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“THE FROZEN GHOST’
Starring
LON CHANEY
VOL XLI11- 197
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
SHELBY, N C.
FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1945
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M?u> Jap Premier Backs Up Imperial Rescript To Lay Down Arms
, Impatient Russians Give
Japs Until Noon Monday
To Disarm And Surrender
LONDON, Aug. 17.(/P)—The Russians, charging that
the Japanese had launched a widespread counteroffensive
in Manchuria at the same time its headquarters asked Sov
iet troops to cease hostilities, today gave the Japanese until
noon Monday to disarm and surrender.
(The Japanese government, In a
broadcast recorded In the United
States by PCC, “urgently request
ed” General MacArthur today to
“take proper steps to bring about
immediate cessation of the Soviet
offensive.”
(The broadcast said Japanese
troops were unable to cease hostil
ities because Russian troops “are
still positively carrying on the of
fensive.” The message did not
mention the Soviet charge that the
Japanese were continuing to
light.)
Marshal Alexander M. Vassilev
aky said in a broadcast order “as
soon as the Japanese troops begin
surrendering their arms, Soviet
troops will discontinue war opera
tions."
The Japanese commander was
given the added time so that he
could communicate with all of his
troops.
A Soviet communique said the
Japanese counterattacks were made
at three points and were repulsed
with the Russian capture of the
key communication cities of Wang
ching, Kiamusze and Taon.
The counterattacks were the first
they had encountered, the Rus
sians said, since they began their
massive armored drive into Man
churia a week ago today.
The Russians reported also that
they were pushing closer to the
major general Manchuria arsenal
and communications center of Har
bin with the Amur river fleet
joining in the battle against the
Japanese in the Sungari river val
ley.
i Meat Rationing May
r End In September
Secretary Anderson Says Supplies Not Needed For
Military Rising Rapidly
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—(/P)—Secretary of Agricul
ture Anderson said today he believes it may be possible to
terminate meat rationing in the "very near future”—possibly
Mao Tze-Tung
Wiil Not Meet
With Chiang
»
>
CHUNGKING, Aug. 17—(>f)—It
w«s reliably reported here today
that the Communist leader Mao
Tze-Tung had declared an Invi
tation of Generalissimo Chiank
Kai-Shek to come to Chungking
to discuss a settlement of differ
ences between the Chungking
government and the Commun
ists.
It was understood that MaJ.
Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, U. S. am
bassador to China, at whose sug
gestion Chiang was reported to
have extended the Invitation,
would fly to Yenan to urge Mao
to reconsider, and that If the Com
munist leader changed his mind.
Hurley would accompany him back
to Chungking.
Chiang and Hurley conferred
over lunch today, presumably with
this mission as one of the prin
cipal topics.
Meanwhile, confidence mounted
here that the government’s forces
would successfully reoccupy Shang
hai and Nanking before the Com
munists were able to seize control
of those vital ports.
ACCEPTS TERMS
On the heels of reliable reports
that the Japanese commander
in China had sent word to Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek ac
cepting the Chinese terms for sur
render arrangements, unconfirm
ed but credible reports were cir
See MAO TZE-TUNG Page X
Vice Chief Of Jap
Navy General Staff
Commits Suicide
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—(/P)—The
Japanese navy ministry announced
Friday afternoon (Japanese time)
that Vice-Admiral Takljlro Onishl,
vice-chief of the navy general
staff, had committed suicide, leav
ing a note which said he wanted
to “make atonement to the souls
of my former subordinates and to
members of their bereaved fam
ilies,” the Tokyo radio said.
Onishi was the originator of the
kamikaze (suicide) special attack
corps and since May 29 was com
mander of the naval $ulcide forces.
as eariy as sepiemDer.
In an exclusive Interview, the
secretary stated that an examina
tion of demand and supply pros
pects as of today Indicated that
supplies not needed for military
and other non-civilian require
ments are rising sharply.
