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Evening star., 1945-07-24
Todoy's Casualty Lists
Killed


Marine 1t. Col. Stewart Waller
King, At, a survivor of the Bataan
death march, was killed on a Jap
prison ship last December 81, when
it was sunk by an American sub
marine in the Philippine area, ae-
cording to information received by
his uncle, Marshall L. King, 212
South st. Asaph street, Alexandria
Col. King was in command of
the Marine beach forces at Fort
Hughes during the Japanese in
vasion, and was captured on the
fall of Corregidor. He first was con-
fined in the Cabanatuan Prison
until October, 1914, when he was re-
moved to Manila and later trans.
ferred to the camp at Bilibid be-
fore boarding the Inflated prisoner
transport.
Born in Alexandria, Col. King was
the son of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank T. King, Alexandria. He at
tended shcools IN Alexandria and
was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1919. Col. Kings widow,
Mrs. Mary Louise King, now Is liv-
ing in Florida. Besides Mrs. King
and his uncle, Col. King is survived
by two brothers, 1t. Col. Charles W.
King, who is with the Army Air
Forces overseas, and Arthur M
King of Alexandria and a sister,
Mrs. William B. Bailey Of Alexan-
dria.
Marine Corpl. John Joseph Crum-
ley, whose wife, Mrs. Julia M. Crum-
ley, lives at 1702 Kilbourne place
NV, was killed June 18 on Oki-
nawa, according to Navy Depart
ment casualty list today.
Overseas since early January, the
29-year- -old Marine entered the serv-
ice shortly after Pearl Harbor. He
was born and reared in Newark, N
j., and was stationed here for a
year. Mrs. Crumley lives with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William s.
Johnson, and is employed at the
Tivoli Theater.
Herman C. Johnson, steward &c,
20, has been declared dead, the
Navy Department announced today
He is the son of Mrs. Mamie Gary
2115 N street NV. He was taking
part in the Normandy invasion
when he was reported missing in
action in June, 1914. He was born
and reared in Mount Airy, N. c.,
and in February, 1912, came to
Washington, where he was employed
in the California Kitchen. He was
inducted into the Navy in Novem-
bef, l943, and was sent overseas in
May, 1914.
Marine CorpI. Stanley w. Pierson,
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NE, he has been overseas since
April, 1914, and in the Marine Corps
since August, l943. He returned tc
active duty on June 18.
He was a student at Mckinley
High School when he entered the
Marine Corps.
Master Gunnery Sergt. James O
Souders, 81, of the Marine Corps
was wounded April 16 on Okinawa
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guthrie
H. Soude1s, 2418 G street NV, were
notified.
Listed on Navy casualty release
today, Sergt. Souders suffered arm
side and leg wounds, according tc
his brother, Gene T Souders, but
returned to duty shortly after
ward. He enlisted in the Marine
Corps approximately 10 years age
and has been overseas the last &c
Souders is in England.
He was born in Falls Church, Va.
and attended high school there. An
other brother, Corpl. Guthrie E
Souder, is in England,
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Commercial Fishermen
Assured More Netting

Commercial fishermen will be able
to procure an increased supply Of
seine netting as a result OF reduced
demand for netting by the armed
forces, the War Production Board
said today.
Since the amount available during
the second half Of this year viii be
greater than before the war, It will
help meet the current need for
more netting to increase the Ma
TONS fish supply, the agency added.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Floor Manufacturer
Found Shot to Deoth
BY the Associated Press,

by tne ASSociated PfeSS.
MEMPHIS, July 24.-Robert G.
Bruce, so, president OF E. L. Bruce
Co. here, which claims tc oe the
worlds largest hardwood floor man.
ufacturing firm, was found dead at
his home yesterday.
Police Inspector Pete Wiebenga,
head Of the Homicide Bureau, said
Mr.. Bruce had been shot In the
mouth with q .38-caliber pistol. The
gun was found nearby.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
500 More Men Land;
Two Sick Yanks Flown
From Ship 10 Hospital
~ the Associatee Press.

