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Gen. MacArthur To Give
Hirohito's Aides Surren
der Terms Soon
Manila, Sunday, Aug. 19
(U.R) Thirteen military, naval
and civilian Japanese plenipo
tentiaries arrived at Ie Shima
at mid-day today enroute to
Manila where they will receive
"certain requirements" from
Gen. Douglas MacArthur ior
the unconditional surrender of
Nippon.
Ribbon bedecked Japanese
army and navy officers accom
panied by men who appeared
to be personal representatives
of Emperor Hirohito reached
the giant Ie Superfortress air
strip at 12:45 p. m. Sunday, Ie
time (8:45 p. m. PWT).
They landed in two specially.
marked, black crossed attack
planes, escorted by two B-25
Billy Mitchell medium bombers
and a formation of speedy P-;8
Lightning fighters. Witnesses
were thousands of American sol
diers mostly air ground crew
men who had waited hours for
this first definite proof that the
Japanese were carrying out their
.uuuuin.-t.-u unconditional surrender-
MOVE TO TRANSPORT
Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead,
commanding general of the sih
r air force, escorted the Japanese
regales io iwo American trans
ports waiting on the airstrip. The
stay at Ie was brief.
Five Japanese envoys stepped
from one plane. Two were in
brown uniforms, and two were
in lighter green uniforms. One
was in civilian dress. The re
mainder of the group of 13 came
from the second plane which set
down on the air strip two min
utes later.
The crowd of soldiers was
well . behaved throughout the
brief time that the Japanese dele
gates were "guests" of the army
at this tiny isle famous mostly
as the place where the great
war correspondent, Ernie Pyle,
was shot and killed by Jar
anese sniper. '
The Nipponese delegates car
ried leather bags and brief
cases.
Their next stop was to be
Nichols field, near Manila
.where war first struck the
Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941.
The stopover at Ie Shima last
ed only 30 minutes.
At 1:15 p. m. Ie time (9:15 p.
m. PWT), the Japanese envoys
transferred to two American
C-54 transport planes and took
off for Manila.
MARTHUR FIRM
The Japanese had ignored
MacArthurs directive that their
mission was to use "Bataan" as
a password, but he brought them
sharply back to the point by a
terse command designating the
ca.l signs of the two planes in
which they will fly to Ie as
"Bataan One" and "Bataan
Two."
(Under military usage, the
planes could be fired upon by
patrolling American warplanes
f they fail to give the password
when challenged.)
MacArthurs insistence upon
the password Bataan highlighted
what undoubtedly will be the
y first major American demand of
the deefated enemy immediate
freedom for Lt. Hun .Tnnnthnn
WainWriBl.t th nrinr.
t, -. r i soviet armies orivmK luwum mc
ntw . CorrKdor' nd 811 i Manchurian city of Mukden, the
other captives of the Japanese."! Rfd cross reported today.
uispatchcs from Okinawa said Wainwright. 200 officers and
ne huge armies that had been ! j 2oo enlisted men were last re
standing by there for an invasion : portcd ncld in onc or two camps
" .he ;nemy islands will eo in
M occupation troops on
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Lillye Named Head
Rum Control Board
Portland, Ore., Aug. 18 (U.R)
George P. Lillye has been
named chairman of the Oregon
liquor control commission to re
place Paul Crooks. The selection
Was made by Gov. Earl Snell fol
lowing Crooks' resignation. Lil
lye will hold the post for the
rest of the fiscal year when a
new chairman will take charge
under the rotating system of se
lection.
Yanks Make Fireworks at Pearl
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Pcmi Hmbur, first io ienrn oi japs ireacnery, goes who at Domel news
surrender terms. Night sky is lit by continuous streams of light from
celebration starting early evening.
STOP LEND LEASE
OUT OF PORTLAND
Portland. Ore . Aiiir. 18 (U.R)
Portland lend-lease Operations
through the War Shipping Ad
ministration for the Soviet Union
and Great Britain were halted
at 5 p. m., today.
John Young director of main
tenance and repair for WSA
here, said instructions for the
stoppage had been received
through the office of the Pacific
coast director at San Francisco.
The Soviet purchasing commis
sion has also been notified.
