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ONLY 300 OF 1919 'YANK PRISONERS OF BATAAN ALIVE Received Good Treatment At Inchon After Ordeal (h Ships All Say Inchon, Korea, Sept. 8 OJ.R) Only about 300 of the 1,919 American prisoners of war who sailed from Manila last Dec. 13 for prison camps in Japan sur vived the ordeals to which they were subjected, liberated men of the Inchon camp said today. Frankly admitting that Inchon was one of the few Japanese camps where U. S. personnel re ceived decent treatment, the group of 138 Americans were unable to do anything but speak bitterly of the haunting voyage from Manila which cost the lives of most of the prisoners. All the men at Inchon were captured on Bataan or Corregi dor. They saia 278 of their com rades were lost when their ship, the Oricca Maru, was bombed and sunk in Subic bay. The oth ers swam ashore after the Jap anese abandoned them to their fate. But once ashore they were prisoners again unfed for four and one-half days. Finally they were each given two tablespoons of dry rice, a former officer of the Philippines quartermaster office said. "Then we were loaded onto a big unnamed freighter from which the Japs had just finished unloading horses and artillery. Manure was knee deep. Flies swarmed all over the ship. "We sailed' to Tata, on For mosa and lost about 30 men a day through starvation or dysentery- "The Japs never came below iecks and we carried our own dead topside." Then the prisoners were trans ferred to a camp on Kyushu, southernmost of the home is lands. "We passed through several blizzards and with hatches open it was freezing. Many of us had no clothing except undershirts. We huddled together to keep warm but on that ship you had to huddle anyway there wasn't room for anything else." When they arrived in Korea last April, the small group of survivors, found themselves in a camp where they could marvel at surprisingly good treatment. "We've no complaints against the Japanese here," one prisoner said as he showed me the carefully-tended flower and vege table gardens maintained by the Americans. "We got one Red Cross parcel for each man every two weeks," he said, pointing out that when the same group was in Japan held on Kyushu island "we got one for every three men every six months." The American prisoners unani mously declared that they had received excellent treatment from their Japanese captors in Korea. Malta Commandry To Seat Officers In Ashland Rites Ashland, Sept. 8 Public in stallation of officers of Malta Commandry No. 4 will be held Wednesday, Sept. 19. at the Ma sonic Temple. Right Eminent Grand Commander Ralph E. Sweeney will act as installing of ficer following a 6:45 p. m. ban quet. The following officers were elected to fill the stations for the ensuing year: Elmer C. Bie gcl, eminent commander; M. Pat rick Dunn, generalissimo; George W. Nielson, captain general: John P. Daugherty, senior war den; V'ern A. Turpin, junior warden; George W. Dunn, treas urer; Rufus E. Detrick, recorder. Eminent Commander-Elect Bie gel will name appointive officers later. ClostnK time toi Sunday Too Late lo Classify 4 00 Saturday afternoon Please remember Use Mail Trlrune Want Ada. Court House News Justice Court Roger D. Clement, combined overload, S14.25 and costs; con bined overload, $10.50 and costs Woodrow W. Atwood, trailer unit overload, SI 1.50 and costs Harold A. Davis, no muffler on motor vehicle, $1 and costs. Rov V. Deutschman, no lights, SI and costs. Doyle A. Johnson, overwidth load, SI and costs. George W. Large, overwidth load. S2.50 and costs; overheight load, $2.50 and costs. Harold Johnson, driver axle overload. S8 50 and costs. Vern W. York, combined over load, S15.75 and costs. Melvin J. Pagona, trailer unit overload, S17.50 and costs; driver axle overload $12.25 and costs. Earl L. Stephenson, combina tion overload. $10.75 and costs John A. 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