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Evening star., 1945-12-25
Donish Newsmen Barred
From Atomic Project
BY the Associated Press.

SANTA F'E, N. Mex, Dec. 25.-
Eight Danish newspapermen, q on
tour of the United States, twice
were denied permission yesterday to
visit the nearby Los Alamos atomic
project. spokesman reported.
F. w. Larouche, who is with the
party as special representative to the
United States Indian Commissioner
said both the War and the State De-
partments in Washington refused to
authorize visits to the secret project
by the journalists.
The visiting newspapermen, all ac-
tive in Denmark's wartime resist
ance movement. are in this country
as guests of the State Department.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

Sea was one of Creston B. Mullins.
those scheduled for Luzon, and on
our return from a landing rehearsal
off Salamaua, New Guinea, the
exec" Comdr, H. E. Born, U. S. NJ,
had given the green light for an
elaborate Christmas party.
Christmas eve was q scorcher, less
than 80 miles south of the equator,
even with all ports and elevators
wide open. All hands were sum-
moned to the hangar deck at 7:30
pm, and the program began with
the arrival of Santa Claus Zone of
the portly engineering officers.
There was a luminously painted
Christmas tree which glowed in the
background as the glee club, coached
by 1t Herbert A. La Flamme of
Washington, sang Silent Night"
recalling to me the candlelight SER
vice at my own church back home.
st. Adams Episcopal Church.
The chaplain delivered a short
sermon, reminding us that our
Evening star., 1945-12-25

jeremiah oLeary, 1r. nese restaurant.
1t was very lost soul who then wan
dered into the Trans-Lux Theater
for newsreels. of street-fighting in
Manila. and later to the U. S. O.,
where the kind ladies gave me a
Christmas present.
I took the largest box I could find,
and 1t turned out to be a set OF
toilet articles-one of the few
things we got for nothing in the
Pacific.
I was home with my folks next
day. Christmas was celebrated on
December rs in the OLeary
household.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

I had returned
to h e United
States from the
Mediterra n e a n
theater the lat
ter part of Octo-
ber, 1914, and
Christmas in the
States, next to
seeing my wife
and C hi ! dr. e n
again, was the
fulfllment of a
dream common
I believe, to all
servicemen away
I r ON n o m e
Evening star., 1945-12-25
GIs Engagement Surprise
Lacks a Certain Essential
BY The Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25.-A Phil
adelphia girl and a CT may not
have merry Christmas today be-
cause his box of candy won't be the
Sweet engagement surprise" he
planned.
The soldier asked the salesgirl-
Miss Betty Kuhn-to put a small
white box with diamond engage
ment ring right in the center OF
the candy and wrap it really spec
Iial." This was how he was going to
pop the question: he said.
Excited, Miss Kuhn accidently
dropped the ring box while plac-
ing it in the package. She sighed
as the soldier left her store pleased
as punch"
A few minutes later she found the
ring on the floor of the packing
room. Since then, she has been sit
ting anxiously by her telephone
waiting for the CT to call.
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY JOHN r. HORAN,
Photographers Mate lie, U. S. N. X.

Combat Photo Unit No. IL, Of
which I was the still photographer,
had just returned from a five-month
jaunt of the battle fronts in France
to our headquarters in London
After collecting our back pay, we
did a little pre-Christmas celebrat-
ing.
On Christmas morning, a Ma
rine sergeant friend of mine accom-
panied me to midnight mass, after
which we went to British canteen
for servicemen and had coffee and
SPAN sandwiches.
My only regret that day was the
fact that I couldn't have been home
and played Santa Claus to my
daughter who was almost two years
old and whom I had seen only few
times since her birth.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

line had been
S u C c e SIS t u ! ly
preached by the
First Army, and
had not expect
ed any notable
d e v e ! o pments
during the early
winter. 1'h e n
C a m e t h e
Bulge"
1t was agoniz-
ing to sit here in
Washington, lis
ten to the radio
and read the
newspapers.
Altogether it
Evening star., 1945-12-25

