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Philippines
CONTINUED From First PaRe.)

began the Job Of clearing the Japs
out Of each building.
Two-man tommy-gun teams could
be seen darting into Q rubble filled
building entrances. spraying the
Railways and firing bursts as they
moved from room to room.
Behind the second wave of dough-
boys came sappers removing mines
from the approaches, and behind
them were bulldozers clearing the
rubble for tanks.
American artillery laid down a
rolling barrage inside the walled
city ahead OF the doughboys.
Civilians Spared.
The Yanks could have pulverized
the Intramuros and every one inside
with aerial bombs long before, but
they wanted to spare civilian lives.
Nonetheless, many noncombatants
were injured, perhaps killed, in the
intense but necessary artillery bar
rage.
An hour after the troops entered,
the first of the civilians began to
trickle out. In a half hour about 80
civilians were huddled near the wall
Of Letran University.
BY midafternoon most of the as
sault troops, including part of the
l48th Regiment, under Col. Law.
renee K. White, St. Louis, were
within the walls.
The first civilians to reach safety
were II nuns Of them on stretch
ers. Thirty-one other nuns chos.
to remain behind in q convent, pre-.
ferring that refuge, although it,
walls were fast crumbling.
George Thomas Folster Of NBC
terming the Intramuros "a wrecked
place Of MURDER" reported findinf
a large pile of dead Filipinos, hands
tied behind their backs. The Jap.
anese, he said, had tried to burr
the bodies, but failed.
More mass murder Of civilians,
he said.
Arthur Feldman Of the Blue Net
work said a middleaged Filipino
bayoneted through the right shoul-
der by an Intramuros Japanese
"kept mumbling about the Japs kill
ing every one and about how lucky
he was"
The Intramuros was successfully
stormed, and at small cost to the
Yanks. Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beight-
Ter, the 37th Division commander
who was oblivious to enemy machine
gun fire as he watched the fight
from an observation post, figured It
would take two or three days more
to clean out the estimated 1,500 jap
anese.
Invasion Thursday Of little Biri
Island, at the eastern end Of San
Bernardino Strait, came just q day
after other Yanks landed on Capul
Island, at the western end. Only
light opposition was encountered on
both.
Gen. Macarthur said the latest
seizure completed American control
Of the straits through which supplies
may flow to Manila from the United
States.
In the unrelenting air war, Ameri-
can bombers dumped IS tons Of ex-
plosives on airdromes along North
ern Borneo, 81 tons on Mindanao
airfields and swept the China Sea,
damaging four freighters.
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d l e d THURSDAY
night at Doctors
Hospital after a
weeks illness.
Funeral serv-
ices will be held
at 2 pm. tomor-
row at the Lee
funeral h m e,
F ur t h street
and Massachu-
sets avenue NE.
Burial will be at
Galesburg, ILL.,,
his birthplace.
DR.. Bancroft
was the brother
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Mrs. L. 6. Berry Rites
To Be Held Tuesduy

Funeral services for Mrs. Lucien
G. Berry, widow of Brig. Gen. Berry,
will be held at pm. Tuesday in
the Fort Myer Chapel. followed by
burial in Arlington Cemetery. Mrs.
Berry, who died Sunday of a heart
attack in Palo Alto, Calif., is the
mother of Mrs. Robert C. Mcdonald,
wife of Brig. Gen. Mcdonald, 1915
Kilbourne place NV.
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Cemetery Established
For ShelIing Victims
In Santo Tomas Camp

(Thfs is the inside story OF the
tragic shelling OF the Santo
Tomas internment camp BY
japanese artillery in the midst
OF the iubilation OF the internees
oDer their liberation. Mr.. Brines
once ioas held in the camp, but
iDas repatriated.)
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1n Mpnturtattt

