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Evening star., 1945-12-16

Senator Mead, Democrat, of New
York, sponsor Of Senate resolu-
tion authorizing an appropriation of
$1s5 100000 for temporary war hous-
ing for veterans, yesterday inspect
ed the war housing reuse exposi-
ton on New Hampshire avenue in
Maryland.
He was accompanied on the in
spection by Commissioner Philip M.
Klutznick of the Federal Public
Housing Authority, which will open
the demonstration January II to
show how war housing may be
"paneliZed"-thati is, moved and re-
erected for use of veterans families
and others.
While the accent is on veterans
housing, the exhibit is four-fold:
Veterans. rural, tourist and outdoor
and recreational facilities. Housing
used by war workers and barracks
from the Army and Navy will be
utilized all over the Nation under
the program, with cities, towns,
states and universities and other
educational institutions with CT stu
dents providing sites and connecting
utilities. War housing would be
moved from areas no longer needing
it to communities sponsoring It's
utilization during recorrersion. The
program is designed to bridge the
gap until civilian construction can
catch up with the market.
Dormitory Reconditioned.
Senator Mead was shown over the
site, which will be used as a labora-
tory to show interested communities
what can be done. Despite the cold,
carpenters and other workers were
busy Transforming the 20-acre tract
into a demonstration settlement
accentuating veterans homes.
The Senator saw a dormitory
used by war workers at Bridgeport
Conn, and moved here, being re-
conditioned into five apartments
Under the Federal Public Housing
Authority, the war housing is cut
into panels to facilitate shipping
and re-erected where desired.
Senator Mead also inspected a de-
mountable house shipped here from
Hartford, Conn, which was taken
apart in sections there and re-
assembled here. This is a separate
type from other war housing which
has to be sawed into panels, because
1t was not designed for transport.
| ing.
"Use What We Have"
The Federal Public Housing
Authority has developed technique!
to convert barracks and other struc.
lures into apartments and otherwise
to take advantage of bull
Evening star., 1945-12-16

"Use What We Have"
The Federal Public Housing
Authority has developed techniques
to convert barracks and other struc-
lures into apartments and otherwise
to take advantage of war-built
Evening star., 1945-12-16
Train Travel by Marines
Forbidden on Certain Days
. the Associated Press.

By the Associated FTeSS.
KINSTON, N. c., Dec. 15.-Ma-
rines Of this and other corps air
bases, homeward bound for the
Christmas holidays, are under orders
not to travel by train during GER
tain periods in which officers antici-
pate rush on rail and other travel
facilities.
1t. Col. J. r. Christensen, COM
manding officer of the Kinston Ma
rine Air Base, said so per cent Of
the base personnel here had been
issued holiday leaves under terms
of a directive which specified that
"do not travel by raip' be stamped
on each pass for certain periods
before and after Christmas.
At nearby Cherry Point Marine
Air Base, the public relations Office
confirmed the fact that holiday
leaves are being issued under such
restrictions and said the dates in
which holiday-bound Marines were
not supposed to travel by train were
December 21-25 and December g.
January 2.
The Cherry Point Office said it was
believed the system was the same
as that followed in 1914, when the
| Nation was still at war. Leaves viii
be granted separately for the Christ.
Evening star., 1945-12-16
BY SAM BOUCHARD.

ABOARD SHIP IN TOKYO BAY,
Dec. 6 Delayed)-We have been
here since October II. The war is
over and we want to get home. But
something appears to be wrong.
Moored off our portside is the
William Coddington, Liberty ship.
She has practically become land
mark in Tokyo Bay, having been
here since November II waiting for
sailing orders. At the head of her
gangplank is a big blackboard on
which is inscribed Liberty expires
at O800 tomorrow, November 1--we
sail at 0900."
When the notice was first posted
1t caused plenty Of excitement
among the crew and soldiers and
sailors who are awaiting return to
America. Everybody had a party.
Boat Is Still There.
But the boat is still here and so
is the blackboard. Every day a sad
looking fellow brings the sailing Or
der up to date. 1t now reads De-
cember 6. He marks of the days
like a man in Jail.
The skipper of the Coddington
expects his orders at any time, but
meanwhile, the boys with plenty of
points read the bulletin board,
shrug their shoulders and wonder.
Others who know they can't get
back because of lack of points, talk
of slowing away.
Two soldiers did stowaway but
finally lost their courage as the days
passed and went back to camp. The
ships crew wouldn't mind remain
ing idle if they knew they would
eventually haul anchor.
Ammunition May Be Cause.
On November II some Army pas
sengers who wanted to get on in
plenty of time, boarded the Cod
dington. After five days of pinochle
they gave up and got off in disgust.
It's hard to say what's holding
us up. Most of the boys who seem
to know say tnat a small amount
of ammunition we're carrying in
"a" hold is the cause. We picked
1t up in Manila and brought it here.
But nobody needs ammunition up
this way. They don't even want it.
Yet they won't tell us to take 1t
somewhere else or back home, or
even let us dump it overheard. So
we just sit here and do nothing.
When I first boarded this vessel
everything and everybody was pleas
ant. Now things are different
Everybody's nerves are shot.
Know what I think? Maybe all
the Liberty ships in Tokyo Bay have
been declared surplus and they for
got to remove the crews.
Evening star., 1945-12-16
Veterans
Continued From First Page. }

