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Evening star., 1945-09-06
Kurusu Hurt by Accusation
He Was Pearl Hurbor Bait
Knew Nothing of Roid Plans, Worked
Hard for Peace, Envoy Declares

think he and Nomura were used
by TOTO to present a peace front
and cover the sneak assault, Kurusu
replied, Il don't think that's quite
fair to Gen. TOTO. 1 know from
| speaking to him before left Tokyo
that he wanted peace. But, OF
course, the japanese government
had many plans to cover many pos
sibilities, just as your Government
/ has.
IN Tokyo they decided to put
the Pearl Harbor plan into effect
although I do not know at what
moment, but still they probably
could have called it off at the very
last minute if had been successful
in maintaining peace
Worked Hard for Peace.
Undoubtedly TOTO was hoping
that I would be successful, even al
the last moment, and therefore 1t is
not correct to say that he used me
as an innocent abroad to cover ur
his real intentions.
| What hurts me Is to be called
treacherous and double crossing BY
Americans. I have worked hard fol
| peace.
Nov, in this war, I have los,
everything - my reputation, my
home, my only son. Let no one
think I like war"
| Opper said Kurusu told him his
home had been burned down in a
B-29 raid and his son. a captain in
the Japanese air force, had beer
killed in a fight over Tokyo.
| The reporter said Mrs. Kurusu
the former Alice Little, came in
while he and Kurusu were talking
and showed him her sons sworc
and cap Kurusu said he had beer
told that his son shot down severa,
American planes before he was
killed, and Il am just as sorry fol
(See KURUSU, Page A-18D
Evening star., 1945-09-06
More Survivors Of Houston
Liberated in Singapore
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SINGAPORE, Sept. e.--More sur
vivors of the United States cruiser
Houston and of the 131st (Texas
National Guard Field Artillery
Regiment have been liberated from
japanese prison camps in Singapore
In all, 112 Americans, of whom q
are civilians, have been released
Included were members of the crew
of the Tidewater Oil Co. tanker
William F. Humphrey.
Other survivors of the Houston
sunk off Java in March, 1912, and
other personnel of the 131st Field
Artillery Regiment had been lib
Grated from prison camps in Burma
Evening star., 1945-09-06
Committee Proposes
Wainwright Reception
0nMonumentGround
Suggests Trumon Greet
Hero Before Throng of
Half Million Persons
BULLETIN.

The Senate today confirmed
unanimously the promotion
of 1t. Gen. Jonathan M.
Wainwright, to the tempo
rary rank of a four-star gen.
eral.
A hero's welcome for 1t. Gen
Jonathan M. Wainwright-in-
cluding mass reception on the
Monument Grounds was taking
shape today in preparation for
the Corregidor defenders ar
rival in Washington Monday.
Goal of Washington's part in the
celebration is to give as many people
as possible a chance TO see the
men who held our last bastion in
the Philippines against overwhelm-
ing enemy odds.
Tentative arrangements call fol-
a motorcade through Washington
the Monument Grounds reception
a visit to the Pentagon, greeting
from President Truman and per-
sonal appearances in the Senate
and House.
After long session today, Dis
trict committee on arrangements
appointed by Robert v. Fleming
chairman of the city's part in the
celebration, decided to ask Presi-
dent Truman to greet Gen. Vain
wright in the presence of half a
million persons on the Monument
Grounds.
White House Reception Set.
The White House had announced
earlier that President Truman would
receive the general at the White
House at l AS pm. 1t was the COM
mittee'S idea to substitute the out
door ceremony for the one at the
White House if the President agrees
Brig. Gen. Robert N. Young, COM
manding general of the Military
District of Washington, gave the
District committee this schedule o1
plans for the general:
Accompanied by several of the Of
ficers and men liberated with him
from a prison camp near .Mukden
Manchuria, Gen. Wainwright will
arrive at National Airport at 12:3(
pm. after having lunch on his
plane.
The group will be met at the
airport by Mrs. Wainwright ano
members of the other mems fami-
lies, Gen. George C. Marshall, ARMY
(See WAINWRIGHT, Page A-18.)
Evening star., 1945-09-06
Jup Subs Still At Loroe

