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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-11-15
BOY SCOUTS HOLD
COURT OF HONOR

The Boy Scout Court of Honor
was held in the Methodist church
at 7:30 Tuesday in charge of Ad-
vancement Chairman Rev. Elisha
Kneisley conducting the program
as follows: Pledge of Allegiance,
Lead by Scout Bill Wall of Troop
4; Invocation, by Rev. Kneisley.
Introduction of Court Members
and Presentation of Awards as
follows:
Second class awards were pre-
sented to Mr.. Julius Bliss, member
of the Troop Committee at Union
vile Center to Smedley Hendricks
and Eugene Cook of Troop A and
Robert Martin of Troop 101.
First class awards were present
to by Rev. KneiSley to Donald Col
Inns, James Hall, Marvin Morse,
Donald Blsis and Charles Wilcox,
all of Troop 125 at Unionville
Center, and Bill Wall of Troop 4,
Marysvile.
The Star awards were presented
by Mr.. Swartzbaugh, assistant
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33 ARE REGISTERED
DURING OCTOBER
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Springs; Carl Beard Bice Marys-
vile Route 3; Herman Charles
Rausch $50 East Fifth street
Marysville;
Paul Richard Caldwell 607 South
Walnut street Marysville; Edward
Wolford % Wood street Redwood;
Morris Naughton Snively Broad
way; William Gerald List 247 S
Maple street Marysville; Clyde
Burdette Campbell Redwood Rt 2;
Virgil Raymond Lingrell Redwood
Route ]
George Stephen Snively, Broad
way; James Clarence Pierce 797
West Fifth st Marysville; James
Kenneth Wolford 1862 East Fifth
street Marysville; Joseph Cecil
Ferrell Marysville Route l; Ed
ward Wilcox Marysville; William
James George Milford Center;
Frank Scheiderer 220 West Fif-
tn street Marysville; Delmar Clyde
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ny people knowing anything about
it.
/ could write on and on about
the people here in Area; the many
things I've learned just in the past
few days but there are things l
must get to. One, we are being ta-
ken thru National headquarters in
Washington tomorrow and / am
most anxious to see how things
operate there. You may not know
it but the National Red Cross
buildings were all built by donat-
ions from three or four individ-
ualSuals as memorials to the wom-
en- of America who so gallantly
served the nation in the Civil war
and World WarII. / think we can
all be proud of these memorials;
those women of Union county who
worked for long hours sewing gar
ments, rolling bandages and the
myriad of other things that were
asked of them are also recipients
of the honor. Do you suppose ma
ny Of them know that in their nat
ions capital there stands a monu-
ment dedicated to them?
Last Monday night l had dinner
with Mari Fisher, who was here
for a few days (by here, 1 mean
in Washington visiting Ann and
her husband. We walked around
the White House and out to see
the Lincoln acknowledgements
spring by night.
l must study now so that l can
get my recently acquired know
ledge placed properly in my mind.
l hope that things are going we'll
at home.
AS always
Margaret
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Marysville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson were unit
ed in marriage in 1915 at Washing
ton c. H. Besides their three
daughters, they have three grand
daughters, Beth Ann and Trena
Sue ANDERSON and Loretta Lentz.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mrs. Cora Conner, of East Lib
erty, announces the engagement of
her daughter, Martha Ann, to
Ralph B. Endsley, of Marysville,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ends
ley, of West Mansfield.
II IL II
ID. A. II. MEETING
The Hanah Emerson Dustin
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution met Monday
afternoon in London, as guests Of
Mrs. Perry Rowland, one of the
sponsors of the local d. A. R.
chapter. Several London D. A. R.
mebers and some state officers
were among the guest list.
Previous to the meeting, all the
ladies were Mrs. Rowland's guests
at a Turkey dinner at the Red
Brick Tavern in Lafayette.
Business was dispensed with at
the session in the Rowland home,
one of the oldest in London, since
an unusual program was given.
Mrs. James Kinney, of Columbus,
state chairman of American In
dians, gave a most interestingtalk
on Indians life today.
Following the Indian talk, which
will be given in Marysvile later
by another group of ladies, the
meeting was adjourned for re-
freshemnts.
Mrs. Rowland's twin neices, Mrs.
Louis RauSch, of aMrysville, and
Mrs. Dave Sutherland, of Plain
City, were among the guests.
MarySville members who were
present were, Mrs. Enos Bonham
Mrs. Frank Beck, Mrs. William
Coleman, Mrs. H. E. Frederick,
Mrs. Rausch, Mrs. w. E. Behrens,
Mrs. Frank Galloway, Mrs. Clar-
ence Hopes, Mrs. Sam Devine, of
Columbus, Mrs. Addie Southard
Mrs. Burl Southard, Mrs. Otis
Wolgamot, Mrs. Fay Turner, Mrs.
B. O. Skinner, of Watkins, Miss
Suzanne Raub, and Mrs. P. O..
Robinson, of Plain City, and Mrs.
Clara Kinkade.
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but oh They're so slow!

