davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

ditional embalming. How it found
its way to the upstairs room in the
Woodward nome in Washington is
still puzzle TO the police
Before the war, chemists of the
I. G. Farbenindustrie in Germany de.
veloped a scheme which would have
appealed to Mrs. Woodward and 9TH
ers of her kind They found that
bodies could be preserved practically
forever by being encased in a solid
block of translucent plastic.
The theory these chemists ex-
pounded was that the imperishable
'coffin" would be kept at home in
stead of being buried 1t isn't likely
that the proposal will become very
popular over here.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

convinced that no one they had ever
loved or cared for should be put into
the ground after their death. For
IS years Gertrude and Minnie Anhorn
lived with and guarded the hermet-
ically-sealed steel casket which con-
tanned the bodies of their father a
sister and an old servant.
In 1896, wreckers who were tear
ing down house in Budapest found
a .six.year-old boy sleeping" in a
SIS case in the attic Investigation
wed that his father, DR.. Lajos
Onyi. a professor of anatomy at
Budapest University. had embalmed
the body 90 years before and Kept 1t
in the case so nc could convince
himself daily that his beloved Publ
was only asleep. When the father
died. the case was put in the attic
Karl Tanzler van Cosel. an X.ray
technician at hospital in Key West
Fla, had an even stranger conviction
July I. 1888
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

SlDt' lti SOILS bp' l!tllie -
that seem almost mex.
pliCablc dfterward
Mrs. Mary Eva Wood
was ono of those.
in she died the other
~ in Washington. -. c.
IL was discovered that the
elderly author and teach
rr had kept the mummi.
fled body OF her mother
In her bedroom for 33
years. spending several
hours each day sitting be-
side the coffin in what
she believed was a sort
Of spiritual rapport.
Mrs. Woodw d'S
strange quirk was far
from unique. In Sydney.
Australia. few years
AGO four spinsterish sis
tcrs were visited by the
p5rsen To his horror,
they took him 10 view
the body OF their 9l-Ncar.
old mother who had been
laid out in state on an
old-fashioned four.poster
bed. She had been dead
four months, tn ey OK
planned. but a divine voice
had told them that If
they left the body on the
bed she would rise up
and return 10 them on
her hundredth birthday.
Two other sisters in
Jacksonville. Fla. were
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

Woodward's cherished secret
her companion who had not been
; for third Of century.
. mahogany coffin was found
)ped up on two boxes beside the
In II was an old woman clad
a high.necked gray dress. Her
dy was Well preserved and had
been skillfully embalmed.
In Williamsburg, near Pittsburgh,
n undertaken recalled that the
,ody Of Mrs. Woodward's mother
had been shipped 20 his establish
ment in March, 1912, after she
had died in St. Louis. The
daughter had requested that the
body be kept there, and every
day, dressed in the fashions OF
her girlhood, she had come 20
sit beside the coffin from
morning until night.
II got the impression she
had never wanted to grow
up,-but- always wanted to
remain a little girl with her
mother" was the -undertak
\ er's own conclusion.
q That should have been
the tip-off, since attempted
revGrsion 10 childhood is
a characteristic of schiZo-
& phrenics, but undertakerS
"a aren't supposed to know
81 about such things.
n At any rate, after four
and a half months, the
z health authorities ordered
u that the body be removed.
IT was shipped to Wash.
"A ington. Evidence showed
that il was kept for a year
in a vault at Oak Hill
~ Cemetery and then sent
TO Philadelphia for ad-
lal embalming. How it found
'ay to the upstairs room in the
iward nome in Washington is
a puzzle TO the police.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-01

BY DONALD \. LAIRD, Ph.D., SciD.
Nationally Known Psychologist and
--------- lecturer
HEATU Of "a l0ye5 one is always
II L2Llck- t.----- f-uS,- -at4lts
- a period OF mourning, resume
normal living. Occasionally. however
the pressure OF grief is more than
can b. borne and then otherwise scr.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-28
Deposits-Estate Cases
S.P.-Due Witnesses, Officers, Etc.

