Evening star. [volume], July 18, 1948, Page A-5, Image 5

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A WORLD WAR II VETERAN PAYS HOMAGE TO GEN. PERSH
ING—Leaving his wheel chair In the chapel at Walter Reed
Hospital, T/5 William J. Pasternak, Buffalo, N. Y., stands rev
erently before the body of Oen. John J. Pershing, World War I
hero. Standing guard at the bier are Pfc. Terence Monro, New
Y*rk (left), and Pfc. Alfred Allen, Ann Arbor, Mich.—AP Kioto.
President and Cabinet
Head Notables to Pay
Respects to Pershing
President Truman and his cabi
net will Join hundreds of notables
from military, Government and pri
vate circles in paying last respects to
General of the Armies, John J.
Pershing, at 3 p.m tomorrow in Ar
lington Cemetery's amphitheater.
Foreign dignitaries as well as
American leaders will sit in the
white marble arena reserved for
3,000 ticket-bearers selected by the
Army.
Sir Oliver Franks, the British am
bassador, will attend as the personal
representative of King George VI,
whose coronation Gen. Pershing had
attended just before he incurred in
1938 the illness that eventually led to
hi« death.
The ambassador also will send a
wreath in the name of the king.
The list of honorary pall bearers
and invited guests includes many;
former associates and aides of the
general. Among them is former
Vice President Charles G. Da^es of
Evanston, 111., one of Gen. Pershing's
closest friends.
rrcnarnis niaowi jnvi^ra.
Former President Hoover and two
widows of Presidents, Mrs. Calvin
Cooiidge and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
have been invited.
Chief Justice Vinson and the as
sociate members of the Supreme
Court are expected to attend. Other
invitations went to former Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes, Gen.
Peyton C. March, Army Chief of
Staff when Gen. Pershing com
manded the AEF; Gen. Charles P.
Summerall and Gen. John L. Hines,
both former Chiefs of Staff, and
Bernard M. Baruch.
The iTonorary body bearers will be
Lester W. Brent, colored, 500 S.
Lee highway, Arlington, a messenger
on the general's staff; Bruce Strong,
5218 Illinois avenue N.W., and Sergt.
Louis Beaman, Camden, N. J., the
general's overseas orderlies; M/Sergt.
Frank Dumick, Fort Myer, the gen
eral's chauffeur to the time of his
death; Capt. Samuel Woodflll, re
tired, Vevay, Ind., whom Gen.
Pershing described as “the best
soldier of World War I”; Sergt.
Alvin C. York of Jamestown, Tenn.,
who like Capt. Woodflll was a
famed soldier and Medal of Honor
winner; Platoon Sergt. John Hand
of the Marines and Chief Machinist
Jesse H. Jolly of the Navy and a
former Army chauffeur for Gen.
Pershing.
Among the general’s closer as
sociates invited to the funeral are
Maj. Gen. Walter A. Bethel. 6507
Connecticut avenue, Chevy Chase,
Md., Judge advocate general of the
American Expeditionary Forces:
Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, com
mander of the 5th Division; Maj.
Gen. Fox Conner of Brandreth,
N. Y., AEF chief of operations: Maj.
Gen. Dennis E. Nolan of New York,
AEF chief of intelligence; Maj.
Gen. Clarence C. Williams, member
of the AEF staff and later chief of
ordnance; Maj. Gen. John F.
O'Ryan, commander of the 27th
Division; Maj. Gen. William G.
Price, jr., of Chester, Pa., com
mander of the 28th Division: Maj.
Gen. Leon B. Kroner, Northfield,
Vt.. former chief of cavalry; Lt.
Gen Hugh A. Drum, commander
of the 1st Army, and Maj. Gen.
Briant H. Wells, Honolulu AEF staff
member.
Former Aides Invited.
Two of the closest to the general
were Col. George E. Adamson, Kene
i
Stirring Pershing Speech to 3
At Wyoming U: in '44 Recalled
Gen. Pershing once made a stir
ring speech to an audience of cmly
three persons, Rear Admiral Emory
S. Land, retired, recalled yesterday.
The occasion was the award to |
the general of an honorary degree
of doctor of laws from the Univer
sity of Wyoming on June 24, 1944. j
Gen. Pershing, then in declining!
health, agreed to receive the de
gree because of his personal interest
in Wyoming. His wife had been1
Miss Helen Frances Warren, daugh
ter of Senator Francis Warren of
Wyoming. Mrs. Pershing and three 1
of the Pershing children lost their
lives in a fire at the Presidio in
California in 1915.
saw Apartments, an aide since the
Mexican invasion days, and Lt. Col.j
Ralph A. Curtin, 1409 Oak street!
N.W., an aide since 1918. Other
former aides are Maj. Gen James L.
Collins, 308 Queens street, Alexan
dria; Lt. Col. C. B. Shaw, 1654 Irv
ing street N.W., and Maj. Gen. W. D.
Connor, 2412 Tracy Street N.W., Brig.
Gen. John McAuley Palmer, 1028
Connecticut avenue N.W. was a
member of the staff; Maj. Gen.
Shelley U. Marietta, 3133 Connecti
cut avenue N.W., was his personal
physician, and Maj. Gen. George
B. Duncan, Lexington, Ky„ and
Gen. Avery D. Andrews, New York
City, were former classmates.
