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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-12
Singapore
Will Change
Hands Again
DICNIFIED PROGRAM
British To Reap Vengeance
for Ranking Defeat
By Japanese

SINGAPORE, Sept. 11.-F-
Britain reaps vengeance for hel
ranking defeat of 3 IL years age
when Japan's southern armies
formally surrender tomorrow al
this mighty naval bastion.
(Singapoce broadcasts heard ir
London said Adm. Lord Louis
Mountbatten, Supreme Southeast
Asia Commander, had arrived
there to receive the slrrender).
Everything held consistent with
Imperial dignity will be done to
recover, in the surrender cere-
mony, the face" Britain lost
when the tide of Japanese con.
quest washed over Singapore Feb,
IS, 1912, and 1t. Gen. A. E. Per.
cival, commanding, yielded uncon-
ditionally to naughty 1t. Gen. To-
moyuki Yamashita.
The surrender ceremony will
be public. The British want all
Singapore residents who can to
see the japanese humbled.
Japanese labor parties, under
Indian guards, toiled today to
manicure the turf on the Padang
for tomorrow's outdoor show,
which will 'precede the actual
signing of the surrender.
High-ranking Japanese Army
and Navy officers, headed by 1t.
Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, commander
of the japanese Seventh Army
will be drawn up in their brass
and braid for the formalities.
They include the chief of staff
Of Japanese southern armies.
with headquarters at Saigon,
French Indo-China, and the COM
manders of the Third Area,
Burma area and 18th Armies.
But the ceremony will be rob-
bed of some of its SAVIOR by the
absence of Field Marshal Count
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Macarthur Orders Arrest OF Top Japs;
Anglican Blood Keeping TOTO Alive;
Mc<itbatten Accepts Surrender Today
Bill Provides Death
For Atomic Leaks"

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.--lP
- Legislation providing the
death penalty for divulging
atomic bomb secrets to for
eign powers was introduced to-
d. by Chairman Summers ID
Tex of the House Judiciary
committee.
Some safeguard to protect
our interests should be taken
pending a determination of
policy" commented the veteran
legislator.
Everybody is discussing what
we should do about this ter
rlble weapon. We have invest
ed $4,000, 100000 in public
funds in it. We have in it the
worlds most powerful force,
yet with all this talking we
may be letting the secret out
before we formally determine
what policy we should adopt"
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Senate Group Calls
Marshall, King Today

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-R)-
Congress, under fire to get the
boys back home faster, undertook
today to divert some of the heat
to Army and Navy leaders.
The Senate Military commit
tee invited General of the Amies
George c. Marshall and Fleet Ad-
miral Ernest J.. King to come to
the capitol tomorrow and ex-
plain their rehabilitation plans.
Bolstering sentiment for public
hearings was War Department
report that the Army totaled g.
05O, 600 on September l, a net r.
duction from year earlier OF
81, 900. The committee also re-
ceived assurances that the Army
is discharging 1900 men day
and hopes to double that figure
soon,
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Rotarians yesterday heard DR..
Albert Coates, director of the In
stitute of Government at the Uni
versity of North Carolina de-
scribe the initiation of the school
and its development into the out
standing position it now holds as
practical training ground for
city, county and state public Of
ficials.
DR.. Coates, who has been de-
scribed by associates as an edu-
Gator who had the courage to get
off the beaten path" said that the
idea had grown out of his expe-
rience in teaching law at the Uni
versity, when he was suddenly
struck with the wide gap between
law as it was taught in schools
and its practical application.
At that time, ne said, he was
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Ex-Premiier
Puts Bullet
In Himself
SUICIDE TRY FAILS
Makes Statesmen Accept
ing Responsibility
For Pacific War
! BY FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW
and FRANK TREMAINE

