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Evening star., 1945-07-27
Air Line EmpIoye Found
Shot 10 Death in Home

The body OF Harry Nelson Peters,
20, SON. -in-law of Navy commander
and an employe of Eastern Air
Lines, was found in the basement
OF his home, 1853 Ogden street NV,
last night, police reported. A .22-
caliber rifle lay nearby. officers said.
Deputy Coroner Christopher Muir
ply today issued a certificate of
suicide in the case.
The naval officer, Comdr. Will
Gates, stationed here, said Mr..
Peters was a former enlisted man
in the Navy who was discharged in
l941. He said Mr.. Peters had suffered
severe headaches for several years.
According to police, Mr.. Peters
had left his wife, Mrs. Marianne
Gates Peters. and 4-year -old daugh-
ter, Katherine, about $50 pm. and
had gone to the cellar where he
often spent hours at a work bench.
Police said that a few minutes later
Comdr. Gates, who also was in the
house, went to the cellar and found
Mr.. Peters seated against a packing
box with bullet wound in his
heart and the rife at his side.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
100000 Tons Of Coal
Already on Way 10
Europe, Ickes Says

About 100000 tons of coal already
are en- route to devastated Europe un-
der an Army purchase and shipment
plan, Secretary of Interior Ickes
said in reply to criticism by Sen
ator Hart, Republican, of Connecti-
cut of Mr.. IckeS' proposal to ship
5000. 900 tons of coal to Europe.
II hope Senator Hart was a good
admiral He is not very response
BILE Senator" Mr.. Ickes told a news
conference.
Senator Hart. former chief of the
Asiatic Fleet, told the Senate We'd
nesday that Mr.. Ickes' plan will
require many hundreds of round
trips of our freighters" and was an
error of judgment.
Mr.. Ickes noted that the 5000, ,000-
ton figure was a general" estimate
and said shipment of that amount
of coal would depend on the amount
Of shipping space that is available
He reiterated his belief coal is
critically needed in Europe, asserting
that the 5000 900 tons, plus what is
being produced in Europe, would
provide only two-thirds of the
amount necessary Ito keep things
going relatively peacefully
Mr.. Ickes also said he was certain
of getting some miners now in the
Army, either discharged or fur
loughed, to work in the mines,
despite Undersecretary of War Pat
tersons statement that the Army
could not discharge men for that
purpose. He added that "only COM
mon sense" would indicate the need
for more miners.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Urgent Appeal Issued
For More Nurses Aides

An urgent appeal for daytime
nurses aides TO train for service at
Gallinger Hospital was made today
by the District Red Cross Chapter
The aides are needed to release
nurses for service with polio and
tuberculosis cases. but the volun-
teers will not be assigned to care
of these types of cases.
District Health Officer Rutland
and DR.. Alvin Sweeney, new super
intendent of Gallinger Hospital
have requested the Red Cross to
obtain and train 100 aides so that
adequate service at the institution
may be maintained. One 52-bed
tuberculosis ward already has had
to be closed, they pointed out, be-
cause of the help shortage.
The aide training class will begin
Monday and will meet mornings fol
51z weeks. At present, in the 1900
bed hospital. only three aides are
serving in the daytime.
The Red Cross Motor Corps pro-
vides transportation to and from
the hospital for the volunteer aides
Evening star., 1945-07-27
By the Associated Press.

