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WEATHER Partly cloudy and continued warm today, tonight and Thurs- \ day; scattered thundershowers In the mountains Thursday after noon. Tshe Ehrlbe Baily Him« - State Theatre Today ■ “IT'S A PLEASURE" SONJA HENIE MICHAEL O'SHEA CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VUL* 153 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SUELDi, N. U. WEDNESD x, J UJNE 27,1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c TIGHTEN TRAP ON ENEMY IN CAGAYAN AREA ^ Half Of 20,000 Japs In Garrison Withdrawing To Mountains GAIN ON~MTNDANAO By Spencer Davis MANILA, June 27.—(JP)— Organized Japanese resistance in the Philippines rapidly is approaching an end. Less than 20 miles separ ated American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas converging from both the north and south toward a junction in the flat river bottom above Tuguegarao, Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported today. Instead of fighting to the end in the lowlands, at least half of an estimated 20,000 Japanese on north Luzon were withdrawing to the mountainous wilderness of the Serra Madres on the east, leaving rear guards to fight a delaying ac tion. The same situation is true on Mindanao, where Associated Press Corespondent Richard Bergholz re ported time and space are run ning out for the enemy west of Davao. Already harried Japanese have reached their last prepared positions in the Talomo-Davao riv er plain. Although they still are fighting fiercely, Bergholz said it was obvious that the strong, co hesive leadership which charac terised the Japanese retreat thus far was beginning to break and disorganization was setting in. SMASH AHEAD Relentless troops of Majo. Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff's 2tth Infan try division moved so fast they drove the enemy off Mount Man oy, one of the best spots for a strong Japanese stand, thensmash See TIGHTEN Page 2 WAR FUND LEADERSMEET Loaders Of District Three Meet With State, Na tional Heads Leaders of United War Fund county organizations in the seven counties comprising District Three, of which H. D. Althouse of Hick ory is chairman, met here today with state officials of the National War Fund to lay preliminary plans for the October campaign. Quotas for the various counties will be announced about July 10, Chester A. Kerr, state director, stated. A luncheon session at the Hotel Charles addressed by Robert V. Titus, campaign director for 16 southern and mklwestem states, was attended by two score indi viduals, many of them being from Chairman Shem K. Blackley’s Cleveland county organization. At the morning session there was discussion of plans and methods for the annual appeal, the thought being advanced that needs will be as great or greater this year than last. The drive is to be launched the first week in October, but na tional publicity and advertising will begin in mid-September, and it is the plan to have the drive cleaned up before the Eighth War Loan comes on in November SOLICITATION METHODS T. Max Watson, chairman for Rutherford county, and Henry Llneberger, chairman for Gaston county, tojd of industrial methods of solicitation that have proved effective in their sections. Others present for the discus sions included Rev. Roy Line bach, Newton, Catawba county chairman; Donald Menzles, Ford Roberts and J. W. Warlick, of Hickory; Byron A. Keeter, Kings Mountain chairman; D. Glickman, Forest City; R. Zintbaum, Lin coln county chairman; Mrs. Rush Stroupe, Mrs. Frank Love, Mrs. R. H. Rogers, Hopstgi Austell, Charles Dover, Mai A. Spangler, sr., Charles Austell and Horace Easom, Shelby; a delegation in # eluding Ralph C. Ersklne, James R. Trowbridge, Mrs. C. B. Thomas and Herbert S. Thatcher from Polk county where Senator Car roll P. Rogers is chairman; N. E. Wright, A. V. Welch and E. A. Conover, OSCAR O. PALMER OSCAR PALMER DIES SUDDENLY Pioneer Merchant Strick en While Watching Baseball Game Oscar O. Palmer, 61, pioneer Shelby grocer and respected citi zen, died suddenly as he sat with friends at the Junior Legion base ball game in Cherryville Tuesday afternoon. A confirmed baseball fan, Mr. Palmer was apparently enjoying the game when death came with suddenness to cause suspension of play several minutes out of respect for the well known fan. The funeral will be held at 11 a. m. Thursday from the residence, 303 N. Morgan street, with Rev. Paul HardJn. Jr., pastor of Cen tral Methodist church, in charge. Mr. Palmer was a lifelong, faith ful member of Central church. Last August Mr. Palmer closed his grocery store, which he had operated for 40 years and which he had inherited from his father, when physicians advised him that his health required him to be out of-doors more. He had continued active in his usual interests, being a director of the Cleveland Build ing & Loan association and being owner of various properties here. He was a steward of Central Me thodist church and was active in its work. Mr. Palmer was born and rear ed in Shelby, being a son of the late W. B. and Susan Magness Pamler, a member of one of the oldest and best known Cleveland families. He married the former Miss Mamie Beam, who survives together with two sons, Oscar O., Jr., stationed at Camp Lee, Va.; and Bill Palmer, of Shelby; and one brother, Jack Palmer, of Shelby. