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VOLUME 56—-NUMBER 177
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBE
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, Ind, Issued daily except Sunday
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Eyes bright with anticipation, head up, Sgt. Robert J. Shedrow, Lafayette, symbolizes the spirit of Indiana's returning Cyclone division
as he stands against a cloud-filled sky. He yet has to see his 17-month -old baby boy. * His wife yet has to see his two-month-old chin whiskers,
ARRIVE HOME PACIFIC
FROM
Reaction Mixed With J oy ul Tears, Solemnity at Feel of Nat ative Soil.
By SHERLEY UHL. BR I Times Staff Weiter
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind, Oct, 3. — Most Hoosiers
didn’t notice anything unusual ber exhilaration around these
But to some 700 Hoosier “avengers of Bataan” here, it’s different, very different. The sparkling weather, the colorful autumn landscape, mean hack home again in Indiana for
about the sunny, crisp Octoparts today.
them after two torrid yea
of sloshing through re battle-seared Pacific, They're beribboned veterans Indiana's Own 38th (Cyclone) on sion, 62 of them from Indianapolis alone. And they're gulping in their first taste of Hoosierland since 1941 like thirsty men drinking from a cool, fresh spring. Their faces are a little more taut, more strained, the lines deeper than when they left. The corners of their eyes are wrinkled with tiny erowsfeet from blinking too much at the tropic glare. And their complexion bears an unnatural yellowish hue, the after effect of successive doses of atabrin, Altogether, 1152 Cyclone division troops returned, The remainder were from nearby states, Outstanding and most obvious of their stored-up “gripes” were complaints against Gen. MacArthur, They were derisive of his flare for publicity, charged he “hogged” too much personal credit. He likewise was blamed for flaws in the rotation rest period and other alleged insufficiencies of the Philippine forces. Toughened Now These advance troops of the 38th, high-point heroes of New Guinea and the Philippines, are members of Indiana's ‘most beloved military unit, its name hallowed by a glorious tradition dating back to the first world war. Many of them, toughened, worldwise men now, were naive, inexperienced youths of the state guard in 1041 when the division was activated into the U, 8. army, By tomorrow or Friday they'll be civilians again. Today they waded through the laborious demobiliza~ tion process or lolled impatiently in their barracks, warming over homecoming plans, Telephone lines from Atterbury to various state cities were choked with calls. “First thing I'm gonna do is get
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* BUTCHER’ FACES TRIAL AT MANILA
Brutal Atrocities Charged to Gen. Yamashita.
TOKYO, Oct. 3 (U, P.)—Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita will be tried by an American military commission’ in Manila, He must answer for the destruction and pillage of the Philippines capital and the United States and its allies, it was announced today, Yamashita, former commander in the Philippines, probably will be arraigned Oct. 8. He was lodged in Bilibid" prison in Manila after surrendering to the Americans Sept. 5. Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D. Styer. commanding the allied forces in the West Pacific, acting on the orders of Gen, Douglas MacArthur, has appointed a five-man commission. Styer was directed to “proceed immediately” with the trial of Yamashita, the “Butcher of Ma-
59,400 FANS AT SERIES OPENER
Chill Winds in Detroit for Baseball Classic. DETROIT, Oct. 3 (U, PJ) ~The
lineups: CHICAGO DETROIT Hack, 3b Webb, ss Johnson, 2b Mayo, 2h Lowrey, it Cramer, of Cavarretia, 1b Greenberg, If , of Cullenbine, 1 Hak fee n, utlaw, a Fs vy ; Rich: o Bofors » Newhouser, p
mpires—Summers (A. L.), plate; Jordan oN L first; Passarella (A L.), second; Cenlan’ (N. L. )s third.
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Cubs .... 4 Tigers ... 0
By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor
BRIGGS STADIUM, Detroit, — A cutting October wind swept Briggs stadium today for the first game of the 1945 world series. The Detroit Tigers sent
Hal Newhouser, the winningest pitcher in the majors this season, out against Hank Borowy of the Chicago Cubs. The 59.400 who filled the stadium to capacity was slow in coming in. Only those who had stood in line since midnight last night for the 10,400 general admission and 5000 standing room tickets which wenf§ on sale at 9:30 on a first come, first ‘served basis, were on hand
early. Because of the “football weather” those who had reserved seats came in late.
Borowy Has Beaten Tigers The betting was 11 to 10 that Newhouser, who won 25 games in the Tigers’ drive for the American league . pennant, would best the ma nwho used to make Detroit one of his favorite victims during the days he hurled in the American league. Fordham Hank won 11, including the pennant clincher at Pittsburgh
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New Type Truck Built Here
Jane Jordan , Sandor Klein, Ruth Millett ,
Andy Anderson 3 Amusements . 8 Nat Barrows, 3
Ned Brooks .. 12{ Movies ...... Business .... T|Obituaries .. Ed Byng ..., 3|Dr. O'Brien.. 11 Comics ...... 19|Radio ...... . 19 Crossword ... 19|Ration Dates. 6 David Dietz.. 11} Mrs. Roosevelt Editorials ... 12] A. Scherrer .,
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Marmon-Herrington’s latest , , . a delivery truck,
A house-to-house delivery
Another unusual feature is that the entire driving unit can be detached from the van, This permits the’ servicing of the unit, while the van is ‘hauled by a spare.
