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Evening star., 1945-04-08
Metals Group to Meet

The Washington chapter Of the
American Society for Metals will
meet at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
Dodge Hotel. M. F. Judkins. chief
engineer of the Firthite division Of
the Firth-Sterling Steel Co., will
speak.
Evening star., 1945-04-08
Morse to Speak

Senator Morse, Republican, Of
Oregon, will address the law stu
dents of Catholic University at pm.
Thursday at Mcmahon Hall on the
campus. A buffet luncheon and re-
ception will follow at Curley Hall.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Test Pilots Make
Own Ice Cream
By Wing Method

Here's the latest Marine Corps
recipe for producing ice cream as
perfected by Leatherneck Corsair
pilots of the Peleliu-based Were
wolf" squadron:
Several waterproof 50-caliber am
munition cans.
Some ice cream mix from a rear
base.
A wind-operated stirring device
designed by a pilot.
A one-hour plane flight at 10000
feet.
According to Staff Sergt. John T
Kirby. 1923 Rittenhouse street NV
Marine Corps combat correspondent
the men got tired of waiting for
their Compromised and overdue ice
cream freezer, so they devised their
own method.
When test fight is scheduled
the engineering officer calls the
mess sergeant to prepare the mix
ture. When the plane takes of
there are several cans of the mix
attached to each wing.
Veteran pilots, tired of low-level
neutralizing strikes at nearby Jap
islands, now anxiously await oppor-
tunities to take a plane aloft for a
test hop, Sergt. Kirby wrote. You
see, the pilot Of the plane is usually
permitted to keep a can of the ice
cream for himself.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
. DC. WOMEN -
q !" UNIFORM S

Angular ISLAND.-When IL
WACS, including Pvt. Celia Arnold
of Washington, Unexpectedly landed
on Angular Island they were a pleas
ant and welcome sight to the men
stationed there who had not seen
any women in months. Their Joy
was short-hved, however, because
the WACS were flown out the next
day. Engine trouble had forced
them to land on Angular en- route to
the Philippines.
ITALY.-Pfc. Ruth M. Baker,
2440 Sixteenth street NV, spent
her Christmas in Italy visiting
American and Canadian soldiers in
hospitals. Pfc. Baker and a number
of other WACS assigned to clerical
jobs in Italy, distributed colorfully
wrapper gifts to the wounded men.
CHARLESTON, s. C.-Louise S.
Whitney. recreation staff assistant
with the Red Cross, has returned
from IA months service in England
where she helped make a home
away from home for the boys over
there"
Miss Whitney's club provided IA
cilities for sports of all kinds-rid-
ing, swimming, golf, tennis and
other sports were made available
through British cooperation. The
club provided canteen and Sleep
ing facilities for the men. Dances
were sponsored three nights week.
Miss Whitney is back in the United
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Plane S Crew Saved
From North Sea

ENGLAND.-Sergt. William M.
Rawlings, 10, of Alexandria, Va.
and an 9Th Air Force ball turret
gunner on Flying Fortress, took
an icy bath in the North Sea re-
Gently when his plane was forced to
ditch"
Sergt. Rawlings Fort, Helrs Belle
Peggy, had lost two engines just
before reaching the target for the
day, marshaling yard near Ham,
over, in Northwest Germany. Guard
ed by two Thunderbolts, the Fort
jettisoned its bombs and turned
back. Over the North Sea a third
engine began to squirt an oil storm.
Sergt. Rawlings and his crew.
mates threw out every loose object
which might endanger their lives in
"a crash landing. Meanwhile, di-
rected by radio, the plane flew
toward the nearest boat, losing aIti-
tude mile by mile. At last, Hell,s
Belle Peggy veered toward the wa
ter and struck.
The plane sank in 20 seconds. but
there was sufficient time to get free
and release two rubber Iifeboats.
Hauling each other out of the wa
ter, they waited only IS minutes for
rescue ships to reach them. Sergt.
Rawlings and his crewmates re-
ceived dry clothing and rum and
were returned unharmed to a safe
port.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
E. Rawlings, 420 Alfred street, Alex
andria. Prior to his entry into the
AAF December, l943, he was en-
ployed by the A. B. 81 w. Transit
Co., Alexandria.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Navigator Keeps Mates Alive
When Ship Is Hit Over Reich
Crew Bombs Torget
While Juggling
Bottles of Oxygen

