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UNITED   PRESS
ViXrm Mews  Scrilc*
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1945
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President Truman Proclaims Today as ^ Long Awaited  V-J Day'
'Day to Remember — as We Remember That Other Day —' December 7, 1941
Washington, Sept. 1. (UP) — President Truman tonight pro- elaimed the end of mankind's MMdicst war.
Tn a broadcast following Japan's unconditional surrender aboard the USS Missouri—"that small piece of American soil anchored in Tokyo harbor"~Mr. Truman said:
"As President of the United Slates. I proclaim Sunday. Sept. 2. 194.\ to be VJ-Day—the day of formal surrender by Japan. It is not yet the day for the formal | proclamation of the end of the ^ war or of the cessation of hostili¬ ties. 1
"But It Is a day which we Amerl-1 cans shall always remember as a i (liiv of retribution—as we remem-I her that other day, the day of j l.nfsmy" ,
Mr.   Trumnn   declared   that   "the
E
E KUtEUDS
Move into Last Two Just Above Hokkaido Of Japanese Group
London. .Sept. 1. 'UP)—Russia's Far Kastern armies completed oc¬ cupation today of the 1..350-mile chain of Kurile islands stretching north from Ihe Japanese homeland to Kamchatka peninsula, Moscow radio announc ed tonight.
Cien. Maxim A. Purkayev's Far I Kastern Army moved into the last evil done bv the Japanese war''*" islands Kunaswhiru Just off lords ciu ne\er be repaired or for- '^e northeastern tip of the Japa HOtten." But he added that -their ! "'""^'"'""d "' Hokkaido, and fiixo power to dcstrov and kill has heen I'»" '"'"a'   •" '""''» «'«''l "'  Kunas
Surrender Document:     |Gen. MacArthur Becomes
taken  from  them"  by the "strong¬ est and  toughest   and  most endur¬ ing   forces   in   hII   the   world"—the forces   of   liberty. Tribute tn Rnn«evelt
The rresirient .said the thoughts und hopes of all America go oul, flrst of all, tn "those of our loved ones who have been killed or maimed in this terrible war.'
And, he added, we think of nur departed   gallant   leadfi;,   Franklin
hiri - completing Ihe conquest they began with occupation of Paramu- shiro. northernmost of the Kurilae. Often In Dispute
The Kuriles, composed of 32 fog- smothered and seaweed-choked islands, were ome the world's rich¬ est seal and sen niter hunting grounds. They figured prominent¬ ly in Russo-Japanese history of the Igth and inth centuries.
The Russians conquered Kameh-
Aboard the U.'^S Missouri, Tok.vo Bay, Sept. 2 (IP)—FollowioK is the official text of the instrument of surrender:
1.—We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese government and the Japanese imperial general headquarters, hereby accept provisions in the declaration issued by the heads of the governments of the United .States, China and Great Britain 26 July, 1945, at Potsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which 4 powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied Powers.
2.—We hereby proclaim the uncondi¬ tional surrender to the Allied powers of the Japanese imperial general head¬ quarters and of all Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under Jap¬ anese control wherever situated.
3.—We hereby command all Japanese forces wherever situated and the Jap¬ anese people to cea.se hostilities forth¬ with, to preserve and save from damage all ships, aircraft and military and civil property and to comply with all require¬ ments which may be imposed by the supreme commander for the Allied Powers or by agencies of the Japanese government at his directjon.
4.—We hereby command the Jap¬ anese forces and all forces under Japanese control wherever situated to surrender unconditionally themselves and all forces under their control.
.1.—We hereby command all civil, military and naval forces to obey and enforce all proclamations, orders and directives deemed by the supreme com¬ mander for the Allied Powers to he proper to effectuate this .surrender and issued by him or under his authority and we direct all such officials to re¬ main at their posts and to continue (n perform their non-combatant duties unless specifically relieved by him or under his authority.
6.—We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese government and their successors to carry out thc pio- visions of the Potsdam Declaration in good faith, and to issue whatever orders and take whatever action may be re¬ quired by the supreme commander for the Allied Powers or by any other desig¬ nated representative of the Allied Powers for the purpose of giving effect to that declaration.
7.—Wc hereby command the Japanese imperial government and the Japanese imperial general headquarters at once to liberate all Allied prisoners of war and internees now under Japanese con¬ trol and to provide for their protection, care, maintenance and immediate trans¬ portation to places as directed.
