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OVATION FOR CORREGIDOR HERO—Crowds lining Lower Broadway
in New York City acclaim Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright <arrow), seated
in automobile with Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, as Manhattan turned out
to welcome the hero of Corregldor. The sky is filled with festive confetti
and flying sheets of paper. This scene looks north on Broadway from
Vesey Street.—<AP Wirephoto).
Wainwright Wants
No Soft Occupation
"Men Who Were Captured On Bataan And Corregi
dor Saw Japanese Character In The Raw"
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—{IP)—Japanese character today
lay stripped bare by a man who knows it well—Gen. Jonath
an M. Wainwright.
He demanded neither “a soft occupation nor a soft
Japs Must Be
Told Of Their
Atrocities
_
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 14 —</P)—
General MacArthur directed today
that the stark facts of Japanese
atrocities, committed all the way
from the Philippines to New Gui
nea—and back again—be told in
full to the Japanese people.
Representatives of Japanese
newspapers agreed, at the sugges
tion of the supreme commander,
to publish a summary of the atroc
ity reports as the start of a pro
gram to "educate the Japanese
people in the acts of their mili
tary.”
The beheadings of American
fliers, the death march from Ba
taan, cannibalism in New Guinea,
beatings and mistreatment of pri
soners of war—all will be included
in evidence to be presented to the
Japanese people.
"EDUCATIONAL”
"It’s purely educational,” said
Brig. Gen. Bonner F. Fellers of
MacArthur’s staff.
"The Japanese people didn’t
know these atrocities, and we
want to tell them,” Fellers added.
He said that MacArthur had not
issued any formal order for such
publication, but that Japanese
newspapers had agreed to publish
the evidence as he directed.
Japanese civilians approached
Associated Press correspondents
yesterday, inquiring about reports
of Japanese cruelty. They said they
were alarmed because in the Jap
anese-Russian war, Japanese treat
ment of prisoners had been good,
and they were now much disturb
ed by the stories.
WHAT’S DOING
TODAY
8:00 p.m.—Called meeting of
Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. &
A. M. for work in Master Ma
sons degree.
peace.
•'The Japanese can be subserv
ient; they can be pleasant and co
operative it it suns theh pur
pose,” he said last night at a
dinner given in his honor after a
wild reception in New York
streets.
“But the men who were cap
tured on Bataan and Corfegi
dor,” he said "have seen the
Japanese character in the raw.
“They have seen what Japa
nese soldiers do when they
are on .top, and I think all
of us who lived through tor
tured days are determined
they shall never be on top a
gain.”
It is unimportant now what
happened to me ... ” said the
drawn, tired general, who spent
39 months in a Japanese prison
camp after the hopeless days of
Bataan and Corregidor.
"But I think it is very important
that the American people under
stand the nature of this people we
have beaten back to their poor
earth.
BEARS SCARS
"I have seen the Japanese as
they are—with the veneer stripped
off. I shall bear the scars of those
years all my life, and I could not
forget them if I would.
“I have come to know the cun
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EXPECTED TO
STRIKE LATE
SATURDAY
Coast Guard Put On Alert
To Aid Necessary
Evacuation
PLANES MOVE INLAND
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 14.—(ff)
—A hurricane of near-record
velocity, whipped by winds
estimated as high as 135 M. P.
H., was reported driving to
ward the Florida coast 570
miles southeast of Miami at
10:15 A. M. (E.W.T.) today.
As the storm approached, all army
transport command planes were
sped away from Miami airfields to
safer zones In Alabama and Ten
nessee. Navy planes had already
left.
In addition, the ATC ordered all
troops to be ready for evacuation
to safer quarters by neon tomof«
row.
At 11 a.m. Coast Guard head
quarters here sent out an order to
all Coast Guard group commanders
at Key West, Miami, Port Ever
glades, Fort Pierce and Tampa to
notify all residents of outlying
points of the approaching storm
and to aid in any epacuatlon con
sidered necessary.
Over 2,000 Coast guardsmen and
200 vessels were put on the alert
by the order.
At Its present rate of movement,
averaging 17 m.pii., the storm may
be expected to strike the Florida
coast--about 1 Sat
urday.
An advisory issued by the U. S.
weather bureau In Miami at 10:15
a.m., said:
"The hurricane is central latitude
21.6 north, longitude 73 west or
about 570 miles southeast of Miami,
moving west northwestward at 16
to 18 m.p.h.
OVER TURKS
"It passed over Turks Island,
British West Indies, about 3 a.m.
as a very intense small center with
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THREE HELD
FOR VIOLATING
NARCOTICS LAW
Herman Hyatt, Albert Christo
pher and Louise Williams, all of
Asheville, and all jRleged to be
dope addicts were bound over to
Superior court under $1,500 bond
each following hearing held in
Cleveland Recorder’s court this
morning on the charge that they
had violated the North Carolina
narcotics law.
