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our fighting men have given their
lives"
Text of President Murray's letter
Continued on pageN7O
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Maritime Commission Men
Making Survey OF N. {.
Shipbuilding Yard

Wilmington has good chance
of being selected as one of the
points for laying up of excess
merchant ships in the postwar
period, it was learned from an
authoritative source yesterday al
ternoon.
The disclosure followed state
ment from U. S. Maritime COM
mission officials in Washington to
the effect that survey o. sle ma.
tons merchant shipyards, includ.
ing the North Carolina Shipbuild.
ing company, is under way to de-
termine which of them might be
used for ship storage.
This study was started some
time ago with the firm of Merritt
Chapman and Scott, of New York
handling it for the Maritime com
mission. The survey of the NORTH
Carolina Shipbuilding company:
facilities is being made and presen
indications are that this yard i!
favorably regarded as possible
storage point. 1t is understood tina
Continued on Page Two; Col. Al
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Comm ander
Orders Firm
Treatm ent
WARNS OF ARROGANCE
British Admiral Uses II
Different Pens In Sign
ing Cere mony

SINGAPORE Sept 12.-P)-
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten
accepted formal surrender OF
Japan's huge southern armies TO-
day from silent Japanese ENJOYS,
and then told his troops to get
tough with "obstinacy, impudence
or incorporation"
The Southeast Asia Supreme
Commander noted that the south
ern armies were unbeaten in the
field, and warned:
"They are finding it very hard
to accept defeat and may try
to wiggle out of the terms OF sur
render.
''They may behave arrogantly
You will have my support in tax
ing the firmest measures against
any Japanese attempt at obstinacy
inpudence or incorporation"
1t. Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, com.
mander of the Seventh Japanese
Army. substituted for ailing Mar
shall Count Juichi Terauchi, com
manding all the southern armies
at the surrender. But Mountbat
ten said that he would insist or
receiving Terauchi's personal sur
rendexs SeQp, as ha.sGaaald traasl
His SWofd is the one thing
want out Of this war;" Lore
Louis said.
Representatives of the United
! States, the Netherlands, Australia
France and China watched as the
Japanese gave back the richest
fruits of their swift 1941-42 con
quests.
Surrendered were $4,000 troop;
in the Singapore area and some
5000 soldiers and sailors il
southeast Asia and the East In
dies, as well as an area of l.,
500, 900 miles-rich in mineral ant
agricultural products and inhabit
ed by 128,000,0 900 people.
At the brief ceremony in thu
! council chamber of Singapore
municipal building, which began
at 11:15 a. m. Singapore time
Mountbatten used II different pen
to sign as many copies of tn
surrender instrument.
Seven japanese Army and Nav.
officers, clad in khaki with whit
open-callor shirts, at across tn
Continued on Page Two; Col. Z
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Blind Veteran Drives
Car In Heavy Traffic

CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Sept. 12-
WD-A blind war veterans mid
night drive in an automobile from
downtown Boston to Cambridge
about three miles-on directions
furnished by a paralyzed COM
panion was described in Superior
Court today.
The former servicemen, both un-
named, drove from Park Square
in Boston through heavy traffic to
Harvard bridge across the Charles
river where the blind driver made
a wrong turn and crashed into
tree.
After hearing the details, Judge
Abraham E. PinansH blinked in
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DOUGLAS ANNOUNCES
RADICAL AIRLINER
WITH HIDDEN MOTOR

NEW YORK, Sept. r. R "A
radical new airliner, with hidden
engines and its two propellors To-
Gated behind an up-sweep tail as
sembly, was announced today by
the Douglas Aircraft Company.
Developed secretly as an expert.
mental heavyweight high speed
airports and IS per cent for larger
bomber, which has been in test
flight for more than a year, the
new commercial transport was de-
clared capable of cruising at 21t
miles an hour at 10000 feet.
It could bring coast to coast pas
senger travel down to breakfast
in New York and dinner in San
Francisco level, or under the most
favorable circumstances a bread
fast and lunch basis.
With seats for 48 it could carry
twice as many passengers and re-
duce direct passenger-mile operat'
ing costs to half those of the DC-3
the company said.
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Doctors Allow TOTO
To Partially Sit Up

