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FINAL "HOME
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American lines.
Sheets of flame from. ‘grenade-ignited fuel shot out
City's Mibste
One of these four marble sharp-shooters will be city champion next Saturday following final play in |
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enemy's defense system.
casting a pinkish Shuri.
reports, marines visited the
r Champion Will Be One of These
The Times-Cily Recreation division tournament. Left to right are Kenneth Heath, Louie Stowe, James
Crawford and Pete Black.
GARBAGE STRIKE NEAR SETTLING
- Some Points Agreed - on
In Negotiation.”
As striking city
workers and a city official met
| today in the first actual negotiation |
session since the dispute began
_ almost three weeks ago, the chances .were good that a settlement would
be reached hy late afternoon.
Rising temperatures and increas-
ing health hazards of accumulated garbage gave impetus to settlement hopes. : W. H. Prazier, sanitation plant superintendent, and a group of strikers headed by Ed Dailey, international representative, American Federation of State, County and
“Municipal Employees, A. F. of L,,
opened negotiations this morning. Agree on Some Fronts
Latest reports; on the meeting's progress were that a number ‘of points of agreement had been, reached. Mr. Frazier presumably is negotiating only for employees of the sanitary district—ash and garbage collectors and reduction plant workers,
He has said répeatedly he wold
not attempt to negotiate for the flood control board or the asphalt also affected by the strike. The controversy developed 18 days with the dismissal of three flood control board workers. Whatever agreement is reached by Mr. Frazier and the strikers still will have to be approved by Mayor Tyndall.
Politics Hushed
There was little comment today on alleged political issues smoldering beneath the controversy. A| “hush-hush” attitude has developed following a meeting Saturday be-
(Continued on “Page. 3—Column 4) ‘I'm a'Bad Bird, Keep Me at Home'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 21. (U, P).~H. Clay Gott, attorney general's office employe, today awaited results of an experiment he hoped would aid all victory gardeners, Gott discovered chickens in his garden. They scratched up the seeds as fast as he planted them. Yesterday - thes chickens found and quickly gobbled up several large kernels of golden corn spread about the garden. A little later the chickens’ owners were surprised to find hanging from the fowls’ bills pieces of paper with thé typewritten note: “I have been a bad bird. Please keep me home, before I get killed.” The notes were attached . to pieces of string tied to the kernels or corn through ' laboriously drilled small holes.
TIMES INDEX
4 Lee Miller. ... 7 Ruth Millett 131 Obituaries ... 13|Fred Perkins. . 10, Radio 2. 10 Ration Dates . 12 Mrs. Réosevelt 9 \ 10 Sports... vis Iori Given. - 13 Tom Stokes . 10
Amusements. . Business ...,. Comics Crossword ... Editorials
Fashions
maintenance |
=| Big Three. is urgently necessary
Markle, Finalists to
PLAN ACCEPTED
Gi ely The Times-City Recreation Division marble tournament had
narrowed to four contestants to"One of them will be city |
| day. Doctrine Problem, By R. H. SHACKFORD United Press Staff Corresposdent
champion next Saturday.
All
received new baseball gloves for winning their respec- |
tive district titles last’ Saturday. Big Five powers submitted to the! The finalists are Pete Black of
. | United Nations conference today a { nol In 10m E.. Michiga ol plan for linking the inter-American 2027 N, Gale st.: Louie Stowe of and world security systems. School 46, 1519 W. Morris st.,, and | This is to be done without jeop~ James Crawford of School 17, 835 W. 11th st, The first two are 13 years old, the latter two, 14. | the Monroe doctrine. Each will play five games with | The Big Five agreement ended | the other ‘three next Saturday at | tWo weeks of controversy and raised | University park to determine who | Official hope of adjournment early will get the prewar Elgin bicycle jn June. as city championship prize. t The regional solution specifical- | Pete Black was winner at the 'ly recognizes the right of a state Willard district contest, Crawford or group of states to act in self-
east, and Stowe at we a4 Riley. the world organization. Under’ the
Yalta voting formula for the new"
| eague. the U. 8. would always have | FIRST BREATH OF a veto over any “outside” inter- | ference in this hemisphere by, the |
world security council. ‘Inherent Right’ Cooler OmOTou But No Rain Is Forecast.
