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Evening star., 1945-08-12
Note Tells Enemy That 4 Powers
Will Dictate Orders to Emperor
Terms Are Transmitted to
Envoy in Switzerland
For Relay to Tokyo


Today may be VI Day 1t is up to Japan.
The United States and her three major Allies were
awaiting to the note dispatched to the Japanese
yesterday in which Japan told that the United States
Britain, Russia and China would dictate orders to her
Emperor from the moment of surrender
This declaration, transmitted through neutral Switzerland,
Japans offer of Friday to surrender provided
she could keep her emperor and his sovereign preogaveS
the late yesterday Japan minister
in the Swiss capital for relay to Tokyo
said. there will be announcements tonight
dispatches late yesterday said Japan reply to the
Allied declaration generally expected" within "a hours
People to Decide on Emperor.
Most diplomatic held the opinion that Japan would
realize that by battling hopessy she merely would postpone
destruction and slaughter imposition of the
which confront her
The great powers told japanese that still unnamed
Allied commander would control them through the
Emperor They withheld that Hroho or any
could remain indefinitely on his throne.
The Japanese people eventually will decide for themselves
they said, whether there is to be emperor at all
The of the the Japanese consider combination of
question whether he others
surrender compancwee the only obstacles
sides willing abide by surrender terms
Posdam proclamation Under the proclamation
Japan would lose her stolen empire and shrink peaceful exist
Evening star., 1945-08-12

would snap up" the latest Allied
conditions.
The Allied statement, signed by
Secretary of State Byrnes, was de-
livered to the Swiss Legation here
and transmitted to Bern by radio.
Note Handed Over to Envoy.
At Bern the chief of the Politi-
cal Departments foreign division
called in japanese Minister Shu-
mishi Kase and handed it over at
3:25 pm. (E. w. To.
Kase dashed from the Parliament
building to a waiting automobile,
promising to transmit the document
to Tokyo at once. He had no COM
ment beyond:
I'm in a hurry"
The once bellicose warlords of
Japan thus had only a clear cut
choice between:
Agreeing to the condition that
. they must surrender and see the
Emperor become for the time being,
at least, puppet with. an Allied
commander pulling the strings; or
st-dwindling empire won by con-
quest but also in the home islands
themselves.
As If to give them a taste of
what peace would be like, the Japa-
nese got a temporary respite from
the terror of Super Fortresses and
from the ravages of atomic bombs.
Land fighting went on.
But it was clear the Pacific enemy
had had enough.
Japan decided Friday to tell the
Big Four she would quit if she
could keep Hirohito and his powers.
For "A hours Washington, London,
Moscow and Chungking considered
the offer. Stern answer, submitted
for all four powers by Secretary
Byrnes, went back through Swift
zerland.
From the moment of surrender, .
the Allied message said, "the au-
thority of the Emperor and the jap
Evening star., 1945-08-12
Seobees Drill First Test Oil Well
Inside Arctic Circle in Alaska

would be done only If q national
emergency dictated and then, under
established naval policy, the job
would be turned over to the private
oil industry.
Capt. Gillespie's expedition began
fitting out in June of last year at a
West Coast port. 1t used World
War merchant ship and a Liberty
ship.
It landed at Point Barrow, only
1,l00 miles from the North Pole,
and Cape Simpson and first built
q base camp and air strip.
The test drilling is at Umiat, on
the Colville River, about l8O air
miles from Point Barrow but some
$50 miles by the snow-covered land
route over which 1000 tons of heavy
oil field and runway equipment, and
fuel and provisions, were moved.
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Action Is Seen os Step
To Possible Withdrawal
Of D. G.. Administration
VARIETY OF OPINIONS marks
controversial subject of recreation
segregation. Page B-1.
By HERMAN F. SCHADEN.

