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Evening star., 1945-08-03
On the Roll of Honor

physical metallurgy at the Nava'
Academy.
Pharmacists Mate SIC Wilbur
Ray Miller, 19, U. S. NJ, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Perry Miller, 6ls
Fifty-ninth avenue, Capitol Heights
Md, was slightly wounded in the
shoulder by shell fragments on Oki-
nawa May Is.
Mr.. Miller, who went into combat
on Easter Sunday, wrote his mother
that he was we'll enough now to at
tend church on Sunday. He gradu-
ated from Chamberlain Vocational
School and was employed at the
Statler Hotel before enlisting De-
cember II. 1943. He went overseas
August 7, 1914.
I Pfc. John Marshall Simmons, 81
U. S. M. C. r., the son of Maj. and
Mrs. Marshall e. Simmons, l51(
Herndon street, Arlington, was shot
in the chest by japanese rifiemar
on Okinawa June /. He Is hospital.
ized at Oakland, Calf.
His father also fought with the
Marines in the Pacific, but now il
stationed at Marine headquarter,
here. Born at Quantico, Va, Pvt
Simmons graduated from Washing
ton and Lee High School and en-
listed in the Marines three years
ago
Pfc. Anthony Joseph Faulise, 20
U. S. M. c., whose wife. Mrs. Elsie
A. Faulise, lives at 1l43 Fifteenth
street NV, was wounded twice ir
June on Okinawa and has recov.
cred from his second injury, Mrs
Faulise said.
He was hit in the head by shell
fragment June 6, was released from
the hospital June 10, and was car.
ried back again June % with cuts
on the head, shoulder, hip anc
arm, he wrote her. He left the
hospital the second time July II
and now Is on Guam.
A native of Westerly, r. l., Pvt
Faulise joined the Marines Decem.
Der 10, 1940 For two years ht
served in the Virgin Islands. He
joined the 9th Marine Division
shortly before the invasion of Oki.
nawa.
Pfc. James Gates Warren, 81
U. S. M. c. R., son of Mr. and Mrs
Jeremiah P. Warren, 50l9 Seventh
place NV, was wounded on Oki.
nawa.
A graduate Of Roosevelt High
School, he Joined the Marines last
summer and went overseas in April
He served with the lst Marine Di.
vision.
1t. Robert Lester Milius, U. s
N. R., whose wife, Mrs. Babette
Schwartz Milius, lives at 2949 New.
ark street NV, was wounded ir
action, the Navy reported. His wift
is spending the summer in Maine
neighbors said.
Corpl. Robert Hart Hix, U. s
M. G. r., whose wife, Mrs. Eta J
Hix, lives at 10 Keswick street, Gar.
rett Park, Md, also was listed a!
wounded.
Corpl. Owen Francis Farley, U. s
M. c. r., whose wife, Mrs. Glady.
A. Farley, lives at 1101 Euclid stree
NV, also was reported wounded.
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Chinese Communists
Blamed for Clashes
BY the Associated Press.

6y tue AseOCldtcu EIeoe.
CHUNGKING, Aug. 3.-Gen. Hu
Tsung g-nan, commander of the first
war zone in China, today charged
Chinese Communist troops with full
responsibility for recent armed
clashes between Communist and
National forces which resulted In
more than 100 casualties among
the National forces.
In a telegram to Generalissi.no
Chang Kai-shek, Gen. HUI said that
since the beginning Of July Com
munist forces had been instigating
insurrection among local militiamen
at Tungyunchen and Fanglichen in
the district Of Chuhua, IS miles
northwest of Sikang (Sian). Sikany
is $50 miles northeast Of Chung
king.
On July IS, Gen. HUI said, Com
munist troops launched a three
pronged drive into the Chunhua dis
trict and occupied Fanglichen. The
next day they took Tungyunchen
and the town Of chunhua. From
there they advanced in the direc-
ton Of the King River, west OF
Chunhua.
Gen. Hu said he Immediately
wired Gen. Chu teh, Communist
commander In chief. requesting him
to order q cessation Of hostilities
and withdrawal Of Communist forces
to their original positions. He said
he received no reply.
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1859 Veterans Due
lin New York Today
Aboard 10 Ships
BY the Associated Tress.

