The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1945, Page 1

"THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS All THE TIME” KA LM VOL. LXV., NO. 10,040 “PRICE TEN CENTS = S T jUNl AU, /\LAbkA WEDNESI )\\, .\U( L 'T IS ‘)45 JAPS TO MEET MAC ARTHUR ONF RlDAY‘ President Says We Now Face Greatest " EMERGENCY ASGREATAS DECEMBERT Truman Says Allied Fortes, Have Been Told fo Cease Fire WASHINGTON, Aug 15 he emergency is as great today as when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and “we face the greatest task we have cver been confronted with," Presi-| dent Truman said last night. This was the Chief Executive’s immediate reaction to the Japanese surrender, news of .which Mr. Tru- man released to the nation at 7 p. m., Eastern War Time, yeste day. Arrangements still must be com- pleted for the signing of formal surrender terms. Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur has been appointed Supreme , the be Allied Commander to receive surrender. ‘Then V-J Day will proclaimed. “Meantime,” the President an- nounced, “the Allied armed forces have been ordered to suspend of- fensive action.” And while the world celebrs'.ed with unrestrained joy, he ordered a Japanese Government . (which once had promised to dictate peace terms in the White House) to stop the war on all fronts. Through Secretary of State Byrnes and the Swiss Legation, Mr. Truman did the dictating. He decreed that the Japanese Government: 1—Direct prompt cessation of hostilities by Japanese forces. 2—Notify Gen. MacArthur of the effective date and hour of cessa- tion and send emissaries to the General to arrange formal sur- render. In addition, he announced plans for slashing Army draft calls from 80,000 to 50,000 a month and fore- cast the return of 5,000,000 to 5,- 500,000 soldiers to civilian life within 12 or 18 months. As the great news became known, ! hundreds of Washingtonians raced to the White House to join hun-| dreds already massed around lhe grounds. Call For Truman Thousands of spectators who hnd waited patiently in Lafayette Park across the street from the Execu-| tive Mansion began a chant: “We want Truman,” the President ap- peared on the White House sti‘x)S‘ with Mrs. Truman. Surrounded by Secret Ser\'ice ’on" Page Two) [ 1Coulmued ; The Washington, Merry - Go-Round | By DRFW PEARSON Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Ary.) WASHINGTON — The Japanese | weren't the only ones hit by atomic bombs. When President Truman stepped off the Cruiser Augustal at Newport News last week, hel was hit by a veritable domestic atom bomb. | Waiting for him at the dockside was his old friend and new War Mobilizer, John W. Snyder. Snyder had rushed down from Washington |/ to give Truman an earful nbout‘ home front problems. He minced' no words. Snyder in three short weeks as, War Mobilizer has found that the entire reconversion picture being paralyzed by exormmm{ Army-Navy refusal to reconvert war plants and hoarding of a tre- mendous number of men in the Army. | eH told the President how con- gress has been screaming because | the Army won't release the few thousand men needed to run the railroads and mines during the; winter. He also revealed how alll his efforts to get the brass hats I to ‘cut back on manpower and pro- curement had met with failure. (Continued on Page Four) | Schram, President of the New York | stock Exchange, Task Japanese Controls Will | Be Stern, According fo | Poisdam Peace Policies ‘ WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — The BI ‘Japanuu let themselves in for ‘\lt‘ll) and probably long, controls | tonight when they accepted the ‘Puhdnm surrender terms. And although they didn’t say so n\ s0 many words, they agreed that | their emperor will take orders while the Allies haul them back into the ways of peace and destroy their capacity to follow any other path. Here are the Potsdam surrender terms, the Japanese August 10 “un-| derstanding” that the emperor's powers would not be taken aw: and the U. S. note of August 11 setting ferth the emperor's status, plus immediate surrender steps. 'RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED (By The Associated Press} Emperior Hirohito accepted today the resignation of the cabinet which lead Japan to defeat, shortly after personally informing the people that their nation was compelled to sur- render to the Allies to escape oblit- tion. | A Domei dispatch recorded by the (1)—Terms There must be eliminated for all FCC indicataed that Hirohito hulv e - e autRanty, AN melighoe requested the resignation of Premier / i Kantaro Suzuki and his cabi- | °f those who have deceived and P & misled the people of Japan into net. A later English language broadcast by Domei, Japanese news agent said the Emperor bad asked Suzuki to remain at his post “pend- ing the appointment of a new pre- cmbarking on world conguest, for we insist that a néw order of peace, | isecurity and justice will be impc sible until irresponsible militarism | mier. is driven from the world. : Hirohito's announcement, the first' Until such a new order is cs-| radio broadcast ever made by a tablished and until there is con- | Japanese Emperior to his subjects,| Vincing proof that Japan's wi attributed Japan’s plight to the in- Making power is destroved, noin vention of the utomlL‘ bomb, which in Japanese territory to be desig- he describad as “a new and mast/nated by the Allles shall be occu- cruel weapon, the power of which to bied to secure the achievement of do damage is incalcuable.” the basic objectives we are here “This is the reason we have or- setting forth. dered the acceptance of the joint The terms of the Cairo Declara- declaration of the powers,” the Em- tion shall be carried out and Japa- peror declared. | nese sovereignty shall be limited to Hirchito—in the face-saving tra- the Islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, dition of the Japanese—maintained Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor to the end that Japan had been islands as we determine, battling only in selfdefense and that Japanese military forces, after she had given up the fight “to strive being completely disarmed, shall be for the common prosperity and hap- permitted to return to their homes piness of all nations and the well- with the oppertunity to lead peace- being of our subjects.” ful and productive lives. { The bitter reaction of Japan's We do not intend that the Japa- militarists to the ignominy of un- nese shall be enslaved as a race conditional surrender, however, was ¢r destroyed as a nation, but stern reflected in the immediate suicide justice shall be meted out to all of War Minister Gen. Koreichika war criminals, including those who |Anami and a broadcast address by have visited cruelties upon our| Premier Baron Kantaro Suzuki in| prisoners. | which he declar The Japanese Government shall This day has become the dayyemove all obstacles to the revival| that never, never will be forgotten gung strengthening of democratic | by the Japdnese people. tendencies among the Japane PR | people. Freedom of speech and r thought, as well u S vESSEl |ligien and of’ ght, as well s i (Centinuea vn I‘ugu Two) GOES DO @BUllETINS | 1 —_— IN PACIFIC WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—The heavy cruiser Indianapolis was lost recently in the Philippine Sea from| enemy action with 100 per cent cas- ualties to her -personnel totalling 1,196 officers and men. Announcing this, the Navy said the famous vessel was lost shortly after . completion of her last mission, sail-| ing from San Francisco July 16 on Bi high speed run to Guam to deliver essential atomic bomb material. She :::m:“s" after safely delivering her|,c)c will yemain on major cost-of- . 4 !living items.| Controls are suspend-| m;l;!l’erm?l'yngazi no details of her| . ymmediately on luxury ilem.spsuch Casualties included five Navy dead, o s, Xm.ludhifl;iqkun i including one officer, 845 Navy miss NEW YORK — New York Office of | ing, including 63 officers; 307 Navy| pa. i i oleum Administration has been |wounded, including 15 officers; 30 told ‘there will be ample supplies Marine Corps missing, including two G AR o |ofticers; and nine enlisted Marine; pr paine galiabie 6 9 | Corps wounded. | WASHINGTON ~— Vice-President | . C. Keiser of the Brotherhood of | Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen | announced that a strike will be called at 12:01 a. m. August 24 of | 1,800 trainmen on the Tllinois Cen-| {tral system and subsidiaries. | | SR WASHINGTON — All Lend-Lease projects will be brought to a close as 1 “rapidly as possible.” WASHINGTON — All price con- |trols went off today on scores of consumer items but OPA said con- WASHINGTON — President Tru- s |man has abolished the voluntary | censorship of news which went into |effect December 7, 1941. STOCK EXCHANGE | CLOSES Iwo DAYS} MOSCOW — Russian troops have. {been ordered to keep fighting until Japs lay down their arms. Emil ! | 5 . . FRANKFURT, Germany—No more said tonight the trocps from Europe will be sent to exchange would be closed Wednes-|the Pacific. Five divisions will be day and Thursday. | on their way home within 30 days. > BROWNER FAMILY HERE RANGOON — Fighting continues| Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Browner and |in Eastern Burma where Japs have, children, of Seattle, are guests at|been out of touch with headquanexs the Baranof Hotel. for many weeks. NEW YORK, Aug. 15 THE KEY MEN IN PACIFIC WAR DRIVETO VICTORY \I)M ¢ HP "l‘rlt W. '\IMH'Y SENTENCED 10 DEATH nri Philippe Petair llll-f of State ef the French Vichy his uniferm as he sits in ecurt during his trial on This morning the French court sentenced him to Marshal I regime, we charges of treason. death. Gen. Charles De Gawlle may commute the sentence to life imp' nment Wha| w“S PARIS, Aug. 15— Marshal Honri Philippe Petain, France's “Old Sol- End Means dier” and former Vichy chief of tate, was convicted and sentenced 'I'o Ame"(a {0 death today by three judges and 24-man jury on charges of col- 5 laboration with the enemy WASHINGTON, . Ang.. 15— The death sentence, however, can War's end will mean for the . commuted to life imprisonment ed Bisle by Gen. Charles De Gaulle, and thi Discharge of 5000000 per- 5 cxpected. Presiding Judge Paul sons from munitions jobs, per- \ongibeaux: expressed the court’s haps 7,000,000 uncmployed by wish that the “death sentence not be Christmas. carried out” for tha year-old Cancellation of o Marshal, Army and Navy contract: Petain was once De Gaulle's regi- Release 6f 5,000,000 to 600 men from the Army i tc 18 months. mental commander in the days when he was toasted as France's leading military genius Limiting of the draft to the The jury deliberated scven hours 18-26 year old bracike a before r hing a verdict, cut in draft calls from 80,000 - - to 50,000 men a month. SLIPSHOD THIEF End of manpower controis by FRESNO, Calif A thief who the War Manpower Commis- tole a case of shoes from the sion, Karl S8hoes Store got seven children’s End c¢f gasoline rationing, hoes—all for the right foot perhaps within days. -oe Seme focd rationing for NiCE BARCLAY ARRIV months. inice Barclay, of ttle, has Return to store shelves of urived in Juneau and a guest scarce articles, ul the Baranof Hotel. (.hN D()l (.I AS MchRTHlIR TOMORROW HOLIDAY IN JUNEAU The end of the war in the Paific will be officially observed in Juneau tomorrow. Mayor has issued a proclamation to that ettect and practically all places of business have announced they wili cooperate by c! g _shop. Thus Juneauw's celebration will co- incide with these in Washington and Oregon where tomorrow will be an official holiday. Maycr Parfons called up people of Junsan to observe the th end of the war tomorrow in any way | they sce fit, then®'we must put our 1 sheulders to the wheel and face the huge task of preparing our com- munity for the boys and ¢ irom Juneau who have helped to make this victery possible and vho will ioon be coming homs." Atiend Church | Mavor Pavsons urged all citizens {q attend the chureh services scheds fuled for- this evening to “celobrate I this great victory in humble jravi- [ to pay homs this community who sacrificed their Jives for a peaceful world and of these who survived the battle. Only skeleton staffs in most cases one worker only — maintained in nearly all Federal offices here today and tomorrow, with most Territorial offices follow- ing the Federal example. Employees jof the Juneau Lumber Mills took their holiday today, so will be at work agaih tomorrow. Celebration Ail through last night and well into early morning hours of today, Juneau and its sister city, Douglas, celebrated the return of peace to the world. Raucous blasts f reeted the fi Nippor rom steamers in t offi reports capitulation, as pert of the crew members and passengers alike treamed ashore to join in the mer- ry-making. Unloading was halted e the ot and sailing schedule; “ttiscned to make way for victory observance Serpentine streamed from win- dows of the Baranof Hotel last eve- ning townsfelk, servicemen and visitors alike put all else aside in joyous release from the cares of war Shouting, singing, dancing, tvent on and on, from all sides and long after ilar hoursg, bars and night spots were the ne of con- tinous rounds of toasts to V-J Day. - LER HERE Paul G. Miller, of Anchorage,' arrived erday aboard a Woodley Alrwi plane and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel, Ernest . Parsons | to thank Almighty God for the return; were being | T0 ACCEPT - SURRENDER AT MANILA |Nipponese Envoys Will Fly Green Planes-White Crosses MANILA, Aug. 16-General of the Army Douglas MacArthur will de- liver surrender terms to the Japa- nese tomorrow in his Manila_head- | quarters close by the hallowed shrines of Bataan and