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BY MARC PURDUE
SINGAPORE, Sept., 12—(AP)
—Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat
ten received the surrender of all
Japanese forces in southeast Asia
and the East Indies today from
Gen. Seishirg Itagaki, represent
#ing the ailing commander of the |
apanese southern armies, Mar
ha] Count Juichi Terauchi.
Promptly after the ceremony
he Allieq Southeast Asia com
-lander announced he would tol
erate no arrogance from the Jap
nese, and told his troops in an
rder ofi the day that they would
ave his support “in taking the |
ternest measures against any
Japanese attempt at obstinacy,l
impudence o 0 non-cooperation.”
“Masters” Of Japs
The order of the day under
kcored Mountbatten’s previous !
torn announcement that “we are
boing to treat our enemies with
B sticc and humanity, but we are
boing to be their masters.”
The surrender invovived about l
85.000 Japanese . troops in the
bingapore area and some 500,000
B jicrs and sailors. in “the
outhern region”—southeast Asia
nd the East Indies.
By the insttiment the Japan
bse gave up the richest and most
xpansive conquests of their long
ampaign of aggression—an area
etretching 6,500 miles from the !
rabian Sea to Hollandia, em
bracing 1,500,000 square mies
ind populated by 128,000,600 |
people.
f Lt Gen. Siv ‘William J. Slim
ommander: of Allied land forces
n Southeast Asia, and Lt. Gen.
RA. Wheeler, of the U. S. A.
feputy Southeast Asia comman
fer, as well as representatives
bi the Netherlands, Australia,
rance and China looked on
wile Mountbatten signed eiev
n copies .of the . surrender in
{rument, using a”h-&' pen -€ach”
ime,
Further Humiliation
The ceremony began in the
ouncil Chembeér at Singappre
t 11:15 a. m. ,11:15 p. m. Tues
oy EWT- and was concluded in
few minutes. Itagaki signed for
erauchi, who Mounbatten said
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Paper Collection ’
[0 Be Made :
bunday By Jaycees
Members of the Junior Cham
er of Commerce will conduct
heir regular waste paper salvage
ollection Sunday ' afternoon, it
/as announced today.
Members, of the Jaycee salvage
ommittee ask that all Atheniansl
blace every scrap of waste paper
hey have been saving for the
bast month on the sidewalk in
bont of their homes early Sun
lay so the collection, starting i
arly in the afternoon, will not
e delayed.
Last collection netted the Jap
es about 40,000 pounds of
/asté paper, bringing to more
han 1,000,000 pounds the amount
ollected since the Jaycees tock
ver the pape: salvage project |
It was pointed out today that |
he War Productive ' Board is |
ontinuing the drive for waste |
baper, despite the fact that 1b(‘l
jar has endd, due mainly to |
e c-itical shortage of pulpwood,
which the greater partof the
aper industry dependss. | ‘
. S. SHIP SINKS !
AFTER COLLISION |
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept., 12—
AP) — A Navy patrol ship sank
cvera] miles beyond San Diegs
arbor yesterday -after colliding
Fith the Destroyer U. S. S. Lat=
ey, the Navy reported. One ciew
hember, who name was with
beld, was missing among the 52
¢ non the PC-815. 1
P~ Svhmarine ApnzZon, e€scor
ed by the patrol ship, helped‘
y and Coast Guard ships in
he -~escue of survivors. |
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WFATHER
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Clear to partly cloudy and
mild temperature tonight and
Thursday. Showers Thursday
afternoon. "
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LIGHTNING STARTS BIG BLAZE
Fifty-five thousand barrels of crude oil go up in smoke near Houston, Texas, after this Eastern
States Refinery tank was struck by lightning. In the left background may be seen two burning tanks
which contained 100 octane gasoline. Firemen were considerabiy hampered by . the dirt (fore
ground) from nearby sewer excavations.
