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VOLUME XXXV—NO. 193. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1945.
WEATHER
Partly cloudy with occasional rain
and not much change in tempera
ture today, tonight and Tuesday.
High yesterday „ 86
Low last night 74
Sunrise 6:22 — Sunset 7:58
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Jap Reply Is Awaited
Halsey Watches for Banzai Raids
As Third Fleet Strikes Yokohama
Heavy Weather Forces
Carriers to Abandon
Strikes at Tokyo Area
By MORRIE LANDSBERG
Guam, Aug. 13—(IP!—Admiral
Halsey’s powerful Third Fleet
guarded against a possible banzai
attack by the Japanese air force
today as his carrier planes blast
ed the Yokohama docks and sub
marine pens after being turned
back by heavy weather from the
Tokyo area.
Associated Press war correspon
dent Richard K. O’Malley with the
fleet reported six enemy planes,
attempting sneak attacks, were
shot down by carrier planes.
A Tokyo broadcast, recorded by
FOC, admitted “some damage”
was caused by 800' carrier-based
planes attacking the Kanta dis
trict of East Central Honshu. The
attack, the Japanese said, lasted
12 hours and 17 planes were
shot down and 25 damaged.
Possibility of a Japanese aerial
banzai assault against the fleet
was voiced by some officers,
O'Malley said, because of persis
tent attempts by reconnaissance
planes to" locate the American
force.
Turned back by heavy weather
at Tokyo the carrier planes pick
ed targets of opportunity. The
Yokohama docks and submarines
in pens at Shimoda to the south
along Sagami Bay, were hit hard.
Numerous merchant vessels and
luggers were attacked. Returning
fliers said the only two airfields'
inland on Honshu not shrouded by
fog were Kiryu and Nagano.
These were worked over with
early estimates listing scores of
planes destroyed or damaged on
the ground. •
Returning pilots said the enemy
offered no airborne opposition ov
er the targets and cue group flew
over three fields without drawing
anti-aircraft fire.
There was no lull in Far East
Air Forces assaults. More than
400 bombers and fighters ham
mered Kyushu Saturday, sinking
or damaging 51 enemy vessels and
small craft and leaving the rubber
manufacturing center of Kurume
a flaming ruin, pilots related. Gen.
George C. Kenney declared his
squadrons continued their attacks
Sunday and swept over the enemy
homeland again today, although
reports of the damage they in
flicted were not yet available.
B-29s resumed attacks after on
ly a one-day respite, striking Sun
day with a 70-plane blow at in
dustrial Matsuyama on Shikoku,
the enemy radio reported.
Dr. Thorson Heads
Salvation A rmyGroap
Dr. H. A. Thorson has been
elected chairman of the Salvation
Army Advisory Board, succeeding [
the late Miles Jennings, and Rot- |
and Garrett has been elected vice-
chairman.
G. C. Meads has been elected
treasurer and Captain Eugene
Herring, head of the Salvation
Army church in Elizabeth City, is
board secretary.
In the election meeting, Captain
Herring paid high tribute to the
late Mr. Jennings, declaring that
he exemplified the spirit of a true
Christian.
Mrs. E. W. Herring and Mrs. H.
A. Graul were introduced as new
members of the board. Other mem
bers are Dr. Thorson, Mr. Garrett.
Mr. Meads, Captain Herring, Her
bert Peele, E. S. Chesson Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Wells, Mrs. W.
W. Stinemat.es, W. T. Robbins, L.
S. Blades Jr., and H. A. Graul.
Emergency Plans Await
Signal From
President
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Rapt Attention
Given Gypsy Smith
At First Christian
Whjle the world tensely waited
for news of Japanese acceptance
of peace terms offered by the Al
lies, Gypsy Smith held up Christ
as the hope of the world to a
congregation that overflowed the
main aiiditorium and ran over in
to the annex of the First Christ
ian Church Sunday night. He was
heard with rapt attention.
Speaking with all the power and
earnestness that characterized his
preaching to the great congrega
tions that heard him at the S. L.
