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Evening star., 1945-09-01

vivor of the lost British submarine
Stratagem got to know all sorts OF
japanese captors since he was cap
tured off Malacca November %. 1914.
He is one of eight-of the 56-man
crew of the Stratagem-who escaped
after enemy depth charges split her
open on the bottom of the sea.
When the Japs picked us up they
made us row, and hit us with what
looked like pick handles he related.
Aboard their ship. they put us in a
3-by-6-foot room and forced us to
stand with our hands held up, They
gave us no food or water"
But for brutality. Seaman Gibbs
will always remember Mango Cho
II have a picture of him." he said.
II hope they catch up with him
some day and make him pay for
what he did to U.s."
A British gunner, Lawrence HUT
son, %, Cateerham, England, sur
vived not only the fighting in Sing
apore and life in a series of prison
camps, but lived through the sink
ing of a ship he identified as the
American Liner President Harri-
son. which had been seized by the
japanese at Shanghai.
Gunner Huitson said an American
submarine torpedoed and sank the
Harrison and the Rakyo Maru the
night of September IL, 1914. with
out knowing they were transport
ing 1900 Allied prisoners of wal
from Singapore to Japan. He said
only 500 of the prisoners survived
as the ships went down with ter
rible quickness-the Harrison within
20 minutes.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Stettinius Urges Haste
On Security Organization
a, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-Edward R.
Stettinius, jr., former United States
Secretary of State. said today dis
covery of the atomic bomb and col
lapse of Japan made more necessary
than ever the speedy creation of the
United Nations security organiza-
ton.
He gave these views at his first
press conference after arriving in
London as American delegate on the
United Nations Preparatory Com
mission.
Mr.. Stettinius said that whatever
recommendations were made for
control of the atom bomb would
come from security councils and a
military staff committee when the
peace-keeping body was established.
DR.. v. K. wellington Koo. Chinese
Ambassador to Britain, said yester-
day that the early part of next year
was the first possible date for the
opening of the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly. He is temporary
chairman of a committee making
preparations to get the United Ma
tions set up for business.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
BenevoIence
Continued From First Page.)

when he was taken to Yokohama
in November, 1912, to work-under
threat Of death-repairing Japanese
aircraft carriers. destroyers and
other warships in the Mitsubishi
dockyard. He was liberated from
Omori camp.
Then there is Jack Aikman,
civilian, of Detroit and San Fran
cisco, who tells the story of the
fate Of Wake.
Civilians Fought Too.
Now 81, he has been a prisoner
since December %, 1941, and his
face reflects some of the routine
brutality he found in Japanese
camps at Kangwan, Shanghai, at
Pekin, in Korea and, finally, at
Omori in the Yokohama area.
On Wake, Mr.. Aikman wants the
world to know, civilians stood by
the islands small, courageous group
of Marines who made the sandspit
a symbol of defiance and gameness.
Civilians who we're working on the
islands development moved guns,
carried sandbags, loaded ammuni-
ton belts for machine guns and
manned weapons themselves when
they were available.
But Mr.. Aikman, his face wrinkled
and maciated, would not deny the
Leathernecks any part of their
earned glory. Them was lot of
good boys" he says simply.
Army Staff Sergt. Arthur Cora
Joliet, Ill, is one of the youngest
prisoners now liberated. He is 10
and was flying over Ghost as a
B-29 gunner Apxil 7, 1945. when
his Super Fort was hit and blew
up. Sergt. Cora said he was blown
bodily from the plane. but para
chuted safely into some trees.
A farmer saw him and called
police Sergt. Cora spent five months
in prison in Tokyo. At the wars
end, he was moved to Omori-but
prisoners at first did not know
whether to believe the grapevine re-
ports of peace, he said.
I'VE knew, though, that the war
was over when they started giving
us medical treatment" he added.
Didn't Know Names.
Even the prisoners didn't know the
name of the man at Ofuna intern
ment camp near Yokohama So they
called him Kango Cho. And, said
Seaman Sidney Gibbs. Warrington
England, Kango Cho beat one pris-
oner until he died.
Seaman Gibbs, a 24-year-old sur
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Burglar Gives
| Maid Shower as
| He Robs Home

