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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-16
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| Base Taken
By Chi.e
KANHSIE ED
Assault Retake
All. Yer Hot
Gle

CHUNGKING, July 15.- R) -
Chinese assault troops have re-
captured the lost American airfield
at Kanhsien, $50 miles north Of
Hong Kong, the Chinese High COM
mand said today, giving the U. S.
18th Air Force an advance base
from which to lash China's Gin
vasion" coast.
Kanhsien airfield, stor1ned and
reoccupied Friday by veteran
fighters of Free China, was the
sixth former American airbase lib
Grated from the Japanese in re-
cent months. had been aban,
doned by American fliers on Jan
uary 30.
The air field lies short distance
South of the town of Kanhsien
on the Kan river zU0 miles West
of the embattled Southeastern
coastal area below Annoy. Mop
ping-up operations against Japa
nese remnants still holding out ir
the streets of Kanhsien, the mos
important highway junction ir
Southwestern Kiangsi Province
were continuing, a Chinese com.
munique said.
It was doubtful, however, that
the bomb-cratered Kanhsien field
could be put to immediate use fol
it is without communication with
the main airfields of the Chinese
interior and would have to be sup
piled by transports hopping the
Japanese corridor from Hong Kong
North to Hankow.
The main Japanese garrison o.
Kanhsien was pulling out to the
Northwest and possibly already
had reached SuichWan, the frs
of the six American airbases re
captured by Generalissimo Chang
Kaishek's forces since March.
The japanese last were reported
within IA miles Southeast of Suich
wan and also were said to be NOV
ing on Wanan, an auxiliary land
ing field Is miles east of Suich
Wan.>
Beside Kanhsien and Suichwan
the Chinese, strengthening Amer
can airpoWer on the Asiatic main
land, have taken back from the
japanese the bases at Sinfeng, ~
miles south of Kanhsien, and a
Yungning Nanning), Liuchow ane
Tanchuk, all in Kwangsi Province
400 to 470 miles Southeast O.
Chungking.
From Liuchow, Chinese forces
following in the wake of withdraw
ing enemy troops made new pro
gress along the Hunan-Kwangs
railroad and highway toward the
triple-airfield base at KWellln.
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BRADLEY LIKELY
TO SHAKE UP VA
BY MILTON MAGRUDER

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July Is UR) -
Gen. Omar N. Bradley is expected
10 give the Veterans Administra-
ton a big shake up'' when he
takes it over as Adm. nistrator on
Aug. 1, and he may put it on a
stream lined military basis, i'll
formed sources said tonight
Bradley, Commander of n e
Twelfth Army Group, is now in
Germany. He is due back early
next month to replace Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, resigned, in post
that promises to be the ''hot seat"
of the government after the war.
The Veterans Administration has
been under fire for months on
charges of neglect and mistreat-
ment of veterans and embodiment
in red tape. Bradley already has
under consideration the question
whether VA should be mill
tarized" and it's medical depart
ment headed by surgeon general
who would be an Army officer.
Such move would be revolution
ary inasmuch as the agency has
always had civilian status.
Bradley, an Army man since ne
entered West Point in 1911; will for
the first time deal directly with
pressure groups, politicians and the
potent veteran and labor lobbles
He has let it be known that he
has his own ideas and thus may
run into considerable opposition.
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1879 More Dead Japs
Found In Philippines

MANILA, Monday, July 16.-(R
An additional 4.879 enemy dead
have been counted and 608 cap
tured in mopplng up operations in
the Philippines during the last
week. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
headquarters said today.
American casualties in the same
period were 81 killed, 1915 wounded
and one missing.
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EnemyLoses
l28 Vessels
81 AIRPLANES OUT
Widespread Damage Noted
By Observers; Shore
Fire Light