CANBERRA. Sept. 6 tR.-"A
number of Japanese submarines
still are at large in the Pacific, Aus
tralian Navy Minister Norman j. O.
Maxim told parliamentary repre-
sentatives today; hence, "it is essen
tial We do not disclose times of ship
arrivals"
Evening star., 1945-09-06
500-MiIlion Fund Asked
For Cancer, Polio Research
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey Tue ASSOClated PreSS.
Representative Stevenson, Repub-
ican, of Wisconsin, has introduced
a measure to appropriate $500 ,O0O,-
600 to find the cause and cure of
cancer and poliomyelitis-dec
such a sum would be "only a frac-
ton of the money used in research
on the atomic bomb.'
IF scientists can lick the prob
lem of splitting the atom, they
ought to be given enough funds
to look for the cure of these two
dread Diseases" he told a reporter.
Evening star., 1945-09-06

TDo additional men from
the Washington area hare
been reported killed in the ,Ddr.
See "On the Honor Roll" page
A-2.
Evening star., 1945-09-06

(See KURUSU, Page A-l8.D
Evening star., 1945-09-06

(See SIIIPPEN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1945-09-06

tSee TRUMAN, Page A-l8.)
Evening star., 1945-09-06

See OCCUPATION, Page A-3.)
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-07
DEPOSITS SLUMP
OVER 10 MILLION

Wilmington bank deposits for the
month of July slumped more than
10 million dollars to $27, 1872, $40
according to figures released Mon
day by David M. Darden, secretary
of the Wilmington Clearing House
association.
Deposits for June were $37, BAT, :
1854. 0S. The deposits for these two
months also showed a decrease
when compared to $39, 461 914.65
and $34, ,496.15 for June and
July of last year, respectively.
Decrease in activities such as
those at Camp Davis were
responsible for the summer de-
cline, Mr.. Dacden said.
Wartime travel difficulties,
which prevented many people from
vacationing in Wilmington and the
Beaches and which usually caused
an increase in summer bank de-
posits, was also blamed for the
decrease.
Total bank deposits for the first
seven months of this year were
$3.50, 833, 444.41, compared to $273,-
522, 1865 for the first seven
months of 1914.
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ALLIED PATROLS
CROSS STTTANG
RIVER IN BURMA

CALCUTTA, Aug. 6 - R - Al
lied patrols have thrust across the
old Sittang river channel at point
60 miles Northeast of Rangoon in
Lower Burma, while other forces
battled to wipe out japanese rem.
nants still trapped West of the
river, the Southeast Asia Com
mand announced today.
The patrols crossed the channel
south of Abya and probed enemy
strength. The Burma fighting in
the Sittang area has cost the
enemy more than 10000 dead in
recent weeks, and virtual destruc-
ton of the japanese 18th army.
Other forces operating in flooded
jungles areas between Myitkyo, 70
miles Northeast of Rangoon. and
the rivers bend met continued re-
sistance, acommunique said.
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Atomic Preuiew Blast
Causes Earth 7rem0rs

LOS ALAMOS, N. NJ, Aug. 6.-(R
The first man-made atomic ex-
plosion, a preview of the deadly
destruction to be rained upon ia
pan, was set off in the New Mexico
desert July Is causing earthquake
like tremors for a radius of Isl
miles.
Scientists and military author.
tiles who lay face down nearly
10 miles away, their heads turned
away from the blast area, peered
through dark glasses to see a ball
of fire many times brighter than
the midday sum-" followed by an
explosion that sent a cloud rolling
100000 feet into the stratosphere
in five minutes.
Two men were knocked down
while standing outside the control
center more than five miles from
steel tower where the blast was
set off. The tower itself was va
ported and only huge sloping
crater let in it's place.
The test of the $4,000, 100000 ex-
pertinent occurred at $50 am. at
remote location on the Alamo
gordo, N. NJ, military reservation.
100 miles south of Albuquerque. 1t
had been delayed an hour and a
half by thunderstorm which pre-
vented aerial observation.
So terrific was the blast that the
Associated Press in New Mexico
and Arizona received numerous in
ouiries, some an airline distance
of $50 miles from the blast scene,
regarding an earthquake.
Mai. Gen. Leslie R. Groves. head
of the atomic bomb project for
the War Department., said the
shock wave reached the observers
about 40 seconds after the flash
of light, then came the sound it.
self.
"A massive cloud was formed
which surged and billowed upward
with tremendous power, reaching
the substratosphere in about five
minutes" Major Groves said.
1.-TWO supplementary explosions
of minor effect other than the light
ing occurred in the cloud shortly
after the main explosion.
The cloud Travelled to a great
height first in the form of a ball,
then mushroomed, then changed
into long trailing chimney-shaped
column and finally was sent in
several directions by the variable
winds"
Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Farrell,
CONTINUED on Page Seven Col. y
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BELLAMY FUNERAL,
TO BE HELD LATE
THIS AFTERNOON