States than at sea or on some Pacific
island at holiday time"
In Los Angeles. the situation was
so acute that Brig. Gen. J. K. Her
bert, commanding the port, reported
that 1900 troops were being held
aboard the U. S. S. Olmstead in the
harbor for "a hours to give the stag
ing area time to clear. Gen. Herbert
said staging camps were bulging
with 1900 men awaiting trans
portation to separation centers.
Brig. Gen. Eley P. benson, COM
manding general of the Seattle
Port Of Embarkation, said that a,
Evening star., 1945-12-16
Exhibit on Veterans Housinq
Inspected by Senator Mead

Senator Mead, Democrat of New housing, Commissi
80 c...+, ..,o,, Iexplained
Evening star., 1945-12-16

support q policy which permits, -
at the December national board
meeting, attendance of active naval
officers for the purpose Of infiuenc-
ing league action"
He said that If the league "is to
become q mere mouthpiece before
the public and a legislative agent
In the Congress for special Navy
interests, 1t not only loses 1t use.
fulness, but becomes a source o1
potential danger"
Mr.. Grain, who also is a director
Of the national group, is a charter
member Of the District council.
Evening star., 1945-12-16
Leoion to Honor Hearst

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. Is F.--.
The National Executive COMMITTEES
of the American Legion voted today
to award the Legion's Distinguished
Service Medal to Publisher William
Randolph Hearst and Maj. Gen.
Claire Chennault at the 1916 Ma
tional convention.
Evening star., 1945-12-16
YMCA Activities

Today-Dormitory Mems Break
fast Club, Java Club, with service
men as guests at breakfast, 9:15 am.
Tomorrow Annual meeting
YMCA, S pm; board of managers,
$50 pm; Y's Mems Club dinner,
6:15 pm; current events, 8 pm.
Tuesday-Quiz program, 8 pm.
Wednesday-Dorm's Mems Bowl
ing League, 8 pm.
Thursday-Town Meeting Of the
Air, 8 pm.
Friday-Christmas program Of
motion pictures, pm.
Evening star., 1945-12-16

mas and New Year holidays, the
office said, with not more than so
per cent Of the personnel allowed
away from the base at any one time.
Marine base commanding officers
were cautioned. the office said, not
to grant leaves which would "over-
burden bus and other transporta-
tiOn systems.
Evening star., 1945-12-16
Star Reporter Tells
OF ! Months Delay
In Sailing From Tokyo

(Sdm Bouchard, q member OF
The Star editorial staff, was the
first reporter selected by the War
Shipping Administration as
member OF a merchant marine
creD. He underwent a regular
training course and shipped out
OF San Francisco last July on 4,
Liberty ship. The tollo,Ding is
his account OF hoiU soldiers, SAIL
orS and merchantmen, fully quail
ifed for discharge, feel about
delays In returning them to the
StdteS,)
Evening star., 1945-12-16

Build up the family nest egg with
Victory Loan Bonds. They are
Equivalent to cash on hand. yet they
pay . good rate Of interest.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Four Transports
Bring $1,000
Vets From Europe

NEW YORK. July 10. CUPD -Elev-
en- thousand veterans of the battle
for Europe were pouring into New
York Tuesday
The first of four transports. .sched-
uled to dock here before nightfall
was the Tristan Dalton, which ar
rived with 81 troops after a rough
l3 day voyage from LIE Havre The
crew reported sighting four float
ing mines in the Atlantic
Other ships arriving included the
Hermitage. with 583 aboard, includ-
ing Maj. Gen. Harold w. Blakely
and part of the fourth infantry
division; the Hawaiian Shipper with
2259 men and the Sea Pike, with
2616 men.
Troops on the Tristan Dalton in
GUIDED men of the 838th ordnance
depot company which supported
the 18th corps Of the Third army
in the battle of Germany.
Also on the Dalton were the
3463rd ordnance medium mainten-
anCc company and the nth ord
nance battalion.
Troops on the Hawaiian Shipper
included members Of the eighth in
fantry division engineers and num-
erouS smaller units
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Rain, Hail Storm
Takes Six Lives

