Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1945 — Page 1

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1945

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis 9, In

Issued daily excepts Sunday

PRICE FIVE ENTS

Die in Accident

Bave been driving car.

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AUTO CRASHES OFF HIGHWAY

Woman and War Veteran Killed Instantly.

and a discharged war veteran were killed instantly in an auto crash arly today

{born Ft. Harrison photog-

{that Sgt. Bauer's plight was en-

“John Opllow . . . believed to |p

© A 35-year-old Indianapolis woman.

HELD IN PROBE OF SGT. BAUER

International Intrigue. Is Hinted in Case at Ft. Harrison.

Fifth Service Command intelligence officers today conferred at Ft. Haynes, O., on the mysterious case of S. Sgt. Frederick Bauer, German-

rapher, now “held incommunicado. There were strong indications

veloped in international intrigue.

Army authorities denied that the Bauer case was connected in any way with the fact that he snapped photographs of ‘nude entertainers at a Pt. Harrison party last April The affair swas attended by Latin American army generals, highranking U. 8. army ‘officers and

Egan Leck Killed

Dennis Egan Leck

Times Employee in Navy Dies in Accident.

The family of Dennis Egan Leck. & Times editorial employee on leave, was notified today of his death in service, ! A radioman 1-c in the navy, Mr. Leck was killed when he fell from a trin near Portland, Ore, en route home from overseas duty. The accident happened last Friday shortly after he boarded the train

Indiana state officeholders. Pifth Service Command public relations headquarters said sensa- | tional disclosures concerning the. incident may be released “any minute.” Ordered Out of Germany Meanwhile, Bauer's wife, Wilma, | who lives at 1533 Carrollton ave.,|

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G. M. Talks Fail; Auto Union magistrate’s court for Monday.

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Says Allies Would Have

for the last leg of his journey home from the Pacific battlefronts. Mr. Leck joined The Times in September, 1039, and worked on the city staff until he entered the

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Threatens Tie-up. By UNITED PRESS A “costly and terrible” strike against the nation's auto manufac turers appéared imminent today, and dealers warmed the public not

FINK CASE RESET

BRAZIL BLOCKS AIR BASES COMMISSION

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (OU. P.)~Bragil, it was reported today, blocking formation of a Joint

NEW ‘GOOK’ CLASHES

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Customers Charged With Violating State Liquor Law.

~ State police, military police and excise officers raided the Showboat, well-known Keystone ave. night spot, at 1:20

Ten patrons were arrested on charges of consuming liquor on the .premises on a “set-up” basis. The Showboat, a rambling greenpainted structure with a checkered history, has been catering to the late “after hour” downtown crowds, with a 2 a. m. closing time. Owner Jack Ensley provided bond for several of his customers who were nabbed in the foray, - : The status of Mr. Ensley was con fused. Alcoholic Beverage Commissioner James Doss said the operator of the Showboat had also been arrested. But there was no arrest slip on Mr, Ensley among the 10 at the county jail. : Led by Lt. Harold Priest, the excise squad confiscated several bottles of liquor. The alcoholic bev erage commission said the “Boat” is not licensed for liquor sales.

Arsenal club, across from the Showboat at Keystone ave. and Fall Creek blvd, but made no arrests. Hearings Set Today. One of the Showboat patrons was “bailed out” hy Assistant Pire Chief Otto J. Petty, police records show. . Hearings on last night's arrest were scheduled in the Beech Grove

Meanwhile, nightlife and i society” rumors predicted the . signaled a general crackdown Marion county “after hour”

10 p. m. to the wee small hours, a steady stream of cabs carry latestarting fun-seekers there from the

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Showers to Mar Sol's Comeback

spots. For the next

with a cooling trend coming the

. LOCAL TEMPERATURES Sam...35 08m...

