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/ ft Three Will Get You Four In A War Bond, The World’s Best Investment WEATHER Pair today and tonight, and con tinued mild today becoming cool again tonight. Friday, partly cloudy and slightly warmer. CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - “Dangerous Passage” Robert LOWERY Phyllis BROOKS VOL. XLII1—124 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c Early Meeting Of The ‘Big Three’ Is Definitely Being Planned Himmler Kills Himself LONDON, May 24.—P)—A Reuters dispatch from the British Second Army said Heinrich Himmler killed himself at 11:04 P. M. yesterday. “Heinrich Himmler, head of the German gestapo, committed suicide at the headquarters of the Second British Army, at four minutes past 11 last night,” the dispatch said. “This news was made available officially this evening.” ‘A’ Card Gas Rations To Be Upped 50 Per Cent Beginning On June 22 By Marvin L. Arrowsmith WASHINGTON, May 24.—(/P)—Uncle Sam gave the signal today for more gasoline for the nation’s motorists. Relieved of the task of pouring thousands of barrels ~ daily to European battlefronts, the government announced a 50 per cent increase in basic “A” rations, effective June 22, and a substantial boost for many “B” drivers beginning June 11. This means that the new A-16 coupons will be good for six gallons each instead of four. Motorists thus will be able to obtain an average of three gallons a week liUUCi tuou i The change In the "B” ration increaaes the ceiling for supple mentary gasoline to 650 miles a ^ month throughout the country. 9 Currently the top allowance is 326 miles in the east. 495 in the mid- j •west and 400 in the far west. In announcing these ration hikes last night, the OPA an* fhe petroleum administration for war emphasized that not all "B driv ers will be eligible for Increases. "Many 'B' ration holders now have all the gasoline they need.”, said OPA Administrator Chester Bowles. "Unfortunately there is! not enough to give these people more than the increase in their *A' rations." i Thoee who can show an occupa- I tional need for more, in addition to the “A" hike, will be able to present their case to local ration boards beginning June 11, Bowles added. As for "A” coupons, they will continue to become valid in se :ies oi six ana wui uc nonths as at present. The only Inference Is they will be honored [or 50 percent more gasoline. equal footing The new adjustment of allot ments marks the first time since the start of gasoline rationing In 1942 that the entire country has seen on an equal footing both "A” *nd potential "B" grants. Noting that “A" motorists have aeen "severely limited” In use of their cars since the start of the svar, Bowles said he was ‘‘particu arly pleased” to announce the in :rease. Deputy PAW Administrator Ralph K. Davies Injected a note if caution, however, that the more rations could be temporary. He said: “The additional quantities to be made available to the civil ian are not guaranteed for any certain period of time, but See “A” CARD Page 2 AT CONFERENCE: U. S. Insists Peace Machinery Workable Topping Internationol Issue* Is Question Of More Democratic Government For Poland By John M. Hightower Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, May 24.—(A3)—The United States sought by firm and friendly negotiation today to prove that a foundation exists in the ruins of postwar Europe for an effective United Nations organization around the world CLEAN-UP FIGHT IN PHILIPPINES Allied Forces, Fighting On Seven Fronts, Moke Slow Advances By FRED HAMPSON MANILA, May 24—(JP)—'The yard by yard cleanup fight against Jap anese in the Philippines made slow progress on seven fronts Wednes day while Sixth division Aussies hunted down Nips on North Bor neo's Tarakan island. Far to the rear, Aussies locked with Japanese in sporadic fights around Wewak, British New Guinea, and along the Buin trail on south Bougainville, in the Solomons. Some of these campaigns are al most two years old. Some Philip pines battles represent continua tion of a campaign now nearing six months old. The 35th Regiment of the 25th division, commanded by Col. Stan ley R. Larson, of Talladega, Ala., ^ pushed up highway five miles be ® yond Balete toward the mouth of See CLEAN-UP Page 2 . x wnu **» —o seen by delegates at the United Nations conference in President Truman’s dispatch of Harry Hop kins to Premier Stalin's Kremlin office. These international experts from every quarter of the globe are emphasizing anew that if the great victorious na tions of the war against Ger many move hesitantly now to settle the first issues of peace, the world charter being drawn up here may not be worth its paper. Topping all these issues in grav ity at the moment is the question of providing a more democratic government for Poland in