Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1945 — Page 1

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IIEMOVE ALL QUOTAS ON NEW AUTO OUTPUT

■boon May gay Formal ■ Surrender Bp Arrangements Ir Occupation ■oops Delayed Aug. 25—(Saturday)— I|Ka typhoon which delayed arrangements for the of 1 • s - occupation troops a possibility there a slight hitch in carry..Zßt Gon. Douglas MacArthur’s program. {■as noted here that MacArspecified that the initial ; xn Ks Tuesday were dependent conditions. {■Japanese advised the Allied commander today that UwKsugi airfields where Macand U. S. airborne forces wiißnil have been left in very •tiu&S condition due to rainfall ss-rßanying the typhoon. the fields will dry out to allow the landings to as planned was not yet . SwJapanese reported that the sukri® would follow up their ocof the Tokyo area with and sea landings on p.rjK'n Kyushu beginning Sept. M, day after the scheduled pigK of the Japanese surrend- > ?.Bfrthur advised the JapanteseMlay in an official communihe desired Japanese |»tjßni<-ations officials to meet P&Hvance party Aug. 26, preImmKo set up telegraph and lle wished direct wire 'Ks between the supreme &fflKnler's headquarters and government and iinheadquarters and also to the Japanese J"- facilities. ..Wo reported that all requires ■parations had been comUitdjJ for the landings in the kipS area and protested against of three and possibly ships by a sub"presumably” Russian. Japanese government ami WMjSd headquarters reported in statement that an Allied MBrd would land at Kanoya on thc southern ’’l’ nf southernmost of the Jap«Sß®home islands, a week from sMBow. : landings by air at Kanoya ■’"‘Sy sea in the vicinity of west of the .airfield, will the next day, radio Tokyo the announcement as say- .. '■ar.nse armed forces in and the Kanoya sector will be •.'-■iwn in order to avoid fricg- Allied forces,” the comsaid. official Japanese Domei '-■" reported that Japanese had completed all . preparations'" required ' B ll ' ou B ,as MacArthur for Allied air and sea-borne > n the Tokyo area startTuesday. An advance scheduled to land Sun■irn To Page 2 Column 3) Drive Br Waste Paper And lUn Cans On Sept. 1 ’■first victory waste paper ”;■'■ Can drive since £ ' ne ending * B Wai w *" * )e Saturday, ■her 1, Phil Sauer, chairman 4 ft. dr iv e , announc ed today. iW’ ™ke it a good one,” Mr. ?B? a 'd" ’ There is a vital need te paper and prepared tins ■ government ba ® askeJ that collections continue.” 1> ..-, a ß ßoy Scouts will assist in ~ be bundles of newspalnagaz f n cs and containers ■ Ifrom1 from the curb * n frnnt ° f ’•■nes, Mr. Sauer stated. ®B? crat THERMOMETER READING ?, 59 - 72 f® p,rn 80 i WEATHER ton ' flht ’"a Baturd ®y; con ‘ igS COoi tonight. Warmer Sat-