zens of Stras-
bourg. We all
knew then that
when midnight
ushered in 1945,
our eight divi-
sions would be
attacked by the
best 16 Ger
many coul q
muster.
At headquar-
tiers of 7th Army,
W ere I had
served since the
c a m paig n in
Sicily the festive
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then and it was
from tn e I rear
seat of a fighter
plane that I saw
acres and acres
of the stuff. A
Navy pilot friend
took me down to
H a W a ii from
Oahu a n d we
saw the snow on
top of Mauna
Kea.
Our Christmas
trees were made
out of sugar cane
I. a SSe1S Rack
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city the next morning. We were
quartered in an old barracks that
had been used as part Of a German
training school, before the city was
retaken.
We spent Christmas Day in
these barracks, having = turkey
dinner late in the day. In addi-
ton We got some mail in which
received a few Christmas packages
from home. At 4 am. the next day
I took of In charge OF the bat
talon advance party which pre-
ceded the 35th Division march to
the Sure River in Luxembourg, to
counterattack the German Bulge.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

told by good
authority t h a t
the temperature
was lis. For
those not famil-
lar with Pacific
atolls, Pavuvu is
in the Russell
Islands.
Th ere were
four of us in my
tent, a n d on
Christmas morn
ing We opened
packages Sc n t
from home--the
ones t ha t ar
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case OF cat fe-
yer." 1t wasn't
an unplea sa n t
Christmas at all,
although recov-
cry was some
W h at delayed
because a b GU t
so University Of
North Carolina
co-eds sang car
OILS u n d er the
hospital W in =
d o W S at mid
night on Christ
mas eve and
the "cat fever
ward did them
Evening star., 1945-12-25
Writers for The Star Recall Spending Christmas of 1914
Amid Wartime Surroundings at Home and at the Front

Thousands OF men all ouer the
country are home t0ith their
families today for the first time
in gears. A year ago. American
fighting men 10ere spread all oper
the lDorld. The Germans Uere
counternttacking in the tatetul
Battle OF the Bulge, the Japs
were still long pay from being
tofipped.
Typical OF the Nations men in
seruice tDere members on leaDe
from The Stars editorial staff,
,bho haze recently returned to
resume their newspaper duties.
These men tUere asked to recall
Dhere and hotD they spent the
Christmas OF 1914. Their stories
tolloW:
By ELWOOD A. BAKER,
Photographers Mate 2/c, U. S. N. r.
I was luckier than most of the fell
lows last Christmas. At that time
was stationed in the Photographic
Section at the Navy Department
and was able to play Santa Claus
for my three children, and to have
Christmas dinner with my wife.
I had been to sea with an Lei
In the Atlantic, and I knew what ii
was like out there. I figured my
Christmas present was just being
home.
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY JOHN w. THOMPSON, JR.,


Seigfrled fortln-
cations and we
r e tired back
across the Saar
River, which we
had forced a few
days earlier, to
a fe W small
towns in France.
After midnight
that night, we
received secret
orders TO move
to Metz and
made q round
about icy ride
that brought us
- -.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

berly Field, near Ipswich, Australia,
where we made the most of quiet
day by staging a golf tournament
at the Sandy Gallop Club-appro-
priately located next to an insane
asylum. Arriving back at the field
too late for mess, few of us jeeped
into Ipswich, where we bought a
ready-roasted turkey-disposing of
same in our barracks with the help
of French 75s" champagne and
brandy cocktails. Casualties were
light.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

was dlsconSolate Christmas.
remembered too well the two
previous Christmas ewes. One I had
spent in an airplane above the At
lantic. The next-a rainy, cold,
dismal night had slept in the
haymow of mule barn on the 45th
Division sector near Venefro in the
foothills of the Apennines. Barely
two miles away the infantrymen
of the 45th were shivering in slush-
filled foxholes during one of the
most discouraging episodes of the
war.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

