JFIQHT MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE WednetcUr. Sept. 19, 1945
TO COAST AREAS
IN F000SEARCH
Self-Survival Only Thought
Of Hungry Japs As Thou
sands Strive For Living
By Earneit Hoberecht
(United Press Correspondent)
Tokyo, Sept. 19 (U.RJ Thous
ands of Tokyo's remaining 2,
000,000 inhabitants swarmed
across the city's coastal mud
flats today, searching for enough
shell fish to provide another
meal.
The cry is for food. Sclf-sur-
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vival is the only thought for
these hungry Japanese.
As far as the eye can see,
countless thousands of men,
women and children tirelessly
.splash through the shallow
water. Each pays approximate
ly five cents to the man holding
the government shell-fishirg
concession. For that they arc
entitled to all they can catch
in a day usually a water bucket
full per person.
This is a scene repeated day
after day. Thousands of others
line the city's canals and riveis,
creating a forest of bamboo fish
ing poles from dawn to dusk as
Tokyo's populace desperately
tries to Increase its food supply.
Hunger Everywhere
Hunger is evident every wheie.
War gardens in small, neat typi
cally Japanese fashion dot every
available area of land. The
average man prays that his gar
den will supply enough food to
stall off starvation one more
winter a hope Bgainst odd3 that
"something" will be done by the
Japanese or American govern
ments to keep food in the mouths
of those still dwelling in this
city or dismal makeshift homes.
Food lines are everywhere.
Before the shopper can stand in
the long line outside the food
store he must stand in on
equally long line to get ration
certificates.
For his certificates the Japa
nese can purchase a small quan
tity of black beans a substitute
for rice which is scarce these
days.
With his vegetables, beans or
fish the Japanese can return
home at dusk to the squalid
shacks erected in the ruin of
this once-grent metropolis.
Homes Small
Home is usually a 12-foot by
12-foot frame structure, covered
by pieces of scrap sheet metal.
The shanties pre Jammed close
together windowless, without
sanitation, usually one-room af
fairs floored with fire-blackened
bricks. There is no furniture
and only a minimum of neces
sary household items.
In some huts soldiers have
hung their helmets on the walls
and put aside their boots for
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sandals. There is little clothing
except that worn by the in
habitants. Fire bombs brought Tokyo to
this. Flames eating away at tne
city left it in ruins. The Tokyo
fire department never had a
chance against the holocaust.
Conditions Near Chaos
Today the Japanese can com
pare their 25-year-old fire equip
ment and their ox-drawn carts
with the huge convoys of gigan
tic American trucks rolling by
day end by night in a never-ending
line a parade of vehicles
watched with awe by these
dazed, bewildered masses.
Today conditions are ap
proaching the chaotic. Millions
of Japanese roam the country
homeless and hungry. Millions
just wait to see what will hap
pen. They watch intensely as
smoke comes from the chimneys
still standing beside small, ob
scure establishments in the sur
viving fringe around this ash
pile of a city.
Some have work to do.
Others have volunteered to help
clear away the wreckage. Wom
en and children Join with
shovels In the gigantic task
work that only increases appe
tites for food they cannot get.
Father Accused In
Hammer Slaying Of
Daughter Aged Five
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 19 (U.fi)
Joseph B. Wessel, lumber mill
workar, was charged with first
degree murder today after his 5-year-old
daughter Mary Ann
died nt Tacoma general hospital
last night from blows received
in a vicious hammer beating.
Prosecutor Thor G. Toliefson
accused Wessel of fatally beating
Mary Ann in a hammer attack
on his estranged wife and family.
Mrs. Wessel, mother of four chil
dren, still was in serious condi
tion. Toliefson revealed that at the
time of yesterday's beating, Wes
sel was free on $1,000 bond for
a similar attack on his wife In
June which necessitated a deli
cate operation to remove a sliver
of skull bone from her brain.
Child Delinquency
Conference Slated
The Oregon Juvenile Council
will hold a conference in Mult
nomah county courthouse, Port
land, Sept. 21 and 22, County
Juvenile Officer Robert M.
Elder said today. Elder is pres
ident of tho council.
The program will open at 10
a. m. Friday with registration.
At 10 a. m. Saturday there will
be an address by members of
the interim committee of the
House and Senate on child de
linquency. O. H. Bcnetson of
Medford, Jackson county repre
sentative, is chairman of tne
committee.
