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VOLUME 56—NUMBER 67

MONDAY, MAY 28, 1945

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9. Ind. Issued dally except Sunday

PRICE FIVE CENTS

President Says Congress Should Award Ernie Pyle A Special Medal

By DANIEL Times St

WASHINGTON, May Senator Willis (R. Ind.) tod

_ should provide a special medal for Ernie Pyle, such as

the one to be struck for the 1

The senior senator from Indiana went to the White

House this morning to ask

had ‘introduced a senate bill to grant the posthumous award of the congressional medal of honor to the famous

‘Mibsters Happy With Awards

Kenneth Health , , , He has to keep that prize bike shining.

JAPS RETREAT ON ALL THREE MAJOR FRONTS

Appear to Be Prerarng to ‘Pull Out of Shuri.

By FRANK TREMAINE United Press Staff Correspondent PEARL HARBOR, May 28.—The|

Japanese were retreating on al three main fronts in the Pacific war today.

On Okinawa, they appeared about to abandon Shuri, keystone of their already ruptured southern defense line, for a new stand at least a mile and a half to the south.

In China, they pulled out of the inland treaty port of Nanning.

Recapture of the port by Chinese’ troops cut the Japanese continental corridor into Indo-China. 378,000 Jap.Casualties In the Philippines, their scattered remnants continued to give ground | on Mindanao and Luzon islands. Gen. Douglas MacArthur esti-| mated Japanese dead, wounded and missing for the Philippines campaign at 378,427. Still other allied blows rocked the Japanese in their homeland and at sea. Tokyo broadcasts said three B- 2) Superfortresses and 30 Mustang, fighters bombed and strafed air-| fields near the smouldering capital | for 40 minutes at mid-day "today. Other Superfortresses were said | to have mined the waters off northern Kyushu and between | Kyushu and Honshu.

Tokyo Utilities Hard Hit

The Japanese also revealed that] their foreign ministry, Greater East Asia ministry and possibly 40 to 5 | per cent of Tokyo's public utilities | were destroyed in the great B-29| fire raid on the city Saturday. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, com=7] mander in chief of the Pacific fleet, | announced that American: sub-| marines have sunk 4,500,000 tons of | Japanese shipping since the start of the war. This comprised 1119 ships, in-| cluding four aircraft carriers and| 122 other warships. Blow Up Cave Positions “During the past year, largely! through the agency of our sub-| marine forces, we have all but] severed the lines which connected | the Japanese empire with their | stolen possessions,” he said, A Pacific fleet communique de) closed that Japanese troops in| southern Okinawa blew up 15 to 20 cave positions in front of Wana ridge northwest of Shuri yesterday, Enemy troop movements sighted | by marine pilots south of Shuri | strengthened the belief that the en-| emy ‘was preparing to withdraw | from the citadel which has held up| the American advance for nearly a month, A front dispatch said the Japa-

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Amusements .

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! Recreation division marble tour-

| so stiff from riding his first-prize,

M. KIDNEY aff Writer

28.—President Truman told ay that he thought congress

Indianapolis Times war correspondent who was killed on le.

As in the case of President Roosevelt, it was pointed out in congress that the regular congressional medal of honor is purely a military award and should be confined to men in the armed forces for deeds of valor far in excess of the call of duty.

When Senator Willis went to see the President, ac‘companied by his secretary, William Murray, the Presi.

COX ATTACKS "45 LIQUOR LAW INU. S. COURT

Democrats’ Attorney Argues! Law Is Invalid Under _ ‘Due Process.’

By SHERLEY UHL The 1945 liquor code “was AE even if it was right,” argued Earl] in, Cox, attorney for 19 Democratic |

beer Whalesalers® from southern :: HOOVER R TALKS | cen im. ns so) T0 TRUMAN ON GRISIS-IN FOOD

He charged that in passing te Ex- Candidates to ci

(revised beer and liquor law, the Re- | | publican-dominated Iggislatiire * — Former President in Capital Visits.

Et lout in a 40-acre field and exer- | cised unrestricted * police powers.” By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

| “Only the legislature does = | have such unrestricted police pow- - WASHINGTON, May . 28, —President Truman con-|

ers,” Mr. Cox added. ferred for 45 minutes with!

medal in honor of “Ernie.”

