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Show THE WEATHER UTAH Clear and warmor thta afternoon; Thursday, partly cloudy, cotnlnsed warm; c o e V nights. . s I So They' Say v Each 'person vwes It io the de-meeraey de-meeraey :1a , which he lives to make his" views known. -Cambridge, O., Jeffersonian. Temperatures: High. Low. .tt .4 SIXTIETH YEAR, NO. 58 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH Or SALT LAKE PROVO. UTAH COUNTY. UTAH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22. 1945" COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS mm lira" Kpanae p u Government Men Confer About Geneva i : Conferences Held In Salt Lake City and Genera, Reports 5 ay , W. Stewart Symington, chairman of the Surplus Property Pro-perty Board, and a MrvGood- low, general chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Cor,-poration, Cor,-poration, visited Geneva Steel plant from midnight until un-til 3 -a.m. Wednesday morning. morn-ing. According to Dr. Walther Mathesius, president of Geneva Steel, the two men arrived at the Salt lake airport Tuesday night at 10:30 o'clock, and he escorted them to Geneva where they made a hurry-up inspection until they t had to return to catch their plane -fpr the East. According to Dr. Mathesius, Mr. Symington and Mr. Goodlow were not in the west expressly to make an inspection of the huge steel ! plant. They came to Utah from Washington where they had inspected in-spected a government aluminum installation in Washington state. While the visit to Geneva was in no way official the two officials probably wanted to see the Geneva Ge-neva installation while they were so close to Provo before returning return-ing east, Dr. Mathesius said. ' It was also reported that an im portant meeting was held in the, Office of Governor Herbert B. Bowles and may be announced Maw this morning and Jhat the within a week. Present indica-continuance indica-continuance of Geneva Steel tions are that they will be at or "looked bright" I near the 1942 prices. At Geneva, it was reported that 150 men had been laid off in the plate mill, and that operations Monday, will be cm a "one turn" basis Latter Returned President Of State A. F. of L SALT LAKE CITY. Aue. 22 (U.R) Fullmer H. Latter of Salt Lake city today was still president of i the Utah State FeHpratinn rf T a-1 bor after election hrv vectar. I day. It is Latter's fifth con-i secutive term. The convention yesterday was j termed by labor officials as the ' "most harmonious in manv vears After re-electing Latter, the group chose 10 of 12 vice presidents presi-dents by acclamation and unanimously unan-imously adopted five resolutions. Among the vice presidents elected, elec-ted, two were from Provo: Howard How-ard B. Egbert, president of the Utah County Central Labor Council, Coun-cil, sixth vice president and R. M. Anderson, Provo. tenth vice! president. Spencer Madsen, Car-1 peniers union official, was nominated nom-inated for fourth vice president, opposed by Herman Bell, Ogden for Wednesday's election. Five of "the 36 resolutions introduced intro-duced were acted upon, all being adopted by unanimous vote. The others will be placed before the Convention Wednesday by committees. com-mittees. Resolutions adopted placed the federation on record as: Urging the federal government to take immediate steps to insure continuous operation of Geneva steel plant; to require a guarantee guaran-tee of at least 50 per cent capacity operation if the plant. is sold or leased to a private operator, the government to undertake . necessary neces-sary conversion worlj. to encourage and lend aid to farm instructing federation officers organizations which cooperate labor. Urging a research program to combat rheumantlc fever. In addition to the resolutions, the convention accepted without a dissenting vote the report and recommendations of a monetary educational committee set up by the 1944 convention. Mountain Standard Time, Sought By Boise Interests BOISE. Ida.. Aug. 22 U.R) The Boise chamber of commerce thinks, By R. H. SHACKFORD its about time southern Idaho United Press Staff Correspondent went back to mountain standard j time and telegraphed the Idaho; WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (U.R) congresional delegation to do All authoritative evidence indi-something indi-something about it. jcated today that the United States .. "Idaho can best be served by an -may cancel well over half of the immediate return to standard j obligations incurred by Allied na-time," na-time," said E. G. Harlan, chamber i tions under the lend-lease pro-secretary. pro-secretary. I gram. During the war period some I That is suDorted hv st9tmnts communities near the Idaho-Ore- gon border took it upon them elves to return to mountain standard time because children