11t MRttturtattt
ATWELL. who departed this life one year
ago today. February "a, 1914.
You are always in oura thoushts
But words can't ever tell
How we miss you: auntie. dear.
REMEMBERED BY HER NIECES.
BURKE. RACHEL ,. In sad but loving
j. BURKE, who entered into eternal rest
one year ago today, February "a, 1914.
What would we. give to see her face,
To- Te hear s her nSoSs Voice Al and sV see her smile
That meant so much to us.
Some day we hope to meet her,
Some day, we know not when,
But we shall clasp her loving hands
- 'A anu HER CHILDREN.
CORNELL, MAMIE v. In loving re-
Of wRS passed sse aaas ns
ago today, February "a, 1886.
Days may pass, but her love remains
HER LOVING DAUGHTER. RUTH COR
NELL JACKSON.
HARRISON. IDA R. AND GEORGE W.
mother. IDA fas % aARkIsoN. q 50 e. Who fe died
and father. GEORGE W. HARRIsoN, 1s, Who
pssssd psss away eight years E1R afa Assnst "a
HENSON, CARRIE E. In sad but loving
memory. of my mother, CARRIE E. HEN
SON. who passed into her eternal rest i've
years ago tomorrow, Sunday. February
There may be friends who may be true,
But I lost all when / lost YOU
DEVOTED SON, j. A. HODGES.
HOWARD, MARY f. In loving memory
of our darling mother, MARY 3. HOWARD,
who left us eight years ago today. Feb
ruary "a, 1887.
Not lost are the friends we have cherished,
Although they have passed from our view;
The love of their hearts has not perished
Nor aught that is holy and true.
HERMON, GRACE AND JIM
LIGHTFOOT, NAOMI. A tribute of love
sna af. dsyotlSn NonM1 ~ tG oHT ~dsyotsd mother and
away two yeeYs ago, February n, l94a.
ROBERT. BOBBY AND JUDE.
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.Dr. Frederic Bancroft,
Historian and Writer
On Civil War, Dies

DR.. Frederic Bancroft, "a, OF 116
B street NE, historian and writer
who made special study Of the
Civil War and reconstruction period,
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row Saturday, fepruary "a, NJ
DR.. JOHN T. FRANCIS, Exalted Ruler.
LEE CAMPBELL. Secretary.
STEWART. JOHN H. On Friday. Feb
Enans Ri 1s4 ave- At ar his Jos S Esr
beloved husband Of Frances F. Stewart and
father Of Mrs. Gord07 Cufes fss and. and Mps Is
Wise funeral home. 1000. NJ st. NV. on
Monday February S6' at n, pm EeladiSSes Sfs
snd drs irenas e. invitsd. in'ermeht Coiunmo'a
February -, is45. MiLToN THOMPSON,
aged As years, son. Of Mrs; Gertrude F.
and Miss Dora THOMPSON: brother Of. VIII
Of D. S Niasns
Bethesda. Nd; Mrs; Fred Burk. Mrs. r, Rutus H
inston D. sne MIR NJ Thompsen rests At Cart
ner's funeral home. Gaithersburg. Md,
where funeral services will be held on Sun.
aysttssown AVA EsoTnsrMz Md i5 at iS0 Dm sS
TURNER, ELIZA z. On THURSDAY, Feb
ruary %, 1e45. at the home Of her daugh-
sT Mrs p.r Alton Afors sIzH * earTq dnhEk sEf
widow OF the late. Frank s. Turner. Mrs.
Turner rests at the warner .nns E; pumghlrsy ilrs
Monday, February 26, at 10 am. Inter-
% gent eraSe Grace. Episcopal gd Church cemessssry'
SILVER spring, MQ. 20
WARREN, DIR. HENRY J. On Friday,
February 90, 1945. at his residence. 1881
Military rd. NV, pr; HENRY !. WARREN,
fsoo st. eisRs nR No9es n uners .sr
WILDRICk. COL EDWARD W., U. S. A.,
Retired. On Thursday, February %. 1945,
Va ssSnss e. WpRk aesi RersE s so
Of Ella J; Wildriek and father of 1t; John
Ellen Wildrick Morris. He also is survived
by three brothers. Friends may call at the the
st. Services will be held in Fort Myef
Chapel on Monday. February 20, at | pm;
Arlington National ; Cemetery, git with Iul full
York Sun and Herald Tribune and Balti-
more papers please copy) 20
WILLIAMS, RONALD C. On Thursday,
pital. RoNAEp CIV G. WILLIAMS, Beloved son
Of Dewitt C. Williams and Naomi N. Will
liams. Remains resting at Chambers fu-
neral home. 517 11th st. Sc, until Satur-
services in National Memorial Park.
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Rest in peace.

