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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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James R. Young addressed Spelman College on Japanese atrocities against journalists, missionaries, and medical staff, sharing his imprisonment for truthful reporting on aggression. He highlighted Japan's treaty breaches and U.S. role in its industrialization via scrap metal sales. Includes officer list.
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A vivid portrayal of the ruthless atrocities inflicted on newspaper-men, missionaries, and nurses and doctors in Japan was made to Spelman College students and faculty members today by James R. Young, for 13 years Tokyo correspondent for International News Service in the Far East.
Mr. Young could give a first-hand account of the cruelties suffered by prisoners for he had been thrown in jail for daring to give a true account of the Japanese aggression in the Far East to American readers and radio listeners.
Japan's lack of regard for a treaty, he said, is made clear in the way they built up the largest navy in the world after they had agreed to cut down their armaments program. He put some blame on the United States for Japan's invasion of China and for the fact that Japan is able to wage war against the United States because this country sold the Japanese tons of scrap metal for years, enabling them to build up tool factories, gas and electric plants, wire mills, and all helping Japan to take her place along side of the greatest industrial nations of the day.
vice president: Mrs. Lula Bussie, secretary, Mrs. Aresta Earl, assistant secretary, Monroe Barnswel treasurer, Luther Willis, chairman membership committee, D. G. Eb- ster, chairman program committee Miss Lucille Bussie reporter.
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James R. Young, former Tokyo correspondent, spoke to Spelman College students and faculty about Japanese atrocities against newspaper-men, missionaries, nurses, and doctors. He shared his firsthand experience of being jailed for reporting on Japanese aggression. He criticized Japan's treaty violations in building its navy and blamed U.S. scrap metal sales for enabling Japan's industrialization and war capabilities. A list of officers follows: vice president Mrs. Lula Bussie, secretary Mrs. Aresta Earl, assistant secretary Monroe Barnswel, treasurer Luther Willis, chairman membership committee D. G. Eb- ster, chairman program committee Miss Lucille Bussie reporter.