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Show 5 4 3ft gHUBSBAV. Afr&Ifr t.lS ' Pyld Sses Fif sf Japanesd SdWiefiJflUehJPrisoners Editor's -Note In .addition -to a. the story which appears here to dar we will print several others r ' vwhlch we have lust reecived from , Ernift-on-Okinawa. .We believed -v he would have- wantedua jo. - as - ' great. teportetW' greet-news $' nanerman and areat person, lie ' would have wanted hi stories to go through despite--ills tragic deaths- . , - By Z3LXXSFTXE. OKINA.WA-ttrrNavy tiding IIcw I've seen my first Jap soldier In their native statebAtis,. -be fore) csptu But riot - tor Jtmg, buse the bovs ol bst company castured , therai quicker thanx a wink. , . . -i - ' i -ItwMd-fQTerRXJnawlwehad fust wached out new bivouac area after a -match of an hour and a halt The boys threwvof the packs.' sat; down on?, the- ground, and took off their helmets to mop , their ' persprhig'lorehejsds. - We were la msmtigWuwy spot at the foot of a bilL Most of these hillsides have Reaves, . and, have Kmfhrttd staff hidden in. them. They area rich field for souvenir nnnters. . Ana au v marines mvnlr btlfltaTS.. So immediately two of our boys. f nfctead f restine.' -started up through the brush, looking for caves and souvenirs. They naa gone about 50 yardr when one of hm Veiled: There's a Jap soldier under this hunh." We didn't get too excited for most of us figured he meant a dead Jap. But three or four of the boys got up and went up the hilL . A few moment later some body yelled again "Hey. here's another one They're alive and they've got rifles' Sn the boys went at them in earnest. The Japs were lying under two bushes. They had .their hands ud over their ears and were nretehdlnff to be asleep. The marines surrounded the bushes and, fwita guns pointing, they ordered the Japs ou& But the Japs, were" to scared to move. Thv 1ut lav there, blinking. The average Jap soldier; would have come -out shooting But, thank ffoodriis:; ihese were of a different strJfTteyTwere so petrified the.;jnarines nao to go into the, bushes, lift them by the shoulders and throw them out in the open. My contribution to the capture consisted of standing to one side looking as mean- as I could. One,-Jap was small, and about SO years old. The other was just a kid of Iff or 17, out 'good Forum'n Agmern Ised and wen .bUflt.irhe-kidad the rank of superior, private and tha other was a corooraL.- They were real . Japanese, from . japan, not the -Okhiawim hornet guards They -were DoinwemDungau over. The , sacra xace t turnea --a sickhr white;' Their, handsshoolc j. lie xiiubv&cb iulUjv.wi wmimr.mww were jtwltchlng. The kld -waa so paralyzed he : couldn't even understand un-derstand sign language- .r I We don't know why ' those twd Jaoa didnt ficht. Theyf had food rifles., mns potaw-masjjer'; nana grenades. jTheycouio; nave 'Stooa behind thelr ushes and heaved srenadeS ihto our tlehtlyt packed group; and. got' themselves' two dozea casualties easily;"5' : . The -marines took eir? arms. Ohe?msjine;trieditO'cUrecttht cornoral in handbook.' Javanese. but tbe fellow- couldn?t ' under stand. ,V The scaredihid lust stood -there. sweating- like, an -ox. -I vguess he thought Jie was tdeadv Finally we sent them back to the Regiment - : The' two- marines who flushed these Japs were Corp. Jack Os- sege of Silver Grove, Ky across the . river: from cincinnau ana Pfc Lawrence Bennett -of Port Purom ich. , ; . -. Okinawa was tfee first bMta for Bennett and this was the first Jap soldier he'd ever seen. He is so-: years old,. married and nas a baby girl. Back home he was a freight dispatcher. The Jap corporal bad a metal bhoto bolder like a cigaret case. In it were photos which we took to be of three Japanese movie stars. They were good looking, ana everybody , bad to have a look. Ossege had 'been through one Pacific blitz, but this was the first Jap he ever took alive. As an old hand at souvenir huntins he made sure to get the Jap's rifle. That rifle, was the -envy of everybody. Later when we were sitting around, discussing the capture, the other boys tried kk buy. or trade him out of it. Ppp Taylor, the black-whiskered corporal from Jackson, Mich., offered of-fered Ossege $100 for the rifle. The answer was no. Then Taylor Tay-lor offered four quarts of whiskey. whis-key. The answer still was no. Then he offered eight quarts. Ossege Os-sege weakened a little. He said, "Where would you get eight quarts or wnisKy?" Fop said he had no idea. SO Ossege. kept the rifle. So there vou have mv first two Japs. And I hope my future Japs wui an De as tame as these two. But I doubt it. iljlUlllwlJI'UtBMfV-'."'