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Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

Patton never gave a formal
statement 10 any one other than
Eisenhower on that incident
After the Knutsford speech Pat
ton took his Third Army 10
France, led IL 800 miles east
ward against every type Of force
the German high command could
pit against him.
He wound up in Bavaria and
drew the thankless task OF
Strengthening out the postwar
problems of the eastern end OF
the American zone Of occupation
He drew specific directives from
Eisenhower as 10 what had 10 be
done in sorting out German priS-
oners OF war, civilian population
Of the area. freed Allied prisoners
and the mass of displaced persons
released from German occupation
camps.
He had 10 get the railroads
highways. communications and
farm and factory groups working
again. lie carried our each anC
every directive. The records
proved II.
But the same groups that had
sought Patton's scalp az the time
OF the slapping incident and the
Knutsfofd speech didn't look st
the record.
Three correspondents attended
. Patton press conference in b.
varia late IN August.
They remained after The .e9rfor.
ence broke u and fhen. II. i slz.
sion filled with douhle-talk and
ambiguous question:, drew from
the general certain answers n
questions as unansWerable as tho
famous do YOU stlll beat youl
wife7" cliche.
From the stories sent out by
those three correspondents, an
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Fly Yamashita's S
Lawyers toU.S.

TOKYO, Dec. % NNS)-Al-
lied headquarters announced to-
day that counsel for the defense
of 1t. Gen. Yamashita will be
flown to Washington 10 press an
appeal of the japanese COM
mander'S war crimes death sem
tence.
The flight was requested by the
secretary of war, pursuant 10
the wishes of the Supreme Court
of the United States" which linn
tied counsel to three.
Attorneys for the former COM
mander of Jap forces in the
Philippines have filed with the
nations highest tribunal petitions
for habeas corpus and prohibit
ton. The Supreme Court set Jan.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
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Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Truman Opens
u. 5. 10 Refugees
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the program would proceed with
due respect for all immigration
laws now in existence. Thus, he
said, no refugee or displaced per-
Son-mi4- become ptfbtrr -ctrdrgp.
He said responsible welfare or
CARNATIONS will make guarantees
covering each immigrants sup
port
The President strongly urged
that there be no further reduction
in immigration quotas by Con-
gresS.
II am informed that there are
various measures now pending
before the Congress-" he said.
(Which would either prohibit or
severely reduce further immi-
grafton. ! hope that such legis-
lation will not be PasseS.. This
period OF unspeakable human
distress II not the time for us
to close or TO narrow our gates"
Mr.. Truman also directed the
Secretary of State and the attor-
ney general 10 make it possible
for 1000 displaced persons now in
a war relocation camp near
Oswego, N. Y, to stay in the
country as immigrants.
These persons, he said. had
been brought TO this country from
refugee camps in Italy under a
program initiated by the late
President Roosevelt, and it was
understood they would return to
their native lands after the war.
The President said most of these
persons would be admissible
under the immigration laws.
Therefore, he said:
"It would be inhumane and
waStefuI to require these people
to 60 all the way back TO Europe
merely for the purpose OF apply
ing there for immigration visas
and returning to the United
States"
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Chang Troops Seize
Road Hub From Reds

CHUNGKING. Dec. p -tAP)-
Central government troops have
recaptured the important high
way town Of Tsaoyang, about 140
miles northwest of Hankow, which
had been in Chinese Communists
hands since Nov. 10. a semiofficial
dispatch claimed today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Destroyer Honors
Akron Marine Hero

PORT NEWARK, N. j.. Dec,
% CUP)-The USS Epperson, a
2,250-ton destroyer ma m @ d IN
honor Of a 20-year-old Akron lOD
marine who gave his life on Sal
pan TO save his comrades, was
launched today at U. S. Steel's
Federal shipyard here
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Dec. p
(AP)-Charles Kuhl, 30-year-old
South Bend carpet maker, who
said in a letter to his father in
November, 1913, that he was the
soldier the late Gen. Patton
slapped in a hospital in Sicily,
said today he felt deep regret at
this time" at the passing OF the
famed tank commander.
"Gen. Patton was a very good
leader for his country" kuhl
told a newspaperman.
Kuhl wrote his father from
Sicily that the general had slapped
him with a pair of leather gloves
and kicked him "in the pants"
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Batavia Shippers
XIII d Britons

