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1 iwlnv a nearly nn It can be
Bcccd together from fragment
E.. nnu'n rciwrts:
f Tho nuzln are ntlll holding the
tuinn at or near mo uuer
.. f norlln. BUT
fMonlgomery has cut clennly
tirouft 1 1110 crnai ui uviiiihii iiu
f" " II. nl II,.. nulif nnrf ll
tlljen iiumi " ,,,
.-ji.. AiiutuiirH nn rim tl v
Kot news of hlii ndviincc has
ken completely blocked out. So
(ken aro tho German will and
ability to resist that his men
Lve crowed acvcrnl dcfendablo
HVfirS Wlin IHUU "I ll" iiui-
e ulimi n flinlntf Diimnv
Ills lo lko odvimtugo of easily
Jcfcndnble positions. 11
rctty sure sign of demoralize
on.) ...
PliERE are unofficial reports
ilils morning that Mom
&.M.'f nrlvnnce nuns hti:
hannovcr la nouwny irom mo
Rhino crossing 10 oemm
,hith nl the Ruhr. Bradley'
1st and 3rd armies nave
i ri .v an anh wiufc.
nf th renter nt the
:rciiniinw"R " , '
lernion front ana ore "i""k
mt In several directions. m
5 . M v.t. mnrn hil l rilH
fnemy able to check cither of
Sy of continuous, sleepless at-
...it-. iriiiF III A T) "I
lICK 10 till i nc mi.
in n.i mnment this Is writ-
len, Patch's 7th army, opcrat
Sne somowhero on the right
a, i. -i ik. i i ami 3rd. Is the
aiYSTKRY army. Llttlo Is dis-
:lced as to in wncrcaouuw.;
PHERE seems little doubt that
L mmmrv tn IMP nOH 1.
nd Bradley, to the south, will
.hi. in offeet a Junction snon
..i nr h Ruhr, thus SUR
ROUNDING this most imporwm
fc( the German industrial areas.
m j
ISENHOWER now has seven
armies fighting cast or tne
Mm. with mavbc a million
nd a half men COMMUTED to
he battle. He has two other
lirmlcs In reserve.
I Whnt the Germans have to op
Ipojc this mighty force hasn't
awn disclosed In detail to us
fouls dors, oven f our high com.
fund knows, but It can't be more
han a fraction of Elsenhower's
llolal strength.
PTHE Russians, stopped tempor-
j1 arlly at least at the Oder by
jnorensos as intricate ana com
Islete as German military en a I
ffieerlng; skill can devise, have
.shifted their thunderous attack
from Rnrlln to Vienna.
One red armv croiin moving
fup the south brink of tho Danube
nas smashed Gyor and rionv
arom. kev defenses of the Brat
I'lava gap, where the great
river breaks through tho north'
fern spur of the Alps In a relative
ly witto and level vauey. inis
lorcc has reached the Austrian
border, less than 40 miles from
Vienna Itself.
Another Hun an armv. moV'
Ing westward through Slovakia,
Icrosslng north and south rivers
"gainst the best onnosltlon tne
Germans can put up, Is now
roughly 70 miles from Vienna.
A third Russian forco Is moving
down from thn north, through
the Moravian gup that for cent
uries has been a favorite pain
lor conquering armies.
nN"T discount this drlvo for
Vienna.
Conquered Czechoslovakia has
always been one of Europe's out
standing industrial centers.
Austria's Skoda arms plant has
ong rivaled tho Krupps of Essen
m Importance. Austria, Czecho
slovakia and western Hungary
nvo been turned by tho Ger
mans Into a beehive of military
lrdll.ltrv. Sn far ns wr outsiders
Nn know, this area has been
less battered by our bombers
nan the. German Industrial dis
tricts. This Russian drive Into Aus
(Continued on Page Thirteen)
Peter Rabbit Coming Soon!