Awustralia Arranges
More Lend-Lease
CANBERRA, Sept., 12— (AP
—Australian Prime Ministe: Jo
seph B. Chifley said today ar
arangemsnts had been made fer
continuance of the flow of lenc
lease goods from the United
States to Australia.
Because of cavgoes already on
American wharves for loading,
shipments can be resumd imme
diately, he said. -
It is understood here that Aus
tralia guaranteed cash payment
for the goods if necessary -to
continue the movement, pending
final decision on lead-lase dis~
cussions now being ' conducted
'fli&hmthgy}fite&‘sfiama goveins
ment. '
Radio Equpiment
To Be Bought
For Athens Police
'
BY VIRGINIA WOODALL
Mayor and Council last night
authorized - purchase of radio
equipment for the Police Depart
ment, instructed the City Engineer
to buy new dirt loadir. and
ditching machines, authorized re
moval of the objéctionable benches
on the sidewalks downtown &@nd
voted to set up a committe to
negotiate with the federal gov
ernment for obtaining the old
Post Office building as a City Hall.
The Council also instructed City
Attorney Dorsey Davis to obtain
from bond buyers in Atlanta all
necessary technical information on
jssuance of bonds, together with
the amount of interest that will
be paid, before a call is issued
by Council for a school improve
ment bond election here. Council
will meet again next Monday to
call the election for school bonds.
Council took this action upon
‘motion of Councilman W. R. Bed
|good, who said that he had. con
lferred with Max Michael of the
Board of Commissioners, on the
matter and that he had suggested
this course be taken. =
| Councilman T. L. Elder moved
|that that portion of the action of
ICouncil instructing ,the clerk to
Ipublish “the entire audit” of Res
pess and Respess, on City finances
be changed to read “that portion
of the audit marked Exhibit A,
which is the condensed statement
of the cash receipts and disburse
ments, and further, that anyone so
desiring can see a cOpy of the
complete audit by calling at the
Clerk’s office and by asking any
of the Aldermen.” The motion
was passed with Councilmen Bob
Seagraves, C. S. Denny, Allen‘
Wier, ‘Elder, C. L. McLeroy and
|R. T. Dottery voting “yes.” Coun-!
|cilmen W. R. Bedgood and Joe
IShepherd voting “no,” and Coun
cilman John Y. Coffee expressing
!himself as “not voting.”
Story Said Sufficient |
. Previous to this action Council
man Seagraves had expressed him
'self as feeling that the publiicty
already given the audtior’s report
|was sufficient and covered the
matter thoroughly, concluding
with a motion, ruled out of order,
that the audit not be printed at
all. Councilman Denny contended
that although the story already
printed was satisfactory to him,
some of the citizens were expecting
at least a portion of the audit to
be printed. Councilman Seagraves
| was requested to withdraw his
motion in favor of Mr. Elder's
}motion, already on the floor. It
was requested that the Banner
{Herald publish the condensed re
}port as an advertisement.
C(})‘:‘ncflman Elder moved that
‘the enches be taken off the side
| (Contmeed on Page Three)
Full Associated Press Service
DATE FOR MEAT RATION'S END
T 0 BE TOLD SOON, IS REPORT
B¥ MARVIN L. ARROWSMIITH
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12— (AP)—The question of how sqon meat
rationing will end moved nearer a showdown today.
As housewives began buying all varieties of cheese without stamps,
government food officials.predicted an early deeision on whether
meat can go off the ration list:
1. Before month’s end.
2. By October 1, or
3. At some later date.
‘The possibilities were that wide
open as the matter became a first
crder of business for Secretary of
% in the* capital” shortly
from a vacation ‘at his home in
Albuquerque, N. M., Anderson
will be asked for something defi
nite on meat—quiekly.
4
. Bowles Insists Action
Among “ the most pressing re
quests for a speedy decision is
one from OPA . Administrator
Chester Bowles. Bowles’ agency
.soon must start printing October
‘point value charts if rationing is
to be continude next month.
~ Bowles conferred yesterday
with Acting Secretary of Agriculs
4ure J. B. Hutson, telling him
‘that a ‘quick decision would be a
good thing.
