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8) That sbe owns life insurance policies of the face amount of $4,000, ffilving a cash surrender value of $2,264.88.

9) The t she is a defendant in a sui t to ~l.!ie1:f­title in Los Angeles, Celifornia -- Case NO. 887-529 SUperior Court, County of Los Anqe1es.

10) 'rhat she said it is possible that she-may be a beneficiary in her father's ~~ll.

Under these circumstances, you are requeBt~" to take such action as is possible to effect the collection of the su.m of $10,000 or any part thereof, owed to the united states GOvern­ment"

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J" WN.. 'l'ER YEAGLEY Assistant Attorney General Interna~ SeCUrity Division

FRANCIS X. WCRTHrNGTON Chief, Civii Section

Northern District of California San Fcanci.sco, California 94101

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Attentionc Pet,4;)r R. Gold6-Chmidt~_ Esquire Assiatant United stete s Attorney

Re~ Iva Ik:uko TOguri d t AgyJ.no

Dear Mr. Poole:

IDlclos~ is a copy of a lett~ addressed today t:.o Ed-ward V. Hanrahan, Esquire. requesting his cooperation in the coll~ction of the f~e of $10,000 due the Government from the above-named debtor.

On Attgu,st 31, 1%6. Mr. Ranrahan forwarded' a copy'6'f""'" DJ-35 Financial. statement of the debtor I and it is asSU1lled that a. copy of this form was received by your office.

YOUr a.ttention 1s invited t.o an item with respect to an action brought by debtorJ s father aqa:1nst the debtor to quiet title to pt:Operty. case NQ. 897-529 Superior court, COUnty of Los A.nqel.es. You are requested. to forward a copY of the judgment against th.e debtor to United. States Attorney JOhn K. Van de Ramp 1n Los Angeles, to enable him to take such action as he deems possible to protect the inter$st of the United states in that a.ction.

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J. WALTER YEAGLEY Assistant AttoroGY General Internal Security Division

Byt FR.ANCIS X. -WORTHINGTON Chief, Civil Section

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Ret Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)

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Dear Mr. Hanrahan:

Iva 'l'oguri O' Aquino # better known as "TOkyo Rose .. It

was convicted of treason on september 29, 1949, in the District court of the Northern District of california, sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, and fined $10,000",,00. On January 28, 1956., t4rs. D'Aquino was' released from Federal prison.

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In connection with the collection of unpaid fines in Internal Security. cases" it has come to our attenti.on that the $10,'000 non-COTrimitted fine iinpGsed upOn Mrs. DtAqtiiho remains outstanding. We therefore request your assistance in an effort to effect collection of that fine by having a deposition procured from·the debtor regarding her f1nanci~1 ability to pay the fine.

A. report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation dated. MarCh 3~ 1966, issued o"!-t of the Chic6qo Office, indicates that Mrs.. D' A.quino resides. with her father, Jun Toquri, at 1012 North Clark street, Chicago .. '

The rBport alao advises that Assistant United states Attorney Peter R. Goldschm1dt of the united states Attorney's Office in San Francisco stated that he had obt~ined two certified capies of the Judgment and COmmitment dated October 6, 1949, and will forward these documents to your office.

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J. WALTER YE1:\GLEY Assistant Attorney General Internal Seeuri ty; DirlsiGU

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As your records will reflect. IVA 'roOORI D'AQUINO, bett~ known as f'T0ky<> Rosa .. (f uas comrteted af ~son on S0ptember 29. 1949, in the Diatriet Court: of the NortllelStl lli8trlct of. calif~ and. s.etlt~ed to t«t 1$1J:$ 1lnpri.sonmeat 8_ given a $10;000 non~ cemmitt;ed fine.. Mn1-. DtAqub'to was ~.ele44.ed from FedE¢a t...prts Ott Ott January 28, 19561- ilftm: completion of her s.entence with statutotiy 8.1~e for good ~1or.. '

In ~tioa with the oC)tleetion. of -unpaid fines in Internal Securl..ty cases .. it baa eeme to our attention tbatthe $16.000 non-eommttted fine itnpos-ed upon !oms.. D'Aquino t:E'!JIlailis outstanding ..

, ~Ugly If 'it is l:eque$ted that ('tne 'Present'" addres:S"\;!":'" ,',". Mrs. Dt-Aquino be &seertain.ed and'that an investigation be condueted 1» aeeerta.in ber financial ability.. The ;r,esttlta o£ your invest:tgation should be ft.n:ni.Bhed to tltiiS. Division and tc the United States. Attorneyf Northern Distld.ot of Califortrl.a. ~ the (Nent. it is a6c~·tained that Mrs .. DfA~o 1$ prellel\tly, r<$iding in atmther jurisdiction. the results of your 1nveat!gatio.n ahould be also fur,ntshw to the .a~te United States Attomey WG WOUld " respons'.1ble for collecting the out.$tandhlg 'unpaid fin~.

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F::"B.nk J. HCfu'1CSSY, Esquire United States Attorney San Frcmcisco 1, California

Dear HI'. Hennessy:

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Re: United Sk.tes v. I,'a To?,uri D'Aquino

Refel'ence is made to your letter ciated August 20, 1949, in the, above capticned L1atter.