were going to school in the darkness dark-ness in the winter and farm laborers la-borers had to start the day an hour later than usual. Wartime Priorities Abandoned To Speed U. S. Reconversion WPB Says Lid Is Off On Nylon Production With Prospects for Nylon Hosiery By Thanksgiving or Christmas Time at Least By SANDOR S. KLEIN ' United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 The War production board announced today that it is reconverting itself for peace-time operations. Effective Sept. 30, WPB is eliminating its old wartime war-time priorities control system and substituting a new, limited lim-ited method intended to speed reconversion,; break production produc-tion bottlenecks, and to protect the interest of the military, mili-tary, little business and essential civilian programs. i This disclosure followed a WPB announcement that American women have awaited eagerly that the lid is off on production of nylon for civilians and that prospects are good for a large supply of nylon hosiery by Thanksgiving, or Christmas at the latest. At the same time, there were these other important developments develop-ments affecting civilians: 1. The office of price administration ad-ministration is considering reducing ration points on most meats for the ration period beginning in September. Septem-ber. 2 rrW .mn rm mobiles proval by OPA Chief Phucterl i Controls Removed 3. WPB removed its controls over the production and distribution distribu-tion of rayon and revoked limitation limi-tation and materials orders af- 1 fectirtg . softwood plywood, box veneer, fiber shipping containers, papcrboard and the distribution of imported watches. Nylon was freed from all control con-trol except for one technicality blocking its use for hosiery. Even this will be ended very soon, however, and manufacturers then! can begin full-tilt production of Nylon hose The WPB pointed out that victory Over Japan so reduced military reauirements that th all-pmhrarirnr wartime nrinriti ! system no longer was appropri-!ably ate. As a matter of fact, it added. continuance would interfere with early reconversion. The new sys- tern was set up tnrougn a new priorities regulation which provides: pro-vides: 1. Concellatlon immediately immedi-ately of virtually all "A A" preference ratings which included all ratings except the top emergency priority AAA and the new military (Continued on Page Three) Home Front Picture Today WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (U.R) The home front picture today: MEAT Red point values on1 beef to be substantially reduced This development means that Sept. 3; some ration-free meats . whatever military purchases are in 30 days or so, but ham and I made will be entirely of the bet-pork bet-pork to continue on ration list foriter grades of meat, some time. I AUTOMOBILES Price ceilings for new cars near 1942 levels to be announced shortly. NYLON All restrictions off nylon production; o.dei preventing prevent-ing use of nylon in stock ines to De revoked shortly Prospects s? ?OT large supply of nylon! stocKings Dy inankseivine. or Christmas at the latest. RAYON Controls removed from production and distribution. INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUC-TION Specified factories and industrial in-dustrial plants may now be started start-ed without WPB authorization. CLOTHING Very little increase in-crease expected for next 60 days; men's underwear, dress 6hirts and shorts still scarce. TIN Still very scarce. Little available for reconversion manu- inuring. U. S. May Cancel Over Half Uend-Lease Debt of the late President Roosevelt and President Truman in their quarterly lend-lease reports to congress, and by the statements of the senate and house foreign relations committees in renewing the lend-lease act. President Truman's order halt Red Point Values On Beef to Be Cut On September 3 By RUTH GMEINEIt United Tress Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (1J.R) Red point values on beef will be reduced "substantially" on Sept. 3 but it will be ?at least 30 days" ""ore meats can;ce maae rauon- 'free, it was learned today. " - guvciii vu nut gumg iu remove ration controls oh meat until the potential supply and non-civilian demands have been thoroughly clarified. Beef ration values, will be cut by about 20 per cent at the beginning be-ginning of the new ration period Sept. 3. After that, it will be several, sev-eral, weeks .at the -earliest before, beef, lamb and veal, which are in the best supply, can be made ration ra-tion free. But there is little hope for an early end to rationing of pork, hams or bacon because of the low 1945 hog production. - Officials attributed the present improvement in the meat situation, sit-uation, less to the abrupt end of the war than to these factors: 1. The army already had ac-i cumulated huge stockpiles in Europe and the Pacific and orob would have slackened pur- chases even if the war had .con tinued. 