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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-19
VANISH IN THE BUSH

Once ashore, the AuSsies spread
out They spread out in a way
that YankS or British or Russians
never spread out. and they do il
so quickly and efficiently that, a
few hours after the landing. you
begin 10 wonder where the Aus
tralian army disappeared.
And once you travel inland,
through forest or swamp or jun
Gle, YOU begin 10 find out. You
are walking through q grove and
suddenly. very Unexpectedly. you
find a couple Of AusSies lying on
their bellies under a tree, looking
AT you in that inquiring way they
have.
You are Jeeping down a lonely
road with couple of Yanks who
are as apprehensive as you are,
and you hear a little cough that
makes you brake to a quick stop.
There, above you, sitting between
two rocks with his rifle across his
knees, is an Aussie. waving you
back.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-19
GREAT FIRES SEEN

EroadcaS, accounts Of the
action ,aid great fires were
spreading along the hlacked-oN
coast, particularly in the city of
Ili'aChi.
INfaChl is tho center Of the
tccnlng industrial area north 81
Tokyo site Of an important enCl-
nceyIng works that already had
been partly wrecked by B-29S
Also in the area are aircraft.
electrical, precision instrument
and radio factoric, and A complex
railway system
Tokyo broadc3Sts said the war
ships also Shclled Sukegawa. just
south of Htachl and Daieo, SO
miles farther south
Meanwhile tho SYSTEMATIC de-
struction Of Japan's merchant
fleet was going ehcad steadily.
NlmI'z reported that 80 more
enemy vessels were sunk or dam
aged IN air Sweeps over southern
japanese waters. Korea and the
China coast
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-19
COAST OPEN TO FLEET

With the japanese shore bait
tcries and their sea and air forces
Sull mySteriously silent, all Of
Japan Pacific coast appeared 10
be AZ the mercy OF Adm HalSey's
maraudlng American Third Fleet
and us British units
Led by the 45.0O0.ton dread
naught Iowa and the British
Royal navyS 35.OOO-ton King
George v a powerful segment Of
the feet steamed within SIX miles
Of the enemy shores last night 10
shell scores Of targets ranging
from - miles northeast 10 about
- miles caSt-northcast Of Tokyo.
a commun.que from Adm.
Nn'Z headquarters gave no
immediate details on the bonn
bardmcnt. but Halsoy broke radio
silence while tho attack was S'ill
on t1 report terrific destruction
aloIE The enemy shore.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
1akoma Park Legion
To Install THURSDAY

Installation of officers of Takoma
Park Legion Post No. 28 and its
auxiliary, will take place at 8 D. m
Thursday in the Takoma Park Fire
Hall. Carroll and Denwood avenues
Martin F. Iverson, retiring com
mander and recently elected vice
commander of the Maryland De-
partment, will install the following
post officers:
Willard D. Normandy, command
er; Edward F. Stadel and Sterling G
Butler. vice commanders; William
]. Heale, adjutant; Harry E. Stock
finance officer; Theodore G. Park.
man, chaplain; Charles M. Thom-
son, historian; Norval Guerrier, ser.
geant at arms; Samuel Fine, as.
sistant sergeant at arms.
Mrs. Anne Plumley, vice president
OF the Maryland Department Legior
Auxiliary, will install the followine
auxiliary officers:
Mrs. William D. Normandy, presi.
dent; Mrs. Ella D. Lewis, vice presi.
dent; Mrs. David Abercrombie, sec.
retary; Mrs. Minnie Warfield, treas.
urer; Mrs. Grace Thompson, chap.
lain; Mrs. Edwin r. Brown, histor.
ian; Mrs. Samuel Fine, sergeant al
arms; Miss Agnes Thompson anc
Miss Betty Jane Abercrombie, colol
bearers.
Joseph A. Cantrell, newly electee
Maryland commander, will speak,
Evening star., 1945-09-17
Son Of Senator Bark|ey
Discharged From Army

