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Sup N VICTORY WAS CLOSE ONE

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U. S. Might Have Lost, Lucas Says.

(Few civilians realize how narrow was the margin of our victory in some of the bloody battles of the Pacific. ex-Marine Lt. Jim Lucas, who went through the terrible battle for. Saipan, discloses some heretofore unrevealed facts about that fight.) . esta By JIM G. LUCAS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Oct, 31.—On the night of July 3, 1944, Lt. Gen.

Yoshitsugu' Saito, commanding all

Marianas islands, sat in his cave back of the wrecked seaplane base at Tanapag and knew he was whipped. He culled his adjutant and dic-

tated this mesage:

“I am addressing the officers and men of the imperial army on

Saipan. For more than 20 days since the American devils attacked, the officers, men and civilian employees of the imperial army and navy on this island have fought well and bravely, Everywhere, they have demonstrated the honor and glory of the imperial forces. “Heaven has not given us an opportunity, We have not been able fully to utilize the terrain. We have fought in unison, but now we have no materials with which to fight and our artillery for attack has been destroyed. Our comrades have fallen one after another. Despite the bitterness of defeat we pledge ‘seven lives to repay our country.’ “Here 1s Only Death” “The barbarous attack of the enemy is being continued. Even though the enemy has occupied only a corner of Saipan, we are dying without avail under their vicious shelling and bombing. Whether we attack or whether we stay where we are, there is only death. “However, in death there is life. We must utilize fully this opportunity to exalt true Japanese manhood. I will advance with those who remain to deliver still another blow to the American devils, and leave my bones on Saipan as a bulwark of the Pacific. “As it says in Senjinkun (Code of Battle Ethics): ‘I will never suffer the disgrace ot being taken alive’ and ‘I will give up the courage of my soul and calmly rejoice in living by the eternal principle.

Bloodiest Attack

fected One Flaw in Strategy,

In the following article

Japanese forces in the northern

of Saipan would be the beginning of the end for the empire. Saito devoted all his energies to defense. Even schools were closed and the children put to work on beach barricades. Difficulties Aplenty The general faced difficulties. He called for reinforcements but Tokyo was not always able to supply them. A convoy of seven troop ships left Japan about the same time the marines set out for invasion. Only two got through. Most of those men were unarmed. Saito first ordered his men to “meet the enemy on the beach and destroy him.” Our pre-invasion bombardment made this impossible. His second plan was to permit our landing and then wipe us out.

Once our landings were made, the battle for Saipan became an artillery duel. But there was this important difference. Saito’s guns were in place. Ours had to be dragged in over beaches already under fire. The Japs were ready. From the ridge called Fina Susu, they could literally look down our throats. We paid heavily.

Aerial Supremacy

We held our trump card; aerial supremacy. All Jap planes were destroyed before we arrivéd. Saito, we soon learned, was afraid to deliver his artillery in salvoes for fear of detection. He preferred sneak attacks, which were costly but permitted us to consolidate.

For the first week, Saito with-|

“Here 1 pray with you for the eternal life of the emperor and the welfare of our country and I advance to seek out the enemy. Fol- | low me!” The banzai attack which followed

on July 5 and 6 was one of the off by one of the most concentrated |

bloodiest of the Pacific war. Now that the war is over, it can

_ be revealed how narrow was the

margin of victory in this and other battles. Had Saito used his artillery with the same daring exercised by our gunners, he might conceivably have held the island. Gen. Saito’s brave “follow me was an empty promise. His mes~ sage dictated, he called in his staff officers for a final dihner, He served his best wine and cigars. Met Ancestors

After dinner, the general and his staff retired to a high ledge. Beginning with the lowest in rank, |

each took his own life while Saito affairs of the Pacific war.

watched. The general then drew

his own blood, splitting a vein in| his temple with a hara-kiri knife. charge, the back of Japanese re- dissolution of the Zaibatsu:

The adjutant completed the job,!

and tried to cremate the bodies. His lines gave befare it, it cost the Jap- due to the unholy alliance of the technique was faulty. When the anese all their available manpower. ' Zaibatsu, the military and the gov= marines broke in a week later. Gen. | Even the wounded took part, men ernment bureaucrats.” Saito's body was easily identifiable. on crutches trailing along to die for Copyright. 1945, by The Indianapolis Times

When the marines attacked Saipan on June 20, 1944, Gen. Saito be-

drew, but always in good order. He | | abandoned only hopelessly wrecked | | equipment,

The first break came a week later

| with the battle for Hill 600, near | Aslito airfield. The Japs were driven

‘artillery barrages we had ever de-| livered. A single battalion was then

able to seize and hold the hill. {

Hysteria Mounted : Saito’s forces were split. The genera] himself retreated from one | command post to another. There,

» Was evidence of growing hysteria on! war.