ENGLAND.-Although he was
keeping himself alive with an emer-
gency bottle of oxygen $4,000 feet
above Germany, after two bursts of
fax under the flight deck knocked
out the supply for his section of a
Flying Fortress, Capt. Aloysius j.
Ganey, jr., 25, of Washington, sup
piled the groggy pilot and co-pilot
with oxygen and revived and kept
alive the unconscious bombardier
and top turret gunner.
During an 9th Air Force bombing
attack on marshalling yards at Bin
gen, flax hit Capt. Ganey's bomber
just as it started on the bomb run.
Flying as navigator of the lead
plane that day. he Immediately dis
covered that the main oxygen line
had been damaged.
Quickly grabbing an emergency
bottle of the gas, he brought around
the bombardier and then noticed
that the pilot and co-pilot were suf-
fering from the lack of oxygen.
He located another bottle and
handed it over to the pilots, who
used it between them. Then the
top gunner passed out.
Going to the rescue of gunner,
Capt. Ganey gave him his own bot
tie OF oxygen, now badly depleted,
and lost consciousness himself. An
other gunner rescued Capt. Ganey
with a fresh flask of oxygen. but he
in turn forced it upon the partly re-
vlved top turret gunner, and taking
back his own bottle, now nearly
empty, became faint once more.
BY this time the Fortress had
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Pilot Lands Crippled Plane
With Three Crewmen Hurt

1t. Richard D. Schwartz, formerly
OF 2737 Devonshire place NV, was
plotting brakeless, wheelless Lib
orator bomber with a shattered hy-
draulic system and an almost empty
gas tank as hf neared the emergency
landing strip. One plane had al
ready crashed on the runway.
Three of 1t. Schwartz's crewmen
had been wounded in the raid over
Vienna. The bomb bay doors wouldn't
close and hydraulic fluid spattered
the windows and interior of the
plane, making visibility and walk
ing difficult. But 1t Schwartz de-
cided to land.
The crews engineer had to crank
both the forward and rear wheels
down by hand. He raced across the
slippery catwalk above the open
bomb bay. A slip would have meant
a plunge to. death.
The radio warned 1t. Schwartz
not to attempt a landing, but it was
the quickest way to get medical aid
for his wounded crewman. 1t.
Schwartz eased the bomber earth
ward, hedge-hopped the damaged
plane lying on the runway, and rolled
his ship to stop.
1t. Schwartz's father, Bejamin
Schwartz, is consultant of the For
eign Economic Administration. 1t.
Schwartz was awarded the Distin-
guished Flying Cross for his action.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
z Local Men Help Build
Crack AirfieId in 80 Days

Twelve District men recently COM
pleted 80 months overseas with a
veteran Negro aviation engineering
battalion in the Mediterranean area,
They are:
Staff Sergt. Harold N. Irvine
629 Gresham place NV: Seret.
Clinton H. Carroll, jr., 329 Sixty
first street NE; Sergt. Albert John
son, 1249 Union street S.W.: Pvt.
Fairbanks Cobbs, 4Os1a Eighth street
S.W.; T/3 Albert Bratton. 1414
Eleventh street NV; TIA Frank
E. Lyles, 228 G street S.W.
TIA William E. Miller, lis O
street S.W.; TIA David S. Thomas,
2427 F street S.W.; TIA Theodore C.
Dlggins, 1884 Fifteenth street NV:
TIA Lorenza White, 2037 l. street
NV; T/5 Lewis P. Miles, 5O7 Ninth
street S.W., and T/5 Wesley A,
Bailey, TAB Barnes street NE.
These men landed in Africa in
June, 1912. Ordered to build an
airfield for heavy bombers in 80
days, they did it in "a days. Then.
on orders from headquarters, they
added an asphalt surface, and in
the last two days fought off para
troops who had landed in the area
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Jap-HeId Prisoner
Broadcasts MESSAGE

