The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 1, 1945, Page 1

i i b i { -' THE DAILY ALA SKAgg “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” * VOL.LXV., NO. 10,055 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1945 MLMBI R ASSOCIAT 'D PRLSS ; PRICE TEN CENTS = SURRENDER CEREMONY MILLIONS STARTT0 : 0|d-fashion(Td Labor Day Holiday in Prewar Style : Being Observed ‘ (By The Ascociated Press) Millions of Americans crowded « into their family cars today and jammed the nation’s highways to + start an old-fashioned Labor Day holiday in pre-war style. It was the first peace-time holi- day weekend in four years. Gaso- line was ration-free and the wea- ther everywhere was due to be * sunny and warm, with blue skies and balmy breezes. Railroad, bus and air terminals, too, were thronged with vacation- seekers heading for resorts and pleasure spots. And as roads once again swarmed with cars, President Truman issued a warning against too much en- thusiasm -in the “back-to-normal” holiday spuxt CORDOVA HAS HOLIDAY; ALL - 60 HUNTING CORDOVA, Alaska, Sept. 1.—Cor- dovans, who went quietly about their » business while the rest of the Allied world was celebrating the Japanese ¢ capitulation, is going to bust loose today in its own special manner, « Cordova is going hunting. ~ Mayor W. H. Chase, anticipating « & formal surrender by Nippon on Saturday, proclaimed the day an of- ficial holiday and asked that all business cease. By coincidence, the duck season| opens today. Sunday and Labor Day ¢ make it a three-day holiday. A few restaurants will leave a waitress| #or two on duty, they reported, to serve sandwiches for the chronic ¢ stay-at-homes. e APPLEBAUM IN TOWN Samuel Applebaum, of Flat, Al- aska, arrived here on a Pan Am- erican Clipper from Whitehorse | and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel -The Washmgion ' Merry - Go- Round By DRFW PEARSON (ED. NOTE — While Drew Pearson is on vacation, Sen- ator A. B. Chandler of Ken- v k tucky, new Czar of American . Baseball, contributes a guest column.) " By A. B. “HAPPY" CHANDLER +» (Senator From Kentucky and Commissioner of American Baseball). WASHINGTON - Drew Pearson has taken me for quite a few rides @on his Merry-Go-Round. Right now, it’s my turn to take him for # a ride. However, the spirit of vic- tory and the warm summer sun- ¢ shine has warmed the acid in my heart. The spirit of charity is in # me and so I will devote this guest column, not doing a job on Drew Pearson, but instead to telling his readers something about Washing- ton and baseball. However, before I leave the sub- " ject of Drew Pearspn, let me tell , this to his readers. To know him " casually is not to suspect him, but to know him well is to understand * that he is one fellow whose bite , Is a lot worse than his bark. I have seen Senators react more strongly to Drew Pearson than Brooklyn baseball fans to a mis- called play by the umpire, I have even heard the Brooklyn chant ¢ “throw the bum out,” uséd by my Senatorial colleagues against the « author of the Washington Merry- Go-Round. ¥ But, as I said, T feel a little (E‘nmllmmi on Page Four) ] - (ELEBRATE| MYSTERY OF ATTU ISLE CLEARS UP Mrs.C.F. Jones Teacher in Area af Time of Jap Invasion, Is Alive KODIAK, Alaska, Sept. 1—Lifting the fog of mystery that hid the tate of the elderly American couple who were the only white persons on Attu at the time of the Japa- nese invasion, definite word was jreceived here that Mrs. -Charles Foster Jones, teacher, is alive, al- though no information is yet avail- able on her radio operator hus band. Mrs. Jack McCord, of Kodiak, who was acquainted with the couple when they taught at Old Harbor, on Kodiak Island, near the famed McCord Ranch, received the ne from her mother in Illinois. The latter has been corresponding with Mrs. Jones' sister in Michigan. The message from Mrs. McCord's mother said, briefly: “The good news is that Mrs. Foster Jones sem a cablegram to her gan.” The cablegram came via Geneva, Switzerland, presumably through | Red Cross channels. 7 No other details were given. talking by radio to an operator on he had a “hunch” the Japs would come and that he had armed the handful of natives on the island. | was received from him again. In June, 1943, after recapture of Attu, the War Department an- nounced an investigation indicated | “Charles Jones and his wife slashed their wris landed. Jones died but his mlelncd and is now in a conceutratlon c'\mp in Japan proper.” The Department of Interior, August last year, announced | definite information concerning the |couple’s fate was still lacking and it was not known whether either was still alive. MRS. JO]\E& RELEASEI) today is the only American woman | captured by the Japanese on the i American continent. Charles Foster