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WEATHER Mostly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thunder storms today followed by partly cloudy and continued warm to night and Sunday. Tshe Hhklhy Euily star CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 *• - State Theatre Today - “Honeymoon Ahead” Starring ALLAN JONES VOL. XL1II—126 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c JAP AIRMEN OKINAWA IN PROLONGED RAID w ,■» ft ■tt Friday ''s B-29 Raid Left Metropolitan Tokyo Scorched To Ground TWO PALACES, HOSPITALS ARE » SAID DESTROYED Tokyo Says 'Inhuman Atrocities' Sharpen Will To Fight LEGATIONS RAZED By Hamilton W. Faron GUAM, May 26.—(/P)— Superfortresses, carrying their fire bomb scourge to the heart of the enemy empire for the second time in 48 hours, by Japanese account destroyed two palaces and left metropolitan Tokyo “lit erally scorched to the ground today.” The attack was announced by Washington yesterday. The 500-plane raid “practically | laid waste what was once the world's third largest metropolis"! the broadcast reported. "The outer palace within the Im perial palace compounds, as well. as the Omiya detached palace were destroyed by fire,” It added. Stung by the strike into the very nerve center of the empire, radio Tokyo diverged from a later recital of damages to de clare the “enemy’s inhuman atrocities” had increased the Japanese “feeling of hostility and (they) are firmly determ ined to fight to the last Japa | Damage* listed In the Tokyo r metropolitan area, generally form ing a horseshoe from east to west southward around the Imperial palace compounds, Included de struction by fire of the imperial university. Bunrika university, a number of elementary and middle schools, ■•several" large hospitals, the Atago shrine and the Zojo temple. LEGATIONS RAZED The Swedish and Finnish lega tions were reported completely razed and the former United States embassy partly destroyed. The terrific damage spread by the 500 B-29 raiders was indicated by a Tokyu Tadio broadcast assert ing flames •practically laid waste what ®as once the world's third largest metropolis.” “The outer palace within the Imperial palace compounds, as well See TWO PALACES Page 2 LIONS’CAMP FUND$810 Sufficient To Send 50 De terring Boys To Camp; ) Continues A total of $810 has been contri buted to the Shelby Lion’s Club Fresh Air fund and this Is suffi cient to send more than fifty de serving Cleveland county youngsters on a two weeks supervised camp ing vacation at Camp Cherokee in the Kings Mountain Battleground park, according^ to Jesse Bridges, the Fresh Air Camp treasurer. Previously acknowledged contri butions amounted to $760. Since then a friend has given $45, J. Robert Logan $5, bringing the to tal to $810. Athos Rostan, publicity chair man, says the officers are highly pleased with the response, espe cially since the financial drive Is purely voluntary and will be con ducted without personal solicita tion. The board feels that its goal of $2,000 will be oversubscribed. CONTRIBUTIONS While the Fresh Air Camp is sponsored and underwritten by the Shelby Lions Club, the project Is too worthy and too great for any one civic club to carry the whole burden. With this In mind, all of Shelby’s civic clubs will be given the opportunity of contributing funds and help. The presidents of all civic clubs have made or will make special announcements at their respective clubs regarding this matter. Arrangements have also been made to present this matter before the Bible classes of all Shelby churches. The Junior Chamber of Com merce headed by their new presi dent R. T. “Dick” LeGrand, Jr. | has announced that the proceeds ' of their annual “March of Silver” drive will be turned over to the Ftesh Air . Camp for the purpose Sec LIONS' Page % • _ __ _ Army Orders Slow-Up In Plane Production Which Means 30 Per Cent Cut By Elton C. Fay WASHINGTON, May 26.