A 14-year-old colored maid took a
very unwilling shower yesterday aft
ernoon while the man who locked
her in the shower room, first turn
ing the hot and cold water on, ram
sacked the house, she told police.
Anna G. Montague of TAG Kenyon
street NV, who works for Miss
Lucille Adene at 3519 Thirteenth
street NV. said she was alone in
the house and was busy cleaning
when there was knock at the door
She opened it and a white man
brandishing knife. thrust her
aside, and after slapping her in the
face showed her in the shower
turned on the faucets and locked
the door, she related.
The girl screamed and neighbors
suinmond police, who rescued Anna
from the shower but did not find
the burglar. Miss Adene is away
and the loss in the burglary could
not be determined, police said. The
maid was treated at Garfield for
bruises on her face.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
) More GET Hearings
On Gambling Charges

Three more men appeared before
United States Commissioner Need
ham c. Turnage on gambling
charges today.
William Palmer Bruin, 33. cab
driver of the TOO block of New Jer-
sey avenue NV, pleaded not guilty
to charges of setting up and keep
ing a gaming table and possession
of numbers slips. He was held on
81 500 bond for a hearing before
the commissioner next Thursday
Bruin was arrested yesterday.
Two colored men, who, police said,
were arrested Tuesday in a res
taurant in the TOO block Of North
Capitol street, were held for grand
jury action on charges of possessing
numbers slips and setting up and
permitting a policy lottery. They
were Russell Brooks, 80, of the 400
block of Delaware avenue S.W., and
Jack Walker, %. of the first block of
@ street NV, whose bond was set
at $780,
Yesterday, hearings were held for
three other men charged with set
ting up gaming tables.
Carl Mehrstedt, Sc, of the 100
block of Thomas street NV, was
arrested on the gambling charge two
days after he had paid $50 fine in
Municipal Court for possession of
numbers slips. He pleaded not guilty
to setting up gaming table and was
released under 81 500 bond. A hear
ing will be held Friday.
Commissioner Turnage also con-
tinued until Tuesday a hearing of
gambling charges against two men
who previously had pleaded not
guilty. They are Wexford L. Crump,
As, Of the 1900 block of E street Sc.
and George w. Mattingly, As, of
the 500 block of Sixth street NV,
who police said were arrested in a
poolroom in the 900 block of Ninth
street NV. Booked for setting up
a gaming table and maintaining
gaming device. they were released
when they both posted sl,500 bond.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Future Is Uncertain
For Nearly 5000
Employees Of owl

The future of most employees of
the Office of War Information,
which President Truman yesterday
ordered abolished, remained uncer-
tain today
Nearly 5000 persons are employed
BY the Owl. including slightly more
than 5000 abroad.
The foreign Owl staff was blan-
keted into the State Department
temporarily, but how extensively
they are to be retained will depend
on the program developed by Sec
retary of State Byrnes for carrying
on a United States information
service abroad.
Domestic activities of the owl
were completely wiped out under
the Presidents order. effective Sep
tember Is, with liquidation to be
completed by the end of the year.
The special services division, which
has conducted an information serv-
ice for Congress and the public, Is
transferred to the Budget Bureau.
May Return to Broadcasting.
owl Director Elmer Davis is ex-
pected to return to radio broad
casting. which he left early in the
war to take over the Owl job, drop
ping in salary from $4,000 to $4,000
year.
Neil Dalton, domestic director
said he will return to Louisville, KY.
to resume his position as assistant
to the president of the Louisville
Courier journal. from which he has
been on leave for more than year
All dismissed Owl employees will
receive 30 days notice, so that those
dropped Immediately will remain on
the payroll beyond September Is.
Permanent organization of the
foreign information service, set up
under the State Department by the
Presidents order, and taking over
such activities which have been
carried on in this hemisphere by
the Office of Inter American Affairs
as we'll as some of the Owl overseas
operations, is to be worked out by
December 81.
New Chief to Be Chosen.
The boss of the new service re-
mains to be selected. He will be an
Assistant Secretary Of State in
charge of public and cultural rela-
tions-the position recently resigned
by Archibald MacLeish.
Mr.. Byrnes is trying to select a
replacement for Mr.. MacLeish be-
fore he leaves next week for the
Big Five Foreign Ministers Council
meeting in London.
Milton Eisenhower, Kansas Col
lege president and former deputy
under Mr.. Davis in the Owl ad-
ministration, and Edward Barrett,
director of the owl Overseas Branch
and former news magazine ex-
ecutive, have been mentioned among
possible appointees.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Jap General Election
Planned for January

