VOL. 1. NO.2.

25 DECEMBER 1944 PASSED BY BASE CENSOR

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 Chief Mieki is e big man in Ike- "However. despite the prompt de-
bukuro Ward, according to the Tokyo cision of police Chief Mieki, the
newspapars. Regrettable that he greater part of the ward was engul-
lost his police station. but he's fed in terrific fires in the eno.
doing well with the placards The Fires were unavoidable under the
following story of his heroic ~ction circumstances.
is taken from a Tokyo Radio account
of the Chief's press notices. "Then and there, there came to
the mind of Chief Mieki the second
nWe will now give you an account method of fighting. It was to com-
of the hard fight put up by Chief pose the minds of the people immed-
of Police of the Ikibukuro Ward po_ iately after the disaster and to
lice station as reported in Tokyo keep up the morale of the war vic-
:1ewspapers: tims.
liAs soon as the air raid warning 'Without delay, and under his
was ordered on the night of April close command, by way of messengers
1.3, leaders of the Ikebukur~ \Yard in automobiles and in hand-written
defense units rushed to the P9lice leaflets the word went out and soon
station one after another. placards were posted with 'THERE
ARF. MOUNTAINS OF FOOD. DO Nor WOR-
"Chief Mieki realized that fires RY' •
would break out here and there si-
multaneously from the indiscrimin- "These simple words heralded a
ate dropping of enemy bombs and, reality, and already dried bread
tharefore, he decided that in such was being distributed at some places
event it would be best for the de- in the ward as early as 0730 in the
fense unit members to be at the re- morning.
spective town assembly heedquarters
assigned to them rather than to as- "While the people of Ikebukuro
~emble at one place in the ward. Ward were fighting desperately un-
der the command of Chief Miek!, the
u~~t: ~~\ O~ police station itself was destroyed
by !"ire."
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