EAS1ON, Pa. July TO- CUPD-
The bodies of four persons were re-
covered from the wreckage of a
fOur-StOry frame dwelling Tues day.
bringing to six the death toll from
a torrential rain and hail storm
that lashed a 30-mile area along
the Delaware river.
The bodies were found in the
ruins cf their home in Phillips
burg, N. j.. across the Delaware
river, where the storm caused thou
cands of dollars damage.
Police identified the dead as Mrs.
Helen SouderS. 80: her son. John,
9; Peter Newman, Sc. and Nellie
Van Norman. 54.
Thcy were killed Monday night
when a retaining wall on a 3O-foct
high embankmcnt collapsed during
the dOwnpour. The falling wall
struck the building. crushing it to
kindling.
At Coplay. Pa, John HorbOW so,
of nearby Egypt, was electrOcuted
Wien lightning struck trans
former at plant where he was a
night watchman.
Robert A. FlOrey. 38. Bethlehem.
Pa. was killed when he came in
contact with a power line as he at
tempted to clear a highway Of
fallen tree.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Penal institutions Show
Increased Population

SACRAMENTO, July 10.
(tP) Hill The population of
California prisons showed
Al increase in June for the tenth
consecutive month but the gain
was natural" Director of Correc-
TONS Richard A. McGcc reported
today.
The June 80 tCtsl was 617O. rising
since September 30 from 1924, low
point since 1927 Discharged World
War II veterans constitute II per
cent Of the present total, MCGEE
said
Norman FcntOn. chief Of the pri-
son systems diagn~tic clinic. said
doubling Cf total prison popula-
ton during the next 10 years is ex-
pCctCd but that 1T won't be because
Of q postwar crime wave" He
added that the percentage of vet
Grams does not reflect their war
time training i'll violence and
death"
The overall expansion is nat
ural Outgrowth cf California S
swollen population and trend to-
wards ndustrialization. MCGEE
eaid.
Fenton said his contention that
war violence is not being carried
over into civilian life is based on a
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Invasion Expert
Says Yanks Can
Hit Nips at Will

SAN FRANCISCO. July 10. up
Vice Adm. Daniel f. Barley
commander Of the Seventh Fleets
Amphibious forces. Iuecday pre-
GiCted that the war against Japan
would be over in II mcntks. pro
viding there's no Ietur in cur ef-
fort.
The Allies Can land an amphih-
'0uS force any pla"e in the world
Japan or the coast Of China in
cluded." Barry said
After landing on Japan the in
vaderS could secure the Glands in
less than a year the man who led
amphibiOuS forces in Gen. Douglas
MacArthurs Philippines invasion
said. ~-
Barley, who directed a total If
56 major amphi1iouc operations in
the Pacific, arrived in the United
States today enrOute to Washing
ton. D c.. where he will report to
the navy department.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Aussies, Dutch
Close In on
Borneo Oil Port

MANILA. July 10. CUPD-JapanS s
last grip on Borneos vital oil was
threatened Tuesday as Gen. Doug
las Macarthur announced Dutch
amphibiOus forces had made two
new landings on the north shore
of Balikpapan bay while Australian
troops were Wiping out trapped de-
tenders of the great Pandansari re-
finerieS
The Dutch fighters landed on
Teloktebang and Kariango penin-
sulaC, completing encirclement Of
the lower Balikpapan bay on its
eastern. western, and northern
shores.
They were opposed by determin-
ed japanese small arms fire from
the shore and from the decks of
enemy river craft
Reports reaching here indicated
the Seventh Australian Division
kolds a good portion. and possibly
all. of the Pandansari refinery. An
Australian army announcement
broadcast by Melbourne radio said
that Seventh Division troops have
advanced through sWampy country
behind the Scember river estuary
and have captured the village Of
Scember. effectively cutting off the
Japanese in the refinery area
where the enemy was being wipe
out.
japanese forces continued bat
ting desperately in the Manggar
area with Japs setting up road
blocks CT blazing "A gallon Gil
drums in an effort to halt advanc-
ing Aus sic mechanical equipment
Australian units which landed in
the Penajam area beat off a Jap
anese counterattack one mile north
of the Sesoempoe river while pa
trols moving north from PenJam
captured an enemy dump contain
ing 500 pound bombs.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Five Nazis Hanged
In u. s. Prison
For Staying Mate

