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NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
4 SiDvoeft
!;ffllte! Front
By Henry B. Jameson ,
LONDON, Aug. KH-Russian mobile columns ripped 1O6
miles into Japan's stolen Manchurian. empire today in a spec
tacular sweep from the west along the Chinese Eastern railroad,
the Soviet high command said tonight.
Four mighty Soviet forces were pouring in growing masses
across the 2000-mile Russo-Manchurian frontier from Outer
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7- iwM'MMrt mfw
. I The world sits on the edge of
the seat anxiously awaiting the
final word that the war in the Pa
cific is ended and World War II
concluded. Japan' has offered to
surrender, accepting the conditions
set forth in the Potsdam ultimatum
providing . assurances : are given
that the person and office of em
peror may be retained. The nec
essary consultation is proceding
among capitals of the allies, Wash-
r ington, London, Chungking, Mos
cow, to prepare the answer. Ac
ceptance of the single Japanese
condition would mean the immed'
late cessation of hostilities. Re
jection of the condition would put
the decision back with Emperor
Hirohito's committee of 21 to de
termine whether to prolong the
war or capitulate now.
; One does not envy the states
men of the world their response
bility In framing the answer. The
ordinary American is inclined to
; - reject the Japanese condition. He
1 has no use for royalty, anyway.
i . and none at all for the sun-god'
descended mikado. He scoffs at
- the attribute of divinity accorded
the emperor by the Japanese,
. thinks that idea should be knock
ed in the head, and believes the
. emperor should be held account
able for Japan's misdeeds the
. - same as T0J0 and lesser officials
in Japan. The man in the street
f believes what many authorities on
'Japan have said, that the emperor
: system must be rooted out if Japan
is to emerge as a democratic na
tion. !
On the other hand there is great
war weariness 'through the world.
Britain is said to be ready to ac
cept, eager to end the waste and
the blood-letting and to get on
with its task of reconstruction.
China Is war-weary, too, but "
- (Continued on editorial page)
Albany Fire Reported
ALBANY, Ore., j Aug. 10 - ()
Fire today destroyed the Cum
mines Transfer Co., woodcutting
mm and adjacent warehouse and
damaged the roof of the Oregon
Electric freight depot office on
the river front.
Loss was estimated at $5000.
Animal Crachcrs
By WAREEN GOODRICH
"Ecrly riser, my tye! Who
f?a yea thbik get him up?
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Satom,
Forces
Mongolia to the border area 75
miles northwest of the great Rus
sian port of Vladivostok, Moscow's
second Japanese war communi
que said.
Tokyo said the huge Russian
drive also had invaded the Jap
anese-conquered land of Korea
and had smashed into the south
ern half of Sakhalin (Karafuto)
island, which lies only 30 miles
from the northernmost island
Hokkaido of the Japanese home
land.
The Russians, the Moscow war
bulletin reported, made two new
crossings of the Amur river and
drove along both the western and
eastern ends of the Chinese east
ern railroad, which stretches 750
miles across Manchuria and feeds
the Japanese arsenal city of
Harbin. n ' .
Tanks and cavalry following'
infantrymen manning armored
trains surged 83Vi miles from the
Russo-Manchurian border area
north of Hulun (Dalai) lake and
captured the rail Junction and
five-way highway junction of Hu
lun (Hailar), Moscow's broadcast
bulletin said.
Capture of Hulun cut the only
western highway supplying thou
sands of Japanese troops in ex
treme northern Manchuria.
From Hulun, the Soviets bat
tered another 12 Vt miles into the
2660-foot-high foothills bf the
great Khingan mountain range
barring the path to the central
Manchurian basin, tearing out
total gain of 106 miles.
The massive surge carried the
Russians 80 miles from the main.
4194-foot-high - pass ' where ' the
Chinese eastern railroad crosses
the treat Khingan range.
Some 130 miles to the south,
tanks and cavalry swept across
the arid, almost waterless desert-
land east of Lake Bor and, push
ing far beyond the outer Mongo
lian border, again, reached the
foothills of the great Khingan
range.
Hop -Picking Expected
To Start Next Week
INDEPENDENCE (Special)
Initial nicking of hops in the In
dependence area Is expected to
get under way text week, with
the large run probably to start
September 1, 2 and S. Price has
been set at 3 cents a pound-
same as in 1944. Favorable wea
ther has - advanced the season.
Ten thousand nickers will be
needed, and merchants are seek
ing aid from OPA in obtaining
extra food.
