Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1945 — Page 1

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■tiemen! Os lina Infernal Isis Sough! [Underground Takes flontrol Os Former I stronghold Os Reds Aug. 18— (UP) — ■■'l7.,-Tung, Chinese commu|gHlca<h r. demanded a showgj the rights of communist, today before acting on GenhiKi’ii" Chiang Kai-Shek’s invi--1 a personal conference to !o tB China's internal crisis. ■> made known his stand in to Chiang as the genunderground took j ■ ■control of the former comstronghold of Peiping and troops prepared to into Canton tomorrow to QSu .Japanese troops. ( communist leader said he consider the question of a Leelng with Chiang “after you expressed an opinion” on HHunist Gen. Chu Teh’s request EtHang to cease attacks on comtroops and permit them to LB the surrender of Japanese g|Bs they had surrounded. EK said lie would ignore Chigel order not to occupy any held areas. ■Mang had sent his invitation in the hope of preventing SfiKr strife that threatened to into full civil war in China. prang's crack new first army KSterans of Burma was assignKbL task of taking over Canton, &|Hi>f ilie big Chinese cities surHKivd by the Japanese. ■rKSitoii is the largest strictly EiKse city in South China capby the Japanese. It is exin size in that area only itßir former British crown colHong Kong. It was occuthe enemy Oct. 21, 1938. I ■ ’’"Hhern cities of Shanghai ■ JaßPeiping also probably soon entered by Chinese troops, |i®bly flown in by American I'Bs- Underground radios said victory celebrations had in both cities without Japinterference. formal surrender of all i<JHb' se forces in China probably signed at the Chihkiang in western Hunan prov- | ■"■immediately after Gen. DougMacArthur supervises the I*® I .'-' of a general surrender. IBieralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek ordered Gen. Yasuju | ■urn To Page 5. Column 5) £ 0— Bmer Local Man Waken By Death ||larl Snow Funeral |gs Held Wednesday side services were conB?®d for Earl Snow, 63, former Iffi 111 ’ Printer and weekly newspublisher, at the Snow cemeSp® Wednesday afternoon. Si. ■ Snow, who was born and I.B 11 in tllis c hy. died Monday at llK ral hoapital - Louisville, Ky. |'B as a son of Mrs Sadie Snow II® 5 ' 101 ’ and the late John F ’ attorney and historian, who ■IB Prominent here for a -half B ry ‘ his aged mother he is |'B Ve(l hy three daughters, Mrs. I■ Lesh and Mrs. Ward Hunter |iB ndiana Polis, and Mrs. Paul liB y of Norfolk. Va. A brother, ljßr e Sn ow of Chicago, also I ■’ Snow brothers conducted a g t B ery ‘ n this city and for sev- !„■ years published a weekly The family moved to |B napoli s a number of years I lc? CRAT thermometer IK EMpera ture reading a m __ e8 I■* a ‘ m - 72 | B’ 0 a -m. 83 WEATHER |<® nera!| y t’ir today, tonight and IB y e x«sept a few scattered |B *' tern oon and evening thunh cEj***I'* 1 '* ' n north portion today. »#■ Sly bec oming warmer and |W humid.

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Dr. Logan Hall, of Indianapolis, will be the speaker at the annual teachers’ institute in this city Wednesday, August 29.