The army, which has been sup
plying lend-lease materials to
Russia, had received no instruc
tions at its transportation office
here, Maj. George W. Berry, head
of the office, said, and until such
orders are received no change
will be made in the flow of mili
tary supplies.
It was explained that the or
der means the Soviet govern
ment will pay the bills and any
financial obligation will be di
rect instead of through WSA. A
greater part of this port, which
has been the chief wartime port
on the west coast for lend-lease
shipments, has been on Russian
vessels and huge stocks of sup
plies and materials have been
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Manila, Aug. 18 (U.R) Lt.
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright. Gen.
Douglas MacArthur s successor
on Corrcgidnr in 1942. may be
liberated with 200 other high
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at MiiWHrn
Tnc ani(y general who signed
the surrender on Corregidor is
the most famous of the 135.000
allied prisoners of war and ci
vilian internees known to be in
Japanese hands last spring. Col.
James T. Devercaux and ap
proximately 1,000 of his Rallant
marines who defended Wake is
land were last reported in a
camp near Shanghai.
FARMERS' UNION AIDE
Salem, Ore.. Aug. 18 'URi
State Representative Lyle D.
Thomas. Dnllas, has been ap
pointed field representative ol
i Uie Orcsvu I' aimer' t'uioa.
State Resumes 55 M.
Speed Limit Today
Salem, Ore., Aug. 18 (U.R)
The pre-war speed limit of 55
miles an hour will be resumed
tomorrow, Gov. Eafl Snell an
nounced today. An order from
the office of defense transporta
tion lifted the 35-mile limit, Im
posed nationally as a tire-saving
cooperative measure. However,
Gov. Snell pointed out that tires
are worn and old, and new ones
arc not immediately available,
and he urged continued caution
and careful driving. '
'DILLYDALLYING'
San Francisco, Aug. 18 (U.R)
Henry J. Kaiser, west coast in
dustrialist, today urged the fed
eral eovernment to louse its war
plants to private businessmen
immediately for manufacturing
peacetime products.
Testifying before a senate sub
committee on reconversion prob
lems, Kaiser accused govern
ment jigencies of "dilly-dallying"
on his proposals to lease gov
ernment war plants.
"If we close the nation's war
plants we will do away with one-
half of the natipn s employment,
Wnien ealrl "Vkn ,1'A .iron. In
ate panic instead of prosperity?"
"If it takes six months to
move toward reconversion we
might as well forget our hopes
for prosperity," Kaiser told the
subcommittee. "The world is
ours and we can have the great
est amount of business we've
ever had but not if we dilly
dally." M Ml DDUV A DiC A i
1 V ill 11 I MnlM
in mum ii i i imi
Granls Pass. Ore., Aug. 18 j
tU.P.i Several Japanese ball'ions
landed in Josephine county, '
authorities revealed today after
lifting of censorship- Balloon
covering segments were found
near Murphy and in the city
limits of Grants and an entire
balloon without its bomb load
was found near Wolf Crcrk
False alarms were reported
also. One was on the day the
planet Venus was visible and an
other reportedly unexploacd
bomb was a giant mushroom.
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SURPLUS BOARD CUT
Washingtrn, Aug. 18 lU.R)
A senate military affairs sub-
committee headed by Sen. Jo-'
seph C. O'.Mahoney, D., Wyo , !
today recommended substitution
of a single surplus property ad-
ministraior for the present three
jmaa bvard. i
HarborThis Time
I Ar. T.,.,..l.,l
flash that Japan accepted Potsdam
flares as every ship in harbor Joins
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DEFEAT
San Francisco, Aug. 18 (U.R)
Tokyo Rose, who left the air
waves the day of Japan's sur
render, was back atv the old
stand today with an audacious
blend of music, propaganda,
news and the patter which has
made her familiar to American
G.I.'s in the Pacific.
The Federal Communications
commission said the program has
a new name, "The Pacific Hour,"
and that it has been cut from
one hour nightly to half an hour.
The program started off as
usual with a news broadcast in
which the announcer Ignored
Japan's defeat, but almost Jubil
antly reported that "the Japa
nese nation is pushing forward
to postwar reconstruction, while
the last touch of the recent war
are swiftly being eliminated."
