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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-21
sEvENTY.EIeHT AT REUNION


Willis, Mich.-A reunion OF the
pupils and teachers OF the Town
line School, Fractional District No.
l Of Salem, Superior, Ann Arbor,
and Northfeld Townships, was held
Sunday, June II, at the school
house.
There were IS present. Earl w.
Quackenbush, now OF Dixboro, pre-
sided at the short business session
and Emanuel Bunk. Plymouth, was
elected president; Mrs. Blanche
Bum Martin, Plymouth, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Pearl Shankland Warn
er, Ann Arbor, treasurer, and Mrs.
Lena Bartlett Staebler, Willis, sec
rotary. They voted to meet on
the odd years and the third Sun
day in June. Each one TO bring
his lunch as when attending school
there.
As each one came he was given
a number designating the grade
which hs was to be in up to the
eighth grade OF the country school.
Each grade got together and put
on a number for the program.
There was an exhibition speech
by Robert Shankland, Ann Arbor,
for the sixth grade and the third
grade had a spell down. Mrs. Anna
Beach. Ypalanti, a former teacher,
called on one Of her former pupils.
Andrew Fahrner, Ann Arbor. and
he repeated for the first grade,
recitation that he had given when
in the first grade in school. All
OF the numbers provoked much
laughter because they recalled the
days of the past.
Every one was very pleased TO
see the great improvement made
on the building by the new win
dows.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eaton truth
Nowland) and her family from
williamson came the greatest dist
andce to attend the reunion. 9th
ers came from Detroit. Birming-
ham, Plymouth, South LYON, Wor-
den, Ann Arbor. Salem. Whittmore
Lake, Ypsilanti and Willis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-21
TRUCK CROPS GOOD
FELIX THE CAT
Myrtle

LanSing-Michigan truck crops
generally are in good condition de-
spite some damage from rains and
flooding, the Federal-State Crop Re.
porting service said today. In the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-21
Mrs. Myrtle Kinnieutt


The funeral of Mrs. Myrtle Kin.
nicutt was held in the Willis Church
Friday afternoon. She was a men,
Der OF the Willis Church. the Wom-
ans Society OF Christian Service
and was also teacher OF the Wom-
ems Bible Glass for many years.
She will be greatly missed by the
community to whom she was al
days generous in giving her SER
vices. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cox,
who we're former residents at
Willis we're among those who came
from Detroit for the funeral.
Clarence Smith, Sr., is a patient
in st. Joseph's Hospital, Ann Ar
Dor.
Mrs. Clark Hardy and little son
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Franklin Howe Dies;
Bank Note Enqraver

Funeral services for Franklin T
Howe, 70, engraver at the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing, who died
Thursday of a heart attack at his
home, 1880 Twenty-first street NV.
will be held at the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV, at $3.50 am. Monday. Requiem
mass will be celebrated at st. Mat
thews Church at am. Burial will!
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. Howe was one of fewer than
20 engravers who did specialized
work on bank notes. He had been
with the bureau for 81 years.
He was the son of the late DR.
Franklin T. Howe, city editor and
also news editor of The Evening
Star during the period from 1888
until his death in 1908.
A native of Washington, Mr.. Howe
studied engraving at the Corcoran
Art School. He was member OF
the Oldest Inhabitants Association
He is survived by son, James
B. c. Howe; three daughters, Miss
Elizabeth Bennett Howe and Miss
Mary Sanford Home, both of Wash.
ington, and Mrs. Walter E. Barney
Milford, Conn; brother, George
A. Howe, Washington; two sisters
Miss Sarah Willard Howe, Washing
ton, and Mrs. Frank Arthur Spur
Rockville, Md. and three grandchil-
dren,
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Edward J. Taylor Dies;
Treasury Photographer