James wilkins, 610 K street NV.
has received the first word in over
a year Of his son, First Sergt. George
Wilkins, Japanese prisoner of war
recently moved from the Philippines
to Tokyo.
The War Department informed
Mr.. Wilkins that the message was
part of an enemy propaganda broad
cast. which had been recorded.
It said:
"This message leaves me in good
health and hope all Of you are in
the best Of health. I hope can be
with you all in the near future.
Give my regards to all my friends.
Your package arrived in good shape,
and thanks. hope Roy and Lewis
are safe at home by now. When
come home, it will be a great day
for us all. Tell Mary and the chill
dren hello for me, and I bet the
kids are big by now. I wish could
be with them and i wish you all the
best Of everything"
The Mary" referred to is sister
in-law. Sergt. wilkins is not mar
ried. The package mentioned was
sent in September, 1943, on the ex-
change ship Gripsholm. Roy Will
kins, a brother mentioned in the
is with the Federal Com
Commission here. Two
other brothers, James, jr., and Lewis,
are in the Navy and are now in
the South Pacific.
The last previous word from Sergt.
Wilkins was in November. 1943, when
his father received card.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Audience With Pope Described
In Letter From CAPT. FitzoeroId

An audience with Pope Plus XII
was related by Capt. John P. Fitz-
gerald, jr., in a letter to his mother,
Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, of 2022 CO.
lumbia road NV. He described the
sights of Rome and said the capital
was like "a combination of Wash
ington and Philadelphia"
Along with about 5000 other peo-
pie, had an audience with the
Pope" he wrote. He is quite a sur
prising person, slender, wiry and
vital. was fortunate in coming in
late, for I was seated on the front
row next to the dias upon which
rests his throne.
HE has a face both kind and
strong-pictures of him do not do
him justice. He is unmistakably
scholar, yet his face is also that of
a humanitarian.
Although his court 10 quite for
NAL, with the attendants in brilliant
uniforms designed by Michaelangelo,
when he finished addressing us lin
English, French and Italian) every
one pushed toward him. I was
showed along, too. I was able not
only a kiss his ring, but also to
speak few words with him.
Frankly, when you consider how
extremely difficult it is to get an au-
dience during peace times, think
it is extremely gracious of him to
grant daily audiences to members
of the Allied armed forces.
Rome is a wonderful city-more
like an American city than any I've
seen over here. It's clean, has wide
streets and modern buildings.
Capt. Fitzgerald wrote OF the Mus
solini Stadium as "a gorgeous group
of modern buildings with guest &C.
commodations, a wonderful GYM
nasium and the most beautiful
swimming pool. The stadium itself,
is comparatively shall, but is sur
rounded by massive statues Of every
type Of athlete, all done in marble" ;"
Most of his time in Rome was
spent in st. Peters Church in Vat
lean City, the captain wrote.
"As the largest church in the
world, it will hold $1,000 persons, I
hear. It's size staggers you. Indi-
vidually, the parts Of the church are
richly and extravagantly done, but
the church is 50 large that It looks
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Brothers Meet After 9 Years.:
Attend Mass at St. Peters

First 1t. Joseph H. Finlay Joined
his brother Robert in Rome recently
after nine years separation. The
two were last together in 1885, when
Joseph returned to America from
Italy where the Finlay family had
been living. Robert remained in
Italy to continue studying for the
priesthood
1T was in Sicily that I learned
my brother was in Rome" Joseph
later explained. when I arrived
in Rome l located him at Mondra-
gone College, near Frascati."
The two celebrated their first
Christmas together in IA wears
They had dinner and attended mid
night mass at st. Peters Cathedral
IN Vatican City. The Finlay family
dld not hear from Robert for two
years while Italy was in the war
on the side of the Nazis.
Natives of New York. the Finlavs
moved to Italy not long after the
World War. They returned to this
country in l935-all except Robert.
Joseph is a graduate of the School
OF Foreign Service of Georgetown
University He was employed at
the Department of Justice when he
entered the service. A brother, 1t.
Bernard Finlay, is bombardier-
navigator on B-29 operating in
the Far East. 1t. Finlays sister
Helen is employed at the Navy De-
partment's Bureau of Yards and
Docks. Sidney Finlay, father of the
family OF four, is now in the West
Indies. Helen and her aunt, Miss
Alice Finlay, live at 2200 Nineteenth
street N w
Evening star., 1945-01-14

