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Rescue Of Gen. Wainwright By Russians In Manchuria Believed Near

MANILA, Aug. 18 (U, P.).—Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wain-

wright, who succeeded Gen.

Douglas MacArthur on Cor-

regidor in 1942 and negotiated the American surrender, may be liberated by the Russian armies driving into Manchuria, it was revealed today. The American Red Cross reported that Wainwright,

200 high-ranking American officers,

and 1200 enlisted men

were last reported imprisoned at one of two camps at

18 KILLED AS TWO BOMBERS COLLIDE IN AIR

Flames Visible in Texas Sky for Distance of 60 Miles.

WEATHERFORD, Tex, Aug. 18 (U. P.).—Eighteen men were killed and two others were injured today after two B-29 Superfortresses collided high over Weatherford last night, disintegrated and crashed in flames. The collision was 4visible from: 60

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SHIFT TO PEACE—

Controls Eased As Nation Turns

To Reconversion

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U.P). —Here is another picture of the home-front scene reflecting developments of the last two days:

Wartime Restrictions RATIONING—-Canned fruits and vegetables ration-free; end of all’ food rationing except sugar and fats seem possible in few weeks. WAGES—“Little steel” formula virtually scrapped; employers may now grant wage increases not requiring higher Prices without asking WLB. PRODUCTION AND MATERIAL CONTROLS—Most controls dropped on copper, steel and aluminum; controls revoked on

miles away. One of the planes was from Al-| amogordo, N. M., air field, while] the other wag based at Clovis, N.| M., air field./ Both presumably were | on routing training flights and | carried crews of 10 men each. The two injured men parachuted to saféty and were taken to al Weatherford hospital for emergency | treatment and then moved to the! Camp Wolters station hospital. Pt. Worth army air field officers, who took charge of the wreckage and investigated the crash, were at- / tempting to obtain from the New Mexico bases the names of crew members,

Wreckage Over 10 Miles

W. A. White, Weatherford funeral director, said that wreckage and parts of bodies were strewn over an area of 10 miles. The main | wreckage of one of the planes hit about one mile north of Weathford, the other landed about five miles southwest of town. Scores of civilians and military personnel today combed the rolling hill country around Weatherford for the missing airman. Sheriff Jake Long of Parker county said he did not see the crash, but the whole country was lighted up “just as if you had turned on! lights.” Douglas Gibbs of Weatherford, who was sitting in the back yard| of his home when the sky.giants collided, gave the following eyewitness account of the accident: Both Flying High “I noticed both planes were flying very high. . You could barely hear the motors. One was going northeast and the other southwest, and it looked as if they were about the same height. “I noticed oniy one light on each}

of the planes. “I heard no explosion when the planes crashed, hut about six sections of planes began to fall. They looked like meteors more than anything else. “It seemed that several of the flaming pieces might fall on our house, but they didn't. “Then one big section of a plane hit southwest of town, and there was a tremendous explosion that shook our house. It was just an instant after the plane struck that the first end of the plane and fragments started down. “1 didn’t think anyone to be saved.” The crash occurred shortly after | one of the planes dropped flares, evidently in an attempt to make a forced landing. The flares lit up he countryside for more than 30 miles. Seven bodies were recovered from

it possible for

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Dissenter Should Be Recognizable

LONDON, Aug. 18 (U. P)— | News Chronicle columnist Ian | Mackay said yesterday that Field Marshal Gen. Walther von Model may be the center -of a German resistance movement in Hanover and Celle, MacKay said the Americans in thelr fruitless search of the Ruhr pocket for Model put out notices saying: “Wanted—Field Marshal Model. Height same as Napoleon's, Last seen wearing monocle and disagreeable expression. Nose like Bob Hope's.”

TIMES INDEX

Amusements nderson .... nk Aston .

hase

Jane Jordan . 9 Douglas Larsen 6 Ruth Millett. 7 Mrs. Milner’ . 10 Movies Obituaries ... Fred Perkins. Radio Earl Richert . Mrs. Roosevelt

0 1/8 ‘3 3

4 6 6 6 10 9 9 6 s

4 4 1 9 7 7 8 6 1 5

sales of plumbing, heating and cooking equipment; no immediate prospect of lifting newsprint cone trols; all but 30-40 WPB controls to be gone by Monday. TRANSPORTATION — Restrictions on sports travel, group travel and sales of tickets to travel agencies ended; ODT ends 35-mile-an nour speed limit; ends

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BOP TO STRESS

STATES’ RIGHTS

Jenner Reveals Keynote of Tuesday’s Parley.

