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Weather UI31 l\l vV I I 7 1A tcMpmtera tt. Ckody *«!& la Ac*. Twdjlrt, RED BAM TODAY fc* fa dM tow 4k. Toner- »w, Wr, Utf M. W*dnM4>y, la. 23,775 **Miaf dwdfatti, 1 MKMr rmtamnuM-m.m *wea Sc« wettber, DIAL 741-0010 VOL. 86. NO. 199 «fc««g•Kr«g t ssr RED BANK, N. X, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1964 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE 17. S. Pays Hero's Homage to Mac Arthur By RAYMOND J. CROWLEY home from the wars 13 years ago. Until tomorrow naval city of Norfolk, Va., for funeral services in St. NEW YORK (AP)—The nation—and much of the morning the body will be at the Universal Funeral 'aul's Episcopal Church and burial in the MacArthur world—began paying a hero's homage today to Doug- Chapel. Memorial nearby. All along the funeral journey there las MacArthur, gallant old soldier who has faded away. Then, from 10 a.m. EST tomorrow until 10 p.m. will be the military ceremony reserved for the na- The rugged heart of the 84-year-old general of it will lie in repose at the famous old 7th Regiment tion's great. the army, which had kept beating through three griev- Armory on Park Ave., a great brick building with bat- The general had expressed a wish to be buried ous operations, was stilled at 2:39 p.m. EST, yester- tlements and towers, and filled with the trophies of in Norfolk, because there his mother, the former Mary day at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D. C. many heroes. Pinckney Hardy, was born, reared and married. The Soon thereafter the body of the man who etched On Wednesday, the body will be returned by train city has fashioned, out of a 114-year-old courthouse, a his name on so much history—St. Mihiel, Bataan, Cor- to Washington. From 3:30 that afternoon until noon memorial to MacArthur, a museum for his memorabilia, regidor, New Guinea, Manila, Tokyo and Inchon—be- Thursday it will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, and a mausoleum for his remains. gan a historic funeral journey into a starlit night. where so recently the body of the martyred President There are the famous crunched campaign hat, with The body was brought by motor hearse to this Kennedy also reposed. ts "scrambled eggs" insignia, and one of the corncob city—where he had lived in a hotel suite since coming Then, by military plane it will be flown to the pipes that were his trademark. There, too, above the tomb that will receive him, s this inscription: MacArthur's Life: 1 — Army»/ Career "In twenty campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand campfires, in long years of peace as well as war—a soldier who tried ,to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." Won Respect of Japanese Mourned by Presidents EDITOR'S NOTE — Associ- both sides of the steps leading when very old-fashioned Japa- Here was the conqueror. Here Messages of sorrow at MacArthur's passing—and ated Press writer Relman to the main entrance of the Dai nese would kneel, touching their was the man who had destroyed praise for his exploits in World Wars I and II and the Morin, winner of two Pulitzer Ichi Insurance Co. building in foreheads on the sidewalk in the a mystic belief, held for nearly Prizes, has written a four-part downtown Tokyo. "ko-tow," the traditional Orien- 2,000 years, that Japan was in- Korean "police action"—poured in from around the series on the life and career of Presently, a tall man hurried tal act of obeisance. vincible in war. And here was globe. One, from former President Harry S. Truman, General of the Army Douglas through the high-Iintelled en- To See MacArthur the supreme authority in Japan, (See GEN. MacARTHUR, Page 3) MacArthur. The articles deal trance. He walked with long, They had come to1 see Gen Zeus Olympias in the uniform with MacArthur's career in the swinging strides. He returned Douglas MacArthur. This was of the United States Army. Army, with MacArthur the the salutes of the two giant in September 1945. At the time, MacArthur's gi- man, with his controversial American sentries — always This was during the years of gantic image rested largely on leadership during the Korean specially chosen for stature— the American military occupa- his record as a soldier. Tributes Pouring GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, 1951 conflict and with scenes of and went down the steps, two at tion of Japan. MacArthur, di- "MacArthur was the greates bravery from his life. Here is a time, to a waiting limousine. recting it, Worked seven days a general and best strategist tha the first: MacArthur's Army You heard a murmur, "Mah- week and not infrequently