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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1945
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Bataan Hero ^ Arrives in California
'   A Haggard Wainwrigtit Back in U.S. After Five Years Absence; Great Parade Planned
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San Fr&nciico. SepL S. (UP)— Gen. Jonathan M. Walnwrright, da- fender of Corregidor, returned home to a hero's welcome today and called at once for a heaping di.sh   of chocolate  ice cream.
Thin, haggard and tired after his long stav in Japanese prison camps, he set foot on the soil of contin¬ ental United Stales for tha firat time in five years when he left an •rmy transport plane at Hnmilton Field at 11:23 a. m. (2:23 p. m. EWT.)
He had lunch at the airport — topped by the huge bowl of Ice cream which made true the dreams which haunted him during three years and three months in memy captivity. He Wnn't Talk
Walnwright would not discuss his experiences in the hands of the Japanese — he will first make a report to his superiors In Waahlng¬ ton. But his drawn face with aev¬ eral brown marks nnd his long, bony hands left little doubt that ha was treated no differently than thousand.4 of other AtNerioana who lived through years of hell In enemy prisons.
Wearing the four silver atara of his new rank on a field jacket. Wainwright was greeted by 2,000 soldiers and civilians when his plane landed. It hnd carried him from the Philippines whera he ac¬ cepted the Japanese surrender and from Japan where he saw the Bm- peror's representatives capitulate aboard the Missouri.
Led by MP's on motorcycles and in jeeps. Walnwright and his party drove over the Ckilden Gale Bridge Into San Francisco through long lanes of cheering civilians, soldiers, sailors nnd mnrines. Waata to See Hia WIfa
He went to the St. Francis Hotel where he made a brief nationwide radio address and held a press con¬ ference. The thin hero of Amer¬ ica's darkest days of the Pacific War appaarcd dased by tha recep¬ tion.
"My only ragret U th«t my daar wlfa Is not here," ha —ii rapMi^ edly. His will meet her In Waah¬ lncton Monday.
Ha ooMtiniMlljr «uppa4 his hand to his ear to hear questions. His hearing was Impaired during the frightful Japanese bombing of Cor¬ regidor. which he said waa the most severe any Ameriran forces ever had baen placed under.
His   chief   of   staff.   Brig.   Gen Lewis C. Beebe. aaked the general if   he   had   visualized   tha   slza   of reception. Alw«ya llilnking of Food
"No." Wainwright said, "but I know what you were visualizlng-- red beefsteak nnd ham and eggs."
Beebe said Wainwright had re¬ gained a few of the 30 pounds he lost In captivity but aaid he was not eating heavily—"he was never a hlg eater"
Walnwright described the Jap¬ anese surrender aboard the Mis¬ souri and In Baguio, Philippines capital.   Of the latter he said:
"When the Japanese landed on Coracgidor I knew further resist¬ ance was useless. I bowed my head fo the Inevitable. A few days ago the shoe was on the other foot. 1 was prenenl nt Baguio when Gen. Ynmnshlta was required to bow his hend and sign the surrender."
When Walnwright stepped from his plane, leaning on a cane. Maj. r,en H. r Prntt of the Western Ilefcnae Command grabbed his hand nnd snid: "Gosh, old fellow, Tm glad to sec youi" Mstrr In Tear*
Then Mrs. Samuel Mcars. Cin¬ cinnati. O., his sister, threw her arniH arnund him and burst into team. He removed his cap to kiss her while civilians and soldier." jamming the airport cheered wildl.v.
Mr.«. Wainwright. who had planned to flv here from Skanea- telc.i. N. Y., did not make the trip. Fir«t plans had called for Waln¬ wright to proceed directly to the Kast with only a brief stopover In San Francisco nnd she went to Washington to meet him there.
But  his  son,  Capt.  Jonathan  M. Wainwright    jr.,     TIS.     Merchant (Continued on  Page  A-13)
Water Girl
Norma Johnson delivers a flve-
?;allon  bag of rationed water to amlly   in   Pennsylvania  drought area.   E>mgency supply waa ob¬
tained at Washington, Pa., for J,500 citizens of Avella, Pa., left without waler when tha town reservoir went dry.
