Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1945 — Page 1

111. No. 205.

ACARTHUR SETS UP JAP HEADQUARTERS

I repared, an'sView fiearl Harbor *«ian Expresses 1W S saster JSress Conference Aug. 30— (UP) — a >' ,llal •*.? &Jht th'* army and navy resulted fundamental- • poli< y which the counpursued” in 1911 a poredness. SSMfc>re-ideiit expressed his ■HKKa press conference while congrftsstmeii were de■■■■rurther investigations and martial of top of|H|Ho drew part of the blame. also sided again ?srf*|i:'Bretary of War Henry L. in challenging positions hoard report, this time gg|gjKe of former Secretary of Hull. said today that io agree wholely and Sftt with what Stimison had IgKaKerda; in challenging criHulL yesterday had ashimself with Stimson in fenotHng critici-m of the army Gen. George C. Marthe reports under rafiiffiS (tueiwioning by a packed the President sajoßhad read tile reports care- : ~>>s come to this conclusion: holo thing was the result which the country I’.The country was not reidjfflpr preparedness.” Hsßent on to say that, every late President Roosevelt trleiß get a preparedness prograuiSßiroiigh congress, it was ’’xtffi®’ And every time Mr. ito&Klt it* statements tried to a»B®the country to the need for he was “vilified,' -fe. said. the President added. thought was the counwhole, more than any iuwas to blame for the disaster. lie had no intention of courts martial for any of involved, but that he. objection to such courts WsSßbeing held. ■ WjOarmy and navy have statwStiiHy have no intention of '.■jrßß any trials.) A Sport er observed that Maj. feihßalter H. Short and Rear ASinSEaßband E. Kimmel, who up üßfiiKe time of the reports yestMifeEhad been the most fre’aifilEblamed armed service comwanted trials-to be held d’.’ffßp’ to put their side of the the. public. Htß’resident said he had no obIto their side of the story dd, and agreed with a resuggestion that Short and could make statements going through courts mar’resident took sharp issue jESSBBp. Andrew J. May, D., Ky., HBB*n of the House Military AsSmmittee, who expressed t the army and navy ret Pearl Harbor might conuitefc "white wash.” said he did not he said, he did tc>! May had read the rein his. the Presithere was no white congressional critics inhat ,lle administration still to| d all. '‘‘■official story, as released !iy ■fident Truman in three setwraWand frequently conflicting u<M! Bbnts, placed varying degrees - e f° r this country’s first an dfc rgt defeat in World War II ' ■« army and navy commant j le acene *^f n T<i Page 2. Column 1) 6® OCR AT THERMOMETER •wperature READING a. 70 W a- m. 76 "ft 84 P- m. 93 WEATHER warm, and rather humid * ant) Friday -

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Superfort Crashes On Honshu, 10 Die San Francisco, Aug. 30 —(UP) — An American Superfortress crashed on northern Honshu Tuesday, killing 10 of the 11 crew members, the Japanese news agency Dome! said today. The broadcast, recorded by the FCC, said that the bomber crashed during a raging storm near Tegamaura in southern Akita prefecture. The storm prevented a Japanese rescue squad from reaching the. scene until Wednesday morning. t To Cancel Most Os Lend-Lease Obligations Truman's Report To Congress Indicates Debt Cancellations Washington, Aug. 30 —(UP) — President. Truman indicated today that the “overwhelming portion” of Allied obligations for $42,000,000,000 worth of American lendlease aid will be cancelled. To add $42,000,000,000 to the already enormous financial obligations of our Allies, the president said in the 20th lend-lease report to congress, would threaten to disrupt political stability and “help sow the seeds of a new world conflagration.” This is not a new policy. The administration, and congress through its own preports on lendlease, have never contemplated a dollar-for-dollar settlement. Mr. Truman * pointed out that lend-lease was not conceived as a commercial program. He reiterated that war cost settlements should avoid the World War I debt debacle by being based on i the “rule of equality of sacrifice and equality of effort.” Today’s report said that since 1.442 the relative financial costs , of war contributions by the Unit- ■ ed States and its principal Allies ■ were approximately equal. "Such a distribution of the financial costs of the war means ■ that no nation can grow rich, or ; benefit unfairly, from the war ! efforts of its Allies,” the report I said. The 20th lend-lease report cov- . ers only the period thrugh June ■ 30. There will have to be a '2lst report to cover the period from July 1 through V-J day, probably ■ next week, on which date Presii »dent Truman has ordered all lend- . lease to halt. Through June 30, the total lend(Turn To Pag* 2, Column 4> Sophia Bultemeier Dies This Morning Lifelong Resident Os County Is Dead Mrs. Sophia Bultemeier, 73, wi- . dow of the late Christian Bultemeier, died at 3 o’clock this morning at her home seven miles west of Decatur. Death was caused by ; complications following a year’s . illness. She was born in Rreble town- • ship October 5, 1871, the daughter of Henry and Louisa Meyer-Wefel, and spent her entire life in that . township. She was a member of the Friedheim Lutheran church. Surviving are three daughters, i Mrs. Walter Neff and Mrs. Fred Selking, both of Allen county, and Mrs. Adolph Kiefer of Preble township; seven sons, Theodore and Martin Bultemeier, both of Preble township, George of Preble, Walter of Root township, Edwin, Ernest and Otto, all of Fort Wayne; two sisters, Mrs. Gust Bultemeier of Allen county and Mrs. Martin Haugk of Union township; three brothers, Martin and August Wefel, both of Fort Wayne, and Otto of Decatur; 49 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Two sons, one daughter, two brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the home and (Turn To Page 2 Column 3)