—{IP)—The army hewed off to day a big chunk of its aircraft pi^uction program. It announced a cutback order which will stop produc tion of about 17,000 planes scheduled for the next 18 months. Among other effects the retrench ment will: 1. —T a k e perhaps 200,000 workers from aircraft plants In a dozen or so cities by the close of the year. 2. —Release substantial quan tities of steel and aluminum for civilian use. 3. —End production of the new B-32 bomber, not yet reported in combat, while heavy em phasis is placed for the next few months on increased output of the B-29 (Superfortress). The Army Air forces last night said the reasons for the new cut backs are these: Curtailment of lend-lease opera tions under which thousand of air craft went to Allies in the Euro pean war; different tactical and strategic requirements for the one front war against Japan; with Ger many's Luftwaffe , knocked out, the United States lost less planes in the closing phases of the battle of Europe, planes which now'may be used against Japan. The AAF said production on the basis of airframe weight (which means the weight of the plane, without engines, etc.), during the second half of this year will be 70 per cent of the total produced in the first half. In the first half of. next year it will drop to 60 per cent and then fall to 55 per cent in the second half. The air forces declined to es timate the number of workers involved in the cutback, but war manpower commission officials said about 200,000 workers might be off aircraft plant payrolls by the beginning of 1946. They emphasized, however, that was merely an estimate. Since the cutbacks are graduated layoffs will be tapered correspondingly, without any sudden Impact, they explain ed. Translated into dollars and cents, See ARMY Page 2 CONFERENCE: United Nations Arms Meet In The Making May Follow V-J Day, Will Provide For Armament To Maintain Peace By John M. Hightower Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCfiSCO, May 26.—(fP)—1The probability of a United Nations arms conference following close on the de feat of Japan emerged today from the plans for future world security now being put into final shape here. These plans provide Dotn ior me maintenance of land, sea and air forces large enough to safeguard peace and for the regulated reduc tion of armaments to relieve the victorious nations of this war of the heavy burden they have car ried for the past several years. Committee acting in the United Nations conference to date indi cate substantial agreement among the 39 nations represented here on these twin objectives. In fact, about the only con troversy remaining in the con ference is that between the small and great nations over the authority to be exercised in the projected world security council by the big powers. The Big-Four are due to reach final agreement today on a state ment upholding the veto-voting formula worked out early this year See UNITED NATIONS Page * Baka Bombs Used Against Superforts GUAM, May 36—(AV-At least three rocket-propelled Baka bombs were shot down by Superfort gun ners in this morning’s 500-plane fire raid on Tokyo. This was the first definite report the Japanese had used Baka bombs against B 29s. Baka bombs are launched in the air by regular bombers. They are piloted by a suicide flier sit ting in a small canopy. The bomb has an explosive warhead in the nose. Twelve Killed, 51 Injured In Arsenal Blast ' EDGEWOOD, Md„ May 26. — (/P)—Twelve persons killed and 51 injured, lour critically, was the toll today of an explosion and fire at historic Edgewood Arsenal, the first major accident there since start of the war. A special army board of Inquiry is investigating the blast which rocked the station, headquarters of the army's chemical warfare ser vice shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday. It occurred In a building filled with civilian workers assembling and loading two-pound igniter hand grenades. This and an adjacent building were devastated by the explosion and subsequent flames which burn ed for several hours before firemen and volunteers extinguished it. Only eight of the dead, badly burn ed by phosphorous, have been iden tified. Eighteen of the Injured were confined to the station hospital. Thirty-four others were treated and returned to duty. All were civi lians. An eye witness, Maj. John D. Mc Pherson, chief of the Edgewood Arsenal production division, said he "hear da terrific explosion and saw a great ball of flame shoot into the air, followed by a pillar of white smoke.” Ill Feeling Between French, Syrians Threatens Explosion DAMASCUS, May 25. —(/?)