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Show 1 - t-t-w . -1 4 .''.K M I V,1 . V r i t 3 4 PAGE B,"S8SAS0mA HERALD , 4) Jnp TotcIIf iffliiii' Peity Dissolved; Kef PltiillH BY NORMAN MONTXLLIXR United FriM Staff Correspondent, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 M Japanese broadcasts Mid .today that the Japan political ! associa tion, Nippon's totalitarian party, haa been dissolved, and that thai new cabinet- members already were planning extensively lOr the nation's future. t Radio Tokyo, announcing the end of the political association h which was organized to bring "sure victory to Japan pro dieted that at least four partial would emerf In the postwar parliament, par-liament, involving "vast and complete shakeup" in that body. Tokyo said members of the "now defunct Japan, political association as-sociation would form one: new party, liberal diet members a second, sec-ond, the social masses party third, and "young and fresh members' the fourth. Domei, the" Japanese news agency, said that Ma mora Shiga? mitsu, foreign minister in the new cabinet of Gen. Prince Naru-hikl Naru-hikl Hicashl-Kuni, stressed at a press conference Japan's need for "world's sympathy and under standing. He also was quoted as - saying that "unfortunately, we have to face the fact that we have . been defeated. This fact should be ad mltted as it is, and any over optimistic views should be avoided." Dream Turns Real i i V . .-. T.' : nl i ; . v .:.. r ' ' i iM The cabinet held an .extraor dinary meetinc late Saturday, said Tokyo, after Hlgashi-Kuni paid the' traditional ceremonial visit of new premiers to the Melji shrine ;' where he pledged he would en dure all hardships in "safeguard' ins the national policy and under taking the task of reconstructing Japan." National Policy Safe Shlgemitsu, according to broadcast dispatch quoting the Tokyo newspaper Asahi. is slated to be "liaison man "between the imperial government and the Al lied high command, Dome! pre dicted that Allied occupation of Japan would raise problems of maintaining peace and order, and Asahi said the new government was working out a system "that should lessen the trouble produced between the Japanese and the enemy occupation forces.' Shisemitsu told his press con ference that through Emperor Hirohito's decision to aeeept the Potsdam declaration "our national policy, which is the foundation of our nation, is safe, and that the war had "proved that Japan, on WARTIME RESTRICTIONS Rationing Canned fruits and vegetables ration.free: end of all the basis of maintaining friendlyttood rationing except sugar and relations with the nations of the world, can rebuild herself by peaceful, though Strenuous, ef forts Were recorded by the United Press and by the FCC. : Tamon Maeda.. the new educa tlon minister, was quoted as eay- lngat a press conference that "scientific "sci-entific progress is not aimed at countering the atomic bomb it aims at something far greater." Outlining his program, Maeda said he expected to go on toward Japan's reconstruction "through scientific progress," and that he wanted to set up a "civilization embracing all the sciences as the objective of the empire." The Potsdam declaration, Maeda asserted, as-serted, does not touch on the sub ject of education. Maeda formerly represented Japan at the Geneva international labor office and was pre-war head of the Japanese 'Cultural Institute in New York City. Increase Seen In Old Age Payments SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 18 U.R Utah will have to spend $7,224,000 on- old age assistance in 1950, with a soar in assistance funds starting right now, Wendell Grover, state public assistance commissioner estimated today. Grover reported that only 37 per cent of the state's population over 65 years of age received monthly assistance checks during the war. Many people above the 65-year eligibility ago were employed em-ployed during the war years, but will now soon be baek on public assistance, he explained. Tor' nearly 15 years, Dr. Syng-man Syng-man Rhea, above, has been president of the provisional government gov-ernment of Korea. For most of that time he has headed a mission mis-sion in Washington seeking U. S. 14 for his Korean independence campaign so that his government might take ever. Two years ago the United Nations pledged his country independence. With Japan Ja-pan beaten. Dr. Rhee's dream nears reality. Continuation Of Draft Questioned WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 U.fO Sen. Sheridan Downey, Calif., today demanded proof that continuation con-tinuation of the draft is necessary beyond the end of the Japanese war. The question of continuing the draft is expected to be one of the first issues to confront congress when it returns next month. The war department wants to continue drafting 50,000 men a month to relieve long-service veterans. Downey, a member of the senate sen-ate military affairs committee, said he has an open mind on the question. He said, however, that he will "have to be shown that further draft is necessary." 