but oh my!-They're SO slow!
was surprised, the first day in
class to learn that there are five
of us here from Ohio-represent-
ing Elyria, jefferson county, Mar
tins Ferry, Monroe county and of
course, Union county. There are
three ex-secretaries from Pennsyl-
lvania tone is my roommate), three
from Indiana, one from Kentucky,
one from Maryland, one from Vir-
ginia and one from West Virginia,
making Is in all. They are of all
ages, the girls from Kentucky and
jefferson county, Indiana, and /
have the youngest Imagined All
of them are tremendously inter
ested and we have quite enlivened
bull sessions" at night in one an
others rooms. We all have that
feeling that the American Red
Cross is not just a job but an ideal
and a principle by which to live.
Actually, l don't believe anyone
could remain with the organiZat
ion many weeks without its be-
coming a part of ones very breath
ing. The tremendous scope of the
work would frighten anyone to
death if they didn't believe in it
whole-heartedly.
We've been getting it from 8
until 4:30 day after day with still
two more weeks to go. You may
not believe there is so much to be
learned My head is buzZing with
ideas! The lecturers, all admins
traitors of the different services
are superb people, having long eX-
perience with the Red Cross. The
young woman who conducted the
lecture this afternoon had just re-
turned two months ago from oV-
erseaS, Sydney, Australia and the
PHILIPPINES. She was out there ov-
er two years seeing that at least
in the Red Cross canteenS, the SOL
dierS of all the allied nations could
eat something resembling a well
balanced meal. 1t is doubtful if the
soldiers who partook of, and en-
joyed, the food, knew to what
lengths Miss Bradford had to go
to find it, and, having found it,ob-
tain the necessary volunteers to
prepare and cook it.
/ don't believe over a handful
of people in Union county knew
that their contributions to the Red
Cross were going to all parts of
the world to provide the boys with
green vegetables, fruits, milk and
other DEMONSTRATING foods. The
men, living on K-rations, on other
native dishes they could scrape to-
gether must really appreciate the
fact that these meals served at
the Red Cross canteens were made
possible by moneys the people
here at home had given freely and
willingly. To me it's a rather Won
derful thing, and only one small
part of the services the Red Cross
did, and does render, without ma
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RED CROSS HEAD
TELLS EXPERIENCES
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preston. 1t would be an idea to
persuade the TWA officials to
have one driven "once around the
park, or the city by air, before
landing.
l really don't know how to de-
scribe Alexandria. It has a long
business street, approximately 20
blocks. The establishments CbuSi-
ness, that isl do not run down the
side streets as elsewhere. Immed-
iatly off the main throughfare
king street, are the residences.
Since / could easily write. a theme
on the houses here let it suffice to
say that if l ever have the oppor-
tunity TO chose a place of residence
merely for the quaintness and
serenity of the houses themselves,
that place will be right here in
Alexandria. have fallen complete
ly in love with it. Maybe I'm house
conscious to terrific degree,
but I've never seen anything else
where l wanted as badly as l do
the wee house two blocks from my
hotel. had passed it Sunday even
ing when / took a short walking
hour before dinner. Then returned
again today to make sure it hadn't
been a figament of my imagina-
ton. It's even more charming by
day and could easily have been
constructed in dream, approXim-
ately one hundred years ago.
Truthfully, Sis, the houses are a
'never-ending source of delight and
were it not for the extremely
crooked brick sidewalks, which
make walking a chore, l could
spend all my off hours meandering
around.
The Patomic is just few blocks
from the Hotel and runs parallel
to St. Aspha St, where our Red
Gross. Area headquarters are locat-
ed. We sometimes walk along the
river to class, when we get up
early enough and don't have to
wait so long for breakfast. The
food here is really delicious and
these people know how to cook,
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scoutmaster of Troop 125, to Jerry
Kingsmore and William McCarth-
y of Troop 101 and Dale Bell,
Troop4
The Merit Badge awards were
presented by Elwood Sawyer,
scoutmaster of Troop 101 to the
following scouts Bill Wall for
swimming, Dale Bell for chemistry,
Jimmie Gibson for reading, For
rest Watkins for chemistry and
stamp collecting, all of Troop a.
Emerson Bliss for animal industry
of Troop 125, and Bud White for
life saving and Eugene Nicol for
bird study, aviation, machinery and
automobiling, both scouts being
from 101.
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0QC:::IIE Ely:

