The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” , THR VionResy v SERIAL RECORD SEP 441945 oy CMPIRE VOL. LXV., NO. 10,044 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDA AUGUST 20, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — | MACARTHUR TO OCCUPY JAPAN SOON One Way fo Celebrate war’s End TRIAL OF QUISLING STARTED| Former Puppet Premier Faces Charge of Trea- son in Norway By Ned Nordness (Associated Press Correspondent) OSLO, Aug. 20—Testimony of Hermdann Goering, Joachim von Ribbentrop and other high-ranking Nazis will be introduced against Vidkun Quisling, the prosecution disclosed today as the former Puppet Premier of Norway went to trial on charges of treason. State Prosecutor Annaeaus Schodjt announced that Allied and Norwegian officials now are taking the testimony of the Nazi wit- nesses in Germany, where the Nazi leaders themselves soon are to be tried as war criminals, ! He said that those whose testi- mony was being taken included Alfred Rosenberg, former German Minister of Affairs in eastern *oc- cupied regions, Field Marshal Wil- helm Keitel and Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl. Planned Invastion Schodjt further declared in his opening statement that Quisling met Grand Admiral Eric Raeder, Germany's Naval Chief, and Rosenberg in Berlin on Dec. 11, 1939, and planned the German in- vasion of Norway which took place four months later. Quisling met Hifler on Dec. 14| and 15, 1939, Schodja charged, and also received 200,000 gold marks from an anti-British- company for his part in planning the invasion. Quisling paled perceptibly as the accusation rang out. Schodjt waved a document which he said had been found in Germany in which the entire political and military pre- parations for the action in Norway were outlined for Hitler by Rosen- berg. Surprise Disclosure The surprise disclosure came as Quisling presented a 21,000-word 69-page statement detailing his own defense. Defiantly picturing himself as a patriot and a prophet, the man| whose name has become a synonym for collaboration declared that “Hitler has proved to be right—it is not England who has eventually won, but Bolshevism.” “England has attained her war aim as far as beating Germany goes, but in Russia an even more dangerous continental power has arisen,” Quisling declared. He de- manded “rehabilitation and idemni- fication for the insults and harm” he said had beén heaped upon him. “Dying Lion” Kicked Scornfully he told his accusers that their campaign of sabotage and resistance had played only “a negative role” in the war. “All asses give the dying lion a kick,” he said. Quisling’s elaborate statement A young maval efficer lifts an equally young lady celebrant into his arm spirit of peace Fish Food Faclories Are Posiwar Possibilifies; - One Under Consfruction LEND-LEASE PIPELINE TO CLOSEDOWN - = tamin A oil. SEATTLE, A facteries sailing at least some of them—and delivel F: are a postwar possibility. these plants, planned for in the Pacific, under 20.—Fish the seven ses fcod Bi cperation construction at Bellingham, Wash., and may get into operation in Octo- It will be equipped with quick ze units for storing packaged facilities for pro- 4 trash fish into and for extraction of Mutual Air Program, Cost- "1 e s wouta operste 1 tne ing U. S. Billions, fo |G e vumter st wouia cruine End, Says Truman | the South Pacific for tuna and other filet fish. The South Pacific is re- WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. — Lend- | Federal fisheries experts say. 5 | The floating cannery is not new. Lease, a 45-billion dollar pipeline to | victory, is closing down. | Frecessing plants were operated in President Truman, it was learned | the Bering sea by both the Russians | over the weckend, has decided Lo}and the Japanese before the war, end the mutual aid program under |but their floating factories were not which this country has poured more | so complete as the U. S. experiment. | than $40,000,000,000 worth of weap- | Aboard the U. S. ship will be at lea ons, food and equipment to bolster | one government technician, primar- the Allied fight against the Axis. |ily as an observor, but also as an e advisor. l “We are very much interested in Movie Adress |export anic, “We, a4 ind out latively unknown as a fishing ground ! g5 23 s and plants a goed kiss as the gala and vietory swept through the milling ercwds in downtown San Francisco on August 14. HOLD, BASES INPACIFIC United States Proposes No Further ““Gentlemen's Agreements” i ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Strong Congressional backing lined up to- day behind a House Naval Com- mittee's