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features and in the shriveled limbs of these victims
of slow starvation and of neglected disease.
: DR.. Hirshberg notes that physician, looking
at the pictures this page not only can diagnose
the dsfguring physical maladies which the suffer
ers incurred-a medical man also understands at
practiced glance the mental Affections which
have been visited upon war prisoners in Japan and
from which even these survivors of that Asiatic
ordeal will never again be freed.
They REMEMBER. Their very appearance
tells that THEY REMEMBER
They remember their own utter miseries, Of
course.
No civilized human being could FORGET
such soul-searing experiences.
But likewise, they remember those who have
DIED in japanese captivity-and even more, they
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means, and especially through the good offices
of our Ally and Japans friend, Soviet Russia, to
obtain the prompt release Of ALL our war pri-
soners
Second, this war in the Pacific is our most
fnenacing war.
Our enemy in the Pacific is actually and poten-
italy our most formidable enemy.
We as nation have, but Generals Macarthur
and Stilwel and Admiras Nimitz and Halsey have
not, the overpowering strength to beat Japan down.
Let those Commanders be given the forces they
need
And let the blood and tears Of the Americans
who have persisted in Japanese dungeons and con-
centration camps be cancelled by the blood and
thunder of victorious battles in which the ruthless
threat of japanese aggression shall fall.
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diScolored skin, shrunken lips.
hollow cheeks and so on.
A final instance Of Japanese
brutality was cited by the
Brauns after their rescue. The
Rev. Lorenzo Mey. German
Catholic priest. had been
wounded in the Hollandia at
tack. Gangrene set in and
leg amputation was imperative.
The Japanese would give him no
attention, but, reluctantly. they
finally furnished DR.. Braun with
a quarter-grain Of novocaine 10
use as an anaesthetic.
With this, and a crude car
penter'S saw. DR.. Braun success
fully performed the operation.
his wife acting as assistant.
FARE OF RICE.
The Rev. John f. Perdue,
missionary from Chicago, is an
other example of jap inhu-
mainly. He was in the notorious
Stanley Camp at Hong Kong
for six months. living on a daily
fare of rice and hot water. When
he reached New York on the
exchange liner Gripsholm ne
had to be carried off and hos
pitalized. He was so weak and
emaciated he couldn't walk.
John B. Powell. editor of the
China Weekly Review at Shang-
hal, will bear a constant re-
minder Of the Jap TO the grave.
For Powell lost all 10 toes by
amputation as a result Of the
misery inflicted by the enemy.
He shrank from 100 pounds to
rs pounds before he reached New
York by exchange liner. He
said:
II contracted pellagra after
months in vermin Ainfcsted
prisons. We had no heat I'm
Winter and they took our
shoes. guess my feet must
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according to the sworn word OF
escaped officers. American SOL
diers. sailors and Marines were
dying at the rate Of so a, day.
The toll among Filipinos was
500.
II is not a pretty future for
our people in the prison camps
Of the Jap-even for those who
live.
Fortunately. doctors know
more today than in the past
about treating privation dis
eases.
Medical science will undoubt-
edly restore to comparative
health many who, few decades
ago. would have emerged from
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hardly ever provides II. The
Rev. Perdue told. upon his re-
turn. how once 400 persons had
an allowance OF 40 pounds Of
horse-meat--a fraction more
than an ounce and a half per
person.
Escaped soldiers told how they
were refused fresh fruit at an
internment camp even though
oranges grew close by in abund-
ance.
Even men in the armed serv-
ices, hardened 10 privation and
buttressed by the residence OF
youth. cannot bear up under the
starvation diet. Soon after the
fall Of Bataan and Corregidor.
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prison camps as hopeless in
valids.
But there will be few who will
completely overcome the physi-
