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Show Smday,!Sipt. 71947: SONPAY HERfllD ArmyTells Dramatic Story of 2-Year Search Clinching; Jdentification of Slain Soldier , : Bt VINCENT BCKkiT " " United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, SepU & (UJ?) ho"s body lies in grave No. 123 of tbe U. S. - military -cemetery near Hocttfelden, France? The army says it is that of Pfc : ' Stephan -C Lautenbach .of , JNfew ' llaven. Conn.; that it has spent two-years in the "most unusual manhunt" to come 'jouX of eWorld Wan IP to prove its case. . ? Lautenbach's mother, Mrs Udy a C. Podoloff say s. no that the ' body buried in grave 123 is that of- a German soldier dressed in some of her son's clothing and - that 'her son probably is alive .- somewnere, sunenng xrom am riesia. !v'; J v ' : --f,- i The strange case was related by the army tonight to illustrate to - "bereaved Americans" how it 'spares no effort to insure posi- tfve identification of -deceased servicemen . . " . that when the ' army finally gives any of these nen a name, it will be the name he bore from the cradle to the grave." I But Mrs. Podoloff not only is riot convinced, but accuses the army of telling "untruths." Her lawyer, Theodore I. Koskoff of Bridgeport, Conn., says of the tmy's version: "It's a story that casts doubt on the identity of every soldier's TAdy on . which there is any question ques-tion whatsoever it affects every jfold star mother.'' f The army produced wit nesses who, it said, ; saw Lautenbach die in a burst of I enemy machine gun fire out-I out-I side the French ?town of f Hasuenau, Nov. 29, 1944 as he I charged the German machine i gun nest, t I It produced dental charts of Ijautenbach and of the . body which lies in grave 123 and said tpe dental characteristics are so similar there would-be only one chance in 24,000,000,000,000,000,-(4)0.000.000,000 24,000,000,000,000,000,-(4)0.000.000,000 (Octillion) that tpey could be those of two dif ferent persons. I But Mrs. Podoloffs attorney charged that the armys witnesses were coached in advance about What to say and that the dental charts are "probably forged." j Koskoff told the United Press be is requesting of Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall that an independent panel of dentists be appointed by the American Den tal association to pass on the dental evidence the crux of the case. The strange case dates from Nov. 29, 1944 when Lautenbach, an infantry rifleman in the 79th division, was listed as missing in the Haguenau skirmish.. On Dec. 3, 1944, the army .recovered a body from the ' battlefield and identified it as Lautenbach's. On Dec. 18, 1944, Mrs. Podoloff received a telegram from the war Granddaddroaley: e " v. Gen. Omar Bradley, Veterans' Administration chief, strikes the familiar grandson-on-knee pose during visit to Berlin, where his son-in-law Is stationed. It was thefirst time in a year that Bradley had seen 15-month-old Henry Beukema, Jr. STUDENT We Have LOOSE . , STAMPED PROVO HIGH :V:,ij4--n:'B.'Y..U. IN.SCHOOL COLORS STEEL. HINGE mNDER THAT LAST And last K & E and Dietzgen Slide Rules THE BEST OF EVERYTHING FOR THE STUDENT .Utah Office Supply Co. 43 EAST CENTER deDartment advising that her son had been killed in action. She grieved until April 8, 1945. . That day, she saw In the New York Times a picture of Ameri can . soldiers liberated from a German - prison camp. In the group, she saw a face that turned her grief to joy. It was, she said, her son. The army had made a mistake, she concluded. Her boy was alive. She told the army so and requested , the war depart ment s aid in locating him. The army- after what it described de-scribed as "the strangest manhunt man-hunt to come out of World. War II" Finally announced that it had found the "man in the pic-ture.", pic-ture.", ' ' The man, it said, was Leslie H. Woolf of Watertown. N. Y. Woolf said the picture was of him. Two years ago. that might have convinced .Mrs. Podoloff she, was wrong. Bnt two pilgrimages to France to check the evidence convinced her that the soldier, who lies in grave 123 is not her son. " Twice the army exhumed the body in grave 123. It said the examinations showed that the body was about the same weight and height as Lautenbach, Lauten-bach, 22-year-old former Maine university and Yale student who entered the army while he was a senior at New York university. Mrs. Podoloff said the army was wrong: that its examination snowect mai me Duriea soiuier . t a i i V ' t j ; was 6 feet, inches tall, had black hair, an appendix scar with an apparent drain, no other scars and a "foreign type" filling in one of the teeth. Her son, she said, was 5 feet, 10 inches tall; had brown hair, no drain in his appendix scar, a scar on his left thigh, and an American type black inlay filling in me tooin in question. The army s answer FBI experts ex-perts say the hair of a buried corps gradually darkens, turning from brown to black; Lauten bach's dental charts and those made from examinations of the corpse were too similar to leave room for any mistake. It said each showed two wisdom teeth ex tracted, 15 silver amalgam fillings and one. gold inlay. The gold inlay in-lay was in the same tooth in both instances and the only discrep ancy was one of "technique." The chances of two different persons having such similar dental charts was only one in 24 octillion, the army said. Furthermore. . it said. Lauten- bachs charts were identified by Dr G. J.