IDLE IN NATION DUE MIKES
Reconversion Disputes Throughout Country Marked by Wall(Outs
Cbioaco, Sept 1. (UP)—More than 100.000 worker* wera idle in ¦hip. caa], ateel, (ood and power plants tliroughout tha country to¬ day •• a result of labor disputes growinc mainly otit of tba recon¬ version of industry from war to a peacetime basis.
A United Press survev put the toUl at 102,SOO idle workers be¬ causa of labor disputes, a sharp rise from the low iwint of less than 30,000 on atrlke last Auguat Detroit Hardeat Hit
Detroit was the hardest-hit pro¬ duction center. More than 26,000 Ford and Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co. employees were made idle by a dis¬ pute in the wheel plant. Ford plants In Detroit were closed down for lack of wheels, which they get from Kelsey-Hayes. More thaji fi.OOO were on strike at the Hudson Motor Co.
Another «.000 Ford workers were idle in  planu  in   Buffalo,    N.  Y. Chester.    Pa:    Richmond.    Calif. Dallas. Tex ; Edgewater, N. J., and I.iOuisville,  Ky. Pumpers in Confereneo
A  possibly serious situation was developing  in  the three-elate area served by the United Fuel Gas Co whose  pumping station    operatorR had struck In Kentucky, West Vir ginia and  Ohio.    The  1.000 opera tors awaited the outcome of a con¬ ference held late today In Charles¬ ton,  W.  Va.,  by the company and representatives of the Oil Workers International Union  (CIO).
Other labor disputes included:
Orange, Tex. -15,000 strikers slill Idle as hack-to-work move at Con¬ solidated  Shipbuilding Co..   fails.
Akron, O.—11,800 idle at Goodrich Rubber Co.
Clevelnnd—3,200 out nt Parker Appliance Co.;  800 slcelworkers.
Warren, O.—Packnrd Electric Division.  3,000 Idle.
Fort Wayne, Ind.—1,800 striking at Magnavox  Electric Co.
Paterson. N. J.—1,.S00 silk and ra.von workers Idle.
Hollywood — 2.000 movie atudio employees continuing their strike.
Milwaukee — 1.600 employees of Hell Co   on strike.
Phllndelphia —6..W0 Idle at Mld¬ vale Co   steel plant.
Reading.    Pa. — Reading    Times (Conlinued  on  t^sge A-!>)
NAVY OFFERS OPEN COURT MARTIAL TO AIMALKiMEL
Adm. King Warns Some Information Sources Must Be Kept Secret
> More Meat in Sight and New Places to Eat it in
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Washington, Sept. 8. (UP)—More meat and new homes were in pros¬ pect tonight for the near future.
And some Agriculture Depart¬ menl sources believed It possible that meal rationing might end rea¬ sonably soon—perhaps  In  October.
Price Chief Chester Bowles sup¬ plied the good news nhoul meal In an announcement that from now on there Is no limit on the amount of livestock which may be slaugh¬ tered. Mo Shipping  Rules
Moreover, he said, nobody from tio\y on Is going to tell processors where they can ship their meat.
These actions remove two big roadblocks between the cattle mar¬ kets and the butchcrshop counters.
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but Bowles said they would have no "Immediate" effect on ment ra¬ tioning.
Agriculture officials said, how¬ ever, thai rationing could be ended when the average civilian per capita supply reaches 140 pounda of meat a year. They now believe the supply will reach 145 pounds In the last three months of 1945. Tliis would be 25 pcr cent above the supply In recent monihs. Building Controls lo Go
The bright prospect of ncw homes was raised by a high re¬ conversion official who told the United Press he wna content that government cnntrol.s over con¬ struction of private homes will be relaxed within a month.
To what extent this will happen, he wasn't yet certain, but he said thnt In any event more now home construction will be permitted than at anv time since the start of thc war. The likelihood Is that homes within certain price ranges will bc permitted without governmental authorization.