accord ance with the Yalta agreement. The prevailing belief here is that Hopkins’ main assignment is to find in direct conversation with Stalin some way out of the dead lock between Russia and her west ern Allies. On the success of his efforts may very well hinge the possibility of a meeting soon among the chiefs of the United States, Britain and Russia. It is doubtful whether Mr. Truman would agree to final plans for such a Big-Three parley until he is convinced of prospects for concrete accomplishments on the Polish and other problems. Within the conference, technical committees are making swift pro ; See U. S. Page 2 HOPKINS AND DAVIES GO TO RUSSIAJMAIN Special Missions Prelimi nary To, Not 'Substi tute' For Meet DESPITE ELECTIONS By Ernest B. Vacaro WASHINGTON. May 24.— (/P)—The White House said today that an early meeting of fhe “big three” definitely “is in the works.” Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said the special missions of Harry L. Hopkins and Joseph E. Davies to Moscow and London were preliminary to and not “a substitute” for the projected meeting of the Russian, American and Brit ish chiefs of state. “They do not take the place of the Big Three conference which ddfinitely is in the works,” Ross told his news conference. “They are not a substitute for the pro jected meeting of President Tru man, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. “They are part of the general pattern, which will Include the Big Three meeting.* Then the conference definitely has beefi decided upon? a reporter asked. “The conference Is projected,” Ross replied. Ross said he thought the British elections in July would not affect the time of the meeting, but add ed that he could not say when or where the Big Three would get to gether. "I have no idea of the time or of the place,” he said. He said Hopkins and Davies each “has a special mission to perform,” and that both “fit ln Ree HOPKINS Page 2 BONDDRIVE MOVES SLOWLY Total Of $299,375 In War Bond Sales Reported Through May 21 The Seventh War Loan drive is moving very slowly in Cleveland county and a concerted effort will be made to speed up the tempo of the campaign by June 1, it was indicated this morning by George Blanton, county war finance chari man and Jack Sever, chairman of the drive. Through May 21, a total of $299, 375 in war bonds had been sold in this county since the inception of the Seventh War Loan drive. Of this amuont a total of $158, 069,000 and a quota of $744,000 for E, F and G bonds. Leaders had their hjads togeth er this morning to see what can be done about speeding up the compaign. Truman To Fly To San Francisco WASHINGTON, May 24. —<>»»)— President Truman will fly to San Francisco to address the conclud ing session of the United Nations Conference. CHURCHILL BUSY: Selection I Governmt By EDWABD J. DENNEHY LONDON, May 24.— (/P) —Prime Minister Churchill began today the task of choosing the members of his new “caretaker government,” as sections of the London Press sal uted the now ^dissolved coalition which under his leadership piloted Britain through five perilous years. Political correspondents of Lon don newspapers agreed generally that the prime minister would have most of the cabinet offices filled by the weekend, and that the new Interim government would be ready to meet when Commons sits again YANKS GAIN ON OKINAWA FLANK—In a surprise night attack, A merican troops (large arrow) drove through and beyond Yonabaru on the eastern flank of the Japanese line on Okinawa Island. Minor gains were scored elsewhere (small arrows) by the Americans.—(AP Wirephoto Map) Tokyo Burned Five Hours After Bombing 550 Superforts Laid 9 Million Pounds Of Fire Bombs On City In Biggest Raid Of Pacific War By Leif Erickson GUAM, May 24.—(/P)—Tokyo burned for five and one half hours, by Japanese admission, today after more than 550 Si^perforts plastered the city’s war factories and facili ties with 9,000,000 pounds of fire bombs in the mightiest K1a«t /vP tVio Ponifip war An Imperial headquarters com munique broadcast from Tokyo said “almost all fires” were out by “about 7 a.m.” (6 p.m. Wednesday, EWT). The raid started shortly after midnight. The Japanese radio reported property within the Imperial palace compound was hit, but tried to minimize the size of the raiding force and discount the damage generally. Ameri can airmen returning to their base in the Marianas, however, said fires were visible for 200 miles from the city and un doubtedly the Yank bombs burned hell out of the place”. Another enemy broadcast said "about 180” American carrier planes raided airbases on Kyushu, south ernmost Japanese home island, in another of the oft-repeated attacks to disable fields mounting Nippo nese suicide plane attacks against American positions on Okinawa. This report was not confirmed by U. S. authorities. Superfort