1909 !, Re. Margaret Helen Foul&ncr. .....,..... A.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

and they will stay at the
Blackstone Hotel.
In an attempt to find the most
deserving veterans 10 make the
trip. the Times IS searching now
for the three returned servicemen
who were away from homes and
families the longest.
-Fe-beeome -ertraut, All A
veteran must do is fill out and
mail in the entry blank accom-
panying this story, or a facsimile.
All entrcs must he mailed no later
than midnight tomorrow.
Here are the regulations:
10 he elliolr. a man must n.
resident ~ Michiean, and an enlisted
veteran 81 the ntted states ARMED forAss
must hr marricd He must present ereden.
tiais ~ proof ~ his lenEth ~ service,
when % requested b. the ishees
2-he must file his eutrv on the hIank
puhlishrd m The Detroit Times. or upon 4
Jrasnnahie facsimile thereof
EB-AH entries must be n6vtrnAtkedt no
later than midnight lridav. oct 2s isAs
shall b. hnai
SNn entries uust ~ mailed N W.T.
VACATION Editor. The Detroit Times.
1870 tsssi Detroit n Michigan.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

ment has ceased at IL noon local time the COM
manding general viii send two staff officers by
boat; flying white flag, to the cabcaben dock
to meet Japanese staff officer, whom the COM
manding general requests that your eXcellency
have there empowered to name the time and
place for the commanding general to meet your
excellency in order that he may make the for
NAL surrender and to arrange all details.
upon the return of his staff officers the
commanding general will proceed by boat ac
companied by some of his staff to such place as
may be designated by your eXcellency. The
commanding generals launch will fly white
flag and his party will consist of five or six per-
sons He requests that motor transportation
meet his party at the landing point designated
by you."
The surrender message was then rebroadcast
in Japanese. We waited. The shelling continued
without letup; the Jap line approaching the east
end Of the tunnel inched forward in heavy fight
ing. At II a. m. had Beebe repeat the sur
render message, and again at 1l:45 but the vigor
of the Jap attack remained unchanged.
A ND during that period I composed my last
L messages to President Roosevelt and Mac
Arthur. | could not 90 to face the JapS without
saying good-by to these true friends or surrender
without some summation Of my position.
The last message to Macarthur included
these words:
g.. / feel it is my duty to the nation and
my troops to end this useless slaughter There
is apparently no relief in sight. American and
Filipino troops have engaged and held the
enemy nearly five months.
We have done our full duty for you
and for our country. We are sad but un-
ashamed. I'have fought for YOU to the best of
my ability from Lingayen Gulf TO Bataan to
COrregidOr always hoping relief was on the
way. y
g. Good-by. general, my regards to YOU
and our comrades in Australia. May God
strengthen your arm to insure ultimate sue
cess of the cause for which we have fought side
by side"
TOMORROW: Gen. Wainwright gives himself up to
the triumphant Japanese)
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