States for convalescent treatment
A former teacher at Takoma- Silver
Spring Junior High School, Miss
Whitney joined the Red Cross In
July, 1943. Her mother, Mrs. w. H
Whitney, lives at 1918 Eastern ave-
nue. NV.
MIAMI, Fla.-Pvt. Elizabeth ST.
muro, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
F. Simuro, 3841 Warren street NV.
Is learning the art of wood carving
at Miami Airfield. where she is sta
toned with the WAC.
CAMP LEJEUNE, N. C.-Pvt
Eleanor E. Thompson, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Van E. Thompson
4502 Wilson boulevard, Arlington, has
completed six-week recruit train
ing course for women marines and
has been assigned to the cooks and
bakers course at the Women's Re-
serve School here.
FORT OGLETHORPE. - Pvt
Cherie Gayle Limerick, 1850 Con-
necticut avenue NV, and Pvt
Grace A. Kirby, 1888 N street NV.
are taking the basic training at the
&c WAC training center mere.
Pvt. Limerick, a graduate of Be-
thesda High School, has brother
and sister in the Army also. Pvt
Kirby is a graduate of Eastern High
and was employed by the United
States Chamber of Commerce before
she entered the WAC,
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Four Walkers in Services;
Second Gets Wings

Corpl. Thomas Walker, 49,. one Of
Alanson w. Walkers four sons who
enlisted in the armed forces, has
been home at % Allegheny avenue,
Takoma Park, Md, on 13-day fur
lough-his first in 16 months. He
recently received his engineer-gun-
ner's wings at Los Vegas, New.
1t. John A. Walker, "a, pilot of
Psi fighter, stationed in England,
recently had to bail out of his plane
and was laid up in hospital for
short time, he wrote his father.
James w. Walker, 20, seaman first
class, is stationed in Washington.
John and James both enlisted in
October, 1912.
Hugh Edward Walker, who was
sworn into the Navy on his 18th
birthday last August, is training as
a gunner's mate at Bainbridge, Md,
Mr.. Walker works as a bookbinder
for the Bureau of Enpravinp
Evening star., 1945-01-14

them the bewil- Capt. Thompson.
dered civilians crowded into their
churches and thanked God for their
good fortune. They did not know
why they were spared.
The villages-Lening, Rening and
Insming-lay along a railroad track
designated as the boundary between
Maj. Gen. Paul w. Baade's 35th IN
fantry Division and the unit on its
right.
German troops, falling slowly back
before the slogging doughboys, made
strong point out of each cluster
of houses in their line of retreat
tactics which forced almost total
destruction of those areas by the
35th Division artillery.
In the air artillery observation
planes kept watchful eye on the
three boundary villages fearful of
flanking fire on the advancing in
fantry, but neither unit was certain
which was to occupy them and each,
apparently believing the areas in
the others sector, refrained from
firing on them.
Strangely enough the Germans
elected not to defend the villages
and withdrew from each, leaving
nothing more than a roadblock or
two. BY the time it was decided
that the 35th's 320th Infantry Reg
iment should occupy the villages,
patrols from that outfit had al
ready probed them and found them
clear.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Il D. {. Men Fighting
With Rainbow Division

