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CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894
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“HAVING WONDERFUL
CRIME”
Geo. MURPHY — Pat O’BRIEN
VOL. XLIII—129
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
SHELBY, N. C.
WEDNESD’Y, MAY 30, 1945
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Okinawa Fortress Is Penetrated By Marines After 18-Day Attack
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Photographic Reconnaissance Shows Heart Of Tokyo Lies In Ruins
GENERAL GAINS
* INDICATE FALL
OF ISLE NEAR
Naha Virtually Invested,
Invaders Meet Stiff
Opposition
ROCKWALLED CASTLE
By Hamilton W. Faron
GUAM, May 30.—(fP)—Am
erican marines have pene
trated rockwalled Shuri cas
tle, 16th century fortress afid
keystone of Japanese defense
on Okinawa which withstood
attack for 18 days, as jrains
elsewhere led to the premie- j
tion half the remainder of the
island would fall within a
week.
Associated Press War Correspon
dent Leif Erickson reported from!
the front that Company "C” Mar- j
ines of the Fifth regiment, First ■
division, spearheaded their batta- j
lion's advance on Shuri and enter- :
ed the castle yesterday after sur-'
prising Japanese defenders swim-1
ming in the moat.
By midmoming Col. John H.
Orlebel, regimental commander of
Hartford, Conn., reported the en
tire first battalion had reached the
castle.
Other element* nr the Firth
regiment advanced southeast
from the Aaato Village area to
ward the Naha-Yonabaru high
day. which runs east and west
sooth of Shari and which al
ready as been cut at it* eastern
end by the Seventh Infantry.
Sixth division Marines virtually
completed investing of Okinawa's
capital city, Naha, moving east
ward across the Naha canal. They
met still opposition as the Japanese
fought back fiercely among the
Christian cemetery tombstones in
the southeast part of the city.
RESISTING
Japanese in the area north of
Fortress Shuri also stubomly re
els ted.
Associated Press War Correspon
dent Vem Haugland reported the
first regiment of the First Marine
division was able to gain but
slightly as it moved down Wana
ridge into the valley northwest of
Shuri “against bitter defenses."
The 77th and 96th army divisions
north and west of Shuri found the
Japanese line still firm, Haug
land said, and failed to make
gains.
Thus, although the garrison in
and around Shuri seemed to be
withdrawing, the shell-torn me
dieval structure still remained the
center of the strongest Japanese
resistance on the island.
On the extreme eastern flank,
the Seventh Infantry division again
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REV. B. WILSON
TO TAKE OVER
PASTORAL DUTIES
Rev. B. Wilson, of Lincolnton,
retired Methodist minister, will
take over as pastor on the Shelby
Circuit for the rest of this confer
ence year In place of Rev. R. M.
Hauss, who resigned £o accept a
place with the Allied Church
league Rev Mr. Wilson will preach
his first sermon as pastor of the
charge Sunday morning at Sharon.
The announcement of the new
connection was made by Carver
Blanton, district lay leader.
Rev. Mr. Wilson Is no stranger
to this circuit. He has lived in
Shelby twice and has been pastor
on the Shelby circuit twice. His
daughter, Mrs. Eva Gregory, Is a
resident of Shelby now.
The pastor will continue to
maintain his residence at Lincoln
ton, he said this morning.
Pope Pius Address
To Be Broadcast
ROME, May 30—(yP)—The Vati
can radio will broadcast on June
2 an address by Pope Pius XII to
the College of Cardinals. The Car
dinals will pay their respects to
the Pontiff on that occasion, which
Is St. Eugene day and the Pope’s
name day.
. V
IRAN
250,000 Homeless
Af ter Y okohama Raid
Uncounted Numbers Killed And Injured, 60,000
Houses Destroyed In Yesterday's Attack
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.—(/P)—American dive bombs
spilling o-n Yokohama yesterday left 250,000 Japanese home
less, 'killed and injured an uncounted number, destroyed
60,000 houses s^d knocked out communication and trans
portation systems, Tokyo radio reported today.
. —--—-—--1 "Hundreds of doctors and nurses
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. J.W. INGLE
Widow Of Retired Metho
dist Minister Dies,
Rites Tomorrow
Mrs. J. W. Ingle, 78, of this place,
j widow of the late Rev. J. W. Ingle,
! retired minister of Western North
Carolina conference of the Metho
dist church, died at Duke hospital
this morning following an opera
tion.
During her husband's 35 years
in the ministry, she lived in Shel
by, Asheville, Greensboro, Lexing
ton and a number of other cities.
She was a native of Rutherford
county, the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Cooper.
About 20 years ago the Rev. Mr.
