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fl To Reach This Market TJ The Shreveport Times First In News. Features, Circulation. Advertising Current Xrt Paid Circulation 61,500 Dtlly 72.SOO Sunday (frozen) "Serving A Rich" Tri-State Region Every Morning of tKe Year' VOL LXXIII-NO. 102 Owner of KWKH 50,000 Watt C.B.S. Outlet SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1945 Full Associated Press-Full United Press PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPT, Ml JV at 1 FQJEETT QDlmO mm Snake Rites for Snake Victim in Church Surrender Expressions BEDS BACKED GORZA REGIME FOR ROMANIA NAVY OFFERS LIBERALIZED POINT SETUP 1,079 FIGHTING SHIPS LISTED IN NEW BILL it i 1 I i 2s ho Tts () Standing; over the open rasket, W.

Chattanooga, put rattlesnakes The younger Ford was bitten fatally Ford (center) lets members of the Polly Pond Chiirrh of find near on his head at funeral rites for hl son, Lewis Ford, lvlng In his coffin. by a rattler he was handling In religious servlres. (AP Photo) Australian Document Charges Jap Troops With Cannibalism CONGRESSMEN MOVE TO GAIN These expressions appeared on the faces of two Japanese officers during surrender proceeding In which Japan turned over to Americans the naval base at Ynkosuka. (AP Wlrephoto) Liberated Man Stunned DIPLOMATS REPORT RULE FROM MOSCOW Assert Government Has Support of Only 5 to 15 of People (Editor's Note: The followlns report on the origin of the present Romanian government was written In Romania but was filed from outside the country to avoid the censorship which has delayed stones filed from Bucharest.) Bucharest, Sept. 8 (Delayed) (Uninformed diplomatic circles here say the present Romanian government of Premier Petre Groza was Installed last March on direct orders from Moscow delivered to King Michael ny Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet vlce-com-missar of foreign affairs.

The part played by Vishinsky, Soviet trouble-shooter and deputy to Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molo-tov, has been reported by U. S. and British diplomatic officials to' the state department and the foreign office. The details were received today by ides and intimates of Michael and by former and present opposition leaders. Vishinsky arrived in Bucharest the morning of March 3 these sources said.

He requested and received an audience with Michael beginning at 1:30 p.m., the story goes. He told the king the current Ro-fhanlan government, headed by Gen. Nicolae Radescu, was not representative of the people and was incapable of maintaining order. He asked that It be dismissed. The king answered that he would consider the matter end inform Vishinsky according to constitutional procedure.

One hour later, Vishinsky requested a second audience. This time he upbraided Michael because the Radescu government had not yet been dismissed. Vishinsky said the, failure to dismiss the government within two hours would displease Moscow. Michael Immediately appointed Prince Barbu Stlrbey, former premier, to form a new government and sent word to the Romanian press office to (Continued On Pmxe Six) JAPS ORDERED TO SURRENDER CHINA PUPPET Formal Capitulation hi Nanking Ends Eight Years of Nanking, Sept. ().

Gen. Ho Ting-Chin ordered Japan today to give up Chen Kung-Po, the Tokyo-Installed puppet president of China, In the first demand upon the beaten enemy after the formal surrender of its million-strong Japanese army. A few hours before, Gen. Ho had proudly watched Gen. Yasutsugu Okamura, commander of all Japanese forces in China, affix his name to the surrender document in the flag-bedecked auditorium of the Chinese military academy.

The Chinese commander triumphantly dispatched the document which ended the longest conflict of the second World war to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking. General Ho ordered Okamura to give up Chen and seven other leaders accused of treason "who are now hiding In Japan." Domel had reported Chen a suicide on Aug. 28 but actually the Chinese puppet fled to Japan on that date with seven companions, Chinese authorities said. Simultaneously, General Ho nullified all laws and orders Issued by the (CnntlnneJ On Tut Three) Canadians Wjll Resume Meat Rationing Today Ottawa, Sept. 9 ().

After going through six years of war with only nine months of meat rationing, ranada will resume it tomorrow for the announced purpose of providing meat for Great Britain and tne iterated countries of Europe. 'The amount of the ration announced today is rougMly two pounds per person per week carcass weight, or about 1 13 pounds clear meat. WEATHER A Re-Marriage of Wife MORE POWERS ey Legislators Jveport Trend to Cut Strength of White House By CLAIR JOHNSON Washington. Sept. 9 (P).