Funeral services for William M.
Bellamy, prominent local attorn
who died at a. m. Monday at the
James Walker Memorial hospital,
will be held at p. m. Tuesday at
the residence at 203 orth Fifteenth
street with the Rev. Henry Mutt
Parsley and the Rev. B. Wood
Gather, officiating. Burial will be
in the Oakdale cemetery.
Members of the New Hanover
County Bar Association are request
ed to gather at the residence at
4:45 pm. Tuesday to attend the
services as group.
The eldest son of the late John
ID. Bellamy, of Wilmington, and
Emma Hargrove Bellamy, Of
Townsville, N. c., Mr.. Bellamy
was a graduate of Wake Forest col
lege and the University Of Virginia.
He practiced law in Wilmington for
many years and took an active part
in the affairs of the city.
He is survived by his widow,
Continued on Page Three; Cpl q
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CARRIER HORNET
TO FIGHT AGAIN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-U.D-Th

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6IU.P-The
aircraft carrier Hornet, fighting
ship which the japanese never
touched as she battered the enemy
in every major Pacific action from
the Palaus in March, 1914, through
Okinawa, was sent home for re-
pairs of damage caused by a rag
ing typhoon, the Navy revealed to-
day.
The Japanese tried hard to get
the 27,OOO-ton Essex class carrier
which, during IA months of battle
packed action, sank or damaged
100000 tons of Jap shipping and
destroyed 1.410 enemy planes. But
she fought them off and weathered
one typhoon in the Philippines be-
fore a 120-knot gale on June 5
caught and damaged her.
The Hornet, which delivered a
brilliant assist in the sinking 81
the Yamato, 45,oo0-ton pride of the
Japanese fleet, will soon fight
Continued on Page Seven Col. g.
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Senator Hiram Johnson
Dies In Naval Hospital

WASHINGTON, Aug. e.-R-
Senator Hiram w. johnson, q
leader in the Senate battle that
defeated United States participa.
ton in the League of Nations q
years ago, died today, he was 70.
The, silver-haired Californian, a
descendant Of French nobility ano
dean of Senate Republicans in Ser
vice, died in coma at $40 a. M,
EWT., in the Bethesda, Md, Nava,
Hospital.
Capt. Robert E. Duncan, USN,
his physician, attributed his death
to thrombosis of a cerebral artery.
He had been confined to the hos
pital for two and a half weeks.
Mrs. johnson was with him when
he died and a son, 1t. Col. Hiram
w. johnson, Jr., was en- route by
plane from San Francisco.
Senator johnson, Republican gov
ernor of California in 1010-1916.
was the vice presidential candi-
Continued on Page Three; Col y
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prevented from lever again threat
ening the peace of the world"
After explaining progress toward
destroying German power to make
war, Eisenhower told the Germans
that "our aim is not merely a
negative one.
eve do not desire to degrade
the German people," he said. We
shall assist you to rebuild your
life on a Democratic basis. Your
courts and schools are being op-
ened as quickly as they can be
freed of Nazi influence. Justice and
education founded on true liberal
principles will be supported Wig
orously."
Granting the Germans permits
sion to hold meetings to form local
unions and local political parties,
Eisenhower said that one of the
initial aims of these groups
should be to help the measures
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WEATHER PROVES
REAL HOT TOPIC

