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Flagship Missouri
Heads Naval Force
In Sagami Bay
MANILA, Aug. 27—f/P)—As the
battleship Missouri led the strong
American and British naval forces
into Sagami Bay below Tokyo,
General MacArthur announced
the designation of the Eighth
Army, commanded by Lt. Gen.
Robert L. Eichelberger, among the
first forces to occupy the Tokyo
area “The Eighth will land from
transports in the area. The initial
evacuation will be September
first.”
General MacArthur informed
Jap headquarters by radio of the
fleet’s thrust to within thirty
miles of Tokyo. It proved as quiet
as a peacetime maneuver in home
waters.
The final act of surrender will
be signed aboard the Missouri in
Tokyo bay Sunday, Jap time. At
his Manila headquarters General
MacArthur said it had not been
informed officially of the fleet’s
entry, however the spokesman
stated the fleet was operating
without reporting to General Mac
Arthur.
All details of the master plan
already have been laid down for
the ocupation and formal surren
der General MacArthur’s head
quarters disclosed. The Twenty
Fourth Corps under Maj. Gen.
John Hodge will ocupy the south
ern half of Korea.
The surrneder of Hongkong will
be made to Rear Admiral Har
court of the British Navy. General
MacArthur also ordered the Japs
in Ryukus to surrender to General
Stillwell, Tenth Army comman
der.
Those in the Philippines will
surrender to Lt. Gen. W. D. Styer,
commander of the army forces in
the Western Pacific. General Mac
Authur announced there would be
additional landing in Yokohama,
Tokyo’s port, also at Tateyama,
outside on Tokyo bay on the east
side of its entrance..
Notice of landing to come at
Yokohama shows General Mac
Arthur’s determination to gain
early control of the important
Tokyo bay port facilities, while
Tateyama is a strategic spot ten
miles from the bottleneck at
Nugara Strait and the entrance to
the bay at Yokohama. It is ap
proximately fifteen miles from
Atsufi and ten miles from Yoko
suka.
By AL HOPKINS
WITH ADMIRAL HALSEY IN
SAGAMI BAY, Aug. 27— <;P) —
TILE PAINTER — Harry J. Wilson (right), Marine just home from the Pacific, learns to
paint on tile in the Red Cross arts and skills program at Seagate naval hospital, Brooklyn. Muralist
Fred Farr and Elizabeth C. Podmaniczky, volunteer instructors, lend a hand.
President Urges
Congress To
| Continue Draft.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27—f/P>—
President Truman urged Congress
to continue the induction into the
armed forces of men from eight
een to twenty-five, cautioning
that the Far East situation still
involves “many elements of dan
ger.”
At the same time he cautioned
Congress against premature at
tempts to declare the war emer
gency at an end, asserting “tragic
conditions might result if we al
low the period of military service
to expire by operation of a law
while a substantial portion of our
forces have not yet been returned
from overseas. I’m confident Con
gress will take no action to place
the armed forces in such a posi
tion.”
Taking issue with Congressional
advocates of legislation terminat
ing the selective service program
and declaring the war emergency
at an end the President gave his
views in letters to Chairmen
Thomas and May of the Senate
and House Military Committees.
Led by Admiral Halsey’s Flagship
Missouri the impressive spearhead
of the Third Fleet warships tri
umphantly entered Japan’s Sag
ami and dropped anchor within
twenty-five miles of Tokyo.
Twelve hundred carrier planes
roared overhead as the great
American and British battleships
(Continued on Page Four)
COAST GUARD AIDS
LOCAL TUGS TRYING
TO ENTER HARBOR
During the storm yesterday,
which lashed the waters of Bering
Sea into high breakers, rolling
over the top of the Snake River
jetties, two of the local tugs, tow-!
ing barges, had a few harrowing
moments.
The first, the U. S. Engineers!
tug, towing the gravel barge out j
of the river, was unsuccessful in j
dumping the load on account of j
the high seas, made several at- j
tempts at reentering the harbor1
and finally twice gave the dis
tress signal, calling out the U. S.
Coast Guard patrol boat which
stood by at the mouth of the river
for the tug to make another try.
It was successful.
The second tug, the Lucille, was
returning from Point Spencer and
made several unsuccessful at
tempts at entering the river
through the high breakers over
the bar, finally clearing the jet
ties, went up the river to safe
anchorage.
Japs Want To
Evacuate Aged
MANILA, Aug. 27 — (/P) — The
Japs have asked General MacAr
thur permision to use four ships
to evacuate women, children and
aged civilians, and sick and
wounded military personnel from
China.
Jap Emissaries
Receive Final
Instructions
SAN FAANCISCO, Aug. 27—
(/P)—Radio corespondents aboard
Admiral Halsey’s flagship in Sag
ami Bay south of* Tokyo said last
night that Jap emissaries had
boarded Admiral Halsey’s ship to
receive instructions for preparing
to receive marine and naval land
ing parties at Kokosuka naval
base near Tokyo Thursday, Jap
time.
Ferns, 100 feet high, once grew
in Kansas.
Tropical Hurricane
Hits Gulf Goast
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug.
——One of the worst tropical
hurricanes in twenty-five years
buffeted two hundred miles of the
Texas heavily populated central
coastal country last night. At mid
night the center of the storm, hav
ing a one hundred ten mile hour
force caused communications and
power lines to snap, cutitng off
lights and radio stations off the
air. People living on the water
front are moving inland.
* CORPUS CHRISTI, Aug. 27
Radio reports from the Texas
Highway Patrol here said winds
ranging from one hundred to one
hundred thirty-five miles per
hour lashed towns along San An
tonio bay as a furious Gulf hurri
cane hugged the Texas coast near
Port O’Connor.
A one hundred thirty-five mile
an hour wind struck the sea drift
on the northeast side of the bay
which stretches to the south and
west of Port O’Connor behind
Matagorda island. Patrolmen in
the field reported heavy property
damage at Austwell on the south
fContinued on Page Eight)
WALTER DOWD WRITES
PARENTS FROM NAVY
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dowd are in
receipt of a letter from their son
Walter, who is a radio operator in
the Navy, aboard the cruiser USS
Wichita. Walter says the ship has
a band, is a flagship, and can even
do tricks (in a typhoon). He writes
the Wichita was in the battle of
Okinawa and the noise was ter
rific.
Congress Tackles Problem Of Millions
Of Jobless War Workers
A
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 27—(/P)—
The frightening problem of mil
lions of jobless workers stirred
Legislators and businessmen to
action. Influential business groups
urged the government to immedi
ately help pay the fare of strand
ed workers to new jobs.
This body, the research com
mittee of the nationwide commit
tee for economic development,
also recommended that most
states increase payments to unem
ployed.
Chairman Doughton brought
the .louse Ways and Means com
mittee back to Capitol Hill to
tackle the Administration’s plans
for broader benefits for the job
less. The big government push
toward ways of peace made this
news. One office, war information,
wants to go out of business within
ninety days. The office of censor
ship already has gone.
The Department of State may
take over United States publicity
aboard. Two—The public will be
gin to see electric toasters, refrig
erators and ranges this fall. Vac
uum cleaners will be “fairly plen
tiful by Christmas but three sell
ers of these new goods are in a
full scale rumpus with OPA.
They say OPA’s policy on retail
price ceilings being the same as
in 1942 or a very little higher is
too low. They’ll meet here for the
fight tomorrow.