Mac Arthur In Japan
• A month has passed since Japan
agreed to surrender, and General
MacArthur's moderate and cau
a few preliminary measures to
eliminate for all time, as the Pots
dam declaration puts it, “the au
thority and influence of those who
have deceived and misled the peo
ple of Japan into embarking on a
world conquest.” Many are asking
whether this means that we are
not going to do what we said we
were going to do, and that Genera]
MacArthur’s moderate an dcau
tious methods are leading to a
soft, that is to say an inconclusive,
peace.
There is as yet no evidence, it
seems to me. for thinking this.
There is, on the other hand, very
good reason to think that he is
being deliberate and cautious at
this stage precisely because he
understands well the real problem
of enforcing the Potsdam declara
tion. He has to put himself in a
position where he is not dependent
upon the good faith of the Em
peror and of the Japanese govern
ing classes.
* * *
He must, in other words, first
achieve an occupation of Japan
which gives him such a grip on the
country that disobedience and re
sistance to his orders are impossi
ble. He has not yet got such a
grip on Japan. His troops are
ashore at perhaps eight points
along the eastern coast, and
though they are highly equipped
and in battle array they are great
ly outnumbered by the 2,500,000
Japanese who were under arms
when the occupation began.
General MacArthur’s first task,
clearly, has been to get the Jap
anese Army disarmed and dis
banded as he builds up his own
forces and places them at the stra
tegic points of the four Japanese
islands. Until that was done, there
has been no use issuing political
orders which might be obeyed—
might quite conceivably have re
sulted in a fanatic rebellion, or a
prolonged guerrilla campaign in
the mountainous interior, and
the mountainous interior, and the
massacre of allied prisoners of war
in the vast reaches of the Japanese
aggression.
* * *
The occupation of Japan has to
precede the reform of Japan.
Otherwise we cannot be sure of
enforcing our terms. It is neces
sary. therefore for us here at Home
to realize how formidable a mili
tary operation it is to occupy Ja
pan. It is, as a matter of fact, a
bloodless version of the invasion
of Japan. To say that it is blood
less does not mean that it is like
landing a party of tourists. The
army has to go in fuily prepared
for battle. It must take possession
of the points it would have had to
fight for in order to paralyze Jap
anese power to resi t, and to make
secure its own positions and its
land and sea communications.
If General MacArthur and the
United States government were
being taken in by the meekness of
some of the Japanese, they would
not be carrying out the occupation
in such a thorough-going military
fashion.
* * *
That the procedure is slow is
too bad. But it has been unfavor
able, and the disadvantages are a
small price to pay for not having
to invade Japan. The first landing
in Japan had been set for Novem
ber, and it was to have been a
relatively small operation—name
ly the seizure of the southern tip
of the southern island of Kyushu
in order to obtain close-in airfields
for the main invasion. That was
to have taken place in the Tokyo
area some months later. On this
timetable only a fraction of the
troops for the full occupation oi
Japan were in the western Pacific
when the Japanese government
agreed to surrender a month ago.
That is the basic explanation of
what is happening. General Mac
Arthur is conducting a military
movement several months ahead of
the schedule of preparations for it.
It might be said, too, that Con
gress and the public have not made
it easier for MacArthur to move
faster by their own pressure to de
mobilize so fast that the efficiency
of all our forces has been consid
erably reduced.
Until our forces are in full occu
pation, which will still take some
time, and until the Japanese army
has turned in its arms and been
disbanded, the surrender will be
unconditional only on paper and
not yet as a mattei of fact. At
this stage General MacArthur must
be the judge of what demands he
can make of the Japanese authori
ties and be sure of being obeyed.
For though the shooting has stop
ped, he is still in the midst of a
military operation which must be
concluded successfully before the
political operation can really be
gin.
• • •
The fearful blunder in Korea is,
however, a warning signal to the
supreme commander and to the
administration here at home to
perfect their political plans with
some of the same care and fore
thought that have gone to making
our war plans. General directives
are not enough, though for Korea,
which is a testing ground of lib
eration in Asia, there does not
seem to have been even a general
directive.
have been defined. But some of
For Japan our general purposes
the incidents of the occupation, as
for example the Tojo muddle, do
not enhance American prestige
and raise a serious question how
the political program has been
thought out and explained to the
correspondents.
