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JOSEPH .JOSEPH W LaBINE LaBINEIt It has taken official officiQI Washington 10 years to discoverwhat discover discoverwhat discoverwhat what the rank- rank rank-and rank and ranknd - nd file American has known all alongThe alongThe along alongThe The nabon-the nabon the nation-the nation nation - the North Amer American can continent contment in general- general general-- general generalis - - - is infested mfested with the spies spjes of three powerful po'verful poverful ' F Fascist sci8t nnUonsOn nationsOn nations nnUons nationsOn On the Pacific coast innocent innoceJlt Japanese fishing fishmg craft snarea snare a few tuna and whatever American naval secrets happen tobe to tobe tobe be lying lymg around In the Panama canal zone one a guttural gutturalGerman gutturalGerman gutturalGerman German is apparently minding his own business busmess , meanwhIle meanwhile mean- mean - whIle hIS photographIc mind records the geographIc layout of 1In this most ' vulnerable spotin spot spot1n 1 I , In 1n America's Americas defense pro program program program gram gramMen Men and women have been beenfree beenfree beenfree free to come , look and leaveat leave leaveat leaveat at our greatest mIlItary mIlItarystrongholds militarystrongholds militarystrongholds strongholds They have haveclosed haveclosed haveclosed closed their eyes not to see seeour seeour seeour our army and navy testsecret test testsecret testsecret secret equipment desIgned designedto to out fox the enemy But IIffine some IIffinehaven somehaven somehaven haven t closed their eyes because becausea a foreign government wanted those thosesecrets thosesecrets thosesecrets thosesecretsYet secrets secretsYet Yet 10 years passed paslied ! before a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York federal grand jury found occa occaI occa8ion occaslon occagion I 8ion slon to Indict tndict 18 suspected Nazi Naziagents Naziagents agents gents most of whom are now safe safeback safeback , back home It ft was not until thesespies these theseI thesespies thesespies I spies became so bold as 8S to ask the thestate thestate thestate state department for blank paIlS pass paIlSports passports passports ports that we suspected their real realintentIOns realintentions realintentions intentIOns Now Nuw In tn to retrospect , , , those thosepuzzling thosepuzzling thosepuzzling puzzling incidents tncidents of the past fewyears few fewyears fewyears years loom lacm crystal clear the army armypilot armypilot armypilot pilot who disappeared while testing testinga i ia a sensational new ship the Japa JapaI Japanese Japanese Japanese I nese tuna clipper which went wentI wentaground wentaground wentaground I aground while fishing f\shlng f shlng \ at al nightwhere night nightwhere I Iwhl're whl're whlre where ' only American navalsecrets naval secretsmight secrets secretsmight secretsmight might be caughtBehmd caughtBehind caught caughtBehind Behind Behmd this invasion lovaslon of foreign foreignagents foreignagents foreignagents agents is an unimportant ummportant sound ng ngd ngd ngd d cu eu nent nest signed by Japan Germany Germa Germs Germany Germsfly ny fly and Italy last year the pro- pro proFaScIst proFascist pro-Fascist pro Fascist - - FaScIst pact for mutual assistance assistanceTha assistanceThat assistanceThat Tha That t at least was the surface sucface rea reason reaeon reason son eon for this treaty in truth it was wasprobably wasprobably wasprobably probably probablya a working agreement between be between between tween three nations with cominonaim com.non comnon common com.nonaim commonaim . aim . to combat democraciesthrough democracies democraciesthrough democraciesthrough through an Insidious program of es espionage espionage espionage pionage and propagandaThe propagandaThe propaganda propagandaThe The latest assertion on this matter mat