Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1946 — Page 3

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 109 — THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES. me re Cites INSIDE THE NAZI SPY NEST— No. 3 Se er wammmecers ENGINEERING UNITS EE. SHIT WITH GAS Germans Had Data on Jet Planes; Weapons, NTHETABLE TODAY cco == OFFER WITHDRAWN ots

id artillery bat-| BUFFALO, N. Y., March 18 (U FRANKFURT, Germany, March [AAA battalion, 908th fie » NY, 18 (U. By NEA Service nized «models. 93. Grand total,| rea, in every field of military and 15 (U. P)~Today's redeployment [tallon and twelve companies of casuals. |p) __4 Jocal gasoline stations offer

STOCKHOLM, March 15.—Teleprinters chattered night and day in| 2073. On April 6, “Hektor” came naval activity. Salled March 13 from SoutWampion:| i, oo motorists a pound®of butter

: i 1196th i base depot headquarters the house on Karlavaegen 59. through. with the grand total for timetable: . ey Ciara. ‘setvies company. With each purchase of 10 gallons of

pan. 1 looking out he back . . (World copyright by NEA Servi 1 On high seas:. (In addition to yester- 813d ordnance base depot company, nad fuel went into the discard yester- — two small rooms g out on the backyard, Nazi agents filed] March: 2064. All Tights lo a ion without express dae maTId and JON engineer Conmrue. | nginear depot company, tna dav—qlek endless reports to Berlin, A constant source of worry for permission pronibited.) tion.” battalions. 3900th. ordnance a reaps glanced tin giavie during . Queries and instructions poured in from the German capital, Berlin was the possibility that the depot company. 147th, 3583d, 3549th Q. M om, Poss. The offer resulted In a warning Swedish tenants in the building complained—but not about espio-| British might have new weapons| Tomorrow: Political and Diplo- |truck companies, 138th ordnance motor | Replacements arrived March 13: Two by the Buffalo district OPA office

nage. It was the noise that irked ready soon; to retaliate for the V-1| matie Espionage. maintenance company, 37T87th, 788th en-| officers and 483 siisiea men. M against the ‘practice of engaging in

th gineer forestry companies, 481s¢ medical replacement total, 16 em,

On March 9 the chief of the radio bureau (‘“pandur”) filed the following message to Berlin: “Re: Working hours of Stockholm teleprinter station, “Report that station no longer can work at night because of repeated complaints by tenants. These must 'absolutely be consideted, as matters stand. Request permission to send at night only in cases of extreme urgency.” A postscript, apparently written hy someone else, added that through this curtailment of hours the work naturally had been rendered more difficult and that it would result in longer intervals between “deliveries.”

, ” ” » THE “DELIVERIES” referred to in this candid dispatch concern allied military secrets of every kind and in every country. The code teleprinters at Karlavaegen 59 reel them off with the regularity and dry factualness of a stock exchange ticker. There were figures on aircraft

“Hektor reports on 2-6-45 upon re-|and V-2 attacks on English” cities. | quest. In reply to a query, the following “Swish is built by Grumman Air-|was sent via Stockholm: craft, The difference between this| “711 .W. model and Aerocomet is ‘that the| “Re: Experiments with long-dis-former has two engines with 4600| tance missiles. hp, double steering, longer flying] “Hektor reports on 2-5-45 upon time and better flying qualities. request, “PETTERSSON—~LIANG" “Experiments with long-distance 935 W. missiles of the V-2 types are being “Re: USA—Jet plane P-80 Shoot-| carried out on the Orkney Islands. ing Star. In a general conversation with 01, “Hektor reports on 3-21-45 upon|the latter expressed a skeptical request, view about “British use of rocket “USA jet-propelied pursuit plane | weapons, as the British experiments Lockheed P-80 Shooting. Star has| according to him, have not yet two engines. Range is about 700 reached thé stage attained at the km, top speed 960 km/h, ceiling is start of the German V offensive. 43,000 ft. attained flying time 100-| Although a great deal had been 1056 minutes. The plane is manufac- | learned, in the meantime, from tured in four Lockheed plants and| German experiences, he did not in one plant. of North American think British use of V-1 or V-2 was Aviation. Engines produced by Gen- | imminent, as compared with the eral Electric. Has not yet appeared effective use of the Anglo-American at the front either in Europe ‘or in| bomber fleets. The information the Pacific. Average monthly pro-|from Ol corresponds with all other duction March-May 1045: 40-60 data ayailable in London, Although planes. 01 doubtless spoke ‘pro domo,’ other “PETTERSSON—LIANG” |sources agree that Britain is far “9368 W. : behind in experiments with V-

production in the United States and Great Britain; information on allied ships entering or leaving British harbors; strength and disposition of military units on all} fronts; contents of secret “Big Three” agreements; and the size of the latest food rations in Moscow and Siberia, to name representative subjects. Most of the reports are amaz- | ingly detailed, up-to-date, and, in many cases, completely authentic. | They show that Nazi espionage in the United States and elsewhere was by no means the flop we have] been led to believe it was. They also involve a number of allied | diplomats who are named as the| sources of information obtained by the Nazi agents. . » * » HERE ARE, in textual translation. | a number of reports on the output of aircraft plants in the United States, They were picked at random from reports voluminous enough to fill a book. 644 W. “Re: Martin B-33. “Hektor reports on 1-23-45. upon request. “Martin B-33. Superbomber somewhat bigger than B-29. “Equipped with pressure cabin. Small experimental series reportedly already in production. Length 32.10 m, starting weight 5¢ t. Top

speed 580-600 km, cruising "Fm ON MARCH 18, the same well-| Lancaster. 3d bomber group: 16