A search has been made of the Un±ted St0.tes -;;. Llild::.'ed Gillars files in the clerl~'8 office of the District Court for the Distl'ict of Columbie.. .Ho.7GVel', t:le sr..ecial :.":'illdi~gs s·ub­Eitt,ecl to ~u:.le j1ll7 do not a:)i.1ear therein.

I m:l told thc.t tl'lese findines UB:i.'e in tIle fOl'f.l of c. list of t..lle o-.ert acts ;',:ith Guilt'y a..'1.d Not Guilty typed l.mclc:~ .. 8.:lch overt act.

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July 25, 1949

Tom E. De''Iolfe, Esq. c/o United States Attorney's Office San Francisco, California

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Re: Iva Ikuko Toguri DIA~ino, was. Treason

There are transmi t ted .herewi th for your informa.t ion

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James Yr. Knapp, Esquire c/o U. S. Attorney San Francisco, Califonua

Dear Jim:

July 19, 1949

I have just returned frol;]' a trip to l';e17ark, lieT. Jersey and am informed thC'ct during r.ly absence you telephoned long distance r'3lative to an:;'- ;:1emoranda of la-w I may have prepared coYerinG the admissibility of expert testimony, or written transcription~ of inaudible recor(lin~s. .

LIthe Gil1ars case the appellant stipulated tha aCCiJracy of the written transc1.--:i.pts of all the recordings involved and it 1-vas not necesfiary- to try to prove by expert lllisteners lt 'what the recordings sardo I did make s orne brief stndy of the 1a,·, but did not prepare anYthing in TIritten form. The o~y case I foul1.d di­rectly on the subject vas United states v. Schane XT.lan , l50 F .2d 94J.. TIe obtained the briefs in. this caSe but the point was not tr8ated at any length in tho briefs and they shed no further liGht on the subject. I do not think this case will help you but you nay find it of interest.

·H~e have been r-acel. VJ..ng excellent reports about the pro­gress of the Tokyo Rose trial and expect at the conclusion to hear of her conviction. Keep up the good world

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Dear Mr. Hennessy:

Thank you very much for your letter of July 9, 1949, and I am very pleased to have your report.

It is perfectly agreeable for Mr. Knapp to assist you in every way possible.

Please give my kindest regards to Messrs. Tom DeWolfe, Hogan, and your staff.

Sincerely,

Frank J. Hennessy, ESQuire United States Attorney San Francisco 1, California

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Dear FiI'. He:messy:

C::>l1'.:,?l::r:'.nE Td:t,h yO\~ request. of JtL!-y), 1949, there is transr:1itt.ed i1erevrlth a photostat copy of the instructions and charGe given by Judge Curran in t:19 case O.L-" r~m·.; tp.,·.cl S-t3.tes v. -;-'11dred T.' C'"'; <''k- \ :"i 11 arc: UJ _ _ .. .:..I. 0."<u_\..j -.....I __ .... ........

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Thank you very lfiuch for your letter of July 9, 1949, and 1. am. very pleased to have your report.

It is perfectly agreeable for Mr. Knapp to assist you in every way possible.

Please give my kindest regards to Messrs. ~om ueWolfe, Hogan, and your staff.

0incerely,

ALEX M. CAMPBELL

Frank J. Hennessy, Esquire United States Attorney .::ian ~·rancisco 1, valifornia

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olumnln wh~e cU,1ly colu n ppea.rs In The Nuhvlllo T .:. euoa.n. "Upped" the story. t okyo Rose'. lXInlualon' lJi. •

'nationwide broadcut ot April 11 • . Pearson &ald. In bt& btoadeut:

,'Toky;o ROle' hu nOW: &ivel!. a • tull conteulon. Th. Jap.,neh­

American "td' niclcl1,&Dl~ ~okyo: Ro&e' who &ttempted. tq~. ~e homulclc GIs more hOti:lUlclc'hu'. given.. a 'I'Orittell contep(on. ~e­c-arding her rAdio br0a4cuta.f •

"CongratulaUona to Attot'11ey . General Tom Clark and. to BU11-man Evans,' publuher ot The i Nashville Tenneuean fot' co-o~ eratl~' In ,.tUn&,. thl:'.' ;(lOute" slon. 'J.. '.'

Pu.rlOn pald".NuhVlU. & • .b~!(·1 vult tut ni&'!!.t. e~te ~ptariC. trom Seuey. ~k.. whore he'''''''

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R_o$~.Confesses Tokyo Br~clco~ts t~ ~ls iT ells Family Story to American Newsme I (Oonrlcht 1 .... by The TelUlCSU&Jl At last there wa.s a. knock on. the - "I am the O.D.e and only

N~ 1n<:_; I doo Rose. By HARRY T. BRUNDlDGE par or r. W • Ex I ' I -f I o~ned up Admito Tokyo Broadcaru Th~tt~i_hvj~:~:~:ec:::n Tokyo RoS<!' en.tered. .::!- ridId thAtroobl"Oa.d~~~~'l .. t