Edward ]. Taylor, 78, who was Off
cial photographer for the Treasury
Department for As years, died yes
terday at his home. 5006 Piney
Branch road NV. He had been i'll
two months.
Born in Alexandria. Va, he was
with the Treasury until his retire
ment about six years ago. Mr.. Tay-
lor was Mason and member OF
Cathedral Lodge.
Funeral services will be held at
his home Monday. Burial will be in
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Taylor is survived by q
daughter, Mrs. Margaret Taylor
Green, of the Piney Branch road
address.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
William Kane, Who Secuted
Curse Of King Tut, Dies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. 13.-Wil-
liam E. Kane, 10, industrialist, in
ventor and archeologist who secuted
the legend of the course" on King
Tut t-Ankh-Amen's tomb, died Thurs
day night.
Mr.. Kane. founder and president
of a Syracuse machine manufacture
ing firm, devoted a lifetime to his
hobby of archaeology. He entered
many large tombs opened in Egypt
and, together with other ,archeol-
ogist. deciphered the heiroglyphics
ons the walls of King Tut-Ankh-
Amen's tomb.
He found natural causes for death
in exploration and excavation by
men unaccustomed to the work, the
climate and insanitary conditions of
their surroundings, while investigat-
ing the curse" on the tomb.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
$4,000 War Veterans
Due 10 Arrive Today;
.4,7O0 From Pacific
BY the Associated Press.

| IS tt1t aseUSlatcu ticSSf
More than 20,400 servicemen are
scheduled to arrive today at East
Coast ports aboard ID troop carriers.
About $500 Pacific veterans are due
at San Francisco aboard four ships
and 5000 others are expected at Los
Angeles aboard two ships.
Eight of the incoming transports
are to dock at New York with more
than 1880 servicemen from West
ern European and Mediterranean
ports. five others at Newport News,
Va, with 1900 men and another at
Boston with 1853 passengers.
Ships and units arriving:
At New York-(Aboard N. Y. U.
Victory, from LIE Havre) 1895 troops,
including following units of the 10th
Armored Division: 18th Tank Bat
talon, 60th Armored Infantry Bat
talon. (Aboard Taos Victory, from
Antwerp 1913 troops, miscellaneous,
mostly for discharge. (Aboard Smith
Victory, from Antwerp, 1926 mis-
cellaneous troops. tAboard Thomas
Barry, from LIE Have), 4,097
troops, including headquarters of
10th Armored Division. aboard
Ezra Cornell, from Leghorn, TIA
miscellaneous troops. (Aboard Will
liam Pender, from Naples 772
troops, including 542d Air Service
Group, 7o2d Air Materiel Squadron,
s68th Air Engineer Squadron.
(Aboard Ward Hunt, from Naples
687 miscellaneous troops. (Aboard
Marion BouyardD 1853 miscellaneous
troops.
At Boston-(Aboard Robert Stock
toni 75S miscellaneous Army per-
sonnel.
At Newport News - tAboard
Charles CARROLL, SO casuals;
(aboard Mahlon Titney). "a casuals;
(aboard j. w. McAndrew), 1913
troops, including Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery 10th Armored
Division Artillery; Military Police
Platoon, 10th Armored Division;
55th Armored Engineer Battalion;
Goth Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad
ron; (aboard Gen. Breckinridge), i,
$500 troops, including several units
of the 10Th Armored Division: Sd
and 1lth Tank Battalions; Goth and
54th Armored Infantry Battalion;
$40 GIG Detached, 127th General
Hospital; Goth Signal Airwarning
Detachment; (aboard Tarrillo), 80
casuals.
At San Francisco-(Aboard Escort
Lake., 104 passengers; aboard
escort carrier Vella Gulf). 684 pas
sengers; (aboard Marine Eagle),
Sill; (aboard Antigua, 258.
At Los Angeles-(Aboard Sloter-
dijk), 1859 Army, 425 Navy person.
mel; (aboard Exiria), 1,500 military
personnel from Saipan.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Miss Claudia Minetree,
Iona Resident Of D. E., Dies

