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5 I ' mm 4' lis n n nH; aft is . ; a, x . 1 - s - ' X i V, f . r ft - By Wendell' Webb . . 4 " (Managing Editor, Th Statesman) :- Years of grief and doubt and pain cave way to climactic joy . last night at a little white house In Salfem.on wpicft the eyes f a nation were trained. ' - t V f Sgt Jacob 'Deshazer came; home. '; - --.j ; 4 - 1 - - . -il r drus, , with . open arms. There , was father, Hiram Andrus, who. married Mrs. Andnl3 27 years ago after the sergeant's father died and was the only ; father' he ever knew. There was sister, Helen Andrus. -.Afs - And there was the weary hero of 33 - months of solitary . con- v Shortly before 'midnight an refinement in the prison camps of army tar f crept along Salem's the Japanese a man of the darkened streets toward the only,, living .dead, who was given up illuminated porch light on Oak, for lost -in the historic Doolittle street. The light showed flowers 7 raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942. and a victory garden in the front "Mother," . "Dad, "Jacob"- yard, three tiny. American flags words came slowly at first. Then on each porch pillor, the num- bers "1063" over the door. , ; : A slight figure! h .uniform climbed stiffly from the car, an other uniformed figure beside him. They I rang f the doorbell, waited briefly nd the lights of the homecoming came on.' . There was mother, gray-haired, overjoyed Mrf. Hulda An- faster. "My son, why he looks almost the same. My Ron." Eyes were moist even the eyes of the newsmen who spoke softly and tried to' stay out of the, way. "I won't let him out of my sight." It was Mother's day if ever there was one. And it was Dad's day, too. ! , There were flowers the gift of Lloyd Weeks gardens. There were i "welcome home" cakes brought in by neighbors. There was fried chicken in the ices box fried by the mother who for days' ust couldn't wait to, see him.f And the Quiet, slow-spok- en sergeant, still many pounds . lighter than the ICO he had that . epic ! day three years agq, didn't " have to.be coaxed twice tq sit" right down at the kitchen table with! all the eagerness of a jdrumstick-hungry little boy. i "I've got 60 days, yes," the sergeant said. (He'll be dis- ' charged then). "No, I have no plans for them." It didn't look like he'd need any plans or would want to make ' any. His blue; eyes reflected an ' almost unbelieving happiness as he . glanced around the room. On the piano was his picture and something else he didn't even, know he had.- It was a dis tinguished flying cross. His mo ther; showed it to him proudly. It had been sent to her by the war!' department. "Why, - I'd heard that a-a but,"- and he couldn't say more. . , ; 1 v! No 4 one asked, .the. sergeant about the gripping drama which came . to light for . himself and two others when they were liberated 24 days ago. It began when he climbed into his B-25 on the carrier Hornet some 1000 miles east of Tokyo and took off . . on the raid which startled the world. His fate for the next; three years was sealed that same night when he parachuted to earth in central China, and, fell into the hands of the enemy. .Then came the long, deaden ing silence of ' the years of war. ; It ended when: ' : ; ; '"One, morning the Jap guards opened the doors to my cell and said the war was over. They offered me a pan of hot water and a razor to shave. We were so happy to get out we were afraid to ask which side won, but we knew the answer." The endless 1 months of rice - and .weakened tea were gone. It was, xnore fried chkken at. home in . Salem -today. . . r. ? The sergeant flew to Fort Lewis from the east coast Tues day, then came by. plane to the ""Portland air base where a recep - tion was held last evening, and . was, brought here by PFC F. K Garry of Portland, who said "he's some guy."