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Evening star., 1945-09-03
Jap Brutality to Rescue Team
Described by District Colonel

Brutal Jap treatment Of an Amer
ican rescue team which parachuted
into a Manchurian prison camp
near Mukden was described to the
Associated Press at Yokohama over
the week end by 1t. Col. John Pugh
of Washington.
Col. Pugh, whose wife and 5-year-
old son, David, live at 2l24 Bancroft
place NV, was captured with 1t
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright
when Corregidor fell and after lib
Grafton went with him to Tokyo to
witness the signing of the sur
render.
While a prisoner at the Man.
churia camp, Col. Pugh said he saw
the American rescue team kicked
slapped, beaten and menaced with
bayonets by japanese guards.
Col. Pugh said the Russians en-.
tered the camp August 20 and dis.
armed the Japs.
Col. Pugh, native of Norristown
Pa, was graduated from West Poin,
In 1882. He was stationed for severa
years at Fort Myer, Va, when Gen
Wainwright was commandant o.
| the fort.
During this period he married
Miss Louise Myers, daughter o1
George Hewitt Myers, prominent ir
financial circles here.
Col. Pugh is a noted horsemar
and won many ribbons In local horse
shows.
A District man, 1t. Mahlon F. Per-
kins, jr., was a member of the rescue
team that engineered the release Of
Evening star., 1945-09-03

three Of the four Doolittle flyers held
in the Peiping area.
1t. Perkins, ~, a graduate of Har-
ward, Is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahlon Perkins Of 1914 Connecti-
cut avenue NV Mr.. Perkins, ST.
Is foreign officer OF the State
Department on duty in Washington.
Among the key men In the oper-
ations there are Col. Marshall s.
Carter Of 1880 @ street NV. and
Maj. John M Hagood of 481 North
Sixteenth street, Arlington, Va.
Col. Carter is IS years old and a
West Point graduate. He is the son
OF Col. &C. Carter, retired. His
wife, the former Preot Nichols, is
the daughter of Brig. Gen. William m
r. Nichols, retired. The couple have
three children.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Legion Must Increase
Interest in Politics,
Commander Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 3.--Na-
tional Commander Edward NJ Schei-
berling said last night he would tell
delegates attending Oklahoma's
American Legion State Convention
today that Legionnaires should be-
come more vitally interested in pol
itics, especially on a national scale
In an interview, Mr.. Scheiber-
ling said he did not mean that the
body of veterans should 60 head
long with the Democratic or Re-
publican parties but that it should
be interested" He did not state
any specific political alignments.
He said he was sponsoring an al
teration in the Legion constitution
and bylaws to abolish a ruling out
lawing political officeholders from
holding Offices within the organi-
zation.
II think it is undemocratic," he
said, "and is keeping some of our
smartest men from setting policies
and entering into the governing
Of the Legion"
Having just attended conference
with the National Legion Legislative
Board in Washington, Mr.. Scheiber-
ling said the national organization
was backing the Gorney-May bill
which advocated universal military
training. Under the proposed legis-
lation 18-year-olds will be called for
a one-year training program. If
persons called are In an educational
or similar program, a delay of four
years can be granted in taking the
indoctrination, he said.
Mr.. Scheiberling said the bill def
nitely was not proposing "conscrip-
ton as such since it did not re-
quire participation in active duty
status unless Congress proclaimed
a dire emergency-probably war.
Mr.. Scheiberling also said the
IL ,000, 600. members of the armed
forces are eligible for immediate
membership in the Legion.
He said the new eligibility of men
and women still in uniform went
into effect with Japanese signing Of
Allied surrender terms.
Evening star., 1945-09-03

Great sand dredgers are being
used in a race with time to restore
the Walcheren Island dikes in
Holland.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
By the Associated Press.