Fy the Associater Press.
NEW YORK, July 24.-More than
500 troops came home today on the
Liberty ship Ward Hunt, vanguard
Of six transports and a five-ship
LIST fiotilla arriving in New York
harbor with a total of 2,233 Amer
ican troops, 1913 Navy personnel
and 274 Dutch marines.
Transfer 200 miles at sea yester-
day of two seriously i'll soldiers
from the Ward Hunt to seaplane,
which took them to Quonset (R. -
air base, marked the ships l3-day
voyage.
1t. Clarence M. Bell Of Mercer
Island, Wash, transport commander,
identified the men as Ti5 John H.
Bonner, colored combat engineer CT
Escambia County, Fla, who suffered
a fractured left foot while on duty,
and TIA Cecil w. Boucher of Lewis
ton, Me-, who had acute appenoi-
citis.
Troops from the Hunt we're taken
to Camp Kilmer, N. J. Some will
be reassigned and others discharged.
Other transports arriving were
the James w. Riley with 573 troops;
Mormaclark, Is; Mormacmoon, $50:
Thomas Hart Benton, 463, and Fred
erick Ives, 8. The LIST grou9, first
20 enter New York Harbor since We
day. will carry 28 repatriated war
prisoners.
The following units are scheduled
to arrive in Boston today:
153d Finance Disbursing Section,
66th Replacement Battalion. 443d
and 440th Military Police Prisoner
of War Procurement Companies,
313th Quartermaster Service Com
pany, and the 396th and 397th Quar-
termaster Truck Companies.
The following Army units arrived
yesterday:
AT New York-67th Armored In
fantry Battalion, 46th Tank Bat
talon, 124th Armored Engineering
Battalion and an ordnance detach-
ment of the 135th Armored Ord
nance Maintenance Battalion-all
units of the 18th Armored Division.
At Hampton Roads, Va.-Elements
of the 497th Armored Field Artillery
Battalion, 498th Armored Field Ar
tillery Battalion, oath Tank Bat
talon, 83d Armored Medical Bat
talon, 482d Medical Correcting
Company, 31st Medical Depot Com
pany, advance detachment of the
157th Ordnance, advance detach-
!. ment of the 18th Infantry Division,
, headquarters company of the 9Th
!, Engineers, 18th Armored Division
Combat Command, headquarters
. and headquarters company Of the
I 18th Division, headquarters and
: headquarters battery of the 18th
| Armored Division Artillery, head
quarters and headquarters company
) Of the 18th Armored Division Trains,
! 153d Arnored Signal Company
: 496th Armored Field Artillery Bat
; talon, 10Th Armored Infantry Bat
talon, 59th Armored Infantry Bat
talon, base service squadron and
SAITH Air Service Group.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Soldiers Lose First Move
To Keep Polish Stowaway
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July 24.-The men
Of Battery c of the 38th Field Artil-
lery, I'd Infantry Division, yesterday
lost the first round of their move tc
keep Joseph Eugene Paremba, IL
their duffle-bag stowaway from
Poland, in the United States.
w. Frank Watkins, district director
of immigration and Naturalization
said board of special inquiry hao
excluded the lad from the country
but that an appeal had been taker
to the Attorney General who, he
said, could admit the hoy.
Battery G brought young Parembs
to America last Friday, declaring he
had joined the outfit and had fought
beside them in Europe for months
The battery collected more thar
81 900 for him, so he wouldn't be
classified as pauper, and then one
of them, Corpl. Leroy Hitchey, Tulsa
Okla, a former school teacher
agreed to adopt him.
Officers of the battery aided the
men in carrying their case to the
immigration authorities.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Ritchey was re-
ported to be on her way east to aid
in the proposed adoption.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Jap Communications
In Kwangsi, Human
Facing New Threat
BY the Associated Press.


