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FORECAST ' r -- ^ ^ Served By Leased Wires showers and continued warm Tuesday" f I I |T lit rt ASSOCIATED PRESS ? followed by fair weather wi-fc moderate III ■■■■■■■ and the temperature, Wednesday. < + + + + UNITED PRESS — W With Complete Coverace «( State and National Newt WT^TGTQN» N' C'» TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1945 ~ " ESTABLISHED 18«f Surrender Ceremonies To Be Calm IN SINGAPORE CITY British Had Planned To Renact In Reverse, Sad Day In 1942 SINGAPORE, Sept. 10. —(#>)— Admiral Lord Louis .Mountbatten was en route to this key base to day to accept the surrender of Ja pan’s southern armies in a cere mony designed to humble the con quered enemy and restore Britain’s •'face” throughout all Asia. The Southeast Asia commander planned originally to receive the Samurai sword of Field Marshal Count Juichi Terauchi, supreme _Rritain’c Qinrrxnn«. surrender early in 1942. This program would have includ ed a parade of Japanese Generals through the city, carrying white flags. It was ruled out today, how ever, by the highest level of au thority in favor of a “more digni fied ceremony,” scheduled to take place Wednesday. Singapore's polyglot population will be permitted — even encour aged — to see the first part of the ceremony, to be held in a hol low square formation on the Pa dang waterfront. Immediately afterward, the sin gle sheet surrender instrument will be signed in the council room of the adjacent municipal building before a selected audience. Instead of Terauchi, conquerer of the Philippines and a former war minister, the Japanese representa tive will be Lt. Gen. Seishiro Itaga ki, last-ditch commander of Singa pore and one of Japan’s leading militarists. Three other generals flew here from Bangkok today to join the surrender party. Terauchi was spared — reluctant ly and temporarily — the embar rassment of surrender after Mount batten’s personal physician went to Saigon and made certain the bald, 66-year-old Field Marshal’s plea of illness had a basis of truth. He was reported to be a "very sick old man,” paralyzed follow ing a stroke last April, but British authorities said he would be com pelled to go through the formality of a surrender at some later date, and that his personal chop (signa ture) would be used in Wednes day's ceremony. The chief worry of Singapore’s rmr.iilatinn moon-.ohiu __ ey. The Japanese "Banana dollnr” —so called because of the banana design of the bills—was declared worthless while a new Malayan 'Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) familyquarrel ENDS IN KILLING LUMBERTON. Sept. 10—Dannie Stephens Walters, 49 year-old Or rum Township farmer was killed at the home of Mrs. Alice Wai wick, early Sunday morning by his son Louten Rhodes Walters aft er a family argument, county offi cers said. At an inquest held by coroner ?■ W. Biggs, Sunday night, a jury held “no one blamsble.” The family disagreement started Saturday afternoon, according to officers in the Walter's home on Highway 74 while Walters was al legedly in a drunken condition. Louten Rhodes Walters, home on leave from the Navy, and his brother Dannie Morris Walters 8'id their mother, after quarreling " th Mr. Walters, made several attempts to have Walters put in jail but each time an effort was P?ade officers were unable to find him. Finally Mrs. Walters and her ™o sons went to the home of Mrs. Ance Warwick, mother-in-law of Louten Walters to spend the rest of the night; Evidence presented at the coron IContinued on Part Three: Col. 6) WEATHER (Eastern Standard Time) M ®y V. S. Weather Bureau meteorological data for the 24 hours 7:30 p.m., yesterday. , Temperature t.oO am, 71; 7:30 am, 73; 1:30 pm, 87; 7-30 pm, so. KormXp‘imUm 87'5; Minimum 80; Mean 75; Humidity •30 am, 95; 7:30 am, 93; 1:30 pm, 69; *”*u Pm, 87. ’ v Tn) . . Precipitation O.oo inches 'he 24 hoUrs endin« 7:30 Pm' •■OMnche^106 the iirst 07 ,,le month, ._ Tides For Today 1 s ? t!?e T'de Tables published ty • t-oast and Geodetic Survey) Wilmington . ^iasonboro I„let _ Su„r,c . - 10:45p 4:52p IO19.. f; 5:53t Sunset 6:24p; Moonrise, »**' Moonset 9:23p. fee;. J'ettpville River stage at 8 a.m., 10.9 (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 2) Youth Prefers To Eat With Park Squirrels EVERETT, Mass., Sept. 10. (U.R)—Herbert MarsineUi, u, ap parently prefers peanuts shared with the squirrels and pigeons ®n Boston Common to the dally fare served up by his father and mother. The youngster was found by poi ce on the Common yester ay after two months away from his Everett home. He was returned to his parents and promised to be a good boy. *ut today he skipped off again. Police immediately checked the bench on the Common wnere he was d'scovered, but Herbert had picked out new sleeping quarters. His parents said they knew i°f no reason why he should run away a second time—qn fess some of his chums told 1(™ **-at school opened here J«st