Maj. David M. Barkley, son of
Senator Majority Leader Barkley,
and four other men from this area
have been honorably discharged
from the armed services.
Maj. Barkley, now at his FAM
ily's home in Kentucky, was put
on inactive duty at the Fort Sam
Houston (Tex) separation center.
He had served with the Army Air
Forces since a year before Pearl
Harbor, his fathers Office said. Mai.
Barkley attended the University of
Virginia and George Washington
University before entering the AAF
Reserve in 1882. When in Wash
ington, he lives with his parents at
2l0l Connecticut avenue NV.
Others recently discharged in
clude Sergt. Jennings P. Lawrence,
1718 Fifth street NV, and 1st 1t.
Thomas Augustine, 1921 Fifteenth
street NV, at Fort Dix, N. j.; 1st
1t. Charles L. Parish, 702 Fifteenth
street NE, at Fort Sam Houston,
and Pfc. Francis N. Connor, RID 2,
Alexandria, at Boiling Field.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
B. 90. Solicitor
Attacking
Financing Plan
Half Billion Refund
Proposal Comes Up
In Federal Court
Ey the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Sept. 1.-THE Bal
timore & Ohio Railroads proposed
s500,000,000 financial adjustment
plan was up today for final hearing
before a three-judge Federal Court
few hours after the concerns gen.
eral solicitor had resigned because
he said he considered the program
''unsound."
Cassius M. Clay, general solicitor
Tor the B. g. o. since 194l, an
nounced his resignation last night,
saying he had been publicly at
tackled" in connection with the ad-
Justment plan 'for which 1t is as
sumed have participating RESPONSE
bility, although in fact my views
have been consistently ignored"
The statement was made in his
letter of resignation to B. 81 o.
President Roy Barton White, copies
OF which were given to the press.
Responsibility Denied.
Mr.. White responded that Mr..
Clay's assignment did not include
any responsibility as to the finan-
cial reorganization plan since the
company did, in accordance with
its policy, employ special counsel
with the approval of it's general
counsel"
The plan calls for issuance and
sale OF collateral trust bonds whose
proceedings would be applied to the
payment of matured notes.
A preliminary hearing July 10 and
IL, before the same three judge
court, resulted in ruling that the
plan was filed in good faith. with a
sufficient number of assets from
stockholders and in accordance with
legal requirements.
Plan Once Opposed.
At that hearing Randolph Philips,
New York financial consultant and
B. & o. bondholder, said the COM
pany would meet it's matured 1914
debts. about S84 100000, without the
readjustment plan, but company
officials, including Mr.. White, in
sisted the road could not have
met" its obligations and had ex-
hausted all means of doing so be-
fore deciding on the readjustment
program.
Banking houses, insurance COM
panies and Government agencies
had approved the plan, Mr.. White
declared.
Mr.. Clay had been railroad coun-
sci for the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. for nine years before joining
the B. & o. and had appeared for
the RFC at hearing on a similar
B. & o. refinancing plan in 1899.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
Bethesda Brothers Discharged
With Identical Point Scores

Two brothers, Sergt De Vale R.,
and Corpl. Everts L. Horton of $500
Arlington road, Bethesda, who joined
the Army Az years ago and have
served together since, received hon
orable discharges last week with
identical point scores of 113.
Both served as radiomen and
spent two years overseas in Pal
estine, Egypt, Tunisia, Sicily and
Italy. For the past IA months they
have been assigned to the commune
cations section at Dover Air Field,
Dover. Del.
Throughout their Army careers,
they have been together. When
ever one received transfer orders,
the Army assigned the other brother
to the same place.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
tuberculosis Group
Expands Program

