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Hirohito's Envoys Mum
Foe Left Four Main Is
lands Under MacArthur
Aboard the U. S. S. Battleship
Missouri, In Tokyo Bay, Sunday,
Sept. 2 U.R) Two silent Jap
anese officials today surrendered
their empire unconditionally to
the United Nations in a rapid
ceremony aboard this mighty
American warship.
Without a single word, Foreign
Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, on
behalf of Emperor Hirohito and
the Japanese government, step
ped to the broad table holding
the duplicate copies in Japanese
and English of the surrender
terms. He signed after several
moments of fumbling with his
watch and pen.
A heavy overcast covered the
skies over Tokyo bay as the sur
render ceremony was completed
in approximately 22 minutes,
formally ending history's blood
iest war six years after Ger
many's invasion of Poland on
Sept. 1, 1939.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, su
preme allied commander, was
tense and expressionless as he
began the surrender ceremony
and invited Shigemitsu to affix
the first signature to the surren
der documents one bound in
gold and one bound in black,
the latter the Japanese copy,
f Following Shigemitsu, came
Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu, signing
for Japanese imperial general
headquarters. Without delay he
wr.ote his name across both docu
ments. Then representatives of the
other allied nations signed the
historic documents. MacArthur
stepped to a microphone and an
nounced: "May peace return to the
world and God preserve it al
wavs. . . this ceremony Is clos
ed' WAINWRIGHT PRESENT
MacArthur, as he stepped for
ward to sign, paused to invite
Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain
wright, hero of Corregidor, and
Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, Britain's
last stand defender of Singapore,
to "step forward with me while
I sign."
The general signed the first
document, then handed the pen
to Wainwright as a memento. He
selected a second pen and after
using it presented it to Percival.
Then MacArthur quickly used
three other pens to complete his
signing. Apparently, the pens
will be used for presentations
later to allied dignitaries.
As soon as he had completed
the signing, MacArthur stepped
hack to invite the representa
tives of the United States of
America. Fleet Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz. to sign. Nimitz moved
to the table and wrote his name
with great intensity.
When the Japanese affixed
their signatures, all of JaDan's
80.000.000 people, from the
demi-God Emperor Hirohito,
down, became subject to the
authority of MacArthur as su-
pi i lilt- rtim u n'miiinmni.
Japan's signing of the formal
terms reduced her empire to
the four main home islands and
such minor islands as the Allies
grant her. Her people, her gov
ernment, her emperor, her in-
dustry, her very life came under
Allied military rule and wtl' re
main there until the day she is
deemed to have a democratic,
peacefully inclined government
and thus is worthy of rejoining
the family of nations she desert- 1
ed on Doc. 7 1941.
Shigemitsu Stalls
Shiprmitsu's fumbling and de
lay of several moments before
signing was the only departure
from the efficient, smoothly,
working procedure prepared by
the Allies.
When he took his seat at the
table. Shigemitsu carefully re
moved his top hat and g'oves
and then anxiously searched
through his pockets, apparently
seeking a pen. Lt. Gen Richard
K. Sutherland. MacArthur's rhief
of staff, stepped up to help
Shigemitsu gain composure.
The Japanese foreign minister
then carefully studied a watch.
When MacArthur suddenly ap
peared nutated, by the dsiAJ', '
Rising Sun Sets on Japan's Nagato
. 1
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I f I Iff U L I
F7"l- ,'"11
A priie crew aboard the battleship Nagato in Yosuku naval base displays the huge Rising
Sun flag that once ilew at her masthead. It's now an American trophy.
(U. S. Navy radio-telephoto from Tokyo bay).
T
Tokvo- Bayr Sunday, Sept. 2 :
(U.R) General MacArthur's first
general order to the Japanese
issued in his new capacity as Al
lied military commander of
Japan directed Japanese forces
in Asia and scattered Pacific is
lands to surrender to command
ers acting on behalf of the Unit
ed Nations. It also gave instruc
tions for demilitarizing airplanes
and nival vessels, for ending the
manufacture of arms and for
treatment of prisoners of war.
Even as he spoke. Allied prison
ers most of them emancipated
from brutal Japanese treatment
were pouring aboard hospital
ships In Tokyo Bay. Thousands
still remained to be liberated.
During the entire ceremony on
the starboard bow deck of this
flagship of Adm. William F.
(Bull) Halsey's 3rd Fleet, the
Japanese stood impassively. Af
ter signing, Shigemitsu stood
motionlessly, leaning on his
cane.