T?eek, modernabattoir PLANT UNDERWAY Completion of afc abattoir with a capacity of 25 to 30 cattle a dav and equipped with the most mod ern of machinery, in the Castle Hayne district, is believed possible by the end of this week, according to an announcement by O. C. Moore owner of the enterprise, last night. Costing approximately $40,000, the 32 x 80 foot building joins an older building which is 32 x 60 feet, forming an ‘L’. Mr. Moore revealed that a cold room had been installed by the Sneeden-York company capable of holding 40 to 50 thousand pounds of meat and a de-hairing machine, for use on hogs, had been pur chased. This machine can handle one animal per minute. At full capacity, he said, he ex pected to employ 15 to 18 persons in the operation of the establish ment. Mr. Moore has for some time been engaged in the mgnqfacture of sausage, liver pudding, souse and other meat products and has been located in the older building. QUISLING SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ACTS AGAINST HOMELAND OSLO, Sept. 10.—(U.R)—Maj. Vid kun Abraham Quisling, 58, was found guilty of treason, murder, embezzlement and theft today and sentenced to death by firing squad. His property was ordered confis cated. The seven-man trial court spe cifically found him guilty on all counts brought by the state except : for a few minor ones involving 1 theft. The verdict was unanimous. Quisling was ordered to repay 1 the state 1,040,000 crowns ($280,- ] 000)—the tot^l salary he paid him- • self while puppet premier during tho no— — -_B The most famous traitor of mod ern times said he would appeal to the Supreme Court. LARGEST TROOPSHIPS TO BE WITHDRAWN BY END OF PRESENT YEAR NEW YORK, Sept. 10-W-The world’s two largest troopships, the 85,000-ton Queen Elizabeth and the 81,235 - ton Queen Mary, will be withdrawn from troopship service by Dec. 31, Army officials said today. Col. Dallas D. Dennis, American Transport Commander of the Queen Mary, said, however, that be had heard that efforts were be ing made to keep Britain’s gigan tic liners in service until April. 1946. Dennis estimated it would tak2 unt:i the end of March <o return eligible American soldiers from Europe The New York office of the Cunard Line, owners of the ships said it had no comment. The ves sels are operated under supervi sion of the British government. AWARDED DFC RALEIGH, Sept. 10—(U.R)—Master Sergeant George W. Moore, of Pikesvilli, and Major James H. Campbell, of Greensboro, have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Crosg in Saipan. t Meat Rationing May End By Oct. 1; OP A Not \Sure ’ WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — (iP» — Some officials reported today that an end of meat rationing is "pos sible” by Oct. 1, but QPA and the Agriculture Department said no definite date could be predicted. In New York, however, a food dealers’ spokesman declared the meat supply had improved so much in recent weeks that the commo dity "could be taken off rationing entirely.” E. F. Guckenberger, secretary of the New York State Retail Food Merchants Association, said many retailers in that area were send -:-; ing meat back to wholesalers be cause consumers lacked enough red ration points to buy it. The two government agencies is sued a joint statement denying what they described as “rumors” of disagreement between them on the lifting of ration controls. “The Department and OPA are in agreement that meat rationing should be ended as soon as sup plies are sufficiently adequate and distribution is sufficiently equit able to permit such action,” said (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 1) J'»p$fiese Militarism Gets Death Blow As MacArthur Orders Dishandonment; First Reconversion Bill Passes Housea' President Scores One By Measure ONE BOSS PLANNED Bill Would Name One Man To Sell Surplus War Sup plies, Not Board WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—(AV The first reconversion hill, to let a single boss get rid of leftover war supplies, sailed unopposed through the House today. But a final push for an inquiry into Pearl Harbor was put off for 24 hours. The House votes on that Tuesday. The Senate already has approv ed an investigation of the Pearl Harbor catastrophe. It still has to act on the measure to replace the present three-man Surplus Property Board with a single ad ministrator. The Senate hauled out today legislation to ladle out $500,000, 000 to cities and states in the next five years to build and repair air-' ports. Cities and states would foot half the bill. No vote today —maybe Tuesday. The day’s big moment at the capitol was reserved not for legis lation but for a hero. Senate and House interrupted sessions to take a hand in Wash ington’s welcome to Corregidor’s defender, Gen. Jonathon M. Wain rignt. tach heard a brief, raspy' throated address. Each shrieked its acclaim. Otherwise Congress had its col lective mind mostly on military matters: Chairman of the Senate and Souse