Anderson said that latest fig
ures indicate that civilian meat
supplies for the October-December
quarter will be at the annual per
capita rate of 145 pounds, com
pared with less than 120 pounds so
far this year.
The supply will be even greater,
he said, should there be an “ex
cessively heavy” run of cattle to
market this fall.
MILITARY CUTBACKS
Improvement In the meat situa
tion, he asid, reflects the cutback
In military needs, uncertainty as
to whether financial arrangements
See MEAT Page S
German Submarine
Surrenders In
Argentine Port
MAR DEL PLATA, ARGEN
TINA, Aug. 17—</P)— A German
submarine surrendered here today
to Argentine naval authorities.
The 600-ton craft carried the
number U-977 and a complement
of 32. including four officers one
of whom was Commander Heinz
Schasser. The craft was similar
to the U-530 which surrendered
to Argentine authorities on July
10.
NEW JAP PREMIER—Gen. Prince
Naruhlko Hlgashi-Kunl (above),
uncle of Empress Nagako, has been
commanded by Emperor Hirohito to
form a new Japanese cabinet and
become premier, the Japanese Domel
news agency reports In a broadcast
recorded by the FCC.—(AP Wire
photo).
POLAND, RUSSIA
SIGN TREATY
Curzon Line Established
As Approximate
Boundary
LONDON, Aug. 17.—(JP)—Russia
and Poland have signed a treaty,
the Moscow radio said today, es
tablishing the Curzon line as the
Polish-Soviet boundary except for
a few deviations “In Poland’s fa
vor.”
The treaty also Included an
agreement on' compensation for
damages caused by German occu
pation, the broadcast said.
One deviation ’gives Poland
a boot 30 kilometers in “terri
tory situated east of the Car
son line ap~to the western Bag
river and the Solokai river
south of the towft of Krylow,”
according to the broadcast text
of the treaty,
Poland was given “part of the
territory of BJaloweiz Forest In
the section of Wienirow-Jalowka
situation to the east Of the Cur
zon line” in another deviation.
“Pending a final decision on the
territorial question at the peace
See POLAND Page *
Textile Industry Promises
More Civilian Goods Soon
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 17. —(AV
The textile Industry of the Caro
lines looked today to a quick re-1
conversion to civilian production,
even as the government cancelled
orders for millions of dollars worth
of cotton products for military pur
poses.
Charles A. Cannon of Concord,
chairman of the board of the Amer
ican Cotton Manufacturers Associa
tion, said there was no possibility of
serious disruption of the industry’s
activities as a result of the shift.
Many of the mills, he explained,
have been making products almost
identical with their pre-war pro
duction, and consequently these
plants can continue to operate with
little interruption. 4
Some others, however, will have
to make readjustments in their
equipment, but ordinarily these
changes can be made in a short
time.
Charlotte merchants predicted
that the buying public would be able
to obtain within 60 ot QP days those
sheets and pillow cases and towels
and similar goods that have been
so hard to find in recent months.
By the first of , the year, they
said, other merchahdise now non
existent or scarce should be plenti
ful. ^
The Charlotte Quartermaster De
pot estimated today that 700 con
tracts with textile mills of the
south had already been cancelled.
FIRST DUTIES
OF CABINET
TO SIGNTERMS
New Premier Himself May
Be Tried As War
Criminal
URGES COOPERATION
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
17.—(/P)—Gen. Prince Naru
hiko Nigashi-Kuni was sworn
in as Japan’s new premier to
day and in his first official
act as premier-war minister
ordered the army to “strict
ly observe” an imperial re
script to lay down their arms.
“The decision has been tak
en to cease fire and return to
peace,” he declared.
The new post-war cabinet, in
which the royal premier who may
himself be tried as a war crimi
nal retained the war portfolio,
went into session immediately af
ter it was sworn in.
