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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
Jap Leader
Given Death
By Hanging
VERDICT READ
Sentence OF Court Is An
nounced By Maj. Gen.
Russell B. Reynolds

MANILA, Friday, Dec. 7.-P-
1t. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita,
Japanese commander in the
Philippines, today was convicted
Of condoning atrocities by mis-
troops and sentenced to death by
hanging.
Maj. Gen. Russell B. Reynolds,
president of the five-General Mill
tary Court which tried Yamashita.
read the verdict.
Nearly 200 prosecution witnesses
in three weeks of testimony rela-
ted story after story of mass hor-
rors-criminal assault, cremation
alive by flaming gasoline and 9TH
er atrocities-committed by Yama.
shita's troops.
Yamashita never once was &C.
cused of personally having harm
ed anyone, nor of having Witness
ed any of the uncounted brutali-
ties charged to troops of his COM
mand.
He was accused, however, by
witnesses who were close to him,
of never once having lifted finger
to prevent atrocities.
Yamashita was the first Of the
top Japanese accused as war Grim.
inals to be tried.
In his OWN behalf, Yamashita
denied that even he knew of such
atrocities as he heard described
daily in the courtroom. His de-
tense was that he was too busy
trying futilely to defend the
Philippines to know what was going
on in prisoner of war or internee
camps, or in Manila itself as that
city became battle-ground.
He also contended that he was
only indirectly responsible as
commander, for he was subject
Continued on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
MACARTHUR ORDER
HITS HIGH JAPS
Prince Konoye, Marquis
KIDD Among Those Cited
For Quick Arrest

TOKYO, Dec. 6-(R-The Allied
hunt for war criminal suspects led
today to the Emperor's very door
step with orders for the arrest OF
his most trusted advisers-Prince
Fumimaro Konoye and Marquis
Koichi KIDD.
Konoye, three times premier,
member of the royal family and
vice premier of the surrender cab
met, had been writing a new Jap
anese constitution and preening
himself for re-entry into politics.
KIDD, maker of premiers such
as Hideki TOTO, confidant of the
Emperor throughout the war, was
keeper of the Privy Seal until that
position recently was abolished.
General Macarthur also ordered
the, arrest of seven others, reach
ing into Japan's highest military
and civilian circles just as he did
Sunday when he posted list of SO
wanted Japanese.
The impact of this mounting toll
OF JapanS suspected war makers
was falling heavily upon the cabi-
net of Premier Kijuro Shidehara,
threatening it's life.
Shidehara appearing before the
Diet said his government was in
no position to criticize the Allied
orders, nor could he say who might
be named next.
China had been reported clamor-
ing for the arrest of Konoye, be-
cause the first time he was per-
mier, from June 1887 to January
1899, Japan marched into China.
When Konoye was premier from
July, 1910 to July II, 1941, Japan
signed the fateful Tripartite pact
with Germany and Italy. aligning
the nation formally with the ag.
gressors of the world.
Konoye's third term was from
Continued on Page 2, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
S'HIPYARD SURPLUS
SALE ANNOUNCED

The U. S. Maritime Commission,
through its sale agents William F.
Smith and C. Leonard Harton, have
announced Sale of Surplus Goods
OF the North Carolina Shipyard at
Wilmington, North Carolina, start
ing Monday, December 10, 1915,
and running through December a.,
1915. Hours of the sale are 10 am.
TOD pm. daily.
The sale will be conducted at
the Atlantic Coast Line Warehouse
"F'" at the foot of Cowan street.
The material consists chiefly of
surplus plumbing supplies, cleo
trical supplies, rigging and mill
supplies and are to be put up In
approximately so lots ranging in
value from $50O0O each to $500. 90
each. The total value for the in
ventory for the sale at this time is
approximately $30,000.00.
All lots are to be published in
sales lists and sold on an GAS Is
FOB. basis.
For further information write or
call Sales Agents Smith or Har.
ton at the, North Carolina Ship
yard. Wilmington. N. c:
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07