"The agreement acknowledges the paramount authority LOCAL TEMPERATURES
forcement action. attack occurs on a member state, it acknowledges “the [2 individual or collective self-de- | fense . . until the security council | | has taken the measures necessary lo maintain international peace and security.” | The Latin-American nations origIndianapolis’ thermometer hit 82| inated the regional * dispute with | at noon today and the city shed their demands ‘that the its coat to make way for real sum-| mer weather, The local weather bureau fore- | pe given complete autonomy frum cast cloudy today and tomorrow|the world eérganization.” | forenoon and cooler tomorrow. | The Big Five plan was the best Although the city forecast con- | tains no rain, other parts of the! (Continued on “Page 3—Column 1) state expect scattered showers and |
in all
} Meeting at Blackpool, party rejected Churghill's proposal |
{at Blackpool, | lieved the election
at Fall Creek, Heath at North- -|deferise without prior approval of |
world organization as the ultimate |
en- | But in case an
inherent right | {lems should be resolved by election |
MONDAY, MAY 21, 1945
Sheets Of Blazing Oil Rout Japs From
By EDWARD THOMAS United Press Staff Corresposdent
OKINAWA, May 21.-——Marines blazed a fiery path to Shuri today. They drove enemy troops out of formidable coral fortifications with burning oil, glow on’ the Japanese stronghoud directly in front of the
of the cave-lined bluffs guarding Shuri, anchor town of the
Out of the fire-lit* caves and ridges ran 2 Saparcse.s some of them aflame from head to toe. They | fled toward
The leathernecks themselves are preparing to enter Shuri“for the second time since 1853 when, according to
town with Commodore Perry
BRITISH LABOR PARTY CALLS
Rejects Churchill’s To Put Off Politics’ Until War Is Over.
LONDON, May 21
and force a British election despite | lan urgent plea by Prime Minister |
Churchill to put off politics until -
| Japan is defeated.
to continue the coalition government and offered to go to the polls at any time.
The step meant the death in a
short time—possibly next month—| {of the government Churchill formed
five years ago to guide Britain to | victory in ‘Europe.
PAN-AMERICAN |". Eee In a last-minute maneuver,
Churchill suggested that an unpre- | |cedented national referendum be
held on whether the 10-year-old | parliament should continue in office. |
" Deputy Prime Minister Clement |
Parley to Solve Monroe R. Attlee and Home Secretary Herb- |
ert Morrison, in a press-conferehce! said the party be-| should be de-|
FOR ELECTION
Plea
(U, -P.).—~The! . Labor party decided today -to break | {away from the coalition government |
the Labor |
as the guest of the Okinawa government. Today thé marines outside Shuri are encountering desperate resistance and formidable fortifications unsurpassed in the Pacific war. Marine tank veterans of five major engagements said the defenses of Shuri were the toughest they had seen. The main objective of the attack on Shuri is the 16th century castle built there by coolie labor. or Oriental
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postofice Indianapolis 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday .
Coral Caves Of Okinawa
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kings. The oil treatment whi
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Japs is as ancient as the castle.. ; -Marine Combat Correspondent S. Sgt. William Boniface, Belair, Mo., told how drums of fuel were brought the front line by armtracks and hauled. to the top of the ridges on ropes, pulled by 16-man teams of infantrymen. The marines punched holes in the drums and poured {Continued on Page 3—Column 6)
W ASHIN GION May 21,
their own application.
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[layed until autumn, but was ready |
The convention, including 1100 | delegates representing .8,000,000! members, was only two votes short of unanimity in ballotting against {staying ‘witlf Churchill's conserva tive majority ina combined govern.
|ardizing a. nation’s right of stllument up! the warn the East'is)
defense or the historic principles of over,
Put Off to Autumn
Churchill made his proposition in a letter to Labor Party members. He acknowledged the need for exe | pression of the nation’s will to vote, {but urged that for reasons above | party lines the coalition govern- | ment stay in’ office. Attlee and Morrison pointed out [that the end of the Japanese war [was indefinite. They said that {they felt the election should be put (off until ‘autumn. { They believed that one was nec{essary in the relatively near future | {to renew the life of the parliament | elected in 1935.
“Party Advantage”
They said the Labor Party would
support the war against Japan re{gardless, but that differences on domestic economic and social prob-
before they became matters of internal dissension in the coalition. The conference opened today with a spirited speech by Laborite
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inter- | { American security system, .as for- | (malized in the Act of Chapultepec; |
NELSON IS ELECTED NEW YORK, May 21 (U.P).— Donald Nelson, former chairman of | the war production board and Special adviser to the President, toda: was elected a director of Moly. denum corp. of America.
thunderstorms. It's to become cooler tonight and tomorrow with strong winds in the southern part! r of the state. \ | 4
‘MOTHER ASKS ‘POINTS’ TO BUY SON'S RETURN
STAMFORD, Conn, May 21 (U, ‘P)~A clerk at the ration board answered the telephone today and a woman anxjously inquired: “My son is in the Southwest Pacific and he writes me he hasn't got enough points to come home. Can you give me some points so I can send them to him?” The clerk patiently explained the difference between the” OPA and the army point systems and the woman hung up with a disappoint ed “Oh!”
