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Tomas Prison
Was “Planned
Starvation" Camp
MANILA, Nov. 7—(^1—The Jap
operated Santa Tomas prison
camp under “a planned program
of starvation.” Approximately four
thousand internees, magazine edi
tor Hartendorp testified at the
war crimes trial of Yamashita,
at least eight internees died of
starvation or malnutrition in the
last four months of Jap occupa
tion.
He said the Jap commandant
refused to hear the internees’
complaints because he said Japan
didn’t recognize the Geneva con
vention.
Hartendorp said Santo Tomas
internees received only three Red
Cross packages last Christmas.
CAA PLANE FLIES
TO ANCHORAGE
Jack Jefford, Chief CAA Com
munications, flew to Anchorage
this afternoon with C. M. Peter
son, Chief Railway Mail Clerk,
and G. M. Greening, Alaska Air
lines Superintendent of Express.
TEDDY REED MAKES
ANOTHER RESCUE
Monday evening Paul Ivanoff,
who was aboard the Meteor,
blinked a distress signal from the
ship, which was picked up by j
John Cross at the Wallace Hotel. ]
John Cross immediately informed
the Lomen Co. of the signal and
“Margo” was sent out to sea with ]
Capt. Teddy Reed in charge, and
Nels Swanberg as' engineer.
The surf was very heavy with *
ice but a rescue was made. Paul i
Sarv, one of the Lomen Commer
cial crew, who had been sent out
on Sunday evening to assist the
Meteor, had fallen on deck and
injured his back. He was brought
to the hospital for medical atten
tion.
TRUE BILL AGAINST
ALBIN POLSON
A true bill has been brought in
by the Grand Jury against Albin
Poison, for knowingly and fraud
ulently concealing from the trus
tee in a proceeding under the
bankruptcy act. property belong
ing to the estate of the bankrupt.
Cuba supplies a quarter of the
world’s sugar supply.
Brazil Gives Ax
To Tax On Acts
RIO DE JANEIRO—(/P)—Pres- ;
ident Getulio Vargas has exempt-1
ed Brazilian theaters of all taxes, j
In Brazil, where theaters still are
in their infancy, such a degree'
will permit more theater building
and contribute to the cultural
level of the plays.
Turn About j
MONSON, Me. — i/p) — A bear
killed two sheep on a farm here
and carried off one, but Max
Shaw of Willimantic used the
other sheep to bait a trap. He
caught three bears and shot five
others.
Radar Aids Rescue Work
—
The famed international ice pa
trol which employed a cutter for
months on charting and tracking
the southerly drift of icebergs into
steamer lanes has now been out-1
moded by the development of Ra
dar. Today one Coast Guard PBM
using Radar can observe more of
the iceberg’s course in an hour
than a cutter could in a week. ,
For C mvenience ...
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BEAUTY AND W I N N E R—Mary Brian, film star, con
gratulates Clarence E. Ogier, PhM2/c, owner of “Olive Oyl,”
winner of the mut class at the NATS-Saipan dog show. The con
test was judged by Charles Ruggles and comedian A1 Pearce.
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