Hide Article Text (OCR)
VILLE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19,rekeeper »f Mrs. net ion, 90-day dC war , until Japan,ved inBataan HeroesGiven RousingWelcome HomeJanesville welcomed home Thursday night the first two of its old national guard tank company contingent liberated in recent weeks from enemy prison camps in Japan. With band blaring and a crowd of 500 citizens at the North Western station, S^Sgt. Lewis M. Wallisch, Janesville, and S/Sgt. John C. Spencer, of route 4, Edgerton, came back to the homes they left almost five years ago.In the interval, they trained a year at Fort Knox, Ky., fought four months on Bataan until the fall of the Philippines, suffered with their buddies in the infamous “Death March” on Bataan, lived through the privations and forced labor of enemy prison camps, transferred from the Philippines to Japan, and then saw the great day of triumph of the armed forces of their homeland.The first of the Janesville men liberated in Japanstepped from ‘a North Westerti train shortly after 7 p.- m. directly into the arms of their mothers and were quickly smot hered in a dense-crowd of relatives.and well-wishers. There were tears of joy to. express the emotions which could not be put Into words as the two came home.Greeted by RelativesSgt. Wallisch was greeted by his mother and sister, Mrs. Gertrude Swenson, 909 Riverside street, and a host of relatives. The homecoming for him was marred by the recent death of his father, and by the absence of his two brothers, both in army service. Also at the train to meet him was Miss Phyllis Halt, Brodhead, his girl friend, whom he had requested to be on hand when he telegraphed his mother from Nebraska -to inform her that lie was en route to Chicago. .In' the Spencer family here fo meet the train were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Spencer, route 4. Edgerton, and his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Spencer, who make their home on the same farm. Many tank company mothers were In the crowd, and Arthur M. Walsh, president of the Tank Company Auxiliary, was among the first to greet the two.Also in the crowd on hand for the homecoming were several former tank company members. Gordon Bushaw, whose brother, Del-raon, was a fellow-prisoner with Sgt. Wallisch until the time of their liberation, ,m4 Jj.UnseK .a former tank company member and then overseas with the marines was among the first io shake hands with the two. Another former tank company man on hand was Joseph (“24-Hour”) O’Brien. ,Janesville's impromptu welcome to two o! Its heroes, a tribute in part to representatives of the 100 national guardsmen who left here to carry the first brunt of the Japanese war, was a big success.Celebration Hastily OrganiihlThe organization of the celebration started after 4 p. m. Thursday, and after that time a band recruited from high school musicians was organized by Herman Helbig, band instructor; wire recording equipment of radio station WCLO was set up on the station platform; and the co-operation of city and railroad officials arranged.About 25 members of the high school band, directed by Drum Major Don Sartell. met the train and, catching the spirit of the celebration, provided a lively concert. City Manager Henry Traxlor was on hand to welcome officially the liberated men in behalf of the city, photographers’ flash bulbs popped and the milling crowd parted for the men, each surrounded by a little knot of relatives and close acquaintances. on their way to their cars. At the end of. the station platform they were interviewed briefly by Announcers Bob Page and Pat Alan of station WCLO. The broadcast was heard by radio listeners at.8:30 p. m. oil transcription by means of WCLO's new wire recorder.In order not to interfere with the city's greeting to its returning service men. North iJJ/estet’o officials held up briefly a passenger train from the north, which otherwise would have arrived at almost the same moment with the Chicago train which brought the two here. Police Officers Earl Osborn and E’lsworth Parrish saw-10 it that, families of the men werebeside the coach door when the train, stopped, anti, handled baggage for the*men as they cleared a path to their cars.A Happy Evening at Wallis**!* Homelining•a\an-nd,avevastheeg-intoso-woplenty ild not e says, ip sur-Japan, 'in ournencci)At his home. 1302 Center avenue. Sgt. Lewis M. Wallisch found awaiting him more than 25 relatives and friends, and dinner, delayed until his coming, grew cold while greetings were exchanged and photographs made. In the family group were several children who were mere infants when he was last in Janesville. Prolonged prison life, first at Cabanatuan in the Philippines and later at Nago-va, appears. 