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WEATHER Clear to partly cloudy and con tinued rather hot today, tonight and Saturday, If/\T VI ITT 101 Ghesljelby Bnily thr CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - “SWING OUT, SISTER” RED CAMERON grace McDonald -XOX ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—Sc FRANCE REFUSES TO HOLD TROOPS TO BARRACKS l* * * * * * * * * * * * * .* * * * * * * * * , * * Superforts Leave Fires Burning In Heart Of Industrial Osaka " ^ ■*•**** ******* ******* ORGANIZED RESISTANCE ON OKINAWA SEEMS OVER • YANKS CLOSING TRAP ON SHURI, MOPUPNAHA Americans Advance S Swiftly Nips Can't Set Up New Defenses JAP LOSSES HEAVY i - By Hamilton W. Faron GUAM, June 1.—(/P)—0 ganized Japanese resistan< on Okinawa appeared to 1 ended today. Tenth Army Yanks pui sued crippled, disorganize remnants of the rising sun once-powerful island garrisc and closed a trap on Shui town while radio Tokyo at mitted Japanese losses wei “gradually increasing." With Marines on the west ai Infantry on the east, the Amer cans cut through both flanks Isolate the Shurl key point of Ja] anese defesnes and to drive spea on both flanks southward so swlf ly the retreating Nipponese we unable to set up new defenses. Sixth division Marines comple ed the mop-up In Naha, form capital city of the Island with population of 66.000, smashing fi riously from all directions Into n maintng pockets. Japanese Dome I news agency, meanwhile, admitted fn a dls See YANKS Page 2 Raid Destroys 7 Square Miles Of Yokohama GUAM, June 1—UP)—Nearly sei en square miles of Yokohama, ir eluding the heart of the city, wei burned out in Tuesday's fire ral by more than 450 Superfortresse the 21st bomber command repor ed today after a study of phot< graphs taken over Japan's secor largest port city. "The principal portion of tl city 1s virtually destroyed and tl areas of devastation represent at proxlmately 44 percent of the bui up area of the city,” said Ma Gen. Curtis Le May’s headquai ters. This estimate of 44 percent d< vastatlon Includes approximate! two square miles of Yokoham burned out April 15, and 6.9 squai miles burned out Tuesday. 86 SQUARE MILES Eighty-six square miles of indu; trial areas in Japan's largest citii have been destroyed or damage by B-29 Incendiary raids. Th does not include damage inflicte on Osaka, the enemy’s major ir dustrial center, In another 450 Si perfort fire strike today. Flrea rased Yokohama’s wharves and docks along the southern sector of the city and leveled much of the inland area Including Important war Indus try plants. Twenty-two Individual milltai or Industrial targets were burne or destroyed, the 21st bomber con mand said, adding that further f nalysis of photographs may dh close additional industrial dan age. INDUSTRIES DAMAGED Specific industries known 1 have been damaged include tt Hodogaya substation, 95 percei destroyed; East Asia developmei See SAID Page 2 U. S. Aerial Units Withdrawn From Southeast Asia CALCUTTA, India, June 1—(Ap)_ All American aerial units hav been withdrawn from the easter air command in southeast Asi and MaJ. Gen. George E. Strate meyer has relinquished comman of the organization which he ha headed since it was formed De< 15, U42. ;o ) rs t •e 6 •r GEN. MARK CLARK COMES HOME FROM THE WAR—Gen. Mark W. Clark, hero of the North African and Italian campaigns, happily waves to the crowd at the Chicago airport just after arriving via plane from Europe for a gala homecoming celebration. Seated behind him in the car is Mayor Ed Kelly (right) of Chi cago. Fifty other American veterans of the war came with Gen. Clark.—(AP Wirephoto). - -r—.....- " -*-— '» ————-— CL <? I AT CONFERENCE: Delegates Hope For Early Finish Of Job U. S. Sees Forceful Leadership By Sponsoring Powers As Great Need By John M. Hightower Associaied Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.—(A>)—Prospects for settle • ment of the Franco-Syrian dispute combined with reports of improved American-Soviet relations today to brighten delegates’ hopes for an early, successful windup of the Unit « «rt M -rt • I >»T3 d e e it J. y a e cu nauuuo Forceful leadership by the spon soring powers is regarded amoni United States delegates as th means for shaking the conferenc out of its lagging committee worl and whipping the charter for i new league into final shape. Many delegates are saying privately that the time for ac tion to that end is at hand and the place to begin is among the Big Five. The United States sought agreement with British, Russian, Chinese and French spokesmen on half a do zen