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w.«"J:.'rr« WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 26. 1945
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TRIUMPHANT U.S. FLEET STARTS INTO SACAMI BAY
Chiang May Avert Civil War in Cliina
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Heroic Statesmanship Of Leader Praised; 700,000 Sq. Mi. Given To Settle Red Problem
Br ORORtiE WANO
ChuHRking, Aug. 25 (UP)—<}en- aralliiimo Chiang Kai-Shelc'i de¬ cision to recognize the indepand- •nc* of Riualan-domlnated outer Mongolia—thus iliclng a 700,000 square mile area from China's political map—was regarded today as a "heroic decision of great statesmanship" which may settle the Communist problem and avert a threatened civil war.
Competent political observers said that Chiang's ultra-realistic aetlon, by which he became the first leader of the Chinese repub- hc to give up Chinese territory, 'was a distinct shock at flrst. LAter, however, there waa a feeling of reUef that this might solve the Communist problem and cement relations with the Soviet Union. SlKNlnc Awaited
It waa understood the new Chlneee-Russlan treaty ratUed yea- tsrdar provided for the Independ¬ ence of outer Mongolia and the territorial Integrity of Manchuria. The treaty Is expected to be made publlr when it is finally signed by Genernlissimo.<i Chiang and Josef Stalin.
Meanwhile. naUonal government troops were reported unoflicially to have ousted Communist troops from the town of Wuhu. important rice town In the Nanking area. Rival claims to the capture of Kweisul. capital of Suiyuan pro¬ vince, appeared to have been ex¬ aggerated. Reports reaching here said the Communists raided the| town and withdrew and thst cen¬ tral troops then synchronised their entry with .Tapanese withdrawal. There havs heen no ofBcial reports, of clashes, however. Invitea Red  l>e«der
Chiang's decision csme as he re- nevyed demands that MaoTse Tung, leader of Chinese Communists, come to Chungking for a confer¬ ence. He said there were "many Imporlant problems and I must talk to you In person for their speedy settlement. On our talks depends our nation's future. I've prepared a plane to bring you here. Please hurry up."
Chiang's third invitation to Mao came shortly »fter Mao. answering Chiang's second summary tele- grarhed: "For national unity I am ¦ending Chow En-Lal to Chung¬ king first to see you. 1 hope you receive him." The telegram was (Continued  on   Page  A-U)
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Greatest Armada Ever in Pacitic Is Nearing Tolcyo
12 US., 2 British Batfleships, 17 Big Carners-401 in All; Planes Rush Aid fo Prisoners
By RALPH TEATSORTH
Manila, Sunday, Aug. 26 (LP)—Warship.s of the United
States Pacific deet—the vanguard of 401 Allied ships stand*
ing off Japan—today steamed triumphantly into Sagami Bajr
at the entrance to Tokyo Bay, to prepare for the landing of
American occupation forces.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme Allied commander, messaged the Japanese that United Slates Fleet units were moving into Sagami Bay and directed that "Japanese general headquarters will provide for safe entry."
MacArthur said that entry Into Sagami Bay — a 40-mile wide bay which joins Tokyo Bay through a narrow strait 25 miles south of tha Japanese capital — waa made under "paragraph Five, Document Three of the requirements of the supreme commander for the Allied Powers."
Truman, deCaulle Agree On Post-War V/orld Plans
Frenchman Endingf Washington Stay For Visits to Hyde Parit, West Point; Closer Co-operation of Nations Due
Washington. Aug. 26 (UP)—President Truman and Gen. Charles de Gaulle announced today that they had reached fundamental agree¬ ment on matters affecting "construction of the post-war world."
Their announcement came as the president of the French Provisional Government prepared to wind up his three-day visit here and leave by air at 9 a. m. tomorrow for the Hyde Park, N. Y., home of the late President Roosevelt.
