Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                                Page two Pacific stars and stripes c och 19 sex servicemen ballots sought Washington oct. 18 up the republicans and democrats Aren t overlooking any discharge buttons in their efforts to capture the votes of some 15,000,000 veterans unlike the 1944 presidential Campaign they Are making few appeals to the 1,500,000 men now in uniform because they wac opens to Fec former servicewomen assume the Soldier vote this year will be  democratic and gop National committees and especially the republicans have studded their ranks with for Mer Heads of veterans organizations who Hope to lure sex servicemen into the right political  republicans have work ing for them no less than 11 past National commanders of the american legion three former am vets command ers six past Heads of the veterans of foreign wars an representatives of several other veterans  director of veterans activities is Parry v. Colmery of Topeka kans., a former legion  democratic counterpart is Martin v. Coffey another former legion head who operates out of new York with a Small staff but has some 8,-300 Volunteer workers scattered throughout the country. But when it comes to the men now in uniform the politicos Are hardly be stirring themselves. The consensus is that present servicemen Are either too Young or too old too Young to vote or too old to have their political convictions  services have once again made available in All military units application Blanks for Absentee ballots. Periodic circulars also Are sent out to in form soldiers and sailors away from  ago the army notified All presidential Candi dates that As in the past they could use the armed forces radio for political  army said All Trie candidates showed interest at the time but that thus far Only one socialist Norman Thomas has broadcast to the troops. Yokosuka base one civilian women in the far East command who have had prior service in the army Navy Marine corps or coast guard May now apply for enlistment in the women s army corps. Applicants who attain the High mental and physical standards established May be enlisted in the far East com Mand for service in the Tokyo Yokohama area. United states army recruit ing officers throughout the command Are prepared to interview applicants and initiate necessary administrative action toward enlistment in the wac for periods of from two to six years. Applicants who were Honor ably discharged from the women s army corps after May 20, 1945, Are afforded the Opportunity to enlist in the wac Iri the Grade held at time of discharge provided enlistment is accomplished on or before january 4, ,1949. Other qualified applicants will be enlisted in a Grade commensurate with their training and experience. The enlistment of civilian women in the United states air Force is not authorized in the far East command at the present time. Vita Iwate Clay shipments will continue Scap transportation officials stated saturday that despite the handicaps of rail and Highway washouts move ments of vitally needed Iwate refractory Clay Are continuing. This has been accomplished by the emergency mobilization of 15 four ton trucks and the use of new routes for the shipment of the Day. Iwate Clay is normally ship Ped from the mine by rail to destinations on Honshu and Kyushu not convenient to port facilities and by rail Tomiyamo and thence by water to destinations convenient to port facilities. As rerouted Clay now moves by truck Over the Mountain Ous Omoto Road to the no Makunas and Kazuya freight depots on the main Tohoru rail line. From these Points trains carry the Clay North to hokkaido and South to the Tokyo area. In order to transport the Industrial requirement of a minimum of 8,000 tons by the end of the Calendar year the truck caravan is expected to be increased to 34 four ton trucks by next week. Iwate Clay is considered an important element in the re habilitation of the japanese Economy. Because of its High Speaks on station thousands crowd station in route to Nikko fiesta rafts contest winners picked . Air Force photo pretty Carol Nelson stenographer from the far East air forces personnel Section Tokyo finds it easy to talk to her brother Hal in Austin tex., by Means of the Ham radio station j2aao, which is an off time Enterprise of far East air forces airmen. At the controls next to miss Nelson is a sgt. Donn Weirick 16h comm nations Squadron fear one of the airmen operating j2aao on the top floor of the new Keijo building. Radiostationj2aao services described radio station j2aao, operated by fear airmen on top of the new Keijo building Tokyo is More than a Ham station. It is serving the occupation in an unofficial Way. Operated by a sgt. Donn Weirick. 