pending questions, and an early meeting of Secretary Stettinius with the other four delegation chiefs is expected. Moscow reaction to a propose* Big Five statement on the vet* voting issue is due in a day or sc The statement is intended to re assure small nations that the bif See DELEGATES Fhge 2 Quisling's Appeal Is Rejected OSLO, June 1—UP)—A Norwe gian high court rejected today Vid kun Quisling's appeal from a lowe court order holding him for tria * for treason charges The former German-supporte* * puppet premier of Norway is ex * pected to go to trial within tw* months. L RIOT AND FIRE AT BARRACKS INDIANAPOLIS, June 1 —{IP)— One guard was shot and killed and three prisoners were wounded, one of them seriously, during a riot and fire last night at. the U. S. army disciplinary barracks at Fort Benjamin Harrison. | Major General James L. Col lins, commanding offlqgr of the [ Fifth Service command who was , at Fort Harrison when the riot ing started, said in a report for . warded today to the War depart . ment that there were indications "that the riot was a planned af fair.” He reported fires broke out in a barracks and an infirmary at two widely-separated spots in the com pound while the rioting was in ■ progress. He estimated the fire • damage at $100,000. Nine barracks • buildings were burned. I General Collins estimated 1,900 prisoners were involved in the l rioting. All were American sol ■ diers, many of them court mar i tialed while serving overseas for serious offenses. e it it. OPA Cracks Down Hard On Canning Sugar Chiselefe e i a i nnonuiuiun, i/uuc a —>— The OPA cracked down hard today on “chiseling o home canning su gar for other purposes.” “Some chiselers are stooping to falsify their applications in. an ef fort to get sugar thqt they know they won’t use in canning,” Price Administrator Chester Bowles said in a statement announcing a “drastic program to put an end to this sugar racket.” Bowles said the sugar supply is sufficient for home canning requirements, "but there will net be enough If the chiseling xxx continues.” unuer ui-as ioug-point pro gram, everyone applying for home canning sugar must sign this pledge: “I agree that I will use the sugar applied for for home canning purposes only. If, for any reason, I should not use it for canning, I will return the equivalent in sugar stamps to my local war price rationing board. I further agree that I will furnish a report to my board of the number of quarts of food canned with this sugar See OPA Page 2 STIFFEN BLOWS ON BORNEO Aussies Winding Up Init ial Operation On Tara kan Isle MANILA, June 1—(JP)—The U. S. 13th Air Force stepped up its assaults on oil-rich Borneo as Aus tralian invasion forces wound up their initial operation on its north eastern island of Tarakan. Today’s communique reported raids which extended through a third straight day the aerial pounding of airfields, waterfronts, shipyards and other installations on Borneo. With more than 100 bombers and fighters taking part each day, the 13th Raiders struck Monday, Tues day and Wednesday at Brunei bay on the northwest coast, Balikpa pan on the east central coast and Banjermasin on the south coast. FINISHING OFF The Aussies, who landed on Ta rakan May 1, presently are fin ishing off enemy holdouts in caves. Augmenting the 13th's long range efforts, a Seventh fleet Liberator sank a medium freighter near Ban jermasin. The Fifth Air Force, aided by clearing weather, sent more than 100 Liberators with a fighter escort to Formosa Tuesday and followed up with a 60-plane raid Wednes day. More than 500 tons of explo sives hit waterfronts, warehouses and barracks. Three far-ranging Fifth Air Force Liberators sank a medium cargo vessel at Shanghai before dawn Tuesday, despite heavy anti aircraft oposition. Seventh fleet planes wrecked seven coastal ves sels in the Hong Kong area. Polio Cases Running SO Per Cent Ahead Of Number Year Ago NEW YORK, June 1. —0T0— The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Ino., announced today, “on the eve of infantile paralysis summer outbreaks,” that the num ber of cases of the disease is run ning about 50 per cent ahead of a year ago. Dr. Don W. Gudakunst, medical director of the foundation, said as of mid-May new cases this year to taled 642 as compared with 424 for the same period last year. “This is not an alarming situa tion but it would be watched care fully,” he said. Sharp increases have been re ported in New England, the Middle and South Atlantic States and the East South Central states, he said. \ CREWMEN SAY LARGE PART OF OTY IN RUINS Light