Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 21 August 1945 — Page 1

i V®XLIH- No. 197.

IIRDERS IMMEDIATE HALT OF LEND-LEASE

fidustry Freed for Output Os durable Goods

J limited Output Os jusehold Standbys omised As WLB fts Restrictions hington, Aug. 21—(UP) — pan industry was free today nine unlimited production of refrigerators, washing maand other household standhiih disappeared from retail during the war. it was honor-bound to make ji of these items at prices the reach of low income cans as well as those of r means. If it fails, the war ition board is ready to crack he greatest single action to hte and facilitate industrial Version, the WPB last night >d 210 of its individual conover industry. This sweepove lifted the limitations on , refrigerators, trucks, stoved fans, motorcycles, storage 3yies. oil burning equipment and jiany other articles which conK's could only dream about the The restriction on the number of alumobiles that may be produced ®s year will be removed within the lext few days as will other i janfiimg WPB controls. ThequeßtMgttltich is holding up the annoiAement on automobiles is whether the new cars should be ■Bred with or without spare Previously, WPB set a quo--250,H00 automobiles for the lastfhalf of this year but from nowson the sky’s the limit for authe WPB action, prtmetion chief J. A. Krug revealed#c the •onsumer durable goods indiltty bad agreed to produce ftekame proportion of low-cost oeili ndise as it did prior to the - i |®e lifting of individual orders this obligation from Krug cautioned. “We : «£3>ri-paied to reimpose our ordthis does not prove to he ■ii i scuse does Krug’s warni * industry imply a limitation ; hS-'iiiH-tinn. What it means, for i ie that if a radio firm de25 percent of its prewar proto low-cosi radios, ii -boubl MH*’ in the postwar period. the consumer items on the lid was lifted, some of eSB immediately ami some efon Aug. 31 and Sept. 30. matches, a long list of chemivitamin A and cellocaskets, dry cell batteries, paper cups, copper, asbessilver, wax paper, equipment, rubber processdental equipment. silk, sanitary napkins, SB duck, leathers, slab zinc, tin scrap, machine tools Hjß ea ttle tail and horse mane lifting of the limitation on types of leather will mean increased shoe production an early end of I ■pirn To Page 2 Column 3) BULLETIN I ■hungking, Aug. 21—(UP) — ! W Chinese central news agenj W rc Ported today that a Japanj e B surrender delegation arrived : Bhe Chihkiang airfield at 11:20 [ J* 1 * 5 British military mission rted that Br 'tish naval units | »■ now en route to Hongkong I ■’ccept the Japanese surrenI V there. ' Bmocrat thermometer j ffEMPERATURE reading j B®o a.m __ 70 [ WO a.m 77 ;■" — 83 I ■ Pm ‘ - 88 j WEATHER I Udy north and central with f . ■' onal ''Oht showers beginning I and continuin g Wednesday |3Bj' n 9’ Fair in extreme south toI J ’ becoming cloudy with scat- ; .J? showers Wednesday. Cooler i tonight, and entire state ■ Wiesday.