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Federal Employes To Return to 40 Hours Washington, Aug. 21 —(UR) — Employes of the federal government are going back to a 40-hour work week. President Truman ordered ail departments and agencies to make the switchback by Sept. 9 and to limit the 40 hours of work to a five day schedule ‘'wherever feasible.” ■ Churchill And Attlee Assail Lend-Lease End Sharply Criticize United States For Abrupt Termination London, Aug. 24—(UP) —Winston Churchill joined Prime Minister Clement Attlee in commons" today in sharply criticizing the United States for its abrupt termination of the lend-lease program. Churchill, former prime minister and now opposition leader, said he-could not believe “this is the last word of the United States.” ‘‘l cannot believe,” Churchill said, “that so great a nation whose lend lease policy was char acterized by me as the most unsordid act in the history of the world would proceed in such a rough and harsh manner as to hamper a faithful ally who held the fort while their own American armaments were prepared.” Churchill urged commons members to exercise the utmost restraint in commenting on the situation lest they hamper the efforts of British negotiators. Attlee, in announcing to the house the end of the lend-lease program, said the sudden termination has put Great Britain in a “very serious financial position.” “We had not anticipated that operations under the lend-lease afct would continue for any length of time after the defeat of Japan,” Attlee said, “but we had hopes that the sudden cessation of this great mutual effort, would not have been effected without consultation and prior discussions.” Attlee said that British “overseas outgoing” on the eve of the Japanese victory were equivalent to a yearly expenditure of about two billion pounds sterling (approximately $8,000,000,000) includ(Turn To Pagie 2, Column 4) James E. Ward Dies Early This Morning Lifelong Resident Is Taken By Death James ®. Ward, 77, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 5:45 o’clock this morning at the Methodiet hospital in Fort Wayne after a two-day illness of coronary occlusion. He was born in Adams county March 15, 1868, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Ward. His wife, formerly Susie Drum, died July 19 of this year. He was a member of the Church of God. - Surviving are five daughters: Mrs. Lawrence Walters of Decatur, Mrs. Grace Messick of Liberty Center, Mrs. Frances Cash of Indianapolis, Mrs. Margaret White of Columbia City and Mrs. Vida Johnson of Fort Wayne; two sons, Charley Ward of Decatur and Harvey of Fort Wayne; three brothers. William and John of Minnesota, and Oliver of Fostoria, O.; four sisters, Mrs. Carrie Sautbine of Decatur, Mrs. May Brown of Lima, 0., Mrs. Pearl Williams of Royal Oak, Mich, and Mrs. Stella Leeper of Fort Wayne; 21 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Two sons, two daughters, and eight brothers and sisters preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. The body will be removed from the Black funeral home to the Lawrence Walters residence, 604 Jefferson street, Saturday morning, and friends may call after 2 p.m.

Father Seeks To Give Away Children “In The Way”

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BECAUSE THEY WERE “in the way” of his new 22 year-old bride, Richard Bouthot, 41-year-old father of 15 children, is making legal arrangements at Lewiston, Me., to give away five of his children. Unmoved by tears of his youngsters, Bouthot, who lost his first wife and four children when their farm burned last November, told the court that if the state wanted them “they can have them.” He is shown above with two of his sons, Donald. 9, one of the five he wishes to give away, and Norman, 2. His wife, Mrs. Mabel King Bouthot, is pictured holding the two-year-old boy.

Railroad Is Taken Over By Government Executive Order Issued By Truman Chicago, Aug. 24 —<UP) —In the first seizure ot a private industry since the end of the war, the Office of Defense Transportation early today assumed control of the Illinois Central railroad to forestall a strike of locomotive enginemen and firemen. The ODT was named the federal agency to take over operation of the company’s facilities in an .executive order issued last night by Presidemt Truman. The presidential directive came aftet a daylong conference failed to effect a settlement in the case, involving a jurisdictional dispute between two railroad brotherhoods. The seizure was ordered by the chief executive because “ a stoppage in 'the railroad industry at this time is unthinkable.” David B. Robertson, president of the brotherhood of locomotive firemen and enginemen, ' whch had scheduled a walkout for 12;01 a.m. said that the strike had been postponed for an indefinite period. Robertson said that the union would not "strike against the government” and assured ODT offi(Turn To Page 3, Column 7) No French Claims To German Lands De Gaulle Renounces Territorial Claims Washington, Aug. 24 —(UP)— Gen. Charles De Gaulle today renounced any desire for annexation of German territory, but he called for international control of the Ruhr valley and French control of the western bank of the Rhine. At a press conference at the" French embassy, DeGaulle also praised the economic assistance which the United States already is giving France. He added that it would be necessary to draw up a long-range program for reconstruction of his country. The French chief of state remarked in a jovial manner that the United States press had not been too kind in the past in their articles about French policy. This was a rejoinder to President Truman's charge to a group of French Journalists yesterday that the United States was not getting a square deal in the French press. DeGaulle, who has been conferring here with Mr. Truman and secretary of state James F. Byrnes, said his mission was to discuss with American officials “the im(Turn To Par* 2, Column 4)