John Dickson, narcotics officer
with the U. S. treasury depart
ment, was the principal witness
used against the three defend
ants. He said that Hyatt had ob
tained 30 prescriptions for 2,960
tablets of an opium derivative from
a local physician since March un
der a fictitious name. As he made
the last purchase Dickson said
that he followed Hyatt out of the
drug store until he joined Chris
topher. Both of wl|om had in
their possession, he said, Instru
ments for giving opiates. Hyatt
told them where them automobile
was located and when officers got
to the automobile, Louise Williams
was sitting In It. She had In her
possession 11 morphine tablets. All
three defendants h,ave r. \rcotlc
violations against their record.
Dickson explained that the in
dictments were brought In the
state court because obtaining nar
cotics by fraudulent prescription
does not come within the compre
hension of the federal statutes.
TODAY IN CONGRESS:
Senate Begins Work On
Unemployment Pay Bin "
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—(/P)—
Congress cooled off a little today
on the subject of getting men <^ut
of the army, but the senate picked
up a red-hot potato—the unem
ployment pay bill.
This bill would help jobless
workers with federal cash. The
fight over it shifted to the senate
floor after that chamber’s finance
committee worked on it for weeks.
The oratory starts soon—then the
voting.
Army discharges and unem
ployed people were the main
concerns of congress today —
exactly one month after Ja
pan surrendered.
The army put on a drive to
convince congress It la doing about
the best demobilization job it can
under the circumstances many law
makers seemed convinced. Others
didn’t.
ON DISCHARGES
Here’s what happened:
1. Gen. George C. Marshall be
gan sending personal letters to all
members of congress. He inclosed
a booklet telling how hard the
army 1s trying to bring the boys
home fast. Several congressmen
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IIOEY, BAILEY St’PPORT PARKER—North Carolina’s senators, Clyde
R. Hoey (left) and Josiah W. Bailey (right), pause to talk on the White
House steps after visiting President Truman to urge him to elevate Judge
John J. Parker of Charlotte from the 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
to the U. S. Supreme Court bench. Judge Parker is a Republican but
Democratic forces are espousing his appointment to succeed Justice Owen
J. Roberts, retired.—(AP Wirephoto)
U.S. Striding Along
Reconversion Road
AKter Otte Month Of Peace, Reconversion Two To
Three Weeks Ahead Of Schedule
By Sterling F. Green
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—(/P)—America today sped in
to its second month of peace.
The new phase of reconversion is here. Businessmen
and working men are taking the reins from government.
No Date Set
To End Meat
Rationing
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—(JP)—
A decision on when meat ration
ing: should end is being delayed
by two main factors:
1. Uncertainty over foreign
demands.
2. Official fears tbat too
early action might cause new
shortages and a revival of
black markets.
This was disclosed today by a
top-ranking agriculture department
officials who asked that he not be
named.
It may take a few weeks to get
an accurate picture of foreign
needs. But in the meantime it is
possible that by or before October
1 the government may ease meat
rationing further. It might do this
by lowering point values on most
cuts or by taking some types off
rationing altogether—or by a com
bination of these two methods.
BRITISH JEEDS
The official who discussed these
matters today said Great Britain
has indicated that it would like to
obtain some meat to supplement
supplies being obtained from Can
ada and Argentina. But British
purchases will depend, he added,
on whether that country is able
to make financial arrangements
here.
Likewise, it Is probable that some
meat may be needed to supply
other foreign exports, both com
mercial and relief. Any large -cale
buying of American meats for re
lief will depend, it was said, on
whether the United Nations relief
and rehabilitation administration,
or some other relief agency, se
cures necessary funds.
President Truman has recom
mended that congress appropriate
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U. S. Officials To
Get Oxford Degrees
LONDON, Sept. 14. —(JF>— Ox
ford University will confer honor
ary doctor of law degrees Oct. 2£
on Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Mark
W. Clark, U. S. Ambassador John G
Winant, Harry Hopkins, British
Field Marshals Sir Bernard L
Montgomery and Sir Alan Brooke
and Air Marshal Sir Arthur Ted
der. it was announced today.
, In kitchen, store and factory,
the wartime squeeze is gone or
slated to go.
All rations but sugar may end
this year. Scarce clothes are due
back in 60 days or so. Most trav
el curbs are off this week-end.
The War Production board
reports reconversion running
two to three weeks ahead of
schedule, after the one month
of peace.
The makers of washers, re
frigerators, autos and such
aids to good living are still
sending optimistic reports to
Washington.
They already have reported: By
December a production rate 12 per
cent higher than the pre-war av
erage, in terms of pre-war dollars.
