BRONZE STAR
FOR HOWINGTON
The Reverend Nolan P. Howing
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. W.
Howington of route 3, Shelby, who
served the North Benson Baptist
church, Frankfort, Kentucky, pre
vious to his being accepted as a
chaplain In the United States
army has recently been awarded
the Bronze Star medal. Chaplain
Howington was commended for his
indefatigable efforts to stimulate
and maintain religious interest
throughout the 273rd Infantry
regiment of which he is the regi
mental chaplain.
In 1943, the Rev. Mr. Howing
ton entered the army as a first
lieutenant and was assigned to the
Harvard University Chaplain
school. Having completed his
course there, he became a chap
lain in the 273rd Infantry regi
ment, a component of the 68th In
fantry division. He served that
unit while it was stationed in the
United States and accompanied it
overseas. His recognition has been
rapid, for he has since been pro
moted to the rank of captain with
the title of Regimental chaplain.
An additional honor came in the
form of the Bronze Star.
At present Chaplain Howington
is in action somewhere in Ger
many..
GERMANS
Starts On Fate One
Daniel Boones on motorcycles, were
almost mobbed by the exultant
throngs. Every Red army vehicle
soon was overflowing with pretty
Czech girls—whom the G. I’s
have voted the best looking in
Europe.
Westward from Prague to the
American lines at Pllsen stretched
45-mile column of broken German
troops fleeing toward Yank posi
tions to escape being taken pris
oner by the Russians.
SLAUGHTER
Among them were thousands of
S. 6. troops, whom the Czechs ac
cuse of slaughtering thousands of
unarmed boys and men in the last
three days, and of herding women
and children before their tanks to
protect their vehicles from the
patriots’ fire.
In the 56-mlle line of glnm
Germans streaming toward Pil
aen were scores of colonels and
personnel — and hundreds of
wives and children of German
occupation troops, trying to
ride on dilapidated cars and
carts in this long column of
woe and red-faced distress.
Thousands of German carpet
bagers and farmers with their
families were in that column, and
every German in Czechoslovakia
east of Pilsen appeared headed for
the Reich or for American lines.
The worried Germans held on
to their arms until they reached
Yank outposts five miles from Pil
sen.
Under orders from the Dough
boys of the Second Infantry divi
sion and tank men of the 16th
Armored divison, they then began
throwing away their equipment
pistols, machineguns, rifles, helmets,
gas masks, binoculars and cameras
along the roadside, until it looked
like a Nazi armory. Civilian men
and boys pawed over this loot.
TAKE
Start* On Pag* One
ment.
Borotrs was one of the world’s
ten top ranking tennis players 15
years ago. Teamed with Rene La
coste, Jacques Brugnon and Henri
Cochet, he appeared in many Am
erican, English and French tour
naments and Davis Cup matches.
Weygand and Borotra were both
arrested on warrants issued by the
high court of justice, which has
Jurisdiction over the most impor
tant cases of collaboration and will
soon bring Marshal Petaln to trial
on a charge of treason.
Weygand, in poor health, Is be
ing held in a military hospital.
Borotra is under house arrest.
GOVERNMENT
Starts On Page One
tion of postwar models.
OPA prepared meanwhile to an
nounce tomorrow (11:30 am.,
EWT) Its policy for holding down
prices on the new goods soon to
re-enter the market for the first
time in tsree years,
time In three years,
said yesterday that as matter of
general policy prices will be held
to the levels of 1942, tl jsc at which
the last pre-war durable goods left
the market.
A babe in a house is a well-spring
of pleasure, a messenger of peace
and love, a resting-place for inno
cence on earth, a link between
angels and men.—Tupper.
SCHOOLS HAVE
OPEN HOUSE
All white rural schools In Cleve
land county will observe open house
Friday, it was announced this
morning by Horace Grigg, super
intendent of county schools. Pa
trons of the schools are invited to
the school grounds and asked to
observe Improvements in the
grounds and class rooms. There will
short programs at most of the
schools.
FOUR BODIES
Starts On Page One
that no body that can be identified
without any shadow of doubt as
that of Adolf Hitler ever will be .
found now.
