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WEATHER Fair and moderately cool today and tonight with slightly lower temperatures east central portion today. The ZEI»E»;1.EYÆEIng»Mr - State Theatre Today - “BRIDE BY MISTAKE” ALAN MARSHAL LARAINE DAY ULIVfiLAJIl) OUUNi1 S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VUI* AXilll—-111 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5c Stalin’s Announcement Last Night Russians’ First News Of Victory By Eddy Gilmore MOSCOW, May 9.—-(/P)—Thousands of Russians swarm ed through Red square shouting “Long live Stalin” and “Hurrah for victory” as the Soviet capital turned out to the last man, woman and child today to celebrate the end of the EuroDean war. i —--———1— In the center of the cheering, Singing throng a group of Ameri can G. I.'s attached to the U. S. military mission In Moscow danced across the cobblestones with girls from the factories, which had shut down for the celebration. I’ri Levitan, a small dark man with a big voice, gave to 190,000,000 Russians today the momentous news that the war against Germany has ended in a crushing victory for the Sov iet union and her Allies. The Immediate reaction to the •tirrlng event was typically Slavic. It was 1:10 a m. when Levitan star announcer for the Moscow radio and the man who has broad cast all of Premier Marshal Stalin's orders of the day—came on the air with the glad tidings. Moat of Moscow's residents were asleep, but the announcement act ed like an alarm clock. Thousands poured Into the streets—some still clad In pajamas and nightgowns. Many wept openly, some fell on their knees in prayer. Everywhere people were snaamg nanas, em bracing and kissing one another on tear-wet cheeks. REFRAIN “It’s over, thank God, it's over,” was a cry so recurrent among the women that it sounded like a choral chant. For Russia—the only one of the three great powers not at war with Japan—the news real ly meant the dawn of peace. Up to the moment of Levi tan's broadcast announcement the Russian people had no word—not even an official hint—that Germany had sur rendered. No dispatches on the earlier surrender celebrations in Britain and the United States had been published. Levitan followed his announce ment with a special order from President Michael Kalinin decreeing a public holiday. WORD SPREADS It did not take long for the word to spread. Children in stocking feet dashed through apartment houses See STALIN’S Page 2 Some Reconversion To Start Immediately Few New Cars Within Six To Nine Months; Possible Gas Increases; No More Food WASHINGTON, May 9.—(/P)—Wartime controls over production, rationing and pricing will be continued until i Japan is defeated, the administration said today, but “some reconversion will start immediately.” MUSIC FESTIVAL FRIDAY NIGHT Miss Moselle Moore Will Direct Shelby Schools In Annual Event The story of America will be told in music Friday night at eight o’clock in the Armory auditorium when Miss Moselle Moore will di rect the boys and girls of the Shelby schools in the annual music festival. About eight hundred pupils, the largest number ever partilcpating in the program, will sing and dance. The pageant will begin with South Shelby school depiciting the time of the Indians. Marion School will follow with early religious mu sic, Ringing Puritan hymns. Jeffer son School will sing the well-loved Stephen Foster melodies and Washington School will portray the deep South with negro spirituals. The cowboys and cowgirls from La Fayette school will sing favorite . cowboy songs and the Junior high school will revive tunes from the gay nineties. The pupils from Gra ham School will conclude the pro gram with patriotic music. HOEYTOGIVE RADIO ADDRESS At the invitation of the National Broadcasting company, Senat o r Clyde R. Hoey will speak over its network Friday evening from 10:45 to 11 o’clock from Washington. He will speak on some phases of both International and domestic affairs. Among the North Carolina sta tions which will carry the Hoey address are WPTF in Raleigh and WSOC in Charlotte, as well as all other stations which carry the Na tional Broadcasting company pro me piugrain, ua outlined at a White House news conference by War Mobilizer Fred M. Vinson: 1. Immediate suspension of the ban on horse and dog racing, and lifting of the midnight entertain ment curfew, effective tonight. 2. Release of enough materials and manpower, no longer needed for the Pacific war, to produce a few new automobiles within six to nine months. 3. Some prospect of an early increase in gasoline allowances for civilian motorists. 4. Vinson 6aid he saw no indi cations of an early general im provement in the civilian food sup ply situation. 