Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1945 — Page 3

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Lightens Penalty - EUROPE FACES For Disobedience COAL FAMINE

PARIS, July x w. Pa The| | ONDON, July 2 (U. P.).—The death sentence imposed on 23-year-| ., ob. in Burope is so serious

old s PI, Samia} SS Roseubleom, that it has supplanted ood .as the foo yi In — n oll most immediate problem confront- , has n col el. : wg } cnt at hard’ labor ing the allies, an American official] 1, one at home at Uncle Harry's | np told the United Press today. when he came to stay all night Army authorities announced that : - i Bisenh, Sorat The fuel shortage has a high| gang see the city sights. Gen, Dwight D. TL Iower oF ®re% | priority on the agenda of the Big Somewhat in the fashion of the commutation after reviewing yy ., g¢ potsdam, this official said.| Goldilocks in the fairy tales, he | celebrated guest room. luck on their

Rosenbloom’s = court-martial rec-| oo ooo eel normally im- had a hard time deciding which | . It was bright and

ord. : Bed to sleep in. The White House | next morning and young Truman Rosenbloom's case has attracted |Port about 80,000,000 tons of coal ,.. quite a selection. | walked around the grounds. He.

the nation’s history was under way | widespread interest since June 22|per year, but it now appears doubt- As for meals, some say he rus- looked on-with interest as painters today. : when Rep. Emmanuel Celler, New {yl ‘whether the allies can ship in| tled his own breakfast, but none worked on the greying, peeling All big labor groups were working | York City, revealed that the youth- a 000 000 tons—or 50 per cent of| could prove it becaiise he left no = exterior of the White House while toward these three objectives: ful veteran of the Nogmandy and thé mintin : ‘ trace. W | another crew was tarring the ONE: General wage increases in|Rhineland campaigns had been |"'¢ TMMUM requirement. What happened was this: Prés- roof of a nearby wing. excess of the Little Steel formula. condemned to die before a firing ident Truman sent word from The paint job, he learned, will TWO: A boost in the nation's|squad for disobeying a superior of- : Potsdam that when his 21-year- take “weeks” because of the many legal minimum wage from 40 to 65|ficer, ; The Alfarata council 5 of the de-| old soldier-nephew arrived from = coats of paint that must be cents an hour, The army judge advocate’s office gree of Pocahontas will sponsor a| Europe, he was to be given lodg- = scraped and burned off. & THREE: A guaranteed annual|at Paris refused to divulge the na- public card party tomorrow at 8:30| ing and shown’the sights. He watched the gardeners trim wage for the working man. ture of Rosenbloom’s insubordina-|p. m. in their hall. Mrs. Isabella But the executive mansion was the tail hedges and sat for a | Truman wrote his former senats ° The drive for the third objectivetion, but said “it must have oc- Kiefer is the chairman of the ways| empty when young Harry arrived. _ while in one of the white chairs colleague from the Big Three con-

was set in motion last night wifhcurred during battle to draw such and means committee in charge of None of ‘the Truman family was under a huge flowering magnolia | ference that “I hope we eam work the appointment of co-directors for|a stiff penalty.” arrangements, there. And even the domestic | trpe. [ ®

‘By GWEN MORGAN

staff that “lives in” was on vacaUnited Press Staff Correspondent A ] | 1

tion. Arrangements were made to get young Harry in, however, and he

Then Mak Connelly “Hie dent's “secretary, him to WASHINGTON, July 26.— Capitol Hill, on 3

Young Sgt. Harry Truman foundl

souri—Forrest

clear the

but young Harry hopes the family will' be at home.

TRUMAN PLANNING "TO VISIT ALASKA

OLYMPIA, Wash, July 26 (U. P.). —President Truman hopes to eruise to Alaska later this year, Governor Mon C. Wallgren of Washington, revealed today.