Dr. Logan Hall To Address Institute Announce Plans For Teachers' Institute Dr. Logan Hall, of Indianapolis, nationally known as a lecturer and educator, will deliver two addresses at the annual teachers’ institute in this city on Wednesday. August 29, Lymann H. Hann, county superintendent of schools and program chairman, announced today. Known as “a man with a message,” br. Logan will give two of his most famous lectures at the Lincoln school building. He will speak at 10:45 in the morning and at 1:30 o’clock in the aftern’Oon. His subjects will be, "Human Engineering” and "The Measure of a teacher.” Teachers of the rural schools will attend and those in Decatur and Berne have been invited by Mr. Hann to hear Dr. Logan and attend the one-day institute. The late Dr. J. Raymond Schutz, who spoke in Decatur on several occasions and was nationally known as writer and public speaker. was quoted as saying of his fellow colleague. “I have not spoken with another man for some time in whose message and in whose integrity I have such complete confidence. He did an unusually fine job on every address, but his lecture on ’Human Engineering’ was, in my judgment, the finest address I have ever heard delivered to teachers.” Dr. Logan is pastor of the Meridian Street church in Indianapolis, the pulpit once occupied by Bishop William A. Quayle. He has taught some years as chairman of the social action committee of the Ind(Turn To Page 4. Column 2) Pearl Harbor Report May Be Aired Soon Congressmen Seek To Publish Record Washington, Aug. 18 — (UP) — One of the nation’s best-kept wartime eecrets — why we were unprepared at Pearl Harbor was apparently headed for the light of day today in the wake of congressional action to put the facts finally on the record. A request by chairman David IWalsh, D., Mass., of the senate naval affairs committee for the navy's files on the disaster is expected to start the ball rolling on either a public disclosure of the armed forces’ own investigations or a’full-scale inquiry by congress. Walsh asked mavfir (secretary James V. Forrestal yesterday to furnish his committee with the complete navy records on Pearl Harbor. Walsh pointed out that the excuse of military necessity, accepted during the war, “cannot be seriously urged as reason for now keeping the matter secret. Chairman 'Elbert D. Thomas, D., Utah of the senate military afiairs committee also told reporters congress ought to have the facts. He said, however, that “if it’s to be a strictly military courtmartial the services ought to do it. (Turn To Pa»® Column 4)

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Peace Move is Made By Japs' Kwantung Army Japanese Surrender Envoy Enroute To Red Headquarters London, Aug. 18 —(UP) —A Japanese surrender envoy was enroute to the Red army headquarters in Siberia today and the capitulation of Japan's defiant Kwantung a'•my appeared imminent. The official Russian Khabarovsk radio announced the Kwantung army’s peace move this morning, 10 days after the Soviets sent their three far eastern armies crashing across the Siberian frontier into Manchuria and Korea. Marshal Alexander M. Vassilevsky, Soviet army commander in the far east, was revealed to have sent Russian planes to Harbin, Manchuria, to bring back the Japanese army’s chief of staff for a personal interview at his headquarters. There was no immediate amplification of the broadcast, but it was indicated that the semi-auto-nomous Kwantung army finally had decided to obey Emperor Hirohito’s cease-fire order. The announcement came on the heels of the Russian disclosure that Soviet amphibious forces were storming ashore at a number of new points on the Korean coast in a drive to envelope the Kwantung army. Radio Khabarovsk, voice of the Soviet high command in the far east, anonunced that the Japanese still were fighting on despite their emperor s surrender proclamation, although tens of „ thousands of Manchurian puppet troops were deserting. “Until the enemy lays down his arms, our blows will continue with undiminishing strength,” Khabarovsk said. It reported that Soviet shock troops, backed up by the big guns of the Red fleet and swarms of Red army planes, had effected new landings at undisclosed points on the Korean coast. “Warships and planes are continuously in action, blasting ports and attacking Japanese ships wherever they can be found,” the broadcast said. Russian amphibious units already had seized the Korean coastal ports of Yuki, Rashin and Seishin, 90, 100 and 140 miles (Turi To Page 6, Column 2) o Mrs. Amanda Snell Dies Friday Night Funeral Services Tuesday Afernoon Mrs. Amagda Snell, 31, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 10:30 o’clock Friday night at the Adams county memorial hospital, where,, she had been a patient for the past two weeks. Death was attributed to leukemia. Her husband, T/4 Clement F. Snell, is stationed with the United States army in France. She was born in Kirkland township August 2, 1914, the daughter of Otto D. and Caroline KirchnerBieberich. She was married February 17, 1940, at Bellview, Ky. Mrs. Snell was a member of the Zion Lutheran church and was employed at the G. E. plant until ill health forced her retirement. She is survived by the husband, the parents, and the following brothers and sisters: Oscar Bieberich of Magley, Mrs. Metha Hilpert of near Decatur, T/Sgt. Henry of Camp Blanding, Fla., Pfc. Carl, with the' army in Manila, Mrs. Catherine Cauble of Kirkland township, Mrs. Della Cox of PeEll. Washington, D. C., and Miss Mary Bieberich, at home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 2 o’clock at the church, with the Rev. Karl Hofmann officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p. m. Sunday.

