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Evening star., 1945-09-13
MiIitarists Thwarted
Talk With Roosevelt,
Konoye Declares
Reputation of Jopon os
Iior' Also Prevented
Peace PorIey, He Says
By RUSSELL BRINES,

TOKYO, Sept. 10. Prince
Fumimaro Konoye, japanese
Vice Premier, declared today
that he had tried in the summer
of 1941 to meet President Roose-
velt and avert the war, but his
proposal failed partly through
militarist opposition and partly
because the japanese govern
ment was regarded interna-
tionally as a liar.
THE japanese government long
have had reputation abroad as
liars" he explained, because they
were unable to control japanese
militarists in the field, or often
didn't know what the militarists
were doing.
"It was that way when was try
ing to see Roosevelt. The govern
ment was considered a liar, because
no matter what We promised regard
ing China, final decision on the re-
moval of our troops from China de-
pended On the military. That was
one reason why the meeting was
never held"
| Argument With Tojo.
Konoye, Premier in that fateful
summer and fall, said that an argu-
ment with the then War Minister,
Gen. Hideki TOTO. over continuing
peace negotiations led to his own
resignation and Tojo's climb to the
premiership.
Il feel confident that if l had
been able to see Mr.. Roosevelt ]
could have established a basis for
intervention of the imperial house
in the rising war tide within Japan
at that time" Konoye said in an
interview.
The prince, who was succeeded by
TOTO as premier in October, 1941
said the Pearl Harbor attack the
following December was engineered
in strictest secrecy by small group
under TOTO and that many of the
military clique, all the civilians and
himself were totally unaware of the
attack beforehand.
Konoye called on Gen. Macarthur
today, the Allied commanders head
quarters announced without ampli.
ficat1on.
Col Josef Meisinger, chief of the
German Gestapo in Japan, previ-
ously had told me Konoye was
leader of the pro-American faction
in the prewar struggle with mill
tarists, and had been Tojo's strong.
est opponent.
When 1 asked Konoye if this were
true, he replied afirmatively. Ths
army, he said, named TOTO as wal
minister in slight reshuffing OF
Konoye's cabinet in December, 1910
and there was nothing he could de-
to oppose the appointment, made
by Gen. now field marshall Shun.
roku Hata, former war minister
From then on, said Konoye, Tojos
power increased.
TOTO Approved Plan.
However, TOTO and his hackers
still favored continued negotiations
with the United States, and Tojc
as late as August, 1941, had ap-
proved Konoye's plan to see Pres
ident Roosevelt, the prince ex-
planned.
up until then the army was un.
decided whether to accede to the
basic American requirement that II
withdraw completely from China, ;
CONTINUED on PAGE A-3 Column
Evening star., 1945-09-13
United Nations Talks on Tariff
Reductions Hinted by Acheson
Acting Secretary of State Says Subject
Introduced at AneIo-U. S. Financial PorIey

ments of the Earl of Halifax, the
British Ambassador and Lord
Keynes, British treasury expert,
that their country might abandon
empire preferential tariffs in return
for American assistance
1t was indicated in high Amer
ican quarter that no final agree
ment on aid to Britain can be
reached as result of the current
talks inasmuch as the consent of
Congress is necessary.
All the administration can do. it
was pointed out, is to recommend
to Congress that Britain be given
certain amount of assistance. In
this connection, it was said, Con-
gress will want to know what favors
tSee ECONOMIC. Page A-2)
Evening star., 1945-09-13
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

Acting Secretary of State
Acheson indicated today that the
current Anglo-American eco
nomic talks may lead to a gen.
eral United Nations conference
on the lowering of tariff barriers.
During the conversations here,
designed primarily to determine the
amount of financial aid-if any-the
United States can offer for British
postwar reconstruction, tariffs are
being discussed, he said. However,
the Secretary added that no definite
agreements in that field are being
planned now.
The question arose in Mr.. Ache
sons press conference as a result
of indications last night in state
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Army Discharge Pace
Exceeds Estimates.
Senate Hearing Told
400, 900 to Be Released
In September, Gen. Henry
Informs Committee
Dy The Associated Press,