, • ,-- -'UUe CIU1 ... .u ..... e ~Cu. c:. ; We At there. CLu-k ~ and She ,was a.cco~panled by her hI1.&- tram Ra.dlo Tokyo. The program' waiting. d. P.hlUp 'f Aqulo.o, and LesUe was called '"The Zero Hour: I wu

Yamasbita.. the one and only woman on that i Yamashita. our Nlul !riend. pre- program. from [ta inception, to [to

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Roae war" blue alaeka;. a yello.... -r,,11 w &bout YOUnleU,- Lee INC-! sbIrt with short 1l1leevea, a reddish guted. '-'-_~ -vest. yellow I}obby IIOX with elastic "'There l&n't much to' telL lly ba.ndJI cllnging to her ankles aJ>ove !a.ther, ,.1un TQg'!1rl. ''Ytrlv"d lD. . nat scufts.. H"r, coal.,~la.ck pIc- Am"rica'in ~ l!y mother came talf.a, tied with r<!<l cotton band.l, to the states te~ yean later. They ,

.dAngt<!<l on -her moulders.. Hare w"ro marrl<!<l on the Pacific coa.rt. j bla.ck haIr curl<!<l over h"r brow. My mother:- l1ever return<!<l to .1& j H"r lace was serious, her da.ri.: pan' my !a.ther went blI.ck there j q<!S !leU"ching,. and th"re was a. ' tim. . I ha ld: touch r llpstJek t h t" up~t" Up ."v"cal es.. ve, an. 0 er: which ~ed In a. o:"r-ye mtalI smll~ brother, Fred, now (In lJUS) 1& U; 1 . ' II ha.vll .. younger Id.ster, .1one. 2l,:

T.... W8.JI ... rv<!d. and another younger one. Ia.er.. H. i 1 oP"ll"d a pack. o( clga.ret&. < r...t·. aldp my brother a.nd my , Rose anltl~ t"n-wby Involve ~em In my own. "Um-mmm-ai-m!" ahe breathed. mess!",

uAmeriean!" . -We won't.-. I aa.1d. fioU T.'~ of Birth: I ' Rose wagged her pig-tafu.. . Race dpped her t" .. dragged on The ho~ boy broaght m09" .t het" Fatima. , Anoth"r hGU.lle boy' b~t

-You WeI'e bom-" I augcested. IIOme peanut on and. be&an cI "'Yu [0. La. Angele&, Callt- my .'5. "1 thInk 1 kn<nr tite date. I "'Clean m1.ne t~" u.ld r..e.. '

;"a..s-" . . COntin..... Her Story ".1uly " 11115, N IIhe aJlS"iv'er<!d. Ros" dpped her ocloD.&" and I "Whate a: dat,,!" _. a.ga.ln put ~ m.atcb to her' F&t1ma.. ""For- ·m........:Y ... !W . -rell ali ~ .. more, - I 1lUggeate<L "'Ev"r think: .. bout It-wtten you 'Tm golng to take year Up and

· ... "re broadca..stlnc~: .. . not Wk .. bout my br-otheF' IUld "I did." t"rs.. My b,rother .gr-a.dWlUd ~ Ia.w. ~t . did you' 'actually t¥nk: from. uCLA: (th" Ua.fverdty of

about It!" itornla at Loa Angeiec..). But to "I wondered It I ..... as doing go b.o.ck just a lJft ••• Rffore the

1<TOD.g." " .... ar my, ( .. ther. JUD, .... as with the .--r..u u.s about your-s..ll." T. Saljo export and iJnport com r...,., poured mar" tell.. I put a pany. It wu .. Qour\Shlng lllL5bless

match to &.e's clgareL' L..A. La.ter on. dter ·the Chlmr. D'A.qulno sank d""p Into the lacldent. dAd at.uted .. ~iy

cushion. or his chair, business In Wilmington., .. ' auburb "Go ahead." he .. td. of L..A. A litU" while lat..r my Ro~ took .. d""p breath--e.n.d brothu g...v" up his Ideu'of b«:om~

plunged art the d""p en.d! . inK .. grea.t la....-yer; he decid.ed to . '1oly true name I. IVlL !kUk01jo{n p.pa. fn th" ~r-y buslnuc;

Togurl. -. ,~ ~ dad wa.s around _ixty and p.v" up -- cold. ),{y bl"Olher ran the bualnes.a.

FROM: THE NASHVILLg TENNESSEAN But the old. man hung on and did a Coed job."

HAS HVI LLt: , TERN. Rolle hri«-.1 her pic WJ..a. pull-MAY 14, 1948 lac one thl!r ...... y. ona th" other. . ,

. ,D' Aqulno aunlc dee~r 1Jl the chair.

Ro"e rlpped h.er tea.. ILDd Inhaled her F'ltUm..o...

"Give '\u ~ine more." Le<o ureed. "'f man .. bout the p45t. ..

"'P1.e4.!Se, Me Brundidge ... Pl~ Me. Le" . . . I never 'OUlte<i to como'to J .. _n. Neve('~ I dld..Q't want to come out hen~.

-Plea..<e ld m~ t~1I you, ALL the trutb &..bout myadC.

