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WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued hot today and tonight; scattered thun dershowers this afternoon and , night, Sunday considerable cloudi ness, not so warm. Tshe Schelbe Baily Hielt CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - "SWING OUT, SISTER" RED CAMERON grace McDonald VULu XL/111—132 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5c FRANCE NOT WILLING TO DISCUSS SYRIAN ISSUE ^ ******* ******** * ******* Yanks On Okinawa Drive Toward Island’s Main Airfield, Harbor GKT DIPLOMAS—The 1945 graduating class (above* of Shelby high school, members of which received their diplomas at exercises held in the high school auditorium last night-. There are 100 members of this class.—(Photo by Ellis. JAPS RESISTING IN PHILIPPINES 2,117,482 Tons Of Jopo nese Shipping Sunk Since Jan. 1 MANILA, June 2. Yank of thp 38th division ran into strom opposition yesterday while attack Ing Japanese elements forced ou of the old Shiipbu line east of Ma nila. Enemy resistance also stiflenec ■gain on Mindanao Island, bu Americans pushed into the head o the Cagayan Valley, prospective las stand for the Japanese on Luzon and a survey showed Allied all forces in this area had sunk or da maged 2,117.482 tons of Japancst shipping since January 1. Despite the beating adrplnisterec to the Shlmbu line by the Ameri cans after the Japanese were driv en into that sector from Manila ir February, the enemy managed tc conserve Important forces there. In yesterday's attack 150 or more Japanese were killed at a river bend position. DRIVEN BACK On Mindanao, the 31st division drove the enemy back about hall ■ mile east, of Maybalay but re ported heavy opposition Wednes day from Japanese held hill coves east of Managok. The 32nd division blasted tht last of the Japanese from the Villa Verde trail, historic route between the central Luzon plains and the Cagayan valley. The 32nd Joined the 25th division north of the trail recently but had to backtrack and clear several road blocks and hill positions to make the road safe for traffic. The trail has been widened to highway di mensions. The 32nd built the road with armored bulldozers and, in the course of the Job, killed more than 9,000 Japanese. CAGAYAN VALLEY From the new road the Yanks can drive into the Cagayan Valley where the Japanese are concen trating for a final stand. It is theii last major hold on the Philippines To the west of Villa Verde trail doughboys of the 33rd division en tered tunnels of the Balatoc mine and found the bodies of about 20C Japanese who apparently were kill ed by fellow soldiers or left to die because they could not move. Philippine President Sergio Os mena announced one division of the commonwealth army had been accepted by Gen. Douglas MacAr thur for “the campaign against Japan” and would be equipped with American arms. It is being formed at two centers on Luzon Island. 1,221 Japanese Killed In Kama Escape Bridgehead i CALCUTTA, June 2. —(/P)— Brit ish empire troops have killed 1,221 Japanese soldiers attempting to flee eastward in the Kama “escape bridgehead” east of the Irrawaddy 17 miles north of Prome, a south east Asia command communique announced today. Knemy stragglers were being hunted down as Allied troops con tinued mopping up in Burma. Northwest of Kalaw on the Toungoo - Mawchl route British troops have captured a staircase which zigzags up a 3,000-foot moun tain, it was announced. This was one of the last major escape routes toward Thailand lor the Japanese. Seniors Receive Diplomas, Awards _ Tribute Paid To Miss Selma Webb; Citizenship Med als To Carolyn Wilson, Dick Bowling A class of 100 students last night received their high school diplomas at graduation exercises held in the audi torium of senior high school here when diplomas were awarded the graduates by Principal J. G. Hagaman. —------I Prior fo awnrriinff rtf HinlnmftS. OKINAWANAVAL LOSSES HEAVY i _ GUAM, June 2—(JPl—Casualties to the U. S. fleet at Okinawa have I been the “greatest naval casualties . encountered in any of our opera i tions to this time," Vice Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the Fifth fleet, said in depart i ing from sea duty to plan new op I erations ashore. In a short talk on the occasion of his receiving the Navy Cross for his part in the Okinawa op erations, Spruance said: "The Okinawa operation in which we have been engaged has been distinctly the most extensive and protracted