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Probe of How Goering

Cheated Noose Opens

10 HITLER AIDS PAY WITH LIVES ON 3 GALLOWS] wees door 0

Death With! Poison?

A special board of officers, presumably made up of Americans, began searching for the answer to that question today. Meantime, here is another question:

’ How did Goering know when to take the poison? He swallowed a vial of potassium cyanide two hours before he was supposed to hang last night.

How Did Goering Get the Poison?

By DUDLEY ANN HARMON

Most Meet Same Arrogance They = | Showed in Life.

By CLINTON B. CONGER United Press Staff Correspondent

NUERNBERG, Oct. 16.—A

supposed to know that the day of execution had arrived. But somehow Goering found out. His timing was perfect. 5 » = = ” n

of how Hermann Goering managed to cheat the hangman. = Goering ‘gulped poison just before 10 fellow Nazis marched to the gallows in the parade he was sup-| posed to lead. There were indications that un- |

identified persons who might know | where and when Goering got his|

suicide. A public relations officer was asked if anybody had been arrested in connection with Goering's act. He said no. He was asked if any arrests were contemplated. He said that as of 9:10 a. m. today the answer again was no. . A .reporter asked if that statement indluded Goering's wife, Who visited him after he was convicted. The officer stated: “As far as I am concerned, Mrs. Goering is in the clear.’ In the absence of any official announcement there was much specuvial of potassium cyanide were| lation about Goering's suicide. being called in for questioning by | yu. om

the army. board. ko HERE IS ONE of the theories: A spokesman for the Nuerniere | After Goering was arrested he was taken to Mandorf last May. prison commandant’s office, When| yn... 1. 0 rived there he had a can of powdered coffee. The can was asked ira Em pr weve! thoroughly. examined and inside of it was found a vial of potassium | cyanide. poison when she visited him last| Vials of potassium cyanide were standard equipment for the top week, said: Nazis as soon as they realized the war was lost. “As far as 1 am concerned, Mrs. Joachim von Ribbentrop had one taped to his body when he Goering is in the clear.” | was captured. Heinrich Himmler took his life with one. Bodies Spirited Away? | Paul Josef Goebbels took poison in the same Berlin bunker where Through the secrecy which the Adolf Hitler died. army maintained over the hanging s 2 = x x =»

of the Nazi chieftains, signs were| pyIg THEORY—and it hag several big holes in it—is that Goering seen that soon after they died in| cof out to trick the allied officers last May when he put the vial of the dark hours after midnight, their | potassium cyanide in the coffee can. - * bodies were spirited secretly to] The idea was that he would let them find one vial and then relax whatever disposal the allies planned their search and he would be able to carry a second vial into prison. to avold establishing any “shrines The trouble with that thepry is that Goering has been gearched for fanatics. | many times—and thoroughly—since he handed over his can of coffee. Just before dawn two closed oe He had been moved from cell to cell without notice. covered “trucks sped away from a His belongings had been searched every few days and his. body | back gate of the prison, Lacking | had been inspected thoroughly. ficial confirmation, the ‘possibility | When Goering was taken out of his cell for exercise, he was

= that they carried the | manacled to a guard and kept away from the other Ndzi prisoners. rs ®. = ; Te an

Guard Not Disciplined : COL. BURTON C. ANDRUS, prison commandant, said- there had

The spokesman said he did not aad . i SO : know from whom the army investi- SY, and very vigorous searches of Goering's clothes and his

gauing board had taken statements. Whenever Goering received visits from his wife either a glass

| panel or a screen separated them. Son john spain ers the prise About 25 Germans had access to Goéring during the war crimes drus. or the unidentified guard on trial. They included barbers, men who served him meals and his duty at Goering’s cell door when lawyer, Dr. Otto Stahmer. But all of these persons performed their he took .the poison. duties under the eyes of American guards. He said he assumed the board's | Maj. Frederick Teich, operations officer in Col. Andrus’ office, sald | that in his opinion, Goering could have had the poison since he was

findings would be ready in a couple | a : He expected it to report taken into custody, despite all the searches.