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Delay Fixing Quota Os Community Fund May Adjust National Fund Requirements Inquiry on the readjustment of the national war fund quota for this city and county will be made before the directors of the Decatur Community Fund announce the quota for the combined drive which will be launched here in October, Carl C. Pumphrey, president of the local organization, announced today. The directors of the DCF met last night and approved the allocation of funds for the supervision and maintenance of the teen canteen for another year, beginning in September. The budget for this project totaled $2,600, approximately $1,500 less than for last year when added funds were required for equipment of the canteen. The teen canteen is under the sponsorship of the youth committee of the Decatur Woman’s club and is supported through the Decatur Community Fund. Prior to the end of the German and Japanese war the national war fund set the county’s quota at $11,593. This is the same amount as allotted to the county in 1944, when the war was at its height. It is believed by local persons that the national fund will be adjusted with the times, which they foresee as being curtailed during the coming year. The directors also voted to include the Boy and Girl Scouts , organizations and the Salvation Army in the Community Fund , drive, the budgets to be approved later. Decatur's share of the nat- ; ional war fund is set at $7,978. Last year more than $21,000 , was raised in the combined county and city drives. large sums , being contributed by industrial plant workers through the payroll deduction plan and employer , contributions. Says Quisling Urged l Nazis Invade Norway I Brands Quisling As Arch-Traitor ’ Oslo, Aug. 21 — (UP) — The prosecutor in the treason trial of ’ Vidkun Quisling today introduced captured German documents ’ branding the Norwegian puppet ’ as an arch-traitor who persuaded ’ the Nazis to invide his country in , 1940. Chief prosecutor Annaeus , Schjoedt began the second day j of the trial by reading from a mass of documents and sworn j statements obtained from such top Nazi war criminals as Hermann Goering, Joachim Von Ribbentrop and Alfred Rosenberg. The highlight of the new evidence came with the reading of extracts from a diary taken from Rosenberg, in which the notorious Nazi Jew-baiter wrote that Quisling offered German bases in Norway and talked Hitler into invading the country, against the fuehrer’s judgment. Henrik Bergh, head defense counjsel, offered a halfhearted objection to the diary, but yielded when the court pointed out it would be impossible to have Rosenberg—now an Allied captive at Nuernberg—testify personally. Schjoedt followed with a document found by British police in the German admiralty in Berlin. The paper recorded a conversation between Quisling and Ger--1 man grand admiral Erich Raeder 3 on Dec. 11, 1939, in which Quisling offered his services to Germany. Quisling was quoted as saying r that Norway had made a secret e—- — To Pa<» 2, Column 8)

Occupation Os Japs' Homeland Starts Sunday Japan Announces Airborne Forces Begin Occupation Manila, Aug. 21 —(UP) —Japan announced today that the American occupation of her homeland would begin Sunday when air- ( borne forces will land in the Tokyo area. , Japanese officials ordered military personnel out of the occupation area in an apparent effort to minimize the danger of friction. The Japanese high command revealed that the airborne occupation forces would be followed two days later by American naval forces, landing at Yokosuka at the entrance to Tokyo Bay. Withdrawal of Japanese army and navy forces from the occupation areas was ordered after Tokyo propaganda broadcasts had expressed fear that some “hotheaded” Japanese army men might attempt to battle the occupation troops despite Emperor Hirohito’s surrender orders. The Japanese high command sought to reassure the Japanese public which apparently feared that the occupation areas might be turned into battle zones. It also ordered “non-fraternization” and said that there would be no direct contact between the Allied troops and the general public. “We emphasize this point,” a joint statement of the high command and government said. The first American troops will land at Atsuki, just southwest of Tokyo, the Japanese announcement revealed. “The imperial army and navy forces (including their respective air forces— in Kanagawa prefecture and in the southwestern area of Boso peninsula will be transferred immediately,” the announcement said. Police and gendarmes are to be sent to maintain order in the area from which the military has been withdrawn. The public was barred from use of railroads in the affected area because all rail facilities will be required for the troop niovement. Anyone who ordinariy uses trains to ride to work was instructed to stay at home while the movement is being carried out. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme Allied occupation commander, announced yesterday that he would "proceed to Japan" within 10 days with ground, air and naval units to receive Japan’s (Turn To Page 6. Column 7) Mrs. Grace Hurst Dies Monday Night Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon .Mrs. Grace Hurst, 53, widow’ of the late Frank Hurst, died at 10:15 o’clock Monday night at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been a patient for the past, four months. Death was caused by carcinoma and followed a year’s illness. She was born in Willshire, 0., April 30, 1892, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Presho-Tyndall. She was married to Frank Hurst January 30, 1909, and he preceded her in death in 1944. She was a member of the First United Brethren church. Surviving ar three daughters. Mrs. Leota Wiseman of Van Wert, O„ Mrs. Mabel Ray of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Ruth Summersett of Decatur; five brothers, William Tyndall of Garrett. John and Sam of Fort Wayne, Henry of Muncie and Elmer of Bellefontaine, O.; four sisters, Mrs. Rose Myers of Dayton, O„ Mrs. Lester Raney of Craigville, Mrs. George Baumgartner and Mrs. Bertha Fuhrman of Fort Wayne, and five grandchildren. Two sons, one brother and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the home, 239 North Thirteenth street, and at (Turn To Pas# 4, Column 8)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, Auqust2l, 1945.