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World Charter Signed By Chiang Kai-Shek Chungking, Aug. 24 —(UP)—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek signed the United Nations’ Charter today .and stamped the document with the Chinese national seal. The ceremony was witnessed by foreign and Chinese news correspondents. Return To Standard Time Expected Soon War Time No Longer Necessary In Nation Washington, Aug. 24— (UP) — Clocks will go back an hour to standard time soon after congress reconvenes next month, it appeared today. President Truman indicated as much yesterday, and today war production chief- J. A. Krug told senate and house leaders statutory war time is no longer necessary. The president expects to ask congress to put the country back on sun time by repealing legislation under which, early in the war, clocks were advanced an hour to conserve daylight, electric power, and fuel. Krug sent identical letters to Sen. Kenneth McKellar, D., Tenn., president of the senate, and (Turn To Page 2. Column 2)

Public Warned Not To Expect Full Store Shelves Too Soon

Washington, Aug. 24 — (UP) — There’s been a lot of shduting about quick termination of government controls and speedy reconversion, but it’s still going to be some time before store shelves blossom out with the things you've been wanting. Chances are that this Christmas will be the best since 1942 because a lot of civilian items which went by the boards during the war will make their reappearance. But not many of these will be in sufficient quantity to •go around. And there will be still other things that will be relatively, scarce. What’s more, it’s ging to be tough to insure equitable distribution of the newly-returned products among the goods-hungry public. That was the summary of the civilian goods situation given today by a high-ranking official of the war production board. He provided this time-table of a return of the most-sought civilian goods, emphasizing that in few, if any, cases did he expect these items to make their first appearance in sufficient quantities ta meet initial demands: Aluminum pots and pans — it is expected they will be among the

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Program Listed For Teachers Institute Annual Institute To Be Held Wednesday The program for the annual Adams county teachers’ institute in this ci*y on August 29, was announced today by Lyman L. Hann, county superintendent, and chairman of the conference. There will be two sessions, which all- the rural teachers will attend. The institute will be held at the Lincoln school, corner of Fifth and Adams streets. The morning session will convene at. 9:15 o’clock. As previously announced. Dr. Logan Hall, widely known lecturer, and pastor of the Meridian Street Methodist church, Indianapolis, will deliver an address at the morning and afternoon sessions. The program for the day follows: Forenoon Session 9:15 a. m. Devotional, Rev. William C. Feller, pastor Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Vocal solo, Mrs. LaVon Thompson. Instructions to county teachers and group meetings. 10:45 a. m. Address, “Human Engineering,” Dr. Logan Hall, pastor Meridian Street Methodist church, Indianapolis. Afternoon Session 1:15 p. m. Vocal duet, Miss Mary tTurn To Page 2, Column 5)

earliest consumer needs to return to store shelves. A fairly adequate supply should be on hand by the end of October. Electric razors — it will take some time to assemble them before manufacture can be undertaken in sizeable quantities. At any rate, some plants which have been producing them sot the army and navy will have a supply of them in retailers hands by Christmas. Cutlery — because they were in every heavy military demand, tha reconversion problem is comparatively simple. A fair supply by October. Miscellaneous electric appliances (toasters, electric irons waffleirons, etc.) —Limitation on their production was lifted last June but materials are only now becoming available. Thanksgiving ought to see some retail distribution. Pottery — because of war-time miitary demands, little or no reconversion will be necessary. Look for the flow to start by the end of October. Quick home freezers—before the war, there was practically no manufacture of these. Some are now in (Turn To Page 4, Column 6)