POTSDAM, July 27.-Foiloto-
ing is the tert OF the American
British = Chinese proclamation
calling on Japan to surrender:
/. We, the President of the United
States, the President OF the national
government of the Republic OF China
and the Prime Minister of Great
Britain, representing the hundreds
Of millions of our countrymen, have
conferred and agreed that Japan
shall be given the opportunity to
end this war.
2. The prodigious land, sea and
air forces of the United States, the
British Empire and China, many
times reinforced by their armies and
air fleets from the west are poised
to strike the final blow at Japan.
This military power is sustained and
inspired by the determination of all
Allied nations to prosecute the war
against Japan until she ceases to
resist.
Nazi Defeat Cited.
3. The result of the futile and
senseless German resistance to the
might OF the aroused free peoples
of the world stands forth in awful
clarity as an example to the people
of Japan.
The might that now converges on
Japan is immeasurably greater than
that which, when applied to the
resisting NaZis, necessarily laid
waste to the land, the industry and
the method of life of the whole
German people.
The full application of our mill
tary power, backed by our resolve,
will (underscored mean the inevi-
table and complete destruction of
the japanese armed forces and just
as inevitably the utter devastation
Of the japanese homeland.
4. The time has come for Japan
to decide whether she will continue
to be controlled by these self -willed
militaristic advisers whose unintelli-
gent calculations have brought the
empire of Japan to the threshold of
annihilation, or whether she will
follow the path of reason.
Terms Outlined.
5. The following are our terms:
We will not deviate from them;
there are no alternatives; we shall
brook no delay.
6. There must be eliminated for
all times the authority and inf1u-
ence of those who have deceived
and misled the people Of Japan into
embarking on world conquest, for
we insist that a new order of peace,
security and justice will be impos-
Evening star., 1945-07-27
I0W Makes Certain
Japs Hear UItimatum
y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Americas propaganda machinery
began speeding news of the Potsdam
proclamation to Japan soon after its
announcement, the Office of War In
formation reported yesterday.
The first bulletin in the japanese
language was beamed into the Pa
cific from San Francisco.
Within a short time, Owl Off
cials said, the surrender terms laid
down by the United States, Britain
and China were being beamed to the
world in 20 languages from San
Francisco and in "a languages from
New York.
To get the Allied message into
japanese homes, owl short-wave
transmitters in San Francisco sent
the declaration to Honolulu, where
1t was relayed to Saipan.
From Saipan the peace terms and
the grim warning of destruction II
they are not accepted were sent by
medium wave toward Japan.
Text of the surrender terms went
on the air in Japanese at pm
CE.W.TD from San Francisco after
Owl linguists had prepared care
full translation. The translation was
checked with the State Department
in Washington by telephone.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
ALLIES Anticipated Nozi Drive
Nm West, but Were Unprepored

covering troops Withdrawing from
the Peel marshes. But the Dutch
did not retreat on Brella but to the
north of the Meuse. Thus the
mechanical divisions, sent north
from Gen. Henri Giraud's army
based on Antwerp faced alone a
German panzer division supported
by Stukas and the advance guards
of columns of motorized German in
fantry. The division was flung back,
and retreated on Antwerp.
Belgians Disappointing.
The Belgians were also disap-
pointing: Our command had relied
on them to hold up the German ad-
vance for few days. But they did
not hold out on the Albert Canal
They allowed German paratroopers
to take by surprise one of the twin
bridges over the canal. Two panzer
divisions Immediately crossed this
bridge, followed by German mo-
torized division and an infantry di-
vision.
In its retreat, the Belgian Army
does not seem to have made the
slightest attempt to hold up the
enemy's advance. On the Liege-
Arlon line, for instance, the Bel
gian forces carried out some or al
the prearranged demolitions, ther
fell back without fighting to the
north of the Meuse between Liege
and Namur-without covering the
arrival of four divisions and two
squadrons of French cavalry sent
across the Belgian Ardennes to meet
them.
1t had been agreed that the Bel
gian forces would place themselves
under the orders of the French
command in the zone of action, to
which they would retreat, and would
fight there as long as necessary. AS
it turned out, the major part Of the
Belgian forces on the Liege-Arlon
line crossed the French line without
taking part in the fighting.
Next installment Monday
(world Serial Copyright Reserved. Repro.
duction in whole or in part forbiGden)
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Text of UItimotum to japan

sible until irresponsible militarism
is driven from the world.
7. Until such a new order is
established and until there is con-
vincing proof that Japan's war
making power is destroyed, points
in japanese territory to. be desig-
mated by the Allies shall be oc-
cupied to secure the achievement
of the basic objectives we are here
setting forth.
g. The terms of the Cairo decla-
ration shall be carried out and
Japanese sovereignty shall be lin
tied to the islands of Honshu, Hok-
kaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such
minor islands as we determine.
Forces to Be Disarmed.
.. japanese military forces after
being completely disarmed shall be
permitted to return to their homes
with the opportunity to lead peace
full and productive lives.
10. We do not intend that the
Japanese shall be enslaved as a
race or destroyed as a nation, but
stern justice shall be meted out to
all war criminals. including those
who have visited cruelties upon our
prisoners.
The Japanese government shall
remove all obstacles to the revival
and strengthening of democratic
tendencies among the Japanese
people. Freedom Of speech and
religion and of thought, as well as
respect for the fundamental human
rights, shall be established.
II. Japan shall be permitted to
maintain such industries as will
sustain her economy and permit
the payment of just reparation in
kind, but not those industries which
will enable her to rearm for war.
To this end access to, ss dis
tinguished from control of raw ma
terials shall be permitted. Even
tual japanese participation in world
trade relations shall be permitted.
IL. The occupying forces of the
Allies shall be withdrawn from
japan as soon as these objectives
have been accomplished and there
has been established in accordance
with the freely expressed will of
the japanese people a peacefully
inclined and responsible govern
ment.~
Is. We call upon the government
of Japan to proclaim now the un-
conditional surrender of all Japa-
nese armed forces, and to provide
proper and adequate assurances of
their good faith in such action.
The alternative for Japan is prompt
and utter destruction.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Ultimutum
Continued From First Page.)

