Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1945 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 1945

ONE KILLED, 17 |

Victim: i Hit-and-Run Car Is Unidentified.

An unidentified man is dead and 17 persons injured as a result of traffic accidents during the victory celebration in Indianapolis. MN ‘ None of the injured is reported to be in a serious condition. City police investigatéd a total of 49 various accidents - between 6 a. m. yesterday and 6 a. m, today. Seventeen persons were arrested on ” traffic charges as a yesult of the + mishaps. i Between 3 p. m. yesterday and 6 a. m. today City hospital treated | a total of 76 celebration victims— "trafic and miscellaneous. State police. investigated four accidents in Marion county, in which one man was injured, not seriously.

Knocked 40 Feet

According to three witnesses the unidentified man who was Killed was standing on the pavement at New York st. near Hamilton ave. waving. his hands and shouting, when an automobile knocked him more than 40 feet and drove on. In rapid succession two other cars ran over .him vefore he could be « removed from the street. The man "was taken to City hospital where he died: The body is now in tha city morgue awaiting identification. Described as white, between 50 and 55 years old, 5 foot”8 inches tall and weighing 175 to 185 pounds, the victim wore glasses, a blue suit coat, black hat and brown trousers. He has blue eyes and sandy halr, according to police reports. Watch Initialed “L, H. C.” In the dead man's pockets were found a yellow gold watch initialed L. H. C. and a red-handléed pocket knife. An eagle is tattooed on his) left arm. Witnesses of the accident were Floyd Riley, 54 N. Hamilton ave.; Everett Depoy, 249 N. Hamilton ave., and Mrs. Raymond Walker, 220 N. Hamilton ave. State police were called to 3900 W. washington st., last night where two cars collided. One of the drivers, Edward Lanham, 347 8. Taft st, was treated at City hospital and released. The other driver, Harry Renfro, 4107 W. Washington st., was uninjured.

3 SENTENCED IN FORT RIOT

Tvs Acquitted, Others May Be Court-Martialed.

Three of five soldier-prisoners accused of inciting a riot-fire at Ft. Benjamin Harrison disciplinary | compound last May 31 faced long |. federal prison terms today. A court-martial board, after more than a week of proceedings, sentenced two of the defendants to seven years hard labor, a third to five years of hard labor, and acquitted the other two. | * Seven-year sentences were given . Willie Marsh, 30, Chicago, and William H. Sprouse, 26, Charleston, | 8. C. James J. Johnson, 31, Atwood, Okla., was sentenced to five years. Charles Washington, 24, Chicago,’ and Corleslie Cross, 40, Cleveland, O., were acquitted. Johnson was paralyzed temporarily from the waist down by a - bullet fired during the riot, which brought death to a civilian fireman and a military guard, and which resulted in a $100,000 fire destroying nine barracks buildings in the discoplinary compound, Army authorities indicated several days ago that court-martial proceedings would be filed against other soldier-prisoners suspected of com- . plicity in the riof-fire.

COUNCIL GRANTS BAISES SOUTH BEND, Aug. 15 (U. P.), -The city council today granted pay increases of $1200 each to the mayor, attorney, clerk, controller and engineer of the city. The raises will be pald from the water

~ HURTIN TRAFR..

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United Press war correspondent ‘at Guam, that they watched some 200 jof their shipmates perish after five days‘ of helpless threshing in the sea. Many of the men went mad from drinking sea water before the group was sighted by search planes 280 miles north Peleliu. Capt. Charlies Butler McVay IIT, Washington, D. C., commander of the Indianapolis: said the crusier 's torpedoed at 12:15 a. m., July 30.

Sinks Quickly In a matter of minutes the Indianapolis took on a 90 degree list and sank by the bow, carrying almost 700 of her crewsto the bottom. “The first shock of the torpedo hurled men from their bunks, Lt. Cmdr. Lewis L. Haynes, Fairfield, Conn. said. “I could feel the brush of flames as part of the deck: split and jammed into my room,” Haynes said. : “1 grabbed a life jacket and started for the deck. As flames burst from below 1 passed out. When I came to, something was sizzling—it was my hand burning.

Haynes said. “Somehow I grabbed a rope and pulled myself through a transom to the deck.”

