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WEATHER Considerable cloudiness and lit tle change in temperature with scattered thundershowers today and tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and not quite so warm. ! Tshe Hhelby Bnily Stett r * - *r. CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre To Jay - “Betrayed In The East” LEE TRACY NANCY KELLY VOL. XLIII—128 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—fie SUPERFORTS * Yanks Push Down Okinawa Coasts To Tighten Pincers About Shuri I TRI’MAN CONFERS WITH HOOVER—President Truman (left) and former President Herbert Hoover shake hands in the White House upon Hoover’s -arrival, on the President's invitation, to discuss the critical European relief situation. It was Hoover's first visit to the White House in 12 years.—i AP Wlrephotoi. AT CONFERENCE: Stettinius Bids For U. S. Mediator Role Recognizes Fact Thot Big Powers Must Work Togeth er Under Self-Imposed Restraints Bv John M. Hightower Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.—(/P>—A frank bid by Sec retary of State Stettinius for closer relations with Russia focused American foreign policy on Soviet issues today and ! lu-imir thp TTnitorl Stntps toward thp rnlp nf mpdiatnr amonc i WAWA DAM IS UNDERATTACK Capture Of Dam Would End One Phase Of Fight On Shimbu Line 4 MANILA, May 29.—tfPl—Capture of Wawa Dam. a source erf dis tressed Manila’s water supply, ap peared imminent today. A me chanized column of the 38th In fantry division bore down on the dam in a frontal assault. Seizure of the dam would end one phase of the long and hard battle to break up remnants of the Japanese Shimbu line in the Sier ra Madre mountains east of Man ila. Capture of Santa Fe, important road Junction on the mountainous southern approach to the exten sive. Cagayan valley—the Japanese last-stand corridor on northern Luzon—was reported today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The 25th division pushed into Santa Fe against little opposition. The 32nd division, moving v along the Villa Verde, trail to the west, was within three miles of the town. As the 38th slugged deeper in to the Marikina gorge toward the Wawa Dam, Association Press Cor respondent James Hutcheson re ported there were indications the Nipponese were withdrawing from hill positions near the dam and retreating into mountain fastness es beyond the river. Purchase Of Bonds Duty To Country WASHINGTON, May 29—(/P)—A war bond statement by Lt. Gen. Ben Lear, deputy commander, Eu ropean theatre of operations: “Purchase of war bonds is the duty which every man, woman and child owes to his country.” RED ARMY TRAINING MOSCOW May 29. — UF)~ All Soviet youths of the eighth and ninth grades—between 15 and 16 years old—have been called for army training scheduled to begin June 1, it was announced today. the great powers. Events abroad and blunt words here made even more clear that the success of United Nations ef forts to preserve world peace will depend largely on the ability of the big powers to work together. This would have to be under self imposed restraints, since the or ganization being drafted by the United Nations conference imposes few restraints upon the top powers. Stettinius summed this up in a defense of the veto voting formula by which each of the Big Five na tions could prevent a world security council from using force against an aggressor. The question has been raised, he said, as to what happens if one of the Big Five— Russia, the United States, China, Britain or France—"earmarks up on a course of aggression and re fuses to recognize the machinery of the world organization?” "In such an event,” Stettinius continued. "The answer is sim ple. Another world war has come, vote or no vote, and the world organization has failed.” But he added that is a kind of "iffy” question and "the five great nations have come here with the other United Nations to form an organization for peace—not to con spire for war,” He predicted success in this endeavor. STETTINIUS HEARD Stettinius spoke by radio last night to Americans at home and the Armed Forces abroad. In Moscow and London, Harry Hopkins and Joseph E. Davies, as special envoys of President Tru man, explored the possible accom plishments of an expected Big Three meeting. The goal is a key to the Polish puzzle and settlement of other conflicts of big power in See STETTINIUS Page 2 War Demands To Turn Loose 4,800,000 In Next 6 Months By KARL R. BAUMAN WASHINGTON, May 29— (/P) — War demands will turn loose 4, 800,000 workers and fighters in the next six months but fewer persons will be seeking jobs then than three months from now. WPB Chairman J. A. Krug made these predictions today, estimating the decline in the number of war workers during