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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-16

Emperor Hirohito OF Japan is the
hath OF his line to reign.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-16
MISS lila M. KENNEDY

MISS Ella NJ. Kennedy passed
away at her home in Detroit, Fri.
day after a long illness. Miss Ken
nedy was a sister OF Rev. Frank
Kennedy former pastor OF st.
Johns Church here.
She Is survived by three sisters.
Josephine, Mary and Elizabeth,
Detroit; two nephews. Rev. Paul
v. Kennedy S. j., and Frank !.
Kennedy. Detroit.
Funeral will start at 800 from
the residence. 1875 Normandy ST.,
Detroit, Tuesday with services at
$3.50 in Gesu Church. Burial will
take place in Brighton.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-16
Deaths
HARLIE c. HEATH

Harlis C. Heath, SIS. died Sun.
day at ST. Joseph Hospital. Ann
Arbor, after a long illness. He was
born July 81. 1889 In Washtenaw
County, the son OF AlonEo and Mary
Elizabeth Heath. His entire life
had been spent In this vicinity. On
Oct. 81. 1914, he married Miss Mar.
Jory Cady OF Ypsilanti. Until his
illness he had been employed at the
Michigan State Normal College
after working at the Ideal Furnace
Co. In Milan.
Survivors are his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. Thelma b. Jasper:
Mrs. Anna Z. Bichmeier, Milan:
two sons, Ronald H., q discharged
veteran. Milan. and Marble C..
USAC In the South Pacific; one
grandchild, Nancy Jasper; two sis.
ters, Mrs. Lillian Hammond Stony
Creek, and Mrs. Edna Saffell, Dun.
dee; one brother, Walter. A son
preceded him in death.
Funeral services will take place
Wednesday at $3.50 from the Stew.
ems and Bush Funeral Home, Rev.
William Johnson officiating. Burial
will be In Marble Park Cemetery.
Friends may call at the residence,
1905 Mooreville Rd., until 1000
Wednesday morning. Masonic SER
vices will be at the grave.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09

recorded, but it was onlv
few seconds before I was s,ron wei!
myself down among some erorass
ing Aussies in a mass ot as
vegetation behind a Jap obsts srSssy
The Smelling kept or heads de'.-
for some time. had forgotter N w
Jerry Thorp OF the Chicago ~ n mat
News and Sam Kinch Of the r.,'
Worth Star-Telegram were b. suFs :
me IN the crossing Of that I.A
breach in the pier. ''N
Well, here came Jerry. II d.r.,
oped that ne and Sam had ;,''
crossed the breach when Jan 1 .tss
fire got after them. They took , . .s
from couple Of Aussies and sor,. W.
how or other got themselves unas .
cover, clinging from timbers t y.
low the pier. When the rifle w. u.
ceased Jerry extricated himself w..
Sam, who is a big fellow, w.
stuck. An LCVP finally came a1a sv
and took him aboard, and thau
Jap machine gun opened IN Az
the boat. vi
Evetually we all got ABOARD hi,
vessel, bruised a little and Conn.,
of us green-stained from the no,,
of Borneo.
1t was my first landing And
that'n be enough for this week
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
Milder Than In 1918

One comment heard frequently in Whining
ton yesterday was that the celebration Of We
Day was exceedingly mild in comparison with
the corresponding day in 1918. 1t was indeed
But the reason is not hard to find. The an
noucenent of the peace arrangement IN the
little red school house near Reims carried in
Mondays Associated Press newspapers took
the edge off any later confirmation.
But we believe an even more important
reason was that the American people gen.
orally looked Upon the official announcement
of peace as an occasion for meditation and
serious thanksgiving rather than demonStra-
ton.
While automobiles raced through downtown
streets with horns blasting and paper was
torn up and thrown from windows as a SUBJ
stitute for confetti and in direct violation of
the appeal to save all paper as an essential
war material, the fuss was soon over and
even the school children, freed from their
studies quickly scattered. By shortly after
walks, had assumed their customary appear
ance on Sunday. With general business sus-
pended there was little traffic.
Surely this is a more fitting way to OBJ
serve the surrender of Germany than by pro-
longed outbursts of meaningless enthusiasm.
Especially is this true, the war is but
half won. stubborn vicious, bestial enemy
remains to be conquered in the Far East
hefore neace celebration can take on the
proportions Of an about celebration.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
QUOTATIONS
By WESTBROOK PEGLER
downright, 1s45, by King Features Syndicate

