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Evening star., 1945-07-07
Atrocities
CONTINUED From First Page

Thomas of the Military Affairs
Committee the text Of the entire
program Of last Saturday, opening
the exhibit, was printed in the
Congressional Record. The request
received unanimous consent.
The atrocity photomurals at the
Library Of Congress and the War
Department motion pictures drew
thousands during the first weeks
showing which ended last night.
At the Library there was an at
tendance yesterday of 1884, bring
ing the total visitors to the photo
murals for the week to 34,833.
The exhibit, prepared by the St
Louis Post-Dispatch, is being shown
here under joint auspices of The
Star and the Post-Dispatch.
At Armstrong High School last
night, school officials estimated that
about 1000 people viewed the mo-
ton pictures. This brought the
total attendance for the movies, at
both the Library of Congress, where
they were presented last Saturday,
and at two schools this week, up
to an estimated $4,000.
The motion pictures will resume
showings at 2 pm. Monday at West
ern High School. The library ex-
hibtion is open today until pm,
and will be open tomorrow from
11:30 am. to 10 pm.
The motion pictures conclude with
a new brief message to the public
concerning the "job here at home.
A voice from the screen finishes the
show, after the presentation of both
the atrocity pictures, and the Wa1
Department indoctrination film
made for our occupation troops ir
Germany. While a picture Of the
Capitol dome, and big American
flag are shown on the screen, the
voice points out that you have seer
the Job our soldiers have done ir
Germany"
Job Here at Home.
"What is our job here at l1ome?'
he asks.
First we must see this wal
finished by the unconditional sur
render of Japan and the destruction
of the evil forces which threatened
to lower the stature of mankind
everywhere to new level in human
experience.
"And then we must begin to re-
build this desolate world for a future
in which the hope of everlasting
peace will rest on a new brother
hood Of man; a future where mer
and women verywhere will know the
priceless value of those things we
revere in our own country-undel
this fiag-freedom from oppression
equality of opportunity and equal
justice under law"
Evening star., 1945-07-07

others died. Goerdeler and Popitz
we're the last to die. They were
hanged about the end OF March.
That's the whole story as know it. .
The Rev. Peter Buchholz, chap
lain at Ploetzensee Prison, then
added these details about Witzleben
and the group of 80 who were
hanged there.
"The executions went on at a
terrible rate in Ploetzensee, said
the chaplain. And, although it was
by custom to spend at least two
hours with q condemned man, usu-
ally there was no time to spend even
a few minutes. On a single night In
September, 1943, 800 were scheduled
to hang, but only 1876 died when the
hangmen quit through sheer ex-
haustion. They hanged ia the next
night. A guillotine would have been
easier, but this was destroyed by
bombing.
Ninety of those involved in the
Hitler plot were hanged at Ploetz-
ensee during August, 1914. BY Hit
ler's personal orders they were de-
MED religious comfort and I was
forbidden to approach them. But
/ managed to talk to them never
theless.
'Von Witzleben told me some
thing that never appeared In re-
ports of the trial. When Roland
Friessler, president Of the Peoples
Court, condemned him to death Won
Witzleben shouted, you can con-
denim me and hang me, but some
day you will be pleased to receive
so mild sentence. You will be
dragged through the streets by the
German people. That will be your
fate All those condemned with
Won Witzleben went to their deaths
with great courage. particularly Won
Witzleben himself. They all con-
fessed to me their completely In the
plot. Many were fearfully beaten
and tortured, particularly DR.. Kiep.
'T saw them hanged. There was
nothing extraordinary about the
executions except that the prison
courtyard was brilliantly lighted and
many motion picture cameras re-
corded every detail. Most of the
condemned prayed aloud or sang
religious songs. Won Witzieben was
silent. I had the impression that
he was proud Of his fate"
Copyright, 1e45, by North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Laffa Ends 47fh Year
As White House Clerk

Maurice c. Latta, executive clerk,
today completed Al years of service
at the White House.
Mr.. Latta was assigned to the
White House from the Interior De-
partment on July 8, 1898, In the ad-
ministration of President Mckinley
He had entered the Government
service in 1896 as clerk in the Cen
eral Land Ofice in the Indian
Territory.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Wall Street
Continued From First Page.)

