Evening star., 1945-02-10
Anxiety Over Safety
OF Manila lniernees
Mounting Steadily

Delay In releasing the names of
internees freed from the Japs at
Santo Tomas and Bilibid Prisons on
Luzon today heightened the concern
of Washington relatives and friends
OF persons last reported in one of
the camps.
H. Stewart Mcdonald, an attorney
here, reported that his sister, Mrs.
Charles Fossum, and her husband
were known to be prisoners at Santo
Tomas but that no word had been
heard from them. The Fossums had
been residents in Manila for more
than Is years. Mr.. Fossum was with
a building supply company there.
Another couple, long residents Of
Manila and unreported, is Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence E. McAdam. Mrs.
McAdam is the sister of Miss Ethe-
lyn Chrane OF ll0l K street NV.
Mr.. McAdam was connected with
the Philippine Refining Co. and at
one time was with the Philippine
Constabulary. At first he and Miss
Chrane's sister were at separate in
ternment camps, but he was later
transferred from the camp at Iloilo
to Santo Tomas, where Mrs. Nc
Adam was held.
In December, 1943, Miss Chrane
heard through the State Depart
ment that Mr.. McAdam had re-
ceived treatment for beri beri, but
had improved quickly, and that
Mrs. McAdam also had been i'll but
was improving.
Without word from his family for
a year, Emil Greuter. a prisoner of
war camp inspector attached to the
Swiss Legation here, today reported
his wife and four daughters were
last known to be living at their
home just south of Manila, scene Of
recent heavy fighting.
Mr.. Greuter, who lives at 1439
Massachusetts, avenue NV, said he
had contacted the War Department
with no success. His family was
caught in Manila while Mr.. Greuter
was visiting the United States on
business. He was head Of a Swiss
wholesale firm in Manila
His wire Is Mrs. Ann C. Greuter.
The daughters are Mrs. Doris Ann
Matile, %; Beatrice Margaret and
Mollie, 81, twins, and Nancy Louise,
IA. AS Swiss nationals they were
not interned, Mr.. Greuter said.
DR.. Harry Kneedler of 1923 Nine
teenth street NV. medical member
of the Veterans Administration
Committee on Extra Hazards, also
disclosed that his two sons, their
wives and four grandchildren were
last reported at Santo Tomas. DR..
Kneedler and his wife, who is now
with relatives on the West Coast,
were repatriated on the liner Grips
holm from Manila in 1943.
That was the last time he saw his
sons, Don, IS, and Edgar, 80, and
their families, DR.. Kneedler said.
He was a resident of the Philippines
As years and at the time of the fall
Of Manila operated the Bayview
Hotel there. The Japs used it as
officers quarters, he said.
The children of Don Kneedler are
Helen, 7, and Chris, 8. Edgar's chill
dren are Douglas. Is months, born
in internment, and Ann, S. Helen,
Chris and Ann also were born in
Manila.
Miss Louise Willink, an employe
of the State Department, said she
was awaiting word on her friend,
Miss Anne Louise Goldthorpe, who
formerly lived with Miss Willink at
5527 Thirty ninth street NV. Miss
Goldthorpe was superintendent of
the Brent Episcopal Mission Hos
pital at Mindanao when the city
was shelled in March, 1912. Miss
Willink said she had been trans
ferred from an internee camp on
Davao to Santo Tomas. She re-
ceived a card from Miss Goldthorpe
two weeks ago. It was dater May
20. 1914.