In the few spare moments presidential affairs. Senator Willis, who was as senator and vice president,

ate President Roosevelt.

the President's opinion. He

i |

cd James Crawford. . . smiles.

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Winner of Bicycle, First cr Prize, Rides It All Week-End

TWO HAPPY BOYS today are sporting their prizes for coming in one-two in The Times-City

also | to the White!

—

prewar Elgin bicycle that he hardly could jump the hurdles in his gym class at school 51. “I just rode and rode all week-

is Mr. Hoover's first visit to the in 1933.

President Truman greets former President Herbert Hoover.

and was all smiles.

| who

end,” he said. “It's wonderful. IL never had a bike before and 1 never .thought I would win this one.” » n » KENNETH admitted he had a tough time beating out runnerup James Crawford, 14, of school 17. James proudly was wearing his | pull-over sweater to school today In the finals Kenneth won 10 games and lost five; James took | eight and dropped seven. » ” tJ - KENNETH, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Heath, 2027 N. Gale st., practiced up a bit Friday night. Shamefacedly he admits he got

| stitutionality of the 1945 act. that two former G. Q. P. presiden- | ing neared its end was any direct “All right, then, T'll ask the ques- | Nations’ gigantic problem of feed- | (the Democrats). “But we're fighting for our conbeaten. “Tonight I'm going down and | first gave all alcoholic beverages

His arguments were presented be- { fore three federal judges sitting as ia single tribunal to determine con“Due Process” Argument Democrats charge the law is in- . He was all valid, alleging it deprives them of | property without due process of | Naw. For more than two hours, Demo- |former Republican President atic attorneys and Republican a | members - of the state attorney Herbert Hoover today. general's office dueled over legal| Later it was announced technicalities. Not until the hearRE *. IRS BY tial candidates, Alf M. Landon and | reference made to political features roy lof the 1945 aleohiol act, This vame| o>" Thomas E' Dewy, after Judge Michael Igoe, of Chr. Nave been invited ‘cago federal district court, in- | House, qured: {| Mr. Hoover, returning the the ney which Siose Saturday in Uni- “Is it safe to ask why this law white House for the first time versity park. {was passed?” Winaor Kenneth Heath, 19, Was | 1 politics er since he turned it over to the late “I'l answer: that ation. 1 | Presiden on March 4, 1933, dis-! is asked” said ‘MT. Suess B cussed with Mr. Truman the United tion,” Judge Igoe said. “You've been ing the liberated peoples of Eu{hinting around it for a couple’ of | { hours I don't understand | why nobody comes out and says it | {in so many words.” | Mr. Cox then. asserted that, in| {his opinion, the law was drafted | and adopted by Republicans “to| {give their people a preference in | |the wholesale beer business over us” Constitutional Rights “But politics isn’t the only thing involved here,” Mr. Cox continued. “These are grave constitutional | questions. They involve basic (rights. . . . If it were simply a matter of politics I wouldn't be fighting here so vehemently, Live by the | sword: and die by the sword-—that's { the rule of the game. [stitutional rights, our inherent His brother, Cook 1-¢ Cecil, is |rights. . .. That's a matter of law. fiome on leave from the coast | Judge Evan A. Evans of the fedguard. An old mibster himself, | eral appellate court in Chicago, he took Kenneth over the jumps. "sn code in “unparelleled, unprecedented THEN Kenneth and his dad, | contradiction. . . . One cancels out “wis plenty rugged with a | the other.” marble” when a kid, worked. out | Yan Horne Replies a bit on the living room rug. | He referred to provisions which get a couple fox tails, a mirror permit holders the right of license and a couple more lights for the renewals, then annulled this right bike,” Kenneth said. |as far as beer wholesalers are conHe's one satisfied boy. cerned by voiding all wholesale beer James is the son of Mr. and | licenses as of last May 1. Mrs. James Copeland, 835 W. In answering for the state, 11th st. {Deputy Attorney General Winslow Other finalists were Pete Black, [Van Horne declared, “I wouldn't 2232 E. Michigan st., and Louie | presume to tell the court what the Stowe, 1519 W. Morris st.