- At Fort Lewis, the sergeant got a glimpse of his boyhood past, on the family farm near Madras; in the person of. Sgt. Ben Prjeston, whom he had not .met in 16 years.1 "You have changed," Ben told him.' "And so have you," was the quiet re- The fear nd worry of years ef anxious waiting were lifted from the shoulders of Mrs. Hvlda Andres last nlcht as she embraced her son, 8. Srt. Jacob Deshaser, Doolittle raid flier, recently liberated from a Jap prison in China. v . . ' - - I , i- . X. . . . V . - f ' - s - i Tears of rice and weakened tea gave way to fried chicken and coffee last slant as S. .Sat. Deahaxer returned home -to. the meal hia mother had planned since she first heard of hia liberation. - w tn trr- il trr --K . . ... : . ? ; y'-.., Sponse. It was a happy re union. t - t ' ' 1 Sergeant" Deshazer has hH fjuture well planned now ''God "spoke to me and told me whs to do"-while he was in the con finemeot of eneifer prisons, life will train as a missionary an4 return to "Japan. - His parenfV ot the FreeIcthodist faith, think "it's fine.", : ' k ' The sesgeant,. who holds tl purple heart (wen he parachut ed in China he lrt-nn a tomb . stone and fractured a rib), holds no. rancor. His eyes have nocfe of the brooding of revenge. Hi eyes, today were for his family and hell see more of them. There's sister Ruth Blackwell and brother Glen of Madras and Sister Julia Griffith of Creswell. And there's mother and dad an i Sister Helen already here. I He was in Salem and home. A bad dream was over. - . ' The War's Epic 1 Back from the Uvtng dead, SGT. JACOB DESIIAZER OF 8ALDI and his two sarvtving compan ions M the daring DoaUttle raid en Tokyo will write a graphie series of exclusive stories to start in THE OREGON STATESMAN ON SUNDAY, SEPT. It. i NINETY-FIFTH I YEAR 12 PAGES Salem, Oregon, Thursday MornlngJ Septexnbefxl3, 1945 Price 5c No. 148 Point! Cut fl Due avs - e Patterson By Doeglas B. .Cornell I WASHINGTON,' Sept. 12-()- Congress moved today toward ending war time and building 3000 postwar airports, i Between these tasks . it received f word that the army's point score wui go down and discharges 'up. v - i - - - The house voted to set clocks back an hour Sept. 30 and return the country to standard time., . I The senate voted to give states and cities $75,000,000 a year for five years to build 3000 airports and 'fix 1600 existing ones. States and cities will have to match fed eral money. - f ; . ' . ' I But the big noise in congress was discharges. '.. : . i Congressional , mail boxes have been crammed with letters from back home: urging" more and fas ter releases of men from service. The - senate got official ' word from Undersecretary of War Pat terson and front Ma j. Gen. Steph en Henry, assistant chief of staff for personnel, that the army: 1. Wants' to turn men loose as fast as it can and will reduce the 80 points now needed for dis charge . fj 1 : i't : ij 2. Will5! be down to 2,500,000 men by July 1. ? S - 3. Has set up a special agency to release men, in cases of un usual hardship j I 4. Sees ! no possibility ot end ing the draft before July 1. L (Additional details on page 1) 1 If 1 - I -V A V I I I 1 rap MnrQS : bNjDic) Tojo Decides Life j Not So Bad After i ... r 1 ",.. U. S. Hospital Care TOKYO,; Thursday, Sept. 13.-(ff)-Gen. Hideki Tojo, who tried suicide with an American pistol to escape an allied war criminal trial, today showed signs of wanting to live. ' The former Japanese premier who ordered the sneak; attack on Pearl Harbor, spent a restful night at an army hospital at Yokohama. This morning he ate a hearty breakfast and began : - ' to show some satisfaction with the Appointed excellent care he was given by the to end OTP S333D8 'Y. w . took i Americans since he tried his life two days ago. During the night. To; some fruit Juice, was. alert and slept well. At breakfast, he had i oatmeal and coffee but declined jelly and apricots. , Tojo told a . physician he was suffering no pain from his gunshot wound -below the heart. Lt.' Col.' James Perry, Tazwell, Ga., chief surgeon, said he anticir pa ted no change in Tojo's condi tion.' :- - . Suicide- - - V. i r 1: - I The family re anion, the climax of a trip ever half-way around the world, included Mrs, Hold Andnu, mother of 8. Set. Deshaser, Helen Andres, sister, Mr. Hiram Andnu, step-father and the Doo little filer. (Statesman-McEwan photos.) Cannery Labor Pay Adjusted PORTLAND, Sept 12-(ffV-Ore-gon : cannery workers will '. get wage adjustments recommended by the 12th ; regional war labor "board, following approval today by .William D. Davis, director of economic stabilization. i . Regional Chairman Dr.' George Bernard Noble said today all re auests for eeneral wage increases were denied by the board, but ther ' waee adjustments were ranted, plus adjustments for va nations with nay.