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Show 0 Wednesday, April 23, 1947 DAILY HERALD HYV News--- Russia Holding A Million Jap War Prisoners By MILES W. VAUGHN 'prisoners are being held in Si-, (Karafuto) and the United Press Staff Correspondent beria, according to the latest: which Russia occupied TOKYO, April 23 (U.R) More supreme headquarters figures, day. than 1,000,000 Japanese prisoners i and 351,224 are in the former Kuriles. after VJ Hawkins Elected 'Y' Student Prexy In Record Balloting of war were being held in Rus sian-controlled areas on April 15, supreme headquarters figures disclosed today, and there was a growing fear among the Japanese that the men might be held indefinitely in-definitely to work out Soviet reparations claims. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, it was understood, will oppose any Japanese islands of Saghalien Career Girl Puts Apartment Wanted Ad On Billboard Russia, according to the headquarters head-quarters figures, has been slow in repatriating her war prisoners. At the end of the war there were 700,000 Japanese prisoners in Siberia, and about 704,000 in southeast Asia. On April 15 there were only 73,734 prisoners still in southeast Asia, but only 18!388 had been repatriated from Siberia. and only a few thousand from the effort tde. Japanese islands where labor in reparations payments, to(iay advertised her housing i.uie were capiuiea. and will continue his efforts to get j problem to the whole city of San! Informed American observers the prisoners back to Japan asjFrancisco. believe this is bad for the morale soon as possible to aid in re- l. .,jn., fil1j an of the Japanese people. As one building the shattered Japanese f-- g "h informant put it: economy. I means. Miss Kay Daly, account "Throughout history when wars Exactly 681,612 of the Japanese executive formerly of Chicago,! have been won. peace treaties took over a full-sized billboard on ; nave Deen signed ana reunions Startup's Catering Service BANQUETS WEDDINGS TEAS PARTIES Mrs. Elbert H. Startup, catering hostess 95 So. 3rd West Ph. 108-5 ! downtown Van Ness avenue i In a classified ad 10 feet high 'complete with king sized portrait I of the fulsome Miss Daly she advertised: "Wanted! An apartment, apart-ment, small unf. with view. Young Ii advertising woman with top ' references. Up to $80." And at the end (in letters a foot high) her phone number: 5' Underbill 1959. have returned to normal. It is an Hitlerian concept to overrun and conquer a nation and keep its people enslaved. We need peace treaties now and not Hitlerian control." MacArthur repeatedly has expressed ex-pressed the view that the military occupation should be as limited as possible in order to allow Japan to recover and take her place among the nations of the world. COLOR!! SPECTACULAR THRILLS!! DRAMA!! BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Annual Invitation Track and Field Meet And Relay Carnival A Utah Centennial Sponsored Project Friday, Apr. 25, 1 :."() p.m. (No Admission Charge) Junior High Girls Posture Parade. Girls and Junior High Boys Track and Field Events. l Saturday, Apr. 26, 1:30 p.m. Senior High Girls Posture Parade 1000 lhgh School Track Athletes 200 Junior College Participants TWENTY-FIVE NATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD champions in special centennial events: Y STADIUM Saturday admission charges: Adults $1.00; High School Students, 60c; Kids, 25c. Jewish Refugees Suffer Injuries JERUSALEM. April 23 (U.R) Nine Jewish refugees and three Bri'tish sailors were seriously injured in-jured aboard the refugee ship Sheaar Yashuv when approximately approxi-mately 800 illegal immigrants resisted re-sisted a naval boarding party, it was announced today. Smoke bombs were used to subdue sub-due the immigrants, who offered what was called "considerable" resistance. The vessel was sighted outside Palestine territorial waters as it sought to run the blockade and slip the immigrants ashore. The ship was taken in tow for Haifa. The British garrison around the Haifa port and oil pipelines was strengthened by Arab Legionnaires Legion-naires from Transjordan to guard against underground sabotage timed to coincide with arrival of the refugees. Arrival of the refugee ship came while British Troops and police southeast of Tel Aviv searched for the underground members who blew up a Cairo-Haifa Cairo-Haifa train yesterday at Rehovot. Traffic was expected to resume on the railroad today. A rise of only one degree in the mean annual temperature of the globe would free the polar regions of their ice. Gordon Hawkins of American Fork was elected president of the Associated Students of Brigham Young university for 1947-48, In the