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Jap Atrocities
Stir Australia
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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