"'f "'-a.s bor-n In Lac An,e1~I ... nd r "'~nt to Compton high lkOhool .. adl

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£okya Rose Relates Happy Days at UCLA 6efo;'e Fateful Voyage. to' Japan In 1947-

_ Sixth .n • 8.";e& .n Artie\4_ Let'a let Rose relate thlll ctory In O.).y brother. I always made cmall IiY HARRY T. BRUNDIDGE' her own words: . liet. on long- shot., and once collect-¢onrldlt. U{I. by Tb4 ~ Kn'''' My llte . In college revolved ed ~2 on a $2 bel on a horse called

... p&l>era..lI(C. a.round tun-and sclentl!lc re- "Gray" something or other-I've Wrlttft> del ... I ... I" for "'l'b.e Kul .. 1110 .earch. . forgotten. ~. TeOJ1e...,IlA·Zoology, pa.rtlculdrly herpetology I'll a.dmlt I uced .to chlaelrliy • Boy-s1U!. brought more tea.. Rolle -the sclence of ana.kes-w8.8. my father on g-uollne. .-liPped. and. thoughl chief Intereal As I related I ha.d a Chryder • Then &he began temng" of daya I Ilked rille shooting, too, a.nd a.nd uaed to driVe a lot of rtudenU It UCLA, of how ahe reg;a.rded her- sometimes a crowd.. of us would go to UCLA.. &elf u .... typloal American girl, and out t? the Moja.ve desert for rlfle They ch.IPped In on' a gasoline I 6f even~dlng to her departure practice. pool and paid me. for Japan. ~ Also, we frequently did palen- I charged the gllo/(l to my father ------- tologlcal work a.round Baratow, and used the' money t6r myaelf.

AriL., where we dug tor remnanta All In all. In my opinion, I WLI i of mloscene horses, which were a typical American girl . extent three mUlIon yean ago.

.. 'I Wa& neVoIl" eng'llged .. to mArry Own EngineerIng Corp. during my :UCLA. day •• I nevel" had

We would go out In groups of any particular bea\L I found It five or alx. cet up ca.rnp, and dig, more protltable to play the tleld and hunt cnakell. It Wa3 halt tun, -and in that WAY one dOe.l avoid! halt reseat:ch. We .had to carry trouble. I went out mosUy with:

; water, milk, tenta and pro~sloM NlseL Only a. tew tlmec with I in a trailer towed by one of the whIte boys. <

Ica.n. We tound many long tor- • gotten roa.ds and were our own .Knowledg. of U. S. Slight engineering cor p s, someUmes My knowledge ot... the United having' to bulld roadl and bridges States W8.8 limited to the West

'Into a desert wildernec" It was Coast, nearby ArI2;ona, ~nd book good clean tun. learning •. Once I'went to Mexico

Now and then We succeeded In ,with my tather who wu dlrectlng ';iB~~~ nndlng parts ot mloscene horses some cotton production there.. But

-but .we alwa.yc caught plenty of I loved America. sna.kes. . All I have previously .stated, I

Hunting snakes was Iota of fun. had a glorious birthday, the Fourth But our professor In herpetology of July, 1016. Every year since

threa.tened to !Junk US If we picked early chlldhood, my blrthda.y was up rattlers. However, we caught celebrated.

· scores ot rattlers, with the a.ld of .Friends· WQuid -gather at our i sticks, :strap and sack-and none .home. There W8.8 alwayc a big

oC ua were ever t1unked nor blt- pig, barbecued tor U hours, 8.1 a 'ten. Dr. Cowles of South Africa. a. "pIece de reslstanco.:" .famous authority on snakes, fre- Fun,. ••• food ••• triends ••• · quently a.ccompanied us. fireworks. Always a glorious

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We used to get a big ba.ng out o( birthday. . target shooting- at the end of the Then, about a. month belore my! day, a.nd acter supper. With nig-ht- graduation tram UCLA. in the clau

,(all we'd set up targets,. light the ot 19(1. came news that changed' · targets with the spot Ughts on our the whole course of my' Ufe. cars. and shoot awa.y.·. . Mother received a. letter tram' Alway. Football Fan . Tokyo. informIng her that her only\

I always went to the UCLA foot- living .. 1st.' was seriously 111 ofl ball games l~ I :-va.sn't away on a. diabetes. She wanted my mother trip. Then I d listen on th,! radio to come to Ja.pan for a. vi.dt.. Moth­and cheer lor tho team which in er's own physleaJ. condltlon would those days wasn't doing too good. not permit such a voya.ge. .Father I liked abo to watch water poto, could not take time 0(( to go. There track and tennis meets. Frequent- wac :)ne alterna.tlve; I could be sent ly I went to nIght baseball games to Japa.n ..... the ta.mtly tnr.-.....-y:'

: .. t Wrigley Held, to cheer tor Holly_I .' . RE: "TOKYO ROSE" I wood or the Angels. Once In a ,.

While I'd go to tho hoI''' r""es with

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Even bef01:'e my craduatlol1, plana were In the wor4 .

I telt very atrlLne" Ind"eed aJI

pllLna tor my deplLrture progreued. My pa.rent.. had not beel1 tn.

