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f A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT " * Partly cloudy, ooolj Mondsy cloudy, cool. 39TH YEAR, NO. \^ — 44 PAGES ViriTED PRcsa win Newt Brrrlre WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1945 PRICE TEN CENTS MILLION READY TO STRIKE; HURRICANE LASHING FLORIDA i State's Worst, . ISO-Mile Winds Bringing Ruin $15,000,000 Damage in Fire At Big Naval Air Station; Rich Citrus Crops at Stake Miami, Fla., Sept 15 (UP)—A mighty tropical tiurrlcane, attended by winds of more tlian 190 miles per hour, slashed into southern Florida tonight, probably precipitating a great fire at the Richmond Naval Air Station which raged unchecked as it enveloped three giant blimp hangars, ruined hundreds of aircraft and injured some 200 naval personnel. Hitting with devastating fury—a tury perhaps unequalled In Florida's long hurricane history—the storm center struck southwest of Miami in the Everglades and i I- > through the Florida Keys, and left a trail of destruction from the lower Bahamas to the mainland. The Weather Bureau .said at mid¬ night (EWT) that the storm would lose strength as it moved slowly up the finger of Florida but warn¬ ed that it still wns dangerous. I At the air station three huge' wooden hangars, 368 airplanes and' 25 Navy blimps went up in hurri- ¦¦ ¦ ane swept flames. I largest Wooden Hangars Thc hangars were tlie world's largest wooden structures. They fell victim, wilh thc planes that I h.id been crowded into Ihem for | si'.fekecping before the Florid.i | hurricane, to fires fanned by 114- niilc-per-liour winds and ftd by gasolliic. No fatalities were re¬ ported early today. Fourteen blimps in fl.ving condi¬ tion and 11 Ihere for repairs were completely destroyed. Along with them went 2l.'i naval aircraft and 153 civilian planes. Everything was a total loss, including the hangars valued at $3,000,000 each. Total damage may pass $15,000,000. Got False Aiarin The winds that came from the sea lifted half tho roof off hangar No, 3, and a few minutes later tho doors blew off No. 1. The first alarm - which proved fo bc false - • came from No. 1 at D:3l p. m. The first true alarm came from the same hangar at 5:<fi. A power failure prevented spreading the alarm, and a wnter failure pre¬ vented fighting it with success GERMANS TO HAVE CITY, TOWNSHIP, Eisenhower Plans First Democratic Vote Since 1932 By DOt'GLAS WKRNER Berlin, Sept. IS. (UP) — Gen. Dwight D. Kl.senhower, reporting progress In denazifying the Ameri¬ can occupation zone of Germany, tonight announced plans to ar¬ range for township, city and coun¬ ty elections in the zone, the first democratic balloting scheduled for the Reich since 1932. Eisenhower announced that ad¬ ministrative officiala of the inter¬ ior department of "land" units — thn largest existing government di¬ visions with the zone, embracing a number of counties and compara¬ ble In size to American states How Many, Please? Togo Also Has Skipped Hari Kari This Is a picture that Is seen only in dreams during the last lew years. Hundreds and hun¬ dreds of shiny black Urea are I in Akron, Ohio, 'They will toon neatly stacked aa they flow off be ready for delivery to civilian the production line at a plant I niarket TRUMAN EXPECTED TO APPOINT NEW Also Still Seeks Man to Fill Post On Supreme Court Big 5 Invites Views Of Poland, Red States Foreign Ministers Ask For Suggestions on Peace for Italians Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 15. (UP) — Asked at a press conference to- K-|day if there was a possibility of Inn early change in the post of have"be'en"lns'tructed"to"w"rife"new! Secretary of War, President Tru- „ «-er"menta, codes preparing the -XrTe';[v'^el. t ;°e"ti^rk^ ^ Then torrential rains came to thej way for elections Washington. Local eirclions Hmt ^ I He gets back to Washington The codes are to bc in the hands,gjnjjay ^nj ^.^p,, fii.i,t asked of military government officials by'about a change at the Wnr Depart- Oit. l.''i. Thc first elections, on a Iment and also in thc Supremo local or township scale, are ex-1 Court and thc Federal Security pected to be held in January, Elec-|Afency of which Paul V, McNtitt tions for larger units, large cities \ is the head, he merely said ho firemen's aid. The hangars were 1,000 feet long anrt 270 feet wide. The blimps were of "K' type, helium filled. The cause of the fire could not be immediately determined. (The navy in Miami said that DOO en¬ listed personnel from the OPA Lorkii N.'ival Air .Station were be¬ ing ruslied to Richmond to help in fighting the fire. Doctors and blood plasma were al.'