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Show Vast.CuitQilment Program Ordered To Save I WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (U.B 'The army, navy and civilian war agencies coaay inaugurated vast curtailment programs to save the American .taxpayers billions of dollars. The'navy ordered work stopped on 95 of 223 warships now under construction. Navy officials said ' this would save about $1,200,000,-000. $1,200,000,-000. Army authorities already had stopped several billions of dollars of orders and were working on a program to slash service force items an average of 80 per cent, air force items 00 per cent, and ' petroleum products about 40 per cent ngnt after v-J day. The army service - force pro curement division now spends ap proximately $1,800,000,000 a month and army air force pro curement has been running about $750,000,000 a month. . The naw will stoo construction 1 of the Battleship Illinois, aircraft carriers Reprisal and Iwo Jima, 18 escort carriers, 10 heavy cruis ers, 10 light cruisers, 11 destroy ers, six submarines and 39 auxu iary vessels. War Mobilization Chief' John w. Snyder said that was pro curement agencies are cancelling war contracts "to-the greatest extent ex-tent possible hi order to free ma terials for reconversion. Indicating that billions more in contract cancellations may be ex- pected in the very near future, Snyder promised the administra tion's "maximum possible assist ance to aid industrial reconvers ion. Navy Announces ' Loss of 107 Vessels WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (U.R) ine navy announced today that 107 more naval vessels and 45 landing craft have been lost or became unuseable from enemy action or perils of the sea. Loss of the craft had not been disclosed previously. Loss of the 107 craft nlus the landing craft (tank) brought to 431 the number of. naval vessels lost irom all causes in this war IF you Need Cash . . From $20 to $300 Is Waiting for You at Utah Finance! Salary, car or furniture loans without endorsers are available quickly and privately. Select the repayment re-payment plan you prefer. Stop in or Phone. The "Welcome Mat" is always out for "YOUr 60 East 1st North Phone 375 Search Is On For Portland Couple PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 1 (U.PJ Peace officers of three' states today were searching for Norris Yates, 23, and his wife, 20, the former Elizabeth Haugen of Portland. The couple had not been heard from since leaving Portland last Sunday to hitchike to Chicago. Afficers of Oregon, Montana and Idaho were watching for the couple,- former University of Oregon Ore-gon students. Fear for their safety arose when an officer at Lewiston, Mont., picked up a man on a truck theft charge and $150 in war bonds belonging to the Yates were found in his possession. The couple had planned to go on to Madison, Wis., and enter the university there. China to Receive Vast Relief Cargo WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (U.R)- The Unitep Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration said today that 800.000 tons of relief supplies would be shipped to China shortly after Japan sur renders. UNRRA will -not assist Japan, however. Acting Director General Roy F. Hendrickson said the first steps in the relief and rehabilitation of liberated nations of the far east called for: 1. Taking over by UNRRA all available military stocks in. the Pacific theater essential to rehabilitation. re-habilitation. 2. Immediate dispatch of UNRRA UN-RRA experts to Thailand, Burma and other food exporting countries coun-tries to obtain food stuffs for famine areas. . 3. Assignment of at least 300 trained technicians to the far east, principally China, as soon as transport is available. 4. Earmarking not only food stuffs and medical supplies .but essential agricultural and industrial indus-trial rehabilitation supplies for the far east. Chinese experts on UNRRA have estimated that the minimum program for Chinese relief for the first year after liberation will cost $3,439,000,000. The Chinese government has asked UNRRA to defray 37 per cent of this cost or $945,000,000 and to provide 4,000,-000 4,000,-000 tons Of supplies. UNRRA has been able to do little work in China because of the lack of transportation. Jap Diplomats Hide Feelings BEDFORD SPRINGS, Pa., Aug. 11 (U.R) Six Japanese diplomats interned in the Bedford Springs resort hotel showed absolute calm when told of Japan's offer of surrender. :5 The Japanese were brought here Wednesday. vThey Were at breakfast when ax state department depart-ment representative walked in and gave them theifiews that their country had applied for peace. Oshhna, Japan's! ambassador to Germany, made no comment and his face showed no emotion when one of his secretary's translated the government man's announce ment to the diplomat's native tongue. f "They seemed to take it placidly." placid-ly." the state department repre sentative said. "They didn't show anything in their faces. There was no more reaction than if I told them that Detroit won the Ameri can league pennant." Queen Elizabeth Arrives in II. Y. NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (U.R) - The great liner Queen Elizabeth arrived in New York today after a crossing in which three of the war's greatest developments were broadcast to her 15,000 soldiers, sailor and civilian passengers. The great transtbrt reached the lower bay at 4:55 a. m., and it was almost two hours before wel come boats could find her in the fog. Shipboard radios, no longer silenced si-lenced by war, had kept the 12,-719 12,-719 army troops, 1,081 navy men, 974 Netherlands marines and the ship's civilian passengers ' up to the minute on news. Soldiers aboard the Elizabeth were mostly meinbers of the Eighth air fbrce. They included the 492nd Heavy Bombardment group, whose blaek painted Liberators Lib-erators were employed in the "hush hush" Job oi dropping supplies sup-plies and agents r to the underground under-ground forces of occupied Europe- Wave of Selling On Board of Trade CHICAGO, Aug. li U. The allied answer to Japan outlining peace terms coupled with last night's bearish crop report set off a .wave of selling on the board of trade today. Prices dropped sharply in p re-week-end liquidation. liquida-tion. July rye, after tumbling down to 1.24 a bushel, the five cent limit allowed under exchange rules, rallied more than two cents on the close extremely nervous trade. A. F. of L. Plans No Strike Wave CHICAGO, Aug. 11 (U.R) The nation was assured today that the American Federation of Labor does not intend to set off a wave of strikes at the war's end despite de-spite automatic cancellation of the no-strike pledge. AFL President William Green said last night that the union's executive council was sharply critical of what he termed government gov-ernment failure to guard against mass layoffs but that it hoped' to prevent rampant postwar strikes. 