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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
SUB BULLHEAD lS
 REPORTED MISSING


 WASHINGTON. Aug. 24 The Submarine Bullhead is overdue from war patrol and presumed lost, the Navy announced today. Her crew comprised a complement of 90 officers and men.
 The 1,500-ton vessel left Ere mantle, Australia. on July 3l for a mission in the Java Sea Efforts to reach her by radio on Aug. l3 met with no success.
 Her skipper was It. Comdr Ed ward R. Holt, Jr. whose wife lives at Laurens, S. c.
 The Navy announcement brings the total namber of American under-seas craft lost duIing the war to 52. Forty-three of these were listed as overdue and pre- stunned lost.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
TOKYO RADIO IST0GlvE AID
 10 NEW.SMEN
Stooper of American Cor respondents During War
 Is 10 Provide Service

MANILA, Aug. 24-The Japanese, whose Radio Tokyo consistently has scooped war correspondents at the headquarters of American forces of the Pacific here, offered today to extend the fullest possible facilities to the Allied press upon it's en- trance into Japan.
 AFPAC headquarters announced the Japanese Government had re- ported to Gen. Macarthur "the Japanese Government is anxious to extend to members of the Allied press as much facilities as circum- stances will permit. Please inform us of the total number of them American press representatives, landing in Japan by Aug. 3l or in the immediate future as well as their specific requirements.
 Thus evelops one of the strangest situations of the dizzy finale of the war, in which corre- spondents of the American press found the enemy's Tokyo radio always their most potent competi- tor in the reporting of major hap penings.
 The outlines of Gen. MacArthur's landing plans and dates of the be- ginning of the occupation for in- stance, were announced here only because the Tokyo radio had been broadcasting the plans for 48 hours while American correspondents in Manila sat helplessly, unable to break stories about which they all knew.
 Throughout the war the Japa- nese effort to create American confidence in the Tokyo radio was apparent, probably with the ex- pectation of sliding in propaganda on the basis of the confidence.
 For that reason, and also in the hunt for additional infqrmation, Tokyo generally has been accurate in it's accounts of the major land ings and other war developments, and usually far ahead of the Allied correspondents, who were bound by censorship imposed, in most cases, to prevent the enemy from ob- taining complete details.
 Because of these conditions, Tokyo has reached the full facilities of the American press with its news scoops.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
CHAR TER IS APPROVED BY BRITISH NOW
First PIenary Session of WSL May Be Called
 in October

LONDON, Aug. Rehabilitation of the United Nations Charter by Great Britain raised the possibility today that the first plenary session of the World Security League would be called by late October.
 Members of the executive commit tee of the United Nations Prepara- tory Commission, now sitting in Lon- don to prepare for the birth of the new organization, believe enough na- tions will have approved the charter by that time to permit the calling of the session.
 Britain last night became the last of the Big Five powers to ratify Neither in the House of Commons nor in the House of Lords was it necessary to take a vote, despite blunt statements in parliament that the charter was not strong enough to maintain peace so long as the atomic bomb remained a British American secret.
 There was a general feeling here that virtually all the countries will have approved the 50-nation pact by late fall, now that the United States, Britain, France, Soviet Rus sia and China have ratified. The next wave of ratification decision is expected from Latin America.
 The preparatory commission has been striving to set up committees within the next few days to deal with problems which must be settled before the first plenary session. The executive committee is understood to be operating on the assumption that the new organization will come into being in October.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
B x TISH ARE HIT
 BIG SWAT
Termination of Lend Lease Puts Nation in &c.,
 riOus Position