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> f > - - . SHARP CRITICISM of Gen. George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff, ami former Secretary of State Cor dell Hull was included in the full story of the Pearl Harbor disaster, made public by President Truman. The war department report also criticized Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, then chief of the war plans division, and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short, army commander at Pearl Harbor. The Navy departments findings criticized the action of Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, naval commander ~at Pearl Harbor and Adm. Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations at the time of the attack on Dee. 7. 1941. In defense ot General Marshall, Secretary ot War Henry Stimson filed a special statement in which he declared, In my opinion, this criticism is entirely unjustified.” Both Kimmel and Short were relieved ot duty shortly after, the attack on Pearl Harbor. _

Ration Point Values Are Slashed On Meat Point Reduction To Average 28 Percent Washington, Aug. 30 — (UP) — The OPA today slashed September ration point values on meat, cheeses, butter and margarine. No points will be needed for canned milk, the office of price administration announced. From Sept. 2 to 29, inclusive, the red point reduction on all meats will average 28 percent. Points on cheeses will be cut tn half. Butter will drop four points and margarine will be cut by two so that both will have the same ration value—l 2 points. Blue point rationing was stopped earlier this month. Now points will be cut on the whole red point list except for lard, cooking oils and shortening. Beef steaks and roasts will be from two to three points less a pound. Hamburger values will be cut in half to two points a pound. Lamb and veal will drop one to three points. Pork steaks, chops and roasts will be down one and two points. All bacon will be reduced by two points and spareribs will be cut three points. Price administrator Chester Bowles said the reductions result from “marked improvement in the last few weeks’’ in supply and distribution. “When the fighting stopped, it was possible for the military to reduce the buying of meats and other foods for the armed services,” he stated. Fats and oils, he added, are the only red-point food items that will be “tighter" next month. The end of meat rationing is not yet in sight, Bowles declared, although other sources have predicted it would last only a couple (Turn To Pa«e 2 Column 3) State Highway Crew Paints Parking Areas The state highway crew is busy painting the prohibited parking areas along the streets over which state routes pass. Yellow paint is used to mark the out-of-bounds strips at the intersections. The local crew cleaned and swept Second and Monroe streets today, adding to the tidiness of the uptown district.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 30, 1945

Two Million War Workers Now Idle | Washington, Aug. 30 — (UP) — The War Manpower Commission said today 2,000,000 war workers are out of work throughout the country as result of munitions cutbacks in the past two weeks. In 73 representative labor market areas, a WMC eurvey revealed, 1,264,000 war workers have been laid off since the unofficial V-J day Aug. 14. Allied Prisoners Relate Beatings l 4 Yokohoma Prison Is 'Blackest Hellhole' Aboard Admiral Badger's Flagship at Yokosuka, Aug. 30.—(UI?) —Five hundred Allied prisoners, rescued late yesterday from a Japanese internment camp in the Yokohama area, told today of savage beatings and other brutal treatment in the “blackest Hellhole” of the war. Medical examination indicated that most of the 500 were suffering from injuries, concussion, burns or malnutrition. One of the first prisoners resen(Turn To Page 7, Column 3)

Ruins Os Tokyo Monument To Shattering U. S. Air Power

By James F. McGlincy Tokyo, Aug. 30—(UP)— Today wa reached the end of the long road to Tokyo and found what must surely be the world’s worst bombed city. The Japanese capital—or the part of it which is still standjng — received its first Americans today almost with apathy. There were no incidents as thia correspondent and a few other Americans entered the city in the early afternoon. If the Japanese had any feelings at all about our appearance it seemed to be one of gratitude—gratitude that the war is over at long last. Only yesterday I was in the party of the finst American correspondents to enter China's great metropolis of Shanghai. The contrast between China’s great city and the sprawling me-

