Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1945 — Page 17

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FRIDAY, JUNE 29; 1045 _ "THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _

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Group Urges Use of Smoke

less expensive to the consumer in, The post-war committee request- through a program of A the long run than the purchase of ed the “active co-operation of large |and enforcement. ,",, As citizens nigh-priced, ‘so-called + smokeless (coal consumers, such as railroads, | Indianapolis we must avoid a coal. . The

industrial consumer | utilities, . industries and public sensational , and Spectacular should welcome enforcement of the! : » a A Indianapolis ordinance, for in com- putiding owner proach to smoke control. We mut plying the results obtained will in-| “Compliance from householders,” plan a continuous, enduring flow effort.”

crease plan éfficiency, . . .” it declared, “can be brought about

Gen. Wedemeyer’s U. S. Forces Are Working

‘In Harmony With | Military (The writer recently returned ment. 50,000 miles in four months.

findings in England, the European and the Pacific.)

By HENRY Scripps-Howard

Chiang’s Growing Might.

from an around-the-world assign

He visited each war theater and all continents, flying some This is the fourth of five articles on his

continent, the Middle East, China

J. TAYLOR . ] Special Writer

~~ WASHINGTON, June 29.—On my trip around the world I stayed in Chungking as the house guest of Lt. Gen. Albert

C. Wedemeyer, American com

mander in the China theater.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek came there to dinner

the night I arrived and the o

ccasion developed into a cele-

bration of the Chinese army victories then shaping up.

The generalissimo, as well as Gen. Chen Cheng, China's minister of war, acknowledged that the broad Japanese retreat in the south was a deliberate withdrawal rather than a Chinese routing of the enemy. Nevertheless, in retiring to

strengthen their coastal areas the Japs left numerous resistance points.

currency inflation has been more violent in the past six months than in any earlier period. The spiral accelerates. Chinese bills are printed and passed now in fantastic denominations—$1000 notes being commonplace enough to be picked up by our G. Is in marketplaces and used as ‘short-snorter” billsor sent home as souvenirs.

service command, stopped to chat the “typical G. L Joe,” at Billings

Pyle day in Indiana next Friday. former divisional commander.

who is wearing a cast for shrapnel wounds received chosen as the typical soldier to represent the doughboys during Ernie

with Pfc. Anthony J. DeVincent, hospital recentl fc DeVincent, rance, was

Gen. Collins is Pfc. DeVincent's

Mass Suicides

OKINAWA, June 29 (U. P)—A fantastic story was told today of a marine lieutenant who stumbled into a pocket of 350 armed Japa~nese, wooed them with cigarets for two hours while broadcasting a bloody description of their mass suicides ahd came out with 150 prisoners.

Gives Jap Cigarets, Watches

, Captures 150

battalion command post of the 6th marines, 29th regiment. He warned the post not to in-| terupt. “I've the idea that if I| stop talking, the Japs will kill us,” hé told headquarters. Then the suicides began. While the marines looked on, the first Japanese officer killed his women, |

| tained, through application of the present].

Control Devices.

Post-war installation of smoke

s| control devices in all Indianapolis

stoves and furnaces, both domestic and industrial, is the key recommendation in the city’s new smog elimination program. The post-war planning committee adopted a concise smoke riddance policy yesterday. Its action marked the first definite, forthright attempt to meet the smoke problem .without mincing words. ’ The committee urged a gradual but firm enforcement program de= signed eventually to make all community chimneys and stacks entirely smokeless. Results can be obthe committee thought,

smoke eradication ordinance, plus a few amendments. The ordinance, adopted in 1942, has never~ been enforced to any noticeable degree. As a result, Indianapolis has graped through some of the dimmest winters this side of

{ the Arctic circle.

Ask Independent Status Post-war committéemen that the present non-partisan smoke abatement advisory com-

asked

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KOOL MIST

8.98

One of a group of summer coolers in this very porous linen-weave fabric. Buttoned all the way down under the fly-front, but caught above the

And in each place the Chinese had beaten the Japs. “They are really giving the Japs a bloody nose,” was Gen. Wedemeyer's summation,

First Lt. George Thompson, from Dorchester, Mass., told of his experience in the last days of the campaign. Thompson# wife lives in Highland Park, N. J.

