Dunkirk Evening Observer from Dunkirk, New York • Page 1

fODAjS JSSUB 18 DUNKIRK The Weather Fair, cool, tonight. i ay cloudy and some what warmer. ESTABLISHED 1882- -FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE UNITED PRESS----Wednesday's Press Run--7144 DUNKIRK, N. Yfc, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1945 24c per Week Slnirle 4 APS ENROUTE TO MANILA WHERE THEY ILL RECEIVE TERMS FROM MACARTHUR Aug. W-(UP) Uofl board BUV lhe ltmlt plan- Its stei: fall empioymcnt within months and standard have shackles on industry ripped ett in whpte- Sold Mikado Steed by next JhTae 4o ef WB 4 iaraaitfliiUng industry will those are being assure orderly of eritieully such as tin.

rub, lumber. These JwSfig 6tt soon as possible. et munitions workers lm sad wetnefl who only a (9 were Soldiers Of the line already have sfffly of unemployed ii to swell U'orr ml ratal of 1.100,000 to aest spring. They aaoftg the test to feel the (its govteffifnent's ortters. 'IttWiil he many thousand's jobs the earning fly thanksgiving seme ttt expected to be un p(feL fws sit geinis 6t the counti'y tt plant closings and Emperor Hlrohlto a white charge which Japs have rlatmcd Is of Arabian blood, la an American cow pony of pinto slock, says pewey H.

Burden, above, noted 'Los Angeles horseman. He ought to know, because he's the one who' gold the stallion to the Mikado a year before Pearl Harbor. DRIVE IS SET FORM 1300 JAP PLANES unemployment as War Contract di iltMt fa No Pessimism iinWte of 8,000,000 urt- by spring was made aavasion ehief John W. f. fisilher he nor Ki'Ug aBOUt'the outlook.

it' confidence that Itistry will absorb mti Si it hits its full said that the govern- ssftvesta program Is I at standard of living Seepls as a whole that i 6t pw eem higher than By RICHARD W. JOHNSTON; With the Third fleet off Japan, Aug 18 --UP--(3 In the Pacific war's final 72 hours of aerial attacks, planes A William r. Malsey's 3rd, destroyed or damaged Japanese planes the greatest baa of the war. This figure covered strikes fot last Thursday, Friday and Monday and provided a hint of how Shis fovce might have the war even If the-atomic'bbnib had not been placed in-action ov the Russians had not entered the Paelfie war. A box score of the fleet's operations from May 28th, when Hal- gey returned to the western Pa eUte, through yesterday showed one of the most crushing defeats ever Inflicted on any nation in the air.

on the land or on the rWaSfad, Aug. 16 David J. Walsh. Mf today the SeaefetiffiB strength Of wilt be approximately atid men. new numbers reduced by around a to reporters that they questions of de- id postwar strength of N'aVy Jartles V.

fleet la Gone In that period the Japanese los the Inst remnants of their onci proud fleet: saw their Invasion hoarded air force rooted from It secret revertments and shattered and suffered loss shipping and rail unparalleled severity. In the period Halsey's mer roamed the coasts of Japan, car tlst planes and planes of Flee Air Wing One wrecked a total planes. that total 20 were 'downed In combnt, 1,301 de stt'oyett on the ground and 1,37 damaged on the ground. British planes In a little tesi than it month accounted for si: shot down, 131 destroyed on th ground and 21" damaged on th ground. Those figures are includ ett In the overall total.

Shipping Loss Tremendous of shipping was jus Destruction of shipping was jus witt fix by law (he ys tremendous. A total of 1,68 of the Sid. "Eft my opinion' it 560.000 of- i ships were sunk or damaged. Ou diving filers sank one Japanes battleship two converted bat i t'eship-earrlers. many men as the but agreed with it Wilt be necessary to 6t the drafted until They destroyc gtroyer escorts and seven subma CALLS SURRENDER DAY fines, They also destroyed IDS loco motives and damaged 100; the ln smashed Industries, warehouses dhd airfield installations and rak no less than 26.0 airfields.

Flee flew 14,300 offensive sor Special The story of Dunkirk, FrecTomaT tinci- rsorthern. Ohau- tauqua in the wars iHll be told in a special, enlarged edition, DUNKIRK EVENING OBSERVER, This edition issued in the. near future Avill comprise an historical recoi'd retain as a souvenler. Extra copies for your friends or for your men in service may be obtained at no advance in the usual' price of four cents. If von desire extra copies notify your carrier or dealer at once.