Jones. {in the Aleutians May 7, 1942, killed | her husband and took her to Japan, | where she was internedl outside Tot- | suka, 12 miles sothwest of Yoko- hama, with 18 Australian nurses. All | were freed yesterday. The averagv was 35 pounds. “We all suffered beriberi until | last Christmas when each received American woman. POOR SE ALASKA SALMON FISHING POSES PROBLEMS Status of Runs in This Sector Commercial salmon fishing show- ings in Southeast Alaska, particu- ly, over recent years, pose a prob- lem that will require the coopera- tion of all concerned for solution, Dr. Ira Gabrielson, National Dir- vice, declared here this morning. He pointed out that for three suc- cessive years Southeast Alaska runs there are no indications that would give reason for expecting any 1m- provement. Dr. Gabrielson was to leave by plane today for the States, to return to his Washington, D. C. office. At this year. ' - e MRS. KEMP, CHILD HERE Mrs. Bobby Kemp and child, of Roswell, N. M., have arrived and On July 7, 1942, Mr. Jones was | |of his broadcast and no direct word | nine Red Cross packages,” said the | ector of the Fish and Wildlife Ser-| have been very poor and, he added,| present, he plans no return to Alaska‘ ] R ! The radio went dead in the middle | s when the enemy wSu|(|de P”Ois in | that | { Emperor | that | YOKOHAMA, Sept. 1.—Among the | 8tical suicide pilots war prisoners being evacuated here | P3 FAATICS TRIED TONIG MARINES GO ASHORE AT FUTTSU Carrying full battle equipment, American Marinus wade pation of a defeated Japan. a neighboring island and told him| _ T0 AROUSE JAPS AGAINSTE EMPEROR Dropped Pamphlets Urging Con- | tinuation of War TOKYO, Sept. 1—The Japanese said today that for two days after| Hirohito told his people was over, several flown by fan-| dropped amphlets on major Japanese cities the war planes—evidently L;\skmg the people to disregard the She is Mrs‘ The Japanese who landed at Attu | loss of weight among the womery | pamphlets as sa I | | | are registered at the Gastineau. 1guest at the Baranof Hotel. | Emperor’s word and fight on, A Tokyo resident, describing their action, said that the great ma- jority of the people were shocked by the mere thought of disobeying the Emperor. The move died out quickly, he said, for lack of popular support. He quoted the KamiKaze planes’ ying: “Don’t listen to the Emperor—he has been ill advised. The Emperor doesn't know | the real conditions. “We have enough food and planes | left to continue this war. We shot down an American Grumman and ‘the pilot told us food conditions in the - United States were very| “When the Americans land in| Tokyo we are going to give them a real surprise.” The informant said Japanese !normally follow the Emperor's word like sheep, and that the | Ramikaze fliers responsible for the GabrielsonCTncerned with! pamphlets undoubtedly would be put to death if caught HALIBUT CLOSING, AREA 3 ANNOUNCED SEATTLE, Sept. 1.—Halibut fish- ing in Area No. 3 from Cape %pen-‘ cer, Alaska, to Cape Sagak in the| Aleutians, and in Area 4, will clo.\«»‘ Sept. 24 at midnight, the Interna-| tional Fisheries Commission announ- | ced today. These areas comprise the | last fishing grounds left open to full{ halibut operation: f The Commission said, however,! that the limitation of one pound of halibut for seven pounds of other species will continue until Nov. 15| in all North Pacific areas. e STROECKER HERE MRS. Mrs. E. H. Stroecer, of Seame,l has arrived in Juneau and is a Chairman |Commis.sloner C. C. Naughton ! (AP w-n-plmm from Navy radiophoto) HUNTERS T0 BE LIMITED, GUN SHELLS ‘Ration in First Year of Peace Will Be Same as Last Year of War WAqHI\I(-T()N h(’])( will be limited to 100 shotgun shells Hunters , during the forthcoming hunting sea- son. Ration in the first year of peace will bz no larger than in the Llst year of war. Btcause of the continued shortage | cal ry of lead, the War Producton Board ashore at Futtsu Cape (Aug. This picture was transmitted {o San Francisco by Navy radiopheto abeard the U. JUNEAUITES 10 | iis |al Iis be )Mo and kindred establishments the portals unbarr- | ‘1'(1 REALLY RELAX - cxtaporay REPORTEDTO . Free Danc; fo}tight at klks BE ARRESTED Ballroom Will Launch Holiday7Wekend Juneau is due to be a ghost town far as busin activity only restaurants, bars are ex- & ed cted to have Federal, Territorial and City of- fices, shops, industries and even drug stores are planning to stay closed 1 through the Labor Day Heliday . as every mode of transportation pressed into service to carry lo- lents into the hills, to the s and lakes and cut the high- announces the same limits as last|yqy, . year will remain in effect. Hunting, fishing and picnicking In addition te 100 snotgun shells |are due to be the principal occupa- of