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[sexipps -nowarn] VOLUME 56—NUMBER 145
By WILLIAM McGAFFIN
Times Foreign
Correspondent
WITH ADM. HALSEY IN SAGAMI BAY, Aug. 27.— From the sky control tower atop the battleship Iowa, where I stand, I can see Japan all around us. Through binoculars I can see great crowds of people
on, the beaches, They seem
to be struck dumb in their
tracks by the sight of these mighty battleships and sister vessels of war which were not sunk, as they had been told,
MONDAY, AUGUST 27
gE “So This Is Japan—We Have Come
but lived to steam boldly and defiantly in victory into the very heart of sacred Nippon. Eno Shima, nearest point on our port side, is only
21/4, miles away. of mountains. Radio towers. slopes.
Factory
A vista of beaches that nestle at the foot chimneys that no longer smoke. A pagoda temple amid green-forested Then a gap of plainland, and then more moun-
tains, and the towns of Kiratsuka and Chigasaki.
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Honshu, Japan's miles. Oriental,
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Indiarapolis 9, Ind
7000 Awful, Bloody Miles’
main island, Dead ahead is Hayama imperial palace, with its gracefully curved roofs,
Postotfice Issued daily except Sunday
is dead ahead, only 2!
Dead” ahead are the
towns of Katase and Kamakura.
Across the peinsula, only a few minutes by plane, is Yokosuka naval base, our final objective.
We know that more millions of curious eyes that we
cannot see, are peering out at
us from mountains and for-
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est and beach towns. We know, too, that there are scores, perhaps hundreds of powerful coastal guns hidden in those innocent appearing cliffs. That is why we are taking no chances. We have dropped anchor in this bay, whiche is the gateway to Tokyo bay. We are lying stationary in the water, within rifle shot of land. But we are maintaining (Continued on Page 3—Column 3)
TRUMAN 2-YEAR
URGES DRAFT
OF MEN 18-25
Inductees Needed to Release Veterans From Occupation Service, He Tells
Congress WASHINGTON, Aug. 27
Leaders. (U. P.).—President Truman
urged congress today to continue selective inductions of
men 18 through 25, but with a of service.
two-year limit on their period
Mr. Truman said “the situation in the Pacific continues to have many elements of danger” and emphasized the
danger in “a too early unqualified formal termination” of the war emergency. “Tragic conditions would result if we were to allow the period of military service to expire by operas tion of law while a substantial portion of our forces has not yet been returned from overseas,” he sald. “I am confident that the congress will take no action which would place the armed forces in such a position.” Committees Called The President set forth his views
on continued selective service in|
Headquarters
INDIANA DRAFT QUOTA IS GUT
| | This might have been mistaken
Announces 40 Per Cent Reduction.
Indiana's draft quota for Sep-| tember has been reduced 40 per cent| under what it has been in recent | months, Col. Robinson Hitcheogk,
i identical letters to Chairman Elbert State selective service director, an
D. Thomas (D. Utah) of the senate committee on military affairs, and Chairman Andrew J. May (D.
committee. Nine days before the scheduled
affairs committee was called into session to consider what, if anything, should be done about continued inductions.
On the day he announced Japan's
nounced teday. The colonel said it now appeared | that Indiana would be able to fill - itsquota with the 2000 Hoosier youths becoming 18 years of age each month, State headquarters here had been drafting between 2000 and 2500 men a month, The reduction order came from national headquarters in Washington. Col. Hitchcock added that while
Job Line
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for a cigaret queue before V-J day. But today it was the scene at the U. S. employment service office at Washington st. and Senate ave. The offices were jammed with about 1000 laid-off war workers seeking new jobs or unem-
Said He Would Dictate Peace.
WITH THE 32D DIVISION, Northern Luzon, Aug.