Miss Claudia Haines Minetress
56, a resident of Washington NOR
than 40 years. died suddenly yes
terday at her home, 1923 Twenty
first street NV.
She was native of Petersburg
Va, the daughter of the late Col
and Mrs. Joseph P. Minetree.
She leaves four sisters, Mrs. H
B. Hollifield and Mrs. Harry F
Lowman, Washington; Mrs. Georg,
H. Evans, Alexandria, Va, and Mrs
Charles F. Fits, Chicago, and /:
brother, George McPhail Minetree
Washington.
Funeral services will be held a
the S. H. Hines funeral home, 800.
Fourteenth street NV, at pm
Monday. Burial will be in Rocl
Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Rites for Dr.. Pretfyman
Ito Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for the Rev. DR..
Forrest J. Prettyman, IS, retired
Methodist minister, will be held at
8 pm. tomorrow at the residence.
104 Jefferson street, Rockville, Md.
Burial will be In Rockville Union
Cemetery.
DR.. Prettyman, a native Of Mont
gomery County, had long and dis
tinguished career in Methodism. His
pastorates In Washington were at
the Mount Vernon Place, Mount
Pleasant and Emory Methodist
Churches, and at one time he served
as presiding elder of the Washing
ton district. #
DR.. Prettyman is survived by two
sons, Justice-designate E. Barrett
Prettyman and Charles w. Pretty
man, Washington; two daughters,
Mrs. Luther White, Norfolk, Va, and
Mrs. Leon Jourolmon, jr., Nashville,
Tenn; two sisters, Mrs Alexander
Kilgour and Mrs. Hugh Magruder,
both of Rockville, and 10 grand
children.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Funeral 10 Be Held Today
For Everard F. Perkins

Funeral services for Everard Fer
guson Perkins, 48, director of re-
search for the National Association
of Food Chains, will be held at
pm. today at the Gawler funeral
home, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be private.
Mr.. Perkins died Thursday in
Chicago while attending a business
conference there. He resided at
18 Duvall drive, yWestmoreland
Hills, Md.
He came to the District in 1880
from Chicago and for three years
was manager Of the distribution de-
partment of the United States
Chamber of Commerce. A native
of Alpena, Mich, he was a grad
uate of the University of Michigan
and member of Zeta Psi frater-
nifty. He served overseas in the
World War with a Canadian tank
unit.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Enid Eder Perkins, and two daugh-
ters, Miss Judith Eder Perkins and
Miss Virginia Eder Perkins, of
Weshmoreland Hills.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Cardinal MaeRory, 80,
|Primafe Of Ireland,
Noted Writer, Dies
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ARMAGH, Northern Ireland, Oc.
tober 13.-His Eminence JOSEPH
Cardinal Mac Rory, Archbishop OF
Armagh and primate of all Ireland
died early today.
The 89-year-old prelate, who re-
Gently celebrated his diamond jubi-
lee as a churchman, was a native OF
Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Ire
land. He received his education in
church schools of Armagh and May
nooth.
Cardinal Mac Rory entered the
priesthood in 1885. Later he be-
came the first president of DUNCAN
non Academy, taught at Olton Col
lege, Birmingham, and at Maynooth
He was named Bishop of Down and
Connor in 1915 and was transferred
to Armagh in 1923. He was Gre
ated a cardinal In 1929.
In 1912. when American troops
were landing in Northern Ireland
Cardinal Mac Rory issued public
statement in which he said he found
it exceedingly hard to be patient
when he thought of my own cor
ner Of the country overrun by Brit
ish and United States soldiers
against the will of my nation"
He was contributor to the Cath
Evening star., 1945-10-13
HIT Mrntnriant

DALE ROLAND W.. JR. In loving mem
s91 EIy aNn q our ~ 6ar 6Sarling son and Brother
suooehiy -FOUR years ago, October 13, i94I.
The God who gave has taken
And Heaven you have won:
AisnMouen oar % hearts are broken.
HIS Ws MovINyci, Sayi PSds pSFENTs VIZ Be s sons
ROLAND DALE, sR., AND SISTER, MRS MS
H1LDA DALE WESLEY.
GARDNER, JULIUS M. A tribute tn the
uhn1s a 9gs deST husbsnd asn and
WIFE AND DAUGHTER. SU iHHasf
GREEN, WILLIAM d. In remembrance
OF WILLIAM D. GREEN, who passed away
eleven years ago October I3, 1884.
Ny days are gliding swiftly by.
LoWING Iy[I G, IG MOTHER. MRS. LEILA M V' GREEN
oBRIEN. JOSEPH p. In loving memory
81 ,191I our dear husband and father, Pvt. JO-
seas). 40 1o'1 'o'ei-
No, one knows how much we miss you,
No one knows the bitter pain
We have suffered since you left us,
Life will never be the same.
/ Some may. think we are not lonely
Wnen at times they see us smile,
But. little do they know the heartaches
YOUR DEVOTED E SuvsIFq WIFE an dIApYs sd,s ynse F.
oBRIENs AND LITTLE DAUGHTER
o'BRIEN, JOSEPH p. U. s. A. 0nfan-
try). In loving memory of our dear one
Pvt, JOSEPH p. O'BRIEN, who was killed
In the service of his country one year age
today, October 13, 1914 (overseas).
We never thought when you left as
You never would return.
Inc shock was hard, the pain severe.
We never thought your death SO near.
We often sit and think Of you,
But deep within our hearts,
Your Kind face we keep.
The years may wipe out many things.
But this they wipe out never,
The memory of those happy days
When we were all together.
We did not know the pain you bore,
=. We did not see you die;
We only know you had to 90
And could not say eood-by
just when your life was the sweetest,
And you could have lived your best,
The gates OF Heaven. opened
And you entered there to rest.
YOUR LQVINGs ONES, LOT, IDA ANr
SMITH, ANNIE =. In memory Of m,
mother. ANNIE E. SMITH, who died ont
year ago today, October 13, 1914.
God gave me wonderful mother,
One Of the worlds best,
And when her work on earth was done
He called her home to rest.
HER LOVING SON. JAMES r. SMITH.
STEWART, GEORGE II. A tribute tt
the memory of our loved one GEORGE H
STEWART, who entered into eternal res
IDA AND M1zXBETH.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Births Reported