recommendation for firmer United States control of Pacific 1 ba than “through gentlemen’s | agreements.” This country, the committee said, should have at, least a working agreement for use of bases on islands held by our own Allie: by Japan. If the committee’s recommenda- tions are followed, United State: defense lines in the Pacific will | include: Land and secaplane bases at Puer- to Prince, San Tawi Tawi, Vuime- i gas, Okinawa, in the Kuriles, and Bonins and the Aleutians, at ¢ Harbor, Cantoc, Johnston, Midway, American Samoa, Tontouta, Mag- ..enla, Espirito Santo, Guadalcana i and Efate. URGEFIRM , said 20,000 to 30,000 Communist laratory of what has CHINESE WARRING Gove.mmerif ffoops Strike RIVERS DENIES Attorney General Protests Ickes Withdrawal on Behalf of Territory Protest, CHUNGEKIN Aug. 20—Reliable | reports today id Gen. Yeh Si-| shan’s regular Chinese forces had | elashed with Chinese Communists | near Taiyuan, .lum‘nrs(‘~1>l-<-ll])ll'(li | capital of Shansi Province in North China i | The Communists were | have seized the air field near Tai- | yuan and then been ejected by the dis- behaii | vitory of Alaska,” has been “on 0i ine Regulars. ] i o [patched by Alaska’s Attorney Gen- Earlier, the high command fl"_‘vml Raltie Sk o S(:'rvl 3 | nounced the re-occupation of a (l‘ oy ; e il v y I'small town near Taiyuan, and a " e Interior Harol L. Ickes, string of nearly a dozen other |288inst the secrotary’s administra- towns along the 'Taiyuan-Tatung|Uive determination “Concerning Railway, chief north-south com-|CIalms of the Natives of Hydaburg, munications in Shansi. |Klawock and Kake, Alaska, as to Aboriginal Rights.” (The movement of Generallssimo ' mye Attorney General today dis- Chiang Kui-shek's troops north-|eiosed that he had submitted his { ward into Shansi indicated he'ooneiygions, observations and sug might be maneuvering to put his gestions to the Interior Departmen head, in the interest of “the peopl of Alaska as a whole,” after carefi study. of the Ickes ruling settin aside Southeast Alaska land reser vations for the three native com munities concerned. Declaring, “however, the presen miscarriage serves the useful pur pose of bringing the whole problen forces between Yenan, Communist {seat in Shensi Province to the west, {and the Chinese scaboard with its limpn rtant es of Peiping, Tient- sin, Tsingtao, Nanking and Shang- hai.) i Dispatches to Chungking showed I several National Government agen- | cies already functioning in Shang- hel, apparently without interfer- i, thy front at this crucia |ence from the Japanese, pro-Chi-|(ime " Rivers offered the followin |wese Government troops at Amoy, seven suggestions for Alaska's wel fare, with the hope that the Sec retary of the Interior “will en- dorse them at least to some ex- tent”: Extinguish Aboriginal Rights 1—Urge Congress to immedi ately enact legislation expressly ex tinguishing aboriginal rights coupled with provisions for ascer taining the losses of all the native of Alaska and to make monetar: settlement therefor : “If possible, have legislation sup plementing the Thlingit and Haid Claims Act, extending it to all the last enemy pocket in coastal Fu- an Province, had sent envoys to the Chinese lines to arrange sur- render. Chinese Government troops strik- |ing swiftly into North China, are advancing on Paotowlin, the Inner Mongolian Province of Suiyuan, 100 miles northwest of the Shansi border and 330 miles west of Pei- ping, the high command announced today. | The development came the | Chinese awaited the arrival of sur- !render envoys from the Japanese as Supreme Command and coincided ' Alaska Indians and Eskimos an with a warning by the Chinese go 50 far as to ‘authorize the Cour Communist Commander to Gen- of Claims to make awards on th basis of moral obligations as wel as legal and equitable. cralissimo Chiang Kai-shek to act swiftly to avert a “grave threat” of |civil war between the Government| “Express extinguishment of and Communist forces. |original rights would serve th | As arrangements were completed purpose,” Mr. Rivers contends, “o for the surrender, foreign r(‘mrtsjclm.rmg the air, even though dec ab ‘ 0 C s already hap- Guerrillas were moving on Wuhu, | pened.” | Yangtze River port, possibly pr “2—Call off all elaborations or [paring to drive 60 miles down-|fisheries regulations sueh as the | stream to Nanking, which i3 to be present administrative proceedings |the new seat of Chiang's govern- and thereby restore confidence uy | ment. These forces were said to be here that we have government b: | ll-armed. There was no confirma- law instead of men ; tion of th reports in