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WUESDAY, JUNE. 19; 1945 City Ready to Honor Gen. Smith.

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LT, GEN. SMITH

Parade Downtown Starts at

11:30 A. M. Tomorrow.

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as the general's car enters the circle.

“Eugene C. Pulliam, state chair=| .

man of the war finance committee,

sponsors of the luncheon it honor |

of Gen. Smith, urged Indianapolis |

. residents and owners of downtown

stores in particular to arrange for| a lavish display of flags tomorrow | in honor of the general. | He also urged parents to bring, their children to see one of the, country’s outstanding heroes of this war, Gen. Smith's plane 'is scheduled! to leave New York at 5:30 a. m. tomorrow. After a greeting by the, official reception committe, headed by Governor Gates, Mayor Tyndall and high-ranking military officers, the three-starred officer will hold a press conference at Stout fleld. He then will motor to downtown Indianapolis for the parade. The Line of March

The line of march will be east on Washington st. from Capitol to Pennsylvania st., north to North st., west to Meridian st., south on Meridian around the west segment of the Circle to Washington and west to the Claypool hotel, A battalion of troops from Camp Atterbury ‘will form a guard of honor all the way from the Circle to the Claypool. Guests at the lunchecon in the

{ Claypool are urged to be in their

seats in the Riley room not later than 11:45 a. m, so that serving

. may be completed by 12:30 p. m.

Doors of the Riley room will be

. opened at 11:30 a. m.

On Radio at 12:30 Governor Gates will introduce Gen.” Smith. The European hero will speak on a coast-to-coast network over WIBC and the Mutual,

| Broadcasting system at 12:30 p. m.

In the afternoon Mrs. Smith will

. be honored at a tea given by the

war finance committee at the governor’s mansion. Mrs. Gates will be hostess. : The general then will be guest

of honor at an informal reception

in the Indianapolis Press club from 4 to 5 p. m. The reception is for

, members of the club and: their men

guests. Because of a recent ‘illness, Gen 8mith will engage in no public ac-! tivity between the luncheon and the | press club reception. He and his] party will leave Stout field for the East at 5:45 p. m. Two Uncles Here | Among the proud Indian#poli§ relatives who will welcome Gen.! Smith are two uncles, George v.| Bedell, 1424 Marlowe ave., and Paul P. Bedell, 5328 College ave, Mrs. Smith also has three cousins, in the city. They are Frederick B | Cline, 58900 N. New Jersey st.; Rich- | ard Cline, 3055 N. Meridian st., and| Jack Cline, 2055 Broadway. Some of the general's school teachers at Manual high school and many other friends also will be on hand.

3 MONTHS’ NOTICE OF SALE C. R. Gutermuth, rent director of,

the Indiana office of price adminis-

tration, said today that three|

| months must elapse between the, | time a rental house is sold and ac-|

tion can be started under local law, to evict the present tennant.

STRAUSS SAYS

DOBBS STRAW HATS — Sailors begin at $5

Body Hats begin at 8

x qe ‘LINDEAN Ar vido HITOROR

Here's the welcome sign which will greet Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith when he parades around the north side of Monument Circle tomor2tw. thousands of cheering Iloosiers are expected to line the streets as the Indianapolis general rides through the city.

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This is the line of march which will be followed in tomorrow's parade honoring Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The No. 1 open car, in which Gen. and Mrs.

Smith, Governor Gates and Mayor Tyndall will ride, will leave Capitol | ave, and Washington st. at 11:30 a. m. for the triumphal ride through |

the downtown streets shown by the black lines on the map.

|to watch the coins counted. Peele believed the money was in' | Zesie In of the state treasury department, but State Treasurer) Frank T Millis said his depar tment |

MYSTERY SHROUDS $70,000 IN GOLD == nn

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there was $70,000 in the keg he re- | ported was dug up, Publisher Peele joke to me,” said Chairman John! ‘replied that his daughter saw the} Lager, thes: levesticats ed urther investigation reveale | money counted. that Farmer Pickering’s father, Sim | She was on her way home In'p pjckering, who died 20 years ago, | Dayton, 0. after a Sunday visit was at one time president of the | with him, Peele said, when she People’s bank of Straughn. happened upon the unceremonious' Pickering said his father's estate! unearthing of the keg. She stayed had never been located.

mission officials denied knowledge. |

IT'S ONE DAY NEARER PEACE!

THIS, Please Sir, is the Weston—it will do just that—please! It's of fine textured Poplin— very. light in weight—easy and comfortable and as cooling as a faint breeze— (That's the general idea.) The eyelets at the side—. inlets and outlets to the air!