Bernard and Mary Becker, boy.
Robert and Dorothy Blair, boy
Barney and Sadie Blicker. boy.
George and Kathryn Bowen. girl.
Robert and Jean Bowsher, girl.
James and Hazel Bradley, girl.
John and Margaret Broz, boy.
Edwin and Marjorie Bruins. girl.
Wilburn and Mary Burks, girl.
Donald and Helen Burling, girl.
John and Martha Butler, girl.
William and Luane Buys, boy.
John and Julia Chase, girl.
Samuel and Peggy Cohen, girl.
William and Alice Cox. boy.
Grover and Frances Dellinger. girl
Edward and Ruth DENIM, boy.
Dale and Emile benson, girl.
irving and Mary Diyen, girl.
Jack ard Joan Doherty, boy.
Harry and Edna Dougherty, boy.
Give and Susan Du Val, girl.
Samuel and Sarah Eisenoerg. girl.
Herbert and Harriet Florance, boy.
Arnold and Mary Fort, boy.
Francis and Alice Gapp, boy.
Edmond. jr.. and Josephine Good, girl.
John and Ada Graham, girl
George and Myrtle Green. boy.
Edward and Martha Gummel,, boy.
Arthur and Betty Harbottle, eirl
Charles and Ruthadele Hauch, girl.
Cryille and Lucille Hodge, boy.
Melvin and Ursul Hollidge, boy
Harry and Daisy Hutchison, girl.
Robert and Alpha Johnston, boy.
Raymond and Moizelle Johns, Girl
Carroll and Josephine Kendall, girl
David and jeanette Klein, boy.
Richard and Margaret Landon, girl
Paul and Emily Last, girl.
John and Maria LautZ, boy.
Ralph and Catherine lie Fevre, girl.
Louis and Lorene Lyster. boy.
Ellis and Alice Moody, boy.
Norman and Julia McClard, boy.
Thomas and Shirley MCCOY, girl
FRANCIS and Helena McEntee, boy.
James and Marjorie McMath, girl.
WILDER and Elizabeth Mcpherson. boy.
Victor and Alice Nielsen, girl.
Milton and Harriet Norris, boy.
James end Lucy Owens, girl.
John and Margaret Pearson, boy.
william and Claudia Pierlc, boy.
Guy and Erma Prather boy.
Earl and Daisy Pride, girl.
James ard Earlene Rakestraw, boy.
Roy ana Margaret Rather boy
Stanley and Barbara Reese, boy,
Norman and Ruth Reid. girl.
Donald and Virginia Richardson, boy.
Clarence and Edith Roberts, boy.
Robert. jr.. and Doris Ro5ey. boy.
Jonn and Mary Rodgers, girl
Robert and Frances Rye, boy.
George and Dorothea Santmyers, sirl.
Henri and Julia Sappey, girl.
vincent and Catherine Scafide. boy,
John and Nola Schwartz, boy,
Leo and Celia Ssligson, boy
w MMiiliam end Theresa Sharland, boy.
harry and Mary Smith, twin boys.
Henry and Mary Smith, boy.
Pau and Helen Sperling. girl
Albert and Catherine Steuber. girl
Lester and Dorothy Stout, girl
inomas and Catherine Stubs, boy and q
James and Doris Sullivan, girl
Myron and Lillian Tassler, girl.
SsaattvsIore satr and Bertha vandemia. boy.
Eugene and Jeanne Walker, girl,
WliIlam and Dorothy Walker, boy,
JIo JaCoo and Rita Wasserman, girl
WWniIam ana Mary Wheeler, boy.
Kenneth and Vera White, girl
CHARLES and Grace Little, eiri.
GAVIN and Doris Lynch, girl.
James and Frances Moss boy
WI Wilson and Elizabeth Scott. boy.
Maie T and Marion Smith, boy.
James and Lucy Wyatt, girl
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Richardson
Continued From First Page.)

