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WEATHER North Carolina—Fair and a little warmer today, tonight and Sun day. Ehe Hhelby Baily thr CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - “Leave It To Blondie” ARTHUR LAKE PENNY SINGLETON VOL. XLIII-84 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—fie I Reds Inching Toward Heart Of Vienna, Now * Within 4 Miles Of Goal LONDON, April 7.—(A5)—Russian veterans of Stalin grad and Budapest, inching ahead against the hastily rein forced defenders of Vienna, battered their way today to within four miles of St. Stephan's church in the middle of me city. Moscow announced that the Germans not only were fighting for every factory and stone build ing but also had thrown in a num ber of counterattacks which were repelled by Russian shock troops In bitter fighting. Soviet forces captured four su burbs along the city line, cleared the south bank of the Danube river east of Vienna in a 10-mile advance and reached the Morava river barrier protecting the Aus trian capital's northeastern ap proaches on a 37-mile front. The big aircraft assembly and testing center of Schwe ehat and the suburban com munities of Olt-Kettenhof, Ro thneusiedl and Hannersdorf, all on or adjacent to Vienna's southern boundary, were tak en by Marshall Feodor I. Tol bukhin's Third Ukrainian ar my. Advancing swiftly from Bruck in the Bratislava gap, Marshal Rod ion Y. Malinovsky’s Second U kralnian army drove into the twin industrial towns of Flschamend Markt and Fischamend-Dorf, 12 and 13 miles southeast of the heart of Vienna A mass of armor from these two Soviet armies was converging on | the southeastern approaches to I Vienna, Moscow's communiques revealed. The Russians have forged a 98-mile siege arc around half-encircled Vienna and have reached or approached the south ern and southeastern limits of the city on a five-mile front. The Nazi-controlled Vienna ra dio transmitter was less than a mile ahead of the Russians. This radio station reported just before midnight last night that violent street fighting had broken out in the city proper and that Russian tommy gunners had penetrated the railroad defense line along the municipal boundary. The roar of artillery was heard in the back ground of the broadcast. IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA Along the 350-mile active front in southeastern Europe, the Rus sians captured 16,340 enemy troops. I In Czechoslovakia the Russians i swept to a point 38 miles south ; east of the big industrial city of Bruenn (Brnol. In Yugoslavia. Soviet cavalrymen slashed through See REDS Page 2 Fifth Army Troops Take Monte Folgorito Americans Compelled To Withdraw Slightly From Newly Won Positions Above Strettoia ROME, April 7.—(fP)—American Fifth Army troops,1 continuing their attack near the Ligurian coast in western Italy, have captured the dominating 3,000 foot Monte Fol gorito, and are driving forward against scattered resistance, Allied headquarters announced today. KEEP CHECK ON COAL SALES Consumers Must File Cer tificates With Dealers To Get Fuel There ere now available at Shelby rationing headquarters for coal dealers consumer declarations which must be filed by the con sumerfe with their coal dealers to purchase any solid fuel in accord ance with Regulation 26 of the Solid Fuels administration which became effective April 1. A separate consumer declaration must be filed for each house or building, according to this regula tion. If a consumer declaration is filed with the dealer before May 15, a dealer who regularly sup plied the same consumer last year, the consumer is entitled to get be fore October 1, at least 30 percent of the normal annual require ment, if the consumer is ready, willing and able to take delivery of any usable solid fuel on terms agreeable to the consumer and dealer. Information from the Solid Fuels administration is to the ef fect that there will not be nearly sufficient fuel to allow as much as ordinarily used. Generally a dealer is prohibited from deliver ing and a consumer is prohibited from receiving during the period from April 1, 1945, to March 31, 1946, more than 80 per cent of the consumer’s normal annual re quirements. Conservation is urged in every possible way. WHAT’S DOING SUNDAY lb:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.—U. S. O. center open to soldiers visiting in the city. MONDAY 7:30 p.m.—State guard drill at armory. 8:00 p.m.—Called meeting, of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. and A, M. at Masonic Temple for work in second degree. > monte ronorno is lour ana a hnlf miles from the sea coast and 19 1-2 miles southeast of La Epezia. North of Strettoia, halfway be tween Monte Folgorlto and the sea, the Americans are compelled to withdraw slightly from newly won positions. The enemy put up a heavy fire in that sector. A small German counterattack northwest of the town was repulsed. Two British destroyers, the Marne and Lookout, and swarms of American fighterbombers ef fectively supported the Fifth Army operations in the Monte Folgorlto area. The destroyers, lying off shore, pumped shells into the German artillery posi tions. The Allied communique reported that some enemy guns were silenced and others were compelled to move. On the eastern coastal