The Evening Sun from Hanover, Pennsylvania • Page 1

WEATHER TWT Ci 1 1 nJci NI G- SL IN IT SHINES FOR ALL VOL. CIRCrLATION OVKIl 20 AU(iUM' IS, DIS LAST KDITION TWO CKN'rS JAPANESE SURRENDER; ALL HOSTILITIES END PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING SURRENDER OF JAPAN TERMS TRUMAN DECLARES IN ANNOUNCING FINISH OF CLOSE TO FOUR YEARS OF WAR Mac Arthur Named To Post Of Supreme Allied Chief 1 President Tniman reads the Japanese mesyage to members of his cabi net in his office at the White House. Seated beside him are Adm William (Irfli, Sec of State Janies Byrnes 'second from left' and former Secretary of State Cordell Hull Cabinet members ndiim in background are '1 to r' WPB Chii'i A KruK, PoreiKn Economic Chief Leo Crowley. Mai. Gen Philip Fleming of Federal Aomini.stration.

Economic Stabilizer William Davis, Reconstruction Cliief John Snyder, of Navy James Forrestal, Secretary of Treasury Fred Vin.son, Attorney General Tom Clark. Secretary of Lalxjr Lewis Schwellenbach, National Housing Chief John Blandford, Pi tma.ster General Robert AP Wirephoto'. I WESTBROOK PE6LER May Occur When Ihe Boys Come Home NFW YORK. Ann '1 records of Communist terrorism and deliberate, planned ainniiti 'ouTiR Oermans pMor to the ri'-e of Adolf Hitler one wav or Because thev were I they would be subjert to anyway. But outMde Germany I here surv ive f'ontemiX)rary of this evil campaign and, of many credible witne.sses who.se of riot.s, 7 Aire of citizens in their and on tlie vand.U- and conMd- frrd fo- the guidance of American.s n'Aard a correct judgment of events up tn Hitlerism and the var.

We with our.seivcs if wr that Hitleru-m as an expi of the Qeiman racial character with- ou fiuise or provocation Tliere the like of which in country would invite mnrilal aw at, least, and niiiint drive us into some form of Fa iisni. foni" 'f abitrarv the of the people wevr rcaoilv fi by the admini- If the rejcrtcd frce- ciom an an ideal, be it rememberea the Communist.s before them ad every trick in booK 0 maKP freedom under representa- government impossible. The riifi invent police iiiiiltraiion of the ixjlice and miluarv forces by agents and secret denunciation of individ- by neighbors and om t.iey trusted as They ail thi.s the liard wav from who, up lo 193i. 'oiiki cast about six million voie.s md was, like in .1 revolt ievolution- umultuous Celebration DRAFTING OF MEN Here Marks End Of War' OVER 26 UHLIKELY Hanoverians Celebrate Long Into Monument In Center Square Serves As Focal Play, Bells Ring, Sirens Wail And Auto Horns Blare A tumultuous celebration, touched ofl by announcement of the end of Wif wai. lOaifd into Hie early huUlh of today as Hanover Rave a boister- wel'ome to the dawn of pence.

From 0 cluck, when the White Hou.se released the long-awaited ntws, the wee small hours of this morning, celebrators milled in the Cenl'M square area, bands played. sirens wailed and auttnnobile horns blared In typical Dutch it whee' jor victorv in Hanover. Not since a November day years aso when another w.ir ended had the Civil War picket in tho oval looked upon a scene I bi 'tle monuinenf focal point lor the community's nois'- ob.servance of the end of the Great Wai There, near of honor, beannt; names of 12579 men and women in uniform, some of hom will never come home, the iown.sj>eopk itjoiced in the knowledge that the bloodshed had ended. Traffic Is Detoured While the celebration was loud and long it was not di.sordcrly. There were surprisingly rew persons who 'howed signs of drink.

Most everyone found the news in itself suffl- i cientlv exhilirating. The jwlice gave al! nf th.eir attention to handling traffic, which detoured from the buiinc.ss let the up- multitude go the Within reas('n. It onlv a matter of minutes I between the olficial word of and the start of the celebration. In Hanover homes, alerted by last Friday's p.nnouncemenf that Japan Only Lowest Age Group Now Will Be Called Up For Military Service, President Truman Discloses Appointment As Governor Of Japanese Announced In Washington Soon After End WASHINGTON. Aug 14 General ol the Army Douglas A.

iMacArthur. who told the Filipinos, will return" and did It, wa.s a.s- siened tonisht to govern the enemy he whipued on the road back. Pre.sid'*nt Truman's announcement specifically mentioned MacArthur I only for the a.ssignment to accept formal but it he would be Supreme Allied Commander The last Allied note to Tokyo I said the Supreme Commander would give tiie Emperor his oider.s. I Appointment of General Mac, Arthur Supreme Allied Com- I mandcr lor the occuj)ation of Japan V. a.s the next logical step for the man who beat the Nipixjiiese land forces back from the of Australia.

