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I Don't Suicide,’ Shinada; ~ Sneak Attack Engineer, Says
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CORRESPONDENTS present _ were Keith Wheeler of the Chicago Times, Norman Soong of the Chinese Central News Agency, “William 8” Dickinson and myself |
We waited with the army men after Kraus agreed to give Shimada the required 15 minutes. While we waited we could hear. the sounds of dinner being Our interpreter disappeared along a rear walk and réported upon his return that the admiral had attired himself in a bjue kimono, presumably for
rr THERE was some speculation that Shimada might attempt formal hara-kiri with the traditional short sword. When the 15 minutes expired, Kraus sent the Nisei interpreter into the house to order the admiral to present himself in
The admiral came at 4:50, clad in a new but.cheap simple green uniform, still wrinkled from the tailor's box. He wore a shirt of a subdued green tone to match. He spoke in Japanese to the interpreter who told Kraus: “He asks who is the highest tanking officer here.”
a » 8 KRAUS identified himself. The admiral spoke again in Japanese.
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‘1 interrupted him with: “I understand you speak Eng-
lish, Admiral.” ‘Shimada Arrested: Black
“A little,” he admitted. Then: he asked to see Kraus’ identification card which ‘ was. patiently presented. Shimada resumed speaking in
“Tell him to get his shoes on
HoLD 0 PEARL HARBOR LI LEADER In Store Robbery Attempt. IN BIBLE CLASS
(Continued From Page One) were. being Investigated. Leroy Stuckey, 26, of Springfield! when 1 saw a man stumble Qut of 5 Oy ni daze pe geld. the store and fall face down on the | station at 5:30 this morning. Police Dragons Banned. sidewalk. Then he turned over and | said he might have been slugged ‘Isat up. I saw nobody sunning and slated him on a charge of
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\East Side Grocer Murdered
A RATA eee ASAT
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A woman clerk at the Park Three men and two 17-year-old _ |Philippines army, also had shot| Drug store on KE Washington st h Japanese and Kraus told the in himself to death, though the news!and Grant ave. said earlier in the, charg pig ured Saganey erpre was suppressed by imperial head-| morning she had seen three men yg of john Land, 27, of 2110 Cen-
quarters. hanging around the outside of the peal a: ag get | gong, Tell him to quit Tanaka, a belligerent militarist,| grocery store. ju. ve. oh last night at 16th and # xu Succeeded Lt. Gen, Masaharu Hom-| - George Welch, 4016 E. Washing '1and was beaten and kicked by
THE cagy Shimada did Dot li 0 wag army commander in east‘need to Wait for that to be trans | japan He was a member of
lated. Placing his hand on |, qyi0 clique and was reported to
Kraus' arm, he said laughingly: |,..0 acked mutual friends to tell west on E. Washington. It con-
ma as Philippines commander. Helton st, said he was on a street car| y hi e 0 shortly after the time of the murder ee pan oily woh Sgn ae Rotieed ne Sn to City -hospital after he- tried to ve at a high rale of Speed ,q.qne from a police ambulance.
* “Be quiet. I don't suicide” [mui that “shooting is the best way| tained thre men. The admiral called an order to | (tor a soldier” . Third Man in Car the rear of the house. One of his | gg¢ john A. Archinal of Allen-
three daughters—barefooted and |town, Pa. & six-foot mess sergeant Detectives theorize that if there,
pigtailed — brought his shoes
with the 98th hospital, volunteered| Were three men lan the holdup, one|
which he slipped on over his blue |, oie the direct blood transfusion|of them actually shot the grocer,
silk stockings. His wife brought a small tan leather suitcase about the size of a large dispatch box. Another daughter appeared and the two girls and their mother formed a semi-circle, kneeling | behind Shimada. The girls wept | silently as all touched their | heads reverently to the mat. | » - ” t AFTER speaking briefly to his family, the admiral marched stright ahead with Kraus into the quiet wall-bordered lane, turned toward the first jeep in the parade and seated himself—at Kraus’ direction—next to the driver. Kraus entered the rear. The admiral’'s eyes were noticeably moist as the cavalcade left promptly at 5 p. m. for the headquarters of “Gen. Thorpe, commanding the counter intelli. gence corps in Yokohama. I felt sorry for the quietly sor-
thought of the families in the United States on Dec, 7, 1941, who were bereaved by his conception of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. . 2 #" » SHIMADA was minister of the navy at the war's start and a member of the Tojo clique. He reportedly was not popular with’ other naval officers. Most of them opposed the alll ance with Germany and Italy on
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a poor public speaker. Graduated | .oiive custody at Odawara, a re- home several weeks ago. Mrs. Alice
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plunge Japan into war with more Japanese fleet was intended to The admiral was described as
from the Japanese naval academy, he was naval attache in Italy
that supplemented Tojo's treatment while the second stayed at the door with plasma and penicillin. and the third at the wheel of the!
