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IN THOUGHTS OF
JAP INTERNEES
Nip Objective of Breaking
Morale Nearly Success as
Civilians Fight Over Food
(Editor's Note Franz Weiss
blatt, United Press staff corre
spondent who was with Gen.
MacArthur on Bataan and spent
three years in a Japanese prison
camp at Santo Tomas tells in
the following dispatch of the
Japs' systematic starvation of
the internees and of the enemy's
penalties against black market
ers.) By Frani Weiiblatt
United Press Correspondent
Santo Tomas, Feb. 9 (U.R)
I heard for the first time today
about the OPA and food restric
tions imposed on civilians back
in the United States.
I hesitate to draw parallels.
It might be in poor taste. But I
can't help writing about a sub
ject that's been uppermost in
my thoughts and the thoughts
of my fellow internees for many
months.
Food First Thought
Food was the first thought in
the morning and the last at
night. It was' the gnawing
thought in the midst of all work
and all leisure time. It was the
principal topic of conversation.
And the aim of all activity.
All moral senses became sub
merged by thoughts of food.
Honest men stole from one
another, or from a common lar
der. Lifelong army friendships
were broken by arguments over
food distribution -often involv
ing a single spoonful of rice.
Black market dealing was not
question of greed. It was the
envy of those without jewelry,
clothing or credit to obtain sta
ples such as rice, Mongo beans,
sugar or any other sweets or
foods with high calories or en
ergy content.
The basic question was that
of survival.
Jap Penalties
I do not know the OPA's pen
alties, but I do know that the
penalties imposed by the Japa
nese included 30 days' solitary
confinement for stealing weeds
out of a neighbor's garden.
Kangkong, a . tubular weed,
was used for soup. Tapinum, a
broad-leafed weed, was used for
salads. It is surprising what ex
cellent salad some leaves and
weeds will make.
In the early days of our con
finement, rice was plentiful in
Manila and we got an average
of 1500 calories per day. We
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secretly buried rice daily so the
Japanese would not learn of the
excess we were getting, and cut
our rations. .' - ,
The situation became progres
sively worse as the Japs began
looting the islands and calling
upon the Filipinos for increas
ingly greater quantities of food
stuffs. Food 0MTanabu ::t
Finally the time came when
food was unavailable even in
exchange for Japanese curren
cy. Our rations were not filled
for days at a time. We got rot
ten vegetables, fruits,' greens,
and camotes, for a time and
learned to relish them.
Then we had the rice issue
cut. Stealing broke but to an
alarming extent..
The self-imposed discipline of
the Americans disappeared. The
Japs' apparent objective of
breaking our morale neared
achievement.
We welcomed liberation, but
even freedom is academic when
your belly is empty.
All that is past now, and we
hope soon to return to America.
With or without the initials
OPA, America is the promised
land.
E
FOR SILENCE ON
BIG 3 CONCLAVE
Washington, Feb. 9 (U.R)
Director Byron Price of the Of
fice of Censorship today offered
his "thanks and appreciation"
to American editors and news
broadcasters for their conduct
with respect to the current Big
Three conference. ?i,
"The responsible editors and
news broadcasters of the United
States," he. said in a note to edi
tors and broadcasters, "are en
titled to great credit for their
conduct, under voluntary 'cen
sorship, with respect to the in
ternational conference in the
Black Sea area.
"The difficulties have been
many but in spite of strong pro
vocation from abroad domestic
news columns and broadcasts in
this country .have been, on' the
whole, remarkably, free of aid
to the enemy. That he still is
confused about major points of
security connected with the con;
ference is demonstrated amply
by misgivings of enemy propa
gandists. -
"The Office of Censorship of
fers its thanks and apprecia
tion." : '
Boy Scout News
Scout troop 17 of Gold Hill
in their meeting Feb. 1 decided
on several important things. A
window display in a local mer
chant's window for Scout Week
Feb. 8 to 14. A pot luck dinner
during Scout Week at 6:30 p.
m. on Feb. 8. Also painting of
Scout hall.
This is a start of a series of
improvements by the Gold Hill
troop.
Lt. Jack Martin was present
and talked to the troop.
BIRTHS
SHERARD To Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll, 417V4-G St., Feb. 5,
1945, a girl, six pounds, at Oste
opathic clinic.
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2:30 P. M.
Mondays Through
Fridays
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' Navy enlistment reenrrla fnr
the past nine months in the Ore
gon recruiting district were
broken in January with the en
rollment Of 353 17-vear.nlri vnl.
unteers, it was reported by Chief
W. R. Cumley, USN, in charge
or tne Medlord recruiting sub
station. , , . .
Previous hieh " month waff
April of last year, when 369
teensters were aimed, Consider.
able credit for January's excel
lent showing goes to this district
ior its response to the navy's
Various recruitment nrnmmi
the recruiter declares.
