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" TOKYO SeptV lICffTiglitefting the 'occupation grip on
Japan, General MacArthur today ordered 40 important Japanese
held for questioning. -V ;.: - .v - . .
Ten members of the cabinet which helped the former dic
tator plunge Nippon, into war with the Vnited States were
among the ,1; ranking personages
ordered detained.
Should any of the 40 be accused
as war criminals, they would be
subject to court martial proceed
ings, a procedure which General
MacArthur has specified for all
such suspects.
Steady expansion of the occu
pation zones continued. It was
announced that twq more landings
would be made shortly. The UJS.
81st infantry division was sched
uled to go ashore at Aomori,
northern Honshu, about Sept. 23.
A few days later the U.S. 77th
infantry division and the ninth
corps headquarters will land at
Otaru, on Hokkaido, the northern
most home island.
Demonstrations meanwhile
broke out in Seoul, the Korean
capital, with? Koreans protesting
the American announcement that
Japanese officii! J would be left
in office to carry out directives
of Lt Gen. John R. Hodge, com
manding the occupation . forces
there. - ' f; - . - : :;fv...
MacArthurs directive ordering
important ! Nipponese - political,
army and navy figures into cus
tody included LL Gen. Masahara
Homma, Japanese' commander in
the KulippIntiT Tlomma was re
sponsible for the "death march"
from Bataan. ' '. "' " r
Others, a headquarters- spokes
man said, were Jose Laurel, pup
pet president of the Philippines;
Jorge Vargas,, puppet ambassador
to Japan; Beinrich Stahmer, Ger
man ambassador to Japan, and
Pratap Mahendra, president of
the "Aryan army, Indian pro-
Japanesc.organization.
Strength carries responsibility.
It also carries risk.
The Vnited States has attained
strength. It has assumed world
wide responsibilities. But its po
sition in the world is by no means
secure. ' :
The German people believed it
was the United States which turn
ed the scale against them in the
first world war. They know whit
our weight did in this war, how
we furnished their enemies with
the smews' of war and how we
Hbuilt up armies which broke thej
western front and - the Siegfried
line. They will long remember the
- damage .. wrought by -American
bombers, particularly in the Feb
ruary raids on Berlin. f
The Japanese will long be very
bitter against the United States
They know that China alone could
not have saved itself. They prob
ably feel that they could have
kept Russia at bay in Manchuria
for good many years. They will
long remember the destruction of
their cities by fleets of Americaa
airplanes. And they will never
forget the loosing of atomic bombs
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ;.
We will be blind if we do. not
realize that we have built up zones
of resentment which long will
seek outlet Now we are the vic
tor and the humbled Japanese are
forced to listen to orders from
General MacArthur. Let the ties
; of alliances shift let new involve
ments occur and 'these people
might quickly seek revenge.
: The peace settlements do not
contemplate destruction of the
German people or of the Japanese
Retaining their national identity,
even though reduced, they . will
cherish hatreds and ambitions.
- It becomes necessary for this
country, therefore, to maintain
military strength, and to promote
scientific research so we will no
be caught by some secret weapon.
Likewise we must pay more at
tention, to our international pol
icies, making sure that hostile
combinations arc, not-erected a
; gainst this country. For example
an axis of Russia-Japan-Ger
many-Latin America would be
formidable opponent, especially if
- equipped with long range bomb-
- era, rockets, atom bombs. .
Cromwell's rule Is still good, to
trust God and keep our powder
dry.
Aitimzl Crcchcrs
By WAJSEN GOODRICH I
Canneries Call
For More Help
Four hundred men and 400
women are needed in Salem can
neries this week to save tons of
fruit from spoilage, the Salem
canners committee announced
Tuesday.
Prunes which began to pour in
Tuesday from valley orchards al
ready are glutting the docks of
food-packing plants. Some will
work Victory shifts and so can
use part-time help of persons em
ployed during the day. '
Persons interested in learning
where their services can best be
offered may call the UJS. employ
ment service office, 9287, or his
residence, 8771, Dr. Egbert S. Oli
ver, spokesman for the canners'
committee, said.