Hie Japanese Dome! news a
gency quickly went on the air with
the announcement that the first
duties of the new cabinet would
be the signing of the surrender,
or “the peace terms,” and “fulfill
ment of the Potsdam declaration
tt> be enforced.”
The first meeting of the cabi
net lasted an hour and a half,
Domei reported, and was taken up
principally with the premier’s
plea for full cooperation from his
ministers.
“Once we have laid down
onr arms,” said the broadcast
recorded by FCC, “we must
take up matters with absolute
calmness. If there should be
any incident in violation of
hfc majesty’s command, we
will lose the confidence of the
world. The new cabinet must
•ee that the work is carried
out with great care.
“The second thing which we
must bear in mind is that we must
recover ourselves from the rav
ages of war and plunge into the
work of reconstruction at the earl
iest possible moment."
Higashi-Kunl “announced to his
cabinet a three-point basic policy
—respect of the constitution, con
trol of the military and mainte
nance of order.”
The policy, Domei quoted the
See FIRST Page *
B-29 Raids Cost
Lives Of 3,000
American Fliers
By VEB.N HAUGHLAND
GUAM, Aug. 17. -~VP)— General
Spaatz disclosed today that the
year long operations of B-29s
against Japan cost the lives of over
3,000 American fliers, while more
than 600 others were rescued by
naval operations.
Combat operations resulted in the
loss of 437 of the Superfortresses.
Noncombat loses were not announc
ed, but they are known to be con
siderable, particularly in the early
months of the campaign when the
crews were learning the capabilities
of their planes.
Crews lost, averaging 11 men
each, numbered 297.
In addition, 106 Iwo-based long
range fighters were lost.
On the other side of the ledger,
the commander of the U. S. Army
Strategic Air Forces said, the giant
aircraft destroyed the major in
dustrial productive capacity of 59
Japanese cities, and partially de
stroyed six others.
Six cities more than 75 per cent
destroyed were Numazu, Fukui,
Hitachi, Takamatsu, Kuwana and
Himeji.
MILEAGE
The B-29's flew more than 100,
000,000 miles in an aggregate of 32,
612 flights from Marianas and In
dian bases and dropped 169,421 tons
of bombs.
A total of 581 important factories
engaged in production of war mate
rials has been either totaly destroy
ed or severely damaged. Included
in this number are 23 major fac
tories of Japan’s aircraft industry
See B-29 RAIDS Page 2
l
VIENNA HOMELESS COOK OUTSIDE—Typical of thousands of homeless
families in Vienna, this mother (left) and her children are cooking out
doors on a home-made stove in the street. Their sleeping quarters are in a
dugout beneath a train platform in Vienna’s southern station. This pic
ture was made by Prank Noel, Associated Press photographer formerly
stationed in AP .Bureaus at Atlanta, Tampa, and ^iamL*r(AP Wirephoto)
Grew-Acheson Move
May Signal Shake-Up
Acheson Elevated To Undersecretary Of State Suc
ceeding Joseph C. Grew
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—(iP)—.Further changes in the
top control of this country’s foreign policy appear in the off
ing today, following Dean Acheson’s elevatiop to succeed
Undersecrtary of State Joseph C. Grew.
LITTLE STEEL
FORMULA OUT
Truman Calls On Labor
To Continue Its No
Strike Pledge
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17— (P) —
The little steel wage formula went
into the discard for undetermined
thousands of workers today.
One immediate result was to set
the stage for a potential wide
struggle among employers and un
ions whose contracts call for re
opening of negotiations when there
is a change in national wage po
licy.
President Truman announced the
new policy late yesterday in a
statement in which he also called
upon labor to continue its wartime
no-strike pledge.
The new wage stand authorizes
the War Labor Board to permit
voluntary wage increases without
WLB approval so long as employ
ers certify that such increases will
not lead to price increases. It also
See LITTLE STEEL Page 2
Game Broadcasts
Will Continue
Broadcasts of further play by
Shelby’s Junior Legion team in
the regional competition at
Sumter will be provided from
The Star office this afternoon
starting at 3:15 p.m. and, if
a second game becomes neces
sary, tonight at 8:15.