‘Walk Into Sea

As the ship listed heavily, 500 men grabbed life jackets and rubber life rings and literally walked into the sea. In the water they locked arms and struggled to keep their heads above the oily surface. Scores of the injured died before dawn. On the second day others slipped from their lifebelts from exhaustion and during hallucinations brought oh by swallowing salt water. L “Many of the men. began to talk

said. “They were babbling of ‘going to the galley for coffee, -or swimming ‘over to that island where there is a beautiful native girl, Seabees and tomato juice. Then they began swimming toward the ‘island’ that wasn’t there. Twenty-five of them drowned, You could hear their ravings growing fainter and then silence.” Life Jackets Fail “After the kapok life jackets had passed their normal water tolerance of 48 hours they became waterlogged and lost their buoyancy. They barely kept the men’s heads above the surface, and waves were slapping them in the face.” Fifty-six of the group in life jackets were rescued by a Catalina flying boat, piloted by Lt. Adrain Marks, Ladoga, Ind, which loadea 20 men on the wings, McVay said. McVay and 92 officers and men were hyought to Peleliu by the destroyer escort Cecil J. Doyle, Other destroyers picked up the remainder from lifeboats. : The Indianapolis was blacked out and traveling at 17 knots when she

A Fashion Note For Victory Day

WASHINGTON, Aug.15 (U.P). —V-J fashion note: The WPB today cautioned garment- manufacturers that they are not to let the whooping and shouting give them any idea that they can start putting dolman sleeves on women's dresses, “The prohibition against 'dol--man sleeves is still in effect,” the WPB said, adding that it hoped “to clarify the dolman sleeve situation” in an official announcement in the near future. For the information of the men, a dolman sleeve is a cape-like sleeve requiring lots of cloth,

FILIPINO TO SPEAK

BLOOMINGTON, Aug. 15 (U. P.). —President Herman B. Wells of Indiana university today announced that Judge Francisco Delgado of the Philippine islands would deliver the summer commencement address Sunday. Delgado, a graduate of the university's law school in 1907, was a Philippines delegate to the United Nations conference

Junior: Chamber of Commute, luncheon, noon, Hotel Washington Kiwanis club, luncheon, noon, Columbia club. Independent Jewelry Workers union, meetng, 7:30 p. m., Hotel Washington. Playgrounds story festival, 1 p. m. Douglass park,

EVENTS TOMORROW

Indiana Wool Growers association, luncheon, noon, Hotel Washington New York Central Yardmasters, meeting, 7:30 p. m., Hotel Washington.

: MARRIAGE LICENSES ‘Edwin Wiese, R. R. 10, Box 404; Lahman, 43 N, Arlington, Everett McLalghlin, U, 8. Lynch, 4708 Kingsley. illlam Day, 1008 Bellefontaine; Campbell, ¥1008 Bellefontaine. Arvin Brown, 368 Eastern; Alice Romeril, 807 Villa. Robert Younes.

Ruby Iris

Army;

Mary

New ¥ 8 Jiadnone; Regina ew road Vetter, rR on Box 657, Eleanor |. Harker, 802 E. Ree 236 Mattie

OW Michigan; sonard Bean, Plainfield; Naomi Lewis, R. 1 Box 4 Alexander Bazemore, |, Brown, 2411 Colum

on B. army; Annie

, . 5212 as ae; Violet Reymarine corps; Martha R. 17, "Box 378, Milton ~ Garrison, U. 8. navy; Helen Snyder, 1043 Windermire, Saul Jacks, 2450 Madison; Betty Hoop,

, ‘3710 N. Meridian; Jane Dodd, 920 ‘N. Dearborn ‘ames | yandiven, 311 Prospect; inez Dun"lop, 1112 Harl [Robert Frazee, 1837 s Alabama; Dorothea | Graver, 630 Parkw arence Foster: 238 " Hillside; Vernessa | Stigger, 2440 Battimats, ._C. Lekens, 5000 E. New York; Frances / "Heid, 4715 E. n.

Ta Constance itnots; Margaret SOW Ww. 10th; Anna Wade,

hes, 4 Wheeler,

‘homas Meaterypnnt 3153 E ww ibing- | ton; Ka Fite hey. 1838 W. Morris. harles ell J entral; “Ruth Oars

works fund. at San Francisco. ll IN INDIANAPOLIS " EVENTS TODAY Victor Houdek, ~ "U. 8. army: Roberta ’ Rosebrock, R. R. 0X A Indiana Statewide Rural Electrification | Max Seymour, .R. R. 13, Box 223; CaroCorp., meeting, 10 a ; luncheon, noon, Hina Butdri, 739 Somerset, Hotel Washington. Daniel Stiglitz, JL ouieville Ry Margue1

rite «Brown, 8 i Russel) Miller, U. 3 Jy; Joyce King,

N. Pennsylva Charles Gibson, Tor W , 16th; Jean Mer. chant, 660 Rybolt Anthony Peckn, 33 8. Webster; Edith

Lakin, 33 8. Webster, BIRTHS

wins and Girl) At Methodist— Herod, Thelma Reed.