Gas Rationing
Shortly After War's Demise
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 10- (ff)-i
Government officials forecast to
day that gasoline rauomng wm
end within a few weeks after Ja
pan folds. They said travel re
strictions would ease in a few
months.
Stirred Into feverish action by
the Japanese surrender broadcast,
leaders of the various agencies
concerned with steering the econ
omy from war to peace -met in
hurriedly called conferences.
The sessions dealt with the' tre
mendous problem of releasing in
dustry from munitions production
now booming at the rate of $48,
000,000,000 a year, and with man
power, rationing, price and tra
vel restrictions. : .
The draft situation was un
changed for the moment, pending
official determination of the date
the war shall end. That is when
the draft, stops.
The end of the war soon will
mean, the WPB official said, that
Oregon, Saturday Morning, August II, 1945
Third
Of
Nagasaki
Jap Broadcasts
Admit Extensive
Damage Inflicted
G1XA.M, Saturday, Aug.! ll-PV-
Thirty per cent of Nagasaki, in
cluding almost all its industrial
district, was destroyed by Thurs
day's atomic bombing of that Jap
anese port, General Spaatz i an
nounced today, i . f I
He said that reconnaissance
photographs taken on Friday- a
full i day after the boipabing
showed Jhat 8 of a square mile
of the Nagasaki built-up area had
been destroyed. The Irregular
nature of the city's built-up areas,
extending like fingers up low gul
lies, apparently had some effect in
preventing as extensive damage
as was done to Hiroshima, where
the' first atomic bomb wiped out
60 per cent of the city.
However, Spaatz in his brief
announcement made clear that the
destruction wrought was ; tremen
dous. j -5 j
The Japanese radio at the same
time acknowledged that the bomb
ing of Nagasaki caused "extensive
damage, including the destruction
of many houses and a large num
ber of casualties among the citi
zens." . ; . I - I
The same broadcast also carried
a Japanese western army district
command communique saying that
"present indications are that dam
age caused was extremely light.'
(The Yomiuri Hochl 1 account
said the attack was with "para
chute-attached new-type bombs
using the plural, but later re-
referred to the fmissile"r-irigu
lar, i; Both the Conflicting enemy
accounts were recorded l by the
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Seaman Killed in
Shooting j Accident
In McMinnville 1
McMINNVILLE, Aug. 10 -JF)-Jerry
Tomson, 18, an apprentice
seaman, died this afternoon in the
hospital here a lew minutes af
ter his chest was blown put In a
gun shot accident. I
The youth, home on leave from
his1 JMemphis, Term., station, was
with two friends about three miles
north of McMinnville on the Carl
ton 'road when a shot gun Tom
son Was pulling from the compart
ment behind the car seat dis
charged. The shell load blew away
half , of his chest, the hospital re-
Two companions, Pvt. Jim Ap
perspn and Claude Engle, both of
McMinnville, were .with the victim
when the accident occurred about
3:13, pjn. -' . 4 I. i
to Be St
output of consumer goods, espe
cially small products such as
home appliances,' can be speeded
up considerably. He added, bow-
ever, that the schedule for prod
ucts requiring large amounts of
steel' probably will not be much
affected.:.;-: , f'.-'.j; ;
Automobile production, for ex
ample, is not expected to exceed
the 250,000 cars program for this
year. ' . . , tj
But output of such items as
vacuum cleaners, electric refrig
erators, washing . machines and
toasters heretofore not expected
in any volume before mid-1948
will be accelerated tremendously
officials predicted. T '
While WPB could not estimate
the Immediate extent of muni
tions: cutbacks on the end of the
war,! one official said war. pro
duction would fall "drastically
below' the current rate of $4,500,
000,000 a month..
Destroyed
tipped
When V-Day Is
Hailed in Salem
Stores Will .. . .
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... Close shop at once, reopen
ing the next day if. the an
nouncement comes before noon
. . . will remain closed through
out the next day if it comes
after noon . . . will open again
on 'Monday if it comes Satur
day. . . . Close shop all day Mon
day if the announcement comes
after midnight Saturday or
Sunday; close all the following
day if it breaks on a legal holi
day. FOOD AND DRUGSTORES
. . . Will remain open until
3 p.m. and will reopen next
day if announcement comes be
fore noon, remain open rest of
day and close day following if
it comes after; noon . . . will
remain closed following day if
announcement comes after mid
night Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday. ;
OR
... Will forget any city plan
for celebration and follow the
national plan should a celebra
tion period be set by presiden
tial proclamation.
