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Army of 7 Million
Held Still Needed
Despite New Bomb
It the Associated Press.
The Army still figures it needs
a 7,000,000-man Army to defeat
Japan despite the prospect that
the atomic bomb may shorten
the war.
This was learned today In the
face of speculation that the power
ful new weapon might force the
Japanese to capitulate before Ameri
can soldiers set foot on Japanese
shores.
The Army’s stand Is that It Is
taking no chances, hence It Is pro
ceeding on the assumption that in
vasion will be necessary. It is go
ing ahead with its original plan for
redeployment of troops and the cre
ation of a powerful force In the
Pacific.
MaeArthur’a Needs Come First.
For this reason, the Army is taper
ing the discharge of 1,500,000 men
under the point system to the needs
of Gen. MacArthur’s accelerated
campaign against the Japanese.
As Secretary of War Stimson re
cently put it, the “first task of the
Army is winning the war. The op
erations of the point system must be
subordinate to the fighting needs of
Gen. Mac Arthur.
The Army’s attitude was empha
sized further by a selective service
assertion last night that there was
little prospect of easing up draft
calls for men between 18 and 30.
Inductions now total about 100,000
a month.
Releases to Slow Down.
In the first three months after
V-E day. the Army released 235,000
men under the point system, but
Secretary Stimson has said the rate
will be lowered in the next three
months.
This is necessary, in the Army
point of view, because many of the
high-point men are highly trained
men, whose services are needed not
only in the combat zone, but also!
in the United States to train and I
redeploy troops.
Discharges under the point sys-|
tem and for other reasons will leave
a force of approximately 7.000,000
by next June 30, according to pres
ent plans. ADout naif that force
will be arrayed on the Pacific front
with the others in transit, in train
ing or in garrison posts.
King Carol's Arrival
In Lisbon Is Denied
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 8.—Advices from!
Lisbon today denied a Swiss radio'
broadcast yesterday saying former j
King Carol of Romania had ar-1
rived in Lisbon aboard a Spanish j
steamer.
According to the best information !
available in Lisbon, these advices i
said, Carol is still in Rio de Janeiro
but plans to depart for Portugal
soon by clipper.
Gen. Casey Decorated
For Construction Work
By the Associated Press.
MANILA, Aug. 8.—Gen. MacAr
thu’r today announced the award of
an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Dis
tinguished Service Medal to Maj.
Gen. Hugh J. Casey for his handling
of Army construction operations
from New Guinea through the
Philippines.
Petain
i Continued From First Page.)
by a request of Gen. Henri Dentz.j
French commander in Syria, for j
German support against Free j
French and British forces.
Bergeret said the Allies originally j
Intended to land in North Africa on
November 15, 1942, but the date was
advanced. He said he kept Petain
informed of the Allied operations.
"I had just enough time to get to(
Algiers,” Bergeret said. "Gen. Henri
Giraud was absent and there was
complete confusion. I did everything
I could to halt the fighting between
the French and Allies. I succeeded
in bringing the entire Tunisian air
force over to the Allies.
He corroborated previous testi
mony that Petain sent a secret tele
gram to Algiers ordering French
commanders to cease fire.
He said the message had a “de
cisive effect” in bringing some j
French commanders to the Allied
side.
Gen. Campet Testifies.
Gen. Jacques Campet, chief of:
Petain’s military cabinet from 1941
to 1943, testified that Petain always
believed in ultimate Allied victory.
"If Petain had believed in Ger
man victory, he would never have
agreed to secret reorganization of
the French Army,” Campet said.
The general started a long com
plimentary statement, but Petain
looked up languidly and said:
"That's enough.”
May Go to Jury Wednesday.
Jacques Isorny of the battery of
defense lawyers said he and his col
leagues planned to complete the tes
timony of their remaining 15 wit
nesses by Friday night and begin
summing up on Saturday. The case
may go to the Jury next Wednes
day.
