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Use The Mall Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cost Weather Tribune EDFORD FORECAST Clear tonlfht and Saturday. Slightly warmer Sat urday. Temp. Highest yesterday S7 Lowest this morning. M ...... tl United Pien Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leaned Wiri Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1945. NO. 137. 16) Jim ii M TV .a V IllliL-A1, fr ' "'''''M1' wmiHlf SPEAK BRIEFLY )T Formal Surrender, Coming Week-end, Also Broad cast To Nation The United Press reported the formal signing of surrender terms was expected after 5 p. m., Pacific war time, Saturday. Washington, Aug. 31 (U.R) President Truman will make his V-J day proclamation In a brief radio speech to the American i people immediately after the formal signing of the Pacific surrender terms aboard the U. S. S. Missouri off Tokyo. ' Mr. Truman's proclamation will riot signal the formal end to World War II hostilities. That will come later, either in an other proclamation by the pres ident or in a joint resolution of congress.. White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said today that no final official word had been received from Tokyo as to when the surrender would be signed, but that this tentative plan had been worked out. The actual signing ceremony will be broadcast to the Amer ican people from the ship, and ns the ceremony ends, the broad cast will be shifted to the While House where the president will make a one-or-nine minute V speech. Then the broadcast, to be carried by all networks, will shift back to the Missouri where the public probably will hear the voices of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur and Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. Ross said he hoped the broad cast would go on about 10 or 11 p. m. (EWT) but he was not In a position to name the day. The signing is expected some time this week-end. Under questioning Ross ex plained that Mr. Truman's pro clamation of V-J day will have no legal significance. The fact that the president proclaims the formal defeat of Japan does not mean an end to the legal war emergency. In other words, the 'duration" will continue. Mr. Truman has urged congress to guard against a too-early formal ending of the war emergency. . General MacArthur's Head- 7 quarters, Yokohama, Aug. 31 (U.R) U. S. air and sea forces mounted armed guard over strategic points within a 200-mile-square sector of the Tokyo plain today and Gen. Douglas MacArthur prepared to receive Japan's surrender. In light drizzling rain and under grey skies armed units of the 11th Airborne division fanned out over the metropoli tan Atsugi-Yokosuka-Yokohama areas. They set up guard posts at the main intersections,- bridges, strategic points, and around the buildings which have been taken over by the American forces. More than 40,000 American army and navy men were ashore and thousands . more were pouring in. But as they fanned out over the metropolitan region their numbers still seem ed small. MacArthur in his new head quarters at the New Grand hotel was busy arranging for the surrender ceremony Sundav. I.t. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, his 1 companion of Corregidor, ar- rived to witness the surrender. No untoward Incidents of any ! nature with the Japanese were reported and it was said that; they continued to cooperate I fully. I Tokyo itself was off limits to ! American forces but correspon dents who inspected the Japa nese capital said it was the "worst beaten up city" they had ever seen. Japanese informants placed destruction at "about 60 per cent." BASEBALL NATIONAL Philadelphia 6 In Boston 5 10 Sproull, Karl (6) Mauney (8) ltd Scminirk, Mancuso (8; Lee. Hjtchings 8) Hcndrickson t9) ild Uiu. Bloodless Beachhead on Japan's r-. " f" -- iifiiiiniT 1 i.TL-J.- 'j'T"iJL'"'U"J?-Ji'1 '" -"was- Mt'?&, ijf Iff T.t itlf; - ' . rSL5- J&?r j ftrMlU JSC s War-long ambition of Marines to Peninsula without a shot fired. Marines who will oocuoy the LT. JOINS FORCES IN JAP OCCUPATION Aboard the Hospital Ship Be nevolence in Tokyo Bay, Aug. 31 UH) Things moved so fast-tor Lt., (jg Donald C. Stanley- of Mcdford, Ore., that he could hardly catch his breath today. . Stanley, who was shot down while flying his navy hellcat over Formosa last Oct. 12, was brought aboard late yesterday. When he looked out over the side he spotted his own carrier, the Cowpens, the only flattop in Tokyo Bay. Then when he looked at the nurse assigned to him, he saw Lt. Diana Joseph of Waterville, Me. She had nursed him In the Elizabeth City, N. C, naval air hospital in 1942 when he had an appendectomy. Lt. Stanley is the son of Lt. Commander and Mrs. Harry A. Stanley, now in San Francisco, and is well known in Medford where he has many friends and relatives. He was graduated from Medford high school in 1939, and attended the Univer- - ,. , . m. . UI& lllC lid J. l.t-puilVM n action last October, Lt. Stan ley's parents learned only last week that he has been held as a Japanese prisoner. 