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Evening star., 1945-09-12
Houston S Last Fiqht
Lasted Hour and Half
BY the AssociateL Press.

By the Associated Press.
The game old cruiser Houston
shot 1t out with a Japanese naval
force for an hour and half before
shell fire and torpedoes sank her
in Sundra Strait
The first 13 survivors to reach this
country related how the cruiser met
her doom trying to run the strait
the night of February %, 1912, after
the battle of the Java Sea. When
the end came she had almost moth
ing left to shot but star shells.
1t. q. g. Harold S. Hamlin, jr..
Orlando, Fla, said here last night
many of the men who did not 90
down with her spent from three
hours to three days in the water
before reaching the Java shore.
Seized by the Japanese, they were
held six weeks in a foul Jail in Su-
rong. They were sent to Batavia,
Singapore and finallyJ to Burma
There they joined a prison labor
force of 10000 building a. railroad
from Burma into Siam CThailandl
OF 1863 Houston survivors on this
job 69s died of malnutrition in a
year.
The Navy has accounted for the
Houston's complement as follows:
Liberated survivors, "a: prisoners
OF war, l79; identified dead. 1O8;
missing, 594: status in doubt. 7.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

not attain ambassadorial rank until
1912.
Son of royal courtier, DIR. de
With was accepted for foreign serv-
ice in 1910. His first assignment
was in Vienna, in 1911, and he re-
mained there a year, until he was
transferred to st. Petersburg, Rus
sia, as secretary of the Legation in
1912. Subsequently, he served in
Switzerland, Romania and again in
Austria Hungary until late in the
World War when he became Min
lister of Foreign Affairs at The
Hague. He attended the opening
convocation of the League of Ma
tions in 1919 as a delegate from his
country.
After the Naval Conference, he
served in Denmark and Norway, and
in 1880 he was sent to the coronation
of Halle Selassie in Adds Ababa as
the Queens special Ambassador. He
was Minister to Czechoslovakia just
before being assigned to the Lega-
ton in Washington.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Capt. Lewis 0'Hara,
18Th Division Hero,
Returns From Europe

Capt. Lewis B. OHara, 81, heroic
Arlington artillery officer who fought
in Italy with the 88th Division, ar
rived at Camp Patrick Henry, Va,
yesterday. He is one of eight more
District area veterans of overseas
service listed as returning to this
country at East and West Coast
ports
Capt O'Hara's heroism was dis
closed in dispatches from Italy in
July, 1914, which described how he
advanced under enemy fire to aid
two of his men and to carry tbs
body of the third to rear area fol
burial. Capt. O'Hara's wife lives
at TIT North Oakland street, Ar.
lington. He has not yet seen hia
l3-month-old daughter, Priscilla
His father, Walter O'Hara, lives al
4705 South Eighth street, Arlington
Other men from this area return
ing from overseas service include
four who reached Boston yesterday
aboard the Madawaska Victory
They are: Pvt. Francis X Collins
424 Evarts street NE; Sergt. Alvin
De Alley, 4105 Fifth street NV;
Pfc Harry L. Shaver, Alexandria
and Pfc. Wilbur E. McCullen, 811
/ Duke street, Alexandria.
Pfc. Ernest Lones, Alexandra, Is
due to arrive at New York today
aboard the John Erickson. Other
local men arriving on that ship
were listed in The Star yesterday.
Two Washington veterans of Pa.
cific action who docked at Sar
Francisco yesterday are: Sergt
Leonard S. Miller and Pfc. Joseph
B. Copperthite.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Mrs. Julius H. Harper, 81
Dies After Iona Illness

Mrs. Catherine Tauey Harper, 81 j,
Of 2720 Seventeenth street NE. ma
tive Washingtonian, died yesterday
after long illness at Sibley Hos
pital.
She was the daughter of the late
Brig. Gen William Cooper Talley,
who served with the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Mrs. Harper is survived by her
husband, Julius eH. Harper: five
daughters. Miss Catherine Harper.
Mrs. Jane Ross, Mrs. Virginia Ridolfi,
Mrs. Nancy Perruso, all of Washing
ton. and Mrs. Sue Schuman, Mem
phls. Tenn. two sons, First 1t.
Clarke Harper, in winston Salem.
N. c.. with the Army, and TiSergt.
Grafton Harper. with the Army in
England.
Funeral services will be held at the
S. H. Hines funeral home at IL 80
am. Friday. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
William D. Baker Dies;
Former Accountant Here