The Tokyo radio said the Jap
anese Diet decided at special meet
ing Saturday Japanese time) to
call a general election in Japan
January 20 to 81.
The broadcast, monitored by FEC,
said the cabinet would call an ex-
traordinary Diet session early in De-
cember to revise all election laws
and that drastic changes would be
made.
The cabinet expects to arrange for
participation by Japan's military
forces in the balloting, the broadcast
said.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Marine Bond to Give
Concert Tomorrow

The Marine Band under the di-
rection of Capt. William F. Santel-
mann and Henry Weber, second
leader, will hold its Arst concert at
the Water Gate at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row.
This is the third in a series of
Victory Concerts" to be played by
service bands at the Water Gate.
The last half-hour of the concert
will be broadcast.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Japs Await Occupation
OF Korea by Americans
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. l.-The Tokyo
radio broadcast a japanese govern
ment communique which said the
United States oath Army" would
occupy the Keijo area of Korea on
September 7.
The communique. as recorded by
the Associated Press, said also that
navigation of vessels and warships
of all types in waters 10 miles with
in the channel east of Jinsen will
be prohibited from l am. Septem-
ber 5. japanese forces in the Keijo
area and within II miles of Jinsen
will be evacuated by September g.
The reference apparently was to
the Oath Army Corps, which is a
part of the United States 10th Army
There is no American oath Army.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
|Beachhead Casualties
Held Down by Work
|0f Demolition Teams

The underwater demolition teams
groups of expert Navy swimmers
who cleared enemy beaches of OBJ
structions and blasted paths through
reefs for landing ships-were
credited by the Navy today with
helping to keep down D day casual
ties.
The work Of these teams was
kept a secret by the Navy until
now for fear the Japs would take
drastic measures to prevent the
demolition teams from completing
their dangerous missions.
The first training school for un-
derwater demolition teams was Or
ganized by Comdr. Draper Laur-
ence Kaufman, U. S. N. R., of 5415
Edgemoor lane, Bethesda, Md. who
went through large share of the
Pacific war with the teams he had
trained.
Risked Heavy Casualties.
Described by the Navy as sailors
in trunks" the demolition teams
were the first ashore and always
faced the risk of heavy casualties.
The Navy said their losses in Nor
mandy were as high as 40 per cent.
Every time our men went in they
expected to take heavy casualties"
said Comdr. Kaufman, who is the
son of Vice Admiral James L. Kauff
man, U. S. NJ, commander of the
Philippine Sea Frontier.
After one or two operations we
felt certain that the Jap would take
steps to prevent our accomplishing
future jobs other than by simply
shooting at us. We expected to be
blown sky high by mines waiting for
our swimmers and to find other
traps specifically designed to stop us
when the teams left their boats and
swan in to carry out reconnaissance
and demolition of obStructions.
This the Jap failed to do and con-
tented himself to plaster us with
cannon, rifle and machinegun fire.
We didn't want to emphasize his
mistakes"
Operated at Marshalls.
After the Marshalls operation.
where the underwater teams oper-
! ated for the first time in the Pacific
in both day and night reconnais-
ance, those in command of amphibi-
Gus operations decided the work of
the men was so valuable that efforts
were made to keep the Japs from
the beaches while the demolition
men were working.
| Landing craft, destroyers, cruis-
ers and even battleships, along with
bombing and strafing planes,
sprayed the beaches with fire to
keep down enemy interference.
The men were assigned to get
information on mines and to elimi-
nate obstacles where necessary
They wore swimming trunks, light
tennis-type shoes sometimes fitted
with fins to aid swimming. and
/ large goggles for working under
water They carried explosives
fuses and gear for securing them
into position.
Normally, they laid their high ex
plosiyes around a large group OF
obstacles to be blown out On a
pre- arranged signal, all swimmers
would hastily retire to their rubber
boats and thence to landing craft
to escape the deluge of flying coral
concrete, steel and broken timbers
when the fuse was touched off.
The Navy reported that the un-
derwater demolition teams at Oki-
nawa removed 5000 separate OBJ
stacles and nearly a third as many
at Guam.
Evening star., 1945-09-01

