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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1950
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Influence in Building of City By CLIFFORD THURMAN ROOTS of the Athenaeum Turners are deep in Hoosier
history.
_ Old-time Indianapolis members of the Athenaeum Turners know the organization as the Indianapolis Turn-
verein.
Early next year the group will celebrate 100 years
of activity in Indianapolis. There are many members now who can remember the early days when the Indianapolis Turnverein wasn’t nearly so big ... but it was a leading organization of the town. The Athenaeum Turners is an organization of Americans of German descent dedicated to cultural and physical development of its members. - ” » - BIG NAMES —important in the civic life of Indianapolis—
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are associated with the Athenaeum Turners. Some of the city’s leading families have been associated with the organi-
zation since it was chartered
here 100 years ago. The organization represents pioneer German - American’ families who came to Hoosierland a century ago to carve out a home. They built more than homes . . . they helped develop the great Mid-western country that is now the heart of America.
Stalin's Fighting Females —
Russian
Resident Here Tells of Atrocities “BEWARE of Stalin's fighting females.” An Indianapolis woman - today warned GI's in Korea—and every w here— that Russia's women soldiers are more cruel, more vielous and more dangerous as fighters “than all the men In Russia.” Mrs, Loretto Miller, 4722 HMinesley Ave, knows what she’s talking about, As an attache of the armed forces during World War II she interviewed hundreds of German prisoners of war. She says scores of them told un-
. printable atrocity stories about
invading females and fear of the Women's
Mrs, Miller, widow of Paul D. Miller, said she out” data about the fight-
Russian women after readns recently that American GI's were facing women Red soldiers in the Korean war. “I shall never forget some of the stories those frightened German soldiers—most of tems young—told of us- : —. women who charged into
Stalin's
during the last war,” -
Mrs, Miller said. “Some of the unbelievable at
German soldiers.” She picked out a few. cases from her notes as illustrative
. of .the stories told by the
German prisoners she inter-
; Viewed. Mrs. Miller explained
she: was- chosen for the work
; bicguse of her familiarity with : ; She has
Women
Mrs. Loretto Miller . . . “German prisoners told unprintable atrocity stories.”
made several trips around the world. » » J MRS. MILLER displays a letter, written by a, 21-year-old German prisoner whom she interviewed shortly after his capture by American troops. He writes “My first acquaintance with women as a fighting enemy was several weeks after we passed the German-Lithuanian border on June 22, "41. It was an old Russian territory not very far from the Estonian
border. “We had to attack a small
the fighting six men were taken prisoner. Every one of them
“was wounded.
“After several hours of fierce
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In “Greater Indianapolis” published in 1910, the late Jacob P. Dunn commented on the German activities in the city. He wrote: “The Germans have had a larger influence in the development of Indianapolis than any other Jopeigm Ba donaiity, as a nationality . ” ” ” THEODORE STEMPFEJ, in a book published more than half a century ago, put it this way: “In Indianapolis the German club life (Vereinsleben) began in 1851 with the founding of the Indianapolis Turngemeinde, to which the Indianapolis Turnverein (Athenaeum Turners) traces its origin. “The most zealous agitator for the founding of the Turngemeinde was August Hoffmeister. He had been a Turner in Germany and before coming to Indianapolis he had belonged to the Cincinnati Turnverein, founded in 1849.
his right.
“On Monday, July 28, 1851, the Indianapolis Turngemeinde was established with appropriate ceremonies. in addition to August Hoffmeister, were Jacob Metzger, Alexander Metzger, Clemens Vonnegut, John Ott and Karl
Hill.” "ym. n
THE INDIANAPOLIS Turn- -
ers were among the first to volunteer when President Abraham Lincoln asked for troops during the Civil War. On April 15, 1881 President Lincoln issued the first call for 75,000 volunteers. On the 18th the Indianapolis Journal carried the following: “The Turners marched to Camp Morton yesterday morning, accompanied by their own band . . . Passing up Delaware St. they stopped in front of the residence of Hon. A. G. Porter and gave him three hearty cheers. “The Turners are aroused and ready for action. All un-
Soldiers Cruel
“I was shocked speechless at first by the horrible sight. Everywhere on the ground were parts of bodies. Close to the house. was a _pile of our. uniforms. Then we found the identification tags. The bodies were those of our men taken prisoner the day before. “We found we had been fighting women soldiers. The prisoners we took and all the dead enemies were women, I saw many of them executed. They stood before the firing squad without emotion. Were these women or beasts?” ” » »
MRS. MILLER divulges more
- information regarding thé bru-
tality of “Stalin's Femaie
Fighters” in discussing an In-
terview - with another prisoner. One was a story of a machine-
soon saw it would be imposelble to capture her alive and we . silenced. her. “We thought she was dead . . . but no, the fire started again. After she was finally silenced we found a Russian
gun nest on an island off the 3+
Latvian coast ‘at the entrance.’