5. No general reduction In taxes until final victory Is won. On the civilian production front, Vinson said that generally speak ing "materials and manpower no See SOME Page 2 Contact Established With King Leopold III BRUSSELS, May 9. —(/P)— A Belgian cabinet communique an nounced today that official con tact had been established with King Leopold III, recently rescued by the American Seventh Army in Austria, but said nothing about his return. SEEK UNITY ON CONTROL OF SEIZED LANDS Trusteeships Is Point Of Controversy Between Big Powers CRITICAL* ISSUE By John M. Hightower Associated gress Diplomatic Editor SAN FRANCISCO, May 9. —(AV-The United States is seeking an agreement on con trol of lands seized in both world wars which will allow the army and navy to set up bases at any point in the world considered vital to United States security. The question involved — labeled here one of trusteeship of territory seized from the enemy, mandated after the first world war or in capable of self government — is still a point of controversy be tween the Big-Five powers. It is one of the two most critical issues remaining before the United Na tions conference upon the depar ture today of Soviet Foreign Com missar V. M. Molotov. , The other issue is how to dove tail the gan-Amerkan security system into the sSciirity council of the proposed world organiza tion. The American delegation is sharply divided on this ques tion at the moment. Some members favor giving the Pan American set up no special treatment, but strong opinion appears ^o be developing for a proposal that the council See SEEK Page 2 LEDFORD LEADS WUH81V0HS J. r. Ledford, aldermen from the first ward led yesterday’s light voting in the municipal election by receiving the top of 81 votes. Alderman Tom Moore from Ward four was close behind with a count of 79 votes. School board members were re elected by the following votes: J. W. Gardner, 78; Dr. T. B. Gold, 79; C. Rush Hamrick, 78: B. W. Dickson, 78; D. W. Royster, 79. Within 30 minutes after the polls had closed yesterday afternoon the entire ballot had been tabulated and results declared at the city hall. None of the candidates had any opposition. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:15 p.m.—Sunday school of ficers and teachers of First Baptist church meet at the church. 7:45 p.m.—Prayer meeting at Presbyterian church. 8:00 p.m.—Midweek prayer and praise service at First Bap tist church. 8:00 p.m.—Fellowship hour and annual family night ser vice at Central Methodist church, to be followed by meet ing of board of stewards. THURSDAY 7:00 p.m. — Ki wants club will have ladies’ night at Ho tel Charles. Truman’s Statement Eases Way For Japs To End War uj f t luuimu jl • jrcinwV'Ii WASHINGTON, May 9. — (IP)— President Truman’s statement on unconditional surrender for Japan was widely viewed in congress today as easing the way for the Japan ese to end their futile struggle. Some legislators interpreted it too as lending credence to rumors of peace overtures from Tokyo. Senator Johnson (D-Colo) said he regarded it as ‘confirmation” of peace feeler reports. “But you can expert peace overtures at all times in war,” he dommented to re porters. "They are a part of psy chological warfare.” similarly, senator o Manoney (D-Wyo) said he would “not be surprised” if there have been peace feelers, adding: "I think there .is a distinct possi bility the Japanese will not Insist upon destruction of Japan to the extent Hitler insisted upon the de struction of Germany.” WHAT IT MEANS j The President’s statement issued along with his V-E proclamation yesterday reiterated this country’s insistence on unconditional surren der by the Japanese military and See TBUMAN’S Pace 3 Soviet Troops Liberate Prague 4 Hours After Surrender Deadline By Romney Wheeler LONDON, May 9.—(/P)—Russian troops and tanks, striking swiftly by night from the north, liberated Prague at 4 A. M. today—four hours after the official deadline for all Germans to lay down their arms—Premier-Marshal Stalin aui iuuuucu Warfare between Germans and Russians apparently continued be yond the time set for complete ces sation of hostilities. Earlier today, a station calling itself the Prague radio said German planes bombed the Czechoslovak capital and three other points in the republic shortly after Russian troops had entered Prague. Stalin declared “troops of the First Ukrainian front, as a re sult of a swift night maneuver by tank formations and in fantry, having smashed enemy resistance today, May 9, at 4 a.m. liberated from the German invaders the capital of our ally, Czechoslovakia, the city of Prague." He ordered a salute in Moscow of 24 salvoes from 324 guns. Hostilities in Europe officially ended at 12:01 a.m. battlefront time. At about the same time the Germans surrendered the three French ports and U-boat bases of Lorient, St. Nazaire and La Ro chelle. A French communique said they had been occupied. The only Germans remaining unsurrendered on French soil were some 12,000 at Dunkerque, the channel port through which the British expedi tionary force escaped in 1940. SURRENDERED PORTS About 79,000 Germans were be lieved to have yielded in the three surrendered ports — all important submarine bases when German un dersea raiders threatened Allied victory. Russia joyously proclaimed the unconditional surrender of Germany before dawn, 10 hours after President Truman and See SOVIET Page 2 Goering, Kesselring Captured By U. S. 7 th Goering Says He Was Sentenced To Death April 24 For Suggesting He Succeed Hitler PARIS, May 9.