By SHERLEY UHL A midwest move to shift the bal-

ance of governmental functions from federal to state control will be launched here Tuesday at a

Republican-sponsored conriave.

So declared G. O. P. State Chair{man William E. Jenner toaay. He [ALnoeed the restoration of “states’ rights” as keynote of the |conference. It'll be an all-day affair, with a “governmental clinic” during the day, political powwow at night. “We have gradually seen duties previously carried out by the states taken over by the federal government, thus removing further and further from the people their® governmental affairs,” said Mr. Jenner. Control of Lives

“Next Tuesday's conferences will

{be but the beginning of a cam-

paign to restore these prerogatives to our state. Particularly pernicious has been the manner in which the federal government has sought to control the everyday life of our people through the dispensation of federal grants in the form of social security, unemployment compensation, highway grants and other proffers of federal money. “The axiom that one never receives something for nothing has

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INVITED TO WORSHIP ‘WITH TRUMAN FAMILY

WASHINGTON, Aug. —Two - former first ladies, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, have been invited by

President Truman to attend the | the stabilization act when the WLB thanksgiving prayer services in the eases to exist.

remaining |

and a Republican

18 (U. P|

Mukden—which<a Japanese ians were threatening.

broadcast reported the Russ-

Wainwright - is the most famous of about 135,000 allied prisoners of war and civilian internees estimated

by the Red Cross last spring James P. S. Devereaux and

to be in Japanese hands. Maj. approximately 1000 marines

who participated in the defense of Wake island were

last reported in a camp néar

PAY RAISES B

‘Little Steel’ Formula Laid Aside; Million Workers To Get Boost.

By CHARLES H. HERROLD United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. surrendered all control over

(higher prices but hung onto its right to rule on wage cuts. Wage increases which will force employers to raise the 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 imme{diate raises for approximately 11,000,000 workers whose 16,207 employers have already asked the WLB for permission wo 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. ‘Little Steel’ Ignored He said there is now no “Little Steel” ceiling on such -pay boosts. He. ‘indicated that -this “wartime

the WLB in dispute cases if necessary to correct any wage inequities. Taylor emphasized that permission was 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 wage policy announced oy President Truman, Taylor said this Polley change was important enough for labor unions to request reopening of their contracts for negotiations on wages. ost contracts have a reopening provision and the Congress of Industrial

have them.

indicated they will

Voluntary Acceptance

putes during the reconversion period the WLB will depend on voluntary acceptance by labor and management of its directive “orders. He described the board as a “liquidating agency” and said would avoid taking on large numbers of new cases. He suggested that the first important national wage wevision be | the correction ot substandard wages. Bills are now in congress to raise the minimum wage from 40 cents lan hour to 65 cents an hour immediately and 75 cents in two | years, One of the things to be deter- | mined, Taylor declared, (agency should handle the job of preventing wage reductions under

He thought

East room of the White House] {might be a tri-partite board with-

tomorrow morning. The White House indicated that Mrs. Wilson would worship with {the present official family but said that Mrs, Roosevelt had telephoned that it was impossible to leave her

{home at Hyde Park at this time. |

WASHINGTON

‘A Weekly Sizeup by the Staft of the Scripps-Howard

WASHINGTON, Aug.

critical days ahead. Until it was made, there had

let him impose strict party rule,

in the labor department.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Washington Newspapers

18.—Has President Truman

tripped himself on politics 75 Some here think so. AT least he has made troubles

for himself that he might have avoided.

His press conference statement that from here on politics would be open and free is likely to rise time and again to plague him in

been some Hope here that polities

would play liftle part in congressional consideration of matters involving foreign policy, the military, reconversion, labor.

