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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1945)
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The appeals to the people to rally behind the emperor, to ac cept the ' orders of his "august majesty," to bow to the burdens now imposed on them, and to pre serve order all tend to reveal the psychology of the ruling class and its apprehension over the reaction when the Japanese people learn the true "facts of life, - The Japanese have , been de ceived all through the war. Their press and radio broadcast the of ficial communiques telling from time to time that the American fleet ; was sunk. They ; withheld news of American victories until they had to admit them. Up to the last there were the promises, empty as we knew, of ultimate Victory. When the Japanese people learn the truth, will they rise in rebel lion and throw out their evil rulers? Will they revert under the sting of defeat and the pangs of hunger to disorder verging ion an archy? Evidently the overlords fear trouble. Hence they are tout Ing the emperor as the divine be ing who must be obeyedi They feel if they can put over the em peror's will that they 'Will be ' spared the 'vengeance which the loeome might righteously visit upon them for their misdeeds. The premier Prince Higashi Kunl adds his voice to the other appeals, asking the people to "maintain strict , discipline and equanimity in the face of the current situation." This indeed is : a test of the ability of the Japs , to undergo discipline and main tain, equanimity. If there were any sort of leadership the people might turn in revolt and such a purge is needed in Japan. It will be unfortunate if our yielding to the emperor myth prevents the internal political and social re . organization which seems neces sary for japan's emergence from Its condition of modernized feu dalism, a primitive nobility sys tem to which has been engrafted western capitalism, HaUtoUSOat r' V , on The American Legion will lease Its hall to the USO for $250 a month, retroactive to August I, with the proviso that the. legion will use the building after pjn. each Monday, under terms of a contract announced yesterday. The contract, drawn for - the legion by Attorney Eraxier Small, was accepted in its original form with the exception that the legion 'wiH not have the option to pur chase certain equipment which is owned by the national, not . the local, USO. The lease is for .the duration and six months. ; ' After 6 pjn. each Monday, vis itors seeking USO facilities will have access to the YMCA. The USO will continue to pay,' for the Legion hall upkeep. The USO took over the Legion quarters late in 1942 through lease from the government, but the cen ter became community-operated1 under the local USO In November of last year.' Since resuming full time work In July, the USO has been on a month to month lease basis... George P. Lilley Named Commission Chairman . PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 20. (Special)-Gov. Earl Snell Monday named George P. Lilley to the chairmanship of the Oregon liquor . control - commission, . to succeed Paul Crooks, who resigned recent ly.. Under the rotating system of selecting chairman, the senior member of the commission is rec ommended to the governor for the chairmanship so that each member will serve one year as chairman. Lilley will serve for the remainder of the fiscal year. - Animc! Crethcrs ty WARREN GOODRICH ' OiietaSnll "Art yctf ggrioai Legion Leases mm thlv 9 Jap Delegation! Leaves Plane TV -X S ..b Members ( IS-man Jap surrender arrangement delegation file oat ef C-54 transport on arrival at Manila from Ie Shima. CoL Lee Dawson,' U. 8. field commander, Js leading party followed by Lt. Gen. Taka shlro Kawabe, vice chief Jap Imperial staff. Others unidentified.! (AP wtrephote from signal corps via radio from Manila. i- I " : I - Ml' I , Department of Agriculture, j V.S. Army Asked to Help j Avert Huge Loss in Beans Urgent efforts to obtain at least 1000 additional bean pickers to avert a loss of 40 per cent of the Willamette valley bean crop were made in appeals' through Gov. Earl Snell to Secretary j of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; and Cen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, last night. I j i - Si! A loss of approximately $750,000 is anticipated by the growers in the Salem area alone unless help is forthcoming before' Wednesday, it , was asserted by W. G. Nibler, county agent, after a meeting of the special transpor tation committee of the Canners association and leading growers with Salem Chamber of Commerce officials - "We'desire to point out that can ners and growers . planned this year's pack on the basis of 50 per cent being contracted for purchase ; by the army service forces, and the remaining fifty .per cent 'for increased civilian demand,' a pre pared Joint Statement asserted. "In former jears . approximately the tame -acreage has been harvested in this area. The complacency - of our; civilian population makes it impossible to recruit sufficient la bor to harvest this crop at a time when the food is so urgently need ed. L.' A. .Warner, president of the chamber of commerce, urged work ers, idle because