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-."EDFOED, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1945
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Yokosuka. Japan, Aug. 30
(U.R) Thousands of grim-faced
marines, supported by American
and British naval landing parties,
took over the great Yokosuka
navy yards today and deployed
around the shores of Tokyo bay
without firing a shot.
Yokosuka itself was bedecked
1 with white flags the Japanese
had tied to their gun positions
in compliance with Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's orders. The few re
maining Japanese civilians in the
navy yard watched in sullen sil
ence as the marines swarmed
ashore. All the Japanese wore
white armbands to signify their
acceptance of Emperor Hiro
hito's surrender order.
At Yokohama and Atsugi,
where MacArthur's airborne
army troops had taken over, the
atory was the same. Japanese sol
diers and civilians were eager
to carry out the orders of the
occupation forces.
Brig. Gen. William T. Clement,
Richmond. Va., marine com
mander, stepped ashore with his
veteran fourth regiment and an
nounced he would "tolerate no
resistance" from the Japanese.
His men fanned out quickly
across Sagami and Miura penin
sulas, setting up a defensive
perimeter against the-possibility
of a "banzai" attack by rebel
lious enemy troops.
But by late evening there were
no signs of trouble. The Japanese
did not lift so much as an eye
brow at the invaders and Ameri
can commanders reported the oc
cupation was going ahead
imoothly.
Adms. Chester W. NimiU and
William F. Halscy went ashore
early this afternoon and drove
in a Japanese limousine through
cheering lanes of marines drawn
up in the Yokosuka naval base.
A handful of Japanese guards
itood at attention as American
naval leaders inspected the de
serted and badly battered naval
station.
From daybreak until long aft
er nightfall a steady stream of
marines, soldiers and bluejackets
poured into Yokosuka and At
rlugi. Both towns rapidly were
taking on the appearance of an
American base.
United Press correspondents
who landed with the troops
found the Japanese courteous but
Impassive. The GI's got their big
gest kick out of the midget Jap
anese cars they found at Atsugi.
By mid-afternoon, they were de
serting their own jeeps and
whizzing delightedly about the
field in the tiny cars.
General MacArthur Head
quarters. Yokohama, Japan.
Aug. 30 (U.Ri General
Douglas MacArthur set up head
quarters in Yokohama today as
the first 40 000 troops of his oc
cupation army raised the Stars
and Stripes over Japan's larg
est naval base, two airfields and
a big slice of the Tokyo plain.
A half dozen or more Japan
ese towns, some within a few
miles of the southern outskirts
of Tokyo, were occupied by Al-j
lied air and sea borne forces in,
y their first few hours ashore. j
MacArthur, supreme occupa-j
tion commander, established his i
headquarters in Yokohama's!
new Grand Hotel with other top,
American officers less than an
hour after landing at Atsugi air
field from Okinawa.
Yokosuka Naval Base. Aug.
30 (U.R) Formal control of one
of Japan's greatest naval bases
pased into American hand at
11:20 a. m. today when Rearl
Adm. Michitara Tozuka, a fat-j
faced little man with baggy!
eyes, handed a plain, white en-
velope to Rear Adm. Robert
Carney. USN. j
The transfer of command took i
place on the side of a dock in
the shadow of Rear Adm Os-j
car W. Badger's flagshio. the
San Dieso the first ' Invading1
ship to tic up at this newest U S
naval base.
Humbolt County is at the
tJkict tenter ef UiC rul.s tOiiU
Tokyo
J
(Acme Itaato-I elepnolo)
As plans for Allied occupation of Japan progress, the once-proud Imperial city of Japanese empire, lies In
devastation. Heart of Tokyo Is shown revealing palace moat (left), War Department and Imperial doneral
6taff .headquarter! (top right), and Imperial Army Air Force headquarters (lower right), all burned out
U. S. Navy Rardio-Telephoto.
PAPPY'BOYINGTON
FOUND ALIVE IN
Okanogan Marine Ace Shot
Down In 1944 Survives
Months of Torture
Aboard the Mercy Ship
Reeves off Omori Prison Camp,
Tokyo Bay, Aug. 30 (U.R) Sur
viving 20 months of secret im
prisonment and torture with a
baseball bat, MaJ. Gregory Pap
py) Boyington, 32-year-old ace
from Okanogan, Wash., was res
cued by an expedition command
ed by Commodore Roger Simp
son, he told me today.
boyington was reported dead
when he was shot down over
Rabaul in 1944. He had 28 Jap
anese planes and a congressional
medal of honor to his credit.
