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Show IPAPADES SPECIAL r Intelligence Report Ikjm snail. . . .And there's more that boys are made of, Scouts: Sleeping under the stars. ..and studying they're them. Building campfires. . .and careers. Learning first aid for snakebite in the woods... and rat bites in the city. Making dinner... making friends... making something of themselves. lore of knots and Scouting today combines all the an environmental-sciencnature study with modem ideas-li- ke merit badge. Or like courses for young men and women out of high school and out of work. New programs bring Scouting to youth who are physically handicapped, mentally retarded, or emotionally disturbed. Yet what's unchanged are Scouting 's goals: to develop character, fitness, and citizenship. That's why we're happy to support the Boy Scouts (and the Girl Scouts, too, among many other worthy causes). if e Trash it. To a Scout, that doesn't mean vandalism, but cleanup projects to keep the outdoors great. Since we care for the environment, too, our Mobil Chemical Company donated 1.5 million sturdy plastic Hefty bags to the Boy Scouts Save Our American Resources" program last spring, h was the largest single corporate contribution ever made to that program-enou- gh pile of trash stretching several inches deep from bags to collect a yard-wid- e Chicago to Orlando. Scouts used the bags for litter, landscaping, storing fish in a contest for the handicapped. . .even "harvesting" gypsy-mot- h cocoons. cently, however, the Japanese horrors have not in part because the U.S., in a shameful conspiracy of silence with the Japanese, agreed to protect the guilty. The silence has been broken periodically in Japan since 1975, w hen Haruko Yoshinaga. a film producer, tracked dow n 35 of those in- attendant poses at shed where remains of human guinea pigs are stored for the winter Unit 731 and Japanese Red Cross nurses, all under the command of Maj. Shiro Ishii. A surgeon and graduate of Kyoto University, Ishii had initially talked his superiors into letting him organize a germ w arfare center at the Harbin Military Hospital. Unit 731 cultured the in icy water at -- 40F. Their frozen limbs were germs causing typhus, typhoid, anthrax, cholera. plague, salmonella, tetanus, botulism, gas gangrene, smallpox, tu- Herding infected prisoners into gas chambers . then dissecting them to determine the progress berculosis and tick encephalitis. These bacteria w ere later injected into 3000 Chinese. Korean and Russian prisoners of war and possibly some American. British and Do your good turn. Scouts thrive in field and forest, but what about boys on city streets? Will they join gangs, or Scout troops? Shirolshii, commander ofJapanese death camp In New York City, for example, five out of six Scouting-ag- e boys are not yet Scouts; many want to be, but often theres no nearby troop to Information Act and published their findings. In 1937. it has been revealed, the Japanese high command ordered the construction of the world's first major biological warfare complex. 40 miles south of Harbin. Manchuria, in the village of Pingfan. Code-name- d Unit 731. it consisted of 3000 soldiers, scientists join. City or country, theres always a need for adult help. So get involved yourself: Volunteer your own time. Get your business, union, house of worship or other groups to sponsor a troop, or donate equipment, or provide a meeting place. With your help. Scouting can continue to carry out its challenge: "Be prepared." Its a fact: For more information on how to help, contact your local Scout Council, or write to: Boy Scouts of America. 1325 Walnut Hill Lane, Irving. Texas 75062 Mobil Australian POWs. The grotesque experiments included: Infecting w omen prisoners with syphilis. having them impregnated by male prisoners, then dissecting the live babies and mothers. Draining the blood from prisoners' veins and substituting horse blood. Exploding gas gangrene bombs next to prisoners tied to stakes. Immersing prisoners PAGE 10 CtxTxxstio r 1982 barities have been exposed and chronicled over the years. Until re- . 1007 0962 Mot' cmm( wwr pwnn. J units. Which is where you could come in. The average family uses more than 25 packages of bags a year, and buying these from a Scout would mean a thrifty $12.50 profit for his troop. .and a bonus "Hefty Scout Buck" good toward uniforms and store coupon. supplies. With each package of bags, you'll also get a N Y N War II. the Germans and the Japanese committed some of the most frightful atrocities in history. The German bar- Hefty and thrifty. Since Scouts are encouraged to earn money to help pay troop expenses, many are now selling Hefty bags that were wholesaling to participating iinm racrtts "In World "Are you through with this?" ni.HH Pr4t Near It Can Be Told volved. Subsequently. Japanese and American writers have demanded information from the Pentagon under provisions of the Freedom of Box A. Mo04 Oil Corpcxon. 150 East 42 Stiaat. New Yom. ftcwved. By Llovd Shearer Snip and job-traini- l fotaaw OCTOBER then soaked in hot w ater. whereupon the tissue crumbled and the limbs were amputated. These experiments were designed to produce information on frostbite. Exposing prisoners to until they died. X-ra- of theirvarious diseases. Vivisecting prisoners to compile data on the human endurance of pain. In August 1945. w hen Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan, many of the enlisted men in Unit 731 were so fearful of retribution by the Russians and Americans that they swallowed cyanide pills at a Manchurian railroad station. Others who preferred to live swore a lifelong vow to secrecy. At w ar's end. however. U.S. military intelligence gleaned hints of these heinous experiments and began a search for Shiro Ishii. by then a lieutenant general. 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