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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-01-31
25th Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Childers
celebrated their 25th wedding ami
versary on January 10th at their
home on Shady Grove Road, Rock
vile, when they entertained rs
guests at a buffet supper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-01-31

spending a 40 day leave with his
parents in Laytonsville after re-
eeiying his discharge in December
Harold has re-enlisted for two
years and expects to return to sea
duty upon expiration of his leave
in February. He spent all but ter
months Of his Naval duty attached
to the submarine SIS $40 (Becuna)
and has many thrilling experiences
to relate. He wears five service
ribbons in addition to the submar-
iner's do,phins and the combat pin.
Harold is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond English.
x
Roger Arnold F lie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Arnold of Washing
ton Grove, received his honorable
discharge from the Navy on Jan
18th. During his almost two years
Of service he was attached to the
light cruiser, U.S.S. Sargus and
saw action at Guadalcanal, Saipan
Guam, Two lima, Okinawa and the
Philippines. He lives in Baltimore
with his wife and two children
Last week he started a huckster
route through Washington Grove
and the surrounding territory.
X
Robert N. Klawohn S 1-c of
Forest Glen is scheduled to land
any day now, He is on his way
home aboard the USS st. Paul.
S-Sgt. David U. Stang of Wash
ington Grove is home after more
than years service with the
1299th Engineers. He spent the
last eight months in Luzon and
Japan. He expects to be discharg-
Cd at Fort Meade this week.
4
Technical Sgt. Robert Wells of
Caithersburg has recently received
h's honorable discharge after three
years and seven months in the
Army, with the Quartermaster
Corps. He wears the Good Conduct
and Victory ribbons and the Amer
lean and European Theatre ribbons
With one battle star, having been
in the Rhineland Campaign. He
spent some time overseas. in Eng
land, France, Belgium and Luxem-
bourg. This week he is returning
to his work with the American Dis
injecting Company in Washington,
X
Sgt. Harvey Via also of Cal
thersburg has also been honorably
discharged. He received his train
ing in Communications for the
Field Artillery in the Hawaiian
Islands. He served on the Mar
shall and Admiralty Islands and
at Leyte in the Philippines. He
wears the ribbons of the Asiatic
Pacific with one star and the
PHILIPPINE Liberation with two stars,
and the Good Conduct ribbon. Sgt.
Via has returned TO work with the
American Disinfecting Company.
Cpl. Andy Hamke, SON of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Hamke of Rock
vile received his honorable dis
charge at Fort Meade on January
18th. He spent two years in the
southwest Pacific. In addition to
his ribbons he wears three battle
stars. Andy is a graduate of Rich
! ard Montgomery High School.
X
Pfc Byron Miller of the u IS.
Marine Corps received his honor
able discharge at cambridge, Md,
last week. He wears the Ameri-
can Defense ribbon, having been in
Cuba in 1914, the Asiatic Pacific
ribbon with one star, the American
campaign and Victory and Good
Conduct ribbons. Miller had the
pleasure Of being sent to Nagasad,
Japan, where the Atomic bomb was
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-01-31

Without taking sides we merely
remark that a strike seems to be
a wasteful method Of settling an
argument.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
CHRISTINE COLT
 BECOMES BRIDE
 OF JIG. HEATING

Christine Colt, daughter of Mrs J. D. Helps, now of California, be- came the bride of John Godfrey Heating, son of Mrs. John Heating of Seattle, at a double-ring ceremony at the Methodist Church last night, five minutes after midnight.
 Mrs. Alexis McMorran was the brides only attendant and Don Me- Moran was best man. The Rev Robert Treat read the VOWS.
 The bride wore a tailored dress maker suit of steel gray gabardine with a pink blouse, and pink faille hat trimmed in all-loyer black lace. She carried black accessories and wore a corsage of white gardenias and pink carnations.
 fer attendant wore a dressmaker suit dress of cocoa brown with an off-the-face hat of pink straw, trim- med with brown yelling. Mrs. Me Morrans corsage was of American Beauty roses and white carnations.
 The bride has been on the staff of the First National Bank for the past year and the groom is Traffic Representative at the Juneau office of Pan American Airways.
 Mir. and Mrs. Heating will be at home to their friends early next week in the Victor Apartments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
TWO MEN BURNED,
 ANCHORAGE BLAZE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Jan. 5.-- William Clements and John Farm CT were critically burned early yes- terday in fire that gutted the rear portion of the East Side Service Sta tion.
 The men were working in the gar- age at the time. The fire is of un- known origin.
 The blaze was discovered by a patrol car. Police officers found Clements and Farmer on the outside of the building in burning clothes. They were given quick aid The Fire Department was called and the gar age flames were soon extinguished. The damage to the building is not estimated but is covered by insur- ance
 The garage was only taken over by the new owners on January l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
ALASKA AIRLINES
 FLIES lN WITH 14

