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Evening star., 1945-09-05
Two BattaIions Of Nisei
Receive Unit Citations
Ey the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Sept. Sit. Gen. LuciaT
K. Truscott presented presidential
and distinguished unit citations tt
two American-Japanese battalion:
at Leghorn yesterday, and declared
the combat record of the Nisei 442o
Infantry Regimental Combat Team
was one which "any regiment in his
tory would be proud to own"
The I'd Battalion, now com.
manded by Maj. Robert A. Gospe
of Chillicothe, ILL.,, was cited fol
breaking through German defenses
in the Vosges mountains of Eastern
France in october, 1914, and fol
spearheading the 5th Army's spring
offensive up the Ligurian coast o1
Italy.
The Sd Battalion, now command.
ed by Maj. Ralph J. Graham
of Baltimore, Md, was cited for res.
cuing a lost battalion" last fall ir
Alsace, France, after being trapped
for week in wooded hills. Tht
Nisei In that operation lost three
times the number of men they
rescued.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
1Ydings Says Treatment
Of FiIipinos Benefits u. 5.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ABERDEEN, Nd, Sept. 5.-Sena-
tor Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland
holds that I'VE must now think of
the Philippines as great staging
area for trade and political good
will as We once thought OF it as an
essential staging area during the
war
Senator Tydings, who is chair
man of the Senate's Committee on
Territories and 1nsular Affairs
made that statement during ar
address yesterday before a group OF
Philippine and United States Off.
GERS attending the ordnance schoo,
of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Before the war; he said, "the
Philippines were our sixth largest
customer, and American jobs de.
pend upon their rehabilitation"
The Maryland Senator, who re.
turned recently from an inspection
tour of the Philippines, declared
that I'VE have built up a huge
reservoir of good will toward
America throughout the world, and
especially in Asia, as result of oul
treatment OF the Philippines.
Other nations trust us because
of what we have done in the
islands" he said.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Crepes Suzeites Figure
In Gloria Swanson Suit
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. S. - Crepes
suZettes and war-Scarce butter were
spread on the record in Supreme
Court yesterday by attorneys for
Gloria Swanson of the silent films,
who is seeking legal separation
from William N. Davey, her fifth
husband
Mr.. Davey, who married Miss
Swanson last January 20 at Union
City, NJ j., and said he left her IN
April, has entered an action 10 an
null the marriage
OF Mr.. Davey. she said through
counsel:
"On one occasion he ordered
crepes suzettes for dessert at the
st. Regis. The headwaiter told him
it was impossible, the hotel had no
butter. My husband left the table,
went to a phone and had his man
servant return with half a pound of
butter. War or no war, scarcity or
no scarcity, when William N. Davey
wants crepes Suzettes, he gets it,"
Miss Swanson is asking $4,000 a
year alimony and $4,000 counsel
fees. She said her husband was heir
to great fortune.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Commissioners Grant
Child Care HEARING

The acting Committee for Con-
tinuation Of District Day Care Gen.
ters has been granted hearing by
the District Commissioners at II
am. tomorrow in the District Build
ing, the committee announced to-
day.
A delegation of seven parents will
request the Commissioners to ini-
tiate local sponsorship of day.
care program and urge them to
apply for Lanham Act funds to
continue the nurseries. In case of
refusal, they will ask Congress for
deficiency appropriation to finance
child-care activity here.
The delegation will report at a
committee meeting at pm. to-
morrow at 1912 Eighteenth street
NV, at which a permanent COM
mittee will be formed.
Those interested in a continuation
of the centers also will seek an ap-
pointment with Maj. Gen. Philip B
Fleming, Federal Works admins
traitor, Mrs. Clyde Hunt, chairman
of the acting committee, said today
Last night 18 citizens group:
were represented at a child-care
meeting at Pierce Hall under the
craftsmanship of the Rev. Francis
McPeek, director of the social well
fare department of the Washington
Federation of Churches.
School-age centers will close Sep
tenber Is and nurseries Septembe
% unless further help is extended
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Progress Reported
In Chungking Talks
y the Associated Pres;