Ingle was pastor of LaFayette
Street Methodist church here for
four years. Later, when he was
retired, the family moved back to
Shelby for permanent residence.
See DEATH Page 2
were rushed to the nation’s strick
en city from the outlying districts
as well as from Tokyo,” the broad
cast said.
“It may take some time before
an estimate of the number of civ
ilians dead and injured can be
made, pending the restoration of
transportation and communica
tion.”
Six former premiers met
with government leaders in an
unusual session while Emper
or Hirohito heard a report on
the “ravages of war suffered
yesterday centering around the
city of Yokohama” from home
affairs Minister Genki Abe.
Destruction extended on a small
er scale, Tokyo said, to nearby
Kawasaki and Metropolitan Tokyo,
where an area larger than the city
of San Francisco has been burned
out by mass B-29 incendiary at
tacks.
Three notable Japanese were be
lieved to have been killed in last
Saturday morning’s climatic raid
on the capital, said broadcasts
heard in San Francisco by the fed
eral communications commission.
MISSING
The missing men are Viscount
Kikujiro Ishii, privy councillor and
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Allied Nations Join In
Memorial Day Tributes
PARIS, May 30. — ffl— Soldiers
and civilians of other United Na
tions Joined with those of the
United States today in honoring
the memory of the American sol
diers of the first and second World
wars who died on European bat
tlefields.
Religious ceremonies were
held among the white crosses
at the 54 military cemeteries of
this war where more than 117,
000 of the 130,000 Americans
killed in Europe are buried. Ser
vices also were held in Germany,
where more than 8,000 American
soldiers lie in temporary graves.
At the 6th army corp headquart
ers Gen. Jacob L. Devers led troops
in paying homage to all soldier
dead and as a wreath was placed
at the base of the Reidelberg Uni
versity flagpole Devers said:
“The warm red glow of their
memory should and must—every
day of our lives—be the eternal
flame that forever will kindle the
bright light of the cause for which
they died.”
In Paris U. S. Ambassador Jef
ferson Caffery placed a wreath* of
the tomb of the Unknown soldier.
it /
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NAVY WORRIED
OVER REPAIRS
"Relaxation In Repair
Yards, Means Death
On Beaches"
WASHINGTON, May 30 —(/P)—
The navy' let it be known today
that It Is frankly and openly wor
ried over the problem of repairing
ships damaged in the Pacific.
At an annual news conference
attended by the department’s three
civilian heads as well as uniform
ed leaders, reporters were told that
any relaxa^on in the repair yards
‘‘means more and more people
killed on the beaches.”
The navy men, emphasizing the
seriousness of west coast repair
workers quitting their jobs, indi
cated broadly that only the neces
sity of keeping valuable informa
tion from the enemy prevented
telling the whole story.
Pointing up the problem, Sec
retary Forrestal said it was esti
mated the aircraft carrier Frank
lin now under repairs at the
Brooklyn navy yard would require
nine months to get back into ac
tion. Some cruisers will require
six months and a number of de
stroyers three months.
The secretary said naval casual
ties in the battle for Okinawa,
dating from March 15, totaled 4,
270 through May 23 including kill
ed and missing in action, com
pared with ground force totals for
the same period of 5,332.
Admiral Frederick J. Horn, vice
chief of nty>al operations, said this
should .give some idea of the ex
tent of damage to naval vessels,
since the naval casualties were
suffered aboard ships in the sup
port force off Okinawa.
WHAT’S DOING
TODAY
6:30 p.m. — Sunday school
business supper at First Bap
tist church.
7:45 pun.—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.
THURSDAY
7:00 pun.—C. A. P. members
meet at armory.
• 7:00 pm. — Kiwanis club
meets at Hotel Charles.
7:00 p.m.—Junior Chamber
of Commerce directors meet at
Cleveland Springs Country
club, _ -
DESOLATION
RADIATES FROM
PALACE AREA
"We Destroyed Every Tar
get We Set Out To De
stroy"—LeMay
51 SQUARE MILES
By Leif Erickson
GUAM, May 30—(/P)—'The
warring heart of Tokyo, sear
ed by 8,500 tons of six-pound
gasoline jelly bombs, beats no
more, Maj* Gen. O 'Gs E.
(Ironpants) LeMay coi .mand
er of the 21st Bomber Com
mand announced today.
From Emperor Hirohito's scorch
ed palace stretches a scene of de
solation with stumps of buildings
standing. Fifty-one square miles of
Tokyo are in ruins, photographs
showed conclusively.