PUBLIC CARD PARTY

- By PAUL GHALI on Aim at Little Steel Break, 23 (Delayed) ~The widely-publicized disclosures ‘by Senator James O. Li . Se (D: Miss.), concerning the mass rape of Stuttgart women But they contain certain misrepresentations, according to the best United Press Staft Correspondent Information available at the scene. WASHINGTON, July 26.—The “hallucinatio n s” after plying them with, drinks. and circulating : » officers with the ing the opportunity to discredit the French army to French, to make a per- ate their houses immediately and sonal fact-finding report to French authorities at the senator's “dis man policeman, allegedly carrying closures” obvi- Mr. Ghali out instructions of the French.

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1945... — a (A ‘Finds Nazi Agents Helped UNIONS JOIN IN * Times Foreign Correspondent wr AMERICAN OCCUPATION FORCES IN STUTTGART, July Higher Minimum. during the first days of the French occupation of the city are partly| . true. > : . By CHARLES H. HERROLD With Paris officials denying the|gestapo agent brought six French biggest drive for higher wages in Mississippi senator's charges asi African soldiers to her apartmient,| (gee Perkins’ Story, Page 17) statements from SOME Celalts sphaTentiv incitAmerican liaison ed the troops to disorder, recognizsupport their de- The young women of one section nials, I decided of Stuttgart were ordered to evacui visit to the city. Stuttgart main. station. 1 * Pagts of “the This- order was issued by a Gerously are not true, such as his alle-| They reported to the delighted gation that the April rapes oc-|French guards at the station, but

{4 charge that the rapes were com-

"happens. to them.

“transit system said some of the

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" dead of bullet wounds in the chest

curred in the subway of a city which has no subway, and his

mitted by Senegalese troops, when ‘no Senegalese were among the French occupation forces. a 8. I HAVE talked with everyone I could find who was present when the French entered the city, including an American officer with the French military government, the local burgomeister, the head of Stuttgart's most important hospital

and three of the rape victims, This |

is their report: As ‘soon as the French 1st army troops entered the town, Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan troops began looting, pillaging and raping. This lasted four days, until the French Gen. Guillaume ordered 11 “Africans” shot. On April 27, Gen, Devers visited Stuttgart and immediately ordered Gen. Guillaume to evacuate the town. - The Frejch generaly bluntly refused. In fact the French troops remained here up until two weeks ago. » ” » ESTIMATES of the number of women assaulted vary from 1000 to 5000. At any rate, 1100 cases of rape were reported to police, but city officials say the real figure is nearer, to 5000. However, the rapes were not as spontaneous as they might appear to a superficial observer. 1 was informed by one of the vie-

later discovered that the orders had not originated with the French. » » # " GERMAN officials whose countrywomen were victims of the rapes, have taken a far more philosophical view of the incidents than the American senators, or American officers here. Burogmeister Dr, Arnulf Klett described the bad conduct of the French as “something which the German population could well have expected after the tortures inflicted by the gestapo on French patriots.” Strangely, the statements by American liaison officers, circulated by the French, do not. include one by Maj. James Levin, with whom I talked. Maj. Levin acted as liaison officer to Gen. Guillaume's troops.

= ” EJ MAJ. LEVIN said that his declaration—which was not requested— would not have tallied with those of his colleagues. Even French officers here admit that numerous rapes were committed by French troops in Stuttgart, but they raise the question whether these were actually cases of rape, since, they report, the German women . seldom opposed their seducers. = These French officers deeply regret .the publicity given in America to the incidents, but they argue that after four years of brutal German occupation of France, four days of indiscipline at Stuttgart should not be held against them as an unforgettable crime.

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Divers Shun Berlin Subway Clogged With

BERLIN, July 26 (U. P.).—German divers, who plunged .down among hundreds of German corpses, won't go back into the water- filled Berlin subway no matter what!