William D. Baker, SO, formerly of
Washington, died last night at his
home in Haymarket. Va.
An accountant here for many
years, he retired 10 years ago be-
cause of i'll health. He was born
and educated in Lynchburg.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Myrtle G. Baker; son. Selden S
Baker, and daughter, Mrs. Robert
Morris, all of Alexandria: his
mother, Mrs. Laura Baker, Wash
ington; four brothers, Edward M
Baker, Lynchburg: Alfred H. Baker
Asheville, N. c.: Capt. Guy E. Baker
U. S. NJ, commandant of Charleston
Navy Yard. Charleston, S. c., and
Capt. Charles A. Baker, U. S. N.
Washington. and sister, Miss Anne
l.. Baker, Washington
Funeral services and burial will
be held tomorrow at Haymarket.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
.Dr. De With, 50, Die!
In Holland; Former
Dutch Minister Here

Jonkheer Henry Maurice van
Haersma de With, formerly the
Netherlands envoy to the United
States, died two days ago at the
age of so at his country estate,
Salenpyn Nykeerk. in the Neither
lands, it was announced today by
the Netherlands Embassy here. He
was the Netherlands Ambassador to
France.
DR.. de With lived in Washington
for five years, up to 1888, as his
countrys Minister to the United
States.
The Embassy here said his death
followed a heart attack
DR.. de With first came to WASH
ington in 1922 to represent the
Netherlands at the Washington
Naval Conference. He returned in
1888 after his appointment by Queen
Wilhelmina as Minister to this coun-
try. The Netherlands delegation did
Evening star., 1945-09-12
I'm Mpntnrian1
BERNHARDT, LILLE MAY

BERNHARDT, LILLE MAY. In sad but
@othr I May our esaE Ts abo sbS
Sae tember ay Il, 1sss. ase years ago '00ss' Sep
Your life was unselfish. for others you
Not for what you could get, but for what
you could give;
We we 90 not forget you nor do we intend,
we nk Oh you Ga15s H1sBAND AN VA AND 3 Sc Bon
CARROLL, LOUIS M. A tribute of love
LOUIS NJ: CARROLL. who passed away
1920. ~ eN'' 'e' ''"'' se''e"'ef i@'
Oft we think of YOU. dear father.
Oh. this would would be like Heaven
ELMER AND RAYMoNp &C cARRolh. Fl JILL;
CRAWFORD, 1t. WILLIAM X. In low
4 our who dssr dspsr1sd It WAM s AZ.
LOVING MOTHER AND DAD. DAB Z.
FIX, HARRY X, SR. In sad but low
F FIX our s Hho sns t
this life two years ago today. September
Some sweet day. we shall meet again,
And clasp each Others hand once more
Your IoviNG WIFE WIFE AID FAMILY. i.
nODSON, ftl.. JAMES w. In loving
JAMES W. hudson. who gave siaGi his life ka; for
his country one year ago today, Septem-
Der IL. 1914. in Italy, on his 18th birth
day anniversary.
Gone, but never forgotten.
LOVING WIFE, EDNA.
KING, HENRIETTA s. Sacred to the
memory of our loving mother, HENRIETTA
s. KING, who left us Just one year ago
today September IL, 1914.
When those we love have stepped across
The. threshold of Gods door.
They leave behind those memories
That make us love them more.
God is good He gave us strength
To bear our heavy cross:
He is the only one who knows
HER CHILDREN.
TOLBERT, JERRY A tribute of love to
brother, JERRY ToLBERT, s Who departed G
this life six years ago today, September
Today recalls the memory
OF the loved one laid to rest
And those who think OF him today
Are the ones who loved him best.
HIS DEVOTED WIFE, SISTERS AND
| WHITE. ROBERT B., JR. In loving
u, nroshs5 ao s aad uns a
| denly. September IL, 1852.
Gone, through the gate to the heavenly
Led by the loving Fathers hand.
Where everything is kind and good
| And every one Is understood.
! FANNIE WHITE NICHOLSON AND MIN.
ME ]. NICHOLSON.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Frederick Martin Dies:s
Viroiniu Music Teacher
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW LONDON. Conn, Sept 12.-
Frederick L. Martin, 78, retired con-
cert basso and teacher of voice at
Virginia Intermont College, Bristol.
Va, died yesterday at Lawrence and
Memorial Hospital after a brief
illness.
A native of Westerly. r. T., and a
resident of Bristol, Tenn, he was
stricken suddenly Monday night at
his summer home at Noank
Mr.. Martin appeared with the
Boston Symphony, Minneapolis Sym
phony and New York Philharmonic
Orchestras and on European concert
stages
He is survived by his widow, Sarah
Dixbury Martin, a sister and q
nephew
Evening star., 1945-09-12
2. the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 12.-The boss
OF the mightiest feet the world has
ever known came back to his native
State last night to lead Cleveland's
three-hour victory parade and hear
the cheers of 100000 onlookers.
tits the best I've ever seen," said
Admiral Ernest j. King of Lorain,
Ohio. Il didn't know whether I'd
get here but I'm mighty glad I did.
It has been great show"
Admiral King rode at the head
of the 10000 marchers with Gov.
Frank j. Lausche, Senator Burton,
Mayor Thomas A. Burke and the
admiraIs brother, Norman J. King.
The admiral and Senator Burton
witnessed only the first section of
the seven divisions. They had to
fly back to Washington so that the
admiral might appear today before
Senate committee to explain de-
mobilization procedures.
In an interview before the parade
the admiral said
I'D like to convey some idea of
what terrific and difficult job it is
to bring this tremendous war ma
chine to a slower speed. to stop it
and to put it into reverse. 1 think
an understanding of that great and
difficult problem should lead people
to be little more patient about
demobilization.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Equal Rights Committee
Is Formed by Veterans

