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U. S. Deniands Conviction of
Entire German High Command
By James F. King
NUERNBERG, Germany, Jan. 4-(;P)-Striking against the
Prussian military hierarchy, the United States today demanded
the conviction as war criminals of the whole German high com
mand and general ataff on the grounds that they were just as
'guilty as Hitler and the nazi party.
The broad denunciation brushed aside suggestions that the
generate merely wert profession!
nlriiero, end was accompanied by
mass of' documents, most of
thorn aimed at ronvicting the gen-
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erals with their own words.
Col. Telford Taylor, of Chevy
Chase, Md;, American deputy
prosecutor ahd former counsel for
the federal communications com
mission, laid before the interna
tional tribunal trying 22 nazis ev
idence that the ranking German
generals and admirals were think
ing of war even before Hitler as
sumed power.
The prosecution submitted an
affidavit by Field Marshal Wer
ner Von Blomberg, former . Ger
man war minister, declaring that
he and the whole group of Ger
man staff officers regarded a war
to wipe out the Pollih corridor
and to lessen the "threat to sepa
rated East Prussia' as a "sacred
duty though a, sad necessity.'
"This was one of the chief rea
sons," the affidavit continued,
"behind the partially secret re
armament which began about 10
years before Hitler came to power
and was accentuated under nazi
rule."
The American attack on the
generals came in the face of cau
tion reportedly previously urged
by the British and even some
American army officers, and af
ter the noticeable lack of enthu
siasm among the other ' powers
when the indictment originally
was drafted.
rKXNCE TO WTO COMMONER
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 4-tfV
Swedish Prince Carl Johan, 28-year-old
son of the crown prince,
and his commoner fiancee Ker
stin Wikjmark, 35-year-old wo
men's magazine editor, expect to
leave around Jan. 21 for New
York, where they will marry, the
newspaper Dagens Nyheter said
today.
TO AID IN EUGENE RELIEF
Mrs. LnuL-ie Arenson, director
of nursing for Marion county Red
Cross chapter, Friday received or
ders from San Francisco to go to
Eugene for flood relief service.
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Manila's
Secret Police
Chief to Hang
MANILA, Saturday. Jan. 8-P)
Lt Coli Seillchi Ohta, command
er of the Japanese secret police
in Manila during the occupation,
was convicted today of war
crimes by a U S. military com
mission and was sentenced to
death by hanging. ; .
Ohta, j known as "the bloody
butcberj of Fort Santiago," ner
vously wiped 'perspiration from
his forehead and drummed' his
boots on the floor in the tense
minute before! sentence was pro
nounced. It was at Fort Santiago
during the occupation that his
secret police operated a torture
mill. j ; '
In passing sentence, the1 'com
mission said:
"Those in control of dangerous
instruments have heavy responsi
bilities. Colonel Ohta bad many
years of experience, having been
selected forthesecret military po
lice afUr 10 ymni In the regular
army. He was fully aware of his
responsibilities.!
"He knew his staff and j the
character of his troops. He is not
being held guiilty of one crime
but for a systematic series of
crimes committed over a period
which became a definite pattern.
"The excuse of having acted on
orders from above is not valid."
Mrs. Mansfeldt
Jud
ged Sarie
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4WP
Judge Edward j P, Murphy sen
tenced Mrs. Irene Mansfeldt to
from one to ten years in prison
today, shortly after a Jury re
turned a verdict! that the 45-year-old
society matron was sane
when she shot to death a nurse
she suspected of having an affair
with her physician husband.
Mrs, Mansfeldt had been con
victed of manslaughter in an ear
lier trial by 'the same jury.
Her husband,; Dr. John Mans
feldt, killed himself shortly after
the shooting of j Mrs. Vada Mar
tin, the nurse.
Chinese Reds I
Hpld Ujp Truce
- CHUNGKING; Jan. 4-PHChi-nese
communists' protested the
National army j drive into Jehol
province today and made it an is
sue to be solved before they ac
cept the government plan for a
truce in China.)
A communist spokesman said
oral representations had been
made to the, government against
the thrust into Jehol, strategic
province between Manchuria and
Innei Mongolia, which the com
munists claim they liberated from
the Japanese, j
The communists had stated
their position on Jehol in writing
yesterday when they handed the
government their reply from
headquarters at Yenan on Chung
king's latest peace proposal.
