Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1945 — Page 2
: Clumsy Trial and Executio
Oct. 17.~The body of , south of Paris.
wutks merit. val died as he had lived, v. By his last-minute he cued his own
yite a Succeeded in leavuth worst poison of
et AIBeD today are shocked by the fact that even an arch.collaborator should have been dragged to the stake while hardly recovered from poison, This was something that had-not happened in France since the execution of Rohespierre, who in 1794 was haled to the scaffold, bleeding and half dead from a pistol shot. Laval had fully recovered from the poison he drank immediately after he heard he was to die, ac~ cording to the official version. He had to be supported before he finally made his last courageous ance, say witnesses. According to the opinion of many | Frenchmen with whom this writer has talked today, this execution should have been delayed, even though Prosecutor Andre Mornet considered it more humane to execute at once, There are those who thank God the traitor has paid; those who emphatically state that the entire Laval case remains unclear and leaves a sour taste. Election Motive Seen Some hint that electoral motives were behind the whole thing, For example, Minister of Justice Henrl Pierre Tietgen, a member of the Republican Democratic party, and the bogy of the Communists, {is accused of ing the execution to gain credit with the Communists before the elections. Some opine that Lavals. revelations would have heen dangerous for many electoral favorites had he
The truth probably is merely that the judges were clumsy In conducting the trial. The French police were Inefficient. And there was a general desire fo get out of an al together undignified - situation by quickly putting an end to it. . ‘Re-entry to History’ Newspapers here today, with the exception of the Communist L'Hu~ manite, devoted half their front pages to the Laval finale. L'Humanite gave It just 12 lines of print. But perhaps the strangest note of . all was added by the resistance
Combat. “Once more this criminal (Laval)
RIS FEARS LAVAL STOLE DEATH SCENE
Doubts Among French, i
By PAUL GHALI Times Foreign Correspondent
piace—~the French counterpart of Potter's Fleld— in Thials
‘the memory of the man, who until the end lived in the spotlitical drama, undoubtedly, will remain much more alive than
been allowed to make them in court«
n Stirs Politically Dangerous
traitor Laval has found its fitting
CLOSE BILLINGS BY NEXT JUNE
Hospital May Be- Converted To Veterans” Use.
SOLDIER BEATEN,
A soldier, who was discharged Oct. 11, and immediately re-enlisted at Camp Atterbury, was badly beaten up last night and robbed by two men. : The victim, Willle Humble, 25, of Dawnson Springs, Ky. told police he was walking on W. Vermont st., near Roanoke st., when two men grabbed him and hegan beating him. The assailants stole his government check for $126 and $150 in cash. A hold-up victim, George Breedlove, 63, of 1922 Ludlow ave. ree ported to police last night that two men grabbed him as he was walking on 19th st., near Roosevelt ave., and dragged him into -an alley where they threatened to kill him if he yelled.
$5, his billfold, which was empty and a coin purse containing $2, Mr, Breedlove sald. Another discharged soldier, Clarnce Dohbs, 40, of Marquette, Mich., old police that he had either lost or been robbed of his billfold containing $120 and a check for $237.74,
ROBBED OF $150
The men took his jacket valued at :
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
BUTLER FRATERNAL GROUPS PLEDGE 90
The five national fraternity chapters on the campus of Butler university announce that 60 Indianapolis men and 30 students from out of the city have been named pledges to the Jespective chapters.
Ant night,
Billings general hospital, where thousands of world war II veterans convalesced, will be vacated by the army by June 30. It may be converted to a Vet. erans administration hospital, Rep. Louis Ludlow sald. The war department informed Rep. Ludlow yesterday that it in. tends to abandon the 60-bullding installation at Pt. Harrison, A $40, 000 expansion of the recreation hall, already 85 per cent complete, will also be discontinued. Constructed in 1041, the hospital covers 45 acres, contains 30 wards and 1600 beds. At present, there are 1527 patients. During its max}. mum occupancy in the spring of this year, it housed 2600 wounded men, many of them victims of the Battle of the Bulge. Interest of Economy In a letter to Rep. Ludlow, Maj. Cien. B. L. Beott, acting director of the army service forces plans and
operations, asserted: “Present planning indicates Bill. ings general hospital will be closed | on or before June 30. In view of | this schedule the request for rein. | statement of the work on recreational facilities was disapproved, as it was not considered that the] period of oceupancy that would be | afforded after completion would | warrant the expenditure of addi-| tional funds. So authorization for construction was canceled in the | Interest ¢ of economy.”
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JOHN RUCKELSHAUS, LAWYER, HONORED
A banquet at the Oolumbia elub | Inst night was the way 150 friends paid tribute to John C. Ruckel-| shaus, local lawyer and member of the Columbia club 33 years, Among those present to honor the “oldtimer” of the Columbia club were fellow lawyers who had
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faced “John Ruck” in local court- | .
rooms during the past twe score) years; fellow directors and officers | of the Columbia club, Republican | and Democratic dignitaries and business and professional friends. Mr, Ruckelshaus has been president of the club nine years, vice president seven years, and Wwas| chairman ‘of the building commit-| tee that erected the present club building on Monumertit circle, Following tossts by his friende. the guest of honor was presented |
has won over clumsy justice and “act of a legitimate measure
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pared his re-entry into history.”