CHUNGKING, July 24.-Chinese
troops, posing another threat to
Japanese communications between
Kwangsi and Human Provinces, are
bombarding village 3 miles north
west Of Lingchwan, the Chinese high
command announced.
The route already Is obstructed by
a roadblock which the Chinese
established Al miles northeast of
Kweilin, former United States 14th
Air Force base city which lies In the
path of several Chinese columns.
Meanwhile, the high command
said, other Chinese units tore up a
stretch OF railroad miles northeast
of Lingchwan, destroyed eigst box
cars and took eight Japanese pris-
onerS.
The high command indicated the
japanese were concerned over the
vulnerability of their Hong Kong
Hankow corridor and we're taking
steps to strengthen 1t.
Between 500 and 600 japanese
troops drove from a point 10 miles
east of Changsha, 265 miles north
east of Kweilin, to the western out
skirts of Liuyang, 35 miles east of
Changsha. The invaders were IN
tercepted by the Chinese, swung to
the southeast of Liuyang and suf-
fered numerous casualties when the
the Chinese attacked the enemy
flanks, the war bulletin declared.
The high command said japanese
forces who had abandoned the
former American air base at Kanh-
sien, nearly 300 miles east-northeast
of Kweilin, and then struck north
east toward the Japanese bastion at
Nanchang, south of the Yangtze
port of Kiukiang, had made some
progress in their fighting with
drawal.
On July 10 the enemy captured
Wanan, on the Kan River As miles
north OF Kanhsien. and struck
along the river in the general direc-
ton of Nanchang, 100 miles to the
northeast.
The Chinese engaged the with
drawing japanese 1872 miles south
west of Taiho, which Is "a miles
| InOrth-northaas of WanaD
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Writers to Interpret
Englond's S Vote Results

Results OF the British elections,
TO be published Thursday, will be
interpreted at an Overseas Writers
luncheon at 12:45 pm. Friday at the
Hotel Statler by Washington cor
respondents of London newspapers
OF conservative, liberal and labor
persuasions.
Denys Smith, of the liberal Daily
Telegraph, Arthur Webb, OF the pro-
labor Daily Hearld, and Robert
Waitman, of the conservative News
Chronicle, will take part in the
discussion. Rosco Drummond, pres
ident, will conduct the meeting.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Rites for Robert kressin,
D. {. Businessman, Held

Services were held today for Rob-
ert Kressin, SO, president of the
Kressin Distributing Co., in the Dan
zansky funeral home, followed by
bureal in Adas Israel Cemetery,
Congress Heights.
Mr.. Kressin. who died Sunday in
Emergency Hospital, lived at 46o7
Connecticut avenue NV. In 1910
he helped to found the Dime Mes
sage g. Transfer Co., now headed by
his wife, Mrs. Ida Kressin. He was
director Of the Manhattan Stor-
age & Transfer Co., of which his
brother, Maurice Kressin, is presi-
dent.
Also surviving are his son, 1t. Eu-
gene Leonard Kressin, U. S. N. R..
recently returned from 80 months
on Atlantic convoy duty; daugh-
ter, Mrs. Francis Kolker, New York
CITY, and a granddaughter.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Schedule for Showing
Nozi Atrocity Films

Free public showings of the
War Department Nazi atrocity
Aim and an indoctrination film
for American occupation troops
in Germany continue today un-
der joint auspices of The Star
and the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Children under 16 are not
admitted.
The films will be shown at 2,
$40. 4:20, $50, $40, 7:50 and
9 pm, except as noted below:
Today, Stuart Junior High,
400 e street NE.
Tomorrow, Barry Farms COM
munity Center, Howard road
and Nichols avenue Sc.
July 26, Congress Heights
School, opening 6 pm.
July ~, Howard University.
July 80. Greenbelt (Md.) COM
munity Center, opening Z pm.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Pfc. Edward Sproesser,
.Morine, Home on Leuye