- night work pre miums, overtime, seventh day premiums, minors wages, ' base waees and guarantees for piece Plants affected Include the Starr Fruit Products ' company, Salem; B. E. Maling, Inc, Hills boro and Birds Eye-Snyder divi sion; of General rooas, wnoa burn. . . ,'V . McSHNNVnXE WATE DDS i EVERETT. Sept 12-n-EU" beth Ann Crowe, 21, cf McMlnn ville, Ore, a WAVE stationed the past year at Sua Valley, Ida, died yesterday at a doctor office de Dite efforts of three Everett fire men to resusticate her.; Prosecut or C. P. Brownlee and Deputy Coroner Dave Zimmerman order ed an autopsyi Her father, Harry rrowe. of route three. McMinn- yille, came here today.. , Grid Game Set At Homecoming First event of the anual home coming for .Willamette university Saturday, September , 15 of which Fen ton Ford, navy student, Is . in charge, is a football game between navy Cardinals and navy Golds at 2 p. m. An alumni get-to-gether will be at Chresto cottage at 4 p. m.; and a masquerade dance at the rymnasium at t p. m. to which all alumni are Invited. ; Slogan signs will be Judged on Friady evening. V " : '' Wage Ceiling for Hop Pickers" Set PORTLAND, Sept IJ-Pj-Wage ceiling for hop pickers has been set at IVx cents a pound for Mar ion and Polk counties, executive officer Alden E. Orr of the agri culture .wage board said today. The action followed a hearing at Salem " Saturday."; Hop growers wishing an adjustment on the basis of hardship may petition the board. Weather Bain S9 Max. Uta. San Francisco , 69 SB Euet SS 4 Salem 1 ;. J Portlund fj Seattle . ; M ; tAPPrtsT itrttm v. Sl weather bu r McNarv field. Sleml: Clear with wanner temperature, near oegrees. j00 Francis Blddle, former attorney general, who will go to Earope soon aa the American member of the -International tribunal to try war criminals. :i,v.:i No sooner were the results of the lata election in Great Britain announced than Prof. Harold Laski, who Is chairman of the la bor narty'a executive rornmittee. started soundihe off in all direc tions.' He cabled brief articles to at " least litwo American publica tions. He began a series for sale to the American press. He gave out interviews in which he es sayed to deliver pronouncements of the labor party. JFinally his address before the French social ist convention ;in Paris was sp ex treme that in response to Church ill's pointed query PrLne Minister Attlee made it clear that Lasn was not the spokesman of the la bor government Later, Foreign Minister Bevin made a speech in the house of commons which was positively conservative as com pared with Laskl's statements on foreign policy : ! " '" f.f t Laski Is nonetheless a vocal and powerful member of the labor par ty and has a hand m shaping its policies, which in! turn the gov ernment is expected to carry out. He might be described at the sort of man Henry; Wallace was, to the Roosevelt administration. He-even borrowed one i of; Wallace's pet themes when in' an interview he said thai today; is "the era of the common man As he put it: This Is the arrival of the peo ple In power.1 ? We are now pre pared to give the little man with in the framework of the British constitution all the progressive change that he requires." The "century of the common man which Wallace proclaimed (Continued on editorial page) Francis Biddle & To Represent lee, Jf UJS. at Trials WASHINGTON, Sept ' Former Attorney General Fran cis - Biddle and I Federal I Circuit Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte, NC, were appointed by President Truman today as American mem ber and alternate, respectively, of the international