BY the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. IA
group of veterans of the recent war
met yesterday and announced for
nation of a Veterans Committee
for Equal Rights, which they said
will begin Immediately setting up
local chapters throughout the
country.
Richard Ballin, Birmingham, Ala,
discharged veteran who has been
acting executive secretary during
the organization period, said the
group was an outgrowth Of the Vet
erans Antiprejudice Committee,
formed here when the membership
application of a wounded Japanese
American veteran was rejected by
local post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
The Japanese American, Pfc
Richard Naito of Spokane, was
named treasurer of the group; an
other, S/Sergt. Spady Koyama, was
elected vice chairman.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Ralph Smith, Writer
For Atlanta Journal, Dies

Ralph Smith, veteran Washing
ton correspondent for the Atlanta
Journal, died at Milledgeville, Ca,
yesterday after an illness Of several
weeks.
Mr.. Smith first came to Washing
ton in 1907 and served briefly as
clerk to two Senate committees be-
fore entering newspaper work. He
was member of the Congressional
press galleries. for more than &c
years.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Prices of Homes
Advance ~ Pct.
In Five Years

Sales prices OF single family
homes here increased an average of
AZ per cent since 1910, the National
Housing Agency disclosed today.
The MIA report showed the high
est increase was At per cent and
involved houses selling in 1910 from
SIS, 900 to $1,000. Houses selling in
1910 from $1,000 to $4,000 increased
an average of 43 per cent and hous-
ing selling in 1910 from $4,000 to
$4,000 showed a rise of SO per cent.
District prices went up 10 per cent
from April, 1914, to April, l945, IL
per cent in the Maryland suburbs
and 16 per cent in nearby Virginia,
the MIA report showed. The in
crease from April, 1910, to April,
1914, differed only slightly in the
District and nearby areas.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

been appointed
Pea regional
traffic manager
in Washington,
A. F. Hook, gen.
eral traffic man.
ager of the air.
line, announced
today. In addi-
ton to serving
Waship he
also will super
wise the tramc
organization in
Baltimore and
Harrisburg.
0 n military
duty since 1912,
Evening star., 1945-09-12

Werner Koehler,
German prison.
er of war who
e sc aped last
w e d n e S d a Y
from a farm
near Rockville.
Koehler Is de-
scribed as Is
years old, 5 feet
7 inches tall,
W e i g h i ng 165
p u n d S and
having a sallow
C o m p ] e x / o n.
brown hair and
brown eyes. At
the time of his
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Mrs. Horgreoves Dies;
Daughter Of w. ]. Bryan

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI Fla, Sept. 12.-Mrs. Grace
Bryan Hargreaves, 81, daughter OF
the late william Jennings Bryan,
died at hospital yesterday after
a brief illness.
Mrs. Hargreaves was a sister OF the
one-time United States Minister to
Denmark, Ruth Bryan Rohde Of
New York.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

the time of his Werner keehier.
escape he wore khaki clothing with
the letters PW on the back of his
shirt and trousers. He also wore an
Army fatigue hat and carried an
Army raincoat.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

Maj. Klein had been commanding
officer of the ATCs regional air pri-
critics control Office in Pittsburgh
He recently was returned to in
active military status and began his
new Pea duties here this week.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Garn nf Thanks

DAVIS, MRS. SARAH We wish to ex-
press our sincere thanks to the relatives,
friends and church organizations for their
expressions of sympathy and lovely floral
tributes in our late bereavement.
DORIS DEVINE AND DAVIS FAMILY.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Mai. Fred {. Klein Named
pea Regional Traffic Chief

Maj. Fred C. Klein, former Penn
sylvania Central Airlines traffic !
manager who has been serving with
the Army Transport Command, has
Evening star., 1945-09-12
German War Prisoner
Hunted in MONTGOMERY

Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents, aided by Montgomery
County police and military authori-
ties, are continuing their search for
Evening star., 1945-09-12
FUNERAL DESIGNS
CEMETERY LOTS.