Plan Larger
World Trade
TO LOWER TARIFFS
Congress Must Pass On
Financial Aid To War;
Shaken Nation
BY MAX HALL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. = Up -
The United States agreed today to
give war; shaken Britain credit
of 4,4O0, 600, 900 provided Congress
is willing.
At the same time the two govern
ments pledged to work together
in an effort to achieve worldwide
expansion of trade and job op-
portunities by reducing tariffs. car
tells, and other trade barriers.
In addition, they made final
settlement of lend-lease and other
wartime financial dealings between
this country and the United King
dom.
Under terms of the loan agree
ments-announced simultaneously
in Washington and London - Brit
ian would have SIS years to repay.
For the first five years she would
pay nothing. In ISL she would make
the first so installments, including
interest of two per cent computed
CdS4A y col Oll tI1C dI1lOQlIt Ot144 OWCos
Under certain adverse conditions
If Britain trade fell off badly
and her money reserves dropped
the interest payment could be skip
ped in those years.
Assuming 50 full payments. the
grand total repaid would be about
81, 900, 900, 000.' The last installment
would fall due in the year 2O01.
OF the total $4,400, 900, 900 credit,
Britain would receive only $780,
600, 900 in cash-the amount of
loan which Congress must approve.
The remainder - estimated at
$3.50, 900, 900 is the amount the
two governments agreed that Brit
ain will owe this country after Cd
lend-lease and reverse 1end-lease
accounts have been balanced, 90
U. S.-owned surplus property in
Britain has been transferred to
Britain title and 60 certain claims
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
SURVIVORS STATE.
MCVAY GAVE ORDER

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. R "A
survivor of the Inflated cruiser
indianapolis today expressed a
firm belief that mo one could
know the ship was going to sink
until she took her last list and
started to roll over"
Chief Gunner Cecil Harrison, OF
Long Beach, Calf, was a witness
before the Navy general court mar
tial trying the ships commanding
officer, Capt. Charles B. McVay,
3rd, on charges of negligence and
inefficiency in the loss of the ship.
Harrison said he had just come
on watch at midnight July 1880
and was standing on deck as the
ship steamed on steady course
at a speed of about II knots, en-
route from Guam to Leyte.
There was sudden flash and
explosion, followed quickly by an
other, he said. After the explosion
the ship settled about level and still
riding high in the water. After sew
eral minutes the vessel took a
slight list, he said, and held that
position for several minutes. Then.
he said, there was severe, sud-
den list and the ship continued to
roll until she sank, about Is minutes
after the explosions.
Specifications supporting tn e
charge of inefficiency against Capt.
McVay accused him of failing to
issue timely orders to abandon
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
MARSHALL WARNED
.FDR ON MANP0WER
Secret Files OF Late Presi-
dent Contained Pleas
For Bases

WASHINGTON, Dec. G. R-
Congressional investigators re-
ceived from the late President
Roosevelt's secret files today a
memorandum by Gen. George C.
Marshall saying Britain is reach.
ing limit of disable manpower. We
must supplement her forces"
The document bore no date, bur
Gerhard Gesell, counsel of the
joint Senate-House Pearl Harbor
investigating committee, said il
appeared to have been written in
the summer of 1941, months be-
fore this country entered the war.
The memorandum said Marshall
wanted to prepare task forces for
air and naval bases in the British
isles and Ireland to secure, when
opportunity offers, additional bases
encircling Germany"
The chief of staff's note, which
bore marginal notations by Mr.
Roosevelt, said it would be dis
astrous" to reduce the size of the
United States Army so that addi-
tional war material could be sent
to Great Britain and Russia.
Marshall started off with state
ment of basic consideration, ma
tional policy" in which he listed
eventual defeat of Germany as
one of the detectives.
Germany cannot be defeated by
supply of munitions to friendly
powers and air and naval opera
tons al0e,'' the memorandum
said, adding: Large ground
forces will be required"
Marshall recommended rushing
the build-up of air power in the
Philippines together with small
increases in modern ground army
equipment and personnel to re-
strain Japan from advance into
Malaysia or eastern Siberia
He said task forces should be
prepared to hold bases in case
Britain collapsed and ''for prompt
employment against Atlantic is.
lands and Natal region of Brazil
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
Halsey Declares Merger
Middle, Mirage, Miracle

WASHINGTON. Dec. g. R) =
Bluff Fleet Admiral W. F. "Bull'
Halsey fired 2 salvo of his typi-
cal verbal shots at proposed uni
fication of the Army and Navy to-
day.
But he let down roomful Of
Senators, Army and Navy officers
and other spectators by terming
the procedure merely dangerous"
instead of damn dangerous" The
expletive was in his prepared text.
Like other witnesses before the
Senate Military committee, the Ad-
miral had supplied advance copies
of his statement which read:
". The Army is the chief
exponent of hasty and unstudied
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07

adoption of this plan. Even if the
Army project has merit-which
fail to see-their method of trying
to put it over is un-American, un-
Democratic, and damn dangerous. !"
There is no question about need
for unified command in actual
combat, Halsey declared, but that
does not require that the War and
Navy Departments, which he said
were complex and widely differ.
ing, be mixed together.
Believe me. that's the first time
! ever agreed with a JAP" Hal
sey said at one point in regard
to statement by Japanese Gen
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
METEOROLOGIST HESS
COMES OUT. OF COLD
WITH WARMER NEWS


