Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1945 — Page 6

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GERRY PYLE A SAD final chapter has been written to the American saga of Ernie Pyle and “that girl who rides with me.” Geraldine Pyle, who died yesterday in Albuquerque, . knew years of love, laughter, happiness, romance and adE venture with Ernie Pyle as they traveled together about the country, gathering material for those moving human stories a Ernie wrote. © They tried to establish a home—a place to come back to—building a little white house on the edge of Albuquerque, overlooking the mesa. But Ernie was there only for brief visits. The war started overseas, Ernie felt he had to go and write about it, and he couldn't take “that girl” along. The last few years were for Gerry Pyle years of loneliness, illness, pain—and shock and heartache after Ernie was killed on faraway Ie Shima. Ernie's friends were numbered in the millions of his readers, and a great number of them knew and loved Gerry "for her high courage and her once gay spirit.

\ IRAN AND THE UNO

THE DANGER of Iran goes far beyond a Russian threat to the independence of an ally. It involves the entire Middle East, the most explosiye area in the world today. And it causes a worse strain on British-Russian relations than any-of the numerous provocations elsewhere. . Even if only Iran were concerned it would be bad enough. That country early got rid of a Nazi puppet regime, joined the allies, and welcomed Russian and British and American troops in the common war effort. The Iranian route was the only one by which Stalin could get _the American munitions and supplies so desperatgly needed by the Red army in its darkest days. To that degree Russia s indebted to Iran for survival, : This was one of the few cases in which the western allies did not take Russia's good intentions for granted, and did not leave the future to fuzzy understandings. In 1941 when Russian and British troops went into Iran, both governments pledged specifically that they would i get out as soon as the war was over and would not transgress Iranian freedom.

alliance. Once more at the Tehran conference of 1943 a Stalin-Churchill-Roosevelt declaration underwrote Iranian independence. Again that was confirmed by Iran's accept-

” . . . w # JR USSIA’S failure to withdraw her troops from porthern Iran, and refusal to permit Tehran forces to’ operafe against the Red-inspired separatist rebellion, is a direct violation of the numerous Stalin pledges. Of course even if there had been no such specific pledges, Russia still would be breaking her UNO commitments. Stalin may not intend to annex northerm Iran as he did the Baltic states and eastern Poland. Apparently the ~ design is to set up another puppet border state, and per- * haps withdraw the Red army after it is well established.

The international hazards are obvious. The Russianoccupied area of Iran gives Stalin another club against Turkey, already threatened. Palestine and the Arab nations are seething. Iran is the road to India, and cuts across the British empire lifeline. Iran is rich in oil resources over which Russia and the other powers are contending. For a dozen’ reasons this situation is dynamite: + If the UNO—wh V.coD

| HONOR WAS AT ISSUE | | ORDELL HULL'S testimony before the Pearl Habor E investigating committee strengthens the conviction of i. "many Americans that there was no honorable basis upon - which we could have satisfied the demands of the Japanes war lords in the pre-Pearl Harbor conversations. Our acceptance of the Jap proposal of Nov. 20, 1941, 7 that we withdraw our support from China, and agree to * supply Japan with oil to continue her campaign to pillage Hy and murder, would have been, as Mr, Hyll says, “unthinkable.” Our counter-proposal, submitted by him Nov. 26, was no more than a restatement of traditional American policy. We simply called for recognition of the principles of territorial integrity of all nations, of non-interference in internal - affairs, of reliance on international co-operation to prevént and settle disputes, and for the application of those principles to the case at issue in China.

” * = . 8 = ! | THE Japs saw fit to consider this an ultimatum, it only serves to emphasize that there was no common ground between their ambitions and our principles. An abject retreat from our traditional position might have resulted £ in another Munich. But Japanese plans for Asiatic conquest {now are too well known for us to believe that anything less ¢ than a complete surrender of our position would have = averted eventual war, 0: § Any attempt to make it appear that the former secre | tary of state deliberately provoked the Japs into attacking is an unwarranted attack upon courageous If Mr. Hull's successors maintain the national honor

d dignity on the high plane he did they will serve the

But we should not be diverted from the real point | partisan fed herrings which confuse the current invetigy. tion. Let's get on the beam and stay there! mili tor time

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ance as a full member of the United Nations organization, :

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: cond .| desired from China. velt and Prime Minister Churchill agreed to these pe before the terms were submitted to the nese. :

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Manchuria railways. ;, Russia wolilld otherwise récognize China's sovereignty in Manchuria, but wanted Chinese acceptance of outer Mongolia’s status quo.

