The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 6, 1945, Page 1

PRESIDE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “AII THE NEWS ALI, THE TIME” " VOL. LXV., NO. 10,058 PRI(’[' Ti N CENTS NT GIVES CONGRESS PROGRAM ‘U. S. Flag Will Float Over Tokyo Tomorrow (3 . r ~ ~ ! MacARTHUR | Here Is a Glimpse of Tokyo WiLL MOVE 15 000 Men Into an pon Capifal City (By The Associated Press) Gen. MacArthur will lead the U. S. First Cavalry Division—15,000 strong—into Tokyo Saturday, lFu-‘ day afternoon, U. S. Time), rmsmg\ over his headquarters in the United | States Embassy the historic flag| that flew in Washington on Pearl Harbor Day and since has been un- furled at Casablanca, Rome, Berlin| and Tokyo Bay. U. S. flags will then be unfurled over all ports of | the conquered city. H In China, American Army planes began today their 40-day task of moving 80,000 Chinese troops to China coastal areas they will oc- cupy—the world’s greatest airborne troop movement. Every transport plane available will be utilized. Allied Commanders in Singapore today reported that Japanese forces there include 85 generals, an un- known number of admirals, an(l 85,000 troops. Here is Tokyo's main thoreughfare. 50 SORRY" | Head Tor Korea An American amphibious force led by the veteran Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, meanwhile, neared the coast of Korea, fully armed and alert although expecting no trouble in occupying the north central coastal town of Jinsenu. Some reports indicated Koreans ABO UT SNEAK had been attacking Japanese, who would welcome the American ar- rival. Taking time out from name- calling over who lost the war, the Tokyo press today disclosed one iokyo P disclosed one| - jngton af Time of Pearl | virtual revolt of Koreans had oc [ curred in mid - August at Seoul, HarbOf Afla(k, ]‘alks : (Keijo), as Russians approached. | Demonstrators welcomed the Soviet | S forces and seized ‘control of the local government from Japanese, the newspapers Mainichi and the Nippon Times reported. They also disclosed that 20,000 Korean poli- tical prisoners now have been freed. Cites Dissension The influential Tokyo paper Ashai also took the first public whack at Japan’s army or navy for the trap. in 14 years. It charged struggles; Frederick C. Opper, American between the army and navy, and Broadeasting Company correspond- between the cabinet and militarists, |ent, also quoted Kurusu as reiter- had contributed to Japan’s defeat. ating: The Japanese Diet ended its two-. “I did not know anything about day session after receiving a final the attack on Pearl Harbor before bit of bad news: revised hgures,‘l left Tokyo. As a matter of fact, said Domei, showed 554,350 air raid'I found Prime Minister Jojo more | casualties in Japan. Of the total,! bptxmlslic about chances for peace 241,309 were dead. Hardest hit were {than T was. I told him I thought Tokyo, atom-bombed Hiroshima things were very precarious in the and Nagasaki, in that order. Pacific and when I met President Gen. Walter C. Krueger's Sixth Roosevelt a little later I told lum" Army meanwhile moved smoothly | the same thing . . .” gcross a broadening occupatmn‘ Opper, who xehted in a broad- zone of Kyushu, and Vice Admiral cast from Yokohama that he in-| Frank Jack Fletcher's Ninth Flechlervmwpd Kurusu at his home seven | from the Aleutians was off nor- !hours by train out of Tokyo, said thern Honshu, ready to enter Om- the now gray and weary-looking | inato Naval Base after negotia- envoy fold him that on Dec. 7,| tions next Sunday. {1941, his appoiniment ,with Secre- | Prepare For MacArthur ‘taly Hull was delayed by the slow | Tokyo’s civilian police force was decoding of a long message Irom\ expanded by addition of. American- | Tokyo. Jap Special Envoy in Wash- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6—Sa- buro Kurusu, Japanese special en- voy who was discussing peace in Washington at the moment of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, was quoted today as contending that he knew nothing of the raid plans and was “deeply hurt” by the Am- erican accusation that he was bait the city prepared for the arrival saturday of Gen. MacArthur and 8,000 officers and men of the U. S. about Pearl Harbor from mv rudm,[ |really looks into the Pearl Harbor| approved members from the dis-| When he met Hull, he received disaster carefully it will uncover| banded Japanese secret police, as the secretary’s now-famous tongue- one of the most amazing ‘lpu-(m(-‘““'“i lashing and then returned to the|stories in Japanese Embassy and learned|and milif rambles, redaced to a rubble by NAVAL BASE AT OMINATO T0 GIVE UP Instrudion§ of Vice Adm. Fletcher to Japs fo Be Camed Out By OLEN CLI"UF\ TS PANAMINT, OFF NOR- | THERN HONSHU, Sept. 6.