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> wV* THE STAR'S Women SARA NEWTON. Editor Phone 1100 CALENDAR MONDAY 8:00 p.m.—Business Women’s circle of Presbyterian church meet* with Mrs. Lewis Gard ner at home of Mrs. L. C. Bost. TUESDAY 4:00 pm.—Junior G. A.’s of First Baptist church meet at the church. 4:00 pjn. — Ex Libris club meets with Mrs. Robert Bar nett. 4:00 pjn.—Renaissance Study club meets with Mrs. H. S. Plaster. 4:00 pm.—Reader's Bookclub meets with Mrs. John Bennett at home of Mrs. Rush Stroup. 4:00 p.m. — Contemporary Book club meets with Mrs. Harry Hudson. 6:45 p.m.—Girl scout troops of First Baptist church meet at church. 8:00 p.m.—Final meet of Ju nior High school P.-T.A. at school auditorium. Installation of officers. Talk by Rev. Walter Brown. Special music. I I WEDNESDAY 4:00 p.m. — Reviewer’s Book club meets at Cleveland Springs Country club with Mrs. George Wray. Susan Anderson Circle iTo Meet After Services The 8usan Anderson circle of the First Baptist church which was to meet at eight o’clock with Mrs. James Reinhardt will meet instead Immediately following the church services at the First Baptist church. Mrs- Reinhardt lives on North Morgan street. Great-Granddaughter Of Dr. Osborne Christened The daughter of Lt. Charles Ruf fin Wilkins of Brevard and Mrs. Wilkins was recently christened Madge Osborne Wilkins in services held in Britain. U. Wilkins is the son of Mrs. Madge Osborne Wil kins of Brevard, formerly of Shel by, and the grandson of Dr. J. Ruf fin Osborne of this city. God parents at the christening were Air Commodore O. H. Gay ford, RAF flyer who made the first non-stop flight from England to South Africa; Maj. O. Lloyd George, minister of fuel in Prime Minister Churchill's war cabinet; and Capt. Nathaniel Hall of Buf falo. N. Y. Kennedy Sent First Word Of Surrender By the Associated Press Id ward Kennedy, Associated Press correspondent who sent from Reims, Prance, first word of Ger many's unconditional surrender, has been chief of AP war coverage In Europe virtually since the Be ginning of American army engage ments against the Germans. A reporter for 30 years, Kennedy now Is chief of the AP staff on the western front. After two years with the British In Africa and Greece, he became head of the AP North African staff at Algiers in the spring of 1943 and directed the cov erage of the Sicilian and Italian in vasions. He has followed Gen. Elsenhower's fortunes since the landings in North Africa. Kennedy, 39, a native of Brook hm. Joined the Associated Press In 1983, and went abroad after three fears on the Washington staff. He reported the Spanish Civil war. later worked in Rome, and covered Hitler's entry Into Sudetenland. fti preparing meals, save dishes hr serving foods In the dishes in Which they are baked and serve tneat and vegetables on the same platter. Personals Lt. Horace McSwaln, chaplain, USNR, and Mrs. McSwaln of Mem phis, Tenn., are spending a week with their respective parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McSwaln, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Liles. Lt. Lewis Franklin Moore, Jr., of Ft. Myers, Fla., spent the week end here with his wife at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Palmer, on North LaFayette street. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Reel of Spartanburg, S. C., were the Sun day guests of their daughter, Mrs. Paul Hardin, and the Rev. Mr. Hardin. Miss Minnie Jane Webb left Sat urday to spend several days In Washington, D. C., on business. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jones had as their week-end guests their son, J. T. Jones, jr., and Miss Louise Edwards of Gardner-Webb college, and Mrs. Albert Carden and Mrs. Willard Stallcupp of Bryson City. Mrs. James M. Beam and daugh ter, Ann, and Mrs. Bernice Beam returned yesterday from Provi dence, R. I., after visiting S 2/c James M. Beam who Is stationed at Camp Kndlcott. Seaman Beam accompanied them home but re turned to his camp last night. Pfc. Iceland Stanford Eskridge arrived yesterday from Key Field, Miss., to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Eskridge, at their home on West Marion street. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Woodson and little daughter, Stephanie, re turned to Raleigh today after spending the week end with Mr. Woodson’s mother, Mrs. C. 8. Woodson, and his brother, Mayor Harry S. Woodson, and Mrs. Wood son. Mrs. Jean Schenck returned Sat urday from Los Angeles, Calif., af ter spending three weeks with her brother, Lt. F. H. Crowell, and Mrs. Crowell. Lt. Crowell wks transferred from San Diego to Los Angeles. Misses Betty and Anne McHeely spent the week end at Columbia ; college. S. C., as guests of Mtao I Ann McLean. Misses Jayne Alyce and Mary Lyllyan Blanton spent the week end In Charlotte with friends. Miss Jayne Alvce Blanton visited Miss Martha Vlnning of Queens college. WEATHER CHARLOTTE, May 7—(A>—Of ficial weather bureau reoords of the temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m. Rain Station Max. Min. fail Asheville__ 67 42 Atlanta _ _ T4 51 Augusta ..74 Birmingham .. __T8 It Charleston .. _76 90 Charlotte _ __74 44 Chicago .77 16 Columbia .. _77 48 Evansville .. __71 __ ' Greensboro .. _71 41 Jacksonville__78 M Little Rock ..79 66 Mobile .. _..77 18 Mt. Mitchell .40 16 New Orleans „ _78 60 New York _62 47 .14 Raleigh . 72 46 Spartanburg __76 64 Washington__60 Wilmington_ _72 M HEADS CAROLINA CIVITANS CHARLOTTE, May 7—<M—Dr. H. S. Gilmore of Nichols, S. C., has been elected governor of the Carolinas district of the Civitan International. He succeeds Henry A. Styers of Lexington. More than 1,400,000,000 quarts of canned foods were put up by 28, 000,000 households in 1944. STATE MONDAY - TUES. and WEDNESDAY nOOUOD (V KRT MAHET • DIRECTED BY RICHARD WALLACE • Bern* PUr ly Mtita *t Hi*r» Wm Also NEWS — COMMUNITY SING Cost In Lives, 30 Millions Of Axis And Allies Peoples; Lack Of Oil And Superior Guns Won Marshal Karl Gerd von Rundstedt, whom General Eisen hower once called “the greatest German strategist” of World War II, tells why Germany lost the war. Captured by Ameri can Seventh Army units near Bad Tolz in Bavaria, the stiff necked, typically Prussian officer who had directed German campaigns in North Africa, Italy and finally in western Europe gave these reasons: (1) The Allies’ strategic and tactical bombing campaigns; (2) Germany’s lack of oil and gasoline for motorized transport; (3) The power of the Allies’ naval guns, which reached deep inland in the time of the Normandy invasion, making impossible the bringing up of reserves needed to hurl Allied invasion forces into the channel. “Had it not been for these fac tors,” the 65-year-old Marshal said, “and had I been able to draw divi sions and reserves together I am positive that the first Allied land ing would not have been successful and I could have knocked out the Allies.” As it was, he continued, “the Allies’ terrific airpower” broke up all bridges and pinned me down completely and the terrific power of the naval guns made it absolutely impossible for reserves to come up. There was little petrol and every thing had to be moved on foot and in wagons.” GUNS AND BOMBERS These bitter words from the de feated commander, along with his comments on other phases of the war, sketched the back ground of last week’s events on Europe’s bat tlefields. Air power certainly had paved the way for them. In five years and eight months of war Am erican and British bombers had rained 2,500,000 tons on the fac tories that made the weapons of the Wehrmacht. It was air power and sea power, too, that had first halt ed Hitler’s Jack-booted legions at the English Channel in June, 1940. Before the turn in the tide came, the Wehrmacht had carried Mar shal von Rundstedt and the other German commanders to victories such as Prussian militarism had never known before. At their peak the Nazi conquests stretched from the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia al most to the Nile, from the Bay Bis cay almost to the Caspian Sea. What silenced the trumpets that had announced Nasi victories? In JuJy, 1942, the British stopped Rommel at El Alameln, despite the Axis’ optimistic preparations for a triumphal march into Cairo. In October the Russians dug into Stal ingrad and fought to the death to hold the Germans at the Volga. Thus both arms of the pincers that was closing on the Middle East were stopped. It was the hlghwater mark of the Nazi conquest; Hitler had overreached himself. The liberation of Sicily and the invasion of Italy rounded out 1943, a year erf burgeoning Allied hopes. D-Day—June 6. 