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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1945)
ftp Truman Announces Terms Of Allies Accepted; RlacArfhur Named To Receive Surrender WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (AP) President Truman announced at 7:00 P. M. EWT tonight Japanese acceptance of surrender terms. They will be accepted by General Douglas MacArthur when arrangements can be completed. Mr. Truman read the formal message relayed from Emperor" Hirohito through the Swiss government in which the Japanese ruler pledged the surrender on the terms laid down by the Big Three conference at Potsdam. i'-" President Truman made this statement: '? f & ' a "I have received this afternoon a message from the Japanese government in reply ivernment by the secretary of state on August;!!. 1 II II I I 1' MVXL I I 1 IaMdO I to the messaae forwarded to that qove I deem this reply a full acceptance ot the Potsdam declaration which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan. I ( , , j "In this reply there is no qualification. V., ,'. . . "Arrangements are now being made for the formal signing of surrender terms at the earliest possible moment. Nv t.t;. ' . "General Douglas MacArthur has been appointed the supreme allied commander to receive the Jap surrender. "Great Britain, Russia and China will be represented by high ranking officers!. , "Meantime, the allied armed forces have been order to suspend offensive action "The proclamation of V-J Day must wait upon the formal signing of the surrender terms by Japan." -.. dimuiraneousiy rvr. i ruman aisciosea mar selective service is taning immeumie icpj to slash' inductions from 80,000 to 50,000 "a month. Henceforth, Mr. Truman saidfbnfy those men under 26 will be drafted for the reduced quotas. , 'iSf"" The White House made public the Japanese government's message accepting terms that ended the war which started December 7, 1941. ; l, ' Tho text of their mcssago which was delivered by the 7 . . - . v - . . . CELEBRATION STARTS; LOCAL STORES CLOSE Stores In Klnmiith Falls closed their doors this afternoon soon after 4 o'clock upon receipt of the news of tho Jnpiincsc sur render mid employes joined In tho wild celebration started the minute President Truman made the long awnllud announcement. Stores will be closed all day tomorrow, Wednesday, In ob servance of V-J Day, according to the chamber ot commerce. The Oregon State liquor commis sion and all bars and drinking establishments have also closed their doors. Pleturo shows will run. The Herald and News will publish a paper Wednesday, Special church services have been arranged for tonight, Tues. day, 8 o'clock for the First Meth ml 1st church at 10th nnd High, the First Daptlst church at Bth nnd Washington, and the Klam ath Temple at 1007 Pine. There will be services at St. Paul's Episcopal church at 10 n. m. on Wednesday momma.. Today's celebration, touched off with President Truman's an nouncement, followed noisy pre liminary hilarity which began last night and continued into the hiornlng. Tho demonstration for a lime took the form of traffic hysteria, with hundreds of hnrn-tootliiK cars rolling up and down Main street. Occupants cheered and sang. Tin cans and nans tied to roar bumpers added to tho tu multuous din. Several open trucks filled with cheering boys and slrls and a sniinkllng of ser vice men joined tho parade, Main street doors bulged In wards for a while as excited crowds filled tho sidewalks. Sail ors nnd marines forpot their tra ditional rivalry and walked down the si root arm In arm. A hep-eat service man and his girl (Continued on Paso Two) BulMin SAN FRANCISCO, Aun. 14 (!) Tokvo radio announced Em peror Hlrohlto In a special broadcast will reed the Imnertnl resc'lot of Japnn's capitulation at II p. m., tonlqht, Eastorn War t'me. It will be beamed In the Japanese language to Jap anese occupied areas in Asia. Swiss chorgo d'affaires follows: "Communication of the Japanese government of August 14, 1945, addressed to tho governments of the United States, Groat Britain, tho Soviet Union, and China: "With reference to tho Japanese government's note of August 10 regarding their acceptanco of the pro ( visions of tho Potsdam declaration and the reply of tho governments of tho United States, Great Britain, tho Soviet Union and China sent by American Secre tary of State Byrnes undor the date of August 11, tho Japaneso government havo the honor to communicate to tho governments of tho four powers as follows: "1. His majesty tho cmporor has issued an imperial rescript regarding Japan's acceptance of the provisions of tho Potsdam declaration, "2. His- majesty the emperor is prepared to auth orize and Insure tho" signature by his government and tho imperial general headquarters of nccossary terms for carrying out tho provisions