Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1945 — Page 1
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" dreatost Strike in History; Jap Battleship Seen Lying on Bottom.
By WILLIAM F. TYREE United Press Staff Correspondent
GUAM, July 28. — The greatest carrier strike in history turned Nippon’s inland séa into a graveyard of . wrecked and burning Japanese ships today. Some 2000 warplanes of Adm. William P, Halsey's 3d fleet resumed the attack on the Kure naval base. Slamming in at- dawn through a skyful of flak and fighters, Halsey's American and British fliers blazed a new trail of death and ruin across waters still dotted with the hulks of 308 enemy ships smashed in their first onslaught last Tuesday and Wednesday. The first wave of attacking dive bombers spotted the 30,000-ton battleship Hyuga lying on the sandy Lottom. of Nasaka Jima harbor, outside Kure, her decks awash and her superstructure burned out. -. 23 Warships Hit The great ship and 22 other “"Myarships, the last major fighting force in the imperial navy, were holed by allied bombs and rocket fire Tuesday. Japanese broadcasts said about ‘670. carrier planes attacked wide areas of southern Honshu and northern 'Shokoku today, concentrating on Kure and the inland sea region. They said the targets
included Hiroshima, southern Osaka]
and Takamatsu. The enemy also said some 250 Mustang fighters from Iwo struck at air flelds and other targets in
the Tokyo area, and that a small|-
force of Superforts mined the inland sea off west Honshu. Preliminary reports from the great battle fleet maneuvering - almost within sight of the Honshu coast said Halsey’s fliers had finished today the job they started Tuesday — complete neutralization of the Japanese fleet. Bvery single mag enemy war-
RUSSIA'S TURN IN NERVE WAR?
Psychological Offensive 1S raft of the Scripps-Howard
Now on Grand Scale.
By R. H. SHACKFORD United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 28.—~Japan'’s rejection of the three-power surrender offer today set the stage for the final act in a colossal allied ‘war of nerves and bombs against the Japanese. The next move in the Far Eastern drama may be Russias. It would logically be a great psychological step by the allies in their effort to persuade Japan' to quit before utter destruction. Japan's immediate rejectin of the peace offer from Potsdam was expected, It was not anticipated by the greatest stretch of the imagination that the present taristic Japanese leaders would] deliver thémselves over to the es for almost certain trial and punishment as war criminals, The major anticipation was that the surrender offer would give the war-weary people of Japan ammunition to start pressure on their
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SHOWERS BRINGING RELIEF FROM HEAT
A week-end of relief with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below the “hottest day of the year” Wednesday record is slated for Indianapolis. Tuck away the sunglasses until next week and get out your umbrel« la, if you have one, the weather man advises, for the showers today and cloudy weather tomorrow. : Rainfall in the city trom 1:45 a. m, until 10 a. m. was 1.46 inches, ..according to the weather bureau. Terre Haute had 1.12 inches of rainfall and lesser amounts fell over the state In general,
LOCAL TEMPERATURES fam.....7 10am Tam,....61 11am... S$am...., 68 12 (Noon)., 72
Amusements, 4 Eddie Ash ... 8 Churches ... 10 Crossword
‘SATURDAY, JULY 28 1965
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WISHIGIN
A Weekly Sizeup by. the
to demand surrender. a little time.
flicts that wracked Germany
Hirdhito a chance to do what the
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SOFTENING JAPAN—
Allies Mobilize Power, Getting
By HAL O'FLAHERTY Times Foreign News Analyst A LULL in the beachhead war
papan. This lull may go on for some time.-while- the navy and the air forces soften up the Jap homeland and while the allies make ready for the kill, Meantime, tens of thousands of young Americans are bidding goodby to their families for a second time.
” » . NOW THEY are heading west after a few weeks of’ furlough. The prospect’ of the long voyage’
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ROY W. HOWARD PAYS VISIT TO PYLE GRAVE correspondents . paid their last
tribute to Brule Pyle today #2 n memorial wreath flown from Manila
4/10 Gen. Douglas MacArthur's plane was placed on Pyle’s grave by Roy|Carolines president
Nig Howard, Fee dianapolis Times A bronze plaque bearing Pyle's
of The In-
name and the date of his death was
BES 10 he husk Ot ute White cross marking the grave. Those present incl Joseph - B.. Coolidge
eva nadanPo
There will be more.
