Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1945 — Page 2

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GEISHA GIRLS ARE EVICTED

House Taken Over for Army "Headquarters. By WILLIAM McGAFFT

Times Foreign Correspondent ? YOKOHAMA, Sept. 1 (Delaged)— One geisha house of this Seaport bity, world-famed for its beauty, failed to open at 1 o'clock this afternoon asthe Japanese man-~ agement had] planned.

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moving men, ant- : like,” were busily] ~ | emptying the at-| = tractive four-story «© concrete building] . to make way for the 8th army, Mr. McGaffin which has requi-| sitioned it for use either as an of-| fice building or a hospital. Just which will be decided after| 8th army surgeon Brig. Gen. George | W. Rice, Cumberland, Md., has had | a chance to inspect it. | The Japanese syndicate which | runs the place, known as the “Five| Paradises,” remains undaunted. It) is merely moving to another build- | ing about a.mile from the requi-| sitioned one-—which, incidentally, Is only four blocks from Gen. Douglas | MacArthur's general headquarters, in one of the best parts of town. Curfew at Dark The “Five Paradises” has been permitted to operate from 1 p. m.| until twilight, a curfew being ‘im-| posed after dark, partly because of | the shortage of electric lights In| heavily bombed Yokohama. Entertainers -— supposed to total} 150-—-have been elegantly costumed, | to judge from the huge piles. of ki, monos and silk pajamas I saw being moved today from the softmatted rooms. Guards from the 11th airborne division, who are

trolling the building, looked on curiously as the chattering Japs moved | away with handcarts and horsepulled drays. The Japs say the price of visiting! the geisha house will be 10 yen—$1| at the rate set when occupation] currency was passed out to the, troops in exchange for their American currency. Saki, Japanese beer and tea may be had. Visitors wil be compelled to jeave | their shoes outside, ‘Whether the geisha girls will, like their Tokyo sisters, possess the additional talents of singing and dancing in the centuries-old geisha tradition is doubtful, according to some local half-caste Portuguese wiseacres to whom we have talked. Houses Not Condoned Gen. Rice said that the 8th army's | policy 18 not to condone geisha houses, “We intend to have notliing to do| with them, either as to tnspecting| the girls or registering visitors,” he! sald. “Whether American soldiers will be allowed to visit the houses will be left up to the local Ameri- |

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where a given house is located,” he! added. Guards of the 11th airborne di-! vision, who are standing watch out- | side both the evacuated “Five Paradises” building apd the one to! which it is moving—where, inci-| dentally, the matron is a Scots-woman-—sald that they had orders from the present local commander! - to admit any Americans desiring | entrance. But the 1st cavalry division is taking over from the 11th airborne, | Avhich is moving on to & new assignment. What decision the new local commander will make is not yet known, | Gen. Rice said: “If the local commander decides to let our troops | visit the house we will watch the! health records of the troops and! if they start to deteriorate you can be sure we will close the house! quickly.”

LAUD HORSES ROLE | IN FOOD PRODUCTION

Horses have furnished the power for a large part of the increase in wartime food production | The horse-population in Indiana | is decreasing, Purdue university agricultural statisticians report Even so, the 231,000 horses and 34,000 mules owned by Indiana farmers did an estimated 30 per | cent of the work on farms of the | state in 1044, The remaining 70 per cent, of course, was accomplished through machinery. Dr. T. A. Sigler, veterinarian of | Greencastle, predicts that the draft | horsé trade will pick up quickly, | now that the peace is heré, in spite | of the present decrease in horse! production on farms. Dr. Sigler, | who Is past president of the Amidri- | can Veterinary Medical association said that “only about 45 per cent of all American farms are depend. ent upon mechanical power alone. Horses and mules do all the work on 53 per cent of American farms and part of the work on 18 per cent of the farms where tractors are

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LOCAL SOLDIER WINS MERITORIOUS AWARD

Plc, Carl L. Francis of Indianapolls has been awarded a meri-| -torfous unit citation badge sccord-| ing to an announcement made by | ‘Col. O, P, Carlson, commanding | officer of the Guam air depot. | iE Pfc. Francis recently received a bronze service star for participa. | tion in the Marianas island campaign. He is an airplane and engine mechanic, who was inducted into the servite in March, 1043, “and ar. rived at Guam with an airplane repair squadron in November, 1044. He holds a pilot's rating and js a ~ grocer in civilian fe; Mis. Marjorie * Howard Francis i wite, ol at 122% Lexington |

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