BK EVENTS IN
COURSE OF WAR
Chronology From Bogin
ning, Sept. 1, 1939,
To V-E Day
By the Associated Press
The European wu ended today
after 2,07« days. Principal dates in
the conflict Included:
Sept. 1, 1939—Germans Invade
Poland.
Sept. 9—Britain and France de
clare war.
April 9, 1940—Germans Invade
Norway, Denmark.
May 10—Hitler invades low
countries.
May 31—British rescued from
Dunkerque.
June 10—Italy declares war on
Ptance.
June 22—Petain government signs
armistice with Germany.
August 8—Luftwaffe begins air
“blits" on England.
June 22, 1941—Germans invade
Russia.
Dec. 7—Japanese attack Pearl
Harbor.
Deo. 11—Germany, Italy, declare
war on United States.
Nov. 2, 1942—British shatter
German line at El Alameln in
Egypt.
Nov. 8—Allied armies under Ei
senhower landed in North Africa.
Feb. 2, 1943—Russians win at
E .lingrad, In war turning-point.
May 13—Tunisian campaign ends.
July 10—Allies invade Sicily.
Sept. 3—Italy surrenders uncon
ditionally. Invasion begins.
June 6, 1944—Allies land in Nor
mandy.
Aug. 15—Allied armies invade
Southern France.
Aug. 25—Paris liberated.
Sept. 12—U. S. First army crosses
German border.
Dec. 18—Germans launch great
counter-offensive.
March 7, 1945—Rhine crossed at
Remagen.
March 24 — British - American
forces drive over Rhine.
April 25—U. S.-Soviet troops link
at Torgau.
May 1—Nazis announced Hitler’s
death.
May 2—Berlin falls.
May 7—Germany capitulates un
conditionally, after surrenders in
Northern Italy, part of Austria,
Denmark, Holland, and Northwest
Germany.
CHILD KILLED
BY DAD’S CAR
Douglcs Dockery Is Run
Down As Father Backs
Car From House
Douglas Dockery, age three
vea-s, was burled Sunday in Oas
tcria having died here In the lo
cal hosnltal from Injuries receiv
ed when his father, Wayne Dock
ery, backed his car from his home
on the Cleveland Springs road,
opposite GiUiatt's Florist, around
4:00 o’clock Friday afternoon.
The father, Wayne Dockery,
drives a taxi for Clarence Free
man and was backing his taxi
from the yard when the child was
crushed. It evidently was swing
ing on the back of the car. The
frantic father picked up the child
and rushed it to the hospital where
it died Friday evening at 9:15.
Bruises about the head and chest
resulted in its death. It lived
only a few hours.
The body was taken to Gastonia
where the funeral was held Sun
day. Surviving are the child’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Dockery and three brothers, all
smalL
ARMY
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the time while theirs (Japan) is
weakening.
"Japan must see the inevitabil
ity of defeat.”
The Allies in the Pacific prob
ably will not need as many troops
as were thrown against Germany,
Richardson said, and those com
ing over from Europe won’t require
any special indoctrination for
fighting the Japanese.
“Japan is like Europe," General
Richardson observed, “in that it
is civilized and not full of jungles.
It has roads, telephones and cities
Just as Europe has.”
Old Fort Boy
Gets Bronze Star
20TH BOMBER COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, India, May 7.— '
OP)—Members of the 20th bomber ,
command’s “Hellbird” group award
ed the Bronze Star medal for “mer- ;
ltorious service in connection with
military operations against an ene- '
my of the United States," included: 1
M/Sgt. Locke Grant, crew chief, 1
Old Port, N. C. I
PVT. HORACE L. BELL
ONE MISSING,
TWO WOUNDED
S. Sgt. Donald H. McGin
nis Missing; Reder And
Bell Wounded
In casualty reports received to
day one Cleveland county boy is
reported missing in action, and
two are listed as wounded. Staff
Sgt. Donald H. McGinnis of Kings
Mountain is missing and the
wounded are Sgt. Harold A. Reder
of Shelby, and Pvt. Horace L. Bell
of Kings Mountain.
Staff Sgt. Donald H. McGinnis,
son of William H. McGinnis of 301
Parker street, of the Army Air
force is reported missing in ac
tion over Czechoslovakia since
April 19, according to a telegram
received from the War depart
ment by his father.