Another announcer read sam
ple Tokyo newspaper editorial
comment on the Japanese sur
render such as that by Asahl
which urged the people to "go
ahead with courage "
After an interlude of miiMC,
the appealing voice of Tokyo
Rose came in:
"Remember the Pacific Hour
will be on the air again tomor
row night at the same time and
frequencies." she said, "and we
invite you to tunc into this pro
I gram of news and music for the
i latest information . . . until thun
it's so-long for now. . ."
SET AT 8.6 MILLS
The Jaekson county tax mill-
for ,hc
be 8 6 mills for all district:
,lcle of Asnland and 7 mll
will
els out-(
Is for1
the city of Ashland, the county! Utah, of the senate military af
assessor's office reports. Ayh- fairs committee said tonight that
land levies its Own road and
library millages'
The mlllagc by funds, with
amounts to be raised, are:
General county schools and
school library, 3 mills for $112,
8.19 06.
Library .1 mill, for $3,491 18
General roads, 1. 5 mills for
$52.367. 72. j
Market roads,
$146 690.78.
Emergency, 1
761.30.
3 9 mills for
mill for $3,-
SLAYING CONFESSED 1
Seattle, Aug. 18 1UR Shcr-
Iff's Capt. George Lohrer said
tonight that Edward E. Mitchell, 1
27-year-old bartender, arrested
in Tacoma. Wash , had confessed
to the slaying of Walter B. Foley,
Jr., 22 year-old former Liquor
Board undercover agent in Scat-1
Ue Aug 8,
UPON BEEF, VEAL,
Meat Rationing Can End
Soon Secy. Anderson
Orders Suspension
Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)
Secretary of Agriculture Clin
ton P. Anderson today bolstered
his prediction that meat ration
ing might end this fall by an
nouncing indefinite suspension
of federal set-aside purchase of
beef, veal and ham.
The suspension, effective to
morrow, is expected to mean in
creases soon in the supply of
these meats for civilians.
Anderson said lard and pork
loins and shoulders will continue
to be set aside for government
buyers for the time being.
His announcement on beef,
veal and ham was the best news
for civilians since the removal
earlier in the week of all canned
fruits and vegetables from ra
tioning. Anderson said fats and
oils, however, would continue
short "probably into next year,"
and that sugar would be scarce
"through 1946."
Cheese, Butter, Alts
In addition to the ending of
set-asides of beef, veal and ham,
the army is reported to have told
Anderson it no longer will need
set-asides on lamb, butter and
cheese. He did not, however,
confirm this report.
The terminated beef and vcnl
set-asides had been: 20 per cent
of choice, good and commercial
grades of beef; 55 per cent of
utility, cutter and canner grades
of beef, and 30 per cent of
choice, good and commercial
grades of veal. No percentages
were given on pork set-asides.
Henceforth, the only pork
items to be set aside are pork
loins, equivalent to 4H per cent
of the live weight of the hogs
slaughtered; 5V4 per cent of the
shoulders and manufactured
pork, and 4 per cent of the lard.
Anderson earlier had said the
meat supply-and-demand situa
tion would justify removal of
meat rationing. He said that if
marketing of beef is as heavy
as expected, meat rationing
should end this fall.
He forecast an Average meat
consumption per person of about
145 pounds in the last three
months of this year as compared
with 120 pounds thus far.
Anderson could end meat ra
tioning at once wtihout consul
tation with any other agency if
he wished to exercise his statu
tory authority to ro so.
He said, however, that he
would not declare any foods ra
tion free without full discussion
first with the office of price ad
ministration. Thousands Laid Off
Portland Shipyards
Portland, Ore., Aug. 1 8 (U.R)
About 16,000 men will be laid
off in the three Portland-Vancouver
Kaiser shipyards within
the next few days, It was an
nounced today. Cancellation of
shipbuilding contracts eliminat
ed 7.227 workers Friday and un
tabulated thousands more today.
Bill Would Freeze
Rank of 'Big Brass'
Washington, Aug. 18 U.R
Chairman Elbert D. Thomas D.,
he will Introduce a bill when
congress reconvenes to freeze
the nation's seven five-star gen
erals and admirals permanently
in their rank.
BULLETIN
Coait
(Night games).
Oakland 2 9 1
Portland 11 16 2
Gllmore, I.otz (5) and Kcarsc
Mooty and Younkcr.
Los Angeles 5
Seattle 7
Woodcnd , Lammers,
and Kreitncrj Turpin,
and Sueme.
