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The Japanese broadcasts to
their own people betray a- deep
fear in the minds of the overlords.
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,
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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. -
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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.
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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
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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
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Major Tidkan Quisling, en trial
for treason in Norway, pleads
innocent te charges' that he ac
cepted geld from Hitler, yester
day.- I
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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. . -
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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.'
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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 ' .
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