The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 14, 1945, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE " VOL. LXV., NO. 10,039 JUN_EAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — ] TOKYOQ RADIO SAYS JAPS QUIT FIGHT JAPS " RIGHTUPTO FINALWORD Enemy Hammered on Ev- ery Front While Peace Still Unofficial (By The Associated Press) Pacad by tank-led Russian armies, war flamed on every Pacific front and great waves of Superforts ham- mered Japan itself today as a To- kyo radio report touched off peace celebrations from Guam to New 4 York. Tokyo's broadeast said “An imper- fal message accepting the Potsdam | | | 1 | i (unconditional surrender) proclama- tions will be forthcoming soon.” ! But nothing short of a direct or-, der from Allied overall commanders will stop the fighting. | The Soviet radio called on Red Army forces which rolled through 22 f a Pacific harbor. panese strong points yesterday in R | | WAR BIRDS IN PACIFIC HARBOR—PBM Mariner seaplanes, landing craft and supply ships lie in the calm water ot The 32-ton bombers move with assault troops and perform rescue, transport ana patrol duty. STANDING JAPAMESE SURREN ISHANDED T0 DER NOTE U. . OFFICIAL (OFF TOKYO| IN SWITZERLAND — REPORT American Carriers Operat- ed Less than 200 Miles from Japan By Murlin Spenser GUAM, Aug. 14—The world’s most powerful fleet, patroling the coast of Japan, was America's nearest armed force to beaten Nip- pon when Tokyo radio reported to- day that “an imperial message ac- cepting the «Potsdam Declaration” for surrender would be forthcoming soon. JUNEAUITE CELEBRATED LAST NIGHT While Peace Was Not Of- ficial, Gastineau | With heavy air strikes againgt| the Tokyo area carried out only' yesterday and no report from the| Channel Noisy | fleet today it was assumed that| JI*~" Jap reporis of Tokyo's ac- Admiral Halsey’s armada was Ceptance of the Potsdam peace terms standing close by the gates of brought a brief outburst of noise- Tokyo ready to move in on word marked celebration from residents of BULLETIN — NEW YORK— American Radio Correspondent (Max Jordan of NBC) in a broadcast from Basle, Switzer- land, cays it has been an- | mnounced there that the Japa- nese surrender will be at the White Hou: in Washington within two hours, Earlier, a Japanesc note arrived at Bern but it was not disclesed whether it contained a Japanese sur- render. The correspondent de- clared that the Japanese have accepted the Allied terms in prinele. Thke correspondent made his statement at 4:20 p an, and that would mean the White House would reccive the Japa- nese reply at 6:20 p. m, Eait- ern War Time, if the informa- tion proves to be correct. | the gigantic Manchurian offensive to ‘prund the Japanese mercilessly.” Pacific fleet headquarters said Ad- ' miral Halsey’s Third Fleet prowling within easy reach of Tokyo Bay wouldn't be called off until official word from Washington. Buperfort headquarters said B-29 atfacks such as the 5000 tons of explosives poured on southern Hon- shu island today would continue un- til peace is official. Potential American occupation for- ces were ready on Okinawa, in the Marianas Islands and the Philip- pines. Closest were the Russians, re- ported by Tokyo to be pressing am- phiblous and land invasions of Kara- futo, Japanese controlled southern half of Sakhalin island, just off the 14 - 0f Governing Says Congressman Johnson COUNCIL ADOPTS .~ $258,000 BUDGET Alaskans Aren't (apable | they become sufficiently informed Themselves Hirohifo's | ol { SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14—The seople of Alaska are not yet ready for statehood and won’t be until FQUALIZATION BD. | T0 KEEP ON TiL on the principles of economics and fair government, Rep. Jed Johnson from the Naval High Command. 1th(- Cliannel area last evening—after Strange Rifes Bétore Sorrq_wlul Jap People Palace by By Assoelated Press) Domei, Japanese news agency, said in a broadcast recorded by the FCC today that “on Aug. 14, 1945, the imperial decision was granted” When the Tokyo report was heard here at 3:55 p. m. today, me‘ Guam radio broke into a musical which most citizens settled back to A watch developments. The first flurry of excitement fea- NOTE DELIVERED 3 BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 14—The program to announce that Japan turcd the ringing of fire bells, both Japanese Minister delivered a note had quit. A wave of cheering swept ! Juncau and