tlIHe, 1871, Was
Air Transport
G o m m a n d
Headquarters in
Washington, not
a bad spot at
all geographic
ally, since my
p e r m a n e n t
home and that
of my mother
W ere convent
emily nearby in
Arlington.
1t was a pleas
ant contrast to
Christmas, 1943,
spent at AM
Evening star., 1945-12-25

one night, and was an acolyte for
that mass,
Before dawn on December "a, we
moved out up over the Futa Pass
with the advance party to the front.
The SHOWS were heavy, and a
jump-of was scheduled for Decem-
ber 26. But 1t never went through
until April. Our plans were
changed, and we were ordered de-
layed for three days. ! remained
Evening star., 1945-12-25

we W Z + e UOlQ
that our work
W as essential
and tn a t this
was one Of the
principal III e.
lines of supply,
but we felt that
the : war h a d
passed us by
and the w ar
Department had
forgotten about
us. The rota-
ton policy had
not started to
rotate as yet.
My Usual luck
Evening star., 1945-12-25

StTOyeTS, 3 u p
ply ships and
transports gath
cred there could
relax now, for
their prepara-
ms for the
next big show
l. Zon were
nearly complete.
Two days later
they W ere to
shove OH for the
S outh China
Sea.
The escort car
rier Bismarck
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY JEREMIAH A. OLEARY, JR.,

D e C e m ber 81.
Christmas Day
caught me on a
train somewhere
in l o W a, en-
route to my
home.
The o t h e r
Marines from
the First D-
vision and I had
to lay over in
Chicago m os t
of Chri S tmas
Day. I had the
traditional din
ner in a Chi
Evening star., 1945-12-25

had delayed them. To kill the day
we drifted over spot in the ocean
known as the Blackfish Banks and
fished.
The blackfish there are so eager
to be caught that bait is not neces-
sary. After about 1000 pounds of
fish had been hauled in, we had
the traditional Christmas dinner
met our convoy, and proceeded to
Key West, Fla.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

a n d navigator
had been shift
ed to con vo y
work on the East
Coa S t of the
United States.
We were sup
posed to meet a
convoy of mer-
chant ships off
Fry in G P a n
S h o a ! (Cape
Fear, N. c. on
Christmas morn
ing. Bad wealth
er further up
the Goa S t, at
Cape Hatteras,
Evening star., 1945-12-25

families were with us in their
thoughts and prayers. and that we
should similarly be with them. Fe
introduced the skipper, who an
nounced cancellation of all penu4ag
courts-martiaf as a special Christ
mas gift to the ship.
The services ended with distri-
button of Christmas packages,
which we had been accumulating
for weeks as the Navy speeded them
to us from the States. Those of
us who had watch went to our
posts with our presents. The rest
happily hit their sacks. The next
day our Christmas dinner was in
the Navy tradition.
1t was the last Christmas for
some 300 members of the Bismarck S
crew and squadron, for the ship
went down under kamikaze attack
off Two Jima less than two months
later. 1t could not have been hap
pier for those 300-if we had known
what was coming and prepared for
it. 1t. LaFlamme was one of those
lost. So was Santa Claus.
BY JEREMIAH A. OLEARY, JR.,
Technical Sergeant, U. s. M. C.
I hadn't spent a Christmas in the
United States since before the war,
when I landed in San Francisco
after n months overseas on
Evening star., 1945-12-25
By ROBERT BRUSKIN,

The Christmas Of 1914 was a day
of hate and death for the 7th Army
In Alsace and along the Rhine. 1t
was a day of despair for the citi-
Evening star., 1945-12-25

logna. We were
supposed to 60
on the Zine" on
Christmas eve,
+ oil o W / n g a
month of rest
and reorganiza-
ton from the
then completely
stopped Fifth
A m y front,
e ig h t m i e s
south OF the Pc
Valley. Our
chaplain, t h e
padre, had to
a d v a nee his
midnight mass
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY ALEX r. PRESTON,
Lieutenant, U. S. N. r.

