^ Witnesses Testify
About Jap Rape
*Of Manila
MANILA, Oct. 31—(TPMari
ano del Rosario, Manila city un
dertaker, took the stand against
Lt. Gen. Yamashita, and testified
that victims of the erstwhile
“Tiger of the Malays” troops dur
ing the orgy of blood last Febru
ary mounted to thousands.
Other witnesses already had
told of incident after incident of
how Jap troops, when it was cer
tain they could no longer hold the
city, ran wild, slaughtering men,
women and children alike from
February third to the end of
March.
Del Rosario testified that he
and his burial crews collected and
buried more than eight thousand
^victims, some of htem badly mu
tilated.
Peripatetic Museum
Uoams Palestine
JERUSALEM — UP) — Thirty
traveling exhibitions sent out si
multaneously by the Bezalel Mu
seum are acquainting thousands
of people in Palestine with all
kinds of art from stone-age draw
ings to the latest modern paint
ings.
About 60,000 classified repro
ductions are used in the traveling
exhibitions, each framed, with a
complete explanation of the work
in Hebrew. Some of the originals
were donated by Jewish immi
grants from Nazi Germany, who
were able to save them from con
fiscation.
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Half Million
Dollar Damage
From Storm
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etrated under their buildings all
the way to Front street.
John Solon’s Barber Shop’s
basement was filled with water
and sand, and the building dam-,
aged to some extent on the base
ment floor only. The main floor
sustained no damage.
The Nome Drug Store was hit
very hard and half of the build
ing was destroyed as well as the
greater portion of the merchan
dise, estimated at about $30,000.
The Polar building sustained
great damage, with the entire
bulkhead destroyed and several
thousand cases of merchandise
lost or damaged in the basement.
The water penetrated the main
floor.
The tennis court is undermined,
but it is possible that it might be
salvaged in the Spring.
The Miners and Merchants
Bank lost its entire bulkhead and
the foundation for its garages, i
The building itself was not badly
damaged, although the loss is es
timated at $15,000.
The residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Duke Metrovich, recently fin
ished, was inundated to some ex
tent. Their shop which was com
j pleted only last Sunday evening,
i and contained many fine tools,
| was completely destroyed with a
loss of approximately $5,000.
| The U. S. Mercantile was hit
' very hard, with their bulkhead,
basement, and winter merchan
dise stored in the basement a
complete loss. For some time it
I was feared the building would
I break in half, as all support was
carried away with the storm. Loss
is estimated around $50,000.
The Ben Gillette residence,
which has withstood many storms,
; lost its bulkhead from the pound
ing surf, and the basement was
filled with sand and water.
The Lincoln Hotel, which was
broken in half, will be sealed to
its present size for the winter, and
put into use as soon as possible.
Excavation Tuesday revealed that
■ much of the liquor believed lost,
j is intact under the sand and can
| be salvaged.
The Lomen Machine Shop had
the rear torn out and much of the
equipment ruined from the water.
The U and I Cafe suffered some
loss from the water and sand, as
well as T>eing undermined.
Aside from the harbor damage
west of Nome and the road dam
age east of the city, no other loss
or damage was reported.
During the peak of the storm
| Unalakleet was reported in dan
ger of being completely wiped out,
j but upon resuming radio contact
J it is found to have sustained lit
; tie material damage, except for
I quantities of debris which must
! be removed.
Moses Point airport was cov
ered with wreckage and the radio
range was off the air.
SPOOKS AND GOBLINS
TO REIGN TONIGHT
Tonight is Hallowe’en, the time
for fun and young people’s
pranks. It is hoped that they will
have their fun in a harmless way,
involving neither loss nor damage
of property, as Nome has suffered
enough from the storm this week.'
Hope To Transfer
German Govt. Bv
Next June
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31—(/P)—
President Truman set next June
first as the goal for transferring
German government from mili
tary to civilian hands. The Presi
dent did so in expressing approval
of a letter from General Eisen
hower advocating such a course
through an agreement with other
powers participating in the occu
pation of Germany.
GRAND JURY CONVENED
THIS MORNING
The Grand Jury convened this
morning in the U. S. District
Court. They had been called for
Monday, but were dismissed due
to the storm which was raging at
the time.
SHISHMAREF POSTMASTER
IN TOWN FOR FEW DAYS
George Goshaw, U. S. Post
master from Shishmaref, is in
town for a few days, for dental
and medical attention.
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