WASHINGTON
Clever Yank Trick Makes
Japanese Talk—And Fast
By JACK STINNET
'Last of Three Articles*
WASHINGTON—Reams of fact
and fiction have been writen about
making prisoners of war talk but
none was stranger or more effec
tive than that employed by Lt.
Comdr. Meredith J. Rhule and Lt.
Maury Nee in their behind-the
lines operations in China.
Both men were products of the
Office of Strategic Services espi
onage, sabotage and guerrilla war
fare schools. Both knew all the
brutal methods used by the Nazis
and the Japanese.
With two Japanese prisoners in
their hands, Rhule and Nee were
faced with the problem of getting
valuable informaiton out of them.
They didn’t like the idea of tor
ture (few Americans do*. Here’s
Nee’s version of how it was
worked:
“You never saw two more model
prisoners. They were grateful, po
lite, obsequious. But when it came
down to the particular informa
' tion we wanted—the location of
Japanese headquarters in that area
—they just smiled and bowed and
said they didn't know. We knew
of course that they did.
“When every effort to trip them
up by questioning had failed, we
got an idea. We had taken pictures
of them soon after they were cap
tured. I called for prints of these
pictures showing them with their
American and Chinese guards.
“See these pictures, I told them. \
We are going to have thousands!
and thousands of prints made and I
the next itme the bombers go over
Kobe and Yokohama, we will drop
these pictures for your families
and friends.
“In a wink, both of them started
hissing. ‘No, No. Don’t. We will
tell you everything you want to
know.’ And they did.
“I asked one question of scores
of prisoners,” Rhule added. “Are
you going back home when the
war is over? Invariably the ans
wer was: ‘No. I am dead.’ And so
far as their families are concerned
they are. Funerals had been held
for them. They had been glorified
as heroes who had given their
lives for the Emperor and Japan.
If they should return after that,
they would face a disgrace worse
than death.
“The Jap soldier,’ ’Rhule stated,
“is, in my estimation, the best dis
ciplined soldier in the world.
“When guilty of looting and bru
talities, it is because his command
ing officer has ordered it. When;
ordered to behave himself, he;
does.
In Canton, forexample, our lit
tle handful of guerrillas went in
immediately after V-J Day. The
Jap commander there, with 12,000
troops would not surrender. Yet
before official word was delivered
from the Emperor, not one of our
men was molested. The answer:
orders. The war criminals in
Japan are the officers—the sol
diers just did what they were
told.”
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“EDGE OF DARKNESS”
ERROL FLYNN,
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DENNIS MORGAN,
IRENE MANNING
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“MASK OF DIMITRIOS”
SIDNEY GREENSTREET.
FAYE EMERSON
Also 'TEUD THERE WAS"
SILVER — Col. C. M. Me-,
Quarrie of Chicago, commander,
of the 132nd Infantry, examines
one of the silver bars uncovered
in Japan and taken to Harat-;
suka naval depot.
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UNO May Give Up
Secret Ballot
System
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LONDON, Jan. 11—(/P)—Russia
launched an attack within the
i ■
United Nations assembly on the
secret ballot system under which
her candidate for assembly presi-;
dent was defeated in the first ses-;
sion yesterday. Sentiment is re
ported developing within the
American delegation for abandon
ment. of the rule under which Paul
Spaak, foreign minister of Bel-j
gium was chosen assembly presi
dent with backing of Britain.
Trygve Lie, Norwegian foreign
minister was defeated despite his
support by Russian and United
States. One reason advanced was
that the secrecy was undemo
cratic.
Dmitri Manuilsky, foreign min-|
ister of Ukraine, one of three
USSR delegations moved that
hereafter all persons voted on fori
UNO office be nominated from
the floor. Spaak was elected with-i
out his name being mentioned.
Delegates wrote his name on se
cret ballots.
Action on the Soviet motion
was blocked however, when other,
proposals came up and Spaak ob
served that the assembly was try
ing to discuss three things at once.
The motion was sent to the legal
committee instead.
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MRS. A. POLET
The Midnight Sun Rebekahj
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Polet last Wednesday evening with
Mrs. V. G. Seiffert and Mrs. Herb
Jenks as assisting hostesses. Plans
were made for their coming in
stallation ceremony to be held at
the Masonic Temple. Winners of
the prizes were Ruth Reat, Tillie
Stangroom, Marie Hay, Rosa B.
Hagan Luella Grant and David
Mazen.
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By Charlotte Adams
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WITH KIDNEY
2 pounds kidney veal chops
Bacon
Salt and pepper
Parsley
Have chops boned, rolled and
secured with skewers. Wrap a thin
slice of bacon around each chop.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and
broil, about three inches below a
375° broiler flame for 15 minutes
on each side. Serve on a hot plat
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LEMON CREAM SHERBET
Grated rind of 2 lemons
1 Vi cups sugar
cup lemon juice
1 quart rich milk
Combine lemon rind, juice and
sugar. Let stand for several hours.
Add mixture to milk. Turn into
tray and freeze until firm with
control of mechanical refrigerator
set at coldest point. Remove to
chilled bowl and beat until smooth
and fluffy. Return to tray and fin
ish freezing to serving consistency.
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The annual meeting of the Arc
tic Club, Incorporated of Nome,
Alaska, %/ill be held on February
II, at 8:00 p.m. in the Nevada
Lounge.
NOTICE
The Odd Fellows will meet Fri
day evening at the home of Rob
ert Ledgerwood, for installation of
new officers.
REPUBLICANS
There will be a meeting of Re
publicans at the City Hall Sunday,
January 13. at 2:00 P.M.
Purpose, to discuss the selection
of candidates for the Territorial
Legislature to go through the Pri
maries in April.
Rube Cremer,
Acting President,
4-2t Nome Republican Club
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