The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXV.,NO. 10,051 JUNl:l\U ALASKA, TUESD: \\ AU(,UST 78 l‘)45 PRI(l TEN CENTS M} MBER /\SS()( l’\ll I) PRL.SS — ] AIRBORNE AMERICAN TROOPS IN JAPAN More Air Service Recommended NORTHWEST MAY ENTER ON PACIFIC PAA to Gefinchoragez Terminal-Alaska Air- linesto Goto Seattle WASHINGTON, =~ug. 28—Avia-| tion circles today studied a recom-“ mendation of Civil Aeronautics Board examiners that Northwest Airlines, Inc., be permitted to fly trans-Pacific routes to the Orient in competition with Pan American World Airways, Inc., only United | States civilian carrier presently au- | thorized for that area. The recommendations, including provisions vitally affecting Ala were handed down yesterday. | The examiner’s report on the Pacific case, which must be ap- proved both by the full board and | the President, before it goes into| effect, recommends that a certifi-| cate be issued to Northwest au-! thorizing service for a period of | seven years between the co-ter-| minal points New York and Chi-, cago, and the terminal poiut Manila, via Edmonton, Canada;| Anchorage, Alaska: Par.rmushirn‘ Kurile Islands; Tokyo, Japan, Shanghai, China, and Hong Kong. r The Pacifie case imvoives the es- | tablishment of “extensive new and additional” air transportation ser-f vice between the United States and | the Orient, between the United States and Australia, and between the United States and Alaska. | PAA’s Authorization | Pan American now holds a cer-| tificate authorizing it to fly be-! tween San Francisco and Hong| Kong via Honolulu, Midway Island | Wake Island, Guam, Manila and Macau. It also is authorized to fly from San Francisco to Los An» geles, Honolulu, Canton Island, Suvas in the Fiji Islands, Noumea, New Caledonia, and the terminal point Aukland, New Zealand. If the recommendation for Northwest goes through, it will be| the first commercial air route| across the North Pacific granted by the CAB. Examiner Ross I. Newmann and | (co;r?inu;ri on Pa ge Three) The Washingion Merry - Go-Round By DRFW PEARSON (ED. NOTE Pearson ' is on Max Novack, who writes “What's Your Problem” for “yank,” the Army weekly, con- tributes a guest column on the returning soldier.) While Drew vacation Sgt. By SGT. MAX D. NOVACK (Associate Editor of Yank) NEW YORK—Ever since the first GI donned khaki for what was then supposed to be a year of mili- | tary . training, . experts have been| telling everyone who would listen| what the returning veteran will| want. Some of the pundits have | shown an acute understanding of | the civilian-turned-soldier. Others | have completely missed the boat. | To the man in uniform most of the arguments have sounded likc} so much hogwash and wishful | thinking. The theory that the youngsger who left prep school to carry a gun against the forces of Fascism would remain sweetly un- sophisticated and immature after having seen something of the rest of the world and the evils of dictatorship has been a special| gripe of the man in the foxhole.| The belief that all that the GI could possibly wapt would be found | in a piece of homemade blueberry | pie a la mode is a constant source | of irritation to men in uniform. The chief thing that the man in uniform wants is to return to civilian ways of life. No one who has not had to forgo the right of individual action for from two to (Continued on Page Four) | stock is 7, Anaconda 33%, Curtiss-, | U. 8. Steel 70% For Alaska Happy Over Husband's Rescue |NAVY WILL " CUT DOWN | PERSONNEL r Nearly 3,000,000 Men,| Women fo Be Restored to Civilian Status WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 Navy set out today to return 839,000 men and women to civilian | status within a year. i Secretary Forrestal outlined the | Navy's vastly expanded demobiliz: ticn plans to newsmen. Previous the arm contemplated di charging between 1,500,000 and 2, 500,000 within a year or 18 months. Now, however, the plan is to cut-back Navy strength to 500,000 enlisted personnel and 50,000 of-| ficers in the next 12 months. That ~mean the discharge of about and women and] A cY restal also reported that the| point system for discharge! altered to allow credit for overseas service. This credit, the| Secretary said, will be included in the discharge formula within about two months without any reduction in the pr ! necessary for discharge or ny dec in the