include as revenue the amount oi
money formerly collected from Gus
toners and paid to the Fedora,
Government. The former tax rev.
enue would not be passed on to the
public in reduced electric rates, but
diverted to their own pockets ir
the form of interest on these rev.
fenue bonds.
Cites Nebraska Deal.
"This scheme already has worked
in Omaha where the So, 900, ,00(
Nebraska Power Co. has been sold
to a fake .nonprofit corporation OF
four men for the swindle price OF
$45 ,000, 900. 1t Is believed to be In
the process of negotiation in Seattle
Portland and Spokane. 1t viii sweep
the country unless stopped. Louis
vile, KY, and Cincinnati are listed
on the bankers books"
Mr.. Boren named two men as
"the chief instigators of Swindle
Inc" He listed the first and most
important" as Guy C. Myers, whom
he Identified as Wall Street finan-
cial agent formerly of Montana
The other, he said, was Howard l.
Aller, president Of American Power
81 Light Co. of New York City.
At his Lakeville Conn home
Mr.. Aller said he did not know
"of any tricks" and had no com.
ment on Mr.. Boren's "ridiculou.
statements"
Mr.. Boren also asserted "somt
OF the blue chip banking outfit.
OF the country are involved" anc
listed these: Blythe a. Co., Nuveer
q Co., First Boston and Dillon.
Reed.
The ofiices Of Myers and Dillor
Read 81 Co. said there was no i'm.
mediate comment. The Others
cygld not be reached.
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On the Roll of Honor

leader, Sergt Faucette received
shrapnel wounds in his face and
eyes, but was recovering rapidly
according to word received by his
family from a Pacific hospital -four
weeks ago.
A native of Washington, Sergt
Faucette was educated in schools
in Washington and Fairfax County
and worked at the Virginia Public
Service and in construction work
at Parkfairfax before entering the
Army in January, 1943.
He went overseas in July, l943.
He never has seen his daughter,
Jacqueline Elizabeth, who will be
p years old in September. Sergt.
Faucette saw action in the Aleu-
tians, the Marshalls, the Philip
pines, Leyte, Kwajalein and Oki-
nawa and holds the Bronze Star.
His father, william B. Faucette,
who is employed by the Shell Oil
Co., was a machine gunner in the
World War. His wife, who is living
with his parents, is employed at the
National Airport. He has eight sis
ters, but is the only boy in the
family.
1t. Louis STACK, son of Mrs. Ellen
STACK, 4532 Forty third place NV.
is reported wounded in the Pacific.
1t. STACK was the subject of a
story in The Star April 49,
Sergt. Raymond o. Parrot, U. S.
M. C. R., whose wife, Mrs. Mary D.
Parrot, formerly lived at Lam
yard Green, was wounded in South
Pacific action.
Evening star., 1945-07-07

Wickline has been overseas 10
months.
Pfc. Eugene L. White, jr., 10, U. S.
M. c., was wounded on Okinawa on
April IL, according to word received
by his mother, Mrs. Lula White, of
l Marshall street, Groveton, Va.
A native of Alexandria, he at
tended school in Washington and
Alexandria and worked as a clerk
at the Potomac Yards until he
joined the Marine Corps in March,
1914. After training at Paris Island
and New River, he went overseas in
August, 1914, with the 9Th Division.
He spent eight months on Guadal-
canal and landed on Okinawa on
Easter Sunday.
He has written his mother from
hospital on Guam that his wounds
are slight. His father, Eugene L.
White, lives at 812 Ninth street
NV.
Sergt. John r. Faucette, %, was
wounded on Okinawa on May 20,
according to word received by his
wife at her home, 2o8 Wolfe street,
Alexandria. A Aachine-gun platoon
Evening star., 1945-07-07
II War Brides 10 Arrive
AT Hampton Roads Today
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, July T.
Seventeen war brides, wives o.
American soldiers stationed in thu
Persian Gulf Command, were due
to arrive today at Hampton Roads
port of embarkation. With the
group will be the l-year-old son o,
one of the women.
Countries represented are Lithu.
ania, Poland, Russia, Iran and Iraq
The baby is John r. Waldron. jr.
whose mother Is the former Tatyans
Ivaovna Ostatenke of Moscow. They
are bound for South Orange. N. j
The husbands will arrive on an.
other ship, which also is due to de.
bark in Hampton Roads tomorrow
The war wives are the second such
group to come to this country thi.
year.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
$4,000 End Strike
In South Chicago PIanl
OF Carnegie Illinois
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
A 24-hour stoppage at the huge
South Chicago works OF the Car
negie-I Illinois Steel Corp, ended late
last night, paving the way for $4,000
steelworkers to go back to their wal
jobs. Furnaces were relighted as pro-
duction of steel for the war was re-
sumed.
There were other bright spots in
the labor picture. Also affecting the
war-important steel industry was
the ending Of a five-day stoppage by
100 CIO-U United Steelworkers, which
had closed Republic Steel Corp. s
continuous strip mill in Cleveland
and threatened to halt finishing
units for lack of materials. They
voted to return to work Monday.
Also on the credit side was the
indefinite postponement of a strike
of about 10000 employees of the
Western Electric Co.'s 13 New Jersey
and three New York plants. The
workers. producing vital war mate
rails, had voted on June 20 to strike
over demands for wage increases for
1000 employees.
The return of the $4,000 steel
workers to the Carnegie Illinois
plant reduced the number of idle
in the country because of labor dis
putes to approximately 10000. This
number included 16,500 striking en-
ployes of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio, the Ma
tion's largest single stoppage.
The one-day strike at the Car
negie-Illinois plant by 164 members
Of the United Steel Workers (CIO)
was in protest over a system OF
layoffs. They were employed on the
narrow-gauge railroad which car
ries raw and finished materials
Without this transportation, nc
major departments oeuld function
and as a result of the stoppage, a
company spokesman said, produc-
ton of 10,500 tons of steel was lost
The strikes voted to return to work
after meeting, at which military
officials urged them to end their
Stoppage.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Harry Hopkins Quits
His Other U. 5. Jobs

