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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
Miss Wendrick ENGAGED

MR. AND MRS. EDWARD
ME,ADRICK-e of Dearborn an
nounCe the engagement of their
daughter, Irene. 10 Cro2ier Rut-
ledge. son Of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
RutledCe of Caro-.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
LaVerne Sanefke S
Betro+hal Told

Mr.. AND MRS. WALTER
SANEFKE Of Crosse Pounte
Woods announce the engage
ment of their daughter La
Verne Jean. and SGT. Joseph
O'Jibway, son of Mrs Helen
Ganthier Of Saultc Ste Mare.
SGT O'Jibway was the first
paratrooper 10 return 10 tho
United States from The prison
cau7Ds in C,orr1qr7l
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Bishop Oman Says
Attempts 10 Divide
Allies Betray U. 5.
By tho Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Bishop G.
Bromley Oman, president Of the
Federal Council Of the Churches of
Christ in America, said today the
forces seeking to divide the Allies
whose unity was essential to victory
in the war just ended, are criminally
betrayng the American servicemen,
our country and the peoples Of the
world"
In q speech at a world fellowship
breakfast, sponsored by the YMCA
and the YWCA, Bishop Oman said
the question the American people
have not yet answered was DO we
really want peace?"
IF we do" he said. then We must
face 1t squarely that the only way
we can have it is through continu-
ing cooperation among all nations
and especially among the powerful
ones. We. cannot afford to, distrust
our Allies, - - 's.,-,-.-..7 -.
'1he security Of shall nations is
dependent upon agreement Of the
big nations. II the big nations fall
out the security of all nations Is In
jeopardy. If we really want peace
We must accept the idea that' unity
is imperative and work for IT,
He, declared that "the present
campaign Of distrust being waged
by powerful forces In this country
today to divide the Allies is a part
Of the same pattern that will lead
inevitably to yet another war"
World Fellowship Week is being
celebrated together for the first
time this week by the 1900 YMCA's
and 1000 WWCAs in the Nation.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
StimSon Reported Better
After Serious Heart Attack

By the Associated Press.
HUNTINGTON, N. Y, Nov. 13.-
Henry T.. Stimson, 77-year-old states
man who served in the cabinets OF
three Presidents, has been confined
for several weeks to his home at
West Hills, near here, after serious
heart attack.
His wife said last night her hus-
band was stricken soon after he ar
rived here several weeks ago. She
said his condition has progressively
improved"
Mr.. siimson, Republican, became
Secretary of War in 1911 under
Presideht Taft, serving until 1918
He was Governor General of the
Philippines from 1927 to 1929 when
he was named Secretary of State by
President Hoover. He served -four
years.
Mr.. Ssimson was called back into
the cabinet by President Roosevelt
who named him Secretary of War ir
1910 to succeed Harry n. Woodring
He resigned the post last Septem-
her Al
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Testimony Of Witness
AGAINST Yamashita
Disputed by Boy, "A
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, Nov. 13.-The stream of
prosecution witnesses reciting de-
tails of Japanese brutalities In the
Philippine Islands under command
Of 1t. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita
was interrupted briefly today as a
14-year-old defense witness took
the stand.
Bislumino Romero, grandson of
Gen. Artemio Ricarte. Filipino,
who allegedly collaborated with the
Japanese, told the court he had
never been present when Ricarte
and Yamashita, now On trial for
his life, had been together. Edu-
Gated in Japan, he testified in jap
anese.
Previously. Jose Galang, a prose-
cution witness, had told of occasions
when young Romero had been pres
ent as an interpreter at meeting Of
Cicarte and Yamashita, The Filipino
officer, Galang said. had asked the
Japanese commander to change his
order for death and destruction"
of all Fflipinos. /,
Grandfather Missing. o.r.s,
The boy said he was unaware sof
the present whereabouts OF his
grandfather, but he had been in
formed the general died in the
mountains. Yanashita he had
heard described as "a good soldier"
because of his exploits at Singa-
pore. The youth had spent most
of his life in Japan.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
the Philippine Supreme Court has
asked 1t. Gen. Wilhelm Styer, COM
|mander of American Army forces In
the Western Pacific, to show cause
why writ of habeas corpus should
not be issued as requested by va
|mashita's defense counsel in a move
to have the war crimes case quashed
Testimony on conditions at the
Los Banos prison camp concluded
as two witnesses told Of the ex-
tremely meager sanitary facilities
there and said food was 30 scarce
that pigs which normally lived on
kitchen scraps starved to death.
Guards Ordered to Shoot.
A protest over shooting of two
American civilian internees as they
returned with food they had foraged
outside brought q reply from the
guards commandant that he had
orders from imperial headquarters
in Manila to kill any one attempting
to escape from the camp" the wit
nesses said.
A parade of witnesses also began
testimony concerning the alleged
killing of more than 1000 civilians
In Calamba, Laguna Province, early
in February.
Here, it was recounted, Japanese
soldiers entered civilian residences
and took truck loads of men, women
and children away to bayonet and
burn.
Freedom from want Is yours for
the purchase Of Victory Loan Bonds.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Warsaw Butcher Leaves
Tokyo on Way TO Reich
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOKYO, Nov. 13.-Col Josef Al
bert Meisinger, Butcher of War
saw" left by air today on the first
leg of his trip back to Germany via
the United States.
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
reported he will be taken to an Al
lied interrogation center near
Frankfurt, Germany, for question
ing and possible trial as a war
criminal suspect.
Meisinger has been detained
since September II in the 11th
Corps stockade on the outskirts OF
Yokohama. He thus far has denied
any war-crimes guilt. He came to
Japan from Europe to carry on Nazl
activities among German residents
here.
Accompanying him today were
1t. Col. Jennis B. Galloway, former
commander of all counterinteIli-
gence 'detachments in this theater
and Maj. James w. Coll, former
commander of the Counterinteln-
gence Corps at Yokohama.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Gen. Sebree 10 Spea
Friday at Y Loan
Pageant and Rally