Industry's Ability To Produce Only Limit On New Automobile Output

Russian Drive Frees 1,700 War Prisoners 28 Allied Generals Included In Freed London, Aug. 24—(UP)—The Soviet war communique tonight reported that 1,700 Allied prisoners of war including 28 generals have been liberated from Japanese prison camps in the Mukden area. The communique apparently referred to the Sian camp where Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright and other American prisoners have been held. The Russians also reported the taking of 14,000 more Japanese prisoners and rapid occupation of Korea where two towns were seized by airborne forces and another town and rail junction were occupied by Soviet troops driving along the coast. The port of Honto near the southern tip of Shakhalin island was also captured. Radio Khabarovsk, voice of the Soviet far eastern command, said Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky’s trans-Baikal army was rolling toward the port of Fusan at the southern tip of Korea, 110 miles across the Tsushima straits from Honshu. The liberation of Manchuria, including Russia's long lost ports of port Arthur and Dairen, was proclaimed officially by Generalissimo Stalin last night in his first order of the day of the two-week eastern war. The triumphant order also announced the liberation of the Jap-anese-held half of Sakhalin island and Soviet occupation of the Japanese air and naval bases of Paramushiro and Shumushu in the Kurile islands, 70A miles west of Am-erican-owned Attu in the Aleutians. Soviet naval and ground forces cooperated in the capture of the two Kurile islands, Stalin disclosed. He also announced that the entire Japanese Kwantung army in (Turn To Page 2, Column 5) 0 Jobs-For-AII Bill Endorsed By Banker Nation's Safeguard Against Communism Washington, Aug. 24 (UP)-— F. R. Von Weddiger, president of the Plaza bank of St. Louis, endorsed .the jobs-for-all bill today with the declaration that full employment would safeguard this country against Communism. He told the senate banking committee that Communism “is the ofepring of desperation and hunger.” This country need not fear it. Von Weddiger said, if it achieves full employment. The St. Louis banker also endorsed the assertion of a previous witness. Beardsley Rumel of New York, that “an exhaustive overhauling” of the tax system is necessary to make the full employment bill work. Von Weddiger deplored, however, the opposition of some financial spokesmen to the bill. “I have come to the conclusion.” he said, “that the principal qualificatons for being head of a great bank is the constitutional inability to grasp a new idea.” Von Widdiger told the committee that “you are leaning over backward to help private enterprise in this bill.” Similar sentiments were expressed by Harry W. Schacter of Louisville, Ky., president of the Kentucky merchants association and president of Kentucky’s largest department store. He said he would support the bill “with all the vigor at my command. He denounced as “suffering from economic myopia” (Turn To Far* 2, Column 4),

Naval Base On Shantung Taken By Chinese Reds Communist Regime Accepts Bid For Chiang Conference Chungking, Aug. 24—(UP) —The Chinese communist war communique today reported that communist forces have seized the Weihaiwei naval base on Shantung peninsula, the Tientsin railroad station and the big rice port town of Wuhu above Nanking. The communique said that communist forces operating southeast of Peiping have cut the TientsinPeiping railroad. Other communist forces were credited with capturing Luho opposite Nanking and to have entered Kweieui in Suiyan province which the communique of the Chungking government claimed had been captured by its forces. The communist exploits were reported as the communist regime accepted Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek s bid for a conference a't Chungking. The communist leader Mao Tze-Tung advised Chiang he was sending a representative to Chungking in response to Chiang’s invitation. “For national unity, I‘m sending Chou En-Lai to Chungking to see you,” Mao said. “1 hope you receive him.” Mao significantly addressed his telegram to “Generalissimo Chiang.” Observers regarded the tone of his message as a definite indication that the communist chieftian hopea to work out a peaceful solution of China s internal situation. Mao’s representative, Gen. Chou 'En-Lai, is well known to Chiang. In 1943 the Generalissimo appointed Chou to a committee of 60 to lay the groundwork for a constitutional government. American-trained Chinese paratroopers were alerted yesterday to prepare to re-occupy the disputed British crown colony of Hong Kong, and the former Chinese ca(Turn To Page 6, Column 4) Pearl Harbor Story May Soon Be Known Truman Promises Record Publicity Washington, Aug. 24 — (UP) — The nation may learn soon the inside story of the disaster at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Army and navy recommendations for the next step in the long-secret investigation are ex pected to be on President Truman’s desk in a short time. When they come, Mr. Truman promised yesterday, they will be made public. The president gave no intimation of what would be in the recommendations to be made to him by secretary of war Henry L. Stimson and secretary of navy James Forrestal. But the fact that they will be made public indicates that the entire story of Pearl Harbor soon will be an open book. What really caused Pearl Harbor to be wide open to Japan’s sneak attack has been bottled up tightly on grounds of military security. There have been three reports on inquiries but they have been sparse and far from revealing. The first hint that the Dec. 7 mystery might soon be unfolded came Monday when former supreme court justice Owen J. Roberts and secertary of state James ■ . — (Turn To Page 3. Column 6)