to the Gulf of Riga. There, according to the young German whom Mrs. Miller says she believed, an almost nude Russian woman, her fingers clasping a machinegun, killed many advancing Germans after re-
fusing to retreat with her com-
pany. She was killed by heavy fire, » yy =» ANOTHER letter displayed by Mrs. Miller relates: “This happened in the vicinity of Baranova, not very far from Leningrad. We advanced through fields and on higher ground ahead of us were two buildings. We got heavy machinegun fire from one of them as we tried to by-pass. We saw the gun was in the hands of a woman. “She had Red Cross insignia on her uniform and we got an order from our battalion commander to spare her if possible and try to capture her. “We tried to: advance farther and force her to surrender.
re searching for snipers As soon as she ran out of amwhen I heard a cry of anger WAhion. 104 Stash
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"We saw the gun was in the
hands of a woman. . . . She killed many of our men, and died with hatred on her face."
woman dead beside the machine
- gun. The automatic was in her
hand. She had killed many of ‘our men and died with hatred . on her face.” . » r . MRS. MILLER says she has evidence of many examples of cruelty on the part of Russian women soidiers. “Prisoners told me atrocity stories impossible to print,” she sald. “I have however, original letters and copies of interviews relating stories of the women care to believe”
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The founders,
"German House,’
"first home of the Turner:
117 N. Noble St.
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The Athenaeum and associated buildings,
Leaders of the Turners— Here are the directors of Athenasum Turners: . . Dr, Carl B, Sputh Sr. president; Hiram D. Keehn, vicepresident; Louis 8. Hensley, secretary; CO. Otto Janus, financial secretary; Ernest H. Puffumm, treasurer; Dale G. Burck; Charles
E. Hess, E. M Huxford, Dale Dodges, Fred Martin, E. H. Mueller
and Arthur Vehling.
M. R. Hoffman Is manager and Mrs. Marie M. Schilee Is
executive secretary.
Honorary members of the board of directors and the dates
they entered the organization are: George Vonnegut,
Franklin Vonnegut, 1875;
1878; Henry
Moonsch, 1883; Julius Becherer, 1883; Otto Ehrgott, 1880; George Hotz, 1800; Gus A. Pfeiffer, 1802; Edward Otto, 1894; George Schmitt, 1895; Otto Busching, 1806; Franz Binninger, 1897; Henry Steichmann, 1898; Leo M. Rappapert, 1889, and Paul Ulrich, 1899.
married Turners answered the first call of Lincoln.”
- 5.» WITH THE end of the Civil War, the Turners of Indianapolis -set about to continue their cultural, social and physical exercises. On Jan. 1, 1865, John PF. Mayer, Charles Koehne, C. J. M. Koster, Charles and F. Steffens, Mathew Moesch and
Are We Alert for the
George Meyer, organized the Indianapolis Turnverein. They took aver the property of the society dissolved at the begin,” ning of the Civil War, With the growth of the ‘organization in Indianapolis the necessity of larger quarters was evident. A stock cofmpany, the Socialer Turnveréin Stock Association, was organized. Prop-
A-Bomb?—
Vast Network of Civilian Spotters to Augment ~ Radar i in Nation-Wide Raid Warning System
Jet Fighter Interceptors Will Be Ready For Instant Action Against Enemy Planes
in my possession,
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series of five articles by George W. Herald which tell the story of America’s prepara-
tions for a possible atomic attack.
Mr. Herald was chief of the Berlin and Vienna bureaus of an
American press association from 1945 to 1049. S. Army Airborne Supply unit and as
War II he served in a U,
During World
deputy chief of the German section of the American Broadcasting
Station in Europe,
OPERATION
"CHAPTER ONE
LOOKOUT
By GEORGE W. HERALD The telephone rang the other day at a restaurant in White Plains, N. Y._ A girl cashier picked up the receiver and here is
what she heard:
—*“This {8s the Peekskill observation post.