, Plower-laden bonnets filled the shop windows along Main
Jtrcet today and spring fever filled the persons who gazed in
"windows as Klamath Falls experienced a real, honcst-to-
SNotPronfyddfd tho mercury hover around an unofficial 50
"Wees shortly before 2 o'clock, but a breeze as balmy as May,
wftcd over the basin, area. . ,,(V,inl,
, Stores were filled with Easter shoppers, buying everyth ng
from egg dye to finery and it looked like a big day for the
CKldnlWero playing baseball and knuckling down i in the
around marblo rings, as spring affected youngsters and
1 For8ythlaawaS evident In several sheltered places around
ftwn, and daffodils, hyacinths and tulips were shooting green
A,ghEaStergaarPPyoffid, every church In town planned
Ii Thm ShaUa -
U. S. FORCES
S
Tokyo Says Okinawa
Major Objective
Of Invasion
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Asiociittd Preis War Editor
Japanese reported American
transports were moving Into the
central Ryukyu chain todny
where unprccedently large U. S.
naval forces, rounding out a
Week of air and ship bombard
ments, left no doubt they were
preparing for another major in
vasion. Tokyo radio said Okinawa,
325 miles south of Japan, was
the major objective; that "20 to
30" transports wcro trying to
reinforce U. S. troops already
on the Kerama islands 15 miles
to the west, and that American
movements Indicated landing at.
tempts also against Oklno Daito,
nearly 250 miles southeast of
Okinawa.
American commanders . said
nothing about any of this but
did announce their carrier and
land-based planes hit 43 Nip
ponese ships and destroyed, 38
planes. An enemy communique
claimed 3U American warships
wcro sunk and 14 damaged in
the Kyukyu Islands, which llnK
Japan and rormosa.
Formosa Bombed ,
Radio Tokyo reported Amer
lean seaborne, aircraft attacked
Kurc naval base on Honshu and
ground installations on Kyushu
island today in the third con
secutive day of air .raids ;on
southern Jonnn. -. ..' tv W
Other broadcasts said 60
planes, presumsb.ry-'froM'Ihe
Philippines, Domoea military la
cilitlcs on Formosa and 20 India-
based Supcrforts attacked Singapore-American
InfFtitrymen cap
tured semi-destroyed ueou, sec
ond largest city In the Philip
pines, and 11 other nearby
towns. British forces reportedly
broko Japanese resistance in cen
tral Burma. Nipponese com
manders sent a column driving
to within 25 miles of the major
(Continued on Pago Two)
Province of
Oregon Shelled,
Say Japanese
A high-ranking Japanese officer
nt r'ahanntnnn ramn in the
Philippines bragged to prisoners
mat me province ui uickuh
had been successfully shelled,
..ti-ultmi rnnnrturt
The Japs also claimed they
had bombed New yotk, tnicago
and San Francisco, said Cpl.
Charles Joseph Hickcy, 25, res
cued from the prison camp Jan.
30.
Churchill Says
End Is Near
t nirnnM Mnrph 90 (JP
Prime Minister Churchill assert
ed today that the "hour of suc
cess" was near.
Mi nrediction came in a let
ter endorsing a liberal candi
date for commons in a special
election to fill a vacancy. -"The
endurance of the Brit-
l.u nmln onH iht ntnadfast de-
votlon of the fighting services
have at last brought us near
the hour or success, ne wmiu.
T nt ne nnw nrpnare to make
tnt tua anlrn nf mir coun
try, our empire and civilization
that we reap the due and just
rewards of victory.
"That end will Best De sorvca
by maintaining unity of eori
and of purpose."
POWER
M RYUKYUS
Cancude Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945
Seventh
American seventh army infantrymen swiftly scramble up enemy held east bank of the Rhine
near Karlsruhe, Germany, after crossing in assa-Ut-. boats. Smoke screen was used to hide cross
ing operations but high winds dissipated smoke, enabling enemy to hinder operations by shelling
troops as they crossed.; Signal Corps Radio-Telephoto.
Germans Have Devastating
Secret Weapon That May Be
Launched Against America
PORTLAND, March. 20 (P)
A member of the Dutch under
ground declared today that the
nazls do have a secret - and
deadly effective weapon. ' -
Jacob Van Berkel, here un
der auspices of The Netherlands
information bureau, told an- interviewer-
t ha t the European
front is now a race between vic
tory for the allies and Ger
many's - resort to the ultimate
By RICHARD KASISCHKE .
LONDON, March 29 (H) The
red ' army, breaking through
the German's fortified zone of
northwestern Hungary in a
surge up tho Danube valley,
has reached the Austrian border.
Marshal Stalin announced to
night the border was reached
at Koszcg, 42 miles south of
Vienna and 20 miles west. of
Sarvar, captured yesterday.
