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-Si uuuu LUJlil3UUn mm DFTT' TO crocs Gravest National mm GrisisOf '. : . '1'"- I walked through a store yes terday, and happened to notice some toy suns. Already they seemed obsolete. - That is a tiny sample of the effect of the peace news on people's thinking and interests If the, peace is settled, as now. seems only a matter of hours, an imme diate reorientation will take place Not only will the toy guns and toy tanks and soldiers seem dated, and other ersatz merchandise, but the very language we have used for some four years will slip out of common usage. With a speed we can hardly appreciate , the mUJd of the people will turn to ward things of peace. No legis lation is needed for such mental reconversion: It is automatic, and certain and rapid. Already one feels a lightening of a burden. Particularly is this true, of those with, relatives in combat rones or headed in' that direction. The weight so constant ly on the heart begins to lift, and long restrained emotions begin to surge through one's being. That feeling comes even to those wjth no close relatives in areas of dan ger, a great feeling of relief and of gladness for those whose days to an end. In our own minds the war is over. We have a consciousness of victory and an assurance that Japan will complete the contem- plated surrender. Once a Xoe lets down iU guard to ask lor terms its fighting strength oozes away. There seems little doubt but that Japan will accept the subordina tion of the emperor required in ilT ":ilt was the answer to Japan's it permit bis survival as symbol, but the alternative of national suicide is inescapable; and the very appfl of the Japanese government- shews that it . will not condemn, its country and people That is why already "we focus attention on V-J day plus . that is why the toy guns suddenly seem a bit odd. The vast war ma chine; so utterly absorbing of our energies and our ' thoughts, is grinding to a 'sudden . halt. The human mind, insatiably curious, now Jurns to see what is - ahead, around the corner of peace.'"".".:- Navy Cutback - WASHINGTON, i Aug. HJP Lessening navy needs brought a halt today to the building of 95 ships : costing $1,200,000,000 and army officers told of plans, to cut war purchases by an amount ex ceeding $23,009,000,000 on a yearly basis. ; - - included In the navy 'cutback, uhirh war mnhiHwr John W. Snv - der attributed to-a seview of what was required . to whip japan. There was no formal announce- i ment of the army program but I Snyder made it clear that the real : V-J deluge of cutbacks was yet to come. ... . ' . -.. . ' The combatant vessels include the 43,000-toa-battleship Illinois : at Philadelphia, the 27,100-ton car- I I riers Reprisal at New York and ;!lwc Jima at Newport News, Va and. 10 heavy cruisers. '..;.'-'' The navy now ! Is left with a construction program of about 160 -combatant - ships, - including . one battleship, three 45,000-ton car , .riers, sii n,100-ton carriers, two lVOO-ton arriera,-10 escort car 'riers. heavy cruiiers, nine Ught ; cruisers, 76 destroyers and 30 sub marines. '-' ; AninicI Crcchcrs By. WA5SEN GOODRICH "A thou$and pardons for itepphj on your Uttn .. Halts Bidding i 1 i V r cue ariwncrt NINETY-nrTH YEAR 20 4 Agree To, AIHlnedl-lKlmi'dinedli IKlnrmlhnflvrh iaornrnrno Final Victory Appears Allied Acceptance JMfessage Winds Way llirOUCll Diplomatic Channels Br DOUGLAS WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (AP)4-The allies told qua vering Japan today they would dictate orders to her em peror "from the moment of surrender? jand tossed back to Tokyo the, bitter decision on immediate peace or more war. But to Washington. London. Moscow and Chungking the hour of final victory appeared near in history g most horrible war. . - The latest declaration of aUied plans was transmitted through neutral Switzerland. Bern handed it over late today to Japan's minister in the Swiss capital, for relay to Tokyo. provided shejcould keep her pcsukucb. lain at o p.m, us stall home and said "There will be no announcements tonight." Tomorrow it may be a different story. Tomorrow may be .Yr J ky Experts Say Japs to Quit For most diplomatic experts realize that by battling hopelessly the cost of more destruction and ' slaughter, imposition of the same stern terms which now confront her. . I - I - The four great powers told the supreme commander would control them througn tneir emperor, They withheld any assurance that remain indefinitely on his throne. - iae Japanese popie eveniuuiy said, whether there is to be an emperor at alL f f The fate of the man the Nipponese consider a combination of god and emporor and the Question whether he or others can guarantee surrender compliance were the hrtth ciH wr willing tr abide the proclamation of Potsdam. Under the declaration Japan would lose her stolen empire and shrink to peaceful existence in the home islands, to T n 'Snap Up rredlCted Now that Japan has made ner powers, and failed, there were UulV mac woiuu jrieiu. ui hue wui ui far eastern affairs predicted here would "snap up the latest allied conditions. From the Swiss legation here, where it was delivered by a state rfmnmr wrtt hv radio to Bern. There the chief of the political department's foreign division called in Japanese Minister Shumishi Kas and handed it over at 3:25 p. m. (EWT). ! 