TOKYO, Sept. 3.-A survivor of
Bataan related today the argosy Of
"Beechers boat" a japanese horror
ship on which many thirst -crazed
American prisoners killed their fell
low captives or slashed their own
veins and drank the blood.
Army Sergt. James F. Schiffner Of
Albuquerque, N. Mex, one of nine
survivors of Bataan and Corregidor
related this latest of Japanese atroc-
ity stories after an impromptu meal
of field rations in the lobby of the
Imperial Hotel here.
TT was generally believed only
500 of the 1900 aboard survived the
journey" Sergt. Schiffner said, add
ing the ship was named after a
Col. Beecher. He was not aboard
"Beecher's boat" but said the story
was widely circulated among con-
centration camps for months.
Ship Driven Into Uproar.
"The men aboard the boat were
limited to one canteen cup of water
for three men every two days. Their
thirst drove the ship into an uproar
Some drank their own urine" he
elaborated.
Gen. Macarthur, expressing con-
Germ for 5000 Allied prisoners re-
naming in the Tokyo area, in his
first general order, demanded of the
Japanese the immediate location of
all camps and other places of de-
tention of the United Nations pris-
oners of war and civilian internees.' -
Until such responsibility is un-
dertaken by the supreme command
er of the Allied powers" Gen. Mac
Arthur curtly instructed the Japa-
nese to see that all prisoners were
result in drastic and summary pun
Evening star., 1945-09-03
{. {. Carey, Who Designed
U.S.. Power Projects, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3-Charles
E. Carey, SIS, Western regional direc-
tor of the United States Bureau of
Reclamation, died today at the Vet
Grams Hospital, Sawtelle. A resi-
dent of Sacramento, Calf, he had
been in i'll health for several months
Mr.. Carey was in charge of the
Central Valley irrigation project in
CALIFORNIA; S San Joaquin Valley and
at one time was administrator of
the Bonneville Dam in Oregon.
He designed and built the cleo
trical transmission system for the
Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams,
had taught electrical engineering
at the University of New Mexico and
was head of the power division of
the Bureau of the Budget in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1945-09-03

from the time of his capture until
the end of his trip here, dropping
from 1855 to 112.
Continually beating the prisoners,
Formosan guards would drag in
dividuals on deck and force them
to kneel for hours on a cable which
bit into the flesh.
At Mukden, Manchuria, American
prisoners of war drew the attention
of Super Fortress crew by a huge
sign of rocks giving their walkie-
talkie radio frequency.
Thank God you've come" said
8 prisoner identifying himself as
LIT. Mathews"
Evening star., 1945-09-03
ThYst-Crazed Prisoners Cut
Veins dnd Drank Own Blood

well fed, housed, clothed and given
medical aid. Noncompliance will
ishment," Gen. Macarthur warned.
Sergt. Schiffner mentioned Beech
er's boat" during a narrative of the
cruel treatment he and his COM
panions had suffered in series of
brutal labor camps in the Philip
pines and subsequent ship journey
to Japan. They were among 1900
prisoners crammed under matches
of another overloaded small vessel
Clad in ill-fitting uniforms, Sergt
Schiffner and his companions ar
rived by train from their last camp
Miabara on the eastern edge of BIZ
wako Lake, rs miles southwest of
Nagoya.
After learning on August 19 of the
Japanese surrender, they travelled
the countryside unmolested and
eventually reached American head
quarters. They boarded a train
after one of the suddenly lenient
civilian attaches at the camp ad-
monished them, Now, don't hurt
the people"
All in apparent good health, the
nine men told of their determine
ton to survive the beatings, kicks
and other tortures which were les
sened only after they had reached
the Miabara camp. They said that
on their own 22-day boat trip to
Japan, some of their comrades, mad
dened by Japanese-induced thirst
had killed eight fellow captives in
fights over water.
"The crazed men fought for ever
one DROP Sergt. Schiffner said
"On that trip eight were killed
Thirty others died from different
causes"
Sergt Schiffner lost So pounds
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Portland Police Hunt Five
OF Il Escaped Prisoners
Ey the Associated Press.


PORTLAND, Greg, Sept. 3.-Po-
lice searched the Portland area with
patrol cars and bloodhounds for five
of IL escaped prisoners still at liberty
after strong -arming jailer and a
priest to escape the Multnomah
County Jail here yesterday.
Seven of the prisoners were caught
within a few hours.
The break was made at the close
of Sunday church service held in
an eighth-foor corridor.
One prisoner grabbed Jailer Wal
lace Henderson while another forced
the key ring from him and thrust
him into the room with the Rev
Merlin G.. Hamsmith. The IL men
between II and 25 years of age
dashed for a Jail office door, crowded
into a small elevator and reached
the ground floor.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
3 Robbers Toke Sc, 900
From Hotel in St. Paul

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 3.-Three
cracksmen, apologizing after they
had wounded the night watchman,
looted the Parker House bar and
restaurant in suburban Mendoza of
5000 yesterday.
The, watchman, Herman Thelen,
62, of Mendoza, was shot in the
chest. He told police one of the
three fired through a screened win
dow. After entering they gave
Thelen a drink Of whisky and ex-
pressed regret.
The Parker House is operated by
William j. tRed) Dougherty, widely
known former dance band pianist.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
IS Army Nurses in Japan !
To Jc;n Occupation Forces
Nv the Assor;at.S press

