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K HIA(. 4 HO NEW, Klntii Ow,, i ; ViniH, jMllry Hi HV W MUSICAL ROME. NEW YORK (AP) Ancient Rome is getting musical and dra matic attention in two scheduled productions. ' Casting is on for Upton " Sin clair's "Cicero," a play anent the declining days of the Empire. The nlnnned musical is "Un-Roman Activities." I MYSTERY ANCHOR STURGEON BAY, Wis. AP Skindivers have recovered a 1,300 pound anchor found embedded in the sand of Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor. The anchor bore the name H. Duncan Poole. Salvagers have been unable to find any record of a ship with that name. : FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR, now by coincidence working for the California De partment of Fish and Game in Mount Shasta, are, from left, Vernon Strotchein, Chester O, Chase and John L. Andrews, Photo by J. O. McKinney. Former Prisoners Can 't Forget Years They Spent In Manchuria ' Three men who are employed by California Fish and Game De partment and are stationed at Mount Shasta Fish Hatchery have something n common aside from their vocations. All were .Japanese prisoners of war for more than three ycars.: ' That they are at the same loca tion is a coincidence. The men are Vernon Stroschein, Chester 0. Chase, and John L. Andrews. They go about their du ties showing no effects of their experiences But all say they want lo see no more wars during their lifetime and would bar it forever if they had that power. While all came to their present locations alone, Stroschein and Chase knew each other in the with the fall of Corregidor May 5, 1942. They were each held in Mukden in Manchuria. Andrews, with tlie medical de partment in the Army, was cap tuied at Bataan April 19, 1949. He was held mostly in Japan proper, along with Canadians. English, other allies. Stamps In The News By SYO KRONISH AP Newsfeatures Santa Lucia, one of the four Windward Islands in the Carib bean Sea, has commemorated the 100th anniversary of its first pos tage stamp with a set of three. The design on each includes the Royal Cypher with the St. Ed ward's Crown and features the stamps of the first issue as fol lows: 5 cents original rose red in a blue border, 16 cents orig inal 4 pence deep blue in a green border, 25 cents original 6 pence deep green in a red border. St. Lucia has a delightful his tory." Although little information of its early days is available, it is believed that the island was discovered by Columbus. The first recorded settlement attempt took place in J605. The British and French fought for it several times until St. Lucia was finally ceded lo Britain by the Treaty of Par is in 1814. Minkus Publications has added four new albums to its "World Series" set. They are for Turkey, Poland, Europa and the New In dependent Nations of Africa. The Turkey, Poland and Africa editions come in 2-post albums Research v (Continued from Page 3) place, Sandine will know that new procedures must be worked out to protect bacterial cultures from virus infections. He also hopes to use the transduction process to develop ne.v bacterial cultures that will be more stable during fermentation. As part of the research proj ect. Sandine will also1 study the characteristics used to identify a number of species of lactic acid bacteria, and try to develop a more .satisfactory classification system. Will Brown and Lois Ken dron, OSC department -of- bac leriotogy research follows, will as sist him in the project. The only national memorial in Missouri is a bust of George Wash ington Carver, west of Diamond, where he was born of slave parents. Thair ni-icnn wan th ' i,l iwv, iney w?e KM --P.'stockade surrounded by a high board fence, topped with barbed wire charged with , electricity Staying there was bad. Trying to f.co it U'itialrl nit fJtxKl kaira luun nunc inc iuiuj'a ia ill a o-i lug wopje ' album Of interest to many collectors is the Africa book which contains the 19 new independent nations including such countries as the Congo, Gabon, Nigeria and So maiia' and sells for $4.85. The new album entitled "Eur opa covers NATO member courf tries, Ireland and the Saar. Japan will change all of its cur rent regular stamp issues in 1961. i he lust change will appear about April 1. It will be a 10 yen depicting cherry trees and will replace the present Kwannon 10 yen stamp. Also to bey issued in 1961 by Japan will be a series of l lr- ...... ...... . The Japanese flower stamps first will be the narcissus. - Pakistan has ' issued a new- stamp to commemorate the cen tenary of the King Edward Med ical College at Lahore. The 2 anna black, blue and yellow and the 14 anna black, carmine and green, bear the same design the College insignia, the - dates '1860-1960" and word Pakistan in Urdu and Bengali. This college is the oldest medical institution in Pakistan and is honored because of its important role in the sphere of medical education in this suW continent. Brazil has honored its interna' tionnlly famous tennis queen Ma rin Ester Bucno by issuing a spe cial commemorative stamp de picting Miss Bucno on the tennis court. The 6 cruizeros is brown. Miss Bucno. in addition to many women's court titles also holds the Wimbledon crown. It couldn't have been much worse. Of the prisoners captured during the early days of the war. only about 20 per cent survived. That these men .did, speaks for their ruggedness. Stroschein and Chase in Man churia were allowed some leisure from labor in a tannery. Baseball games were staged when teams could be formed by men physi cally able to run bases. But for the most part, seden tary habits were the, rule. Many prisoners studied the Chinese lan guage from the many Chinese people there. Some learned both to speak and write the difficult tongue. All throe men said that it u.s easy to follow the course of the war by the treatment accorded When Japanese forces were vic torious, the prisoners were given some consideration. When the tide turned, brutality was the rule. Even Red Cross supplies were taken away. Liberation by commandos, and transportation away from the the ater of war marked the end of their captivity. Chase became a commissioned officer after the wars end. The other two men soon were civilians. Now all three are carving out a very respectable civilian life. All are skilled fish culturists. All are active in lines other than their work. Stroschein is on the board of directors of a fraternal group, the Scottish Rite Masons. Chase, the retired naval officer has a daughter, ' a talented girl and a student in high school, ac tive in the social and school life of the town. ' Andrews spends his snare time sculpturing. With a hammer, a wood chisel, and a bit of cedar wood, stately figures emerge with lew sKitllut passes with his liands and tools. NOT OVLY CHILDREN' Leukemia, one of the foremost disease killers of children be tween the nges of 1 and 15. actually kill five times more adults than children. ORDER YOUR Progress Edition COPIES NOW! Use this handy coupon form to re serve enough copies for your friends, relatives and business associates else where. . Just fill out the form and mail with your payment of 50c per copy to the Herald and News P. O. Box 941 Klamath Falls, Ore. and all wrapping and mailing will be handled for you on publication date, Feb. 26th. Mail To: Name Address Mail To: Name ; Address 7 i Mail To: Name ' Address Mail To: Name Address Mail To: Name .'. Address Sent By Address
