Borger News-Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1947 Page: 4 of 14
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Four
Grisly Tale of
Cannibalism Told
Tokyo War Court
TOKYO, Jan. 2— <4V~GrisU-
testimony about mutilations, vlvl
section, beheadings and cannibal-
ism by Japanese in the southwest
Pacific was presented to the in-
ternational War Crimes tribunal
today.
The testimony was presented
to show that Japanese disregard
of the rules of warfare and ex
cesses by individual soldiers were.
condoned by higher officers.
An Indian prisoner of war in
a l«.bor battalion at ToUbil. New
Britain, related by aliidavit this
story of cannibalism, which he
said he witnessed from behind
a tree:
An unidentified 19 - year - old j
American fighter pilot, forced
down, was captured and beheaded j
within 30 minutes Nov. 12, 1944
“I noticed a Japanese cut fles'i j
from the arms, legs, chest anr
hips and carry same to th ir j
quarter*. 1 was shocked and fol -!
lowed the Japanese to find out j
what they would do to the flesh J
They cut the flesh ltoto small i.
pieces and fried it. At about if." |
hours <6 p. m.) a Japanese majo>-1
general addressed about 150 Jap- j
rnesc, mostly officers. At con-
clusion of the speech, a piece of
lried flesh was given to all pres j
ent who ate it on the spot.'*
A Japanese soldier captured
near Buna, New Guinea, Jan. 13
1943, testified by affidavit:
At Khandok, New Guinea, he |
saw a “healthy, unwounded pris-
oner of war tied to a tree outside |
Japanese secret police headquar |
ters. A Japanese doctor and four j
Japanese medical students stood ‘
around him. First they removed j
tat fingernails; then, cutting open j
his chest, they removed his hear' |
on which the doctor gave a prae- j
tical demonstration.”
Other affidavits said behead- j
ings, machtnegunnings and bayon-
etting of POWs tied to trees was
common.
Maj. Charles Henry Bicks oi
Stanford. Amy St.. Hawthorne,
Australia, said he found the
bodies o' six Australian soldiers
in the Milne bay area in August.
1942. hands tied behind their
backs, all had been bayonetted
through the stomach.
A former Australian militia i
captain, Charles Walter Kendall |
of 747 Sandgate Rd., Clayfieid,!
Brisbane, said he found the bodies i
of two Australians tied up within
50 yards of Japanese headquar-)
ters in Ihe Milne bay area In Sep- i
tembei . 1942. Both had been bay- j
onetted. The gars and genitals of j
uue had been lopped off.
Another Japanese POW’s affi-
davit described the execution of j
seven Australians, including a boy i
about seven and four women, in I
the vicinity of Buna in August.
1942. He said the prisoners were
led to a grave, shot and their
bodies dumped in by orders of
the Japanese officers in charge.
New Snow, Rain and
Sleel Fall Covers
Mosl ol U. S. Today
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Heavy snow, freezing rain and
sleet and a new cold wave ex-
■ended over much of the country
today.
The new frigid blasts moved
into the Dakotas and Montana
from the northwest sending tem-
peratures to 20 below at Minot,
N. D. The cold wave was expect
ed to move eastward and fora
casts were for temperatures of
from 15 to 30 below in Minnesota
tonight.
Snow fell in many parts o'
central West Texas and Okla
boma. Freezing rains chiiled
parts of Texas, Arkansas an-i
spread through portions of Illi-
nois, Indiana and lower Michigan
Power and communication line
in many cities were disrupted by
the ice storms.
The sleet and freezing rains
made travel on highways bazar i-
ous, but federal forecasters sa i
the new cold wave, moving east-
ward ’from Montana and the Da-
kotas, would bring clear skies.
The northern Rockies, the Pa-
cific coast and Florida were thi
only parts of the country which
escorted the inclement weathe
WAA FIRE FIGHTING
EQUIPMENT PURCHASED
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 2 — ..4'— j
Four Texas cities recently pur- i
chased fire fighting equipment !
from the San Antonio office of the I
War Assets administration. The
equipment included pumpers cap-
able of delivering 500 gallons of j
water per minute. Communities re-
ceiving the equipment were Da1
Feria, Jngleside, Premont and Po-
teet.
Seven of the sons of Mnulay
Ismail, emperor of Morocco from j
1672 to 1727, asumerl the title of
emperor
A card addrcsiad to us giving
yaur location brings our truck
le your door,
W« tell your bed in two layers
ol soil Itulfy cotton
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THE BORGER (TEXAS) NEWS-HERALD
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Phillips, J. C. Borger News-Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1947, newspaper, January 2, 1947; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth738971/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.