STALIN TOLD BIG 3 - MEET NEEDED SOON’
LONDON, May an’ (U, P.).—<The Evening News said today that Prime Minister Churchill * and President Truman have told Marshal Stalin that a meeting of the
“not later than early next month.” The dispatch said “Stalin 80 far has not replied.
WARSHIP VISITS GERMANY
PARIS, May 21 (U. P.).—Bupreme headquarters announced toddy that allied warships are visiting certain German, ports “in order to bring home their defeat to the inhabi0, tants. ships have arrivedi| al ven, Amar.
ing Mrs.
The Look' Becomes Mrs. Bogart
i Arriving at the. Bromfield farm for the wedding, left to right, Humphrey Bogart, Tauren Bacall and her mother, Mrs. Natalie Bacall.
MANSFIELD, o., ay 21 (U.P. ~Hollywood’s Lauren Bacall, wedra simple: doeskin beige dress and a huge accolade. orchid, became Rursgies Bogdst today in a simple wedding on Lonis Bromfield's
wearing « plain gray ‘suit And dark maton fourn-ind Cn ea wots te
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* | Carolina to live.
for it in July--the earliest possibile} SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.—The time.
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| : Acme Telephoto T. Set. Jake William Lindsey, 24, of Lucedale, Miss.. arrives at LaGuardia field en route to Washington where he was presented with the congressional] medal of honor hefore a joint session of congress today. He is the 100th infantryman to receive the high honor in world war II. » " » » » nw
President Confers Honor on
War Hero Before Congress 2 for the western allies’
WASHINGTON, May 21 (U. P.).—President Truman sonally presented the medal of honor .to T. Sgt. a ceremony of tribute before congress to the growin | served their country “beyond the call of duty.” #The 24-year-old soldier from Lucedale, Miss., was the 223d serviceman {and 100th infantryman in this war ‘to be awarded the nation’s highest |
= |military honor. He was the first, STATES MAY BAR however, to receive it directly from ‘Flash of Nobility’ E | Mr. Truman, seeing in the cereSyne Court U Upholds N. mony a symbol of the nation's!
v » | power and courage, noted that “it | C. in Bigamy Case. (finds us striking devastating blows | WASHINGTON, May 21 (U. P).|
{In the Pacific” where “we are pre- | {paring to strike them later in over- | ~The supreme court held today that whelming force.” the other 47 states can refuse to Lindsey's great deeds, performed, recognize Nevada divorces obtained |a83inst superior enemy i05ves ij
{Germany last November, stem by their citizens after only terapor- straight from his own. Nemiied ary residence in the state. [courage, the President said. It affirmed thé conviction of two, “Those decisions came from his|. North Carolina residents on charges own heart; they were a flash of the {of “bigamy,” brought after they got | (nobility which we like to think is Nevada divorces. They were mar- (a part of every American,” Mr. Truried there and returned to North| {man said.
Seated With Parents North Carolina had contended| The ceremony took place in al
leaders,
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that their six-weeks residence in’ hushed house chamber. Nevada was a fraud perpetrated) Seated on the front row to the solely for the purpose of divorce of the speaker's rostrum, were and had refused to accept the Ne- hero's closest relatives—his father vada's court's finding that they and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jake L.| ‘were legal residents of the Western Lindsey, and his sister, Mrs. Pauline state, | Smith; all of Lucedale. “The supreme court held that in this case North Carolina was not|chamber, where the cabinet and a “required to yield her state policy” host “of foreign diplomats were|
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‘By EDWIN C. HEINKE “ © Times Oity Editor DANA, Ind. May 21.—Even as a boy, Ernie Pyle always had a homely word of cheer for the older people. “ -And yesterday. in death, at his
he has been a member since he was eightgyears old, Erpie could take only comfort. . The « tears rolled down the
cheeks of his father, Will, and . his beloved Aunt Mary Bales, but
+ |is honorable. ‘This Tepresents a lowering of the discharge age from 2°
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TITO GETS OUT
) Advises He Is Willing to
554 prise,” HL, G.
¥ | Japan.”
today per-|
Jake W. Lindsey in| ‘correspondent, reported from Trieste g list of heroes Who that the situatiom in that city, cen-
| A fhe President in the presence of deen sent to Trieste to present a | houses of congress and the united allied fron: withdrew and ots s highest, military and civil [rejoined the remainder of the 91st | | division in the Gorizia sector to)
| withdraw all 20,000 Yugoslay troops
OF CARINTHIA
Discuss Dispute.