{ his part.

His troops were ‘confined to the |

narrow northern tip of the island, where thousands of civilians killed | themselves rather than surrender.

| Others were brutally murdered by.

the military.

| The close of the battle for Sai-|

|pan was one of the most ghastly Strong men sickened at the sight of it. With Gen, Saito's futile banzai

sistance was broken. Although our!

the emperor. | The hopelessly wounded were

lieved they could be stopped. He slain before the attack. Some who had known the attack was coming .took part carried bayonets tied to

since the fall of Eniwetok in Feb- sticks, Others possessed only gren- | He knew, too, that the loss ades.

ruary,

Nazi Atomic Experiments

Blocked By Lone Saboteur

By H. D. QUIGG United Preys Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The twin brother of Norwegian actress Sigrid Gurie, working alone as a saboteur, destroyed the whole German supply of heavy water in Norway at a time when the Nazis needed it desperately in attempting to develop the atomic bomb, A former Norwegian underground officer disclosed today. Lt. Max Manus, famous for his exploits against the Germans within Norway, said that Miss Gurie's brother, Knut Haukelid, also was one of eight Norwegians who blew up the German heavy water machinery at Rjukan in 1943. A year later, Haukelid dressed himself as a laborer, got a job carrying firewood onto a railroad ferry, and planted a bomb in the hold, He used an American silent alarm clock to time the fuse. Using the ferry’'s time schedule, he set the bomb to explode exactly in the middle of Lake Tinnsjoe, near Rjukan. Blast on Schedule Then he walked ashore and

watched calmly as the ferry went to pieces and sank on schedule. The

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care of the big-shot “Zaibatsu” munitions makers while millions of unemployed workers are being left to fend for themselves.

tion the government is plunging itself deeper into debt to indemnify these merchants of death with billions of yen in compensatign for canceled war contracts. Eighteen billion yen already have been paid while at least 14,000,000,000 more same purpose. The total sum— 32,000,000,000 represents more than

| eager to devalue the yen yet fur- | borne by the Japanese govern-

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parachute at night at Rjukan, They |2ddress

went through a special German | guard and planted three-minute explosive charges in the key machines. | They all got away after the ex-| plosions. One was wounded and caught but escaped almost im-| mediately. As he ran, a German hand grenade hit him in the back. It was a dud.

Manus holds a citation from Ma). Gen. Williath J. Donovan, head of the office of strategic services, stating that he performed “One of the most daring and significant exploits in the history of resistance activity.” He wouldn't talk much about himself in the interview,

referred took place 1945. Manus and an assistant, working in rubber suits in the ice-coated waters of Oslo harbor, fixed timebombs to the sides of troop transports which resulted in the destruc tion of 2000 picked Nazi soldiers. These troops, special winter mountain fighters from Finland, were enroute to the western front to bolster the Von Rundstedt breakthrough. Both Transports Blasied The two men spent four hours 4n the jcy water, Their most important target was the 17,000-ton trans port Donau, carrying 1500 picked troops and 450 horses, It was surrounded by German guards who were ordered to shoot anything— even firewood--seen floating in the

any bubbles were seen rising to the surface.

The two worked their way un-

The exploit to which Donovan! § in January,

water and to toss hand grenades if |

“FOR BIG SHOTS:

Pay Arms Debts But Spend Nothing on Relief.

By WILLIAM® McGAFFIN Times Foreign Corrgspondent TOKYO, Oct. 31—The Japanese government is taking handsome

Already in a shaky financial posi-

are earmarked for the

$2,133,000,000, Support for Banks

Financial circles advance arguments as to why the government must indemnify the Zaibatsu, One important reason, they say, is that the Japanese banking structure is weak by American standards and many. banks, which have to make heavy loans to the Zaibatsu, on orders of the government, would go broke if not repaid. If the banks went broke, they add, this would have a serious effect on the whole Japanese economy, This argument does not take into consideration the enormous entrenched wealth of the Zaibatsu and the huge profits they made during the war. Some unofficial gbservers suggest that these feudal financial barons could go a long way toward reimbursing the banks if they simply dipped into their capital and wartime profits, Here is a situation which demands the careful attention of the American occupation officials. It, perhaps, would be premature to cast judgment now, Not a Pretty Picture But they deserve criticism if they continue to allow the Zaibatsu to get away with this and continue to let the unemployed go without relief. > The financial picture, in general, here is not a pretty one. Unless some curb is applied the heavy indemnification of the Zaibatsu will { contribute only to the serious inflationary tendencies already distressingly evident. Japanese financial sources are