1944—brought a great climacteric in the war. There after, as the Allies drove toward the Reich from the west and the Russians from the east, it was only time that mattered. Axis Europe fell apart. TIM GIGANTIC COST The war that Adolf Hitler be gan on that black day—Sept. 1, 1939 —when hi* planes and tanks swept eastward into Poland, has In its six ty-eight-month course, taken a greater toll of the world's human and material resources than any conflict in history. The total cost is beyond computation; it will take generations to draw up a balance sheet Yet here and there estimates by experts give clues to the vast loss of life and treasure. The most reliable estimates of battle casualties indicate a death toll of between nine and ten million men in the European war. To these are added another nine or ten mil lion men permanently disabled, besides millions more who suffered slighter wounds. Prisoners are be lieved to have numbered about twelve million. Axis and Allied bat tle loses are believed to have been approximately equal, or about 15, 000,000 each. Some observers think Germany may have suffered as much as four-fifths of the Axis losses. Russia, it appears, has sus tained well over-two-thirds of the Allied losses. American casualties in the European theatres total about 700,000, of which about 145,000 are battle deaths. CIVILIAN TOLL The civilian casualties include the millions who have succumbed to disease and starvation or have been murdered in Nazi concentration camps. They include, too, other millions who have survived but whose minds and bodies will con tinue to bear the marks of their long ordeal. No accurate total is possible but certain figures give glimpses of the civilian toll. British p* civilian casualties from enemy bombings and the robot and V-2 weapons numbered about 145,000. Of Poland’s pre-war population of 35.000. 000, it is believed that nearly 10.000. 000 have perished or “dis appeared”—a large proportion of them into Nazi death camps. War expenditures by the United Nations by February of this year were estimated to have reached $500 billions. The cost to the United States alone through, June, 1945, will be about $288 billions. LOCAL JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT Tonight at 7:00 o’clock the Ju nior Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Hotel Charles in a special ladies night program that will be presented by Doris Bolt, past president of the club, and the installation of new officers will be made at this meeting. The special guests that will be at this meeting will be the Western Vice-President of the Jaycees, Ken neth Bumgardner of Gastonia, state Junior Chamber of Commerce President, Clayton Frost of Win ston-Salem, and the speaker of the evening will be Francis Bremmer, national Jaycee committeeman from Charleston, S. C. This marks the ending of one of the most successful years of the Shelby Junior Chamber of Com merce and the beginning of another year that promises to be equally successful. The new officers that will direct the club’s activities for the next year will be installed by the North Carolina president of the Jaycees, Clayton Frost. The new officers are: R. T. LeGrand, Jr., president; Charles Oehler, vice president; R. K. Wilson, second vice-president; Howard Rollins, secretary, and Roy Lee Connor, treasurer. Besides the officers and directors, the chairmen of the many commit tees of the club will be named and assignments of Jaycees to the var ious committees, and the program prepared for tonight’s meeting by Doris Bolt, promises to be one of the best ever presented to the club and a full attendance is requested. Flag Raising Held At Marion School Flag raising exercises were held this morning at 11:30 o’clock at Marion school in a program led by Miss Mary Elizabeth bl .jc. The exercise was opened witn the sing ing of the Star Spangled Banner. The flag was raised by Billy Ken dall, son of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Kendall. Carolyn Baxter and Edwin Baxter, children of Edwin Baxter, killed in service, led the salute to the flag. Mrs. Reid Misenheimer led the prayer. Talk was made by Mrs. Paul Kennedy, president of the Parent - Teacher association. Taps was played by the band under the direction of Miss Dorothy Parker. Charles A. Burras, Jr. Enlists In Reserve Charles A. Burrus, jr„ recently passed the Eddy Aptitude test for radio-technician and radar train ing in the U. S. navy; and upon completion of his physical exami nation last week, he enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve pending call to active status. He expects to complete his work in the sen ior class of the local high school before being assigned to training school, sometime in June. from the cooking water. A pastry blender saves time and effort in making biscuits and pie crust. NOT MAD, ARE YOU?—Alan Marshal ("The White Cliffs of Dover"> finds the girl of his dreams has a touch of dynamite in her temper. Lar&lne Day ("Mr. Lucky") knows she has: but it doesn't stop the fun in “B&ie By Mistake,” currently showing at the State Theatre. ; l .