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Evening star., 1948-08-02
Is Japanese Accused
In 'PaIawan Massacre
Are Placed on Trial
BY the Associated Press

YOKOHAMA, Aug. 2.-Charged
with numbering 1873 Americans, is
japanese went on trial today before
a United States 9th Army military
commission. The group. accused in
the wartime "Palawan massacre, :"
includes two former lieutenant
generals.
Allied headquarters prosecutors
called the massacre in the Southern
Philippines December IA, 1914, "one
of the most dastardly deeds ever
conceived in the minds of so-called
civilized men"
This is the story Of the massacre
as told by American investigators:
The japanese took $50 American
soldiers, sailors and marines, who
were captured at Corregidor and
Bataan, to Palawan to build an
airfeld. American bombers began
attacking the strip. Shortly there
after, American troops landed on
Leyte.
Feared American Landing.
In early December, the japanese
received reports an American naval
task force was near PalaWan. They
feared an American landing, and
decided to kill their prisoners so
they could not divulge military in
formation.
On December IA, the japanese
sounded a false air raid alarm and
herded prisoners into air raid shell
ters and foXholes-then the guards
splashed gasoline into the shelters
and threw in flaming torches and
hand grenades.
Americans struggling to escape
were shot, boyonetted or cut down
with swords or machine guns
40 Flee Through Tunnel.
During earlier work on the air
field, some 40 prisoners had tun-
neled from their air raid shelter to
the sea. When they saw what the
japanese were doing, they fed
through the tunnel to the beach and
scrambled down 50-foot cliff to
the water.
Thirty of them were shot,
drowned, or dynamited from crew.
ices in the cliff. But nine escaped
by swimming miles to the Philip
pine government penal colony,
In all, only u of the $50 prisoners
survivors, and one of the II died
later.
The eX-generals among the de-
PENDANTS now on trial are Sellchi
Terada and Kizo Mikami of the ia
panese 4th Air Army
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Woodwork Strike Action
Postponed Indefinitely
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Strike &C.
ton against F. w. Woolworth Co
retail stores in the New York area
threatened for today by a CIC
Wholesale and Warehouse Workers
Union local, has been called off.
Arthur Osman, president of the
unions New York Local As, gave nc
reason for his action in announcing
yesterday that the strike would be
postponed indefinitely.
Mr.. Osman had threatened the
strike after saying that picket lines
had been established around zoe
Woolworth stores in the United
States, Canada and Cuba.
The stores were picketed. he said
because the Woolworth firm refused
to recognize the union for collective
bargaining in the New York metro
politan area.
Evening star., 1948-08-02

Curtis, II, OF 471s Tenth street NE,
was a passenger in an automobile
driven by her husband, Stanley C.
Curtis, "a. Driver of the other cal
was listed by police as George B.
Nix, So, of 1928 Michigan ave-
nue. NE.
Another woman, Mrs. Louise
Wormley, 36, colored, 1876 Willard
street NV, was treated at Sibley
Memorial Hospital for minor in
juries after a car in which she was
riding crashed into show window
of store at "a Florida avenue NV
Police listed the driver as Louis w.
Robinson, Al, colored, IS Florida
avenue NV.
Hospital officials said Mrs. Worm
ley was advised to return today for
X-rays.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
ADVERTISEMENT.
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
SLeepless Nights

Doctors say your kidneys contain Is miles
OF tiny tubes or filters which help to purify tie
Blood and keep you healthy. When they get
tired and don't work right in the daytime.
many people have to get up nights. Don't
neglect this condition and lose valuable, rest
ful sleep.
When disorder Of kidney function psxmits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, II
nay also cause nagzing backache. rheumatic
pains, leg pains, loss Of pep and energy.
Jwelling. puiIiness under the eyes. headaches
and disziness.
Don't waiti AK yeur druggist for Doa.'s
Pills. . stimulant diuretic. used successfully
by nillisns for over 80 years. Deems give
haDpy relief and win help the Is niles e<
kidney tubes flush out poisonous vssts frsn
-Four blood. Get Deans I2lS.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Driver Delivers Baby in Toxi;
Mother and Child Doing Fine

Laughery's obstetrics. Mr.. Ghisi
and the baby were in fine" condi-
ton, the hospital said today.
Mr.. Laughery, who drives cabs
only on week ends, is civilian en-
ploye at the Naval Ordnance Lab
oratory at White Oaks, Md. He gave
credit to another woman passenger
in his cab. She was a first-class
nurse" he said. Il didn't even have
time to get her name" The baby
was delivered about $50 pm, at
the cab pulled to the curbing in
the $500 block of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc
The taxi driver has four children
at home. 102 Sixty-sixth street,
Maryland Park-"al of them DOCTOR
brought" he says.
Evening star., 1948-08-02