Truman lacks majorities in the two houses of congress that would

because of split between Southern

Democrats and labor-minded Northern and Western wings of party, His statement invites these two groups to Jockey for position, Same goes for Republican opposition. And he has made it hard for ‘his Democratic leaders in congress to accuse opponents of “plays ng polities’, With SUGHE $84. Via) lawues--aiid make it tisk : x

WLBTO PT CONTROL CUTS,

yardstick will also be ignored by|

Organizations and American Federation of Labor invoke |

Taylor said that in settling dis- |

it,

is what

it

Shanghai.

—The war labor board today |

wage increases not requiring |#

wm. Rooker . . . “We won't starve.”

The Red Cross said the Japanese originally captured and interned more than 200,000 allies, not counting native ‘The total included more than 33,000 Americans, almost 100,000 British and most of the remainder Dutch. Deaths in camps and on torpedoed ships were estimated | at 50,000, mostly among prisoners of war. mainly civilians, have been repatriated or liberated.

troops.

The Red Cross reported

These Former War Plant Employees Are Hunting New Jobs Now

Mrs. Nellie Walker .(Teft) and Mrs. Coletta Smith . . ,

ULTERIOR MOTIVE?

What Are Japs Hoping to Gain By Peace Stall?

By MARSHALL McNEIL Scripps-Howard Staff Writer ©. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The question often heard here is: What do the Japs expect to gain by stalling? The Jap mind, all agreed, is always difficult to understand. But now the Orientals have agreed to unconditional surrender, and this emphasizes that. great Jap imponderable called “face.” It would appear to some that the Jap stalling is intended to help “save face,” at the expense of American prestige in the Orient. ”" » ” BUT WE have lately had experience with the unconditional surrender of another Fascist nation that also built its power on warped thinking. That was the German-Italian axis, The Japs were a part of it. While the Germans waited Yor defeat, they hid their gold and

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DEFIANT JAPS SEEK PEACE WITH RUSSIA

‘Surrender of Far East Army Believed Near.

By W. R. HIGGINBOTHAM United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 18.—A Japanese surrender envoy was en route to the Red army headquarters in Siberia today ‘and the capitulation of Japan's deflant Kwantung army 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. Vasilevsky, 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. The Khabarovsk® announcement said Vasilevsky's envoys landed on

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SUGAR CUTBACKS BY ARMED FORCES SEEN

By Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—End of the war should mean more sugar for civilians, department of agriculture officials said today. They are expecting a cutback in army. and navy Sugar requirements. Any reduction in the amount of sugar needed by the armed forces will mean that much more for civilians, Officials said they were. “completely in the dark” regarding army and navy stocks but they felt the armed sefvices must have large stockpiles, since it is necessary . for them to anticipate their needs months ahead.

U.S. STOPS SET-ASIDES ON BEEF, VEAL, HAM

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U. P.). Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson announced today that set-asides of beef, veal, and hams for government purchase have been suspended indefinitely,

This move, effective tomorrow,

SURRENDER TRIP T0 START TODAY

Yank Occupation Forces Are Standing By.

By RALPH TEATSORTH United Press Staff Correspondent MANILA, Aug. 18.—Japan’s surrender mission will take off from the enemy homeland at 7 a. m. tomorrow (5 p. m. Saturday, Indi-

anapolis time) and the formal conference with Gen. Douglas MacArthur will open Monday, it was announced today. At the same time, an Okinawa dispatch: reported that American occupation forces “were preparing to move inte Japan with complete | combat equipment, “ready for any eventuality.® A Tokyo broadcast said the occupation troops were expected “soon.” A spokesman for MacArthur said that the Japanese surrender party should arrive at Ie Shima about 12:20 p. m. Sunday (10:20 tonight, Indianapolis time). The Japanese credentials will be examined immediately on the arrival of the party at Ie 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 in the Philippines early in the evening. The surrender arrangements were | completed while for the second | time in two days American photo

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DAMAGE IS $100,000 | IN ANDERSON FIRE

ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 18 (U.P). —Fire swept the Indiana Railroad Co.'s city bus garage today, causing damage which may reach $ 0,000. Four busses were destroyed and six others badly damaged by the

flames. Workers removed 14 other motor coaches before the fire reached them.

within a few days.

Some 10,000, nuns. that more than 100 camps

as

“Why worry?

