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Security Need Emphasized
By Gen. Beecher In Talk On
Japanese Prison Experience
"As a taxpayer and citizen I would like nothing better than
economy In government. But to economize on national security
would be like permitting fire insurance to lapse. II we let our
national security drop, our house may burn down around our ears."
These were the concluding re-1
marks ol Mrig. lien. Curtis T. ,
Beecher, USMC, ret., speaking Plv was exhausted, and the
before the Roseburg Kiwanis rale of tne men nd dropped
club Tuesday noon in the Hotel
Umpqua.
Ha had lust rplatari hi An
. months experience in a Japanese
camp iui Auicnuaii prisoners at
Cabantuan, Philippine Islands,
rtnt nf a remaining 1 fi1Q nrlcnn.
ers loaded on a transport for
japan jusi piwi 10 ine enu ol me
war, only 300 survive, he said.
He told of the fighting on Cor
regidor, the surrender, death
march, prison life, the coming of
thp Amprirfln nlanoo anH
- f..... ..a, mm laici
attacks by Americans upon the
jap snip on wnicn mese 1,619
prisoners were being transport
ed to Japan.
"These things resulted," declar
ed General Beecher, "from the
neglect of the American people
In providing adquate defense for
Americans."
Briefly he sketched the story.
His unit had just been transferr
ed to the Philippines from Shang
hai prior to the outbreak pf war.
He said it wasn't a pleasant feel
ing to learn of the Japanese at
tack on Pearl Harbor. The Am
ericans had neither troops, equip
ment nor supplies to adequately
defend the islands.
After bombardment of Correg
idor by Japanese planes and ar
tillery had continued three
weeks, General Johnathan Wain
wright on May 6 called him in
and said: "This is the hardest
thing I ever had to do in my
life."
He had General Beecher send
.two men with white flags In an
effort to contact Japanese offi
cers. There was no use to con
tinue fighting, he said. Beach de
fenses had been literally blast
ed out. The food and water sup
remely low
Japanese Cruelty Told
After the surrender they were
quartered on the beach without
food,, water or shelter from the
torrid sun for 48 hours in an arei
so small there was scarcely room
to sit. The sick and wounded
were among them without medi
cal aid linri frnm than nn Aaothe
were so common the survivors
Decame Hardened to the thought,
he stated.
" W'p U'OrQ than AnnnnaA a.hnM
to Manilla and marched through
the streets on exhibition, appar
ently to impress the Philippine
DeoDle that we uprA ftofontoH
Americans," he said.
On that march we experienc
ed what we were to experience
manV limps thprpnftttr " ha mn
tinued. "If a man fell out, he was
kicked, worked over with a gun
Duit, tnen prodded with a bayo
net. Tf thP man fnlloH tn PMnnn.l
he was picked up later by a Jap
anese ii-uck. many or inose plac
ed up were corpses."
At Cahantlinn eurvlimi-a nf
Corregidor were quartered at
amp o, wnne survivors or Ba
taan were quartered at Camp 1.
Thousands died. There was
scarcely an able bodied man in
either camp able to carry out
the dead.
'We WPrP llinlfV of namn 9.
he said. "We had only 30 deaths
from June, 1942 until January,
1943. Camn 1 hnH 9 Rnn Thpro
were 6,000 at each camp in quar
ts uuiiu iur z,uuu, dui we ol
Camtl 1 haHn't hppn lrlnb-nt
around quite so much."
ine narsn treatment was prob
ablv due tn the Inahllltv nf thp
Japanese to adjust to a condition,
he said. The .Tans nni-r-iaH nut
their orders to the letter, but had
no inuiauve to cnange their plan.
The only way concessions could
be obtained wan tn mnlf eii(7(?oo.
tions in such a way that the Jap
anese Deneveu tne ideas were
their own.
Brutal Also To Japs
Jannnpcp nriennjars urara atirnn
the same harsh treatment as thp
Americans. It was not uncom
mon to see a Jhd soldier slanned.
struck with a sabre and even
beaten to death for minor in
fractions. After some months, many pris
oners were sent out. Camp 3 was
pnncnltHntpd with famn 1 whpt-a
there were 2,000 walking skele
tons, without medical aid. A per
manent, aeiau .01 ou men, Dunea
up to 40 men a day in a mass
grave. ' ,
. flpnpral nppphpr 'was nlnnpri tn
charge of rhe-camp. Later came
a cnange in ine- Japanese nign
command, with Increased ra-
CITY GARAGE AND SHOPS This ntw putnice stone and con-at a total cost of $10,000, the 1949 budget allowed $7,000 for
Crete building at the corner of Rosa and Court streets will the purpose. A sinking fund set up by a pravious city council
houia the citv aaraaa and shops. A full tima mechanic will provided the rest of tha total amount. The building was put
serve as maintenance and repairman of all city equipment. Built into usa last month, and will soon ba completed. (Staff photo). 1
tions, but what actually saved
them from starvation was the
arrival of Red Cross supplies. On
that day, not one death was re
corded, whereas there had been
as many as 40 a day. Thereafter
deaths became less common.
