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Evening star., 1946-12-25
Special Session
Friday 10 Get
Race Tax Bill
Will Be introduced
Even Though O'Conor
Plans No Action
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 25-The Mary
land Legislature was ready today
for it's special session but as far
as Gov. O'Conor is concerned, no
|race-track taxation bill will be Of
fered by the administration.
The special session is set for Fri
day, and it probably will be con-
fined to that day during which the
will provide for funds
for increased salaries of State en-
ployes and other department ap-
propriations to carry the agencies
through the fiscal year.
An effort will be made, however,
to enact a bill containing modi-
fed version of the Sherbow Com
missions proposals on race-track
levies.
State Senator John B. Funk, Dem
ocrat, of Frederick said such a meas
ure would be introduced. The Balti-
more City Council and Mayor Nc
Keldin have adopted a per cent
tax on betting at Pimlico, but this
action will not affect the proposal
to offer the Sherbow bill Friday, Mr.
Funk said.
Rebeal of Tax Promised.
Mr.. Funk, chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, explained that
the Baltimore City Council has
promised to repeal the Pimlico levy
if the Legislature votes adequate
revenue to the city before January /.
Mr.. Funk said the city tax would
set bad precedent for local taxation
and would. solve the problem only
partially because it would do nothing
to aid the counties.
Meanwhile, Gov. Elect w. Preston
Lane, jr., was asked by the Citizens
Committee for Mental Hygiene in
Baltimore to back $4,000 900 budget
increase for State mental institu-
tions.
In addition, the committee urged
passage of a $600,00 appropriation
for erection and stating of pro-
posed psychiatric institute in Balti-
more.
More Funds Requested.
In letter to MF. Lane, the COM
mittee said Maryland's mental in
stituuons are below the level of
those functioning in other States.
More money is needed to rectify
undertaking, overcrowding, i'm
proper housing, low salaries Of en-
ployes and other defects, the COM
mittee declared.
The budget requested for the five
State mental institutions totals sl2,-
4,414 against the $6,l30 202 al
lowed for the current biennium.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Anne Arundel Hearing
Called on Navy Airport
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 25.-The Anne
Arundel County Commissioners, who
already have Endorsed the proposal,
have set January for public
hearing on the Naval Academy's
plan to establish an airport in the
Sandy Point area.
The commissioners called the
hearing after residents of the Ma
gothy River section lodged a pro-
test against the proposed 2,500-acre
airport. '
Evening star., 1946-12-25
PIone Crash Interrupts
Tunoier Christmas Purty
By the Assoeioted Press

TANGIER, Va, Dec. 25.-The
crash-landing of an airplane on
Tangier Island interrupted a child
ren's Christmas party yesterday.
The plane, piloted by John Fletch-
er of Parksley, Va, crashed into
the home of Norris Angle, but no
one was injured seriously. Mr..
Fletcher was taking Carroll Hayne
home to Tangier for Christmas
when the accident occurred.
Mr.. Fletcher and Mr.. Hayne were
treated for minor injuries.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Henry " to Be Shown

The moving picture, Henry "" will
be shown to members of the Modern
Language Association at two special
performances at 3 and $3.50 pm.
Sunday at Lisner Auditorium. The
showings are being sponsored by the
Folger Shakespeare Library. The
association is meeting at the Hotel
Statler, starting Friday and contin-
uing through Monday. -
Evening star., 1946-12-25
| Maryland Couple
To Mark 9th
| Anniversary
By the Assoeiatsd Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 25.-Mr. and
Mrs. j. C. Taylor will celebrate their
9th wedding anniversary Sunday In
the Jarrettsville Home where they
have lived sc years.
Mr.. Taylor, who is 80, hearty and
well, spent 73 years in the tomb
stone business. The couple have
seven children, II grandchildren and
Ahree great grandchildren.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Gov. Tuck to Have Ham
For Christmas Dinner
RY fha Assoeiufed Pres.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 25.-Gov
Tuck will have ham for his Christ
mas dinner today. Iowa ham!
It came as a gift from Iowa's Gov
Blue. With it came poetic greet
ing that said :. To uphold good
eating, as a Christmas tradition
with corn-fed succulence that de-
fles competition"
Gov. Tuck, grateful for the gift
wasn't inclined to 60 into the mat
ter of "defies competition"
There were no reports from the
Smithf1eld precinct.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Fall Fotul to Student