1945 CONTRACTS FOR SALEM PACK Washington, Aug. 31 (U.R) The army quartermaster corps today announced new contract terminations affecting procure ment of dehydrated potatoes, jams, peanut butter, canned sal mon and California pilchards. Cancellations covered about 10,000,000 pounds of jelly, 27, 000.000 pounds of marmalade, and 29,000,000 pounds of jam. Con tracts f o r 18,500,000 pounds of peanut butter have been cancelled. And the army's salmon procurement from the 1945 pack was cut to 40.000.000 ! ! nounris. lpss than nnn-half thp ! June estimate. Portland, ile., Aug. 31 VP.) California pilchards require-. The empty main cargo tank of, ! mcnts have been reduced to the Norwegian oil tanker Hcr ' about 32.500.000 pounds for nine brand exploded early todav in months ending next March 31. J Portland harbor and three mem- Previous estimates for the six months ending next December were 45,000.000 pounds. Also terminated were co v tracts for 12.505.000 pounds j( dehydrated sweet potatoes and 62.640.000 pounds of dehydrated white potatoes. Hollywood Aug 31 (U.R) Comedian Bob Hope was home today trom a 10-week USO camp show tour in Europe on which, ibi eulcru-acd. tAcmt Radio-Telephotot hit Japan soil is satisfied as Leathernecks wade through surl at Futtu Said This landing precedes a major occupational "Invasion" by almost 10,000 Yokosuku Naval Base. O. a Navy radlo-telephoto from D. 6. S. Iowa. PROBE OF PEARL Boise, Ida., Aug. 31 (U.R) Sen Wayne Morse, R., Oregon, today -afided his voice to those urging a"c6urt martial to de termine the reason for the army and navy's unpreparedness at Pearl Harbor. - "The statement of President Truman that we all are respon sible," said Morse in a talk be fore Idaho Republican leaders here this noon, "in no way ful fills our responsibility to the men who lay dead at Pearl Har bor." . Morse, who stopped off in Boise en route to Washington, said the Pearl Harbor reports of the army and navy boards "con tain no evidence, but they do contain charges." . "Men have been accused and they should be found guilty or acquitted." he said. He added that the people of the nation were not kept inform ed of the international situation. "The administration failed to take the people into its confi dence from 1333 to Dee. 7, 1941," said Morse. "Had it done so the peop'.o would have risen to any duty or obligation. As long as the pjople are not given tacts, we can expect to remain unpre pared. "That was the lesson that should make us fight to keep open the channels of world infor mation. Keeping the people in formed is the test of our demo cracy." ideaTTabor oay Washington. Aug. 31 (U.R) Go ahead and plan that Labor day outing, the weather bureau suggested today. The entire na tion can expect mostly good weather over the three-day Labor day holiday. Except for a few showers in most parts of the country some time during the long weekend, the weather will be "just about as favorable ... as the most ar dent outdoor enthusiast could hope for," the bureau predicted. It will be generally hot and sunny on Saturday. Sunday and Monday, the U. S. forecasters said. bcrs of the crew of 40 were re ported missing. CHARGE CONSPIRACY Chicago, Aug. 31 (U P) A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against the Quartz Laboratories, Inc., Kan sas City, Mo., and three of its of ficials on charges of making false statement in renegotiating contracts with the war depart - ment and conspiracy to defraud i ibe U. S. govetucnt el $33,113. Sacred Soil L CEASE AT HOI SEPT. 15, .31 Washington, Aug. 31 (U.R) President Truman today order ed abolition of the office of war information and asked Secretary of State James F. Brynes to pre pare a program to put' American foreign information needs on a continuing basis. Effective immediately, the foreign functions of OWI and the informational operations of the office of Inter-American af fairs were consolidated in a new interim