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VOLUME 56-NUMBER 148

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1945

Indianapolis 8, Ind.

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Dateline Tokyo—Japanese Apathetic In World's Worst Bombed City

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (U. P.).~United Press Staff Correspondent

By JAMES

F. MeGLINCY

United Press Staff Correspondent

TOKYO, Aug. 30.—Today we 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

standing—received its first apathy.

Americans today almost with

There were no incidents as this correspondent and a

OPA T0 SLIGE MEAT: POINTS

SEPTEMBER 2

Butter to Drop 4 More; Margarine, Cheese Also Affected.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (U. P.). ~The OPA today slashed Septem. ber ration point values on meat, cheese, 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 2" per cent. Points on cheeses will be cut in half. Butter will drop four points and margarine will be cut by two so that both will.have the same ration value—12 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 from two to three points less a pound. Hamburger values will be cut in half to two points a pound.

will be

Two Points Off Pork | sts Pork steaks, chops and roasts will

be down one and two points. bacon will be

All 5 reduced by two

points and spareribs will ®e cut

three points. Price Administrator Chester Bowles sald the reductions result from “marked improvement in thc last

few weeks” in supply and distribu-

tion. ' “When the , fighting stopped, was possible for the military to duce the buying of meats and other foods for the armed services,” he stated. Fats and Oils

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 of months more. He sald the agriculture department estimated that civillans would get 338,000,000 pounds of meat » week during the September rationing period compared with 280,420,000 pounds in August, an increase of 20'; per cent. There will be more beef, veal, lamb, mutton and pork. he said.

$25 MILLION FIRE IN KAISER SHIPYARDS

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 30 (U.| P.).—A fire in the outfitting docks of the Kaiser Oregon shipyard today caused an estimated $25,000,000 damage, burning six newly-com-pleted ships. Two casualties were reported. A cabin painter drowned when he dived from a flaming ship into the mooring basin, Another worker is missing, Flames spread among the ships tied at the dock of the Willamette river shipyard, one of the largest in the world. The victory ships and troop transports had been launched and needed only final outfitting beforé going into service.

Loe

James F. McGlincy entered another war capital first today—bomb and

fire blasted Tokyo.

few other Americans entered the city in the early afternoon. . Only yesterday I was in the party of the first American correspondents to enter China’s great metropolis of Shanghai. The contrast between

| Village Asks Divine Aid for Son

The Geetingsville Presbyterian church . . . Here gathered Pfe. Robert A. Colby’s friends to put his {ate in the hands of God. Insert Is PY. Colby Sonvieted of murder in the European theater on operations.

of this little village today.

U. S. EASES BAN ON STATE CONVENTIONS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (U. P).| ~The government today eased he ban on state conventions. The war committee on conven tions ruled, however, that attend- | ance must be confined to persons living or engaged in business in the | state where the event is held, In| addition 25 persons, such as speakers and guests, may come from outside the state, The ruling is effec tive. on state group meetings emphasized that all national and regional conventions still will require committee approval if the attend: ance from outside the state where the event is held will exceed 150,

STOP WAC ENLISTMENTS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (U, P). —Enlistments in the Women's Army Corps were discontinued yesterday, Col. Westray Battle Boyce, director of the corps, announced today.

TIMES INDEX

Amusements.. 22|Jane Jordan. 31 Ned Brooks.. 16 Doug. Larsen 18 . Business .... 28|Charles Lucey 18 Carnival ..... 18/ Mauldin ..... 17 Comics ...... 31/Obituaries ... 23 Crossword ... 31/ Ruth Millett, 17 Editorial .... 18'Radio ....... 31 Fashions .... 21 Mrs. Roosevelt 17 Forum . .. 16 Earl Richert , 18 G. 1. Rights. 19 W. P. Simms, 18 Meta gives, 21 | Sports | 26 Ernie Hil . wp State Deaths 23

EDITORS RESUME PLANS FOR OUTINGS

Republicans, Democrats Act, On Lifting of Ban.

