JAP INTERNEE, FLEEING, SLAIN

SALT LAKE CITY, April 12.--(AP)--James Hatsuki Wakasha, 62-year-old Japanese was shot and killed last night while attempting to flee from the relocation center at Topaz, in Central Utah, the Office of War Information announced today.

The center's commandant, in a report to Lorne Bell, acting project director, said the Japanese, crawling through the fence around the residential area, ignored four commands to halt.

Military police then opened fire, the report said.

Military officials began an investigation.

Wakasha came here from the San Francisco area.