The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 29, 1945, Page 5

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29, 1945 SHOWPLALE or Ciapitdi2 YROMANCE will LOVE DRAMA | will LIVE ! \ LUCILE WATSON VIRGINIA FIELD MARIAQUSPENSKAYA C.AUBREY SMITH PASSING PARADE CARTOON—NEWS Feature 7:40—10 TIMELY BILL IS NOW ON SCREEN AS CAPITOL'S BILL With Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor perfectly teamed in the star- ring roles, M:G-M’s “Waterloo ’Bndgc yesterday opened a three day engagement at the Capitol as one of the timeliest films of the year. Balancing a tender and beautiful dramatic war background, the pic- ture has everything in the way of brilliant performances, an absorbing | rcmance, spectacular settings, excit- ing action and unusual photography. e, Rep. Bénnell Suggests Alaskans Be Allowed fo Vote on Statehood First /Contlnued from Page One) Inett and which he said may be taken up in legislation by the committee !soon include: Revision of the Territorial Organic Act to give residents more rule—as much as possible without statehood. Alaskans should be given the right to elect the Governor who is appoint- ed by the President. They should be given authority to float local bonds for municipal im- provements, the bonds to be amor- {tized by tax assessments. hey should have a tax program, {a road construction program, lower | transportation cost, better regulation of liquor sales to Indians and legis- lation permitting construction of bet- \ter hospital and provisions for medi- cal facilities. (Note: Congressman Bennett’s sug- {gestion that Alaskans vote |whether or not they want statehood was taken care of early this year |with the passage of a bill introduc- jed by Senator Norman R. (Doc) \Walker of Ketchikan. The law pro- | ‘videfi that Alaskans will vote for or lagainst statehood in the next gen- ,cral election, which will be in Octo- | ber, 1946.) | | JAP SURRENDER . SURPRISE LIKE PEARL HARBOR Admiral Nimitz Declares Allies Weren't "Ful- ly Prepared’ N ABOARD U. S. S. SOUTH DAKO- \TA, Tokyo Bay, Auf. 29 ~Admiraf| Nimitz declared today that the I [ i Japanese surrender came earlier than Get the New Wasb- ington Hnbit Mgr. ALASKANS FEEL AT HOME [ ‘F. B. McClure, f “"THE BARANOF ALASKA'S FINEST HOTEL Eat in the Famous Gold Room It Costs No More Phone 800 | HAIR STYLED by Experts WE SPECIALIZE in 1 Cold Waving Permanents Styling Shaping Hours 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Baranof Beauty Salon OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE 538 e} " Empire Want-ads bring results! expected and caught the Allies be- fore they were “fully prepared.” | The surrender thus had some- thing of the same unexpected ele- ment as the Pearl Harbor attack, correspondents noted as they talked to the bronzed, white-haired Fleet Admiral in the big cabin of his flag- lship. Nimitz, who had come aboard shortly after arriving from his Guam headquarters, credited sea power with paving the way for Nippon's sudden decision to quit. - INFANT SON OF MR., MRS. MERCER DIES Herbert Mercer, Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mercer of Juneau, died last evening at the Government Hospital. He was born in Juneau, March 24, 1943. Funeral services will be held Fri- day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Chapel of the Charles W. Carter { {Mortuary. Rev. Walter Soboleff, of the Memorial Presbyterian Church, will conduct the services. Inter- ment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. May we serve you? T IS OUR consistent aim to be helpful. Whether or not you are a policyholder of this Hartford agency, you can get here, without obliga- tion, courteous under- standing and advice on all your insurance problems. Shattuck Agency Juneau Phone 249 PAGEANTSTO TAKE PLACE Stage Set for Drama of De- feat, ‘Surrender of Japanese Empire (Continued from. Page One) ; hama along with her sister ship, the Iowa, and other big ships of the line. MacArthur arrived at Okinawa nesday morning, Tokyo time, or Tuesday night, Eastern War Time. He was accompanied by his __ifrom Manila. The Allied Supreme Japan |or ‘persons in the Naval service.” Commander will fly to carrying transports will headquarters staff on the flight |“would Thursday, Tokyo Time, with 7,500/ crack airborne troops. The troop-| take off |held Gen. from Okinawa at one minute in-|Chief of Staff, at THE DAILY ALASI(A EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA GREATEST OF [Report Made Public About Pearl Harbor High Officials Crificized Along