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Local News, Sports, SECTION Want Ads, Comics IOWA CITY PRI EN APRIL 18 17 3 TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1945 IOWA CITY, IOWA PAGE NINE 24 37 Lieut. Robert J. Duffy Is Missing in Action Barron, Ivie, Welt Named to Community Chest NAME HOLCOMB TO AID PUBLIC AFFAIRS WORK University Plans New State Service Under Perkins' Direction Development of scientific methods of research and training in law enforcement, Including surveys in that field, will be accomplished- at the University of Iowa following the appointment of Richard L. Holcomb as associate professor in the bureau of public affairs of the extension division. President Virgil.

M. Hancher announced Monday that Professor Holcomb would come about May 1 to assist Prof. Rollin M. Perkins of the law college in research, training, and surveys and in the management of the annual peace officers' short course. Professor Holcomb comes to the university 1 from the Kansas City, police department, where he has been assistant director of the police school and of in-service training.

He was born in Boone, Iowa, and earned a master's degree at the university in 1936. Iowa State college granted him the B.A. degree in 1933. For two years he was research assistant in psychology at the Iowa child welfare research station at the university. The new appointee will spend much time in various sections of the state, working with municipal and county officials.

One of the first projects will be a city traffic survey and similar surveys are being planned. The entire project, which is under the direction of Professor Perkins, is in line with the current trend for state universities to give practical and timely aid to city and county officials. ProLessor Holcomb also will play prominent role in peace short course, the ninth one of which is scheduled for June 25 to 30 at the university. Medics, Dents, Nurses Will Be Graduated Next ceremony for the award of degrees and certificates at the University of Iowa will occur June 17 for graduates, in medicine, dentistry, and nursing. Prof.

F. G. Higbee, director of convocations, said that the commencement would be held on Sunday afternoon in Iowa Union. Under the normal schedule, a awards to graduates of an those units are made at the spring commencement but the accelerated plan of study has caused the semesters in medicine, dentistry, and nursing not to coinoide with the terms of the other colleges. Chief degrees to be awarded in June will be M.D..

D.D,S., and certificate of graduate nurse. Brother-in-Law of Local Persons Dies John Veech Davenport, brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. George Rupert, 718 Kimball avenue, and of Mr. and Mrs.

H. F. Beranek, 808. Hudson avenue, died Friday in Davenport. He will be buried Wednesday afternoon in 2:30 p.m.

services from the Rundy funeral home. Mr. Veech is also survived by one daughter, Mrs. Emma Nabstedt of Rock Island; two grandchildren, one sister and two half brothers. Weather Almanac IOWA CITY WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with occasional light rain.

Continued rather cool tonight. Warmer Wednesday. For- Iowa: Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with light rain in east Wednesday. Continued rather cool tonight. Warmer Wednesday.

Maximum temperature up to and minimum temperature through 7:30 a.m. today: 61. and 42. Precipitation, .45. Iowa City Temperatures by the Hour Monday's Readings 12:30 p.

m. 57 6:30 1:30 7:30 2:30 8:30 9:30 4:30 10:30 5:30 53 11:30 Today's Readings 12:30 m. 7:30 1:30 8:30 is 2:80 9:30 3:30 10:30 4:30 11:30 5:30 12:30 .6:30 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS By C. C. Wylie Professor of Astronomy, University of Iowa SUNRISE today tomorrow 7:57.

6:12. SUNSET The moon will set tomorrow morning at 5:47 a.m. and Thursday morning 6:11 a.m. C. J.

BENDA DIES TODAY Resident Of Iowa City to Be Buried Thursday Charles J. Benda. 80, longlocal hospital at 2:45 a.m. today time-resident of Iowa City, died at following an Illness of several months. For the past eight years Mr.

Benda has been residing with his niece, Mrs. Bessie Probst, near Amana. He was a clerk in Strub's store here years, until his retirement eight years ago. Mr. Benda was born in CzechoSlovakia January 25, 1865, the son of Stephen and Catherine Benda.

He came to America when a year and one-half old with his parents. They located in Chicago and came to Iowa City a short time later. Mr. Benda never married. The last of six children, Mr.

Benda is survived by four nieces and two nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Oathout funeral chapel. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery.

