. 1 • Reporters l>r;ih hor I rum an Pear! I larbor Reports A id ramble Is on in tfte White House a report g vb copies of a report of the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor ju ' released by President I runian. Army and iMavj n vestigations : the disastei i at plunged the nation inf v. ' War II brought forth reports that criticized iigh Washington officials along with the Pearl Harbor ro ni,i dels. (International Soundphuto.) Transition To Peace Moving Fast, But With Rough Spots t ngton, Aug. ill. — (AP) A mii |>111:,giiig into n < pi- ,o tme In to,. p.i .(1 lbe.se signposts today: It:,, coal and sugar outlook \\ as cia. 1; There brighter news on in at and gasoline. 1 loll: * \\ es would help the OPA fight high pri -e fin- VVPB issued a ehe-rlul report ,,i: reconversion ot industry. It looked bad lor the unemploy ment compensation bill a proposal t,. band out more money to jobhe people. The Federal budget was slashed uy si!) billions. To be specific: ('• >. il See . I;.* v l'l tie' 1IV 1 ! \ Ii-l,. - .••aid .l.ipan's suiT' iiiln i : ■■ rut industry ' ni'ul: \ erv lilt le. I 1- s uu it vouid br ha 1 "it not po U lor thr mini's t ■ produce . nn.udi -i.it ci 1 tn s.Ui-ly I tie i . mi ii re s r• 11 ii.i i!n-ii'is this wint1 r. He a.idl'd that lie \\ ant - tut I'I'I' I'linsm. I'-1. Ill "la I.-." Ii; i tiniiMi." c.i srd liy A :ay talon .nt tibiiut cnal. Sum;.!' Apr culture Sn rrtary An ia i'i. vaeationih.t; in New Mexico, predicted siiear v. ill m- i at rent'd thinUMl'eut 1:14(5. Meat- Tie* 1.. bin Irt:i ent .-aid meat n inters n aft i , . ii - •- are bet if'r stocked tban a' any lie" since M ii'ch. Als. -. tlie p- . .-.ii a at i-'h wi ll t>*■ helped ?vl*mtlay wh'Mt the military I in * longoi .’ill got automatically a certain pcrcentaia ul pork (.ins and] shoulder. I' 1 1 w • • to Ihiv in eon: petition with (a\ i 1 .li.'-. CSa "Inc The (>!*.\ -aid ceiling pric v. "li t chan:; v. in-ti the licit a (pialily : a 1 e, Hies in. You'll pay the ! same foi higher octane gasoline a> you pa\ ilow h.r I"'. 'T quality, and it won't i :e k mg Tin < * 1 ’.\. ill it oat tie against nll.ition. soon will eiiuio thousands ol liuiisewive- with "anti ill! lat ion shopi am* li -1 s. ' They v. .11 keep a record of t|;,- led they buy and Imw much t!n v pay. The 04’A intends to prosecute stores that "'ll above ceiling jpriccs. OWIToldBvi Truinan To Quit Sept. 151 \V.i ii ngton, Aug. 31. (AP ' T’i-i 111• i t 'i nun.m i•"lav ordered tin I if| H . .War Inf. 'rmal imi l" 3" 1,111 I I, lilt s.s by September la. and , t!.,; ici ml the foreign inlnrm.il mu j Ui ■ oil "I C AVI and tin c;.,,. .■ owl's duties of review ol 1 , |eriil publications to the Bureau ol 11,i- P.udgi *. a ot todiiy. :: Directed abolition of ()WI - re mum; hmcli"le on Si pfember he when 1 tir. etor Kliner Davis will staff liquid"! mi III the ngetici This mum l, , ci,i ]111-1*■ d bv December 31. With the etui of the war in '!>" pacific. OW1 Director Da\ i- - n , iiii'd liquidation of his agency. S' of its f).0110 I'lliployrs Will hr * * 11 1 , nlisoi'hed by the Slat" Department. In a statement I'd'' ^ paining .m cM'ditive order, the President said lie had asked Urn State Department t ■ St. 1(1 v foreign information needs and 1n foi-nuilat" during the remainder of thi calendar year the foreign inf 11 ■ m. ilii.n program which he con-saw !'•'< should be conducted on ti continuing basis. ____■ > Ask Truman To Explain Draft Calls Washington, Aug. 31 -(Al 1 A plan developed in Congress today to ask President Truman to get the la - -makers off a verv It 0 -eat. Tf'c plan, advanced hv memhe-; of the Ho "sc Militarv Committee, m that Mr. Truman address Congrs"' iir tiie ration to explain: 1. W> v he mid the Army want tlm d-att continued. 