Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1945 — Page 1
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BRITISH ORDER FRANCE TO END SYRIAN ATTACK
Virtual Ultimatum Served
On De Gaulle as Troops Move.
VOLUME 56—NUMBER 170
U. S. Losses Now Over the
WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P.). —U. 8. combat casualties in this war passed 1,000,000 today. Military losses as announced offi-
increase of 6798 over a week. and 112,868 navy, marine corps, and
coast guard casualties. The overall total, including only
LONDON, May 31 (U. P)) —Great Britain ordered her troops into | Syria and Lebanon to halt the) bloody Arab-French disorders to-| dya. She served a virtual ultimatum | on France to cease hostilities in the | Levant immediately. | In a move to resolve the Levant! crisis and prevent a possible rupture of allied communications litiés to the Far. East, Prime Minister Churchill announced he had orgered British ‘armed intervention between the warring French and Arab forces-in Syria dnd Lebanon. At the same time, a terse memo- | - randum —was dispatched to- Gen, | Charles de Gaulle “requesting” the "immediate withdrawal of all French troops in the Levant to their barracks “to avoid collision between British and French forces.” ; Prepare for Discussion “Once firing has ceased and order has been restored, we shall be pre-, pared to begin tri-partite discus-!
sions here in Londen,” the British | syss means of expediting the trials
note said. : The sudden British "intervention! climaxed’ three weeks of spreading | disorder in the Levant, touched off | by - the dispatch of French rein-| forcements to Syria and Lebanon | to back up France's demand for! strategic bases in the former mandated countries. . The ancient city of Damascus was aflame from French bombing and! shelling, and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced in.com-| mons that the situation there had! become worse in the past 12 hours. | Fires Spreading | Eden said late advices from .the British minister in Damascus re-|
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ported heavy and continued fight-'age” Wright said, and “are car-|président of the executive Yuan.
ing in the city throughout last! night and early today. { He. said two great fires were burning in the center of the city. They were about a mile apart but spreading swiftly. Eden said the British and Amerfcan civilian colonies were evacuated from Damascus during a brief armistice yesterday afternoon. Then the center of the city was subjected to a very heavy and concentrated French artillery bombardment and French warplanes roared in to bomb the Syrian garrison. Cries of “Shame” arose in the house when Eden. revealed that | bombs had been dropped on the! Biblical “city. ! Eden emphasized . that Britain!
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BRITISH WILL FREE 1,500,000 GERMANS
Food Shortage Makes Their Labor Vital.
218T ARMY GROUP HEADQUARTERS, Germany, May 31 (U.|
P).—~To help the Germans feed| themselves 1,500,000 of their prison-| ers will be freed by Field Marsha 8ir Bernard L. Montgomery, it was learned today. Their release, the first move made by Montgomery as military governor for the British-occupied part of ‘Germany, apparently was dictated by 10 Downing Street, At Montgomery's headquarters here it was pointed out that the move did not mean any leniency toward the enemy. THe step was considered a matter of self-interest, for it rid the British of a large number of prisoners who by their work. could help to avoid the serious troubles that would follow an acute food shortage. None of those released will include 8. 8. troops, paratroops, or Germans suspected of being war criminals or ardent Nazis,
RESTRAINT SUIT WON BY GENERAL MOTORS
FT. WAYNE, Ind, May 31 (U P.).—The General Motors -Corp., defendant in a $225,000 lawsuit brought by Grant T. Munson, yesterday won a verdict in the United Btates district court. ; Munson, who operates an auto and auto parts establishment here, sought triple damages, alleging that while operating an agency at Marfon, Ind., the defendant had injured his business by conspiring to restrain his activities 4gjrestraint of trade. Besides the General Motors Corp. the General Motors Acceptance Corp, was named defendant. The latter concern is the finance corporation and. it was on its practices that Munson sought to recover.
those casualties which have been tabulated and announced in Washington, was' nearly four times the
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INDICT 2657 AS
WAR CRIMINALS
Lord Wright Says It’s Now ‘Time for Action.’
LONDON, May 31 (U. P.).—Lord
Million Mark
cially here reached 1,002,887, an
The total included 890,019 army |
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YANKS PUSHING OKINAWA JAPS INTONEW TRAP
‘Shuri” Castle,“ Former Key Fortress, Captured in Bitter Fighting.