Waahlngton, Sept 8 (UP)—Trtie Navy hoa offered Rear Adm. HtM- band E Kimmel an open, general cnurt martial trial to determine his responaibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster, Serretary of the Navy Jamea V. Ferreatal revealed to night.
Congress, meanwhile, la prepar¬ ing to investigate tha entire Pearl Harbor ."itory from beginning to end. The Senate already hns adopted an administralion-backed resolution for a joint investigation, and the House is expected to adopt il early nexl week.
It was learned that the War De partment had not offered the prl\i- lege of a court martial to Mnj Gen. Walter C Short, who was commander of the Army's Hawai¬ ian department on Dec.  7, 1941.
Forreslal Indicated that Kimmel Pacific Fleet commnnder at the time of the Pearl Harbor defeat, has not yet made an aiuiwer.
Forreslal made his disclosure In a lelter to Chairman David I Walsh, n., Mans., of the Senate naval affairs committee. Walah had written Forreatal requesting that the committee be furnished with the complete files of the Navy's invesligations of tlie di.saster.
Forrestal complied. Ha told WaUh, however, that Adm. Ernest .1. King, chief of naval operations, had advised him that publication of some sections of the files would endanger sources of information "of auch present and prospective value to our national aecurlty that we should continue to safeguard them to the greatest extent possible."
Forrestal said recommendations for Kimmcl's court martial were made by King and the Navy judge advocate general following an In¬ vestigation, hitherto iindUclosed made In the spring of thia year by Adm. H. K. Hewitt
8-Year War In China Ends
By OEOBOK WANO
Nanking. Sunday, Sept. «. (UP) - Gen. Yasuji Okamura, Japanese commander in China, today for¬ mally surrendered the more than 1,000,000 troops under his com¬ mand to Gen. Yo Ylng-Chln, supreme commander of (IJhinese ground   forces.
Ho arrived hera Friday In the personal plane of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, and was met by Brig. Gen. Haydon U Boatner, U.S. Army, deputy commander of the Chinese combat command. He wa."! welcomed by five high Japanese ofhcers.
The United States waa repre¬ sented at the ceremony by Brig. Gen.   Robert  McClure.
The  surrender  agreement  said:
The Emperor of Japan, the Jap¬ anese government, and the .Jap¬ anese imperial general headquar¬ ters, having recognised the com¬ plete military defeat of Japanese military forces by Allied Forces....
We, the Japanese commanders of all Japnne.se forces and auxiliaries in the area named above, also rec¬ ognizing complete militftry defeat of Japanese military forces by Al¬ lied forces, hereby surrender un¬ conditionally all of the forres under our commnnd to the generallsalmo i Chiang Kai-Shek.
Reds Charge' 7 Interference In Romania
Say U.S., Britain Influencing King To Create 'Problem'
By »L R. HANDLER
Moscow, Sept. 8 (UP)—Iivaatla said today that American and Brit¬ ish representatives In Bucharest had put "pressure" on King Mich¬ ael I of Romania In an effort to oust the Russian-approved govern¬ ment headed by Premier Petre Groza and Vice-Premier and For¬ eign Minister George Tartarescu.
Groza and Tartarescu are official guesls here. Premier Joaef Stalin gave a banquet for them tonight.
Izvestla, stressing Soviet support of tho Groza government and also warning against a new crisis similar to that which developed in Poland, said Anglo-American rep¬ resentatives had been responsible for Mlchael'a message to the Big Three asking help in the formation of a ncw government Wsnt Handa Oft
The action of tha American and British representatives was tanta¬ mount to interference In tha inter¬ nal affaira of a aovereign atate while the Boviet Union has foi lowed strictly a "non-Intervention policy," Izvestia said.
It said the representatives press¬ ed the youthful Romanian monarch for the resignation of the Oroza government .telling him their coun¬ tries would not negotiate the flnal peace settlement with Romania with it in  power.
