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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
Block Cantfade Shirt
Company Expecting No
Employment Reduction

No immediate release Of per-
sonnet is anticipated at Block
Cantfade Shirt company though
the War Department doesn't want
about $4,000 shirts the local firm
had contrac ed to make.
The government has cancelled
contracts for about 40 per cent
of the upper garments for the boys
in khaki, but the remaining 90
yer cent are expected to be COM
pleted by December 81, according
10 existing contract, Nathan E.
Block, secretary of the company
has announced.
Some cutbacks in personnel may
be necessary later on unless cloth
for making civilian garments car
be obtained. Mr.. Block stated that
there is a scarcity Of cloth for
civilian production.
Since the local factory began
filling Army and Navy contracts
shortly after Pearl Harbor, il has
supplied about 100000 shirts to
the armed forces. All Navy con-
tracts held by the company were
completed before VI Day.
Production had not yet begun on
the contracts cancelled by the War
department, ordered through the
Quartermaster Corps depot in
PHILADELPHIA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
SOVIETS VIRTUALLY.
STRIP u. S. PLANTS
IN BERLIN SECTION

FRANKFURT ON THE MAIN
Germany, Aug. 2o.-(P)-The Rus
slams virtually stripped nearly
every large American-owned fac.
tory still standing in tne United
States Occupation Zone in Der.
lin before American troops moved
in an official military government
source said today. :.
While a special American unit
had been assigned to take over
specific plants, this group report
ed that the Russians had remov'
ed practically all machinery
eoufpment. finished products, raw
material. foods and medicine be-
fore hand.
Among the stripped plants, the
military government source said
were several owned by TIE Inter
national Telephone and Telegraph
Co.. and others owned by Fore
Motor Co., Singer Sewing Ma
chine, and the American Radiator
and Standard Sanitary Manufac'
turing Co.
The Russians removed practical
" all stock from three F. W
WoolWorth and Co. Stores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
AUTHORITIES HOLD
THIRTY SUSPECTS IN
WINDSOR Staying

WINDSOR, Ont, Aug. 20.-P)-
Police detained 80 persons today
for questioning in connection with
three murders that left Windsor
residents jittery and led authori-
ties to say they feared more kill
ings by ''fiendish maniac on the
loose
One of the 30, Investigators said,
was a real suspect in the knife
Sayings of Sgt. Hugh B. Price, 45,
an overseas veteran, and Frank
Sciegliski, Sc, mechanic, who
were found dead in the same va
cant lot here, Price on Aug. 10
and Sc;egliski on Aug. S.
The police said they were fol
lowing different leads in the ham,
mer killing of William Davies, 81,
a garage night Waterman, early
last Thursday.
The major suspect in the Price
and Scieliski Sayings, detectives
reported, was told during ques-
tioning that something resembling
blood had been found on mis- knife.
Il don't see how that's possible
because l washed it off, he was
quoted as replying.
Further details Of the question
ing were not released.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
WARD
SUES Clio UNION FOR
$1,350,000 LIBEL

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 90
W.H-Montgomery Ward and Co.
today filed suit asking damages to-
falling 100000 from a CLIO union.
claiming its usiness had been
damaged by allegedly libelous
statements printed in unici pub.
LEGATION.
Edward Chevlin, officer Of ,
local union, No. 131, United Retail
Wholesale and Department Store
Employees of America and de-
PENDANT, asserted the libel action
was another attempt by Sewell
Avery to stifle the freedom of the
press
The petition was filed in Federal
District Court here by Elton H.
Marshall local attorney. He said
it was based on material publish
ed in the Spotlight" a union or
gan.
The attorney said the union
charged in it's publication that the
big mail order house was lNady to
do anything to retain its power
over it's employees. There were n
counts in the petition. On each OF
them, the company sought $25, 1000
actual and $4,000 punitive cam
ages
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
RUSSIANS REFUSE
ELECTIONS HELP

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Up
Hopes that the Big Four in Eu~~-e
could unite to assure free elections
in several liberated countries were
jolted today with the disclosure
that Russia had refused to assist
| in overseeing balloting in Greece.
The State Department anaounc.
ed that the United States. Britain
and France would send commits
sions to Athens to help insure a
free election by secret ballot but
said Russia found itself unable
to accept an invitation to partici-
pate.
This announcement was made
simultaneously in London by Bri-
fish Foreign Secretary Ernest Be-
vim, who also told the House of
Commons that the present gov
ernments of Bulgaria, Rumania
and Hungary did not represent
views of the majority of their peo-
pies.
Only two days ago, the United
States bluntly told the provisional
government of Bulgaria it could
not approve the existing plan for
Bulgarian elections. The disappro'
val was based on a belief here
that the "Fatherland Front. which
would offer the only slate of can
didate, is not a true five-party
coalition, as advertised, but a min
ority group dominated by the Com
munist Worsifbh party.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
STEADY CHURCH-GOER
ROBS POOR BOXES