— The | Japanese at Omins today receipt of V Adm. Frank ’Jmk Fletcher's instructions for sur- {render of that naval base at the northern end of Honshu. From fashion conter to slumlike poundings from American B-20s. "TOKYO ROSE” U. 8. 8. o acknowledged e This photo of the girl identified as the “Tekyo Rose” of radio fame was taken from a year book of the % "r“m'.a at Los |y pier the instructions were sent [ from which institution |,,0", 4io an acknowlédgement was she wan gredusied {8 soslony. Mex {demanded and the Japanese oper- name is Iva Tkuko Toguri and she 'ator replied with a very American was born 30 ago in Cali- ‘ ‘Okay, Okay.” fornia. In 1941 she went with her | On Sept. 9, the Japanese Vice family to Japan and, according tor | Admiral in command at Ominato is her story, was “caught” and com- pelled to deliver the radio broad- casis in English {0 American sold- iers and sailors with her Zero Hour performance, intended as propai- ganda te make the Yanks home- sick. ing of transfer papers | Admiral Fletcher’s Ninth Fleet of som 50 ships, including aircraft car- | riers, uisers and destroyers, then | will enter Ominato anchorage. The force today J y out of sight cautionary air of under — wvm pan p The Washmglonl Merry - Go-Round | By DRFW PEARSON TON —1If Congress| — e Plan Trieste As Free Port - LONDON, Sept. 6.—Competent said today the British, con- fident of American backing, hoped to present to the forthcoming meet- ing of foreign ministers here a plan internationalization of Trieste WASHINGT international diplomatic | y history. ‘Top officers who worked on the First Cavalry Division. The force' he asserted. \Pearl Harbor investigation state | ; ’ will occupy, at first, only 40 01 byt o 5.7 e privately that despite all the polite | " /hich would enable land-locked cen- v 2 tral Europe to use the city as a free Tokyo's 200 square miles. {eye-wash about responsibility in! port. Allied prisoners freed on Honshu 0 D " ' ' Washington, there is uncontrovert- | Pon" : nowtotal 3986, general headquar- | ne epa MENIOF | teimeny thar Admirai 120 parieste L’:’:;‘Pmi"]:’?h:‘ P ters reported. The Eighth Al‘m} (band Kimmel had concrete evi- of an Itallan il 5 5 . iy a an peace treatry, which is headquarters announced its forces Na"onal De'ense Is {dence seven days before Pearlip.yto St POl e Y e first had liberated 27 per cent of all imprisoned in its occupation zone in northern Honshu. - HOONAH MEN HERE Favored by TopMen SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 6—Two | |of the nation’s highest army air officers stated unequivocally here they favor a single department of| national defense. They are General H. H. (Hap) Arnold, l‘almy air forces, and Gen. {“Tooey” Spaatz, commanding gen-| eral of strategic air forces in the Pacific. A. Samuelson, A. Frederickson' and T. Robert Norton, ef Hoonah, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel.! e MRS. HARRIS HERE of the Army | chief of all| Carl A.| MR., Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harris, of | Seattfe, are registered at the| Bararlof Hotel, | Harbor that four Jap unaccounted for. {to be four of the Jap ships which | lattacked Pearl Harbor. [ ANCHORAGE MEN IN TOWN lccated was so seriou indicated to his intelligence officer, |nothing to check |shere, leave on carriers were | These turned out meeting of the Big Five's foreign | ministers next week. > Ralph R. Thomas, Jack T. Jef- ford and W. A. Hanson, CAA em- that helplovpm from Anchorage, are guests couldn’t _be | that Kimmel | The fact that they Capt. Edwin D. Layton, {was aware of the possibility -that|at the Gastineau Hotel. the Jap carriers might be in sight |of’ Pear] Harbor. .- - Il()l)(; v/ MRS. Yet Kimmel did up and ordered Saturday, Dec. .| Mrs. C. B. Hodgins has arrived — Jfrom Sitka and is a guest at the (Cantmued on Page Four) Baranof Hotel. due to come aboard for final sign- 3DOOLITILE RAIDERS ARE BACKINU.S. [ Tell of Brufalfiy of Japs; { During 40 Months Imprisonment | WASHINGTON, Sept. G—Three of the fiiers who took part in Lt.