St. Mary's to Have Annual Party Tonight The annual St. Mary's juniorsenior banquet and dance will be held tonight in the Hotel Jefferson from 6:30 p. m. until 11:30 p.

Guests of honor will be the Rt. Rev. Carl Meinberg, the Rev. Edward Neuzil, the Rev. John Schmitz, the Rev.

Francis Keating and the Rev. Martin Horan. Chaperons at the party will be Mr. and Mrs. Francis Sueppel, Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Toohey, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Shrader and Mr. and Mrs.

Leo Chopek, In charge of decorations are: Betty Barry, Mary Kubic, Carol Clopey, Florence Fout, Bert Toohey, John O'Brien, Paul Harmon and Andrew Chucklos. Serving on the entertainment committee are: Lyle Seydel, Christine Adrian, Wilma Donovan, Bonnie Blaha and Evelyn Greazel. Jack Shrader, Betty Shay, Bill Sueppel and Marilyn Mottet are in charge of seating arrangements. Petition for Divorce Is Filed in Court Petition for divorce has been filed in district court by Mrs. Cynthia Houghland Roberts, who charges William E.

Roberts with cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple was married April 14, 1940, in Coralville, and separated April 16 of this year. Mrs. Roberts, whose attorneys are Albrecht and Knox, asks custody of one minor child and $50 month support. Trinity Church Plans Special Services Special communion services will be held Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal, church be said here for when the special will success of the San Francisco conference.

Services will be held at 7 a.m. and at 10 a.m. Riverside Man in Ryukyu Operation LIEUT. R. J.

DUFFY attended the University of Iowa prior to entering service. GRANT LEAVE TO DR. MEIER Psychology Professor Do Research as Gallup Associate Dr. Norman C. Meier, professor of psychology, will be on leave from the university from May 1 to September to work on research in New York City as an associate of Dr.

George Gallup, Doctor Meler will be engaged during the period on problems concerned with audience reactions, surveys, and tech-. niques for measuring the effectiveness of material presented in different ways and under conditions. The interests included are related to the three activities with which Doctor Gallup Is identified: the American Institute of Public Opinion, the Audience Research Institute, and Young Rubicam, Inc. "It is very gratifying to be associated at this time with the center of research in opinion and other types of psychological measurement dealing with nation-wide publics, with important conferences as at San Francisco coming up, and with changes in public interests and a attitudes of the four months," said, Doctor Meier, "as well as being of considerable value professionally for one in the field of experimental and quantitative social psychology." Doctor Meier expects to resume his duties with the university in September. Speakers Named For Six Meets Six speakers for a series of week-end conferences on speech and hearing rehabilitation have been engaged by the University of Iowa to appear between June 22 and July 21.

They are Ollie Backus, manager of the University of Michigan speech clinic; Charles E. Kinney, public school expert from Cleveland, Ohio, Jayne Shover, University. of Illinois; A. Y. Crouter, Iowa State School for the Deaf; Capt.

Raymond Carhart, U. S. army, Butler, and Harold Westlake, director of Northwestern university's speech clinic. Coast Guard Lieut. (1-g-) Eldred here on the bridge of a Coast which participated in the operations eran of four European Invasions, Admiral Stark for his work at To Serve Three Year Terms DALE WELT H.

S. IVIE I. J. -BARRON 'Jap Way of Life Must Go' Says Marine Lieutenant "If we do not kill and stroy the Japanese and their way of life, we'll go down in history as a stupid generation," Lieut. James Lucas, marine correspondent, told members of Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary and the Masonic service clubs at a joint meeting this noon at the Hotel Jefferson.

Lieutenant Lucas, back in this country after the fall of Iwo Jima, following 28 months service overseas, spoke on the battles of Iwo Jima and other Pacific islands in the marines' and navy's islandhopping campaigns. He predicted that the war against the Japanese would last at least two to two and one-half years. "I hope that we are buying a better world, for God knows that we're paying for it," he said, "The Japs made us learn to kill and we hate and despise them because they have made us learn the lesson to kill which we did not want to in learn." Lieutenant Lucas said that the Japs had been building their defenses at Iwo Jima for years. From their preparations, it looked as if they must have started preparing the Island shortly after the Civil war, he said. Captured specifications revealed the minimum requirements for roofs of the many caves was 37 feet of re-enforced concrete.