CHUNGKING, Sept. 5.-The semi
official Central News Agency said
today that representatives of the
Chungking government and the
Yenan Communists have completed
preliminary exchange of views and
are now discussing specific issues in
an effort to resolve differences which
have threatened civil war.
Information Minister K. c. WI
emphasized, however, that reports
that a preliminary agreement al
ready had been reached by the con-
ferees was premature.
Mao Tse-tung, who heads the
three-man delegation from Yenan
which arrived here August %, con-
ferred again with Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek last evening.
This talk was followed by a long
meeting between Mao's colleagues
Gen. Chou En-lai and Wang Jo-fei
and three government delegates.
The executive Yuan, meanwhile
announced the appointment of the
generalissinos eldest son, Chang
Ching-kuo, as special commissioner
for foreign affairs in Manchuria
The new commissioner speaks Rus
sian, is married to Russian woman
and has spent some years in the
Soviet Union.
The executive Yuan also an.
nounced the appointment of DR.
Hu Shih, former Ambassador to the
United States, to be president of the
National University at Peipine.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Navy 10 Commission
Supercarrier Monday
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 5-Under-
secretary of the Navy Artemus L.
Gates will be principal speaker
when the mammoth supercarrier
Midway is commissioned at Norfolk
Navy Yard Monday.
The 45,000-ton carrier was
launched at Newport News Ship
building & Dry Dock Co. March 20.
with Mrs. Bradford w. Ripley, ID.
of Dayton, Ohio, wife of Navv
lieutenant killed in the Pacific, SIS
sponsor
The huge carrier is the first OF
three Of her class. The others are
the Franklin D. Roosevelt, now be-
ing fitted out at the New York Navy
Yard, and the Coral Sea, under con-
struction at Newport News.
The vessel has enough electric
power to supply light to city of
million population. The steel in her
would have been enough to build
Is 900 automobiles. The football
fields could be placed end to end on
her flight deck, with space to spare.
and she will carry more than 5000
officers and men. The Mldway's
prospective commanding officer.
Capt. Joseph Francis Bolger, U. S
NJ, of Adams. Mass, will accept the
ship from the builders.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
| Jap BottIeship
Nogoto Placed
Under II. S. FIoq
y the Associated I,ress.

By the Associated press.
WITH Sd FLEET, Tokyo Bay,
September 5.-The bombed and
burned japanese battleship Nagato
has done its first sailing under the
American flag, Admiral Halsey said
To-Day. (Wnether she was towed or
moved under her own power was not
disclosed)
At the same time, the Sd Fleec
admiral transferred his flag from
the Missouri to the South Dakota
famed battleship of South Pacific
campaigns.
Now on the register of United
States ships, the Nagato received its
first orGers from Commodore Roland
Smoot, naval administrative officer
of the Sd Fleets Yokosuka COM
mandant.
The Nagato's first brief trip was
from one berth to another, to make
room for an American warship.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
By ROBIN COONS,
Associated Press staff Correspondent

Associated Press Stan Correspondent.
KANOYA, Kyushu Island, Japan,
Sept. 5.-"The goose is gone from
the store" remarked the old Japa-
nese civilian with the arm band
that identified him as an inter-
prefer.
That is as good a description as
any of the effects Of the American
blockade on this city of some 10000
persons.
There is nothing in the stores, but
the town itself, considering its close
proximity to the important Kami-
kaze air base Of Kanoya, is remark
able for its lack of damage. 1t is a
silent testimonial to the accuracy
of the American bombers, which
concentrated on the military in
stallations and laid them waste.
The gray roof tiles on some Of
the towns buildings are cracked
and the bus terminal is partly
unroofed, but in the main the tin
der-box houses stand as they have
for many years past-dejected, i'm
poverished and illsmelling.
Military Men on Streets.
Open drains line tie main streets
Of Kanoya, and empty shops and
stores are shuttered Optometrists
and dental shops cater to the Japa-
nese fancies for thick spectacles and
gold teeth. But they also were idle
! today
Those on the streets we're mainly
japanese army and navy men and
civilian police. A few saluted, some
smiled, but many stared straight
ahead as I passed
! 1t is typically difficult to attempt
20 fathom the japanese mind here
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Gen. Wheeler Nominated
As Chief Of Enqineers