CHICAGO, Aug. 20. up.
julius Goss, SO, of Chicago, was
a steady churchgoer, but not
for spiritual reasons. He admit
ted today in Felony Court that
for the past 4S years he had a
fairly steady income from
robbing church poor boxes.
az have been doing it since I
was IL years DID," Goss said,
when he appeared before the
court for a hearing, which was
continued, on two charges of
grand larceny.
He explained that he usually
used a pencil with a wad of
chewing gum at the end to dip
into the poor boxes and draw
out the money.
Cess originally was taken in
to custody on suspicion of set
ting small fires in three church
es in the last two weeks. He de-
MED the charges remarking.
"Why, 1 mage my living in
churches"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
SCHOOL TO OFFER
ON.JOB TRAINING

The New Hanover High School
has announced that its coopera
tive plan for on-the-job training
will prepare students within one
or two years ''to be satisfactory,
economical, and efficient workers"
in all types of Wilmington bust
nesses.
TWenty-one students have ap-
Piled for the training, including
eight for stenography, five for gen
eral office or clerical work, one
for refrigeration or plumbing
training, one for carpentry, one
for power company work, one for
floral work and four for training
IN selling.
According to the announcement,
he school is making plans to Of
Ter in-school instruction related to
The work performed by each stu.
dent, and by providing d coordi-
nator to organize and carefully
supervise the program.
Letters will be mailed to bust
ness firms soon requesting coop
Grafton in training young people
'or their future jobs. All inter.
eS'ed firms not contacted are ask
Cd 10 call Mrs. Bjonerud, business
soucatlon coordinator, at telephone
The following Wilmington bust
v v firms cooperated with the
nisA school during the 1944-45
scnool session in the program:
:, atlantic Coast Line, Belk-Wil
r r' Chamber of Commerce,
community Chest, Social Service
rrac.nahge, Health Department
Nv, Realty company, Peo
r Building and Loan associa.
T T.a' Ideal Plumbing company, Of
S ;.se OF War P Production Training
r p.I News company, Southern
VIA and Lumber company, and the
'-'iilllgton Printing company.
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END OF WAR HITS
COFFEE MARKET
RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug %

RIO DE JANE1RO, Aug. 20. -
WH - Japan's surrender had virtu-
ally paralyzed the Brazilian coffee
market today with prices so high
and tendencies so bullish that ex-
porters who must comply with
United States ceiling prices were
absolutely unable to buy while at
the same time European overtime
ceiling bids had been halted.
Prospects that OPA ceilings
would be lifted in the near future
and that the end of hostilities soon
would release at least some of the
shipping tonnage needed to tran
sport Brazilian coffee to world
markets were cited as the reasons
for the bullish sentiment.
Coffee experts predicted prices
temporarily swould go "sky-high"
when ceilings are eliminated, but
then drop to more or less normal
postwar levels "as soon as all
concerned remember there is no
world coffee shortage"
Experts pointed out that Brazil
actually has enough coffee in stock
for one year of normal exports,
even without the 1856 crop, and
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
Civil War
Threat Now
cpreading
LEADERS DEFIANT
Nationlists Seeking Con
ferences With Com
munists F or Peace
BY SPENCER MOOSA

CHUNGKING, Aug. 20.-(P)-
Chinese Communist and govern
ment troops were credibly report
ed today to have clashed in North
China while Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek appealed again to Com
munist leaders to come to Chung
king to settle differences peace
fully.
These developments in China's
tension-packed political crisis
came amid demands and counter.
demands that civil war be averted.
The Communists yesterday declar-
ed the threat of widespread hostil-
tiles was grave.
Chang sent an urgent message
to Communist leader Gen. Mao
Tze-Tung in Yenan, urging him to
reconsider his refusal to journey
to Chungking to discuss a peace
full settlement.
The outbreak ct fighting was
reported to have occurred South
west of Yangki (Taiyuan), capital
of Shansi Province. There was no
indication whether it was a serious
outbreak or one of series of
minor engagements that have
taken place along Communist
China's inflammable borders.
Chungking and Yenan, Communist
capital 1875 miles Southwest Of
Yungk, were officially silent.
The reports said that hostilities
broke out between Communist
forces and troops under Gen. Yen
Hsi = Shan, Chundking appointed
governor of Shansi Province. The
Communists were said to have
seized possession OF an airfield
near Yungku, only to be SUBJ
throrn of the airstrip.
Chungking announced tn a t
Ciang's widely-dispersed National
Armies had taken over more than
rs towns from the Japanese, that
government underground forces
had come out into the open in
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
FRED NEIL FINKS 4
BROWNS IN RIVER

