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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,
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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.
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