Marine Pfc. Edward A. Sproes-
ser, 10, is home on a 30-day rest
leave, the Navy Department an
nounced today.
Pvt. Sproesser, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph A. Sproesser, 142s
Orren street NE, arrived in this
country last month after serving
overseas since May, l943. When he
entered the Marine Corps In Sep
tember, 1912, he was lithograph
apprentice. He was graduated from
Holy Name School. A brother, Pau
Sproesser, seaman &c, also is home
on leave.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
S76,OOO,OO0 Jackpot
Awaits Distribution
In Britain S Navy
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, July pa handsome
cash bounty" payment-from a
jackpot that already exceeds $76,-
000, ,000-awaits every man in the
British Navy.
It's an old tradition in the Brit
ish Navy that war booty be distrib-
uted among seamen. In the Amer
lean Navy everything captured
automatically becomes the property
of the United States Government.
The British Admiralty Prize Court,
which rules on the disposition of all
captured goods, has collected and
earmarked for distribution among
men up to date 100000 pounds
from the proceeds of the sale of
cargoes Of enemy ships captured by
the British during the war.
For the first time in history the
Navy is cutting in another branch
of the service on the fund-all RAF
airmen who participated in sea war
fare, mainly coastal command flyers,
will be voted an equal share with
Seamen.
Wars End Awaited.
The prize fund already totals
more than the total amount split up
among the men in blue after the last
war. Several million more dollars
worth of sea prizes still await a
prize court decision, and a sizable
amount is expected to be collected,
as the British share in the Pacific.
None Of this bonus money will be
handed out until after the end of
the war with Japan, an Admiralty
official said.
The booty is split among the en-
tire service and not just crews who
had direct hand in the capture
of ships-as was the case half a
century ago. However, naval chair
borne" personnel-men in shore
and administrative jobs-receive
only one-third as much as combat
men.
Merchant seamen do not share in
the dividends, but a navy man is
quick to point out that merchant
seamen as a rule draw considerably
higher wages than Royal Navy sea-
men.
BY the same token, the pay scale
for United States Navy personnel
is higher than the British.
Policy Is Ancient.
The bonus payment scheme dates
back to before the days of Drake,
when all booty went to the crews
that took it.
When asked if there was a law
providing that loot" go directly to
the men instead of to the govern
ment, senior naval officer said,
you've got me there. But it's one
of our oldest traditions"
There is no record of any COM
plants ever being registered by John
@. Taxpayer, who might want the
money used some other way.
In this war, for the first time, the
capture of many enemy ships and
cargoes was due to detection by air.
craft, which subsequently guided the
Navy in for the kill. Thus airmen
were voted shares in this novel busi-
ness enterprise.
Although no decision has been
reached by the Treasury in regard
TO scale Of payment, in relation to
rank, precedent indicates that in
dividual shares will range from
about $4,000 for admirals to $50 to
500 for mess boys.
After the last war approximately
$50, 100000 was distributed roughly
this way: Admirals, $4,000; cap
tains, $4,000; lieutenants, s480; sea-
men, S100; boys, $50.
Evening star., 1945-07-24

