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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
HARTFORD QUOTED
AS SAYING THAT FDR
APPROVED HIS LOAN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-P)-
John Hartford, president of the
The Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea company, was quoted today
as saying the late President Roose'
welt approved Of a 100000 loar
Hartford made to Brig. Gen. Elliott
Roosevelt, but that the President
assumed no financial or moral
obligation in connection with the
loan.
Several members of the House
Ways and Means Committee saio
Hartford's statement, read to the
committee today, set forth that he
made the loan strictly on a bust
ness basis, and expected no favors
from the President because of it.
They quoted the grocery chair
head as saying Mr.. Roosevelt
when reached by telephone al
Warm Springs, Ca, expressed the
view that loan, at 6 per cent in
connection with young Roosevelt
radio chain developments, would
be a sound investment.
Young Roosevelt, recently placed
on the Army inactive list at his
own request, could not be reached
Immediately for comment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
FIRST AIRLlNES
TAKE-0FF TODAY

W. c. league. vice-president Of
South East Airlines, Inc, an.
nounced late yesterday that he ex.
pected the company's first flight
from their Carolina Beach Dir base
to leave on schedule at 1852 a. m.
this morning.
Work on the runways, rendered
unusable by the recent rains, has
progressed to the point where no.
thing short of a cloudburst could
prevent the landing of the first in
bound flight at 9:37 a. M, Mr..
league said.
Operating under contact flight
rules, which prescribe a minimum
altitude of 1000 feet, only extreme.
ly bad weather could prevent oper.
alton of the flight, it was stated.
Mr.. league said that the Viii.
mington passenger list for the first
flight yesterday had been filled ano
that fares, now based on a 10-cent'
a-mile rate, would be lowered as
Continued on Page Two: Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
RUSSIANS FINISH
JAP OPERATIONS

LONDON, Aug. II. -P)- The
Russian occupation of Japanese
held territory in Manchuria, North
ern Korea and Southern SakhaliE
Island apparently was complete to,
dav as Moscow reported the round
LID of 10000 additional japanese
prisoners.
Moscow's 35-word communicate,
the briefest of the RLsso-Ja panese
war, reported that there had been
no changes during the day on the
Far Eastern front.
For the sixth straight day the
communique ended with the an
nouncement that 1.-The reception OF
surrendering japanese units and
formations continues. Taking
more than 10000 japanese troops
yesterday, the Russians ran up
their total bag to more than
$4,000.
The apparent cessation of Rus
sian movements in the Far East
came after Gen. Macarthur an
nounced that American troops
would occupy the Southern part OF
Korea. The Russians have moved
down to middle Korea on a general
line running from Hello on the
West coast to Gensan on the east.
These points are north of the 38th
degree of latitude which is to be
the official demarcation line.
Moscow dispatches said that the
occupation Of southern Sakhalin is
land, 26 miles north of the Japa.
nese home island of Hokkaido, had
been completed as Red Army units
spread out over remaining areas
from the captured port of Rutaka.
It was believed in Moscow that
Soviet amphibious forces might be
continuing their stepping-stone ad-
vance toward northern Japan over
the Kurile islands west of the AleC-
tlanS, but the Soviet communique
did not report any new operations
on the island chain.
dispatch from the Soviet capt.
gal said the Russians pobably
would occupy the entire chain Of
Islands extending south of the Rus
sian Kamchatka peninsula. No re
slstance was reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
INDIAN SOLDIERS
TO RECEIVE BREAK

