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VOL. XLVII. No. 90. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1 945 PER COPY—15f*
U. S., Britain And
China Demand
Surrender
POTSDAM, July 27—(£>)—An
ultimatum has been sent to Japan
by United States, Britain and
China demanding immediate un
conditional surrender or “prompt
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and utter destruction,” included
the following dmeands:
"Which we shall not deviate
from, there are no alternatives.
We shall brook no delay.” Japan
was called on to proclaim uncon
ditional surrender of all Jap
armed forces; to provide assur
ance of good faith in surrender.
Other demands limiting Jap sov
ereignty to the four major Jap
home islands; the elimination of
Jap leaders who embarked on the
world conquest of destruction;
and Japanese war-making power.
Allies will designate Jap terri
tory to be occupied until peace,
security and justice are estab
lished. The Japs are not to be
enslaved, but stern justice for
war criminals, including those vis
iting cruelties on our prisoners.
Japan to be permitted indus
tries to sustain their economy and
to permit payment of reparations
in kind. The eventual Jap partici
pation in world trade will be per
mitted. The Jap government must
remove obstacles to a revival of
democratic tendencies and give
freedom of speech, thought and
religion.
WASHINGTON, July 27—(/P)—
American propaganda machinery
sped the Potsdam ultimatum to
Japan by radio from San Fran
cisco. The OWI sent it by short
wave to Honolulu, where it was
relayed to Saipan, and from there
by medium wave.
Big Three In
Difficulties Over
Germany
FRANKFURT ON MAIN, July
27—(/P)—Secretary Stimson hint
ed that the Big Three powers are
meeting difficulties in reaching a
unified policy of the administra
tion of Germany.
The Big Three are “working on
discrepancies when I left Potsdam
two days ago. They will probably
still be working on them when I
get back,” Stimson said in answer
to a press conference question.
The Tomb of the Unknwon Sol
dier is in Arlington Cemetery.
X Marks The Spot
UP IN THE AIR — Stacey H. Cole, radioman in the final
assembly department of Boeing’s Renton. Wash., plant. Is hoisted
by crane in a sling-type seat to make an installation at the top of
a B-29’s dorsal fin.
Extend Use Of
Canadian Vessels
To Alaska
WASHINGTON, July 27—</P)—
Treasury approval completed the
formalities of extending the use
of Canadian vessels in transport
ing passengers and merchandise
to and from Alaska.
Frozen fish shipments were ex
cluded, Delegate Bartlett said, be
cause American lines reported
they can handle this commodity.
Transportation of merchandise
out of’British Columbia ports for
transshipment is limited to thirty
days, because Alaska Transporta
tion Company expects to have the
ship Taku back in service by that
time to serve Skagway.
In other instances the shipping
arrangements will continue until
November first.
MRS. RICHARD WEBB
VISITS IN FAIRBANKS
Mrs. Richard Webb, wife of
Richard Webb, local manager of
the Wien Alaska Airlines, and son
Dickie, flew to Fairbanks yester
day on the Boeing.
Japs On Borneo
Making General
Withdrawal
MANILA, July 27 — (/P)
troops on Borneo are making a
general withdrawal along the in
land road to the Samarinda oil
fields, sixty miles north of Balik
papan General MacArthur’s head
quarters said. Australian troops
moved steadily in pursuit of the
enemy, encountered small units
six miles north of the fallen Jap
strongpoint of Batochampar in
New Guinea where by-passed
Nips are being exterminated.
Australian fighter planes sup
ported the Digger Sixth Division
of ground troops moving toward
the Maprik farming area on
which the enemy relies for food.
CHRISTIE WALDHELM AND
DAUGHTER RETURN HOME
Mrs. Chrisie Waldheim and
daughter Ellen returned yester
day from Fairbanks where they
have been visiting with the
Thomas Christiansons, for the
past three weeks.
IGNORE ULTIMATUM
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Attlee Takes
Office; Will Finish
Japanese War
| LONDON, July 27—Clement R.
Attlee plunged into work as head
of Britain’s first Labor govern
ment in fourteen years, and he is
pledged to give top priority to the
finish of the war with Japan.
There is a general belief here
he will return to the Big Three
conference at Potsdam during the
, week-end.
A British Press Association cor
respondent said that Churchill
will probably not return to the
Potsdam talks and added that
Eden “will not, of course, go back
to Germany.” Triumphant. Labor
1 ites, holding thirty-nine of forty
i seats in Commons appeared set
: tling down to a long term of of
fice, possibly the full statutory
five years.
MATANUSKA VALLEY
REPRESENTATIVES HERE
Claire Patton and Carl Kaiser,
: representatives of the Matanuska
Farmers Association are in Nome
on business. The association
wishes to make contacts in Nome
in order that Matanuska grown
products may be used here. The
first shipment of vegetables was
brought in by Alaska Airlines
yesterday for the merchants of
Nome. The association hopes that
the service can be continued and
improved.
Will Continue
Fighting To
Bitter End
SAN FRANCISCO. July 27—</P>
—Domei said it “had authorita
tively learned” that Japan will ig
nore the Churchill, Truman and
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j Chiang proclamation calling for
unconditional surrender. “Japan
| will prosecute the war of Greater
East Asia to the bitter end in ac
cordance with her fixed policy, it
1 is authoritatively stated,” said a
Domei dispatch intercepted by
FCC.
The Domei announcement is the
first Jap report indicating the of
ficial reaction to the tripartite de
mand issued by United States,
Britain and China.
Domei reported the Jap cabinet
met at Premier Suzuki’s home to
hear the report of Foreign Minis
1 ter Togo on the Allied surrender
proclamation, Domei said. Earlier
a Domei political commentator
said the absence of neutral Mar
shal Stalin’s name to the surren
j der proclamation was “conspicu
ous and would seem to indicate
that Truman had failed in at
tempting to obtain what he obvi
ously intended to.” He conceded
however that “Truman did suc
ceed in persuading Churchill and
Stalin to take up the question on
joint action toward East Asia.”
Eleven Japanese Cities On U. S.
“Fire-Bombing” Target List
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GUAM, July 27 — <^P) — The
Twentieth Airforce has bluntly
announced to Japan that eleven
Japanese cities are next on the
Superfort fire-bombing target list
and added that four of them will
be ignited within the next few
days.
The warning, punctuating the
Allied demands of a Jap surren
der was issued by Maj. Gen. Cur
tis LeMay, who advised eight
hundred ninety thousand Nippon
civilians to flee to safety, or “re
store peace by demanding new
good leaders who will end the
war.”
In a frank effort to convince the
Jap people their cause is hopeless
and the military powerless to pro
tect them, LeMay gave the Japs
this warning. As this was written
Superforts from the Seventy
Third Wing were returning to
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Saipan after showering sixty
thousand warning pamphlets on
each of the eleven cities.
Each of the cities are wondering
if they are first on the list of the
dreaded Superforts. The cities are
Ichinomiya, Tsu, Ujiyamada, Na
gaoka, Nishinomiya, Aomori,
Ogaki, Koriwama, all munitions
transport and industrial centers
on Honshu. Uwajima is a shipping
and war plant center on Shikoku,
Kurume is a rail hub and manu
facturing center and location of
an arsenal on Kyushu; Hokodate
is a financial and manufacturing
center on Hokkaida island.
Sometime within the next few
days, LeMay said, "a normal force
of Superforts carrying about
thirty-five hundred tons of
bombs" will strike industrial tar
gets in four or more cities.