He Prefers Quiet Washington, Aug. 16 -'he made plans or a. giganlip "victory" today bond to help meet huge costs of ernobilization, contract 'cancella- ion and" other expenses incident the war. Secretary' of the Treasury Fred Vt -Vlnsoh called all state war inance leaders to a meeting here laturday. to plan a drive for ising to The end the war has not mded the government's large war- born expenditures, Vinson said There are millions of men over- eas and billions of dollars will be' needed to bring them home.

Money is also needed to meet mus- ering-out pay, costs ot caring for h'c and for other senses of the war, he From Jan. .1, 1941, to the end World War II the treasury sold ibout $206,000,000,000 in bonds this more than $135,000,000,000 came from the seven war bond drives. The aggregate goals fov the drive amounted to Thus there was a combined of more, a The" WeasUry said that ovei of savings 15 per cent, compare 'very- favorably" with those of other form's bt liquid assets. Tjie payroll deduction prograrh will continue to operate, Gamble said. Earliest possible date for start- the new drive would be Oct.

8, it was learned. It may be as late as early November. TO BE RELEASEDFROf MEW By JOHN L. CUTTER Washington, Aug. 16--(UP) -r The armed, forces theu- huge demobilization problem today with plans to release about 8,000,000 uniformed men and 'women; within the next 18 months.

The. arms'," marines arid coast gxiard announced demobilization schedules aimed at reduc- ing'the biggest military, force in the.nation's history pe.rh.aps twice -'as it assembled; Priority i so far as transportation and military requirements permit, will go to men and Vom- en with, records of service in' wsr Here's the picture presented by the services: Army--Hopes to discharge 5,000,000 personnel in the next 12 months under the point system inaugurated three months President Truman thinks it may reach 3,500,000 in 18 months. Navy--Plans to release 1,500,000 -to 3,500,000 men and women within '18 months 'under a point system somewhat Four Representatives Will Then Return to Hirohito With Allies' Demands; Signing Will Follow Manila, Aug. 16--(UP)--Japan stalled off the dispatch of her surrender mission to Manila again today, radioing word tO' Gen. Douglas MacArthur late today that the Japanese emissaries will not be able to arrive tomorrow as he ordered.

Mac Arthur's headquarters said radio Tokyo finally had replied to. his broadcast instructions on the surrender negotiations. The Japanese reply complained, however, that they had not been given sufficient time to prepare their delega-. lion and that the envoys could not reach Manila tomorrow. However, it said, the emissaries will take off "as soon as possible." The broadcast expressed "great embarrassment" over the delay, which it ascribed' in part to Japanese uncertainty over the type of plane MacArthur wanted them to use.

vThere'was no immediate comment from headquarters on the new hitch in the negotiations, or on a warning from Tokyo that it probably would be 12 days before cease-fire orders could reach all of Japan's armed forces. c. ties and others covering the fleet. TRUMAN TO ADDRESS LEGION'S CONVENTION 16--(UP) the history President Truman will address Buffalo. (he American Legion when it con- 6r j- l6d Bovd vcnes Chlcago MOV.

18-20 for Christmiis, the first full-dress national con- fntion since' Pearl Harbor, it Churchill Demands 0, Britain Keep Atomic Bomb Secret From Reds London, Aug. 16-- (UP)--Winston Churchill declared in commons today that a wave of Communistic terror is sweeping eastern Europe and threatening the unity of the Allied nations. He demanded bluntly that Britain and America hide the secret the atomic bomb from Russia anr all other powers. Freed of the governmental responsibility that restricted hir criticisrn of Russia throughout tin war, the former prime ministe: rose to deliver a bitter attack on the eastern European regime sponsored by the Soviet Union. He warned that trouble between Russia and her western Allie might explode if any power trie to dictate the political structure Europe.

HIGGINS BOAT CO. TO LAUNCH CIVILIAN PROGRAM SHORTLY New Orleans, Aug. 16--(UP) Hlggins industries, miners of the famed Higgins landing boat, Will launch a $25,000,000 civilian construction program next week, secretary- announced The noise the excitement of the surrender celebration in New York's' Chinatown proved too much for two-year-old Fred Chang, the forlorn little figure with flag and bell above. Fred is the son of an American soldier. Late News He said 1 feeognized the' announced today.

sur-i Edward N. Schoiberllng, nation- "fst flashed and, al commander, said OfHce of Deto volunteer reuse Transportation officials hod assured the Legion it could hold the meeting. bonds mean peace. Morris Gottesman, treasurer of the firm, today following the cancellation a war contract. JOBS AWAIT SOLDIERS People who went from neutral Eire to Northern Ireland to take the jobs ol soldiers who went to war, will be returned to Eire when the servicemen are demobilized, the Northern Ireland House "clTafges point -system 'the army's, in.

