Evening star. [volume], August 08, 1945, Page A-5, Image 5

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Truman Will Make
Report on Potsdam
Tomorrow Night
(Continued From First Page.)
wrought by the first bomb dropped
on Japan, where 60 per cent of a
city the size of Memphis was wiped
out. promises an early victory. *
How soon the Chief Executive
once more would seek to impress
this viewpoint on the enemy was
conjectural, but one able military
authority said that "inevitably”
Japan will be told—quickly—that
she must either quit or face the
onslaught of the most terrible
weapon ever devised.
Another declared that the Jap
anese may be expected to make up
their minds within six weeks wheth
er to get out of the war or see their
home islands devastated from the
air.
As an alternative, the President
might seek to underscore the force
Df the prospective warning, by broad
casting an ultimatum directly to
the Japanese people as was done
at Potsdam where he was joined
by Prime Minister Attlee and Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek in spell
ing out the terms of unconditional
surrender to the Japs.
Propaganda Value Stressed.
There was still the possibility,
however, that for the moment, the
Allies of the Pacific would be con
tent to capitalize on the tremendous
propaganda value of the first atomic
bomb strike on the army city of
Hiroshima, and on the threat of re
peat performances. This would give
the Japanese a chance to change I
its mind about accepting the Pots
dam ultimatum, which was quickly
rejected by the enemy.
125-Hour Trip.
President Truman disembarked at
Newport News at 4:54 p.m. yester
day, after a 125-hour trip from
Plymouth, where he was sped on
his way by King George. The Au
gusta averaged 26 Vi knots on the
crossing.
The presidential party immediate
ly boarded a special train and ar
rived in Washington at 10:50 last
night. The Chief Executive found
members of his cabinet awaiting
him at the White House, and spent
45 minutes with them.
Copy of Protocol.
He brought back with him the
official copy of the protocol signed
with Britain and Russia to keep
the peace of Europe. He also car
ried with him agreements with
Britain for the final blow against
Japan.
He was gone from this country
32 days.
War Mobilization Director John
W. Snyder rode with Mr. Truman
and his party from Newport News,
and the two conferred on the
mounting problems of reconversion.
In Mr. Truman's party were Sec
retary of State Byrnes, Admiral Wil
liam D. Leahy, his personal chief of
staff; Brig. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan,
military aide; Capt. J. K. Varda
man, naval aide; Judge Samuel I.j
Rosenman, presidential counsel, and
a small staff of State Department
experts.
On the final afternoon at sea the
party attended a “smoker” on the
well deck of the Augusta.
The program came to an unex
pected end when the ring posts col
lopsed during a boxing match, and
a spectator. Boatswain’s Mate H.
W. Beemans of Provo, Utah, was
slightly Injured by a falling post.
He was rewarded by a sick-bay.
visit from the President and Secre
tary Byrnes who wanted to be sure
he was not seriously hurt.
The OWI was busy at propaganda,
filling the air with information on
how the atomic bomb rivals with
reality the fantasy of some of
Japan’s favorite comic strips.
The attack on Hiroshima appeared
calculated to impress Japan's civil
ians as much as the military.
Revolution Is Possible.
Military leaders here are hopeful
that the frightful destruction work
ed by the bomb may foment revolu
tion bred of terror—but they are not
counting on this.
The master plan of the Allies still
calls for invasion of the homeland
of the Japs.
One of the effects of the new
explosive that has been carefully
calculated for its psychological ef
fect on the Japanese people is that
its burst can be seen and felt far
beyond the range of its destruction
The brilliance of the flash carries
more than 100 miles, and the earth
shock can be flelt far beyond that.
Thus while thousands of people
may be killed by the force of the
explosion, millions in crowded
Japan will know every time one of
the bombs goes off.
Conflicting views developed in
Washington on how atomic bomb
ing would affect administration
plans for postwar universal mili
tary training.
Some authorities thought a well
trained, disciplined reserve should
be in readiness in the event super
weapons ever should be turned
against this country.
Evidently only the future, and
years of additional experimentation
and development, will determine
what the use of atomic forces can
mean to business and trade and
w'hether they can replace such pres
ent sources of power as coal, oil and
falling water.
Attack Suspect Sought
By Prince Georges
State's Attorney A. Gwynn Bowie
of Prince Georges County has re
quested the extradition of Jack L.
Barnes, 24. colored. Norfolk, Va,,
now held by District authorities
without bond in connection with the
criminal assault of a 53-year-old
woman Saturday on a Norfolk to
Washington steamer.
The woman, who lives in Newport
News, told police her assailant
entered her stateroom through a
window and attacked her after
threatening to kill her if she made
nny outcry.
A hearing on the extradition re
quest is scheduled for September 6
in Municipal Court here.
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA.—PRESIDENT’S RETURN—President Truman comes down the gangplank
of the cruiser Augusta, which returned him yesterday from the Potsdam Conference. Behind
the President is Secretary of State Byrnes (left) and Capt. James K. Vardaman, naval aide to
the President. Admiral William Leahy, Naval Chief of Staff, follows. Others in background uni
dentified. —AP Photo.
'We Can't Seem to Let Him Go,'
Pyle's 'Aunt Mary'■ Tells Boyle
<Across Africa and Europe
with the American Armies, Ernie
Pyle and Hal Boyle reported to
American newspaper readers,
each in his own way, what hap
pened inside the boys at war.