by tf1e AhnOClhteQ IesS,
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Ten vessels
bringing 1850 servicemen from Eu-
rope, including advance units of the
45th Division, are scheduled to ar
rive today.
Men of the 45th are among 2,605
GIs aboard the Sea Tiger, which
will drop anchor off Piermont, N. Y,
near Camp Shanks.
Other ships arriving: Fitzhugh
Lee, with 727 troops; Noah Webster
|704; Ethan Allen, 416: Aztec, 8;
Cornell Victory, S; Sarah Bache, 30;
Lightning, %; Zacapa, 25, and John
D. Archbold, S.
Aboard the Sea Tiger in addition
to the advance detachment Of the
45th Division, are infantry re-
organized detachments ID" and
"G";; 808th Tank Destroyer Bat
talon; Headquarters and Head
quarters Detachment, 9lst Military
Police Battalion; S37th Quarter
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Briton Fined for Fleeing
Country in Yacht
ky the Associated Press.

ES the Associated PresS. E
ST. IVES, England, Aug. 3.-Wil-
fred Weeks, 81, who fed England In
a tiny yacht for peace and quiet"
in the West Indies, was fined 80
pounds t$120 yesterday for leaving
the country without permit May
28 in defiance Of wartime regula-
tions.
Weeks, a former dentist, was try
ing to reach his dream plantation
on Tobago Island, near Trinidad
when he had to abandon his boat in
a storm. He was picked UP by q
British warship.
His lawyer said Weeks spotted
some U-boats which were later sunk
near Trinidad on information he
supplied.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
DR.. John {. Ferguson Dies;
Opened Marking University
Ey the Associated Press,

Ey the Associated Press.
CLIFTON SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug
3.-Dr. John Calvin Ferguson, 10
founder and first president of Nan.
king University in China, died to-
day. He was an adviser to several
Chinese governments. a former pub
Usher of two Chinese newspapers
and an authority on Chinese art.
DR.. Ferguson returned to the
United States in December, l943, or
the Gripsholm, after having beer
interned in Peiping by the Japanese
He spent Sc years In China, nine
years as president of Nanking ano
later as president of Nanyang Col
lege. He was a member Of the
Chinese Commission for the revision
of treaties with the United States
Great Britain and Japan In 1902-03
and a delegate to the Washington
Conference for the Limitation o1
Armaments in 1921. He also was
counsellor to the Chinese Depart
ment of State, adviser to presidents
of the republic from 1917 to 1926
and to the executive Yuan OF the
National government.
A native Of Ontario, Canada, DR.
Ferguson went to China in 1887 fo1
the Methodist Episcopal Church tc
organize Marking University.
Survivors include three sons
Charles j. Ferguson of Shanghai
now in New York; Robert M. Fergu-
son OF Boston and Duncan Fergu-
son of New York, and three daugh-
ters, Mrs. John G. Beaumont OF San
Diego, Calif.;; Mrs. Raymond @
Mackay Of Norfolk, Va, and Miss
Mary e. Ferguson Of New York
His wife died in Peking In 1888.
Burial will be in Newton Gene
terry, Newton, Mass.
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a n q g Nv e II a
wrist watch at a
d in n e r at the
5th Army Com
mand Post on
L a ke Gard q,
Italy, according
to the Associa-
ted Press.
Sergt. Parks,
who was born In
IA r d m ore, Pa,
and educated at
Villanova Col
lege, was a Navy
Y ard employe
and a licensed
embalmer before
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the war. His wife, Lillian, lives
at the Carrollburg place address
He went overseas last July ano
served with the 370th Infantry. He
was awarded the Legion of Merit
his wife said, for outstanding work
on the Gothic Line.
Five soldiers were honored at the
dinner, one from each of the five
divisions of the 5th Army. The 9TH
ers were T/Sergt. John Daniel, 85th
Division, Forest City, N. c.; S/Sergt
william r. Abrams, 88th Division
Richmond, Va; TVS Rosario v. Ler-
ma, 91st Division, Los Angeles, and
T/Sergt. William H. Eastland, 34th
Division, Pittsfleld, Mass, who waS
commissioned a second lieutenant.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Seismograph Plant Fire
Causes 100000 Damage
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, Aug. 3.-Explosions
and fire which sent flames 100 feet
into the air roared through the Seis-
mograph Service Corps plant today
causing damage estimated by Gerald
H. Westby, president of the COM
pany. at 100000.
Fire Chief c. G. Jennings said
he had not determined the cause
Of the blaze. which started in q
garage and destroyed five trucks
whose gasoline tanks were believed
to have been the source Of the ex-
plosions.
Elsewhere in the building, heavy
damage was done to supplies and
expensive seismograph equipment
some of which was to have beer
shipped shortly to South America
Evening star., 1945-08-03

