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McArthur's Hurry Up Order Spurs Japs; Envoys to Arrive Tomorrow y Weather FORECAST: Ckir tonlfht and Saturday. Little change In tem perature. Temp. Hlfh yeiterday 94 Lowest thla morning ,. a Fortieth Year Kill Without Mercy, Moscow's As Reds Push FOR INTERVENTION F Soviet Communique Charges Nips Counter - Attacking Instead of Halting War London, Aug. 17 (U.R) Japan pleaded with Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur to halt the Soviet offen sive in Manchuria today, but the Soviet radio ordered her armies to press on and "kill without mercy." Tokyo's radioed appeal to MacArthur said that a Russian spearhead reached a point west of the Mukden area of southern Manchuria this morning an in dicated advance of perhaps 250 miles from last reported Soviet positions. ' Near Mukden The Japanese note did not say how far the Red army was from Mukden, but its wording indicat ed the city soon would be be sieged. With a pre-war popula tion of 2,880,000 and huge war plants, Mukden is the most im portant city in Manchuria. Tokyo contended the continued Soviet offensive was making Japanese compliance with Em peror Hirohlto's cease-fire order difficult, but a Soviet communi que last night charged that the f Japanese were counter-attacking rather than halting resistance. Radio Khabarovsk, voice oi the Soviet far eastern command, broadcast a new call for Soviet advances some three hours after Tokyo sent the Japanese note to MacArthur. "Advance" Is Order "Our offensive is continuing," Khabarovsk said. "Your orders are to advance. Forge ahead un til the Japanese Imperialists are forced to lay down their arms and surrender Into your hands . . "We call on you to avenge the death of your comrades. Kill without mercy. Make sure the beasts don't get away. Pursue them without respite. Cut off the enemy's ways of retreat save one into the grave. Make sure he does not get away alive." Earlier, Marshal Alexander M. Vasilevsky, commander of Russia's far eastern armies, or dered the Japanese Kwantung Vy defenders of Manchuria and Korea to cease all opera tions., lay down their arms and surrender by noon Moscow time Monday. Soviet troops In turn will cease military operations after 1 the Japanese begin laying down their arms, Vasilevsky said. Moscow. Aug. 17 (U.R) Con fusion today appeared to sur round the events in Manchuria where it was believed Japanese field commanders in defiance of or in connivance with their high command had launched counter attacks which were taking on the proportions of a counter offensive against Soviet forces. It was clear here that some thing "quite unusual" was going i on in Manchuria but it was dif ficult to establish the chronology of events. It appeared here that the Japa nese counter-attacks and counter-offensive coming In the midst of nffnr nf hnlh Kwnn- V"ng army headquarters and 1 Tokyo to cease fire, had sur prised the Russians. Sudden Attack The front reports indicated that Japanese field commanders who had been pulling back their forces behind a protective screen suddenly turned about and threw their troops in great strength against Soviet ad vanced elements. Front reports said that masses of Manchuria levies impressed by the Japanese had been de serting to the Russians. The Japanese were using the Man churian troops only as a protec tive screen and manned all main defense positions themselves. PLANE PLANT CLOSES Cincinnati, O., Aug. 17 UR) The Wright Aeronautical Corp. today suspended all operations t Its Lockland, O.. plant and announced It would turn theion plant back to the government. I M United Press pLEADNewJap?eseGove,entSwornIn; oignmg or reace Acme Telephoto) Prince Narauhlka H tg ash 1 -Kuril, designated by Eniperor Hirohito to form a new Japanese Cabinet. H$ If uncle 01 Empress Nagako. HELP NEEDED IN PEOPLE AT LAKE With a troupe of star. Includ ing Dana Andrews, Susan Hay ward. Brian Donlevy Bnd Andy Dcvine booked at the Diamond Lake resort Sept. 4 for filming of Ernest Haycox' "Canyon Pass age." Manager George Howard has issued an urgent appeal for help at the lodge- The Holly wood stars and extras have taken over the resort for at least two weeks during which time se quences for the forthcoming technicolor picture will De turn ed. Additional help In the din- ine room and hotel will be need cd for the rush period, Howard said. Included in the help needed will be at least four waitresses and six maids with additional men to assist in general resort work. Married men and their wives may find interesting em ployment during this visit of the Universal Studio aggregation. Local people who wish to as sist in taking care of the mov ine picture troupe at Diamond Lake are asked