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ON JULY 6, Virginia Conradson, 21, left, and Eileen Holt, 23, war workers, set out from Los Angeles for a vacation on horseback. Shown above as they waved goodby, they now have reached Stoneham, Colo., after a 1,200-mile ride.

Surrender Control Os Wage Increases 9 Right Retained To Rule On Wage Cuts Washington, Aug. 18 — (UP) — The War Labor Board today surrendered all control over wage increases not requiring higher prices but hung onto its right to rule on wage cuts. .* Wage increases which will force employers to raise their prices must still be approved by the WLB and stabilization director William H. Davis under the government’s new reconversion wage policy. Today’s action will mean immediate raises for approximately 1,000,000 workers whose 16,207 employers have already asked the WLB for permission to grant them increases. The board directed its regional boards to tell the employers it was okay to put the raises through. WLB Chairman George W. Taylor said all of the nation’s other employers may also increase wages as much as they wish provided they do not ask for higher prices. He eaid there is no “little steel ceiljn-g on such pay boosts. He indicated that thie wartime yardstick will also be ignored by the WLB in dispute cases if necessary to correct any Wage inequities. Taylor emphasized that permission wae granted only to increase wages and not to decrease them. He said all wage reductions still must be submitted to the board for approval. The WLB chairman’s statements were made at a press conference yesterday on the details of the new policy announced by President Truman. Taylor said this policy change was important enough for labor unions to request reopening of their contracts for negotiations on wages. Most contracts have a reopening provision and the Congress of industrial organizations and American Federation of Labor (Turn To Page 5, Column 2) O Marriage License Issuance Booms In .. First Week Os Peace Although Dan Cupid was extremely busy during the war years, he became a better matchmaker during the first week of peace. Since yesterday afternoon and up to noon today, eight marriage licenses have been issued at the county clerk’s office and the young women assistants claim that is a record. Licenses were issued to: William J. F. Meyer, Allen county and Esther Schueler, Decatur; Glenn D. Mosser and Margaret Derickson, of Geneva; Zeal Miller and Marie Lovelady of Decatur; Keith J. Smitley and Alice Marie Poling, Decatur; Barney C. Everett, Pleasant Mills, and Neva Laffin, Celina, Ohio; William A. Herr and Betty L. Bloxham, of Akron, Ohio; Chester L. Beitler and” Julia G. Lehman, of Berne; William C. Merriman and Helen Sealscott, of Decatur.

Sufficient Coal In Nation This Winter Washington, Aug. IS —(UP) — Industry experts said today that t'his country will have enough coal this winter to meet all-its essential home and industrial needs. The end of the war, they said, averted what threatened to be a critical shortage of coal for the nation’s homes. These sources warned, ‘however, that coal will not too plentiful. They said the industry can supply all America needs, not all it wants. In the east especially consumers may have ditficulty in obtaining anthracite coal, they declared. o 16 Polio Deaths In Illinois City Army Bomber To Aid In Epidemic Fight Rockford, 111., Aug. 18—(UP)— Rockford health officials were notified today that a B-25 bomber was enroute from Wright Field, equipped to spray the area with the insecticide DDT to combat an epidemic of infantile paralysis. At Dayton, 0., last night Wright Field officials said they were readying a plane to take off immediately for Madison, Wis. They said the plane, one of two in the country equipped with the spraying apparatus, would land at Truax Field, which will serve as a refueling station. Flights over Rockford probably would take place Sunday, they said. Dr. John R. Paul, nationallyknown authority on poliomyelitis from the Yale university school of medicine, was expected to arrive here momentarily to take personal charge of the outbreak which already has resulted in 16 deaths. Use of the powerful insecticide was ordered to kill flies which are believed to be carriers of the disease. A total of 124 cases has been reported in the city since the first of July. Dr. N. O. Gunderson, city health commissioner, confirmed that an offer of assistance had been received from the Elizabeth Kenny institute of Minneapolis but said that the offer had been declined. He gave no reason for the decision. Wright Field officials described the pl,ane as a Billy Mitchell bomber, carrying a 550-gallon tank in the bomb bay from which the DDT will be disbursed through a large-flow, quick-acting valve and spray nozzle designed at the equipment laboratory of the air technical service command. Flying at an altitude of 150 feet at 200 miles per hour, the plane will spray a strip of 150 yards at a rate of 215 gallons a minute. Because the tank is emptied so quickly, the spraying operations will necessitate frequent “refueling” to Truax Field. Capt. L. N. Ne'son, Swartz Creek, Mich., of the ATSC equipment laboratory, who wjll participate in the flight, said that the actual spraying probably would (Turn To Page 6, Column 8) <•

