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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Simpler Alphabet
Would Pay for
Wa, Shaw Says
- the Associated Press.

=
LONDON, Dec. 27.-George Ber-
nard Shaw appealed today to the
British government to appoint a
committee to draft new English
alphabet with which every sound
in our speech can be written with
one graphic and easily written
symbol without even crosses or dots.
Mr.. Shaw, who has campaigned
before for simplification Of the
alphabet, said in q letter to the
Times that adoption Of his pro-
posals would soon pay the cost Of
the war in time saved.
Using the word bomb" as ar
example, Mr.. Shaw said the fina.
'b" was entirely senseless" anc
represented IAN absurd mispro.
nunciation, as If the word gun were
to be spelt 'gung.'"
IT can scribble the word bomb
barely legibly Is times in one min.
ute" Mr.. Shaw said, land bonn a
times. a saving of rs per cent"
The result, he argued, is stagger.
ing enough to justify a priority
for a new alphabet, mo matter what
| it costs"
Mr.. Shaw said he had founc
ut is useless to appeal to educa'
ton authorities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
By the Associated Press.

~ tuC aosoClhtSO Gicshs
SHANGHAI, Dec. 27.-Morale Of
homesick American Marines In
North China was described by Stars
and Stripes today as cracking up
because the Leathernecks ARE con.
WINGED they are merely pawns in q
political chess game"
The China theater edition Of the
Army newspaper. in Tientsir
datelined article by its news editor
Sergt. Dick Wilson, Belle Rose, N
Y, said the Marines refused to be-
lieve it is necessary for them To
guard Chinese railroads and British
owned coal properties.
Sergt. Wilson wrote that Incl
dents" had decreased during the
last month, but that Marine casual.
ties from snipers, demolition crews
and track wreckers were higher
than reports have indicated.
The Army newsman went on:
Nightly jags, mourning buddies
who fell in Pacific campaigns, bit
of joint wrecking, brawls with civil
ians and Marines, an occasional
show of arms and sometimes more
than just Show-theSe are the
manifestations of the cracking up OF
Americas fighting men who have
had too much fighting and want to
go home so desperately that nothing
else means anything to them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Three New Plays by 0'NeilI
To Be Given in New York

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-For the
first time in many years Broadway
is to see three new plays by Eugene
OrNeill.
The playwright. through the The
alter Guild, producer of his plays
since 1928, today announced that
three Of his dramas are ready and
a contract has been signed for pro-
duction.
They are "The Iceman Cometh,"
"A Moon Of the Misbegotten" and
"a Touch Of the Poet"
The first play to be produced will
be 1.-THE Iceman Cometh." Eddie
Bowling will play the leading role
and also direct. Only one of the
other two dramas will be presented
next season. The third will be car
ried over to the following season.
1t has not yet been decided which
one Of the two plays, "A Moon of
the Misbegotten" or "a Touch of
the Poet" will follow 1.-The Iceman
Cometh."
= The last time Mr.. o'NeiA was
represented on Broadway with a
aew play WAS during the 1884
season, WHEN "Ah, Wilderness ~
(which starred George NJ, Cohan,
and days Without End" were pro-
dueed three months apart,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Details Announced
For New Frazer Car
BY the Associated Press.


DETROIT, Dec. 27.-New body
lines, emphasized by flowing 'front.'
to-rear tenders that are an inte-
grated part of the vehicle, will mark
the new Frazer automobile to be
built by the Kaiser Frazer Corp. at
the former bomber plant at Willow
Run.
Disclosing details of the new me-
dium-p priced vehicle, its makers re-
ported today that it will provide
increased visibility and the widest
seating capacity of any car in its
price class. The rear seat will be
placed slightly forward of the rear
axle and accommodate four pas
sengers.
The vehicle will have 1881 inch
wheelbase and an overall height OF
only 641a inches. 1t will be powered
with a 10O-horsepower engine.
The price of the new car was not
disclosed. ~.@-s-ss,-s
The new car is named for Joseph
w. Frazer, president of the Ora
ham-Paige Motors Corp. and Of the
Kaiser Frazer Corp. Henry Kaiser,
West Coast shipbuilder, is chair
man of the latter concern.
The two concerns have jointly
taken over most of the Willow Run
plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
500 Million Surplus
To Be Sold 10 India
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 27.-American
surplus property in India, with a
book value probably exceeding $780,
000, 900 will be sold to the Indian
government under an agreement
reached Monday, it was announced
today.
One of the greatest single trans
actions of this nature in history
the deal is intended to prevent any
dislocations of the Indian economy
which might have resulted if the
American Foreign Liquidation Com
mission had continued policy Of
piecemeal disposal.
The $500, 000, 900 figure does moi
represent actual sales prices, Amer.
lean liquidation officials here ex-
planned. That is to be settled, it Ii
hoped, in January or February al
Washington meetings of representa-
tives of the two governments who
will also consider lease-lend ano
reciprocal aid obligations and other
economic problems arising from the
war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Miss Blanche Neff, Veteran
Court Aide, RESIGNS

