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WEATHER Partly cloudy and cooler today; scattered showers and thunder storms east portions, fair tonight and Wednesday with moderate temperatures. Øhe Hhelby Bwily Hinr CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - ‘ A Song To Remember” Paul MUNI — Merle OBERON Cornel WILDE VOL. XLI1I-158 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c I U. S. OCCUPYING FORCES REACH BERLINTODAY, U. S. Second Armored Division Deployed In Su burban Zhlendorf BRITISH EXPECTED NEW YORK, July 3.—(/P) -—The U. S. Second Armored division began arriving in Ber lin shortly after noon, Berlin time, an American broadcast ing correspondent reported to day in what he said was the first message carried from the press wireless transmitter in the German capital. The main force of the division was deployed in suburban Zhlen dorf to the south. (Exchange Telegraph, in a dis patch to London, said the British occupation force of about 15,000, was expected to arrive in the main part of the city tonight, the dis patch said, while the main British force would arrive tomorrow.) After rounding a shell-scarred victory monument in the Tiergar- i ten. talcing a smart salute from a red army woman traffic cop. and starting for the remains of the Kaiser's palace, a lot happened V* Natchees in a few minutes; A Berliner on a bicycle asked the American from Utah to look up his brother. Private William Bchwellbeck, somewhere with Am erican forces in France. Margaret Titze, who said she was bom in Sheepshead Bay. N. Y., j pleaded for a ride to Potsdam. TOOK A BEATING Registering the distance on his j speedometer, Natchees went eight 1 miles through Berlin without seeing one block of buildings that was in tact. •It took quite a beating,'’ he commented. He saw girls in freshly ironed frocks working in chain lines re moving bricks from mammoth piles of wreckage. He saw women and children and old men queued up by the hundreds in front of bread stores. He noted a Red flag on a pole outside headquarters of the "Ger man communist party.’; Scattered over the city were posters stuck up by the Russians telling Germans of the unity of the United Nations. SET TAX RATE NEXT MONDAY Commissioners Studying Request For Additional School Maintenance County commissioners at their meeting Monday deferred until their special meeting next Monday fixing the county tax rate for the ensuing year after It became evi dent that some Increase for school maintenance purposes will be nec essary. County Auditor Charles G. Dlll Ing was directed to gather the figures and have them in readi ness for presentation at next week’s meeting when the commis sioners will convene for purpose offsetting definitely the rate and for canvassing returns from the special hospital bond election of July 7. Meanwhile, the county tax col lector will continue listing for dis count purposes those who tender pre-payment of taxes and payment will be accepted when the rate is fixed and the lists made up. The commissioners at their ses sion Monday approved the bond of Robert Gidney, who entered upon his duties as tax collector Monday. The First National Bank was de pository for funds of the office. Last Of Shangri-La Adventurers Return HOLLANDIA, New Guinea, July 1—(Delayed)—(jP)—The last white man came back from New Gui nea’s Hidden Valley of Shangri-la today, weird, towering figure with six weeks growth of beard and a flaming bird of paradise headdress. He was handsome Capt. Cecil Walters, leader of the expedition that parachuted into trackless jungles to rescue a pretty WAC and two airmen companions who crashed just seven weeks ago. The great adventure ended as the glider carrying Walters and the last three of his ten Filipino paratroopers rolled to a halt on Hollandla’s air strip. il ‘CHRIST’ OF THE PASSION PLAY—Alois Lang, who played the part of Christ in the Passion Play of 1930 and 1934, goes about his everyday profession of carving wooden crucifixes at Oberammergau, Germany. The play has not been presented since 1934, but with the end of the war, the villagers of Oberammergau are making plans for a new production. This picture was made by William C. Allen, Associated Press staff photo grapher.—(AP Wirephoto). Hope For Unanimous Charter Ratification Foreign Relations Committee Opens Hearings On Pact Monday; People For It By Tom Reedy WASHINGTON, July 3.