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Evening star., 1945-08-22
Sugar Rationing Due
Into 1916,
Food Chiefs Declare
Philippines Can't Help
Until l947, Senote
Committee Is Told

Sugar rationing will continue
into next year and chances OF
getting any supplies from the
Philippines before 1947 to help
relieve the United States sugar
shortage are slim, top Govern
ment food officials today in
formed a Senate small business
subcommittee.
Price Administrator Chester Bowles
told the committee holding hearing
on sugar that controls over sugar
and fats and oils probably will be
the last to be lifted, and added that
"the sugar problem will be with us
for some time
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
dashed any hopes of the Philippines
aiding in easing the sugar shortage
in the near future. The Japs, he
said, left cane fields unattended and
accordingly as much as 18 months
will be required before a cane crop
can be expected.
Questioned on Subsidies.
Mr.. Anderson was questioned at
length by Senator Wherry, Republi-
can of Nebraska on the Depart
ment's policies in connection with
payments Of subsidies to domestic
sugar beet producers and an in
creased price granted Cuban pro-
ducers.
Senator Wherry contended a So
(See SUGAR. Page A-2.D
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Air Transport Fleet
al 0kinawa
To Occupy Japan
Greatest Aggregation Of
Such Planes Covers Two
Square Miles at Airport
By the Associated Press.

OKINAWA. Aug. 22-The great
est fleet of giant four-engined C-54
(Skymaster) transport planes ever
assembled on one field spread over
2-square-mile area on Okinawa's S
Kadena airdrome today as the
Army Transport Command concen-
trated airliners from all over the
world here to execute an unan-
nounced mission.
(The great concentration pre-
sumably is ready to carry Allied
occupation troops into Japan.
Tokyo said they would start
landing Sunday)
Scores of the big silver aircraft
are parked double along the service
aprons and taxi ways of Kadena
where 1t. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's
Super Fortresses were to have been
based in an aerial offensive against
Japan.
Operations-a large tented struc-
ture with sandy floors-is crowded
with pilots. They have been called
from Cairo to Brisbane and from
London to Honolulu and Manila.
The only flyers absent were those
on the India-China run. They are
needed for another mission.
Each incoming plane brought not
only its own five-man crew, but
another crew and a half as spares
and five ground force personnel.
There was a sudden concentration
of $500 flyers, 1000 mechanics and
$50 more administrative men to be
fed, sheltered and supplied.
The operation is under the direc-
ton of Maj. Gen. William Ord
Ryan, commanding the Pacific Di-
vision of 1t. Gen. Harold Georges
Army Transport Command.
In immediate command was Brig
Gen. Edward H. Alexander, COM
manding Southwest Pacific wing of
the Pacific Division.
Col. Earl T. Kicks of Little Rock,
Ark, deputy commander of the
Southwest Pacific Wing, said all
ATC planes would be returned to
their proper stations and resume
world air service as soon as the mis-
sion is completed.
Meantime air travel in the Pa
cific is disrupted.
Navy air transport service and
contract flyers of the United Air
lines and Consolidated Aircraft are
carrying as large loads as possible.
1t took No. l priority to obtain
air passage from Hamilton Field,
near San Francisco, to the Far Pa
cific, and such priority was virtu-
ally impossible to obtain.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
AttIee Asks Commons
10 Ratify Charter
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-Prime Min
lister Clement Attlee formally called
for ratification of the World Sc
curity League Charter in the House
of Commons today, declaring that
if persecution of minortiies rises
again in the world the organiza-
ton would take note of it and take
action"
Both Houses of Parliament began
separate debates on the covenant
designed to outlaw war by punitive
steps against aggressors.
Mr. Attlee declared that the Sue
cess of the new organization will
depend not so much on the exact
provisions as on the spirit in which
they are worked and acknowledged
that ''if a great power is resolved
not to carry out the principles of
the Charter, then no paper provi-
sion will restrain it."
In the other branch of Parliament,
Lord Jowitt, new lord chancellor.
told the peers "the Charter contains
the difference between life and
death for civilization as we know it,"
This is great Charter" Mr..
Attlee declared.
In reference to the atomic bomb,
he added, "All of us realize that we
are now faced with a naked choice
between world cooperation and
world destruction
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Sir Ronald Lindsay, Former
British Ambassador Here Dies
Diplomat Served in
Washington 9 Years,
Leuvinq in 1899