Chung- | trative proceeding king, but government circles are ernmental functi not greatly concerned about them. mandate from Cengre - B defined purposes. SHIPMENTS OF | . mmie tovinaines LEND-LEASE 10 , and adminis s for needed gov- only for on ¢ wel ‘Wainwrig f, Tall Heroof KEEP ON Corregidor, Rescued from Jap Prison (amp; Is Well§ Ny (Assoclated Press Correspondent) CHUNGKING, Aug. 20—Lt. | Jonathan M. Wainwright, the tall Hero of Corregidor who Was res- Spencer Moosa by a humanitarian team of Am- erican parachutists, is due in Chungking shortly and may witness the formal surrender of the forces which held him prisoner for more than three years. Among the hundreds of Allied prisoners released py the sudden urival of the airborne teams carry- ing relief supplies were Maj. Gen. George M. Parker, Jr,, of Portland, Ore.,, who ed under Wain- wright in the final days of the battle « of the Philippines, and A. W. L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh tachouwer, Governor-General of | The Netherlands East Indies. | Also with Wainwright in Man- |churia, it was learned on high authority, were Lt. Gen. Arthur Percival, British Commander -at Singapore when that stronghold vas captured by the Japanese in 942, and Sir Shenton Thomas, iovernor of Singapore, Dropping of the humanitarian eams brought a protest from the apanese General Staff. The Japa- wse informed Gen. MacArthur hat ‘the action endangered the mooth cessation of hostilities and isked him to see that no more such “incidents” occurred. Wainwright, 61-year-old leader £ the epic American and Filipino esistance at Corregidor after the all of the Philippines, was a cap- ive for three years and three nonths. He was found in a prisoner of wvar camp at Hslan, 100 miles iorthwest of Mukden huria, by one of a number of six- nan “humanitarian” teams. who :arachuted into the areas of sev- ral prisoner of war camps in the hina theatre Aug. 186, Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedcmeyer, J. 8. Commander in China, who Vainwright was well. For the other prisoners of war vho were liberated by these teams, hips are being rushed to varicus ted with dispatch, and in som ;ases planes are being sent fo itter patients. The men who reached Wain- vright's camp had flown 1,100 niles from Siking (Sian) in Shensi rovince. Early on Aug. 16, they mew they were risking death to ake food, medical ald *and en- ouragement to the internees, since hey had no idea of what the re- ction of the Japanese would be. The Japanese had been informed ahead of time bl leaflets of the oming of the parachutists. . ANXIOUS WAITING ENDS KANEATELES, N. Y., Aug. 20— More than three years of anxious vaiting had ended today for Mrs. jonathan Wainwright. The wife of the Lieutenant Gen- ral who was captured at the fall Gen. | i cued from a Japanese prison camp | in Man- | innounced these developments, said | worts so that they may be evacu- T0 WRITE TERMS IN TENDAYS Allied Supreme Com- mander Will Lead Troops Info Nipponese Empire | By LEONARD MILLIMAN | (Associated. Press War Editor) | General MacArthur will write the lend of the war in Tokyo within ten | days, he indicated today. He mformed Tokyo that he would |lead Allied land, sea and air forces |into Japan “soon” to sign formal surrender documents and occupy the enemy’s sacred islands. Meanwhile an indication that Jap- jan felt she would have to maintain | her armies for purposes of order land public protection cam> from }Tuk'j& A Tokyo broadcast, monitored by | the Associated Press in Manila, ask- | ed MacArthur to investigate the sit- | uation in China where, the Japanese charged, the Chungking government and the Chinese Communists were making separate surrender demands. Other Japanese broudcasts spoke of the possibility of complete in- ternal upheavel in Japan proper. | MacArthur's statement climaxed a | whirlwind conference between his aldes and Emperor Hirohito's sur- {render emissaries, while Nipponese | troops were laying down their arms | by the thousands in Manchuria and | nogotiating field surrenders else- | where in war theatres. | The high commander asked Tokyo | te order Nipponese field command- lers to follow practice every- where. He sent the Mikado's dele- gates flying home with implict in- | structions as to what the Japanese | should do to pave the way for oc- cupying forces. | Despair in Japan | “Unrest and despair” <wire re- ported sweeping Japan. Tokyo news- | papers cautioned that “control of the i military” would be a major problem of Premier Prince Naruhiko Higashi- Kuni. Incidents continued to develop. Tmperial headquarters reported Al- lied fowces, possibly Russian, landed in the Kuriles, precipitating fight-' ing. American planes were fired on in China. But from Manila, scene of the major surrender conferences, came !'a repert that Japanese delays stem- |med from the stunning impact of defeat and atomic bombs and their | unfamiliarity with surrender pro- | cedure. Occupation of Japan MacArthur's aides said 16 shaven- | headed surrender emissaries were | apparently sincere and providing all | the data necessary for complete oc- cupation of Japan without incident. | They arrived in Manila Sunday |and were promptly rushed through a series of conferences with General | MacArthur's aides. MacArthur hir.