Wilmingtonians shivered yes
terday afternoon from the raw
penetrating breezes accom-
panying. the city's spell of bad
weather, r.
With the mercury registering
43 degrees at 4 p. M, Meteor
ologist Paul Hess predicted a
low last night of about "a de-
gress with gradually clearing
skies during the night. Hess
said no snow was in prospect
for the city.
Today will be fair and slight
ly warmer during the after
pO0n, he added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
EUGENE EDWARDS
new SCOUT HEAD
". Elliott O'Neal Renamed
Commissioner AT District
Annual Meeting

". Eugene Edwards was elect
ed chairman of the Wilmington dis
trict, Boy Scouts of America at
their district meeting last night In
st. Pauls Lutheran Parish house.
He succeeds W. J. Riley.
Other officers elected were Rich
ard S. Rogers, vice-chairman, sue
ceeding Edwards and W. Elliott o.
Neal as district commissioner. o.
Neal served in the same capacity
during 1915.
The meeting was opened with the
singing Of America followed by an
invocation by the Rev. E. B. Fish
er. Following dinner, the group was
led in song by Carroll Tinsley, as
sistant Scout executive. Members
who were present introduced them.
selves and their wives.
Reports of various committees
were given including advancement,
K. Brookes Peters; Camping and
Activities, Charles F. Jones; Health
and Safety; Robert B. Howard;
Leadership Training, the Rev. Nor
inner Glover; Organization and Elk
tension, the Rev. Walter Freed;
commissioner, O'Neal and Sum-
mary for the district, Tinsley.
CORTLAND Baker, Scout execu-
aVe' reported on the activities of
cape Fear Council, and the status
VI scouting as pertaining to the
council and particularly to the Will
'mington area.
Members-at-large to the Council
were elected by the group. They
We're:
Riley, Jones, Peters, Rev. Glov-
Ct, me Rev. Freed, P. ]. Baschon,
marry solomon, R. Stewart, E. A.
Laley, j. c. Roe, Louie E. Wood
M 1uss' Jr'' ", E. Jenkins, Tom Law
W wsI, me Rev. Fisher, Wallace
. ass'' Howard, Fred Rippy, Gar
u W.a'e Greer, John Nuckton, H. w.
n,llhe, E. R. Blakeslee and Jesse
Reynolds.
INST institutional representatives ap-
a rs;ll by the nominating COM
"'ls'ee ana elected by motion were:
U - 9 H. Benson, Ed. Ward, the Rev.
NJ n. D. = Strickland, Robert Strange.
r r. - D. I. Marks, Elder E. Heath,
J. r. 4. Mccrary, F. C. PaschaI. C.
A. ass uralg, Jr., K. W. Price, Robert
n1mi"orsh' J. B. Harris, R. l..
t,no Charles M. Trott, W. R. Ia
~l = J.; W. Wright, L. P. Stanley,
= D D EnoWards, James M. Ray and
H. w. Marks served as chairman of
gav. a.so ~. committee and
1--WE We me report for the group.
sir uaam 7 of Scouting was
W scouts of Troop Is under
N"'''nued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
U.S.. Tribunal Conflicts Gen. Yan1ashita
Auto L}nion Rejects 10 Per Cent Raise;
Br; >$<i To Get 81, 400, 600, 600 Credit
"GIFT HORSE" ADAGE
COMES BANGING HOME
TO ALBEMARLE WOMAN

ALBEMARLE, Dec. 6 -(P)-
Mrs. Curtis Howard today
needed no reminder on the
doubtful wisdom of looking a
gift horse in the mouth.
A patient at Stanley Hospital,
she awaited removed of a
metal pellet from her side,
lodged there following explosion
Of a souvenir" from China.
The accident occurred while
visiting a neighbor's home,
where a package from the
neighbor's husband had just
arrived. Mrs. Howard was ex-
amining pencil-shaped object
with which her neighbours
children had been playing,
when the "gift" exploded.
There will be some explain
ing to do when the sender of
the package arrives home. He
is on his way now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
Scores Of Ships Search
Sea ForLost MavyPanes