by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce to contact Roland Hubbard at Hubbard Brothers' store, Main and Riverside. Mr. Hubbard, a member of the Diamond Lake company, will Interview appli cants for positions which must be filled. CIVIL SERVICE JOBS FOR VETS ONLY NOW Washington, Aug. 17 (U.R) The Civil Service Commission, declaring that the government must set the example in hiring returning servicemen, announced todiiy that it will accept no new applications for federal Jobs ex cept from veterans. Until further notice, the com mission said, federal vacancies will be filled cither by veterans or federal workers who have been or 3re about to be released from their jobs. NAB ROBBERY SUSPECT Dayton, O., Aug. 17 (U.R) Arthur N'eal, 19, second of two men sought in connection with a $40,000 San Francisco jewel robbery, has been arrested by Dayton police and is bring held a charge of illegal flight for return to the west coast city. EDFORD Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, Forward in Manchuria 10 Be rirsr. lasK San Francisco, Aug. 17 (U.R) The new government of Premier Prince Naruhiko Nigashi-Kuni was sworn into office today, of ficially charged with the duty of signing peace with the Allies and carrying out the terms of the Potsdam declaration. The government was sworn in at the imperial palace, a Domci broadcast monitored by FCC re ported. The Domei report said that the first task was to sign the peace. "Once we have laid down our arms," it said, "we must take up! matters with absolute calmness. If there should be any incident I in violation of his majesty s command, we will lose the con fidence of the world. The new cabinet must see to it that the work is carried out with great care. A Domei broadcast said Higa- shi-Juni had issued a three-point program calling for respect to the constitution, control of the Japanese military and the main tenance of order. Japan, the premier said in a broadcast to the Japanese, must guard against emotional out bursts, and "live up to the let ter and the spirit of the imperial rescript." He said that "free speech and fair public opinion will be en couraged and the liberty of sound association will be en dorsed." Higashl-Juni also was quoted as saying his government would make a "clean sweep", of Japan's past differences with China and "build up a new society based on close -cooperation between the two countries, without being un duly influenced by victory or de feat'. In the same breath, he insisted Japan would strengthen her ties with the Asiatic puppet states "who have fought by her (Jap an's) side for the emancipation of East Asia." REIVED TODAY Washington, Aug. 17 (U.R) The government today removed the ban on congratulatory and greeting telegrams. New orders also will permit Western Union, as soon as it de sides, to transmit singing tele grams again, and to use messen gers for other purposes than de livery of telegrams. It announced that it had noti fied the FCC of its willingness to allow amateur radio operators to return to the air on the 112 to IIS. 5 megacycle band for a period of 90 days. Action by the FCC is required before amateur operation can actuully start. It is expected that after 90 days the commission will designate the 144 to 148 megacycle band for amateurs. The toll of forest fires In the United States Is nearly three bil lion board feet of lumber annually. Dean Acheson Succeeds Grew As Undersecretary of State Washington, Aug. 17 (U.R) I Appointment of Dean G. Ache-! son to be the new undersecretary of state indicated today that a thorough reorganization of the! U. S. Foreign Service may be in prospect. j Secretary of State James F. Byrnes cast aside a usually fol-i lowed custom when he selected . j Wuhington. Aug. 17 'U.R) The White House todar an- , nounced resignations of Archi bald MecLeiih and J. C. Holmes as assistant secretariei of state- the 52-year-old Acheson. who Is not a career diplomat, to be his No. 1 assistant in the conduct of foreign affairs. Foreign service officers career diplomats look upon the PUIAMP'C FORCES WANG'S FORCES STILL ATTACKING Confused Situation in China; U. S. Air Forces Keep Check On Jap Airfields. Calcutta, Aug. 17 U.R) In formed persons arriving from Chungking believe that Soviet Russia has agreed to "soft pedal" the Cninese Communist issue in return for considerable territor ial and economic concessions in North China. The terms are believed to in volve three Chinese concessions. A free port for the Russians at Port Arthur. China ceding to Russia the strategic Tanu Tavu area on the border of outer Mongolia and Siberia, and giving the Soviets a free hand in outer Mongolia. Chungking, Aug. 17 (U.R) Tokyo said today that Gen. Yasuju Okamura, supreme Jap anese