one of the hot topics at the City
u,l, as we'll as elsewhere in Will
mineton yesterday was the wealth
or CITY employees went to work at
tho usual hour and prepared to
combat another sultry, hot day.
with temperatures lowering about
+be sS mark, ten degrees above
normal,
Dreamjly there were a few re-
marks about all conditioning.
Clerks moaned and wrung out their
sbirt sleeves, turned on the fan,
grabbed at the raft of Government
forms on their desks, turned OFT
the fan and gazed at the high cell
Ing, which added emphasis to the
hard task Of adequately air con-
ditioning such a vast building.
Over in the County courthouse
as elsewhere it was hot. The pa
rade of lawyers who earn at least
a part of their livelihood lingering
through the stacks of files in the
Clerk of Courts Office and IN the
Register of Deeds office recalled
the session last winter before the
County Board of Commissioners
when they sought better heating ar
rangements OF the room where the
Register of Deeds keeps his flles.
Over in the County jail a trustee
ASSIGNED to run the elevator signed
thankfully when the bell rang, sum
moning him to pick up customer
escorted by police on the ground
floor. 1t gave him chance to COO.
off amid the comparatively coo
breezes created by the elevator.
Although a high temperature o:
IS is not generally considered mo-
in Wilmington, the weather repor
showed that the humidity RECORDED
at 1870 pm. was IS, while earlier
in the day a record Of 81 was re-
ported.
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'Japs Silent
On Bombing
PLANES DROP NOTES
President Truman Releases
First News OF Secret
Weapon
BY The Associated Press

GUAM, Tuesday, Aug. THE
United States unleashed Monday
the most terrible weapon in the
history of war, an atomic bomb
carrying the destructive power Of
1000 Superforts that crashed with
annihilating force on a Japanese
army base, Washington announced.
Official sources here remained
silent, but Secretary of War Slim
son declared in Washington that
the big base and port of Hiroshima
on Japan's Inland Sea was engulf-
ed in IAN impenetrable cloud of
dust and smoke"
Transmitters on nearby Saipan
and on Hawaii and in San Fran
cisco bombarded the Japanese
homeland with broadca1ts that this
was the annihilatioll promised at
Potsdam for scorning the surrend-
Ter ultimatium.
The messages Of doom cracked
across the air waves even as the
smoke of spreading ruin rose over
four more Japanese cities struck
early yesterday by $50 Superforts
unloading $3.50 tons of fire bombs.
Truman made the original an
nouncement that British and AM
erican scientists ha1 unlocked the
power of the atom and produced
the atomic bomb and told the Jap
anese that even worse was to come
unless they quit.
IF they do not now accept our
terms" his statement said, "they
may expect rain of ruin from the
air the like of which has never been
seen on this earth
These quotations were part Of
the broadcasts now bombarding
Japan, and leaflets along the same
line will be showered over the en-
emy's home islands to make GER
tain the people learn the terror
in store for them if the war con-
tinues, the Office of War Informa.
ton said in Washington.
Stimson said that damage at
iroshima-because of it's strate-
gic value of logical guinea pig in
testing the awesome force Of the
atomic bomb for the first time
on populated places-could not ba
assessed at once because of the all
enveloping pail of dust and smoke
hanging over the target.
The Japanese said small force
of Superforts raided Hiroshima
at 800 a. m. Monday (Tokyo
time) but made no mention Of
damage.
Unlike the four cities hit in the
incendiary raid, Hiroshima re-
ceived no advance. warning and it
was not listed among targets
Continued on Page Three; Col ~
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NEW ORLEANS CAFES
SERVE MINERAL OIL
! AS SALAD DRESSING

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. g. WD -
Some of New Orleans restaurants,
where food preparation is an art
and well-oiled salads are a special
ty. have been using mineral oil for
salad dressing, it was disclosed to-
day by :. W. Forbes, OF the State
Health Department.
The mineral oil was used, FORBES
said, even though it was marked
plainly that it SHOULD not be taken
for at least one hour before or
after meals.
Seizure of 1903 gallons of the
non-vegetable fluid was made here
last week by the Health Depart
ment following a tip that the
Border States Distributing Co., o.
Houston, Tex, was shipping exces
slve quantities to the 1mpefla-
Trading Co., of New Orleans.
No prosecution has been taker
against Imperial because it is the
companys first offense but the
flrm has been warned that they
can sell the oil only to drug com
panles in the future. the drug
chief said.
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Eisenhower stressed. But he held
out the prospect that these restric-
tons might be lifted.
Eisenhower proclamation was
read in his name over the Berlin
radio and transmitters in the
American zone. At the same time,
similar proclamation was read
on behalf of Field Marshal Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery in the
British zone.
The relaxation of control was in
accord with the policies for the
government of Germany laid down
last week by the Big Three meet
ing at Potsdam. The ban on politl-
cal activities had been relaxed IN
the Russian zone some weeks ago.
Eisenhower said that the plans
were being announced since our
de-Nazificatio program has pro-
ceeded sufficiently" But he
stressed that Germany would be
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AFL MAY BREAK OFF
WITH IFTU WILLIAM
GREEN NOW DECLARES