tribunal to try war criminals. , Biddle Is a demo crat Parker a republican.! Senate confirmation Is not required. Truman also named NeQ , Dal ton of Louisville to head the ex piring office of war Information, succeeding Elmer Davis, whose resignation .was announced at the same time. . . - ' Speaking to newmen on, the for eign lituation, Truman: ; 1. Counselled Australian critics of the Japanese occupation to be patient : '...' - ; 2. Promised a policy on Korea to be announced later. ; ' 3. Characterized as a "perfect ly silly conclusibn" a remark made by Rep. Knutson (R-Minn) irrthe house yesterday that American financial aid to Britain now would tantamount to underwriting the "socialization of the United King4 dom." A.. 4. Said the control of the Dar danelles by an international com mission will have to be worked out by the council of foreign min isters now meeting in London. Court Martial Refused Now: JMaybe Later. WASHINGTON, Sept YlHJPy- Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was reported tonight to have in formed Secretary of the Navy Forrestal that he does not desire a general court martial so long as the congressional ' Investigation of the Pearl Harbor disaster is in progress. -. - -I ' ;: :-A'. Kimmel's letter was not made public, but persons familiar with its contents said that was the, tenor of it., They interpreted it as leaving the way open for a court martial at some future date. ' The navy department confirmed that the reply to Forrestal's offer of a court martial: had been re ceived from Admiral Kfanmel, but said it would 'not make Its ton- tents public, i ..v . v - - Field Marshal Gen. Sugtyama, who shot himself In the head yester day rather . than face possible trial as s war criminal. Field Marshal Gen. Sugiyama WHimself TOKYO, Thursday, Sept 13.- (7-Field Marshal Gen. Sugiyama, long one of Japan's ranking mili tarists, killed himself yesterday after stating "I keenly feel my re sponsibility (for' the war) and am awaiting a significant oppor tunity' to do away with myself.1 The . C5-y ear-old commander of the 'eastern Japan- defense corps and member of the Imperialist Kwantung army clique, shot him self to death In his office at 520 p. m. yesterday (4:50 a. m, Wed nesday, eastern war time).-- , . - He was chief of the army staff and several times -was war minis ter. He was one ot Japan's three field "marBhalls. . . m cr sn r IHlaira IVwl , ! t .... . rv no i . site Knleiiflinit!: Adair Plans Large Military TOKYO. Thursday Sept. 13. (AP) Japan's cabinet met today for a possible purge after General MacArthnt named one of its members on his "wanted list as a top ter rorist in the Black Dragon society which MacArthur has doomed to extinction. The arrest of seven of its top terror ists has beenordered. ' . t v; . Lt. Gen, Masahara Homma. author 1 of the infamous "death marchn from Bataan, fled to his ancestral home on an island off the west coast of Japan as; the Americans pressed a manhunt for the plotters of war. in the orient. i Japanese . dose lo- the goyern- mem precuciea many on, me iisi MacArthur ordered ' arrested might kill themselves and had scattered to their homes ahead of! the searching American forces. But at least one wanted man, Adm. Shigetaro Shimada, Tojo's navy minister credited with di recting the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor,' considered suicide, de cided against it,1 and surrendered readily j at his home near Yoko hama, i .;. ' f ' Cabinet Session Premier a run iko Higashi- Kuni called the cabinet into ex traordinary session, ' and sources close to the government said 4t was likely he would tell them to examine their past records to see if theywere satisfactory to Mac Arthur. A-:: ; a- On the wanted list were sev en men namgd as top terrorists hvthe Black "Dragon society, of j inos and" sabre-rattlers, includ ing Taketora Ogata, state minis ter and secretary of the current cabinet". :.