CIVIL SERVICE OFFICE
IS DISCONTINUED HERE
Office of the IlniteH stntoe
civil service representative, lo
cated in the Holland Hotel, will
do closed after today. Eugene
Liliennuist. civil snrvir rnnro.
sentative, announced.
Liljc.-nq.uist, In charge of the
local office since June, has been
instrumental in engaging civil
inn employes for Camp White.
Ho is to enjoy a vacation before
resuming his work at a new station.
CAHD OF THANKS
Wa wish to thank our many frltnrfa
and nrlKhhon (or their kind rxprex.
xionx of kvmmithv nnd hentitiful flow.
era during our recent bereavement.
Mm. J. w. Dye. Mn. I.lovd Han-si-om,
Clarence Conner. Wllby Con-
pep, vtnrren (.onner, ana other relatives.
COMING UP!
."ALTHOUGH all Government restrictions on civilian
train travel have not been lifted, the green light is
coming up.
Transportation of military traffic will, of course, continue
to be an important Great Northern Railway responsibility
in the months ahead. However, the decrease in troop
movementa now is making available more space on
the Empire Builder and other Great Northern trains
for civilian travelers.
Pullman reservations now may be made 14 days in
advance usually sufficient time to obtain desired
accommodations.
Not far away, we hope, is the day when remaining restric
tions become history when the mighty driving wheels of
Great Northern locomotives can roll up miles of pleasant
travel on the scenic Route of the Empire Builder.
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route of the EMPIRE BUILDER
Between: PORTLAND e TACOM A e SEATTLE SrOrVNE
MINNEAPOLIS e ST. TALL CHICAUO
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TO SPEAK IRE
Lt. James C. Whittakrr, co
pilot for Capt. Eddie liicken
backer at the time of the epic
crash at sea after which Lt.
Whittaker, Capt. Rickenbacker
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LT. JAMES WHITTAKEH
and three other survivors drift
ed 21 days at sea, will speak at
the First Baptist church of Med
ford, Thursday at 8 p. m. Lt.
Whittaker's address, which will
tell of the flight and crash in
the Pacific ocean and of the days
spent on the life raft, will be
open to the public. It is being
sponsored by the United States
Christian commission, a group
seeking to minister to the
wounded and disabled veterans
of the war. The offering,' which
will be taken, will go directly to
this work.
Lt. Whittaker, only member
of the Rickenbacker party who
kept a diary of the ordeal, will
give a full account of their days
adrift. His lecture has bi-en
given commendation from mini
sters, editors and leaders in
every field for its value to the
morale of the home front.
Books Listed
New books received at the
jacK.son County Library in:
elude:
Fiction
Abbot, Mary Patten's Daugh
ters; Bassett, Silver Moon Cot
tage; Burnet, The Pool: Colver
Homecoming; Dark, The Little
Company; Escragnolle. Inocen-
cla; Forester, Commodore Horn-
blower; Gorman: The Wine of
San Lorenzo; Hartley, The Way;
Hilton, So Well Remembered;
Lawrence, Let Us Consider One
Another; Locwenstein, The
Child and The Emperor; Lothar,
The Prisoner; McLean, A Mo
ment of Time; Maclennan, Two
Solitudes; Neumann, Now Vhat
April's There; Osborne, They
Change Their Skies; Sedges,
The Townsman; Shurtleff, Short
Leash; Slaughter, X Touch of
Glory; Wickenden, The Way
farers. Non-Fiction
H a r r 1 m a n. Psychology In
Nursing Practice; Wilson, How
to Live Beyond Your Means:
Lewis, Beyond Personality; Van
Diisen, They Found the Church
There; Bontemps, Thev Seek A
City: Beals. What the South
Americans Think Of Us; White
leather, Main Street's New
Neighbors: Garrett, A Time Is
Born; Pink, Freedom From
Fear; Neuschutz, Jobs For The
Physically Handicapped; Young,
Angel In The Forest; Barzun,
Teacher In America: Evans,
How to Make Historic American
Costumes; Wells. Raffles; Orr.
Here Comes The Elephants;
Hudson, An Introduction to
Electronics:' Harrington, Mill
and Factory Book of Tool Care;
Paust, Fighting Wings; Ott,
Transport Aircraft; Sticrl, Air
craft Engines; Stierl, Aircraft
Instruments; Stleri, Aircraft
Welding; Biegelcisen, Careers in
Commercial Art; Aronson, The
Book of Furniture and Decora
tion; McKinncy, The Challenge
of Listening: Corwln, On a
Note of Triumph; Silvers, The
Editor Accepts; Carmer, Taps Is
Not Enough; Dickinson,' Bolts
of Melody: Habeiiy, Silent
Fame and other poems; Nathan.