By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW
and FRANK TREMAINE
United Press Staff Correspondents
TOKYO, Sept. 11.-Gen. Hideko
TOTO, instigator of the Pearl Har-
be- attacks and of the Pacific
War, shot himself in the stomach
at 4;21 pm. Tokyo time today
1921 am. EWT) when told he
was being arrested as a war cri-
mi1al.
II assume responsibility for the
war;" he said. 81 now realize it
was bad for the people. I am now
happy to die. Banzai."
Six hours later, he arrived at
tn U. S. Army's 98th Evacuation
Hospital in Yokohama, still alive
after a number of transfusions OF
American blood. American doc
tors said he might recover.
The fallen war lord apparently
acted on the spur of the moment.
He was locked alone in the study
of his home in the suburbs of To-
kyo, II miles from the city pro-
per, when he pressed the muzzle
of 80 caliber pistol to his alb
domen and pulled the trigger. Cor
respondent Bartholomew was at
lis side when he became conscious
% minutes later.
II wanted to die by the sword
but the pistol had to do" he whis-
pered. He used his next labored
breath to take responsibility for
the war and to say "Banzai."
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BRITISH SEEKING
HUGE LOAN HERE
Republican Outbrusts
Herald Hot Debate Over
Question In Congress

WASHINGTON, Sept. Ii R -
Britain's Labor government open
ed negotiations today for a multi
billion dollar American loan and a
Republican House member imme-
diatey demanded "just what kind
of saps do they think we are?"
Rep. Knutson (R-Minn) declared
that in seeking financial assistance
here the British are asking the
American people ITO finance the
assoialization of the United King
dom through the forcible acquis.
ton of business and industry"
Rep. Curtis (R-Neb), also refer
ring to the program Of change pro-
jected by Britain's new Labor gov
eminent, said he understood "that
negotiations are now underway
wherein England is attempting to
borrow from the United States the
sum of $6,000,0O0, 000."
This IS not a loan to relieve
starving people, or suffering hui
manly or to defeat a Hitler" Cur
tbs declared. 1.-THE purpose OF this
exploitation Of the American tax
payer is to furnish funds so that
the English government can buy
the Bank of England. their mines
and their railroads"
Whatever kind of financial as
sistance American negotiators
finally agree on with the British
and the prospects are that they
will plan some sort of credit ar
rangement amounting to at least
s., OO0, 900, 000-will have to be ap-
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NATIVE
HELP Is
GAINED
KOREANS COOPERATE
Leaders Helping To Set Up
American Military
Government
BY HUGH CRUMPLER


United Press Staff Correspondent
KEIJO, Korea, Sept. n.-Kor-
cans were joining with American
military personnel today to set up
an American military government
which is being established to re-
place gradually the Japanese ad-
ministration that has held Korea
in bondage.
cat Tokyo, Macarthur directed
the 24th Corps Command in Korea
to replace all Japanese in govern
mental positions as rapidly as
possible consistent with safe op-
GRAFTON, it was announced in To-
kyo.)
Americans obtained Korean CO.
operation despite the opposition OF
some Koreans to maintaining Jap
anese officials on a temporary
basis. The Japanese government of
Governor-General Noboyuki Abe,
although remaining in Office for
the present, will not be permitted
to take any independent action.
1t. Gen. John R. Hodge, Ameri-
can military commander, has an
nounced that the Japanese admin
istration would be maintained in
southern Korea until 100, 900 Ameri-
can troops have been landed as
occupation force.
A provisional Korean commits
sion, representing all classes and
all political parties, is working
together in this part of Korea and
hopes to take over the government
soon. 1t is headed by Woon Kong
Lyuh, former representative of a
sewing machine company (Singer)
in Korea, It is not connected with
any Of the overseas exile Korean
administrations, Koreans sources
say.
American soldiers thus far have
found Keijo one of the most pleas
ant OF the Far Eastern capitals.
The say il. is one Of the cleanest.
Koreans equalled or perhaps
even outdid the Filipinos at Ma
Mia in cheering the entry of Am
erican troops into their capital,
and the city promises to be G. I.
paradise.
Incidents continued to occur
in connection with the occupation.
Two students were killed by
Japanese police yesterday when
they tried to take over the police
station. Their action was not in
conjunction with a general move
'ment, it was indicative of Korean
feeling toward the American poll
cy of leaving Japanese police in
office.
Korean sources estimate IS Kor-
cans have been killed by Japanese
police since Aug. Is, but not one
Japanee has been killed. by a
Korean as far as is known. With
Japanese has been killed by a
position as police over the Korean
people, they are regarded here
more as the &Allies'' of America
than an enemy.
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COMMITTEE VOTE
KILLS SIS DOLE
Senate Finance Group
Against Federal Supple
ment To State Funds