The National Capital Parks
Office has denied the District
Recreation Board the right to
make improvements or install
recreational facilities on Federal
park lands under Interior De-
partment jurisdiction, it was
learned last night.
Following an Interior Depart
ment directive that Federal lands
in the District recreation system
must be available to all races, the
action was seen as a preliminary
step to possible withdrawal of these
areas from Recreation Board admin
istration.
Irving c. Root, superintendent
of National Capital Parks, and A.
E. Demaray, assistant director Of
National Parks Service, parent body
of National Capital Parks, denied
the Interior Department policy had
motivated the cleavage.
Projects to Be Cancelled.
A member of the Recreation
Board by virtue of his Office, Mr..
Root broke the news to other
board members during discussion
of budget estimates for the 1947
fiscal year.
Pointing to projected improve
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adelphia, the 27,100-ton Carriers
Reprisal at New York and Two Jima
at Newport News, Va, and 10 heavy
cruisers.
The Navy now is left with a con-
struction program of about 100 COM
bat ships, including one battleship
three 45,000-ton carriers, six 27,100-
ton carriers. two 14,500-ton carriers
10 escors carriers, 13 heavy cruisers,
nine light cruisers, rs destroyers and
80 submarines.
Army officials talked of a cut of
SO to 100 per cent in the purchase
of munitions, tractors and other
heavy equipment once the japanese
surrender is final. They made
these other estimates:
Service force requirements, now
(See RECONVERSION, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1945-08-12
Choice of Marshall
Or Macarthur to
Rule Japan Seen
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Speculation arose last night
that the choice of an Allied su-
preme commander to rule ia
pan if the japanese accept the
Big Four's conditions may lie
between Gen. George c. Mar
shall and Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
Charles G. Ross, White House
secretary, announced that if the
japanese capitulate, the occu-
pational commander will be an
American.
Since occupation is an Army
task, a military rather than
naval leader is expected to fill
the top post.
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District Denied Right Congress 10 Return
To Improve Park Land About Sept. 4 10 Act
Under |ckes' Control On 5 Major Issues
Imminence of Peace
Brings Decision to
Cut Recess Short
Ey the Associated Press.

ES the eSSOCldteQ FreSS.
Congress will cut short it's va
cation and reconvene probably
on September 4 to act on five
major issues involved in a sudden
change from war to peace.
The date was decided on yester-
day at a conference of President
Truman and Senate Majority Lead
er Barkley. House Majority Leader
Mccormack, in Massachusetts,
agreed by telephone.
Senator Barkley told reporters at
the White House these subjects are
to be taken up:
/. A bill to provide maximum
of $25 a week unemployment COM
pensation up to Is weeks on a
Nation-wi basis, the Government
to supply funds where States do not
provide such a scale.
Surplus Property Task.
.. Removing the surplus war prop
erty task fom the present three
man board to single admins
traitor.
3. The so-called full employment
bill designed to link management
labor and Government into vast
effort to provide perhaps as many
as 10000, 900 jobs in peacetime.
4. Decisions on what legislation
might be needed to keep alive for
while those war agencies which
still might have a job to do. This
too would contemplate perhaps the
Evening star., 1945-08-12
Color Sections
Omitted From Some
Copies of The Stor

The extra demand for
copies of The Sunday Star
due to the japanese situation
causes the omission of This
Week and rotogravure sec
tions from some copies.
Printing of these sections
was completed before the
present situation had devel-
oped.
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Ry the Associated Press.


Seabees have begun drilling the
first test well within the Arctic Cir
Gle in Northern Alaska where for
20 years the department has had
$4,000 square miles staked out as
"Naval Petroleum Reserve No. L."
Reporting on a project begun
more than a year ago, the Navy said
yesterday about 200 men now are
at work on it, to determine whether
the reserve" actually contains oil
in quantity.
Capt. Bart w. Gillespie. Gabriel,
Calf, the expeditions leader, adj
vised the Navy Department that
there is every reason to believe that
it does.
Even II the we'll should come in a
gusher, however, the Navy does not
propose to develop the field. That
Evening star., 1945-08-12
Planes Deal Big Blow
To Troop-Packed City
On Kyushu Island
500 Bombers, Fighters
Roid Kumomoto Before
Jup Surrender Offer
yy the Associated Press.