8.—The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese government to rule the state shall be subject to the supreme commander for the Allied Powers, who will take such steps as he deems proper to effectuate these teims of surrender.
New Ruler of Japan
JAPS SUDDENLY  | HAVE GREAT PLANS
1
To Tell People All, Have Two Parties and Press Conferences
D.   Roosevelt,   defender   of   democ-   „i|,a |„ jhp pgrlv ITOOs and spilled recy. architect of world peace and   ^^.^r   Into   the    "northern     Kuriles. |
pursuing       fur-hearing       animsl"
co-operntion ^^^^^  ____   	
But   though thc  dead  (an  "ever Uradl'iaify  tlicv   pushed   southward
 *-"-'-    •--'   "P".. ;''-'^y   <¦»"; flanking   .Sakhalin   Island   off   the
Mr. Truman
come hack and make gnod their loss, held out to the bereaved and to the living victims of war this com¬ fort "thHl this victorv shall be a monument worthy of thc dead who filed   to  will   it '
Siberian coast.
In 1M7.1 the Japanese agreed to withdraw from S.tkhalin In return for Uus.'.iHn withdrawal from the Kuriles.    Rus.sia subsequent l.v with
Reporters Given Deserved Praise
I      New York, Sept. 2. (UP)-Hugh I  Balliie,   president   nf   the  United !  Press,   today   congratulated   IW throughout    the
^larArlhur:
He as.sured any Japanese whn i drew from the southern half of r.-.ay hwrhnr thoughts of ultimalelv .Sakhalin under the Portsmouth icd'eemliig    their   defeat   that   this  Treaty of 190.').
(ountrv     will     forever     remember'     Thus Russia cnn stake a historic what   happened   on   thai   "day   of  daini  lo both  the  Kuriles  and  the infamy'    at    Pearl    Harbor   three whole    of     Sakhalin,    which    *--- vears,   eight   months   and   2S  days; troops now occupy, ngo ;\Vi|| r.uard Siberia
";"":•   *""'!''•' ^Tl ","i^Jrl  H.r  I     If   R""i«   advances   and   is   sus- •\\e shall   no    forget   Pearl Har-1     _ „^^ „.^,„^i^ ^,„„, ,„  ^^^
•""u       "i"^ !^       'n.   T»n»n..P  mill   i Kuriles. she will  create in  effect  a
He   added:       fhe  Japanese  ml"-'Soviet  sea  north  of  jRp„n   provid-
Urisls    will    not    forget    the    ^-SS   .^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ,,^.^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^
The   world.   Mr.    Truman   said,  'hr'"/  «l!«'"'l  «iheria    from    the now   facei   "the  hard   problems  of  PacifK. yrnre." !     The comm.unlque whiih   renorted
"But we face the future and all the ofcupation also reported sur- ifs dangers." he added, "with great ' render of KlfXtO more Japanese of corfi'lence nnd greal hope." ithe Kwanlunp Army, including five A free people with free allies.' generals. This brought to .•i4.^.nofl who ean develop an atomic homb.'the number of Japanese taken by can," the President said, "u.«e the ii,p Russians since start of the s.ime skill and energ>' and de- Manchurian campaign on Aug. 8. termination    lo   overcome    all    thej — ¦
•' M;:'Trum"a'n"s''poke iust six years! TRENTON  WANTS   NURSES
to the day from the time World War 11 was started by the German Invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. He spoke three months and 24 days from the time when. In another broadcast to the nation, he pro¬ claimed on Mnv R the unconditional surrender of Germany. "A VIelory ol I.IImtI.v"
As  ill  the  rasp of I'.ermany, the Unit«>d   States   and    iL<   allies   de¬ feated   Japan   with power.    But - -
correspondents Pacific.
His message, which went to Tokyo, Manila, Guam, China: "On V-J Day a long salute to you all. 'You have given and are giving United Pre.«s clients domi¬ nant coverage with courage, forti¬ tude, honor and distinction. Well her! done and good luck In covering the big new still ahead.