of all operations by the Fifth fleet. GREAT COURAGE “Warfare conducted by ships of the fleet has been characterized by great determination and cour age. "It has resulted in the greatest naval casualties encountered ui any of our operations to this time. Special mention should be made of destroyers and other small types of craft which have been so suc cessful in their mission of screen ing transports and beaches used for unloading. In this task they have set us superb examples of heroism in actions so numerous they cannot be mentioned individ ually. “Our air force has shown again its unmistakable superiority over the enemy's forces." BUS servIcF IS EXTENDED City bus service from the Dover Mill to Shelby hospital was started this morning by the Shelby Tran sit company on hourly schedules. Everett Houser, manager of the company stated this morning that there would be no Sunday service on this line as the ODT order car lred permission for only six days of service a week. Walter Abemethy, superintendent of city schools, presented a num ber of awards and certificates of merit to various school students ana announced that one of the best loved members of the city school faculty, Miss Selma Webb, princi pal of South Shelby elementary school, has resigned from active service in the city schools after 40 years of teaching. Mr. Abernethy paid high tribute to Miss Webb for her outstanding service to the youth of Shelby and for the role she has played as a teacher and principal in the city school system. ‘‘She has rendered invaluable service to our city and I doubt if anyone will ever equal her record here. It is with deep regret that I announce her resigna tion from active service in our schools,” he said. The audience stood in tribute to Miss Webb who was present at the graduation pro gram. CITIZENSHIP AWARDS The most coveted awards pres ented to members of the graduat ing class each year, the Max Washburn amL Bess Hoey citizen ship awards glten to the boy and girl who ere jrost representative of good citizenship, were won by Dick Bowling, s6n of Mr. ar.d Mrs. J. C. Bowling, dnd Carolyn Wilson, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Hackett Wilson. Both students have made outstanding records in scholarship, leadership and service during their high school careers. Charles Burras, jr., was awarded See SENIORS Page X Russia’s Note On Levant Situation Seen Optimistically MOSCOW, June 2. —</P)— Rus sia’s note to other members of the “Big Five” urging speedy settlement of the Levant dispute was viewed here today as signifying Soviet wil lingness to take part in any inter national discussion to end the con troversy. Failure of the four governments addressed to act quickly in the Levant would be most seriously re garded here, diplomatic observers said. Wounded Soldiers Come For War Workers Week £ very tmng is m readiness lor the curtain to rise in Shelby Mon day morning on War Workers week celebration. Various show windows will be filled with exhibits of ar ticles in which Cleveland county manufacture has had a part. These windows will be dressed early Mon day and the exhibits will be shown for the entire week. Through the efforts of John M. Gaston, local office manager, Unit ed States Employment Service, and the Army’s Fourth Service Com mand, a team of wounded soldiers will be in Shelby June 4, 5, and 6 in connection with Shelby’s “War Workers Week”. These soldiers will visit many plants In the area to urge greater production until Japan is defeated. This team, commanded by Cap tain A. T. McLean, Jr., public re lations officer at Tort Bragg, con sists of the following members who are patients at Moore General hos pital, Swannanoa, North Carolina. They are: Lt. Oscar W. Lee, 27, of Vincennes, Indiana, who saw ac tion in France and Germany with - See WOVNDED Page 2 - ! PIERRE LAVAL LAVAL SAID SUICIDEVICTIM Another Unconfirmed Re port Says He Has De cided To Surrender PARIS, June 2. —(iP)— A Lon don report that Pierre Lavdl had committed suicide was received with skepticism today in Paris cir cles where the former Vichy chief bf government was well known. (The exchange telegraph agency in London quoted the Luxembourg radio as saying Laval had commit ted suicide). These sources had no information concerning the radio statement, nor the earlier claim that Laval, last reported in Spain, had agreed to surrender himself to France. “He is not the type to settle things so easily,’’ said one person who had known Laval. LONDON, June 2. —(/P)— The exchange telegraph quoted the Luxembourg radio today as saying that Pierre Laval had committed suicide. The Associated Press monitor who listened to the Luxembourg broadcast, said, however, he had heard nothing in the report indi cating that the French chief of government under the Vichy re gime had taken his own life. The Associated Press monitor said the only reference to Laval he had See LAVAL Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY Street sale of poppies all day for benefit of disabled veter ans. March of silver for benefit of boys’ fresh air camp fund. 8:15 p.m.