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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30
Occupation Of Korea
Progresses Smoothly

SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 2S--lfsN-
American occupation OF Korea pro-
crossed smoothly today after a
confused start.
The director Of occupation, 1t.
Gen. John r. Hodge, is sticking
to the policy Of wedding out all
Japanese.
Koreans at first complained bit
terly against his retention OF Japa-
nese in office. Their criticisms sub-
sided when they saw that he meant
it when he announced that all Japa-
nese would be dismissed from the
country, down to the minor civil
ians.
Hodge said today he was forced
10 employ for a time the japanese
who were in office when the Amerl
cans took over because there were
no Kortans available or qualified
to act.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30
SERIES OF FORUMS
TO BEGIN TONIGHT

1.-THE Basis Of World Order"
will be theme Of a series Of Sun.
day evening forums to begin to-
night at 8 o'clock in the Kenan
Memorial chapel Of the First Pres.
byterian church, the Rev. William
Grove, Jr., minister, announced
yesterday.
The forums, to deal with the
various aspects Of the international
picture, are designed to guide the
thinking of those who attend to-
ward a Christian solution OF world
problem, DR.. Grove said.
The discussion for this evening
will. be led by a speakers panel
comprised Of the Rev. Mortimer
Glover, rector Of st. James Epis-
copal church, DR.. S. c. Marks ana
Allen H. Whitehead, both officers
in the First Presbyterian church
and DR.. Grove. After a brief pres
sentation Of the theme, questions
from the congregation will be
dealt with by the speakers pane.
DR.. Grove, who is preaching at
this mornings regular service. for
the first time in several weeks,
will speak on the theme 1.-THE
Steep Road, based on passed
in Psalm 81: Lead me to the rock
that is higher than l."
Lynn DuRant, accompanied by
John R. Pfiel, organist and direc-
tor of music for the church, will
sing a eontralto solo, Lamb Of
God" by Bizet. Mr.. Pfeil will play
for the organ prelude two compo-.
sitions by Whitford, "Ein Feste
Burg" and where Cross the
Crowded Ways Of Life" For the
postluqe he will play allegro vi
vace",sby Macquaire.
The church begins today an in
tensive period of spiritual cultiva-
ton, according to the minister,
which is designed to bring the in
dividual members and their fami-
lies into a closer relationship to
the church. Forty-five men will
begin church wide visitation this
afternoon to ask the members to
agree to the detectives chosen and
to cooperate in them. The vista
ton is under the direction of J. E.
BrantIey and Russell Parks.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30
$4,000 GERMANS
DETAINED BY U. S.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-(P-
About 10000 persons are being
held under mandaroty arrest in
connection with the Identification
Of the American-occupied zone OF
Germany. the War Department
said today.
And another $4,000 persons, now
held as prisoners of war, will be
added to the mandatory arrest cat
egory. General Eisenhower adj
vised in an Aug. 20 report on mil
itary government in the area TN
der his control.
About 10000 Ardent Nazis,'' not
subject to mandatory arrest, nave
been removed from public office
in the American zone, Eisenhower
said
Eisenhower, noting that demili-
tarization of Germany is proceed
ing rapidly, said that as OF July
81 the status was: prisoners cap
tured during operations and who
surrendered as complete military
units upon 7capitulation, 2,O46, 57o;
transferred to civilian life, 922, $685.;
on hand, 1908, 696.
The report commented that prior
to the Pottsdam conference OF the
big three, a ban on political &C
tivity existed in the American zone
but that the conferees had agreed
to allow political activity through
out Germany. In view OF this
Eisenhower said considerable
activity and organization is ex-
nected in future months. Except
for the Bavarian freedom action
movement" the report said, "mos1
of the political organizations pro-
posed have been leftist in charac'
ter. led principally by former So
cial Democrats and Communists.
To decentralize German political
structure and economy land to en-
courage the development OF local
Democratic tendencies and res
ponsibilities,'' modified govern
ments have been established up to
and including the level Of state
governments, with capitals in Mu'
mich for Bavaria, Stuttgart for the
portions of Baden and Wurttem'
burg in the American zone, Darn
stadt for Hessen-Nassau, and Mar
burg, established initially for
Hesse.
The report reiterated previously
expressed concern about the civil
liar economy in Germany, saying
that the food situation throughout
western Germany is perhaps the
most serious problem of the oc'
cupation." Average consuihp'
ton lat the time of the report)
was about one-third below the gen.
orally accepted subsistence Level
of 1000 calories a day.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30
Changes In Uniforms
Announced By.Nauy