BALTIMORE, Dec. IS tP.-Joseph
Shukes, 81, student at st. Mary's
Seminary, died yesterday in Balti-
more hospital of injuries suffered
in q fall from a 20-foot ledge while
placing Christmas decorations at the
seminary Sunday. b
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Apple Exporters to Open
Offices in Winchester
Special Dispatch TO The Sior

SPecIof OISF'eIICH TO TIE ofoT
WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. 25.-
With apple shipments to Great
Britain resumed this winter for the
first time since the war started in
1899, exporters are arranging to re-
open their Offices in Winchester.
One of the first British firms to
return is j. J. Lyons, Ltd, of Lon
don, with Joe Lyons in charge of the
office here
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Exchange Club Elects

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. Is (Spe..
ciaD Joseph A. Massie, jr., attorney
has been elected president of the
newly organized Exchange Club,
with Charles H. Dick, secretary, and
DR.. Leslie M. Bell, treasurer.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
Museum Gets Du Pont Gift

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. Is R.-A
gift of $4,000 to the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts from Mrs.
Alfred I. du Pont, Wilmington, Del,
was announced yesterday by Alex
ander w. Weddell, president.
Evening star., 1946-12-25
I Pleas for R!ezoning
Twill Be Considered
lin Fairfax Monday

Seven applications for rezoning
will be considered at a public hear
ing of the Fairfax County Board OF
Zoning Appeals Monday at 10 am.
in the board room at Fairfax court
house. Applicants are:
Ryers Drugs, Inc, for permission
to erect two signs larger than al
lowed by the zoning ordinance, In
the Centerville district.
Tauxement Development Corp. for
permission to erect dwelling with
less setback than required by the
ordinance, in Tauxemont subdivi-
sion, Mount Vernon district.
Lloyd Cushman, for permission to
establish kennel with less than
the required setback, in Springfield,
Mount Vernon district.
James G. Estep, for permission to
erect a home on lot with less than
the required width, on Blake lane,
in Providence district.
Paul and George Anders, for per-
mission to erect a filling station
with less than the required setback
on No. / highway, Mount Vernon
district.
Samuel Boyles, for permission to
erect a gasoline filling station in
the Swart subdivision, near Center
vile.
Phillip c. DeLong, for permission
for the continuation of dwelling
with less than the required setback,
in the Fair Haven subdivision, Mount
Vernon district.
Red Cross Aide Named.
Mrs. Helen Ingram has been ap-
pointed home service secretary for
the Fairfax County American Red
Cross Chapter, Mrs. David Wing,
county chairman, reports. She
succeeds Miss Marguerite Stewart,
resigned.
Girl Scouts Aid Needy.
Girl Scout Troop No. 40, Falls
Church, under the direction Of Mrs.
Ralph Lotion, scout leader, has
collected food and clothing for a
needy family in Fairfax County.
The family, with children, was
assigned to them by Miss T. Mary
Beacham, superintendent OF the
County Welfare Department.
Evening star., 1946-02-07