Coroner Asa w. Allen termed
the death of Fred Neil Finks, GA,
whose body was sighted floating in
the Cape Fear river yesterday aft
ernoon, the result Of accidental
drowning.
Mr.. Finks, of 20 North 5th street,
a clerk employed by the North
was reported to have left home
about IL noon on Saturday and had
apparently fallen in the river by
accident.
His body was recovered at the
loot of Dock street when noticed
by J. E. English, liz South Front
street, police reported.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Agnes Price Finks; three dauga.
tiers, Mrs. Andre DePorry, VIII
mington, Mrs. J. E. Thompson.
Greenville, S. c. and Mrs. F. w.
Sweet, Jr.. Fl. Benning, Ca, and
a brother, Emmett Fink, of
Creiglesville, Va.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from the graveside, in Oakdale
cemetery, by the Rev. Laurin
Sharp, assistant pastor of the First
Baptist church at 5 pm. today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
GUSHING DENIES
BRIBERY CHARGES

OSLO, Aug. 2o.-P)-A sensa-
tional charge that Maj. Vidkun
Quisling planned the Nazi invasion
of Norway and received gold from
Hitler for betraying his country
marked the opening today of the
treason trial Of the former pappet
premier.
Quisling, visibly shaken by the
accusation, rose from his seat and
muttered weakly that not true"
Trying desperately to control
himself, Quisling answered that he
always considered Germany Nor
ways most dangerous threat.
Il am the saviour of Scandana-
via," he said. II am the martyr
of Norway"
AS the trial opened the prosecu-
ton disclosed that testimony is
now being taken in Germany and
will be introduced in court from
Hermann Goering, DIR. Alfred
Rosenberg, Joachim Van Ribben
t1op and other high ranking Nazis
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
US. To Recognize Finland

eminent which is broadly rep
preventative of all Democratic
elements in Finnish political
life." The ballotting, he said,
was found to be freely con-
Quoted" and to have "express-
ed the Democratic wishes of
the Finnish people,"
Although Finiapn twice fought
Russia and was at war with
Britain, the United States new
er declared war on the little
Baltic republic. But, on June 30,
1914, it severed diplomatic re-
lations on grounds that Finland
had entered an irrevocable
military partnership with Ger
many.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
Red Armies
Take Three
Big Cities
IN MANCHURIA AREA
Pablo Moscow Report Says
Nothing OF Any Jap
Resistance

LONDON, Aug. 2O.-W,H-Soviet
nnssia,s Far Eastern Armies to-
d % occupied the Manchurian cit
a ;ss Of Mukden, Hardin and Hsin'
w. r;no the latter headquarters city
a. the japanese Kwantung Army,
~. Soviet communique reported
tonight.
rbe communicate, broadcast by
p.dio Moscow, said resistance had
ceased in the Southern half of
e.khalin Island. 1t made no refer
once to resistance in Manchur;a.
limits and detachments of the
vr.nt,,ng army continued to SUR
rorder the communique said. APP
narentlv Soviet Marshal Alexan-
dor NJ vasilevsky, commander OF
tbe Far Eastern Armies, still had
not received formal surrender Of
,ho ! 200. OOO-man Kwantung Army
from the japanese commander.
Hsinking (Changchun) was taken
~, +be fast-moving armor OF Mar
sba1 Rodion Y. Malinovsky al
though paratroopers who were
dropped there yesterday, reported
# ready to surrender. Hsinklng
was headquarters for Gen. Otozo
vamada, commander of the Kwan-
tung Army, and Malinovsky's ar
rival there may clear the way for
formal surrender.
Malomovskys forces had driven
Southeast from the outer Mongolia
border while troops of the First
Far Eastern Army, heading West,
CAPTURED Kirin, 60 miles to the
Fast Junction of the two forces
apparently was imminent.
Malinovsky's Trans-Baikal Army
also took Mukden and with the aid
Of Airborne troops landed there
yesterday.
Hardin fell to the Second Fol
Eastern Army which had driver
800 miles down the Sungari river
from the Northern Manchuria Dor
der.
Capture of these cities brought
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
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JAPANESE LEADERS
FEAR MILITARY MEN
: MAY PROVE UNRULY

