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An Associated Kress newspaper
93d YEAR. No. 36,961. Phone NA. 5000.
WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1945—TWENTY-TWO PAGES.
City Home Delivery. Dally ana Sunday /•vfjivfFTiQ
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FLEET SHELLS JAP MAINLAND FOR 2 HOURS
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Entire Area
Is Covered by
Dense Smoke
Ey the Associated Press.
GUAM, July 14.—The United
States 3d Fleet, bombarding
Japan for the first time, set great
fires raging through a steel city
on Northern Honshu today as
1,000 of its carrier planes blasted
nearby targets on the northern
home islands in co-ordinated
blows.
The guns of the newest battle
ships, cruisers and destroyers wiped
out the Imperial Iron and Steel
Works rolling mill at Kamaishi—275
miles north of Tokyo—and fierce
fires raged through adjacent coke
ovens.
Kamaishi has a prewar population
of about 42,000, but an influx of
workers to the steel mills is believed;
to have swelled it to nearly twice'
that.
The Imperial Iron and Steelworks
Is one of the most important in the
whole Japanese Empire.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, an-1
nouncing in a special communique
that the bombardment lasted for
two hours, reported that the entirei
area was covered by dense smoke1
clouds which rose thousands of feet
above the city
Retire After Shelling.
The 3d Fleet poured 5 to 16 inch
shells into the city before retiring.
The fact that 5-inch shells were
used in the bombardment indicates
that the warships approached the
shores at least as close as 10 miles,
because that is the range of this
type of shell.
The bombardment force was
commanded by Rear Admiral J. F.
Shafroth of Denver, Colo., and
Washington, D. C
James Lindsley, Associated Pres,
correspondent witnessing the bom
bardment from the deck of the bat
tleship South Dakota, reported Jap
anese opposition was “meager and
apparently timid.” He said there
was no report of damage to Amer
ican vessels.
The American squadron steamed
within “plain sight” of Honshu to
deliver its lethal load, Mr. Lindsley j
added, and “the Japanese chose to :
do very little about it."
Kesults Closely Observed.
In his report to Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Shafroth did not mention
opposition by shore batteries or.
planes. His announcement that the
shelling continued for two hours
indicates, also, that the results were !
closely observed by slow-flying ob-1
servation planes from cruisers and
battleships.
The latest communique was the
fourth issued by Admiral Nimitz to
day, a record number.
The Imperial Iron & Steel Works
mill was supplied with coal from the
neighboring island of Hokkaido,
which was attacked by the carrier
planes.
The coal Is transported across
Tsugaru Strait in ships and rail
ferries which were hammered
throughout the day by the Avengers,
Helldivers, Corsairs and Hellcats.
Hokkaido Attacked First Time.
In the co-ordinated attack the
carrier planes, which only five daysj
before Had raked Tokyo’s airfields,'
were raining bombs, bullets and
rockets on Northern Honshu and the
island of Hokkaido—the latter never
before touched by American air
power.
(The Japanese Domei agency !
reported that some Super Fort
resses participated in the air
raids, which had lasted for seven
hours, and added that “at pres
ent” there was no indication
“pointing to enemy plans to un
dertake landing operations in
this part of the Japanese main- j
land.”)
Thus did Admiral William F. Hal
sey’s 3d Fleet carry war relentlessly
home to Japan, defying what is left
of the enemy fleet and seeking out
the hoarded air force which Japan
is saving against the day of invasion.
Correspondent Lindsley disclosed
that the marauding forces of speedy
battlewagons had been hugging Jap
anese waters ever since its planes
pounced on Tokyo’s guardian ring;
of airfields Tuesday.
Japs Admit Shelling.
While the island of Hokkaido has
many airfields, few planes usually;
are believed based on that fog
shrouded part of the homeland.
(A Japanese communique ad
mitted the shelling of Kamaishi
•'and vicinity," but made no men
tion of damage except to say
that the bombardment was ‘‘in
concert” with carrier plane at
tacks on air bases, harbors and
"other facilities” of Northern
Two additional men from
the District area have been re
ported killed in this war. See
“On the Honor Roll," Page A-2.
(See BOMBARDMENT, Page A-3.)
Canada to Pay Bonus
To Merchant Seamen
Bit the Associated Press.