shoulder the greater burden in
prosecution of the war in the Pa
cific than in the case of the Euro
pean war.
1T should already be clear to
the Americans that in the event
of a dire invasion attack on the
japanese mainland it would mean
further sacrifices Of American lives,
probably running into millions-a
sacrifice which Americans alone
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Reds Alone Responsible
For Big Three Security
y the Associated presa.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 27.-Citations fol-
the United States Legion of Merit
awarded today to three high frank
ing Red Army officers disclosed that
the Russians alone were responsible
for the security of the Big Three
conferees at Potsdam.
The recipients were Col. Gen
Sergei Kruglev, chief Of the security
detail. who received the command
ers degree of the Legion of Merit;
1t. Gen. Nicolai D. Gorlinsky, COM
mander of security for Premier Sta
Inns delegation, who received the
officers degree, and Col. Michail
Koretzky, commander of President
Truman's guard detail, who was pre-
sented with the Legionaire's de-
gree
The citations said the Russian of :
ficers carried out with reassuring
confidence and success all the Sc
curity measures" for the confer
ence.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
De Murigny Discharged
By Cunudiun Army
BY the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated PreSS.
QUEBEC, July 27.-Count Alfred
de Marigny, who enlisted In the
Canadian Army two weeks ago as a
private, has been discharged from
the service, 1t was disclosed last
night by Brig. Edmond Blais, COM
mander of Military District No.
(Quebec).
The officer said yes, De Marigny
is out of the army" in answer to a
question, but would not comment
further.
De Marigny was acquitted on a
charge of murder in connection with
the slaying of his father -in-law, Sir
Harry Oakes, at Nassau in 1943, but
was ordered to leave the Bahamas.
Later he became an officer on a
freighter and landed in Halifax a
few months ago.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Six Processed Foods
'WiII Cost More Points
Beginning Sunday

Higher point values for six canned
and bottled foods and lower blue
points for citrus juice and catsup
will go into effect Sunday along with
changed meat points. All changes
are effective through September l.
the Office of Price Administration
reports.
Canned spinach, asparagus, apple
sauce, apples, apricots and grape
Juice go up either 10 or 20 points
depending on container size
Ten-point decreases have been
ordered for both 46-ounce and No.
size grapefruit juice and blended
orange and grapefruit juice, and fol
the 14-ounce size of tomato catSul
and chilli sauce.
Supplies Halved.
OPA said new supplies of botf
asparagus and spinach will be only
half the amount that was available
for civilians from the last pack, as
consumers continue to buy more
than allocations will allow.
Similarly, consumers are buying
both canned apples and applesauct
faster than the supplies will allow
II they are to last until the new
pack begins in September.
New point values for the mos
widely used containers of tn.
processed foods being changed are
Spinach-No. 2 cans, 80 points, ur
10; No. 21a cans. so points, up 20.
Asparagus-No. cans, 30 points
up TO-
Applesauce-No cans, 20 points
up 10.
Apricots-No. az cans, so points
up 90
Grape juice-Pints, 40 points, uI
10; quarts. 10 points, up 20.
Apples-No. 2 cans, 20 points
up 10.
Asks Meat Points Be Cut.
Meanwhile, Robert J. Wilson, ex
ecutive secretary of the Washing
ton Restaurant Association, urge,
that meat point values be decreased
even further than the planned on,
and two point reductions for mos
cuts OF beef, lamb and veal
Actually. point values have go
to be lowered considerably more i
Washington restaurants are going Il
make out during August he said
Restaurateurs are experiencing diff.
fculties in meeting their ration bud.
get as result Of a 20 per cent GU
in ration allowances on July /.
OPA has given no indication thai
this cut would be restored durin.
August.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Michigan Prison Lacks
Plan for Emergencies,
Attorney General Says.
ny the Associated Press.