Our huge bombers blasted the island for weeks before our men landed, and so deeply imbedded were their fortifications that the terrific bombings inflicted little damage and only small loss of life on the Japs, he said. "I am no longer surprised at the courage of our American servicemen. I used to be, but after seeing the amazing courage on island after island, the surprise is gone," Lieutenant Lucas said. Relative to the landing on Iwo Jima, he said that the Japs apparently let the marines get on the beach and advance some 200 yards and then they let them have it with machine guns, mortars, rockets and artillery. Our loss of lives was heavy and "T've never seen so many dead Americans per square foot in any action," he said.

When the island was finally taken, of the 25,000 Japs ashore, there were only 102 prisoners. "I am still surprised at the courage and stark, naked heroism that comes out of the human machine. I sometimes wonder how the boys even got on the beaches. And When they did they would climb over their own dead and push on. "The most thrilling example of this heroism was at Tarawa.

Our officers never throw the lives of the men needlessly away, but on the second day of the landing we still hadn't the beach so the landing crafts started placing the boys on the coral reefs and they waded in from there. "There were Jap machine guns to the fight and to the left, but those youngsters waded on. was on the beach; I had reached there the night before and I had to stand helplessly there and watch those boys go down. "They came crawling in on their elbows through the bloody water and we were tempted to run out and help them and pick them up and bring them in. But there were guards stationed on the beach who had instructions to shoot anyone who left the beach.

Our hold was too weak to take any chances. "When the fellows, got within 500 yards of the land, they had to CrOSS a barbed wire, and to get past it they had to go under the water and come up on the other side: Some boys died right there, drowned as they tried to gain the beach. "They were boys from all over- New York, Iowa City, Dallas, Albuquerque. They had too much to live for yet hundreds have died," Lieutenant Lucan said. are cemeteries on every COMMISSION OF (33 HEARS '44 FINAL REPORT Combined Campaign Lieut.

Robert J. Duffy, 21, has been missing in action in Germany since April 4, a war department message Monday night informed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Duffy, 1424 East Court street.

Lieutenant Duffy, who enlisted in the air corps at the age of 18, has been overseas about four months. He was a pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber, based in England with the 8th airforce. Just last week Mr. and Mrs. Duffy learned that their son had been awarded the Air Medal, the ETO ribbon and the presidential citation for bravery and efficiency over Germany.

Lieutenant Duffy is a graduate of City high school and Rural 7th, 8th Grades To Be Tested Seventh and eighth grade rural students of Johnson county, about 350 in number, will take objective type state tests at eight different locations. Students from Big Grove and Cedar townships, under the direction of Mrs. Vera Kessler and Eileen Bartlett, will take tests in the Solon school building; from Fremont and Lincoln townships, under Mrs. Dorothy Kilbourne, in the Lone Tree school building; from Oxford and Hardin townships, under Eileen Goss and Mabel Summerhays, in the Oxford high school. Jefferson and Monroe townships, under Elizabeth Bowersox and Mrs.

Votroubek in Shueyville high school; Sharon township under Glen Guengerich and Beverly Nitfenegger. at. Sharon Masonic hall; Washington township, under Edith Roth and Ada Brenneman, Washington No. 5 school; Penn and Madison townships, under. Mrs.

Ruth Wittmer and Velma Griffin, at North Liberty school; and ham, Clear Creek, East Lucas, West Lucas, Liberty, Newport, Pleasant Valley, Scott and Union townships, under F. J. Snider, county superintendent of schools, at the Iowa -City courthouse. Police Chief Will Speak Next Monday At Lutheran Church Police Chief Ollie A. White will address the men's club of the First English Lutheran.

church in the church parlors at 7:30 p. next Monday evening, discussing "Some Observations." His topic is expected to include the chief's recent experiences while attending the FBI police academy in Washington, 1 D.C. All men of the church as well as the public are invited. Our Town Newsy Briefs About People You Know Mr. and Mrs.

L. R. Gerigner, 820 East Market street. Mrs. Anna Billington, formerly of 113.

East Prentiss street, now resident of Leon, and her niece, Mrs. Earl Epperly, also of Leon, were overnight guests Monday Mrs. D. L. Spencer and son, David, who have been making their home for the last year and a half with Mrs.

Spencer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Slemmons, 717 Rundell street, have left for Edmonton, Alberta, to join Captain Spencer.