The Alaska Airlines Starliner, Fairbanks, with Captain Flahart, Flight Officer Currie, and Steward ess Branham arrived at the Juneau Airport with the following passen- gers from Anchorage-Cal Bucht- ing, Robert Atwater Charles Baker, Ed Carlson, Ruth Shuman, Eugene Crocker, MT. Gruman, It. Margaret Higgins, Marge Lund, Bill Lund, Bert McCay and George E. Williams.
 From Cordova-Mrs. c. c. Carlsen and c. C. Carlsen.
 On the return flight, the follow ing left for the Westward city Capt. O. R. Dinsmore, H. B. Leland, Betty Sample, o. T. Smith, Marie Lewis, Edward Fortier, Barbara Jacky, Stanley Hughes, Ben B. Ed wards, William O'Shea, Lance Weeda, Mrs. Lance Wseda, Lance Weeda, Jr., Edward Kubullist, J. Owen, Agnes Williams, P. Hutchins and Claire Brooks.
 To Yakutat-Diek Henry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
MRS. MANSFELDT SANE; SENTENCED
 IN MURDER CASE


 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5,--Mrs. Irene Mansfeldt has been sentenced to serve one to ten year prison sentence for killing Mrs. Vada Mar tin, a nurse she suspected of having love affair with her physician husband.
 A jury yesterday decided the 45- year-old society matron was sane when she shot Mrs. Martin Prev iously, the same jury had convicted her of manslaughter
 Prosecutor Norman Ellington ex- plained that If Mrs. Mansfeldt re- ceives full credits for good behavior, she would be eligible for parole after a year and half in prison.
 Her husband, Dr. John Mansfeldt, committed suicide soon after the shooting of the nurse.
 The defense contended Mrs. Mans feldt was innocent because she was insane at the time she shot Mrs. Martin.
 The verdict yesterday, ending a week-long case. came after eight hours of deliberation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
DUTCH MARINES
 WEAR UNIFORMS
 MARKED "U. S."

BATAVIA, Java, Jan. 5 = The Indonesian newspaper Merdeka said today that American-trained Dutch Marines who arrived here this week were wearing U. s. Marine uniforms and had pistol holsters, first aid kits and other items marked with the letters 'U. s"
 The newspaper, urging Americans in Java to protest to Washington said, Americans should insist that the Dutch uniforms be lettered with The Netherlands insignia or that they should use the Dutch Tri-Color to convince the Indo- nesians that the soldiers are Dutch and that Americans remain neu- tral"
 A new outbreak of fighting was reported meanwhile near Soera- baja, where British artillery re- pulsed about 100 Indonesians who attacked with three-inch mortars and machine-guns. Four British soldiers were wounded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
BLOODY BUTCHER
 T0HANG
Commander of Philippine Torture Mill ConviCt-
 ed of Crimes

MANILA, Jan. 5.-Lt. Col Seeiichi Ohta, known as "the bloody butcher of Fort Santiago,' has been con- demned to hang for his war crimes.
 The U s. Military Commission which convicted and sentenced Ohta today said
 ne is not being held guilty of one crime but for a systematic series of crimes, committed over a period, which became a definite pattern"
 Ohta was commander O. the Japa- nese Secret Police in Manila, which operated torture mill at Fort Santiago during the occupation.
 No date was set for the hearing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
DEMOBILlzING
 ARMY FORCES
 IS SLACKEN!NG

WASHINGTON, Jan. The Army slapped the brakes on de- mobilization today with declara- ton that replacements would be insufficient to maintain necessary forces abroad at the present rate.
 By full use of available shipping, all of about 1,553,000 overseas troops who are or will become eli- gible could be returned to the United States in three months, a War Department official said at a news conference.
 Instead, the Army plans to spread the returns over six months.
 This slower rate combined with replacements will reduce total overseas strength to a planned minimum of 797,0O0 by July 1, It. Gen. J. Lawton Collins told re- porters.
 He declared, however, that no man should be held in a foreign theater more than three months after he becomes eligible for dis charge.
 He estimated 100000 men had been recruited for the Regular Army since the wars end, but re- marked there was no guarantee enlistment would continue at that rate
 Selective Service, he added. has furnished an average of only 37,000 men month since V-J Day. The Army expected 50,000 a month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
137 INJURED BY WHISPERS DURING NIGHT
Rescue Teams Foil Through Mud, Rdin-Properfy
 Damage Large