Kapuvar and Szombathely,
strongholds in the extreme
western part of Hungary, were
captured in ' the sweep, . Stalin
announced.
Kapuvar, 39 miles from
Vienna, was captured in a 10
mile advance from Csorna. part
of the Bratislava gap defenses
overrun yesterday. Kapuvar is
20 miles east of Sopron, which
lies at the southern end of Lake
Neusiedlcr.
Szombathely, 10 miles south
of Koszcg; is 55 miles from
Graz, one of the most Import
ant German communications
hubs linking with northern
Yugoslavia and Italy.
Tanks Smash Ahead
The big Stalin tanks and
armored cars of Marshal Feodor
Tolbukhin's third Ukrainian
army, smashing ahead from
captured Csorna,. hammered at
the defenses of Pamhagen, ' 39
miles southeast of Vienna, St.
Johann on the frontier to the
northeast and Moson (Wiesci-
burg), near the Danube 21 miles
(Continued on rage iyoi
Clifford Russell
Killed in Action
vjnA uroe tniii!f.ri frnm -thn
war department by Mrs. Katy
Russell of 541 Mt. Pitt, that her
son, 2nd Lt. Clifford Bradford
i7..t.eAll nf tho armv nir nnrns.
was killed in action on August
14. rne no-ycar-oia iiyei who
originally reported as. missing,
..nnvlnrt Ia UinrH tt?PPivPrl tjV
Mrs. Russell in September, and
no iurtner iniormanuu wwa
given until the official telegram.
Russell was born in Boseman,
nfft nn Allffllct 7 1010. fotpr
moving to Fort Klamath with his
parents where he attended both
grade and high school. Before
enlisting In the air corps in
1940, he was employed by the
Pelican Bay Lumber company.
Young Russell received the
sliver wings of a fighter pilot at
the Tallahassee, Florida air field,
and received his overseas orders
in March of 1944. He was first
stationed in England with the 9th
air force, as mo pnoi 01 h iuuh
derbolt fighter, later flying his
missions from France after the
Normandy invasion. , -
nMnD Vila mnthr-1. KtlsSPll is
survived by one brother, Billy,
and seven sisters, sens,
mary, Betty, Bertha, Myrtle and
Mrs. R. J. Caldwell of Klamath
fnA Wire Tlnrnnrri .Tnhnson
A nun ' ' " . .
of Turlock, Calif. He is the son
Army Smashes Across
weapon "so powerfully de
structive it is almost incon
ceivable." "The new weapon, a tiny gad
get which could be placed in a
rocket bomb, may be launched
with complete effectiveness
against the continental United
States," Van Berkel said.
He declared that the Germans
are saving it for a last stand,
probably in the Bavarian Alps.
"They are confident that their
secret weapon will wipe but
civilization and save them at
the very end.".- ;
. Van. Berkel a' fictitious name
tb--';hlda hik Identity, from the
.ejierny ByRJ)pdetaiJsv.exccpl
lo say that the weapon does .not
involve poison, gas. tie- sam mat,
while allied officials know of
the weapon, -they do not know
in what form -it might be
launched. ' ' .. '- '
'The 27-year-old economist,
who has made 60 secret' trips
through Germany ! in the last
four years, said the weapon was
discovered by espionage agents
there.: ; ...
Should Have Been
"Sinking of the.
Rising Sunl"
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29
(A?) After announcing the mer
ger of four of Japan's leading
motion picture companies, radio
Tokyo said that the Japanese
film "Rip Down the Stars and
Stripes" was judged one of the
"masterpieces" of 1944 and its
makers- received a government
award of 5000 yen about
$1200 at the prewar rate of
exchange.
Vandegrift Made
4-Star General
: WASHINGTON, March 29 (P)
President Roosevelt today nom
inated Lt. Gen. Alexander - A.
Vandegrift, commanding general
of the marine corps, to be a full
general. .
At the same time he nomina
ted Vice Admiral Russel R.
Waesche, coast guard comman
dant' to be an admiral.
Senate confirmation will
place four-star officers at the
head of the two services for the
first time in history.
Killed
2nd Lt. Clifford B. Russell
3
ii
Mireh 29, 1945
Mix. (Mereh 28) 44 Min. .........23
.Precipitation lt 24 bouri ....00
Btream year to date ..7.91
Normal 9.16 Last year 5.99
Forecast) Scattered clouds. Warmer.