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL up -
The Senate Finance committee
late today voted against any Fed
eral supplements to increase state
payments to the jobless, but ap.
proved aid to make the maximum
duration 26 weeks in all states.
Chairman George, O.-Ga.) an
nounced after a two-hour session
that the group had agreed tenta-
lively on a bill also embracing
/. Unemployment compensation
for all Federal civil workers.
Rates will be at the same rates
as are paid by the state where
the Federal workers is employed.
Federal workers abroad will be
paid the District of Columbia scale.
2. Transportation payments to
enable migrant workers to return
10 their former homes, or to
place of new enjoyment. 1t was
agreed to limit individual pay.
ments to a maximum OF 5000 and
to allow only travel for a worker
and his dependents. No allowance
was approved for movement OF
household effects.
George said no estimate had
been received as to what the re.
vised measure might cost and no
ted that in any case the cost would
depend on the extent of unemploy.
ment.
1t had received an estimate that
the cost of the original bill, includ'
ing the now-defeated $25 proposal
might run as high as $4,000, 900, 0OO
The number of Federal en-
ployes who would be brought
under unemployment compensa'
ZION by the measures is about 81
100000. Most Of them are employ
ed in sh' ards, arsenals or other
industrial establishments.
Left out of the committee bill
were two groups who were includ
ed in the original Kilgore meas
ure:
l. Professors OF agricultural pro
ducts, Kilgore proposed to bring
them under unemployment com
pensation. George said there wa:
no vote at all on this.
z. Veterans. The Kigore bill pro
vlded an increase from $40 tt
s2a In the weekly allowance to I'm
employed veterans, plus a So ;
week allowance to those with de
pendents. George said this was no
considered because separate leg1s
4atlon dealing with veterans L
pending. ~
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WEATHER
eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureaul

NAoSttTH 0LdAudIu AAhSy
By U. S. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
eholng 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
d:50 am, 49, 1870 am, 70; 1880 pm, 10;
1870 pm, 81.
Maximum 80; Minimum 76; Mean 81;
Normal "a.
Humidity
m5o am. SO; 1880 am, SO; 80 pm, 3d.;
$50 pm, "a.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 80 pm,
quo inches.
LOT aotal since the first of the month,
57S inches.
Tides For Today
~ rom the Tide Tables published by
" D. Coast and Geodetic Survey
u,., High Low
Huntington ----------- LISA 8:38a
Mo-. :55p 9:12p
1"sohporo Inlet ----- 11:25a 5:00a
11:29p 5:39p
sunrise, 5:53a; Sunset. 6:23p; Moonrise
pa pa Moonset, 9:57p.
liver nver stage at Fayetteville at am.
tuesday, LOS feet.
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FORECAST

North Carolina: Partly cloudy with
moderate temperatures wednesday
Thursday partly cloudy and rather warm
with scattered thundershowers,
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Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
FAY, BOVE GUILTY
OF EXTORTION

JEW YORK.-FP)-Joseph >. ray
and lanes Bove, AFL construction trades
1eaders. were convicted OF extortion and
conspiracy to extort by a New YORK
s,preme court blue ribbon jury March
IS and face possible jail sentence Of from
IL to is years.
Fay, a vice president OF the ln'eIlA-
t,onal union Of Operating Engineers
and Bove, who resigned as vice presi-
dent of the international Hod Carriers
Building and Common Laborers Union
the day his trial opened, were touno
guilty on two of seven counts, conspiracy
to extort SOB, 900 from contractors work
ing on the New York-Delaware water
projects and extortion Of $4,000 from
the Walsh Construction Co.
The two men, who were indlcted al
most two years ago, were charged with
extorting money on threats Of creating
labor trouble. Their defense was that
they took the money not under threats
but as a bride to break any strikes that
might be called by their affiliates.
The jury returned the guilty verdict
after celebrating more than IA hours
Fav and Bove will be sentenced April
and will file a notice of appeal with the
court on the same day.
Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
ASTIMULUS FOR The
TOWNSEND PLAN
Rv GRACE M. RODEKICk