Key legis lators reported today a definite trend on Capitol Hill toward more power for congress, less for the president. A large part of the swing stems from congressional desire for slash lng. as soon as practicable, the far reaching wartime authority given the chief executive. Also, many lawmakers want to get back assorted powers they gave up during what some of them call the "rubber stamp congress" sessions be fore the war. None of the move seems aimed at President Truman personally.

Al though some of his recommended Official Note Says Enemy Cut Flesh From Living Allied Prisoners London, Sept. 9, IP). The Australian government de clared today in an official re port on Japanese atrocities that Japanese soldiers tied the hands of captured Ameri can and Australian soldiers behind them, used the helpless victims for bayonet practice and then while they were still alive sliced off human flesh for food. The document, made public tonight here and In Australia, was pre pared for submission to the United Nations war crimes commission. It Is clear from authentic evidence that many underfed Japanese troops had "resorted to cannabillsm," the government asserted.

'V In some cases, the report said, human flesh was found In Japanese mess kits or over camp fires. The Australian report said that some captured Japanese soldiers had admitted that they, also had cut up and devoured members of their own army killed In action. The report summarizes only a portion of Australian charges, Dr. H. V.

EvaAt. Australian minister for external affairs who Is in London to at- 'BIG 5' WILL DRAFT PEACE SETTLEMENTS London Parley to Change Much of Work's Map hy Negotiations London. Sept. 9 UP). The brg five foreign ministers converged on London tonight to begin drafting a peace setlement that will change much of the map of the world.

Foreign Ministers Wang Shlh-Chlen of China and Georges Bldauit of Prance arrived by plane this afternoon. V. M. Molotov of Soviet Russia left Moscow Saturday. James F.

Byrnes of the United States Is due by sea tomorrow. These four will Join Ernest Bevln of Great Britain for the first session Tuesday of the foreign ministers' council, set up at Potsdam. Wang's associates said he expected to be here two weeks. The foreign ministers, aware of the pitfalls In the Paris peace conference of 1919, expect to hold many later meetings and make no effort to hurry unduly a settlement of the border and other problems posed by the end of World War II. The bit five are dlrectln the SSgt.

Birdwell Tells Newsman "I Want to Get Home MORE THAN DOUBLES ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL Estimate 750,000 to Be Ready for Discharge by Sept. 13 Washington, Sept. 9 (IP). The navy tonight authorized one-quarter point for each month of overseas and sea duty In a revision of its point-system demobilization standards which will more than double the number of personnel eligible for Immediate discharge. The navy estimated that 750,000 persons will be eligible for demobilization on Sept.

15, effective date of the new credit. This is an increase of 423,000 over the 327,000 who became eligible on Aug. IS when the navy first announced its demobilization plan. Secretary James V. Forrestal said the overseas credit is being granted in place of an immediate reduction In the critical point score.

The score will be reduced, however, "as promptly as conditions permit," he told a news conference. Also effective Sept. 15, the navy announced a critical point score for the discharge of medical and hospital corpsmen and navy nurses, riurses will need 35 points. Male doctors will need 60, but the score for female doctors will be the same as for other female officers, 35. Hospital corps male and female officers, including hospital specialists, will be governed by the same score as other male and female officers, 49 and 35 points respectively, Pharmacist's mates and hospital corpsmen, male and female, will need the same points required by enlisted personnel, 44 for men and 29 for women.

The authorization of. overseas credit followed strong congressional criticism that the original navy de mobilization pattern, based solely on age, length of service and depen dency, was unfair to combat veterans. Members of congress had ajked that the navy Include credit for decora (Continued On lart Three) PLAN 'GLOVED HAND' POLICY TO RULE JAPS Enemy Surrenders Control of Hokkaido to North Pacific Fleet i Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 10 (IF)- American control spread to the north ernmost limits of Japan today as General MacArthur announced a "gloved hand" policy of occupation permitting the beaten nation to work out Its own democratic destiny. Control of the northern 100-mile tip of the main Island of Honshu and all the northern island of Hokkaido was surrendered by the Japanese yesterday to the U.