Arrangements are being made
to bring local fans reports of the
sectional at Charleston, S. C.,
starting Sunday as far as Shelby
goes toward the national cham
pionship which many fans and
sports wr.ters are predicting
the locals should win.
Contributions by fans togeth
er with The Star are making
possible the special wire and
play-by-play reports which
heve attracted thousands here
for each time Shelby has played
at Sumter.
It is possible, however, that sec
retary of State• Byrnes may delay
a final decision until he returns
next month from the council of
foreign ministers meeting in Lon
don.
President Truman late yesterday
announced the appointment of
Acheson, an assistant secretary who
first came to Washington in early
New Deal days. Simultaneously Mr.
Truman accepted Grew’s resigna
tion marking the close* of a 41
year foreign service career.
Ambassador to Tokyo from 1932
until Pearl Harbor, Grew is credit
ed with formulating allied policy
toward the Japanese emperor which
figured in Nipponese surrender
earlier this week. The 65-year-old
veteran diplomat advocated an
open minded approach to permit
the allies to make any possible use
of the throne, with a final deter
mination to be left to the Japan
ese people.
THREE YEARS
Acheson, a 52-year-old lawyer
who served briefly as undersecre
tary of the treasury in 1933, went
to the state department three years
See GREW Page 2
WHAfS D01NG~
TODAY
7:00 p.m.—Masonic Fellow
ship dinner in lodge room at
Masonic Temple.
3:15 p.m.—Broadcast begins
of Shelby-Norfolk Junior Legion
game at Sumter, to be broad
cast from Star Office.
Both House And Senate
Ready To Kill Draft Act
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 —{IP)—1
The political “honeymoon" Presi
dent Truman nas enjoyed with
Congress may come to an abrupt
! end when the legislators recon
vene next month.
Whether the legislative branch
I and the executive come to a part
ing of the ways may depend lar
gely on Mr. Truman’s attitude to
ward continuance of the draft
| act.
The law would cease to exist
next May 15. Either the Presi
dent or Congress could end it
sooner. Congress could end it by;
1 adopting a joint resolution. Presi
dent Truman could end it by
proclamation.
There is strong sentiment in
both, senate and house to termi
nate* it promptly after Congress
convenes on ‘ September 5. Several
termination measures are ready
for introduction by various mem
bers.
The President’s attitude is not
yet known. Many on Capitol Hill
believe he would like to allow the
law to run its course so that in
See BOTH Page 2
MacARTHUR CURT:
Tokyo Carries Quibbling
Over Preliminary Peace
Meet Into Second Day
MANILA, Aug. 17.—(JP)—General MacArthur today
curtly ordered the Japanese to comply without further de
lay with his directive to send emissaries to Manila.
Tokyo, meanwhile carried the quibbling over the pre
liminary peace conference into the second day.
The allied supreme commander did not set a deadline for
the departure of the Japanese envoys but indicated definite
ly he would tolerate no extended delay without good reason.
Petain’s Death
Sentence Is
Connnuted
PARIS, Aug. 17.—(/P)—Gen. De
Gaulle today commuted Marshal
Petain’s death sentence to life im
prisonment.
The action consisted of ap
proving a statement the court
wrote into its verdict which' ex
pressed the wish that the execution
not be carried out.
A jury of the high court of jus
tice condemned the 89-year-old
head of the Vichy regime to death
for betraying the state to the Ger
mans during the occupation.
Petain denied the charge but
made no plea for his life.
The state presented a battery of
former politicians including former
Premiers Paul Reynaud, Edouard
Daladier, Edouard Herriot and
Leon Blum to denounce Petain’s
actions from the 1940 armistice
until the collapse of Germany.