~ If the decision is to terminate
meat rationing by October 1 or
sooner, there probably will be no
announcement before the eve of
‘the effective date. OPA says an
{nouncements well in advance
imake it difficult to enforce ra
tioning regulations in the mean
)time.
On the other hand, a decision
{o terminate the program at an
‘unspecified later date probably
[would be anncunced immediately
[so that housewives and butchers
could settle down to a few more
weeks of rationed sales.
Depends on Marketings
. “It all depends on livestock
marketings duging the days and
weeks ahead,” said a spokesman
for Hutson.
Cattle marketings are running
considerably ahead of a year ago,
but food officials are doubtful
whether the total-meat supply is
sufficient to support unrestricted
buying. { i
If meat rationing is continuedi
until perhaps November 1, there
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Suit Against Education Board:
CHARGE RELIGION STUDY CLASSES
ARE VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTION
URBANA, 111., Sept. 12.—(AP)—The father and the 10-year-old
son of Mrs. Vashti McCollum were two of the principal witnesses in
Circuit Court yesterday in the trial of a suit by Mrs. McCollum to
ban religious education classes from adjacent Champaign public
schools. S
Mrs. McCollum’s son, Jaines
Tesry, in whose behalf she
brought the Mandamus suit
agaihst the Champaign Board of
Education testified he was inter
ested in the religion courses,
that he wanted to take them but
his mother declined to give her
consent, as is required +by all |
parents before the pupils are'
‘permitted to receive ‘he instrtc
tion. ' |
- Arthur G. Cromwell, the fath? |
er of Mrs. McCollum, who is thc‘
wife of a Univrsity of Illinois|
profssor, preceded James on the
witness stand. He said he - was
ayery proud” to call imself an
atheist and he announced his dis<
belief in the Biblical accounts of
Athens, Ga., Wednesday, September 12, 1945
Chancellor Sanford
Is Taken 11l At
Regents’ Meeting
ATLANTA, Sept. 12—(AP)—
Chancellor S. V. Sanford of the
University System of Georgia was
seized with a sudden aftack at
a meeting of the Board of Regents
here today and was rushed to a
hospital. :
Physicians who were quickly
summoned to the Capitol said
they .did not know whether his
condition was serious or not or
whether his seizure was a ‘heart
attack or apoplexy. They were in
terested only in getting him to a
hospital as quickly as possible.
Dr. Sanford was in the midst
of making his report to the Board
when he suddenly complained of
nausea and was removed to an
office where he was put on a
couch until an ambulance could
be summoned.
The Board recessed until Dr.
Sanford could be removed th the
hospital. :
Dr. Sanford observed his 74th
birthday last month.
REVENUE RAIDS
~ ATLANTA, Sept. 12—(AP)—
State Revenue Department agents
made 218 whiskey raids in 41 dry
counties and 17 wet counties in
August, the State Alcohol Tax
Unit reports.
. C. A. Gillespie,. director, said a
total of 130 arrests were made and
4,318 gallons of non-tax-paid
liquor were seized or destroyed.
Cases were entered agafnst 107
persons, he added.
. The value of property destroyed
by the agents amounted to $9,411.
Property confiscated but not de-
Istroyed was valued at $6,060.
Adam and Eve, the flood - and
Noah’s Ark, miracles and resur
rection of human bodies.
The Rochester, N. Y., " arcki
tect, who said he was p=esident
of the Rochester - Society of
Freethinkers’ asserted presiden
tia] proclamations of a “day of
prayer” were violations of the
constitution. :
‘ Counsel for those opposing the
classes contend that the religious
"instruction on - public schcol
| property constitutes a uynion of
!church and state in wviolation of
! state and federal constitutions.
Defense attorneys have asserted
that the constitutional provisions
alleged to have been -violated
“were drawn 'to protect reli
gious beliefs.” :
ESTABLISHED 1832.
