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Evening star., 1945-01-24
Rehabilitation Of Convicts
Discussed by Civic Group

Institutional care alone is not
enough to rehabilitate convicts,
Howard B. Gill, superintendent of
District penal institutions, told a
meeting of the Citizens Committee
on Race Relations at the Washing
ton Federation of Churches head
quarters, 1751 N street NV.
He suggested some arrangement
be considered whereby the convicted
felon can spend part of his time
in the community before his parole
might be considered.
The superintendent also advo-
Gated the treatment of alcoholics
at free clinics rather than sending
them to institutions.
The Committee on Race Relations
recommended that steps be taken
to end discrimination against COL
ored physicians at Gallinger Hos
pital, where it said 10 per cent of
the patients were colored. Colored
doctors are not employed at the
hospital.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Officials Here Greet
New AAA Head

H. J. Brunnier. San Francisco en-
gineering consultant, and new presi-
dent of the American Automobile
Association, was introduced to off,
cial Washington last night at a re-
ception in the Mayhewer Hotel.
Mr.. Brunnier, whose work on the
projection of the San Francisco
Oakland Bay Bridge has won the
plaudits of engineers over the world,
was greeted by newspaper corre-
spondents, members of Congress,
and Eric Johnston, president of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce.
The affair was entirely informal
1t was get-together of persons
in Government and the agencies
most interested in a postwar relo-
cation of normal business.
There were no speeches. 1t was a
get-acquainted two-hour social ses-
sion. Mr.. Brunnier succeeded Thomas
P. Henry of Detroit in the election
conducted November 81 in Chicago.
Mr.. Henry had long been a leading
figure in the affairs of the Triple
A." He is now in Florida in re-
tirement from active business.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
BY RUSSELL BRINES,

CAMP ODONNELL PRISON
CAMP. Jan. % Delayed .-Rotting,
burned ruins of Camp O'Donneu and
the untended graves of thousands
of heroes of Bataan is all that re-
mains of one of the most notorious
pest holes where the Japanese herd
ed 10000 prisoners of war.
A Filipino colonel who survived
O'Donnell's horrors estimated 10000
American and Filipino soldiers
half Of the 10000 imprisoned--had
died of disease, malnutrition and
mistreatment. In the early days
after the Infamous death march"
of Bataan several hundred died
daily.
The touch of those doomed, de-
spairing men hangs heavily over
this camp.
Tall grass grows over the graves
of some 1000 Filipinos. Scores of
American bodies lie in the Ameri-
can cemetery about TOO yards
northeast of the main buildings.
Deep in the thickets Of grass found
small crosses made of unpainted
laths. Dog tags of the dead were
fixed to the back of the crosses.
That was all.
Trail Nearly Overgrown.
The trail leading from the camps
administration buildings to the GEM
etery is thin and nearly overgrown.
In the center of the cemetery
stands a large white wooden cross,
I'm remembrance of Americans who
died here-erected by the imperial
Japanese Army, 1912"
The Filipino cemetery is reached
by a wooden bridge over marshy
ground "a breeding place for
mosquitoes-which now is collapsed
and partially burned.
The front part of the cemetery is
labeled, Officers plot" Individual
graves are marked mostly with
white-painted, unnamed crosses. A
few contained names and the words
"rest in peace" hacked out by sur
viving comrades. Some were printed
in ink, some burned and one ham
mered in tin.
Most of these officers died In
1912. Behind Is rows Of officers
graves-15 to a row-were 80 rows
of larger mounds divided into let
tered plots and grouped in 80 sec
tions.
Five or More to Grave.
Each grave might have contained
five men, or more. Much of the
thick grass growing over the mounds
Evening star., 1945-01-24
State Official Renews
Plea 10 End Bridges Case
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated PfeSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-Cah-
fornia'S Attorney General Robert w.
Kenny today renewed his plea that
the Federal Government drop its
deportation proceedings against
Harry Bridges, West Coast labor
leader, because of "the obviously
harmful effect" Of the case on the
States prosecution Of the war.
Mr.. Kenny's reiteration was con-
tained in a letter to President
Roosevelt and Attorney General
Biddle. The letter, made public by
the Harry Bridges Victory Commit
tee, cited the war effort of the CIO
leader and his International Long
shoremen's Union.
The Victory Committee also an
nounced that Representative Pat
terson, Democrat of California and
Representative De Lacy, Democrat.
of Washington had asked Mr.. Bid
die to drop the charge that Aus
tralian-born Bridges is an unde-
Sirable alien.
Evening star., 1945-01-24

