MAYOR ISSUES proclamation Citizen* of Shelby are asked t< fMwnhh at the courthouse wlthlx one hour after the official sur render of Germany in a proclama tion issued this morning by Mayo) Harry Woodson. At this meeting ? special prayer service will be held Mayor Woodson also called on beei and wine dealers to refrain from the sale of either of these bever ages. If the surrender proclamation oomes at night, the meeting at the courthouse will be held at 10 o’ clock the following morning. The full proclamation follows: "Whereas, all evidence and in formation point to the rapid ap proach of V-E Day, at which time all hostilities will cease in the Eu ropean Theatre of War; and "Whereas, on that day a great many of our people will feel in clined to celebrate and to let go of their pent up emotions in va rious and sundry manner, some of which will undoubtedly prove to be not only untimely, but disgusting, irreverent and unpatriotic; and “Whereas, it is the earnest de sire of most of our good people to observe this day in a prayerfully thanksgiving manner; "Now, therefore, I, Harry S. Woodson, Mayor of the City of Shelby, do proclaim V-E Day as a day to be observed in a respect fully quiet and prayerful way and I, therefore, call on all places of business selling wine and beer to show their reverence and patriot ism on this day by* refraining from the sale of either of these bever ages. I call also on all the minis ters in the city of Shelby, and all the citizens who care to attend, to assemble at the court house within one hour after the official announcement of the surrender of Germany, there to hold a meeting and offer prayer to Almighty God for the merciful cessation of the European phase of this bloody con flict. "Done at the city hall of the City of Shelby, this the third day of May in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred forty-five.” Three New Members On Hospitals Board RALEIGH, May 4. —<*>)— Three new members have been appointed by Governor Cherry to the advisory committee of the State hospitals board of control. They are: Dr. Os car L. Miller of Charlotte, Dr. C. C. Orr of Asheville and Dr. J. B. Robinson of Wilmington. BIGFOUR Starts On Page One said afterward there may be a greement this weekend. This Is one of the big gaps left in the plan worked out at Dum barton Oaks last fall. Chief Am erican Interest focused on finding a way to allow this country to re tain control of military bases built or to be developed on Pacific is lands won from Japan with Am erican lives. Paralleling the nine American objectives announced by Stassen yesterday for changes In the Dum barton Oaks plan, the British were reported to have these six objec tives In mind for amendments: 1. A preamble to the Dumbar ton Oaks charter to set forth the high moral purposes and endorse ments of human rights to which the world organization would be committed. (For this the British favor a statement proposed by Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa.) 2. A provision to make certain that the organization has enough flexibility to handle any trouble some International situations which arise. (The United States propo sal to give it specific power to review treaties probably will serve the British purpose.) 3. A provision to allow scope for regional action to maintain peace without impairing the pres tige of the security council or weakening the Dumbarton Oaks principle that the security of all nations can best be maintained on a world-wide rather than a re gional basis. 4. Elevation of the social and economic council to have equal Im portance with the security coun cil. Under the Dumbarton Oaks plan, the economic council Is sub ordinate to the general assembly of nations: the security council outranks the assembly. 5. A provision allowing a world organization, once it is set up, to work out some rule whereby the so-called middle powers—like Aus tralia, Canada and Brazil—would be assured of places on the se curity council in recognition of their military prestige. 