Local Laid-Off War Workers: Aren't Unhappy—They'll Eat

Thousands of persons in Indianapolis and all over the country next week will jam U. S. employment service offices to file for their unemployment compensation checks following layoffs in war factories because of contract cancellations. Hundreds of men and women who have been employed during the war already swarmed through the offices at W. Washington st

and Senate ave. yesterday and today and the crowd will swell UNABASHED BENNY

next week, Thomas Bennett, manager, reported. Didn't Apologize for ‘Rebuke’ at Piano Playing.

Picked at random yesterday at the USES offices were these Indianapolis people. Their stories are duplicated by others. William Rooker, 3228 Kenwood ave, has worked two years at International Detrola. Notified Prieay he was in for. an indefinite WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U. Pp), ’ : —Comedian Jack Benny visited “I don't know where I'll get! {President Truman today but said work but I'm not worried. I Wight}, did not apologize for once re go to farming—I've got 40 acres. | po oF oe % starve {buking the - chief executive for Anyway, We won's 3 : poor tempo at the piano. Mrs. John Blumberg, R. R. 9,| Benny, now on his way home Davis rd, has been an inspector from an entertainment tour of Eu-| at the R. C. A. for two years. She rope, called at the White House had to quit work last May because with O. Max Gardner, advisory | of her health, she said. board chairman of the office of war “I don’t know what kind of work mobilization and reconversion, to| I can get but I'm glad the war pay his respects to the President. is over and I'm willing to let] A reporter recalled that when somebody else have my job,” she the then vice president played said. |piano accompaniment for Benny's “I don't think that older women violin at a National Press club should keep the young men out of party last winter, the comedian their jobs.” shouted at him: Mrs. Nellie Walker, laid off Fri-| vice president or no vice presiday, worked two years at Mallory’s. {dent, you keep in tempo! “I'll have to continue to work to, Pid you pogise for that?” a earn my living but I'm not worried, | ReWSman as : | Tm just glad the war is over so my| “NO. I didn't, and I didn't apoloboys can come home.” gize for handing him my cigar to hold while I played the violin,” Mrs. Coletta Smith, 519 Shelby Benny grinned. “We just Jnugned st, daughter of Mrs. Walker, ac-|ahout it.” companied her mother. Laid off at Mallory’s after working there 18 “PROTECTION” STOLEN months, she too seeks work, but, ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. 18 (U. P). “isn’t worrying.” —W. A. Conort of Atlanta, heard that burglars were abroad in his OIL BURNERS THAWED neighborhood and he wasn't takWASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U, P).|ing any chances. He purchased —The war production board said 8 $35 shotgun “just in case” and today that its order L349 restrict- |Kept it near his bed. Today Coning the manufacture and distribu-|ort reported that his shotgun had tion of oil burners would be revoked been stolen—along with an empty {cash register valued at $135.

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By Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 —Bernard M, Baruch, who will celebrate his 75th birthday tomorrow, sees no reason why we can't have a peaceful and prosperous world through the remainder of his first 100 years—‘‘if we'll just use half the brawn and brains God gave us.” “It will take less than that” says the elder statesman. “We can have peace and rising living standards if we'll just use 47% per cent.” # 8 =» : THE MAN who headed the war industries board in world war I, and who was busy prodding the country to arm itself long before world war II, says: “The American political and economic system saved the world in two wars, and it will save the peace if given a chance. We can achieve a prosperity that will be the wonder of the world. -But we can't marry our system to any other and retajn our vigor.” - - ~

THE TWO big nations in the world, he says, are the United States and Russia. “We can get along together, and we mus,” he said. “But that

Baruch, 75, Won 2 Wars, Can Save Peace

he says, we

Says U. S. System

“WE'LL HAVE some confusion,” he says, in the few months of reconversion, He is pleased with the start that has been made by John W. Snyder, the new reconversion director. He likes the emphasis Mr, Snyder has given to lifting controls, to get production and still more production, to copper the threat of inflation. By the time congress gets around to passing some of the __legislation proposed, Mr. Baruch believes, the need for it will have passed. »”

. »” HE THINKS congress should lay out- a post-war tax program, a public works program to be carried out when and as needed, and should expand unemployment compensation and social security, to extend the benefits to government employees, the unemployed and others not néw protected. An important goal of post-war taxation should be to cut down the war debt,’he says. He sees no reason why we can’t have a balanced budget and start paying of. next year,