Harry L. Hopkins, who has just
resigned as special assistant to the
President, has resigned his other
Government posts as chairman oi
the Munitions Assignment Boarc
and as a member of the War Pro-
duction Board, 1t was announced
at the White House this morning
Mr.. Hopkins is becoming arbitel
for the needle trades in the New
York garment industry.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Clearer Definition
On Job Rights for
Veterans Asked

Spokesman for management and
labor agreed last night that some
thing must be done to clarity the
unemployment rights of veterans or
their assimilation into civilian in
dustry will be slowed down.
Speaking to about 40 service men
and women and veterans at meet
ing sponsored by the American Vet
Grams Committee, at the Municipal
Building, Reuben Siverson of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce warned that unless there Is
a clearer definition Of re-employ-
ment rights, employers will find it
increasingly difficult to decide which
veterans are entitled to get their old
jobs back.
Mr.. Siverson cited conflicting opin-
ions on unemployment issued by
Selective Service Director Hershey,
the Labor Department, the Justice
Department and regional War Labor
Boards.
Headed for Courts.
"The final determination" he said,
will be in the courts but In the
meantime, employers have to abide
by administrative decisions but they
can't 90 against their union con-
tracts"
Ted r. Silvey, chairman of the
Reconversion Committee Of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, criticized the definition Of
what constitutes a temporary en-
ploye" in the unemployment regu-
lations, the failure Of the regula-
tions to make a distinction between
layoffs and discharge and the fact
that the second man to fill job has
no unemployment rights even
though the first man fails to come
back to the job.
Col. Emmett G. Solomon, chief Of
the Veterans Personnel Division of
Selective Service, responded that
the selective service regulations
covering unemployment "read Moth
ing into the law that isn't there and
takes nothing out"
Less Than Half Have Rights.
Pointing out that less than half
the returning veterans will have re-
employment rights, Col. Solomon
said he favored giving veterans
seniority for all their time spent in
service as method of helping them
get jobs. The unions, Mr.. Silvey
had said, are trying to negotiate
agreements with employers to give
veterans seniority credit after they
have spent probationary period In
the plant.
Before We start talking about
veterans preference" Col. Solomon
declared, I'VE must first obtain equal
opportunity for them. Something is
going to have to be done to equalize
the job opportunities of veterans
with those who earned seniority by
staying on civilian jobs during the
war"
Urges Credit for Service.
Speaking from the audience, Rep
resentative Voorhis, Democrat, Of
California said he thought seniority
credit for time spent in the service
should be applied to job-seeking vet
erans to give them a LEG up" on
new jobs.
Mr.. Voorhis said he couldn't un-
derstand why Congress has not al
ready written legislation to cover
time spent in the armed forces,
particularly from the point Of view
of social security benefits.
Ed McHale of the American Vet
erans' Committee told the meeting
that the membership of the AVG
now totals about 5000 veterans not
including all the armed forces mem
bers. Chapters. he reported, now
are located in IA cities.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Infantry Concert Group
To PIuy at Cunteen

The Infantry Concert Group
Army Ground Forces, will give g
concert in the Stage Door Canteer
for servicemen between 7:3o ano
$3.50 pm. tomorrow.
Composed of Is enlisted personnel
and conducted by Pfc. Richard
Freitas, the groups members were
professionals before entering the
Army. They have just completed q
tour of the country and have &C.
counted for more than $1,000, 900 ir
War Bond pledges, according tc
Treasury Department officials.
The men are under command ci
1t. David G.. B. Farkas.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Truman Creates Medal
For Civilian War Effort