FINNS TO INVESTIGATE
IIELEINKI, Sept 11 -P)-; The
Finnish parliament passed tonight
the government measure for the
trial and punishment of those con
sidered responsible for Finland's
war with Russia beginning in 1941,
Fried Chicken Awaits
Deshazer's Return -A I
Sgt Jacob Peshazer, who told
his 'mother by telephone this
week that he jwanted fried
chicken when he got home to
Salem,, left Washington, D.C,
by army plane at 1:52 pan.,
western J time, Monday. The
Doolittle. flyer wis expected to
land .at ja j northwestern army
alrbase. f ;S f
The chicken and frying pan
are ready, Mrs. Hulda Andrus,
Deshazer's mother, said. ;jr '
Ratiouiu.
Of
CongressSets
Hearing on
Demobilization
WASHINGTON, Sept ll.-VPh
Congress, luhder fire to get the
boys back; home faster, undertook
today to divert some of the heat
to army and navy leaders. '
The senate military committee
invited general of the armies
George C. Marshall and Fleet Ad
miral Ernest J. King to come to
ine capitoi tomorrow ana explain
their demoblizaticjn plans. Mar
shall. however, is put of town and
will be called upon his return.
Bolstering sentiment for public
hearings was a Agar department
report that the army totaled 8,-
050,000 on September 1, a net; re
duction from a year earlier of
53,000. ! i i
The red-hot issue! produced these
other developments during the
day; V , i iij r. j . . j
U Chairman May (D-Ky) of the
house military committee urged
his colleagues to be "discreet and
temperate", in their demands ifor
demobilization. i ' :-
2. The Wat department disclos
ed that the army has started thin
ning out its war-swollen ranks of
1600 generals. 1
S. Rep. Dirksen (R-Ill) proposed
a system of f indefinite furloughs"
to release I eligible I army menj in
advance or their formal discharge.
Soloris to End
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WASHCfciTON,
Sept 11 -P)-
Wartime will be abolished as of
Sept 30, congress leaders decided
today. '
The house: interstate committee
voted- without, dissent for a. bill
to end "fast" thnej at 2 a. m.j on
that date -a Sunday.
Senators;; ; said jBimilar action
would be taken on their side of
the capital soon and there seemed
little doubt j that both chambers
would approve thej bilL
WORLD'S iFADl PROPOSED
PORTLAND, Ore Sept ll.-m
An AFL labor council today pro
posed that Portland hold a world's
fair. The suggestion was made by
a member hot the AFL central' la
bor council, ; which earmarked it
for investigation, j . " ' -
STAGE ROUTE TP OPEN
ALBANY, Sept ll.-(ff)-VaUey
Motor Stages Willi begin: regular
routes between Sweet Home and
Halsey within a few days. ;. j
Cheese
AbftlisHed
Officials Confer, '
OntTemiinatipn
Points for Meat
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WASHINGTON, ! Sept 11-V-
The government made all cheese
ration-free today as top-flight food
offjdals conferred on the possibil
ity of ah early termination of
meat rationing.
The ration point value of all
varieties of cheese was reduced
to zero effective at 12:01 a. m.
Wednesday. This action had the
technical effect of keeping cheese
on the ration list but officials
said it undoubtedly signified the
end of rationing of this commod
ity. An order formally ending ra
tioning may be issued very soon.
The cheese action,' announced
jointly by the agriculture depart
ment and ; the office of price ad
ministration, came as acting sec
retary of agriculture J. B. Hutson
and OP A; chief Chester .Bowles
went over the meat supply situa
tion. ' I ' i . '. Y -
A spokesman for Hutson em
phasized that no decision was
made. Some announcement of
plans may be made, however, soon
after secretary of agriculture An
derson returns to bis office, prob
ably Wednesday, i - f
Lease Settled i
The Salem USO lease, subject
for negotiation the past three
months, has been accepted by both
USO and Capital post No. 9, Ame
rican Legion owner of the hall
used as a servicemen's club. Clif
ford Cunningham,! associate re
gional army-navy YMCA USO di
rector, here from Seattle to meet
with Legion and USO represents
tives, announced the settlement of
the lease terms Tuesday after
noon, i '-';!
Under the agreement amicably
reached, Cunningham said, the
Legion will retain exclusive use of
the hall Monday nights, time, of
its regular; meeting.
Former Judge
Loses Qaim
The state supreme court, up
holding the opinion of Circuit
Judge H.4C Hanna of Jackson
county, decided that Earl H. Fehl,
former Jackson county judge has
no claim against that county for
$12,000. J - - !
Fehl, who was elected county
judge of Jackson county in 1932,
and a few months later removed
from office after conviction in
ballot theft case, contended that
he was duly - elected and should
be paid for the full' term.