BATAVIA, Dec. - GNS) --
The Kramat area OF Batavia re-
manned a major sore spot today
following the killing of four Royal
Air Force personnel by Indonesian
-snipers.
British troops using artillery
and supported by Mosquito and
Thunderbolt airplanes battlcd a
force of 100 well-armed and
organized Indonensians in the
northern sector of Bandoeng.
Scores of prisoners =meTe=ieken.
Indonesian troops were said to
be retreating in front of Soer-
abaia.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
On TO Palermo and Messina

He swept to Palermo, then east 70 Messlna all
in 3S days
In that time he slept sketchiy haphazardy drew
heavily his physical strength. He wound up that
campaign with his nerves drawn tight drumhead
rain
Then-Patton always did that-he visited the hospitals
where his wounded were.
He through ward where than 300 men
lay some with arms gone without legs blinded
forever He from that ward vsibly shaken.
Those men had not cried They'd grnned at him.
Across the hall another type of patient the she'll
shocked Patton boy sitting upturned keg,
his shoulders shaking Patton tapped him the shoulder
showed
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
BY KENT HUNTER
Written Eyprrssly Tor Tho Detroit Timss

Rommel was rolling back from FL Alamein He
had to keep his escape route open to the north II
the face Of American forces, sweeping eastward
from the surprise landings at Casablanca anc
along the north Mediterranean coast.
The Desert Fox kept feintjng toward The
west at Fuad, at Kasserine Pass, everywhere and
anywhere an American spearhead thrust toward
him
At Kasserne Pass, American force failed to hold
Then came change of commanders with Gen.-P -PattoF
taking over. Rommel took another licking.
Patton, from that point on scheduled TO be .lt
leader of Americas and when the attack came on
Sicily, he drew the western flank
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
CAR EASY TO SPOT
Vet Patton Slapped in Sicily
Mourns Death of General

during an inspection tour Of a
hospital receiving station in Au-
gust, 1943. He wrote later that
the general had apologized.
Kuhl was discharged from the
army Sept. q. 1945.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

together sketches of the kidnaper
aid of Beh'S killer.
1f'thE deSeTteF and his AWOL
companion are wanted in Gary
in a series of robberies and kid
nap car thefts there. Milewski
said he knew nothing else about
the deserter, except that police
said his name was Robert Smith.
Milewski said he and his fiancce
picked up their kidnaper between
Grand Rapids and Holland. He
Immediately pulle d a gun and
warned them:
Don't worry or scream. When
you see the papers In a couple
of days, you'll know why 1 have
to get out of here"
THREATENS TO SHOOT
When the car needed gas, The
gunman directed them 10 a filling
station with the instruction:
"Pull into this station and
keep still. Don't holler or I'll
shoot the girl"
The kidnaper paid for the gas
and enlisted the aid of a passing
motorist in getting their car
reStarted.
As they neared Gary, he took
Milewski's wallet containing about
SO, and asked Miss Mccormick for
hers, "if it isn't too much trouble. -
CAR EASY TO SPOT
When the kidnaper forced them
out of the car, he assured them
they would recover it in a short
time.
Its a hot car and will be
easy to spot" he told them.
When he is caught, the kid
naper's fingerprints will be COM
pared with three bloody marks
which smeared the left front door
of Beh's car.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Patton Victories
Flouted Critics

EDITORS NOTE-This is the second OF a series
by hent Huutcr, highHghting the remarkable mali
tory career Of the late Gen. Patton. The 1crtter,
formerly o,P PGttons staff. recently returned to Gr-
uaay theyC he risited the general shortly before
the latter met With the automobile accident that
resulted in his death. This series is based original
material at Pottons headquarters, including com
stderabtt data previously classified as top secret
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
MEETING SOUGHT

These harsh measures finally
convinced Jap Premier konoye
that Japan would have TO get out
of China or fight the United
States. He therefore urged Grew
to arrange a meeting between him
and the President Grew testified
that. if this were, not done, the
Konoye cabinet would fall and the
extreme militarists would be On
top. Roosevelt rejected i'-kS-
noye did fall and Tojo came 10
power.
The Japs made one more effort
TO save themselves. They proposed
to get OH of Indo-China # we
would relax our embargbes. Hull's
answer 10 this was his ultimatum
q Nov. 70 which ended all hope
Of peace.
BY Dec. Z Hull and Roosevelt
were no longer interested in peace
in the Pacific.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Templar Observance

