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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

in World Var I With what
rank did he return 10 this
country after serving
abroad?
Adm. Nimitz has announced
that the hfcllneS connecting
the main Japanese islands
with its stolen possessions
have been all but cut by our
submarines. How many tons
of Jap shipping have the
men Of our silent service
sunk , Is II. ral 1900, 600
tons. Cb) 100000 tons, Cc)
100000 tons?
With what did Satan smite
Job from the sole of his
foot unto his crown ?
Who was the composer n
the familiar music called
Clair de Lune ?
To what did Thomas Paine
refer in the following quota
tion The first ripe fruits Of
American principles trans
planted into Europe ' =?
(Answers on opposite page)
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13

each country: Ca) Three fcr-
teal bars green. white,
red tbl three horizontal
harS-blue. white, blue, tc)
three horizontal bars yell
low. blue. red. cd three
vertical bars red. white.
red tel three horizontal
bars-red, yellow. green.
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tAnswers on opposite page)
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Brain Game Answers

With what sport do YOU con-
meet the names Mildred Did
rlkSon and Stella Walsh g?
= According 10 recent news
paper reports. where are the
headquarters Of the SHAEF
in Germany today
3 True ur falSe2 tal Trig-
onometry y deals with the
measurements of circles
h the turkey is\uatIve 10
North Amcfica - Europeans
disco, cred w here IN the SiX-
ircr'h Century.
I President Truman served
with f6e L. s armed forces
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". y. Iftrtl
Secretary.
TO THE EDITOR


MY HUSBAND is a Fighting
'l Seabee' with the l.. 8.
Navy somewhere in the south
Pacific. About A year ago he
wrote me a letter asking me 10
send him A harmonica. tried
everywhere but couldn't obtain
one.
Since then / have received
many more letters where r 7
and the other boys spend man \
lonely hours because they do
not have any source Of enter
tainment. So | am appealing
TO the public. asking if any one
has 4 harmonica that they are
not using. or If they know Of
some one else who does not
mind giving one TO this bunch
Of lonelylN NSeaheos ] will ap-
- iste Your lirdro-s vorv
much.
MRS. BARBARA BOMLEIS.
asa Alger St,
Detroit .. Mich.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
K0owIedoe lest

Knowledge lest
If an army marches = kllo-
meter, the distance IS 'ai
less than a mile thl Just A
mile. tc) more than a mile.
The Star Spangled Banner
has been the National An
them since: taJ 1872, ib)
1913. lcl 1881
Which Of these places is
SOUTH Of the equator; 70.
Philippine Islands tbl Ha-
waii, tcl Guadalcansl
The Owl and the Pussy Cat.
went 10 sea IN 4 bright col.
ored boat. Was if tsl
flsme-red tbi pea green.
(c) lemon yellow
"A facade Of a building is
the a. front. lbi side .cl
~ back
S These sre> descriptions of
South American Tags Name
&C The DETROIT TIME
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
TO THE EDITOR

TO THE EDITOR
/ RECEIVED my Mothers Day
photographs and they are
very good ! am mailing one 10
my son stationed in England.
am very proud Of the photo
graphs and thank YOU kindly
for such nice favor 10 all the
mothers who have sons and
daughters serving our country.
Nav God bless YOU alWaVS
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
MRS. META ALLEN,

EDIT OR'S NOT E-This
uriter refers 10 The Detroit
Times Mothers Day Party -
uhieh the Times made stux
portraits Of several thousoMs
Detroit mothers 10 send 10 their
soldier sons and daughter, oVer-
seas.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-13
TO TIE EDITOR

TO TIE EDITOR.
DEFERRlNG 10 the editorial
IL IN your paper Of May 26
concerning tho BurCh bill 10
increase compensation and as
sure advancement of post office
employees
The United Sons Of America.
Inc, Circle No 81. in a regular
meeting held Tuesday May %.
1915. went on record AZ being
fundamentally in favor Of the
passage Of tho Burch bill by the
Senate az this session
". J. CLEGG,
Secretary.
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TO TIE EDITOR
I WOULD like the home address
L Of TWO Detroit boys who we're
former crew members Of mine
on A BIZ in England They are:
= Sgt. Haro De Rouchir.
killed in action over kiel, Ger
many, June i3. l9iS.
: sgt. Allan W. Cancher, last
reported finished his mission In
England, September, l943.
S/SGT. CARL =. COOK,
Ward IS.
Percy Jones Hospital,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
WRITE OFF
 B|LL|0N5iN
 LEND-LEASE
Truman Asks Congress 10 Forget Allied Aid for
 Three Reasons