tainly must come tonight 1t would be better to
clear up the situation in daylight a-----------"--
1t was 10.l5- a-Ha,- on the black day of May,
1912.
then ordered Gen. Beebe to get out previ-
ously prepared surrender broadcast-prepared in
the event lost my life and could not be present
when the broadcast eventually had to be made
and told him to insert therein that we would cease
firing at noon He and Gen. Moore agreed that
had taken the only step possible under the circum-
stances.
With view to surrerdering as few troops as
possible, then sent a radio to Maj. Gen. William
F. Sharp Jr., commanding my Visayan.Mindanao
force, and relieved him of further responsibility
to me, but directed that he Herewith place him.
self and his men under MacArthurs high COM
mand.
Then l ordered the men of Corregidor and
the other fortified islands in the bay to destroy
all remaining weapons of greater than AS caliber
before noon, well as all other military and naval
stores, equipment and ships.
pR0MPftY at 10:3O a. m. Gen. Beebe stepped
to the microphone Of our little radio station,
which Macarthur had named "The Voice of Free
DOM His voice was clear:
Message for Gen. HOmma message for
Gen. Homma," he repeated, cor the present COM
mander in chief of the imperial Japanese forces
on LuzOn." This he also repeated then added,
with other repetitions:
For military reasons which Gen. Vain
wright considers sufficient. and to put stop to
further sacrifice of human fe the commanding
general will surrender to your excellency today
the four fortified islands at the entrance to
Manila Bay together with all military and naval
personnel and all existing stores and equipment
AT II noon, local daylight saving time. May
g. 1912, white flag will be displayed in a prom
inent position on Corregidor at which time all
firing from the harbor forts will cease unless
landing by Japanese troops in force is at
tempted without flags of truce, in which case
they will he taken under fire.
IF all of your firing and aerial lombard.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Refuse Clio Writ
In State Dispute

GREENVTLLE, Oct. 25-Prose-
cutting Attorney c. Homer Mel
denied the request Of Foss Baker,
Secretary-treasurer of the State,
County and Municipal Workers,
Go, for warrant charging mem
bers Of the Montcalm County road
commission with coercion after
two men we're allegedly reinStated
with lower paying jobs.
Basis Of his refusal was a ruling
Of Atty. Gen. John Dethmers, who
stated that road commissions were
not subject TO provisions Of the
state labor mediation act.
Attention was focused on the
issue becauSe the union has indi-
Gated II VIII make a court test
case Of H..
Il
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
To General Homma:
"We Surrender at IL noon, May q, 1912"
Tells Of Final
Hours on Rock

I'm his nineteenth article Gen. Wanwright
today reveals the story Of one of the most hurpat-
ing days in American history-May g. 1919
When he a0as forced to make surrender ofer.)
BY GEN. JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
BY JERRY PETIT

Two weeks at Miami BEACH is the pleasant prospect three
Michigan World War II veterans and their wives through
program being conducted by The Detroit Times
The couples, will to Miami as guests Of the Time.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

"Tbey tVsre uited out in front of our
eyes" Gen. Wainwright and fellow Of
fieer, in dratVing by tbe famous artist
Burris jenkins, ,Vateb belblessly as Jap
artillery barrage breaks up platoon of
marines advancing to the line on Corregi-
dor. ibis ,Vas one of the hopeless situations
ubieb forced Wainwright to surrender on
that bleak day, May s, 1912.
Evening star., 1945-03-07
Wife, Wed at II, Leaves
|55-Yeur-OId Husband

BY the Associatec Press.
TAZEWELL. Tenn, Mar. IA
child bride who was only II years
old at the time of her marriage in
Georgia in 1912, and her 55-year -old
husband have come to parting of
the ways.
A suit for divorce or annulment of
the marriage was filed in Circuit
Court by Mrs. Wilma Jean Buchanan,
who alleges her husband, Walter
Buchanan, beat and abused her.
Evening star., 1945-03-07
1wo-Day Paper Drive
Pushes Collections 10.
11,437,57o Pounds