Sheep auditorium in the 1944 city-
wide revival, the evangelist told
his hearers that only those who
have become partakers of the di
vine nature and partakers of the
suffering that Christ endured
when he walked the earth can be
come partakers of His glory when
they face Him in judgment.
The translaton of the word ren
dered well done spoken to those
on the right in the day of judg
ment docs not adequately port-ay
tne fo v ce of the original, the
preacher declared. Rather the one
word bravo expresses the thought
I conveyed to the hearers of Jesus
Jas he pictured for them the final
judgment.
Too Anxious for Members
The churches today are full of
members who could never win
such plaudit, the preacher declar
ed.
“In our anxiety for numbers we
invite people to unite with the
church instead of to surrender to
Christ and as a result there are
thousands of our churches who if
they dropped dead today, though
they might be missed numerically
and financially, would never be
missed spiritually.
“We make it easy to get into
the church but Jesus enjoined his
disciples that they must agonize
to enter the gates of the King
dom.
“Get rid of your money." he told
one young man who asked him
the way to eternal life. Today we
don’t know that young man's
name. If he had not loved riches
more than Christ, he might have
become an apostle.
God Above Country
“Think of the young men to
day who offer or have given their
lives for their country. Did they
(See RAPT page 2)
Bertie Airman Home
From European Duty
Windsor, Aug. 18—Sgt. Leslie
Pritchard arrived Wednesday to
spend a 30 day furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G.
Pritchard.
He has recently returned from
the European Theatre of Opera
tions where for 30 months he has
been a bombardier with the 553rd
Bomber Squadron.
Pritchard is eligible for dis
charge under the point system,
having been, in the Army since
1938.
At the conclusion of his fur
lough he will return to Fort
Bragg for either discharge or re-
assignment. .
Scouts Enjoy Camporee
In Dare During Week End
Washington, Aug. 13—GP>-—Em
ergency plans ready, government
agencies today awaited a White
House signal to start the Ameri
can economy tow ard a goal of un
precedented civilian production.
The signal, due when Japan
quits, also will serve to unveil pro
grams for putting millions of re
leased war workers in peacetime
jobs as rapidly as possible and
for gradual lifting of rationing
and other wartime restrictions.
Expected quickly, too, are plans
that may provide for easing of
stringent wage controls and out
line the scope of price controls in
the immediate postwar period.
Home Front Production
In the meantime, this is the
home front outlook as the war
appears to be nearing the end:
Rationing— elimination of gas
oline, fuel oil and tire programs
within a few days to six weeks
after V-J Day; gasoline may be
released within a week. Shoe ra
tioning is due to go on two or
three months. Food, especially
meat and sugar, ''will stay under
controls for some time because of
continuing military requirements.
Consumer goods—Volume pro
duction before the end of this
year, particularly of such items
as toasters, irons and other home
appliances. At least 500,0000 pas
senger cars, double the number
planned originally, are expected.
Refrigerators and washing mach
ines also are likely to be in good
supply rate this year. 1
Price and rent controls—due to
be retained for at least six
months, possibly a year on a lim
ited scale.
Manpower—government offici
als estimate at least 5,000,000 war
workers will lose their pobs with
in six months after V-J Day. They
make no prediction how long it
will be before these workers can
be absorbed in civilian produc-1
tion.
Travel—troop demobilization is
expected to prevent lifting of re
strictions for at least 60 days.
All agencies with a part in re
conversion have been told by the
White House to say nothing about
their plans until President Tru
man gives the word.
To Out Munitions Output
Steps are being taken to turn
drastically the current $48,000,-
000,000 annual rate of munitions
production. Over the weekend the
Navy halted construction of 95
ships that would have cost $1,-
200,000,000, and the Army indicat
ed its purchasing would be cut
more than $25,000,000,000 on a
yearly basis.
With even more cutbacks to
come, production officials estima
ted that manufacture for military
purposes would plummet to a rate
of around $12,000,000,000 a year
within a few weeks after Japan
folds. This expenditure would be
mainly for maintenance and re
pair and for experimental proj
ects.
