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through official or unofficial - CLEANERS' HOLIDAY— Soap Famine Newest Grief Of Housewife

By KENNETH HUFFORD T looks like the American public —has a choice to make. Generally speaking, we can hope for a little more driving in the family car, with increasing gas supplies’ and more tires. Or, we can remain one of “the cleanest peoples—on— earth. But, we won't be able to have both, Soap is used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber. And goap is becoming. increasingly scarce, partly because mare tires are being made. ” » . THIS was made clear today In a survey of the local soap situation.

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od Rone One industry representative exRA" plained it this way: re RA “Oil - and water won't mix, Se ay But, with the addition of a little A RANE soap, they will. Of course, it's ee ening really much more complex than fo an that but the illustration is clear, THE GIRLS" ® = EXPOSURE “THE office of the rubber diees & rector is requisitioning’ a lot of HE HOUSE" our soap. Coconut soaps nature WN OAR ally are scarce because we can't 3 anol import much of this oil. EING YOU" This spokesman ought to know. H Evidence” He's industrial soap representaE tive for one of the big mahutacfacturers, -- oy Rogers An official of the Cudahy PackMle Evaps ing Co. here ‘said he thought RA” people largely have made their 700 W. Washe own shortages, by hoarding BE-0004 through fear. ORLD" . “I . don’t see any immediate aa prospects for an increase in our

soap supplies. I don’t believe it will get much: worse, though,” » s ¥ BESIDES being used to make

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¥. Michigan E0830 tires, soap is going to the army PLES” and navy in huge quantities—so nne Baxter huge in fact that a local soap Ib Beltamy manufacturer remarked: ‘enturette “I don’t know where all the DE soap could possibly go that is eo bought by the armed services. ’ 4 MA There certainly is a cockeyed deOES HOME" mand on the part of army and S PASSAGE” navy buyers. The boys must be Be trading soap for native trinkets.” NE £o-toge h The Sogtage of raw fats, which as prevailed since the beginnin 4 A reid of the war, still has much to do BURMA" with. the entire soap situation, A LADY” industry men added. ts 18¢ Ine, ren 140 Tas Wa OME FI NE IT WAS reported in a soap Tonite magazine, one soap dealer pointe

ed out, that the war food admine istration contemplates ..the purchase of almost 10 million pounds’ of laundry soaps in the next few months. “I haven't figured out yet .what the WFA wants with all this soap. The food situation hasn’t gotton 80 bad, yet, that anyone needs to eat it. Maybe it's to wash out the mouths of the people who've been. saying bad things about the food shortage.”

: 8 = HERE'S a bright note: Dreft and Vel, two popular water soft- * enéts'and cleaning agents highlyprized for ‘laundering milady’s lingerie will be available in greater quantities, This. promise was made by a Kroger district official. He said his. information came straight from the Proctor and Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive-Peet come panies. Less government demand for

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INDIANAPOLIS laundries are flooded with clothes—but the help situation is about the same as it has been since the war began.

Most establishments are behind in their finished work, but they

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split the allies by provoking public. discussion of Pacific

He denied for the third time in recent weeks that Japan “has made conditional surrender offers “either

channels.”

HEAVY PEACH CROP IS DUE IN INDIANA, AGAIN

To Can Fruit and Save Sugar.

The state's peach crop this year will be just peachy, Purdue university farm experts said today. An abundance of sweet, tree-ripened fruit on hand in In-

ldiana ‘should enable Hoosier house-

wives to save much sugar by canning the state's own home-grown product. The 1945 peach output in Indiana

is estimated this year at 570,000 bushels, according to M. M. Justin, Purdue university and department of agriculture statistician. This is identical to the 1944 estimate. But the actual crop last year fooled everybody by measuring up to 670,000 bushels. Purdue expects it to happen all over again, The 10-year average on Indiana's annual peach production is 230,000 bushels. Offers Canning Advice

K. ‘1. Fawcett, Purdue horticulturist, offers this advice to prospective home canners: “Make every effort to buy home-grown, wellmatured fruit in order to conserve sugar.” “The nearer the fruit to maturity, the greater its fruit content,” said Mr. Fawcett. He" decried what he termed the tendency of growers and carlot buyers to ship peaches prematurely. Mr. Fawcett urged housewives to “make well advanced arrangements with their local markets for either firm ripe or tree-ripened fruits. Accept no green specimens,” he warned. Good Growth Over Stale While the bulk of Hoosierdom's peach crop ‘is’ produced in the southeastern section of the state, a “fair_to good” growth is anticipated all over Indiana, Purdue revealed. An estimated 3000 to 4000 bushels will be available from thé Vincennes area by July 16, the Purdue market news service predicted. By July 23 some 10,000 bushels will be ready for shipment from Vincennes. Posey county is planning. a big - peach movement by Aug. 1. The Purdue news service also disclosed that cabbage, beets, apples and tomatoes from Marion county will be on the market this week. Greenhouse tomatoes and Duchess apples .in Marion county and Vin-