No one could have been more sur
prised than I to see snow in the Pa
cific last Christmas.
We were based at Pearl Harbor
Evening star., 1945-12-25

following April. We intended to
take a picture Of nthe tree, put up
the night before, With the presents
under it, but during the night 1t
had wilted like a bouquet of old
flowers. We didn't take any pic
lures.
The rest of the day I spent in
the office "a framework Of poles
with canvas stretched over the top)
writing letters. I dressed for Christ
mas by putting on a clean pair OF
khaki pants.
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY IRVING F. LASH,

4F1UJVIJ IN IN. H
After being ell at ease overseas"
the previous Christmas, last years
holiday of holidays was just that
for me. My front" at Christmas
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY COLT HENDLEY, Jr.,
Lieutenant, U. S. c. G. r

The war was on and supposedly
I was in it. But my ship, the Coast
Guard cutter Tallapoosa, on which
I was serving as executive officer
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY FRANCIS E. STANN,
Lieutenant, u. s. N. r.

My Christmas Day, 1914, was
spent in the U. s. Navy Dispensary
at the Pre-Flight School, Chapel
Hill, N. c., enjoying nice, leisurely
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY CHARLES A. McALEER,
First Lieutenant, A. u. 8.

This time last year I was in Italy,
in the snow-covered Apennine
Mountains along Highway IS, main
artery between Florence and Bo-
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY CRESTON b. MULLINS,

Lieutenant, q. s. N. X.
Christmas of 1914 was time OF
dual celebration In Seeadler Har-
Dor, Manus, Admiralty Islands. The
battleships, cruisers, carriers, de-
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY TOM HENRY,
Star War Correspondent.

I was temporarily out OF the war
last Christmas.
I had come back to Washington
in November, after the Siegfried
Evening star., 1945-12-25

selves no good by leaning out and
gawking.
1t was better than Christmas.
1s43. when as Navy gunnery officer
aboard an Army troopship I was
Evening star., 1945-12-25

prevailed for the holiday season and
my turn to be on duty in regimental
headquarters came up for Christ
mas eve and Christmas Day. The
infantry company was command
ing had a big party and COULDN'T t
even be there.
I decided to do my Yuletide cele-
brating on New Years eve, but the
Panamanians picked that particular
time to stage a minor revolution. F."
The Army was alerted and the Re-
public of Panama was placed of
limits and our social activities were
curtailed.
This Christmas, my first at home
in five years, intend to spend un-
hampered by military restrictions.
BY JOHN w. THOMPSON, JR.,
Captain, A. U. s.
On December %, my artillery
battalion was relieved in the vi
cinity of Saarguemines, where we
were preparing to assault the
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY JAMES F. MOSER, Jr.,
Combat Correspondent, u. s. M. C.

I didn't have a white Christmas
nor a cold one. Although I didn't
see a thermometer on Pavuvu that
was the name of the island, / was
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY RUDOLPH KAUFMAN III,
Iieutenanf IT. 8 N

A year ago today, I had the good
fortune to spend Christmas in my
fathers home in Washington after
an absence of two and a half years
Evening star., 1945-12-25

naturally turn towards home when
he opens Christmas box.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

Victory Loan Bonds are like cash
In the bank-it Is there when you
need it most.
Evening star., 1945-12-25

en- route on the first Of five trips
to New Guinea, the Admiralties
Solomons, Marshalls, etc. At that,
we had shrimp cocktail, soup, tur-
key, ham, pudding-and a general
alarm just when the nuts were
served.
In 1912, Christmas was spent at
the U. S. Navy Training School,
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.,
and the temperature was 40 below
Peace, it's wonderful.
Evening star., 1945-12-25
BY DONN p. sTRAUsBAUGH,

Last Christmas I had been help
ing guard the Panama Canal for
the last 81 months and was begin
ming to get very tired Of the place
Evening star., 1945-12-25