of tho Potodam declara tion. His majesty is also prepared to issuo his commands to all tho military, naval, and air authorities of Japan and all tho forcos undor their control wherever located to coaso activo operations, to surrender arms, and to issue such othor orders as may be required by the supremo commander of tho allied forcos for the execu . tion of tho abovo mentioned terms." The proildont made the historic announcement to a huge crowd of roportors who had been virtually living in the White Houso for days in anticipation of just such a development. Smiling and surrounded by his staff, the president told the press that the Japanese had decidod to accept unconditional sur render and mentioned that the reporters would not have to take any notes. DRAFT CUTBACK Mr, Truman said prepared statements would be available as they loft and throo were issuod, one dotaillng MacArthur's ap pointment and containing the Japanese note, a second disclos ing the Immediate cutback In the dralt and the third in which Mr, Truman congratulated "one of the hardest working groups of war workers" the federal employes who were on the job for the past four years. ' Tho president said they were entitled to a holiday tomorrow and Thursday with pay and only skoleton forces should be main tained. Literally beaming with pleasure, close associates of the presi dent around his dosk whon the announcement was made Included Admiral of tho Fleet William D. Leahy, porsonai chief of stafft Secretary of State Byrnes, Commodore James Vardaman, the prosidont's naval aidei Brig. Gen, Harry Vaughn, his military aide; Secretary of the Treasury Frod H. Vinson: Leo T Crowloy, foreign economic administrator: David K. Niles, special assistant: Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, public works administrator, Mathew Connelly, privato secretary, Byrnes, who played a major role in working out the sur render, sat at the president's right, Nowsreol camoras bussed to record the momentuous occasion. and flashlight bulbs flickered. Tho conforence got started on the dot' of 7:00 and was one of the shortost on record, Mr. Truman wasted no time nor words making the announcement, y . In less than two minutes the conference was over,'' and re porters dashed for telephones, , , ' One of the late comers to the conference was Cjrf dell Hull, lecrotary of state 12 years undor Franklin D, Roosevelt and a prime mover in the croation of the Unitod Nations! organisation, Hull illnned in unnoticed, lookina wan but In much better hoalth than he was a few months ago when he had , to. leavo of fice and retire to the Bethesda Naval hospital for a complete rest. EtLipWS IILL'OOiii STRIKE SPREAD Pell can Bay Lumber . com. party's mill one of Klamath's oldest andlargest, was idle to- day behind a picket line, and the, CIO-sponsorcd "work - stop- page os .well as spontaneous; vie-' toryV celebrating jiad - a;; major partvpf local Industry- paralyzed Tho Pelican Bal' plant was the fourth major Klamath, mill to go: dowQ' lii a 8trike; Roalea for a union 'i'shoo and '271 cents ian hour 'wage Increase.; In addition,' the Big Lakes Box company mill, an AFL concern, "was only in partial operation due to ab sentee; victory celebrating. ; s ; Pelican Bay hW been sawing 283,000 icet of lumber: per; day on two 8-hour shift':. Tho com pany 'i camp preceded the mills into tno siriKe, column, ana alto gether 475 -employes of the conv pany aro idle. ; s : : . f r- aaso Out J V This brings to approximately 2250 I the t number, of lumber workers involved in the work stoppage In this area, one of the world's largest pondcrosa pine districts. . ; . s ,i - .v-'--:' , '..-" The strike-shut mill are Kes-i terson t. Lumber corporation Weyerhaeuser Timber, company, Ewauna Box company and fell' can Bay.; Camps on strike in cludo Weyerhaeuser; Bly Log ging company, J Big Lakes; Box company,. Chiioquin ; Lumber company and Pelican Bay. .r: . Big Lakes Box company, one of tho dyijor plants hore, is run ning qu logs In ihe pond alt though Big Lakes' CIO loggers aro oi. Ljniioqmn ijurooer com pany'9 mill, while not on strike, is down becaus;of a log short age (due to the strike in the camp. ,'V i sv'J?:-fiH f- .OlKer local sawmills running arc, Di Oorgio Fruit company, Kalpinc Plywood company, Link Rlvor Lumber '."company, and Klamath Lake - Moulding ; com pany's mill on Upper Klamath lake. .,.' ;i::,-v " -v-A"'-v Thore were hints fromsomo sources of back-to-work, confer ences among employes of certain mills, but on the surface there wus . no evidence of success on the part of government officials or anyone else : In getting the ' Klnmath -Industries -"bBclf Into production. ... lets PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY. AUGUST 14. 