Word of the death of Sir Ronald
Charles Lindsay, 68, British Ambas-
sador here from 1880 until 1889, has
been received by the British En-
bassy. Sir Ronald died yesterday
at Steepleton House, Blandford,
England, the Embassy said it was
notified. His widow is the former
Miss Elizabeth Hoyt of New York
City.
When Sir Ronald departed for
England in the summer of 1889 he
had rounded out 40 years of diplom-
acy, 10 of it as his majesty's AM
bassador to Washington. He left
relations on as cor
dial a footing as at any time since
the World War.
Fundamentally q shy man, Sir
Ronald was q ruddy Scotsman who
could name his Norman ancestor on
the field Of Hasting In 1866. but who
owed his highest appointment to
q Labor government.
Sir Ronald completed on q pleas
ant note an suspicious diplomatic
Evening star., 1945-08-22

Atsugi airfield two days after air.
borne troops make their initial land
ing at that airfield 20 miles south
west of Tokyo.
The broadcast, beamed in English
for American consumption, avoided
the word surrender" as it reported
the truce agreeemnt" will be signed
formally on August 81, aboard a
United States warship in Tokyo Bay
The source quoted was the Tokyo
newspaper Yomiuri Hochi.
Gen. Macarthur said, after his
aides met Japanese emissaries in
Manila last week end, he would
"soon proceed to Japan" and antici-
pated the surrender would be
signed within 10 days"
Since the return of the emissaries
to Japan, the Tokyo radios grow
Ing series of unconf1rmed reports
have presented this version of events
to come:
Japan is preparing to withdraw
armed troops 'as promptly as pos
sihle" from an area south of Tokyo
on both sides of Toxic Bay prior
to Allied landings.
Saturday, August 25-Allied air
operations will begin over Japan
Sunday, August 26-Airborne AL
lied troops will take over Atsugi
airfield; two Allied fleets will en-.
ter Sugami Bay, outside Tokyo Bay
with "one unit entering Tokyo Bay
II conditions are favorable"
Tuesday, August 28-Gen. Mac
Arthur will land at Atsugi by plane;
(See SURRENDER, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Allied Flyers Land Amid Jops,
Are Wined4 Cursed Given Cos
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Aug. 22.-An Allied
mercy crew which landed at Keijo,
Korea, in the midst of $4,000 Jap
anese soldiers was alternately
cursed, threatened, wined and en-
tertained before it took off again
with 500 gallons of Japanese gaso-
line, a member of the party said to-
day.
The mission of % Americans and
Koreans landed at Keijo August 18.
The Japanese refused to allow them
to see Allied prisoners of war but,
rather than intern them, gave them
the 500 gallons of gasoline to return.
owl Correspondent Henry r.
Lieberman, who accompanied the
team, related the story:
The team was led by 1t. Col.
Willis H. Bird, Lansdowne, Pa. As
the transport settled down on the
japanese air strip high-ranking
Japanese ofilcerA including one
Evening star., 1945-08-22

identified as 1t. Gen. Yoshio Kotsuki,
commander of the enemy forces in
Korea, approached the plane.
He refused the request OF the
Americans to see Allied prisoners
and also refused to give the names
and nationalities of the prisoners.
The mercy team and the crew
of the plane put up for the night
because the Japanese commandant
was unable to get enough gasoline
for the CAT to leave Immediately.
The Japanese meantime brought
up two tanks and set up trench
mortars around the plane A ST.
nm. cannon covered the party.
During the night the Japanese
entertained the Americans with beer,
sake and japanese songs.
Flight -Oficer Edward McGee,
Durant, Okla, commenting on the
scene, said: "If some one had told
me two weeks ago I'd be In q setup
(see MERCY CREW, Page Aid
Evening star., 1945-08-22
General Confirms
He Will Land in
japan uesdoy
BULLETIN.