TOKYO, Sept. 12.-(P)-Gen.
Hideki TOTO, who shot himself
with an American pistol Tues
day to avoid possible court
martial as a war criminal,
was elevated tonight to a semi
sitting position and his condi-
ton was reported Every sat-
isfact0ry."
At 6:45 pm. (5:45 am.
Wednesday Eastern War
Time), Col. Richard Reynolds,
Quincy, Mass, of the Ameri-
can Evacuation Hospital staff
at Yokohama, said the deposed
japanese dictator had shown
slight improvement during the
last three or four hours.
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BY EC0N0 MISTS


WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 W.D -
British officials said today that
Britain, in trying to solve it's eco
nomic dilemma, does not seek
American charity but the kind OF
help that will pay off long-range
dividends to the United States and
the rest Of the world.
Otherwise, they said, Britain will
be forced to 60 it alone with the
result that international trade -
and world prosperity-will suffer.
Just exactly the type of help
Britain wants was not specified by
Ambassador Lord Halifax and
economist Lord Keynes, heads OF
the British Economic Mission
which hopes to work out with the
United States some financial ar
rangement that will ease Britain S
reconversion task.
But a loan from the United
States-with or without interest
is out, it appeared on the basis OF
a press conference statement by
Halifax who said 1--WE do not IN
tend to assume obligations which
we cannot discharge
At any rate, he made it plain
that Britain is interested in max
ing an arrangement that will be
satisfactory to Congress and that
will be in the long-range interest
of the United States and the world.
His reference to Congress ap'
parently was prompted by Con.
gressional charges that Britain ex'
poets this country to finance its
new governments Specialization
program.
President Truman told a news
conference earlier that this atti
tude on the part of some Congress
sional critics was perfectly silly
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. g.
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Wilmington May Be Selected As Point
For Laying Up Excess Merchant Ships
Planes As Fishing
Aids Wins Bailey Vote

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12-WD
Senator Brewster (R-Me) told
Senator Bailey D-NC) today
that the airplane is a big help
to one of the pleasantest sports
everlasting in wintertime.
Bailey was Objecting in Sen
ate debate to spending govern
ment money on little one
horse airports out in the wilder
ness.'
Brewster remarked that there
was a One-horse airport in his
town and that it came in
mighty handy during the winter
to get around to various lakes
for fishing.
Bailey, an ardent fisherman.
said: with all my weakness, l
have never gone fishing in
Wintertime."
Brewster assured him it was
a delightful pastime. i,
Bailey supported the airport
bill.
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City Votes For Report
On Costs Of Extension
Will Request Simon to
File Data For Public
Interests

In an effort to place the services
that the City will offer residents
involved in proposed City extern
sion before the public, the City
Council yesterday at its regular
session voted to draft letter to
George W. Simons, Jr., City plan
ming consultant, requesting that he
place a report on the cost of the
extension of the boundaries at the
disposal of the public as soon as
possible.
The motion was advanced by
Councilman j. E. L. Wade, who
explained that the. report should
be given the public as soon es
possible through the medium Of
the press, radio and in the form
Of pamphlets, in order that every.
one planning to vote will be fully
informed as to the rubin ents Of
the vast details connected with
the proposed extension move.
Wade stressed that all persons
participating in the election should
be fully informed before they gc
to the polls.
AS final outcome of what de.
veloped into a complicated dis
cussion, the Council voted unani
mously to purchase for $4,000 the
County's interest in the Woodrow
Wilson hut and decided to rem
it for use of the Chamber of Com
merce, Wilmington Port Commits
sion and the Port Traffic Assoc1a
ton.
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ICKES LIFTS ORDER
AGAINST DELIVERY
OF COAL TO HOMES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-R-
Restrictions on delivery of Goa.
to household consumers were
lifted today by Secretary of the
Interior Ickes.
Revocation of government con
troll over deliveries of coal by
retail dealers removes the neces'
sity to limit domestic consumers
to 80 per cent of normal require.
ments for anthracite and scarce
eastern bituminous coal.
Ickes, who took the action as
solid fuels administrator, said the
overall supply of oil for home
heating is now sufficient to meet
consumers needs in general.
WILMINGTON DEALERS
WELCOME GOOD NEWS
In Wilmington, H. A. Penton
head of the Penton Coal company
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
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DRY SPELL AHEAD
WEATHERMAN SAYS