60 JAP STEAMERS BLASTED IN RAID CHUNGKING, Aug. 11 (U.R) Maj. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer announced today U. S. Mustangs destroyed or damaged more than 60 Japanese steamers and smaller smal-ler craft in sweeps against the Yangtze and Siang rivers yesterday. yester-day. There was no opposition and all aircraft participating in operations op-erations returned safely to base. War Department Holds Institute SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11 (U.R) A four-day master institute, conducted by the war department for delegates from army - installations instal-lations in 11 western states, opened open-ed here Monday, army officials announced. The institute will instruct representatives rep-resentatives from 150 army air and service forces establishments on methods of returning all permanent per-manent war department civilian employes to their former jobs within 30 days after discharge from the service.) Air Forces Keep Up the Attacks GUAM. Aug. 11 0J.R) Maj. Gen Curtis E. LeMay, chief of staff of the U. S. Strategic air forces in the Pacific said tonight that his airmen wouia continue to prosecute prose-cute the war against Japan until notified officially by the war department de-partment that the war had ended His announcement, made short ly before midnight, followed a day in which B-29 bombers of the 20th air force had not carried out any missions against the enemy, LeMay thus threw the weight of the Superforts and atomic bombs back into the war. Fight ing men here reluctantly accepted the fact that the war was not yet over, although for 24 hours they scarcely knew where they stood. The delirium touched off by Tokyo's announcement that it was ready to accept the Potsdam sur render declaration faded later into the sober realization that the enemy's initial offer probably would be rejected. "If only two atomic bombs can throw the war wide open then maybe a few more will convince the Japs we mean business," said one high-ranking officer, a JAPS TRAPPED, BOATS SUNK CALCUTTA,. Aug. 11 (U.R) Indian In-dian troops trapped and sank boats carrying Japanese units attempting at-tempting to escape eastward across the Sittang river in southeast south-east Burma, a Southeast Asia Command communique said today. Security Lid On At Bomb Project By WILLARD DYi EBEEHART United Press Staff Correspondent RICHLAND, Wash., Aug. 11 OI.R) Employes of the Hanford atomic bomb project still are forbidden for-bidden to discuss their individual Jobs even with each other, despite revelation of the destruction they have helped pour on Japan. Walter O. Simon, plant manager man-ager of the project for the Du-Pont Du-Pont Co., said today the security lid still was on for the workers until they are specifically released re-leased from their pledge by the company. Meanwhile newsmen completed a carefully conducted tour of the ghost town of Hanford and saw from a respectable distance the seven principal plants in their production areas, which are separated sep-arated by. miles of fenced-in and guarded sage brush and sand. There was no sign of human life in the plant areas except for a few guards at the gates. The plants themselves, despite their apparent isolation, impres sed newsmen as not unlike other Industrial plants they had seen. In the town of Hanford which cost $17,000,000 to build, humans are outnumbered by goats left behind; by some of the original Hanford residents. Prelate Confers With President WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (U.R) Catholic Archbishop Francis J. Spellman met President Truman for the first time today and conferred con-ferred at the White House on his impending trip to the Pacific in his capacity as military vicar of the United States. Praising Mr. Truman's leadership, leader-ship, the churchman, safd he came to the White House "as a private citizen" to meet the chief executive. ex-ecutive. He told questioners he had brought no message from the Vatican. Solon Predicts Jap Acceptance WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (U.R) Chairman Tom Connelly, D., Tex., of the senate foreign relations committee, predicted tonight that Japan will accept the Allied surrender sur-render terms. "Japan had her neck under the raised gullotine," he told newsmen. news-men. "It was surrender or death. She will accept the terms demanded." Connally said President Tru-j man, "has rendered a monumental monument-al service in bringing about the end of war. "It will save the lives of many thousands of gallant American soldiers and sailors. It will bring boys out of fox holes and jungles and off dangerous seas and restore re-store them to their homes." He observed that the surrender terms were agreed upon by the Big Four nations because "no single power can dictate all the terms of surrender. They must act in unity." SUNDAY HERALD AiSE:22 PAGE 7 CITY MANAGER NAMED SALINAS, Cal., Aug. 11 (U.R) Charles C. McCall, 43, city manager man-ager of Las Vegas, Nev., for the past five years, today was appointed ap-pointed city manager of Salinas by the city council. McCall succeeds V. J. Barlogio, resigned several months ago because be-cause of illness. Congress To Be Reconvened Soon WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 dJJ?) Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley, Ky., announced today to-day that congress probably! will be called back into session on Sept. 4. Barkley made his announcement announce-ment of the new date after a 90-minute 90-minute conference with President Truman. ' The Kentuckian listed j five emergency legislative measures to be brought up when congress returns: 1. Emergency unemployment compensation under which the federal government would subsidize subsi-dize states to raise the standard of payments to $25 a week; 2. Surplus property -disposal; 3. Full employment; 4. Continuation of emergency war agencies, some of which expire ex-pire the day the president proclaims pro-claims the end of the war, some of which are to operate until six months after that date, and others of which continue as long as the president wants them to. ' 8. The government reorganization reorganiza-tion bill. First B-32's In Okinawa OKINAWA An 11 Aim Th first B - 32 Consolidated super' inawa from the Philippines, it can' oc reveai ea ioaay. Worker bees are undeveloped females. Pearls of a composition similar to those found in oysters are found in coconuts. WHOSE ANNIVERSARY Whose birthday? Whose homecoming? home-coming? Whose wedding? 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