is blackened by fire and some of
the crosses are burned.
In the center OF the cemetery was
a stark white plaster monument
erected ''in deep remembrance of
the Filipinos who died in this place
The hearts and thoughts OF friends
and comrades are with them"
Thick white ashes on rolling
ground north of this cemetery were
all that remained OF the flimsy pris-
oners' barracks. Posts stood at one
end of barbed wire area inclosing
the ashes. One of the ruins was
still smoldering.
Fresh automobile tracks told of
the flight of the japanese occupants
Walking across the blackened and
empty fields, I found three badly
rusted helmets of style used at
the outbreak of the war, few
canteens, cups, United States Army
flashlights and bits of shoes In
all, this barbed wire inclosure area
covered perhaps 30 acres. There
was no evidence that the prisoners
were allowed to maintain their own
gardens.
Few Sanitary Facilities.
I found only couple OF water
faucets, one shower and primitive
sanitary facilities among the ruins.
From the prisoners area, the trail
led just couple of miles to a small
hill which was gashed in the center
as If utilized as a quarry and pos
sibly work project for captives.
The road was blocked by the IA
miliar movable pyramid-covered
barbed wire on which tin cans had
been tied to sound q warning when
touched.
Nearby buildings, evidently bar
racks, had been wired for electricity,
but candle drippings told of the
shortage of power.
One warehouse was filled with
empty beer and saki (wine) bottles.
There was no evidence Of a tor
ture chamber.
Prisoners Removed Earlier.
The Japanese left little trace of
occupancy. Some time previously
they had apparently removed the
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Senate Group Opens
Dog Priority Probe
By the Associated Press.


Senator Stewart, Democrat, OF
Tennessee promised to spare neither
man nor beast as the high priority
flight of a Roosevelt dog named
Blaze eliminated today in con-
gressional inquiry.
Senator Stewart said people
throughout the country were dis
turbed about the dumping" of
three servicemen from a plane at
Memphis while the dog rode on.
Something ought to be done
about a priority system that per-
nits such a thing to happen" Sena-
tor Stewart said. He was named
chairman of subcommittee to
check up on travel priorities after a
meeting yesterday of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee at which
Senators Bridges, Republican, of
New Hampshire demanded action.
Senators Bridges and Maybank,
Democrat, of South Carolina were
named to serve with Senator Stewart.
South Carolina, were named to
serve with Senator Stewart.
Blaze, a big English bull mas
tiff owned by Col. Elliott Roosevelt,
one of the Presidents sons, was
shipped from Washington to his
wife, Faye Emerson, Hollywood &C
tress.
1t arrived promptly in Hollywood,
Senator Bridges complained, al
though three servicemen were forced
to leave the Army plane at Mem
phis.
"It is quite likely that Col. Roose-
velt had no idea that servicemen
would be forced to leave a plane to
accommodate his pet" Senator
Bridges said.
'sThe point is that there is some
thing basically wrong with a prior
tiles system which permits an Incl
dent like that to occur"
Evening star., 1945-01-24
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. "A battle of
the sexes" developed in the House
Of Commons today over the ques-
tion of sending ATS-British equiv
alent of the WACS-overseas, with
the men mostly in favor of keeping
the girls at home and the women
for sending them abroad.
The main issue hinged on the
temptations the girls would face
American-born Lady Astor, who led
the women in the fight, asserted
she had been informed many of the
girls at home would be safer in a
uniform abroad than In ordinary
clothes at home"
A member suggested that girls un-
der 21. those married and those en-
gagged be kept at home.
In reply to this, Lady Aston
snapped, They would get engaged
SO quickly that it would be q dan
ger"
After three hours Of debate, 81,
James Griggs, secretary for war
suggested some Of the men were
being unnecessarily fearful as to
the moral dangers"
Evening star., 1945-01-24

prisoners that survived the *
months Of ordeal. yaa
"a Bern, Switzerland, radio
broadcast last night said several
thousand American prisoners of
war had been transferred by the
Japanese from the Philippines
to Japan.)
Filipino civilians said the jap
anese garrison fed January 81,
hiking across pasturelands toward
the distant blue foothills, where
they evidently Joined other bands
of Japanese holding out on the
right flank Of the main American
advance. They left behind only
death and desolation.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Wounded Repatriates
Arrive Here by Air