Naval committees plunked iown bills for a peacetime fleet >f 1,079 ships. The Navy now las 1,308. Authorized pre-war strength, 272. A Senate subcommittee propos 'd that some lend-lease debtors Jay off in bauxite—the aluminum >re. Senator Hatch (D-NM) suggest ed a peace shrine at the site of he atomic bomb test in New Mexico. (Rep. Weichel - (R-Ohio) com Continued on Page Ten; Col. 4) IGED NEGRO DIES FROM CAR MISHAP Quincey McAllister, 70-year-old Tegro, Route 2. Castle Hayne, who eceived head injuries when he re lortedly walked or ran into the ide of an automobTe operated by 3. F. Peschau, of Wrightsville teach, at 11 a.m. yesterday, died t 1 p.m. in the James Walker Memorial hospital. The accident, 18 and one-half nilea north of Wilmington on High way 421, apparently occurred when McAllister, getting out of a car Iriven by J. E. McAllister, Negro f Long Creek, which had been iroceecung norm ana naa pulled ver to the right hand side of the pad, ran around behind it and mto the left hand side of Mr. Pes hau’s car, which was going south, triking it just behind the front loor and being thrown to the pave ment, investigating officers said. Ir. Peschau’s car did not run over im, they added. Sheriff J. T. Brown, of Pender ounty, announced last night that coroner’s jury had viewed the ody and that Acting-Coroner A. Blake had scheduled an inquest ar Thursday night at 8 o’clock in le Court house in Burgaw. The Battleship' Blasted By Our Fliers ; men mad^the oncendgM^warshV^^hmnbles'^er’numerous8^hatterTeehiseless^dhe31,03 Kure Ba£ £requent attacks by Allied air ! 3“my ‘h3‘ ™ shattered ^n^uppc^Sd'hldeaways ig jfflS’J’g »d gg g^jS.SgyS.'’"1 " inan who Lost A Battle Gets Nation’s Accolade; Hero Beloved Of His Men Buried In Hallowed Plot . , . .—r __ . _ Admiral John McLair Laid To Rest With Military Honors BY TOM REEDY Associated Press Satff Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 10- OR _ The nation’s capital heaped a con queror’s honors today on a gaunt, gray General who lost a battle. The tribute—which included the nation’s highest for valor — was pa:d Jonathan M. Wainwright for the brilliant defense of doomed Corregidor fortress in Manila bay. It was that gallant stand which held back the enemy while the na tion got its hands up to fight again after the knockdown of Pearl Har bor. Arriving by air from the Pacific where his sacrifice left him a Jap anese prisoner for more than three years, General Wainwright whirled through a breathless schedule that included: A tender welcome from the wife he had not seen in four years. A triumphal parade to the Capi tol to the tumultuous cheers of half a million. An appearance before each house of Congress, as a specially invited and honored guest. A visit to the White House where President Truman, in a ceremony of which the general had no warn ing, placed around his neck the ribbon of the Congressional Medal f- Honor, reserved for the truly great among America’s heroes. No defeated General ever came back to such a demonstration; Few winners ever have. It was like a repetition of the wild celebration that greeted Gen eral of the Army Dwight D. Eisen hower, the victor of Europe, not so long ago. There was the vast crowd at the airport, the throngs lining the mo torcade route to the War Depart ment’s Pentagon building, the even bigger throngs along Memorial Highway, historic Constitution avq (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) SIAN WHO FOOLED OFFICERS WILL GET SENTENCE SEPT. 20 NEW YORK, Sept. 10—tfP)—Karl Horst Max Wacker, 20, the ‘Pvt. William Walker” who hoodwinked American officers in Berlin into believing h ; was a battle-shock ed GI, pleaded guilty in Brook lyn Federal Cour^ today to charge of impersonating a member of the U. S. Army. He was remanded to jail to await sentencing Sept. 20. Wacker, described by the FBI as a trained Nazi espionage agent, related to Army officers in Europe that he fought into Berlin with the Russians, but that all that he could remember of his life before D-Day was his name and that he probably was from New York. Impressed, the Army returned him to the United States last June. He was arrested in July by the FBI at Camp Upton, N. Y., where he had been hospitalized as a battle - casualty. The FBI said Wacker entered the German es pionage service after being repa triated from the United States with his parents in 1944. Starving Europeans To Eat Sweet Potatoes And Like Em , WASHINGTON, Sept. 10—CP)—Those starving Europeans who Sk 4 turning up their noses at some of America’s foodstuffs will be taught to eat sweet potatoes. . Recipes for this favorite of the South are going to be included with each can of dehydrated sweet potatoes which is purchased by Trnlif-^ Nat10138 Rehabilitation and Relief Administration, languages m°re’ 016 recipes wiU he printed in five European Tempers of southern Congressmen reached the boiling point SrtwS f h?n a representative of thfe agency told them the folks in Europe