Pleas for Food Are Refused At Yamashita Trial
Hartendorp testified that Santos Tomas civilian prison camp held about 4000 internees under a planned starvation program. He described cuts in rations by the Japanese commandant who did not recognize the Geneva convention. Internees’ weight fell sharply and in October 1944 rationing dropped to two meals daily before further deteriorating health.
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Manila
Santos Tomas
A. V. H. Hartendorp
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japan
Hartendorp
U. S
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Don’t Just Ask for Aspirin St Joseph’s Promoted
An advertisement urges buyers to request St Joseph Aspirin by name. It touts the product as fast dependable and the first choice of millions nationwide. The ad notes a 100 tablet bottle size priced at 35 cents and claims about three tablets per cent.
Santo Tomas Internee Case Lashes Out at Japanese
The case covers Oct 9 1944 to Feb 2 1945 charging the Japanese with wilful denial of food and medical care to over 3000 civilian internees. It notes that internee Ford Wilkins, ex Manila Bulletin city editor and NYT correspondent, was beaten and tortured and cites executions without cause or trial of more than six internees for minor rule infractions.
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Santo Tomas
Ford Wilkins
Manila Bulletin
New York Times
Brown Raises Champion Milker at Southwestern Shorthorn Meet
A milking shorthorn owned by R A Brown of Amarillo and Canyon was named junior female champion at the Southwestern Milking Shorthorn Association annual meeting in Fort Worth. Judging occurred last night. Brown runs a loan and insurance firm and farms near Canyon. W F Eckardt of Wortham was elected association president.
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R. A. Brown
Amarillo
Canyon
Southwestern Milking Shorthorn Association
Fort Worth
Donna Joyce
C. F
Jones Denies Tax Evasion in Dallas Bond Posting
former assistant United States district attorney Joe H. Jones posted a $2,500 bond on a federal indictment charging income tax evasion and issued a statement denying the charge. He said he paid the taxes in question on February 14, 1945, after his suspension. The grand jury report criticized lawyers in government service who practice law on the side. The indictment claims he failed to report taxes for 1942 and 1943 totaling about $2,800, while receipts show he paid $4,929.57 on the questioned date.
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Dallas
Joe H. Jones
United States District Attorney
Grand Jury
United States
Clyde Eastus
Jones
Internal Revenue Department
Attorney General Circular on Allowing Practice of Law Cited
Jones admits an error regarding taxes and cites a long standing circular from the Attorney General in the United States attorney's office granting permission to practice law. He says if the order was ever rescinded, he was unaware.
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Jones
United States Attorney's Office
Attorney General
Surrender Table Holds Bibles For Navy Memorial Services
In New York on November 7 a memorial service aboard the battleship Missouri honored Navy Marine and Coast Guard personnel who died in the war. About 2 000 relatives attended the 15 minute service where the surrender table held the Bibles.
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New York
Missouri
Marine and
Coast Guard
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