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-Presi- dent Truman notified Congress to- day that the more than $42,000. .000,- GOO this country spent on Lend Lease aid to it's Allies should in the main, be written off the books.
 Int reason - made clear in a lengthy report MT. Truman sent to Capitol Hill-is that the admins tration believes the United States received three things more import ant than a dollar basis settlement. They are.
 l. Victory over Germany and Japan.
 9. More than $5,600,000 900 through last March in reverse Lend- Lease.
 3. A commitment from all na- tions receiving Lend-Lease to join in organizing postwar international trade on the basis of lowering bar rierS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
 OF LAPS lS
 SHOWN UP
Captured U. 5. Airmen Are Beaten, then Strung Up
 by Their Thumbs

SHANGHAI, Aug. 30-Stories of brutal Japanese captors who beat them with bambo sticks and metal rods until they were black and blue from knee to hip and could hardly walk, were related here by eight American fliers.
 One airman said he had his wrists tied behind him and had been hung by his thumbs in ef- forts by the Japanese to force him to reveal American plans to invade Nippon.
 All are in good condition, and their wounds are healing. They still are held by the Japanese who threatened, correspondents with bayonets when they first tried tc interview them in the YMCA here Entrance was gained after ls minute delay. The city of Shanghai still awaits it's official release.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
COLIN KELLY WAS
 SHOT DOWN AFTER
 RUN OVER HARUNA

ABOARD MERCY SHIP REEVES OFF OMORI PRISON CAMP, Tokyo Bay. Aug. Capt. Colin Kelly did not sink the Japanese battleship Haruna by piling his bomber against it's stack, one of his crewmen disclos- ed today, but Kelly died great hero just the same.
 The story of how Kelly actually died was revealed by Pfc. Robert Att man of Sanford, Fla, just evacuated from the vile Omori camp in the su- burban area.
 Altman said Captain Kelly made a skillful run over the battleship and the plane dropped three bombs, one making a direct hit, the other in- direct.
 Enroute back to Clark Field near Manila, two Japanese fighter planes attacked Kelly's ship and it blew Up, Six crewmen bailed out, Altman said, but Kelly never cleared the plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
WAINWRIGHT
 TO WIT NESS. SUR RREN DER
Arrives in Manila from Chungking on His Way to
 Tokyo for Big Event
By DEAN SCHEDLER Associated Press Correspondent

MANILA, Aug. 30.-Lt. Gen. Jon athan M. Wainwright, pale from his years in enemy prison camps, step- ped from his plane today enroute from Chungking to Tokyo to witness Jaapn's surrender. He saw Manila he wouldn't recognize" it is so overflowing with Allied military power.
 Wearing three large old-style stars on his shirt, Wainwright was visibly shaken by his return to the city he saw fall, across Manila Bay from his last Philippines battle-ground.
 Wainwright saluted the Military Police as he stepped from the plane. Despite their efforts to hold back the crowd, which had waited hours for his return, lines broke and he and his staff were engulfed by vel coming officers and soldiers.
 This is wonderful, to be back here standing on the same field again and see so many friends, he said, leaning slightly on a cane as he talked with the group clustered around him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
AirpIane Fare 10 Be Lower than K. K.
 Fare; New Plane

BALTIMORE, Aug. 30-The Glenn L. Martin Company has announced plans for a commercial plane which the company says, promises pas senger airplane fare lower than first-class rail costs.
 The new plane is far cry from the larger type war planes which Martin has. been turning out during the war, a company official ex- plained. The new plane, slated flor mass production, is 30-passenger twin-engine commercial ship. Large scale production will begin immedi- ately after the initial demonstra- ton flight of the first completed plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
Marines, Sailors Take Ouer
First Prisoners of War
 On Japan Released; Hell
 Hole" Hospital Described

TOKYO BAY, Aug. 30 = Major Gregory tPappy) Boyington, U. s. Marine flying ace missing more than 16 months, was among 500 prisoners of war-the first liberated on Japan-evacuated today from a hospital described as "hell hole" by Navy rescuers.
 Many of the prisoners found at Aomori, near Yokohama, were in pitiful condition and wept un- abashed as they caught their first glimpse of rescuing Americans.
 Boyington, officially credited with shooting down 26 Japanese planes before he disappeared over Rabaul, New Britain, Jan. 3, 1944, sent out word he was happy and messaged greetings to Admiral Halsey.
 Commodore Roger Simpson, com- manding the special Navy prisoner evacuation task force, received re- ports that there never has been a blacker hell hole than the prisoner of war hospital we are now eva cuating.
 He said many of the prisoners suffered from fractures, open wounds, concussions and burns.
 They were suffering from the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
By HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE Former Editor, New York World, Public Relations Adviser to the
 Secretary of War.)