{ther, Their reasons are noble—“to {adjust the huge financial burdens

{ment."” Some American sources consider

valued even at the present rate of 15 to the dollar as compared to ‘about four to the dollar before the

Newspaper Speaks Out But the situation requires close twatching—for it would be to the benefit of certain powerful ele- | ments in Japan to have runaway inflation such as occurred in Ger{many after the last war. Meanwhile, at least one Japanese newspaper—the Nippon Times—is beginning to paint the Zaibatsu in its true colors. A Times special writer says, in an article calling for

“The present tragedy of Japan is

nd The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

ANNUAL HONORS DAY WILL BE OBSERVED

Indiana Central College's annual honors day will be observed tomorrow, by the students and faculty with a program scheduled in the Yilese auditorium. Dr. C. T. Malan, state superintendent of public instruction, will the assembly, Honor |awards will be presented by Dr. I. {Lynd Esch, president of the col- { lege, Music for the event will be fur|nished by Miss Helen Whaley, mez- | zo-soprano, and the college string | quartet; George Jones Jr., Lorena | Wiles, Mary Rose Bepjamin and {Wanda Hobson. The quartet will [be accompanied by Jean Miller on the piano.

' Brothers, Cooks, Meet in Pacific

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Donald Ambler Leroy Ambler

TWO INDIANAPOLIS Brothers, both navy cooks, met by accident

Oct, 17 in a Western c port after a year's separation. Coincidence brought Cook 1-c Donald Ambler, 22, son of Mr, and Mrs, Luther L. Ambler, 1650 'N, Goodlet ave, and Cook 1-¢ Leroy Ambler, 18, together on adjacent ships, As Leroy wrote his mother the next day, he was sent to another ship with a working party when he spied: a subchaser bearing familiar numerals, It was Donald's ship, , With the co-operation of his chaplain and the ship's signal officer, Leroy managed to get a

They later met on shore. Donald has been in the navy nearly five years, and Leroy has six months’

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BERRY HOME AFTER

service, Cpl. William Berry, son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs.

rived home,

saw action from the landings on Normandy until the collapse in Germany. His brother, Pvt. Glenn Berry, 20, was killed in Germany, on Sept. 16, 1944,

message wigwagged to Donald.

__ aE INDIANAPOLIS. TIMES bros Shiai = [TAYLOR PUSHES IDE |e tr sei: es sine oe x ASKS PLAQLE FOR OF WORLD REPUBLIC DEAD WAR Ales:

back to the dark ages,” Taylor said. “And I'm going to talk about WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (U.P.)— . Times Washington Bureau. : WASHINGTON, - — Senator Glen H. Taylor (D., Ida.) SHINGTON, Oct. 3, Rep.

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4 YEARS OVERSEA

A veteran of 44 months overseas

Garrett Berry, 1811 E, Michigan st, has ar-

told house members: “I. do not believe that American will disapprove*a ‘memorial ' to these men in capital of the nation they so well.”

it every opportunity I get. x never | give up.” ; Taylor has introduced a-resolu-|Louis Iudlow of: Indiana introThe 25-year-old tank corpsman Sa Wolly Keep yin. tion asking that the President in-|duced a bill in the house yesterday United States should take to struct our delegates to the first|to provide a memorial to the 38 S Sleps United Nations assembly to propose | American war correspondents who bring about formation of a worlds special commission to . draft|lost their lives in world war II republic. treaties for a world republic. = The bill would provide $50,000

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+» We thought we'd read up a little on Meteorology—to see if we could find. some scientific support for such an assertion.

AND WE NOTICED—under the heading of » “Thermodynamical Constants of the Air’—that potential temperature of a mass of dry air is defined as the temperature it would attain by adiabatic expansion or compression—to a standard usually taken as 1,000 millibars—And there are 3 kinds of winds—Eulerain Winds— Geostrophic Winds—and Antitriptic Winds.

SO — WE DECIDED. then and there — to leave the sphere of science — and let the headline stand — with the observation that it always does get bitter cold — that it snows and sleets and rains and snows — that winds howl — and slush gathers — and furnaces fail — and people wait on street corners for cars and busses — that people need personal heating systems — Which brings us to this commercial—

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