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Wednesday, May 3, 1944
Non Combat Jeep Driver Captures
1/Japanese, Herds Them to Camp
By DON CASWELL
United press War Correspondent
Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea -- (U,P.) The telephone jingled at
regimental headquarters last night and the signal sergeant almost
dropped his mouthpiece from excitement.
"Hey," he called to the commanding major, "some guy just brought
in 17 prisoners and he says he needs help."
And thereby hangs the tale of Pvt. Hurshal (Peewee) Wilson, a di-
minutive jeep-jockey and his jeep "Helen," named after his girl friend,
and how they brought in the 17 dejected Japanese. Peewee, who is 30,
comes from Hawthorne, Calif. His girl friend is Helen Kindrick of
Los Angeles.
Peewee is hardly the guy you'd I
record bag of prisoners by one man
for this theater• He isn't a combat
soldier but drives for Lt. Col. Ar-
thur Anderson of the 41st division . =_ ?= ?
But he's always prowling arouner| . [ ......
the front lines in his spare time i|||| =lf
hunting souvenirs. 'i LI/I J%W*I%W* I
At dusk yesterday he had driven l _ _
Maj. Gem Hugh J• Casey, Generali[ r l |=
MacArthur's engineering chief and i| n rHftlfR
three colonels from the CyclopslVl! |!qU%=||V||
airstrip to Lake Sentani• He was re-
turning alone, about three mlles W hin ....
from headquarters, when 17 Japa-! as gmn --(U,e--- Tne army
nese jumped out of the marshyi and navy, in an important change
kunai grass and swarmed across, of policy, have partially removed
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EMPIRE MINISTERS HOLD PARLEY--Holding first conference of
kind since war's outbreak, British Empire ministers meet at I0 Down-
ing street to discuss war and postwar aims. Left to right are: Prime
Minister MacKenzie King, Canada; Field Marshal Jan C. Smuts, Union
KENOSHA EVENING N.eW$ "
I "e-rmany Face00
£rmcal Choice
Washington The Germar
armament industry was faced to-
day with a critical choice in pro-
duction policy involving the Nazi
high comrnand's estimate of how
long the war can be continued.
As a result of Allied moves cut-
ting off Turkish chrome and reduc-
ing Spanish wolfram, Washington
experts on enemy industrial re-
sources say the Germans either
must begin now to taper off their
production of super-hard alloy
steels Or face the fact in a year
or so they will be virtually devoid
of alloy metals. Alloys make pos-
sible the airpane engines, armor
plate, piercing shells, high-speed
machine tools and other equipment
essential to modern war.
In fact, economic warfare ex-
perts agreed that the belt tighten-
ing process for Germany is just
beginning to pinch. In the next few
weeks, possibly the next few days,
it will pinch more severely, for
Britain and the United States still
To Get Treated Seeds
Madison, Wls. -- (. -- $. G
Walker, University of Wlsconsi
plant pathologist, today urged Wis-
consin gardeners to purchase treat-
ed seeds to avoid waste and ob-
tain greater production,
Commercial s e e d processors
know how to treat seed with the
proper amount of chemicals,
whereas the gardener may buy
more material than necessary and
waste it at this time when conser.
ration is important, he said.
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Peewee takes over the story from their 1944 requirements, it was neutrals trading with Germany.
IC0ngress Today ] One immediate objective ls to
here: learned today, tUrcje Curbso n have Portugal cease supplying
"'First I thought they were na- The charts revealed that aircraft
fives. Then I saw they were young/will account for about 36 per eent wolfram to Germany.
Japs. ----*---
I of all war production by the end
....... ^ * ^, ,L_ .. ...... iof 1944 and will be almost twice as
• ...... ......... IPlantSeizures
COvered them with my Garand rifle [zarge as me smpomzmng program.
It didn't look like any of 'era had I The policy change on production
rifles or grenades so I motionedliRformation -- both actual and an-
mere toward the airdrome area and ticipated -- has been urged by
climbed back into the jeep. IWPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson
"I raised the windshield so Ilfor several months on the theory
could lay the Garand across thelthat U. S. arms output has now
cowl, turned on the headlights I reached such proportions that news
honked the horn and we all started of it would give the enemy anything
moving. For some reason the Japslbut aid and comfort.
wanted to go toward Humboldt bay. I Schedules Are Flexible
None of them spoke any English
but they kept jabbering and point-I The percentage estimazes were
Ing. imade by the armed forces as of
"'I hollered at them and waved
my rifle around and finally got them on the theory that Germany would
headed my way eight on one rut
and nine o nthe other.
'q'hey were about 19 or 20 and
appeared awfully tired but they
managed to go along on their own
power. Every time we turned a cor.
her I counted them but none of 'em
changed his mind. They really must
have wanted to surrender pretty
bad.
Crawled Along the Road
March 1 and were obviously based
not be defeated in 1944. However,
schedules are flexible and can be
revised downward if needs are sud-
denly reduced.
The charts showed these approxi-
mate percentages in the various
categories of production by the
end of the year: aircraft, 36; ship-
building, 22; guns and fire control
equipment, five; ammunition, seven
combat vehicles, eight; communi-
cations and electronics equipment,
"We crawled along the road be-l four; and other equipment and sup-
cause they couldn't walk very fast. I plies 18.
th'eI rdiOVeuVitah on: haenddLnhdbokd The .general. production picture.
r . t accoramg to me charts, will reach
.with the other. It got dark snortlyla high about mid-October with a
after we started in and I could see/slight decline setting in 'later in
them slogging along in the ruts in the month and continuing through
the light of my headlights, the rest of the year.