'I'm in a Hurry' 1 . Vu AA from th narHament hulldin la a waitinff automobile, promising to transmit the document to Tokyo at once. He had; not comment beyond tms: ; "I'm In a hurry." Radio Tokvo aPDeared to be surrender. Here in Washington, government authorities toiled ton reconversion plans, and Senate Majority Leader Barkley said congress probably would cut short its vacation on ifPef. r " At hi Georgia home, senaior wauer jr. ueorge uisoosea ue.nu talked with President Truman. The senator Interpreted today 'i .ni- H.iran . .till mpanter . unconditional surrender. . t- - t ..( -t-mm th mnment of mirrender. the emDeror will be-aubiect to every dictate mnitarv-eommander. Warlords Uiven UQOlce The once bellicose but now nnlv 1 rlMr-lt Choice between!! Agreeing to me concuuon xnai W7ui iiuicuuuu m weu Neuner attorney general, for con emperor become for the time being, at least, a puppet with an allied Lyt o My gedalplans that Utter destruction box oniy ox conquest but also ta ithe f - A if to rive them a taste of anese got a temporary respite from ravages of atomic bomDs. ladci ngnung wen on. . unfit vm rfiar the Pacific enemy had had enough. .- :! Japan decided yesterday to tell If she could keep nironixo ana nis Offer Considered 24 Hours . .h... . For-24 hours Washington, London, Moscow and Chungking con mti thtk otter. Back todasJ)T war of neutral Switzerland went a stern answer, submitted for all four powers? by Secretary of State Byrnes. The French asked to be associated in the signing of any surrender. v: :" : f.: f r"'. '. .! -"From the moment of surrender the allied message said, "the if nntwrflf ud the Jananese Government to rule the atate shall be subject to the supreme commander of the allied powers who will take such steps as ne render terms." "" Ultimately; the Japanese peopie wouia ,ok wiowea w ueieimmc theklnd of government they want have had. ' ; ',; . , . - rYimrtnr1fi ta Rft American " f ' f - Hn hA an American" ! ! , - "" 6 Boss could not say at the time who the man would be. Speculation Wntered at once on General Douglas MacArthur. There was mention also of Admiral cnester vv. mmius ana vxenenu uwisc mmidmou. . Th iprms sent to Tokyo today j in accordance with the allied promiamauon issuea at roxsaam juiy .n. Under was aeciarauon maxe war, wouia w uuc v. a . A I m .lull - (aoa fnrnfrec i1 . T ' " PAGES Near as B. CORNELL -a I , offer yesterday to surrender emperorj and hissovereign vtta; u nuue uuusc ocui. f held the opinion that Japan would on she merely would postpone,- at Japanese that a still unnamed allied Hirohito or any successor could J j , ' I win uctiue wr uenuuvra, ujcj only obstacles to peace. Otherwise hv mrrider Urm laid down! in I 1 , ( ; Dia to seep an emporor wiin au nis high expectauons arouna tne worm kuc tuuca n uiywuMu capu,vu that the land of the setting sun ::j ' si l - i ', I I s preparing the Japanese people ior of a still unnamed supreme allied l" t - ' ! - - cringing warionu or japan tnus paa I' r . - a usi-awmaung empire won: vj fS. what peace would be like, the Jap the terror of Superforts, from the the big-four allies she would quit powers, t - - . deems proper .w euecuiaie we sux - --..i;-- ,. v ; - . . . an opporamrty tney Tiever DeioretJ.FarrfeI1 said second bomb r- - j , i : - - r reaffirmed that surrender must De pilot of the big Super- ... - y, - .M AM W . n . . I M wrai 1 1- , Wn 1TB I .n.n ivarvr frig TvMn thnrn! rifvldd on . T Salem, Oregon, Sunday Fleet Bag Of Planes Hits 711 GUAM, Sunday, Aug. lt-yPy- SUenti on any fleet action since Japan sued for peace Saturday, Admiral Nixnitz announced today U. S. and British carrier planes damaged 711 enemy planes on northern Honshu. The; communique increased the previously announced bag by 188 planes. j ; " Nimitz also reported the two- day toll of enemy vessels as 15 - WITH TJ. S. THIRD FLEET OFF, JAPAN. Sunday, Aur. IX tTV-Admiral Halsey declared to day that there will be no cessa tion of hostilities by the Third fleet until Japan surrenders. Even then he added significant ly, he thought his mighty armada would have "a retty definite Job In ease ef surren der.' . 