Ready for Kill
‘War Lords Know Nation}®
against Japan has persisted since the Australians captured Balik« |
JIE SHIMA, July 28 (U. P.).—War
Washington Newspapers
WASHINGTON, July 28.—First reaction from Japan does not mean our surrender terms will not be accepted. Allied proclamation is one step in a series of moves
It may take
As we said last week, formation of a new Japanese government to make the surrender is probable. Meantime, indications are Japan is being torn by same internal con-
just before the end.
British election may have effect. Japs have been hoping, just as Germans did, for allied dissension to appear. Certainly that British Labor party will work more smoothly with Russia should weaken this last hope. End of Churchill govern--ment may also improve relations between. Britain and China. Another factor: Allied statement apparently gives Emperor
King of Italy did—Desert the war
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JAPAN FACES LOSS OF WORLD PRESTIGE
Will Lose All Conquests.
By RALPH HEINZEN United Press War Analyst Japan’s hesitation ‘to accept the
Potsdam ultimatum can be explained by the fact that the
render means the end of Japan as a world power. All that japan won by conquest or squatting ina half cenfury of expansion and ‘aggression will be lost by a single stroke of the pen. By unconditional surrender, Japan will go back to the extent and the importance of the tiny kingdom which Commodore
Japanese war lords now. know. sur}.
the . top of the Empire State building; right, looking down on the 102-slary structure—be
TRUMAN CLEARS CHARTER'S PATH
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Assures Congress a In Use of Force. (Read Thomas L. Stokes, Page 6)
Voice
By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 28—The senate, driving to a vote within a few hours on the United Nations Charter, received presidential assurances today that military agreements with the new world organization must be affproved by ‘congress. A special message from President Truman, aimed at one of the few controversial points of the weeklong debate, was laid before the President Pro Tempore Kenneth D. McKellar (D. Tenn.). It was transmitted from Potsdam, where Mr. Truman is engaged in Big Three meetings. The Charter provides in article 43 that member nations shall make armed contingents available to the
.| security council for use in sup-
pressing future aggression. It provides that member nations shall negotiate special agreements with the security council on the amount and terms under which such forces shall be availablé. “When any such agreement or agreements are negotiated it will be my purpose to ask the congress by
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BILL PROPOSES SALE OF ENEMY PROPERTY
WASHINGTON, Jily 28 (U.P).~ Senator Pat McCarran (D, Nev.) has introduced a bill authorizing the alien property custodian-to sell all property of enemy countries or nationals and turn the money over to the U, 8. tre . Affected under the bill would be properties in this country delivered to the alien property custodian after Jam. 1, 1943.
‘Entered as Second-Class Matter a) Postofice
Indianapolis 9, Ind, daily except Sunday
By JACK
United Press 8tall Correspondent
NEW YORK, July 2.
and exploded at the 78th floor of the Empire State
building today.
The upper part of the tallest building in the
world instantly became a
dreds of office workers perched 1000 feet above the
street,
At least 19 were dead, police reported. The plane was lost in a fog. When it struck the build-
ing, it broke into a giant, spectacular burst of flame, The explosion rocked midtown Manhattan, Flames raged out of control on six floors of the building
for 40 minutes. Three elevators crashed ground.
, Glass and debris rained into the street.
Went Through Building . The bomber struck the north side of the building, pene-
trated a wing of the floor,
path and went out the south wing of the building.
Part of it landed on the building on 33d st.