. The supreme court "held that he
was removed legally and that he
performed no services to the. state.
He spent part of that time in pris
on and later In the state hospital.
Tried to Take Easy Way Out
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TOKYO, Wednesday, Stpt. 12. (AP)-rHidekl ToK
given another Mood. transfnsion still was given belter than
a 50-50 chance today to surrire his suicide attempt - an4
thus possibly face trial as a war 'Criminal. ; . t
Penicillin was being; used in large quantities.
" ! The man who as Japan's war premier helped enginetr
the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was resting; easily ai
9 a. mv today, nearly 17 hoars after he shot himself at his
home while American officers stood outside to arrest hint
for questioning. ... '-----,. ;:.;;':'' - 4 '
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main obstacle in his recovery. , ' ,
The one-time premier, who shot
himself at 4:13 p. in. at his sub
urban home, groaned repeatedly ,
"I want to die, I want to die.
l aid not want to .stand oeiore
the victor to-be tried as the van
quished. This is my own case. I
wanted to kill myself at one
stroke. 2 first, thought of using
my sword to kill myself, but in
stead I used the revolver for fear
Z might fail and survive.,, r
He was still alive at 11 p. m.
(Tokyo time) and American doc-
tors said be had better than, an
even chance; to survive.
Johnson said that Tojo doubt
lessly intended to kill himself
quickly, but that -the gun was
slightly misaimed. The bullet
went through his body.
(Additional Details- on Page 1)
Salem School
Heat System
ort
Japan's Ex-Premier Hldeki Tojo is. given a better than even chance
te live by American doc ten, after bugling a suicide attempt
yesterday. r '' :t :,-: '
By SaDemra SoflcUieir
I
i There Is no doubt about it Oregon (and partknlarly valley)
ervieemen get right in the thick ef thiags. ' ' 4
; The Utest la PFC Eld W. McCmney, tea ef Mr. amd Mrs.
John MeCuUey ef 1155 Nebraska st, Saleso, who figre ta the
a a i aji m Am - , .
worlds Diggess news sieryseoay as enc u aefj
wree men wno earnea lonner rremier iiideu
Tojeien stretcher. " p.;'"T;
1 Tojo, as front-pared the aatloa ever, tried te
commit suicide or maybe did.! Anyway, Private
McCalley was right there at the war-lord's sur-
borban home near Tokyo, and the Associated r
Press correspondent ea the ; ieene watched t as
he helped cart off the bleeding Nipponese to'anl
American field hoopltaLl. . : I
asccauey, za, u a veteran of more tnaa a year
land a half inline service. He trained in Texas. PFC MeCaUey
LastjApril he won a citation for bravery in the landing of the
first cavalry la the Philippines as a member of a military police
platoon. He later went to Japan with the same outfit. He isNa
1949 gradoate of Salem high school, a former employe, of Oregon
Pulp A: Paper, and baa a four-year-old. daughter in Salem. ;
fTwas graad news," his family agreed when they read the
AP dispatch. ; , . I : V-, ; J , i: ;
Members of the- Salem school
board Tuesday night heard a re
port by Sidney Hayslip, Portland,
the boards consulting architect.
on the advisability of a central
heating plant for Parrish Junior
high, Salem high school and the
proposed athletic stadium.
Hayslip told the school board
that the heating and electrical ex
perts; he had consulted said that
nothing could be done, about the
problem of furnace noises un
derneaUV the high school stage;
the Parrish heating system must
be replaced next year; there can
be no expansion . of the Salem
high school's present heating sys
tem.
Age Case Considered
Supt Frank B. Bennett asked
the board to consider the case of
m vuiiu wuu wui ue six yean oiu Three 5 brigadier . generals today
o k .Kn & - - - it ... . m - is &u j r
i. b. himw i9. una i ave . eyewitness accounts of a
whose father had requested the. brutal beating given General Jona-
Doara.xo waive tne November uhan wainwriirhiL hm nf rfir.
deadline and allow -the child to regidor," by ! a ; Japanese prison
axiena scnooi xms year, eoara guard. ;The generals were among
members reaffirmed - Its present a group ct 29 'liberated prisoners
inmty to unwum uie una v nu- WBo arrived by plane today.
mgnt wovemoer- la, aaynig tnaxi on. J. p: Vachon. Seat.