any gauge, a hunter also may | purchase 150 rounds of .22-caliber rim fire cartridges, and 40 rounds of center-fire rifle ammunition or 50 pounds if packaged 50 to the box.) This makes a totai of eight boxes of ammunition of all kinds. it, a hunter must sign a certificate provided by WPB to suppliers. Farmers, ranch askans and Eskimos, may obtain | larger allotments by signing a cer- tificate saying they need it in con- 'nection with the safeguarding of crops or the earning of a livelihood. Apparently anticipating questions from hunters as to why it is neces- sary to continue restrictions, WPB J. A. Krug said in a atement: “The answer is that cartridges used for warfare are too powerful and too large for use in civilian-type guns, exc(-pt for small types of shells used in Army Air Forces training pmxumm' Kodlak Man Held Without Bail On (ha@ of Rape KODIAK, Alaska, Sept. 1—Eman- uel Davis, 57, arrested Monday on a charge of rape, is held to answer to the Grand Jury without bail. The hearing was held by U. S. the local hospital, where the in- jured party, Mrs. Fannie Cherr koff, 75, Davis' mother-in-law, is Inow confined. To get, | tory, workers. 'and hard to assure defs emies intend Labor Dd) professional | | bad. | hunters and trappers, including Al- at’ at G tions of Channel week. High Spot of the deing’s will be the big free dance given tonight ing the wartime, but now, witk | main they will observe their day opening hours, noon to 6 p. m G/ Whitehorse yi inhabitants this the Elks Ballroom by the Ameri- can Legion. Holidays haven't meant much dur- vic- shackles are off the nation's Those who have toiled long atl of our en- um really to enjoy - DRUG STORE LL()b"\G Although drug stores will all re- closed Monday, Labor Day, usual Sun- - D MR., MRS. MOODY HERE Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moody, of lendale, Calif,, arrived from terday via Panh Am- registered at the astineau, -+ © 0 00 0 00 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 3:30 0'Clock This Morning e o o In Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 45. At Airport—Maximum, ! minimum, 37. 59; 2.9 FORECAST e o intermittent and - Sunday. in tempera- Cloudy, with rain tonight Little change ture. ® 0 00000 0 0 0 i 30, Japanese time) te begin the large scale military cccu- S. 8. Towa in Tokyo Bay, Aug. 30. BORMANNIS Chief Depuly_of Nazi Party Said fo Be in Hands of Allies LONDON, Sept. 1.—Mariin Bor- mann, ky,, square-jowled CI f ! Députy of the Nazi Party once ru- mored to have died at Adolf Hitler's' side, was reported by the Berlin radio to be in Allied h s again today. The broadcast gave no details of where Bormann was or what official annonced his arrest. Shortly before the radio an- nouncement, Associated Press Cor- respondent Charles Chamberlin re- ported from mburg that “British military circles believe that if he (Bermann) is a prisoner, he is in the Russian zone.” Bormann was advanced to the posi- a list of Nazis to be tried as war criminals at Nuernberg next month. Borman was advanced to the posi- tion of Hitler's Chiet Deputy in 1941 aiter Rudolph Hess made his spec- tacular flight to Britain. D Bonus fo Merchant: Seamen Is Abolished But Wages Increased WASHINGTON ept. 1 The bonus to Merchant Seamen for hazardous duty in the Atlantic and Pacific was abolished today, but the Wa Labor Board immediately granted $45 monthly pay- increases in its place. In its first peacetime wage boos! under the relaxed wage policy, lhv board sought to offset the loss of the bonus, effective Oct. 1, by granting the basic increase 100,000 seamen in , offshore 0 operations. - - - MRS. HAWKESWORTH HERE dry car Mrs. C. W. Hawkesworth, of Eugene, Or former Juneau resi dent, arrived yesterday on a Pan American Clipper from Seattle and is registered at the Hotel Juneau. > EVERETT MEN HERE N. V. Clark and David G. Keene, Everett, Wash,, are guests at sastideau Hotel. of the to! BESTIALITY |GREATEVENT OF JAPANESE TAKES PLACE IS REVEALED ONMISSOUR Ninéty-five AmericansRe- president Truman Will Broadcast Speech Dur- ing Official Signing leased from Filthy Pris- on-Tales of Torture By Vern Haugland | (Associated Press Correspond®it) OFUNA PRISON CAMP, NEAR YOKOHAMA, Sept. 1-Ninety-five Americans and eight English pris- | cners, liberated from the filth of | a hidden concentration camp today | vender ceremonies on the battle- ship Missouii in Tckyo Bay will 0 p. m. (East- ht). ern war time to related the war's most gruesome Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Su- | tales of Japanese bestiality. preme Allied Commander in They saw one man beaten 0| Japan, nctified the White House | death and seven die of malnutri- | s effeet. | tion. | President Truman will broad- Some were spit on in the streets cast a speech of about eight