Jap Surrender Mission To Fly To Manila For MacArthur Conference

Rationing Os Meat May Be Ended Soon Sugar, Fats Still On Scarcity List Washington, Aug. 18 —(UP)— All food except sugar and fats may be ration-free within a few weeks, it appeared today. The government already has ended rationing of canned fruits and vegetables. Now the army is reported to have told secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson that it is through asking for special setasides of beef, veal, lamb, butter and cheese. Andenson predicted an end of all army meat set-asides in September and said that if an indicated heavy run of beef materializes meat rationing can end this fall. Sugar and fats, however, are expected to remain scarce for a considerable period. Anderson told reporters that meat supply and demand warrant removal of meat rationing. He forecast an average of about 145 pounds of meat per person for the last quarter of this year compared with 120 pounds thus far. This average would top the amount available a year ago when ration controls were lifted for a time from meat. Anderson has the power to end food rationing but said he would not declare any commodities ration free without full -discussion finst with the office of price administration. He cited reports from 12 principal markets as evidence that ca-t tie is moving in growing quantities from the range to the butcher’s counter. Although pork is in comparatively short supply and is likely to remain so for some time, the report .contained encouraging pork news. Usually during July the ]>ork supply drops off some 70,000,000 pounds. 1 However, tihis year the amount in cold storage increased 10,000,000 pounds. o Lower Taxes Seen During Next Year Treasury Studies Revision Os Taxes Washington, Aug. 18 — (UP) — Lower taxes next year, especially for business, were seen today as- a distinct possibility following a press conference statement by Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson. Vinson said the treasury was giving serious consideration to revision of taxes on 1946 income. He would not enlarge on this statement but referred reporters io his mobilization report to Congress last July 1 in which he called for modernization of the tax structure and lowering of corporation and other business taxes. Meanwhile Sen. Harold O. Burton, R., 0., a member of the Senate commerce committee, demanded -the repeal or reduction of the excess profits tax on corporations by Jan. 1. Sen. Dennis Chavez, D., N.M., predicting congressional study of the reconversion tax problem by year end, promised to seek tax reductions for those who have lost jobs in war industry and returning service men. ■Burton said Congress should wipe out the excess profits tax or “any tax that tends to restrict production or investment in new industry.” He did not think drastic reductions in individual income taxes are as urgent as cuts in the levy on corporate earnings. Asked whether there was 'hope for prompt tax reduction Vinson said that was a matter for Congress to decide. He also declined to comment on (Turn To Page 5, Column 6)