n ma excfTJuon was maae in .one uj Wash told of seeing General
ease,: they would have to consider wainwright hit four times by
oxners oi a sunuar nature. - j3nan. nrivate. Ha was hit m
The board also voted a reason-1 hard he staggered back about 10
able sum toward the improve- feet.
ment of the junior high schools' The officers said they received
vocational shops. - I their most brutal . treatment, at
a 1 camp - in Karenko, Formosa,
where they were constantly slap
BOARDS TO CLOSE 1
PORTLAND, Sept 11. A
district OPA official: said today
he expected only 25 ration boards
to be left in Oregon by the year's
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TUKKST DROP SEEN - 1
PORTLAND, J Sept.
drop in the turkey market, now
held . high by. government pur
chases, Was predicted in the hv
dustry ;today. '. - j
Fori Hoskins to he
Honored at launching
" PORTLAND, - Sept. 11 -Ph A
16-500-ton tanker honoring Fort
Hoskins, old Indian,: patrol fort
erected 15 miles northwest of Cor-
vallia in 1838, will be launched at
Swan. Island shipyard tomorrow.
The vessel, 145th of Its type
built at Swan Island, is among
five remaining oh the yard ways.
Aiirmniaini Jn Accomdlainjce WSIhi Lavj
.IcmaTkcbU memory, m-
d" 3t is's fcrzzilen vchtrt
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept ll-(ff-
The beheading of an Australian
airman by a Japanese garrison
commander at Salamaua. New
Guinea, so sickened a Japanese
aoldier nhat X feel a surge of pity
and turn my eyes away," he wrote
in his diary. ' ' - "'.
The feeling was short-lived,
however, for the Japanese added
The savageness which I felt is
gone and I feel nothing but the
true . compassion of Japanese
bududo.' . J :
-The -diary waa quoted, hx.iull
tonight by .the Shepparton radio,
Australia, "and recorded by .the
federal -communications commis-
sion. . " , , . - ; .
Wlih slight unhnportant . dele
tions the diary follows:
Airmen Captured .
-On March 23, 1943, all four of
us were-taken In front of the
headauarters at 1500 hours (S
Djn.) One of the . two members
cf ee crew ef the plane which
was shot down by ack-ack on the
18th " and Iwho has been under
cross-examination by the seventh
base force loir some, days has been
returned to the Salamaua garrison
and it has-been decided to kill
him. Our commander told us per
sonally that' in accordance with
the . compassionate sentiments ; of
Japanese Bushido he . was going
to kul the; prisoner himself with
his favorite sword. - t- 'ft
"So we fathered to observe it.
The prisoner, who Was at the side
of the guardhouse! was given his
last drink' of water there. ,The
chief medical officer and the
headquarter's platoon commander
came out of the' officers Hent
wearing their swords. The time
has come. The prisoner with his
hands bound ' and his - long hair
now cut very closfe marches for
ward. He probably suspects what
is afoot but he is more composed
than -1 thought ' be - would be.
VTithout more adci he is put on
j:
the truck and we set out for our
destination.! . . I
Told of Death .
In a little over 20 minutes wt
arrive - at : our destination. - The
commander stands up and says to
the prisoner, We are now going
to km you. lie tells the prisoner
that In accordance with Japanese
BushidO he will be killed with a
Japanese sword and that he .will
have two or three minutes grace.
He listan with, bowed, head- ;The
prisoner says few words in a
low - voice. ';- Apparentiy he wants
to be killed with lone -stroke of
the sword, for I hear him say the
word, 'one.' The commander be
comes tense; his face stiffens; he
replies Yes. i ; ..." !; i .
Now the time has come. .The
prisoner is made to kneel on the
back of a bomh. crater filled with
water. He's apparently resigned.
The precaution is taken of sur
rounding him with guards with
, fixed baronets. Cut he remains
calm; he even stretches out bis
neck; ! he is very brave.
Pity Shewn
"When , I put myself In the
prisoner's place and think that in
one more minute it will, be good
bye tin this world, although, the
daily, bombing has filled me with
hate, 1 ordinary :; human feelings
makes me pity him. T f
Th9 commander has drawn his
favorite sword, ; the sword -which
be showed us at the observation
postIL tierx ia ihe Htt and
sends a ; cold : shiver . down Jry
spine, i He touches the prisoner's
neck lightly wi'i the back 'of thf
blade, i then raises it - above : bis
head with both, arms and brings
it down with a sweep. I have
been standing with my muscles
tense j but in " that moment X
closed my eyes.' - - j
Details Described
- "Suddenly, the sound of blood
spurting from j the . arteries it
sounds' as though some thing wa
tery bis been cut; the body fills
forward; the head, detached from
the trunk, rolls in front of them;
the dark blood gushes out. All is
over: the head is dead white like
a dolT. . The aayageness which
felt only a Utile while ago la gone
and I feel nothing but the true
compassion of Japanese Bushido.