Miss Blanche Neff, chief deputy
clerk in charge of the N .nicipal
Court civil division, has resigned
effective Monday after serving with
the court since it's opening in 1909
Walter F. Bramhall, clerk Of the
court, said yesterday.
With the approval of Chief Judge
George P. Barse, Mr.. Bramhall ha'
appointed William M. Nedro, 6O0(
Fourth street NV, Judge Barse''
clerk, to succeed Miss Neff. Mr.
Nedro Joined the court staff in 1880
Miss Neff, who lives at 6407 Thire
street NV, came to the old Munich
pal Court as assistant clerk. Sh'
later became clerk, sewing in tina
capacity until the mege of tina
court and the Police Court in 1912
when she became chief deputy II
the civil division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
5 Pacific Air Forces
Unified by Macarthur
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOKYO, Dec. 27.-Gen. Macarthur
today announced consolidation of
five Pacific air forces under one
new command, which will supply
air control for enforcement 81
Japan's surrender and maintain
Americas outfiung defense line.
Gen. George G. Kenney will com.
mand the new organization, the
Pacific Air Command of the United
States Army, dubbed PACUSA. He
formerly commanded the Far East
ern Air Forces.
1t. Gen. Ennis c. Whitehead
former commander of the 5th Ali
Force, will be deputy commander OF
PACUSA. Maj. Gen. Clement E
McMullen, former commander OF
the Far East Air Service Command
will be chief of staff.
PACUSA will maintain an ad-
vance echelon in Tokyo, Stated
llldlllly NY pei SOlA1Cl VI OllC otA1 GA1
Force. Other organizations en-
braced by the new command anc
their present bases are the 7th All
Force, Hawaii; 9Th, Ryukus; 18th
Philippines, and the Goth, Marianas
The 5th will cover Korea as vel
as Japan.
The numbered units will retair
their numerical identity and pre-
sent commanding generals while
operating under Gen. Macarthur.
overall command. Previously, tn,
9th and Goth made up the Army
Strategic Air Forces and the Others
were under FEAT.
Maj. Gen. Kenneth B. Wolfe, com.
mander of the 5th Air Force ane
former commander of the 20tl
Bomber Command in India ans
China, will command PACUSA's ad'
vance Tokyo headquarters as wei
| as his 9Th Air Force
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Jap Colonel on Trial
For Thought Police
Atrocities in Manila
BY the Associated Press.