— (Delayed)—{£>)—Tense quiet pre vailed during today’s Moslem Sab bath in this capital city of Syria, where ill feeling between the French and Syrians threatened to explode into violence at any moment. A report, which the French would not confirm, said that an other boatload of French or Sen galese troops was en route to Bey routh in Lebanon. It was generally felt here that the arrival of more troops would be a likely moment for the outbreak of actual conflict be tween French and Levant forces. The British, fearful of repercus sions in Palestine, Egypt and else where in the Arab wprld, were try ing to follow a hands-off policy, but pressure was being applied from both sides for the British to take action to settle the dispute. Syrian and Lebanese leaders were also calling for action by the Unit ed States ,to back up official de clarations favoring Syrian and Le banese independence and official recognition. Meanwhile Syrian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are being conscripted into the home army ' See ILL FEELING Page 2 l > NEW BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO MEET TUESDAY Caretaker Government Likely Choice For Per manent Set-Up PRESS JAPANESE WAR By Edward J. Kennedy LONDON, May 26.—(a*P)— I The new government of Prime Minister Churchill will face! parliament for the first time Tuesday in what one political commentator said today would be “the fieriest bap tism of any administration for a long time.” The Times ot London lent sup port to the view of some observ- j ers that the “caretaker govern-: ment,” named last night to serve; until Britain’s general elections of! July 5, was also Churchill’s choice for his permanent administration,1 should the Conservative party re- j tain its majority at the polls. Praising the cabinet as a “carefully balanced team,” the Times said its members, when they appear before the house, would “ask for a mandate to press on the Japanese war to its conclusion.” Churchill, who retained Anthony Eden as foreign secretary, chose mainly members of his own party to replace the 30 Labor and Lib eral ministers leaving the govern ment. Also there are a few from other parties, Including the Lib eral Maj. Gwilym Lloyd George, son of the late World War I Prime Minister David Lloyd George, as minister of fuel and power, and the Liberal National Ernest Brown, new minister of aircraft produc tion. Cabinet members without definite party affiliation who were retained included Sir James See I$EW Page 2 BROWN TO GIVE SENIOR SERMON Annual Baccalaureate Sermon Will Begin Commencement The Rev. Walter Brown, pastor of the Shelby Presbyterian church, will deliver the annual baccalau reate sermon for the graduating class of Shelby High school in a special service to be held at the First Baptist church Sunday even ing at 8 o’clock. The Rev. Mr. Brown has chosen for his topic “Unique Person.” No other churches in the uptown dis trict will have services Sunday evening in order that all who wish may attend the senior class ser vice when the 102 graduating members will be present. Music for the occasion will be furnished by Mrs. H. S. Plaster at the organ with special numbers by the high school Glee club, accom panied by Miss Sedalia Warren at the piano and Mrs. Plaster at the organ. The Glee club, direct ed by Miss Moselle Moore, will sing at the processional Keller's “American Hymn” and, after the invocation by Dr. Zeno Wall, pas tor of the Baptist church, and the Scripture reading by the Rev. Paul Hardin, pastor of Central Metho dist church, the Glee club will sing Mueller’s “Create in Me a Clean Heart.” After the sermon the Rev. J. D. Sheppard, pastor of the Lutheran church, will pro nounce the benediction. GRADUATION The baccalaureate sermon is one of two events planned in connec tion with the graduation program. On Friday night, June 1, at 8 a’ clock final graduating exercises will be held in the auditorium of senior high school when five mem bers of the senior class, Dick Bowling, Jeanne Keever, Winnie Blanton, Kitty Beam and Jimmy Carpenter, will speak. Diplomas will be awarded by Principal J. G. Hagaman and awards of merit will be presented by Superintend ent Walter Abernethy. Regular school sessions will be held on Monday and Tuesday of next week at the high school when final examinations will be given. Students will not attend classes on Wednesday and Thursday since teachers will be busy making final reports, but all students are ex pected to report to their home rooms Friday morning at 8:30 to receive their report cards. GEN. HODGES, 1ST ARMY HERO, COMES HOME—Gen. Courtney H. Hodges (center), commander of the U. S. First Army, arrives at the Municipal Airport in Atlanta, Ga„ via plane with a group of his officers and men, and is welcomed home by Gov. Ellis Arnall of Georgia. Mayor William B. Hartsfield of Atlanta stands it the right, waiting to extend greetings. Gen. Hodges, a native of Perry, Ga., and his men were guests of donor in Atlanta at a mammoth homecoming celebration. The general's wife lived in Atlanta while he was fighting overseas. — (AP Photo). HOPKINS IS IN MOSCOW Will Begin Discussions With Soviet Leaders Late Today By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, May 26.