Man Shoots At U.S. Japanese Soldier; Jailed

DERMOTT, Ark., Nov. 10. -- (AP) -- A Dermott father whose two sons are in the Army took a pot shot at an American Japanese soldier in a Dermott cafe today and landed in jail.

City Marshal Thad Hawkins, who arrested the civilian, said the soldier, Pvt. Louis Furushiro, 22 years old, of Camp Robinson, Ark, was uninjured. The soldier had stopped at the cafe to eat, en route to the nearby Japanese relocation colony of Jerome to visit friends.

"Somebody told this fellow there was a Jap in the cafe," Hawkins said. "He went home, got his shotgun, came back to the cafe and opened the door. He asked the soldier if he was a Jap. The soldier said, "Yes," and this guy fired. The soldier fell off the stool and load of squirrel shot missed, scattering through a lattice work in the rear of the cafe and damaging nothing except a domino table."