An encouraging and enthusiastic
drive in The Evening Star-PTA
Salvage-for- Victory wastepaper col
lection program Monday and yester-
day has resulted in collection for
the first two days totaling 115,l40
pounds, an increase of 40,160 pounds
over the first two days of last week.
These two collections brought the
grand total of the drive to II ,437, ,579
pounds.
Among yesterdays collections of
half a ton or more were: Noyes,
4,140; Brookland, 2,446; Bryan, 3,575;
j. F. Cook, 1926; Emery, 1880; Ter
rell Junior, 3,343; Lafayette, 2,610;
Morse, zoos; Thomson, $500; Gar
rison, 1854 Cleveland, 1000; Gar
net-Patterson, '1,4o0; Mcfarland,
8,190; Taft, 4,311; Burroughs, 2,725,
and Woodbridge, 2,750.
Taylor School Near Leader.
AS a result of last weeks collec-
tions, Taylor School, which until
passed by Pierce last fall on per
capita basis had led consistently,
moved up to a point only ii pounds
behind Pierce in the per capita
rankings. The leading schools are:
Pierce, 485; Taylor, 474; Blow. 371;
Hardy, 365; Hearst, 1854; Stoddert,
$50; Kingsman, 800; Grant, 306;
West, 304; w. B. Powell, 265; Shep-
herd, 255; Blair, 254; Orr, 234;
Adams, 1888; Hayes, 227; Fillmore,
22l; Murch, 216; Oyster, ZIG; Bu-
chanan, 211, and Noyes, 1s1.
Three additional Supertroopers
who have collected 1000 pounds or
more and thus will receive the War
Production Board Certificate of
Merit and The Evening Star-PTA
campaign ribbon were reported.
They are Frederick Garner and
Robert Gould of Terrell Junior and
John Fogarty of lexington.
Fourth district collections tomor-
row:
Honor Roll.
Evening star., 1945-03-07
15-Yeur Sentence Given
Mon in Wife's Death

BY the Associated Press.
SENECA, Kans., Mar. Roscoe
George Smith, 81, has been sem
fenced to Is years in the State Peni-
tentiary. for the death of his wife,
Mrs. Dorothy Hollinger Smith, "a
who was found injured fatally at
her home in Sabetha last January
Smith, originally charged with
hrst-degree murder, made sur
prise appearance before Judge John
L. Gernon and pleaded guilty to
second-degree murder.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04

Surrender
is ut Hand

HANDY, CEYLON, Sept. A.
(P-- British warships rode at
anchor in the harbor of Singa-
pole today for the first time in
more than 3i2 years, and word
was expected here momentarily
that occupation forces had land
ed 10 take over the once mighty
Naval base from the surrender
ing japanese.
Triumphant entry OF the Brit
ish vessels was announced last
night by the Southeast Asia
Command, which said that land
ing forces would go ashore as
soon as preliminary arrange
ments had been completed.
Leading the squadron into the
Bay was the cruiser Cleopatra
flying TIE flag of Admiral S
Arthur Power, commander
the East Indies station. She
accompanied by light fleet u
including flotilla Of
sweepers whhi da h JAG
sweepers which had b.
gagged in clearing Malat
See SINGAPORE
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
DOOlittle
Raiders
Are Home

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 Up
Three drawn and weary men
who took part in the Jimmy
Doolittle bombing of Tokyo
stepped on United States soil
today for the first time in Al
months.
This is the first piece of the
United States I've seen since
the deck of the carrier Hor-
net" said big, slow-talking 1t
Chase j. Nielsen of Hyrum,
Utah. as he left an Army trans
port plane at National airport.
1t looks mighty good"
Equally happy were 1t. Ro-
bert L. Hite of Earth, Texas.
and Staff Sergeant Jacob D
Deshazed of Salem, Ore. The
three, rescued two weeks ago
from a Japanese prison camp
See RESCUED-Page 2
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
DISCHARGES 60 THIS WAY
New Point system

one point for each month of
service.
3-12 points for each depend
ent child, up to a total Of 8
children and 80 points. No
points for wives.
4-Five points for each cam
paign served. Example. New
Guinea and the Philippines
Campaigns would count as two
for . total Of 10 points.
5-Five points for various
awards, ranging from the Purple
Heart for wounds to medals for
valor.
On May 12-After Germany
Fell-The Army said men who
had come into the service be-
See POlNTS-Page 3
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
BY JAMES MARROW