Nv GRACE nj. BObEhANR
7 have not only been asked to write
an explanation OF the townsend Old age
pension plan for u home papers, but
begged to put the idea Of a substantial
man. valuable not only to our aged ouV
70 our government and our younger gen
Grafton, before the public,
The request seems absurd when one
stons to realize that the Townsend pan
bas been before the public more a
ten years and yet the people DO no'
know what it stands for.
The old saying, we never miss tne
water til the well runs dry" will no
do,,bt be a suitable solution. age may
~ creeping along too swiftly or another
Sonression in the offing. Many OF our
,Rrilders Of America" as I shall call our
roonle sixty years Of age or older nave
10 educate, feed and clothe those
,b,1dren has been a struggle over q
Oer,od of years. The parents her ma
themselves at the point where strussi-
~ their own maintenance can no
longer be accomplished.
r5neir children are raised n FACING
CONTINUED on Page Four
Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
LEADER ASKS
VOICE FOR UNIONS
ON SCHOOLGIRLS

HARTFORD, Conn-FP)-Educators
have the job of recognizing that unions
are here to stay and getting a repre-
sentative OF organized labor on every
board of education, sec.-Treas. Harold
V. Feinmark Of the Connecticut Fedora
ton of Labor said here.
Addressing a l-abor-education confer
ence sponsored by the ALL, clio and
Connecticut State Teachers Association,
Feinmark said that this state was lag
ging behind others which have appointed
and elected unionists to education
boards. Just as management has found
that production can be increased when
representatives OF labor and management
plan together for this purpose, SO can
we raise our educational services if all
groups in the community are represent
ed on school boards. After all, it is the
working men and wont who pay the
large majority of the taxes which make
| our public school system possible he
said,
Feinmark said every central labor
council in the state will begin to worl
on this problem" soon. Where schoo
boards are elected he said, we vii
ask the political parties to include mem.
bers of organized labor among the nomi'
nees. Where they are appointed, we vii
ask the mayor to appoint representative
of all groups in the community
Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
Clio BACKS MARINE
DEMONSTRATION
in HEARST OFFICE

SAN FRANCISCO -FP)-Landin OF
the Marines in a Hearst newspaper Of
flee here was supported by the San Fran
cisco cIO Council in a resolution asking
Attorney General Francis Biddle to
prosecute william Randolph Hearst for
his un-American and profascist actiyi-
ties"
A band of about 200 Marines, many of
them Pacific veterans, crowded into
Hearst's San Francisco Examiner edi-
torial offices recently demanding a re-
traction of an editorial which said heavy
U. S. losses on Two Jima were caused by
failure of the Marine leadership to put
Gen. Douglas Macarthur in command.
The councils resolution said that
Hearst's carefully conceived editorial
policy calculated to aid our fascist enc
mics by dividing the American people
and causing disunity among the mem
bers of the United Nations descend
ed to new depths Of degradation" in the
Two Jima editorial.
The resolution also deplored the fail
ure Of the San Francisco press to make
mention of the recent incident occurring
at the offices of the San Francisco Elk
aminer." sal
Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
lam Wins Remington
Contract After

- ~
ELMIRA, N. Y.-FP)-Ending two
years Of negotiations, Remington Rand
Inc. and Local 826, international Assoc
citation of M~achinists (AFL) signed a
s3-point contract providing payment OF
retroactive wages from August, 1912,
and guaranteeing the workers job in
the postwar period.
Described by the union as zone OF the
most complete contracts ever signed it
includes the standard provisions for
union recognition, voluntary checkoff,
overtime and seniority, and special
clauses on r%econversion and privileges OF
union members in the plants as well as
retroactive pay on the basis OF a JOB
survey now being made.
The contract guarantees that no new
employee is to be hired while workers who
we're laid off are available, weeks
vacation after one year and two weeks
after five years, equal pay for equal
work for women and transfer to less
strenuous Jobs under temporary or per-
manent disability. Negotiations had been
going on since the War Labor Board
certification n August, 1912.
Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
Open Shop for 70 Years,
Singer Sewing
Machine Goes Union

