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> WEATHER Cloudy and warm today, showers and thundershowers west and cen tral portions tonight beginning in mountains this afternoon. Wednes day, cloudiness and cooler. - State Theatre Today - “SUDAN” MARIA MONTEZ — JON HALL — TURHAN BEY VOL. XLIII—116 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c YANKS SET FOR FINAL DRIVE ON SHURI DEFENSES t ALLIES BITING BIG CHUNKS FROM JAP-HELD TERRITORY—Numbers on the above map locate points where the Allies are biting pieces from Japan’s empire (black areas) In the Pacific war. The heaviest fire bomb raid of the war (1) hit Nagoya, Americans gained In their southward drive on Okinawa (2), Chinese took Slnchang (3), and were on the outskirts of Foochow, British (1> had cleared Rangoon and were pre paring to drive east and south; in the Philippines (5), Americans drove toward a juncture northwest of Davao; Allies were completing the mop up of Tarakan <6> and Australian troops captured Wewak, (7), which had been by-passed earlier.—AP Wirephotoi AT CONFERENCE: Moscow Has Key To Security Problems Gromyko Asks Kremlin's Advice On Trusteeship, Re gional Defense System By John M. Hightower Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.—(/P)—United Nations of ficials looked to Moscow today for word that may hasten final agreement among the big-five powers on two of the most critical issues thus far met in charting a world secur NO ‘CRISIS’ IN ISTRIA SETUP British Deny Report Of Ultimatum Delivered To Marshal Tito LONDON, May 15—(/P}-A Brit ish spokesman today labeled as "exaggerated" reports published In London that Marshal Tito ot Yu goslavia had been ordered peremp torily to withdraw his troops from Istria and the Adriatic port of Trieste. Britain and the United States hold that Trieste would remain under Allied control until the peace conference settled its status. The spokesman said this policy had been communicated to the Yugo slav government through envoys at Belgrade in an atmosphere of frankness and friendship. He de clared there was no question of a crisis or of an ultimatum. His statement was similar to ton by Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew, who said the Yugo slav government had been inform ed ■ that Trieste would be controll ed by the Allied military govern ment until its status was settled in the orderly manner pledged by the United Nations for the solu tion of such problems. In Belgrade, Edvard Kardelj, I See NO CRISIS Page 2 Goering On First List War Criminals LONDON, May 15. —UP)— The War Crimes commission today an nounced Relchmarshal Herman Goerlng’s name was placed on the i first list of war criminals in No vember, 1944. The statement by the United Nations commission said simply: "With reference to recent dis cussions in the press, the United Nations War Crimes commission desires to state that Hermann Goe ring’s name was placed in Novem ber, 1944, on the first list of per sons charged with war crimes which was adopted by the com mission.” ■ , 1 l \ UI Russia, It developed, holds the key to settlement of both the In ternational trusteeship and the re gional defense system questions. Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, who succeeded Foreign Commissar Molotov as chief Russian delegate to the United Nations conference, has referred proposals on both of these to the Kremlin. Officials hope that replies on both of these will be received in a day or so. They figure that the speed with which Moscow acts will show whether Gromyko can get the same sort of quick action that Molotov was able to obtain before he returned home. The United States and Britain have ironed out virtually all of their differences on both issues and France and China were reported in MOSCOW^ May 15 —(/P)— Foreign Commissar Wyacheslav Molotov returned to Moscow today from the United Na tions conference in San Fran cisco. He arrived in his spe cial plane piloted by a U. 3. crew. substantial agreement with them. A Russian proposal for dealing the Big Five in a group on future Unit ed Nations handling of ex-enemy lands under international trustee ships has met American opposition, however. UNKNOWN On regional defense pacts, such as the inter-American system, Rus sia’s final attitude is not defi nitely known, pending word from Moscow. France’s position as one of the See MOSCOW Page 2 SEEK RELEASE OF FATHERS Move Begun To Release Army Men With More Than 3 Children WASHINGTON, May 15—(JP>—A move to force the army to dis charge all men with more than three children began on Capitol Hill today. It is under the leadership of Representative Engel (R-Mich), who said, he will seek a house vote on the proposition when the an nual War department appropria tion bill reaches the floor within several weeks. As a member of the appropria tions sub-committee handling army funds, Engel will ask the committee.