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kans..
July 10. (UP)-Five German prison
erS of war whose Nazi zeal led them
to murder a fellow soldier in an
Oklahoma internment camp were
hanged at the disciplinary barracks
early Tuesday in an historic appli
cation Of U. S. military justice.
1t was the first time that an enc
my war prisoner had been executed
in the United States.
Not a single Hell Hitler," came
from any of the doomed men as
they walked about a hundred yards
across this army post from the main
detention building-known familiar
" as The CaStle"-to an old ware
house building where unique gal
lows had been set up in an elevator
shaft. Seven reporters witnessed the
executions with war department
permission.
The Germans-Walter Beyer, Ber-
thold Seidel, Hans Demme, Hans
schooner and Will Scholz-Were
found guilty by a U. S. army court
mart al at Camp Gruber, Okla. last
year If numbering Johannes Kunze,
? GelIGan prisoner whose Nazi Spir-
It showed signs of tagging.
The five were members of Rom
mel's Afrika KOrps. and from the
32-year old Boyer to the 22-year-
old. childish looking Scholz, they
displayed the iron discipline which
made that German unit famous.
1ney looked like everything but
"superman," however, despite their
military bearing as they marched
into the execution hall, stood before
Col. william S. Eley to hear war
department orders which doomed
them, and then, with black hood
adjusted. to be led by military po-
licemen to the moose.
The Staying of Kunze occurred af-
ter another prisoner at the Tonkawa
camp found memorandum. alleg-
edly written by Kunze. which Boyer
considered traitorous. Boyer order
ed all prisoners in the company
for which he was leader to assemble
IN the mess hall of the compound
at 10 pm. on Nov T. l943
At that meeting. Kunze was found
guilty" Of treason to the Third
Reich and was beaten to death
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Alien Pro perty
Law BoIStered

SACRAMENTO. July 10. up
The states power to seize alien
property holdings under the alien
land act was strengthened by two
bills signed by Gov. Earl Warren
The two measures were drawn
following recommendations made by
a senate interim committee on Jap
anese problems headed by Sen. Hugh
P. Donnelly ID Turlock.
One of the bills removes the time
limit on the states prosecution of
cases under the 1920 law. affecting
cases involving agricultural prop
crty worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Charles w. Johnson. as
SiStant attorney general. explained
The other gives the attorney gen.
eral power to instruct district at
torneys to assist in alien land law
ca Sos. Formerly the authority was
split between the two authorities.
frequently resulting in failure to
prosecute. Johnson said.
lllt StLpiit d't dlso 3lEtf Idil
the proceeds from the st3tc-seizcd
property to the county. JOHNSON
said this may expedite prosecution
in cases where the county delayed
action because it was unable to bear
the expense of court costs.
Nearly all the cases in question
involve property owned BY Japan
eSe aliens. johnson said
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
I okyo
Tdc+iics
Barred
Grew Says Nips
Hint Peace
To Split Allies

WASIIINGTON, July 10.
CUP)-Acting Secretary Of
State Joseph C,.Grew, deny
ing that Japan fss offered
to surrender, said Tue: day that the
enemy is attempting to split tie
Allies by provoking public discus
Sicn of Pacific surrender terms
He denied for the third time in
recent weeks that Japan has made
conditional surrender offers either
through official or unofficial chan
ncls."
But IN a surprise statement
WARMING against a relaxation of the
Allies unconditional surrender de-
mand, Grew acknowledged that
many alleged peace feelers" On
the part Of the Japane;e have been
reported to this government
through indirect channels.
Itemizing some Of these ''fcelcrs. "
Continued on Page 6. Column g.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
New Law Alters
Schools Set-Up

Supervision of three elementary
school districts. Imperial, Holtville
and Calipatria. will become the re-
sponsibility of County Superiptend-
ent of Schools E. L. Hiteman as a
result of a bill signed by Gov Earl
Warren, Hiteman said Tuesday.
The bill gives supervision Of dis
tricts having up to 900 students to
county superintendents who pre-
viously had jurisdiction only over
schools with up to 300 students.
Present enrolment figures for the
three affected are Imperial 484,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10

SACRAMENTO. July 10. tUPl-
A bill increasing the salaries OF five
state officials to $4,000 a year was
signed Tuesday by Gov. Earl War
ren.
Warren also signed bill making
it unlawful for employers to at
tempt to influence the political af-
filiations of their workers, and
bill requiring employers to furnish
a statement of deductions with pay
checks.
The governor pointed out that the
people at the 1914 election author
lied the legislature to increase the
salaries of constitutional officers
and that they have not been given
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Guord-SIoyer Of German
Prisoners Faces CHARGES

