The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 13, 1945, Page 1

~ YOL. LXV.,NO. 10,038 “ALL THE NEWS WORLD AWAITS JAP ALLIES HIT JAPANESEON ALL FRONTS War in Pacific Rages On as " Japs Delay Answer fo Note (By Assoclated Press) The Pacific war went on today with Russian armies pouring un- checked accross Japan's norh Aslaaic conquests and perhaps 1,500 Allied planes hammering at Japan itself. With no reported sign of Tokyo's reply to Allied surrender demands, the Nipponese air force struck back ' War in Pacific Cost U.S.Army 161,839in Casualties Is Report SOCIAL SECURITY HAS ANNIVERSARY ON AUGUST 14T Far Reaching Legisiation Signed 10 Years Agoby FDR l WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The war |against Japan cost the Army 161, 1839 casualties up to the early part of | June, the War Department has dis- ‘closcd. A break-down on casualties by theatres as reported to June 30, and reflecting fighting through early | June showed casualties of 912,390. The 161,839 casualties, including 35810 dead, were suffered in the Alaska, China, India-Burma and | southwest Pacific theatres and Pacific ocean areas. ‘The break-down: Alaska: killed, 769; wounded 922; missing, 45; prisoners 10; Total 1,756. False Flash (auses Much | (elg!ralion United Press Agency Car- ries Mysterious An- nouncement NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Premature | victory celebrations, springing from Radio broadcast of an erroroneous United Press flash that Japan had accepted Allied surrender terms, swept across the United States and ICanada last night and awoke briefly |jubilant echoes in Central America end faraway Sydney, Australia. The United Press Association said at Admiral Halsey's great fleet off On August 14, the Social Security Tokyo and damaged one major U'Sw Act is to be 10 years old, according invasion forces were concentrating' - R o8 B af Okinawa. Propagandists suggest- :::lta Social Security Board in. Al ed renewal of air attacks at dawn ¥ today might presage an immenent President Roosevelt, 10 years ago, invasion. {signed this far-reaching legisla- Associated Press War cqrrespon.;uon which provides retirement for workers and their dent Richard K. O'Malley with the benefits ficot: said a fog blanket kept the families, insurance payments for Bir raiders from Tokyo itself and the survivors of wage earnérs, fin- they concentrated on coastal air- ' ancial assistance to the needy aged figids, Yokahama docks, submnrlneland dependent children, and assist- ns and shipping. Earlier re- ance to states in administering un- furnihg fliers sald they had added employment insurance. 8t least a score of Nipponese planes ~“In Alaska, the Social Security {0 the Ti1 they knocked out last Board has full responsibility for Thursday and Friday and an untold one of the programs and works in number of ships to last wéek’s bag of partnership with the Territory in me | three of the others, which is a fact ‘Bixty-six other Nipponese surface not frequently understood,” Mr. t were added to this toll by Wade explained. Jahd-baser aircraft under: General =~ “There are two insurance pro- Caribbean (including South Atlan- the flash moveid over one of its tic: killed 51; wounded 9; missing 0; prisoners, 1; total 61; China, killed 94; wounded, 83; missing 145; prisoners, 38; total 370 European, killed 116,044; wounded 369,160; missing 14,126; prisoners, 76,378; total 575,708, India-Burma including China prior to Nov. 1, 1944, 1,671 killed, wound ed 2,268, missing 981; prisoners 317; totdl 5,225. Mediterranean, killed. 38,174; wounded, 106,932; missing, 6,015; prisoners, 19,978; total, 171,089. Middle East, killed 1,212; wounded, 671; missing 250; prisoners 1,650; to-. tal. 3,683. Pacifit occan arcas, killed, 9,725; wounded 31,610; missing, 4,050; pris- oners, 102; total, 45,406. " Southwest Pacific, including 1041- 42 action in Philippines: killed, 23,- 951; wounded 54,582; missing 13,196; . At least six Japanese aircraft were ' down. as they roared' cut of the fog in attempts to hit Halsey's fleet talay, O'Malley reported. Admiral Nimitz said an aerial torpedo dam- age and survivors insurancé which is administered under straight fed- eral operation; and unemployment compensation, which is operated by the Territory with 'federal col- Total killed, 191,201 ; wounded, 566,- 134; missing. 