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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28

soldiers who had collapsed before the laps could
them They placed them cart and started down
toward san Fernando The Japanese seized them
well the soldiers, who in coma and horsewhpped
them fercely.
"iI0ng the road in the province OF Pampanga there are
many wells alfcrazed with thirst six Filipino soldiers
made a dash for one of the wells All six killed.
As we passed LubaO marched ny "A Filipino soldier
hanging barbed wire fence Late that night
q the fourteenth damned into another bull pen at
Fernando with again To lie down During the
night Japanese soldiers with fixed bayones charged into the
compound To terrorize the prisoners.
Before day light April - marched out and
rs OF packed into small gauge box
The closed and locked Movement impossible.
Many the prisoners suffering from darrhca and
dyscntcy. The heat and stencil unbearabe We all
wondered if we would get out of the box alive.
AT Capz Tarlac taken out and given the
treatment for three hours Then marched Camp
ODonncl. prison camp under construction. surrounded
with barbcd wire and high towers with
pounds of wire On this last leg of the journey the Japanese
permitted the stronger tn carry the weaker,
II made that march Of about 80 miles in six days
kit of rice Other Americans made the march death
in - days without food whatever Much the time,
OF course they given the treatment along the way
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28

into barbed-vire bulpen big enough accommodate 200
We were inside the penno to lie down, human
filth and magsOtS were everywhere.
"Throushout the twelfth introduced to form OF
torture TO be known the sun treatment We
we're the boiling all day long without cover
We had very little thirst intense Many of
crazy and several died The Japanese dragged out
the sick and derous. Three Filipino and three American
soldiers buried while still alive.
thirteenth each of those who survived was given
rice We given another full day OF the sun
treatment nghtia forced To resume our march
We marched until dawn of April H. with one
tv hour when permitted to sit beside the
roadside.
very pace of march itself was torture some
times we go very with the Japanese pacing on
bcyce At forced to shuttle along very
slowly muscles legs began 10 dr" and each step
Iipno civilians help both Filipino and American
food and cgaretS from windows or from
behind houses Those who caught were beaten.
The Japanese had food stores along the roadside \
1 : army colonel pointed of the cans of salmon and
asked for for his japanese officer picked up
can and the colonel in the face with it, cutting his cheek
wide open
"lnother colonel and brave Filipino picked up three
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28

for miar, equipment such caused the death Of
q sergeant in my squadron. the 2lst pursuit
Patients bombed out of nearby hospital halt dazed and
wandering paamaN and slippers were thrown into
marching of prisoners What their fate was do
not know At 10 o'clock that night were forced
our march Tor hours. for no apparent reason
At midnight crowded into enclosure too mar
row An officer asked permission 10 get wafer
and Japanese guard beat him with rifle butt Finally
Japanese permitted ia drink Naier from nearby
carahoa walloW.
Before daylight the NEXT morning, the nth, we were
awakened marched down the road. Japanese trucks
Npeeded by Japanese soldier his rifle from of
passing and knocked American prisoner uncOn
~ciouS beside the road
Through cloud, and bliNtcrne heat marched
entire day without food We allowed To drink dirty
from roadside stream at noon some time later
taken from marching column thrown
automobile and driven of never learned what be
They arrived at of the prison camps
guards repeatedly promised food, but never pro-
The night OF the eleventh again were searched
march resumed Totally done n American and
Filipino prisoners fell frequently and tire" themselves
moaning roadside The stronger not permitted
help the weaker We then would hear shots behind us
O'Clock the morning of April II, they shoocd us
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28