Sgt. Harold A. Reder, husband
of the former Miss Margaret
Blanton, who is making her home
at 609 Hilcrest while he is in ser
vice, has been reported slightly
wounded in the right arm while
fighting in Italy with the infantry
of the Fifth army, accordinlg to a
telegram received from the Am
erican Red Cross that was dictat
ed by him.
Sgt. Feeder entered tne army in
May, 1941, and after completing
his training in the United States
sailed for an overseas station in
June, 1944. He has been awarded
the Bronze Star medal and the
Good Conduct medal while serv
ing in Italy. His mother, Mrs.
Sylvania Reder, resides at Schuly
kill Haven, Pennsylvania.
Pvt. Horace L. Bell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Bell of the Oak
Grove community, has been re
ported slightly wounded while
fighting In Germany on April 14.
Pvt. Bell was wounded once be
fore in Belgium on December 25.
Pvt. Bell entered the army in
April, 1944, and sailed for over
seas in September, 1944. His wife,
the former Miss Rocy Lee Patter
son, and their two children, Nan
cy and Carolyn, are making their
home on route 3, Kings Mountain,
while he is in service.
It’s All Over But
Not ‘Official’
LONDON, May 7—UP)—E. P.
Stackpole, Press association corres
pondent in the Parliament lobbies,
wrote today that “although the
war i6 over, I understand there
will be no official announcement
of this until tomorrow afternoon."
The Exchange Telegraph com
pany's political correspondent
wrote:
“The war in Europe is over.
“The official announcement of
that fact has been delayed and
will not be made, it is under
stood, until tomorrow afternoon.”
MANY SHELBIANS
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citizens rejoiced with the world to
day at the close of the European
war. The joyful news spread over
the city like wildfire soon after the
radios began telling the story this
morning.
It was a prayerful group
which met at the Cleveland
county courthouse this morn
ing at 11 o’clock to Join with
all the ministers of the city,
white and negro, in prayers of
thanksgiving for victory.
Never has the old courthouse
bell in Cleveland rung under more
happy circumstances as it pealed
out the call to the assembly. Crowds
began to collect on the streets.
The fire siren whirred out the
news at 10 o'clock on the dot.
This was followed by the honking
of automobile horns, extra edition
of the Shelby Daily Star and a
deluge of telephone calls to the
Star Office.
THE RECORD SHOP
NEWEST
^ELECTIONS
JUST
RECEIVED.
“Soldier's Last Lette”, Elton Britt
“V-Day Stomp’’, The Four Clefs
“Blue Bird of Happiness”, Felix Knight
“I’ll Always Be With You”, Perry Como
PHONE 786 - SHELBY, N. C.
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NOTH) CAPTIVES
ARE LIBERATED
Daladisr, Reynaud, Gen.
Bop, John G. Winont, Jr.,
Others Are Freed
PARIS, May 7. —(IP)— Two form
er French premiers, Edouard Dala
dier and Paul Reynard, were en
route to Paris today with a group
of other notables after liberation
from a Nazi prison by U. S. Seventh
Army forces sweeping through Au
stria.
Reynard was quoted in a dispatch
from Itter as saying he intended to
write a book to prove more could
have been done to stave off the
fall of France.
Among other prominent figures
freed were Lt. Gen. Tadeusi Ko
morowsi, the famed "General Bor’
who led the bloody Polish under
ground uprising in Warsaw ; Gen
Maurice G. Gamelln and Gen. Max
ime Weygand and Lt. John G. Wi
nant, Jr., son of the U. 8. Ambassa
dor to Britain.
EZRA POUND TAKEN
Advices from Rome said Kurt
Schuschnlgg, former Austrian
chancellor; former French Premier
Leon Blum and German pastor
Martin Niemoeller had been in Al
lied hands for at least two days.
Dispatches from Rome also said
that American poet, Ezra Pound,
under indictment for treason, had
been captured.
Members of the French group
returning to Paris included Leon
Jouhaux, head of French trade
unions; Franchols de la Rocque,
head of the extreme right anti-Ger
man nationalists, and Michael Cle
menceau, son of the World War I
statesman and a nephew of Gen.
Charles De Gaulle.