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NO DRINKS ON SALE

ON MEMORIAL DAY § |, S. SOLDIERS * ana" EOOAPE AT FORT

diana. -For the first time, all Hoosier Take Guards’ Gun, Believe Government Trick . Used.

taverns and package liquor stores | will close in observance of the holi- | day Wednesday non-alcoholic holidays $0y the 1045 commission today sent notices to Four soldiers held in the disci- | \that effect to all beverage license Plinary barracks at Ft. Harrison | holders. No liquor or beer may be’ overpowered a guard this morning

| legislature. The alcoholic beverages

| termed two sections of the’ liquor |;

ers "and photographers.

{in Washington.”

(written on Mr. Truman's own ini-

rope. The White House said Landon and Dewey had been invited to call on the President, but no specific topics for discussion were men- | tioned. Hoover's ldeas Constructive

A White House announcement {said today’s conference “was a very | pleasant meeting” and that “Mr. Hoover had some very constructive | ideas which the President was happy to receive.” Press Secretary | Charles G. Ross said he did not] know whether the two men would |

RELIEF SEEN AS EXPERTS’ TASK

Hoover Opvutas. Emphasis On Social Welfare.

By CHARLES T. LUCEY Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

dent expressed the utmost interest in granting a special

He picked up from_his desk

the last Pyle book “Brave Men” and said he is reading it.

he gets between his busy

friendly with Truman, both told him of the Indiana uni-

versity memorial project in honor of Ermie Pyle and also presented him with a program of the community memorial

Acme Telephoto It White House since he left office

services held in Albuquerque.

Senator Willis attended the services as he was holding hearings thére as a member of a senate subcommittee. He also told the President that wherever he has been he has heard nothing but acclaim for his “fine conduct in this highest office. Senator Willis particularly congratulated him for ine

viting former Président Hoover to the White House toe day to talk over world food problems.

TRUMAN ASKS MORE BENEFITS FOR UNEMPLOYED WAR WORKERS

Dewey, Landon Invited Te o White House

First White House Visit Since 1933: Recommends at Least $25 Weekly for

26 Weeks to Provide Security During Reconversion.

By LEE NICHOLS United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 28.—President Truman today (urged congress to close what he described as a major gap in the reconversion program—‘“the lack of adequate benefits Tor” Workers temporarily unemployed during the transition {from war to peace.” : He proposed that congress act at once to assure war

| workers, through supplemenFRE NCH OL A SH tation of state unemployment

| benefits, of 26 weeks of payments lin any one year if they are jobless Truman Aid May Be Asked In Levant Crisis.

than long. He proposed at least $25 a week By FRANK BREEZE United’ Press Stall Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 28 (U. P.),

| tor unemployed workers with dee pendents, “We must provide maximum see LONDON, May 28—Dispatches, —The its House Snsunced \from the Levant today reported today President Truman make his flight to the San Fran« {bloody skirmishing between the) :

fully of themselves on the fighting

curity to those who have given so | cisco conference on or about June

|French and natives at Homs and| § in the specially equipped C-34 ..

Hama, with an unspecified number air transport command plane a

of casualties on both sides. | signed specifically to the

a The tension in Syria and Lebanon! Executive,

"Taint Funny, Is It, Ribbentrop?

BERCHTESGADEN, Germany, May 28 (U. P.).—Adolf Hitler, in one of his rare periods of levity, said one day to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop: “What are you worrying about? You're not even or the list of war criminals. I'm No. 1.” Ribbentrop did not think it funny, Hitler's official stenogra-

WASHINGTON, May 28.—Former confer again or whether Mr. Tru-

man planned to offer Mr. Hoover | President Hoover was believed to] a post in connection with food and! {have urged drastic overhauling of | European relief. {the machinery for providing relief | The former president, “who won to Europe's starving millions when! acclaim for his handling of food he met President Truman today. problems during and after world For many Jnonths, Mr. Hoover, war I, came here on Mr, Truman's who so ably directed overseas re-| suggestion to“discuss European food lief in the first world war per eriod, | conditions. He favors~ immediate has been perturbed over failure to! initiation of an emergency army meet program for seeing to it that some! needs. 100,000,000 persons in western! From expert knowledge of prob-| Europe do not go hungry. lems involved and good sources of | Mr. Hoover had nothing to say information, he is known to be| as he walked out of the White convinced of a need for immediate | House through a throng of report- action to forestall greater suffering. | A He told Advocates Single Head Tiestionere that it is- the Preroga- ar. Hoover believes that: ive of the President to make any| The United lief statement about his conferences. e United Nations relief and re-, | habilitation is set up on a political |