Six of the dead were reported to be soldiers, some presumably members of the plane's crew of five, . Only the fact that it was Saturday morning, when many offices are closed, prevented a far greater disaster. The 78th floor was unoccupied. On the 79th floor, occu pied by offices of the war relief service of the National Catholic Welfare Council, several persons were killed. Nine bodies were reported found on the 79th floor. Three
bodies were taken from two third was empty,
Glass Fell for an Hour An enormous crowd gathered in the street and the largest amount of fire fighting apparatus ever assembled in New York City was rushed out in four fire alarms. Glass and debris continued to shower down for almost an hour, The 34th st. foyer of the building was converted into an emergency receiving station. Bellevue hospital sent all available doctors, nurses and disaster equipment. First reporters to fight their way up past the smokeclouded 69th floor found the cowling of the plane still stuck
Local Mento Join Flight of ~~ Giant B-19
Government aviation officials and Indianapolis - newspapermen today flew to Dayton, O, to inspect the giant B-19, and fly back in it, should the weather permit, preliminary to the air show at Stout field tomorrow. Making the flight in a C47 were Mayor Tyndall, Gen, William D. Olds, Stout field commanding officer, Lt. Col, Walker W, Winslow, head of the Indiana wing of «the Civil Air Patrol, and others, The giant B-19, world's largest land-based aircraft, is scheduled as one of the exhibits at tomor« row's show at Wier Cook municis
niversary of the army air forces, The program will‘ begin at 1:30 p. m. and continue until 5 p. m, The program will include a re. view of 165 CAP cadets, addresses by government and army officials, an air show by the troop carrier command and air technical serve
NEW LABOR BIL
Teamster Defeat in Congress.
Teamsters’ union,
not be enacted. :
Man, 70, 'Rolled’; Motorist
Stabbed; 3 Places Entered
An elderly man was iuliea; last night.
pal airport marking the 38th ane’
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OPISED BY TORN
Head Predicts
The Ball-Burton-Hatch bill to regulate labor-management rela. tions was denounecd today by Daniel J. Tobin of Indianapolis, inter national president of the A. F.of L{of.his_ inner cabinet took thelr
Mr, Tobin predicted the bill would
“If the Republicans in the senate and house favor this legislation, they will destroy themselves for the next 25 years” the union leader, who was a close friend of the late Presi Sent“Roosevelt, sald | sald in an article*in
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Bom ber ads Into Empire State B 19 Die As F lames Sweep Through Six Floors
ROWLES
—A B-25 bomber crashed
blazing inferno for hun
from te 80th floor to dhe
destroyed everything in its
roof of the 12-story Waldorf
of the fallen elevators. The
ATTLEE, BEVIN L0TOPOTSIAM
New Premier Says There'll Be No ‘Pussyfooting.
LONDON, July:28 (U, P.) ~Prime Minister Clement Attlee and For. elgn Secretary Ernest Bevin left for Potsdam to resume Big Three discussions today. He told a cheering assembly of his labor supporters that there would be no “pussyfooting” in his
be a tough one.” The assembly shouted a vote of confidence to the néw premier at the motion of Bevin. “Our honeymoon will be a short one,” Attlee sald, “and then, make no mistake about it, the fighting will start. “We now have the clearest mandate from the people and we are going straight ahead.” Would Change Ministers Attlee sald he was picking the strongest possible cabinet and would not hesitate to change ministers who do not succeed at their Jobs, “We may be forced to pass over colleagues who have done long and distinguished fighting,” he sald, “but I trust they will understand and not take offense.” Informed diplomatic quarters sald neither Winston Churchill nor his former foreign secretary, Ane thony Eden, would return to Potsdam with Attlee, who is expected to resume the Big Three discussions tomorrow, Attlee and the six key members
oaths of office at a privy council convoked by King George at Buck Ingham "Palace. Bir Edward Bridges, secretary to the, cabinet, and Gen. Sir Hastings
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El, ERD SEES UG IST-HAR HSK
Selective Service Boards to Be Continued,
By KENNETH HUFFORD It was a genial and talkative Ma}. (en, Lewis B, Hershey who was at selective service headquarters here today, But one whose words were chosen carefully to avoid furthering his
reputation in the early days of the
draft for “saying the wrong thing." B. Hersh \
administration “and the battle will| him
PRICE VE CENTS
wilding:
damn fool, climb.”
the Empire State building.
was all so quick. made it seem urireal. a little crazy,
Well, now I know.