Basing of restrictions hampering | stale conventions was followed to- | day by announcement of the In- | diana Republican and the Indiana Democratic editorial that their annual fall outings will be held this fail,

Floyd Oursler, Cynthiana publisher and president of the IREA, and Hugh A. Barnhart, Rochester publisher and ptesident of the IDEA, said that yearly outings would be held. Barnhart sald the Democratic editors had made no previous plans. He announced that he would call a melting of IDEA officers in the next few days to arrange an outing at French Lick, probably early in November. Oursler said this morning that the IREA would meet at French Lick in September, if accommodations could be reserved that early. In Washington today, the war committee on conventions ruled that state convention attendance must be confined to pérsons from the state in which the convention is held, with a 25-person limitation

associations |

on atid from outside the

Neighbors Refuse to Believe Pfc. Bob Colby Is Murderer

By VICTOR PETERSON Times Staff Writer GEETINGSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 30.—There is a prayer in the heart

It is a silent prayer from farm-folk's lips placing the fate of Pfc. Robert A. Colby in the hands of God. The quiet, almost taciturn, people of the community are not asking that th the 2- ~year- ~old soldier convicted of murder in Europe be spared

a just punishment. They just are not sure that the youth they know could commit a crime in cold blood and clear mind. To the man and woman, they are backing Colby solidly, doing all in their power to bring a complete airing of the case. ” n # AS THE Rev, Lenn L. Latham, pastor of the Geetingsville Pres. byterian church said: “This is the most cohesive come munity I ever have known, The people are not trying to white wash the boy. Rather they are

{ lke a mother who always will

love and forgive a child what ever its deeds.” A deeply religious area, its activities are church centered. This tends to bind the people together. The church is 110 years old. But that is not all. oN ” » MANY of the families are living on ground held by ancestors for the past century in this 115-year-old village. Naturally there has been much inter-marriage and family ties are strong. There hardly is a family not related to at least one or two others in the area, Everyone knows everyone else and all their children by their first names.. They greet a neighbor on the road like a longlost friend. If sickness besets a farm family, everyone pitches in to get the crops out or in. They rdise money to tide others over rough

spots, The village itself is a sleepy. little place of nine houses, 27.people, a garage and the church. But

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/ China's great city and the

sprawling metropolis of Tokyo was complete.

has hardly been touched by

Shanghai |

bombs. Tokyo 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 dust 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 cannot 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 warmer feeling. For instance a former member of parliament, J. Kasagi, rushed into the lobby of the Imperial hotel and

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MacArthur: Well We Got Here, Didn't We?

Indianapolis Man Is First at Jap Base.

By FRANK TREMAINE United Press Staff Correspondent

| YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 30 (U. P.).—Thousands of grim-faced marines, supported by American and British naval landing parties, took

over the great Yokosuka navy yards today and deployed around the shores of Tokyo bay without firing a shot. When veteran leathernecks of the

sixth marine division's fourth regimeni arrived at Yokosuka, they

were greeted by two eager marine fliers from the carrier Cowpens who dropped in on the Yokosuka air station before the amphibious forces arrived. They were Pfc. Herman Moore, 626 S. Whitcomb ave., Indianapolis, Ind. and Pfc. Bernard F. McCarty, Kansas City.,, Mo. Together, they hauled the American flag to the top of the pole in front of the administration building. The battlestained flag went over Yokosuka at 10:30 & mui was the same flag the marines flew in triumph over bloody Okinawa and Guam. ° . Gun Positions Marked

Yokosuka itself was” bedecked with white flags the Japanese had tied to their gun positions in compliance with Gen. orders, The few remaining Japanese civilians in the navy yard watched in sullen silence as the marines swarmed ashore. All the Japanese wore white armbands to signify their acceptance of Emperor Hirohito's surrender order. At Yokohama and Atsugi, where MacArthur's airborne army troops had taken over, the story was the same, Japanese soldiers and civilians were eager to carry out the orders of the occupation forces, | « Brig. Gen. William T. Clement, | Richmond, Va., marine commander, stepped ashore with his veteran 4th regiment and announced he would “tolerate no resistance” from oe Japanese. No Sign of Trouble His men fanned out quickly across Sagami and Miura peninsulas, setting up a defensive perimeter against the possibility of a “banzai” attack by rebellious enemy troops. But by. late evening there were no signs of trouble. The Japanese did not lift so much as an eyebrow at the invaders and Amer-