38808; prisoners 116,- 151; total 12,390 The 20th Air Force casualties pre- viously’included in the India-Burma theatrs, now included in the Paeific wires at 9:3¢ P. M. EWT. ! The flash was ordered withheld from publication at 9:36 p. m. and, | was “killed” at 9:40 p. m. The UP described the flash as “of mysterious origin,” and said that | while it moved under a Washi dateline, it “was not transmitted by the Washington Bureau of the United Press’ Hugh Balle, United Press president offered $5,000 reward etc for infor- mation, léaditig to the identification |and conviction of the person who 'transmitted the false flash. Thé UP told its subscribers that; the« Federal Bureau of Investiga-} tlon and the Federal Communica- tioris Commission had been asked | | to ascertain who had “cut in on the UP's wire to dissiminate false in- formation.” A White House denial that a | Japanese surfender had ‘been re- cgived, following the UP's kill by shout an hour, finally dimmed the enthusiasm of virse. eretycgt enthusiasm of victory-greeters. In the short interval between the | false flash ‘and its final denial, bed- a major U. S. warship, per- laboration. ps & battleship or carrier, in Okin-| “Then, there are two programs ava waters last night. The Tokyo of public assistance—aid to de- sion was that it was a large sea- pendent children and old-age as- ne tender, and it was sunk by gistance—which are also operated marine torpedoes. |by the Territory with federal par- ¢ IMassive Soviet blows included 2 gicipation in financing,” continued Tpkyo-reported drive from outer npr wade. lfi:xolla: which threatened to split Old-Age Insurance 1,500,000 Japanese troops on the| nough the present provisions for Mainland and a MOSCOW-announ- gqmijy_wide protection under old- céd Marine invasion of Korea. age and survivors insurance are . The Brussels radio, quoting a dis-| )y poyt four and one-half years patch from what it called the “NeW, ;14 tnis jnsurance system is ex-| China Agency,” said today the elgh-| poiyey eventually to pick up the| nth Communist Army EfOUp I by of the load now carried| rthwest China had launched a through public assistance. “This' ong offensive in cooperation with I | | ‘lnm had its heyday. The high squeak iand baritone roar of ship whisties ]nnd horns sent up thunderous fan- (fares at New York's East River and Iin the harbors of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Me., Honolulu |and San Diego. ! A cheering throng surged around the White House. Ocean areas. e e B“ILDING 0" | A philanthropic bar-keeper in " ’BMcle Creek, Mich., had poured out w AR VESSELS $32 worth of drinks “on the house” before he learned there was no oc- casion for it. | WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—A $1,- the Soviet Army against the Japa- nese in Manchuria and China. ———————— kmfi’ménd James Roosevelt first nation-wide system of federal 200,000,000 cut in Navy construction family insurance is really just be- has been ordered, stopping work on ginning to make its effect felt in g5 ships, including one battleship, R le d b A our social and economic set-up,”two carriers and ten heavy cruisers. e a” y ml' | Mr. Wade stated. { The slash was first announced by Nationally, benefits were being war Mobilization Director John W.| LOS ANGHLES, Aug. 13.—Col. paid at the end of June 1946 to Snyder. He said it was the result of | James Roosevelt’ of the Marine approximately ‘one and a quarter a review of the Navy’s procurement corps has been released to inactive million persons at a rate in excess needs and not due to Japanese sur- ! status by order of Navy Doctors who of $250,000,000 a year. More than render. }sald that combat fatigue had aggra- 65 per cent of the beneficiaries. The Navy followed up his an- vated a recurring stomach disorder, drawing this insurance were wo- nouncement with detailing of the necessitating a comple rest. i {men and children. iships affected. The battleship is The 38-year-old son of the form- Unemployment Compensation the Illinoig, under construction at thefer President was admitted to the While unemployment compensa- flSh Lab or Hawaii ‘f | tion payments have been at a low tebb during the defense and war _WASHINGTON—A congressional | neriogs o total of $1,370,000 has eommittee has recommended M‘y‘been paid out in Alaska since bene- establishment of a fishery research g payments were started in Janu- station in Hawaii for development|gr 1939 yp to January 1945. Bene- | of the fishing industry there. it payments are slightly on the Philadelphia Navy Yard and the Naval Hospital in San Diego several 'carriers are the Reprisal and the Iwo Jima, being built by the New York Navy Yard and the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va. Snyder said the Army “also will make immediately a sharp reduct- weeks for rest and diagnosis. He is now on terminal leave at his Bev- |erly Hills home. Col. Roosevelt was non-committal on his future plans. ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE et JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY; AUGUST 13, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Jap Plan thrgugh shell bursts to bear down of Luzon, Philippines. Though rid flight deck and explo o vt PETAIN CASE | JURORS ARE | THREATENED PARIS, Aug. li.