Bernard M. Baruch such, and America's productive capacity is such, he says, that we are in for four or five years of good times “even if we don't use much brains,” Beyond that time, we shall have to apply

. "BECAUSE we Bare to pay for the war and keep our govern. s credit strong, he thinks

| Other

Mrs. John Plumbers « «+ jobless. | being, and there were indications

in Japan hold from 30,000 to 40,000 prisoners of war. Included are 7000 Americans, 14,000 British, from 5000 to 8000 Australians, 1000 Canadians and 500 civiliad ine ternees of whom 200 are American technicians and professional men from Guam and the remainder British. One camp near Tokyo hold 60 to 80 women, mostly Ten or 12 of them are American.

Near Nagasaki

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|SOME PLANTS

G0 AHEAD WITH NAVY ORDERS

Manufacturers Are

Given Cancellation Instructions.

By ROGER BUDROW Here and there among Ine dianapolis concerns war work will continue for a while—for the navy—even though most military contracts are being cancelled. At least two companies reported today that they have been told by the navy to go ahead for the time

that others would get similar ore ders. This did not minimize the fact that the navy is slashing its contracts considerably, however.

Stewart-Warner has been told to go ahead and make 12,000 rockets the navy had previously ordered. Shirley Corp. expects to resume work in a week or so on parts for the navy's Helldiver plane, although it may not be a big order. There were indications that the navy would continue to place orders for.

‘| bearings with local plants.

Many Cancellations

On the other hand, two large local navy contracts have been cancelled. The Insley Manufacturing Corp. contract for $2! million worth of crawler cranes, used to make air ‘strips on Pacific islands and for unloading supplies, was cancelled. And the International Detrola Corp. Indianapolis division at 112¢ W. 21st st, had its $3,225000 contract for barge propulsion units cancelled. There were other cancellations on the way. The quartermaster corps also cancelling orders with local industry, Among these were the Melaun Ine dustries, an estimated $340,000 for cooking stove outfits; StewartWarner, $246,000 for gasoline tent heaters; Quillen Bros. Refrigerator | Co., $214,000 for portable refrigera- | tors; Indianapolis Tent & Awning Co., $83,000 for combat field packs; Hoosier Tarpaulin & Canvas Goods Co., $38,000 for combat field packs; and Gates Manufacturing Co., $33,» 000 for canteen covers.

Other Cities Affected

Quartermaster corps cancellations in ‘nearby cities included the Chame bers Corp., at Shelbyville, an esti mated $746,000 for spare parts for field ranges; the New Castle Prode ucts Co., $123,000 for squad tents, and Kokomo Spring Co. $126,000 for tent wire slits. With the production rush over, some plants were going back to the 40-hour week, eliminating overtime pay at the rate of one and one-half regular rates. Schwitzer« Cummins, which has been working a 55-hour week, will go on a 40hour week Monday. For the first time in many years, Indianapolis- saw the sight, pain fully familiar at the beginning of the depression, of several thousand workers lining up at factory gates to get the final paychecks. Yesterday this scene took place at P. R. Mallory & Co. on E, Washington st. Today it happened at Curtiss-Wright's propeller face tory at Kentucky ave. and W, Morris st. Today's line at Curtisse

Wright was estimated at more than 3000 workers. Elsewhere in the state, the army announced that it plans to Keep the huge Kingsbury ordnance plant near ' La Porte, one of the state's first war projects. It will remain an army installation for certain ex- | perimental developments, but only la fraction of its wartime capacity jand manpower will be needed. The Crane naval ammunition de= | pot near Bedford halted shell pro |duction and loading, eliminated Saturday and night shift work, {leaving at least 1300 of its 9300 employees—without—jobs: P. R. Mallory & Co. which laid off some 2500 employees in its bate tery and bearing .divisions, was optimistic about its other divisions, nowever. Joseph E. Cain, executive vice president and general mane ager, said that by the last quarter of this year he expects the coms

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HOLDS JAP COLLAPSE VINDICATES STRATEGY]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U. P.), ~The collapse of Japan ‘the whole strategic concept of the