Wood and paper asnes drifted
over the fire-twisted ruins, borne
on today’s southerly wind blowing
from Yokohama, Tokyo’s teeming
port city, 18 miles south, where
fires were kindled Tuesday by 3,
200 tons of incendiary clusters
sown by more than 450 of Lemay’s
sky Giants.
It was the biggest daylight Su
perfortress strike against Japan.
Scrutinizing the reconnaissance
photographs of Tokyo while the
90 minute whirlwind of destruction
was loosed upon Yokohama, the
youthful cigar-chewing Lemay de
clared:
“We destroyed every target we
set out to destroy.”
The 1,500 Superforts scattered
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Trumans Get
Settled In
White House
WASHINGTON, May 30 —(A1)—
The Trumans have made them
selves at home In the White House.
In the executive mansion less
than a month, Mrs. Harry S. Tru
man gave newspaperwomen a
chance yesterday to see that from
pianos to potted plants the up
stairs living quarters have been
transformed to suit the Trumans.
There are fewer pictures and
fresh paint—palest green except in
Mrs. Truman’s dove gray bedroom
and daughter Margaret’s suite of
Madonna blue sitting room and
shell pink bedroom.
They’ve culled out lots of the
great array of furniture and re
arranged what’s left.
Most of the dark, overbearing
wardrobe chests are removed be
cause, Mrs. Truman said, she
couldn’t stand to live with them.
PRESIDENT’S STUDY
In the Presidents study, nis
desk, used by several previous
Presidents, has been moved in
front of the oval windows. The
very few gadgets on it include a
pair of curly-maned lions and a
small silver model airplane.
A few days ago, the First Lady
said, the piano had been moved
into the sitting room in addition
to a radio-phonograph. Gay oil
pointings on the bright blue walls
and blue, rust and green fabrics
for her furniture made her room
the gayest in the historic house.
In her small bedroom Margaret
has in addition to pictures of her
parents those of several college
friends. If she has photographs
of any boy friends, they were not
in evidence for the reporters.
RED TOUCHES
Deep red touches set off the dove
gray of Mrs. Truman’s suite, oc
cupied these past 12 years by the
ever-busy Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt.
The sitting room is just that for
Mrs. Truman, no longer the clut
tered workshop Mrs. Roosevelt
made of it.
A large photograph of President
Truman and pictures of Margaret
are in the First Lady’s bedroom
On her bedside table were copies
of a woman’s magazine and a news
magazine.
The fireplace mantel of the
President’s bedroom holds othei
pictures of Margaret and of his
mother, Mrs. Martha Truman.
Iran Demands Allied
Troops Be Withdrawn
TEHERAN, May 30.—(/P)—The Iran Government has demand
ed the withdrawal of all British, United States, and Russian
troops from Iran.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Sepan Bodi informed parliament
that identical notes had been sent to the British, American, and
Soviet embassies, in which ‘‘we demanded that in view of the
cessation of European hostilities and in order to restore a normal
situation in the country, British, American and Russian troops
evacuate Iran.”
Article 5 of the Russian-British-Iran treaty of 1941 stipulated
that Allied forces would leave Iran within six months after the
cessation of hostilities, and Iran authorities view that period as
dating from Germany’s surrender.
IN PHILIPPINES:
Shimbu Line Is
Finally Smashed
By James Hutcheson
MANILA, May 30.—(/P)—After three months of bitter
fighting, U. S. Sixth Army troops have completed the smash
ing of the cave and tunnel Shimbu line fortifications in the
Sierra Madre mountains east of Manila.
A headquarters sponesman toaay
described the capture of Wawa Dam
by the 38th Infantry divison as
the fall of the last strongpoint in
the Shimbu line. More fighting
undoubtedly lies ahead, however,
against Japanese withdrawing into
mountain ranges east of the Ma
rikina river.
The dam, which together with
previously seized Ipo Dam, is
Manila’s water supply, was seized
intact Monday after Japanese re
sistance melted away overnight.
In northeastern Luzon, today’s
communique said, the 25th and
32nd Infantry divisions have made
a juncture two miles west of San
ta Fe in the Caraballo mountains.
Almost superhuman road con
struction up and down razorback
ridges has been necessary both on
the central and northeastern Lu
zon mountain fronts.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s com
munique today said the juncture
near Santa Fe brought “to an end
organized enemy resistance in this
vital area flanking the main high
way into the Cagayan valley. That
valley is expected to prove the
last-stand battleground of the Ja
panese on Luzon.
