Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1947 — Page 2

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THE INDIAN

~ Dutch Troops, Trained in U. S. Copiure Indonesia Capi

Reveal Nelson Pushed Hughes Contract Over Objections of Chiefs of Staff

Defense Army | Scorches City In Retreat

Biggest Prize of War - Goes to Holland

By ARNOLD BRACKMAN United Press Stall Correspondent ! MALANG, Java, July 31.—Aboard | a 15-ton amphibious tractor with | three machine guns firing, I rode = into Malang today with the first|~ wave of Dutch combat troops, including marines who received much | of their training in North Carolina.

This fourth city of Java became | Holland's biggest prize of the campaign against the Indonesians when | the Dutch marines and soldiers en- | tered it at 9:07 a. m, I was the only American corre-| spondent to accompany the Dutch forces into the resort city south of |} the big Soerabaja naval base, once famous for its fine homes and public | P= buildings. Fires Still Burning

Now it was a scorched city, with fires still burning or smouldering The main thoroughfares were, battéred and pocked after an all-| night artillery shelling by the Dutch -and the scorched earth activily of the Indonesians The streets were littered with broken glass, rubble, rocks, tree trunks, barbed wire barricades and! smashed furniture. The Indonesians had set fire to factories, schools and churches. Malang, with a normal popula-

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MARRIED 63 YEARS- Today was a big day at the o lone of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Thoms on 2124 Conrad st., where they colebrated their 63d wedding anniversary.

63d Anniversary Marked With Family Party Here

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Thompson of Conrad St. Will Have 2 Sons With Them on Big Day

tion of about 150,000, was prac- An open house at 2124 Conrad st. today marked a special event for tically deserted, Most of the resi- Mr, and Mrs. John A, Thompson It was the 63d anniversary of their

dents had fled to the neighboring wedding in 1884 in. Columbus hills before the Dutch entered the Helping them celebrate will be two sons, city. three of thelr four great-grandchildren

* For 40 years after they were married, Greece to File

Columbus. Twenty-three years ago they moved here to the Conrad st. | Balkan Charge LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, July 31

three grandchildren and

the Thompsons lived in

address. They have been members of the United Brethren church 57

years, (U, P.).~Greece, it was learned to- Engaged In the shoe Dusit ; For Bricker's Aid day, is preparing to file new charges’ nv; Thompson retired aboyt aganist her northern Balkan neigh- years ago. Although he Is bors in the United Nations sécurity | still likes to work in a ol COLUMBUS, O, July 31 (U.P). council. This will be done in order Shop he has in his home. Mrs.| Senator Robert A. Taft today to keep the case before the United | Thompson, who is 83, busles her self | thanked his colleague, Senator John Nations despite this week's Soviet, With daily housework. W. Bricker for indorsing him as a

veto. ‘The Thompsons’ sons are Roy Er = The Greek action, it was learned, and Alva B. Thompson; grandchil- presidential candidate. Meanwhile, will be strongly supported. by the! dren are Mrs. Martha Andrews, he awaited confidently for the Ohlo United States which had determined | Wallace and Géorge F. Thompson; favorite son designation from the to continue ity. .eforts to utilize! great-grandchildren are Dannie and| ¢1q10'« Republican executive comUnited Nations machinery to main- | Lynn Andrews, Stephen F. Thomp-| =... tain peace in the Balkans, son and Mrs. Betty Harvey. Mrs, The new Grech sabe, as has been | Harvey live in Fresno, Cal, the The committee was scheduled u P . , indicated previously, will be filed ON"F® In Indianapolis officially to indorse Senator Taft for the nomination, placing his name

under Chapter 7 of the United Na- | Schools Get Cors in a three-way race with Governor

tions charter, calling for action with respect, to ‘threats to the peace, Thomas E. Dewey, unannounced breaches of peace Rnd acts of ag- Free for Courses | but active aspirant, and Harold E. Stassen, avowed candidate, WABHINGTON, July 31 (U.P) ~The American Automobile associa!

gression. ¥ | The Greeks will tharge that the Senator Taft said he was making actions of Albania, Yugoslavia and/on announced today that high! ® Western trip to “thoroughly disBulgaria in mid and comfort schools prepared to give traffic cuss all the controversial matters of to Greek ns Constitute a .urety courses can now obtain free the 1ast congress.”

form of aggression against Shem, {cary for on-the-road instruction. | Discussion Urged -

C ha | Pl | Undér a program worked out in! He sald Republicans should dis-

“Teo-operation with automioutie faa | facturers and dealers, cars will be! {loaned to schools having a properly