American Blood Flows
In Tojo’s Veins As
Wanted List /Increased
TOKYO, Sept. 12.— (AP) —American occupation
authorities tonight pressed the roundup of 46 Japan
ese war leaders and renegade Occidentals as a gift of
blood from a Pennsylvania sergeant probably saved
the life of Hideki #_ojo, principal architect of the
Pearl Harbor assault.
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[ POINT SYSTEM
BY LAWMAKERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—(P)—
Undersecretary of- War Pattersen
{told Senators today the Armjy ex
pects to discharge 6,000,000 men
sby next July 1.
1 Defending the point system of
’demobilization in testimony before
the Senate Military Committee,
Patterson said it should bring the
Army down to ‘a strength of 2,-
500,000 by the middle of 1946.
The Undersecretary vigorously
rejected a proposal by Senator
Johnson (D-Colo) that Congress
Iset up a special agency to police
demobilization.
Patterson testified after he said
Secretary of War Stimson was un
able to attend because of prior
“unbreakable commitments” and
Gen. George C. Marshall, chief
of .staff, was out of town.
Frees Combat Men
In response to questions by
Senator Bridges (R-NH), Patter
?on said that no men with more
han 45 points are being sent to
the Pacific oceupations forces. He
said this frees virtually all of
those who saw combat in Europe,
| except for a few who were there
only a very short time.
It is the policy of the Depart
ment, the Undersecretary said, to
demobilize the Army as swiftly as
possible to the strength necessary
|to maintain occupation forces and
,take care of other duties. He said
{General Marshall had issued a
ldirective immediately after the
{Japanese surrender calling for
{swiftest possible demobilization,
@economy in use of materials and
|the elimination of all activities
[that can be spared.
| Some committee members made
{no secret of the fact they thin‘k‘
lMarshal is the only man who can |
take them off an exceedingly hot
[spot. The spot gets hotter daily
|as their mail piles up with pleas
| for service releases.
{ (Continued on Page Three) |
Socio-Economic
Discussion Tonight
Will Open Meeting
Opening the Planning conference
of the College of Education tonight
in the University Chapel at eight
o’clock will be a .speech on “So
cio-Political Aspects of the Post-
War World,” by Ralph }fccill,
editor of the Atlanta Constitution,
and “The Citizen’s Stake in Eco
nomic Systems” by Dr. Walter J.
Mataerly, a director of .the Jack
sonville branch of the Federal Re
serve Bank.
l. The conference will launch a
year’s study of the teacher edu
ication of the College of Educa
tion, Dr. Kenneth H. Williams,
\dean of the school, has ancunced.
Platform guests will include
Earl B. Braswell, editor and pub
lisher of tae Athens Banner-
Herald and members of Univer
¢ity Board of Regents Rutherford
Coile, County Superintendent of
schools, Boyce Grier City School
Superintendent of Schools; Dr. M.
C. Collins, State Superintendent
of Schools, Dr. R. P. Brooks, dean
of faculties of the University of
Georgia, and Dr. Harmon Cald
well, president of the University
of Georgia.
Arnall Says He Will Not Leave :
Georgia Unless His Program
Has Assurances Of Completion
ATLANTA, Sept. 12.—(AP)—Governor Ellis Arnold told state
educators here that he “never admitted” having had “any offer
from Washington.” 5
At a conference of officials of 16 state colleges at the capitol
yesterday Arnall asserted that “under no c¢ircumstances”’ would
he be interésted in leaving Georgia “unless I was assured that the
work I have started would be carried on without interruption.”
Chancellor S. V. Sanford of the University System introduced
the Governor with the assertion “I hope to goodness he will de
cide to stay in Georgia and I know you others share that hope.” -
Meanwhile, in Washington, Senator Walter F. George of Geor
gia said he thought it iikely that Arnall would accept the post of
U. S. Solicitor General reportedly offered him “by ° President
Truman. :
I take it for granted the Governor is coming up here within
the next 60 days,” George added. ?