UNDERGROUND FORT
The underground fortress which
Hitler made his headquarters in ,
the final mighty battle of Berlin ,
was the huge, supposedly bomb- ■
proof air-raid shelter underneath
the new Reichschancellery. :
Somewhere amid this under
ground labyrinth of ruins, his body ,
charred beyond real recognition by
flamethrowers, Adolf Hitler prob
ably met his death. The Russians '
believe he might have been killed
beforehand by the people around
him. But the flames that finally
swept through the subterranean
passages probably destroyed for- 1
ever any definite evidence of how !
the Nazi leader was wiped out.
IN CHAOS
Today, more man a weea aim
the capitulation of Berlin, I was
able to see something of the hor
ror of the greatest street-to-street
and house-to-house battle since ‘
Stalingrad.
The Tiergarten—Berlin’s Central •
Park or Hyde Park — was held
through days of desperate fighting
by S. 9. troops. Before 1941, I used 1
often to stroll through it on sum
mer evenings. It was probably one '
of the most beautiful parks in any
capital city in the world. Today it
looks like the Argonne or Belleau
Wood or Paschendaele. Its fine
trees have been swept bare of
leaves by a days-long tornado of
shellfire, and broken branches lit
ter the ground everywhere. The
ground Is smoke-blackened and ‘
torn by deep trenches and anti
tank ditches.
AIR WAR
Starts On Page One
Bountiful, Utah, termed the strike
one of the most successful in
which he has participated. Eighty
Superforts were over the target
ahead of him, “and when we ar
rived a column of smoke was ris
ing more than 15,000 feet high
with scarlet bursts of flame
through it,” he said.
Crewmen of another plane said
billows of smoke towered more
than 20,000 feet from the Toku
yama fueling station, and Lt.
James Pratt of Wesleyville, Penna.,
rmnrt/>d flams* leanpd unward
2,000 to 3,000 feet. Although
crewmen of Pratt’s plane found
the smoke a minor nuisance in
sighting the target, flight officer
Wayne Story of Rifle, Colo., said
bomb’s from the plane added new
flames to the holocaust.
Even the usually reluctant Jap
anese Dome! news agency admit
ted the fleet of attacking planes
was huge, and reported by broad
oast that "approximately 300’’ Su
perforts had participated.
SAMAL
Starts On Page One
trad Mindanao; while another col
umn moved northward and engag
ed a Japanese force near the south
ern airstrip of the Maramag air
drome.
Elsewhere in the Philippines the
25th and 37th divisions on north
ern Luzon fought fiercely as they
approached the important Balete
Pass in an encircling move. The
32nd division advanced 700 yards
along the Villa Verde trail nearby.
NEAR IPO DAM
East of Manila, the 43rd division
speared within three miles of Ipo
Dam, source of at least one-third
of the capital’s water.
In the air war, Australian and
American fliers pounded harbor
targets on Borneo, Including the
old Japanese fleet anchorage at
Labuan Island.
Two Fifth Air Force Mitchells
sank a destroyer off the mouth of
the Yangtze river with three direct
hits. A 500-ton subchaser was sent
to the bottom by a Navy Libera
tor off Swatow and two other sub
chasers were damaged. Two
freighters were sunk and several
others damaged.
Suzuki Promises To
Achieve 'Victory1
LONDON, May 10. —iff)— The
Tokyo radio said today that Pre
mier Baron Kantaro Suzuki "had
an audience with the Mikado and
informed him of the decision of
cabinet x x x to bring the war to a
victorious conclusion."
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Censorship To Continue, But
Is Relaxed Due To V-E Day
WASHINGTON, May 10— (fP) —
News censorship will continue un
der relaxed restrictions resulting
from the end of the European war.
Censorship Director Byron Price
has announced elimination or mo
dification of several sections of the
voluntary code that has governed
publication of war news in the
United States since January 15,
1942. The code soon will be rewrit
ten in shorter form.
Basic military information still
is subject to authorization by com
petent authorities.