commander in China, had Informed Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek that he agreed to sur render his armies but later had charged that part of the Chung king army still was attacking the Japanese. The report, a Japanese Domci news agency dispatch, said Oka mura had demanded that Chiang order a complete cessation of hostilities and warned that the Japanese forces might be forced to "take action for self-defense, Meanwhllo it was disclosed that Gen. Chu Teh, commander of the Chinese Communist forces, had issued an ordor on Wednes day in which he called upon Okamura to order all troops un der his command to halt military action against the Communist armies, "except for troops under your command surrounded by Kuomintang armies." The U. S. 10th and 14th air forces disclosed that photogra phic reconniiissanec planes were keeping a continuous cnecu on Japanese airfields and adjacent allied war prisoner camps from Pciping to Hainan island. It was stated the purpose of the mis sions was to ensure that it will be possible to fly badly needed medical supplies to prisoners with the least possible delay. Gen. Chian Ta-Chun, newly appointed mayor of Shanghai re vealed that one division of the central government's troops in the vicinity of Shanghai were standing by awaiting a formal Japanese surrender. Clothes Needed For President's Statue London, Aug. 17 U.R) Note to President Truman: Madame Tussaud'j famous wax works Is doing you In wax, but clothes rationing is still in effect here and they want to know if you've got an old suit j about, that you don't need. Lord Mountbattcn recently helped out with a complete one, j including tie and shirt. undersecrelaryship as the top post for one of their ranks Inas-I much as the secretary Is a poli- tical appointee Acheson i; known to believe that the For-j cign Service needs some drastic reforms as well as a lot of new personnel. The promotion of Acheson ' from assistant secretary to un-j dersccrctary to succeed Joseph j C. Grew, resigned, is the first in ' a number of top-level changes that Byrnes Is expected to make ' In the State department. President Truman accepted Crew's resignation late yestir day two days after Japan ac ceptance of the Allied surrender terms- It has been rumored, but without confirmation, that Grew will be appointed political ad viser to Gen. Douglas MaeAtthur in his post as supreme Allied commander in Japan, 1945 Order 1 0 D T LIFTS ALL SPORTS TRAVEL Action Means World Series Sure; May Review Situa tion if Trains Overcrowded Washington, Aug. 17 (U.R) The Office of Defense Transpor tation today removed all of its restrictions on sports. Effective immediately, the agency cancelled: The ban on transportation of race horses and show animals. The limitations on amounts of travel by baseball and football teams, and other professional and amateur sports groups. While the action swept the boards of all official limitations on sports travel, the ODT asked them still to take it easy, point ing out that railroad passenger facilities will continue to be jammed with troop movements for several months. Series Sure The lifting of restrictions elim inated any last lingering doubts about the world series being played as usual. The ODT pointed out that re strictions on travel had been es tablished through voluntary co operation between the agency and colleges, high schools and professional sport groups. In cautioning that today's ac tion is not an invitation to in dulge in widespread travel, the ODT said that if the railroad sit uation should change for the worse, the whole situation might nave to be reviewed again, NAZI SUBMAKES Buenos Aires Aug. 17 U.R) Another German submarine with 45 officers and men aboard en tered Mar Del Plata at 10:43 a. m. three months and one week after the nazi surrender. The first nazi submarine to enter Buenos Aires for surren der turned up more than a month ago. The submarine was reported to be similar to the U-S30 which gave up here. The submarine appeared at 9 a. m. about a mile and a hair off the coast and an Argentine submarine Immediately was dis patched to investigate its pres ence Authorities prevented news men from approaching the naval base but promised a statement later. FIVE IRE CAMPS SPEED SEPARATION Washington, Aug. 17 4U.R1 To speed up army discharges five additional separation cen ters will probably be added throughout the country to the H2 already in operation, Maj. Gen. Joe N. Dalton, army deputy di- "cior or personnel, sam loaay. w" "Pccted these would he Fort Custer. Mich., Fort nmoutn. " 1 J 5an : amp W!ie" Camp Ilaan, Calif. NORWEGIANS EXECUTE FIRST OF QUISLINGS London. Ana 17 (U.R) The Norwegian information service reported today that a firing squad had executed Reidar Has land the first Quisling war crim inal sentenced to death by Nor way's supreme court. SABU DISCHARGED Ft. MacArthur, Cal., Aug. 17 (U.R) Waiting in line today along with several hundred oth er GM to be discharged under the point -jystejn was S Sgt. Sabu Dastagir better known to movie g'jcri as the elephant buy. Tribune United Press Full State of War . , ' ..vr ,...;.