LANSING, Mich, July 27.-State' S
Attorney General John r. Dethmers,
winding up his reports Of misman-
agement in the State Prison of
Southern Michigan, declared today
the prison lacks plan for dealing
with disaster, riot or serious trouble
within the prison walls"
Mr.. Dethmers advised State ofh-
cials to take immediate steps to
plan for the guard staff's action In
time of trouble.
The recommendation came in Mr..
Dethmer's fourth and last report on
an investigation into the prison
which he said has produced evidence
of immortality, convict domination
of the prison, gambling, drunken
ness and favoritlsm.
Warden Harry H. jackson and six
other ranking prison officials have
been suspended from active duty
on Mr.. Dethmer's recommendation
Garrett Heyns, State corrections
director, and a staff from other
institutions is now operating the
prison.
The Attorney General summed up
his findings with this statement:
Certainly when inmates can visit
the homes of prison officials on an
even social basis, drink intoxicating
liquors, 60 downtown, drink in tav-
ernS, visit houses of prostitution, go
to Detroit, stop at the best hotels,
use chickens and farm produce to
pay cabs from Jackson and as pay
in exchange for the service of prosti-
tutes they find they have
to pay another inmate prison poll
tician' for a choice cell or soft job,
they must stop and wonder about
the sincerity of the program which
proposes to make them good citi-
Zens."
Charges htat the State police
attorney generals investigation of
the prison was unfairly conducted"
and was part of a State Parole
Department effort of several years
standing to gain control of the
prison administration" we're voiced
today by three of the seven prison
officials under suspension.
Joining in the charges were
Assistant Deputy Warden D. c. |
Petit, Record Clerk H. C. Watson
and Joseph Poirier, inmates ac-
countant.
Warden Jackson and Deputy |
Warden Roy I. Francis continued
to await receipt of formal charges
before commenting. The others, !
Chief Inspector Walter L. Wilson
and Athletic Director Richard Riley, |
said they asked only for a fair
hearing at which, they asserted, they
could clear themselves.
Evening star., 1945-07-27

announce the ultimatum seemed to
some observers to indicate that
Soviet representatives here had
been informed previously of its con-
tents.
Just before going to Potsdam,
Premier Stain concluded a series
Of talks on ofrically undisclosed
subjects with Chinas Premier and
former Foreign Minister T. V.
Soong.
American and British stakes In
lives and resources in the Pacific
struggle are too great for even un-
ofilcial Allied sources to speculate
with abandon on all Asiatic impli-
cations OF the Potsdam talks.
But the implications are there,
nevertheless.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Anderson
Continued From First Page.)

ants have been assigned to Mr.
Hodges, and Mr.. Anderson estimated
the task would take As days.
VIA Records to Be Scanned.
The inquiry will touch upon con-
ditions recently investigated by the
House Appropriations Committee in
connection with the storage, han
ding and Tecord-keeping of foods
handled by the War Food Admins
tration. VITA was absorbed by the
Agriculture Department when Mr.
Anderson became Secretary July 1.
The House committees report
said, among other things, that in
ventory records of the VIA were
inaccurate"
Mr.. Anderson said the existence
OF discrepancies between the two
inventory reports do not necessarily
indicate that any wrong doing Was
involved. At the time the House
committee began its investigation
the then food administrator
Marvin Jones-asked the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to look into
WAS handling of food to de-
termine whether there were any
grounds for action. The FBI has
made public no findings from its
investigation.
Will Inspect Mine.
Mr.. Anderson also disclosed that
he will go to Atchison, Kans., next
week to inspect the 75-year-old
limestone mine leased by VIA in
1914 for conversion into storage
vault for Government-owned perish
able products. The mine was OBJ
tanned at time when VIA was
having difilculty securing cold stor-
age space for surplus supplies of
perishable products. 1t has drawn
criticism In Congress and from the
cold storage industry.
With the surpluses now used up
Secretary Anderson said, the mine
has nothing in it except cold
air."
Saying the department has $2,-
600 900 invested in the mine project
the secretary added that his policy
toward 1t will be governed, first
by whether it is cheap and de-
sirable" place to store feed. and
second. whether the Government
win have anything to store In 1t.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
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Keep your dollars in the fight by
investing regularly in War Bonds
through payroll savings.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
LOST RATION COUPONS.
FOUND.

