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Use The Mall Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Results At Smell Cost Weather 1 Medford United Press Full Leased Wire Tribune FORECAST: Clear to partly cloudy, filthily warmer, with showers in bills Sunday. Temp. HlKheit Yeiterday . 83 Lowest this Mo ruing bZ United Press Full Leased Wiri Fortieth Year MEDF' yREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1945. NO. 120. M Iq) C' EM A mm HP VRML (TIERMSSUHD Surrender On Battleship In Tokyo Bay Forecast MacArthur Due For Post Brynes Lists Terms San Francisco, Aug. 11 (U.R) The men of the U. S. Third fleet, now standing off Japan, are "expecting word of Japan's surrender sometime today." a broadcast from the fleet said to night. Wan and tired after 48 hours without sleep, Adm. William F. Halsey was grimly confident that the war was about to end. Mutual Network Correspondent Jack Mahon said in reporting an interview with the commander of the Third fleet. Washington, Aug. 11 (U.R) ' The Pacific allies sped to beaten Japan today the terms under which she may keep her em peror and word from Tokyo in dicated they were getting prompt and favorable attention. Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo called at the imperial palace at 11 a. m. Sunday (7 p. m. PWT) a possible signal that the allied note had arrived in the Japanese capital. ; V-J day, for which the world , has been waiting three years and eight months, appeared immin- yent perhaps no more than 72 hours away. And, it was confidently ex- pected here, the supreme com ' mandcr who will accept Japa nese surrender whether it comes officially hours or days hence will be General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The White House announced officially that a supreme Allied commander would be selected to accept and enforce unconditional surrender, and few doubted he would be the man. It was not impossible, how ever, that MacArthur's co-com-': mandcr in the Pacific. Admiral ! of the Fleet Chester W. Nimitz, f might receive the surrender as signment- Nor was it Inconceivable, be cause of their status as co-equals, that neither would get it. But the betting hero and In London was on MacArthur. An informed official source i said it was likely that the sur render ceremonies would be car ricd out aboard a U. S. Third , fleet battleship in Tokyo bay. ', The Allied communication, ' transmitted officially through the Swiss government and beam ed to Japan by the Office of War Information, was a blunt reply j to the enemy's offer to surrender 'i if the emperor would be per mittcd to keep his sovereign power. j Four Terms Given j The Allied reply brusquely j and clearly stated that: 1. Emperor Hirohito will be employed by the Allied com mander as an implement for putting in effect the Potsdam surrender terms- If the Japa nese want to keep him on the throne, that will be their de mocratic privilege. ; 2. All Japanese sea. land and air forces will cease opera tions and surrender their i arms. 3. Immediately upon sur render the Japanese govern ment will transport all prison er nt n. a - mtA fivimn Int.,. nees to places of safety where " they may quickly be put ! aboard ship for home- 4. Allied forces will occupy I Japan for as long as necessary to demilitarise her completely, i punish her war criminals, and make certain that she never again threatens the peace of Asia and the world. Byrnes set forth these points In four terse paragraphs which j even now are being beamed to 1 the Japanese. For manv hours ! after Tokvo's broadcast sur-; render offer, the Japanese peop'c troops from the European theat- All U. S. Employment Service j were kept ignorant of the f.'Ct er will continue as regularly ' offices on the west coast will that it had been made. The scheduled before the Japanese continue to direct workers Into' OWI hi now dispelling that surrender offer, the U. S. army ; such Jobs as transport, ware-! Ignorance. j announced today. Headquarters . housing, longshoring, food pro- authorities conceded, however, 1 duction and lumber supply, the I ban Jose, Cal., Aug. 11 U.R) i that the end of the war would ( War Manpower commission said j California prune growers will revise scheduled troop move- today. Ship repair activity will receive a support price of Q'-ijnienls and priorities throughout he 'trcwd rs long as service cents a pound Uus jear. Uiv woild.