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -
(P) - Here is an illustration of
how the army's new discharge
system will work.
The Army announced Sept. 2
it was lowering-from IS to 80
the number of points neces-
sary for an enlisted mans dis
charge.
Before going into the new
system, here's how the points
are counted.
1-One point for each month
of service since Sept. Is, 1910
when the draft started.
2-One point for each month
of service outside. the United
States. This is in addition to the
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
Hint Fire.buq
Loose in City
Mysterious Bloxes
Checked by Officers
(NEA Telephoto)

The possibility that a fire-bug
may have been responsible for
two potentially dangerous fires
which took place in the down
town district early Saturday
morning is the theory of Assist
ant Fire Chief Robert Mandel,
who was in charge of fire fight
ers that night.
Fires broke out almost stimuli
taneously at the Broadway Mar
ket, 10 Broadway, and little
more than a block away, at
Richards Mill, corner of Broad
way and Market streets. Dam
age in each case was kept to a
minimum through the efforts OF
regular and volunteer fircmen
who responded to a call from
Box Al, at the county building,
probably the city's most import
ant fire-call box.
(This box also called firemen
out several nights previously
threatened the Royal Cafe, at
Court street and Gratiot.)
Mandel, who was in charge
of the fire department shift Sat-
urday morning until Chief Ed.
Smith (off duty) reached the
scene, said the grocery story
fire started on a wooden porch
and steps on the north side OF
the building and might have
been started by young fellows
running around town in cars" F"
He said incendiarism appeared
the only explanation for the fire
Just as firemen finished
quelling the first fire, spectators
observed flames shooting from
hay and straw barn adjoining
the wooden Richards Mill. Sew
eral tons Of hay and straw had
been ignited. Unusually fast ef-
fort was required 10 save the
large mill building from catch
ing fire, Mandel said.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04

ranking officer interned in each
with authority to demand of the
Japanese whatever food or med
ical care his camp required
Details of the march into Tok-
20 will be outlined, radio re-
ports said, at meeting of the
Japanese First Army command
er with 1t. Gen. Robert l.. Eich-
elberger, American Eighth Ar
my commander, at Yokohama
Wednesday.
MANY MISSING
u. S. Seventh Fleet units
meanwhile reached RHssian-held
Dairen, Manchuria, in a thus
far futile search for high-rank-
ing prisoners from Guam, Wake
and Corregidor. reported Asso-
ciated Press Correspondent John
Grover.
Fresh American a n d | n & S
ranging from the shores of Tok-
20 Bay to southern Honshu and
southernmost Gyushu were pro-
ceeding, adding to the flow of
liberated prisoners from whose
stories of torture growing lists
of Japanese war criminals were
being compiled.
British warships rode at an
chor in Singapore harbor for the
first time in nearly four years,
and Allied forces were expected
momentarily to land there to ac-
cept the Japanese garrisons Of
ficial capitulation. British Ma
See JAPAN-Page 2
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04

Warren Township in two car
collision at the intersection of
Eight Mile road and Gentner.
Miller A. Travis, So, of 1860
Lappham avenue, Detroit was
instantly killed when he was
thrown from a car which
rolled over on top of him and
exploded.
Three other persons in the car
sustained slight burns and other
injuries and were taken to Sara
toga hospital. Only the quick
work Of onlookers who rushed
to the burning car and dragged
the three people from it save
them from almost certa'
Warren TOwnSh
who were in ch-
Dudley l.. II
See r
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
COMPILE LIST OF WAR CRIMINALS
JapSadiStSFacl