PALESTINE, Texas, Jan. 5.-The toll of East Texas tornadoes rose to 20 dead. 137 injured and one missing today as rescue teams toiled through mud and heavy rains in search of additional victims.
 Twisters left trails of wreckage last night through at least four East Texas counties. Scores were home less and many communities were without power One was isolated from outside communication.
 In the flashing rains that accom- panied and followed the twisters, damage was impossible to estimate. Fourteen persons were dead here, 32 injured, and one missing Eastward, at Nacogdoches, four were dead and at least 85 hurt. Police there said the toll of injured probably would reach 100 and that the condition of several was critical. Near Lufkin, south of Nacogdoches. two were kill ed and 20 injured.
 George w. Hawkes., Nacogdoches newspaperman, said there were re- ports that tornado had caused casualties at Appelby, Texas. 10 miles northeast of Nacogdoches. but all communication lines with that com munity were down.
 Northward. in Hunt county. score of business and residential buildings were destroyed at Peniel. near Green were destroyed at Peniel. near Greenville.
 The tornado cut l00-yard swath across IS miles of Anderson county. passing three miles south and east of this city. State police aided local authorities and the Palestine unit of the Texas State Guard in relief work. The dead and injured were still cling rought in at an early hour today. The injured were in three local hospitals and two- thirds of them were reported ser iously hurt. Homes, filling stations and small stores suffered heavily. Southview, suburb of Palestine, was hard hit
 Telephone and power lines were down outside this city Trees were uprooted. Cars were blown from highways in this area and some of their occupants were injured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
JAP PURGE 0FCABINET
 IS SPARED
Several Minister Viii Be Removed on Gen. Mac
 Arihur's 5 Directive
By MORRIE LANDSBERG

TOKYO, Jan. 5-Premier klJuro Shidehara's storm tossed cabinet, weathering the first shock of Gen. MacArthur's political purge, today postponed until Sunday a scheduled emergency session to discuss ways of compliance.
 The cabinets chief secretary in- dicated that the government might attempt to remain in power by reorganization rather than resign ing en masse. Tokyo newspapers speculated that the new Allied di- rectives would leave untouched only the premier himself and Foreign Minister Shigeru Yoshida.
 The secretary, Diazaburo Tsugita, who may himself be out of job as the result of the drastic Allied orders to eliminate all who led Japan into war, said that drafting of emergency imperial ordinances to carry out the directives had de- layed the session scheduled today.
 Discussing the prospective purge with Japanese newsmen, Tsugita gave the impression, they reported, that the cabinet would try to carry on after removal of several ministers.
 The Tokyo press, hailing the orders as heralding a new day for Japan, said they would hit such men as Baron Kantaro Suzuki, who was premier when Japan surren- dered, and Prince Higashi-Kuni, the first premier under the occu- patton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
NE CURFEW IS PASSED BY
 COUNCIL
Parents Subjected 10 Heavy Penalties for Wander
 ing Children