President Truman today nomi-
mated 1t. Gen. Raymond Albert
Wheeler, of the Army Of the United
States, to be chief of engineers with
the rank of major general in the
Regular Army, Gen. Wheeler, who
will succeed 1t. Gen. Eugene Rey-
bold, holds the permanent rank OF
colonel of engineers.
The President also sent the fol-
lowing other nominations to tho
Senate:
Rear Admiral Louis E. Denfeld tC
be chief of naval personnel.
Brig. Gen. Archie F. Howard tC
be major general in the Marine
Corps.
Raymond S. McKeou9h of Illinois
to be a member of the Maritime
Commission, succeeding Thomas K
Woodward.
Leo T. Crowley of Wisconsin anC
Phillips Lee GoldsbCrough of MARY
land for reappointment as director.
of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Mccain Says laps
Do Not Regard Selves
As Beaten People
BY KENNETH L. DIXON,
Press Stan Corresponden

\Associated Press Stan Correspondent
HONOLULU, Sept. 5-Neither the
Japanese war lords nor the rank
and file consider themselves de-
feated, in the opinion of Vice Ad-
miral John S. Mccain.
The peppery, diminutive skipper
OF famous Naval Task Force SO,
whose planes shepherded the Allied
victory delegation into Tokyo Bay,
aired his views at a press conference
here late yesterday on his return
Admiral Mccain, whose carrier
task force in less than six months
knocked out more than 5000 Jap
anese planes and sank more than
100000 tons of shipping, didn't
mince words concerning Americas
erstWhile enemy in the Pacific.
The japanese generals are not
half licked yet" he said. They're
going to take a lot of killing at
some future time. Thank God, Ill
probably be dead by then"
At the surrender ceremonies
aboard the U. s. S. Missouri IN
Tokyo Bay the japanese were "siz-
ing us up-measuring us just like
you measure a man you're going to
hit the next minute" he said.
More than that, he added, the
majority Of the japanese fighting
men-still in military control in
their own country and the con-
quered territories-feel the same
way.
They don't know they're licked
yet" he added They don't know
We are better men than they are"
The carrier admiral said he asked
only for enough fast carriers to
patrol the mid-Pacific" and they
can have their atom bombs"
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Four Stettinius Kin Given
GRANDMOTHER Estote

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 5.-Four chill
dren of the late william Darlington
Stettinius, brother of Edward r.
Stettinius. former Secretary of
State, were named benef1ciaries in
the will of their grandmother, Mrs.
Judith Darlington Stettinius.
The children of the Baltimore
f1nancier and banker are Mrs. Ach-
sab Darlington Stettinius O'Dono-
van, Misses Caroline and Elizabeth
Darlington Stettinius and Edward
Reilly Stettinius, Navy seaman. An
accounting Of the grandmother S
estate has just been filed in the
surrogate's Court in New York.
The will of Mrs. Stettinius left
one-fourth of the residue of her
estate to each Of her grandchildren.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
.Army's Ban on laps
On West Coast Ended
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
The Army has Cancelled orders ban
ming individuals of Japanese de-
scent from the West Coast. Effec-
tive Immediately, those in eight re-
location centers are free to return to
California, Arizona, Washington and
Oregon. But some 6,7O0 who are in
internment will stay there a while.
Between $1,000 and $4,000 persons
of japanese ancestry are in eight re-
location camps and a segregation
center at Tule Lake, Calf. Those
at Tale Lake are under the Justice
Departments control.
Attorney General Clark said the
Army'S revocation of exclusion
orders would not affect approx
mately $500 American-born persons
of Japanese parentage who re-
nounced their citizenship and are
presumed to be nationals Of Japan.
Nor will it affect about 1900 foreign
born japanese interned as enemy
aliens.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Bases
Continued From First Page.)

