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Gen. Lee 'Whitewashed' In Army Prober's Report
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manner. inarily provided for officers of his|
FQUR: That Gen. Lee's admin- rank,” he said, |
{stration had been one to establish and maintain good relations with! Mr. Busing. and. general care of alll Went by private plane to Nice; in nnel under: onditions con- |3oUthern France, twice a week. Gen. | perso . Wyche sald Gen. Lee made three fronting him, and reduce to a minimum miscarriages of justice, ipa to Nice since he had been in, Three ‘Corrections’ Made He denounces Mr. Ruark's word Three “irregularities” were cOr-pinture of army wives in Italy asl rected as a result of Gen. Wyche's ..u vicious aspersion.” He sald Mr. investigation Ruark made them appear “lazy and ONE: A private first class Was coifish ”
reduced to private because he “used ,.;. oi amely ‘doubttul if the poor judgment in taking a colonel’s
Three Trips to Nice
" author of these allegations ex-| wife {0 the police station” ‘The changed words or came in contact soldier's rank was restored, with more than‘ one-half dozen! TWO: The commander of the army wives during his entire stay 503d battalion was a very strict in" Italy" he sald, "Therefore. hia disciplinarian and his unit “ap- broad: condemnation of the habits. punted 1 . ave " ey morals and character of the army court-martia rate ¥ ye . recommended his dismissal. which wife can, at best, be based on ques-
tionable, second-hand information and malicious gosstp. The army wife 1s little different from any jother, wife in that she wants to be with her husband. It is difficult to
he said was being effected THREE: Gén. Lee gave “improper, authorization” for personnel of .his command to “wear on the uniform a Badge signifying that the wearer
was a member of the Fellowship of Jeliave 33 is In any way repreU. 8-British Comrades.” ‘The au- i thorization was revoked Blasts Criticism of Trial Answers Charges in Detail Cen. Wyche sald Mr. Ruark’s | Gen. Wyche set forth each Implied criticism of the trial and| charge made by Mr. Ruark and an- conviction of Lt. Col. Carl N. Mayo swered them in detail He says On a charge of cohabitation, Wan) his three-week inspection which the officer was cleared of began Aug. 20 took him to every Serious charges, was “Incomprehen- | unit of company size or larger in sible.” | the Leghorn and Rome areas and, “Seemingly, Mr. Ruark takes the most of those near Trieste. position that, in view of the fact In his report, he quotes James the government spent a great gest} C. Dunn, American ambassador to/lof money in arranging this tri Italy, as saying "Gen. Lee carries Col. Mayo should have been Fini on an efficient, disciplined and well- guilty. conducted military organization.” He_pictures Gen, Lee as a “man to do their duty because he (Mr of deep religious tendencies, which Ruark) have a great influence on his'on this subject and to him Col! thought and conduct. Mayo obviously was guilty.” |
‘Rumors and Untruths' Of Mr. Ruark, he says: “It is apparent the columnist has used primarily as his sources of information the common complaints of a comparatively few persons and did not subject that information to, a careful examination to establish its reliability in determining true conditions, : “Instead, he took a few facts, halffacts, rumors and untruths which he accepted as facts and molded them into articles which carry implications of gross malaiministration. These articles presented to the people a WHOLLY erroneous pro=| ture ‘of general conditions in this | Denies ‘Undue Saluting’, theater.” Answering other To Mr. Ruark’s charges that en- Gen. Wyche: in the Leghorn areal Denied there was were compelled to buy $4 member- ing” in Leghorn t ships in the Fellowship of U. B.-| Said MPs stationed in buildings| British comrades, Gen. Wyche saidfof Gen. Lee's command could “in he found “less than 20 per cent” no sense be construed as doormen.” had joined, and no one had been| Asserted no soldiers were used as t criticized or punished for not join. servants for officers ing | Declared there wag no gas wasted He disputes Mr. Ruark’s charges in the detour around Gen. Lee's that Gen. Lee lived in luxury. {headquarters, because the detour! “I am of the opinion, as are also) route was shorter. the American ambassador and the, Said the Caserta building, called | senior British officer commanding, “Pauline’s pavilion,” was used daily | that Gen: Lee lives in rather sim- rather than for a single night. ple fashion, and on the whole his) Found 36 showers * ‘adequate” for |
He says Gen. Lee “knew nothing about this case at the time.”
ing about arrangements to trans-
ward bound G. I's. In fact, Gen. |
Maj. Gen. Bryant E Trieste * Ruark - some remarks Among those .who lost! thelr seats on the plane,
Das Ruark.
made
Ruark charges,
accommodations are considerably not live in a lavish or luxurious below the standards of those ordi-
Ruark wrote that Gen. Lee!