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-P)-
The Navy announced today modifi-
cation of uniform regulations to
permit chief petty officers to wear
dress blue coat identical to that
worn by commissioned and warrant
officers.
The new ruling permits CPO's
to wear this regulation officers
overcOat.
A change also applies to chief
cooks, chief stewards, cooks and
stewards. All personnel affected
may continue to wear old type uni
forms now in their possession until
they are no longer serviceable.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30
Charlotte Man Held
On Hit-Run Charge

DARLINGTON, S. c., Sept. o.
R)-Charges of reckless homicide
and hit and run driving against
Ernest Pruitt Sherin, 40, of Char
lotte, N. c., in connection with the
22-year-old death of Colon Kenneth
Howell yesterday, were announced
today by Sheriff Wiley Grantham.
Grantham said Sherin was being
held in the Darlington county jail
under 50, $50 bond as the driver OF a
truck of the Observer Transporta'
ton Co., of Charlotte which is al
legged to have hit Howell on the
Darlington-Hartsville highway.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30
ELLIOTT RETIRES
FROM COAST Line

George B. Elliott retired from
active service of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad company at the Sep
TENDER board meeting, thus sew
ering a connection which has ex-
tended over a period of nearly So
years, according to an announce
ment yesterday by Robert Scott,
diector of safety and insurance OF
the company.
Mr.. Elliott's career with the At.
lantic Coast Line began in 1896
as special attorney. From 1906 tc
1916, he was assistant general
counsel. while during the latter
year he became general counsel.
From 1918 to 1928 he served as
vice-president and general coun-
sci.
In 1928, Mr.. Elliott was elected
president of the railroad, occupy
ing this office until October Is,
1912, when he became Chairman
of the Executive committee, serv'
ing in that capacity up to this
time, retiring on account Of i'll
health.
Nj. Elliott was graduated from
Virginia Military Institute, with q
C. E. degree in 1892, and was in
1896 awarded a degree of B. L.
by Harvard Law School.
Aside from his official connec.
ton the Atlantic Coast Line, Mr..
Elliott was a member of the board
of directors of that company, also
the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road company and an officer Of
several affiliated companies.
BY reason of his genial DISPOSE
ton, Mr.. Elliott made many
friends for himself and for the
companies with which he was con
nected for almost half century.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30
Sparrow', Point Yards
Receives Big Contract

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-WD-
Bethlehem Steel m p any an
nounced today 1t had received its
first major postwar shiphuilding
contraction nine cargo-passenger
ships with a total value Of approN-
mately SIS, 000, 900.
Construction Of the ships for the
United Fruit Steamship Corp. Will
be started Immediately in the
firms Sparrow's Point, Md, yards.
Construction is expected to be
completed by January, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30
PORT DRESSES UP

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 29-WD-
Bright, clean colors will replace
drab wartime pay as a color
scheme for the Port of New Or
leans, E o. Jewell, dock board
manager, said.
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DOGS PULL FIRE TRUCK

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - U.D W.D-
Firemen here hope they never will
be in a predicament where they will
have to- Use dogs to pull their
trucks, but it can be done, if nee
essary, they found out recently. AS
a part of Cheyenne's Frontier Day
observance, an 18-dog sled team
pulled a INSTRUMENTATION fire
truck on which a two-ton load had
been placed. Trainers of the dogs
had to trot to keep up with the
animals.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30

KEESLER FIELD, Miss, Sept.
20. -. W.D In a bumper program
of athletics Keesler Fields soldiers
recently took part in 1876 softball
games, IS baseball contests and
golf, swimming, track, tennis and
boxing tournaments during single
month.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30

To mold DEVILS Tower in north
western Wyoming, nature poured
over 400 million tons of molten
magma.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30

The Big Horn spring in central
Wyoming is the largest spring in
the world. 1t has a greater flow
than all other similar springs in
the nation combined.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-30

The glaciers in Wyoming's Wind
River mountains are the largest
ice fields in the continental United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Meeting Presses
North Shore Road

