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cers were talking and shot them, Then, he said, he marched out of the post and surrendered himself to military policemen. The court unanimously found him the late President Roosevelt and by guilty and unless Eisenhower grants army and navy boards under in- |» reprieve he will be shot. ~ Colby wrote his mother recently Barkley said that after studying] SE her to get lawyers working all the reports “I am convinced that “to try to save me.” oe
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struction of
a further searching inquiry should
be made under the authority and Parents Refuse To Believe It
by the direction of congress.” * Reports Confusing He cast no reflections-on tie previous inquiries. But he found their
reports “confusing and conflicting |—Although Pfc. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Colby, have and that to some extent they “con-|neard through the news services
when compared with one another,”
tain contradictions and inconsistencies within themselves.”
Barkley recalled that ever since murder of two officers, they refuse the attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7,/to believe it until official word is 1941, there has been talk of court-|received. “I don’t believe it myself,” Mrs. on the propriety of such action but|Colby said today. pointed out that if conducted they|they (the wire news services) could would deal only with guilt or inno-|get any word ahead of the governcence of persons on specific charges: | ment or the governor,” she said, re-| ment: He said he felt that congress and |ferring to the cablegram Governor the country desires an open, public/Gates sent to Gen. Dwight Eiseninvestigation which would produce nhower. Governor Gates asked for all pos- .. that no effort has been made to|sible leniency for the parents’ sake, shield any person who may haveland sought information as to the been directly or indirectly responsi-| nature of the charge for which Pfc. Calby is to be shot. “There is no criminal on either side of the family clear back,” Mrs. MANILA, Sept. 6 (U. P.).—The|Colby said, discussing the charge hospital ship Oxfordshire arrived against her son. Mr. Colby said he today from Hong Kong with® Aus-|does not know what his next step British and | will be in his fight to save his son. Mr, and Mr.
martial trials, He declined to pass].
all the facts and convince the world
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139,000 JAPS GIVE UP SYDNEY, Austrailia, Sept 6 (U. 1 P).—Corsair fighter planes did vice tory rolls above the flight deck of |at night. the British carrier Glory off Rabaul today as Gen. Hitoshi Ima-
mura signed the formal surrender tice. of 139,000 Japanese ori New Guinea, Colby received a&|New Britain, New Ireland and the|.....ffactured clothing, “foodstuffs, letter from their son last week— |Solomon islands.
«| Quiskng today with a final appeal
"| tomobiles, etc.,
In Tachikawa Area. (Continued From Page One)
similar message, by Clamps on Curfew
clamped a dusk-
a big army air base.
1. All civilians
down to dawn.
3. Bale or other distribution o alcoholic beverages within the dis
tobacco, household furnishings, au
entry of troops.
Americans,
mobile carrying Americans. ors arg liable to be shot at, MacArthur's
Indianapolis * time),
several hours after dawn.
troops and marines, Speed Rescues
. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES President's Message Asks Congress fo Speed ‘Greatest Industrial’ Age of | U. s.
sources if all other methods should
[YANKS TO RAISE FAMOUS FLAG)
MacArthur Puts Curfew On| X.: scaie had become obsolete.”
American occupation = authorities to-dawn curfew | and other restrictive measures with [companied by a plea that congress
The orders, revealed in a Tokyo radio broadcast, may set a pattern |opening with a homey word of reto be followed at least in part in|gret that congressional vacations
No specific reasons were given inthe President acknowledged conthe Tokyo broadcast for thé im-|gress’ freedom of judgment and position of the curfew and other |equal responsibility in many of the prohibitions at Tachikawa where decisions to be reached. eight army units have taken over
The broadcast merely said that| tion policy in which the newcomer the American commander at Tachi-|tq the White House did not back up kawa had issued the following in-| from any earlier commitments. structions to Japanese police in the
are prohibited |of unemployment insurance protecfrom leaving their homes from sun-|tion, which he said now was on too
2. All members of the police de-|sons for too short a time. Specificpartment must wear their regular|ally he asked that’ coverage be exuniforms and must carry lanterns|tended to federal employees, mari-
trict is forbidden until further no-|one year.