largest student balloting in the history of the university, according ac-cording to election returns announced an-nounced Wednesday. Mr. Hawkins won by a substantial sub-stantial majority over Dale King, Mesa, Arizona, in the final two day election. He heads a slate of seven student stu-dent body officers and publication pub-lication executives for next year. For vice president, Jess Rt Bushman. Salt Lake City, won over Shirlee Christenscn, Orem. For secretary-treasurer, Anne Greaves, Salt Lake City, defeated Margaret Wing. Raymond. Alberta. Al-berta. Canada. Orin Parker St. Anthony, defeated Chris Sanders. Fairview, for social chairman. For student publication offices, Thomas P. Wheelwright. Ogden. was elected editor of the "Y" News, student newspaper, defeating defeat-ing Claron Oakley. Provo. Elected as editor of the Banyan, student annual, was Joyce Whiting. Springville. who defeated Evan Woolev, Vernal. For business manager of the student body. Clinton Oaks. Provo. was elected over Winston Taylor, Payson. The nresident-elect, a veteran of Guadalcanal, of World Wai II. is a married student, and has been prominent in student body affair?. He is counselor in the student Sunday School organization organiza-tion and served on various student stu-dent committees. . The newly-elected vice-president also a veteran of World War II, breaks a precedent in student body offices, in that he was elected elect-ed to an office usually held by a woman student. The social chairman, business manager, and "Y" News editor are also veterans. More than 2000 votes were cast in a record election. Dr. John R. Halliday, director of Brigham Young university bands, land acting dean of the College of Fine Arts, left today for the annual Southwestern Idaho Music Contest at Twin Falls. At the band meet April 23 and 24, Dr. Halliday will judge bands and instrumental soloists. He will also act as judge at the annual regional band festival at Price. May 2, 3, and at Manti on May 7. Owen R. Clark of S?.lt Lake City, won first place in the Associated Asso-ciated Men Student's annual song contest, it was revealed today. Second place in the contest, which was judged by Freddy Martin and his band, was given to Agnes Jensen, American Fork, while Homer Christensen, Delta, Utah, won third. The winning songs will be played on the special spe-cial Y day assembly at 3 p. m., Mr. Potter said. BYU's five-man delegation to the annual Rocky Mountain Forensic For-ensic League convention at Boulder, Boul-der, Colorado, left Wednesday morning, reported Dr. Alonzo J. Morely, professor of speech and coach of the croup. Representatives from the "Y" who will enter the meet, April 24-26, are: Richard M. Rowley. Ralph Benson. Pa rowan; Harold and William Lewis, St. Anthony, Idaho. I Accompanying the delegates j was Elmer Miller, professor of j economics at the "Y", who has served as secretary and treasurer of the League for 14 years. Once News Now History 30 Year 8 Ago From the Files Of April 23. 1917. j Clinton Larsen, St. George lad jand a student at the ByU set a I new record in the high jump at !the class track meet with a leap of 6 feet 5' 2 inches. ! Father and son joined the I I army together when Ludwigj Pouison and his son. Ecjward L. j iPoulson, ranchers of Corinne, en-I en-I listed. I '. , j rive hundred vacant lots in Provo will be fanned this sum-. sum-. mer. it was announced. Mothers of the Eighth grade! 'graduates agreed that material for graduation dresses would not! exceed 40 cents per yard in cost. Nearly 300 students at the BYUj took leave of school for their I homes to assist in farm work. Levis E. Laves, Famed Warden Of Sing Sing, Dies GARRISON. N. Y., April 23, (U.R) Lewis E. Lawes, 64, famed; warden of S,ing Sing prison lromi 1919 until his retirement in 1941. died of cerebral hemorrhage at; his home at Beverly House farm today. Lawes died at 1:30 a. m. after; an illness of two weeks. His wife and two of his three daughters were at his bedside. Lawes, who wrote the book "20,000 Years in Sing Sing." gained fame as the warden of New York state's "big house" where I he instituted many reforms that1 are standard throughout U. S. prisons today. j Lawes was superintendent 1 of New Hampton Farms when 1 Gov. Alfred E. Smith asked him to take over the administration admini-stration of Sing Sing prison. He refused. In the 20 years previous to that time the prison had had more than 20 wardens. Ice Breaks Up In Payette Lake MCCALL. Ida.. April 23 (U.R) The ice broke up inayette lake at 5:06 p. m.. yesterday and brought a $550 cash first prize to Jack Chamberlain of Weiser in a renewal of the annual guessing contest. When the break up came, the banks of the lake and the lower streets of