- 'jutu are ju iha FatUic- 1 Truman's Speech Brings I v . f x i . , ' i J Wf' t s&MM. President Truman, making radio address to nation, revealed that "new military secrets" besides the atomic bomb and Russia's par ticipation in the Pacific conflict Should they continue to fight- WPB RESTRICTION ON LUMBER SALE Portland, Ore.. Aug. 1 1 (U.R) Lumber operators will receive notice Monday of the first re moval of restrictions on retail sales, William Freeman, WPB timber administrator, said today. The freeze on 2 by 4 lumber and western pine has been lift ed. With the lifting of the pine restrictions, mill operators will no longer have to require two certificates from purchasers, one to buy lumber and the other to buy pine, the statement said. A demand for revision of lum ber requirements by the mili tary has been made by the WPB. The revised requirements must include only what is seriously needed by the military, accord ing to the WPB. Orders for 700 million feet for the military will be cancelled to ease the serious situation fac ed by northwest mills and camps. Mills will be kept going to full capacity by urgently needed military requirements. WPB restrictions on the flow of lumber will be cut immediate ly after full military require ments are given the board. "We intend to let loose the strings as quickly as is humanly possi ble," Freeman said. WAGE VIOLATION Washington, Aug. 11 (U.R) File for reference on V-J Day: The War Labor Board says employers may without violat-, ing wage stabilization rcgula- tions. excuse workers for the ! victory celebration and pay them ' not to exceed straight time for the hours they don't work. TO FOLLOW SCHEDULE Washington. Aug. 11 iU Ri Processing and redeployment of Jap Peace Move Report were in store for the Japanese (NEA-Teiophoto). TULE LAKE JAPS FRET MOST THEIR 01 FATE Newell, Cal., Aug. 11 (U.R) The 17,000 Japanese held in the Tule Lake segregation center here took the news of the Japa nese surrender offer quietly, War Relocation officials said to day, although a large proportion of the inmates are loyal to Japan- The destruction of Hiroshima by the first atomic bomb dropped on Japan caused greater concern, Robert H. Ross, assistant reports officer, reported. By coinci dence, he said, about a third of the inmates cither are natives of Hiroshima prefecture or have I relatives there. Those with relatives in the Hiroshima area have taken for granted that they were killed and individual memorial rfles are still being held. Ross said there were no mass ceremonies or demonstrations. The War Relocation officer noted no common reaction to the surrender offer. "Some of the older people took it pretty hard," he ob served. "But the younger Nisei took the occasion in some eases to 'tell off their older relatives who had remained loyal to Japan. "Most of the people here are more worried about their own future than that of Japan. Nylon Production Comes With Peace Washington, Aug. 1 1 (U.R) Production of nylon hose for ci vilians is expected to be one of the first industrial war casual- ties to come back after V-J day indications are that hosiery; mills will begin receiving nylon thread almost at once. Officials believe nylon hose will re-appear on the market ' within two months after V-J day. I COAST JOB OUTLOOK ! San Francisco, Aug. 11 'UR)' PLACE CONGRESS SEPT. 4 Vacation Cut a Month To Speed Reconversion Budget Cut Looms Washington, Aug. 11 (U.R) Congress was asked to cut short its vacation to deal with fast multiplying reconversion prob lems as demolization of the home front to a peacetime economy began in earnest tonight. Senate Democratic Leader Al- ben W. Barkley, Ky., revealed after a 90 minute White House conference that President Tru man felt Congress should be re convened as soon as practicable. Barkley said Congress probably will be called back into session on Sept. 4, more than a month ahead of its scheduled Oct. 8 date. A grim warning came from government officials that wide spread unemployment is inevi table during the six months it will take to achieve a good meas ure of reconversion. Confronted with the imminent end of the war. government pro curement agencies embarked on grand-scale program of can celling war contracts. The United Press learned that the Army and Navy have ordered termination of nearly $4,000,- 000,000 in war contracts since the Japanese first announced their surrender offer. Authorita tive sources disclosed that the heavy flow of war rail shipments to the west has been curtailed. Washington, Aug. 11 (U.R) A Budget Bureau official esti mated tonight the government might pare $30,000,000,000 from its 1945-46 budget if Japan sur renders within the next week or two. August 1 estimates showed that the war would cost $70, 000.000,000 if it continued