Oe Gaulle was given an enthusiastic reception  at thc U. S.  Naval Academy  In Annapolis, Md., today and  this   afternoon  presided   at reception at the French embassy. To 8|ieak In Uiieago
He will visit West Point and New York City tomorrow after leaving Hyde Park, and on Mon¬ day night will deliver in Chicago what   has   been   described   in   ad-
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The Cars Most of Us Gef Will Be Radically Changed—buf Nof Soon
Detroit Aug 25. (UP)—The .sons, the 1946 "face-lifted" cars average American motorist is goingUill embrace several improvenrients. to buy a drastically redesigned new These will Include a superior brake car -- when ll is available — and |''> stem, a hiRh-pressure oil system the current price question doesn't|reducing opcratins costs and — affect him at all -onging thc life of the motor.
This was the pattern laid down for the public tonight in a United Press survey of industry-wide en¬ gineering thought.
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chroniiuiii Tixturcs and dress-up features, 250 per cent greater en¬ durance In bearinRM and rods, bet¬ ter springs and .i bigger-car ap¬ pearance. The   rubber   Industry   has   high-
cslimnled 11,000,000 cars now re quired to meet the public demand. Another Year Yet
This meana the average motorist will not get a new car until the aharply redesigned 1947 models come off assembly lines in roughly another year. The "slightly In¬ creased" OPA price schedules due early next week therefore will not affect him,
George Romncy, director of the Automobile Manufacturers Asso¬ ciation, believes that the 500,000 cars produced between now and early 1946 will he ilaimcd by esscn- '"    purchasers   even   before   they
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reach dealers. Unless he Is In an e.«eiitial classification, the car own¬ er Is warned by Romney to take e.\tra   precmitlons   to   preserve   his
^      car "for at least nnother yenr."
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con- lined to a standard government formula, from which individual companies now will depart (or their own techniques.
In establishing the price, the OPA is expected to use the 1941 production cost as a base. From this, charges are expected to be permitted to absorb production cost increases since 1941, plus a profit margin based on earnings during the 1936-39 period.
Production to (^it Price
Induslry spokesmen believe that competitive forces at play when production reaches full stride in early 1946 will automatically cur¬ tail prices. Both Ford and Chev¬ rolet already arc pledged to lower- cosl. lighter-weight 1947 models. Kaiser-Frazcr has promised a low- cost Kaiser car.
The Industry Is working with rear-drive and rear-engine models for 1947 possibilities. Convertible- type tops now are made to roll in¬ to a body recess in the rear deck. Plastics are being adapted for fur¬ nishing and for upholstery which holds its color no matter the wear and can be washed with >oap and water.
Washington, Aug. 25 (UP)—Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich, suggesting that President Roose¬ velt realized the awesome impli¬ cations of the atomic bomb, said tonight ita secret could not be shared with the world until there is an "absolutely free and untram¬ meled right of intimate inspection all  around  this  globe."
Vandenberg. a delegate to the San Francisco Conference which drafted the United Nations Char¬ ter, told reporters development of the bomb "makes it even more es¬ sential that we should succeed in the pursuit of collective security through the United Nations or¬ ganization." He said the bomb "multiplies every reason any of us ever gnve for embracing tlie col¬ lective   security   Idea."
President Roosevelt foresaw the effect of the atomic bomb on world organization. Vandenberg said, re¬ calling a conversation with the late President last spring just before Mr. Roosevelt left for Warm Springs. Ga., where he died on April 12. Hint of Future
On the President's desk was a copy of Vandenberg's Jan. 10 Sen¬ ate speech on the need for a strong foreign  policy, the senator related.
"He had," Vandenberg said, "itn- derliiied this sentence: 'If World Wnr III ever unhappily arrives, it will open new laboratories of death too horrible to contemplate, and 1 propo.se to do everything wilhin my power to keep tho.se labora¬ tories closed for keeps.'
"He said to me. 'Senator, you have no Idea how right you are, I hut I think you'll discover before [the year is over." I "I have no douht that he had the (Continued on Pa«e A-ll>
Sub Sank Battleship, Hit Anotiier
San Francisco, Aug. 26. (UP) — The Navy revealed tonight that the submarine Seaiion, in a spectacu¬ lar night attack on an enemy naval task force, sank the Japanese bat¬ tleship Kongo and seriously dam¬ aged  a  second  battleship.
