Hamilton Daily News Journal (Newspaper) - February 15, 1944, Hamilton, Ohio TWO HAMILTON DAILY HEWS 1144 A Jap Prison Camp And First Red Cross Boxes From Home mm FIRST PLANS FOR ESCAPE Began Preparations Care fully In Small Group Delayed Seven Months Japs Cut Vegetable Rations Thil is he eighth chapter in the series written by two Ameri can army and navy officers among the ten who escaped from the Philippines after having witnessed and suffered Japanese lly I V old to Kel CHAPTER 8 Christmas And Escape Thoughts Commander McCoy Almost since he day of arrival at Mindanao there had been lurking in my mind the thought of the hope that some would open that some opportunity would be pro Nothing concrete came of these gropings through November and There were the usual six days of work each with Sundays quite often thrown Women Who Suffer from SIMPLE fee M the lest Home You who suffer from simple an emia or who lose so much during monthly that you feel dragged due to low blood start today try Pink barns TABLETS one of the greatest tonics you can buy to help build up red blood to get more strength and in such Taken as Tab lets Is one of the very best home wan to get iron into the Just try them for 30 then see if dont remarkably Fol low label Worth trying 1 lydia in as a day when ant caught us Earlj in I was as signed as he officer in charge o a detail to the cof fee In this about 35 nil than and mostly lieutenant These older men had been assigned to this detail as a of considerable undercover maneuvering on the part of the American officials of the n order that they might have a setter chance of food enough to keep them Avas assisted on this detail by and I the only officers in the it AAns here that Steve and I to plan our attempt to Ailor I had mentioned ho plan to Mellnik gave it Avas hiis Once he had he never once faltered any point in he came up some of the better ideas that finally made our escape Plan Of Escape At suggestion AVC 8led AVO sergeants to assist the midday cooking for our Paul Marshall find Marshall and were taken in on the escape and tit onco proved both eager and Our hope was o make a break out of the prison elude our reach the and set out in a stolen We were not too enthusiastic about our chances fo a successful On the othe neither were we too about our chances for stay ing alive if we remained in th hands of the The escape plan had not yet ma when there oc curred an event which the lives of all the American piis at least As I was returning from work one afternoon in early January I was met near the prison bar by an enlisted seaman who iad been attached to my unit a Navy before the of Its Christmas Its C o in m a n de i he Its Christ mas I was well aware that Christ mas had already that both of us broke into a a headlong dash for the The news was There tied Cross two for each More than they meant to each of As each prisoner ripped open a 1 suspect that there were many besides myself who worked with a catch in the I will make no attempt to de scribe the joy with which those Rod Cros boxes were lust as there is no word for truth in Ihe Japanese neither are there any words known to me which could describe he feelings with which we greeted his first communication from our And what a welcome those boxes contained 1 here was concentrate which better han any cup 1 had ever to cheer an icy night on be bridge of a ship at It was he first 1 had tasted since a muggled sip months ago in Old back in were chocolate there vacs there were crackers nd there were tinned and there were and there was a portion ach of pepper and Observe Brotherhood Week With Luncheon February 22 The Hamilton in co the Prot find Catholic in Avill observe national brotherhood with an inter luncheon Febru ary at one oclock in the asso b u i 1 d i n Brotherhood according to presidential Avill be observed February Miss Mabel faith committee of and Jewish clergy a n d Hill is chair man of the interfaith and Harry Pastor is in charge of The luncheon committee com prises Mark Steenber Bertha Maskell Leon David Charles Millikin Succumbs At 88 Avill speak on the InterFaith Hugh ally without so I asked him o explain his Stuff from he Boxes from the Red Cross I had quickened my and y I was trotting along be side Then I must confess Muffins that melt in your mouth muffins with made with Golden Bake Mix