Weatherman Paul Hess went out
on the limb yesterday and made Z
long range forecast of considerably
drier weather for Wilmington and
vicinity after an extended rainy
period.
Explaining that his prediction
was based on extremely variable
factors, Mr.. Hess said, however
that all present indications are that
dry spell is in the offing.
This area may expect showers
Thursday night or Friday, possibly
both, he said, but they should be
intermittent and the weekend ideal
for beach lovers. Weather after
that should be generally fair. pre-
dicted, with the advent of the reg
ular dry season helping crops as
we'll as vacationers.
Commenting on the tropical dis
trubance which now appears to be
center ID somewhere east OF the
Bahamas, Mr.. Hess revealed thai
the storm, which is believed to be
of only slight intensity, has moi
been located accurately.
The present movement of the
storm and its probable path indi
cate that it will strike Bermuda
but Mr.. Hess emphasized, ''thost
things are tricky and it is hard tt
be exact"
Wilmington may get short spell
of bad weather if the storm moves
into the coast but at its present es
timated rate of movement, it is
still; four or five days from
Wilmington if it strikes here at all
he concluded.
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ADMIRAL KIMMEL
PASSES UP COURT
Reported To Have In.
formed Navy Secretary
OF His Desire

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-(R)-
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kim
mel was reported tonight to have
informed Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal that he does not desire
general court martial so long as
the congressional investigation OF
the Pearl Harbor disaster is in
progress.
Kimmers letter was not made
public, but persons familiar with
its contents said that was the ten.
or of it. They interpreted it as
leaving the way open for court
martial at some future date.
The Navy Department confirm
ed that the reply to ForrestaPs
offer of a court martial had beer
received from Admiral Kimmel
but said it would not make its
contents public.
A congressional committee
made up jointly of House ane
Senate members, has been createc
to make a new investigation. The
resolution was offered by Senate
majority Leader Barley, who sale
he did so with the knowledge anc
consent of President Truman.
The Congressional probe follow
ed shortly an announcement BY
President Truman of the finding:
|of.~Army~and--N Navy Courts OF ~
quiry.
Admiral Kimmell, who was com
mander in chief Of the Pacific
fleet on Dec. 7, 1941, was relieved
of his command ten days late
and placed on the retired list. HI
has repeatedly demanded a cour
martial on his own behalf.
Secretary Forrestal, in his com
ment on the Navy court q IN
quiry's report, ordered that mel
ther Kimmel nor Admiral Harold
R. Stark, then chief of naval op
erations, should hold "any posi-
ton in the United States Nav.
which requires the exercises o
superior judgment"
Following publication of that re
port. it was revealed that on tn
preceding day Forrestal had writ
ten Admiral Kimmell offering t
/ convene a court martial if Kim
mel desired. KimmePs reply, tn
Navy said, was received Monda,
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10000 WORKERS
OUT ON STRIKES