4. Acquisition or use of American-
is prohibited with the exception of such items in the
“possession of -the-owners before the! Ha American occupation mum of 52 weeks depending on
5. Those found purchasing or exchanging goods with American sol- tered diers will be sentenced to death or adminis by the state. subjected to 20 years’ imprisonment. 6. All civilians must Tespeck the emphasized that it was not to be
7. Japanese riding any kind of vehicle must not overtake an autoViolat-
headquarters announced that Maj. Gen. Charles P. {Hall's 11th corps of the 8th army i would be. respo sible for taking over legislation to meet the broader ques | thé Tokyo area effective at 12:01], co a. m. Saturday 10:01 a. m. Friday, though troops will not enter the capital until providing “all
At the same time, the 11th corps also will take over that part of the Chiba peninsula, eastern arm of|..4 hardships resul from illness Tokyo .bay, now held by airborne nd pe ng Renewing his urgent request for a “full employment” bill, Mr. Truman sald he wanted early action on “a
Fleet dispatches said papers fordeclaration of the ultimate duty of mobilization situation.”
mally transferring Northern Honshu and the adjoining home island of
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fail to prevent prolonged employ-
be made eligible. He said the 40~|ment”
He recomrepeal of the
Friendly in Tone These recommendations were ac-
soon provide ‘decent wage. scales,”
judicial branches of government. This was a friendly message
had been interrupted. Repeatedly
But it was a broad and insistent statement of Truman administra.
He bluntly demanded an emergency reconversion period expansion
low a standard covering too few per-
time workers and “others not now f|insured” on a maximum basis up -1to $25 for a 26-week period in any
Increase for Veterans
If that request is granted, he said, congress will want. to Increases unemployment allowances already provided for veterans. That scale now is $20 for a maxi-
length: of service. Additional nonveteran compensation would be financed by the government but
The foregoing is a temporary, emergency proposal. Mr, Truman
confused with “the broader question of extending, expanding and improving our -entire social security program of which unemployment insurance is omly a part.” He promised a later message with particular recommenddtions for
Still other messages will propose improvement of the national educational program and recommend “a national health program” Americans” with adequate medical care, The health message also will propose measures to “protect them from financial loss
hensive legislation.
ment,” Mr. Truman said,
penalties ranging up to death on|,. no for its own members. But spread use of substandard housing admin _ |the Tachikawa area, eight miles for I in the executive and |indicate vital unfilled needs of the hablitation Stratgn, , the first they had heard from him}. o¢ Tokyo. Colby’s parents,|since May—in which he said he we|had been told by his chaplain to tell them he was sentenced to be that. their son is charged With the nr © “ore them £0 get a 12%) ie ocoupation of Tokyo itself The parents enlisted the aid of Rep. Forrest A. Harness, fiftlr district representative, and Governor Mr. Harness and Rep. Louis 11th district representative, both sought information on the case through the war departPresident Truman -asked information on it Tuesday. After the letter was received last : week, Geetingsville residents held |2red: prayer services, for “the soldier,
nation.”
not fear the future. Blighted Slum Areas
made of private capital.
enterprise.”
ment which homes must have.
come.
cheaper methods,
Volunteer Inducements
enlistments,
inclusive,
the governmenf to use its own rewi
But he Teaned heavily on private which splits the Democratic party For congressmen he. urgtd a|enterprise and investment to keep|wide open, north and south. whooping salary increase from $10,-| the pump primed, especially on a 000 to $20,000 a year, and Sug-{housing program of “realistic size”|tion of seven major requests for ap-
gested a retirement plan for long|toward which he will seek compre-|propriations now or later, a score mander in the Philippines, to the|gsongressional service. Annapolis naval academy with amended, however, “he largest single opportunity|promises of messages to come on $2500 expense account which the for the rapid post-war expansidh pletely cut off imports of ricece
“| house voted itse of |other subjects, house voted itself this year. ——
Tprivate - investment and -Sploy-. Appropriation Requests “" es the field of housing, both urban and
rrual. The present shortage of de- to y pped by $1,900,000,000 sought for unded, 4,470 sl inclu cent homes and the enforced wide | “ty ioo 4 Nations relief and re- wounde 000 sick, ding
A “vast backlog of orders” for|gynited Sta all kids of goods, and joint federal|s 4pie Blais SpIOymEnt ory jee 160,278. and private financing of a multi- $500,000,000 in im ded billion-dollar housing-slum clear- lease funds available to the-Com-ance program, were basic in Mr.