He Rememliers   'Holy Mission' Rows of Crosses Is Completed
[ Aboard USS Missouri. Tokyo Bay, [ Aboard USS Missouri, Tokvo Fav. iSepL 2. (UP)-Following is the ofB-iSept. 2. <UPi -The official text of icial text of remarks made bv Fleet I the    concluding    apeech     by     Ihe
lAdmiral Chester W. Nimitz at the!|.".r'rr.")\Vfr!'']:?".''.'-'' f!.,'*''' '^''''''' 'surrender of Japan:
Japs Quit Unconditionally With Dramatic Ceremony; Peace Returned to World
^ n\ W 11.LIAM B. Dl( Kl.N.'^O.N
.\board the I .S. Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Sunday
i Sept. 2 (IF—Two silent J.ipanese officials surrendered their empire unconditionally to the I'nited Nations today in a 22-minu(o ceremnny dignified hy cold, solemn simplicity, and
j peace fiirmally came to the entiie world after history's most
I devastating war.
  I'nder llio .silent Runs of thi.s mightiest of American war- By RALPH TKATisoRTH              jsliips wliicli helped Ileal Japan to its knees, representative* Tokyo,   Sept.   1.   lUpi   Premier;of the edniiueiiiiir I'nitcd .Nation.s—headed bv the .'^^uprem*
di';'ard''t^7a'v'"thai'rh;'-''t:'o.d""-^''7l (•"'l'l"""d.;i;. <;cn. (.f the Army DouRla.s Mac^i'thur- extraordinar.v session of the Japa-I'H'icKI.^' .¦utixed their .signatuiT.s to the documents which nese parliament beginning ruesday! elided all era of hloody Japanese conquests in thc eastern
will mark the end of ruthless mill-(world.
tary domination   in Japan and  the i
beginning    of    a     new    policy     of      Une documrnt wns l.t Japanese      suitably hound in black.   The other,
"friendship"   with   the   rest   of  the l'",?"""''""' ""* '"'' """ U">ted -Nations -   bound in green and gold.
world. !    More   than   ton   warplanes--parading   in   a   greal   display   of   Allied
The Prince said he hoped to re-!'"'.''"'' ""k'>i <;:ppcl aud turned over the great Allied aimada jam- store Japan's plnce in world lead-'"""S 'I cliyo Bay. BriEhl rays of sunshine broke through the thick crship and economy snd there was  overcasl'as the rertnicny ended.
evidence thnt Japan.s dcfeni and She retain.'! lier four home i>la;ids and such small islands in addi- her position as a . onquered and lion as thc Allies give her. Her people, hrr government, her demi- hated country would he treated god Kmperor, hrr indu.stry. her very iife came under Allied rule until wilh the utmost frankiic-s and re-1 the day wlien she shall he deemed lo liave for the flrst time in her "lism hy the present government. IZ.r.Ofi years of history a democratic, peacefully inclined government. Blames (nllapsp |    MacArthur,   tall   and   au.stere   in ————^—-^¦^—^^^—^^—^—
Prince Nariihiko. TtS. who Ls'hi.s simple fielil uniform with shirtlK-iu to sign the documents which greatly loved hy the people and re-{open nt the neck and no decora- '"''"'^"y ended history s bloodiest garded as one of the most demo-;tion,s, opened the ceremony with a'"^'"""'el which started six years ago cratic members of liie iinperiali brief speech in which he said it with_Germany's invasion of Poland family, told Japanese newspaper-was up to the victors and van-l"" »5ept. 1, 1039. men bluntly Ihat the defeat ofiquished to "rise to that higher| Then, adju.sting his horn-rlmmed Japan was caused by the sudden | dignity which nlone befits the glas.ses, came Gen. 'Yoshijiro Uniexu co!lap.«e   of   her   fighting   strength sacred   purposes   we   are  about   to.to sign for the beaten war lord* of
and said    T intend to reveal every-iserve.  .  .  ." 	