fliers who participated in the Tokyo raid today returned with vivid stories of wide destruc tion in the Nipponese capital. HAVE TO WALK One B-29 pilot, Maj. Luther A. Jones, Monroe, La., reporting di rect hits on yards which handle one-third of Japan’s railtraffic, said on his return from the pre dawn strike: “I’m afraid they’re going to do a hell of a lot of walking.” A brilliant moon and a ring of oil fires set by lead planes illumi nated the target area, the Shina gawa industrial section, which is See TOKYO Page 2 Caretaker snt Begun next Tuesday. With labor and liberal min isters leaving the cabinet, the Independent Daily Mail predict ed that “several junior minis ters wbo have done good work during the war will be pro moted to cabinet rank and posts will be found for those on war service.” Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison and other labor leaders, See SELECTION Page 2 Workers In South To Be Better Paid WASHINGTON, May 24 —(JP)— Southern workers will be better paid as a result of the Interstate Commerce commission’s recent freight rate ruling, Dixieland con gressmen predicted today. The higher-pay theme was sounded by most of the more than 20 southerners asked by a reporter to interpret the ICC decision to make railroads establish uniform class rates. Heretofore the south’s charges have been higher than the east. "The average working men, par ticularly those in the mills and factories, are going to be among the greatest benefactors of the improved freight rates,” declared Rep. Priest (D-Tenn.), in a typi cal comment. See WORKERS Page 2 20 LEAVEFOR INDUCTION Twenty selectees under the lead ership of Clyde Hubert Trammel left here this morning for Port Bragg for final induction into the armed services. Twelve men were eliminated from this call as a result of the recent order deferring men over 30 who are in essential work. Those who left were: Leonard Eugene Spencer Clyde Chauncey Grigg Clyde Hubert Trammel Ernest James Greenway Joseph Amos McSwain, Jr. Charles David McBrayer Ben Evans Russ Willie Baxter Davis, Jr. H. K. Panther Williapi Silvester Alexander Paris Clifton Hoyle Clayton Dewey Elliott Garland Junior Bowens Ralph Theodore Mauney, Jr. Roscoe James Shehan James M. Vandyke Spurgeon Paul Wright Eugene Derwood Lankford Clyde Earn Self Sidney McSwain Resignations Of Three Cabinet Heads Accepted, Successors Appointed By D. Harold Oliver WASHINGTON, May 24.—(/P)—President Truman stood pat today on a four-way cabinet reshuffle that gave the west added prestige and subtracted age. Mr. Truman named new secretaries of agriculture and labor and a new attorney general late yesterday as a follow up to his earlier designation of Robert E. Hannegan, 41, to replace 59-year-old Postmaster General Frank C. Walker. ml_ __r\ , - - ..... - --- - . . . further shifts in the 10-member presidential family are imminent. Political observers viewed the selections as retaining a somewhat “liberal tinge” to the cabinet, al though both so-called “conserva tive” and pro-Roosevelt factions in Texas were reported pleased with the promotion of Tom C. Clark, of Dallas, 45-year-old as sistant attorney general to succeed Francis Biddle, 59. The shuffling removed this country’s first woman cabinet mem ber, Miss Frances Perkins, 63, who has been in her post more than 12 years. In her place Mr. Truman put Federal Judge Lewis B. Sch wellenbach of Washington state, 50-year-old former senator and close friend of the President. Rep. Clinton P. Anderson, 40 year-old New Mexican who heads the KpecUl house food investigat ing committee and who, like Sch wellenbach, supported most Roose velt proposals, was named secre tary of agriculture in place of Claude' Wickard, 52. The latter CLAUDE R. WICKARD was designated rural electrifica tion administrator. ALSO WFA * Anderson also takes over the duties of the War Food adminis tration as soon as Marvin Jones returns to the U. S. court of claims bench June 30. Jones suggested the merger. Senator Johnson noted the four new cabinet members are all from west of the Mississippi. Congressional comment on yesterday’s appointment was uniformly favorable. Mr. Truman startled the 178 newsmen attending his news con ference yesterday when he an nounced calmly that he had some cabinet changes to report. They had been looking only for the ac ceptance of the Biddle resigna See RESIGNATIONS Page 2 THE WAR TODAY: Choice Of Fuchs To Head German Area Is Significant By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer By DeWITT MacKENZIE AP Foreign News Analyst Things are beginning to move in the regeneration of Germany, and one of the most striking develop ments revolves abbut the appoint ment of an»aged anti-Nazi German to carry out the administration — under American supervision—of a large political unit in the Rhine land. He is