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THURSDAY, ATG. 14,

1947

af THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

British Rule Of India Ends As 2 New

22 Will Hang For ‘Horrors’ | At Buchenwald

Dachau Tribunal Sentences 9 Others

DACHAU, Germany, Aug. 14 (U. : ).—A military. court sentenced 22 former officials of the Buchenwald concentration camp today to death

by hanging. | Five other defendants, including | Ilse Koch, sadistic widow of the| camp commandant, who died of] natural causes after the war, were given life terms. And four others were sentenced to prison for from 10 to 20 years. Among those given the death sentence were Dr. Hans Eisele, an S88 officer, and Hans Schmidt, who was carried into the courtroom on a stretcher to hear the decision of the eight-man tribunal. It was the second time Eisele had been sentenced to death. He previously was sentenced at the Dachau trial. But that sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Show No Emetion Court. was opened by Chief Prosecutor William E. Denson, New

of officials of the Mauthausen and PFlockenburg concentration camps. The 31 defendants were/marched | singly into the courtroom, packed | with 400 spectators. After they heard their sentence, they were led | outside through the sunny court-| yard and back to their cells. The courtroom was deathly still all ¥hrough the proceedings, Neither the defendarits, their attorneys | nor the spectators displayed. any emotion. Eisele was the surliest of the de- | fendants, After the judge read the | sentence doomihg him to the gal-d lows, a guard reached out to take his arm and lead him from the room. He brushed the guard's arm aside and strode from the room unescorted. Schmidt raised his head from is | stretcher slightly to hear the sen- |

dropped his head and was carried | out. Dr. Edwin - Katzen-Ellenbogen, former American citizen and Buchenwald physician, was sentenced to life in prison along with Prince Josias of Waldeck, only

. «royal blooded prince tried for wil

crimes; Defense attorneys said they would appeal the death sentences and life terms of Frau Koch and Katzen Ellen-Bogen. The appeals will be made through the war crimes branch of the army's judge advocate division. No date was set for the executions.

‘Old Settlers’ Open 3-Day Picnic at Quincy The Old Settlers picnic, held annually since 1870, began a program this morning which will} continue through Saturday in! Quincy, Ind. The Owen county event will include band concerts, speakersand contests during the three-day event

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Escape With $175 in Cash

- Photo by Lloyd B, Waiton, Times Staff Photographer

SLUGGED BY BANDIT—William Aubrey, night clerk at the Stratford hotel, received a terrific sock in the eye when he hesitated to carry out the orders of two tence. When the judge finished, he| bandits who held him up early today.

Bandits Beat Hotel Clerk,

Two Men, Dressed in Rough Clothes, Stage Robbery in Early Hours of Morning

A downtown hotel night clerk was beaten and robbed of $175 by}

two bandits at 3:20 a. m. today.

William Aubrey, 38, of 958 Elm st;

Counc Slashes Budget $125,000

Street and Sidewalk |

Funds Hardest Hit

The first of several hundred

clerk at the Stratford hotel, 136 thousand dollars the city council

W. Market st, saia two unshaven men in rough clothes walked up to hopes to slice from the municipal

the desk and demanded money.

government's record $16 million

“When I hesitated a moment, the larger of the two men who had budget for 1948, was trimmed. off

his hand in his pocket as if holding a gun, struck me a terrific blow right eve, smashing my glasses,” Mr. Aubrey said. Then the larger man scooped up all the cash in the register and took several envelopes containing money, “I was stunned for a moment and when I looked up again the two

men were running out the front!

door and west on Market st. toward the statehoiise,” Mr. Aubrey sald.

The clerk recalled that. about half

in last night's session,

Councilmen” made cuis

Pakistan and Hindu State

Fete Freedom

* (today the 200-year

At | ordered a message sent to Viscount |

| Mountbatten, [their action,

tur ned

Mountbatten Yields

England's Powers NEW DELHI, Aug. 15 (Friday) (U. P.).~—A minute after midnight British rule of India ended. The new nations of India and

: {Pakiston were born; with dominion]

{ status—full equality—in ‘the British | commbnwealth of nations. The last viceroy, Viscount touls) {Mountbatten at Karachi, first for-|

{mally handed over the British {power in the new Moslem nation {of Pakistan, |

| . Remember Martyrs A scant 12 hours later the great inew Hindu state of India held its independence ceremonies here, After an address by Assembly | President Rajendra Prasad, the as{sembly stood in silence for two {minutes in memory to thousands, {of martyrs of the 40-year inde- | pendence movement. { Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru then) offered a resolution dedicating the! new nation to world peace and the | {welfare of mankind, the stroke of midnight they took the new oath of to the new state and |

members allegiance

apprising - him of | tha

Twe Governors-General

At 8:30 a. m. Viscount Mount- | ibatlen

was to téke. hi: new of offiCe as { India.

oath | governor-general of Viscpunt Mountbatten re- | here by plane after the Karachi ceremony yesterday. At Karachi, Viscount Mount{batten turned over the government lof Pakistan to its newly-chosen {governor general, Mohammed Ali (Jinnah. The red carpet on which Vis- | count, Mountbatten and. Mr. Jinnah [ stood had been brushed 20 times by { functionaries and then re-pressed | with a huge, old-fashioned charcoal flatiron.