Truman's confidence that we need |tinuing basis for support of agri- Se dishonar.” & Japanese
He proposed that federal and local |government $1,600,000,000; governments join their funds in {000 to continue construction on the remaking the blighted slum areas,|inter-American highway - through but that the “maximum use” be|Central America to the Canal Zone;
He said that the fundamental and lool governments for public rinciple of new housing legisla | Works; Pin De be that SE con. | Where necessary to construct hosstruction and financing for the overwhelming majority of our cit-
amir" >" AIATION- BOARD
The President foresaw construction of 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 new homes in the next 10 years. representing a private investment of 330,000 900,500 37000000, ald and useless” the county aviation employment of millions of work- 3 ers. They would be not only con- board will proceed in the next few | Hiroshima, where a single atomie struction workers, who build and fit |48Y8 to study local needs. homes, but the additional millions who make the furniture and equip- | Indianapolis Assessment and Tax|!eft 359,000 homeless.
To-speed the housing boom, the [challenged the right of Addison J. second atomic bomb, 31,501 person: President pledged government facil- |Party, county council president, to| Fore killed, -51,580 were wounded ities to maintain moderate financ- [serve on the newly-appointed board. ing terms for persons of low in-|He sald he was considering court 204,960 were left homeless. _He proposed federal stimu-|action to remové Mr. Parry, #2 lation of research for better and housing materials and| Herrington, Indianapolis industrial during the war exceeded by 1420,
Mr, Truman stood pat for con-|crats and Irving Fauvre, attorney
tinued induction of young men Into |ang chairman of both the Indian. |Asiatic ports and new ship con the armed services to relieve vet-
erans who have done their part. .ountv.ei oint airport But he asked congress to provide nn : Te suitable inducements to volunteer |pairy are Republicans,
Until volunteer enlistments meet| Emmert already. had ruled that a {Losses in the 1943 fiscal year wer armed service needs Mr. Truman| member of the aviation board also listed as 625 ships totalling 3.440, proposed continued inductions of|ihay be a counciiman and pass on|000 tons. ; men between the ages of 18 and 25,| appropriation measures concerning Their term of service|the board. would be limited to two years. He pledged that tongress do not arbi-|board is “unnecessary and useless |said trarily terminate the selective serv-|because the city’s airports are adefce act. That would compel dis-|quate to handle local charge of all inductees within six|needs.” months, which the President sald] would “create an impossible de-|voted to include in the 1946 budget afloat at the end of the war,
He again asked congress to cre-
ate- a permanent fair employment|
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marily affecting Negroes and. one| Terrific Losses asses Revealed in ‘Report to Diet. (Continued From Page One).