6-SITE LOT, Fort Lincoln Cemetery: $500
cash. Franklin 295S.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

EOPOLUCC1, SAMUEL J. Objects ana
xvabs members of Kenna-Main Post,
No. 81, Inc, American Legion.
SHEA are notified of the death Of
; 4 Comrade SAMUEL J. EOPO-
2s LUCCI Funeral services Fri
day, September IA, 1915. at 10
am, at Chambers funeral
home, 517 11th st. sc. Interment Airing
ton National Cemetery. Members of Ken,
na-Main Post No. 81, Inc, are requested
to attend Legion services to be held at
Chambers funeral home at pm. Ihurs-
day, September 13.
VIRGIL FRAZIER, Commander.
DENNIS MITCHELL, Adjutant.
Evening star., 1945-09-12
Hpatha

FERGUSON, WADE D. On Sunday, Sep.
tember 8, l945, at st. Petersburg, Fla.
NV, husband of the late Elizabeth NJ
Ferguson and father of Barbara F. Con-
nick, Margaret F. Fowler. Capt, Wade D.
ferguson, jr.; Sergt. Eugene Jefferson Fer
guson and Corpl. Daniel Wyatt Ferguson
Services at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral
home, 2901 14th St NV. on Thursday
September 13, at pm. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
day, September 10. I945. at Georgetown
University Hospital, THOMAS j. FITZ-
PATRICK. beloved son of the late Thomas
and Catherine Lee Fitzpatrick. Funeral
from the residence of Mrs. Clara M
Lusby. 1925 Jenifer st. NV, on Thursday.
September 13, at 8 am. REQUIEM mass at
the Church of the Blessed Sacrament at
$3.50 am. Friends invited. Interment
Mount Olivet Cemetery. IL
Evening star., 1945-08-29
Opposes Change of Time


To the Editor OF The Star:
am distressed to find you lining your
self up with the die-hard farmers on
the question of daylight-saving time.
The arguments advanced in your edi-
torial of August % for the repeal of
war time always have seemed to me to
be particularly specious.
I agree that the farmer has "tradi-
tional dislike" of daylight saving, but I
think the tradition is not we'll founded
After all, the farmer still can proceed
on sun time, regardless of what the
clock says. But Washington is not
farm town. 1t is town made up of
office workers, and to them an extra
hour of daylight in the summer is
boon indeed. 1t gives those thousands
OF people, tied to sedentary tasks all
day, chance to have little relaxa-
ton, exercise and sport before dark. A
round of golf, game of tennis, gal
lop through the park, or just an eve
ming stroll can do much to refresh the
mind and body.
If there really are many people so
conservative as to feel it "sacrilege"
to change the clock-a man-made in
strument at best-then we are in bad
way for entering upon the new liberal
age. An hour of sleep lost in April and
regained in September cannot really be
too upsetting in view of the pleasure to
be gained in the interval.
ELIZABETH FINLEY,
Evening star., 1945-08-29
This Changing World
By Consfanfins Brown

the authorities and the population, there
will be no softness. The Japanese police
and gendarmerie, which will be permit.
ted to maintain pistols and rifles but not
other military equipment will be strictly
supervised by the American forces. The
japanese Government has been fully
warned against treachery.
There was time when American mil
itary leaders believed that the Japanese
had grown up in the SO years when
they endeavored to copy the worst fea-
lures OF the western civilization. This
belief resulted from the observation of
successful wars they had waged against
the feeble and corrupt generals OF the
Czarist regime in Russia and against
the disGganized and even more corrupt
Chinese armies at the time Of the
Chinese Empire. r..
The fact that since 1914 Japan had
entered the concert OF the great powers
and had organized an apparently up
to-date army, navy and air force further
confirmed the opinions of the general
stats in the western countries that
Japan had powerful military machine.
But the manner in which the Japanese
military leaders handled the enormous
advantage they had over the Allies after
December, l94l dissipated the myth that
Japan was real military power
Although German advisers were de-
tailed to their factories the Japs were
never able to improve the aviation, which
became obsolete after 1943. They had
at their disposal all the raw materials
they needed at least to match the Amer
lean developments in the air, yet they
were unable to do so. They never learned
the fundamental principle of military
art that "a dead soldier is useless" and
sacrificed their men in senseless "ban-
Zal" attacks against forces which knew
how essential it was to preserve the
soldiers life.
The navy, which was supposed to be
the most progressive arm of Japans
forces. proves equally below par. The
Japanese ships were good. as was their
gunnery. But the strategy and the
tactics adopted by the Japanese general
STAN. particularly after the death of
Admiral Yamamoto, were SO poor that
the japanese Navy-the most powerful
IN the Pacific after Pearl Harbor and
Singapore until 1944-WaS lost piecemeal
without ever engaging the enemy as did
Germans in the Battle of Jutland in
the First World War.
The Japanese had the numerical su-
perlority and the necessary air cover
age for such an action. Yet they lost
their main line of defense more in
gloriously than any other naval power
IN world history. The japanese leaders
lacked-and still lack-maturity in their
military as well as political thinking.
Evening star., 1945-08-29
On the Record
BY Dorothy THOMPSON