^o being sent down as fast as vehicles could travel the debris-strewn roads. Homestead, gateway city to the Florida Keys, was reported to he the hardest hit of any municipali¬ ty. It was cut off for hours. Resi¬ dents were reported badly in need of food. There were no deaths re¬ ported but the town's frame struc¬ tures were virtually demolished. 200 .Miles Wide At !) p. m. cEWT) the Weather Bureau ordered hurricane warn¬ ings extended throughout Florida and warned the central part of thc state to expect hurricane wind.s - over 7,5 miles an hour - late tonight and Sunday. Tlie wide path of the tivity to be slorm estimated at 200 miles - endangered both thc Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Thc Weather Bureau said the slorm presently was centered over and counties, will be held later, "depending .somewhat on the re¬ sults oht,iinecl In thc local elec¬ tions." the announcement, said. Tlie announcement said the Ger¬ mans will be allowed to take a more active voire in their own gov¬ ernment as a result of "progress in j eliminating thc former party structure in the American zone." It explained that the denazification of the German people hart made progress since the Allied troops first entered Germany, To Teach People "It is particularly desired that Mould hold a news conference at 4 p. m, Tuesday, His second reply as regards the War Department was in response to a direct ques¬ tion concerning the immediate future of Secretary of War Henry I.,. Stimson. Stimson Keady to Retire Stimson, who will be 78 Sept. 21, is believed ready to retire The chief executive mot with rc- pprters during the morning In hla federal building oflice here. He said he had not yet found an appointee for thc e-xialing Supreme C;urt vacancy. Ho was still hunt¬ ing for the right man, he said, anrt ]it was a difllcult search. He em- the initial elections be at a local phasized he would not have any- level so that. experience may bc thing to say about that job Tues- gained In handling election ma- dKy. chinery, nnd also to prove the first One appointment Mr. Truman opportunity for local political ac-j may announce then is that of a resumed with local new solicitor general to replace issues at stake | Charles F'ahy, wilh the Governor "It is believed that the proposed;of Georgia, Ellis Arnnll, the most elections represent a practical ex- j frcqueiitly mentioned possibility. periment as well as a logical first step to bring about democratic the F.verglartcs, 60 miles west of, processes in (Germany.' Miami, and apparenllv wns swing-1 Thc codes wiil outline the struc- Ing around tn a northward course, I ture anrt functions of local govern- thrcatening the citrus area which {ment. They will provide for choos- (Continued on Page A-lOi I (Continued on P.ige A-lOi Drove Pegs Under Her Kneecaps, Nearly Grilled Daughter Alive Singapore, Sept. IS. (UP)—A British offlcer newly returned from Malaya told today how the Japa¬ nese tortured a Eurasian woman accused of helping anli-Japancse guerrillas and as a last resort threatened to grill her daughter alive over an open fire to make thc inother talk. Mrs. Sybil Kathigasu of Ipoh Japanese dragged Mrs. Kathigasu to a military police compound and tied her to a post. Then her daughter was brought in, her hnnds tied behind her back, and was drawn up on a rope hang¬ ing from a tree limb over a blaz¬ ing fire. The Japanese threatened to cut thc rojie and drop the child Into told ths slory of her sufferings lo'the fire unless the mother talked fcritish occupation oflicers when they entered Malaya. She said she Was arrested nn suspicion of help¬ ing the guerrillas 26 months ago and was tortured horribly for four months. I>rovo Pegs Ijider Kneecaps The Jnpanese drove wooden pegs Under his kneecaps, split her ear lobes when they learned she listened to British broadcasts, drove bamboo splinters under her fingernails and beat Tier back with « heavy club until she was paralyzed, fc^ Finally in November, 1943, the //I Today's 'ssue ('laNsitied F.dllnrial Movleit ... Social Sporto Badio i Outdoor . ft—n C—J B—10 ..B—1 ..B—It ..B—14 According to Iho British officer, the mother wept as she told thc slory of how the Japanese began— slowly-hacking al the rope. "I love you. momniie," the child cried oul. ""Jesus wili lake care of me." She Wouldn't Talk "I knew then whnt I would do," the mother wns quoted as saying. "I knew I would not talk." About the time the rope was cut half through, a Japanese mili¬ tarv police chief appeared and halted the proceerting.s. When thr|p^,|___ „,.