just wouldn t eat some American foodstuffs. They hadn’t I been sent sweet potatoes, he explained, because of a belief they would just be wasted. J SOCONY TO BUILD TANKER TERMINAL C. A Rumpff, an operating manager for Socony-Vacuum Oil company, revealed last night that plans are being made for the commencement of operation of a new steamer terminal in the next several months, at least on “a preliminary basis.” The terminal which is to be con structed on a 26-acre tract just south of the Atlantic Refining company’s bulk plant near the site of the old Carolina Shipyard which has been purchased, may possibly be delayed due to diffi culty in obtaining steel and the special equipment which the com pany uses, he said. Although restrictions on steel deliveries have been removed, Mr. Rumpff said, “It's still anybody’s guess as to when it will actually be delivered.” Other problems which are hav ing to be surmounted are creation of a local distribution organiza tion and extension of the railroad spur line and developrqent of vehicular access to the plant. It has not yet been determined just what the size of the plant will be, but the plan is to expand as operations and sales warrant, he added. He also said that some orders have already been placed for materials. The terminal will be served by Socony’s own fleet of tankers which have played a part in the delivery of gasoline and oil to the war zones Losses were heavy but these are being replaced, Mr. Rumpff stated. $100,000 Sawmill Plant For Wrightsboro Area Announced B y Hobbs Construction of a saw mill and related industries, costing in the neighborhood of $100,000, to be lo cated at Wrightsboro, were dis closed here yesterday. The plant is to be of modem construction, and the site itself, located between Gorden and Wrightsboro, comprise about 30 acres of timber land. Application for incorporation of a firm to operate the plant has £?en with Secretary of State Thad Eure, it was disclosed by L. "• Hobbs, 214 North 22nd street SCHOOLS OPEN WEDNESDAT NEW BERN, Sept. 10-New Bern schools will open Wednes day’ following registration of new students Tuesday, it has been an nounced by Supt. H. B Smith. \ COATES TO SPEAK AT ROTARY TODAY Rotarians have been promised an interesting talk today at their regular meeting when Professor Albert Coates, head of the Uni versity of North Carolina Institute of Government speaks on his work. Started 15 years ago, the Insti tute, which trains public officers in the administration of public af fairs, developed gradually at first but has grown to such proportions that it has instructed some eight or nine thousand city and county of ficials. The institute is supported by membership contributions from cities and counties desirous of sending representatives. For the last three or four years, the State of North Carolina, recognizing the value of the training, has matched the contributions of local govern ments. Only school of its type in the United States, the Institute which teaches by the comparative study of city arid county governments in North CaroGna, has, under the leadership of Professor Coates, be come nationally prominent arid has been studied as a model states. , FACES HUMILIATION SINGAPORE, Sept. . 10.—(A*)— lit. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, the ob durate commander of Singapore aod one of Japan’s top ranking militarists, was nominated today ' to go through the humiliation of formlly surrendering Nippon’s southern armies to Admiral Lord Lopis Mountbatten here Wednes- ’ day. ■ ■ Blanket Of Coral Shell Wake Island Dead WASHINGTON, S^pl* _<u.R)_ The gallant American dead of Wake Island are buried In a com mon grave bearing the name of a man nobody apparently knows. A delayed dispatch by S-Sgt. Dan Levin of Washington, a Marine Corps combat correspondent, said the dead are buried under two large mounds of coral shells and stones just off the main road. They include 50 to 60 Americans who who fell during the epic 17-day de fense of the tiny coral island and an unknown number who died after Japan captured the island. A wooden cross tops each mound but the only marker, nailed be neath one of the crosses, reads ir large letters: “Will Miles “Died July 15-42.’' Levin said that no one on the is land knows who Will Miles was. The Japanese first explained that Miles was the last man of the American prisoners to die and that bis name was used as a seal. Later they said he had been the “most important” of the Americans to die ^fter the battle. Levin reported that "one guess (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) 1 President Decorates Gen. Wainwright; Crowds Pay Him Homage By EILEEN NUNLEY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. — (U.PJ - A ■ hero beloved of his men was buried in the hallowed ground of Aldington National Cemetery today while an hour later and only a few blocks away a half million people roared thunderous welcome to another. Vice Admiral John S. McCain