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Pfc. Herman s. Moore

As First

MacArthur's|*

FIRST 40,000 YANK TROOPS LAND IN JAPAN WITHOUT BLOODSHED

Prisoners Were Liberated From Japanese Soil,

U. 8. Navy photo via Radio-telephoto from U. 8 8. Iowa. - Here is the scene at the liberation of the first p risoners on Jap soil by the U. 8S. navy at Omori. Jubilant men wave American, British and Netherland flags. :

Occupation Force Raises U. S. Flags.

By RALPH TEATSORTH United Press Staff Correspondent

GEN. MacARTHUR HEADQUARTERS, Yokoe hama, Japan, Aug. 30.—Gen, Douglas MacArthur set up headquarters in Yokohama today. The first 40,000 troops of his oce | cupation army raised the Stars and | Stripes over Japan's 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 and sea

In Sight of Palace Froin the top of the hotel Mace Arthur could see Emperor Hiroe. | hito's palace in the heart of Tokyo, Both Hirohito and the Japanese government now must take their orders from MacArthur. South of Yokohama, Adm. Ches« ter W. Nimitz—MacArthur's parte ner in the conquest of Japan—and Adm. William F. (Bull) Halsey of 3d fleet fame went ashore at’ the ‘| newly-occupied Yokosuka naval | base, formerly Japan's No. 1 navy (yard. It already had surrendered | formally to Halsey’'s deputies. | American and British marines {and blue-jackets also raised the American flag over three fortified {islands guarding the approaches to Yokosuka, Cape Puttsu, seven miles

IAPS BEAT FLERS |

WELL, WE Gor HERE'—

‘No Bloodshed or Violence

WITH BALL. BATS

Civilians Joined in Quiz Torture, One Says.

CAMP, TOKYO, Bay, Aug. 30 (U.

imprisonment and torture with a baseball bat, Maj. Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, 32-year-old ace from Okanogan, Wash,, was rescued by an expedition commanded by Com-

today. oners, rescued late yesterday from

Yokohama, described as the “blackest hellhole” of the war. Most of the 500 were found by surgeons to

sions, burns or malnutrition. Boyington was - reported dead] when he was shot down over Rabaul in 1944. He had 28 Japanese planes and a congressional medal of honor to his credit His mother, Mrs. Grace Hallenbeck. of Okanogan,

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Pfc. Herman 8. Moore Jr, Indianapolis marine, who raised the flag over the Yokosuka airport administration building, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman 8. Mooie Sr, of 626 S. Whitcomb ave., and husband of Mrs, Joan (Miller) Moore, 1236 Manhattan ave, The 19-year-old marine was a gunner on the U., 8. 8. carrier Cowpens. He beat the thousands of marines and bluejackets of the occupation force for the naval base

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Loso) Boy Who Roiiad Flag

Davis Gridder

Carty of Kansas City, Mo., a marine flier. Pfc. Moore, a native of Inaian-

lapolis, went to Ben Davis grade

school and high school, where he played basketball and football. After graduating, he worked at the | U. 8. Rubber Co. plant here during the summer, enlisting in marines in the fall when he was 17. He will be 20 on Nov. 21. After training at San Diego, Cal, he was transferred to Honolulu in

by flying into the Y: ka Aair‘with Pte.

F. Hee (odie oh. Page $Column 3)

P.) ~Surviving 20 months of secret|

modore Ralph Simpson, he told me He was among 500 allied pris- |

a Japanese internment camp near |

be suffering from injuries, gonans-

never gave up!

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Seen Coming by MacArthur

By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON . United Press Staff Correspondeni ATSUGI, Japan, Aug. 80.—Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped from

ABOARD THE MERCY SHIP| his C-54 transport plane, Bataan, onto the imperial soil of Japan today REEVES OFF OMORI PRISON |

with the words: “Well, we got here, didn't we?”