2. Quantities of meat, partic ularly beef, arriving on the mar ket have been larger than an ticipated. This heavy flow prom ises to inciease this fall. The office of price administra tion probably vill lift present re strictions on livestock slaughter Dy mia-&eptember. These quotas the subject of much criticism, were imposed on packing plants to improve distribution during the worst shortage period. Meantime, it Was learned that the army has ceased all purchase of canned meat, a direct result of war's end. Tinned meat was required re-quired in tropical climates and battle zones where refrigeration was scarce. Now fresh meat' can be quickly shipped to troops al- most everywhere. Utah's Highway Program Ready SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 22 (U.R) State Road COmmisioner Ray H. Leavitt said today that "given and easing labor situation," Utah's $6,000,000 highway program should get underway within., the next 30 or 60 days. - He said federal road program appropriations of $4,500,000 are expected to be released by that time. - The giant state program, .ex- Dected to result in thousands nf man davs of work, will tinner. every section of the state, LeaVitt saicL f . ing lend-lease immediately focus-sed focus-sed attention on one of the most difficult postwar jobs a final lend-lease settlement. Procurement Procure-ment of supplies lor Allies under lend-lease already has stopped: actual transfers will cease on the official V-J 6ay. : The major problem now is to work out interim agreements so that Allied nations can continue to receive lend-easc materials now in stockpiles', in the .transit "pipeline," or on order. . These nations will have; to pay cash or make arrangements for credit if they still wish such equipment and materials. Foreign Economic Administra- Army Scales Down Troops For Pacific Four, Five Divisions To Be Sent Unless Mac Arthur Asks More WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 j K-'-tt The army is scaling down the number of troops to be sent to the Pacific by 60 to 75 per cent, it was learned, today. - Best estimates were that, not more than one-fourth to! one-third of the 16 divisions or-' iginally destined for Pacific serT vice will be sent to Geni Douglas MacArthur's command, I Meanwhile, as rapidly as schedules permit, the army will put into effect a policy of .redeploying only young men with low point scores and others who volunteer to stay in the service. It is up to MacArthur, it was said, to make the final decision on just how many new divisions he will need. And his requirements, it was pointed out, will depend in part on conditions he encounters encount-ers inside Japan. Veterans Object European veterans of the 86th and 95th divisions have been objecting ob-jecting to assignment to Japanese occupation duty. Complaints havej been dispatched to the war de partment, congressmen, newspap ers and press associations and the White House. The White House has referred them back to the war department. These divisions, already assembled as-sembled for transportation to the Pacific have been screened screen-ed to remove all men with ... 75 or' mora points, the war. department said. In addition, all men over 37 have been removed from the 95th and most of them from the 86th. The army also plans to apply this formula to the two to four other divisions now expected to - (Continued on Page Three) Quisling Becomes Hysterical At Treason Trial By SAMUEL D. HALES United Press Staff Correspondent OSLO, Aug. 22 (U.RX Vidkun Quisling, hysterically protesting his innocence, was accused today of responsibility for the deaths of 1,000 Norwegian 'Jews in Nazi concentration camps in Poland. The atrocity charge highlighted the third day of the former puppet premier's treason, trial and brought Quisling Hto his feet shouting an angry denial. He admitted he had signed an anti-Jewish law and a decree authorizing au-thorizing the deportation of Norwegian Nor-wegian Jews to Nazi concentration concentra-tion camps, but insisted he was ignorant of the consequences at the time. The law was shown me for signature, sig-nature, but I didn't know the Jews would be sent to Poland," he cried in a high-pitched voice. "No one ever did zo much for humanity's sake as I did." Quisling also denied responsi bility for . the execution' of Vigo Hansteen, a prominent Norwegian! trade unionist who was shot by I a German firing squad during his occupation. Chief Prosecutor Annaeus Schjjoedt also introduced evi dence to show that Quisling took King Haakon's precious silver service from the royal castle. After evading direct answers to a series of questions regarding a letter he sent Adolf