When the ceremony was com
pleted Shigemitsu's aide receiv
ed the Japanese copy of the sur
render document. Then the
Japanese protested that some
one had signed on the wrong
line, but that squabble was
settled quickly.
Cruiser San Diego
Returns Next Week
San Francisco, Sept. 1 'U.R)
The light cruiser San Diego,
spearhead of American naval
forces entering Tokyo bay, is ex
pected to arrive in San Francisco
bav next week, the 12th naval
district said today.
Rear Adm. Oscar C. Badger (
commanded task force 31 from
the San Diego from which all ad-!
vance operations for the main j
Pacific fleet were carried out
preparatory to the acceptance of i
the Japanese surrender. I
The navy announcement saia
the exact date of the cruiser's
arrival depended upon whether
the San Diego made the trans
Pacific trip accompanied by fast
destroyers or by comparatively
slow transports.
Shigemitsu drew another watch
and considered it. Then he
dipped his pen in the ink, and
began the signature that brought
Japan's dreams of conquest to a
formal close.
When MacArthur boarded the
ship, followed by Nimitz and
other high-ranking officials, a
tense expression and slightly
shaking hands were his only
signs of emotion.
MacArthur smiled briefly at;
the lanky Wainwright as he
passed and then his look became ,
grim as he stared at the Japa
nese representatives for one long
moment. Then the supreme
commander began his address
opening the mrrciiitf cuesjooy,'
Wmmrf - m .'tf iTiTiii ..i.iinriM-
JAP PARLIAMENT
TO END MILITARY
RULE SAYS KUN
Premier Prince Calls On Na
tion To 'Repent Fully' To
Win Friends
Tokyo. Sept. 1 (U.R Premier
Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
indicated today that the two-day
extraordinary session of the Jap
anese parliament beginning Tues
day will mark the end of ruth
less military domination in Ja
pan and the beginning of a new
policy of "friendship" with the
rest of the world.
The premier said he hoped to
restore Japan's place in world
leadership and economy and
there was evidence that japan's
defeat and her position as a con
quered and hated country would
be treated with the utmost frank
ness and realism by the present
government.
Prince Naruhiko, 58, who is
greatly loved by the people and
regarded as one of the most
democratic members of the im
perial family, told Japanese
newspapermen bluntly that the
deefat of Japan was caused by
the sudden collapse of her fight
ing strength and said "I intend
to reveal everything without
hindrance at the diet session so
the people will fully understand
the facts." He said he wanted
the people to realize how thor
oughly they had been defeated.
The premier called for the en
tire nation to "repent fully" as
the first step toward reconstruc
tion, announced that freedom of
speech and cf the press would
be revived, and said he hoped
a general election would be call
ed o that the people could prop
erly express their thoughts.
Washington. Sept. 1 01 R
The submarine Sailfish has been
awarded the presidential unit
citation for outmaneuvcring an
enemy task group and sinking
a 22.500-ton Japanese aircraft
carrier in a 10 hour battle, the
navy announced tonight.
The Sailfish, formerly the
Squalus, is the same ill-fated sub
marine which sank during div
ing exercises in 240 feet of wa
ter off Portsmouth, N. H., in
May, 1939.
The sub, skippered by Cmdr.
Robert E. M. Ward. Antioch,
Calif., bagged the big Kasuga
class carrier while on a Pacific
patrol which drew praise as one
of the most outstanding in the
histor q submarine warfare,
1, i? vw
CLOSE ALL BARS
IN BAY AREA TO
FORESTALL RIOTS
San Francisco, Sept. 1 (U.Rl 1
Bars and liquor stores through-!
out the San Francisco area j
closed immediately tonight after
the announcement that the Japa-'
nese had signed surrender tei ms
and President Truman's procla
mation that tomorrow woi)ld be
official V-J day. i
Earlier today, George Rcilly, '
member of the State Board of!
Equalization, asked that both on I
and off sales of liquor be halted i
within two hours of the procla
mation. San Francisco police, fearful
of a repetition of the riot whirh
followed the announcement of
acceptance of the surrender
terms, which resulted in 13
deaths and more than 1.000 in
jured, were alerted at 4 p. m.
today and prepared to patrol the
city with military police and
shore patrol to quell any dis
turbances. .12
Reno, Nev., Sept. l rj,p
Arthur Adelard Du Pont, the
"Solomon of Nevada." increased
his lead another length in the
race for title of "America's most
marriud man" tonight, by taking
unto .limself wife No. 12 in the
pretty person of Marguerite Mc
Milli'i Proctor. 27-year-old Kan
sas City, Mo., divorcee.