3. Whv discharges from die armed f.. aren’t occurring faster. These two ouestions ha"" emi gre*, men in hotter water, thev >*>■ than r»»iv iss"c in months I Vloy t's urc if the President will do some f.v,i.,;n:nn it may take the pressure off them. "Several of us on the committee are considering asking tbe f ' ’"1 ■ ( 11 111 di-e 'ss the issue with the neo pie." Ri nre-enP.to e A I' ''ends toM vf'norte*' “Wo think if invlo. ft-M-l tho Armv mn«t have snnr fir lfto^s to ho aiH bpve rn ' mon for o^riiP'iCnn d ’1,os Mr ’• voolnromoots 1ho,? won t object to d i a a 11 Wiimwrijjlit Meets General MacArtluir1 After Three \ ears New York. Aug. 151 — (AIM— I CBS distributed the following from Correspondent William 1. Dunn under a Tokyo dateline: One of the most impressive meetings of ',hc Pacific war took place here just a icyy minute' ago y\ lien Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainw right, for three and a half years a prisoner ot war ol the i Japanese, sat down yyith Gen- ! era! Douglas Mac Arthur, whom lie succeeded in command of the American forces in Cor regidur. The meeting took place in a i private dining room ol the (fraud hotel and members of his staff awaited General ’Yain w right's arrival I here yeas no ovation. Mae.Arthur just wrung Wainw i igiil s hand and said simply: “Well. I ni glad to see you!" AA'ainw right. obviously in fine spirits, appeared to swallow momentarily before he answer ed: “I'm glad to see you. too," Transition Exceeding Expectation Washington. Aug. 31. - - < API ] \\'l'U Chairman .1. \. K rug thinks ieconversion is "going al mg_ much better than vve had expected. Me release 1 a report, no Urst m a monthly scries mi "the piogie-s | of ivr .liversmm" wilicii covered j major industries, representing 3. mO manufacturer-. Here is w nut showed: , , Actual civ i 1 i.in product .on m Ji 0 was 46 percent, emp’ioymeu! al l»c: cent ol a normal prewar year. Tiie product inn estimate lor An gus! is 48 percent, empi •yment m percent. _ . , for December, 194:>, product >n 112 percent, employment u9t> per cent. For June. 1941). pr a.liirt m lm percent, employment 133 pevent. All production .uo i,| nil dollar volume, and 11c- del. Krug -ai a. largely explains r. ivy t tt> I production increase- are -uos.an tiaiiy larger than employ ment in , , ses.. H( -m i the next three or | tnUr months will be a "time "1 economic concern, with millions I leaving war pr aiuction jobs and the I Army and Navy. ____ ____ VET SERVING SENTENCE HONORED EOI1 Bit AM KA Charlotte. Aug. 31 (AP) U.ther \V. Mvriek of Pineville. lor. cr -l'll sergeant in the :i* ny now -.tv • 3 1 ltl-year ■ entene - on ei.a vaulting a female, h be • , ■ •'• a' > the Bronze Star Medal or heroism in action. A member of the a: >ed ' ' - a the time of Us teal. Myra", -i.u has been discharged Horn tno army In service since ! 9 t''. he u'l'v", eve:icas with an in;antiy - n-e Showdown On Franco Is [Nearer i \\ ; -hinglon. Au;.:. .'i I. (AI * > — Gov *• i'llm,■ ■ 111 oli.ri.i!; enuredod today tli.al | events taking place m Mexico City1 could cad the v. ay to a big four! showdown on Spain’s l-’i anco govern I incut. I A Spanish government in exile, j leaded la.- Fencer Premier Jose I (I; el. ha: been established ill Mexico .-tie a series of moves which, at least on the snrlace, united various Span-] i.- h republican fact ions. Manuel Tello. acting foreign min-| ster o| Alev I - id ill Mexico City ye terda.v his c verm: enl had recus ed the icw exiled regime. No oili oi; I word ni 1 hat action tins reached j Washington, but it was not uriex- j peeled here i It lie. I .at ill countries w..Y follow Mi Men’s lead. That might cause coned n aoo.it hemisphere unity. I, t v. !..it :• nst eonci riis American . ,fI iei.11 is this: Will Russia, which gsie tiu a ei and lo Spani oi repub lican- during the civil war. and v. Inch lo wer recognized Franco, give in I jcnl ides - ing to the Sp;t isll gov re11a at in exile’.’ If s >. tile major allies m Kurope would hire a ticklish siuailion. Amer.ean and Britisii poie.v toward Franei) is negative: neither gove: nmcnl likes him: neither will nermit hi.- regime to join the United Nations. But t'c s- believe it is up to (][.. So; oi h In -iple t il e |1' s i ! \ e - to get rid of Franco, and the hope is that they (io i- wit!: .