The action occurred on the night of Nov. 21, 1944, In the Blast China Sea, 40 miles north cf Formosa. The Seaiion sighted the enemy task force of four battleships screened by destroyers. In order to obtain maneuverability and clar¬ ity of vision, Cmdr. Ell H. Reich of Elmhurst, N. Y., ordered the rtibmarine to surface—an unusual decision in view of the heavy enemy fleet  units.
After two hours of stalking the warships, the Seaiion reached a position slightly ahead and off the didc of the group. The leading bnttlewagon and a destroyer were allowed to pass unmolested In order lo get a crack at the 30,000-ton Kongo.
At 3,000-yard range the sub fired a full salvo of six torpedoes at the vessel. Four missiles found their mark. Quickly reversing Its course, the Seaiion swung about and re¬ leased another salvo of "tin fish" from Its stern tubes, scoring a hit on the second battleship. Thia caused a violet explosion and a sudden burst of flames.
Thc Seaiion eased away from the scene, reloaded her torpedo tubes and headed for the final kill against the Kongo, which hsd now dropped astern of the group wilh two destroyer escorts. Just before a second salvo was released the Kongo was sh.iken by a violent internal explosion and the battle¬ ship disappeared.
GEN. WAINWRIGHT FOUND IN GOOD HEALTH
Three American Planes Make Landing in Japan
Come Down on Honshu Out of Gas; Japs Friendly but Don't Act Defeated; Awed by Fortress and .50 Cal. (iuns
By HUGH CRUAIPLEK
Okinawa, Aug. 26, (UP)—The first Americans to land in Japan since the end of the war — a group of fliers forced down by fuei trouble — said today they 'werj greeted by smiling Japanese airmen who "acted in no way as if they were defeated."
The Ainerican? were Lt. Col. Clay Tice jr., commanding officer of
the 49th Fighter Group of the Fifth Air Force, Flight Officer Douglas
C. Hall, Ancunoaa, Iowa, and an undisclosed number of crewmen from
a B-17.
The two P-38 pilots remained in Japan for two hours and 48 minutes.
I They landed on the MIttagahara ; air strip on the eastern shore of south central Kyushu. Tice led Hall in when tlie latter's plane de¬ veloped trouble In the fuel system.
Say Landing WiU Be Tuesday
San Francisco, Aug. 25. (UP) — A joint communique Issued Sun¬ day (Tokyo time) by Uie im¬ perial headquarters and Japan¬ ese government confirmed the announcement that the landing of Allied occupation forces on Japan has been postponed until Tuesday, except for the fleet's entry into Sagami Bay.
The communique text, broad¬ cast by Tokyo radio and record¬ ed by United Press:
"Tha advance of the flrst group of Allied forces to Japan, which originally was scheduled to begin today, Aug. 26, has been post¬ poned for 48 hours with the ex¬ ception of the entry of the Allied Fleet Into Sagami  Bay."
PRIEST IN TOKYO SAYS JAPS WILL BE ORDERLY
RUSSIANS LAND ON KOREAN COAST TO CUT OFF JAPANESE
Chungking. Aug. 25. (UP)—The American paratroop rescue team which landed in the Mukden. Man¬ churia area, reported todny that the hcalth of Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Walnwright, Corregidor hern who was imprisoned near Mukden by the Japanese, may be "con- j tidered   good."
The report eame from headquar¬ ters of Lt. Gen. Albert C, VVe<le- meyer, commander of U. S. Army forces  In  China.
A rescue team at Peiping re¬ ported 24 In all were to be evacu¬ ated from there, and said none was seriously sick.
An air-ground aid section was arranging to drop medical supplies
Into   Hong   Kong  Aug.   26,    head- (luartera disclosed.
By BRICE W. MI-NV
I London, Aug. 2.S. (UP) Soviet I troops landed on Korea's east j coast today in an attempt to cut off the main bodv of Japan's 1.- OliO,000-man Kwantung Army flee¬ ing down the Korc.ui peninsula behind  suicide  rearguard.s.