DIGGS. AUGUSTUS. Columbia Lodge,
=, No. So, I. 3. P. O.. E. of W., is
20 hereby notified Of Of the funeral OF
Mrs Washington's funeral home,
467 N st. NV, on Monday, Feb
ruary 26, 1e45, at am. Session
OF sorrow Saturday, February "a,
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~ m 5Re inHN ElkS Ioms FRaNGIs a Exalted Ruler
LEE CAMPBELL, Secretary.
ruary %, 1915. LOUISE FOLEY (nee Hef-
nerl, beloved mother of Mrs; Fredericka
Miller and James, May and Georgiana
zurhorst funeral home, 301 East Capitol
St, where services will be held on Tuesday
February 81, at $50 am. Requiem mass
at st. Mary's Church at 8 am. Interment
St. Mary's Cemetery. 20
GARDINER, JOHN ROWLAND. On
vernon vvenronas Y JOHN HoWIASp Saf aAHRR GAR
DINER husband of the late Anna Rior-
dan Gardiner. Funeral Monday, February
26, at 10 am. from ST. Mary's Church,
Annapolis, Md. Interment st. Mary's
Cemetery. 20
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Dratha

rusrs ss. 1875. al al his re rssideness. ids 1857
ssosed Husband Of Msry G.
"a day. y February Ips ~ 70. at $50 An Reauem
am. Relatives and friends invited. 25
GARvIN, 1T. ROBERT HILL. Suddenly,
9e 9n frdas' a 1914 nesT HsTts
A, A F.. beloved SON OF Norman and Jen- m
Bethesda Nd Notice Il s Of st''sa funeral later io
GERMART, LULU B. On Friday. Feb
hart, mother Of q1G Haie e derhars Ra1T Jscfsen ia
Ter Of Mrs. Frankin % CARRIER al 'e0V Of WeVerton @ sn
Funeral from the W. " Deal funeral home,
6sSs4srv {sisaas invited. intsrment Cedar Tiii
GIBSON. mitchell E. On Friday. Feb
sSfre t5 aBsoN @ ths aen 'Ssh q Johns
Thomas and the late MsgEie Gibson He is
ssSes SsIstisss aas Ss%s!Rs Sss5
~ GORDON afa MAkGakET aSie1 is'ef s. native of
Boston, Mass. who has lived In Washing
GARET s. GORDON died Thursday. Feb
ruary 22. 1945, after z short Illness She
Smith; 1s'tao two Sons SOY Peter + Gordon. @ T IT,, and
Raymond Gordon all of Washington, D. e.
Funeral services will be held at the S. H.
At Sac o. pm infst sataraas. s February a In.
terment Boston, Mass.
GORDON, JOHN FRANCIS; On Y. Thurs, M3ys
GORDON oa5 Of Of 726 726' Lowrie place ne. He
Ieaves one daughter, three sons. two step
59aF
later later. arrangements by Henry s. wash
inston g. Son.
GRAHAM, RICHARD S. Departed this
Galinger Hospital, RICHARD S. GRAHAM.
He leayss to mourn their loss one sister.
Graham; a foster daughter. Mary Mosiers-
ton; three nieces and host of other rela.
Funeral Fun Sc Services Monday. February s5. 81
SB0 SiB ana t sss Mount nw Zion ReT N EaShS SbSrh
Haynes oficiating. Interment Martinsburg,
Md. ARRANGEMENTS by the. r. N. Horton
Co, morticians' 1922 You st. NV. 20
e0FFaiS FRhSK e aRAvaNoR AVE 81 beioved husband
Of Airline Moore Gravenor, g son of Nancy
nor. Mrs. Nancy Thornton and Mrs. -Addie
Mae Trezise, Remains resting at Cham,
