Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1945 — Page 6

VICTORY BRINGS [Hoosier Heroes: First Time TWO HOLIDAYS! /» Months—No Casualties | HONORE : 0

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ITS HISTORICAL AND HYSTERICAL

Wild Celebration.

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Curtis orchestral band is set for 8 p. m. tonight at Brookside park. Climax of the impromptu victory hullalaboo came last night minutes after the President's surrender announcement, Like fizz overflowing from & long corked-up champagne bottle, it came in frothy stew of horn-tooting automobiles, mud, confetti, slush, shattered bottles,

is serving as a B-29 crewman with the 313th bomb wing based on requested by the state alcoholic| Tinian. beverages commission to stay closed 24 hours after the V-J announce-| . ; ment. tingushed flying cross has been . given to Lt. Darrell C. Roach, 365 Today the ABC asked tvs 0 E. Morris st, for his completion of stay . closed _ tonight also,’ eve 600 hours of operational flight over) though the 24 hours would be up India-China air routes. | : at 6 p. m. ; PR |group in England. S. Sgt. Roy D. Police Chief Jesse McMurtry gave! pnp. Raymond‘ J. McElwee Sr. Williams, husband of Mrs, Dorothy orders to all policemen to close tav-|snos N. Pennsylvania st, was pre-| Williams, 6105 Brookville rd., who erns found operating. A number|centeq wtih the air medal in be- |servea with the 65th infantry di-

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C. Gibson Honored

Lt. White Wins D. F. C.

were closed last night, when they naif of his son, Sgt. Raymond J.|vision in Germany; were found jammed with thirsty |meElwee Jr. who was killed Dec, P. Leach, son of Mrs. ZV. Leash, “patrons, 14. Sgt. McElwee served as a gun-! Indianapolis, who served wit} e ? All wartime manpower controls ner x a B-29 based on Saipan. [15th Bape in Germany; Pfc. Buren membered little except the rain, It were lifted here today by the war | "x = | Lewis, son of Mrs. June Lewis, 522 Was a wet night. Thousands were manpower commission. They in-| . pfe, william R. Wangelin, 1304 E. 23d st., who distinguished himself | soaked, both inside and out. clude the mandatory 48-hour work | pdwards ave, won the air medal |in combat with the 5th army in| Hectic hilarity over peace reports week, the job “freeze,” employment for 150 hours of operational flight{Italy, and Pfc. Edward Rieck, son thundered to a beginning at 3 a. m. ceilings for industry and priority over the famous “Hump.” the air of Mr. and Mrs. William Rieck, 2528 |vesterday on Monument Circle. The referrals of men by the U. S.!route: from India to China. He |W. Washington st. who served with |jubilancy continued in intermittent employment service. lserved as an aerial radio operator. | the military police in Germany, [fits and starts throughout the day. Closing of war plants, large and yy % » | 88 * | - From daylight yesterday up to the small, was practically unanimous| Pfc. Robert E. Benton, husband| Aviation Ordnanceman 2-c/President’s peace confirmation at 6 today throughout the city. Practi- of Mrs. R. E. Benton, 1534 Lawton Clarence O. Gibson, Lawrence, won p. m. the atmosphere was electrically all will remain closed tomor- st. and Sgt. Albert E. Bain, 1221 N.|the presidential unit citation for his | fied with mingled joy and expectLaSalle st, were awarded the pur- services with the famous bombing ancy. Explosions of assorted shrieks, ple heart recently on Luzon. Both squadron 109. He was honagred at a shouts and fire crackers burst i 3 .__imen have returned to active duty. ceremony at the naval air station in {throughout the day from scattered Allison announced it is giving . 7» |san Diego. Knicks of mertvomakers. ;

