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Invisible Codes. Not all the extravaganza making is going on at the stadium. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has commissioned Sculptor Mike Matoba to produce a life-sized bronze bust of Aaron that will eventually be placed outside the Braves' offices at the stadium. A local advertising company has spent $20,000 to plaster the city with 200 full-color billboards depicting Aaron in full swing, with Babe Ruth's face hovering in the background. The mayor and Governor, of course, are planning to be on hand to honor Aaron, and even the Federal Communications Commission in Washington...
Though three other officers and ten smaller fry were also on trial, archvillain of the piece was Major Sueyo Matoba, a slim, mild, scholarly Jap with a sadistic nature which had won him the nickname "Tiger of Chichi Jima." Major Matoba had stomach ulcers; he also loved sake...
...when the blockaded Bonins had no fresh meat, he hatched the idea that liver would soothe his gnawing stomach pains. The islands' commander, fat, bullnecked Lieut. General Yoshio Tachibana, had ordered all captured U.S. flyers executed. That was the chance Matoba had been waiting...
Cannibal Feast. At least two aviators were beheaded publicly by Matoba's own 308th Battalion, to buoy the troops' morale. In each case, the liver was cut from the still-warm bodies, delivered to Matoba's cook, cut into strips and served in sukiyaki. At one gay party, where the cannibal dish was washed down with sake, Tachibana was Matoba's guest. That night, during a U.S. air attack, Matoba boasted that enemy bombs could not hurt him because he had eaten the enemy's flesh...
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