PEACE EDITION
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VOL. XLVII. No. 98. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 5, 1 945 PER COPY — 15<S
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Text Of Japanese
Peace Terms
Acceptance
The text of the Japanese mes
£ sage read: "Communication of
the Japanese Government of
August fourteen, addressed to
the Governments of United
States, Great Britain, Soviet
Union and China:
With reference to the Japan
ese government's note of August
1 tenth regarding their acceptance
of the provisions of the Pots
dam declaration and the reply
of the governments of United
States. Great Britain, Soviet
Union and China sent by Amer
ican Secretary Byrnes under date
of August eleventh, the Japan
ese government have the honor
to communicate to the govern
<| ments of the four powers as fol
lows:
One—His Majesty, the Em
peror has issued an Imperial re
script regarding Japan's accept
tance of the provisions of the
Potsdam declaration.
Two—His Majesty the Em
peror is prepared to authorise
and insure the signature of his
government and Imperial head
quarters of the necessary terms
for carrying out the provisions
of the Potsdam declaration.
His Majesty is prepared to is
sue his commands to all mili
tary, naval and other authori
ties of Japan, and all forces un
der their control wherever lo
e cated, to cease active operations
and to surrender their arms, and
to issue other orders as may be
required by the Supreme Com
mander of the Allied Forces for
the execution of the above men
tioned terms."
President Makes
August 15 And 16
Legal Holidays
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14— {&)
—President Truman proclaimed
Wednesday and Thursday, August
fifteenth and sixteenth as legal
holidays, with the notation that
war workers who work on those
days would be paid overtime.
The President retracted his state
ment about legal holidays, merely
wanting to excuse government
employes for this period.
* Japan Faces Long And Stern Controls
By Accepting Potsdam Ultimatum
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1M^)
The Japanese let themselves in j
for stern and probably long con
trols tonight when they accepted
the Potsdam surrender terms. Al
hough they didn’t say so in many
words, they agreed their Emperor
% was to take orders while the Al
lies haul them back into the ways
of peace and destroy their capac
ity to follow any other path.
^ Here are the Potsdam surren
der terms: There must be elimin
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ated for all time the authority
and influence of those who have
deceived and misled the people of
Japan into embarking on world
conquest, for we insist a new or
der of peace, security and justice
will be impossible until irrespon
sible militarism has been driven
from the world.
Until such a new order is es
tablished, and until there is con
vincing proof that Japan’s war
(Continued on Page Eight)
'Japanese Sub
Torpedoes Crusier
Indianapolis
GUAM, Aug. 15 (Delayed)—P)
—Two great explosions flashed
out of her slim bow at twelve
minutes past midnight as flames
streaked through her shock-dark
ened passageways, searing the
bodies of her crew into shapeless
masses.
Within fifteen minutes she
plunged headfirst into the sea.
This was the proud end of the
Cruiser Indianapolis, torpedoed
four hundred fifty miles off Leyte
on July thirtieth. There are eight
hundred eighty-three dead and
missing after she finished a record
speed run from San Francisco to
Guam to deliver the first atomic
bomb to the Superfort.
She apparently fell prey to a
Jap sub, for five hundred of her
crewmen and a handful of officers
were hurled alive into the mid
night sea. It was the beginning of
a living nightmare which ended
for some more than one hundred
fifteen hours later, after some
crazed seamen killed each other.
Others dived suicidally into the
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1
man announced at 1:00 p
Time) the Japanese accepta
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Japs Accept Peace
Terms After Much
Confusion
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GUAM, Aug. 14—UP)—The com-i
munications room of the United
States Pacific Fleet headquarters
flashed word on the Guam radio
today that the Tokyo radio had
reported that Japan had accepted
the Potsdam ultimatum to sur
render. No announcement was
made of where the broadcast was
picked up. There was no details
and no reference to the Allied
dictate sent to Tokyo Saturday,
with respect to Hirohito remaining)
Emperor and to take orders from
the Allies.
After the receipt of this news,
New York and other cities in
United States started a feverish
celebration.
Allied Leaders Wail Tensely
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. 11:20
a.m. EWT.— —Allied leaders
waited tensely and tight lipped
for the note from Tokyo which
might formally offer Japan’s sur
render to the Allied terms. The
receipt of the note is definitely
expected before the day’s end.
All incoming evidence of un
official Nipponese broadcasts in
dicated that the enemy had had
enough of the atomic bomb, ^nd
the Russian declaration of war
added up to more than they could
take. But there is always the
chance of some new reservation in
their surrender statement, some
new loophole through which they
might hope in later years to start
off a propaganda campaign to
build themselves back into a mil
I —(AP)— President Tru
itt. this afternoon (Nome
nee of the surrender terms.
itary power.
Neither President Truman nor
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Secretary Byrnes had any direct
comment to offer on the Tokyo
broadcast. The Imperial message
“accepitng the Potsdam declara
tion will be forthcoming soon,”
Byrnes offered.
The President this morning,
when reporters asked him if he
expected somthing today on the
surrender, shot back “Yes Sir.”
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Important Message To Be Broad
cast To Jap People
Domei said in a broadcast, re
corded by FCC “On August four
teen, nineteen forty-five, the Im
perial decision was granted. Weep
ing people gathered before his pal
ace and “bowed to the very
ground” in their shame, that their
“efforts were not enough.”
The broadcast didn’t say what
the Emperor’s decision was. Do
mei transmitted only about one
hundred thirty words and then
broke otf to say to the editors
“Hold this item.” Domei never re
sumed the transmission of the
dispatch, but subsequently put out
a message from the editors say
ing: “Tomorrow, August fifteenth,
at noon sharp, an important trans
mission will be made. This trans
mission will be of unprecedented
importance, so you hundred mil
lion people, without exception,
must listen attentively.” (“Noon
tomorrow”, Jap time would be
five p.m., Tuesday, Nome time'.
No Reply By Noon Tuesday
At 1:30 p.m., Tuesday the White
House announced that Japan still
had not replied to the Allied sur
render terms, but the Tokyo ra
dio reported almost simultaneous
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MANILA. Aug. 14—(/P)—"I thank merciful God that this
mighty struggle is about to end," General Mac Arthur com
mented Wednesday morning, Philippine time, after receiving
official notification of the Japanese capitulation and his ap
pointment as Supreme Allied Commander of the occupation
forces. "I shall at once take steps to stop hosilities and further
bloodshed of the magnificent men and women who fought so
nobly to victory and who now can return to their homes in
due course and resume civil pursuits. They have been good
soldiers in war—may they be equally good citisens in peace."
General Douglas MacArthur
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