Mass chest X-ray examination
among employees in industry, church
members and high school seniors is
among projects to be fostered by
the District tuberculosis Associa-
ton in its first year of postwar ac-
tivity, Edward K Funkhouser,
executive secretary of the Associa-
tion, announced today.
With one of its strongest pro-
grams in many years, the associa-
ton also will be active in rehabili-
tation of patients in the four tu-
berculosis hospitals here. Another
major aim is to provide informa-
tion to the general public on the
Districts diagnosis and treatment
facilities.
The association also will foster
education of hospital patients on
how best to derive the benefits of
hospital care and proper health
measures to be followed after dis
charge; provide speakers and films
on tuberculosis before community
groups; place health exhibits in
downtown and neighborhood stores;
stress health education among
parents and teachers; and UNDER
take research on tuberculosis prob
lens as they concern families on
relief as well as statistical data on
the disease in the District.
The association has added seven
new members to it's staff to help
carry this expanded program. Mr..
Funkhouser said that not since the
beginning of the recent war has the
need to tighten tuberculosis control
measures been more important He
said the full effect of wartime con-
ditions on control of the disease may
not be known for several years.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
Prince William Reports
Urqent Need Of Farm Labor

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, Sept. 17.-Farm
labor is urgently needed by Prince
William County farmers to aid in
harvesting bumper crops of hay and
corn, Frank D. Cox, county agent,
announced today.
Two crews of convicts from State
Highway Maintenance Camp No. 13,
at Occoquan, have been made avail
able to assist local farmers with
harvesting during September, but
only fraction of requests for this
service can be filled, Mr.. Cox said.
Prisoner of war aid is unobtain-
able, since earlier efforts by some
county groups to obtain this help
failed to gain sufficient support to
guarantee the required 80 per cent
employment of prisoners over a six
month period.
Mr.. Cox said record late hay Yields
are being MADE and all indications
are that there will be the largest
weld of both ensilage and filled corn
in the history of the county.
Evening star., 1945-09-17

six Board of Education teachers
who will give the ex-servicemen in
struction in six educational class
iflcations: English, science, mathe-
matics, business education, Ian
guages and social studies-history.
If the men want special instruction
in art, music or manual trades. Mr..
Vanderiip will arrange a schedule
for them in regular classes.
Can Finish in 2 Years.
Mr. Vanderlip said the men can
complete a full four-year course of
high school studies in two years and
receive diplomas. They will be cred
tied with any school work they may
have had in the service.
On the schools staff are: Mrs
Elizabeth MewShaw and the Misses
Lettie Stewart, Carol McCamman
Irene Rice, Emile White and Ruth
Stauffer. The veterans can either
start from scratch or take only SUBJ
jects in which they were weak or
lack credits.
Other men enrolled thus far are
Eugene L. Blackford %, of GIG Long
Evening star., 1945-09-17

The brothers wear the European
Theater ribbon with eight battle
stars, the Silver Star and unit cita-
ton with Oak Leaf Cluster. They
were in the 425th Bombardment
Squadron, 98th Group, which made
the famous long distance flight from
italy to Romania to bomb the Ploesti
oil fields.
Before joining the Army, the
brothers attended Fordham Univers-
ity and the Washington School of
law, although not at the same time.
They are entering Columbia Uni
versity this Fall to continue their
education.
They are the sons Of Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick w. Horton.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
Seoul, Korea Capital,
Was Education Center
Five Centuries Ago

japanese surrender of Southern
Korea at Seoul has presented
American forces with new head
quarters in an old city.
Seoul, or Keijo as the Japs called
it, became the capital of the vi
Dynasty of Korea in 1892. 1t, saw
the development of a golden age in
Korean education, science, and art.
1t was the seat of government when
the japanese invaded the peninsula
in 1892, only to be thrown back in
what was, until lately, the only de-
feat of the belligerent islanders. In
1910, when Japan finally achieved
her ambition of annexing Korea, as
a first step toward Asiatic conquest,
Seoul was made the headquarters of
the ruling Governor General
Today, Scouts public buildings,
hotels, banks and shops, its broad
paved streets and trolley cars give
1t a modern appearance, says the
National Geographic Society. It's
japanese overlords long encouraged
visitors to believe this appearance
symbolic of the progress" they had
brought to the nation.
While emphasizing Japan's de-
velopment of the city, Japanese
guidebooks stressed the medieval ano
historic aspects of Korean life, OBJ
serving that the land of the morn
ing calm was awakening to the light
of civilization" The voice of Japan
which has trouble pronouncing Is
was amusingly apparent in one de-
scription of the advantages of the
golf links of Keijo. The course was
called the golf rink"
Seoul, situated near the west.
central coast of the Korean penin.
sula. has beautiful setting and a
| pleasant. moderate climate. About
go miles up the meandering Har
River, it is framed by the black
crags and jagged peaks of neighbor.
ing hills and mountains.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
Samuel S. Weisiger
Dies After Brief Illness