By next June, 87 percent higher.
Re - employment doesn’t climb
that fast. Perhaps 6,200,000 per
sons will be idle by mid-Decem
ber.
I MORE JOBS
To encourage business expansion,
higher living standards, and more
jobs—quickly—is the new govern
ment drive.
The first phase was getting rid
of controls. That is well under
way.
For the country at large, this is
the outlook in the next few
months:
The kitchen prospects:
Meat rationing may be eased
further by October 1, lifted en
tirely soon after.
Fats and oils,—very scarce now,
may be ration-free by the turn of
the year.
Sugar prospects are dim until
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NBC, ABC Back On
Normal Operation
NEW YORK, Sept. 14—{/P>—Ra
dio networks NBC and ABC re
turned' to normal operation today
after a 26-hour strike by approxi
mately 500 union broadcast engi
neers.
The engineers began returning
to their jobs in New York and
other major cities last night. The
walkout ended after officials of
the companies and thOv union, the
National Association of Broadcast
Engineers and Technicians (Ind.)
agreed to resume negotiations to
' day for a new wage contract.
It was the breakdown of these
negotiations, union officials said,
which caused the engineers to
walk out of their jobs Wednesday
evening. The National and Am
erican Broadcasting companies
termed the strike “unauthoriz
ed.”
JAPAN URGES
U S. TO FORGET
PEARL HARBOR
Premier Higashi-Kuni Says
Japan To Build Peace
ful Nation
HARD PERIOD AHEAD
By Russell Brines
TOKYO, Sept. 14.—(iT*)—
Premier Prince Higashi-Kuni
called upon the people of Am
erica to forget Pearl Harbor
as Japan builds “a completely
new, peaceful” nation, in an
exclusive statement today to
The Associated Press.
“America has won and Japan has
lost,” the premier wrote in an
swer to a letter from the Associat
ed Press. “The war is ended. Let
us now bury hate. This has been
my policy since organization of the
present cabinet.
“People of America—won’t you
forget Pearl Harbor; we Japanese
people will forget the picture of
devastation wrought by the atomic
bomb and will start entirely anew
as a peace-loving nation.”
The prince recently publicly soli
cited a letter of criticism and sug
gestion from the people and pro
mised an answer whenever possi
ble—an unprecedented promise in
Japan’s history.
The Associated Press took him at
his word and sent a letter con
taining ten questions and received
a nine-page letter of reply within
gl&jQUts. ; -- •'
ROAD AHEAD
Higashi-Kuni sketched a long and
difficult period ahead in building a
“new Japan.” He listed these maj
or immediate problems:
“First, how to carry out faith
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PFC. RANDALL
DIES ON LEYTE
Pfc. Marvin Flay Randall, 19
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. V,
M. Randall of Belwood, route 1,
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PFC. RANDALL
died in the service on August 26
while stationed on Leyte, according
to word received here by his par
ents. He had previously been re
ported ill.
Pfc. Randall entered service ir
October, 1944, received his train
ing at Camp Wheeler, Ga„ and lefi
for overseas service the following
March.
He is survived by his parents, twc
sisters, Mrs. J. D. Stilwell, of Hick
ory; Marilyn, at home; two broth
ers, Clyde Randall, of*, the Navy
and Howard, of the home.
Eichelberger Thinks
Occupation Of Japan
May Be Ended In Year
TOKYO, Sept. 14.—(JP)—The occupation of Japan “may
be washed up” within a year, Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger
predicted today, while General MacArthur promised there
would be no “kid glove” enforcement of surrender terms and
ordered complete suspension of all operations of the Domei
DOMEI NEWS
AGENCY IS
SUSPENDED
Had Served 65 Papers In
Japan; Every Daily A
Subscriber
TOKYO, Sept. 14—(/P)—General
MacArthur today ordered com
plete suspension of the Japanese
Domel news agency.
I Suspension of the agency came
without apparent warning and
without explanation.
Domei has served approximately
65 papers in Japai and every
daily in the islaiv. was a sub
scriber.
Domei formally ended operations
at 3:29 p.m., when American of
ficers delivered at its headquar
ters the order that "no further
news will be disseminated from
this building” and established a
guard at all exits.
GOVERNMENT- SPONSORED
Japanese sources said that the
Americans also called on Inosuke
Furuno, president of Domei, and
told him that the agency was por
hibited from disseminating any
news, even locally.
Domei was formed in 1936 by a
government-sponsored amalgama
tion of the previously competing
Rengo and Nippon Dempo agencies.
Since then it has held a monopo
listic position.
Domei always has been recog
nized as at least a semi-official
agency.
Throughout the war it was the
major source of Japanese news
and propaganda.