Hitler and a memorandum he had drafted on Norwegian-German collaboration, the former puppet premier of Norway cried hysterically: l did it to save my country The 'last four years have been a . (Continued on Page Three) tor Leo T. Crowley pointed out that the export-import bank was ready to consider applications for loans from any Allied nations that still want lend-lease supplies that are still in the works. Russia reportedly has been seeking a $8,000,000,000 credit loan and Britain one of a similar amount Crowley pointed out that the export-import bank, with lending capacity of $3,500,000,000, does not have enough money to finance such big loans but that it does have enough to handle financing during the transitional period. But the final settlement of the (Continued on Page Three) Rescues General fit. " X. I J, ' ' s t - 2 A i v xK"' A Alt Maj. Robert F. Lamar, Kansas City, Mo., who was entrusted with mission of rescuing Lf. Gen. Jonathan Jona-than Wainwright, hero of Bataan and Corregidor, from Jap prison camp at Sian, 100 miles northeast of Mukden.. Maj. Lamar led medical medi-cal team that parachuted into Mukden, is understood to have traveled to Sian by Jap plane or motor vehicle to effect rescue. 1,700 Prisoners Liberated By Yank Paratroops CHUNGKING, Aug', 2 22 (U.R) American parachute teams reported report-ed the liberation of 1700 or more Allied war prisoners and civilian Internees from Japanese, camps in China and Manchuria -today. . . .1 From Mukden came word that an American bomber had taken! of from that Manchurian city yesterday yes-terday for Sian, approximately 100 miles to the north, to bring out the most famous prisoner Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero of Bataan and Corregidor. A C-47 transport plane landed in Chungking today with a rescue team of 22 Americans and Kor eans aboard which landed at Kei-jo Kei-jo in Korea on Aug. 18. However, they were forced by the Japanese to leave the next day without being permitted to see any Allied prisoners. The Mukden team said Russian forces took over the Mukden camn' on their arrival there, disarmed the Japanese guard and placed Maj. Gen. G. M. Parker, an American Amer-ican ofifcer, in charge. (The officer presumably was Maj. Gen. George M. Parker, Jr., of Portland, Ore., who served under Wainwright in the Philippines. Philip-pines. ) Altogether, the Mukden team sai.d 1,321 prisoners were liberated liber-ated at the Mukden camp. Most were British.- but the prisoners also included 44 Americans. 67 Dutch, a Canadian and a French man, tight Americans and Brit ish and 10 Dutch were liberated at Sian, the team said. Paratroops who dropped at Pel-ping, Pel-ping, China, radioed ' back that they had obtained the release of 317 Allied prisoners and internees, including 177 Americans. The Swis consul acted as go-between with the Japanese, the team said, and all internees have been moved to a hotel The Americans at Peiping in cluded four of the eight missing fliers from Lt. Gen. James H. Doo-little's Doo-little's historic first air raid on Tokyo in April, 1942. None was Identified, however. japs Burying Big Armament CHUNGKING, Aug. -22 - (U.R) Chinese underground sources today to-day reported feverish Japanese efforts to improve the situation inside Japan before the Allied landings The Japanese were, reported burying as much heavy armament as possible in deep wellsPand caves. The Tokyo government was said to be disbanding the largest possible pos-sible number of regular troops and reservists, to ..let the Allies find only a small army defending the home islands. ' Heavy industries were reported being shifted rapidly to lighter work, and shore fortifications have been rapidly dismantled. ! The emperor and the government govern-ment were reported doing their best to admonish the people into accepting: Allied control without resisting in order to make the oc cupation as brief as possible. REDS LAND AT PORT ARTHUR 1 TINTIOW A.,m fltm Tha Soviet communique tonight" re ported that Red army airborne forces have landed at Dairen and! Port Arthur. w v a- . sx 4 4 TSito fl r 4 ft It J I 121 Japs Ready To Surrender Alf China Troops Signing of Agreement In 48 Hours Set For Nanking, Chinese Say By GEORGE WANG United Press SUff Correspondent! - CHUNGKING, Auk. 22 u! Japan's formal surrender of 1,090,000 troops in China ap - peared possible within 48 hours, as a Chinese government govern-ment spokesman announced today that the agreement presumably would be signed at Nanking. The spokesman said Gen. Ho Ylng Chin, commander-in-chief of the Chinese army. ' probably would sign for the Chiang Kai-Shek Kai-Shek government with Gen. Ya-suja Ya-suja Okamura, commander-in-chief of Japanese forces in China, signing for Tokyo. Going To Nanking Gen. Ho announced that his deputy chief of sUff, Lt. Gen. Leng Chin, accompanied by Japanese delegates returning from yesterday's preliminary surrender conference at Ch-ihktang Ch-ihktang airfield, was going to Nankinr to establish an advanced ad-vanced headquarters for the final ceremony. 