MacArthur Says Japs Facing
rLong and Bitter Punishment;
War Criminals to Trial Soon
By Hugh Baillit
President of United Press
(World Copyright, 1945 by United Press)
Tokvo, Sept. 21 (U.R) Japan will never again become a world
power. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today in an interview with
the United Press.
"Japan, industrially, commercially, militarily and every other
way, is in astate of complete collapse," MacArthur declared. "Her
food supplies are scarce and she faces conditions in this emergency
that may well become catastrophic. Her punishment for her sins,
which is just beginning, will be long and bitter."
The supreme commander told me that war criminal trials will
commence verv shortly. Japan's army will be absolutely abolished
by Oct. 15. The remnants of Japan's navy are doomed to destruc
tion, except "minor specimens which may be retainable for scien
tific or museum purposes."
ALL MUNITIONS TO BE DESTROYED
y All Japanese munitions and all munitions plants which survived
the war will be destroyed, MacArthur said. Japan will be kept
on an austerity basis regarding sports, entertainment, and luxuries.
The Japanese are not being treated brutally but the surrender
terms, no matter how harsh, are being rigidly enforced, MacArthur
emphasized. Furthermore, he said, Japan can expect no relief, no
food, clothing or supplies from the allied powers this winter.
MacArthur pointed out complete execution of the terms imposed
by the allies is expected to take many years.
The man who pursued the Japanese from Australia to Tokyo,
plans to remain personally on the scene enforcing, directing, and
administering allied rule over the Japanese.
Reiterating that he has no political aspirations, MacArthur said
that he started as a soldier and intends to finish as one.
MacARTHUR ON LAST ASSIGNMENT
"I'm on my last public assignment, which, when concluded, will
mark th Hpfinitp pnri nf mv service." he said.
I MacArthur received me in his new headquarters in Tokyo. His
paneled office is in one of the few large buildings which survived
the bombings. Oil paintings hang on the walls. From the room
where a Japanese insurance magnate once operated, the general
directs operations throughout the Japanese empire and the regions
which Japan once seized.
The general is keen, magnetic, decisive, and intolerant of de
lavs anri inefficiencies. He radiates enercy and driving force.
My own observations are certainly in accord with his estimate
Dt Japan s condition as lar as visidie eviueni-i-s an; iuimi.
The nation's cities and industries are pulverized and paralyzed
Lacking outside assistance, recovery will be extremely difficult.
, Vast areas, many square miles of which were once teeming business
districts and extensive residence areas, are now niaeous ruins aim
seemingly endless jungles of weeds-and rubble.
MASSES STUPIFIED BY WAR DEVASTATION
The masses of people appear stupified by this devastation and
defeat which has been visited upon them, although some leaders
obviously are attempting the first steps toward reconstruction and
rehabilitation. But anything they do seems almost futile in face of
the massive job confronting them.
The dominant feeling among the masses appears to be relief
that the war has ended before all were killed, but death will stalk
the land this winter for lack of food and sneiter.
With her cities, factories, navy, and airforce mostly gone, Ja-
nan's onlv weaDon at the finish
which was prepared to fight American landings to the death
13. .4 ,U; ie iWta naru arrnv tirVtih nnul is lavint?
UMIIdWd aiJIL. Ulll lino 10 nib
down its arms in droves.
Latest ficures show now that
MacArthur told me how 150,000 American troops went ashore
without loss of a single life. The American armed total will soon
exceed the Japanese, after which landings will be continued until
500,000 Americans are on Nipponese son.
EMPEROR HELPED BLOODLESS DISARMAMENT
MacArthur said this bloodless occupation was impossible with
out retention of the emperor for surrender purposes and he de
clared that maintenance of the emperor during the disarmament
poceedings had resulted in an "untold saving of American lives,
I money and time.
Durine the interview MacArthur vigorously batted down va
rious reports regarding the occupation, such as that the Japanese
were hiding arms, that Japanese soldiers were sneaking into the
gendarmerie, that the Japanese fail to realize they are thoroughly
licked, or that the Americans nave not yet come into actual posses
sion of surrendered Japanese arms and munitions.