- self shunned them completely. His !Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland headed the American delegation. ‘The emissaries, headed by glum- faced Lt. Gen. Takashiro Kawabe, (were told the details of Japan's SOLDIERS outlining his version of Norway's |ing possibilities in distant waters, | ments which we so sorely need. We wartime history, telling of his meetings with Hitler and of his own alleged efforts to alleviate (Continued on Page Two) % The Washington Merry-Go-Round By DRFW PEARSON Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen udw on active service with the Army.) ( Notes on two Armistices — “The tumult and the shouting dies, the captains and the kings depart . . .” Vivid memories of people rejoicing; happy people, delirious people, dizzy people. . . . Telephone books and ticker tape. . . . Horns, horns and more horns. . . . The White stately, aloof, majestic, glowing with lights. The State | Department dark. . . . The coded messages have all been sent. . . . Sailors kissing pretty girls, strange | girls. Immaculate, sprightly, | spotless Jimmy Byrnes going into| the State Department. . . . Surg-| ing humanity, surging over the side- walks, spilling over the sidewalks, dancing in the streets. . . . Sol-| diers singing: “When the War is [if it is commercially feasible; we Esie"e Iaylor | would like to know more about fish- ' d D' | especially in the South Pacific where ran e IVOKE | there has been little exploration. We : ~ |would like to see a similar project LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20—Movie | ¢Stablished in the North Atlantic. Actress Estelle Taylor was granted| Careful preparation of the by-pro- a divorce today from Film Producer [@icts, he thought, might- make the jdifference betwcen profit and loss s of mental| z’;lul::lnfmz\ll o i gy {on the venture. The quick process. he tarmer wile of Jadk Dcmpscyf“‘g of freshly caught fish he said, {weuld preserve a flavor to which | 2 esse ens that she| 3 ;‘::} J:‘:{]”:uh:‘“ St::‘tl:::‘;lt la'w:me the public probably will respond. He i sy o 880 | said the Fish and Wildlife Service is oagicia ekfiriequen o M {hopeful that air transport of fresh | fish at moderate shipping rates also You SAID IT' }wun will be possible. Wayne Uni- . | versity, he said, has been cooperat- ling in experiments along these lin Ceongressman Homer Angell of and transcontinental air shipments Oregon, who went south today via'of oyst: crabs, lobsters and salmon PAA from Fairbanks, said “One of have been made. the conditions we are imposing on| “It might not be too hard,” he Japan is self-government. Are not, caid, “to develop a market on" this the people in Alaska as good as the fresh caught seafood at a premium.” Japs? Alaska is ready for state- SId(K o'u‘oTAndus hcod—has more population and re-| sources than any of the western; |states when they became states. | NEW YORK, Aug. 20 — Closing ———————— quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine SON BORN TO CONNORS | stock today is 7, American Can 95, g | Anaconda 31%, Curtiss-Wright 5%, Emmett Connor, well known local | International Harvester 85, Kenne- broker, and Mrs. Connor, are the cott 36, New York Central 23, Nor- proud and happy parents of a|thern Pacific 23%, U. S. Steel 65%, baby boy, weighing 7 pounds, 6 Pound $4.027%. ounces, born at St. Ann's Hospital] Sales today were 1,320,00 Oshares. yesterday morning. | Dow, Jones averages today are as (Continued on Page Four) Both mother and baby are re-;(ollows: Industrials, 163.11; rails, ported doing well, 151.48; utilities, 31.90, PROTEST NEW DUTY Combat Tro&of 95th Di- vision Kick on Occu- pation Plans HATTIESBURG, Miss., Aug. 20 A mounting protest against being sent to the Pacific for occupation « The troops said they planned to continue a flood of telegrams to members of Congress and newspap- ers until “the very last,” appealing for “justice” and “fair play.” I The soldiers expressed indignation over the War Department’s com- ment that