master Gas Supply Company; 105th
l06th, 107th, 243d, 250th and 252d
Finance Dispensing Sections; ad-
vance detachment of 354th Engineer
Regiment; 3,185th Signal Service
Company; 738th and 739th Amphi-
bious Tractor Battalions; 26lst
506th and 514th Field Artillery Bat
talions; sl2th Hospital Center;
2,112th and 3,1l4th Engineer Pla-
toons; Headquarters Company, 64th
Quartermaster Battalion.
The Fitzhugh Lee is returning the
medical detachment of 629th Medi-
cal Clearing Company. Aboard the
Noah Webster are the 38lst, 659th,
658th and 3,400th Quartermaster
Truck Companies, and 3,l32d
Quartermaster Service Company
The Ethan Allen has 4l6 casual
troops aboard.
At Boston, the Gen. Bliss is due
today with the 1l2th Infantry
Regiment; l1sth and l3lst Evacua-
ton Hospitals. The Hyde also Is
expected with the 1,925th Ordnance
Ammunition (aviationD Detach-
ment; 334th Military Police Escort
Guard Detachment, and the 33d
Chemical Decentralization Detach-
ment.
Elements of the 92d Mortar Bat
talon are due to arrive in Hampton
Roads aboard the John Sergeant.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Administration Maps
Two Moves 10 Speed
Orderly Reconversion
BY the Associated Press.

bs inc AsboClhteo f1esE.
The administration moved in two
directions today to strengthen its
efforts to bring about rapid and
orderly reconversion Of industry.
Under the leadership of Director
John w. Snyder. the Once of War
Mobilization and Reconversion has
these irons in the fire:
/. Extension of the War Produc-
tion Boards wartime powers to
cover reconversion. This would be
done by making WPB an operating
arm Of OWMR, a step Mr.. Snyder
hopes President Truman soon will
take by means OF an executive order
q. Eventual merging Of the Once
of Economic Sterilization with
OWMR. This would eliminate one
tier from the structure of Govern
ment agencies dealing with eco
nomic controls. .-
May Be Months Away 80
The OES-OWMR consolidation
may be months away, but stabiliza-
ton officials said matters are plain
ly tending in that, direction" Pre-
sumably it would not occur until
reconversion wage and price policies
now under study by Sterilization Di-
rector william H. Davis, are de-
termined.
Once the policy course is set, these
officials say, Mr.. Davis probably
would find the merger an .appropri-
ate time to end his long wartime
service to the Government. He
formerly headed the National De-
fense Mediation Board and then the
War Labor Board.
The OWMR-WPB proposal would
enable WPB to employ its sweeping
priority powers, now used solely in
the interest Of winning the war, as
tool to shape an orderly transition
to peacetime activity.
BY operating in the civilian field
under Mr.. Snyder's directives, WIPE
thus would supply the tools ano
personnel and and OWMR the Legal
authority over reconversion conveyed
70 1t by Congress.
Jurisdiction Question.
For instance, there Is a question
whether WPB can proceed now to
set quotas on exports of consumer
goods without overstepping its war
time jurisdiction. Such action may
be necessary to prevent exports from
hurting the civilian supply at home
Similarly. WPB will have increas-
ing difficulty, as war demands slack
en- generally, in enforcing its au-
thority to allot scarce materials be-
tween one industry and another
and between one plant and another
In view of the fact that a handful
of materials-perhaps more than a
handful, If Japan collapses quickly
will continue to beshort after VI
day, reconversion planners believe
that WPB's priority powers will be
needed to steer goods and materials
into channels most likely to produce
healthy economy during and after
the transition period.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Transports Arriving
Today Bring More
Area Soldiers Home
Names of additional Washington