As for reconversion, the War
Production Board said it is all set
with a “clear, simple and orderly”
plan to lead industry from tre
mendous munitions production to
record output of consumer goods.
In striving to achieve this goal
set by Mr. Truman, the agency
plans to drop many controls at
once, retaining only those required
to prevent “a chaotic scramble for
materials” and to avoid inflation
ary prices.
Priorities to be Used
To help provide jobs quickly,
WPB plans to use its priorities
(See PLANS page 2)
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All of Japan could be leveled with the chance that virtually ev
ery inhabitant might be killed by only 5000 strategically placed at
omic bombs. All 260,000 square mi les of Jap homeland could be ct v-
ered by atomic bombs, as shown on this map. According to repor is,
these bombs have an effective kill ing power within a radius of four
miles.
New Russian Offensive
In Manchuria May Trap
Half Million Japanese
By The Associated Press m ■•
London. Aug. 13 MV Tokyo re- | runian Believes
ported today a vast new Soviet
offensive in Manchuria which
threatened to cut off possibly a'■
half million Japanese troops in
China and split an estimated 1,-
500,000 enemy forces on the Asia
tic mainland into two massive
pockets.
There was no immediate Soviet
confirmation of the Tokyo report,
which originated at command
headquarters of the Japanese
Kwantung army in Manchuria. A
Postwar Period ^
Will Be Difficult “
Moscow communique, fourth of
Soviet-Japanese war, told of
viet gains of nine to 22 miles
ward the central Manchurian
senal city of Harbin.
The Soviet bulletin also
the
So-
to-
ar-
an-
nounced that Russian Marines in
vading Korea under the guns of
the Soviet Pacific fleet had seized
the vital ports of Rashin and Yuki
on the sea of Japan, after Adm.
Ivan Yumashev’s ships bombard
ed the bases and Red Army planes
cascaded tons of explosives on the
wharves and harbors in a three-
day aerial pounding.
Best Port in Korea Taken
Rashin, a great Japanese naval
base just 35 miles from the Rus
sian naval anchorage of Poset,
south of Vladivostok, was the best
enemy port in Korea: From Rash-
in and Yuki. 10 miles farther
northeast, the Japanese had ship
ped the vast war production of
(See REDS page 2)
Washington, Aug. 13— CZP) —
President Truman views the early
postwar period as the most criti
cal in this nation’s history from
the standpoint of the average Am
erican’s daily welfare.
The Chief Executive sees in
three specific and related prob
lems the top challenge to govern
ment, industry and labor. Thos.
problems are:
1. How to prevent
' unemployment.
2. How to gear the
of war to the arts of
widespread
machinery
peace.
War Goes on in Pacific
Pending Definite Word
On Peace Negotiations
Jap Troops Halting
Attacks In Checking
Chungking, Aug. 18—GP)—
A Chinese military dispatch
today said that since Japan
broadcast a proposal to sur
render some detachments of
enemy troops in the Maritime
province of Chekiang 1 had
ceased operations and had sent
representatives to the Chinese
side to negotiate their capitu
lation.
No details were given as to
the size of these detachments.
Navy Halts Work
On 95 Warships
As Losses Drop
Washington, Aug. 13—(TP)—A
$1,200,000,000 cut in Navy con
struction has been ordered, stop
ping work on 95 ships, including
one battleship, two carriers, and
ten heavy cruisers.
The slash was announced by
War
Mobilization- Director John
«v. Snyder Saturday. He said it
I was the result of a review of the
Navy’s procurement needs and not
due to imminent Japanese surrend
er.
The Navy followed up his an
nouncement with detailing of the
ships affected. The battleship is
the Illinois, under construction at
the Philadelphia Navy Yard
the carriers are the Reprisal
the Iwo Jima, being built by
New York Navy Yard and
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Va.