His mother, Mrs. Grace Hal
lenbeck, of Okanogan, never
gave up hope. She frequently ex
pressed to newspapermen her be
lief that her son would return,
although she had never heard
from him directly or Indirectly.
Boyington said he was shot
down during the morning of Jan.
3, 1044. He had 22 mm. wounds
on his head, neck, arms and ear
and his ankle was broken. The
main gas tank on his Corsair
blew up.
Aboard Adm. Badger's Flag
ship at Yokosuka. Aug. 30 (U.R)
Five hundred allied prisoners,
many of them stark naked and
all starving, danced and cried
with joy when an American res
cue mission liberated them from
the Omorl prison camp, the
"blackest hellhole" of the war.
Commodore Roger Simpson,
leader of the rescue party, re
counted today.
Simpson, exhausted from his
all-night mission which he car
ried out with Cmdr. Harold Stas
sen, former governor of Minne
sota, told a pitiable tale of mal
treatment and neglect. His state
ments were borne out by navy
doctors who found most of the
500 were suffering from injuries,
concussion, burns or' malnutri
tion. SUB COMMANDER SAFE
San Francisco Calif , Aug. 30
UP) Cmdr. Richard H.
O'Kt.ie, submarine commander
listed in dispatches from Tokyo
Bay a being rescued and aboard
the hospital ship Reeves, was
identified today by navy friends
as the famed skipper of the miss
ing juDmat me, Taag,
Is Bleak Record of
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GJ JOB PRIORITY .
OVER COLLECTIVE
New York, Aug. 30 (U.R)
Federal Judge Matthew T.
Abruzzo ruled today that the Se
lective Service act supersedes
collective bargaining agreements
In determining job seniority
rights of war veterans.
Ho made his decision in a test
case brought by Abraham Fish
gold, former serviceman, against
the Sullivan Dry Dock and Re
pair corporation of Brooklyn.
The case involved Intcrpreta-
tion of veterans' seniority rights
under the Selective Service act
Answering arguments of the
company's counsel, Abruzzo de
clared "there was no ambiguity
about the act that took the vet
eran into the army forces."
"This act now saves the veter
an his pension, his insurance and
his social security," Abruzzo
said.
"In my opinion, congress In
tended to give the veteran all
the rights he left when he was
called into service and the
statute passed by congress super
sedes collective bargaining con
tracts." BRITISH TO TAKE
Chungking. Aug. 30 (U.R)
British naval units will enter
Hong Kong harbor today to take
over the British crown colony j
from Japanese occupation fore-!
es, Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedcmey
er announced.
Wcdemeycr said that the Brit-1
ish units were detached froml
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser's Pa-j
cific command to make the
lightning run to re-assume con
trol of one of Great Britain's
most famous out posts.
TO PRISON FOR RUM
Sacramento, Aug. 30 (U R)
Curtis E. Kcilman. Stockton rail
road employe, today was sentenc
ed to five years in a federal pri
son on his plea of guilty to steal
ing 10 cases of whisky from a
box car in interstate commerce.
BASEBALL MEET SET
Los Angeles, Aug. 30 U R
A special meeting of directors of
the Pacific Coast baseball league
will be held in Oakland Satur
day. Sept. 8. "resident Clarence
.Rowland announced today.
Defeat
CAUSED BY FIRE
Six New Ships Burn At Kai
ser Yard Welding Spark
Held Cause
Portland. Ore., Aug. 30 (U.R)
A major fire in the outfitting
docks of the Kaiser Oregon ship
yard in Portland today burned
six newly-completed ships, with
damage estimated in excess of
$25,000,000.
Hundreds of workers dived
into the mooring basin to escape
the flames and scores suffered
minor Injuries.
A cabin painter drowned when
he dived from a flaming ship
into the mooring basin. An as
bestos operator is unaccounted
for.
Flames raced from one ship
to another as they were tied at
the dock of the Willamette river
shipyard, one of the largest In
the world. The Victory ships
and troop transports had been
launched and needed only final
outfitting before going into
service.