6y TIC AScOCihttuEAesos
MANILA, Dec. 27.-Lt. Col. Seichi
Ohta, who brought Japanese gen.
darmerie torture methods to the
Philippines, went on trial for his life
today, charged with permitting his
kempeitai Thought police) to COM
NIT atrocities after the fall Of Ma
Mia in 1912.
Witnesses described grim scenes
behind the ancient walls of Fort
Santiago where, they said, Japanese
tried to obtain information from
civilians and prisoners of war with
wide variety of continuous physical
and mental fortunes.
Georges Bonnet, secretary OF the
Free French Committee, pointed
positively at the bald, toothbrush.
mustached Ohta as the man re.
sponsible for his mistreatment. Mr.
Bonnet testified he spent IA months
in a 12-foot square wooden cell, was
slapped if he moved and was beaten
with a board for talking.
He said the best meal he had in
captivity was a Christmas dinner at
which one frankfurter was added to
his usual ball of unsalted rice.
Joaquin Pardode Tavera, chief OF
the Philippine Department of JUS
tice Investigation Division, de-
scribed the fort as "a death house
never silent from the crying and
shouts of tortured souls"
He said he saw bleeding children
and women hanging naked from
bars of a cell.
Mr.. Bonnet was one Of nine politi-
cal prisoners arrested by Ohta's
men. The others included Roy G
Bennett. American editor of the
Manila Bulletin; Robert McCu-
Tough editor of the out
spoken pro-Allied Philippines Free
Press; Benito Pabon and another
anti-Franco Spaniard named Cam
pos, now in Mexico. and four Free
French, CASTOR Willoquet, Consul
General here; Auguste Baure, Louis
Oil and Fernand We'll.
Mr.. Bonnet said the prisoners
were damned into a wooden box
Sometimes he stated there were
as many as 20 men in his tiny cell
and no one could lie down. At the
time of his release he had lost "a
pounds, suffered from beriberi, was
mental wreck and was almost
blind.
Ohta is being tried by q four.
man military commission.
In another war crimes trial Clark
Castillo was sentenced to death to-
day by a peoples court as the Pied
Piper who led almost 1000 Filipinos
to mass execution by the Japanese
He was the first collaboration X
receive the sentence in a decision
which established as an important
precedent that membership in the
Japanese sponsored Makapili Army
constitutes treason.
Last March Castillo, on pretenss
that the Japanese were according
safe conduct, cajoled the population
of the village of Hubbard, near Lipa
in Batangas Province, to congregate
The japanese then killed all except
members of the Makapili organiza.
/ ton.
The massacre was one of the
atrocities which figured in the tria
of 1t. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita
former japanese commander in tn,
Philippines, now under sentence
lof hanging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
-Four Tenants File Suits
= 50 L. 49,
Charging Inadequate Heal

Four suits asking $50 judgments
against landlords accused Of failure
to provide adequate heat and hot
water were filed yesterday in Small
Claims Court.
Three tenants at 1884 r street
Sc. have brought suit against Her
man Pisner, same address, on
charges of failure to provide con-
slant heat and hot water and gen.
eral repairs during 1914 and 1916
The suits were filed by Sylvia Ber-
man, Marion Hodgkins and Daniel
Singer.
Rose Rodbord, 462 K street NV.
named Lide Owens, 1893 Seventh
street NV, as defendant in her suit
charging failure to maintain mini
mum service standards of the
Emergency Rent Control Act of 194l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
* Bond Sales in District
Climb 10 S25,700,00O

Sales of series E Bonds in the Dis
trict's Victory Loan campaign rose
today to $25, TOO 900, or 95.2 per cent
of the s27,000,000 quota, the D. c.
War Finance Committee reported.
Total sales to individuals now
stand at SIS 100000, or 1914 per
cent of the 100000 quota. Pur-
chases of v Bonds made through
December 81 will be applied to the
city's goal, although the drive off,
cially ended December 8.
Corporation sales advanced $780,.
900 to sol 900 900, or 2116 per cent
Of the 100000 quota. Total bono
sales reported through wednesday
are SAG, 200, 900, or 172 per cent o,
Washington's overall quota of $685.
DOC. 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Police Arrest Nine
In ; Gambling Raids

Nine colored persons were arrest
ed and booked on gambling charges
yesterday after police raids at three
different addresses. :
\ Louis Rogers, 81, described by po.
lice as janitor of an apartment,
house in the 1700 block of r street
NV, was arrested after the man
Iagersof the structure had told poliet
gambling was going on in the JAM.
tors quarters. Arrested with Roger,
were Floyd w. Hunt, 46, of the 1901
block of Clydesdale place NV, anc
Theodore D. Carter, SO, of the 60t
block of Columbia road NV. Polio,
said a s1,o00-a-day business wa.
being conducted.
Rogers was charged with permit.
ting gambling, operating a lottery
and possession of lottery slips, while
Hunt and Carter were charged with
operating and possessing. All wer,
released under $500 bond pendin,
arraignment before United State
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage
Four men were arrested in hous'
in the 600 block of New Jersey ave
nue. NV. They are Robert c
Thorpe, 80, of that address; Allel
Hayes, IS, of the first block of ]
street NV: John Pearl, Al, of tn
100 block of r street NV, and Sim
mons Reese, a, of the first block o
Defrees street NV. AL wer
charged with possession of lotter,
slips. Thorpe also was charged will
operating a lottery. They will b
arraigned today.
Maude Thomas, so. and Id
Thompson, As, both Of the first bloc
Of street NE, were arrested in tn
Thomas woman's house and charge,
with possession Of lottery slips
They were released under $500 bon,
each for arraignment later today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
|PCA Mechanics Given
70 Pct. Raise in PAY
b, the Associated Press.