The first repatriated Americans
to be evacuated from German pris-
on camps by way of Switzerland and
then flown to this country have
arrived in the United States.
The War Department said they
were taken to Walter Reed Hos
pital yesterday.
The group includes seven Army
officers and eight enlisted men. All
had been declared eligible for re-
patriation by the Mixed Medical
Commission, and were either sick
or wounded. They were flown home
in a plane of the Air Transport
Command to receive adequate med
ical treatment.
None of the group is from the
Washington area.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Meat Dealer Acquitted
OF OPA Price Churue

Gilbert jackson. operator Of the
Connecticut Market, 1921 Connecti-
cut avenue NV. was found not
guilty yesterday by a Municipal
Court jury of q charge Of violating
OPA regulations in the sale of a
3-pound, 12-ounce steak last No
yember Is.
The defendant was accused of
selling the steak for t199 when the
legal ceiling price was $l.65.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Movie Owner, Victim
OF Antitrust 'PIot,'
Awarded S105,OOO
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Thomas
Murray, 10, former owner of the
Thalia Theater, was awarded $35, 900
damages today by Federal Court
jury which found seven individuals
and companies in the motion picture
business had violated antitrust laws.
Under the antitrust statute, Mr..
Murray automatically will receive
treble damages of sos 900.
Mr.. Murray had accused the de-
PENDANTS of conspirfng to ruin his
business by depriving him of first
run" films. As a result, he said, he
had to resort to less expensive films,
free dishware, lower prices and
other devices which he stated caused
his theater to lose prestige. Mr.. Muir
ray testified he lost the theater and
the building housing it November
/, 1886.
Those against whom the Judgment
was awarded were the Milo Theater
Corp, Chicago; John l.. Manta,
owner Of the Milo Theater; Van A.
Nomikos, Chicago theater operator;
Henry Elman. president of Mono
gram Pictures; Capitol Film Ex-
change, Inc; Loew's, Inc, and
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
The jury dismissed three addi-
tional defendants-United Artists
Corp, RKO Films. Inc, and Warner
Bros.
Originally, Mr.. Murray asked ST.
100000 damages from 16 companies
and individuals whom he accused of
Illegal combination in violation of
antitrust laws. Their combination.
he said, forced him out of business.
On January Is, Federal Judge Will
liam H. Holly dismissed six defend
ants, Balaban & Katz, Inc; Para
mount Pictures, Morris G. Leonard
and Louis Reinheimer, Balaban g.
Katz officials: Universal Film Ex-
change and Columbia Pictures.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Woman Found Dead ,
Belt Around Neck

Ann Esther Gregson, about so, a
War Department secretary, was
found dead on the floor of her
apartment in Mclean Gardens
shortly before midnight last night,
a broken belt tightened around her
neck. Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald issued a certificate of sui
eide today.
Her body was lying near the
closet door of her room at No. 20
Plattsburg court NV. The other
end of the belt hung from a rod
above her. The belt apparently had
broken under the weight of her
body, police said
Coroner Macdonald said Miss
Gregson is believed to be from Chi
cago.
A certificate of suicide was is
sued late yesterday in the death of
Mrs. Annie Sherman, 83, who
jumped 25 feet from a second-story
window in the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Samuel Rosensky, 315
Gallatin street NV.
Mrs. Sherman, who had been
bedridden for three months, was
found by police shortly before noon
after a neighbor reported seeing
her fall
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Mrs. Hattie Curuwuy
Gains After Operation

Mrs. Hattie Caraway, former SEN
ator from Arkansas, spent a good
night" at Garfield Hospital follow
ing an operation yesterday, hospital
authorities said today.
Mrs. Caraway confirmed by the
Senate Monday now Is a member OF
the Federal Employees Compensa-
tion Commission.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Probe Damaged Morale,
Norfolk Supervisor Says

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Jan. "a LR-
A Norfolk Navy Yard supervisor
wrote Senator Mead, Democrat, of
New York yesterday that the type
OF investigation" conducted at the
yard last week by the Senate War
Investigating Committee had dam
aged the morale of thousands of
honest and energetic workers" and
expressed fear a reduction in pro-
duction and efficiency would result.
In his letter to Senator Mead,
Supervisor E. B. Powell, jr., also said
that he seriously questioned the
value of testimony given the COM
mittee by some of the witnesses"
who appeared before it unless 1t
was taken under oath"
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Mother Learns O'Meuro
Wusn'tWounded as Told

Corpl. Vernon T. O'Meara, listed
as wounded by the War Department
on January IL, was not wounded, a
second telegram from the War De-
partment has informed his mother,
Mrs. Ocie E. OMeara, 2033 North
Quincy street, Arlington, Va.
Corpl. O'Meara, 35, is with 1t.
Gen. George S. Patton's Sd Army.
Evening star., 1945-01-24