—(#*)—Senator Green (D-RI) said today there is more than a faint hope in the minds of some senators that the United Nations charter will be rati -1.. -------- * *vv» WUUIUUIVU0IJ • Green is a member of the foreign j relations committee which opens hearing next Monday on the his tory-making pact to preserve peace. He recalled to a reporter that he worked for the League of Nations 25 years ago, appearing at senate hearings then as a private citizen. “There is a different atmosphere now because the people are for it,” he asserted. “Events have demon strated that we can't live alone.” An Associated Press poll already has shown more than the necessary two-thirds majority ready to vote for the charter. No senator inter viewed has come out against it. Before a vote is taken, however, the thick, seven-pound document will be taken apart phrase by phrase and its Import fully devel oped in debate. First witness before the foreign relations committee will be Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., former Secretary of State and President Truman’s choice to represent the United States in the postwar security machinery. Stettinius and Dr. Leo Pasvolsky, See HOPE Page 2 Postal Receipts Registering Gains June receipts for the Shelby post office registered a 20 per cent Increase while the first half of the calendar year did almost as well, Postmaster Ro ger M. Laughrldge announced today. Receipts for the six months period totalled $6,697.05, a gain of $10,563.9 over the same per iod in 1944 when the figure was $56,133.06. The June figures totalled $10,717.55, a gain of $2,117.80 over the $8,599.75 figure for June 1944. RUNYANS WINS SCHOLARSHIP Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Law rence Runyans; Will Go To State Robert Runyans, who was grad uated from Shelby high school in the senior class this year, last night was presented with a $200 college scholarship by members of the Shelby Jaycees at their regu lar meeting held at the Hotel Charles. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Runyans of Mc Brayer street. This is the first college scholar ship given by the club, which hopes to make the award an an nual thing. It is given to the most deserving high school grad uate after investigation by a spe cial committee. The committee this year was chairmaned by J. Ed Queen, who presented the scho larship to young Runyans last night! During his years at high school, Runyans was outstanding in scholarship and leadership, serving as president of his class his junior year. He was a mem ber of the National Honor society and served as chief marshal dur ing the latter half of his junior and first part of his senior year. He plans to attend North Carolina State college in Raleigh. BETHUNE SPEAKS Guest speaker for last night’s program was Tom Bethune, ad ministrator of Shelby hospital, who gave an interesting talk on the hospital and its needs, emphasiz See RUNYANS Page 2 JAPANESE OIL REFINERY AGAIN BLASTED 50 B-29's Hit Maruzen Oil Center Third Time In A Week resistance LIGHT By Leif Erickson GUAM, July 3.—(/P)—Su perfortresses struck at Ja pan’s dwindling oil resources today for the third time in a week, blasting the Maruzen oil refinery with such precis ion returning airmen said “we won’t have to go back there again.” Fifty precision-bombing B-29s hit the oil center 35 miles from Osaka before dawn today in a quick follow up of yesterday’s rec ord 600-plane fire raid on four cities, while other Allied air forces wrecked shipping and military in stallations from Nippon to Mala ya. Two B-29s were lost in yes terday's 600 plane raid, but all but two crew members were res cued. Black smoke which rose 10,000 feet above the important Maruzen oil plant could be seen for 30 miles in the night sky. Anti-aircraft fire was light and the few Japanese Interceptors that took to the air “just seemed to want to play.” said Cpl. W. H. Power of Carrollton, Ga. "They just sat out of range and wiggled their wings and flicked their lights.” “HIT PAY DIRT” v/ui umuiso iuyivcu uivc u*tj went into the target areas,” said Lt. Chester C. Gibbens of Hay ward, Calif., riding in the newly commissioned Superfort named "Fleet Admiral Nimitz.” "Some body right behind us really hit pay dirt. I saw a double flash that lit up the sky for at least five sec onds. You know, whoom!” Twenty-First bomber command headquarters announced, mean while, that 117 square miles of Japanese urban industrial area had been laid waste by B-29 strikes, not counting yesterday’s record raid. Reconnaissance photographs of firebomb strikes June 29 against Noji, Saesbo, Shimonoseki and Nobeoka showed approximately two square miles burned out. THIRD OIL STRIKE The refinery hit today at Shi motsu, 36 miles southwest of O saka on Honshu island, was the third oil center struck within a week. It had produced fuel and lubricating oil and aviation gaso line. It likewise was a storage center with many large fuel tanks in the target area. Navy search privateers, ranging from Japan to China, sank ot damaged eight more enemy vessels as Marine Corsairs swung over the home island of Kyushu and knock ed down eight Japanese fightei See JAPANESE Page 2 Scattered Remnants Of Jap Garrison Caught On Mindanao MANILA, July 3.