Earlier Tojo had pleaded with | American doctors to let him die. But wife, Thelma; a 13-year-old son,
closed and ankles’ crossed on the
coursed into his veins.
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NSTy BetiE ved were | vie MP: foot patrols tr Intariap-|-
Counter-intelligence headquarters, would protect civilians in emergency
ing war criminals had been rounded | they will step in just as would any up in addition to Tojo, Shimada citizen of the United States,” the and Streeter: colonel explained. Maj. Charles H, Cousens, Aus- Military police foot patrols will be tralian army officer and former|almost doubled by the addition of Sydney radio announcer, who al-{the Camp Atterbury personnel. As legedly broadcast over Japanese many as 24 men will be on duty
Jorge B. Vargas, former puppet and night. Filipino ambassador to Japan. His Meanwhile, city police continued
‘19, also were arrested. for the sluggings. Henrich Stahmer, German am-| Mrs. Dorothy A. Steck was at|bassador to Japan, placed in pro- tacked and fatally beaten at her
sort area south of Yokohama. Hamilton was assaulted at her Others Sought home, 3002 Winthrop ave. last
" » “
Still sought were members of
A stations. downtown during parts of the day to send high point men
home. : Told by Senator Chapman Revers | two sons, Eduardo, 21, and Gregorio, their search for persons responsible| oy), (R, W. Va). that he had, heard of cases of 85-point men] being kept .idle “for many weeks,” | after return to this country,. terson replied: “There must have been a blunder down the line somewhere. Thursday, me those cases and I'll see to it
BY SENATE GROUP
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tomobile. Pleaded ie Die oe Raeber Is survived by | 00000 during the same . period,” Johnson said senators are getting he rested comfortably with eyes William Jr, and the baby, Mary | complaints from men in uniform, ge. who have sufficient points for dishospital bed as Archinal's blood Meanwhile, the arrival of the | charge and who are sitting around military police came after MAyor| jie for months with no progress “I ‘did this" Archinal explained|Tyndall had requested aid fromipeng made toward their release. to newsmen, “so that he can get|Ma) Gen. James L. Collins, com-| patterson said that in global warwhat's coming to him and to make|mandicg general of the 5th service go. it would be “truly remarkable” him suffer for making me spend 21|command at Columbus. lit there were no dislocations. months in New Guinea, Morotal and Numerous cases of servicemen and | Johnson suggested that congress the Philippines.” discharged veterans being slugged | got up a special agency to “watch He said he believed Tojo had|and robbed is belleved fo have oye used a revolver taken frum a|Prompted Maj. Gen. Collins to ac-| gram, downed American airman in the| cede to the mayor's request. |” Patterson objected that it would| suicide attempt. It was 8-32 caliber| Col. Henry Tisdale, Ft. Harrison pe «harmful Colt bearing the serial number| commandant who will supervise the johnson said earlier he wanted 535330 which Eichelberger said | emergency patrol, stressed that the| (he army and navy to explain the appeared too high to have been M. P's are here primarily to oro-| number of men needed for the ocof pre-war manufacture, tect servicemen and discharged vet-| . nation armies. He added that he Assumed wanted to examine the separation Tojo Jad assumed full responsi- ~ Patrols Increased machinery which he blamed for the Jt. for r the Pacific war! “We are. adding temporarily to demobilization delay. terday | olis primarily for th tection of WHI Ha ds a EE trea I y for the pro n of | " after putting a bullet through hisithe armed forces,” said Col. Tine | Scuuire a by Seastor Yossi D. chest. ‘As premier, he had ordered dale, {denied that the war department the sneak attack on’ Pearl" Harbor| He added that the military police might have .been concerned with meantime, revealed that the follow={cases, “If they see anything wrong, is o post. was PE re point system, Patterson added that the war department was “forbidden by law” to keep men in the army when they are not needed or not being used. He sald that an order was Issued in
' the army demobilization pro=
rquiring overseas
WHEN Tojo was forced out of | T0198 * ‘Pearl Harbor” cabinet, Jap-| Also under investigation was the|iy.¢ they get out.”
| his quasi-dictatorship . last July |
after the loss of Saipan, Shimada was forced to resign, too, because of his close association with the former premier.
.| Reports said that Shimada was
rebuked by Emperor Hirohito in January when the Ise shrine to the sun goddess, for which the admiral had assumed responsibil ity, was damaged by bombs. The admiral’s own home in the {| Shibuya district was burned by incendiary bombs and he moved to his present modest quarters in April. His last public post was that of supreme war councillor. He resigned at his own request last Jan. 20.