June, July and Au gust at 2,900,000. Joblessness during that time, he said, will jump from about 1,100, 000 persons to around 1,900,000. Krug said about 700,000 of those k ' to be released from war produc tion in the next three months will continue or soon find employment in plants shifting to civilian pro duction. Others, he added, will be absorb ed in civilian-manufacturing, con struction trades and services, and other civilian occupations. Never theless, he figures there will be a net increase of 1,100,000 in unem ployment. “Six months from now,” Krug continued in his monthly report See WAB Page 1 - S. * V > JAP SUICIDE PLANES DAMAGE FLEET UNITS 77 Kamikaze Raiders Are Shot Down In Attacks Sunday, Monday STRONG RESISTANCE By Leif Erickson GUAM, May 29.—(/P)—In the wake of suicide Japanese air attacks which sank one light United States fleet unit and damaged 12 others in Okinawa waters, American in fantrymen sloshed down both sides of the muddy island to day to begin closing a pinc ers around stubbornly de fended fortress Shuri. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, an nouncing damage to the fleet, said at least 77 raiders were shot down as they attacked Sunday night and Monday. He gave no details be yond saying damage was "light to moderate.” The air raids were the second in less than a week, and have cost the Japanese more than 240 planes. Last Thursday they lost 166 planes, damaged 23 American fleet units and sank one. A swift stab in Sixth division Marines under Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, jr., who for a week patiently expanded their Naha bridgehead, swept through the en tire western two-thirds of the is land capital yesterday. A Marine patrol moved onto On oyama island in the center of the Naha estuary but was driven off gee JAP Page 2 IB WORKER IS SECUREDHERE Miss Mary E. Griffin, For merly Of Lexington, Be gins Work July 1 Cleveland county is to have a full-time tuberculosis worker, it was announced this morning by Mrs. R. T. LeGrand, vice president of the Cleveland County Tubercu losis association, who said that the association had secured the serv ices of Miss Mary E. Griffin, reg istered nurse, beginning July 1. Miss Griffin comes to Shelby from Lexington where she has been connected with the health depart ment for the past several years She made an enviable record in that city and comes highly recom mended. This is the first time in the history of the county that Cleve land has had a full-time tuber culosis worker. The tuberculosis as sociation was organized only two years ago but has raised sufficient funds in those two years to be financially responsible for the full time worker. COORDINATOR Miss Griffin will be the co-or dinator between the people and the existing public health agencies as far as tuberculosis cases are concerned. She will assist with public relations work, health edu cation, case finding, rehabilitation and the sale of Christmas seals. New officers of the association just elected are: Rev. R. N. Baird, of Kings Mountain, president: Mrs. R. T_ LeGrand, vice president: Mrs. Leon Bradshaw, secretary and Mason Carroll, treasurer. Rev. Mr. Baird has been ill and Mrs. LeGrand has been acting as head of the organization in his forced absence. DEMAND SHOWDOWN: Eden Hints French Will Withdraw Reinforcements Sent To Levant LONDON, May 29.—M5)—Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden broadly hinted today that France should withdraw the reinforcements sent to the Levant States, in order to avoid a possible flare-up in the Arab world that would hamper prosecu tion of the Pacific war. Dispatch of fresh French troops to Syria and Lebanon led to out breaks in those areas, which are presenting a united front in de manding a show-down with France on their demands for independence. Eden told Commons that “the net increase of French troops is very small—about 500 men— but his majesty’s government have told the French govern ment of their fear that their arrival may cause regrettable ac tions.” Calling on all parties involved to "behave with caution and pru dence,” Eden declared it would be ‘inexcusable if developments in Syria or Lebanon” interferred with the war against Japan. Eden said the French reinforce ments arrived in Beyrouth about the same time as the French dele gate-general brought French pro posals for a final settlement be tween France and the Levant states. He did not elaborate on the substance of those proposals. SHOWDOWN The two tiny middle eastern mandates, backed by the Arab league, appeared to be forcing a showdown which may cost France part of her empire. Diplomatic observers in Lon don, who are watching devel opments in the Levant with ap prehension, expressed the view that France had only two alter