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Show Weather Forecast Temperatures Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Friday. High temperatures near 90 today, lowering Friday morning to nearly 60. Yesterdays max. 87; min., 54; mean, 76; normal, 72. Sunset 8:15; sunrise, 6:47. Price; Fire Cents Vol. 339. No. 46. 96th Year Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, August 23, 1945 TGI New Goods Coming at dm 1942 Prices (AP The pay for the new consumer durable goods the like washing machines prices you would have paid the war, or very little higher. This was the rule laid down today by the agency to keep prices from getting out of hand It was one of the most important statements' to come from the government in the whole rush to change over to peace OPA Boss Chester Bowles said that'at prewar prices for the new durable goods, manufacturers and everyone else down to the retail stores "can look forward to excellent profits based on a high sales volume. In its first postwar pricing ol consumer durable goods, OPA ordered 1942 ceilings on household washing machines, ironers and aluminum kitchen ware So that each Bowles said family will be able to buy a new washing machine or ironcr to fit its needs, its purse and its preference, we are requiring manufacturers to turn out the same proportion of low - price units a they made during prewar years Bowles believes washing machines and aluminum kitchen ware should reach the stores in quantity this fall Production of ironers will be slower Meanwhile industry got a big nudge to produce. The army earlier offered 252 war plants to industry Those plants could make a lot of civilian goods and plenty of civilian jobs. By declaring the government-owne- d no plants surplus longer needed for tanks, radar airplane engines and shells the army thus provided a contribution toward the governments goal of full employment. Under White House pressure far speedy disposal, the Reconstruction Finance Corp. prepared to go all out In pushing their salt or lease to private manufacturers. The figure is what the plants cost to build ' theyll undoubtedly go much cheaper. It was the biggest offering to date of potential capacity to fill demand the countrys pent-u- p for goods. But for the average man and woman the reconversion spotlight was on transportation More controls were coming off On Nov. 1, it was ruled, stores, laundries and other businesses may make as many deliveries as their trucks can handle. Thug will end one of the WASHINGTON OPA says Youll be-lo- re See RECONVERSION on Page 6 Truman Asks Veteran Job Insurance WASHINGTON i s' 4 VI AP) President Truman told reporters today that he will recommend amendatory legislation, if it is found to be needed, to continue the selective service Job security clause for returning veterans. He said he was not aware of the legal technicalities of that section of the draft act Insuring veterans their peacetime jobs only until the end of the war, but emphasized he intended to see that such insurance is continued. Maj. Gen. Lewis B .Hershey, selective service director, said in Boston last night that unless new legislation is adopted the job security provision ot the selective service law will terminate with the cessation of hostilities. The president said Hershey ought to know what he is talking about, but pointed out it will be a long time before the war is declared officially over, even though hostilities have ceased. Blast Kills 1, InjuriesOre.42 (AP) PORTLAND, An explosion so intense that housewives 50 blocks away were knocked to the floor killed in inspector and injured, 42 workmen at Iron Fireman' Manufac- turing Company today. The explosion, which shattered windows a block away And sent a ball of flame through the top of a car parked nearby, occurred while 300 workers were on duty. Huge clouds of black smoke poured from burning oil but fire officials said Jlhe blaze was being controlled. Truman Urges Return To Standard Time WASHINGTON (AP) Return of the naUon to standard time In place of the present war time will be recommended to Congress Sept. 5 by President Truman, he told his news ference today. con- Plan Joint Occupation Of Korea By Associated Press Joint action bv the States. Great Britain and Russia to avert civil war in China was reported under consideration as a Communist newspatoda per in Chungking said Communist forces were massing for an all-ooffensive Those reports highlighted a tangled Chinese situation which was marked by apparent differences over postwar control of Hong Kong, Indo China and Manchuria. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wede- meyer said at Chungking that the Chinese and British gov- - ' ernments are negotiating on the subject of whose forces shall occupy H'.ng Kong and accept the surrender of the Japanese garrison there. a That statement followed Chinese announcement which said in London that arrangements are being made for the Japanese surrender in Hong Kong to be accepted by a British force commander In Paris an attache at Gen de Gaulle's office said France was definitely taking over in Indo-Chidespite an announcement from Chungking yesterday that Chinese surrender terms specified that the Chinese would ina, Occupy northern cluding the capital of Hanoi. Reports of projected three-powaction to avert Chinese civil war came in a Washington dispatch to the New York Times. The dispatch, by Hanson W. Baldwin, also said authoritative Washington sources stated the three flowers plan a joint occupation of Korea The recent agreement reached at Moscow by Premier T. V. Soong of China included plans for eventual Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, the Times said. Manchuria and Inner Mongolia now are occupied in whole or in part by Russian ut Japs Summon Cabinet, Cird PotrOccupation By The Associated Press Japan prepared tor allied occupation today by naming an undefeated warlord as war minister, calling an extraordinary session of parliament to meet two days after formal suriender, and displaying a sudden outpouring of meicj The Diet wot called into emergency two-da- y session Sept. 2 to drive "home to nation the stark reality that Japan has been completely defeated" and begin the "Herculean task of rebuilding Japan." Tokyo's supreme war coun- cil was enlarged and reconsti- tuted as a conference on ter- CO .1011 mination of the war. Prince Narukiko. Higashi-Kugave up the war portfolio to Gen Sadamu Shimomura, Nipponese supreme commander in north China, now the most troubled spot in the Pacific. Shimomura's forces presum- By International News Service Punishment of all Japanese Nothing Further war criminals was demanded On V-- J Day Date today (Thursday) by the Soviet newspaper Izvestia in an WASHINGTON (AP) article declaring that Japanesdv The White House Isnt leaders fail to comprehend' the saying yet exactly what lesson of thetr crushing de- day will be proclaimed as feat. J day. The official organ of the With many communities Soviet government bitterly planning special observcomplained that Emperor Hiro-hltnewsmen ances, asked new government ahowa Presidential Secretary no serious desire to effect raCbarlet G. Ross again dical changt a in the Japanese about prospects for .. homeland, the date. His Japan is capitulating, aefJ. reply: Izvestia but it la clearly carJ day, as I have said rying out the capitulation in o slowed-dow- n before, will be when the tempo. The an- thors of Japanese declarations, president says it is and that will he after the signing of although appealing to the popthe articles of surrender in ulation to take account of the the Tokyo area. The presiPotsdam declaration, are dilutdent will go on the radio ing those appeals with familiar, with a brief speech at that rhauvlnistie, mystical phraseotime." logy on the godlike peerlessness of the Japanese state. , The authoritative Russian , ably were among the 1,000,000 undoubtedly giving ' forces. whose surrender is newspaper, Japanese circulation to the sentiments of The new China Daily News, called for in nepreliminary Generalissimo Joseph Stalin, Communist organ published in gotiations with the Chinese urged suitable punishment fort Chungking, declared that one field commander. the long list of Japanese war Communist column already has criminala who plunged Asia reached the Weet railroad staTokyos sympathy went out into the world's bloodiest con- tion at Tientsin and street fightto 10,000,000 purported victims filet. Some of the war now in is ing progress in the of American incendiary, excriminals are members ot i citv, the paper declared. Hirohlto'a present plosive and atom bombs. The govern- - t' Other Communist forces were government asked permission ment reported approaching the towns to send relief expeditions to of Wanptng and Nanyuan, close sick and dying garrisons on byto Peiping, and the port of passed Islands. In return it Tsingtao in Shantung Province promised aid to 32,000 allied was said to have been surprisoners in Nippon and said rounded they would be started toward The Tokyo radio said that embarkation ports Friday. Japanese army authorities in Tokjo told 1,200,000 NipponOSLO, Norway (AP) A north China had protested to ese in Korea and Formosa to pale Jewish doctor still bearing Yenan (Communist) ofearnarmy stay where they are and the marks of a German conficials against what they said estly work lor peace." Japacentration camp told the court were Communist plans for un- nese also expressed concern at Vidkun Quisling's trial today lawful occupation" of big north about possible civil war in tur- that of nearly- - 1000 China cities. The broadcast bulent China, scene of the great- Jews sent to Poland, Norwegian only 12 warned the Japanese would est confusion in surrender plans. were known to have survived. 