thing    without    hindrance    al    the ,|„p  F^imhlea
Then,    without
4
llirohiio:
Commands People'; To Obey Allies
Powers, General .MacArthur:
On board all naval vessels at sea      }^y, '^•'""w Countrymen:
. , ... 1      1       Today   Ihe   guns   are   silent.     A
and In port, and at our many island  g^..^, ,r«gedy has  ended.    A great
bases   in   the   Pacific,   there   is   re-1 victory   has   been   won.    The  skies
joicing and thanksgiving.   The long i on    longer    rain    death      the    seas
hear   only   comnien e      men  ever.v-
Japane.se     imperial     headquarteri
r,. , . ., ,        „ ,  „    ¦-  who set out  to conquer  the  world
Piel .session so the prop e wi    f ll   v'     '. ..     . , .on   that   dav    r>pc    T    ton    <..hi..k
understand  the  fart's "   He said  he  ..Then,    vvithout    a    single    word,   ,,.i„   ,^^.^ fn  jnfamy    ' '   *""'''
wanted   Ihe   people   to   re«li7,e   how '•"'"'''Kn    Minister    Mamoru    .Shig^   AUrArlhur SIrn. thoroughly thev had heen defeated i"'*"'-'"'     '"     '"^    ^at    and    sinped, •'_"«•'*»•«''"'S'fna
The premier C-lled for the entire;''¦""^'¦••¦¦"' stepped forward to be the|    Next came MacArthur - the man nation to "repent  fully" as Ihe fir.st , f'^-^i. "^.»iK','._   ^.';f_''''-;'r"'_'l'K   ^?,1'' ,„.? „'J'"r}'.''„''_ l"",^!!   from   the   de.- .step    townrd    recon.structinn.    an nounced    that    freedom   of   speei
J. peror   Hirohito.   who   i.s   now   sub- feat of Bataan.    Wearing the sama I, servient   to   MacArthur,   and   the;gold-braided  cap   that  ha«  been
and of the press would be revived,i,'"'^'^",?'' Rovernriient, he seated «>mbol of his victorious drive from and said he hoped a general elec-'himself and j,igned the eight P-y«- fj* V"'ii"'''u? ^°''-^'"' ''" "'""'"'e to tion   would   be   called   .so   Ihat   the'fnph    surrender    document    after;  he broad table and with quiet de-
people could properly express their thoughts.
fumbling    several    moments    with jliberation signed. Iwo    watrlies    and    his    pen.
 ,.....-. I,     ^, . . , ,"'"'    MacArthur  signed   the   duplicata
People Need Training Il;""'l''V5 '^^'"^ * "*'''¦" '^'""'"'^ fromj.'urrendcr document for the Allied
The Tokvo newspaper Asahi said '^"•¦Arlhi'r- lP,*'rs.       Fleet   Adm.   Chester   W.
it   hoped   the   rebirth   of  Japan   at I    There  wns  no expression   oh   the *^"""^' '"" fellow conqueror of tha
struggle wnich Japan treacherou.sly on thc December,   1941,   is   at
and bitter started so seventh of an end.
I take great pride in the Ameri
where walk upright in the sun¬ light. The entire world lives quiet¬ ly al peace. The holy mission has been completed and in reporting this to you. the people. I .speak  for
.,.-    #„-„..   ...ui^u   I,-,.-   v,..i~.^   .^'h*   thousands   of   sileni    lips,    fnr-
can   forces   which   have   helped   to •¦ep •liii.,.)  o».»«~ .v,«  i .„   i..  „_j
¦ I ever sillier]  among  Ihe jungles and
the Diet session would ,see a truly representative organization to meet the ne\v situation and expie.s.sed hope there would he no government interfeience in Ihe prnjcrted eler- tion.s. Yomuiri Hoihi pointed out that the people must he trained in rlemorrncy before Japan cnn start a  "new life"
face of Shigemitsu as he slowly be-
POTSDAM DECLARATION TERMS ARE BASIS
Washington, Terms    of    the
-Sept.     1. Poi.sdani
(UP)
^ast  Pacific, signed for the United
, Hchiiid MacArthur stood Lt I Oen .Jonathan Wamwright, hera jOf (-orregidor. and Lt. Ger». A. B. IPercival Britains last-ditch dei fl'"Jl1^'" "' SinKsPTe. To those two fighting   men.   MacArthur   handed
Aboard the USS Missouri. Tokvo
win  this victory.
Bay, Sept. 2.    lUPi—Following  •„ Proud   of   them.
