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| What Are Police Doing?
An alarmed Indianapolis, aroused over the crime wave, keeps the switchboard busy at police headquarters, On midnight duty is Oper-
ator Mrs. Lucile Mays,
By DONNA MIKELS “What's the police force doing?” That's the question that's popping up in every corner of Indianapolls today as murders, brutal attacks and sluggings become as common as petty thefts. I don’t know what the force was doing when the wave of violence started. I don't know what
N. Y. GOES ALL OUT TO GREET BATAAN HERO
Gen. Wainwright Gets Big City’s Full-Dress Welcome.
BULLETIN NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (U. P.)— Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright— his leathery face set with a bright grin—rode through a jungle of tickér tape and confetti among the skyscrapers of New York today, He fold cheering thousands at city. hall that the sacrifice of the men of Bataan “will have been in vain if we ever allow this nation to grow indifferent to danger again.” Gen, Wainwright accepted the city’s honorary citizenship from Mayor F. H. La Guardia, who summed up the thoughts of 350,000 persons massed in city hall .plaza when he said: ; “Whenever the good Lord will want to make a better man, he'll use Gen. Wainwright as a model. He typifies the strength of ouf country, the endurance of our people, and the courage of the American soldier.”
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (U. P)— Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, who suffered the nations gravest military defeat, arrived today to receive the accolade the big town reserves for the nation's most honored heroes. The gaunt defender of Bataan and Corregidor, wearing a medal of honor he received from President rumah, smiled = broadly * as he tepp d
to the plane and exclaimed “Wel~ {come to New York” as he shook the general's hand. Accomphnied by the mayor, Wainwright saluted and reviewed a guard of honor of 200 military police from Ft. Jay. His plane had landed at 10:54 a. m. (E.W.T) | {from Washingtori, and the general, “this wife, Kitty, and their party started almost immediately on a round of activities which were one
SEERA lot er discharge
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1945
Entered as ‘Second-Class Matter at PostoMce Tadianapelis, 9, Ind. Yssued dally except Sunday
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Girl Reporter Rides Prowl Cars To Learn
factors allowed it to grow to such extensive proportions. But I do know from first hand observation that the force is burned up and they're working like fury to combat crime with every weapon at their disposal, There's little doubt that the underworld has walked rough shod over law and order in the last few weeks. I think police know it too,
and it's spurred them to work themselves into a well co-ordinated machine. They're striving for absolute unity and swift action. I rode with the prowl cars for eight hours last night and today and if the smooth “graveyard shift” operating I saw is any indication the crime boys have had their day I rode with them through In-
New Arrival at Stout Field Base
Mrs. Virginia Cochran, Lawrence, first discharged military woms~
an to enter Stout field's base hospi
tal, hold her day-old daughter, Lois
Eileen, first child born at the hospital.
Ex-W AC's Baby First Child Born At Army Hospital
THE NEW obstetrical ward at Stout field's * base hospital recorded its first birth yesterday. The little arrival is healthy, six - and ~- three - quarters - pound Lois ' Eileen Cochran, whose mother, Mrs, Virginia Cochran, Lawrence, is a discharged WAC. Mrs. Cochran is the first dis« charged military woman to be admitted as a patient at the field's hospital. She was a WAC ambulance driver at Pt. Harrison
FATHER : "ot "the baby, Pvi. Thomas R.~ A%"a patient at Billings general hospital. He received two broken legs in a motorcycle accident while he was on furlough. The maternity service at Stout field is available to dependents of military personnel stationed at Stout field- and at the army air force specialized depot at the state fairgrounds.
Loses $1860 in
JAP ON CRIME LIST IS OUSTED
Nips Replace Propaganda Minister Ogata.
By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Sept. 13.—Japan ousted Taketora Ogata, first and so far the only memper of the present cabinet to be named a war crim-| inal, as propaganda minister today
me ads {gh on Tow hours after Gen. Douglas MacAr=
thur lsted Ogata as one of seven leaders of the notorious, militaristic Black Dragon society wanted for trial. Japanese sources sald two other leaders listed were dead. Kawai Is Sworn In
The Japanese announcement indicated that Ogata was retaining for the present his concurrent post as chief secretary of the cabinet. Japanese sources earlier denied ‘that Ogata ever had been connected with the Black Dragon society.
| hower in Germany and Gen. Doug-
dianapolis’ seamy sides and | through the sedate residential districts, I saw them work just as fiercely on a minor crime attempt as they did on a bigtime robbery, They're watching, waiting, for the first little clue that may transform the tangled jumble of crimes into a routine down-the-line investigation.