ling atrocities by troops under his
command in the Philippines, is the
first top-ranking japanese officer
whose conviction has been reviewed
by the supreme Allied commander
Fate of the calm. shayen- headed
japanese general was left in Gen
MacArthur's hands after the Philip
pines Supreme Court refused to
transfer the case from military to
civil jurisdiction, and the United
States Supreme Court last Monday
upheld the death sentence.
Sentence Brutal" Japs Say.
Two top-ranking japanese gen.
erals today termed the sentencing
of Yamashita to be hanged in dis
grace as brutal"
1t. Gen. Yoshio Kozuki said that
execution of Gen. MacArthur's order
that Yamashita be stripped of all
military trappings for the gallows
would have "a deep effect upon the
japanese people" but they would
accept the verdict without trouble
owing to the situation" Kozuki is
vice minister in Japan's demobiliza-
ton ministry, successor to the abol-
iShed War Ministry.
However, 1t. Gen. Mamoru Hara,
next highest ranking officer in that
ministry. said there might be DEM
onstrationS. He Speculated that the
people might consider that the ver-
dict carried things too far"
Both refused to discuss the case
or to express an opinion as to the
fairness of the Manila trial which
convicted Yamashita of countless
atrocities because that would mean
criticism of Gen. Macarthur and we
are not permitted to do that"
Final Review of Case.
Gen. Macarthur, in final review of
the case. delivered this scathing de-
nunciation of Yamashita:
1T is not easy for me to pass
judgment upon a defeated adversary
in major campaign. I have re-
viewed the proceedings in vain
search for some mitigating circum-
stances on his behalf. I can find
none.
Rarely has so cruel and wanton
a record been spread to the public
gaze.
This officer has failed his
duty to his troops, to his country, to
his enemy and to mankind. He has
failed utterly his soldiers faith. The
transgreSSions . are a stain upon
civilization and constitute a memory
OF shame and dishonor that can
never be forgotten"
Legal Issues Not New.
In commenting on the legal issues
involved in Yamashitas trial, Gen.
Macarthur said, mo new or retro
active principles of law, either ma
tional or international, are involved.
The case is founded upon basic fun
damentals and practice as immuta-
BILE and as standardized as the most
matured and irrefragable of social
codes.
THE proceedings were guided by
that primary rational of all judicial
ascertain the full truth
unshackled by any artificialities of
Evening star., 1946-02-07

narrow method or. technical arbi-
trariness. The results are beyond
challenge"
Partial destruction OF Manila
once-beautiful capital OF the Philip
pines, was the only offense charged
against Yamashita upon which Gen
Macarthur commented.
Peculiarly callous and purpose
less was the sack of the ancient city
Of Manila with its Christian popu-
lation and its countless historical
shrines and monuments of culture
and civilization which, with cam
paign conditions reversed bad pre-
viously been spared" he femarked.
Yamashita Forewafned.
Yamashita was forewarned as to
personal consequences of such afro
cities, Gen. Macarthur said. point
ing out that:
"On October 24-four days follow
ing the landing of our forces on
Leyte-it was publicly proclaimed
that would hold the Japanese mill
tary authorities in the Philippines
Immediately liable for any harm
which may result from failure to ac-
cord prisoners of war, civilian in
ternees or civilian noncombatants
the proper treatment and the pro-
lection to which they Of right are
entitled.
Gen. MacArthur's most scathing
remarks were reserved for Yama-
shita's blot on the military pro-
fession."
Revolving as this (Yamashita's S
record may be in itself, it pales be-
Evening star., 1946-02-07
Macarthur Reaffirms
Death for Yamashita
In Scathing Terms
BY the Associated Press.

ps tuc hssoelhteu fIeSS.
TOKYO, Feb. 7.-Gen. Tomoyuki
Yamashita, his last hope for Glenn
ency denied by Gen. Macarthur,
must die secretly like a common
criminal on the gallows in Manila
the city his trapped soldiers pillaged
and burned.
Gen. Macarthur, as final review
ing authority, today upheld the
death sentence imposed on Yama-
shita by a military commission in
Manila, and ordered that his one
time adversary meet his doom
stripped of uniform, decorations
and other appurtenances signify
ing membership in the military pro-
fession."
1t. Gen. Wilhelm D. Styer, acting
on Gen. MacArthar's orders, will
carry out the execution secretly and
then announce it. Newspapermen
and photographers will be barred.
Gen. Styer, commander of Army
forces in the Western Pacific with
headquarters in Manila, said Army
selected witnesses to the execution
would not be permitted to talk for
publication.
Yamashita, charged with condon-
Evening star., 1946-02-07