Ameriia  can   be  the benches and in the deep water The   officers   and  of   the   Pacific   which   marked   the
the official  text  of the  proclama- men   of   the   United  Stales   Army, j J^'"*'-     '..^P'^"'*,  '"•"   "ie   unnamed tion   by the  Emperor of Japan  is- Navj-.  Marine  Corps.  Coast   tiuard| f;?''* "''''''"''  homeward  bmind to sued bv the orders of ihr siinr>Tn«        ...      .. .. ,_     .       ...''""' " ' '"e challenge of that future
Allied •commr.ider: ""P^'ne ^nd Merchant Marine who  fought which they did so much to salvage
Declara-'I'J^""'  '«" "f five pens he uaed 1   fori'" "'*^"  his name twice. ,•    should    remain   'ipHns   purrenner   lerms,   are; I,    •'rouped    about    the    surr
i was broken Aug I     '¦    Elimination    for   all    time   of  !,?hle were ]00    Allied    army >r   Hirohito   com- ''"• authority and influence of those;    ,-^. r"^" 'O'l a few civiljai
The   tradition    that    members   of,lion,   which   formed   the   basis   fori'°,''^"   his name  twice should    remain'Iipan's   surrender   terms,   are; I..!/i.    .'"'''   .?!'°".'     'he
Accepting the terma set forth In
in the Pacific have wrilten  heroic  from  the  brink  of  disaster.
tile paralysis neared epidemic pre- portions. Mahaffey said Ihe highest Incl- overwhelming I dent of poliomyelitis was in the Patersnn-Passalc-Clifton and the Thia is a victorv of more than,Trenton areas. He said there was arms alone." President Trumsnja definite lark of nursing service said. "This Is a victorv of liberty jin hospitnis for victims, and that over   tvrannv.  .  . Ithe   Crippled  Children   Commission
"Back of it all w-ere the will and I and    the    prncurenient    assignment spirit  and   determination  of a  free,service   for  nurses  were   unable  to people -     whn know what freedom i meet  the continuous demand. it  is worth]    Fortv-nine   deaths
TO COMBAT PARALYSIS
Trenton, N. J., fiept, . (UP> — Dr. J. Lynn Manhaffey yesterday requested the American Red Cross
^ lion    trembled    in    the    balame.    I
the declaration Issued bv the heads!"** chapters in this nations mill-  A World In Fear of  the  government  of "the  United 11"'"*'. *>;»"";>;' . ^   *'»''"   '"""''"   '•¦      A., I look  back on  the long   tor- States, Oreat Britain and China onlJPf'   ""¦ ^'''   '•°'"''f-/'•'"'''^J'.-Iuwms   trail   front   those   g"m   days July 2«, 19«, at Potsdam and sub- fV'"^*-" ""'^ ,^V'""""  '" ''"'>•    )^*Uf B«"«''n and Corregidor   w^en an sequenlly adhered to bv the Union «'»" acknowledge the greal  contri-i^nij       wVirld of  .Soviet     Socialist     Republics,     I ''";'°" '"^ *hi» ^''^'.ory made hy cur ly^^^^.
the    royal    family aloof from noliiii s
17   whrn    Emperoi . i-iuuiumi   < imh — .¦ - "   nitori...
manded    Higashi-Kuni   lo   form    a  «ho  have deceived and misled  the;'""ries.
new   government.    Since  then   the i (''"¦'P'"   of   .lapan   Into   embarking  Amazing Generoalty
surrender and an dlg-
-ATncAarthur opened the cere¬ mony in a statement of ama»ln« generosity to the beaten, broken loe.
is.  and who  know  that ,    _       . . _..  ...^   ,   ..
whatever price they had to pay to  paralysis   occurred   throughout the | inj,(|.,|^pnt   of  surrender  and     the
preserve  it. I state    out    of   .M'f   cases.     Of the.peneral orders Issued  by the Japa
"it was the spirit of liberty which I total   nunlber.   34.1   cases   were re-jncse imperial general headquarters I also   pay (Continued on Page A-71           .ported this  month. hereunder.
lived    in    fear,   when was   on    the   defensive
pcrial   government   and'the   Japa-j*"" united we ^evail,
rr''r,i[riir'*i.?*""*L^^'"'''',""'f''"^^'"»* ClvlHie JapM thank a merciful Cod  that He  has
The port of Tokyo which was S'^'*"" "» 'he failh. the lourasc and first opened by Commodore Perrv/he power from which to mould in 18.13 is now crowded with ^'''"'"ry. We have known the bit- United Slates men o'war. The ''r"*»» of defeat and the exiilta- process of bringing Japan into the ''"" of triumph and from both family of civilized nation.s, whiih;"'' have learned there can be no was Interrupted when .lapan '"r"'ng back. We must go for- launched her program of conquest ""rd and preserve in peace what will soon  begin again.