Douglas, as exuber- 1o the foreign office tanight from over the headquarters building. American carriers .were operat- ing less than 200 miles off the coast of Japan Monday, Associated Press War Correspondent Richard K. O'Malley reported from the fleet. A run toward Tokyo Bay would require_only a, few hours, There was no word here, how- ever, what part the fleet would play when fighting Is definitely over. Admiral Halsey has told newsmen riding the seas of Japan with him northern tip of Japan. " e ™70 GOVERN CITY, 'ETAI“ (ASE jNo Paymenlis»{o Be Made§ MAYGOTO "“ieisn | ¢ ed in a revision of Mayor Ernest Parsons’ proposed City Budget— : he ;’:;r::flrie;:f’;‘xs’ufl;‘:%.ig par With $63.000 sliced off it, mainly (Eastern War Time) after e aée:i through deciding to ignore $60,000 marshal declared “On the threshold of City indebtedness in bank loans \of death I swear that T have always| _The budget submitted by the | Committ=e, and adopted by the four % i : served France. |members of the Council present | Councilmen John Ypung, Don | |Skuse and Harry Lea, comprising | BULLETIN—PARIS—The fate o (D-Okla.), and Rep. John Rooney (D-N.Y.) said here today. ALL KICKS HEARD rand that weeping people had gath- | ered before his palace and ‘“bowed { to the very ground” in their shame that the fleet would have a specific job. Part of the navy's work will ,ant residents millod in the streets to 'the honking of horns, tooting of whistles, gun shots and even hoarded {ire crackers. Carefully saved flares were dug out for the momentous oc- casicn. With informal permission from the | City Council, Juneau bars remained |open an added hour to psrmit cele< Erents to toast the re-birth of peace until 2 o'clock a. m. Pacing the celebration were ser- viccmen, with the enlisted men’s Jeep Club throwing wide its doors and scrving drinks “on the house” as leng as there were callers. Through- cut last evening’s victory outburst, Tokyo. He left quiekly.' . @ ‘The Minister, Shunichi Kase, aj peared at the Parllament Bullding around’' 8 p. m, (2 p. m, Eastern War Time) and remained only five minutes. " Eeland Harrison, United Statos Minister, rushed to, Parlisment Building soon af ;4 and went into conference with Under-Secre- taty of Foreign Affairs Walter Stucki. . EARLY REPORT A swiss broadcast, recorded by | statehood when Johnson, Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Appropriations tor the Department of Interior, and Rooney returned last week from a tour of Alaska where the commit- tee inspected Interior Department projects. | “The people ate not ready for o they allow the 1, oy emergency resolution fishing industry to take $6,000,000 ,qopted by the Juneau City Coun- a year from the Territory and re-| oy i gpecial session last evening, lurn only $1,000,000. They are not 'y was gecided that provisions of capable of governing themselves,”|cigy Ordinances limiting the time Rooney said in an interview. !that the Council may sit as a “The people themselves and the poarq of Equalization be suspended Territorial Legislature are at fault.| .. +i1 such time as the board will The legislature is controlled by ab-| p.ve peen able to consider all sentee-owners of the fishing ““d‘s&sessment complaints. mining industries. They levy no! The resolution declared an em- land tax to maintain roads, schools' crpency, making it effective imme- Deadline to File Com-| plains Set by Council | for Thursday ' or public health,” Rooney said. ;brnke off to say to editors: “Hold | this item.” be to clear the mines out of Japa- nese major ports. Not until the harbors have been cleared of their infestation of mines, protectively planted by the Japanese and sown by parachutes from the B-29's, will American shipping be able to move in safely. It will require some time to move them in because of the distances they would have to travel. Nearest American ground forces to Japan that their “efforts were not enough.” The broadcast did not say what the emperor’s decision was. Domei transmitted only about 130 words of the item and then’ The portion of the Domel dis- patch on the “emperor’s decision” | said Hirohito had felt “extreme concern” ever since his rescript of Dec. 8, 1941, with which he de- aro on Okinawa, the Marianas Is- clared war. lands and the Philippines. As recorded and translated b < e FCC, the dispatch read: | How shall the 100,000,000 people, | NOR' PA(IFI( filled with trepidation, reply Lo‘ wARSH'pS SINK the