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:45 pm.—Prayer meeting at Presbyterian church. 8:00 p.m.—Fellowship hour at Central Methodist church. 8:00 pm. — Midweek prayer and praise service at First Baptist church. 8:15 p.m.—Baseball game at high school ball park between Shelby and Davidson Legion Junior teams. THURSDAY 7:00 p.m. — Kiwanis club meets at Hotel Charles. 7:00 p.m.—C. A. P. cadets meet at armory. 7:00 p.m.—Royal Ambassadors of First Baptist church meet at church. GAS REFINERY IN JAPAN HIT BY SUPERFORTS Nation's Principal Re maining Oil Source Bombed PLANES FORCED DOWN By Leif Erickson Guam, June 27.—(/P)—The greart Marianas Superfortress fleet added Japan’s principal remaining aviation gasoline refinery to its list of bombed industrial targets today. Fifty Fortresses struck the Utsube river oil refinery near Yokkaichl, 18 miles southwest of Nagoya, be fore midnight last night—less than 14 hours after 500 other B-29s poun ded ten aircraft, gun and ammuni tion plants in the greatest demoli tion sweep ever made against Ja pan. Since the destruction of fuel pro ducing plants at Tokuyana and Otake in a May 10 strike on Hon shu, the Utsube plant has been Japan’s biggest remaining produrf er of aviation gasoline. The plant had never before been a primary objective, although it was hit by come of the fire bombs which heav ily damaged the city of Yokkaichi on June 18. Returning airmen reported seeing their bombs strike three of the ten plants Tuesday despite soupy wea ther which often reduced visibility to wingtlp distance. Scattered, would-be suicide crashers were evaded or blown from the sky by the guns of the B-29s and their Iwo based escorting Mustangs. Most Ja panese interceptors showed little eagerness to fight. EMERGENCY STOPS Icing conditions and adverse winds forced more than 70 Super forts to make emergency refuling stops at Iwo Jlma enroute home. At one time they were landing on that tiny island at the rate of one every 30 seconds. Five B-29s failed to return to their bases. Tokyo broadcasts claimed 28 were shot down and 66 damaged. Although few airmen were able to observe results of the Tuesday strike, hits were seen on the Mitsubishi aircraft com pany's Kagamigahara plant near Gifu and the Kawasaki aircraft company’s Akashi plant. Bomb blasts in the Sumitomo light metals plant at Osaka bounced some of the Superforts 400 feet, See GAS Page 2 WAR BOND SALE PAST $3,000,000 But E Bond Sales Continue Lagging With New Appeal Made Cleveland’s war bond buyers push ed the mighty seventh past the $3, 000,000 mark with today’s report and appeared headed for a new record total despite the fact E bond sales are still $224,000 short of quota. War Finance Chairman George Banton said latest totals showed over-all sales at $3,012,940, but E, F and G sales ‘total only $517,740 against a quota of $744,000. The over-all quota of $2,069,000 has been exceeded by almost 50 percent. Campaign Chairman Jack Dover renewed his appeal for buying of E bonds, that sale having been ex tended through next week with spe cial emphasis in connection with July 4. It is his hope that purchsaes of E bonds will pull up the coun ty's standing in that category. Number On Strike Through j Nation Climbs Near 100,000 By me Associated rress The number of idle workers caus ed by strikes and work stoppages throughout the country edged to ward the 100,000. mark today. In Washington, government la bor agencies expressed anxiety over the mounting number of strikes. In Detroit, the idle hit a new high for 1945, as more than 50,000 men and women stayed from their jobs because of various labor disputes. The latest count for the nation was more than 90,000. As the total idle continued to grow steadily, a CIO union offi ciai in ueirou aescnoea me series of controversies in the motor city "tragic folly.” Today’s estimated 90,000 out on strikes and stop pages nearly doubled the number affected last Wednesday. There was no immediate pros pect of wiping the slate clean of the rising labor strife but govern ment labor officials were hopeful. They attribute the outbreak to vic tory in Europe and indicated new congressional action would be nec essary to deal with the problem. __ See NUMBER Page 2 ^ Conference Delegates Leave With High Hopes For Early Ratification •. - ' ■ ' rv By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, June 27—(JP)— A