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Alligator mascot of Japanese Navy returns after escape
In Hawaii the five foot alligator named Mama San escapes from the Japanese cruiser Iwate during a naval training period. It hides near Hilo and is later captured at Homanu on Kau coast after a month at large. The animal is in a hospital awaiting shipment to Japan aboard a freighter as a guest of honor. Admiral Nagano offered 259 for recapture, now in Japan questions remain if the reward will be paid. The Intercollegiate Swimming Association is noted as formed a year ago with Yale Harvard Princeton and others.
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Admiral Nagano