INLAND, July 26-In one Of the
first moves to obtain recognition Of
the north shore road from inland
20 IndiO as both a No. I secondary
highway and the possible site OF a
limited access road was launched
at a meeting Of Imperial Valley and
Coachella Valley representatives
wednesday nirht near inland.
The meeting was attended by 40
persons representing seven Of the
two valley cities. 4 map was pre-
scnted projecting the proposed route
Of a limited access road through
the central Imperial Valley link
ing with the North Shore road at
inland ANA continuing 10 Indio
where il would Join Highway 90.
The proposed route roughly would
follow the Central highway north
from Calexico by-paSsing Hc5cr. FL
Centro, Imperial, BraWlcy, Calipa-
tria before linking with the North
Shore road Also proposed was the
~traighfening Of the road to reduce
mileage by some six miles making
it equal 10 the highway 80 route
from BraWley to IndiO.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
U. 5. Officials
Eye Changes
By British Vote

WASHINGTON. July 26. up
Official Washington expressed sur
prise at the defeat Of Winston Chur-
Chill'5 government in the British
elections but was confident it would
not dilute Britain'S Pacific war ef-
fort or alter her major foreign poll
Cy commitments
Most officials and congressman
had expected Cnurchill'S cOnserva-
tive party to win by small margin
and were therefore amazed at the
Labor party landslide.
Although most observers. official
End otherwise. believed the new So
cialistic government-to-be would a.
bide religiOuSly by such commit
ments as the United Nations Char
ter, Breton Woods. and Polish poll
cy, virtually all agreed that Brit
aims domestic policy would undergo
q profound change.
COngre9smen generally felt that
Continued on Page 3. Col. s.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Petoin Denial Of Message
TO Hitler Reed i'm Court

Pctain'S denial, made earlier dur
inc his eXmination, was read by
High Court Justice Pierre Mongi-
beuax al the opening of the fourth
Gay OF the trial.
The 39-year-cld marshal said at
MS preliminary hearings that he
never sent a telegram congratulate
ing Hitler on the Allied defeat at
Bieppe. and that to have done so
would have been against the in
tereStS of France.
PetainS denial cOnflicted with a
report read into the record Wednes-
day that he did send such a mes
sage. and that he offered to send
French troops to fight alongside
the Germans. The dispatch of such
a message was announced in Vichy
at the time it purportedly was sent.
Wednesday, Petain refused to an
sWer questions about the reported
message. When Thursdays session
opened. Defense Counsel Fernand
Isorni asked the court to read Pc
tain's testimony in the preliminary
hearings on that subject.
After reading the testimony, Mon
gibeaux asked Isorni why Petain
refused to give a straight answer
Wednesday. ISorni replied that it
was Petain's policy to say nothing.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Austin Would Give
Peace Delegate
Full Armed Power

WASHINGTON. July 26. fUP)-
Sen. Warren r. Austin (Rl Yer
mont, proposed thursday that the
American delegate to the United
Nations Security Council have auth
0rity. under direction CT the Pres
ident. to order armed forces into
action to preserve the peace.
Austin, a leading senate Rcpubli
can on international affairs. ex-
pressed his views as the senate be
oan its fourth day Of debate on the
United Nations Charter
He tackled the most controversial
isSue-the question Of authority to
be accorded the American delegate
Il have no doubt of the authority
Of the President in the future to
enforce the peace" Austin said. HE
is the officer under CIR constitution
who is vested with responsibility for
keeping the peace.
I'VE will have to conform to that
in advising how our delegate must
act.
Il advocate investing our delegate
with authority to mobilize our fore
es to protect war. undey the direc-
ton of the President or his cabi-
net"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Death Summons
Mrs. Betty Davis

Mrs Betty Davis, 81. died Thurs
day morning in the Glendale SAM
tarium of heart trouble. according
TO word received in FL CentrO by her
husband, Art Davis. circulation
manager Of the POst-Pres5 news
papers.
She had been i'll since the first
Of the year and was taken to the
coast for medical care several
months ago. Saturday she vas re-
moved from a hospital to the sani-
tarium.
Ms. Davis lived in Santa Monica
most of her life before coming to
the valley and attended schools
there. She and Mr. Davis moved to
El Centro in 1885.
In addition to her husband. she
leaves two children. Janice and
Charles; her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. A. Bowland; sister, Mrs. Billie
Newport, and a brother, Robert
BOWland. in the navy.
Arrangements have not yet been
completed for funeral services.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Truman Praises
Doughboys at
Frankfurt Review
BY MERRIMAN SMITH