SALINA, Utah, July 10.
(UP)-Pvt. Clarence V. Ber~
tucci was under mental OBJ
servation Tuesday after admitting
that ne sprayed machine-gun bullets
on a group of war prisoners while
they slept, killing eight and wound
ing twenty. because he just didn't
like Germans
Col Arthur J. Ericsson, spokes-
man for the branch prisoner camp
near here, reported that Bertucci
had been unable to account for his
shooting orgy Sunday night, during
while he fired a mounted gun from
the guard tower where he was on
duty.
Ericsson quoted Bertucci as saying
that on several occasions he had
been tempted to turn the tower gun
on the prisoners and was mot at
all sorry" for what he had done.
DIDN'T LIKE GERMANS
He just didn't like Germans" the
colonel said.
NO OIIeF reason was given.
Bertucci. veteran of four and
one half years in the Army. showed
no signs of remorse, Colonel Erics-
son said. Ericsson added that de-
spite repeated questioning, the 23-
year-old New Orleans soldier had
refused to elaborate on statement
that several times while on guard
duty he had contemplated the kill
ings.
Bertucci. the officer added. ap-
parently had no personal basis for
his hatred of the Germans. The
youths Army service was limited
to noncombat duty and. as far as
was known. he had no close friends
or relatives who had been killed or
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
Race Tip Row Ends
In Three Deaths

LOS ANGELES. July &c. tUP,-
David B. Caplan, publisher Of
horse race tip sheet. died early to-
day. the third victim of a shooting
spree by Joe Newman, 10, retired
diamond broker who sought revenge
for bad racing tips on which he
squandered his $4,000 life savings
Newman entered CaplanS down
town office Monday and shot and
killed Roy Allen Walker. ST, OF Pas
2dena. Cal, wounded Caplan, AZ,
and then shot himself to death
Police found a note in Ncwmans
pocket, which read.
4 have very good reason for
this act of me doing to this dirty
rats. Dave Brennan and Roy Walk
er. They pretended o.be my best
of friends, so the money they beat
me out of will never do them any
good"
Caplan. police said. was also
known as "Longshot Dave Brennan"
and had arrest records in Cleveland,
o.. Dallas. Tex. Omaha. Nebr. and
San Francisco
Newman's daughter. Mrs Mamie
Cohan. said her father, once we'll
20 do, had lost some $4,000 of his
life savings
They apparently took him for
everything he had" she sobbed He
even had to come to me for money"
Her mother divorced him many
years ago, she said because he lost
$4,000 on one race
Some time ago he won $500 on
a race and told her he had found
some "Sure-fire" tipsters. she said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10
TOKYO BLASTED BY 1900 CARRIER PL LANES
Charter Hearing
Clears Method
For Enforcement

involved the que ton Of using
council enforcement measures to
force boundary changes over which
there may be an international dis
pute.
Sen Warren r. Aus in tRl. VT,
pointed out that the charter gives
the council authority to recommend
specific measures for settlement OF
disputes. 1niS could include a
recommendation that the boundary
between two nations be changed.
Austin raised the question of
whether the council could employ
military force to see that such a
recommendation was carried out.
Pasvolsky said tie council could
not. He conceded, however. that
cuCh a boundary dispute might lead
to eventual use of armed force by
the council
Pasvolsky's testimony also cleared
up senatorial questions on several
other asrcctg of the charter They
included the rights Of the proposed
general assembly to make recon-
mendations on international dis
putes and where the United States
would stand on tie matter Of dis
armament and withdrawal from the
organization
PacyolSky said under cross cX-
animation that the assemb' Y would
have no enforcement powers but
would have the right to make any
recommendation it desired to the
Security Council, including rec
concentrations that the council
take enforcement measures.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-10

WASHINGTON, July 10.
UP) - The methods by
which the United Nations
propose to assemble military
strength to prevent future wars
came up for review Tuesday before
the senate foreign relations COM
mittee
Continuing its appraisal of the
United Nations Charter. the CCm-
mittce turned its attention to the
provision: for joint military action
the teeth prevent future
breaches of the peace.
DR. Leo PaSvolsky, state depart
ment expert on the charter. was
called to resume tie pCint-by point
review on which he spent four and
ono-half hours at Mondays open
ing session
Unlike the covenant Of the old
League of Nations. the new char
ter cCntemplateS specific measures
for prompt action by its Security
Council. including the use Of forC ..
to prevent international disputes
from growing into war.
1t proposes that member nations
make armed forces available to the
council. particularly fast-striking
air-force contingents, and sets up
a military staff committee to ad-
wise tho council m, thp size Of force
needed and kCw it shall be en-
ployed.
One phar2 Of the terms under
which such force would bo en-
ployed was discussed at length at
the close of Mondays sessions. 1t