1t. Raymond w. Bliss, jr,, who
spent 80 months in Jap prison camps
on Luzon, now is serving with the
American military government in
Germany at his own request.
The 30-year -old officers father,
Brig. Gen. Raymond w. Bliss, as
sistant surgeon general of the Army,
said today his son was all for going
to Europe as soon as he got home
late in February He was rescued
in January when the Rangers raided
the Cabantuan prison camp.
HE thought he'd like to see the
other war" explained Gen. Bliss,
but he didn't get there in time.
The war was over"
Evening star., 1945-09-01
G. HuII Roosevelt Estate
Is Valued at S239,395
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-G. Hall
Roosevelt, brother of Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, left net estate of
$239 ,395 when he died in Washing
ton, September Is, 1941, a transfer
tax appraisal filed yesterday showed
His daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
velt Elliott, was named sole bene-
ficiary under the will, and both she
and her brother, Henry P. Roose-
velt, share in trust fund which
comprised the bulk of the estate
The late Presidents widow was
named executrix.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Officer Held 81 Months by Jops
Nowin Germunyut Own Request

Gen. Bliss said his son, who gained
SIS pounds after his release from the
Jap prison, is doing engineering work
in Germany. 1t. Bliss studied en-
gineering at the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology and the Uni
versity of Arizona before entering
the Army.
At Frankfort Main, 1t. Bliss
explained very simply why he volun-
teered to go overseas again:
IT wanted to see Europe, and
especially Germany"
Gen. Bliss said his son had re-
covered from his prison experiences
except for the loss of his eye on
Corregidor The Blisses live at 4339
Reno road NV.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
France Likely 10 Spend
O,0OO,OOO in U. 5.
Due 10 De GauIIe Talks.
Ey the Associated Press.

PARIS, Sept. 1.-France is ex-
pected to buy nearly 5000, 900, 900
worth of goods from the United
States and perhaps half that amount
from Canada as result of economic
agreements reported to have been
confirmed during Gen. Charles de
Gaulles' visit to the two countries.
The purchases will include food,
but little if any other consumers
goods. Most of the purchases will
be fuel, raw materials, heavy ma
chinery, ships, trucks and other
transportation equipment.
Will Pay 80 Per Cent Cash.
Purchases in the United States
will be on a basis of cash payment
of 80 per cent of the purchase price,
and the balance on long-term
credits. A similar arrangement was
understood in informed quarters to
have been reached with Canada.
A full report on the North Amer
lean trip was presented by Gen. de
Gaulle and members of his party to
the cabinet yesterday. 1t was un-
derstood Gen. de Gaulle received
assurances in Washington that de-
liveries of goods could be made in
larger quantities in the near future
than was believed possible before
the japanese surrender.
Details were not disclosed, but
1t was learned that France would
continue to acquire military sup
plies for which commitments were
made under lease-lend in order to
carry on the rearming of French
forces without interruption.
Achievement for Monnet.
The economic agreements repre-
sented something of an achieve
ment for Jean Monnet. chief of the
French economic mission to Wash
ington, who worked on the plan
for months in order to be ready
for the end of lease-lend.
1t was reported in informed quar-
ters that United States officials had
assured Gen. de Gaulle that French
sovereignty would be restored in
Indo-China.
The French were reported to have
agreed to permit the United States
to use military bases at Dakar,
South Africa, as well as on other
French possessions in the Pacific,
but with the bases remaining under
French control.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Coast Guardsman,
81 Other D. T.. Area
Men Get DISCHARGES