Price said “the end of German
resistance alters security require
nents materially although it by
10 means erases the need for, or
importance of, voluntary censor
ship.”
Provisions dealing with informa
;ion on attacks by air, weather re
jorts and sabotage were eliminat
sd. Rules on publication of infor
nation about war prisoners, in
emees and civilian prisoners were
relaxed to a prohibition against
'information as to arrival, move
nents, confinement or identity of
nilitaiy prisoners from war zones”
inless given out by competent au
hority.
ENEMY ATTACKS
The regulation on damage caus
sd in the United States by enemy
iction was revised but still pro
libits use of “information about
ictual or impending enemy attacks
in the Continental United States.”
Prohibitions against publication
if information on war material
iroduction were relaxed to cover
inly secret or new weapons, de
iigns, formulas, processes or ex
>eriments, to materiel used for
specialized military operations”
md to actual movement or trans
lortation of war materiel.
The identification and location
if all American military units in
!urope now may be published up
o and including May 8. Later
novements require appropriate au
hority.
Trial Of Lt. Epes
Is Postponed
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 10—{IP)
-Trial of Lt. S. C. Epps, member
>f a wealthy Richmond, Va., fam
ly on a charge of murdering his
vife, has been postponed until
3eptember.
Judge G. Duncan Bellinger
granted the postponement request
made yesterday by Epes’ lawyer,
Edgar A. Brown. Brown, president
if the state senate, said he needed
an operation and rest after the
recently-adjourned session of the
state legislature.
Lt. Epes is under an indictment
which charges his with giving
his pretty 26-year-old wife, Mary
Lee Williams Epes of Jackson
ville, Fla., an overdose of sedative
and burying her in a foxhole near
Ft. Jackson.
The officer has denied killing
his wife but admits burying her
“in a moment of panic" 16 days
before he led officers to her grave.
Best Upholstering
Firm In Production
Best Upholstering company, a
recently organized Shelby firm has
gone into production of sofa beds
It was announced this morning,
rhe output is being disposed of
In the wholesale trade.
The factory is located on Trade
street and is equipped to turn out
about 40 units a week. When the
plant is fully manned it will have
about eight employes. Herman
Best is head of the firm.
SMALL NATIONS
Starts On Face One
treaties. He had argued that would
play into the hands of German
propagandists after this war.
A committee on structures and
procedures of the general assem
bly decided last night to let each
country have as many as five rep
resentatives in the assembly but
cnly one vote.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
These other developments at
tracted top interest:
1. A big-five committee on in
ternational trusteeships is reported
to have reached agreement “in
principle” on what sort of machin
ery to set up for governing the
ex-enemy territories of this world
war and the previous one.
2. Senators Vandenberg and Con
nally (D-Tex) made clear in public
statements that they and other
American delegates are constantly
concerned with what the United
States senate may or may not be
willing to accept, by two-thirds
vote, in the way of a security
league.
3. In Washington, the house
passed—and sent to the senate—a
resolution calling for a constitu
tional amendment to require treaty
ratification by a majority vote of
both branches of congress. Pros
pects for success looked bleak.
PARTIAL VICTORY
4. The Russians finally won a
partial victory in their fight to get
i world trade union congress
spokesman to the conference even
though Foreign Minister Molotov
left yesterday. The conference
committee on a world economic
md social council, accepted 25 to
1, a Russian proposal that such a
representative be consulted by it.
Dn previous occasions Molotov had
!ailed in similar moves.
5. Secretary of State Stettinius
:ontinued his series of meetings
with other big-five power represen
tatives. They are trying to get to
other on amendments proposed
jy the smaller nations here.
A. F. Hendrick, Jr.,
Reaches Charleston
CHARLESTON, S. C., May 10—
(JP)—Six men from North and South
Carolina, all marines, arrived here
yesterday aboard a hospital ship
which left the Pacific May 4. They
were Pfc. Robert L. Olson of Char
leston, S. C., Pfc. Tom Grice of
Summerville, Pfc. A. F. Hendrick,
jr., of Shelby, N. C., Pvt. Edward
H. Hamilton of Atlantic, N. C.,
Pvt. Ira C. Bryant of Granite
Falls, N. C., and Sgt. H. B. Hol
brook of Greenville.