- Piner of Brookline, Mass., a former army dentist who worked on Lautenbach's teeth at Camp Croft, S.C., in May, 1943. Mrs. Podoloff ' countered with evidence that Lautenbach's in lay was done by Dr. Louis Canter ; 7, rv iis LEAFS WITH S of . New 'Haven. : president - of the Connecticut state dental commis sion, and that it was not of the type found In the tooth of the buried soldier , Furthermore,' she said, the dental chart of the buried soldier showed he had fillings in three teeth where her son had none.; ' Another factor in . dispute- was the-clothing on the body in grave 123. ' Mrs. Podoloff said army ..records ..rec-ords ' showed -that , the burled soldier had suffered severe chest wounds, yet the clothing on the corpse was not oiooa-siamear She asked questins: . C Didn't , that mean that the clothing was put on after; the soldier was dead? Didn't tnat support sup-port her theory that, in the. confusion con-fusion of battle, her son had been captured by the Germans and stripped of his clothing? - Didn't that meaa that the Germans evacuated her son who spoke German-' fluently to an enemy prison in a rear area, dressed the body of a dead German in his clothes and placed it on -the battle line to make it appear it was Lautenbach? The army said no the clothing on the body in grave 123 was clearly marked with identifications identifica-tions that left no room for mis take. But, just to be sure, the army said it rounded up three of Lautenbach's front-line buddies Leon Woolf of Mt. Vernon, N.Y.; Preston F. Schultheuss of Jersey City, N.J., and 1Sgt. Bernard A. Howell, now on recruiting duty, New "'ork City. All three, the army said, saw Lautenbach fall in battle. Leon Woolf heard Lautenbach's last words "Let's get the sons as he was felled by a burst of machine gun fire. Schultheiss said he not only saw Lautenbach fall but searched the youth's rifle belt for precious ammunition after' his own supply was 'exhausted. And Howell was quoted as say ing that he had gone with Lautenbach's Lauten-bach's pla "n that day Nov. 29, 1944 and saw Lautenbach fall. "I turned him over," Howell said. "He was dead." What about the possibility that Lautenbach was at the prison camp where the picture was taken by news photographer William C. Allen the picture which gave Mrs. Podoloff new hope and started her on the unremitting un-remitting search for her son? The army said it looked into that. It rounded up about a dozen GI's who were prisoners at that camp. None recalled anyone by the name of Lautenbach in the camp. And one, who was charged with keeping records of patients in the camp, said no one there was an amnesia victim. The army said that through correspondence between Lautenbach's Lauten-bach's mother and two of his bud dies, it was established that a boy named "Wolfe" whose picture Mrs. Podoloff had een was in the'camlpr - ;---- - Records in the Provost Marshal General's office showed there l were 39 prisoners of war named Wolfe," "Wolf" "Wolff." and "Woolf." Further checking showed show-ed that Leon Woolf was a prisoner at the camp and, while he was not the boy In the picture, he had served in Lautenbach's company com-pany and "had been present when Lautenbach was killed" in France. It said a further search of the records revealed that the "man in the picture" -was Leslie Woolf of Watertown, a prisoner whose name never had been received by the army from international Red Cross. Mrs. Podoloffs attorney saw Leslie Woolf yesterday in the war department offices. "tie may be the man in the picture" Koskoff said. Tm not sure. But I don't think he is. One thing I do know the body in grave 123 is not that of Lautenbach." Mrs. Podoloff holds to that view. She has refused to accept Nu-Lift Side-front view, abowine the scientific placement of supports and adjust, ments designed to maintain main-tain uplift of abdomen during- pregnancy 0h wA SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The NU-LIFT Co. Representative Mrs. Dalton will be at the Lewis Ladies' Store Monday Aug. 8th, for Consultations Con-sultations and Fittings! ; . Future iMuttpnf Stews fbr;Medt-Hungry r i- -" . M ' ' ' ' N(:f T '.ft, ttf r- ;, The pens are packed with fat sheep at this Chi Chester, England, cattle market where crowds ol buyers mill around. But the mutton will have to be cut in small pieces to serve all Britons, whose ,. meat ration has been cut to 20 cents worth a week. Judge Bosone to Head State Board On Alcoholism SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 6 (U.R) Utah's new state board on alco holism today had one of the na tion's most famous, feminine jur ists City Judge Reva Beck Bo sone of Salt Lake City as its ex ecutive secretary. Mrs. Bosone will retain her po sition on the city bench while de voting her spare time to the new job of directing the treatment of alcoholics. The appointment was an nounced by - board chairman Thomas F. Kearns. The board's program calls for education against