Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1945 — Page 1
Marshall Felt Panama, San Diego or Seattle More Probable Targets.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—Gen. George C. Marshall said today he thought late in 1941 that a Japanese assault on Panama or airplane
plants in Seattle and San Diego was more likely than the attack on Pearl Harbor. The former army chief of staff told congress’ Pearl Harbor investigating committee he thought the most probable line of Japanese action would be a drive southward to capture our island outposts at Wake and Guam, “We had in mind the possibility of a blow at Panama, at our air plants in Seattle and San Diego. And we had in mind the possibility of a blow in the central Pacific in the Hawaiian district,” he said. “We thought the latter was the most ftmprobable.” Believes Warning Adequate Gen, Marshall said he considered the Hawalian fortress “impregnable against a landing attack” at the
broken up the Japanese attack Dec. ¥, 1041, it it had been properly alerted, Gen. Marshall added today that he believed the Hawaiian defense could have been adequately alerted on the basis of a warning he sent the post Nov. 27, 1941. - © Rep, Bertrand W. Gearhart (R. Cal) questioned him whether it could have been done without alarming the civilian population, as cautioned in Gen. Marshall's telegram to Lt, Gen. Walter C. Short
Downtown visitors tonight may find historic Monument circle glowing in colorful Christmas dress. . Park department landscapers were working arduously to get -the display ready for lighting. A preview was given to passersby last night, as workmen experimented with various combinations of lights. Every activity is toward the formal opening Dec. 17, at which Mayor Tyndall will read a proclamation from the Monument steps. He will dedicate the display to the “brotherhood of man,” theme of the scenes.
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fixes first Christmas light on Circle.
— Of the north face of the towering landmark will hang a plaque 24 feet high, A huge wreath will hang on the opposite side of the Monument. Other parts. of the display being ¢onstructed are a nativity scene and one of a lonely serviceman, all emphasizing the “approach to peace ‘through understanding and sympathy.” Choral groups and other civic musical organizations will participate at the opening ceremony. _ J. I. Holcomb heads the special citizens committee which planned the affair.
striking veld Weekly SizoupBy The Washington
Staff of the Seripps-Howard Newspapers
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Look fof year’s biggest congressional row-to ‘break next: week. Labor legislation will be up on the house floor. Bitterness repressed on both sides during the war will flare | out. Pishit Wit come: when Smith-Dvssally -repeier x. saliod vp. fori. action. Rules committee attached Arends amendment which would outlaw for a year any union striking in violation of a contract: also attached new restrictions on C. I. O.-P. A: C. activity. Administration forces will try to have new Truman formula, modeled after Railway Labor Act, substituted even though hearings will not be complete. Administration hopes to kill Arends amendment, pass Smith-Con-nally repealer and Truman bill in some compromise form. More likely: Punitive anti-labor bill will pass house, languish in senate until after
holidays.
* NOTE: Senator Murray (D. Mont.), chairman of education and labor comthittee and friendly to ‘labor, did not introduce Truman bill. Senator Ellender (D. La.) sponsored -it instead. Hatch-Ball-
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broader bill passed labor. .
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mUAW Rejects Pay Offer, ‘Demands Strike
NBC 3s U.S. Report Claims Action Taken After Yank Was Slain in Ambush. NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—An N. B. C. report from today said that American troops shelled a
North . China village near Ansham’after a U. S. marine
|was killed and another wounded in
the vicinity. The order to shell the village was given by Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey, in charge of U.. 8. marines in North China. The N. B.C. report sald that the marines fired 24 rounds of 80-mm. mortar shells into the village when the natives refused to surrender two men suspected of the attack on the marines. Gen. Rockey announced that the
two marines were attacked last]
Tuesday while rabbit-hunting near Anshan, about 48 miles southwest of Shanhaikwan. Assailants Fled to Village The private was killed instantly but his .companion ¢survived a second blast of gunfire after he had
{fallen wounded in the initial at-
tack. After attacking the marines the assailants, the N, B. C, report said, fled to Anshan where they took refuge. Gen. Rockey issued an order to the villagers, demanding that those responsible for the assault be surrendered. But the order was
ignored. Gen. Rockey said, acting in ac-
notification of next of kin, .
STATE SEEKS SPURT T0 FILL BOND QUOTA
Hope Today May Bring Sale 0f $10,900,000 Needed.
A in bond buying put In-
| diana within $10,900,000 of its $02,-
000,000 Victory loan drive quofa in
of the War Finance committee, an-
nounced. Pinal figures on results of today’s sale are not expected to be known until necessary processing is finished early next week. Sales of E, F and G bonds, however, 31 will count towards
The Crossroads of the offered today in London as
UNO,” Mr. James said. “They would ‘be proud to
the United Nations organization. Indiana's lieutenant governor, Richard T. James, stood in the glare of international spotlight and cited the advantages that Hoosierdom could offer to the UNO. Calling Indiana the “Crossroads of the Nation,” Mr. James offered the delegates four sites, the chief one being 2200 acres on the southern shore of Lake Michigan. “The people of the Midwest and of the United States can learn much from the
James Offers Four Indiana Sites To UNO For World Peace Capital
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LOCAL BREWING PLANT IS SOLD
$200,000 Expansion.
Sale of the Indianapolis Brewing Co, to Alvin Bardin, of Milwaukee, Wis., was announced today by Wil liam E. Clauer, president. The new owner, who is president of the Eulberg Brewing Co. of Portage, Wis, and the Denmark Brewing Co. of Denmark, Wis, will take immediate charge of the Indianapolis property. He plans to make his permanent home in this ny. . An expansion program, calling for an expenditure of approximately $200,000 at the brewery, will be undertaken by the new owner as soon as materials become available, Mr. Bardin also said that he plans to acquire a complete new fleet of trucks.