BOMBAY, Aug. 27-tRAThe In
dian Government announced today
it would treat with mercy and gen
crosby the rank and file Indian SOL
diers who misguidedly Joined the
Indian National Army raised by the
japanese during the war.
Leaders and those guilty of hei.
nous crimes, however, will be tried
by court martial.
Most troops joined under pres
sure, a government communicate
said. These cannot be allowed to
remain in the army because they
violated the soldiers code and be.
trayed their companions. They will
be discharged and paid AZ Gays
wages.
Those who must stand trail are
accused of killing their former COM
rades, capturing or torturing Allied
troops, or consciously embracing
the Axis cause.
The communique commented:
1.-THE behavior of all these men
makes more glorious by contrast
the courage and endurance of those
brave soldiers, the great majority
of the prisoners of war, who re-
manned true to their salt and stub.
bornly resisted efforts of the enemy
to undermine their fidelity
Indian Nationalist leaders such as
Pandit Jawaharal Nehru have de-
manded leniencY for the turncoasts
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
Group Calls Pricing Meth.
cd Squeeze" On
Retailers
BY HELEN ASHBY

UNITED Press Starr Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-WD-
One of the OPA's own committees
tonight denounced the Agency's
reconversion proceeding program
as a squeeze" which will force
the nations storekeepers to pay
the cost of encouraging civilian
production.
The group, the OPA-Retail Recon-
version Pricing Committee, was
chosen by OPA's Consumer Goods
Price Division last month to study
the effect Of OPA's cost absorption
principle on the retail industry.
The committee, in turn, asked two
economists, DR.. jules Backman,
New York University School OF
Commerce, accounts and finance,
and Martin R. Gainsbrugh, chief
accountant of the National Indus
trial Conference Board, to "pre.
pare a case" for the retailers.
Their findings will be presented
TO OPA tomorrow.
The committee, which includes
members of the American Retail
Federation, said the economists
reported that OPA's price contro
program for the transition perioe
'erests upon a series of unwar
ranted assumptions; that tn,
policy or rigid price control, Will,
wage increases are permitted o.
encouraged, is doomed to fail
ure."
The committee said in a state
ment that ''the squeeze OPA ha:
been Tightening on the nation
merchants to cover up higher cost.
for labor and raw materials with
cut raising prices to consumers
has gone about as far as it car
CO."
OPA's new formula to hold retail
prices down through a "cost alb.
so1ption" theory was approved
by the Office of Economic Stabi-
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
American, Allied PWs
To Be Evacuated EQrly

MANILA, Aug. 27.-R-Evacua-
ton of American and Allied pri-
soners of war by plane and ship
will start "alnost simultaneously
with entry of occupation troops
into Japan, General Macarthur S
headquarters announced today.
Many prisoners in China and
Manchuria also will be evacuated
through Manila, in addition to
those from Japan and Korea, head
quarters said.
The Red Cross said 5000 mes.
sages from relatives in the United
States - most of them including
pictures of wives, mothers ano
children-were received today by
special transport for distribution
to the prisoners soon to be re.
leased and brought to the Mani.
la area. Formost of them the
messages will be the first direct
word from home in months.
Recovered prisoners in the China
and Manchuria areas first will be
processed by the Allied Recovered
Personnel Units under 1t. Gen
Albert c. Wedemeyer, command
ing United States forces in China
Many of the prisoners, said the
headquarters statement, are vete
rams of Bataan and Wake Island
The prisoner evacuation plan:
call for more than 70 Allied re
covered personnel units moving ir
with the occupation forces. 1t i:
expected the first plane loads Of
evacuees will be on the way tt
Manila within two or three day:
after the first landings. In Mani
la the evacuees will be sent }
replacement depots and hospitals
Among the first jobs of the re
covered personnel units will be not
ification of the families of the pri
soners. At each camp prisoner!
will be provided with forms or
which they will enter their name:
and next of kin. The forms will
be cleared to Manila by air courier
where headquarters will radio no
tifications to the War Department
for transmission to the next O
kin.
In addition, the released pri
.soners will be allowed to send {
10-word personal message to an.
designated addressee.
Attempts will be made to place
the prisoners on planes or ship
for their homes within five day
of their arrival in Manila. It i
estimated 80 per cent of the pri
soners will require disqualification
in Manila.
The prisoner recovery units will
include Australian, British ant
Dutch representative in addition
10 Americans.
A headquarters spokesman sail
Australian authorities had request
ed delay in the release of name
Continued on Page Two; Col. l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
BATAAN DEATH MARCH
SURVIVOR KILLED BY
ACCIDENTAL BULLET