Existence of the Itter prison camp
was revealed by the famous basque
tennis ace Jean Borotra, who es
caped and made his way to Ameri
can lines.
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Issue now is the demand of the
Latin American countries that the
Pan-American security system be
allowed to be Independent of the
proposed world security council in
using force to block aggression.
The Latin American nations also
are reported upset by a big-power
amendment which says that in
selecting the six non-permanent
members of the security council,
the world assembly may take into
account their ability as warrior
nations and also their locations.
Britain backed this amendment
and some of the Latin delegations
contend it was designed to give
such commonwealth countries as
Canada and Australia an advantage
in getting council seats. However, it
would also work to the advantage
of the larger and more hopeful
Latin American states and against
the smaller nations.
IN TANGLE
The Big Five countries—Russia,
the United States, Britain, China
and France—continued in a tangle
over what to do about a plan for
international trusteeships with an
other meeting of their delegates
scheduled today.
Secretary Stettinius announced
Saturday that Molotov had inform
ed Stettinius and Eden that the
Polish leaders had been arrested
on a charge of “diversionist acti
vities against the Red army.”
Stettinius termed these men
“prominent Polish democratic lead
ers” and said Eden and he had
asked Molotov for a complete list
of those arrested and a “full ex
planation of this action.”
In London last night the bitter
ly anti-Soviet Polish government in
exile declared that its Vice Premier
Jan Jankowski was one of those
arrested by the Russians. The
exile government also said the
group was in Rusisa at the invita
tion of a Russian officer for pur
pose of discussing the Polish ques
tion.
It was reported here that pro
tests and demands made by the
United States and Britain were
very strongly worded for diploma
tic statements and that the wes
tern Allies are primarily concerned
with two things:
1. Finding out what evidence
Russia claims to have against the
arrested Poles, and
2. Getting assurances of the
right to have observers present if
and when they are brought to
trial.
Stettinius issued the texts of the
scope of amendments on which
the Big-Four had agreed and also
the texts of two amendments
which had British-American-Chi
nese support but on which Molo
tov had reserved his opinion for
the time being.
His favorable reaction, however,
was forecast because of the nature
of the amendments and because he
had approved them in principle.
One would authorize the word as
sembly of nations to review any
situation which might be a cause
of war; the other would allow
defense treaties made against the
Axis enemies of this war to re
main in force independently of
the world security council until
the governments concerned want
to hand that particular security
Job over to the council.
Lusitania Sunk
30 Years Ago Today
NEW YORK, May 7—(>**)—'Ger
many s unconditional surrender to
day came on the 30th anniversary
of the U-boat sinking of the Lusi
tania—Britain’s Empress of the
Seas—which caused the death ol
1,198 persons, including 124 Amer
icans.
The big liixury liner was torpe
doed May 7, 1915, 10 miles off
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WHERE GERMANS SURRENDER FORCES—This map shows extent
of German forces in Europe at the end of last week (May 5). Three areas
where large German army groups surrendered are located. Black areas
of map locate pockets of German resistance which existed prior to the
announcement of the surrender of the German army group below Linz
in Austria. German forces in Norway are also reported to have surren
dered since the above map was made.—(AP Wirephoto).
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THE WAR TODAY:
Now That V-E Day Is Here,
What Sort Of Peace Have We?
By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer
Now that the Allies have knock
ed out Nazidom and we stop to
check up on the great achieve
ment, we find ourselves facing the
staggering paradoxical problem of
what sort of victory we have in
hand—in short, whether we really
have won the war.
The measure of our success
should soon be known, and it will
lie in the extent of Allied cooper
ation in the rehabilitation task.
Six months ago Marshal Stalin said
that there was no need to doubt
that, if the fighting alliance of
the Democratic powers had stood
the trial of war that far, the more
so would the alliance stand the
trials of the concluding stage of
the war.
ALLIANCE STANDS
Well, the Alliance has stood the
trials thus far, but it is about to
be put to even greater tests. The
exigencies of a war of survival
have provided bonds to hold us
together, but with the coming of I
“peace" we shall be plunged im
mediately into a politico-economic
wiess which will be filled with
dangers which have no precedent.
At the end of the last war the
German armies laid down their
arms and marched home to a
country which was short of sup
plies because of the naval block-1
ade, but didn't have a war scratch
on it.