sector British Eighth army troops, in what was described officially as a “local attack”, drove across the Reno river northwest of San Alberto and near the southwest corner of Lake Co macchio. They took 60 prisorfers. Eighth army headquarters dis See FIFTH ARMY Page 2 Central Methodist Having Dr. Smart For Weeks7 Services Dr. W. A. Smart, professor of Biblical theology at Emory Uni versity and one of the foremost figures of Methodist, will open Sunday a week of special services at Central Methodist church. Dr. Smart will preach at the 11 a.m. morning service and 5:30 vesper hour Sunday, while each day next week he will speak at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., concluding the engagement with services Sunday, April 15. A trio from the high school Glee Club will furnish special music at tomorrow’s vesper service. The trio includes Misses Iris Wilkie, Eliza beth Williams and Betty Jo Put nam. Rev. Paul Hardin, jr., pastor, in announcing the schedule of serv Jces issued an invitation to the public to hear the distinguished Methodist leader while he is in Shelby. BREAK OUT OF WESER RIVER BRIDGEHEAD Two Allied Armies Bear ing Down On Northern German Ports THIRD ARMY BATTLE PARIS, April 7.—(/P)—Am erican tanks struck to within 10 miles of Hannover today in a breakout from their Wes er bridgehead, and British armor fought less. than 12 miles from the great port of Bremen. Both allied advances bear ing down on the great north ern German cities still were going strong this afternoon. The U. S. Ninth Army lash ed out from Hamelin on the Weser river and careened eight miles toward Hannover (472,500). The British plunge carried 35 miles, flanking Bremen (342,000) and hitting to within 60 miles of Ham burg, Germany’s third city. The German high command de clared a fierce battle was raging in the U. S. Third army territory east of Muehlhausen and within 130 miles or less of Berlin. The German-reported battle Is near the Eisleben nrea, $$>ere ene my broadcasts^ yesterday announc ed airborne operations within 90 miles of the Reich capital. Third army correspondents said they were unable to confirm or deny See BREAK OUT Page * Heavy Bombers’ Task In Europe About Finished PARIS, April 7—(JP)—The day of sky - darkening fleets of heavy bombers 1s passing from the fast shrinking European battle theater and mass strategic bombing—the “notable experiment’’ which Prime Minister Churchill said was worth trying to knock out Germany—is coming to an end. First, the heavy bombers have just about done their part of the job; second, the targets they once reached 1,000 to 2,000 strong from England now have come within range of more economic.0.1 bomb ing and rocketfiring attack by fast, low-flying fighterbombers. What should be dorie with the mighty British and Afherican four engined fleets has already become a question. It can be assumed that for a time yet some heavy bombing wiil be continued, probably policing Germany’s shattered oil industry and plastering her ports. RUSSIAN SUPPORT Fighterbombers now are operat ing from captured fields so deep in to Germany they could give front line support to Russian armies. But so far, although the Russians sometimes have called up heavy bombers from the U. S. 15th Air Force in Italy, they have not ask ed for close-up fighterbomber sup port. Obviously a considerable force must be kept both as a threat and to fill spot needs until the final crushing of all German resistance. But even so it would be possible to fly much of the force to the eastern theater. BOMBER SHIFT If any heavy bombers are shift ed, they probably would be Amer ican Flying Fortresses' and Liber ators. Because the British planes were designed to fit specific conditions in this theater, many airmen doubt that they would be as, effective in the Pacific area. It is very likely that many of the big bombers will be converted for the purpose of getting badly need ed food, medical and other sup plies. The fleets could parachute thou sands of tons of food into hungry western Holland or could reach isolated liberated districts in mid dle Europe where direct access is impossible or where the needs of war are taking priority on normal transportation channels. ) BURNING YANK BOMBER ATTACKS A JAP SHIP—With one engine on fire, a B-25 bomber of the U. S Fifth Air Force makes its run on a Jap escort vessel caught off the South China coast. Two other U. S bombers (center and right) take part in the attack. New Phase Opens In Air War On Japan • _ Great B-29 Force, Supported By Land-Based Fighters, Attacks Tokyo, Nagoya ... GUAM, April 7.—(/P)—A new phase in the aerial war against the Japanese homeland opened today as the war’s greatest B-29 force attacked Tokyo and Nagoya protected for the first time by land-based fighter planes. iwu ui me r-Ji ivxudtcuig ugui ers from-newly captured Iwo Jima were lost as they shepherded the more than 300 Superforts deliver ing demolition bomDs on two large aircraft factories. The fighter pi lots were credited with shooting down 21 enemy interceptors, prob ably downing six others and dam aging 10. A flight of 1,500 miles was made by the Mustangs in the round trip from Iwo to Tokyo. The big bombers went in at me dium altitude in clear weather, in dicating visual bombing of their targets, the Nakajima-Musashino aircraft engine plant in western Tokyo and the Mitsubishi aircraft plant at Nagoya. 