They were the two most widely
1 circulated war columnists. When
j Ernie won the Pulitzer prize,
| Boyle was truly elated. When
I Hal won it himself he at first
! refused to believe it. Boyle,
notv on his way to the Pacific,
recently stopped by to see Ernie's
family. This is his account of
that visit.)
By HAL BOYLE,
Associated Press War Correspondent.
DANA, Ind.—The roots grow deep
'in the Middle West—deep enough
j to anchor even the vagabond soul
j of Ernie Pyle.
You can feel Ernie's presence even
jnow in the white frame six-room
, farmhouse southeast of here where
i the war correspondent spent his boy
hood. He always regarded it is his
true home.
The keepers of his spirit still live
there—his “Aunt Mary,” Mrs. Mary
Bales, and his dad, Will C. Pyle.
Aunt Mary is a vigorous blue-eyed
woman of 79 who still drives her car
to town at a 40-mile-an-hour clip to
do her shopping. Ernie’s dad is 77.
He uses a cane and complains mildly
that his eyes “aren’t what they used
to be.” He is small and has the
puckish humor of his famous son.
Aunt Mary has Ernie's great gift of
humanitv.
Neighbors Till Farm.
The 77-acre Pyle farm Is now tilled
by the neighboring Howard Goforth
family, friends of long standing
about whom Ernie often wrote.
"Will hasn't been able to do heavy
work now for 10 years, but he helps
out at sowing time,” Aunt Mary
told me
"We kept a cow until two years
ago. Then it got to be too much
for us in wintertime. We still have
some chickens. The last time Ernest
was home I told him that Will and
I were thinking of giving up the
place and moving into town, and
he just looked at me in that quiet
way of his and said, ‘If you do, I
will never come back again.’ ”
“I guess we will stay on now and
keep things just as he liked them.”
Still Have His Books.
Untouched except for her daily
dusting is the simple first-floor room
which once was Ernie’s. The plain
wood-framed mirror before which he
tied his necktie before going off to
Indiana University still hangs there,
never again to reflect the shy boyish
Hocsier grin. The plain old-fash
ioned double bed is there, a reading
lamp fixed to the headboard.
“Ernest put it there himself,” said
Aunt Mary. "We still have all his old
schoolbooks, too, but they are up
stairs put away.”
Aunt Mary keeps as busy as ever.
She still has many talks over the
party line telephone—Ernie once
said people in Dana didn’t mind
party line phones because they had
nothing to hide anyway—and she
goes to monthly meetings of the
Merry Housewives’ Club.
"We don’t gossip or play cards
at our club,” she smiled. "At least
we don’t think we gossip.”
Husband Dead 18 Years.
Aunt Mary has been widowed 18
years. She has worked hard all her
days and nursed her sister—Ernie's
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mother—for four years before Mrs.
Pyle's death.
Holding her work-gnarled hands
before her, she said half shyly, half
humorously:
“They aren’t the hands of a lady.”
She and Will went to Indianapolis
as guests of honor at the world pre
miere of her nephew's motion pic
I ture. “The Story of G. I. Joe,” pro
ceeds of which went to a Pyle jour
; nalistic memorial scholarship fund
j at Indiana University.
Before signing the movie contract
! Ernie had grinned and told Producer
| Lester Cowan he would do so only
j with the proviso that his Dad and
j Aunt Mary got “free passes” to the
: first performance.
When the lights came up. Aunt
Mary was weeping. The portrayal of
Ernie on the screen had shaken
her.
Just Can’t Let Him Go
“Oh Ernest,” she said. Then she
stretched out her trembling hand
to help Ernie’s dad from his seat,
and she said:
“We just can't seem to let him go."
Aunt Mary’s remaining life now
is wrapped in memories of Ernie.
“He was always so good to his
folks,” she said. “We still get letters
from people all over the world who
knew him. Right after we lost him
on the little Pacific island—I never
can rightly remember its name—we
got 22 telegrams and more than 500
letters.
“They were such lovely letters—
fine letters, worded so nice. Will
and I read every one of them. They
still keep coming.”
Never Ate Much.
Aunt Mary’s blue eyes shimmer
unsteadily whenever she begins
talking about her nephew.
"He was always so frail.” she
said. "I don’t see how he ever stood
up under all that cold and mud
and slush. And all that noise!”
She lifted her hands—as if to
shut that noise away from Ernie.
"He never ate much or vanted
knick-knacks, but he ate more than
common that last night he came
back.
“As a boy he was quiet and never
rowdy. He read lots of books. He
never used to take part in games
at Bono Township school. He’d
rather referee them.
Crazy About Race Cara.
"He was crazy about race cars
and used to cut out all their pic
tures. He hated farm work, but he
did his own work well. He liked
to drive the tractor. He wanted to
be an auto mechanic then.
"Somehow he never could learn
to milk a cow right. It always
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into the bucket.”
Neither Aunt Mary nor Will Pyle
want Ernie brought back home—at
least not until after the war.
“It wouldn’t be fair to the oth
ers,” said Aunt Mary. "He fought
for those boys and he’s laid where
he wants to be. There’s nothing
to be brought back—that’s the way
his father and me feel. «
“We couldn’t see him. It really
wouldn’t be him.”
Ernie’s father tapped his cane as
he pulled himself to his feet.
"No,” he said, shaking his head
slowly, “we don't want to go through
all that trouble and sorrow again.”
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