7 take appropriate measures' to Piecemeal Japanese surrenders Quisling, Germanys puppet meet any such move. accused of treason, is charged See JAPAN On Page 6 with the murder of the nearly 1000 Jews on the grounds of reEAM Voices Protest for the deportation. Hit sponsibility Balkan Critics ATHENS A com(AP) Dr. George Eichinger, a GermaLONDON The (AP) n-born Jew sent to a German munique from the central comnewspaper Izvestia concentration camp, said only mittee of EAM, the Leftist Moscow termed critics of the Romanian 600 of Norways 1600 Jews front, declared today it was im- and Bulgarian governments reescaped the German dragnet and possible to have fair elections actionaries today and said the the average durability of men in Greece elections under the present government approaching sent to the Auschwitz camp lq are being prepared by mon- Poland was and the "presence of foreign obonly one month. archists under conditions of Out of 267 in the group in which servers cannot prevent .fraud terror. open Fascist he was deported, 140 were sent to gas chambers immediately and killed, he declared. Quisling, pale and agitated, insisted he never had heard of the German gas chambers, and also denied a state accusation that he had embezzled government funds. Even when the world was fearfully waiting for Japan to strike Australia and complete the conquest of the Pacific, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was planning his own triumphal entry into Tokyo! In the blackest hour of American military history, MacArthur looked across the thousands of miles of ocean DIWITH THIRTY-EIGHT- H and territory captured by the Japanese and told newsmen P. I. Northern Luzon, VISION, in April, 1942 Have you heard about (AP) I here and now invite' you to ride into Tokyo with the atomic bombs being used me. Stay with me and well go to Tokyo together. Thats in the war? American officers where Im going, gentlemenl asked Japanese Lt Col. Sbi-zuSushimi at a mountain This is only one of the many glimpses into the indomsurrender conference. itable character of the man now leading victorious allied Where did we use it against forces to Japan, that are contained in The MacArthur you? the enemy officer asked Van Lee War INS Epic" by Atta, correspondent. eagerly. Van Atta writes the human story of MacArthurs vicYou must have your signals one American told tory saga from a wealth of material gathered in covering crossed, We were the ones who him. the Pacific war almost from the start. He has been asused it signed to MacArthurs headquarters longer than any other The Japanese colonel seemed war correspondent. dumfounded, Maj. Richard JefThe MacArthur Epic begins Saturday in fers, Terre Haute, Ind., related, and told the American' ha understood Japan had such ft THE DESERET. NEWS weapon nearly perfected when he left the homeland. i Mil til ni Criminals, Russ Demand na Indo-Chin- V-- er IN LARGEST MASS MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD CEREMONY IN HISTORY President Truman .(right, standFrancis J. Clark of Salem, N. Y.( one of 28 ing center of room) awards Congressional Medal of Honor to heroes to receive the coveted award from the president at the White House today. Pfc. Silvestre S. Herrara, (one of men seated in wheel chair) who is on furlough from Bushnell General Hospital, also received the medal. (AP T-S- Wirephoto.) 28 Heroes Honored outcasts At Mass Ceremony 'Feted At Frenchmen Confer Here On U. S. Aid Gen WASHINGTON (AP) Charles De Gaulle called a conference with Jean Monnet, chief of the French economic mission here today as other French leaders conferred at length with Secretary Byrnes De Gaulle, who had a two-ho- ur with President session Truman lasting until midnight last night, presumably wanted to review with Monnet the full possibilities of American financial aid to the French provisional government which De Gaulle heads French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and Ambassador Henri Bonnet were closeted with Secretary Byrnes at the state department from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. When they emerged Bidault said he and the secretary had had an opportunity to review quite a number of questions of vital interest to our two countries, especially questions of an economic nature " A high official of the foreign diseconomic administration closed today that the $240,000,-00- 0 loan requested recently by France from the export-impo- rt bank had been approved by the FEA, but he added. The amount is too small to meet Frances needs for this winter and beyond, and we may be able to recommend a slightly larger sum There was no Indication of when De Gaulle would meet with President Truman again. WASHINGTON (AP) President Truman bestowed the Congressional Medal of Honor on 28 army heroes today in the largest mass ceremony of its kind Before a large audience of high ranking military and civilians and members of the families of those honored, the president tied the highest award of the nation on each of the officers and men after citations for the individual deeds of heroism were read by Maj. Gen Edward F Witsell, acting adjutant general An orchestra from the army 118 Arrested In Dining Car Racket NEW YORK band played before the ceremony in a lobby outside the historic east room, which is reserved for memorable occasions. Two of the heroes were In wheel chairs. Another was totally blind. Applause followed each medal bestowed. The awards broueht to 196 the number of medals of honor given to army personnel in World War II The heroes came from 19 states, with one from Canada In the group were one lieutenant colonel, three