Thunder in a Nightmare ... Like a Hideous Dream
By STANLEY LOMAX, WOR radio sports announcer Written for United Press
NEW YORK, July 28.—I shouted: “Climb, you
A second later I saw a B-25 bomber crash into
I was driving to work when I heard the roar of the plane's engines. I looked up, and then I knew it would crash, The pilot obviously was in trouble. His course was straight down Fifth ave. He pulled up a little, but not enough. There was a crash like thunder in a nightmare. The entire 78th floor where it hit burst into blinding flames. though someone had thrown a switch. Then the floor above flamed up within 30 seconds. It
It was all like a hideous dream, maybe because the fof Maybe the flames of the tears I couldn't stop made me
What if a bomb ever hit the Empire State?
It was as
to the side of the building, The point where the plane struck was near a bank of 10 elevators. All floors from the 69th fo the 79th were littered with debris.
About 20 feet inside the window nearest where the plane struck lay one of the B-25’s engines and half a pros
peller. A fragment of a propeller was imbedded in a wall, -
Office windows were shattered 10 floors up and 10 foo
below the 78th story. Waved at Fliers
Ha Str mmm
A stream of firemen, police, priests, doctors and nurses
wove up and down the stairs.
Six charred bodies lay i in and near the Catholic Welfare offices.
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, quickly at the scene, inspected
the 78th floor and said: “It was just an oven.”
He said the plane was “flying too low.” J forbid flying fewer than 5000 feet over the city, he said,
City regulations
Eye-witnesses said the plane zoomed down 5th ave. ape
parently in trouble. Nanette Morrison,
typist in the office of Carl Bor}
Associates, publicists, was gazing out the window as the plane approached. Not realizing her peril at est, dhe leaned
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NEW YORK, July 28.—I knew what
minute to see how he was going to die.
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‘Pilot Had Minute to Seo How He Was Going to Die’
By LT. AUBREY B. CONDIT, U. S. A A. TF, As Told te United Press wag going fo happen whes I saw that B-25 come down out of the clouds and the fog. The pilot was a minute away from the Empire State. He had ¢
I prayed for the guy. He didn’t have a prayer. He was lost. I've flown a lot of planes, and I know. His radio must have gone
out. : He had no beam. The poor guy couldn't know he was over Msnhattan, He couldn't know it was the Empire State building in front
the
1 was looking out the 55th story window at 42d st. and PFfth ave. facing thé Empire State, when I saw him. He came down to find qut where in hell he was. He found out all right, and tried to get up high again—quicker than he'd ever done before. | His motors were perfect. B-25's always make a lot of noise like that. I saw him turn his plane .
of all skyscrapers:
and fragments. Around me the walls
touch balf of a propeller embedded in one
a little to the left, as he nearsd
Aberdeen, Tex., in October, '42, with 10 men aboard.
‘Office Burst Info Flame vais We Hung Out Windows’
By OTTO E. STURM, United Press Staff Correspondent 78TH FLOOR, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, July 28.—I'm d in the wreckage of what an hour ago was a suite of offices in this biggest
If-1 wanted to do it, T could wade up fo my knees in mortar, brick
4 by are 1 can
I maneuvered through the crowds on the ground floor and managed to get a ride in an elevator to the 69th floor. I walked the rest of the way in stairways that were tangled with hose lines. A parade of nurses, doctors, firemen and police flowed up and down the stairs. About 20 feet from windows on a north side wing where the plane crashed, I found a crumpled en-
plane careened clear through the wing and shot out through the south wall of the wing. I found Eien lowe, of Floral r
did a realize its
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Park, N. Y. Her face though she smeared it with cork. She had been office of thé National fare Council, on when the blast came. “It. was hell on earth,” she “Our whole office flames. We ran to the windows hung out to get some air, “We prayed that the wind the smoke occasionally, but once great blasts of it would our floor.” She didn't want to say any mare
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Emergency Station Set Up To Collect Bodies of Dead '
By JOAN YOUNGER, United Press Staff Correspondent
The bien have sot up an emergency sub-sitiad in fia oli
National Catholic Wellre Council One torso bat an arm sicking Aitiers 28a calsetion point for the hie Siu Men dead. ? 0
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