through June 30, 1946. The spokesman said in any event the drop in spending would not be immediate, because every man who leaves the service gets mustering out pay and transpor tation home. In about six months, after the end of the war, he said, there should be "a very sharp decline" in spending. FULLlill Washington, Aug. 11 (U.R) The atomic . bombs which wrought cataclysmic destruction upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki were relatively harmless a slight improvement would have made them weapons of such un imaginable power as to threaten the end of the world. The war department revealed the mind-numbing potentialities of the atomic bomb tonight in a technical report on the five years of experimentation which produced it. The report was written by Dr. H. D. Smyth, head of the Princeton University physics department and one of the atom bomb's progenitors. Dr. Smyth gave a detailed ac count of the scientific develop ment of the bomb. In the course of the group's experiments, he said, two new chemical elements were developed neptunium and Plutonium. WAR'SlNDlOT TO ENO DRAFT CALLS Salem, Ore., Aug. 11 (U.R) The draft program will not be affected immediately by the end of the war, Col. Elmer V. Woo ton. state selective service di rector, said today. Men called up for Induction this month are to report. The next date is. set for August 20. Wooton said that Inductions have been light the past few months and that only approxi mately half of the number of flicu were Uuut tlitdiarged. 'Creeping Socialism' Plan of Attlee Hit Bureauratic Rule Deplored Long Beach, Calif., Aug. 11 (U.R) Former President Herbert Hoover, describing Britain's new labor government as a "creeping socialism, today urged Amer icans to fight collectivism by proclaiming their faith in free dom. t should proclaim again and again that the road to free men and to progress and pros perity is not to be found in the spread of governmental powers and bureacracy, but in striving to set bounds to it. Hoover told thousands of former Iowans who attended the annual Iowa picnic in Bixby park. Reviewing how "communism or creeping socialism are sweep ing over Europe," Hoover, native of West Branch, la., declared "the western hemisphere is be coming the last hope of free men." "You have seen a form of col lectivism in our own country," the only living cx-president, who yesterday observed his 71st birthday, warned. "You are fa miliar with the pre-war growth of governmental power over our own citizens. To this are added the controls necessary to win the war. Have you not seen with your own eyes the flood of bu reaucratic violations of liocrty and the moral degeneration which comes with this collectiv ist process?" The Utopia of totalitarian "Liberals" is a "will-O'-the-wisp that leads implacably to the swamps of serfdom," Hoover pre dicted. The "creeping socialism" pro gram of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee should bring home "to the American people that this is no academic ques tion " "Whether the nation which was the mother of liberty In the western world will take over for the government the title to every farm every home, every busi ness, and reduce every citizen to a servant of the government re mains to be seen," Hoover said. "But do you want to start on the impoverishment and servitude of such a system?" The true American system "brooks neither tyranny of bu reacracy nor tyranny of business. We do not defend economic free dom because of profit or greed. We defend it because we know that without economic freedom all the freedoms of mind and spirit will perish," Hoover add ed. KOREAN BATTLE E SOVIETAND JAPS San Francisco, Aug. 11 U.R) Tokyo radio said tonight Soviet troops fighting in Korea arc en gaged in fierce combat with Japanese forces near Yukl. ap proximately 15 miles north of the important port of Rashin. Yuki lies approximately six miina inirfi the Korean border and 00 miles southwest of Vladi vostok, the base from whicn Hea Banner army troops launched their Korean offensive- The Tokyo broadcast, recorded by United Press. San Francisco, reported on fighting as of Satur day night, Tokyo time. Soviet troops made a fronlal attack against Hunchun, B0 miles west of Vladivostok, and "fight ing is now taking place in the vi cinity of the city." Tokyo said. The enemy broadcast said Soviet encircled FenyBng. 