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Newspaper Page TextMED -t TT"ntrE MF rn"T OF! 4 D VrtCJRSDAY, MARCH 16, 1951 MEDFOR0 MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, 31 American Servicemen in Japanese Yokosuka, J a p a n (UPD Thirty-one American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who came to Japan to serve their country are staying on here in a Japanese prison. A mixed group of robbers, rapists and convicted mur derers, they share a shadowy double status as members of the American armed forces and convicts in the Japanese prison system. Thpv eot into the prison, a great-walled fortress that j served 80 years ago as a Japa-j nese navy brig, because of an , American agreement which permits Japan to prosecute; U.S. servicemen for crimes against Japanese nationals. Private Priion Because of their special status, the convicts here have their own private prison, and enjoy comforts unknown in the rest of the Japanese penal system. Their special luxuries include coffee, radios, steam heat and sometimes ice cream. The cost of supporting them is three times as high as for Japanese inmates. Warden Noriyuki Hanakawa said his prisoners are the most privileged in Japan. Some of their benefits, such as holiday food and twice monthly American movies, are partly shared by some 60 Japanese "trusties," whom Hanakawa claims look on their Jobs in the 'American prison as the best their coun try's jail system offers. .The Yokosuka prison rates high marks even by Ameri can standards, especially since the few convicts in this five-acre fortress have elbow room undreamed of in U.b. jails. Their one-man cells would be occupied by two or even four men in an Ameri can prison. Their exercise yard has room for a baseball field, basketball court, even a flower garden and goldfish pond. Air Force Lt. Col Joe S. Webb of Van Alstyne, Tex., who visits the prison regular ly to represent the armed forces, says Yokosuka ranks with some of the better mili tary stockades he has seen in 19 years as a military police man. Despite " their comparative comforts, the inmates suffer more than most convicts from the loneliness that hanus over every jail. The 6,000 miles that separate them from home cuts them off from friends and families as much as does the big gray wall. Hanakawa said he is always ready to admit visitors, even outside normal working hours. But except for a rare buddy or shipmate, nobody ever visits the chilly Utile interview room with its heavy wire-grill partition. As far as Hanakawa's slaff can recall, nobody has ever come from the United States to visit a son, husband or brothor at Yokosuka prison in the six years it has hold American convicts. Despite the loneliness and the language barrier which separates them from their guard s only a half-dozen guards cans peak English ;he American prisoners have built up a reputation as just ahmit ihp hpst disciollned and most cooperative in Japan. Hanakawa is proua iai Yokosuka won an award last year for its excellent discip line record. In his two years as warden, only three men huun hnnn nunished for seri ous infractions of the rules. Each case involved list iignis on the athletic field. The punishment consisted of solitary confinement, and the withdrawal of all reading matter except the Bible. Don't Fight "Most of them don't fight this place at all," said Lt. Cmdr. Oscar Weber of Allen town, Pa. "Most qf them really feel they owe a debt to society." Weber is a Navy chaplain and often takes part in the regular religious services held here every week. He said some of the men "seem to have genuine religious experi ences here." "They have a lot of time to think, and some of the young ones do some growing up," he said. One deeply religious pris oner, whose neat writing desk is decorated with pictures of his family and Christ,- is Yokosuka's only "lifer" murderer-robber-arsonist Pvt. Orvis L. C. Boone of La Mar que, Tex. In the two years since he entered the prison, after an appeal saved him from an earlier death sentence, Boone has "never broken his perfect record," Hanakawa said. "He is friendly and co operative, he is helpful to the new prisoners and last year he won an award for his work record," the warden added. Boone has no hope of free dom until Oct. 7, 1968, when he becomes eligible for parole. Boone's fellow prisoners! range from 18 to 32 years old. They represent a dozen states, all races, and most religions, THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 1361 Village Variety Next to Piggly Wiggly on Stewart Ave. BUY NOW AND SAVE NE IV fORMULA GENERAL PURPOSE Flat Self Cleaning EXTERIOR PAINT 199S'aT A real money saving value for exter ior fence and barn painting. Now available in four colors. STORE HOURS: Monday-Saturday 9-9-Sunday 10-6 FUll SIZE PACKAGE vmss fth at a new new Formula formula for befferheaffi and longer life! Protein and colclum are two ingredients necessary to the good health of your pet. 