By FRANK TREMAINE United Press Staff Correspondent . PEARL HARBOR, ‘May 31.— Allied victories piled up in Okinawa- and China today, and Japan rallied for a desperate defense of her homeland. Developments in the quickening | Pacific war included: OKINAWA—Tenth army marines land soldiers took control of the [Shuri area in southern Okinawa to- | day, drawing two separate pincers around perhaps thousands of Japanese near the conquered citadel. Shuri castle, former. Jap fortress, |was captured yesterday. | Radio Tokyo conceded
that its
main defense line had collapsed and |
Wright opened a 16-nation confgt- | said the critical stage in the 61-day lence today with an announcement | battle for Okinawa was imminent as that the United Nations war crimes the Americans slashed at enemy
commission had indicted 2657 per-|soldiers seeking. to escape to the
sons on charges made by various allied governments.” The commission. sponsored th three-day conference called to dis
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of war criminals. Lord Wright is chairman of the commission. He said the “time for action has begun” dnd predicted the start: of the trials soon. “No: war .in the past has been marked by the deliberate and systematic cruelties and atrocities that have characterized this war,”
Wright told the conference dele-|
gates, Every Sign of Scheme He said a special feature of the Fascist crimes was that they ex-
{hibited every sign of a general session of the Kuomintang’s central
scheme. They all “clearly emanate from a master eriminal and his entour-
ried out according to plan by elab-
{orate organized agencies and in-
strumentalities.” He said this “mass criminality”
{southern tip of the island.
| CHINA—Lt. Gen. Albert C."Wede{meyer, commander of U. 8: forces in China, said allied forces were
[shifting from the defense to the
[offensive in China with the future
[ bright. Chinese troops captured 180 miles of Japan's lifeline corridor across {China. Japanese troops- fired and | abandoned the former American air {base city of Liuchow and nearby |Liuching in central Kwangso prov- | ince. . I CHUNGKING — . Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek resigned as premier of China today, but retained 'his concurrent post of president. Reliable sources said a plenary
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{executive committee appointed T.V. Soong, Chiang’s brother-in-law, as premier—a post officially known as
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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1945
Clark Meet
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s Family for First Time in Year
Gen. Mark Clark meets his wife, Maurine, center, and daughter, Anne, for the first time in over a
they were guests at Memorial day ceremonies.
Italy and 50 other ovérseas veterans flew from Paris to Chicago, where
POINT VALUES
Canned Tomatoes Up, Juice Down; Meat About Same.
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made the commission realize that!
“membership of an organization | which has systematically perpetrated atrocities is prima facie evidence of guilty complicity.” Therefore, the commission rec{ommended that all members of the | gestapo should be held in protective {custody if they are apprehended, | regardless of proof of any specific | offense, Princess Banished Meanwhile, a Copenhagen dispatch reported that Princess Helena of Denmark had returned to her native Germany — banished forever from her husband's country because she collaborated with the Nazis. She was the first member of allied royalty to be exiled as a Nazi.
Helena, wife of King Christian S| brother, Prince Harald, was flown a sea supply route to China. That| oat for Civilians than the meager Pe accepted. | to Glucksborg near the German-| would both be of tremendous aid| gpniies available in May. | Danish border yesterday and or- to the Chinese armies and permit} Values for fatback. or salt pork | time when congressmen and others
dered never to return to Denmark.
Hoosier Heroes—
2 DEAD, 2 WOUNDED FIVE ARE. LIBERATE
One Sailor Lost at Sea; One Dies in Action.
The navy department today listed a local “sailor as lost at sea and one from Greenfield as killed in action in the South Pacific. Today's heroes also includes two more Indianapolis servicemen wounded in action and five local men liberated from German prison camps. LOST AT SEA Motor Machinist's Mate 1-¢c William A. Glass, 6 W. Michigan st. Apt. 32.
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KILLED Petty Officer 1-c Leroy Kelley, Greenfield, in the South Pacific.
WOUNDED Marine Pvt. Robert W. Blunk, R. R. 20, Box 4, in naval action. Tech. 3d Gr. Carl L, Grant," formerly of 357 W. 32d st., in Europe. LIBERATED Cpl. Donald Williams, Greenwood, from Stalag 3-B. 8. Sgt. Charles W. Perry Jr. 2136 Eastern ave. Pvt. Anthony J. Rene, 633 Stevens st., from Stalag Luft 13-0. Capt. Harold M. Spaulding, 526 E. 37th st. from a camp in southwest Berlin, Pfc Robert C. Sprauge, 1249 W. 34th st.