.r ILpan (or thirty yelLrII, a.nd Wlult they knew: ot THEIR .Japan. ... I was to lelLrn, ,..... worth nothinC'.

I wu goln, to IL atrlLn,e country! Although my parents were .Jap:

ancse Ilnd Lo. Angeles ha.d Il ,..~n­derCul 'Little Tokyo: I had never • tepped Inalde a .Ja.panen home..

I wu perplexed' by my lade ol the lan~age. I'd never learnod It good. ' • •

. I made hurried preparaUona, Ilnd ,within Il couple" ol w~k.c· W1U

ready to sIL1I on the Arablll lb,ru o( the O.B.It line trom WUmlnC'­ton, Cal.. on the day &fier my blrthda.y. "

On .June 211, llH)., we IJa.d II. big get-together ot (llDllly, friends II.nd rela.Uons at L Chinese restaurant.

I .VL4 given presents' ot tra.vel­In, thlngll-C{lCk., .tocldngs, towe" Lnd a.larm clocks .

. Silter Maker Cloth ..

I My dster .June Is talenfed In de­

signing and dressmaking. and ahe made all my clothes tor the jour'­ney, Ineh,tding one white .hark­

I akin suit which, all ahe wrote me 1 In Il' letter to Tokyo, ,h. could .see 'lor miles and mil... all the &hlp

pulled away trom the WUmlngton ~~ -

In the begi.nnlnc, I 'had Intended to depar~... ,ecreUy all po.ulble to avoid pa.rtlea a.nd contualon, but the news ot my departure lea.kod out. ,

PrelCnta bega.n to &rrlv., and. on .July :I; many gueata.

Fllmlly plctur'e. were takeD- 'Ill. hou .. e WlUI pllcked.

I was goIng second. clll8ll. • A CAravan o( ,ears drove to Wil­

mington to shout "Ba.nut", ... I .. ailed. ' l'!2- _.-.""", •

r.a..t farewells weee spokeD-' -_ J

I went aboard, wLvln. a.nd cry-Ing, ", . Soon the a[r ..... SA filled with ,ay­

colored serpenUna&, belne thrown from ship to shore, and shore to .. h[p. 'until 'The Ara.bla Maru' .. eemed tied to the dock by mUltl­co[or~d ribbons.

I The, sh[p's orchestra W8.4 gayly playing 'The .Ja.pa.nCft Marching Song: 80m.. ot the worda want like thts:

E ..... t, weet, north and south Over Ia.nd .. ad maln We sh • .l1 make the world our

home Joy to .very mlln-Tea.r. were on ma.ny facel, but

[aughta tilled tho air, to be drowned out a.. the ~lren •• ounded and the 'Ara.b[ .. Maru' moved 110w-Iy (rom the dock.' i '"'"'

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The ahlp moved out Into the p....~"~ eWe. " ," ,

It I'd. had. &AT auap1clOll e.bot(t wha.t WU .000. to enCold m. rd

have ~um})ed. ot! the ahIP',' I didn't drum tha.t within, II. ter o( month. rd be called '-t' OR! . ' ,~~

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t:z. TH~IL"Hv'!LU TENNESSEAN; Wed"Hd • ., Mom'",. MI'I 19, 1941

Ipkyo R.ose Relates Happy Days~at UC~p. 6efore.Fafeful Voyage.·fo,Japan in 1941 _Iixt~ of a /Hr.! •• of Aitk\u Let'. let Rose relate thLs .tory In ~y .brother. I always ma.de Imall a; HARRY T. BRUNDIDGE her own words: . Ueta on long shots, and once collecl:-

¢oPTitcht, IOU. by The Tme""e K...... My life . In college revolved ed ~2 on .. $2 bet on a horse called ..... pl.""ra •. IJte. around tun-and lIc1entl!lc re- "Gray" something or other-I've

Svrittcn .i:clualntr for "The lI'uhr11l ••• arch. . forgotten. " .'" T.nn .... 1.ll • Zoology, partlcula.rly harp'etology I'll admit I used .tochl.e1 air • 'Boy-saq,. brought more tea.. Rose -the science of .na.kes-wlU. my talher on gasoline. lIpped a.rui thought. chief Interest. A4 I related I had a Chrysler • Then ahe began telling· of day. I liked rl!le shooting, too, and and used to driVe a lot of students It UCLA., of how Ihe regarded her· sometimes a crOWd", at us would go to UCLA. . self ..... typloal American girl, and out to the Mojave desert tor dUe They chipped In on' 8. guollne I ~f even~dln, to her departure practice. pool and pe.ld me. lor J'apan.~ Also, we frequently did palen· I charged the g~ to my ta.ther • '*- --. tologlcal work around Bar.tow, and used ilie money tor mYlell. .

Ariz., where we dug tor remnants All In all. In my opInIon, I was' at Dlloscene. horses, whIch were a 'typlcal American girl . I extent three Dlllllon yean ago.