WASHINGTON. Jan. Is IUP'-On April 10 1872 Sow
sral thousands Of American and Filipino prisoners captured
by the japanese Bstaan surrendered began maeam-
norhwsrd of the peninsula what to be known among
survivors the march Of death
The story that tragic march was reyaed To-Day blythe
army and navy their announcement of atrocities Paced
by the japanese on prisoners captured B'taan and Cor
residor Ii was based on statement by IT. Col then
captain William f Dyess Of Albany Tex who subsequently
escaped and was killed when bus tighter plane crashed az
Burbank, Cal
The march Of death began when The prisoners were
herded together Al Mavccs field daylight They
searched and their personal belongings taken away Those who
had japanese money their possession beheaded In
groups Of 500 1000 they were marched away The while
being beaten and slapped by their captors.
Here is Dyess picture Of that march Of death
"A Japanese my cantecn, the water TO
horse and threw the away. We passed Filipino
prisoner of had been bayonecd Men recently killed
were lying along the roadside had been and
hAttened by Japanese trucks
MANY American prisoners forced to act porterS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28

make a 12-day march for SIS
miles 10 work in labor bat
talions.
Those who fell screaming in
agony of approaching death were
beaten with sticks, whipped or
shot If they dared ask for food or
water. Some were run over by
Japanese trucks-deliberately
Men who once weighed 200
pounds shrank 10 90. became hu-
man skeletons. and died by the
hundreds. Diarrhea. dysentery
and beri-beri afflicted almost all
our men.
Because they asked for water,
six Filipinos were shot, one was
diSembowled and others were
bayonetted.
Those who survived the bestial-
ity were herded like cattle into
small enclosures which reeked
with the stencil from the decayinG
bodies OF men they once knew.
In contrast TO the staggering
death toll described by the three
officers, the japanese have re-
ported only 1855 Americans as
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28
3 Buried Alive, Others Beheaded

At least three Americans and three Flhplnos were
buried alive Others beheaded
MANY were given the treatment form of torture
in which they forced to remain under the bserng
sun with covering
A nightmarsh memory to the who escaped was
what the prisoners called the March Of Death With
food water shelter from the they forced to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28
JapS Slaughter
Yank CaptiVeS
CONTINUED from Page Onel

men in the Philippines when the end came at least 100
were dead dying by October of 1912 How many more
have died since problem almost too grsy to consider
for the death toll occasions reached 30 day.
full week after the American defenders OF Cor
regdor surrendered they denied food Then they
ceived meager portions of rice and saTdnes
Many technical men-at least 400 and possibly LOO
were shipped off Japan for slave labor In war factories
in complete defiance of the Geneva Convention prisoner
treatment. to which Japan claims she is abiding.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28

tured British frcightcr and taken
10 the Da>ao penal colony
This time those who fell out
were thrown in trucks and hauled
along
Food was somewhat better, but
In-uTiciently balanced 10 counter
Gct the herl-hcr from which many
prisoners were suffering Oranges
and lemons were abundant there
abou>. bun the japanese would not
allow the prisoners TO have any.
The commandment of the camp
spoke 20 the prisoners thus
You have been used 10
soft. easy life since your cap
mre. All that will he different
here.
WARNED or HARD LABOR
You will learn about hard
labor. Every prisoner will con
tinuc 10 work until he j. ac-
ually ho>pitaliLcd. Punishment
tor malingcring viii he severe,
He made good on his word
When the Ihreo officers escape
from Davao on April ! 1913
oni> 100 of the 1000 prisoners
wore able 10 work
The officers reported thar The
few Red Cross Boxes that reached
thc men caused JOY beyond de-
-.f.r-tr1trr1r7 For surT7r unknown
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28
Tokyo Makes
Own 4 InaE'10S
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could no longer stand
The next morning the three
americans. stripped TO their
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28
FED RICE ONLY

At Camp ODonnell prisoners
had TO stand in line SIX tn-l0
hours for A drink They wore the
same clothing without change for
SIX weeks
Food was almost entirely rice
Twice in two months they re-
ceived enough meat SO. that about
quarter of the prisoners man
aged 10 get a piece an inch square
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-28

having died from disease in the
camps in the Philippines
The army and navy made il
clear that nothing =iH tAe-FePeFt
was hcarSaN that II contained
only facts which the officers re-
lated from their own personal
experience and observations
The three officers were Comdr.
Melvyn II. Mccoy. USN, of IN
dlanapolis now on duty m his
country: 1t Col s NJ Melnlk.
coast artillery, of Dunmore. Pa,
now on duty in the southwest Pa
cific. and the late 1t. Col then
captain William f. DyeSS, air
corps, Of Albany Tex, who was
killed recently in the crash Of a
fighter plane al Burbank. Cal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
Tobacco Stocks Are Below Normal