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-W.D-Strikes
arising from reconversion and
labor problems idled nearly 10000
workers tonight.
Ten thousand struck at the Ford
Motor Co.'S. plants in Windsor, Ont,
protesting the dismissal of $50
World War II veterans. Company
spokesman said several feeder
plants, involving 5000 more work
ers, might be affected.
Across the river in Detroit, 25,-
600 were affected by strikes. Some
7,40O Ford workers were idle as
the result of a strike of 4,500 at
the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co., a
Ford supplier. Six thousand were
idled by strike of 500 foremen at
the Hudson Motor Co. Workers
were out at two plants of the Muir
ray Corp, makers of auto bodies,
and several smaller plants.
Westinghouse Electric Co. offici-
ais said a strike of 10000 office
workers in six states might force
1000 production workers into idle
ness. Already $4,000 had put down
their tools. The white collar work
ers seek an incentive bonus plan.
Fifteen hundred workers struck
at the Kingan and Co., meat pack
ing plant Indianapolis. Company Of
ficials said 300 freshly-killed hogs
would spoil or have to be divert
ed to tankage unless the strike
ends soon.
Other strikes included: 1000 idle
at Hollywood movie studios: $4,000
at the Goodrich Rubber Co., Akron,
O.; 5000 at the Parker Appliance
Co., Cleveland: 1000 brass work
ers in Watertown. Conn.,; 1000 at
the Hell Co., Milwaukee: $500 at
he Midvale Steel Co., Philadel-
phia; 1900 at the Magnavox Elec-
trio Co., Fort Wayne, Ind; 2,2oO
lumber and sawnill workers in the
Pacific northwest: 5000 at t h e
Packard Electric division, Warren,
O., and 1880 silk and rayon work
ers at Paterson, N. J.
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SENIOR FRATERNITY
MOVES SCRAP DRIVE
UP ONE FULL WEEK

The Senior Fraternity OF the
Brigade Boys club scrap drive
originally scheduled for OCTOBER
IA, has been moved up one week
to October 7 in Difference to tne
Community War Chest campaign
also set for the 18th, according
to an announcement yesterday by
Thurston Davis, president OF the
Fraternity.
With paper and tin still the
nations top shortages, their is a
great need for scrap paper ana
rags, which are used in making
paper pulp and for tin cans.
Mr.. Davis pointed out tna1
paper mills are still months Pc
hind production schedules and TIN
foundries are unlikely to operate
full blast until some time next
year.
The Junior Chamber Of Com
merce, active in scrap collection,
has promised full cop grafton and
the loan Of trucks by local firms
has been secured for transporting
the materials.
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HODGE PLANS
JAP REMOVAL

their posts as soon as possible and
that an Allied policy on Korea
would be announced shortly.)
Well-informed Korean sources,
bitterly critical of even temporary
retention Of power by the enemy,
warned that the Japans already
had started passive resistance
in Korea would be removed from
movement, supplemented by a
strong underground organization.
The Koreans said the japanese
had organized an undercover polii-
cal group, with strong financial
iron-hand policy with some 100000
backing, in an attempt to place
pro-Japanese Koreans in office in
office in the first general cleo
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STRIKE CUTS OFF
RADIO PROGRAMS
Engineers At NBC, ABC
Walk Off Jobs In
Key Chain Cities

NEW YORK, Sept. - up AL
nrograms over the networks OF the
National Broadcasting and Amerl-
can Broadcasting Companies
stonped at 900 pm. (EWT) to-
night when, the organizations said
ensineers affiliated with the indie
nendent National Association OF
broadcast Engineers and Technl-
cians ceased work.
Three hours later neither net
work had resumed normal sched-
ules.
Roth companies said they were
negotiating a wage contract with
NABET when the Walkoul
occurred. 1853
In Washington union headquar'
ters said walkouts followed break
down Of contract negotiations.
approximately 1856 stations over
the NBC network, including Sly
owned by the firm, were affected
bv the walkout, NBC said. ABC
said 1879 stations, including foul
owned by the firm, were affected
over its network.
The MIC owned stations are
WEAF, New York; WTAM. Cleve
land; WRC, Washington; WMAQ
Chicago; KOA, Denver and KPA
San Francisco. The four ABC own
ed stations are WIZ, New York:
WENR, Chicago; KECA, Los Ang
eles. and KGO, San Francisco:
NBC said service was restored
over its key station. WEAf, a
els pm. and that partial network
service was restored shortly after
wards, with news broadcasts ane
transcribed music replacing regu
lar programs.
A spokesman for ABC said tn
firm resumed broadcast.ng at 6:3'
pm. with the same types OF pro
grams as NBC.
NBC said in statement tina
'the walkout came during nego
tiations with NABET over a neV
wage scale
AT $50 pm. (EWT)," the state
ment said, "NBC had received
telegram from A. T. Powley, pres
ident of NABET and chief OF 1t
negotiations committee, containing
a 3O-day notice OF strike. At gu
pm. the engineers suddenly walk
ed off their jobs, deserving Tn
master control room, various NB'
studios in Radio City and else
where and the NBC transmitte
towers.
Negotiations between NBC an
The union, including officials OF tn
American Broadcasting Company
which is similarly affected, bega
last Thursday when the union pre-
sented its original demands.
About $50 engineers were a
fected by the walkout at NBC.
ABC said in a statement:
In a telegram received her
late this afternoon, the union CAV
the American Broadcasting Con
pany notice that their member
Continued on Page Two; Col. Z
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AIRPORT PROGRAM
GETS SENATE 0. K,