Price Four Cents.

WPB Rules No Spare Tires On New Cars; Announce Ceiling Prices Next Week Washington, Aug. 24 —'(UP) —* The War Production Board today removed all quotas on new automobile production, but ruled that new care cannot be equipped with spare tires. “In other words, producers can now proceed to make as many cars as their capacity permits,” WPB said. ’ Until' today the agency had ruled that the automobile industry could make only 250,000 new cars in the rest of this year. Now tho industry’s ability is the only limit. The OPA will announce ceiling prices for the new cars next week. They will be somewhat higher than the 1941 prices. WPB said that further consideration of the spare tire question would be given by the OPA. This apparently indicated that the spare tires might be permitted by the time the new cars reach the public in any volume. In the meantime, however, no spare tires can be put on the new cars by producers. Availability of new automobiles! for civilian use, WPB explained, now will depend solely upon the “capacity of the industry.” Certain materials, such as tin, will continue to be scarce, but the industry has indicated a willingness to use substitutes, it said. The lifting of the quota limits applies to taxicabs, ambulances and hearses as well as to the ordinary passenger ears. The office of price administra tion is now putting the finishing touches on the new ceiling prices. OPA chief Chester Bowles said they would be made public on the first or second day of next week. While the new car news is awaited, OPA gave business — particularly newcomers in the field of small business —another boost with three orders calling for: 1. Speedy fixing of ceiling prices in new industries. 2. Relief from price squeezes. 3. Suspension of price controls on three basic raw materials — mercury, aluminum and magnesium. Bowles dodged newsmen's questions for a specific hint of the new car prices but he denied Detroit reports that the forthcoming ceilings would be 14.4 percent, above 1942 levels. He gave strong indication, however, that 1941 would be the base year in figuring the new prices. 0 School Students To Register Next Week Registration for students of tha Decatur junior-senior high school will be held next week. W. Guy Brown, principal, announced today. The registration schedule follows: Monday, seniors; Tuesday, juniors; Thursday, sophomores, Friday, freshmen. Houns on these days will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. No registration will be held Wednesday because of the teachers institute. Registration for eighth grade pupils will be at 8 a.m. Saturday and tor seventh grade students at 10 a.m. Saturday. Three Persons Killed In Head-On Collision Lebanon, Ind., Aug. 24 —'(UP) — A head-on automobile 'collision during a heavy fog today killed three persons and injured three others. The dead were Vern Atkins. 50, Gasden; Charles Turner, 42, and his wife, Leora Turner, 40, both of Crawfordsville. The car driven by Atkins collided with the Turner machine five and one half mile® east of Lebanon on State highway 32. State Trooper Marion Berringer blamed the accident on “streaks” of fog over the highway.