DETROIT, Dec. n. - Wage In
creases of at least 20 per cent were
granted Pennsylvania Central Air
lines mechanics in a new agree
ment between the company and the
CLIO United Automobile Workers,
Paul e. Miley, director Of the JAW
Airline Mechanics Department, an
nounced yesterday.
Increases range from % to 81
cents hourly, Mr.. Miley said, and
the top increase is SIS weekly.
The agreement also produces shift
differentials Of 4 cents hourly for
afternoons and cents for nights
reduction Of the length Of time re-
quired to reach maximum rates,
and paid vacations for employees
with less than one years service
Hourly employees also will receive
pay for six holidays year or dou-
BILE pay If they work them.
Negotiations leading to the agree
ment were held in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Petroleum War Council
Liquidation Announced
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. y
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
yesterday announced liquidation Of
the Petroleum Industry War Council
and the Foreign Operations Com
mittee.
Mr.. Ickes, in his capacity as
Petroleum Administrator for War,
said the activities of the PIWC were
a unique example of cooperation
by industry with Government ito
achieve one of the outstanding vic
tories of the war-assurance OF
petroleum for every military and
essential civilian need"
The Foreign Operations Commit
tee served as an advisory body in
connection with the supply and
transportation of the combined
petroleum resources of the United
Nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Britain Willing 10 Join
lin Talk on Spanish Break
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-A Foreign Of
fee spokesman last night said Great
Britain had told France she was
willing to participate If the French
called q three-power conference to
discuss the Spanish situation.
The current British policy, the
spokesman said, is one Of dislike
for the Franco regime, but to al
low Franco or the United States
to take the initiative in proposing
action. The London note to France
has not been made public here.
Spanish Republican sources here
expressed belief that quick action
was in prospect. In preparation
q Republican spokesman said, they
are speeding transfer of their so.
called goyernment-in-exile from
Mexico to France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Veteran Agency Asks
For Loan Of 10000
Civilian, Service Beds

The Veterans Administration has
asked for 10000 Army, Navy and
civilian hospital beds to provide hos
pitalization for veterans until the
agency's own hospitals are con-
structed by the end of 1947.
Progress in the agency's bed
borrowing program was reported
yesterday by Maj. Gen. Paul r.
Hawley, acting surgeon general OF
the Veterans Administration, at a
press conference, where he warned
that while taking over civilian beds
would help the veterans it will mean
that the hospital situation for ci-
villains viii be critical for some
months ahead.
Navy Makes ALLEGATION.
Whether Washington's already
overcrowded civilian hospitals win
be taxed further to supply beds fol
veterans probably will be decided
next month. when the American
Hospital Association discusses allo.
cation of civilian beds with the
Veterans Administration. A Vet.
Grams Administration spokesman
said few days ago that it would be
advisable" to secure space in civil
ian hospitals here to augment beds
borrowed from military and naval
installations in this area.
OF the 10000 beds the Veterans
Administration hopes to borrow,
only the Navy has made definite
ALLEGATIONS. Gen. Hawley said the
Navy had promised space in Navy
hospitals for 9,375 veterans by Sep
TENDER /, 1916. Included in this
ALLEGATION are 500 beds at the
Bethesda Naval Center and 200 beds
at Portsmouth, Va, for Washington
area veterans.
Half From Civilians.
The Veterans Administration has
asked the Army for 10000 beds and
has the approval of the Army sur
geon general. The request is now
on Secretary of War Patterson's
desk.
AS for civilian hospitals, Gen.
Hawley explained that the Ameri-
can Hospital Association had as
sured him that 10000 beds could
be made available in the 3,4O0-
member hospitals of the association.
1t was pointed out that the Army
and Navy bed-lending programs
will have to be reviewed whenever
the President proclaims the end
of the war. Reserve medical per-
sonnet cannot be held in the service
after the duration and six months"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
All Manila Returnees
Due to Sail This Month

