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Show Tokyo Lying in Ruins Struggles Back to New Life Record Tokyo-Chicago Non-Stop Flight Named as New Czars m -. WTW-V mil...- i r'-'X , 1 New & A i S i Lr Jlj iHlllii i iiMi iwi'ir1nift Him 1" hi it -iMrr lr mn1t at imi- 1- II VWIMW WW, ,.M y.bl...lVllV,t " VUVV WW W "WW fffMIVnfl j :' ' ' ' "'' ' ' '; ' ' '" r:l;,:;?'W;'- c per hour swept across the Florida Kevs. More than 50.000 mrsnna te driven to seek emergency shelter In South Florida alone. Hundreds omes were reported damaged and destroyed la the Keys. romise Delivery of Thousands of Tires t thes lhonsand o( them. r nown moving out of the huge plants tuifk M TIre ul Enbbe company, Akron, Ohio, to civilian users t u"' 11,6 reconversion from military to civilian tire production fost Immediate, and first line tires will flow. In ever-increasing """e to the civilian market KJ JiJi u J- ra' i Tbis bombed-out area in the heart of Tokyo, near the imperial palace, lierican 6re bombing attacks. Each section of the city is responsible nd the Japanese have been ordered to do a good job. Befense lines, Bases Desired by r Y0tf : ! M PACIFIC OCEAN n jVLA MIDWArO aVZJOKINAWA tSONIN 'iX Jl MARCUS v '-MARIANA IS. HOtLULU W SAIPAnQ WAKEM JOHNSTON 1 flMANlLA SAIPANVJ Q yT1 fiSL CUAMl EIWETOKri I Wl VAPn .MARSHALL IS MA10EIAP X 1 JSI PAIAU V ClUK " QK'VAJAH k EXIT t 'T. CAROLINE IS. ' pNA'e ,AlUII O MAJURO X tAWI TAWI A KUSAIE - V -5JMAN i. ---L b5C ."grPJfJiw 'V ARORAEa .r..NEWV- SOLOMON IS. NAURU . wi-. . ? AMBOINA, tG0INEAS n ,ri CANTON iSrrv A I4GUAOAICANA1 (Proposals by Air Gen. Henry H. Arnold for maintenance of a series of defense lines in the Pacific for itnre national security is receiving growing support in congress. The latest proposal would provide major set bases at Pearl Harbor, Guam, Salpan, Manas and Noumea, with a main naval air base at Mactan Island in ia? Philippines. The whole would provide chains of security far from the United States shores. The house mmittee said the bases are needed to maintain peace. Airricane and Fires Strike Florida Keys I Back to the Islands More than 200 persons were reported injured In a fire at the Richmond f blimD base ma a trnnlnnl hnrrloan rnanlilnv lu.b nlnnlf -f 117 11 11 11 ii iin'- r... 1, - J "i at . shows the devastating results of for clearing away its own debris Army in Pacific ...juin iuijiui.i.m. ' i ..ii. lyugiiiw ii.ij. Paul V. McNutt, shown as he was sworn in as commissioner of the Philippines, a position that be held before the fall to the Japanese after Pearl Harbor attack. His appointment appoint-ment met with the approval of the Philippine government and people. Recruiting Head ! To Brig. Gen. Harold N. Gilbert. ! PC A h.a Ium mImieIsiI tfli iran. tion of the greatest recruiting campaign cam-paign in the history of the army, j V -J ! AT I!HHLI1 BvPaulMallonJ H.-leasd bv Wrslrin N-wpaprr Union. "TEA CI P SIRRENDEE" UNIQUE IN HISTORY WASHINGTON. - The accounts say that when w landed the Japa nese mei us with an invitation to cup of tea. The surrender has thus become known as the Tea Cup Surrender." Sur-render." Not with swords exchanged, this time. Not with an initial laying down of arms. But with two weeks of delay after terms were drawn, and u proffer of tea. This will make the end of the Pacific war unique in history. The tea, incidental- ly. was rejected. There has been some talk here, but no alarm, about the 14 days' erace General MacArthnr through Washington, that he thought 1 they probably needed that much time to adjust their people from the war propaganda line which had con- cealed from them even the news of 1 the atomic bomb. Unless they had been granted time to change their home front to the facts of the situation, situa-tion, MacArthur thought there might be trouble in the occupation. His word has been accepted even in the quarters of congress where you might expect suspicion. The hiatus nevertheless gave the Jap officials time to whip up more than a cup of tea in their own interests. They could destroy every record in the nation of interest to foreigners. They could organize their underground for what the emperor told all Asiatics was a "temporary condition" con-dition" of defeat. They could plan their whole inner campaign for the occupation. Perhaps I am overly suspicious suspi-cious in believing primary objective, Emperor Hirohito this was their but I do believe it. My defense is that my fault, and the fault of this nation up to now, has been that we did not suspect the Japs enough. What has proved true of Japan in the past has always been beyond our worst suspicions (witness the Pear Harbor reports). Vet it is plain there should be no early cause for alarm. We went in with enough power to handle any traps. And Japan, now, has suddenly become a small nation, a very small