Supend Business Here On Labor Day General Holiday To Be Observed In City The observance of Labor Day next Monday will find retail stores, public offices and a majority of the manufacturing plants closed for the day. There will not be any mail deliveries, either in the city or on the routes, Leo Kirsch, postmaster, stated. It will be the first Labor Day since 1941 that the major industrial plants have closed on the holiday. The General Electric plant will be closed all day, the first holiday observed aside from the two days of closing following the end of the Japanese war. The processing plants of the Central Soya company will close at 7 o’clock Monday morning and remain idle until the same hour Tuesday morning. The feed mill and elevators will be closed Sunday and all day Monday. Judge J. Fred Fruchte will not hold court on Monday. The September term will get underway on Tuesday morning. The First State Bank will be closed on Monday in observance (Turn To Page 2 Column 3)

tropolis of Tokyo was complete. Shanghai has hardly been touched by bombs. Tokyo’s lies in ruins. The Japanese capital is a fantastic monument to the shattering power of the American Air Forces —a monument erected in the rubble and duet of thousands of buildings. Yet, despite the death and desolation which we have inflicted upon the citizens of Tokyo, they showed little reaction to the first Americans they saw. Most of the Japanese to whom I have talked seemed glad that the war was over. They took their defeat with dignity and that can not be denied. They did not fawn on us but they were polite and helpful when the need arose. But there were some exceptions to this—a few who displayed (Turn To Page 4, Column 6)

40,000 American Troops Raise Stars And Stripes Over Japanese Homeland

British Navy To Take Over In Hong Kong Chinese Troops To Take Over Control Soon In Manchuria Chungking, Aug. 30—(UP)—British naval units will enter Hong Kong harbor today to take over the British crown colony from Japanese occupation forces, Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer announced. Wedemeyer said that the British units were detached from Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser's Pacific command to make the lightning run to re-assume control of one of Great Britain’s most famous outposts. (New Delhi radio, monitored in London, reported that a strong British task force under the command of Rear Admiral C. H. J. Harcourt had arrived off Hong Kong.) Wedemeyer declared at a press conference that 99 percent of American i air 'transport facilities would be used to shift Chinese forces toward the coast to re-oc-cupy newly surrendered cities. He said that the American army in China was making an all-out effort to move the largest possible number of Chinese units into the occupied areas so that . Chinese administrators might once again resume control. Large-scale troop movements were scheduled to begin on Saturday. Discussing the communist situation, ’Wedemeyer pointed out that American forces in China were (Turn To Page 7, Column 1) Local Man Named On Church Committee H. H. Krueckeberg On Youth Committee Herman H. Krueckeberg, assistant cashier of the First State Bank, was elected a director of the young people's work commit tee, Northern Indiana district, at the annual convention of the central district of the Evangelical Lutheran church, Missouri synod, in Fort Wayne yesterday. Prominent in Lutheran laymen circles, Mr. Krueckeberg was camp manager of the Indiana district Walther League youth camp, conducted from August 12 to 26, at Jack Wainright’s camp on Oliver Lake, north of Kendallville. .More than 250 boys and girls were enrolled at the camp during the two weeks, coming from parishes throughout the central district. O. J. Schneider or Fort Wayne, also elected to the young people’s committee, served as recreation director at the camp. The vacation camp was one of the most successful ever held by the Walther league, which was first started in 1938. The central district conference, which was held at Concerdia College the past three days, was brought to a close this afternoon. The Rev. W. F. Llchtsinn of Hammand was elected president. Rev. G. A. Eddy Is Moved To Rockford The Rev. G. A. Eddy, for the past 11 yeare pastor of the Rivarre circuit, which includes the Mt. Victory, Pleasant Grove and Mt. Zion churches, has been transferred to the Rockford, 0., station, effective Sunday. He will he replaced on the Rivarre circuit by the Rev. Paul Grahm, who was ordained to the eldership last Sunday.