fore the sinister and reaching
implication thereby attached to the
profession of arms. The soldier, be
he friend or foe, is charged with the
protection Of the weak and un-
armed. - When he violates this
sacred trust, he not only profanes
his entire cult but threatens the very
fabric Of international society"
Gen. MacArthur's decision is ex-
pected to have considerable bearing
on the trial Of other high Japanese
officers, chief of which is 1t. Gen.
Masaharu Homma now being tried
in Manila.
Homma is charged. as was Yama-
shita, with responsibility for whole
sale barbarities by troops under his
leadership. But Homma's men were
staggering conquerors who overran
the Philippines-Ya Yamashita' pam
icky soldier horde that went amok in
the futility of defeat.
Evening star., 1946-02-07
Cob Driver Here Held
On Lottery Charges

Alton r. King, IS. colored, Of Al
Kenyon street NV, yesterday was
held for the grand jury by United
States Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage on charges Of operating a
lottery and possessing lottery slips.
King, said to have told police
there Is more money in the lottery
business than just driving a taxicab, .
was arrested Monday in his cab at
Third and X streets NE. while
making his rounds" collecting slips,
according to police.
Evening star., 1946-02-07

Men, 1874! Be a Guardian Of
Victory The Army needs volun-
teers and now offers the greatest
inducements for an Army career
ever devised. Get the full details
during visit to the Army Recruit
ing Station, 403 10th street NV.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
AMERICAN CLERK
CALLED BY REDS
Embassy Employe Sum-
moned On Charges
Of 'lnsolent Acts

MOSCOW, May 4. up - The
Moscow city prosecutors office TO-
day summoned Waldo Ruess. .
clerk in the U. S. embassy. to an
pear on Wednesday to answer
charges of committing "insolent
acts against an actress from one
Of Moscow's state theaters.
Ruess, whose home is on North
Ardmore Avenue in Hollywood.
Calf, had no comment on the
charges. He was not arrested or
asked to post any bail.
The labor newspaper Trud, in
n OF the few instances in which
1t was printed police court news,
gave this account of the case under
a headline reading "hooligan acts
OF an American citizen"
Riding in an automobile with a
Soviet c1tizenees-an actress in n
OF the Moscow state theaters-a
member Of the American embassy
IN MoscoW,%Waldo Ruess, permitted
himself a number of insolent hoo.
hgan acts toward her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
MARINE DECLARES
ALCATRAZ TOUGH
DEFENSIVE SPOT
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fear and maybe in pain just like
the Japs on Bougainville when we
poured i: or EN-. Those anti-tank
grenades really pop when they
burst.
Let me out n guy yelled. But
when guards started to let 'em
out they got a blast of rifle fire
from cell tiers.
The conv:cts haven't a chance to
get out alive, and they didn't have
a chance right from the start.
They're worse than the Japs-just
wanton killers. The Japs had some
thing to fight for and a chance to
win. But these st1r-crazy cons could
only kill-and then die themselves.
Yesterday morning I went around
or the slope of the hill over there
in front of block D-thats the
bunch of cells that runs right across
the northwest race of the prison
facing right out of the Golden
Gate. We found a little break in a
by the road and We fired
rifle grenades at the cells where
we knew the men we're holed up.
l quit at noon-simply because
my shoulder and face were so sore
and burned I wouldn't have shot off
another of those things at Toto
himself.
Those guys IN the cell block yell
ed plenty when we plopped the rifle
grenades in. But they didn't come
out. we already had bored some
holes in the roof over block C.
There was a guard stationed at
the south end Of the block COM
manding that Corridor and other
guards up at the north end. I had
TO be careful not to get any gren-
AIDES too close to those men.
Tough Position
You'd have to go inside that block
TO see what a tough position it
was. They could move all over the
block on all three tiers. If a guard
started up a ladder or along a
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
SUNDAY, MAY 5. 1a4s