natives—either she must stand by her demands and pnt down opposition by force if necessary or she must withdraw and ac cept inevitable loss of prestige as an imperial power. Both in London and in Wash ington diplomats were seeking an amicable solution and striving to avoid violence which might further disturb the delicate balance in the middle east. Fighting already has broken out in Syria between French forces and natives protesting their presence. An Associated Press dispatch from Damascus said Syria’s acting Pre mier Jamil Mardam Bey had ex pressed fears that a “general clasn” might be near as fighting spread to Homs, 120 miles north of the cap ital, after the French had moved reinforcements from there to quell an outbreak at Hama, 30 miles farther north. CROSS FIRE The French were reported to have the main street of Homs under continual cross-fire yester day, shooting at anybody venturing on the street, while French artillery shells had knocked out one wall of the Sarail (government building), Syrians ambused and captured three French armored cars, killing six crewmen and wounding three others. At Hama, best available estimates in Damascus placed the casualties at more than 200, including a con siderable expected proportion of dead. French gendarmes were re ported in control of the railroad station, with Syrian Bedouins mov ing in on the town from the desert to the east. GAS SERVICE PLAN OPENED Chamber Of Commerce Director* Also Talk New Freezer-Locker Unit Further investigation of a pro posal to grant a franchise for gas service in Shelby and support of a movement to get a Freezer Locker unit for Cleveland county were pledged at a meeting of the directors of the Shelby Chamber of Commerce at the Shelby hotel last night. The session was pre sided over by Clyde A. Short, pres ident. Promise to look into the matter of a gas franchise followed a pe tition presented to the city board of aldermen last week by the Pub lic Service company of North Caro lina. Inc., on which no action was taken. It was explained to the meeting last night that the peti tion came by letter and that no representative of the company was on hand with whom the city fath ers might talk. It was for that reason, it was stated that the mat ter was frowned upon. CITY OFFICIALS City officials who were present at last night’s meeting said they would open the matter again and receive the utility representatives to discuss the matter. A committee composed of Dr. S. S. Royster, Thad Ford and Lowery Austell was appointed to look Into See GAS Page 2 ARMYCONTROLS GAFFNEY ILL GAFFNEY, S. C., May 29—(£>)— The army was in control today of the Gaffney Manufacturing Co., which has been strikebound since May 14 when negotiations for a settlement of a dispute between the management and union work men broke down. The plant, employing 700 per sons, was taken over by Capt. Hal bert M. Jones, of the Greenville quartermaster price adjustment district office, who is here as a representative of the War depart ment. He took over under order of President Truman, whose direc tions were that the War depart ment seize the plant and operate it as deemed essential to the suc cessful prosecution of the war. It was the third southern plant to be taken over by the War de partment under executive order due to work stoppages. The other two were the American Enka cor poration of Asheville, and the Cocker Machine and Foundry Co., of Gastonia. NEEDED SUPPLIES Capt. Jones stated when he took over the plant at 3 p.m. yesterday that the army was not taking over to settle the dispute but to get the plant in operation so that supplies needed by the armed forces might be forthcoming. The work stoppage was precipi tated when the management of Sec ARMY Fa*e % K — WPB Removes First Building Restrictions Ceilings On Repair And Remodeling Projects In creased Five-Fold; Materials Still Scarce By Sterling F. Green WASHINGTON, May 29.—(JP)—The reconversion pat tern emerged in full today as the construction industry won its first release from wartime constraints and thereby caught up with the manufacturing segment. BOND SALES ARE DOUBLED Cleveland County Report Shows $656,102.50 In Securities Sold Salt of United States war bonds in Cleveland county has doubled within a week, the present total standing at $656,102.50, according to a compilation through May 24 made this morning by George Blanton, war finance chairman for Cleveland county. Of the total sales there have been sales of $211,527 in E. F and G bonds. Mr. Blanton pointed out this morning that on all sales of bonds to individuals up to the end of this month, the interest is computed as of May 1. Although the bond chairman are feeling much better at the sudden increase in sales, they point out that half the time is gone