Brig. Gen. Edmund b. Sebree
director OF the Special Infor-
nation Section. Army Ground
Forces. will speak at a Victory
Loan pageant and rally at 8 pm.
Friday in the Shoreham Hotel
under the auspices of the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Club, as the Districts drive to-
sell $42 ,000, 900 In v Bonds before
December 8 nears the halfway
mark.
AS chief of staff of an infantry
division, he distinguished himself in
the occupation of New Caledonia
and the development Of that island
as a stepping stone to final victory
in the Pacific. He has been award
ed the Distinguished Service Medal,
the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Clus-
ter, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze
Star Medal and the Purple Heart.
The pageant will feature songs
and dances of China, Russia, Eng
land, France and the United States
Meanwhile, some 300 District shoe
statesmen will launch their Victory
Loan program at rally at $3.50 pm.
Thursday in the Washington Gas
Light Co. auditorium, eleventh and
H streets NV. Radio commenta-
tors Billy Repaid and Mike Hunni-
cutt are scheduled to appear.
Today, the Welfare Committee of
the Board of Trade is to meet in
the Star Building at 4 pm. to dis
cuss Victory Loan plans. The D. c.
Bar Association has scheduled a
meeting for $50 o'clock tonight at
the Mayflower Hotel. The WASH
ington Loan Association also will
hold v bond meeting at $3.50 pm.
John Charles Thomas, famous
Metropolitan Opera baritone, will
sing in Constitution Hall at $50
pm. Thursday. Concert music will
be played by the National SYM
Iphony Orchestra, directed by DR..
Hans Kinder. The concert Is un-
der the joint auspices Of the WASH
ington Central Labor Union and
the District War Finance Comm..-
tee. Admission is by purche--- Of
Victory Bond
| tomorrow, $50 members of the
Brightwood Masonic Lodge 43 will
meet at the Brightwood Masonic
Temple at 9 pm. The Alliance
Club will hold loan rally at 7:30
pm. at the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Pauley Arrives in Tokyo
10 Study Jap Reparations
By the Associated Prkss.

