V-J Day to Free
Men in Uniform
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Five Million Servicemen
Likely Will Be Released
W i t h i n 12-Month
Period
Washington, Aug. 16.—Five million'
or more men may be released from
the Army within 12 months after V-J
Day.
This is the estimate of military experts
familiar with, problems confronting
the Army. The War Department
is saying nothing officially.
The first to get out, it is believed,
will be the 550,000 soldiers who already
had a score of 85 points for
combat, service and dependency and
are eligible now for release.
The critical point score for discharge
is expected to be cut promptly
after Japanese surrender and there
was some speculation that the older
men in the Army might be given earlier
discharges. This would mean,
informed sources estimated, the release
of an additional 1,000,000 or
1,500,000 within three or four months.
By that time, the Japanese territory
should be occupied fully and the
Army then in a position to release an
additional three million or more men
in the ensuing eight or nine months.
"Hiree Million Left
This would leave a force of 3,000,000
or less. The occupation of Japan
is expected to require perhaps 1,000,000
men. . The German occupation
force now is fixed at 400,000. Garrisons
such as Alaska would take approximately
500,000 and the remainder
presumably would be assigned to
Army centers in this country to
operate the supply system, hospital,
ports and similar installations.
Surrender of Japan also would
mean liberation for approximately
16,700 Americans presently interned
in the home islands or enemy-occupied
territory. A check of War, Navy
and State Department records disclosed
this.
These and internees of other Allied
nations would be transported by the
Japanese government to "places of
safety, as directed, where they can be
placed quickly aboard Aliied transports,"
under terms of today's fourpower
reply to the Jap surrender
proposal.
American figures on interned nationals
are incomplete because it has
been impossible for International Red
Cross or neutral power representatives
to visit some Japanese-occupied
areas, the State Department said.
Japan presently has 13,330 Ameri
Arjny, 2,036 from the Navy, and 1,689
from the Marine Corps—according to
lotast figures.
£ American civilian internees in Japheld
territory total SJI89, bat only 176
c€ these are in Japan proper, the
State* Department said. Approximately
1,200 of the total are in Japanese-held
parte of China, moat of
them around Shanghai.
Among: the 3,339 are 689 women,
according to War Department statistics.
The War Department, said moat
United States Army prisoners are
held in the home islands. Moat of
the 176 American civilians presently
in Japan were construction workers
on Guam and Wake islands at the
time of their capture by the Japanese
early in the war.
For some unknown reason, the
Japanese government never has permitted
repatriation of the Guam
and Wake groups, the State Department
said.
Future Farmers
Set 10 Million Goal
The Future Farmers of America
has set a goal of ten million cans of
food as the contribution of its members
to the Community Canning Program
for War Relief, it was announced
today.
The food is being processed in tin
at school -community canning centers
which are operated by local boards of
education. Teachers of vocational
agriculture are the local supervisors
of these plants and also serve as~ advisors
to the Future Farmers of
America. This national organization
of young fanners is sponsored by the
United States Office of Education.
Its national adviser is W. T. Spanton,
Chief, Agricultural Education Service,
U. S. Office of Education.
Chapters of Future Farmers of
America are forming "Flying Squadrons"
to promote the war relief canning
projects. Some of these squad
rons are collecting food. Some are
providing cans. Some are enlisting
volunteers to process the food, and
some will pack the donated cans for
shipment to Europe's hungry millions.
The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration will ship
the contributions.
Awards will be made by the Board
of Trustees of the Future Farmers
of America. Foundation to the local
F.F.A. chapters and state associations
that make the Largest donations to
the campaign. The organization Jtu
204,175 members in 6,602 chapters.
More than 3,200 school-community
canning centers are available to them.
The war relief goal of ten million
cans for the organization represents
an average of 20 cans for each farm
"United Nations Shelf" set aside at
fe&di canning- cftfttJfiR * \tX < ^
Dan $ West, Executive Director of
the Community Cumins' Prognun for
War Relief, pointed oat that tha program
ia also underway at cuatom canneries,
domestic science kitdhena and
ia school lunch rooms. Users of all
community canning facilities where
there is adequate supervision have
been staked to can ten percent more
fruit and vegetables, and fruit and
vegetable juices than is needed locally,
and to contribute this surplus to
food pool for ovenaas relief.
packed in water without sugar
is acceptable, hot for safety in overseas
shipment and distribution, no
food in glass containers is acceptable.
Members of the Executive Committee
of the Community Canning Program
for War Relief include Dr. John
W. Studebaker, Commissioner, U. S.
Office of Education; Miss Martha F.
Allen, National Executive, Camp Fire
Girls, and Mrs. Paul Rtttenhonae, Na^
tional Director, Girl Scouts,
Herman Goering has suffered a
heart attack, induced by fear of
lightning. What a superman! And
when did it ever develop that the
guy has a heart? /
Henry Clay once failed to i
a lady he had met m a previoua oc-j
caaion.
I "Why, Mr. day, "ahe
reproachfully, "you don't
my name"!
| "No," replied the great itatwman,
gazing upon her admiringly, "for
when we last mc^L wu ture your
beauty and accomplishments would
soon compel you to change it"
He waa forgiven.
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