Jap Fighters Again Attack U. S. Planes American Killed, Two Wounded In Fight Over Tokyo Okinawa, Aug. 18 —(UP) — One American was killed and two were wounded today in a running fight between two photo reconnaissance B-32's and 14 Japanese Zero fighters over the Tokyo area. It was the second time in two days that Japanese fighters had attacked American reconnaissance planes over the Tokyo area despite the fact that Emperor Hirohito presumably had ordered his armed forces to cease operations agaiiust the Americans. The Japanese, it was plain, knew what they were doing. When one of the B-32's was hit by a Japanese fighter, it called out to the companion plane over the •Intercommunications radio: “Can you slow down? My number 3 engine is shot out and I can’t keep up with you.” A Japanese fighter cut in in English and eaid: “Yes, please slow down eo I can catch you and shoot you down.” Both the B-32’s managed to return to base here but one, commanded by Lieut. J. R. Anderson, of Columbus, Ind., and Charlotte, N. C., was badly holed. Yesterday a flight of four B-32 photo reconnaissance planes was also attacked by Japanese fighters. (Turn To Page 5, Column 5) Annual Central Soya Picnic Here Sunday The annual Central Soya company picnic for employes and their families will be held at Sun Set park Sunday, starting with lunch from noon until 1:30 o'clock. Features throughout the afternoon will be games and contests for children and adults, square and round dancing, an amateur content, and topping off with a drawing for prizes. c General Electric Io Return To 40 Hours Shorter Work Week Effective Monday Effective Monday morning, the 40-hour work week will be re-es-tablished at the General Electric plant, E. W. Lankeanu, superintendent, announced this morning. The plant will operate five days a week, with Saturdays off. This is the same -schedule a« was carried out prior to the war. When the pov|irnment{ asked American industrial plants to go on a 484iour schedule as a means of increasing war material production, the General Electric shifted to the longer work week. More than 125,000 persons were employed by the company in plants scattered throughout the country, producing materials for the armed forces. The shift to the 40-hour week will affect all departments and the office force, Mr. Lankenau, stated. The local plant has gradually been shifting to the production of peace-time products and in thei full reconversion of the industry, and as a result heavy unemployment is not expected. It was also announced that the local plant, the Fort Wayne works and the one at Kokomo, would close down on Monday, September 3, in observance of Labor day. This will be the first day the plant has suspended operations for a holiday, other than Chirstmas, since the outbreak of war. j

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Americans Prepare To Move Into Japan For Occupation Os Enemy Homeland Manila, Aug. 18—(UP)— Japan’s surrender mission will take off from the enemy homeland at 7 a. m. tomorrow (5 p. m. CWT Saturday) and the formal conference with Gen. Douglas MacArthur will open Monday, it was announced today. A spokesman f<w MacArthur said that the Japanese surrender party should arrive at le Shima about 12:20 p. m. Sunday (10:20 p. m. CWT Saturday). The Japanese credentials will be examined immediately on the arrival of the party at le Shima. The Japanese will then be transferred to an American plane for the flight to Manila. The flight to Manila, it was explained, will require about six hours, making the probable arrival time ip the Philippines early in the evening. The surrender arrangements were completed while for the second time in two days American photo reconnaissance met Japanese opposition over the Japanese home islands. • Today a flight of P-38 and B-32 reconnaissance plants ran into heavy anti-aircraft fire over Osaka and Nagasaki and one B-32 crewman was reported killed and two wounded. Yesterday two of a flight of eight or nine Jap fighters which attempted to interfere with a B-32 reconnaissance squad' ron were shot down. There was no explanation why the Japanese gunners continued to attack American aircraft. At the same time, an Okinawa dispatch reported that American occupation forces were preparing to move into Japan with complete combat equipment, “ready for any eventuality.” A Tokyo broadcast said the occupation, troops were expected “soon.” Japanese general headquarters notified Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme occupation commander, that the peace misison would fly, as requested by him, in two unarmed, twin-engined, single-wing attack planes with the assigned white and green markings. The mission, headed by an authorized representative of the Japanese emperor, government and general headquarters, will receive what MacArthur has called “certain requirements for carrying into effect the terms of the surrender” to take back to Tokyo. The Japanese message—number It) of a series directed to MacArthur —said the planes would take off, weather permitting, from Kisarazu airdrome at 7 a. m. tomorrow Tokyo time, pass over Sata Misaki on the southern tip of Kyushu at 11 a. m. and arrive at the American air base on le island near Okinawa 1:20 p. m. (.11:20 p. in. CWT.) En route, the planes will pass over Nakano. Takara and Tori islands in the Ryukyus, Tokyo said. MacArthur already has announced that American, fighter planes will escort the Japanese aircraft from Kyushu. At le, the Japanese emissaries will transfer to an American plane for the flight to Manila. British, Chinese and Australian missions already have arrived at MacArthur’s headquarters for discussions. Others were expected from Russia, France and the Netherlands. Meantime, other Japanese mis(Turn To Page 5. Column 6) Local Lady's Father Dies At Ohio City John L. Crisenbery, 75, father of Mrs. William Clouse of this city, died Thursday evening at his home in Ohio City, 0., after an illness of two yeans, Surviving are the wife, the daughter, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the home in Ohio City, with burial in Ohio City Woodlawn cemetery.