Qther honorary pallbearers 'In
vited are Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt,1
3505 Davis street N.W.; Maj. Gen.
Merritte W. Ireland, 1870 Wyoming
avenue N.W.; Maj. Gen. Edward A.
Kreger, Wardman Park Hotel; Maj.
Gen. Frank R. McCoy, 1633 Thirty
first street N.W.; Robert V. Fleming,
2200 Wyoming avenue N.W.; Joseph
H. Himes, 1705 K street N.W.; Ern
est E. Norris, Washington; Col.
John Callan O'Laughlin, 2435 Cali
fornia street N.W.; James W. Wads
worth 3263 N street N.W.
Also Maj. Gen. Herbert J. Brees,
San Antonio, Tex.; Maj. Gen. Wil
liam Lassiter, Santa Barbara, Calif.;
Maj. Gen. George V. H. Moseley,
Atlanta, Ga.; W. Cameron Forbes,
Boston; George Wharton Pepper,
Devon, Pa.; David A. Reed, New
Canaan, Conn., Mark W. Woods,
Lincoln. Nebr., and Brig. Gen.
Robert G. Woodside, Washington.
Members of Family.
Members of the family Include
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Warren
Pershing. New York, the generals
son and daughter-in-law; his sis
ter, Miss May Pershing of Wash
ington; Col. and Mrs. Richard B.
Paddock of Hollywood; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank E. Pershing of Los
Angeles; Fred L. Richards of New
York; Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Tip
ton of Los Angeles, and Mr. and
Mrs. Francis E. Warren of Chey
enne, Wyo., all nephews and their
wives.
Also Mrs. Gordon B. Hartshorn,
a cousin, and Mr. Hartshorn, of
Haverford, Pa.; Dr. Edward E.
Pershing, New Hope, Pa., a cousin,
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Warren
of Cheyenne, his brother-in-law and
wife. More distant relatives listed
are Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Carpenter.
Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Hirshon, New York; Mrs. Fred W.
Horne, New York; Mrs. H. M. Mc
Kee, Princeton, 111.; Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Michel, New York; Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Millerv New York;
James F. Pershing. Las Angeles;
i Albert W. Russell, Cleveland: Mr.
i and Mrs. John B. Welborn, Chey
enne, and Mrs. Irene Wyle, New
i York.
FEATURED FLAVOR
CVERY day in hot July It
Ltmon Custard lea Cream
Day , . . refreshing, delicious
and oh, to cooling! Laugh at
the hoot by ordering Lemon
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trey pock pints!
But in accepting tne university
award, Gen. Pershing requested that
there be no publicity. So the uni
versity officials sent the diploma and
doctor’s hood to Washington, and
Admiral Land, a graduate of the
university before he attended the
Naval Academy, made the presenta
tion in the general’s quarters at
Walter Reed.
At the conclusion of the presenta
tion. the general accepted the award
with one of the most stirring
speeches Admiral Land said he had
ever heard.
Besides Admiral Land, an Army
! doctor and a nurse were present.
Itinerant to Be Arraigned
In Hurling Girl Off Viaduct
By th« Associated Press
CINCINNATI, July 17. — Harry
Herbert Robertson, 33. of Richmond,
Va., Will be arraighed Monday on a
charge of murder in the death of
Patricia Jackson, 8, Prosecutor Car
son Hoy said today.
The child was hurled 60 feet to
her death yesterday from the West
ern Hills viaduct. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday at Sacred Heart
| Church.
Mr. Hoy said the case will be
presented to the grand jury within
a week.
The 6-foot 4-inch itinerant, a
veteran of World War II and former
inmate of a veterans' mental hos
pital, said he could not describe the
remorse he felt at the death of the
girl. Robertson served three years
in a Virginia prison for housebreak
ing, police records show.
State School Post Filled'
MARTINSBURG, W. Va„ July 17.
; CSpecial)—John T. St. Clair, as
sistant superintendent of Hardy
County Schools, has been named
assistant State supervisor of sec
ondary schools by W. W. Trent,
State superintendent, effective Au
gust 1.
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Funeral Services Set
For Walter Simpson
Funeral services for Walter Simp
son, 74, retired Interior Department
employe and Spanish-American
War veteran, will be held at 2 pm.
Tuesday in the Hines Funeral Home,
2901 Fourteenth street N.W. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr. Simp6on died Friday at his
home, 615 Upshur street N.W., after
a long illness.
Born and educated in Washington,
Mr. Simpson was employed with the
Government before his service in
the Spanish-American War and the
Philippines.
Later he entered the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Interior Department,
from which he retired seven years
ago after more than 30 years’ serv
ice. He was chief of the mails and
files section before he left the
agency.
Mr. Simpson was a member of
St. John’s Masonic Lodge and of
the Richard Harding Camp, Span
ish-American War Veterans, and of
the Eastern Presbyterian Church,
Sixth street and Maryland avenue
N.E.
His wife, Mrs. Clara Gibson Simp
son, died last year.
Surviving are a niece, Mrs. Ethel
Members of the Ceremonial Company 3d Infantry Regiment, Fort Myer, stand watch over
the bier in the chapel. They are (left to right) Pfc. Alfred Bliss, Fall River, Mass.; Sergt. Floyd
McGee, McMinnville, Tenn., and Pfc. James Connor; Butler, Pa._ —Star Staff Photo.
Mutchler, with whom he lived, and
a nephew, Earl F. Owens of Wash
ington.
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