S. North Pacific fleet at Omlnato naval base. Pending the arrival of American troops, the Japanese were directed to maintain order and disarm their soldiers in northern Japan, where naval patrol boats and carrier planes mounted guard. MacArthur Issued two statements yesterday, one pledging that Japanese militarism would be stamped out, the other assuring his troops they would be sent home as quickly as peace could be secured. In the first he declared that the Japanese would be given a chance to rule under his orders but with the ever-swelling occupation forces prepared to back his In the second he admonished his troops to respect the rights of the, vanquished Japanese people declar- lng that "looting, pillage, rape and: other deliberate violations of universal standards of human behaviour! would be but a stain on your owj' high honor." While occupation of the Japanese home Islands spread with a minimum display of force, trouble developed in' the little empire at Korea, where! Japanese police fired' Into a throng I of 500 patriots waiting to welcome' K'antlnnrJ On Pae Three) SAYS CHINESE AND REDS WOULD REALLY OCCUPY JAPANESE Yokohama, Sept.

8 (in A train -load of 460 American and Allied prisoners of war arrived at the Yokohama railroad station today and expressed surprise and anger to find curious, unrestricted Japanese civilians gathering by the hundreds to watch their reunion with their fellow countrymen. "We ought to turn the Job of occupation over to the Chinese or Russians they know what to do with these little one of the Americans said and the others nodded agreement. CONGRESS WILL GET RESOLUTION TODAY 18 Dreadnaughts and 116 Carriers on Navy's Post-War Books Washington, Sept. 9 (U.R). A jriant peace-time fleet of 1,079 fighting ships, including 18 dreadnaughts and 116 aircraft carriers of varying size, will be proposed to congress tomorrow in concurrent resolutions endorsed by the navy.

The measures will be Introduced by Chairman Davis I. Walsh, of the senate naval affairs committee, and Chairman Carl A. Vinson, of the equivalent house committee. They said tonight that the resolutions represent the wishes of the navy itself but that congress, before passing final Judgement, will ln veslgate thoroughly changes "necessary" in the structure and organization of the fleet "due to the probable emergencies of new weapons employing the principles used In con- structlng the robot and Atomio bombs." Magnitude of the proposed fleet may be Judged by the fart that the pre-war fleet had only 272 fighting' vessels. These included only eight carriers and 18 battleships.

Present naval strength Is put at 1.308 warships available, authorized or building. The post-war armanda would be greater than any fleet in the world and probably would equal. If not surpass, the combined navies of the ranking forces. High naval authorities are solidly behind the program. Their position is th'at the United States must never again be "caught short" as she was at Pearl Harbor, and that this country must be In readiness to police the seven seas if that is necessary to the maintenance of peace.

They have no fear that the Atomio bomb will make fighting ships obsolete weapons but this question will be gone Into thoroughly by the two committees. Both Walsh and Vinson said the groups would begin hearings on tha resolutions promptly. The measures propose that one-third of the post-war navy be kept fully manned and ready for action, that one third be organized Into reserve units with reduced rrens, and that one-third would he rie-commlssloned but kept In condition for quick commission. "if the development of weariona or scientific research make such ship. vessel or craft obsolete or obsolescent." The resolution also provide that "a progressive program of research and development in all fields of naval warfare be carried on and that in naequace organization and facjfi- lQt that fee gen an adequate organization and faci.

"alr com' ment by sinking some of nerlcas outdated warships, or Japanese war-ships, with Atomic bombs. "We've got to see Just what happens when an Atomic bomb lands (Continued On Pace Si) JAPS ON MOROTAI NOT RECOGNIZED AS "HONORABLE Melbourne, Sept. 9 IT). Gen. Sir Thomas Blarney.

Australian mm. blunt'y tol rpnnprl dak nn t- i.u.j 0 wvv. va nut. KISUU Morotal today "1 don't recognize you gauant foe. he presence of Dutch.

Al Ameri- rietneriancs East Indies Island 315 miles southeast of Mindanao, General Blarney accepted the surrender of thousands of enemy troopa in th eastern East Indies with these words of recrimination: "In it vutcuuvr 1 don't recognize you as an honorable. gallant foe. but you'll be treated with due courtesy In all matters. I upon persons of our nationals as lUlment, at your peril." legislation Is hitting snags, he still Walsh and Vinson repeatedly lndi-ls on good terms with his former cated their awareness of the Atomic colleagues. bomb.

Their resolutions provide that There were several developments the ships be replaced, unit for unit, today, however, which pointed to when they wear out, or even earlier th6 oreign ministers' meeting, gotiations. The smaller powers wlllsa'd- Dr. Evatt said the contents of the document are such as to "shock an'l dismay tne feelings of every oeceni 'human being." The report was based on the testimony of more than 500 witnesses, both civilian and military as well as documentary evidence. The Australian minister declared that the war crimes committed by'he'has asked for revamping federal tne increasing sentiment for more congressional power. They Included: 1.

