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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
Tokyo Denies Yonk Charge

San Francisco, Aug. 4-(UP)- Tokyo denounced today American charges that the Japanese deliber- ately located prisoners of wal camps near military bombing objec- tives as outrageous"
 In any event, Tokyo said, thers was not a single area of safety throughout Japan" as result sof tho American policy of "indiscriminats bombings"
 The broadcast was prompted by U. S. State Department protest thai prisoners were being kept near legit- innate bombing objectives in an ef. fort to. protect the installations.
 Radio Tokyo. quoting the Dome Agency, said the protest apparently resulted from Japanese report that a number of American prison: CTS had been killed in Superfort. ress raid July 26 in the heavily industrialized Tokyo suburb of Kaw- asaki.
 Actually, the Kawasaki camp ia in safety zone to which many res- idents have evacuated their fam flies, the broadcast said. Further more, the camp is close to a hospi- tai and near a wide-open area, it added.
 Borrowing the words of Ameri- ican charges against Japan" Tokyo said, Tt can rightly be said that the Americans intentionally con- slider everything on the surface of Japanese soil-even women and children-as military objectives. The broadcast ridiculed what 1t said were American suggestions that the Japanese would move other pri- soner of war camps to cities which the SuperfortresS command has warned in advance will be bomed.
 "These propagandists should bear in mind that the transportation needed for such shifting -will in- stead be employed by the Japanese government in the production of arms to shoot down Superforts. Dominators and other aircraft and battleships and transports" it said. to sink American aircraft carriers,
 The broadcast was recorded by the EGG.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
Okina1va, Ryukyu Isle Post For MacArthur
By HUGH CRUMPLER United Press War Correspondent

Manila, Aug. 4.-UP)- Command of Okinawa and the entire Ryukyu Island chain was shifted from Ad- miral Chester w. Nimitz to Gen. Douglas MacArthur to- day in preparation for the forthcoming American inva- sion of Japan.
 With the Philippines, these is lands form a great semi-circular base from which a mighty invasion force is being formed under the primary responsibility of General Macarthur for the final conquest of Japan," MacArthur's headquar- ters said.
 The announcement said that all army forces in the Ryukyus with the single exception of It. Gen. James H. Doolittle's Eighth Air Force now were under MacArth4r's direct con- trol.
 These include Gen. Joseph (Vin- egar Joel Stilwell's 10th Army, con- querors of Okinawa, and Gen George c. Kenney's Fifth and Sev- enth Air Forces. The 18th Air Force will come under MacArthur's com mand as soon as it reaches the Ryu- kyus from the South Pacific.
 In addition, MacArcnur's overall command includes the Sixth anc Eighth armies and other air force units in the Philippines.
 Commands Dozen Islands
 Besides Okinawa, MacArthur took over command of about dozen smaller islands captured by the 10th Army east, west and south oi Okinawa.
 The fact that MacArthur's new command includes "the entire Ry- uku chain of island" s"-stretchln from Japan southwest to Formosa- made clear that he would direct al future operations in the group.
 Radio Tokyo has been predicting that the Americans might invade Amani island, approximately hall way between Okinawa and Japan before landing on the enemy home land itself. Okinawa lies 330 miles southwest of Japan, about midway in the Ryuku chain.
 Nimitz had had overall command of the Ryukus since the beginning of operations against Okinawa. Fol time he relegated direct command (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04

cision on the Potsdam terms has been to fight on, there is always the chance that the relentless aerial assault which is mounting steadily may change the minds of the Jap anese leaders before the final as- Sault.
 One obstacle to surrender ap- parently is the difficulty Japanese leaders would find in reconciling surrender with Bushido, the Sa- mural code. Surrender is contrary to this code. However. students of Japanese traditions believe it pos sible a Japanese leader might ra- tionalize the circumstances and per- suade himself to offer surrender as means of saving Japan. A leader who would do this prob- ably would feel obliged to commit hari kari although here again he might be able to divorce imself from responsibility for Japan's plight by standardization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
Death Takes Jim Newman
By FRANK LACOKE