| | Gen. James Doolittle’s bombing raid on Tckyo, in April, 1942, h: added another chapter to the story of Japanese brutality to Allied | prisoners. | Thethree—wi |by 40 months came back Japanése prison camp to tell of their éxperiences at a War Depart- ment fiews conference. They are Capt. Robert lof Earth, Texas; Capt Neilsen of Hyrum, Utah, Jacob D. DeShazer of Bend, Hite told hew he was" clubbed ;und glapped by Japanese interro- gators during two months confine- , thin and dazed imprisonment of from the horrors of a L Hite Chase ' J. and Sgt Ore, ment: in Tokyo shortly after his capture,. The Japanese, he said, used three-foot long bamboo poles to pound him on the head. One Japanese officer beat him con- tinuously for 15 minutes. ‘ | Neilsen and DeShazer said their | exp Jdnces~were the same and - all| related that the Japanese fre- | quently threatened to chop off their heads. But the worst punishment was solitary confinement for all except 70 days of their stay in Japanese hands. All three. were condemned to death after a farce trial at which they were allowed only to tell their life histories up to the time they entered the air forces. Their sen- tences later were reduced to life impriscnment the Japaness said, the “graciousness of the Em- peror.” Army Sets Up Point Scores For Officers 200,000 Comm ission Holders Expected to Be Ellglble Dlscharge WASHINC’I()N 99[)1 Point discharge scores for Ann' officers, ranging from 41 to 100 depending on rank, were announced today by the War Department. { The department estimated that | approximately 25 per cent of the 800,000 officers of the Army will be | ! eligible for discharge under the sys. tem. 1In addition, surplus officer: | for whom no suitable ass !can be found will be rel gardless of whether they have required point score. The scores, based on service, com- {bat and parenthood credits com- piled up to September 2, will be lowered from time to time, the de- partment said, so that approximately 600,000 officers will be released by next July 1. Credits are computed on the same basi$ as for enlisted men, The point scores for all branches of the Army and for all officers ex- cept those above the rank of colonel follow: Male officers—colonel, lieutenant colonel and major, 100; captain, first licutenant and second lieutenant, 85; warrant officer, and flight of- ficer, 80. The point score for nurses is 65 for Wac officers 44; and for physical therapists and dietiti 41. the > - JUKY DRAWN One hundred and five veniremen : for the fall term of court at Ket- chikan were drawp in the U. S. District Court here yesterday after- noon. Seventy-five names were | pulled for the petit jury panel mul an additicnal 30 for the grand juddy. ” TELEVISION IDEAL_pr, Lee DeForest, radio pioneer, says the red hair and green eyes of Geraldine Fitzgerald (above). Irish movie star, make her ideal for color television. PAA WILL FIGHT FOR (ongress fo Inquire Info Pearl Harbori Barkley Resolution Calls Roscoe DemandsMain Lin for Joint Commission to Probe Disaster WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.— The Cenate voted unanimously teday for a joint congressional inquiry into the Pearl Harbor disaster, Action came on adoption of olution which Senate Democratic Leader Bark aid he offered with the full man, The resclution now goes to the AIR ROUTE [ Beiween Seattle and Orient Via Alaska SEATTLE, can World the harder Orient Sey Air for n ough Seattle L res- Aeronautics Board Airiini the P: an exclu Roscoe appeare 6.—~Pan will n air route to il the sive line by- d bef Ameri- “fight Northwest , istration teamwork can result in an the Civil cific Northwest, Jerome Ros- ipproval of President Tru- cce of Pan-Air said. re the Pac- to the »t Oriental Airline com- duction at TRUMAN ASKS (CONTINUANCE, WAR POWERS Chief Executive Submits Twenty-one Points for legislarion ' INCLUDES ""LIMITED" TAX CUTS NEXT YEAR ’ Endorses Fx]fimployment Bill - Higher Minimum Wages-More Drafting WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 — Presi- ’»g dent Truman called upon Congress y to for keep his war powers in the reconversion “em- ergency” as he laid down a 21- point legislative program. It in- cluded “limited” tax cuts next vear and proposals to achieve full employment, Mr. Truman told the Legislators, assembled for their first peace time session in four years, that the war will not be over on the home front until its economic impacts have been eased; Hence, he said, proposals to abolish war-time controls by de- claring the war officially at an end would lead to “great confusion and chaos in government.” The 16,000-word message, which Mr. Truman sent