with Army and | Navy Commanders (Continued jrom Page One) that the evidence “does not warrant the institution of any further pro- ceedings against any officer of the Army."” The Navy's Court of Inquiry similarly concluded that the record not support the trial by general court martial of any person Gen. Marshall Cited The Army’'s Pearl Harbor board George C. Marshall, least parnally[ |sands of planes and tons of war ma- [to this drama of - |terial for Russia since October, 1942, 'tions. {is about to go on a peace-time ba-| tervals and will land at the Atsugi|responsible for the blow. at Pearl| Airport, 20 miles from Tokyo, at'Harbor, but President Truman and | three-minute intervals. | Secretary of War Stimson sharply | To Make Landing \mjected such a conclusion, the Simultaneously, landing craft will President stating: “I have the take 10,000 Marines and Sailors fullest confidence in the skill, en- ashore from transports in Tokyo ergy and efficiency of all our war Bay to occupy the Yokosuka Naval ! leaders, both Army and Navy.” Base. Correspondents with the Ileet‘ The Navy's court of inquiry di- say the landing operations are to Irected criticism at Admiral Harold! |start at 10 a. m., Thursday mom-lR Stark, Chief of Naval Opera- ing, Japanese time. This will be tions, who has just returned from 6 p. m. tonight, Pacific War Time. ! wartime command of the fleet in' ital United States through Canada to on| As he arrived at Okinawa, Gen. take off to ferry key personnel and equipment to Atsugi in prepara— tion for Thursday’s mass landings.' Later, combat the equipment aboard to Japan. The Supreme Commander {the United States Strategic Air | Forces; Gen. Carl Spaatz, and the Commander of the American Eighth Army, Lt. Gen. Robert Eichelberger, who will direct ground troops in the Tokyo area, taking off for Japan. Surrender On Isles | More than 10,000 Japanese on three by-passed islands surrendered. tice atoll of Mili in the Central Morotai, where MacArthur carved out an air base to support his re- turn to the Philippines and nearby Morotai. ments Sunday on a ventilator head on the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo | Bay. Missouri Drops Anchor The Missouri, Admiral Halsey's suka today within sight of Tokyo. She was accompanied by the | British Battleship Duke of York,! flagship of Admiral Sir Fraser; the Battleship South Da- troopships and other war vessels. Aircraft On Alert Others were within easy range to give aid if needed and to send swarms of aircraft to cover sea- borne landings at Yokosuka and ing field. A Tokyo newspaper commented that occupation could be expected to bring “such trifles as occasional violence.” “As a precaution against danger,” Yokosuka authorities ordered resi- dents in most sections of the city to remain indoors during tomor- row's landings. Vehicular traffic was prohibited. Tokyo protested to MacArthur against the “state of confusion” in Soviet-occupied Northern Korea, rife with “looting, kidnaping and murder.” Signs Of Peace these reports—Japanese elections are expected before the end of the year. Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek is “most optimistic about the future of China” after his initial conference with Communist lead- ers. Shanghai, China’s greatest port, is almost free again. Civilian shipping schedules between Pacific Coast ports and Hawaii were posted again, Turner-Martin Wedding fo Be Saturday Night The Methodist Church will be the scene of the wedding of Miss Phyllis Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Turner, and Mr. George Martin, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Martin, Saturday evening, September 1, at 8 o'clock. The marriage vows will be read by the Rev. Robert W. Treat. Mrs. George Junceau will be matron-of- honor, and Mr. George Junceau will be best man. A reception honoring the young couple will be held at the home of the groom’s parents at 1019 W. Tenth Street, from 9 o'clock to 11 o'clack. A cordial invitation is extended to all friends to attend. — - FENDER ARRIVES ‘There were 2,400 on the bomb prac- | Pacific Marshall Islands; 8,000 on’ flagship, dropped anchor off Yoko- ' MacArthur’s arrival at Atsugi Ily-" Signs of returning peace included | MacArthur saw plane after plane | | he viewed the loading olv transports that will carry his troops ' will confer with the Commander of | | before kota, Nimitz's flagship; the Battle- | ship Towa, escorting destroyers, a the Hawaiian Department” in that train of miscellaneous supply ships, ' | European waters, to retire. Short, Kimmell, Scored ‘The reports renewed sharply criti- cal service analyses of the actions of Rear Admiral Husband E. Kim- mel and Maj. Gen. Walter C.