By the Associated Press. ~
YOKOHAMA, Sept. Delayed
Army nurses arrived
last night In the Tokyo area-the
first American women to enter
Japan with the occupational forces.
They are nursing contingent from
the 42d General Hospital, setting
up the first medical installation In
Japan. Many have been in the Pa
cific three and one-half years.
Commanding the contingent are
Col. George H. Yeager, Baltimore,
and Maj. Grace Dick, Homecoming,
Md. With the unit Is Capt. Nelly
Newell, San Diego, Calf, chief nurse
Of the 9th Army.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Open to All, but 80.

as knowing how to drive a car
safely can reduce highway risk, so
better knowledge of how to use the
facilities of this market can reduce
the risk inherent in all ownership.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Rites for Joseph Bateman
Twill Be Held Saturday

Joseph M. Bateman, 73. former
fight manager. will be buried to-
morrow in Holy Rood Cemetery
following mass at 8 am. in Holy
Trinity Catholic Church. Mr.. Bate
man died Saturday of heart attack
at his home, SOL Sherrier place NV
Among boxers Mr. Bateman man.
aged was Henry Lamar. A native
of Washington, Mr.. Bateman was
retired employe of the Capital
Transit Co. For many years he
was an inspector for the Washington
Railway e. Electric Co., which
merged with the Capital Traction
Co. to form the present company.
Surviving are two sons, Emmett
P. and James B. Bateman; four
daughters, Mrs. Blanche Knott, Mrs
Catherine c. Jacobs, Mrs. Winifred
E. Quigley and Mrs. Margaret M
Knott, all of Washington; a sister
Mrs. Nellie Collins, Newark, N. J..
and four grandchildren.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Families Of Men Freed
With Wainwright GET
Free Passage 10 Coast
BY the Associated Press.


Families of men of 1t. Ger. Jona-
imam M. Wainwright's group are
being provided air transportation to
san Francisco to meet the men re-
Gently liberated with the Bataan
nero from Japanese prison camps.
The War Department, in making
this announcement yesterday.
termed erroneous an earlier pub
lished report that parents of many
men just freed are being invited to
NY to the West Coast at Govern
ment expense to greet their sons
on arrival and that liberated pris-
oners have the right to immediate
transportation for their families.
The department said it was nee
essary to provide air transportation
IN the case of the Wainwright party
OF officers and men because their
families otherwise would not have
time to reach San Francisco.
IF the War Department were to
provide transportation for the fam
lilies of all liberated prisoners, the
statement said, Transportation IA
cilities now taxed by the tremen-
dous burden of troops returning
home for discharge would collapse.
There is no change in the War
Departments desire that the fam
lilies of returning men stay at home
and await their arrival"
A Navy statement issued a short
time later asked relatives of per-
sonnel coming to West Coast ports
not to visit them due to transpor-
tation difficulties
The statement cited danger that
rehabilitation may be seriously
hampered by overanxious relatives
who are crowding West Coast ports.
Railroad equipment needed to
take servicemen to separation CEN
ters "is being used by thousands
OF Navy wives, parents and sweet
hearts travelling to such cities as
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seat
tie, San Diego and Portland" the
announcement went on.
Relatives stand little chance of
seeing their men when they reach
the West Coast, the Navy advised
To speed discharge, Pacific vet
Grams will be sent to receiving sta
tions Immediately on arriving at
West Coast ports of debarkation,
and their short time on the coast |
probably will be taken up with
necessary official business" the
Navy added.
Processing at receiving stations
will be swift, and almost within
a matter of hours" they will be on
their way to separation centers with
efforts being made to discharge the
men at points nearest their homes,
the statement explained
Besides that many vessels may be
ordered to Atlantic or Gulf ports.
the Navy said.
Evening star., 1945-09-03