CHICAGO, Aug. g. R With
drawal of the American Federation
of Labor from the International
Federation of Trade Unions was
predicted tonight by ALL Presl-
dent William Green, probably fore
shadowing complete dissolution of
the IFTU.
The isolationist move is rooted
in the AFL's displeasure at the
British Labor organizations desire
to join hands with Soviet Trades
unionists and the CLIO in this coun-
try.
The disclosure, made at news
conference here at the conclusion
of today's opening session of The
ALL executive council meetings,
indicates also a widening of the
breach with the British Trades I'm
ion Congress, despite its ascendan-
cy in the world picture as a result
of the British labor party's recent
election victory
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Conquered Germany &c IS Permission From Allies
To Form Free, Local Trade Unions, Political Units

necessary now to prepare for the
coming winter
Fuller freedom, he said, to form
unions and local political parties
political activities would be extend
ed rapidly wherever the Germans
"show readiness for the h>..S1y
exercise of those privileges.
Your actions will determine the
time for removing the remaining
restrictions, the proclamation ad-
ded.
Referring to the coming winter
months as "a time of trial." Eisen-
hover told the German people they
had it in their power to reduce
the hardships by helping each
other and by steady work.
He urged city populations to go
out on to the farms to gather the
harvest, prospects for which he
Continued on Page Three; Col 81
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MAI. BONG LOSES
LIFE IN CRASH
Famous Pacific Ace Killed
When New P-8O Plane
Blows Up

BURBANK, CALF, Aug. 6-R
Maj. Richard Ira Bong, Ameri-
cas- leading fighter pilot in the
South Pacific area before he was
returned to the United States and
assigned to test flying duty, was
killed today in the crash OF jet
propelled P-80 plane.
Maj. Bong, who had 40 japanese
planes to his credit, was killed at
2:30 pm, the Army's Western
Procurement office announced,
about four minutes after he left
the Lockheed air terminal.
Witnesses said the plane explod-
ed with terrific roar, being disin-
tegrated as parts were hurled in
small bits over a wide area at
spot within few miles of the
airport.
"A piece fell from the plane, :"
said Mrs. j. B. Villarino, who was
attracted to the plane because it
seemed to be flying so low. 1T
might have been the engine wing.
Then the plane started straight
down and crashed with a tremen-
dous burst of smoke. Huge flames
swelled up, plainly visible from my
house, although it is about two
miles from the scene of the crash
The curly-haired, pug-nosed ace
apparently tried to jump clear Of
the plane. One witness. Mrs.
George H. Zane, Jr., said she saw
the pilot leap from the cockpit with
his hands over his head. She sale
she did not see a parachute.
An instant later, Mrs. Zane said
the plane exploded, catching the
pilot in the air.
Mrs. Zane and three men rar
to the vacant lot where the disIn
tegrated ship crashed. Bong's body
lay about 100 feet from the flaming
turbine, Mrs. Zane reported.
Residents in the crash area were
shaken by the explosion. One WON.
an. standing in her backyard about
$50 feet away, received burns on
her legs. Another woman, Mrs. F.
Young said the suction from the
speeding, out-of-control plane near.
ly knocked her to the floor, as it
passed over her home five blocks
from the crash site.
Another witness said the plane
flew between lanes of telephone
and high tension wires without
touching either.
Bits of the craft were scattered
over approximately an acre.
The Army Immediately organ.
lied a board of inquiry. No cause
for the accident was given pending
investigation and no details were
forthcoming from Army sources.
Major Bong held the Congress.
sional Medal of Honor and many
other decorations, including the
Distinguished Air Medal presented
to him by King George of England
After returning from overseas
service, the former Poplar, Wis,
farm boy was assigned last June
to the Western district of the All
Technical Command. He was q
member of the staff assigned te
the AAF plant representative al
! CONTINUED on Pare Three: Col A
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Seaboard Engineer nies
When Engine Hits Cars

LUMPEzN, Ga, Aug. 6.-WR)-
A diesel powered Seaboard Airline
passenger train plowed into the
rear end of a parked freight two
miles east of here today, causing
the death of the passengers engi-
neer and serious injury of one per.
son.
Engineer Ira Hines, of Americas,
was identified as the trainman
killed. The injured person, a
Negro man, was not identified.