|p write into the bill a ban against payment of funds to any service man who has more than three children. Its acceptance, he said in an interview, would force the army to discharge such men, since no one cqn be compell ed to serve without compensation. See SEEK Page 2 JAPS’ TREATIES WITH GERMANY ARE ABROGATED SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.—(IP) —Abrogation of all treaties be tween Japan and Germany and other European countries was de cided upon unanimously today by the Japanese cabinet, Radio Tokyo reported. Shortly before the unconditional surrender of Germany, Shigenori Togo, foreign minister, branded re ported Nazi peace feelers as “flag rant violations” of the Axis tripar tite pact because Japan had not been informed. Following today’s action Togo conferred with Emperor Hlrohito, and later called in Heinrich Stah mer, German ambassador to Ja pan to advise him of the action. Radio Tokyo’s report quoting the Japanese Doxnei News agency, was recorded by the Federal Communi cations Commission. * Many AMG Rulings In Reich Enforced By Death Penalty By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON, May 15.— (ff) — The full meaning of the ‘stern-’ military government the United States is imposing on Germany in the American occupation zone is found in penalties provided for infractors. In more than a dozen instances, the death sentence may be im posed. Long imprisonment and heavy fines are provided in oth ers. * Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower drew up the list of ordinances and penalties as his armies moved into k J Germany. It is assumed these are the codes under Which American occupation is operating. They do not necessarily represent the pre cise policies of the other Allies in their respective fones. SENTENCES A general military court may Im pose any sentence, Including death. An intermediate military court may impose imprisonment up to ten years or fines up to $10,000. A summary court can sentence up to one year or fine up to $1,000. See fifANY Page 2 k MEET PLANNED TO DISCUSS PEACEPROGRAM President Admits He Dis cussed Parley With Eden Yesterday NO DEFINITE DATE WASHINGTON. May 15.— (A1)—President Truman said today he hoped to meet soon with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin to discuss the future peace program. The president told reporters ne had discussed such a meeting witn British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden yesterday but that no def inite decision had been made. He said he hoped that they could get around a table soon but he did not believe it would be im mediately. The matter came up after the president said he favored repeal of the Johnson act restricting loans to nations in default on world war I obligations. He was ashed if he planned to meet .with Churchill and Stalin. He replied he hoped that there will be a possibility for the three to meet and dis cuss together a peace program around the table. The Big Three will have the meeting, he added later. A re porter asked if that meant it was on and he said he hoped there will be one soon. He added it would not be before the close of the San Francisco Conference . Pressed for a definite time, the president said it won’t be imme diate or in the far distant future. Churchill Hopes For Meeting Of ‘Big Three’ Soon LONDON, May 15 —UP)— Prime Minister Churchill said today he hoped for a meeting soon with Marshal Stalin and President Tru man and, in reply to another query in Commons, refused to commit himself on the question of wheth er Hitler is dead. He also disclosed that King George VI early during the war had practiced daily with a rifle and tommygun in the Buckingham palace garden, and expressed belief the King would have joined the men on the firing line if the war ever had brought a last ditch stand in London. The prime minister further said Britain would not hold formal vic tory parades and celebrations un til Japan is defeated. Asked whether a meeting of the Big Three was contemplated in the near