„,.-^ child waa lowered tn the (found, j ^^^j^^^^^ ^^^^^ j Mr. Truman disclosed that Pat rick J. Hurley, American ambassa¬ dor to China, is coming home to report, but said, in reply to a ques¬ tion, thnt Hurley had snid nothing to him about wanting to resign. Visits Mother Alone The President was up early to¬ day, brcakfa."tert al 7 a.m. and then drove lo Grandview for a viEit with his 92-ycar-old mother, Mr.s. Martha Truman. No report¬ ers went along. Thc President's mother is allergic to fanfiire and Mr. Truman would do nothing to displease her, I.ialer he said she'd given him htr usual advice—to be careful. He carried to her a portfolio of pictures taken at the Berlin con¬ ference of the Big Three. Reluming from Grandview, thc President slopped lo see Eddie Jacobson, his old haberdashery partner. He dialled lo minutes and ended up by buying 18 pair of socks. I.asl .Tunc, when the President was here, Eddie couldn't find a while shirt to fit him and news of that brouglil a deluge of .shirts of the proper size to the White House. Today Mr. Truman laughingly said he thought he'd better keep his sock size to him¬ self. Gets Haircut He sloppirt for a haircuf by Frank Spina and received from two old hnttery males of World War I days a gold membership card in the "Boys of Battery B." Then Phyllis and Barbara sevcn-ye,ar-old twins, were lis office hv U. S. the mother broke away from l'<-r j „^^,,,3, y^^^ Canflll. Tlicv want- Japanese guard "".'' en^braccd her I ^^ ^^ ^^„ ^^^ president forget-me- for the Disabled American one from daughter. She said a Japanese kicked her in the face. I "°. „„ v,„,,„i,. Later. Mrs. KathiKa.su said, the Veterans^ He bought Japanese sentenced her to death carl, of the girU and each pinned but a delegation of citizens saved her flower on his coat, her hv nn appeal to a Japanese An old Legion commander. , ' (Continued on Page A-15) friend. Robert By BRUCE W. MV>'N London. Sept, IS, (UP)—Tlie Big Five foreign ministers' council an¬ nounced tonight tllkt Poland and two of the Soviet Union's feder¬ ated republics. White Ru.ssia and the Ukraine, had been invited to txprcsi their view on the Italian peace treaty which will be consid¬ ered at Monday'a council session. The action followed by one day Issuance of a council Invitation to Yugoslavia, Italy, Australia, Can¬ ada, India, New Zealand and South Africa—the last five all British do¬ minions—to nominate representa¬ tives to attend Monday's meeting on the question of the Yugoslav- Italian frontier, a major point at i.=sue in tiie peace treaty. K DilTerrnc« It was noted that today's foreign ministcr.s' communique did not i::peciflcally atate that the lhr"e j newcomers had been invited to send representatives. The council's communique was issued after thc fifth meeting over which Foreign Minister Georges Bidault of France presided. It said that ^he Italian colonial question had been referred to depu¬ ties of the foreign ministers for detailed study, "making the fullest possible use of the plan proposed by the United States delegation and taking inlo account the views expressed by other delegations." I'. N. Favors Trusteeship The plan proposed by U. S. Sec¬ retary of Stale James F. Byrnes' delegation reportedly would place Italian colonies under an Interna¬ tional trusteeship in compliance wilh the provision of the charter of the United Nations organization. There have also been reports that the Americans might seek to have Italy made trustee for her own colonies. Thus Italy would not be deprived of her pre-war territory, although sho would lose outright sovereignty over it. In this connection, reliable sources said that Azzam Bey, sec¬ retary of the Arab League, was ex¬ pected here shortly from Cairn to confer with Foreign Minister Krn¬ est Bevin. The Arab nations have considerable interest in the Italian colonies, which have a large Mos¬ lem population, ,\rab I.4>Bder lo Observe Rome dispatches said that For¬ eign Minister Alcide de Gasperi will represent Italy befnre the council mecling Monday. The lead¬ er of the Yugoslav