Lamoine Everhart and daughter,
Diana, Washington G. H.;
Mrs. Ina Truitt, Chillicothe; Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Orr, Mrs. Lee AL
terman and son, Garry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold DeGraw, Mrs. Chester
Wolfe, and daughters, Rosemary
and Jean Ann, all of Columbus;
Miss Mary Fisher, 1t. and Mrs.
J. w. LentZ and daughter, Loretta,
Pvt. and Mrs. A. T. ANDERSON and
daughters, Beth Ann and Trena
Sue, and Mrs. Ed Gunderman, of
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pianist Inventor

The famous pianist, Joseph Hof-
mann, invented steering device
for automobiles and built one Of the
arst steam propelled cars in Ger
many.
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Dilsaver 1O6 South Clinton street
Fleetwood; Ray Watkins Parish
Redwood Route 3; and Lorin Rich
ard Cook Magnetic Springs
Evening star., 1945-08-30
Short Says He 0beyed
Instructions, Declares
Conscience Is Clear
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex. Aug. 30.-Maj.
Gen. Walter c. Short, Army COM
mander in Hawaii at the time of the
Pearl Harbor attack, said yesterday
my conscience is clear" regarding
defense preparations in Hawaii
In signed statement, Gen. Short
said:
"On December 7, l941, was obey
ing my instructions from Washing
ton as l understood them and was
acting in accordance with the in
formation which was available to
me at that time A commander
must base his decisions on the in
formation before him at the time.
Although the entire facts are yet to
be revealed to me and to the public,
the recent statement of the Army
Pearl Harbor board shows beyond
question that there was available to
the authorities in Washington, be-
fore the attack, critical information
which was not disclosed to me and
which was vital to my decision.
My conscience is clear"
Evening star., 1945-08-30
Living Costs Increase
! Pei. in | Month