'fcritlcal" score of 85, No estimates on the number, eligible for release. (Joast Guard--Will be demobilized under the navy's point system but no figure set on the rate of discharges to be expected. (Continued Cn Page Three) CHINKlElAN THREW mum Presque Isle, Aug. 16 agents struck today against a gold smuggling ring organized around a Chinese-American airforce corporal who' allegedly threw $3,000 worth of gold into the Atlantic, ocean because he feared he would be caught with the The gold conspiracy came to light with the arrest of Cpl. Gin.

Lum, 23, of New Haven, who attracted the attention of jirmy intelligence officers because he.seemed to have "considerable money for an army corporal." A Quincy, automobile dealer, a Boston Chinese, a Boston jeweler and partners in a New York gold buying and jewelry refining business were sought by federal agents as conspirators who allegedly'' 'masterminded the ring. Lum, a steward on Atlantic transport command planes spanning the Atlantic, allegedly carried U. S. gold, worth S60 an ounce, to Paris, where it was sold for $100, a profit $40 an ounce. Officials said Lum mailed 'the using his Presque Isle army base address.

Arraigned before a U. S'. commissioner of a charge of conspiracy to' violate 'the gold reserve act, Lum allegedly named his fel- Buflalo, 16T-(UP)--Steel pi oduetloif iii.the Buffalo area as at a virtual standstill today as Corkers joined in making the most of a two-day victory holiday. Kodak Co. and Bausch and Lomb Optical which lias a large backlog: of commercial orders, are ready to shift to peacetime production as soon as government controls are lifted on material and equipment.

Truman said today that two of the nation's most potent war instruments -conscription and the atomic power project--will be devoted in revised peacetime use for the welfare of the world. NEXT SUNDAY WILL BE DAY OF PRAYER, Washington. Japan probably will not be. divided into zones, ot occupation, President Truman, told his news conference today, but a mixture of Allied forces under the Allied supreme commander, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, will move into the defeated enemy country.

LATE-PRESIDENT REFERRED TO ATOMIC BOMB OVER A YEAR AGO Miami, Aug. IS--(UP)-The late President Roosevelt told a South American more than-a year ago that a two-pound atomic bomb could blow up a large city, it was revealed today. A statement by Mr. Roosevelt was reported at that time, in a speech at Mexico City by Ezequiel Padilla, Mexican foreign minister, and later was reprinted in an El Salvadorean newspaper without stirring up comment. The statement was found last night by Maj.

William Moscoso, in sent to his wile from San Salvador, her'home city-. He released it to the United Press today "as a tribute to Mr. It was believed to have been the only published comment by the late president 'on the atomic bomb, on which research was Washingt'on, Aug. 16--(UP)-'President Truman today proclaimed next Sunday as a day of prayer and thanksgiving for the Allies' victory in World War II. The day of prayer, Mr.

Truman indicated, will be separate and distinct from V-J" day, which will come by another presidential proclamation once Japan has signed the instruments of surrender. Under questioning, Mr. Truman said he Americans will have had their victory holidays yesterday and today, and therefore he did not foresee V-P day itself as a day free from work. Mr. Truman said for the occupation were well underway.

Asked who would announce the ilgning of the surrender terms by Japanese, the president s.aid Gen. Douglas MacArthur would make the announcement and he. he president, then would issue his V-J day proclamation. He declined to indicate, when or low smugglers. In Lum's locker at the base, officials allegedly seized.

67 oun- 'ces of gold worth $1,800. It was said that Lum, fearing seizure, threw $3,000 worth of the metal out of an ATC plane into the Atlantic ocean. He was arrest- of Commons in Belfast was ad-i on his turn from Paris. v.iscd by the Government, Return- ing soldiers will find their Some acorns take two years to them. develop, others take only one; Manila, Aug.

send a mission Manila tomorrow to receive Gen. Douglas MacArthur's surrender, terms, it was announced today, but Tokyo warned that it probably will be 12 days before cease-fire orders can reach, all of Japan's armed forces. An Okinawa announcement said the delegation was expected to return Japan with, the surrender terms fot Emperor Hirohito, the Japanese government and the imperial'general staff Friday, or Saturday. The Okinawa broadcast came few minutes after MacArthur's headquarters had announced at 9 p. m.

(8 a. m. EWT) that no response had come from the Japanese yet. However, headquarters confirmed that Tokyo had acknowledged the receipt of MacArthur's messages. The date and scene of the formal of the terms was not A Guam announcement hinted that the ceremony might take place aboard Admiral Chester W.

