Evening star., 1945-09-17
Killing Of Eight Flyers
by Japs Revealed in
New Atroeity Reports

New Atrocity Reports
By the Associated Press.
Five Americans were killed simply
because they were flyers, and three
others were beheaded after they
were marched through japanese
streets bearing signs these are the
American devils who bombed US"
Maj. John A. Singlaub, sherman
Oaks, Calf, said at Hong Kong to-
day in one of q series OF fresh atroc-
ity stories.
An Australian Army intelligence
report issued at Melbourne said that
of $3.50 British and Australian pris-
oners taken to Borneo, only six are
known to be alive.
Last January, the Melbourne re-
port said 203 prisoners died of $50
sent on q death march through the
Borneo mountains. Another death
march claimed 353 lives out of 536
men and the others died later or
were killed.
Wainwright Abuse Described.
At Darwin, Australia, Pvt. J. w.
Larkin, in an interview, gave new
details Of the abuse of Gen. Jona-
than M. Wainwright. commander at
the surrender of Corregidor. and 1t
Gen. Sir Arthur Percival, COM
mander at the fall Of Singapore.
(Gen Wainwright has declined
comment on beatings he and
other high-ranking Allied off,
GERS were said to have received)
All OF them, including VAIN
wright and Percival, had to 60 on
morning parade with the rest of
the prisoners of war and were often
struck by the inspecting sergeant
major. who always carried q bamboo
cane" Pvt. Larkin said. He was
liberated from Formosa prison.
The general had to stand at
attention whenever Jap passed,
of his rank. One day,
when Maj. Gen. Keys had charge
of a working party consisting Of
generals only, he ordered them to
stand at ease when a Jap private
happened to be passing.
The private walked up to Keys
and slapped him on both cheeks
When Keys later complained to the
Jap commander he received beat
ing for his trouble"
Jap Guards Denounced.
At Sydney, Sergt. A. M. Blain, a
member of Australia's House of
Representatives. charged every
Japanese guard is a war criminal
guilty of appalling atrocities"
Recently freed from prison camp
in the Singapore area, Sergt. Blain
said he lost 70 pounds. dropping
from ITO to 80.
The Melbourne radio, in a broad
cast recorded by NBC. said a Col.
Suya. responsible for all the 900
prisoners Of war graves in Kuching
had killed himself with
a table knife at Army headquarters.
Maj. Singlaub. who led rescue
landing on Hainan Is
land August n, so befuddled Japa-
nese officers in battle of wits that
he and his men gained command of
their prisoner camp after they had
been threatened by bayonet- point
ing japanese.
The commander of Australian
prisoners, Col. w. J. r. Scott, said
Maj. Singlaub's coup at the HainanI
Island camp was one of the coolest
and most courageous he had ever
seen.
Japs Shocked.
As the Japanese started taking us
prisoners, Maj. Singlaub instead
ordered them Ito guard our para
chute medical and food supplies"
This SO shocked them that they
did. Their colonel sent his chief of
staff to investigate, but as the latter
was only q captain, Singlaub or
dered MIN around too"
When I insisted that the Allies
had defeated them and they comply
with our orders, they took us to the
camp and provided food and medi-
cine, which the prisoners hadn't i
had"
Maj. Singlaub said Capt. Merritt
Lawlis, Indianapolis, and Staff Sergt.
Muller, El Paso, Tex.
Yanks rescued by his parachutists.
we're jammed into cells only two by
three feet in size after they had been
and paraded on the
streets.
The handouts were only removed
The first five days for beatings," Mai |
oinglaub said. The ofiicer was Or
dered beaten daily, but the guard
5ired after the first five. He was
given a dozen beatings afterwards. {"
Two From ID. C.. Area In Party.
Two Washington area officers,
Capt. Leonard Woods, rs, Of 124s
Thirtieth street NV. and Marine
1t. John c. Bradley. "a Auburn
Court, Alexandria, Va, were among
he chutists who effected the rescue.
Capt. Woods, whose mother re-
'ently was appointed deputy direc-
or OF the WAC, is a graduate OF
Dartmouth College. He entered the
Army in 1912, serving first with the
Xxi troops and later with the para
;roops. He went to the Pacific six
months ago on q secret mission after
'erving in France IA months with
Intelligence.
A former George Washington Uni
'ersity student, 1t. Bradley was en-
)lOyed at the Federal Bureau of