seven the war produced. He certainly career. kah-sah." nights a week. He kept more or outshone Marshall, Eisenhowe: In From Abroad The people were Japanese less regular office hours. The and all other American and By RELMAN MORIN and they pronounced the man's Tokyo people became aware of British generals, TOKYO (AP) — A saddened insecurity of men's hearts, Mac- Hughes WillKeep Associated Press Writer name in Japanese fashion, his schedule. Thus, through The estimate comes from Japan led the world tribute to- Arthur laid the foundations for "Peace hath its victories no "Mah-kah-sah," more than five years, the odd Field Marshal Lord Alan- day to General of the Army a new Japan -which became the less renowned than war." A man lifted a little girl to little tableau on the sidewalk Brooke, wartime chief of th Douglas MacArthur, its war- source of our nation's prosperi- Toward 1:30 in the afternoon, his shoulder so that she could repeated itself every day. British Imperial General Staff, time conqueror who led it to ty today." State House Job people began to gather on the see over the crowd. Some Ordinary curiosity no doubt a man not given to lavishing peace, prosperity and democ- In a message to President bowed. There were instances prompted it in part. praise on other commanders. cracy. By WILLIAM HENDERSON tions about him and thinks it sidewalk. They clustered on Johnson, Prime Minister Haya- Broke Records A sense of sorrow also swept to Ikeda said the Japanese re- TRENTON — The FBI screen- might have something to do with Even before World War ir, the Philippines and South Korea, spected MacArthur "not only as Ing of Gov. Richard J. Hughes his reappointment by the Presi- however, MacArthur had be- two other Asian nations in a soldier but as a friend." Em- doesn't mean he is going any- dent to the Civil Defense Ad- come almost a living legend whose destinies MacArthur was peror Hirohito and Empress place other than where he is visory Commission. Republicans Today Offer He broke records, right and deeply involved, at the news of Nagalto also sent their condo- right now — the state house. The most consistent report, left. his death. lences. Rumors have been flying thick first heard last November, is that Hughes will resign as gov- There was the story that, on The Japanese government On the streets of Japan, peo- and fast since J. Edgar Hoover's entering West Point, he an- sent the nation's most beloved men started checking the gover- ernor in August and move on to ple remembered MacArthur nounced two objectives—to fin- elder statesman, former Prime nor's political activities and his Washington. Bill to OK Paper Ballots particularly for bringing in huge ish at the head of his class, and personal background, We made some inquiries, too Minister Shigeru Yoshida, to quantities of food in the imme- to end his military career a represent Japan at MacArthur's diate postwar months to feed a Some Democratic leaders here and found this story to be the WEST LONG BRANCH—Mon- J. Russell Woolley, who is also mary ballot worries along these chief of staff. destitute population. declare that Hughes is either be- most far-fetched to ever be mouth County Democratic voter: county clerk, was there, too, as lines, and are not affected by the funeral. In accomplishing the first, hi ing primed for a federal judge- bantered about in political car- yesterday, got a helping hand well as Clifton T. Barkalow, as- court's rulings. They elect only "I cannot forget the great In the Philippines, where racked up a 98.14 percent aver- •hip, or a cabinet appointment, cles-both Democrat and Repub- from their rivals, the Republi- sistant county counsel. 10 delegates at large and two achievement of the general in MacArthur's wartime pledge "I age /or four yearj in all sub- by President Johns6n. lican. cans. from each congressional district rebuilding our nation out of the shall return" gave hope during Quick action will' be taken on jects. It was never surpassed. ashes of defeat," said Yoshida. the Japanese occupation, Presi- On To Washington ? Sandman In Line The Democrats may be allowed the bill, The Republicans are for a total of 30. An official and intimate to the Later, he fulfilled the second "Out of the stringent food dent Diosdado Macapagal de- Hughes himself says it's news to use paper ballots — if they yure of support from Democratic objective. But his career did not governor said: "Hughes would wish— in the April 21 primary Need for Haste shortages, out of the confusion clared a period of national to him if Johnson plans to do legislative leaders today when end there.

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