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oralknrhHomer Marti Undergoes Op-mi \\ IsirFrom Their Son.Ul£-)ycs as isjets, ation, Rosenthals Hearidea laiin-ales i P»Iho • Scrs'ennt. Catroil Spindle:- oi this i of city is hold as a Japanese prison- trc hen ev in the Philippine Islands, ac- (Alt; sev- cordius tu a further confumaliott sl: .ime received bj the Madison County nlt; Chap lei of the Fled Cioss Horn the trc roh- Japanese Red Cross at. To'sio. Ja- ^’c dl' pan, and means luue been estab-j ; ;icrs iished through which relatives will ; 001 be able to correspond v.ith him. : chPtevionsly the War Department asadviseci his mother, Mrs. Marie om* i SpimHcr. of Sill South Kansasirii'hdds jstreet’ he lult* 1)00,1 taken a. i prisoner, lure jsaid ’ An-V future assistance si von Sgt.QUl Spimllor must be through the In-; lernational Red Cross. It is possible for passing of ’etters but they ; must be plainly primed or typed |with capital letters. No plans have ; yet .been made through which re 1- {1 jativos here will be permitted to stc ”QS send him money or packages. j thlt;ALivv the collapse of Bataan con-' cai siderable time elapsed without any; tVo ; word from I he soldier, A letter ■ Ar an'written last March was receivedduring August. Later it was fear-1Fr1 as ed he had been killed or taken a ttl0 prisoner. Several weeks ago the |\Var Department issued a report [cSm of his capture.lion j *Letters sent to Sgt. Spindler arem care of the Japanese Red Cross'or-!\Vlt;1tui a t Ne £Ult; tin 1nt Tokio, where they i re censored ; ancj ; before forwarding to thfc prison * was ' ™mP-htig ^ Two other Madison county men and were announced Tuesday as being ug' Japanese prisoners tn the Philippines. One is Tech. Sgt. Howard A. Armstrong, son of Mi's. Florence A. Armstrong, Alton. The other 3s Tech. Sgt. Irvin N„ Barton, sonish-hndhenwo*(Continued on page two)Fr.shepigbacThhit1Saisevprcwo
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Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville, Illinois, US
Wed, Jan 27, 1943
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