KANSAS CITY, KAS., Aug. q
-R)-Sgt. Gaylord R. Shores, 20.
year-old survivor of the Bataan
death March, lived through three
narrowing years as Jap prisoner
only to die of a gunshot wound
inflicted accidentally by his bride
of a few weeks. Shores died today
in a Kansas City hospital follow
ing the accidental shooting in his
apartment yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Winifred Shores, 81, his
wife, told officers her husband was
shot during a playful scuffle with
SO caliber revolver. The bullet
entered the let side of the SER
geant's chest about three inches
above the heart. Mrs. Shores was
released after questioning.
Before he died Shores was able
to tell police that the shot was
fired accidentally and asked that
his wife be absolved of all blame.
"Please don't do anything to her, !"
ne was quoted by police.
In a statement, Mrs. Shores
said, 1--WE were playing and he
said he was going to hit me on the
nose. We scuffled and I picked up
the gun which was on the dresser
and pulled the trigger. thought
it was empty"
Sergeant Shores was liberated
from a prison camp when the
Yanks entered Manila and re-
turned to San Francisco in March.
He was on a 90-day furlough from
Winter General Hospital in Topeka.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
NURSERY SCHOOLS
MAY BE- RETAINED

Although the Federal govern
ment has announced that all Fed.
eral funds for the operation of
child care centers and nursery
schools will be cancelled after
October 81, H. M. Roland, super
intendent of education in New Han
over county, indicated that there
may be possibility of retaining
centers under the supervision of
the school department under a diff
ferent plan.
Mr.. Roland said that if there
were enough parents who wished
to pay sufficient sum to retain
these nursery centers without the
aid Of government support, there
would be a chance of keeping the
Units in operation.
At present there are three white
units and two Negro units still il
operation in the county. During the
summer, when the need for the
nurseries fell off considerably
units at Lake Forest, the Raleigh
section in Maffitt Village and Z
Negro unit on Queen street were
closed.
According to present plans, Mr.
Roland said, all units will close
as of October 81, with the excep
ton of the nursery school at New
Hanover High school, which is op
Grated under the direction of the
Home Economics Department O.
the school.
Although the government indi
Gated that funds will be discon
tinued because there is no Longer
need for mothers in war work
Mr.. Roland pointed out that tn,
demand in the Wilmington are;
has not decreased. The shipyart
and other industries which emplo,
women still are in operation.
Mr.. Roland disclosed that tn
nursery schools at present are car
ing for approximately 200 childrel
while the enrolment during tn
peak of war work within the are;
reached as high as 400.
An Associated Press dispatch
Continued on Page Two; Col. 1,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
Storm Heads
Inland Near
Large Areas
1OO-MILE WIND BLOWS
Damage Already Totals
Millions Although Cas-
ualties Are Low

HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. 27.-R-
Bay City, a town of $500 popula'
ton about 60 miles Southwest OF
Houston, is being torn apart by q
100-mile-an-hour wind as the de-
structive tropical storm haunting
the Texas coast for the past foul
days headed inland tonight.
Damage, already running into
millions of dollars, increased hour
ly as reports trickled in over Grip
pied communications. Only two
deaths SO far have been attribut.
ed directly to the storm.
The air in Bay City is filled with
sheet metal and debris, The Hous.
ton Posts correspondent telephon
ed. Terrific gusts were reported
unroofing buildings and uprooting
trees; streets were standing six
inches to two feet in water. Only
one highway remained open.
olIilI1dI 4CpOl ID Col11S IIO1II OtiCl
towns as thousands left coastal
homes for inland refuge.
The latest weather bureau ad.
vistory, issued at p. m. Eastern
War Time, said the storm at that
hour was conferred IS smiles North.
east of Palacios, continuing in a
Northeastward direction. The
storm was nosing inland rapidly
in the direction of a densely popu.
lated area after whiplash ing 400
miles of coastal country with hur.
ricane and torrential rains.
Palacios, population 2,28S, is
about 80 miles Southwest of Hous.
ton. Heavy property damage was
reported in that section. Camp
Hulen, formerly used as an artil
tery training center, is in the area
Rockport, population 1,729, re
ported many houses and buildings
unroofed by wind ranging up tt
1876 miles an hour. The damage
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
PUPPYLOYE SWAP
CAUSES SHOOTING

