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VOL. XLVII. No. 100. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1945 PER COPY —15#.
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Formal Surrender
To Be Signed
^Within Ten Da vs
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MANILA, Aug. 20—(/P)—The
formal surrender of Japan will be
signed within ten days MacArthur
announced that only adverse
weather can delay the formal end
of the war he said, as he sent Hi
rohito’s delegation flying home
with detailed instructions on the
•Allied occupation within twenty
four hours after the arrival in
Manila. The Mikado’s emissaries
left Nicholas Field at 3:00 p.m. to
day and left behind full details
needed by General MacArthur for
( the imminent victorious entry into
l Japan to head their ground and
naval occupation forces.
They will be prepared said a
headquarters spokesman for “any
emergency.’ The envoys were told
the date General MacArthur and
his accompanying forces intend to
arrive in Japan and were instruc
ted to prepare the necessary air
fields, harbors and other facilities
^for their arrival.
It is expected that Lt. Gen. Ka
wabe and the other emissaries
will report immediately to the
high government officials. “We
will do the best possible to make
sure all arrangements will be
completed on time,” the emissar
ies said before leaving Manila.
It is understood the formal sur
render will be signed by General
MacArthur in or near Tokyo.
Thereafter in a statement issued
by MacArthur he said he would
direct the Jap Imperial headquar
ters to issue instructions for the
unconditional surrender of all Jap
commanders abroad of forces to
the appropriate theatre com
, manners.
It is understood all plans were
made during the whirlwind of
conferences here last night and
this morning. No further radio in
structions are necessary. The Ma
nila sessions definitely cleared the
air, General MacArthur said, and
made a successful occupation of
»Japan more promising.
None can say however, whether
the “disorders” reported by Tokyo
radio will end before the Allied
forces arrive. Hirohito’s sixteen
emissaries to Manila returned to
Tokyo by air, loaded down with
twenty-four or twenty-five pages
of detailed documents on what
should be done to prepare for the
occupation.
During the entire session Gen
^ eral MacArthur was coldly aloof
and never once met the Japs. At
the end of today’s session Lt. Gen.
t Richard Sutherland, MacArthur’s
chief of staff, and the remainder
JET ENGINE FOR AA F—First picture of a jet engine
released by the War department shows a G-E power plant of the
type used on USAAF propellerless planes. Front of engine, with
small starter motor, is forward.
of the American delegation arose,
then the Japs stood up. “I appre
ciate your cooperation and wish
you a safe journey home,’ Suther
land said. The somber faced Ka
wabe replied “I deeply appreciate
the many kindnesses you have
shown and I feel them sincerely.”
General MacArthur and a large
number of headquarters officials
expected to depart within a few
days for Japan. Air officials in
the Manila conference went to
considerable detail about the con
dition of airfields around Tokyo.
The results of these questionings
were not disclosed.
Ii ts generally believed here that
Japan’s previous delays which
generally were interpreted as
“stalling” were largely due to
Japan’s unfamiliarity with sur
render procedure and the stunning
impact of defeat following so
closely on the atomic bomb.
MANILA, Aug. 20—(/P)—The
Japs indicated in an official mes
sage to General MacArthur it
would be necessary for the pres
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Maritime
Commission
Cancels Contracts
♦
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2(W/P)—
The Maritime Commission has an
nounced the cancellation of four
hundred twenty-five million • dol:
lars of contracts covering the con
struction of one hundred thirty
five ships.
Three contracts of special mili
atry equipment cancelaltions in
cluded yards at Portland and
Vancouver.
Gen. Wainwright
| Found Safe
CHUNGKING, Aug. 20—(/P)—
Lt. Gen. Wainwright, tall hero of
Corregidor, was rescued from a
Jap prison camp by a humanitar
ian team of American parachut
ists. He is due in Chungking
shortly and may witness the for
mal surrender of the forces which
held him for more than three
years.
It was learned on high author
ity that Lt. Gen. Erchur Percival,
British commander of Singapore
when it was captured by the Japs
in 1942, and Shenon Thomas,
governor of Singapore is with
Gen. Wainwright.