The United States, the only solvent
country in the world, and the only
member Of a great coalition that has
not been devastated; the country that
has an atomic bomb in its pocket
can act IN alternative ways Recog-
nizing the absolute superiority of its
position, it can behave gently, as well
as reasonably. Or it can try to force
submissions.
1t Is one thing to invite a neighbor
TO negotiations and it is another to set
terms in advance of negotiations, or
bring pressure on another country's
press, in the moment when the head
OF It's state Is our guest engaged in
vital negotiations for his country.
Lease-lend had to be terminated and
no legal structures can be brought
against its abrupt termination. But the
Anglo-SaXon concept of law is of JUS
tice tempered with mercy Mr.. Crow
ley Is overstretching his point if he
argues that America was forced to in
terpret the law as he did
After the last war similar nues-
tionS arose and We took six to eight
months to make financial adjustments
With our allies, in the transition from
war to peace.
The mission that is coming to Amer
lea with Lord Halifax and Lord KEYNES
would have come in any case. One
would have thought, that in dealing
with the best friends We have in the
world, We would have done nothing to
cause crisis in their country. That
Britain feels it crisis is clear after
the statement of Mr. Attlee and Mr..
Churchill, now leader of the opposi-
ton. who joiNed together, in the face
OF what was snub-if nothing else.
Both knew that lease-lend would be
terminated, but expected that some
mobus vivendi would be mutually
found to bridge the gap in serious
moment.
And it is all but certain that a bridge
will be found.
But If moose is put around your
Evening star., 1945-08-29

The japanese are immature, politically
as well as mifitarily and 1t appears that
even their crushing defeat has not
changed the situation. This was evil
denced first. from the manner In which
they conducted the war and, more re-
Gently, from the fact that even after
their surrender secret instructions have
been sent to the forces in China con-
cerning new. long-range political
orientation policy toward China. This
policy would be aimed at better UNDER
standing and closer cooperation between
the two Asiatic countries.
1t appears that there still are some
men in Tokyo who despite unconditional
surrender agreed to by the highest In
the land" believe that they will be able
to nave an independent international
policy leading to new intrigues on the
Asiatic mainland.
Gen. Macarthur and his staff will
soon make it painfully" clear that the
American occupational authorities will
not permit any attempt by the Japanese
government, or whatever underground
forces may exist, to disturb the hard
earned peace In the Far East.
Because the representatives of the
American Government will not resort
to the methods employed by the Japa-
nese in their heyday-massacres i'm
prisonment without cause, torture in
dark jails and other such measures
it is possible that the japanese may con-
sider the American occupation as weak
and negligent. The Japanese, however,
are due for an unpleasant awakening.
n
MacArthur's headquarters, the admin
lstration OF Japan will be hard and
merclless toward those who may wish to
fish in troubled waters.
The American forces, all veterans of
the long and cruel Pacific war, have no
soft spot in their heart toward the
japanese as has frequently been the
case in Germany and Italy. The hor-
rors perpetrated by the Gestapo and
the SIS troops on civilians at Dachau
and Buchenwald seem to have aroused
more Indignation among the civilians
at home than among the American SOL
dlers IL Germany. The determination
ban in Germany had to be lifted because
1t could not be enforced.
The situation will be different In the
Japanese islands where there is no need
for nonfraternization order.
There will be no "eye for eye and
tooth for tooth" policy on the part of the
American occupational forces. That is
to say, the Japanese civilians or the
soldiers who have laid down their arms
Will not be subjected to the same indig-
mites and cruelties which our own men
were subjected to in their dark hours.
But aside from essential contacts with