Samuel Stuart Weisiger. 50, a
guard at Schuttig & Co., manufac-
turing engineers, Ninth and Kearnev
streets NE, died yesterday at Prov
idence Hospital after brief illness.
He came to Washington in 1912
from Connellsville, Pa, where he
had been i'll the mems retail cloth
ing business for II years. Previously,
he mad lived in Pittsburgh. He was
a native of Petersburg. Va.
Mr., Weisiger was a member of
Brookland Methodist Church and
OF the Royal Arcanum, fraternal
organization. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Nell Duff Weisiger, and
q daughter, Miss Marilyn B,
Weisiger, both of 3919 Ninth street
NE; sister, Mrs. Lucy Clapp,
Petersburg.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Wednesday at the Chambers
funeral home, 1400 Chaplin street
NV. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery
Evening star., 1945-09-17
United Brethren to Hold
l46th Virginia Session
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, Sept. IL
The Virginia Conference of the
United Brethren Church will hold
its 146th annual session here to-
morrow through Thursday. with
Bishop J. B. Showers of Harrisburg,
Pa, presiding. Conference boards
and committees will meet today,
when annual reports will be pre-
pared for submission to the con-
ference
An attendance of around $50
clerical and lay delegates was ex-
pected from as far south as Roa-
noke, and smaller sections or East
ern West Virginia and Western
Maryland.
The Rev. DR.. j. Paul Gruver,
Berkeley Springs, w. Va, is super
intendent of the conference: the
Rev. c. w. Hiser, Martinsburg, w.
Va, recording secretary; the Rev.
w. B. Obaugh, Roanoke, statistical
secretary. and the Rev. A. J.
Secrist, Martinsburg, treasurer.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
U-Boafs Killed 843
In Fifth District Area
By the Associated rreS

A'F the AsSoclatec reSS.
NORFOLK, Va. Sept. I7.-At least
S43 merchant seamen and naval
crewmen on merchant vessels lost
their lives when Axis torpedoes
ripped into 70 ships off the coasts
of Virginia, Maryland and North
Carolina during the Battle of the
Atlantic.
Sixty-six of the ships attacked in
the 5th Naval District territory sank.
U-boats struck close to shore, firing
torpedoes and sowing mines, and
once crowds at Virginia Beach gazed
on the drama of sinkings miles
out, in clear view from shore.
The 5th Naval District, in a re-
view of warfare in the area, said 35
tankers were among ships attacked,
most of them northbound and
heavily laden with gasoline and oil.
A huge quantity of the oil washed up
on the mid-Atlantic beaches.
The Axis campaign began in
American waters on New Year
Day, 1912, when the Panamanian
tanker NorveSs was torpedoed off
Montauk Point.
Increasing bravado became ap-
parent January 80, in the sinking
of the American tanker Rochester
The U-boat, which torpedoed her in
daylight, came up and shelled her
for an hour before sending a second
torpedo home.
The sinking of the City of New
York, with a loss of 33, produced
the only case of a baby born in a
lifeboat. The ships doctor delivered
a boy on cold March night. He
was named Jesse Roper Mohorovie
for the ship which rescued him.
Sea patrols from the air and con-
voying gradually drove the raiders
off, but slnkings continued into 1943
until 66 ships had joined the many
storm victims which gave Diamond
Shoals the name, Graveyard of the
Atlantic"
Evening star., 1945-09-17
'4Firemen Hurt
Fighting Blaze
Seat Pleasant
Grain and Paint
Warehouse Damage
Put at 100000