Detroit Commandery NO. l,
knights Templar, will hold its an
nual Christmas observance in the
Masonic Temple at noon Christ
mas DaV
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Ex-Seaman Grilled
In Beh Murder Case

A former seaman who gave two Detroit addresses, was
held Egn Ill., police Saturday night for questioning the
of Roy Gordon Beh prosperous young Crosse Pone
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
ASIATIC PATROL
DEPRIVED OF SUPPLIES

Thus Japan was deprived OF all
essential supplies. The JapS called
it Strangulation.
knowing this, Roosevelt sent a
naval and military mission TO
Singapore, before he imposed
sanctions. 10 meet British officials,
then, in August. he and Churchill
met in the Atlantic and Roosevelt
promised TO take over the defense
OF the Azores Islands in the
Atlantic. to- go 10 war. even
though no u. S. possession was
assaulted. if the Japs attacked
Britain and TO issue a warning TO
the Japs that, if they made an
other move forward in the Pacific
10 UOttIJ toIyo oCftop
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
100000 Germans
FdceU. ). Action

BERLIN, Dec. % QNS)-Ap-
proximately 100000 Germans, now
held as political prisoners in the
L, S. occupation zone in Ger
many, viii be tried soon after
NuernbeTg's war crimes trials
are completed
Robert d. Murphy special u.
s. envoy TO Allied military au-
thoritieS in Berlin. who holds
ambasSadorial status. made this
disclosure today 10 international
News Service.
SPECIAL TRIBUNALS
Ambassador Murphy explained
that the trials Of such huge
number would be accomplished by
special tribunals. which may or
may not be military courts.
The ambassador said that many
now held may be innocent and
that special review boards have
been set up for screening OF all
cases.
He added that there have been
complaints against the army tor/
not speeding up he process butt
that the army cannot be blamed.
DELAY CAUSE
Redeployment of troops may be
part or The dIfficu1fy,- but- the
principal reason for the delay has
been that the army felt the trial
of 100000 Germans was the job
-of- -tittef l.. S. Prosecutor Robert
jackson, who IS pusy at Nuern-
berg at the moment.
According 10 the ambassador.
the United States has enough
civilian legal talent on hand 10
take care of the business and he
has made a recommendation along
these lines 10 L. S. Secretary of
Sate BYrnes ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Gen. Patton Burial
In Luxembourg
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'NoHtinhtd iIoli dEt Oltl
for the funeral under arrange
ments- announced by Brig. Gen.
John NJ. Willems.
A funeral train viii carry the
body 10 Luxembourg The tcnta-
tive hour for the burial on Mon
day is 10 a, m a a. m. Detroit
tlme)
Mrs ff'TttUTI- wfTO WIS ar heT
husbands bedside when he died
late yesterday of complications
from injuries in a traffic accident,
agreed that he should be buried
in the European soil he helped
10 liberate and with the soldier
dead of the fighting which
smashed down. GermanyS last
hope drive into the Ardenncs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

other anti-Patton outburSt took
form in the United States.
Ultimately, Cen Eisenhower re-
-l!eYed Patton OF command of the
Third Army, his beloved fighting
force, and assigned him to COM
mand of the paper army" the
Fifteenth. This army had been
assigned the job Of compiling a
history Of the American actions
in Europe
Patton never issued a state
ment, than formal one made
public after an interview with
! Gen. n.=tts--:t,..;;;>srr.-ffc- wouid not
talk about the Barvarian Incl
dent.
Patton told members OF his
staff that It was not ms place
60 talk about any Of the incidents.
IL was his firm belief that he
could state his case, II ever, only
If he is subpenaed before q prop
|erly constituted congressional
committee of investigation or II
called upon by his military COM
manders.
Congress Is investigating Pearl
Harbor and dozens of other in.
+eideRts of World War II. bBt nc
one has suggested going into the
attacks on Americas military
c o mand ders, especially Mac.
Arthur and Patton.
TOMORROW. - Patton's first
great victory In Europe. the
break through at Avranches and
St 10. the sealing on of the
Brittany Peninsula and his
closing OF the southern jaw of
the Falaise pocket, In which the
Germans saw one complete field
army ground TO bits.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