The newspaper laid tha King "cflBclally Informed Soviet repra- tentatlves that ha had no objec Uoni whataoever te Oroza'a gov¬ ernment and that ha raised tha question of Ita realgnatlon only in view of corresponding declarations by the United States and Britain." Retusea to Sign
(A dispatch from latanbul aald Michael had refuaad to aign any decree prepared by tho Groza gov- ernment and the "disagreement be tween the crown and tha fovem' mant ts now completa." It said Groza waa In Moscow to discuss the situation ereated by tha King's ection.)
Izvestla said tba Groaa govern¬ ment, 'expressing the will of wide democTBtic circles among the Romanian people, didn't think it necessary to resign."
"It should also ba pointed out that the meajurea tsken by the Anglo-American representstives In Bucharest ware without the co- orrdlnatlon of Soviet representatives on the control commission ar>d without their knowledge," It con¬ tinued.
The newspaper aaid the action of the U.S.-British representatives had violated existing procedure of the Allied control commission snd cooperation among tha Allies. Oresling « Prehlem
"Certain sections of the foreign press nre trying to create a "Ro¬ manian' problem Just as a Polish problem was created to fan the differences between Allied states,' Izvestia said. 'Yet ll is character¬ istic that there are more sober voices from the people who. con¬ sidering the recent history of the notorious    Polish    problem,    warn
Main Jap Ports To Be Taken Over In Next 26 Days
Japs Flogged Allied Prisoners Daily
Aboard Seventh Fleet Flagship. Sept 8. (UP)—Allied prisoners of war on Formosa were flogged al¬ most daily by sadistic Japanese guards and two who attempted to escape were literally worked to dealh. Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid. Sevenlh Fleet commander, said to¬ day.
Kinkaid dlsrlo.scd that revised flgures forwarded by airborne res¬ cue teams at Formosa showed thnt 89 of the prisoners are Americans, most of them survivors of thc Bntaan death march. arim Account
The grim account of  the brutal
To Punisli Jap Crimes
Commission Shows Far East Is Also Within Its Scope
London. Sept S. (UP)—The United Nations War Crimes Com¬ mission said tonight that war crimes committed by the Japanese in the Far Enst aro within the scope of Its activities and that lists of Japanese war criminals are be¬ ing compiled as they are reported by the Far I^aslern and Pacilic sub-commission.
"It is obvious that the names and numbers of nnmes on such lists cannot be released for the time being, for the reason that publica¬ tion would make the apprehension of war criminals all the more difB¬ cult," the eommlssion said In a formal statement, "Forewarned Is forearnjed." IMay Include Emperor
Well-Informed sources told the United Press a few days ago that official recommendations on charges against Japanese government offl¬ cials will remain secret until oc¬ cupation of the Japane.se home¬ land is accomplished. The com¬ mission is known to have received charges implicating Emperor Hiro¬ hito but haa ruled thai its consid eratlon of charges and recom¬ mendations must be completely secret for tlie time being.
The commission said today that as territories formerly occupied by the Japanese are liberated, "it is certain that a vast amount of evi¬ dence hitherto unavailable will be forthfcomlng." This was the com¬ mission's experience in Europe 11 noted. Qoeries Answered
Many queriea have reached the commission about the punishment of Japanese war criminals, the commission aald. and any crimes committed by them in the Far East "are as much within the scope of the commission's func¬ tions as those committed In Europe."
"Ever since its inception, the commission has been engaged in examining problems involved in the punishment of war crimes in gen¬ eral, and has mnde recommenda¬ tions to 17 member governments," the   statement  said.
"This is part of its work and "« ""''^ *''»' "' Osaka's fi02.346 tne recommendations, which are of j "P"?**. 318.720 were destroyed. "The genecpl application, cover the pun-      ' " '~ '"   '
ishment of Jan wnr  criminals." Started Year Ago
were driven at extra shifts of labor until they collapsed and died.
The prisoners being brought aboard the warships of the Seventh Fleet were living skeletons. A group of 130 were so ill they could not be moved from Formosa and for them rescue may have come too late.