He had been commanding general of American Army Force.s in the Pacific since April 5, 1945. the ovcr-all assignment of beating the Japanese with Admiral Chester Nimitz, heads all sea forces in that oc( an. MacArthur moved up the Southwe.st Pacific Com- mand which he had held sincc short- Iv after th( war becan IX feet tall, wide shouldered, always dres.sed, generally stein of face, with broad forehead, prominent and rather I thin lips, MacArthur at 65 Ls complete he never leaves the role ot commander and leader. Critics call him arrogant and theatrical. the best cjualified judges in the American armed forces have praised him as a genius at strategy.

1 And his ciTicers are fiercely loyal. He 1 knows the Japanese and by all accounts re.spect and fear him. The learning abi)Ut the Jnpane.se shortly after his grad-' uation from West Point, when he (Ccntinued On Page Eight) (Continuiti On Page Eight) MlVEMl.t: IN THEM lWO MEN RECEIVE Of MONEY AT STOKE' DISCHARGES 'Continued On Page Four) Ai)p" 0 5200 was from tiie Tenninal Cigar yesterday morning, Paul Miller, pioprictor, in back ol the store. Police cs- teroay ulternoon arrested a juvenile. who.

thev say. confes.sed the theft. He in in Vork a wait ini' action of tlie juvenile probation recovereo $177 21 and various arluks whicl'' had been Ihe ywath witl' the re- ot the In addition to the ai the (igar boy admitted, police that look a pocket book belonging to oiTe of the a.s.^-i.slan: at tlie Wirt Park playground, recently. The ixjcketbook recovered. Gasoline, Canned Foods Ration Free IN AND ABOUT TOWN men from aiea were dis- chargeil from the Army at the Sepal ation C'l'ter at Indianiown Gap Resei'vation ire Cpl.

Mauricc J. 433 Baltimore street, and Sgt Ellis Kint. Bendcrsville. I Seven men of the area were pro- through the Reception Stallion at Indiantown Gap ye.sterday and were granted redeployment Includec! were Capt. H( iiry Hartman, 231 avenue.

Sgt. Robert B. LovelF.ce, Ji 30 iPtc, Hugli P. Millev, .533 North street. McSherrystowi'; Cpl.

Ralph Ca. ten. Hanover I) Pic Melvin L. Kump, 209 buri; street Gettysburg: S. Sgt Jo- i'ph A.

Fairfieln 2. and Pfc Harold G. Shaiiei, 804 York I Hanoverians and others in this section are not likely to bo drafted if they ar over 25 years of age, now that the wai has ended I This Ix'came known la.st night I shortly after President Truman's of! Ikial on the Japanese when the Chief Executive revealed that only the lowest age groups will now be called up for military Preliminary estimates indicate only tho.se under 26 I ill be drafted, Mr Truman added, according to the Pre.ss. The President's recommendation I was Selective Service reduce i niduction.s immediately from 80,000 a month to 50,000 Mr. Truman also predicted that I 000,000 to 5.500,000 men now in the Army may be returned to civilian life within the next twelve to eighteen months.

It IS too early to projxxse a definite figuie for the occupation forces which will be required in the Pacific twelve months from now or what reduction it may be to make HOLIDAY HERE UNION WORSHIP MARKS END OF WAR AT ST. MATTHEW'S Stores. Banks, Offices. Industrial Plants And Other Places Are Closed Today For Celebration banks, offices. post library and industrial plants were closed today in celebra- tion of the ending of hastilitie.s with Japan.

Some of them al.so will be jclo.sed tomorrow in kef ping with a 'two-day holiday provided for government employes by President (Truman. Early thi.s afternoon an A.s.sociat- ed Pres.s di.spatch from Washington that White Hou.se today retracted a that this day and tomQj row are legal holidays and explained that Pre.sident Iruman merely intended to govern- I ment eir.ploye.s for this Service Of Thanksgiving Will Take Place This Evening At 8 At Other Churches Mightiest Forces Of Destruction Ever Assefflblod Roli To Victorious Hait Around VanquithMl Have Lost, But Tliis Is Tolcyo Teiis Defeated Attributes Capituiation To Atomic Bomb ASH IX( i l'( )X, Al 1 world cMiter- C(1 a new era of peace today. the of the Pacific anu the of ever as.sembled- rolled to a victorious halt around the pro.strate, vantiuished empire of Throughout the Allied world, wracked by war or threat of war since Germany Poland on Sept. 1, IDIil), it wa-s a time for rejoicin)? and celohration. President Truman announced capitulation at 7 Eastern War la.st nijfiit.