di flo SdlSo lCl lCStIlNdliHC
Holland Mich, police said the
suspect told -Elgin- authorities his
name was John HolShoffer, with
two Detroit addresses, 1850 Le-
land and 29l Chalmers.
HolShoffer said he was 25 anC
had served six months in the navy
in 1912 Elgin police said he had
admitted hitch-hiking.
RECOGNIZES PICTURE
Earlier police of Gary, Ind. were
on the lookout for an army
deserter, whose picture in a
.roGue,s gallery there was listed as
resembling one of the men sought
Donald Milewski, 19. of Holland
said the picture looked like that
of the soft spoken young kidnapeI
who forced him and his fiancee tC
drive him from Holland TO Gary
Friday.
Sgt Verne Dagen Of the state
police post at Grand Haven said
he was convinced the kidnaper
was the hitchhiker who slugged
Beh over the head and then shot
him, leaving the body in Beh'S
car after he later abandoned il
/ in a field north of Holland.
The FBI entered the case to
investigate the kidnapping. Two
agents were dispatched from In
dianapolis to Gary TO aid in the
tmanhunt
MilewSki said Gary police cast
doubt on his Identification. They
believed the deserter and ar
/ AWOL companion had pulled d
similar abduction and auto theft
/ in Gary the afternoon MilewskI
and Miss Rose Mccormick were
kidnapped.
From descriptions furnished BY
the two young people and other
witnesses. a Holland artist, Rich
ard Gringhuis, was trying to piece
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
LIES IN STATE

The body OF the great armored
commander, who was transferred
from the Third Army TO the skele-
tonized 18th Army Oct . after
criticiZing the denazification pol
icy in Germany. was 10 lie in state
at Villa Renier, Seventh Army
headquarters. tonight. His body
will be on view to both enlisted
men and military and civilian dig
nitaries until the funeral hour
Sunday.
Six hundred men who served
under Patton in combat left
Neurnberg today. to form an
honor guard AT the funeral. The
troops were chosen from the First
and Ninth Infantry divisions,
which fought under Patton in Al
.rfca and Sicily, and the Fourth
Armored Division. which led the
drive from Normandy.
NAME PALLBEARERS
Twelve honorary pallbearers
were named:
1t. Gen. John C. II. Lee. Ii.
Gen. J. X. Cannon. 1t. Gen. Lb-
Glen X. Truscott Jr.. Maj. Gen.
Everett Hughes, Mai. Gen. A. w.
Kenner, Brig. Gen. Walter J. Mul-
Ter. Brig. Gen. Ray T. MaddiX,
Brig. Gen. John NJ. WillemS. Maj,
Gen. Robert MEG. Littlejohn. Col.
II T.
Nixon and Mai. Gen. Leven c.
Allen, deputy commander OF the
18th Army.
Messages of sympathy flooded
into the 130th station hospital
where Patton finally succumbec
to pulmonary dung emboliSm
followed by cardiac failure after
fighting for 13 days to recover
from a broken neck.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
WdrIike Acts
ldidtoRoosevelt
BY JOHN T. FLYNN


Written Especially for the Hearst Newspapers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-After
five weeks testimony on Pearl
Harbor, il is possible now TO make
a picture of the diplomatic
proceedings which led like doom
to war.
Three witnesses, Hull, Welles
and Grew have testified. Numer-
Gus documents have been pro-
duced. Here is what emerges from
it all:
The Japs had been fighting the
Chinese for years, but we never
considered intervening. Not until
late 1910 did Roosevelt consider
intervention and then, not 10 aid
China. but because he and
Churchill feared some action
which might affect the British
Empire in Asia.
ASIATIC PATROL
In October, 1910, Roosevelt
told Adm. Richardson, Pacific
fleet commander. that he wanted
to launch an Asiatic patrol to cut
off Japanese trade with the out
side world. This was a blockade.
an act of war.
Eight days later Roosevelt as
suTed Americans he would never
take them TO war and that he
would never by any act in alien
territory entangle them in war.
In July, 1941, Roosevelt seized
all Japanese property in American
territory and cut Japan off from
practically all trade. The English
and the Dutch followed suit
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Gen. Ike Stands by Patton

for his military head.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Plenty of Fish