—(/P)—Scattered little remnants of a Japanese Phi lippine garrison, once half a mil lion strong, found themselves iso lated and trapped by relentless American and guerrilla thrusts. The tiny village of Waloe, in the wild Agusan river valley of eastern Mindanao, already is circled by a tightening ring of American and Filipino troops, Associated Press Correspondent Richard Bergholz reported from Eighth army head quarters. It was there that the fleeing enemy was believed likely to attempt a final regrouping of his tired, beaten forces. REFERRED TO DAVIS: Government Moves Toward Seizure Of Goodyear Plant By The Associated Press The government moved today to ward seizure of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, Akron, O., where 16,700 CIO workers have been on strike for 17 days. The War Labor Board referred the strike to William H. Davis, eco nomic stabilizer, after exhausting every resource toward ending the dispute. Earlier Davis directed can cellation of occupational deferments for strikes registered for selective service. < Leaders of the striking ti. ' Rubber Workers at both Goodyear and Firestone Tire and Rubber company, where 17,000 others are out, asked for an Immediate sen ate committee investigation of the Akron labor situation. ^“Not a single tire is being pro duced in Akron," the leaders de clared. DIRECTIVES DEFIED The War Labor Board, its pre vious directives defied, fired an other broadside at the striking CIO-United Rubber Workers at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber #om pany. But its unprecedented dis ciplinary action in suspending their rights to shift premiums and va | cations brought no immediate indU cation the union would bow to the board’s appeals and call off the 17-day stoppage. The board, seeking to restore production of vital war goods in the Ohio city, also directed 17,000 other rubber workers, on strike since Sunday from the Firestone Tire and Rubber company, to go back to their jobs. Off their jobs for a week because of shutdowns of three Akron firms for overhaul ing and repairs of equipment left only 1,500 employes producing tires in the rubber industry capital. See GOVERNMENT Page 3 BOYS READY FOR CAMP—Shown here are'part of the 68 selected youngsters who left yesterday for the Lions-sponsored Fresh Air Camp at Camp Cherokee. The four adults at upper right are H. H. Weaver, Presi dent Athos Rostan, past President R. J. Rucker and Rev. W. P. Biggerstaff of the camp committee.—(Willis Photo) CAMPAIGN IN BRITAINHOT Churchill And Attlee Mar shal Votes For Decision Thursday By DONALD DOANE LONDON, July 3.—IfP)—Prime Minister Churchill and- former deputy prime minister Clement Att lee—leaders of Britain’s stsongest political parties—marshalled their followers today for a last-minute drive for the votes that will de cide Thursday's national election. After crossing swords In a sharp exchange of letters, Churchill, who heads the conservative party, and Attlee, who heads the laborites, planned to mount speaking ros trums to keynote their parties’ semi final round of oratory. Both parties concentrated their closing fire on London, where a fifth of Britain’s estimated 25,000.000 votes are bunched, with Churchill speaking in massive Walthamstow stadium and Attlee and other la bor party leaders scheduling a ser ies of speeches elsewhere in the city. Churchill brought one campaign issue to an explosive head last night with a letter demanding that Attlee explain to the nation just what controls the labor party’s executive committee might exercise over the government if the labor ites won. Churchill pointed out that the executive committee was not elected bv the voters. CAMPAIGN TARGET Attlee replied that the executive committee had no control over la bor members of parliament and added: "I am sorry you are so dis tressed, owing to your lack of ac quaintance with the ordinary pro cedure of democratic parties in gen eral and the labor party in par ticular.” The conservative Daily Mail