Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1945 — Page 2

Strategic

em, now known as the office to, break into the open.

going on since before Pearl

centralized tem the United States should

have and who should control {t. The new phase differs in two yespects from what has gone before: FIRST--During the war nobody doubted that

have some kind | of system for collecting strategic information abroad, processing it and put-

: ting it to. the Sy best possible use Maj. Gen. in fighting the Donovan war, Some Cciti-

gens oppose having any permanent intelligence system in peacetime, however. 4 SECOND--The previous phases of the struggle have been fought most~ ly behind the scenes, This has been partly because the principals - have had lots of ‘other things to do, The taxpayers have had only echoes—and stiiffe—of “the Strife: Work Dies Down

® I: But there isn’t so much other * © work for the participants to do now, with the end of the war, And the struggle has flared with a violence that is remarkable even by Washington's standards for these affairs, The taxpayers are going to hear all about it for the best of all reasons; because they-are going to be asked, through congress, to approve and pay for a continuing intelligence system. ‘The importance of the {issue is great enough in ifself to explain

been roused-—-but only part. America has never had a permanent, co-ordinated intelligence system. To create one now lg far too serious a matter to be undertaken frivolously. Argue Permanency Need But the most bitter battles are not being fought over whether America ought to have a permanent intelligence system. For better or for worse, there is a large measure of agreement here that America needs one.

on the personality of one man—+ that almost legendary character, thé celebrated Maj. Gen. William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan, director of the office of strategic services O88 is a war agency and as stich ~ 1s being liquidated. It will be'ready fo go out of business by January. Donovan has announced that he is going to return to private lfe © at that time, © The struggle for control of in telligence in the post-war world continues to revolve around Dono van and OBS, nevertheless. For one thing, the general's enemies, who are “numerous and spirited, can't quite believe that he ‘really is withdrawing from the field. Oppose Theories For another, they oppose Dohovan’s theories about co-ordinated

adoption of his. theories. © Bo the fight is going fo be a slugging match of impressive pros portions, with much biting in the : clinches and no small amount of hitting below. the belt. It's going to be a great show.

may be overlooked. There are five chief pool: of view on the question of who should operate a future Amerie intelli« gence agency, assuming thers is any such thing:

and navy should operate. it, 2. A second thinks-thut it should b2 run by the state department. ; 3.” A third argues thal the FBI 3 should do the job. { 4. A fourth holds that the office of strategic services should tinue. ! 5. A fifth wants an entirely new agency created. All Agreed All these people agree’ that America needs some kind of pers n'anent secret intelligence service.

AT T0 CONTROL IDERCOVER WORK

Miltary and State Department Bigwigs Try to Take Over Duties of Wartime Office of

intelligence sys-|

America had %o|

_ The real contest is over whol} should dontrol it. And in this cong test most of the violence centers

strategié intelligence-~and Donovan has by no means ceased to urge the

_ Unhappily, however, the real dsmyes 1. One element shinks {ie army

cons4 {

_ Some of them have gotten so ex

CONTROL

Servcies. .

By WALLACE R. DEVEL Time“ Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.—A savage and sulphurous struggle for control of America’s post-war intelligence sys-

of strategic services, is about

This struggle is a new phase in a fight that has been

Harbor over what kind of a

(This is the first of a series of articles on the American intelligence system.)

‘eited and angry in the fight over {who is to run the service, however, that they may all knock each other out, and then there may be no service af all for no other reason | except that nobody capable of running it survives the battle. THe "outcome of the struggle still is uncertain, First it has to be fought out in the executive branch of the government, Then the final decision will be determined ‘In congress, As of this moment, however, the view at the executive end of Pennsylvania ave. is that there should be a permanent secret intelligence service and that this. operation should be entrusted to either a modified versi of the office of strategic servifes or to a new agency based on similar principles. The present: struggle is simply a new round in the fight for control.

~{GeRyrighy, 104) by The Indianapolis Time.

Chicago Daily” News, Ac:

WEEK-END TOLL

Only One Labor Day Road Death Reported.

Labor day trafic toll in Indiana,

part of the passion which has now there was only one fatality yester|day caused by an automobile ac-

cident, according ‘to police reports. .This brought, the total three-day holiday week-end toll in the state to 12 persons dead, including two drowned.