But, unlike Germany in 1823, where the low buying-power of marks was due more to the col- . lapse of confidence in German Okinawa

then stepped up to Randall and mittee be converted to an indesaluted. He handed over two pendent, administrative status. This sabers and a wrist watch, backed change would remove jurisdiction off 10 yards and blew off his head of the smoke abatement depart-

Used Well-Trained Troops One reason for the successes is that the generalissimo used only well-fed, well-armed, well-trained troops. He abandoned the use of ineffective forces no matter how large their number. The result was that with the first “victories new confidence gripped all Chinese ranks. A new spirit of aggressiveness. began to grow. “You can feel it in the air in all our discussions with division commanders,” the Generalissimo said. Gen, Wedemeyer's contribution to this transformation has been immense., He has improved the understanding of China's problems within the joint chiefs of staff in Washington and he has stayed clear of Chinese politics. ‘Complain to Washington’ He has stuck to Washington's order to support militarily only Chiang Kai-Shek. All Chinese rivals were told that ¥ they object

they must fight it out with Wash- t

ington. “If you have a complaint,” he said, “file it where it belongs—with the state department or the joint chiefs of staff. Meanwhile, our materials and our support goes to one government—Chiang Kai-shek’s.” Many Chinese rivals who had held back from the national government not only co-operation but troops, figuring that perhaps the sunshine of American aid might switch from Chungking and come their way, felt that Wedemeyer meant what he said. They decided to pull their oars in the generalissimo’s boat. Hoarded American war materials began to come out of hiding for use against the Japs. Seeing a Miracle

New supplies, flown in over “the

money than to the absence of goods, the shortages in China have made prices nearly unbelievable, even in American dollars. No Solution Apparent

A cigaret lighter sells for about $50 one month and $60 the next.

Men's shoes cost twice that, A box waved, bowed, hid his weapons and of typewriter paper costs as much shouted “tobakko.”

as a typewriter in the United States. Carbons are $2 and $3 a sheet. There is no solution in measures which approach the problem from the Chinese money angle as though that were the root of the situation, and certainly none through trying to “stabilize” China's paper money. Such measures recommended by Dr. Lauchlin Currie of the late President Roosevelt's staff and by U. 8S. treasury advisers, including the shipment of part of $200,000,000 of America’s gold to support China’s paper issue, have been expensive failures.

Will Send More Gold Nevertheless, the United States reasury ‘has arranged to ship additional large quantities of gold to China by air. Finance Minister Yui says most of it is expected to arrive in July. . Gold from America’s treasury as received, has gone into the hands of Chinese interior banks and tradesmen. Yet Chinese people cannot buy cloth, cooking stoves, nails or even rice flown into China over the Himalayas. Central China trades by absolute necessity, as always, with the Chinese coastal ports, which have been occupied by the Japanese. Into Hands of Japs

Naturally, since our gold arrived the Japs demand as many payments as they can in gold. Instead of “stabilizing” the billowing clouds of Chinese paper,

|marines were chasing 15 Japanese

His runner, Pfc. Rufus E, Randall, Augusta, Ga. and .three other

along a hillside when they barged into a clearing filled with the enemy. Outnumbered, Thompson grinned,

Several Japanese held out their hands and the marines handed out cigarets. Thompson kept chattering over the walkie-talkie to the

with a grenade. After that the suicides oceurred at the rate of one per minute, Thompson said. Then four gre-nade-laden Japanese moved toward the marines. A Japanese grunted: “Tobakko.” “Here it comes,” Thompson said. “They want _ cigarets—and we've run out of them.” Thompson pointed toward the American lines, and shouted: “There’s lots of tobacco there.” Then 150 Japanese surrendered.