credit now allowed for age, gervice or de; pmdemy irs. Jonathan M. Wainwright smiles happily in Skaneateles, N. Y., ceiving werd of the liberation of her husband, the Lieutenant who was rescued from a Japanese prison camp by Amer- AP Wirephoto) will be Wamwrrghl Is Flown To Chungking; Brifish Prisoners Taken Out YAMASHITA e . WILLING TO Jonathan M. Wainyright, 62-year- jold hero of the American and Fili- ,\ pino stand at Corregidor arrived in 3 Chungking today with eight other :|U. S. Generals and _seven British Reveals Location of His Long-sought Mountain Hideout on Luzon Gonerals released from a Japanese 3p1'i>oner of war camp in Manchuria. By DEAN SCHEDLER MANILA, Aug. 28.—Lt. Gen. Yam- The British general were headed ashita, faded from “The Tiger of by Lt. Gen. Arthur Ernest Perciv al, former commander at Singapore. Malaya” to “The Badger of Baguio,” has revealed the location of his long The party included Sir Shenton Thomas, former governor of Singa- pore, Sir Mark Young, former gov- ernor of Hongkong and C. D. Smith, former governor of North Borneo. ‘The names of the eight American »Generals accompanying Wainwright scught mountain hideout. A crude map was clipped to a let- ter sent to Maj. Gen. W. H. Gill, ccmmander of the American 32nd Division, indicating the Japanese commander’s willingness to surren- der. were not immediately made public. The refuge from which Yamashita Wainwright smiled happily, as he directed the last-ditch stand of his walked to a waiting automobile. Lt. Luzon survivors is among precipitous Gen, Al C. Wedemeyer, U. S. ccmmander in China, was' the first peaks in the mountains near the vil- lage of Kiangan. Lo greet him. The map shows only one trail lead- "MISS MICHIGAN" R then Wede- the By MILTON G. KELLY CALCUTTA, Aug. 28—A giant ammunition depot supplying all the eneral Wainwright, welcome,” he said. “I'm Wedemeyer.” “How do you do, sir,” Wainwright replied. There was a pause, meyer asked: “How do you feel?” “I'm all right,” Wainwright re- phed & ” R e T |ing into the pinnacle-guarded nar- Irow valley, and it approaches within full view of Yamashita's hidden sen- BIllION DOLLAR | While curious American troops DEPOT EleEN(E | watched surrender proceedings, one \Jap.m(s' officer told his men: I “Although you have been oF WAR SWASIE America’s enemies for many ye: from now on you are to be: friends B Ourslrng "Too Weak" { . 1Allied forces in China, Burma and India stands “somewhere in India” s I I l p I as a veritable monument to wars o "a s os pone waste. | Miss Therese Sullivan, 19, a phetographie medel, was chosen to represent Michigan in At- lantic City next month and com- pete for the title of “Miss Am- erica.” (AP w.nphu(o) STO(K OUOTATIONS The 129466 tons of explosives n OSLO, Norway, Aug. 28-The trial contains were a priceless asset of of the Norwegian collaborator, Vid-| | the fighting forces until Japan's sur- kun Quisling, has been postponed render. Overnight they became worth until tomorrow. The reason, it is lonly a small fraction of their ori- claimed, is because the former !ginal cost, which had been estimated puppet premier is “too weak” to informally by military authorities at appear in court. ~ between $50,000,000 and $82,000,000. - Like all stores of American am-| s Black Market in munition on foreign soil, this dump, bas now become a vexing problem: NEW YORK, Aug. 28 — Closing {o Army authorities who must decide' quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine ypon its disposition. J Much of the explosives, hnwever Wright 6%, International Harvester probably will be dumped ‘into the 90, Kennecott 38%, New York ccean where they can do no harm. Central 25%, Northern Pacific 267%, - e , Pound $4.03. | SEATTLE MEN HERE Sales totaled 1,260,000 used cars and chickens said the| shares. | A. G. Webb and C. M. Baker black market in both fields Dow, Jones averages today are as arrived from Seattle yesterday ua‘evuporazlng due to the present and | follows: Industrials, 172.32; rails, Pan American Airways and are future arrivals on the legitimate 55.08; utilities, 32.06. Jguests at the Barano! Hotel. lmnrkel of both commodities. ! WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — The growing flow of consumers goods is |smashing black markets. Dealers in today |gressmen wound up their jor 2 Fields Smashed . s | publie Where Naval Group Expeds foKeep U.S. Bases; MANC mfkmj\j: ; Viadivostak It A CHINA 7 Shangh L 2 *Chungking OKINAWA? RyuKvy Subis Boy PHILIPPINES N fitk g FCELERES e, o &2 }'?’ P i wos ke Darwin 557 Map locates sites for naval bases in the Pacific which weould be retained by the U. mendations of the Hcuse Naval Subcommittee repbr! which assericd the slands taken frcm the Japanese, and that other bases should be maini £ me ‘/‘g‘xr- L= S AT HORK A INSHL ya J;JAPAN s Tokyo r Toky s = MARCUS TARAWA. NEW “ouines n’:}% \«,mm(w ] 5 o i “GUADALCANAL ESPIRIT NEw % HEBRIDES™ m Nt Noumea® NEW () CALRDC 1000 TSTATUTE MILES a1 EQUATOR Pacitic Ocean MIDWAY HAWAIAN PAMIRA” GULBERT 15 PHOENIX 1S FOUATOR Domint Canteal Full Titie Ta Base U SANTO AN Moin Naval 4is Base, i g o Moo Fhut Boss Secondmry fleet Bose INIA Anshorage under recom- . showld retain outright ined in_the Pacific. The 'fipwrt urged that full tite-be obtained for thosé Bhses in islands nnudnttfl wother bations which canno tdefend them. P ic. (AP WIrephulo Map) GEN ROOSEVELT'S LOANS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED NOW Congressmen Make Probe’ Info Business Affairs of Late FDR's Son WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 mal inquiry into Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt’s business affairs without | getting to Roosevelt’s own account. And it was not clear today when they would. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee said a deposition from the late President Roosevelt's INDUCTION " IS BACKED BY LEGION EWorId WarTne Veterans Back Truman on Select- ive Service for Men WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — Presi- dent Truman was told today that the American Legion is squarely behind his request for the con- tinued induction, of men 18 to 25 for the armed forces. Col. John Thomas Taylor, Na- Shaded area traces zome suggested as main line of strategy for defense in the ‘zJArAnM BLAZE ~ RAGES TODAY IN ALASKA LAUNDRY Damage Conhned to Small Area Centfered Below Local Structure Only relatively minor damage to the building and equipment of the Alaska Laundry here ulted from a two-alarm blaze that raged about line cages under the main laundry floor, according to the statement of Charles E. Naghel, spokesman for the laundry company. A choking pall of smoke invading adjacent buildings gave a first im- pression to onlookers that a l-.u'r;r- son was on file but that yesterday's (iong) Legislative Director of the share of Juneau's downtown session was devoted entirely to study of two other statements. These were {rom suun Hartford, President of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., and Jesse Jones, formeyr Secretary of Commerce. Several committeemen, while ask- ing that their names not be used, quoted Hartford's deposition as say- ing that: The late ; the grocery chain head before the latter loaned young Roosevelt $200,000. Jones later settled the loan for $4,000. While approving of the loan in a , telephone conversation with Hurt-: ford, Mr. Roosevelt assumed no fin- | icial or moral obligaticn in con- nection with it. Hartford made the 6 per cent loan | in connection with young Roosev radio chain development on a strict ly business basis, expecting no fav- frem the President in return. Jones' statement, according to the committeemen, said he made the settlement with Hartford out of his | 'personal funds after Mr. Roosevelt ked him to straighten out Elliott's financial affairs. as saying that the $4,000 in connection with anothe he was confident he would be reim- bursed. g FULL REPORT ASKED WASHINGTON, Aug. Gen. Congressional committee investi- gating his business affairs to “make | public the full report immediately.” He wired the committec that the full = statement should be made immediately, adding that “continued speculation and erron- eous stories can only further dis- tort the facts.” Jones was quoted | nd $500 settle- | |ment—had not been repaid, but that 28 — Brig., Elliott Roosevelt today asked ' @ Legion, told reporters he presented Was under attack by flames. the Legion view in a conference with the President. “We told him that we agreed with him that the men who have cerved two or three years should” be returned to their homes and re- placed by younger men,” Taylor sald. “Our view is that continu- 'tem is important to national se- | curity and to the keeping of our 1 | GARRISONS ORDEREDTO SURRENDER ‘Gen. Stilwell