movement to win the quickest possible ratification for the Unit ed Nations charter grew among conference delegates today. It was spurred on by President Truman’s urgent plea to make the new world peace plan “a living thing.” The chief executive himself, af ter making the final address of the 9-week conference yesterday, is en route to Washington, by way of his home at Independence, Mis souri, to carry the charter formal ly and personally before the sen ate next Monday. "I am sure,” he told the dele gates of 50 nations here, “that the overwhelming sentiment of the people of my country and of their i representatives in the senate is in favor of immediate ratification. An Associated Press poll Which reached 26 of the delegations show ed that 20 of the 26 expect their nations to ratify the charter this year. OPEN DRIVE Before the president’s appearance two Americans of the American delegation will open the drive for quick ratification. Chairman Con nally (D-Tex) of the foreign re lations committee, and Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) left by plane last night to return directly to the capital. Connally will report to the senate Thursday, and Vanden berg will speak on Friday. Secretary of State Stettinius also left for Washington with top state department officials last night. Ahead of him is the task of lead ing the array of witnesses on world organiaztlon who will appear be fore the senate foreign relations committee. Stettinius left Leo Pasvolsky, an assistant and ranking American ex pert on the United Nations or ganiaztion, here to attend an or ganiaztion meeting of the United Nations preparation commission to day. This commission, including representatives of all 50 nations, will have its regular headquarters in London, will prepare for the cre ation of the United Nations or ganization and recommend a site for permanent headquarters. WITNESSED SIGNING Mr. Truman witnessed the sign ing of the charter by the American delegation The United States dele gation signed in 38th place. The president and Stettinius then See CONFERENCE Page 2 Jack Dover Named Man-Of-The-Y ear Prominent Industrialist Honored As Lion's Club Holds Annua! Installation J. R. Dover, jr., head of the Dover industries and out standing as a civic leader, was acclaimed Shelby’s Man-of the-Year last night as the Lions club loving cup was formally presented him for the most unselfish community service rendered during the past 12 months. Selection of Mr. Dover, who ac cepted the honor with gracious re marks expressing modestly the wish that his usefulness to the community might be greater in the years ahead, was made by the heads of the three men’s civic clubs of the city. Rev. W. P. Big gerstaff, pastor of Eastside Bap tist church, in making the presen tation praised Mr. Dover for his leadership of the successful War Loan drives he has headed in each of those seven campaigns, for his generous support of Gardner J. R. DOVER Webb college, ttie Community Cen ter project, his devotion to the church and for his leadership in industry. OFFICERS INSTALLED Presentation of the cup to Mr. Dover featured the meeting at which the annual installation of officers was conducted by Jen nings A. Bryson, of Sylva, gover nor of district 31A. President Ath os Rostan headed the slate of of ficers which included also Jake Hagaman, Paris Yelton and Tod Caldwell, vice-presidents; J. Low ery Austell, secretary; Worth Mor ris, treasurer; Joe Piner, Lion tamer; Russell Laughridge, Lion tamer; B. G. Beason and W. H. Hardeman, newly-elected direc tors, together with H. H. Weaver and John Bum, holdover, directors, and retiring, president, R. J. Ruck er who becomes a member of the board. Governor Bryson praised the outstanding accomplishments of the local Lions club during the year as he pinned the past presi dent’s pin upon President Ruck er. Incoming President Rostan See JACK DOVER Fage 2 INDIAN LEADERS TALK COUNCIL By PRESTON GROVER SIMLA, India, June 27.—(JP)—In dian national leaders were report ed near 'agreement today on the basic membership of a proposed new viceroy’s council for India and it appeared possible they might go on to draft a complete scheme for an interim government before ad journing their present conference. An official statement last night said the parley, summoned by Vice roy Lord Wavell, had reached "cer tain provisional conclusions” on British proposals to extend Indian self-government, but did not indi cate the nature of the conclusions. At the same time leaders of Mo hammed All Jinnah’s Moslem lea gue declared that for the time be ing it was unnecessary to call the league working committee together to pass on pending proposals—In dicating the Moslems had abandon ed their original position that the Simla parley would have to be ad journed so that working commit tees could be consulted. STUMBLING BLOCK (A Reuters