9 Tam....8 Il4m.. 52 S§a.m..... 38 12 (Noem).. 54 fam..8 1pm..5%

KING: NAVY GOULON FGHT BATTLE NOW

tion, Admiral Says.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (U. P). ~Fleet Adm, Ernest. J. King said today that the U. 8. navy is so disdemobilization that it

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| five<day period temperatibes will | ‘I average six degrees above normal

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SHIPS GUARDED BEFORE DEC. 7

1941, Probers Told.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (U. PJ.

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Agricultural Body Grants .$60,000 for Alfalfa Study

check was accompanied by a leath-

By DONNA MIKELS

: ) 2. In one of the first grants of its erbound plaque, a statement of the v. | kind, the Indiana Farm Bureau to-| farm bureau's faith in agricultural) Navy Order Issued No *| day presented $60,000 to Purdue uni- | research. el

versity experiment station for agricultural research.

the 16th naval district at. Manila and the commanders of

the Pacific and Asiatic fleets,

SCIENTISTS URGE

U. S. Faces New Problems In Selling Abroad. |

(Fifth of & Series)

Commerce department experts

at $7 to $10 billion a year. Even the smaller figure would

be double the trade of 1987, the largést recent pre-war year. Bécretary Wallace says we can and must do a $10 billion export business. This level, he says, would provide about five million jobs in this country—perhaps the differ ence between ‘prosperity and de-

pression. ‘Our markets abroad, however, sannot be regarded as a panacea for all our postswar problems. They can be a mixed blessing, as these factors will indicate: 1. We must be prepared to buy an equivalent amount of foreignproduced goods or to make up the difference in loans, gifts or on such expenditures as foreign travel, Otherwise the other countries have no way of acquiring dollar ¢xchange to buy our goods. 2. Until other countries are back

mainly a one-way operation--U, 8. goods for foreign 10U's, > 3. Unrestricted exports could deplete further our already diminish.

scarce, foreign demands will com-

estimate our post-war trade}

on their feet, trade is likely to be

rm Bureau's Gift

H. I. Reed (right), dean and director of agriculture of Purdue university, received a check for §12,000 from Hassil E. Schenck, president of the Indians Farm bureau, today. ~The check was the of a $60,000 research grant given Purdue by the farm bureau and its affiliates.

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general sessions. discussed the upcoming 1946. state fair. The Indiana state fair board

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The fair, & big event for Indiana farmers, was discontinued after the

‘Belsen Beast’ Likely to Get Death Sentence.

LUENEBURG, Germany, Nov. 16 (U. P.).~A British military tribunal today found Joseph Kramer; commandant of the Belsen concentration camp, guilty of war crimes. ‘Kramer, known as the “Beast of Belsen,” was the chief defendant of the 45 on trial before the military tribunal. He was found guilty on both counts of the indictment brought against him-—-of mass cruelty and killing of inmates of Belsen and also of inmates of the equally noltorious Auschwitz camp. Sentence was expected to be imposed uppn him tomorrow, There was no doubt that it would be the death penaity.

DACHAU, Nov. 16 (U. P)—A former inmate of Dachau told a U, 8. military court today of nightmarish Nazi experiments on human

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Congress to Get Objections To $5 Billion Loan for British|

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Scores

enlisted personnel from 60 to | 56, effective Dec. 1. g

in the discharge system which will | make an additional 783,000 service. men and women eligible to civilian life, :

met and authorized continuance of | I |n survey of plans for the fair. .

| will continue to discharge

WAC Discharge Credits Drop to 32; 4-Year Men To Be Let Out. E WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (U. P.).—The war departs ment today lowered the dis charge point score for male

It ‘also announced other ¢

for return

will be eligible have (1) 73 points as Sept. 2, 1045; or service, : 4 Male officers, still e

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8s may enlisted WACS, if they an married and entered the service before last May 12, They will con» tinue to be eligible for discharge if they are 40 years old or more, The announcement sald the army

nel in this country no longer needed

DEMOCRATS MEET AT FRENCH LICK

Hannegan Will Address Editors Tomorrow,