—ourors hearing final defense plez. in the treason trial of Marshal Petain disclosed today that nearly all 24 of them had again received letters threatening death/to any who voted to condemn i the aged soldler. This threc-photo sequence shows a Jap suicide plang, trailing smoke from an anti-aircraft hit, diving ded amid gascline flames. MTB'S CRUISE ALONG_a flotilla of British MTBs (similar to U. S. PT boats) form s ANSWER BRING MORE ATOMBOMBS Domei Claims U.s. Terms Have Only Been Re- . ceive_d’_lodny BULLETIN~WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The White House an- neunced teday that as of 10:45 A. M., EWT, no word had been received from Tokyo regarding Japanese surrender. e Dives On U. S. Carrier WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The Al- lled world waited with growing im- patience today for word that Japan s ready to surrender on Allled ‘Yerms. Prolonged delay on the part of Tokyo appears certain to bring s resumption of American stomie bomb attacks. Meanwhile, exoept for such attacks, the m'l&su ‘in on the U. §. §. Intrepid while the carrier was operating.off the'cosyl dled with shells f rom the carrier’s’ funs the plane ‘crished onto’the of . State Ew‘t‘mm ) early and h.'l\llum el 2 | This information tic Sunday during whic ficlals stuck elose to.their telephones. ful became puszzied as the = smooth water. as their prows knife through the ~ [BULLETINS on own H | DETROIT—At least 14 persons ‘were killed, a scord or more others SYDNEY, Australla, Aug. 13.—'were injured and an undetermined Boirterous crowds in Australia’s number were trapped in a two- cities have been celcbrating for t,hrce:.r,t.ory bullding occupled by the Ex-! nights despite appeals of govcrnmcntlpon, Box & BSealer Company fol- leaders to the populace to awalt offi- lowing an explosion and fire this| cial word on Japanese surrender afternoon. negotiations. One metropolitian newspaper pro- claimed “peace” in huge headlines yesterday and issued a victory sup- Ausfralians (elebrate ook War Time. The dispatch was sent by {as a bulletin. It gave no detalls. ' The Alli~d reply to the .m:m‘ 3 tonight that Japanese accounts of making it clear that Emperor . LONDON—The Swiss radio said receiving the Allied reply to their hito would Irave: to’ be 1 tion in its building program.” ‘GEN. EISENHOWER HONORED BY RED “Approval of the proposal, DbY|ri at the moment, due princi- Delegate Farrington of H“"“}’]'“»pally to cut-backs, and a further contained in a report of & house congigergple increase is expected Merchant Marine H‘h""l” Sub- | quring reconversion. Opmmittee: which recently com-! ,1o00ps unem, R A § ployment compen- pleted a 32000-mile tour of PA-ig,¢ion Jaw provides protection for cfl;‘ h:::)’dsc-o A e employees of firms in private in- e i g " | dust: gy me"mmbeurs 'sf the Naval| ustry and commerce with as few \as_only one employee. Nationally, Affairs Committee, was headed by .., 000,000,000 | Rep. Bonner (D-N. C.) Other mem-;m Shan . 53,000,000/ | e ol b bers were, Representatives Patter- P in. insdployment . compensy MOSCOW, Aug. 13-+Gen Eisen- tion ‘since the Social Security Act son (D-Calif.) and . Jackson (D- hower, in Moscow on & social visit, Wash) y 7| was -passed. No state was payh\g‘wem sightseeing today,and planned MOSCOW PARADE interest | Some sald they had received as | many as 12 threatening letters. | Plorre Bloch, a parliamentary jur- or, said one letter he received ended with “Death to Jews” and that an- other said “Beware, I am sitting just @ few feet ftom you.in the courtroom.” White haired Fernand Payen, chief defense attorney, opened the supreme attempt to save the B9-! year-old head of the former Vichy | government from a firing squad with these words: “Petain is one 6f France’s most glorious sons. It is very unlike our country to be trying such a man Petain wears a crown of glory you wish to take from him.” RELIEF QUESTION HANGS UP UNRRA MEET IN LONDON LONDON, Aug. 13. — American, British and Russian representatives failed to agree today at a closed session of the ghird UNRRA confer- ence on the question of giving in- ternational relief to displaced per- sons unwilling or unable to return home. Poland and Yugoslavia were re- | ported backing the Russian stand to | | plement, even .while Government offer . to surrender, conditionally, to Ap_Allled Supreme. Comm officials continued to caution|were false. was dispatched to Japan Set against premature outbursts. at 10:30 A. M., Eastern War 3 T BROOKLYN—Branéh” Rickeyand through « the ~Swiss * Legation in his associates, Waltér F. O'Malley | Washington. ot o B READY Io SWING and John L. Smith, said foday they | Domel followed ' the, anngunce- . {had purchased a_controlling stock | mrit with a French-languag : ""0 pEA(HIME { interest In the Brooklyn N.zmml;;:;tnv’ Mth;: Emperor Hirohtto , League baseball club for a reported recelve Audience, Foreign - l by Minister Shigenor{ T otab 2 0, WORK WITH PEACE WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Emer- gency = plans ready, government agencies today awaited a White House signal to start the American economy toward a goal of unpre- cedented civillan production. The signal, due when Japan quits, | also will serve to unveil programs for putting millions of released war | had begun. Domel Agency declared Admiral Halsey's 1‘hlrd‘ Fleet blasted the Yokohama docks and submarine pens in a resump-, tion of the assault on Japan today and stood alert for one last del-} peraté aerial banzal charge 'hlch‘ the Tokyo radio implied already $750,000. GUAM—. Japanese planes had launched an attack on the great naval I’oroe.