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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1944

Page

2

British Prisoners of Japs Die by Thousands Warn Eden

Foreign Secretary Eden said thousands of British prisoners died in Japanese camps under jungle conditions with no shelter food or medical care. He warned Japan will face a record of cruelty in history and cited deteriorating health and deaths among British prisoners in Thailand and other areas as evidence. Hong Kong conditions were described as worsening.

Eden London Jan vPi Bef Bitain Japan U. S. Army Washington Livy Alfense Rau Thailand Burma Shel Eden Lisbon Pacific

Beware Coughs Following Flu

Advertisement for Creomulsion promises to relieve coughs from flu related chest colds and bronchitis. Claims prompt treatment prevents complications and offers a money back guarantee if the user is not satisfied.

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Returned Prisoners Warn GIs Hang On to Your Dog Tags

Returned American prisoners urge GIs to follow Geneva rules and keep dog tags. They recount brutal treatment under German and Japanese guards, emphasize lawful claims to belongings, risk of torture, and the importance of knowing wartime rights.

Jack O'Brian New York GI Joes Gestapo Yan Army John Preston Spt Ben Frazier Norman Goodwin

Monument to Col. Dyess Proposed in Texas

A proposal to erect a monument at Lieut. Col. William Edwin Dyess’s grave was heard in the house as details of POW mistreatment by Japanese captors were reported. Albany editor McGaughey urged the marker honoring the air hero killed in California, noting Dyess’s last missions near Subic Bay and Jop ships attack. Fort Worth report covers Maj Hawkins denying participation in the torture but confirming prisoners’ mistreatment.

Waomaut Don Leegrave William Edwin Dyess House Representative Russell Texas Congressional Record John H. McGaughey Albany Bataan California Dyess McGaughey Subic Bay Fort Worth Jan Jack Hawkins Philippines

Plainti ff Files On Food Bill In Venereal Disease Case

Police Commissioner P L Anderson seeks a conference with state public health representatives and Whitcomb H Allen to discuss paying the food bill for women held in a city jail for venereal disease tests. He says the women, many held long jail terms before Riverview hospital treatment, should be fed at federal and state expense. His bills reportedly run 700 to 200 dollars monthly with test results and multiple visits noted.

P. L. Anderson Whitcomb H. Allen Anderson Riverview Hospital J. Turney Terrell

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