THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1945
PAGE THREE
Ship Survivors
Brutally Slain
By Nip Captors
Editor's note: Th following ritapatch
(lUrloRlnir new Japanese atrocities was
written by a United Press correspond
ent who subsequently lost bis life cover
ing: a B-29 raid. The dispateh has just
been released by censers. It Kives the
first complete description of an atrocity
story that had been known only in bare
outline until today.
By John .1. Andrew
(United Preas Staff Correspondent)
Colombo, Ceylon, July 17 UP).
Twenty three survivors of an
American liberty ship, their sun
burned bodies bearing scars from
beatings and bayoneting inflicted
by a Japanese submarine crew
who murdered about 77 of their
shipmates, told a story today of
two hours ot nell aboard the en
emy craft.
One phase of their ordeal end
ed and another began when the
submarine crash-dived while they
were sitting on its deck, their
hands bound behind their backs.
The survivors, finally rescued
and brought here, said the first
man taken aboard the Japanese
vessel from their lifeboats was
shot in the back and tossed over
board. The submarine crew then
formed a "line of death" and sys
tematically clubbed and bayo
netted the liberty ship's survivors.
- 36 Hours In Ocean
The men brought here spent 36
hours in the Indian ocean before
they were rescued.
The survivors included mem
bers of the American merchant
marine, army and navy personnel
and a civilian. Their 10,500-ton
liberty ship was bound for India
from San Pedro, Calif., with 41
merchant seamen aboard, 28 navy
armed guard members, one army
medical surgeon and 30 army and
civilian passengers. They were 11
days out of Australia, cruising at
11 knots just after sunset on
July 2 when two torpedoes crash
ed into the forward part of the
vessel. All hands abandoned ship.
Radioman Cullie S. Stone, 20,
Tulsa, Okla., sent three SOS sig
nals before he left his post. They
were received by stations in In
dia, and were relayed to the Royal
air force patrol plane station. Sub
sequently the approach of one of
RAF patrols planes forced the sub
marine to crash-dive.
After the torpedoing, the sub
marine surfaced and ordered sur
vivors aboard.
Shot In Back
The first man to climb on the
submarine's decks, a 17-year-old
messman, who was making his
first voyage, was led to the bow,
shot In the back and tossed over
board. As the others climbed aboard,
they were stripped of watches,
rings, wallets, identification tags,
and shoes. They were bound and
taken forward where they were
forced to sit facing the bow with
heads bowed.
Capt. John J. Gussac, 44, Brook
lyn, N. Y., a military police officer
who was en route to an assign
ment in India, was in a life raft
alongside the submarine.
"When I reached the subma
rine," he reported "a grinning
Jap offered me his hand. I was
jerked aboard, and before I knew
It, I had been stripped of my
watch and ring and had my hands
lashed behind me with a rope."
Gussac said the Japanese
formed rows of two to six men in
a row. Along the deck were sub
marine crew members armed witli
bayonetted guns and Iron pipes.
Among them was a Japanese who
spoke English and said he had at
tended San Francisco Junior col
lege. The men said he was pro
ficient with an iron pipe.
Asks For Men
Among the civilian liberty ships
passengers had been a man who,
had been repatriated on the ex
change ship "Gripsholm" after
several months in a Japanese
prison camp. When the submarine
commander learned the name of
the torpedoed craft, he asked for
this man, presumably having in
formation that he was aboard. He
went down into the submarine and
was not again seen by the others.
At one time more than 90 men
were on the submarine. If any
man lifted his head, he was
beaten.
The submarine commander ad
dressed his captives.
You are now my prisoners ot
war," he said. "Let this be a les
son to you that Americans are
weak. You must realize thai Ja
pan will rule the world. You
Americans are stupid for letting
your leaders take you to war. Do
you not know that the entire
American fleet is now in the bot-
Young or Old . . .
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Officers Disappear
The submarine circled the
floundering liberty ship and sev
eral men were washed overboard,
including Carl Rosenbaum, 26, a
merchant marine crew member
from Crookat, Calif., who sur
vived after swimming until dawn
with his hands bound.
The ship's officers were led to
the conning tower. They were
never seen again. The largest of
those left were then led aft and
beaten and bayonetted.
Deschutes Truck
Sought by Many
Seventeen sealed bids were re
ceived by the Deschutes county
court on the 1939, county-owned
truck which was put up for sale at
a ceiling price of $530. Sixteen of
the bids were for $530 and one,
that of R. A. Ferguson, was for
$320. Cecil Goodfellow, following
a drawing, was permitted to buy
the truck.
After the bids were opened this
morning by Mrs. Dan P. Dacey,
county clerk, names of the 16 high
bidders were put in capsules
which werep laced in a box. In the
presence of 10 bidders, Judge C. L.
Allen, E. E. Varco, county com
missioner and George McAllister,
county roadmaster. Commission
er A. E. Stevens made the draw
ing. Those bidding $530 for the
truck were L. V. White, Allen
Grant, H. R. Hungerford, F. W.
