Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 September 1945 — Page 8

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CHURCHES MAY DELAY BUILDING

Presbyterian Restoration Fund Pushed.

By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor Presbyterian churches of Indianapolls and the state may suspend their post-war building plans until the denomination’s restoration fund of $27,000,000 is provided for in full. The 8630 congregations of the Presbyterian church in the U. 8. A, including those of the city and state, are urged to provide first for the needs of war-torn countries overseas and their own, afterward.

The resolution to promote this procedure was voted recently at a national conference of synod and presbytery officials. It was termed an “act of unselfishness” which will cause the local congregation to become a “nobler and stronger church.” Heads Committee

From staff sergeant to freshman, William Evans, recently enrolled in the new veterans program at Technical high school, receives his “G. I. issue” from miss Dorothy Creech in the school bookstore. William served in Australia, New Guinea,

In the army four years,

Bowman Elder heads the committee in charge of raising the quota of Indiana Presbyterian | churches toward the national fund | of $27,000,000. While the precise | amount Hoosier Presbyterians will | be expected to give to the fund has | not been named, officials of the / church estimated it to be about $1,000,000, | Dr. Alexander E. Sharp ls executive secretary of the Indiana | Presbyterian synod. | Mr. Elder sald he was sure Indi- | ana Presbyterians would “go along | with the national fund committee and do their part by it." Among the new churches planned for the city are the Wallace Street Presbyterian church to cost $80,000; the Fairview church, $126,000, and a new Northminister Presbyterian church, Other congregations envision additions to present plants and elaborate improvements, Seis Example

“The moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, Dr, William B. Lampe, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of 8t, Louis, has set an example,” the Presbyterian war-time

in the Servicemen's school at Tech-

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Group of Veterans Enroll in Special 'Servicemen's School’

By RUSSELL ANNABEL United Press Staff Correspondent V KANOYA, Japan, Sept. 6 (Delayed)—The conquered marines and American civilian workers on Wake island ‘ spent Christmas eve, 1941, sitting naked in the rain while

their Japanese captors argued whether to kill every man on the spot.

The story of that nightmarish Christmas eve was told for the first time today by a liberated survivor of the island garrison, a 28-year-old former grade school teacher from Millstone, Ky., who served as an aviation machinist’s mate on Wake. The ex-teacher was on watch at 1:30 o'clock on the morning of Dec. 23, when the Japanese finally fought their way ashore. The bat tered marine garrison, facing overwhelming odds in numbers and firepower and with its five remaining planes useless in the dark, was forced to surrender, Stripped Prisoners “The Japs lined up. all the civiljans and the military, stripped away even our shorts and shoes and wired our hands behind us,” he sald. “We were marched to the airport] and made to sit in the blazing sun. At first they said they weére going to kill all of us. Then they decided not to. “They asked how many cooks were present and ordered them put to work.” wR 1

Exchanging uniforms for books, sor room functions on the same fa group of veterans have énirolled | basis as the regular sponsor rooms, Each day veterans of Corregidor, {Germany, Tunisia, between ages of nical high school, arranged to help | |17 and 30, come there, the returning soldiers. located on the first floor of| Treadwell Hall, the veterans’ spon-|

For diverse reasons these men| {have come to Technical. One army {veteran from Charlotte, N. C, is ~ [taking a refresher course preparaservice commission writes. “Dr.itory to entering Northwestern uniLampe has announced that his|versity, An ex-marine wants to church's quota for the $27,000,000 brush up on lessons, learn auto fund is almost identical with the mechanics and be a physical educost of a new addition which hls|cation assistant. Another, while congregation has been. planning toon 60-day leave from a hospital, has build after the war. | entered Technical to finish high “He and his church members are!school requirements. postponing this construction until! Some veterans are enrolled in a after they have sent their full quota special class with instruction by to the restoration fund.” [Migs Ruth Stone. Dr. Lampe succeeded Dr. Roy @ program of study varies acEwing Vale, pastor of the Taber-|cording to what the veteran needs, naclée Presbyterian church, Indian- his ability and interests,” H. H. apolis, as general assembly modera-| Walter, school director of guidtor. ance and counseling, said.

The Japanese gave them no food all that day, however, and allowed | them only a small quantity of water taken from filthy gasoline drums, | available. up the foul water,

Sat in Rain All Night

tried to crowd 1400 of us into a hangar built for one plane,” he recalled, “We began suffocating, so they sent us back to sit naked in the rain all Christmas eve. “The next day, Christmas, they gave us a piece of bread thé size of my hand and an equal-sized piece of cheese, “It was the worst Christmas any of us ever spent, We tried singing carqls, but we were too weary to sing, too sick at heart for friends

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Wake Heroes Forced to Sit Nude as Japs Took Kill Vote

although good water was! Most of the men retched|

“It rained that night and they

racks on Wake, which had escaped undamaged in the Japanese bombing, and they were kept there until Jan. 12, 1042, Then they were loaded aboard a prison ship, the Nitta Maru, and started on their way to various Japanese prison camps. Pilots Valiant

siege of Wake island, from Dec. 8, when the Japanese bombers first appeared, until they were over ‘whelmed on thé 23d, was a constant struggle to keep the five marine Grumman fighters in the air.

“We had had 12 planes, but the others were destroyed.in the air on the first day, when the Japanese bombers hit us. . “We'd known that war had begun, but we were not at battle stations when they "first came over. “Our top hero, aside from Major Devereaux, was a pilot we called ‘Hammerin' Hank,’ who flew when he wouldn't let the pilots under him fly.” The unidentified “Hammerin’ Hank” became America’s first ace of world war II when he shot down seven Japanese planes in the first three days of the battle.