future, Churchill said: “I devoutly hope so. It would be very odd if such a long, fierce war end ed without any settlement even a mong the victors.” HITLER DEAD? wnen one memoer inquired wne ther Hitler’s death had been es tablished “beyond all shadow of doubt,” Churchill replied that he knew no more “than any other member who reads the newspa per.” “There I have only my own opin ion to go by,” he said. “What is that?” a member shouted. “I really do not feel that any particular duty lies upon me to make guesses,” the prime minister replied. “When we have anything particular, I shall be quite ready to announce it. In the meantime I must say I incline to the gen eral opinion.” Churchill was asked whether Hitler was being hidden by Prime Minister de Valera’s Eiree govern ment, and drew laughter with the remark that he would have “in quiries made on that." SHARP PROTESTS Sharp protests against the atti tude of de Valera’s government arose in the house. One member suggested the government move for arrest of the German legation staff in Dublin with the view of trying them as war criminals. See CHURCHILL Page 2 War Loan Summary WASHINGTON, May 15—(fl>) —The 7th War Loan summariz ed: Dates: May 14-June 30. (Purchases by payroll deduc tion count April 9-July 7) Individual goal: $7,000,000,000. Corporation goal: $7,000,000,000. Total: $14,000,000,000. Slogan: The “Mighty 7th.” Truman Opposed To Reduction Of Taxes Until Japs Defeated WASHINGTON, May 15. —(JP)— President Truman declared today that he is opposed to any reduction in taxes until after Japan has been defeated. The President told his news conference that there can be no reduction—no possible reduction—until after the whole war is over. He said 85,000,000 bond holders had to be protected and that the only protection lay in continued high taxation. The President was asked if he had seen a statement by Chairman George (D-Ga) of the senate finance committee sug gesting a plan for the gradual reduction of taxes. He replied that there can be no reduction in taxes while the war is on. There is no possible way to reduce taxes until the war with Japan has been ended, he added, and as long as the nation is obligated to levy taxes to meet its debts. Bloody Balete Pass Falls To Americans Yanks Count 7,060 Enemy Dead In 75-Foot Pass Between High Mountains By FRED HAMPSON MANILA, May 15.—(/P)—Bloody Balete pass fell to Americans of the 25th and 37th divisions Sunday after weeks of bitter fighting, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today. Doughboys were fighting down the 80-mile mountain road leading to the extensive Cagayan valley of northern Luzon, NEW SHAKE-UP JAP ADMIRALS SAN FRANCISCO, May 15—(fl*)— Another shake-up of Japanese ad mirals, which has become almost a weekly routine for former com manders of Nippon’s vanishing fleet, was reported today in To kyo press dispatches. At least eight | admirals were involved, and there was only one sea command among the lot. Vice Adm. Takao Tada, chief of the naval affairs bureau, was ap pointed vice minister of the navy, succeeding Vice Adm. Shigeyosni Inouye who was raised to full ad miral and seated on the supreme war council. Vice Adm. Ryozo Fukuda, com mander of the Takao Naval Sta tion, was appointed commander-in chief of the China Seas fleet, re placing Adm. Nobutake Kondo, who was elevated to the war coun cil. Vice Adm. Misao Wadao was named chief of naval aviation headquarters. Vice Adm. Zenshiro Hoshina was made chief of the navy’s military affairs bureau. Rear Adm. Toshitane Takata became vice chief of the military affairs bureau. Vice Adm. Nishizo Tzuka hara, commander of the Yokosuka naval base, was made a full ad miral. The changes were reported by the Japanese Dome! News ag ency in wireless dispatches heard by the Federal Communications commission. Truman For Repeal Of Johnson Act WASHINGTON, May 15— (/P) — President Truman told his news conference today he was for the repeal of the Johnson act which places restrictions on private loans to countries in default on World War I obligations. He read from a message to con gress in January by former Presi dent Roosevelt assefting that re peal of the act was necessary to achieve an adequate flow of es sential trade. Mr. Truman said Mr. Roosevelt's statement was as true as it can be and that he personally had never been for the Johnson act in the first place. WHArS DOING TODAY 7:00 p. m.—Scouters club meets with Lily Mill troop No. 6 at Lily Mill club house. WEDNESDAY 7:30 p. m.