MONTREAL, July 14.—The Cana
dian government has decided to pay
a special bonus of 10 per cent of
actual earnings to all Canadian
merchant seamen who have served
on Canadian ships in dangerous
waters since the outbreak of war,
Transport Minister Lionel Chevrier
said yesterday.
The special bonus, he said, would
be in addition to regular war risk
bonuses. 1
JAPAN
H AC HI JO f » 1 STATUTt MljfS
THIRD FLEET BOMBARDS JAFA^I—The steel city oi Ramaism
(explosion symbol) was the target today as battleships, cruisers
and destroyers of Admiral Halsey’s 3d Fleet steamed close to
the shores of Honshu to shell the Jap mainland for the first
time. In a co-ordinated attack, a carrier force attacked targets
on Northern Honshu and the northernmost island of Hokkaido,
the latter never before hit by American air power.
—AP Wirephoto.
Japs Lose 3,CJ Hen
In Flanking Attack by
Chinese South of Amoy
Enemy Troops Were Part
Of Force Which Landed
On Fukien Coast June 30
B." th< Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, July 14.—Chi-i
nese forces inflicted more than
3,000 casualties on Japanese
troops in a flank attack 6 miles
from Yunsiao, a Fukien Prov
ince coastal highway town 55
miles southwest of Amoy, the
Chinese high command said to
day.
The enemy troops were part of a
force which landed southwest of
Amoy June 30 in what possibly may
be a prelude to total evacuation of
the depleted Japanese mrrison at
Amoy, the Chinese said.
The Chinese said that in the ad
vance toward Yunsiaro the Japanese
entered Chengkwang township, but
were driven out in two hours. The
next day the enemy forces by-passed
Chengwang and headed for Yunsiao,
where it was attacked.
Meanwhile, Jap nese troops, in an
advance of 50 miles from Tinpak,
along the coastal highway in Kwang
tung Province, have captured Yeung
kong, 145 miles southwest of Canton,
the high command said.
Chinse troops are launching flank
attacks against the invaders, who
were believed bent on safeguard
ing communications between Hainan
and Canton, the high command
said.
Other Chinese iorces driving up
the Hunan-Kwangsi railroad from
Liuchow have reached Huangmin
kai, 50 miles southwest of the for
mer American air-base city of
Kweilin, the high command re
ported.
Chinese troops have reached
Kahnsien, another former air-base
city of Kiangsi Province 240 miles
north of Hong Kong. Bitter street
fighting is raging in Khansien, last
reports said.
Fraternization Ban
Relaxed by British
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 14.—The British
forces tonight relaxed the non
fraternization policy in Germany
and Austria.
In the occupation zone of North
ern Germany Field Marshal Mont
gomery said his troops may "engage
in conversation with adult Germans
in the streets and in public places.”
In Austria Lt. Gen. Sir Richard L.
McCreery permitted members of the
British armed forces “an exchange
of common courtesies with the Aus
trian population" because of the
latter’s good behavior.
Similar action may be taken soon
in the American zones of occupa
tion. American soldiers in Berlin
are being permitted to talk with
Germans in cabarets. “Little chil
dren” previously had been excepted
from the ban, in both British and
American zones.
Marshal Montgomery broadcast to
the Germans that “great progress”
had been made in carrying out the
Allied policies of de-Naziflcation
and in removing prominent Nazis
from all responsibility in German
life. Consequently, relaxation of the
nonfratemization policy was “now
deemed desirable and timely.”
India Conference Ends
After Moslems Reject
Waved's Solution
Responsibility Accepted
By Viceroy, Who Appeals
For Political Restraint
Br the Associated Pres«.
LONDON, July 14.—The India
Office announced today that ef
forts to form a more represent
ative Indian government pro
posed by Viceroy Lord Wavell
had failed and a dispatch from
Simla quoted Lord Wavell as
saying that “the responsibility
for the failure is mine.”
The India Office announcement
said “leading Indian politicians”
convened at Simla, India, by the
viceroy had "failed to reach a
requisite measure of agreement” and
that the “viceroy, who has most
patiently and assiduously endeav
ored to bring the parties together,
has therefore terminated sittings of
the conference.”
In a statement issued by Lord
Wavell at Simla the viceroy called
on the Indians to "exercise greatest
possible restraint.”
“I propose to take a little time
to consider in what way I can best
help India after the failure of the
conference,” he added. »
Calm Requested.
"You can all help by refraining
from recriminations. Law and or
der must be maintained.”
