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WEATHER Partly cloudy, continued warm, today and tonight. Friday, mostly cloudy and warm, with scattered thundershowers over north and west portion. The Hhelhy Bnily star CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - “HAVING WONDERFUL CRIME” Geo. MURPHY — Pat O’BRIEN VOL. XLIII—130 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c JAPS HOLD OUT NORTH, EAST OF RUINED cnr Fresh Downpours Of Rain Worsen Knee-Deep Mud In Area SUPPLY PROBLEM By Hamilton W. Faron GUAM, May 31.—(&)— First division marines who yesterday raised the Ameri can flag in victory over Shuri castle, pressed a flank attack today against the Nipponese Shuri tow.n garrison fanati cally holding out against two divisions north and east of the ruined city. The advance patrols of the Finn Regiment met slight opposition as they shoved ahead toward the wes tern flank of the almost encircled enemy. _ . The already knee - deep mud which has slowed the whole Okin awa campaign for weeks was made more soupy by fresh downpours. All available Tenth army men not in the front line were set to carrying munitions, water and ra tions afoot to the fighting fronts. Company A of the Fifth Re giment under Capt. Julius D. Duaenberry of Florence, & C., first occupied Shuri Castle, medieval fortress which was the home of 16th Century Ryukyu Mnga and in recent months the headquarters of the Japanese command on Okinawa. The invading leatherneck* found only 50 Japanese troops, which they killed, and two women and a baby. STARS AND BARS One of the first act* of the oc cupying company was to raise the •tars and bars of the American civil war confederacy, which was the company’s victory flag at bloody Felellu. The American standard was officially raised approximately 35 hours later. Marines of MaJ. Oen. Pedro A. Del Valle's First division hoisted the colors at 1:45 pm. yesterday Sec JAPS Page 2 POINT VALUES CHANGE SUNDAY Go Up On Conned Toma toes, Spinach, Down On Vegetable Juices WASHINGTON, May 31— (IP) — Point values on canned tomatoes and spinach will be higher begin ning Sunday. However, the ration coat of tomato juice and vegetable Juice combinations will be trim med. The OTA announced this to day along with only minor changes In meat and other red point food values for the new ration period, which runs from Sunday through June 30. The blue point revision boosts the value on No. 3 cans of toma toes to 40 points, up 10, while a can of spinach of the same size will require 20 instead of 10 points. Spinach in No. 2 1-2 cans also will be up 10 points to 30. Ten points will buy two cans of tomato juice or vegetable juice combinations in containers through size 2 1-2. But the current value of 10 points per can will continue for single purchases. In 46-ounce containers both kinds of Juice will have a value of 10 points, down from 20. , MEATS UPWARD The changes in meat values, dis closed last night, are confined to upward adjustments for a few fat cuts of pork. This, OPA said, was necessarv to prevent housewives diverting* them to lard. Fat backs and plate bacon go from five to eight points a pound, while dry-cured and aged bacon sides go up a point to nine. Reg ular bacon remains at eight points a pound. The only other red point change . is a reduction from eight to six points a pound for soft cheeses, such as limburger, camembert and liederkranz. Price Administrator C h e e t e r Bowles estimated meat supplies available for civilians in June will be about seven per cent less than this month. HAPPY YANKS HOME FROM BATTLES IN EUROPE—These American soldiers are all smiles on the deck of the troop ship John Ericsson as the vessel arrived in New York from the European war zone. Aboard are 3,238 wounded, liberated and rotational troops. Above the crowd can be seen a Nazi flag the boys brought along as a souvenir. In the background is the Empire State Building.—:(AP Wirephotoi. AT CONFERENCE: Good Neighbor Idea Put To Severe Test Outbreak,In Levont'Cauees Apprehensions Over Abil ity To Make League Function By John M. Hightower Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, May 31.—(/P)—Bloody fighting in i Syria put to its severest test today the good neighbor policy | on which the United Nations are seeking to erect a new I <ii/\m1/1 Inn (VII 1 r AAv\ f\n A A “ VVV/4SV* IVMg UV VV Topping off Iran’s demand for withdrawal of Allied troops and the prolonged Big-Three dispute over Poland, the outbreak in the Levant aroused new apprehensions Of many delegations here over the ability of the big powers to work out their world interests in a friendly and unselfish manner. American officials, however, are telling these small nation representatives that had the prolonged world organization already been in existence prob lems such as the Levant crisis, especially, probably would have been more easily and speedily solved. Secretary of State Stettinius threw his influence against letting any current issues interfere with the work of the conference. Offi cials appeared confident that he would succeed and the league charter would be produced early In June. Stettinius was drawn directly into the Levant situation when a See GOOD 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 . 