NEW YORK-The Conservative defeat in England is not so striking a blow as some portray it. Unques- tionably, there will be trend to- ward socialization, but think this will be confined, at least for the next few years, to the natural monopolies = power, light, heat, transportation, communication (al- ready in the states hands except for cables) and, of course, mining, steel and the Bank of England. But much of this has been on their program for the last 25 years.
 In fact, even the Lloyd George Government gave support to the basic plan.
 There will be a trend on the part of the radical movement in this country to affiliate itself with the British program And think there will be efforts to gain a wider and deeper association politically with Britain and Russia. But l do not discern any trend toward Con- muniSm.
 Whatever Britain does will be done not by dictatorship, but under the rule of true democracy. That characteristic saves it from be- coming a repetition of Stalinism, After all, only two Communists were elected out of 27 who ran. That's not dangerous, even though the propagandists can-and do
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
YOKOHAMA
 OCCUPIED
 BY TANKS
Nothing Spectacular in Novel;. 5. Consulate
 Sill Standing

YOKOHAMA, Aug. 30 While Japanese troops guarded the high way battalion of 750 men of the Eleventh Airborne Division moved into and occupied this sixth city of Japan this afternoon.
 The move was accomplished so unspectacularly that even the Nip ponese citizens exhibited little in- terest as the convoy of 40 trucks rumbled the 15 miles from the At sugi Airstrip to their posts along the seaside road, Yokohama's main drive which borders the big port serving Tokyo
 There they found the white stone American Consulate building un- damaged by air raids. It was in charge of the Swiss caretaker, Jacob Kern, and his wife Annie.
 Kern greeted the troops warmly. He told newsmen that damage and casualties inflicted by the B-29s was equal to that of the 1923 earthquake although the govern ment had not released the casualty figures.
 Japanese citizens. perhaps still dazed, were inscrutable in their reaction to the Americans. Only the little children smiled, the smaller the child the bigger the smile.
 The Japanese went about their business unconcernedly, casting nc more than casual glance at their conquerorS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
BAT TORTURE
 lS GIVEN TO B0YINGT0N
Picture of Jap Prison Life Is Revealed by Ace
 Flying Man

Yokohoma, Aug BOA picture oi Japanese prison life highlighted by torture with baseball bat was given by Marine Maj. Gregory Boyington the Southwest Pacific flying ace Pappy Boyington is safe aboard the mercy ship Reeves in Tokyo Bay after twenty months of secret i'm prisonment.
 It all began when the hero with 2t Japanese planes to his credit was shot down over Rabaul. New Britain on January 3, 1944. He had wounds in his head, neck, arms and an cal and a broken ankle. A Jap sub- marine picked the Major out of the ocean and took him to Rabaul.
 There he was blindfolded ano hand cuffed. His medical kit was taken away, and it was ten days be- fore the Japs did anything about Boyington's fostering wounds. Mean time the Japs were grilling the fliel with questions.
 In March, 1944, the flying ace was transferred to secret naval camE in the country village of Una, Japan There he got the baseball bat treat ment. As Boynton explained it Tt consisted of standing with my hands tied while the guard sluggec my back and legs with the bat as hard as he could. Then I got slug ged in the jaw about three hundred times. Similar beatings killed other prisoners in the camp"
 Last April, Boyington was trans ferred to Omori prison camp, where he says, politeness was the order oi the day. Prisoners had to scrape and bow wherever they went. Ano those unable to do it got beatings and other punishments.
 The Major said his normal weight of 175 pounds fell off to one hun- dred and ten until he wangled g job in the kitchen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30

worst malnutrition imaginable" f" Simpson said.
 Tears streamed down the faces of the prisoners and, although most of them were in a weakened condi- ton, they managed cheer as eva cuation officers and men appeared from the task force-the Cruiser San Juan, the fast transports Reeves and Gosselin and the Bene- violence.
 All needed baths, medical care and clean beds, which were made immediately available to them.
 The San Juan relayed testi- monials from the prisoners that "bestial beatings were common and their months of imprisonment included enforced tenures in in ouisitorial dens of bruitism."
 A request was sent out by the evacuation task force for 300 units of clothing.
 The group of 500, believed to be mostly Americans, constituted the first to be liberated in Japan, where there are an estimated 36,0OO Allied prisoners of war, including more than 5000 Americans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
NAVAL BASE
 TAKEN OVER
 BY MARINES
Occupying Forces Wade Ashore Past Wrelkage
 of Japanese Ships
By Murlin Spencer Associated Press Correspondent