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 4.-(UP)- The Japanese had succeeded today after more than three years in kill ing Cpl. Jim Newman.
 Cpl. Jim, emaciated survivor of the Hetaan death march and three years in filth-ridden Japanese prison camps, died last night in the little white cottage of his parents.
 He died in his sleep. His father stood near him. His "mom" was resting in another room when death came to her courageous son.
 He died a month and day after he was taken home from an Army hospital after physicians had given up hope for his life.
 "Sheer exhaustion caused his death," his physician said.
 But everyone knew that the Japa- nese started killing Cpl. Jim James E. Newman-on the infamous march of death and made sure ot their victim with three years ot imprisonment in their diseased-filled prison camps.
 Lung Tuberculosis Asthma was the latest complica- ton to strike his wracked body suf- fering from tuberculosis of the lungs, throat and stomach. and beri- beri. & His death came as shock to his family His daily, brave grin had encouraged them to hope that the 26-year-old hero might recover. God wanted him and took him, Marie, sister said.
 "Its hard to believe that he: gone. We all tried and prayed sc hard to keep him alive and get him we'll"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
Two More Vessels
 To Dock In New York

New York, Aug. 4.-(UP)-The William Richardson and the Empire McAndrew dock here today with 807 American troops and two civilian technicianS from Europe.
 Aboard the Richardson were 750 troops, including. the 890th veterin- ary food inspection team, the 3142nd, 3147th, 3283rd, 3245th, 3097th. 3254th Engineer attachments, and the 337th. 339th, 350th, 332nd. 3S6th, 325th, 323rd, 330th, 320th, 309th and S12th military police escort guard attachments.
 Fifty-seven troops and the two civilian technicians were aboard the McAndrew.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
STAL|N GIVES
 TENTATIvE0K TO SUGGESTION
By MERRIMAN SMITH

By MERR1MAN SMITH Limited Press Stan Correspondent
 Aboard USS, Augusta With President Truman, Aug. A. (UP)-President Truman, it was disclosed today, sug- gested at the Potsdam meet ing that the next Big Three conference be held in Wash ington.
 Russian Premier Josef Sta lin tentatively agreed, de- pending on whether condi- tions at the time make it pos sible for him to travel so far from Moscow.
 The British attitude was not made known. Presumably Prime Minister Clement Attlee would be willing to come to Washington if Stalin agreed. The British have, however, been trying to get the Big Three to uGcb III 1OiluOI 1O4 oOlIlC OAAAAS'
 Time Undetermined
 The time of the next Big Three meeting has not been determined, or even discussed as yet.
 Should Stalin journey to Wash ington it would be the first time that he has strayed SO far from his native Russia. During the war he was unwilling to go farther than Tehran, Iran, to meet with former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the late President Roosevelt. His second meeting with them was on Russian soil.
 A Stalin visit here would be re- garded as diplomatic triumph of no little consequence for plain spoken, fortnight President Tru- man. It would be the second time the Russian leader would have ac- ceded to Mir. Truman's expressed wish in such a connection.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
 Near Delta Oil Fields
Ry WILLIAM c. WILSON

Limited Press war COrreSpOnuentl
 Manila, Aug. - (UP) - Austra- lian patrols pushed along ap- breaches to the rich oil fields of the Mahakam river Delta in East Bor- neo. today, threatening any possible Japanese withdrawal south toward Bandjermasin.
 Fighting was scattered and spor- adic after U. s. 18th Air Force and Australian bombers upset the enemy's planned retreat pattern yes terday with repeated bombing and strafing missions over the rear areas.
 The Far Eastern Air Force an- nounced that, with the help of at tached units, it had sunk or dam- aged 2,846,932 tons of Japanese merchant ana naval shipping dur ing the first seven months Of 1945.
 FEAFs bombers and fighters also destroyed or damaged enemy planes while flying more. than 150,000 sor- ties in which 100000 tons of bombs were dropped.
 The seven-months total was equivalent to the SlIlkllS or OdLl- aging of B Queen Elizabeths, and one He De France. The total was approximately two-flfths of the Japanese merchant navy as reported in 1889 by Lloyds of London.
 The communique figures revealed that 1,032, ,107 tons were sunk, 506,- 091 tons probably sunk, and 1,308,- 735 tons were damaged.
 Official information revealed that two per cent of the ships destroyed or damaged during July were war ships, 78 per cent were luggers, river boats or other small craft, and 20 per cent were large merchant ves- selS.
 A spokesman said that no fewer than 60 per cent of the ships were hit in Japanese waters. Twenty per cent were hit around China and Malaya, with 10 per cent bagged of Borneo, and another 10 per cent in the rest of the Southwest Pacific.
 Most of the aircraft were destroy ed or damaged on the ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
Bund Leaders Lose Restoration Pleas