“Fer Indiana a Ma iy “We expect to concentrate on the| Indiana market,” said Mr. Bardin.
|“With the lifting of war-time re-
strictions, materials that enter into the manufacture of beer soon will become more plentiful thus assuring that our customers will be able to obtain larger quotas.” . Entering the brewery business with the advent of repeal, Mr. Bardin manufactures Crown select beer in his Portage plant and Twentieth Century and Old Towne Laager at Denmiark. The site on which the Indianapolis “Co. 18 located has been the home of & brewery since 1876. Formerly it was the Maas Brewery, which was purchased by the old Indianapolis Brewing Co. in 1901. Mr. Clauer has been president of the brewery since 1939.
Milwaukee Man Man Planning |—A C-47 army transport, operated
STATE DEPARTMENT
*|PROBE SEEN UNLIKELY
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—
| The senate foreign relations com-
mittee appeared ready today to reject demands for an immediate! congressional investigation of the entire state department. Committee Chairman Tom -Connally (D. Tex.) said that ex-Ambas-sador Patrick J. Hurley's charges of disloyalty in the department had) “fizzled.”
Republican members indicated they would prefer the state depart-
“fire” “hidden in the “smoke” raised by Hurley when he
made a point-by-point reply to Hurley before the committee yesterday. Byrnes flatly denied most of
: Hurley's accusations.
Byrnes, however, advised against
DIES AS HOME BURNS FT. WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 8 (U. P.). - Payne, 85, a semi-invalid, to death last night when
|» raid on the West Side Smoker, 148
17 Killed in Crash of Big | Army Plane
BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 8 (U.P.. by Northwest Airlines, crashed a half mile east of the Billings airport early today, killing 17 persons and injuring six others. The west bound transport crashed as it came in for a landing in’ a light snow storm with visibility of half a mile, Northwest officials said. The pilot, co-pilot and 15 of 21 soldiers riding on the plane were killed. The six injured were taken to a local hospital. The plane was carrying army per sonnel from Newark, N. J, to Seattle, Names of the dead and injured were withheld Withheld by the army. the army.
FLARE SIGHTED I
Searchers Dispatched to Remote Florida Spot.
MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 8 (U. P)~
Planes and a large searching party |,
were dispatched today to a remote section of Florida, where a red flare sighted last night gave hope that
A helicopter from the St. Petersburg, Fla, cost guard base joined the searching party over east-cen-tral Florida. The full scale air and ses search began when the planes were first reported overdue Wednesday night. Coast guard officials said that “something” had been sighted about 150 miles northeast of Great Ababo island in. the Bahamas. but 1t Jad not been determined what it was. {The cutter Pandora was dispatched {to investigate.
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Yule Spirit Rises; Mercury to Drop
Taking a power dive to the
noon ending the week's sunny holiday. Tonight will remain fair
Christmas spirit for the many Yuletide musical programs in the city.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
N. Blackford st. today. He was
ganization within their country and because they do not like to harbor failures they would familiarize themselves with the world’s problems and work to make -the organization successful.” . The lieutenant governor stressed that the U. S. would not “take its ball and go home” if the preparatory commission “does
that any impression might have been given UNO only if the headquarters were in the
United States. “Let me assure that the people of the
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PETIT FOES ASK
Not Move in Slot Suit.
Attorneys pressing an impeachment suit against Sheriff Otto Petit today asked Atty. Gen. James A. Emmert to enter the case “in the public interest.” Mr. Emmert told them he didn't want to get involved in “a private fight between the sheriff and somebody he fired.” One of the complaining attorneys, Louis Rosenberg, is _Petit's former personal attorney, #
Meanwhile, Enoch Shriner, peti-
yesterday, indicated he wouldn't act. He said he would announce & decision following a series of conferences today. Judge Lloyd Claycombe of circuit court yesterday tossed the problem in Mr. Blue's lap. The court, asked to rule on a motion for dismissal made by Defense Attorney Gisnn Punk, decided to take it under advisenient until it receives a recommendation from Mr. Blue.
It had been & that the suit, (Continued on Page 3—Column 5
CAN MAKE A-BOMBS
EINDHOVEN, Dec. 8 (U, P).— The sensation produced by a report that the Dutch could build ‘atom bombs within » year with equipment - assembled - under German occupation fizzled out today after the scientists, themselves, said it ail twas a mistake, A Netherlands news agenicy had reported the claim and said the Dutch had shown the equipment lo American scientists, A spokesman for the Philips radio and electric plant, which was sup-
it i hua no atom-splitting machinery nor any facilities even to begin Wiking an atom bomb. The spokesmen said what Dr, Heyn, chief builder of the cyclotron, meant in his talk with American scientists was that atomic energy
HINTS FRANCE-SPAIN BREAK LONDON, Dec. 8 (U. P)~BEx-
potato” was tossed by circuit court | Th
Strikers Also Considering’
Formation of New Political Party. By UNITED PRESS A A Wage quarrel between the C. I. O. Automobile Work= ers union and the General Motors Corp. was intensified 4 at Detroit today. b Representatives of 175,000 2 striking. workers bitterly rejected a company offer to boost rates 10°
EMMERT T0 ACTES
Prosecutor: Indicates He'll:
Byrnes Behind Meeting ; With Russians, British,
: Family Evicted, Ill Father's Shoe Repair Shop Closed: 5 Children Need Clothe-A-Child Aid ann
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