TOKYO, Nov. l3.-President Tru-
mans reparations representative,
Edwin S. Pauley, reached Tokyo to-
day and announced, Il want a couple
of days to size up the situation be-
fore making any definite statements"
about the reparations bill defeated
Japan will be asked to pay.
Il expect to have things well In
hand before I leave" he added, but
he gave no indication of how long he
expects to remain. He arrived In =
private plane with Navy Undersecre-
tary Artenus l.. Gates.
Seventeen members Of the Repa-
rations Commission began preltmi-
nary discussions with onicers of Gen.
staff here November Q,
and Mr.. Pauley's arrival signaled the
start Of ofilcial deliberations.
d, Another crushing reminder of, the
cost of war was brought home to
japanese by forecasts of taxes ave
times higher than current evies, de-
spite a halved budget. Both points
were contained in . recommendation
given the Finance Ministry by the
semioficial postwar currency coun-
Evening star., 1945-11-13
$1,000 Veterans Due
From Europe, 1890
Expected From Pacific
By the Associated Press.

tuC AssOSlhktu Itocbs
approximately $4,000 European
veterans are scheduled to arrive to-
, day at three East Coast ports and
more than II, 300 troops are expected
ut four West Coast ports.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York-(Sea Porpoise, from
Marseilles) 2,l74 troops including
2s32d Engineers Battalion. 448th
Ordnance Headquarters and Main
tenance Company, 1st General Hos
pital, 4o67th Quartermaster Service
Company. 1o2d Evacuation Hospital,
e1sth AAA Battalion and nine
; WACs.
(Alfred Moore, from Marseilles;
, william Graham, Henry w. Long
fellow, Jonathan Worth and Thomas
! Benton, all from lie Have; Winfield
Scott, Madawaska Victory and Mex
leo Victory 6,756 miscellaneous
troops.
At Boston (Fitzhugh Lee, from
Antwerp; Stage Door Canteen and
Joseph lie Conte, from Oran) 643
, miscellaneous personnel.
At Newport News-(West Point,
from LIE Havre) 7,730 troops includ-
ing Headquarters and Headquarters
Company and Reserve Command of
the 9th Armored Division. Head
quarters and Headquarters Battery,
9th Armored Division Artillery;
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company of 9Th Armored Division
Trains; Military Police platoon of
9th Armored Division; 148th Ar
mored Signal Company; 88th Cav
airy Reconnaissance Squadron;
50Sth Civilian Detachment; 268th
Quartermaster Service Company;
4068th Quartermaster Service Com
pany; 4185th Service Company.
300th Ordnance M Company (AA) /;
229th Ordnance Evacuation Com
pany; 472d, 4s2d Ordnance Evacua-
ton Companies; Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment of 10th,
174th, 177th, 178th, 1S3d Medical
Battalions; 392d, 458th, 488th Med
ical Collection Companies; 103d,
45th, 44th, 96th, 1o5th Evacuation
Hospitals; 11th Field Hospital;
Headquarters and Headquarters De-
tachment, 62d Medical Battalion
Company; 516th Military Police
Battalion; Detachments of 18th,
nth, 23d, 108th General Hospitals;
s37th Engineer Aviation Battalion;
395th Signal Company Aviation,
and miscellaneous personnel.
(Sommel Sdyjk) 1,4S8 troops in
cluding 654th Tank Destroyer Bat
talon, 3,250th Quartermaster Serv-
ice Company, 3,262d Quartermaster
Service Company. 220th, 858th Ord
nance Headquarters and Main
tenance Companies.
(Joseph Meek, James Barbour, j.
w. McAndrew, Richard Gatling and
John TrumbulD 3,643 miscellaneous
troops.
At San (Monterey,
Wheatland, battleship Texas.
Schuylkill, Dawson. Cowanesque,
Canf1eld, Albert S.. Puleson, Ala
nance and Pierce -s,456 Army and
Navy personnel
At San iego-Cbattleship Mary
land, destroyers Cogland, Swanson,
wilkes and Cook, attack transport
Fallon). 1916 miscellaneous person.
mel from fearl Harbor -s@..
At seatsae-Procyon, ~frem Ma
goya; Thompson, from Attu, and
Donah, from Alaska) 745 miscella-
neous personnel.
At Los Cbattleship West
Virginia, from Honolulu, and trans
port Hexico) 3.33s miseellaneeps'
personnel.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
80 -------------<---- . ts5Ns
Youth Believed Drowned
In 1942 Found in Army
By the Associated Press.