~|cennes, respectively, are nearing the

end of their season, said Purdue, with an estimated 9000 to 10,000 10pound baskets of tomatoes ready for. consumers this week, not to mention some 500 bushels of apples,

GATES. NAMES 4 ON WAR MEMORIAL BOARD new trustees to the board of the Indiana World War Memorial. They are Harold Schinler of Newburgh, Lutker Brown of Salem, John Goodrich of Winchestér and Hugh Holman of Rochester. James Raper of Brazil was reappointed. The new trustees succeed Daniel McCarthy of Evansville, Albert Rumbach of Jasper, James S. May of Anderson and Mrs. Fern Slagle of Goshen.

REPORT FASCIST SHOT " LONDON, July 10 (U, P)-—A Rome broadcast reported by the B. B. C. today said Guido BuffariniGuidi, former member of the Fascist grand council, was shot near

Milan this morning.

Business Swamps apdlios Short of Help, Equipment

are giving good service on rough drying.At some laundries the help condition has improved. But they are short on equipment, especially pressers and hand irons. .Adding to the troubles of all laundries was the Fourth of July holiday last week. This threw work another day behind sched ule. At one large laun about 130 ‘employees are on the payroll and - about 250 are needed. This resulted in stoppage of laundry pickups three oy ago, pompany officials said, and probably will cause regular customers to until the end of the: Jouk belofe before

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But in a surprise statement warning against a relaxation of the allies’ unconditional surrender demand, Grew acknowledged that many “alleged peace feelers” on the part of the Japanese have been reported to this government through indirect channels.

Itemizing some of these “feelers,”

were “familiar weapons of

Grew said they psychological warfare” being

.tossed into the battle now that the enemy’s military posi-

GETTING THE BIRD— Wire Prongs Shoo Pigeons Off IAC Roof

Yes, we have’ no pigeons. . « + It’s ceiling clear over the Meridian st. entrance to the Indianapolis Athletic club. ” »

= By DONNA MIKELS

A PIGEONLESS ledge today overlooks the Inidanapolis Athletic club entrance, from whence many a kind soul has slunk away nursing a hatred for the feathered sharpshooters. For the first time in many a

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'MEDAL" SALE

OPA Probes Price Rules On ‘Purple Cross.’

OPA has ordered Irvin 8. Thorpe, of “Purple Cross Memorials,” 10 W, Ohio st., to suspend operations pending an investigation of his failure to comply with price regulations, OPA Price Specialist Pete Ruden said Thorpe, who sells “Purple Crosses” to survivors of war casualties for $2, had neglected to list this item with OPA. Mr. Ruden said. Thorpe denied knowing jewelry was covered by ceiling price rules. He asserted the “Purple Cross” proprietor had agreed temporarily to cease sale of his civilian “insignia.” Stop Supply OPA also has requested the Adnov Co., button and pin wholesalers in the Insurance building, to stop supplying Thorpe with the product um til price ceilings can be established. The price specialist said OPA is now trying to determine. whether the manufacturer of “Purple Crosses,” 'a Providence, R. I., firm, has obtained price approval for the article. - ‘He said the manufacturer, the. ‘wohlesaler and Thorpe must each, obtain individual ceiling price listings on the product, Thorpe conducts most of his business via mail order by contacting rleatives and friends of dead servicemen’ through ‘war casualty lists. Operations Investigated He circularizes his prospects with “sympathetic” form’ letters. Better’ Business bureaus here and elsewhere in the U. 8. have investigated his operations on the theory he seeks. to represent his “Purple Cross” as a sort of civiliaf purple heart.

Pushle Heart of New York and the Bureau of Naval ‘Personnel have consulted the local Better Business bueau, questioning Thorpe's advertised description of the pin as “an

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American delegation at the Francisco confererice,

hullities , Jwitieh the.

of | American, Russian and British oc-

‘| administration of Berlin.

: {ald Weeks of Britain were the con- " |ferees.