— WP) —Presi dential Adviser Harry Hopkins pro bably ■will begin discussions with Soviet leaders on current Ameri ;an-Russian questions late today. Hopkins, who arrived yesterday jy plane from Paris, was reported exhausted by the long trip. He rested this morning at the resi dence of U. S. Ambassador W. \verell Harriman while Mrs. Hop dns rose early for a Moscow sight-seeing tour. The Russian press and radio, describing Hopkins as the “per sonal representative of Presi dent Truman,” reported his ar rival in detail but without edi torial comment. An informed diplomatic source said that while the visit was important, persons looking for any sensa tions probably would be disap See HOPKINS Page 2 Churchill Says Election No Obstacle To Big Three Meeting WOODFORD, England, May 26. —UP)—Prime Minister Churchill de clared today he had assured Presi dent Truman that Britain’s general elections must be no obstacle to a new meeting of the Big Three at the earliest possible moment. His statement came as he launch ed a personal campaign for re election in his constituency of Woodford. “I have assured the president of the United States, with whom I am in the most close and cordiai correspondence, that the fact of the general election coming in Great Britain (July 5) must be no obstacle to the holding of a meeting of the three major powers at the earliest possible moment,” he said. “If I should be called away from this country during the actuai election I shall rely upon you to see that my fortunes d® not suf fer.” Statefs Income From Cotton Up In 1944 RALEIGH, May 26. —(£>)—North Carolina’s 1944 cotton crop, total ling 710,000 average 600-pound bales, brought $73,509,000 compared with $60,212,000 for 596,000 bales last year, the State Department of Agriculture reports. In addition. 286,000 tons of cotton seed were derived from the crop with a gross value of $14,443,000 of the total farmers sold 221,000 tons for $11,160,000. Jap Resistance At Manila Is Weakening Enemy Garrison Of Considerable Size Trapped; 20 Surrender, Others Willing Bv Fred Hampson MANILA, May 26.—(fp)—A disintegrating Japanese force, encircled northeast of Manila in mountains suited for a long, delaying stand, is showing a disposition to surrender. Once-Mighty Himmler Gets Crude Burial LUENEBERG, Germany, May 26. —(/P)— The body of Heinrich Himmler, wrapped in a gray Brit ish army blanket, was carted by truck into a woods near here to day and dumped into a grave spad ed out by three British tommies. For two days the body had been left on the floor of a Lueneberg villa where the gestapo chief end ed his life with poison while un dergoing examination after his ar rest by British authorities. A senior intelligence officer of the British Second Army said he had been told to dispose as he saw fit of the body of the Nazi gestapo chief, whose private currency hoard of aproximately $1,000,000 was dis covered yesterday hidden under a barn near Berchte’sgaden. UNMARKED GRAVE A major and three sergeants car ried out the unceremonious burial. See ONCE-MIGHTY Page 2 British Navy To Join War On Japs LONDON, May 26—(/P)—A. V. Alexander, first lord of the ad miralty in the Coalition govern ment, announced today there would be only a "token” demobili zation of men in the British navy because that branch of the service was planning to throw its maxi mum strength against the Japa nese as soon as possible. Heavy Bombing Program Laid Out For Japan In Next Year WASHINGTON, May 26. — (£>)— , Japan in the next year will be the' target of more than twice as many bombs as fell on Germany during the last 12 months. House appropriations committee members made this disclosure today after a closed-door session with Gen. George C. Marshall. The chief of staff met with the committee yesterday to lay the groundwork for the War Depart ment’s appropriation bill for the fiscal year starting July 1. “You can say that in the coming year more than twro and one-half times as many tons of bombs will be dropped on Japan as the Allies dropped in Europe this (fiscal> year,” Rep. J. Buell Snyder (D-Pat told a repoi'ter after the meeting Snyder is chairman of the sub-com mittee considering army finances LONG WAR Other committee members said privately they left the session with these impressions: The war against Japan will bt longer and tougher than is gener ally expected. There will be no big reduction in War department expendituies nexi See I^SLVY Page i WIIL'II U1C ‘toiu UIVIOIUU aiiv* guti villas captured Ipo Dam, chief