MANILA, Thursday (P.-
Gen. Macarthur today dis
closed the terms of Japan's
surrender to the Allies and
notified Japan that the docu-
ment will be signed in the
Tokyo area August 81. He
said he would land in Japan
next Tuesday, August %. This
corroborated an earlier Tokyo
radio announcement that the
occupation force commander
would arrive that day. Japan
was ordered to put his direc-
tives into effect by 6 pm.
Friday.
The general announced that
a double barreled landing
will send troops ashore near
Tokyo, backed by the full
power of the United States
Fleet in Tokyo Bay, while he
lands with air-borne troops
at nearby Atsugi Airdrome.
BY the Associated Press.
MANILA, Aug. 22.-Gen. Mac
Arthur disclosed today that the
japanese already have a copy of
the surrender document they will
be required to sign
He said it informs them that rep
resentatives of Australia, Canada
France, the Netherlands, and New
Zealand will join the Big Four in
signing.
The text of Gen. MacArthur's
message to the Japanese imperial
headquarters supplementing
the document said:
Representatives of Australia
Canada, France, the Netherlands
and New Zealand will sign the sur
render instrument. The surrender
instrument, copy. of whereof was
furnished your representatives, will
be amended accordingly"
EhSG ltfcidtlOH Oh DOCuUlenl.
The message was the first indica-
ton that japanese en1issaries to the
Manila conferences had carried back
to Japan the surrender document
Previous announcements had said
the conference was limited to details
pertaining to Gen. MacArthur's en-
try into Japan.
No indication as to whether the
Japanese emissaries had been per-
mitted to discuss any aspects of the
surrender document with American
officers was given.
Presumably the instrument was
handed to them for trans
to the imperial authorities
in Tokyo, since 1t. Gen. Tokashiro
head of the mission, had
the sole role of accepting instruc-
tions, without negotiating.
Macarthur May Land Tuesday.
The Tokyo radio said today with
out Allied confirmation that Gen
Macarthur will set foot on Japan
next Tuesday, arriving by plane at
Evening star., 1945-08-22
GauIIe Due
Here at4P.M.
To See Truman
French Leader Hopes
To Solve Some of
Nations Problems
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

Gen. Charles de Gaulle, provi-
sional president of France, is
to arrive today for a three-day
visit in which he will attempt to
solve, in conversations with
President Truman and Secretary
OF State Byrnes, some of the eco
nomic, political and military
problems now vexing his nation.
Accompanied by staff OF 16 ad-
visors and attaches, the man who
led the Free French forces after the
German conquest Of France in 1910
will arrive at the National Airport
at pm. Mr.. Byrnes, Ambassador
Henri Bonnet of France and other
officials will greet the French Presi-
dent there and accompany him to
the White House.
Gen. de Gaulle spent last night
at Gander, Newfoundland, after a
flight across the Atlantic. His plane,
York airliner presented to him by
the British government, took of
this morning for a direct fight here,
according to the Associated Press.
President Truman will receive
Gen. de Gaulle at 4:30 pm. and
he will be the guest of honor to- ,
night at an official dinner at the
White House. Tomorrow he will
move to Blair House, the Govern
ment's entertainment mansion, and
remain there until Sunday.
Came Here Last Year.
Gen. de Gaulle's present visit Is
the second he has made to WASH
lngton since becoming provisional
head of the French state. In the
Spring of last year he came here for
conversations with the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt which led shortly
afterward to the diplomatic recog-
milton by this country of the pro.
vlslonal government and its integra-
ton into the high councils of the
Allies.
Jefferson Caffery, American Am
bassador to France, arrived here by
plane yesterday to take part in the
Franco-American conversations. He
was accompanied by party OF
French and American newspaper.
men.
Ofhclals say that Gen. de Gaulle
has submitted no agenda on matters
he wishes to take up here. However,
well-informed sources believe that
the following are some of the i'm
portant issues which probably will
arise:
l. Political-Gen. de Gaulle. it Is
understood, would like to be assured
OF American support for Frances
reported desire to internationally
the Rhineland and set it up as a
permanent buffer state between
France and Germany. While no de-
tails of this plan have been sub
mitted, some officials understand
France would welcome an arrange
ment similar to that for the inter-
national zone of Tangier, across the
Mediterranean straits from Gibral-
tar.
Thinking About Reparations.
The French leader also is under
stood to be seeking some clear-cut
idea of the amount of reparations
France will receive from Germany.
At Potsdam the Big Three, after
making specific arrangements for
Russian reparations, provided only
that the United States, Great Brit
ain and "other countries entitled to
Preparations" should receive theirs
from the western zone of Germany.
France was promised a seat on the
Reparations Commission, but no
amount was proposed as its share.
In view of Frances present need of
industrial equipment and raw ma
(See DE GAULLE, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1945-08-22
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Aug. 22-Jap-
anese red tape delaying 1t. Gen.
Jonathan M. Wainwright's de-
parture from Manchuria, where
he has been a prisoner of war,
apparently was cut today by
Soviet authorities.
A message from an American air.
borne rescue team at Mukden
quoted Russian officers as saying
last night that a B-24 Liberator
was en- route to Hsian, 100 miles to
the northeast, to fetch Gen. VAIN
wright, who has been a prisoner
there with seven Americans and 26
other Allied nationals.
1t was expected here that the
hero of Corregidor would be flown
to Chungking shortly after his ar
rival in Mukden. American authori-
ties were known to be working to
expedite his transfer to Chungking,
and no further difficulties were fore
seen.
The japanese, apparently fearful
of taking any action that might
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Plane Flies to Get Wainwright
As Soviets Cut Jops' Red Tape
Hero Expected to Be Speeded to Chungking;
Russians Also Gust Jops Guarding Parker