or on forced marches through irate nine minutes during the cere- crowds. meny, after which the broadeast Many were compelled to wear| will be switched back to tha | metal bits in their | hours at a time Others were left with' their hands tied behind them for 24 hours. mouths for 14 Missouri fer brief addresses by General MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific Fleet | Commander. - The While Hcuse also an- nounced that the President will take part in a two-hour radio program beginning at 9 p. m. . Eastern war time tomorrow night to be conducted by the Armed Forees Ihdlu Service. | I'ried ‘1o Die . A 21- r-old pilot, Ensign Fred { Turnbull, of Highland Park, Mich,, tortured after his carrier plane was shot down over Formosa, said: “I tried to die and made peace| with my God.” “My captors tied my hands hind me, made me lie down und covered me with my parachute,” | the youthful Michigan pilot snm {“I heard two shots.” i Already wounded when :l\ut‘ ‘down, ¢ was too numb to feci u ! Tm 'N [Bullet that entered his arm but i felt one that pierced his chest. wings With Sword A Japanese made a practice swing Turnbull's neck with a sword JAP AREAS after he had pulled the prisoner’s S collar du\vvn and an .\n"(xm! l'm~ Turnbull said. By LEONARD MILLIMAN (Assccinted Press Staff Writer) sht survivors of a 12-man crew Mounting Japanese surrenders, on privateer plane were given actual or .arranged, matched in- the “bit treatment” after their creasing American occupation of ship had been shot down south of Japan today. Tokyo Aug. 21 Japanese, quietly a pting de- “The bits were used to keep us feat, had nho match for stories from talking,” said Naval Lt. John brought out of their sacred islands B. Rainey, of Houston, Texas. by Allied prisoners of war—stories “Every -half-hour, they came in of being stripped, stoned, spit on, to test and, if anyone complained, beaten, tortured and starved. they ma the thing ‘tighter,” Associated Press Correspondent Rainey said Russell Brines reported from Tokyo Rainey still wears a bump on his they will learn next week that head where a guard “tapped me 450,000 of theipy countrymen were with his rifle butt every time he killed by American bombs—double came to the place--just to amuse the number previously announced himself and the villager: in the home islands. Brines said Evidence of the Japar the new total would be disclosed by “Bil Treatment” | E bru- tality shows in facial sores on the Premier Prince Higashi-Kuni in & men. frank discussion before the Diet Civilian Brutalities (Parliament) of the “collapse of A B-29 survivor, Capt. Everett Japan's fighting spirit.” Zewife), Cedar, Texas, landed “right! Stony-faced Nipponese accepted in the middle of Tokyo,” he said. |teday's mass arrivals of Lt. Gen. Bailing out of a Navy Helleat Robert L. Eichelberger’s Eighth {over southern Kyushu, Lt. Russell Army occupation forces, assigned to the Tokyo area. American forces, tanding on the outskirts of Tokyo {facing imperial troops inside the city, were asked to stay out of the capital until the Emperor's forces have been disarmed and removed. Red Army Rolls On Japanese troops in North China | Stephens, Evanston, 111, said he be- | lieved he killed a man when the latter opened fire at him. “The civillans put me in a build- ing and lined up outside to take turns beating me,” he added. “Later they stripped me and told me they were going to kill me.” Later, a school teacher stood &re reported to have asked a simi- tephens in front of children and ! halt in advances of Soviet said “he was going to cut my|Lroops who have occupied Man- head off,” the Evanston pilot de-' churia. The Nipponese-controlled clared. | Pieping radio said Red Army men B | were - pouring over China’s great wall in one sector and said the advance must be halted to prevent untoward incidents. Japanese resi- dents were hurriedly removed from CONGRESS wiL CONVENE SEPT. 5 ;.. . al surrender of the Em- | 2 great mainland force, led WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 Con- by the Imperialistic Kwantung | gressional leaders officially notified | Army, is set to follow formal capi- { me mbers of the Senate and House PR | by telegram today to be back on the (Continuea on Page Five) | job next Wednesday e | At one time October 8 had been{® © ¢ © '8 ‘68 .6 & & & set for the reassembly date, but|® 4 President Truman asked the leaders| ® NO EMPIRE MONDAY o to meet sooner to specd reconversion | @ . legislation . ‘There will be no issue of o SR 203 o e the Empire Monday, Labor e HARDESTYS ARRIVE e Day. However, important e | : e world events will be bul- e | Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hardesty, of ® letined on the windows. . IAnchmago, are guests at the Hotel ® ] "Juneau. e e 0 000000000 P |