E127 (U. P.).—Lt. Gen. Tomo- : lyuki Yamashita, commander
of the Japanese forces in the
Philippines, opened formal negotiations today for surrendering his forces which have been holding ‘out in northern Luzon. In a letter to Maj. Gen, William H. Gill, commander of the 32d division, Yamashita, who once boasted he would dictate peace terms to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, said he had received an order from Tokyo to cease hostilities and’ would be ready. to negotiate as soon as authorized. The message was delivered by a Japanese captain late yesterday. Ready to Surrender The message was received in the Kiangan area of mountain prov-
ployment compensation. The overflow extended half a block cast on Washington st. to the alley. An estimated 15,000 were laid off | last week, the USES Teported.
6 DIE IN WAKE... [roc si sas
OF HURRICANE
Texas Cities Menaced by
| Jap General Once
ince, where Yamashifa’s forces have!
been bottled up for two months
{since the American breakthrough into the Cagayan valley. !
Yamashita ackowledged receipt
{from Gill and said he has ordered | | hostilities stopped. He said he
(as imperial headquarters so authorized him. The 50 - year - old Yamashita, known to American soldiers as the ‘Butcher of Bataan,” was one of the top Japanese generals. He led Japanese forces on Bataan and cap-
Aboard the U.S.S. Nicholas, which transferred Jap emissaries ta the U.S. S. Missouri (left to right): Capt. Harry Heneberger; Capt. Inaho Otami, Tokyo naval staff officer, and Capt. staff officer, Yokosuka naval base. The Japs were brought aboard the Nicholas after the first contact {of an air-dropped communication| made between American and Jap naval vessels.
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‘agreement to surrender, Mr. Tru- pickings are still slim in the 20 to
man said that some 50,000 men &'26 age group, enough men can probmonth would be drafted for the |ably be drawn from that bracket to army indefinitely, primarily as re-| | complete any calls not composed placements for veterans who have entirely of 18-year-olds seen long service. He pointed out that some of those The President suggested that con- | becoming 18 years old will already gress take additional steps to fur- have been enlisted in the navy and
: : {tured Corregidor. 75 to 1 10-Mi. Wind. | As commander of Japanese forces " {in Malaya, he received the surrenHOUSTON, Tex. Aug. 31.0. P.), der of Singapore in February, 1942, —A tropical hurricans, leaving in | After Gen. Homa’s conquest of the its wake at least six dead and un- | Philippines bogged down in 1942, counted thousands of dollars in| Samasilia was sent in from Ma-
nish inducements which will stim. | ulate voluntary enlistments. The| number of inductions will depend on the number of volunteers, he indicated. Wants Veterans Relieved 7
The President said he wished it| were possible for him to recom-| mend the immediate cessation of! the draft. He could not, he said, because he chared “the deep feelIng of our people” that battle vet. erans should be returned to their homes with all possible speed. | In pointing out that world con-| ditions will require, during the] transition period, the maintenance | of “a real measure of our military
strength,” the President declared | | lice, was sentenced to 180 days on |Mmile-per-hour winds with several that our occupation forces inthe state farm today. He also was houses blown down.
Europe, as well as the Pacific, must | be held “at safe levels.” “However,” he stated, “it is my view that these inductions should be for a two-year period unless sooner discharged and should consist of men in the age group 18 to 25 inclusive.”
He said that most recent studies
indicated that 300,000 would be the | to thé limit of the law.
maximum number of volunteers to be expected by next July and that inductions, if continued at the present reduced rate, for the same perfod would produce approximately 500,000. On What basis, no more
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PREDICTS TAX CUT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (U. PJ. ~Rep.’ Harold Knutson, of Minne~ sota, ranking Republican member
marine e eorps. .