- The senior: corporal laughs
loudly, c Then a superior of the
medical unit takes the chief med
ical officer's Japanese sword, and
intent .a--paying of? old scores
turns- the . headless body on : its
back, end cuts the abdomen open
wtih "ne -clean stroke. -They are-f
thick skinned, these Ittto,' that is
'hairy foreigner,' a teim of oppro
brium for white men;'even the
skin of their belly Is thick; not
a drop of blood comes out cf the
body. It is pushed over Into the
crater at once and Is burled.
This will be something to re
member al my life. If ever I get
back alive, it will make a good
story to tell, so rv written it
down." . . : V
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Given
Generals Tell" i
Of Wainmght
Beaten by Nips
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept ll.-tfl
Ceatracts Aejasted
MnVAM. MM,!; VWAVIA
iTVTuaa isjub vvuuavw vrvaw I - . jiaj m a
adjusted and Hiram D. Smith f "U"T
hired to be the automobile in
structor at the high school.
Bennett also called to the at
tention of the board the fact tha
the new state law now requires
all students to attend school until
they either reach the age of 18 or
graduate from high school. He
to work all dav in the sun.
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Finance Groups
Votes Against
urged that the school set up con- I nil iPdQ r fl V
tinuation classes for those stu-l"".- "T
dents who passed the eighth
grade at the age of IS or 18, drop
ped but of school, and were not
able to keep up the regular school.
work; and also that the , board
consider a series of night classes
to take care of those students who
are regularly employed but will
be forced to resume their studies.
The night classes could also ad
mit adults on a tuition basis, he
added.
Dennis Given
Death Sentence
Andrew. W. Dennis, Portland,
who has been sentenced to death
for the murder of his mother-in-law,
f Mrs. Ana Belle McNaTden,
lost his last court fight Tuesday
when the state supreme court re
fused to grant him a rehearing.
He will be sentenced by the Mult
nomah county circuit court which
will set the date of bis execution
In the prison gas chamber.
The state charged that Dennis,
believing the mother-in-law re
sponsible for the . separation of
Dennis and his wife, strangled
Mrs. McNallen Jn Portland Janu
ary 29, 1944. Dennis denied the
slaying.
WASHINGTON, Sept. HHV
The senate finance committee late
today voted against any federal
supplements to increase state pay-
ments to. the Jobless, but .ap
proved aid to make themaximum
duration 26" weeks in all states. ,
Chairman Oeorge D-Ga) an
nounced after a two-hour session
that the group had agreed tenta
tively on a bill also embracing:
1. Unemployment compensation
for all federal civil workers.
2. Unemployment compensation
for an estimated 400,000 maritime
workers. ' ' :
3. Transportation payments to
enable migrant workers to return
to : their lormer homes, or to a
place of new employment. It wag ,
agreed to limit individual pay
ments to a maximum, of 1200 and
to allow only travel for a works?
and bis dependents.
Group
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tis Meat
CHICAGO, Sept llPV-The
National Association of Retail
Grocers said- today -a survey el
retail ', meat supplies : over , last
weekend showed the cities re
ported '-surplus meat "actually
His only remaining hope Is for dumped? and at least -eight ether
irom uov. Eari SnelL areas threatened with similar
n-plusel :,;;'; ;. .. ;
Mrs.. R. M. Kiefer. secretary-
clemency
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ConYention Restrictions Imanarer of the association, saiA
To Ce Lifted Oct. 1
results of the survey led the as
sociation - tot send r telegrams ti
Secretary cf Agriculture CUntoa
P. Anderson; OPA Administrator
Chester Bowles, and chairmen-ct
senate and house food committcet
ursing iinmediate ending of meal
rationing.'.: " ' '
WASHINGTON. : Sept 41-tt)
All .-restrictions 1 on "conventions.
group meetings and trade shows
will end October 1.
This nate for the termination of
the so-called convention ban was
announced today by the office cf
defense, transportation, r The ac
tion was recommended by the of
fice of war mobiliaztion and re
conversion, at whose insistence it
was imposed last Febrearr 1.
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