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“It's the Dobbs!

‘| business stopped. Many war work-

N. Y. ES IKE HERO weLcoe |

Milions- Line Par: Parade Route To See General. |

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“Procession: —

| many garment workers,

{ers were given time off to see the On—jower Manhattan, busy on | war contracts, got a glimpse of the general from loft windows. Police estimated that 2,000,000 persons lined 5th ave, alone for the spectacle, Traffic’ was tied into § knots as intersection after intersec-' tion was blocked off for the procession. 3 Every building on’ 5th ave. displayed a flag and some were almost | hidden in the forest of colors.

Rode in Open Car Through it all Eisenhower moved |

wpe} a

(right).

signal a change of police poliey,

trim and good-humored, his famous | grin almost plastered on his face. | He rodé in an open car, standing! land waving at the crowds. Over-| head a navy blimp moved lazily, following the general's progress as he moved through the city.

MORE RAIN DUE AS RIVERS RAMPAGE

Not all the. spectators shouted (Continued From Page One) “Hooray for Ike.” Many of them t 'said: “Thank God!” And others! Irecessions at the extreme head- | said: “Thank you, Ike. | waters were likely.

One man whose sentiment prob- | | White river was rising at Nobles- | ably was shared by mtny said he ville and all points below, and the would not cheer when Eisenhower Wabash was rising from the Wajarrived. Instead, he would pray. Pash station south, | Police admitted that. their esti-| Crests were expected today at mate of 4.000000 people for the Most points but the lower- rivers crowd was pure guess work will continue te rise for several days, | “Probably, everyone in New York R. M. Williamson, weather chief,

as Two: Named to Safety Board _

The safety board was two-thirds reorganized today. pointed by the mayor were C. 8. Ober (left) and Carson C, Jordan Roard President Will H. Remy (center is the only veteran. The appointments were made to fill vacancies and presumably do not

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| They" had the choice of digging in ¢ and resisting to the death during the *American mopup, committing |

surrendering, or letting themselves | be killed in last-minute charges. Lag | 7 .Feat to Surrender | Elements of five U. 8. divisions poured out blasts of fire power | against holdout enemy troops, - “It's quite a feat to surrender in |slop like that,” said one observer, | watching the U. S offensive. Officers believed the {lack the necessary organization to! (carry out effective bhanzai charges. ; The terrain does not lend itself to establishment of a defense line. Newly ap- | iclimax were countless homeless | Okinawans who had been misled by Japanese propaganda that | Americans mistreat captives. i Between 2000 and 3000 Japanese .|troops remained of the original - | garrison “of 85.000. 5

Marines reached the Nagusuku-

Mayor Anois Ober and Jordan

. more than 3000 yards from the To Fill Vacancies southern tip of the island, while the Tth division moved to within Ceril 8. Ober, furniture dealer, half a mile north of Babuni on the lana Carson C. Jordan, mortician, |southeastern coastline. {were appointed to the safety board | today, by Mayor Tyndall

| Americans were pushing across the Mr, Ober is a Republican. P 8

Mr. | {last heights on Okinawa. It pre-

ining, Ben. Buckner s

t suicide individuauy. or in groups, |

Japanese |

Innocent victims of the battle’s.

Makabe highway at a point little,

Radio Tokyo conceded that the

round on Okiriawa. The eid ( mand of the 10th army, an a job, was not filled immediately To oreate the vast ganization needed for an assaulp such as the. invasion ots | Japan; Gen. MacArthur set up a new. Pacific command under: Lt. Gén. Wilhelm D. Styer. It will be called the armed f ot the western Pacific, and styers | job will be to handle the. huge numbers of men and munitions for coming operations. x! From MacArthur's headquarters today came more reports of cons | tinued success against Japanese | forces in Borneo and the Philip. | pines. The Australians made 8 new landing on the east shore of Brunei Bay at Weston and drove inland to. ward the rubber town of Beauport., {Opposition was weak. The oil refinery town of Tutong was captured on Brunei peninsula, and’ allied planes “already were up= crating on Labuan air field. No Opposition In northern Luzon, the 37th division continued .ts swift advance in the Cagayan valley and neared the town of Naguilian. ? The air force couldn't supply maps fast enough for the 37th, who drove ahead against virtually no