by the commanders in chief, but
not by .Mandel, then minister of the
colonies. Bonnet is said to have
hoped that the state Of our military
preparations revealed at this meet
ing would provide him with pre-
text for evading our engagement
toward Poland. The meeting took
place In the Rue Saint Dominique,
in Premier Daladier's Office.
Bonnet first held forth upon the
situation that would result from q
German attack against Poland, and
then confronted his colleagues with
a clear alternative: "You must
either honor the signature OF
France or repudiate It," 1t was
manifest that in the latter case
France would run the risk of being
attacked In her turn, probably with
in the ,space Of a few months.
It appeared that the path of dis
honor was the more risky. France
would have been repudiated by ths
entire Anglo-Saxon world, while
facing the danger of sudden attach
from Germany, mistress of all the
rest of the European continent.
The second question put to thi!
nesting of ministers was, therefore
"Will time be in our favor, o.
against us?"
It was obvious that even If W,
should grow stronger in a few
months time, Germany would grow
stronger still. The only possibll
course was to honor the pledg'
France had given.
1t was then too late to inquir,
II France was ready, since, for on
thing, her honor was at stake, and
secondly, it had been established
that she would be still less prepared
in a few months time.
Army Reported Ready.
Gen. Maurice Gamelin, the com
mander in chief, declared that thl
army was ready" That Is wha
Petain had written a year before
and what Weygand had said NOR
truculently, one month before
Admiral Jean Francois Darlan
commander in chief of French nava
forces, said the same for the navy
Gen. Gamelin gave it as his opinion
that Poland would hold out till tn
spring of 1910, by which time Eng
land would be ready at our side. Il
i what degree of readiness? That h
did not say.
M. Guy La Chambre, air minister
assisted by Gen. Joseph Vuillemil
commander in chief of the al
force, who, after the defeat, wa
given the Medaille Militaire Will
his minister was put in prison
offered information doubtless sup
piled by Gen. CASTOR Bergeret, chic
of air ordnance, who was later pro
NOTED to air minister by Marsha
Petain. In fighter planes, he saiC
The French and British force
approximately equal the Germa
and Italian strength" and he con
cluded: THE state of our air fore
must therefore no longer weig
upon the decisions of the govern
ment."
M. Deladier concluded: In th
present situation. which near
that France will have to fight alon
for several months, we are in
position to appreciate the securit
which We owe to our fortifications
1t was we'll known that Britis
help would be deferred. The eff
cheney OF the whole of our fortifie
system was an article of faith.
The decision to fight if German
attack Poland (as she did eigh
days later was unanimous.
lTomorrow: Munich to Poland. J
(World serial copyright reserved. Repro
duction in whole or in part forbidded
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Gertrude Lawrence
Back From War Tour
By the Associated PRESS.

By INC ASS0cIateu Pfebs.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.-Ger-
trude Lawrence was back home to-
day after travelling about $4,000
miles in Pacific war zones since
April.
She expects to be with her hus-
band soon. He is 1t. Comdr. Rich
ard Aldrich, just back from Europe
to attend Navy conference in Chi
cago. She may go there, she said, or
to New York.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Elections to Await
Return Of All Poles
~ the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSoclateQ FEeSes
MOSCOW, July 24.-Polish par.
liamentary elections will not be held
until the Poles abroad return home
a Warsaw dispatch today quoted
Polish Prime Minister Osuba Moraw-
ski as declaring in speech at the
plenary session Of the Polish Ma
tional Council.
Morawski said that already 20
governments had recognized the
Polish republic.
The Polish Prime Minister dis
closed the existence of remnants OF
Fascist bands operating in Poland
and said the "Hitlerite infection
still had not been completely up
rooted.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Supplies Going to Chino
For Prisoners of Jops
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoclateo Fress.
MOSCOW, July 24.-The first Is
tons of supplies for international
Red Cross representatives. who will
handle prisoner-of-war packages tc
Allied soldiers in Japanese-occupieo
territory are en- route from Vladi-
vostak to the Manchurian-Russi
frontier, it has been learned.
Marcel Juno, Swiss who heads
the organization which is to deliver
the packages, is now at the frontier
arranging with the Japanese foI
delivery into occupied territory, He
left Moscow July IA.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Vancouver Plant DESTROYED

VANCOUVER, July "a P.--A
three-alarm fire, second major
blaze in as many days and third
within a week, last night destroyed
the Terminal City Ironworks, Ltd,
causing damage estimated at $780,
600. Seven flremen were injured,
none seriously,
Evening star., 1945-07-24

y u Z v Z IL . QlltC
NV, was killed
June 10 on Oki-
nawa.
The 22 year.
old Marine en-
listed in July,
1s4l, after grad
uating from high
5 C h o o ! in Mil
ford, Mich. He
was S e MT over
seas in Decem-
Der, 1914.
Mrs. s c h m l c
has Ii v ed in
Washington with
hor poroptc Mr.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
School for Teachers

DENVER (P.-The name of
new school at Buckley Field is Army
Air Forces Command Applied Per-
sonnel Management Indoctrination
Institute. 1t teaches Army per-
sonnel how to manage other Army
personnel.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
On the Roll of Honor