The dropping of humanitarian
teams brought a protest from the
Jap general staff. The Japs in
formed General MacArthur that
the action endangered the smooth
cessation of hostilities, and asks
him to see than no more such “in
cidents” occurred.
Wainwright was found in a pri
son war camp, Hsian, one hundred
miles north of Mukden. United
States headquarters in China an
nounced that Allied air and sea
forces would aid in occupying
prisoner of war camps. The job
of internees announcement said
that large numbers could be re
leased only after the Allied forces
occupied the camps.
SEVERAL G.I.S HOME
ON FURLOUGH
Among the several boys home
on furlough from the Aleutian
bases are Davis Mendalook, Er
nest Weana from Teller and Ted
dy Aquilluk from Deerlng.
Japs Says Allies
Have Landed
In Kuriles
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20—
—Japanese Imperial headquarters
complained to General MacArthur
today that an Allied force had
landed in the Kuriles north of the
Jap main islands. The Japs said
the Nippon forces had to resor to
armed resistance in self defense.
The Japs said the Allied forces
had landed on Shimushu island
Saturday. There is no announce
ment of a reply from General
MacArthur.
Wa^es Can Rise
If Prices Don't
Also Go Up
! -
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—UP)—
The Government hastened to
give whitecollar workers and all
others earning salaries the same
good news which officially has al
ready been given wage earners
that the lid is off on raises.
The only halter the government
holds on increases is that they can
be given where the increase does
not mean an increase in prices too.
Wage earners had been told
previously they can get raises
without the necessity of the boss
getting government permission if
there is no price increase. Internal
Revenue bureau is writing out in
structions about whitecollar work
ers to be released soon.
Government In
Balkans \ot
Choice ()f People
LONDON, Aug. 20—(/P>— For
eign Secretary Bevin told Com
mons ‘“the governments set up in
Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary
do not represent the views of the
: majority of the people.” All three
I countries are in the Soviet sphere
! of influence, and the ‘ impression
we get from recent developments
is that one kind of Totalitarianism
! is being replaced by another
kind.”
He told the House at their first
full dress debate of the new La
' borlte government’s foreign policy
i that he said “is not what we under
stand by that very muchly over
j worked word Democracy, which
| appeared to be in need of a defin
| ition.”
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Justice Douglas
Mt. Adams
YAKIMA. Wash., Aug. 20—
—An ambition cherished for thir
ty-two years has been realized by
Justice Douglas Saturday when
he reached the peak of the twelve
thousand three hundred foot Mt.
Adams and looked across a wide
expanse of land to Yakima Valley
where he spent his boyhood. Sev
eral of his boyhood chums were
with him on the vacation.
NWA CHAMBER HOST TO
HOUSE DELEGATION HERE
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A group of members of the
House Committee on Territories,
headed by Chairman Augustine
Bernard Kelley, Democrat of
Greensburg, Pa., arrived in Nome
6 p.m. Saturday evening.
The delegation included: Repre
sentatives Henry D. Larcade, Jr.,
Democrat 7th District Louisiana;
Homer D. Angell, Republican of
Portland, Oregon; Marion T. Ben
nett, Republican, 6th District
Missouri; Alaska Delegate E. L.
(Bob) Bartlett; Governor Ernest
Gruening; Lew Williams, Secre
tary of Alaska and well-known
newspaperman; Wilfred Coding,
Acting Chief of the Alaska Branch
of the Division of Territories and
Island Possessions; and Dr. Mere
dith Burrill, Director of the Divi
sion of Georgraphics.
Of the group which visited
Nome, four are Alaskan officials.
The committee has been touring
throughout the Territory since
August 1, and is keenly interested
in obtaining any and all informa
tion regarding Territorial legisla
tion, revisons and other matters
which will come before it in hear
ings in Washington. D. C,
Upon their arrival in Nome the
delegation was greeted by C. of
C. President Dudley Warner, Carl
Lomen, and A. Polet, who made
arrangements for hearings and
entertainment.
Chairman Kelley stated that the
committee was impressed by
Alaska’s particular need for bet
ter transportation including Air
ports, highways, and steamer,
ocean and coastwise.
Other industries of Alaska in
the path of their investigations
are fishing, furs, lumber and min
ing, which naural resources come
under their jurisdiction.