miles southwest OF
evacuate other hun'
lied prisoners. The
lier had helped evat
imately 1900 from
area.
Due this aftern
others being brot
hama from the
camp, and plans
for release of 800
igata, a west &C
northern Honshu
most Hokkaido an
500 await liberatio.
Eighty per cent o
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 Up
Congress starts its first peace
time session in almost four years
tomorrow.
1t will be the "reconversion
congress as distinguished from
the war congresses that have
been in almost continuous ses-
sion since late in l941.
Facing the lawmakers return
ing from vacations cut short by
wars end will be five admins
tration-tagged must" proposals
dealing with:
4-POINT PROGRAM
l. Jobs for everyone willing
and able to work. Congressional
committees have been graphing
with this one-the s0-called
full employment bill" They
hope to work out . plan Of CO.
operation between government,
labor, industry and agriculture
t, create work for the millions
idle or facing idleness because
of the shutdown Of war indus
tries. Just how long II will take
to chart plan, or how effective
the plan will be, is uncertain.
2. Unemployment compensa-
ton. Senate and House commit.
tees are working on proposals
to pay as much as SIS weekly
for rs weeks to workers unable
to find jobs. The administrator
is behind. the plan. The issue
may touch off President Tru.
mans first big battle with Cxp.
itol Hill.
3. Surplus property disposal,
A bill to substitute . single ad.
ministrator for the three-mau
board now In charge Of getting
rid Of war-born surpluses will
be ready for House action next
week. There may be . fight over
how much authority the admin.
istrator should have.
4. Reorganization Of execu.
tive agencies. Mr.. Truman wants
authority to abolish or merge
many agencies. The House ex.
penditures committee starts
hearings today on the proposal,
But committee sentiment favcrs
limiting the Presidents reor-
ganization power and exemptins
such agencies as the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the gen
See CONGRESS-Page :
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
Clipper Makes Final
Excursion Trip OF 1945

MUSKEGON, Mich, Sept. 4
ID The Milwaukee Clipper.
million dollar passenger and
auto carrier operated between
Muskegon, Milwaukee and Chi
cago during the summer season
made its last excursion trip of
l945 across Lake Michigan Mon
day night.
Tuesday 1t was to 60 into dry
dock at Manitowoc to DO pre-
pared to resume carrying new
automobiles manufactured in the
Detroit-Flint area from Muske-
gon to Milwaukee during the
coming winter months.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
BY SPENCER DAVIS

YOKOHAMA. Sept. 4-(R)--
Americans freed from the hell
holes of Japan told their stories
of starvation, brutality and tor
ture directly today to 1t. Gen.
Robert L. Eichelberger, COM
manding Eighth Army Occupa-
ton forces.-and names of jap
anese responsible were added
steadily to a growing war
criminals list.
The Navy simultaneously sent
a hospital ship. four transports,
a cruiser and four rescue de-
stroyers to Hamamatsu, 100
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
Charter Group
Ends Study
Copies to be
Avoiiobie Soon

Printed copies Of the propos-
ed new city charter for Mount
Clemens, on which a vote may
be taken before the end of 1945,
will soon be available for study
by individuals and organizations
interested in improved govern
ment, il was announced today.
John H. NunnelsY, chairman
of the city Charter Revision
Commission, said that body will
conclude its six months work
on Friday evening with meet
ing to effect final ratification
of the proposed charter.
MOVE RAPIDLY
"At that time, or shortly aft
er," Nunneley said, printed
copies of the charter will be
available to the public"
Previously. officials of the
charter group had expressed the
hope that legal details will be
worked out to allow Yes or
No vote on the new charter be-
fore Christmas. II must first 60
to Lansing for the signed ap-
proval Of Gov. Harry Kelly, and
a 60-day delay is legally pro-
vided for in this phase of the
matter.
One of the outstanding fea-
lures of the new charter. is its
provision for one-man munich
pal court to replace the justice
of the peace system in Mount
Clemens. The Judge would be
independent Of the fee system
and receive a salary of approx
imately $500 a year. He would
See CHARTER-Page 2
The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-04
Accused Ask
Delay i'm
Graft Trials

LANSING, Mich. Sept. 4-(P)
Frank d. Mckay, of Grand
Rapids, and his four co-defend-
ants today asked the State SUI
preme court TO stay the start of
their trial on liquor graft con-
spiracy charges scheduled TO
open tomorrow at Mason.
They also sought writ OF
See APPEAL-Page 2