ELIZABETH, N. J-ttFJ-AO" V-N
wife her sewing machine has a union
label now.
The first collective bargaining contract
in its 72-year-old history was signed
march IS by the Singer Mfg. co. with
local 4o1. United Electrical Radio q
Machine Workers (CIO).
Affecting 5000 workers, the contract
includes maintenance of membership
dues eheekoff, arbitration and grievance
procedure. a no-strike and n~o-loekouV
pledge. group insurance and provisions
for safety, health, trial periods disehaIse
methods. shift schedules and payments
to union stewards for time spent in sel-
Ting disputes.
MANAGEMENT is appealing to the Ma
tional War Labor Board against pioVl-
sions for seniority, vacations, holidays
and transfers.
Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
Telephone Operators
Win Paw Boosts

WASHINGTON. - tFP) r. Weekly pay
raises of 50 to s4 were granted by the
National War Labor Board February %
to over 81, 600 telephone operators in
Washington, New York City, Louisville
KY, and Memphis, Tenn.
The wage boosts represent the WLB's
first action on the series of disputes
which threatened to tie up communica-
lions last November. According to WLB
Chairman William Davis they are based
on a policy report Of the newly estab-
lished WLB telephone panel.
Employees of the New York Telephone
Company in traffic and dining service
divisions won a So weekly raise and pay
of clerical workers was raised So weekly.
Some 1000 operators employed by the
American Telephone & Telegraph CO. in
New York, Louisville and Memphis won
a So weekly increase. Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. operators were
awarded a 81 weekly boost.
Other benefits including swifter wage
progression periods were granted Wash
ington and certain long-lines operators
Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
IT NEEDS BLOOD
TRANSMISSION
TOSAVE MONTANA
nv IowNDEs U

Virginia was the battle ground Of the
Civil war. An accepted estimate states
that her population declined only y per
cent from 1861 to 1865. When Grant
took Richmond, the percentage of vacant
houses there was not as high as in Butte
today. Arms take a sad toll OF human
life. Disease-pestilence takes a heavier
toll; brings more serious population fall
off. Cod has made Montana the health
lest state, of lowest average mortality
rate. vile rulers herein have made her
outstanding young men and women flee
as from the Black Death.
Count of ration cards tells the appall-
ing story. There are ninety thousand
less people here than when the war BE-
gar. From about 100000 in 1910 to
about 100000 in 1945. Induction Tor
armed service accounts roughly for As
600. but of these, 5000 have been hon
orably discharged, and only 1000 have
returned to this, their former home
There is more than a 10 per cent loss in
less than four years. Georgia's loss OF
peoule from 1861 to 1865 does not equal
Montaua's in a shorter period-no hos
tile shot has been heard here. Georgia
fields were soourged with fire and SWORD
When the young people get away IN
the words of Burns, (Bobbie, not JIM
mie), they see ourselves as others see
us. While here they are used to the
stencil in which they were born aho
reared. In better air outside for a year
or two. they come back on furlougn' sec
the truth of outside criticism Of sys-
tenn and methods, decide not to hye II
such an un-American atmosphere. TneS
leave the glorious mountains filled VIII
treasure. the plains that feed millions o.
cattle. the rivers, the forests, the well
built cities. the honest |citizenry, TO gel
hack to some state where governmental
c~orr7Dtion is not the rule, where TINT
ordinary honest, Woodworking young
nerson has a chance to rise on merit
ana does not need to get his bread By
dishonest means, or in serfdom undel
the arrogant leaders Of capitalism heI'
who run the state capitol as a depart
ment. -
Montana captains of industry nav
done things that are tried by worn
CONTINUED on Page Four
Montana labor news., 1945-03-22
Meat Won't Be Any More
Plentiful. Says Bowles

WASHINGTON.-PP)-ln an aslae
during his testimony urging extension OF
the war powers act, OPA Administrator
Chester Bowles told inquiring senators
March l the tight meat situation lsnt
going to get any better.
simultaneously with announcement oil
newest OPA meat rationing rules, Bowles
said higher civilian consumption at a
time of greater military need accounts
for the scarcity Of steaks, chops and
roasts.
A lot Of people couldn't afford much
meat before the war, he said. NOW they
have Jobs and with higher family in
comes what they want more of is meat
Add this to a 24qo cut in civilian sup
plv as result of military demands and it
means less meat for the rest Of the year
BoWles said.