15-year-old Kyle Waymire, son of Mr. and -Mrs. Harold Waymire, Route 1, Fairmount. : The youth was killed when the motor scooter which he and his 14-year-old brother, Vaughn, were I en by Orville De Long, 52, of

roads 26 and 13. In Serious Condition The younger brother is now in

mount hospital, At Muncie, Howard Crawford, son of Mr. and

Mrs. Jack Crawford, drowned In He

White river while fishing. stepped into a deep hole while attempting to free a tangled line, A boat accident in the Wabash |

drowning of Lester de Lisle, 32, of

three children, ‘ashore after a motor beat caught

‘by Bd Hiltamiller, was {safely ashore. { A motorcycle accident last night

resulted in the injury of John W

brought

lane, fman E. BaKemelér, 20, of route 11, box 375, struck Mr. Condron at Illinois and Washington sts. City hospital his condition as hot serious.

By UNITED PRESS Preliminary reports indicated today that the nation's three-day Labor day celebration, its . first peacetime holiday week-end in four

“Anjured

"BOULDER DAM HAS PRE-WAR- APPEAL

BOULDER OITY, Nev, Sept. 4 (U. P.).—Boulder dam, opened

‘| Saturday for the “first time since

1 pear! Harbor, attracted its prewar ivolumé of tourists over the Labor (day week-end, bureau of reclamation officials reported today. More than 1300 persons took the conducted tour Sunday and 3400 | visited the dam, closed ‘to visitors | since the war started. The government's: No. 1 attrac. tion west of the Mississippi, the dam had more than 800,000 visitors in 1941.

}

CINCINNATI, O, Sept. 4 (U.P) «Charles Gibbs, ‘54, told police tody he was not sorry he shot and | ‘k'lled Harry F. Smith, elderly Cin‘¢'nnati manufacturer, lover of his 21-year-old daughter, 3 "I decided on the spur of the moment to get Smith,” Lt. Harry Tovergts GUotEa Gibbs as saying. ‘Ite had broken up my family.” Tobergte -said Gibbs shot and killed the 61-year-old manufactur‘er yesterday. a forcing his aaugiies, Vir Virginia, to lead him to Smith’s hotel apartment. Miss Gibbs stood by Smith's as her father pumped four He ed ] into the manufacturer's head, gte sald. Then she ran to a gtarsectian | for. 0 Police. father’ left

Cincinnati Man Not Sorry He Killed Daughter's Lover, 61

was forced’ to leave his wifé in | their Cincinnati home two years ago when they disagreed over their | daughter's affalr with Smith. Gibbs [told police he couldn't stay home any longer after his wife allegedly expressed approval of the affair. Gibbs will be arraigned on a murder charg tomorrow, His daughter said he came to her home early yesterday . and forced |

ment. “I knew’ he would shoot me if ‘1 didn’t” she sald, “so ‘I ‘took el to Smith's hotel.” The buxom, blue-eyed blond told | police she never really loved the

graying Smith, a widower, but tol-|

erated him’ because “he spent 0 much money on me.”

IN STATE IS 12

. Despite predictions of a heavy |

Yesterday's traffic fatality was

, ‘collided with an automobile |

Mishawaka, at the junction of state

a serious condition at the Faire

; | 8-year-old Jackie |

river near Vincennes caused the

Evansyille. ‘De Lisle, the father of attempted to swim

fire in midstream. The boat, piloted

Cohdron, 52, of '1120 Hawthorne The vehicle, ridden by Her

officials reported

years, cost 203 dead and hundreds

her to lead him to Smith's apart- |

en. ects Bohiott salt sm oven «ome “sor i | hr with a 98

HIT ON DESTROYER REVEALED BY NAVY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (U. P.). ~The destroyer Hutchins was dam-

dropped by a fast Japanese hoat

escaped injury, the navy reported today. The Jap boat sneaked in undetected to drop its 500-pound missile of TNT. The Hutchins, which had been in the war from the Aleutians to Okinawa, was shaken violently by the explosion. - Men were thrown from their bunks, Water poured in and damage control crews were able to stop the flooding only after it filled the after engine room to a depth of six feet. A few hours later, the Hutchins ‘was able to proceed to Kerama Retto for temporary repairs.

