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RHOADS NAMES BNEW WELFARE | BOARD OF FIVE
Rana Mrs. Parry, Mrs. Ward, Mueller and Adams Selected.
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today announced appointment of the reorganized. Marion county welfare board. Members are: HARPER J. RANSBURG, Indianapolis manufacturer, MRS. MARY F. PARRY, wife of Addison J, Parry, county council president. MRS. ZELLA L. WARD, former school tedchér and Indianapolis Negro civic leader. ROBERT A. ADAMS, Indianapplis attorney. HENRY MUELLER, Center township trustee, Two on Former Board ~ Mr. Ransburg and Mrs. Parry were members of the previous board, abolished May 30 under provisions of a 1945 legislative act applying to welfare boards throughput the state,
Mr. Ransburg was president of| known characters of the Old Tenth atmy, forces on OXI the former board. The new group,| Timer, Horatio K. (check for a captured most of Naha air field, ras th 1d. rises three —— |drove to within four miles of the Bs was the AE se Fats (Continued ‘on Page 5—Column 5) southern tip of the island and| EDIDicans an WO | DemOCIa LS. te tame chopped the last 15,000-odd en-| G. O. P. appointees are Mr Ransburg, Mrs. Parry and Mrs. Ward. Mr. Adams and Mr. Mueller
are Democrats.
Welfare board members are not salaried. They serve in an advisory capacity, selecting the county director and draft the annual budget. The law specifies that one member must be a township trustee. Mr. Ransburg and Mr. Adams were named for four years; Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Parry for two years ard Mr. Mueller for one-year. In appointing ,the reorganized group, Judge Rhoads reportedly parried a political thrust to convert the welfare department, which allots millions of dollars yearly,.to a patronage basis.” Some county politicos have resented application of the merit-law to welfare personnel practices. Controversial Act The 1045 act shaking up welfare boards throughout the state on May 30 was one of the most controversial in the recent general assembly. Democrats charged its purpose was to give Republicans an opportunity to seize control of welfare departments in counties where they had recently won electoral victories. Circuit judges name the new boards in the great majority of counties, but in several metropolitan districts, including Marion, the juvenile judge is the appointive authority. Republicans conténded welfare “abuses” required a general statewide welfare board house-cleaning.
ARMY CONVICTS TO FIGHT IN PACIFIC
PARIS, June 5 (U, P.).—The Judge advocate general's office said today that 115 American soldiers granted clemency in black market trials last winter would be sent to
: and with the opportunity to conhe ul " or Yr . J ¥ Pass FOF SARlY SOWAL ities nue his education, . ’ Ss “The trainee would have only battalion, had been sentenced to
as, much as 50 years at hard labor for trafficking in cigarets on the black market, but were given clem-
Juvenile Judge Mark W. Rhoads].
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
7 he F ovr Der Blueprint For Germany's Future
WASHINGTON, June 5 (
lights of the blueprint for Germany's future as outlined
at Berlin today:
Complete demilitarization and disarmament. Reduction of the Reich to her pre-Nazi borders. Occupation by the Big Four powers in specified, sepaDefinition of the boundaries of these zones apparently awaited a decision on the-‘size of the western zone to be occupied by France.
rate zones.
Leonard Claret, 19-year-old sailor from Great Lakes, will present a singing and tap-dancing act at the navy war bond review at the Murat Friday. #4 BILL. THOMPSON, a former star on the Fibber McGee and Molly show, will be featured in the navy: war bond review Friday night at the ‘Murat thehter. Syecialist 3-¢ Thompson spent eight years with the Fibber MecGee show, He created the well-
STAY AT HOME
V.-F. W. Suggests Drill at Local Armories.
WASHINGTON, June 5 (U. P.).— The Veterans of Foreign Wars sug-| gested a program for peacetime] compulsory military training today| that would permit the trainee to! live at home, Instead of going off to an army camp for a year he would stay with his family, remain in school or in his job, taking weekly drill at the| local armory and training for two| weeks durring the summer at a reserve camp. . At variance with these views was the American Legion, which recommended a program calling for one| year of continuous service for all! men, Both organizations testified roday | in favor of some form of post-war training at hearings before the house post-war military pqlicy com- | mittee. : Like National Guard The legislative representatives of | the V. F. W. and the Legiog, Omar | Ketchum and John T. Taylor, presented the attitudes of their groups. Ketchum suggested that the complaints of critics might be answered best by a program patterned after| |those of the national guard and of | the naval and marine reserves. | | “Under this proposal,” Ketchum said, “compulsory military training could be given in a boy's own community, leaving him in his home, ‘in his job, with his family
the same obligation -as the voluntary members of the reserve — to
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ency by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on their plea for a chance to fight.