matter matter ter ( not substantiated ) is that Cermany Cer Cermany Cermany many is handl hand I ng rig the propaganda propagandaand propagandaBnd propagandaend Bnd end Italy Is f irnishmg lrnlshmg ammunition ammunitionstores ammunitionstores ammunitionstores stores which are constantly being beingdumped beingdumped beingdumped dumped In Nicaragua and MexicoBut Mexico MexicoBut MexicoBut But substantial proof Is already athand at athand athand hand testifying testilying to Japan s a leader leadership leadership leadership ship in the esp asp onage program Quiet Qui Quiet Quiet et unobtrusive apparently Interest Interested interested interested ed only in tt tl U e work at hand thesevisitors these thesevisitors thesevisitors visitors from the Orient go abouttheir about abouttheir abouttheir their job with a persistence that is isamaz isamaz isamaz amaz ng with a righteous air that thatis thatis thatis is madden ngSan ngSan ng ngSan I ngI San Pf-dro Pf dro Prdro Pedro - a s ClippersIn ClappersIn Clippers Clappers In Lt Lc L ( s Angeles San Pedro harbfr har ham harbr hamber br ber brhlch ( \ which \\hlch hlch shelters shellers battleships of ofI ofthe ofthe ofthe the United Slates States fleet . , powerfultuna powerful powerfultuna powerfultuna tuna cl c1 ci pperg pperll ppers weave their path pathamong pathamong pathamong I among the suj.er sujer SUI-er SUI er suter - . dreadnoughts dreadnaughts cognizant cog cogI cognizant cognizant nizant of every move the navy navymakes navymakes I ' makes \ makesTt makesTi T Tt Ti e a story is told c ( f t one foggy day daya a few years back when neither batI batUeshlps battleships bat I | tieships Ueshlps tleships nor tu to a boats left the snugness snug snugness snugness ness of San Pedro harbor nonethat nune none nunethat nonethat that is except a Japanese captain captainI captainwho captainwho captainwho I who put out with his skipper through throughthe throughthe throughthe the milk gray fog tog and returned 11few afew a 11 I [ few hours later with full crew Was WasIt Wasit Wasit It pure come COInC dence that a Japanesenaval Japanese Japanesenaval Japanesenaval naval training ship dropped anchor anchora a few ( ew m les lea out that same day ? \a a \ Tuna cl ppers are n is < n < t frail craft crafte'ii.ecially crafteii.ecially crafteiiecially , , e"p ep esiecially ' " . c1l11y ! the new type Japanese Japaneseb b < ( al at wl wi wt ich has recently appearedel apPf'arcd apPfarcd appeared ' 01 el ig 19 the Pacific coast coaat These havei havea have i a 8 cru s II a ng rad is uto Ulto Ul- Ul ut u- u - [ - to 10 000 miles milesai milesal milesat \ al at d might be t t n rr ed into mine layI layers layems lay I | ers ems c-irr c irr C'lrr Clrr c-irryi c irryi - ' - > ) i g 10 tO anch rs ra In their theirholds theirholds theirholds holds and end t\n t n tv tan \ . n tori ton Lori edo f'do fdo ' tubes tubl's tubls ' aft aftM aftM afthi M hi ving vmg n rthwarde rthward . , . we \\e e \ ft ii did Id the theJ theJaiancse theJaanse J Jaiancse 01 ( am ( se Inv tny s son on tAla t f Alaskan skon fish fishIng fishlog fishIng Ing log waters a louble Jouble touble menace notor not notoIly not01 oIly or ly t t i i atii at .I I -ii ii . - - > 1 sec see rity rlty b it to the theconcerv theconserv theconserv concerv conserv ; t vely per tcd ted salmon industry In Industry industry dustry f Eft-red Eft red stf'red stfred stered ' - and Hnd c ntrollpd ntrol1c-d ntrol1c d ntrolled - bythe "y y Iyy "yI "ythe Iyythe , " the Un led ted Ct-mtes Ct mtes < : tites t.tt'S t.ttS tttS . - ' government I J JBristol iBristol i iBristol I Bristol bIn bati ba v . wt v t ere ert err ' the red sain salt sa In onI on I , I i run yearly on their persistent path pathfrom pathfrom patfrom from mountain stream to the sea seaJapanese seaJapanese seaJapanese Japanese fishing ftshing craft appear annu annually annually annually ally in Increasing tncreasing