"The open road" is no chance ex-
preston. Americas s highways serve
everyone; open to all.
The road has its rules for the pub
lies protection; known to every
one, observed by all but a very
few. It is these few who can make
the road a thing of danger to
themselves and to others.
Evening star., 1945-09-03
Man Slain by Ieepiek
Found in BIuzinq Home
By the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. g. The
nude body of 50-year- -old man with
an icepick driven into his heart was
found by fremen yesterday in the
blazing kitchen of his home.
Police identified the victim as Dan
Wilson, a laborer. Fire Capt. Ed
ward Whalen said wilson's clothing,
strewn about the room, apparently
had been set af1re to conceal the
crime,
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Clothing Price Cut This Year
'NowUnIikeIy, AOffcioIsS Say

which were lower than those of this
year. This meant that II producer
had discontinued low-priced gar
ments or materials he made two
years ago, he would have to resume
such production to be in compliance
with the regulation.
This provision covered some 40(
kinds of mems, women's and chill
dren's apparel made OF cotton, WOO
and rayon.
Won't Increase Prices.
Under the revised order, manufac-
turers can turn to from to 20 pei
cent higher average price lines than
in 1943. About half of the increases
are 10 per cent. Most of the rest are
less.
OPA stressed that this will not
mean any increase in retail ceilings
for garments. 1t means rather, that
housewife, for example, will have
to spend little more for a dress
because cheaper one is not avail
able.
OPA gave two reasons for relax
ing the garment order. 1t said:
l. An acute shortage of lower
priced materials had made it i'm
possible for manufacturers to obtain
fabrics for the kind of inexpensive
garments they produced two years
ago.
2. A study Of information sub
mitted by manufacturers had shown
the difference between 1943 and
l945 average prices to be much
greater than expected"
The agency said it expects an i'm
provement in fabric supply after the
first of the year that will permit re-
turn to the original provisions of the
maximum average price order.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
BY the Associated Press.


Chances virtually disappeared to-
day for the, to per cent cut in
clothing prices OPA predicted woulo
be achieved this year.
OPA officials who asked they not
be named acknowledged this in the
wake of additional price concessions
to the garment industry.
These concessions, announced last
night, mean that for the rest of this
year most manufacturers can make
fewer low-priced garments than
they have been required to here
tofore.
In another action, OPA an
nounced the public soon may have
to pay more for cotton towels AND
flannel diapers, shirts and night
wear. This is expected to result
from an increase given to manu-
facturers under terms of the Price
Control Act.
OPA officials held to hope that
there will be some reduction of
clothing prices by the end of the
year. (They have climbed nearly
IA per cent since the hold-the- line
order was issued in May, 1943)
But 1t is generally conceded in the
agency that to per cent cut is
out
The low-priced garment relaxa>
tions were in the so-called maxi
mum average price regulation Wig
orously opposed by the industry
since it was issued early this year
This opposition has brought on cas-
ing of the order for both fabric
and garment producers.
Originally the regulation required
these manufacturers to return to
their average price lines of l943
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Man Shot, Two Others
Attacked on Street

Frederick Berry, 70, colored, o1
the first block of Fenton court NV.
last night was admitted to Gal
linger Hospital in critical condition
with a gunshot wound in his neck
which police say was inflicted by
a l4-year- -old colored boy living in
the same block.
The boy told police he accident
ally shot Berry with a .32-caliber
revolver which he said he had
found The boy is being held in the
Receiving Home pending outcome
of Berry's injury. Police said the
shooting occurred in Fenton court
Two men were admitted to hospi-
tails last night for treatment of in
juries they said they received in
alterations, according to police.
Harold Wilson, %, of Dunn, N. c..
was admitted to Gallinger Hospital
after he was kicked in the groin by
an unidentified man in a parking
lot near Fourteenth and I streets
NV, police said.
Everett Ray Snyder, 36, of 629 Sec
ond street NV, suffered a 6-inct
stab wound in his right leg when
he said, he was attacked by two
strangers in the 400 block of Seventh
street NV. He was admitted tc
Gallinger and later transferred tc
Mount Alto Hospital.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Kramer Trial Witness
Tells Of Kicking Of
Women in 0swiecim
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press.
LUENEBURG. Germany, Sept. 26.
"A 2l-year-old Hungarian Jewess,
Lena Stein, told the court trying
the Belsen concentration camp case
today an SIS woman guard brutally
kicked a mother found talking to
her daughter through wire separat-
ing the compounds at Oswiecim
camp.
The witness, who explained the
wire was electrically charged and
prisoners not allowed to talk to each
other through it, said Irma Grese,
the guard, flayed the prisoner until
her chest was bleeding.
Youngest prosecution witness yet
called, Miss Stein pointed accusing
ly at nine of the As defendants,
identifying by name the Grese
woman and Belsen Camp Com
mandant Josef Kramer as those
whose brutality she witnessed at
Belsen and Oswiecim camps.
She had been sent to the campI
for being Jewess.
Gas Victims Selected.
Kramer and Grese, she declared,
selected the victims for the gas
chamber, adding that the former
beat prisoners because they cried
or were too slow getting in the
truck"
Miss Stein accused another de-
fendant, Karl Flarazich. of shooting
one of his friends at Belsen. Black
haired Stanislawa Staroska, the
witness asserted, beat women in the
two camps so often they hardly
are worth mentioning"
At least another two weeks will
be required to end the Belsen trials
in the tedious process of cross
examining witnesses and the trans
lation of the testimony in Polish,
German and English.
An authoritative source said that
other war crime trials in the British
zone of occupation would fellow, in
cluding the trial of Hungarian
guards at the Belsen camp who are
accused of the shooting of inmates
Women Used in Experiments.
A Polish JeWess, Helena Hamer-
merz. testified here yesterday that
the Nazis picked hundreds of women
as guinea pigs for extremely painful
artificial dissemination experiments
at concentration camps and killed
the weak by injecting gasoline
Evening star., 1945-09-26
President 10 Speak
At Navy Day Program
In New York Oct. II