4.1 miles southeast of Mulingeharg. which the Red army previously reported as captured. BULLETIN Seattle 1 4 1 Portland 11 10 0 C. Johnson, Krazier (Si and iuuiie, Mower aud Souiau Just a 'Love Set' Stockholm, Aug. 11 (U.R) Maj. Gen. Makato Onodcra, Japanese military attache in Stockholm, said in an inter view today that the atomic bomb was the main reason for Japan's capitulation offer and suggested that the Allies now shake hands with Japan as if they had played a tennis match. Ha said he was grateful for the "understanding the Amer icans have shown the Japanese way of thinking" and said that "the Japanese respect the Al lies especially the Americans r csources and fighting spirit." T Snn Francisco, Aug. 11 (U.R) The Tokyo newspaper Asahl Sunday (Tokyo time) called on every Japanese to do his part In fulfilling the august wish of his majesty." It exhorted the nation to maintain firmest unity if worst comes to worst." 'Even in the worst chaotic stage in such great national crises, our people always have been gratified to find a rallying point for their souls and action. The western term, "wandering soul," has no place in our lan guage. "By obeying his majesty's august wish, our people have always found a way out of such crises. Our ancestors huvo thus overcome many a national crisis and handed down to their poster ity Japan as she is now with her spirit and blood." "The Soviet Union's abrupt declaration of war on Japan, coupled with United States' re sort to -atomic bombs, entailing the mass slaughter of civilians on a scale unprecedented in hu man history has greatly intensi fied the gravest national crisis. "She (Japan) stands at the crossroads whether or not she will be able to maintain her unique national policy and up hold the honor of the Japanese race." DENIAL MADE OF E New York, Aug. 1 1 (U.R) The Office of War Information reported tonight that various rumors of the Federal Commun ications Commission having re corded a Tokyo broadcast or a Chungking broadcast quoting Tokyo to the effect that Japan has rejected Allied surrender terms were without foundation. The FCC has recorded no such broadcast, it said. Another rumor, to the effect that the Japanese War Minister has called on Jnpanese forces to continue the fight, was a garbled version of an appeal he issued to the troops yesterday (I riday) three hours before Domci trans mitted its surrender offer, OWI said. OWI pointed out that the Domei Agency reported Friday night that the surrender offer had been approved by a unani mous vote of the full cabinet in cluding the war and navy minis ters. TO T San Francisco, Aug. 11 (U.R) The appointment of a succes sor to the late Sen. Hiram John son still stirred speculation In political circles here, as an nouncement was withheld by Gov. Earl Warren pending final services for Johnson Monday. Latest development was a recommendation today by the Republican central committee to the governor that he appoint himself. As second choice they suggested Lt. Gov. Frederick F. iiuutcr. TRAITOR'S DEATH BEGIVJMTAIN Old Marshal Pretends Not To Hear Verdict Due Late Tuesday Paris, Aug. 11 (U.R) Prose cutor Andre Momot demanded a traitor's death for Marshal Henri Philippe Petain today in a five-; hour summation of the case Thursday and Friday destroyed against the old marshal who . or damaged at least 711 enemy headed the French Vichy gov- j pianes and 94 ships, but he did eminent under the German oc-1 not rcport any offensive opera cupation. j tions against the enemy home- The 74-vear-old Mornet. who land since Tokyo's surrender convicted the famed world war woman spy. Mata Hari, accused Petain of collaboration with the Germans, of bringing dishonor on France, of destroying the third republic and seizing power for the purpose of turning over France to the invader. The demand for the death penalty was expected. It brought no response from spectators, judge or jury in the hot and crowded courtroom- Petain ap peared not to hear it. "Putting his policy at the dis posal of the Germans is treason in all its forms," Mornet said. "France has been dishonored and betrayed. Petain took away France's reason for living by taking away her honor." Mornet said he had received "menacing letters and threats." "But let us think of all the 111 done France by collaboration," he snid. "I ask the high court to pronounce the death sentence against the man who was mar shal of France." The court adjourned after Mornet's address- It reconvenes Monday to hear the defense sum mation. A verdict is expected late Tuesday. WAR BULLETINS Chungking. Aug. 11 (U.R) Well-informed Chinese circles saw the possibility today of abdication of Japanese Em peror Hirohito to enable Japan to comply with the Allies' un conditional surrender terms. Competent observers said ab dication was the only