four-cylinder, 80-horsepower en gine. The driver stands up or sits
The “Delivr-All" is driven hy &
UNPERTURBED—
Gen. Patton Says He ‘Welcomes’
New Command
By ROBERT MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent BAD TOELZ, Germany, Oct. 3. —Gen, George 8. Patton, outwardly unperturbed over being relieved of his 3d army command, said today that he carried out his denazification orders “with the same vigor and loyalty which re« sulted in the victory over Gere Patton, in his first pronouncement since Gen. Dwight D. Eisen~ hower announced that he ‘was being shifted from: command of Bavaria to the 15th army-—which exists almost entirely on “paper” —intimated that he expected to go home soon. » » » DECLARING that he “wel comed” his new assignment, Patton added that “As 1 have spent only 20 days at home in the last three years, I naturally am inter« ested in pressing it to a rapid conclusion,” He had contended, contrary to the stand of Eisenhower, that the retention. of certain minor Nazis in admimistrative positions was necessary to save lives in Bavaria this winter. » » F BUT TODAY he said! “I am still of the belief that there are no out-and-out Nazis in positions of importance in Bae varia,” Patton said. “Their removal already has been carried out.” Patton said his command of the 3d army would be transferred to Lt, Gen. L. K. Truscott, former commander of the U, 8. 5th army in Italy, at high hoon Sunday at headquarters here,
WATERWAY PROJECT URGED BY TRUMAN
Tells Congress Canada Has Begun Construction.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (U, P.)~ President Truman today recommended to congress speedy approval of an agreement between this country and Canada for the development of the long-discussed St. Lawrence river ‘waterway and power project. The President pointed out that Canada, expecting this country to join in completing the 8t. Lawrence project, already has built more than half of its share of the undertaking. “We, however, still have our major contribution to make,” the President sald, Resolutions of approval were introduced In congress yesterday by Rep. Adolph J, Babath (D. IIL) and Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. Mr. Truman recommended that previous plans to turn over the power facilities of the project to New York state be followed after construction by the federal government,
\ ————————_ RAIL WORKER KILLED PERU, Oct. 3 (U, P.) —Rites were arranged today for Fred O, Poor, a section hand employed by the Chesarailroad, who was A small electric
down while driving, whichever is desired, \ -
“Avengers” and “Manila to Indiana” covered the train sides as the 38th division cycloned ils way into Camp Atterbury yesterday. tin, Greensburg, and Pfc.
Looking happily from the train window are Arnold W. Messersmith, Indianapolis.
“Shades of Manila,” At least the natives got plenty of and Pfc. Wayne Brown and Cpl. Joseph Young, both of Indianapolis.
oosiers Of 3
(left to right) Pfc. Paul A. Mar-
| Telephone Workers Ordered
To Take Mass Vote on Walkout.
BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (U. Ps --The executive hoard of the ON Workers union (C. L 0.). has decided to accept the government's compromise for settling its wage disputé and ‘call off strikes against companies which also agree to the proposal, a high C. I O. official’ disclosed today.
By UNITED PRESS A longshoremen’s strike tied up nearly all shipping in New York harbor today as spreading coal and oil strikes threatened the nation's fuel
supply. Approximately 30,000 dock works ers left their jobs despite efforts of the A. F. of L. Longshoremen's association to return them to work pending further contract negotie ations, = The nation faced interruption of its telephone communications when the National Federation of Teles phone Workers ordered its 48 locals to call out some 250,000 members Friday for a strike vote. New York telephone officials warned that the four-hour service cutoff, affecting long distance lines, might result in a vote to strike un« der the Smith-Connally act, In Washington, union and dustry representatives had until Pp. m. Indianapolis time today to answer Secretary of Labor Lewis B, Schwellenbach’s proposal for arbi= tration of the coast-to-coast ofl tieup.
Coal Mines Down
Elsewhere, strikes curtailed coal mining in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, oil refining in 12 states, lumbering in the Pacific northwest and automobile manufacs turing in Detroit. § The coal strike forced the gove
of shade from the wide-brimmed hats such as being tried on by (left to right) Cpl, Kenneth Short, Indianapolis; Pfc. William H. Hardin, Anderson, | CFOs picket lines set up by fores
«Photos by Victor Peterson, Times Staff Photographer. Barracks bags get heavy and war-weary men are willing to sit and have a breeze session. Two more Indianapolis men are (left to _Fight) Pfe. Hol Ple. Hobart Tinley and Ple. Ralph Walton.