A War Department spokesman
told Senators today the Army is
discharging men much more
rapidly than it thought it could.
1t hopes, he added, to clean up a
backlog" of men eligible for dis
charge within about 40 days.
Maj. Gen. S. G. Henry, assistant
chief of staff, testified before tie
Senate Military Affairs Committee
that the present rate of discharge
indicates 100000 men will be released
in September He said the original
estimate was 250,000.
At the time the 250000 figure was
set for September, he said, calcula-
tionS were that the rate would rise
to 100000 a month by December /.
Gen. Henry mentioned no new
new figure for December, but Sena-
tor Johnson, Democrat, of Colorado
told reporters he was advised that
prospects now are that the rate will
go to 100000 month by that date.
More Bases Being Set Up.
Senator johnson said he got his
information from Brig. Gen. B. F.
Caffey. Vino was present at the hear
ing. Gen. Caffey explained to a re-
porter later that the separation CEN
ters would have capacity of 800,-
900 men a month by December, but
that due to shipping bottleneck in
bringing men back from overseas, it
was probably that only about 600, ,0OC
men per month actually would be
processed through the centers at the
peak of activity.
Gen. Caffey remarked that it takes
an average of As days to bring a man
back from the Pacific theater.
Detailing efforts to catch up with
the backlog of eligible men wait
ing for discharge, Gen. Henry said
the Air Forces are setting up 80
separation bases" and the service
forces lib separation points to
augment the work of 26 regular
separation centers.
All the separation bases" and
points" are to be in operation by
September "a. Gen. Henry said
the Air Forces estimated that they
could clear out eligible men within
AZ days after all bases are in op-
Grafton and the service forces
estimated they could do the same
job in IS days.
| New Criticism Arises.
Meanwhile, new criticism arose ir
the other wing of the Capitol. There
several members of the House from
New York issued a statement saying
they had conferred on measures "to
force Army and Navy officials to
retreat from their pig-headed stand
on discharges.
Mentioned in the unsigned state
ment were Republican Representa-
tives Elsaesser, Latham and Dean P
Taylor. Echoing their views, al
though not present at the meeting
Representative Kearney, Republican
of New York, said in an interview he
plans to ask the House to order q
thorough investigation" along the
lines of the Senate Military Affairs
Committees current inquiry.
Undersecretary of War Patterson
told the committee yesterday the
Army would let out 100000 men by
next July l.
But most Senators came away
with the impression their military
troubles will not be over then. Mr..
Patterson made it clear the War
Department wants the draft to
(See GENERALIZATION Pg. Alb
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Bonk Lootine Revealed
Before Money Is Missed
Nv the Assocjated press

iIy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept 13.-Police
called the Colony Cooperative Bank
at Woonsocket, r. l., this morning
and said we've got a man here
who says he took $l3,500 from you.
The bank made quick check and
said ''yes, that's right"
Police said they picked up 28-
year-old man calling himself Law
renee Baknforth on the Queen Mary
pier. His reply about tools being
in suitcase didn't satisfy Patrol
man Thomas Mclaughlin who took
a look.
The man was held on charge of
larceny. Bank officers said he had
been a teller for about q year.
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Strike Of Engineers
Hampers Two Big
Radio Networks
500 Employees Of ABC
And NBC Affected;
Chains Are Operating