GUAM, Monday, July 16.-R-
Two days of unprecedented U. S.
naval all and sea bombardment
of Japan Saturday and Sunday
cost the enemy 128 ships and 80
rIeres destroyed or damaged, vital
steel works in two cities blown
UP, one entire city burned down
and another seriously damaged,
Adm Chester w. Nimitz reported
today.
In the latest bombardment, on
Sunday, by battleships of the pow.
erful Third Fleet, more than 1000
tons of shells set off continuous
explosions and great fires in the
once-important industrial port Of
Muroran on Hokkaido Island.
The enemy offered no defense,
either aerial or naval, he said,
to this second days assaults on
the home islands by 16-inch broad
siders and carrier plane strikes,
which first were announced yes.
terday while they were taking
place.
Preliminary reports of the two
d days of carrier attacks showed
1913 japanese ships and small craft
sunk or damaged-including six
vital train ferries linking Hokkaido
and Honshu.
Most of the city of Kushiro was
burned in the first days air as.
sault, Ni.nitz asserted.
Superfortresses from the Mari.
anas Joined the coordinated blast.
ing of the empire with a SO to 75-
plane bombing of a major Honshu
oil refinery at Kudamatsu.
Despite widespread destruc.
ton" caused by the fleets delib-
crate blasting and powerful air
strikes, 'the action of these forces
brought no defensive response from
the enemy in the air or on the sur
face throughout the day. Sunday
the second day in which Japan
offered no gesture of defense ex.
cept ineffective anti-aircraft fire,
the communioue reported.
Muroran's Nippon steel plant and
| w dulSIll IL OIl WOIkS Welc eAP1Oo1ii6
and aflame after Sundays cyclone
of 16-inch shells from the battle.
ships Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin
burst upon the city, formerly un-
touched by war.
In complete reports of Sundays
carrier plane blows at Northern
Honshu and Hokkaido-again ham.
pered by adverse weather-show-
ed nine ships and six small craft
; totalling $4,000 tons were sunk and
nine ships and 80 small craft total
ling $4,000 tons were damaged dur.
ing the early morning hours alone.
Four enemy planes were destroy.
ed aground, and one was damaged.
There was no aerial interception.
: and antiaircraft fire did no damage.
Further reports from Saturday 5
carrier actions showed "a Japanese
ships and Is bages totalling 41,0O0
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-16
CHENNAULT HITS
AT CHINA CRITICS
General Says Attitude OF
Some At Home Shocks
Him Deeply

RUNNING, CHINA. July 15-P)
Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Channault,
who has resigned as commander
of the 18th U. S. Air Force, said
today he had been shocked deeply
by what he termed adverse criti-
cism of the armies and government
of China recently made by irres-
ponsible persons at home
Il think it's about time for Amer
leans to cease to be so concerned
by the mote in our neighbours eye.
he declared in a statement.
Chennault, former leader of the
Flying Tigers announced his resig-
nation yesterday, saying he would
remain until new higher U. S
Air Force command is installed in
Chunking and then return to the
United States and retire from the
Army.
His statement said that China S
armies and Generalissimo Chang
Ka1-Shek government were nc
more faultless than any others ~
II have been a witness of eight
years of war in China, and I have
the deepest admiration for the Gen.
eralissimo's courage, foresight anc
Unwavering loyalty to the cause we
SHARE" Chennault declared.
IT think it's time for us to re.
member that we owe China an i'm
mense, debt"
Chennault said that 1t. Genl Al
bert c. Wedemeyer, as command
ing general of U. S. Army forces
in China, had done a great job, =
and that the Japanese now were
being pushed back in retreat.
In his tribute to Gen. Wedemey
err, Chennault said that the ''wa1
was at low ebb here when ne
assumed command. I think I car
claim not to be easily discouraged
and even I was discouraged. He
brought his splendid energy and de-
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INVASION TERMED
U. S. BEST MOVE

WITH THE U. S. 18th CORPS,
Northern Luzon, July 15.-U.P)-A
CAPTURED japanese army captain
said today that in his opinion Jap
an could not hold out long against
an American invasion, which he
declared was 'the only quick way
to end the war"
The sooner the Allies invade
Japan proper the sooner the war
will end" he said in an interview
through an interpreter. Il don't
think Japan can hold out long. Con-
centrated air attacks might bring
surrender ultimately, but invasion
is the only quick way to end ne
war"
The officer requested that he be
called Jiro Takahashi for the pur-
poses of the interview, because that
is the Japanese equivalent of the
anonymous American John Doe. -
He did not want his family at home
to know of his disgrace.
Until few days ago TakRhashi
was in command of fighting Jap
anese infantry company. He die
not intend to be captured. He prob.
ably would have died fighting or
would have committed suicide if he
had not been stricken by malaria.
Since his captured, however, he
has had time to think about the flu
ture of Japan and the futility Of
continued resistance. In this re
spect he is typical of many Japa
nese officers captured on Northern
Luzon. who realize that the war i!
lost and earnestly want peace.
1t is his belief that practically
all Japanese now realize the wal
is lost despite the bold front put
up by military propaganda. He said
the Japanese High Command OBJ
viously erred in thinking that il
would take eight months to switch
Allied might to the Pacific once
The European war was over.
Il know the japanese people are
praying for peace and hoping that
the war will be over at the very
soonest he said. Il see no i'm
mediate prospect of re oft, but !
think the Gumbatsu military eli
que) gradually will be discredited.
Inc bombing undoubtedly is hav-
ing terrific demoralizing effect
on ciVilians.''
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THIRTEEN AIRMEN DIE