Representatives of the high court
now trying Petain and soon to try
Pierre Laval were questioning their
wives today on charges of intel
ligence with the enemy.
The women, both under arrest,
were questioned under France's pre
trial Interrogation system.
Mme. Petain, 67, protested vigor
ously to Examining Magistrate
Georges Berry that the charge
against her was without foundation.
Was Prisoner of Germans.
Tall and dignified, she said she
lacked knowledge of political affairs
at Vichy, even living at a different
hotel from her husband and his en
tourage there, and had considered
herself a prisoner while in Germany.
While the marshal was Ambas
sador to Spain, Mme. Petain said,
she never had seen Generalissimo
Franco and received only one visit
from his wife, which she did not
return.
Physically in sharp contrast,
Mme. Laval, short, chunky and lb
years younger, told examining Judge
Marchat: "I’ve never taken part in
politics.”
She said she had remained at the
Laval castle in their native Chatel
don and knew nothing about events
at Vichy, 13 miles away. Laval him
self, she insisted, believed his poli
tics were in the best interests of
" France.
Mme. Petain shares her husband’s
prison apartment in the Palace of
Justice where he is being tried.
Mme. Laval occupies a cell in the
women's section of Fresnes Prison,
far away from her husband's cell
block.
On the Roll of Honor—
Msi. Httau
(KUM)
Cot. Coor
(Killed)
Chief llMhiniet’e
Mete O’Ferrell
(Weuniel)
Todays Casualty List
Army killed _ 117
Army wounded_149
Army missing . 27
Army liberated___ 1
Navy killed _102
Navy wounded _ 727
Navy missing .. 4
Thus far in the war 1,740
men from the District area
have been reported killed.
Killed
Maj. Bryan W. Pittman, 52, whose
widow, Mrs Mary M. Pittman, lives
at 203 South Fairfax street. Alex
andria, was killed in the Pacific De
cember 15, the War Department an
nounced today. He died when a
Japanese ship on which he was a
prisoner of war was torpedoed off
Subic Bay, Mrs. Pittman said.
Attached to a medical administra
tion organization, Maj. Pittman was
taken prisoner in the Philippines in
May, 1942.
Mrs. Pittman had left the Philip
pines in May, 1941.
Maj. Pittman was born in Stewart,
Miss., and was educated there. He
entered the Army in 1913, and served
during the World War with the
Sanitary Corps.
■BesKlCS IllS W1UUW, lie U> iimunu
by two brothers and five sisters.
Capt. Robert G. Cooper, 26, son
of Mrs. Avery J. Cooper, 4215 Thirty
seventh street N.W., and the late
Col. fAvery J. Cooper, is reported
killed in the Pacific. Mrs. Cooper
said he was killed on December 15
■when a Japanese vessel on which he
was a prisoner of war was torpedoed.
Capt. Cooper was taken prisoner
at Corregidor while with the Coast
Artillery Corps. He was born in
New Haven, Conn., and attended
Western High School and Colum
bian Preparatory School. He grad
uated from West Point in 1940.
In addition to his mother Capt.
Cooper is survived by three sisters
and three brothers. One of his
brothers, Col. A. J. Cooper, jr„ is
stationed at the Pentagon. A sis
ter, Miss Caroline Cooper, is with
the Carnegie Institution here.
Warrant Officer William Wirship,
veteran Army musician who was
captured when Corregidor fell, is
reported to have died in the sink
ing of a Japanese prison ship last
October 24 in the China Sea, the.
War Department has notified his
wife, Mrs. Wilma Wirship, 2100
Nineteenth street N.W. News of his
death was received through the In
ternational Red Cross.
Mr. Wirship was stationed at the
War College with the Army Band
for 19 years. In June, 1941, the 39
year-old musician was sent to Cor
regidor to organize a band for the
59th Coast Artillery. After his cap
ture, he was imprisoned at Caban
tuan.