and Cleveland has met only a little more than a third of its quota. The overall quota is $2,069,000 and the quota for E, F and G bonds is $744,000. BOND TYPES The securities, which are being sold under the direction of the War Finance Committees, are as fol lows: Series E, F and G Savings Bonds, Series C Savings Notes, 2%% Bonds, 2Y*% Bonds, 1%% Bonds, %% Certificates of Indeb tedness. The 1 Vi % Bonds will not be offered in the drive to corpora tions. The drive for individuals will ex tend from May 14 to June 30. How ever, an intensification of activities in the sale of Series E bonds began April 9, when millions of persons on payroll savings plans through out the country were asked to en large their participation as a part of the Seventh War Loan. All Series E, F, and G Savings Bonds and Series C. Savings Notes processed through the Federal Reserve Banks between April 9 and July 7 will be credited to the drive. During the final phase of the drive which will cover the period from June 18 through June 30, sub scriptions will be received from all other non-bank investors for the 214% and 2M% marketable bonds and the certificates of indebtedness. FATALLY INJURED FORT SAM HOUSTON, Tex.— (/P)—Fort Sam Houston authorities announced today that First Lt. William L. Wise of Greenwood, S. C„ stationed here, was fatally in jured Sunday while swimming dur ing a visit to a ranch at nearby Bandera. Holding to its pledge to reiax controls as rapidly as resources are freed from war use, the War Pro duction Board last night gave the builders of homes, plants and business places a modest start to ward peacetime building activity. WPB's ceilings on building pro jects which forbade spending more than $200 on homes or $5,000 on a civilian goods factory in any year were increased five-fold—to $1,000 and $25,000 respectively. The action meant that long delayed remodeling and expansion jobs could be undertaken on dwellings, and that factories could undergo enlargement or alterations for post w'ar use, without the spe cial WPB permission which for merly was required. SHORTAGES Shortages of lumber, labor and building materials prevent a broad er relaxation at present, WPB said, and no government guarantee is given that materials can be found. “Controls will be relaxed just as soon as resources become available,’' the agency said, “but relaxation will have to be gradual.” Already WPB has ruled that 200,000 pasenger cars may be made in 1945 if the automotive industry can find materials without priority help; sewing machines and type writer makers have received the same go-ahead, but with no re straint on volume of production except ability to locate materials. Other prime consumer items — notably refrigerators and washing machines—are considered so ur gently needed that WPB has of fered priority help for their manu facture. Thus 700,000 washers and See WPB Page 2 THE WAR TODAY: Bloody Clash In Syria Has Far Reaching Ramifications By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer It is a tragic circumstance — with all the trappings of a cynic’s holiday—that, while the United Nations labor in San Francisco to create a world peace-structure, a bloody clash at arms should be go ing on among countries represent ed at the conference. The fighting- in Syria between French troops and natives is at best a nasty affair, and it could develop into an upheaval involving many countries if it were allowed to run its course. The United Stales and England are using their best offices to try to halt it. What’s happened in Syria is this: When Syria and its little neighbor, Lebanan, were taken from Turkey at the end of the last war, they were placed under French man date. However, the peoples of both these middle eastern countries have through the centuries been fiercely independent and they continued to press for their liberty until France finally promised it. The Hitlerian war intervened, but June 1. 1944 finally was set as the date when Syria and Lebanon should receive full sovereignty. See BLOOD* Page 2 MR. WENDT GERALD WENDT TO SPEAK HERE Consulting Editor On Science For Time, Life And Fortune Gerald Wendt, consulting editor on science for Time. Life and For tune magazines and "The March of Time" will speak to the Execu tives club at the Charles Hotel Friday , night at 7 o'clock. The final day for making reservations is Thursday, May 31. Dr. Wendt, a distinguished Amer ican scientist before entering the magazine and motion picture field, is considered America's foremost interpreter of scientific progress. For a number of years the busi ness and professional leaders which comprise the groups affiliated with the Associated Clubs in more than 100 leading American cities have been informed of "science mira cles” in advance of