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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1937.
PLATTSMOTTTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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SEWARD OUT FOR TORSO KILLER
CLEVELAND (UP) A reward o
$3,000 for discovery of the mad mur
derer of 10 Cleveland torso dead has
been offered by a detective story,
magazine. It is the first reward of
fered for a solution to the multiple
crimes.
2G0-YEAR-0LD TREE FELLED
200-
year-old tree, one of Warwick's oldest
lfindrrmrks. has been cut down. The
trunk measures GYa feet in diameter
at the base, with a circumference of
245 inches.
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MULLEN'S CASH STORE
COLLEGE IN CHINA AIDED
OBERLIN. O. (UP) Funds have
been solicited at Oberlin college here
to be sent to aid students and faculty
of its China branch. Oberlin-in-Shansi,
in war-torn Taiku province.
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Reserve Units
Many Called to Colors After 10
Years in Civil Life Soldier
Pay Is Small.
By H. O. THOMPSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
TIENTSIN (By Mail) (UP) The
Japanese soldirs arriving at Tangku
from Japan during the early autumn
were older men, obviously belonging
to the second or third reserves.
They were from offices, off the
farms, fresh from civilian life and
the requisite short training periods.
AH had participated perhaps 10:
years or so ago in Japan's compul
sory military eaucauun.
Their rifles still had the varnish
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ment were new, and they were hav
ing trouble with their feet.
The Japanese peasant does not
wear shoes. He wears geta, a slab
of board with clogs unoerneam ana
a strap which the wearer slips be
tween the big toe and its neighbor.
The shoes were hurting tnese re
servists and many had discarded
them temporarily, seeking Drier re
spites before putting the shoes back
on again.
Camps Not So Tidy
The Japanese, enjoying a repu
tation for personal cleanliness, are
not so neat about their surroundings.
noticed in trips through North
China that the places where Japanese
troops were gathered were not as
clean as, for instance, British or Am
erican troops would have kept them.
The Japanese do not have the
policing" details which in other
armies are so meticulous about even
scraps of paper. Fruit remnants, bits
of food, dirty clothing, refuse of
all kinds were In evidence around
railroad stations, outposts and build
ing occupied by Japanese soldiers.
The food would not remain long li
stray dogs, those perpetually half
starved Chinese "wonks," were per
mitted nearby.
The pay of a Japanese private is
less than for an American dough
boy. It is $3 a month. His food
allowance is 30 American cents a
day. The salary scale for officers is
low by comparison with other armies.
A captain on war duty receives ap
proximately $135 a month. A lieutenant-general
commanding a divi
sion receives $240, but for officers
there are food and other allowances
which bring up their salary a bit.
Old Jobs Are Secure
Knowing of the place which women
have taken in Japanese industry-
they serve as bU3 and tram con
ductors and do most of the factory
work I asked about Japanese re
servists.
"Will they find after the 'war is
over mat women nave tneir jods:
"No," replied a Japanse consular
official. "The jobs are guaranteed
and in many cases firms are paying
their full salaries to their families
while the men are In active service."
One day a Japanse hospital train
rolled through the Tangku station
without stopping" and pretty Jap
anese nurses, in neat blue uniforms
with the red cross on their sleeves,
waved smilingly at Japanese soldiers
guarding the station.
The response was apathetic. There
wasn't a single equivalent of the
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might have used as a salutation to
prettiness. The Japanese looked;
some or them smiled, but tney
weren't particularly interested.
No Romantic Attitude
The attitude of the Japanese man
toward his women folk usually is
based on strict utilitarian values.
In that Bame Tangku station on
the same night I waited there In
discomfort until morning because
Tangku has no hotels there were
other incidents showing this characteristic.
A civilian party of Japanese also
spent the night a grandmother, her
son and his wife, and two children.
The grandmother and wife sat up
on discarded packing boxes all night
while the man, the important mem
ber of the family group, was tucked
in under a blanket and stretched full
length on a bench.
Another civilian party a Japanese
family coming back to North China
after departing hurriedly during the
early fighting, -was spread over an
immense heap of baggage. The wife
did not rest. She watched over the
sleeping ones. She saw that robes
were not tossed off in restless sleep
and that flies were shooed away.
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Our Christmas Greeting to
YOU and to All Our Friends!
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As you gather around your
family fireside at this joyful
Christmas season, know that
you carry with you our Best
Wishes for
Health
Happiness and
Prosperity
throughout the . coming year !
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Austria Gives
War Wounded
Holiday Bonus
Christmas Presents Range From $4
to $15, Plus Small Pensions
to War Invalids.