New York, Aug. 4.-(UP)-Federal Judge Robert A. Inch denied today an application of three former Ger man Bund leaders for restoration of citizenship and stay of a Presidential deportation order.
 The three, who were among "A convicted in 1942 of violating the selective service and alien registra- tion acts and were denaturalized in 1943, were Walter Borchers, 41; Otto Fentzke, AS, and Bruno Clemens Knupfer, 48.
 They are now at Ellis Island awaiting deportation as dangerous aliens. having been re-arrested on Presidential warrants after the U. s. supreme court reversed their convictions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
BY REUEL s. MOORE

United Press Staff C0rresp0ndent)
 Washington, Aug. 4(UP)-S!nce the Japanese rejection of the Pots dam unconditional surrender ulti- natum, observers following Tokyo rediocasts have noted a hardening of the enemy's determination to resist to the bitter end.
 Numerous utterances on the Jap anese radio priod to the ultimatum suggested that perhaps the Japan csc will to fight was softening. Nov it appears these were merely bids for an easier peace offer.
 If the Japanese fight to the bitter end, military observers believe vic- tory can't come until next sprnig at the earliest. It will be impossible to redeploy sufficient forces from Europe prior to that time to achieve knockout blow against the Japan ese homeland.
 Even though the Japanese de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
NO SECRET FACTS MADE
 AT POTSDAM
By R. H. SHACKFORD United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, Aug. 4-(UP) Some American officials were more concerned today about the major European problems unmentioned in the Big Three communique than in the possibility of any undisclosed agreements.
 They cited specifically the Rhine land and Germany's western border as examples.
 Test Case Probable
 At the same time some of the del- egates at the recent United Nations conference in San Francisco saw in one section of the communique the makings of the first test case for the new world organizations trus- teeship system. Britain and the United States apparently turned down for the present Russia's pro- posal at Potsdam that the Italian colonies be made trusteeships.
 President Truman, speeding home aboard the USS Augusta. has given unequivocal assurance that mo se- cret agreements of any kind" were made at PotSdam. He made that statement to press association re- porters travelling with him in re- sponse to questions. It was assumed that any discussion of the Russian role in the Japanese war would be catalogued as a military secret and that MT. Truman was referring to political agreements.
 Despite the Presidents assurance that all decisions were included in the communique, American off, cials who were not at Potsdam, members of the Diplomatic Corps and members of Congress were hoping that Mir. Truman would be able to reveal more details about the conference. He is expected to land at a northeastern shore port early next week prepared to give g radio report on his first Big Three meeting.
 Diplomats thought 1t i1conceiv- able that during Big Three discus- sions on Germany. separations and allotment of German land to Po- land that the question of eventual disposition of the Rhineland and Germany's western borders could not have arisen. They were con-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
GOVERNOR ON VACATION

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 4 = (UP) = Gov. Baldwin, on yachting vaca- tion the past week, will return to the Capitol Monday, it was report ed at his office today.
 The Governor and Mrs. Baldwin are the guests of Frederick U. Con- rad, vice. president and works man. ager of the Underwood Companv.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
Airline Judge, B. Weeds 4th Time

Las Vegas. New, Aug. 4.-(UP,- Airline Judge, B. pert dark-haired actress, was married for the fourth time yesterday. Her latest hus- band is Vincent Morgan Ryan, 40. Chicago and New York advertising executive.
 Both recently obtained divorces in Chicago. They were married at 2 a. m. by District Judge George Marshall in the Little Church of the West at the Hotel Last Frontier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
BOY. g, DROWNS