cause difficulties with the Russians,
previously were reported delaying
Gen. Wainwright's departure pend
ing Soviet approval.
The rescue team at the Mukden
prison camp also disclosed that
Russian mission which arrived there
last evening had Immediately ousted
the japanese guards and placed
Maj. Gen. George M. Parker, jr.,
ranking American officer at the
camp, in full charge. Gen. Parker
was captured during the battle of
Bataan Peninsula.
Reports from the other rescue
team at Peiping said all internees
there-including lit Americans, 1873
Northumberland number of
Britons-had been moved into ho-
tells. The condition of the internees
was said to be as good as could be
expected and medical arrangements
were described as very satisfactory.
The team at Weihsien in Shan
tung Province asked for additional
medical supplies, but said there was
no great emergency. The internees
(See WAR PRISONERS, Pig. A-14.)
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Macarthur ReIoxes
Order GROUNDING
All Jap Aircraft

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, Thursday, Aug. %.
Gen. Macarthur today re-
laxed his order grounding all
Jap planes in order to permit
Japanese use of minimum
number of unarmed aircraft for
liaison purposes in applying the
surrender terms.
a Tokyo radio yesterday dis
closed Gen. Macarthur had
grounded all japanese aircraft
when Imperial headquarters
transmitted a request for the
use of some planes in "the
prosecution of surrender re-
quirements.'
Gen. Macarthur replied Jap
anese armed forces are author
lied to employ to the minimum
extent possible unarmed air.
planes marked by red pennants
for urgent requirements in con-
nection with execution of sur
render terms"
Attacks by fanatical Japa-
nese pilots against American
ships and Photographic planes
after the japanese capitulation
necessitated the original ban,
which extended to civilian as
we'll as Army and Navy planes.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
State eAccuses QuisIinq
OF Numbering Noted
Underground Leader
Former Norwegian Puppet
Declares He Asked Only
For Hunsteen's Removal
By the Associated Press.

OSLO, Norway, Aug. 22.-The
State today accused Vidkur
Quisling of the murder OF Viggo
Hansteen, one of the leading
Norwegian underground leaders
and the defendant, with a sob
in his voice, denied the charge
Hansteen, whose widow is now a
member of the present Norwegian
government, was killed by the Ger
mans in 1s41. Prosecutor Annaeus
Schjoedt accused Quisling of re-
sponsibility, charging that the pup
pet premier during the occupation
years asked the Germans to get rid
of Hansteen because he led a
strike.
Il never asked the Germans to
kill Hansteen," Quisling cried. "Only
to remove him. He was making
things difficult for me-"
Organized Union Protest.
"Your accusations against Han
steen were not even true" the pros
ecutor charged, you murdered
him"
Quisling countered that "if my
advice had been followed, he never
would have been killed" The pros
ecution said Quisling told the Ger
mans that Hansteen organized a
trade union protest against the
occupation and that Hansteen, q
Communist, was a colonel in the
Russian Army.
Earlier in this third day OF
Quisling's trial for treason and
sundry charges, Schjoedt read let
ter which he said Quisling wrote tc
Hitler giving his great Germanic'
plan for placing Norway inside the
German state system. Quisling dis
claimed the letter, but said he had
sought means of uniting a bloc OF
nations with Germany.
During the occupation I had tc
be practical in dealing with the
Germans" Quisling testified. Ger
man authorities in Norway tried
time and again to establish a mil
itary dictatorship. They wanted to
make protectorate of Norway. ]
fought that all the time and I think
I won out, more or less"
Denies Burning Files.
Quisling said he had not burned
a single paper of his files during the
occupation because "the idea never
entered my mind"
Quisling asserted that Hitler in
tended to grant Norway independ-
ence through him. adding:
That was his will and intuition.
Schjoedt asked Quisling whether
he studied concentration camps
supervised by his subordinates.
"It may sound strange" Quisling
(See GUSHING, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Henry Pu-Yi, Puppet Emperor
OfChino, Captured by Soviets
Lost of Monchus'
Held as Internee
And Treated Well
By the Associated Press.