IMTORTS EXCEED EXTORTS
LONDON. Jan. 4 JP United
Kingdom imports in i November,
1945, exceeded exports by 60,
303,915 (1241215,8(10), the board
of trade reported today, i f
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Vets Complain
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WASHINGTON, jfui. 4-()-Six
disabled veterans, all former en
listed men, called ori another vet
eran, Gen. Omar N Bradley, to
day and fold him the veterans ad
ministration, which he headed, "is
pretty inefficient." j
They said they enrolled at Am
erica n university on November 19,
but so far have received no sub
sistence or pension checks to pay
their board and room. The money
is due them under the GI bill of
rights,- they said. -
"That a long time, almost ttwo
months, for a veteran to ljlve
without funds," Bernard Blark
well, president of ;the vetenins
class at the university, told re
porters.
"The law says the veterans'
payments shall start on the first
of the month after he enrolls
Blackwell added.
Jess Weiss of New Yrk veter
an of the first infantry division,
who has a paralyzed hand said
"The situation exixtx all over the
country, not only here. We are
peaking for lots of veteran."
General Bradley started an in
vestigation immediately.
H. F. Dickenshects, regional of
fice manager of the veterans ad
ministration, said it had been the
policy to pay veterans oru-e a
month, but if they enroll after the
15th the check is mailed about
six weeks later, whh-h in thir
case would have been Jan. 1.
A check of re ords today show
ed most of the veterans who com
plained to General Bradley had
come to Washington from other
states to enroll at American uni
versity and their "ay cards
hadn't arrived here from their
home towns.
Navy Points to
Be lowered
HONOLULU, Jan. 4-m-The
army newspaper, Stars and
Stripes, said today that another
drop in critical point scores for
navy, personnel through March 2
has been established by the navy
department.
The newspaper reported learn
ing that: Point scores for male
enlisted personnel, with the ex
ception of specified rates, will
drop to 33 on February 15 and to
32 on March 2.
Point scores for WAVE enlist
ed personnel, except specified
rates, will drop to 31 on March 2;
Nurse corps discharge points
will drop to 23 on Feb. 2 and to
27 on March 2.
Proposal Would Give
Vets Housing Priority
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -P)
Legislation giving war veterans
higher priorities td surplus govr
OTiment property and to speed
its distribution, is proposed by
Senator CMahoney (D-Wyo).
The senator said a measure he
would introduce when congress
reconvened will give veterans n
higher' priority than that held by
state and local governments.
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Witness Tells
Of Fight Ending
In Boy's Death
REEDSPORT. Jan. 4-(JPy-Clskr-ence
Boye, whose body has been
sought in the Smith river since
Jan. 1, fell from a boat during a
fight, with his brother. Wilson
Boye, state police quoted a wit
ness as saying today.
Jack Cowan, about 50,, a sailor
on inactive status, was reported
by state police Sgt Paul Mor
gan as telling this story:
The three were en route "up the
river in a boat Dec. 17 when the
brothers began fighting, and both
fell overboard. Cowan grabbed
Wilson. by the hair and pulled him
back in but was unable to locate
Clarence. The rescued man then
threw his brother's xlpper bag in
the river.
Finding of the bag Jan. 1 led to
the investigation.
Morgan said Cowan told him he
did not report the disappearance
of Clarence because it was none
of his affair.
Police said Wilson Boye's ver
sion, told yesterday, was sub
stantially that of Cowan's except
no reason was given for the fall
overboard. Cowan was released
but Boye was held without charge
for further questioning.
Army to Bring
66,000 War
Brides to U. S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4
The army is starting this month
a movement to the United States
of some 66,000 war brides and
other dependents of overseas sol
diers, the war department an
nounced today.
Some 600 will be brought to the
United States in January, and the
rate will be increased with the
aim of bringing all" to their new
homes by July 1. ,In London it
was announced that 6501 of the
women would sail Jan. 20 from
Southampton aboard the SS Ar
gentina. , Most of the incoming brides
will be from England. Lt. Gen.
Joseph L. Collins, making the an
nouncement, otimated there were
approximately 50,000 war brides
and children in England. 10,000
on the continent and 6000 in the
Pacific.
"The shipment of thee depen
dents will not be permitted to
delay any soldier who would oth
erwise be ready to return," Col
lins emphasized.
N'o date has been set, he said,
for sending -overseas large num
bers of the families of American
soldiers serving abroad. A rela
tively small number has been
sent alieady, but only to poti
which were deemed to have ade
quate living facilities for them.
Soldiers Run
Black Market
HERFORD, Germany, Jan. 4
(iJVSix AWOL American soldiers
were arrested Jan. 1, it was an
nounced today, in a luxuriously
furnished boxcar from which
they are accused of having con
ducted large-scale train robberies
and black market operations dur
ing the last 18 months.