1 c?;i; .. : . . .. 4 I sunk and 59 damaged. These In cluded five destroyer escorts, - Allied losses, disclosed for the first time, were listed as seven American aircraft, with six pilots I and alrcrewmen, and seven British l planes, with five pilots. I . Today's communique made these additions for Friday to the score for American' planes: Enemy planes J2 destroyed on the ground: 76 damaged. Enemy ships a destroyer, four cargo ; and four iuggers sunxra destroyer, 10 cargo vessels, two ferries and nine luggers damaged. I Ground installations three freight cars destroyed; seven loco- motives and 15 railroad cars dam 8crd i " vr ITIT . y mf fYtl TOT Oregon Told Oregon will observe a legal holi- day upon official coniirmauon oz the termination of the War by Washington officials, Gov. Earl pneu announcea saiuraay. I The governors prociamauon fnr dosing of all nubile build- jng. stores and agencies and urees that -all business activity be suspended wherever possible dur- him.t rJod Ha also rffy. HA suggested that churches be opened and special services arranged. No; disorder is anticipated,; the governor said, although he recent r.lOlson. acting adjutant gen- ergj; Charles P. Pray, guperintend- -riant nt mat iviIIm s and RmKC i : ' HI 5 coslhi 5 ma GUAM, Sunday, Aug.. 12 - ft Brig.f Gen. Thomas F. Farrell, commander of America's atomic bomb operations in the Pacific, declared yesterday that the A- bomb which struck the war- 1 Dnsuing ciiy ox xvagasasi pacxea 1 more' punch - than the - first one i dropped on Hiroshima not pnly war' m&re" potent,-buT made obsolete the No 1 parcel of - 1 j i. j i n 1 consiruct J And as the VS. army strategic I air forces announced that 30 per i ceni 01 xagasa&i naa oeen ue- etmwd in th mission of devas. tation Thursday, Mai. Charles W. fortrcsa whIch carrii out the at- m I - I SSlu. I The turbulence from the blast Morning, August 12 1945 mm HIairlbDini Appreadhi By HENRY LONDON," Aug. ll.-W-Russian . armored spearheads, in lightning 50-mile advances, burst across the. great Khingan mountain range in Western Manchuria today and broke into the river-cut valleys leading down of Harbin; Moscow, announced. The pile-driving Soviet smashes that have covered 155 miles Japs Report 70 Superf oris ippon A A SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1 l-UV The American Broadcasting com pany tonight quoted the Japanese Dome! agency as reporting almost 70 Superforts, fighter-escorted, at tacked Matsumaya, on the north west coast, of Shikokii, at 10 a. m. Sunday, Tokyo time. ' ' ". ' It was the first reported Super fort . attack since Japan's peace offer became known Friday night Icept for a mining operation that continued -until; the 1 early morning houra Saturday, : 7 The 28th : air1" f orCer "at . Guam Saturday announced j without ex planation that the 3-29s are not flying today." . f - Fifteen h Thunderbolt fighter planes escorted the Siiperforts, and the task force made! a "bombing and straffing attack on the city, said the Japanese Domel agency broadcast, which also was recorded by the FCC- I Domel added that five other Superforts : almost simultaneously operated over the coastal region of the same island, bordering on the Iyo Sea, and withdrew about noon. Fire Reaches MopUp Stage The Folic county fire has reach ed 'the patrol mop-up basis, the state forester's office announced Saturday, j No further trouble la expected in that area. On the east side" of the Tilla mook burn, which Includes" the area near the watershed of Forest Grove, the- fire was completely out and forestry assistants report" ed no signs .of smoke late Satur day. In the Hembree ridge area, on the south side of the fire lines, the " blaze ' was. still giving some trouble and fire crews were watch ing it closely, the office said. '. Owl camp? ar few inlles west of Galesereek on the ! Wilson river highway, was abandoned this week by forester and the base for supplies and equipment , moved back to .the Forest Grove and Tillamook headquarters, f BoGuiifo i on at Nagasaki was greater than at Hiroshima." ! : 5 Reconnaissance photographs showed -that "destruction at Hiro shima was greater, however. Gen eral Spaatx strategic command said 60 per cent of Hiroshima was destroyed; in the bombing -last Monday, f ... ;- ; Farrell did notlaTjcwtflfon the jncxeased -potency of the bomb'or its manufacture, size or weight nor on the comparative destruc tion handed the twv cities. : Post-bombing pictures of Naga saki showed a greatf crater where the bomb struck. No crater ap peared In the Ilircshima photo graphs. The Japanese claimed both missiles were dropped by parachute and that the Hiroshima bomb exploded before it struck the ground.', : t Spaatz suggested that the geog- ODutlb SaScfl B. JAMESON h to the Japanese war arsenal city I ! ' in two days tore through natural Japanese defenses in western Man churia in disregard of the ex change of peace notes between Japan and the allied nations. Moscow's third Japanese war bulletin revealed three Soviet far eastern armies had been thrown into the battle for Manchuria. Vet eran commanders of the European eastern front led the assault under supreme j command of . Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky, former Red army chief of staff." The three tank-tipped armies, breaking into Manchuria at least at five points along the mountain ous 2000-mile Manchurian frontier, were converging on Harbin from the west, ' north : and east in drives that threatened to cut off Japa nese '-armies in northern Man churia. '" i '. V'-'-f;- , ,: , ' - The Soviet advances brought hope of "quick liberation to many American prisoher of war camps in-Manchuria and this morning the Kharbarovsk radio called on Bed army men to fight with ex termination demanding the "merci less destruction of the enemy.' Contract Let For Nationals Battery Firm ; Work on the National Battery company's projected west saiem plant will be started immediately by Ed R. Viesko, contractor, suo- ceasful bidder for the factory re ported to cost around $80,000. A spur railroad built by A. R. Ford of Portland is nearly com pleted. 1 The new building, besides which an investment approxl mating $150,000 will be necesai-' tated for fitting and equipment, will-be of reinforced concrete cc4istniCthxrpartiauy two stories; 120 by 240 feet Other contracts will be let later. Eisenhower Arrives -In Russian Capital . MOSCOW, Aug, 11 Gen. Eisenhower and Marshal 'Georgi Zhukov arrived in Moscow today by plane and were greeted by a guard of honor parading across tha flag decorated airport. Xlisenhower's visit was described as a short pleasure trip at thi. in vitation of the soviet government. - Eisenhower Was accompanied by his son, IA. John Eisenhower. 1 to LeDudetr ;-&lbBoll3te raphy of the 1 two .cities would have a bearing on the results of the-'bombs. j , In any event, much of Naga saki's vast war" facilities ehip- ping, aircraft and steel Industries, rail, naval andother vital install lauons werej eiiner .xompieieiy wrecked, or heavily damaged?. Spaatz said the area of destruc tion in the built-up area ranged on. both sides of ' tne'TTrakami river for distance of two- miles, with a maximum width of seven- tenth of a mile. ' : - Included was the great 'Mitsu bishi steel plant, which produced 200,000 tons of Crushed a t e e products each: year and was source of naval torpedoes, - and the Mitsubishi-Urakami ordnance plant, which turned out 4800 aerial torpedoes annually. No. 119 4Lay That Pistol Down, Jap' Guam Hit Parade Tune GUAM, Sunday, Aug! 12-(ff) The announcer on the Guam radio station '' for the armed service broke into a musical program today to announce the Allies' conditional acceptance of Japan's surrender offer. When he. had completed his war bulletin, the musical pro gram was resumed. ! , I rLay' That Pistol. Down, Babe," blared the first selec tion. ' ' ' " Reconversion Promnts Recall Of Congress , J ;' , WASHINGTON, Aug. li.-UPh- Congress ' will cut short its vaca tion and reconvene probably .on September 4 to act on five major issues involved in a sudden change from war to .peaces j Tht dale wai decided on today at a conference of President Tru man and senate majority leader Barkley of Kentucky. House ma- ority leader McCormack in Massa chusetts, agreed, by telephone: , Barkley told reporters at the White House these subjects are to be taken up: . i-.--.-! 1. A bill to provide a maximum of $25 a week unemployment com pensation up to 28 weeks on a nationwide basis, the. federal gov ernment to supplement funds where- states do not provide such a scale. 2. Removing the surplus war property disposal task from the present 3-man board to a single administration. ? 