Nlmitz'- Pacific fleet flagship. The Okinawa broadcast indicated that Japan was obeying in full the provisions laid down by MacArthur in the second of his directives as supreme commander of the Allied occupation forces. May Require Days Radio Tokyo announced earlier that Hirohito also had complied with MacArthur's first directive by ordering all Japanese armed forces to cease hostilities immediately. Tokyo warned, however, that it might take days for the order to reach remote islands and mountain areas. Fighting continued on most Pacific and Far Eastern battlefronts today.

A lone Japanese "snooper" plane approached Admiral William F. (Bull) Halsey's mighty The Padillac speech was printed in the "Diario Latino" San Salvador for Sept. 16, 1944. ELECTION AT JAMESTOWN Buffalo, Aug. IB (UP) A collective bargaining election wil be held within 30 clays to determine whether 130 production and maintenance workers the Rane Tool Jamestown, N.

wish to be representea by the CIO united electrical, radio and machine workers, or the uuafi'Uiated Kane independent union. where the formal surrender will completed. Mr. Truman left no doubt that he considers atomic energy-- the awesome to which Japan attributed her defeat--could provide an avenue to "a better world." He said he would ask congress, soon Sept. 5, tr.

approve continuation of the $2,000,000,000 project which, created the atomic bomb. He will ask speciJically, Mr. Truman said, that legislation authorizing maintenance of research at the huge atomic energy plants in Tennessee and Washington state and at the laboratory in New Mexico. Mr. Truman also reported that: 1.

The War Labor Board's days are numbered. He said it would continue in existence lor a while but indicated that postwar labor matters would be handled by the labor department 2. 'He will present his views to soon on universal peacetime training for American youth. 3. There will' be no separate Allied occupational zones in Japan; Allied forces will be merged under Gen.

Douglas MacArthur. 4. MacArthur will announce the signing of surrender documents, and the president will thereupon proclaim V-J day. He thinks the people have enough victory celebrating and that V-J day Third fleet of 133 the Honshu coast warships off during the WAS SCENE OF WPHLRY San Francisco, Aug. 16--(IT?) first time in three dayi San Francisco's downtown area was quiet today.

Riot squads of 3,200 police and shore patrolmen had quelled a mob joyous sail- ers 'and civilians. Chief of Police Charles Dullea proclaimed a three-hour state, of emergency "in the name of the people of the state of Policemen, whose good nature had remained unmatched through' two nights hilarious victory brusquely ordered civilians and sailors alike off downtown streets. Dullea said the mob, estimated at a fraction of the boisterous crowds of the past two days, broke "every window within three blocks." The three-day binge took a toll of seven dead and more than 600 hurt. Most of them were sailors cut by glass, injured in fights or felled by drunkenness. Traffic'was stalled for the third straight night.

A noisy of morning, Hut was chased- at.least sailors and by carrier planes. The Okinawa broadcast said that a squadron of American Lightnings will at 5 a. m. tomorrow (4 p. m.

Thursday EWT) and rendezvous at Sata 5VIisaki, a small town, on the southern tip of Kyushu. "This squadron look for a Japanese plane, a white transport with green crosses painted on it as directed General MacArthur," the broadcast said. Plane to Be Escorted "The squadron then will lead the plane Midway between Kyushu and le Shima, a distance of about 300 miles, another squadron will be on the lookout for the plane in case the first squadron misses it. "When the plane reaches le Shima, a third squadron will be on the watch. A B-25 medium bomber will fly with each squadron of 12 planes to establish long- rang contact with the Japanese aircraft.

"The group leader the P-38 members the veteran Eighth fighter group will lead the Japanese plane onto the central strip at le Shima. The Japanese pilot will be instructed to taxi to a C-54 four-engined transport of the air transport command. "There will be a heavy guard TM, around the field and only persons should not be a with the required arm bands will i (Continued on Page I (Continued On Pa Eleven) teen-agers, began to turn what had been a disorderly celebration into a mob scene last night. A running fire of giant firecracker explosions echoed through the downtown district. Bobby-soxers, teen-age youths and boys who didn't look as if they had reached their teens reeled on streets.

Bottles passed from hand to hand. When they went dry, they were smashed on the sidewalk. An automobile crashed through the boarded-up front windows of an already frequently looted liquor store. The crowd poured through the entrances and helped themselves from the shelves. For the second, time in 24 hours naked and near-naked women danced at the corner of Mason and Market.

Three sailors held a girl while another stripped off her shorts. Almost no members of the mob appeared to be combat veterans. Police received numerous, reports that women had been publicly molested. Fist fights and fights with jagged ends of liquor bottles were a common sight. RECOVER BODY Ti'oy, N.

Aug. 16--(UP) -State police said today they had recovered the body of Cecil Metcalf, 44, Brooklyn, from the Mohawk river between nearby and Half Moon. Metcalf, a tug boat employe, drowned Tuesday night when he fell from the boat..