Today many were in a state of near-collapse as they ‘told of ‘ rubbing against men who had died in the defense of Berlin, The twomile stretch of unterbahn between Anhalter and Stettiner is literally choked with water-logged bodies. They went down yesterday for only a few minutes and then signalled frantically to -be jerked back up ]

British Major Helps

A British major who is helping in the attempt to restore the city's

bodies wore Red Cross arm patches, indicating the underground stretch may have been used as a hospital during those last, hectic days be-

COUNTY TAX RATE MAY RISE 7 CENTS

An increase of 7 cents in the county tax rate has been forecast for 1946, bringing the total tax rate to 50 cents. This year's rate is 43 eents. 4. County Auditor Ralph Moore said today property valuations will total about $555,415210. This is an increase of about $3,500,000 over the present year’s valuations. : County councilmen. will begin a series of budget meetings Aug. 15 to consider the appropriation requests of various county officials and department heads. Pay incweases, unless mandatory by legislative action, will not be granted, councilmen have indicated. They have taken the position that salaries have reached a peak and that decreases may be necessary in

1947, especially if economic conditions are unfavorable,

CRUISER SANTA FE SETS NEW RECORD

WASHINGTON, July 26 (U. P.). =The light cruiser Santa Fe established a record of the longest frgnt

when she steamed more than 221,000 miles in 25 months without an overhaul, the navy revealed today.

Before returning to the West|

coast recently for routine repairs, the vessel sank seven Japanese ships and downed seven enemy planes while participating in 42 air strikes, 12 shore bombardments

and four surface actions. During|ciarence

this sour of action, the Santa Fe did ‘not lose a man or suffer any serious battle damage.

RAILWAY CLERK IS FOUND DEAD HERE

Earl 8. Slaymaker, 48-year-old Anderson railway -clerk; was found

and head in his"room at the Hotel

German Bodies

fore the capital completely collapsed. The Russians have asked the German: divers to return to their { work, it was discloged, but the un-

They have turned down all offers of money. The British major, asked if the German populace might not be forced into a general cleanup program such as was instituted at the

“We might be forced into that.” . The clogged underground system’ is one of the biggest barriers to restoring the city’s trafic. The transportation system now handles only 350,000 persons daily, as compared with a normal 4,000,000 riders. Part of the unterbahn is in use over at least five routes with 37 trains and 138 cars in operation. This compared to 1100 cars running

{in the subways before the war.

LACK OF TRANSPORT CUTS BERLIN FOOD

BERLIN, July 26 (U, P.).—The Berliner Zeitung, organ of the Berlin municipal council, said yesterday that British and Americans had failed to bring in or distribute their share of supplies for the city. It said that last week 14,500 tons

of food were made available for Berlin and that “altogether Soviet authorities during 24 days of July delivered for Berlin 43,128 tons of food.”

the Zeitung said the council could only provide 70 per cent of the potato ration. It was learned that allied food will be rushed to Berlin to relieve the shortage.

TO DISCUSS MALARIA Charles L. Rose of Eli Lily & Co., malaria research department, will discuss latest findings on malaria control at the meeting of the Scientech club Monday in the Claypool hotel.

EVENTS TODAY Indians Women's Golf assdation, urn. ment. Meridian Hills Country c| Sigma Nu, luncheon, noon, Sorubia club. ————

EVENTS TOMORROW lndiras Women’s Golf association, tourna. nt, Meridian Hills Country club, Indie napelle Federation of Community oi eo clu meeting, 7:30 p. m., Hota

ashi rm i Delta Th Theta, luncheon, noon, Columbia elu

MARRIAGE LICENSES William Callout; U. 8 army; Sarsh|A eeman, A Gallo, Pt. Harrison; Margaret Trenton, N. J. : ’ D. Goshert, U, 8. army; Betty Tae > Moulton, 1023 x Bell Ralph Phily “Ry L) Box 372; Anne - 1816 B. Min-

nesota. Peter Kelley, 2728 N. Buclid, Cleveland, ier Kelley, v8. Bud Cleveland,

HE De” cn ia “Joyce Ray 2 Molt ue 4 Minots; Martha “Thur. Forrest oi Meconnal 121 nus Matidiany Kath Lois Paul. Louis Louisville, Ty Ging .; Gladys Pauline Richard Phillipe 3.3 army; Julia Anha