President Truman has added an
other trip to his growing itinerary
for the next few months. Press
Secretary Charles G. Ross said late
yesterday that the Chief Executive
would 60 to New York on October 27
for an all-day Navy Day ceremony
Earlier in the day, it had been
announced that the President would
go to Liberty, Mo, on November Is,
to accept an honorary degree from
William Jewell College, prefacing a
trip to Oklahoma City and Fort Sill,
Okla, on November 19 for an avia-
ton show, and an artillery display,
respectively.
The President told his news con-
ference today he had been thinking
OF going to Caruthersville, Mo, on
October 6 but had about decided ne
couldn't make the trip. Mr.. Tru-
man has gone to Southeast Missouri
annually for years to attend the
State fair.
On November 2, 3 and he will 20
to Statesville, N. c.. for a speech,
Atlanta for football game and
Warm Springs, the infantile paral-
ysls treatment center. for lunch, a
day being devoted to each.
Leaving by Train.
The President will leave by train
on the night of October 26 for the
New York visit.
At Brooklyn Navy Yard the fol-
lowing morning he will participate
in the exercises commissioning the
carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt, which
shares honors with its sister ship
Midway as one of the two largest
vessels afloat. The President is to
speak for about five minutes from
the flight deck of the Roosevelt.
Going to the Battery afterwards,
the President will head a parade to
Central Park where he will broad
cast a Navy Day speech of about
20 minutes duration at 80 o'clock
Lunch on Missouri.
About pm he will go to North
River and board the Battleship Mis-
souri, on which the Jap surrender
was signed, and have lunch as the
guest to Rear Admiral Monroe Kel-
ly, commandant of the Sd Naval
District.
After lunch, the President will
board a destroyer or destroyer es-
cort, and steamed along a 6l2 mile
line of ships strung in the Hudson
in review
There will be another parade to
Penn Station. for return to Wash
ington about pm.
The Navy Department and New
York City are combining in the
celebration.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Angelo Lonsbury to Wed
Richard Cromwell

Ey the Associated sress.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 26.-Angela
Lansbury, 2l-year-old actress who
came to Hollywood from London
five years ago, announced through
her studio that she and Actor Rich
ard Cromwell, 35, will be married
somewhere in Northern California
tomorrow.
Miss Lansbury is the daughter of
Moyna MacGill, British stage star,
who has just finished a film here
The young actress and Mr.. Cromwell
met about year ago when he was
released from the Coast Guard.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
New Jersey CIO Group
To Parade Here Today

Approximately 400 New Jersey
CIO members will arrive here today
to campaign for extended unemploy-
ment benefits, full employment and
other social legislation. They are
another of series of union delega-
tions to come here seeking action
on the measures.
The delegates will proceed to
Capitol Hill where they will meet
with New Jersey congressional lead
ers in the Senate caucus room.
Later they will parade from Dele
ware and Independence avenues
S.W. to Seventeenth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV. and then to
the White House where they will
present their demands to one OF
President Truman's aides.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Nation 10 Turn Back Clocks
To Standard Time SUNDAY

The Nations clocks will be turned
back one hour at m. Sunday, re-
storing standard time which became
a war casualty February 8, 1912.
President Truman's signature on
bill repeating wartime made it
official yesterday. 1t will mean an
extra hour of sleep Sunday.
The Government figured the coun-
try saved much electricity and coal
with the extra hour of daylight pro-
vided by wartime.