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
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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. The
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above are getting a first-hand aquaintance with a Lister bag, the army water "cow." The nurses
shown are engaged in field practice, (Engraving courtesy Camy While Grenade)
groaning and wailing Inside in
creased. An old man kept cry
ing for water.
Finally Silence . '
"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.
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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
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Tacoma, Wash. U.PJ Sneak
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able week end in Tacoma recent
ly. Listed among the loot Was a
toy piano which one muslc-lor
Ing burglar tenderly removed
from a house. Another prowler
tempering his musical procllv.
lty with a strong thirst mad
off with three cases of beer and
a banjo.
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on a clean drive down the middle
of the fairway, a marine veteran
of Guadalcanal knew what he
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Cpl. John Halllngcr. "I'm fight
ing so this course can be put back
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