dispatch from New Delhi said the Simla conference reassembled for its third meeting this morning and recessed after one hour with the announcement that it would meet again tomorrow.) It was said however, that there were one or two recalcitrant parties to whom any agreement along the lines outlined by Lord Wavell still was distasteful. One stumbling block was reported to be their in sistence that only Moslem league members should represent Moslems on the interim council. It was reported that conference delegates were discussing an ar rangement under which non-lea gue Moslems would name one council member, that Mohandas K. Gandhi’s All-India congress party (which has some Moslem mmebers) name another Moslem and that the league name three. There was also discussion of pro posals to award membership to Christian Indians and secluded castes. If these hurdles are passed, there will be easier sailing for the conference. Occupation Forces Moving On Berlin NEW YORK, June 27—(JP)—'The British radio, in a broadcast re corded by NBC, said British occu pation troops and armored units started their march to Berlin today. Near Berlin the British will link up with an American column, the broadcast added. i PRESIDENT ASKS ‘LIVING’ PEACE Soys Drafting Charter First Step; 'World Must Use It' By JOHN F. CHESTER SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. — (ff>) —President Truman sent weary authors of the new world charter homeward the world around today with a stern admonition that “if we should falter in the future in our will to use it, millions now living will surely die.” Addressing the glittering clos ing session of the world security conference, the chief executive pounded repeatedly late yester day on the theme that the drafting of the charter was only a first step. Gesticulating, he declared “the world must now use it.” “The time for action is now,” Mr, Truman asserted. “Let us, there fore, each in his own nation and according to its own way seek im mediate approval of this charter— and make it a living thing. “I shal send this charter to the United States senate at once. I am sure that the overwhelming senti ment of the people is in facor of immediate ratification.” APPLAUSE The President was interrupted frequently by the applause of dele gates from all 50 of the United Na tions. One of the loudest ’bursts came from the seats of the smaller nations—nations which in some in stances had claimed the new instru ment gave too much power to the larger countries—when he declar ed: “We all have to recognize—no matter how great our strength— that we must deny ourselves the license to do always as we please. No one nation, no regional group, can or should expect any special privilege which harms any other nation. If any nation would keep security for itself, it must be ready and willing to share security with all. That is the price which each nation will have to pay for world peace. “And what a reasonable price It is. “Out of this conflict have come powerful military nations, now ful ly trained and equipped for war. See PRESIDENT Page 2 KILLED ENROUTE HOME — S-Sgt. John B. Ellis, jr., veteran of the Sicilian and Italian cam paigns, was killed in a plane crash near Gairloch, Scotland, enroute home after more than two years of service with the air corps over seas, a letter from the Adjutant General to his father at Grover revealed today. S-Sgt. Ellis had written his family on June 11 to say he was on his way home and would wire upon reaching the States. His death occurred June 12 and the wire which his father thought would mean he was back, brought word of his death. Grad uate of the University of North Carolina, he had been in service since August of 1942, held the Air Medal, an oak leaf cluster and the Presidential citation. Truman Will Make Important Announcement SALT LAKE CITY, June 27. — UP)—President Truman left the Utah capital today—after an unannounc ed overnight “rest stop”—to received the acclaim of the people who know him best, the folk in his home town, Independence, Mo. I', pisked Independence for an important announcement to take place at a press coference highlight ing the homecoming celebration. Mr. Truman took off in his C-54 luxury transport plane from the army airfield just west of here at 8:09 a.m., mountain war time. The sky was partly cloudy and the tem perature mild after a cool night. His press secretary, Charles G. Ross, would not reveal the nature of the imment discolsure in al vance of the President’s departure. "All I can say whether it was of domestic or international signifi See TRUMAN Page 2 Bulletin WASHINGTON, June 27—OP) —By a one-vote margin the house judiciary committee to day approved President Tru man’s recommendation that congress make the speaker of the house next in line for the presidency, after the vice pres ident. The vote was 10 to 9, taken in executive