international informa tion service within the state de partment. Effective Sept. IS, the domes tic functions of OWI will be abolished Byrnes was directed to abolish the interim interna tional information service by Dec. 31. The president pointed out in a statement accompanying his ex ecutive order that while it is possible now to curtail wartime governmental information serv ices, 'some of our foreign in formation operations will con tinue to be necessary." DRINKING TABOO San Francisco, Aug. 31 (U.R) Consumption after midnight of intoxicating liquor purchased before midnight is a clear viola tion of state law. Attorney Gen. Robert Kenny ruled today. The opinion was requested by State Senator Earl Desmond of Sacramento. "The present law which con trols the selling hours of liquor would be defeated if it were le gally possible to procure a suf ficient supply to enable patrons to continue the consumption within the licensed premises be yond the permitted hour of sale," the opinion said. Oslo. Aug. 31 U.PJ The gov ernment demanded the death penalty for Vidkun Quisling to day in the final summation of its treason charge against the form er Norwegian puppet premier Quisling listened impassively as the prosecutor branded him an arch-traitor. He glared male volently at photographers who crowded about hiin. Chief Prosecutor A n n a e u s Schjoedt summed up his mam charges against Quisling: That Quisling conspired with the Ger- i mans long before the invasion of Norway and actually helped ; them invade his country, and , that his puppet police forces ucr- jccu'.ci Xurwc&i&u patriots. NAVY WILL SEEK VOLUNTEERS, LIFT Men 17 to 30 Sought To Speed Discharge of Vets With Long Service Washington, Aug. 31 U.R) The navy announced today that it is opening a voluntary recruit ing drive among men 17 to 30 in order to speed demobilization of mc-n with long-time war rec ords. The navy said that President Truman enabled the recruiting program to get underway yes terday by lifting the ban on vol untary enlistments by men of draft age. In August, the navy reported that lecruitments totaled more than 6.300 from among 17-year-olds for the regular navy and approximately 10,000 for the naval reserve. The navy said it hoped to triple the August totals in com ing months by means of the new drive. The navy pointed out that larger enlistments on a voluntary basis would help reduce its se lective service requirements. The navy seeks to enlist men who have not seen service as well as men discharged recently through army and navy demobilization programs. Already, navy spokes men said, a number of World War 11 veterans have signed for the regular navy and it is ex pected that this number will in crease greatly as demobilization accelerates. In some sections of the coun try, it has been reported that re cruitments under the navy s new four-vear enlistment term are running higher than recruiting early in the war. The navy pointed out that fur ther service is purely a voluntary action on the part of men who prefer the navy as a peacetime career. The picking of Bartlctts Is past the peak and many growers have completed their harvest. There are still a lot of Bartletts to be handled, however, so grow ers should not start harvesting their winter pears until these Bartletts are out of the way, suggests C. B. Cordy, assistant county agent. The Anjous are only now ap proaching the top of the range which allows another three weeks to pick them at best ma turity. If picked before the Bartletts are out of the way. they may have to stand on the plat form for several days. Each day on the platform takes two weeks off the storage life so it Is es sential to get them to cold stor age quickly after picking. It may be well to consult your packing house before picking to be sure they are ready for winter pears. T Chungking. Sept. 1 (Satur day. (U.R) The National gov ernrient announced today the diviiion of Manchuria into nine provinces. The announcement also said that Hsiung Shih Hu, formerly head of the Chinese military mission in Washington, had been appointed director of Generalis simo Chiang Kai-Shek's head quarters in Manchuria and would supervise administration of all nine provinces. The provinces into which Manchuria will be divided are Liaoning. Antung, Lianpei, Kir in, Sungkiang. Hokiang. Keil ungkiang, Lunkiang and Hsin gan. In Hockley County. Texas, there is not a creek, river, gul iSi' QJ cUtcil, Uxucigre no bridges DISTRICT OFFICE WILL TAKE OVER Hotels, Cafes, Hospitals