Now Germany’s mechanical en-1
gineering, which was a vital partj
of her life, was either been des- j
troyed in the main or is to be j
taken away from her. She also is |
losing rich agricultural lands in
East Prussia and Silesia. Her min
eral wealth will be greatly reduced.
LONG STRETCH
Thus the Reich, which was an
integral section of the European
economic structure, is dropping out
of this place and undoubtedly will
come back over a long period of
years in an entirely different role.
So the specialists must now figure
out a way to balance the economy
of a Europe which is badly shot
to pieces, quite apart from the
German position.
This situation is complicated by
the political changes which are
sweeping the continent, and espe
cially by the political vacuum which
will exist in Germany until she
j can find her feet and decide what
' form of government she wants,
j That will provide a staggering task
| of diplomacy for the occupying
powers—America, Russia, Britain
and France. The Germans will be |
bitter and sullen under defeat, and)
difficult to handle.
Churchill Truman
Ready To Announce,
Stalin Delays
NEW YORK, May 7—(VP)—CBS
Correspondent Edward R. Mur
row reported from London that
both President Truman and Prime
Minister Churchill were prepared
to broadcast the official news of
the German surrender at noon
Eastern War Time, but that they
were delayed because Premier
Stalin, who was to speak at the
same time was not ready.
White House Marks
Time On Report
WASHINGTON, May 7.— (IP) —
The White House marked time to
day on a momentarily expected
victory in Europe proclamation —
but arrangements were complete
for President Truman to go on the
air when it is issued.
Broadcasting equipment was
readied for use in the White House
diplomatic room, usual site of pres
idential radio addresses.
Shortly before noon, boxes of
sandwiches were carried into the
office of Jonathan Daniels, presi
dential press secretary, indicating
no one planned to go out for
lunch. The usual parade of offi
cial visitors trooped in and out of
President Truman’s office.
On Capitol Hill radio receiving
equipment was set up in the house
of representatives so that the
members could remain in their
seats to hear the historic V-E de
claration of the president.
Kinsale Head, Ireland. It sank in
20 minutes. Perhaps no other one
act of the First World War did
more to alienate from Germany the
sympathy of neutral nations.
Theodore Roosevelt called it the
"greatest act of piracy in history.”
In Germany there was exhulta
tion.
Fort Jackson
Soldier Killed In
Clash With MP’s
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 7—(>T>>—
Military authorities at nearby Fort
' Jackson said today that Cpl. Leo
nard J. Celmer, Co. B, 28th tank
unit, was dead from bullet wounds
that came in a clash with military t
police.
The announcement said Celmer
was shot early today as military
police, after a chase, fired at a
car in which Celmer was riding.
Post officials said Celmer was
the son of Mrs. Jean L. Celmer of
1 122 Allendale street, Baltimore, Md.
Von Bock Apparently
Strafing Victim
—
WITH THE BRITISH SECOND
ARMY, May 7—OP)—The bullet
riddled body of German Field
Marshal Feodor von Bock was
discovered by British troops yes
terday near a roadside north of
Hamburg, where he apparently
was slain in an Allied strafing
raid.
The ex-commander of the cen
tral army group in the German
invasion of Russia in June, 1941,
had been dead for about a week.
Rehahilitation
Week Is Proclaimed
WASHINGTON, May 7. — OP)—
President Truman today proclaim
ed the week of June 2 as National
Rehabilitation Week for the aide
of civilian handicapped.
In his proclamation, he asked
the country to aid in locating civi
lians who are entitled to govern
ment benefits so that they may be
fitted to take their place “in the
ranks of the American working
force.”
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ZOAR MEMORIAL
ON MAY 13
The annual memorial services of
the Zoar Baptist church will be
held on Sunday, May 13, at Ca
sar, North Carolina.
The morning service opens at
10:30 a.m. (EWT) with the pas
tor, Rev. A. A. Lovelace In charge
of the invocation and special
greetings.
The services will continue
throughout the day with dinner on
the grounds and will adjourn at
2:30 p.m.
Among the outstanding speak
ers on the program will be Rev.
A. R. Bumgardner of Bristol, Tenn.,
Dr. E. G. Bumgardner, of Colum
bia,, S. C., and Dr. A. S. Bum
gardner of Charlotte, N. C., Dr. B.
