Evening star., 1945-08-26

nawa was poised to drop $500 fully
armed air troopers at Atsugi when
Gen. Macarthur arrives the same
day to carry Allied military rule to
the island empire.
The fleet was prepared to blast
Tokyo with 100 massed big guns at
the first hint of treachery, and the
Air Forces were armed and primed
to shoot down any wouldoe suicide
| planes.
/ AS japanese broadcast.s told of
unrest, disorders and hara-kiri at
home over the prospect OF occupa =
ton. Emperor Hirohito issued .e-
script to his armies, telling them to
disarm and return to ways OF peace.
Signing Also Delayed.
/ Gen. MacArthur's announcement
Yesterday that series of typhoons
had forced him to delay the whole
occupation schedule by 4o hours
means the articles of surrender will
be signed September 2, instead of
August 81, aboard the pattleship
Missouri. anchored in Tokyo Bay.
at is hoped the supreme COM
mander of Allied forces said, that
by that time Thursday the wind
and seas will have abated to an ex-
tent that will permit our forward
movement"
The first of the typhoons struck
Tokyo last Wednesday, cutting COM
munications. tearing up railways.
making many roads impossible and
converting Atsugi field into a
morasS
A second boiled up toward Oki-
nawa but, as the mighty air base
braced for the blow. it veered off
/ toward Japan. Airmen who stalked
it last reported the storm center
$50 miles south of Tokyo and NOV
ing northeastward.
Yet another typhoon of great vio-
lence was churning up mountainous
waves in the South China Sea 30
miles southeast of Hongkong.
Gen. Macarthur has kept his
plans for the occupation fluid, and
even now they can be changed if
the men who land to get Atsugi
ready for him find the job too big
to be finished in the limited time.
Lackey to Fly First Plane.
Three Army transports will be
the first to reach Atsugi, and the
first American plane to land on
japanese soil will be piloted by Col
John H. Lackey, jr., of Norfolk, Va
After he signals his "okay" the
other two planes will land, bring
ing men, jeeps and other equipment
Nine other transports will follow.
The American and British fleets
awaited orders to send ashore 10000
Marines and Bluejackets Thursday
with a crack Marine regiment
which has spearheaded many Pa
cific landings.
They will land at Yokosuka.
Japan's second greatest naval base,
south of Tokyo.
Associated Press Correspondent
Murlin Spencer with the Fleet said
all would be equipped for battle and
would go in with tanks and artillery.
The men-including 1900 sailors
picked from the Fleet and given
special training as fighting force
had been drilling for days. They
were under strict orders against
fraternization.
Naval School Burns.
The imperial government reported
to Gen. Macarthur that fire was
raging at the Naval Engineering
School at Kurihama, miles south
of the Nays landing site at Yoko-
suka, after an explosion occurred
while the japanese were storing am
munition under terms of rhe sur
render.
1t was announced here that Ad-
miral Halsey and Admiral Raymond
A. Spruance, who crushed Japans
seapower, would accept the surren-
der of what is left of the imperial
fleet, presumably after the signing
in Tokyo Bay.
Admiral Spruance's 5th Fleet will
control waters of southern japan
"'A>N oA AAoloCy Will D6 dSSlSQeO
TO Tokyo Bay. Japanese planes on
necessary missions were under Gen.
MacArthur's orders today to stay
within two miles of shore to avoid
running afoul of the fleets fire
power.
The japanese notified the Su-
preme Commander of the appoint
ment of an official reception COM
mittee to meet him at Atsugi and
said all preparations for the first
andings were practically complete.
Disorders Reported.
From japanese press reports of
disorders" in Japan, it appeared
there still were some die-hard mill
tarists who might try to cause
trouble.
In his rescript, the Emperor said
that now that we have come to
disarm our forces. it is our earnest
hope that they will maintain solid
unity and demobilize with speed and
in order"
We trust" he added, that the
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