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r EIGHT ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1945 Freed Woman Says Japanese at First Brutal Then Kind FAIRFIELD, Calif., Sept. 13. (AP) A K'lll.'irit, gray-haired kcIhxi) (rachi'r. Hie only American woman captured by tlio Japanese in the Aleutian campaign, stepped lrorn an Army transport plane to day after a llighl Horn Jupan. She was 65-year-old Mrs. K'.ln K. Jones, whose husband, Charles, was killed by the Japanese at Attu. where both were captured, early In 1W2. Verv frail, she told with calm ness and dignity of having been kicked and slugged by the Japa nese, of spending three years hid den from the world in a Nippon prison. She could still speak with kindness of the children of Japan and of "the poor pcoule." Her husband, 02, had gone to Work at Attu as a weather ob server and radioman, and she was attached to the Indian service there to teach the native children. They were the only while people on the island. Attu Invaders Brutal The Japanese came, 2,000 strong, on June 7, 1!M2, Mrs. Jones recalled today. "I was beaten with the butt end of a rifle, and struck across the back by a Jap soldier who had been actin" as Interpreter," she said. "He knocked me down, stepped on me and kicked me in the olomaeh. Then I saw them hit mv husband and knock him down." , The two were thrown into sepa rate buildinfs. The next day natives told her that her nusband had been killed by the Japanese; that the natives had burled him. She never learned other details. Treatment Reversed Within a few days she was taken by transport to Yokohama and escorted to the Bund hotel. There, she said, whether the enemy guards respected her age, or for whatever reason, she re ceived remarkably fine treatment. She was treated like a guest for tile next three years, had good quarters, good food, and the help of servants occasionally. Some times she could even walk the streets of Yokohama, accom panied by a guard. A month alter her arrival she was Joined bv IS Australian nurses who had been captured at New Guinea. She said she saw two of them slapped and knocked down. Jap Children "Teachable" Later the 1!) women were trans ferred to the Yokohama Yacht club, where they spent many months. When it was apparent that Yokohama woidd be bombed, they were moved 21 miles away to the village of Totsuka, Food ljerame worse. She heard the broadcast of Em peror Hirohiao ending the war but did not grasp his significance. Then a Japanese cook told her "American bombs have killed lots of people and the Kmneror has decided to end the war." On Aug. 31 U. S. troops liberated Ihe group. The children of Japan are teachable," she said today, "and 1 sympathize with the poor peo ple who hardly knew what it was an about. I ney were tired ot war. Thcv had a saying which trans lated means 'before, Japan had plenty. Now Japan no have got.' " War's Official End Now Would be Loss For U.S. Farmers WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (AP) A delay of at least four months in declaring the war of ficially at an end could be a multi-million dollar boon to farm ers. It als:o would give them until 1949 to adiust their war-exoanded production of food products to prospective smaller peacetime re quirements. Early in the war coneress passed a law directing the Agri culture department to support larm prices at not less than 90 oer cent of parity for a two-year period after the war. Under terms of that law, the two-year period does not beiin until the first day of January, after the President, by proclama tion, or the congress! by resolu tion, declares the war ended. Hence, should the war be de clared officially over before next January 1, larm price sunnorts would cover lUlt) and 11M7. On the other hand, should official end of the conflict be delayed until some time In 9H, the govern ment would be committed to sup port farm commodities, for a three-year peariod ending Jan. 1, 1919. This latter course appeared the more likely. President Truman. In his message to congress last week, emphasized that "the time has not yet arrived" to proclaim the war ended. Agriculture department econo mists have estimated that it may cost the government more than SI ,000,000,000 a year to carry out the (arm nrice support nroernm. Prisoners Freed In Formosa Tell Stories of Horror Bv FRED HAMPSON MANILA. Sent. 10.--(Delayed) --(AP) More than 1,000 Allied prisoners of war and civilian In lernees manv of ycm no more than living skeletons -arrived in Manila yesterday from Formosa aboard two escort carriers and lour destroyers. Even after two weens of good food following liberation from Formosan orison camps, many of these feeble skeletons were glazed of eve and in a stupor, too weak to stand. The hangar decks of the two carriers were literally fields of stretcher cases. Among the freed were 74 Americans who were captured in the Philippines, and 1,050 british ers almost entirely from units taken in Sin""ore and Malaya. Also aboard the mercy ships were 24 Dutch, captured In the East Indies, 12 Australians taken in Malava and the Indies, and one Canadian. It was the first arrival here of British Singapore captives. The Britishers were among the worst orison cases I have seen yet, al though they said they were treated no worse than the others, i It was useless for interviewers to Question some of the dazed, starved men. Prison Ship Is Hell Hole The Americans said 650 Yank prisoners were loaded in the hold of a prison ship for 39 days, dur- tnc wnich Jn died and many went crazy. Almost all became ill. It got so bad," said one man "that I prayed a submarine would sink us and get it over wilh." I Another said the Americans once were made to stand at at tention while Britishers were forced to beat them. An epidemic of menineitis killed 11 in one small camp. Beatings became more frequent after American planes began sinking Japanese ships. Maj. Ruth, (only name given In cable) of Oktene, Okla., said that of 9,000 Yanks at Camp O'Don noli, in the Philippines, 1,500 died In the first six weeks and 3,000 died" after transfer Id the prison hell hole at C'alianatuaii, also on Luzon island. He estimated that 50 per cenuof the men who laid down their arms on Bataan died in the first year of captivity. Bus Depot Operators At Yoncalla Changed YON CALL A -- Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Roberts, who have operated the Roberts Service station, and bus depot for the past ten years, have retired. Their son, Robert, and his wife have taken over the service station. The bus depot has been moved to the Williams cafe, next door to the post office. Water rent will be paid at the central office. Mrs. Jobe has taken over the work of treasurer of the city, the posi tion formerly held by Mr. Rob erts. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts left Thursday, to spend the winter visiting in Colorado and Arizona. They plan to return to Yoncalla In the spring to make tneir nome. Alnms in nn nrdinnrv kilehml cltn emit enoiKrh invisible infrji- red rays to permit the taking of puoiogl Mjjiih ui ileal iiy uujei-is in total darkness Willi a photo graphic film sensitive to the rays. Bey Diovwns in Columbia PORTLAND, Sept. 11 (AP) Seven-year-old Jerry Steinprice drowned in the Columbia river yesterday while paddling in shal low water with a 10-year-old playmate. The companion said Jerry drift- ed liilo a deep pool. He was the son of Mi-, and ftlrs. 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