5 ” ” » ” THE CELLS in the prison have openings about four feet square, covered with iron grating. A bright light is fastened to the grating and it shines into the cell. through the grating .to watch the prisoners. The poison vial which Goering used was said to be no bigger than a rifle bullet and was concealed in a brass cartridge.

who superintended the executions, or to the allied contrgl council in| Berlin. Three penciled notes which Goer- | ing left were kept secret by offi-| cials, They were in an envelope from which Goering was supposed | to have ‘snatched the brass car-! tridge container with . its vial of poison when he suddenly slipped his hands under ‘his bed covers last night. The cartridge container was a

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ANOTHER ‘SUMMER’ | DAY ENJOYED HERE

Traditional Indiana fall weather prevailed here again today as the] weatherman presented another mild | day only partly cloudy. Early temperatures in the 50s this | morning soon soared towards nor- | mal, causing residents to shed their

» = ” EE rr - a LJ x 2: » aT ON SATURDAY Kingsbury Smith, representing the combined American press, went through the prison and saw the condemned Nazis. He looked into Goering's call and this is what he saw: “The once great reichsmarshal Hermann Goering, crown prince of Nazidom, sat slumped on a small iron cot which in the past had known only the weight of common criminals. “His heavy shoulders sagged against the bare, white-washed wall of his small prison cell as he tried to drown thoughts of his impending fate by immersing himself ih a book. It was a well-thumbed, soiled, paper-covered ornithological volume entitled ‘With the Passage of Birds to Africa.’ “Draped like a cloak over the back and shoulders of his pearl-gray luftwaffe uniform blouse was an ordinary khaki-colored U. 8. army blanket to help keep off the chill of the brisk October air that came through the tiny, half-opened prison window; along with the rays of brilliant sunlight. . .-, “The guard stood: outside the locked door, small,

peering through a square apetrture—and ready at an instant’s notice to swing

topcoats. Gd i Ma? s by try § Te Cooler temperatures were moving the gallows by trying to take ‘his own life this’ way from the northern part of | aan ! au

the Midwest, but as yet were making no threat to central Indiana's Indian summer,

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... 54 10am. .... 65 Tam... 53 lam... 69 3am..... 60 12 (Noon)., 68 fam... 65 1pm... 68

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Building Citizens

._ @Leaders-of the future are “ “puilt” in neighborhood cen ters of Indianapolis . . . like Mayer House . about which Times Staffer Ed Sovola writes an interest-ing—-and important — story today.

[ 3 (7 1s. one of a series of articles .on “What Your, Community Pund 8.”

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man by taking Syanide poison,

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At 10:45 o'clock last night none of the 11 condemned Nazis was

AMERICAN. ARMY officers don't want to discuss the Goering

An American guard peers constantly

back the iron bolt and dash inside should Goering attempt to cheat

TORRID POLICY FIGHT SEEN BY SEN. BREWSTER

GOP Trading Meat Issue For Foreign Affairs, Visitor Says.

© By ROBERT BLOEM Republicans are about to trade the meat issue in on a rousing battle .over foreign policies, Senator [Owen Brewster of Maine forecast here today. Although “thinking people” still will see the meat situation as an example of | adminis = tration confusion, he said, the presence of meat on tables may take

out of meat as a

| 8 | senator Brewsterpolitical issue] (Nov, 5. Senator Brewstér, one of the Republican party's national shack

troopers, came to Indiana to ad-

dress a statewide G. O. P. women’s | rally this noon. |

The senator made his prognostications at a morning press conference “moderated” by Rep. Charles Halleck of Indiana's second district. | Throughout the three-way ses!sion, the two Republican leaders ‘radiated exuberance over the campaign outlook, based on their growing certainty that Republicans will gain 45 or more seats in congress.

Brings in Wallace

To former Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Senator Brewster said, goes the credit for smoking out the foreign policy fight to replace the meat issue. | By scheduling speeches in the {home state of Michigan's Senator Vandenberg, Senator Brewster said, Mr. Wallace has shaken the Michean leader out of a policy of “statesmanlike” silence. Senator Vandenberg is charged, | generally by left-wing Democrats | with guiding America’s foreign policy and, following the end of the! {peace conference yesterday, Mr. | Wallace is expected to attack that], | policy. | Mr. Wallace has three Michigan | {Speeches scheduled and Mr. Van- | denberg is scheduled to defend the

! end. { Both Senator Brewster and Mr. | Halleck were confident the public will rally behind the Michigan lead-

ler at the expense of the left wing!

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UNION HERE BACKS |

The Central Labor Union of Indianapolis, A. F. of L., has voted to support-the~appeal of A. F. of L. President William Green for a na-! effort to boost public, | school teachers’ wages.

tion-wide

In a resolution passed Monday |

night, the union said: “In view of

the faithful, patriotic and efficient service rendered to the children. of the people of our nation, the American Federation of Labor, with other civic groups, {the definite need for salaries that! | will keep pace with rising living| costs, which affect public school | teachers the same as all other workers.

incentive, caused by low wages, is | keeping many young people from | entering the teaching profession,

How Low Are the Mighty Fallen’