Rhine
Klamath Falls continued in
the limelight today as visiting
point for high officials of the
navy and marine corps.
- Major General A. H. Turnage,
director of personnel of the U.
S. Marine Corps, with headquar
ters in Washington, arrived at
the Marine Barracks for a two
day stay. His visit follows that
of Major General Julian Smith,
head of the Pacific department,
who left with Mrs.. Smith for
San Francisco.
General Turnage. hero of such
Pacific battles as the Bougain
ville bperatiqn; ;WilJ- be guest -of
the chamber of ; commerce at- a
.special luncheon Friday -He
will leave, after the luncheon,
Admiral - R. M-- -Montgomery,
United States navy, commander
fleet air, west coast, arrived at
the Klamath' naval air station
by plane early this afternoon, as
did Admiral J. J. Ballentirfe,
USN, commander fleet air,-Seat-
tie. -
. The two were luncheon guests
ol cmdr. K. K.uarron, at BUU
and proceeded on to Seattle for
a neet air conference. Admiral
Montgomery's headquarters are
San Diego. Admiral Ballentine
was en' route north to his head
quarters in Seattle.- Station
sources said the visit of the two
was unofficial.
General Smith and Mrs. Smith
were honor guests at a large re
ception held in the officers' club
at tne Marine Barracks Wednes
day evening.
Music Soothes
Souf of Judge
PORTLAND, March 29 (P)
A negro ' defendant told the
judge today that he wouldn't
have been drunk except that a
tavern's clients kept plying him
with free beers so that he'd play
the piano.
Judge John B. Seabrook took
the prisoner across the street to
find out if. he really did play.
They sat down and played duets.
Eventually they went back to
court. "You play too well," the
judge told WilliamN Young. "I
ought to give you six months.
But I won't. Sentence suspend
ed on condition you leave town."
Luther Thornton
Killed on Iwo
Enemy action took the life of
another Klamath Falls boy,
Platoon Sgt. Luther L. Thorn
ton, killed March 7 on Iwo
Jima, according to word re
ceived by the youth's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Foster D. Thorn
ton, 1801 Worden.
A telegram from General A.
A. ;Vandearift of the United
States marine . corps, - reached
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton this
morning. The wire carried the
message that Set. Thornton
"was killed in performance of
duty, and -the service of his
country."
Luther enlisted in. the marine
corps in the fall of 1941,- prior
to Pearl Harbor. He had been
overseas for the past 26 months,
took part in battle for Bougain
ville and the invasion of Guam,
On November 1, 1943, young
Thornton was awarded the Sil
ver Star from Admiral Halsey
for meritorious action on Bou
gainville: --
Prior to his entering the ma
rine corps, Luther served as
carrier for the Herald and
News. His twin brothers, Jim
and Tommv. are Dresent car
riers. Another brother, Foster
D. Thornton, is overseas with
the marine corps.- '
Number 10426
COUNTREDUCED
IN CONVICTION
OF KFMAR I W E
Stevens Held Guilty
Of Theft From
' 1 Person.
PFC Herbert Daniel Stevens,
21, Marine Barracks, was found
guilty of stealing from a person
ny a jury wnich deliberated
more than four hours Wednes
day. The circuit court iurv reduced
the. charge from robbery not
armed with a dangerous weapon
as returned by the Klamath coun
ty grand jury on an indictment
last February: It recommended
leniency to the court.
The Gainesville. Ohio, marine
heard the verdict at exactly 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon as
E. M. Bubb, foreman, handed
the jury's decision to Circuit
Judge ' David R. Vandenbere.
The court announced that sen
tence would be pronounced at
10 a. m. Saturday.
1 to 5 Years
Penalty on conviction of steal
ing from the person carries not
less than one year, and not more
man. live years imprisonment.
according to the court;
btevens was accused in- con
nection-with incidents preceding
the death of Karl Bold, 41-year-old
Henley farmer. Bold was
found unconscious the morning
of December 6, 1944, suffering
from head injuries which the
state claimed resulted from' an
attack by Stevens. He died four
days later at Klamath Valley
hospital' without regaining con
sciousness, . ...v . f' ;i
Arretted at Barracks :
The marine was arrested 'tlie
evening-of December 6, at the
Barracks as he entered Bold's
car; At no time did Stevens
deny he either hit Bold or took
' (Continued on Page Two)
IT
WASHINGTON, March 28 (P)
Secretary of Labor Perkins said
today that John L. Lewis had
agreed to accept a contract set
tlement she- proposed but that
bituminous ODerators had asked
for more time to study it.