Sixty-two more District area men
have been released from the Army
through Fort Meade Separation
Center and coast guardsman, Ra-
dioman l/c Clayton B. Collins, 248
Walnut street NV, received his
discharge Thursday at the Phila-
delphia Coast Guard Separation
Center.
Released at Fort Meade were: Pfc. Will
liam II, Thomas. l30 Flfty-third street
Sc, sISergt. George H. Alexander, 99l3
John F. Costello, Oil Fifth street NE;
e!rss, s..s 81 Pfs Pfc EcPes c5aes ssnI anS a1s
Johnson 42s sfS' street FW w. T7sersf 7ss1ss
Robert L. Lochner 1920 Sixth street n E; ;
mont road NV: Corpl. Paul c Matthews,
2432 street NV. Corpl. Willie Shelling
Leroy S Bendheim, sl2 Prince street,
Alexandria. Va; TiSerst. Frank W. Wess
1888 Nineteenth street, NV; Pfc; Ansel
James F. Pestell. 1910 North Troy street.
Ga soanr1 Ienh sarttS stree sw sse5gt RoIand
Jessie L Holmes, POO street NE. and
Ti5. William o. Patchen, s7I2 Coiesville
F01f Hso sysr Pfc soger sogns Md sheats 1855 Twelfth
hodges. 69I9 Sixth street NV UPte.
N E: Pvt. Louis w. Barcaroia, 6l2 Evarts
street \ E, lst SerGt. Paul E, Myers, 5l22
Macarthur boulevard NV; Corpl. Arthur
Spring, Md; Pc. Joseph H BomSteln "a ,
Fourth street NV; Pfc. Charles r. little
@;;1j'5 @ Thirty fifth street. Mount Rainier,
Twentysixth street NE: Corpl Robert F.
o'Seai, 9 2295 Channing street NE;
ss,s s,5set Sc Sc, { Py5 /, John WslleT' 2oSS Eiey-
1869 South Twenty-eighth street Arline-
n9 Ha ee srsst csFf ssR Anss
a. ,Puglise, 20I7 North Nottingham street,
Arlington; Va; S serRt. Francis E. Gay
Nd serst& JOSEPH MAJ; MsSty oe5 ii6l SP1ht Eueid
street NV: SIseret. Charles A. Mise
warner. 900 Nineteenth street NV; .TI5
NV; corpl. Marvin Anderson, 2735 NC
Kinley street NV, and Pfc william A
Green. 1919 Sumner, road Sc.
snh srsst Eohffs fsefst e sinHns FRomas 81
gastTes ssts .lb.-5 Asls Fittssnsh street
Pc so Jamss s fs5ssa sosers AFPt 1875
l meFe Sfs AF45sCn gee1son xa
Third street NE; CorpI Paul S. viii
liams.. 1925 DAVIS avenue, -Alexandria
Sergt. Raymond F. Fine, I1@4 Sixteenth
street NE; Sergt. Howard ", Bates. sol !
Broad street, Brookmont. Nd Tf3 Law
renee F. KIDD, 627 North Nelson, street
9b55 Hillside road Sc: Isl 1t. FrsnkIin sii1
Silver Spring. Md; 1t. Col James N
Greear. jr., 45I4 Connecticut avenue NV,
Capt. George H Fielder, 2305 North Fill
r. Kline 6ol Nineteenth street NV
/ st 1t. Richard L. Cash, $40 Sixteenth
street NV; lst 1t. William w Grad
dock 66l3 Strathmore street. Chevy
Chase, Md, and st 1t John P. Nichols
1924 Corbin place NE
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Nozi ENJOYS to Vatican
Reported Ready to Quit
pr A.. Annn,atnd p-ers

Ey the Associated Press.
ROME. Sept. 1.-The Italian news
agency ANSA reported today that
German diplomats who were ac-
credited to the Vatican had decided
to waive their diplomatic immunity
and surrender themselves to the
Allies.
The diplomats involved would be
the former German Ambassador,
Baron Ernst Won Weizsaecker; Coun-
sellor Albrecht Kessel and Secretary
SigiSmund Braun.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Probe Asked in Beating
Of3 CoIored WACS
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash. Sept. 1.-The
Baxter General Hospital Veterans
Committee for Equal Rights" has
petitioned Secretary of War Slim
son to investigate the brutal beat
ing" of three colored WACS at
Elizabethtown, KY. last month.
Staff Sergt. Edward P. Salsich,
committee chairman, said yester-
day.
Sergt. Salsich said the committee,
composed of nearly 500 overseas
veterans at the hospital and other
nearby military installations, dis
cussed at a meeting the case OF Pfc.
Tonmie Smith, Pfc. Helen H. Smith
and Pfc. Georgia Bosom, the three
| WACS,
Evening star., 1945-09-01
Betty Hutton. Briskin
Get License to Marry

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. betty Hut
ton, "a, film actress, and Theodore
S. Briskin, 81, president of the
Revere Camera Co. of Chicago, yes
terday obtained a marriage license
in the county clerks Office.
The couple said the wedding will
take place at 6 pm. tomorrow in the
Drake Hotel. Federal Judge Philip
L. Sullivan will officiate.
Evening star., 1945-09-01
10000 Ready to Leave
Manila Within Month
" the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA, Sept. 1.-Col. Robert
Porter, assistant chief of air staff
said today enlisted personnel sent
to Japan with advanced echelons
of the Far East Air Forces will re-
tain the privilege of returning home
as soon as they become eligible un-
der the Army's readjustment plan.
Nearly 10000 enlisted men and
women in nonflying service should
be ready to leave for home by Oc-
tober /. he estimated They have
more than IS points apiece or are
past 38 wears of age.