“Drop In Any Time” | basis. It is subject to and handi-| While Mr. Hoover was in econfer- capped by “power politics” among | ence with the President, White some of its members. House Press Secretary Charles G.! py N R. A. A. SHOULD be run| Ross announced that Mr. Truman {by a single head with power to act| had sent letters to Landon and | decisively rather than being han-| Dewey inviting them “to drop in| for a talk any time they might be cils. Ross sald no subjects for these | talks were specified and that thus

beg far ships. far the invitations have not been : accepted. EMPHASIS FOR the relief job

“The letters. invited them tq just | (Continued on Page 3-—Column 3) drop in to see the: President if they |

cared to,” Ross said. He added un- | der questioning that the letters were

own shipping

Anyway, Boys tiative, as was the case of the in-

vitation to Mr. Hoover Had Some Fun

Looking fit and smiling, Mr Hoo-, It was fun on Monument cirver walked slowly through the huge cle yesterday as the two Jones |

pher, Gerhardt Herrgeselle, said today, and did not reply.

EX-BOSS TESTIFIES KELLY 18 “UNSOUND'

adequately European relief Says Accused { Taken Home to

Night Before Shooting.

The defense bégan its testimony {today in the Kelly murder trial by calling to the witness stand the {manager and a former employee of {the Ft. Harrison post exchange.

exploded in violence, Beyrouth advices, coincident with a report in diplomatic quarters aere

pute.

withdrawn from Homs, Hama and Aleppo to camps on the outskirts were followed by dispatches which | said shooting had broken out In| the first two towns, The combatants were natives, demonstrating for the full in-| dependence of the Levant, and un- | specified French. groups, apparently | the troops. May Ask Truman Aid Damascus reports relayed through Beyrouth said telephone both Homs and Hama had been cut, land details of the bloodshed were

} lacking.

The diplomatic correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph said Mr. Truman's aid might be sought prevent further bloodshed in the crisis, which already has inflamed {the Arab world.

eats 2 of her garrisons in | Syria and Lebanon in what the governments of the two Arab states

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according to that President Truman might be called upon to mediate the dis-|

Reports that French troops were |

lines to!

{and production fronts,” the Presi ident said in a message to cons gress. Urges Emergency Action “The transition from war to peace is part and parcel of the war and { we cannot shirk our obligations ta those temporarily unemployed through no fault of their own. He also recommended that cone | gress: ONE: " Take emergency action te | widen the coverage of unemploy« | ment compensation and to increase the amount and duration of bene |fits—at least for the duration of the emergency period of reconvere sion. TWO: Extend unemployment ! compensation coverage to include

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LEGION HEAD WARNS VETS MUST GET JOBS

Says Unemployment Would Cause ‘Revolution.’

The crisis stemmed from France's,

PARIS, May 28 (U. P.).—Edward

Charles E. Kelly, suspended city CLOUDY AND COOLER N. Scheiberling of Albany, N. Y.

| fireman, is charged with first degree murder in the (wife, Ruth Elizabeth, last Sept. 21. {The defendant formerly was em- | ployed at the post exchange in the | | evenings.

manager ex-|today but the weather chief prom-

court the “dizzy spells”

| The Post exchange

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3 DEAD, 2 WOUNDED,

slaying of his

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3—Column 0 tonight and tomorrow.

It was 84 late yesterday after-

| noon and dropped to 72 at 6 o'clock

| this morning. Mostly cloudy weather

is forecast for today.

Nazi Killers of

national commander of the Amers | ican Legion, said today that if the | returning veterans don't find jobs, | ‘there will be a revolution in | America.” { Scheiberling and Mancel Talcoth | of Waukegan, Ill, the Legion's na tional grave chairman, are on & three-week tour of American ceme= teries, Scheiberling said he expected to talk with as many soldiers as pos sible. about “the veteran's No. 1 problem-employment.” He said the Legion soon will raise the question of extending post-war college education privileges to men over 8.