Navy medical officers reported that many probably will die despite all modern medical science can do.  >
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Find People! Stony Calm;;
Yanks Drivel Into Korea
By WM. B. DICKINSON
Tokyo,    Sunday,    Sept.   9
(UP) — American occupation
will   take   over   the
ated prisoners—topped off with icciseven major poi'ts and cities
cream^^ausedniany of themen toUn   Honshu   and   Kyushtt break down annd weep.    For most . ,      . . ..l al
.,.=.m.nt   «..„,H.H   .„ .   .H.n   i'   «•"   their   flri-t   square  pieal   in'«slands and OCCUpy the nOfth-
treatment accorded to more than „„^^ ,^^„ ^^^^^ ^^^'^      f jernmost   Japanese   island   ot
T>plcal  of   Japanese    treatment  Hokkaido  within  the next  26
^^H'.^^f„^^i l^f^SILrZv'^Th'i'«•«.>¦«.  Japanese  sources  said
ered  a mark  of    liberality    when       \   '        *^ nnn  a
the  guards   permitted  prisoners   to [today   as   some   l.J.OOO   tfOOpS
gnaw on sweet-poiaio <ops. of  the   Ist  Cavalry  Division
poured into Tokyo.
1,200 prisoners—including survivors of the British evacuation of Dun- ktrque—told how the men were forced to slave from dawn to dusk in the Bwcltering shafts of thc Kin- kasekl copper mines in northern Formosa or on plantations oper¬ ated by camp commandants.
Scores of prisoners were beaten almojst dally said L,t. Roy L.. Swift, public information offirer with Rear Adm. Dixwell Kelcham's car¬ rier task force. Many bore the scars of thefr beatings. One man's face was battered and misshapen from a broken Jaw suffered at the hands of a Japanese guard. Worked to Death
Two  prisoners  who were  recap¬ tured    after    an    escape    attempl
Nniiles snd Boms Now
Tlie work of evacuating the men went on today as Japanese camp commandants   mel    rescue    teams
with  wide  smiles  and   polite   bow.^      ...       i    •      .j     ^     im st.
and   blandly   ignored   the     terrible'j**'tnOUl    incident.   INew   UmtS
record   revealed   by   the   prisoners, of the crack 1st Cavalry Divl«
sion marched in to reinforce
Occupation of the Japanese capital   went   ahead   swiftly
Some of the Jnpanese who had di rectly ordered   brutal   punishment invited  members  of  the  teams   to tea.
Most of the rescued men are British who were taken at Singa¬ pore.   They are enroute to Manila
B-29's Ruined 50% of Japan's Second City
Damage in Osaka Much Worse Than Air Force Thought
By JAAIES F. MeGUNCV
Osaka. Sept. «. <UP)—The aOth Air Force officially assessed this city — Japan's second largest — ns 15 per cent destroyed, but Japanese civil defense officials conducted » tour of the city which showed thsl the Air Force estimate was far below the mark.
Sadaharu Yuasa. official In charge of air raid defense for Osaka prefecture, estimated the city's damage at 50 per cent or more,
city'a  casualties  were   10.257  killed and 27,224 wounded. Osaka's   pre-bombing   population The     commission     has     devoted i«'»"   2.179,768.   Only   about   1,000,000 "particular allention" to the ques-' remain   in  the  city  today,
from  repeating the  same  problem criminals since  the  spring of 1944      Carol    Wataribe,    American-born
when it began working out the' japaneae girl who graduated from formation of Its Far Eastern nnd; high school in San Jose, Calif.. Paciflc   subcommlssion.   Uie   state-  translated for Yuasa.   He said that
ment said.
many   civilians   fled   the   city
England   snd   the   United   States: tion   of   punishing   Japanese   war: Maiiy Fled City
from  repeating the  same  problem''"'—'--'-  -' "-     -  -' •  	
with regard to Romania.
"In any case, the viewpoint of Soviet public opinion is clear. It stands firmly on the basic prin- cipte of non-interference in the internal affairs of Romania which is an Independent, sovereign state. It would be ridiculous to think that such Interference which en¬ courages only antl-democratic forces Is In the Interests of democ¬ racy in Romania.
Chinese Demand Puppet Traitor
Chungking, Sept. 9 (UP) — China demanded tonight that tha Japanese government hand over to Chinese authorities Chen Kung Po, puppet president of tha Japanese-controlled Nanking gov¬ ernment who, according to the Japanese, hnd committed suicide.