G. Weathers of Stanley, N. C.,
and others. The public is cor
dially invited to attend this day
of worship and fellowship.
GERMAN
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thing: the idea of our unity, the
idea of front comradeship, the
idea of assistance to each other.
The von Kroeigk broadcast said
that “as leading minister of the
Reich government,” Doenitz had
appointed him for the purpose of
“winding up all military tasks.”
OFFICIAL GERMAN
The “Flensburg radio" has been
used • for several days for the is
suance of German communiques
and official German orders. Flens
burg is just below the German
Danish border in an area surren
dered last week to Field Marshal
Montgomery. London authorities
said it seemed unlikely that Mont
gomery had permitted the Germans
to continue broadcasting from
there, but there was no official
explanation. Radio Monitors here
said the station, if not actually lo
cated at Flenburg, was certainly
in that area.
Following is the text of the von
Krosigk’s broadcast as recorded by
the British Ministry of Informa
tion:
“German men and women! The
high command of the armed forces
has today at the order of Grand
Admiral Doenitz declared the un
conditional surrender of all fight
ing German troops.
"As the leading minister of the
Reich government which the Ad
miral of the Fleet (Doenitz) has
appointed for the winding up of
all military tasks I turn at this
tragic moment of our history to
the German nation.
HEROIC FIGHT
“After a heroic fight of almost
six years of incomparable hardness
Germany has succumbed to the
overwhelming power of her ene
mies. To continue the war would
only mean senseless bloodshed and
a futile disintegration.
"A government which has a feel-1
ing of responsibility for the future
of its nation was compelled to act
on the collapse of all physical and
j material forces and to demand ol
I the enemy the cessation of hostil
j ities.
It was the noblest task or Ad
miral of the Fleet and of the gov
ernment supporting him—after the
terrible sacrifices which the war
demanded—to save in the last
phase of the war the lives of a
maximum number of fellow coun
trymen.
"That the war was not ended
immediately, simultaneously in the
west and In the east, is to be ex
plained by this reason alone.
“We end this gravest hour of
the German nation and its Reich.
"In this gravest hour of the Ger
man nation and its Reich we bow
in deep reverence before the dead
of this war.
“Their sacrifices place the high
est obligations on us. Our sympa
thy goes first to or soldiers. It
goes out above all to the wounded,
the bereaved and to all on whom
this struggle has inflicted blows.
NO ILLUSIONS
“No one must be under any il
lusions about the severity of the
terms to be imposed on the Ger
man people by our enemies. We
must now face our fate squarely
and unquestionlngly.
"Nobody can be in any doubt
that the future will be difficult for
each one of us and will exact sac
rifices from us in every sphere.
“We must accept this burden and
stand loyally by the obligations we
have undertaken. But we must not
despair and fall into mute resigna
tion. Once again we must set our
selves to stride along the path
through the dark future. These
are the factors guaranteeing the
best state: unity, Justice and lib
erty.
“From the collapse of the past,
let us preserve and save one thing
—unity, the ideas of the national
community, which in the years of
war have found their highest ex
pression in the spirit of comrade
ship at the front and readiness to
help one another in all the distress
which has inflicted the homeland.
RETAIN UNITY
“Shall we retain this unity and
not again split up under the stress.
(Two or three words indistinct)
can we get over the future hard
times? We must make right the
basis of our nation. In o r nation
Justice shall be the supreme law
and the guiding principle.
“We must also recognizd law as
the basis of all relations between
the nations: We must recognize
it and respect it from inner con
viction.
“Respect for concluded treaties
will be as sacred as the aim of
our nation to belong to the Euro
pean family of nations as a mem
ber of which we want to mobilize
all human moral and material
forces tn order to heal the dread
ful wounfls which the war has
caused.
“Then we may hope that the
atmosphere of hatred which today
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N. Y. COTTON AT 2:00
March ____
May . .22.93
July .22.77
October - _...22,31
December __22.21
Today Prev. Day
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22.78
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CHICAGO GRAIN
WHEAT
May .1.7514
July .1.00
September .1.6214 '
1.7614
1.66 >4
1.66114
CORN
May .1.1614 1.1514
July .1.1264 1.1214
September _ _1.1114 1.11
RYE
May .1.3914 1.3774
July .1.3614 1.3474
September - -.1.28% 1.2614
STOCKS AT 2:00
Aran Rolling Mill _ - 19
American Loco . _ 34
American Tobacco B __75
American Tel and Tel _ .. 165
Anaconda Copper . .. 33
Assoc Dry Goods . .. 23
Beth Steel. 80
Boeing Air _ _ 18
Chrysler _ - 115
Curtlss-Wright _ .. 5
Elec Boat .