VIENNA (UP) A grateful father
land will give Christmas presents,
varying between $4 and $15, to 60,
000 Austrian World war invalids.
Those who fought, suffered and
were permanently disabled in the
war ordinarily receive modest ma
terial compensation in Austria.
A total of 21,951 men, whose earn
ing capacity was decreased by less
than 35 per cent, are furnished med
ical treatment free.
In addition to this treatment, 14,
876 veterans of 35 to 45 per cent dis
ability, get a monthly pension of
$1.40 plus a Christmas bonus of $4.
The claims of only 8.5 per cent of
applicants for this category were re
cognized by authorities.
The next category, comprising 9,
3S6 veterans with a disability rating
between 45 and 55 per cent, gets
$3.60 a month and ?6 for Christmas.
Six per cent of claims presented in
this category were recognized as
valid.
There are 9,386 veterans, or 3.5
per cent of applicants for the cate
gory of disabled between 55 and 05
per cent, who receive a monthly pen
sion of $6 and $8 at Christmas.
In the next class, comprising dis
abled between 65 and 75 per cent,
7,577 were accepted. Those men re
ceive $14.40 a month and $10 at
Christmas.
Those considered as disabled be
tween 75 and 100 per cent total 5.
829. They receive $25.20 monthly,
plus $12 as a Christmas present.
The 815 invalids, considered as
utterly helpless, receive $26.40
monthly, and 338 blind, who are In
need of a guide, receive $39.60 a
month.
For each child, supported by a dis
abled father, the pension increases
by 10 per cent, and the Christmas
bonus by SO cents. The number of
such cases has, of course, become
negligible by now. The total ex
penses for children supplements dur
ing the last year was only slightly
more than $13,000.
The 9,829 widows, 14.146 orphans
and 12,982 parents of soldiers, who
fell in the war, or died subsequently
of injuries, sustained in the war re
ceive $3 monthly and $4 at Christ
mas. A total of 1,139 orphans and
2,782 parents are paid $6 monthly
and are given $6 at Christmas. There
are 20,024 widows who receive $8.40
monthly and $6 as a Christmas
bonus. 6S1 widows reach the maxi
mum of $13.20 a month and $S as
Christmas remuneration.
According to the federal office of
statistics, the minimum cost of liv
ing per capita is $18.80 monthly.
That the invalids and their fam
ilies should be granted this level (fe
the aim of war veterans' and war in
valids' organizations in this country.
SHARK MEAT MORE POPULAR
FISH
EQUIPPED WITH
NATURAL ROD AND BAIT
PLYMOUTH, Eng. (UP) The
habits of a fish which catches i?, foo-l
with a natural rod and bait are ihe
subject of a study by Douglas P. Wil
feon, naturalist at the Marin Bi
ological Association's Plymouth aquarium.
a i, is caueu me angier-nsn ana ob
servation of its strange character
istics begun by Aristotle has al
ways been regarded as diticult bf
cause the Ish is easily bruised during
capture and rarely survives in an a
quarium for any length of time.
Wilson was ablt to study the habits
of live specimens, and in the journal
of the association he describes the
method by which the fish capture
their prey.
Their "rod" is an extension of the
dorsal spine, which sticks out in front
of the fish's mouth. The bait is a
fly-like tag of skin.
"An angler, when hungry," writes
Wilson, "errects the lure immediately
any suitable fishes come arwhere
near, and endeavors to attract one
of them close enough to be caught.
The lure is quickly jerked in and fro
and as the rod is almost invisible, the
bait simulates some tiny creature
darting about. An attracted fish
rushes up in an endeavor to catch
it; the bait is skilfully flicked out of
its way just in time and with a final
cast is dashed down in front of the
mouth. The jaws snap faster than
the eye can follow."
Wilson describes the trip action of
the fish's jaws as "a blur of rapid
movement which defies analysis by
straight forward observation." So
vicious was one of the specimens in
the Plymouth aquarium that to give
it food with the fingers was dangerous.
MELBOURNE (UP) Shark's meat
is becoming a common commodity
and a common edible in Australia.
It sells at 12 cents a pound, is prac
tically boneless and tastes about the
same as cod.
Best Wishes
for the
Holiday Season
HARRIS BlflD BOX
CLEANERS
BUDAPEST OPENS NEW BRIDGE
BUDAPEST (UP) An elaborate
new bridge has been opened with fit
ting ceremony across the Blue Dan
ube. It is the seventh structure to
connect Buda and Pest, and is named
for Admiral Ilorthy, regent of Hungary.
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