The Navy said the contracts
and
and
the
the
Co.,
now
American Forces Are Again Raining Bombs
On Tokyo and Further Atomic Bombings Seen
If Emperor Hirohito Does Not Answer Note
Washington, Aug. 13—(AP)—American bombers ham
mered at Tokyo’s front door today while the Japanese dal
lied over a decision whether to surrender now on Allied
terms or continue a suicidal war.
The White House announced that no reply had been re-
ceived at 10:45 a.m., today
The War Today
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
Japan’s delay in replying to the
terms of capitulation has been
more a matter of exasperation
than anxiety for the Allies.
When the Tokyo government
last Friday offered surrender if
the Mikado could remain on his
throne, the country already was
beaten to its knees and it remain
ed only for the Allies to adminis
ter the coup de grace. This meant
that tile Mikado’s ministers had
tossed the towel into the ring,
thus admitting defeat
So even If by some chance the
war-lords decided to continue the
hopeless struggle, it was clear
that the mighty Allied war ma
chine would crush Japan soon—
and it wuld mean a terrible death
for the
Pacific.
As a
pended
barbaric aggressors of the
to Saturday’s four-power dic
tate that Japan could keep an
emperor who would take his
orders from the victor’s su
preme commander.
Presidential Secretary
Charles G. Ross told a news
conference “it is safe to say
the war is going on” while
negotiations continue.
No time limit was set by
the Allies for a Japanese re
sponse, Ross said. Nor did he
know, he asserted, whether
there might be another ulti
matum.
A Tokyo radio broadcast said
that the formal reply to Japan’s
conditional surrender offer of Fri
day was not received until today.
Emperor Hirohito received Jap
anese Foreign Minister Togo at
tre imperial palace this morning,
another, enemy broadcast said, but
no details as to its purpose were
given.
Gesture of Mercy
gesture of mercy we sus-
further operations with
3. How to keep purchasing pow
er at a level high enough to ob-
sorb the output of busy peacetime
ctorip^
Wants War Plants Used
Speaking in the Pacific north-
west early in his campaign for the
vice presidency last year, Mr. Tru
man advocated that the overall ap
proach to reconversion bring the
government’s multi-billion-dollar
war plant investment into use by
private industry.
Since entering the White House,
he has called for government
funds to augment unemployment
compensation payments until the
(See TRUMAN page 2)
being cancelled were let many
months ago when prospects of
heavy' losses made it imperative
to continue a big shipbuilding pro
gram.
"The losses have been less than
anticipated, and it is now possible
to curtail the expenditure of mon
ey for the vessels,” it added.
The Reprisal and the Iwo Jima
are both carriers of the 27,000-ton
class. Six other carriers of that
class remain under construction
as well as three 45,000-ton carri
ers of 14,500 tons.
The other ships on which work
was ordered stopped include 16
escort carriers, 10 light cruisers,
11 destroyers, six submarines, and
39 auxiliaries. This cancels 56
combatant ships. Two weeks ago
the Navy disclosed that it had a
total of 223 combatant ships un
der contract, including two battle
ships and 13 aircraft carriers.
Crash at Coinjock
Kills Two Fliers
Coinjock, Aug. 13—Two
were killed when their
crashed on the beach eight
east of here Saturday.
fliers
plane
miles
Special Satisfaction
Expected of Donation
To War Memorial Fund
Th Fifth Naval District Public
Relations Office identified the
men as Ensign John Caldwell
Martin, USNR, pilot, the son of B.
M. Martin, Dundee, Miss., and
the atomic bomb pending the ex-
chance of messages regarding sur
render. And who of the militar
ists, either of Japan or of Ger
many, would have done as much,
had they been on the winning
side?
However, the Allies weren’t fool
ish enough to stay their hands
with other operations. There was
no intention of giving the enemy a
respite to pull himself together
for another stand. Admiral (Bull)
Halsey's huge Allied carrier fleet
did withhold its mighty striking
power during the night to give the
Japs a chance to get their ans
wer to the Allied capitals, but this
morning at the break of dawn he
launched an all-out attack against
the Tokyo area. Other parts of the
Japanese home islands came under
attack at the same time.