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DE GAULLE FAVORS ELECTION IN FRANCE
TIMES INDEX
Movies :
Amusements . 17 Ned Brooks... 14| Fred Perkins. 13 - Business ..... 18! Radio ....... 321 Comics ..%... 21 Ration Dates 15 { ... 18 Mrs. Roosevelt 13 Editorials .... 14 Wm, P. Simms 14 Forum ,..... 14 RAS uivanes: 10 y 13 Stokes. , 14
By UNITED PRESS The French press agency said Gen. Charles de Gaulle told the cabinet today that he considered It necessary to hold a generdl election in France this year, and the cabinet unanimously approved.
15 DIE IN BOMBER LONDON, May 31 (U, P),— An American bomber crashed in flames at. ‘Green Farm, Hepworth, near Ir, Edmunds today, 18
U.S. FORCES MAY LAND IN GHIN
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WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P). —Lower point values in June for tomato and mixed vegetable juices] and higher values for canned to-| matoes and canned spinach were announced today. The new values take effect June 3 and continue through June 30. Raising. of canned. tomato point
SET FOR JUNE
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CITY GREETS
GEN. CLARK, ITALY HERO
In One of Three ‘Home Towns’ fo Visit: Wants to See House in Which He Lived on N. New Jersey.
By SHERLEY: UHL The lanky, hawk-nosed scourge of Italy: swooped down into Indianapolis, one of his three “home towns,” at 11:45 a. m. today. : ; With the sun and wind of northern Italy still etched - deeply on-his-gaunt-face,-Gen-Mark-W- Clark stepped from a huge, silver C-54 transport, greeted his friends here warm= — —{ly and inspected an honor guard at Stout field.
os ] " TRAP FOR NAZI | His wife and attractive daughter | followed him out of the plane, their | faces: wreathed in smiles as they | sighted old Indianapolis acquainte ances =
Former Crew Chief There
. y | As the general walked with long Eisenhower S Car Used a8 strides down the ranks of the honor Bait for Spies.
(guard, he chatted with several of : [the men. An unexpected surprise PARIS, May 31 (U. P.).—Supreme | Was the presence of his former plane crew. chief in Italy, Tech. headquarters reported today that Sgt. Wallace Meyers of Grand
the allies used Gen. Dwight D. Rapids, Mich, who had several Eisenhower's star-bedecked staff times landed with Gen. Clark on
Trapped Killer of Daughter Suicide as Police Close |
By SAM MELNICK United Press Staff Correspondent KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 31.—Cornered in a dingy storeroom home where he killed his daughter Tuesday night in a fit of jealous rage, | | Ray E. Davis, 42, fired a shot into his chest today, Then he attempted
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Within five minutes Davis was dead. Officers at first believed the police bullet, fired by Lt. Charles Welch, |
SILLETTE SUBMITS homicide chief, had killed him. |
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Examination of the body, however,|
| As Detective Chester Graham covered the back door, Welch and | this reporter, armed only with a | flashlight, charged the front door.
Head Welch called on Davis, who ap-
parently was asleep, to “come out.”
car as bait for a band of German, the Anzio beachhead. Gi | n. Clark and Sgt. Meyers hadn't agents bent on the assassination of seen each other since March, 1944, high allied officers last winter. when the sergeant was assigned Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, pack to the United States. He's Eisenhower's chief of staff, gave aipeeiy at Stout field for 13 months detailed account of the Nazi plot ang was among the very first to aimed at sowing. confusion behind |greet his former “boss.” They shook the allied lines during the Ardennes jands warmly. breakthrough in December. | “Gosh, I'm glad to see you,” said Versions of the Nazi scheme, the general. “What are you doing including those from S. H. A. E. F,, here? This is a surprise.” previously have conflicted in many| «1 don’t have any home town,” respects. laughed the general, when ‘asked
Used Ike's Car about that paradox by a reporter,
‘Smith said the S. H. A. E F, security section borrowed one of Eisenhower's cars for several days “to use in such a way as to assist in deception in the plan for trap-|
“I'll let you decide that one. . .. But Indianapolis is the only city where. I've owned property and voted.” This is the only spot where he re« mained long enough- to establish
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Move Would Open Supply : Route by Sea.