13 1
10 1
Merkle
Frazicr
1
7 3
Sacramento 2
Hollywood 1
Wood and Schluctcr:
Smith
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Nip Surrender Due Tuesday
Dispute With Commu
nists Still Rages
Chungking. Sunday. Aug. 19
(U.R) Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Shek sent radio instructions for
a Japanese surrender delegation
of not more than five men to
appear at the Chihkiang airfield
Tuesday, it was disclosed today
as Central government troops
made ready to move into Canton
and Peiping.
Chiang's instructions were
sent Saturday night in his third
radio message to Gen. YasuJi
Okamura, Japanese commander
in China. Well informed sources
predicted the China surrender
would be signed soon after the
general signing.
Reports here said that Hie
Chinese First army, veterans of
the Burma fighting, were to
move into Canton, and Central
government troops under Gen,
Fu Tso Yi were reported at the
outskirts of Peiping and ready to
enter.
Amidst preparations here to
accept the surrender of Gen.
Yasuji O.'amura, Japanese com
mander in China, the dispute be
tween the Chungking govern
ment and the Communists went
on.
Mao Tzc-Tung, leader of tnc
Communists informed Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-Shek that he
would consider his four-day old
Invitation to a meeting at Chung
king only after Chiang permits
Communist participation in ac
cepting the surrender of Japa
nese. Mao wanted Chiang to express i
an opinion on the tiegram lien
Chu Teh, Communist military
leader, sent him demanding that
"civil war" be halted. Chu's
telegram, received Aug. 16. sug
gested that Communist troops in
liberated areas receive the sur
render of Japanese troops they
have surrounded, while Chiang s
troops receive the surrenders of
Japanese troops confronting
them.
JAP ARMY QUITS
AS REDS ADVANCE
London, Aug. 18 (U.R)
Japan's famous Kwantung army
is beginning to lay down its
arms the Soviet communique re
ported tonight after Marshal
Alexander M. Vasllevsky, com
mander of Soviet Russia's far
eastern armies sent an airplane
to Hnrbln, Manchuria, to take
its chief of staff to his head
quarters The communique reported that
although Soviet forces continued
to meet resistance in several sec
tors, the Japanese were surren
dering in large numbers.
An encircled Japanese garri
son of 5.000 men headed by a
major general surrendered cn
mas.xr the communique said, and
specified that troops of the Jap
anese third armv especially were
surrendering In largo numbers.
Increasing Japanese surren
ders Indicated the nine days old
Russo-Japanese war was drawing
to a close. Local commanders,
aware their emperor had surren
dered four days ago. apparently
were ceasing resistance when
ever the military situation per
mitted them In do so.
SLATE DE GAULLE
Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)-
Gen. Charles DcUaullc. president j
of the French Provisional gov
ernment, will be received at the
White House Wednesday wilhj
lull milUaiy Uuuurs. 1
WAR BULLETINS
With the 6th U. S. Division.
Luzon, Aug. 18 (U.R) The
Japanese have killed or
wounded 33 men of this divi
sion in the Kiangan area since
the first Japanese peace move.
Enemy troops in this area to
far have refuted io surrender.
Rangoon, Aug. 18 (U.R)
British troops in Burma have
halted offensive operations
and have had no contact with
the Japanese or any casualties
since Emperor Hirohito an
nounced Japan's surrender, of
ficial quarters said today.
E!
OF ALL BASES IN
Navy Committee Recom
mend Full Title Claim
Even If Allied Owned
Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)
A House Naval Affairs subcom
mittee tonight recommended
lhat the United States claim
"full title" to Pacific Islands
where American bases are lo
cated. lt recommended that this be
done despite the fact that many
of the islands are presently
owned or theoretically con
trolled by the Allied nations. It
also proposed outright U. S.
ownership of outlying Japanese
islands.
The subcommittee, Headed by
Rep. Ed.. V. Izac, D., Calif.,
made its recommendations in a
300-page report after a 21,000
milc inspection trip- Committee
Chairman Carl Vinson, D., Ga.,
who released parts of the sub
committee's recommendatio n s ,
said the full report could not bo
made public because much of It
was of a confidential nature.
Many islands Which the com
mittee said "must" be taken over
by the United States now are
held outright or controlled by
Great Britain, France, Australia,
New Zealand, Portugal, Chile or
The Netherlands.