440 km. Armament 12 mg of 12.7 mm and two 20 mm guns. Bomb load up to 10 t. Equipped with 4 double Wasp 2025 hp engines. + “PETTERSSON—LIANG” “113 W.

_ "Re: USA ~whAirplane model Swish.

| Republic. 4.9 2

| tails are being ascertained.

|the MAP representative Washing- a a»

models. | “lst bomber group: 16 divisions

“Re: New USA jet plane from Weapons.”

“Hektor reports on 3-21-45. TO THIS, agent “Hasso” added “According to information from this significant™postscript | MAP representative Washington, “A check made by, source 10 with Republic is making a new USA jet|local (Stockholm) scientific circles, plane tentatively called XP-86,|in particular Prof, Euler; confirms with two Allison engines. Republic|the impressions of the Z-V man jet planes are said to exceed speed| (London agent) that Britain has | of Shooting Star somewhat, but intnot yet gotten beyond the experiparticular to have a longer flying| mental stage in V-weapons.” time and thus a longer range. De-| . Regular and detailed reports also came in from agents in” England, “PETTERSSON—GUENTHER” |Italy and elsewhere concerning “960 W. shipping in allied harbors. “Re: Output of Consolidated Vul-| One such report, seht by the Zy tee. V man (abbreviated from .zuver“Hektor reports on" 3-25-45, laessig which means “Treliable”) “According to information from reads:

ton it appears from a Consolidated] “ABERDEEN, 6 vessels, 25,000 Vultee production account that the tons, no troop transports. Clyde plants of this concern in 1944 pro- | | Harbor, 39 vessels, 280,000 tons, duced airplanes of a total weight three transports, 20,000 t. Belfast, of 131,000,000 pounds as compared, 36 vessels, 275,000 tons, one transwith 126,000,000 pounds in 1943. port, 8000 t. Scapa Flow, six vesFrom the day of Pearl Harbor sels, 17300 tons, one transport. through Dec. 31, 1944, the concern! Firth of Forth, six vessels, 18,000 manufactured 30,164 airplanes in-| tons, no transports, Liverpool- | cluding replacement and reserve Birkenhead, 63 vessels, 475,000 tons, | parts. In 1944, 9407 planes were three transports, 47,000 tons.” brought out, whereof 4976 four-mo-| Z-V is equally at home in mattored bombers and transports, in- ters relating to the R. A. F. On cluding 4461 Liberators B-24. The Feb. 1, he estimates the strength concern also produced 14 airplane of the bomber command as follows:

“PETTERSSON—HASSO"” with 400 Halifax. 2d bomber group: =» 14 divisions with 25 Halifax and 325

irifformed “Hektor” reported the fol-| divisions with 400 Halifax. 4th lowing totals of British aircraft| bomber group: 14 divisions with 350 production during the preceding | Lancaster, 5th bomber group: 12 | month: Fighters, 755; bombers, 369; | divisions with 300 Halifax. 6th { general reconnaissance, 187; me- | bomber group: 11 Mosquitoes and | dium and light bombers, 221; train- | 75 Lancaster.” ers._242; naval, 206; “non- recog- | And so it goes on, ream after

VA CARE ASKED IN OBSTETRICS

Ruling Change Is Sought for

Women Veterans.

WASHINGTON, March 15 (U.P) —women veterans, although they | did, not protest when Gen, Omar | N. Bradley ruled against their having babies in veterans hospitals, may win the right anyway. They have a staunch advocate]

it developed today, in Bradley's sop]

adviser on women's affairs. She is Lt. Col. Mary Agnes Brown; who said she has just begun to fight for pregnant women vétefans. Undaunted by Gen, Bradley's previous refusal to change regulations | that hold pregnancy to be a natural phenomenon—and net a disability— Col. Brown placed before her boss two proposals.

Asks Out-Patient Change

ONE: That regulations be amend- | ed to provide treatment for expectant mothers who develop medical complications. TWO: That rules prohibiting outpatient care of ailments not due to military duty be changed to allow obstetrical treatment at home by a private physician but at government expense—as was done for servicemen’s wives during the war. Women who could pay for private treatment would-be excluded. Gen. Bradley would not comment on Col. Brown's proposals until he consults his medical chief, Dr. Paul R. Hawley, Col. Brown described the regulation barring pregnant veterans from VA hospitals as “discriminatory.” “And Americans usually have plenty to. say about discrimination,” she added.