A taxicab driver who considers
stork racing "just part of a hack
ers job" lost a race last night but
proved equal to the occasion.
Alfred "A. Laughery, jr., SO, driver
for the Local Cab Co., helped de-
liver 7-pound-5-ounce boy to Mrs
Peter ]. Ghisi, 56O6 L street, Hill
side, Md, after pulling the cab to
the curb en- route to the hospital.
1--WE hauled a lot of maternity
cases but never one that close he
said. Il didn't think she was going
to make it when 1 saw her come out
of the house. but I was trying to
get her there"
Doctors at Providence Hospital
had nothing but praise for Mr..
Evening star., 1948-08-02
LEGAL NOTICES.
JOHN L. GRABBER, Attorney.

tO"cF nalIuiuk.
IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE
District of Columbia. Civil Division,
British Overseas Airways Corporation, IL "a
Connecticut ave. NV, washington, D. c..
Plaintiff, VS.. Florence Billings, second
floor 1I24 Connecticut ave, NV. Wash
A-25339. Order: The object OF this suit
is to recover the sum Of twenty-four hun
ored dollars tS2, 2,400.00) for rent owing
presently due and unpaid and to have
judgment Of condemnation Of certain prop
srts % Of the defendant levied n @ on under an
this 3oth day Of july is4s, ordered that
before the fortieth day, exclusive of Sun
days and legal holidays, after the day
defend this suit and show cause why
said condemnation should not be had;
tSl THOMAS D. QUINN, Justice. (Sesl)
True Copy. Test: WALTER r. BRAM-
HALL, Clerk. BY WILLIAM NJ, NEDOW,
Chief Deputy Clerk. aug.2,9,16
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Water Service Restored

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2 P9.-
Water service. was restored in thou
sands of Northeast Philadelphia
homes and industrial plants last
night, IA hours after break in a
l6-lnch feeder main. Bureau OF
Water workers said the break loosed
some 100000 gallons of water into
Pennypack Creek.
Liberia and Haiti are the only two
independent Negro countries In the
world.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Woman S Head Is Injured
In Two-Car Crash Here

A woman was in Casualty Hospi-
tai with head injuries today after a
two-car collision yesterday at
Twelfth and Varnum streets NE.
The injured woman, Mrs. Betty j.
Evening star., 1948-08-02
Three Case Histories
.0f Women Here Aired
In Aati-V Broadcast

Case histories of three Washing
ton women who feared they had
gonorrhea were aired in radio
broadcast here last night as fea-
ture of the Health Departments
anti-venereal drive.
Voices of the three women were
heard over Station WTOP as they
were tape-recorded by Gunnar
Back, WTOP neWsman.
One, an attractive office worker
of about g." who was college
graduate, registered shock when she
was told she was infected. She was
cured, however. in single Is
minute treatment.
She sought examination, she ex-
planned, after she discovered that
her husband, from whom she was
separated, was being treated for
gonorrhea.
Third Not Infected.
The second victim was woman
about 80 years old who thought
she was mot that kind of per-
SON"
The third woman was a house
wife who thought she had suspicious
symptoms but was reassured to find
she was not infected.
Dr. Clifford E. Bagley, chairman
of the vereneal disease committee
of the District Medical Society,
pointed out to one of the patients
that women are often likely to over
look gonorrhea infection because
many of the symptoms seem per
fectly normal
Only 300 Treated Are Women.
1t takes a physician only three
days, however, to make positive
test for the disease, he added.
Only 80 per cent of the $4,000
cases treated in District clinics last
Sear were women, the broadcast
noted, indicating some women are
going untreated.
A total of $4,000 gonorrhea cases
was predicted for Washington this
year.
The steppes, broad, level tracts of
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Burmuids Preferred

Only 18 barmaids are left In
Durham, South Africa, no licenses
for them having been issued for
18 years, but tavern men say they
are a good influence and many old
customers prefer to be served by
women.
Evening star., 1948-10-10

in Columbus, Ohio, on November is,
1905. and . graduate of Ohio State
University Engineering School, he
took . slide-rule mind into the Air
Force, which he entered as a flying
cadet in 1928.
Gen. lie May won his wings in
1929. He started as . fighter pilot,
switched to bombers and pioneered
in long-range aerial navigation
studies. He was a brigadier general
in September. ls43, and six months
later became the AAFs youngest
major general.
His most daring attacks were
coolly calculated with charts, graphs
and figures. balancing possibilitie,
Of success against risks Of loss.
Dark. heavy -jowled, stocky, un-
smiling and seldom speaking. con-
stantly chewing pipe or cigar. he
treated men and machine alike with
the engineers impersonal regard.
"tAs public relations of1cer in his
2oth Bomber Command headquar-
ters. Mr.. Kreeger says he saw him
often, "but never got to know him.
I don't believe any one in the outfit
ever did,
A typical story around the head
quarters was that group OF colonies
invited Gen. Le May to dinner, and
he replied:
"A man should have dinner with
his friends, and the commanding
general has no friends
Gen. lie May, whose first combat
assignment was command Of a Bit
Evening star., 1948-10-10