Asked what Japanese newspap
ers would do for news, Brig. Gen.
Le Grand Diller, MacArthur’s pub
lic relations officer, replied that
American news services were a
vailable.
Record Enrollment
At Gardner-Webb
Opening Next Week
Freshman orientation week is
underway at Gardner-Webb Junior
College with 125 first year students
on the campus preparatory to the
opening of school next week when
a record prospective enrollment of
approximately 300 students is ex
pected, President Phil Elliott said
today.
Tests are being given today and
tomorrow, and on Monday the
freshmen will register; on Tues
day, sophomore registration will
occur. Wednesday will see class
room work launched with formal
opening exercises scheduled for
12:10 that day.
10,640 Tons Sugar
Coming From Peru
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14—(y^P)—
The steamer Peter Desmet is sche
duled to arrive here today with a
cargo of 10,640 tons of raw sugar
—the first from Peru in 10 years.
Self-Government For India
Is Predicted By Asaf Ali
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Asaf Ali, member of the all-India
congress party working committee,
said today he expected the next
six months would find India well
along the road toward self-govern
ment.
Any British offer which falls
short of Sir Stafford Cripps’
1942 proposal that the Indian
people be given an opportunity
to attain self-government af
ter the war, Ali said, would
“fall like an atom bomb.”
Ali’s statement came at the end
of a two-day session of the com
| m.iicc tvmtu utwattu a
i to boycott the forthcoming gen
j eral elections in India because of
dissatisfaction with electoral pro
cedures. A canvas of the commit
teemen indicated a majority be
lieved the party shsuld enter the
elections, seek to capture as many
seats as possible and attempt to
liberalize the franchise later.
HOLD ELECTIONS
Ali asser>» the British govern
ment’s decision to hold elections in
India was the first step toward
Bee SELF Face I
news agency.
Eichelberger expressed his views
at a press conference in his eighth
army headquarters, where he ob
served that “when an insular coun
try loses its land, sea and air pow
er and is without raw materials
and has big countries sitting on its
flanks, it can’t be much of a
threat.”
"If the Japs continue acting as
they are now,” he said in answer
to a question, “within a year this
thing should be washed up.”
He estimated the occupation
would necessitate the use of about
400,000 American troops, but dis
closed that orders for some units,
notably railroad troops and engi
neer shore parties, already had
been cancelled when it was dis
covered that Japanese installations
were in better shape than expected
At present the eighth army has
between 90,000 and 100,000 men in
Japan and more are en route,
Eichelberger said.
FOLLOW BY TRAIN
Eichelberger said Maj. Gen. Oscar
W. Griswold would establish occu
pation headquarters for the 14th
corps at Sendai today and that a
full division would follow him by
train tomorrow.
The 27th division, he said, would
occupy Nagato in northern Hon
shu, within a few days.
The nintk corps, commanded by
Maj. Gen. Charles Ryder, will oc
cupy Hokkaido Island, northern
most of the Japanese group, on
Sept. 27 establishing headquarters
at Sopporo.
MacArthur, in his statement re
plying to critics of occupation,
noted the impatience displayed at
the so-called “soft” policy. He
termed it necessary, however, and
added:
“It is extraordinarily cMffl
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NEWSPRINT
SHI LOW
No Improvement In Sup
ply Expected Before
July, 1946
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 —<£>)—
A “dog-eat-dog” newsprint mar
ket in 1946 was predicted today
unless publishers agree to self
imposed restrictions.
Col. J. Hale Steinman of the
War Production board said in an
interview no great improvement in
the newsprint supply can be ex
pected until next July.
But all government control* will
probably be discarded December
31, as recommended yesterday by
WPB’s newspaper industry advis
ory committee. The committee al
so proposed relaxing consumption
quotas one degree for the quarter
beginning October 1.
Steinman is chief of the WPB
printing and publishing division
and a Lancaster, Pa., publisher.
He sized up the first six months
of 1946 this way:
“It will be a very dangerous
period for some publishers in short
supply.”
Those who lack long term pur
chase contracts or mills of their
own will find uncontrolled market
buying a “dog-eat-dog fight,”
Steinman said. He predicted this
scramble may lead to vastly in
creased prices when OPA ceilings
are removed. After World War I
newsprint rose to $267 per ton
The present maximum base price
is $61 a ton.
“There is little prospect of any
further relief before July, 1946,"
Steinman said. “With the begin
ning of the new wood cut year we
can expect Canadian production
to go up again and there will be
some prospect of imports from
Scandinavia.”
Publishers will do well, he ad
ded, to agree on “voluntary, co
operative” controls conforming
with anti-trust laws.
He remarked that the publisher
agreement to refrain from buying
in the European market for an
other 12 months probably will die
with the consumption control or
der.