MANILA, Aug. IL Sunday
More than 500 Far East Air Force
bombers and fighters in their
heaviest saturation raid of the
war smashed at p-packed
Kumamoto in Western Kyushu
Friday and left smoke soaring
$4,000 feet and visible for 200
miles, Gen. Macarthur an
nounced today.
The raids came before the Japa-
nese offered to surrender. Gen.
George C. Kenney since has de-
clared the assaults of his Far East
Air Forces would be pressed on
through Saturday, although the
latter blows have yet to be an
nounced officially.
The Tokyo radio said, however
that $50 bombers and fighters set
fires sweeping through Kurume in
Northwestern Kyushu on Saturday
Gen. MacArthurs communique
dealt only with events of Friday,
in which the Kumamoto raid was
the top development.
No Enemy Interception.
Gen. Kennedy threw into the raid
most types of planes at his disposal
after belief was expressed that the
city on the southern japanese
island held large concentrations of
enemy troops.
Without enemy interception
waves of Liberators, Mitchells, at
tack bombers, Thunderbolts and
Lightnings bored through antiair-
craft fire which was described as
light to heavy.g
At the same time 10 Liberators
struck on the opposite side OF
Kyushu at the city of Otta, leaving
smoke columns towering 3 miles
high.
The raids were disclosed in COM
munique which reported 81 more
enemy vessels sunk or damaged in
blows through Friday
Fly at Low Levels.
Some of the planes attacking
Kumamoto, described at head
quarters as a major military supply
center, flew at low levels with jellied
gasoline and high explosives. Straf-
ers poured 10000 rounds of so.
caliber machine gun slugs into the
blazing target city.
A single Lightning turned up ovel
Kagoshima Bay on Southern KY.
ushu, dropped a fire bomb on g
1,000-ton freighter transport, envel-
oping it in flames.
Among the ships sunk or dam.
aged in raids ranging over water!
of the empire were two destroyer
escorts and four freighters. Ont
plane failed to return from these
sweeps.
Further reports on raids o1
Thursday added to the previously
announced toll of five freighters
10 smaller vessels and a subchase1
either destroyed or severely dam
aged. An enemy flying boat and two
other planes we're probably de-
stroyed.
Bombers of the 5th and 7th Air
Forces struck by night at Western
See RAIDS. Page A-1O1
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Dick Powell and Actress
File Intention to Wed
Ry the Associated Press,

Ry the Associated Press.
SANTA MONICA, Calf, Aug. IL.
Powell, Actor and singer,
and Actress June Allyson, 21-year-
old blond, today filed notice of their
intention to wed.
Powell formerly was married for
eight years to Joan Rlondell, who
obtained her final divorce decree
July q. Miss Allyson has not been
married.
Evening star., 1945-08-12
S3,546 in Claims Filed
On Empire State Crash
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoclatec PresS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Army
Public Relations Office announced
today that % damage claims total
ing $3,54678 had been filed with
the Government as the result of
the crash of BIS bomber into the
Empire State Building July %.
The Army also said that las simi-
lar cases growing out of the disaster,
In which IA persons perished, were
being investigated by the Army
claims Office.
Evening star., 1945-08-12
Russion People Told
OF Reply to japan
sy TIE Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Aug 1.-THE Russian
people were told tonight by the
Moscow radio that the Allies had
replied to the Japanese peace offer.
Quoting a Tass dispatch from
London, the broadcast said Wash
ington had announced that the re-
ply had been sent.
Excitement ran high among the
people as they sensed the end of the
war was near. Opinion was that
Japan must accept the Allied terms.
Evening star., 1945-08-12

Quick Ending Of
Gas and Shoes Likely
To Be Rution-Free
Almost at Once
I'y the Associated Press.