" |the mixed governing authority “to

ORDERS HALT IN

Both the Military Order of the

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DULLES SAYS PEOPLE| ..ARE.. RESPONSIBLE

NEW YORK, July 10 (U. PJ) John Foster Dulles, adviser to’ the San|{now is a patient at Percy Jones , said today that if the United: Nations charter fails it will be “because the peoples of ‘the world’ do ‘not: have the will {to avail ‘themselves of the possi~ -Shaxier gives

THREE POWERS SET UP JOINT

U. S. Russia and Britain to Direct Combined Authority.

(Germany in Defeat Remains a Threat to World Peace, Page. 3.)

By JACK FLEISCHER United Press Staff Correspondent

BERLIN, July 10.—Chiefs of the

cupation - forces met today and agreed upon the immediate establishment of an inter-allied govern= ing authority to direct the joint

An official announcement of the

; agreement was issued after a con-}

ference of the Big. Three leaders, “Marshal réegory K. Zhukov of Russia, Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay of the United-.States and Lt. Gen. Sir Ron-

Zhukov presided. They decided to establish at once

direct jointly the administration of greater Berlin under the inter-allied agreement on control machinery in Germany.”

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‘Progress Made’, “A satisfactory arrangemeni was made to meet the immediate problems of food supply for the civil population of Berlin on the basis of contribution from all the zones of occupation,” the official announcement said. “Progress was made foward a solution of the problem of fuel supply on a similar basis.”

were made to bring into operation ‘soon various divisions of the in terallied agreement on -control machinery in Germany, That apparently meant the prospective establishment of the aftied control eommission.

French to Be Invited

The interallied governing command for Berlin will hold its first meeting tomorrow. By unanimous agreement at today’s meeting, a French representative will be invited to sit in as a fourth member. The. top command will comprise Maj. Gen. Floyd Parks of the United States, Maj. Gen. L. O. Lyne -of Britain, and Col. Gen. Gorbatov for Russia. Brig. Gen. De Beauchesne has been chief of a French mission in Berlin for the last week, and he probably will represent the French. This command will operate under the general direction of the control council for Germany. Each of the four military commandants for the city will serve in rotation as chief military commandant. Gorbatov will serve first as chief, and rotation will be effected every 15. days. The commandants will be assisted by a technical staff which will supervise and control activities of the local German government. Orders and instructions will be issued in Russian, English, French and German, -

HINT ARREST NEAR IN BABY KIDNAPING

- MARION, O., July 10 (U. P.).— Tension mounted today as indications ‘of an imminent arrest developed in the Jean Eileen Creviston. kidnaping case. Although Sheriff Leroy Reterrer of Marion county said he had been misquoted by two newspaper reporters in predicting a noon break in the case, the feeling of something about to happen prevailed at police headquarters. At. Columbus, Lockbourne army

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| Grew Denies Peace Bids—Japs Try To Split Allies

WASHINGTON, July 10 (U. P.) —Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew, denying that Japan has offered to surrender, said today that the enemy is attempting to

Entered as Second-Class Matter as Postoffice Issued daily except Sunday

plight of Japanese civilians

He said “conversations relating to peace” have been." reported to the state department from various parts of

the world.

“But,” he emphasized, “in no case has an approach been made to this government, directly or indirectly, by

Youngsters Robbed of Play

Although generally acts of vandalism at city parks have been fewer this year compared to last, destruction has been worse at Ellenberger park. . Here Irvin Sudbrack, 2926 N. Dearborn st., walks to the edge of the diving board on his hands as Joann Mercer, 911

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PARK VANDALS

FUN SPOILERS,

Officials Blame Adults for - Some Damage.

Vandals are costing school children on vacation hundreds of hours of fun in the city’s parks and playgrounds, While this is an annual-preblem,

often associated with the lowerincome sections of any big city, this year the worst vandalism has occurred at Ellenberger park. Many of ‘the city’s better:-homes are located -in- this vicinity, iin .. “Every. time. .that pool, or any of the others throughout the city, has to be closed to remove broken glass or park benches thrown in it, innocent children are deprived of ' ‘recreational facilities,” © Paul Brown, » city parks superintendent, said: ‘today. Less than two weeks ago, vandals broke - several beverage = bottles in the. Ellenberger pool, threw two iron benches in the water and disconnected a ladder, z Park officials and police also have been ‘called upon to stop swimming parties at the pool, organized after park employees have left. “Don’t lay all this vandalism on kids,” Carl Zody, assistant maintenance - superintendent, said. = He pointed out. that the average age of vandals caught has been between 18 and 20. While Ellenberger park has pre-

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SNARL IN VIENNA ZONES

LONDON, July 10 (U. P).—~A foreign office spokesman said today that the big powers have been unable so far to agree on occupation zones in Vienna, thus delaying the activation of the allied control commission for Austria.