270 PLANES An Imperial Japanese commu nique said 270 planes were in the raiding force, 120 over Tokyo and 150 at Nagoya. No claim was made by the Japanese of any U. S. See NEW PHASE Page 2 More Gas. In Sight For ‘A’ Card Holders WASHINGTON, April 7—UP)— Basic “A” card gasoline rations will be increased 50 percent after V-E day if the “more optimistic’’ predictions of government offi cials materialize, the OPA said to day. Assuming the supply is increas ed by 200,000 barrels daily, “A” motorists can expect enough gaso line for about six miles of driving a day, instead of four miles as at present, the agency said. If added that part of any ad ditional supplies will go to “B” drivers. “These are the groups that need first consideration when addi tional gasoline supplies are avail able,” Price Administrator Chester Bowles said in a statement. JAPANESE FORM NEW CABINET SAN FRANCISCO, April 7—(/P) —Japan’s third war cabinet was formed today amid the roar of de molition bombs bursting in Tokyo from the greatest land-based air raid ever mounted against Japan. The Japanese Domei news a gency announced that Premier Adm. Baron Kantaro Suzuki ap pointed himself foreign minister and greater East Asia minister two of the most important posts in the cabinet. Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai, was re tained as navy minister although under his administration the im perial navy suffered two * disas trous defeats in Philippines wa ters and lost more than 100 ad mirals. WAR MINISTER Gen. Korechika Anami, recently appointed director general of army aviation headquarters, was ap pointed war minister. Both Yonai and Anami h'ad the blessing of the controlling military cliques of their respective services. Baron Suzuki’s retention of the key non-military posts recalled speculation that, with his old time reputation as a moderate, he may rave been selected to lead efforts to arrive at a negotiated peace. The cabinet positions he kept for himself are the ones that would be involved in any peace offen sive. Admiral Yonai was second man and originally co-premier in the cabinet of Premier Gen. Kuniaki which fell last week under in creasing demands for a strong war government. Philippines-Based Planes Blast Japs On Wide Front Apru i——ah op erations are stealing the show in the Philippines theatre This latest one-day record for planes was reported in Gen. Doug las MacArthur’s communique to-, day: Heavily attacked Hong Kong a third consecutive day, wrecking three merchant ships with direct hits and starting tremendous fires along the waterfront. Loosed 72 tons of fragmenta tion bombs on Toyohara airdrome, Formosa, firing many parked planes. cans or damaged mree sizable tankers and two small freighters in the Pescadores islands, west of Formosa. Sank 17 small Japanese cargo ships south of Hong Kong. FIRES STARTED Started large fires in Tarakan oil storage area of northern Bor neo. And, most sensational because of its very daring, troops of the 11th airborne division were ferried 20 miles in tiny, one-passenger See PHILIPPINES Page 2 MAJOR—J. Fiank Love. jr.. with the 8th Air Force in England, has recently been promoted from the rank of captain to his present rank. He entered service immedi ately following graduation from Citadel in 1943, trained at Ogden, Utah, and has been overseas a year and a half. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Flank Love of Shelby; his wife, the former Miss Mackie Keeter, is making her home with her parents in vMorganton. TROOPS HELP FIGHT FLOOD Half Million Acres In La. Inundated; 5,000 Families Out NEW ORLEANS, April 7. ^(/Pi Troops were thrown today into the flood battle in Louisiana where a half million acres have been inun dated and more than 5,000 families driven from their homes. Camp Livingston troops were sent to help hold the Cane River levee, where engineers said a criti cal situation existed. A thousand German prisoners of war are being used to sandbag Red River levees. Relief agency officials expected the refugee list to increase daily since the flood crests are several i days away. The Red Cross said it was prepared to care for 150,000 refugees. To rescue marooned -nd trapped families army assault boats, naval amphibious planes, coast guard cutters and helicopters are being used. A big plane from Barksdale Field dropped rafts to persons stranded on rooftops at Fast Point. The Red Cross estimated more See TROOPS Page 2 Peach Orchards Escape Frost Damage RALEIGH, April 7.—(JP)—North Carolina’s vast peach orchards oi the sandhills region apparently es caped frost damage, according tc the state department of agriculture ; which said that a lusty wind which | swept through the sect’^n appar ! ently prevented damage...' Enemy Battleship, 5 Other Vessels Sunk In Battle WASHINGTON, April 7.