illogical or psychological damage
done. a
In this connection. there 10
one factor that cannot De over
stressed. That is the Importance
Of obtaining the release Of jap
held prisoners AZ the earliest
poSsibl emoment
For every day that our un-
fortunate captive citizens are
subjected to Jap neglect and ill-
treatment lessons their chances
OF ultimately regainins a nor
nal state OF health.
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japanese captivity Is plainly
evident in the appearance Of
prisoners who thus far have
been set free through exchange
or by the recapture OF Japanese
held territory.
To the trained eye OF the
physician. pictures Of nearly all
these victims show plainly the
ravaging effects Of famine. dis
case. and unbearable mental
torture.
BOTH STARVED.
Particularly striking was the
appearance OF the Rev. DR..
Theodore Braun and Mrs. Braun.
formerly OF Hosmer, S. D.,
Lutheran medical missionaries
who we're rescued when General
McArthur'S troops recaptured
Hollandia.
The pair had been in q prison
camp since the start Of the war.
and were being transferred by
ship to Hollandia when the
American attack OF the Jap
held island occurred.
Generally speaking. any enc
my gives extra consideration to
phySician-m missionaries. not only
on the ground that they are
non-combatants. but because
doctors are always useful.
However. both Or. Braun and
his wife had been starved to the
point where they were typical
advanced starvation cases -
sunken eres, projecting bones,
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have been frozen and then
gangrene set In. couldn't
convince them I was suffer
ing. The doctor would look
at me and laugh"
CRIPPLED FOR LIFE.
Pellagra is only one OF the
vicious diseases breeding in the
prison camps because OF Jap
abuse and neglect. The captives
are on starvation diets. which
leave them crippled for life-if
they are lucky enough TO sur
Vive.
The Brauns, Perdue. Powell
and hundreds more - are
people past the vigor of youth.
The meagre food leaves them
helpless to win over disease.
Rice, virtually the only ration.
provides only starch for the
body. none of the vitamins re-
CURED TO sustain health.
DISEASE RAMPANT.
Some 10000 civilians, besides
10000 men Of the armed serv-
ices, are prisoners Of the Jap.
There is no telling how many
or how few--will live through
the horror until the day of de-
hverance-or. II they do. with
what battered bodies and brain.
The joint Army-Navy report on
the aftermath Of Bataan and
Corregidor. released last jan
uary. estimated that 100
prisoners Of war already had
persisted.
Disease is widespread in the
crowded, filthy prison camps.
Hundreds are the prey OF wet
beri-beri. in which the feet.
ankles and head swell 10 twice
normal size, dry beri-beri. dys-
entery. diarrhea. malaria. sour
w, diphtheria, yellow Jaundice.
dengue fever and tuberculosis
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lIlblduC6S VI NOl LNlE, stdA NabAOii
and wanton neglect.
But only medical men realize
the extent to which the after
effect OF these frightful expert
ences will cling to the victims
throughout their lives.
JAP BRUTALITY.
Congressional agencies are
now belatedly seeking a means
By which the thousands OF Amer
leans in Jap prisons can be res
cued before they have Joined the
other thousands who. because Of
Jap cruelty. are already beyond
human aid.
But 10 is safe 10 say that even
of the prisoners who survive,
The vast majority will bear the
mark OF Jap brutality TO their
dying day.
The lives OF nearly all will be
materially shortened. Others will
suffer permanently from neu-
rotic ills--a natural conSe-
quence Of prolonged subsection
to privation and terror.
MEDICAL PROBLEM.
This will be particularly true
OF persons near or past middle
age, when the human body is no
longer capable Of rallying from
unaccustomed hardShips.
In fact. one OF the problems
OF medical science in coming
years will be the moral and
physical rehabilitation of these
unfortunate Americans.
Even 10 a non-medical OBJ
server. the narrowing effects Of
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BY LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG
ABB. MA, MD. Uohns Hopkins University
Universal Service