Gir At St. Prancie—Prancis, Mildred Reide. At City—Willie, Catherine Higdon; Hollie, Novelle monds. At Coleman~-jossph, Arline Casey; John, urw,

Selma At Methodist—Thomas, aroiay Walker Paul, Frances Kearney; Rober Dorothy Stone; Charles, Lola ight; Louise Jones; Stokes, aioria RL Edwin, Marie Matthew Sorvile, Mary Graham; Charles, Martha olden At Home—Alton, Georgia Walker, T7585 N. Lynn; James, Elizabeth Brown, 1713 Locke: Charles, Myrtle Grandstaff, 719 Es Sheffield; wilile, Ida Dixon, 833

At St, PrantisOr "Mildred McCulloug! B Robert, Delores Marshall; Wayne, oan: eters At City—Horace, Mae Rosa Smith; Jesse, Ruby Tur

rner At Coleman—Kenneth, Jane Brunk; Kenneth, Jean Sche! thed hg Martha Scott; Wil liam, Louise Hines; Henry, Ruby Haynes; Dutaie, Pauline Case; Jack, Georgia Jaques; Sam, Christine Burton: At St. Vincenl’s — James, Eva Stewart; Harry Marie Manning; Loyd, Marietta

At Embardi Wiliam, Catherine Tomtesk.

D Claude Haw 3 . Slate Hawk kins, 38, at a, Md Kone

| liste, ‘Mon resi 2120 W. 10th; Dorothy N. Belmont.

an U. 8 army; Pearl

- xy Clara i le Re,

8h Guge, 31 W. 2st. hj .W Rad, ne inthrop Esther Me-

¥. Beaton, 61s 44 Methodist, corane

“Everybody got lost in the frantic confusion. of trying to. get out,”

‘Seaman 1-¢ Robert Kollinger TY; missing. :

struck by a suicide plane. “ McVay was washed overboard as the ship went down. He grabbed

raft. N Indiana Men Listed =~ °°’ Hoosiers listed as crew members for the final trip were: Homer FE. Amick, seaman 1-c, Marysville, R. R. 1. T. ¥ Barksdale, fire controiman 3c, Seymour. Donald Lee Beaty, seaman 3-c, Pt. Wayne. Donald Garrison, Michigantown. ; David E. Grimes, Russellville. Paul E. Gill, water tender Ba, Huntington.

fireman 1-¢,

seaman Bes,

mate 3-¢, Michigan City. William IeRoy Goosh, fireman 2-¢, Martinsville. Donald D. Huoole, New Castle. William Jaffers,

fireman 2-¢,

was hit, the skipper declared. At first he thought his ship had been

floating debris and ‘later found a

John T. Groch, motor machinist's |

coxswain, New

of home, food and water,” Haynes|

At St. Vincent's — Orville, Pauline Tex; |

wood. nH Wille Dele Upshaw, 42, at City, after Andrew Esmon, 67, at Cit ; eatdle vascular, Willie Poole, 5, at cl heme

Albany,

We touch the hat to

Seaman 2-c. Eldridge Bowles . . . missing,

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South Bend. 8. LaFontaine, seaman 1-c, Ft. wayne. Robert C. Lamb, mate 3-c, Brazil.

C. A. Luttrull, coxswain, Prince. ton.

electrician’s |

mate 3-c, Evansville. A. R. Miller, gunner’s mate. 2-c, Brazil Richard L. Minor, Monticello. Kenneth E. : Mitchell 1-¢, Mishawaka. Glen Eugene Ross, Norman, R. R. 1. Homer L. Smith, fireman 2-c Mishawaka, Wayne A. Stevens, mate, 2-¢, Knightstown. Robert F. Pitman, seaman 2-¢ | Logansport. Robert W. Tany, Hartford City, The Indianapolis was completed in March, 1930, at the New York Shipburding Co.'s yards at Camden, |

seaman 1-c, , Seaman

fireman 2-c,

seaman 2-c,

STRAUSS §

. President Truman and, we " Governor Gates in announcing . :

a two-day holiday.

Lu Strauss & iy wil be

Closed Weanesiey. and Thuaday:

Howard James Mankin, gunner's|

machinist's

APOLIS. TIMES

Seaman 2-¢ Carl Mires . . . missing.

John M. Krzyzeniski, seaman 2-c, | Lucy Taggart, daughter of Mr, and, months.

a7 Indiana Men on Indianapolis; 3 Local Sailors Mising, 1 Wounded |

No ‘CEASE FIRE ORDER BY REDS

‘Russian Troops A Are Told of Jap Surrender.

LONDON, Aug. 15 (U, PJ.— Marshal ,.Alexander M. Vasilevsky | announced Japan's surrender in “a broadcast to his Soviet Far Eastern armies” today,” but gave no ] |“cease fire’ order and hostilities

Waterténder 3-¢ James O'Donnell |apparently still continued.

« + « Wounded.