Names Of additional Washington
area servicemen arriving on the
transports John Sargent and Noah
Webster today and the Hermitage,
which arrived yesterday, have been
ANNOUNCED
Due at Hampton Roads, Va, to-
day on the John Sargent are: Sergt.
Harry P. Thomas, 2ols Fulton street,
Alexandria, Va, and Corpl. James
L. Smith, 1925 Thirty-third street
NV.
An additional list of men arriving
in New York on the Noah Webster
today includes S/Sergt. Preston
Hersey, 824 Second street Sc; Pfc
Leroy Brazier, a Case street NE;
Pvt. Miller Prutt, 1908 South street
NV, and IT'S George P. Jones, 7l2
Columbia road.
Aboard the Hermitage when il
docked at New York yesterday, were:
Pfc. Granville A. MCDANIEL, 1855
Thirteenth street NV; It's Stephen
J. Hellmuth, 1918 West street Sc;
T/5 Joseph Stombook, 1890 Univer-
sity terrace; Pvt. Meyer H. Abraham
406 King street. Alexandra, Va. and
T/5 Ernest w. Gorham, 10 East
Howard street, Alexandria.
BY plans to Presque Isle, Me.
came T/Sergt. Daniel E. Manning
of IL Chesapeake street S.W., and
TIA James Weikel, jr.. IS, of 5o7
I street NE.
Among 1,678 troops arriving at
Camp Patrick Henry, Va, yesterday
were: Maj. William M. Sinclair, 1920
Dent place NV; Warrant OfIicer
q. g. George w. Worshuck, 4739
Thirteenth street NV; and T/9
Dowd c. Rozelle, jr.. 920l George
town road, Bethesda, Md.
The following patients also ar
rived there yesterday: T/Sergt
Robert Allen, $40 Twenty first
street, Arlington; Corpl George B.
Brewer, Route !, Alexandria; Pfc
Wesley r. Bolton, 228 North Alfred
street, Alexandria; Pfc. Thomas r
Herman, $3.50 Rodman street; I'd
1t. Benjamin Nails, 80 Roberts
Homes, Alexandria; Tvs George
Neher, S14 Twenty-second street
NV.
Also Sergt. Enoch Nelson, 1925
Nash street; Pvt. Benjamin Poland
1850 Kalorama road; Pfc. David r.
York, 2525 Minnesota avenue; 1st
1t. Robert L. Thompson, 1927 N
Fifteenth street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Seven Die in Czech Blast;
NuziWerewoIves Blamed
by the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
PRAGUE, Aug. 3.-Seven persons
were killed and 80 injured seriously
in an explosion and fire which de-
stroyed a factor district in the
Krasne Brezno suburb Of Aussig, In
terror Minister Vaclav Mosek an
nounced today.
Mosek said there was evidence that
the fire was a German Werewolf en-
terprise and the Czech press re-
sumed a spirited campaign for ex-
pulsion Of all Germans from the
border region.
Martial law continued in the Aus
sig region, and 1t was announced
that TO Germans had been taken
into custody for their own security
Ten German workers were among
the 80 injured In the blasts and fire
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Todoys War Story
Virginia Colonel Finishes Job
|Of Cleaning Up Dochou Camp