Captain Spencer has been serving for the last two years at Fairbanks, Alaska, and is now stationed at Edmonton. Mra. William Robertson and son, Van, of Chicago, returned home today after a week's visit with the Slemmons. Mr. and Mrs.

Glen Shalla of Coralville attended a party Saturday night in Cedar Rapids given by the Veterans of Foreign Wars post No. 788 in honor of the department commander and his recent bride. Wedding licenses have been issued to Jesse Mason and Verna Childs, and to Gerald W. Trimble and Marcella M. McDonald, all of Cedar Rapids.

Mrs. P. F. McLamarrah of Atalissa and Miss Lucille Whitaker, 730 South Clinton street, returned home Monday from Denver where they visited their son and cousin, Pfc. Paul Eibeck, who is a patient at Fitzsimmons hospital.

Private Eibeck, who was wounded December 22, in Belgium, will soon undergo his fourth operation. Last Year Netted $34,378.58 Here The Iowa City Community Chest commission of 33 representatives of local civic groups Monday night chose I. J. Barron, H. S.

Ivie and Dale Welt to succeed Mrs. Joseph Braverman, Vern Bales and Fred Boerner as directors. The three men will serve three-year terms. Other directors are: E. Liechty, Roscoe Woods, Margaret Cannon, George W.

Davis, L. D. Wareham and Mrs. Hugh Carson. 17 Leave for Pr Army Exams island we've taken, filled with boys who never heard of the places where they were to die." Lieutenant Lucas said that he had talked with Japanese prisoners who said it will mean total annihilation if we land in Japan.

The Japs will fight to the death and will resist to the last child. "I have seen children 8 and 10 years old and younger run through cane fields to draw American fire while the troops were going another direction. I've seen children use hand grenades to kill American marines. "These people were merely the peasant class and the resistance from the higher classes in Japan can be expected to be much more fierce. "War becomes a personal matter.

You make friendships, almost against your will, because you know that you might soon lose that friend. I guess that's what Sherman meant when he said is "When I landed at Iwo I had Your friends. Not friends by the usual standards we hadn't time for that, but we exchanged pictures and letters and by these confidences made our close friendships. Today two of those men are dead. One I saw die: he was so close to me I could have reached out and touched him.

I stumbled over the body of the other one in pit In central Iwo. I hope that I never become so calloused that I can not cry." "War becomes just as personal," the lieutenant continued, "when you are forced to kill another man against your will. I remember the first Jap whose life I took. couldn't sleep for five nights and I still think about him." Lieutenant Lucas was introduced by V. L.

Clarke, state war finance committee chairman from Des Moines, who was presented by Frank D. Williams, co-chairman of the Johnson county war bond committee. Charles A. Beckman, president of Rotary, host club, presided at the meeting. Lieutenant Lucas will speak again here this evening at a Johnson county war bond committee dinner meeting at the Hotel Jefferson at 6:30 o'clock.

Township chairmen and vice-chairmen, town chairmen, and the Iowa City committee will attend the meeting. Rainfall to Continue By 12:30 p. m. today the rain, which fell steadily in this vicinity throughout the morning, measured .45 inches. And still more rain was in sight as the Des Moines weather bureau office forecast "occasional light rain tonight and Wednesday." However, they predict that the mercury will rise somewhat Wednesday.

Thermometers measured as high as 61 degrees in the past 24 hours and the low for that period was 42 degrees, which was also this noon's reading. WSUI Students of the Parnell consolidated school will present musical groups and solos under the direction of J. C. Brannon, superintendent, over WSUI between 3 p. m.

and 3:30 p. m. Wednesday. Clothing Drive Is Definitely Ended If you have any old clothing left DON'T think you can still contribute it to the allied nationa clothing drive: The drive officially closed last Saturday and is definitely ended, Mrs. Dan Shaffer, chairman, and her associates were swamped all day Monday with contributors whom they had to refuse since the drive is over.