Hermann Goering, the man who once was designated as Hitlef's successor as ruler of. Nazi Germany, | the Kremlin “is is shown above (left) as he appeared at the peak of his career, and at the right, gaunt and thin as he force on the world" is the mosgt.vital nity house decorations will precede [ball star, is chairman of the ars appeared during the long Nuernberg trial. Last night, afraid to go to the gallows, he cheated the hang-

|ngtion’s foreign stand this week-|

TEACHER PAY BOOST,

along | recognizes | |

| The union asseried that lack of

tin federal

Heavy Hog Push Bids Dow

Hello, Folks—Yep, Here We Are, Back Again

T-bones on the hoof , , . with ceilings off, this Today's aristocrat . . , the squeal was free, but beefy stranger returned to the Indianapolis market. everything else was selling higher here today.

FIND DIVORCEE Housewives Find Meat Prices DEAD AT PAOL

Indianapolis housewives today found meat prices varied from 8 cents to 28 cents higher a pound under non control and that the record rePolice Hold Coninanion Of ceipts being registered at the stock yards had not yet influenced the

| supply. Ft. Wayne Woman. «A survey of Indianapolis roe stores today Jevealed the following PAOLI, Ind., Oct. 16 (U. P.).—The|

meat price increases:

| | T-bone steaks which sold Mon |pajama-clad body of Mrs. Josephine| day at a 54-cent ceiling were 75 STOCKYARDS BUII Zeppering, 35- year-old Pt. Wayne, | cents today at some super markets.

Ind, divorcee, was found in a tour-| At wo Independent sires on o! 1 cen ist cabin today and her male com-| | Meridian s prices ‘Were

and 85 cents, panion was arrested for questioning. | But few stores In the city i

Jota Coroner, E. L. Throop be- any meat yet and lard still was Farmers Bring 1 Families in

eyed Mrs.’ Zeppering died of -a non-existant. et piiment, But iw ghysiciaus Prevailing Prices who conduc a pos . i lamination said they were uncertain At one Markel on 8. Meridia st. as to the cause of death. | today these prices prevailed: “They sent specimens of Sood} Sirloin steak 75c, T-bone steak | ; {and internal organs’ to the Indiana -85c, chuck roast 58¢, pork chops 5c, | Yards is a good tonic for a person |state police laboratory in Indian- ground beef 45c, wieners 55¢, bo-!|... especially when he hasn't tasted |apolis. logna. 49c, and pork cottage, un- meat for nigh onto three weeks, John D. Nolan, Ft. Wayné, was available before today, 656¢, The T-! The place this morning was a buzz held in Orange county jail on bones were 24c aboye Monday's of excitement, with 16.000 hogs and open charges. Police questioned him ceilings, and pork chops were 28c'2200 cattle crowding the pens and about the death of his companion above ceiling. filling the air with squeals, moos, and the ownership of nearly $4000 One super market chain was grunts and assorted odors. found among Mrs. Zeppering's be- ‘quoting these prices: Keynote of the trading this mornjlongines and in an automobile, | T-bones 75¢, sicloin 59c, rib steaks ing was the feverish efforts of

ind Cash in Cabin, Car Continued on’ Page 5=C olumn 4H ' (Continued ‘on Page S—Column 2) Ber Sheriff Ben Nadall said - ———

rs. ing’s body . was . . ; . bang Magoo G0 Pin-Up Girl Is Frapklin Queen

Rush to Cash In.

By RICHARD BERRY An hour's, visit to the local stock-

found by Russell Caplinger, operator of the tourist camp. Mr. Caplinger went to the cabin when Nolan told him the woman was ill, Deputy Nadall said that $2128, | mostly in $100 bills, was found in Mrs, Zeppering's belongings He said the police found $1700 in | Bills of the same denomination in an automobile the coyple drove to {the camp, and $80 in Nolan's pos- | session. He said that a transcript of di- | vorce testimony given circuit court at Ft. Wayne in April, 1945, was found in Mrs. Zeppering's purse. It showed that Mrs. Zeppering was {divorced from Herman Zeppering {of Rome City, Ind.

| FT. WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 168 (U, P.) —Mrs. Josephine Zeppering, HA dead today in ‘Paoli, Ind. left here a week ago on a ‘‘vaca{tion trip,” relatives said today Mrs. Zeppering lived here in a fashionable South side home. sur-| vivors include a 7-year-old son, now | {in a local boarding school, and two | | brothers, Arnold Schultz, Sharon- | [ville ©. and ‘Joe Schultz, Ft: | Wayne. | A niece, Miss Rush Shive,, said] | Mrs. Zeppering recently had com-| | pleted a real estate transaction from { which she received a “great deal.”