Nation wide operations of two
major networks, the American
and National Broadcasting Cos,
still were hampered today by
the strike of about 500 engineers
who walked out at pm. yester-
day.
The two networks were operating
today on their regular schedules,
chiefly through the efforts of the
executive engineers who remained
on the job. A total of 355 stations
is affected, 1879 ABC stations and 156
NBC stations.
In Washington, Station WMAL,
affiliated with the American Broad
casting Co., and Station WRC Of
the National Broadcasting Co. are
concerned but both maintained
broadcasting last night and remain
on the air today. Both stations car
ried network programs today.
81 Strike at WRC.
Twenty seven engineers at WRC,
an NBC-owned and operated sta
ton. are on strike, that station said
today. At WMAL, owned and oper-
ated by The Evening Star Broad
casting Co. and affiliated with ABC.
the engineers remain on duty, and
while they perform the technical
operations necessary for local broad
casts they refuse to handle network
programs, a station spokesman said.
A. It. Powley, president of the Ma
tional Association of Broadcasting
Engineers and Technicians, an in
dependent union, said the men
would remain away from their jobs
until contract negotiations were re-
Sumed.
The National Broadcasting Co., in
statement, said it was willing to
resume negotiations "the minute the
men return to work and otherwise
are ready to submit to arbitration. -
Negotiations for contract to re-
place one which expired June, 1914
collapsed yesterday. At $50 pm,
the union sent a 30-day strike no.
tice to the companies, and at 6
pm, NBC and ABC said the tech
nicianS walked out. NBC broadcasts
were interrupted for Is minutes, and
| ABC broadcasts for half hour, un-
til non-union members took over
controls.
Union Charges Lockout.
Mr.. Powley said the union had beer
advised by counsel the companies
action constituted lockout"
NBC, in statement, said the
union staged the unauthorized ano
wildcat strike to secure
their completely unjustified wage
demands
Mr.. Powley said the men receive
from $226 to 1881 monthly for a
five-day week, but they are obliged
to work up to II hours a day with
out overtime. He said the unior
sought a general wage increase
averaging IS per cent in all classifi-
cations and overtime after eight
hours in any one day.
Station WEAF, MICS key station
was forced to cancel plans to broad
cast the New York City Hall recep-
ton for Gen. Jonathan M. VAIN
wright because of the strike.
Here in Washington, when the
strike came, there was a momentary
interruption of locally originated
(See RADIO, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Army and Navy
Free 12O Million
In Scarce Goods
Articles Ronge From
Arctic Clothing to
Tires and Tubes

The Army and Navy today pre-
pared to give the public a chance
to buy s12O,O00,OOO worth of
hard-to-get articles ranging
from Artie clothing to tires and
tubes.
The Navy is making available ta
the public 100000 worth of con-
sumer goods and the Army will dis
pose of winter clothing and equip
ment valued at S21 ,O00, 900.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
H. Struve aHensel told a press con-
ference in New York the Navy Is
releasing the following surplus
goods:
Lumber and building material VAL
ued at 5000, 900; textiles (mostly
cotton, s20,000,000; auto tires and
tubes, S6,000,000; canned fruits, S16,-
100000; canned vegetables, $4,000
900; hand tools, s5,00G000; cleaning
solvents, soap and soap powders, s4,-
100000, and shoes, S2,00O,0O0
Army's Surplus Items.
The Army's surplus offering in
cludes sleeping bags, kersey-lined
ski trousers, skis, mountain boots,
knitted wristlets, arctic felt shoes.
ski poles, and other cold weather
odds and ends.
Mr. Hensel told reporters that
since VI day the Navy has termi-
mated $4,000 contracts involving
more than $500, 900, 900. He esti-
mated that contracts valued at So
500, ,0o0, 900 remain unterminated.
Meanwhile, business received an
official pledge that war surpluses
will be sold to help, rather than
compete with, the output of new
civilian goods.
If more surplus products are on
hand than ordinary buyers can
absorb without glutting the market
and discouraging industry, the
Surplus Property Board said, the
excess will be used as economic
seed corn
New Uses to Be Sought.
In other words, it will be exported
to new foreign buyers, or fed into
public institutions and undeveloped
markets, to introduce the products
to new users
This should benefit industry by
stimulating a future demand in
markets which have not been custo-
mers in the past, the Surplus Prop
erty Board predicted in an explana-
| ton of disposal policies.
Congress yesterday completed
action on a bill to supplant the
present three-man board with a
single administrator. No changes in
broad board policy are expected to
result. however, because the present
chairman, w. Stuart Symington,
undoubtedly will be appointed to
the new post. President Truman re-
quested the change.
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Aerial Invasion Defeated Jops,
Top IndustridIists Declare
Nation Wos PoroIyzed
By Plone Blockade,
Leaders Assert
BY the Associated Gress.