The building industry is the nationals mum.
Der one field for postwar employment of re.
turning service men and for Unemployment OF
the vast number now in war industries
Walter R. MacCormack, vice presidet Ameri.
can Institute of Architects.
I never could have got through this business
if had not had with me powerful band of
together by loyalty which rose far above
party politics. Winston Churchill.
The bare truth is that for a large part If
the Dutch people the question is no longer how
they will survice the terrible ordeal imposed
upon them, but whether they will survive -
Henry J. Kaiser, national chairman United
National Clothing Collection.
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The Immediate Problem

Creation Of an interim government in Ger
many, it appears to us, takes second place
to the problem of controlling and feeding both
the surrendered armed forces and civilian
population.
This does not apply to bands of recalcitrants
who will go on fighting independently. They
are now bandits and will be shot down where
ever found. But the millions of German SOL
diers cannot be turned loose without employ
ment food to prey on the land, nor can
the great hordes of German civilians who
have lost all their worldly goods be left to
starve. In the name of humanity their sim
pie requirements must be provided until such
time as they can re-establish themselves in
some sort of gainful, honest work.
This job, which the Allies will do as best
they can, constitutes the greatest immediate
undertaking involved in the surrender. What
ever ones views may be OF Russian policy,
common sense favors the employment of as
many Germans as can be cared for ii restor.
ing the damage OF German forces in the So
Wet Union. Other thousands may be employ.
ed in restoring Germany's own destroyed in
dustries and mines, and it would be poetic
Justice to put still other thousands to work
in France, in just retribution for the tens O.
thousands Of Frenchmen forced into slave la
Dor for the Reich.
But, however great the number OF Germans
thus employable, it would fall far short O.
the total needing aid. What is to be done
for the surplus is a puzzle the occupying
forces will have to work out.
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Lee Miller Couers The Pacific

the two already ashore. He said
he was going in himself in 20 min
utes.
"Where are you going to land?"
I asked him.
Il think alongside that southern
most DOCK" he said, pointing
through the murky haze and orient
ing me by pillar of smoke. 1.-THE
dock itself seems to be preached
here and there"
So we returned to our PIT and I
explained the situation to the PIT
Squadron Commander, Lieut.. John
w. Morrison. West Englewood, N.
j., and to the skipper, Lieut.. Gg)
Ben Stephens, OF Ohio. They were
delighted.
1--WE haven't had a chance before
to get in so close on a landing. !"
Morrison explained, although dur
ing the night his PTS had been pa
trolling close inshore to keep the
Japs from replacing the beach bar
riers blown down the day before
by Aussie engineers under cover OF
Smelling, strafing and a smoke
screen.
So, we moved in.
The dock looked stable enough,
and the PIT couldn't go clear in to
shore anyway, so we clambered
onto the dock and started walking
ashore.
But soon we came to a breach
some yards wide. The timbers
were gone, but twin oil pipe lines
remained. 1 can't swim and I did
not relish doing a tightwire act
along those slippery looking pipes
But the others started across and
l found myself nervously following
I made it all right-only to dis
cover a longer breach beyond. !
made that, and then there was a
third breach twice as wide as the
second.
/ managed that too, though my
knees were shaking as the pipes
swayed.
After that it looked easy. Gen.
raj Barnes and were saCntering
along the remaining stretch of pier
when the Whoosh of a shell-com-
ing from inland and passing low
over our heads into the water be-
yond-revealed to us exactly what
that phrase negligible opposition
signifies.
Leave us get ashore" I said,
finding a voice somewhere.
Our time for the distance wasn't
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BY LEE G. MILLER