SHOWDOWN . SOUGHT
WITH BELGIAN KING
BRUSSELS, June 5 (U. P.).=— Prime Minister Achille Van Acker, who left here yesterday for a conference at Salzburg with King Leopold, will have a showdown with the monarch, it was reliably reported today. An important monarchist, who told the United Press that Van Acker would tell Leopold he must return to Belgium, or adbicate, pointed out that Belgium now has the unconstitutional situation of having two rulers—the prince regent and the absent king.
‘CHICAGO APPROVES TRANSIT OWNERSHIP
CHICAGO, June 5 (U. P.)—Chi{cago voters, by approximately 6 to 1, today had registered approval of public ownership of the city’s streetcar, elevated, and bus systems and a $50,000,000 public improvement program. A tally of the city’s 3812 precincts showed 285,443 in favor of the unified transit program, with 46,621 opposed.
OKINAWA JAPS
TRAINING URGED:
Other developments in the Pacific- war included: . JAPAN—Superfortresses bombed
the east China coast with thie cap-
[ land.
| fireman, will be sentenced to life {iicprisonment tomorrow by Judge
CHOPPED INTO FINAL POCKETS
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A four-power control commission, with headquarters in Berlin, to rule Germany indefinitely.
It is a military
commission now. ‘Later it may betome a four-power civil
administration, but not .for a
four powers.
long time.
Greater Berlin will be administered jointly by the
Each of the four occupying nations will hold a veto power over all decisions of the control council, council will act Cooly unanimously.
since the -
A separate agreement will be made in the future to establish long-range policy for the rule of Germany, The four-power council, with «ach country represented by a commander in chief who will take a turn as head of the council, will transmit its decisions to a 183division control staff, which will carry them out through. out Germany.
STRIP GERMANY OF CONQUESTS,
REDUCE BORDERS T0 1937 STATU
Mile Kobe Area With Fire Bombs.
By FRANK TREMAINE
United Press Staff Correspondent
PEARL HARBOR, June 5. — The| American 10th army neared -final| § victory on Okinawa today. |
Seven hundred miles to the north-| east,
500 Superfortresses set fire to Kobe, Japan's greatest port.
emy troops into helpless pockefs. | Tokyo newspapers said the’ Okinawa campaign had entered a “most ritical” stage and warned that the American command already was plotting an invasion of Japan.
Kobe In Flames
Kobe from end to end, blazing a 10mile trail of destruction through the city ‘with 3300 tons of fire bombs. |American carrier’ pilots reported [they ran into first-line Japanese pilots and planes over Kyushu. PHILIPPINES — The American [37th division pushed deeper into the Cagayan valley of northern Luzon against Japanese troops who were| unable to form a new defense line. ! Jap Fate Sealed | CHINA —Chinese forces completed liberation of a 100-mile stretch of
ture of Siapu in northeast Fukien province. BURMA—Japanese . forces coun-ter-attacked futilely in an attempt | to halt a British push toward Thai-
The ecomplete- conquest of OKki-| nawa was at hand. Marines of the | 4th division sealed the enemy’s fate with an amphibious landing yester- | day on Oruku peninsula, where the Japanese had been expected to make his last stand. The marines thrust quickly inland against only moderate opposition and captured most of Naha airfield, largest and best airfield on
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KELLY TO BE GIVEN LIFE SENTENGE
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Charles E, Kelly, a suspended city
William D. Bain of criminal court. The 52-year-old defendant was convicted yesterday of second-de-gree murder by a jury of nine women and three men. He was charged with having fatally shot his wife, Ruth Elizabeth, last Sept. 21 after a two-week estrangement. The slaying occurred at their home at 46th st. and Post rd. The jury deliberated slightly more than four hours before reaching the verdict.