Boston, Oct. 23 - (U.PO - Fur ther declines in earnings are in prospect for most of the nations tobacco companies despite record production volumes, the United Business Service reported today.
 Rising labor, container and raw material costs plus the small tobacco crops of recent years have added to the difficulties of the industry which has been drawing on inventories in an eqffrot to meet current demand, the UBS said.
 Reserve stocks now average less than two years needs as against a normal holding of at least a three- year supply. With requirements of the armed forces doubling during the past year, the UBS said, manu- lecturers have resorted to rigid civ- ilian rationing - a condition that probably will last through the win- ter.
 The UBS said that the trend of costs is unfavorable from a profits viewpoint even though prices paid tobacco producers this year will be about 6 per cent higher than last year and only slightly below the ale time high of 1919.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
Troops Pound West
 On Konigsberg Fort
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| ports, which appeared to Do pav' Ing the way for tho first major do- feat of the Nazls on German soil the Russian eommuniqueS were confined almost entirely to the Bal kan and Finnish fronts,
 one Moscow announcement said that tho Red Army's Arctic forces had reached tho Norwegian border on on 90-nile front after sweeping through Finland's rich nickel mines and struck within three miles oi the key German base of KirkeneB,
 In the Balkans, Soviet treopl drove 10 miles through northeastern Hungary to bring the Russian lines within 40 miles Of the rail center of Uzhorod in C1eehoSleVAkia. The rapid Russian advance threatened to cut of thousands of German troops in c 7,000.nlile pocket of southeastern CZeehosieVakia and Pennsylvania,
 Russian Drive
 The Russian drive Bouthward through Finland already had ears ried % miles from Petsamo and the Germans indicated that Soviet forces might have started an Of. fensiVe across tho frozen frontier into Norway. The enemy reports were partially suhstantlated by the Moscow announcement that Admiral A. G. doioVkos northern fleet had struck into VaFanger Fjord and sank Ave German ships, including two transports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
Nipponese Flee Palo
 Big E.. Coast Stronghold
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swarmed ashore Friday, Its 0,0000 foot runways were in bad condition, front dispatches said, but hulldoEerS already were dwelling and grading it.
 Approach San Pablo
 At the southern end of the front Major General Archibald V. Arn. odds 7th Infantry Division of the 24th Army Corps at last reports waa approaching San Pablo, [ i.2 miles inland from the coastal town ol Dulag, in c drive toward Burauren 2 Ia miles farther west and term. mus of an inland road,
 United Press War Correspondent William Wilson reported from the front that the Americans had caps tured vast booty, including bicycles machine-guns, rifles and other abaii. doned supplies. especially neal Dulag and It's adjacent ariheid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
Grand mother Meets Baby
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ASOHbhldt6 AEOEH EhBV ~
 - normal life would never Do jeepar. diZed, but his grandmother inAdVers tently lot the secret out in her home town.
 Mrs, Maloney was proud of her son, It Kenneth Maloney, who died in Q plane crash after i0i missions over Europe. She was proud of the girl who comforted him, loved him and would have been his wife. And she was proud of theis son, Q laugh- ing, chubby ,blueeyed, light-haired fellow who weighed IT pounds when stripped down to his three. e.cornered britches for Q routine medical eX- animation after he arrived last night,
 u. Maloney had told his parents of his love for the young British girl. and his plans for their future,
 Barry's mother died in childbirth. Her parents cared for the child un- til both of them, and every person in the house except young Barry, were killed when bomb plummeted out of the sky.
 He had no other relatives in Eng land. The British Red Gross asked the American Red Cross to find his fathers family.
 It. Maloney's parents, when noti- fled, immediately requested that the child be sent to them. Army offi- cials said they had no regulations to govern the situation, That was when the commander in chief stepped in.
 An Army nurse, g It, Evelyn Anderson, was assigned to take care of him. His departure was delayed for 0 day because his passport was misplaced in the excitement.
 Excitement
 Everyone has been excited except Barry.
 "Tie made the S,oOo-mile trip like veteran" said nurse Anderson.
 pr. Samuel Noto, flight surgeon at Laauardia field, pronounced the boy physically fit, and he was turn- ed over to two representatives of the Red Cross last night, who, after deciding which one would hold him and which would drive the auto- mobile whisked him away to head quarters to the home service unit of the New York chapter.
 His grandmother arrived by train to take over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
Meonest Men Operate