officers, the men, and to the war
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MRS. ELIZABETH DENNIS
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth R. Dennis, 20, of Shallotte,
who died Saturday night in a lcc 1
hospital, will be conducted this
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock from Cool
Run Baptist church in Shallotte by
the Rev. Bert Bennett. Interment
will follow in Brooks cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
Charles C. Dennis, a daughter,
Sandra, and a son, Charles C. Den
nis, Jr., her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Redwine, a sister, Dorothy
Redwine; five brothers, Edward
H„ William H., LeGrand W„
James R., all of Shallotte, and
Ruffin E. Redwine, of Jonesboro,
N. C.
FREDERICK L. PEARSALL
Funeral services for Frederick
Leonidas Pearsall, prominent Wil
mington business man, will be
held in the St. Andrews-Convenant
Presbyterian Church Monday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock. He passed
away at 4 p. m., Saturday, at his
summer home on Wrightsville
beach. He would have been 71
years of age on Sept. 30th.
Mr. Pearsall spent almost his
entire life in the city of Wilming
ton. He was the son of the late
Oscar and Mr . Rachel H. Pearsall
and received his early education
at t’-e Cape Fear Academy under
Professor Catlett; then attended
for four years the Fishburne Mili
tary school at Waynesboro, Va.,
where he served for two years as
cadet captain. He completed his
education at the University of
North Carolina. In his later school
days he acquired quite a standing
as a pitcher in baseball, and con
tinued his interest in that sport.
In business life i.e first served
Hall and Pearsall, one of the
largest commercial houses in Wil
mington. Upon the death of his
father in 1925, he was made presi
dent of Pearsall and Company,
manufacturers of fertilizers, and
served in that office for twenty
years.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs.' Mary McArtin Pearsall, of
Fayetteville, and daughter, Mrs.
Jack W. Smith, of this city; three
grandsons, Jack W. Smith, Jr.,
Frederick Pearsall Smith and
William Thomas Smith; by three
brothers, Horace, Melzar and Os
car Pearsall, and three sisters,
Mrs. H. L. Hunt and Mrs. R. M.
Sheppard, Mrs. D. L. Latta all of
Wilmington.
Mr. Pearsall was one of the
charter members of the Church of
the Covenant, in which he was a
ruling elder for 27 years, serving
for nearly that period as Clerk of
the session. The funeral services
will be conducted by Rev. F. W.
Lewis.
The following will serve as pall
bearers: Active — Dr. James
Smith, Dr. Junius Smith, J. Holmes
Davis, Jr., C. Heide Trask, T. D.
Love and R. C. Platt, Jr.; Honor
ary—W. D. McCraig, L. E. Hall,
Dr. J. E. Evans, Dr. W. T. Smith,
J. B. Huntington, Carl H. Davis,
O. L. Brown, and ^furray G.
Jones.
STEPHEN T. KEYES
Funeral services \vill be held
this morning at 11 o’clock at the
Yopp Funeral home, for Stephen
Thomas Keyes, 75 - year - old
farmer of Wilmington, Route
2, who, died in James Walker
LMemorial hospital Saturday after
noon with the Rev. C. N. Phillips
officiating. Interment will be in
Oakdale cemetery.
Pallpearers will be E. L. Robin
son, Stedman Hewlett, T. C.
Rhodes, Leo English, Truman
Southerland and Henry Williams.
MBS. MARY W. EDWARDS
Funeral services will be held
for Mrs. Mary Winford Edwards,
71, who died at her home, 7 Bel
well Ave., Friday night, at the resi
dence this afternoon at 3 o’clock
with the Rev. R. B. Jarrell, assist
ed by the Rev. C. E. Baker, officia
ting. Interment will be in the Oak
Grove cemetery.
She is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. G. L. Gore, Mrs. W. C.
Arp and Mrs. Arthur Follwood;
three sons, Warren, Ed and Osborn
Williams, all of Wilmington and
Mrs. Stephen Williams, of Shal
lotte, and Mrs. Hilliard Sellers and
Mrs. Benny Morris, of Rocky
Mount; 23 Grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
MRS. BEATRICE M. CAMPEN
Funeral services for Mrs. Bea
trice Melvin Campen, 48, 2633
Adams street, Riverside apart
ments, who died Friday night at
Bulluck clinic after a short ill
ness, will be held from the White
Oak Baptist church this afternoon
at 4 p. m.
The funeral cortege will leave
Ward Funeral home at 2:30 p. m.
for White Oak. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
Charles F. Campen; a son, Charles
F. Campen, Jr., U. S. Army; a
daughter, Miss Beatrice Campen
of Wilmington; a sister, Mrs. Al
bert Bryant, White Oak; and two
brothers, Broadus Melvin, Balti
more, Mr., and W. O. Melvin,
Pittsburgh, Calif.