McCall were flooded. It was one of the earliest break-ups in history of the con test. The official time for the break up was determined by an electric device placed on two barges in the center of the lake. Second money $200 went to Scandinavian LDS Members to Meet j Scandinavian LDS members residing re-siding in the Provo area are in-jvited in-jvited to attend a meeting called ,for Friday. April 25 at 8 p. m. i in the Provo Seminary building. First South and Third West streets for the purpose of effecting effect-ing an organization. All Swedish, Danish and Norwegian speaking LDS members are invited to be in attendance. Pearl Boydston of Lardo, Idaho. Burt Benson, Boise, won the $100 third money and Harold J. Cox of Meridian will collect 8 like sum for fourth place. 20 Years Ago From the Files of April 23. 1927 j The Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe company announced that a 1 new unit would be built at the i plant to cost $100,000 to enable , the company to double its output. Samuel Jepperson. veteran) Provo artist, was honored by the! 'Provo City and Utah County Art! League at the city and county art i exhibit. An oil painting, an American Amer-ican buffalo, done by Mr. Jep-j person, was unveiled, prior to. being placed in the permanent! exhibit. The sheriff's office reported anj epidemic of petty thievery in! Utah county. The thefts included potatoes, a whole truck load, chickens, fruit trees, eggs. milk, saddles, harness, automobile tires.; 10 Years Ago DUAL OCTANE QUALITY GASOLINE MAKES AMY CAR A BETTER CAR TO DRIVE When Spring is in the air, you feel the urge to get out and away. With AroTane Gasoline in its tank, your car fill feel that urge too, and respond accordingly. For AroTane power is eager, responsive power, smoothly flowing, completely com-pletely knock-free. AroTane is made exclusively exclusive-ly of high-octane components, with a balanced volatility that successfully achieves the full performance per-formance range, from instant starting to long, economical mileage. For the best all around road performance your car is capable of delivering, try a tankful of AroTane today- at your nearby Friendly Associated Dealer's. From the Files Of April 2.1 1937 I Violence flared in the shoe factory strike at Auburn. Maine as the factories tried to re-open after a 28-day strike with the aid of a court injunction prohibiting i picketing. i 5: ' The Boy Stouts were competing compet-ing for honors in a city-wide. ! clean up drive. , Eleven high school bauds were scheduled to play, in a regional, band meet in Provo. "It's all right with me,'' Smith said. "It's a tough spot. I don't blame you for being scared. It'll take a big, man to go up there and stay." Lawes took the job That was in December. 1919. He stayed until July 16, 1941. Lawes was an ardent foe of capital punishment, yet he supervised super-vised more than 300 executions in the 21 years he spent at Sing Sing. Lawes was born at Elmira. N. Y.. Sept. 13. 1883. the son of an employe of the Elmira reformatory. reforma-tory. He began his career in penal work in 1905 when he became a guard in Dannemora prison. Later he was transferred to Clinton prison and Auburn prison, then became chief guard at New Vork state reformatory, overseer at New York state reformatory and superintendent at New Hampton Farms. When Lawes went to Sing Sing. the prison was unkempt and dirty; and rules were not enforced. The whole set-up was a mess because of political juggling. He took it upon himself to enforce a complete new program pro-gram in the prison. Gas guns replaced firearms. Later talking: talk-ing: pictures were installed and radio earphones were put in each cell for prisoners. He formed a prison band and special privileges were granted those earning them. Hikes about the countryside became weekly affairs. Lawes soon won the respect of both prisoners and guards. He took into his confidence many of the inmates and discovered they could be trusted as well as outsiders. out-siders. He appointed prisoners as his personal servants chef, butler, chauffeyr. His three little girls, Crystal. Kathleen and Joan, were entrusted to the care of prisoners. His system paid dividends. A few years later when a movie company wanted to shoot a battle bat-tle scene for a picture near the prison, Lawes gave prisoners permission per-mission to act as soldiers. Each prisoner was given a gun and when the movie company had completed its work, every weapon was returned. Lawes is survived by his second sec-ond wife. Mrs. Elise Chisholm Lawes. whom he married in April, 1939. and three daughters, Mrs. Joan Jacobsen of Garrison; Mrs. Crvstal Douvarjo, Ossining, N. 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