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CAVE OF HORRORS HOLDS BODIES OF ESE Marines Held at Bay While Soldiers and Civilians Die By Own Hands Washington, July 19 (U.R) The marines have named it the "Cave of'Horrors," and they will never forget the gruesome sight the saw there. Marine Corps Combat Corre spondent David Dempsey of New York today told the story of the "Cave of Horrors" on Saipan, where Japanese soldiers trapped with civilians in a cave commit ted mass suicide, killing old Gas on Stomach R.litftd n i minatai M daubi. ou mwMr baefc When ciceu .tomach actd cauKi painful. aulTocat iru las. aour atomacb and hranliurti. doctori uiuallr rcacrlba Itia fasten artlni oiedleinea knnnn (or ynil.ton.atle relief ta.flirlnei hkn Mow In Hell-ana Tahleta. No latailee. Hell ana brlnaa comfort In a tlSj of ratura bottle to ua foe doubls mooej back. 3c men, women and children along with themselves. The Japanese were discovered by two marines who immediate ly went back for Lt. Charles T. Cross of Minneapolis, Minn., who knew Japanese, and who tried to persuade the trapped Japanese to surrender. Grenades Take Lives As he crawled close to the cave. Cross heard the clicking sound of pins being removed from hand grenades and leaped back as the grenades began to explode inside the cave. Dempsey described the scene that followed: "The marines waited in awe struck horror. From inside the cave came a pitiful chorus of wailing babies and the screams of women and old men. For an hour Lt. Cross lay near the mouth of the cave, pleading with the Japanese to come out. Occa sionally, there would be move ment inside the dim tunnel, as though someone were struggling to crawl out. Invariably, it was followed by a rifle shot, and si lence. 'To attempt to enter the cave would mean certain death. All the marines could do was wait and plead. "They waited four hours 'four of the longest hours of my life,' Lt. Cross said. During that time there were more grenade explosions, more rifle shots. 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' "Finally! there was silence. The explosions and the screams had stopped. Marines crawled back to the top of the cliff and lifted the stone slab. "Four of them were lowered 15-feet to the floor of the cave. What they saw will go down in their memories as the most grue some of all sights in war. The bodies of men and women and children were blown apart and lay splattered against the walls of the tunnel. "The soldiers had disem boweled themselves with gren ades. The bodies of 30 Japanese ten of them soldiers had lit erally been blown together. "There were four survivors two girls, 8 and 12, whose throats had been slit; a baby, whose face had been cut by gren ade fragments; a young boy, who had been overcome by the concussion. "To the marines who waited, and who pulled them out, it was sickening. To the Japanese it had been a victory." The Celestial Scorpion ACTOR ALAN DINEHART DIES OF HEART ATTACK Hollywood, July 19 (U.R) Private funeral services were planned today for Alan Dine hart, motion picture character actor, playwright and one-time featured Broadway star, who died of a heart attack in Pres byterian hospital here late yes terday. Dinehart, who was 48. en tered the hospital July 2 after completing a comedy role in a picture not yet released. His wife, Mozelle Britton Dinehart, was with him when he died. Oth er survivors are his two sons, Mason Alan Dinehart III, 8, and Erederick Alan Dinehart, now overseas in the army. Us6 Mall Tribune Want Ada. By J. Hugh Pruett Astronomer, Gerenal Extension Division, University of Oregon As soon as twilight has suffi ciently faded for the celestial lights to appear, the finest of summer star-groups, the Scor pion, may now be traced among the glittering dots on the blue of the southern heavens. Tonight at about ten o'clock the Scorpion is nearly due south and low in the sky. This constellation, unlike many others, actually resembles its earthly counterpart, that crea ture with the crab-like clams and the poisonous sting in the end of its long lashing tail. This sky figure is easily spotted by the flashing red star Antares, the visibly pulsating heart of the Scorpion. Let us point out this figure without a diagram. A little below Antares and to the left there is a rather bright star; another, slightly above and to the right. Still higher and to the right there appear three bright stars in a line. The upper one of these is the Scorpion's head. A small double star appears driectly be low and very close. The remaining two bright stars in this line of three form the right arm. Under the line a few dim stars make the claw. On the left of the head-star a few dim stars form the left arm and claw. Now again start with the star under Antares and trace the tail. At a considerable distance down we find an upright row of three more stars. Then the tail turns left with two stars; then up with two more, and ends with two placed side by side. At 45 degrees latitude the bend in the tail seems to touch the southern horizon. ' ' " Antares Is one- of the largest stars known, its diameter being about 400 times that of our sun. This star is so distant that light requires over 300 years to reach us. A few years ago Dr. Struve of Yerkes discovered a red nebula extending north from Antares and lighted by it. Antares actually got its name from the planet Mars, which was called Ares by the Greeks. Since the star seemed to equal Mars in redness, it was named Anti- Ares, meaning "opposed to" or "rivaling Arcs. Passing Airplane Tossed About By Ammunition Blast Reno, Nev., July 19 (U.R) A big army cargo plane en route from Oakland to Reno on a rou tine training flight was "tossed around in the air" by the Port Chicago, Cal., ammunition depot explosion, its pilot, Lt. R. A Smith, of Clearwater, Cal., said when he landed here today. Smith said he was flying at 7000 feet altitude about three miles south of Port Chlcaao at the time of the blast which killed at least 343 persons. "One big mass of flame shot Into the air as the explosion let go," Smith said. A moment later his plane was "tossed about." Smith then said he circled down to 5000 feet but could see noth ing but smoke over the area. L COAST'S EFFORTS Wednesday. July 19, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIT! Talent Soldier In Test Crew at . British Air Base A USSTAF Air Service Com mand Depot (Somewhere in Eng land) Shuttling their way over the Channel to saturate enemy occupied Europe with tons of bombs, and supplying a day and night protective air umbrella over our forces of liberation, American bomber and fighter pi lots have the utmost confidence in their ships because of men like Pfc. Marcel Klimek. Jr., member of a flight test crew at an air service command depot "somewhere in England. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Klimek of Talent, Ore., Klimek is one of those responsible for operational shakedowns and pre- flight inspections of all aircraft handled at this vast depot. These men make test hops and ready the fighters and bombers of I America's ever-Increasing air ar- maua ior camoai auiy over Seattle, July 19 (U.R) Term ing the Pacific coast's all-out mechanization for the war ef fort "spectacular," Maury Mav-' erick, chairman of the Smaller War Plants corporation, urged business and labor to retain new highs created during wartime and strike for greater goals in the postwar period. Maverick s "postwar plan for the west," a report compiled af ter consultations with civic and public groups and Individuals on the coast, brouglil oui me vital part the northwest will Dlav in making "freedom from want" a reality following the war. In an address prepared for de-l ' x'" llvor hnfnrn ihi Seattle Cham- "m"-c "na Germany. ber of Commerce, Maverick said plans are already underway on the coast to bridge the gap be tween termination of war con tracts and peacetime industries In order to assure employment to war veterans and workers. "Among the federal projects planned for the Pacific north west, the Columbia Basin pro ject constitutes one of the most extensive," he said. 'It has been estimated that ap proximately 10,000 workers will be given employment, building reservoirs, pump plants, ditches, nin Tiiirp Jc nlsn a rjroeram amounting to approximately j $600,000,000 for the develop ment of the Columbia river. -watershed, which will affect Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Wyoming. "Portland is considering a pro gram of public improvement which would cost $75,000,000 and would employ up to 20,000 j men for a two-year period SHOW MUSICAL BENT Tacoma, Wash. 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