China Central News Agency said Gen. Ho Ylng Chin, supreme commander of Chinese ground forces who Is In Nanking to re¬ ceive fhe surrender of some 3.000,000 .Tapanese troops of Gen. Yasuji Okamura. had sent Oka¬ mura a memorandum declaring Chen was not dead ns claimed hy the Jnpanese Domei News Agency but had been flown to Japan.
The message demanded that the Japanese government hand over Chen   and   seven   other   traitors.
ANNAM NATIVES RIOT. SEVEN FRENCH KILLED
= .o^,^! ^ ''.^'¦¦'Jt'' "V"?,'!!^''-'' '^"Vpan'c aftT the fir.st bombing. re^Utrl"^v,l'^,f%nnn"^'^ '¦«".f«' Some of them are beginning to n«U ?n'^ .,?,1^,"'T V '^"".'¦trickle back now but the local gov- nal.^   and   suspects   already   .ire   In | .„,   ,.   .„.;„„   ,„   ,„„,,„i   ,h.
CALLS FREE PRESS SAFEGUARD TO PEACE
Washington, Sept 8. (UP)--Cali¬ fornia's new senator, William F. Knowland, R., tonight gave top priority to a free press throughout the world as the best means of preserving peace.
Knowland, a newspaper publisher In rivilian life, was recalled from active duty aa a major In France to fill the unexpired term of the late Hiram W. Johnson, R. He took his oftth of office Tueaday.
"It Is my firm belief," he said, that one of the great contributions that could be made to the future I>eace of the world would be thc guaranty of the free access to thc news of the world. We are nol going to build permanent Interna¬ tional understanding upon propa¬ ganda handouts, either from our own or foreign government-i."
Knowland said he thought thc government cnn "with ample jus¬ tification" attach a free press con¬ dition to grants of aid to European nations.
hnnds    of Europe.
Allied    authorities    in
WAVELL AWAITING PROPOSALS FOR INDIA
By HABOLD OI'ARn
I»ndon, Sept. 8. (UPi-The India office announced today that Field Marshal 'Viscount Wavell. viceroy of India, virtuallv had finished hi.s mission here and will return next week to New Delhi. Observers be¬ lieved he will play for lime pending definite proposals for India by thc L^ibor government.
Before Wavell leaves, he mav meet with the full cabinet, he has conferred several times with Sir Stafford Cripps, who made an un
ernment is trying to control the movement because of thc shortage of  homes.
Osaka city was ruined by four Superfort mLssions In which 1,685 planes dropped 10,789 tons of incen¬ diaries. Only one Superfort was shot down over Osaka itself. What was left of its wreckage could be seen toda.v near one of the main streets. Il was mostly fused metal. The fire had been so intense that the proiK'llcr was futed with the engine and the outline could barely be distinguished
Saigon.    Sept.    «.     (UP)—Seven French  residents - - four men, one ; woman   and   two  children  —  were killed and more than 100 were In¬ jured In a two-day anti-French riot
by   Annam   natives   in   Saigon   cn|an^   lnto_  Nagasaki   on   Sept Sept. 2-3, it was disclosed today.
Some 60.000 Annamites, who had >ana, on Kli Strait, guarding the been armed by the Japanese, I western entrance to Japan's In- swarmed Ihrough the streels at- land Sea. on Sept. 25. Wakayana tacking the French nnd posting''" 3.') miles south of Osaka on banners calling for independence Southern Honshu Island, for Annam. They demanded French evacuation   bul   called   for  the  en
the   2,.')00   troops   who   took over yefiterday.
Battle pennant.s, guidons and the Stars and Stripes fluttering over five American bivouacs made a colorful spln.sli amid Tokyo's ruins. Tlie entire 1st Cavalry, with tlin exception of police units a.ssigned to guard Gen. Doug¬ las MacArthur's headquarters in Yokohama, is expected to be in Tokyo by tomorrow.