Dr. Hans Fuchs, a public official for many years prior to the Hitler regime, who is to work under Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, mili tary governor and commander of the U, S. 15th Army. Dr. Fuchs ser vice dates back to the days of Kaisei Wilhelm and he knows his people It therefore is of prime significance when he tells us: "My greatest aim is to in culcate a new Christian spirit in our youth, a spirit in which both Catholic and Protestant churches must collaborate in teaching. In a conference with educational leaders of the Rhineland I told them the com bined efforts of all of us would be necessary to rid the Nazi thoughts from our people's See CHOICE Page FRANCIS BIDDLE HOEY CONDEMNS FEPC MEASURE Bill Reported Favorably By Committee On Labor, Education WASHINGTON — Condemning the Fair Employment practices bill, reported favorably yesterday by the senate committee on labor and education. Senator Clyde R Hoey said that it would create a maximum amount of strikes and discord in industry. “We need to cultivate good race relationship, instead of stirring up strife between races," Hoey said in a prepared statement. “We have made fine progress in the furtherance of good race relation ships, but surely we have learned that you cannot settle such prob lems by passing a law.” Hoey declared that he did not oppose the bill because he is a southerner, but because it would violate an employer’s Constitution al right by forcing him to hire a See HOEY Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—C. A. P. members meet at armory. 7:00 p.m.—Kiwanis club meets at Hotel Charles. 8:00 p.m. — Recitation and declamation contest at Junior i high school auditorium. FRIDAY 12:30 p.m. — Rotary club meets at Hotel Charles. i BLOODY FIGHT RAGES ACROSS ENTIRE FRONT Yanks Increase Pressure, Enter Naha, Gain At Yonabaru JAPS COUNTERATTACK By Hamilton Faron GUAM, May 24.—(IP)— Leathernecks and doughboys of the 10th army held the Japanese key fortress of Shuri in a giant eupshaperl pincers today as they turned both ends of the Okinawa battle line. Pierce close-in fighting raged a cross the entire front as the Yanks increased their pressure, entering Naha on the western flank and expanding gains made at the Yo nabaru breakthrough on the east. In the center, the battle contin ued unabated as the 77th <Statue of Liberty) division pressed for ward toward the hill line overlook ing Shuri. There, a unit assault ing the hills was caught in a mur derous cross fire from Japanese cave positions and pinned down. Just to the left of the 77th. a battalion of the 96th threw back a fierce Japanese counterattack which penetrated American line more than a third of a mile before it was stopped with a loss of be tween 150 and 200 Japanese. Seventh division troops ex panded their corridor below Yonabaru, increasing the pres sure against Shuri on the left and at the same time heighten ing the threat of complete iso lation for Japanese garrisons in the hills of Chinen Penin sula commanding Nakagusuku Bay, former Japenese fleet an chorage. I The east-west supply lines to i the Chinen forces already have i been cut. ! SPEARHEAD DRIVE j Patrols of the Sixth division's | Fourth Marine regiment, spear i headed the drive into Naha, rub ble strewn Okinawa capital, yes terday, in a surprise, predawn See BLOODY Page 2 CASUALTIES NEAR MILLION WASHINGTON. May 24 —<iPi— The army and navy have suffered almost a million casualties since the beginning of the war, the two services reported today. The army has lost 886,525. on a basis of individual names received here through May 14. Navy loss es of 109,564 make the total 996, 089. This is an increase of 9,875 a bove last week’s report The breakdown on army casual ties and corresponding figures for the preceding week: Killed 181.739 and 17.854; wound ed 550,506 and 544,249; missing ; 57,802 and 66,684; prisoners 98,478 J and 89,152. Under Secretary of War Patter son said that 302,910 of the wound ed have returned to duty and 25, I 856 of the prisoners have been of ! ficially listed as exchanged or re i turned to military control. | Similar figures for the navy: Killed 42,807 and 41,986; wound | ed 52,005 and 50.421; missing 10. 505 and 10.620; prisoners 4,247 and 4,248. Ships Bringing I Troops From Europe Reach N. Y. Today NEW YORK. May • 24 —UP.— Swing music, played by an army band on a pier, blared over the , north river today to greet 7,000 army personnel who returned from ; Europe's battlefields aboard five ; camouflaged transports. Although a majority of the ser vicemen hugged the ship's rails, listening silently to the music, some jitterbugged with glee on deck w'hile others whistled and sang. Three ships docked at newly decorated piers in the north river and two at Stapleton, Staten Is i land.
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