Gold Braid Os Defeat . SMMIM mBmEK. K/ W I ~ Wit* .a<f|gßin a" - SAMAURI SWORDS, prosaic briefcases and gold braid hats rest on a desk in the ante-room of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters at Manila as members of the 16-man Jap surrender arrangement delegation present their credentials Io Lt. Gen. Richard Sutherland, chief of staff to the Allied supreme commander. This is an official U. S. Army Signal Corps radiophoto.

Mrs. Knapp To Slay As Welfare Director Agrees To Stay In Temporary Capacity At. the request of the board members, Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp agreed to serve in a temporary capacity for a period not exceeding 90 days, as director of the Adams county welfare department, following her resignation last month, which became effective yesterday. The state personnel division has not yet certified a list of eligible candidates for the appointment and i until this is done, the local board cannot appoint a director. Mrs. Knapp has been director of the department since it was established under Indiana law in May. 1936. Prior to that time she also served as county probation officer. The resignations of Mrs. Mabe! Marshall and Mrs. Richard Rathman, who served as temporary workers and visitors in the depaitment during the summer, were also submitted to the board lasl last evening. Both will resume their • positions as teachers this fall. Mis. Rathman teaches in the Fort Wayne schools. Officers for the fiscal year were 1 ire-elected at last night's meeting. They are, Elmer Baumgartner of Berne, president, and Joseph Laurent of this city, vice-president. The director serves as secretary of the board. Il was announced that tlte board members had copies of the preliminary application which must be filled out by prospective candidates for the director's post. These (Turn To Page 4, Column 7»

War's End Has No Appreciable ’ Effect On Employment In City

' The end of the war has meant 1 little change in the employment roster in this city, a cursory sur- , vey of local plant operations re- ! vealed today. Fewer than 50 persons have : been laid off as a result of canI cellations of military orders. On the other hand, several industries : are still hiring men and want to expand their peace-time business. . At the Schafer company, where , gloves were manufactured for the s military forces, about 15 women • have been laid off, pending the • switch to full time production for t the civilian market, Earl Fuhrl man, plant manager, stated. Ten women were dismissed at ’ the Kraft Cheese company with - the cancellation of the govern- , ment’s contract for the manufacture of "army spread," a butter produced by the local plant. N. 1 L. Bruce, local manager, said that the cheese plant would be expand- ' ed and that the men formerly em--1 ployed in the department that 1 produced the army product were given employment in the cheese

Report World Charter Ratified By Russia London, Aug. 21 (UP) Radio ■ Moscow reported that the presldiI utn of the Soviet supreme council i ratified the United Nations Char- | ter last Hight. Job Chief Concern Os Reluming Vel Hearings Opened By Senate Committee Washington. Aug. 21— (UP) — ' Gen. Omar N. Bradley, new veter- [ tins administrator, told Senators ! con.-ideriiig a “jolw for all" bill to- ' day that getting a job is “the greatest concern” of the returning veteran. . He refused, however, to commit himself a,< io \vhether passing the full-employment bill is tlte way to make sure veterans will find work. Bradley said a lot of soldiers coming back are not going to be satisfied with the jobs they left when they went to war. "They are going to want to apply what they have learned in the service,” lie said. Tlte four-star general made it clear he did not want his testitno ' ny to be taken aa indicating either "approval of disapproval" of the bill under'considers!ion. “Even if it were appropriate to do so, I do not feel qualified to state whether tlte bill would ac- ; complish the purpose for which it is intended or whether, from the i political or economic aspect, it | would be desirable,” be said. (Turn To Page 3, Column 8)