Meantime the rampaging Rus
sians continued to tear into Man
churia, and the same time, ac
cording to the Tokyo Radio, laun
ched a new offensive from outer
Mongolia, across inner Mongolia,
toward the Yellow Sea south of
Manchuria. Please take a look at
your maps and see what this re
markable military operation
would mean—if it is confirmed.
Should the Red Army drive
through to the Yellow Sea it
would sever communications be
tween the Japanese armies in
Manchuria and those in northern
China. This would be particularly
disastrous for the Japs in China
Proper, if the war should con
tinue, because Manchuria is the
Washington, Aug. 13—GP)—
Unina’s ambassador to the
United States called on Presi
dent Truman today and said
afterward: “I believe the good
news will come at any mo
ment.”
But Dr. Wei Tao-Ming in
dicated his belief was based on
no specific information re
garding Japan’s surrender.
Ross told his news conference at
the White House:
“I’m sorry. I have only the ne
gative report to make that no
word has been received from Jap
an. It was carried by the Tokyo
radio that the Allied reply had
only been delivered today, Mon
day. If that is true, Japan has had
our terms only a little over 12
hours. Perhaps that
the delay.”
"Might there be
mic bomb?" he was
“I do not know,”
“If I did X wouldn’t
accounts for
another ato-
asked.
Ross replied.
.say.”
His remark on continuation of
the war was in reply to
quiry whether it was safe
sume “there had been no
ruption or letup in the war
the negotiations.”
Ross said the President
an in
to as-
inter-
during
would
Phillip
first
Cyrus Bishop, seaman
class, USNR, husband
Mrs. Jean Noland Bishop,
of
412
Buchanan avenue, Layfayette, La.
main manufacturing center
supply base for all that area.
and
The Japanese have their crack
(See WAR TODAY Page 2)
not make the proclamation until
after the signing, however, Then,
he added, the Chief Executive will
address the nation Immediately by
radio.
Mr. Truman, acting on behalf of
the United States, Russia, China,
and Britain replied in a note given
to tile Swiss legation for trans
mission to Tokyo at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday. It said:
1. That after surrender the au
thority of the emperor is to be
subject to the Supreme Command
er of the Allied powers who will
(See WAR page 2)
Kill Devil Hill, Aug. 13—Scouts,
scouters, visitors and those in pass
ing cars' swelled the numbers at
the Scout Camporee held at Kill
Devil Hill in Dare County, Satur
day and Sunday, until over 120
persons was in attendance, includ
ing many women visitors.
Raymond Collier, chairman of
camping and activities of the East
Albemarle District reports that
the camporee was very successful.
While swimming and visits to the
nearby Kill Devil Hill monument
and the sand dunes were some of
the activities participated in, the
most outstanding demonstration of
scouting and what it does for the
boy and volunteer leader alike,
was that of the Council Fire, held
Saturday evening.
The Boy Scouts and visitors and
guests, along with the leaders,
formed a huge ring around the pil ¬
ed wood which formed a square
I pattern with pyramids of wood in
the center. At a quiet signal from
Dan Cannady, scoutmaster of
Manteo, who was in charge of the
activities, high ranking scouts,
came in from four opposite points
around the ring, representing
North, South, East and West, in
turn. They solemnly lit the coun
cil fire with appropriate words.
There was a hush among the as
semblage as Eagle Scout Dan Can
nady Jr., applied the first torch
with the words “this torch repre-
[ sents the spirit of scouting."
Mayor Robert Midgett of Man
teo was introduced. After a brief
' talk- he led the group in singing.
District; Commissioner Normani
K. Shannophouse introduced the
new Field Scout Executive, Peter
Carlton. Mr. Carlton conferred up-
. .(See SCOUTS page 2)
Planned For V-J Day
An aerial display of fireworks
which may be viewed from vant
age points along the riverfront
was added today to Elizabeth
City’s plans for celebrating V-J
Day.
As soon as the Japanese offer
to surrender first became known
Friday, Miles Clark dispatched an
order for more than 125 pieces of
aerial fireworks. He was expecting
them to arrive Monday afternoon.