6. A system of trusteeships for dependent territories which are considered international responsi bilities. Lay Heavier Rails On Seaboard Track, Shelby To Bostic Repair crews on the Beaboar 1 Airline Railway have complete laying heavier rails between Bos t and Shelby. The old rail weigh ing 75 pounds per foot has bee: taken up and replaced with nec 100-pound rail. This completes the heavier rai laying on this branch of the Sea board from Bostic east througl Charlotte. From Shelby east to heavier rail was laid some year ago and is being done in order t provide for the use of heavier en r 'nes and perhaps eliminate th necessity of using lighter double header engines, carrying coal ship ments east which are picked u] from the Clinchfield at toe Boeti< yards. New Employment Offices Planned WASHINGTON, May 4. —}— The annual state council meeting of the sons and daughters of liberty, held in June, has been cancelled in com pliance with ODT regulations, Stats Councilor Tom Whitfield announc ed yesterday. The organization’s board of di rectors has approved a motion that all officers and committees serve for another term. CHANCELLERY ' Starts On Page One flame it is impossible to see much.” Hermann Goering’s air min istry likewise was ablaze. The dispatch said “It is impossible to get into it, bnt the gigantic shelter is intact.” Flames still licked at other build ings, and in the Tiergarten trees crackled and swayed in the heat blasts. Izvestia’s correspondent said: "I have been asking the question ‘Where is Hitler?’ of German pris oners. They all ansyer ‘Hitler and Goebbels committed suicide’.” Looting was rampant. There was no way of telling what the population of Berlin was at the moment, but unofficial esti mates put it at not much under 5, 000,000 for the metropolitan area. The Red army set up army ba keries for the people and put thous ands of prisoners to work clearing the streets. AFTER SURRENDER Red Star Correspondents Lt. Cols. Leonid Vysokostrovsky and Pavel Troyanovsky gave graphic pictures of Berlin after the surrender. "Ruins, craters, smashed streets, street cars on their sides, fresh graves, German bodies still not buried, white flags, throngs of gloomy, starving inhabitants. Such is Berlin today” they wrote. The Wilhelmstrasse, the street which was lined by government buildings, was piled high with sur rendered German arms and down it were moving columns of Ger man prisoners. vur i/itii » tt aw v* i iuv/ vu Unter Den Linden,” they add ed. "Nine rows of fallen tree* were placed across it at one place with sandbags stacked be hind them. Through this we saw Red flags flying from the Soviet and French embassies.” Dispatches said the Reichstag still was smoking, with the roofs of the halls caved in but the skeleton of the Cupola still is stand ing and atop it the Red banner. ‘‘I saw an old German digging in ruins,” said one of the Izvestia correspondents, "and asked what he was looking for. 'My family,’ he replied. Fairly soon 10 persons came crawling from the ruins.” WORK NIGHT, DAY The Russian reporters said reg istration of Nazis had commenced in Berlin and Russian experts were working night and day to get gas, water, light and communication services working. Soviet specialists were being landed at Templehof airdrome to push repairs. Correspondents entering the un derground headquarters of the German general staff said they found evidence that the officers left but one telegrapher to answer calls when they fled. At the machines where he work ed they found the ribbons bearing his last messages which told in a vnique manner the story of the last hours of the capital. Some of them were: ‘T have an urgent message for Oslo.” "Very sorry, we are not transmit ting any more. You see in a few hours we shall be closing down.” "Is there nobody in Berlin who could be sent with a dispatch?” “No.” "ALL RATTLED" “My God, what is happening?” “We’ve fought ourselves to a standstill.” “Here’s an urgent message for Gen. Wiestel." “I told you we are not accepting anything else.” “I should like to kr\ow what your situation is.” “Fine as ever. If you could see me now. I am sitting here in full uniform with my greatcoat and tommygun. They have all rattled. I am the last. Spirits below zero, xxx There is a noose around my neck.” “Have you got contact with Prague?” “Idiot, of course not. I’m telling you I am the last. Ivan is here on my neck. I’m going to cut the wires. Lord, what we have c'-me to. It’s all over with Germany. Ivan is at the door. I’m cutting the wires.” A Furnished by J. Robert Lindsay and Company Webb Building Shelby, N. C. N. Y. COTTON AT 2:00 Today Prev. Day March . _21.94 May - . ...22.92 July .-22.73 October....22.13 December . _22.01 21.92 22.92 22.71 22.12 22.00 CHICAGO GRAIN WHEAT May .1-75% July . _1.65% September _ 1.60% 1.75% 1.65% 1.60% CORN May .1.15% July .1.12% September _ .1.11% 1.15 1.12% 1.11 Hyjj May.-.1.36% 1.36% July ...1.33% 1.33% September . _1.24% 1.24% STOCKS AT 2:00 Amn Rolling Mill _ .. 19 1-4 American Loco . -.... 34 1-2 American Tobacco B -- 74 3-8 American Tel and Tel _ __ 165 5-3 Anaconda Copper _ ... 33 7-8 Beth Steel . 80 Boeing Air _ .. 19 Chrysler. 113 Curtiss-Wright _ -;- 5 7-8 Elec Boat . 