Captives Recall Cabanatuan Camp and Japanese Brutality
Lieutenant Colonel W. E. Dyess recounts conditions at the Cabanatuan camp in Nueva Ecija, describing crowded compounds, guards atop high towers, meals of rice and canned milk, black market activity, and improvised prison cuisine named quan. He notes fellow POWs from Bataan and Corregidor, razored beards, and dogs like Lugao surviving on scraps, with reflections on future civilian manners.
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Nueve Ecija
O'Donnell
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Lugeo
Lugano
Private Breger Abroad to DAVE BREGEog
An excerpt from Dyess's wartime memoir recounts brutal Japanese treatment of prisoners on Bataan, forced labor, and mass casualties. The narrator describes guards beating workers, savage conditions, and a vow to confront a brutal guard, with an editor's note noting the author later died in a 194? airplane crash.
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Dyess
California
Doll Shop Owner Denies Spy Charge
A California born doll shop proprietor, Mrs. Dickinson, age 50, faced bail at 25 060 after pleading innocent on a pre indictment alleging involvement in a spy plot linked to Argentina and Japan. The lengthy tale includes claims of American soldiers being flogged in Buenos Aires and medical aid amid mistreatment. the story continues tomorrow.
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New Fenn
Weruatee Dickinson
Ceal
Argentina
New York
Trex Lonea de Molinall
Bienes
Aires
U. 5
Edward G. Wallace
Japan
Police Probe Three 5 A Stabbings In City Streets
Police investigate three stabbing incidents early Saturday morning in the 400 block area. Victims include Perciliano Soto who was stabbed in the left shoulder while protecting his brother, and Arthur Lewis a former jockey wounded outside Showman's lab. Police also detained multiple youths and a 34 year old truck loader in connection with the case as detectives work to identify suspects and motive.
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Jeonard A. Dansby
East Gommere Street
Arthur Lewis
Perciliano Soto
Alamo Club
Commerce Street
Soto
Soip
Orrsoy
Tedoro G. Perez
Starr Street
Cap
Gir
Perez
Aso Nolding
Perez i
Do. Newmann
C. 3
Hocker
Lewis
Soledad Street
Weatherman Flees Before Storm Hits
CHICAGO February 2 18 C T Lay head of the Chicago weather bureau fled for Florida two hours before the winter's worst snow storm struck Chicago. Lay left the city as the storm approached heading south to avoid travel disruption and potential danger.
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Chicago
C. T. Lay
Florida
Lay
Chicago Weather Bureau
Near East oil talks spark US Britain oil Dicker
Washington and London plan a high level oil conference to map undeveloped deposits in the Near East. United States and Britain seek a compact to promote efficient development and fair distribution while addressing Saudi Arabia and Kuwait pipeline plans. Leaders aim to avoid conflicts and keep Russia informed.
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Brital
Dicker
Unitedd States
Edward Stettinius
Near East
Hull
Eten
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Mediterranean
Congress
Moore
R.-Okla
Seca
Navy Officer Wins Election in Alabama Showdown
Lieut. George W. Andrews, 98, a naval officer, won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Alabama's third district with a 44 vote edge over J. Huber Farmer. Official returns show 15,870 for Andrews and 13,828 for Farmer. The primary, held to set the date, follows a prior loss in 1940 to Henry Bleapall. Andrews pledged to go to Congress with as few strings attached as any man ever elected.
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George W. Andrews
Congress
Lman
Alabama
Greta Pothan
Ala
Naval
Huber
Farmer
Andrews
Henry B. Bleapall
Alavatna
Nazis isolate Kirkenes over typhus outbreak in Norway
Swedish telegraph agency reports Nazi authorities in Norway have isolated the city of Kirkenes for three months to halt a typhus outbreak. The decision was announced from Oslo via the Swedish agency.
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Stackholm
Oslo
Vele
Kirkeness
City News Dance Listings February 12 18
Dance notices from Hermann Hall and Hill Top Hall announce events on Feb 12 18 with bands such as Louie and HS Pioneer Band Joe Hartman’s Orch and The Southern Sun at venues on Austin Highway and Hill Top Hall. Includes Hermann Sons Hall and Bowl fete ads.
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L. Henderson
Jaime É
West Art
Dickson
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Marx
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Tabernacle
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London
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Shine Bove
Blue Hour
Croaby
T. Tucker Wynn
Bing
Rex Benson
Crosby
T. Tucker iv
Rowsens Spivak
Nowy
Heatherton
Dante
Heatherton Curtinina Or
Fred Martin Cummins
Pour
Fred Martin
City News
Herman'k Hall
Green Lantern
Austin Hwy
Randolph Eutoff
Schnavel
Tax Inc
K. T. Hall
Louie and
HS Band
Hill Top Hall
Pioneer Band
Hermann Sons Hill
the Southern Sun
Joe Hartman
Ann
Tina Hermann Sons
Great Invitation Evening Subject Great Invitation Evening Subject
J A Dickey minister of Beacon Hill Church of Christ will deliver the sermon at the Sunday evening service. In the morning hour he will discuss The Value of the Old Testament Scriptures. The address is 928 West Magnolia Avenue.
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J. A. Dickey
Beacon Hill Church of Christ
Magnolia Avenue
Mississippi Holds 24 Plane Victims
MEMPHIS Feb 12 The Mississippi River held 24 bodies from an American Airlines Transcontinental crash while wreckage parts drifted downstream. Veteran rivermen feared many bodies mangled would not be recovered as pieces of the huge ship were found ten miles below the crash scene. The giant plane went down seven minutes before its scheduled landing at Memphis Airport at 11 38 p.m.
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Memphis
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