Af fected After Next Period Ends Will Rule Rents . Washington, Aug. 3 1 (U.R) District offices of the office of price administration will take over taiioning of food to hotels, restaurants, and hospitals after the allotments for the Septem ber-October period are issued, OPA said today. Notices will be sent to insti tutional users so they will know the locations of the district of fices. Washington, Aug. 31 (URW Price Administrator Chester Bowles said today the OPA "hasn't the slightest intention of surrendering its responsibility to protect tenants" against rent in creases. Bowles lashed out at the Na tional Association of Real Estate boards, because of a recent attack on OPA's intentions to continue rent controls. "During the war, some leaders of the National Association of Real Estate boards constantly sniped at rent controls," Bowles said. "Now that the war is over however, and millions of work ers and veterans find themselves looking for new jobs and new homes. I am surprised to nnu these same men apparently ad vocating that OPA rent control be eliminated and rents allowed to rise willy-nilly throughout the country. , "Needless to say, OPA hasn t the slightest intention of surren derina its responsibility- to pro tect tenants against any unne cessary rent increases in this dif ficult period." SHIPlHG ON TO BE EXCELLENT Oakland, Cal., Aug. 31 (U.R) Shipbuilding prospects on the west coast will continue to be "excellent" in peace time, R. L. Sanford, recently appointed na tional director of the U. S. Mari time commission, assured ship builders today. At a press conference at which the resignation of Carl W. Flescher, regional Maritime com mission director, was announced, Sanford said that England's plans to compete with the U. S. merchant fleet would make many American vessels obsolete and necessitate continued ship construction. He cited the elimination of Germany and Japan and major shipbuilding nations as an added advantage to west coast con struction. Air travel will never be a serious competitor to ship. San ford said, pointing out that a man who wants a leisurely vaca tion will prefer maritime travel. He said the government would give present owners priority in taking over ship and shipbuild ing facilities and added that the Bland ship sales bill would "leg ally open the floodgates" of ship construction. STORElfFTCES Many Medford residents are i expected to leave the city this . weekend as most business estab lishments and public offices will be closed Monday, Labor Day, giving a double holiday. Recent lifting of gasoline rationing will allow several to travel to coast j and mountain points. Most of the retail stores, along with banks, county courthouse i offices and the post office, will I be closed in recognition of the national holiday. The Mail Tri bune will publish an early I edition. . WAR BULLETINS Guam. Aug. 31 (U.R) Mar cus island. Japanese bastion 1,400 miles southeast of Tokyo, was formally surrendered with itt garrison of 2.445 army and navy personnel in a ceremony today aboard the destroyer U. S. S. Bagley. Chungking, Aug. 31 (U.R) The Chinese military council announced today Chinese forces in Indo-China have lib erated Lakay, 160 air miles northwest of Hanoi. San Francisco, Aug. 31 (U.R) Radio Tokyo said today that the main strength of the American Eighth army will land at Yokohama Sunday and at Toyama, 200 miles to the northwest, Monday. The broadcast quoted a Japanese government an nouncement that both landings had been postponed from Sat urday. IRKS CIO CHIEF M ea n s Every Non - Vet Worker Must Be Fired, . Says Abruzzo . . Washington, Aug. ,31 U.R) Every non-veteran shipyard worker in the country must be fired to make room for veterans if Judge Matthew T. Abruzzo's super-seniority ruling in Brook lyn federal court is allowed to stand, the CIO ShipyardWorkers' union said today. Even then, said John Green, president of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers,- there will not be enough jobs in the dwindling in dustry for all ex-servicemen who might want to return. ' Ceen told a news conference he took this problem up today with President Truman who said, according to Oreen that the ques tion ivas one that would have to be handled in a common-sense manner. Abruzzo ruled. In a suit brought by a laid-off ex-serviceman welder Abraham Flshgold, that 'he veteran under the draft act gets his job back regardless of who must be fired. The CIO will appeal the decision and seek a supreme