MIAMI, FLA, Aug. 81 Up "A
16-year old girls accusation that
her sweetheart shot her in a rage
after proposing puppy love
swap" for her 14-year-old sister
was under investigation by the
state attorneys office tonight.
State Investigator I. Ray Mills
said the girl, Juanita Lutren, told
him that she had been shot by
17-year-old youth, as the aftermath
of a quarrel over her sister, Eve.
Ign.
HE did it on purpose" Mills
quoted her as saying.
Previously, the girl had declared
she was shot during playful scuf.
file with the youth over possession
of a .32-caliber hunting rifle.
'Last Tuesday night we all went
to the MOVIES" she said, accord.
ing to Mills. 1--WE saw Blood On
the Sum- On the way home, he
asked me if it was all right if he
changed over to my sister Evelyn.
II told him it was okay with
me, and he got sore. He was
burned up
On Tuesday morning, the girl
said, the youth accosted her With
the rifle and threatened: Juan.
tia, I'm gonna shoot you'll"
AT first I thought he was fool.
ing, but then could see he meant
it," she told Mills today.
II begged him, please don't
shoot me- But he did,"
Hospital physicians said the girl,
wounded in the abdomen, was still
in critical condition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
OPA Committee Denounces Program;
Hurley Intercedes For China Peace
Ambassador Takes Plane
To Yenan To Bring
Back "Reds"
BY SPENCER MOOSA

-cHUMGKING, Aug. 81 R-
Maj. Gen. Patrick j. Hurley, U. S.
Ambassador to China, flew to Ye-
nan today to bring Communist
leaders back to Chungking for
unity talks with Generalissimo
Chang Kai-Shek that may end
China's long internal strife and
avert threatened civil war.
Weather permitting, Hurley was
expected back tomorrow in a big
American Army plane with Mac
Tse-Tung, chairman of the Com
munist party of China, and his
deputies. The generalissimo mean
while prepared for the long-dIlay
ed discussions aimed at a peace
full settlement of government ane
Communist differences.
(The Communist party, follow
ing Soviet Russia's pledge to give
exclusive aid to Cniang's Nationa
government, expressed a willing
ness today to compromise with
Chiang's Kuomintang party ane
urged the formation of a popula,
coalition government.
The communists, in broadcasts
from Yenan recorded by the FEC
offered a six-point program call
ing for a conference of all Chi
nese parties, free elections, anc
the recognition of popularity
elected government to ''immedi.
ately realize peace and avoid civ
il war"
(The "Chinese Communist par
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
Specialists
Group First
On Airfield
PLANES FERRY PARTY
Cruiser San Diego Leads
Task Force In Capt.
tai City Bay
BULLETIN