Henry Pu-Yi, the "boy en-
peror" of Manchukuo whom the
Japanese placed on the Manchu
throne in 1884 as the head of
their puppet government in
China's three eastern provinces,
has been captured by the Red
Army and is being held as an
"internee," the Soviet Komso-
molsk radio station said today.
The radio announcement was re-
corded by Federal Communications
Commission monitors. 1t was made
in the form of warning to 1t.
Gen. Hata. japanese chief of staff
demanding the good behavior Of
your army"
His imperial majesty and his at
tendant are treated with hospital
ity," the Soviet announcement said.
Earlier, the British Broadcasting
Corp. had announced, without CIV
ing source for the information,
that the Manchukuo puppet was
now in Russian hands.
Meanwhile, an Associated Press
dispatch from Chungking quoted
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Copies of Japanese
Surrender Extra
Now on Sale

A limited supply of the
extra edition issued by The
Evening Star on Tuesday,
August IA, announcing the
Japanese surrender, is still
available.
On sale at the business
counter of The Evening Star
at 5 cents per copy.
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Government Controls
On Private BuiIdinq
May Be Ended Soon
4R-BiIIion Industrial
Construction Approved;
NyIon Hose to Return
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE. Jr.

BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
Government controls over pri-
vate construction may be lifted
within a few weeks, it was indi-
Gated today as the War Produc-
ton Board authorized an even
tual 81 500, 100000 worth of in
dustrial construction during the
reconversion period.
Restrictions on the building of a
wide variety of factories and plants
were scrapped yesterday along with
a WPB conservation order control
ling the production and distribution
OF nylon and rayon. The agency
promised nylon hose by T1anksgiv-
ing or by Christmas, at the latest
WPB sources predicted an early
end to controls over use OF lumber
to be followed by an easing of ban.
on home construction. Government
officials working on plans for a vast
home-building program would like
to scrap controls by September 80
Larger than anticipated cutbacks ir
lumber by the Army and Navy clears
the way for plans to give the 60
ahead signal on building.
Bottlenecks in Construction.
Bottleneck items in construction
include cast iron pipe. brick and tin.
These products are more a threat
to a resumption of construction than
lumber, according to WPB. Off
cials are considering the problem of
whether to lift all controls over con-
struction at once or do it piecemeal.
Meanwhile, the agency, continuing
its current drive to move out of the
way of American economy, an
nounced that it will abandon its
complicated priority system and al
location controls by September 30.
The controlled materials plan,
known as GIMP and employed to
regulate the flow of steel, copper
and aluminium, will be revoked on
that date.
AS substitute, WPB will issue
only two priority ratings-an MN
rating for the military and a &C
rating for nonmilitary use. The
latter, WPB explained, will be used
only when a company needs help
to break some reconversion bottle
neck in materials or equipment
This is in line with the Govern
ment's theory that business should
be unhampered in the reconversion
period.
Good News for Motorists.
WPB also had good news for mo-
torists and homeowners seeking new
radios.
Military cutbacks in electronic
equipment now underway promises
to give consumers 3,5oo,000 new radio
sets by the end of the year, WPB
said. Military cancellations will
amount to more than 80 per cent of
the total contracts outstanding on
July l, the agency estimates.
AS for passenger car tires. officials
(See RECONVERSION, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1945-08-22

CLEVELAND, Aug. 22.-Wash-
ington's Mats were. to wind up
their brisk drive through the
West, their last this season, with
a double le-header against the
Cleveland Indians in League
Park this afternoon. They went
into the tussling with a record
of II wins and 9 defeats for the
swing through the inland sector
of the American League and one
Of four wins in five games in the
series here.
The score at the end of the sixth
inning was Washington, /: Cleve-
land, 0.
Pitching for the Mats in the open
ing encounter today was Roger
Wolff, knuckle- -baller, who boasts a
l4-8 record. The Tribe countered
with the veteran Mel Harder, right
handler, with 3-5 showing for his
brief campaign.
FIRST INNING.
WAS HING TON Kreevich
grounded out, Cihocki to Rocco
Myatt grounded out, Harder to Roc
CO. Lewis flied to Mackiewicz. No
runs.
CLEVELAND-Meyer tripled to
left-center field. Rocco walked.
Fleming popped to Myatt. Heath
sent a short fly to Binks. Ross
flied to Lewis. No runs.
SECOND INNING.
Observation-Disclosures grounded
out, Meyer to Rocco. Binks ground
ed out, Meyer to Rocco. Layne
grounded out, Meyer to Harder, who
covered first. No runs.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES flied
to Kuhel. Hayes singled to left
center. Cihocki was called out on
(See BASEBALL. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-08-22
Forced Landing Shakes
Marshal Montgomery

BY the Associated Press.
21st ARMY GROUP HEAD
QUARTERS, Germany, Aug. o.
Field Marshal Montgomery made a
forced landing today while on a
flying visit to Canadian troops
An official announcement said he
was rather badly shaken up, but
he is all right"