delegation will be Foreign Minister Ivan Subasic, I informed sources predicted. A I Yugoslav spokesman here saiil the 1 deirgiition left Belgrade today and ; will reach London Tomorrow. Both Yugoslavia anrt Rome ac¬ cepted quickly the chance to put their views on Italian-Yugoslav boundary questions before the council. The council reportedly received today a formal Yugoslav note set¬ ting" forth Marshal Tito's demands for sovereignly over Istria. Vene- zla, Glulia and Trieste, and elab¬ orating claims for reparatlops against Italy. The memorandum was understood to have heen de¬ .signed to give delegnles a chance lo familiarize themselves with Yugoslav proposals before the Bel- ¦jrado and Rome representatives ' :ippcar before the council. I Yugoslavia Wants Indemnity I It was understood that Yugo¬ slavia proposes to ask abnut $1.- i 446.000,000 In reparations for des- itroyed property from Italy, and ' (C:ontinued on Pa«e A-iS) AS ALLIES READY WAR GUIL1[TRIALS Prosecutor for Soviet . Is Reported Removed; Jackson In Nuernberg By EDWARD V. ROBERTS Ixmdon, Sept. yi. (UP)—Un¬ official reports that Maj. Gen. I. T. Nikltchenko, Soviet prosecutor of German war criminals, had been removed from his post reached London today as Justice Robert S. Jackson, chief United States prose¬ cutor, moved his headquarters from London to Nuernberg where thc trial will be held. The possibility of a hitch In preparations for the trial of thc Nazis, who include Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering, Foreign Minis¬ ter Joachim von Ribbentrop and others, was Indicated In the reports that Nikltchenko had been remov¬ ed from office. Not Confirmed A Taas agency representative here said the report had no con¬ firmation in London but that it was "quite possible." Nikltchenko, who has represented the Soviet Union since the Inception of the B'our-Power conference on war criminal trials, was recalled to Moscow some weeks ago. The prosecutors are expected to meet next in Berlin following the ippointment of British, French and Russian representatives to sit on the international tribunal which will judge the cases. President Truman last week named former U, S. Attorney CJen¬ eral Francis Biddle to repiesent the United Slates and other gov¬ ernments are expected to name their men before the end of the month. Jackson directed that the Paris office be closed, cenlr|ilizlng the American proseculion team in Nuernberg where the questioning of tho Nazis slated for trial before the tribunal in November now nears completion. BRADLEY'S PLANE FLIES IRON LUNG FOR VETERAN New York, Sept. LS. (UP)—An iron lung to be used in treating a World War II veteran suffering from infantile paralysis was being flown tonight from New York to Muskogee, Okla., in thc personal plane of Gen. Omar N. Bradley, head of the Veterans Administra¬ tion, The plane took off from La¬ Guardia field at n:10 p, m. EWT nnd waa scheduled to arrive at Muskogee at about ,^ a. m. Sunday afler a non-stop flight. The plane, piloted by Maj. Alvin E. Robi,son, San Antonio, Texas, arrived nt LaGuardia Field at 8 p. m. EWT to pick up the arti¬ ficial respirator, which was lent by Base 81 Veterans Hospital iri the Bronx. Also aboard the plane were T Sgt. Oorge E. Cook, LaSalle, III., the crew chief, anrt S,Sgt, Earl L. Fisher, Washington, la., 1 radio operator. General Homma, 'Beast of Bataan' Gives Himself up; Speeding Roundup By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON Tokyo, Sept. 15 (UP)—Shigenri Togo, foreign minister at the time of Pearl Harl>or and No. 2 on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's list of Jap¬ anese war criminals, surrendered today to the U. S. gth Army, Allied authorities now have rounded up more than half of the persons on the first list of Pacific war criminals, including Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, the "Best of Bataan." and Shigenorl Togo, Pearl Harbor foreign minister, it waa disclosed today. Fiv* days after Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered 40 war crim¬ inals and seven members of the terroristic Black Dragon Society arrested to stand trial, 19 were still at large. Twenty-six were In cus¬ tody and two had taken their lives by their own hands, PrcM, Radio Chastised The quickened tempo of arrests was accompanied by a severe dressing down of Japanese press and radio officials who were at¬ tempting to evade MacArthur's