BELLEFONTE, Pa, Nov. 13.--
William J. Fisher said today his son,
believed to have been drowned In a
quarry near here three years ago, has
been found in the Army at Fort
Benning. Ga, and "is likely to be
home for the holidays"
The son. Clarence M. Flip Fish
er, wrote his parents last week and
telephoned them Friday, the elder
Fisher said. The father added the
youth told him he was in a para
chute battalion, under the name Of
william T. Atkins.
Mr.. Fisher said Army authorities
were arranging to have his sons
military records changed over to his
real name.
The father said a family matter
was responsible for the sons disap-
pearance in July, 1912,
Evening star., 1945-11-13

William H. Move, $40 Columbia street
NV; Sergt. William Lilienfeld. 1409 Trim
idad avenue NE, and Pfc. Maurice A.
Gates. 1242 Eaton road BE
On the Lycoming, due yesterday
at San Francisco, are:
T/5 Leonard w. Smith. Arlington;
S/Sergt, Jack Allen. Arlington; T/3 Elmer
r. Holding, Berwyn, Md; Pfc. Robert E.
Middlerof, Capitol Heights, Nd, and Pfc.
Charles T. Richardson. Silver Spring. Nd
T/Sergt. Elmer M. Mckee, Kens-
ington, Md, was listed aboard the
Charles c. Aycock, due yesterday at
Boston.
r Corpl. william A. Davis tho ad-
dress given), Washington, was on
the Joseph Hewes, which docked
yesterday at New York.
Sergt. L. C. Valentine, Arlington,
Va, was aboard the Smith Thomp-
son, due yesterday at Boston.
Evening star., 1945-11-13

Py the Associated Press.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 13.-
Six-year-old Al Bennett, jr., landed
a light two-seater plane on Smith
Municipal Airport here yesterday
and announced he was taking a
brief vacation f.am the first grade
to become re worlds first flying
newsboy'
Wit. the youngster was his father,
Fly'Ag Instructor Al Bennett, ST.,
=. Middletown, Ohio. They carried
the first issue of children's maga-
zine from Middletown and will make
their last deliveries in Chicago to-
day.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Wirephoto.