session. Several of those who voted against the bill said they would prefer ad ditional time to study the mea sure. The measure which provides that the speaker of the house be substituted for the secre tary of state as the man who would take over the White House in the absence of both an elected president and vice president, now goes to the house floor. Rep. Rayburn (D-Tex) Is the present house speaker. CEREMONIAL TOLD: Jap Commanders On Okinawa Were Hara Kiri Victims 10TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, OKINAWA, June 27 —(JPy- The bodies ol the Japanese command ing general on Okinawa and his chief of staff, who had slit their stomachs in hara kiri ceremonies, have been found in shallow rock graves at the southeastern tip of the American-won island. Col. Cecil W. Nist, of Salem, Ore., 24th army corps staff officer, said the bodies, in full field uniforms with medals and insignia, have been identified positively as those of Lt. Gen. Mitsuru Ushijima, commanding general of the 32nd Japanese army, and Lt. Gen. Isa mu Cho, his chief of staff. . The hara kiri ceremony for U shijima and Cho was held at the entrance to a huge headquarters cave on hill 89 while 10th army soldiers were in foxholes 100 yards away. BASE OF CLIFF The bodies were found at the base of a cliff 75 yards from the cave entrance, which opened onto a narrow ledge six feet wide and 20 feet long. Their stomachs had been slit crosswise and their heads virtually See JAP Page 2 THEY PREDICT INVASION OF CHINA COAST Action Described As "Fresh Landing" In Ryukyu Chain TEN SQUARE MILES GUAM, June 27.—(^—Ra dio Tokyo reported allied in vasion forces were fighting their way today onto Kume Island, 50 miles west of Oki nawa, and predicted Ameri can assault forces may land on the China coast prepara tory to invading Japan. The unconfirmed report on the Kume invasion said “heavy fight ing is now in progress.” It de scribed the action as a "fresh landing” in the central Ryukyu is lands where Americans are devel oping bases to hit the enemy homeland. Tokyo quoted Maj. Gen. Masorl Ito, one of Japan’s leading mili tary commentators, as saying there was no immediate prospect of an invasion of Japan and Okinawa is “totally unsuitable as a base for large scale operations. Another broadcast quoted the Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri Hochi as noting “the possibility is great that the enemy will attempt a landing on the China continent In preparation for the actual invas ion of Japan.” 10 SQUARE MILES Capture of Kume would add a little more than ten square miles to the American-held Dyukyu area, including Okinawa and the nearby Kerama islands. It would also protect the western flank of Oki nawa where capture of 802 more prisoners boosted Nipponese losses for the campaign to 111,351. See XflEY Pag$ 2 BOARD ELECTS NEW TEACHERS Miss Story To Direct Band; Morris To Coach Football A mass of business preliminary to the opening of school next fail including the naming of a new band leader, a physical education director of the Junior high school and several new teachers, was transacted by the Shelby school board at its meeting Monday night. Miss Betty Story, of Lenoir, who has been bam director at the North Wilkesboro schools and who is a graduate in music at Lenoir Rhyne college, was named new band director to succeed Miss Dorothy Parker who resigned sev eral weeks ago. Shelby school officials expressed themselves as unusually well pleas ed at being able to get Miss Story who was one of James Harper’s students and is now studying at the Juillard school of music in New York. Miss Margaret Caldwell, of Con cord. graduate of Appalachian State Teachers college and coun sellor at Camp Julia this summer, was elected to the physical educa tion director at the .junior high school. MORRIS TO HELP R. W. < Casey» Morris who re signed several weeks ago as phy sical education director at the high school was elected on a part time basis to coach football with Lloyd Little’s assistance. Basketball and baseball will be handled by Lloyd Little. Both Little and Morris will be relieved of their history teaching duties in the high school that they may give their full time to physical education. Miss Flossie Grigg, who has been teaching in the Albemarle schools, has been secured to re place Mrs. L. A. Waters as first grade teacher at Marion school. The school board voted to join with the American Legion in the purchase of a bus for the trans portation of athletic teams. This bus will be bought as soon as a new one can be obtained. Contract was let to John M. Shannonhouse for the auditing of school records and finance. Superintendent Walter Abeme thy was instructed by the board to have values of all school build ings appraised with a view to se curing adequate fire insurance.
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