Tlv; wedding took place In the
flowei-strewn sun room of Du i
Pont'.-. El Reno Rancho, and be
fore the ryes of more than 100
guests many of whom could
remember Du Pont when he was
a callow amateur with scarcely a
half dozen marriages to his
credit
The Rev. William Eickelberg.
pastor of Reno's non-sectarian-iion-d.nominational
Church of
the revelation, performed the
marital riveting. Carl V. Tor
son, Du Pont's brother-in-law
also of Reno, was best man and
Irene Van Heusen Bihn Fercira.
New York socialite and heiress
to the Singer sewing machine
and Van Heusen collar millions,
officiated as matron-of honor. K.
D. Delrymple. local nightclub
impresario, gave away the
bride.
Madame Perkins To
Teach at Radcliffe
Cambridge Mass , Sept. 1 j
U.R) Former Secretary of Labor)
Franvs Perkins has accepted an
appointment to teach in the man- ;
agenvnt training program at the;
Radc'iffe College Graduate,
School, President W. K. Jordan ;
pngu.)ced. tonight.
AMERICAN FLEET
10
Task Force Bound For Korea
To Implement Surrender
To Gen. Hodge
With A 7th Fleet Task Force,
Sept. 1 (U.R) The American
fleet came back impressively to
North China waters today in a
show of strength off the im
portant Shantung peninsula port
of Tsingtao.
Led by a pair of 27,000-ton
battle cruisers and including
heavy cruisers and destroyers,
the task force steamed in single
file past the Sugar Loaf moun
tains off Tsingtao within 1,000
yards of shore.
Tsingtao is tile former Ger
man treaty port acquired by the
Japanese after the first World
war.
All battle stations were
manned as the giant warcraft
steamed by the port with battle
ensigns whipping in the breeze.
Several junks were sighted but
there was no other activity and
the noted port appeared clear of
merchant shipping.
This task force is bound for
Korea to implement the sur
render ceremonies which are to
follow the master capitulation
nt Tokyo. The schedule calls
for a sweep of the Yellow sta
before moving up to the west
shorj of Korea fo join the 7th
fleet's amphibious forces which
are putting Lt. Gen. John R.
Hodge's 24th corps troops ashore
for the surrender.
Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid
also reported that cargo planes
have been ordered to drop medi
cine, supplies and food on pris
oner of war camps. No eifort
is being made to effect landings
off Tsingtao. Release of Allied
war prisoners has top priority.
MYOlAYSlM
San Francisco, Sept. 1 (U.R)
Tokyo radio said tonight that
former U. S. Ambassador Joseph
Grew arrived in Yokohama to
day. The broadcast, heard by FCC,
said Grew went immediately to
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
in the New Grand hotel.
Manchester, Mass., Sept. 1
(U.R) Joseph B. Grew, former U.
S. ambassador to Japan, was va
cationing with friends here to
night as Radio Tokyo broadcast
a report that he had arrived in
Yokohama.
Grew and his wife arrived
here here yesterday to spend a
week as guests of Mr. and Mrs.
S. V. Crosby. Mrs. Crosby is the
former Miss Henrietta Grew, a
cousin of the former ambassador.
Grew had retired for the night
when news of the report reached
here and was unavailable for
comment. However, Crosby said
me urews planned to spend a
week at his estate "taking it
easy."
LIIL I
. JONES SAYS
San Francisco. Sept. 1 (U.R)
Mrs. Etta Jones, 5, Atlantic
City, N. J.. the lone survivor of
a small American party on Atlu
island in the Aleutians Alien
the Japanese landed in 'lav.
IB42. has been rescued at Yoko
hama, a broadcast said today.
The tiny. 80-pound woman,
who said the Japanese had
shown her "every consideration"
during her long Imprisonment,
saw her husband, C. Foster
Jones, killed in the futile resist
ance on Attu, Mutual Correspon
dent Bob Brumby reported.
Mrs. Jones said she and her
husband operated a weather ob
servation station on Attu. There
were several natives in the
group but only one shotgun and
when the Japanese landed
truglc waj hopeless.
LATE PRESIDENT
WITHHELD FACTS
Pearl Harbor Reports Called
'Whitewash' Flynn Asks
Full Probe
Washington, Sept. 1 (U.R)
.Inim T. Flynn charged tonight
in a news story copyrighted by
the Chicago Tribune that the
late President Roosevelt knew
the night before Pearl Harbor
that the Japanese would break
diplomatic relations but did not
inform the army and navy staff
chiefs.
Flynn, economic and political
writer, is author of "Country
Squire in the While House," "As
We Go Marching" and other
books on government.