16 3-8 General Motors _ _ 70 Pepsi Cola _ _ 23 5-8 Greyhound Corp . - 26 7-8 International Paper - _ 26 Nash Kelv . 21 3-4 Glenn L Marti n. - 25 Newport Ind _ _ 24 1-8 N Y Central .. 26 5-8 Penn R R. 38 7-8 Radio Corp ---- 12 Reynolds Tob B . - 34 Southern Railroad __ 45 7-8 Stand Oil N J . 64 3-4 Sperry Corp _ . 29 7-8 U S Rubber . 59 U S Steel . 68 3-8 Western Union _ __ 46 Youngstown S and T __ 49 7-8 STOCKS IRREGULAR NEW YORK, May ±-VP)—Mar ket customers still liked peace rated stocks today but many dis played a preference for the cash ing of profits and the result was considerable irregularity. Trends, fairly steady at the start, slipped here and there as the session proceeded. Bonds were uneven. Commodi ties improved. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, May 4.—(>P>—Salable hogs 4,000, total 9,000; active, fully steady; good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lb. up at 14.75 ceil ing; good and choice sows at 14.00; complete clearance. Salable cattle 1,500, total 1,500; salable calves 500, total 500; very moderate supply of steers and heif ers here, steady; steers selling at 13.50-16.50 and heifers at 13.00 15.00 mostly; best mixed offerings 16.50; cows steady with recent 5C to 75 cents decline; beef cows bulking at 9.75-13.00 and canners and cutters at 7.25-8.50; no reliable outlet for sausage bulls at 13.0C down; beef bulls steady; moderate ly active at 12.75-13.75; vealers steady at 16.00 down; weak mod erate supply stock cattle well clean ed up at 13.50 to 15.50. N. C. HOGS RALEIGH, May 4.—(JP)— (NCDA) —Hog markets steady with tops of 14.55 at Clinton and Rocky Mount and 14.85 at Richmond. N. C. EGGS, POULTRY RALEIGH, May 4.—(VP)— (NCDA) —Egg and poultry markets steady to very firm. Raleigh—U. S. grade A extra large 38; hens, all weights, 27 1-2. Washington—U. S. grade A large 41; broilers and fryers 34.3. ENEMY Starts On Pare One Swedish reports said that the British Second army—which cap tured 500,000 of the routed enemy in the last two days—had Invaded that kingdom. The Germans them selves proclaimed Kiel and Flens burg open cities and indicated their fall .was near. One unconfirmed report from the Swedish newspaper Aftontidningen said it was believed that Grand . Jmiral Karl Doenltz was ne gotiating with Field Marshal Mont gomery at Flensburg for surrender. What Germans survived that catastrophe in the north were at tempting a harried land and sea flight toward the uncertain refuge of Norway. The Seventh Army of Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch joined Lt. Gen. Lucian Truscott’s victorious Fifth army at Clpiteno in the Brenner pass ten miles south of the snow heaped Italian frontier. The Seventh army captured Inns bruck, capital of the Tyrol and fourth largest city of Austria. The Cactus (103rd; division received a tumultuous ovation there last night before rolling on south through the Brenner pass to Join the Fifth army in Italy. Half a million Germans had sur rendered in 48 hours to the British Second army and at least three at tached American divisions in the north. The Germans who had not surrendered north of fallen Hamburg were in chaotic flight by land and sea toward Nor way, where the shadowy Doenltz regime may make its last stand about the bases of the submar ines the admiral once com manded. Planes and tanks and artillery all turned the German flight into a debacle of burning ships and wrecked land transport. Diehard Nazis were driven into the sea. Virtually all of Germany was conquered. The last Nazi holdings were shrinking pockets, untenable and beyond hope of relief. Hal Franklin Leigh Dies, Was Long III Hal Franklin Leigh, :i, son of D. W. Leigh of Shelby, died Thurs day morning In the Baptist hospi tal in Winston-Salem, following an illness of over two years. His body was taken to the home of Walter Leigh, at 518 Dover St., and the funeral service is to be held this afternoon at 4:00 o’clock at the Patterson Springs Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. D. F. Putnam, pastor of the church. Interment will take place in the church cemetery. Surviving the youth are his fath er, D. W. Leigh of Shelby; one brother, Walter Leigh of Shelby; three sisters, Mrs. Brice Henson and Miss Edna Leigh of Shelby, and Mrs. Catherine Blanton of Kings Mountain. NAZIS — Starts On Page One drome to push repair* or the city s public utilities. Berlin’s buildings and the city’s comparative quiet was broken every few moments by exploding mines or delayed action shells. Prisoners were still being brought into Berlin from the outskirts of the city. Wooded areas