Jordan, a Democrat, resigned as &'! di opposition. cted that invasion forces next . member of the city council last] would land on the Japanese home _Heavy bombers again battered night to accept the post. {'slands “within a. few months." Formosa after a break in the Safety Board President Will H., Geizes in Command weather, They dropped 340 tons Remy, Republican, remains as the re1ger oy of explosives on Keelung, ‘Takao

“The whole thing sounds like a!

will see Ike before the day is over,” one officer commented. | It Was Ike's Day | Jules Grad, Stars and Stripes reporter who covered the receptions aiven for Eisenhower ‘in London, Paris and Washington, said none of

{ these welcomes approached that of]

New York for magnitude and enthusiasm. The crowd had an eye only for! | Eisenhower. ‘It was Ike's day and! they mace that plain. Eisenhower stood in his car all the way down Fifth ave. and to the| city hall. He leaned backward, ac'casionally to acknowledge the cheers of the upper window and roof-top watchers. At 23d st. an! clderly woman tossed him a bouquet of ‘roses which he nimbly caught fwith one hand. At 54th st. a woman broke through the cordon and he shook her hand as his gray- | green limousine rolled along. | Three separate bands joined the procession at intervals, spelling one another, But Eisenhower showed no sign of strain. His grin was as ‘broad and his wave as cheery when he reached city hall square as when | he started out. { New York's welcome to Eisen{hower was an all day affair. After { lunching with LaGuardia, he will go ito a ball game—Braves vs. the | Giants—and tonight there will be a state dinner. Tomorrow the gen. oe is going to West Point where he will address the cadets and the | following day will fly back to his

old home town of Abilene, Kas., for!

| another welcome.

Eisenhower’s party arrived in five planes from Washington, the gen- |

| eral's plane leading the formation. [®

| Eisenhower’s plane bore a smallred flag with five white stars—symbol| of his rank as general of the army. Lt. Gen. George Grunert, chief | {of the eastern defense command, ! | greeted Eisenhower on behalf of the army. At 11:25 a. m. (CWT) Eisenhower. La Guardia and the official greeting party, including Grover Whalen, whose career as official welcomer started back in the days of ‘Lindbergh, Byrd and Ederle in the twenties, entered their cars and the official procession got under way. Before leaving the fleld Eisenaower posed briefly for news photographers. Smiling at the battery of cameramen, he said: “This looks like the toughest charge I will ever have to make.”

9000 Police Help

Nine thousand police were deployed to handle the multitudes and ambulance and stretcher teams were stationed at strategic points to care for any casualties. ; Hundreds of stréet vendors hawked flags and “Ike” buttons. The crowds were thick along Grand Central pkwy., particularly in sections reserved for school children. The highway is depressed for a considerable distance. Thousands of venturesome spectators perched on the concrete retaining walls dangling their feet over the edges.

Five Planes in Party | oot as they call it. They had made |

said. only original member of the threeHigh waters also caused seven ported across five other roads. Roads closed are 66, south of | Derby; 157, northwest of + Worth-| ington; 235, east of Medora; ‘east of Dudley; 252,

11943. active politician.

west of Flat, (apolis civilian .defense corps. A | inorth of Ottwell. and Indiana university, Water was reported over road 46. dent of the Business Furniture | west of Columbus; 59, south of Lin- Corp., 112 E. Maryland st. {ton; 157, south of Bloomfield; 162,!sides with his wife and four chil- | south of Jasper, and 450, east of dren at 3824 N. Delaware st. On Council Since '43

{ Trinity. i ———————— a : Mr. Jordan heads the Jordan! U. 8. TRAITOR .CAPTURED i funeral home at 1550 Brookside ave.,

LONDON, June 19 (U. P.).~The algo his residence. {army newspaper Stars and Stripes | |to city council in 1942, taking office! reported today that Edward Leo in 1943. His successor on the coun- | Delaney. American tratior who! cil will be chosen by council membroadcast Nazi propaganda during pers after consultation with Demthe war, was captured in a Prague! ocratic party chiefs. [hotel Msdy 20. Mr. Ober replaces Paul Robertson ‘on the safety board, with Mr. Car‘son succeeding Smiley Chambers.

GATES TO ATTEND MEETING

{ Governor and Mrs. Gates and; Mr. Robertson resigned last their &aughter, Patricia, planned | month, climaxing his long- -standing, today to’ attend the Governors’ con- but subdued policy dispute with ference at Mackinac, Mich, from Mr. Remy.

July 1 to 4. President Truman will | Mr. Chambers was disqualified address the session of state gov- when he moved beyond the city ernors. | limits.