ABOARD AN Lei OFF TARA
KAN, Borneo, May 1-(by wire
less)-If anybody had told me SIX
months ago that I'd be setting foot
on the soil of Borneo today. I'd
have thought him daffy.
This morning set not only foot
but elbows, knees and torso.
Four of us reporters who had
come down to these waters togeth-
er were assigned to a PIT boat by
Admiral Russell S. Berkey, CON-
mander Of a task force supporting
a landing on Tarakan Island by
elements Of an Aussie division,
Brig. Gen. Earl Barnes Of the 18th
Air Force came along for COM
pany.
Scuttlebutt about midget Jap
submarines and unswept mines
gave an air Of excitement to our
swift journey from our cruiser to
the command ship carrying Rear
Admiral Forest Royal, commander
Of the whole task group, and the
Australian commander in charge
Of ground operations.
The PIT paused a while on the
way to watch our warships pitch in
shells and rockets and to see Aus
sic B,24s lay beautifully accurate
strings Of bombs along the left
flank of our landings. We had seen
the first waves of small boats and
amphibious trucks creep into the
smoking shore and disgorge dig
ger" troops with no apparent OPP
position.
Columns Of smoke and large fires
were visible. The offshore area
was dotted with warships, assault
transports and small craft.
On board the command ship
while I was talking with the Aus
traian commander he passed the
word for a third battalion to join
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
Congratulations, Ed Kennedy

Official confirmation Of peace in Europe
had hardly been given by President Truman
and Prime Minister Churchill when COM
mentator came on the air at General Eisen-
hower's headquarters at Reims and declared
Edward Kennedy's announcement on Monday
morning that peace had been signed the
greatest double-cross in history"
It would have been better to admit it was
the greatest news scoop in history.
No official or broadcasters censure, no pen
atty it may still be possible to impose, can
alter that fact.
Kennedy had news, the greatest news OF
the day, and gave it to the Associated Press,
his employer That the Army wanted it with.
held, and the world kept waiting, could not
deter him from performing his duty as a
good reporter
We congratulate Mr.. Kennedy and are sure
every editor who received his dispatch is do.
ing the same thing.
No man ever better deserved the gratitude
of an expectant people.
With this example of fine reporting before
them, it is to be hoped that Allied capitals
will revise their programs and give out i'm
portant news when it is made, instead Of
holding it back, as they have done so otter
since the war started.
It is true that certain matters cannot be
given publicity at once for security reasons
But this does not change the fact that mat
tiers of public interest, whether they involve
defeat or victory, ought to be released at the
time, instead Of after long lapses Of time
The people Of the United States and Grea
Britain are entitled to know what is transpir
ing, when it happens It is their sons ane
husbands and sweethearts who are fighting
the war and their achievements, as well a.
their reverses, ought to be available before
| it becomes stale.
| We are sure that President Truman, witt
his broad vision and deep sympathy with the
people, is in hearty sympathy with this, ane
will see that the all too familiar delays ir
releasing news are done away with.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
Truman's Task

Save for the surrender of German forces
the war in Europe had been won before Pres
ident Roosevelt's death. Largely through his
planning, for he exercised a dominant influ.
ence upon Allied strategy, the enemy was in
retreat everywhere, and fought on only in
the hope of driving a wedge between the Al
lies in the West and Russia on the East.
ready come President Truman came to the
high office for which he had been chosen with
victory actually in sight.
Now he must carry on in the Pacific, also
largely on the battle plan Roosevelt drafted,
with the same indomitable spirit and coura-
eeous leadership. That he proposes to do so
is clearly indicated in his broadcast proclaim
ING peace in Europe, and particularly in his
personal remarks preceding the official proc
Iamation.
II was a solemn but q glorious hour, he
said. With the victory, for which we offer
thanks to the Providence which has sus-
tanned us through the dark days OF odver-
sity." we are "sobered and subdued,'' by "su-
preme consciousness OF the terrible price we
have paid ito rid the world Of Hitler and
his evil band'' Remembering the sorrow and
heartbreak that abide in the homes Of so
many of our neighbors, we can repay the
debt we owe to our God, to our dead and
to our children ''only by work-only by cease
less devotion to the responsibilities that lie
ahead Of u.s.
If he could give single WatchWord for
the coming months, he added, it would be
work, work, work. Our victory is but half
won. THE West is free but the East is still
in bondage to the treacherous tyranny OF the
japanese. WHEN THE LAST JAPANESE d.
VISION HAS SURRENDERED UNCONDI-
TIONALLY, THEN ONLY WILL OUR FIGHT
ING JOB BE DONE.
The Job ahead is no less important, no less
urgent, no less difficult, than the task which
now happily is DONE And Z call Upon every
American to stick to his post until the last
battle is won. Until that day let no man
abandon his post or slacken his Efforts
This message is the more significant by
reason of the fact that the war in the Pa
cific is an especial charge Upon the United
States, and the more heartening because the
President gives proof Of willingness to take
and capability to exercise the leadership so
grave a task requires.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
Daily Prayer
FOR THE GOALS OF Con