division. The army spread was used in the 10 to 1 ration kit for soldiers. Tile General Electric company announced last week that the plant would operate on a 40-hour work week, which would not necessitate the layoff of many persons. Th? local plant started on the new schedule this week and employment there is practically the same as prior to the ending of the war. Noah Steury of Decatur Industries, located on Jefferson and Eighth streets, is building a new additioh to his plant, where 35 persons are employed. The business will be expanded, Mr. Steury said. Part of its production was on a sub-contract for music boxes which were sold at military post exchanges and carried a priority for their manufacture. This contract has not been cancelled and Mr. Steury does not expect any curtailment, since the same product will find its way on the civilian market. (Turn To Page 5, Column 5)

Truman's Order Halts Greatest War Supply Program In History — I

Four Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Are Liberated U. S. Paratroopers Dropped At Peiping Libeate»Four Men Chungking, Aug. 21 (I Pl Four members of Lt. Gelt. James 11. Doolittle’s Tokyo raiders have been liberated by American paratroopers dropped at Pieping, it was revealed today, but several other paratroop rescue operations encountered Japanese or Russian objections. The Doolittle’ airmen were among a group of 12 Americans liberated in the Peiping area by a group of paratroop volunteers of the office of strategic services. (Eight of Ute Doolittle were captured by the Japanese in China and later Tokyo reported that “some” of them had been executed. Rescue of four of the Doolittle fliers would indicate that four or fewer of the men were executed by the Japanese.) A similar OSS team landed at Mukden but advised their headquarters that until the Japanese received permission from the Russians for the Americans to land they probably would be interned. Teams dropped at Shanghai and t’antoh reported they probably would be unable to take any steps to liberate Americans until the formal signing of the Japanese surrender. Tlte Peiping group reported that they were staying at the grand hotel under “the courteous protection of Imperial Japanese army headquarters" of North China. They said they were getting every kind of cooperdtiofi from the Jap anese. They found 12 American prison- , ers of war in the area, four at nearby Fengtai, seven in t'ho Peiping prison charged with an attempt to escape, and one at Tsian, also charged with an escape at- . tempt. All were being transferred to the Grand hotel. The team also located 317 inter(Turn To Page 6, Column 4) Japs Surrender To Reds By Thousands Russia To Respect China's Territory London. Aug. 21 — (UP) A Soviest broadcast said today that Red armies had entered the “foreign country” of Manchuria as liberators, not conquerors—a broad hint that Russia has subscribed to the Cairo pledge to return Manchuria 1 to China. The broadcast came as three Soviet armies completed the occupation of Mukden, Harbin and Changeban (Hsinging), Manchuria's three, most important cities, and began mopping up scattered, disorganized units of Japan’s beaten Kwantung army. Japanese troops were surrendering by the tens of thousands. Radio Khabarovsk, voice of the Soviet far eastern command, was • heard broadcasting an order to I Russian troops to “respect the in- ’ dependence of the foreign country” 1 which they were liberating from ■ the “Japanese Yoke.” “The local population must be • given the assurance that their ’ rights wilFnot be infringed." Khab- . arovsk said. “Treat the indepeud- • ence of their country with respect.” The broadcast suggested that i Russia, first at the Potsdam eo>it ference and again in concluding a i friendship treaty with China, had ’ confirmed her willingness to return Manchuria to China. (Turn To Page 6, Column 3).