—Exhibition baseball game between Shelby and Cherryville Legion teams at high school park. SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.—U. S.O. center open to service folk visiting in the city. MONDAY 7:00 p.m.—City council meets in council chamber at city hall. 8:00 pm.—Boy Scout court of honor meets at court house. 8:00 p.m.—Regular meeting of American Legion at Legion building. 8:00 p.m. — Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. meets at Lodge room for work in first degree. 10 DAYS MAY SEE END OF RESISTANCE West Coast Peninsula Be low Naha Alive With Jap Troops 25 U. S. SHIPS LOST By Hamilton W. Faron GUAM, June 2.—(/P)—1The U. S. 10th army, after com pleting erasure of Japan’s main defense line on southern Okinawa by capturing all of Shuri, sprang forking drives today aimed at obtaining use of the island’s best airfield and harbor. A front lftie dispatch from As sociated Press Correspondent A1 Dopking said another 10 days may see the end of organized enemy resistance. An Okinawa dispatch from Asso ciated Press Correspondent Vem Haughland noted, however, that the west coast peninsula below the fallen capital of Naha is “alive with troops” in position to defend the big Naha airfield. An official Navy spokesman said yesterday in Washington he was convinced the backbone of Japan’s Okinawa defenses has been brok en. Tokyo radio found little to say about the ground operations but sought to bolster the homeland with extensive claims of American shipping sunk by suicide planes and assurances more such attacks are in the offing. The unnamed American Navy spokesman in Washington listed losses of 23 U. S. Navy ships and two merchant ammunition ships in the Okinawa area since the invasion on April 1. More than 40 others have been da maged. 2,000 YARDS The complete occupation Friday of heavily fortified Shuri, in the center of the once formidable Na ha-Yonabaru line, was announced in today’s fleet communique which reported general advance yesterday up to 2,000 yards. On the west coast below fallen Naha, Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. She pherd’s Sixth Marine division cross ed the Kokuba river yesterday. That put it in position to cut across a peninsula containing the largest and best enemy airfield on Okinawa. See 10 DAYS Page 2 .. "".1 Pacific Area Commands Are Reshuffled GUAM, June 2—(/P)—Return of Adm. William P. (Bull) Halsey to Pacific action -with his Third fleet was announced today by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz in a significant report on the shuffling of com mands to meet new phases of the Pacific war. In the shift, by which Halsey’s famous Third fleet of Leyte gulf took over the offensive in the Ryu kyu and Okinawa waters May 27, Adm. Raymond Ames Spruance who directed the conquest of Iwo Jima and the Okinawa campaign up to the change, moved over to establish temporary shore head quarters on Guam. The Japanese can be assured that in his current assignment, Ad miral Spruance will be planning the greatest, most powerful as saults yet delivered against them, with either the home islands dr key Chinesse coastal areas as the ojectives. COMMANDER Underscoring the fact the Oki nawa campaign has passed from the amphibious operations phase, Nimitz said the Tenth army and other forces in the Ryukyus under Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, jr., now are under his (Nimitz’) direct control as commander in chief. Vice Adm. John S. McCain re turns to sea, commanding the Third fleet’s fast carrier forces under Halsey, as Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher operated as carrier com mander under Spruance. Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner, commander of amphibious forces of the Pacific fleet, who recently was promoted from vice admiral to the full four stars, relinquished command of the Fifth amphibious forces to Vice Adm. Harry W. Hill, who now directs all amphibious forces in the Ryukyus. Admiral Turner simultaneously has held .both commands. Carrier Planes Renew Attacks On Japan In Wake Of Fire Raids By Leif Erickson GUAM, June 2.—(/P)—Carrier raids on Japan were re- i newed today, Tokyo radio reported, in the wake of B-29 fire I raids which have inflicted “shockingly great” damage on ! Nippon’s major industrial cities. 20” seaborne fighter planes and an unannounced number of flying boats from bases in the Kerama islands bombed and strafed air dromes on Kyushyu island for two hours this morning. Some raiders also strafed trains in their attack on the most south erly island of Nippon, Tokyo said.. The report followed other enemy broadcasts saying Su perfort fire raids on Tokyo had forced the capital's residents to dig subterranean homes and predicting martial law might be declared to meet devastation inflicted by B-29s. A Japanese domestic broadcast quoted an editorial in the Tokyo Mainichi saying that ‘‘because of the fact that the number of war victims has increased to such a tremendous amount, we certainly would not be surprised even if we see a necessity of adopting mar tial law." BURNING OUT Airmen returning to their Mari anas islands bases from the latest incendiary attack, made on Ja pan's second largest city by more than 450 Superforts yesterday, re ported it wras so effective that the "heart of Osaka seemed to be burning out.” All agreed results were excel lent. Some veteran fire raiders placed it among the most success ful B-29 raids on Japan. The entire city was covered by a cloud of smoke so huge that the last waves had trouble finding See CARRIER Page 2 Russia Stands Firm On Veto Controls ■ --- Moscow Firmly Opposed To Any Relaxation Of Big Five Veto-Powers By John M. Hightower Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, June 2.—(A1)—Russia is standing firm on a rigid interpretation of big-five veto controls over United Nations machinery designed to keep world peace. Amoassaaor Anarei uromyoKO, Soviet delegation chief, handed a new note on the Russian attitude last night to Secretary State Stettinius and the chiefs of the British, French and Chinese dele gations at the United Nations con ference. It was learned today that when Gromyko rapidly summarized its contents others present gathered that Moscow firmly opposes any j relaxation of the veto power and1 may be objecting even to receipt of a complaint by the security council of the projected world or ganization except when there is unanimous agreement among the big powers. The veto power stands as an over-riding right of any of the Big Five nations to forbid any de cisive step it may disapprove. While this appeared to inten sify differences among the Big Five over how the veto should be applied—Britain pressed for a less rigid interpretation — Stettinius went ahead nevertheless with plans for trying to speed the con See RUSSIA Page 2 Conference Not To End On June 6 WASHINGTON, June 2 —(/P)— President Truman has been advis ed that the San Francisco confer ence will not close on June 6, as at. first believed possible, but will continue for some days thereafter. The White House said today the President will go to San Francis co for the final session, however, whenever that may be. WENDT SPEAKS ON MARVES With all the changes wrought by science in the life of the people during the past 50 years, the changes in the next 10 years will be even more radical was the opin ion expressed last night by Dr. Gerald Wendt, Science Editor of Time, Life and Fortune magazines who thrilled members of the Cleve land County Executive club with a look into the future. Dr. Wendt was presented by President Phil Elliott, of Gardner Webb college, also head of the Executive club, who presided. Briefly Dr. Wendt discussed the changes made in American life by the automobile, radio, and other devices of man over the past half of a century. “Radio,” he said, “brought the world into the home. It increased an appreciation of music and de creased an appreciation of poli tics.” From this beginning Dr. Wendt lifted the veil on new scientific discoveries which have been made recently, some as a result of this war, which he declared would have a profound effect on life in the world. “I am not so much interested In these inventions themselves as I am in the effect they will have on our people,” he declared. Dr. Wendt declared planes are See WENDT Page 2 1 1 l THE WAR TODAY: Mikado’s