They will be' set off from the sandy
fill on the new Camden causeway
the night of the final Japanese
surrender.
George Koch will do the actual
sitting off, Mr. Clark said. None
of the fireworks, he added, will
be fixed, but will be shot into the
air sc they may be seen easily
from Elizabeth City.
Those who want to get a very-
special satisfaction from making
a subscription to the Pasquotank
County War Memorial, might take
a hint from Lewis M. Scull of
West Main street.
Mr. Scull has written Cecil J.
Reel, chairman of the War Mem
orial Drive, a letter pledging $100
toward the erection of the “living
memorial”—on these conditions.”
“(1) I will give $25 if the war
is concluded on or before Christ
mas Day, 1945.
“(2) I will give one dollar for
each war criminal executed for his
crimes up to and including twen
ty-five. (I consider this a very
high price to pay for the hide of
any mangy rat.)
“(3) And the last and far from
least, and I might say wholly in
adequate, I will give the sum of $5
for each of the first ten boys from
1
This is to be a sort of special
morial to them.”
“I hope the people of this
other localities will awake to
me ¬
and
the
fact and finally realize in some
small way just what we owe to
our boys and girls who have made
the great sacrifice and the many
others who took the great risk
but who will return to their
homes,” he continued. “Many of
them, although alive, will bear
the marks of their experiences for
the balance of their lives. And I
hope we will do something about
it. Something permanent. Some
thing different whom what has al
ways happened after other wars.
“In other years after we came
home we were heroes until we
were broke, then we were forgot
ten.
“This memorial will be some
thing for the living to enjoy and
be proud of as well as a fond re-
this locality who either lost their membrance of those who are gone,
lives or who have become totally Wherever they are they will be
disabled in:.saving the rest of us happy to know that they have not
from a fate far worse than death, been forgotten."
Daily Advance Staff
Keeps Fruitless Vigil
OverTeletypesSunday
Daily Advance news-room
staffers kept a fruitless Ik-
hour vigil Sunday over Associ
ated Press teletypes, ready at
a moment's notice to start the
machinery of an extra edition
rolling.
Pots of the molten metal
out of which type is east were
kept hot from 8 o’clock Sun
day morning until midnight,
when the “IM” went on news
developments at the White
House. Printers were alerted.
The Daily Advance was no
tified early Sunday morning
that news of the final surren
der was expected at 8:30.
Teletypes, on an emergency
circuit, were turned on at 8.
and tapped out the usual
news of a war-time Sunday
until midnight.
Ration Board Personnel
To Take V-J Day Holiday
Those war workers who have
had much of the power but very
little of the glory in waging a
homefront war, the clerks of the
Ration Board, will lay down their
arms to join the rest of Elizabeth
City in celebrating V-J Day, but
—and they don't like it any more
than you do—their job isn’t over.
While the Nation waited tensely
for the formal word from Japan
that would end the war Sunday, a
telegram was speeding from Theo
dore S. Johnson, Director of the
Raleigh District Office of Price
Administration, to the Pasquotank
County War Price and Ration
Board, authorizing the clerks to
close shop when the Japanese sur
render became final but warning
that they had a long way to go
before they could close their doors
for good.
Roland Sawyer, supervisor of
eight ration boards in the Albe-
marle area, said “one of the great
est jobs yet lies ahead.” This, he
said, is the curbing of inflation.
“An anti-inflation campaign is
already underway
Elizabeth
City and it will continue even in
the face of a military peace,” Mr.
Sawyer declared. “The danger of
inflation now is possibly greater
tlian ever before.
With the end of
the war and the loosening of re
strictions on much-sought ration
ed commodities, coupled with an
unprecedented public wealth, we
will have a big job on our hands."
In his telegram, Mr. Johnson de
clared:
“The end of the war does not
mean the end of the job that OPA
has to do Conditions that make
price and rent control and ration
ing necessary will not vanish with
the end of hostilties. The work that
each of us in the District Office
(See RATION page 2)