-. .il..nn through , , Jjgg'fa'', S Manchuria. Sakhalin. Korea llMANrHllUK Ji. ! ...amamrfi im i & -f I MONGOLIA s .viaiveital Chinese advancing! etjL Mr .v.-. up railroad irom I fKOREA ,jFm'l)f Kwetlin to Japs' I v7eloEi "v b"".a' Hm91"9 1- Sea mS Or -Chungking f ')j8r China .' , , jfA y Sea' ,1 WH'tn9yGn5Y OKINAWA rrJl W Formosa ' WtvKrl Honq Kong p ftS&m HAINAN y S I 6(h.32nrf.J7th, V IkvV divisions nom TOrttMnk VI Y m9r'"9 JP holdouts Ymlm&xl Mant(zoA'n Lu'Q" mountains WW lZ,dri,ino I fS PALAU Sk? Dutch coronaion la x J Indies j.r,("uP Borneo (Acme Ttlephoto) Status of war In the Pacific when Tokyo announced Jap surrender Is Bhown on map. Russians were continuing their multi-pronged drive In Manchuria, American Superforts and carrier planes lashed the enemy homeland and Chinese hammered at the Nip corridor In China as high lights of operations. S.F. TOO BOISTEROUS; POLICE CALL HALT San Francisco, Aug. 17 (U.R) The city that knows how called "Uncle" today. It had all the celebration it wanted. Hundreds of vigilant city po lice and shore patrolmen pa trolled San Francisco to prevent further victory "celebrations' when a temporary "off limits" order affecting 100,000 naval personnel is lifted at noon today. They kept a weather eye on Market street, where thousands of drinking, looting and boister ous sailors surpassed even the most racuous binges of the city's gold-poke bonanza days. Eleven Dead A conference between city of ficials and representatives of tavern owners was scheduled for today to forestall further "cele brations" which have already taken a toll of 11 dead and 1,000 given emergency treatment for injuries and drunkenness at city hospitals. The administration and civic leaders deplored public molesta tion and rape of women and teen-age girls. They asked the navy to prevent further out breaks of "unbridled and unre strained acts of a lot of un dlclplincd men in uniform the result of unrestricted liberty granted by the navy to its men." Women Molested Reporters said young women, including bobby-soxers, were ac costed and dragged Into alleys and doorways and molested in public squares by both enlisted and officer personnel of the navy at the height of Wednesday nights orgy. Vandalism, looting and other misdemeanors through Wednes day resulted in an order putting San Francisco "out of bounds" for naval personnel until noon today. Shore patrolmen posted at transportation terminals lead ing into the city questioned ev ery service man entering oan Francisco. OREGON LEGION PLANS CONVENTION SEPT. 6-8 Portland. Ore.. Aug- 17 (U.R) The Oregon state department of I the American Legion will hold its first peacetime convention in five years In Portland on Sept. A 7. and B. Stale Commander iPenn O Crum of Hood River, announced today BASEBALL National Pittsburgh 2 8 1 New York 3 10 0 Gables, Cuccurullo and Sal keld; Brewer and Kluttz. American Philadelphia 4 9 2 Cleveland 6 10 1 Newsom, Marchildon. Bowles and George; Harder, Groiiick and Hayes, Leased Wlr. NO. 125. as Japs Quit ' " it t j ft ARAFUTO, B-29'$, carrier planes continue to pound Japan IWO to til it Ocean 'GUAM Pussies wiping out Japs left in New Guinea. New Unfair and New Ireland NEW IRELAND V! NEW -ft: Medford Air Park Ready For Planes Completion of the Medford Air Park, located near the fair grounds, was announced today by Frank Rogers, city superin tendent, but as yet the news of the opening of the air strip has not been released over CAA communications by the superin tendent's office he said. Temporary permit to operate the park was received today from the civil aeronautics ad ministration. DE GAULLE GIVEN LIFE Paris, Aug. 17 (U.R) Gen. Charles DcGaulle commuted the death sentence of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain to life imprison ment today. A ministry of justice state ment said DcGaullc's action was taken on the recommendation of the French high court of justice which on Wednesday found Pe tain guilty of treasonable collab oration with the Germans and sentenced him to death. Petain was stripped of his hon ors as a marshal of France and his property confiscated under the sentence. Fresno, Cal., Aug. 17 (U.R) Film Actor Victor McLaglcn was cast as the villain in a real-life drama today when attorneys for Mr. and Mrs. John W. Daniels and Mrs. Rose Tisdalc, all of Fresno, filed suit for $7,150 dam ages In