Lord Wavell said that when he
called the conference he asked In
dian political parties—the major be
ing Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s Mos
lem League and the All-India Con
gress party, of which Mohandas K.
Gandhi is the spiritual leader—to
(See INDIA, Page A-6.)
Allies Act to 'Freeze'
Population in Berlin
Bt the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 14.—American and
British authorities took official steps
today to “freeze” population dis
tribution in Berlin and prevent a
possible large scale migration of
civilians from the Soviet zones of
occupation.
German food and housing bureaus
were instructed to sanction no trans
fers to American and British ration
lists without special 'fcause.
Russian control extends over 8
of 20 boroughs and 40 per cent of
the city’s estimated 2,750,000 popu
lation.
—
Mitscher Named
Deputy Chief of
Air Operations
By WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.
The greatest shift in flag offi
cers of the Navy since Pearl
Harbor was announced today by
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal.
Involving changes in 29 com
mands, the list is headed by the
assignment of Vice Admiral
Marc A. Mitscher, famous carrier
task force commander, as deputy
chief of naval operations for
air.
The two principal changes in fleet
commands in the Pacific are the as
signment of Rear Admiral Frederick
C. Sherman, now commander of a
carrier division in the Pacific, to
command the 1st Carrier Task
Force, and Vice Admiral John H.
Towers, deputy commander in chief
of the Pacific Fleet, to command the
2d Carrier Task Force.
Admiral Mitscher is expected to be
promoted to full admiral in his new
assignment, and Admiral Sherman
to the rank of vice admiral.
Vice Admiral John S. McCain,
now commander of the 2d Carrier
Task Force, has been ordered to
report to the Navy Department here
for duty and further assignment.
New Assignment Not Revealed.
Asked about a report that Ad
miral McCain Is to become deputy
veterans’ administrator, Secretary
Forrestal replied that that Involved
a presidential appointment and that
he therefore' did not feel free to
discuss it.
In his new post, Admiral Mitscher
will succeed Vice Admiral Aubrey
W. Fitch, now deputy chief of
naval operations for air. Admiral
Fitch was assigned as superintend
! ent of the Naval Academy at An
! na polls.
This places the two top positions
at the Naval Academy in charge of
air men. The other is Capt. I. H
Ingersoll, commandant of midship
men.
Secretary Forrestal emphasized
that these changes definitely were
not to be considered a shake-up in
the naval command. He added that
no further changes in the higher
commands are contemplated at this
time. The shifts announced today
were made for several reasons, he
said. One is that victory in Europe
made available certain flag officers
for duty elsewhere.
Other Reasons uiven.
Furthermore, he said, the Navy
wants to implement the shore estab
In this connection, Secretary
Forrestal predicted that after the
war all Naval Academy midshipmen
who could qualify would be required
j to fly.
Increased Emphasis on Air.
Asked about reports that the
Navy was contemplating creation
of a new office of deputy com
■mander in chief for air, the Secre
tary said his only comment was
that air in the Navy now is such
an important integral part of na
val operations that air domination
of the Navy would be a matter of
evolution and not revolution.
He said he foresaw the time when
air would be 60 per cent of the
Navy’s strength. The time may
come, he said, when the commander
in chief’s stall would be composed
primarily of airmen.
Secretary Forrestal said all the
changes announced today would be
come effective at varying dates, but
that all should be completed rough
ly within 30 days,
lishment with officers who have
been In the fighting area. Another
reason is to relieve some of the
officers of the .heavy physical and
nervous strain incident to the kind
of combat which the naval forces
now are experiencing.
Secretary Forrestal said a constant
Tsee NAVAL, Page A-3.)
Soviet Chinese Agreement
Announced After Talks
Er the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 14.—A joint
Soviet-Chinese communique an
nounced today that Russia and
China had reached a broad mutual
understanding on important ques
tions involving relations between the
two countries in discussions here
the past two weeks.
The communique said the discus
sions had been suspended because
the impending meeting of the Big
Three in Potsdam demanded the
presence of Premier Stalin.
Chinese Premier T. V. Soong has
left for Chungking and the discus
sions will be resumed in the near
future, the communique added.
2 Nazi War Prisoners Hanged
For Takina Life of Traitor'
By the Associated Press.
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kans.,
July 14. — Two more German
prisoners of war, the second
group to be hanged at the
United States disciplinary bar
racks in less than a week, went
to their deaths shortly after
midnight for the murder of a
fellow prisoner at Aiken, S. C.
