The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
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CHUNGKING -AP- 1t. Gen. Al
bert C. Wedemeyer declared today
the Chinese and British govern
ments are negotiating on the sub
jet OF whose forces shall occupy
Hongkong and accept the surrend-
or Of the japanese garrison there.
SAN FRANCISCO -AP- japan
ere Imperial headquarters in To
byo appealed TO General MacArth-
ur today to insure safety OF the
return flight OF a plane carrying
an Imperial prince from a sur
render mission in Saigon. Accord
ing TO It's listed schedule, the
plane was due TO arrive in Shang-
hal via Canton, and to return to
Tokyo via Fukuoka. The Japan
csc, In today's broadcast monitor.
ed by the FEC. asked permission
for the plane to go TO Marking
without landing at Shanghai.
ST. PAUL -AP- Commenting
editorially today on the arrest OF
two OF its staff members by Off
GERS OF a troop train passing
through here Wednesday night,
the st. Paul pioneer press declared
"a commendable wartime record
OF Difference to civil rights, in
GLIDING those of the press, can be
marred speedily by such ill.in-
formed and irresponsible conduct"
NEW YORK ms Formal dis.
solution OF the Jap government
OF Manchukuo following the abdica-
ton OF the puppet Emperor Kang
Teh was reported today. The ac-
ton was announced in a broadcast
by the Hsinking transmitter re
corded by the FEC.
MANILA -AP- The Japanese
have asked General MacArthur's
permission to send food to their
starving garrison on Marcus Is
land. Text OF the message indicat-
ed the islands food supply will
be completely exhausted on Sun
day
ROME -AP-- A Milan dispatch
TO the newspaper Avanti said to-
day that Cesare Maria De Vechi.
one OF the so.called "quadrumvirs"
OF Mussolini's march on Rome in
1922. had become a monk.
LONDON -AP-- The Times
said today in an editorial that Brit.
ain lis In no position to embrace
readily the prospect OF large scale
borrowing abroad to plug the gap
left by discontinuance OF L. s. lend.
lease without some assurance
about the sort of world trading
system that will take its place.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP- Japan.
csc Red Cross delegates and aides
from Swiss and Swedish legations
VIII proceed on Friday to all OF
Japan's seven main prisoner-of
war camps to assist in evacuating
prisoners Of war and civil inter.
nees to embarkation points, the
japanese general headquarters in
formed General Macarthur today
by radio.
FRESNO. Calif.-AP-A Black
Widow night fighter plane will be
dedicated tomorrow to the memory
OF the 80 war correspondents who
lost their lives covering Pacific and
European fighting.
GUAM APP 1t. Col. Sy Bart
lett, former movie writer, has re.
ceived the Legion OF Merit for in.
creasing the accuracy OF radar
bombing. General Spaatz, U. S.
Army strategic air forces comman.
der who decorated Bartlett credit
ed him with "devising a means to
get more bombs on the target"
OSLO, Norway-AP - Vidkun
Quisling denied today a state accu-
sation that he had embezzled gov
eminent funds and asserted that
he had saved Norway money
through his financial arrangements
with the Germans.
WASHINGTON APP Leaders
OF the Clio Retail Employees Union
were aroused today over reports
that President Truman will soon
remove government control from
the Montgomery Ward G. Company
stores, including four in the De-
troit area. Irving Abramson. an of
fetal OF the union, telegraphed
President Truman asking that the
Dec. % order. placing .the stores
under army supervision, should re-
main in effect pending a hearing
SAN FRANCISCO-INS - The
atomic bomb death toll in devas-
tated Hiroshima still is mounting
with many victims dying from
burns, the Tokyo radio reported
today in a broadcast monitored by
NBC. The broadcast said that per-
sons believed at first to have es.
capped the bombs effects gradually
were showing symptoms OF having
been affected by the mighty atomic
blast
MANILA-INS- Surviving sea
worthy capital ships Of the Japan
ese navy, now reduced to one sew
enth OF its 1871 strength, were be-
lieved hiding out today in Korean
harbors. Gen. Macarthur has stip-
ulated that these vessels should
not be scuttled but maintained
without damage"
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