1y Tit ASSOCldbtu T6SS.
TOKYO, Sept. 13.-Japan was
beaten to her knees before sur
render by the American aerial
invasion" which virtually para
lyzed industry and so completely
blockaded the islands that 7,OO0,-
600 japanese probably would
have starved to death if the war
had continued another year.
This was reported by seven promi-
nent industrialists at a press con-
ference yesterday.
They said American air raids de-
cided the outcome of the war and
that Japan was defeated before the
first atomic bomb was dropped.
Only the militarists and industrial
lists. however, knew they had been
tSee LNDUsTRIALISTS, Page A-2.|
Evening star., 1945-09-13
German Field Marshal
Dies as Prisoner
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. 13.-Field Mar
shal Ernest Busch, tall, bald COM
mander Of all Nazi forces in North
western Germany at the end of the
war in Europe. died in a British
prisoner Of war camp July II, the
War Office announced today.
Busch, go, was given a military
burial, with Field Marshal Kari
Won RundStedt and seven other
high-ranking German officer pris-
oners attending the services.
Evening star., 1945-09-13
4 Overseas Veterans Burn
To Death, % Hurt in Wreck

Ry the Associated Press.
AVER, Mass, Sept. 13.-Four vet
Grams who saw action in France
and Belgium were burned to death
today and % others were injured
when an Army bus crashed into a
South Main street tree. overturned
and caught fire.
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Take Tokyo Interviews
With Groin of SuIt,'
Nimitz Advises
(Tojo interuiew on Page A-3.D

BY the Associated Press.
GUAM, Sept. 13.-The -.Japa-
nese are busily telling Ameri-
cans what they think Americans
want to hear, and therefore
their statements should be taken
with "a grain of SALT" Admiral
Nimitz declared today, with par
ticular reference to japanese
assertions that air power alone
won the war.
I don't think our people should
be thrown off base by accepting
that, the feet admiral asserted.
Air power was the spearhead and
the sharp edge of the cutting knife,
but the rest of the knife was there,
tSee NIMITz, Page A-20
Evening star., 1945-09-13

garded himself as a major, since he
had not been officially notified of
his promotion to lieutenant colonel
He insisted on remaining in the
camp until all the prisoners could
be removed, process expected to
be completed by tomorrow.
In turn, some of his staff officers
(See DEVEREUX, Page ABB
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Revised Casualty List
Increased by 278
y the Associated Press.

Eg the Associated Press.
The Army gained but the Navy
lost men in today's latest revision
of casualty reports from the war.
The total now stands at 1,070,730
for all branches of the armed serv-
ices. This is 278 more than last
weeks recapitulation.
Liberation of 285 more prisoners
of war who previously had been
listed as missing cut the Army's
casualty total down to 922 1902, but
the Navy's total rose to 148, ,428,
an increase of 563 over last week.
Here are the latest figures for the
Army, together with those for last
week:
Killed, 205, ,O45 and 203, ,379: wound
ed, ST., ,6O8 and 57l, $50; missing, 25,-
O82 and 27,976; prisoners, 12O,567
and 1868 The casualties are
those reported through September Z.
The Navy figures: Killed $500
and 53,617: wounded, 79,752 and
1852; missing, 1882 and 10,947;
prisoners, 3,6O5 and 1929.
Evening star., 1945-09-13
Yunks Killed in BIust

DEAL, England, Sept. 13 R.-
Five Negro soldiers of the American
Labor Corps were killed and six
seriously injured last night when
5000 four-gallon cans of gasoline
caught fire and exploded.
Evening star., 1945-09-13

(See WAINWRIGHT, Page Al
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Continued on Page A-3, Column II
Evening star., 1945-09-13

(See ECONOMIC, Page A-21
Evening star., 1945-09-13

(See Disqualification, Pg. Alb.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-09
News

