Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1945 — Page 28

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Battle Takes Place Off .~ Malaya Peninsula.

LONDON, May 18 (U, P.).—Brit~ {sh warships, penetrating the Malacca strait northwest of Singapore Jor the first time in three years, sunk 8 Japanese eight-inch gun "cruiser of 10,000 tons Wednesday, the admiralty announced today. The cruiser was attacked first by carrier aircraft and finally by de- * stroyers, 50 miles west southwest] of Pemting island off the

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By WwW. R, HIGGINBOTHAM United Press Staff Corresposdent

LONDON, May 18—~The alljed war crimes commission opened an

investigation today of charges that]

German doctors and scientists killed thousands of slave laborers and political prisoners in “human guinea pig” experiments. Ps Disclosure of the inquiry into German = “research” indicted a blanket drive against Nazi war

criminals that may bring hundreds of thousands of persons to trial, Lord Van Sittart, ardent advocate of stern dealing with the Nazis; filed]

Malayan |& question in’ parliament asking the]

penisula. A British destroyer suf- | British. government whether it will

fered a small number of: casualties, ‘now take the ‘ipitiative in posing to the allied nations that the| Sassination of Gen,

in ‘the engagement.

Jupan has four 10.000-40n Nati|entire Gestapo and S. S. Myoko, | indicted for criminal conspiracy and | ers. | MAX SCHMELLING — Former

class cruisers, the Nati,

. Asigara and Hagaro, They carry a brought to justice accordingly.”

"complement of 692 officers and men. | Sighted by Planes The communique said the Japa-

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‘ nese cruiser first was sighted in| he North Malacca strait by Aven-| goviet press against so-called “cod-

- ger aircraft from the escort carrier, H. M. 8. Sham. The planes scored one probable hit and & near miss on the ship, which was accompanied by a destroyer.. "A force of British-destroyers com~ manded by Capt. M. L. Power in ‘H. M. 8. Saumarez speeded to intercept the cruiser and made contact that night. Torpedo attacks were made and shortly after midnight the cruiser was seen to sink. The Tokyo radio yesterday reported a naval battle in the Malacca straits between Japanese units and & British task force. The Japanese claimed one British destroyer was sunk, but mentioned no losses of

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In Moscow the Communist party | organ Pravda termed all captive | axis’ generals as war criminals and demanded they be punished. Carrying on strong attacks in the

| dling” «of captive German generals

and industrialists,” Pravda said: “World opinion, . observing the suspicious pampering of the most notorious criminals of all times,!| asks what is the nieaning of all-this.| what aims are pursued by military authorities in permitting strange courtesies to proclaimed Naz bandits?” 2 British Aroused Laborite D. V. Kirby filed in parliament a question for Prime Minister Churchill next Wednesday. Kirby asked if Churchill “is aware of public feeling, about the fact that British servicemen are acting as batmen to .captured German

officers, and if he will take steps]. a lS dates

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Nazi Scientists

Two groups of investigators, one Ozechoslovak and one Polish, were slated to leave London for tne con= tinent today. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in-

against the medical profession of Germany. . More Arrests a The disclosure came ‘as the bag of accused German war criminals and Nazi sympathizers grew steadily. Latest to fall into the allied net were said to be:, LT. COL. OTTO SKORZENY-— | Master - German spy, liberator of Benito Mussolini and wanted as a war criminal for plotting the asDwight D. | Eisenhower and other allied lead-

world heavyweight champion. He saia he had been dismissed from a German parachute regiment after | injuring his back in the invasion of Crete in 1941. LENI REIFENSTAHL — German actress and one-tinie close friend of Adolf Hitler. Many Czechs Victims Heinrich “Himmler, No. 1 Nazi {war ‘criminal, remained at large. A #indon News-Chronicle dispatch

British 2d army authorities knew where he was and “presumably could take him Into custody at any time.” Dr. B. Ecer, leader of the Czech~ oslovak team of the war crimes commission, said many of ‘his countrymen were among the victims of Nazi scientific experiments. The experiments were carried out

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Indiandpolis’ members of- the| American Jewish ttee -have announced a broadcast by three na tional celebrities on the “Ifiternational Bill of Rights” at 8 p. m. tomorrow at W The speakers are. Archibald MeLeish, assistant secretary of state, Joseph M. Proskauer, president” of the American Jewish committee and a New York attorney, and Hamilton Armstrong, managing editor of the,

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