Is, was killed June 20 on Okinawa
according to a Navy casualty list.
His widow, Mrs. Mary J. Pierson
resides at 422 Longfellow street
NV. A native of Warren, Ohio
Corpl. Pierson was sent overseas In
July, 1914. He was stationed in
Washington for two years after he
entered the Marine Corps in jan
uary, 1912. When he enlisted he
was attending Miami University
oxford, Ohio.
Mrs. Pierson is employed in the
Office Of Price Administration and
has been in Washington since 1912
Marine Corpl Henry X. Midkiff,
whose wife, Mrs. Jessie Midkiff, lives
in Alexandria, was listed by the
Navy Department today as killed In
action.
The following mems names ap-
peared on a Navy Department cas-
ualty list as killed in action. Stories
appeared in The Star on the dates
indicated after the next of kin were
notified: ~ ~Er
Marine Pfc. Edwin v. Nicholson,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton s.
Nicholson, 1929 A street NE, July /.
Marine Corpl. Ernest L. O'Bryhim
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest M
O'Bryhim, SIS Second street Sc.
June 20.
Julius HI. Silver, storekeeper 2ic
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Silver, 622
Princeton place NV, July 8.
Wounded
Marine Pfc. Robert Daniel Nichol-
son, 20, suffered broken ankle April
13 on Okinawa, the Navy Depart
ment announced today.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
E. Nicholson of 2219 Taylor street
Evening star., 1945-07-24
D. {. Woman's S Husband
Is Killed on 0kinawa

Sergt. Thomas Edward Schmid
U. S. M. c., whose wife, Mrs. Mar
garet Ann Schmid, lives at 1920 Fort
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Wounded
District Blood Donations

Appointments
yesterday ------- 23o persons
Appointments broken
yesterday ----- 70 persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building, 81 Louisi-
ana avenue NV. by calling
District $500 between 9 am. and
$50 pm. weekdays and 8 am.
to noon Saturdays.
Evening star., 1945-07-24

and Mrs. James H. Bower at the Fort
stevens drive address, for number
of years.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
Az ~THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
Speculation Growing
On Early Retirement
of Stimson and Ickes
sy the Associated Press.


Speculation grew today that a
seventh and possibly an eighth
Cabinet change are in the making.
The earliest departure from the
remnants of the official family
President Truman inherited in April
appears to be that of Secretary of
War Stimson. Another strong pos
sibility is Secretary of the Interior
IckeS.
Mr.. Stimson, 77-year-old veteran
of two previous Cabinet posts-War
and Subsequently, is expected to
resign shortly after he and Mr.. Tru-
man return from the Potsdam Big
Three meeting.
Names heard most often as a pos
sible successor include Robert P.
Patterson, now Undersecretary, and
Assistant Secretary John J. McCloy,
both Republicans. The latter re-
portedly has strong administration
backing.
Evening star., 1945-07-24
BY PAUL REYNAUD,
War Premier of France.

When the threat of war was i'm
minent, during the second half of
August, 1899, Bonnet called meet
ing of the ministers concerned with
national defense. 1t was attended
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-15
Japan Breaks Ties With Axis Notions
BY UNITED PRESS


 Japan today broke her ties with the non-existent Axis by abrogating treaties with the equally non-exist- ent German Nazi and Italian Fas- cist governments.
 Radio Tokyo, heard by the Unit ed Press, quoted foreign office spokesman as follows:
 Owing to the unconditional sur- render of Germany and other. de- velopments in Europe, the tri-par- tite pact between Japan, Germany and Italy, concluded on Sept. 2I, l940, and various other relevant agreements providing for specl..l collaboration as between ys:,an and Germany and other European pow CTS are deemed to have e ased to De effective.v
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-15
HEBER GRANT DIES

Salt Lake City, May 15-(UP)- Heber Jedediah Grant, 88, first na- tive of Utah to become president of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) church, died last night of old age.