sstnra ssts ebpaary hons 81 Il tn 70 e serV @
ices and interment in Richmond Va.
GREEN, PAULINE S. On Saturday, Feb
ruary 24, l945 at Freedmen's Hospital.
PAULINE S. GREEN: wife Of the late John
w. Green. sister of Edwardina Bruce. step
mother of Marie Green and aunt of Nor
bert. Howard and Clinton Broughton. Also
surviving are other nephews nieces and
friends Notice of funeral later. Arrange
ments by Mcguire.
GRIMES, CHARLES HENRY, On Friday.
February %, 1945, at Garfield Hospital.
CHARLES HENRY GRIMES the beloved
husband of Gala Viola Grimes, Frederick
ave, Gaithersburg, Md, and father of
George w. Grimes, Germantown: Mrs.
Harry Unglesbee, Boyds. Nd, and Mrs.
Thomas B. Fentress of Chevy Chase, Md.
Mr.. Grimes rests at Gartner's funeral
home. Gaithersburg, Md. Funeral services
Presbyterian Church, Boyds. Nd. Inter
ment Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.
Md. 25
CUNNING, MARY A. On Friday. Feb.
North Capitol s.. MARY A. CUNNING. Pc
loved wife of the late Frank P. Cunning
and beloved mother of Mrs. Thomas L.
Bigham. Funeral from her late residence
on Tuesday, February 81, at $50 am:
thence to st. Martins Church. where mass
will be offered at 10 am. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment st. Marys
Cemetery. 26
CUNNING, MARY A.. Members of Court
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HIN E. GOETZ, Acting Commander.
MGTRONG STARR. Adjutant. 26

~ No. s5. I. 3. P. O.. Z. OF W.. i,
Brother RICHARD sMOOT from
Columbia Lodge, 301 r. I. ave
nss nnss4s, St at 2 phna' p.m Session Dsn' q .os. Or
row Saturday, February "a, at G
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DIGGS. AUGUSTUS. On wednesday,
February q, la45; at Gallineer Hospital,
Diggs, devoted brother of Mrs. Mary Spiers
of Baltimore. Md, and Albert Diggs, He
friends Remains resting at Henry S.
Washington & Sons funeral home. 467 N
st. NV, after 10 am. Sunday, February
%. High mass will be celebrs ted at Holy
Redeemer Catholic Church, New jersey and
New York aves. NV. at 9 am. Monday,
February 26 Relatives and friends in
vited. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery
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North Capitol st.. on Sunday evening. Feb.
ruary 25, at 7:30 O'Clock, and to attend
the requiem mass for the repose of her
soul on Tuesday morning, February 27, at
10 O'Clock, at st. Martins Catholic Church,
North Capitol and SITS.
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District OF Columbia. No. 2l2,
\ Catholic Daughters of America,
' are notified of the death of a be-
loved member, Mrs. MARY A.
n CUNNING, OH Friday, February
%. 1945, and are requested to
assemble for the recitation of
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Bomb Project
| Won .Deferment
For $500 Men