of the paper mill fire, and others released from war jobs to immediately volunteer their help. Fred Wolf, coordinator for the Canners committee, reported un-j usually high earnings in the bean yards.. One youth, he reported, had earned $15 before S p. m. A girl had ' earned $12. Family groups were earning from $20 to $30. See page 10 for further valley harvest details. Holiday Labor Premium WASHINGTON, Ang. SOv-iffH War workers who stayed on the Job last1 Wednesday and Thurs day while a big part of the coun try celebrated Japan s surrender received assurance today of "pre mium pay", for their labors. ; President Truman issued an ex ecutive order adding , those two days to an earlier list of six holi dayi for which war workers must be paid time . and -..one-half for hours actually worked. Blaze hr v ion Of Manchuria Nears Finish ! LONDON, - Aug. 20-(iP-Russian roops rolled into the great Man- churteri Cities of ;Hsinklriff ,;'Muk den and Harbin today and Mos cow indicated that Japan's stolen empire a vast country of 503,013 square mile and more than 39,- 000.000 people had been almost entirely occupied by the red army. All organized warfare appeared to have ceased In Manchuria and thousands of Japanese ; troops were being rounded up. , , f Hslnklng. the Japanese puppet capital i of Manchuria, capitulated on the! 11th day of the fighting. Mukden, Manchuria's old capital, and Harbin, a big Industrial cen ter, i also surrendered as three soviet armies ' closed In over Man churia 1 from the west, east and north and joined airborne troops in the key cities. It j was possible that the entire occupation of Manchuria and proclamation of the end of the war row might be announced tomor- In, an order of the day from Generalissimo Josef Stalin, 35 ! Icelandic Brides Depart for New Home REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 20 fJP.l Th IT S. nairr vessel r.lS carrying 33 1 Icelandic brides of American military personnel and 22 of their children left here to day! for New York where it Is expected tol arrive in about a week. 'I -r;. f . Altogether 130 Icelandic girls have married Americans stationed here - during i the war and 39 of these brides have already receiv ed free passage to the United States. . T -. , )iU ".-tt neauccupat Causes! Serious Damage to Pulp at Manila t mT TT mwL owers Draft Quotas x For September , WASHINGTON, Aug. 2(HV The navy, clearing its decks for demobilization and ' return to peacetime status, cut its Septem ber selective service requisitions by 9000 today and said it hopes soon to start recruitment of volun teers. Announcing the 'cut at a news conference, Vice-Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of the bureau of per sonnel, said the new September total of 13,000 includes 10,000 for the navy instead of 17,000 origin ally requested . and 3000 for the marine corps instead of an origi nal 5000 figure. The- coast guard, at peak strength nowhad no Sep- f&2M?iZ?- f.iif:T tt!T.avyTf;--- has . asked President Truman to revoke a ban on recruitment of volunteers in the It ,to 2S age bracket for the navy.. The first of an estimated 327,000 personnel Immediately, 'eligible for discharge under the ftayy demo bilization program announced last week already j art enroute home, Admiral Jacobs said Five separn tion centers already are in oper ation and 13 others will be opened by September 15. - . The 1 navy expects to release from 1,500,000 to 2,500,000 within the next 12 to lt months. cm ese Strife Grows CHUNGKING, I Aug. 20 -iff) Chinese j communist and- govern ment troops were credibly report ed today to have clashed in north China while Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek appealed again to com munis t leaders to come to Chung king to settle differences peacej fully, i : Theses developments in China's tension-packed political crisis came amid demands and counter- demands that civil war be avert ed. The commuiusts yesterday de clared the thnat of widespread hostilities was grave. : ? Chiang sent an urgent message to Communist Leader Gen. Mae Tze-Tung in Yenan, urging him to reconsider his refusal to jour ney to Chungking to discuss i peaceful settlement. ' Salem turned out i,t Sunday ' fire which desCci-rw fuel bin and ; wood room of th Oregon Palp tt Paper company, and badr damaged the digea 1 . ter building. Te the left the latter build- Inr is shown bsrclrXi j and above Is a picture ef Its blazing roof. The weed room te the rear, already, had burned ' when the victor was taken. At right Is one ef the six digesters - from arovnd which the frame strmcture was burned. Less was expected ii approximate a quarter ef a million dollars. (Statesman and ZXcHwan photos' i - Rire Halts Output At Mill Clearing -away of debris from the spectacular fire at the Ore gon Pulp "it Paper company wag proceeding rapidly today while company officials laid plans for rebuilding and ra resumption of operations at -the earliest possible date. 5 ' There; was no official approxi mation of damage from the blaze. which broke out in the plant s wood room shortly after 4:30 pjn. Sunday, but unofficial estimates ran! to $250,000 and upward. Work of all three shifts at the plant have been halted temporarily, involv ing more than 500 men. I Fanned