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MILITARY TRIBUNAL
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as alternate to Biddle on the international tribunal, This seemed to remove Parker from consideration for a United States supreme court vacancy. When asked whether Parker was | under consideration for the high court, as had been persistently reported, the President would not an‘swer. Other appointments announced
{today by the President, all subject
to senate confirmation: Harrington Wimberly of Altus, Okla., to succeed Basil Manley a member of the federal power commission. Manley's resignation is effective Oct. 1. Richard Sachse, presently a member of the California railway commission, to succeed John W. Scott on the federal power commission. Gael E. Sullivan of Chicago to be second assistant postmaster general, succeeding Smith Purdum, Mr. Truman said that he still has
filling of the supreme court vacancy occasioned by the recent retirement of Justice Owen W. Roberts, but he expected to make an announce
appointment of a new solicitor general,
has been the most frequently mentioned name fot this job.
AMBULANCE Bindi
under consideration men for We RITES TO BE HELD FOR school without
ment within a few days about the will be held at 9 a. m. Saturday in
Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia|He Was killed Sept. 8 in an auto-
ianese army Officers and prison death of an unidentified man at ‘guards accused of atrocities, and as- City hospital early today, The
sorted Burmese, Siamese and Fili- man, who was found in the yard] The committee wanted to hear | {pino collaborators. of a W. 16th pl. home las} Satur-|from the very highest authorities, | Japanese sources said Tojo had day, died withoyt recovering con-|starting with Gen. George C. Mar- | been nervous and depressed re. |SClousness. shall, army chief of staff. Senator cently because of repeated urgings| At first the man was belleved to| Lister Hill (D. Ala), on the part of his military col-|be a slugging victim but later in-| member, leagues to commit hara-kiri as the|vestigations have led police to be-|that Marshall was out of town and only honorable course remaining lieve he was struck by a train or|Wwould be represented by qualified for him. : car, army officials, Tojo was reported to have told Items Strewn Along Track Others invited to attend—if not to testify--were Secretary of War Articles apparently from his|Henry L. Stimson and Secretary inal and was waiting until he could pocket and his shoes were found of the Navy James V. Forrestal. “explain fully in court why Japan along the Belt railroad near the Committee members defending had to start this war.” yard where the man was found.|the army reported there were 4300 “It's very easy to die and I have Poliee sald he ay have walked| discharges on Aug. 14 and 11,900 had sufficient and good opportu-| 0 4 Jain and dragged himself |on Sept. 8. They predicted the disnities, but I desire the world to know use, charge figure would reach 22,000 or the reason the war had to be,” The man, believed to be in his more dally but were unable to say Tojo was quoted as saying. late 40's, was shabbily dressed and when. These sources sought to reconcile{h8d no identification in his bill-| “We want 22,000 a day right now, | Tojo’s earlier reluctance to commit |f0ld. A notebook which he had|not some time in the future” oblsuicide and the actual shooting in his pocket was blank except for|jected Senator Burnet R. Maybank yesterday by explaining that he felt|® large "“X” on the first page. (D. 8 C), a committee member, ‘he would lose face by surrendering! A fight which was heard in the “The army simply isn't getting the ‘to a mere major, the highest rank- neighborhood the same night the ™€N discharged fast enough and we
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his colleagues that he expected to be brought to trial as a war crim-
Want Policies Explained
ing officer sent to arrest him. 'man was injured was found to have Want to know why.”
Meantime, American troops con- no connection ‘with the case, detec-| {tinued to pour ashore in the Tokyo (tives said. Blood on the porch of}
{the 81st division has been sched-|police today to be the result of a
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and 9th corps headquarters forces will land at Otaru on Hokkaido, northernmost of the Japanese home
1,000,000 officers, men and civilian workers of the Japanese navy had
other 500,000 remain to be mustered out of service.
call, a former Indianapolis resident,
Holy Cross Catholic church, Burial will follow at Holy Cross cemetery.
mobile accident near Long Beach, Cal, Mr, Mescall, who was 32, was the gon of Mr, and Mrs, John Mescall, 1528 Marlowe ave. He was an electric welder at the navy shipyards at San Pedro, Cal, having maved to California about four years ago. Survivors besides the parents are his wife, Mildred, of Surfside, Cal.; four children, Louella, Jennie, Judith and Richard Jr; two sisters, Mys. Willard Williamson; of Indianapolis,
James, both Indianapolis residents.
islands. i x i Japanese sources sald more than °
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Asked by the defense what he] ding thought of the truth of the state- beet Killing Boots, acd »
ment, “there are no atheists in fox-| ' holes,” Cromwell said he had never| foxhole ‘so he didn’t
Cromwell sent a gasp through the courttoom when he asserted flatly ty rev upon the innocence and that he didn’t believe in God. Quizzed as to Belief
The elderly, slightly stooped wit-| ness was asked by Landon L. Chap-
credulity of the masses" “1 do," was the reply.
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Sarded ie sory ot Agast and vey, intervening petition was filed,| resentative who arrived from violation of natural law”
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