CLASH ON RATE OF DISCHARGE; SEEK SPEEDUP
Army Personnel Chief Says! 400,000 Per Month Being Released.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13: (U, P). —S8enator Edwin C. Johnson (D. Colo.) today clashed with Maj, Gen. Stephen G. Henry, chief of army personnel, on the need for an army | of 2,500,000 men by next July 1. Gen, Henry said congress could change the figure if it chose, but would have to accept responsibility for reducing American-power in occupied nations. The clash came after Henry testified before the senate military affairs committee that the demobilization rate is double what the army expected at the time of the Jap-| anese surrender. Henry said the rate will continue to accelerate until the army has been cut down to 2,500,000 men by next July 1. The force at that time will include approximately 500,000 irt Europe, 900,000 in the Pacific and 1,100,000 supporting units in the continental United States. Submitted by Generals
Johnson said he was “encouraged” by the demobilization figures but questioned the need for 500,000 in Europe, 900,000 in the Pacific and 1,100,000 at home. Henry said they were the minimum figures for occupation forces submitted by Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
(Jas MacArthur in the Pacific,
“Bisenhower is not very happy {about the prospects of a cold and | hungry Germany next winter,” hel aa ~demabil a ea and Beas a force at Guam and other Pacific fore Questioned on Policy Johnson also questioned Henry on the need for keeping men in idleness at army camps, “cutting grass with bayonets, and picking up cigaret butts, and taking basic training all over again.” He suggested that men awaiting discharge be granted furloughs. Henry replied that army policy on men who are marking time, either waiting for discharge or shipment
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I rode with'a specialized homicide squad as they peered con= stantly out the window. They weren't proud. They looked for stolen cars, runaway boys, peep= ing Toms -- anything that came over the radio was their meat. The car I was in, with Detec~ tives Bob Reilly and Bill O'Rourke, was cruising about 1600 N. Illinois
when the radio reported a fracas at 22d and Illinois st. : 1 wasn't surprised that we were Johnnie-on-the-spot. That was’ luck: But it did give me a joit when 1 looked around to see two squad cars unloading less (lan four minutes after our arrival. It turned out to be nothing. An
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TWO SLUGGED;
NO LETUP HERE IN CRIME WAV
Orville Wright . , . robbed,
slugged and thrown from a car.
Nightwatchman Clemens Ben-
ner , . . slugged as he worked,
Police Find New Lead In Holdup Slaying Of Grocer.
City police today plunged into an intensive investi ition of two unsolved murdets, two new major sluggings and a series of violent crimes of almost every description. Despite increased police patrols, crime reports over the past 24 hours showed no letup in the wave of lawlessness sweeping the city. estimate of more than 20 crimes which require investigation @e= curred last night and early toda) The only bright spot in the vestigation was the developmen two “leads” to the identity of slayer of William E. Raeber, Eas side grocer, who was fatally shot in an attempted holdup yesterday, Watchman Slugged Meanwhile, Clemens A. Benner, might watchman at. the Gliddens Feed Co., 1160 W, 18th st, who was brutally slugged at work last night, was in Aa" critical condition Methodist hospital. : Another new slugging victim, Ot» ville Wright, 37, of 602 Lincoln st, = was found beaters and robbed near Jnding lake sasly this morning. He is suffering head and stomach in
juries at City hospital
(tacked and fatally :
SHOE RATIONING END IS SEEN BY OCT. 15
rear of her several’ The search of the man whe inally attacked Mrs, Alice Hi 0 at her home last week also was’ a standstill, z
Bullet Through Heart Police now believe that Raeber was killed as he struggled with
OPA and WPB Get Together holdup man for possession of &
On Discontinuance.
Powder burns on his hand indies that the gun discharged as he held onto it,
WASHINGTON, Sept: 13 (U, P). Ballisie ests showed that the 38-caliber bullet was fired from & y d » i ~The end of shoe Talioning is now revolver or automatic. It hit his expected before Oct. 15. hand, entered a little to the. right There was an argument between |,s ine central chest, pierced the tip the war production board's office of
of the most moving rites in New York's history.
Through ‘Heroes Canyon’ Leaning on his cane, Wainwright
H B / Named to succeed him as propaganda minister — also. known ' as ome urg ary president of the information board —~was Tatsuo Kawai, a career diplomat who was minister to Aus-
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Detectives ‘cruise through the night, get the messages on the short wave and speed to the scene of the crime, Here are Detectives
Henry Krause (left) and Russell Wise. CUTTING through a screen
Two Pupils’ Legs
LABOR DISPUTES SPREAD IN STATE
Kingan’s. Workers Return To Work Tomorrow. (Radio Strike Story, Page 23)
As 100 Kingan X Co. meat packing employees prepare to return fo work tomorrow after a two-day work stoppage, other labor disputes over the state d--attention,. . At a meeting yesterday in the of - fice of Burrell Wright, attorney for Kingan’s, union and company officials agreed to submit to arbitration the dispute over the discharge Monday of three employees. “There is no quarrel between the company and the union,” Howard Greer, Kingan's general manager, said this morning. Mr, Greer expressed hope that all employees would return to work. tomorrow morning. Otto ¥F. Suhr, state labor coneiliator, said this morning that the union would have instructed employees to go back to work this
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TIMES INDEX
. i Amusements... 24; Ruth Millett.. 1 Eddie Ash ... 26|Edw. Morgan. , 18 Prank Aston.. 20| Movies 2% 31|Obituaries ... 12 Dr. O'Brien... 19 Radio 30 Ration Dates . 13 Mrs. Roosevelt 19
walked to an open car and stood waving in the back seat, accompa~
BRITISH CONSULATE nied by the mayor, as he moved PICKETED BY RABBI off at the head of a 20-car caval-
cade which began moving at march LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (U, P.).|pace down Manhattan's East Side
—Picketed by 75-year-old Rabbijand through the traditional downMosés Bergman, the British con- Jown “Hero's - Canyon” to City sulate in Los Angeles was searching a : today for a letter the rabbi wrote a i i eyed om the ng th at Palestine be gpened 10.) .4 "straightened to attention for Bearded Rabbi Bergman yester-|'D® Playing of “The General's day carried back and forth before March.” Part of the crowd along the consulate a heavy home-made{iD® Pron broke through police sign picturing a weary Jewish sol- lines and moved toward the plane.
