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Jap Atrocities Stir Australia **? Prisoners Shot or Stabbed In New Britain, Three Survivors Report. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA ? Three Australian airmen who escaped from New Guinea told an uppalling story of the slaughter of war prisoners by the Japanese invaders. The three were the only survivors of a party of 10 officers and SO men cuptured at* a plantation northeast of Gasmata while escaping through New Britain after the fall of Kuhaul. The prisoners were lined up, their hands tied behind their hacks, and " photographs, papers and identity , discs were taken from them and thrown in a heap, the escaped men said. A revolver with one bullet in it was given to each officer with the order to commit suicide, and the men were either shot or bayonetted, after which the Japanese returned to their destroyer and steamed away, the survivors declared. Japs Use Bayonet. The men were tied into parties of ten and the groups were taken into the jungle in different directions until Japanese officers drew their swords and ordered their men to fix bayonets, the story continued. I hen one Australian at a time was detached from the party and sent into the bush with a Japanese soldier armed with a bayonet. One man asked to be shot, and this was done by an officer. The Australians died bravely, declaring to the Japanese, "You'll pay for this when our chaps get you," according to the survivors. Two of the men who escaped were not roped together, and they took a'dvantage of a turn in the jungle road to dash into the heavy scrub. The third man related that he was the last member of his party left with a Japanese officer, who picked up a rifle and motioned to him to walk away and then fifed. The bullet pierced his left shoulder, and the Australian fell to the ground and lay still. The officer fired two more shots, one piercing his victim's left wrist and the other his right hand, and then disappeared. The Australian lay there for some time and then decided to try to get away. Wander in the Bush. The survivors wandered in the hush for several days and were picked up several clays later by other Australians. Australian newspapers printed reports by soldiers who took part in the hopeless defense of New Britain against overwhelming Japanese forces that enemy landing parties committed widespread atrocities on their captives. From Townsville. on the northeast coast, came stories of the "barbaric slaughter" of 60 Australian service men after the occupation of New Britain, island outpost northeast of New Guinea. Handicapped British Boy Wins Boy Scout Award LONDON. ? Although infantile paralysis and serious illnesses have handicapped Michael Benson Cooper, a 15-year-old British Boy Scout, he has proved himself worthy ^f scouting tradition. He passed all'tests for first-class scout, including n three-mile hike, made on a tricycle, and a 50-yard swim. For his courage and determination he was awarded the Cornwall Decoration, the Scout's V.C. Nylon Money Circulating But You Wouldn't Know It WASHINGTON ?Got any Nylon j money? Treasury officials disclosed that currency printed on paper containing nylon instead of silk was put into test circulation a few days ago to test its wearing qualities, but no one seems to have spotted it. General circulation of the new brand must wait until the stock of silkthreaded paper is used up. Secret Service agents doubt whether anything but a chemical analysis would show the difference between the new and the old. David Proved Slingshot Is a Dangerous Weapon DETROIT.?Lloyd Lowe, 38. or- , ganizer for an AFL restaurant workers' local, was arraigned before Re- ! corder's Judge Christopher F Stein ] on a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon. "But, your honor," pleaded lu we, arrested for breaking a window during a recent jurisdictional fight, "a slingshot isn't a dangerous weapon " "Isn't it0" the judge parried. "I refer you to Samuel 1 17?you know, David and Goliath." ; The court convicted Lowe. Limit Gasoline Tourists May Take Into Canada OTTAWA.?The customs division j of the national revenue department i announced that tourists entering ( Canada in automobiles from now on will not be permitted to import any gasoline in excess of what is in the tanks of their cars at the time of entry. A provision allowing them to bring in with them gasoline sufficient for 300 miles travel without duty has been withdrawn. Sulfa Hi/! Success hi Care 1. 