BUT
... Whatever plan is fol
lowed, sirens will blow (at the
request of the Retail Trade
bureau, which with the dtjr
arid state adrninistration" worketTj
out the Salem plan) and flags
will be displayed along down
town sidewalks and at resi
dences. ... City police will remain
on call. Information will be
, dispensed from Salem Chamber
of Commerce offices, telephone
9229. '
Final Appeal
Wrings Tears
In Petain Case
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PARIS. Aug.' 10-ffr-A 17-day
parade of witnesses ended late
today with an appeal in favor of
Marshal Philippe Petain by
blind war veteran- as the treason
trial of the 89-year-old former
Vichy chief moved toward Its
close.
Today's session, the last for
taking direct evidence, went de
cidedly In Petain's favor, with
two. former French resistance
leaders saying they would always
remember Marshal Petain as
great soldier. .
f Tears filled the eyes of many
In the courtroom when blind Gen.
Emile DeLannurien told the jury
that history would judge them
for the decision they made con
cerning Petain, and that they
alone could be affected by a ver
dict of guilty. ;
Bonneville Increases
Economical Range
! PORTLAND, Aug.' 10 (ff
Working with Oregon-State col
lege scientists. "Bonneville power
administration - engineers i have
doubled their distance electricity
may be economically transmitted.
Dr. Paul J. Raver, administrator,
said today;
- The transmission grid of the
Bonneville power adrninistration
Was used as a laboratory. Raver
said, revealing j that electricity
now can be transmitted economi
cally for almost 600 miles.
Gen. Rilea Reassigned
PORTLAND, Aug. 10-CaVBrfg.
Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, Salem, said
today he has been assigned to ac
tive duty at Fort McClellan, Ala.,
and will leave tomorrow-for his
post ;. .'
, General Rilea, on leave from his
post as adjutant general of Oregon,
recently was cleared from the
Barnes General hospital, Vancou
ver, Wash., after three months as
a patient following his return from
I Australia. -
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No. 118
34 Dead
In Train
Bodies' Still Not
All Recovered;
Injured Total 50
MICHIGAN, NJX, Aug. 10-OP)
Thirty-four persons were known
dead today in the . Great Northern
railway collision caused when the
first section of the westbound Em
pire Builder stopped to cool a hot
box last night and was telescoped
by the second section, -i-
Approximately 50 others were
Injured, 10 seriously.
Wrecking crews digging into the
debris . recovered 33 bodies and
PORTLAND, Aug. 10 -JF)-There
was. no available passen
ger list of Oregonians aboard
two Portland bound sleepers in
the North Dakota train wreck
last night, railroaders said to
day.! Railroad officials said neither
car was believed to be near the
rear of the train, where damage
occurred.. !
CQud tee that of the 34th in the
tangle or timbers and twisted
steel.
Eighteen of the recovered bod
les were those
of service people,
Including two
navy nurses; ten
women; two children; two male
civilians, and; the porter on the
sleeper-observation car of the first
section in which the heaviest toll
occurred.
Military authorities from Fort
Snelling, : MinrL, took charge of
the servicemen's bodies and said
identities would not be reported
until next of kin had been noti
fied. i
Jap Proposed
ing
Peace : overtures from Japan
brought varied 'expressions of op
inion from Salem folk, slowed
business during morning and ear
ly afternoon hours while further
details, of the news were awaited,
but sent thousands of shoppers
downtown for the last hour of the
business day. I
Both food and garment stores
handled a brisk trade, but the
longest waiting Unes from noon
to S pan.: were in the state liquor
store, which will close during any
V-day celebration. . " z
Navy Divulges
Losses of Sub,
U-Boat Escort
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10-(")-The
navy announced the loss of
a submarine and a destroyer
escort today, with about 200 men.
At the same time the destruc
tion of 13 more Japanese ships by.
submarines was announced. The
bag included a light cruiser, and
a patrol escort vessel.
Meanwhile a dispatch from
Pearl Harbor told of daring un
dersea raiders who invaded the
Sea of Japan, j the enemy's last
free sear lane' to China, and
knocked more than 50 more ships
out of the dwindling - Nipponese
cargo fleet j, .