HARRY LEE LITGEN
Harry Lee Litgen, who ran a
shoe shop for a number of years
in Wilmington before moving to
Raleigh, died yesterday at 1 p. m.
Surviving are six nephews, Gib
son Register, Charlie Register, W.
B. Register, Harry Lee Register,
Frank Litgen, and Jennings Lit
gen, all of Wilmington; three
nieces, Mrs. H. Leroy Taylor, Mrs.
Lacy Sidbury, and Mrs. Bob Bell,
all of Wilmington.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Andrews Mor
uary.
Hearing Scheduled
For Hickory Woman
HICKORY, Sept. 16.—(JP)—A pre
liminary hearing for Pearl Hinson
and her son, Robert Hinson, about
25, who were taken in custody
here in connection with the cJeath
last week of Ed Peeler, 42, will
be conducted tomorrow or Wed
nesday, Chief of Police E. W.
Lentz has announced.
Lentz said Hinson was taken
into custody Friday at Asheville.
The mother was arrested Wednes
day after Peeler’s body was found
in his trailer. He had been beaten
about the head and chest.
The Hinson woman is charged
with engaging in a fight with
Peeler in the trailer last Sunday
night.
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UNION MEETING
Painters Local Union No.
1024 will hold a special meet
ing on Wednesday night at 8
o’clock at the Labor Temple.
PRATER MEETING
The young people of the First
Advent Christian church will
hold a weekly prayer meeting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Morris, 152 Pinecrest
Parkway tonight at 8 o’clock.
Transportation will be provid
ed for all wishing to attend if
they will meet at the church
at Sixth and Church streets at
7:45 o’clock.
SUB-DISTRICT MEET
The Methodist sub-district
will hold the regular meeting
tonight at 8 o’clock at the
Fifth Avenue Methodist
church.
PTA OFFICERS TO MEET
The Lake Forest PTA Ex
ecutive Officrs will meet Tues
day morning at 10 o’clock in
the cafeteria. All workers of
the association are invited.
WRIGHTSBORO PTA
The Wrightsboro PTA will
meet Tuesday night at 8
o’clock. The social hour will
be held in honor of the new
parents and teachers of the
school.
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men will meet Thursday af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the
Junior Order hall.
DEMONSTRATION CLUB
The East Wilmington Home
Demonstration club will meet
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at the community center.
RIPPY TO SPEAK
Fred Rippy, Secretary of the
City Planning Board will dis
cuss and answer questions on
City extension at the meeting
of the Jaycees to be held Tues
day night, 7:30 at the YMCA.
JEWS OF WILMINGTON
OBSERVING “DAY OF
ATONEMENT” TODAY
Members of the Jewish faith in
Wilmington are observing Yom
Kippur, the Jewish “Day of Atone
ment” today. Rabbi M. M. Thur
man is conducting services all day
at the Temple Israel climaxing
services that began last night.
The “Day of Atonement” is a
lay of prayer, repentance and fast
ing and the Book of Jonah >vith its
emphasis on democratic ideals, the
brotherhood of man and the equal
ity of all men before God will be
read at today’s services.
Services will be held today at
the Temple of Israel as follows:
10:00 a.m. morning service; 1:30
p.m. junior congregation service;
2:00 p.m. afternoon service; 4.00
p.m. memorial service.
First Pan-Am Plane
Completes Dublin Run
DUBLIN, Sept. 16.-A Dou
glas DC-4 landed at Shannon air
port outside Dublin today, inaugu
rating commercial flying service
between the United States and Ire
land by land planes.
Pan-American Airways offices in
New York said the 44-passenger
DC-4, bought from the Army, made
the New York-Dublin trip in 15
hours 29 minutes, landing in New
foundland enroute. The four-engine
craft was piloted by Capt. Harold
Gray Daily service is planned
eventually. The previous service,
begun in 1939, has been solely by
flying boats.
Chinese Ask Return
Of “Tiger Of Malaya”
SINGAPORE, Sept. 18.— UP) —A
banner across a main street of
Singapore’s Chinese section today
appealed to the United Nations to
return Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki
Yamashita to Singapore “for pub
lic trial as a war criminal.”
Yamashita, self-styled “Tiger of
Malaya” who directed the seizure
of Singapore, is regarded here as
responsible for the deaths of
thousands of Singapore Chinese at
the hands of his occupation army s
secret police.
Later transferred to command
tn the Philippines, Yamashita re
cently surrendered to American
forces there._
A Local Man Felt
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Full Of Stomach Gas
Recently, a Wilmington man
stated that he used to feel like a
swollen balloon after every meal.