Draft boards throughout the
country know at last why they were
asked to defer "a substantial num-
Der" of men on faith. The atomic
bomb is their answer.
Selective service said today $500
persons in varying occupations were
deferred between January, 1943, and
June, 1915, for their work with the
Manhattan Engineer District" BY
August / of this year. the defer
ments had been reduced voluntar-
lily to $500, but the War Depart
ment still rated the project as No. /
for deferments.
Selectric service said boards were
told only that a certain man was
engaged on very important project
and full consideration" should be
given to his deferment.
In all other cases, the boards had
feams of information about what
man was doing, what he was
) working on, what the final product
would be and why his particular
skills were needed.
the Manhattan Project, all the
boards knew was their registrants
were working on something import
ant and that they were machinists,
engineers, chemists or physicists.
They knew the men were qualified
to do something but what the some
thing was they didn't know.
tions and had to be reassurred The
reinsurance was done by National
Selective Service which was acting
on faith pretty much itself. Gen.
Erally, the men were deferred.
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Ausfrians Say Reds
Attacked Women
Ry the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
VIENNA, Aug. IAN official of
the provisional Austrian govern
ment said today he had protested
rape by Russian troops in their vic
torious sweep across Austria and
was told:
Our troops are different from
the SIS. They raped our women and
killed them. We won't kill your
women"
The official commented: That's
true-they don't kill our women"
His own daughter, he said, es-
capped violence by being covered
with a blanket so that the Russian
soldiers thought that she was very
old or very i'll but a woman in the
same room was violated 40 times.
+ The Official said the Russians, en-
tering a country which spoke the
same language as the Germans,
naturally felt a desire for revenge
against the people, and this was
strengthened by the fact several
divisions Of Austrian troops fought
alongside the Germans on the east
ern front. s-. ar .a
Most Viennese profess to under
stand the revenge attitude" and
all say that the Russians now are as
well behaved as the soldiers of any
other conquering army.
Viennes say pillaging and footing
of homes of furniture and removal
OF wrist watches and jewelry still
goes on, but on a much smaller
scale.
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nothing" the Army says, "the
huge chemical plants were designed
some 10000, 00o, 900 times Jgreater in
scope"
To do this, scientists, in the mix
ing process, had to push around
fractions of micrograms within a
limit of accuracy of per cent of
l microgram. A human breath, it
was explained weighs about 10000
micrograms, while q dime weighs
2,500, 900.
Special laboratory equipment with
extremely high sensitivity had to be
designed and built to achieve this
unheard of accuracy in weighing.
Work continued on this minute
scale until early 1914, when MILL
gram amounts of material became
available Since then investigations
have continued with increasingly
larger amounts. Experiments on q
gram and then 10-gram scale were
begun later in 1914. After that the
scale became substantially larger.
The huge chemical plants were
thus designed, constructed and put
into successful operation on the
basis Of this early work with only
micrograms.
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nected with the Kaiser Wilhelm
Academy of Science in Berlin before
she became a victim Of Hitler's ra-
cial laws.
Then she fed to Denmark, where
she conferred with DR.. Niels Bohr,
Danish scientist, who assisted in
developing the bomb.
It was DR.. Neither who broke
l0-year deadlock in experimental
ton with atom bomb principles by
suggesting that If the experiments
were splitting an atom of uranium
in two approximately equal parts,
all the puzzles could be explained.
She made mathematical calcula-
tions to prove her point, and DR..
Bohr broadcast them. Inside two
weeks physicists had made the test
and proved her right.
DR.. Fride Neither said her sister
was more than so years old, and one
of a family of seven, two of whom
are in the United States. A sister,
Mrs. Rudolph Alters, is wife of a
professor of psychology at Catholic
University, Washington.
A brother, DR.. Walter Neither, is
professor of chemistry at Manchester
University, Manchester, England.
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Atomic Bomb Plants Increased
To1OBiIIion Times Test Output

illustrating the hurried develop
ment of the atomic bomb, the Army
revealed that to procure ingredients
in quantity it was necessary to de-
sign and begin construction Of chem
ical plants capable of producing the
material at q rate of 10000, 900 900
times greater than scientists had
dealt with experimentally.
The manufacturing area near
PaSco, Wash, Is subdivided into
three huge areas, and each of these
three is again subdivided into sec
tons covering miles Of ground. One
of the three main areas contains
three enormous plants where mate
rial is produced. A second has three
big chemical plants, where material
is purified and concentrated, while
the third prepares raw materials.
No more than microgram amounts
(one-millionth of a gram of the
material could be made by methods
available when the giant program
first was planned in 194l, so 1t was
necessary to work on an extremely
small scale of operation. the So
called "ultramicro scale"
"On the basis OF these bits OF
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One Developer Lost
| $40 Bet When Test
OF Bomb Succeeded