The two Germans — Rudolph
Straub, 39, and Erich 'Gauss, 32—
were hanged for the murder April
5, 1944, of Horst Guenther in a
work camp under the jurisdiction of
Camp Gordon, Ga.
The Army account of the slaying
said Guenther was charged by his
fellow prisoners with being a "traitor
to his oath, flag and fatherland.”
A kitchen orderly, he also was ac
cused of dividing milk unfairly be
tween German prisoners and Amer
icans, with having reported other
prisoners to American officers for
taking two much food and for re
vealing a threatened strike.
Asked for a last statement, Straub
said in German:
“I stand here not guilty. I did
it as a German soldier ordered to
do it. If I had not done so I
would have been punished when I
returned to Germany.”
Gauss, when asked for a state
ment, replied:
"I can say no more than that a
(See EXECUTION, Page A-3.)
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Gen. Chennault Leaving China
And Retiring From U. S. Army
Resignation Follows
Stratemeyer's Choice
As Air Commander
By tht Associated Press.
KUNMING, China, July 14.—
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault is
leaving China and retiring from
the United States Army. He
made this announcement today,
two days after the appointment
of Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer
as commander of all United
States air forces in China.
Gen. Chennault, who is 55. has
been commander of the 14th Air
Force and before that directed
China’s Flying Tigers against the
Japanese.
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer,
commander of all American forces
in the Chinese theater, announced
acceptance of Gen. Chennault’s res- i
ignation.
Gen. Chennault called in corre
spondents to disclose his decision.
He said he would not continue as
commander of the 14th Air Force,
although Gen. Wedemeyer, in an
nouncing Gen. Stratemeyer’s ap
pointment Thursday, had said he
would retain his command.
“The Japanese now are beaten in
the air in China," Gen. Chennault
said in a statement,Mn which he
expressed the hope that he would
return home as soon as the transi
MAJ. GEN. CLAIRE L.
CHENNAULT.
tion is made to Gen. Stratemeyer’s
new organization.
%
Gen. Chennault was retired from
the American Army in 1936 for dis
ability and went to China in 1937 at
the invitation of Mme. Chiang Kai
shek, then chairman of the Chinese
Aviation Commission.
When he arrived Gen. Chennault
already was thinking in terms of
(See CHENNAULT, Page A-3.)
Ruhland Criticizes
’Dumping' of Polio
Cases on District
Health Officer Points Out
That Counties Have
Received Hospital Funds
Health Officer Dr. George C.
Ruhland today criticized what
he termed the practice of county
doctors making the District a
“dumping ground” for commu
nicable diseases. His criticism
came as a fourth child from Sil
ver Spring, suffering from in
fantile paralysis, was reported
under care at Children’s Hos
pital in the District.
Dr. Ruhland said he had conferred
with health officers of nearby Mary
land and Virginia counties and the
letter will issue a statement to
doctors, warning them it is a Federal
offense to transfer communicable
disease cases over State lines with
out specific authorization from the
health officer.
Dr. Ruhland said that Children’s
and Gallinger Hospitals were opened
by the Commissioners for four emer
gency cases from the nearby areas,
but that they were not for ordinary
cases that could be cared for in the
counties and did not require special
respiratory equipment.
The health officer commented that
Montgomery and Fairfax Counties
have received Federal funds for
hospitals—something denied the
(See POLIO, Page A-3.)
Late Bulletins
Morgenthau to Quit Now
President Truman will nom
inate Fred M. Vinson to suc
ceed Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau immediately
instead of waiting until he
returns from the Big Three
meeting in Europe, the White
House disclosed today. The
immediate nomination of Mr.
Vinson was suggested by Mr.
Morgenthau in a letter sent
by radio yesterday to the
President, it was revealed.
Police, Fire Pay Bill Signed
President Truman has
signed a bill providing pay
increases tor District police
and .firemen, the White House
announced today.
Ration Value of Butter
May Be Cut 8 Points;
Less Sugar Likely
Army Agrees to Reduce
Beef and Lamb Quota
Another 5 Per Cent
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
The Office of Price Adminis
tration may direct a reduction
of 8 points in the ration value
of butter in August, and con
sumers face the probability of
further cuts in sugar rations by
fall, Government sources indi
cated today.