Tolerance Promised

Viscount Mountbatten, in a brief farewell statement, promised. Britain’s co-operation with the new state, | Mr. Jinnah replied that his government would foster racial and political tolerance, But even as he spoke amid the ceremonial trappings, Hindus and Moslems scattered over India were battering each

other to death in continued riot-|

mg. Even Mohandas K. Gandhi, the father of Indian. independence and

totaling the most revered man in India. had

an hour before the holdup he had $126 000 in the proposed requests his Calcutta headquarters stoned.

seen a third man standing in front staring into the lobby

of the hotel, through the window for

| minutes.

of several city departments, - The biggest slice was $48,685 off the proposed expenditures for street and

several sidewalk materials.

| This was accomplished as the re-

“I noticed this man disappeared sult of revised estimates on the just before the two bandits entered amount of gasoline tax money the

through the front door,”

he said.

city will receive from the state next

Mr. Aubrey remained on duty at Year,

the desk the rest of the night de-

spite & badly swollen eve.

STRAUSS SAYS:

MEN ARE IMMERSING IN THE COOLING STREAMS AND LAKES AND POOLS—

in an escape from the burning sun!

If you wish to be comfortable in the waters—{and if you want to visit one of the busiest mercantile spots in town) drop in at the Man's Store— the swimming section—first floor at the mezzanine.

.’ © MEN'S SWIM TRUNKS—'

Boxer

types of cotton—

inchiding poplin weaves— \ 2.95-—3.50—$4 and 4.50

WOOL Swim Trunks— .

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Three Jobs Eliminated Salaries for three jobs were eliminated from the budget. They were $5400 for a personnel director; $3400 | for a designing engineer and $2400 for an engineering investigator. The city garage budget for gasoline was cut $19.500; the legal department was trimmed $14,500 and $15256 was sliced off the street commissioner's operating budget,

The bitter. Hindu-Moslem strife over lrreconcilable religious differences forced the partition of

India. The division was intended to let each sect rule its own followers, but the fate of 565 princely States—where Hindus and Moslems live in almost equal numbers—has been left to boundry

commissions for later settlement, ‘Dominions Until 1948

The two nations into which India was divided remgin dominions inside the British commonwealth of nations until June 30, 1948. At that time, they will decide whether to leave the commonwealth, which is held together loosely by the British crown. A four-day independence holiday

The council will recess its budg- was declared at Bombay,

et study this afternoon until next Monday.

Former WIBC Manager Accepts ‘New Post ~

George Biggar, who- resigned recently as manager of Radio Station WIBC, will become general manager of Station WCRG and its FM outlet in Cedar Rapids, Jowa, Aug. 25.

casting Co, affiliate, is now under construction, and will be on the air early this fall,

the Cedar Rapids Gazette,

dianapolis station, Mr. Biggar held executive posts with Station WLW in Cincinnati, and Station WLS in Chicago.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Buly McCann, New

Augusta; Juanita Smith,

1810 N. Pershin

Bugene Xoller, 12% N, West, Leatha Pryor, 722 N. West Chaties Carter, hi Paca, Hilda Kyser

. imo Onariee Detter, Ti. Wayne, Nancy Fleenor, James Hardin 42 N. Pershing; Wilma Fae Stillabower, 3338 W. Wilcox ye, 37143 EB, 26th; Nancy

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TW Be Clair; Jean Bates 1328 N. Capitol Bg Greenville, Miss ; $321 N. Pennsylvan William dats Beach Grove lyn Ridge, 1008 8, Meridian Michael Lawrence Burke, 3013 Sutherland Bathe Margaret Mattingly, 2031 N. Dela

wa Preaerick Charles Mitchell Jr, 3018 Bpann Jo Ann Brewning, 746 8. Sherinun dr Robert H. ves, 802 N De utacy; Geraldine Dodd, 540 8, Flem - 4240" Cold Spring 1d.; Gloria M. Crane, R. R.-17 Box 72 '2i8 BE Kelly; Florine Elizabeth Schaefer, 2311.E. Gar- |

Wilma!

Norms

Janet

field, Haroid Price, 3130 = Capitol; Ruth Phil. ips, 1300 E. Kessler bivd. Prank Gah Jr. “Dagvile Mabel La-

Va se, Brownshu William a, 416 Sanders. Laura Quinn, 416 Ban

2847 N. Pennsylvania; Emma Louise Lasbiry, 4340 Win hop John william Richardson Jr., 436 N_ Riley; Margaret Ann Hennessy, 815 Carlyle pi, Xone h Duncan. New Castile; Margaret |

Bu Manba attan Morris Yhotiw 901 River; Frances Adkins, 1975 N. Alabama aE Suriney. 726 EB. 26th; Norma | Y, . Edward J. Gaim, DeQuincy; Betty Lu Perris, 1414 nN ban Tuc iis; Carolyn |

. Meade, Md, ;

The new station, a Mutual Broad- |

The station will be operated by’

Before his affiliation with the In-!

