McArthur's Hurry Up Order Spurs Japs; Envoys to Arrive Tomorrow
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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
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United Press
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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B-29'$, carrier
planes continue
to pound Japan
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to til it Ocean
'GUAM
Pussies wiping out
Japs left in New
Guinea. New Unfair
and New Ireland
NEW IRELAND
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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.