General MacArthur, extending
his list of “wanted” men to‘ in
clude seven of the notorious
black dragon society's top terror
ists, ordered dissolution of that
jingoistic secret organization
which the Japancse claimed had
disbanded more than a mcnth
ago. :
While the roundup bag in
creased, one of the most badly
wanted, Lt. Gen. Masaharu
Homma. who sanclioned the
murderous death march of Ba
taan, fled to his islet home off
the northwest coast.
One of those caught, however,
was Heinrich Georg Stahmer,
German ambassador held chief
ly responsible for bringing Japan
into th Rome-Berlin Axis.
Stahmer came to Tokyo in
1940 as a special envoy on the
Axis deal, was rewarded by be
ing named Hitler's envoy to the
Nanking puppet govrernment,
and then became ambassador tc
Tokyo. He was a personal assis
iant to Nazi Foreign Minister
Joachim Von Ribbentrop.
Tojo, who attempted suicide
yesterday, admittedly to escape
trial as the main Japanese war
criminal, but who missed his
heart with a bullet from a pistol
taken from a downed American
WILL REMOVE JAPS
WASHINGTON, Sept. i 2
—(AP)— President Trumean
promised today that Japan
ese officials will be removed
. from their posts in Korea as
' .soon as possible. .
He told 4 news conference
that the army’s decision to
retain some of the Japanesc
loverlords was dictated by
practical considertions.
flier, rallied strongly tonight af
ter the transfusion of B-type
whole blood and injections of
penicillin. G
‘Doectors, who had said he had
a better-than-even chance to
live, declat&his condition now
wag “very ‘“satisfactory.” Tcjo
himself fwas strong enough to
thank them and to tell a Japan
ese government representative,
T. Euguki, who visited him at
the American evacuation hospi
tal in Yokohama, that he appre
ciated the care he was getting.
Yanks Gives Blood
The blood donation came from
Sgt. John A, Archinai, a veteran
of ‘New Guninea and the Philip
pines, who said, “I'm doing this
20 hecanget his pust dues and
suffer for the 17 months he made
me spend in New Guinea.”
Eichelberger said 'Tojo shot
himself with a U. S. Army Air
Corps pilot’s pistol.
“I believe the pistol was taken
from an American aviator shot
down during the wan” Eichel
berger concluded. gs has the
pistol, together with the hara
kiri knife and unsheathed cere
monial sword found near Tojo.
Tojo saiq ‘hé fired "hi§ hasty
pistol shot yesterday as American
war-crinies Investigators pound
ed ut his door- because he “did
not want to stand before the vic
tor to be tried.” Yet trial seem
ed certainly 'in store for him and
many of his henchmen, including
the Pear] Harbor cabinet.
Henchmen Taken :
Three of th& 39 others that
General MacArthur ordeved de
tained had beep taken into cusio
dy already. They are Jorge Var
gas, puppet Phillipines ambassa
dor’ to ' Japan; * Mark® Lewis
Streeter, an American captured
at Wake Island and accused of
later making Japanese propagan
da broadcasts from a pUison
camp; and Col. Josef Alfred
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Son Rescues Father
From Jap Prison
Affer Five Years
WASHNGTON, - Sept 12—-(AP)
—Father and son, one a prisoner
the otaer rescuer, were reunited
Aug. 16 in a Japanese prison camp.
The office of strategic services
told the story today of the first
meeting in five years of Col. R. F.
Hilsman and his son, Capt. R. F.
Hilsman, jr., of San Antonio Tex.
Col. Hilsman commanded Ne
gros Island in the Philippines
when war came. His American
officered Filipino .force held out
two months %fter Corregidor fell
Finally they gave'in to superior
forces and equipmen®.
Thai was in' July, 1942. -
Capt. Hilsman who fought with
Murrill’s Marauders in PRurma,
went to Oso after recovering from
a wound and led a team of Xachin
and Bumese guerrillas for a vear.
Convinced, his . father was at
Hoten camp in Manchuria, the
son asked to join a rescue team
and parachuted into Mukden. He
found his father- on a wooden
prison cot. o
For a time taey couldn’t speak.