Yanks Land in Korea
Meanwhile,   American   air- and seaborne forces landed at Jinsen on the western Korean coast and began the march of 2.') miles inland, to the cap* ital of Keijo. In the north, 50 tvar.ships    of    Vice   Admiral Jack Fletcher's North Pacific Fleet   dropped   anchor   in Mutsu Bay to take over the great     Ominato     submarine base on northern Honshu.
The Japanese radio, pes* sibly anticipating official an¬ nouncements from Mac- Arthur's headquarters, said I the .American occupation (schedule calls for a series of landings at Japan's major ports and naval bases between .Sept. 22 and Oct. 4.
The two greal naval bases of Sasebo and Nagasaki on Western Kyushu are next nn the schedule, Tokyo radio said. American forcea will   go   into   Sasebo   on   Sept.   23
id    into    Nagasaki   on   Sept.   26.
Other  forces will  occupy Wakn-
Osaka obviously was one of the po,ni„,^ ,„ the protectorate, most modern cities in the world with buildings of futuristic design, and ."some with glass roofs. Shells of the biggcsl buildings slill stood, but they were completely gutted.
The    Osaka   Sumlcomo   aircraft works were demolished.   The greal
To Take Naval Base
Other troors will tnke over Yok- tiance of British troops to restore i,alchl, on the Ise Bay across from order. rhc    great    Industrial    center    of
The first Annamite riot occurred >,'a.goya, nn Oct. 2. Thc next day. March 9 when the Japanese dis- Oct. 3. will see the occupation of armed all French militia and dis- Aomori. on Mutsu Bay In North- charged   the   French   from   official Icrn   Honshu,   and   the   fleet   naval
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NEW YORK CITY GIRL' IS 'MISS AMERICA'
Atlantic City. N. J., Sept. 8. (UP) —"Miss New York City," 21-year- old Bess Myerson, was chosen as Miss America tonight from n field of 40 bathing beauties represent¬ ing S.I states nnd British Columbia.
Here are the measurements of the 1945 Miss America, a graduate of Hunter College, where she majored   In  music:
Bust, S.'i'4 Inches: waist. 25': hlp.s, 3r.-; Ihlght, 20"; calf. 14',<- nnkle, S^" neck, l.T'j'; upper arm, a' ¦)»;  lower  arm,   BVj"  wrist,  fi't'.
A former model for art classes and portrait artists. Miss Myerson |>1a)as the flute and piano and hopes to continue a musical career. She Is fond of sports, with tennis and swimming  her favorites.
The new beauty queen, hasel- eyed and a brunette, weighs 131 rounds and Is five feet 10 Inches tall.
aucccasful mission to India in 1942 army arsenal was  badly damaged with      proposals      for     broadened [but the local armv headquarlers  In Indian   self-government,   anrt   withjo.saka Castle, atop a hill near the sir    frcderick    Pethlck-Lawrence, | center of the city, seemed unhurt, secretary of state  for India.
Wavell is expected to announce the LAbor government's plnn of action for India after conferring with his executive council when he returns   to  New  Delhi.
CADET NURSE PROGRAM IS ORDERED ENDED
Halifax on Way to Seek Lend-Lease Extension
By C T. HAIJJNAN I arranged  plan   between  them  and
London,     Srcpt.     8.     (UPi—LordU'ie Board of Trade to attract mor« Halifax.   Britain's   ambassador   toUab'"'    to    the    industry,   the   an- left   today   for ""U"'em""' »ald.
Industrial   quarters   also   under-
Washlngton, Sept. >. (UP)—Presi¬ dent Truman today ordered Public Health Surgeon Thomas Parran to "bring about an early termination" of the cadet nurse training pro¬ gram.
He said In a letter to Parran that recruitment of student and graduate nurses is to slop immedi¬ ately and that no students should he permitted to enroll in a course which jicgins after Oct. 15.
"II appear."! that it will not he ne¬ cessary or in the puhlic interest to continue to initiate training courses for this program after Oct 15." Mr. Truman said. He told Pnrran that he took this aclion "in view of recent development In the course of the war."