16th communications Squadron fear and his co operators sgt. Walt Buhr. Heat resistance the Iwate Clay is an essential raw material in the manufacture of refractory Brick used in the production of ferrous metals. Of Navy s largest Pearl Harbor oct. 18 a the . Avy has acquired one of the world s larg est Navy Yards at Yokosuka. Japan vice adm. Francis s. Low service Force s com Mander of the Pacific Fleet Saufl today r he said Only a Small part of the vast Yokosuka Yard is be ing used by the Navy and he knew of no plans for using the rest of it. Consequently he said Pearl Harbor remain she Only major offshore .  in the Pacific. 1\i\? North Korea radio attacks ., Rhee Seoul oct. 18-cup the russian fostered radio Pyong Yang broadcasting from the capital of the puppet government of North Korea is stepping up its propaganda to the korean Community in Japan As the Date of or. Syng Man Rhee s visit to Tokyo draws near. Translations of the Pyong Yang propaganda broadcasts beamed to South Korea and Japan released Here today contained some of the Broad est misstatements of fact and some of the bitterest attacks the United states and occupation personals Central Japan it. And mrs. H. E. Hard Wick Are the parents of a daughter Patricia Lynn born october 7.hardwick is with the seventh macs Wing fear. Cpl. Samuel j. Costanzo 704tharmy postal unit and a sgt. Philip Emerson pfc Robert e. Castelland pfc Roy e. Lott. All of the 317th installations Squadron Are on leave from Tachikawa. Sgt. 1/c Reggie of. Smith new seventh air and airways i communication service the station is gaining recognition for the service Given. In response to an. Urgent a peal on behalf of a Little japanese girl who was dying in a Tokyo orphanage j2aao flashed a request for a rare serum to Walter Reed Hospi Tal in Washington . Wal Ter Reed was one of the few hospitals in the . Having a Supply of the serum. Immediately after receiving the message officials of the hos Pital placed the serum aboard a commercial plane bound for Tokyo. The Good will engendered i times of human emergency was further demonstrated when some Ham operators in Australia heard about the Appeal and As a result they sent serum of the same Type to Japan. When Texas City tex., Wassaf Malde. Henderson. Sparts White. Tenn., All demolished by a terrific expo baby Home pair May get retrial the Tokyo pro curatorial office has taken the Case o mrs. Miyuki Ishikawa 52, and her husband Takashi 55 to the Tokyo higher District court for Public trial Kodi news Agency reported. The were sentenced to eight Anc four years imprisonment respectively by the Tokyo District court .,.,. J both mrs. Ishikawa and he husband were found guilty o killing through undernourishment 27 infants under their care at the Kotobuki maternity Hospital in Yanagi Machi ushigome Shin Juke Kun to education Center term to open Osaka oct 18 the fall term for the 25th division s Osaka education Center is scheduled to open october 25, with a variety of courses offered. For those wishing to com plete their High school work classes in English arithmetic algebra geometry physics and history will be held. Higher mathematics chemistry and psychology will be offered on a College level. On president Rhee which been recorded to Date. Have typing a shorthand classes will again be sponsored at the education Center. Additional classes in foreign languages will be held with Spanish French japanese and russian offered. The new today and will be week. The offices will be open until 8 ., except on wednesday and saturday evenings. Us delegates meet with Eire officials term will Bej continue for quartet contest to be conducted Yokohama oct. 18a contest for the selection of the Best Barbershop quartet in Japan will be conducted in the Tokyo Yokohama area nov Ember 26-28, it was announced today by eighth army special services. All . Military and naval personnel on duty in Japan Are eligible to compete. Valuable prizes will be awarded the three outstanding quartets. These will in turn compete with quartets selected from the Philippines Oki Nawa Korea and Guam in order to select the winning quartet for the far East com Mand. The following Are some of the Points which will be used in making the selection for the All Japan contests adherence to tradition clearness of enu citation accuracy in pitch at tack and release effectiveness of expression showmanship and stage presence. Of the 571st Engineer dump truck company Murayama. Are on rest leave. Mrs. Elizabeth Murphey. Spring held 111. And miss Ruth r. Austin by Neville va., Haye recently arrived in Japan to serve with eighth army speck services. Southern Japan miss Rosalie Moore Dac Huntington w. Va., was married to Raymond Beckwith of Kobe base october 15, in the Kobe methodist Church. Newly assigned to headquarter company 25th infantry division Osaka is sgt. 1/c James a. Horn Bay Springs. Miss. Pvt. Mario p. Morisi 118th medical station Hospital.  