of dress and undress—and rain. Many persons this morning re-

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employees a two-day holiday in-}. go. ooo. onc me , =} # ; : j { * Si janapolis men have . re- Throngs Surge Aimlessly stead of just today, in view of the| as ) ceived the bronze star medal. They STATE Laughing carefree throngs jostled { : and Governor Gates, Tne plant Mrs. Thelma Jo Alderson, 1240 ana servicemen appear on today’s|OVer the sidewalks, surged into the will. resume work with 10MOFOW'S 'W 31st st., who rescued two | casualty list: | streets, dodged automobiles, Serand 9 p.m, said E. B. Newill, | ..\ 7 heat : . al: WrarklH | »r bearer on Luzon; Col. Sydney| pr Controlman _3-c .Opal Pranklin, . Allison general manager. Inter-| ere Lusband of Mrs. Dorothy | Avoca: Seaman 1-c Louis Dale Schlobohm, buildings. Teen-agers and adults ] Gary committed numerous acts of delinwith some Ioundry and man-| tho served in Germany; Lt. Julius i Pfc. Cecil Stearns, Mitchell, Pfc. Ray nobody bothered to blink.or raise MOHOW night, |who served witli the 2d .air depot !siuck, Independence. : % an eyebrow. Bloomington and Monticello will be | . 4 | focal t of ‘thé. skviatkl At wn busin branch building will | | focal point o e skylarking. closed today and tomorrow, Carl|!OWn business ¢ wil DAVIS HOPES WORLD [Bree tt Chocks pucks sere. filed Adams Manufacturing Co. and the! A. B. Good, business director for| 5 lL wi : i : U. P.). (With debris ranging from beer bot Chevrolet Commercial Body plant|tpe school commissioners, an-| WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 ( Feige iad Mostof the restagrants, especial The three large grocery chains, foe of war information, said tose jcreie ie dizzy pace. : 3 the customary quietude o y Kroger, A. & P. and Standard, said yen : were to be closed all day, with Kroger, / | almost at ant end, he hoped the ad- | the neighborhoods was splintered Rye and Haag's drug stores) 2 tomorrow. ae means to “assist and supple- | Wives hurriedly bought up extras,

proclamations of President Truman] re S. Sgt. Joe F. Alderson, husband | The names of the following Indi-| afternoon shifts, starting at 3 P. M.| qe men while serving as a| NAVY DEAD pentine confett! spiraled from office national Harvester Co. did likewise, | + Stevens, 914 N. DeQuincy st. | . quincy but in the general confusion tenance employees reporting “| Brown, 3515 N. Pennsylvania st,| ARMY WOU R. CQ. A's plants here and at| Th Monument Circle reigned as the Reifsteck, local manager, said. J. D. be closed both today sna lomarrow, ‘WiLL UNDERSTAND U.S. | with people. Later they were filled ie d . also will be closed both days. nounced. {—Eimer Davis, director of the of | Automobiles whirled around the ly. the. downtown establishments, {that since the life of his agency is | several undetermined about to-|their stores will be closed today and | ministration and congress will find | by gunshots and fireworks. House- | ment” private inormation agencies |scanning them anxiously.

announced closing all day today. | Ht pr : ar) Like the ull They are uncertain about tomor.| DAIRY PLANT HEADS lin providing the world with a “bal Hive rs Seige She Hop,

’ | i d pict f America.” row. | T0 DEVELOP PLANS anced ple rire from an oper | somewhat late yesterday afternoon.

Libraries throughout the city and is : ! . =] : public: school offices in ‘the dOwri-) Approximately 50 executives of In- | ation In the naval medical center, | Many were glued to radios. Others

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that number were sent to the hospital. ; * 8» SOME BUILDINGS had taken the extra precautions of putting on guards, such as the Bell Telephone Co. building across from the post office on Meridian st.

LJ » - ONE CIRCLE TOWER broker took advantage ‘of his second floor office. He and his family had a perfect seat—and out of the rain —to see what was going on. The Columbia club lobby was a bee-hive. But not all the people there were members. A good many just came in out of the rain, without benefit of dues or admission cards.