FRANKFURT. July 16. up
President Truman told American
troops here today that the war was
fought so that we can live, think
and act as we like"
Mr.. Truman took the day off
from the Big Three sessions at
Potsdam to come to Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower's headquarters.
He spent most Of his time with
the GIs. reviewing the Third Ar
mored Division and the 84th Air
borne Infantry.
Climbing up on an artillery mount
Truman talked to scores Of troops,
particularly those from Missouri
and said: L have never seen finer
outfits or finer fighting men"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26

Wednesday. japanese time
The broadcast apparently refers
to Junkceylon island, also known
as Salang and Tongkah Puget is
the capital city and largest port
on Junkceylon. The island has
population of 10000, largely Chinese.
and there is an airfield on the
northern end. Puket is less than two
miles from the mainland of Thai
land
The Domei dispatch said the "en-
emy invaders came ashore in nine
landing barges under cover of
ship Dombardment by two American
cruisers"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
War Contracts
Halted by WPB

WASHINGTON, July 26. up
War contracts were reduced So
479 100000 in June and as a result
16O,O0 workers in 972 plants will be
laid off by the first Of next year,
the war production board revealed
Thursday.
Approximately $4,000 workers in
365 plants were laid off immed-
lately, WPB said Another 116,C0O
will 6e laid off during July, August
and September, 5000 during Octo-
Der, November and December and
2700 the first Of the year.
The June contract cutbacks. re-
fleCting the shift to one-point war.
brought total cutbacks for the first
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Tokyo Says Allied Force
Lands on MdIoV Island

It also made the usual assertion
that the japanese garrison had
driven the invaders back to the
sea" and that the landing attempt
had ended in complete failure
The 30 by IS mile island. if cap
tured. would make an excellent
springboard from which to launch
operations to cut the Malayan pen
insula at its narrowest point and
open the way for an overland drive
600 miles southwark to Singapore
the same route the Japanese took
in their conquest of the great
British naval base.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
NJ ANILA, July 26. (UP)

MANILA, July 26. (UP)
- Japaneac radio reports
said Thursday Allied units
were fighting bitterly along the
sh0reline of "Puket Island" after a
surprise landing which put the
Allies back on the Malay peninsula
for the first time since Singapore's
fall
The japanese Domei agency re-
ported Wednesday night that some
500 Allied troops landed on the
island, off the west coast of the
Malay peninsula and just below the
narrow Kra isthmuS, at am.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Bv UNITED PRESS

4 meeting Of company, union and
concilia{on officials was scheduled
ThursdaA Ain a strike at five Wright
AcronauticaI Corporation plants
That boosted 10 5000 the number
of workers away from their jobs III
labor disputes over the nation.
Production of parts for Super
fortresses and Navy dive bombers
was curtailed Wednesday whe
workers at four Wright plants in
Paterson. New Jersey. quit work i'll
sympathy with strikers at the COM
pany,s Woodbridge, New jersey, plant.
A total of 10000 were out to pro-
test the discharge Of union stew
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
New Premier Eyes
World Peace,
Hiqher Standards
Bv DONALD G.. SWEENEY

LONDON, July 26. CUP'-Maj.
Clement Attlee who will succeed
Winston Churchill as prime minis
ter of Britain said Thursday that
the Labor party's foreign policy
could be summarized as the need
for new world order for the pre-
vention of war and a world economic
policy based on an endeavOr to raise
standards Of life"
He made his statement to CORE
spondents after appearing before
tumultuous victory celebration at
Transport House, the Labor party
and trade union headquarters.
AWED BY VICTORY
Attlee, a retiring, almost demurC
man. seemed awed by the magnitude
Of Labor's electoral victory.
Attlee served in the coalition
Churchill government as deputy
prime minister and as deputy gov
ernment leader in the House of
Commons.
He went to San Francisco as one
Of the British delegates TO the Sc
Continued on Page 8, Col q
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Mexican Worker
Succumbs to Heat

Juan Medel. 63. Mexican la0orer
died Wednesday night from heart
attack caused by heat. according to
Deputy Coroner Orval Walker who
was called to investigate when the
stricken man was taken to the coun-
ty hospital.
A native of Mexico, Medel's fam
ily lives near Bonds corner. Funeral
arrangements are pending at the
Wiley mortuary.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26