DEFENSE
Petain’s defense was offered
mainly from a long array of French
generals, including Maxine Wey
gand, who was commander in
chief at the time of the armistice.
An unexpected witness was Pierre
Laval, described as Petain’s “evil
See PETAIN’S Page 2
Puppet Kingdom Of
Viet Nam Refuses
To Accept Peace
SAN FRANISCO, Aug. 17.—(JP)—
The Japanese puppet kingdom of
Viet Nam, created last March by
the Japanese from the French In
do-China protectorate of Annam,
will not accept peace if it means
returning to French role, the Jap
anese Domei news agency reported
today in a broadcast recorded by
the Federal Communications Com
mission.
Green Stamps For
Meat After Nov. 1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 — W—
The OPA plans to use green
stamps in Ration Book No. 4
when the present supply of red
stamps is exhausted.
There are enough red stamps
to last until Nov. 1. Stamps vali
dated on that date will be green,
instead of red, unless the present
plan is changed.
At the present rate of rationing
of meats, fats and oils, and cheese,
there are enough green stamps to
last about nine months.
'The directive is clear and ex
plicit and is to be complied with
without further delay,” the stern
message said.
The Japanese wanted to know if
the emissary would be required to
sign surrender papers and MacAr
thur replied no.
The latest development in the
tangled long-distance wireless nego
tiations occurred after Emperor Hir
ohito had strengthened his "cease
fire” order with an imperial rescript
to the armed forces to lay down
their arms and had sent urgent
messages on a number of points.
The Japanese emperor asked:
(1) That the Russians halt
their Manchuria offensive, (2)
Allied forces "refrain from ap
proaching Japan proper tempor
arily and (3) the additional in
structions regarding the preli
minary conference.
Hirohito backed up his order to
cease fire with an imperial rescript,
which radio Tokyo said “called upon
the army and navy to lay down
their arms.” The rescript carries
more weight with the Japanese than
his previous order.
IMPERIAL PARTIES
Another message to the allied
commander advised that imperial
parties carrying the cease fire re
script to armed forces in China,
Manchuria and “the south” had left
Tokyo. The southern party left a
day early to avoid possible delay by
weather.
Japan said her planes inflicted
some damage in attacks on a dozen
allied transports yesterday because
they “approached extremely near
the coast of Kochi, Shikoku.”
These startling developments were
the latest to come out of long dis
tance wireless negotiations in which
the Japanese already have made it
necessary to put off the Manila
meeting, scheduled for today, until
at least some time next week.
The messages were sent on the
frequency designated by MacArthur
for official communications.
One “urgently requested” Mac
Arthur to “take proper steps to
bring about immediate cessation of
the Soviet offensive.”
(Moscow broadcasts said the So
viet commander, Marshal Alexander
M. Vasilevsky, had instructed the
Japanese commander in Manchuria
to arrange for surrender by next
Monday and said the - Russians
would prosecute the offensive vi
gorously until the Japanese threw
down their arms).
No immediate official condemna
tion was forthcoming to the Jap
anese radio report that Nipponese
See TOKYO Page 3
4 V. S. BOMBERS
ATTACKED OVER
TOKYO BAY AREA
OKINAWA, Aug. 17 —(/Pi— Four
American B-32 bombers, flying a
purely photographic mission over
the Tokyo bay area today were
attacked by 10 Japanese fighters
and moderate to intense antiair
craft fire.
One of the big four engines
bombers was badly shot up around
the wings, flaps and cowling, but
none of the crew was hurt.
Two Nipponese fighters were
sent down in smoke and listed as
probably destroyed.
The engagement occurred around
20,000 feet at about midday.
The attack followed by two days
Genera! MacArthur’s communique
announcing that offensive action
in all sectors had been halted ex
cept for purposes of observation,
which “will be necessarily continu
ed, “and after two Japanese kami
kaze planes crashed into Iheya is
land 30 miles north of Okinawa,
injuring two garrison troops, one
fatally.