numbers placingtheir pIa placing placingtheir clog clogtheir their nets ahead of American A.merican . boatsand boats boatsand boatsand and shifting their huge catch to tofloating tofloating tofloating floating canneriesSalmon canneries canneriesSalmon Salmon Salmoo Minna Mlous Minus NationalityYou Nationality NationalityYou You can t paint the Stars andStripes snd and sndStripes andStripes Stripes on every salmon that spawns spawnstn spawnsin spawnsin tn in Alaskan mountain tnountaln streams but butthe butthe butthe the American state department hasbeen has hasbeen haibeen been slow in taking protective meas mess measures messurea measures ures urea Although the Japanese government gOY gov gOYernment government ernment apologizes and offers as assurances assurances assurances surances the Oriental craft appear appearagain appearagain appearagain again and again They fish flsh out outside outside outside side the three mile 11m limit it but within withinthe withinthe withinthe the 12 mile limit What many anAmerican an anAmerican anAmerican American fisherman would wouid like to toknow toknow toknow know is why his government can tenforce t tenforce tenforce enforce the 12 mile limit l1mlt against againstthese againstthese againstthese these invadersJumping invaders invadersJumping Jumping south the seeker afterspies after afterspies afterspies spies lands invariably invarlablv in the Pan PanamB Panama Panama amB ama canal zone justinabiy justifiably called I I , rlt 4 ' fM ' 1 ' F- F Ftr - ' S ' + A = S SkG'ff ' A tr kG'ff kGff l kA ! I a v x a aa 4 xr xra a i r xCfi 4 4D D o : 6 h h'J 'J J 'Jy 'J54Yf ' y 54Yf h hIb1r Ib1r "tk tk "tkryagf " x xI xv Nr ryagf ' { I v , e ' 1l ; 6 6t 6'F t 'F F ' A Ak A As k s ! xk xknxJ nxJ . yd t tHuge 3 3rd rd s str tr trx x W Duge Huge railway 1IDII guns & willi with a lZ-lncb lZ lncb 12-inch 12 inch - Lore bore and sad abort short barrel are deslpled designed deslpledto designedto to protect the United States co.t cot coast . . Irom from forelp foreign Inyaaion invasion Thb This CUD gun b is fL IL lagat me lag meat at a . tare-et tare et target - 15 iS miles at sea the Achilles Heel of our national de detense defense detense tense fense Should the canal he be closedby closed closedby closedby by an enemy an attack on the Pa Pacific PaciSc Paclftc cific ciSc coast could not be successfully successfullyrepulsed successfullyrepulsed successfullyrepulsed repulsed until the navy s battlewag battlewagona battlewagons ons had journeyed 13135 1313 13 1S5 milesaround miles milesaround mllegaround around the tip of South Americarom America AmericaI Americarom Americarem rom rem New Nt > w Yorii York Yor " to San FranciscoThe Francisco FranciscoThe FranciscoThe The Japs have long been active activein activein activein I in Panama In 1917 a ragged Ori Onl Oriental Onlental Orlental ental fisherman was piped over overthe overthe overthe the side of a visiting Japanese manof man manof manof of war To this day many a seem seemingly seemingly seemingly ingly unimportant fisherman or bar barb.r barter barb b.r br ter . * r is treatedwith treated withstrange with strange defer deter deterence deference deference ence by prominent Panama Jap JapL JapLThere JapsThere . , There is only one explanation explanationTwo explanationTwo explanationTwo Two hours'by hoursby hours.by ' . air sIr from t tie e canal canalnt , , , "t t " , t Cornnto Colombia . , J-ap J ap J.ap Jap Tap - colonists colonistshave colonistshave colonistshave I I"t have been bct"n bctn " firmly entrenched enttenched forJ for tor J ABOVE- ABOVE ABOVEAn - . ' An aerial view vlmf of thPanama Ibe the IbePanama thePanama Panama , canal canal's canals ' ' . Gatim G"tun Gtun Gatun " lacks , . takenin takeD taken takeDIn t&keIn tkeIn & In an area . where orelfn forelp foreign ( .plet plet spice . pies are areworkln areworking arworklnff workln working & ' feverishly