OBJECT TO FIRING OF HOUSE PROBER

WASHINGTON, June 29 (U. P.). —Rep. Edward H. Rees (R. Kas.) today led a Republican fight to restore Col. Edward McCormack to

gating staff of the house civil service committee. “I intend to ask Chairman (Robert) Ramspeck (D. Ga.) to call a meeting of the committee at once so that we can rule on the matter,” Rees, ranking Republican committee member, said. He added that McCormack could

of the whole committee—not by the chairman alone, * Ramspeck replied that he had been empowered to hire and fire the committee's investigating staff but said he would call a meeting “within a reasonable time” to discuss the matter. Ramspeck “suspended” McCormack and relieved him of all his duties yesterday. His action came within a week after McCormack had written the chairman a letter charging that his (McCormack’s) report on federal employment salaries had been “suppressed” and

hump” found quicker and better Much of America’s gold has been|asking a vote of confidence from use in the hands of Chinese di-|SiPhoned by the flow of China’s|the committee.

vision commanders. Gen. Wedemeyer's policy of American supervision over local purchases made with American funds was accepted, and food rations to large parts of the Chinese army improved. The generalissimo himself had been urging similar methods for a long time and the program revitalized his own efforts. Observers returning from China six months ago, who said, “Only a miracle can save China,” are presumably seeing a miracle now. Another strong influence has been the march towards victory in the Pacific. The landings on Okinawa; the B-20s’ lethal strikes on Japan, and other Pacific actions which have helped force Jap realignments in front of China's armies on the mainland, have also brought a growing realization that a real Chinese push now can mean an end to a war which for a long time looked endless in China.

On the economic side there has|

trade into the hands of the Japs. Any true economic relief depends on the Chinese army's ability to open a seaport and revive .the flow of goods from the outside world. News of Chinese progress toward a port is as significant economically as militarily. The best port in South China is Hongkong. The Japs have linked it overland with Hankow by a rail line which now faces Chiang Kaishek’s main armies. The Chinese believe the Japs must evacuate Hongkong and Canton to escape being trapped in South China, China has never fought with such a good prospect as this at any time in eight years of war. On the political side, the cleavage between the Chinese Communist group in the north and Chiang Kai-shek's national government remains uncomposed and appears to be unpromising.

(NEXT—The Military Outlook in

been no such progress. China's

Reveals How 18,000 Jews In Warsaw Died Heroically

By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, June 20.—You probably never heard of Holman Brauer. But he was one of the heroes of the war in Europe. So was Vladimir Blumertfeld. The day of their heroism was April 19, 1943, Here is their story. It was told by an inmate of the Buchenwald concentration camp to American interrogators. For some weeks the Germans had surrounded the Warsaw ghetto, waiting for reinforcements before breaking in to “liquidate” the only Jews in Europe grouped strongly enough to fight for their lives. On April» 18, the “Black 8S. 8.” Reinhard Heydrich division reached

Praga, the Warsaw, suburb across

the Vistula. Blumenfeld slipped into the German lines. He convinced the Nazis that the Jews were out of ammunition and ripe for the slaughter, Blumenfeld was held as a hostage, and 25 picked S. S. men forded the river and approached the ghetto. Out of a shadow stepped Brauer. ~ He beckoned the Germans and told them he also was a renegade, and would lead them into the ghetto by an underground route, ’ "Killed Many Germans

In front of a house numbered 42 Nalewskistrasse, Brauer diew a gun hidden under his arm and bey firing. The only living witness said at least 10 Germans fell

began |dentials, entered, and soon left with

the Pacific.)

the battle of the ghetto. The final Jewish casualties, when they inevitably were crushed by tanks and artillery, were about 18,000. The Germans lost almost as many. That is one of the stories the American interrogators unearthed They also learned a few more details about the death of Princess Mafalda of Italy in the brothel at Buchenwald after a blundering operation on her arm. When the slight, dark-eyed Mafalda first was brought to the camp, the commandant decided it was best to conceal her loyal origin. Stolen Limousine

“What shall we call you?” he asked her, adding with supreme mockery: “Let me see, what was a great Italian victory? Oh, yes, Addis Ababa--your Ethopian empire.” ’ And thus it was that as “Madam Ababa” the princess died. Shortly before D-Day a black 8. 8. linfousine rolled up to headquarters in Paris. Two men in 8. 8. officers’ uniforms ertered. A few minutes later they emerged with armfuls of documents. A week passed, and the same limousine came again. “I must see your credentials,” the guard said apologetically. “Some files have disappeared.” . The officers displayed their cre-

ng was the prearranged

In reply Ramspeck said he never received the letter and first learned of it when he was given one of the mimeographed copies sent to other members of the committee. In view of the allegations it contained, Ramspeck said, he had no alternative but to oust McCormack as head of the committee's investigating staff,