by Brick Wind A brisk wind whipped the blaze to dangerous proportions within a few minutes after sparks from a welding torch in the-wobd room set off a dust explosion, and the plant's fuel bin and wood room, including entry chutes from the river, saws and chopper, were be yond Hope within a few minutes. The fire spread quickly to the three story frame digester build ing housing six digesters, but a stubborn three-and-a-half hour battle halted the conflagration be fore' it destroyed the entire strue ture. It was estimated most of the digesters could be salvaged. The blaze also was stopped short of the main building housing proc essing and converting machinery, as i well as the acid and bleach plant" ! '. -"! . . Chlerne Breoghi Oat ' ' "-The tank cars of chlorine on f the "plant's sidings were hauled to while Hionlng embers were falling from the roof of the digester plant far above. Three freight cars load ed with supplies were destroyed. Several smaller fires were start ed: hundreds of yards away from the main blaze, so high was the wind, ' but all were controlled quickly except those at a small shed and storage bin to the south, which partially burned. Had the wind been In the opposite direc tion, several other industries In cluding! the" Spaulding Lumber yard would have been even more seriously menaced. As it was, the wind made fire-fighting doubly difficult by hampering ; water streams from hoses. 1 All firemen Called. .., All available firemen were' called, and all but one city truck kept outside of the fuVzone for use in I emergency were brought Into play. Scores of military po licemen from Camp Adair helped firemen and also aided local po lice in directing traffic, maintain ing oder and ? corralling the crowds out of the danger zones. .The i flames were kept from reaching sulphur stores, the Ignit ing of Which would have sent out huge quantities, of noxious gas. - Thousands of persons thronged the business area to witness the blaze, attracted by the huge smoke clouds thrown ' up before the flames broke Into the open. ' Douglas Armstrong, plant su perintendent, said re-opening of the industry was dependent the extent of .damage and the availa bility of materials both for recoa- 1 structlon and for processing. - It 1VK11; Operations T Pulp rno I. - - OnTrial Major Tidkan Quisling, en trial for treason in Norway, pleads innocent te charges' that he ac cepted geld from Hitler, yester day.- I QuislingPleads Innocent on Bribe TV OSLO, Aug. 20-iAT-A sensa tional charge that Maj. Vidkun Quisling planned the Nazi inva sion of Norway and received gold from Hitler for betraying his country marked the opening today of the treason trial of the former puppet premier. Quisling, visibly shaken by the accusation, .rose from his seat and muttered weakly "Thaf a - n o t true.- . . - Trying desperately to control himself. Quisling assweredthat he always considered Germany Nor way's most dangerous threat ; 1 am the savior!' of Scanda navia," he said. 1 am the martyr of Norway.- ' -' - ' i ' With sudden emotion, Quisling added: By appeasing , the . Ger mans In Norway X stopped them from attacking Norway.- As the trial opened the prosecu tion disclosed that testimony; Is now being taken in Germany and will be introduced 14 court from Hermann Goering, I Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, Joachim von Ribben troop and other high ranking Nazis themselves awaiting War crimes trials. ' i Situation on Tires Still Termed Tight' The Salem war price and ra tioning board said Monday it had been notified that the tire situa tion remained pretty tight," and that applications must be signed by employers or transportation companies for which applicants are working. Plant area ; .boards have been abolished and all ap plications now go through the ra tion board Itself, it was announ ced.;::. - . I . -".r ' i was anticipated that pulp manu factured elsewhere f m I g h t be shipped in temporarily, some from Washington and some perhaps from the Scandanavlan countries. . Nils Terren, general manager of the company, said the loss was entirely-covered by insurance. . - Halted 1 V 1 :v:-- -.v:-:;.-:--,:-,----. , , Count 6mm . IhioDiiill: By Russell MANILA, Tuesday, AugrJ thur announced today that within ten days he would dictate) surrender articles in Japan, where he will go quickly at the head of powerful army navy, The Japanese emissaries Hminary arrangements for the ences here with Mac Arthur's Tokyo Monday afternoon. At transferred front an American surrender planes, one section night when its craft rolled into a , ' ditch. , ' The chief delegate, Lt Gen. Takashiro 'Kawabe, went in the first plane, which left Ie at 6:40 p. m. yesterday and presumably now is in . .Tokyo. The second plane, after an all-night checkup by American experts, was allowed to proceed at 8:40 a. m. today. Japanese headquarters later re ported to MacArthur by .radio that the first plane had landed at Tokyo at 8:30 a. m. today (Japan ese time) after being delayed by engine trouble which "necessita ted a forced landing at an un scheduled point The sky-filling American air fleets, the landing troops and the allied naval armada scheduled to move speedily into Japan will be alerted for any emergency as they approach the shores of that seeth ing country. The Japanese notified MacAr thur officially that they were keeping- forces under arms at home for the maintenance of or der, and the Tokyo radio warn-- ed that many of the Japanese mil itary might forcibly resent the occupation. ; ,. ..