-' 8ATAV NTrj-ES STOOPED AS LOW AS IilTLlEK .1 was interested in reading in this column the -article by C-V Hansen which gave -the- prayer for Hitler that had been taught the people of .Germany. Of all anti-Christ ideals and Satanic doctrines this was the climax. Even . Satan, never stooped so low. The Bible tells the story of now Cain killed his brother AbeL But did Hitler stop at killing one as Cain did? No, he has gone into tne tens of thousands.. and millions for his victims. The aged, the sick and crippled and even mothers and babies are his victims. Cain was .a great crim inal but an amateur to the side of Hitler. When Hitler goes to Hell, which we all hope will be soon, ne win be refused admit tance. Satan will tell him, he nad no criminals - in - here like hihi. "We wouldn't trust ourselves with you." We have lots of old German War Lords here such as trie late Kaiser, who started wprid war I. We have taken Ger men and Jap War Gods for hun dreds of years, but none as low as you. YouH have to make a Hell down under us for -you and your followers. And you'll have to take -with you some in America and other countries, who have been secretly as well as opemy pulling for you." I know some of these. Don't you? Now the Germans are a bright people In many ways with a great deal of knowledge. But so is Satan,, and here is a' point we should remember. Knowledge, skill, training, is power, but can all be turned to evil instead of to good, depending on the pur pose ox xne possessor. We have been told that knowl edge is power, but too many have not been taughf that knowledge put to evil use Vis power to . destroy, de-stroy, power to degrade, power to go down. as well as up, power to do evil as-well -as good. Germany Ger-many turned all her resources to evil. The master race is master of eviL S. W. Williams Trips Approved For State Men m SALT LAKE CITY, April 26 tu.rj -ine state board of examin ers today approved trips next week for Lorenzo E. Peterson, new training supervisor to Utah's war production training program, and xor pudiic service commission at torney Charles A. Root. , Peterson, appointed Monday to replace Carter S. 'Grant in the war production training program, will attend the annual regional conxerence oi airectors and supervisors su-pervisors of war production training in Portland, Ore., May 1 .to 4. State, superintendent of public Instruction E. Allen Bateman requested re-quested Peterson's trip on behalf ox Li. a. nawicins, director of vocational vo-cational training. for war production produc-tion workers, U S. office of education, edu-cation, Washington, D. C. Root will represent the public service commission at a hearing before the interstate commerce commission in Washington, D. C May 3. Hot Money Goes For Good Cause ROCHESTER, N. Y. U.R Now it comes to light that the Red Cross here received two gifts of war fund campaign. Tour 12-year-old boys, nabbed for Tom Thumb burglaries wrig gling tnrough milk boxes to gain entrance Into . homes-admitted giving $10 of their loot to the Red Cross. The other gift of $80 came from two women shoppers, who found the bills scattered over' "the back seat of their car. Failing to find the owner, and believing the wad nad been thrown into the car by a thief making a quick get-away, tne women gave the money to the Red Cross. Deadline Set For Nominations . May 1 has been set as the deadline dead-line fpr the filing 'of nominating petitions lor student body offi cers for next year, with the stu dent council, it was announced today by Niel Welling, student body president. Petitions must be signed by 50 or more students, and all candidates candi-dates must be seniors next year, Student body officers to be elect ed are: President, vice president. secretary-treasurer, social chairman. chair-man. . Presentation of the candi dates for student body offices will be May 10v and final election will be held May 11. Most popular courses In spare time studies offered soldiers of the Mediterranean theater by armed forces institute are book keeping and accounting. - - 4 i - tNKA RaAla-TmUiAoto) In the German town of Nordhausen, civilians ordered by the Allied mm-tsry mm-tsry government to bury 2500 slain political prisoners carry a Nazi victim past a death-filled ditch. CWSCMO DuVCO I MANIlAAt)rll 28 WQJTtOG& of. the 24th.Uvision puhed fntol the'bills of central. Mindanao to dav in a lightlypposed drive that carried- less than 45 miles romvDavadJ;--. ;.' T4 :, Disorganizea Japanese zorces put, up omi scattered resistance as rtne Americans ;mrun: to tne village of Mahaboan, midway be tween Davao and ; the 4nvasl6n beaches on theeast coast of Moro gun. . Since tha landing the 24th-division haft TOdVed rapidly over the- comparatively - -flat,- - coastal terrain bufcwa now entering the central hm cowitrmost of which still u uttexpiored. ' G' Douglas' TSJacArthOT' an nounced that;Fiiipino guerrillas had cleared Hhe province.of llocos Sur in northwestern Luzon of organized or-ganized .enemy v forces -and'' now were mopping up scattered Japa nese remnants. - ? The province Is lust -south of noeos'" Norte, which oreviouSly fiad been deared by the Filipinos, and it gave MacArthur's forces compute control ot tne norm western corner of Luzon. i ,j American troops, however, ran into -strong opposition - as they drbve within a little more than a mile northwest of Baguiof former for-mer Philippines summer capital southeast ox nocos sur Frovtnce, School Attendance Of 100 Pet. Sought CLEVELAND (OR) Children may not luce scnooi any better now than they did in 1852, biit statistics show they're at least reporting for duty. In 1852 attendance average In the Cleveland schools was 56 per cent. In February, 1945, a bad month so far as weather and illness ill-ness were concerned, attendance averaged 02.84 per cent. Dr. David Wiens, attendance chief for the Cleveland School Board, credits the numerous changes in the school system with overcoming unnecessary absen teeism. "In Civil War days education was a question of the survival of the fittest," Dr. wiens pointed out. - "The pupil who could do the work, who was healthy. whose parents encouraged his attendance, at-tendance, finished school. The child who fell by the wayside wa left there." those days, according to school records, an absence of three days without a satisfactory excuse suspended the child until the next term. And if a student gave -ground for suspicion that he did not intend to return to school after a couple of days' absence his name could be stricken from the roll. Today every effort is -made to keep a pupil in school. 'Only change of residence, legal employment, em-ployment, physical handicap and death are acceptable absentee ex cuses. "Today's - attendance, officer far different from the club befitted be-fitted policeman of former days seeks the cause of absence and does all he can to remedy it, according to Dr. Wiens. In place of the "survival of the fittest" regime. 1945 schools haVe classes for all mentalities. If tests show a pupil is a "square peg in a round hole" he is transferred trans-ferred to a special class and kept in school. "Every pupil on the school books in June," Dr. Wiens said. "must be accounted for the fol lowing September." A pair ; of army shoes requires twice as much leather as a pair oz men's dress oxfords. FIRE SWEEPS GERMAN LEGATION LISBON, April 26 CUJ9A fire of undetermined origin swept the German Legation quarters here today.. cmovos dccracr ram NbvWeaponm Ar FSXD 'CTTE United Press staff Correspondent rORT&YERS. Va- The army has removed the wraps of secrecy from -mora than a score of its latest and deadliest xigni- ing machines. ToDOine the lists were an Im proved, high-velocity 90-mm. gun and an aluminum pontoon bridge, both designed primarily for. use with the new Gen. Pershing tank, a 10-inch mortar described as the "world's biggest," various automatic auto-matic weapons with Increased firepower, a radio-controlled mine, several radar detection de vices, and sound equipment to locate enemy small arms fire. Most of the items at the. exhibit exhib-it were listed by the war department de-partment as secret. Many had not beeft put , into mass production yet and very few sent to overseas over-seas battle areas: Reporters were therefore' amazed when they were told by Gen.