Conditions Eased
With new hope came a reha
bilitation program, establishment
of a commissary, the planting of
gardens, and easing of the for
mer harsh treatment by the
Japs. Entertainment was arrang
ed, a library started and religi
ous services begun.
A hidden radio in the camp
told them of American successes,
but the entire camp rejoiced
when American planes flew over
and dumped a Japanese plane on
the prison camp. The Japanese
were so concerned with their own
safety they didn't bother to dis
cipline the Americans for their
outbursts of delight.
Then began the evacuation of
the able bodied to Japan, Korea
and other parts. About 700, too
sick to move, were left, but 1,619
were loaded aboard a transport.
They were so cramped 16 died
from suffocation, but the ironi
cal occurrence came ; with the
strafing and bombing of the ship
by American planes. There were
only a few American casualties
that time, but a couple days la
ter 250 Americans died from a
second American attack. Again
at Formosa, an American attack
took the lives of an additional
250.
By that time they were beaten
down to about 500 of the original
1,619. Many died on the remain
ing trip, ana starvation iook its
toll in Japan. Only 300 of this
group survive today.
Douglas Fir is more widely used
In the construction of plywood
tnan any otner wooa.
October Food Prices Decline To Levels In July
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WASHINGTON UP) Low
er food prices brought the cost of
living down in October to what
it had been in July, the lowest
point in 1949.
The bureau of labor statistics
reported that its consumer's price
Index the generally accepted liv
ing cost measurement declined
six-tenths of one per cent between
Sept 15 and Oct. 15.
The Index for mid-October was
168.5 per cent of the 1935-39 aver
age, which is calculated at 100.
This was three per cent lower
than a year ago but 26 per cent
higher than In June, 1946, when
most wartime price controls were
abandoned, and 71 per cent above
the prewar level of August 1939.
The index, being the same as in
July, means that there will be no
living cost adjustment for the
350,000 employes of General Mo
tors Corp;
Union labor contracts with G.
M. near wae rates to the gov
ernment Index. The next quar.
terly adjustment for G. M. work
ers will be on the basis of the
mid-January index.
Union Protests
Return Of Japanese
VANCOUVER, B. C. (CP)
A plan to bring "exiled" Japanese-Canadian
fishermen back to
the coast is protested L, fisher
men's union officials.
A canneries spokesman said be
tween 250 and 300 fishermen and
their families, now living In in
terior B. C. and Alberta, have
been asked to return.
They were moved behind the
mountains as a defense measure
during the war.
Financial aid ' Is promised ,by
Thurt., Dee. 1, 1949 Tha Newt-Review, Roteburg, 0r, 9
Thick Firm Sod
In Waterways Is
Ban On Gullying
A thick firm sod In the water
ways on the farm is usually, the
best means to prevetn gullying
2nd to reduce erosion, sny J. F.
Bonobrake, Chairman of - the
Douglas county production and
marketing committee. It is when
these waterways are left unpro
tected that the runoff from heavy
rains begins to dig gullies that
cut back into the cropland on the
farm.
To help farmers protect their
land from such damage, the ag
ricultural conservation program
provides assistance to farmers for
establishing sod waterways, the
chairman explains. - ,
Mr. . Bonebrake suggests that
where there is a good sod in such
waterways it should not be dis
turbed. Often it is simply a matter
of lifting the plow across the low
places. If the sod la broken up or
turned under, the soil particles
are left unprotected and the wa
ter carries them away. The mov.
ing bits of soil help to loosen
other soil particles and K Isn't
long until a gully is eating back
Into the farmland. Where the wa
terway, is protected by a thick
firm sod, the soil particles are
held in place, the flow of the wa
ter is slowed down and the excess
moisture moves off the farm
without damage.
The chairman stresses the Im
portance of establishing a heavy
sod at the outlets to terraces and
diversion ditches. The value of a
terrace may be wiped out by fall
ing to provide protection at the
the canneries.
"We are not opposed to
Japanese on racial
the
grounds." a
spokesman for the United Fish
ermen and Allied Workers said.
outlet and a soil destroying gully
may result . ., . . . i
The chairman suggesti1"'that
farmers faced with - soli losses
from excess water should make
plans this fall for sodding down
these waterways in the coming
year. Assistance provided under
ACP will make it possible for
most farmers to carry out this
esaential conservation ''practice.
Details on this assistance may be
obtained at the countv production
and marketing administration of.
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