A chaplain who recently returned
to this country after his liberation
from Cabantuan told Mrs. Wirship
how her husband had organized a
1,500-voice choir in the prison camp.
A tiny harmonica, sent from home,
was the only musical accompani
ment the men had until a Filipino
brought Mr. Wirship a violin to play
for the men. While stationed in:
Washington. Mr. Wirship was ac
tive in youth work at the Luther
Place Memorial Church.
S/Sergt. Edward F. Farrell, 29,
reported missing in action since
July 25, 1944, has been declared
dead, the War Department notified
his sister. Mrs. Charles Bartlett.
1006 K street N.E. Sergt. Farrell,
aerial gunner on a Liberator, had
been overseas about six months
when he was killed. His plane was
shot down over Austria on Sergt.
Farrell's 46th mission, shortly after
he had written his aister that he
expected to be home shortly as
he had only to make 50 missions
in all.
Born in Washington, Sergt. Far
rell attended McKinley High School
and was employed by the Hoff Elec
trical Co. before entering the service
in July. 1942. A brother, John S.
“Jake” Farrell starred at football at
Mount St. Mary’s College and was
well known in District sports circles.
Sergt. Farrell also leaves another
sister, Miss Helen Farrell, who lives
at the K street address. Memorial
mass was celebrated for Sergt. Far
rell Monday at Holy Name Catholic
Church.
John Stoddard Tucker, seaman
1/c, whose wife, Mrs. Marlon Yvonne
Tucker, lives at 7381 Allentown road
S.E., was listed as killed by the
Navy Department today. A story
about Mr. Tucker appeared in The
Star on June 10, after next of kin
was notified.
Wounded
Robert J. O’Farrell, 36. chief ma
chinist's mate, whose mother, Mrs.
Jenney M. O’Farrell, lives at 4317
River road N.W., was wounded in
the Pacific June 10. He was slightly
wounded in the head when a de
stroyer on which he was a crew
member was torpedoed.
He was born in Napoleonville, La.,
and attended school in Erie, Pa.,
and worked in Lancaster. Ohio, be
fore entering the service in 1942.
He has been overseas over two years.
Corpl. Olif David Martin, whose
wife, Mrs. Evelyn B. Martin, lives
in WAVE Quarters E. Arlington,
Va., has been wounded.
Corpl. Ernest Thompson Herndon,
whose mother, Mrs. Ethel V. Ellis,
lives in Leesburg, Va., has been
wounded in action. A story about
Corpl. Herndon appeared in The
Star on July 14, after next of kin
was notified.
District Blood Donations
Appointments
yesterday.. 321 persons
Appointments broken
. yesterday.— 113 persons
“American blood is needed to
save lives In the Pacific. It be
hooves us all to continue our
visits to the Red Cross Blood
Donor Centers.’’—Secretary of
the Navy Forrestal.
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center in
the Acacia Building, 51 Louis
ana avenue N.W., by calling
District 3300 between 9 a m. and
5:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a m.
to noon Saturdays.
Frankensteen Wins
In Detroit Primary
Ey the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Aug. 8— Richard T.
Frankensteen, union executive who
received strong support from the
CIO's Political Action Committee,
was nominated in yesterday’s pri
mary to oppose Mayor Edward J.
Jeffries in the November 6 mayor
alty election.
Mr. Frankensteen polled 82,936
votes to lead Mr. Jeffries by 14,182
and had wide margins over the
other five candidates.
Mr. Frankensteen, 38, interna
tional vice president of the United
Automobile Workers, showed sur
prising strength in the balloting
which drew 201,000 voters to the
polls.
Advance reports had indicated a
vote of less than 125,000 and politi
cal observers credited last-minute
work by the CIO-PAC with being
responsible for the turnout. Elec
tion officials said thousands of war
workers who cast their ballots late
in the day reflected the PAC’s cam
paign.
Mr. Frankensteen, noting that the
primary was the first large-scale
balloting in this country since th$
recent British election that saw
the Labor party emerge victorious,
said he does not expect to ‘‘assume
the role of a Messiah in the leftist
front in Detroit.”