7. Revolutionizes Treat meat, Say Army Surgeons. NEW YOKK ?Thff medical officer in command of the L S. nuvul hospital ut Pearl Harbor when the J;q>ynese yttuclyki reported that fiee use of sulfyrfmamide powder on serious battle wounds had exploded the belief that six hours was the time limit for successful surgical tieatment of such wounds. Captain Reynolds Hayden, who has reported for duty as district medical officer of the Third Nuvul district, with headquarters in New York, said that experience gained during the Pearl Harbor attack showed that sulfanilamide therapy "is revolutionizing the treatment of wounds." "Massive, lacerated wounds, sometimes complicated by severe compound fractures, and which had received only the barest essentials of preliminary surgery plus sulfanilamide powder freely in the wound, were operated upon the second or third day after injury with excellent results," Captain llayden said. One of the lessons learned, the officer added, was that clothing offers considerable protection against "flash" burns from the explosion of large bombs. Men who wore undershirts and shorts had face, arm and leg burns while those fully clothed suffered only face and hand burns. Clothes Protect Victim. "At the time qf the air raid many men aboard ships dashed to their battle stations without waiting to fully dress," he said, adding that some who died might have lived had they been fully clothed. The encasement of severely wounded extremities in plaster? known as Orr's technique?proved especially valuable, Cuptain Hayden said. 'Armoraiders' Is Winning Name for Tank Fighters FORT KNOX, KY.?There's a new name for those rough-and-ready^ fighting men who strike the enemy in tanks and other mechanized battle wagons. In the future, the nation's armored forces will be known as "Annoraidcrs." This became the official nickname of the steel-clad legions as the result of a contest for enlisted men, conducted by the Armored Force News, their official publication. Men of the armored forces got tired of hearing themselves called "panzer units" and "blitz troops." Those, they pointed out, are enemy inventions and are not worthy of our powerful new tank army. "Armoraiders" was suggested by Col. Franklin Leve of headquarters company, 704th tank destroyer battalion, Pine Camp, N. Y. The name was considered the best of more than 150 submitted in the contest. The armored forces are going to do everything possible to make the name popular, believing that it wili add prestige to this branch of the service both at home and abroad. Aged Stick to Jobs to Do Their Part in War WASHINGTON.?This is Grandpa and Grandma's war, too. Social security board records disclosed that 500,000 men and women more than 65 years old had refused to quit work and settle down on government pensions, preferring instead to help in industry. Moreover, 20,000 already receiving pensions have written the board to withdraw their names, that they have taken jobs covered by security insurance and are not, therefore, entitled to pensions. Other thousands, while continuing to receive pensions, are taking jobs in agriculture and other uncovered occupations. Students Find Rationing Passage in the Good Book HARRISBURG, PA. ?Bible students hereabout insist the Good Book envisioned tire rationing and carries a prophecy of the current conservation of garment materials. Authority cited for the inevitability tire conservation is the 18th verse, third chapter of Isaiah, reading: "In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet and their cauls ar.d their round tires, like the moor. Another verse in the same chapter says "That changeable suits of apparel shall be taken awav from the " By L. L. STEVENSON , Forty-one years ago, James Maher, then a husky lad of 19, found a job as houseman at the Hotel Manhattan, now merely a memory with its site occupied by the Forty-second street branch of the National City bank. Among the patrons were Col. and MVs. Elisha Whittlesey, a wellto-do couple who lived in the Manhattan winters and summers divided their time between Atlantic City and their estate nonr Manchester, N. H. They soon became acquainted with the young houseman and such a friendship developed that when Maher was promoted to porter, he alone was allowed to make the train arrangements for the numerous comings and goings of the colonel , and his lady and to look after their baggage. When the Manhattan was sold in 1920, the Whittleseys moved to the Hotel Biltmore, only a block away. It wasn't long before Maher obtained a porter's job at the Biltmore and again was looking after Colonel and Mrs. Whittlesey. * For almost 20 years Maher acted as porter for Colonel and Mrs. Whittlesey. Then the colonel died. Mrs. Whittlesey still spent winters at the Biltmore and Maher was her porter. He continued in that capacity until 1934 when Mrs. Whittlesey decided to make her home permanently in Atlantic City where she died. Recently, Maher received a legal communication, a notification that he had been named in Mrs. Whittlesey's will. Maher, being extremely reticent about his inheritance, preferring for what he considers good reasons, that it not be publicized, soma, of the details were obtained from liis boss, Joseph J. O'Connor, /Hiltmore transportation manager. ''The amount is not large, he said, but Maher prizes the manner in which it was left, the will stating it was a "token of friendship and loyi alty." And a hotel porter being remembered in the will of a patron is certainly something out of the ordinary. + Taking a look-see at the city in its spring finery from the tower of the Empire State building, noticed a young