AFL CHARGES REDS | STOLE U, S. SECRETS &

CHICAGO, Oct. 16 (U. P)) —The| American Federation of Labor | charged today that Communists | {employed in federal departments | of [stole secret state papers, and forwarded photostatic copies to Moscow, The Communist party in the U 8. has placed dependable members departments, including

Soldering Ex- Student’ s ‘Wife nraon memos aioges 10 Reign at Homecoming Fete

|by delegates attending the A. F. of | IL. convention. No date was given Times State Service | for the alleged theft of state papers. | FRANKLIN, Ind, Oct. 16.—A GI's favorite pin-up girl will be! “The entire story of this infiltra- | queen of Franklin college homecoming activities here Saturday. on has not yet been told,” said | Mrs. Phyllis Moore Pratt, whose husband Charles, is a former Frankthe declaration,” prepared by. the lin student now serving in the army, was elected by the school’s letter- | resolutions committee; and read be- | men as Sovereign of the first full-scale post-war reunion of students. {fore the convention by John Frey, | Ihead of the A. F, of Ls metal | Ann Murphy, Delta Delta, Delta, =~ trades department. and Barbara Kyle, Pi Beta Phi. A "| be held and a dance in the Frank- ' The declaration reaffirmed the A. i lin “City -building will conclude : halftime of the a ry or activities.

{F, of L.'s “vigorous and unyielding : opposition” to dictatorship and said football game, Mrs. Pratt will re-| Louis Leerkamp, former Washthat. the “Communist issue” which | ceive her crown in a regal ceremony. |ington high school (Indianapolis)

endeavoring to| A parade and judging of frater-{and Franklin football and basket-

Mrs. Phy llis Pratt

one confronting. Americans since | the football game. After the game rangements committee for the the revolutionary war, an. athletic lettermenrilé banquet will banquet, s f ¢ .

Way Up, but Supply Is Short

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n $3

TOP FOR TODAY 1S $25: CATTLE SELL FOR $26

Meat Expected to Reach Retail Store Cases by End of Week,

A flood of hogs at the Ine dianapolis stockyards exert ed a downward pressure on prices today and forced the top down - $§ a hundred pounds from yesterday's highs, The same story was reported from major hog centers over the midwest, Indianapolis led the race in ree ceipts and had a correspondingly

[sharper dip after setting the pace

with a rise to $30 a hundred pounds yesterday, Most hog sales today topped at +26 with. a few going to $25.25, Cattle receipts were lighter tham hogs and prices hovered near record levels. The top here for choice steers and heifers was around $36 with isolated sales reported $2 or more above that level, =~ Cattle Up at Chicago

Cattle prices in the market rose 43 to $4 despite heavy increases in. receipts, The nation-wide beef total for the week was behind that of a year ago, although hog receipts ‘were far ahead of last year. ; Early estimates suggested a probe able flood of 16,000 hogs and 2200 cattle into market here, | As far as the average meade hungry - prospective consumer wes concerned, these receipts were just {so many walking steaks and pork chops and the cry was “when do we get the meat?” Packers estimated local mead markets would be selling the long= awaited meat by the end of the

RUSHVILLE, Ind, Oct. 16, = Record receipts at the Armews stockyards here totaled 2450 hegse which arrived late last night and this morning. The weights averaved 225 pounds and prices were steady at $29.50, The 44 cars of hogs were bought by the Armour company,

week. But their faces grew grave when they contemplated the prices prospect. Newspaper offices received numerous “I told you so” calls during the day yesterday from persons who

had charged packers and meat dealers with “hoarding” meas supplies.

These callers reported meat ale ready on the counters of local mars kets and demanded to know how the pork chop could arrive ahead of the hog. Offers Explanation

Harvey Hagelskamp, executive secrétary of the local and state Ine dependent Retail Grocers and Meag Dealers associations, gave this exs planation: “One local packer,” Mr. Hagel skamp - said, “delivered a small quantity of meat Monday. “This meat ordinarily would have been spread over a period of a week or more with some of the grocers holding it off the meat counters to sell to regular customers. “When President Truman “ans nounced the ceilings were off, these dealers saw no reason for spreading their meager supply so thin tossed

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DAY OF PRAYER SET FOR YOUTH MISSION

Young people and adults are expected to pass in and out of the First Baptist church all day to= motrow as part of a prayer vigil for [the interdenominational youth mise sion. The church will open at 8 a. m. |and remain open until 7:30 p. m. Some one will be offering prayers continuously all day. The chief cause for prayer will ba the youth mission mass meeting to be held Friday at 7:45 p. m. in the | Butler university field house. Dr. EK. | Stanley Jones of India and America will deliver the address.

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