Miss FerKlns described her
proposal as taking "a great deal
out of the miners' cherished de
mands," but declined to discuss
the details.
Whether this meant her offer
by-passed the 10-cent-a-ton roy
alty demanded for tne union By
Lewis could not be learned Im
mediately.
mis was one of the most con
troversial features of Lewis' 18
demands.
The secretary 'disclosed the
unions' swift acceptance of her
proposal shortly after a second
conference of the day with the
negotiating committees for both
sides.
She said the operators' re
quest for further study was based
on a desire to clear up some
"technical matters." -
Should both sides agree to the
offer before the present contract
expires Saturday at midnight,
no further extension, as proposed
by Interior Secretary Ickes,
would be required. Miss Per
kins said. :
She said she thought this
(Continued on Page Two)
Killed In Action
Thornton
Sgt. Luther
Allies Lcace
Nazi Lines
' ' By JAMES M. LONG , '
PARIS, March 29 (AP) The U. S. first army wheel!
north in a 40-mile spurt which came within 68 miles of cutting
off the Ruhr today and the third army raced to within 199
miles of Berlin. .
The first army, unmasking a maneuver which threatened
to block out a rich Ruhr and east-Rhine area 65 miles long
and 50 miles wide, reached the area of Langwiesse, only 48
miles southwest of Hcmm, eastern exit of the Ruhr. It aim
reached Frankenberg, southwest of Berlin.
The illustrious fourth armored division, pacing the rush of
the third army, roared eastward for 20 miles on the first
army's right flank and entered Lauterbach, 199 miles south
west of Berlin on a sideroad to Leipzig.
un the north fringe ot the Ruhr, the U. S. ninth army
captured Hatern, 68 miles northwest of Langwiesse. . " '
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodaes. in swinaina around, the
Ruhr, already had reached a point 65 miles directly east of
Cologne..
The third army was the deepest in Germany 155 miles
and only 125 miles from the western tip of Czechoslovakia.
It had advanced to within 240 miles of the Russian lines along
the Niesse southwest of Berlin. .
. All over the front British and American troops raced
through wide breaks in German lines. North of the Ruhr they
were reported menacing Hannover, 142 miles west of Berlin.
The first army's surge placed it within 78 miles of
Muenster, also menaced by the forces-north of the Ruhr.'. ;.
The third army also ' was ad- . .
vancing along the southeastern i
flank of the first army, but most
of the front was under a news
blackout which prevented full
disclosure of whereabouts of the
probing columns of armor and
tanK-rldmg mlantry. ,
' Hodges Swings North . ,!
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
lifted the veil on his first army
to permit disclosure of his north
ward swing after a 36-hour
silence, but even then out-run
communications prevented an
nouncement of the full extent of
bis penetration. .
. to tne nortn,.n was Known
that the . British second, army
had made a 20-mile, advance.
The U. -S.- ninth army, fighting
along and into the northern
fringe of the Ruhr, made anoth
er six-mile advance along Hit
ler's broad highways, tearing up
only an occasional enemy pocket
of resistance.; ; -
Haltern, 20 miles northwest of
Dortmund,- and 35 miles;-west of
Hamm. largest freight yard in
Germany, was captured by the
ninth.
Duisburg in the Ruhr ran ud
the. white, flag.
Frankfurt Captured
AH: of Frankfurt on the Main
except the northern outskirts
was captured by the third army,
whose advance troops operating
In Echelon with the first army
moved eastward to within 214
miles of Berlin.
Hamborn. Weisbaden.- Hanau.
Aschaffenburg and the northern
half of. Mannheim fell to Gen.
Eisenhower's -victor y-flushed
armies iignting up, to 14S miles
deep in Germany.
The full extent of the advance
in Westphalia was hidden by a
portentious security blackout,
but AP correspondent Ned Nord
ness said Muenster, - Osnabruck
. : (Continued, on Page Two) -
Klamath Man
Decapitated
Shasta countv officials at Red
ding, Calif., were investigating
me death of .Percy Alonzo Has
kins, 45, whose decapitated body
was found at the Shasta street
crossing of the Southern Pacific
railroad in the city limits of Red
ding shortly after midnight
Monday.