superior court. The trio charge McLaglcn with assault and buttery, alleg ing he kicked and beat one, struck another and frightened the third so thoroughly she fears a miscarriage. Attorney Lester Gnnser, rep resenting the plaintiffs, asserted the scene occurred when the plaintiffs accepted a dinner Invi tation from friends living on the McLaglcn ranch near Clovis and got lost. They stopped to ask di rections, Gonser said, and Mc- t.minn assertcdly responded with curses, blows and kicks. Captured Burglar Regains Freedom Cecil P. Hobbett opened his Medfurd Auto Wrecking estab lishment at 8 o'clork yesterday morning and found a man Inside who was in the act of stealing a carhuerator. Bobhett seized the intruder and started marching him off to the police station but before he could reach the station the thief broke away, according to a report by state police. The thief together with the carbucra tor, has not been seen since. An average mile of railway Uack Dai abuut 3,000 tie. GUINEA COT OUT STALLING Tokyo Flashes Quick Reply; Jap Surrender Delegation Not Named in Message. Manila, Saturday, Aug. 18 (U.R) The Japanese government, reacting quickly to a stern "hurry-up" order from Gen. Douglas MacArthur, broadcast word to day that its surrender envoy would fly try Manila for the ar mistice terms tomorrow. A brief message flashed over the Tokyo radio and aririresseH directly to Mat-Arthur's head quarters snici tne unidentified Japanese envoy had been select ed and would leave Tokvo Sun. day. Details Later "Further details will follow." the broadcast said. There was no immediate con firmation of the Japanese reply at MacArthur's headquarters. It was heard in Manila only a few hours after MacArthur had warned the Jananese hlnnllv in stop stalling and send their sur render delegation to Manila 'without further delay." "Our reDresentative to Manila has been selected," Tokyo's re ply said, "jjue to necessary in ternal procedures, he is sched uled to leave Tokyo on Aue. 19." The supreme allied occupation commander, plainly irritated over Japanese bickcrinz brusouelv answerer! Tnlrvrt's re quest for clarification of the du nes ot tne Manila mission. "Your assumption that sienlns of the surrender terms is not among the tasks of the Japanese representatives to Manila is cor. rect," MacArthur informed Jap anese general headquarters by radio. Time Extended "The directive from this head quarters is clear and explicit and is to be complied with without further delay." The mission originally was to have flown to Manila today, but MiicArunir granted the Japuncse more time to complete arrange ments for the flight. His initial directives had specified that the mission was only to receive the allied terms and take them to the emperor, the imperial gen eral headquarters and the gov eminent not to sign them. Radio Tokyo, meanwhile, re vealed that Hirohito had supple mented his cease-fire order with an imperial rescript command ing the Japanese army and navy to lay down their arms in total surrender. Gen. Prince Naruhiko Higashi Kuni, new Japanese premier and war minister, called on all army forces to obey the rescript by yielding their arms in "profound sorrow" and returning to peace. Navy Minister Admiral Matsu masa Yonal pledged that the navy would "set the imperial mind at ease by confirming the imperial will." To Enforce Order At the same time, Japanese general headquarters notified MacArthur by radio that mem bers of the Emperor's family had left by plane for Manchuria. China and French Indo-China to inform Japanese forces there of Hirohlto's cease-fire order. Other developments In the fast-breaking Pacific situation included: Japan admitted that Japanese planes attacked some 12 allied transports which approached ex tremely near the coast of the home island of Shlkoku at noon Tokyo time yesterday, but point ed out that the incident occurred four hours before Hirohito had issued his cease-fire order. The official Japanese Domci news agency said Japan has made arrangements to return the occupied Portuguese half of Timor island northwest of Aus tralia to Portugal. T OF COUNTY JAIL Robert Ben Merrill, 40, held In the county Jail awaiting trial for assault and robbery of Dave Hickens last July 25, escaped sometime between 10 p. m. yes terday and 6 a. m. today, the sheriff s office reported. Merrill gained freedom by sawing his way out of his cell and lowering himself to the ground by means of a rope, the report stated. The saw was un doubtedly smuggled in, accord ing to Sheriff Howard Gault. The escapee is described as five feet, 11 inches tall, weigh ing 150 pounds, brown eyes, black hair, slender build and a tan complexion No clues as to his whereabouts have been re ceived, the report stated.