- A headquarters spokesman said Hut for the present a Technical state of truce", existed, and until the allied entry into Japan no formal surrender would be signed. It was Indicated the signing would take place in or near the ruined capital of Tokyo. MacArthur did not deign to see the Japanese delegation person ally. Council Votes To Postpone Talk on Meters Salem' city council voted last night to postpone consideration of city parking meters for 30 days, granted a street vacation and three zoning changes. , Councilman Gille opened the discussion on the parking meters after petitions in opposition with hundreds of signers had been pre sented. He summarized accumu lated Information on parking pro blems of cities comparable in size to Salem and voiced his belief that parking meters were the so lution. " ' - ' ' , -. -r : He expressed the opinion that full Information should be pre sented and made the motion for postponement : Gille also led a small minority In opposing vacation of a small portion of Bellevu street The vacation was granted by a vote of eight to five. : i Zoning changes included one ought by the Dairy Co-op, and one on Chemeketa street where a bakery is now operated and ex tension of facilities are desired; Removal of a tree in Bellevue street was referred to the street committee on objection of the at- toraey for an adjoining property owner. ' ; ! The military police furnished Invaluable aid in handling traffic at the fire Sunday and probably saved lives when . they helped move the carload of chlorine. This was the statement of Councilman G. T. Chambers last night in mak ing a motion that a letter citing the unselfish work of the MPs be sent to the commander ef the Ninth service command at Fort Douglas; Utah. ; The motion'! as adopted by the council directed Mayor L MDoughton to write the letter to the commander. D2 GAULLE DUE nESE ; , PARIS, Tuesday, Aug. gl.-ftfV Gen. DeGaulle left by plane at midnight last night (1 p. m. PWT) for Washington and a scheduled conference tomorrow with Presi dent Truman.' ErOCQJCSlF to Brines 21-(AP)Genral MacAr and air forces. j of capitulation, who made pre allied occupation in confer subordinates, left by air for Ie Island, where they were transport to their twojwhit of the party was delayed over French to Pay U.S. Soldiers Monthly Bonus WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-h The French government will pay a "subsidy" to members' of the"1 United States armed farces in France, amounting ta 850 trance a month, beginning on Sept 1. It is estimated that this amount -about $17 - - will double the ser vicemen's "take-home" or "pock ef money. j , In effect, the move amounts tq a revaluation of the French frane as far as service personnel ar concerned. -,.,--'-v : .- j 1 The : payments which " treasury officials say. ii- made outright to the United Slates government, ty France is free and dear; of any further obligations. Is 'entirely apart from lend lease and, will cot become a debt to France. i This payment is a plan of the former Secretary ef the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. He had work ed on it for months after numer ous complaints were received that the American serviceman was be ing forced to pay exorbitant pri ces for entertainment presents Ve send home and small luxury Items. Coast Periled ; By Blaze Jump NEHALEM, Orel, Aug. t0.-(f)-Coastal resort residences in this area and of nearby Battersoit were threatened tonight by flame which jumped the Nehalem rive, from the Tillamook forest fire. , A strong breeze sent the Games racing three miles beyond the riv er toward the coast In one of the worst days for the fighters in the sector. " , ' : -. - ' Humidity , rating was at 9 per cent at about the lowest point on record, and despite crews using? fire equipment the flames pushed steadily toward the coast Foresters said no homes have been burned, but fighters fougb$ around several houses to save them.1 '.' 5 Countries to Sign Document WASHINGTON,- Aug. JlO.-iffK Five countries In addition to the four major Pacific allies have been invited to have military rep resentatives at the Japanese sur render ceremony, the . state de partment said today. j ? The wording of the announce ment however, made It clear that representatives of the five nations - - France, : Australia, j Canada, New Zealand, and The Nether lands - - will not actively partici pate In the surrender, but will be only observers. The active par ticipants -will be the United States, Russia, Britain and China. Added Billion Needed To Aid Foreign Nations ; WASHINGTON, Aug. ! 20.-flV" Congress will be asked to provide another billion dollars :j to fight starvation and disease In war-torn foreign nations, Chairman Bloom (D-NY) of the house foreign af fairs committee said today. - , . He' told newsmen. La vUl urge the committee to give tbe money to the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration foe use as it sees fit ' . DecSi(nl; ays ri X
