MARINES RECITE
AT PRISON CAMP
Liberated Leatherneck Tells
Of Burning U. S. Flag To
Prevent Its Capture
By Ralph C. Teatsorth
United Press Wax
Correspondent.
With American Forces on Lu
zon, Feb. 4 (Delayed) (U.R)
u. S. Marines made certain that
at least one American flag
would not be captured by the
Japanese when Corregidor fell.
Pfc. j-red S. Vinton of Jacfc
son, Mich., one of 19 Marines
liberated at Cabantuan, said the
colors were wrapped around the
waist of a navy hospital corps-
man carried from Corregidor.
At Bilibid prison in Manila
the flag was given to a Marine
captain who burned it and bur
led the. ashes.
Atrocities Told
The group, all veterans of the
famous Fourth Marines, told of
Japanese atrocities as they wait
ed today Tor transportation to
the United States.
"Give me two months at home
and then I want to get back and
settle a few old scores," Vinton
laid.
Vinton said when the Marines
were being transferred from
Corregidor to Bilibid May 25,
1942, the Japanese put hundreds
of them on a small boat.
"They made no pretense of
landing us," he said. "We simply
were dumped in neck-deep wa
ter in the bay and told to wade
ashore. Those too weak were
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When Chief Machinist's Mate Qeorge Huffman returned to San Fran
cisco from 38 months In the Pacific, he found his apartment sllghtlj
crowded with in-laws he had never met. Of his wife's six sisters and one
brother who were staying there (she has two more brothers and two mors
sisters) are. left to right: Mis. Lee Carglamllo, Miss Helen Rogers, Mtsa
Betty Jo Rogers. Mrs. Jennilee Clntl and Mrs. Huffman. When you get
around to 1U that's Mr. Huffman in the middle.
helped by buddies, but many of
them drowned."
Cpl. Neil Iovlno of Chicago,
who was wounded at Bataan,
said one prisoner escaped to the
hills from a bridge building de
tail. ,
Courage Proved
"The ssme afternoon a Jap of
ficer ran a finger down the ros
ter of men and picked five at
random," he said. "Then they
were lined up in front of a
ditch. ' The Japs figured the
Americans couldn't take it without-breaking
down or showing
fear. None of the five asked for
a blindfold. Oddly enough the
Japs treated us decently for the
next two weeks. The idea perco
lated 'that we really had guts.'
Col. Dennis Rainwater of
Paris. Ark., said the prison hos
pital ward was dubbed "St. Pe
ter's ward" because so many
died there oi dysentery, fever,
and the effects of brutality.
Rainwater said the Red Cross
sent shoes to the prisoners but
the Japanese confiscated them
and most of the men had to
work barefooted on the roads
and the fields..
Pvt. Edward Gordon of Jack
son. Miss., weighed only 113
pounds Jan. 7 when the Japan
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now weighs 190 pounds.
"They tried to starve us to
death and tried to work' us to
death," Gordon said. "When that
didn't work they tried to beat
some of us to death. I d give
something to get off a few more
rounds at the Japs."
Packages Looted
Master Sgt. Eugene C. Com'
mander, of San Diego, Calif.,
said the Japanese looted the
Red Cross packages of cigarettes,
food, and "anything that shined."
They also took watches, jew
elry, and pictures of wives and
sweethearts from the prisoners.
. Sgt. Harry Pinto of Mountain
View, Calif., said once he drop
ped a picture of his wife and a
guard grabbed it.
"I saw red and took the photo
from' him," he said. "He became
enraged and began slapping me.
I just had to stand there and
take it."
. Cpl. Edward Berry of Topan
ga, Calif., said that fter the
surrender of Corregidor, 8,000
Americans were jammed into an
area of iittle more than an acre.
, : Dysentery Strikes
"It was so packed, there hard
ly was room to lie down. For
the first few days we didn't get
anything to eat unless we
scrounged for it. Sickness broke
out. We nicknamed the camp
'Dysentery Flats." "
The first Marine officers to
greet the liberated Marines were
Col. Clayton C. Jerome of Bur
ton. Kans., and Col. Lyle H
Meyer of Deer Isle, Me., .who
gave .the men new uniforms and
insignia.. .
- Some of the men wept as they
received the uniforms.
COASTAL REGION
Coos Bay, Ore., Feb. 6 U.R)
Maintenance crews of the
utility, telephone and highway
departments today sought to re
store normal communication and
transportation after a wind of
hurricane' velocity lashed the
southern Oregon coast last night
Large areas of Coos and Cur
ry counties were without lights
for more than an hour but serv
ice was restored to all but the
Powers area today.
The storm swept up the coast
from Crescent City, Cal., and
measured a constant blow of 86
miles per hour in velocity, with
short gusts measured as high as
100 miles per hour, according
to the coast guard light station
at Umpqua.
Nona Injured
No one was reported Injured
in the gale, which snapped pow
er poles, felled trees across the
highways, broke windows, and
ripped off doors.
Rainfall of 1.42 Inches feU in
Coos Bay yesterday, with heavy
intermittent rains today.
Thirty minutes before the gale
struck Bandon, toppling a pole
carrying power wires into the
hospital, a daughter was born
to Mrs. Blaine Harbough, wife
oi a coast guardsman at the sta
tion were. The hospital was
without lights for several hours
but Mrs. Harbough and her baby
were reported in good condition
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Barber's
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Tuesday, fab. I. 194S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THRU
Observations
Because we, as a family, have
had such happy results from a
certain project,, I'm passing it
on to you. Our older son thought
of it and we feel he thus made
a real contribution to the clan
Barber. However, it ' took co
operation to carry out this plan,
as you shall see.