The cost of living In Washington
rose 2 per cent during the month
ending July Is over the preceding
30 days, the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics reported today.
Highest increase was in the fuel
electricity and ice group. Figures
showed 2 per cent increase in
costs in this category, brought about
chiefly by higher anthracite prices
allowed by the OPA.
Food was next, with an increase of
a per cent, despite IT per cent
drop in the general prices of fresh
fruits and vegetables. Meat prices
were 6 per cent higher than during
the preceding period and the price
of green beans leaped upward by 20
per cent when OPA controls were
abandoned July |.
Living costs in the Capital were
3O6 per cent higher than in August
1889, and 28.8 per cent above the
average of the 1935-l939 period
They have risen 2.6 per cent in the
last year and Al per cent since
President Roosevelt issued his hold
the-line' order in May, l943.
Clothing prices went up again for
the 26th consecutive month. The in
crease averaged two-tenths of / per
cent and was noticeable principally
in mems wool suits, work shirts and
WOmen'S cotton dresses. Men
business shirts showed a price de-
cline.
House furnishings showed a drop
of L per cent from the figures of
June Is. This was due largely to
the increased supply of bedroom
suites and sheets. Other commodities
in this category remained about the
same.
The bureau did not survey rents
last month.
Evening star., 1945-08-30
0ne-Man Army Found
And Freed From jap
Camp at Mukden
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-Capt. Ar
thur w. Wermuth of Chicago. who
won recognition as "one-man
Army in the defense Of Bataan by
killing ll6 japanese singlehanded
has been liberated from a japanese
prison camp, his wife, Mrs. Jean
Wermuth, said she was notified
yesterday by the War Department.
Mrs. Wermuth said the informa-
ton from the adjutant generals
office advised her that her hus-
bands name appears in a list OF
personnel at Camp Hoten, Mukden
Manchuria, dated August 26," as
reported by the American camr
commander.
/ L am very happy" Mrs. Wer-
muth said. I never had any doub,
he was safe. He may have lost q
few pounds, but 1 know he is all
right
! His mother, Mrs, Clara Wermuth
and his sister, Natalie, received the
news in Cincinnati, where Miss
Wermuth was to open a dancing
engagement tonight.
Capt. Wermuth was decorated
three times. including the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, for his
gallantry on Bataan.
/ Capt Wermuth. then a reserve
lieutenant, went TO the Philippines
six months before the attack or
Pearl Harbor.
During the war, Mrs. Wermutt
had been nurse at the Munsor
Hospital in Traverse City, Mich.
Evening star., 1945-08-30
Clio 10 Send 500 Here
10 Press Job Bill Action
by tie Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-A mass
meeting of approximately $4,000 per-
sons sponsored by the CIO voted
last night to send delegation of at
least 500 persons to Washington on
September 7 to demand immediate
congressional action on unemploy-
ment and reconversion problems.
Under the proposal of Saul Mills.
secretary of the Greater New York
C1O Council, other delegations would
be sent daily until Congress acts "on
full employment and other legisla-
ton for America"
The decision to send the delega-
tions was reached by acclamation
after an audience heard Joseph Cur
ran, president of the National Mari
time Union, declare that Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey must take a
share OF the responsibility" in meet
ing unemployment and reconvefsion
problems. Deputy Chief Police In
spector John J. MARITIME estimated
the crowd at $4,000.
The Nations failure to reconvert
swiftly is first and primarily the
fault Of the industrial and corporate
interests of America" Mr.. Curran
declared
Evening star., 1945-08-30
Truman Voices Desire
To Meet Chang

President Truman said today he
would like very much to see Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek, but
that no meeting with the Chinese
leader has been scheduled.
Such a meeting was not discussed
specifically, he said, when Nine
Chang Kai-shek called on him at
the White House yesterday.
Nine. Chang, meanwhile, left by
plane last night for China four OF
five weeks sooner than she expected
because the Generalissime says she
is needed there now"
She called at the White House
simply to pay her respects to the
President for the first time. Mr.
Truman said Nine. Chang told him
that the generalissimo would like to
meet with him, and he added that
he would like very much to see the
Chinese leader.
Before leaving for home, Nine
Chang explained that decisions
must be made Immediately and there
Is SO much work to be done" as the
Chinese government prepares to re-
claim control of the invaded coun-
try.
Her health improved, but not fully
recovered, the American educated
Mayling Soong Chang said her
New York doctors, under whose care
she has been for nearly year
wanted her to wait while longer
before returning to China.
she said she assured the doctors
that the climate of Nanking. the
capital which the Chinese govern
ment will occupy soon, is more
agreeable than that of the wartime
capital, Chungking.
Evening star., 1945-08-30
BY ELGAR BROWN.

Representing the Combined American Press
ABOARD MERCY SHIP REEVES
OFF OMORI PRISON CAMP
Tokyo Bay, Aug. 3O.-How Capt
Colin Kelly actually died in battle
was related today by surviving crew.
men of his plane. Their lips had
had been sealed for nearly four
years by confinement in Japanese
priSoner-of-war camp.
At the mention of his name tears
welled into the eyes of Pfc Robert
Altman, 26, of Sanford, Fla, just
evacuated from the vile Omori Camp
in the suburban Tokyo area. His
crew, he explained, idolized their
captain.
Altman's story was told under
dramatic circumstances. This aux
iliary, high-speed transport ano
others of the tiny mercy fleet hud-
died in the bay south of Tokyo bulg-
ing with Allied prisoners, deathly
sick, ailing and sound, brought out
during the night from their hell.
hole to relate sickening stories Oi
abuse and viciousness by sadistic
captors.
Altman was loading 50O-pouno
bombs onto the Bit as a member
OF Kellys crew at Clark Field, Luzon
on December 10, 1941. He asserted
Suddenly the Japs launched ar
air raid and we had to take off with
only three bombs. We crossed
Northwest Luzon and saw the Nips
landing party under the protective
bombardment of three destroyers
and one heavy battleship cruising
further out.
Capt. Kelly made a run over the
battleship, expecting TO see a car
rier nearby. Finding none was visi-
BILE, he returned to attack the bat
tlewagon, later identified as the
Haruna. We dropped our three
bombs in train, scoring one direct
and two indirect hits on the Ha-
runa. The second bomb struck on
the vessels bridge"
The first was a near miss aft and
the third near miss forward. he
continued. Both caused damage.
The captains skill was mapnjfi-
Evening star., 1945-08-30
HoIsey Used ? Damaged Ships
AS Bait for Jap Imperial Fleet