Tells Hold- out Garrison fo lay Down Arms Now OKINAWA, Aug. 28—Gen. Sil- | well today ordered the commanders of all remaining Japanese forces in | the Ryukyus to establish radio con- tact with his Tenth Army Head- quarters immediately to surrender their garrisons. Army planes dropped messages to the enemy-held islands directing that answets be sent over pre-! scribed frequencies, The Islands of Amami, Ishigashi, Tokuno, Myako, Kikaisa and Irio-" mote are still under Jdpanese con- trol. }younr, men in Lop physicul shape.” oq lall of |one daily ALtqu ages of the fire, however, were nfined to one piece of the laun- dry’s equipment—a *“dry tumbler” and to charring supporting timbers T .. within a radius of about 40 feet of the lint cages. Mr, Naghel made no definite state- 1t today regarding the dollar \dhl(‘ of the loss, but said that he President was consulted (20c¢ of the Selective Service Sys- expectad the laundry to be back in operation tomorrow, as soon as burn- ed away electrical wiring is replac- de‘u'c to garments and other goods being serviced was confined to pieces actually within the tumb- ler when the blaze started—nearly which was the laundry’s own linens, Mr. Naghél stated. Only one or two bags of customers’ laun- dry were destroyed. Their owners ju\u not yet known Static Flash The fire was attributed to a static (Continued oen Page Two) D WeeklyStheduIe 0f PAA, Juneau South, Increased SEATTLE, Au:! 28 Pan Ameri- can World Airways has announced an extra daily round trip flight between Seattle, Ketchikan and Juneau, increasing its weekly schedule to 21 round trips. Company craft now will make two round trips daily between Seattle, Ketchikan and Juneau and from Seattle to Ketchi- Whitehorse and Fal: latter flight Monday, kan, Juneau, banks. The to Neme on Wednesday ,und Friday. FIRSTALLIED UNITS LAND JAPAN SOIL ‘ Forty-eightfirlransporls \ officers \ Carry Forces from Okin- awa to Nip Empire U. 5. NAVAL FORCE IN TOKYO HARBOR What sl I.eff of Mikado's Navy Now Prepares fo Surrender BULLE' TlN — SAGAMI BAY, Aug. 28.—Steaming without in- cident through a narrow chan- nel lined with 16-inch coastal guns, Rear Adm. Oscar €. Bad- wer's naval task force dropped ancher in Tokyo Bay off Yoko- suezapal Base at 2 p. m., Japan time (1 a m. Eastern War Time) today. The Admiral reported o Ad- miral Halsey as follows: “No hits, no runs, no errors.” BULLETIN -—EAGAMI BA Aug. 28, on mander of m Pacific m Arcas, will arrive in Japan to- morrow and make the battleship South Dakota his flagship, it was announced today. Nimitz tock no part in pre- liminary discussions on the terms of Japan's surrender, re- maining at his headgquarters gt iuam, He will, however, sign the formal surrender papers aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay September 2 for the Unit- od States. By LEONARD MILLIM. (Associated Press Staff Writer) Japanese “as polite as pie” turned over one of Tokyo's guardian flying fields to airborne American van- guards today while other Nipponese lined up remuants of the Imperial fleet for surrender, piloted a U. 8. Naval ferce into Tokyo Bay and grudgingly prupun-r! to relinquish (Continuea on Poge e JAPAN BEATEN BEFORE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED Authentic Word of Condi- tions Are Given by Nippon Officers By Murlin Spencer SAGAMI BAY, Japan, Aug. 28— As great numbers of transport planes flew into Japan with Am- erican troops today, evidence was piling up that Nippon was badly beaten even before the first atomic bomb was dropped or Soviet Russia entered the war, The first authentic word of Japan's condition came from Japa- nese naval officers wiwo were put aboard transport to pilot them into Sagami Bay. They told of a country that is hungry, with its transportation system knocked out. Its fleet sunk or damaged, its air force grounded for lack of fuel. “Tokyo isn’t a nice place to live these days,” sald one officer. There isn't much food and many people have been bombed out of their homes,” ‘This doesn't mean Japan wasn't badly frightened by the atomie bomb, for one officer termed it “a very bad thing.” Russia's entry into the war also was dishearten~ ing. But the constant hammering of the home islands by Superforts, carrier planes and Okinawa-based squadrons already had put Japan Five) continues into a position where she couldn't havé held out long, the Japanese said.