Toda.v all freedom-loving peoples
of the world rejoice in the  viciory
and   feel   pride   in   the  aiioniplish-
ments of our combined fon es. Wc
fhe  tribute to those who
to sign on my behalf the Instru¬ ment of surrender presented hy the supreme commander for the Allied Poweri and to Issue general ordera to the military and naval forces In accordance with the di¬ rection of the supreme commander for the Allied Powers.
r command all  my people forth¬ with  to cease    hostilities,    to    lay down  their arms and  faithfully to frnm   infantile, p„rry out all the provisions of the
premier  himself  has  broken  prece-l""  " world  conquest, dent by announcing he would  hold      2.- Allies   to   occupy   Japan   until a   press   conference  everv Wednes-I'upnn's   wnr-making   power   is   de- day   and    that    he    would   like    to stroyed  and  a  new order of peace,]' meet the Amerii-an   press. | security  and  justice   is  achieved.     ,     He   told   the   Japanese   that   thla
The  Emperor  will open the  Diet      -I.    Japanese sovereignty shall  b?  surrender was not one carried out (Continued   on   Page   A-7) limited   to   Ihe   islands   of   Honshu,'in   a   spirit  of distrust    malice    of
Hokkaido,    Kyushu,    Shikoku    and   hatred     and  that    he  would     rulB viich   minor   islands   ns   Ihe   Alliea  them with justice and tolerance neterniine. I     In  a   radio  report  to  the Amerl-
4.    Japanese military forcea shall can   people    broadcast    after
STILWELL'S CHINESE LIBERATE CANTON
ibe   completely   disarmed   but   shall
th*
we won in war. ' A new era is upon us. Even the ksson of victory itself brings witn it   profound   concern,   both   for   our
,. ..   I   . . '."'   fu       '"'''"'"K- he said Ihat now the Japa-
be    permitted    lo   return   to   their  ense   for   the   first   time   would   ba
"T*"?.. . u  11   V . .,  ''^^"^ from their slavery in accord-
Chungking, sundny, Sept. 2 -UP. !,,r,f „^[;\,i';;rse'wa"   crim'nlls' 7,^   "-'"   '''"-   ''"''''""     ^"•"'"•
Chinese in.iuding    ' 	
crueltie
<i, abolished. 7.    Allied orrupalion forces lo he'
By GROROR WASC.
Cl The       American-trained First   Army   haa   liberaled   Canton after a seven-year Jap occupation, it wns announced today.
Chinese   troops,   trained   by  (Jen
He  said  they  could   now  if
ding those who have visiied ,hey used their talents rightly lift ties upor Allied war prisoner-.; ,|,en,selves to a place of dignity in .lapane.se war industries to be  ,h- ,,.r,rM ^-b "w •••
A Slight Difference:
Americans  Forced to  Kneel Naked in Sun When Japanese  Over-ran  Marines  on  Wake  Island
By  HAZEL  HARr/.()0
engineer, and  hy a  former (Oregon. Honolulu newspaper business  manager.
Aboard     U.SS    Benevolence,    off Yokohama.    Sept.     ].     <UPi -TheFoiir Long 't'ears Japanese conquerors of Wake I.sland I    . „f  ^        ,  p
forced   their   captives   nt   niHchinc-       "'" ¦ Angclcs
gun   point   to  kneel   nnked   i"   'he    "j't «•      - J     '^.^^.^^^       ,
sun when  the U.S. Marine K«rrison     '     "^ > ^or > ^^ ^
•urrendered to hope ess odds two "' " |"' r„.'"'',h„ „arri.nn at 4 days before Christmas, 1941, il w.-us, P'-" rol bomber to the ««rr.soii^ atj disclosed  today. IP-   "'.
Dec.   '20.     His   story   of   the
_, ,    .    I Wake garrison ended Jan   12, when
The story of the stand  made by ^^^ filthyJapane.se .stcnmship Nitta
100 American Marines and eivilians j^j^j.^^  pOacunted  Contes  and Larry
on   the   tiny  alol   against _a  major |^y.    Q„ji|p    Legrande.   Ore,   to   a
prisoner of war camp in Woosung,
No bombing. Mission unknown." the diar.v said. "They assured ua help was coming. Said an American carrier was only 200 miles away."