Japanese ships totalling 7,800, tons and by blockade had coms
The long message was a combina~
of legislative proposals and several
Japan’s main staple food—by 1944, “I “The enemy broadcast divided th The requests for appropriations|war casualties as follows: or release of impounded funds were| ARMY — 310,000 killed, 146,000
40,000 who subsequently died. Total,
‘Others included: An increase of $10,000,000 for the|srom sickness, 1483 missing. Totdl,
CIVILIANS=211,309 killed, 313,041 lend- | wounded. Total, 534,350. tt About 65 per cent of army modity Credit Corp, On a con-|gead-—200, 000 men—* “preferred death cultural prices; a three-year high-|gaid. He presumably referred to way program to cost the federal| japanese who killed themselves $25,000, | rather than surrender, Not Complete The navy dead included 2065 members of suicide corps, he sald, Neither army nor navy casualties were complete, the spokesman added, Tokyo sald the latest air raid casualty list represented an ide crease of 130,000 dead and wounded ‘over figures announced Aug. 23. An | additional 8,045,094 persons were rendered homeless, the broadcast said. ; IGNORES CRITICISM Tokyo suffered worst with 88250 dead, 61306 wounded, 851166 Despite criticism as “unnecessary | 'Ouses destroyed and 2,578,150 homeless. Close behind, Tokyo said was
grants of unspecified sums to state and unspecified grants
pitals and health centers,
bomb killed 49,921 persons, wounded Frank J. Murray, director of the |58,839, destroyed 95,531 houses and At Nagasaki, devastated by the
Research association, yesterday
33,360 homes were destroyed, anc
Ship Losses High Other board members are Arthur| Japan's merchant ship losséc ist, and I. J. (Nish) Dienhart, C, A.[000 tons the size of her enti A, employee and former municipal | merchant fleet at the outbreak o airport superintendent, both Demo- | the war, Tokyo conceded. . Ships seized from the allies #1
apolis chamber of commerce and |Struction fell far behind th survey losses, the broadcast said. 3 Mr, Fauvre and Mr.| -During the 1044 fiscal year alone Tokyo said, 865 Japanese ships to Mr, Parry said Atty. Gen. James |talling 3,230,000 tons were lost
Between April and July of thi year alone, another 405 ships to Mr. Murray said the aviation tailing 79,000 tons were sunk, Toky? : aviation ously announced naval losses © The county council yesterday|Though 533
an item of $24,000 to launch the new broadcast said few were sea board’s activities.
Hokkaido to American control would be signed aboard Vice Adm. Frank J. Fletcher's flagship Panamint on Sunday. Fletcher, North Pacific fleet com- * {mander, told newsmen aboard the Panamint that one of his most urgent tasks would be the liberation of an estimated 3000 allied prisoners from camps in the rich land comparatively undamaged areas of northern Japan. Okinawa dispatches reported that Gen. . Joseph W. Stilwell, commander of the 10th army, had ordered Japanese commanders in the|. Ryukyu island chain, stretching from southern Japan to Formosa, to go to Okinawa Friday prepared to surrender their islands.
INDIANA SEAMEN AMONG CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (U, P.)— The navy department announced today the names of 180 casualties of the navy, marine corps and coast guard, The list also igcluded the names of men whose casualty status has been changed officially. Indiana men listed as dead included: Seaman 1-C Waldo Clifton Brittain, USNR, previously reported missing, Winslow. Seaman 2-C Owen Junior Davis, USNR, previously reported missing, Evansville, Indiapa men included: - Seaman 2-C Homer Irvin Amick, USNR, Marysville. Seaman 1-C Prentice William’ Hopper, USNR, Winslow. Gunner's Mate 3-C Howard James Mankin, USNR, Evansville, Seaman 1-C Richard Leon Minot, USNR, Monticello, Seaman 2-C Robert Fred Pitman, USNR, Logansport, Fireman 2-C Homer Leroy Smith, USNR, Mishawaka. Seaman 2-C Robert Wayne Terry, USNR, Hartford City.
RITES SATURDAY FOR MARY ESSIE KELLUM
4 Services for Miss Mary Essie Kellum of Lansing, Mich., who died today at the home of her sister, Mrs, Edgar Zimmerman, of Southport, will be held in Lansing Saturday. The body will be at J. C. Wilson Chapel of Chimes from 6 to 10 p. m. tonight, uf Mrs. Kellum was born in Hendrciks county, Ind. Survivors besides Mrs. Zimmerman, are two other sisters, Mrs, Luzena Bewley and Mrs. Cora Dickerson, both of Long Beach, Cal. ~ .
QUISLING CLOSES DEFENSE OSLO, Sept. 6 (U. P.).—~The defense closed its case for Vidkun
listed as missing
to the court to acquit the former Norwegian puppet ruler or let him off with a light prison sentence. Quisling ‘wept throughout the sum-
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