38 LOCAL STUDENTS ON I. U. HONOR ROLL

Indiana university’s honor roll for the second semester contained the names of 38 Indianapolis students, the registrar's office announced today. Only undergraduate students were included. The scholastic honor roll contained the names of 253 students, 65 of whom were men and 188 women, Indianapolis students in the highest 1 per cent were Irvin C. Apmann, Ruth Ann Hamilton, Nancy C. Rodecker and Arthur VanArendonk. : The next highest 9 per cent included:

Hazel M, Herther, Thomas W. McKean Mrs. Roberta W. Colvin, Dorothy A. Espie, Mary F. Kelly, Ellen L. Kroll, Carolyn PF. Sullivan, Lois M. Rawlings, Dorothy Ray, Ward B. Andrews, Arlene A. Parker, Ruth E. Pohlar, Esther J, Lewis, Geraldean D. Mastenik, Meredith Nicholson III, Charles O. Peake III, and Herbert Seidensticker. Thorn K. Snyder, Virginia M. Reese, Juanita BE. Pitschke, Elizabeth K. Jones, Martha L. Wilson. Mary Alys Werkhoff, Marjorye A. Schatz, Phyllis’ L. Sheldon, James W. Kemper, Alice Brown, Marjorie L. Metcalf, Dorothy Ann Lambourne, Joan I. Rose, Patricia Hagedon, John H. Caughran, Norma R. Cissna, and Jack D. Denison. ’ -

Man With Three

Wives Sentenced

CHICAGO, June 29 (U. P.).—A bus driver who liked his passengers so well that he was married to three of them at the same time has been sentenced to one to three years in prison. William J. Lawrence, 38, was convicted of bigamy and sentenced by criminal court Chief Justice Harold G. Ward. . The case was prosecuted over the protests of wife No. 2, June . Joppa, 25, but wife No. 3, Georgia Brown, 27, said she wanted Lawrence imprisoned. The first of the three wives, Georgia, did not appear in court. The marrying. bus driver also was married once previously, to Mrs, Vettie Renner Lawrence, 33, Milwaukee, mother of his two children, They were divorced in 1940. Lawrence's mother, Mrs. Maime

his old job as head of the investi-|-

be discharged only by the action

Huge Nazi Flag On Display Here

A HUGE Nazi flag, 10 by 16 feet, taken from a slave camp, is being displayed in the windows of H. P. Wasson & Co. The flag was sent to Will H. Smith, collector of internal revenue; by Cpl. Jess E, Cherry, former field deputy collector, now with the 811th tank destroyer battalion in Austria.

Other souvenirs taken from captured Nazis are shown in the Wasson windows in connection with the Seventh war loan drive. All were sent by Cpl. Cherry with the exception of two swords which came from Pfc. John Gallagher, former office deputy of the internal revenue office. Pfc. Gallagher is now with the 817th military police company in

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The committee thought the administrative body should be empowered to “employ, direct and discharge all employees of the smoke department.” This function now rests with the city personnel director and the mayor. Other recommendations: That the chief smoke inspector should qualify as a graduate engineer with, previous experience in combustion engineering and smoke abatement work, $40,000 a Year Needed That a -continuous annual smoke abatement budget of “not less than $40,000” should be fixed. That the administrative board should “solicit the co-operation of the county commissioners in order to control the smoke violators immediately adjacent to the Indianapolis city limits.” Committeemen believed that eventually all city stoves—there are now 40,000 of them—might be of the smokeless variety. “There has been (during these war years) a semi-smokeless stove in the market which has been sold in large quanitities,” said the report “Your committee knows that a completely smokeless stove has been developed which will be produced by most of the stove manufacturers in the post-war era. “This applies also to warm air furnaces which, in a small household, have been the source of a portion of air pollution. The permanent cost of such equipment is

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