Enemy DTOdQcdSIS reported GIldi
the Allied fleet still was off the
coast Of Japan and apparently
awaiting a break in the weather
to renew the crippling attack.
Tokyo said about 200 planes hit
the Kobe and Osaka areas between
the land-based bombardment soften
ing the homeland for invasion. Later
another 90 or so planes flew over
the province Of Rokai, the japanese
reported
Official announcements disclosed
the damaging of a score OF Japa-
nese warShips in the Tuesday at
tack on Kure and neighboring wa
ters of the Inland sea.
MORE SENT DOWN
Some, if not all, of the crippled
ships may have been sent to the
bottom in Wednesdays folloW-up
blow by. more than 1900 American
and British carrier planes.
American naval spokesmen said it
was improbable that any japanese
men O. war would ever put to sea
again.
From San Diego to Japan and the
China coast the vast reaches of the
Pacific had finally been swept clear
of the enemy and only the fanat-
ical Japanese suicide planes barred
the way to invasion.
Halseys massive fleet Of l5O-odd
battleships. carriers, cruisers and
supporting warships blacked out
Wednesday night when swirling
storm clouds closed down over the
burning Kure naval anchorage
But there was no sign that the
attack had been broken off com
pletely. Alarmed japanese broad
casts warned that Halseys armada
was still lurking off the coast
awaiting a break in the weather
to resume the bombardment.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26

six months Of 1945 to $4,000 100000
The heaviest June cutbacks we're
S19l7O0O,OO0 in army services fore
eS contracts, Sl,118.OC00OO in army
air forces, $432, 100000 il navy ana
So 661 900 in maritime commission.
WPB reported June munitions
production at 81 .265 00n 900, or two
per cent below schedule 1t said
the deficit was not alarming. how
ever, since most Of the shortages
were in programs destined to De cut
still further Manpower was not
responsible. it added.
June cutbackS were roughly half
those of Nav
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Japs Get Allied
U.timotum

POTSDAM, July ,26. CUP)
President Truman, Prime
Minister Churchill and Gen
eraliSsimO Chang Kai-shek
of China warned Japan to-
night to surrender or face
destruction of the Japanese
armed forces and the home
land.
WASHINGTON, July 26. CUP)-
Following is the text of the terms
in the three-power proclamation re-
leased at Potsdam as issued here
through the Office OF War Informa-
ton:
LAST WORD
Following arc our terms, We will
not deviate from them There are
no alternatives. We shall brook no
delay
There must be eliminated for
all time the authority and influence
of those who have deceived and mis-
led the people of Japan into en-
barking on a world conquest. We
insist that new order Of peace, Sc
curity and justice will be impossible
until irresponsible militariSm is driv-
en- from the world.
2-Until such new order is estab-
lished and until there is convincing
proof that Japan's war-making pow
er is destroyed, points in japanese
territory to be designated by the
Allies shall be occupied to secure
the achievement of the basic objec-
tives we are here setting forth.
3-The terms of the Cairo decla-
ration shall be carried out and Japa-
Continued on Page 8. Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Motor Vehicle
Registration
Hits New Peak

SACRAMENTO, July IS. OUP1-
California motor vehicle rCgiStra-
tions for the first six months of 1945
hit an all-ume high. Director of
Motor vehicles Gordon H. Garland
reported Thursday.
Fec paid registrations for the pc
riod totaled 2,972 ,223, Gordon said,
compared with a previous high Of
2,970812 in a similar period in 1941
Gordon attributed the record reg
istratiOn to an increase in pneu-
matic-tir trucks used in the IN Z
precedented war activity on the
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
EI Centro Mother
Faces Charge
Of Child Neglect

Estelle Hart, 81 INLAND, is in the
county jail awaiting trial on charg-
eS of contributing to the delinquen-
~ of minors. Probation officers took
Mrs. Hart into custody Wednesday
IN what they described as an "ag-
9ravated case Of neglect" Of her two
children. The children are being
cared for in the juvenile home.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-26
Nations Strikes
Idle $4,000

ard for aliegedlv curSing superior
In another strike, machining op-
crafions were halted in the 204th
work stoppage at the Chrysler Cor
poration's Dodge Chicago plant
Union officials said $4,000 CIO
UNITED Automobile Workers had
dropped their tools at the worlds
largest airplane engine factory.
Company officials. however placed
the number at l0,400 Of the plant S
$4,000 employees
A four-daye strike at the South
eastern Shipyards, Savannah, Ga,
continued with approximately 1890
workers away from their jobs. Fed
eral intervention was sought in a
wage controversy.