Corregidor. He issued instructions to the Nip- ponese yesterday to send their sur- render envoy to Te Shima, an island ne Okinawa, in a green-cross marked Japanese plane. From there the envoy, and aides MaucArthur crdered to accompany him, will be transported to Maniia in American aircraft. Earlier, in a note addressed direct to Emperor Hirohito, MacArthur informed the beaten Nipponese he had been designated Supreme Com- mander of Allied Forces and em- powered “to arrange dircctly with | Japanese authorities for cessation |of hostilities at the earliest prac- | ticable date.” He also gave dcmled instruc- Jap Suicide T Pianes Make | | | triumph * which will have wide- spread signifieance in the “face- Japs ] I ManLhur lronlcllly chose . as saving” Orient. When the Nipponese tossed in i, SIPPOLLE b Japanese Envoy's plane the word dium for further communications— in English—with his headquarters, For MacArthur it is a personal the spenge, MacArthur was poised, i R as Commander of all Allled Army { By -Aschgald BEcm. For(‘eh in_tho Paclfic, for an “On :f;};lfi«'l{':}:m uhl\!"‘lx.xl!{l'c was, veported Lpettte, B o The war s over but Japanese plancs still splashed into the ocean i n Jurzd when two off their home islands today, ed on Thya Tsl cf American guns. Okinawa. GI's In the area, incensed mpe Japanese Cabinet fell, Her by the attack, questioned Japan's jaet war minister reportedly com- | integrity. Meanwhile five | were shot down as mitted hara kirl. But Tokyo radio Japanese planes insisted “we have lost but this is they approached temporary.” | the American fleet off the coast of Last Bomb Raids Nippon's main Honshu Island. Thes> Orders to cease firing found planes winged toward the fleet hours Russian and Chinese armies still on after Emperor Hirohito bhad an- the move and American warplanes nounced his surrender decision. ranging from Superforts to fighters The Japanese Domei Agency said on the way to raise new havoc over | Fmperial headquart was endeav- Japan. Most of them were halted, | ering to reach every branch of the winding up the war with a series | military services with the Imperial ¢f raids in which B-29's loosed surrender order but added that some 6,000 tons of fire bombs and ex- | Japanese planes were “r-ported to plosives on oll refineries, arsenals | have made an attack on the Allled and industrial toewns of southern bases and fleet in the south.” Honshu' Island, — - Japanese planes continued to fly toward the mighty U. 8. Third I"TER'(H“R(H Fleet on the approaches to Tokyo teday, bours after Emperor Hiro- | hito, now subservient to General PEACE SERV'(E MacArthur, directed’ his forces to ! friendly fashion.” obsarve the surren- " gtin Shooting and the end of the Admiral Nimitz, in & cryptic com- srating churches the piloted by die-hard members of the acle, Resurrection Lu- Nippenese Kamikaze (Suicide) . Methedist, Prosbyterian and Corps. Admiral Nimitz asked Gen. Juneau will der of Japan, stop fighting. At least five of them splashed into the sea by American gunners under Admiral Halsey's crders to “shoot them down in a 8 o'clock in the munique today, did not indicate the yterian Church possible intent of the Jdpanese service of praise and thanks- planes whieh continued to approach giving for peace. I'the fleet. It was possible they were re ll!vl"SJIVilH“ll Army MacArthur to tell Tokyo that in The American Legion has been gelf profechon American naval {nsked to lead the pledge of alleg- gorees would have o shoot down fance tc the Flag | This 15 to be 8 city-wide service, orYoresese iARe wihin, ranis r of axtended F FHEIE PR, Gen. Korechika Anami, Tokyo said, killed himself to “atone for and a cordial invitation is i!u everyone to attend American Legion and American ! failure” as ‘war minister. Othe i Ley x embers are i o ‘xln'rvL":lLAl‘;A\l'”In"iil“':‘“.l‘;\‘l"‘;‘l;“ l:‘,‘ 2 _’;‘: suicides were predicted in line | e s with the Oriental practice of sav- ing face. .It was even speculated 5 o'clock this afternoon k"‘“ Hirohito himself might commit of Evening Prayer with Nard kirl, or at least abdicate, in emphasis upon Thanksgiving for 13VOr Of either his eldest son or victory will be conducted in the Nis brother, both of whom have Chureli of the Holy Trinity, Epis- Peen extolled this week by the copal, at Fourth and Gold Streets, T0KYO press. |the Rev. W. Robert Webb announ- T Y A ced this morning i EVERETT MEN IN TOWN The service will be characterized David Keene and N. V. Clark, of by nationzl hymns aud appropriate Everett, Wash, are guests at the prayers of Thanksgiving. iB*“dflUf Hotel. a body | Ao at a service