RACE RELATIONS
Board Told That Traffic Offenders
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Are Chronic
Suggestion by these five police officers may help the saféty board solve Indianapolis traffic problems. Left to right .are Lt. Thomas F. Daily, Patrolmen Francis Crail and Fred Stevens of police squad 22 and
Berl Dillehay and Paul Beck of squad 14.
HOLD GLINIC ON
Committee Gives Report on Housing; 200 Attend.
By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor Nearly 200 members of Negro and | white groups met today to discuss | matters of mutual interest in the Indianapolis Race Relations clinic at the Y. M. C. A. | A report on housing as it affects the-entire community was- given by Walter C.- Bailey, chairman of a ».3 research committee, This committee and others have |i | done intensive work in preparation for the clinic, which will continue. with afternoon and night sessions today "and through the afternoon tomorrow. It is sponsored by the Indianapolis Church Federation in co-opera-tion with ‘the Federal Council of Churches. Clinical Approach New Dr, George E, Haynes of New York said problems of race are old but the clinical approach to their solution is new. | “Certain’ tensions and difficulties | between the races are ills of the community which are contagious and consequently spread,” he pointed out. “The clinic is designed to bring to light these ills and find the
POLICE SAY MANY DRUNKS GO FREE
Working - Experts Are Allowed to Offer Views.
By KENNETH HUFFORD
Prosecutor Sherwood Blue had
cure for them following procedure
Chronic violators are causing the|
Police Chief Jesse McMurtry and Safety Board President Will Remy get together to solve the city’s traffic “headache.”
Supreme Allied Council Meets in
Berlin, Establishes Iron-Rule Government Over People.
(Text, Page Eight) By ROBERT J. MANNING
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 5.—The_Big Four powers today formally stripped Germany of the whole of her Nazi cone quests and set up an ironclad military rule of the defeated nation. The Reich was reduced to its 1937 boundaries. Top military commanders of the United States, Russia, Great Britain and France met in the outskirts of ruined Berlin and signed a declaration documenting Germany's un= conditional surrender and laying down the obligations and restrictions that will be her price for embracing Adolf Hitler, “For Future Peace” The alliés also announced creation of the long-awaited four-power control council fef’ Germany, ; Immediately after the signing ceremony Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Russian Marshal G. K. Zhukov, British Feld Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and French Maj. Gen, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny held the council's first meeting. The Americans were greeted by an honor guard of
| Soviet troops and by the commandant of the Soviet garrison
lin Berlin who escorted them to Zhukov's headquarters, The Frfench delegation, arrived next, followed by He "British.
Americans Honored Eisenhower was accompanied by his chief political adviser, Robert Murphy. : The airdrome was decorated with the flags. of all four nations and a Red army band played ‘The Star-Spangled Banner” as the Americans left their planes. The four powers promised in the formal declaration to take all steps in: Germany ‘‘requisite for future peace and security.” It was emphasized that the military rule now estab lished over Germany would operate for a long time. At some
RED STAR CHARGES licen rey io wderiske WAR-MONGERIN
the obligation of governing
6 herself again under supervision. Blames Hostile Opinion in American Press. By MEYER HANDLER
Austrian Rule Separate The declaration specified that the new" control council will rule all of | Germany within the borders she had on Dec. 31, 1937, This wrested from the Reich eve United Press Staff Correspondent ery territorial conquest the Nazis MOSCOW, June 5.—The Russian achieved, beginning with the anarmy newspaper, Red Star, charged |schluss of Austria in 1938. today that a hostile foreign press, | A separate control commission including prominent American pa-|will be set up for Austria. Other pers, was trying to prepare public | territories seized by Germany ree opinion for war between the western {vert to their own governments. powers and the Soviet Union. Plans for awarding other coune Red Star said other newspapers|tries slices of pre-war German tere counterbalanced the hostile foreign | ritory—such as the plan to give opinion with publication of dis-| | Poland part of eastern Germany-— | patches and news comments favor- |await future settlement. able to the Soviet Union. | Articles Listed Both Red Star and Izvestia pub-1 por documents were issued today lished summaries of ,a recent] 'by the U. S. Britain, Russia and article by Eleanor Roosevelt and |p, ance-in their capitals. They were:
|a transcript of principal parts of! ‘ONE:. The declaration signed to[a radio debate in which ‘Raymond! ay
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in Berlin assuming joint su«
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Ga. m,..... 41 10am..... 3 he... 45 1la.m..... 60 Ba. m..... 49 12 (noon)., 61 9a. m 55 pom... 62
Hoosier Heroe
Dead,
s: Four
asked the death penalty on a firstdegree murder charge. A plea “of | temporary insanity had been filed | by Defensé Attorneys Floyd Christian and John G. Caylor. Mr. Christian asked Judge Bain to defer sentencing until tomorrow to study the possibility of an appeal. Fore-
man of the jury was Mrs. Freida
] Wounded, 8 Are Liberated Crist, 431 N. Gladstone ave.