"''.!"!!y,'''»P rianea Altaek
Thc following dav, less than twoi to '"-""re that their sacrifice hours after the Catalina took off help to make this a bcttrr for     Honolulu,     30     carrier-based »»fcr world in which to live.
future sei iirily nnd the survival •'f civilization. The deatructivene.^.i defended our freedom al the < ost '¦' 'he war polcntiMi, through pro¬ of their lives gressive advances in (scientific dis-1 n „ ,' ,.. . icovery, has in fact now reached a On Guam Is a mihtary cemetery ,,oint which re vi.ses Ihc traditional In a green valley not far from my concept of war 1 headquarters. The ordered rows of „„, ^^^ ,.h,„^'„ white crosses stand as reminders , ' of the heavy cost we have paid for,, *"'" "'""" 'he beginning of tim"! victorv. On these cro.sses are the'h^'ve sought pence. Various melhons nameii of American soldier.s, sailors ,'"'''"'«^ .'h^ BK'" have been at¬ tempted to devise an international process lo prevent or settle dis- I pules between nations. From the section of democracy. Thev fought .}„^,;^; ''";',' ."„"''''«hl';"7'^^^^^ «erc | together as brothers in arms: they _.,„^ ^.^..^ concerned hut the ne-^ died together, and now the.v sleep ,.,„„,,., „f „„ i„strumentalilv ofi side by side. Io them we^ have a ,,,,,,„ international scope havo' obligation -the    obligation  ,„.ver been .successful.    Military nlli-1
Joseph Stilwell nnd veterans of Ihc uithdrnwii onlv when these obje. Biirmn canipnign, nioved into theltivcs hnve been nceomplished and great river porl city Friday. Thelihe Japaiiesf people establish a npiuoximatc l.oon.noo inhabitants p-ncefully inclined nnd responsible roared   a   welionir. (.¦iveriinient.
and marines—Culpepper, Tomaino, Sweeny, Bromberg. DcPew, Melloy. Ponzianl—names that aro a cross-
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"Some of our men thought they were ours," the diary said, "They waved. This caused some casual¬ ties, 'They bombed our positions. Our batteries were silent. Our planes took off during the raid , , and worked them over with .W,'*'^'''' \ calibers.    They   atayed    about
an<l nations,  all   iu   turn   failed,   leaving the only path to be  by way of the
Japs Haven't Changed Much Since Perry's Ship Susquehanna Entered Tokyo Bay in 1853
Wa.shington, Sept. 1. (UP> —The;tliis people, unless Ihey be second- ceremonies aboard the USS Mis-jed by Fonic imposing manifestation ;ouri tonight were reminiscent of ;',Jpr,''^^"' "'" "e utterly unavail- the negolialiuns conducted in Tok.vo I so in addition to his flagslii!.. Bay more than nine decades ago the Siisqiichaniia. Perry sailed |1"  Coiuniodore  Mntthcw  Perry.       i three other men-of-war into Tokyo i  ,      . , , < ¦ ¦
Documents iu  the  national arch-  «l:.v  on  Julv  8.   185:1,   under   ordera I'hurs   orders      Japanese   ImperlU ivcs show that Japanese were about  ;o open one or more Japanese ports !'''''"<'"'''r'ers In (general Order N«.
the world.
Signing for the Allies were:
tireat Britain-Adm. Sir Bruea Eraser.
Russia-Lt, Gen. Kuzma Derev}-- anko.
.Australia — Gen. Sir Thomaa Bianiey.
Canada—Col. L. Moore Coi- gravc
France -Gen   Jacques L* CHerc,
Netherlands-Vice Adm. Conrad E. L. Helfricli.