source of Manila's water, last week, for the first time in this theater an enemy garrison of con siderable size was trapped. Since then, the Doughboys, aided by the Fifth Air Force, have been kill ing Japanese at a rate of 100 to 200 a day. Only a few surrendered. Yesterday, however, 20 Nippon ese, including two medical officers, gave up in a group. They indicat ed others would like to give up. ON MINDANAO On Mindanao, southernmost of the Philippines, although close quarter fighting continues north of Davao, front reports from the 24th division indicate the peak of enemy resistance has been passed.. Battling still is so close that Pfc. Harold Jones, Ainsworth, Neb., killed a Japanese who was clear ing a jammed machinegun. • Lincanan airfield, the last of six enemy air bases around Davao, fell to the 24th Thursday, Today's communique reported the See JAP Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 8:00 p. m. — Exhibition base ball game in high school park between Shelby and Forest City Legion teams. SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.—U. S. O. center open to service folk visiting in the city. MONDAY 10:00 a.m.—Shelby Ministerial association meets at Central Methodist church. 7:30 p.m.—State Guard drill at armory. ELEVEN U.S. PACIFIC FLEET UNITS DAMAGED 111 Japanese Aircraft Shot Down In 18 Hour Battle NIP TROOPS LANDED _GUAM, May 26.—(/P)— Eleven light units of the Pa cific fleet were damaged in Okinawa waters in a dra matic series of raids Thurs day night and Friday morn ing by a motley assortment of Japanese planes, some of which carried airborne troops. During the 18 hour battle. Ill Nipponese aircraft were shot down. One bomber glid ed in to a perfect belly land ing on American-held Yontan airfield and disgorged a hand ful of suicide assault troops. They set fire to a number of American planes before they were cut dowm. Surprisingly few casualties were suffered on the 11 damaged Amer ican ships, Associated Press War Correspondent Vern Haugland re ported from Okinawa. He said each craft shot down from one to four attacking planes before ana after they were hit. One vessel was hit amidships and, surprising ly no one was killed. Five were wounded. i rdUliL- iicti -* | announcing this strangest of ail ' air attacks gave no details as to the types of ships hit or the ex tent of damage. Haugland said at tacking formations included all types of aircraft, ranging from light out-moded fighters to mod ern dive bombers and medium bombers. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz reported this heaviest counterblow in weeks today as marines drove tanks through the mined streets of Naha. Okinawa’s shattered capital, and artillery pounded the half-encir cled fortress city of Shuri. Mud and rain hampered ground opera tions. Nimitz announced overall Arnei'i See ELEVEN Page 2 PROGRAM FOR G-W GRADUATES Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday; Graduation Monday Morning The annual baccalaureate ser mon for members of the Graduat ing class of Gardner-Webb col lege will be held at Boiling Springs Baptist church Sunday morning at eleven o'clock The sermon will be delivered by Dr. Ralph Aider man Herring, pastor of the First Baptist church of Winston-Salem After the processional, the Rev. J. L. Jenkins, pastor of the Boil ing Springs church, will pronoimce the invocation and the high school chorus will sing “Come Un to Him" bv Handel. The cftieege quartet will sing Gounod's “Praise Ye the Fathers" preceding the ser mon. The public is invited to at tend the service. On Monday morning at eleven o'clock final exercises for the graduating class of 32 students will be held in the auditorium of the E. B. Hamrick building when Dr. William Howard Plemmons. admissions officer and acting registrar of the University of North Carolina, will be the speak er. President Philip Elliott of the college will award diplomas to graduates following the literary address. MUSIC Music for the occasion will bt furnished by Miss Abbie Millei, pianist, and "by the college chorus The Rev. J. W. Suttle will pro nounce the invocation. Carlton Holmes Sullivan, dean of the col lege, will present awards of med als and other honors to students of the college immediately follow ing Dr. Plemmons’ address. Members of the graduating class are: Associate in arts—Ovella Ben field, Charlotte: Mary K. Bostic and Jeanne Rollins. Bostic; Polly anna Camp, Colleen Hill, Jacque line Huskev. Julius T. Jones, jr, Margaret Elizabeth Roberts and See PROGRAM Pa*e S
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