Oldest Inhabitants, the Columbia
Historical Society and the Masonic
order.
One Of his greatest interests was
in obtaining national representation
for the District. He also urged that
local jobs be given to local people
Judge Richardson was a graduate
Of Central High School. He studied
law at old Columbian College and
won his degree in 1900.
He is survived by his widow. the
former Pearl Willis, and two daugn-
ters, Mrs. Richard E. Nugent, wife
of Brig. Gen. Nugent of the AAF,
and Mrs. Richardson Hammond.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Deaths Reported

ernest P. Chambers. So. HARRINGTON Hotel
0areara j. Craig. 70, 1885 Nichols ave.
Anna Entwisle &c. e07 Buchanan at
6Teaolph Anderson, 64. Arlington, va
James W. Batters, "a, ii Florida ave re
"amIuei rI L. Robinson, "a, 4s42 Butterworth
Max Rosenfield, 81, 1924 4th st.
Yanie yan e Deowns, 5s. 725 Kentucky ave. Sc.
Elizabeth r. Wickens, 80. Ala Ard ct
Mary McLaughlin, 81, 1890 K ST ne
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Rev. J. M. O'Connor Dies;
Helped Found Monastery
BY the Associated Press

Ey INC ASSoCIaLeu FTeSS,
CUMBERLAND, R. l., Oct. 49,
The Very Rev. John M. O'Connor
o. S. c. O., superior of the Cisterciar
Abbey of Our Lady of the Valley
here for 80 years and last of the
seven monks who founded the mon-
astery As years ago, died at the abbey
this morning.
Evening star., 1945-10-13

olic University Bulletin of America
and other church publications. He
was widely known in the Roman
Catholic Church for his writings,
among them commentaries on the
Gospel of st. John and Paul's
Epistles to the Corinthians. He was
co-founder of the Irish Theologi-
cal Quarterly.
Cardinal Mac Rory served as a
papal legate at Melbourne to the
National Eucharistic Congress in
1894
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Ex-Mojor Lacquer Dies

CINCINNATI, Oct. l3 (P). -
Charles Klusman, II, who many
years ago was a member of the st.
Louis American League baseball
club. died last night of pneumonia,
which developed after hip fracture
September 30.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Lack of Atomic Defense
Emphosized by Experts

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 13 (P).-The only
way of stopping the atomic bomb
from causing destruction is "to
prevent the vehicle carrying it from
reaching its destination" Maj. Gen.
Leslie r. Groves, War Department
director of the atomic bomb project
declared here yesterday.
Gen. Groves told a news con-
ference that "it is vitality impor-
tant that the people of the United
States understand that we have
no defense against this bomb"
SWARTHMORE, Pa, Oct. 13 LF,
DIR. w. F. G. Swami, director Of
the Bartol Research Foundation
here, says it is nonsense" to be-
lieve there can be an adequate
defense against the atomic bomb.
He said hopes that the Navy
could explode such bombs over the
ocean won't stand up.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Darn nf Thanka

B0WE, AUDREY F. The family OF the
late AUDREY F. BOWE gratefully acknowl-
edges the thoughtfulness and sympathy
expressed by the many relatives and friends
during her illness and at her passing.
FRANK D. BOWE AND. SON, GOLDEN B.
JEFFRIEs, JAMES AND RHEDEITH
TABLEAR. IA
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Att,frtltttn