the 95th was among the last to get into action in Europe. R MRS. ROYS IN TOWN Mrs. Lester Roys, of Milwaukie, |Ore, is a guest at the Baranof | Hotel, RUSSIA STOPPE A Corregidor said “that’s wonder- | duties under occupation. In return Alaskans often get disgruntled that | 4, Jjust wonderful” when informed 'they supplies necessary military de- duty came today from combat- toughened troops of the 95th Divi- | sion | ward absentecism in Alaska s | such only tends, without doing an | Bood, to scare away large invest 1 SEATTLE, Aug. 20—Shipments ou;:f. gn-.aL. ])L-.ruam.agc of dividends | Lol as it tuic < i sOvlet{Lul::d:u;cemiu‘l entn'rpri.scs Boes | Union from the Puget Sound B"mium:,] A",,g:.t i i PR eied were halted today under directions| "'l £5Ka gcts built up. from the War Shipping Adminis- |, o 0 TR O SHbess voursell tration iPacific 'Coast ‘Director at|merritory g4 you did ‘i):mflv“- o ~m( San Francisco. 2 ol pronounceme; p ha state. Exception. wes made for four| PTONOUNGemeNt for Alaska. state- Russian vessels on berth on the “5—Take steps Rus | berbt On L1°| “5—Take steps as soon as poss ;.’:)L: }::t “?fieféa Jdp‘:‘v';; rm" '_‘"h ble to abolish the 80-rod strip S IRY. W& reservations between entries, so far here said these ships would com- |4 oomnuepe VI G0N 80 [0 pletesdoading of ~cargo, but thatlse po'yopon it e public in future shipments to Russia will not ;o 0 ? k. be on Lend-Lease account and will be charged to the Soviet Union. The directive does not apply to British vessels, none of which are loading in this area, but it covers the repair of ships at Lend-Lease expense. 4 “6—Get the Land Office to ex- pedite steps on granting of patents to persons who have complied with the requirements. Prolonged in- action or . endle bureau exacti- tude causes settiers to become bitter S an:g discouraged. > et | 7—Let the department in gen- Alomlt Bomb Is cral do the things that will put Alaska aheuad, and engender for ( " d"A' S8e?? the department as a whole the de- a e ’o(“y | eree of good-will from the people NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Charac- ©f Alaska that is already enjoyed terizing the atomic bomb as “an|bY & few of its local agencies here.” atrocity of a new magnitude” and | Reasons For Present Jam “a new low for humanity,” a group| The Attorney General accom- of 34 educational and religious lead- | Panied his suggestions with obser- ers has asked President Truman to| vations pointing out reasons why stop production of the weapon and | the secretary’s administrative ac- seek “commitments by all nations”|—————— — Joutlawing use of the homb, (Continued on Page Two) by the Associated Press that her husband had been rescued from a Japanese prison camp. Geo. Bernard Shaw Gives Out His Say LONDON, Aug. 20—George Ber- nard Shaw, in a letter to the Times f London, suggested today that menkeying with the atom” may loose atomic energy which will ex- plode the world into a cloud of stardust and cremate the inhabit- ants with “instantaneous thorough- ness.” | “Like the sorcerer’s apprentice, knowing how to stop it,” Shaw wrote. “However,” he said, “such an outcome would end all our diffi- culties.” S eew DIVORCE F! Mary Lund, of Juneau, is seeking a decree of divorce from Julius Lund, of Juneau, in an action filed here today with the Clerk of the {U. 8. District Court. The couple have no children. The plaintiff also seeks all the couple’s equity in a' Juneau home and $100 at- torney fees. | we may practice our magic without | tails, including information about airfields around Tokyo where the ! occupation will start whenever Mac- | Arthur gives the word. | Deliberations bsgan with precise | formality Sunday night, and broke |down into rapid-fire business-like | gessions today with the Japanese working in their shirt sleeves in Manila's muggy heat. MacArthur to Tokyo MacArthur will appear at the formal surrender in Tokyo, which also probably will be attended by General Wainwright. ’ Greatest mass surrenders of Nip- ponese armed forces so far have been in Manchuria. Virtually all Japanes» have quit fighting there and 97,000 surrendered yesterday. Quick cccupation of all key cities by Soviet forces was forecast. Japanese in China were to receive their surrender orders tomorrow. Two enemy lieutenant generals on northern Luzon in the Philippines made peace overtures. Negotiations were well-under way for 21,000 Jap- anese in the Bougainville area to give up but the Nipponese spokes- man said it would take a month to | round up all of the Wewak area of New Guinea. e A. E. Hornsby, of Superior, Wyo., is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.