Twelve Washington men have
been fighting with the 168th Infan-
try, known as the Rainbow Division,
according to listing from the 5th
Army in Italy. They are:
Pfc. William F.. Lyons, 28th Bu-
chanan street NE; Pfc. Ebert E.
Borden, 1900 Argyle terrace NV;
Sergt. Ellwood Lewis, 1929 Mon-
tello avenue NE; Pfc. Arthur j.
Anderson, TITO Marlboro pike; Pfc.
John F. Mullaney, 1345 Massachu-
setts avenue Sc; Pvt. Robert E. Oh
liver, 1912 E street NE; Pfc. Warren
G. Louderback, 693 Maine avenue
S.W.; First 1t. Nelson r. Jones, Ill
First street NE; Pfc. Roy o. Sen.
ger; 1103 East Capitol street; Pfc.
John D. Kendall, jr., 1914 Cathe-
dral avenue NV; Pvt Eugene Ech-
ard, 126 E street NV, and Pfc.
Burke w. Murphy, 1908 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
Evening star., 1945-01-14

CAPT. Austermann. Howard Armstrong.
at the entrance to Leyte Gulf two
days before Gen. MacArthur's main
forces landed on Leyte Island in the
Philippine invasion.
Coast Guardsman Howard Arm
strong, seaman first class, 1910
Shepherd street NE, served aboard
the frigate which fired the first
shot.
AS they moved toward the Leyte
Gulf entrance their flagship sent a
last terse message, There are no
provisions for your return"
The frigates each chose an island
and opened fire at $500 yards
range. Army Rangers landed 20
minutes later. The two Coast
Guard-manned ships retired to the
entrance of the gulf to carry on
traffic control duties as the am
|phibious fleet moved in against the
Leyte beaches.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Back From South Pacific
Cook Finds D. G. 'ChiIIy'

Technician Fifth Class A. D.
Cook, for five years employed in
the composing room of The Star
left yesterday for st. Louis to visit
relatives after spending a portion
of his delay-in-route time here
His next address will be the Albion
Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. He will
probably return to Washington
after receiving the usual 30-day fur
Tough prior to reassignment.
Cook was an Army medic and
spent "a months In the South Pa
cific.
Sure glad to be back" Cook said
Friday. only it's just little bit
chilly around here after so long in
the tropics"
Evening star., 1945-01-14

First 1t. Frank sergt. Thibodeau.
M. Sommerkamp, 81, photo pilot,
3616 Twentieth street NE, has been
awarded the third Oak Leaf Cluster
to the Air Medal. He is stationed
in England.
The second Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Air Medal has been awarded the
following men:
Staff Sergt. Robert William Kline,
troop carrier plane ,crewman. 1914
Sixteenth street NE, now in the
European theater.
Maj. Francis H. Bonham, %, Bit
pilot A2129 Florida avenue NV, now
IN England.
Flight Ofiicer Charles E. Waters,
Evening star., 1945-01-14
CIapper's Son in Group
OF Marine Corps EnIistees

Peter r. Clapper, son of Col
umnist Raymond Clapper, who was
killed last year while reporting on
the Pacific war, was one of the
Washington area boys who enlisted
in the Marine Corps last week.
William F. Santelmann, jr., son
of the Marine Band leader, also
enlisted. His family lives at 2907
North Edison street, Arlington.
Marine Boot" Clapper, whose
mother lives at 2101 Connecticut
avenue NV, worked at The Star
as copy boy last summer. He re-
Gently attended Hill School, Potts
town, Pa.
Other enlistees are Herbert E.
Solliday, jr.. IA Fort drive, Alex
andria; Louis r. Hayden, 228 Ten
nessee avenue NE; Ward K.
McCreath, 1706 South Monroe
street, Arlington: John w. Dusin-
berre, 1914 Van Buren street NV;
Mark L. Mcmahon, jr., 1717 Hobart
street NV; Donald E. Sipe, GOT
Elliott street NE; Robert c. Miln-
gan, 4618 Harvard road, College
Park; Loren Rice, 9 Dorset avenue,
Chevy Chase, andsJames S. Austin,
ir., 1914 P street NV.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
By STAFF SERGT. DAVID C.
STEPHENSON,
2232 Massachusetts Avenue NV, ,
Marine Corps Combat Correspondent.