- Brehon Somervell, commander of the armed service forces, that they could write about them without restriction. . New 90-mm. Gun Ready- The new 90mm. gun has the terrific muzzle velocity of 3,750 feet per second, 500 feet more than the 90-mm. now in use against the Germans. This gives the' projectile power -enough. to pierce 14 inches of armor plate at 300 -yards, or knock out one of the vaunted German Tiger tanks at 11,000 yards. The top range of the gun is 14,000 yards. Its main differences from the older model 90-mm.. are that it is longer and nas a heavier expellent charge It will soon be in use overseas, an Official said. The first. of the aluminum pon loads up . to 50. toss .are: now en route abroad. They: feature 60- foot pontoons and a roadway more than 12 feet wide to accommodate the Pershing tanks, which are broader than the.Gen. ShermansJ In tests, the bridge has been thrown across .waterways, .at a rate of 900 feet In 8 hours. The pontoons;, can ber broken down into -two parts for easier transportation. .The deck planks, also of aluminum, are hollow so tney will float; if dropped over board. - - Mortar Shoots 250 Lbs The 10-inch mortar, is a huge weapon, standing about' 15 feet high, which can lob 850 pounds Warns Agpihf Carelessness In Keeping War Bonds PHOENIX. Ariz. U.R Persons who would, not think of leaving so mucn as a oouar oiu arouno are careless with their war bonds, according to George W. Walker, U. S. Secret Service agent. "It's like endorsing a check and inavinff it on the street, then squawking when someone cashes it,". he said. "War bonds are easily cashed and should not only be carefully gauroeo, oui a rec ord should be kept of tneir seruu numbers and amounts." if honds are lost or stolen, a re- fwn-t Khnuld be made at once to the U. S. Treasury. Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 111., and the near est Secret Service office, Walker toon bridges designed to carry added. : .......... of steeSt and explosives "CC carry the; projectJle, to the thuzzl of the ortar and drdpltm Tho mortar bv now being placed .ia mass, production. The automatic ed to lajh down a heavTerv flra than ever before Included -ib20 jM. mm. cannon for use lnsorcrafti and .a 50-caliber machine . fun The Tate of fire of the cahnonThas been - increased from C50 to 850 , rounds a minute while ihe, ma- cnine gun can now ,ur-ahots ,ur-ahots Instead of 750 ill-the'-samo , amount of time. . . -The- radio : mine t can be- use a , either on land on. under; water i where it is exploded by remote ; radio control. Each inaiyidua mine can be detonated simply by ' dialing its code numbetvmuch at one uses a dial telephone, v; The controlUng; radio hak SiJ range of 8 miles on landrand 20t ' at sea. " - A new radar alimt i anti-aircraft guns is. in' the .final . stages of development It tracks! the course of a' planenUms- iad fires the battery automatically ; ,cl Another raoar unw naspeeai designed to keep, searchlights focused on enemy planes; This Jar a portable device, weighting only ! one ton. - - ; Also exhibited was a newr sounii iiinttan finder which is eaoablatr of accurately locating Jthei posi r Mr . ... 4. Ltion of enemy smau arms xire. Besides, the destrudkm of .bfl-liens .bfl-liens of trees, forest fires also often render the soil sterile- for further ffrowth bv burning away the humus and minerals needed for good tree production. . HERE ON FURLOUGH LEHI Pfc. Wayne Carson arrived ar-rived in Lehi on Sunday morning to -spend his furlough here with his wife, Mrs. Sophia Carson, and local relatives. Mr. Carson was wounded in action some months ago, while in the European the ater of operations. He has been receiving treatment at the hospital hos-pital at Camp. 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