Expected More Protest

Believing this, she was surprised when Bradley's ruling failed to raise a storm of protests. The only unfavorable comment was from a few congresswoinen, Gen. Bradley upheld the regulation which states “pregnancy and childbirth will*not entitle to hospitalization.” In practice this ruling often Is evaded by a finding that pathological conditions have developed as an adjunct to pregnancy. Col, Brown said, however, that some * yeterans officials stick hard and fast jo the regulation, That's why she wants the regulation changed. But she would like to go much further, “The army and navy discharged women for pregnancy, then provided free obstetrical care in servfos hospitals,” she said. ‘These women veterans naturally expect as much from the veterans administration.” Col. Brown would not quibble about legitimacy.’ That is none of VA's business, she aad. i

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| mittee has before it in asking home | | conservation of wheat, meat, fals will eat an average of 150 pounds

War Torn Countries Face ‘Famine Until End of July

By PAUL R. LEACH Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, March 15 —Famine will continue in war-torn countries through July, when local crops begin coming in. The need next winter and through the 1947 harvest season will

hinge on the ability of those lands to get their own production going with our help and the size of their harvests this year and next.

That is the broad picture Herbert Hoover's famine emergency com-

and oils. jeach this year, 25 pounds better

| Central Europe is the hardest hit, | {than the best pre-war average.

with China, Indo-China and the| In order to meet our meat com-|

Philippines worse off in the Pacific. | mitments the department of agriAll American supplies are cleared | culture has directed a set-aside by | through the department of agri- packers of 13 per cent of all pork {culture .on three lanes: {and pork products; 30 per cent of ONE: Direct shipments for which commercial beef, 40 per cent of the recipients pay us. utility beef and 50 per cent of canTWO: Deliveries ito United Na- ner and cutter beef grades, 40 per

sions relief and rehabilitation ad- cent of utility veal and 20 per cent

ministration for those unable to] of all mutton. pay. Except for a set-aside order for |. THREE: Consignments to the army and navy use of 30 per cent army, which is responsible for 100k- | of choice and good beef, the higher | ing after our occupied zone in Ger-| grades of beef are clear for domany, Austria and Japan; the | mestic consumption. Trieste region of Italy and some of | |Copyright, 1946, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Ine, the Pacific islands. —— aint,

a ARMY TO SPEED MAIL sy eomey FOR PACIFIC POSTS

Countries ordering and paying | for food here include France, Por- WASHINGTON, March 15 (TU.

tugal, Holland, Belguim, Sweden,|P)—The army ls trying to speed Denmark and Switzerland. up mail deliveries for soldiers in England is a buying country, but \the Pacific. _

is getting -its wheat from Canada. Secretary of War Robert P. PatHere it buys meat, dried milk, ed, Ser A ri yesterday that | Cass and sitier foods which are op air priority has been given all especially short. air mall "0 and from troops in

‘47 Nations Contribute |Japan, the Philippines, Okinawa Forty-seven nations contribute to|and other Pacific areas.

UNRRA, but the American share| Due to recent rapid demobilizes is by far the greatest. |tion and consequent reduction of Up to Jan. 31, of the $3,000,000,- plane service, much air mail has 000 contributed, the U. S. ante WAS heen sent by boat. More than $2,100,000,000. | 3,000,000 such letters are now en Relief through UNRRA is going route by service vessels. The new to Hungary, . Austria, Czecho- priorities will restore all air mail slovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, to air transportation. Greece Albania, Italy, Upper Fin- mmmeni

land, the Dodecanese islands and RUSS AND AMERICANS

Oe only shipments going to] TO EXCHANGE ‘MAIL

Russia are to White Russian and| grou, Korea, Mareh 15 (U, PJ. the Ukraine. | —For the first time since the allies They are largely confined to fals|giyided Korea into two occupation and oils, Russia has asked per-izones mail will be officially ex- | mission to buy wheat, but no alloca- | changed over the Russian and tions have been made. American borders today. American commitments to all} Two hundred sacks of first-class sources in principal items include], oil were to be transferred from 6,000,000 tons of wheat for the first| the town of Kaisong in the Amerisix months of 1948; 1,600,000000| san zone fo Soviet-occupied terpounds of reat for the 12 months, | ritory. An agreement to exchange 375,000 tons of fats and oils for the the mail between the zones was year, and a promise to increase made at a joint Soviet-American dairy product exports. conference last month. Average 150 Pounds No newspapers or parcels were to Americans were expected to eat|be included in the exchange. 1,510,000,000 tons of wheat this year.

Bread, pastry and cereals com- ANOTHER MISSOURI ‘DOCTOR’

prise less than 20 per cent of American food but run as high as 80 per cent in some of the relief lands. Mr, Hoover wants U. S. consumption reduced 40 per cent for 120 days to meet this need abroad. ; After all meat relief requirements

are met, . 171s expected Americans

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WASHINGTON, March 15 (U.P). —Gen, Omar N. Bradley will fly to Missouri this week-end to receive an honorary degree of doctor of laws Monday from Drury college, at Springfield. Gen. and Mrs. Bradley

will spend Saturday night and Sunday at Moberly, Mo., his home town,

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