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 6-(P)-Mys
teriously swallowed up in the swift
dusk of the tropics, five Navy tor
pedo bonbers with IA men aboard
and a sixth Navy rescue plane
with 10 crew members were the
object of a great air-sea hunt GOV
ering thousands Of square miles of
the Florida east coast tonight.
Dwindling hopes marked the
search, described as one of the
greatest in peace-time history, bu1
Navy officials said the planes hae
a high degree of buoyancy anc
that in similar emergencies the
crews had been able to launch their
life RATS without even getting
their feet wet.''
Reinforced by a baby flat-top,
the U. S. Escort Carrier Solomons,
hundreds of Army, Navy and Coast
Guard planes and scores of surface
craft searched the waters on a 400.
mile front from, Jacksonville in
northern Florida to Miami in the
south.
The front extended $50 miles
out into the Atlantic to the Ba-
hamas, where the Royal Air Force
pressed every available plane into
the quest.
A last, Pickering message of dis
tress, sent bysradio from the flight
of five Avenger torpedo bonbers,
puzzled officials as the hunt inten-
sified.
Have gas for rs minutes more
(. : {. can't tell whether over At
lantic or Gulf of Mexico" the
message is reported to have said,
in effect, indicating they had
been caught in a binding storm.
However, the Navy in Miami
said the flights last message.
flashed at 5:25 pm. &c. S. IT,
Wednesday, gave its bearings as
rs miles northeast of the Banana
River Naval Station, which lies
200 miles north of Miami.
Commander Howard S. Roberts,
executive officer at the Fort Lau-
fC0ntinued m Page Two. Cn1. *
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
TRIAL RECESS
RKS JACKSON

,rrrBNBERG, Dec. 6.-RNJus-
u's Robert H. Jackson, chief U.
9 S'' PROSECUTOR at the war crimes
r. .risL deplored the Dec. 20 to Jan.
aI csrjstmas recess announced by
~ vi court today, and said the Unit
~ states case now would nave to
Nv w revised and shortened.
W over.ruling American objections,
rord Justice Sir Godfrey Law
[ nylp presiding judge said there
s .. be recess sometime in a
. .r Of this length and completely"
s . that "it seems best that it
s 'sou1d come at Christmas" Law
r r.l, said defense lawyers had ask
n for a three-week recess for
srther preparation of their case.
~ Jackson termed the long holiday
,ecess a disappointment, but said
tribunal decision had to be &C.
,.pted sin good craftsmanship"
with support of the Soviet dele
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
Pauley Urges Stripping
Japan OfForeign Assets

during the past generation con-
sisted of plants for the purpose OF
waging wars of aggression,@ Paus
ley said, and despite all war
time destruction, there still is
more than twice as much in disable
condition as when Japan started
her aggressive course in Man.
churia IA years ago.
"That surplus must be taken
out" he declared.
These industrial facilities would
be shipped to other countries,
along with all japanese capacity
for producing many specified light
metals, while all the nations gold
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07

CATION" said Jackson, IT suggest.
ed that a recess be taken only on
christmas day we are par
tllcularly opposed to the contention
that defendants at this stage of the
prosecutions case were entitled
to a recess"
Since the recess has been set.
jackson said, it might be possible
to release some of the American
staff personnel and get them home
before Christmas, but he gappealed
to those who can not be spared
to stand by their posts. The honor
OF our country is involved in com.
pletely doing our share in this
case.
I'VE will so far as possible rear
range the case, even at the expense
OF orderly presentation, in order
to advance those parts of the case
which will release the maximum
number of personnel,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
BY HAMILTON w. FARON
AP Staff Correspondent

TOKYO, Dec. 7-P)-Edwin w.
Pauley, u. S. Preparations Com
missioner, recommended today
that Japan be stripped of all assets
abroad, virtually all chemical,
steel and shipbui1ding capacity
and half her electric power and
machine tool industries.
Pauley said in formal state
ment that he was recommending
this course to President Truman
to destroy any possibility of Japan
ever waging war again and to re-
inburse the countries she victim
lied.
Equipment built up in Japan
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
WILMINGTONIAN ASKS
PERMIT FOR DREDGING
| IN CHANNEL APPROACH