President Truman today estab-
lished new civilian award-the
Medal Of Freedom-which may be
given to citizens of this or other
countries for aiding in the prosecu-
ton of war.
Eligibility is confined to acts per-
formed outside the continental
United States.
The medal will be given when the
award of some other United States
medal or decoration is considered
inappropriate, the President said.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Charles Town Scratches

Second race-Moose Party, Miss
Defiance, Light Glance, Truda, Fast
Light, Nutmeg Lass.
Fifth race-SaArate.
Substitute racsLCalled of.
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British Prelote Sees StuIin

MOSCOW, July 7 R).-The Very
Rev. DIR. Hewlett johnson, dean OF
Canterbury, who has been on a
lengthy tour of the Soviet Union
was received by Premier Stain last
night. g
Evening star., 1945-07-07

This is the first jul and au-
thentic account OF the German
underground plot last July 20
to kill Hitler, By the only kroton
surpiuor OF the rtngleaders Of the
plot.J
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Super Forts
Continued From First Page.)

in the dark hours between mid.
night and dawn were:
Shimizu, 20 miles southwest o.
Mount Fuji and site of a plant thai
produced half of Jspan's aluminium
Shimotsu. IS miles southwest o.
Osaka and site of the big Maruzer
oil refinery, one of the empire
most vital plants:
Kofu, 10 miles west of Tokyo, city
of 100000 with rail shops, spinning
mills and military barracks;
Chiba, 20 miles southeast of Tokyo
on Tokyo Bay, railway junction
and military depot center, anc
Akashi home factory of the Ka.
wasaki Aircraft Co., hit in four pre-.
vious raids and already II per cent
destroyed.
(The Tokyo radio, admitting
raids on five cities, claimed most
of the fires were put under con-
troll by dawn today" from six to
eight hours after the first raid
ers struck. The Japanese said the
raids lasted from three and a half
to four hours.
(The enemy broadcast, moni-
tored by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission, listed one
target as Kainan, but this is only
4 miles from Shimotsu and ap-
parently the same locality was
meant.
Terrific Fires Reported.
Most spectacular blow of the five
was struck at ShimiZu, where re.
turning flyers used the word "con-
f1agration"-superlative in the
language of B-29 crews-to describe
the results.
THE fires were so terrific they
caused thermal currents that broke
up the clouds and permitted gooc
visibility" said 1t. Samuel Hooks oi
Goldsboro, N. c.
II didn't have to use a flaShlighi
to see If our bomb bay was clear,
said Sergt. Harold Sleighter Of Deer
Park, Wash.
There, as elsewhere, few japanese
fighters were met and fax wa.
moderate.
Today's raid increased to 80 The
number of enemy cities hit in Il
incendiary assaults.
Large Area Burned Out.
The damage wrought in five of the
cities is yet to be assessed from
photographs brought back from the
raids. Here are the burned-out
areas of each of the Is other cities
important industrial centers for the
enemy's war machine:
Tokyo, $3.50 square miles; Nagoya
1898; Yokohama, 894; Osaka, 1898;
EKawasaki, 3.37;; Kobe, $50; Hama.
matsu, 1.81: Kagoshima, 2085
Shizuoka, 2.28; Yokkaichi, 1.23
Toyohashi, Ito; Amagasaki, II
Fukuoka, 1.30; Omuta, IL; Moji, 80
Shimonoseki, 81; Sasebo, Al; Nobe.
Okla, .515; Tokushina, Ito; Okla.
yama, 2.13; Himeji, 1.38; Kure, $50
Ube, 0.42; Kumamato, 0.80, ane
Kochi, 0.92.
While the B-29s were making
their strike today, the 7th Fighter
Command on Two Jima announced
its third straight day Of poor hunt.
ing in persistent challenge to Jap.
anese airmen over the Tokyo area
In straflng three airfields yester'
day, they destroyed eight enem,
planes and damaged Is, but only on
of those destroyed and six of thos
damaged we're airborne. The re
mainder were parked. The flyer
secuted nine other fields and salt
they looked like junk heaps Of al
ready-wrecked aircraft.
The 5th Air Force, newly based OF
Okinawa, went over Kypshu on Jul,
for the second consecutive day
but met no air opposition In raid
on airfields, Gen. Macarthur an,
nounced at Manila.
Evening star., 1945-07-07

TISergt. George F. Danehower.
whose wife, Mrs Sara N. Danehower,
lives at 1911 A street Sc, is re-
ported liberated from a German
prison.
The following men who are re-
ported liberated from German pris-
ons In today's official list have been
subjects of stories in The Star on
the dates listed:
Pvt. Paul w. Robinson, son of
Mrs. Cecilia Robinson, 1908 Nichol-
son street Sc, June 20.
I'd 1t. George M. Sullivan, whose
wife, Mrs. Mary E. Sullivan, lives
at 800 Connecticut avenue NV.
June 6.
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Wounded