“should be proud of the accomplishments of the Republican pro-

trained instructor and a course that gram.’ Surve in Alaska Includes at least 10 hours a week When asked whether ., “Repubdriving instructions licans” should include Governor “It is now possible” said the Dewey, who has been notably silent

Times Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, July 31. Sen- A AA. “to look forward to the day ator Homer E. Capehart R. Ind, | When all high schools will Include today announced from his office driver training as a regula par of here that he will hold hearings inthe curriculum

Alaska on proposed airport plans as, * if : Wilh uvertiguse newsprint pos- Kindly Deputy Aids Tennesseans Beset By Trouble Here

He has been authorized to do so by the senate interstate and foreign commerce committee, of which said. The airport hearings will be TROUBLE DOUBLED up on the st Anchorage and Fairbanks in Jones family from Tennessee here September following a six-day in." it Y

on controversial Issues, Senator Taft said, “Tom Dewey, too—a Republican, by the way." Senator Taft said his coming Western trip was designed primarily to publicize and build up the last” session of congress, gulded mostly by the G. O, P. policy committee

Greek Coast City Reported Attacked

he is a member, the arinouncement

vestigation of Alaskan timberlands Yesterday but they were given a -ATHENS, July 31 (U. P.).—Milby the senate newsprint subcom- friendly hand by a kindly police tary authorities reported today that mittee of which Senator Capehart officer. guerrillas attacked the coastal city i hala, Ciaeind! tee eHibers Buster and Virginia Jones, their of Alexandroupolls near the Turkpan make Lhe rip w €|T-month-old son, and seven other {sh border . ! . yd ' 8 A rder last night. chairman are Senators Harry P persons were en route by auto from 8 Cain (R. Wash.), James E. Murray | Nashville, Tenn., to Chicago. The | Tre jy ha ony training cer. (D. Mont) and Allen J, Bllender agylis hoped to obtain employment - uthorijies. sald the attack «D. La.) on the railroad was a small one intended largely

’ for looting.

Accompanied by their wives, they » » THEY HAD spent all thelr com-

expect to leave Seattle, Wash. for I a —— Alaska on Aug. 27, bined funds to get this far when DUCK SEASON CUT Two Indiana publishers may the fuel pump on the car went out WASHINGTON, July 31 (U. P.) —

tO S Cad § ~~ President Truman today reduced the f old Spring Td. quck hunting season to 30 days or Then one of the passengers carrying | less in most states. Open season on! baby Frank Jones fell and the little! water fowl in Indiana was set {rom boy's arm was broken Nov. 18 to Dec. 17, inclusive. At that point a Harry Foxworthy,

make the newsprint trip with Senator Capehart. They are James Montgomery of New Albany and James 8. Delaurier of Hammond.

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deputy sheriff,

stepped (0. The REPORT CHINA REDS ROUTED

Don, 7, Unaware

child was treated at City hospital, NANKING, July 31 (U. P).— Of Tragedy, Longs the officer bought them a fuel pump | Semi-official dispatches claimed at Flackville

a garage and con-| today the nationalist forces have

tributed some cash and the {amily | routed Communists who have been Was under way again attacking Linchu.

FUNNY BUSINESS

To Fish With Dad

———— A————————— DENVER, July 31 (U. P) ~Don Dunlap is ‘strictly an outdoor man ~and fishing is his hobby Don, pged seven, is laid up at the moment In a 8t, Louis, Mo, hospital, nursing some nasty burns But he forgets all about the hurt

and misery when he.thinks about that day sometime later in the |{ 1 f summer when he and his dad will ~ ~~ 5 go fishing. Qs - But what little Don doesn’t know }

is that his dad is dead. Nobody had told the kid that his father died a hero's death while rescuing Don from the fire which destroyed their Salem, Mo. home. Or that his sisters died in the same fire and that his mother is accused of touching a match to their gas-soaked house. MEMBERS OF Post No. 12 of the Veterans association in Denver saw Don's picture in the paper. That smile peaking from behind the bandages did it; that and the talk fishing. # | is made of the kind of stuff

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Taft Says Thanks’

cttss these matters and that they!

By Hershberge*

APOLIS TIMES

'Paris Fire Kills 22 Women PARIS, July 31 (U. P.).—~Twentytwo women prisoners were burned tq death early today when a flash fire swept through an’ army barracks. They were confined in the barracks because Paris jails were filled.