A paratrooper
| reported killed in Germany.
died in the South Pacific.
been liberated in Germany. KILLED First Lt, C. Louis Ferguson, Middle dr, Woodruff Place, Mindanao.
and an infantry-, man from Indianapolis have been | | Alton ave., An | infantry officer and a local Seabee A Hoosfer seaman was wounded off Okinawa and eight other heroes have
802 on
Pfc. Edward H. Eddington, 1705 in Germany. Chief Electrician's Mate Charles) Leon Ramsey; formerly of 2224 Guilford ave., in the South Pacific, Pfc. Rudolph 7. Wellb, 3141 Northwestern ave. in Germany. i WOUNDED
Seaman 1-¢ Walter Richard Kasey, 15648 Barth ave, off Okinawa.
LIBERATED T. Sgt. Roy. W. Modglin, 2542
TIMES INDEX
Mars Hill st., from Stalag Luft 4. Cpl. Daniel 8. Jones, 16568 Medford st., from Stalag 3-B.
i § , Amusements, 16 Lee Miller ... 9 | Jack Bell .... 8] Movies ...... 16 Business ...... 7|Obituaries ..., 4 Comics ...,...13| Ruth Millett., 9
‘Charles Lucey 10) Joe Williams .
Daniel Kidney 10 Al Williams .} Mauldin- in 9 Women's Newsia :
Sgt. Hugh T. Kidwell, 934 E. MinnéSota st., from Stalag 3-B. 8. Sgt. Franklin G! Barrett, 1435 8. Fruitdale ave. from Stalag 17-B. Cpl. Joseph P. Hunt, 536 N. Key-
4 Crossword ..,.13| Ration Dates. 16 storie ave. from Stalag 4-B! Editorials ..... 10{ Radio ... . 13 Flight O'cer Warren A. Becker, Forum +10) Mrs. Roosevelt 9 formerly of 1360 S. Belmont ave, Meta Given 12] Wm. P. Simms 10|in Germany. Inside Indpls.. 9. 8ports ....4... 6| Second Lt. Thomas L. Flakiérty. Jane Jordan ..13/ Jas, Thrasher 10/1524 BE Washington st., in Germany.
Pvt. James A. ‘Enzor, 3050 Car- § | rollton. ave, in Germany. : hy; Page 16) .
COLD SETS ANOTHER, RECORD—41 DEGREES
| It looks as if Indianapolis’ “winter” will be here at least through] Thursday. Another all-time low record for| June 5 was set when the mercury | dipped to 41 at 6 a. m. The previous record was 45 degrees in 1921. | The chilling temperatures are not | expected to change according tol the local weather chief, and show-|
ernoon, In the entire state temperatures will average 10 degrees below noymal for the next five days. The exterided forecast says very cool through Thursday night, but warmer Friday and Saturday. , . Showers are ‘expected in the southern portion of.the state about tonight and tomorrow with ~scattered thunderstorms throughout the state Friday. In Indianapolis the mercury rose to 62 degrees yesterday afternoon. Chicago once again shivered through
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ers are promised for tomorrow jis
|37-degree June weather this morn«
majority of traffic accidents herein| the opinion of four police officers who were brought before the safety | board today to give their impressions of traffic conditions. The move to have the officers |
ARE ARMING ARABS appear was suggested recently at a { joint meeting of. safety. board mem-
‘ bers and the Indianapolis Chamber Churchill Says French 1g-| of Commerce safety committee. nored Warnings.