The Darkening Meadows; Shap
iro, V-Lctter and Other Poems;
Lnuterbach, These Are The Rus
sians: Muir, This Is India: Kau.
Home To India; GattI, Killers
All; Robeson, African Journey;
Peat, Canada; Webster, Tcwn
Meeting Country; Kane, Deep
Delta Country; Thorp, Pardner
of the Wind; Fisher, The Salin
as; Briccno, Cocks and Bulls In
Caracas; Gessler, The Leaning
Wind; Stefansson, Within The
Circle; Deford. They Were San
Franciscans; Borden, Francesca
Cabrini; Norris, Fighting Liber
al; Nye, George Bancroft; May
nard, Too Small a World; Pry
or, Reminiscences of Peace and
War; Teale, Dune Boy; Trott,
Campus Shadows; Surmelian, I
Ask You, Ladies and Gentle
men; Wright, Black Boy; Stew
art, Names On The Land; Bai
wnnrnw Wiknn and the
Great Betrayal; Bonsai, Unfin
ished Business; Pyle, Ernie Pylc
in England; Romulo, My Broth
er Americans; Wolfert, Ameri
can Guerrilla in the Philippines;
Miller, The Far Shore; Kaitcr
born, Europe Now; Altrocchi,
Miller, The Far Shore; Kalten
ton, Golden Gate Country.
TOKYOROSEFREE
Tokyo, Sept. 1 9 (U.R) Iva
Toguri, Los Angeles-born Tokyo
Rose of the Japanese air waves,
was released into the custody of
her Portuguese husband today.
A Nisei, she had been arrested
by the American eighth army
for possible trial as a war crim
inal. Final disposition of her case
awaits determination of her citi
zenship status by the U. S. state
department. She may be recalled
at any time by the eighth army.
Another alleged war criminal,
Shigenori Togo, Japanese for
eign minister at the time of the
Pearl Harbor attack, was reveal
ed to have suffered a relapse at
his home.
Togo, 111 with a heart ailment,
was reported "resting" today aft
er his condition began to worsen
at 3 p. m. yesterday.
New buses made of aluminum
weigh from one and one-half to
two tons less than previous models.
(Jia Mall Tribune Want Ada.
NOTICE
Notice of Dissolution of Part
nership. To whom it may concern:
NOTICE is hereby given that
Garner Phillips Allred Company,
a partnership, has been dissolved
as of September 19th, 1945. by
mutual agreement of the part
ners. S. A. GARNER.
R. W. PHILLIPS,
J. D. ALLRED.
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Big Steel Denies
. Gigantic Profits
Washington, Sept. 19 U.R
The United States Steel Corp.
denied today that it had taken
more than S2. 000. 000.000 in
open and hidden profits from
war contracts as asserted by
President Philip Murray of the
United Steelworkers (CIO).
Murray, who also heads the
entire CIO, made the assertion
in support cf the steel union's
contention that the steel indus
try is able to pay a $2-a-day
wage increase without a price
increase. The new wage de
mand will be served on the in
dustry at Pittsburgh next Tues
day.
BINS TO HOSPITAL
Hollywood, Sept. 19 (U.R)
Bing Crosby's physicians today
nrdpred the crooner to a hospi
tal bed for a week in "a routine
checkup." Crosby will register
at St. John's, Santa Monica
within the week, on completion
of his role In Paramount'! "Blue
Skies ' He was out of the frin
for two days with back pains
caused by kidney trouble, hii
doctors said.
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. . . hmchtime h friendly time in the plant
Everybody likes company when lunchtime rolls around. It's always a
sociable spot in the busy day a chance to talk, to laugh, be friendly
and refreshed. And the big 'red cooler is the place to meet for it. At
the words Have a Cot things pick up and good-fellowship begins.
OlUtO UNDEI AUIHOtltT Of IHI COCA-COIA COAfANT IT
Coca-Cc!a Bottling Gompany of Medford
. Hear Morton Downey KMED 2:30 P.M. .
uSVifl Von naturally hear Coci'CoIa
i cautti cry us irienaiy acDrevution
1 Yoke". Both mean th quality prat
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