LONDON, Aug 24-Prime Minister Attlee told Commons today the sud den end of lend-lease put Britain fin very serious financial position and former Prime Minister Church ill said he could not believe that This was the last word of the United States"
 Attlee said the British government had hoped that lend-lease would not have ended without prior consul tation.
 In response, Churchill, now lead- CT of the opposition, declared he could not believe the United States would proceed in such rough and harsh manner as to hamper faith ful ally who held the fort while their own American armaments were prepared"
 Attlee cautioned members of the House to exercise utmost restraint within and without the chamber ill commenting on the situation, and Churchill agreed that a debate now might be detrimental to national in- terests. Churchill called Attlees statement very grave and disquiet- ing"
 The Prime Minister disclosed that Lord Halifax. British Ambassador tc the United States during the war time Coalition government, had been invited to return to Washington to negotiate the financial arrangement which will succeed lend-lease.
 Attlee said President Trumans directice cancelled all outstanding lend-lease contracts and provided that stocks and deliveries procured under it must now be paid either in cash or negotiated credit arrange ments.
 We had not anticipated that op- erations under the lend lease act would continue for any length of time after the defeat of Japan" he said, but we had hoped the sud- den cessation of this great mutual effort would not have been effect ed without consultation and prior discussions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
AUSTRALIA
 TAXES RAP
 AT BRITISH

SYDNEY, Aug. Britain is denying Australia "a footing of equality" in peace discussions, Herbert V. Evatt, Minister of Ex- ternal Affairs, charged in a pre- pared statement today. This will have to be arrested not only in the interests of Australia but of the British Commonwealth as a whole" he declared.
 There still is deplorable tend- ency now that the fighting is over to relegate Australia to subordi- nate status and either not consult it at all or to consult it in a perfunctory way and not on a foot ing of equality" he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24

 INDUSTRY
 DR0pSMEN
Giving Report, However, Is Made on Future
 Planes Envisioned

SEATTLE, Aug. 24-Employment in the nations aviation industry, once topping 100000 men and women, shortly will drop to 300,000, Chairman Hugh Mitchell (D-Wash.) of the Mead Senate Light Metals and Aviation Investigation Sub committee announced here today.
 Representatives of virtually every major aircraft company in the nation forecast a glowing future, however, envisioning planes of unbelievable speed" through jet propulsion and atomic energy de- velopments.
 c. L. Egtvedt, head of the Boeing Aircraft Company, summed it up
 Within the coming decade it is conceivable that atomic energy for aircraft propulsion will be avail able.
 We can envision aircraft with limitless range and speeds limited only to margins at which metal, projected through space, generates excessive heat through friction, like a meteor"
 Chairman Mitchell, in his open ing statement to aviation leaders and his conferees, asserted:
 "The aircraft termination situa- tion. with it's accompanying unem- ployment, presents America with a grave crisis involving the future national security. Employment in this industry, once over the 2,000,- 900 mark, will shortly go to 300,000
 Tt is the part of statesmanship to question whether such drastic reductions are in the national in- terest, not only from the view point of unemployment but be- cause of future security"
 The Douglas Company stated that the governments insistence that we strictly adhere to military production schedules until the last gun was fired, and it's refusal several months ago to permit even partial utilization for peacetime reconversion of key employees working under draft deferments, now forces the industry to dismiss thousands of workers who could have been usefully employed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
Government Seizes Railroad Systeni 10
 Avert Big WaIkouf

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-The 6,605- mile Illinois Central railroad system was seized by the government today in the face of a strike threat and line officials reported normal opera tionS.
 Under order of President Truman, who said stoppage in the railroad industries at this time was unthink- able, the Office of Defense Trans portation assumed control at l2:0l a. m. Central War Time.
 As soon as MT. Truman's order was made known, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and Engine men postponed indefinitely" it's strike growing out of a jurisdictional dispute with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The strike was to have started at 12:0l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
RED FLAG |5
 FLYING OVER
 ORIENT AREA
Russia 5 Two week War with Japan Lands Soviefs
 Near Nip Homeland

MOSCOW, Aug. 24.-The Red flag is flying today over all of Manchuria. Eakhalin, part of Korea and two of the Kurile Islands, marking an end of RuSsia's two-week war with Japan. Premier Stalin formally proclaim ed complete victory over the Japa- nese last night. The Soviet capital shook with a salute of "A salvos of 324 guns.
 Stalin's order of the day, first since the start of the lightning con- flict on August g, disclosed that the two north Kurile Islands of ShumiSho and Paramushiro had been occupied by Russian troops and that the occupation of Manchuria was complete.
 The finish found the Russians holding the Japanese puppet emperor of Manchuria, Henry Pu Vi, and Red Army forces standing across the narrow La Perouse Straits, 30 miles from Japan's second largest home island of Hokkaido.
 Many participating Russian units have been named after places where they fought, such as Port Author sky, Mukdensky', "Kurilsky" and "Harbinsky''.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
PEACE MAY
 YET REIGN,
 CHINA
Communist Leader Sends Representative 10
 Chungking