Between 2,500 and 3.00
workers were in the immediate
area. Firemen were driven
from the outfitting dock by the
terrific heat of the flames, led
by fresh paint and other In
flammables. The fire broke out as the
graveyard shift was leaving. It
is believed to have started when
sparks from a welder's outfit
ignited oil being piped Into a
generator on the Bexar Victory,
a completed ship. The oil had
dripped on some wood and the
fire spread rapidly.
The flames Jumped to the
U. S. S. Glynn, a troopship
moored near it, and It was only
seconds before the Glynn was
completely afire.
Then the outfitting dock I'self
caught fire and the flames swept
under the main deck, weakening
the piling underneath. Four 15
ton Whirley cranes waved and
yard officials were fearful they
might topple over.
Since there were three ships
tied to the dock and three more
alongside them, the fire sprrod
over all the craft. Manager Al
bert Bauer said the Victory itiips
cost about S't 500.000 each end
the troopships $4,000 000.
Yard fire apparatus answered
the first alarm, then two addi
tional alarms brought three ftie
boats and all availablo Tortljild
umU-
TOKYO IN RUINS
Japs Glad War Is Over
Children Wave But Adults
' Only Stare
By James F. McGUncy
(United Press Correspondent)
Tokyo, Aug. 30 (U.P.1 Today
we reached the end of the long
road to Tokyo and found what
must surely be the world's worst
bombed city.
The Japanese capital or the
part of it which is still standing
received its first Americans
today almost with apathy.
There were no incidents as
this correspondent and a few
other Americans entered the
city in the early afternoon.
If the Japanese had any feel
ings at all about our appearance
lt seemed to be one of gratitude
gratitude that the war is over
at long last.
The Japanese capital Is a fan
tastic monument to the shatter
ing power of the American air
forces a monument erected in
the rubble and dust of thous
ands of buildings.
Yet, despite the death and de
solation which we have Inflicted
upon the citizens of Tokyo, they
showed little reaction to the first
Americans they saw.
Most of the Japanese to whom
I have talked seemed glad that
the war was over. They took
their defeat with dignity and
that can not be denied.
They did not fawn on us but
they were polite and helpful
when the need arose.
But there were some excep
tions to this a few who dis
played warmer feeling.
Another exception were the
Japanese children who waved
and cheered at us as we drove
along the dusty roads in the out
skirts of Tokyo.
The adult Japanese did not
cheer. They stared without ex
pression and, once in a while,
you could detect a flicker of
hate in the eyes of these people
who were our enemy until a few
days ago.
By Leslie Nakashlma
(United Press Correspondent)
Tokyo. Aug. 30 (U.R) Hiro
shima was destroyed at one
strike by a single atomic bomb
dropped by a Supcrfort on the
morning of Aug. 6.
There is not a single building
standing intact In the city, which
had a population of 300,000.
E
Greeley, Colo., Aug. 30 (U.R).
Harold Hogsctt, executive'
secretary of the National Beet
Growers Federation, declared
today that New York's Mayor,
Fiorcllo LaGuardia had shown
"his ignorance on a subject of
which he knows very little,"
when he testified In Washington!
that the United States "should
not grow a pound of beet sugar." ;
LaGuardia's statement before1
the senate banking committec
that the nation could Import
enough sugar from Islands out-,
side the United States was hit,
by Hoggsctt.
One-Man Army Alive,
Wife Told Home Soon
Traverse City. Mich., Aug.
30 'UP) Capt. Arthur W. Wer-j
muth, 35-year-old "one man
army" of Bataan, has been
found at a Manchurian prison
camp and will be released for
early transfer home, his wife
Mrs. Jean Wcrmuth, nurse at
Munson hospital, said she had
been notified by the war detart-l
ment that Wermuth was located :
at Camp Mukden in Manchuria.
recently taken by the Russian
army. i
Wermuth, of Chicago, was
one of the war's early heroes
He was credited with killing,
118 Japanese personally in the
bitter hand to- hand fighting on
OPA CUTS POINT
CHEESESJTTER
Lard, Oils, Shortening Un
changed for September
Bowles Tells Reason
Washington, Aug. 30 (U.R)
The OPA today slashed Septem
ber ration point values on meat,
hno.n. kiillup ntiH ma rmirinp.
j No points will be needed for
j canned milk, the office of price
j administration announced.
' From Sept. 2 to 29. Inclusive,
the red point reduction on all
, meats will average 28 per cent.