their appear ance as the practical, common place necessities of industrial, bus iness and family life. NEW IMPROVEMENTS In his talk .here on “New Lab oratory Wonders for us All,” he is prepared, by reason of his strate gic position at the source of all news concerning scientific develop ments, to talk on a host of new improvements and sources of what we eat, wear and use, and on the grc..t new industries and changes in the patterns of American com munities to follow the war as a consequence of laboratory research. Dr. Wendt is in almost daily personal contact with the re search authorities of industrial and college laboratories and the man agements of leading industries. He regularly participates in the "shop talk” at sessions of national con ferences and conventions of scien See GERALD Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 6:00 p.m.—Banquet for Mor ticians of District 11 meeting at Hotel Charles. 7:00 p.m.—Rotary club direc tors meet at Hotel Charles. 7:00 p.m. — C.A.P. members meet at armory. 8:00 p.m.—Called meeting of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. at lodge room for work in second degree. WEDNESDAY 7:15 p.m.—Sunday school of ficers and teachers of First Baptist church meet at church. 7:45 p.m.—Prayer meeting at Presbyterian church. 8:00 p.m.—Fellowship hour at Central Methodist church. 8:00 p.m. — Midweek prayer and praise service at First Baptist church. HEAVIEST INCENDIARY RAID TODATE Crewmen Think Destruc tion Will Rank With That In Tokyo WIND FANS FLAMES By Hamilton W. Faron GUAM. May 29.—(IP)— Superfort crews returning to day from their heaviest in cendiary raid on Japan re ported they had lighted giant fires in the industrial section of Yokohama in the first strike against Tokyo’s port city. More than 450 B-29s loosed 3,200 tons of bombs in their third strike in six days within a 20-mile radius of the imperial palace. Airmen reported smoke billow ed for four miles above the city and predicted destruction would rank with that of previous highly effective fire raids against other major Japanese industrial cities. Even the enemy’s high command conceded "considerable damage" was inflicted. Clouds of black smoke, such as comes from burning oil, was reported pouring up from Yo kohama’s highly inflammable commercial core in the south ern end of the city, fifth larg est in Nippon. A strong wind appeared to be spreading the fires through auto motive, aircraft, shipbuilding and rubber plants. The great flights of Superforts flew through intense and accurate antiaircraft, fire to strike their targets, which included most of the city. An enemy communique said some of the raiders swept on northward to hit Tokyo and the industrial town of Kawasak which lies between the capital and the See HEAVIEST Page 2 CHINESE REACH SHULO VICINITY _ j Move Represents Advance Of More Than 60 Miles From Nanning CHUNGKING, May 29 —(/Ft— Chinese forces pressing along the highway leading southwestward in to Indo-China have reached the vicinity of Shulo, more than 6C miles from recaptured Yungning (Nanning) the high command an nounced tonight. The advance widened the breach in the main highway in- Japan’s Chinna-Indo-China corridor to ap proximately 120 miles. The high command said fierce fighting was raging in the vicinity of Pinyang, highway hub 60 miles northeast of Yungning. Both sides were reported suffering heavy cas ualties. Observers in Chungking specu lated whether the Japanese if forc ed out of Pinyang would withdraw northeastward to the railroad junction city of Liuchow or east ward in the general direction of I Canton and Hong Kong. Unconfirmed reports said today | the Japanese w^ere withdrawing from the former American air base I at Liuchow in Kwangsi province | as Chinese troops aimed a two j pronged attack at the railroad I junction city, i NEAR PINYANG Veteran Chinese troops, who ! captured the big inland port Nan ning (Yungning) Saturday in their most spectacular victory in months, pushed to the outskirts of Pinyang, 58 miles to the north east and about 90 miles south west of Liuchow. Liuchow also was threaten ed from the west. Chinese forces advanced from captur ed Hwaiyuanchen, crossed a I north-south stretch of the Yung river seven miles west of Ishan and drove on toward that Japanese strongpoint, 43 miles west of Liuchow. Meanwhile there was a growing opinion in the Chinese capital that Japanese forces, with the excep tion of scattered pockets, might | be planning to withdraw at least to north of the Yangtze and pos j stbly north of the Yellow river in : a general realignment of their ! strength in China A withdrawal to the nearest point on the Yang tze from Liuchow would mean a retreat of about 460 mile*.
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