The Soviet communique, broad- east by Moscow radio, said Mar¬ shal KIril A. Merct.ikov's First Far Eastern Army, driving down the cast coast of Korea, entered the port of Gensan, 100 miles north of Keijo. Gensan previously had heen Liken by Marine lanriing units from Admiral Ivan Yumashev's Pncific fleet. Still Resisting
Khabarovsk radio said Soviet troops still were encountering re¬ sistance despite the oflicial sur¬ render of the Kwantung Army, as thc Japanese withdrew down Korea toward the narrow Tsushima Straits leading to the home islands. "These suicide units arc flght¬ ing with unparalleled fanaticism." Khabarovsk snid, "and each of the members must be eliminated be fore our trops can push on and our troops are doing it with pleasure."
Khabarovsk did not reveal the number of Japanese troops flee¬ ing through Korea but Soviet com¬ muniques have reported the sur¬ render of only 375,000 oflicers and men of thc Kwantung Armv.
Today's communique reported 70,000 more Japanese surrendered to the far eastern armies, includ¬ ing seven generals, nmong whom was Lt. Gen. Miliio Eumurn. com¬ mander of the Fourth Army of the Kwantung Army. Driving l>own Sakhalin The Second Far Eastern Army, (Continued on Pa«e A-14),
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Tried to Get Sword
While   they  waited   for  the  B-17
to bring  geusoline tor Hall's  plane
they talked wilh Japane.se  officers
land enlisted men,  Iraded food ond
I unsuccessfully tried to bargain for
a Japanese officer's sword.
The Japanese, tliey reported, were fa'^cinated by the B-17's armament, icgarding its 50-caliber machine- guns with awe.
(An Otiaka radio broadcast, re¬ corded by tho FCC, asked the Japanese today to aid any Amcri- jcan aircraft forced down on the I Japanese homeland. "Full co- i operation should be given to pro- 'tecl the aircraft as well as rescue Ithe crew," the broadcast aaid.) Running out of Uaa
Tice,   the son  of Mrs.  Clay Tice sr. Phoenix,  Ariz.,  was  leading  a [flight  of P-38'8 on  a photo  recon¬ naissance      mi.sslon      when      Hall I (Conlinued on  Page A-14)
San Francisco, Aug. 25 (UP)—In a speech tonight over Radio Tokyo to American forces enroute to oc¬ cupy Japan, the Rev. Patrick James Byrne, superior of the Maryknoll order of Catholic mis¬ sionaries working In Japan, said Ihe Japanese people will be orderly and were ready to co-operate In earring out the Potsdam treaty terms.
The speech was beamed in a wireless dispatch by the Domei agency in English to the American w>ne and was recorded by the Fed¬ eral   Communications   Commission,
The dispatch quoted the miasion- ark as asking American and other Allied occupation forces to go to extremes to avoid provoking un¬ rest among the population.
CHIANG SIGNS CHARTER
Chungking,     Aug.     24.     (UP)   - Generalissimo     Chiang     Kal   Shek signed  the United  Nations  charter i of  naval   power were  20  American
Occupation troops will land from ships in SaganI Bay near Atsugt and at the Yokosuka naval base at the mouth ot Tokyo Bay.
The first units of Adm. Chester W. Nlmitz's mighty force of 383 American and 18 British ehipe moved Into the approaches to Tok¬ yo Bay this morning, a day after m mercy armada of U. S. carrier planes had parachuted food and medical supplies to American pris¬ oners In the Tokyo area. On Original Schedule
Entry of the warships Into Sagami Bay meant MacArthur waa adhering to at least one phase of his original schedule. He had an¬ nounced a 48-hour delay in the occupation and surrender operation due to weather. He did not Indi¬ cate today whether the operation now would proceed on the original plaru
MacArthur announces that the entire occupation schedule for Honshu and Kyushu islands haa been set back two days by a serieg of typhoons r.aging across tha islands, and Tokyo reports indicat¬ ed that new winds and rains might cause further delays.