Mr.. Bennett said he had been
teaching his son to fly since last
year. The youngster. a pupil in
Seven Mile School near Middletown,
is not permitted to. solo by Civil
Aeronautics Board regulations, but
the father said he was as good as
the average adult.
AL, jr, is just learning to read
and his father tells him what the
instruments say. His other flying
aids are extensions on the rudder
pedals and couple of pillows on
the seat.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
New Glue in SUDDEN Case
CoIIupses After Probe
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ;ANGELES, Nov. 13.-Hope
that snew clue had been found
which Right lead tothe whereabouts
of 3-yeAr-old Dickie tum SUDDEN,
missingl from his home at Downie-
ville., CSlif., since November |, col
lapsed Eariy today after a police
checkul
Mrs. bertha Ledbetter, manager oi
. hotel aear Van Nuys. had reported
to poliess she had found a piece OF
child's underwear IN an apartment
Just vacated by couple
POLICE wired q description Of ths
garment to the missing boys par.
ents, kzr. and Mrs. Richard tun
SUDDEN. The parents answered thai
the chisd had not worn the type ol
earmena described.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
truman Asks Nation
To Unite in Thanks
On November Il
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Truman yesterday pro-
claimed November "a, fourth Thurs
day Of the month. as Thanksgiving
Day. -.ease
His proclamation asked that I'VE
give thanks with the humility Of
free men. each knowing 1t was the
might of no one arm but OF all
together by which we were saved"
The proclamation follows:
In this year of our victory, alb
solute and final, over German fas-
cism and Japanese militarism; in
this time Of peace SO long awaited,
which we are determined with all
the United Nations to make per-
manent; on this day of our aburld-
ance, strength and achievement, let
US give thanks to Almighty Provi-
dence for these exceeding blessings.
I'VE have won them with the
courage and the blood of our SOL
dierS, sailors and airmen. We have
won them by the sweat and inge-
nutty OF our workers, farmers, en-
gineers and industriaists. We have
won them with the devotion of our
women and children. We have
bought them with the treasure of
our rich land. But above all we
have won them because we cherish
freedom beyond and even more than
life itself. ..-z.,
: Unity Served as First Weapon.
I'VE give thanks with the humility
OF free men, each knowing it was
the might of no one arm but of all
together by which we were saved.
Liberty knows no race, creed or
class in our country or in the
world. In unity we found our first
weapon, for without it, both here
and abroad, We were doomed. None
better than their comrade, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt. Our Thanks
giving has the humility of our deep
mourning for them, our vast grati-
tude for them.
Triumph over the enemy has
not dispelled every difficulty Many
vital and far-reaching decisions
await us as we strive for a just and
enduring peace. We will not fail II
we preserve, in our own land and
throughout the world, that same
devotion to the essential freedoms
and rights of mankind which sus-
tanned us throughout the war and
brought us final victory.
Day Of Thanksgiving.
Nov therefore, I, Harry S. Tru-
man, President of the United States
of America, in consonance with the
joint resolution Of Congress ap-
proved December 26, 1941, do hereby
proclaim Thursday, November 20,
1945, as a day of national Thanks
giving. May we on that day, in our
homes and in our places of worship,
individually and as groups, express
our humble thanks to Almighty God
for the abundance of our blessings
and may we on that occasion rededi-
cate ourselves to those high prin-
ciples Of citizenship for which 30
many splendid Americans have re-
Gently given all.
TN witness whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the
Seal Of the United States of America
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington
this 18th day Of November. In the
year of our Lord one thousand and
nine hundred forty-five and Of the
independence of the United States
Of America the one hundred and
SEVENTEEN. = s,kic { 81 a- r.
HARRY S. TRUMAN"
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Kent Due to Leave
For U.S., lin Week
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-An attorney
for Tyler Kent, former clerk In the
American embassy In London who
recently completed q seven-year
prison sentence for violation of the
British Of1cial Secrets Act, said to-
day he understood Kent would leave
for America within q week.
Following his release Kent was
detained as an undesirable alien to
await deportation.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Killed

Thomas Lee Fletcher, jr., 20, tor
pedoman's mate &c, u. S. N. r., son
Of Mrs. Nellie F. S. Fletcher, 4714 Ed
monston avenue, Hyattsville, is re-
ported In today's Navy casualty
report as killed in action.
Mate Fletcher previously had
been reported missing after action
OF Okinawa May 20 when the de-
stroyer aboard which he was serv-
ing was attacked by kamikaze
planes.
A native Of Hyattsville, Mate
Fletcher was graduated from Blad-
ensburg High School in 194l and
was employed with Safeway gro
cery store prior. to entering the
Navy in 1912. He was sent into
active duty in the Atlantic imme-
diately after basic training and
went to the Pacific theater early
last January.
Missing
George Jena Nonamaker, 19, avi-
alton machinist's mate &c, whose
mother, Mrs, Catherine X. Mona
maker, lives at 1910 Fairmont street
NJ te
Evening star., 1945-11-13
MISSING

ing after failing
to return from
a patrol bomb
er flight Octo-
ber II in the
P a C ific, the
Navy disclosed.
Overseas since
l a S t A pri ! ,
y o u n G Mona
m a er served
with a light tor
pedo = bombing
squadron un t ii
late in July ,
then W al as
signed to patrol
Evening star., 1945-11-13
ItoIion Priests Reported
Ordered From AIboniu
BY the Associated Press,