1o have affected his health little—he has gained 40 pounds-in‘weight since his libera-tion. ,Relatives and friends said that he had appeared to have changed little since leaving Janesville, and 'to Miss Hall he was the same “except being fatter, and his. curls are gone.” He came home with a close haircut—an exaggeration of even the GI kind.Sgt. Wallisch will be hero for 10 days, then goes back to Vaughan General hospital, Hines, 111. . •‘When I get back, I am going{CoiitJiiUfd nil 5, Cot- 1)34 Tank Company Men Known SafeWith the arrival home of Lewis M, Wall!sch and John C. Spencer, seven men of the 100-man tank company which left Janesville Nov. 15, 1940 .have visited Janesville within the past year- The other five were Albert Bartz, the only one discharged so far, Edward Trebs, George McCarthy, Dale Lawton and Carl Nichols. A total of 34 are known to be safe.According to war department records, the following is the status of members of the Janesville units of the 192nd Tank battalion:I.IBEHATED (3!)GeoiForaJudgServYeaiSet• “T *1■mRobert Bartz Robert BoeJim lister Bugs* Wayne BuKfcS Earl fiurcrhard Deirmm Bushaw Alva Chapmart Daniel Courtney Leo Dorsey Herbert numerWesley Elmer Forrest Knox Henry Knra Robert KuWyGeorg* McCarthy Carl Nichols William Nolan Joseph O’Connell Philip Parish Emerson Rex IJoyd Richter Boyd Hlese Oms Rinehart Owen Sandmire Emil Schmirtt Donald Schullzv John Spencer Robert Stewart Lewis Wallisch John WoodDale Lawlon William McAulif feimiSONKBS Ralph Madison Leroy SeovilleThomas SamekEVACUATED BEFORE FALL or BATAAN (2)Albert Bartz' Edward TrebsMISSING fl9Donald Berger Alfred LangleyRoger Dcry Claude MorelandJohn Fox Arnold SteenDonald J leddlesion Ernest WalshPaul Klllzkle Glen WhiteBEAU lt;Ei)Kenneth Bloomfield MauriceKay BoldonRay Boldon -Tack Bra re Fred Bruni Melvin Ruggs John Burke John Bushaw John Campbell Willard Campbell Charles CromplonWesley FincherHarold Fanning Alton Goff I-aurence Grim Robert Harrie Kennchh HatkvifRobert Haven* Raymond HillKent Hughe* rt lbRobert Hubbard Harold Keegan Ronald King Donald Knlpschleld ij?slle Krause Fred Knig Uoyd LobdellHenry Luther John Luther Harold Madison James Manogu* Joseph McCrea Osborne McDonald Donald B. New Marvel Fef croon Ijnvis Phillip* George Prueher Gilbert Rytnan Jrunes Schtlll* Kenneth SrhneberJ* Donaltf Semrow Bern ant Shea Kenneth Squire Gerald Sterken Forest Teal Busiell Thorman . % Jesse Tubb# Edmund VanGalder Stanley Walsh Do Wayne Wasson Ivan WMmer Walter WriteCONDENSED NEWSFrom Aatocicied Press WireJLIMJudgepresided circuit fc tlrement at 5 a, i Jefferson 12 days, last wee! from thequietly lrJefferson.Widely fession i: Grimm friends afrom his tfcularly Green coi judicial lt;repeated!; He wasthe theorto aitcm and avoir er possifc attained judge,” a comprom law suits found gei the basis for “pr which jut lempt to tory to li Rif Funera 2 p. m. S nera! hor Science s Masonic' will be ir Judge « 1859, in . and Ar Grimm, ; son Libe western He enter bor, Micf uated wit igan law his lawflee of Mferson, aoffice ofBird of : His Ion began in assemblyiFort ShertdftRf* III.—Some 8,700 German prisoners ot war voluntarily contributed 58,638 to the Community war fund, Brig. Gen. John T. Pierce, commanding officer, said today.Pontiac, Mich*—Police today resumed questioning of Louis V. -BaaMriJJVJVJ Thompson, Detroit auto dealer, and and du‘;. his former secretary, Mrs- Helen Budnik, on the slaying of the for-mer's wife,London—The National Council of Women today adopted a resolution expressing willingness to accept any necessary cuts iti already skimpy rations to feed Xhe hungry millions of Europe.Columbia, Mo.—Facing an unprecedented housing shortage, the University of Missouri will open negotiations for 100 additional trailers.Appleton — The Appleton Wire Works and the Wisconsin Wire Works here are closed today in a dispute over a wage contract.Chicago—Donald J. Cook, 16, pleaded innocent today of murdering Iiis pal, Morton Stein. His trial was set for Nov. 19.London — A Pravda broadcast from Moscow today indicated the Soviet Union may insist on trying every Nazi party member as a war criminal.. Madison — Gov, Goodland announced today after a meeting with state labor leaders that he would calKa*meeting of management, !a^ bor and agriculture to discuss reconversion and to- take steps to eliminate strikes.member KIrland -was ap{ judge, ar tinued u judge in lowing, h one electDqring he had a plication lt;4horse ar into the field of cident lia his terms year peri ment of court sys most crir his court were esu and more ters.His fin most dffl adjust m tracts xvl fulfillmer condition: nique ofevery ca.consent e(fwWifeLasting in Marylanon Sentence of CcVpper. Marlboro, Mi— W —A175-pound gas company employe, convicted of beating up his 98-pound wife, was lashed 10 times with a whip by the sheriff of Prince Georges county today.A witness said the sheriff -,did it very nice” Newsmen were barred from the jail.The punishment was ordered by County Circuit Judge Charles C. Mar bury after Lloyd A. Busching, 30, was found guilty of wife beating. He was accused of knocking out two of iiis wife’s teeth In a quarrel at their Dillon Park, Md., home after a beer parly.Twenty witnesses, including the foreman of the jury which convicted Busching, saw the lashing.Sheriff R. Earle Sheriff said Busching was stripped in front of the witnesses and then handcuff ed. Eusching stood straight up, put his hands on the bars in front of him, and was whipped across the buttocks. •’ ‘Asked by a reporter how hardhe hit fplied:“H*’«No skilarge we serted.Dr. Jai Busching. all right, to go afi not leave The sh« his-coat 'Heqsaifi 1 but jump sheriff It four-foot horse-lrai Efiis M of the w!‘The I wish tl it. The■s hardme.”The un a Marylaii ryecemiy c. lt;Co«l
Newspaper Details
Janesville Daily Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Oct 19, 1945
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
James O.
USA 27 Sep 2019
Other Publications Near Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville Badger State
Janesville Alliance Messenger
Janesville Morning Gazette
Janesville Daily Gazette
Weekly Gazette and Free Press