» » » Getting something to eat was a problem,” with most restaurants closed. Lyman Hunter of radio station "WISH was still hunting some supper at 10 o'clock.

| » » Streetcar and bus drivers had a hard time of it. A. E. Pindell, . 3660 Cossell rd., a streetcar ope erator, was able to make only two trips from Shelby to Crown

LOCAL BRIEFS

Even after V-J day, salvage col-

conversion program, according to Frank G. Thompson, Indiana WPB salvage "head. Great quantities of tin, waste paper, used fats and scrap metal will be needed, he said.

way Employees will hear American Red Cross Field Director Thomas Keller, who will also show motion pictures, at the meeting in the Big Four building Monday at 2 p. m.

Elmer 8S. Shockley, army staff sergeant before his recent discharge, {has resumed his duties as installer- | repairman in the plant department! of the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. | Mr. Shockley worked for the com- | pany eight years before entering [the army in 1942, :

Victim of an accidental shooting! by a friend, Harry McCracken, 28, t {of 946 Haugh st., was recovering in| City hospital today from buckshot wounds in the legs and left arm. The gun was discharged by Frank Stelger, 38, of 936 Haugh st,

lection rhust go on to help the re-|,

Sa The Association of Retired Rail-!-

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 1945

Hundreds came downtown in their cars, figuring they could spare the gas now. One crowd had a hayrack pulled by mules.

they were celebrating with them. Anyway, . a police squad car rounded 34th and Ullinois st. with a back seat full’ of cheering and

waving girls. »

, Hill and the Fairgrounds between 5 and 9:30 p. m. It took an hour to get through the downtown section, even ‘though streetcars were routed up Capitdl ave. instead of Illinois st. “ond But it wagn't as bad as in | 1918. Mr. Pindell was running a streetcar Nov. 11, 1918, also, He was blocked that day from 2 until 7 p. m3, unable to budge the car through the joyous crowds downtown. ,

—of cars, taking eNances with life and limb. “Nobody seems to give a damn,” sang one sailor, appropriately.

. nn A WAR PLANT executive seemed one of the happiest of all. David M. Klausmeyer, manager : iy of the ° Chevrolet Commercial |, «Knocking out street lights was Body plant here, was downtown | someone's idea of fun. So the taking in the sights with ‘his | yhgianapolis Power & Light Co. family. with some sections out of power Grinning from ear to ear, he | temporarily because of the storm, yelled “We're not working to- | had to send out crews to put in morrow.” +! new light bulbs in street lights.

x x = Maybe they were taking some delinquent girls home—or maybe.

Q We can be jubilant today, for a fresh new era smiles over the horizon. It's great to be greeting a future that promises

so much . . . happiness, prosperity and peace for all the

world. . . . We know that you and those dear to you, the

Celebrants Watch Others Whoop If Up

People rode all over—agd on tops"

same as we and those dear to us, are eternally grateful

| diana dairy plants were to meet to- Bethesda, Md. . were Tawi IDiShenave over | eir—— -dela; TEMPLE BETH-EL ZEDECK | dev to develop a program for the gyypy COMPULSORY TRAINING note, Foc peace REACHES AGE OF Iw 34th and Ruckle ° improvement of dairy products. OTTAWA, Aug. 15 (U. P).—A| Finally the peace came and the FAIRLAND, II, Aug. 15 (U. P). Service of Thanksgiving Sponsored by the Indiana Dairy|bill proposing compulsory military population went: Wild, around in| 2 life-long ambition was realized Tonight, 8:30 P. M. ' Products Association, Inc., the meet- | training for all Canadians may be|circles, up in the air to town. It Jfoday by John Wesley Carrier who Rabbi Israel rg ling will consider a program under|placed before the forthcoming ses- was like the starting pistol at a ctlebrated his 100th birthday at a Caples Myip Shas the supervision of the dairy depart- sion of parliament, it was learned track meet. ; basket dinner in his honor. Carih ment of Purdue university. yesterday. The crowd Jam started immediate- | '1€T 21Ways wanted to reach 100, the

ly after '8 p.m. like the distant|28¢ Of his maternal grandfather. | THE EXECUTIVES AND EMPLOYEES OF THE

tattoo of thunder in the residential

districts. Then gathering momen-

tum as it rolled inward, the cheer- VATICAN CIT Ys Aug. 15 (U. P).| i a : \

ing, horn-otting storm converged |—Pope Pius XII expressed the hope |

to God, and will carry on with new hope and courage in

the light of victory.