way out for acceptance of Japanese surrender since the People's Political Council of China has named Hirohito the arch war criminal of Japan Washington, Aug. 11 (U.R) The navy tonight announced the loss of the U. S. S. Bone fish, the Slst and possibly one of the last American submarine victim t.l the Paci fic war. The ship carried a crew of 85 officrs and men. all of whom are listed as miss ing In action. The navy said that the ship has long been overdue on patrol and must be presumed lost- San Francisco, Aug, 11 (U.RI The Yenan Radio re ported today Gen. Chu Teh, Chinese Communist Commander-in-chief, has ordered his forces to arrange for the dis arming of Japanese and pup pet troops in the Communists' sones of operations. Gen. Chu Interpreted the Japanese gov ernment's peace offer as "un conditional surrender," the Yenan report said. . San Francisco, Aug. 12 (U.R) Foreign Minister Shige nori Togo of Japan was re ceived by Emperor Hirohito at the Imperial Palace at 11 a. m. Sunday (Toyko time 7 p. m. PWT). Tokyo radio reported tonight. The broadcast, recorded by United Press, said that "For eign Minister Togo is under stood to have reported to the throne on matters under his jurisdiction." No further de tails were given. Washington. Aug. 11 U.R) The Chinese Communist News Agency said tonight that Gen. Yen Hsi-Shan, former povernor of Shansi Province and one of China's most pow erful warlords, had gone over to the Japanese with his arm ies in a deal by which he is to protect Japanese property In terests In Shansi in event of Japan 1 deieal. 94 711 PLANES HIT BY THIRD FLEET Japan Raked As Surrender Pondered New Type Atomic Bomb Ready Guam, Sunday, Aug- 12 (U.R) Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced today the Third ficcfs assault against Japan offer. Nimitz and Gen- Carl A. Spaatz, commanding general of the U. S. army strategic air forces, both announced that full scale operations against Japan would continue with "full de structive effect" regardless of surrender negotiations. But more than 18 hours later, on the basis of available Allied information, there had been no heavy aerial or naval action against Japan since the fateful Domei news agency broadcast at 8:27 p. m. Friday, Tokyo time. Fourteen Japanese warships were sunk or damaged in the Thursday -Friday action which may have been the last sea-borne attack against beaten Nippon by the world's mightiest naval force. While Jnpan pondered the Big Four reply to the Japanese bid for peace, the U. S- high com mand announced that a new type of atomic bomb even more devastating than the first one used to destroy Hiroshima was being held fn readiness for pos sible further disintegration at tacks against Japanese cities. Nimitz had bluntly clarified the Issue declaring that a state of war still exists In the Pacific. He said the battle against Japan will continue with all Its de structive effect until official notification of the enemy's sur render. Today he added 188 more planes to the two-day toll previ ously announced- Ho raised earlier ship losses by 86. Includ ing the 14 warships. U. S. losses were seven planes and six air men. British losses were seven aircraft and five pilots. The two-day toll of 711 planes was taken In aerial attacks cover ing a 400-mile long area of northern Honshu, stretching from the Yokohama area nearly to the northern tip of the island. Kumamoto Ablaze Manila, Sunday, Aug. 12 (U.R) Okinawa dispatches reported to day that the 5th and 7th Air forces sent more than 700 planes against the city of Kumamoto and other objectives on Kyushu Friday in the greatest assault of the war by Okinawa - based planes- The raid was made shortly be fore the Japanese broadcast their surrender offer. Returning pilots said Kuma moto, fourth largest city on Kyu shu, was left almost totally In flames after the fighters and bombers dropped nearly 350 tens of high explosives and incendi aries and strafed military objec tives. A smoke haze seemed to cover Kyushu, the pilots said, extending at least 100 miles from Nagasaki, victim of the second atomic bomb attack. ORDER V J DAY Salem, Ore., Aug. 11 (U.R) Oregon will observe V-J day with appropriate ceremonies, Gov. Earl Snell said today. The day will be a full state holiday and a proclamation to be distributed on victory day as announced by the White House, has been prepared. The procla mation calls for closing of pub lic buildings, state stores and agencies and asks alt business activity to be suspended where possible. The governor suggested that churches be opened for special Mivicei 011 victory day. .