-Four firemen, including two serv-
lcemen serving as volunteers, were
injured Yesterday in a three-alarm
fire which swept the F. L. Watkins
Co.. Inc, grain and paint ware
house in Seat Pleasant, causing
damage estimated at 100000.
The fire, which Deputy State Fire
Marshal John M. Brown attributed
to spontaneous combustion in paint
locker in the company's feed Office
was discovered by an unidentified
motorist. The Seat Pleasant Vol
unteer Fire Department, located
about a block from the warehouse
was the first to respond.
Later fire companies from Capt.
tol Heights, Hillside, Bradbury
Heights, Riverdale Heights, District
Heights, Bladensburg and Cottage
City answered the alarm. No. 1a
Engine Company from the District
also aided. "-
Fire Spreads Quickly.
According to Mr.. Brown, the fire
which spread heavy smoke over a
20-block area and attracted hun
dreds of people from Seat Pleasant
and the District, spread quickly to
tons Of grain, coal and lumber, aided
by exploding cans of paint.
Mr.. Brown said salvage cloth
spread over large stocks of dry
goods in the front of the store saved
them from damage. He said the
branch post Office located in the
front Of the warehouse suffered only
slight water damage. The rear OF
the building, rebuilt after it was de-
stroyed in $l50,000 fire about Is
years ago, was burned out.
d. c. Fireman Hurt.
Injured in the blaze were District
Fireman Elmer L. Hall, 4118 Emery
place NV. of No. 18 Engine Co.
who was admitted to Episcopal Eye
Ear and Throat Hospital after he
was hit in the ear by stream OF
water; Benjamin L. Hayes of the
Coast Guard, former assistant CHIEF
of the Seat Pleasant company;
Machinest's Mate 1ic James PUN.
phrey, and George Maloney, all vol
unteers in the Seat Pleasant depart.
ment.
Coast Guardsman Hayes, who
was home on leave from Massa.
chusettS, was treated at the scene
for burns to the arm. Fire Mar.
shal Brown said Mr.. Hayes helped
fight the Cocoanut Grove fire ir
Boston in November, 1912.
The other two flremen we're over.
come by smoke. None were serl.
ously injured.
Evening star., 1945-09-17

fellow street NV, who spent 80
months in the Pacific with the 1st
Marine Division; Gerald M. Bohn
25, of 1921 F street NE, who was
wounded in Europe; Conrad N Car
dane, 25, of 1920 A street Sc.
Martin j. Chudy, %, of 584 South
Twentieth street, Arlington; Robert
j. Cropp, 81. of 22l E street NV;
Norman P. De Leon, %, of 3425 A
street Sc; Carl R. Farmer, "a, Of
324 Maryland avenue NE, who was
with the 45th Division for three
years; Randolph H. Hortenstine, 18,
Of SIG Quincy street NV, who was
in the Navy for nine months; Erwin
G. Hunter, 20, of 1924 Eastern ave-
nue. NE, formerly of the Navys
amphibious forces; William T. Kite
10, who served with the 18th Air
borne Division; Giulo S. Ofano, 90
of 1925 Shepherd street NV; Allan
C. Owens, l9, of 3545 Springland
lane NV, former Sd Air Wing
Marine, and Jack Satkowitz, %, OF
2402 L'Enfant square Sc. who was
still wearing his Navy uniform.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
PTA in Silver Spring
To Held Reception

The Parent-Teacher Association
OF the Silver Spring Intermediate
School will hold an informal re-
ceptlon at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
school to honor the new principal,
5. Hall Dunville, and the new
teachers.
Eleven new teachers have been
added to the teaching staff this year
making a total of 81. The first
meeting of the Parent Teacher
Association will be held October 9.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
g. n. Williams, Former
.Stute Senator, Weds