—(/P)—Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering and Field Marshal Albert Kesselring have been taken in custody of the U. S. Seventh Army. HERMAN GOERING HOUSES BURN; NO WATER One house was completely burn ed to the ground and another was badly damaged by fire today short ly after 11 o’clock while Shelby firemen were vainly trying to get water from what they said was a defective hydrant. Both houses were occupied by negroes and were owned by C. S. Thompson. The house which was burned to the ground with all its furnishings was occupied by Harr vey Hopper at 502 East Warren street and the house next door, 500 East Warren street, was occupied by Henrietta Osborne. All of the | furniture in the Osborne house was saved. The firemen had 500 feet of hose laid from the nearest hydrant to the fire before the discovery that there was no water. According to Chief Paul Hawkins, who investi gated, the valve in the hydrant be came stuck and the stem twisted off when fire men tried to turn on the water. The next nearest hydrant was over a quarter of a mile away and the first 500 feet of hose had to be taken up and moved before wat er could be secured. When fire men arrived the Hopper house was burning all over but the other house had not caught fire. They said if water had been available they could have saved part of the first house and the Osborne house would never have caught fire. _ _ ^ A uiAbu c»4 my giuup auiiuuuvv ment quoted Qoering as saying he nad been sentenced to death April 24 for suggesting that he takeover leadership of the Reich from Hit ler. Goering’s wife and child were taken into custody with him. Kesselring was the last German commander in chief of the wes tern front. He was shifted from Italy to succeed Field Marshal von Rundstedt, captured earlier by the Seventh army. "FAITHFUL PALADIN” The corpulent 51-year-old Goe ring is the self-styled "most faith ful paladin of the Fuehrer” and had been designated by Hitler as his successor. But that was before the Reichsmarshal fell from favor In the closing months of Nazi Ger many. He is one of the world’s greatest collectors of medals, uni forms and art—the latter largely pilfered from countries which Ger many overran. Among other things, he was Prussian prime minister, minister of aviation, president of the Reich stag, minister of forestation, Reich’s master of the hunt, direc tor of the Prussian state theaters and opera, president of the Ger man academy of aviation, director over foreign exchange and raw materials and plenipotentiary in charge of the four-year plan. His arrested wife was the blond, blue-eyed former actress, Emmy Sonnenmann who in earlier days was Hitler’s leading hostess. Miners, Operators Meet With Ickes WASHINGTON, May 9. -(/Pi Anthracite operators and miners were summoned to meet with In terior Secretary Ickes today to dis cuss stalemated contract negotia tions which have halted hard coal mining. Ickes, who as solid fuels admin istrator, is responsible for coal pro duction, said yesterday he wanted to find out what has held up the contract talks. They have been under way in New York more than a month. John L. Lewis’ United Mine work ers have refused to accept a war labor board request for extension of the wage contract which expired April 30, v ^ LIBERATED—Pfc. James R. Da vis, husband of the former Miss Mescal Wilkie, who is making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Wilkie, at 123 Pine St., while he is in service, has recent ly been liberated from a German Prison camp by American sol diers, and will be sent to the Unit ed States soon, according to word received from him by his wife. Pfc. Davis has been serving in the Army since October, 1939 and sailed for an overseas station in April, 1944. He was taken prisoner by the Germans in Belgium on January 4, 1945, and the letter re ceived today was the first word from him since before he was captured. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Roe Davis of 925 Church St., Shelby. ?f 26 MINOR U. S. VESSELSSUNK Japanese Airmen Fight Fleet Bitterly In Oki nawa Campaign GUAM, May 9—(A5)—Twenty-six ninor U. S. fleet units, ranking from ammunition ships to landing ;raft, have been sunk by Japanese aerial attacks during the Okinawa operation “but these losses have aot slowed up the Pacific cam paign,” Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz said today. “I don’t think the results they (the Japanese) are achieving com pensate for the losses they are taking,” the admiral told corres pondents at a press conference. Some 3,000 enemy aircraft have been destroyed since start of the Ryukyus campaign March 18. He described Okinawa as the largest and closest ‘“rung in the island ladder approach to Japan.” See 26 MINOR Page 2 Kiwanis Ladies Night Program Set Thursday evening of this week is annual Kiwanis ladies’ night and a program of fun has been planned. . Bob Patton, humorist from Morganton will be the prin cipal speaker. He is superintend ent of Burke county schools and has been here on several previous occasions, delighting large audi ences. There will be music by jubilee singers and others and favors for all the lady guests. Elaborate preparations are being made for the program, decoration and fa vors and it is expected that nearly 200 guests will be present. Russia Demands Ratification Of Terms In Berlin By Harold King For The Combined Allied Press BERLIN, May 9.—(JP)—The final act of military sur render of all Germany’s armed forces to the Allied and Red army high commands took place in the Berlin suburbs of Karlshorst this morning at 12:16 A. M., Central European Time (7:16 P. M., EWT., Tuesday). j With this act of solemn surrender, the recognized heads of the German amy, the German navy and the Luftwaffe acknowledged themselves as militarily beaten to their knees, and it will be difficult for postwar Germany to recreate a legend of the so-called “invincible army” being stabbed in the back. The German commanders-in-chief who signed were, re spectively, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Admiral Gen. Von Freideburg, and Air Col.