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FROM: TH~ NASHVI LE TE ~i~SSEAN 5/19/48

. 'I WII.4 never engaged .. to ma.rry Own Engineering CarpI during my UCLA. day •• I nevu' had

We would go out In groups of any particular beau. I found It !lve or IIx, let up camp, and dig, more profitable to play tite !Leld and hunt Bnakes. It Wall half tun, -and In that way one doCl avoId! hal! rueat:ch. We .had to carry trouble. I went out mostly with:

; water, milk, ten4 and proVision.! NlseL Only a tew times with lin a trailer towed by one at lb. white boys. { ; CAn. We found many long tor· . •

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gotten roads and were our own ,Knowledge of U. S. SlIght engineering cor p s sometimes My knowled~e ot... the UnIted

,having to build road~ and bridges Statell WII..!I UDllt~d to the West Into a desert w11derneB4. It WII..!I Coast, nearby Anzonll, and book good clean tuu. learning. Once I ; went to Mexico

Now a.nd then we lucceeded In with my father who wu directing tlndln~ parts of inloscene horses some cotton production there. But -but .we alwaya caught plenty at I loved AmeriC1l. anakes. : All I have previously .stated, I

Hunting snakes was lots at tun. had 8. glorious birthday, the Fourth But our professor In herpetology at July, .11116. Every year sInce

threatened to flunk WI It we picked early chlldhood, my birthday Willi

up rattlers. However, we caught celebrated. · scores of rattlers, with the ald of ,Friends' would "gather .. t our i sticks, .:strap and sack-and none home. Ther.. was always a big or Us were ever !lunked nor bit· pig, barbecued for 2i hours, as a

· ten. Dr. Cowles of South Africa, a "piece de resistance." .famolU authority on snake., fre· Fun"... tood • . . friends • • • ~ quently accompanied us. nreworks. Always a glorious

I We used to get a big bang out or birthday. . target shooting at the end or the Then about a month berore my! day, and alter supper. With night· gradUation tram UCLA In the cl"-"'l

,faU we'd set up targets,. U~ht the of 19i1, came news that changed' · tar~ets with the spot lights on our the Whole course at my lI!e.

cargo and shoot away.' < ... Mother received a letter (rom I Alway' Football Fan . Tokyo. In!ormlng her that her onlyl

I always went to the UCLA foot· living slst¢,' was seriously 111 ofl ball games It r wrum't away' on a diabetes. 3ho wanted my mother trip. Then I'd listen on the radio to come to Japan for a vhlt.. Moth· and cheer for tho team which In er's own physlceJ. condition would those days wasn't doing too good. not permit such a. voyage. Father I liked al.o to watch water polo, could not take time otC to ~o. There track and tennis meets. Frequent· Wa5 ;)ne alternative; I could be sent Iy I w.nt to nl~ht baseball game. to Japan .... the t .. mlly 1:W.'~!r:

; at Wrigley Cleld, to cheer Cor Holly· I I wood or the Angels. Once In a whlle I'd go to. the horoe race. with

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Even before my gnulua.Uon, planJI wen. In the worlc.c..

I telt very strange Indeed. 1111

plallll (or my departure progresced. My pa.renls had not been In

Japan (or thirty years, and What they knew o( THEIR .Japsn, u I wu to learn, wu worth nothlng-.

I WII..! going to Il strange country! AlthOUgh my parents Were .Ja.p:

anese and Lo. Angeles ha.d a. wqn­derful 'Little Tokyo: I ha.d neVer .tepped Ina Ide a .J a.pllnese home.

I WII..! perplexed· by my Illck of the langua,e, I'd never lea.rned It food. ,.

. I ma.de hurried prepllra.Uona, a.nd . within a. coupl<s. ot week. - waa

ready to sal! on the .A.ra.blll Ya.ru oC the O.S.K. line from WlImlng­ton, CaI~ on the day atter m:v blrthdllY. '

On .Tune 211, 19{1., We }lad Il big get-togethel' o( fa.mlly, triends Ilnd relllUons at Il Chinese restlluran.t.

.' I .VM gtven presents' ot tra.vel­Ing thlngfl-C{lCks, stocklnp, towel. Ilnd Illarm clocks .

. Siater Makes Cloth ..

I My sister .June I. tIllen(ed In de­

signing and dressmakmg, Ilnd ahe made all my clothes for the jour­ney, Ineh~dlng' one white lihark­

I akin suit which, u she wrote me I In a.' letter to Tokyo, ahe could aee 'for miles a.nd miles aa the ship

pulled a.wa.y trolll the WUmlngton pier.

In the beclnnln", I 'ha.d Intended to depa.rt.. u secretly u p0S5lble to avoid parties Ilnd contusion, but the newlI of my departure lea.ked out. Pre~nta beca.n to ardve, a.nd. on

.July:;: many guesta. Family pictures wet'e Ls.lcen. The

house Willi packed. I wu going' second clllsc. , A cara VIlD or. cars' drove to WlI­

mington to shout "Banal", a.a I sailed, ' em:- 'h ""'" '. '

I..Mt lareweUs wet'e apoken.. ,I

I went a.bo~rd, wllv!n" a.nd cry-Ing. ,

Soon the air waa tUled with g'IlY­colored serpentlnas, being tht'own trom ship to shot'e, and ahot'e to ship. 'until 'The Ara.blll Mam' seemed tied to the dock by multl~ color~d ribbons,

I The ship's orchestra. W8.8 gayly playing 'The .r.,pan..- Ma.rchlng Song: Some of the words went like thl,,:

EMt, we<!t, north 1Uld. south Over land Ilnd mllln We oh".11 make th .. world our

home Joy to every man-Tears were on many facel. but

laughter filled th~ dr. to be drowned out 8..S: the .sir:-ens sounded and the ·Aro.bl .. Maru' moved slow-ly (rom the dock..' =.