RATION BOOKS Nos 1, 2, 3 and A, issued
sowan, 1903 sth st. NV. NO. 2077.
Evening star., 1945-07-27

BRING OR REPORT abandoned and stray
animals, also sc. residents apply for lost
wanted animrsls .ssr .TIo 70 the saoo ANIMAL ND "a
EYEGLASSES, found on 18th st.. neal
Columbia I'd. Owner call Taylor O502.
KEY, found wednesday on Mt. Pleasant
streetcar. Call Emerson 8441.
KEYS, in park, Kaiorama and Columbis
tds. NV. HO. 1888.
Evening star., 1945-07-27

WPPY, white, with brown and black spots.
found in Chevy Chase area; owner please
IDENTIFY and claim. Oliver 2031.
Evening star., 1945-07-27

ants have been assigned to Mr..
Hodges, and Mr.. Anderson estimated
the task would take As days.
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Wallace's Approval
Appears Improbable
CONTINUED from Page One)

however. One of the more artlcu
late groups supporting him, the
businessmen for Wallace commit
tee, declared today that he shoulo
get the commerce post with al
its. RFC trimmings.
1--WE are not compromising" .
club statement said. The natlona
committee Of businessmen is FOL
Wallace all the way-as Secretary
Commerce and Federal Loan Ad
ministrator.
The statement was signed os
James H. McGill of Valparaiso
Ind, chairman.
But Senator after Senator Demo
Gratis as well as Republicans lndi
Gated in off-the-record converse
ton that they would vote agalns'
confirmation in any event. There
thus appeared to be no margin FOL
compromise.
A completely reliable capito
source revealed that Wallace some
time ago rejected a proposal by
President Roosevelt himself thai
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agencies for two reasons" he said.
First, they have taken, and are
taking a lot of business we want.
Second, because we still believe in
private enterprise"
George P. Geoghegan, Jr., vice
president Of the Wachovia Bank
and Trust Co., of Raleigh, speak
ing on the legislative aspects OF
the problem, pointed out that about
80 per cent of the 100000 bust
ness establishments in the United
States are small business.
The speaker brought ito light the
fact that in the last 10 years, IS
bills have been introduced in Con-
gress, the aim of which was to
supply longtime credit to business.
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PARATR00P BAND
! TO PLAY TODAY

The only "all jumping" para
troop band in the United States,
under the direction of qualified
paratroop bandmaster, will present
l concert of semi ->classical music
1t 3 pm. today at ITALIAN hall.
A veteran paratrooper, Master
Sergeant Ferendo Perez will direct
the Camp Mackall 541st Parachute
Infantry band in it's first Whining
ton performance, bringing four vet
Srans of the original New Hanover
High school R. o. T. c. band home
after more than three years of
kervice in various branches of the
Army.
I. The four Wilmingtonians are Pri-
Yates Stanley Williamson, Bobby
Tilden, Robert Pridgen and Jack
Holmes, who were indicted with
the North Carolina National Guard
September 16, 1910, and served IN
Georgia, South Carolina and final
" were transferred to the U. S.
caribbean base at Trinidad, where
They served for two years. In order
10 acquire positions in the para
Troop band, it was necessary for the
Tour men to automatically. d
tergeant ratings, which they had
attained.
/ Every member Of the 31-piece
band is required to make regular
parachute jumps, and maintain rig
Id requirements of the paratroop
Infantry, as well as qualify as Ar
my musicians.
4 Sergeant Perez was born in Puer-
10 Rico, October 4, 1905. and is a
tgraduate of the Puerto Rican Con-
servatory of Music. Not only is he
a versatile arranger of music, but
Sgt. Perez is considered a master
of every instrument utilized in a
military band.
d The veteran musician and soldier
enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1924
and was attached to the 65th Reg
ular Army band in Puerto Rico.
!. The following is the colorful pro-
gram arranged for this afternoons
toncert:
u Colonel Ducat McEntee March"
Perez; 'Victor Herbert Favorites,"
NSelection); 1.-TWO Guitars" Hor-
nick; american Patrol" Glenn