PARTLY CLOUDY Qp At ~tw~ :43 titly VOL. LV, No. 28S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS Russian * * Troops Press ttack on Extended Front * * * * * * * * * * * v <"; Reds Smash Deep IntoNip Territory Soviet Mobile Columns Rip 106 Miles Into Manchuria; Start To Invade Korea By The Associated Press LONDON, Aug. 10-Russian mobile columns ripped 106 miles into Japan's stolen Manchurian empire today in a spectacular sweep from the west, along the Chinese eastern railroad, the Soviet High Command said tonight. Four mighty Soviet forces were pouring in growing masses across the 2,000-mile Russo-Manchurian frontier from Outer Mongolia to the border area 75 miles northwest of the Great Russian port of Vladivostok, Moscow's second Japanese war communique said. Tokyo said the huge Russian drive also had invaded the Japanese- conquered land of Korea and had smashed into the southern half of Sakhalin f. 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The official surrender offer from Hirohito's government was received here late in the day through the Swiss government. Heads of the Allied Nations already were considering the proposition advanced first in a broadcast by the official Japanese News Agency. Meanwhile the war went on, though it was announced at Guam that the B-29 Superfortresses which have contributed a large share to the plight of battered Nippon would not fly against the Japanese Saturday. This was the first announced relaxation of any Allied force against the Japanese. The War Department here said it knew of no cease-fire order. Michael McDermott, special assistant to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, announced that the official surrender offer had finally come in, and that it followed the text broadcast by Domei. That broadcast stressed the condition that nothing in the acceptance of the unconditional surrender outlined at Potsdam should be construed as permitting the Emperor to be stripped of the prerogatives of sovereignty. That was the only apparent stumbling blo k to immediate acceptance of the offer. While declarations of the big powers have not specificall y covered the case of Hirohito, they have stuck tight to unadulterated unconditional surrender. r. Factory Area 1 Of Nagasaki r Is Obliterated 30 Per Cent of Vital Jap Port Destroyed By The Associated Press GUAM, Saturday, Aug. 11-Thirty per cent of Nagasaki, including al- most all its industrial district, was destroyed. by Thursday's , atomic bombing of that Japanese port, Gen- eral Spaatz announced today. The irregular nature of the city's built-up areas, extending like fingers up low gullies, apparently had some1 effect in -preventing as extensive damage as was done to Hiroshima, where the first atomic bomb wipedj out 60 per cent of the city. Tremendous Destruction However, Spaatz in his brief an- nouncement made clear that the de-, struction wrought was tremendous., (The Japanese radio at the same time acknowledged that the bomb-; ing of Nagasaki caused "extensive damage, including the destruction of3 many houses and a large number of casualties among the citizens." (This broadcast, by the Domei Agency, was quoting the Tokyo paper; Yomiuri Hochi.) (The Yomiuri Hochi account said the- attack was with "parachute-at- tached new-type bombs"-using the plural, but later referred to the "mis- sile"-singular. Photos Reveal Damage General Spaatz said that recon- naissance photographs taken on Fri- day-a full day after the bombing- showed that .98 of a square mile of the Nagasaki built-up area had been destroyed. The built up area totalled 3.3 square miles, so the destruction done was approximately 30 per cent. The area of destruction ranged along both sides of the Urakami Riv- er-the heavy inddstrial part of the southwestern Kyusku city-for two miles, and was seven-tenths of a mile wide. (Karafuto) Island, which lies only 30 miles from the northernmost island -Hokkaido-of the Japanese home- land. New Crossings Made The Russians made two new cross- ing of the Amur River and drove along both the western and eastern ends of the Chinese Eastern Railroad, which stretches 750 miles across Man- churia and feedsthe Japanese ar- senal city of Harbin. Using tactics proved in the war against Hitler, Generalissimo Joseph Stalin's armies made their deepest slash into Manchuria in the north- west. Tanks and cavalry following in- fantrymen manning armored trains surged 93'2 miles from the Russo- Manchurian border area north of Hulun (Dalai) Lake and captured the rail junction and five-way highway junction of Hulun (Hailar), Moscow's broadcast bulletin said. Jap Supply Line Cut Capture of Hulun cut the only western highway supplying thousands of Japanese troops in extreme north- ern Manchuria. From Hulun, the Soviets battered another 121/ miles into the 2,660- foot-high foothills of the great Khin- gan mountain range barring the path to the central Manchurian basin, tearing out a total gain of 106 miles. The massive surge carried the Rus- sians 80 miles from