15s000 Shipyard vvr.i Workers LqidOff In Portland Area . . PORTLAND. Ore. Aug. II U ADproximately 15 per cent of the discharged . emplojrej at the Kaiser comDahyV yard ' at Van couver said la interviews . today! that they plan- to return to thair homo states immediately Soma 40 par cent said they ware already al-ready lookinc for other Jobs, end about one-third of tha workers laid off disclosed definite promises prom-ises of other employment. About! 10 per cent of thosa discharged, dis-charged, all married women, said they lmenaea xo resume ins career of being a housewife. A small percentage of those-laid off announced plans to go to school or take up other training. i At the same time while shlo- Tards in the PortiandVaneduver. arae were laying en some 10,900 workers, notices ware being sent out by employment offices calling call-ing attention to need of workers in other industries. v i A plea from the railroads 'for 2000 more workers and an an nouncement from the state farm labor office for OQQ0 harvest hands promised immediate em ployment for many of the unem- Koyed shipyard nanqs. service dustries were also seeking more employes. Surrender Teams Working On Japs OKINAWA, 1 Aug. 18 (U. American Nisei troops and Japanese Jap-anese officer prisoners were being be-ing welded into tearn today to talk stubborn .nemy4i troops on adjacent by-passed ' islands into surrendering, i j The first team formed by the U. S. army service command, composed of One Nisei and two Japanese officers, left today for Takashlka island in the Ker mi - group West of Okinawa where some 250 Japanese have refused to surrender, hut made strange paet not to fire, en any Americans if U. S. troops didn't snooi ai mem. . The surrender teams will con tact Japanese commanders on the outlying islands and iread them copies of Emperor Hirohlto's imperial im-perial rescript Then they will be asked to surrender their arms and turn themselves Over to the American army. Explosion 'at'ppened'Ndvr. Era - Home Front Scene At a Glance WASHINGTON, Aue. 18 (UJ Here is andther picture of the hemefront scene reflecting devel epments of the last two days: fats seem possible in few weeks. Wages "Little Steel" formula virtually scrapped; employers may now grant wage increases rhe' various okyi roadeastihot requiring Higher prices with out asking WLB. Production and Material Con trolsMost controls dropped on copper, steel and aluminum; con- Itrols- revoked on sales of plumb ing, heating and cooking equip ment; no immediate prospect of lifting newsprint controls; all but 50-40 remaining WPB controls to be gone by Monday. Transportation The ODT lifted the nation-wide 35-mlle-an-hour speed limit; removed restrictions on sports travel, group travel and sales of tickets on travel agencies; agen-cies; restrictions on sightseeing charter bus service was ordered lifted Aug. 31. Gasoline Now ration free; PAW ends ban on production of high-test gas for civilians. Prices OPA suspends price control over imported spirits not including whisky. Telegrams Restrictions on con gratulatory and greeting tele grams ended; singing telegrams may now be sent. ARMED FORCES Redeployment War depart ment corrects false impression that no more troops will be sent from U. S. to Pacific, says low point men will be sent for occupa tion of Japan and to relieve long- servlee soldiers; Sen. Downey asks proof that postwar draft of 50,000 men monthly is heeded. RECONVERSION War Contracts Cancellations since Japan's fall now total $31,- 500,000,000 for the army and navy; war department promises to try to settle cancelled contracts within four to six montfiS. Employment Census bureau reports decrease in total labor force of 1,250,000 between July, 1944, and July, 1545; unemployment unemploy-ment in July, 1845, totals 1,090,. 000, 10,000 mora than in June. Congress Senate . judiciary committee to meet Aug.' 29 on Truman; request for power to reorganise re-organise executive, branch of government gov-ernment ; -r -- Taxes Lower taxes possible In 1946, especially for business. CONSUMER AND SERVICES Housing NHA stops giving out contracts for war housing, speeds plans for disposal of existing war housing; regional housing Offices told to review all low-rent projects proj-ects delayed by war to. see how Son they can be built as part of reconversion program; rmy to give up 107 hotels by Nov. 15. Coal Industry official says war end should give U. S. enough to satisfy essential needs for eemlng winter. Clothing OPA announced plans to make available to civil ians large quantities of cotton and rayon piece goods originally slated for armed forces. Food Army said to have ended set-aside requests for bjef, veal, lamb, butter' and cheese; good supplies of all meats except pork for civilians Seen by fglLf HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! GET YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES NOW! ALL 10c ITEMS 9c ALL Se ITEMS Ac We hvt a compute Supply of everything your child will nted for school THRIFTWAY STORES 1ST WEST A CENTER THRERE'S ALWAYS "A NEW CROP; Tor BABY BUNTING A JUNIOR SHOP'S Line of Fine Merchandise BOYS' X-PIECE KNIT SUITS Durane Finish in Aqua Blue and Yellow tA9 ' Boys' Heavy tsty. POLO SHIRTS j Red, Blue and Yellow lie GIRLS' JUMPER DRESSES Wine, Blue -and Red CardWay 259 GIRLS' "BTJLERO- SUIT Colorful Embroidery llto t Pleated Shirta-.