particular site of which he did not
name.
Mr.. Hensel said the selection of
these major bases did not mean
that the Navy may not fill in with
certain islands to be used as feet
anchorages and sites Of air strips for
transient planes. He placed in this
group such places as Wake, Midway,
Eniwetok and Kwajelein in the Mar
shalls and Truk in the Carolines.
Mr.. Hensel said that in the Sc
lection of the sites they did not
60 into the sentimental desire for
other islands, such as Guadalcanal
and other places in the Solomons,
as we'll as other islands which were
taken at great cost to American
troops.
Forrestal Defends System.
Secretary Forrestal explained at
the same news conference that the
Navy, in reaching it's decision on
the Pacific bases, had decided that
it would be better to see a small
number we'll built and maintained
so they could be adequately de-
Tended, than to spread them thinly
throughout the Pacific area. He
pointed out that it is going to cost
a lot of money to build and main-
tain those bases, but said 1t was
absolutely necessary to spend this
money if we are to maintain our
superiority in the Pacific area.
While many of these bases were
built up during the war, much Of
the building is temporary, he said.
He pointed out the operations on
shore are being carried on in a
large measure in quonset huts and
that permanent construction will
be needed.
The Navy's recommendation in
clude only the facilities required for
operation and maintenance of the
feet and do not take into considera-
ton the necessities of the Army and
Army Air Forces for their opera
tions there.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff now are
said to have the entire plan under
study.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Is 900 Due to ResettIe
In Pacific Coast Section

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. (P).-
Approximately $4,000 Japanese
Americans will resettle on the Pa
ciflc Coast as compared with 10000
before the war, R. B. Cozzens, as
sistant director of the War Relo-
cation Authority, said last night.
Revocation of the exclusion order
will not affect WRA activities, Mr.
Cozzens said. "WRA will assist in
finding homes and employment for
the $4,000 japanese Americans still
In the centers.'
Nearly 10000 Japanese Americans
already have resettled on the West
Coast, Mr.. CozZens said.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Production Of Fords
And Hudsons Halted
|By Detroit Strikes
BY the Associa ted Press.


DETROIT, Sept. 5.-Industrial
unrest continued in Detroit today
with more than $1,000 workers idle
and production of new automobiles
halted at the Ford and Hudson
Motor Car Co. plants.
The Ford Co. was the hardest hit,
as officials reported the firms plants
in three other cities have been af-
fected by strike Of $500 employees
of Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co. Of De-
troit. Ford spokesmen said there is
a possibility plants in three addi-
tional States will be closed by Sat
urday.
No Ford workers were on strike
but production schedules were dis
rupted by a shortage of wheels
brake drum and tractor parts sup
piled by Kelsey-Hayes.
In an effort to settle the dispute
international officers of the CIC
United Automobile Workers scleo-
uled a meeting today with officers
of Local 174, UAW-CIO, the unit or
strike. The union is protesting
management refusal to reinstate
three minor local officials.
Ford spokesmen said plants al
Louisville, Edgewater, N. j., and Dal-
las have been affected already, with
those at Buffalo, Chester, Pa, ano
Richmond, Calf, likely to close be.
fore the week end unless their parts
supplies are augmented. Approx
mately $500 Ford employees in the
Detroit area now are idle.
The Ford company announced to-
day public showing of its 1916 model
passenger automobiles, originally
scheduled for late this month, has
been Indefinitely postponed because
Of the Kelsey-Hayes dispute,
The first break in the series o.
work stoppages in Detroit came las
night when 5000 employees of tn,
Briggs Manufacturing Co. voted t.
end walkout that began earlier il
the day.
Production remained at a stand
still at the Hudson Motor Car Co
as 5000 employees stayed in sym
pathy strike supporting 500 fore
men who struck Friday in protes
against demotion of one of thei
number
Evening star., 1945-09-05
4O-hj|e Wind Spreads
Montana Forest Fire
By the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
MISSOULA, Mont. Sept 5.-A
hot, 40-mile-an-hour wind was
rapidly spreading new, 2,00O-acre
fire in Lewis and Clark National
Forest of Northwestern Montana
last night as 200 experienced fire
fighters were flown to the State in
Army transports from Spokane,
Wash.
They were reinforcements for
more than 100 soldiers from Gore
Field near Great Falls, crews re-
cruited in the Augusta area and
Forest Service parachutists, the
latter going in by truck because OF
the high wind.
Ranger T. M. Wlles reported that
the flre-in the Sun River area west
of Great Falls-still was out G!
control.
Evening star., 1945-09-05
Konoyo's Small Damage Tells
OF Yonk Bombers' Accuracy