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Hotels Baffling Declining Room Occupancy Rales New York - (WD - Hotels are engnging In an all-out fight against declining room occupancy rales. Their weap on is diversification. For a number of years, mo tels have been cutting into the hotel market. The 1942 hotel occupancy rate was a prosper ous 03 per cent. In 1961, it has dropped to a worrisome 58 or 59 per cent. When the move to motels began, hotels responded by raising their room rates to meet the losses of declining occupancy. Now they have found that they must take other measures as well or face the danger of pricing them selves out of the tourist mar ket. That Is where diversifica tion comes in. The Manager hotels, a chain of 14 hotels and 10 downtown motor ho tels, has taken several pio neering steps in that direc tion. Programs Diversified First, according to Victor K. Barrett, vice president of the chain, they have diversified tneir actual hotel programs, to try to attract more guests and different kinds of guests. becond, they have gone into other fields. They are retail ing a canned Colombian cof fee in their hotels and In supermarkets and plan to go into the tea and salad dress ing businesses. The Manager family owns Florida citrus groves and real estate scat tered around the country. Within the hotels, the di versification includes a family plan, under which children less than 14 are accommodated for nothing. There also are programs to encourage wives to accom pany (heir husbands to con v e n 1 1 o n s. Exotic menus are featured at lunches, and teas are given at which the wives are honored guests, "The fasnlon sriows once popular among feminine guests are old hat now, Bar rett said in an Interview. "We have to give them more than that." Barrett believes that hotels have a vast untapped market to attract by luring foreign visitors to America. They should be campaigning active ly abroad to encourage for eigners to see America, he said. Brochures Circulated The Manager hotels have circulated brochures offering j special rates and package tours to foreign travelers. I These brochures have gone to 1 4,500 travel agents outside the United States. "We are organizing our staffs so that they Include peo I pie who speak foreign lan guages," Barrett said. But more Important, we want to organize programs for the for eign visitors. "There is nothing for many of them to do at night, for in stance. Last year a. total of about 800 Italian engineers, doctors and other professional people stayed at our hotels. Nothing was planned for them In the evenings. They just sat around the lobbies and talked among themselves." "It would be a great service to the tourists and to the coun try to organize a program for getting foreign visitors into American homes in the eve ning, so they can see the American kitchen we brag about and see all the gadgets we advertise so widely. "Most Important, a program like that would help foreign visitors meet Amerlcans-and get out of hotel lobbies." It also, Barrett said, would be very good for the hotel business. , Salem Chosen All-America City New York - (UPD - Ten U.S. cities Including Salem, Ore., were named "All -America Cities" Wednesday in annual competition sponsored by the National Municipal League and Look Magazine. The awards are designed to honor communities having made outstanding progress as a result of citizen effort." Others included Blooming- ton, III.; Decatur, 111.; East Providence. R.I.; Grand Rap Ids, Mich; Town of Las Vegas, N.M.; Radford, Va.; Richland, Wash.; San Jose, Calif., and Worcester, Mass. Salem city officials plan a three day celebration April B-8 In connection with the award. Gov. Mark Hatfield said "this is a distinction in which the entire state extends congratulations to the Capital City." This is the first time an Oregon city has received the honor. Three other cities in Washington, Vancouver, Ta coma and Bremerton, have been All American Cities. Stewart it Kin? Acres of Parkin COAL PRODUCTION Washington - Bituminous coal production In one year was about 392 million tons, or about 2.1 tons for every man, ' woman and child In t'ie TT S. I