He revealed that the Japanese military and secret police were
being abolished, that no permanent Japanese army for policing pur
poses will be maintained, that nothing will be done regarding the
employment of 3,000.000 Japanese soldiers who must exist or die
as members of a civilian population which is already without
houses, underfed, and heavily unemployed.
MacArthur pointed out that the Japanese diet vttis permitted
to meet briefly only to transmit capitulation instructions to the
populace.
POTSDAM DECLARATION BEING ENFORCED
MacArthur greeted me with a smiling but penetrating gaze. We
got down to business at once. .
My first question: "In the occupation of Japan are the terms
of the Potsdam declaration being enforced to the letter?"
"Absolutely, yes."
"There seems to be an impression in the United States that you
are going to tolerate the existence of a standing army of Japanese
who will do most of the policing of Japan," I said. "Would you
care to comment on this?'.'
This query evoked an emphatic reply.
. "There is no fabric of truth in this statement," MacArthur said.
7 "The Japanese army is being completely demobolized by Oct. 15
and absolutely abolished."
I then asked what would be done with the remnants of the
Japanese navy.
He replied decisively. "All of it will be destroyed except minor
specimens which may be retained for scientific or museum pur
poses." Asked how long the occupation of Japan would be continued,
MacArthur answered, "I am sure it will take many years to fulfill
the terms of the surrender."
Asked if he had any authenticated reports of concealment of
weapons by Japanese soldiers or civilians. MacArthur said, "None.
I have no douht that in the beginning in small isolated cases indi
viduals have attempted to conceal arms, but it would be'impossible
In anv degree."
There have been many reports regarding the numerical strength
of the American army at present in Japan and the future maximum
which will be required for the occupation, so asked IrfacArthur for
a statement on this.
150.000 TROOPS NOW IN OCCUPATION
"At the present time there are approximately 150.000 troops
in Japan." he said. "The maximum figure will reach approximately
500.000."
He said it was not planned to use American troops for any con
struction of housing for the Japanese and that there is no plan for
importing food, clothing, or supplies for the use of the Japanese
population this winter.
"Will the demobolized Japanese-army in Japan be put to work
under the supervision of American authorities?" I asked.
"Thev will be a responsibility of the Japanese themselves." he
.said. "They will be absorbed into the normal Japanese civil popu
lation." Asked if there was any deterioration in the attitude of respect
and cooperation shown by Japanese soldiers and civilians toward
the occupation forces. MacArthur replied: "None whatsoever."
' Is retention of the emperor serving a useful purpose." I asked.
MacArthur: "His retention during the surrender and demoboliz
ing steps is serving its full purpose. An untold saving in Ameri
can lives, money, and time has resulted."
U. S. Casualties 1,071,266
Washington, Sept. 21 (U P) U. S. combat casualties of World
War II were counted at 1,071,266 today, an Increase of 536 over the
computation of a week ago.
The total included 259,637 killed, 651.934 wounded, 35,328
missing and 124.367 prisoners.
The box score:
Army Navy Total
Killed 205.569 54.068 259.637
Wounded 571.698 80.236 551.934
Mining 24.131 11 197 35.328
Prisoners 120.988 3,379 124,367
Total 922.386 148.880 1.071.266
Of the army wounded. 360.878 have returned to duty. Of the
l'risoncrs 98,378 have been liberated. I
consisted of a big, formidable army
" ....-. J ---o
73 per cent are demobolized.
Fortieth Year
Ma' Orders Arrest of Jap First Army Heads;
Ten Rigid Rules Laid Down For Newspapers
REFffitRY STRIKE
CUTS PRODUCTION
AT STEEL PLANT
Over 200,000 Workers Now
Idle Over Nation New
Trouble Flares in Detroit.
By United Press
Dwindling oil supplies from
the strike-hit Calumet River
basin refinery center in north
western Indiana forced the gi
gantic Carnegie -Illinois steel
plant in Gary. Ind.,' to curtail
production today.
Mure than 20 000 refinery and
pipeline workers nad left their
jobs in six states to enforce the
Oil Workers International un
ion (CIO) demand for a 30 per
cent hourly pay increase.. The
OWIU served notice it was
ready to fight to the finish to ob
tain the same pay for working
a peacetime 40-hour weeklhat
(he workers had received in
working a wartime 48 hours
with time and one-half for the
extra eight hours.