A White House statement which was released along with Mr. Tru¬ man's letter declared thnt the Pres¬ ident's move "permits orderly ter¬ mination of an Important wartime health activity." and will allow "more than 1.100 nurses training schols to make the encessnry re¬ adjustments."
Prisoners Survived Raids
(iovernment    building   near   thc docks   were   nol   hurt.   The   clt.v'althe   United   States
main     hotel-the    Tokyo    Hotel- Washington to discuss with Ameri-1  /""""""', quarters   aiso   unaer-
escaped.   Today   it   was   being   run can   officials   Uie   possibility   of   a I'"""! "•«'"»'/"<"'«•'"¦ <;^|PP» wj"
by released  prisoners of war  from Le„d-Lease    exlen.Mon    or    siinilaii^'' «'"" Rrcatcr responiiblMtlei in
camps   in  the  vicinity.  They   were arrangement   for   Britain,   as   gov-^'"|^"»8'"duslrial production gen-
(Continued on Page A-12) ernment   offlcials   here   worked   to,""''-\-, , ...    . .. ,„^ .^  „   _
  strengthen   Uie   n.ition's   industrial  -'"'''^ field of food supply  R^^
niPk'CCM    AOl/C   erDllTl»IV position   and    build   up   her    food;,'^'  ^";""- '^'^'f' "','^« ""«»' ••"^
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OF  LEND-LEASE  DEBTS An'official     commentator    said! P/iip,? •.^^;»J.l^jl.:!r:l'fu!';~5
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Halifax,    travelling    by    air,    was scheduled   to   arrive   In   Baltimore
Smith, food minister, on the Soutk {American   mission   from  which  ha
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Washington, Bept. 8.   (UP)-Rep.  tomorrow afternoon.    Ho will head f""'"f„'l J"f«y-   "«   "^K°^^^^^^ vcrcll M. Dirkscn (R., 111..) called a   British   dclegaUon   in   economi<   '7°'''?""' "'S*'. *"'"?f"l!"'.^l'I
nffi..iai.   ,,  Argentina and discussed the meat omctais    ai q^pj-tion   with   Brazilian   and   Uru¬ guayan officials. Still Short of .Meat
Turner already has conferred with food minlstr.v authorities. In¬ formed sources understand that h« talked with U. S. food experts at Washington on his trip home from South America, but there was na
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tonight for congressional scrutiny of Lend-Lease obligations before they are cancelled.
Dirkscn said he saw no objection to cancelling obligations for muni¬ tion, food and services. But, he said. Lcnd-Lcase also supplied machinery, tools and equipment to improve or rehabili'ate industries In foreign countries which "will bc useful nnd effective in competing wilh I'   S. Industry."
The congressman, a member of the House approprintions commit¬ tee, differed with President Tru¬ man who said in his Thursday message to congress that, while all Lend-Lease obligations will not be cancelled, "we mu.it recognize that It will nol be possible for our allies to pay us dollars for the over¬ whelming portion of the Lend- workers out of 80.000 prcsentlv jher meat shipments If It Is at all Lease obligations which they have employed. The move was tnken, possible, nnd will enlarge her e«- incurred." jby employers as part of a mutually [port volume lata this year.
dclcgalio talks   with    American Wa.shington. Boost  Cotton   Wages
A.s he departed, it was disclosed that wages for cotton goods work¬ ers ha\'e been raised in one of the first steps of the government's efforts among both employers and workers to rehabilitate and expand the cotton Industry, onre a nialn- stav of Britain's all-important <'o"''''"'*tlon. foreign   trade. |    These sources said that the food
The wage results, 10 per cent I "''"'•"'fy ¦''" '» '" "o position to for some cla.sses of male employees l promise people of the United King" mid seven per cent for women. <lom increaaed meat rations, al- were an initial result of the recent though the end of the war eased conversations between Lancashire i the supply problem a little and cotton industrv emplovers nnd oper- nppnrenUy averted the threat, of stives and Sir StaifTord Cripps. | further cuts. It was understood president of the Board of Trade, ithat Turner will be able to tell The Increases affected about 60.000 [Smith that Argentina will Increase