GAKFINkLE, HENRY. A monument In
beloved husband and father, will be un-
Vened at 3 pm. Sunday, October IA, 1945,
az T1fereth Israel Cemetery, Washington,
y. C.. In case of rain, postponed to Sun
day, October 21
MRS. HENRY GARFTNKLE AND FAMILY.
Evening star., 1945-10-13

energy can be applied in an economi
way.
Evening star., 1945-10-13
Atomic

Continued From First PageD
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02

The Maine legislature has set
aside $4,000 for the purchase and
equipment Of farm to be devoted
to research in the culture of blue
berries by the Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station Blueberries is
one of the states most important
crops
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02
Big Three Agree
On Methods
To Control Reich
rCrntin,ed from fage II


order of business. The first session
was held in the afternoon and the
second lasted from 1870 p. m. to
1890 a. m.
A witness of the evening meeting
said it was devoted to pretty inten-
sive business
After disposal of the main items
of the agenda, Mr.. Truman asked
if there were further business. None
developed and he adjourned the
conference.
The witness said about 40 persons
attended the final session with the
is principal delegates seated around
a round table partly covered by pa
pers.
The communique revealed that
the Big Three had decided to delay
the final drawing of the western
frontier Of Poland until the peace
settlement. But they set up a tenn
porary western Polish frontier which
runs from the Baltic sea along the
Oder river.
The communique set forth IN de-
tail program for reparations to be
exacted from Germany but speci-
fled no overall figure.
The plan calls for Soviet Russia
to take reparations from the zone
of Germany she occupies. Russia
also will get some additional rep
arations in the form of equipment,
etc. to be removed from the west
ern zone of Germany that is under
u. S. and British control.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02
Franco Denied
Membership in
United Nations

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. CUP
The United States, Britain and
Russia dealt a diplomatic blow at
the Spanish government of Gen
eralissimo Francisco Franco Thurs
day by barring it from membership
in the United Nations.
The Potsdam communique said
that the three governments could
support the membership applications
of Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary
and Romania when their status had
been determined in the peace treat
les and Democratic governments
recognized. Ihcn the communique
said:
The three governments fee
bound, however. to make it clear
that they for their part would not
favor any application for member-
ship put forward by the present
Spanish government, which having
been founded with the support OF
the Axis powers, does not. in view
of it's origin, its nature, its record
and its close association with the
aggressor states, possess the qual-
ifications necessary to justify Such
membership"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02
Chinese Pursue
kianIlIqsi Japs

CHUNGKING, Aug. 2. tUP)-Chl-
nese troops advancing eastward in
pursuit of Japanese forces recap
tured Ifeng, rs miles west of Nan
chang. capital of Kiangsi province
and 100 miles east of Changsha, a
communique reported Thursday.
On the Changsha- -Nanchang road
Chinese intercepted enemy forces
east and south of Shanghai, five
miles south of Ifeng. Other Chi
nese attacked enemy troops sur
rounded in the outskirts of Khan
100 miles south of Nanchang, and
mopped UP japanese remnants on
both banks of the Kan river at a
point south of Khan.
A 14th u. S. Air Force commu-
nioue reported BIS Mitchell bomb
ers attacked eight enemy conveys
on the Slang river yes terday and
destroyed or damaged more than
IS river craft.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02
Car Crash Kills
Three Officers
.Of Williams Field

: MESA, Ariz., Aug. 2. (UP)-A
storm which wrought havoc We'd
nesday night in the Salt River
Valley caused tie death of three
Army captains from Williams Field
whose car plunged into wind-piled
fobStructiCns on the highway just
south of Mesa.
The victims were Captains James
A. Cook, "a; James A. Salter, 26,
and John S Carte, %, whose home
was in Santa Monica, California
Williams Field was isolated today,
water blocking highways and tele-
phone lines down. and home ad-
dresses of Cook and Salter could
not be acCcrtained Immediately.
While the storm was at its height
about $50 pm, a tree was up
rooted and pinned down truck on
the highway. Truck and tree. IS
we'll as a second tree, still blocked
the road when the car carrying the
officers approached from the field
headed for Mesa.
The car, driven by Captain Cock
plunged into the fret tree and
truck, rlowed through, hurtlnd a
ditch, climbed an embankment and
overturned when it struck tele-
phone pole.
Cook was killed outright Salter
died en- route to hospital Carte's
BODY was not found until daylight
when water subsidized in an irriga-
ton ditch into which it was thrown
from the car.