For months the world has been hearing OF frightfu
japanese atrocities visited upon soldier and civilian prisoners
of war-ruthess violations of international codebarbarouS
In, n
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05

Umeni beg rozletu.

New York (CTK) = Praz-
sky tydenn1k "Pestry tyden" u
veTejnil We SVEN elsie z Is. led
ma t. r. zajfmavy clanek O dnes-
MIN ceskem divadle. V tonic
clanku Sc prav1 mimo jine:
"Divadlo je um6n1 velmi zavis-
lie ma politickych a duchovnich
pomerech dolby. Divadelnl svet
.je> v krisi. Dnesn1 divadelnl
basnik must Sc vyhybat .mnoha
namet1m z oehldu ma dobu, v
nfz zijeme, a i jinak jeho roz-
let je omezen. Krone toho je-
ste stara Skola naSich dramatic
kych spisovatelG Sc skoro zcela
odmlcela. Mladsf generace jen
zvolna naleza sv6 formy a roz-
let -"
Tyto poznamky 81 zasluhuji
pozornosti. Je hodno pozoru,
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05
VIVA Csl. delnictvu.

Londyn (CTK) - Clenov6
Statnf rady Hala, Nosek, Pc
truscak, Valo, David, Fuerth,
Uhllf, Bechyne, Caplovic, Laus-
man a Pacal, kterf zastupuj1
d%elnictvo Ceskoslovenska, Wy
dali spolecne provolan1 k 1.
kvetnu, j1mz vyzyvajf vsechny
delniky, zamestnavatele a roll
Milky k 1casti jednotne bojo-
We fronte. V provolanf Sc pra-
vi: "Zabrante Nemcnm v opra-
vach skod, jez jim pGsobf Ru-
ola armada a Spojenci ma "a
pade. Zastavte toc1c1 sc kola
tovaren, dold a vozidel. Orga-
nisujte davove stavky. Opustte
d1lny. Chopte Sc zbranf a FAC
nete s cistenlm nasf vlasti cd
nemeckych a madarskych We
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05

cd studentskych dob. PTipom-
mel dlouh6 d6jiny ceskosloven-
sko-francouzskych vztah6 a dG
vernon spolupraci pc roce 1918
President Benes take vyslo-
vii svou pevnou v1ru, re nova
Francie generala de Gaulla, je-
hoz jmeno zGstane navzdy spo-
jeno S dejinami teto valky, zno-
WI zaujme svoje m1sto v slavne
tradici Velke Revoluce. Ces-
koslovensko zGstalo vzdy To-
yalnf Francii a cd cervna 1910
nepfestalo zdGraznovat, re
Francie must byt mezi evrop-
skymi velmocemi. DR.. Benes
dale prohlasil, re jsme byli
vzdy pTesvedceni, re Francie
Sc znovu zrod1 a ocist1. Bude
v1tezna a znovu zaujme cestne
mfsto, jez j patti v dejinach
Evropy a sv6ta.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05
"Protektotratnf" pivovary.

New York (CTK) - der
Neue Tag" uveFejnil vyhlasku,
jfz Sc upravuje uz1van1 nazvu
"Protektoratnf pivovar". Jeli-
koz pry tohoto jmena bylo po-
uzfvano jak pTi oznacovan1 pi-
vovarG ma 1zem1 "Protektora-
tu", tax i pro podniky nal6za-
jfcf sc v majetku nebo sprave
"protektoratnfch" 1Tad1 docha
zelo k cetnym zamenam. Ma
dale tedy budou pouze pivova-
ry rfzen6 jmenem protektorat-
nj vlady Generaln1m Teditel-
Swim zamedelskych podnikd a
prGmyslG resp. i pivovary pach
tovane neb ospravovane "Pro-
tektoratem" uzfvat tohoto ma
zvu, kdzeto ostatn1 budou ma
zvany "%pivovary cesko-morav-
ske".
Do kter6 z t6chto kategorif
asi patti nyni Mestansky pivo-
var v Plzni, ktery Sc Poole ne
davno doslych zprav pry ocitl
j S celym mnohamilionovym ma
ietkem V rukou rodiny pana
"von" Ribbentropa?
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05
Cibule jest vzacna i " Anglii.

Cibule jest vzacna i Anglii.
Pred nedavnem ministerstvo
pro zasobovanf lidu v Anglii O.
znamilo, re v pTistave pFistala
LODI, jez pfivezla naklad Spaniel
ske cibule. Byla to prvni zasil-
ka cibule do Angle v minulych
dvou letech. Cibule byla v An
gill velkou vzacnost1 take BY
vala drazena "a velke peniZe
pri rGznych podnicfch We pros
p6ch vselijakych dobrocinnych
1cel1. Podobne bylo ozname-
no obyvatelstvu v Anglii, re MI
re nyni ocekavat naklady CT
tron1 re Sicilie.
Tato zm1nena prvnf zasilka
cibule a citron1 byla zaslana
do Skotska, severnf Angle a
severn1ho Irska, kde Tide po-
stradali tyto pfedm6ty pc dlou-
ny cas-. Poole prfdeloveho zpu-
sobu zmfnena prvni zasilka CT
bule byla rozdelena mezi oby-
vatelstvo tax, re ma kazdeho
jednotlivce pripadla asi libra
cibule a tretina libry citronu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05
Hitlerovy narozeniny
" "Protektorate"

New York (CTK)-Rozhlas
V "Protektorat6" Sc ovsem mu-
sill zabyvat narozeninami ely
rera" a ujistoval no "v6rnostf a
oddanostf" ceskeho lidu. Ale
lepe nez vsechny Teci vystihuje
skutecny stav zprava prazske-
no rozhlasu, re Hitlerovy ma
rozeniny byly "oslaveny" pTf-
sahou a "slavnostn1m zapoje-
finn" mladeze rocnfku 1884 do
nucene prace.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05

jez ctil pc cely svdj zivot, jiz
re "Pestry tyden" p1se takto
kriticky O ceskem divadle pra-
We v dob6, kdy quislingovsky
fisk ma Slovensku 81 nepfestava
narfkat ma slovenske spisovate-
lie a basniky, re schovavaj1 sva
literarnf dfla We svych zasuv-
kach a re cekaj1 ma dobu, az
budou moci Ease svobodne psat.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05
BeneS o Francii.