3. The so-called full employment bill designed to link management, labor and government into a vast effort to provide perhaps as many as 60,000,000 jobs in peacetime. j 4. Decisions on what legislation might be needed to keep alive for a while those war agencies which still might have a. job to do. This too would contemplate perhaps the immediate abolition of those whose task could be considered ended. j 5. Reorganization of the govern ment set-up, merging a number of agencies within regular: depart ments are setting up others as Independent. j Churclies Slate United Service j plana for a union - thanksgiving service following receipt of infor mation of the end of the war have bee n announced by' the Salem Ministerial association. The serv ice will be held at 1p.m. at the First Methodist church' and Rev. Mark. Getzendaner of the Ameri can Lutheran church will he the speaker. The day when the service will be-held , depends upon the time tb Information is received. Rev. J. M. Gcodheart, ' chairman in charge said. If the information is received before 11 'o'clock this morning each church will trans form its regular morning service Into one of . special: thanksgiving and no union service will beiield. j If the Information is received at any time up to 6 pjtw Monday the service wmbe-heldat' o'clock.- Monday night. If after pjn. Monday and before the same time .Tuesday, then it wiabejield Nylons by Niew Year's ! -NEW YORK,-Aug. ll-(VNy Ions by New Year's is thepredic tion of Roy E.Tillea, president of the Gotham Hosiery Co.-.. i , Nylon hosiery will be back on store shelves about four and a half months after the release of that material by the government, TUles gaid. ' Pric 5c Nippons TuU Obedience Galled for; Ne vf Menaces Cited I " ,i ; .-. I v NEW YORK, Ang. Il-(-The Tckyf-Bewspaper Asa hi in an ar tide hi its Sunday, Aug. 12 edi tion called upon" all Japanese do hi or her part as his majes ty's subjects, in fullest obedience of the august wish of his majesty1 and to maintain national unity i orst comes to worst."! the Domel agency reported tonight in a wire less dispatch recorded by the FCC, The English-language dispatch beamed to the United States, quot ed Asahi's "top-column feature article' as saying that since the beghxdine of JaDanese hLstnrv "ibm Japanese nation has gone througn many an ordeal and kept growing oy courageously ov'trcomine such ordeals." , I By faithfully obeyins his mai- esty's august wish our people have always found a way out of suph crisesi Our ancestors ! have thus overcome many a national crises and handed dowh ti thmV ity Japan as she is now with he spirit and blood." At this point in the broadcast cl the article, the FCC reported, the transmission was interrupted.' "presumably because of technictl difficulties.", 4 ' vj I The transmission was resumed few, minutes later with the fol lowing continuation of the quota tion? i i i "The Soviet Union's abrunt dec laration of war on Japan, coupled with the United States' resort to atomic bombs, entailing the most atrocious mass slaughter of civil ians on a scale, unprecedented m human history has greatly inV tensified the gravest national cri sis. She stands at the' cross Toad whethexlpr.not she is able to main-' tain her unique national, policy and uphold the honor of the Jap anese race." -"t-.."! : i-' s i The newspaper said that all Jap anese must "face reality squarely with absolute calmness and witli the greatest courage." f .4.; ; "Closest compliance with the august wish of his majesty, hi complete -disregard for) one's own private selfish interest is the only source from which the nation can derive strength to live and re vive, j carrying on their undyinsi national tradition," the article said.. I t- MobUe Blood Bank's Visits Are Cancelled The -apparent approach of V-J day brought an announcement oiv. Saturday that . the Red Crocs mobile blood bank no longer will visit Salem, at least until further notice. The hank has been appear- , ing regularly here each Tuesday. Notification of the withdrawal of such . facilities was received by . Milton Meyers, chairman' of the Marion county blood donors proj ect, from Washington, j -' . . " i . Nearly 25,000 pints have been obtained through the Salem bank. which has drawn on Linn, Lincoln and other counties, as well as Marion. '.''..'" -f- .' -,'"-' Salem's own contribution baa totalled . JB.151 pints. There are 240 members of the Gallon club In this area. ','-'..'. ' l' : . t v Visits to Mt. Angel ! netted the mobUe bank 1178 pints. SUvertonn ' 750 pints, Woodbura 43S pints, St. Paul S9 pints. ' t . on Rejection Stories Branded f AsRumorbyOWI WASHINGTON, Aug. lMffj The office I of war Information tonight issued the i following statementr ;.. v ' ' x". f rarious rumors jthat the t w?rfi 1 cnmmimlraftnn. mix. Iniisjsjon has Kcbrdci a ToTyo oroaacait, or a wnungKing broadcast qua ting Tokyo, to the effect that-Japan has rejected Allied- 'surrender ' 'terms are without foundation. -The FCC has recorded no such broadcast. '"Another report,, to the ef fect that the Japanese war min ister has called on Japanese forces to continue the fight, ap pears to be a garbled version of "an appeal he issued to. the troops yesterday ' three hours before ' Domei transmitted its surrender cfter to the United StatA 1 v