CHUNGKING, Aug. 24.-Official Communists here said today that Communist leader. Mao Tse-Tung had accepted Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's invitation to send rep resentative to Chungking to discuss peaceful settlement of China's in- ternal political problems.
 These sources said Mao had named Gen. Chou En-lai as his representa- tive.
 ! For the sake of unity" Mao was quoted as saying, T appoint Gen. Chou En.lai to go to chungking. Please accept him as my delegate and discuss matters with him."
 The Communists had rejected a previous invitation from Chiang to send representative to Chungking to discuss their differences with the National government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
Three Nations 10
 Help Feed viennese

VIENNA, Aug. 24.-Mihtary repre- sentatives of the United States France and Great Britain agreed to- day to aid Russia in feeding 1,500,00C Viennese.
 The agreement, reached at the first business meeting of Allied Oc- cupation commanders of Austria provides that the occupation forces contribute from Sept. food supplies proportional to the population of their respective sectors The ac- tion was taken as an interim mea- sure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
By HERBERT BROWNELL, JR.
 Chairman
Republican National Committee

RepuDIlcan NaIlOnal COmmltteeD WASHINGTON inside story from Republican leaders is that the Republican Party will win control of Congress in 1946. Put that down as one of this columns predictions of things to come" Let's have a quick look at the national political scene as America goes forward to win the peace; and see why this prediction makes sense.
 Republican Governors now direct the governments of g States, con- taining 56 per cent of the. total population of the United States Those same states contribute 61 per cent of the internal revenue to support the Federal Government In other words, those g states where Republican government en- courages the operation of the Am erican system based upon indi- vidual opportunity, provide more than two-thirds of the money necessary to keep the nations gov ernment operating.
 After the 1886 election, there were Is Republican U. s. Sen ators; after 1940, there were 28
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
BIG CATCHES OF
 SALMON TAKEN
 BY GEILNETTERS

ASTORIA, Ore, Aug. 24-Gillnet- ters are bringing in record loads of salmon to Astoria, forcing can neries to work overtime. And profit able c tc he's are predicted for Columbia sports fishermen next week, with salmon moving up the river for the first time during the season. The Union Fishermen's Co., operative says one boat has de- livered 4,900 pounds in three trips.
 The albacore tuna fleet is out again after three days in port be- cause of bad weather.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 6M. American Can 10oH, Anaconda 33A, Curtiss- Wright 6, International Harvester ST. Kennecott 381s, New York Gen. tral 25, Northern Pacific 26h, U s. Steel 69, Pound $4.027s.
 Sales today totalled 1,32O,00C shares
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows Industrials, l69.89; rails 546l; utilities, 3235.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
Rebuffed by
 Girl, Fire Is
 5ef,Revenge

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24-Martin R. Ryan, 23, who told police he set a $50,0OO furniture warehouse blaze because he had been rebuffed by a girl on a street car, yesterday was ordered held in $2,500 bail for pre- liminary hearing on arson charges.
 Detective w. M. Gidney quoted Ryan as saying he broke into the furniture warehouse to set the fire, waited until smoke poured from the building, turned in an alarm, and then assisted fire fighters so suc- cessfully that the owner of the building gave him $50 reward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
RUTH KUNNAs RETURNS

Miss Ruth Kunnas returned by PAA plane yesterday from Seattle, after months vacation spent visiting relatives and friends in and about the Puget Sound city. This morning found her back at work with the Weather Bureau office at the Airport.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
MR., MRS. NELSON HERE

MT. and Mrs. Oscar Nelson, of Portland. Ore. arrived on a Wood- ley Airways plane from Anchorage yesterday and are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
The W ashingfo ion Merry Go Round
! By DREW PEARSON It. Col. Robert s. Allen now on active
 service with the Army)

tED. NOTE:-In Drew Pear sons absence, Herbert Brown ell, Jr., Chairman of the Re- publican National Committee, writes a guest column on COP plans for 1946).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
STEVENS IN TOWN