Margaret i

in Dolores Eve-

5 Calvin, ¥ bral an mor rag: James A Johnson. mn, Brownsburg: Joyce M. | Bennet Seercer, 30 5 30, . M. She arcizom Ih i ro Tosanmport; Eisa Nelight, pro Bib occlu hn 4 mo i ig Jr, 1 Otyve: Pentrice Anna Ferger, 19, at 2003 N. Gale, hypter-

_ The Bombay government granted amnesty to 3000. prisoners, 40 per cent of the all population. The igovernment - was distributing free candy to children. Some business houses were giving bonuses of as much as a mony’ & salary.

Truman Congratulates Round-World Flier

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (U. P). ~-Capt, Fred Odom went to the White House today to receive President Truman's congratulations for his record-breaking solo airplane flight around the world,

HOE 2 hie

TWO NEW NATIONS BORN—This map shows how India is divided today into

two new dominions of Pakistan, the Moslem nation, and India, the Hindu nation, Boundary commissions are still at work and final details regarding Bengal, Punjab,

Hyderabad and Kashmir remain to be decided,

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“Nations Are Born

The youthful pilot was President Truman's guest at a news conference, and stayed behind after the| reporters left to be congratulated.

In Indianapolis

ington; Mary Jane Mansfield, 2 8. Rural Francis Thomas, Indienapolis Marle Adkir 1015 KE. 28th | Bdward J Deimore, | Essery Indianapolis BIRTHS ' | Girls At St. Francis—Wade ford, Aline Ridgeway At City—FParrell, Elsie Ross: Robert, Aly mar Walts; Norman, Clarabelle Sallsman. Marshall, Roberta Chippenden AL Celeman—Chester, Virginia Hammer Carl, Dorothy Burnside, Frank, Betty Glidden At Methodist Hallle

Inaianapolis, Pearl Wills 6138 Bvanston; Ruth Stader, |

Indianapolis; Gloria!

Belly Gilley; OUIf

Marian Matlbek

Porter, Genevieve Bush, At St, Vincent's—James, Mary Schmitt Kenneth Gienevieve Menke Joseph Mary Walters, Edward, Miriam Deeter oy. *

At Rt. Frameis~Raymond, Nanoy MeDaniel: Robert, Mary Dotson; Cpl, Leonard, Pauline Hill | At City—Herman, At Coleman—Puni i ard, Rebekah Ehle AL Methodist Raymond, Ada McNeely: Earl, Anna Tidwell; Syen, Nadine Hedegard: Howard, Emma Morgan: Earl, Helen Oriffith;

| | { Jean | Bailey | ry Saunders; How-|

Delbert, Joan Klein: Rev, John, “Tobiths Scarlett; John, Kathleen | Fidler At Bt, Vineent's—Jamet, Karma McDonald; William, Katherine Knox; Clarence,

Georganna Price

DEATHS Charles Heston, 83, at 1919 N. Capitol; | hemiplegia Wiley Sebree, 80, at 215° W. 28th, fom},

plegia ames Clune, 83, at 335 B. Merrill, chronic |:

arditis, Phd Clerkin, 61, at St. Vincent's,

bosis, [Minnie B, Cowan, 81, at ne, N. Penn-

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STRAUSS SAYS:

ELEVATE ~ YOURSELF TO THE SIXTH FLOOR ~You may find good hunting among the odds and ends marked at HALF PRICE— (some are less)— There are Soft Balls and Bats—Tennis Rackets and Archery Equipment—VYolley Balls—Boxing Gloves

“and Striking Bags—

Badminton Rackets and' Shuffleboard Sets— And there are some school jackets—goed ones—cleared out at less than half—(at five bucks a copy).

Wa oie faring and Fishing Neonat

WARM UP THE FRYIN' PAN—

THE SQUIRREL SEASON OPENS AUGUST 15th—THAT'S THIS WEEX— THAT'S - TOMORROW!

A pause here to mention insect repellowt— A bottle of this wonderful juice will contribmwbe immeasurably to the success of your hunting (the label says it is NOT to be taken internally) — anyway, while you are busy hunting—avhieh mons waiting, sometimes—it's swell not to be bitten and chewed by the mosquitoes. and such who are busy hunting too—(for. you)— ?

According to the Conservation Department—there will be plenty of game this season—and there are plenty of sportsmen who will find their way to tha Sportsman's Floor—{the sixth floer on the corner of Illinois and Washington)—for firearms—for clothing—for genuinely fine (and famous) equipment.

SHOTGUNS—The list reads like a who's who in the firearm world. Winchester, Ithaca. Stevens, Remington, Iver Johnson and Springfield—in 12, 16, and 20-gauge—double and single barreled —pump guni-—dutomatics-and single shots—

And AMMUNITION—Remington, Winchester, and Peters— rifle and shotgun shells.

Famous Pendletorl SHIRTS—a great assortment in new fall patterns—finery made of virgin wool—8.50 to 10.75

Russell Bird-Shooter BOOTS—moccasin style— for a-walkin' and a-stalkin'—17.95,

Water-repellent PANTS -Lightweight and reinforced where the wear comes—buy them by the pair for 11.00,

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