WINDOW SMASHER IS GIVEN ‘LIMIT’
Eckert Fined, Sentenced to State Farm. |
Charles Eckert, the ax-wielder who smashed the windows of two | W. Washington st, taverns Satur-| (day before he was checked by po-|
fined $100 and costs for malicious | trespass and $1 and costs for dis-| orderly conduct by Judge John L. Niblack in municipal court 4. Judge Niblack compared Eckert! to Carry Nation, the woman temperance leader who also used a hatchet on bars, and punished him
He smashed the windows of John’s tavern, 463 W. Washington st, with a 15-cent hatchet because the proprietor hud refused to sell him a drink. Then Eckert broke windows in the Ritz tavern, 444 W. Washington st. ‘He had never been in that bar.
property damage, today was re-| ported centered on the coast near | Port O'Connor. t The storm, which had been lashing the Texas Gulf coast since yesterday with winds from 75 to 110, miles an hour, threatened the entire
‘upper Texas coast area.
The weather bureau reported the | storm was moving north northeast- | ward about four to five miles per | hour. Port Lavaca reported winds be~ tween 756 and 110 miles an hour |
normal and still mounting, Reports from Seadrift, 20 miles east of Port O'Connor, told of 135-
Headed for Cities
At Houston, utilities. companies | were making all necessary precautions as the storm seemed headed for the thickly populated sector in the vicinity of Texas’ largest cities. At Corpus Christi, winds were reported subsiding and it appeared the worst of the storm was over there. Communications lines were down throughout the storm area and detailed reports on damage and loss of life were not available. Identified dead included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reeves of San Antonio and their two children, John Michael, 3, and Charles Jr., 6, who
FRISCO BAY AREA SHAKEN BY QUAKE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27 (U.
of the house ways and means com-|P.).—The. S8an Francisco bay area
mittee, predicted today that con-|
gress wotlld cut next year's individual income taxes about 20 per cent. -
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was shaken early today by a sharp earthquake that apparently did no 1amage Residents said they felt two shocks which came at approximately 4:14 a. m. (Indidhapolis time). They were severe enough to cause windows to shake and to wake sleepers.
WINNING THE PACIFIC
A stirring saga of a navy that rose from the dead to chase the Japanese throtigh 7000 miles of trackless, bloody ocean— how our defeat in the Battle of Java Sea early In the war became a Steps ping - stone to vie that's only rt o “the story told in “Winning of the Pacific,” starting today in The Times. . Read the first of the series :
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| near Corpus Christi yesterday. Po-
were killed in a head-on collision
lice said the accident was causedgby poor visibility. Glenn Smith of Port Aransas and Joe Green of Port Isabel were drowned Saturday when their fish-
'mander of Japanese forces in the
laya to take over the job. Sent to Philippines When MacArthur returned to the Philippines in ‘the Leyte campaign,
(the Japanese high command quick-|’
ly returned to Yamashita as com-
entire Philippines area, relieving Lt.
Gen. Shigenori Kuroda, Yamashita made his main bid to defend the Philippines at Leyte, sending in| | thousands of water-borne . rein- | foreements at Ormoc. | Losing at Leyte, he fought a re-
with tides rising seven feet above tiring, defensive war on Luzon and ~—
(finally withdrew to northern Luzon to--retain- active command ‘of ‘the Japanese garrison there
Hoosiers Seek fo
Bar Labor Shife
Indiana industrial and labor leaders were to meet in South Bend today with officials of two state agencies to work out a plan to prevent labor strife. The conference was called by Lt.Gov. Richard T, James, director of the department of commerce and public relations, and Charles W. Kern, Indiana labor commissioner. Others at the meeting include Paul Hoffman, Studebaker Corp. president and national chairman of the committee for economic development; James McEwan, president of the Indiana State Industrial Union Council (C. IL O.). Carl Mullen, president of the Indiana State Federation of Labor (A. F. of L.); Dean H. Mitchell, president of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, and Paul M. Ross, ex.
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ecutive director of the department
a,
A bluejacket landing detail, aboard an Towa class battleship off Japan, prepares for the naval occu-
pation of oyouye bay.
3 BILLION-DOLLAR | Vanguard fo Land ALL GUNS TURN TO |
ENTERPRISES INU.S.
Group Incresead by 11 in Wartime Years.