^uimumummunnmmmmrrrmm'un^r FROM SARA NEWTON’S SCRATCH PAD ON DAYS LIKE THIS IT IS GREAT TO BE IN THE NEWS paper business. On days like this it is great to be alive. V-E Day has come. We have waited so long and listened so intensely: then there was the announcement of Eisenhower tapped out by the Associated Press machine: the thrilling flash on the radio; and the town sirens screaming. Automobile horns blow long never-ceasing walls; buildings empty all occupants from their doors; people scurry toward the square to see what will happen. V-E Day has come. JUST A MOMENT BEFORE WE WERE GOING ABOUT our daily tasks with one ear devoted to a radio or nerves merely tense for the tidings. We know the day was near. In the few min utes it required for the news to leap from lip to lip, all was transformed. In the face of a German unconditional surrender now, who can dust and sweep, adds columns of figures, tend gasoline stations, fix a lady’s chair, or sell groceries? We want to pause and relish the thrill of victory after so many years of strain. FEW OF US FEEL JUBILANT, AND IT IS RIGHT THAT we should not. We are glad that it is V-E Day but in our hearts a voice says, “This is part, not all.” Our exhultation comes from the overwhelming relief of finishing another part of this hard war. LET US LIVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS DAY REMEM bering what it is like, because K. is a day that history will boldly mark on its pages in the future. V-E Day will be one that many little ones will ask questions about, and we have had the privilege of living it. Let us mark it Indelibly in our minds and be aware of all that this day means. LET US BE HAPPY AND GLAD THIS DAY, BUT WHEN we lie down to sleep tonight let us not sigh, “Thank God, this war is over.” Let us give thanks for this victory and say, “Now on the Japan!” 72 PLANTS TO CONVERT SOON WPB Grants Ratings To Cost 160 Millions; Half For Autos WASHINGTON, May 7. — The War Production Board listed sev enty-two industries today which will receive priority aid in obtain ing machine tools and construc tion essential to reconversion. About $50,000,000 worth of tools and $35,000,000 of construction will be available to automobile makers, and $75,000,000 for retooling and con struction needs of the other sev enty-one industries. “Ratings are being granted,” the board explained, “only for those items the lack of which would threaten to hamper reconversion. There is no thought of all-out re tooling or construction at this time nor of replacing items that can be utilized now, even if new tools and new construction would be more efficient.” The AA-3 priority rating to be granted to the list of industries will enable them to go into opera tion on post-V-E Day orders at what is described as a “break even” rate. Through its use, offi cials said, the WPB “hopes to re duce the time lag between the can cellation of war contracts and the start of actual peacetime produc tion.” MOVE TO REDUCE DELAYS “Its sole interest,” they added, “is to put all American industry into a position to go into action with as little delay as possible as soon as the war in Europe and the war in the east is over.” The selection of the list was based on the degree of conversion undertaken by the industry to get originally into war production and the changes necessary to return to civilian output, the WPB said. Re conversion for these industries in volves “in varying degrees” altered plant layouts and the use of differ ent materials and skills, it was stated. The list will be expanded and “constantly revised,” the agency said, “as the civilian production picture develops.” .-- „ FUN/|lSCIENCE AP Niwiftolum SMOKE from chimneys often does a nosedive just be fore rain because water is sometimes lighter than air! In the vapor form in which wa ter occurs in air just prior to a shower, it is so "thin" that it can't buoy up even smoke. I--- 1 WEBB TODAY - TUESDAY — Big Double Feature — "AND NOW TOMORROW" ALAN LADD LORETTA YOUNG — And — "AIR RAID WARDEN" STAN LAUREL OLIVER HARDY Al*o NEWS — CARTOON Marian Martin Trim -and tidy for home or office wear, yet smart and sophisticated enough for special occasions, Pat tern 9386. It’s simple to sew, too. Pattern 9386, sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44. Size 16, frock takes 3 1-8 yards 39-lnch or 3 3-8 yards 35-inch fa bric. Send TWENTY CENTS in coins for this pattern to Shelby Daily Star, 133 Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 164, Station O, New York 11. N. Y. Print plainly SIZE, AND STYLE NUMBER, YOUR NAME, AD DRESS, ZONE. Fiteen cents more brings you our new Marian Martin Pattern Book for Spring, 1945! Easy-to make, up - to - the - minute styles. FREE Blouse Pattern printed in the book. 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