200.000 Now Idle
More than 200.000 workers
were idled by strikes through
out the nation.
In Detroit, more trouble flar
ed when 800 CIO automobile
workers closed Chrysler Corp.'s
Dodge truck plant in a new dis
pute. Compaiw officials said the
strikn had developed from the
temoorary lay-off of 2,200 em
ployes as result of lack of truck
parts from st-lke-bound plants.
Some 85,000 men were idled
by labor disputes in Detroit,
where a corps of seven labor de
partment conciliators were at
work in an effort to iron out the
trouble. Hearings were ordered
immediately in the strike of 4,
500 Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co.
workers that had forced the lay
off of 50,000 Ford Motor Co.
employes.
TWO PARK GATES
CLOSED BY SNOW
Snow which fell in Crater
Lake National park last night
and this morning drifted In the
north and east entrances, forc
ing closure of these and erection
of barriers according to a tele
phone call from park headquar
ters this morning. From four to
six inches had fallen, park of
ficial", reported, and light snow
was still falling shortly before
noon.
South and west entrances are
still open, the report said, and
it was thought that travel from
these points to the lake rim by
way of Annie Springs would
still be possible tomorrow and
Sundav.
Staff members will move the
end of next week from park
headquarters to the Medford of
fice and the park will then be
closed it was stated.
Weather Bureau
Employes Leave
Charles Wright and family,
who have resided at 526 West
10th street since coming to the
city in February, left Medford
this week for Seattle. Mr. Wright
resigned from his position as
weather observer with the local
bureau and plans to enter busi
ness in Washington.
Also leaving the weather bu
reau this week was Saul Mai
mark, who received a permanent
transfer to Spokane, Wash. Mai
mark has served as an observer
with the local station since Nov.
1944.
Black Marketing
Charges on File
Washington, Sept. 21 (U.R)
The justice department today
charged 12 companies and 23 in
dividuals with meat and poultry
black market operations in six
cities.
It said that criminal informa
tion or complaints involving a
total of several hundred thou
sand dollars in over-charges
have been filed in New York,
Brooklyn, Chicago. Los Angeles,
Wilmington, Del., and Montgom
J cry, Ala.
United Press Full Leased Wire
Baby in Woodbox
Answer to Prayer
Of Childless Wife
Seattle, Sept. 21 (U.R) Mrs.
Fred Kuhn, of Renton, Wash.,
found the answer to her prayers
last night when she returned
home and discovered a tiny baby
tucked safely in a woodbox on
her back porch.
The wife of a jitney driver at
a local car and foundry com
pany, who said she could never
have a child of her own, had
made several adoption offers and
today she received a very tangi
ble reply.
The infant girl was dressed in
a diaper, nightie and pink sweat
er and carefully wrapped with a
blue blanket. Attached to the
blanket was a note giving the
baby's date of birth and formula.
"I read your story in a local
paper," the note read, "and I
know you will see that the baby
has a good home."
PICTURE WORK AT
DIAMOND LAKE IS
HALTED BY SNOW
Snow at Diamond Lake has
rendered filming by Universal
Pictures impossible for Satur
day, according to word received
by the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce. A request has
been issued by Universal of
ficials for local people scheduled
to appear in "Canyon Passage"
to stand by until weather clears.
It is hoped that production may
be resumed Sunday but that will
depend upon weather conditions.
If extras are needed Sunday
word will be rushed to the iotiil
chamber and those who have
signed to take part in the pic
ture may secure last-minute
word Saturday. Everything is
ready for immediate camera
work when the sky clears, ac
cording to Henry Spitz, in charge
of Universal Pictures operaiions
at Diamond Lake.
More than 80 people were in
terviewed by Spitz at the cham
ber's office Thursday and this
community will be well repre
sented in the cabin raising se
quence of the widely heralded
technicolor picture of southern
Oregon and Jacksonville.
Brian Donlevy, one of the
stars of the picture, arrived in
Medford this afternoon from
Hollywood after a brief trip to
the motion picture capital,
FIVE (MATED
Rccdsport, Ore., Sept. 21 (U.R)
Mrs. Martha Doyle and her four
children, ranging from one to
fiv"! years, were burned to death
early today when their farm
house was levelled by fire.