the main, 4,195- foot-high pass where the Chinese eastern railroad-formerly Russian- owned until sold in 1935 under pres- sure to Japanese-dominated Manchu- ria - crosses the ;great Khingan Range. Some 130 miles to the south, tanks and cavalry swept across the arid, almost waterless desertland east of Lake Bor, pushing far beyond the outer Mongolian border, again reach- ed the foothills of the great Khin- gan range. Three hundred and sixty miles west of the Trans-Baikal fighting area, the Russians forded the mile-wide Amur River 24 miles south of the Russian base at Blagoveshchensk and captured the big Japanese army base of Aigun. Grad Accepts Justice Position Donald C. Cook, '35, has resigned his position of assistant director of the public utility division of the Se- curity and Exchange Commission to become special assistant to the At- torney General Thomas C. Clark in the Department of Justice, it was announced recently. Cook has been employed by the Securities and Exchange Commission since 1935. He is a member of the Theta Chi fraternity and is a former library employe. His home is in Es- canaba. University activities will continue until a five-minute blast from the power house siren -official indica- tion of V-J Day - is heard, Univer- sity officials said yesterday. When the siren is heard, all classes will be suspended and University offices closed for the remainder of the day. If news of Japanese surren- der should come after the day's ac- tivities are completed, the siren will be sounded at 7:30 a. m. EW'I the next morning and the University activity will be suspended on that day. Navy To Celebrate Capt. Woodson Michaux, com- manding officer of the Navy college training program at the University, said yesterday that the Navy will go along with the University in its plans for V-J Day. Army headquarters will reveal their special plans for V-J Day when Col. Reginald C. Miller, commanding of- ficer of all Army units stationed at the University, returns to Ann Arbor today. While Ann Arbor awaited the in- evitble news of Japanese capitula- tion, local businessmen said that their establishments would close for V-J Day, with most of them express- Attention Vets! Veterans who have not re- ceived any or all of their allot- ments are urged to meet today between 3 and 4 p. m. EWT at the office of the Veterans Organiza- tion, Lane Hall. Those who cannot attend the meeting today are requested to make every effort to be at the VO office, Monday, during the same hour in the afternoon. ing, in effect, what one restauranteur declared, "I'm going to close - V-J will be a day of real celebration." University Carilloneur Percival Price has composed a special "Vic- tory Rhapsody" which will be played when the surrender is announced by car illoneurs throughout the world. No Intoxicants Sold All beer and liquor establishments will be closed for 24 hours following the announcement, Police Chief Sherman Mortenson said. The order was made by the Michigan liquor control commission. Although the Ann Arbor Minister- ial Association is not in session, most observers said that the procedure of V-E Day, individual services, would be adhered to. 15 Secretaries 'Will Review JAG Battalion Recipients of a citation and a War Bond Flag awarded by Secretary of War Henry Stimson for what he termed "extraordinary cooperation" in the purchase of war bonds, 15 women, secretaries at the Judge Ad- vocate General School, will review the school battalion at special ceremo- nies at 1 p. m. EWT today on the Law Quad parade grounds. The War Bond Flag, awardedrto civilian employes of the War Depart- ment with a record of 95 per cent participation and a minimum invest- ment of 15 per cent of their salaries in the purchase of war bonds through the Army pay reservation plan, will be raised on the School flagpole for the first time at today's exercises. BULLETINS By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO-The Japan- ese Domei Agency tonight ordered its bureau chiefs throughout the Orient to stand by for "possible emergency transmission" of news through next week. * * * NEW YORK-The Moscow radio in a broadcast monitored by NBC commented tonight on the Japanese peace bid with the statement that "unconditional surrender means just that - unconditional surrender." * * * MANILA-Japan's dwindling air power suffered new heavy damage Thursday when Far East Air Forc- es bombers and fighters from Ok- inawa smashed at some of the principal fields on the main home islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. * * * MANILA - General MacArthur's headquarters announced today that the war is still on for the forces un- der his command and that his Far East Air Forces bombers are carry- ing out their scheduled missions a- gainst Japan. * * * WASHINGTON - The destroyer escort Underhill has been sunk in Philippine waters with the loss of 112 officers and men, the Navy announced today. * * * CHUNGKING, Aug. 10-Resurgent Chinese armies laid siege to the great inland river port of Tsangwu (Wu- chow) and sent three column's rarch- ing on the former U. S. airbase at Lingling, the Chinese High Command announced tonight as this capital wildly celebrated Tokyo's peace bid. 