7:00 p.m.—Junior Chamber of Commerce directors meet at Cleveland Springs country club. 8:00 p.m.—Called meeting of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. at Lodge room for work in third degree. FRIDAY 12:30 p.m—Rotary club meets at Hotel Charles. 8:00 p.m.—Final graduation exercises for high school seniors. YANKS PROBE JAP POSITIONS Invade Last Important Enemy-Held Area In Philippines MANILA, May 31. — </P)—. Yank patrols probed today into the Ga gayan Valley, last Important Jap anese-held area In the Philippines. The appearance of American forces in the valley, a narrow low land area in northern Luzon which runs to the island’s north coast, was made while 32nd and 25tii in fantry division troops cleared up Japanese from hills around Santa Fe. The nearness of rains and the time needed for consolidating posi tions at Santa Fe probably will de lay the start of the battle with the enemy garrison. ON THE WANE On Mindanao, close quarter fight ing flared between trapped Japan ese north of Davao and the 24th infantry division but the three weeks-old fight definitely was on the wane. Today’s communique of Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported a Monday air strike at fuel plants, railroads an^ communications on Formosa by more than 30 Fifth Air Force Mitchell bombers and raids on the coastal rail line of French Indo-China between Saigon and Phanrang by more than 45 Libera tors. Approximately 150 bombers and fighters of the 13th airforce at tacked the oil center of Balikpapan, Borneo, the same day. WPB Cutbacks, Reconversion May Relieve Food Shortage By OVID A. MARTIN WASHINGTON, May 31.— (£*) — War production cutbacks and re conversion may team up to ease some of this country’s food supply strain by the end of the year. This possibility is being consid ered by food officials in connec tion with plans for sharing Amer ican food with hungry peoples in Europe. Agriculture department eco nomists say that reductions in military output now taking place should tend to reduce consumer incomes. And smaller consumer buying power should be reflected, they add, in a somewhat reduced demand for food. Similarly as industrial reconver sion gains momentum and is able Ito put larger quantities of non food Items on the market, there will be a tendency, the econo mists say, for consumers to divert money from food to other' items coming back into production. Consumption and demand for food during the war have been at See WPB Page 2 ANDERSON GETS COMMITTEE NOD Hearings Ordered For June 11 For Wickard As RtX Head WASHINGTON, May 31 —— The senate agriculture committee unanimously approved today the nomination of Rep. Clinton P. An derson (D-NM) to be secretary of agriculture. It ordered hearings June 11 on the nomination of Claude R. Wick ard, present secretary of agricul ture, to be rural electrification ad ministrator. Chairman Thomas (O-Okla) said all the members had been getting numerous letters and telegrams from rural electric cooperatives opposing confirmation of Wickard “so we decided to let them come in and make their statements.” Both Anderson and Wickard ap peared before the committee in a closed session. Thomas said there was great similarity in the wording of all the telegrams protesting against Wick ard’s' nomination. BEING PROMPTED “Apparently somebody has been telling them what to say,” he said, adding that he understood Earl Murley, manager of a Vincennes, Ind., cooperative had been com municating with other coopera tives. The judiciary committee called Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark of Texas to a hearing on his nomination to succeed Attor ney General Francis Biddle. Rep. Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico had an invitation from the agriculture committee considering his selection to be secretary of ag See ANDERSON Page 2 Patterson Reports Six Killed By Jap Balloon Bomb WASHINGTON, May 31 —(/F)— Undersecretary of War Patterson disclosed today that a mother and five of her children were killed by a bomb from one of the long-range Japanese balloons sporadically at tacking the western part of this country. Asked if he had any further in formation on the balloons, Patter son said he cited the incident of the woman and her children to emphasize the need for precau tions. • He said the six were killed in a western state, but gave no names or other details except that the tragedy occurred during a fishing trip when one of the children be gan playing with an unexploded bomb dropped by one of the un manned paper balloons. The wo man’s husband and one child, Patterson said, were the only sur vivors. The army previously had re ported that no property damage has resulted from the balloon raids. Liuchow Defenders Set \ Fire To City, Prepare To Abandon Positions By Clyde A. Farnsworth KUNMING, China, May 31.