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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. July 10 (U. P.) ~The first battle casualty of the present war to suffer the loss of parts of both arms and legs

general hospital, Brig. Gen, Joseph E. Bastion, commanding general, announced today, The quadruple amputee is Master Sgt. Frederick Hensel, 26, husband of Mrs. Jewell Hensel of Corbin, Ky., who now resides in Salem, Ind. Last June 2, Sgt. Hensel, a veteran of eight years Service, stepped on an anti-tank land mine ‘lon Okinawa. The Soneussian blew oft both legs:

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t hand was so seriously

First G. I. to Lose Parts of Both Arms, Legs Back in U. S.

part of the right * forearm ‘was necessary ' while ‘he wes - returning to the United States aboard the U. 8. ‘8: Samaritan. - Hensel . was. .a. ‘battalion’ mantenance sergeant with a tank battalion attached to the 77th infantry division. When the sergeant arrived at Percy Johes, he was greeted by his wife, whom he saw last’ in March, 1944; § Syst: ‘before: he" went overseas. During his .15- months .of Overseas service, the sergeant served in.campaigns on Leyte, Guam, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Hensel, an orphan, enlisted in the regular army in June, 1937. On Aug. 3, ‘he will, celebrate his 27th

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NOT SO, McGEE—

“For Third AWOL

DEVENS. Mass, July 10 (U, P.).—Pvt, Joseph V. McGee, 25, of Worcester, who served a jail sentence for slapping nine Nazi prisoners, was sentenced today to six months ‘in jail at hard labor for being A. W. O. L. for the third time in six weeks. Maj. Frank Reeder, president of the special court-martial, an= nounced that the court deliberated only 10 minutes. It ruled also that during the six months McGee must forfeit $35 a month out of his pay, " » “ McGEE received national attention as a “bemedaled hero” who was jailed because he slapped nine German prisoners of war in France, His two-year jail sentence—which he was serving at Pt, Harrisoh, Ind, was ‘coms muted recently. Today, however, he admitted he had lied about his record and pleaded guilty to these charges: Being A. W. O. L. Being drunk in a public place in uniform. Taking an oath to affidavits containing false matter. It was considering il'is latter charge that the youth revealed he had lied about his record » » ~ NEVER, he told the court, had he seen combat duty, He was never wounded. He was not awarded either the silver star for gallantry or the purple heart. His most. active service overseas, he said, was guarding prisoners. When his case first was disclosed, McGee had said that he won both medals after rescuring a sergeant who was wounded while the pair were wiping out a Nazi pill box on the Siegfried line,

Hoosier Heroes—

LOCAL SOLDIER- IS

Nazi-Slapping G. I. Given Six Months

“| violation of the charter.

PRICE FIVE CENTS.

a person who could establish hi

is authority to speak for the

Japanese government, and in no case has an offer of

surrender been made.

“In no case has this government been presented with a statement purporting to define the basis upon which the Japanese government would be prepared to conclude

peace.”

Grew cited one occasion when ‘leading Japanese

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Challenge

were still smashing at Japan

enemy defenses.

ican-warplanes-were over the

FORGE TO BALK WARS DEBATED

Vandenberg Opposes Right “ To. Refuse. Arms.

WASHINGTON, July 10 (U.P.).— Democrats and Republicans on the senate foreign relations committee agreed today that any U. 8. reservation giving congress the final decision in each case as to use of U. 8. forces to help preserve peace would ‘violate the spirit of the United Nations charter, Senator Eugene D. Millikin (R. Colo.), asked Leo Pasvolsky state department expert on the security

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organization, whether. a reservation by which the U,” 8” would “reserve to itself the right to judge in each case whether it should use armed force, and how much, would be a violation of the charter.” The questiori arose as the committee. opened its second day of hearings on ratification of the charter. Referred to Provision Pasvolsky replied that “as a permanent member of the security|: council” of the United Nations, the United States would have the right to decide “at the outset” whether force should be used. “But_who would make the deci-| sion?” Millikin asked. “That's an| important question, If we'd decide through a reservation to this charter, that congress had that right, would that be a violation of the charter?” “Well that decision would be a different kind of ‘agreement’ than is contemplated in the charter,” Pasvolsky answered. He referred to the provision in the charter which says that members of the United Nations shall provide armed forces to preserve peace “in accordance with a special agreement or agreements. ” Calls It a Violation Millikin then asked Committee

for his opinion on the question of “Such a reservation certainly would violate the spirit of the char-

the charter,” Connally said. Republican Senate Leader Wal-

KILLED ON | ON OKINAWA

One Missing, Two Wounded ———— In South Pacific. An Indianapolis man has been

killed on Okinawa, one is missing and two have been wounded in the

’ South Pacific.