Germans Behind Corps.
At about this time the I'd Armored
Division under command of Mai.
Gen. Ernest Harmon had been
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-13
House Hints End
of Induction

WASHINGTON. Aug. II CUP)
Legislation TO halt the drafting
of men for the armed services was
being held i'm readiness today by
House military affairs committee
members for introduction as soon
as Japan is defeated and Congress
returns.
They said there was no reason
10 continue inductions after the
Jap surrender. as it would mean
only additional tax burdens.
Most members of the commit-
tee were irked by Selective Serv-
ice Director HerShey's recent
statement that inductions of 100.-
600 a month would continue after
VI Day.
They said drafting shotild stop
with the end of the Pacific war.
One member said he would intro
duce a bill as soon as Congress
reconveneS TO halt lnductions
Nov. l.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-13

WASHINGTON, Aug. IL (UP)-Proclamato
of VI Day, restoring world peace, confidently is
expected here within three four days without
any definite promise to Japan that she may keep
her emperor
Can international News Service dispatch from Wash
ingon quoted high unnamed authorities as believing the
Big Four will accept Japans offer of surrender
(Under these terms Emperor Hirohto would remain
his throne but Japan would be occupied and stripped
of all wsr-makng powers
(These officials said the United States has decided
keep the emperor and expressed the opinion that Great
Britain Russia and China will in this single
cession to the Japanese)
EDITORS NOTE-Some commentators profess
to cear-cut indication of the Allied attitude
uOard Hrohito in the fact that atom bomb
dropped o Tokyo, home of the emperor; that B-29s
haUe consistently AVOIDED bombing the of the
palace and that IN Americas first raid Tokyo,
Gen. Doolttle had orders from the High Command
NOT to damage the royal palace. Obviously all this
minimize the chances of injuring the emperor
Meanwhile Russia ordered her Far Eastern armies
to smash into Manchura and Korea.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-13

Four great nations are consid-
ering Japan's surrender offer.
They are committed to act to-
gether and not separately in deal
ing with the common foe.
Their last chance uitimatum 20
Japan. drafted in PotSdam, sig
nificantly warned the Japs that
surrender must be unconditional.
Equally significantly, it implied
Continued on Page ?, Col. 81
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-13
Chinese Continue TO Fight On

Chungking announced that China's supreme national
defense council had ordered the Chinese armed forces and
the people fight until Japans surrender accepted
Thus, from both Chinese and Russian capitals
definite unofficial objections to accepting Japans
render condition that Emperor Hrohito continue
ereign.
Manila reported that the land in the southwest
Pacific islands continuing.
Moscow, Chungking London and Washington today
are exchanging ideas on Japan's surrender bid.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-13
New Peace Terms Sent Jap!
FIRST PICTURE
ATOM bonn b|NC
Let HirOhitO
Keep Throne

WASHINGTON, Aug. / (INS)-
Secretary of State Byrnes today trans
mitted to the Japanese government on
behalf of the Big Four powers counter
proposal which would permit the emperor
to remain, subject to military control with
his future destiny dependent on general
elections.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-02-16
DAY NURSERY
NOW OPEN

Located in the Apache Flats
Community House, near the North
Gate road, the day nursery is now
open under the sponsorship of the
Special Service office.
Equipped to care for pre-scnool
children and infants, the nursery
resumes the program originated
more than a year ago.
Under the direction of a qualified
professional school teacher, pre-
school children may participate in
organized play, and receive instruc-
ton along progressive lines.
A registered nurse will be in at
tendance, experienced in the care
and handling of infants.
Fine facilities are available for
games and play, and parents may
be sure their children will receive
the best of attention.
The hours are from 7:30 a. m. to
$50 p. M from Monday through
Saturday.
In order to be eligible at least
one parent must be employed on
the Post or in military service.
Registration must be made through
the Post Special Service office in
advance of the child'S entering the
nursery. Phone 3163 or call in per-
SON
The Apache sentinel., 1945-02-16