Milford, Aug. 4 - (UP) - Police continued grappling today for the body of 9-years-old Donald Wilson, Bridgeport, who drowned near Charles Island late yesterday when he waded beyond his depth. A cou- sin Helen Mccarthy, IA, managed to swim to safety and was under treatment at Milford hospital.
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-07
WEATHER

WASHINGTON, Sept. e.-LP)-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending 8 pm. in
the principal cotton growing areas and
elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-07
SIDEWALK WORK
IS DELAYED BY
HEAVY RAINFALL

Sidewalk paving, scheduled to
begin here yesterday, was post
poned because of rain, and work
will be delayed for several days,
City Manager A. c. Nichols re-
ported today.
With the curps and base already
in, those pavements affected by
this decision are the two blocks
of Wright street, between Front
and Third, the three blocks be-
tween Castle and Ann and one
block on North 10Th, between
Chestnut and Grace streets.
Rainfall has amounted to 4.85
inches for the period beginning
Tuesday morning at 5:45 o'clock
and ending at 7:3O this morning,
making a total of 4.98 inches so
far this month.
No rain is expected today or to-
night, but there is a possibility of
showers tomorrow. The weekend
holds promise of being fair and
clear, the weatherman said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-07
Dorton Proposes Year
Around Exposition

RALEIGH, Sept. 6-WD-Exten-
sion of the State Fair from a SIX
day exhibit to a year round $780,
900 exhibit has been suggested by
Dr. J. S. Dorton, manager of the
State Fair.
The exposition would serve as
cross section exhibit of all North
Carolina for the thousands of WIS.,
itors VINO find it impossible to
visit all parts of the state.
ALI phases of North Carolina
government, agricultural and in
dustrial activity would be included
in the project, which is intended
TO honor veterans of both world
wars.
Dorton said that funds on hand
added to loans already authorized
by the state legislature would be
enough to get the program under
way. The remainder would come
from other sources, principally
private contributions, DR.. Dorton
said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-07
Indictment Returned
In Graham Election