Slaying Artist

‘Didn't Mean to,’ Says

Walked Into Bedroom “A little while later I was playing the in the living room ——|when Mr. Wilson walked into his

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Mi,

Woman Confesses,

Ex-Wife of Policeman

Directed Jesse Jones

to Give Flying Boat

Order to Producer and Henry J. Kaiser

to Mr, Nelson. It voiced the joint chiefs’ fear that increased production of cargo planes would disrupt the combat plane program. Ferguson's subcommittee is

a reporter

reiterated the Hollywood film and plane producer was expected here at 9 a. m. (Indianapolis time), tomorrow, Mr, Ferguson advanced the time for Mr. Hughes’ appearance after Mr. Hughes charged yesterday that the investigation was a “blackmail” in behalf of Pan American Airways, Other developments were: ONE: Jesse Jones, former chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp., testified that he financed an $18 million Hughes-Kaiser contract in 1942 for three plywood cargo planes because Donald Nelson “directed” him to. Mr. Nelson was

.|then chief of the war productoin

board. TWO: Mr. Jones said Mr. Nelson subsequently ordered the contract

canceled, but the late President

WASHINGTON, July 31 (U. P.) ~Former WPB Boss Donald Nelson pushed an $18 million Kaiser-Hughes contract to build three fying |P boats over the objections of the joint chiefs of staff, a senate war investigating subcommittee disclosed today. Chairman Homer Ferguscn (R, Mich.) produced a July 30, 1942, | memorandum from then Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson

the money” already spent on one ‘glant air boat. Mr. Roosevelt, he said, felt great experience could be gained by continuing the contract. A new agreément was made whereby: Mr. Hughes carried on alone, The plywood monster, big-

[gest ever built by man, is still

earthbound at Terminal Island, Cal. THREE: Secret papers found in

Two Pedestrians Injured by Auto

Two pedestrians were injured late yesterday when struck by a car as they waited for a trolley at Mary land and Pennsylvania sts. sts. The victims were Mrs. Grace Johnson, 59, and Mrs. Nannie Sanders, 52, ‘both of 2022 Boulevard pL. Mrs. Johnson was reported in fair condition at City hospital. Mrs. Sanders was treated at the hospital but not admitted. Walter Voss, 1447 Lee st., driver of the car, was charged with vagrancy, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. He was stopped a short distance from the | accident by two other motorists

Roosevelt balked at “throwing away

who witnessed the accident.

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| forces chief, about it. Later, Mr. Hughes obtained a contract to build 101 mostly wood {photographic planes, whose prototype was the plastic bomber, FOUR: ‘Edward Bern, former endral mapagét vt Huglits Alturas Co, ne the mammoth plane was constructed, the payroll was “padded ex-Hollywood people” in midand the engineers running plant did business “like a bunch of school kids.” FIVE:

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Eisler's Request For Acquittal Denied

WASHINGTON, July 31 (U. P), —Federal Judge James W. Morris

Judge Morris held that the gove | ernment. has produced “sufficient | evidence to send the case to the | jury.”

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a» Kenneth Conn : from the army, Ww .of two wild-shoc "licemen last - wes prehended, the Office here annot .. Pursuit of Con ‘Bide community panic last Thurs ,P.'s opened fire. “but the Wild W bition drew stiff “dents in the ne #"" Mah Hughes | “marshal for the district, s ‘picked up by city "ville, Il. Previo ¥gaid. Connell ha “he was abandoni “tended to give I didn't carry out | Ballet E His home is &@ pl. Mrs. Connell operator here. . The shooting king lot at 26 Jbullet ricocheted ~ House number” ,Marolt, 1020 N. Maj. Carnes ! ‘Btewart and 8. 8 son, the M. P.’s, lined” for using violation of wr “Connell, who ha from Ft. Benjar "May, will be he army headquar Maj. Carnes said

Virginia Due Hon

PARIS, July pital attendant: Virginia Hill wa after her secor many sleeping p! be in shape United States. A westward Atlantic was American emba friend of the lai sassinated gang The embassy | into the hospi that it would be home as soon a press agent's re bassy had order home as of tods been exaggerate Doctors said | ly had not tried or at any rat enough pills to said she took the pills Satur “was unable to It was the si within a month

Indiania To Chur

Tim BUFFALO, J Graham, Milfo: the office of vi executive comn and country ch of Christ. Mr. Graham night at the no national Conve: of Christ here officials and d fnapolis are pi The Rev. J. |] succeeds Edwal ingston, Tenn. mittee presiden Keithsburg, Ill ‘tary-treasurer.

Hunt Chile

Heat in | CHICAGO, Three-year-old who walked ns In last night's hunted by poli Officers were apparently lef He has not sin Police said wandered from