Seventeen Johnson county men left Iowa City Monday night for pre-induction physical examinations at Jefferson Barracks, Wesley J. Kulhavy, Wayne Everett Hopp, Mervin Frank Rotter, Richard Allen Lehman, Dwight Lorin Wood, Louis Earl Vanourney, Russell Eugene Yoder, Kenneth Leo Mahoney, Donald Joseph Erenberger, Clarence Netolicky, Richard Wesley Stoner, Harold Warren Looney, Allen Daniel Gnagey, Ivan Shaffer, Merle Richard Lindlay, Robert, William Ambrose Hoffey and John Merle Trummel. Prof. Percy Bordwell To Address Lions Club Prof. Percy Bordwell of the university college of law is scheduled to discuss "Dumbarton Oaks" at the noon meeting Wednesday of the Iowa City Lions club.

The 1944 War Chest committee made its final report and showed that the Iowa City combined War Chest-Community Chest campaign exceeded its combined goal of 739.84 by $4,639.05., A total $34,378.58 was raised. Following are the amounts raised by different Iowa City groups: University of Iowa, hospital and college of medicine, business, national firms, employes, residence, publie schools, and professional groups, $1,769. Prof. Roscoe Woods, chairman of the auditing committee, presented a statement of receipts and bursements for 1944. He reported under receipts $39,532.56 amount of subscriptions deposited.

Disbursements included: Scouts, Girl Scouts, 542.46; milk fund, of recreational center, rest room, $660. With Our Men in Service Pvt. Edwin LeRoy Elder has finished basic training in the army and has been selected for cadet training in the army air corps according to word received here by his wife who resides with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Elder, 415 Bowery street.

Private Elder is stationed at Sheppard Field, Texas. Lieut. (J. 1 Dan Dutcher is passing a two-week hospital leave here with his wife and children at 620 South Summit street. Lieutenant Dutcher will return to the navy hospital in Oakland, when his leave expires.

Tech. Srgt. Everett Dean Kesselring left Sunday night for Santa Ana, where he was to report for assignment after a 21-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kesselring, 321 West Benton street.

Sergeant Kesselring also visited his two brothers, Harold, and family, route. No. 1, Parnell, and Glen, and route No. 6, Iowa City. Sergeant Kesselring had been stationed in England since June, 1944.

Corp. Louis L. Draker is expected to arrive this week at Jetferson Barracks, after serving 27 months in the Mediterranean theater with the army air corps, according to word received here from overseas. He will visit his mother, Mrs. Josephine Draker, who resides at Hills.

Tech. Fifth Grade Alfred J. Connell is returning from the Persian Gulf Command on a rotation furtough, according to word Technician received here from overseas. Connell is an ordnance man. He will visit his parents and sister, who reside at 907 Runsell street.

Pfc. Weldon Yoder of Kalona is now -stationed in the -Philppine islands. Tech. Srgt. and Mrs.

Franklin Brenneman and son of Fresno, have arrived in Kalona for visit in the Lee Drollinger and J. D. Brenneman homes. Clifford Stumpf, seaman second LeRoy Sponar, chief petty officer, son of Lee Sponar, of Homestead, is now stationed in the Hawaiian islands. He has been in the navy 16 years.

Chief Sponar has two brothers also in service. Leo Sponar is on Iwo Jima, where he has been stationed since the invasion of the island. He has been in the army two years. Corp. Leonard A.

Sponar is a medical corpsman now in East India. He has been in the army three and onehalf years. class, recently passed short leave with -his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stumpt of Kalona, Lieut.

Roger E. Bardsley has returned to the states on rotation furlough after 22 months on Ascension Island. He visited his mother, Mrs. Ann Bardsley, South Dubuque street. Put.

Alvin Troyer of Camp Rob- inson, is passing 10-day furlough with his mother, Mra, Christine Troyer, 616-South Governor street. Srgt. Roy R. Orr has been promoted to technical sergeant, according to word received here by relatives. Sergeant Orr is atationed at the infantry replacement center, Camp Roberts, and his wife and son reside at Atascagero, Calif.

Mrs. Orr is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schmidt, route No. 3.

Tech. Srgt. James D. Elder has arrived in Greensboro, N. after recently, passing a furlough here.

visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Elder, 415 Bowery street, and his sister, Doris. Fine Man $100 for Disorderly Conduct J. Kron of Riverside is shown Guard-manned invasion transport in the Ryukyu Islands.

A vetLieutenant Kron was elted by Normandy, Gilbert E. Main of Oskalooss was fined $100 and costa in police court today by Judge John Knox following his arrest. at local hotel. Main was charged with disorderly conduct..