yielded hundreds of unshaven, starved and exhaust ed Germans. Developments were expected at anytime from the Dresden direc tion and news was also expected from troops of the Third Ukrain ian army west of Vienna, where patrols had been reported within 10 miles of the American forces. VON KLEIST Starts On Page One the presence of common retreating German soldiers.” The 63-year-old marshal gave up to the 26th division's 328th in fantry when it reached Mitterfels, where he occupied a small dwell ing. Von Kleist, who said he had left the eastern front eight days ago before the advancing Russians, was the planner and the spear header of the invasion of Poland in 1939, and commanded the troops which pierced the Maginot line and permitted the Nazis to over run France in 1940. Europe’s greatest zinc deposit lies north and east of Beuthen, in up per Silesia. Mrs. Paul Heads Library Board; Librarian Named Mrs. Dan Paul has been elected new chairman of the Shelby pub lic library succeeding Mrs. S. S. Royster, who has served in that capacity for the past 16 years, it was announced this morning. The board at its re-organization meet ing also approved the selection of Miss Verona McRary of Greenville, S. C„ as new Shelby lityarian. Miss McRary will come here Oc tober 1 from Purcellville, Va., where she has been serving as li brarian. The library work is now being directed by Mrs. Grace Cum mings and Miss Virginia McMurry. Miss McRary is a graduate of the Library school of the University of North Carolina and comes to this city highly recommended by the state library commission. Members of the library board are Glee A. Bridges, of Kings Mountain, by virtue of his office as chairman of the board of coun ty commissioners; Harry S. Wood son, by virtue of his office, and Horace Grigg, superintendent of county schools, by virtue of his of fice; Miss Selma Webb, Mrs. B. T. Falls, Mrs. S. O. Andrews, Mrs. Paul Webb, Sr., Mrs. J. S. Dorton, Mrs. S. S. Royster, Mrs. J. H. Aus tell, Mrs. Dan Paul and Mrs. J. W. Harbison. HOPES Starts On Pace One enhower, on the other hand, has vigorously protested proposed re ductions in order to get increased shipments off to MacArthur. “Norway, Denmark and sections of Holland remain unllberated and ■ are occupied by strong and fana | tical forces of the enemy x x x. It is urgently necessary to start an increased flow of replacements to the Pacific ocean area over and above those required to replace battle losses. Many veteran soldiers have been through several hard | fought campaigns in that area un I der very trying climatic condt | tions. We should return these men ' for release from the army as quickly as possible. To accomplish this, a pool of replacements must be built up there.” i May’s committee began closed door discussions today with mill j tary leaders on demobilization and I postwar army plans. Dr. Wall Will Preach Sermon For Nurses’ Finals Baccalaureate sermon for class of graduating nurses of Shel by hospital will be preached Sun day morning at 11 o’clock at the First Baptist church by Dr. Zeno Wall, it was announced today. The graduating exercises will take place on the evening of May 12 at the Presbyterian church with the address to be delivered by President Phil Elliott, of Gardner Webb College. SINGLE Starts On Page One U) Rangoon, where he was told that all but a few Japanese strag glers had fled the city April 25. SAILED DOWN RIVER The airman then got Into a sampan and sailed down the Ran goon river to advise amphibious forces malting their way north ward after landing at the river mouth. Allied prisoners liberated by the combined operations forces said the Japanese began evacuating Rangoon three weeks ago by land and sea and only light opposition was expected. American pilots who flew over the city reported a large sign on one building saying "Japs gone." To the north, British 14th army forces closing in on Rangoon from south of Pegu were overcoming remaining enemy resistance. In the Irrawaddy sector the capture of Prome on the east bank of the great, muddy river has cut off large forces of Japanese to the west. Air activities were greatly re duced by bad weather, but heavy bombers attacked four Jetties and the railway siding at Moulmein while other planes dropped medi cal supplies to Allied prisoners of war in the Rangoon central jail. Henzada railway station on the city’s outskirts was bombed and strafed and rolling stock was de stroyed. f WANT ADS FOR SALE: ONE OUVER TRAC tor, harrow and tiller. Call 542 W. 2t 4c FOR SALE: BABY GOATS. FOR pets. Call 542-W. 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