5 At yesterday's preliminary meeting, it was reported, China told the Japanese that her troops would take over Formosa and the northern half of Indo-China. The immediate release of all Allied prisoners now held in Japanese-occupied China. also was demanded by the Chinese. The Chinese spokesman explained ex-plained that Nanking still is the capital -of China," -sma-"trrat the governments return there de pends upon the sitiiation with the most Important' organizations going first. Keacn swatow At the same time, a Central News aeencv rormrt saiH ihat Chinese troops had reached thejTokyo by- gates of Nanchang, Kukonjg. and Ene broadcast! also the southeastern port city of ,... .1 iu. -ri. Swatow Centra News said the Japanese commander at Nanchang was ar ranging for a peaceful surrender and asked the Chinese not to attack. at-tack. Other Chinese units were prepared to enter Kukong. in northern Kwangtung, and Swa tow, in eastern itwangtung, wnen the surrender pact is signed. The Chinese rovernment yesterday also sent Okamura an official list of Chinese generals to whom his forces might surrender. China warned that Okamura would be held personally respon- slble if any Japanese arms were handed over to the communists. At Manila, Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur forwarded a Japanese message to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek which requested Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur to send representatives to investigate conditions in China. (Continued on Fage Three) Superfort Makes 4,560 Mile Trip, For New Record GUAM, Aug. 22 (U.R) The Superfort "City of Maywood" to- klay claimed the world's longest non-stop airplane flight a 4,560 mile round trip from Guam to Hokkaido only 125 miles short of the airline distance from Seattle to Tokyo. The 314th wing of the 20th air-force air-force revealed that the superfort made the round trip in 22 hours, 58 minutes for an average of more than 220 miles per hour. Originally, the flight was believed be-lieved to have set a record for length of any one combat mission, but a subsequent check of 20th AAF records indicates it was the longest of any type flight, officials said. Japs Say Effects Of Atomic Bomb Raids Were 'Monstrous7 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22 (U.R) Japanese, broadcasts today said atomic bomb raids on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had cost nearly half a million "casualties "cas-ualties and sufferers" and lev elled buildings within a radius up to 10 miles. Radio Tokyo, in broadcasts recorded re-corded by United Press, said effects of the bomb were "monstrous." "mon-strous." ' The second atomie bomb dropped Aug. 9 on Nagasaki took a toll of "more than 19,000 persons killed, more Signing Slated For August 31, MacArthur Says Japanese Directed To Keep All Shipping In Its Present Location; Air Forces To Be Grounded; Minefields Must Bte Removed I NEW YOIIK, Aug. 22 j system report from Manila Arthur has announced the Japanese surrender will be conducted con-ducted in Tokyo. , The surrender will be signed Aug. fl it was announced. an-nounced. 1 A CBS report from Manila said MacArthur annoynced the general plans for the occupation and surrender. Landings Land-ings arrangements were the same as those previously announced an-nounced by Tokyo. MacArthur directed that all Japanese shipping must, remain in its present location. Submarines must remain surfaced, flying a black flag, and! the Japanese were instructed to I report as quickly as possible the. location of all shipping. Airplanes Grounded All Japanese airforces were or dered to remain grounded and naval personnel must rem: aboard their ships. The Japanese were ordered to inenre tHa esfetv eiinnliai Mn. ned hv nlanp to AIHaH nrlinnur ' ' war camps. The Japanese were directed to remove all minefields and other obstacles. . MacArthur gave them permission permis-sion to fly unarmed planes neces sary to carry out important missions, mis-sions, the NBS report said. .Japanese ships were instructed i to burn navigational lights at night and beam their searchlights to the sky. Japanese shipping was directed to report to specified Allied ports to be boarded by Allied boarding parties. MANILA. Auc. 22 (U.R)Tokvo transDortation'said today that Gen. Douclas Mac- Arthur will flV to the JaDanese capital next Tuesday and three 1 ; 'ug. m un-uuc e signing of surrender terms aboard an American warship in Yomluri Hochi as saying that the first waves of occupation troops to land In the Tokyo area will total 20,000 