George Stevens arrived yester- day from Anchorage via Woodley Airways and is stopping at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24

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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-25
Rotarians Introduce
Themselves At Meeting

church, he is a Mason a member
of the American Legion, member
of the honorary fraternity Epsilon
Sigma Pi, and a Rotarian since
1882.
Leonard Alpern, owner of a
wholesale news agency here, re-
vealed that he was born in
Oh cago in 1905 and was educated
in the Englewood High school there.
He began his business career in
1922 in selling advertising but in
1927 went into the newspaper and
magazine business, in which he has
been since, and served with both
the New York News and the Chi
cago Tribune. Mr.. Alpern came
here in 1941 when he purchased the
news agency.
Married shortly before coming
here, he revealed that his agency
is handling an average of $4,000
newspapers and $4,000 magazines
weekly.
DR.. G.. R. c. Thompson, former
ly of Charleston, and born in 1914
said that he came from family
of seafarers and had spent the
early part of his life moving up
and down the Atlantic Coast.
He received his education, in.
GLIDING his medical training in
Charleston and served a years in.
ternship at Grady hospital. Marry
ing a nurse, he came to Whining
ton to serve as staff surgeon at the
James Walker Memorial hospital
and now has his own surgical prac.
tice.
DR.. Thompson said that he hac
been connected with Missionary for
some years, taking his first three
degrees while still in medi
cal school, and termed Rotary MA
sorry in everyday life
He told members that he hoped
to spend the rest of his life here
and will work to help the city i'm
prove
Earlier in the program, Davi
Howes told members that the pro
gram for the meeting next Tues
day would be particularly interest
ing as ne had secured Chaplain
> Norman Hustled to entertain mem
bers. He urged as full an atten
dance as possible.
Guests of the club were R. W
Gslphin, county farm agent, Char
| lie Patterson, of the Thomasvill
Rotary Club, the Rev. Lucian Ma
lone, OF the Clarksdale, Miss. Re
tary club, the Rev. E. w. Halleck
Montgomery Hill of the Greensbor
! club, and Jack Peterson, of Mus
keegon, Mich.
1t. John T. Schiller, USNR, We
eran of fourteen major engage
ments in the Pacific theater, wa
the service guest of the club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-25
WARRANT SERVED
ON AUTO DRIVER

Cpl. Clyde F. Tyler, Is, of Camp
Lejune, named by coroners jury
as responsible for the death of all
other Camp Lejeune Marine, has
been charged formally in War
rant with reckless operation of an
automobile with serious injuries
resulting in death.
The warrant has not yet been
served on Cpl. Tyler as he is still
under the jurisdiction of Marine
authorities, and it has not yet been
decided whether he will appear be-
fore a military Or civil court.
A coroner's jury decided last
night that Sgt. Herman F.. Smith.
3O-year-old Camp Lejeune Marine,
who died Sunday at James Wake.
Memorial hospital, "came to hi
death as a result of injuries re-
ceived in an automobile accident
in car driven by Cpl. Tyler in a
reckless and careless manner al
high rate of speed,' according to
Coroner Asa w. Allen.
Sgt. Smith was taken to. the hos
pital last Thursday afternoon to b.
treated for injuries rece we'd when
the ar in which he was riding
skidded and overturned about three
and one-half miles on U. S. High
way II.
Cpl. Tyler was removed to the
Bluethenthal Army Air Base aftei
the accident, from which he re-
ceived only minor cuts. Smith was
unable to be removed from James
Walker Memorial hospital befor'
lie died.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-25
WHITE FOR SAFETY

WHITE FOR SAFETY
SEATTLE, July "a U,R The
chrome in yellow paint was a wal
casualty, so city engineers now
use white paint for the safety
stripes on Seattle streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-25
Governor Will Lay
Cornerstone Of New
Greek Church Here