British troops, led by American
officers, nabbed four of the gang
as they reclined on easy chairs
with German girl friends. The
others were caught when they re
turned in a jeep.
Names of the soldiers were not
disclosed.
PORTLAND CRIME,J)OlTBLES
PORTLAND, Jan. 4-i.VEvery
category of 7 crime has doubled
here since the 1943 employment
peak, city police officials said to
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Ex-IVeaitlfiit of
Dayton Bank Dies
McMIN'NVILLE, Jan. 4 -J)
Death of J. L. Sherman, 80. pres
ident of the Bank of Dayton un
til its recent sale-to the United
States National bank of Portland,
was reported by a local hospital
today. Funeral services will be
held here tomorrow.
Sherman was well known in
Jefferson where he was in the
banking business many years ago
before going to Dayton.
Army Slows
Dovn Return
Of U. S. Troops
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4-(-The
army today slowed down the
return of soldiers from' overseas.
The . action may ' cause a delay
up to three .month in the home
coming of a' soldier on foreign
service eligible for discharge. The
priority in which troops will be
returned, however, is unchanged.
Lt Gen. Joseph Lawton Collins
explained that voluntary enlist
ments and the draft had failed to
supply enough replacements.
"Our overseas forces would be
dangerously under - strength in
occupying hostile counties if all
eligible men were to be returned
before sufficient replacements
had arrived,' he told a news
conference.
Under the revised program, ap
proximately 1,553,000 men will
be shipped home during the next
six months, whereas three months
would suffice were all available
shipping used. The rate will be
cut from the current 800.000 or
more monthly to about 300,000 a
month.
Collins, army director of infor
mation, said that in no case
"should this delay any man in
the theatres more than three
months beyond the time he be
came eligible for discharge."
Collins also disclosed that the
planned strength of the army for
next July 1 now was 1,550,000, a
reduction of about 400,000 from
estimates made last September.
Nips Forecast
Cabinet Crisis
TOKYO. Saturday. Jan. 5-i.1V
Politicat Japan, shaken heavily by
General MacArthur's new order to
rid itself of those men who sup
ported a policy of aggression, to
day began compiling a list of per
sons to" be ; removed from office.'
Newspapers, meanwhile, head
lined a. possible cabinet crisis.
The twin directives, ordering
removal from public office and in
fluence of those persons who led
Japan Into war, sparked the mt
widespread reaction since Lssuanc
of the firkt war criminal lists.
The Shidehara cabinet called an
emergency session. The newspaper
Mainichi said the cabinet faced
"the most serious crisis since its
inception."
PROTEST USE OF I'NIFORM
B ATA VI A, Java, Jan. 4 fP)i
American.i in Java were urged to
day by the Indonesian newspaper
Merdeka to protest to Washing
ton against use of US marine uni
forms and arms by American
trained Dutch marines who have
arrived in the strife-torn island.
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Homma Gave
Command for
Death March
MANILA, Jan. 4-6JVA Japan
ese officer who saw the death
march on Bataan testified at the
war crimes trial of Lt Gen. Mas
aharu Homma today -that Homma
himself gave the order for the
cruel ordeal in which thousands
of American and Filipino prison
ers of war perished.
. The witness, Lt. Col. Michio
Kiyayama, a communications of
ficer at Homma 's. 14 th imperial
army headquarters, said that
neither the general nor his staff
cared what happened to the em
aciated men, many of whom were
bayoneted or dubbed to' death
when they fell exhausted along
the route.
Kiyayama explained that this
indifference to the fate of prison
ers "prevailed all through the
(Japanese) army," and was due
in part to the Japanese belief that
surrender is a shametful act and
captives therefore should expect
to be handled roughly.
Industrial Club
Meets to Dine
Seventy five members of the
Salem Industrial Supervisors club
held a dinner meeting at the
YMCA Friday night
Lewis Lawrence, , vice president
of the club, presided. Guest speak
ers were Otto Hillman, president
of Hillman Engineering Co., Chi
cago, who spoke on the subject
"Leadership in Industry," and
Ray Yocum, manager of Reid
Murdock Co., who discussed
"War, Peace, Industry and La
bor." Special musical numbers
were given by Ben Mosher and
Roger Foglequist. C. O. Goodman
led the group in singing.
The next meeting will be a
study group, Jan. 5. Any foreman
i or supervisor in a Salem industry
is invited to apply for member
ship. JAIL HABITATION RISES
"The number of prisoners bookt;d
at the Marion county 4.?il during
194.t rose to 612, an increase of
10 per cent over 1944. Twelve to
14 prisoners per day was the ave
rage, according to Sheriff Den
ver Young.
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