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2o.-R
The Tokyo Radio declared today
that the Japanese surrender was
resented by considerable portion
of the military men" of the coun-
try and that Allied occupation
may be too much for some of
the military officers to bear
The English-language broadcast,
beamed to the United States and
recorded by the Federal Commune
cations Commission, said, ''some
Of the hot-headed among them (the
cfficers) may allow their emo.
tons to get the better of Their
Judgment and there is no telling
what unfortunate incidents may
occur which might endanger the
present delicate situation"
The Tokyo broadcast then quail
fled its gloomy picture somewhat
by declaring that the Emperor s
rescript calling for strict discipline
and the fact that the J1emier il
a member of the Imperial family
and also is War Minister, make i
certain that the greater part O.
the military will strictly obey thu
Imperial will"
The broadcast insisted thai
"even if sporadic outbursts SHOULD
cccu-," Japan intended to leave
Eo,hing undone to enforce stric
compliance with the terms of the
Potsdam declaration, which We
have accepted in all solemnity
and good faith"
The broadcast went OF to say
however, that maintenance Of
public order will undoubtedly pre-
sent difficult problems in the
days to come" and that there is
bound to be clash of divergent
opinions.
But there is danger that in the
stress of the crisis, the clash Of
opinion may result in the disor'
derby clash of premature action
Such a possibility is rendered al
the more threatening by the So
cial unrest which is bound to oc.
cur. -
The reference to premature &C
ton" was not elaborated, but
Tokyo went; on to say that the
present situation was "a particu
larly bitter pill for military mer
to swallow
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
WPB THROWS KEY
CONTROLS AWAY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. LIP
The government tonight turned
loose American industrial genius
to start producing for peace.
In one stroke it wiped out ZIG
wartime controls which had been
damming up materials and the
freedom of industry to turn gu!
civilian goods.
Among the bans lifted were those
en- the number of radios, refrigera'
tors and trucks that could be pro-
duced.
The War Production Board,
which threw the contI OILS out the
window, said ceilings on the num-
Der of automobiles which could
be turned out will be lifted very
shortly.
The WPB still mas ]25 controls
left but said a great many OF them
would be ended within the next
few days.
Other restrictions eliminated:
On manufacture of stoves, laun-
dry equipment, metal furniture,
electric fans, motorcycles, storage
batteries, Photographic iilm, ship
ping containers, oil burning equip
ment, silk and cotton duck, ma
chine tools, construction machin
cry. and caskets.
! WPB Chairman J. A.Krug said
his agency had conferred with the
manufacturers of durable goods on
the change-over to a prosperous
peace through large production.
'They have agreed" he said, ito
produce the same proportion of low
cost merchandise as they did prior
to the war.
The lifting of individual orders
does not remove this obligation
from industry. We are prepared to
re-impose our orders if this does
not prove to be the case"
/ In other words, Krug was say
ing to the manufa cturers: They
must not try to turn out only nigh
priced stuff just because there is
plenty of money around.
Further. They must turn out a
lot of low-priced goods or WPB is
ready to crack down with controls
again to whip them into line.
i Krug said the controls which
WPB will have to keep for while
are intended to prevent boarding
of materials by large consumers
at the expense of the smaller ones.
He indicated that lifting the cell
ing on autos was delayed temper
arily while the question - should
new cars be equipped with spare
tires-was being discussed.
Leaders of business, labor and
agriculture members of the Re
CONVERSION Advisory Board - ex-
pressed their pleasure with the d.
rection of home front events, since
Japan quit, with this:
A unanimous resolution pralslng
Reconversion Director john W.
SNYDER for his outline of govern
ment policy in the period ahead:
From war to peace-a challenge.
fContinued m Page Two; Col. 81
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Com ander
Will Head
Huge Force
EMlSSARlES GO HOME
Allied Armada OF Ships.
Planes, Land Troops
Being Formed
BY RUSSELL BRINES