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“Interesting, Fascinating™
ATHENS'PARR HELPED SET STAGE..
FOR INITIAL LANDING IN BRITAIN
“My job was an interesting and fascinating onfi?” said. Jack Parr,
as he tqld of his duties while serving as a Petty Officer, ffirst class,”
with the 29th U. 8. N. Seabees irn Europe. Tl SRR S
“1 strved as a draftsman, a de
signer, and a camafleur in the
British Isles and in France. Ours
was the first construction battal
ion-in the British Isles and we
built” the docks and. the largest
base .in.the Isles, laying the stage
in 1942 for the landing of the
first American troops in Eng
land.”
Mr. Parr said that battalions of
the Seabees were placed all over
England and aided in the assem
bly of pontoons that carried the
troops over on D-Day. “My par
ticular job was to aid in the de
signing of bases, docks and com
munications centers. It was fas
cinating to watch our unit go into
an open space, and before they
left see it as a complete base in
operation.”
When this first construction
battalion of which Mr. Parr was
a part first landed in the Eritt*
llsles, they set up a camp on the
grounds of the castle of an old
H QTM E
Big-5 Leaders Face
Balkan, lfaly Issues
+ BY FLORA LEWIS
LONDON, Sept. 12—(#)—For
eign ministers of the Big Five
powers turned their attention to
day to a peace treaty with Italy,
a question laced with a complexity
of European problems which hold
the key to the future of the con
tinent. : Rkt
‘ Overshadow‘w &%n
will be the problem of the Com
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Foreign Commissar, U, 8. 8. R..
munist-controlled Balkan. goversi
-Iments. The Soviet Union seeks
western recognition of the existing
'governments in the former Axis
satellite states of Romania, Bul
{garia and Hungary. Some British
jand Americans appear to inter
|pret the Russian stand as indi
cating that Moscow seeks a free
rein in those countries and there
in may lie one of the-conference’s
principal stumbling . blocks.
Preparatory Work
The task of the foreign minis
ters as outlined in last night's
ffirst communigue is: “To continue
necessary preparatory work for
tpeace settlements and to consider
any other matters which may from
time to time be referred to it (the
conference) by agreement of the
| governments who are members of
'the council.”
| Less pressing than the Balkan
’situation but still important is the
Russian insistence upon Allied ac
ceptance of the government-of -
Dr. Karl Renner in Austria, which
was established provisionally un
ger conditions of Soviet occupa
on.
From Vienna came announce
ment of a proclamation of the
Allied Control Council stating thaé
the proposal for recognition woul
be studied by Council members
who would “submit recommenda
tions to their respective govern
ments.” "
Austrian Problem :
But it seemed highly likely that
despite the progress reported from
Vienna, the question of recogni
tion of Renner’s government must
be taken up by the foreign minis
ters. e o
A series of French: propasalg to
be taken up are in process of
preparation for presentation to
the conference. The French seek
internationalization of Ruhr . In-~
dustries, severance of the Rhine
land from -Germany, with the
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Scottish family of nobility,” the
Duke of Argele. From that point
in Scotland, he was stationed at
various times in Ireland, England,
Wales, and shortly after D-l%
he went over into France. “Our’
duty there was to get supplies to.
the Navy. We didn’t see 1:«1'&&
action in France, for that was"fiot:
our purpose. Our duties dfi
with construction of bases,. ‘
communication centers, and’ ‘S
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Mr. Parr went overseas wi
the Navy Seabees in‘ 1942 ‘%@
has been serving in the Europeas.
theater for the past three yesvse
He taught industrial arts at Aths
ens High School previous to. bis
induction into the armeéd forsess -
He is a graduate of the I}nfivem ‘N
of Georgia. S e
The Athenian was %fl* :
at Fort Hueneme, Californ fi
cently, He says that m 1
no plans for the future othex
than the fact that he will nfsjte
his home in Athens. T mwes