The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-04
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AMERICANS CROSS
OVER TAMA RIVER
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city, and Showa, "a mile and
half north of Tachikawa. A fourtf
field, yet unidentified, also was
taken over.
About 1000 armed japanese
troops watched the smartly exc
cuted landing of Brig. Gen. Juhar
Cunningham's 112nd Reconnals
sance team of 2,500 cavalry1ner
at Tateyamahojo. .5
A Japanese colonel and Navy
captain formally agreed to the sup
ulation and then complimented the
Americans on their amphibious
proficiency.
Japan began to learn the cos1
of losing a war two days after he1
plenipotentiaries al Emperor HI
rohito's own order signed the ar
ticles of surrender on the Battle
ship Missouri
The Navy issued instructions te
its occupation forces to deal with
firm hand,'' declaring "the Jap
anese will not be allowed to forget
they are defeated and are paying
the penalty for their aggression
and treachery."
The volcanic Eon1n Islands
which had guarded the southeast
ern approaches to Japan's shores
for decades, passed into American
hands yesterday and the guardian
Ryukyus on the southwest will
soon follow. Il
General Walter M. Hrueger's
U. S. Sixth Army was scheduled
to begin landings today in the
southern home island of Kyushu
where the japanese said advance
airborne parties already had beer
dropped at Kanoya's air field, once
a nest for japanese suicide planes
The Japanese also reported with
out official confirmation h
American troops had entered the
city of Chiba, across the bay cas-
of Tokyo, and we're negotiating
with Hiratsuka officials for the oc
cupation of that industrial city 81
miles southwest of Tokyo.
1t was known, however, that 1t
Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger wa!
bringing in more troops 10 take
up the task of occupying the CAPT
tai area. Tokyo itself remained
out-of-bounds for the moment.
The Russians were in firm con
troll of southern Sakhalin and the
Kuriles, the buffer islands tina
once shielded Japan on the north
Gone were more islands in the
Carolines-Truk, the Palaus, forti
fled by stealth and in violation Of
International Agreement giving
Japan a mandate over them after
the First World War.
Often-bombed Pagan and Rots
in the Marianas North of Guam
surrendered Sunday.
Domei also reported that For
eign Minister Mamoru Shigemitus
who signed the surrender for ia.
pan, had conferred at length with
Macarthur in the Supreme Allied
Commanders headquarters here.
Obs in London quoted a Japa.
nese broadcast as saying prepare
tons for MacArthur's entry into
Tokyo, probably" Sept. 10, were
arranged in the capital by Maj.
Gen. Richard j. Marshall, his dep.
uty chief of staff.)
Macarthur as the first foreigner
ever to rule Japan evidently
planned to use both the Emperor
and the existing government for
Varying out his DEGREES.
With the militarists eliminated,
the industrialists and politicians
are expected to return to influ.
ence, but some Japanese intellec.
tuals told Associated Press Core.
spondent Russell Brines they hoped
the American occupation would
give impetus to democratic ten.
denotes. IT,
Three Air Forces Generals after
low level reconnaissance flights
over Tokyo. Yokohama, Shizuoka,
Hammamatsu and Nagoya declar.
ed that Everything in Japan is
going to pot" -
The Generals = Curtis E. Ii
May, James Doolittle and Nathan
F. Twining-said they found bomt
damage even greater than thei1
own estimates. T.,
'They made no attempt tc re
pair bomb damage as the Ger
mans did," Twining said. There
was no indication anywhere tina
they had even tried. to clean up the
mess"
Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, con
queror of Singapore, surrendered
his last 10000 troops in the Philip
pines to 1t. Gen. Jonathan M
Wainwright yesterday and thel
was locked up in New Bilibid pris
| on. l.'r- 'rl 4.4-
THE war in the Philippines i
now over" declared Wainwright
| who had the unpleasant duty o
surrendering the Archipelago earl.
in the war. El..
The surrender of Japan's. NOR
remote conquests was proceedin