The woman and children were
trapped when the stairway
burned and they could not get
down from the second story. Mrs.
Doyle's mother, asleep on the
first floor, managed to escape
from the house ad Mrs. Doyle's
sister and small child leaped
from a first floor window to safe
ty. from the house and Mrs. Doyle's
in tne army overseas. The farm
is located seven miles from
Rccdsport on the Smith river.
Would Eliminate
Year Enlistment!
Washington. Sept. 21 (UP)
The senate military affairs com-;
mittce today endorsed a house-'
approved bill to encourage vol-1
untary army enlistments but!
eliminated one-year enlistments
for men already in service.
As amended by the senate
committee, the bill would pro
vide that those already in ser
vice may re-enlist for 18 months.
Others would be offered a choice
of a two-year or three-year en
listment. SUCAR KING DIES
Ogdcn, Utah, Sept. 21 -U.R
Funeral services will be con
ducted t morrow for Joseph Mer
rill Eccles, sugar, mining and
lumber executive, who died yes
terday of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Bishop David S. Romney of the
Latter Day Saints (Mormon)
church will conduct the services.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY,
TO
LOW COST AUTOS
AT WILL
Huge Bomber Plant Leased
For Five Years; $10 Stock
Will Be Offered Public.
New York, Sept. 21 (U.R)
The Kaiscr-Frazicr corporation
announced today it has leased
the $100,000,000 Willow Run
bomber plant for five years for
the manufacture of a new low
cost automobile called the Kais
er. Frazcr said that the designs
for the Frazer car to be produced
by Graham-Paige "have been
frozen" while the designs for the
Kaiser car, to be produced by the
new corporation, are being de
veloped. Full Sited Cars
. Both cars will be full-sized, six
passenger automobiles with the
Kaiser selling in the law-priced
field and the Frazer in the medium-priced
field, the announce
ment said.
The announcement indicated
that under the company's opera
tions plan, the new corporation
will begin manufacture with cap
ital and surplus of approximate
ly $20,000,000 and a veteran au
tomobile management, engineer
ing, production and sales staff.
An underwriting syndicate,
headed by Otis & Co., Cleveland,
and including the First Califor
nia Co., San Francisco, and Allen
& Co., New York, had agreed to
underwrite an offering 'to' the
public of 1,700,000 shares of
Common Stock at $10 a share,
the announcement said. Kaiser
and Graham-Paige Motors Cor
poration each have purchased
250,000 shares at the $10 price,
representing an investment of
$5,000,000 in the new company.
ATTENTION CALLED
TO
L
IN C. P. ELECTION
Central Point, Sept. 21 At
tention of Central Point resi
dents has been called to Oregon
voting laws in connection with
the special bond election set for
Saturday, Sept. 22, when voters
will act on two propositions con
cerning the city water system.
According to a statement by City
Attorney Skyrman, any resident
of the city of Central Point who
is a citizen of the United States
and who has lived in the city
for at least 30 days prior to the
election and who will take an
oath that he or she is registered
in some precinct within the state,
may be allowed to vote at a
special city election, even if
their name does not appear on
the poll list as prepared by of
ficials. Most residents will be eligible
under the provision of residence
in ihe city for at least 30 days
and registration in a Central
Point precinct.
One proposition provides for
bonding the city for $35,000 for
mains to connect with the Med
ford water system and the other
for a bond issue of $80,000 for
"repairs, additions, betterments
and extensions" to the present
Central Point system.
The United States leads In
orange production with 41 per
cent of the estimated world crop
of over 212 million boxes.
SIDE GLANCES
Br
f RIBUNE REPORTERS
City Supe Frank Rogers play
ing the part of Interested on
looker and giving a lot of hefvy
directions while a fellow em
ployee hung a plaque on the of
fice wall.
Floyd House calling friends to
say goodbye before the (predict
ed) 7:30 a. m. end of the world.
Don Fabcr of Central Point
explaining that the city's-present
water supply depended on John
Cupp'i irrigation.
SEPTEMBER 21, 1945.