Points on cheeses will De cut in
half. Butter will drop four
points and margarine will be cut
by two so that both will have
the same ration value 12
points.
Blue point rationing was stop
ped earlier this month. Now
points will be cut on the whole
red point list except for lard,
cooking oils and shortening.
Beef steaks and roasts will be
from two to three points less a
pound. Hamburger values will
be cut In half to two points a
pound. Lamb and veal will drop
one to three points. Pork steaks,
chops and roasts will be down
one and two points. All bpcon
will be reduced by two oolnts
and sparcrlbs will be cut three
points.
rrir. administrator Chester
Bowles said the reductions re
sult from "marked Improvement
in the last few weeks" in supply
and distribution.
"When the fighting stopped,
it was possible for the military
to reduce the buying of meats
and other foods for the armed
services," he stated. Fals and
oils, he added, are the only red
point food items that will be
"tighter" next month.
The end of meat rationing Is
not yet in sight, Bowles declar
ed, although other sources have
predicted it would last only a
couple of months more.
He said the agriculture de
partment estimated that civil
ians would get 338.000,000
pounds of meat a week during
the September rationing period
compared with 280.420.000
pounds in August, an increase
of 20'i per cent. There will be
more beef. veal, lamb, mutton
and pork, he said.
T
TO
BE USED BY NAVY
FLEET BASE
Tongue Point, Astoria, Ore.,
Ailff. ;iu lu.r.; rvn -.- -i
$6,000,000 will be spent for faci
lities in connection with the
navy's plan to berth reserve)
fleet vessels at the naval air
station hero.
In announcing the decision to
use Tongue Point, the navy re
vealed that over 500 ships would
bo moored here, including in
fantry and tank landing ships,
patrol boats, mine sweepers and i
some hospital ships. 1
Originally designed as a sea
plane base, the $13 OOO.OOU-air ;
station at the mouth of the Col-l
umbla river has many facilities
which the navy probably will j
continue to use. Plans call for
stationing 1.R00 enlisted men
and 200 officers with the fleet ;
section. Approximately !00 ci-i
vilians will be employed.
Construction at the base was i
begun following congressional t
action In 1030 providing for a
seaplane banc at Tongue Point.
The war meant rapid expansion
into a full naval base for the pro
cessing of men assigned to
escort carriers and attack trans
ports and the training of air
squadrons.
Decision to base the shins at
the Astoria base ended a long
controversy among northwest
areas. Seattle Interests pro
tested berthing the ships in
Lake Washington while the site
was sought by Portland, Van
couver and T a c o in a among
uUieu.
WAR BULLETINS
Washington, Aug. 30 (U.R)
President Truman today r
Yoked a wartim order which
In 1943 established a mini
mum work week of 48 hours.
Washington, Aug. 30 (U.R)
U. S. submarines operating
in far eastern waters in the
last three months of the war
tank 69 enemy vessels, the
navy announced today.
PRESIDENT SAYS
E
AT PEARL HARBOR
No Preparedness Policy Held
Basic Cause Defends
Hull Critics Active
Washington, Aug. 30 (U.R)
President Truman said today
that he thought the army and
navy Pearl Harbor reports show
ed that the disaster resulted fun
damentally from "the policy
which the country itself pur
sued" In 1941 a policy of non
preparedness. The president expressed his
views at a press conference while
numerous congressmen were de
manding further investigations
and public courts martial on top
officers who drew part of the
blame.
The president also sided again
with Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson In challenging portions
of the army board report, this
time In defense of former Sec
retary of State Cordcll Hull.
The president said today that
he wanted to agree wholely and
completely with what Stimson
had said yesterday In challeng
ing criticism of Hull.
Mr. Truman yesterday had
associated himself with Stimson
In denouncing criticism of the
army chief of staff, Gen. George
C. Marshall.
Discussing the reports under
rapid fire questioning by a pack
ed news conference, the presi
dent said he had read the re
ports carefully and come to this
conclusion:
"The whole thing was the re
sult of the policy which the
country itself pursued. The coun
try was not ready for prepared
ness." He went on to say that every
time the late President Roosevelt
tried to get a preparedness pro
gram through congress. It was
"stifled." And every time Mr.
Roosevelt In statements tried to
arouse the country to the need
for preparedness, he was "vili
fied," Mr. Truman said.