Declaring that the Roberts re
port of January, 1041, and the
army and navy inquiry board re
ports published this week did
not tell the full truth about
Pearl Harbor, Flynn called for a
congressional investigation.
He asserted that the late Sec
retary of Navy Frank Knox and
former Supreme Court Justice
Owen J. Roberts put the blame
for the Pearl Harbor disaster on
the army and navy commanders,
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short and
Rear Adm, Husband E. Klmmel,
because "it was necessary to find
a scapegoat."
But a congressional investiga
tion, Flynn said, would reveal
that "the man who was respons
ible for the central and controll
ing blunder was Franklin D.
Roosevelt, for whose part in the
tragedy these reports are a white
wash." Mr. Roosevelt knew Japan's
warlike Intentions long in ad
vance, Flynn said, because of
"intercepted codes of which the
public knows nothing."
BULLETIN
San Diego, Sept. 1 (U.R) Don
Pulford breezed through his
10th pitching victory of the year
for Portland here tonight as the
Coast league leaders scalped San
Diego 10 to 0, before 3500 spec
tators. COAST
Seattle 4 5 3
Sacramento 9 19 2 1
Turpin, Carpenter and Sueme; 1
Wood and Schlucter.
AMERICAN
(Night Games)
Boston 7 12 0
Philadelphia 1 10 1
Ryba and Holm; Kncrr, Fow
ler (7) and George, Astroth (7).
Boston 7 12 0
Philadelphia 1 10 1
Ryba and Holm, Kncrr, Fow
ler (7) and George Astroth (7).
St. Louis 3 7 0
Chicago 5 8 1
Shirley, Zold;ik and Hay
worth; Lee and Tresh.
Second Game
St. Louis 3 9 0
Chicago 0 8 0
Poller and Mancuso; Caldwell,
Johnson (7) Touchstone (!)) and
Tresh.
National
Chicago 2 6 1
St. Louis 3 10 2
Passrau and Williams; Dock
Ins and O'Dca.
FLYER GETSTOST
Duraiigo. Colo., Sept. 1 (U.R)
Transporting old planes to sal
vage centers can be dangerous
business. Lt. John W. Bell a
Long Beach, Calif., flyer con
tended today. Bell made a crash
landing on highway 100, 11
miles southeast of Durango late
yesterday after the compass on
the P-3H he was flying failed and
he lost his way.
Today Proclaimed V-J Day
Washington, Sept. 1 !U.R) President Truman tonight pro
claimed the end of mankind's bloodiest war and the beginnlnq
of an era of world peace and prosperity assured oi fruition by
the same free skill and energy which produced the atomic bomb.
In a broadcast following Japan's unconditional surrendor
aboard the U. S. S. Missouri "that small piece of American soil
anchored in Tokyo harbor" Mr. Truman said:
"President of the United States, I proclaim Sunday. Sept.
2. 1945. to be V-J day the day of formal surrender by Japan.
It is not yet the day for the formal proclamation of the end of
the war or of the cessation of hostilities.
"But It is a day which we Americans shall always remember
as a day of retribution as we remember that other day, the day
oi infamy."
Official Text of
Surrender Terms
Aboard The USS Missouri,
Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2 (UP.) Fol
lowing is the official text of the
instrument of surrender:
1. Wve, acting by command
of and in behalf of the Emperor
of Japan, the Japanese govern
ment and the Japanese Imperial
general headquarters, hereby ac
cept provisions In the declara
tion issued by the heads of the
governments of the United
States. China and Great Britain
26 July, 1945, at Potsdam and
subsequently adhered to bv the
Union of Soviet Socialist Repub
lics, which four powers are here
after referred to as the Allied
powers.
2. We hereby proclaim the
unconditional surrender to the
Allied powers of the Japanese
imperial general hcadquaiters
and of all Japanese armed
forces and all armed forces un
der Japanese control wherever
situated.
3. We hereby command all
Japanese forces wherever situ
ated and the Japanese people to
cease hostilities forthwith, to
preserve and save from damage
all ships, aircraft and milltaty
and civil property and to com
ply with all requirements which
may be imposed by the supreme
commander foi the Allied pow
ers or by agencies of the Japa
nese government at his direction.
4. We hereby command the
Japanese imperial general head
quarters to Issue at once orders
to the commanders of all Japa
nese forces and all forces under
Japanese control wherever situ
ated to surrender uncondition
ally themselves and all forces
under their control,
5. We hereby command all
civil, military and naval officials
to obey and enforce all procla
mations, orders and directives
deemed by the supreme com
mander for the Allied powers to
be proper to effectuate this sur
render and issued by him or
under his authority and we di
rect all such officials to remain
at their posts and to continue
to perform their non-combatant
duties unless specifically reliev
ed by him or under his authority.
