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Jap Prisoners; Stili; Live■-*~4Shocked by Figure* of , Number Vbo Died-Hop** still lived Saturday among Cincinnati families having relatives of Japanese prisoners of war that their kin were alive and well despite the story of atrocities inflicted on the captured Americans and Filipinos Most, however, were shocked at the large number having met their death as prisoners.Even to the relatives of two of the seven Greater Cincinnatians known to have died while prisoners preferred to believe that their kin had met natural deaths and had not received any of the brutal Jap treatment.The grandmother of LI. William Kllduff. 25. son of Mrs W. M. Kil-duff, 3442 Wellston Place, said that It was a terrible thing to be brought up at this time. - Mother's hearts, have been crushed enough, she said. «'Mrs. Edward Prey Of 1030 Con-sidine Avenue. Price Hill, mother of Edward Prey Jr.. 20. also reported dead by the War Department, said that she had been crying ever since she heard the news but that she thought “something like this will wake a few people up who dont realize what Is going on On the whole, the | relatives of prisoners who still might be aliveand well in view of the absence of word to the contrary, felt that the news should not have been published.Mrs. George 8chnicke. 2633 St. Albans Place. Golf Manor, stated It was hard to know what to believe. She received a couple of postcards from her husband. Lieutenant 8chnickre. who was captured In the Philippines, saying that he was in good health and eating regularly when the Oripsholm arrived In the States.It just makes you feel awfully bad.' she said, and I eant see how it can help any.APPROVES STORYJudge Prank 8. Bonham, one of the organisers of the Next of Kin Association, said lib was a great believer in wanting the truth and that the American people should not be pampered to the extent that everything with a bad flavor be kept from th«m.“We should be able to take the good with the bad.- he opined.At the home of Lt. F*red 8. Dewey, 26, one of the defenders of Correg-idor. his wife. Mrs. Jean Sanders Dewey. 211 HUlcreet Drive. Wyoming, said that “she didn't see why the terrible story had been released. I Just can't see what good It did. We were worried enough before and then this news is a such a shock.
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Cincinnati Times Star
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sat, Jan 29, 1944
Page 16
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