ROME, Nov. Isl Popolo, organ
OF the Christian Democratic party,
said In Tfrana dispatch today the
Albanian government had ordered
all Italian priests and nuns to leave
Albania by November Is because of
what the dispatch termed bloody
persecution conducted even against
the native clergy"
Evening star., 1945-11-13
9th Army's 70-Point Men
To Leove Jopon by Dec. l
Y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 13.-An TO-
point veterans and nearly all Co.
point men of the 9Th Army in Japan
will be en- route home by December
l. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, 9th
Army commander, estimated today.
Evening star., 1945-11-13
Empire Ended in Capture

The Inca empire in PERU came to
an end in 1882 when Francisco
Pizzaro defeated and captured the
Inca, Atahualpa. s-s
Evening star., 1945-11-13

The Series @E" Victory Lean Bond
nnatures in 10 years and returns S4
for evesy s. invested.
Evening star., 1945-11-13

bomberS.
He enlisted in the Navy on his
17th birthday in October, 1943. He
was a student at Chamberlain
Technical High School prior to en-
tering the service.
Mrs. Nonamaker Is employed at
the Interior Department. A sister,
Catherine. II, attends Central High
School. His father, George F. Mona
maker, lives in Philadelphia.
Decorations
Col. Charles Maylor, executive Of
icer in the office Of Assistant Chief
of Air Staff-1, AAF Headquarters
was awarded the Legion of Merit for
his development and execution OF
the highly efficient administrative
techniques in the headquarters, the
War Department announced.
Col Maylor, who lives at 2917 w
street Sc, was cited for "excep-
tionally meritorious conduct in the
performance of outstanding service
from March 9, 1912, to September 2,
1945.
Maj John M. Winterbotham has
received the Legion of Merit for
rendering Invaluable assistance
and guidance in preparing the AAF
Aid Society to accomplish effective
ly its mission of caring for dis
tressed personnel Of the AAF and
their dependents.
Maj. Winterbotham, who has
been on duty with AAF Headquar-
tiers as Chief of Personal Affairs
Division, Assistant Chief of Air
Staff-1, since March. 1914, was cited
for his services between that date
and October, 1945. He makes his
home at 3539 Porter street NV.
Capt. william E. Chandler, I.,
formerly secretary to. Bepresenta-
tive Bryson, DemocratS4 Of South
FESfoi1hS, has Heen AWARDED tH1
Bronze Star. Mr.. Bryson said the
award was made for Capt. Chand-
ler's work in the Office Of the Assis-
tant Chief of Staff, G-5. Mid-Pacific
II Headquarters. in coanlections with
Ia system Of accouti1g. =" "-@sa
Capt. Chandler has been in the
Army about four years, advancing
in rank from private. He is a
graduate of George Washington
University He is now going through
separation center and is with
his wife and son at Watsonville,
Calf. As soon as he Is out of uni
form he plans to return to his form
er position here, Mr.. Bryson said.
S/Sergt. John H. Aiken, lat r
street NE, received the Bronze
Star Medal for rendering outstand-
ing service to his regiment and di-
vision in close coordination with
combat troops. He, with a comrade
underwent. sniping, artillery and
aerial fire to arrest 40 NaI party
members, officials and IS personnel.
During action at Munich he con-
tacted German resistance person.
mel and as q result was able to
arrest II SIS, Werewolf and other
dangerous German personnel in and
around the city. the citation said.
Sergt. Aiken was with the Counter
intelligence Corps Detachment of
the 3rd Infantry.
Others who have received the
Branze Star include:
Pfc. David Stutman, 1917 Spring
road, NV.
1t. Col. Paul r. Andrews, 1901
Brandywine street NV.
DR.. Lawriston S. Taylor, 1923
Battery Lane, Bethesda, Md.
Inductees
Twenty District men have been
ordered to report for induction into
the armed forces today. Names of
the men follow:
Sidney Lechter. Jose M. Diaz, Enrique
Crosse, Robert B. Harm, Robert Mendel,
Walter j. Drinks, Alfred /. jenkins. Dale
R. Mcvay. Richard II. Appel, william A.
Burton, Raymond A. Holland, william L.
n