Londyn (CTK) = President
DIR. Benes byl hostem Alliance
Franchise v Londyne Is. dub
ma. Byl pTiv1tan diplomatic
kym zastupcem u ceskosloven-
ske vlady Deheanem. Presi-
dent Benes odpovedel ma privl-
TAM a vyslovil svIj obdiv fran
couzskemu duchu a kultuTe,
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-05-05

tfelcG. Znemozn6te 1mysI ne
pT1tele nicit vSechno."
V prohlasenf Sc navrhuje, a.
by vsichni d6lnfci sc sjednotili
kolem tajnych dflenskych a rol
nickych vybor1 a ably pine pod
porovali m1stn1 narodnf vybo-
ry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
YAp ISLAND
 HAMMERED
 BY B0kBER5

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS IN NEW UINEA June 28. Heavy bombers from southwest bases, ranging almost l. GOO miles over the water, hammered Yap Island in the northern Caro- lines with 35 tons of bombs.
 This bombing is the newest sweer in support of the Marianas cam paign and the third raid on Yar within a week.
 Thirty enemy planes rose to the islands defense, the strongest in- terception encountered, and a 30- minute furious air battle took place Eight enemy craft were shot down and three probably destroyed. One Liberator was lost.
 The bombs dropped damaged run was, revetments and installations.
 Liberators on a night patrol also bombed Palau and Woleai, both ir the Carolines.
 One Liberator destroyed 3,500- ton Jap freighter off Boerce Island west of New Guinea, and three other merchantmen were damaged.
 Japanese planes dropped ten tons of bombs on Mokmer airdrome or Biak Island but caused only minor damage and no casualties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
OLD GLORY TO BE RAISED IN
 REICH AGAIN

LONDON, June 28. = Maj. Gen. Raymond I. Barton, Commander of the Fourth Infantry Division, which helped to take Cherbourg, is going back to Germany in this war to re- hoist the Stars and Stripes he haul ed down as Commander of the last United States troops to leave the Reich in World War I.
 The Colorado born professional soldier grew up in Indian Territory, and had under his command the same two infantry companies which he led out of Germany January B 1923.
 Barton, major back in 1923, re- called the flag lowering ceremony as he prepared to jump the channel on the eve of D-Day.
 T hope to parade the same two companies and plant the same flag over the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein across the Moselle from Coblenz. Barton said, that flag has rested in the Secretary of Wars office since the last war and I hope I can borrow it for the occasion"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
FINLAND IN
 NAz|HANDS
 COMPLETELY
Government Hands Litile Nation Over 10 Germans
 After Pressure

STOCKHOLM, June 28.-Finland has been handed over to Germany by it's leaders without parliament- ary approval, and is swarming with German troops.
 All pretentions of that country fighting a separate war with Rus sia ended as the capital resounded with songs of German regulars and s. s. guards. Some Germans have reported already at the front to bolster Finnish defenses which are crumbling before the Russian on- slaught.
 Eyewitnesses who left Helsinki yesterday, said that President Ryti, Premier Linkomies, and Finance Minister Tanner submitted to Nazi pressure after a series of meetings with von Ribbentrop, Field Mar shal Keitcl, and Gen. Alfred JodL
 Finland's government announced officially last night that von Rib- bentrop had answered an appeal to help with troops, and proclaim- ed perfect understanding had been reached between the two countries, dispatches said. The alienment is So complete thatt t henceforth the Finnish communi- que is to be part of the German communique.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
Henriot Is vittin1 of
 Assassins
French CoIIaborafionisf Is Killed by Group of
 Patriots

LONDON, June 28-Philippe Henriot, Vichy Minister of Infor- mation and Propaganda, was as- sassinated last night in Paris by Is or 20 uniformed men who forced their way into his bedroom.
 The Axis radios said that he yas apparently the victim of French patriots.
 Henriot is the most important collaborationist yet to fall The Berlin agencies first broadcast re- ports of the assassination, and a short time later Pierre Laval, Vichy Chief of State, took the air and declared that Henriot was 'ani- mated only by patriotism. He fell this morning a hero"
 The German agency Transocean declared it is not possible to as certain whether the killers were dressed in the uniform of the militia or of the police" DINE declared flatly that the assassins were masquerading as members of the Vichy militia. Berlin failed to mention whether any of the assass- ins were captured, but there is a strong indication that they got away
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
PLATFORM
 OF cop IS
 GIVEN 0kEH