Gov. R. Gregg Cherry will lay
the corner stone of the newly erect
ed Greek Orthodox Community
church at Second and Orange
streets during religious ceremonies
presided over by the Most Rev.
Athenag oras, head of the Greek
Orthodox church of North and South
America, the Rev. E. B. Papazi-
sis, pastor of the local church, the
deacon of the archdiocese, priests
and nearby Greek Orthodox chur,
ches, and other religious dignar'
taries of the city, it was announc.
ed last night. The date and time
will be announced later.
Immediately after the ceremony
banquet will be held at the
Plantation club in honor of the
Governor, the Archbishop and the
high dignitaries of the church, il
was stated.
Federal, State and local govern
ment officials, members of al
churches and the public in gen
eral are invited to be present a
the corner stone laying, it was an
nounced
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-25
NEGRO RECEIVES
LONG SENTENCE

Found guilty by New Hanover
Superior court jury on four counts
of assault on female and robbery.
Harvey Shepard, Negro. was SEN
fenced yesterday, by Judge Claw
son L. Williams, of Sanford, to from
80 to 40 years in the state prison.
R. H. Manley, arraigned for false
pretense and larceny, was ordered
to serve a three to five year term
plus a sentence. imposed on him
in Cumberland county on other
charges.
Frank Prevatte, pleading guilty
to charges of assault with deadly
weapon, had prayer for judgmen1
continued for one year on payment
of costs.
Shepard, a laborer, pleaded no
guilty to the charges which were
brought against him in connection
with the assault of Mrs. j. L
White and the assault and robbery
of Mrs. J. L. Benton on June l.
The defendant acted as his owl
counsel and, following the positive
Identification of him as their as
sailant by both women, questioned
Mrs. White and Mrs. Benton as tt
the description they had given of
ficers of their attacker prior II
| his arrest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-25
Four Soldiers Enter
Citizenship Petitions

Four soldiers from surrounding
army camps, appeared before
judge Clawson L. Williams in yes
terday's session of Superior court
10 petition for American citizen
ship. Three of the group had seer
overseas service.
The men are Sgt. Cesario Zabai.
bro Calderon a returnee now sta
toned at Camp Davis and ma
tive of the Philippine Islands who
gave his present home address as
Brooklyn, N. Y; Pfc. Gregorio
Garcia, a native of Mexico now
Stationed at Camp Davis after
serving overseas: Pfc. Andrew
Bruck, also returnee stationed
at Camp Buckner who was born
in Hungary and now lists New
York City as his home address,
and Corp. Vincentino D'Altorio,
who is petioning to have his name
changed to Vincent Paul D'Altorio
D'Altorio was born in Italy and
is now stationed at Seymour John
son field, GoldSboro
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-25
land BANK LOANS
TO Be EXPEDITED

,.r new legislation recently
Vnas d nv Congress, it will be pos
sna nae tor the Clinton National Farm
siole ip aIssociation to handle more
Loan ana;tiously land bank and Com
"psu ;aner loans in New Hanover
nls MS Thor North Carolina counties,
a M Dt Carr, sec1etary-treasurer'
D.rsnounced yesterday
' c.rr also said that with more OF
OG landjng process turned over to
fne 'associations, the prospective
me a will be told more quick
boflo" what action will be taken on
y publications for long-te-m
then t ~r the Federal Land Bank
ssn: movements
w. ,,.,.r the new law, the land
Ug u, nav lend up to IS per cent
s .. NE normal agricultural value
0, NO W. farm, whereas since 1917 it
81 II" been limited to 50 per cent
u - +be appraised value of the land
o. w. u" IN per cent of the perma-
s improvements.
r.rd Bank Commissioner loans
Ill he continued for one year from
T T,,l, 1945, it was stated, and
w. NV he made u to rs per cent OF
IN, ,s' normal value of the farm. How
. WV the contract interest rate on
'ssse loans will be five per cent
.rcant to veterans who may Dor
Wv At four per cent in the event
M. No loan is guaranteed under the
cf Bill of Rights. The contract
r.te 10, the land bank loans
through the association will re-
vain at its present all-time low OF
fur per cent, Carr said.
Carr added that many of the
commissioner loans have been re
dnced TO a point where they can
essjlv be refinanced with four per
rent land bank loans which will
oive these borrowers interest saw
ings Of one per cent.
The office OF the Clinton associa-
finn is located in Clinton, N. c.,
and handles land bank and Com
missioner loans in New Hanover,
Sampson, Duplin, Fender and
Brunswick counties.