nation. na-tion. The single point in the surrender sur-render terms which limited Japan Ja-pan to her homeland was the greatest guarantee of peace in the Impending future. She was never powerful at home where she is short in raw materials and could not possibly build power. It was her East Asiatic expansion program which gave her the resources with which to make war against us. As far as I can learn she has no uranium and no atomic bomb formula. for-mula. If she developed these things she could cause trouble and no doubt she will cause as much trouble as her limited perimeter permits. This thought may well have lain unspoken unspo-ken in President Truman's mind when he excused his proposed 18-25 draft with the suggestion that, of course, we might have trouble in the Pacific. JAPAN OUR RESPONSIBILITY Now Japan has become our responsibility. re-sponsibility. China and Russia have settled their Asiatic mainland differences, dif-ferences, at least to the extent of a presently peaceable working agreement. agree-ment. The Pacific peace is therefore there-fore on an entirely different plane than the settlement in Europe. We have nothing on the Asiatic Asi-atic continent, but have taken the islands of the Pacific and the Japanese homeland, presumably presum-ably intending to withdraw eventually when peace is restored, re-stored, but keeping island bases we consider essential to our military mil-itary safety (either under the trusteeship system through the United Nations, or by actual direct di-rect control as recently recommended recom-mended by a house committee). . ( the m;iinl;in;l ;ire only Russia and China, as major influences there on the ground. Through Singapore, India and Indo China, the British and French are present to an extent. China can piece her broken country together and become a strong nation. na-tion. Unfortunately she has not only been overridden by seven years of war, but is in the depths of tremendous tremen-dous inflation and politically faces harassment from the Communists, above or below board, no matter what peace is made. In fact she has never been an orderly nation. Her struggle is to get on sound eround and as she represents to a considerable extent a sincere a dp re- - - i ciation of Christian principles, she is to the United States a natural friend. I i ' x . .. i Aiu . t . .0 v I I r , --ill ul i -4 .W4M General ' slfeli JI J - i j i'1 MacArthur I .ftf Vj?l I -1 1 ! One of the B-29s forced down at Jok " Washington non-stop flight. The s,95 miles. High winds prevented the flight was made in 25 hours. Insert O'Donnell, Maj. Gen. Curtis Lemay i . IL . r " mK laraous u,gm Named to Investigate Pearl Harbor LJk.. .fL.,o. L..''S. . . f.a.l.fim l!t jt if. I. J I The joint congressional committee named to Investigate the Pearl Harbor disaster of December 7, 1941, is composed of, from left to right: Senators Alben W. Barkley (Dem., Ky.), Walter F. George (Dem., Ga.), Scott Lucas (Dem., III.), Homer Ferguson (Rep., Mich.) and Ralph Brewster Brew-ster (Rep., Maine). I House members of the committee Include, left to right: Representatives Jere Cooper (Dem., Tenn.), J. Bayard Clark (Dem., N. C), John W. Murphy Mur-phy (Dem., Pa.), Frank B. Keefe (Rep., Wis.) and Bertrand Gearhart (Rep., Calif.). The committee may also Investigate conditions on the Philippine Phil-ippine islands. Claimed World's Fastest Growing City 46 I 1 VAL D'OR QU86C FASTEST MM M III TKtCJ Dentil ATfAft G P&fiSPCCTOSS I i?44 -Vgno (cl Mayor Eugene Bernard, left, enlisted local business men to erect sign at entrance to Val D'Or, rapidly growing mining community in the newly discovered ore tone of western Quebec, to prove that in 12 years the city had an increase of 1500 per cent in population. Postwar plans are for the handling of gold, sine and copper from nearby mines. Patterson Replaces ' 1 Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson, left, who has been named by President Truman to succeed Secretary Stimson, right, as secretary fsm.t at,. ..M4t Mklnal .Unnrwm mlltfm Pposlrlptlt TsFllfffiafl n.aA M.M..t. vt.ii. rinin in Um AaIiI war. waa ft.ii hrwitiiiii uuiiiei liibiikl m Htoffx UUIWe nVWIBUU WM IIWUV taXUCI wiU the New york NaUona Gua. dnctjont Chicago for fueling, on Its nrouosed distance from Tokyo to Chicago was non-ston plans to Washincton. The shows from left: Brig. Gen. Emmet and Lt. Gen. Barney Giles, leaders m Trigivno Hum- Secretary Stimson 0-i VOs vaw w" He has been In charge of army 4 mipiMMHMMijjujwiiKiiwj!iijiti,i 'i ...Mm i -t-- - "Tv-jm j ' 'Is'' X ( 1 CP 2- ml - MM j jW.d.l ..r. I lj'n'f X Eric Johnston, upper. West coast industrialist and president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, who has been appointed to succeed Will H. Hays aa the film Industry's ctar. Lower photograph shows Edgar L. Warren, Chicago regional WLB chief, who becomes labor ctar. Burton Appointed 4 Without a dissenting vote the senate sen-ate confirmed the appointment of Sen. Harold Hits Burton (Rep., Ohio) to the U. 8. Supreme court. Burton, 67, Is a native of Massachusetts Massachu-setts and served as a captain In World War I. He was former mayor of Cleveland. 