A house Judiciary subcommittee scheduled a Wednesday meeting to start reviewing war powers granted the president. Members said they hoped to have some restricting legislation drafted soon. 2. The house exrjendltures commlt- tee prepared a government reorgani zatlon measure which does not grant agencies. 3.

House leaders scheduled floor action this week, probably Tuesday, on a bill to put all government corporations under strict and direct congressional control. Chairman Summers of the Judiciary committee told a reporter his group will "make a speedy Investigation to determine which of lf'inttnti4 On fir Three) NEWSMEN COMPLAIN; JAP AGENCY SCOOPS ALLIED REPORTERS Tokvo. Sent. 9 tJP. Allied corres pendents protested vigorously to the; relations officer at General I i 1 and Find Out the Score; I By FRED Manila, Sept.

9 OP). Staff almost floored here today when that his wife had married his he was held as a prisoner of Many Thanks A belated "thank you' from a sorrowful mother goes to EMMA WILSON EMERY, poet laureate of Louisiana, for her poem published in The Times shortly after the victory over Japan. Mrs. EMERY spoke in her poem of the high cost of 4r and the sorrow to families whose sons won't come back. Mrs.

IMER PATE, 1713 Portland, whose son, Pfc. WILLIAM M. PATE, was killed In June on Luzon is-' land, wants Mrs. EMERY to know how much her poem was appreciated. Reunion A.

O. LEE, seaman first class, and WILLIAM E. BASINGER, seaman second class, met recently in the South Pacific after a long separation. LEE Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

W. H. LFE, Ringgold, and Baslnger is the son of Mrs. PARALEE BASINGER, Castor, La. The boys went through "boot" camp together.

Here and There Off to school this week goes Miss RUTH BRACEY, 3305 Lillian, Fair Park graduate and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. BRACEY.

RUTH'S going to Northwestern State college at Natchitoches where she will be a freshman. Congratulation to Mr. and Mrs. JOE MARANTO, who are the proud parents of a new son. The little fellow, weighing something over (Contlnaed On Pane Sin) "GEORGE MUST FEEL BETTER NOW," SAYS GENERAL MAC ARTHUR Tokyo.

Sept. 9 P). The flag raising ceremony at the American embassy in Tokyo had ust finished and General MacArthur was inspecting the building. Looking through rooms untouched since Ambassador Joseph Grew left the embassy early in the war, the Allied supreme commander noticed a picture of George Washing ton on a wall. Turning, MacArthur said: "George must feel better now." Stroller war a a Feel Like I'd Been Hit" HAMPSON Set.

Gene D. Birdwell was he learned for the first time uncle in Kansas City while in Japan. The sergeant, stunned by the news given him by the writer, wanted to believe It was a case of mistaken Identity. But once convinced he said "it's such a shock I don't want to say anything now. I Just want to get home and find out what the score it.

I feel like I'd been hit with club." (Mrs. Birdwell was granted an annulment on Sept. 7 at Kansas City of the marriage to the sergeant's She had wed Bird well's uncle. Jack Marshall, Wichita mechanic, 12 days before she learned Gene was alive. He had been declared dead by the war department.) Birdwell, now at a replacement depot here for medical attention and rest before starting homeward, said he would press for speedy return to the United States.

But the depot commander said it was Impossible to tell Just when he would leave. Birdwell had Just alighted from an evacuation plane when the writer met him. The news of the Kansas City marriage almost knocked him down. "Is that on the level?" asked the stunned man, his face growing hard, his jaw set and his fists clinched. "Iti on the level," I replied, feel ing like an executioner.

"I thought you knew. I'm sorry, sergeant." The handsome 22-year-old aerial gunner, whose plane was shot down at Balikpapan, Borneo, last Septem ber, said nothing for a full minute. Then he drew his hand across his eyes and mumbled: "And only last night I read about missing airman whose wife had mar ried again and I said it would be hell to have that happen." Although service newspapers throughout the Pacific theatre had carried newa of the strange case, by some twist of fate he had neither seen nor heard of it. MRS. BIRDWELL STILL HOPES HE'LL HAVE HER Kansas City, Sept.