YOKOSUKA, Aug. 30 U. s Marines of the Fourth Regiment occupying this Japanese deserted naval base this morning, waded ashore past wreckage of Japanese war ships that symbolized a fallen empire.
 Cpl. Charles Thomas Dunn, De- troit, Mich, leaped ashore from landing boat to plant the first American flag on the beach, and after him came hundreds more of the green-clad assault forces to begin their bloodless occupation of Japan.
 Tn the center of this nce-great naval base, Is Japanese officers and 15 interpreters stood in two lines at stiff attention, to turn over the base and it's ruined warships to the Americans. Behind them in single line were three battered half-tracks and a single baby tank Like the shabby green uniforms of the naval officers, they gave mute evidence of how far Japan had fallen since the first days of the war when the Nipponese swept everything before them.
 Brig. Gen. William T. Clement, Richmond, Va, commanding the Marine regimental combat team, arrived at Yokosuka shortly after ward to acknowledge equalization of the base by Japanese Navy Capt. Kiyoshi Masuda.
 Major Wilson Hunt, Seattle, Wash, commanded the first troops to hit the beach.
 Japanese officers, civilian in- terpreters and Japanese news cor respondents and newsreel men all were ill at ease although anxious to please. They were tight-lipped, however, when questioned about
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RADAR LANDING CONTROL READY
 FOR AIR LINES

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30-Rarar landing control to penetrate fog and storm is ready for use by civilian air lines, says S. w. Gill; fillan, president oi radio manu- featuring concern.
 The device enables planes to avoid mountains. buildings and power lines and has been used by the Army for year and half under extremely unfavorable wea- ther conditions, he said. It was developed for the Army air forces by the Gilfillan Company in CO., operation with the Radiation Lab oratory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
FIRE RACES
 IN PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 30.--Hun- dreds of tinhatters leaped and swan to safety today as the most costly fire in Portland's history roare6 through the outfitting basin of Kaiser's Oregon Shipbuilding Cor poration.
 The blaze destroyed the outfitting dock and adjoining buildings, and seriously damaged several of the seven completed ships valued at $25, ,500 ,000-lying in the basin. The vessels, some still smoking, were being lowed to safety ill the Will lamette River.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
Byron Prize
 10 Germany

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.~-Presi- dent Truman announced today that Byrcn Price is being sent to Ger many as public relations adviser to American Occupation Forces there
 The President said that Price, now winding up his work as dir ector of censorship, will go as his personal representative to advise with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and It. Gen. Lucius " Clary on all matters concerned with public rela- tionship
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
RADIO TOKYO TN HANDS OF
 AMER. STAFF
tHy Associated Press,

Radio Tokyo, most listened to Japanese station for the last four years, was taken over today by Cen eral MacArthur's public relations staff.
 It marked the end of one oi Japan's most powerful and busiest propaganda weapons, and source of most wartime reports for the rest of the world of what was happen ing inside of Japan.
 It will not be used to bring American news and broadcasts to the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug 30 = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is ', Anaconda 33A Curtiss- Wright 6b, International Harvester 89%, Kennecott 37% New York Central 251s. Northern Pacific PTS, U. s. Steel Il, Pound $4.02s.
 Sales today totaled 890000 shares
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 172.37; rails 54.99; utilities, 3265.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
Aisugi AirfieId, Yokosuka Naval Base Taken
 Over by Tanks
MOVEMENT IS MADE
 WITHOUT Bl00D5HED'
Japanese Appear 10 Be Acting in Good Faith,
 Says MaeArthur