leverlahlJ ' & to 0 ID1Cov uUoovbe uUoovbeUnited oocoveUnited I ! ' United States state . mllll military _ . , . secrets .eort eort . , . . , TItIa This TItIais Thisis Thila is the Achilles AchlDes neel Deel fleet of America AmerlC&1l AmerlC1l American AmerlC&1ldefeuse Americandefense & : defense defeuse . years A short distance north not"th notth " of the thecanal tincanal thecanal canal a group of Japanese "Bclen Bclen "ecien- "ecien ecien "ecientilts "eclen.tists eclen.tists eclentists " . . - tists tilts " have leased pancake-fiat pancake fiat pancake-flat flat - landtor laneS land laneSfor landfor for experiments In growing growtng cotton cotton.This cottonThis . . . This land would make a remark remark- remarkably remark.ably remarkably . - . ably fine aviation fieldGovernment field deld fieldGovernment Government at Work.The WorkThe Work . The federal fedoral government has nofbeen 1).0 1.0 10 pot potbeen ) . & been completely Idle Jdle in to the face of ofthis olthis this menace Lengthy investigation investigations investigationswere investlgationiwere . were made after 4fter that storybook in- in incident in incident . - cident on July 30 , 1935 1933 when LleutArthur Lieut . . Arthur H IL ii . Skaer SJcaer Shaer took oft o8 from 1.0 10 Lot LotAngeles . LoiAngeles ' Angeles municipal airport to test an anamazingly anamazingly aiamazingly amazingly fast new plane His fits instructions in- in instructions in instructions - structions were to stay wiU within witlin } to sight sightof sightof sightof of the field but Lieutenant Lieu\enant Lieu enant \ Skaeistreaked Skaer Skaerstreaked Skaerstreaked streaked off oR to the south , . dis disappeared dis- dis disappeared disappeared - - appeared from sight and was nei ned neier neder never er seen again . . . The plane was IC sc ICvaluable scvaluable ( cvaluable valuable that army officials has hasplanned ha ha'dplanned hadplanned ' planned to destroy it irnmecUately immedlateiy immedlateiyafter irnmecUatelyatter Immediatelyafter atter after the test , , , saving .avlng avlng . the designs 4eslgns designsj 4eslgnsfor designsfor j tor for production only in 1\ 1 d \ 1national nationalemergency nationalemergency national nationalI I emergency emergencyIn In a dragnet a few days daya later lateragents . , , agents of the federal bureau of in- in investlgaUon investigation in investigation - vestigation vestlgaUon closed in on JfarryThomas Harry Jfarry HarryThomas HamThomas Thomas Thompson . , former navy navyyeoman navyyeoman naviyeoman yeoman who wbo is now serving a sen- sen sentence sentence sen'tence sentence - ' tence at McNeil Island penitentlarjtor penitentiaryfor penitentiary for selling naval secre secrets l to Japan JapanIndicted Japanindicted JapanIndicted Indicted with him was Lleut Lieut ComdrToshio ComdrToshio Comdr ComdrToshlo Toshlo Toshio Miyazaki of the Japanese Japanesenavy Japanesenavy Japanesenavy navy who had been a language languagestudent languagestudent languagestudent student at Leiand Leland ; Stanford Ctanford univer univer- university universlty university - sity slty Unfortunately Untortunately he had 're re 'returned " . ' re returned returned turned to Japan before he couldbe couId could couIdbe couldbe be questioned questionedThis questionedThls This Thls is the background to a story of espionage which may be told pub publiely publlcly pubUcly llclywithin liely llcly within withlo the next few weeks asthe liS as liSthe asthe the government go\rernment go rernment \ proceeds with its itsspy itsspy itsspy spy tnve Investigations ti8'otlons ti8otlons ' But more thao than thaothat thanthat thanthat that it ishe Is the \he he \ handwriting on thewail thewall the thewall wall wail that America must heed im tm immediately tmmediately 1mmediately mediately If it the nation is to gate-guard gate guard safe- safe safeguard safeguard - - guard Itself against prying foreignera |