The War Bonds for babies cam
paign Is still popular. Over 500,-
600 Walt Disney certificates for
babies. showing all the famous Dis
ney characters, have already been
distributed.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Botoon Heroes Graves Found
At Site of Burned jap Camp

fThis story OF a military prison
camp Which the japanese tnrned
into mass graveyard is the first
story t0ritten by Russell Brines
after his return to the Philippines
iohere he ,0aS held for tho years
in q concentration camp.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
MISSING

mander of the Western High Cadet
Corps in 1912, has been missing in
Germany since December 16, the
War Department has notified his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Gray
4523 Fessenden street NV.
Sergt. Gray was fighting with the
l06th Infantry Division, which suf-
fered 1868 casualties in the Ger
man offensive in the Ardennes,
most of whom were believed to be
prisoners, the War Department
said. He was a member of the 422d
Regiment, which was engulfed by
the German spearhead.
Sergt. Gray commanded the
Western Cadet Corps in 1912 when
it won the city regimental award.
He received a four-year scholarship
to the University of Pennsylvania,
but left in his second semester to
enlist in the Army. He trained for
nine months at Alabama Poly
technic Institute in ASTP before
it was disbanded. Last October he
was shipped overseas.
A brother. Robert Sinclair Gray,
fireman, first class, is with the
Navy in tlie Atlantic. Mr.. Gray is
employment manager at Woodward
& Lothrop.
Pfc. Robert E. Jones, 10, member
of the 106th Infantry Division, has
been missing in Germany since De-
cember 16, the War Department
notified his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w. Jones, 304 T street NE.
A native of Washington, Pvt. Jones
attended Mckinley High School. He
left in his senior year, last January,
to enter the Army, and was shipped
overseas in October. A brother
Charles, an AAF sergeant, recently
returned from 26 months overseas
with the 18th Air Force, and is
now stationed in Alliance, Nebr.
Pfc. William T. Stokes, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Stokes, I'LL
Sixtieth avenue, Capitol Heights,
has been officially listed as missing
in action in Germany since De-
cember 81.
Pfc. Stokes, native of Washing
ton, entered the Army in May, 1943,
and went overseas last October. He
attended Maryland Park High
School and was employed as an
electricians helper by the Special
Service Co. before entering service.
An uncle, Pvt. John LIE Roy Hem
ley, 80, was killed September "a in
France and a story appeared in The
Star of October IT. A brother, How
ard L. Stokes, is an Air Forces fight
officer.
Tech. Sergt. TaIbert L. Mccarthy,
27, has been missing in action
since New Year Day in Bel
gium, the War Department has no.
tilted his mother, Mrs. Marguerite
T. Forester, 3605 Fifty-eighth place,
Cheverly, Md. For details see story
on Page A-9
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Killed

Sergt. Charles H. Rodgers, r., %
son of Charles H. Rogders, 1854
Connecticut avenue NV, was killed
in action December "a while fight
ing as an infantryman in Belgium
the War Department has informed
his father.
A native of Washington, Sergt
Rodgers was graduated from Wood
row Wilson High School in 1889 and
attended the Drexel Institute OF
Technology. Sergt. Rodgers worked
for the Coast and Geodetic Survey
before he went in the Army in Au-
gust. 1943 He was in the Engineer
Corps before being transferred to
the infantry last spring. He went
overseas last October.
Mr.. Rodgers is a retired Govern
ment employe He was special agent
and one time chief clerk of the
Federal Trade Commission.
Pvt. Fred L. Hendrick, 81, was
killed in action in Europe November
2, the War Department has notified
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Foscolo
c. Hendrick, BIT Thirty fourth place
NE. Pvt. Hendrick. previously re-
ported missing, was buried in Bel
gium, his commanding officer in
formed his parents. Pvt Hendrick' S
wife, Mrs. Elsie Ferguson Hendrick,
also lives at the Thirty fourth place
address.
A native of Norfolk, Pvt. Hendrick
attended Eastern High School here.
He was called to active duty with
the National Guard in January.
1941, and had been overseas four
months when killed.
Wounded
Pvt. John G. Lane. jr., 81, hus-
band of Mrs. Lillian Hartley Lane,
121 Seventeenth street, Sc, was
slightly wounded in action January
7 in Luxembourg, the War Depart
ment has notified his wife.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
G.. Lane, sr., of 1431 D street Sc,
Pvt Lane, who attended Eastern
High School. was employed in the
Navy Yard until his induction into
the Army in June. He went over
seas in November. He has two chill
dren.
Sergt. John F. Swart, jr., 10, was
wounded by shrapnel November II
in Germany, the War Department
has informed his father, j. Frank
Swart, Fairfax, Va Sergt. Swart
previously was wounded July in
France. He recently wrote from a
hospital in England that he received
a fractured left arm and bad cuts
when a mortar shell exploded.
A native of Fairfax, Sergt. Swart
was graduated from Fairfax High
School. He was attending Strayer
Business College when he entered
the service August "a, 1943. He has
been overseas with chemical war
fare unit since March and partici-
pated in the invasion of France.
Pfc. Robert William Cady, "a, in
fantry. was seriously wounded in
Germany January S, the War De-
partment informed his family. His
wife, Mrs. Mary Raba Cady, lives
at 121 Twelfth street Sc. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w.
Cady, 1922 Twenty-fifth street NV.
Pvt. Cady was born here. After
graduation from st. Johns College
he worked for International Busi-
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senate:
In recess until tomorrow.
Senate and House members get
confidential report on war at secret
session.
Commerce Committee calls Jesse
Jones at hearing on bill to strip
Commerce Department of financing
authority.
House:
Routine session.
Military Affairs Committee meets
for final action on manpower bill.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
On the Roll of Honor