day-Doran, Inc. At present he is at
work on a third novel to be pub
liShed by his new publisher, Har-
court-Brace. The new work in prog
reSs' is concerned with the lives Of
migratory farm workers and is based
on experiences of the author in fol-
lowing the wheat harveStS from
Kansas to New Mexico and north
ward into the Snake River Valley
of Washington
If the overall objective of a writer
can be stated briefly, in 1t. Alta
ways case, it may be said that his
purpose is to write realistically about
the lives of workers, and since the
bulk of his experience has been
among Negro workers, naturally,
Negro workers are his protagonistS.
Mindful of the INTERPRETATION and
inter-action of the lives and inter-
ests of all workers, 1t. Attaway'S
novels show the impact of these
unifying forces. His Blood On the
Forge" is an excellent example of
his purpose. In it, he presents the
saga of Negro workers who mi
grated during World War I from
the cotton farming and rural life of
the South to the mines and mills
of Pennsylvania, torn between an
cient fear and distruSt of white
workers and the sudden sharp re-
alization-born of their new eXpe-
rienceS-that there exists a unity
of interests between white and
Negro workers on basis of prac-
tical economics.
Wnen asked if he planned to write
about the war, 1t Attaway's reply
was to the effect that the type of
work he would like to do required
a perspective which would be diff
cult of achievement while he was a
part of and physically, emotionally
and spiritually engaged in the war.
Commenting on the CT Bill of
Rights, 1t. Attaway waxed enthusi-
astic over the opportunities afford
ed for education, building, farming
and business. He feels that this legiS-
lation is a measure of the advance
ment the country has made in social
planning since the first World War.
However, he expressed the fear that
the mass of the armed forces, and
particularly the Negroes, will not
benefit as fully as possible from its
provisions, simply because they do
not realize the broad scope of the
bill and the specific application of
its provisions which can be made
in individual cases.
The Apache sentinel., 1945-02-16

joined the Merchant Marine on
December 7, l94l, after hear
ing radio appeals for seamen
which followed close on the
heels of the first news of the
attack at Pearl Harbor Serving
eight months in the Merchant Ma
rine, 1t. AttaWay's first job was on
a vessel carrying ammunition to
Panama. Subsequent voyages took
him to Greenland, Halifax, Eng
land, South America and through
the experience of being torpedoed
in the mouth OF the Mississippi
river. e,,s ,....
The Apache sentinel., 1945-02-16

In one of the few voluntary state
ments made by 1t. Attaway during
the interview he remarked with wry
humor: g My last voyage with
the Merchant Marine, during the
summer of 1912, was made on an-un-
armed ship, and I decided that I
was. tired Ito put it mildly of being
shot at with no means of defense.
So 1 quit and joined the army. Now
I'm in the MAC and my principal
weapon is bed chart!"
Author of Two Novels
7 Lit. Attaway is the author of two
novels, LET Me Breathe Thunder"
(1939) and Blood On the Forge"
1194l), both published by. Double
The Apache sentinel., 1945-02-16
Retired Coptoin
Host at Dinner

Captain and Mrs. Vance H.
Marchbanks, Sr, retired, entertain
ed the following guests for dinner
Saturday evening, Feb. 10, at PIX
Cafeteria, Knoxville, honoring 1t.
Col Hinkson and his charming
daughter, Miss Bette Hinkson, of
Philadelphia, who arrived on the
Post Saturday en- route to Mexico
City to attend college. Those present
in addition to the honored guests
were:
Col. M. o. Bousfield, NC, u. S.
Army; Lieut.. r. G.. Giles, NC, U. S.
Army; Lieut.. and Mrs. Junius Pask-
Ter, MAC, U. S. Army; Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Washington, operator of Post
Bus Line; Rev. and Mrs. L. G.
Snowden, principal Colonel Young
School; Mrs. Velma Stanton, book
keeper of Mountain View Officers
Club.