Opposition Report ed; B-29's Escorted By 150 Mustangs througiTovercast By Bobbin Coons GUAM, June 1. — (JP) — Great waves of Superforts lighted fires in the manufac turing center of Osaka today that sent smoke billowing 27,000 feet above Japan’s most highly industrialized city, and simultaneously the 21st Bomber Command an nounced a similar raid Tues day burned out 6.9 square miles of Yokohama. “The principal portion of Yoko hama is virtually destroyed,” B-29 headquarters announced, as return ing crews indicated they had left Osaka in the same condition to day. Eighty six square miles of urban industrial areas of Japanese cities are now known to have been de stroyed of heavily damaged by Su perfort incendiary attacks. Semi-official Japanese broad casts admitted flames started throughout the manufacturing center of Osaka were only “gradually being brought under control.” Smoke over Osaka was so dense that many returning airmen re ported they couldn’t see the flames. Only light fighter opposition was reported, including antiquated planes, probably because an escort of about 150 Mustangs from Iwo Jima swept in ahead of the first wave of B-29s. The few intercep See CREWMEN Page 2 Japs Work For Anti-Invasion Line On Coast CHUNGKING, June 1—(JP)—'The Chinese high command announced tcAy that Japanese troops were pushing southward along the east China sea coast in Chekiang pro vince in a possible attempt to es tablish a new anti-invasion line even as they gave ground in three other sectors. The enemy columns reached Pingyang Sunday in a 10-mile ad vance from Juian, the high com mand said. Pingyang is 30 miles south of the Port of Wenchow. It is 245 miles south of Shanghai and 150 miles northeast of recently-liberated Foochow, from which Chinese di visions are striking up the coast through Fukien province. A collision of these forces with the fresh enemy elements appeared likely. The Chinese were pursu ing withdrawing Japanese garri son units and a Chinese army spokesman said the pursuit action had reached a position 19 miles west of Siapu, near the coast 75 miles northeast of Foochow. CHINESE GAIN Inland, the Chinese announced gains in both Hunan and Kwangsi provinces. The high command said Chinese troops had driven to positions nine and a half miles west of Shaoyang (Paoching), from which the Japa nese launched their ill-starred drive across Hunan toward the American air base of Chlhkiang, See JAPS Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—Executives club meets at Hotel Charles. 8:00 p.m.—Final graduation exercises for high school seniors in high school auditorium. SATURDAY Street sale of poppies throughout day for benefit of disabled veterans. March of silver for benefit of boys’ fresh air camp. ' V TRAGEDY YITTJM;— Lula Mae Davis (top), 21, of Kansas City, Mo., met her soldier boy friend, Pvt. David Harold Sharp (bottom), for the first time in two years at her home just after his return from the Pacific war area—and a few minutes later she was dead of a bullet wound. Police said the shot was fired by her father, Ray E. Davis, 42, who once warned Sharp not to see the girl anymore—(AP Wirephoto). GERMANS BEAT FLIER TO DEATH First Trial Of German Civilians For War Crimes Underway AHRWEILER, Germany, June 1. —(IP—A German wheat farmer tes tified today that he saw two of his countrymen beat an American flier to death last Aug. 15 after he para chuted from a flaming bomber near their lives before an American mili Trier. Three Germans are on trial for tary commission in the first trial of German civilians for a war crime in the Reich, The accused are one-armed Peter Kohn, 32, a crane operator; Mat thias Gierens, 37, railroad work er, and Natthias Kreift, 44, black smith. They watched unsteadily as Ni chols Nospes, 74, told of seeing Kohn and Kierens finish off the flier after another German—still at large—shot the American twice but failed to kill him. Nospes, a wry little man with a Hitlerian mustache as grey as his head, said Kohn beat the flier with a three-foot stick and Gierens at tacked with a hammer. The witness testified that he saw about 20 persons gathered around See GERMANS Page 2 i 1 " THE WAR TODAY: Franco-Syrian Flare-Up May Be Good Thing In Long Ran By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer Maybe in the long run the Fran co-Syrian upheaval will prove to be a good thing, lor it demonstrates anew that the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries are as inflammable as tinder and that anybody who flips a lighted match carelessly aside these days is beg ging for catastrophe. One