CHICAGO, June 28. Gov Thomas E. Dewey, apparently holds the key to the question of whether Wendell Willkie and others will go along on the Republican platform of cooperation to prevent future wars by use of peace forces" in ruling out the entry for world state"
 The party's prospective presi- dential nominee is expected to amp lify in his acceptance speech the postwar and foreign blanks, which were shoutingly approved by the delegates last night, but sharply criticized by Willkie and group of Is Republican Governors.
 On domestic issues. the platform promised the party would devote itself to ''reestablishing of liberty at home" providing stable employ ment by encouraging private en- terprise freed of government com petition and detailed regulations.
 The platform continued, -Four more years of the New Deal policy would centralize all power in the President, and would daily subject every act of every citizen to reg ulation by his henchmen.
 No problems exist which cannot be solved by American methods, and we do not need either Commun- istic or Fascist technique"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
NEW 5E(Y. OF ALASKA HERE; TO TAKE OATH

Llewellyn (Lew) M Williams, who was nominated by President Roosevelt on June g to be Sec retary of Alaska, and was then Iconfirmed by the Senate several hours later, arrived in Juneau to- day and will take his oath of office probably tomorrow.
 Williams has resigned as Post
 master at Wrangell, but will not
 assume his new duties as Secre- tary of Alaska until his successor
 has been appointed and installed,
 which will probably be about the middle of July.
 Williams was today meeting his Io old friends in Juneau. made dur ing the several years he was editor- ial writer on The Empire, and
 previous to going to Wrangell, where he purchased and became Editor and Publisher of the Wran- tgell Sentinel.
 1 Tomorrow, at the Chamber Of
 Commerce meeting and luncheon,
 Williams will be the principal speaker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
DESPERATE FIGHT NOW
 ON 5AIpAN

PEARL HARBOR, June 28.-A bitter struggle rages on Saipan, key of the Marianas Islands, at it's capital city of Garapan, heightened by Japanese resistance, and indi- eating an ail-out infantry battle may be at hand.
 Front line dispatches picture des- perate street fighting at Garapan, where Marines and infantry hold the southern outskirts of the town.
 Patrols, cautiously probing the city, met fire from Japanese snipers and machine gunners from every house, cellar and hideout.
 Every street and alley is filtered with dead and the town is piled high with wreckage.
 A dispatch from Howard Handle man, representing the combined American press, said it appears the American invaders have reached the sector where the enemy select cd the last ditch of defense.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
Tank Battles Raging on Normandy Field.
Elaborate German Fort, 5totked with Supplies,
 In Hands of Americans

Der were intricate an damazing in stallations.
 The main tunnel is 200 yards deep and 30 feet high, and off this main tunnel are other rooms of the same height and depth.
 Overhead is a crane, electrically powered, for moving heavy weapons and ammunition.
 An electic light system was found along with telephones, ventilators and water mains.
 The tunnels entered so far are filtered with clothing and equipment for the fortress defenders.
 Doubledecked hunks are along the sides of most of the tunnels.
 Personal belongings oi the men are strewn in disarray. Some of the belongings were wrapped and addressed to friends in Germany but the men were caught before the packages could be sent.
 The packages contained silks. satins, cigars, tins of food and trinkets.
 The main corridor walls are stack ed high with boxes containing radios, lotions, soaps, matches, cigarettes, chewing gum. playing cards, tooth paste, shaving creams, and razor blades.
 Much of these stores will be a blessing to the American troops, now short of items available inside Fort Duroule.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
U. 5. AMBASSADOR
 ARMOUR RECALLED
 FROM ARGENTINA

WASHINGTON, June 28. - The State Department announces Am erican Ambassador Norman Armour has been recalled from Buenos Aires flor consultation" this move hit ting sharply at the militarist gov ernment in Argentina.
 The United States and all but three American republics have re- fused to recognize the regime ol Gen. Edelmrio Farrell since he es- tablished a revolution four months ago.
 Ambassador Armour remained ir Buenos Aires presumably in hopes Farrell might take moves of bring ing his country in line with the general policy of hemispheric de- fense.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-28
HENGYANG I5
 SURROUNDED
 BY JAP ARMY

CHUNGKING. June 28. The High Command indicated tonight that Jap forces have surrounded Hengyang, the vital railway junc- Con of the Human Province.
 The loss of the city will be the greatest blow to China since the fall of Canton and Hankow in October, 1938.
 Severe fighting for the possess sion of Hengyang is now in progress on all sides of the city," said the communique.
 With the fall of Hengyang the way will be open for Jap advance on Kuwong, provisional capital of Kwangtun, or on Kewi, the pro- visional capital of Kwangse, from which most foreign agencies have left for Weiyang or Kunmiang.