emperor? His Majesty’s sub- jects are moved to tears by His Majesty’'s boundless and infinite the J2ep was the hub of the cele- British radio monitors, asserted btration, gings, laughter and general early today that “Japan has ac- exuberance holding sway there, cepted the capitulation offer.” Activity tapered off into the small Earlier, the ‘vokyo radio sald “an hours cf the morning, then was cli- imperial announcement accepting mazxed by a fire alarm at 3 o'clock he potsdam proclamations will bs (n. m. A back-fired furnace had forthcoming soon.” The Japanese ll.llrd the Nugget shop and Nugget indizated it would be a lengthy I‘.leln:(n'.’:nwlm zmceke, resulting in message a onc-five fire cell. But it proved G 2 ‘J\ISLI ‘mom excitement—no damage w;[l‘:zml;::a:l;m:?;‘;h“fm “r:- 'resulting. " ducing Japan to her four main | This forenoon Juneau and Doug- |15 were again geing about thelr islands. An Mgt note, under do: gular Lusiness; all stores and other Z:;e l:‘llr;r::dyot::nplext ;;::cnemzm; |busincss establishments operating |as usual. Governmental offices ware 'CM8IN as a monarch i A h the carrying on and buildings were being promulgate any edicts whic | built—as the Channcl, in common victorious Allles—the United States, | with poples the world over, awaited Russia, Great Britajn and China— cfficial confirmationr that peace has anded to him. PARIS, Aug. 14.—Fernand Payen, attorney for Marshal Petain, opened the last arguments of the old sol- dier’s treason trial today by telling the High Court of Justice that “he, constantly and scientifically tricked | the Germans, but he never tricked the Allies.” Payen, chief defense counsel, com- fpared Petain to Pierre Laval in the Vichy Regime. Laval, he said, was convinced that Germany would pre- vail and he worked for an intimate union with the enemy. “But that was never Petain's pol- icy,” Payen declared. ‘Tonight the trial, which began on July 23, probably will go to the jury. SEE 7,000,000 UNEMPLOYED IN U. 5. BY XMAS WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 — Gov- ernment officials helping supervise the return of American industry to a peace-time basis today saw pros- pects of 7,000,000 unemployed by Christmas. These leading federal economists say temporary mass unemployment is sure to come regardless of any- thing industry can do. They add, however, ‘that if this mass unemployment is only tem- porary “it will not be alarming.” Alike in their views although representing separate agencies, these economists — anonymous at \ their own request—said employ- ment might rise to eight or nine million next year unless govern- ment moves to prevent such an in- crease. | The Mayor’s original budget had lat the brief session, calls for an outlay amounting to $258,000 during ! the administrative year of 1945-46.| listed expenditures totalling $321,000 Actually the Committee peeled $5,- {000 off the Mayor's allocation for appraisal of public utilities, reducing {it from $15,000 to $10,000; chopped $800 off Utility Engineer Walter Stuart’s salary account, since he was inot employed the first two months of the year; eliminated $2,000 in improvements and made other minor cuts. On the other hand, the Commit- tee also added a few items to the budget, including an additional $1,- 1800 to the $300 already allocated for assessing and tax collection. The Council now propcses to employ a full-time assessor for the last six months of the year, at $300 per month, to complete the job of i straightening out the tax roll tangle now cenfronting the Board of Equal- ization as a result of the recent revaluation of property. Johnson said the “people in Al- }dxat.cly upon passage. The resolu- |tion was carried without discussion, aska think just because the com-|yravor Ernest Parsons stating that mittee went up there congress xz‘me City Attorney had declared going to appropriate money ior:such action lawful, roads, schools and hospitals, but| mpe council set 4:30 o'clock we won't. They are going to havelmpyrsday afternoon, August 16, as to do something for themselves."