“It is true that I am a labor
leader, but I want to be elected
mayor not merely by a coalition of
labor forces but by a majority of
the citizens of Detroit,” he said in
a statement.
Spurned Retailer
Dumps Liquor on
Statehouse Steps
BJ the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Aug. 8.—Angered
by State Revenue Commissioner
Otho Cook’s refusal to renew his
retail liquor permit, R. E. Hewgley
deposited his remaining wares on
the commissioner's doorstep at the
State Capitol yesterday.
‘‘If I can’t stay in business and
sell it, the commissioner can have
it,” he announced. ‘‘As for me, I’m
going to leave Arkansas for good.”
Secretary of State C. O. Hall ar
rived at the scene after being nptl
fted by the Capitol building superin
tendent that some one was dump
ing carloads of bottles on the steps.
An astonished crowd gathered and
helped themselves to bottles of rum,
brandy, wines and gin.
Secretary Hall ordered what was
left locked in the Capitol power
house garage until, he said, he
could determine what disposition
should be made of the beverage.
Bengal, India, will build 10,000
boats for Inland waterways.
Elliott Leaves WPB
For House Committee Post
William Y. Elliott, WPB vice
chairman for civilian requirements,
has resigned after five years’ serv
ice and will become a consultant
for the Colmer Committee on Post
war Economic Policy and Planning
in the House.
WPB Chairman Krug, in an
nouncing the resignation yesterday,
praised Mr. Elliott for “outstanding
service to the Nation in seeing that
its civilian and war supporting
economy was protected while war
production was going at top speed."
A. C. Hill, jr., deputy vice chair
man for civilian requirements, will
succeed Mr. Elliott. Mr. Elliott
plans to go to Europe with the
House Committee this month to
study rehabilitation needs and eco
nomic control policies and their
bearing on the American economy.
Man Pleads Not Guilty
To Gambling Charge
George A. Claimos, 28, of the 900
block of New York avenue, pleaded
not guilty when arraigned today in
Municipal Court on a charge of set
ting up a gaming table. His hearing
was continued until August 15.
Police, acting under orders of In
spector Oscar J. Letterman, recently
placed in charge of vice and gam
bling Investigations, raided a room
ing house at the New York avenue
address yesterday and reported they
seized betting slips. Detective Sergt.
Paul H. Clarke said he took a $10
bet over the telephone during the
raid. He and Detective Sergt. How
ard E. Ogle conducted the raid.
$6,000 Fire Destroys
Building Material
Fire of undetermined origin last
night destroyed a warehouse -con
taining building materials in the
5000 block of Livingston road, Oxon
Hill, Md., causing damage estimated
by firemen at $6,000.
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Chinese Retake Island
Off Foochow, Final
Obstacle to Landing
£; the A»soel*trfl Prese.
CHUNGKING, Aug. 8.—The
Chinese high command an
nounced today that Chinese
troops had reoccupied Kukiang
Island at the mouth of the Min
River northeast of Foochow,
thus driving the Japanese from
their last coastal foothold in the
vicinity of that Fukien Province
port.
The announcement said the island
was held by only a small number of
Japanese and the operation appar
ently was carried out with only
slight opposition.
The capture of Kukiang Island re
moved the only remaining obstacle
to a possible Allied landing in the
vicinity of Foochow, capture of
which was announced by the Chi
nese last May 19.
The high command also an
nounced belatedly that Hingan, in
Kwangsl Province on the Hunan
Kwangsi Railroad 32 miles north
west of Kweilin, had (alien to Chi
nese troops July 30.
The development of a Chinese
threat from the west aimed at Tun
gan in Hdhan Province was indi
cated by the high command.