MANILA, Dec. ~ (P).-Col. j. c,
Campbell, commander Of the 21st
Replacement Depot. where angered
soldiers had protested cancellation
of homebound transport sailing,
said today that three troopships
have been assigned to carry re-
turnees home and that the depot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
IOPA Grants Increase
lin RetoiI Pickle Price
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Retail prices for sweet, sour and
dill pickles are going up half cent
to a cent and a half quart jar
OPA announced yesterday.
This will result, the agency said
from an increase Of % cents bushel
in maximum prices for sailed OF
brined cucumbers, generally used in
producing pickles.
The latter increase is effective
Immediately. Retail prices will be
increased when the higher priced
pickles reach store shelves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
BY the Associated Press.

pS Inc AosOCidteQ fIcoc.
PEKIN, ILL.,, Dec. 27.-A 14-year.
old runaway and his part Angora'
cat frolicked belatedly with their
Christmas presents today after q
five-day, $500 spree in Chicago.
Dickie Mason and his cat, Cookie
returned to Pekin today with
Dickie's mother, Mrs. Mildred Ma
son. Dickie was welcomed by Henry
Gleich, his grandfather, whose saw
ings of $500 Dickie took to finance
his trip. When Chicago police
picked him up for questioning on a
hotel managers tip, Dickie had ap-
proximately $1,000 left.
The boy told police he left home
because of Cookie. The family. he
said, stepped on her tail too fire.
quently for it to be accidental.
Today, however, his mother said
Dickie left home because he is
crazy about trains"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
|4,466, 900 Soldiers
Let Out Since Nav II

Py the Associated Press.
The War Department announced
yesterday that a total of 4,466 900
Army personnel had been returned
to civilian life from May IL through
December 81.
OF this number, 1874 900 were re-
leased from September 2 through
December 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Bodies Of Eight Flyers
Token to Tsinqtuo

From Yesterdays Last Edition.
BY the Associated Press.
TIENTSIN, China, Dec. 26.-Bod-
les Of eight Marine flyers killed In
plane crashes southwest of Using
tao on December 7 were brought to
Tsingtao yesterday, the Sd Am
phibious headquarters reported to-
day.
Bodies Of five have been tenta-
lively identified. Their names were
not made public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Bernard N. Boruch, Jr.,
lis Divorced at Reno
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
RENO. New, Dec. T.-The 49,
year marriage of Mrs. Winifred M
Baruch and Bernard M. Baruch
jr., son of the finance and Govern.
ment expert, ended in a divorce
court here yesterday.
Mr.. Baruch was charged by his
wife with extreme cruelty. She
asked alimony and that the court
record be sealed. They have nc
children.
The decree was granted within
a few hours after the action was
started by Mrs. Baruch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27

against the urSt
japanese to be
tried on the soil
Of his surren-
dered country as
q war criminal.
The sentence,
eliciting an ex-
preston of graf
itude for Amer
lean justice from
a Japanese on
the defense staff,
was passed by
an A m e r / can
w ar Grim e S
G o m m ISIS ion
against TatSuo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
IOPAWHIEndCont
Ion MunhoIe Covers,
Racing SuIkies

BY the Associated Press.
The price ceiling on man
hole covers comes of Monday
OPA said that among other
commodities to be exempted
from price control effective
then are racing sulkies, fire.
works and racing motorcycles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-27
Little Glass Eye Gets
Life Term for Role in
Killing ]. 5. Private

By the Associated Press.
YOKOHAMA, Dec. 27.--A life
sentence at hard labor, instead Of
the death penalty the prosecution
demanded, was returned today
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-05

FOR SALE: Late model automatic
electric mangle, like new; two
burner hot plate; S room oil heat
er; 8 tube Silver Marshal console
radio; table model radio; 10-ga.
double Darrell shotgun, leather
case; golf clubs, leather case; BAN
10; student cornet; other misc. at
Pasco Transfer, Pasco. lip
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FOR SALE: Team of bay horses
with harness. Wallace Bateman
River Road. 1c
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FOR SALE: Good O.I.C. boar;
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FOR SALE: New homes, small
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W w Lost and Found " ~

PLEASE RETURN the lain STIR
ring pillow, borrowed from my
place. ]. H. Keller, 21s miles w.
of Kennewick. 51-2
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