On the other side of the ledger,
however, 1 107 ships, ; previously
unreported, were announced as
stricken from the navy's register,
due to loss or damage In the war
or perils of tiie sea. ' V
The destroyer escort newly an
nounced as lost was the Under
hill, sunk In Philippine waters
with 112 officers and men dead
and missing. I .V - :
The submarine newly reported
lost was the Lagarto, which pre
sumably carried about DO men. It
was. listed as overdue and pre
sumed lost " '
Collision
Speeds
Buy
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Cabinet Voted
Unanimous
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10-()-Japan's
decision to sue for
peace was made at a full cabi
net meeting, including the war
and navy ministers, which last
ed from Thursday until dawn
Friday ;(Tokyo time), Dome!
agency laid tonight in a FCC
monitored broadcast The vote
on the decision was unanimous.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10
(A) - The federal communica
tions commission reported to
night that none of Japan's do
mestic broadcasts or Japanese
language foreign broadcasts
had yet mentioned Japan's
surrender offer. j
Halsey's Fleet
Takes Respite
From Attacks !
GUAM,! Saturday, Aug. 11 -(JP)
The mighty Third fleet gave beat
en Japan; a respite from air and
sea, attacks today after heavy car
rier, strikes' .which destroyed; or
damaged (at least 5Z3 Japanese
planes on northern Honshu Thurs
day and, Friday.! j
Inquiries by newspaper men at
headquarters as to whether the
attacks were still in progress drew
the repVi "the Third - fleet isn't
striking today" together with the
explanation that plans drawn j up
before word of Japan's surrender
plea was received did not call, for
Saturday attacks. j
It was emphasized at fleet head
quarters that so far as the navy
is concerned a state of war still
exists and will continue to exist
until such time s surrender is
made official. The . fleet is con-,
tinuing operations under - usual
wartime conditions. I j
Admiral Halsey's 1500 Ameri
can and cooperating British flat
top raiders, finding most of their
victims on the ground, wiped out
or crippled 391 Thursday, then
destroyed 69 and damaged 83 yes
terday. Additional reports for yes
terday remained to be filed.
Ernest C McVittie
Is Reported Killed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10-(Spe-
cial) Ernest Chester McVittie,
PSgt, USMC, who previously
was reported .prisoner of war,
is dead, the navy department an
nounced today. His aunt, Mrs,
Emma M. Lewis, resides at Sweet
Home, Ore..
World Receives Neivs of Nip
Offer With Wide Acclajnation
By the Associated Press - j
A mighty : flood of jubilation
boiled up! throughout the Allied
world yesterday with the news
that Japan had offered to surren
der. - ; .-j ;.'
Firecrackers exploded the length
and breadth of . Free China, and
the canyonlike streets of Chung
king were : Jammed with men,
women and children yelling their
delight at the imminent end of the
"dwarf devils" aggression, i 1
"America watched and waited.
Bursts of torn paper fluttered
down from New York's skyscrap
ers and .troops returning from Eu
rope set up a Jubilant din when
they heard the report , that led
them to believe they might be go
ing home instead of toward To
kyo. s- I ' ; v-- . j ' '
Washington was quiet but ten
sion mounted hourly. ' - j
" There was no such calm at Pearl
Harbor, scene of the sneak attack
that brought the United States In
to the war. Whistles shrilled at
the great ' ' base. Soldiers and
0 0oi31)IMTI(SO'D,S
OH!?
Japanese Willing to Accept
rotsdam Terms if Hirohito
Allowed to Stay on Throne
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL ' I ?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (AP)Japan sued formaDy
for peace today, but qualified unconditional surrender in sn
effort to keep the emperor enthroned. There was no imme
diate rush to accept her plea whole.
AlKed leaders took the enemy's cry of quits tinder joint
consideration even before it was received in official form
late today through the Swiss
senators and some strategically placed officials saw in thV
stipulation on the emperor's sovereignty something less than
the unconditional surrender which the allies have demanded.
'mere was no comment or that I
nature which could be traced
back to President Truman or Sec
retary of State Byrnes. However,
officialdom paid - close : attention
to an indication that Russia saw
the enemy proposal in that light
and did not like it.
. The indication came in a broad
cast over the Moscow radio. As
recorded by NBC, Commentator
I. J. Yarameshenko discussed the
stipulation on the imperial pre
rogatives and then asserted:
"Unconditional surrender
means just that L unconditional
surrender.' . ' j
.Nobody here was inclined to
believed m- 'commentator on the
official soviet radio went Into that
kind of issue 'without guidance.