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, July IS.
-R-Thirteen men were killed
and one was injured in a crash Of
a R-29 six miles south Of Albu.
que4ue today, Col. Frank Kurtz.
commandant at Kirkland Field. an
nounced. The plane was based at
Kirkland Field.
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BOX SCORE OF FLEET
ATTACKS ON JAPAN
BY the Associated Press
JananaSp Losses

JdpduCSc AUSS(S
Vessels sunk: 81 t0talllng 3d.
900 tons. Vessels damaged: 81
totalling $4,000 tons. Planes de-
stroyed: % on the ground, l IN
the air. Planes damaged: IS on
the ground. Locomotives de
strOyed: 81.
Cities hit: Kushiro on HOnshu
burned out; Hakodate on Hok-
kaido, rail and shipping facill-
ties knocked out; Kamaishi on
Honshu. steel mills and harbor
works set aflame; Esa: on
Hokkaido, rail yards smashed;
Muroran on HokkaidO, two steel
mills, chemical works, ware
houses and other industries 'et
afire and exploded.
u. s. Losses
Nine planes and three crew
members.
Ships damaged: None.
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Judge Justin Miller
Heads Broadcasters

KANSAS CITY, July 15-R)-Jus-
tin Miller, an Associate Justice OF
the U. S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia, has been
named president of the National
Association of Broadcasters, its
board of directors announced to-
day. j..
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WEATHER
eastern Standard Time,

eastern Standard Time)
By U. S. Weather Burcau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
eAalng 1902, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
i:Soa. 70; 7:30a. &c. 1:3oo. IS: 7:30p. 40
aHlmnm 81; Minimum 10; Mean 30.
HUMIDITY
i''oa' 81; 7:30a. 35; / sop. So; 7:30p. II.
PRECIPITATION
inches. o'is '''o -'o''o
SAG inches. VIZ
TIDES FOR TODAY
?, rom the Tide Tables published by
a. Coas' and Geodedtc Survey
wi,o,;u High Low
s'oh -------------- 2:30a. 9.55a.
Nasonbo 3:1;p. 10.17p.
'oio inlet -------- R.18a. 6:25a
S,,o,is, 03p. 7.02p.
- Moonset II :55p.
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FORECAST

North Carolina-Fair in west portion
and clearing weather in the east, with
temperatures Monday. Showers in ex-
IRENE eastern section Monday morning.
Tuesday. iair and mild.
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Evening star., 1945-08-06
In mrntnrtattt