New Zealand—Air Vice Marshal L   .M. Isilt
As the la.st signature was affix¬ ed MacArthurs aid:
"L,et us pray that peace be now restored to thc world and that (3od will preserve it always. Thesa proceedings sre  closed "
Al thc instant of surrender. Km¬ peror Hirohito proclaimed to hit people an order to stop flghting lorthwith and faithfully carry out iic   surrender   terms   and   MacAr-
Mu»t Enforce Terms 1,-tucible of wnr.   The utter destriic-
To achieve this, il will be neces-  tiveness of wnr now blots out  this' sary    for    the    United   Nations    ;o ."hernative.    We have  hnd our last enforce    rigidly    the    peace    terms I'hance.    if  we   do   not   now  devise which will be Imposed upon Japan.:'"rne   greater   and   more   pquilabl.-' „ ^jur    naileries    were    si.eni     uur "^ ^¦'" *''° hf.  necessary to main-  ^V»tem Armageddon will bc nt our;
,. nlanes   look   off   durlni   Ibe   raid"^"'"    ""r    national    strength   al   a' door. I
Between the first enemy rad on  P'''""^.;"7j   them   over   with   .W ''•^''''  ^^''-h will   discourage  future'    The  problem   basically  is    theo- Wake   Dec.   «   and   the   garrl.ion s       ,,^ ^.^        .taved    about    an'"'"'"   "'   aggression   aimed   nt   the, logical and  involves a spiritunl  re-j
surrender ir, davs later a ntal of !»«j^^''^j;^rs.     iney    .mycu    buoui    »" jpg,ruction  of our way of life I crudesccnce   and    improvement    of
Marine.',   civilians   and   Armv   Air      .   ,; iri.,Vii«»n   T,>r.o.,o..l    ^'o^ ^^''^ '"rn to the great tnsks,human   iharacter   that   will   synch-
Corps   personnel   were   kiicd   out-;       l-.JU  P-   " " .^''j"'"" .''/P"";" "f   reconstruction   and   restoration,   ronize   with   our   almost   matchless disclo.sed.    The Japs-! bombers _caniP in   from  the  south-', ^^, eonfldent that we will he nble'ndvance   in   science,   art,   literature
"",'",'', ""I"" to  apply   Ihe   same   skill,   resource-' and all  material  and  cultural    de-|
anu   oestrnyen f,,ippfs and keen   thinking to these ] velopment.s   of   the   past   two  thou-!
"'"   problems   as   were   applied   to   tho,sand   .\eais        It   must   he   of     the
.right.
nese lo'l two destroyer". 2n planes east at shot down nnd .vm easualties In bombed Innding   attempts   nlone
800   feet.   Two   formations P   Battery
dirertor.   Fifteen   men   make
One of our PBY's came in from!        (Continued on Page A-ll) problems of winning the victory.
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the   .SHiiie   kind   of   people   in    the  to  U.   S.   ships   aud   to   insure   pro- ISfiOs as their modern descendant i.  ectioii   in  the   future  of  U.  S.  sea- Then a.s  now they did not hesitate  men. to practice "great barbarity." Waited a ¦\'eBr
K<ady to Ise Force He   left   a   letter   from   President
Perry   was   dispatched   to   Japan  .Millard   Fillmore with   two   princes on   a   mission   of   peace   but   with  representing Ihe Japanese Emperor instructions    from    tho   Stnte    and and said he wnuld return in a year Navy depnrtments lo make a show  for  an   answer, of  force,   if iiecessnry. In   February,   1R,">4.   he   returned
American seamen shipwrecked On March 31. nt Kanagawa near on Ihe JapniiCKe toasts had been Yokohama, whene (.;en. Pouglas treated "with great harbfirity as if Mac.\rthur's licadquarterK are no.v 'hev were Ihe most atrocious rrini- i M:\bllshed, a treaty was signed inals.'   the   instructions   stainl. which   bnth  Japan   and  Ihe   United
"It  is manifest   from  past experi- States   subsequently   ratified, enee"   they   continued,    "that   argu-;    It   wa.s  a   treaty   of   peace,  amity menu of  persuasion  addressed  to iand commerce.
I laid out a sweeping uncondition* al surrender program. Both tha Kmperor and headquarters acted ,iL  MacArthurs  direction.
Hi.s first general order to tha Japanese, issued in his new capaa> itv as Allied military commander of Japan, directed Japanese forcea in Asia and scsttered Pacifia islands to surrender to command- -rs acting on heh:ilf of the United .Nations, It also gave instructiona for demilitarizins;, airplanes and naval vessels, for ending the manu¬ facture of arm* and for treatment -if prisoners of war Even aa ha spoke. Allied prisoners — mo«t of (Continued   on   Page  A-T>
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