Copyright, 1945, by United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (U, P)—
The number of private business en- | terprises with total resources of $1,- |
000,000,000 or ‘more each increased ' by 11 during America’s participa- | tion in World War II, a United | Press survey disclosed today. The survey revealed that 43 business organizations in the United | States now boast membership in| the. billion-dollar club compared | with 32 on Dec. 31, 1941, a short time after the. Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. At this time last year, billionaire enterprises numbered 41. Metropolitan Life Insurance the study showed, led the RZ ot billion-dollar organizations for the
of commerce and public relations,
second successive year.
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON United Press Hollywood Correspondent KINGMAN, Ariz, Aug. 27.—~Thousands of migrant struggled hungry and broke into California a few years ago, are swarming back to Oklahoma and Arkansas — their pockets bulging with greenbacks. They are part of the army of war workers who have lost their jolts by government cutbacks. But they're not worried, Eighty
enough cash to pay off the mortgage
ment,
them over the border into West ons war |
workers, whol
per cent of them have salted away|
on their land in the Dust bowl, or | buy a farm, or put in new equip- |
And they're not going home in the | [same rattletrap. flivvers that
'Okies’ and 'Arkies' Going Back Home ‘ With Bulging Pockets From War Jobs
One of the saddest stories of the threadbare ’30s was the straggling exodus of ' the “Okies” and “Arkies” from : their farmlands, devastated by drought and wind. They went to California in any.
" richer ones now."
strapped on the running board, or Jouncing behind in a trailer, It is no unusual sight to see a fancy car with two or three mattresses on top—the sign of a “wealthy” Okie.” Usually the kitchen stove, the baby’s highchair, and the pots and pans are clanking against the car's de luxe paint job. The father of the family generally still wears his overalls, but this time theré’s real folding money in the pockets. “They're the same -‘Okies’ and ‘Arkies’ that came through here four years ago,” said J. C. Fitzgerald, quarantine inspector at the Cali-fornia-Arizona border. “But they’ re
The exodus oF. workers - through
al Aisa) Tonight
NAWA, Aug. 27 (U, P.)~— TH planes of Gen. Douglas | MacArthur's reconnaissance party
| —the vanguard of the allied oc- |
cupation of Japan — will land at Atsugi airstrip southwest of
Tokyo between 9 and 10 a. m. |
tomorrow (7 and 8 p. m. Indianapolis time). Col. John H. Lackey Jr., Norfolk, Va. commanding officer of the 317th troop carrier group,
today,
| was scheduled to pilot the first | into |
plane, a C-46 cargo ship, Atsugi. Lackey will be followed by 11 cther C- feso of the 311 the 317th.
400 TO BE GUT FROM INDIANA OPA STAFF
Fewer Employers Needed With Raitoning Eased.
Personnel in the Indiana district! OPA will be reduced about 400! by Sept. 30. This was revealed today by James D. Strickland, district director.
rationing, the OPA official said there no longer was need for these workers in the local boards. A number of rationing division employees in the district office will be transferred to the price division
to an augmented :- campaign control prices gnd prevent a Mr, Strickland added, :
in the five-staté region of which | Indiana is a part total 2159. It was understood that there is a possibility the Cleveland regional
has as the Birkett L.
mentioned prominently | il director to succeed
illiams, ape
hi Sr
With removal of most articles from |
soon. There, they will be assigned
Board employees to be dismissed | : sides of the river that divides it. |
office may be closed. Mr. Strickland |
SHIPS READY TO ENTER TOKYO BAY; YAMASHITA QUITS IN PHILIPPINES
Minesweepers Are At Work Clearing Channel.