BUTLER, JOSEPHINE. In sad but low
| ing remembrance OF my dear mother, 10
| SEPHINE BUTLER, who departed this life
four years ago today, August 6, 194l.
You don't know the sorrow to be left alone
| Till God sends the MESSAGE into your home;
| 'Tis sad when He calls for one or the other.
LONELY DAUGHTER. GRACE L. JONES. .
FINCHAM, PVT. LAWRENCE W. In
memory of my beloved son, Pvt, Law
RENEE W. FINCHAM. who was killed in
action in France, August 8. 1914.
Often we pause and think Of you
| And think of how you died;
To know you could not say sood-by
Before you closed your eyes.
The blow was hard, the shock severe.
Only hsVtf those 0Sf who have law" lost ' can tell
The pain of parting without farewell.
What would ]. give to hold your hand,
. Your dear face just to see;
Your loving smile and welcome voice
That meant so much to me.
You little thought when leaving home
! That you would never return,
That you so soon in death would sleep
And leave me here to mourn.
There are griefs that cannot find comfort
And wounds that cannot be healed
There are sorrows so deep in the human
That cannot be half revealed.
When alone in my sorrow the bitter tears
flow,
There come sweet dreams OF long ago;
Unknown to others you steal to my side
And whisper, Don't cry, Nom. death cam
HIS DEVOTED MOTHER. MARGARET
| FINCHAM.
FRANKLIN, JAMES LORENZO. In mem
ory of our darling son and brother, JAMES
LORENZO FRANKLIN, who passed away
three years ago today, August g. 1942.
Forget you? No. we never will,
We loved you then. we love you still:
Your memory is as fresh today
AS in the hour you passed away.
YOUR LOVING MOTHER, STEPFATHER
AND SISTER. MR. AND MRS. MAMIE
DIGGS AND SISTER, PoRTIA.
GREEN, EARL L. In sad but loving re-
imembrance of my darling son, EARL l..
GREEN. who departed this life suddenly
thirty years ago today, August 6, 1915.
They say time heals a broken heart.
But, oh, it seems untrue;
For l lost you thirty years ago today,
And my heart still aches for you.
Keep him, Jesus, in Thy keeping,
Until I reach that shining shore:
Then. Master, let me have him
And love him as did before.
HEARTBROKEN MOTHER, FRANCES
GREEN.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Funeral for Mrs. Taylor
|WiII Be Held Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Willie
E. Taylor, 68, widow of a Culpeper
County (Va.) merchant and a
Washington resident for 18 years,
were to be held at 2:30 pm. today
at the Chambers funeral home, SIT
Eleventh street Sc. Burial was to
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. MRS.
Taylor died Friday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Wheeler of 504 Third street Sc.
A native of Culpeper County,
where her husband, William F.
Taylor, conducted a business for
20 years prior to his death in 1924,
Mrs. Taylor was a member of the
Stevensburg Baptist Church.
She is survived by Mrs. Wheeler
four sons, Fred M. Taylor of WASH
ington, George p. Taylor of Alex
andria, Va; william r. Taylor of
Arlington, Va, and John L. Taylor
of Brentwood, Md, and seven
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
In Mrntnrtant

JOHNSON, CATHERINE; WILLIAMS
SUSIE. In memory of our dear mother
three years ago, July ., l942. and a de.
voted friend, SUSIE WILLIAMS, two year,
ago. August 9, 1943.
Gone are the faces we loved so dearly.
Gone are the voices we loved to hear;
It's sad. but true, we wonder why
The best are always firSt to die.
DEVOTED DAUGHTER AND FRIEND
FRANCES PAGE, AND GRANDSONS.
SMOOT, ESTELLE M. In loving mem.
ory of our devoted daughter and sister
ESTELLE M. SMOOT, who departed this
life thirteen years ago today. August q
1882.
Called from this world to peaceful rest,
Called by God who knoweth best;
Dear in our memory she will always remain
Until in Heaven we shall all meet again.
LOVING MOTHEF- MARY A. SMOOT, AMI
BROTHER, JAMES H. SMOOT.
WASHINGTON, HARRIET. In sad but
loving remembrance Of our dear mother
HARRIET WASHINGTON. who departed
this. life one year ago today. August g.
1914.
Today recalls sad memories
OF loved one gone to rest;
And those who think Of you today
Are the ones who loved you best.
MARGARET THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
U. s. Stops Lieutenant S
Wedding by Long Distance
s- the Associated Press.