We want to report
a group of three unidentified aircraft overhead.” In the next 10 minutes, similar calls came from’ ‘Mt. Vernon,
Tarrington, Tuckahoe and Ossining. The restaurant people calmly but promptly transmitted the information to Stewart AlTr base, near West Point, It quickly turned out that this was just a “trial alert” to test the new alr raid warning set-up in New York ya. State, : In fact, ani = Mr HeraMd over the nation, the U, 8B. Alr Force is perfecting its alarm system against atomic surprise attack. The White Plains inn is but a small unit In that system, 1t is one of four “Alter éenters” which, in case of emergency, will gather ‘reports from 618 spotter posts scattered throughout New York State. Fach of these posts is manned by 20 volunteer citizens taking turns day and night. n - .
MOST OTHER states are now following this example. If you
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want to take part In “Operation Lookout,” you simply apply to your local civil defense director. - Theres are still many openings. Your pay will come in doughnuts and an occasional cup of coffee,
All‘repo rts on suspicious
‘planes will be relayed to two
newly created headquarters: the Western Air Defense Command covering the territory west of the Rocky Mountains and the Eastern Air Defense Command protecting the rest of the country from Maine to Florida. Air Becretary Symington has called these centers ‘the eyes and ears of UBA.” The two commands don’t rely on human spotters alone, of course, They are rapidly building a 161-milllon-dollar network of radar stations aimed to cover the approaches to the U, 8. and Canada.
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ACCORDING TO Canada's Prime Minister, Louis St. Laur-
ent, the aim of the Joint Chiefs ~
of Staff is to. throw a radar - fence” around the entire orth American continent.
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merous other organizations to enjoy the facilities, These in-
progress for ren and adults in one of most modern gymnasiums
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German-American Veteran's 80‘ciety, Socialer Turnverein Women's Club, German Ladiés’ Ald
Society and the Turpér Building and Savings Association. In the old days; the club was known as the “German House” and those of German descent knew it as a headquarters In Indianapolis,
AFTER ENTRY of the United States in World War IL, the name “German House” was given up and the title “Athenaeum” was chosen as one fairly suggesting the activities carried on. It Is significant that 124 members of the Indianapolis organization served in the armed forces of America be-
"alarm and defense" plans in New York state have been put in the hands of a noted general, Lucius D. Clay.
Air raid
But.is such a fence going to deter the Russians? “They have their problems 100," says Commander Wiliam T. Greenhalgh of the Industrial
‘College of the Armed Forces.
“It would be much more difficult for them to penetrate our deféhse zone than is generally assumed.” Still Commander Greenhalgh, one of our top experts on Soviet resources, doesn't underrate the opponent. He holds it possible that Stalin, In a supreme bid to destroy our industrial power, could manage to send a group of aircraft on an atomic bombing mission to the United States. Although such planes wouldn't have enough fuel to return to their bases, it wouldn't be exactly a suicide raid. The crews could always try to bail out at a prearranged
site.on the coast and be picked submarines,
up by Russian
The Indianapolis Maenner~ chor, the oldest continuously existing male chorus in the United States, present three - concerts this Clatenes Elbert is conductor, he The theater of A Turners will present three
‘length plays during the The Concert Orci. 2a
in its 10th season, is by Constantine Borshoff, * 8 » Another feature is the Cape dren's Theater, with ¢ meeting each week under - rection of Mrs, Francis Fits Suse and Mrs. George nn
apother fmportant ortant eof ta Athenaeum
THE COMMAND has do vised four kinds of alerts: A confidential yellow alarm indicating a raid is possible. . A public blue signal announos. Ing a raid within 15 minutes. | A public. red alert indicating an attack in 8 minutes; wry white “all clear” signal. Afr Defense would immedie ately séiid Up jet fighter squads rons from the nearest bases such as Mitchell Field, Island; Otis Base at Falmouth, : Mass, Langley Field in Vivre! glania or Selfridge Field no Michigan.
According to Air Fores’ spokesman, Interceptors such as our highly maneuverable XF 70-1 ean fly circles around any Russian bomber. Mores over, they are built te carry guided missiles under thelr wings and direct them at enee my aircraft with sure-fire “home - ing” devices,
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THEREFORE, our defense chiefs are confident that the “eyes and ears of USA” will ba able to thwart all blitz ate tacks coming over the Arctis route. On the other hand, they realize that. the areas to be defended are immense. Some: bombers, they are afraid, will: always come through, and the best way to get them fis to
. hit them at their bases,
“No air-tight radar fence ems. ists here or elge™General George C. Kenney des clayed, summing he the stuns tion. “A radar net is like & dike: one hole can spell diss. aster. But we can the damage considerably if all’ ofus, military and civiligns, see to it that they don’t cateh u napping.” 4:
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