| Show Hold Farmington Man Prisoner Newell N Whitney Smith Jr J r chief petty officer in the United States navy who was reported missing soon after the fall faU of Corregidor is isa isa Isa a prisoner in the hands of the Jap Jap- Japanese Japanese anese according to word received Sunday by his parents Mr and Mrs N. N Whitney Smith of Farm Farm- ington Word Vord received by Mr and Mrs Smith from the navy department at Washington said that official notice has been received through the In In- In International Red Cross that their son is a prisoner In March Mr and Mrs Smith received from their son a letter which apparently left Fort Mills on on Corregidor on January 9 1942 Several lines in the letter furnished a graphic account of the thc feelings of the men on Corregidor during the American forces' forces last stand in the fortress Only a miracle will get this letter through the missile said You can almost feel the process of ol r men coming closer together In all I Imy my seven years in the navy I have never seen the morale so high Chief Petty Officer Smith was re rc reported reported ported missing on May 12 1942 His parents received no further word until they received the letter last March He is a graduate of o Davis county Count high school and entered the navy in 1935 when he h was 17 years old He is a native of Centerville and s I lived lived most of his life in Farmington I |