2232 Massachusetts Avenue NV.
Marine Corps Combat Correspondent
BOUGAINVILLE delayed. 1.-The
japanese still actively defend over
3,l60 miles of this island while AL
lied ground control extends over a
relatively small area.
These facts were graphically pre-
sented to me on a two-and-one-h half
hour reconnaissance sweep in a tor
pedo bomber piloted by Marine First
1t. Clarence A. Hess, %, of Cedar
Rapids. Iowa, an Air Medal winner
with 125 missions.
A minute after the plane left Piva
airstrip, you could see the whole
of our perimeter.
We flew low over intensely thick
jungle, hugging the tree tops to avoid
enemy fire. The only signs of life
which this correspondent observed
were a few native hutS and vege-
table gardens. wooden foot bridges
over mountain streams and a de-
serted enemy airstrip, pock marked
with bomb craters and grown over
with ltlxuriant green. Beyond the
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Japanese Still Fight Sovoge|y
In Vast Area on BouquinviIIe

American-held perimeter it looked
like deserted island.
Yet, in this almost impenetrable
jungle, thousands of ill-fed but
savagely-resisting Jap troops are
fighting Allied patrols. Marine and
Army fliers have been blasting them
out of their strongholds in the face
of heavy and often accurate anti
aircraft fire. Our air patrols daily
bomb and strafe enemy bridges, We
hlcles, supply dumps, bivouacs,
coastal guns, and radio stations. The
Japanese general maintains a head
quarters well-defended by antiair-
craft batteries.
In the past months 1t. Hess bonn
ber and one other TBF of the First
Marine Air Wing alone have de-
stroyed % bridges, 100 huts, coastal
guns and even a few Japs. These
two planes represent but one of
many Allied air patrols constantly
sweeping over hostile Bougainville.
The war has passed from the Sol
onions north and west to the Phil
ippines. Yet, even today in the
Solomons American youths are earn
ing medals and risking their lives
to find and kill Bougainville Japs.
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Col. Belts in ATC Post
At West Palm Beech

! 1t. Col. David E. Belts, former
Rockville attorney, has been as
signed as assistant chief of staff for
personnel, headquarters of Carri-
bean Division Air, Transport Com
mand, West Palm Beach. He preyi-
ously served as chief of the military
personnel division at Gravelly Point.
The Caribbean division processed
more than 5000 tactical planes dur.
ing 1914,
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Sister Flies to Brother
In Indio-Burmo Area

BURMA.-Miss Audrey Edmonds
a Red Cross representative in the
India-Burma theater, and her
brother, Capt. Carter M. Edmonds.
seldom grow homesick overseas as
they have met frequently.
After a series of several near
misses, Audrey and her brother met
IN Assam shortly after Capt. Ed
monds was reassigned. Audrey had
been in India five months before
her brother landed there. The two
had their latest meeting when Au-
drey flew nearly 200 miles to her
orother's station in Burma. Their
frequent get-togethers have been
supplemented by even more fire.
quent telephone calls.
Their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
F. Edmonds, live at 1873 East Broad
street, Falls Church Va
Evening star., 1945-01-14
Sergt. Bernard Snyder Meets
Third Relative in ItoIv

Italy will be rough place for the
Nazis if all Of the relatives of Sergt.
Bernard Snyder, who is with the
18th Air Force, ever arrive there.
So far he has met three who have
followed him and there are 10 more
in the service.
Last September he met two of his
cousins, Sergts. Alvin and Oscar
Hickman in Naples. Last month he
met a nephew by marriage, Flight
Officer Theodore Sherbow. Ted ar
rived in Italy about the first of De-
cember, according to letter re-
ceived by his wife, Mrs. Bernice
Sherbow, 5715 North Twenty-sixth
street, Arlington, Va, and was as
signed as navigator on a B-24 heavy
bomber with the 18th Air Force.
Bernie, who is attached to head
quarters group of the 18th Air Force.