granted a ten Day leave recently. Sgt. 1/c Cari Cannon Columbia,. Of Headquarters and head quarters company 27th infantry regiment recently enlisted for an other three years e sgt. 1/c Lowery l. Rhodes an family will leave Kobe base soon for the United states and re  pvt. Herman Binam Berryville Markwas selected Best Soldier of the week in the 27th infantry regiment last week. Private Binam is with company b. Runners up were pvt. Earl r. Norman Morgantown n.c., Headquarters an Headquarters company and ret. James t. Ivey. Wolfe City tex., company a. London oct. 18 ins British prime minister Cle ment Atlee and common wealth representatives met yesterday with. Officials of Eire on. Eire s declared intention to repeal its external re lations act. Repeal of the act would make Eire a foreign country in relation to the British Commonwealth with subsequent complications in Trade and other Fields. Jewish Arab reds ready to Combine Haifa oct. 18 ins jewish and Arab communist parties in Palestine were re ported yesterday to be plan Ning to formally join together in Haifa october 22. The aim of the United party reportedly will be to fight for a Biz onal state of Palestine. Passengers Beer misses the boat Southampton England oct. 18 up there May be Many a thirsty passenger on the Queen Elizabeth which left Southampton saturday for new York. Some 200 crates of Beer were delayed in shipment from London to Southampton. And the Elizabeth had to sail without them. A special gangplank was held at the ready position right up until sailing time. But the thirst quenching shipment missed the boat. Sion the boys operated j2aao steadily for 48 hours in res Ponse to appeals from occupation personnel worried about the Fate of relatives caught in the disaster "."". J2aao plays a part in life and happiness As Well Asem regencies. A lot of Fellows have proposed to their girls Back Home Over this station. One even went Back to the . To get  Weirick said with a smile. Once the sergeant recalled an individual went so far As to attempt a divorce by Short wave. It was t done so easily. The judge on the receiving end indignantly refused to Grant a Short wave divorce. Weirick estimated that Dur ing the last two years j2aao has been in Contact with approximately 5,000 Short wave stations throughout the United  sergeants invite you to visit j2aao come emergencies or blessed events that Call for fast communications. Ship construction totals 158,000 tons ship construction in Japan this year has reached a total of 158,000 tons according to a report by Shigeru Taniguchi president of the shipping corporation. Taniguchi added that 19 More ships will be Farmed out winners in the Fec Hobby crafts contest were announced Friday at the Bankers club 1, Tokyo. Prizes in the Wood class went o pvt. George m. Brines 501st ordnance Ham company to was sgt. George k. Giakovmis fourth air repair squad on Jama fab Japan and a. Leonard m. Havens 552nd signal base maintenance com Pany Marbo. Private Brines entered a Model car sergeant Giakovmis. P-47-n and lieutenant har ens a wooden Belt. Lieutenant havens took first prize in the Metal Competition with a hammered Copper plate pvt. Richard Mesa Headquarters company Marbo base command was awarded  Ond prize with a Star Sapphire ring and ret. Raymond f. Martineau 516th signal ser vice battalion Marbo took third prize with a modern de sign Silver ring. Sergeant Giakovmis was awarded first place in plastics with his entry of a Small Plas tic lamp it. Charles d. Low Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 317th air base roup Tachikawa fab Japan was second with a set o1 bookends pfc Carmen Bruno Headquarters com Pany Marbo base command ook third prize with a carved and painted plastic locket. First prize in All classes was an 8-mm Cine Kodak movie camera second prize was a Kodak developing i and third was a Remington electric razor. By Hazel Shore loaded Down with cameras x x. Lunches and comfortable talking shoes several thou and occupation Aires and japanese packed Asakura Sta Ion yesterday morning at Awn in a final desperate of Ort to attend the annual autumn festival of the tos Hogu shrine at Nikko. Within 15 minutes the Spe Ial electric train was filled to capacity but understanding Ailway employees continued to bring chairs from the station n order that As Many tourists As possible might be a Comoda War criminals sentenced Yokohama oct. 18 up an eighth army military commission Friday sentenced four More members of the japanese army s Kemp i Tai gendarmerie to prison term of from three and one half years to life for mistreating some 250 captured  airmen during the War. Reporter a regular Dally feature of the Pacific stars and