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derwater men have flatly refused. we

Belsen concentration camp, replied;

As a result of lack of transport,

a government-financed study of a guaranteed wage., This, however, is a long-range goal Labor's greatest pressure now is behind efforts to break the Little Steel wage ceiling and for a higher statutory minimum wage, Inclined Toward Delay Some quarters believed this campaign will bring important revisions in the national wage policy after congress returns from its recess on Oct. 8. The drive to smash the Little Steel formula gathered momentum this week with demands by the major independent railway brotherhoods” for a 25 per cent wage increase, The C. I. O. is asking 20 per cent. The A. F. of L. wants at least 11 per cent,

URGES RUSSIANS TO FIGHT JAPS

WASHINGTON, July 26 (U. P.).— Senator Alexander Wiley (R. Wis.),

yesterday urged Russia‘ to declare war on Japan. If Russia enters the war, he said, Japan would be forced to “quick surrender.” “Countless. Amerioan lives are at stake in Russia's decision,” Wiley said. “I would be remiss in my obliga: tions as a United States senator if I did not voice . . . the feelings of millions of Americans that Russia do her part in the Pacific.” Wiley, a member of the foreign relations committee, told the senate “no military secrets” are involved in stating “our intense feelings in this matter.” American troops have carried the load in the Pacific for three-and-one-half years, Wiley said. “We have every right to speak bluntly and plainly, the only language the Rusgians understand anyy. “We should declare openly that we want them t6 make common cause with us in the Pacific,” he said,

and not follow the lead of state de-|

partment “nice Nellies who are more concerned with diplomatic niceties than with the preservation of American interests and lives.”

DRIVES INTO TRAIN, LOSER IN LOVE DIES

ALBION, July 26 (U. P.).—Robert L. Zigler, 19, disappointed in love, succeeded in his third attempt at suicide by crashing his automobile into a freight train, Coroner John D. Hall said today. Twice he drove his car onto a railroad crossing yesterday, apparently waiting for a train to take his life. ground to a ‘halt before striking his car. Last night, however, Zigler drove his car at a “terrific rate of speed” into the side of a moving Baltimore & Ohio freight train at an Albion crossing. Train Conductor A. J. Lemm and

a by-stander, William Lock, Albion,

said the youth accelerated his car as he approached the train, hitting it at about 80 miles an hour. The automobile appeared to explode, Lock said. Zigler was killed instantly. Investigators said the youth had

been having a spat with his sweet- |

hedrt. A note found in the wreckage today said: “This is the way I wanted it. Don’t blame Liz.”

cm ——————— 310 COUNTIES HONORED WASHINGTON.—Three hundred and 10 navy transports and cargo vessels are mamed for counties in

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IN INDIANAPOLIS

Girls At St. Francis — Conrad, M mond; Clorence, Luetta Huetton; Bd-

mund, Evelyn Rantenberg; Jonas, Betiy

At Ooloman-— Plank. Ida Muench; Arthur, th" Price; Vincent, Mary Wilber.

At Mehodit_Lery Helen Anders; Robert, rd, Mabel

oT Marion, Edna Shafer; “Prank, Doria Skinner; Bdward, Dorothy Under-

wood, em. Joseph, Helen Purcell, 4056 N,

Boys Francis — Fran Octavia Leser; Alfred Carol Pool. g,

At cE Patricia Duke; GHl-

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At Helen 5000 Rockville i Olen, Una Li 1201 8.

State

DEATHS le Smock, 63, at 3246 N. Illinois, Shronie Susiy Jane Hester, eight months, at Riley, r Rose A. Doane 84, at 422 N. Oakland, shironis myoceiis i Methodist, it, hyperJoseph Fair, 78, at 2401 Miller, broncho-

lly Mp WEY 7 at 1230 N. [Gale, chronic

fg: . Pomeroy, 43, st Ciff, coronary

Emma L. Hickman, 82. at 431 N, Lin43, at Otty. pulmo-

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