—(fP)—Liuchow, main Japa nese road and rail hub in southern China was reported swept by fires set by its defenders today as Chinese troops closed in on the city along a 50-mile front. signs tnat tne Japanese werej preparing to abandon the former American air base site, coming af ter their loss Sunday of Yungning (Nanning) 120 miles to the south west, reinforced a growing belief here that Japan is about to sur render the main military fruits of her swift conquest of Indo-China, Thailand, Malaya and the Nether lands Indies. Such a move would mean that imperial headquarters at Tok yo has decided to write off its investment in men and mate rial as a non-paying proposi tion, and to leave its forces south of China to shift for themselves. The land corridor serving those forces already has been almost severed by the Chinese, while American planes and submarines have made the sea lanes more of a hazard than a link. The situation at Liuchow also suggested the possibility that Ja pan even planned to quit south east China, leaving only small loldout pockets while concentrat- | ng her strength between the j Yangtze and Amur rivers for a ast-ditch defense of her conti nental possessions. One of the reasons for such a I concentration in the north may be Japanese fear of Russian interven tion along the Amur river. OFFENSIVE An even bigger Japanese con sideration may have been prepa rations in China for a full-scale nffensive against them in the south, marked by increased Amer ican assistance to Chinese ground forces in supplies, equipment and training under the American irmy's Chinese combat command. The preparations came to their first fruition in the recent smash ing of the Japanese drive on Chih iciang, which may have played a big part in the change of Japanese cal culations. Tokyo’s apparent decision to li quidate the Japanese position in See LIUCHOW Page 2 Chiang Turns Over Premiership T o Soong Move Seen As One To Coordinate Opposing Forces In China; Soortg Very Popular By Spencer Moosa CHUNGKING, May 31.—(fP)—Chiang Kai-Shek resign ed today as premier and turned the post over to acting Premier T. V. Soong in a move viewed as a step toward solidifying China at a time when the allied nations are ap plying tremendous pressure on Japan from all quarters. HEAVY SPORT IN BOND SALES Soles In Cleveland Coun ty Now Have Passed Million And Half Marking the biggest spurt for Cleveland county since the Seventh War Loan drive was started, War Finance Chairman George Blanton announced this morning that bond ‘ sales in this county had passed the j million and a half mark. Campaign Chairman Jack Dover accounted for $500,000 of this in crease in a report of sales made to Mr. Blanton yesterday after noon. An additional increase of $340,000 was chalked up when J. R. Davis, director of the drive in Kings Mountain reported sales in that amount. Previous sales re ported had amounted to $656,000. Campaign leaders are particular ly pleased with this showing and believe now there will be little trouble in meeting the Cleveland quota of $2,069,000. Chairman Blanton was high in his praise of the work of the four Shelby civic organizations which have been co operating in the drive. EFFORTS FRUITFUL “Their efforts have been par ticularly fruitful in the sale of E, F and G bonds,” he pointed out. Today closed the books on May sales and all bonds sold after to day will bear interest from June 1. Bonds sold today bear interest from May 1. The solicitation in the uptown district is being directed by Worth Morris, commander-in-chief of the retail division. Jack Dover is handling the over-all campaign with George Blanton acting as War Finance chairman for the county and J. R. Davis directing the drive in Kings Mountain. Despite the heavy increase in sales since the last report, those directing the campaign in Cleve land point out that this is no time to rest on the oars. Bonds are still to be sold, the Japs still to be beaten. uniang retained ms post as president of China and head of the state. He also remains China’s generalissimo, and now will be able to concentrate fully on military tasks in this critical period of the war on the continent of Asia. When Soong, Chiang's brother in-law, became acting premier last December, the shift was regarded as a popular one, possibly paving the way for a working agreement between the central government and the Communists of North Chi na. Soong’s attitude toward the Communists is known to be mod erate. Soong's elevation to the full premiership, or president of the executive Yuan, as the post is designated in China, raised the possibility that he would attend any forthcoming meet ing of the Big Five leaders of the United Nations. Soong's .popularity throughout the country is expected to strength en the central government’s hand in the military situation. There have been some unconfirmed re ports that an agreement already has been reached in principle be tween the central government and the Communists of the north to wage a single war against the Jap anese invader. ACTING PREMIER Soong actually became Chiang’s “right hand man” last December on his appointment as acting pre mier. As such, he had attended tc most of the generalissimo’s pre miership duties. Thus his eleva See CHIANG Page 2 Cleveland Registrars Are Ready For Bond Election county precincts, who open the reg istration books Saturday for the hospital bond election to be held on July 7 met at the courthouse this morning and received an explana tion on election procedure from Henry Edwards, county attorney and W. L. Angel, chairman of the county board of elections. The