By RALPH TEATSORTH United Press Staff Correspondent
MANILA, Aug. 27.—Adm. William F. (Bull) Halsey’s mighty flagship Missouri, leading a 100-mile long procession of allied warships, anchored in the shadow of Fujiyama today and waited impas tiently for minesweepers to clear a channel into Tokyo bay. A dispatch from the 53,000-ton Missouri said Japanese could be seen through fleld-glasses jammed shoulder to shoulder along the beaches two miles away as the big
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27 (U. P.).~An NBC broadcast from Manila said todav that Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters winds up its affairs in the Philip- | pines tonight and will leave for | Japan by way of Okinawa. The broadcast said the supreme | commander. members of his staff and more than 100 newsmen will fly to Okinawa. It said -MacArthur expects to be in Japan “in : 48 hours.” . , If true, this would mean that | MacArthur would arrive in Japan © “sometime Wednesdav rather than | Thursday ss scheduied, | battleship dropped anchor, in Sagami bay at 1:30 p. m. (11:30 p. m. Sunday, Indianapolis time), Factories, barracks and other buildings clearly were visible behind the shining beaches. Not far away rose the quiescent volcano Fuji yama, snowless and smoky blue, Sometime tonight or tomorrow-—e depending on the progress of the minesweeping — Halsey’'s warships will sail through the narrow Uraga Suido straits into Tokyo bay in fulfillment of' his long-dreamed goal.
—
Yoshihiko Takasaki,
First Troops Tomorrow Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head- | quarters announced that the first {landings of occupation troops at {Atsugi tomorrow and Yokusuka | Thursday would be followed Satur« jday- by additional landings at Yo- | kohama and Tateyama. Tateyama {lies on the eastern arm of Sagami | bay, just outside Tokyo bay. More than 400 allied warships [and supply vessels were arrayed {off Japan under Halsey's command, but how many of them will enter Sagami and Tokyo bays was probe lemtical Missouri's sister-battleship on along with the British battle wagon Duke of York, anchored beside the flagship at a point some 45 miles south of Tokyo itself. No incidents were reported.
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JAP SURRENDER SHIP
Guard Against Treachery a Rendezvous. in Bay.
By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW Weather Favorable United Press Vice President MacArthur revealed that the U. ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP S. 8th army under Lt. Gen. Robert | : on -_ L. Eichelberger would carry out the er IN SAGAMI BAY, Aug 27. |occupation of Yokohama and Tate 'y gun on the Iowa was pointed | yama. Eichelberger is accompanye lat a dingy Little Japanese destrqyer|ing MacArthur to Japan. hovering off our starboard. v | Weather conditions appeared faIt was the Hat Uzakura, which|vorable for going ahead with the brought 21 Japanese emissaries to a landings without further delay. conference aboard Adm. William F, Tokyo informed MacArthur that |Halsey's flagship. Men stood at Steps had been taken to insure the battle stations throughout the con. Safety of his airborne landing at ference. They were ready to low Ao cor who will go in with he Hat DEN Som te water at MacArthur at Atsugi, fought under - We approaciied: the chor the allied commander since the - es of early campaigns in New Guinea Japan this morning, the mighty 3d when he commanded American fleet, 400 Ships strong, strung out troops in the battle for Buna. He
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Bion Patch’ Marks A- Bomb
Scorch on Ruined Nagasaki
For the first time the army has two or three miles wide, littered permitied newsmen to fly over 1 with debris as though someone had the city of Nagasaki, Japan, hit opened a box of matches and by an atomic bomb on Aug. 9. broken them. The following eye-witness dis- | We did not notice the details on patch describes the devastation our first time around, We were the bomb brought to the cily. [able to get only a picture of awful (ruin. But on our second tour, litan : | tle things began to meet the eye. nite: ress Staff Correspondent To the left rose black smoke« ) OVER NAGASAKI, Aw. 77.— | stacks but the factory alongside | Nagasaki, a city of death, lies bar-| them was. a shattered framework
By JAMES McGLINCY
ren and brown below us on both of twisted girders. Every once in a while in the middesolation
As our Flying Fortress, the | “Headliner,” came in over the clty [modern we could see some gray-topped |S nouses. Then s! y we noticed they were very few. What was sup(posed to have been Nagasaki wi ‘mostly a wide, . brown poh