Oeneral Motors _ _ 70
Pepsi Cola . ___ 23
Greyhound Corp _ _ 27
International Paper _ ..
Nash Kelv . 22
Glenn L Martin _ .. 24
Newport Ind . __
26
39
12
34
45
N Y Central.
Penn R R _ .
Radio Corp . .
Reynolds Tob B . .
Southern Railroad _
Standard Oil N J .
Sperry Corp __^
U S Rubber .
U S Steel.68
Western Union . . 46
Youngstown S and T . .. 49
29
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3-4
5-3
7-8
3-4
3-4
3-4
3-4
3-4
16
3-8
7-8
1-2
27
1-2
5-8
24
5-8
1-8
3-8
3-4
3-4
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7-8
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STOCKS RALLY
NEW YORK, May 7—{£>)—The
stock market celebrated the Oer-1
man surrender today by a brisk but
selective rally after early profit j
taking had put most leaders In
moderately lower territory.
"Business as usual" was the rule 1
at the opening and, while selling
soon cropped up, dealings were re
latively quiet.
Prominent on the advance were
U. S. Steel. N. Y. Central, Chry-1
sler. General Motors, U. S. Rub
ber. Douglas Aircraft, Eastern Air
Lines, Certain-Teed, International
Paper and Nash-Kelvinator. Lag
gards Included North American, |
Kennecott, Great Northern, Sper-!
ry, Boeing and American Smelting..
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO, May 7—UP<—< WFA)
' —Salable hogs 5,000, total 10,000;
! active, fully eteady; good and
choice barrowi and gilts 140-lb. up
at 14.75 ceiling; good and choice
sows at 14.00; complete clearance.
Salable cattle 18,000. total 16 -!
500; salable calves, 1,000; total
1,000; fed eteers and yearlings, in
cluding yearling heifers, fully
steady; top 17.80; this price also
paid for choice to prime heavy
heifers; bulk steers 15.00-17.25;
most helfere 15.00-18.85; beef cov.s
strong to 15 cents higher; canners
and cutters slow, steady at 8.50
down; bulls weak to 25 cents low
er, very slow; vealers steady to
16.25 down; stock cattle scarce,
good and choice yearlings to 14.00
15.25 on country account.
N. C. HOGS
RALEIOH, May 7.—(/Pi— (NCDA)
Hog markets steady with tops of
14.55 at Clinton and Rocky Mount
and 14.85 at Richmond.
N. C. EGGS, POULTRY
RALEIOH, May 7_UP)—(NCDA1
—Egg and poultry markets steady
to very firm.
Raleigh—U. 8. grade AA large
40; hens, all weights, 27 1-2.
Washington—U. 8. grade A large
41; broilers and fryers 34.3.
BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAOO, May 7—(/P)—Butter
firm; receipts 424,425; eggs re
ceipts 22,035.
Churchill To Speak
At 9 A. M. Tuesday
LONDON, May 7. —OP)— The
British ministry of information an
nounced tomorrow will be treated
as V-E Day.
The ministry said officially that,
"in accordance with arrangements
between the three great powers, the
Prime Minister will make an offl
cial announcement at 3 p.m., Brit
ish double summer time, (9 a.m..
Eastern War Time), tomorrow, the
8th of May.”
The announcement said that
the prime minister “ will broadcast
at 3 p.m. and his majesty, the
king, will broadcast to the peoples
of the British empire and the
commonwealth tomorrow at 9 p.m.,
British double summer time (3 pjn..
E. W. T.)”
“In view of this fact,” the an
nouncement said, “tomorrow will
be a public holiday and the day
after, Wednesday, will also be re
garded as a holiday.”
"Parliament will meet at the
usual time tomorrow.”