(wool narraei) GIRLS' HAT BOY. trrS By Lundgren Brown, Red and Navy in GIRLS FABRIC GLOytS Brown, Nivy andTftia. ... L2t pair Shop and SavO at Preve'e Department Store for Ckilirea BABY BTJNTIKG & JUNIOR S0$P 1 t - mmmmWfntBtmitm0UnHBBBmmmm i ittfUjrir T--tny niafcas"ii itiBSgawlSijatieeaSOMaMaSSj5 vtr- rf V t 3l tj (NEA TtUphaf) r First explosion of science's most awesome Invention, the atomlo bomb, at remote U. S. army base at Alamo-lordo, Alamo-lordo, N. M.. sends huge multi-colored clouds of smoke boiling to altitude of more than 40,000 feet (upper , photo). -folio wlnf blinding' flash that lighted area brighter than sunlight (lower photo). Automatic movie Camera Cam-era was used to record event at distance of six miles, where dazed high army officials and scientists viewed the test U. S. Army photo. Yife of G! Prefers 'Test Tube' Baby to Husband Vho Seeks Divorce DENVER, Colo., Aug. 17 (U.R) Mrs. Irene King announced an-nounced today that she would not contest the divorce action ac-tion of her husband because she would rather have her "test tube'' baby than have him. The husband. Pvt. James King, 21, an overseas veteran, filed suit in Chicago Friday. The technical charge was desertion de-sertion but his complaint was that his wife had had herself artlflcally inseminated during dur-ing his absence and without his consent and was going to have the resultant baby next months. "I wrote him that I didn't love him before he returned from overseas," Mrs. King said. "I knew he was the kind of man who wouldn't stand for a baby that wasn't his, and I guess I was more interested inter-ested in the baby than in him." King, who hadn't seen his wife since Dec 1943 until he visited her her last month and found her pregnant, said she had written him in Ger many that she came here for artificial insemination and to her "surprise and joy it worked." His attorney, Leo J. Bartoline said the divorce if granted would set a precedent pre-cedent in Illinois. Mrs. King said she decided to have a test tube baby after reading a magazine advertisement advertise-ment of a Denver doctor. She said she had lost a baby four months after her husband went overseas in December, 1943. She came here from Chicago Chi-cago without telling anyone. Artificial insemination cost $250, which includes delivery. For several months She worked work-ed as. a waitress. According to King's attor ney, Leo J. Bartoline, King asked his wife for a medical certification of the child's conception but she was unable un-able to do so. Army to Vacate 107 Hotels Soon WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U.PJ One hundred seven hotels leased by the army as redistribution centers and troop quarters will be vacated by Nov. 15. The hotels include 83 at Miami Beach, Flat., six at Santa Monica, Calif., five-at Atlantic City. N. Y., four at Hot Springs, Ark., four at Asheville, N. C, three at Santa Barbara. Calif., and two at Lake Placid, N. Yi Acting Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson ordered the army to vacate them in line with depart ment policy to make such facili ties available to civiian use as rapidly as posible. Japs Lost NearIy,Thrceirnes;i As Ma ny Warships as' 1).1&DkI By COURTENAY MOORE United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 (U.R - The -Japanese lost nearly thre times as many warships as the United States in nearly four-years of war, It was learned today. A naval . spokesman revealed that the Japanese lost at least S33 warships from submarines to battleships, bat-tleships, while total U. S. losses in these categories, including these lost in the Atlantic war. come to 143. . The Japanese also probably lost at least 130 submarines, which Inflicted very small losses en U. S. warships, the spokesman re vealed. . Tha Japanese began the war on Dec 7, 1941, with a maximum of 341 warships. During . the war years they built approximately 203 ships, mostly destroyers and' submarines, making total of 443. They now have a maximum of only US combatant ships, many of which are damaged. The breakdown of what hap pened to the Japanese fleet by types follows: Battleships The Japanese had 10 battleships at the beginning of the war and completed two 45,- 000-ton ships shortly afterwards. Today they have no battleships operational. Two were sunk in the Solomons in 1942, four during 