: Mrs. Wainwright wore the small dier and the ‘legend, “They are all going home. Where shall 1 go?" fuchsia hat she had worn to Wash-
Rabbi Ber 3 said he a ington for her first meeting with gman wrote her husband. The general wore a letter to the consulate asking him - light summer uniform. British government that they (the ibaa Jews).may find a home at last.” (Continued on Page 3-~Column 5)
Four Are Injur
FOUR PERSONS were injured, one critically, this morning when an Indiana Railroad bus and an automobile collided at the multiple intersection of 63d st., West« field blvd, College ave. and Riviera dr, Those injured are: Gus Dowdell, 72, of 1513 Cornell ave. in critical condition at City hospital with possible fractures ‘of skull and ribs, James Henderson, 14, of 6481 Park ave. shoulder injury, City hospital. Mrs. Gladys Hollingsead, West field, ‘minor head injuries, not hospitalized. Roosevelt Dowdell, 40, of 1513 Cornell ave., facial outs, not hospitalized. : The in-bound bus," driven by Oren M.- Townsend, 37, Kokomo,
door, a burglar stole $1860 from the bedroom of William L. Woods, 2865 N. Dearborn st. last night. While Mr. and Mrs, Woods played cards in the front room with friends, the burglar entered the downstairs bedroom. The money was in a wallet in a pair of trousers Mr. Woods had placed on the bed. The money was received from the sale of sev eral horses in the afternoon. The trousers and the wallet were found in the rear yard by the police. Mr. Woods said he had sold the horses too late to put the money in the bank.
SOUTH BEND KILLING SOUTH BEND, Ind, Sept. 13 (U. P.) ~Police today sought a masked man who shot and killed Oakley
'| Glenn Rogers, 41, in a South Bend
tavern early today.
tralia at the outbreak of the war, The Japanese obviously hoped he would be more acceptable to the allies than Ogata. Kawal was sworn into office at the imperial palace at 4 p. m. (2 a, m. Indianapolis time). Other developments included: 1. Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu called on MacArthur at 3 p. m.,, perhaps to notify
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DEATH PENALTY ASKED
THE HAGUE, Bept 13 (U, P.).~ The death penalty for Max Blokzyl, the “Dutch Goebbles,” was demanded today by the public prosecutor. Blokzyl, 61-year-old journalist, appeared before a special court on charges of spreading German propaganda during the occupation.
Broken by Aufo
TWO TECHNICAL high school pupils received broken right legs today when hit by the same auto mobile pn their way to school, Ernest Cline, 14, of 919 Villa ave, and George Johnson, 17, of 818 Villa ave, were struck ‘at Washington st. and State ave, at 8:26 a. m. by a car driven hy Eugene Ripberger, 26, of 1638 Exerter ave. In addition to a broken leg, Johnson received head injuries. Taken to City hospital, both youths were reported in fair condition. Cline is the son of Mrs. Virgit Lame, and Johnson is the son of
Mr, and Mrs, George Johnson
civilian requirements and the office
of price administration about it,
The latest word from both OPA and WPB sources is that OPA Is
of his right lung, passed through his heart and then through ths spine, the autopsy revealed, A man and a woman who might
now willing to drop shoe rationing | (Continued on Page 3-~~Column 5)
between Oct. 1 and Oct. 15.
WPB felt that the supply woud DETECTIVES LAUDED
be coming in by Oct. 1 and that
there was no reason to continue ra= FOR--SOLVING CRIMES
tioning beyond that, willingness to Nov 1.
Then it agreed on some iat be-
tween Oct. 16 and Nov. 1. Now it’s by Oct. 15.
The latter date is satisfactory to he office of civilian requirements.
HOTELS TO BE RELEASED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (U, P.). ~The navy revealed today that nine
“It expressed) . drop Aationg hy
The . safety board today coms mended “four city detectives for their part in clearing up 51 burg laries, ° 3 : Praised were Defective Sergeants Edward Gerdt, Ralph Chambers, Oren Mangus and Roy Conaway. Detective Sergeants Gerdt and - Chambers were commended for arresting Frank E. Goldman, charged with all the burglaries. Detective Sergeants Mangus and
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Miami Pla., hotels will be returned | Conaway were commended for
to their owners before Nov, 15,
| questioning the alleged burglar.
As Bus And Auto Collide On North Side