G. I's on Way to Atterbury See Their Homeland Again

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|it hadn't been blown because we were up against S.8. troops and they were damn tough. Speed Scared Jerries

“Then I saw a couple of jerries hanging from a tree. Later we found out the S.8. hanged their own men because they refused to blow it. Guess we just had them scared with our speed.” Pfc. Charles R. Tucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude R. Tucker, 1338 S. Hiatt st., is

| examined each other's souvenirs— the rounds time and again, but] Hai Shey looked. It was something

“Liberated Mandolin” Some broke out decks of cards and got in gin rummy games, From one end of a car came the; mandolin strains of “On the Banks’ of the Wabash.” It was a “liber-

" mandolin. Everything that an “almost purple ed Sango. Every: hg «jp. hearter” as he puts it. But he's erated.” just as glad he isn't.

He is n f i : I looked for a Hoosier on the a. runner loa his outfit

playing end. He was from Tennessee, A mouth organ picked up the tune. The player should have been |. a Hoosier. He was from Kentucky. ! But the Indiana men loved it. And food was high on the list | of musts.

tendorn when the Germans opened |'with 88's. Everyone hit the dirt and started to dig foxholes except | “Tuck.” Shrapnel broke from the {tree tops ahd “Tuck” felt some- | thing sting at his hip pocket. Dug Biggest Fox Hole A Long Night “Brother I really took off over a After a ‘long night of restlessness | Nil! in a hurry and then dug the on coach seals, the G. I's from | Diggest foxhole in history in the Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky | shortest time. The only thing that filed through the four mess cars for | kept me from getting it was a metal scrambled eggs, bacon, bread, jam, | match container, and Buddy is that coffee and oranges. For dinner | 1N8 smashed” he said. they went to work on roast beef Pfc. John H. Moore, husband of with all the trimmings. | Alfreda, 1551 ‘Knox st, can think All through the night the dog- | {only of getting home. Mail call at tired “bunnion luggers” squirmed | C2mP Kilmer yesterday morning and sprawled in the 15 coaches of! brought him a new picture of his this 21-car train. Sleep came fit-| five-year-old, platinum - haired fully. Their heavy infantry boots! | daughter, Sandra Jean. So proud with cuft tops Were tossed to the of it is he that it already is getting floor: | dog-eared from being taken out, looked at and being passed around. Many a G. I. unable to catch his| pyt Pay? Armbruster, son of Mr sleep on the cramped quafters of and Mrs. Julius Armbruster, 2130 the seat stretched out in the aisles. | Napoleon st., spent his time herding

The only empty places were on the bridges, where police ddi not allow | spectators. { The procession swung through! Central park where the crowd had | risen to an estimated 40,000 by the | time Eisenhower arrived. . Pigeons Annoyed Emerging from the park at the 60th st. plaza, Eisenhower was greeted by a solid mass of hu-| manity that exploded in ringing! cheers and set the Central park pigeans “wheeling through the air. There were 15,000 people jammed into the plaza and hanging from | every window of the tall surround- | ing buildings. Overhead a navy! blimp floated lazily, { Eisenhower's car moved onto Fifth ave. and the 376th army air foces band joined the procession at this point, Eisenhower was standing in his car, waving anfl smiling in acknowledgment of the cheers. The skies were still murky but the sun appeared to be trying hawd to break | through, the haze.

TRALIAN BRIDES AND BABIES ARRIVE

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 (U. P.) ~The largest group of Australfan war brides and their babies to arrive in America were en route today to new homes in this coun-

thoughts.

Pfc. Clifford E. Childers of Mil- German prisoners in the Rhur roy dropped asleep with his feet, pocket. {hanging out a window, his head | Very Young and Very Old { jutting out into the aisle. Traffic| “We had as many as 35,000 in up and down, bumped his head three days” he added. “We didn't | continuously. get many of the S.8. troops. The Foot Out Window boys up front just didn't let them A friendly buddy woke him. {get back that far. They were di“Better get those feet in Cliff.” | vided pretty even ‘between 13 to 16he said. “You'll get 'em knocked | year-old kids and old men up to 70 oft." who were having heart trouble all “All 1T11 get home with are my the time, at the end fit got like shoulders at this rate, Get my feet, Grand Central station, knocked off out the window and my| “They were coming in convoys they head in the aisle,” he answered. |had made up themselves in As the hours rolled by after leav- | trucks, horse-carts and walking.” ing Camp Kilmer, N. J; at 7:45 Long Train Pp. m. (Indianapolis time) yesterday| Others chimed in on the “breeze” the men reminisced or talked of | session including Pfc. Charlie C. home. ‘The natural exuberance of Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cash this youthful division was strangely | smith, 2054 ‘Lockburn st: Pfc. Elabsent as the train sped on. The, [bert E. Manco, son of Mrs. Virginia cars grew more quiet. Dalton, 624 N. Illinois st.; Sgt. KenAnd So to Bed Ineth H. Eaton, son of Dorothy, 1508 Then a voice somewhere in the |W. 28th st., and Pfc. John P. Steele,

center of a car said: husband of Virginia, 1818 Dawson “Damn, I'll be glad to get homie.” | o¢