Ey the Associated Press.
LOS ALAMOS, N. Mex, Aug.
doubts as to the complete
success Of the atomic bomb on
its first test cost one of the
bombs developers a $40 bill.
Or. J. r. Oppenheimer, the
University of California physi-
cist credited by the War De-
partment with essing
atomic energy for military pur-
poses, told the story on himself.
Obviously happy. he referred
to an official release which said
an associate embraced him after
the test bomb was detonated
with aweSome results last
July 16.
That's not true" DR.. OPP
penheimer said. He didn't
embrace me. He slapped me on
the back and asked me for the
ten bucks he had bet me it
would work"
Tie scientist explained he
had wagered a certain portion
of the experiment would fail.
He added:
ct was worth losing the $40.
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IT'S, 900 Workers Kidnapped
To Build Secret Bomb Plants

family housing units, $4,000 dormi-
tory spaces, more than 5000 trailers
and 10000 hutment and barracks
spaces.
Oak Ridge, 10 miles west Of Knox
vile, is a complete city. Its 10
schools have II 900 pupils, 317 teach
ers. There is a 300-bed hospital,
many churches, Is supermarkets, 8
drugstores, theaters and countless
restaurants.
The Army says Oak Ridges
population is probably the. young
est on the average in the country,
the birth rate very high, the health
standard high and the crime record
low.
More than $4,000 pieces of con-
struction equipment were used at
the projects. Despite all of this
activity, the Army says the secret
was well kept, the head of one plant
never knowing what his neighbor
was doing.
Because of its isolation in rough,
sparsely settled region, the Wash
ington bomb plant and its new city
of $4,000 posed even tougher prob
lens in construction. The new
town, Richland Village, is is miles
northwest of Pasco, and 80 miles
away from the manufacturing plants
at Hanford Engineer Works. The
area comprising the project includes
600 square miles.
The finished plants at Hanford
are huge, rectangular structures,
300 feet long. The Army illustrates
the magnitude of the construction
job by citing the following items:
More than $4,000, 900 cubic yards
of earth was excavated; a total OF
10000 carloads of material, equal to
train 1893 miles long, were received
on the site; enough concrete was
poured to build a 390-mile high
way; excluding railroad and special
types, about 10000 tons of steel were
used in construction, enough for the
biggest battleship; enough concrete
blocks and bricks were put in place
to build 6-foot wall, 80 miles long.
Then, more than 1000 poles were
required for electric power systems,
or about the number necessary to
build a power line from st. Louis
to Chicago; the job tools were more
than $500 pieces of construction
equipment and 345 miles of perma-
nent roads were built on the site.
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Senator Calls Atom Bomb
Blow 10 Universal Draft
Ey the Associated Press.

Es Inc ASsOCl6teo Prek6.
DENVER. Aug. SENATOR john
son, Democrat, Of Colorado declared
last night that "the atomic bomb
ought to blow up peacetime con-
scription as well as bring the war
with Japan to speedy conclusion"
Senator johnson, a member of
the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee, said he had known about
work on the atomic bomb for the
last three years.
ut ought to mean the end Of big
armies, and militarism is bred from
big armies" he commented.
Some of the things the scien-
lists have found out about atomic
power are almost fantastic. The
big trouble has been that the scien-
lists have progressed faster than
the statesmen. Unless the states
men catch up, the destruction Of
mankind itself may be in sight"