No Quibbling Stressed
Also stressed here was the Tru-man-Attlee-Chiang
declaration on
Potsdam, to which Russia sub
scribed, emphasizing that uncon
ditional surrender is not a matter
for quibbling or delay.
Meanwhile the war went, on,
with announcement of heavy new
strikes by the American-British
fleet prowling . off ; the Japanese
islands. f
An unscheduled caller, at the
White House was Senator Kilgore
(D-W.Va.), who said he had told
President Truman he was getting
scores of telegrams, and 73 per
cent of them urged that the allies
not, retain Hirohito. ; V ' . '
Wires Pewing -In
There were indications, too, that
the White House also was re
ceiving a heavy volume of com
munications, preponderantly
against accepting the Japanese
condition.
But some authorities reasoned
that if the other allies wanted to
let the man the Japanese regard
as a god as well as an emperor
stay on the throne, this country
would not stand in the way of
peace at that price.
Ne Deviation
The allies, themselves, how
ever, have decreed; that surren
der must be "unconditional" said
that they will not deviate from
those' terms.
When"- "cease firing" order
might silence the guns of1 war
therefore remained highly uncer
tain. Yet victory celebrations were
under way around the wdrld.
WACs the latter In bathrobes
and wearing curlers paraded at
nearby Hickman field, where Jap
anese bombs once rained.
liberated Manila Joined in the
festivities. Cheering broke out on
Guam. Air raid sirens screamed
"all dear", on Okinawa while sol
diers fired guns in the air and
launched "victory rockets. -
. Londoners ' Joined their ' GI
guests In a spontaneous uproar
that overshadowed even the wild
observance of V-E day. American
soldiers kissed all the English girls
i wiunn reach end had enthusias
tic cooperation. American WACs
with streamers, rattles and spoons
led a snake dance through Pic-
aouiy circus. 1
France heard the news impas
sively. Parisians who went mad
with Joy when Germany surren
dered gave only a glance to news
paper headlines telling of Japan's
offer, and Ignored the occasional
cheers from American . service
men. -. s, v
France had no Pearl Harbor to
remember, and no Singapore.
o)
government. But a number of
Superfortress
Raids Halt as
Japs Bargain
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GUAM, Saturday, Aug. 11-fJTi
All B-29 Superfortress operation!
against the Japanese were halted
today while Japan's surrender of
fer was being considered by the
allied governments.- . ,1 .
The cancellation, a bare an
nouncement without any, amplifi
cation, came from U.S, army-strategic
air1 j forces, the top command
of the Superfortresses which have 1
been blasting and burning Japan
with high explosives, Incendiary
bombs and at least two of the new
atomic bombs. . , )
It had! been announced unoffi
cially yesterday i that Superfort
bombing attacks would continue
as scheduled, and it was believed
that at least one small mission
had been planned for today.
Today's announcement that the
B-29s were being kept on the
ground was the first announced
relaxation by any allied force ha
the war against Japan.
Tillamook Fire
Under Control
PORTLAND, Aug. 10-vf)-For-
esters reorganized base camps
along ! the Tillamook forest, fire-
lines tonight as the blaze quieted
down ' for the first time in a
month. t
Elsewhere fighters Were having
trouble. A 400-acre fira along (
Cedar creek near the Mt Hood'
area was burning through brush
and once burned-over land, and
green timber was . . threatened.
Three hundred men are fighting
a 3000-acre fire on Sitwalder
butte, but it is reported under
control. . .: - 1 -. "
Caught
IriFirstiLove
Charles Klmzey, state peniten
tiary life-term convict, stepped out
onto the open road Friday night
for the first time since his escape
from a gang at the annex, farm
Saturday and IS minutes later was
in custody of Prison Guard Don
ald Johnson. o " !
The guard, employed at the
penitentiary the past four or five
months, was ' off duty and was
traveling the Mehama-Lyons road
near the home of his grandparents
when he saw Klmzey ahead of him.
Stopping his car, he stepped out
and "invited the convict to return
to Salem with him. He said Kim- :
sey (who' was sent up lor a rob
bery in which the victim was
trussed with a wire and tossed in
a cistern) offered no violence and
rode to the penitentiary with him
unshackled.
Weather
San ftanciseo
Salem ,.
Eug?n ,
Portland ,.
Mm.
s
Win.
13
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Rain
M
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trac-
.80
71
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Willamette river -9 J ft
. FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu
reau. McNary field. Salem)? Partly
cloudy today with : little change la
temperature. Maximum expectea neat
a degrew. s..f.
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