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Editor Developments in China make it] seem probable that American landings on that country’s coast may not, be too far off. Such landings would not be of the massive invasion type involving the | dispatch of whole armies to come to ‘grips with the main Japanese forces | {in east Asia. i They would be designed to open
major American aerial ®perations {from the mainland. | {The job of clearing southeastern | fore of the Japanese apparently | { Chinese. | Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, | commander of American forces in China, has expressed high optimism lover future military developments { there, The Chinese have given- evidence of their desire to take full advan- | tage of the changing situation. Gen|eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek’'s shifts lin his government may be inter-| preted as a move to unify the coun- | | try politically and militarily for the| |struggle ahead. Formosa, which lies athwart any |sea line, could be neutralized without invasion. It is within range of heavy, medium and fighter-bombers from Luzon and Okinawa, and of {course of Superfortresses should | they be required.
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By VICTOR The chickens are ready for the All Mrs. Robert H. Arnold, the oven. The reason for the preparation Capt. Robert W., flew into Chicago Clark. “We think he'll be home either today or tomorrow,” she said. “And what a homecoming we will have.” Mrs. Arnold naturally is thrilled that her battle-seasoned son should be in the party with the conqueror of Nazis in Italy. But the captain is the caliber of man who helped make the general the conqueror, Flew 93 Missions In nearly three years overseas service, Capt. Arnold fought through flak-filled skies as a bombardier on a flying fortress. ; A veteran of more than 93 missions, he was heading for the day's objective when word crackled over the plane radio that the war Europe was over, + In a letter home he said, “We turned the plane around and headed
alteady was under way.” Capt. Arnold also is qualified as
Ob-| He first was assigned to
for tomatoes to date. It came as Chairman Elmer Thomas (D. Okla.) of the senate food committee de-
clared that tomatoes and a lot of]
other processed foods should be off the ration list entirely. Thomas charged OPA officials with keeping canned goods rationed “because they want to keep their jobs,” . Few Meat Changes OPA also. announced that point values for most meats, fats and oils would remain undisturbed for the June period. It warned, however, that there would be 7 per cent less
were - increased 3 points, bringing them to 8 points a pound; plate bacon the same and pork sides, aged
Iwill be entrusted mainly to the! (Continued on Page 3——Column 1) plans for carrying out the disposal
Balloon Bomb Kills 6 in U. S.
WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P.).—The only casualties inflicted by Japanese balloon bombs which have fallen sporadically in the Western area were suffered by a family which-found an unexploded bomb, Undersecretary of War Robert P, Patterson said today. 2 They detonated the bomb, with the result a woman and five children were killed. Her husband and one child survived. The secretary did not give de-
indicated Davis had shot himself | below the heart. Surplus Property Offers to Quit. The answer was a shot from the * | bedroom, followed by a scream. WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P.).| I saw Davis rush through the —Guy Gillette, chairman of the sur- door, blood oozing through his plus property board, submitted his shirt. His gun was aimed at the resignation to President Truman today. Gillette, former Iowa senator, an- | nounced his action as he left the White House. after a conference, with the President. He said the President did not in-
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Truman Awards
ping the agents.” ‘From time to time an officer rode in it, Smith said, although no one individual was elected regularly for the assignment. “His purpose was to effect the capture of the group, and not to provide the commanding general with a double,” Smith said. Within three or four days, Smith said, the allies felt that they had the matter well in hand. They had arrested or shot more than 100 men
residential voting qualifications. He said he cast his lone ballot in the - 1932 presidential election here while living at 4026 N. New Jersey st. Gen. Clark lived in Indianapolis from 1929 to 1933. The general has been “claimed” by New York, Chicago and Indian apolis. He was born at Madison Barracks, N. Y. Mrs. Clark is a native of Muncie, Ind.
Wants to See Old Home
Medal for Knox
WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P.). — President Truman today awarded the medal of merit |
posthumously to the late Secretary of Navy Frank Knox for outstanding service to the nation. Mr. Truman presented the medal to Mrs, Knox in a ceremony at the White House attended by high-ranking military -| and naval officials. The President read the citation for the decoration, It said that Knox, former . publisher of | the Chicago Daily News, had pre- | pared the. navy “for the impact | of war abrgad while striving to | the utmost to concern the public | with the imminence of war at | home,” The citation said Knox guided the navy department in its development into “the mightiest naval force in the history of the world unmindful of risks to his health and safety.”
dicate whether he would accept the resignation or when it might become effective. It was evident,| however, that Gillette expected it to!
Gillette's resignation came at a!
were expressing concern over the lsurplus property situation. They] | were criticizing failure of the board so far to submit any report on its
| policies laid down by congress.