Prime Minister. many into one
strong, modern state. So long as
the third party, Austria, was the
leader of the German concert this
was impossible, but on the defeat
and removal Of Austria from the pic
'ture, the process of unification Of
the small German principalities was
|hastened and achieved by the astute
diplomacy Of Bismarck. Similarly,
the removal of the British suzerainty
had left the way clear for the uni
fication of absorption of the smaller
states into the Indian Union. Patels
greatest achievement lies not merely
in that he has succeeded where all
others had previously 1eiled, but
that he had effected the unification
of the states with such little use Of
force and far more quickly and un-
ostentatiously than Bismarck In
Germany. An astute realist, he called
himself neither . friend nor enemy
Of the p1ineely order In the abstract,
mt b psgsuasaon md diplemaV b
Evening star., 1948-10-10

absolute ruler in his kingdom-but
now he faces even dethronement.
The strangest thing about all this
Is that all the princes of India are
praising Patel to the skies. Here Is
a good example. For years Gaekwar,
King OF tBaroda, had been q play
boy. The British government was
most indulgent with him As it was
with every prince in India during
the last 200 years. This King just
a few months ago spent millions
of dollars Of his state money buying
racing horses. special cars. trips to
pleasure resorts, ETC.,
Evening star., 1948-10-10

cellor. The similarity between these
two statesmen in character and
achievements Is more than super
ficial. In physical appearance Patel
is very much like Bismarck, Of a
little more than medium height,
stockily built, barrel-chested, square
jawed and thick-necked. The facial
resemblance would have been closer
and more apparent If Patel had
retained his once-heavy mustache.
The features Of both clearly show
them as intense realists and men
Of action.
Bismarck had . boisterous and re-
Evening star., 1948-10-10

group, devised the staggered, stepped
formations which gave the bombers
maximum efficiency and greatest
protection.
Instead Of allowing each bombar-
dier to sight on the target he insisted
on pattern bombing with the bom-
bardier proven most accurate doing
the sighting for the whole formation
Confounded Jap Gunners
When his B-2ss were suffering
heavy losses from Japanese fax at
high attitudes, he took the startling
risk of sending them in at low levels
Japanese gunners were thoroughly
confounded and nearly all the
bombers got home.
Sometimes Gen. lie May appeared
ruthless in his cold detachment
gambling possible heavy losses
against chances Of great effective
ness. But his detachment extended
TO his own life.
Noting that B-l7s were missing
targets because they were paying
too much attention to hak and fight-
ers. he ordered > stop to evasive
action over an objective. But first
he himself demonstrated with q
7-minute bombing run through
heavy enemy fire. He led . number
of the most dagnerous BIZ missions,
including one on the Messerschmitt
works at Regensburg which won him
the Distinguished Service Cross.
Gen. lie May is satisfied with
nothing short Of perfection. When
Evening star., 1948-10-10

DellouS youth ana
took to politics
only after he was
40. Patel was also
q very trouble
some student and
came into the po-
litical struggle
only by about his
40th year. Both
were drawn from
among q hard
headed peasantry
and had the in
nate and common
sense and shrewd-
ness Of peasants.
Bismarck's su-
preme work was
the uniication Of
the petty princi-
palities Of Ger
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Continued From Page C-1)