a casualty of the Pacific war he help ed to win, was laid to rest with full military honors while Gen. Jonath an M. Wainwright, who won a vic tory in defeat, received the ring ing acclaim of the capital of a grateful nation. McCain, 61, died in San Francisco Thursday of a heart attack, a cas ualty, his doctor said, of war. The end came only a few hours after he returned from the surrender ceremonies in Tokyo which, as commander of the fast carrier Task Force 38, he helped make possible. The two men, apart on this day, were together on what was needed to win the peace. Although he died knowing that victory had been won, McCain left a warning that the Al lies mu$t deal sternly with the Jap anese for a long time. Wainwright also told his welcomers there must be no soft peace. Services for McCain were attend ed by Secretary of the Navy James (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 3) THERE’S A CEILING ON HULA GIRLS; OPA SAYS IT’S 25 CENTS WASHINGTON, Sept. 10— Wl — DPA today put a ceiling on Hula ?irls. In a new price order covering :ommercial photography in Ha vaii, OPA said a four-by-five inch licturc would cost 50 cents, but idded: “With Hula girl, each, 75 :ents.” “Hula girl,” said the official def nition, ‘means any female posing 'or compensation or profit for a iirect positive photograph whether laid by the photographer or the subject of the photograph.” In another action not calculated o upset financial circles. OPA re noved the ceiling on shuttlecocks. - ] Censorship Clamped On Tokyo Press RADIO UNDER HEEL Allied Supreme Comman der Announces Occu pation To Spread BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1#.—<U.R> —Gen. Douglas MacArthur has ordered the arrest as a war crl r-inal of Gen. Hidekl To jo, former Japanese premier who engineered the Pearl Harbor attack, Jack Mahon of the Mutual Broadcasting System said tonight in a broad cast from Tokyo. TOKYO, Tuesday, Sept. 11.—(JT) —General MacArthur dealt Japa nese militarism its death blow to day with an order summarily abolishing Imperial general head quarters, which hatched the In famous strike at Pearl Harbor, His order for the joint Army Navy clique to dissolve by Thurs day (Wednesday, U. S. time) went • out simultaneously with a censor ship decree that waved the threat of suspension over any Japanese newspaper or radio station caught stirring up unrest or publishing fal3.-> reports. MacArthur’s headquarters also announced that the forces of oc cupation would spread their con trol next month to the naval bases of the inland sea and the great city of Osaka. While the Japanese announced that one-fourth of their 2,744,000 man home army had been demobi lized in the so-far peaceful occu pation of the home islands. Mac Arthur acted to quiet umest in nearby Korea. Koreans, who demonstrated in the capital of Seoul ov;-r the U. S. Army decision to k^ep Japanese civilian authorities temporarily at their posts, v/ere told by MacAr thur that all their rights would be protected. The Supreme Commander dec lared the Americans were ■ ccupy ing southern Korea only ‘‘to en force the ins'rti.r ent of surrender” and warned that acts of violence again't the rr upying troop.', might be punished cy death. At the same time, the Japanese at home were made to feel the steel bhind MacArthur’s ‘‘glovd hand” policy of occupation. In one of the two far-reaching orders, MacArthur told the Im perial general headquarters to dis band by Thursday (Wednesday, U. S. time). This body blow at Japanese militarism was part of MacAr thur’s announced first objective— to stamp out rapacious aggressive ness. The second order clamping on (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1)J “OLD PROFESSOR” ; , WILL DROP BATON LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIF., Sept. 10—(#)—Kay Kyser said today he is quitting the entertainment business for a while so he can spit and whittle. “I’m tired because I’ve been try. ing to do too much,” he told the Associated Press. “I have a won. derful wife. I have financial se. curity. I’nd young (40) and I feel a fellow ought ’to enjoy life while he can. I feel I’ve discharged my obligations to the pebple who gave me financial security.” Kyser said his agent is in New York now attempting to cancel the remaining 2 1-2 years of his radio contract and added “it locks fav. orable to me.” He has cancelled other entertainment commit* ments.” “I want to spend several month* with my mother in Rocky Mount, North Carolina,” Kyser • a i d. “Mainly I just want to sit and spit and whittle. I’m tired from too much work and my poor old feet are in awful shape. I don’t want to entertain for a year or more, except I will go oversea* any place, any time, to entertain th* troops.” Kyser and his band came into prominence in the late 30’s and he has been a radio and movie star since 1939. He recently return ed from a long entertainment tour in the Pacific. r
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