War-Lords Already Adopting Last-Ditch Policy DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer President Truman's disclosure that the U. S. army In the Pacific ultimately will be twice its present size, and “bigger than our army was in Europe at its height,” will fall on sorry ears in a Japan which already is apparently abandoning its hold on southern China and concentrating its strength in the north. There are signs the Mikado’s war-lords are adopting Hitler’s strategy for his desperate last ditch stand. This was to fight a delaying action and ultimately to retire into his inner fortress for a L finish fight. Meantime he pinned I his slender hopes on some circum stance causing a quarrel among the Allies. Apropos of this, the well-informed British official mili tary comentator Veritas makes these observations: "Japan at the present time finds herself in a situation not unlike that of Germany before D-Day. In a sense the Japanese are awaiting their own D-day. They j have suffered considerable reverses in outlying territories, their naval: I See MIKADO'S Page 2 SAYS BRITAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR TROUBLE De Gaulle Virtually Scorns Proposed Tripartite Conference ONLY FEW TROOPS PARIS, June 2.—(lP)—Gen. De Gaulle clearly indicated today that France will not submit the Syrian question to the proposed tripartite con ference. He declared a num ber of British agents created the uprising in Lebannon and Syria. Asked about submission of the problem to the conference of French, British and United States representatives, De Gaulle told a press conference: “We wish that when we were invited to London an answer would have been given in a different way —and it would have been better also for the invitation itself.” France, he said, had withdrawn all but 4,000 to 5,000 troops from the Levant but Britain had kept 600,000 men there, including the Ninth army. De Gaulle said British agents in the Levant had created a situa tion contrary to the Interests of France. France had tried to ne gotiate with the Republics of Syria and Lebanon on pending questions, including France’s material inter ests in the Levant, he said. France should have military bases in the world ju^t as Britain and Ameri ca, he asserted. The French chief af state said a large measure of independence had been granted Syria and Le banon. LONDON, June 2— (/P) —There were indications today that Gen. Charles De Gaulle was unwilling to take part at the present time in an international coni .ence to settle France’s dispute with Le banon and battle-scarred Syria, as Moscow told other members of the Big Five "the conflict which has arisen must be settled in a peace ful manner.” An Associated Fress dispatch from Damascus reported French forces there retired to their bar racks late yesterday under the noses of British tanks. An official Paris statement had said merely that the troops had been ordered “to cease fire and hold their positions.’ See SAYS Page 2 WEATHER MAN CROSSESLINES Northeast Shivers As Southeastern Area Swelters A mass of cold air moving down down from the Hudson Bay region spread over a wide section of the nation todi», putting a chill on the traditional June-moon business apd a wet blanket over many a June bride’s veil. While the cool weather pushed down over the Great Lakes region and extended eastward to the At lantic Seaboard and up into New England, another day of oppres sive heat was forecast for the southeastern section of the coun try. Normal temperatures pre vailed over the mountain states and along the Pacific coast. HODGE-PODGE The nation had a hodge-podge of weather yesterday. There was rain, snow, hail and sleet, in ad dition to unseasonable high and law temperatures. Heavy gales accompanied thunderstorms in some midwest states. Tempera tures ranged from a low of 20 a bove in Oswego County, N. Y., to a sizzling 102 in Orlando, Fla., and Columbia, S. C., 101 in Savannah, Ga., and an even 100 in Jackson ville. Fla. Chicago’s high of 85 was in contrast to a 49 in Milwau kee, 90 miles away. Snow fell in Duluth, at the head of the Great Lakes, this morning as the mercury dropped to 32. Tem peratures in the 30's were reported in other parts of Minnesota, Wis consin and North Dakota while the lowest early morning reading in New England was 36 in Portland, Me. Federal forecasters in Chicago said they expected a gradual modi fication of temperatures by tomor row.
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