-:. v- '- Also in custody was Beinrich George Stahmer, German ambas sador held mainly responsible for bringing Japan Into the Rome- Berlin axis. , and his gestapo henchman, Col. Josef Alfred Uel- adjacent to : 12th and D street ( Review oh Sat. CAMP ADAIR, Sept 12 (Speo cialJA formal military, review. - in which more than 5000 troops win participate, Is scheduled for Saturday morning at 10 o'clock it army, ground forces , replacement depot No. 4 here, it was an nounced today. . :, .. i I " ' The review, similar to one held last Saturday,' includes an Inspec-' tion by MaJ. Gen. F. B. Mallor commancung general, AGF RD No. 4, music by the 265th AGF band, known focjts success in promot ing - the Seventh War Loan throughout ' states of the 'north west and the colorful parade el troops In full uniform. All members of the public are invited to attend these reviews and accommodations are being prepared to provide parking and seating arrangements. The , re views will be held in the area singer. Twe-Thlrds Discharged ' '- 'A As the occupation rolled ahead smoothly, , the Japanese announ ced that 'more than 1,000,000 of fiters and . men of the' imperial j navy had. been -discharged or dis-1 armed, " two-thirds .of the . total strength..' - " " - V r . : qOIPA SniioIl3):IPir4ess AgaBini i s DO. CfoOIcy North, easily accessible by aute or bus traveL .n: a: a aaa KADIO DEATHS DENIED TOKYO, Sept 12-(AV-Destruc- tiveness of the atom bomb at Iliro- shlma exceeded scientists' expec tations, but there is- no evidence that a single person who 'entered the area after the bombing died from radio activity, Brig.. Gen. T, F. rarrelL chief of an American mission" studying effects- of the bomb, said today. ' ' - A; . KGCiniveir WASHINGTON. Sept 12-V?h OPA In a few days Win turn thumbs down on merchants' sharp protests against the agency's re conversion pricing policy. - Submitted formally two weeks ago by a delegation of retailers, those protests labeled as "uneco nomicaL unsound and Inequita ble" OPA plans for returning new peacetime goods to the marxet at 1842 retail prices. : 5 Specifically the retailers lashed out against the governmenrs so called absorption policy. : f That policy, backed- by Presi dent Truman in an executive or der, requires that any price In creases granted to manufacturers should not be passed on to the public They must be absorbed by the wholesalers, and retailers. Among products priced so far, dealers will : be reauired to ab sorb Increases, granted to manu facturers of washing machines, - L aluminum pots and pans and elec tric ironers. A CPA officials have declined to say to what exten if any, the agency will revise Its program in line with these four major jrec- ommehdations ' submitted, by the retailers: - --,:. . . - 1. Institution of a "broad and realistic policy Of removimr price controls on non-essential commod ities. ; - ;. 2. Immediate discontinuance of the Controversial map" orders. These orders require merchants to sell goods at average prices -cf 1913 or, in some cases, 1344. 3. Immediate abandonment of all pricing techniques based on use cf aa industry-wide average. 4. Economic pricing at all sales levels that would assure maxi mum production , and distribu tion. , Vi';-:'' -rV"'"':': i The latter recommenvlation was regarded as a specific. indictment of the cost absorption policy, since retailers- hve protested that the policy is 'lacking In profit Incen tive and. for . this reason' .would retard production, c . As for elimination Of price ceil ings on unimportant items, OPA feels it already has . a program in effect which provides for "de controlling'' as rapidly as condi tions permit-: - -; In defending cost absorption. Bowles has argued that distribu tors' cost during the reconversion period will, not be as large as nor mally, lie says there will be lit tle need for tl sales organiza tions or large expenditures for ad vertising. t;:AA'"A ' Retailers have argued, on the other hand, that their costs are due to increase since many con sumer services discontinued dur ing the war are being resumed. These Include more frequent de liveries, gift wrapping, and shop ping service. Y A.A ... Aninicl Crcsfcsrs By Barren goooch We decidtd it tecs bzst it ue dULi't tcs ecch clhzr for , ; a leu) dayu"