ALDERMEN MEET
The board of aldermen will meet
at 9 o'clock tonight after a joint
meeting with the American Le
gion and following services at the
churches.
surrounds Germany all over the
world will give place to spirit of
reconciliation among the nations,
without which the world cannot
recover."
SCARCE SUGAR
INVESTIGATED
House Committee Trying
To Relieve Sugar
Situation
WASHINGTON, May 7 —(/P)—
The house food investigating
committee summoned ace govern
ment sugar experts into aecret
session today as it strove to ward
off a threatening mid-summer
shortage.
After it completes the sugar
study—perhaps this week — the
house group will turn its inquiry
to eggs where members say they
fear another major black market
operation.
"The way to kill off black mar
kets and food-price inflation is a
bundant production,” Committee
Chairman Anderson (D-NM) told
a reporter, “and the time to plan
abundant production is now.”
The committee called in Dr.
Dennis A. Fitzgerald, War Food
administration sugar specialist,
and Dr. Joshua Bernhardt, of the
agriculture department, to detail
the government’s sugar program,
the size of its stockpile and the
crop outlook. Open hearings will
begin Tuesday when the govern
ment's story will be checked against
the actual experience of the in
dustry.
From preliminary studies the
committee already has developed
these facts:
1. Vast sugar beet acreages in
the United States are idle for be
ing plowed under because growers
can’t get field help.
3. Incoming shipments from
Cuba will be low this year.
3. OPA already has trimmed
summer-time allocations of do
domestic sugar.
Committeemen said unless some
thing is done immediately the de
veloping sugar shortage may sur
pass in severity the current scar
city of civilian meat supplies.
The committee's sugar investi
gation began on a different tack
than that of its recently-complet
ed meat probe. In that case the
shortage was at its peak; the com
mittee sought its causes in the
hope of cracking the black mar
ket. This time it wants to blue
print a sugar program in time to
ease the shortage of stifle black
markets before they develop.
: Reporting that unmistakable
I black market signs already are ap
; parent in sugar. Anderson added
that unless a solution is found- he
expects the shortage to reach its
most severe point during the fall
j canning season.
OFFICERS NAMED
FOR COUNTY
Two part-time service officers
were named for Cleveland county
today by the board of county com
| inlasioners. Orlffln P. Smith w hs
■ named for Shelby and Mrs. P. G
Rntteree was named for Kings
Mountain.
This action was taken upon re
I commendation of the Legion posts
at Shelby and Kings Mountain
These officers will assist return
ing veterans in the filing of the.r
i claims with the government and
, in other ways help men returning
I from service.
Lt. Fletcher Killed
In Airplane Crash
NORFOLK. VA., May 7—</P -
A Marine corps pilot killed Sun
day when his navy land plane
crashed 13 miles southwest of At
lantic Beach. N. C. has been Iden
tified as 2nd Lt. Thomas Gordon
Fletcher. USMCR. Fifth Nav^l
headquarters reported today.
The flyer, who was attached to
the U. S. marine corps air station
at Cherry Pclnt, N. C., was the son
of Mrs. Esther 8. Gibson, 1215
West 71st street, Los Angelc.?,
Calif., and the grandson of Mrs.
V. E. Fletcher. 1530 Lee street,
Charleston, w. Va.
Barnum And Bailey
Aerialist Killed
NEW YORK, May 7—(/P)— The
second mishap since the Rlngllng
Bros, and Barnum Si Bailey cir
cus opened its current run April
4 at Madison Square Garden cost
the life of a woman aerialist in
a 60-foot fall from the roof of the
huge arena last night.
The victim was Victoria Tor
rence, billed with her husband
Frank as "Victoria and Torrence "
Ten thousand spectators saw the
accident.
On April 27, eight women aer
lallsts fell 30 feet from high lad
ders. None was killed.
Sgf. Charles Wells
Returns To States
Sgt. Charles H. Wells, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wells of 111
Marietta street, has returned to
the United States after serving in
the European theatre of opera
tions and being wounded and
hospitalized in England, accord
ing to a telephone message receiv
ed from him by his parents from
New York. Sgt. Wells will be sent
to a hospital in the South for fur
ther treatment.
Preaching Service
Rev. Odus Wright will preach
each evening this week at the
tabernacle on South Washington
street/ he announced this morn
ing. Service will begin each day
at 8 p.m.