‘ which had planned to hurl its air o'clock this morning (1:10 “A. M., “Togo made a report to the throns on affairs under his jurisdiction,” the Dome! broadcast said. The Allied reply to Tokyo was received in Bern, Switzerland, at 4:05 P. M., Eastern Wer Time, Sat- urday and was delivered to the Jap- anese Minister, Shunichi Kase, 20 (minutes later for transmission to ‘Tokyo. ‘The American genergl stood with ! | block any aid to such persons. How- ever, it was understood that the | Poles had submitted a draft of a 'resolution which might be accept- able to both sides. Will Clayton, Assistant Secretary gnr State, was said to have urged lumpor-xy aid for displaced persons | pending their return home to their | resettlement elsewhere. He was Piahery bislogists. of the Tnterior| Scncllte until that time and only io get eway for a lookish Leningrad. Department’s . Fish . and - Wildlife \nencation laws. Last year approxi ¢ . - collective factory the Moscow sub- Service view' the . Pacific islands. motely 44,000,000 workers in the'way and other points of developed field for expansion of|,nemployment insurance - Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower and the United States fishing industry.| Public Assistance ! Generalissimo Stalin veviewed yes- ‘msurnnce program has been ma- by 40,000 athletes frm the Soviet turing, Mr. Wade pointed out, the Union’s 16 republics. NEW YOI}K.A i‘“‘ ? - c‘“‘"z outranked the combined insurance the Russian leader on »@ platform quotation o aska-Juneal programs to date—both in volume atop Lenin’s tomb in Red Square— 97%, Anaconda 31%, Curtiss-Wright $%, International Harvester 84%, 24%, Northern Pacific 26%, U. S. Steel 67%, Pound, $4.02%. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 164.11; six had passed unemployment com-| He spent the morning visiting a including Hawail, as & vast Un-|ja¢ion earned wage credits toward. e sba Routis pimrods “m ouo""ms While the old-age and survivors terday a parade and demonstration s, public assistance programs have stock today is 7%, American Can ¢ yoney payments and generally the first foreigner ever accorded Kennecott 36%, New York Central Sales today totaled 970,000 shares. 54.66; utilities, 32.42. rails, ,in the number of men, women and such an honor. Eisenhower was ac- children aided. companied by his son, L. John Els-| | With the Federal Government eénhower, U. S. Ambassador W. Av- (sharing the expense, Alaska has erell Harriman and Maj. Gen. J. broadened the scope of its pro- Russel Deane, Chief of the U. 8. gram and today people dependent' Military Mission to the Soviet Un- upon public assistance are being;ion. The General was applauded by ._._|th¢ great crowd, many of whom backed by the British. | One of the main problems involved | 1s the future of many Poles, includ- ing the Polish' Army abroad. — ‘The English explorer Captain Cook first sighted the Island of { The defense’s rebuttal to Prose- cutor Andre Mornet’s heated de- mand Saturday for the death pen- alty 1is scheduled to continue throughout today and tomorrow. Then the jury — consisting of 12 members of France’s last Parliament and 12 resistance delegates to the consultative assembly — will retire | for deliberation. . SINGULAR NGULAR NAM MIAMIA, Fla., — Miami's city li- cense bureau ‘has registered the | names of 2,284 dogs this year—and ‘(Continued on Page Eight) recognized him from his pictures, New Caledonia in 1774. | there's only one “Fido” in the lot. ) Yellow. power at Tokyo targets but was workers in psacetime jobs as rapidly | i g alk y heavy weather. as possible and for gradual lifting of rationing and other wartime re- strictions. Expected quickly, too, that may provide for easing o stringent wage controls and outline i gasoline, the scope of price controls in the immediate postwar period. WASHINGTON — The OPA has| are plans' halted printing of 187,000,000 new r——— ¢ ration books for food, shoes and| RICHFIELD, Utah, — Richfield’s | State liquor store has a competi- |tion that knows no closing hours.” FIRTH, Ida. —Franklin Just was' 1t the city's) new municipally- orking on the Fred Bennett farm [OWned and operated dripking foun- One-third of all the people in with J. P. Croft when the latter, ain (waterl) ‘instalied yesterday ———————— 1 wi ! Australia live in Sydney and Mel- dropped--and lost-- his wife’s high °0 the sidewalk ‘directly in front bourne. ‘isz-hoql class ring. That was 17 years Of the lquor store. ® ! - > ago. # g T—‘ P ' China has two of the great rivers Just, who now owns the farm, In China money is used e Yangtze and the found the ring yesterday -while he|in denominations from five cents of the world—the was irrigating potatoes. to $500.