Despite pre-meeting assurances from City spokesman Mayor Ernest Parsons that no matters of unusual civic importance = merely routine business = were to come before the City Council at it's first meeting of the year, last night, the municipal chiefs pulled a new City Ordinance out of City Attorney Howard D. Stabler's hat and now present it to Juneau residents at a fait accompli kicked across under emergency procedure.
 The new Ordinance, Number 30l is revision of the City's juvenile code pinning responsibility di- rectly on parents for curfew viola tions.
 Number 30l provides that children under IS years of age be off the streets and out of public places each evening after l0:c5 o'clock until 5 o'clock the following morning. Ex- captions are Friday and Saturday evenings and the evenings of those days defined as legal holidays by the laws of Alaska when the curfew deadline is at il:55 o'clock p, m, ex- tending until 5 o'clock a. m. the next day.
 What May Take Place
 During the banned hours under sixteeners may be about in company with a near relative or other adult person responsible for them or with written permission from parents, employers or guardians. With such written permit, children engaged up- on express errands are to be free from the womanly arm of the law.
 Both children and parents are liable to be charged as in violation of the new Ordinance and may be subjected to sliding scale of pen alties for first, second and third of lenses. as follows:
 First offense-One to five dollars fine.
 Second offense-Two to ten dol- lars fine.
 Third or subsequent offence--Fine of not more than $100, or jail sen- tence of not more than 30 days or both.
 old Leu Obsolete"
 In presenting his new ordinance, the City Attorney described the former curfew law, Ordinance Num- Der 275, as obsolete and ineffective. . Under it, he said, the policewoman is putting her head against a stone wall when she tries to clear children off the streets after hours.
 Discrepancies he pointed out in the old ordinance were: Ten o'clock curfew but no time set for children to return to the streets which most likely could he interpreted as putting the prohibition only the two hours after 10 o'clock D. m. until midnight, and with no hours banned on Fri day and Saturday nights and nights
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
NEW DISCHARGE POINTS FOR NAVY
 ANNOUNCED TO-DAY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. - The Navy Department announced today two more discharge point reductions effective on Feb. Is and March ?. Scores for most commissioned and warrant officers. already scheduled to drop from 43 to Al by Feb 2, were cut to 40 on Feb. 15 and 39 on March 2.
 The total for most enlisted men, which will be down from 36 to 34 by Feb. ? will drop to 8 on Feb. 15 and 32 on March 2.
 WAVE officers, now eligible with 29 points, may be discharged with 20 points Feb. and 27 points March 2. The enlisted WAVE score will be cut from B to 22 and 21 on the same dates. There will be no Feb. 15 reduction for WAVES.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
MEETING ON HEALTH SET
 FOR MONDAY
Ch anee for South e0si Alaska 10 Get I. B.
 SandiOrium

An open meeting--to explain and rally support for plan to secure permanent sanatorium for care of tuberculosis cases in Southeast Alaska--has been called for Mon- day evening by Mrs. M. O John son of the Gastineau Channel Health Council. The meeting will start at 8 o'clock in the council chambers of the City Hall and Mrs. Johnson will be chairman.
 Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, Territorial Commissioner of Health, who has just returned from Washington. D. C., will be present to tell all interested persons how they may help in securing the hospital. The plan to be presented calls for the construction of a 200 to 300-bed hospital to be built and operated by funds allocate6 to the Alaska Office of Indian Affairs under the July l. l946 to June 30, 1947 fiscal year budget.
 The Office of Indian Affairs, under Com m issioner William Brophy, has agreed that such a hospital is necessary if tuberculosis in Alaska is to be successfully fought and has asked for aid in gathering facts and figures to pre- sent to Congress along with the request for funds. pr. Albrecht se- yealed.
 Federal Funds
 The Territory of Alaska, he pointed out, will not be expected to contribute financially to the project or to the expenses involved in hospitalizing the Indians. among whom the greatest proportion of tuberculosis is seen. But at the same time, the Indian Office hos pital will be available for the care of indigent and other whites suf- fering from tuberculosis and the Territorial Department of Health and the Welfare Department will be expected to pay for the care of whites under contractual agree ment. This, in itself. Albrecht be- lieves, is major triumph toward the goal of bettering health condi- tions in Alaska. since in the past the OLA services have not been available for, whites under any agreement, and in such large territory this has been a serious handicap. since duplication of ser vices is far too costly.
 First Step
 Dr. Albrecht stressed that if the proposed program goes through it will be the first step in an overall permanent sanatorium program on the part of the OLA The plan calls for the establishment of two more permanent sanatoriums when funds are available-one in An- chorage and one for the Arctic area, perhaps at Fairbanks | </r1s.ysx.,zy @.. f,.<s. rn.,1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
23rd Fighier Group
 Is Ba(k from China

TACOMA. Wash. Jan. 5 The 23rd Fighter Group. formed from the original flying group in China. arrived in Tacoma last night on the troopship Aldermin from Shanghai. With 1t came an eight-year-old Chinese boy, the groups mascot, who mysteriously appeared aboard ship eight days out from Shanghai.
 The 23rd Fighter Group was form ed from the Flying Tigers when the Tigers disbanded on July 4. l942. It served first as part of Brig. Gen. c. L. Chennault's AAF China Task Force.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
AIR MAIL