MANILA, Tuesday, Aug. 21.-(R
Macarthur announced to-
day that he would leave quickly
for conquered Japan at the head
of a mighty array of Army NAVY
and Air Forces and would dictate
surrender articles in the enemy
homeland within ten days.
Japanese emlssaries, who made
the preliminary arrangements IN
conferences here with MacArthur's
-subordinates, left by plane TO. To
kyo this afternoon. American CEN
sorship DELAYED announcement of
their departure for several hours.
Nc word yet had come of the en-
voys' transfer to their planes at lie
Shima or their arrival back in
d Japan, although sufficient time had
elapsed for the trip. Thi may hav.
been due, however, to disbandins
of the elaborate Army communica-
tons setup which gave on.the-spot
coverage of the ENJOYS outward
bound arrival at lie Sunday after
noon.)
The sky-filling American air
fleets. the landing troops and the
Allied naval armada scheduled to
move speedily into Japan will lie
alerted for any emergency as thay
approach the shores of That seetr-
ing country.
The japanese notified Macarthur
officially that they were keeping
forces under arms at home 'for
the maintenance of order" and
the Tokyo radio warned that many
Of the Japanese military might for.
chilly resent the occupation.
But the manner in which The EN-.
peror's emissaries offered coopera.
ton at the noW-concludcd prelimi.
nary conferences here indicated
Japan would be occupied with
minimum of friction.
A headquarters spokesman said
that for the present a technical
state of truce" existed. and until
the Allied entry into Japan no for
NAL surrender would be signed. 1t
was indicated the signing would
take place in or near the ruined
capital of Tokyo.
Macarthur did not design to see
the Japanese delegation, but snort
ly after it left he issued a statement
saying that the emissaries ''impart-
ed all information required and in.
structions of the United Nations are
being conveyed by them to the gov.
eminent of Japan"
I'm my capacity as Supreme
Commander for the Allied pow
ers," he added, Il shall soon pro-
coed to Japan with accompanying
forces composed of ground, naval
and air elements.
Subject to weather that will
permit landings, it is anticipated
that the instrument Of surrender
will be signed within 10 days.
At that time, having accepted
the general surrender of japanese
armed forces for the United States,
Chinese Republic, United Kingdom
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
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U.S.. Occupation Of Japan May Finally Solpe
Enigma Of Amelia Earhart's Inflated Flight

zealously guarding the military
sesre of the islands. "
These quarters pointed out sew
eral factors tending to support the
latter theory:
1. The absence Of word from the
plane preceding crash. This
could have. resulted from destruc-
ton o. the plane by japanese
ground fire.
2. Although no official radio
contact was made after the crash.
for days amateur listening posts
in the United States and elsewhere
reported hearing mysterious SOS
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21

Navy.
Miss Earhart's route from Lac
to tiny Rowland crossed the Jap
anese-mandated Gilbert and Mar
shall Islands-islands which even
in those pre-war days were unda
frantic fertilization in prepare
ton for the eventual Pacific war
The last official radio contact
with the Inflated plane gave nc
hint Of impending disaster. Pre-
sumab1y, it could have flown safely
over the Japanesc-held islands and
crashed near Rowland. Or-as
some quarters believe-it may
have fallen prey to Japanese anti.
aircraft guns or fighter planes
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21

when it completed an unpreced-
ented, 15-day air and sea search.
Because it was not a Navy plane
involved, it never made an in
vestigation and it declined to com
ment on the possibility that Miss
Ea1hart may be found Or clues
uncovered as to her disappearance.
1t was on July 2, 1887, that the
39-year-old flier, accompanied by
Navigator Fred 1Toonon, apparent
ly crashed into the Pacific and
touched off not only one OF the
greatest sea-air searches in his
tory, but the beginning of mys-
terry whose solution may lie IN
the secret files of the japanese
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
REALIZES AMBITION

YAKIMA, Wash, Aug. 2o.-R-
An ambition cherished 50 years
was realized by Supreme Court
Justice William o. Douglas Satur-
day when he reached the peak of
Il, 300-foot Mount Adams and look
ed across the wide expanse of
land to the Yakima Valley where
ne spent his boyhood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
BY r. H. SHACKFORD

ny n. II, SuAOAr UNI
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-W.H
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes disclosed tonight that
the United States is ready to
reestablish diplomatic :eIations
with Finland and thus close the
books on one of the most tick
1ish problems of World War II.
Russia already has reestab-
ished relations with Finland
and Great Britain is expected
to.
Byrnes said study of the
recent Finnish elections shows
that the former Axis satellite
has set up a reOrganized gov
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-21
CHARTER RATIFIED

LONDON, Aug. 20.-P)-The
Moscow Radio said tonight that
the Pres:dium of the Supreme
Soviet has ratified the United Ma
tons Charter. Russia thus became
the third major power II ratify the
San Francisco pact. The United
States and France already had
done so. Some smaller nations
also have given formal approval