His wife, Mrs. Kathleen { Mrs. Tom Taggart? The ship par-! | Bowles, lives in West Newton.

| ticipated in actions at Bougain-| Seaman Mires, husband of: Mrs. the

sources believed the {Soviet armies would continue their advances in Manchuria, Korea and Japanese half “of Sakhalin

ad | London

|wille, Kiska, Amchitka, «Attu, Tar- Leretta Mires, 1445 N. Alabama s., lisland. at least until Japan for-

|awa, Kwajalein, Saipan,. Iwo Jima and Okinawa. On Cruiser 16 Months Seaman _ Kollinger, three local men who is missing, is

linger. dianapolis since April, 1944. A graduate of Shortridge high school, Seamdn Kollinger was employed by Miller's department store and wears the’ Asiatic-Pacific liberation ribbon. His brother, Seaman 1-¢ Beryle M. Kollinger, is home on leave. Two Years in Navy Seaman Bowles, son of Mr. and

¢,| Mrs. Ben Bowles, has been ‘in the .{navy two years and served aboard

the Indianapolis 22 months. Seaman Bowles wears the silver star for gallantry and three bronze stars, He operated a retail ice and coal business here and has two

. J. Shé was christened by Miss 'daughters, Judith, 3, and Sandra, 3

AYS

|aboard

| Washington st.,

dricks, pl,

months.

and son of Mr, and Mrs. James H., O'Donnell, 232 Henwas wounded when ‘the Indianapolis was lost. He is a graduate of Technical high school and was. employed at the Allison plant before he enlisted Feb. 12, 1944. He served on the cruiser for 17 He is the brother of Mrs.

Peleliu, |enlisted 26 months ago. He served mally signs the allied surrender the Indianapolis ‘months and was in charge of a 20 one of ‘the mm. anti-aircraft cannon, A grdduate of Technical high the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Kol. |5chool, Seaman Mires was employdti He enlisted in February, fee by Curtiss-Wright.

1944, and had served .on the In. 50D of Mrs. Luella Mires, 1202 E. and the brother of

Sherman S. and Robert F. Mires, Indianapolis.

Wounded in Sinking

Watertender O'Donnell, of Mrs. Mary Alice O'Donnell, Parkview st.,

terms. Russia’s trans-Baikal army already was threatening Manchuria's inner citadels of Harbin, Mukden and Changchun after caving in the enemy's western defenses with a 93-mile "advance in the past 24 hours. More than 8000 Japanese pris- | oners: were taken in the first six days of the Far Eastern campaign, a Moscow communique sald. In Korea, Soviet Pacific fleet] marines captured the naval base; of Seishin, 56 miles south of the | Soviet border, after a two-day | battle. Moscow confirmed that Russian troops on ' Sakhalin island had | forced the entire frontier into the|

for 23

He is the

husband 206

John Sullivan and Mrs. Perry of Indianapolis,

Willlam

of Hokkaido.

THE DAY OF PEACE (PERHAPS A WORLD-CHARTER PEACE

WITHOUT END) COMES TO PASS

PEACE — and dilenice descend upon ~

the earth = which has run red with those

whose lips are now voiceless!

PEACE and silence descend upon the earth — which has been deafeningly and fearfully and lethally cannoned and rocketed and bombed. Not a shot is being fired anywhere!

PEACE — silent devotions too deep

for words — Peace — thé silence broken

only by pent-up emotions too overwhelming to contain! *

And welling from all hearts come prayers to Him from whom all blessings flow . . » in praise and gratitude for the most precious gif8 ~ within the possession of man — peace!

L. Strauss & Company, Ine,

119th Regimen ‘Of 'Old Hickory"

Is on High Séas

PARIS, Aug. 15 (U, P).—Here is today’s re-deployment schedule for American divisions in the Buropean theater:

30th Infantry—(Known as Old Hickory and trained at Camp Ate terbury) —118th regiment on the high seas, other remaining units scheduled to leave Southampton Aug, 22 13th Airborne—Advance party en route home, main body to leave late this week. from Le Havre. 4th Infantry—En route from Camp St. Louis, in the Reims assembly area, to Le Havre. 35th Infantry—Most of the di vision left Reims for Le Havre today and will be "shuttled to Southampton for shipment home on the Queen Mary about Sept. . The division's 137th regiment is still at Brussels but will sail from Le Havre in September.

SPECIAL LEGISLATURE

-

SESSION CONFIRMED.

Governor Gates today. had confirmed reports that a special ses{sion of the Indiana legislature will | be called to enact laws on post-war | problems, The governor said he would wait until President Truman announced the federal position on reconversion before setting the date. He said the post-war building,

Japanese half of the island, known |institutional, rehabilitation and as Karafuto, and pushed nine to highway expansion programs would 13 miles south. The southérn tip be the main items of business. Inof Karafuto lies only 20 to 30 miles diana can dip into a $46,000,000 north of the Japanese home ing Sup for any post-war emere

gencies.