FORT DODGE, Ia. n Fort Dodge police were looking for flying mail thief today
 Several women reported they saw big black crow take letters and Christmas cards from two home mail boxes The bird deftly reached into the boxes with his beak and pick ed out the letters.
 When the women sought to stop the thefts. the bird flew away, carrying four letters in his claws and Eeak, disappeared down an al- ley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
KIRCHHoFER OUT OF ARMY

With more than four years ser vice in the army to his credit Everett Kirchhofer arrived on the Steamer Baranof from Seward where he recently received his dis charge. His future plans are as yet somewhat indefinite, but they include a visit with old friends around the home town and a trip to the States later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
NEW UNION BANK
 OPENS, ANCHORAGE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 5 = The new Union Bank of Anchorage has opened here.
 Stockholders are Frances Hass- man, Stanley McCutcheon, Paul I. Reed, John Balious, Emil Pfeil, Edward Craig, John Ryan and Andrew Hassman. The latter has been named president.
 Mrs Hassman and McCutchecn are on the temporary board of directors
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
CHIPPERFIELD OUT

W. A. Chipperfield. Petersburg Division Supervisor for the U. s. Forest Service. has left his station at Petersburg to receive medical attention in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
TRUCE IS PLANNED
 IN(HINA
Representatives of Two Factions 10 Confer in
 Cease-f firing Order
By SPENCER MOOSA

CHUNGKING, Jan. 5 - Chinese Communists and government lead- CTS tonight reached an agreement on procedures for ending hostili- ties and restoring communications in strife-spIit China, an official announcement said
 Individual representative of the two factions have been appointed to confer on steps to carry out the cease-fire procedures.
 Gen. George C. Marshall, U. s. Envoy, had conferred in swift suc- cession earlier today with leaders of both delegations.
 From Shanghai, It. Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer, commander of the U. s. military forces in China, meanwhile announced that Ameri- can ships would begin moving 26,OO0 Chinese government troops into Manchuria within 10 days.
 Airborne Movement
 Airborne movement of other forces was scheduled for today, weather permitting.
 The momentous agreement to bring at least temporary peace to China was reached at 75-minute conference between senior govern ment and Communist delegates to the forthcoming unity conference here. It was announced in. mu- tually approved press release which Minister of Information K. c. Wu said implied that the two factions
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05

Edible birds nests are made by
 various pygmy members of the swift family, from sticky, whitish
 secretion of large glands in the mouth of the bird.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
The W ashing ion Merry -Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-HouSeWives may be in for another meat shortage as a result of a red tape snarl between the small meat packers and the Office of Economic Sta bilization.
 Several weeks ago, the small meat packers went to Economic Stabilizer Judge John c. Collett of Kansas City, whose Washington nickname is "Snuffy Smith be- cause he looks like the Barney Google character They told him they wanted to give a two-dollar- a-day increase to their employees, and needed small increase in the price of meat in order to do so. Cillett told them to go ahead
 You lay your egg" were his exact words, and I'll hatch it." So the meat packers went home, gave employees their wage in- crease, but now "Snuffy Smith" seems to have forgot all about the matter. The meat packers have been reminding him of it, but if they don't get action from him soon, lot of small packing plants will have to close down.
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 ENDING WAR SOONER?
 At least one high Army official is still convinced that France could successfully have been invaded in 1942 just as well as two years later Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, right hand man to Gen. Eisenhower, told Senator Claude Pepper in London how the general staff had worked out a complete invasion plan for 1942 only to shelve it in the face of unyielding opposition by the British.
 The British, still suffering from losses at Dunkirk, were holding out for an invasion through the Balkans.
 Tn view of the difficulties we had in France last year." Pepper asked Gen. Smith, what about our chances in 1922"
 Without hesitation, Smith replied that i've could have done the job every bit as well in 1922 and brought the war to an end much sooner
 * *
 WAS FDR RESPONSIBLE?
 Most Republicans piously dis claim any political motivation in the Pearl Harbor inquiry, but not so, frank, able Senator Owen Brew ster of Maine. During a secret session of the committee he put his cards face down on the table.
 "One of my primary purposes in this investigation" said Brewster,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05

During 1914. the OPA had IT, 47S.on0 new passenger car tires to ration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05

Ecuador can claim ore bird out Of every 13 on earth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05

Eighty-five per cent of the worlds birds live in the tropics.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-05
FROM FAIRBANKS

George Hellerick, Fairbanks, i' registered at the Gastineau.