Report Lindberghs MORE LIGHT FROSTS | Have New Baby
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (U, P).— The New York Daily News said today that Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, wife of the flier, gave birth to a daughter, in Doctors hospital
No Serious Dsvape Seen For Crops Here. LOCAL TEMPERATURES
yesterday. Hospital authorities said they 6a m.....41 1am... 51 ewere “unable to make any an- ia m...Hd lam... M4 nouncement.” ( am... i 12 (Noon)... 56 The child would be the sixth | ?&m.....50 lpm... 5
born to the Lindberghs and the third daughter, Their first child, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., was kidTaped a and slain in 1932,
A thin white crust on roof-tops {and in the flelds early this morning |was the first surprise frost of the season, and scattered light frosts are predicted for tonight. No serious damage resulted from
MAN ACCUSED OF No serious KILLING HELD INSANE agent penton igh Sonly
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 3 (U, cts of frost sometimes do vd, i
P.).—8hoe Cobbler Altes Shapiro,iup until'the next day or twa, it is charged with the bludgeon slaying not expected that last night's frost of his wife, Fannie, was held.insaneior the light one expected tonight today in St. Joseph circuit court. |will do any harm to crops. Judge Dan Pyle ordered the al-| Cool nights, even light frosts, are
stitution for the criminally insaney the vegetation from growing and after hearing testimony by {wo allow the corn to mature. Tomatoes, physicians. however,
out lags +
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leged slayer confined to a state in| helpful to corn because they stop
need much more mild Mrs, Shapiro was strufk in the|weather, Mr. Abbott said. A heavy head witli 2hoe Jat and er. trons crop of tomatoss i$ Sill os the viges |
{COMPROMISE OF
BIG 5 1S SOUGHT
Byrnes Reveals Effort to Reach Agreement.
BY EDWARD V,. ROBERTS United Press Siaff Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 3—8ecretary of State James F. Byrnes left by plane for the United States today, He revealed that he was attempt-
ing to salyage the wreckage of the
Big Pive conference with a compromise formula for drafting Balkan peace treaties. Byrnes told a press conference that Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov had agreed in principle to the compromise, But Molotov had
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to consult the Kremlin before giving his final word. Britain accepted the plan. Molotov. and other menibers of the Russian delegation left for Mos-
cow by air at 1 p. m. French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault left Chinese For~ {elgn Minister Wang 8hih-Chieh
by plane for Paris.
was expected to leave today,
io American proposal calls for Russia and Brit- - yi draft the European peace submit
nited States,
treaties. Then they will them for consideration to peace
| PREDICTED TONIGHT zee of all nations which | oneriputed to the allfed victory, Byrnes sald he believed France 2 China-~the other two partici-
pants in the foreign ministers’ con-ference--would accept the compro-
mise.
Lovelorn Wife Denied Divorce
ure of a husband to write love letters to his wife is not reason
decree to Mrs, Ruth
had signed a stipulation agreeing to the divorce. Sergeant Nicholson is stationed at Bad Nauheim, Germany.
{ernment fo limit soft cosl ships
Russia had stymied the conference by adamantly demanding that the Big Three dictate the peace
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CHICAGO, Oct. 3 (U, P.) ~~Fail-
enough fbr divorce, Judge Albert {as an interruption of tele J. Schnackenberg ruled today. service ‘might jéopardize the Judge Schnack g denied a [of the public and of property.”
msey Nich« olson, 25, although her husband, 8. Bgt. Rileigh 8. Nicholson, 28,
Mrs. Nicholson said the sergeant ‘had never been “intimate” in his
ments to essential users in four [mstern districts and to order di ; n of every possible ton docks
More than on Bituminous coal miners were idle. They refused
men who are seeking recognition for their union afMliated with the United Mine Workers, Acting 8. F. A. Administrator Abe Fortas said the restrictions on soft coal shipments were necessary be= cause the strike was resulting in the loss of some 650,000 tons a % nearly a third of the national output. He also suspended overseas export of coal The New York City longshore« men’s strike was the second within 12 hours. A two-day wildcat strike ended last night, but it was rev newed again today and spread Brooklyn and previously unafl piers in other port areas. ' The longshoremen were dissatisfied with contract negotiations. y Shipping on the Great Lakes was threatened by the failure to settle |
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BELL WORKERS HERE WOULD BACK STRIKE
800 Indiana Employees in Telephone Union.
The Indiana Telephone Workers union will support any action taken by the National Federation of Tele. phone Workers, tts parent union, 3 This pledge was contained in a statement made today by Ray O, Waldkoetter of Indianapolis, presi dent of the state union. It WAS issued here in connection with a national N, P. T. W. announcement that its aMliates will take a “ tion-wide strike vote” from 1 to’ p. m, Priday, A The Indiana Telephone Workers union comprises 800 telephone mains tenance and construction employees, None of them are operators. Two other Hoosier telephone and teles graphic workers unions may be ine volved, however, it was indicated, 1500 Workers Involved ¢ If all three unions agree to walk out should the N. F. T. W.'s plan materialize, an estimated 1500 teles phone employees may leave their jobs, An Indiana Bell Telephone C statement said the company do everything it can to main telephone service to the publi But it added, “the company is v ing its employees to stay on the
Any decision by the Indiana phone Workers union would only the approval of Mr. ter. The union's charter v authority in its president Ine gencies, ° “The Indiana ‘Telephone ers union, consisting. of