6. We hereby undertake for
the emperor, the Japanese gov
ernment and their successors to
carry out the provisions of the
Potsdam declaration in good
faith, and to Issue whatever
orders and take whatever action
may be required by the supreme
commander for the Allied pow
ers or by any other designed rep
resentative of the Allied powers
for the purpose of giving effect
to that declaration.
7. We hereby command the
Japanese Imperial government
and the Japanese Imperial gen
eral headquarters at once to lib
crate all Allied prisoners of war
and civilian internees now un
der Japanese control and to pro
vide for their protection, cure,
maintenance and immediate
transportation to places as di
rected. 8. The authority of the em
peror and the Japanese govern
ment to rule the- state shall be
subject to the supreme com
mander for the Allied powers
who will take such steps as he
deems proper to effectuate these
terms of surrender.
Reservoir Worker
Suffers Leg Injury
Ed Chavls, 40, of 500 Oak
street, suffered a compound
fracture of the leg about 2:30
p. m. yesterday when the tail
gate of a carry all dropped on
his leg as he attempted to re
lease it. Chavis was operating
the carry-all for the Adlcr Con
struction company and was
working on the new city reser
voir. He was rushed to the
Community hospital in the Perl
ambulance and underwent sur
gery late yesterday afternoon.
T
TASKSJF PEACE
V-J Day Address Pays Trib
ute To Those Who Died
To Win Victory
Washington, Sept. 1 U.R) .
Text of President Truman's V-J
day address:
My fellow Americans:
The thoughts and hopes of all '
America indeed of all the civi
lized world are centered to
niiht on the battleship Missouri.
There on that small piece of
American soil anchored in
Tokyo harbor the Japanese have
just officially laid down their
arms. They have signed ternu
of unconditional surrender.
Four years ago the thoughts
and fears of the whole civilized
world were centered on another
piece of American soil Pearl
Harbor. The mighty threat to
civilization which began, there
is now laid at rest. It was a long
road to Tokyo and a bloody
one.
We shall not forget Pearl Har
bor. The Japanese militarists will
not forget the USS Missouri.
The evil done by the Japanese,
war lords can never be repaired
or forgotten. But their power
to destroy and kill has been
taken from them. Their armies
and what is left of their navy
are now mpotent. "
Sense of Gratitude
To all of us there comes first
a sense of gratitude to Almighty
God who sustained us and our
allies in the dark days of grave
danger, who made us to grow
from weakness into the strongest
fighting force in history, and
who now has seen us overcome
the forces of tyranny that sought
to destroy His civilization.
God grant that In our pride
of the hour, we may not forget
the hard tasks that are still be
fore us; that we may approach
these with the same courage,
zeal and patience with which we
faced the trials and problems ot
the past four years.
Our first thoughts, of course
thoughts of gratefulness and
deep obligation go out to those
of our loved ones who have been
killed or maimed in this terrible
war. On land and sea and in
the air American men and wom
en have given their lives so that
this day of ultimate victory
might come and assure'the sur
vival of a civilized world. No
victory can make good their loss.
We think of those whom death
In this war was hurt, taking
from them husbands, sons, broth
ers and sister's whom they loved.
No victory can bring back the
faces they longed to see.
Only the knowledge that the
victory, which these sacrifices'
have made possible, will be
wisely used, can give them any
comfort. It is our responsibility
ours, the living to see to it
that this victory shall be a monu
ment worthy of the dead who
died to win it.
We think of all the millions
of men and women in our armed
forces and merchant marine all
ccr the world who, after years
of sacrifice and hardship and
peril, have been spared by pro
vidence from harm.
Liberty Wins
This is a victory of more than
arms alone. This is a victory
of liberty over tyranny.
But back of it all were the
will and spirit and determination
of a free people who know
what freedom is, and who know
that it is worth whatever price
they had to pay to preserve it.
lt was the spirit of liberty
which gave us our armed
strength and which made our
men invincible in battle. We
now know that that spirit ot
liberty, the freedom of the in
dividual, and the personnel dig
nity of man, are the strongest
and toughest and most enduring
forces in all the world.
And so on V-J Day, we take
renewed faith and pride in our
own way of life. We have had
our day of rejoicing over this
victory. We have had our day ot
prayer and devotion. Now let us
set aside V-J day as one of re
newed consecration to the prin
ciples which have made us the
strongest nation on earth anil
which, in this war, we have
Itnvcu so mijihUy to PIS&riA