NEW YORK, Tuesday, Aug. 70
-W.H-An NBC correspondent re.
ported from Okinawa today that
one of the largest American trans.
port aircraft bound fer Atsugi air.
field cracked up on the Okinawa
airfield runway and killed spprox.
imately 20 Americans.
The correspondent, Bob shap.
len, said that valuable communities
tons equipment was destroyed.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANILA, Tuesday, Aug. rs
The first American 0ccupa-
ton forces landed in Japan to-
day at 8 am. Tokyo time e
pm. Monday Eastern War
Time).
Forty eight two and four en-.
gined transport planes and Flying
Fortresses began landing at that
hour at Atsugi Airfield, Is miles
southwest of downtown Tokyo.
with $50 technical specialists.
The momentous first arrival OF
ground personnel, to prepare for
mass arrivals two days hence, oc.
Cured as powerful fleet units.
headed by the $4,000 ton battleship
Missouri, rode at anchor in Sa'
gami bay, nine miles south Of At.
sugi.
The advance party at Atsugi inn
mediately set about arranging for
American signals and landing pro-
cedures for the air armada due
Thursday.
The Thursday arrivals will In
clude General Macarthur and his
staff.
The advanced party brought in
special equipment for immediate
contact with the advancing stag
ing area, from which the party
took off.
Atsugi's Airfield, like all other
Japanese airfields, is barely large
enough for American planes. The
technicians went to work to render
it as ample as possible in 4 short
time.
Col. John H. Lackey, Jr. of Nor.
folk, Va, commander Of the 317th
Troop Carrier group, piloted the
lead plane.
Col. Charles Tench took over the
task of supervising japanese pre-.
parations as previously detailed
by the document handed the Japa.
nese emissaries in Manila 10 days
ago.
Tench is from Alexandria, Va.
Three planes carried parts OF 4
Continued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
fORMER PILOT JOINS
WEATHER BUREAU

Kenneth Warren, the newest
member added to Paul Hess staff
at the U. S. Weather Bu1 eau, was
recently discharged from the Ar
my Ar Forces after serving over
yeas Tor nine months. For his per
iOlmances in Europe, particularly
y, u a. italy, Mr.. Warren, pilot of
n.z4' won the D. F. c., the All
, Neoal with three clusters and the
ely ribbon with five stars.
"A graduate Of New Hanover high
'ciool, MIR. Warren worked as
olght observer at the weather bu.
.Vaa prior TO entering the service
ni June, ls45 and plans to make
"edlher reporting his career.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
Reconuersion Picture Shows More Meat Soon
For Hungry Am ericans; Draft Needed HIT Says

to help the working wives of serv-
ice men.
Motorists had been awaiting
word from OPA, expecting it any
day now to announce its ceilings
on the new cars.
But this wasn't a ceiling list
which OPA boss Chester Bowles
issued. 1t was pricing prin-
ciple."
OPA has given manufa cturers a
formula to figure their price cell
ings on the new cars. Their prices
will have to be approved by OPA.
Bowles said it is fair assump-
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28

men 10 through Is should be con-
tinued to offset elements Of dan
ger" still confronting us in the
Far East.
Meanwhile:
Demobilization-The Navy hopes
to discharge 2,839, 1000 men within
year. This will leave the Navy
with 100000 men, 5000 officers.
Brains - The government will
turn over the seized, patents and
scientific developments of Ger
many and Japan to the American
public.
Chickens-More for your table.
The government stopped taking
first crack at all the chickens IN
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
RY srERLING r. GREEN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81 R -
You'll probably pay for your new
automobile just about what 1912
model cars cost in 1912.
This was the word from the OPA
late today. 1t denied it has already
drawn up list of ceilings. These
will be made known later.
While the government thus was
moving to keep down prices-even
on the new cars which haven't hit
the market yet - President Tru-
man was warning the country it
still is in a state of national emer.
gency.
He told Congress the draft of
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
TWO DEPARTMENTS GO
ON 4O-HOUR WEEK AS
PRESIDENT DIRECT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81 up -
Two old-line government depart
ments-Post Office and Interior
went on the 40 hour five day week
today, and the War Department
will cut to that basis Sept. 9.
Secretary Ickes made the cut
back effective Immediately for
4,023 Interior employees in Wash.
ington and ordered the field Of
fees, which have the balance OF
the Departments 44,453 employees
to put it into effect not later than
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28

nine eastern states. May be a sur
plus soon.
Meat - Cattle were pouring
through midwest stockyards.
Traders put one meaning on this:
More meat for you.
Electric gadgets = The govern
ment foresaw electric ranges,
washers, coasters, things like that
by fall but no abundance till
spring. ..
Business = Nationwide business
group told business men generally
to expand promptly and aggres-
slvely," thus creating more jobs.
Child care-The government will
try to continue child care centers
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
Halsey Orders Decent
Treatment OF Japanese