registrars were told that this is a special election and only that those persons who register during the four weeks period from June ' to June 23 will be eligible to vote In the election. It was also polntec out that those who register and whe ROY C. DEVINNEY .WILLIE T. DOSTER. , . ' % TWO CLEVELAND MEN KILLED S 1-c Roy Colon Devinney, GM 3-c W. T. Dos ter Re ported Dead The families of two Cleveland county men serving in the United States navy have been informed that their sons, Roy Colon Devin ney, seaman first class, and Willie Tim Doster, gunner's mate third class, have been killed in action at sea. Both were previously re ported missing in action. Mrs. Gwendolyn Hoyle Devinney wife of Seaman Devinney, receiv ed a message from the War de partment saying that her husband previously reported missing, lost his life as a result of enemy action on April 24. The message stated that information leads to the con clusion that there is no hope foi his survival. Seaman Devinney entered tht See TWO CLEVELAND Page 2 Soldiers Already Set For Discharge All Army Can Spare WASHINGTON, May 31.— (JP) - Under Secretary of War Pattersoi said today the soldiers now slate< for discharge are all the arm; thinks it is safe to release at thi time. Announcing this at a news con ference, Patterson said it was ii answer to proposals to release mei over 35 or to discharge those whosi skills are especially needed in civ lian life. Chairman May of thi house military committee recentl; urged the army to discharge al soldiers over 35 except for certaii key personnel. the hospital bonds. The voter is given four question to answer on the ballot. CONVEYANCE In essence these are: 1. Shall Cleveland county accep 1 i conveyance to it of the Shelb hospital and assume the present in debtedness of $18,000 now borne b No. 6 township? 2. Shall an order calling for th issuance of $240,000 in bonds fc paying the cost of remodeling an enlarging the Shelby hospital b See CLEVELAND Page 3 BRITISH READY TO INTERVENE IN THE LEVANT DeGaulle Calls Key Minis ters To Consider Church ill's Demands U. S. SENDS PROTEST By Alex Singleton LONDON, May 31.—(ff)— Prime Minister Churchill call ed upon Gen. De Gaulle toda: to withdraw French troops ii Syria to their barracks. Brit ain has instructed her arme< forces in the Middle East t intervene in the fighting be tween French and Syria; forces to prevent furthe: bloodshed, Churchill said. De Gaulle called key min isters into session in Pari immediately after he receiv ed Churchill’s demand. Pari; dispatches said the French government was surprised at the London announcement. In Washington, the State de partment disclosed the Unitec States last Monday had urge* Prance to review her policy towarc Syria and neighboring Lebanon. Fighting which has taken at leas i 300 lives continued in Damascus and two huge fires swept section of the city. Britain, with France, promisee the Levant states their indepen Hence after British and Frencl forces eliminated Vichy contro there. “In order to avoid a collision be tween British and French force; we request you immediately to ordei French troops to cease fire and tc ; withdraw to their baracks.” Church ill told DeGaulle. British forces have been in Syria ■ since 1941 when they and the Free i French knocked out German con trol. The action was announced ir i Commons by Foreign Secretary An I thony Eden following the thirc | emergency session of the Britist I cabinet in 24 hours. “Once firing has ceased and or J der has been restored we shall bt prepared to begin tripartite dis j cussion here in London,” the mes ; sage to De Gaulle continued. Eden said the British ministe: j in Damascus had reported a fur I ther grave deterioration of the sit uation in which 300 or more per ! sons already have lost their live l in fighting between the Frencl and Syrians, and that large fire were burning in the capital. “We have not acted until ou over-all responsibility was so se rious that we simply had to act o stand by and see a situation de velop which would have shame; us ail,” Eden told Commons. COLLISION POSSIBLE Eden spoke after a Frenc. spokesman in Paris had asserte; that a direct collision betwee: France and Britain was possiblr and the Syrian minister in Pari had insisted that outside inter vention alone could resolve th See BRITISH Page [CASUALTIES BY MILLION MARK Army Has Lost 890,019 Navy 112,868 In 3 Years, 5 Months WASHINGTON, May 31. —(i1!*)— American combat casualties ii World War II passed the mlllioi mark today. The Army has lost 890,019 me) and the Navy 112.868, a total o 1,002,887. These casualties, suffered in thre years and five months of fighting t represent an increase of 6.798 ove last week’s report, 3 The breakdown on Army casual ties as reported today by Under secretary of War Patterson, anc corresponding figures for the pre t i ceding week: . \ Killed 183,563 and 181,739; wound _ ed 553.088 and 550 506; missinv 52,746 and 57,802; prisoners 100,621 and 96,478. Of the wounded, 309, s 646 have returned to duty. r Similar figures for the Navy: . •) Killed 43,534 and 42,807: wound eicd 54.380 and 52,005: missing 10,709 | and 10.505; prisoners 4.245 pnd \ 4,247.
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