For the civilian, the end of the
war will mean fewer controls
rationing, price, manpower,
travel. 1t will not, of course,
mean the end of all wartime
controls Immediately. But the
relaxing will start without delay.
Civilians not only will find more of
almost everything available to buy,
but they will have less trouble in
buying what they want.
There will he, for example, fewer
trips to the ration beard for a new
tire, and extra gasoline coupons.
Will Release Gas Quickly.
Here is the rationing outlook:
Gasoline-Rationing will be elimi.
anted entirely within a short time
after the wars end.
Tires-Rationing will be elimi.
mated within a matter of months.
Shoes-Rationing to end very soon
after VI day.
Passenger cars-Rationing Of new
cars just going into production,
might not even begin. Instead some
system of informal rationing might
be worked out between the Govern
ment and the industry for meeting
most urgent needs first.
Food-Rationing to continue for
some time, especially meat, since
military requirements will remain
high during rehabilitation.
Sugar Stocks Still Low.
Ending of the war will give civil
ians "at best, only slight increase
in sugar for some time" spokes-
man for the Agriculture Depart
ment said. Stocks of sugar of 684,-
020 tons on July l were "a danger
ously low level" he added.
Fuel Oil-Rationing to end within
few weeks, as soon as the Navys
reduced demands are reflected ON
the overall supply
Stoves-Only OIL burning heating
and cooking stoves now are ra-
toned, and controls will be lifted.
since rationing is based on the
shortage of oil, rather than the
shortage of stoves.
Some controls may be continued
for at least six months, possibly
year or more. In the meantime,
there will be a gradual lifting of
restrictions. The OPA already has
worked out a program for the re-
moval of price control over many
items which have little effect on
the cost of living. The plan is to
lift other controls as rapidly as the
supply of particular item becomes
large enough to meet the consumer
demand.
Some Travel Curbs Likely.
Travel restrictions:
The easing of travel restrictions
depends largely upon the Arr,v'r
demobilization plan. Sports 81
fessional and amateur-may be one
of the first to benefit since these
travel curtailments are on a purely
voluntary basis. Since military de-
mands are certain to remain heavy
for many months, some travel curbs
appear likely to remain. These in
clude the elimination of sleeping
cars from runs $50 miles or less.
Manpower:
Selective service will stay in BUSH
ness to aid veterans in getting back
the jobs they left. How long the
drafting of men for military service
will continue has not been settled.
This decision will be made by the
President, the military and Con-
gress.
The War Manpower Commission,
which has recruited millions of
workers for war jobs, will try just
as hard. through the United States
Employment Service, to find mil.
lions of civilian jobs for workers.
And it won't be necessary to get
permission from your draft board
to change Jobs.
Evening star., 1945-08-12
FLEETS Stand By;
Carrier To||Up
To III Planes
90 Jap Ships Also
Blasted in HoIsey's
Two-Doy Attack
BULLETIN.

SAN FRANCISCO (R.-The
American Broadcasting Co.
tonight quoted the japanese
Domei agency as reporting al
most 10 Super Fortresses,
fighter = escorted, attacked
Matsuyama, on the north
west coast of Shikoku, at 10
am. Sunday, Tokyo time. 1t
was the first reported Super
Fort attack since Japan's
peace offer became known
Friday night-except for a
mining operation that con-
tinued until the early morn
ing hours Saturday.
BY the Associated Press.
GUAM, Aug. IL Sunday -
While American and British
fleets presumably stood idle of
Japan for the second day, Ad-
miral Chester w. Nimitz an
nounced today that their carrier
planes Thursday and Friday de-
stroyed or damaged TIL enemy
planes and 81 ships in what may
have been the last big air strike
of the war.
Failure of the powerful forces
under Admiral william F. Halsey te
attack during the current negotia.
tions over Japan's expressed willing
ness to surrender were declared to
be still according to previous plans
and not influenced by the peace
effort.
Admiral Nimitz issued commu-
nique making final report of the
air strikes of Thursday and Friday
against Northern Honshu from
Yokohama to the northern tip OF
the island.
Jap Air Bases Attacked.
Smashing into such hitherto un-
damaged air bases as Mamurogawa
and Obanazawa. the ports of Ona
gawa and Okchi Bay, and the in
land cities of Masuda, Iwaki, Kori-
yama. Matsushima and Shiogama
planes of the combined fleets foune
good hunting.
gawa and Okachi Bay, and the in.
creased the previously announced
bag of planes by 1873 and placed the
two-day toll of ships at IS sunk ano
SO damaged. These included sever
destroyers or destroyer-escorts sunk
and seven more damaged.
The other shipping hit ranged
from luggers to merchantmen.
So closely were the British anc
American flyers working together
that they were credited jointly with
sinking one destroyer, three de.
stroyer-escorts and damaging 9
freighter.
Seen American Planes Lost.
Allied losses, disclosed for thu
first time, were listed as sever
American aircraft, with six pilot.
and air crewmen, and seven British
planes, with five pilots.
Admiral Nimitz said he woulc
take no action calling off his nava
forces until the order came through
from Washington and presumably
the powerful United States Sd Fleet
and its British ally still steamed
Evening star., 1945-08-12