-ill- Is. not bullets. Neither lii.s eomitry nor Kngland will take anv ... that might plunge Spain into another civil war. Hence, neither will help an exile Roy eminent to try to take oxer trom Franco by force. OCCUPATION EXPANDED wwwwwwww X K K « « « « « Sop To Idlers Appears Dead House Hotly J Opposed To Jobless Bill Doughton Declares Truman’s Proposal Premium On Loafing Washington, Aug. 21.— (AP) —Termed by critics a “premium on loafing." President Tru man’s proposal for greater un employment benefits appeared today to have died a-borning in the House Ways and Means Committee. One of the bill's staunchest supporters conceded privately that probably no more than of the 2-1 members would vote for it. TO ' pi if oppo-ition broke ov» r the I- : i 1 tin: as Ways and Mean Commit!ee Chairman Doughton. o| North (Y, Oil i:told Arthur ,1. Alt mi'ii r, S*ii-;a! Seeui itv Board ehn'i - in;;n: "it |.i- i premium on loalns And Representative Knudsen. "i Minnesota. -t-nior eon.oi.ltit- Ke|Uib liean. i.dii- (i: "You an- proposing to raise tin- i. 1 > "ay. although de mand was in (t’c timid side and Iterc and there selling proved a | andi tap Ahead most of the time, some at e'ght-year peaks. were Lockheed. Do. da- A : er ift, Boeing. Great Nor'hern. American Telephone and U. s. I!, bber A boosted divi - bm wed Electric Autolite. Hesitant won- Santa Ke and Owens Illinois Rye future-' again exhibited strength. Bond.- were steady. VHfUFR I OK XOKT1I CAKOUX V. Fair weather with little change in temperatures tonight ami Saturilaa ■ HIGHLIGHTS IN PACIFIC AREA fi [ AS THE OCCUPATION close ay Con egidn: v .lore he had tn ,.| ,ti iiji':' to t; 10 .1. ki : ic-e ill May. 15)42. will lt \ italic : - d.*y a. Japan to v. the sur etider Sunday >: . be ten coun try. The gi ner il and >. > . of fel low i a cer- wl » hen ■ ii Chung 1. .J:er the ( ( 1 : least 11.i.’i a pr.s.m ,tt -a me!i r:.i, have had .a Manila a -ample ot what i.- -ti tore lor them in the future. With e ■ uplete m 'de.-ty, the;.' ! ;•; 111 a re unable to re..! r.e t.. y a re ! rogarded as iieroe-. Their >o a\'e been 1 ' a.., with people mto the earl, hours ot the mum ng. Supiily f ers 1 brought them new mile a-, si, ids and jackets. |'he> ! tv been given eq an .cut a impleteiy new to them. It awes them. A e" i moil s’ a i - 1 i, a i icor- to bo following one of them around 1 idur stands 11 ying to a . -1 a new I pair oi trou-ers. Telephones ring [ constantly. Both Parties Are Demanding Speedy Pearl Harbor Probe Washington, Aug. 31.— CAP) — Capitol Hill resounded today with clamor for further official investi g; tion ol Pearl 11 irbur. Legislative leaders of both party faiths declared flatly that if couri nuirt.als are not ordered for those censured m Army-Navy findings, Congress will conduct own hear ings . Those leadcs, speaking privately for the most tart, tid the ;teo| c want and should be given to "re facts titan were made public on docu ments released by Pre-idcnt Tt ..man Wi Inesday No con t tittee cha r t 1 would promise tin inquiry initiated by hr- own group, but several told a repoftt r there was no doubt Con gee- . would insi I on the full story. Meanwhile, the State Department released a let!er written by font Secretary Hull September 8. 11144. in wtuch Hull staunchly denied that hi- ;,Vc- wa r euUfltei > • ml- to .Japan constituted an ulii • com tin* pro coked the Japanese sues!, attack on Pear! Harbor The Army hoard's report on the dTaster ha 1 .-aid H a! "tone ted the button" that started the war. Typical of today's congressional as t uns w; s this t* >t nent i le : v Ho -e Republican Wh u Arend-t "The people are entitled to Ike t .!’ stoi-v. If they don't get it ttorn tue a: ru’d fortes, t key'll a -r. u to da ft )ut. Natu liy, ivc at the j public wants." Another I housand Prisoners, Almost Starved, Are Free 'hoard the* 1 . S \neon. Off Yokosuka. Aim. HI.— (API — I'm’incirnted and starving. 1.000 more Mli'd prisoners of war reached this rescue shin todav. Some ' iid thc\ h id spent months in solil u’v confinement under cr^tant threat • i death. Thus far. 1.100 prisoners have hot'ii from seven camps. Many of the gallant survivors of Make and Bataan were among I them. i l’yery one resetied w as star' - j jnn /x«- m suff,,Hner from mal ! i»««4rjt:o*i Yav v * omnian'b*»- Har I old Stas'sen. former Michigan governor, renorted. pml er’ht\ ?'