its essentials in thp Soviet-Chinese amity pact neeotiated at Moscow between Stalin and Premier T. V, Soong. To allay any suspicion that Russia might support the Chinese Communists in period. Russia attached a note to “Soviet R material assistance in the form of . supplies, . and such suoport and assistance

became known to Chiang when it was

send stretchers and as many men Help was already on its way. many as the captain could spare, the incline before Long stopped speaking. Two ambulance jeeps pulled out ahead, seeking a trail up the hill, ' . Fifteen minutes later, we reached the clearing bordering the woods. The feeps got there first. There were four wounded men in the first and three more on stretchers on the ground. Five dead men lay to one side, Some of the wounded. looked to be beyond aid. : Pfc. Bob Trembath of Deer River, Minn., came out of the woods. “Don’t send men in there,” he shouted. “You send them after the wounded and you've got more wounded to get out.” From the woods came the chatter of a Jap light machine gun. A Mambu. Then came the sullen roar of our own automatic weapons. Trembath said we were only 25 yards from the enemy. It seemed ridiculously close. :

One Jap Did All the Damage THE MEN were engineers, They'd gone in to clear out a “safe” area, looking for stragglers. They'd run into serious trouble. One Jap machine gunner was doing all the damage. “He's got that one spot covered,” Long said. “Hell kill anyone who goes near it. If we could get our men out, we could use mortars, but we can't kill our guys!” Another marine crawled out of the woods. He suffered a nasty machine gun wound in his right arm. As the doctor bandaged it, he said: “Doc (hospital corpsman) is still alive, but he can't last much longer. 1 stayed with him as long as 1 could, holding my hand over the hole in his chest. The lieutenant is shot wide open. I couldn't reach him, He's calling for help, but every time I'd move, the Jap w open up.” “Lowe's in thefe” the marine continued. “He's doing what he can for Doc. Lowe doesn't even have a weapon. Snuffy's there, too, trying to keep them away from the lieutenant. Lankford's there, but his ammunition is running low.” There was a burst of fire in the woods. “They don’t know where he is,” the corporal said sadly. “They're just shooting.”

Helmet Saved Man's Life SIX AUTOMATIC riflemen disappeared into the woods. They opened up, seeking the Jap machine gunner. Then a BAR man came out. He'd been nicked in the head, but his helmet had saved his life. Another staggered out, shot in the stomach. A hand grenade exploded at close range. Then the deafening roar of our automatic rifles. . i “They've found him!” the corporal shouted. “He gave himself away when he threw that grenade.” They were bringing someone out. It was Doc. He looked dead. Then they brought out the lieutenant. Lankford and Lowe came out. Lowe was crying. “I didn’t have a weapon,” he apologized. “All 1 .could do was- hold Doc’s head.” “That took guts,” the captain said. The last of our men came out. The Jap continued to fire, We moved back and got our mortars ready. But a sergeant dashed in and came out carrying a 3-year-old Jap baby. . “There's a mother and three kids in there,” he

“Get. them out,” the colonel ordered. Pive men went into the woods and came out with a woman, two small children and a baby. Mortars began to fall. The -machine gun went silent. ie “We away.

picked up our dead and woundéd and moved

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By Parker La Moore

WASHINGTON, ' Nov. 24. Demands that the United States withdraw from China, as the Russiaris

Two agreements which we induced put Chiang and the National present dilemma. The first was second at Potsdam, and in

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Chinese Communists followed them in. By intent or nerlect—the facts are not known ‘because the situstion is confused—the Chinese Communists obtained Jan eauipment and suprlies. Now as the Russians withdraw, the Chinese Communists are taking over. Before the Russians leave, and hefore Chiang's troops can move in. the Chinese Reds are secure in their nositions. at airfields, rail centers and ports.

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3 P. M. Arrive Gatow airport, Berlin. SUNDAY, 8:30 A. M. Arrive Gatow. Self-starter of port engine breaks, It will take three hours to ‘mend and there won't be enough light to reach

they will be there same time tomorrow. MONDAY, 8:30 A. M. Gatow. Sir William Strang, political advisor to Field Marshal Montgomery, is there to see the ambassadar off. But there’is no sign of our indispensable Russians. 9:30 A. M. Sir Wiliam Strang says “good bye” and leaves for his office. Still no Russians. We would like to telephone the Russian airfleld. But

sian formation is allowed except through the liaison section .of the British Control Commission; this we ry to arrange. 0:30 A. M. At last, through intermediaries, we con 8 Russian air colonel. He says that Moscow has telegraphed that they cannot receive the ambassador's plane today. The colonel says he is sorry he did not let us know earlier, but he didn't know our telephone number. No explanation is of féred why Moscow cannot receive the plane.

Embassies Handicapped WE ARE getting a little “shy about imposing further on Sir William Strang’s hospitality, and so ask: “Could we fly to Warsaw, spend the night and fly on tomorrow?” The Russian colonel have to ask Moscow for permission. three hours to get an answer. We cars which are prudently standing by, to Berlin. One piece of hopeful news: navigator and wireless operator are in--‘colonel to report to Gatow and the! So we will try again toA. M. Took off for Moscow," there without incident six hours and .20

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