Appearing in company with Lt.| Thomas PF. Daily of the police trafLONDON, June 5 (U, P.).—Prime| fic office were Patrolmen Francis Minister Churchill revealed today|Crail and Fred Stevens of police that the British are issuing arms to|squad 22 and Berl Dillehay and the local gendarmerie in the Levant | Paul Beck of squad 14. | to help keep order. “Another thing,” one of the Churchill told commons that the| “working cops” declared, “we see French sent reinforcements into|drunken drivers coming into court | the Levant despite British warnings|four and five times without being | against causing trouble that would |convicted. There's a state law that endanger allied routes to the Far a drunken driver Yho has been con-
East, Victed once shall ‘be bound to the Both Britain and FP | jected new Es Farce pio. (Continued on “Page 5—Column 6) ‘SEARCH FOR BODIES IN BREMEN ‘DEBRIS
ences on the situation in the Middle East. The French government pro- | posed that the Big Five confer. Churchill- said ‘Britain still hoped PARIS, June 5 (U. P)~R e workers dug for bodies in the rubble of Bremen’s American military government building, where two mys-|
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theeting in London. Churchill bluntly dented Gen. | Charles De Gaulle's charges that
i—————————— Americans and Germans. WHISKY STOLEN A number of Germans still were Thirty-one eases of pints) of believed buried in the debris. whisky were stolen today from the loading platform of - Co, warehouse on 218 8. . 2 A
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Smiley Chambers seems to be contemplating his own fate as a safely board member. It's somewhat questionable now that Mr. Chambers has moved outside the city limits. Legal opinions differ as to whether or not he disqualified himself by this action.
In recent weeks more and more |isting, in 15 articles, the requiredispatches and editorial, opinions! ments arising from unconditional dedling with the anti- Sobiet press | sur render with which Germany and campaign abroad have been ap- its people must comply,
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pearing in the Soviet press. i TWO: A statement announcing Charges of unilateral actions creation of the four-power milihave been causing some of the most | tary control council—which will be
explosive comments and bringing the government of Germany. answers from editorial writers. THREE: A statement providing The Red Star specified headlines for tie .individual zones of occupa=-
200 ARE LAID OFF
{it said had appeared in American tion by the four powers—Russia in | newspapers, such as “Red Wave|the east, Britain in the northwest, | Threatens to Drown Christian Civi-|the United States in the southwest {lization” in the N. Y. Journal- and France in the west. Bound { American, and “Soviet Union Is aries of the zones still were not Only Aggressor in World” in the |defined. Chicago Tribune. This statement did, however; The article also cited the N, Y.|confirm that thére will .be fours [ power administration of greater
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AT GURTISS- WRIGHT HOLD TRUCK DRIVER | (Comics on Pace —Cotumn 1
125 More Face Face Cutback
Before August.
“More than 200 workers at the|worth of tools and equipment from | plant, the Crane naval ammunition depot.! Kentucky ave. and W. Morris st., were laid off yesterday. About 125 son, 40, of Kentucky, more will. be laid off before August, ployed as a truck driver at the de- |
Curtiss-Wright = propeller
a company spokesman said,
Since V-E day about 500 em=- Newell announced the apprehension (Continued on “Page 5—Column §) at least 15 and injured 80 other ployees have been let go. The of Wilson and said hé would be . turned over to the federal burean The lay-offs have not resulted of investigation. from the discontinuance of propel- | The military government offices, | ler models but from cutbacks in the equipment included drills, wiring,’ a Bleyast until recently héadquarters for Ger- | quantity of prod st.' man 58 detachments, were ‘wrecked. the company said.
ant employs around 4500.
on tools _ even “live” | pi
IN NAVY TOOL LOSS 101-YEAR-OLD MAN BEDFORD, Ind. June 5 (U. Po. TO WED WAITRESS
—Navy officials held a truck driver | | today for questioning in the disap- |, CINE, Wis, June 8 (U. P.). pearance. of thousands of dollars! king forward to “many years of happiness,” James Augustus Cooper, 101-year-old tree-prunner, has ane nounced his engagement to a 62«
‘ 11 M. Wil- { The suspect was William i old waitress, Mrs. Julia West
who was em- |year. phal.
IA who claims his health is 50 good he can still “héar a rat run across a carpeted » said that after they afe marrigd, Mrs. West» phal will‘ quit her job and he will support her, , She will be his third
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