or¬ ders against continuing propagan¬ da. The Japaneae were told that MacArthur was the boss of Japan and the Japanese were not to think for one moment they had yet re¬ gained the respect of the world. Captur* of Homma, along with the general who succeeded him as Philippines commander, put the first five Japanese war criminals in Allied hands — Pearl Harbor Premier Gen. Hidekl. Tojo, No. 11 Togo, No. I; Oklnorbu Kaya, To- jo's finance minister. No. 3; Adm. Shlgetaro Shiraada, Tojo's Navy minister. No. 4, and Homma, No, 8. Taken alone with Homma, who commanded th* Philippines in 1941 and 1942 and was responsible for the infamous Bataan deatji marches, was his successor, Lt. (Jen. Shlge- mori Kuroda, No, 13 on the list, Homma Surrenders Homma, it was announced, sur¬ rendered to U.S. 8lh Army author¬ ities Saturday night, dressed in a crumpled civilian suil. He was immediately transferred to a Yoko¬ hama jail to join others of his countrymen awaiting trial. The haul Included thc two top Filipino Quislings arrested by Sth Army men—Jose P, I.*urel, presi¬ dent of the Japanese-sponsored Philippines Republic, and Benigo S. Aquino, president of the Jap¬ anese - sponsored Philippines Na¬ tional Assembly. Ordered Panay Attack Surrendering with Togo wsre Vice Admiral Yoshltake Ueda, for¬ mer chief of naval aviation and No. 24 on the list, and Col. Kingo¬ ro Hashimoto, nationalist leader of the pre-war "young officers" clique which had demanded wsr with the U, S. for a decade before they got Disputes Arising In Reconversion Menace Program ' Auto Men Hurl Bombshell With 30
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 46 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1945-09-16 |
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Month | 09 |
Day | 16 |
Year | 1945 |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 46 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1945-09-16 |
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Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT " *
Partly cloudy, ooolj Mondsy cloudy, cool.
39TH YEAR, NO. \^ — 44 PAGES
ViriTED PRcsa
win Newt Brrrlre
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1945
PRICE TEN CENTS
MILLION READY TO STRIKE; HURRICANE LASHING FLORIDA
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State's Worst,
. ISO-Mile Winds
Bringing Ruin
$15,000,000 Damage in Fire At Big Naval Air Station; Rich Citrus Crops at Stake
Miami, Fla., Sept 15 (UP)—A mighty tropical tiurrlcane, attended by winds of more tlian 190 miles per hour, slashed into southern Florida tonight, probably precipitating a great fire at the Richmond Naval Air Station which raged unchecked as it enveloped three giant blimp hangars, ruined hundreds of aircraft and injured some 200 naval personnel.
Hitting with devastating fury—a tury perhaps unequalled In Florida's long hurricane history—the storm center struck southwest of Miami in the Everglades and i
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through the Florida Keys, and left a trail of destruction from the lower Bahamas to the mainland.
The Weather Bureau .said at mid¬ night (EWT) that the storm would lose strength as it moved slowly up the finger of Florida but warn¬ ed that it still wns dangerous. I
At the air station three huge' wooden hangars, 368 airplanes and' 25 Navy blimps went up in hurri- ¦¦ ¦ ane swept flames. I
largest Wooden Hangars
Thc hangars were tlie world's largest wooden structures. They fell victim, wilh thc planes that I h.id been crowded into Ihem for | si'.fekecping before the Florid.i | hurricane, to fires fanned by 114- niilc-per-liour winds and ftd by gasolliic. No fatalities were re¬ ported early today.
Fourteen blimps in fl.ving condi¬ tion and 11 Ihere for repairs were completely destroyed. Along with them went 2l.'i naval aircraft and 153 civilian planes. Everything was a total loss, including the hangars valued at $3,000,000 each. Total damage may pass $15,000,000. Got False Aiarin
The winds that came from the sea lifted half tho roof off hangar No, 3, and a few minutes later tho doors blew off No. 1. The first alarm - which proved fo bc false - • came from No. 1 at D:3l p. m.
The first true alarm came from the same hangar at 5: |
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FileName | 19450916_001.tif |
Month | 09 |
Day | 16 |
Year | 1945 |
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