To those who may "challenge
the Jusliiication" of U. S. reten
tion of these bases, the commit
tee cited:
1. "The loss of American
lives in taking those bases. '
2. "The expenditure of vast
sums of American money In
establishing and equipping these
bases"
3. 'The great dependence of
tnc world upon the United States
for maintaining peace in the Pa
cific and the world."
4- "The apparent preference
of the natives of these Islands lor
the United States government."
LEASE END NEAR
Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)
Notes informing Great) Britain,
Russia and other allied countries
of the halting of lend-lease ship
ments already have been speed
ed on their way by the United
States, a government source dis
closed tonight.
The government official said
the nctes were sent out In ac
cordance with a decision reached
this week at a White House con
fer. -rice to end the lend-lease pro
gram. ' The president has been hold
ing up his official announce
ment on lend-lease until the
notes have been delivered to the
foreign governments Involved,"
the officials said. He added that
th.: official announcement prob
ably will be made on Tuesday
or w'ednesday.
He said that lend-lease ship
ments will not be entirely cut
off but will be confined only to
compensate the countries which
arc aiding this country to re
deploy its soldiers. Lend-lease
sent under this drastically cur
tailed program, he said, will be
small in comparison with the bil
lions of dollars of materials do
nated to the allied cause during
Uie war.
TRUMAN EXTENDS
WARTIME CONTROL
ON LABOR, PRICES
Orderly Change To Peace,
Economy Aim 'Little
Steel' Formula Weakened
Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)
President Truman tonight or
dercd extension of wartime la
bor, price, and inflation controls
into the reconversion periodt but
gave the War Labor Board au
thority to wipe out the little
steel formula's ceiling on wages.
His order, he told the govern
ment's economic agencies, was
designed "to promote a swift and
orderly transition to a peacetime
economy of free independent pri
vate enterprise with full em
ployment and maximum produc
tion." In what he called "this final
stage of the war economy," the
president said it was necessary
to "assure the general stability
of prices and costs and the main
tenance of purchasing power
which are indispensable to the
shift of business enterprises from
wartime to peacetime production
and of individuals from wartime
to peacetime employment."
Parties to labor disputes which
Interfere with reconversion shall
be subject, he said, to the same
penalties that were applied to
disputes In war plants.
By executive order, the presi
dent instructed the Office of
Price Administration and Secre
tary of Agriculture to iw.provs
and tighten price controls; con
tinued the authority of the War
Labor Board over industrial dis
putes: gave the WLB authority
to permit non-inflationary wage
increases, and told the War Pro
duction board to limit manufac
ture of products for which ma
terials or facilities are insuffi
cient, and to control Inventories
that would lead to speculative
hoarding.
Mr. Truman's order was an
Implementation of the master
reconversion plan announced by
Reconversion Director John W.
Snyder on Monday and of the
president's own labor and sta
bilization policy.
Heretofore the fundamental
guide forsthe WLB In ruling on
wage increases was the little
steel formula limiting Increases
to 15 per cent of wage rates re
ceived on Jan. 1, 1941.
Now the limiting factor Is
whether or not the boosts will
necessitate price Increases.
Non Inflationary voluntary
wage Increases those which do
not require price Increases may
now he put into effect without
board approval.
In addition, the board Is au
thorized to approve, "without re
gard to the limitations contained
in any other orders or direc
tives." non-inflationary Increases
deemed necessary to correct mal
adjustments or inequities which
would interfere with reconver
sion. In the case of proposed wage
increases which would necessi
tate price boosts, the Office of
Price Administration and the Of
fice of Economic Stabilization
must approve them as before.
PRESIDENTTEADS
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Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)
President Truman will lead the
nation tomorrow in thanksgiving
for victory and prayer for wis
dom in peace.
The widows of two former
presidents who led the country
In war and fought for peace
were Invited to the White House
services, but one of them, Mrs,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, sent her
regrets. The other is Mrs. Wood
row Wilson.
The services will bo held In
the East room of the White
House tomorrow morning.
AIR FAREs"rEDUCED
San Francisco, Aug. 18 (UR)
United Air Lines today announc
ed a four per cent reduction in
air travel fares- This brings the
total cut In passenqrr fares to
24 per cent sines 1941,