He also implies the ofM- day pledged unbiased consideration cers who sat on the court neglected of labor-management problems of When she was knocked down by an
had seen a press release cratic’ ticket. |
{Wyche sald, the order came from! for any community 1s industrial| Moore, com-, peace. mander of the 88th Division at has no right to ‘about whose command Mr. employer or pro anything else but complimentary | pro good government.” |
he said police protection” for women and : [children and, neighborhood corr (munities.
swimming pools “undue salut-' free of charge if I have to raise
a contribution to the reduction of juvenile delinquency. "
headquarters company,
hicles or military chauffeurs. En- |
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Times State Service
| SALEM, Oct. 3.—Miss Nayoma [Murrell, 18, a picket in the four-|week-old strike at the Salem Oab{inet Co. here was injured today
Labor ‘Peace’
Mayoral Candidate Al Feeney to-
{the city if elected on the Demo- automobile, John D, Quimby, international Speaking to group of labor rep- representative for United Furniture {resentatives last night he sald, “I Workers of America, propose to form an industrial board] |charges would be filed
culties may be anticipated and Murrell to the pavement.
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[to advise in time Mr. Miles, who
together for the first |morning.
Clyde K. Wilson Rites Monday Services for Clyde K. ‘Wilson, |, Rising Jeweles will be at 1:30 p. in Shirley
Brothers Cenral Chapel with burial in Crowa Hill.
Local Police Solve
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One Family Forced To Move Up
(Continued From Page One) (Continued From Page One) {the rest of the furniture was doing piled up in the kitchen. She padlocked the door when she
left, Marie K. Wilson; his mother, Mrs. Padlock Broken, Somehow [Dorothy Wilson,” Indianapolis; 8 When the Barnetts returned to| brother, Harry Wilson, Indianapolis,
Mr. Wilson, a former resident of {Indianapolis, died yesterday at his [home in Richmond. He was 43. He had been with the jewelry firm of Dame & Wilson there for the past year and one-half, Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
|New housing construction in Sep-
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move in more furniture and sleep and a sister, Mrs. John Vogt, Rich. | overnight, they found the padlock. mond.
broken. No one seems to =~ Wistorical Grou Group Meets Tomorrow
exactly how this happened. But the Barnett family moved back in. When they left the next morning to get some more furniture and complete the moving, Mrs, Barnett decided she had better lock the door The Hoosier Historical Institute's : [second autumn series which teaches When Mrs. Holland arrived to do history on its original site will be some more papering yesterday, she oq iy Indianapolis and surround-| ing area tomorrow and Sunday. | Ross F. Lockridge will teach the! |class which will meet at the State House at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow. A! tour will include the State Library
{found herself locked out, her pad-| [lock broken. She called police. and Historical building, the James rented it to Mrs. Barnett. Mrs. whitcomb Riley home on Lockerbie
Patrolmen Pearson and Russell | (sald Mrs. Maslen, who rented the {house to Mrs. Holland, had failed Maslen had been acting as theigi ang the Benjamin Harrison owner’s agent, since she lived across ome on N. Delaware st. | the street, police sald. | An evening campfire meeting will Patrolmen Pearson and Russell no held at Riverside Park at 7:30 agreed that It looked like a clear | i ioek tomorrow night. case of first come, first served. They |
Beginning at 1:15 a. m. Sunday brought Mrs. Holland Mrs. Barnett the group will visit the sites of
time this camp Morton, Alabama and 19th
Sts, Crown Hill and the IndianWhile the officers supervised, apolis Water Co. Canal.
Clarence Pruitt, a neighbor of Mrs.| Tne programs are sponsored by Barnett, loaded the Barnett furni- gate colleges and state departture on his truck. | ments. ‘Home Up for Sale’ —————————————— | “We've had our home in Mars Hill| | up for sale” said Mrs. Barnett.| Indianapolis Rotary
“That's why we wanted to get a To Elect Tuesday
{place temporarily. Welle been liv-| CIO, said ing with my husband'§ cousin, against an | composed of the soundest elements {employee of the plant. Mr. Quimby | sold so we can put our furniture He also says Gen, Lee knew noth-|0f capital and labor so that diffi-|charged that the car knocked Miss| back in it. Mins [immediate occupancy.” port a baseball team by air from Problems settled before bitterness Murrell was treated by 8 physiUdine to Leghorn thus, according #nd misunderstandings have an op-| to Mr, Ruark, bumping some home. |Portunity to gain headway.”
Indianapolis Rotary Y as will meet for the annual election of di“I hope my house hasn't been rectors in the Claypool Hotel Tuesday evening. { Voting is scheduled from 6 to 7 {o'clock in the English and Empire As the Barnett's departed, Mrs.|Rooms with dinner at 7 o'clock in
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At | a | Butter, peared to trend tod meat on climb sat markets. Heavy board of { > prices al dropped. nn pnd butte pound. On. Nex change to nearly 5 c An Agri said const chiefly res in butter ment said “almost ir Con
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Cabir Also ir Truman's was split ment grai . There that Mr. ' called upc to resolve Agricultur hand and
“I realize one of the finest things
The Mayor of this city 3 pro-labor, pro-
Mr. Feeney pledged “sounder
He said“ he would make public! “open to children
he money by public subscription as
he 410 to 450 men in Gen. Lee's |
Denied abuse of government ve-! isted drivers were needed to care | for and protect the véhicles, he said. | Asserted that a sergeant super-| vised a playground for officers’ chil- | dren at Triest but “in no sense was in charge of a nursery.”
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