| Short, Navy and Army commanders | in Hawaii at the time of the Japa- nese strike. Both these men have| repeatedly asked for public trials.| Secretary of the Navy Forrestal directed in the case of both Ad- miral Stark and Admiral Kimmel that they should not hereafter “hold any position in the United States Navy which requires the exercise of superior judgment.” The Army board made no recom- mendation as to Gen. Short. Criticism Rejected Secretary Stimson, in a statement coinciding with release of the re- ports, flatly rejected suggestion of criticism of former Secretary of State Hull in the peace negotia- tions with Nippon envoys, in prog- | {ress when the Pearl Harbor attack Most Japanese forces waited for | signing of formal surrender docu-; occurred. President Truman called a special news conference to hand to report- ers the approximately 37,000 words of material involved in the Army | and < Navy reports and separate statements by himself and the Secretary of War. Mr. Truman told this conference that in his judgment, criticism | of Gen. Marshall was “entirely un- Bruce justified.” Gen. Marshall, the Army report said, “failed in his relations with he failed to keep the commanding general of the department fully advised of the “growing tenseness” of the Japanese situation. It added, he failed to notify Gen. |Short on the evening of Dec. 6 and the early morning of Dec. 7 of virtual information indicating | an almost immediate break with | Japan, s o T QUISLING'S TRIAL OFF UNTIL AUG. 31 OSLO, Norway, Aug. 29 — The treason trial of Vidkun Quisling was adjourned until Aug 31 when| Presiding Judge Erik Sopem yas| advised that Quisling was too ill| to attend court today. A physicians’ report read to the court said the former puppet pre- mier was sane, but that a strenu- ous brain examination to which he' submitted over the weekend had weakened him. Govt. Guardianship For Afomic Energy Is Advocaled in Bill 'WASHINGTON, Aug. :29—Senator McMahon (D-Conn.) has a bill reddy to create a government guardian- ship for atomic energy. McMahon told a reporter today he| will introduce the measure as soon as Congress returns from its sum- mer recess next Wednesday. Under the legislation a six member board would be given this job: “To conserve and restrict the use of atomic energy for the national| defense, to prohibit is private ex- ploitation, and to preserve the secret and confidential charter of informa- tion” concerning it. (ion Headquarters and a base unit),| ITHRILLING BILL 'BEING FEATURED AT 20TH CENTURY Showing tonight at the 20th Cen- tury Theatre is “Under Two Flag ALASKA DIVISION, U.S. ARMY FORCES, ATS WILL BE CUT Befween 2,800 and 3,000 Men to Be Refurned ~Stations Reduced |rume by ouiaa” ™™ ° " Edmonton, Alta, Aug. 29.—(CP)—|Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor The Alaskan Division of the United McLaglen and Rosalind Russell States Army War Forces, Air Trans- heading it supported by a cast of port Command, which ferried thou- thousands, bring stirring portrayals primitive emo- French Foreign Legion, adapted from the famous novel of the same sis. press from New York is on the bill. 1t is armounced here by Col. H. J.| Keiling, commander of the Alaskan! Division, that there will be a cut-| ploneers lo back in military personnel and thgt' some bases—Fort St. John, Fort Nel-| son, B. C, and Watson Lake and‘ . Northway in Alaska-—will revert no{ Meel Frlday the status of operating locations officer and 10 ri°n, plus weather S {and communications personnel. Members of Pioncers of Alaska, Between 2,800 and 3,000 men will, Igloo No. 6, and also the Pioneers be returned to the United States Auxiliary wile hold their first ses- within a week for reassignment to“lom since last April on F‘ridnvx continental stations or for separa-|night, starting at 8 o'clock in the, tion from the military service. Odd Fellows Hall. Present plans indicate that evcnt.: Following the business meetings of ually the 19 bases of the Alaska m.‘the two organizations a joint social! Vision stretching from the cqnunm.;scsslon will be held and all members, | Pioneers and Auxiliary, are urged lu| 'attend Friday night. PRRRIR . %S 4 iwith an A. T. C. attachment of one Nome, Alaska, on the Bering Sea, |will be reduced to seven. Those re-| | maining probably will be at Min-! 'W. D. 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