1944, and five in 1945. Aircraft carrier On sJL 941. the Japanese had seven aircraft air-craft icarriers. Since that : time they have built six or eight carriers car-riers and about six lixht carriers. They vnow have aooroxlmaUhr five or six of all types, left, of W which three, are, probably, dam- -5 aged (two possibly seriously). At ; least 15 have been sunk or put outlet action.. Six were sunk by i navy planes and submarines in 1942 and nine In 1944. Hliw rrtiira On TW 7 1941, the enemy had 18 heavy 9 cruisers. Tney ma not add to this category during the war. . Today all but one, two or possibly three, have been sunk or put out of action. ac-tion. -Light cruisers Tha Japanese had about 1? light cruisers endJ three lightly armed training light y cruisers at tne dc (inning ox tne war. They built only four or five during the war, and the spokesman spokes-man said he would be surprised If they have two or three left. TxAai4wMrras f V a TaMO Mrm v a ss ewiiffe started the war with about 100 X destroyers and built an additional i Lift te Oft jf 11 vine . Hs asttSkw A i w va w w ss a -vw m spokesman said he would be surprised sur-prised if they have 40 left; Submarines On Dec, ' 7, 1941, the Japanese had between 80 and 90 submarines, and - they built . about 100 during the war. TheyY may nave xrom ou to oo text. DDT To Be Used In Rockford To Check Polio; 16 Deaths ROCKFORD, 111., Aug. 18 0J.fi) Rockord health officials, fighting fight-ing against an outbreak of infantile in-fantile paralysis that has taken 16 lives since July 1, made plans today for the arrival' of an army bomber assigned to spray affected areas of the 1 city with the wonder won-der insecticide, DDT. The - specially-equipped plane left Wright field at Dayton, O. Army Cancels Big Contracts CHICAGO, Aug. 18 U.R) More than 650 army food, supplies, and clothing contracts totaling approximately ap-proximately $10,186,000 have been terminated by the' Chicago quartermaster quar-termaster depot, Brig. Gen. J. E. Baraynski announced today. The terminations include $70,-000,000 $70,-000,000 in combat rations, $8,000,-600 $8,000,-600 in dehydrated foods, and $26,000,000 in clothing and equipment "These contracts represent only a small percentage of our total procurement program," Barzynski laid. HAMS" MUST WATT FCC PERMISSION WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 U.R Chairman Paul A. Porter of the Federal Communications Commission Com-mission today warned the country's coun-try's 55,000 amateur radio operators opera-tors that they will not be allowed on the air until the FCC gives them permission. The commission Troop Transports Rerouted to U. S. MARSEILLE, Aug. 18 (U.R Three American troop transports, carrying 7,043 men and completely complete-ly loaded ready to sail to the Pacific, Pa-cific, were rerouted to the United States yesterday; after receiving last-minute changes in sailing orders. or-ders. The shipments included 40 service and supply organizations whleh served a relatively short period in the European theater of operations. The transports were the USS H H. Gibbons, General Haas and Exchange. may give this permission Tuesday, their next meeting date. Amateurs have not been operating oper-ating during the war. .1 late today and is scheduled to perform its mercy flight some-J time tomorrow. i Dr.' John R. Paul, poliomyelitis! expert from Yale university, de-- clined to discuss details of thevj experiment, although it was un-07 J X 1 1 1.1 M.,.l.. lk.f k UCIIIUUU LIB W0U1B lUyU IU,- flight Dr. N. O. Gunderson, city-health city-health officer, said the experl-f ment was based on the theory! that the polio virus is carried by the common housefly. - i W Gunderson explained that suehj 1 outbreaks seem to have a history; 4. . At a. a m a I auu ucyona we control oi mw; em medicine and that, the out-; break in Rockford is expected to. reach Its peak sometime; next, month. Complete destruction of -flies the affected areas might - help check the rise of cases, Gunder son said. He said that while he was not certain use of DDT would have a direct affect en the spread of the disease.-the' eitv Was net overlooking any bets In Its fight. flunlaMnfi tlwi ril.tnit tha"V Dr. Don Gudakunst, medical director di-rector of- the National Foundation Founda-tion for infantile paralysis was coming to Rockford Monday. The health officer said that the entire Mackinac island was sprayed by plane with DDT re cently as a -uy-xuung measure. f He said Rockford decided to ask A for army help when the Mackinac sptaying showed an. area's fly population' could be effectively wiped out by such methods. MX Um this wdm hm mi that civt rN HMHt Mttaf Jimi the iftlM W BrMcbial AtOMM Xair M M . . . cMMrittf. :- WJh Lay- M f . YOUR , , f-ffigg. Toys Now! WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK AND WILL STORE THEM PREE OF CHARGE THiL CHRISTMAS! o IT El SB CORNERCENER STREET & FIRST WEST 1 ' Xlll 4 f 1 1 |