Considering all edible varieties of
fish in the United States, it is
possible to serve a different kind
every day for five and one-third
months without repeating single
dish,
Evening star., 1945-11-23

guests to assemble in the hotels
East Room promptly at $50 pm
The banquet will be held in the ball
room, and all doors will be closed at
7 pm. More than 500 guests are
expected.
Besides the President, honor
guests will include Cabinet mem
bers and other leading Government
officials. Also present will be Barry
Hayes Hepburn, a descendant of
Commodore Barry, and officers of
the American Irish Historical So
ciety.
Speakers will include Judge Glare
Gerald Fenerty of Philadelphia, a
former member of Congress. A Navy
orchestra will play.
Evening star., 1945-11-23
New York Crime Wall
Fails 10 Prevent Two
New Sayings
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Crime and
violence mounted in New York to-
day even as new armed police mobile
divisions-the largest motored pa
troll in the city's history-roamed
the streets in combat against reign
of terrorism.
A 28-year-old man, Rocco Los
calzo, was shot to death early this
moring in the Greenwich Village
section. Police, expressing the be-
lief the shooting was gang slay-
ing, said Loscalzo died under a
fusilade of shots fired from a door,
way.
Five bullets penetrated his back
and two entered his head, they said.
Police said LoScalzo was freed in
bail October "a, after being arrested
on charge of grand larceny in the
theft of $4,000 in liquor August 80
from a warehouse.
sc Slain in "A Days.
The Staying brought to 66 the
number of persons who have met
violent deaths in the last IA days.
Audrey Beasley, 10, also reported
to police that she was shot in the
right knee while crossing a street in
downtown Manhattan. She told po-
lice she heard the shot and then
felt sting" in her leg.
In Brooklyn, two men today held
up Benjamin Bleecher as he opened
the Neptune Live Poultry Marka
in the Sheepshead Bay district and
took $4,000 from safe
Six Youths Seized.
Manhattan police rounded up six
teen-age youths on charges of carry
ing weapons. A patrolmen became
suspicious of four inside Harlem
building and he arrested them after
one dropped .22-caliber revolver.
Two were arrested in Manhattan by
a policeman who said they admitted
planning to rob restaurant One,
police said, carried brass knuckles.
In another eruption Of violence,
a 20-year-old youth, Philip Beceiro,
was shot in the right side by police |
while attempting to escape arrest as
suspect in a series of early morn
ing burglaries in Brooklyn. Police
said he was in serious condition.
The incidents occurred after Po-
lice Commissioner Arthur w. WAL
lander last night added 16 of the
departments 20 police emergency
trucks with their crews and one
detective each to join the after dark
vigil. Mr.. Wallander also raised to |
200 the number of expert marks
men on patrol after dark.
Eighty-two Are Arrested.
Even as the new mobile divisions
were. modified, police squads, head
ed personally by the commissioner,
swept down on several places, seizing
80 persons-most of them teen ayers
on felony charges. Most of the
arrests were for possession of con-
cealed weapons.
Meanwhile police still probed the
death of an unidentified man, about
As, whose body was found yesterday
in the Queens-midtown automobile
tunnel under the East River. At po-
lice headquarters the belief was ex-
pressed that the body had been
tossed from an automobile.
Search also continued for the
slayers of AL Dummy Davis, form
er boxer, who was shot to death
Wednesday morning by bandits in
the robbery of a grill and of To-
year-old Susan Scanga, who was
beaten and shot to death Tuesday
night. Nick Fonkin, 16, of Brooklyn
is being sought in connection with
the girls death. /
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Truman 10 Attend Banquet
Honorinq Father Of NAVY

President Truman will attend a
banquet commemorating the 2OOth
anniversary of the birth Of Com
modore John Barry, Father of the
American Navy" at pm. tomorrow
at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
James E. Collif1ower, president of
the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick,
sponsor of the affair, has asked the
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