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROMNEY, w. Va. Sept. 1.-THE
marriage of former State Senator
George H. Williams of Romney and
Miss Mary Elizabeth De Witt,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
De Witt, Oakland, Md, in Old Bru-
ton Parish at Williamsburg, Va,
recently was disclosed here.
Mrs. Williams has been a member
of the faculty of the West Virginia
Schol for the Deaf for a number
of years, and will continue as a
teacher this year. Mr.. Williams, an
attorney, is member of the In
terstate Commission on the Po-
tomac River Basin.
Evening star., 1945-09-17

Board.
The award, which was won last
spring in the AFA's annual COM
petition, is being presented in
recognition of the clubs work in
starting a program of vocational
orientation for wounded veterans.
The program was started a year
ago by Mrs. Joseph B. Kavanaugh,
Alexandria. chairman of the clubs
Veterans Vocational Guidance Com
mittee. The program at Walter
Reed and Forest Glen Hospitals in
clude lectures on Jobs in Advertis-
ing,' five weeks course "Adver-
tising, selling, marketing" a discus
sion course on Job information"
and a weekly orientation course at
Forest Glen with top men in radio,
aviation, newspaper, automotive,
grocery, insurance and other indus
tries as speakers.
Last May monthly panel discus
sion on small business opportunities
was started in cooperation with the
Silver Spring Board of Trade At
each meeting three owners of small
businesses in different fields tell
how their firms started, costs of op-
Grafton, the problems faced and
what may be expected in the future.
On Friday, in cooperation with
the Hecht Co., the club will stage a
fashion show of civilian clothes, with
the patients acting as models. In
addition to giving the men the op-
portunity to get abreast with what
the well-dressed civilian will wear, !"
the show will demonstrate how prop
erly selected and fitted clothes will
serve to hide completely any of the
apparatus necessary with the wear
ing of artificial limbs.
The success of the Washington
clubs program led to it's adoption by
the Advertising Federation of Amer
lea last April. 1t was suggested to
member clubs throughout the coun-
try that they start similar programs
in neighborhood hospitals.
Evening star., 1945-09-17

\ (This is the last In series OF
articles by the Army flyer tDho
shot doln japanese Admiral
Isoroku Yamdn,oto In April,
1943.)
BY 1T. COL. T. G. LANPHIER, Jr,
United States Army Air Force.
In the next S minutes I became
a lifelong booster for Lockheed My
P-38 Lightning, aided and abetted
by a terror which gave me the
strength to kick it and throw it
around beyond all limitations, some
how got me safely out of there. The
two Japs contributed to my escape
by botching the situation.
Their extreme speed and my lack
OF it combined to make them miss.
Each time they would dive on me, l
would turn into them and their
bullets would fall behind me. After
a couple of such passes, they wised
up. One quit playing follow-the-
leader and broke off by himself to
take up a position on the opposite
side of me from his fellow. Then
they began making concerted passes
on me-
BY this time, however, they had
lost most of their original speed,
and my Lightning was beginning to
gather momentum, despite my slew
ing and skidding. All this while, I
Rugged the earth and kept heading
for home, ducking in and out of
every little gully I saw. Finally I
shot out of the mouth of one of
those gullies and into a great cloud
of dust.
Zeros Raise Dust.
I had unwittingly led my pur-
suers across a corner of the Jap
fighter strip at Kahili. The dust
was being raised by scores of Zeroes
scrambling to take off. kept right
on going past the strip and out into
the harbor. Not single aircraft,
except my two faithful followers,
Evening star., 1945-09-17
1000 Baptists 10 Count
Church Members Here

Two thousand Baptists will can
vass more than 10000 Washington
families next Sunday to enlist mem
bers of the denomination living in
the city into membership in Dis
trict church, it was announced to-
day. The drive, follow-up of the
campaign earlier in the year, is
under direction of the Rev. James
P. Rodgers, chairman of the Baptist
District Convention Evangelistic
Committee and pastor of Petworth
Baptist Church.
The announcement said each Bap-
tist church will make canvass of
its own district. The information
then will be handed to Mr.. Rodgers
committee and a tabulation made.