-Gen. G. P. Stumpf. The act was signed for the Allies by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder on behalf of Gen. Eisenhower, and by Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov on behalf of the high command of the Red army. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, U. S. army, and Gen. Jean De Lattre De Tassigny, commander of the French First Army, signed respectively as having witnessed the signing. ! DRAFT ACT IS EXTENDED Bill Signed By Truman To doy, Continued Year From May 15 WASHINGTON, May 9. —UP)— President Truman today signed legislation extending the Selective Service act as a “compelling neces sity in the continuance of military operations against Japan.” The President said he signed the bill extending the military draft a year from May 15 (or until the war has ended on all fronts) with reluc tance because he did not wish his action to be interpreted as expres sing concurrence with a section of the legislation placing “added re striction on the War and Navy department, in their management of the fighting forces.” The measure, as passed by Con gress, prohibits the use of 18-year olds in combat unless they have had at least six months of training. STATEMENT The President’s statement; “I am reluctantly giving my ap proval to this legislation, I do not wish this approval to be interpret ed as expressing my concurrence in Section 2 of the bill, which places added restrictions on the War and Navy departments in their man agement of the fighting forces. I signed the legislation only because the immediate extension of the Selective Service act is of compell ing necessity in the continuance of military operations against Japan.” The War and Navy departments opposed the restriction on use of 18-year-olds when the bill was be fore the house and senate. An end of the war with Japan would automatically terminate the draft authority. Should the war in the Pacific not be over by May 15, 1946, a further extension by Con gress would be necessary. Specifically, the legislation bans the use in combat of inductees See DRAFT Page 2 Merrymakers Celebrate V-E Day In European Capitals j LONDON, May 9—(/Pi—Buoyant merrymakers in this British capi tal embarked today on their sec ond V-E day celebration, while pa rading Soviet citizens in the streets to Moscow he\d their first rejoic ings over the tidings of peace. There was frolicking in the streets of Paris, Brussels, Amster dam, Copenhagen and other citiies to which peace had come after long tribulation. In Oslo, capital of Norway, armed German soldiers strolled a bout the streets watching the ju bilant Norwegian celebrants That curious V-E day situation, dupli cated in other Norwegian towns, I was due to the fact that Allied authorities had not yet been able to collect enemy arms. Street fighting between Danish troops and former Nazi collabo- ; rators as well as Germans marred the eelebration in Copenhagen. The unrestricted marathon cel- j ebration that started in Paris1 Monday continued in unflagging j fashion. Paris and London’s non-! stop observances set the pace for! other European cities. Despite three earlier talks Prune: See MERRYMAKERS Page 2 NEW YORK, May 9—</P)—After signing the articles of surrender during the ratification ceremonies in Berlin today Field Marshal Wil helm Keitel, chief of the German general staff, shut his portfolio, arose and marched out, CBS Cor respondent Howard K. Smith said. CBS said Smith attended as the only representatiive of American networks. Smith said Keitel was the personification of Prussian and Nazi arrogance. Keitel carried the baton presented to him by Hitler and alone of all the German officers in the room wore the gold badge of honorable Nazi service to Hit ler, Smith said. BROADCAST Following is Smith’s broadcast: “The greatest V-E day of all happened yesterday in, of all places, Berlin. “The Russians demanded that, in addition to the articles of surrender signed three days ago in Gen. Eisenhower’s See RUSSIA Page 2 PARK WORKERS ARE SECURED The Rev. Paul Hardin, jr.. chair man of the city parks and play* ground commission, announced to day selection of personnel for thi corning summer. The playground located at the corner of Nortt Washington and East Sumter streets, will be supervised by Miss Lucy Crisp. Miss Christine Rucker will be the assistant supervisor It is planned now for the play ground to open officially on Mom day, June 11. This slight delay it occasioned by the fact that the two playground workers will be un able to assume their duties untl that time. In the meantime certain repairs will be made on the equip ment and the club house. The wad ing pool is to be cleaned out and a larger outlet installed. OPEN DAILY The playground will be open and properly supervised from nine to twelve each morning and from twd to six each afternoon throughout the week, with the exception of Sunday. The playground will be closed on Sundays. The parks and playground com mission members feel that they are exceedingly fortunate in having se cured Miss Crisp and Miss Rucker to supervise the playground this summer. Miss Crisp is a native of Grover and a graduate of Gardner Webb college and Appalachian State Teachers college. She has been a teacher in the public schools of North Carolina for four years, during which time she has coached several sports. Miss Rucker is a, resident of Shelby, the daughter of Mrs. W. P, Rucker and the late W. r? Rucker She is a graduate of Shelby high school and ts at pres ent a student a* West®rn Carolina Teachers college at CuIlowhM.
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