AT CONFERENCE:
Small Nations Make
Two Notable Gains
Countries Whose Armies To Be Used By Council
Should Have Voice In Decision To Use Them
By John M. Hightower
Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.—(/P)—Small nations check
ed off two .notable gains at the world security conference to
day in their struggle with the big-five for more power in a
100 SENIORS
TO GRADUATE
Graduation exercises for 100
members of the senior class ol
Shelby High school will be held
at senior high school auditorium
Friday night at 8 o’clock when the
graduates will be presented their
high school diplomas by Principal
H. G. Hagaman.
The final program will feature
talks by five members of the senior
class on the central theme of
“Great Americans of Our Day.’’
Talks will be given by Kitty Beam
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wuixu [rcatc league,
These advances held the pros
pect of tempering their fight on
the Big-Five veto voting formula,
although on one hotly debated
question they demonstrated an a
bility to outvote the big powers
and score a clear victory for
themselves.
Here is what they gained:
1. The United States, Russia,
Britain, China and France finally
accepted a Canadian proposal that
any country whose armed forces
were to be employed by the secur
ity council should join in making
the decision for their use.
This means that if Canadian
troops were to be called out to
suppress aggression Canada could
participate in the security council
decision even though it was not
at the time a member of the coun
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Walker Pays Tribute To
Late President Roosevelt
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ May 30—
(fp)—A retiring member of his cab
, inet paid tribute today to the late
President Roosevelt.
“Rarely in history,’’ said
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker in a Memorial day ad
dress prepared for ceremonies
at Mr. Roosevelt’s grave, “have
whole peoples so taken from
one man’s fire the flame of
courage. Never before did whole
peoples look so searchingly and
hopefully to one man to win
i for themselves and their chil
dren peace amopg nations.”
A
Walker will be replaced in the
cabinet June 30 by Robert E. Han
negan, Democratic national chair
man.
BORN LEADER
Describing the late chief execu
tive as one gifted in world leader
ship, Walker declared:
“From the depths of defeat this
man led the nations of the world
to victory. Through the dark
months his courage sustained their
courage—his skill and energy and
leadership created the greatest
i
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NEW OUTBREAKS
OF VIOLENCE
ARE REPORTED
Shelling Stopped By Inter
vention Of British
Minister
FIRING CONTINUES
LONDON, May 30.—<7P)—
The Syrian and Lebanese le
gations said today that the
French bombarded Damascus,
capital of Syria, last night.
Intervention of the British
minister stopped the bom
bardment, the legations said
in a joint statement, but fir
ing continues. The stftement
did not explain the extent of
the firing.
New qutbreaks of violence were
reported in Syria in the dispute
between France and the govern
ments of Syria and Lebanon.
• The British radio said heavy
fighting was in progress in Damas
cus and that ‘French troops en
tered the city and the parliament
house.” The report said the Sy
rian youth movement had decided
i to resume the general strike.)
The Beyroutn raaio saiu Sy
rian artillery had been brought
into action against the offices
of the French legation and “all
French military positions in
Damascus" last night. It added
that “French military authori
ties therefore have taken all
necessary measures.”
Fighting, which started at Alep
po in the extreme north and has
spread southward through Hama
and Homs, was reported to have
reached Deraa, 60 miles south of
Damascus near the Transjordan
frontier, where natives were said
to have attacked French garrison
barracks.
A train was reported derailed
between Hamdanieh and Kawakeb,
with three persons killed and 14
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FOOD CONTROL
SEEN HI '50
Wagner Thinks OPA Will
Be Necessary Years
After V-J Day
WASHINGTON, May 30 —<.<P)—
Food rationing until 1950 was
forecast today by Senator Wagner
(D-NY),
The chairman of the senate
banking committee told reporters
that controls on prices and volume
of edibles would be necessary until
that time.
Wagner’s committee yesterday
approved legislation continuing the
government agency handling those
problems — OPA — until June 30,
; 1946.
The chairman reasoned that
perhaps another year or so
would be required to defeat
Japan; then, to avoid a dis
ruption of the nation’s eco
nomy, the government would
have to keep a clamp on food
controls for another three years
or so.
Wagner noted, however, that an
unexpected foldup of Japan, or
some other unforeseen set of
circumstances necessarily would
change this line of reasoning.
The price control extension for
another year was voted 10 to 5
in the committee. By the same
margin, the group voted down a
proposal by Senator Taft (D-Oliio)
to keep controls in effect only an
other six months.
KEY TO SHORTAGE
The action was taken after a
day of closed door testimony by
i Price Administrator Chester Bowl
! es and Economic Stabilizer Wil
liam H. Davis. They said, in ef
I feet, that the food situation would
| be improved soon.
Members of the committee,
quoting Bowles and Davis, said the
key to shortages now is the meat
black market. Two factors were
l advanced as helpful for the fu
ture. One is the treasury'* an
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