U. P. NAMES TOKYO HEAD TOKYO, Sept. 4 (U. P).—Frank H; Bartholomew, United Press vice president in charge of the Pacific area, announced the appointment of Frank Tremaine as Tokyo bu-

aged by a 500-pound depth charge : (from Japan after their release off Okinawa in April but her crew

FAN:

* The first group of navy and marine corps personnel evacuated

from prison camps arrived in Guam today. Two Hoosiers were with the group. They were Fireman 1-¢ Cecil E. Baker, Indianapolis, and Baker 2-¢ J. FP. Lach, South Bend. Fireman Baker is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester O, Baker, 1638 Carrollton: ave. e has been 4 prisoner since My i, 1944, when his submarine was captured. Marine air ace, Maj. Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, is also among the 19 officers and 45 enlisted men who were flown to Guam from the Kisarazu naval base aboard two C-64's. : Pilots, gunners, submarine men and veterans of Wake, Corregidor, Guam and North China were in the party. Bome had been prisoners for as long as three years and eight months. Most appeared in good health although some still suffered from

© THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .

Two Hoosiers Among POW’ Ss Flown From Japan to Guam|

All had tales of hunger, illness and brutally suffered in prisoner of war camps from Luzon to Honshu. But now most of them thought

first of the next leg of their flight]

which will take them a little nearer. home. They will remain in Guam for several days for physical checkups and rest before continuing to the United States. They had only one hour's notice before leaving Kisard zu a : > Ji - - MACARTHUR CURBS TOKYO BROADCASTS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4 (U. P.).—A Japanese Domei broadcast said today that Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered Tokyo radio to suspend immediately all foreign language broadcasts. Only Japanese language broadcasts will be permitted, Domel said. Doemi continued to beam dispatches in English and other foreign languages to North American and European in Morse, however. All voicecasts in

RUSSIA TO INPROVE PACIFIC BULWARKS|

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4 (v. P.).—The Soviet Khabarovsk radio said today that Russia is planning a large-scale development of her northeast - Pacific coast and will build new harbors ot the Kam-

chatka peninsula opposite Alaska.

Khabarovsk also told men of the Red army that Russia would turn the 20-odd islands of the former Japanese Kurile chain into “verita-

ble bastions. forming a screen of

steel” protecting Russian Pacific waters. Soviet Far Eastern forces will maintain permanent garrisons on the Kuriles—which, stretch between Japan and the southern tip of the Kamchatka peninsula—to prevent future Japanese aggression and assure free Soviet access to the Pacific, the station said. Soviet occupation forces already have taken over the Kuriles, ® Generalissimo Stalin. congratulated his army, navy and air force last night on their victories in the

east and ordered Moscow's 324

guns to fire 24 salvos—T1776 shells—

Police Sergeant Joseph Klein was a hero to an Indianapolis mother and her three children today. The young mother, Mrs. Hiram

Daniels, told “police she returned from & grocery store yesterday to discayer ‘that her landlady Mrs, Mary ‘Thomas, had evicted them and part of their belongings from the two rooms they were occupying at 831 E. Ohio st. When Sgt, Klein arrived he “Informed Mrs. Thomas that she could not put people out without due process of law and declared that Mrs. Daniels and the children should restored to their rooms. To t Mrs. Thomas replied by nailing shut the doors of the two rooms, according to police reports. It was then that husky Sgt. Klein kicked open the doors, and carried the children, their belongings and

The children are Jackie, 6; Robert, 8; and Shirley, six months. ‘After that the officer arrested

reau manager for the United Press|dysentry, beri-beri and malnutri- {foreign languages ceased several last night. tion. j days ago. in celebration. Mrs. Thomas on charge of assault

i =

Tavern Furniture Gloss . .. furniture and woodwork. Gives a lustrous surface that will not attract dust or show fingerprints. Pt, 87¢; Qt., 98¢;

creamy polish for

3 Gal, 1.89; Gal., 2.28.

Mystic Foam . bubble bath for rugs, Gal, 1.00; Gal., 1.49.

. quick-acting, quick-drying

Fall #.