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL Ia
The Senate today authorized a
1915 100000 Federal aid airport pro-
gram designed to do for airplanes
what the building of great high
ways did for the automobile.
The plan contemplates the con-
struction of approximately 3d.
900 new airports and the improve
ment of some 1000 of the 5000
existing ones. The Federal money
would be matched dollar for dollar
by state and local funds.
In the words of chairman Nc.
Carran D-Nev) of the commerce
committee, who sponsored the bill:
"Such an airport program would
give civil aviation a real chance
to expand rapidly after the war
and would in addition provide a
ready-made public works program
of nationwide proportions.
The bill passed by a voice vote
Continued on Page Two: Col. q
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BY JULIA DAVIDSON
a csociated Press Staff Writer

MIAMI, FLA, Sept. 12-1f your
immediate peace plans include re-
viving up the old jalopy and head
ing north-or south-the first thing
you'd better pack is tent.
Two days after gas rationing
was lifted l turned In our train
tickets; shoe-horned the ten-year-
old. the nine-year-old, and the lug
gage into the family Ford and
pointed rusty radiator New
York-ward.
I laughed merrily when a friend
in Jacksonville, Fla, suggested it
might be good idea to wire ahead
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Woman Reporter Advises
Packing Tent With Duds

for hotel space at Savannah, Ga,
our first scheduled stop.
Six hours, some 200 miles, and
innumerable hotel clerks later, I
was no longer laughing. Merrily
or otherwise.
It was l am. and raining cata-
rachts in WATERFORD, S. S., sever
al miles beyond Savannah. Mine
host at a hotel there had just put
down the phone after calling ev-
cry likely inn and tourist home
in the area.
I'm sorry, there's not a room
to be had anywhere.
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
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CONGRESS MOVES
!. TO END WAR Time

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-R-
Congress moved today toward
ending war time and building g.
0Oc postwar airports. Between
these tasks it received word that
the Arny's point score will 60
down and discharges up.
The House voted to set clocks
back an hour Sept. 30 and return
the country to standard time. The
Senate still has to okay this.
The Senate voted to give states
and cities $75,O00,000 a year for
five years to build 5000 airports
and fix 1000 existing ones. States
ar cities will have to match Fed
eral money. Now it's up to the
House to act.
But the big noise in Congress
was discharges.
Congressional mailboxes have
been crammed with letters from
back home urging more and fast
er releases of men from service.
TIL Senate Military committee
looked into that hot subject. It
got official word from Undersec-
rotary Of War Patterson and from
Maj. Gen. Stephen Henry, assis-
tant chief of staff for personnel,
that the Army:
l. Wants to turn men loose as
fast as it can and will reduce the
80 points now needed for discharge.
2. Will be down to $500, 600 men
by July l. The present size Is a
little over 100000. Discharges
will let out 6,000,O0O the draft will
bring in 100000.
3. Has set up a special agency
to release men in cases of unusual
hardship.
4. Sees no possibility Of ending
the draft before July l. (But Con-
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credulously and described the ride
as positively fantastic" The story
was related by Atty. Frederick v.
McMenimen, counsel for a 81
year-old Wellesley stenographer
who rented the car to take the
veterans for ride. The defendant,
Miss Carolyn MacKinnon, had ap-
pealed a $40 fine imposed in a
lower court for allowing an unli-
censed person to operate the car.
Miss MacKinnon, according to
her attorney, had left the veterans
in Park Square last June % to
catch the last bus to Wellesley.
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