ness Machine Co. He entered the
Army last May and went overseas
in November. He is In a hospital
in France.
Pfc. Ray Emswiller, %, brother OF
Mrs. Mae Bumgardner. II Eighth
street Sc, was wounded in action
in Germany, December "a, and is
now in hospital In England.
Pfc. Emswiller was employed by
the Safeway Grocery Co. for 10
years before entering the Army ap-
proximateiy three years ago. He
went overseas in November, 1913. A
native of Woodstock, Va, he is the
brother of Miss Virginia Idol, 2315
Lincoln road NE, and Carl Ems
willer, 1851 Queen street NE.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
.Anglo-Jap Exchange
OF Prisoners Held Up
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Jan. A.-Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden told Commons
today that Britain had been expert
encing great difficulty in arranging
exchanges of civilian internees and
prisoners of war with Japan.
He added that he had found II
impossible to be optimistic about
the conduct of the Japanese govern
ment."
The Japanese, he said, "have
shown themselves completely unin-
terested in exchanges Of sick OF
wounded prisoners"
The foreign secretary reported
efforts had been made, without q
final agreement, for the return OF
1900 British civilian internees still
in Japanese hands.
BY the Associated Press.
Domei, the japanese news agency
announced today that the vessel
Hoshi-Maru which left Moji, Japan
January 8. with cargo Of relief
supplies for American prisoners OF
war in occupied China, has com
pleted its mission"
The broadcast was intercepted by
the Federal Communications Com
mission.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
House,:

for final action on manpower bill.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-12-15

ducers and due in part to lack of
market during the depression all
were abandoned, about 1885.
AS far as can be determined, no
tests have ever been made in this
field below thetop of the Madison
lime, with possibilities In the lime
breaks and in the Devonian still
unknown.
One main reason for this was the
tangled lease situation, plus the
burdening of some leases with ex-
cessive overriding royalties. This
situation has been remedied. with
institution of a quiet title action
concluded during the past year,
clearing the way for the deep test
1t has long been felt by many
operators that Bannatyne field, be-
cause of its relatively large struc-
tural closure as proven by drilling,
offers exceptionally promising deep
zone possibilities, especially in view
of showings found in the Devonian
by wells drilled in adjacent areas.
E. B. Emrick. geologist who To-
Gated the original discovery well In
the field, win locate the deep test
for Let's, in a site to be announced
later.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-12-15
Lower Zones
CONTINUED From Page u

Continued From Page -
east of the axis of the Great Falls
Conrad region of the Sweetgrass
arch. 1t is one of the most pro-
nounced structures on the arch,
having IT'S feet of reverse dip
toward the axis of the arch.
The discovery well in the field
was completed in July, 1927, with an
initial of about 80 barrels, producing
from the Bannatyne or Emrick
sand. Subsequently 81 producing
wells were drilled in the field and
about Is dry holes in the surround
ing area, sufficient to provide data
for an accurate mapping of the
structural closure.
The Emrick or Bannatyne sand,
in the lower part of the Ellis for
nation, is about 20 feet thick, and
in this field was topped at an aver
age depth of 1450 feet. Crude from
the wells drilled to this sand was
28-gravity asphaaltic base, with "a
percent gasoline content. Residue
made an excellent road oil.
Most of the wells were small pro-