Thc typhoons delayed rescue of the American prisoners hy at least 48 hours, but the parachute drope of supplies Indicated that Ameri¬ can commanders are determined to take all help possible to the cap¬ tured fighting men who have wait¬ ed more than three years for re« lief.
Radio Tokyo said "Allied planes were "scouring the land below" to¬ day despite the storm "which is still raging over the region with heavy rain,"
Nimitz lifted a security curtain to list only the major ships cruis¬ ing off Tokyo Bay but all of them down to the smallest auxiliary; which will spearhead the occupa¬ tional landing. They Include 12 ot America's newest battleships and two British battleships as well aa 17 of the largest aircraft carriers in the U. S. Pacific Fleet. Australians on Way
Screening  this  staggering  sttKf,
today. He signed in the presence of scores of Chinese and foreign correspondents using a traditional Chinese brush with black ink.
cruisers.   91   American    destroyers,
six escort  carriers and at least It
other    British    men   of   war.   Aa
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Cuf in Discharge Poinfs Depends on Jap Behavior
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AIR TRANSPORTS WILL PRECEDE OCCUPATION
Okinawa, Aug. 25. (UP) — Ap¬ proximately 60 air transports will fly reconnaissance troops to the Atsugi airport nenr Tokyo In the advance of American occupation troops when the occupation of Ja¬ pan begins.
The crews, under command of I Capt. Stanley V. Rush. Houston. "Tex,, chief pilot for Air Transport Service, have been selected from air transport routes all over thc world.
The first plane tn land at At¬ sugi will be navigated by Lt. Sam¬ uel W. Biggs jr., Somerset Center, Mass.
Singapore A»ks British > Tn Help Keep Order
'     London, Aug. 25.    (UP)  — Radio ! Singapore     and     olher    Japanese j radio stations to Malaya broadcast ; an  appeal   today  to  all  agents  of the British army In the Malay pen¬ insula to co-operate whole-hearted¬ ly with  the Japanese In moinlain- ing peace  and  order  until    Allied forces arrivs^ BBC reported.
Washington. Aug. 25. (UP)—Thci Army disclosed tonight that a new! and lower iritical score for dis¬ charge will be put into effect just as soon as it is determined that Japan will abide by surrender terms.
Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Henry, assistant chief of staff in charge of personnel, said the score then will be progressively lowered at a rate guaranteeing no empty berths on  ships  returning  to  the  U.S.
The Army has not made the new score public, but taking of 7,'i-point men from shipments to tlie Pacific has clearly pointed to 75 as the next critical figure. The score is now 85. .Men Mislnfornied
High point men who claim they are on the way to the Pacific are misinformed, Henry said. Units sailing from the United States re¬ cently have been shorn of men with more than 75 points, he said, and "future units will of course be screened  lo an even lower score."
Interviewed on a Veterans of Foreign Wars radio program by Omar B. Ketchum. national VFW legislative representative, Henry also revealed that:
All men with 85 discharge points will be out ot the Army by the end
of Novem'ber: 85-polnt men tn th« European and Mediterranean thea* tres should be civilians a montli before that.
Enlisted men with 85 points now in the United States will be sent to separation centers by Aug. 31; those arriving from overseas will go directly to separation centers. Age Limit Going Down
The present 38-year-old lunit on overseas service will be lowerea "as it becomes possible to get 4 new top age limit for service."
Navy W ill Reduce Ships, Men
]     Washington.    Aug.    25.     (UP) —
Adm. R. S. Edwards, deputy com* I mander in chief of the U. S. Fleet, I estimated   tonight   that   the   post-
war Navy will possess about 300 j major combat vessels In commis- :slon   and    a    personnel    of   about
500.000 oflicers and  men.
Edwards suid in a radio talk [that this would mean at>out 50 I fewer   ships   than   the   Navy   bad
in   1941.
I "However, whereas In 1941 we I hnd no way to increase the strength
of the Navy except by building 'ships,   In   the   future   we   hope   to
keep   a   targe   reserve   of   vessels,
about 100 partly manned and mora 'in  caretaker  status."