men. (Continued on Tage Three) Aerial Invasion Fleet Assembles OKINAWA, Aug. 22 (U.R) Huge fleets of- C-54 transports and other large aircraft, hastily drawn from army airlines and combat centers throughout the world, were assembled on Okin awa airstrips today to carry oc cupation troops and cargo to Ja pan. A crew stood by each plane round-tne-ciock to begin oper ations the minute orders are re ceived from allied supreme headquarters. head-quarters. Although C-54S Were concentrated concen-trated here in the largest numbers num-bers ever assembled for a military mili-tary mission, they constituted only a part Of the great armada of troop-lifting and cargo-carry ing aircraft that jammed Okin awa's bomber runways. 6 Jap Diplomats Arrive From Romp BOSTON, Aug. 22 (UJJ Six Japanese diplomats who formerly served their government in Rome arrived here- today with some 8,000 GI's aboard the transport USS Wakefield but were held incommunicado in-communicado pending their transfer trans-fer to an internment point in Pennsylvania. The Japanese were identified as Maj. Gen. Moriakira Sbimizu, Capt. Yoshida Shizuno, Comdr. Dengo Yamanaka, assistant naval attache, Motokazu Zumoto, Akira Kato and Toshihiko Shlnomiya. than 20,009 wounded and more than 90,099 rendered homeless in the city, Tokyo said. Victims Still Dying "Furthermore many persons are dying daily from burns sustained sus-tained during the course of the raids, a Tokyo propaganda broadcast broad-cast said. . . " It followed a few hours' after, a technical report by Sutezo Tori, technician' for Japanese ' defense general headquarters, who said it was impossible to obtain shelter (Continued oa rage Three) tEA Mutual Broadcasting today -said Gen. Douglas Mac- Reds Capture Puppet Ruler Of Manchuria ntlJ R. HIGGINBOTIIAM United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 22 (U.R) Russia announced the capture of Emper or Kang Teh. Japan's DUDDet ruler of Manchuria, and his imperial im-perial suite today. Marshal Alexander M. Vasilev-sky, Vasilev-sky, Soviet Far Eastern commander, com-mander, radioed the chief of staff of Japan's Kwantung army that the emperor was "safe in my hands." The one-time "boy emperor" formerly known as Henry FU Yl Was considered an Internee and was-being held-wita-his altem "proper surroundings,' VasUevsky said in his message." "Please convey your concrete j suggestions on this subject? he added. Vasilevsky's announcement was broadcast by Radio Kharabovsk, voice ol the Soviet Far. Eastern command, as Red armies captured 52,000 more Japanese officers and men, including four generals and the entire Japanese Fifth Kwantung Kwan-tung army. Kang Teh was the former Hsuan Tung, last emperor of the Manchu dynasty in, China. Deposed De-posed in 1911, he took the name of Henry P'U Yi. The Japanese recalled re-called him to power in 1932 and made him chief executive of what they called the independent state of Manchukuo, seized from China in 1931. On March 1, 1934, P'U Yi took the title of emporer under the reign Tiel of Kang Teh. It was possible that China would demand custody of the emperor em-peror as a war criminal because of his service to Japan. Other Khabarovsk broadcasts reported that some Japanese troops had mutined and killed of- (Continued on Page Three) Pacific Fronts Atgjatice By UNITED PRESS The situation on Pacific fronts Wednesday: MANILA T o k y o announced Gen. Douglas MacArthur would fly tp Japanese capital Tuesday and three days later would' dic tate formal surrender aboard U. S. warship in Tokyo bay; Japan re ported first occupation troop con tingent would total 20,000 men. CHUNGKING Formal surren-derr surren-derr of 1,090,000 Japanese troops in China appeared likely within 48 miles of Nanking; China served notice on Japan her troops would take over Formosa and northern half of Indo-China, Chinese troops reached gates of Nanchang, Ko-kong, Ko-kong, and Swatow. LONDON Japanese radio at Saigon was heard acknowledging receipt of Lord lountbatten's third surrender message to Jap anese southern army but it maintained main-tained that no orders had been received from Emperor, Hirohito to cease fighting. ' ! LONDON Moscow radio Announced An-nounced capture of Emperof Kang Teh, Japan's puppet ruler in Manchuria, and 52,000 more-Jap anese officers andvmen; .entire Fifth Kwantung army surrender ed. CHUNGKING American Para chute teams reported liberation of ii,7uu Allied war prisoners ana civilian .-uitcrnces in uuoa, bin Manchuria; American bomber reported re-ported en route to bring but Lt. Gem Jonathan M. Wainwright. BORNEO, BOUGAINVILLE, NEW GUINEA Situation un changed with isolated pockets of Japanese still showing- sporadic resistance pending arrival, of imperial im-perial emissaries or completion of formal surrender negotiations. - 11 m. . t. N |