richard Sullivan, lo 8. 4100s ave.; Harold Wilson - i lock, Box x 90-K; Herman Loys haa Fi “ae epperd st.; William I White 1331 8. Belmont ave, and Ralph Jacob Wycokk, 1348 8. Sheffield ave. : MARINE AND NAVY Otis Frederick McDonald, 1438 Norman st., was accepted for marine duty. Taken into the navy were Walter Taylor Craigle, 114 N. Vine st.; John MecShane Gaylor Jr., 4310 College ave.; Robert Alton Gorman, wil Southeastern ave.; Charles Wood M Pa Creek blvd.; George i R Steel 3040 N. ‘Pennsylvania st.; Paul Eugene Belsinger, 1707 E. Taylor st.; Clyde Richard Bristow, 351 8. Woodrow ave.; Harry Brunner Jr. 1241 W, st.; William - Rhodes, 1924 Winfield ave.: Cleo Alvin Brewer Sampson, 402 Arnold ave.; Norman Rufus Van Bibber, 717 E. 17th

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6500 CHICAGO TRUCK DRIVERS ON STRIKE

CHICAGO, May 18 (U. P).—A strike by approximately 6500 truck drivers, tying up deliveries of war materiel and food in the Chicago area, today went into its second day and threatened to spread momen< tarily to 8000 more drivers. The strikers, members of the Indépendent Chicago Truck Drivers union, were given until noon today to return to their jobs or face cancellation of draft deferments and

tional war. labor board. Col. A. Harry Brawner, director

command said that four plants, in-

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