I ve written many times of
that dearly beloved oldester, my
lamer now in his.. Both year.
I've written a few times of
Scotty, the baby grandson. The
son's idea was this why not
have the great grandfather keep
a aiary tor nls little grandson.
That would be something! And
so it has proved. I tell you of
this because a lot of you may
have some grand old gentleman
or lady in your home whose
recorded viewpoints and ac
counts of their dally activities
would be a valuable gift not
only to the present younger
generation, but to generations as
yet unborn.
My father's diary for the past
year came just the other day.
Frank and I spent one evening
reading from- it and we both
voted it as being the most in
teresting book we'd read- this
year.: In -explanation of much
that he says, my mother has been
in a wheel chair for the past
eight years. I quote: "Jan. 3:
Mandy had me . take out . the
Christmas tree today and sweep
the front porch. As long as she
does not make me dust, I do not
mind.' Whoever invented dust
ing, I wish he would have had a
mill stone hanged about his neck
and been cast into the sea. Been
reading a Zane Grey book. Too
much profanity. I'm trying to
read the book Olive gave me
for Christmas, The Robe, but I
think it ridicules the Bible. If
so, I will not like it.
"Jan. 22 Quite a job, to spade
a half acre of ground. But one
shoveful at a time will do it. I
should be tougher this year than
I was last, being one year older,
But I can stand a lot of resting
if I have a good book to read.
We voted to recall our pastor,
There was one vote against him,
It turned out to be the minister's
son; the boy said it would be
fun to move. I am so deaf, I do
not get much out of the sermon
and can be only a bench warm
er. But I love to see and speak
to the .folks.
"Feb. 8. This is my old honey
bug's 73rd birthday. She has
changed her looks some from
when I first saw her when she
was 16. But if I had looked as
rusty then as I do now, I would
have stood a poor show with
her."
Get the grandfather In your
home to keap a diary. You'll
enjoy it as much as we are en
joying Dad's.
GREWlAYSlAPS
TO FIGHT HARDER
Washington. Feb. U.R)
Acting Secretary of State Joseph
C. Grew today hailed the recap
ture of Manila as the harbinger
of speedy liberation of all the
Philippine islands, but warned
that it will inspire the Japanese
to fight harder than ever.
Grew, who served as U. S. am
bassador to Japan for ten years
prior to Pearl Harbor, voiced the
warning to a press conference
amid widespread acclamation for
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's tri
umphant return to the Philip
pine capital.
HUGE MERCHANT FLEET
VISIONED AFTER WAR
Washington, Feb. 6 (U.F0
The nation's active ' post-war
Merchant Fleet is expected to
aggregate 15,000,000 to 20,000,-
000 deadweight tons, and Con
gress should quickly establish
policy on surface and trans-wai
ter aerial transportation, Ad
miral Emory S. Land told
House Appropriations Subcom
mittee in testimony released to
day.
Testifying on the Maritime
Commission appropriation for
fiscal 1046, . the - commission
chairman also told the commit
tee that work should begin, as
soon as military demands per
mit, on new and modern "custom-built"
commercial ships,
particularly passenger vessels.
SLAVE GIRLS ON
SILESIA ESTATE
REBEL AND KILL
Moscow, Feb. 8 U.R) A
Pravda correspondent today re
ported the revolt of 125 Russian
"slave girls" on the estate of Col.
Richard Richtenau at Sofienbug
in upper Silesia on the day be
fore soviet occupation.
Starved and tortured in the
course of several years' bondage,
the correspondent said, the girls,
all under 21 years of age, seized
axes, stones and shovels and
killed two guards. On Jan. 2
they broke into the quarters of
the manor's owner, Erna Richte
nau, and tore her to pieces.
The correspondent said when
he arrived with the red army he
found the girls, tattered and
famished, running on tha ice-
covered road to greet them.
He said they told an incred
ible story of the woman's sadism
which included giving them
from 10 to 15 lashes daily.
Many of the girls went mad
while others committed suicide,
the correspondent said. They
were beaten for failure to work,
"improper attitude" toward the
Germans and stealing cattle
fodder to feed themselves.
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MONTOOMIRY WA0
Paris, Feb. 6 U.R) Su
preme Headquarters announced
tonight that Lt. Gen. Omar N.
Bradley had resumed command
of the United States First army,
which was under the temporary
command of Marshal Sir Ber
nard L. Montgomery after the
Ardennes breakthrough.' '
FORMER JAYCEE HEAD
HELD AS EMBEZZLER
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 8 (U.R)
Herbert McCulla, former, na
tional president of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, was ar
raigned in Municipal Court to
day on charges of embezzling
$9,000 from the Lincoln Sym
phony Orchestra Association,
Inc.
Judge Edward C. Fisher fixed
McCulla's bond at $10,000 after
a plea of Innocent was entered
by the court. The defendant
stood mute. He was bound over
to District Court.
FIRST CONVOY MAKES
JOURNEY FROM INDIA
Kunming, Feb. 8 (U.R) A
six mile long Allied convoy
rested in Kunming today at the
end of an epic 1,044-mile Jour
ney from India to China. It was
the first over the new Stilwell
road.
Thousands of cheering, flag
waving Chinese lined the streets
as the convoy arrived Sunday,
pouring in the first vehicles to
reach this Chinese gateway of
the Burma road from the out
side world since 1942.
Before the war 70 steamship
lines operated from Seattle on
various routes to all parts of the
world. Walerborne commerce
through the port over a 10-year
period averaged 7,860,679 tons.
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