VOuli0Cd
Charles F. Holden, radioman SIC,
U. S. N. R., 20, son of Mrs. Virginia
C. Holden, 229 Fourteenth street
NE, was wounded aboard the de-
stroyer Bates in the Southwest Pa
cific late In May. He had been in
the Pacific theater nine months,
after serving year on Atlantic con-
voy duty.
A native of Washington, Mr.
Holden was educated at Holy Com
forter School and Gonzaga High
School. He left high school to en-
list in the Navy in June, 1943. He
has two brothers in the service.
Thomas Holden, boatsWain's mate
1/c, U. S. N. r., "a, a veteran of 81
months South Pacific duty, is sta
toned aboard the receiving ship at
Anacostia. Girard c. Holden, gun
ner's mate, U. s. G. G., 81, a veteran
of one years service in the Atlantic,
is attending diving school at the
Navy Yard here.
ElCs JCIUDlC CClSIIlCuJ " ~
M. C. R., %, whose wife, Mrs.
Beatrice Seigfried, lives at "a Bu-
chanan street NE, was wounded
slightly while serving with an MP
detachment on Okinawa April 80
He now is in a base hospital.
Born in New York City, Pvt.
Seigfried attended schools there.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps in
April, 1912, and was stationed at
Quantico, Va, before going overseas
last November.
Mrs. Seigfried, registered nurse,
is employed in the Farragut Medical
Building here.
Pfc. Ray d. Wickline, whose wife
lives at 727 Seventh street Sc, was
wounded on Okinawa June II while
fighting with the 9Th Marine Di-
vision, his wife has been notified
He now is in a hospital in the
Marianas, she said.
A native of West Virginia, Pvt
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Missing

william E. Lentz, fire controlman
SIC, U. S. N, 10, son of Mrs. Minnie
H. Lentz, 536 Oneida place NV, is
reported missing after action May 8,
when the destroyer on which he was
serving in the Pacific was attacked
and sunk by japanese suicide planes.
A native of Scranton, Pa, Mr..
Lentz attended Mckinley High
School here before his enlistment
in July, 1943. He served in the At
lantic prior to his South Pacific
duty.
Sergt. George M. Hogan, 19, grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter N.
Hogan, 1925 Eighth street NV, is
reported missing in the South Pa
cific after action May 20. Sergt.
Hogan was a flight engineer aboard
a B-29 Super Fortress in the 21st
Bomber Command, operating from
the Marianas.
Sergt. Hogan was born here and
attended Roosevelt High School. He
was a civilian employe at Boiling
Field before entering the Army in
January, 1914. He went overseas
early in April this year.
His father, George c. Hogan, lives
in Virginia.
Evening star., 1945-07-07

CAMP SHANKS, N. Y.-CROWDED QUARTERS-Pfc. Martin
Qef Detroit Mich, and Pfc Stanley Kosmecki La
Sale Ill., 5000 veterans who left here yesterday
troop trains various sections of the country dust the
train will occupy here Detroit Caught
in the current snar of overcrowdd troop train conditions there
Pulmans available for them -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Civilian Gathering.

The sooner this crazy war Is
ended the better for our people, he
said.
This meeting was primarily q
civilian gathering to discuss our
political action toward ending the
Evening star., 1945-07-07
District Blood Donations

Appointments
yesterday ------- 408 persons
Appointments broken
yesterday ------- 129 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building, 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV, by calling
District $500 between 9 am. and
$50 pm. weekdays and 9 am.
to noon Saturdays.
Evening star., 1945-07-07

The 5th Air Force, newly based or
Okinawa, went over Kypshu on July
4 for the second consecutive day
but met no air opposition In raids
on airfields, Gen. Macarthur an
nounced at Manila.
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed

Pfc. Kermit E. Robertson, son OF
Mrs. Willie c.. Robertson, 912 Frank
lin street, Alexandria, Va, has been
killed in the Pacific theater of opera
tions. Mrs. Robertson died several
months ago.
Pvt. Frank p. Stone, U. S. M. c. R..
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Stone
Bethesda, Md, who is reported killed
in today's official list, was the sub
ject of story in The Star June 49,
Evening star., 1945-07-07
Kaiser Never Caught.

Jacob Kaiser and myself were
the only ones of the group left alive.
Kaiser was spared because he was
never caught by the Nazis. ALI