hjokkaido a Russian Spy's Paradise
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Luce on, Hokkaido, northern.
f j.ntifird corpses regularly
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sift in and
lido only a Inle-
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led Sakhalin and the Km-
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L , Hokkaido may be me M.ep-
EL And (liorp is a riwiiij!
Eh caused by fear among the
F", :.i nf this mnunlain-
Snd. a bit smaller than the
fuof Indiana.
inland crops nave u-.. .......
' vear and a scarcity of food
,h, mountains has forced the
.fd Hokkaido bears to come
ifnm Ihe woodlands and
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up ll any...... " -
his raeapcr si Ares.
1CB STAHVATION.
M the fhore, many fishermen
.. .urvalinn because they fear
Lher bear the Russian one
il pairnis m- -- " - i"
i.nnse seamen, who usually
, nt returned home unless
agree lo Communist doc
ints. Hard-working, highly efficient,
oiiese police have complete
lll'rtl l.v o - jt..ii
Jesiere .on
L,i. nd Red sympathizers in
t jrea. But arrests cause only
Lirrassment. At present. .In
Li hss no espionage law under
lich to prosecute siicn pnsnn-
tnd can only Keep iaDs on
Lir activities.
A current case typifies the
Udary.
Japanese named San.nrn
tti was employed by the Bus
l: mvernment as a Commun-
I Blurier. One night a Red pa
id boat put him ashore near
I'tkkanai in a runner rati, carry
It lOO.OOfl ven. new Soviet codes
fed other spy paraphernalia.
His trail was picked up hy
SPV CHANNI'X: Circle
shows vulnerability nf Jap
anese island nf Hokkaido
(o Soviet agents from Red
Sakhalin Island.
alert police and the bedraggled,
mudcaked little traitor quickly
confessed to his spy activities . '
He also revealed Ihe date of
the courier ship's next trip to
Japanese shores and the means
of identification by flashlight
signals. Two weeks later, a diesel
powered patrol boat with four
Russians aboard and a cargo of
evidence against the Commun
ists was in the net that Japanese
police pulled in.
Rut the most, serious charge
possible against the Russians was
illegal entry. Seki could only he
charged on the same count and
as a violator of currency con-i
trols.
MANY PETITIONS
The Japanese finally decided
In release the three Red crew
men, who were reported to he
somewhat reluctant to he deport
ed to Russia after bungling their
mission.
Both Seki and the patrol boat
raptain, Philip Kulikov, are now
in the midst nf separate, long-drawn-out
trials.
The plain fhherfnlk present
petition after petition asking lint
the Red caplain be released and
sent home with his boat. Then,
they say, maybe Russia will re
turn all Ihe Japanese captured
on the high seas.
This is only one or a Series of
unsettling incidents. A Russian
soldier's body in full- uniform
floated ashore near Wakkanaj
bench and was claimed by the
Red mission in Tokyo. But it was
immediately cremated with no
further explanation.
A Japanese corpse found in Ihe
same vicinity was quietly dispos
ed nf with even less fanfare.
Later, three more Japanese bod
ies washed ashore and Ihe cap
lain of the vessel which they
were presumably aboard made
his way to a temple courtyard
and committed suicide.
But Ihe unexplained bodies
and cryptic activities along the
coast vitally affect., the lives of
the majority of the northern Jap
anese. Retaliation could easily come
in a form other than seizure nf
seamen, and that is why Ihe fear
and tension extends far inland in
Hnkkaido.-Right. now the island
is extremely vulnerable under
another two-pronged offensive
Soviet threat.
40 RED DIVISIONS
One is the secret Communist
underground, which operates with!
almost the famed efficiency of
Ihe "Japanese railways. The other
is the military might, poised like
a scimitar above northern Nip
pon. This military buildup is now
re-enforced by a remarkable en
gineering feat a giant causeway
leading from northern Sakhalin
to the Russian mainland. Over
this route .flow the rich coal,
oil and lumber resources of Sok
halin to Russia. Back to Sakhal
in over the causeway come troops
and military equipment.
More than 40 Red divisions are
stationed on Sakhalin .and the
gy
SPY TRANSPORT: First Russian vessel captured by the
Japanese since World War II is tied up in northern Hok
kaido. It made many missions tn supply Red spies befnre
it was nabbed.
nearby Kuriles, Including five or
six airborne units. Two fleets
with aircraft carriers arc based
at Vladivpslnk, w ithin easy
cruising range nf Hokkaido.
The paper defense of Hokkaido
is in Ihe hands of the American
security forces. Assignment in
the north, because of its climate
and isolation, is not' a popular
one. Comparatively few . Ameri
cans have their dependents with
them here.
The biggest contingent of serv
icemen is the First Cavalry Di
vision at Camp Crawford near
Sappnro. Ihe only medium-sized
city in Hokkaido.
Other Americans include a de
tachment at Chitose Air Field,
scattered small units at isolated
radar stations and advisors for
Make it memj...
havfe plenty of Coke
lOtlllt UNDU UtHO't OMH! COCA-COU COMNY l
C0CA.COLA BOTTLING COMPANY of EUGENE
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the new Japanese National Safe
ty Force. ,
As against approximately 18,
non American troops in Hok
kaido, there are 60.000 Japanese
NSF troops. Another division nf
20,000 NSF men is available for
re-enforcement from northern
Honshu.
It is now believed that Hok
kaido could he the first proving
ground for the NSF, which will
soon be shorn of its euphemistic
title and correctly labeled the
Japanese Army.
New Pyramid
Discovered
By Egyptians
CAIRO, Kgypt iB A medium-
sized slep pyramid has been dis
covered in the sands of Sakkara
only about, 70 yards from the
great pyramid nf Pharoh Zoser,
long one of ancient Egypt's most
famous monuments.
The Egyptian Antiquities De
partment announced the find Sat
urday. The long job nf digging it
out is still to be done.
Mohamed Zaky (ihnneim and
French archaeologist P. Lauer
said their workers uncovered a
wall of the buried structure dur
ing a search around the wall of
the Zoser monument at Ihe vil
lage nf Sakkara, IS miles south
of Cairo.
All of Egypt's great pyramids
are step pyramids that, is the
huge stone blocks that form Ihe
outer sides are fitted in the form
of steps. They were built as the
tombs of kings.
. Lauer said the base of the new
find is calculated lo cover about
13,000 square yards. Though that
is Ihe equivalent of a city block,
several of Egypt s pyramids are
larger.
When the British coronatinn
chair was made for Edward I
near Ihe end of the 13th Century,
the man who made it was paid
five pounds.
The Amish, whn have several
fairly large centers in the United
Slates, are believed to have split
away from the Mennonites. a re
lated religious sect in Europe be
tween JB93 and 1697. '
DR. L. W. PORHITT
ChiroprarticNalliropathic
Physician
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