Immediately after unloading, the
men were taken to holding hos
pitals in this area. They will be
sent out to general hospitals for
further treatment.
Olson, Hamilton, Bryant and
Holbrook were all wounded on Iwo
Jima, Hendrick was wounded first
at Tinian and later at Iwo, and
Grice was suffering from bums
sustained on Guam.
MINIMUM
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erauon.
The department said the meth
od for releasing officers will be
“tougher than the plan for enlist
ed personnel primarily because of
ficers have received additional
training, have heavier responsibili
ties and have developed specialized
skills and leadership capacity.”
Therefore, the department said,
“although officers will have an ad
justed service rating score based
on the same multiples as for en
listed personnel, this factor will be
secondary to the prime require
ment of military necessity.”
The department said enlisted
men with the highest point totals
will become eligible for release from
the army “except where consider
ations of military necessity make
it impossible to let them go until
qualified replacements can be oo
tained. This exception applies par- 1
ticularly to men possesing special
skills required in the war against
Japan and to men in units that
will have to move to the Pacific
so swiftly that no opportunity is
provided for replacing men with
high scores until they reach the
new theater.”
GROUND TROOPS
Because of the special require
ments of the war against Japan,
the strength of the army service
forces and air forces will be reduc
ed much less than the strength of
ground forces.
“As a result,” the initial rate
of release will be more rapid among
ground troops than among those
assigned to air forces or service
! forces,” the department said.
I When soldiers who are surplus
I overseas arrive in this country
they will proceed from ports to one
of the 22 reception stations. At
these reception stations soldiers
having the required scores will be
screened once more to determine
whether they are essential.
will be transferred immediately
to a separation center for pro
cessing: prior to release.
This processing will take only
about 48 hours, after which the
soldier will be on his way home
as a civilian.
The War Department said its
demobilization plan will not affect
the continued release of enlisted
men over 42 years of age, which
was started recently. Holders of the
medal of honor also are eligible for
release upon request.
Married members of the WAC
will be released at their own
request if their army husbands
have been returned to civilian
life.
ALREADY HOME
Maj. Gen. William J. Tompkins,
director of the special planning
division of the War Department’s
special staff, led a group of high
ranking officials in explaining the
demobilization plan to a news con
ference. Tompkins said there are a
number of soldiers already in the
country who returned for rest and
who have high scores. They will
be eligible for discharge ‘‘right
away,” he said.
The army previously had ex
plained that in addition to the
1,300,000 men expected to be
eligible for discharge under the
demobilization program the
normal attrition rate (discharge
for physical reasons and other
factors) will bring the total for
the next 12 months up to ap
proximately 2,000,000.
The department said it plans to
increase the 1,300,000 figure by
keeping Selective Service calls at
the present level which was fixed
on a replacement basis.
Tompkins said the Army is ‘‘still
going to call on the 18-year old
group to the maximum that can
be furnished” and he added he
was certain that draft boards will
continue to take some men over
30. He explained that the 18-29
year age group never has been large
enough to supply sufficient man
power in itself.
In answer to a question, Tomp
kins said he did not think it possi
ble at present to make any change
in the policy of drafting fathers.
All troops have been notified of
the point system.