passageway. those cons would
pack In a cell and pop at him 1,u'u l''
his head appeared. ~ Wien
The guards had CUTS.
more than Il plead with tbo heard
den to let him GO in and I s5o" war,
out. But the warden didn't p witt It
anybody else hurt. He said want
was plenty of time. N0 mere
l don't know anything anon.
deal between the prison aut5ori any
ana the cons. But there W.. ''e'
oreak in the firing YESTERDAY n's - a
ernoon. The warden said to ait,
and see wha' they would do Wall
About 5 0 clock n Of Nv w.
fired a rife slug through the , CONS
door in block c. I guess the ' coaa
wanted to make a peep-ho1o IONS
cause they couldn't see auvhodn We
shoot at. 'O0y 10
w. wen pack to the roof again
mats when I lowered a few gr aIa'
ades down the vents on str Gre5.'
That way they'd GO off at the rigS,
distance and shatter the vent, s'i
also fired several anti-tank grs,
ades with a rifle pointed right down. down.,
a hole. l wanted tc shatter . t;"l
OF concrete culvert or cond,I.
where we thought maybe the mo1
were taking cover. |
We'd drop a few grenade, :.
each end Of the block-and CIV a.
them a little time to run for 9 tbi.
culVert. Then I fire the rifle gren ,'
AIDES at EN-. If there's anv cons IL.
block c today they're dead cno5 IN
les. '0oA'
And brother-I don't mind +.r
ing you I'm dog-tired and I k1on,
| look Ii We went in about 1'g %
Thursday afternoon but I can't I taTJ
you much about time after tb.,
except when it was dark and wbas
1t was light. We were r~eIievoa
about 7 O'Clock last night, TbaF.
Friday, ISM it?'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
Passenger Service Cut
By Seabomd Railroad

HENDERSON, May 4.-R-
Sharp curtailment of passenger
service on the main line Of the
Seaboard railway as a result OF the
coal shortage was announced by
railroad authorities here today. ne
auctions in schedules were
temporarily during the emergency
it was explained.
Several train schedules were
abolished completely while otnerS
were merge lie Passenger rams WI
take over the burden OF
the heavy express and mail bust
ness, which is expected to SLOW
down schedules materially between
Tampa and st. Petersburg, IN FLOR
ida. a tri-weekly service is being
inaugurated instead Of daily runs,
Silver Meteor streamlined trains
which use no coal will not be af-
fected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
PHANTOM Killer
ELUDES OFFICERS
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cation and Capt. Earl Scoggins OF
the Arkansas state police are
checking the flashlight for finger
prints.
Residents of the area will have
no might life" tonight.
Although stunned by the previous
murders, they had felt that they
were safe at home. After last
nights Staying, the Texarkana Ga
zette said, there is a feeling that
even at home, with blinds drawn,
there is no safety from the phan-
tom. Many men are carrying guns.
Sheriff W. E. Davis Of Miller
county, Ark. said today he could
not link the crime with the two
recent double Sayings in Bowie
county because of the difference
in the caliber Of guns used to take
the lives of Richard Griffin, %,
and his companion, Polly Ann
Moore, II, on March "a, and Paul
Martin. II and his teen-age friend,
Betty Booker. Is, on April IA.
The sheriff added that it was
possible, however, the same man
was responsible for all five STAY
ings.
This is the story of last night S
shooting related Historically to
Sheriff Davis by Mrs. Starkes as
she lay on an operating table in
the T~exarkana hospital:
Virgil 49,. was sitting in a chair
with his back to the window. ..
Listening to a radio program.
II was lying in the next room on
a bed. 1 heard a noise in the back
yard and asked Virgil to turn the
radio down a bit.
1.-THE next thing I heard sound
ed like the breaking of glass. I
thought he had dropped something
and went into his room.
when I reached the doorway,
he was standing UP. Suddenly he
slumped into a chair and I saw
the blood. I ran over to him, and
then I ran to the telephone.
Il rang it twice"
While standing there in her night-
gown two bullets struck her in the
lace. She crumpled to the floor.
then got to her feet and ran back
to her bedroom.
AS she did, she heard the killer
tearing the screen loose from the
back porch of their ranch stvle
house. Hearing him trying to en-
ter the house, she fled in a grow
ing panic, screaming, to a near
by house of her sister, Mrs, J%
Allen.
A trail of blood showed that from
the house of her sister, who was
not at home, she went to the neigh
boring home of A. V. Prater.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
CHINESE SKATER
DRIVE ON MUKDEN
Report $4,000 Communist
Troops Turned Back With
5000 Casualties