On the battle front-on the sea-,
wide spaces-in the air-in WORK.
shop and office-in farm and g.r,
denim legislative halls and Gov.
eminent offices-our people wags
war for the goals of God Civ
good success to all their labors a
Lord. May we have clear eyes IN
see Thy truth and our duty: and
with steadfastness pursue our A.
lotted task until victory brings
peace. Impart to us the exhilara.
ton of knowing that we are tel.
low-laborers with Christ, in seek.
ing the redemption Of the world
Out of all this present agony NAV
there come a new fellowship with
Thee. For we seek, above all else,
to be found on the eide Of Thy holy
will. In that devotion give us peace
along with purpose; and a closer
relationship to Thee, our ever.ador.
able God and Heavenly Father.
Amen,-W, T. E,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
Inter preting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Analyst

One mystifying fact about the
Anglo-American proclamation OF
total victory over Germany is that
no immediate echo OF the formal
announcement came from Moscow.
Just what that may ,portend re-
mains to be seen. OF all the United
Nation fellowship in Europe. Rus
STA alone by the German surrender
was at peace. The others. as the
victory messages of their national
leaders were prompt to emphasize,
still are at war with Japan.
The Russian reaction--or lack OF
ito the German surrender is all
the more unexplainable since Of
ficial announcement was delayed
many hours presumably only to
permit Marshal Stain to join Pres
dent Truman and Prime Minister
Churchill in the victory symposium.
Certainly there was no lack OF
full credit by Allied spokesman,
civil and military, to Russian ar.
mics for their tremendous share
in the triumph. General Eisen-
hover stressed in his first state
ment for publication after the capt.
ulation papers were signed in
Reims that the Russians had given
all necessary cooperation in
bringing it about and achieving the
goal of unconditional surrender -
If his use of the word necessary
had about it some element of quail
fication rejecting none too init
mate Russian-Allied military co
operation, that has not yet appear
ed in reports from Europe in any
other way.
Since Eisenhower main con.
Germ now must be early release Of
American, British empire and 9th
err parts of his giant military com
mand as quickly as possible for use
against Japan, it is possible ne
had in mind Russia's future role
in the Pacific. Certainly there il
no longer any military considera
ton denying Russia full coopera'
ton against Japan if that is her
intention.
With the battle of Okinawa APP
preaching its conclusion, it seems
clear that the prime staging base
for carrying the war into japan
itself will be ready in ample time
to accommodate forces transferred
from Europe. General Macarthur
no doubt is already advised as te
just when and in what strength his
forces aground and in the air are
to be augmented.
The same thing applies to the AL
lied commander in southeast Asia
Admiral Louis Mountbatten. The
same situation in northern Bornel
can be foreseen at any early date
implying a three-way Allied drive
in the making in the Pacific thea
ter that does not rely on potential
Russian help.
Yet there is no question that such
Russian cooperation would help
nightly and shorten the war. II
may not be necessary" to uss
the Eisenhower phrase, but it is
desirable.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
"Main Streets New Neigh
bors," by Melvin X. White
Iaathar Hinn}ncotf. cay

bOrS," by Melvin X. WHITE
leather Nippincott; So.
Though readers will find some
information here with which
they're unfamiliar, this helpful
book on the whole rearranges al.
ready known facts from a fresh
point of view. Whiteleather, o r
years an APP correspondent n
now on the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin looks at us as the world
looks at us. He does not see what
we see; I suspect he's right and
we're wrong.
For a century and half, Euro
pean governments have feared us
as a radical democracy. But now,
says this liberal essayist, "our pc
culiar attitude toward French Re
sistance our fondness for the House
of Savoy and the apparent favors
for General Franco put the
stamp of reaction upon u.s. and
the U. S. is viewed generally as
the stronghold of conservatism.
We have made Allies but, White
leader asks, have we made friends?
If we have they're very bewilder-
ed friends. They hear us complain,
m one breath, that Russia is alb
sorbing the poor little Baltic states
while, in the next, we explain glib
ly why it's necessary and proper
for us to hold some Atlantic and
Pacific bases which we have forti-
fled.
AS the author understands it, we
pay lip service to ideals which we
scrupulously followed in our young
er days, but at the same time we
move on to a course of action which
ranks us with governments we still
self-righteously condemn. We want
our cake, but object when our
neighbors want theirs.
There are some very astute COM
ments on the nature of the English
on the tidy little sum Of i'll will
we built for ourselves among the
French by backing every horse ex-
cept the winning Charles de Gaulle
on the fact that while We have
our doubts about the Russians they
have their doubts about us. He
points out, too, as some writer's
neglect to do, that Stains non-ag-
erosion pact with Hitler must
be eregarded as the Soviet reply
to the British-French surrender Of
Of Munich
He blames the German people as
whole for Nazism, and thinks
that until they have reformed
themselves the danger of new on
slaughts on the worlds peace will
remain acute. He advocates an Gin
ternationsl regime regulated by
laws rather than treaties. -
In short, he deserves your care
full attention.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
R0TARIANS HOLD
VICTORY PROGRAM