food. For days they had lived on
the fat OF their own bodies. There
were many cases Of total amnesia.
Men and women crawled around In
q strange dream state. They, could
not tell their names or their homes.
They knew only Dachau now.
In cleaning up this mess Col. Roy's
first consideration was to save as
many lives as possible. The death
rate, almost entirely from starva-
ton, was 200 day. Some could
be fed only by human blood trans
fusions. Others, not quite so far
gone, could stand glucose injections
in the veins. It was possible to
nurse even a few Of these people
back to the point where they could
take sips of warm milk every hour
or so.
Used German Staff.
Col. Roy saw the death curve
begin to drop. First it went down
to $50 a day, then to 125. These
people were SO far gone that their
cases were hopeless from the start
Then the deaths dropped to IS q
day. The curve hung suspended
here for a time. Finally 1t was
brought down to three or four a
day and at last there was the first
death free day.
Much use was made of German
doctors and nurses-some of then
prisoners of war, some Of the staff
at Dachau, some who had beer
themselves prisoners in the great
concentration camp. They per-
formed according to the best ira
ditions of their profession, American
Army doctors say. A titanic job
was cleaning up the filth. Wehr-
macht prisoners Of war were used
for this. Col Roy put them on q
task system, with rewards for finish
ing certain jobs in minimum time
In this way work, the filthiest sort
imaginable, which it had been esti.
mated would require Is days. was
finished in 8. The former German
soldiers wanted to get out Of the
filth as rapidly as possible. Today
Dachau seems as clean as any
American Army post. 1t Is rather
pretty with tall sunflowers in bloom
around most of the buildings. The
stencil of death largely has dis
appeared, although German soldiers
still are scrubbing or 10 hours a
day in a few places to get rid OF
the sickening smell.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Todoy's Wor Story
BY THOMAS R. HENRY,

WITH UNITED STATES 9th IN
PANTRY DIVISION (by maiB -
Col. Paul A. Roy Of Hilton Village.
Va, was cleaning up his desk in the
administration building at Dachau.
He has worked himself out Of a
job-perhaps the biggest single hui
|manitarian job ever thrown on q
mans shoulders. For the two days
nobody has died in the camp hos
pital. Out Of 1000 inmates of He'll
on-the Danube when 1t first was
entered by American forces nearly
three months ago only 233 are left.
All the others who lived either have
been repatriated or moved to. re-
patriation centers. Most of those
who remain are too sick or weak to
be moved. A few have stayed as ad-
ministrative clerks and interpreters.
About so Of the sick will certainly
die. They are in the last stages OF
tuberculosis brought about by NAL
nutrition. Army doctors say there Is
no hope for them. All that can be
done is to make them as comfortable
as possible In their last days. The
excitement Of moving might shorten
their lives. The others have fair
chance of recovery, but 1t will be a
long pull. Medical men have adj
vised against moving them, for the
time being. .
Dachau's days as a concentration
camp for civilians are over and the
place is being turned over to an
other outfit as prison camp for SIS
troops. Here they are likely to re-
main for a long time among the
ghosts of the thousands of innocent
people they shot, beat, gassed and
starved to death.
Job Looked Hopeless.
When the Virginia colonel first
took command at Dachau his jot
looked hopeless. For the $4,000
anti-Nazi Germans, Poles, Russians
Czechs, Italian, French and English
prisoners death was very near
There were 500 cases of typhus. AL
the others were in various advanced
stages of malnutrition. They were
living in indescribable filth. Many
had lost their minds. They were
crazy with hunger, but they could
not eat. Their stomachs had
shrunken from long starvation SC
that there was no room In them for
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Men With 1O6 Points
To Get Priority on
Return From Italy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Aug. 3.-Gen. Joseph
T. McNarney, commanding gen.
eral in the Mediterranean thea
ter, announced yesterday that
henceforth soldiers with LOG or
more points will get top prior
ity for shipment from his thea
ter to the United States.
Heretofore. commands within
the theater made their own
choices of those with IS or more
points for immediate redeploy-
ment homeward. Now those
with the highest totals will get
first call.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Veterans Convention Set
For Charleston, w. Va.