alcoholism and establishment establish-ment of treatment centers for al coholics. Utah is one of the first states to provide for such treatment. treat-ment. the death benefits or Insurance due her from her son's "death." She wants the status of her son changed from "killed in action" to "missing in action" so the army will circulate pictures of tne youth in an effort to locate him. The army was equally sure it had not erred. It said its battlefield identification identifica-tion of Lautenbach was reaffirmed reaffirm-ed -by its board of inquiry. --The'Case, said - the -army, is closed. ' Mrs. Podoloff said she would appeal to Royall for a- review of the case. HOOVER CLEANERS UPKIGHT AND CYLINDER Dependable and Immediate Service on Both ORDER NOW FOR FUTURE ANNIVERSARY AND CHRISTMAS DELIVERIES GRANITE FURNITURE Phone' 194 HOOVER CO. 838 East 3rd South Phone 1489 SALES AND SERVICE ITER ITY SUPPORT AN IMPROVED Suspended from the Shoulders . Designed with aid and counsel of leading Obstetricians Ask about the Two-in-One Feature Lewis Ladies' Store Provo, Utah - -1- - - -' - i V Confessions Solve Ambush Killing of 'Cruel' Worker LANSING, Mich.. Sept. 6 U.R A carefully-planned ambush killing kill-ing of a 30-year-old auto worker by a 16-year-old orphan boy ' and the victim's red-haired wife "because "be-cause he was cruel and beat us" was uncovered today by the persistence per-sistence of a state trooper. Capt. Lawrence Meehan said Mrs. Josephine Upton, 29, mother of three, and Richard Gorman confessed they had plotted and carried out the killing on Aug. 21 of Frank G. Upton, Lansing Meehan said Mrs. Upton, who had reported, that her husband was missing, confessed the. plan. and that young Gorman admitted he was the actual killer, adding "I'd shoot him again for what he did to my brother and sisters. Uptons body was found early today in a swamp near Dexter, Mich., north of Ann Arbor, covered cover-ed with a canvas, tin cans, and brush. Richard's brother, Alfred, 15, was held as an accomplice though Mrs. Upton and Rich- -ard said he had nothing to do with the slaying, which took place on the Upton farm near Wllliamston, 45 . miles from Dexter. Seven wards of the St. Paul De Vincent society, a Catholic orphanage organization, lived with the Uptons. After reporting that her husband 4 was- missing. MrS. Upton went to work in a Lansing factory to support the ten children. Richard told Meehan that he This post natal support to also manufactured (Style 400) as a post-operative support ill Britons; Vf? -T-:i,lf""u'tii2 -xh -'- if ""t.tei. - . - v - -v O . Jr I fired the fatal shot after long plotting sessions with Mrs. Upton. The youth; said Upton, "a mean man," constantly beat his wife and the 10 children. Meehani dissatisfied with Mrs. Upton's report on her husband, went to the Upton farm last mgnt and cross-examined her closely. He said she finally broke down and admitted she and the youth waited for Upton to return home the night of Aug. 21. Meehan said he opened his investigation in-vestigation by talking to the children and that Alfred was the "first to crack.'V "He told us all he knew and then Mrs. Upton admitted the story," the official said. "We confronted con-fronted Richard with the details and he led us to the body." Charles R. MacLean, Ingham county prosecutor, said that there appeared to be no relationship between the principals in the planning and execution of the killing except their shared hate of the victim for his alleged cruelty. Mrs. Upton told Meeban that (when Upton stepped from his car, Richard shot him. Mrs. Upton said she was hiding in a nearby bush with a shotgun and had promised to shoot if R'chard missed. MacLean credited Meehan with the discovery. MacLean said Alfred Alf-red had nothing to do with the slaying but that be was called to help remove and hide the body. Expert Forger Uses Talents In the Prison MONTGOMERY,. Ala., 6, flJJ!) ; 'Harvey George has been up to his old tricks. George, the lacile mobile penman who forged his own Earole from A 1 a b a m a's raper prison in 1944. has been using his talented stylus again. . State prisons head -Frank Boswell said the milk of hu- man kindness, flowed in , George's heart. During the : past 12 months, George forged forg-ed discharge papers for. 19 prisoners at Atmore prison. George, 31, and under life sentence since 1939 for robbery rob-bery and murder, didn't -exactly forge the papers, Boswell Bos-well said. He just altered them, a trick he picked up as a prison bookkeeper., Several convicts about to' be discharged got earlier releases, thanks to George. For instance, a discharge coming into the - prison office of-fice where George worked would have as a release date, August 25. By a skilled wipe of George's quill the convict would be released .on August 5. Once he even changed the name and number ' and got the wrong man out. However, of the 19 release via courtesy of the 19 released via courtesy court-esy of George's pen, Bos-been Bos-been "rehabilitated." One well said all but two had man under 30-year sentence still is at liberty. -Another is being held by Atlanta police. George has been transferred to Kilby prison. 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