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N. Y. COTTON AT 2:00
Today Prev. Day
March _ _—21.92 22.04
May _ ....22.95 22.95
July _ _....22.70 22.76
October . __22.13 22.24
December _ _22.02 22.13
1.74%
1.64%
1.60%
1.15%
1.12
1.10%
1.38%
1.35%
1.26%
CHICAGO GRAIN
WgEAT
May.-.1.73%
July . _1.63%
September „ -1.59%
CORN
May _ .1.15
July _ .1-12
September _ ...1.10%
RYE
May _ _1.37%
July . _1.34%
September _ .1.25
STOCKS AT 2:00
Amn Rolling Mill -- 18 1-8
American Loco - 32 1-4
American Tobacco B _ .— 741-2
American Tel & Tel- 165 5-8
Anaconda Copper- 33 7-8
Assoc Dry Goods - 24 1-2
Beth Steel - 76 1-4
Boeing Air -- 18 3-4
Chrysler .. - 111 1-4
Curtiss-Wright-- 5 7-8
Elec Boat .. ..- 15 3-8
General Motors- 68 7-8
Pepsi Cola - 23 1-8
Greyhound Corp - 25 1-2
International Paper - 25 1-8
Nash Kelv . 21 1-8
Glenn L Martin - 24 3-8
Newport Ind --- 24
N Y Central -.-.25 1-4
Penn R R -- 38
Radio Corp .. 12
Reynolds Tob 6-34 3-8
Southern Railroad - 44 1-4
Standard Oil of N J —-—63 1-4
Sperry Corp . 29
U S Rubber . 58
U S Steel . 65 1-2
Western Union _ ..- 45 1-8
Youngstown Sheet & Tube 47 3-4
STOCKS RETREAT
NEW YORK, May 10—(^—Scat
tered stocks made a feeble stab
at recovery in today’s market but
demand quickly tapered and the
retreat was resumed on most
fronts.
On the offside were Santa Fe,
Great Northern, N. Y. Centra!,
Southern Pacific, Bethlehem, U. S.
Steel, Chrysler, General Motors,
Du Pont, Goodrich, Deere, Am-1
erican Shelting, American Can,
Allied Chemical, Johns-Mansville, |
and Eastern Kodak. Intermittent;
gainers included Douglas Aircraft,
Bell Aircraft and Gulf Mobile &
Ohio.
Bonds were mixed and commo
dities lower.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO, May 10—(S’)— (WF
A)—Salable hogs 5,000; total 13,
500; active, fully steady; good and
choice barrows and gilts 140-lbs.
up at 14.75 ceiling; good and choice
sows at 14.00; complete clearance.
Salable cattle 5,000, total 5,000;
salable calves 800, total 800; fed
steers and yearlings, including
yearling heifers, fully steady;
strictly choice kinds at top 17.50;
bulk 14.75-16.75; this price range
suggesting much less desirable
killing quality than Wednesday’s;
top heifers 17.40, scaling 1,000 lbs.; i
cows steady; bulls strong to 25
cents higher, weighty sausage of
ferings to 13.50 and heavy fat bulls
to 14.75, with yearlings to 15.50;
vfcalers steady at 16.00 down.
GARRISON
Starts On Page One
Kremlin in a noisy holiday mood,
their leader asserted:
“Hitler declared three years ago,
'we shall destroy Russia.’ But Hit- I
I ler’s insane ideas were not destin- j
| ed to come true, x x x The Soviet
I union is rejoicing in victories, al
though it does not intend to de- j
stroy Germany.”
Earlier the Soviet premier issued
his 368th—and probably his last—
order of the day on the European
war. It announced the liberation
of Prague, occupied by the Nazis
since March 14, 1939. The liberation
came four hours after the deadline
for cessation of hostilities Of the
group of Germans still resisting in
Czechoslovakia, Stalin said the
Red army would "succeed in bring
ing it to its senses.”
GERMAN BANDS
Stalin said the Prague Nazis had
retreated west and southwest to
avoid capture by the Russians, and
the Czech radio said bands of Ger
mans were ravaging the country
side.
Remnants of the German 16th
and 18th armies, sealed off in the
Latvian Courland peninsula since
last October, were being corralled
by the Leningrad command, which
had processed 45,000 by nightfall
Wednesday. Some 21,000 from the
Vistula estuary area near Danzig
were processed by White Russian
armies by late Wednesday.
In Yugoslavia, a communique of
Marshal Tito’s forces said the par
tisans were advancing toward Au
stria against disconnected groups
of still resisting Germans.
The German high command In
its last communique said all Ger
man arms had ceased firing under
Admiral Karl Doenitz’s order. An
emotional announcer read the do
cument, which said “We have
achieved great victories but also
heavy defeats. We succumbed with
honor.”
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