Three additional men from
the District area haze been re-
ported killed in this tDGr. See
ION the Honor Roll" page AZ.
Evening star., 1945-08-12

ence in the home islands.
Now that Japan has made her
bid to keep an Emperor with all his
powers. and failed, there were high
expectations around the world that
she would yield to the will of the
Allies. A diplomatic expert on Far
Eastern affairs predicted here she
Evening star., 1945-08-12

(See CONGRESS, Page A-6)
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-6.)
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(See RECREATION, Page AID
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(See RAIDS, Page A-10D
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Weather Forecast

in afternoon and night. Tomorrow
cloudy, occasional showers.
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(See SURRENDER, Page A-30
Evening star., 1945-08-12

Temperatures yesterday - High, IS
at 3 pm; low, 66 at 6 6:35 q. m, rs at 10 pm,
United States Weather Bureau Report.
Evening star., 1945-10-28

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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18
AFRICAN wins HIGH HONOR

BURMA, June 18.-(ANP)-
Sgt. Selemani Feruzi, a Tanganyika
soldier fighting in Burma, has re-
ceived an immediate award of the
D.C.M. for his bravery. Every Eu-
ropean in his group had been killed
and Sgt. Feruzi took command of
his platoon. He organized party to
evacuate his mortally wounded pla
toon commander, at once gained
control of the men, steadied them
and led them on to their objective.
The citation says: "He showed the
highest qualities of leadership and
complete disregard for his own
safety"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18

O. Dedmon, secretary for veterans
affairs of the national association,
accompanied the group.
They pointed out to Gen. Parren
that their efforts to secure correc-
tion of the problem complained of
through DR.. Sweeney, command
ing officer of the Marine hospital,
had been unavailing. Parran told
them that the U. S. Public Health
service is operated on a democratic
basis, and that he would not toler-
ate segregation and discrimination
in any of the facilities of the serv-
ice based on race, creed or color.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18
GENERAL pARREN TO PROBE
SEGREGATION OF NURSES

WASHINGTON, June 18 (ANP)
Surgeon Gen. Thomas A. Parran
Of the United States Public Health
service assured representatives Of
the Cleveland branch of the
NAACP that he would investigate
their charges of discrimination and
segregation Of 10 Negro cadet nur-
ses at the Marine hospital, Cleve-
land, and that with respect to sep
arate messing facilities, he would
Immediately order an end to that.
Gen. Parren heard the complaint
laid before him by DR.. Nathan K.
Christopher and a committee rep
resenting the branch. Capt. Jesse
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18

a president from being made the po-
litical football in the future as he
was in the past.
'This is further emphasized when
it is recalled that there have been
three presidents of Wilberforce in
this 1O-year period, and five actual
changes in the presidency"
DR.. Wesley admitted that circum-
stances may be responsible for the
changes, but "the conclusion is in
evitable that, the tenure of Will
berforce president is not only inse-
cure but of brief duration"
Bishop Ransom, however, ex-
planned the changes. All but one re-
signed, he said. The exception was
the Rev. D. O. Walker of Cleveland.
He was elected president of Wilber-
force in 1886 and served until 1941.
The state-appointed board Of trus-
tees, led by Ray Hughes and the
Rev. C.. T. Isom, demanded his dis
"He was put out against the wish
of a majority of the university
board" declared Bishop Ransom,
"as the only way to placate the state
board. A check up on the members
will prove this. The state board de-
it = not the university
board"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18
LISTS SEVEN CHANCES
SOUTH MUST TAKE

BIRMINGHAM, June 18 (ANP)
The south must take seven
chances if postwar security for this
section is to be assured, according
to John Temple Graves, veteran COL
umnist and self-styled "jim-crow
liberal"
One of the chances was his sug-
gestion concerning Negroes, declar-
ing that they must be Encouraged
to advance on his side of re-as-
serted line" He did not elaborate
on this "re-asserted line" but his
general advocacy concerning the
color problem has been for in
creased segregation and "whiter
white supremacy"
The other six "chances" dealt
with economic and political affairs.