MUKDEN, May e. P}- The
Chinese government asserted to-
day it had smashed a surprise
"offensive' aimed at Mukden by
60. OOC Communist troops, who were
turned back with more than 5000
casualties.
Gen. Tu Yu-ming, government
commander-in-chief in Manchurla,
told a press conference his forces
had turned back the Communist
drive and captured Penki (Pen-
hsihu), main Communist strong
hold 40 miles southeast of Muk-
den.
Tu declared the Communists
modified large forces around
strong government positions in !
southern ManchUria and began an
"offensive' Sunday which rolled
northward for three. days for an
undisclosed distance.
On May l, he added, the govern
ment launched a counter drive and
captured Penki after a savage two
day battle. He asserted 5000 Com
munists were taken prisoner there.
Further details of the conflict
were lacking.
(At Marking, General Marshall
conferred for an hour and a half
with Gen. Chou En-lai, chief Com
munist negotiator, in a resump-
ton of conversations concerning
a truce in Manchuria, Chou pro-
posed that three-man truce teams
be sent into hitherto dormant Cen
raj China, where the civil warfare
had spread from Manchuria.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
Jim Jordan Appointed
Acting County Coroner

J.. F. Jim" Jordan, retiring
member of the city police force,
has been appointed acting coroner
of New Hanover county, Coroner
Asa W. Allen announced last night.
Jordan will serve in the office,
Allen said, pending the return to
Wilmington of E. L. Strickland,
who is out of the city on a bust
ness trip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
DROWN

MILAN, Italy, May 4-p-como
police said today the widow Of
Bruno Mussolini, son of the former
Duce, drowned with two allied sol.
dlers early today when a motor.
boat capsized and sank in Lake
Como. The boat was on a trip be.
tween the villages of Torno and
Blevio. The soldiers were not
identified in the police report.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting OF the
Home Owners association of
South Third Street has been
scheduled for 8 o'clock Tues
day evening in the Sunday
school of the First Presbyter-
ian church, Third and Orange
streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
IMPROVING

In a telephone conversation
with his family, County Com
missioner Harry Gardner, who
is a patient in an Atlanta hos
pital, said that while he was
improving daily his doctor had
not told him when he might
return home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05

Worship services will be held
in the Oak Grove chapel at 6
pm. today, instead of at the
customary 3 o'clock hour.
Meetings are held every hour.
Sunday and are conducted by
the Rev. John d. Macleod,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05

Two oxen. SOC chickens and
geese, and 200 cakes as large as
cartwheels were consumed during
a taree-day wedding feast held at
Sze1ttanlas, H gary. Twelve
cooks were required to prepare the
meal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05

the year for one of the insur-
ance companies he represents
here. He was notified that he
ranked ninth In thu United
States in the volume of sales
for the same period.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-05
REVIVAL PLANNED

Revival services will begin
Wednesday night, May 8 at
1880 o'clock in the Holy
Church of Christ, S. Third and
M%arsteller streets, with the
Rev. M. Nj. Turner, Tulsa,
Okla, in charge.