By the Associated Press. ~.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Aug. B.
Gov. Clarence w. Meadows said yes
terday that the American Veterans
Of World War II had chosen
Charleston as the site for a national
convention this fall and had asked
him to oficiate at the gathering.
Sergt. Henry M. Burch, national
commander Of the organization
which maintains headquarters n
Orlando, Fla, did not give the date
In his letter to the Governor.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
WPB Says Times Herald
Exceeded Newsprint Quota

By the Associated Press.
The War Production Board today
charged the Washington Times
Herald with exceeding its news
print quota by 865.62 tons during
the first three quarters Of 1914 and
the first quarter Of 1o45.
WPB ordered the newspaper to
reduce Its use Of print paper below
Its permissible quota Of ais tons q
quarter, during the last quarter of
l945 and the 1irst three quarters Of
1916.
Evening star., 1945-08-03

III action, MS
family was in
formed by the
War Department
today.
Capt. Batrus,
an attorney be-
fore he entered
the Army three
and a half years
ago, also has
r e C ed the
Bronze Star for
bravery during
the fighting in
Germany.
T he citation
s-l 49,
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railway mail service prior to enter
ing the Army In July, lo42. Mrs.
Madison Is employed at the City
Post Once. 1t. Madison also is sur
uved by q 2-year-old daughter
Melva Rose. -e,,-p
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BUFFALO.-NIISSING CHILD REUNITED WITH PARENTS
Mrs John Wick earuly holds her daughter Marjorie found
yesterday Rochester Y She had been missing since July
25 when bicycle with "a grayhared man.
Detective Chief Thomas " Meegan examines jewery which
Marjorie given her John Borten 6 held in Buff
alo jail charge kidnapping the child Her father (stand
ing, right looks with detectives AP Wirephoto
Evening star., 1945-08-03
D. T.. Man Acclaimed
Outstanding G| in 92d

M/Sergt. Troy J. Parks, 20, COL
ored, 1881 Carrollburg place S.W.,
was honored last night as the out
standing soldier of the 92d Division
Evening star., 1945-08-03
fTonorro,u--Denrer.

South Africa will open new town.
ships near cities to provide more
sites for houses. i,
Evening star., 1945-08-03

peen no war plant strikes. Minnes
apolis and st. Paul not so many
years ago were known as open shop
cities. But the area has been union-
lied IN the last five years. =. =.
Signs Of Labor Unrest. ~
Fullerton Fulton, regional CIO.
director, said that while labor had.
been quiet, there were increasing
signs of restiveness. The unions
want early relief from tight war.
time wage controls and better en-
forcement of price ceilings. =
Despite the recent strides labor
has made in organizing for collec-.
tive action, there appeared considI,
cradle resistance to unions by man-:.
agements. One large employer, fac<o
ing National Labor Relations Act.
election to determine the bargain-
ing representative in his shop, was;
quoted as saying he would shut down.
the plant If the employees voted for,
the union. :
The Twin Cities were dropped to-
a group Q labor shortage area By
the War Manpower Commission and
may soon be pushed down another
notch. Cutbacks have released 12,008
workers from war jobs. There hadl
not been, however, an unemploy=.
ment problem. A number OF plantsr
have returned to the 40-hour weeks
The State not only has produced
well in its own plants. but has sent
l30, 900 workers to other parts of the.
country. Most of these were res.
cruited to Detroit and the shipyard4
and aircraft factories Of the Pacifia
Coast. They are returning now in.
large numbers, but industrialists
fear that the most skilled will re-s
main at their wartime homes. =
Evening star., 1945-03-16
Berlin Cable Restored

STOCKHOLM, Mar. is lP).-Tele-
phone communication betwee
Stockholm and Berlin, cut at 2 pm
yesterday, was restored today by a
single cable from Hamburg. The
main lines in Germany apparently
had been badly damaged in an air
raid
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