Captives fo

May 30 was added to the list of ‘sold between closing time Tuesday and escaped. lobby to the reception desk outside

lads dived for coins in one of the

Business 6 | Mauldin Comics . 15 Lee Miller Crossword ..- 15| Ruth Millett . Editorials 10, | Obituaries

9 and 7:30 a. m. Thursday. Ort mosquito control detail when the President's office. Jules Rodier, 9 pean ————————— they made their break, they took ‘whose service on the White House 9 GETS LEGION OF MERIT [the guard's gun and are believed to | clerical staff antedated even Mr. Jerald Jomes, 10, told his brothers, 4| FRANKFURT-ON-MAIN, May 28 have stolen a government truck. | Hoover's administration, was the Donald, 8, and ‘Johnny, 4 They Peter Edson . 10| | Fred Perkins. 9|(U. P.).—Brig. Gen. Frank A, Al-| The men are Frederick Gunnéls. |first to shake hands with the 70-' live at 545 N. Tibbs ave. Onlookers livened things up even more

Fashions 11 | Radio . 15 len Jr, director of public relations 19; Christian Gartrell, 22; James year-old former President. Forum® 10 Ration Dates 8|at allied headquarters, received the| Hamner, 22, and George McLaugh=| Mr. Hoover waited a féw minutes by tossing small change into the {in the office of the President's sec- pond. The brothers Jones were

Meta Given. . 11|Mrs. Roosevelt - 9|legion of merit award from Gen.|lin, 21, the latter three Negroes. The disciplinary barracks house | retary, Matthew J. Connelly, before taken to juvenile ald headquar-

Jane Jordan. . 15! | Women's News 11 {during the ‘European War, + service,

Circle pools. “Come on in, the waters fine”

Two Marines on on Okinawa

Be Tried Firs

By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, May 28.—The trial of Nazi war criminals may begin! “within a few weeks,” U. 8. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson said today. Jackson, chief American prose-|

And Soldier Killed.

Two Indianapolis marines have been killed on Okinawa and another soldier lost his life in. Germany. Meanwhile, two other local servicemen have been wounded and 16 have been freed from German prison camps.

t, Jackson Says

favored’ « military tribunal reps | resenting the four principal allied powers—the United States, Russia, Britain and France—to try the ine | térnational group. ; Though Jackson would not come ment for publication, Lt. Gen, | Lucius D. Clay, Deputy American

A Bridge Of Ships—127,000-From Frisco To Yokohama

Copyright. ‘1945, by United Press WASHINGTON, May 28. -— The U. 8. navy is building an additional 20,000 warships to give it a

to end to make a virtually unbro- tion 10,882 warships, including 271 the navy this unprecedented array, The navy revealed last week that ken bridge from San Francisco to |front-line fighting ships and 16,093 of mighty sea power, minus any | it already has 107,386 ships, aggreYokohama, Japan. landing craft. future losses: gating some 15,000,000 tons, operatIt will provide the vast armadas| Ships now under construction in-| 25 battleships. Jing in all waters, - Of these, 100,-

KILLED Plc. Raymond D. Greear, Woodlawn ave. in Germany. Marine Pvt. Paul J, Gill, 1105 N. Kealing ave, on Okinawa.

1039 Castle ave, on Okinawa. Se ' WOUNDED

1531

Marine Sgt. George R. Bridges,

Machinist's Mate 3-¢ Harry Hu-

cutor of war criminals, said those | yijtary governor, several weeks accused of executing downed blr | ag ago sald a mass indictment of, men and other offenses against groups such as the German high

allied military personnel probably|command for complied in a would be the first to go oh trial, hy bw it

In general, he said, the principles of the 1943 Declaration of Mos« cow would be followed. Thus war|

_ total of -127.000 ships of all types for the invasions of Cihna and the [clude two battleships, ‘15 aircraft| 41 aircraft carriers. “joined the fleet since Pear] Har- § to complete the final phase of the [Japanese homeland — some : 5000 carriers, 30 escort carriers, 47 cruis- | 05 escort carriers. bor, including 1150 combat craft. second world war. miles Roi: destroytie and sit dusirovet | 114 - 114 cruisers, || There were only 338 combat ves-

evs Barnaby, dog W. Bertha st., on uam. Pvt. ‘Rowland M.. Quakenbush, 904 College ave. on Luzon.’ /

This. sigantic, number. of shion : 490 destroyers. Af placed end [the Wiis, ovaspitiut \hey wi. ies 371 destroyer escorts. (Continued on. Page 3--Oolutn

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