'Ultimatum,' French Film, Ends Tonight The last showing of the French film, "Ultimatum," brought to the campus by the Summer Session Of- fice, will be held at 8:30 p. m. EWT today in the Rackham Auditorium, The admission is free The formal proposition came through the Swiss government in Bern and American Minister Leland Harrison there. Its ar- rival time was announced as 6:45 p. m. EWT. Staggered by bombings, surrounded by the mightiest array of armed might ever assembled, Japan announced by radio she would yield-if she could keep her Emperor and his powers. But with that condition attached, Britain, China, Russia ard the United States showed no immediate, open inclination toward acceptance. The White House said in mid-afternoon: "Our government through the regular diplomatic channels is in com- munication with Great Britain, Soviet Russia and China regarding the Japanese surrender offer." That, said Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross, "Is all that can be said at this time." And he added, there would be no further statements today or tonight. Offer In Official Channels The first disclosure that the once disdainful enemy of the Pacific was ready to call it quits was in an early morning Tokyo broadcast by the official Japanese news agency Domei. The neutral capitals of Stockholm and Bern indicated the offer had gone into official channels. And Ross did not deny that the proposition had been made official. His announcement of Allied consultation followed an hour's cabinet meeting at the White House-the first for several of its members. Secretary of State Byrnes reported that: "We have an agreement by which the President will give out any news." 'Peace at Any Price' Some authorities reasoned that if the other Allies wanted to let the man the Japanese regard as a God as well as an Emperor stay on the throne, this country would not stand in the way of peace at that price. The Allies, themselves, however, have decreed that surrender must be "unconditional" and that they will n When a "cease firing" order r remaining highly uncertain. Yet v Local Men Held For Gambling Examination of the first of four Ann Arbor men, Hal Lee, indicted for "maintaining a gaming room" al- legedly at 118 E. Huron St., started yesterday with Washtenaw County Prosecutor John W. Rae introducing a surprise state's witness not until now linked with the grand jury in- vestigation. He is Clyde Fleming, county treas- urer, who admitted "participating in a game of' chance" with Lee at the United Cigar Store on Huron. Fleming said that he had "won about $115 in a dice game held on the second floor of the building. ot deviate from those terms. might silence the guns of war thus victory celebrations were under way -around the world. This was the early sequence of events on a day that appeared to mark at least the beginning of the end of arrogant Japanese belligerency Sequence of Events 1. The official Japanese news agen- cy Domei broadcast this morning that Japan would quit if Emperor Hirohito could retain his prerogatives. 2. The White House lacked any of- ficial word and indicated the bombing and blasting continued. But Presi- dent Truman conferred hurriedly with his secretaries of state, war and navy, and called an afternoon cabinet meeting. 3. Moscow radio announced the Japanese Foreign Minister had in- formed the Soviet ambassador. in Tokyo that Japan would submit to a surrender ultimatum issued in Pots- dam July 26 by Britain, China and the United States-and subsequently ac- cepted by Russia-if Hirohito were left on his ancient throne. 4. An official British statement said the government was in consulta- tion with the United States, Russia and China on the broadcast in which Japan virtually acknowledged she was whipped. 5. Neutral Sweden and Switzer- land, designated by Japan as inter- mediaries, were reported to have re- ceived formal documents to relay to CAMPUS EVENTS Today The Summer Session Of- fice presents "Ultimat- um," French film at 8:30 p. m. EWT in Rackham Auditorium. Admission is free. Today The Repertory Players will present "Over 21" at a 2:30 p. m. EWT matinee and an 8:30 p. m. EWT evening performance at Lydia Mendelssohh Thea- tre. Aug. 12 The International Center will present a program honoring the Far Eastern GAS RATIONING TO END SOON: Leaders Plan Reconversion As Jan Surrender Nears WASHINGTON, Aug. 10-W)- Government officials forecast to- day that gasoline rationing will anrA wihin a few mawre aftnr Tanan Board Chairman J. A. Krug and approved WPB's emergency pro- gram for an "orderly and simple" removalo f n many indnstria1 onn- The end of the war soon will mean, a WPB official said, that output of consumer goods, espe- ciallv smn11 nriuts suh as hnme in two or three weeks, but that prospects were slim for any im- mediate termination of the pro- arnm