9 (yP). Mrs. Ann Birdwell knew her husband, Sgt. Gene Birdwell, would be stunned by the news that she had remarried while he was In a Japanese prison, she said today, but she declared she (Cantlnar On Three) 31 Killed As Train in Argentina Jumps Track Buenos Sept. 9 (JPj.

A La Paz to Buenos Aires passenger train Jumped the track today near Tres Cruces In Northern Argentina, killing the engineer and 30 passengers be invited to attend only when matters directly concerning them are under discussion. Italy is tn h. th. of the ex-enemy countries to secure' peace with the United Nations. The peace treaties with Finland, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary may be postponed at this council meeting.

America and Britain are Insisting that they must have repre- (Tonllnurd On Pale Six) ARIZONA'S SIAMESE MIRANDA TWINS DIE IN PHOENIX SUNDAY Phoenix. Sept. The Miranda Siamese twins died at 6:20 p.m. (CWT) today, the Rev. Emmett McLoughlin, superintendent of St.

Monica's hospital, announced. Death appeared to be simultaneous for the baby girls, Louise and who were born Aug. 26 in the humble family home near Phoenix. At the end they had all the advantages of modern medical skill: An incubator, oxygen, penicillin, subcutaneous feeding, a special nurse, and fibrin film, a newly developed substance which was used In an attempt to seal the exposed section of their common umbilical area. One of the wonders of the case, one physician said, was their successful delivery without medical or nursing help by their maternal grandmother, Carmen Samanlego, 48.

Tojo Prepares for Trial, After That Hari Kiri Tokyo, Sept. 9 Hldekl Tojo, Japanese war leader, was alive 10 days ago and was reported preparing his defense for his anticipated war criminal trial after which he plans to commit hara kiri. That story came today from a former highly placed politician, who said he had visited Tojo. The politician declined use of his name, "because if the people knew I visited Tojo, they would kill me." MacArthur'. headquarters today 'Australian force, on the (Continarl On ftc Three) Wainivright Is Feted On West Coast 8an Francisco, Sept.

9 (IP). Gen. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwrlght, waving his long right arm at a mass of cheering humanity, led a huge victory parade through celebrating San Francisco today, The long, sombre trail that started, foresta of Bataan ended Joy- T.t..e. mAA Ui. ously on Market street under a bright! California sun.

In the vanguard of a great procession of marchers, the lean hero of Corregidor waved and smiled at what may have been the greatest) crowd ever assembled in San Fran-! Cisco. Chief of police Charles Dullea estl mated the throng along the line of march at 250,000 persons. This was America's official welcome to Wainwrlght, the symbol of triumphant U. S. Military might, and the throngs that Jammed the center lng to the roar a Jubilant greeting to the skinny man who Is only three weeks out of a Manchurlan prison camp.

Behind Wainwrlght was a two-mile procession of soldiers, sailors, marines, Wacs, Waves, coast guardsmen. Spars, merchant marines and others who were caught Incoming or out going at this Pacific war port. Fleets of U. S. Army air forces the Japanese Domel asencv was scooping them on occupation news, They told Lt.

Col. Richard assistant PUO. that lt was unfair I that they should be governed by CensorshiD rezulations while nobodv! checked no cn what Domei rlis -r trlbuting. i-urtnermore, tney declared. Domei not only was passing on occupation i ceveiopments to tne Japanese pub- i recall the ireacheroua attack lie, but also was short-waving newsjupon our Ally In 1937.

I recall tha to the United States In violation of treacherous attack upon the BritteU JJ empire and upon the United Sutes The, officer added that his staff ta December. 1941. at a time when rThlate r'- our -uthorities were making pre" that was the Job of the counter-! intelligence staff, which ha. not yet endUrlcS P8 been set up In Tokyo. I He said that at present the Jap anese government could not be pre- TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY a.m '6 Xoon 90 p.m fit Maximum 93 Minimum "3 Kainfall 0 8 ii set ......7:28 Minrlse 6:56 Barometer.

7:13 p.m. 33.96 A YEAR AGO YESTERDAY Maximum temperature Minimum temperature 5 Highest of record this date MJ Lowest of record this adte vented from telling lta own news- priBoner of Wir ancl ernees, de-papermen amout MacArthur's orders i to reduce ttJem puniah-and that the broadcasts picked upiment and to slavery. In in the United States actually were'the of thts evlls I enforce beamed to Japan but were of rigorously all orders Issued to high power they could be heard! vou- le' thr be no delay in tut- abroad? (Caiinat Oa Pass Three).