stripes. Address 11 queries criticisms and Sugges ions to pm reporter eighth army Central Exchange Apo 503. De. Thanks to eighth army special services and the Japan travel Bureau train bus and Cable car schedules were coordinated to such an extent hat it was possible for the sightseer to View the festival our the shrine photograph he mountains see the water All have dinner and make the rain for return to Tokyo at 6 30  In order that the inexperienced travellers would not go hungry the Kanaya and Nikko Canko hotels stretched rations or less than 100 people sufficiently to feed at least 300.photographers had a Field Day. The festival procession included More than 1,000 shinto priests dressed in color Ful and varied costumes. Some of them were afoot and others Rode horses. Some wore masks and others wore ancient Armor. The japanese pose for the americans. Then the americas donned the helmets and posed for japanese photographers. When the Parade had been photographed to the last Man the mob boarded Cable cars to photograph the fabulous Gold and Scarle mountains. At 9 30  A beat up crowd saturated with japanese culture clutched hundreds of color pictures poured from the train and made a wild dash for ghz buses. X reporter the Ace to 503 dear sir several months ago someone asked of when would you get shotguns nto the pm. Your answer was sometime before the Hunting Cason would  i would like to mind you that the Hunting season s bearing Down on us mighty fast and i still have not noticed any shotguns in the Post Exchange. Soi am taking this Opportunity to ask you just when do you expect o get any shotguns in the pm. Tunnel work resumed work on a Highway Turmes running Between Shimono Seki Southern Edge of Honshu and Moji Northern Edge of Kyu Shu under the Shimono Seki Straits was resumed by som 6q workers who began work ing from a contract Morin pain in Moji japanese pressfep6rt de. A Hunter dear Hunter sorry about the tardiness of this answer but the letter just got into our hands. During the internal when the letter was in route. Tji pm put Over 650. 12. 16 and 20guage shotguns on the counters. These have moved out very rapidly and in the event Youdin t get yours watch closely for the remaining time Between no Wand november 1st. Another 100which, will wind up the shot guns for this year Are expected to be placed on Sale during that period. The makes Are Remington and Winchester and you la Fin them in 12, 16 and 20 Guage. Also there Are pumps double barrels and automatics. Incidentally thex says they la have plenty of Shotgun shells All Guage during this season. Exchange plan group returns five men from the first cavalry division have returned from Yokota air Force base where they were the first group to participate in a new army personnel Exchange plan. Purpose of the project is to enable soldiers of various units to become More familiar with the work of other units. The five cavalrymen were guests of the air base for a three hour flight the first for three men in the group. They also watched a Low level skip bombing Mission arid had their first dose up of a shoot ing Star. Ltd Abner Orff it Scot pc but who la Dothe Long dreary Back breaking labor at our Canning realize   any More whole never guff ans More  Steve Canyon me not even a tits Totsu. Supposed to avg All tub instruct Blondie to shipbuilders yet this year. Allocation of the ships will be determined at the coming fourth  next year he added the goal for shipbuilding will be fixed at Between 200,000 tons and 250,000 tons. Classified advertisements to place cams Liefl ads Call 57-m6s. 24 hours before publication. All for Sale automobile sales must be approved by the Provost at Arshal vehicle registration Branch an certificates must be brought or sent to this office. Graf Lex Model a six Inch Taylor Hobson Cook caviar 4.5 Lens Cut film Magazine revolving Back. Size .3 /4 x 4 a. ?100. Call 46-3741. New Brownie reflex camera record sugar yield seen Washington oct. 18 a world sugar production in the 1948-49 crop year is expected to reach 35,500,000 tons surpassing prewar aver Ages the agriculture depart ment reported last night. Pope makes proclamation Vatican City oct. 18 ins Pope Pius Xii pro claimed saturday an important apostolic Constitution calling on the Marian congregations of the roman Catholic Church to collaborate in Lead Ford be Rule Tudor $1,000. Universal 8mm. Projector latest Nurun to Coli Adora m Laii 86-3588., x i Model $65. Call 46-3253. I my Catholic action through an army newspaper published by and for military personnel six times weekly in Tokyo Japan Apo 500 by the troop information and Educa Tion Section ghz Fec for free distribution to . Armed forces in Japan Korea and. Marianas boning islands and Okinawa. 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