Chinese troops striking out from
recently liberated Sinning in Hu
nan Province, repulsed three coun
terattacks and now are approach
ing Tungan, the communique said.*
Chinese troops also were reported
"making some progress" against the
outer perimeter of Japanese de
fenses around Paoching, in Hunan
Province, while strong Chinese col
umns also advanced toward Siang
siang, 60 miles north of Hehgyang,
and Yungfeng, 45 miles northwest
of Hengyang.
In Kiangsl Province, the Jap
anese withdrawing northward to
ward Nanchang with a force esti
mated at 20.000 troops, plus 2,000
to 3,000 civilians, appeared to be
nearing the end of their long jour
ney which began with the abandon
ment of Kanhsien, former Amer
ican air base.
The high command said the Jap
anese had reached Charfgshu, 45
miles of Nanchang, and were push
ing toward Fengcheng, 35 miles
south of Naichang, against Chinese
opposition.
An outbreak of fighting was re
ported in Chekiang Province, with
the Japanese mounting drives evi
dently intended to disperse Chinese
concentrations near Hangchow, 100
miles southwest of Shanghai.
The Japanese at Fuyang, 20 miles
southwest of Hangchow, drove
southwestward on August 2, and
four days later captuijed Sinteng, 30
miles southwest of Hangchow, and
Tunglu. 15 miles farther southwest,
the communique said.
Another Japanese column struck
westward from Yuhang. 18 miles
west of Hangchow, and captured
Linan, 32 miles west of Hangchow.
WOUNDED VETERANS SEE FIRST POSTWAR JEEP—Army patients at Forest Glen Hospital
inspect the first peacetime model of the Army J eep on the hospital grounds. The car is heralded
as a machine to mechanize farms and afford industries and utilities a light truck and all-pur
pose power unit. —Star Staff Photo.
Two Soldiers Arrive to Receive
Honor Medals From Truman
Two heroes from the European
theater, both of whom soon will re
ceive the Congressional Medal of
(Honor from President Truman at
the White House, were presented to
the press at the War Department
today as their exploits were made
public for the first time.
They are T/Sergt. Robert E. Ger
stung, 30, of Chicago, and Sergt.
Marcario Garcia, 25, Sugarland,
Tex., both cited for extraordinary
valor in the final phases of the fight
ing inside Germany.
Sergt. Gerstung, of German de
scent, though his parents were born
in t^iis country, is a soft-spoken
young man who insisted he "is not
much good at talking.' He worked
in a gas station in Chicago before
the war and. said that as a boy he
always tried to keep out of fights
rather than look for them.
He is credited with furnishing
the only supporting fire for a large
segment of infantry pinned down
by enemy mortar and artillery fire
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last December 16. He single hand
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all the leaders of his platoon were
killed or wounded and held off the
enemy until Yank reserves could be
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House Probers Urge 11. S.
Control Jap-Held Islands
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8— Seven
members of four House committees
returned home yesterday from a
jmonth’s tour of Pacific islands with
a unanimous recommendation that
■ the United States should control all
Japanese-mandated islands taken
i by American forces.
Representative Isac, Democrat, of
California is chairman of the joint
committee, representing Naval Af
fairs, Merchant Marine, Fisheries
and Appropriations.
The committee said it would urge
the purchase of French Caledonia,
and Representative Patterson. Dem
ocrat, of California contended the
'United States could acquire it by
canceling some of the debt owed
'this Nation by the French.
Alfred Wallensfein Named
As Network Music Head
Bt the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Alfred
Wallenstein, conductor of the Los
Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,
has been appointed music director
of the American Broadcasting Co.,
it was announced yesterday by Hub- .
bell Robinson, jr., ABC vice presi
dent in charge of programs.
Mr. Wallenstein has had experi
ence as a ’cellist, teacher, arranger,
manager and conductor.. He was
the youngest member of the Los
Angeles Philharmonic when that
orchestra was formed 25 years ago.
As music director of the Amer
ican Broadcasting Co. he hopes, he
said, "to lift American music to the
high place that other American art
forms now occupy."
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