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sDit un acidulous liquids for hours
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EASTERN JAYCEES
WILL MEET HERE
The Wilmington Junior .Chamber
of Commerce will be host at a two
day meeting of the clubs of the
Eastern District to be held at the
Bame Hotel, Carolina Beach, i..-t
Saturday and Sunday, according to
Bob Howard, president of the local
organization.
All Jaycees are urged to notify
Mr. Howard of their intentions to
attend so that he can make the nec
essary reservations. Members are
also invited to bring their wives dr
girl friends for the event.
A dance will be held Saturday
night at the Carolina Bead* audi
torium and the Wilmington club
will be host at a breakfast for all
those attending the meeting on Sun
day morning to be followed by a
business meeting, presided over by
“T” Forbes, vice president of the
Wilmington club.
Local presidents of the Eastern
district are reminded that quarter
ly reports are to be given orally
and all state chairman will give an
account of the activities ft his
club.
Archbishop Spellman
Addresses Dakota Men
YOKOSHUUKA NAVAL BASE,
Sept. 16.—MP)—Several hundred of
ficers and men aboard the Battle
ship South Dakota were told today
by Archbishop Francis J. Spillman
that they have a solemn obligation
as Americans and Christians to
work for the establishment of a
firm and lasting peace.
The New York Prelate, ecclesi
astical superior of all clerical and
lay Catholics in the armed services
declared that the same unity as in
war time must prevail in peace
time if the United States is to
enjoy continuous victory,
on the afterdeck of this battleship
The Archbishop celebrated mass
Saturday. This was followed by a
reception for officers and men and
lunch with Admiral Halsey and his
staff.
WPB Lifts Controls
Of Many Materials
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. -LP»—
The War Production Board today
lifted inventory controls from more
than a score of industrial mate
rials and equipment items.
This means there are no limits
on the quantity of such items that
may be acquired by buyers.
Among materials and equipment
added to the restriction-free lists:
Asbestos building materials and
textile, dry cell batteries, bearings,
forging and foundry machinery,
gages and precision measuring
tools, incandescent lamps, pulp
wood, woodpulp, metal melting fur
naces ad mechanics’ hand service
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Prayers For Departed
JERUSALEM, Sept. 16.— (IP) —
Thousands of candles were kind
led in Jewish homes in Palestine
tonight—the eve of Yom Kippur,
the Day of Atonement—in memory
of the Jews who perished in Eu
rope in the years of Nazi persecu
tion.
Special prayers for the dead
were recited at Jerusalem’s wail
ing wall, said to be part of the
ancient Jewish temple, and in all
synagogues. A special appeal from
the Rabbinate urged the lighting
of the candles.
RAF “Spy”. Pigeons Sell
For $3,120 Per Pair
LONDON, Sept. 16.—UP)—Two of
the RAF’s “spy” pigeons have been
sold for 780 ($3,120) to a private
fancier who intends to use them
for founding a new string of long
distance racers.
Both birds are veterans of more
than three years of war work. Th *r
specialty was counter-espionage—
dropping out of planes behind en
emy lines and carrying back mes
sages from underground agents.
ESTRELLA URENA DIES
CIUDAD, Trujillo, Dominican Re
public, Sept. 16.—UP)— Rafael Es
trella Urena, former president, died
today. He was operated on Aug. 2
for appendicitis. He was elected
president in 1930.
Nazis Paris Announcer
Goes On Trial Today
PARIS, Sept. 16.— m —Jean
Herold-Paquis, who broadcast de
mands that “England must be
destroyed,” goes on trial for trea
son tomorrow afternoon with three
phonograph records as evidence
against him and no one to testify
in his favor.
Prosecution authorities expect
to ask the death penalty for the
44-year-old ex-journalist, who be
came the leading French radio an
nouncer during the Nazi occupa
tion.
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LaGuardia Plans End
To Meatless Tuesdays
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia announc
ed today the immediate discon
tinuance of meatless Tuesdays and
Fridays in the city’s public eating
places.
The Mayor, in his weekly radio
broadcast (WNYC), said:
“There seems to be a little more
meat around. At least the people
think so, and when people think
that way they don’t rush to buy.”
LaGuardia instituted the plan
about a year ago.
HURLEY SILENT
CHUNGKING, Sept. 16.— (ff) —
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley de
clined comment today on a Shang
hai report that he would resign
shortly as Ambassador to China.
•(President Truman- said Saturday
that Hurley had requested permis
sion to come home and report, but
that he had heard nothing about a
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