« reont of them showed "serious I : ” 'Vlv' m • f'-t 's“s Avero ■» t S’**"' ... p- i -’• .. .n ;« II il :i hellhole. The fi!Hh ’v-’s inH<'-"rihaul'*.” \ f--.« ,<|' th». hart s--—1 finwis. <■. i-i-ntlv the re I suit of Japanese torture. \a»ks l ake Additional Territory J Every Precaution Taken To Prevent Nippon Treachery Tokyo. Any. '! 1.— ( A P) — American .Marine- t<■ • >k over the Tateyama naval huso and air station jrnardinjr the mouth of Tokyo bay toda\ as tile occupa tion forces hourly increased their holdings preparatory to Sunday's (Saturday nijrht U. S. tinv. historic surrender of the Japanese empire. In contrast to the clear, beau tiful weather which marked yes terday'.- airborne landinjr at Atsujri and occupation ol Yoku soka tuna! base up and across the bay from Tateyama. the leathernecks took possession of the vital na\al installation in a drivinjr rainstorm. The (Marines, muter the com mand ol Major Wallace ( raw ford of Wilmette. FII. ''ill re connoiter the beaches and de fenses. and in jrer.eral prepare for the Arms occupation to fol low . Already \vi ir pirn:., .or the final surrende tva nmuc -i.M were un der w ;.v, nu ...•.•npation I ureas at y. ko-.uUo had -'-arted development rvl ' ■ i P I'M 1 : i -' ■ I the u ,-e of Allied shipping. The time for the Sunday i ceremonies still was not an nounced, and it was uncertain whether Admiral Halsey's flag ship Missouri, aboard which the formal capitulation will he made, will remain at its present anchorage several miles off Yukosuku.. or will move in closer to give the population of the Tokyo-Yokohama area a close-up look at the mighty 45. (HiO-ton symbol of American seapow er. TP, Pie .f \ eriean mili tary p er r • e t in ay air in a S’.v:,.: t ' 1 Pule at least iUHt i-Se on a half n: i 1! i ia tis, : ■ - v. i. 1 an hilleted in this conquered enun'ry. To bolster the first forces of more than 1 K.000. the I nited Stales Sill army, under I.t. Gen. Robert 1.. liisheltierger. was due to start landing tomorrow at Yokohama and Tateyamahojo. guardian of Tokyo liay. A new unidentified division was snhe duled to land Sunday at Tokyo's Atsugi airfield. s nithly, the A n at Yoko is'.ika naval ii.ee. a* : 1 A'.-ugi field and a'. Yokohama linked tip and th ougl • t . trea of morn than 20P miles, wild n >re territory p, lie take:', n f] .iy Fr uu Tokyo ,!1 aver Pte lar- e. eli.e.g Fast Asian t ,:it tie •.> T" .; 'ill Indo-China, Ja anes ■ a ender grew with out a single reported hitch. Gene: •! M a AC liar. Allied su preme n di r f n Japan estab : ; . t, ,rary headquarters n ■-v G. .a i h 'el in Yoko ...... T • ■' po: : e • v. The Am e: Par a. . , rotyo, its roof (C nt'.nuoil ou Page Three.1 iFdda Mussolini ! Held On Charges Of Fascist Crime n,m a Aug. 31. 1 \p1 * nontesa F.dda Ciano. p,\. - to child ol Mussn lii i. was in . ' 'dv ,,f ihe Italian Minis' v o; lip- o',- today, to lace P'>S Mbh eh: egos , Fascist cr imes. Allied pe.aiij .... iimouneed that •, . w id<'V oi Pa'int (ialea/.zu Ciano, ,in . . 3d s wits received •,,. Swiss itl i ties at CPiasso yesti rd iv. ltd turned over \ Italian lUthoritiev l-v i ’.a \lliee in l>.mie. The e i lit' ss. w ho sought refuge S'- i .'iliioi in the dor s of eollaps j Mg F..seise a patient ,1 a l erve liosiut.il there, was driven o Mdan m the pre dawn hours, and • • .in there f|,.\vn !•> Cresseto ariport rear Ron'. Th, Mi': -I v of the Inferior said ... ■ add bt int . on an island r \:,rp's m- .>': S.-ily pending de siotl ol her Inti. -e. Tlv on ••• in a'C p:t F.dda anil the :i lung Count Ci mo are credited •ith har ing played an imoortnnt be rind-the ei ni 1- in Fal^y, p»H* lies and diplomacy. GENERALISSIMO'S WIFE VISITS THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT TRUMAN SMILES as he talks to Madame Chinng Kai-shek during her informal visit to the White ! House The wife of the Chinese generalissimo is spending a long period in this countiy while item, mn„ fio.n •n illness lot which site is being treated bv United Stales specialists. *-iuUruuuo“al ^“'‘^'tolo)