Evening star., 1943-05-23
70 More Jap Captives
Seized in Philippines
Known in WASHINGTON
Kin Of Many fnternees
Are District Residents;
List Includes Women

merly living in this city.
Inquiry developed that the War
Department credited several names
to the District list merely because
information concerning the where
abouts and well-being of non-Dis-
trict residents was sought by per-
sons living here. Three House men,
bers made inquiries at the request
of constituents and a woman wanted
information concerning childhood
school friend, whom she had not
seen in several years.
Washingtonians Listed.
Those listed as having relatives in
the District are:
G. S. Barnes, wife and two daugh-
tiers. He Is nephew of Miss Me-
dora E. Barnes, 1903 Ashmead place
NV.
A. H. Bishop, husband of Mrs.
A. H. Bishop, 2800 Woodley road
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Brambles,
son-in-law and daughter of Mrs
Paul F. Whitacre, 140O Fairmont
street NV.
George S. Brown. son of Mrs
Dora Brown 3030 Wisconsin avenue
Miss Marion Carter, daughter of
Mrs. Charles J. Carter, 1877 Thirty
fourth street. NV.
Joseph A. Connor, sr., father of
Joseph A. Connor, jr., George
Washington University student.
Arthur H. Evans. son of the Rev.
J. H. Evans. TOO Butternut street,
Takoma Park.
William S. Parquette and wife,
brother -in-law and sister of Mrs.
r. G. Miner, 4943 Butterworth place
L. D. Patterson, cousin of T. L..
Patterson, 3409 Mount Pleasant
street NV.
Mr. and Mrs. Camille ]. K Pick
ering, parents of Mrs. Finley j.
Gibbs, SIPS Manning place.
Mr. and Mrs j. r. Purnell, SON.
in-law and daughter of E. J. Cot
trell. Office of Chief of Ordnance,
War Department.
Mrs N. NJ. Saleeby. sister of Mrs
John C. Wilson, 26l5 Woodley place.
William c. Waldo. son of Mr.. and
Mrs, William B. Waldo, 6431 Utah
avenue NV.
Stanley w. G. Lehman. brother of
Mrs Harvey E. Becknell, 4025
Oliver street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Bishops Here in 1941.
Mr.. Bishop came back to this
country with Mrs Bishop in 1941.
They had lived in Manila for the
previous 80 years. Mr.. Bishop went
back to Manila late in 1941, ar
irving there shortly before the jap
anese overran the Philippines. Mrs.
Bishop has lived in this city since
1941.
Mr.. Waldo attended District
graded schools. graduated from
Western High School and was given
a scholarship in the school of foreign
service. Georgetown University
About four years ago he was grad
uated and was sent by the Goodyear
Rubber Co. to Cuba and later to
Manila. The Waldo family has lived
here about IS years. Mr.. Waldo's
wife, formerly Miss Josephine Bra
shears of this city, is a native WASH
ingtonian.
Mrs. Purnell went to Manila in
1886 with her mother and father,
Mr. Cottrell having been given
foreign tour of duty by the War
Department. Mr. Cottrell has been
with the Government continuously
nearly 80 years.
Married in Manila.
Mrs. Purnell. now %, completed
her schooling in Manila, met Mr..
Purnell there and married him on
May 25, 1910. Mr.. PurneH native
of Franklinton, N. c.. had been in
the Philippines since 1888 as a repre-
sentative of the Liggett & Myers To-
hacco Co. The Purnells accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Cottrell on a
visit to this city in the summer of
l941.
Mr.. Cottrell said the last word
ne heard directly from his daugh-
ter and son-in-law was on Decem-
ber "a, 1941. Indirectly, he added,
he had word as recent as March.
1913, that Mr.. and Mrs. Purnell
were safe and in fairly good health.
Mr.. Evans is son of the Rev.
j. H. Evans, 700 Butternut street,
Takoma Park, a minister of the
Seventh-Day Adventists, and visited
his father here in 1904 After
16 years in the Orient, the father
came to Washington in 1910. A
graduate of Union College, Lincoln,
Nebr, Arthur Evans went to Ma
Mia three years ago to assist the
Philippine government in revising
Its tariff schedules in connection
with its promised freedom from
United States supervision by 1916.
Mr. Evans wife is in Arcadia, Calf.
He has two sons in the service, 1t.
Frederick Irwin Evans of the Army
and Robert Evans of the merchant
marine.
Mrs. Whitacre in New York.
Mrs. Brambles is the daughter of
Mrs. Paul F. Whitacre, who for
merly lived at l400 Fairmont street
NV. Mr.. Brambles and his wife
visited Washington early in 1941.
Mrs Whitacre left this city several
months ago for New York City.
Mr. Parquette is brother-in law
of Mrs. r. g. Miner, 4943 Butter
worth place. Mrs. Miners sister also
is a prisoner of the Japanese, but
her name did not appear in the
War Department list, inasmuch as
she is a British subject. A graduate
of Harvard University, Mr.. Par
quette was teaching at an American
school in the suburbs of Manila
when the war began.
Mr.. Lehman is brother of Mrs.
Harvey E. Becknell. 4025 Oliver
street, Chevy Chase, Md. He is be-
ing held with his wife and small
son. They visited Washington in
the summer of 1899. Since 1890 he
had served in south China and
the Philippines as representative
of the Socony Vacuum Oil Co.
Connor Textile Broker.
Mr.. Connor. sr., is father of
Joseph Connor. jr.. medical stu
dent at George Washington Uni
versity. A textile broker, the elder
Connor has lived in Manila since