—State College Alumni association meets at Shelby hotel. 7:30 p.m.—Prayer meeting at Presbyterian church. 8:00 p.m.—Midweek prayer and praise service at First Bap tist church. Deacon’s Night. 8:00 p.m—Fellowship hour at Central Methodist church. t j a Japanese stronghold. Yanks counted 7,000 enemy dead in the narrow 75-foot defile between towering mountains, Associated Press Correspondent James Hut cheson reported from the field. The toll is expected to mount to 20,000 when Japanese dead sealed in the network of caves interlacing the pass walls are counted. It was from these caves, many of them large enough for an entire company, that enemy troops held off the Yank drive into Luzon's breadbasket. The enemy exacted “sobering losses’’ on our troops, Maj. Gen. Charles L. Mullins, Jr., reported. But the way now lies downhill. When doughboys reach the valley floor, tanks, heavy artillery and flame-throwers can be brought to bear. The 25th and 37th were driving toward Santa Fe and juncture with the 32nd division pushing along the Villa Verde trial from the west. They were two miles apart. RING TIGHTENEn East of Manila, the 43rd division, preparing for the final assault, tightened its ring around Japanese near Ipo Dam, which supplies one third of Manila’s water. On Mindanao, Japanese fiercely resisted the Yank drive near Davao City between the Talomo and Davao rivers. Am ericans hurled back six banzai charges in company strength Saturday and Sunday. Japanese naval guns on the northern tip of nearby Samal island, invaded by Doughboys, shelled American lines on the mainland. The 31st division liquidated a reinforced company of bypassed Japanese between Kibawe and Maramag in north central Min danao. Sixty miles up Sayre high way, near the north coast, the 40th division consolidated the captured Del Monte air center. Guerrilla forces seized Cagayan port, bring ing the entire north coast under American control. 50.000 JAPS The three divisions are fighting to bisect Mindanao and break up a” estimated 50,000 Japanese troops. On Tarakan Island, off Borneo, Australian and Dutch troops scored local gains. Aneta, Netherlands See BLOODY Page 2 mas i- ruin is—s sgi, tiaroia M. Ca rot hers i above > of Denver, has 168 discharge points, only two points short of twice the number needed to qualify for an Army dis charge. However, he is sticking to his post as a tail gunner in the Air Corps. He did not object to be ing classified essential for he is “sort of itching to see Tokyo from the tail-end of a B-29.” BOND CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED Shelby's Civic leaders Eat K Ration And Plan For Drive Fortified with a meal of K ra tion, the soldiers field food, rep resentatives from all of Shelby’s civic organizations opened the lo cal drive in the Seventh War Loan campaign last night and went out today to sell bonds as they have never sold them before. The meeting at the Charles hotel was presided over by Hall Houpe, who was in charge of the program, and Worth Morris, commander in chief of the bona drive in the retail district. The K ration, brought to the table in Uncle Sam’s little brown boxes, was a novel experience for the banqueters, who declared they could take it if the men who are fighting for them can eat it. Most of them did too. One of the features of the even ing was the showing of a film de picting an amphibious landing on an island in the South Pacific under heavy fire. These pictures were actual photographs taken by the signal corps and showed con certed movements by the army, navy, marines and air forces. They held the intense interest of the local group. TELLS OF D-DAY Major Frederick V. H. Smith, who was a member of the ord nance division in England while ammunition was being piled up for assault on the continent, told of the mammoth nature of the op erations necessary to get ready for D-day. Col. D. H. Finley, a member of the quartermaster corps who is recuperating at the Moore Gen eral hospital from his service in New Guinea and the Philippines, told of the supply operations and their magnitude. He detailed the different divisions of quartermas ter operations and gave his hear ers some idea of what their bond money is spent for. Reporting for the bond commit tees were Guy Roberts, of the Ki See BOND Page 2 THE WAR TODAY: Allied Press Takes Firm Stand On Coddling Prisoners By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer A lot of foUr’on the Allied home fronts will breathe easier as the result of General Eisenhower’s blunt announcement that he re grets instances in which senior of ficers treated captured Nazi and German officials on the “friendlv enemy” basis in direct violation of his orders, and that he has taken drastic measures to “assart termination of these errors fortn with.” The Allied press is making it amply clear that we want no coddling of the enemy. We tried it with the Kaiser's gang a generation ago and have paid the awful price. Now we want the scalps not only of Nazi of ficials but of the German military command, all of whom ^re guilty of war crimes. Gen. Eisenhower's announcement allowed British and American ■ wspaper criticism of Reichsma* lal Goering’s treatment by the U. S. Seventh army. A news dis patch said the deputy Nazi Fuehrer was given lunch in a hotel parlor alter “brief greetings and a hanct See ALLIED Page 2 U. S. FORCES TAKE AIRFIELD ON OKINAWA Conical Hill Taken Ir, Face Of Stiff Enemy Resistance FIGHTING IN NAHA By LIEF ERICKSON GUAM, May 15.— (S>) — American forces captured the strongly defended Yonabaru airfield yesterday and squar ed away today for the final drive on Okinawa’s inner Shuri defense area. Yonabaru and Conical Hill, chief remaining Japanese ob servation point, fell to Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley’s 96th infantry division. Two rifle companies which gain ed its 480 foot Summit late Sun day held tenaciously to their posi tion despite Japanese counterat tacks. Yesterday the 383rd regi ment of the 06th completed the hill's capture and paved the way for the mile and a half gain to Yonabaru, fourth airfield to fall to the Americans in the Okinawa campaign. mca ix v\ unc, ivxaj. vjcii. u^uiu^ Shepherd jr.,'s Sixth Marine divi sion was fighting in Northern Naha, Okinawa's capital city which has been leveled by weeks of naval gunfire and artillery. The Yanks still have to cross the Asato river to reach the main part of Naha. ■ Looking across the muddy Asatc estuary, Commanding Officers Col Merlin P. Schneider, of the 22nc Marine Regiment, said: “We'lltake her but the cost may be high.” GOOD TOEHOLD Conical Hill lies about 420 yards east of the final Shuri defense line and its seizure will provide a good toehold for the final assault on Shuri fortifications. A ranking officer said the breaching of the Shuri line will Be the climax to the gory fight on the island threshold to Japan’s homeland and that the rest of the Okinawa campaign will be a "downhill pull.” Associated Press War Correspon dent A1 Dopking reported that as the battle raged along the eastern sector, with little gain reported in the center and west, a battlewagon stood off shore pounding away at Shuri Castle. One marine observer reported it scored 25 hits on this medieval-like fortress but “they seemed to bounce off like a rub ber ball.” Tanks and planes are being used to supply American troops in the rugged center where enemy artil lery and wild terrain are hamper ing truck lines to the bloody front. In renewed air attacks on the U. S. Pacific fleet, Japanese air craft Sunday evening and Monday morning damaged a major unit and two light units at a cost of 46 planes—eight of them downed by one destroyer’s guns. The Japanese were using lot m.. guns on Okinawa—comparable to U. S. 6 inch pieces. Former Louisiana Governor Leche Is Paroled Today WASHINGTON, May 15-M/Pi —Former Governor Richard W. Leche of Louisiana, serving a prison term after his con viction of a charge af using the mails to defraud, was pa roled today by the Federal Pa role board, effective June 30. The 46-year-old one-time as sociate o$ the late Huey P. Long began serving on De cember 31, 1941, a 10 years' prison sentence. He was eligible for parole April 30. He has been serving his sentence in the federal cor rectional institution in Texar kana, Tex. The board made no com ment on its action. Government To Take Steps To End Strike WASHINGTON. May 15.— (.Pi — Fresideiit Truman said today the government would take whatever steps were necessary to end the anthracite mine work stoppage, now in its third week. The coal must and will be got ten out, he told his news conter ence. He did not elaborate on the flat assertion. He was asked what further steps would be taken and answered tersely that he would take what ever steps are necessary to get the coal out. 1 *
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