Marvelous texture and nutlike taste packed with wartime easy to make recipe right on the If youre not excited and double your money back I Best of there were suifa drugs and precious quinine Since 1 did not I very quickly made flu advantageous trade for my In my I could find no body who give up a crumb of his cheese We had known no milk or any kind of dairy product since our capture Our Christmas had been delayed but it Avas oue of the most en many of us will ever re In to the tAvo boxes received by each each o us also received 15 cans of cornec beef or This Avas rationed to us by th Japanese at the rate of IAVO cane c and it therefore lasted ui approximately eight Th food during those eight the best and most nourishing I re in all the 11 month of ni imprisonment by the Dark Side Too But our belated Christmas re had a dark Ii the first AVC learned tlin our precious Red Cross supplies had been received aboard a diplo matic ship back in June of 194J in We never learned it took them some seven mouths to reach us in More catastrophic was the fact as soon as our boxes were the Japanese promptly discontinued the meager supply of vegetables which we had been rationed in the And when each man had eaten the last of his 15 cans of the vege tables still were withheld from In AVC Avere back on the same rations AVC had received in in the and rice Avith a cupful of watery soup or the other tAvo This was in March of and y that time our plans for escape iad gone well with my self as senior officer and with as How far is it to Australia from Commander Sergeant Marshall asked me one ve were out on the coffee About miles to one of he nearest I for And you if AVC can find i you can take us here Within 10 or 15 miles of any lace on the of that AVC can rig up some fern for and Avill discus lie seven proposals for a post Avar world adopted by an inter Klmer Shelby Al Walter an Howard Clover games and contests i keeping Avith the festival held th interest of the group for pleasant hours at the conclusion of tasty refreshments wer Red and white centered the prettily Participants were Missei Louise Maxine Kerns Eileen Bertha Marie Margaret Mrs a Mrs Louis and the hostess Announcement and Hubert 310North F announce the marriage of their Betty o Aviation Cadet Kenneth B son of and 30 North B ook place on in Thomas Memorial Baptist The Thomas the decent navigating equip IN 1AKI MIX TERMITE PROTECTION AS AS FIRE INSURANCE PHONE 1631 NAY YOU YOUR SNAKE OF TO THOSE WHO FEEL THEY CANT AFFORD TO BUY BONOS OR HAVE BEEN CASHING THEIR BONDS AS SOON AS ONE OF COUNTY NOW IN THE WRITES HAVE PURCHASED 5 BONDS SINCE IN NAVY U AS MUCH IN MONTH IN NAVY AS HE WOULD WEEK IF HE WERE AT YET HE CAN mm BUY BONOS AND KEEPS Lieutenant Colonel Mellnik as senior was o lead and was o do the navigating onco AVC ble to steal a When and if vc reached the and when ud if AVO wore able to steal a 1 was doing mich of the and Avas re for executing most of he preparatory The first step decided upon was o put ourselves iu as good physi al condition ae Sergeant had earned a reputation s H food thief so ho and and I now turned our com talents and attention to the hicken farm kept by the Japa eso for their exclusive use they There some of those and we aide it n point of honor never to lake loss than two on a single and including us mauy eggs as could be safely By an elaborate McCoy aud Spielman aud 1 relieved the Jape of a total of 133 of their plump est fowls over a period of three After AVC had stolen 75 of these chickens the Japanese noted their Thereafter Ave had to work with infinitely more for knew if we would be punished wilh a severity ranging from a mure flogging to death by Some of these chickens AVC ate at the noon meal we cooked for ourselves working in the coffee dividing them with the older officers in iom work Others AVC traded for almost nonexistent sulfa drugs ami any other article AVC considered might bo useful on our trip through the jungle and onward to Tomorrow Esca by Tlie BeU Hamer Hazard Married Miss Of interest to Hamilton friends is announcement pi the marriage of Miss Virginia daughter of and 1421 Livingston a tree to of Avh place on in the a few The eldest son of and Arthur 916 Laurel Avas graduated from Hamilton High in He is in the personnel department of the Wright Aircraft The couple Avill reside