Show death rate of prisoners of war reported dropping NEW YORK N Y john F cotton assistant director of relief to war prisoners service of the american red cross said that fhe death rate among american services men held by the japanese has de dined in the last year cotton told approximately SOU relatives of american war prisoners that 42 of prisoners died in ill eight months at a single camp ia 11 but from august 1943 to august of this year only y 12 2 of ct tha remainder have died he said that the japanese were believed to have american prisoners including civilians and that several thousand still were held in the philippines cotton said saia that medical supplies were limiter limited in m most camps |