and later conspired to kill his best
friends in order to climb on their
bodies to the unlimited power he
now possesses.
American officials, whose honest
expectations for q lasting peace
after World War II are now being
shattered, are beginning to realize
that we should not depend on Mr..
Stain in our dealings with the Soviet
Union. They admit, reluctantly, OF
course, that he is no better than the
rest of the Communist gang. Pos
sibly he Is worse, because of his de-
ceptive good humor, which has
fooled many high-ranking states
men, including President Roosevelt
and President Truman.
BY drinking innumerable per
sonal toasts" in the lavish and in
terminable banquets at Teheran, at
Yalta, at Potsdam and in the Krem-
lin, and by tipping glasses with the
junior members Of the presidential
stan, Mr.. Stain did create in west
ern minds the impression that YOU
can do business with Stain"
But underneath he was as hard
and ruthless a conspirator as the
rest Of the Politburo gang, aiming
at the destruction of western civil
ization, which he knew only super
ficially and which he hated from,
the bottom Of his heart.
Used the Germans
Mr.. Stain made use of the Ger.
mans so long as they served hi.
purpose in starting World War II
which all Soviet political thinkers
considered must" in establishing
Communist hegemony over tn.
world. He was trapped by Hitler
who attacked him before Russia
had chance to organize herself fol
the blow she intended to deliver tt
the western world. To his grea'
surprise, however, he was saved b.
the very nations which he hae
decided years ago to destroy.
Our top-ranking officials fnall!
have come to the logical conclusion
that only our determination to stant
up to the Russians vigorously ant
to rely ON our own ability to NEE
any situation that arises can pre-
vent third world war. They hav'
given up the fiimsy hope 10 which
they have chung in recent years tina
Mr.. Stain Is the man to whom VI
have to look TO spare the worl.
another blood bath.
They realize now that it will Ib'
Mr.. Stain himself who, II he see
At, viii give the signal to his troop
to march against the present veal
dsfenses Of the western nations.
Evening star., 1948-10-10

of ONCE to the Prime Minister, DR..
Jivraj Mehta, and six members Of
the new executive council.
Seated on a wide gold and velvet
cushioned throne, the Maharaja
said: This Is . unique occasion and
I will be failing in my duty II I
were not to express my sense Of
gratitude to our great leader and
statesman, Sardar Patel. It was he
whose honesty Of purpose and fore
sightedness induced me to be the
first ruling prince to sign the in
strument Of accession. I am glad
to find," the Maharaja added, that
it paved the way for Q happy solu-
ton Of the very difncult problem Of
the Indian states and thereby
strengthened OUR independence i'm
mensely."
Evening star., 1948-10-10
That Fits in With His
Rules Of Striking
Hard and Fost

- AAAoAAAVS4AN&1~0 O043NVA AOUotV0 Nk48V
no BIO In his care had ever been
out Of commission for . mission.
Gen. Ls May observed: None should
ever Be out Of eommission at all"
Rigid training programs. even In
combat areas, kept his airmsn IN
top form. The hardest training
grind was assigned to his lead crews.
II . day passed without combat they
bombed uninhabited Islands for
practice.
HIS influence g far-sighted
combat commander was Immediately
felt when hs came to Germany IN
October, ls47.
Can Be Friendly
At his first stan conference he
told his headquarters ofhcers:
II want to sss al my key stan
omcers at least once . day. I want
to ~ al other star ofncers 1T least
once . week. Don't bother to knock
when you want to see me. Just walk
right in. II I'm busy III tell you to
get out. want men Of action In
my organization who can make
their own decisions. II you make
an occasional wrong one, III back
you up."
Although the general 10 rough and
tough on q man who Is inemcient,
he can be friendly. Before the air.
lift kept him at his desk IL or 10
hours . day hs hunted Wild boar
and deer on week ends. II . OF
liked to shoot, he was welcome to
come along.
At night Cen. Ls May and his
s-ysar-old daushtsr Patricia Jane
would 20 to the attic Of the big Ger
man house he oecupies-and hates
in Wiesbaden.
With headphoues over his ears
and . cigar clamped In his mouth.
Gen. L. May operated his own
ham" radio station, D4AFE, and
talks TO amateurs like himself all
over the world.
Known as The Cigar
The story Is he got to be q "ham"
as . young oflcer in the Philip
pines, where he figured II he was
going to command a signal outfit,
he ought to know his equipment.
That is Gen. lie May. thorough
and aggressive and putting his
heart and soul into any job that's
given him. He expects the same
from his men. On an inspection
at the Berlin Air Terminal, an
officer told Gen. lie May 10 days
would be required to outfit his
men in full field equipment. TOO
long" was Gen. Le Mays terse
comment a. he strobe away.
Asked by an inquisitive woman
6uSSe ~ 1CSCpt1Vl way AC 0Noo0
by quietly and said nothing. Gen
Le May replied. Lady, If you talk
all the time. you don't learn any
thing"
1.-THE Cigar" Is his men call him,
is straight from the shoulder when
he talks. He makes blunt state
ments that sometimes lead to criti-
cism. but never leaves . doubt about
what he thinks.
He arouses strong sentiments-re-
spect, admiration. loyalty. but hard
ly affection. 1t Is hard to love
q human slide rule.
A wartime conversation with .
lead boinbardier summed up the
general feeling.
Hes rough. he's tough" the bonn
bardier said, but what the hell?
He gets results"
Inj.t rih,,..d hv fh> Ae.,~;ot.a pr..,N
Evening star., 1948-10-10