Enlistment of men fnr th
radar training course showed a
substantial increase, it was re
ported, and few states in the
nation had as good a record on
a per capita basis. Recruitment
of radar trainees continue nn.
abated this month, as many
ships are delayed in commission
ing because of an indaequate
sunnlv of exrjertx in man hii
radar devices. . .'.
There are several roacnn tvhv
the radar program is having such
a great anneal, the recruiter
plains. One is that the candidate
wno qualities lor the training is
enlisted as seaman first pl
two steps above the normal start
ing rate of apprentice seaman.
Another Is that the successful
applicant is elven between m
and 11 months of training in ad:
vancea radio and electronics at
leading colleges, universities
and naW Schools hafnra hnlnff
put on active duty as a petty of-
iicer.
The most popular reason with
many radar trainees in that thev
will be assured of a fine job in
tne postwar period by virtue of
their schooling and actual ex
perience in the navy. This back
ground wiU permit, them to
work in television, civilian nvi.
ation and many other commer
cial enterprises.
The recruiter emphasizes that
the navy's radar program is op
en to men of draft age as well
as to 17-year-oldsters. Anyone
interested is asked to go to the
navy recruiting station for addi
tional information.
ER
E
Temple, Tex., Feb. 9 (U.R)
Pvt. William H. Edwards, a
booby trap who didn't explode,
told today how German soldiers
who found him wounded on the
Western front turned him into a
living bomb. , .
Edwards, pending the healing
of his right leg and getting back
home to his wife and six chil
dren at Haytl, Mo., is at Mc
Cioskey General Hospital here.
The 4th infantry division foot
soldier recalled vividly the
agonizing 70 hours he lay in the
Huertgen forest after stepping
on a land mine which blew off
his right foot.
. On night patrol near the Nazi
lines when wounded, Edwards
called a medical corpsman. The
enemy heard too, and began a
search.
It wasn't long, the Missouri
soldier recounted, until a voice
whispered, Vare ,you'a GI?"
"Hell, yes," 'answered Ed
wards. The medic promised help, but
the Germans forced them to
drop back.
Edwards said he lay undetect
ed in the forest until 3 patrol
ing Germans found him. They
refused his plea for water, he
said. Instead, they rummaged
through his field jacket and di
vided up hit five packages of
cigarettes.
Then the Germans turned the
American soldier into a human
booby trap by Inserting a land
mine beneath his body and wir
ing It tight to him.
" "They left," Edwards con
tinued, ''and I had to lay on that
mine all day and most of the
night. I smoked some cigarettes
the Germans failed to find in
my shirt pocket, all the time
thinking I was a goner.
"I knew I would never leave
the forest alive." .
About two a. m. the next day.
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two soldiers from another com
pany rescued him.
"I warned them about the
mine," Edwards said, "then
helped them get me loose."
POTATOllTRY
IS TAKEN UNDER
WFA PERMIT PLAN
Washington, Feb. 9 U.R
The War Food Administration
today brought the last two re
maining Important potato pro
ducing areas, Colorado and the
Red River valley of North Da
kota and Minnesota, under its
potato shipping permit plan.
The plan bans shipments ex
cept under WFA permits. It al
ready is in effect in Idaho, Ore
gon, California and Maine. It
is designed to assure the armed
forces of their full allocation of
good quality potatoes.
WFA has warned civilians
that they must expect a potato
shortage this spring because of
a shorter crop and rapid disap
pearance of supplies since the
fall harvest. It said the exten
sion order undoubtedly would
divert further supplies from the
civilian market.
Under the order, effective
Feb. 9, shippers in affected
areas must offer their potatoes
to a government agency. Pota
toes not needed for the armed
services either for consumption
or processing will be released
into commercial channels un
der a WFA permit.
PEANUT SHORTAGE
HITS CANDY MEN
Chicago, Feb. 9 (U.R) Sugar
and peanut shortages are likely
to put a tighter squeeze on
civilian candy supplies, leaving
counters as bare as Mother Hub
bard's cupboard, Philip P. Gotf,
president of the National Con
fectioners' Association, said to
day. "The sugar shortage In trie
United States will prevail
through 1945 despite release of
the Philippines. Even if the
Japanese are not destroying the
sugar mills, which is unlikely,
the maximum production of the
islands is required for our
troops, unina, and Allied forces
in the Pacific area," Gott said.
The candy industry is con
fronted not only with the sugar
shortage but with . a peanut
shortage that prevents it from
filling government contracted
orders, according to the indus
try. Shelled peanuts for 1944
topped all previous crop records
but "50 per cent of the Dec. 31
invoices of peanuts in the hands
of shelters have been frozen,"
Gott said.
E BAN
ON RACE HATRED
New York, Feb. 8 (U.R)---A
message urging Mat a world
wide ban against racial and re
ligious discrimination be pro
posed at the Big Three confer
ence has been sent to President
Roosevelt from the Committee
of Catholics for human rights,
it was announced today.
The message was signed by
Catholic leaders in educational,
political, and labor fields.