Meanwhile, Secretary of Agricul
ture Anderson announced that the
Army has agreed to reduce by an
other 5 per cent its procurement of
beef and lamb in all Federally-in
spected plants, thus making slightly
more meat available to civilians.
Effective tomorrow, Government
purchases of Army-style beef will be
reduced from 30 to 25 per cent of the
total quantity produced by inspected
slaughterers. Similarly, the lamb
“set-aside” is being cut from 15 to 10
per cent, Mr. Anderson said.
Record Milk Output.
With butter production high, due
to record milk output, the butter in
dustry is urging the OPA to reduce
the point value of butter from 24 to
16 points. OPA has announced that
it will make a “slight” cut in butter
ration values July 29, and it has been
assumed that would mean a 4-point
reduction.
The industry claims, however,
that butter is piling up in stores and
warehouses at such a rate that a
value of 20 red points a pound will
not be sufficient to start the prod
uct moving normally. An OPA of
ficial said yesterday the agency was
giving the trade proposal “very
careful consideration.”
Sugar Supply May Be Cut 25%.
The bad news on sugar was an
Agriculture Department report that
the civilian supply of sugar during
the final quarter of this year may
be pared 25 per cent under the
July-September allotment. It is
estimated that less than 1,000,000
tons will be available during the
last quarter compared with 1,833,000
tons a year earlier.
In a second announcement yes
terday, Mr. Anderson outlined his
program opening the way for in
creased livestock slaughter by non
Federally - inspected plants. The
program goes into effect Monday.
Bretton Woods Plan
Will Be Considered
In Senate Monday
Committee Approval •
Assures Smooth Sailing
For Security Charter
By J. A. O’LEARY.
The United Nations Charter
is expected to sail smoothly
through the Senate before the
middle of August following the
favorable report given it by the
Foreign Relations Committee,
20 to 0, late yesterday.
Only two questions remained to
day:
1. Will efforts to define the power
of the American delegate to the
Security Council be made now, or
put off for the separate treaty that
will follow establishment of the or
ganization.
2. Will there be any votes against
ratification, and if so, how few?
Although the committee’s favor
able report may be ready Monday,
Majority Leader Barkley and Chair
man Connally of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee have agreed to de
lay the Charter debate until July
23 in the hope of passing the Bret
ton Woods world monetary agree
ment first.
Bretton Plan Conies Up. Monday.
The Bretton Woods plan will be
taken up Monday, but with Senator
Taft, Republican, of Ohio, fighting
to delay action until fall, it may
take leaders most of the week to
push it through.
Three members of the Foreign
Relations Committee were absent
and not recorded when the Charter
was reported out yesterday: Sena
tors Murray, Democrat, of Montana;
Johnson, Republican, of California,
and Shipstead, Republican, of Min
nesota. Senator Murray is expected
to support the Charter, but the
other two have not made known
how they will vote.
Committee action came witmn
half an hour after a week of hear
ings ended with John Foster Dulles,
prominent Republican authority on
foreign affairs, supporting the Char
ter and answering last-minute argu
ments of the opposition.
Senator Millikin, Republican,- of
Colorado, who has not yet revealed
how he will vote, told reporters last
night he has been greatly reas
sured by the answers he received to
questions during the hearings.
After listening to opposition argu
ments all day, Mr. Dulles told the
committee he had not heard “one
cogent reason” for refusing to adopt
the Charter, speaking as one who
took an active part in the San
Francisco Conference, Mr. Dulles
said the small nations were not
afraid of Security Council action.
Their chief fear was that it would
not act in emergencies, he said, and
they fought the veto power given
to the Big Five permanent members
of the Council.
Dulles Answers Questions.
Senator Millikin put a series oi
questions to Mr. Dulles, and elicited
answers, the substance of which fol
low:
On the question of future dis
armament, the new world organiza
tion can only recommend. The
United States will decide the
amount and nature of its arma
ments.
That the amount of military
strength this country would be ex
pected to furnish the Security
Council to avert any future threal
to peace will have to be determined
in a separate treaty to be ratified
after the United States joins the
world organization.
The nature of the organization is
such that the right to withdraw alsc
is inherent. A specific rule govern
ing withdrawal was omitted because
of a feeling that in the old League 01
Nations such a rule encouraged
would-be aggressors.