Some of the japanese bow and
speak, some are coldly courteous and
some arrogantly aloof. Along the
country road, sentries stood at at
tentlon with their backs to the road
as our truck passed.
Among the few civilians visible in
Kanoya town, there appeared little
doubt that the wars end was greeted
with relief. The women were be-
ginning to come out of their houses
or back from the hills into which
they fed. The men and boys flshed
with lines and nets in little stream
Women Flee Inside.
A thin old woman picking water
hyacinths did not look up as we
passed but family sitting in IN
open doorway smiled at Us. The
women fed inside as we returned
the greeting A few children ran
into alleys, then turned to stare.
The old interpreter said, I'VE are
glad it is over, we don't like war
Col. Norman D. Sillin of Alex
andria, Va. commander of the
Kanoya task force, landed Monday
with his aides on a much bombed
airstrip which had been repaired
by the surrendering forces.
Several units of the Kanoya task
force, following the uneventful seiz-
ure of the airfield by advanced
ground and technical units, begar
arriving from the Philippines by
air.
CreWmen of the tug Arikara, cap.
tanned by 1t. ]. Atkins, said they
were the first to raise the American
flag on Kyushu. They hoisted tn,
Stars and Stripes on bamboo pol,
at the Furue Naval Station, Sep
! tenber 3
Evening star., 1945-09-05
All Japs in China Due
To Surrender Formally
Within a Week
Y the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NANKING, Sept. 5.-Gen. Lene
Hsin, commander of Chinese
troops now in Nanking, said to-
day the formal surrender of al,
japanese troops in China prob
ably would occur within a
week" Other competent sources
expected the ceremony to take
place Sunday.
The general said in a press con.
ference that plans had been made
Tor dispersal of japanese troops in
China after the official surrender
but the details were not announced
Alter the formal surrender cere-
mony Japanese troops will give ur
their arms, ammunition and other
war materials.
This capital itself will be divided
into districts for purposes of dis
armament, Gen. Leng said. He de-
clared revised figures showed the
japanese had $4,000 officers and
men, $4,000 sick and wounded and
1900 japanese civilians in Marking
at the present time. Many of the
Japanese have come to the capital
from outlying areas.
In addition, he said, there are
about $500 puppet troops in the city
Gen. Leng said that Chang Kung -po
head of the puppet government al
Nanking, left the city before ma
tional government troops arrived.
Cat Chihkiang the mass air
borne movement of the Chinese
9Th Army to Nanking began to-
day. The transport by United
States planes of the American
equipped veterans of the battle
of North Burma originally was
scheduled several days ago, but
was delayed by bad weather.
Gen. Leng said there were about
100000 Chinese civilians now in
Marking, compared with the prewar
population of about 10000. Gen
Leng said the puppet groups will be
disbanded about September IT and
that many have come over to our
side"
The railroad between Nanking
and Shanghai is being operated by
puppet and japanese troops, Gen
Leng said. Last Friday a train was
derailed by bandits and still another
was derailed Sunday, but the jap
anese repaired the line, which is be-
ing used for both civilian and mill
tary travel.
U. S. Newsmen Protected.
In Nanking, American CORE
spondents who have arrived for the
surrender ceremonies have been
confined to the Metropolitan Hotel
and the International Club for the
present as a safety measure.
The correspondents were told that
the American and Chinese troops
who have arrived less than a week
ago temporarily were, in effect, the
guests" of the japanese, who have
occupied this capital for almost
eight years
French, British. Dutch and Aus
tralian officials who will represent
their nations at the surrender cere-
monies arrived yesterday by plane
Gen. Ho Ying-chin, commander oi
Chinese field forces, will represent
China in the surrender ceremony
Russia and Canada also have beer
invited to send representatives.
The only American building to
be taken over by the small United
States contingent is the American
Embassy, which had been occupied
by japanese officers and men.
The Manchurian Embassy has
been taken over by Maj. Gen. Rob-
ert S. Mcclure, chief of staff to 1t
Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer, United
States commander in China. Gen
Mcclure will represent the United
States at the surrender.