Inc Rotary CluD was 6uIeIt dlISu
with feats of hypnotism by a young
merchant marine, at its weekly
meeting at pm. yesterday in the
Friendly banquet hall.
Boatswain Ellsworth P. Barnes,
19-year-old hypnotist, was success
full in putting two of his four sub
jects into hypnotic state. Sgt.
John J. Duffy, of Bluethenthal Air
Base, succumbed quickly to the
voice of the hypnotist and Miss
Sue Calder fell asleep while listen
ing to Barnes work with another
subject. Rabbi M. M. Thurman,
program chairman for May, who
introduced Barnes, volunteered as
a subject but did not succumb.
The Rev. Mortimer Glover made
an appropriate We Day address.
The banquet tables were placed in
v formation and the club open
ed the meeting with one verse OF
the National Anthem, followed by
chorus Of cover There.
The minister said We Day was
faced with mingled and contradic-
tory emotions-rejoicing in the
knowledge that further slaughter
on fields of Europe has been pre-
vented and more of the world S
and Gods precious manpower saw
ed to help rebuild the world, and
sorrow for those who will not come
back and for others who will be
killed yet.
We face it with a sense of tri-
umph, of solemn happiness that
those principals for which we stand
have won a triumph on those fields
of battle, he said.
We share the responsibility of
the future, he continued, saying
that in the past we have too far
withdrawn ourselves from the peo-
pie of other lands. We face it with
hope in the realization that the
event means we have been given
and will be given another chance
that we may sometime on this
earth see that new world of right
eousness, the minister declared.
1--WE face it with a sense of glad
ness that one battle has been won.
We face it, not in a senseless feel
ing of overjoyed sensations that
the end has come, but realizing
that one battle does not mean the
winning of war. AS President
Truman reminded us this morning,
the watchword must be work,
work, work. We face the problem
of financing the future war and
the future peace. This thing shall
not happen again." he concluded.
President Gus Grist told the club
he had received a communication
from the War Finance Committee
asking the club to continue its prac-
tice of accepting a quota of 81 per
member in sales or purchases of
War Bonds for the Seventh War
Loan. The group unanimously
agreed to the proposal.
It was announced that Ladies'
Night would be held Tuesday, May
Is, at 7:30 pm, at the Cape Fear
club. The regular meeting will be
held Tuesday. The evening event
will be informal.
Guests introduced were Boat
swain Barnes. Sgt. Duffy, Sgt. An
thony T. Conte, Bill Ramsey of
Fayetteville, Raymond Orange OF
New York. CORTLAND Baker, Abe
Schwartz of New York, DR.. j. w.
Farthing, Allen c. Ewing and Ju-
nior Rotarians.
Happy Birthday was sung to
E. Blackwell Bugg.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
Truman's Special Day

Tuesday was an extraordinary day in Pres
birthday. For another, he moved into the
White House. And at o'clock in the morn
ing he announced peace had come in Europe.
A combination of events, this, that has not
been duplicated. Nor is is liable to come
again in United States history.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-09
GOERING'S RESIGNATION

Report Of Goerings resignation as Reichs
marshal reminds of the honor he bestowed up
on Charles A. Lindbergh in pinning medal
on him after showing the American flier the
mighty air force being built for Htler's Use
in the war Of world conquest he was plan
ming. BY the way, did Lindbergh ever return
the medal?-Charlotte Observer.