S. E. Holden, of Wilmington, has
made application to the office Of
the U. S. Engineers here for the
dredging of approximately 2,50C
cubic yards of material from an
approach channel in Masonboro
Sound, it was revealed yesterday by
Col. E. E. Haring, Wilmington dis
trict engineer.
The cut proposed is five feet
deep, so feet wide. and 300 feet long
on the west side of the Inland
Waterway, about 500 feet south Of
Trask creek.
Plans may be seen in the office
of the engineer. Objections to the
proposed work will be received at
the office until December II. 1915.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
WEATHER
Vhss'ern Standard Time)

NsS'ern Standard Time)
II, By U. S. Weather Bureau)
rdp us05a 40 data for the "a hours
's $50 pm. yesterday.
l.3n Temperatures
,:3o D M q'ii ~ a. 1870 am. 40; 1870 pm. ~.
so sssinum As, Minimum 80; Mean ~;
Ion Humidity
1:3o' p Sff os IS; 7;so am. 100; 1870 pm. "a:
Total T. Precipitation
400 incb lor "A hours ending 1880 pm-
'@ inches, 'he first of the month
From y. Tides For Today
Coast we ne Tide Tables published by u.
S' and Geodetic Survey -
"llminpto, High Low
0H - Has am. 6:15 am.
Aasonboro 1n,o+ ll:4s pm. 7.os pm.
as ss4issss e. sm sunset na s: sS' p pm
River $50 sS4 am; Moonset 7: 30 pm:
an. Thu n,ase at Fayetteville. N. G. at 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07

Continued on Page Two; Col. 1
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-07

Guam. May ). CAP)-A
force of approximately fifty
B-29S bombed three southern
kNu>hu airtieldS late this after
noon in the days third aeutrali-
cation raid on the japanese
homeland.
Earlier between $50 and 200
SuperfortrcsS"S attacked the
Hiro naval aircraft plant at
kure. on IioHehu island. 1t vas
the first attack on war industry
at kurc.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-07
DOENlTZ. GOERING
IN OSLO

Stockholm. May SLAP
The newspaper Aftonbladt said
today that both Grand Admiral
Karl Doenitz and RcichsmarShal
Hermann Gccring were reported
to be in Oslo.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-07

london. May j.-lt-H-Ihc
Eia.a-Gura tG2rnn.nf} fA@i',
quoting . German c":rnlnA,Hn>,
sid tcG:y l:iat American t:">2a
!i.l clp:urGi Ltn@.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-06
Plans Progress
For Sports Area
Elevation Survey Completed;
Construction To Start in Spring.

Surveyors have completed the ele-
walton surveys for the new Audi
forum and Sports Arena, to be
erected on Cleveland avenue by the
Hagerstown Arena Company, and
prints of the survey have been for
warded to the architects. Construc-
ton is expected to get under way
early in the Spring.
Grover c. Crilley "a member of
the company, recently interviewed
several nationally known sports pro-
motors, who came to fIagerstown to
discuss with him, plans for bringing
to Hagerstown some of the biggest
indoor sports events in the country.
The promoters, after examining the
plans and specifications of the Arena,
told Mr. Crilley that it was quite
evident that the new plant will be
one Of the most up-to-date in the
country.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-06
Cecil Brown Will
Speak Here Tonight

Cecil Brown, noted Mutual COM
mentator, news correspondent, lee
turer and author, will speak at the
UNI this evening, at 8:15 o'clock,
UNI this evening, at 8:15 o'clock,
under the auspices of the Washington
County Teachers Association.
During the course of his talk, Mr..
Brown will take up the question of
whether peoples and nations have
yet understood the significance of
the atomic bomb. Drawing from his
experiences as correspondent
abroad from the outbreak of the
war, Mr.. Brown will also interpret
the latest world developments with
the same candor and keenness of
observation that is shown in his
latest book, "Suez to Singapore"
Rated as one of top four radio
commentators, Mr.. Brown is noted
for his straightforward shoulder
broadcasts.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-06
Maugansville P.T.A.
Meeting Next Week
Slides Of Christmas Story The
Nativity" To Be Shown.

The Maugansvi1le Parent-Teachers
Association, of which Mr.. Harold
Horst, is president, will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting in the Maui
gansville School on Tuesday even
ing, December II, at 7:30 o'clock.
A feature of the meeting will be
the showing of lantern slides of the
Christmas story, 'The Nativity"
with a running commentary by Miss
Mary Harter, assistant to the direc-
tor Of the Washington County Mu-
scum.
Mr.. Horst urges that all members
Of the community, whether or not
they are members of the PIT. A., be
present for this most interesting pro-
gram, so appropriate to the Christ
mas season.