was choppy but three guardian de.
stroyers picked up every man.
Il felt 1t was an undue risk o1
life to keep every one on the ship,
Capt. Behrens said. we looked
for the Japs to come back and try
to finish us off"
The U. S. S. Boston took the bat
tered Houston in tow toward the
nearest port, 300 miles away But
the location of the Houston was be-
trayed by trail of oil which led
Jap torpedo planes to the attack
again on the night of October 16.
One Jap flyer put a torpedo in
the Houston's Starboard quarter
Aviation gasoline was igrited and
the buckling amidShips increased.
Stlll the ship remained afioat
The gasoline fire was eXtinguiShed
in 80 minutes. About 300 more men
were ordered overheard in life
jackets and were picked up by how
erlng deStroyerS. Stretchef case.
We're not transferred until October
10 when sea conditions permitted.
Two Navy tugs. the Pawnee and
the Current, replaced the tow ship
Boston. For two weeks a salvage
crew Of 48 officers and l46 men
Kept the Houston afioat until she
reached port at Ulithi Island in the
Carollnes. While in port the Hou-
ston sWeated out typhoon and a
Jap submarine attack on harbor
shipping
The next step in the epic journey
was to floating drydock at Manus
in the Admiralty Islands. After five
weeks in drydock the Houston mad
temporary patches and part OF her
engineering plant. which had been
under water Sc days, was back in
commission.
Under her own power the ship
proceeded to Pearl Harbor, to San
Pedro Calf: Panama and thence To
New York. She arrived at New York
March a.
The Navy announced today that
Capt. BehrenS and Comdr. George
r. Miller, Hammond, Ind, both
have received the Navy Cross
for bringing the Houston home,
Thirty-nlne Other medals, includ-
ing 25 Purple Heart awards
and 1879 letters of commentator
also were announced for crew men,
oers. Capt. Early also was awarded
the Navy Cross and more than 6C
other members of the Canberra s
crew received awards.
Evening star., 1945-08-30
Colin KeIIy's Crewmen Tell
How Famous Airmun Died

cent, to maneuver into position or
to attack. Our navigator, 1t. Joseph
Bean, observed a black wake, and
the vessel was burning from the
bridge all the way back as we hit
for our base at 10000 feet altitude. -
When the plane was kilometers
from Clark Field, Altman related
Kelly dropped to 10000 feet. Then
two Japanese fighter planes at
tackled and set the bomber afire
Immediately.
Our plane blew up in less than
one minute" Altman said. "Of our
eight-man crew Capt. Kelly never
cleared the ship, and Staff Sergt
Delehanty, right-side gunner, also
was killed. I bailed out with five
others and reached base unhurt."
He read an entirely correct YER
sion of Kelly's death in a Manila
paper, Altman insisted, and the first
time he heard the legend picturing
Kelly as the first suicide pilot,
was from lately arrived prisoners in
the Japanese camp last year.
! The young Florida radioman left
Bataan December 20, 1941, and oper-
ated a ground radio on Mindanac
until surrender brought his capture
He was moved into Japan in the
fall of l942, arriving November "a
at Kawasaki camp.
He found it "awfully rough" dur
ing his eight months confinement
there.
In that period, Is of 300 Ameri-
cans died of malnutrition and ex-
poSure. he said
! Altman arrived at Omori camr
in June, 1943. He offered no bitter
complaints against his treatment
| there.
He added. however, that II was a
regular prisoner of war. Aviators
and some others who were hated
more deeply were made special
prisoners and got atrocious abuse
l had regular job of loading box
cars and kept fairly healthy"
This happy repatriates last re-
quest was that it be made clear that
Capt. Colin Kelly, although no
suicide pilot, was a superb and
heroic combat flyer.