Evening star., 1947-10-28
Truman toHead
Delegation al
War Dead Rites
Ceremonies for Score
From Pacific to Be Held
At Arlington Thursday

President Truman will head
group Of civilian and military lead
ers and representatives of veterans
organizations at the joint burial
services of 20 returned World War
II dead in Arlington Cemetery at
II am. Thursday.
The President will not speak. ac-
cording to White House Press Sec
retary Charles G. Ross.
Defense Secretary Forrestal and
Secretaries Royal. Sullivan and
Symington of the Army, Navy and
Air Force, respectively. along with
the top military leaders, will attend
the ceremony and pay homage to
heroes returned from the Pacific.
The 20 to be buried Thursday will
be the first of some 5000 expected to
be reinterred at Arlington. Most of
the first 20 have next of kin in the
District area, the Military District
of Washington revealed in an
nouncing the list yesterday. The
american Graves Registration Divi-
sion, in announcing plans for the
services IN Philadelphia a week ago.
said they would be the first bodies
sent to Washington and that many
could be expected to reach the Cap
ital hereafter as the 100000 to be
returned arrive in the United States.
Simple Services at Graves.
The 86piece Army Band will open
the exercises with appropriate music,
as four enlisted men of the service
OF the deceased take their places
beside each of the caskets. Army
and Navy chaplains of the Protes-
tant, Catholic and Jewish faiths will
conducted the simple graveside
services. This will be followed by
military honors of three rifle vol
ieys and taps blown by bugler.
Before each coffin is lowered into
the grave the four honor escorts will
step forward, remove the flag from
the coffin and present it to the
next of kin.
Grave sites are located in section
IL IN the cemetery, which is bounded
by Mcclellan, Grant, Porter and
Patton avenues. Next of kin havs
been asked to 60 to the superin-
tendent's office, from which point
military escorts will conduct them
to the grave site. In event
OF rain, canopies will be erected
above each grave site. Services will
be held only at the grave sites, with
no ceremony planned for the ampi-
theater.
Heroes and Kin.
Those to be reinterred include
the following, who served in the
Army, with their next of kin: Pfc.
James w. Brent, Berkley Brent
Cfather)., Mountville, Va; First 1t.
Claude r. Lander, Estelle L. Mana.
shaw (mother), 6429 North Twenty-
second street, Arlington: T/3 Lorenz
D. Smith, Edgar D. Smith. 1father).
Columbia Heights Station, Wash.
1ngton: T/Sergt. Charles E. Schafer.
Rose E. Schafer (wife), Baltimore.
Md.
Also the following, who served in
the Air Force and their next of
KIN: Maj. Andrew A. Barna, Mildred
j. Barna (wife), 40O6 Sixty-second
street NV. Second 1t. George v.
Pyles, Dennis w. Pyles Gather.
5000 Temple road Sc; Second IT.
William E. Somsel. jr., William E.
Somsel, sr. father), Primos, Pa;
Capt. Hobart T. Walker, Mrs.
Hobart T. Walker, sr. (mother).
1871 TWenty-first street NV.
The following, who served in the
Navy, and their next of kin: Gt
y. g. Randall B. Adams, DR.. Henry
D. Adams (father), 1925 I street
NV; Ensign Donald w. Angus
terrier. Leona M. Augusterfer (moth-
err, 1922 New Hampshire avenue
NV; Storekeeper &c Baltasser ].
Glacofci, Lucy B. Giacofci (mother).
~ seventeenth street Sc; Avia-
tlon Machinist Mate SIC Donald
Keith Hathaway, Paul L. Hathaway
uather). 1926 T street NV; Gun
ners Mate j, 2/c John Campbell
Pensyl, Ruth Roxanna Pensvl
tmother), 1446 Fairmont street
NV; Pharmacist Mate 1/c Arthur
Russell, Gertrude L. Rns-
Sett (wife), 2421 M street NV
The following who served in Ma.
rlne Corps and their next of kin:
i/Sergt. Shelby Lowell Cox. Ger
trude L. Emanuel (mother), 6l0s
First place NV; Maj. Henry Tai
mage Elrod, Mrs. Henry T. Elrod
Henderson Hall, Arlington:
PVt' Martin F. Hunt, Mrs. Martin
B. Hunt (mother), BOT Allison
street NV; Second. 1t. James F.
kehoe, jr., James F. Kehoe, sr
father. 1898 Fessenden street
NV; Pfc. Samuel Arts Westrav
Mrs. Mabel L. Westray (mother).
1928 East Capitol street; Master
ISergt. Carl L. Rice. Mrs carl