SELLER OF BANDAGES SENTENCED TO PRISON
NEW YORK, May 31.(U. P.)— Federal Judge Francis G. Gaffey sentenced Dr. Abraham Freitag, 44, to three years in prison and fined him $100,000 today for selling 3,000,000 yards of cotton bandages on the black market. It was the heaviest black mar- | ket sentence ever imposed in this area. Freitag, owner of a Brook- | lyn company, which produced the bandages, had pleaded guilty to|
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
definitely proved to be associated with Lt. Gen. Otto Skorzeny. Behind Allied Lines Skorzeny, recently captured in| Bavaria, was the purported ring-! h leader of the plot against allied School up In commanders. It was said to in. | You know.” volve a parachute descent on Paris| Informal in speech and easyand infiltration behind the allied SWiNging in carriage, the veteran lines. | commander said Salerno and Anzio - When Skorzeny was captured a|Were the toughest Italian came few weeks ago, he convinced some! officers that the original plot was not directed against Eisenhower, But Smith sald “many other of-| ficers believed Skorzeny’s story is a natural lie to save his own skin, and the original information was authentic.”
ALIENIST TESTIFIES KELLY WAS INSAN
Murder Trial Witness
“Before I leave I want to go back up on the North side and take a look at the old homestead,” said Gen. Clark fondly. “My two children went to grade that neighborhood,
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WOUNDED MAKING FRONT-LINE FILM
OKINAWA, ‘May 31 (U. P.).—A
sequel to the filming of “Twenty{four Hours With a Front Line Sol-’ | dier” was told today by Col, Roy A. | Greene, commanding officer of the Tth dwision's 184th regiment. Greene reported that a Life photographer, Eugene Smith, New York City, had announced when he ar- — rived on Okinawa that “I will either - Is get some of the best pictures of the war or I won't come back.” Smith
the charges. Freitag asked clemency because of a weak heart and said a prison
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Mother of Captain Under C
PETERSON feast,
1520 N. Olney st, has to do is light
is that Mr. and Mrs. Arnold's. son, yesterday with Gen. Mark Wayne
For about nine months before
sentence would impair his health
Tast Christmas he “sérved at Gen.
Clark's headquarters. He was flown
home over the holidays but returned
to finish the European war, For action in" April, 1942, he received the silver star. It was on a bombing mission in Africa that the plane was badly hit,
The pilot was wounded so serious= ly. he had, to give up the controls. Capt: Arnold received a head wound, and though temporarily blinded he assumed control of the B-17 and brought the ship home. For his wound he holds the purple heart, Started in Cavalry
Capt. Arnold also holds the dis- -
tinguished flying cross and the air medal with fumerous oak leaf clusters. 3 ! - A graduate of Illinois, the 20-year-old ' captain entered service in December, 1940. the mechanized cavalry, but switched to the re-
air corps early in. 104). He
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Interrupted Often.
An Indianapolis psychiatrist test|ified today in criminal court that
mind when he allegedly shot his wife, Ruth Elizabeth fatally last Sept. 21. A defense witness, Philip Reed, | 1834 E. 10th st., a practicing psychiatrist and neurologist, declared his opinion was based upon a finding that Kelly, charged with first degree murder, had an “epileptic state associated with chronic alcoholism aggravated by injury.” The defendant, a suspended city
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‘BOYS FIND-TUNNEL, | FOIL PRISON BREAK
PITTSBURGH, May 31 (U, P.).— Two small boys thwarted 4 prison break at. Western penitentiary today. : The boys, George Gregor, 5, and his brother, Paul, 6—playing near the prison walls last night—discovered a 30-foot tunnel which had been dug under the wall. Eight feet underground and two feet’ in diameter, the tunnel had Lbeen ' completed. An escape route was open, awaiting only the propitious moment, Ashe said.
37571 ON WAY HOME
Charles E. Kelly was of unsound |
Warden Stanley
got back, but he had a piece of {shrapnel through his jaw. He was | hit after 23 hours and 45 minutes of shooting pictures. Smith's unidentified model for [the film was taken to a rear hos pital with a severe case of shell shock and battle fatigue two hours after the hazardous episode.
WHISKY PRODUCTION PROBE DEMANDED
WASHINGTON, May 31 (U. P). |—Rep. Clifford R. Hope (R. Kas.) today introduced a resolution providing for an investigation of the
war production—board's- decision fo
permit production of |ing July. a The inquiry would be conducted by the house agriculture commit tee. Hope is ranking minority member, It would weigh the WPB order “against civilian and military need for food.
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TRUMAN'S” INVITAT ACCEPTED BY LANDON Ww.
GTON, May 31 (U. PB), —President\ Truman has received a