to Capitol Hill, promised a lifting of controls, one by one, as fast as possible. But it cautioned that their overall aban- denment would leave the Chief Executive powerless to prevent bottlenecks, shortages of mgierial and inflation.” “The time has not yet arrived,” the President asserted, “for the proclamation of the cessation of hestilities, much less the termina- tion of the war. Needless to say, such proclamations will be made as soon as cireumstances permit,” Warnings Issued Tempering his warnings with ex- pressions of confidence, Mr. Tru- man declared that prompt and vigorous Congressional and admin- era of unprecedented prosperity. Discussing taxes, Mr. Truman said. “We must reconcile ourselves fact that room for tax re- House. Barkley told his colleagues \fi¢ Northw this time is limited. A Speaker {“imm had promised mittes said his com- total war effort cannot be liqui- paedy consideration there. pany believed cent of the dated overnight.” Undsr the resolution, the inquiry U&Ific to the Orient figurés to go He expressed hape Congress would be made byt Hvs, Hoiise et IhTovelt Beatile) . would follow the transitional bill bers named by the Speaker and Willls Camp of United Air Lines with one to modernize the whole Senators appeinted by. Senate Pres- © id his company was nct inter: federal tax structure, This, he said, ident M r (D-Tenn) cd In Many foreign -lines pl 45 would encourage business incentives Six of the ten would be demo- feeders” which would include 2 and expansion and stimulate con- ats, the remainder minority mem- Seattle-Algska line. sumer buying power. Lers. A report to Congress on the Pies. €roil Hunter of Northwest — other provisions of the 21-peint | findings would be required by next Alrlines, who came here to ap program included a request for ity o befors the committee today, told Te= enactment of a vast public works e porters his company intended t0 prooram. endorsement of the $o- e Ay fight tor a main line plane route e~ ciied full employment bill” and WASHINGTON, Sept. 6—Presi- \Ween Seattle and the Orient via o gypeeition that Senators and dent Truman said today his only in- Alaska. i g _ Representatives raise their bwn terest in the Pearl Harbor investi- G0¥: Mon C. Wallgren, who indi- 14506 from the present $10,000 to gation is to get out the truth, the 4%¢d ’: .'\”“M.!f' o, VY“““.“ ' $20,000 a year. Mr Truman said whole truth and nothing but the :?'I]"::'"”"' ‘e ["{I}‘Illil (:f‘"::‘m"lv he would have recommendations truth, T Y Jater for a national health program He made the comment at a news BAN¢ 1TOW Tokyo Lo Beatte W g expanded Social Seeurity pro- conference shortly after the Senate G0 WU P “l::w;;l ol ot s SRR had voted for a joint inquiry. 5 5 T F The prmmemJ also x?udf 0 ve- FOULE y ; . (Continued on Paye Two) sponse to questlons, that ghe United 1108¢ pilots chose that route be- > and other ™ £ b o Roscoe said PAA contemplated a SRR TR ol d"‘e"“‘ basic passenger rate of 3.6 cents an S e i oy e o WAINWRIGHT STOCK QUOTATIONS oo i St ooty ' s’ classes of air expres would be hauled, FHI.I- GENER‘[ e he said, with first class express NEW YORK, Bept. 0n8= Cloaing ..iin0 65 conts a pound i1rum L O, WO Al Tmeau M ge,yilp to Tokyo WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—Promo- i g can G He said Russian, Chinese, Dutch, tion of Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wain- 3 I-”m_m‘mm;"] H—n;u:\u " K::‘; Canadian and Australian planes un- wright to a full general was ap- ’ " " dcubtedly would be flying the Pac- proved on the Senate today as the ecott 39, New York Central 25 ‘+ ific soon, mest of them with govern- capital prepared to welcome the Northern Pacific 27%, U. S. Steel ment subsidies gallant commander of Corregidor’s Pound $4.02 | PAA would be in a “very difficult” tragic garrison, les today lnlal«‘(l 1380000 position if not permitted to fly The nomination was taken up out hares. through Seattle to the Orient due of order on motion of Chairman Dow, Jones averages were as to costlier operation he said, adding Thomas (D-Utah) of the ‘Military uv)lm\\\. Industrials, 175.96; rails, that his company had 1 count- Committee, and approved just one 5.60; utilities, 33.73, ing on flying the North Pacific day after it had been received from R route since 1931, when Col. Charles President Truman, The U. 8. Coast Guard has Lindbergh made =a flight to the Congress expects to see Wain- served in every war since 1790, Crient for PAA. "wright in person next Monday.