promptly called Attlee’s reply “dis owning” of Prof. Harold Laski, chairman of the labor party’s ex ecutive committee, who has been a a popular campaign target. See CAMPAIGN Page 2 INDICATIONS ARE LEOPOLD HI MAY ABDICATE BRUSSELS, July 3—UP)—A cry ptic statement attributed to the royal palace by the official Belgian news agency was interpreted in some parliamentary circles today as indicating that King Leopold III had decided to abdicate. The palace statement, according to the agency, said that consulta tions had come to an end and that Attorney General Cornil had been asked by the king to com municate with regent Prince Charles and former Prime Minis ter Achille Van Acker, who resign ed in protest to Leopold’s return ing as head of the government. The statement said the king would “hold conversations today’’ with them. Supporting the belief that Leo pold would abdicate, observers said, yas the disclosure that the palace domestic staff has left for St. Wolfgang, where the exiled king has maintained headquarters while holding discussions with his advisers. Byrnes Takes Cabinet Post Oath Today | WASHINGTON, July 3.— (/P) — j James F. Byrnes was sworn in as secretary of state today. President Truman and the high est officials of the government looked on as the oath was admin istered to the man who would suc ceed to the presidency, should Mr. Truman be unable to complete j his term. After Byrnes was sworn by Chief j Justice Richard S. Whaley of the j Court of Claims,' in a brief cere-1 mony on a sunswept White House terrace, hf said: “I enter upon my duties as sec retary of state, deeply conscious of the great and grave responsibilities of that office. “A change in the secretaryship of state at this time involves no change in the basic principles of our foreign policy.” LAUDS HULL In a formal statement the new secretary said: “In advising President Truman on foreign policy, I shall seek the constant help and guidance of the senate committee on foreign ' relations and the house commit tee on foreign affairs. “My friend Cordell Hull, with whom I have served in the con gress and in the executive branch of the government, and who has done so much to shape our for eign policy during the critical war years has promised to give me the benefit of his wise counsel.” Byrnes told his audience he has asked everyone in the department i to “remain at their posts and to !' ' ”V ... - : ■ „•••. "V See BYRNES Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—C.A.P. cadets meet at armory. 7:00 p.m.—Lions club direc tors meet at Hotel Charles. 8:00 p.m.—Baseball game at I high school park between New I ton and Shelby. 7:00 p.m.—Rotary club assem bly meets. WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m. — Midweek prayer and praise service at First Bap tist church. 8:00 p.m.—Baseball game at high school park between Shel by and Cherryville. CHINESE FORCES SEIZE SINGFENG Highway Center Falls After Repeated Attacks From South CHUNGKING, July 3—(TP)—’The | Chinese high command announced1 today that Chinese forces have captured the important highway j center of Sinfeng in Kiangsi pro- ! . ince. 185 miles northeast of Can ton and 32 south of the former U. S. 14th air force base at Kanh sien. The announcement said the city, a link in the defenses guard ing the Japanese Hongkong-Han kow corridor, had fallen after con tinuous assaults from the south. At the same time the Chinese announced that their forces in Kwangsi province to the west had entered encircled Liucheng, 11 miles northwest of Liuchow, a re captured American air base. Fighting was reported raging in the streets of Liuchow. S1IAPOYU RETAKEN The Chinese also said they had recaptured Shapoyu, six miles east of Liucheng. In southwestern Honnan prov ince a fresh outreak of fighting was reported north of the stub bornly-held Japanese bastion of Bishsiakow, which the invaders have built up to safeguard the ap proaches to the Hankow railway between Hankow and the Yellow river. Front dispatches said about 1,000 Japanese troops had attempted to push northward from Hsihsiakow, but had collided with Chinese for ces who halted the mafter inflict ing a number of casualties. Sunny Skies For Fourth Of July T'.IAMI, Fla., July 3. — {£’)— Sun ny skies with scattered thunder showers will feature the weather over most of the nation for the Fourth of July holiday, the United States weather bureau said in a forecast here today. The forecast: "Present sunny weather with comfortable temperatures will pre vail over all of the eastern United States except