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EVENTS TODAY Bankers’ association, region nine,
sting Athenaeum lsmemis eouneil, state confer.
pol hote ial net. clay Women, luncheon, 1 p. m,, Baal Washington. ton, juncheon, 13:15 p.m, ie Washin Rotary el b luncheon, Claypool hotel nalsaapal Ins ¢ Board, Ine, mast. IAN APOl Ahietle lub Indians Improved ler of d Men, con. ay ana es or Dall Great Coun« cil, 52d session,
EVENTS TOMORROW
Junior Chambe, vee, lungheon 15 Rn m., Hote! ashigton Raber! ngton auxiliary, ' lunchean, 1pm, " Washington,
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IN INDIANAPOLIS
Charles Lee Callahan, 1515 N. Orant Mildred Margaret Joseph, 1108 Laurel | Clarence Alexander Simms, 3938 Paris, | Myrtle Belle Slaughter, 3805 N. Dela: |
ware. { Alvin Thomas Brunper, 3823 Hoyt: Bva| Delores Aegarter, 3823 Hoyt Carl Keith Hutton, 1831 ® Belmont; Biarthe Louise Backmeyer, 4514 Critten. 2. Wesley Martin, 1243 Standard Marie Green, 1243 Standard,
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Up! SIGMA NU pledges from Indianapolis include "Elie Sooniner Fail Oro ae
These six American world war 11 notables will be awarded the American Legion distinguish vention in Chicago Nov, 18 to 21. They are (left to right) the late President Roosevelt, the late Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. the late Ernie Pyle, Scripps-Howard war correspondent; Honorable Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war; Adm, Chester W. Nimitz and Gen.
Graves, Don Huberty, Warren Fitchey, Dody Stine, Willlam Shirley, Kenneth Tir« menstein, Paul MeDuff, Ralph Wooden, Ed« ward Droegén, Roland Dyer, Ronald Halr, Robert Cunnings, Robert Neffle, William Morrison, Robert Sipe, Harvey St. John and William Osbin. Out-of-town pledges include Richard Geib, Ft. Worth, Tex.;
Robert Bwert, Pt. Wayne; George Swinford, n
Westville, Ill; I; Richard | A Jogeph Yerem, Wests Bssex. Whiteland; RobBrownsburg: Kenneth Nixen, and Merrell Hunizinger,
and. SIGMA CHI pledges who are residents of Indianapolis include Dean Bonnette, Dons
Rushville; Robert Libert, Donald Batriek, Westville, Crawford, Carmel; ville, TIL; William ers Higdon, Danville, Il,
ed service
ald Baton, William McClain, Jack Boston, Donald Payne, Jack Burke and Willlam Wood. Outeof-town pledges include James Inskeep, Bluffton; James Mitchell, Thorn« town, and Alan Silver, Zionsville. PHI DELTA THETA pledges from this city inglude George Emmelman, James Robinson, Farroll Bpeske, William Hard. aries Scott, Samuel Newland, william Carr, Caleb Johnson, Harry Litehfleld, John Kafoure and John Agnew, Out-of-town men pledged are Harry Renfro, Ben Davis; Robert Stone, Ben Davis; Marion Pine, Ben Davis; Glenn Michael, Bainbridge; Paul Stewart, Hagers-~ town, and Robert Kuneman, Mansfield, O. LAMBDA CHI ALrus Indianapolis pledges include Charles William Bastin, Charles Leslie Millet, William Patrick Law
Kayge,
World War |i Notables to Be Awarded American. Legion Medals
medal at the 27th national con-
er, Keith Allen ch, Clyde Andrew aar, Thomas ET ¥ Dale Suim, Charles Arthur Patterson, Ted Eugene Aichele, Harry Hollinsworth, James Fred. erick Loop, Howard Watson Walters, William Raymond Robertson, Walter Hugh jnderion, Edward Benjamin Parks, John Patrick Endaley, John Green and Max Taylor, liam Doig, ‘Greenwood ; len Kesler, wr and James Arthur Nay, Speed ELTA TAU DELTA ledges from Indianapolis include Will a : Bulau, Scott Christie i Prank Pisse. Out-of-town pledges are Robert Houston, Marion; Charles Hutson, Beech Grove; Timothy Jones, Prankfort; vin posed, Lebanon; William Rebin Charles Stith, Shelbyville, and Bar "Tit: fany, Acton.
TUESDAY, OCT. 16,1045
Out-of-town Pledges include Wile Jack
SCIENCE ACADEMY T0 HOLD MEETING -
The Indiana. Academy of Science will hold its 81st annual meeting
Thursday through Saturday at But
ler university in the Arthur Jordan Memorial hall. Dr, Millard 8, Mar« kle of Earlham college will preside as president of the academy at the meeting Thursday evening.’ Chairmen 3 the sectional meet~ ig Snide:
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DISCHARGE RECORD SET
Times Special CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., Oct.
16.—A new single-day record was
rachieyed Sunday at the Atterbury
separation center when 2574 soldiers were discharged, it was announced today by Brig. Gen. Ernest A. Bixby, post commander,
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‘ONE-EY FAGE
A serious v ard is the “o out” motor ve R. Killian ha to crack down Surveys mai that automot faulty headlig prise the larg in equipment adhere to the ing is punisl prisonment. Indiana re headlights an all focused, a for 500 feet. must have on light. For tractor and frucks at flares or elect sary, visible’ duration of 1 on the highws signal may be ble or explo signals must the front an with the thir
BUTLER FOR
, Butler unit homecoming Saturday with man-sophomo Schumacher, Hught¥Wally’ ant football c p. m, Friday © rual Butler } The Sphinx pep session i Friday, and £ ternity and ¢ tions will be be presented | women's hone ler will mee football gam “all-coed color the half. TI will follow th
OL, ST SPEAKE
Col. Elmer the annual | students of school at 6:4 school cafete: Col. Straub general of Ir on terminal of setvice w acting as de oners of war The progre building plar A member ©
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