captains, four lieutenants, 16 sergeants, and four privates The ceremony was to hove been held in the rose garden, but rain forced it inside Of the 28 recipients, 24 are veterans of the European theater of operations and four earned their awards in the Pacific The large number decorated in a single ceremony was said by the war department to have been due to the fact that many of the men were badly wounded and it was impossible to have earlier presentations Such men as Pfc. Silvestre S. Herrera of Phoenix, Ariz., who kept on fighting after his feet were blown off by a mine, were in the group. (Herrera is now on leave from Bushnell General Hospital at Brigham City, Utah.) At the conclusion of the which lasted one hour and 15 minutes, the president steppe u.. to a microphone and informally told the audience that the men just honored represented a croS section of America men who loved peace and were able to adiust themselves to the needs (AP) A dining car racket with servicemen, elderly women and inexperienced travelers as dupes was smashed today, the FBI said, with the arrest of 118 railroad employes in four cities The scheme was based on manipulation of civilians food and liquor checks, kiting government meal tickets used by the armed forces and stretching portions, the FBI disclosed All those taken Into custody were stewards, waiters or cooks employed by the New York Central and the Erie railroads on several of their best trains, E. E. Conroy, special agent in charge of the New York FBI o.fice, said. The racket, he said, cost the railroads as much as $600 on a single trip of a passenger train. of war. ar ceie-mon- y, White House WASHINGTON (AP) Four members of an Arkansas farm family who couldn't obtain dinner service in one of hotels Washington s costlier were welcome at the White House today They were Staff Sgt James Hendrix Jr , 20 his father and mother, and his cousin, Mrs Andrew Waldo, all of Lepanto, Ark They were bid to the White House so the sergeant, with 27 other army heroes, could receive the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman The War Department said in a statement it bad learned that the Hendrix party was refused dining room service In the Hotel Willard Tuesday night, although quartered in a suite there as guests of the government. The department offered to provide an escorting officer for the rest of the stay, hut the Hendrixes declined. James Hendrix Sr , told a rehad porter the dining room empty tables and he guessed his group was not served just because he didnt have on fine enough clothes. He was in his shirt sleeves, but he said no one mentioned that The sergeant, who alone wiped out- two Nazi artillery three positions and saved wounded comrades in Germany, was m his uniform Hotel officials made no comment. The Hendrix party was still registered at the Willard last night IcUes to Continue In Truman Cabinet Three Forlorn Little Girls Find a Home in the Army CAMP LEE, Va. (AP) Three personal problems of a Philadelphia private who had to take his domestic life to camp with him have been solved by the army temporarily. The "problems three smudg-ed-faclittle girls including twins arrived here late yesterday after a tram ride and a hitch hike from their home with their father. Pvt Louis Price, 30, of Philadelphia. The private, who was due baek at the camp this morning, explained to army offi ed cials that he had been unable to find any social agency that would care for his daughters while their mother was hospitalized, but that his corporal told him by telephone to come here anyway and bring the kids with you. After a train ride from Philadelphia to Richmond! and a hitch-hik- e ride to the camp, the three children Morion, 9, and Sheila and Dinah, twins made themselves at home in their father's orderly room where they were greeted by Brig. Gen. George A. Horkan, camp com 25-m- ile three-year-o- ld mander, and entertained by Prices buddies. The general told Private Price that Camp Lee always takes care of its own. We are particularly sympathetic to your case and will take care of your children until other provisions can be made. Food and beds were prepared for the children by Wac technicians and Gray Ladies of tbe Red Cross at the order of tho commander and shortly after retreat the three tired little girls, scrubbed and fed, were sound asleep in armv beds at the camp hospital, only a block froni their fathers basic training company. furmshnl br J boro oj Tnrlt Hirh InduatrUh Rail I tilt! ie .... . - Bonds Commodities Total A 1 Rnfie ft Co Low LtM 164 99 52 89 31 92 167 StoR Exrhtncv 1"M 39 M 32 25 . 190 00 abaret. 4 3215 105 44 99 09 V-- ed Jew Tells Of Atrocities -- The M Arthur Epic Bataan To Victory!! me Averages es to-d- ay Whose Bombs Humble Whom? WASHINGTON (AP) President Truman said today that Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, will continue in his cabinet. The president told a news conference he had promised Ickes, sole remaining member of the original Roosevelt cabinet still on the job, that Ickes Will serve in the official family as long as he wants to stay. 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