It had the same effect as putting| pate yesterda : y 900, some men of out. the cat and winding the alarm (he 86th from Indiana, Tennessee clock. Tt was bedtime and each| ang Kentucky, swung down the tar man wanted to be left to his own |gireets of Camp Kilmer on this last

lap home for their 30-day furloughs before redeployment to the Pacific. The train is.among the longest in the history of troop transportation.

—— ————————— ASKS PROBE ON JAP IRON WASHINGTON, June 19 (U. P.).

But, before they went to sleep this 1s what several of the Indianapolis men said: Pfc. Rhue Higgenbotham, 913 8. New Jersey st.: : "We'd been pushing along pretty

try. "A total. of 543 women and children here on a transport

fast when ’1 saw something that took me by surprise. We were fighting in Lorhnannshaf and were ready te storm abridge

~Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R. N. Jo, introduced a resolution today

He re-:

i i

The troops were moving into At-|.

The big guns of American war‘man board named by Mayor Tyn- ships offshore, massed land artilroads to be closed and were re- | dall when he took office in January, lery and swarms of planes churned {the shrinking Japanese pocket on Mr. Ober is a Bsinesshan. not an | southern Okinawa into a flaming He played a major | hell on earth. Enemy troops were | 250, role in organization of the Indian- [dying by the hundreds. Nimitz said Buckner , died trom | {Rock; 256, west of Austin, and 257, | graduate of Manual high school] |enemey shellfire he is presi- the fall of Okinawa is imminent.”

Buckner’s skillful conduet »f the crucial campaign on Okinawa will have great influence in further operations ' against the

“Gen.

Nimitz said Maj. Gen.

mander of the marineson Okinawa, He was elected took over tactical command of all

forces in the

and Taito, starting big fires. Radio Tokyo revealed that Amers ican submarines have been operate ing in the Japan sea, between Japan and Korea. Deny Peace Feelers The Japanese radio also put out several denials that Japan wants ipeace, particularly at the price of unconditional surrender. A spokesman for ihe Japanese board of in | formation denied that peace feelers {have been put out through neutral

“at a time when

Japanese,” [sources in Stockholm. Another spokesman, Dr. Kosatu Roy 8. Geiger, com- Tamura, said the Japanese never

would surrender unconditionally. He foresaw the end of the Pacific war

Ryukyus for the final this way:

STR IT'S

AUSS SAYS: -»- ONE DAY NEARER

PEACE!

AN ADVERTISEMENT —

by the Schenley Distillers Corporation— (reprinted from the New York Times— no charge—and no samples please! We're glad to re-publish it!)

—and adding a little postscript of our own.

THAT BUTTON!

We don't know who invented the lapel buttonhole, in fact, we don’t even know who invented the lapel. But we do know that there is a new button appearing, these days, on the lapels of thousands uf lads and lassies who left their homes and their jobs to join the Armed Forces. Now they have been honorably discharged for various reasons. We hope it won't be long before there will be millions of such buttons in sight, wherever’ we go and wherever we look.

The button we speak of depicts an American eagle's spread wings ine side a circle. It is the United States Service Discharge Pin. Itisa badge of honor. The wearers of the emblem were ready and willing to give their all, if necessary, for the pres-

ervation of their country. Fortunately, how-

ever, we are seeing more and more honorable discharge buttons lately. The wearers are ready to take up their jobs again and their old jobs are waiting for them. American business, you remember, promised them their old Jobs when they returned and is keeping its promise.

Let's get familiar with that eme blem so that we don't have to say, “What's that button you're wearing?” Let's know that it's an emblem of distinction—that “utton!

P. S.

JUST IN CASE—an honorably discharged , Service Man or Woman— loses or misplaces that button-—we are happy to replace the one Uncle Sam furnished (or to provide a spare— without charge!) It is necessary, of course, to bring the “discharge” papers in grder that § the giving of these buttons only to authorized A A (lapels). Military Shop

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