full-blown on the mile square. today that, with the end of the Drivers sat on their horns, some| war, “a real and just peace will| ot them literally. finally shine upon the world.” | Ignore Downpour | Celebrants, drenched to the skin, | [7 {ignored the downpour and surged | { through the streets, laughing, sob- { bing, yelling. A continuous medley | of horns rent the air over downtown | streets! The thgongs milled about like so many potontial typhoons - going! somewhere to happen. Strangers! kissed strangers. Other strangers) & wrestled each other for the fun of | 1 it. Kissing and hugging bees held! A sway on all sides, Guns boomed. | | Voices hocmed. Barefoot girls danced in the streets with servicemen, ! Some of the strollers smiled through a veil of tears. Some wandered dazedly, Red flares sputtered in the drizzle. Some taverns ignored. the alcoholic beverage commission’s closing plea. Drunks staggered in and out. Circle Sees Record Crowd "Al 8 p. m., more people were on the Circle than at any previous {time in history. Scores were injured | in the-crush. At least half the city | must have been there at one time] |or another, ‘Parades headed by | | bands were clogged. It was sheer, | {unrestrained tumult, At 7:15.p. m. an eerie, dull red] | glow, caused .by the setting sun] | seeping through the clouds, bathed | the swarming crowds. The color | seemed almost like an omen: noi {more bloodshed. . | In homes throughout Indianap- | {olis mothers, fathers, wives and | | sweethearts offered silent prayers | of gratitude,

PEOPLES OUTFITTING COMPANY

SAY SWEDISH BANK SERVED NAZI FIRM

Times Foreign Service LONDON, Aug. 15. — Captured | German documents now in the, {hands of both the state depart-| ment and the foreign funds control | division of the treasury department | support allegations that Sweden's | I'great banking house of Wallenberg | played both sides :during the war, | The Wallenberg private banking | firm, Stockholm’s Enskilda bank, accepted a huge commission, pur- | portedly amounting to more than | | $500,000 for safeguarding the stocks | of the Bosch company of Stuttgart, .J| according to documents now in Washington. : | -"“The full trall of Enskilda's Ger- | [ man interests. still has not been fol'nwed. but U, 8S. army and. treasury | | 1apartment investigators are as- | k “Avously in pursuit of more clues. '§ Y : . " They. impact of the U. 8. treasMay Qur Sons and Daughters in wv blocking of. Enskilda in the | mn v . '1. 8. is having the widest repercus- | The Service Return Home Safely— “ions In Sweden, for Enskilda's fn: terests are deeply interlocked with| |

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Every true American who honors Liberty and reveres The united peoples of the world

Freedom gives thanks for the glad tidings of Victory —Peace again — That Mothers, Fathers, Brothers and Sisters, Husbands, Wives, Sweethearts and Children will soon be together again in the land they love

The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave!

won the most destructive war of United in brotherhood . . . we fought . . . that genera.

history.

tions to come might never know the horror of war!'’ ...

May this day mark our dedication to Total Victory—

to a Future of Lasting Peace. Now that peace reigns the earth,

we hope the UNITED NATIONS shall lead to a greater co-opera-tion and understanding . . . that shall

without fear ‘ies

each man live his life

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| —Brawhy Johnny Weismuller, the | | Tarzan of screen. fame, and his §|. mate, socialite Beryl Scott Weis- E : Haies ‘muller, have come to a parting of “a : divorce suit filed

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