(Continued from Page D
 skates, metal wagons, automobiles, sidewalks bicycles, electric or spring powered trains, metal construction sets, doll buggies, and other toys made of metal have been manu- factured for almost three years. Efforts of manufacturers to make "big" presents of wood and other permissible materials admittedly have been inadequate though they have provided an abundance ot small" presents,
 Bootleg Toys
 "There obviously is a black market in toys',' the manager of the toy department of one of the casts largest and most reputable retail establishments said. Children will be deprived of the available second hand movable toys this Christmas because of prohibitive prices. It's Q terrible thing and we all know about 1t, but I suppose there is nothing we can do as long as people are willing to pay outlandish prices to give junior Q trike-if they can af- ford it.
 This merchant showed his pre.war books, His stock of tricycles was complete and the very best one sold for S20.o4 in the large size, but he had others that also were chain. driven with coaster brakes, pneu. matic tires, and electric light and horn for S27.60. Ordinary trtcycles sold for s4.e6 to sT.oe, according to size. Doll buggies averaged around ei0 and he sold Q Ire truck with head and tail lights for e6eo.
 These prices are dwavted by those being asked in the black markets.
 Small Cycle shops
 In New York all the metal toys completely absent in the legitimate retail trade were for sale In prac- ticaliy any of the many small cycle shops. There was Q chain driven tricycle. in good condition but well used for 460 in one shop and other had Q collection of them in no better condition priced from $50 to 475. Direct pedal.drlve tri- cycles ranged from e22 to e40 and those priced at less than es0 were old and wobhly. Doll carriages, aFa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23


 Dec. {; Utah. Nov. 27 and WaShs ington, Nov, 27.
 Military authorities arc making every effort to get the vote in early Soldier ballots take precedence over oil males except two kinds classified as secret. However, the exigencies of war may cause delay from some areas.
 Two big states, either of which could prove to be the key to victory in the eiections-California and PennsylVania-are among the group with the latest Headlines for the soldier vote. It is estimated that i76,000 California service men and women have received absentee hal- lots. In that state civilian absentee ballots may be counted through Nov i3, but soldier votes can be accepted through Nov. 24. There are some 500,000 armed service ballots out from Pennsylvania. If o close con- test develops in either or both of these states, the soldier tally will decide which candidate gets their sizeable bloc of eiectrocal votes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23

(Continued from Page D and it srelation to present and post war crime problems. Several nation- ally recognized authorities in the field of juvenile delinquency ap- peared before the classes including Dr. Arthur L. Beeley of the Depart ment of Sociology. University of Utah; Dr. Augusta Bronner and Dr. William Healy of the Judge Baker Guidance Center, Boston, Massa- chusetts: Associate Justice Matthew Mcclure, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Washington, D. O.: c. Hcwlano Shaw, assistant secretary of state: Dr, joseph R. Sizoo. Collegiate church of Saint Nicholas, New York city: and Rev. F. A. Walsh, S. J., of Georgetown university, Washing ton, D. c.
 The FBI National Academy stafi includes a number Of visiting iectsir. efs an Of whom are leading author. lfies in various law enforcement and educational institutions throughout faie country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23