And thus, the president added,
his primary thought was the
country as a whole, more than
any individuals, was to blame
for the Pearl Harbor disaster.
The president took sharp issue
with Rep. Andrew J. May, D.,
Ky., chairman of the house mili
tary affairs committee, who ex
pressed fear that the army and
navy reports on Pearl Harbor
might constitute a "white wash."
The president said he did not
Bgree. Furthermore, he said, he
did not think May had read the
reports because in his, the presi
dent's opinion, there was no
white wash.
Many congressional critics In
sisted that the administration
still had not told all.
MRS. BRIDGES SICK
San Francisco, Aug. 30 (U.R)
Mrs. Agnes Bridges, sick in
San Francisco hospital "because
of a complete collapse and a
pain In her head," failed to ap
pear in superior court today as
the Harry Bridges divorce trial
continued.
New York, Aug. 30 (U.R)
Cotton futures opened 2 to 4
points higher today.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN
Boston 110
New York 7 7 1
Ferriss and Holm, Stcincr (8);
Revens and Robinson,
Cleveland 4 10 0
Chicago 4 11 0
Center, Salveson (5) Klleman
7) and Hayes; Grove, Papish (9)
a. id Trcsh.
The Territory of Wyoming
came into existence by an act of
Coogece oa July 28, 1868.
MOST LEND LEASE
Collection Would Help Sow
Seeds of New World War
Is View
Washington, Aug. 30(U.R
President Truman indicated to
day that the "overwhelming
portion" of Allied obligations
for $42,000,000,000 worth of
American lend-lease aid will be
cancelled.
To add $42,000,000,000 to the
already enormous financial obli
gations of our Allies, the presi- '
dent said In the 20th lend-lease
report to congress, would treat
en to disrupt political stability
and "help sow the seeds of a
new world conflagration."
This Is not a new policy. The
administration, and congress
through its own reports on lend
lease, have never contemplated
a dnllar-for-dollar settlement.
Mr. Truman pointed out that
lend-lease was not conceived as
a commercial program. He re
iterated that war cost settle
ments should avoid the World
War I debt debacle by being
based on the "rule of quality of
sacrifice and equality In effort."
Today's report said that since
1942 the relative financial costs
of war contribution! by the
United States and its principal
allies were approximately equal.
"Such a distribution of the fi
nancial costs of the war means
that no nation can grow rich,
or benefit unfairly, from the
war efforts of its allies," the re
port said.
The 20th lend-lease report
covers only the period through
June 30. There will have to be
a 21st report to cover the prriod
from July 1 through V-J Day
probably next week, on which
date President Truman has or
dered all lend-lease to halt.
Through June 30, the total
tend-leasc aid furnished by the
United States was $42,020,779.
000 plus $788,603,000 worth of
goods consigned to military com
manders for transfer In the field
to lend-lease countries. This is
approximately 15 per cent of
the $300,000,000,000 spent by
the U. S. for war.
The British Empire was by far
largest recipient of lend-lease
with more than $29,000,000,000
on the books against her. Lend
lease exports of goods not in
cluding services show that 42
per cent or $13,498,748,000,
went to the United Kingdom.
Twenty-eight per cent of the ex
ports went to Russia.
LAND TO RESUME
FINN RELATIONS
Washinnton. Aug. 30 fll.Rl .
The state department announced
today that diplomatic relations
between the United Slates and
Finland will be resumed at mid
night tomorrow.
The United States broke diplo
matic relations with Finland on
June 30, 1944, on grounds that
the Finnish government had be
come a military partner of Ger
many. Secretary of States James F.
Byrnes announced on Aug. 21
that the American representative
in Helsinki had been Instructed
to propose re-establishment of
diplomatic relations.
FEDERAL COURT ENDS
U. S. District court in Mcd
ford was closed "sine die" at
10 a.m. today by Judge James
A. Fee who left with his court
group about noon to return to
Portland. The Judge spent the
last two days here writing opin
ions on cases which had come
before him earlier this year.
Closure of the court session was
declared without a date set for
reopening.
ORECONIANS HURT
Woodland. Calif., Aug. 30
(U.R) Two Oiegon men were in
jured today when the transport
truck In which thev were riding
crashed Into parked truck here,
police said. They were Edward
Mnnaiihan, Salem and Alfred
McCiure, FojUand.
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