Paulson, Gale P. Vinton, J. N.
McCormick, T. Thornodsen, Cecil
Goodfellow, Fred C. Miller, Clar
ence Smith, Ted Sprague, Tim
Houk, Bud Johnson, C. A. John
son, L. N. Ellington and Lee
Allen.
Patrol, Cadets
Hold Meeting
Cpl. Donna Dyer was sworn
into the Civil Air patrol at last
night's joint meeting of the Civil
Air patrol and cadets. Members
are sworn in only when they qual
ify to join the senior group. Cpl.
Dyer has been on duty with the
CAP since the formation of Flight
B, now the cadet group, in Sep
tember 1943.
Identification cards were given
out to seven more cadets who have
completed their basic training and
have their uniforms. The new
study manuals were checked out
to those cadets who have then'
identification cards, including
those who received them last
night.
Last night's first aid class peri
od was spent on the study of vari
ous types of bandages and how to
use them.
Two training films, "Straight
and Level Flight," and "The The
ory of Weather Conditions," were
I shown to complete the schedule of
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Restaurant Lost
In Night Blaze
McMin'nville, Ore., Jan. 9 mi
The Palm cafe, McMinnville's
largest restaurant, was destroyed
by a fire which raged out of con
trol for an hour late Monday
night and caused damage esti
mated at $10,000.
The blaze started in the kitch
en, where grease on the stove ig
nited and spread to the walls. In
a few minutes, the fire had gutted
the cafe and the second story
abo'e it. Prompt action by the fire
department prevented spread of
the fire to adjoining buildings in
McMinnville's downtown business
district.
A greater part of the damage to
building and equipment was cov
ered by insurance, the owner, Mi s.
Earl Wright, of McMinnville, said.
The extinct Aepyornls of Mada
gascar was 10 feet tall, and prob
ably weighed approximately 1,500
pounds.
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Bend, Redmond
Kiwanis Clubs
Install Officers
Redmond, Jan. 9 Approxi
mately 90 Kiwanlans, their wives
and guests attended the annual
joint Installation and dinner meet
ing of the Bend and Redmond
clubs, held last night in the ban
quet room of the Redmond hotel.
William B. Galllgan, president of
the Bend club, opened the meet
ing.
Activities of the Bend Kiwanis
club during 1944 were reviewed
briefly by Howard w. (jcorge,
president. The club, he stated,
had sponsored a war time citi
zens committee which held week
ly discussion periods at the Camp
Abbot post hospital; sponsored
organization of the Bend Youth
Club; sponsored a Boy Scout
troop and entertained its mem
bers at a Christmas dinner; and,
among other activities, enter
tained the Bend basketball and
football teams at dinner.
Membership of the Bend club
grew front 45 to CI during the
year, George said, adding that,
in the first six months of the
year it ranked first among Ore
gon Kiwanis clubs in attendance,
l ines Imposed
Following community singing,
led by Rev. R. H. Prentice with
Wilson George at the piano,
fines were imposed for rule in
fringements. Clyde McKay, who sat close to
a wall on which was displayed
the three by five foot calendar
advertising his business, paid the
first and heaviest fine of the eve
ning. Others fined were Dr. F. A.
ueuuuen, nev. K. II. Prentice,
Howard George, L. C. Kimsey,
Dr. II. C. Staples and Jack Hard!
son. Redmond club members fined
for neglecting to wear Kiwanis
pins, were Ted Wells, Fred Ho
decker, Floyd Barton, Pete llauck,
George Miller, Robert Hutching,
Ray Carpenter, Lloyd Baker, W.
B. Galligan, Justin King, Jiick
Hardison, Earl Halleck and Dr. H.
v. Kogers.
Following the turkey dinner,
which was served by members of
the Redmond high school Pep
club, Clyde McKay was presented
with a 10-year pin for perfect at
tendance. Group Entertains
Entertainment wag furnished
by a trio from the Redmond high
school, consisting of Betty Bartel,
violin; Carol Bartel, piano, and
Shirley Huckaby, cello.
Phil Milchock, Klamath Falls,
former governor of the Kiwanis
northwest district, which has over
5,000 members, after presenting
past president pins to out-going
presidents, George and Galligan,
inmieiea truest ranter ot the
Redmond eluh MS liiuitnnnnt nntr.
ernor of the district. Parker, he
stated, had held nearly every city
ofrice In Redmond and had been
mayor of that citv.
Joe Long, Portland insurance
man and one-time vaudeville
Partner of thp Into Will Hnonrc
the principal speaker of the eve
ning, was iniroaucea oy jacK
Buroee. Loni? concluded n hnmnr.
ous talk by stating that Kiwanis
ciuos siana ior a spirit ot bar-
mnnv nnrl annrl will
New officers for both clubs
were Installed by Parker. They
were Dr. Grant Skinner, presi
dent; Rev. R. II. Prentice, direc
tor, both of Bend. Bend electees
unable to attend were Ralph Ham-
uion, tirst vice-president; li. C.