1945 Number 10592 Weeping Japs Bow To Ground Before Palace v x,. A oy i ne Associarea rress y Domef,,"Joponese news agency, said in o broadcast record ed by the- FGC today that "on August 14, 1945, the imperial decision was aranted" and that weeoina rjeoole had aathered befJre his palace and "bowed to the very ground" in their sharrie that their "efforts were not enough." The broadcast did not say what the emperor's decision was. .iDomei transmitted only about 130 words of the item and then broke off to say to editors: "Hold this item." '. The portion of the Domei dispatch on the emperors de- clsiorr"-said Hirohiro had felt "extreme concern" ever since hfs rescripKof December 8, 1941, with-. which he declared war. V . As recorded and translated bV FCC. the dispatch read: ' 'How-shall Jthe 100,000,000 people, filled with trepida tion,. reply jti) Mhe"', emperor?Hisfi" majesty's subjects are moved to tears by Ins majesty's boundless and infinite solicitude:! -" ' "August 14, 1945, the imperial decision ,was granted. The pal aceace grounds are quiet be neath the dark clouds. 'Honored ' with the imperial edict ;in the sublime palace grounds,' the mob of loyal people are bdwed to the very ground in front of the Miju-Bashi (the bridge which ieads to the pal ace). U ; - ; ;h : "Their tears flow unchecked. Alasi Iri their shamci how can the people .raise their heads? , "With the words. 'Forgive us, O emperor, our efforts wcre-not, enough.V the heads bow lower and' lovvqr as the .tears run un checked, v V-. I "Ever since December 8, 1941, when we received the imperial rescrtpW'C causing y his- majesty deep anxiety-.. ." r It was at this point that pomel broke its transmission to ask editors to .hold it up. Domei , never resumed trans mission of the dispatch, but sub sequently put out a message to editors saying: si tlTomorrow, August 15, at noon sharp IB p. m. -luesaay, PWT) an important transmission will be made, : i ? This transmission will be of unprecedented importance, so the 100,000,000 people without exception must, listen attentive ly.", -v , ' , . Service Men Go Wild Her6 Devildogs' of ," Uncle Sam's marine: -corps stationed' j at the Marino ;i Barracks, each and everyone a Veteran of the South Pacific conflict, went wild late this afternoon upon; receipt of the news flash that the Jups had accepted the allied peace terms, -f Tho telephone operator at the Barracks announced;! "that they're , all going (crazy .'A as a mad dnsh was made for free beer' at the post exchange and mni'tnex ntimmclcd each other In wild elation at the long awaited news. V- - ' 'v ' VThe ' sailors at the ! Klamath haval air station danced a 'horn pipe and hats were tossed mgn ntn the nlr in traditional navy sfyTeTTrce bec !.Was tho order of tho day there, too, and for a time-discipline tvbs temporarily forgotten. I V, By FRANK JENKINS T ONDON. N.;ws from the states, as printed in this morning's papers, suggests that Americans are worried over the British elec tion (as well as amazed) because they think it indicates the British public isn't deeply interested in -the Jap war and looks on the defeat of Germany as the end of the fighting and the beginning of a scramble back to an econ omy of peace. This writer, after less than two weeks in England, doesn't believe anything of the sort. The British are set to GO THROUGH with the war against Japan. Not just the higher-ups. Not just the army and the navy and the foreign office. EVERYBODY. vrOU ioak up that conclusion from everyone you talk to in the government ministries, at luncheon tables and IN THE PUBS. (An American who is (Continued on Page Two) Tulelake Japs Quiet Over News Stirring news of the past few days lias brought little evident reaction in the Tulelake segre gation and relocation center, where more than 17,000 persons of Japanese descent are interned. There were no group demon strations, but it was reported by WRA officials that a number of family services of sorrow were believed held in apartments of persons intensely loyal to Japan who had relatives or friends in areas ulastcd by atomic bombs. WRA officials pointed out that many of the evacuees are not pro-Japan in war sentiment, and many have relatives who fought on the allied side. Chief result of the news of Ihe past few days has been an increase In the number of per sons aoplying for relocation in this country. Yesterday, 84 showed up at the relocation of fice, a new high. These are peo ple who ore qualified to leave the camp but thus far have not taken advantage of the opportunity. K IT DG Celebrants Make A Night Of It I ! if iki A A Si'- - ? . ' K - , i ' Cpl, Stanley G. Leary of the marines wears a sailor hat for an impromptu sidewalk jitterbug with Louise Mason of Klamath Falls. ' j I -f ,,X1!f ' ; " thei J S ' : A DRU' PFC J. L. Schwarti is caught swlplntf a little lipstick irom Dorothy Reynolds. Schwarts, of Chicago, served with the mariner overseas. - i