|; geadline for filing complaints— | : The committee was the first to ejther oral or written—regarding | investigate Alaskan appropriations | gssessments. The . council would | since 1931, and decided to Visit|ihen continue as appeal board | there after disallowing an Interior| nti) an complaints received had | Department request for $3,800,000| peen, acted upon. The councilmen | for surveys, Johnson reported. !also expressed intention to com- Other members are RBP”“"}““\plew a check on the entirc prop- tives Michael E. Kirwan ‘D'Oh“"-‘erty evaluation of the city. | Ben J. Jensen (R-Iowa) and Henry Mayor Parsons stated that Board Dworshak (R-Idaho). |of Equalization hearings' will con- T T | tinue for the time being on the = | same schedule that has been fol- l E T I N lowed the past week: 10 o'clock, B u l {a. m. until noon; 2 te 4 o'clock in the afternoons; and from 7 MOSCOW-—Russian troops made |o'clock in the evenings. The sched- Also added was an item of $800 for civic liability insurance. Increased amounts were allowed for bond re- tirement and loan interest. The re- tirement figures was upped from $17,000 to $18,000-~of necessity. Four hundred dollars was added to the intersst account to meet added { charges resulting from the decision not to pay off outstanding loans. Improvement items eliminated were Irwin Street sidewalks, $750; one Boat Harbor shelfer, $700; man- | hole installations, $600. (The man- holes arz to be installed under the regular Street Department mainte- nance appropriation). The Evergreen Bowl playfield director was put on a three months, instead of four months basis, looping $250 from that salary amount, to $750. Councilman a sensational spurt of 9 miles from Outer Mongolia, invaded Jehol Province, captured two cities 260 miles north of Peiping, North China. Jap prisoners captured by Russians to date total 8,000. SAN FRANC1SCO — The Tokyo radio fells the Japanese people to expect an announcement at 11 p. m. today, Eastern War Time. LOS ANGELES—Maj. William Knowland, . Republican, has been named as U. S. Senator, succeeding the late Senator Hiram Johnson. GUAM—Between 950 and 1,000 Superforts and fighters smashed |ule of hearings by tax zones now having been completed, the board | is hearing complaints from all sec- iticns of the city as they are pre- sented. The resolution adopted, the coun- | cil last evening briefly turned its |attention tothe City Budget, then jresolved itself back into a Board jof Equalization at 8:35 o’clock, | spending the rest of the evening listening to property owners' pro- | | tests. | STOCK QUOTATIONS | | NEW YORK, Aug. 14 — Closing Jap war industries yesterday and quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine early today with fire and demoli- stock today is 7, American Can 97, tion bombs. | Anaconda 32, Curtiss-Wright 6, In- Iternational Harvester 85%, Kenne- WASHINGTIN — Resignation of cott 36'%, New York Central 24%, Dean Acheson, 51, assistant Sec- Northern Pacific 26%, U. S. Steel Skuse, speaking for the Finance Committee—Chairman Young having been placed in the hospital by his physician last eve- -, SEATTLE WOMEN IN TOWN Selma Swanson and Maria Swan- son, of Seattle, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel. (Continued on Page Three) retary of State in charge of con- gressional relations and interna- tional conferences, is disclosed, in- dicating an anticipated reorganiza- tion of that department. |67%, Pound, $4.02%. Sales today totaled 910,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 164.79; rails, 54.53; utilities, 323.53. | solicitude. | “Aug. 14, 1945, the imperial de- cision was granted. The palac grounds are quiet beneath the dark clouds. “Honored with the imperial edic in the sublime palace grounds, the mob of loyal people are bowed to the very ground in froni of the Niju-Bashi (the bridge which ieads to the palace.) I “Their tears flow unchecked. Alas! In their shame, how can the people raise their heads?” | “With the words, ‘forgive us, O Emperor, our efforts were not enough,’ the heads bow lower as the tears run unchecked. “Ever since Dec. 8, 1941, when we received the imperial rescript causing His Majesty deep anxiety. It was at this point that Domei broke its transmission to ask edi- tors to hold it up. Domei never resumed transmis- sion of the dispatch, but subse- quently put out a message to edi- tors, saying: “Tomorrow, Aug. 15, at noon sharp ((11 p. m., Tuesday, EWT) an important transmission will be made. “This transmission will be of un- precedented importance, so the 100,000,000 people without exception must listen attentively.” During the day, the Japanese Domei Agency broadcast and then killed a statement by Lt. Gen. Reikichi Tada, President of the Board of Technology, urging the Japanese people to abandon hopes | of revenge and “to liquidate the | military for the sake of the Japa- nese people today.” “The fact that the blood of our| warriors was unable to set the world on a new path can be seen in the imperial message at this time as a revelation of God,” said Tada’s " (Continued on Page Four) 11 JAP SHIPS ADAK, Aleutians, Aug. 14—North Pacific warships of Rear Adm. John 4 H. Brown's augmented task force destroyed 11 small Japanese vessels on their triple bombardment of Kuriles bases Sunhday night. The recently - enlarged task force simultaneously shelled airfield in- stallations at Suribachi Bay and Kurabu Cape on Paramushiro, and at Matsua Island, 200 miles soth of Paramushiro. These three are e (the principal airstrips linking "‘e‘bulkflng and the Kataoka Naval Base on Shimushu Island with the Japanese homeland. Before the bombardment, the arrived. = ——— KETCHIKAN FIRE CAUSES $70,000 DAMAGE MONDAY KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 14.— re of undetermined origin swept rcugh the upper story of the etohikan Cold Storage Company Number One and [’lwn fish houses last night, causing damage ostimated at $70,000. The fire also spread to nine offi- T th K The Swiss broadcast, as recorded by BBC, said: “Japan has accepted the capitu- lation offer. The Japanese informa- "tion bureau announced this mom- ing the acceptance of the capitu- laflon formula of the Allies, based on a report of the Japanese War Minister. In the course of ths morning, the Swiss Telegraph Agency recelved a radiogram from the Japanese news agency Domel which said a message by the em- peror is shortly to be communi- cated accepting the Potsdam Dec- laration.” The Japanese reply to the Allied pronouncement, about how Hirohito could remain on his throne ap- task force swept the Pacific and|ccs and an adjoining apartment, Parently was on Its way via Bern. the Kuriles coasts on the Sea of Okhotsk. Of a convoy of five small vessels off Kurabu Cape, a sub- | causing added damage estimated at | $5,000. I Half dozen civilians and Coast sunk. Another trawler was beached smoke, carried on a wind which for after repeated hits. !a time threatened to spread the fire Off the northeast coast of One-ito several more business buildings. | kotan Island, another group of six — -oe unescorted trawlers was lmcrccmcd} 26 SOI‘DIERS K'l“n IN WRECK OVERSEAS and all were sunk. i - -~ (GEN. DE ’ | H, Germany, Aug 14 — | Twenty-First Army Group authori- GAULLE | VIS" é!NOU"(E ;Hts said today 26 British and Can- | adian soldiers were killed and 50 WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—A dls-}hl)ured, some seriously, in a head- cussion of Germany’s western on collision of two leave trains frontier may be high on the agenda near Goch, early yesterday. when Gen. Charles De Gaulle ar-| - House announcement no| rives here August 22 for his long-i(‘ll FOR HAlT To heralded visit with President Tru- man, A White last night fixing the date of the French leader’s arrival gave hint of the subjects to be dis- DRAFT ON SURRENDER WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—Chair- man May (D-Ky.) of the House cussed. Persons familiar with the:Mlmfll’y Committee, today called situation, however, mentioned the|for an immediate halt to further subject of German boundaries ns“‘"d“‘?mm once Japan falls and, one of sevcral likely to be con-!'the earliest possible release of men' sidered. Jalready drafted. A broadcast heard in New York showed the Japanese were sending urgent messages to their ships re- |chaser and three trawlers were Guard firemen were overcome by Maining at sea. If the Japanese answer wag lengthy, considerable time was ex- pected to elapse belore it reached |the White House. The Japanese Legation in Bern had to decode the message and translate it into English, ‘The American Legation in turn normally had to place the message back in American diplomatic code and transmit it to Washington, where again it had to be translated from code before it was delivered to President Truman. The Tokyo broadcast forecasting the imperial message was recorsied by the Associated Press listening post in New York at 1:50 a. m, Eastern War Time. Shortly before 4 a. m., the Fed- eral Communications Commission 'reported it had intercepted 8 Japanese-language broadcast di- rected to occupled Asia in which the Domei News Agency predicted “there probably will bé something important” at 9 o'clock tonight Japanese time (8 a .n. Eastern lw" Time.)