Kerron, spcond vice-president, and
Craig Coyner, secretary.
lu'dmond oflicers installed were
Lloyd Baker, president; Fred Ho
decker, first vice-president; Floyd
Barton, secretary, and directors
Robert Hulchins. Earl Halleck,
Morgan Sharp, Jack Hardison and
Pete Hauck.
A large delegation of Bend Ki
wanis club members were pres
ent, accounting, with their wives
and guests for about half of the
attendance.
The dinner and entertainment
were under the direction of Jack
Hardison, chairman of the annual
dinner committee.
Hood River Legion
Again Under Fire
Hood River, Ore., Jan. 9 lPi
Even as the first Japanese-American
expected to return near Hood
River, opposition to the stand of
the American Legion post today
became more widespread, with the
Hood River county ministerial as
sociation taking the lead with a 1 1907, taught school from that date
Crop Payments
Go to Farmers
For participating in the 19-13
conservation and 19-12 crop parity
payment programs, nearly 1,000
Oregon farmers were paid by the
government, according to infor
mation from Washington, D. C.
Total payments to participating
Oregon farmers amounted to $'2,
150,700 and were shared by 974
persons and operating firms.
Among the larger payments to
farmers of Oregon were: T. II.
Banfield, Portland, $9,415; Lisky
Bros., Klamath Falls, $9,74G; H.
A. Miller, eBnd, $8,641; Lowell
Stockman, Pendleton, $G,780;
Warner Valley Stock Co., Adell,
$9,580; Mark V. Weathcrford,
Athena, $8,103.
have already arrived. He will ope
rate his orchard near Parkdale,
In Hood River valley, which had
been leased to John P. Cooper.
Thompson Holds
Office 28 Years "
Deschutes county's record of
fice holder, J. Alton Thompson,
county superintendent of schools,
started his 29th year on the same
job on Dec. 13, he said.
Thompson, who came to Des
chutes county from Michigan In
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resolution disapproving race pre
judice'. .
Incorporated in the resolution
was a suggestion that an official
county honor roll replace the Le
gion's honor roll at the county
court house. The new one would
contain the names of 1G Japa
nese American soldiers which
were deleted by the legion several
weeks ago from Its own roll of
honor.
"We are agreed that If any
serviceman is willing to suffer
and die for the principles of the
United States, he is worthy of hav
ing his name on any service hon
or roll and to have unhindered
freedom to live among us," the
ministers' resolution said.
Culled Unjust
"We consider it unjust, un
American and un-Christiun to de
prive them of their privileges and
rights. It can only make more
dificult the solution of racial nrob-
lems and bring trouble and shame
upon Hood River valley," it con- (
tinned. j
Ray Suto, the first Nisei who
proclaimed his intention to re-
turn to Hood River valley, will
arrive soon, it was declared. His j
baggage and other .belongings an
until the county was created on
December 13, 1916.
Thompson, appointed by the
county court, took office on the
day the county was created. He
served for two years and then was
duly elected. To get in step with
other counties, It was necessary
for him to run again in 1920. Since
then he has been re-elected every
four years. Thompson, who has
never campaigned, faced opposi
tion in several elections.
Charles P. Niswonger, Incum
bent, was Deschutes county's first
coroner, but was out of office for
part of a term.
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MliRICA WON'T LET YOU DOWN
filler.
Blasted out of the liky in ihc Laltli!
for llie Philippines, lie wails in shark
infested waters alone. Surely
they'll send out rescue planes sure,
ly they'll find him! Boy, vhat hi:
wouldn't give for another crack at
those Japs! For the chance to finish
the fight.
He knows the war isn't over yet
not hv a long shot. But do the folks
hack home know that, he wonders?
,ro they still working hard for vie
tory slill Luyiiig bonds, and hang
ing onto the. bonds thry buy? Hanging
on for dear life, as he is now?
Ask yourself these questions before
yon tell him not to worry thut of
courso America won't let him down.
Ask ihcm again when you start to
cash in a War Bond yon don't abso
lutely need to redeem when more
and more equipment is needed to
finish the fight. Ships, tanks, planes
lots of planes. Like B-29"s, costing
$600,000 in War Bonds each. Or
like rescue planes.
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Deschutes County War Bond Sales Committee
Bank of Bend Lumbermen' Insurance Agency
Bond Garage Company The Miller Lumber Company
R...L. c . i i l i Niswonger a Wins ow
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company nc. , r- d r
,,.;.' J. C. Penney Co., Inc.
Cashman s, Bend s Clothier Deschutes Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
Central Oregon Distributors Erlclcson's Food Market
Gregg's Banner Bakery Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Bend
The First National Bank of Portland,
Bond Branch
Staples Optical
Pacific Trailways
The Shevlin-Hixon Company
Superior Cafe, 1047 Bond St.
Wetle's