The act markeil the hevrinninK of a truce that will last a days until General of the Army Douplas MacArthur, as Allied Commander, can accejit formal surrender on the basis of the Potsdam declaration. While promi.sinjf the people free and decent lives, this declaration lays rlown a hard future fur them. It is much like that imposed on Germatiy, except that the Japanese will have their own national an Kmpcror, under riprid Allied (onli'ol. 0(('I PAT10N FORCES AWAIT ORDERS TO ENTER All means ever to make war again are to be stripped from them At advance Pacific ba.se.s military government stood ready to move in with occupation forces and cariT out. the.s« terms.

More than four hours after Mr. announced the surrender, the war was still on in the Pacific. A communique from Guam early (Continued On Page Eight) (Continued On Page Ten) A of thanksgiving for victory and prayer for a lasting peace will be conducted by the Hanover Ministerial A.s.sociation St. Lutheran churcti, West Chestnut and North Franklin this evening at 8 p. m.

In pi inning the observance of the end of the war. the a.s.v)cia- tion decided to hold a union instead of in each chlirch sincc many pastors are out of town at this time. The variou.s minister.s who are in town at the pre.sent time will in this evening's service. i They will meet at the church at Aug 15 OPA tociay annoumed termination of the ning oi canned iit.s and vegetables, fuel oil oil stove.s. Cliester lliat fat.s butter, sugar, shoe.s -ires will stay on the "until military itnd increased production civilian suppUes more in balance with civilian r.and, b- la OPA, Bovle.s li'r gasoline is erned.

1 fij'aliy here lirn we rr.r om- caj's we ve and as An xecutive meeting tomorrow evening at 7 4.i o'clock will precedc I the it'Kular meeting of Hanover 'Chapter. No. Women of the Moose, to be held at p. in in tlie Mfxj.se home. Broadway.

Tlie Past Club oi the iPvtiiian SLsieis will meet toinonow I evening 'at the cottage oi Mr. and Wward J. Gobrcciit in 'paik near Hanover, in the form 'of a covfrcd dish supper 7 m. BIRTHS Burned By Firecracker One ca.sualty and one near casualty resulted from the ixso of fire- cracker.s in connection with the victory celebration here last night. police they treatwl Rajmond Kline, sir'ct, tor a burn on the rigiit of hi.s body.

when he was by an exploding fire- Police reported that a woman hit in tl.e face by a firecracker but it fer to tlie sidewalk before ex- plodiiik and shp was not hurt. List Of Heroic Dead Secretary Charles G. Ro.ss I 7.30 p. There will be congrega-! that statement tional with which held the import of creating Springer, organist of St. Matthew two legal holidays for purpo.ses of i church at the organ overtime pay wa.s i.ssued in error.

Ro.ss in a statement: A public addre.ss will be lised so that in the Sunday Today is not V-J dp.y nor is to- lOom at St. Matthews may USS INDIANAPOLIS SUNK; 883 LOST CiUAM. AUG 1.5. great explasiorus fla.shed out of her slim bow at twelve minutes past midnight. streaked through her passageways, the b'jdies of her crew into shapeless ma.s.ses.

Within fifteen minutr.s -he plunged headfirst into the sea. ITiat was the end of the proud cruiser 450 niile.s off Leyte July 30 with 883 dead and mi.s.-^ing, after had finished a record speed run from San Fiancisco lo Guam to deliver first atom bomb to the B-29s. She apparently fell prey to a Japanese submarine. For the 500 crewmen and the handful of officers hurled alive into the midnight sea, it was the beginning of a living nightmare. It ended, for more than 115 hours some of the crazed seamen had killed each other, and others had dived suicidally Into the cooling blue depths, heading for some they saw In their feverish dreams.

No one beyond the oil-streaked circle of men and debris In the uca. knew what had happened to the unescorted a Peleliu plane led the way to the rescue of the 315 days later. Survivors said nearly 700 men had gone down with the ship. Hundreds more plunged Into the sea without life preservers or rafts, so that death quickly began to pick them off. Ten officers and 305 enlisted men lived through the torture.

hear the should the attend- (Continued On Page Nine) morrow. As thr president stated yesterday "the proclamation of V-J day mu.st wait upon the formal I signing of the terms by Japan therefore the executive order Town Council Mectini; Friday does not apply in any way to August L)ue to the Victory hohday.s it and 1C, August 15 and 16 arcjdccided to po.stix)ne the meeUng of council, which ordinarily would have held this evening, to Friday evening at i (Contuiucd On Page Nine) Just received cood qualitv Bumi)er I Jack.s. $2 95. Montconierv Ward, Citv 1 M29 Adv. A was born to Cpl.

and Mrs. Rohrbaugh. Hanover R. 2 a' the Hanover General yesterday. I Born to Mr.

and Mr.s. Shealc! Key mar. on a daughter, at the Hanover General I haspital. was born at the Hanover General hospital yesterdav to Mr. and Rov Staub, 542 South Franklin street.