MacArthur was in high good humor as he stepped from his | plane exactly on scheduled time a 1: 58 p. m.

day, Indianapolis time). | “The preliminary occupation is going splendidly,” MacArthur said. “There is every indication that it will continue without friction or bloodshed.” The supreme commander flew | up from Okinawa in bright sunshine through a calm blue sky flecked with white clouds. (William Dunn, C. B. 8S. cor- | respondent, reported that MacArthur was served dinner af his | mew headquarters in the new Grand hotel, Yokohama, by a

smiling. bowing Japanese waiter, |

in company with Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, Gen. George C. Kenney, and other high American officers.) A crowd of photographers sur-

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‘CHARGES G. I. BILL ENCOURAGES a

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Us P..

—World War II veterans are urhw- | ing unemployment compensation, |

under, the G. L bill of rights, at a rate almost three times that of non- | veterans. .A Distabled American Veterans spokesman said today the figure indicated some veterans are win ing in order to collect the $20| weekly benefit allowed them under | the G. I. bill. i This, he said, is a reflection not on the veteran but on the bill!

COURT UPHOLDS VETERANS i NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (U. P)i— Federal Judge Matthew T. Abruzzo {upheld job seniority rights of veterans today in a decision granted in a test case brought by Abraham PFishgold, a former serviceman, against the

Sullivan Fo and Hutchinson, Salina, Kas. of Bookish,” | damaged,

{across the entrance to Tokyo from Yokosuka, and the half-sunken hulk of the Japanese battle ship Nagato.

2000 Planes Overhead

The air and sea-borne landings {on Japan were carried out under a {canopy of 2000 warplanes and the | big guns of hundreds of warships in Tokyo bay and adjoining sagami { bay. The troops landed with full com | bat equipment, but not a shot was fired by either side. Japanese of= ficers 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 p. m. Wednesddy, Indianapolis time). He told newsmen and G. L's who clustered about the plane that the surrender plan was “going splendidly.” “There is every indication thas the occupation will continue with. out friction or hloodshed,” he said. { “In the outlying theaters fighting | practically has ceased. In this area {300,000 Japanese troops have been | disarmed and demobilized.

Prom Melbourne to Tokyo was a long, hard road, but this looks like the payofl.” Close behind MacArthur's plane came other big transports carrying |Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, commander of the strategic air forces, Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney, commander of the Par East air forces, and other top - officers. From Atsugi,

1: 58 p. m. Wednes-

COUNTRY BLAMED ~ FOR PEARL HARBOR

Refusal to Prepare Caused Defeat—Truman. (Other Stories, Page 2)

By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press Staff Correspogdent WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.%President Truman blamed Pearl Harbor disaster on the country’s unwillingness before Dec. 7, 1941, to prepare for war. He also denied a congressional suggestion that the voluminous Pearl Harbor reports released yesterday were a “whitewash.” Mr. Truman said he had concluded after reading the reports that “the whole thing is the result of the policy which this country itself pursued; the country was not Tendy | | for preparedness.” Neither Mr, Truman nor the army | and navy had any plans for court-

today the

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'1- Man Army’ of Bataan Is Freed

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, Aug. | 30 (U. P.).—Mrs. Jean Wermuth | received word today that the | “one-man army” ‘of Bataan has

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‘ONE DEFIANT JAP ‘INCIDENT’ REPORTED, yeen iimerated

ATSUGT AIRDROME, Aug. 30| She sald the war department (U. P.).—At least one hostile incl- | notified her that her husband, dent was reported in the American| Capt. Arthur W. Wermuth, 38, occupation today when Japanese was at Camp Mukden in Man. anti-aircraft guns opened up at ane! churla: Wermuth was credited

of the U. S. planes, | with killing 116 Japs before he One of the leading Skymasters | gave up on Bataan.

ringing the occupation forces here | “They didn't say when hed reported three bursts of anti-air-| (.. co. America” she sald, “bus craft fire from Mxiyake Oshima. Tm hoping it will beacon The plane, piloted BS Sant. J. B. Pay off Mi. 3 al one time

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