in Ham Evangeline Poe Entertained Sorority Members of Delta Theta Cl sorority were entei Saturday night at a va party in the home of Mrs Evangeline on Clinton ave Her three quarter length veil o illusion was held to her head tiara of seed She car ried Miss Patricia maid o honor and Miss Joan Ward junior nieces of ti were the brides at Miss Delano a o aqua frosted satin Miss Helen Burton Sexton and Robert Stout were The bride at in a frock of aqua with lack She carried Miss Craig Avore lack crepe and her were vhite Both bride and bridegroom were from Hamilton High chool in The bride is em ployed in he office of the Rob store and Avill re min with her parents while her is in Cadet and Simpson later the of Miss Craig and Cadet Hiss Esther Leo Broering Married The wedding of Miss Esther daughter of and 3214 River o Leo son of aud Frank 424 Forest Avas a pretty event Satur uy February 12 in Liin Catholic The assistant ead the double ring Avas attractive in her editing of while satin and Vouch embroidered The H bodice of satin had a high embroidered Avith seed earls and long sleeves ending in oints at the The full skirt f net cascaded into a long Proves Wonderful For Itching Skin To soothe burning apply medicated liquid formula backed by 35 yeara continu ous For ringworm foot or due to apply ZEMO ZEMO promptly relieves ud Over package One trial 8 different a very full skirt slim bodice which had a high neckline anc bracelet A match ing bonnet completed her Miss frock of taffeta Avas styled like that oJ Miss wore a and both carried can Beauty A wedding breakfast was served for the families in the Wayne and in the evening a reception for 150 guests helc iu the American Legion After a brief wedding the couple Avill reside on Smith Rites Wednesday For Hurd Infant Funeral services for age 15 daughter of and Ernest 305 North Riverside New Mi who died last Avill be conducted Wednesday aft at one oclock in the resi Irvin will officiate and burial Avill be iu Services were the arrival of the father is stationed with the SeaBees in Friends may call at the resi dence after 6 oclock Tuesday Births Joseph and Louis ti South D a Feb uary in Mercy hospit Albert and e n e v a 304 South ly a February in hospi ducted Thursday afternoon at Samaritan oclock in the Webb funeral spent the in Knss avenue and South D Mary Konrad has returned Avith Benjamin after spending several days with minister of the First Methodist and Fred Konrad in Burial will in Kvans and Friends may call Wednesday returned to Middle afternoon and evening at the after spending a with The family requests Hamilton that be Charles fee 437 Ross widely cloth ing salesman of ware in died of general debility Monday afternoon at oclock iu Mercy He had been since February the sou of the late James and Ellen Ware Avas born in in Ham He spent his entire life iu Ms launched his career as a clothing salesman Avith Virgil and the Red Trunk Clothing store where he had been for many He Avill be remembered by many us an efficient and courteous sales man employed for years by the Strauss Clothing and Shoe com Avith Irvin Coch Millikin operated a store on High street for a CAV and then returned to he employ of the Strauss com Attended City Schools His Celeste Cobaugh preceded him in death in and a daughter lied during Millikin Avas educated in he Hamilton and Avas member of the First He leaves a Sue Hamilton IAVO Miss sTelle Hull and Miss Marion both of Hamilton a wide of friends and TAVO Thomas and ames preceded him in Avill be con Personals Leonard gunners mate is home on short leave from the He is visit ing in the home of a Mrs Mae 10JJ South Sec ond and Simon Fields re turned to Dayton after a visil with and Collins Estill James Great is in Hamilton on leave Miss Indian is visiting relatives in Henry United States has been in the South ie visiting and Roy and returned to Mid after a visit ind Charles and Tim Wilkinson returned to after a visit Avith their and their Tim Wilkinson and Captain Morris returned to after a visit with his and 23 Second Private William Frazier re turned to after a 14 day furlough with his wife and other Don Fitton iis visiting rela tives in Robert United States returned to Great after a visit in Elizabeth and Stanley Barbour have returned from a visit with 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