"'Creeping through the jungle The charts also showed an inter-
that way I had plenty of time to esting change in emphasis in the
think about terrible things. What if past year. In January, 1943, con-
we ran into one of our patrols and struction of war plants and other
it started shooting at them and facilities to build munitions was the
me? What if some of those Nips i number one program, with ship-
had grenades in their pockets I builds ................
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tchoevemrenad t k;:Psanth: .:le crowd outdistanced them all, ranking half
....... • ..... again as large as shipbuilding. War
sh0otme:sP al y ed rtsll plant construction had taken its
me because one shot would send place among the smallest programs.
them off into the weeds again. 130,009 Planes in Four Months
gotlt:t/lce:mnP°hoost When 11 Charles E. Wilson, chairman of
.... P .. " Y i the WPB aircraft production board,
zoo was asleep ana I tnought my reported vesterdav tha* -
mght arm was going to drop off were ,:',:-- :"- --'-'-; ''==
xrom noiamg up tha rme. the four month 1944 total to 30,009.
Created Sensation Although this figure represented
a sharp drop under the March rec-
''wice they wanted to turn off
on side trails and I had to jump
nut and shoo them back on the
road."
The ar-ival of Peewee and his
catch at the command post created
a sensation. I was sitting at head-
quarters when the call came in and
heard the sergeant's incredulous
call to the major.
We all scrammed out to the com-
mand post to confirm the report
with our own eyes and ears•
That's where I got Peewee's story
of the exploit, right beside his jeep
"Helen." When he got through talk-
ing I told him:
"'Boy, that's swell going. What
did you do before the war?"
"I was a decorator," Peewee said•
"l used to decorate a theater in
ord of 9,117 planes, he pointed out
that greater emphasis is now being
placed on heavier fighters and
bombers so that the monthly output
in numbers for the rest of the year
will probably not exceed last
month's all-time high.
Wilson indicated that last month's
production of B.29 Super.Fortresses
showed an increase.
The maritime commission, in a
report covering only merchant ves-
sels, said last night that 154 ships
were put into service last month to
make a total of 564 for the year,
Britain has supplied over 80 par
cent of the current stocks of U. S.
army post exchanges in England.
Los Angeles."
"You sure decorated the prison-i NOW SheFS
er's pen." the maor said."
Dies on Train i Walking On Air
to Milwaukee to attend a grand
chapter meeting of the Royal Arch
Masons, Alois M. Klaus, 69, Two [ relax, u your f,t reload almt Imantlr
Rivers, died on a tram near Portl to Im rrbi In To Imp
corns and es/lous, there's notl bett
Washington. Klaus had been ao i t hanI.€M, int. So let • jar an
five in Masonic lodge work for I .blpltI/ttatcommw/tha/kda
many ye"s. =oo omzor. At all
Washington -- (A)- Separate
senate and house investigations of
the government's troop seizure of
the Montgomery Ward & Co. Chi-
cago properties took shape rapidly
today as demands echoes in con-
Senta
Takes up war contract fermi.
nation bill.
Military subcommittee contin-
ues hearings on over.all demobil-
ization bill.
House
Begins debate on tax simplifl.
cation bill.
greys for legislative restrictions t
against such confiscations. Advocate Changes
ne investigating group, a sen-
ate judiciary subcommittee headed
by Senator McCarran (D-Nev), at-
ranged an initial meeting today and
announced Attorney General Bid*
'dle and Ward Chairman Sewell
Avery would be among witnesses
called for public hearings starting
next week.
In the house, leaders cleared the
way for a vote tomorrow or Friday
on a resolution that would set up a
special seven-member committee to
conduct a concurrent inquiry.
Approval Conceded
Administration spokesmen con-
ceded it would get overwhelming
approval.
Pointing up angry speeches on
the floors of both housc, Senator
McCarran declared the "widespread
confusion and uneasiness of busi-
ness' resulting from the seizure
"warrants very definite acts of con-
gress to fix an alignment as to wha
may or may not be done to private
business, private enterprise, and to
the private individual in his pur-
suits."
The tenor of congressional criti-
cism was that legislation should be
enacted limiting plant seizure-s to
industries clearly linked with the
war program.
DFC
Award Given to
iStevens Point Officer
Allied Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific OP) -- Lt. Guy 11. Rob-
erts, of Stevens Point, Wis., has
been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross for repeated bomb-
ing and strafing attacks against
the Japanese in the southwest Pa-
cific, Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney,
commander of the Allied air forces
in the area, announced today.
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In Institution
Appleton, Wis. ---OJ.PJ-- A special
committee which investigated the
Outagamie county insane asylum
today advocated changes in the op-
eration of the institution in a report
to the county board.
! The committee recommended that
no inmates, regardless of mental
capacity, be placed in positions of
responsibility and that no patient
be permitted to cook. Meals plan-
ned by the inmates were said to be
of poor caliber.
Greater variety of food for the
inmates also was proposed along
with additional modern housing
facilities.
Committee members suggested
that employes be put on a 48-hour
week, that several be added to the
staff and that less stress be placed
on the-profit motive and more on
comfort and care.
The committee also reported evi-
dence that the inmates had been
mistreated.
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Germany's Version
Dr. Siegfried Horn. diplomatic
correspondent of the DNB German
news agency, said today that Spain
"has received some economic alle-
viations as equivalent for her
political and economic concessions
but no political advantages at all
"through her agreement with the
United States and Britain to reduce
wolfram shipments o Germany.
Horn stressed, however, that "so
far there has been no German ore.
cial reaction to this measure."
Horn's statement was carried in
a wireless transmission for over-
seas consumption. There was no in-
dication that the Berlin domestic
radio had told
Spain's action.
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single stem and tying it to a stake.
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