in the gulf states where it will be rather warm and humid with scattered thunder showers. airsuAruKt iu homeland: Frightened Japs Rush To Strengthen Defenses SAN FRANCISCO, July 3—OP)— The feverish Japanese military, trying to guess where Allied troops will land next, rushed defense preparations today from mighty Singapore to the towering cliffs of the home islands. The enemy radio told of plans to evacuate civilians from Singapore, the formation of volunteer corps at Canton and in Indo-China, and determination of Nipponese at home to die defending Kyushu's soil. Domei agency repotted 10,000 Japanese residents of Canton have formed special storming parties of males between 14 and 60 years of age. It is there that the ene my fears Allied invasion of the China coast to gain the import ant Canton-Hong Kong port fa cilities. AIR BASES RAIDED Radio Tokyo said 100 medium and small-sized planes raided air bases in Southeyi Kyushu today even as it was promising that crack, new fighter planes soon '< would go into action to "bring See FRIGHTENED Page 2 TWO AIRFIELDS NEAR CITY ARE SAID CAPTURED Invaders Hold Ridges That Dominate Both Town And Beach i invasionIs SUCCESS By Spencer Davis MANILA, July 3.—(&)— I Australian infantry, braving j rivers of flaming oil and bar | rages from Japanese 5-inch | guns, advanced through face i searing heat today and seiz ed part of the vital southeast Borneo petroleum port of Balikpapan. Australian radio reports assert ed they also had captured both the Sepinggang and Manggar airfields, three and ten miles northeast of Balikpapan, and the Australian commander declared the two-day old invasion already was a “strat egic" success . Volcanoes of fire and dense black smoke from the blazing heart of the refinery area rolled over Aussie-held ridges that dominate both the town and the beach. Standing atop the highest of these ridges, Lt. Gen. Sir Leslie J. Morshead, Australian corps com mander, declared that quick cap ture of this commanding ground had “insured success of the cam paign.” “In a strategic sense,” he ex plained, “the campaign is won,” although Japanese resistance in land was stiffening and the ene my's concealed artillery still was spattering ridges and beachhead. 7,000 TROOPS Tokyo radio said approximately 7,000 Allied troops had been put ashore by last night, spearheaded by two heavy tanks and 50 medium tanks. The Japanese placed air support of this ground operation at 170 planes and noted an “in crease of warships, including five cruisers, 50 transports and othei types.” Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s com munique today located the invad See AIRFIELDS Page 2 DRUG STORES TO TAKE HOLIDAY Join Other Retail Busi nesses In Closing For July Fourth Drug stores of the city today joined other retail businesses to make tomorrow's Independence Day a total close down of other than manufacturing business here Wed nesday. The druggists got together yes terday on closing, but said emer gency prescription service would be kept available on call to the druggists' homes. Most offices, retail establish ments and the like will take the holiday. Mills, with exception of the Lily which will have its an nual Fourth of July fish fry for employes at Ollie Moore's Broad River Park, will operate as usual, but some offices will observe the holiday. The Star will publish as usual, going to press a bit earlier so the force may enjoy half the day with their families. Vance C. Weaver Is Succeeding Yates j4s Manager At Penney’s Vance C. Weaver, for the past five years manager of the J. C. Penney Company store at West Palm Beach, Fla., yesterday as sumed his new duties as manager of that company’s store here, suc ceeding Dale R. Yates, who has resigned after 15 years in that post to return to his old home in Vin cennes. Ind., where he will join relatives in business interests there. Mr. Weaver, who once lived in Charlotte, plans to bring Mrs. Weaver, the former Miss Susan Elizabeth Dunn of Kinston, and their two children here as soon as he can locate suitable living quar ters for them. At West Palm Beach he was a ' leader in civic life and activity, being a director of the Kiwanis club, the Chamber of Commerce, Community Chest, Y. M. C. A., first aid chairman of the Red I Cross chapter there, chairman of the tourist and Convention commit jtee of the Resources Development Board, and held rank as corporal i in Company E. Florida State Guard He is a Presbyterian and Mrs. Weaver is an Episcopalian.
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