U.S. Turns Over To Jap an
Case of GI Accused of Killing
WASHINGTON, <£)—The United
States surrendered to Japanese
pressure yesterday and agreed to
turn over to Japan for trial the
young American soldier accused
of killing a Japanese woman
gathering scrap on an Army firing
range.
The joint announcement of the
decision by Secretary of Defense
Wilson and Secretary of State
Dulles set off immediate outcries
in Congress and posed a threat to
the “status of forces” treaties the
United States has with many for
eign countries.
The case already had been tak
en up as a “cause” by most Jap
anese newspapers and leftist poli
ticians.
Thus, no matter what the out
come, it is certain to be a disturb
ing element in U.S. international
relations for a long time.
Involved in the incident is Ar
my Specialist 3/C William C. Gi
TROOPER IS MIDWIFE
AT BOVINE BLESSED EVENT !
FRESNO, Calif., (A*)—A highway
patrolman is in the line of duty
when he helps a cow give birth
to a calf in an emergency.
Referee Edward J. Shanahan
of the state Industrial Accident
Commission today ruled Hampton
V. Chaney is entitled to compen
sation for a wrenched back suf- j
fered while acting as midwife
during a bovine blessed event.
Poet Robert Frost
Awarded Honorary
Degree From Oxford
OXFORD, England, UR—Robert j
Frost, 82-year-old dean of Ameri- i
can poets, yesterday was awarded i
the honorary degree of Doctor of !
Letters from Oxford University. |
The white-haired New Eng- ,
lander was presented to Univer
sity Vice Chancellor J. C. Master- !
man by J. T. Christie, principal
of Jesus College, who said:
“We hope he will enjoy the,
honor which we so gladly bestow |
upon a great poet. Perhaps he will
appreciate even more than assur- j
ance which I make . . . today, I
amid the clash of arms and the
mounting terror of our new in- j
struments of war, that his poetry j
has brought and will continue to j
bring unfailing consolation to a j
suffering world.”
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I rard. 21, of Ottawa-LaSalle, 111.
The woman was Mrs. Naka
Sakai, 46, one of many Japanese
who eke out a living scavenging
for metal on the firing-range at
Somagahara.
The woman was struck by an
empty cartridge case fired from
a grenade Launcher last Jan. 30.
Girard says he “may” have
fired the shot, but he denies he
intended to hit anyone. He says
he intended only to warn scaven
gers away from the area he had
been directed to guard.
The Status of Forces agreement
involved provides for trial in Jap
anese courts for offenses commit
ted by U.S. servicemen not in the
performance of “duty.”
In the Girard case, for the first
time in more than 14,000 incidents
of alleged infractions of local law,
the Japanese claimed their treaty
right to be the judges of whether
an act is carried out on “duty.”
That was the controlling issue
in the Girard case, and the deci
sion apparently hinged on the
precise nature of Girard’s orders.
The U.S. officials agreed that
Girard had orders from his pla
toon commander to guard a ma
chinegun and other equipment in
the area. But they accepted the
Japanese contention that Girard’s
action in firing the shell case was
“outside the scope of his guard
duty and was, therefore, not ‘done
in the performance of official
duty’.”
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TULSA, Okla., UP>—’Ted Cobb,'
9-year-old son of Highway Pa_
trolman Ty Cobb of Tulse, has
worried a little about Tornado
warnings.
During a recent tornado alert, j
the youth made out his “last will !
end testiment” and taped it to j
his chest. The will said: “I leave |
everything I own to my friend I
George Draper Junior, if he isn’t j
blown away first.”
No Commitments
For Major League
Move to West
NEW YORK, (£"1—Mayor Robert
Wagner said following a confer
ence yesterday that the owners
of the New York Giants and the
Brooklyn Dodgers baseball clubs
had assured him they had no def
inite commitments to move to the
Pacific Coast.
Thc^ mayor and other city offi
cials met for an hour and 20 min
utes with Horace Stoneham, the
owner of the Giants, and Walter
O’Malley, owner of the Dodgers,
to discuss prospects of keeping
their baseball franchises in New
York.
The National League has given
the Giants and Dodgers permis
sion to move to San Francisco
and Los Angeles, respectively, if
they so decide and can work out
the details.
• O’Malley said after the confer
ence, “There has been no change
in the situation. My mind is still
open. However, I can’t make a
definite decision on a hypotheti
cal situation.”
The Brooklyn executive added:
“I have been patient for ten
years. My patience is running out.
I am discouraged.
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