Haskins worked in this area
as a farm laborer' and had made
his home In the county for a
number of years. His mother,
Mrs. . Maude Smith, resides at
3713 Altamont drive, and Has
kins wife, Frances, lives in
Sprague River.- There are - no
children. .
Remains of the Klamath man
were sent from Redding to the
wara jr unerai nome today, serv
ices will be held Thursday.. In
addition to his wife and mother,
Haskins is survived by- five
brothers, Verne, Fred, Claude
and iioyd, au of Klamath Falls,
Cpl. Milo Haskins of the United
States army, South Pacific, and
one sister, Gladys Stone; Klam
ath Falls.
Cabanatuan Prisoner Home
After 3 Years Internment
Cpl. Willis C. Vincent was
home in Klamath Falls today.
Just two months ago, Cpl.
Vincent was still a prisoner of
the Japanese, held In ill-famed
Cabanatuan prison where 2600
of his fellow Americans died.
Liberated by American troops
in January, cpl. Vincent made
for home as fast as he could.
He is spending his well-earned
furlough with two uncles, Wal
ter F. Vincent, employe of the
DiGiorgio Fruit corporation, and
Fred L. Vincent, farmer, route
3, box 393. Vincent arrived at
9 o clock yesterday morning.
Vincent was at Bataan when
it fell April 9, 1942, and tramp
ed the historic death march to
Camp O'Donnell. Vincent said
three weeks after reaching the
MANPOWER BILL
WASHINGTON. March 29 (VP)
Administration leaders decided
informally today to postpone
the final senate vote on the
manpower bill until next week.
Privately less optimistic about
the prospect for senate accept
ance, the administration forces
sparred for time in an effort
to persuade some of their ab
sent senators to return to the
capital. - ' i ' i
Tne administration appeared
to have encountered "back row
trouble." Some of the. junior
senators, whose seats axe ;in
the- rear of ..the chamber, have
balked at accepting tne strm- y
gent ' terms of the bill, which.. -
provides jail penalties and fines :
for-workers and employers who
violate job directives. .
Majority Leader Barkley and
Senator Thomas (D-Utah), floor
manager for the bill, were called
to the White House today for a
discussion, of the situation with
President Roosevelt. ,. ,
FDR Begins Series
Of Conferences
WASHINGTON.March 29 (VP!
President Roosevelt returned to
the White House today, from a
four-day visit to his home at
Hyde Park, N. Y., and began a
series of important conferences.
On nis crowded schedule
were: - . -
An engagement with Secre
tary of State Stettinius. Dre-
sumably to talk over the forth
coming world- Security confer
ence at San Francisco and the
general trend of world affairs.
A conference with the British
ambassador; - Lord Halifax, and
Oliver Lyttleton and Col. J: J
Llewllyn, who are in the United .
States to study the food suddIv
situation. . . '
Another with Senate Majority
Leader Barkley, (D-Ky.), and
Chairman Thomas (D-Utah) of
the senate military committee
on manpower legislation. .,
In addition; Mr. - Roosevelt
was conferring upon Jonathan
Daniels a formal commission as
presidential secretary in charge
or press relations -' - ! .
Man Has Too
Many Watches
PORTLAND, March 29 (P)
Edward W. Allen, convicted of
stealing electrical equipment
from a shipyard, made certain
today he'd finish serving his
nine-month sentence on time. -
He asked a deputy marshall
to pick up his watches seven
of them.
camp, where around 1800 died,
he was sent with a detail of 180 :
men to build a bridge. Men r
died of dysentery and malaria
until the detail finished with 60
men. He was one of the lucky
ones to live and see the Pacific
coast line of America.
"A lot more would have died
if it hadn't been for. the Red
Cross boxes," Vincent said,-, re- .
ferring to the huge toll at
Cabanatuan. "By the time the ,
first boxes came, Christmas, of ,
1942, my gums were in such
shape it seemed that all my
teeth were going to come out."
v. Three; boxes -came to each
man that Christmas, Vincent
said. They came from the Amer
ican, South Africa, and Cana
dian Red Cross.
""I , .nn i-.i '
of the late Harry tiee nusseu.