With Adm. Halsey in Says s
Bay, Aug. 27.-(R)-Befor e IS
tering Sagami Bay, A@HA, /.
Halsey cautioned all @ 2
Fleet personnel that 81 g
anese would be ire %
decenecy but that a. ' y g
ence by the Japs IS
render terms W. - At
with by force. 9
He also said L.. ~ be
no determination w. Ather
military or civilians. e~ q
amy violators of these meas
ures will be severely punish
ed" Halsey warned the Fleet.
LET your strength and your
decency govern every action
in relation to the Japanese"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)

Eastern Standard Time)
M,. (by U. S. Weather Bureau)
genealogical . data for the "a hours
E5O pm, yesterday.
Temperature
,.9o 'u am 81; 7:3O am. So; 1886 pm. 81;
Nan msxlmum 80; Minimum g.; Mean u;
ION Humidity
van 3o'o am. IS; 7 80 am. rs; 1880 pm. AZ;
Precipitation
voc inches. 0's ''0 p'i"'--
S5O inches. WV -'iS' u '''e '''oi''''-
IT, Tides For Today
ioh the Tide Tables published by u
N0aSt and Geodetic Survey.)
'I'iS'on ---- 2:2S am. 1882 am
Ntsso,,. 1858 pm. 8:07 pm
iipofo inlet = 1914 am. Apt am
sruu. IL :09 pm. 4:53 pm
$40 1a!IlSe SAP; Sunset 6:45; Moonris.
Pm Pm; Moonset 1903 am.
Fayetteville River stage 11.s. "
'o0ntinued on Page Three; Col. L,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28
FORECAST

North Carolina: Clear to partly cloudy
Tuesday, not much change In tempera-
ture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-28

CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. y
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Continued on Page Two; Col. u
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-21
ENzKopRZvNoBT

lostna. Prijela jo je "a roke in
j razlagala::
''Vidis, dusica, tako je bolje
zate. Ne izgubljas leta, Sc re-
Sis Smrekarja in vseh nepriik,
zaeno pa lahko poucujes Viktor-
ia in imas dvojni zasluzek. lie
vesela bodi, zlasti sedaj, ko sc
plete tista pravda."
Alena je pobledela.
Moi Bog, ali 81 kaj slisala ?
S pismonoso sem govorila. Ma
Joka je zvrnil."
"Jok popiva ze vec dni in raz-
metava denar. Vse govori kar
oeitno, da ga je Smrekar pod
kupil. Vert Sc, da je pismo dial
Strniski, in jo preklinja, ces,
zenska lakomna, XII j je prime
setaril toliko stotakov, ga hoce
v zahvalo zapreti."
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-21

N III q ~ (. K
Ali kaj govori o meni ~
"Nisem cula. Vkljub tenau je
prva stvar zate: proc cd Smre.
karja! Ali 81 starsem kaj pove-
dala, o tel stvari?"
'Nise1n, Sc ne upam."
'Molci in jih ne zali. JAZZ sem
govorila s Strnisko in zazugala
tudi Joku tako, da Sc ne DO upal
zlepa ziniti kaj o tebi. Bod mir
ma! Sedaj pa z Bogom. Moran
ma vlak, da si' uredim vse "a Sc.
litev."
Minka je cutila, kako sc je
tresla roka Aleni.
"Pogum, Alencica!" jo je ma
vdusevala in jo iskreno poljubi-
la.
Alena jo je spremila do veze
Ko sta Sc locili, je vstopil NEST
nj pismonosa: "Alena Trpotec?'