RALEIGH, Sept. 6-P)-The
man w. T. Joyner of the State
Board of Elections said yesterday
that an indictment had been re-
turned in Graham county against
persons allegedly involved in cleo
ton irregularities in the Fontana
Dam precinct during voting in the
November 7, 1914, general cleo
lions.
The case is now awaiting trial
at Waynesville, Joyner said.
Joyner thus corrected a state
ment he made to the elections
board when it met here last week
and washed it's hands of pending
elections law infractions. At that
meeting, Joyner said there had
been no indictment or present
ment in Graham county growing
out of the Fontana Dam precinct,
adding that the same applied to
cases pending in Polk and David
son counties.
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died in prison in December, 1943,
after being i'll 70 days and wasting
away without medical attention.
The three said they never saw
Farrow, Hallmark or Spatz after
Oct. IS, 1912, and had no direct
knowledge that they were execut-
ed by the Japanese.
Hite and de Shazer, who were
crew members of the same plane,
said that Chinese soldiers posing
as friends turned them over to the
japanese when they parachuted to
the ground in China after their
daring raid on Japan.
These Chinese. however, were
exceptions. Other Chinese soldiers
and civilians aided 81 of the 30
Tokyo raiders TO escape through
Japanese lines into free China.
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MACARTHUR WILL
DEMAND REPORT
ON MISSING FL YERS
BY REUEL ). MOORE
limited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. Ia
Cen. Douglas Macarthur is GER
tain to demand information from
Japan on the fate of the only three
Tokyo raiding Doolittle fliers still
unaccounted for, military observ-
ers believed today.
Three of the filters who partici-
pated in that history-making raid
in April, 1912, cleared up the
mystery surrounding t h fate Of
several of 1t. Gen. James H. Doc
Titles intrepid band at a press
conference here yesterday.
Their stories, together with in
formation already in the hands OF
the War department, left still I'M
known the fate of only three OF
the original Tokyo-bombing crew.
The Japanese reported the exc
cution of some of the original Tok-
70 raiders, but this has never been
confirmed.
The three still missing airmen
are 1st 1t. William G. Farrow
Washington, D. c., 1st 1t. Dean
E. Hallmark, Dallas, Tex, and
Sgt. Harold A. Spatz, Lebo, Kan.
They were among eight Ameri-
can filters imprisoned and tried by
the japanese in Shanghai in Au-
gust, 1912 Three others were the
men who returned to this country
yesterday after their liberation
from japanese prison camp
near Peiping. They are Capt. Rob
ert L. Hite, Earth, Tex, Capt. c.
Jay Nielsen, Hyrum, Utah, and
Sgt. Jacob D. de Shazer, Madras,
Ore.
The other two were 1st 1t. Rob
ert ]. Meder, Lakewood, O., and
End 1t. George Barr, Madison,
Wis.
Hite, Nielsen and de Shazer said
that on Oct. IS, 1912, they, Barr
and Meder were brought into court
and told that all eight had been
sentenced to death for killing in
nocent japanese but that the en-
peror had commuted their SEN
fences to life Imprisonment.
Barr was freed after the Japa-
nese surrender and is now hospi-
talized in China. Hite said Meder
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Progress in scientific re-
search and development is an
indispensable condition to the
future welfare and security of
the nation. I urge early adop-
ton of legislation for the es-
Enlistment of a single Fed
eral research agency. ..
Taxes will play a vital role
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War Production Board will
have to support the stabiliza-
ton program as it has done
during the. past four years.
/ ask that full employment
legislation be speedily en-
acted. 80. Full employment
means full opportunity for all
under the American economic
system - nothing more ana
nothing less.
This is not the time for
short-sighted management to
seize upon the chance to re-
duce wages and try to injure
labor unions. Equally 1t is
not the time for labor leaders
to shirk their responsibility
and permit widespread In
dustriaI strife.
The government now must
be prepared to carry out the
nations responsibility to aid
farmers in making their neces-
sary readjustments from a
wartime to a peacetime basis.
Our first concern should be
for those who have been in the
armed force for several years.
We should try to avoid
imposing further services upon
them. The only way this can
be done is to continue the in
duction of young men who as
yet have not served tour of
duty in the armed services.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6-U.D-
Col. Robert R. Mccormick, pub
Usher of the Chicago Tribune, and
the Tribune Co. have filed a pc.
tition with the Supreme court for
re-hearing of the governments
antitrust case against the Asso-
cjated Press.
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Truman Speech Highlights

In attaining q prosperous
peace. I recommend that a
transitional tax bill be enacted
as soon as possible to provide
limited tax reductions for the
calendar year 1916.
am sure that Congress will
see to it that adequate pro-
lection and encouragement will
be given to the small business
Of the nation.
1 recommend that the Con-
gress give prompt considera-
ton to the recommendations
by The Veterans Ad-
ministration relative to
hospital and medical care, to
vocational training, to
education and those which
would increase the rates of
compensation for specific in
juries.
We must recognize that 1t
will not be possible for our
allies to pay US dollars for
the overwhelming portion of
the Lend-Lease obligations
which they have incurred. But
this does not mean that all
Lend-Lease obligations are to
be cancelled.
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GUAM, Sept. 6.-P)-Sixty-one
Superfortresses continued merc.y
missions today, dropping 1000
pounds of supplies each for pris-
oners of war in Is Hanshu camps
around Tokyo, Osaka, Horishima
and Nagoya.
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MERCY MISSIONS

Taxes will play a vital role
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APPOINTED

RALEIGH, Sept. 6.-CP)-Collier
Cobb of Chapel Hill has been ap-
pointed by Governor Cherry to re-
place George B. Patton of Frank
lin on a commission to study the
needs and facilities for motor We
hicles transportation of property
and to recommend appropriate leg
islation to the governor for con-
sideration. Patton could not serve
on the commission because of his
appointment as general counsel for
the State Highway Commission.
The wartime aviation express
sion 'pranging a bogie" means to
bring down an enemy plane.