War His Headache From Now On
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(Acmt Teleplioto)
Newv nominated Secy, of War Robert Patterson confers with President
Hurry S. Truman at White House concerning peacetime lob of war chief
BRUTES AT TRIAL
Lucncburg, Sept. 21 (U.R) A
woman victim of a nazi prison
camp stood before a British mil
itary tribunal today and pointed
out among the 45 Germans stand
ing trial those she charged with
responsibility for murdering her
entire family.
Mrs. Ada Dimko, a Polish Jew,
slowly walked across the tense
courtroom and coldly designated
the defendants who had shoved
her parents, husband, brother,
and smnll son into trucks and
taken them to tho gas chambers
at Oswlccim! ' ' "
Sh. estimated that 4,000,000
othens had died in the same man
ner tit the notorious concentra
tion camp. She said that she too
had been bundled Into the truck,
but for some reason they had al
lowed her to live.
The 45 prisoners 19 of them
women are charged with com
mitting atrocities both at Belscn
and Oswiecim. They stood with
flushed faces as Mrs. Dimko
spoke.
Mrs. Dimko, the first witness
today, said that she and other
Jews were rounded up in a Pol
ish town and sent in a single
batch to Oswiecim.
RAIN AND SNOW END
FOREST FIRE DANGER
All lookouts of tho Hoguc Riv
er National Forest service have
been temporarily called in since
the general snow and rain which
fell over the district last night
and this morning, it was stated
at tho Medford headquarters of
fice today. Some may be return
ed later if conditions warrant.
Five inches of snow fell al
Lake o' Woods, the service re
ports, but only rain fell in the
Union Creek district.
Areas of the forest closed to
travel because of fire conditions
are now open, the service eli tes,
but caknpfire permits arc still re
quired.
Sacramento, Sept. 21 'U.R)
The department of agriculture
lias been enjoined from enforc
ing a law preventing the sale of
cream from other than grade A
milk, pending an Oct. 1 hearing
Director A. A. Brock announced
today.
Doomsday Forecast In Error;
Wrong Calendar Used Is Word
Pasadena, Cal., Sept. 21 U.Ri
I The deadline for the world's end
pascl at- 7:33 today- without
comment from its forecaster, the
Rev. Charles G. Long.
His son, Frank, appeared at
the door at 7:34.
"The world hasn't ended," he
said to reporters and photogra
phers He invited them to stuy
until 5:33 p. m., then went buck
into the house.
Earlier Rev. Long had said the
earth might not explode Into va
por at exactly 7:33 a. m., but
might linger on for another nine
days.
The founder and leader of the
Remnant Church of God said the
Lord told him that he might
keep that cosmic bomb behind
the pearly gates and not drop it
on the world at all "if the peo
ples repent of their wrongs."
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RIBUNE
United Presi
F(
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Detroit, Sept. 21 (U.R) Henry
Ford II, today succeeded his
grandfather as president of the
Ford Motor Company and head
of one of the world's greatest pri
vate fortunes.
Henry Ford, the 82-year-old
founder of the sprawling automo
tive empire, and vast other hold
ings, resigned the presidency for
the second time. He turned over
the presidency to his son, Edsel
in 1918, but returned to the helm
in June, 1943; shortly after Ed
sol's death. . . ' .
... .... Facing New Era - "" -
The elder Ford increasingly
had withdrawn from responsibil
itics of management in the last
year after piloting the company
through most of its war produc
tion. His grandson and name
sake became executive vice pres
ident on April 28, 1944.
In retiring at last from direc
tion of the business, the gcruus of-f
the Model T left the automobile
industry he helped pioneer as 11
was entering a new era of un
matched production and engi
neering advances.
"I feel free to tak-3 this step at
this time," Ford's letter of resig
nation said, "because the critical
period during which I again as
sumed office has passed."
Ford Motor Company .was
founded in 11)03, after Ford had
built his first automobile In
1093. ,
Fire Razes Home
Near Jacksonville
Fire totally destroyed the
home of Mr and Mrs. II. M.
von Stein on the' Old Sterling
Road near Jacksonville about 3
a. m. today. Neither Mr; or Mrs.
von Stein or their two sons were
home at the' time the men of
the family all being on duty for
the Rogue River National For
est sc-vice while Mrs. von Stein
had left to spend the night with
friends.