The Charter does not impair the
Monroe Doctrine as an instrument
of hemisphere defense^
Judge Johnson
Withdraws as
Probe Witness
Counsel, Committee
Confer Before Move
Ends Public Hearing
Br the Associated Press.
Former Federal Judge Albert
W. Johnson withdrew today
from further questioning by a
House Judiciary Subcommittee
investigating his conduct.
His attorney, John H. Bigelow,
former district attorney of Luzerne
County, Pa., said the judge had "no
desire to offer further testimony.”
The announcement followed a
lengthy conference between Judici
ary Committee members and Judge
Johnson’s three lawyers, delaying
resumption of the hearing this
morning. The judge testified for
four hours yesterday.
Judge Johnson had been a volun
tary witness.
The committee, replete with
former district attorneys and judges,
had intended cross-examining him
today “at great length,” but when
the committee convened at 11:30
a.m., Mr. Bigelow announced the
withdrawal.
Ends Public Hearing.
"We were prepared for a full day’s
cross-examination,” said Committee
Counsel M. H. Goldschein.
"The judge's appearance here was
purely voluntary,” Chairman Ke
fauver said in allowing Judge John
son to withdraw as a witness.
“In fairness to the judge, we
wanted to give him every opportu
nity to make any explanation for
the testimony which has been given
here,” Mr. Kefauver added.
"If the judge does not want to
testify any further, the committee
feels it must accede to his wishes,”
he said.
Judge Johnson's withdrawal ended
public hearings by the subcommit
tee. The hearing began Tuesday
land featured testimony of kick
| backs and fee splits in receivership
leases in Judge Johnson’s Middle
Pennsylvania District Court.
Inquiry On for Year.
The committee has been empow
ered by the House to investigate
Judge Johnson and Judge Albert L.
; Watson of the same court to de
I termine if impeachment proceedings
are warranted against either.
The committee inquiry has been
conducted for more than a year. A
Federal grand jury in Scranton, Pa.,
also has been investigating the Mid
dle District Court, and has indicted
nine persons in connection with
cases which have come before the
court.
The committee today had been
prepared to ask Judge Johnson a lot
of questions concerning his income
and his rulings in receivership cases.
Mr. Bigelow told a reporter the
judge “was prepared,” had he taken
the stand today, to itemize so far
as he could recollect his income from
lecture fees during his period on the
bench.
Indicates Statement Later.
The Judiciary Subcommittee an
nounced it would go into executive
session and possibly have an an
nouncement later.
Chairman Kefauver said the sub
committee would prepare its report
and transmit it to the full com
mittee for later presentation to the
House. He said it would take "some
time.”
The jurist, who resigned recently,
denied on the stand yesterday that
he participated in or knew of alleged
kickbacks and fee splits in receiver
ship cases handled in his court.
He was asked by Mr. Bigelow:
“Have you ever received any money
or reward of any character whatso
ever for performance of any judicial
duty?”
“I have not,” Judge Johnson re
j plied.
Asks for Accounting.
I The committee asked yesterday
that he account for an alleged deficit
of $39,000 between the incomf re
flected over a 10-year period in his
books and ledgers and his expendi
tures as reflected by the same books.
FBI agents reported this differ
ence existed, the committee heard.
Judge Johnson said he would
have to examine the FBI figures
to know if they were correct. He
added, however, that he had many
sources of income from sales of
property and lecture fees that he
had not reported to his record
keeping secretary.
A previous witness. Attorney John
Memolo, Scranton, had testified he
gave $34,000 in fee splits from a
receivership case to Jacob Greenes,
Scranton beer salesman. Mr.
Greenes testified he in turn gave
the money to Judge Johnson’s son,
Donald M. Johnson. Judge Johnson
asserted he “hardly knew” Mr.
Greenes.
Payments Reported.
Delmar K. Townsend, Hughes
ville, Pa., appointed by Judge John
(See JUDGE, Page A-2.)
Navy Commander's Body
Found Near Hospital
The body of Lt. Comdr. Charles
; N. Walker, who had been missing
I from Bethesda Naval Hospital since
1 1 p.m. on June 118, was found today
! across Rockville pike from the hos
pital by Bethesda police,
i Naval authorities said the naval
i officer was identified by his cap. He
was wearing a khaki summer unif
! form when his body was found.
Hospital authorities said Comdr.
Walker had been undergoing treat
ment at the hospital for several
i months. His home, according to a
i Navy spokesman, was in Wash
ington.
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