court test. Grceri said all shipyard unions had agreed to credit returning servictmen. with seniority for time spent in the service. After that, he said, the servicemen would take their place in the seniority scale. . Abruzzo's ruling hailed by se lective service as a complete vic tory lor Director Lew B. Her shey's famous memorandum 190 A, got a chilly reception from two of the three major veterans' organizations. SAYS SHE FOOLED New York, Aug. 31 (U.R) William N. Davey charged today in supreme court that his wife Gloria Swanson, former movie actress, defrauded him on their wedding day with an over esti mate of her health and an under estimate of her debts. Miss Swanson. who now runs a business firm, filed suit against Davey, her fifth husband, several weeks ago charging that he abandoned her three months after their marriage in January, 1945. Sjhe asked $1,000 week alimony, and $25,000 for legal fees. . Davey in his answer, filed to uay. said that Miss Swanson nad "practiced a fraud" upon him by failing to reveal she was 'not in perfect health" when she mar ried him, and that she had told him she had debts of only $12 -000 while they actually amount ed to $60,000. He sought an annulment of their marriage baied oa deception. . - ---.J PAYFULL PRICE. Foreign Office Spokesman Expects Firm, Fair Treat ment; Peace Move Told Tokyo, Aug. 31 OJ.R) T. Kase, Harvard-educated spokes man for the Japanese foreign of fice, said today Japan was ready to pay the price of defeat but he. asked for American friendship while his country carries out provisions of what he termed the "stringent" Potsdam surrender declaration. In the first official statement of Japanese policy to the Ameri can press, Kase described the war criminal problem as "very, very delicate the greatest that faces us." "Stevenson said It takes two to make a kiss," said Kase. "It also takes two to mil. frij. ship Japan is ready on her part." WAR CRIMINALS PROBLEM He said America should be firm but fair in dealing with con quered Japan. Kase reflects the views of Japanese Foreign Min ister Mamoru Shlgemltsu, with whom he has been closely asso ciated for ten years. "Japan is anxious to do every thing possible to start on the long road to shall I say friendship? "The question of war crimi nals is the erentpt thai fo. ... Again it dependu on you." Asked what would happen If the Japanese government was asked to turn over former Pre mier Hidekl (The Razor) Tojo, Kase said: "If the Japanese people can be convinced that any man des ignated as war criminals should be brought to Justice, they will not object." He said that the case of the Japanese military men accused of specific atrocities was differ ent because thev had vlnlnterf (n. ternational law. Kase said the Japanese expect ed to be treated firmly because "we know we are the vanquish ed." "But we hope that you will continue to be fair. We hope you won't be harsh with us. If you are fair to us and we know we will have to pay the full price of defeat our future friendship will be assured." He was asked whether he thought Japan would want to make another try at world dom ination in perhaps 50 years from now. He shrugged and looked through the window at the pan orama of bombed Tokyo. "We are paying a very great price for our attempt. However, if your treatment is too severe, the Japanese people will react." "Y'iu must remember that one day we were fightnig furiously and everybody in the country expected to die on the field of battle. The next day, It was over and Japan had lost. Now Japan faces a serious material, moral and nhysological adjustment. "The government had for long time been seeking a way out of the war. We asked Russia to act as liaison in making our wishes known and Stalin pre sumably told the allied powers at Potsdam that we wanted to end the war " Kase claimed that neither the atom!'- bomb nor Russia's entry into the war caused defeat. "If vou look at the calendar, you will realize that we had al ready shown in our approach to Moscow that we were determin ed to end the war. However, it must be said those two factors helped convince the people the government was right in seeking peace." Bulletin I Nashville. Tenn.. Aug. 31 (UR) Little Ben Hogan, great money winner before entering the army, clipped seven strokes off par today to take the lead among early finishers of the first 18-hole round in the 13,3:;3 Nashville open golf tournament. NOTICE The Mail Tribune will issue an early edition next Monday (Labor Dayi. I sd