Identification bracelets. our Tvluik rr. uiv.r.cr. 1-Wed-tf TODAY cV TO.MORROW To mark aid to tiibiiic io owr ani mc- loriocs rienil)r: i he armed Wiio mI Pe-. e.

Miduleburg Mandfactunn 1 Adv. NOTICE! previoiusly announc- i ed. the factory ill resume opera- itions tomorrow Aup Ifi I at usual hour. i THE HANOVER SHOE. Inc.

I 1 129 Adv DANCING TONIGHT and evcrv Wednesddv nicht. Bill Hood'. Oi'he. tra Good food.s CROSS KF.YS HOTEL i 1-Wcd-tI The Evening Sun on page 8 ttxiay publishes the names of herce.s from Hanover, from thi.s section of York county and from Adams and Carroll counties who from time to time during the world conflict were le- ported to this paper a.s having given their lives to make this victory Tlie list was coir.pilcd from article.s ed in Tlie Sun. winch were ba.sed upon word sent vhe of kin by the War and Navy notifying them ol the deaths of their loved ones.

It is possible that in of all thf' care extr- ci.sed there mav be onii. sioas or erroi Names ot men mi.ssmy in action who liavf not been officially ed oead are not included. False Alarm At the height of victory celebration la.st night a fire alarm Michael, was turned in from Box 231, High and T.iird streeLs. pieces of japparatas irom Hanover Fire Company one from the Eagle Fire Comiiany Tliere wa.s no fire. Persons living the vicinity 7.30 o'clock, it was announced by Borough Secretary S.

Don- Paul L. Cox, 3 who in the Pacific for eighteen month.s aboard the aircraft carrier that children had ijeen I U.S.S Hornet, is spending a 25-day PERSONAL AND SOCIAL 'the boK a short time before i alarm at 8.45 o'clock. the leave at the home of hi.s mother. Mr.s Edna Freet. Baltimore street He wears the American Theater ribbon, the A.siatic-Pacific ribbon with seven suns, the Phil- Apply or License George Edward street, Hanover, and Mar- ribbon witli two star.s guerite Mary Avery, 725 Main -----------street, johason Citv N.

applied large, folding, all-steel for a marnaae license at York Carriaiie.s, $22.95. MontRomerv loi a marriage iicen.se at York Ward. 34 Frederick 1 129 Adv, yesterday. NATION LAUNCHES RECONVERSION TASK WASHINGTON. AUG.

15. home front became the only front today. The government and the people swung away from roaring war output to seek full production for peace. President Truman called It "the greatest task we have ever been faced Here are things already done, or about to be done; John Snyder, the reconversion director, planned to lay down the general home-front policy today. In one stroke the War Manpower Commusion ended all manpower controls.

The President estimated at least 5,000,000 persons will be released from the Army within twelve to eighteen months. All men 26 years and older were made draft-proof. Steps were taken to insure veterans the first crack at preference. The Navy cancelled $6,000.000 in war contracts. The Army is exijected to cancel more billions.

Congress was called back into ses.sion Sept. 5 to consider higher un- emplojment pay, lower taxes, and other home front measures. The whole process was summarized by Mr. Truman last night when (Continued On Page Nino MUNITIONS CUTBACK RUNS INTO BILLIONS HEEI. EMPIiOYES COMPANY will bp revumprl Employes will work Thurs- Aug.

16, in both our plants alter day Aui; 16 at usual time celebration COULSON after todav holidav. HEEL CO. 1'129 Adv. 1 129 Adv. -----------------I NOTICE TO EMPlX)YES TRY OUR 3-DAY SERVICE re.sume operations FYiday cleaninp Bnnp varments to moiniii'- 17.

at o'clock. York St. Oix-ii 8 a. to 7 i REVONAH SPINNING MILLS Dri Cleaners. 1-tf 1130 Adv.

WASHINGTON, AUG. 15. cut in pro- Department. The Department said that as soon as Pre.sident Truman announced the Japanese surrender last night, telegrams went out to prime contractors notifying them of cutbacks reducing Army procurement from $2,400,000,000 a month to $435,000,000 a month. Of the procurement which is continuing, the department aonounced $268,000,000 monthly represents food purchases..