[ waved at my mother, father

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The ahlp moved out moo th~; p.,., ,-.ie,' cUIe. . " ,

It I'd had any IIWIplclon ~t what W8.4 aoon to en!old me I'd have jumt>ed off the ah1p.1

I didn't dreLm tha.t within, a tet' of months I'd be called '_,' OR! . ' ,."" ..

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Tokyo Rose's First Impre~sion of Japa"" Made'tler Yearn for America Again

(Seventlt of • Serle.) Evell th~n. the Japane.. high eat the stute on the·s-pht. I (hought By HARRY T. BRUNDIDGE command Was plotUng the Pearl then 'These Jl!.paneae are Indeed a

CoPJT1~ht. 1144 By' The Tenn ..... N.",,- Harbor attack. curious people,' P&PU&. In", Wrltte .. ExetUAlnlr tor The "Of course, I didn't know about We moved away trom the crowd· Nu!n'm. TOWle .. ,.... that:"'-then," she told Clark Lee ed pier and It. festoons o( .erpen­They call It Paclfle, but It can be, and niysel!, 11.4 we lat In my rooms tines. and I WII.4 led, to a. jam-

and frequently U, II. mighty rough In the Imperial hotel In Tokyo. on packed station where we waited ; ocean. that hot September .1, 1945. tor a. car to take In.-«J the New

Role croased by the northern Grand hotel. wher~ we lunched route, and was III for the tint !Ive .Ju we questioned her, Lee typed. before atartlng for To •. My first. ot the nineteen da.ys between Los Again, the wrtter wlll let ~er teU Impressions were tha.t ,Japan W!l41 Angeles (Wilmington port) and her story, In her own wordl. a very backward country, Indeed, YOkObamL There was .torm atter We traveled second clus with and It was a pleuant surprlse to storm. 'th:;.ee.ln my cablrt.. walk Into the cool lobby of the

The .Arabia Maru docked on a '.lhe other two were a Nelsl.girl New GrAnd. s~ltry da.y durin&" the IlI.It week In and a ~\["I from Bruit . Food Almorl American July, 1941. , Landod July 25 The food W8JI almost American.

We got to Yokohama July 25. It My uncle, noting my surprl,e. said: wa.,s my !Il'st experience with such 'See vou find good tood like sultry weather. this I~ japan too a.h so" .

My tlrst Impression wu that I We I'eturn~d t~ Yok';hama Ita-I had never .een 10 many Japa:nese tion and boa.rded an electric trolley In my lite. Uncles~ aunt.. first. tor Tokyo. People all but tought to I' .e~ond. and third cou.lns, were aU get Into the cal'S. rve leen moUon there.. pii:tures or the jams In New York I

All were excited over my pre-- subway., but this W8JI much wOl'le.' , sent. ot [fult, candy and chocolate The heat was luaOC&Ung, and thel

bal'll. The candy and chocolate had stench was terrible. La.ter I was, ,started to melt In that terriblY to learn It came'trom the W. C.'I!

hot weather, I"nd my aunts, unCles -llOt the people. I tound the Japa-l and ,cousins. all excited. began to nele to be as clean--or cleaner!

REt "rOKYO ROSE"

FROM: TUE UA.SHVILIE T~~~·SS~~L1Jr 5/20/48

-than we Americans. l I certainlY mused my ILUtO. Naturally, I telt quite strange In

meeting my Japanese relatives.. But there ws..s such a. atriklng resem­bla.nce between my mother and my a.untle-thelr voice I were Identi· cal-that my heart wenf fast, and my throat choked up. My eou.ln, a year younger than I, had come to the ship wearing an orchid kimono. The two or Us looked very much .. like. W.. tound we wore the .ame sh:e shoe •.• almoat the lame size jiresses. u~.d allr voices were almost alike. ---' .. ~

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. Through Indu.trlal Di.tricl I T~*lc train ra~1t2F~h \ the ndustrlal ( e-

tween Yokohama and Tokyo-now a v ..... t ruIn. We roared through HI­ga~hl-K8.nag .. w8., Tsunnl, _;<=awa­saki, Kamata, Omod, qlmachln, Shlna&"awa. and (ither., and 50 minutes alter leaving YokohAma were at Tokyo station. I we..o be­wildered a. I tollowed my uncle,

: aunt' lind cousin through the ve..ot; throng tiut crowded the .t.a.Uon.1 PorteN! tollowed with my lUggage'1 slunK over their ahoulden with. .trap.. My uncie tound IL cha.rcoal:

I burnln!:, taxi, an<! we let out for his I home In Setagaya wlLrd. I We plied ou.t ILt the house an.d I ,almoct committed an unpardonable .in: Failure to remOVe my ahoes:

'1 betore entering the house. Sudden-I ,Iy I remembered. Perhapa my memo, ',Ory was jog&,ed by aeeln&' my un-I cle alt on the little platform, or,

I porch. outside the doorway, detUy I lIip ott hl.e Ihoes, apln on his blLck­.Ide, come up erect, and open the aUdlng door. I sat down, u did my aunt and cousln, and removed my moes. I W8.4 clumsy In getting onto the pla.ltonn wi.thout letting my· teet touch the ground. AunUe and .cou.ln giggled delightedly. Maybe I should explain that the floor. of J'aplLnese home.s are alii

:covered with bel.utlful .traw mat-

Itlng called t.a.tlLml. To keep It spot­Ie .... shoes are removed before. en­tering, and stockinged teet en­cased In 'Indoor' cotton socks, or

. (elt ~lippers.

J"" Homu In Lo. Angel .. There were mlLny J'apane.e-type

homu In Lo. An&"ele.r, but I had never been In< one.

Thl. Will the tlr.t Ume I had ever entered one. ,

It Will the tirst time I had leen , tataml. or sat on the floor to eat. i My father teared I wouldn't like '·the (ood and I didn't. I could eat

onlv a hlLlt bowl of rice, which wor­ried my unde. He went to the pre­(ecture and had my ration changed and I received brelLd Instead ot rice. I had brought along a small ,upol}' of canned tood. which I soon uaed up and It look me weeks to I:'et used to Japanese food. and there waa II. limited quanttty at th .. t. '---=-.

On the dlLY alter my--'rlnival, my rounds o( the police stations be­gan. I had to re&,18ter with both metroDolltan and ward police. I missed the freedom o( America. The r .. trictlon~ wltre Irk'ome. es­pecially not being able to trlLvel without ~ permit. I had been In J"pan only a "hart time When r ",rot", mv Jllmllv that Jlloan w .. s riO olar~ '(or ltn .Amerlcan-born per-

l<on to live. 'r told them I.he 800n"r r roul<l com. home. the better. My rather'! oriR'lnftl plan was (or me to come home In about .Ix months. He pla.nned to come out in M .. rch. t9{2. pay hi. re,peel. to hl~ .. nee .... t.or •. and t .. ke.me home with him. r wrote my (..ther that I( he really intended comln!:, to Japan he should

InC.t think OVtr the (reedom to be enjoyed In tll.c United state. com­oftrt":d to Jftpan. w~e~dom W6.!S

I('<"I~ than 1'\ wClrrl. • .

I Wrj~e.s Silter of ContrAlts I ~y IIlster .Ju~ ... I1J;>eU.t.:ihe:

ICO~t.ween the tWCOCUtntri'\es, i 1 telling- her how little school kid.!, In Japan had to march. drill and' len~age III bayonet practice. I told: her every thin!:, we had hea~ .... ;.in: he United States- about the. ka~r-:

tesy o( the Japanese ".\.. wrong.: From that. nrst day on the electric trdn I experienced I. complete llLCk of courtesy. I didn't have word. to an.!Wer their (nlutts, so I 1ust kept quiet. I couldn't underat .. nd the attitude of th. Ihopkeepera who almoat bawled you out for cOming In to buy thlng-.. My. uncl~.x_ pla.lned that thl.e ,.,...... due to the cca.rclty of gOOds. .

I entered the School ot Japanese Culture to Improve my .Ja.pa.neae. t r~elved private Instruction dally and had to overcome two dlUlcul_ tie ... In learning Japanes .. yOU lea.rn trom Japanue readenl In-~ tiley h.ave pictures of thing .. .Ja.p. aneu., I could rea.d the words .. <tr'ttt didn't know wh~t they meant be­cause the obj~t.s Usuallv were strange to me-thing. I hadn't seen before. So they. were two great obst.a.cles-not knOwing the lan­gua.'ge and not knOwing the article. pictUred..

In the muntime, the police want­ed me to report corurta.ntly. I WOuld repon; and they would uk me one or two questioM such .... "How do vou like Japan!" or U Are YOU con­Joying your IItay hue '!" Next da.

I they would telephone my uncle and teU him to ha. ve me go to th. .t.a.­tlon. I would report a.gatn, to an­swer almple questiolU: "Do you like Japan better than the United St.a.tes!" "I.e tood aca.rce In Ameri­ca.!" It we..o a.qnoylng. a.nd I want­

,ed to go home..' My a.unt wu stead-Uy ImprOVing, due to IL la.ck oC ce.r­bohydratea In her diet, I.nd the strlckne .. ot tood ra.t\onln&".

. I had enougR moneY-$500 In l travelers' checks-to get home. I

;walf packing to go home In Novem- .

I ber. 194.1,. when. suddenly, 1.11 shlP:-! ping wu stopped. .:- !

There .w...... nothing to do h.ut i sta.y on. I continued my clu.sea. i

On the morning o( Pearl Hu­boI' my uncle ILwakened me.

".Japa.n Is at war with America.," he said. .

I told him I couldn·t believe It. "It's true," he aaJd solemnly. "II'

heard It on the raiilo." Wh.,.t now! I wondered IlJI I

dressed. . . -. : (To s. CO';;Unued) .

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