KILLED ‘Pfc. James A. Davis, 2524 N. Alabama st., on, Okinawa. ‘ MISSING Pharmacists Mate 2-¢ William Earl Brackett, 216 'N, Reimer. 4 ave, in the South Pacific. WOUNDED ‘Marine Pfc. William Eugene Jarfi-| ison, 42 N. Oakland ave. on Okinawa. Marine Pfc. Windol Everétt England, 1306" Polk st, on Ryukyu:

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lace H. White Jr. (Me.). also -as|sertea that such a reservation would

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By UNITED PRESS A Mutual Broadcasting correspondent reported from the task force flagship off Japan today that the strike on the Tokyo area was a “terrific success.” After interviewing Lt. Cmdr. Cliff McDowell of Kellogg, Cal., observer in a torpedo bomber returning from thé operation, the ecrrespondent, Jack Mahon, reported:

and installations, in spite of heavy ack-ack fire, did heavy damage.

Chajrman Tom Connally (D. Tex.)

ter if —not—the actual provisions of

“The attack on air fields, hangars p

NAVY PLANES |

Greatest U. S. Naval Armada Afloat Is Backing Assault in Bold

to Fight.

By WILLIAM F. TYREE United Press Staff Correspondent

GUAM, July 10.—More than 1200, American army and navy planes, backed by the greatest naval armada afloat,

late today after eight hours

of sustained bombardment that literally smothered the

Counting some 500 to 550 Superfortresses that set.five Honshu war centers ablaze before dawn, almost 1800 Amer-

Japanese homeland today,

Standing perhaps 200 miles off Tokyo bay throughout the assault were scores of American carriers, battleships, including the Indiana, cruisers and lesser craft of Vice Adm. John S. McCain's task force 38—the fighting spearhead of

Adm. William F, (Bull) Halsey’s U. S. 3d fleet. ‘They broke radio silence continually in a bold challenge to the remnants of Japan's air and sea forces to come out and. fight. But fleet dispatches said that thus far not a single enemy plans or ship had been sighted. Japs Strprised Racing westward under forced draft all last night, the carriers pulled within striking distance of Tokyo before daybreak and sént the first of their 1000 bombers and fighters roaring over the capital a few minutes after 5 a. m. (Tokyo time). Caught completely - by ~ surprise, the startled Japanese offered practically no opposition from the ground or aloft and first reports said the raiders were bombing and strafing at will Alarmed Japanese broadcasts said the navy fliers were ranging up and down the east coast of Honshu on all sides of Tokyo. : And around midday, the enemy reported that another 100 army Mustang fighters, accompanied by “several” B-20 Superfortresses, Joined in the navy strike by ate tacking shipping and shore installae tions in the Osake-Kobe area southe west of Tokyo,

Centered on Tokye

The Japanese said a third Ameri cary striking force compris Liberators, 30 Mitchell won. Bi bombers and about 70 fighters struck from Okinawa at targets in western Kyushu, i The carrier-based raiders centered their bombs and rocket fire on Tokyo itself and the 70 to 80 aire fields surrounding the gutted cape ital, They were guided into the enemy shores by the light of huge fires leaping through five Japanese cities, where a force of 500 to 550 B-29 Superfortresses had unloaded 3500 tons of demolition and incendiary bombs shortly before daybreak. The first navy raiding planes smothered the Japanese ground de fenses and pinned the enemy's de fending aircraft to the earth. > Hours later, not a single Japanese plane had broken through to ate tack the American warships off shore. Identifies Battleships Boldly challenging the Japanese air and surface forces to battle, Mc(Cain broke radio silence to give a running account of the strike. And ‘he identified his top flag commanders and 26 of his attack i ing warships, including some of the

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|Strike on Jokyo Area Big Success, Correspondent Says

outside” Tokyo was: heavily strafed, and they destroyed 60 Jap fighters

see Jap personnel on the ground. “It took them 16 minutes to go off their carrier, hit the target and return to the carrier over the Japs anesa coast, - which indicates the closeness of the ship to the Jap

Mahon said twilight was ‘coming and the last of the Third f

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