ATSUGI AIRFlELD. Near Tokyo. Aug 30-Gen Macarthur arrived in Japan and set up headquarters in Yokohama as Nippon's Military Ruler today amidst the first alien armed forces ever to occupy the Sacred Islands.
 l Paratroopers and seaborne ml- rines and sailors. hand picked to i remind Nippon of the invasion of the Philippines, swarmed out of the skies and in from the sea in an unbroken stream.
 i They took over Atsugi Airfield. l3 miles from Tokyo; ran up the American Flag over Yokohama Naval Base. Japan's second largest; rode by Japanese truck into Yoko- hama. port of Tokyo where the occupation force will establish gen. eral headquarters; and began eva cuating prisoners of war from "a black hell hole" where "bestial beatings were common The occupation IS going spien- didly," Gen. Macarthur said. Yanks were moving in an orderly fashion without bloodshed' and he said the Japanese appeared to be acting in good faith.
 Real Pay-Off
 AC NHac A hxtlat hs From Melbourne to Tokyo. it has been long, hard road. but this looks like the pay-off" The men of the Eleventh Airborne Division cheered and waved as they sighted the general. And Macarthur turned to the leader of the division band to declare: That's the sweetest music ever heard"
 A few minutes later, he stepped into an automobile to go to his new headquarters in the undam- aged Grand Hotel in Yokohama. The anborne forces who preceded him found the port city of Tokyo east of Atsugi reduced to "shanty- town" by Allied bombings. Japanese were living in caves and shacks made of scrap. and cooking over open fires. The hotel which became MacArthurs new headquarters and the few modern buildings still in- tact had been cleaned up for use by the Americans.
 Troops Beat Macarthur
 The occupation by troops in full battle dress and ready for any contingency. was eight hours old when MacArthur stepped onto Att sugi Airdrome from his shining silver C-54 transport, "Bataan," at ? p. m, q a. m, Eastern War Time).
 The Supreme Allied Commander landed amidst cheering paratroop- CTS of the Eleventh Airborne Diyi- sion who began pouring from an intending stream of transports at a. m., 6 p. m. Wednesday. East ern War Time simultaneous with landings at Yokosuka. led by the Fourth Marine Regiment. Heroic Outfit There
 The Fourth Marines, rushed to the Philippines from China. were one of. the heroic outfits in the fight for Manila Bay and stood to the last on Corregidor. Today's landing was made by a reactivated regiment
 The Eleventh Airboi.ne Division helped MacArthur clear 3OO.0O0 Japanese out of the Philippines and were victors at Nichols Field. where Japan struck it's first blow at the Islands.
 : Paratroop units drove in Japa- nese trucks, duly saluted by enemy officers. to occupy Yokohama. five miles closer to Tokyo than Yoko-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
sKAGWAY WOMEN HERE

Mrs. M A. Moe, Mrs. Ray King, Shirley Moe and Maureen Marinoff arrived yesterday on an Alaska Coastal Airlines plane from Skag- way and are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
The W ashingt ion Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

(NOTE = In Drew Pearson's absence, Herbert Bayard Swope, long a student of British po- litical affairs, contributes a guest column on the new Labor GoyernmentD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
SEATTLE GIRLS HERE

Ann Keenan, Kay Cameron and Trudy Haaley, of Seattle, flew to Juneau on a Pan American Clipper from Fairbanks and are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
tContinued on Page Four
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Norah, scheduled to ar rive at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning from Skagway, sails south three hours later
 Steamer Alaska, scheduled to ar rive from the south at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Steamer North Sea scheduled to arrive, southbound, Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
JULIE N 5

SIDNEY, Australia A strong British naval force commanded by Rear Adm. c. H. J. Harcourt en- tered the port of Hong Kong today to reoccupy the Crown Colony, Brit ish Pacific Fleet Headquarters an- nounced here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30

WASHINGTON Senator John Bankhead, of Alabama, has propos- ed that Emperor Hirohito be tried and convicted as an out-and-out war criminal. The Senator told a gathering at Birmingham that there can be no enduring peace with Japan until all of what he called "the humbuggery surrounding Hiro- hito and his ancestors is completely eliminated.
 GUAM-One hundred thirty-four Superforts carried more than enc million pounds of supplies to pris- oners of war today, Guam time. Each plane carried four tons of sup plies, and the mercy missions were made over Japan, the Asiatic main- land and Formosa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
DAVIS HERE

c. w. Davis, of Seattle. is a
 guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
NYMAN IN TOWN

Frank Nyman, of Seattle, has arrived here and is registered at the GaStineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30

BERLIN--Gen. Eisenhower said today that the 2,500,000 American troops now in Germany would be reduced to a fixed occupation force of about 100000 well before the end of the winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
WEATHER REPORT tU. s. WEATHER BUREAU

WEATHER REPORT
 tU S WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending s:30 O'Clock This Morning In Juneau-Maximum, 59; minimum, 45.
 At Airport-Maximum, 63: Minimum, 40.
 . FORECAST Juneau and vicinity. Cooler tonight. Sunny and warm Friday.