'Baby Star' Weds G.I. Seventeen-year-old film star Shirley Shir-ley Temple, former baby star of the movies, shown in her bridal dress as she was married to Sgt. John G. Agar Jr. of Chicago. Calling Tokyo Taxi Bob Cromle of Chicago Is expert enclng language difficulty as bL dick "V with a Japanese tJcttniw p tiC is the ruined capital. . 1 ' doubled since surrenaer. I of other prices. I 14 I I . Ji i 4V . 1 1 yiv.v' J WSftmmp- Hi vtfilflg-f TiflMMSl ;evScreen-radio RelMMd tar Western Nawipaper Union. By VIRGINIA TALE WHEN Ann Sothern's 8-months-old daughter, Patricia, is old enough to aspire as-pire to fill her mother's shoes, she'll have a complete set of "Maisie" films and airshow recordings to study. Mama (who is Mrs. Robert Sterling in private life), has had each of her "Maisie" movlei reduced to 16 mm. sound film for her daughter's daugh-ter's library. And since the started the Wednesday night CBS radio series se-ries she's had special recordings made of each broadcast Incidentally, Incidental-ly, the latest popularity rating of the "Maisie" broadcasts shows a marked Increase over the previous survey In fact, a gain of nearly 3,-000,000 3,-000,000 listeners In a tingle monthl Lt Wayne Morris has returned to his screen career at Warner Bros, with a brand new contract He enlisted en-listed In the navy immediately after Pearl Harbor, and earned his commission while in the service. A V; 1 fcSJ i i Mtkj' slBSinor WAYNE MORRIS fighter pilot with seven enemy planes tp his credit he's won plenty of decorations, among them the Distinguished Flying Cross with two stars and the Air Medal When you see Jose Iturbl dashing around on that motorcycle In "Anchors "An-chors Aweigh" he's Just being natural. nat-ural. He drives that same vehicle just that way around the studio all the time and nobody'll ride with him, not for love, money, or even a new contract Una O'Connor, one of Hollywood's most versatile character actresses, makes a good bit of extra money each year by doing the crying for screen babies who refuse te wall when the director wants them to. She calls this extra-curricular prof-It prof-It "tear money" and invests It In war bonds. The voice of the weeping weep-ing Infant In "Christmas In Connecticut" Con-necticut" Is bers; she also has an on-stage role In the picture. Those wise men of the motion picture pic-ture Industry, the exhibitors, voted this way in the Motion Picture Herald's Her-ald's annual poll to determine the stars of tomorrow: 1. Dane Clark; 2. Jeanne Crain; 3. Kennan Wynne; 4. Peggy Ann Garner; S. Cornel Wilde; 6. Tom Drake; 7. Lon Me-Callister; Me-Callister; 8. Diana Lynn; 9 Marilyn Mari-lyn Maxwell; 10. William Eythe. That's a prophecy worth remembering. remember-ing. . . Eleanor Parker of "Pride of the Marines." who'll have the feminine lead in "Humoresque," is regarded as the shyest star in Hollywood. Doesn't go to night clubs, doesn't show off at public functions, never attends a premiere of her own pictures pic-tures unless completely disguised. Tuesday night on NBC is dedicated dedi-cated to laughter. There's Amos 'n Andy at 9:00 p. m.t E.P.T; "A Date with Judy" precedes them, and a climax is reached with Fibber Fib-ber McGee and Molly following. If you've ever wondered what the studio audience was laughing at, when listening to a broadcast, and fcit annoyed because you couldn't share the fun, you'll agree with Kate Smith's manager, Ted Collins, who feels that too many radio stars play up to the studio audience, to the detriment of their radio performances. perform-ances. That's why Kate has eliminated elimi-nated studio audiences on her new I i idij night series. i 1 innv O'Neil has been signed for his first network commercial series as .s'-ir of the new Powder Box the-" n--r. banning October 11, Thurs-h Thurs-h iy ii.,!Ms "n CBS. The series re-pl re-pl i 's ' Hh' thm. Romance and Rip-lev." Rip-lev." Ev vn Kijht and Jim Vroche ire also featured. . ODU- lvD E.OS Fxtrat who kissed Shirley Temple in the kissing booth sequence ( Columbia's "Kiss and TetV inert paid J6j0 a day those who merely stood in liar gat $10 JO. . . . RKO i$ sotrithushstic ebout Frunkie CaHt't 'Srst i picture. "River boat Rhythm,' t&et Wtf be starred- 'bandleader story. . . . According te the lain H wiper wreeyi nr. Vtttrtct M. Bro-tahU. teeomd i mopularitf tmone It nut' programs. .For the next two mmtht Ethel Berrymore trM plot her totarrmg role ut Some Must : UVrnteh fa bedth MTU4. mot km f keelth, it .retpontibie. 4 f i |