man in the uniform of the United States navy, *iis pretty wife and a lovely little baby in a bassinet. A bassinet in the tower being a novelty, I made inquiries and learned that the couple were Ensign and Mrs. Merritt from New London, Conn., and that the baby was their three-weeks-old daughter, Renee Lee. Ensign and Mrs. Merrit were quite enthusiastic over the view and Miss Renee Lee, who of course said nothing, seemed happy also. Later I was told by Mrs. Julia Chandler that Miss Renee Lee was the first "war baby" to visit her perch in the sky. Service men are frequent visitors since, if they are in uniform, they are admitted free Wednesdays and Sundays. Other days, they pay half price. ? * * Here and There: A ragged, emaciated, pasty-faced woman furtively snatching a bread crust from a restaurant garbage can . . . Three soldiers in newand shining uniforms pooling their resources so they can take their girls to a movie . . . Two gray colonels accompanied by two young and exceedingly vivacious redheads . . . Which, as a bit of overheard conversation indicates, are the daughters of one of the officers ... A newly opened ham-and-eggery adding a bit of color to Broadway by its variegated neon exterior decorations . . . Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson examining the "Sons of Fun" advertisements on the Winter Garden ... It always seems to me that the roly-poly one should be Ole, but he's Chic . . . Seems strange without that picket line in front of the Brass Rail . . . i Men and women marched there for more than three years ... A striking brunette leading' four dachshunds up Fifth avenue apparently oblivious to glances cast in her direction . . . Four truckloads of cheering soldiers hurrying along Forty-sixth street ... A taxi driver throwing up his hands in a gesture of despair as a rear tire blows while he waits for a light change at Fortyfourth street and Sixth avenue . . . A pnwnshop window filled with cameras ... A cop vainly trying to start his motorcycle . . . and the I expressions of spectators is not on? j of sympathy. Bell Syndicate?WNU Features. Veteran Conductor Known Here ('apt. T. McK. Alborgottl, veteran Southern railway conductor, now retrod, in vinitiiiK hia dauKhter, Mrs. S. C. Latlluiore, in Columbia. Captain Albergottl, who wan 62 >vura In the railway aorvlce, and who telped to conatruct the Columbia-N'ew>erry and I^aurena road, haa mudo ila home for many yoara in lilacks berg, troni which points he ran ou the Southern's Three C'a. Now he devotea hla energies to rulsing game fowla tor which, until the whi* came along, he had an International market. Ilia gamecocgs are called Stonewulla. Captain Alhergottl haa two Bona in foreign aervlce, both majors, and noth graduates of The Citadel. One la MaJ. J. S. Alhergottl, formerly a designing engineer for the I)uko Tower company, and the other, MaJ. W. M. Alhergottl, formerly superintendent of schools at Oreer. Captalu Albergottl's friends *rs ^ I merouo. He knows practically #T%Jy> H body who Uvea along the Three I line, not only of his, but other seaer* I tlona.?-'Tuesday's State. War Affeots Park Yellowstone Park, Wyo. War.Um, | conditions, which have hit all typ* I of transportation, have t ut travel l0 I this famous park to leas than 35 1 cent <>f the 1941 8oaH<)l?- H Woman Safety Worker Relaxes Sawing Wood CHICAGO ? For relaxation. Mrs Robert Romans, director of the women's division of the Mas. sachusetts public safety committee. saws wood. A direct descendant of President John Adams, Mrs. Romans is so busy with her 20.000 women workers that she eats lunch daily at her desk I p I Warden Makes Women Gasp at His Knitting EUGENE, ORE.-All the women gasped in admiration at the handiwork of the latest candidate for top knitting honors. It was a bedspread of intricate pattern containing more than 400 blocks. James H Walker, chief warden of the Eastern Lane county fre patrol knitted the spread [a ??? to Ask j the Printing Peddler | I When the peddler selling Stationery and Printing Supplies 1 I solicits your business there are a few questions which he a should be willing to answer to your satisfaction. Among I them being: I Does he pay taxes in this community? j Does he donate space in his newspaper to 1 your local community enterprises? ] Does he pay wages to a force of employees a located in this town, county or state? 1 Does his newspaper devote its entire space toward the betterment, and upbuilding of this community? Does he grant you every favor that you would normally as of a local newspaper? j Does the quality of his merchandise stand inspection ? is it on quality paper stock and the printed matter attractively ar- j ranged? I v! Will he submit proof of your work before printing and mail it to you C. 0. D.? I Does his price include postage and in- j surance charges? | Can he supply your order on short notice? i he is entitled to your business. j If NOT consult The Camden Chronicle j COMMERCIAL PRINTING M J Telephone 29 Camden, S. C. " F3 Qualified to answer YES to each question. I W n II i 11 II ~====ss^