Killed on Dec, 23

He was killed on the morning of Dec. 23 when the Japanese stormed ashore, “Hank sald he wouldn't be taken,” the ex-teacher said. “He walked into the Japs with a Thompson sub-machine gun. When his ammunition was gone, they shot. him down. “Two days later they let us bury him. “Hank flew against Japanese planes and ships and worked until he was so tired he staggered. He was brave and gallant, contemptuous of the Japs, and he gave spirit to all of us.” Another unsung Wake hero was identified by the survivor as Aviation Machinist's Mate 1-c Jim Hesson (home town not given), who patched up “Hank's” little air force and kept it flying. The Kentuckian sald the civilians working on Wake when the Japa~ nese came conducted themselves

we had seen die gallantly.”

The following day, the prisoners

bravely throughout the battle and the surrender,

were transferred to the civilian bar- |"

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Three U. S. Cities Among Those Favored.

Times Foreign Service LONDON, Sept. 17. — Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Genéva and Copenhagen are now joint avorites as possible sites for the future home of the United Nations organization, Selection of the site is now the subject of a sort of interurban beauty. contest. This is being conducted here by the executive committee of the preparatory commission of the United Nations organization. Civic pride and political intrigue have already shown their ugly heads and no two members of the committee seem to have the same Idea. Americans favor “somewhere in the United States,” without saying where. President Truman already has been bombarded by propositions from governors, mayors and Chambers of Commerce and, apparently wants to keep them all snapping at the bait. Many Favor U. 8. Many of the 14 countries represented on the committee favor the United States. Veterans of the San Francisco conference were delighted by the place and everybody understands

everybody if the United States could play host, But they are not willing to consider just. any town the President may be forced to choose, so it looks as though he will have to make a more definite proposition. Chicago and San Francisco are definite possibilities, but the President would personally seem to favor Philadelphia, because of its proximity to Washington. The British and Australians both favor Geneva, because of its central location and the fact that League of Nations facilities are available for the use of the new organization. They are accused of stalling the proceedings of the executive committee in order to force a decision in Geneva's favor. Obviously, the South Americans

UNITED NATIONS SEEKING ‘HOME’

American 'Rice

By ALBERT RAVENHOLT United Press Staff Correspondent CHUNGKING, Sept. 17. — The United States “rice paddy navy” in China trained and armed. 25,000 guerrillas, charted weather information for the Pacific fleet, and carried out important ‘intelligence operations against the Japanese, it may be revealed today. Navy operations in China involved the work of approximately 1800 Americans at the end of the war. They started almost immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Here are some of the achievements of this unpublicized military organization in the far east: 1. U. 8. submarines lying off the China coast surfaced three times daily to listen to direct broadcasts from Chungking, telling where and when Japanese convoys were expected. The famed submarine U. 8, S. Barb was guided to its kills by reports relayed through Chungking by one of the U, 8. navy groups. 2. U. 8. navy men “hiding” under Chinese coolie hats photographed every important anchorage and inlet along the China coast. 3. More than 50 weather stations were established in unoccupied China and clandestine weather observers in areas as remote as occupied Malaya and Burma reported weather information from hidden radio sets. 4. Twelve major training camps were set up for the training of

that it would be a good thing for[Chungking government guerrillas

under Gen. Tal Li, with Rear Adm. Milton Miles as deputy commander.

and Chinese favor the United States, and so do the Russians, which means that Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, which are also represented on the executive committee, do likewise. Backers of Copenhagen point out that it is a lovely city in a country which played its part in the fight against Germany, Food is excellent and the city is large enough to accommodate a few thousand extra guests, and it is centrally located. One thing is certain-——the Black Hills of South Dakota, which have been fighting harder than any other locality for the honor can Just forget about it,

MONDAY, SEPT. 1, 1045 Paddy Navy’ ‘Operated Secretly in China

The training centers often were staffed by veterans of the marine corps who taught the use of demplition and commando tactics. The navy group in Chinascalculated that the guerrillas they trained killed approximately 30,000 Japanese, Gathered Weather Data At their closely-guarded “valley” headquarters among the mountains outside Chungking, naval speciale ists collected and processed weather reports from all corners of Asia and radioed forecasts to Fleet Adm, Chester W. Nimitz’ headquarters, This information was essential in plotting. naval and B-29 strikes dgainst Japan. The “rice paddy navy” got its start from a secret organization known as the “friendship project.” In: April, 1943, it was re-organized as the often-criticized “SACO* agreement, meaning literally “Sinoe American Co-operative Organiza. tion.” The SACO agreement was signed by Maj. Gen. Willlam Donovan, heading the office of strategic serve ices, the late secretary of navy Frank Knox, and Rear Adm. Miles for the United States; and by T. V, Soong, Gen. Tai Li, head of the Chinese secret service, and Col Hsiao, Chinese military attache in Washington, for China. Under terms of the agreement, Chinese and Americans would work together, with the U, 8. providing {echnical experts and materiel, and the Chinese supplying trainees.

Operation Criticized

naval officers, through this organi zation, backed one of the most une savory and un-democratic elements in China society. To this allegation, the officers ro= plied that they had no other course of action, They insisted American policy hinged upon support of the central government as it was then constituted. Without the co-opera-tion of Gen. Tai Li's secret service, they said, a mass of highly essen= tial. intelligence necessary for the defeat of Japan could not have been gathered. - Chinese communists charged ree peatedly that Tai Li's Americane trained and armed guerrillas were used against their forces and not

against the Japanese.

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