Mr. von Stein . stated this
morning that he expected to
drive down from Star Ranger
station to visit the scene. Loss
is covered partly by insurance,
he said. Tho family had resided
on the property, known as the
Moulton place, for the past four
vears.
Rev. Long was feeling pretty
vexed too, because he just re
membered that in that vision
back in 11)38 a moving hand ne
glected to tell him whether an
ancient or modern calendar was
to be used in figuring out the be
ginning of all eternity.
Long had worked out his date
with doom on a modern latest
model calendar and, as he gloom
ily pointed out, if the Lord
meant for him to use thc.pld bib
lical calendar his present calcu
lations were bound to be way off
base.
Last night, after a week of
prayers and 24 hours of fasting
I Long, his 32-year-old son Rich
' ard, and their 50 followers
turned the lights and went to bed
I just as on any other night. Most
j of the 50 were back at Long's
I house this morning.
Full Leased Wlra
NO. 155.
L
FACE TRIAL
AS WAR CRIMINAL
News Writers Must Stick to
Truth; False Criticism of
Allies Also Forbidden.
Tokvo, Sept. 21 (U.R) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur today order
ed the immediate arrest of Gen.
Kenji Doihara, commander of
the Japanese first general armv.
and imposed 10 rigid restrictions
on the Japanese press.
The arrest order went out
only 48 hours after Doihara was
named to succeed Field Marshal
Gen. Sugiyama, who committed
filicide Sept. 12. U. S. army au
thorities were understood to be
considering war criminal
charges against Doihara on the
basis of his record as a com
mander In China.
As commander of the first
Japanese general army, Doi
hara's principal task was to sup
ervise the disarming and de
mobilization of more than 1,
000, 0CO Japanese troops in cen
tral Japan. He also retained
command of Japanese eastern
army district headquarters. '
Tan Commandments
MacArthur said his 10 com
mandments for Japanese news
papers and other publications
were designed to educate them
in the meaning of a free press.
The restrictions applied to news,
editorials and advertisements.
Thry were:
1. Newspapers must adhere,
strictly to the truth.
2. Nothing shall be printed
which might directly or indirect
ly disturb public tranquility.
3. No newspoper or other
periodical shall falsely or. de
structively criticize the allied
powers.
4. They shall not Invite mis
trust or resentment against al
lied occupation troops.
5. They shall not mention or
discuss allied troop movements
unless these have been officially
released.
6. Stories must be factually
written, completely devoid of
any editorial opinion.
7. Stories shall not be colored
to conform to any editorial, line.
8. Minor details of a news
story must not be ovcr-cmphasiz-cd
to stress or develop any pro
paganda line.
9. No story shall be disturbed
through omission of pertinent
facts or details.
10. The makeup of a news
paper shall not give prominence
to any story for the purposes of
establishing or developing any
propaganda line.
Follows Suspensions
MacArthur formulated hij
code after suspending the Jap
anese Domci Agency and two
Tokyo newspapers for varied
lengths of time for coloring
news and publishing items
which he said tended to disturb
public tranquility.
The order for Doihara's ar
rest followed by two days his
first call on Lt. Gen. Robert L.
Eichelhergcr, commander of the
Anv-riean eighth army and the
man to whom ho was to report
on the progress of demobiliza
tion of Japanese forces.
At that time. Doihara pledged
his every effort to facilitate the
American occupation. Eichelber
ger naid later that Doihara ap
peared "courteous and coopera
tive." Doihara 61, successively com
manded the Japanese army air
force, was inspector-general of
military education and a su
preme war councilor during tho
Pacitie war before he was given
his pr-.'scnt commands.
Two other aecmsed war crim
inals, both of them already on
MacArthur's list of those wanted
for trial, were taken in custody
by the eighth army todoy.
Thev were Lily Abcgg. a
Swiss German propaganda
broadcaster on the Tokyo radio,
and John Holland, an Australian
radio announcer who broadcast
Japanese propaganda from
Shanghai. Holland was appre
hended on Hokkaido Island,
northern Japan.
Survey of food retailers dis
closed that women shoppers
who pinch various Items of pro
duce while shopping spoil
enough In one year to supply 143
I divisions of troops for a week.