— Dies in Italy Ik/ ; Pfc. Victor Scheuler. 21. son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Scheuler of Preble township, died in a hospital in Leghorn, Italy, on August 3, of a kidney infection. He was wounded in combat last April. Tlte young infantryman entered the army on August 18, 1944 and went overseas last January. He was a member of the Preble Lutheran church. Tire Rationing To End First Os Year Synthetic Tires, Tubes Will Remain Washington. Aug. 21 —(UP) — Motorists can look forward to an end of tire rationing by the first of the year, but synthetic tires and tubes are here for a long stay, perhaps permanently. That’s the opinion of rubber experts in government and industry. The war production board expects rationing of passenger tires to end “within two .or three months" and of truck tires "within three or four months.” The "victory’’ passenger tiro is expected to have a synthetic rubber tread and natural rubber ply. It’s going to be a good tire, according to WPB experts, and will have a 40,000-mile life or better. That is equal to the durability of the average prewar tire of 100 percent natural rubber. The new synthetic rubber inner tube, which iias already been used by the military, is expected to replace entirely tubes made of natural rubber. These “butyl” rubber tubes do not leak air — "you might pump them up once (Turn To Page 4, Column 4) Japs Have Only 55 Combat Vessels Left Japanese Confirm Fleet Destruction Guam, Aug. 21 —(UP) —Only 55 combat vessels, including six German submarines, remain of Japan's once formidable fleet of 352 fighting ships, it was announced today by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz’ headquarters on the basis of official reports confirmed by Japanese surrender envoys. Rear Adm. Forrest C. Sherman, deputy chief of staff for Nimitz and Cincpoa plans officer, said that Japanese officials at the Manila conference with Gen. Douglas MacArthur had confirmed the “complete destruction” of the enemy's navy and the reduction of her once formidable merchant fleet to a relative handful of ships. The Japanese naval envoy at Manila, Sherman said, asserted that the nearly complete choking (Turn To Page 2, Column 5).

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Program, Launched As Defense Measure Cost United States 39 Billion Dollars Washington, Aug. 21 —(UP) — Pre-ident Truman has ordered an immediate halt in the I nited States’ multibillion dollar lendlease program, the White House announced today. All of the United Nations receiving leud-lease aid were notified by mail of the program’s halt, yesterday and today, presidential press secretary Charles G. Ross disclosed. The leud-lease program, initiated in 1940 as a ’ ' lls e measure and continued as ait instrument of war after the United States entered t'he conflict, lias cost this country about $39,000,000,000. The president ordered foreign economic administrator Leo T. Crowley to cancel "all outstanding contracts for lend-lease" except where Allied governments are willing to make payments or where it is "io tlte interests of the United States to complete them." The White House statement said Mt. Truman also authorized Crowley to negotiate witlt lend-lease customers for the sale to them of lend-lease supplies now stockpiled in foreign countries or en route aboa rd. The stockpiles aboard total between $1.0i)0.000,000 and $1,500,000,000, the White House said. Another $2,000,000,000 worth of lendlease contracts for non-munitiont and finished goods ate uncompleted. the White House added. Letters notifying foreign governments of the halt in lend lease were mailed yesterday by the foreign economic administration to foreign embassies and missions here, Ross said. Most governments, therefore, were notified of the move yesterday afternoon or this morning, lie said. Tlte halt in lend-lease shipments became effc live for each country when its mission here received tho not The President’s instructions to Crowley stipulated that "if the military needs lend lease supplies for the movement of troops or for occupation purposes, the military will be responsible for procurement.” Ross did not elaborate on tho possibility that some leud-lease contracts will continue to be filled by the United States "in the (Turn To Page 3, Column 7) Queen Mary Transport Docks In New York New York, Aug. 21 —(UP) —The Queen Mary and three other transports carrying 16,653 troops, dock here today. Many members of the 30th division will arrive alaiard the Queea Mary which carried 14.809 soldiers who will go to Camp Kilmer, N. J., for processing. Other ships arriving were the Hawaiian shipper, with 1,813 troops diverted from the Pacific; occidental victory, 29 troops, and the Sarah J. Hale, with two aboard. Officer Seph Melchi Able To Be Uptown Police officer Sepbus Melchi was uptown today, the first time la seven weeks. The veteran officer suffered a severe heart attack in June . and was ordered to take a needed rest. He said. “I'll be back on the job one of these days.” Rev. Maurice Meyers Is Reported As Safe Judge and Mrs. Edward W. Meyers. of Fort Wayne, have received word through the American Red ! Cross that their son, the Rev. Maurice Meyens, S. J., interned in a mission compound at Shanghai, China, is well. Father Meye.rs went to China as a missionary in 1940. The Meyers family is well known in Decatur, having formerly resided in thia city.