MT. Thompson has declared that there be positively no snow balling by the students during school hours. To some of us this sounds like a useless and fun killing rule, but there is, indeed. good reason behind it. Throwing snowballs at passing vehicles is dangerous and likely to cause ac- cidents if a window or the driver is hit. It is the duty of the school to try to decrease accidents rather Than increase them. Everyone realizes that snowballing is a lot of fun but, for the sake of safety, let's obey the rules of the school and not throw snoWballs.
 The girls and boys have ob- tained pledges from many of the sgnerchantS and buinesss men down town for donations to the Tuber- culosis Seals Campaign which will start next week. We all appreciate the generosity of Nomeites in these annual Tuberculosis drives. lst and End Grades
 The first grade have finished their work books and will take them home so their parents can see how well they do their work.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-09
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER g, 1945

Both divisions of first grade are together for few days. We are busy hunting pictures in maga- zines of Foods that help us grow" for our Growth Charts.
 3rd and 4th Grades
 The Red Birds are happy to have new books to read. Very few children have been tardy this six weeks period. Third and fourth grades are reading Indian stories n reading classes.
 5th Grade
 Tn our Art Class, conducted by Mrs. Judish, we have recently made some posters of vegetables and fruits. They look like real vegetables of squash, carrots and onions against a background of black. The fruits of grapefruit, an orange, and apples look real against a background of tan and yellow. For Geography, we have just been reviewing some of the early valleys, mountain trails and routes, over which our explorers went to settle the great west and far west from the Mississippi Val ley to the Pacific Coast. We know what continental divide means. We talked of the country, climate, and produce of Utah, where the Mormons settled and Ogden, where the last spike of the Union
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-09
FOR COLD WEATHER STARTING

A new non-petroleum lubricant for automobile, aircraft and other internal combustion engines has been developed and tested that is claimed to have unusual advan- tages over mineral oil, particular ly in cold weather. It's properties are quite different in many re- spects from oils derived from pc troleum. It is Wax-free and can be made to any desired viscosity
 The lubricant is a product of
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-09

Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation, and is now being produced in commercial quanti- ties. Its use in engines has been studied for several years in a large number of vehicles. Large quan- titles are in use in military equip ment, and, at the present time, sale of the material is limited to war uses.
 No petroleum oils are contained in the new lubricant. It has a density approximating that of wa
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-09

Pacific Railroad was driven, on May 10, 1869.
 9th Grade
 We have completed a group of well known stories in our Readers and are planning to pantomime some of the scenes from them. The stories include "Pandora's Box" by Hawthorne, "The King of the Golden River" by Ruskin and From and His Treasure Chest" by Pyle. Illeene Seiden- verg is leaving this week on a trip to Chicago. We are expecting that she will have a great deal to tell us when she returns. Her report will add interest to our Geography class.
The Nome nugget., 1945-11-09

ter. It is characterized by low change in viscosity with change of temperature. Carbon residue values are very low. Sludge and Varnish formation in the engine is practically eliminated when the new lubricant is used, and wear of moving parts in line with wear experience with ordinary mineral oils.-Science News Letter.
 The Yellow River in China has no fixed bed and has shifted as much as 800 miles in a year.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-06-16
MORE PRODUCTION-LESS
IMITATION

Homemakers in Mississippi were
told by Major w. e. Holcomb, OPA
district director that the new
vacuum cleaners, electric irons and
other household appliances will cost
about what similar models did in
1912.
Some manufacturers will soon
start to turn out alarm clocks,
cameras, and other war stopped
goods" he said, but the larger
items like electric refrigerators,
cars and stoves will take longer to
get into production"
AN avalanche of goods pouring
from our industrial plants to match
the vast amount of money in cir
culation will be of untold help in
quenching the fires of initiation
balancing the number of jobs avail
able, with the number of people
wanting work" he suggested.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-06-16

Selective cutting of sawlogs and
thinning timber stands for pulp
wood will help the war effort and
improve the remaining stand of
wood, foresters of the Mississippi
Agricultural Extension Service
point out.