and to cap 1t all
he came to New
York and bought
trunks and trunks
OF tailor I. made
suits and knick-
knacks from lead
ing Fifth avenue
8 t ores. Patel's
D epar tment Of
Princes sent an
OrQer Tor the King
to return to India,
and he W en- I
home. Then q
responsible gov
ernment was in
augurated in Ba-
roda state at .
durbar
held by the Maha-
raja, who admin
%hA Antha
Evening star., 1948-10-10
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D.
SUNDAY, oc ,oDER 10, IS4s
Small But Effective RAF
Is Britain's Present Plan
British Air Force Again Takes Defensive
Stance and Starts Providing Itself
With Best Available Weapons
By (. e. Shepherd

tendon
plans produce
ton Royal Air recruiting
shadow immediate Btans ontlne strength
will than there The
effectiveness
. basis for swift expansion should compel that
Could amity
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Unrest in Southwest

The unrest among the Democrats
In the great Southwest has cropped
up particularly in Texas and Okla
homa. A large number Of Demo-
cratic voters in these States have
no use for Harry s. Truman Of Mis-
souri,. They feel, indeed, that he,
almost a Southerner himself. has let
them down, and proposes, through
the power OF the Federal Govern
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Roug IN, Tough Bomber Stroteqist
lie May Assignment Is
to Win in q Hurry
if War Comes

fGQttOTS NOte. The l0u0eWH4
psrsonaltty story OF the xsp chieJ
OF the United States General
Strategic All. Commend Il the
combined effort OF Associated
Press Stat Writers Richard
O'Rsg0n, stationed IN Germany,
and Kris Kreeesr of the Ne,D
Orleans bureau, tpho SERVED a.
public relations officer In Gen.
lie Mays 20th Bomber Command
headquarters IN the China.
Burnsa-Ixdta thsatsr during
World War III.
The man who soon will head
Americas long-ranse bombing fiests
believes you've got to hit them "iirst
with the most"
1t. Gen. Curtis Emerson Le Nay
is . man Of action and few words.
1t Is this that probably convinced
Washington he is just the man to
take over ~ chief Of the United
States General Strategic Air Com
mand.
In his new post he viii have this
assignment: III World War III
starts. win 1t Immediately"
omcially, his orders In his new
job are to keep our lons-ranss air.
craft capable Of bombing an At
greSsor's homelands, smashing his
attack at Its point Of origin and
destroying his capacity for war"
Gen. Le Nays understanding Of
his orders may be judged from .
prediction he made long aso-that
another war Win b transpo,ar In
scope and won - quickly -
Fast on Problems
Give the 42-year-old Air Force
general 4 problem and he solves 1t
almost Is fast Is you snap your
fingers.
IF somebody said tomorrow Gen.
lie May had to send . feet Of planes
across the Arctic, they'd be on their
way in a few hours" said one Of his
officers, lust like the airlift to
Berlin"
AS chief of the United States Air
Forces in Europe. Gen. LIE May
didn't waste a minute on the air
lift. The lift" since then has been
proved one Of the United States
mightiest peacetime efforts.
Thousands Of officers and men
under Gen. lie May in Europe con-
slider him the best possible choice
as head Of the Strategic Air Com
mand.
He is one Of the Air Forces
strongest proponents Of the power
Of strategic air war. His concept Is
simple: If you are stronger than
the other fellow, he can't attack.
ANY nation that cannot control
the air above 1t in war cannot long
survive" he said In q recent inter-
view. An air attack cannot be
stopped once 1t is started. But we
propose to have IN air feet strong
TO stop any attack In its in
Already Gen. lie May has had
more experience than any one else
on earth in high field command Of
bomba rdment. In two
years with Bills in Europe he de-
vised the bombing tactics which
became basic throughout the AAF.
Then he bossed the B-2ss which
battered Japan into helplessness.
first from China bases and then
from the Marianas.
Started as Fighter Pilot
Gen. lie May is one of the young
est three-star generals in the armed
f0rcAs He rose IA his rrAsent rank
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Political Unrest in Texas
Recalls Hoover 7 riumph
Split Vote Assured Due to- Civil Rights
and Tidelands Issues, Which Gives
Republicans High Hope
By Gould Lincoln

HOUSTON Tex-Fom Mississippi River the Pacific
President United
This for the politically
basic people Republican
the air
leaders desperately stem this tide