from the southeast where Soviet troops reached tho doldap area after swarming across the Reminten heath, just north fthe suwalk triangle,
 German Admission
 NazI transeeean agency reports admitted the Russians "aehieVee some rather deep penetratiens, dc. spite tenacious German rosistanee''
 German eeunterattaeks were being mounted in south of dumblnnen in on effort to cut off the Red army
 pNB News Agency reports de- Eerihed house to house fighting III doldap and said LuftWaffe uhltt were supporting the WehFmaeht with lowsleVel strafing attaeks'
 Just north of the East Pfussiah battle-ground Soviet troops were driving the Germans back on their Memel perimeter defenses and SoV' let Warships were said to Dc plying freely in the central Baltic, menace Ing German sea communications with Sweden.
 On tho for northern front Soviet forces stood ct the Norwegian frontier from the Barents Sea to Lake KuetsjaerVi, knocking the German Lapland division across the border and threatening the German Arctic base of Kirkenes, German reports admitted the Russians were threatening to cut of Kirkenes'
 Soviet wRrships were operating n tho Norwegian fjeFdS where they sunk five enemy ships in tho Var- anger area, preparatory to possible amphibious operations.
 Tn Hungary the Red Army had established Q wide front along the Danube southwest from sgeged to sombor in JugoslavlR and there were reports of growing diSturhanees and unrest in Hungary.
 The Nazi high command said there was fighting on both sides Of Tilsit and admitted that Soviet troops were pursuing" German forces Into the area, which was only 30 miles northeast of Konigsberg, capital of East Prussia,
 (Radio Atlantic, according to NEG, said Soviet and German troops were fighting in the streets of Tiisit and dumbinnen, near the Lithuanian border, and predicted that the fall of the two Nazi strong holds was imminent.
 (The broadcast also reported that civilians were fleeing from Inster. burg and that roads in the area were blocked by crowds Of tho city's inhabitantS)
 German TranSocean News Agency in Q broadcast from Berlin, reported that fierce fighting was raging or both sides of Rominten Forest, Il also said that Soviet tanks spear heads had nearly reached the toWr of dedap, @ miles inside Eas Prussia, and Gumbinen, Il milei east of Insterburg.
 NIemen River
 Berlin radio said Soviet forces had reached the north bank of thC NIemen river and it's reference tC fighting "at Tilsit", indicated that the Russians may already have crossed the river and broken intC the town.
 Despite the repeated enemy re.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23

 eFlt nlidwlstern tour, COP leaders in those states have been urging him to make appearances at Cleveland and Detroit.
 If he doesn't stop in those states this week about the only free time remaining botWeun now and election day would be between his Boston speech Nov 1 and his Madison Square Garden Appearance at New York on Nov. 4,-Eastern leaders are hoping he will use that time to campaign in Connecticut and New Jersey.
 President Roosevelt carried Ohio in s040 by margin of 10000 votes and the late Wendell L, Wilklie, the Republican nominee, Wonr Michigan by Q margin oi 1918,
 pOWey spent most of Sunday working on his Minneapolis and Chl- cago speeches. Although neither of them Is yet in final form, he is expected to discuss this postwar in Of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-23
Senator Bon Out For FDR

Washington, Oct. g - U.P) - Oisgegarding possible censure by his own party, Minnesota's 38-year-old Republican Senator, Joseph II. Ball, today will call for the reelection Of President Roosevelt.
 The liberal Republican legislator, lt was learned, will tell press cor- ference today that MT. Roosevelt's declarations on foreign policy indi- cate he is better prepared than Gov- ernor Thomas E. Dewey, the Repub- lican nominee, to guide the nation along the road to permanent peace.
 Hall was said to have reached his decision after listening to the for- eian policy speeches that the two candidates delivered last week - Dewey before the New York Herald Tribune Forum on Wednesday and Mr. Roosevelt before the Foreign Policy Association in New York on Saturday night. ...
 Ik was emphasized that Ball will not in any sense renounce his party he is and will remain Repubi- can in principle and foe of what he calls bureaucratic bungling on the home front by the Rosevelto Ad- minIstration.
 Nali has said Q strong, forward ,coking foreign policy, calling for wfHerous U. 6. participation in a WnEId peace organization, trans csn6s domestic Issues in this elec- iIo1.
 EalI.g decision prompted specula- s.on as Co what effect it might have sn Ihe presidential race in his home 'lnle Of 1flnnesota which casts Fl '|s1toraI votes and which. according |r many polls. is nov leaning toward It8ev. The Republican nominee me |t1.s Mfnnesota tomorrow ana
 |.s fIo fs scheduled to alseue
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