Housewares, Seventh Floor

upholstery. Qt., 68¢; 14

STORE HOURS, Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 4; Monday through Saturday, 9:45 to 5:15

— ee. TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1945 | Sgt. Klein Rescues Evicted | Family, Arrests Landlady

the mother back to their rooms.|

and bat

disorderly conduct and resisting :

ficer.

saying that. her husband had offered to pay rent to Mrs. Thomas Satur= day, but that she had refused it, declaring she wished the family to move because they kept electric lights burning all night.

lig! were on because of little Shirely’s illness. . The case against Mrs. Thomas is slated to come up today in munici= pal court 3,

VINSON SEES SIMPLE BUT HIGH U. S. TAXES

' PEORIA, Ill, Sept. 4 (U. Pu Secretary of the Treasury Fred M, Vinson predicts the American tax system will be simplified although taxes will remain high, Speaking last night at Peoria's centennial celebration, Vinson said the modernization of the tax struce ture was a basic factor: in the full employment program.

i &

Pavern Non.Rub Floor Wesx +++ Dries without! polishing to a satin luster that resists water spol ting. Pt. 89¢; Qt. 98e; “ Gal, 1.59; Gal, 2.69.

| | | |

1.50,

Johnson's Cleaner. . - upholstery, woodwork and walls, Venetian blinds, refrigarators etc.

. liquid cleaner for rugs,

Qt, 60¢; 14 Gal, 1.00; Gal,

Silver Sheets ... easy

the.wall container, 35¢

out spoiling manicures or handf. Two dozen disposable chemically treated tissues in hang-on-

way to clean silver with-

pkg.

¢

Soilax . .

3 y x for wall washing, paint cleaning)

general use Softens water, lodsens dirt, dissolves

grease 25¢ and 78¢ pkg.

| | I

super {reated oil

Nu.Enamel! Enamelized House Paint

2 product that gives a glossy sur

face and excellent weatherprocfing pretation,

dry-clean wood floors

Bruce Floor Cleaner. .

\

new scrubless way to ond linoleum, Qt., 70e¢

Key.Plastic . .

non-slippery floor finish that

dries to a bright, hard surface. Qt. 1.88; &¥ Gal.

Qt. 1,50; Gal, 4.95. Gal, 2.10. 3.78; Gal., 6.95. v N . 1 5 | y Ww & y = > be ed 4 a ood ” joi A Hi M ir hl Ti Tat 8 Nu-Enamel Modein Finish Paint che il A 4: | Woe Te Tavern Paste Wax... For wood, cork, lino freshen furniture, bathroon and kitchen. One el Jui fgets wee lf palates srian. 1 by, 0; Ho “coat covers, no brush marks. Pt. 175: Ot, 2.96; - Bruce Floor ++ + clear, penetrating seal proec Shs.100. Gal, 7.80. a gesect voqd Beare 1:30: Gat. 440. ;

Sgt. Klein quoted Mrs. Daniels as

. Daniels éxplained that the

ho

Leaders | Sct A greater p Indianapolis a convocatior teachers in school gymns ~ Preceding tomorrow, th this morning ) meetings at ‘and high sch The parad pupils will b morrow, with enrollees as: spective builc New high at 1:30 p. have been s¢ of the week while high & a full-time " Thre Parochial ilar schedule among the ° At today’: Carl F. Bra point progr city school s of the schoo “We have gram of reings,” he de to continue and complet school plant “We must construction additions to areas, (2) replacement (3). the ‘cor grade schoc population | one new sct two or thre He: Mr. Bran “as soon as tion of a n He added taken “to n - Ripple anc where the g neecssitated He also the improv conditions, City Scha Stinebaugh teachers ti move forwa “In cons of the pul social chan process of recognize fundaments backward, asserted. “Schools. retool. Ne structional vided as a reconversio! * _ Superinte fused to be ‘ reconversio status quo.

Teach

“Rather, painstaking ' ing our whi cording to propriate wociety ca . efficient. m Dealing “can help and qualit to harmon baugh obse “Just to $ great privi during rect naralled o the school Returnin chool pos servicemen Teagon, ' :oncher; J “r“macist vw,” chie sch . M Toorg vain schoo

i

E Indiana 4-H

«Y

indixnapotls Centra) Y Marine Cor; » World Wa

EVE

Indiana 4-H Junior Chai noon, Hot Indianapolis tion, wom Columbia

MAR

Virgil Dowe ances |

Ward Worle Edison, 3!

Rollo Lee 8 Imogene | James Mes Ruth Mer

Pranks El Haute: It Terre Ha

Nolin Alvir wood, Sa

Boots, Mi Morell Har Findlay, , 86th, Chea ¢ Prank Lun ing, 2929

Jerry H. (C Louise M

James Ker