10 Allied Ships Sunk In New England Waters 'Boston, Aug. 30 —(UP) —Ten Allied ships were sunk and three others damaged by enemy action in New England waters during the European war, the navy disclosed today in reporting that 188 men were killed. The navy said 444 other crewmen were rescued in the sinkings which occurred within 200 miles of the New England coast between Block Island, R. 1., and the Canadian border. o Marfin Bormann, Hitler Deputy, Still At Large Russian Spokesman Says Nazi Leader r / Believed At Large ; London. Aug. 30 —(UP) —A Russian spokesman said today that i Martin Bormann, Adolf Hitler’s - deputy and second most powerful ; man in Nazi Germany, was believ- • ed still at large. Maj. Gen. I. T. Nikitchenko, i Soviet representative on the Uniti ed Nations prosecuting commit- . tee, disclosed that the Allies have i dismissed reports of Borman's > death as unfounded. Speculation over Bormann’s . whereabouts was touched off by i his inclusion last night among . the 24 German war criminals ordered to trial at Nuernberg by the . United States, Britain, France and Russia. At first it was thought that his appearance on the mass indictment might mean that he already had been captured by the Allies, as have all other 23 defendants. Nitkitchenko said, however, that Bormann was not in Soviet hands nor, so far as he knew, in the custody of any of the Allied powers. He pointed out, however, that the charter establishing the war crimes tribunal permitted trials in absentia. The Soviet spokesman declined ; comment on why Bormann was i included on the indictment list (Turn To Pag* 2. Column 4) Six Youths Leave For Active Service Contingent Ordered For September 20 Six Adams county youths left Decatur this morning for active induction into the nation’s armed forces. Jerry Joseph Leitz, volunteer, was leader of the group. Other members of the contingent were Doyle Homer Krick, James Car roll Eichhorn, Ralph Leland Merriman, John H. Sprunger and James Wililam Striker. The scheduled induction of nine other men, originally slated to leave with this morning's contingent, was indefinitely postponed because of the selective service ruling, following the close of hostilities with Japan, which indefinitely postponed induction of all men over 26. The Adams county selective service board also announced this morning that a contingent of seven men will leave here Thursday, September 20, for active induction. Notices have been mailed to all youths in this group. Those scheduled for the September 20 induction are' Howard Franklin Steiner, Maver Otis Roth, John Frederick Yoder, Troy Lee Fennig, Arlo Lee Wagner, Clair Duane Christener and Clarence Lowell Hamrick.

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General MacArthur ; At Headquarters In Yokohama; Nimitz And Halsey Ashore i i General MacArthur HeadquartI ers, Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 30— i (UP) —Gen. Douglas MacArthur set up headquarters in Yokohama ■ today as the first 40,000 troops of i his occupation army raised the i stars and stripes over Japan's i largest naval base, two airfields • and a big slice of the Tokyo plain. A half dozen or more Japanese towns, some within a few miles of. the southern outskirts of Tokyo, were occupied by Allied air I and sea-borne forces in their first few hours ashore. MacArthur, supreme occupation commander, established his headquarters in Yokohama's new Grand Hotel with other top American officers less than an hour after landing at Atsugi airfield from Okinawa. From the top of the hotel MacArthur could see Emperor Hirohito’s palace in the heart of Tokyo. Both Hirohito and the Japanese government now must take their orders from MacArthur. South of Yokohama, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz—MacArthur’s partner in the conquest of Japan ■ —and Admiral William F. (Bill) 1 Halsey of third fleet fame went I ashore at the newly-occupied Yokosuka naval base, formerly Japan's No. 1 navy yard. It al- ’ ready had surrendered formally to Halsey’s deputies. American and British marines 1 and blue-jackets also raised the 1 American flag over three fortified islands guarding the approaches ’ to Yokosuka, Cape Futtsu, seven miles across the entrance to Tokyo bay from Yokosuka, and the half-sunken hulk of the Japanese battleship Nagato. The air and sea-borne landings on Japan were carried out under a canopy of 2,000 warplanes an(> the big guns of hundreds of warships in Tokyo bay and adjoining Sagami bay. The troops landed with full combat equipment, but not a shot, was fired by either side. Japanese officers were polite and bowing. Civilians were docile. MacArthur’s huge transport plane Bataan alighted on Atsugi airfield, 18 miles south of Hirohito’s palace, at 1:58 p. m. (11:58 ia. m. CWT.) He told newsmen and G. I.'s who clustered about the plane that the surrender plan was "going splendidly.” "There is every indication that the occupation will continue without friction or bloodshed,” he said. “In the outlying theaters, fighting practically has ceased. In this area, 300,000 Japanese troops have been disarmed and demobilized. "From Melbourne to Tokyo was a long, hard road, but this looks like the payoff.” Close behind MacArthur’s plane came other big transports carrying Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, commander of the far east air forces, and other top officers. ' From Atsugi, MacArthur’s party set out for Yokohama in a convoy of Japanese automobiles and trucks. Japanese troops with rifles and sidearms stood every 100 yards or so with their backs to the road on guard against any (Turn To Page 2. Column 5) Commodore Perry's Flag On Missouri "With Admiral Halsey in Tokyo Bay, Aug. 30—(UP)—The battered American flag that flew above Commodore Matthew Perry’s frigate Mississippi when he opened the door to Japan 92 years ago will be hoisted above the U.S.S. Missouri Sunday when the Japanese surrender. Lt. John K. Bremeyer of McPherson, Kans., arrived at Tokyo bay with the flat after a recordbreaking 104-hour flight from Washington. The flag, with 31 stare, has been preserved in the naval academy museum at Annapolis.