doesn’t mean to be cyni cal in this observation, for it’s a cruel thing that this remind er should have to come through more bloodshed. But we must know that we’ve come mighty close to another great confla gration. You can’t rekindle the t U fire anywhere without the terri ble danger of it spreading. And Syria isn’t the only dange spot by a long shot. Europe is ful of delicate political situations, an; one of which could easily precipi tate fresh tragedy. The presen affair seems at this writing to hav got in hand through the stern in tervention of Britain, with th moral support of the United State; John Bull stepped in to halt th fighting—and he was wearing hi guns loose in their holsters. At the same tfme British Prim' See FRANCO-SYRIAN Page 2 ‘Cease Fire’ Order Given, However, In Conciliatory Move By The Associated Press LONDON, June 1.—France refused today to comply with Prime ■yinister Churchill’s request that French troops in Syria retire to their barracks to avoid the possibility of a clash with the British, but in a conciliatory move ordered her troops to “cease fire.” “French troops will remain in their positions,” said a French communique issued in Paris after a cabinet meeting. T*.. fI ---—--— cease fire the French thus complied with half the request of Churchill backed by President Truman, to take steps to end the bloodshed. In further steps to resolve the dispute that threatened to plunge the Arab world into revolt, it was disclosed that the United States had agreed to sit with other powers in the role of mediator. The British foreign office an nounced that France had been in vited to participate in a London conference with Britain and the i United States to settle the issues involved in the Arab-supported de mands of Syria and Lebanon for full independence and Allied insis tence upon safeguards for theii communications lines to the Pacifit war areas. Beyrouth dispatches said all was quiet in Syria and Leban on after the French finally stopped their shelling and bombing of ^Damascus, Syrian capital, and that small-arms See ‘CEASE-FIRE’ Page Z U. S. Air Units Moving Bases Nearer To Japan By Edward H. Higgs WASHINGTON, June 1.—(/P)—Jimmy Doolittle is teaming up with Superfortresses to finish "the job he start ed three years ago with his world-startling air attack on I XUIVJ u# Disclosure that the mighty B I 29s, scourge of Japan’s skies, wi be a part of Doolittle’s Eighth Ai force in its aerial war against th empire was only one piece of new the army uncorked yesterday t let the Nipponese know the wors is yet to come. 1. Undersecretary of War Patterson served notice that Japan will be pounded harder from the air than Germany ever was. With B-29 attacks already rivaling the biggest raids against Germany, he said both the bomb tonnage and the number of B-29 attacks will be stepped up consider ably. 2. American units of the British-American eastern air command in the India-Burma theatre are shoving out for places from which they can get a better crack at Japan. Under Maj. Gen. George E. Stratc meyer, this is the force that helped chase the Japanese from Burma. 3. Superfortresses in the last three months have cascaded 58,000 tons of bombs on Japan, damaging or destroying top priority war production plants in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe. Hundreds of industrial installations have been hit, along with dock facilities and transportation centers. The announcement that B-29 are being added to the Liberator: See U. S. AIR Page 2 LT. GEN. DOOLITTLE CAMPAIGN FOR FRESH AIR FUND The March of Silver Campaign, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for the benefit of 5 the Lions Fresh Air Camp, sched > uled to have been held last Sat urday will take place tomorrow in stead. it was announced this morn ing by Irvin Anthony, who has | charge. The Junior chamber usually pro vides expenses for several boys ix camp during the summer but this year it was decided to give all funds raised to the Lions Fresh Air Camp instead. Solicitation will be made on the streets during the day, tomorrow. Fire Fighting Ships With Bond Purchases 1 WASHINGTON, June 1 —(/P)—A ' war bond statement from Vice ’ Admiral William Ward Smith, , commander service force, United ' States Pacific area: ’ “To keep the fighting ships geared for action, the service force ; of the Pacific fleet expends mil ; lions of dollars in supplies and equipment daily. To help offest , this tremendous financial outlay, the support of every American ia the 7th War Loan is needed.”
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