By PHIL AULT United Press Staff Corresposdent LONDON, May 2].—Marshal Tito
from Austrian Carinthia today: and expressed willifigness-to come to an agreement with the Western allies on the oetupation of ed Venizia. Giulia ation of dame ern Italy. . : At -the some time, however, Tito expressed his “indignation and surover Marshal Sir Harold R. Alexander's allegation that Yugoslavia's attitude in the Veni--zia Giulia ‘dispute was all too reminiscent of Hitler, Mussolini and
“1 declare that Yugoslavia is ready to co-operate and come wo an agreement on a basis which will not be insulting or humiliating to Yugoslavia as an ally,” Tito said. Seek Solution " Tito's reply to Alexander, supreme allied commander in the Mediter{ranean, was carried by the Soviet Tass agency from Belgrade as the United States and Britain engaged in new discussions looking toward a solution of the deadlock. The next step may be an AngloAmerican attempt to gain Moscow's insistence that the Yugoslavs quit {northeast Italy. James E. Roper,
United Press
(ter. of the Venizia Giulia dispute, remained “extremely tense.”
Troops Withdraw n American battalion which had
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Hoosier Heroes—
ARMY 0K: DISCHARGING fs in
WAC’s Also Made Eligible; See
New Low ering.
(U. P. ) ~—Army enlisted men
aged 40 or older were made eligible today for discharge on
The ruling applies to all such men whose service record
years, which became eect April 17. The reduction of thé age mack affects about. 20,000 enlisted men in the 40 and 41-year age groups. Separate From Points When the military situation pere mits, a further reduction will be made in the age limit, the war des partment disclosed, These discharges are sepaiute from those made on the point syse tein which applies to all ages. The new policy is also applicable to enlisted WACs 40 and older who have served for one year or more: Eight thousand enlisted WACs ars eligible to apply under this policy. Commanders will be permitted to retain for 90 days any eligible man who applies for discharge under this
{policy for whom a replacement is
not immediately available, ‘Plan for Officers
The war department said ths discharge age cannot be reduced be« low 40 “at this time without jeopardizing military operations or slowing down the release of combat veterans who have earned the right to discharge under the point syse tem on the basis of long and ardue ous service. “Through the inclusion of a heave ily-weighted factor for parenthood, the point system provides indirect consideration - for age,” it° said, “Statistical surveys have indicated that the average age of fathers is several years above the average age for soldiers without c on.” As heretofore, officers(éver 38 and younger officers not phy sically quale ified fof combat for whom no suita« ble assignments exist may bé- dise charged. :
FAMOUS LAST WORDS—
'Americans Will Run Like Scared Rabbits'—Hitler-
By JACK FLEISCHER United Press Staff Correspondent OBERSALZBERG, Germany, May 21. — Adolf Hitler added to the world's classic collection of famous last words when he said: ‘Americans don’t know how or why they fight.” That was just before the start of the Ardennes offensive—which
WYATT, PEYTON DE | IN NATION'S JON'S SERVICE
he obviously knew was his last hope—was stopped by the Ameri cans. ' i: Another gem he uttered at the time was: “Once we get behind their backs the Americans will
Two Reported S: Safe While. run like scared rabbits.”
left ave now. safe and 10- have beer the freed from German prisons
Lindsey was accompanied to the| North Africa.
'He Is Fallen With Those He Loved’ .
"Ten Are Freed.
Two loca! servicemen, a fireman 2-c and a radio instructor have been killed according to today's
|sasuakty lists. Anothef two, reported y the war department as missing,
KILLED
2-¢- Charles Norwood S ' Emerson ave, off |
Fireman Wyatt, 26)
8. Sgt. Gilbert (Jack) Peyton Jr. 1318 8. Richland st., in Cuba.
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Bono Methodist church of which in the little white chapel on a
highway six miles south of Dana. They came from other churches in the vicinity—the Dana Methodist, the, Tennessee Valley Baptist and the Bethel Quaker,
“These people were God-fearing
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ONE OF Hitler's official stenog- . raphers=~Gerhart Herrgeselle—re« vealed today that the fuehrer pers sonally addressed his army come manders and officers at his heade quarters near Bad Nauheim bee fore the Ardennes offensive. The fact that the held three such pep meetings and the way he spoke showed Hitler knew the of« ferisives were his last chance to regain the initiative and save Germany. Hitler addressed two meetings before the Ardennes offensive, on Dec. 11 and 12, and one on
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a Honors Ernie
like thousands of other rural churches that dot. the u. = countryside. There were instrips tions on the walls, such
and Atterly honest in their devo- .
tastes, like the famous } ; rom among