q. the Associated Press.
SYDNEY, Aug. 6.--United States
authorities stepped In yesterday and
called OF transoceanic marriage
which 1t. r. l.. Knox of Minneapolis
proposed with his Australian
financee.
1t. Knox cabled Miss Joyce Brod-
erick of Killara, near Sydney, asking
her approval of proxy wedding to
be solemnized by long distance tele-
phone.
1t. Knox said he had received ap-
proval of the Minneapolis County
Court, but United States consulate
official said "no"-neither the Army
nor United States immigration au-
thorities would recognize the mar
riage. 1t. Knox met Miss Broderick
in Sydney in May, 1943.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 8 (P.-"I
was afraid of that" said 1t. r. L
Knox OF Minneapolis yesterday when
he was informed United States au-
thorities had turned down his plan
to marry Miss Joyce Broderick OF
Killara, Australia, by long distance
telephone.
1t. Knox made his comment by
telephone from Ocracoke, N. C..
where he is now stationed.
Il haven't heard from Joyce yet,
he added, but / know she's anxious
to come to the States. She's prob
bly, as disappointed as I am"
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Military Rites Arranged
For Newmun Today
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. s.
Corpl. James E. Newman will be
buried with full military honors in
the Garden of Memories Cemetery
here this afternoon. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at pm. at the
First Baptist Church.
The body of the corporal whose
valiant spirit and fight to survive
the effects Of three years in Jap
prison camp, gained Nation wide at
tention, lay in state in a flag-draped
coffin yesterday at local funeral
home.
Messages of coincidence poured
into the Newman home, along with
letters containing money for the
purchase of flowers for Corpl. New
mans grave.
Corpl. Newman died Friday, 81
days after he had been permitted
to come home by Army doctors who
had given up hope for him.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Senator Mcclellan Urqes
0usting Of Jap Emperor

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat, Of
Arkansas, today joined the growing
ranks of legislators demanding that
Emperor Hirohito's power be de-
stroyed when Japan Is defeated.
Il regard him as no different
from Hitler and Mussolini, and he
should be dealt with accordingly as
war criminal" Senator McClel-
Ian said in a statement.
Over the week end Senator Lucas
Democrat, of Illinois, also called
for destruction of Hirohito's power
saying 1t must be wiped out IF we
are to uproot and destroy Fascism
in Japan"
Sentiment in the State Depart
ment regarding the future Of the
Japanese throne is reported divided
with some officials holding that the
United States can make use of it.
after Japan's defeat, to lead that
nation into peaceful ways.
Senator Mcclellan contended re-
tention of Hirohito would be 'in-
imical to all of the principles for
which we have fought"
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Rites Set Tomorrow
For Mrs. Robertson,
Teacher Of Indians

Funeral services for Mrs. Alma
Yeakey Robertson, 83, widow of a
Presbyterian missionary and a
former teacher in Indian Territory
and mountain mission schools, will
be held at II am. tomorrow in the
Wheatley funeral home, 800 King
street, Alexandria. The Rev. Fred
B. Poag will officiate and burial will
be in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
Ill for the past year, Mrs. Rob-
ertson died Friday at the home OF
her daughter, Miss Lora L. Robert
son of 205 Yale drive, Alexandria.
She began life a refugee from
Civil War guerrilla fighting, with
her parents in flight from Fords
Ferry, KY, to Illinois. She returned
to teach briefly in Fords Ferry, then
Travelled to the Oklahoma Indian
Territory. There she taught Choc-
taws and roomed with the family OF
a Choctaw judge. When the latter
shot white physician-apparently
with justification-she smuggled him
to a relative in Arkansas, where he
was tried and acquitted, away from
the prejudiced atmosphere of the
Indian Territory. Later she met
and married the Rev. Stephen Love
Robertson, a native of her home
county in Kentucky. who also was
working among the Indians.
For 40 years she accompanied him
on missions, teaching in high schools
and working as newspaper cor
respondent in each town. In 1917,
when his health began to fail, she
joined him in heading the Jewett
Mission School, in the hills near
Spring City, Tenn. There she rode
circuit on misunderstanding
nursing, setting broken bones and
even building coffins for the noun
taineers. Her husbands illness
brought them to Alexandria for a
year in 1925.
Since her husbands death Mrs.
Robertson lived with her daughter
in Alexandria. Although not a
member of the Southern Presby-
terian Church she taught Sunday
school in the Second Presbyterian
Church and was active in the Order
of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by seven other
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Kenneth Ivor Mckay,
Tampa Lawyer, Dies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, Aug. 6.-Kennetf
Ivor Mckay, 64-year-old native
Tampan, chairman of University oi
Tampa's Board of Trustees and ONT
of the Tampa bars most outstand.
ing members. died here early today
A director of Lykes Bros. Inc;
Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. anc
Tampa Inter-Ocean Steamship Co.
Mr.. Mckay served as chief counsel
for all of them.
AS vice president of Tampa Clear
water Bridge Co., and its legal coun-
sci, Mr.. Mckay played an active
part in the construction of the
Davis Causeway. He also handled
the company's interests during
negotiations on the spans recent
purchase with State and Federal
funds.