Among them were Sen. James
E. Murray. D., Mont., Philip
Murray, president of the con
gress of Industrial organizations,
and Gov. Frank J. Lausche of
Ohio. Murray is honorary na
tional chairman of the commit
tee. ..'
THE GRANGE
Eagle Point Grange
Recreation night will be held
Feb. ' 10 by the Eagle Point
i Grange at the hall, beginning at
8 p. m. Boys and men attending
are asked to bring six whole
sandwiches for refreshments. .
STAR FOR OVERSEAS
Hollywood, Feb. 9 (U.R)
First Lt. Tyrone Power, former
motion picture star, has com
pleted marine corps transport
pilot training and has been as
signed to the El Centra, Calif.,
marine air station awaiting
transfer overseas.
IAIN Ol I
IODIZID
Um
WEST FACES
FLOODS IN YEARS
fntr-affA ITeh O 111 M Tha
threat of the worst spring flood
in nine years hangs over the
East and Mid-west where heavy
winter snowa have niled nn a
huge backlog of precipitation
inai couia turn every stream
into a roaring torrent with the
first rainfall, weather hiirenu
and flood control officials re
ported today.
So great is the threat to the
millions of residenta In the w
land areas, where previous
iioods nave taken a huge toll
in life and property, that dis
aster and relief agencies are nre.
paring for the "heaviest flood
year since i3B," and the U. S.
coastguard and Red Cross have
flood relief erminment nu
for instant use.
Improvement in flnnrf train
ing and the use of amphibious
vehicles develnneri fnr the
armed forces is expected to
Keep casualties to a minimum,
but the National Safety Council
has urged residents of these
regions "to prepare now and re
duce the loss of life."
U. S. Weather Rnre.ni ntn.
cials predicted that a quick
spring tnaw would burden riv
ers and tributaries in the threat
IT ALWAYS
PAYS TO BUY
AT LUMANS'
Easier Wartime Shopping
Yes, wartime shopping IS easier, here at LUMAN'S. You'll find EVERYTHING
you need for truly good eating at prices in line or below OPA Community
prices. You'll find friendly assistance in buying the most for your ration
point and plenty of UNrationed foods to conserve those precious points!
Woodbury's
NEW NUCOA JELLO FACIAL
' Ap m ' MA SOAP
25c I 4o 29o 4 27c
FRESH EGGS
MIRACLE WHIP
DEL ROGUE
Lynden Brand
Jewell Shortening
Sold
ro you Tresn wnen
LEG OF SPRING LAMB, fine for roasting lb. 38c
STEAKS 1
Loin or Rib VEAL STEAKS lb. 35c
YOUNG "6 RABBITS lb. 48c
BONELESS
BEEF SHORT RIBS
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California......
ened areas with an overflow as
disastrous as nine years ago.
The second half of the winter
term at the Southern Oregon
College of Education opened
Monday of this week. There
has been a substantial gain in
enrollment for this term, with
new curricula ihaving been of
fered which should interest
prospective students. In addi
tion to the approval of two new
two-year terminal curricula in
merchandising and for medical
and dental assistants, the state
board has approved additional
B00 other MONARCH Fowl Mil Jatt a CmmII
n nnMAM
Grada A Large
Per Dozen.........
42c
SALAD
DRESSING
quarts
pints
TOMATO
JUICE
46-ox. tin
No. 2 six
24c
12e
CHICKEN Mb.
and NOODLES jar ,
33c
-lb. carton. .............65e
carton ..........22e
tiavor is Desri C
-BONE or SIRLOIN
lb 35c
CHOICE CUTS
PORK ROASTS Choice Shoulder Cuts..: lb. 33c
SALT PORK lb. 24c
BEEF POT ROASTS Shoulder Cuts Extra, lb. 25c
sS HENS 0 lb 37c
SPRING LAMB Shoulder Cuts Extra lb. 30c
BEEF SB lb 30c
Fine for Baking lb. 20c
OUR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
STJt; -S1.79F
10-lb. sack 39c
dozen 29c
Ik COaIV
. Friday. Feb. A, 1943
courses which will be offered
here, beginning in 1945-46.
These courses are clothing
construction and selection, three
hours credit; foods, nutrition
and cookery, three hours credit;
personal and family relation
ships, three hours credit; indus
trial arts for elementary schools,
two hours credit, each term.
METAL SUBSIDY ASKED
Washington, Feb. 9 UJ9
A bill to permit continuation of
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They're ripe with tang? julea
our Desert Grapefruit.
What's more. This Ariiona
.California grown fruit ia
racked with vitamin C . . . each
uscious half provides an
adult's primary supply of this
all-important vitamin.
Discover the test that Julcy
fresh Desert Grapefruit gives
to breakfast, the zip and flavor
it adds to noontime salads. En
ny this tempting fruit often.
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28c
15 " 5 m
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEH
subsidy payments on strategic
minerals, metals and petroleum
products was introduced today
by Reps. Clare Engle, D., Calif.
(lie Hall Tribunal Waal Ada.
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