—(/P)—A “good 25 percent of the remaining Japanese major combat force” was lost or put out of action in the naval-air engagement announced by Fleet Admiral Nimitz, an official naval spokesman said today. The new losses, he said, leave the Japanese with “a task force that can be handled very easily by any of our major task forces.” In the engagement fought some 50 miles off the south west coast of the Japanese home island of Kyushu, the enemy lost one of its newest and most powerful battleships, two cruisers and three destroyers. Three other destroyers were reported left burning and three escaped. Emergence of the Japanese force, the naval spokesman said, was presumably an offensive action since it was made up entirely of fast ships. The possibility remained, how ever, that it was merely an effort to escape to more tenable waters. “Obviously” he said, “the Japanese fleet did not like its position in the island sea which was becoming more and more untenable. Damage inflicted by our raiding air forces and observation from the air was very discouraging to them.” ‘ABUNDANCE'IN VICTORY URGED Roosevelt Expresses Views In Letter To 0. Max Gardner WASHINGTON. April 7. —— President Roosevelt declared today that victory must have in the United States both the "rich mean ing of full employment" and as sistance to other nations in their reconstruction. The chief executive expressed this view in a letter to O. Max Gardner, chairman of the ad visory board of the Office of War Mobilization and Recon version. Gardner had transmit ted to the president a five point board statement of faith in the future of America. “Victory, without the use for abundance of the powers we have developed in production for war, would be, indeed a hollow victory,” Mr. Roosevelt said. "We must plan security and I abundance together. Such a strong er American economy will be essen : tial to carry out the responsibilities j that lie' in plans made at Bretton Woods, Hot Springs and Dumbarton See ABUNDANCE Page 2 FROST DOES SOME DAMAGE ; Extensive frost last night did more damage to the early vegetable gardens than to local orchards in the opinion of County Farm Agent Jphn S. Wilkins, who made a quick survey this morning. The mercury dropped to 29 degrees. The peach and apple crops had progressed to the point where they were not hurt by the cold. How ever fig bushes were reported to be heavily damaged. Where snap beans and Irish po tatoes were peeping through the ground, leaves were badly nipped. Mr. Wilkins said that it is too early to say whether the grain ! crop which was "booting out" in i some instances suffered from the I cold. Next week will tell that, he said. W. H. Humphries, who lives i:i ! the Beaver Dam community, used fires in saving his three acres of peaches from 28-degree weather which threatened to destroy the crop for tlie third successive year. S. C. Hamrick, who has exten sive plant beds west of the city, used 1500 100-watt electric bulbs hr each bed to keep warmth, but even with that lost some of his tender, i young stock. J. Elliott, who has large ap ple orchards in the Sharon com munity. did not resort to fires and this morning said he did not think his young fruit suffered any exten sive damage. there was a possibility the enemy was seeking to retire to more re mote positions north of the home islands. American naval forces, he add ed, have been able to keep close watch of Japanese fleet move ments for some time. Asserting the island seas was ‘‘getting hotter and hotter for them,” he said: "They must have known they were going to lose them eventual ly anyway and the fact that It was a very fast force indicated they hoped they could get in a fast hit and-run raid and get away.” The battleship Yamato, which was sunk, was on* of the most powerful in the world, roughly equivalent to the American 45,000-ton Iowa, both in age and characteris tics. Three United States destroyers were sunk, several others and some smaller craft damaged. Seven planes lost. -— Japanese fleet losses in addition to the battleship were on Agano class light cruiser, one other light er cruiser, and three destroyers. JAPS ATTACKED The battle opened Friday after noon when heavy forces of Japan ese planes attacked United States ships and shore installations in the vicinity of Okinawa. Three de stroyers were sunk and several da maged. One hundred and sixteen of the attacking planes were shot down. No larger fleet units were hit. Early today navy search air craft sighted an enemy surface force at a point about 50 miles southwest of Kyushu, southern See ENEMY Page * LAY PLANS FOR 7TH WAR LOAN Preparations are being pressed for Cleveland’s Seventh War Loan, county finance Chairman George Blanton, sr„ announced today. Cleveland's quota for the Sev enth War Loan has not been fixed, but will likely be allocated within the next few days. How ever, E bond purchases made in April will count against the quo ta. The E bond pnase of the drive opens Monday, this phase includ ing also the sale of the likewise non-negotiable F and G discount bonds. As in previous war loans, the sale of E bonds for the small investor, designed for the two-fold purpose of combatting inflation and financing the war effort, will be heaviily emphasized. On May 14 the Seventh War Loan will be stepped up to full scale operations with the inclus ion in the war securities offered of the negotiable Treasury 2 i-2's and other negotiable war bonds, Mr. Blanton said. Meanwhile, present emphasis is on payroll deduction participation in the War Loan, with payroll pur chases dating from April l count ing against War Loan quotas. i
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