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“I'll Tell The World”
LEE TRACY
BRENDA JOYCE
VOL. XLIII— 191
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
SHELBY, N. C.
FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1945
TELEMAT PICTURES
SINGLE COPIES—6c
AUSTRALIANS PRESS FIGHT FOR RORNEO OIL FIELDS
BATTERED DESTROYER STAYS AFLOAT—Destruction aboard the U.
S. Destroyer Newcomb, during a two-hour raid in which lour ol seven
attacking Jap suicide planes scored hits. The hole in the deck was caused
by the crash ol one ol the suicide planes into the alter lireroom. The
Newcomb's crew suffered 91 casualties. She remained alloat, and tem
porary repairs enabled the vessel to reach an advance base anchorage.
She is now being repaired lor return to active service.—(AP Wirephoto
Irom U. S. Navy).
Newcomb, Hit By Two
Jap Planes, Recovers
Destroyer Leutz, Alongside To Give Aid, Also Ram
med By One Of Attacking Planes
WASHINGTON, July 6.—(fP)—Attacked by seven Japa
nese suicide pilots, the destroyer Newcomb bagged three but
was turned into a scene of wreckage by the others.
Pay Increases
Granted For
School Teachers
RALEIGH, July 6.—UP)—Ray In
creases for teachers, principals,
superintendents and other scnool
workers have been granted by the
state board of education which has
approved a budget of approximate
ly 40,897,552 for the next nine
months fiscal school year.
At a meeting of the board yes
terday allocation of S34.572.884 was
made for the payment of teachers
salaries, including the old war
war bonus.
A $350,000 fund was designated
for glding schools to convert from
11 to 12 grades.
RECOMMENDATIONS ,
Other recommendations adopted
were:
1. Increase in base pay of super
intendents from a minimum of $2,-;
840 a year, including the war bonus, I
to $3,200. The maximum yearly pay
was increased from $4,488 to $4,800.
2. The extra month provided by
legislative appropriation was added
to the tenure of school principals, I
See PAY Page 2
• Yanks Bomb Railroad
In Manchuria
OKINAWA, July 4—(Delayed)—
(A*)—Ranging to Korea for the first
time, Yank fliers today bombed the
main line railroad between Man
churia and shipping ports to Ja
pan, blew up trains, tunnel en
trances, bridges and a lighthouse
The boxscore showed five rail
road bridges destroyed or damag
ed; three tunnel entrances blast
ed; seven trains fired; three pow
er stations attacked, one dam dam
aged and a lighthouse and radio
station attacked.
me MPwcomD suiierea cas
ualties while another warship, the
destroyer Leutze, counted 84 as
the last Japanese fanatic skidded
across the Newcomb and into the
stern of the Leutze which had
pulled alongside to give aid. Both
survived.
The navy, recounting another
tale of American heroism at sea.
said the battle blazed two hours
late on April 6 when the New
comb was supporting heavy fleet
units near Ie Shima in the Ryu
kus off southern Japan. The sui
cide planes trickled through a
screen of intercepting U. S. fight
ers which had blocked a very large
formation of enemy flyers.
HEROIC CREW
Virtually disemboweled, the navy
said the Newcomb, ‘‘seasoned vet
eran of Pacific warfare from the
Marshalls through Iwo, is afloat
today because her heroic crew,
many with hair aflame and cloth
es burned off, refused to give her
up even when all power and com
munication was lost and more
than half of the ship was envel
oped in flames.
The first kamikaze pilot was
cut .down 20 feet from the New
See NEWCOMB Page *
Enemy Hospital Ship
Permitted To Take
Patients From Wake
GUAM, July 6—(/P)—'The U. S.
navy has permitted a Japanese
hospital ship to evacuate 974 men
from the enemy garrison on Wake
island, on which a gallant marine
force held out early In the war
until overrun by superior Japanese
landing forces, Pacific fleet head
quarters announced today.
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz report
ed that 15 percent of the Japanese
taken off the long isolated island
were tubercular. Fourteen percent
were wounded. The remainder
were suffering from malnutrition.
Committee Demands Recovery
Of Lend-Lease Arms By U. S.
By NORMAN WALKER
WASHINGTON, July 6. —(/P)—
The senate war investigating com
mittee today demanded prompt re
covery of lend-lease arms from
European allies for use in the Pa
cific war.
A report based on an overseas
Investigation by a subcommittee
headed by Senator Kilgore <D
WVa)., said “nothing has been done"
along this line nor toward con
centrating captured German arms
against the Japanese.
"The committee believes that all
sources of supply for the Pacific
jrar should be exploited to the maxi
's.
I mum,” the report stated, ‘‘and that
existing stocks of armaments and
supplies should be drawn upon first
where possible, and certainly they
should include captured enemy
materiel.”
Noting that legal title to lend
lease materials rests with the
United States and that master
lend-lease agreements specifically
provide for their return, the com
mittee said failure to act constitutes
"a lack of vigor and attention to
our interests.”
The report viewed the situation
_ See COMMITTEE Page *
U. S. FIFTH AIR
FORCE ALREADY
HITTINGJAPAN
Planes Of Force Moved
From Philippines To
Okinawa
JOINS 20TH GROUP
MANILA, July 6.—(£>)—U.
S. Fifth Air Force planes
newly moved from the Philip
pines to Okinawa are striking
Japan, it was disclosed today,
adding their weight to the
army Superfortresses, med
ium bombers, fighterbombers
and marine and navy aircraft
already hitting the enemy
home islands.
As Gen. Douglas MacArthur and
his air chief, Gen. George C. Ken
ney, announced this new power
shift in the air war against the
Japanese, dispaches from Guam
and Iwo Jima recorded a series of
blows by assorted army, navy and
marine planes against the main
islands of Honshu and Kyushu, the
Ryukyus and vital rail transport
in Korea.
Forty-eight Mustangs of the 35th
fighter group hit six places on
Kyushu on Tuesday, within 36
hours of arriving at their new
fifth air force bases on Okinawa.
Kenney disclosed the strike with
this promise:
■ “This is just the start. We will
continue to hammer Japan until
she accepts unconditional surren
der.”
ALREADY ACTIVE
Slam-bang entry of the fifth air
force found these air units already
based In the Marianas and com
| manded by MaJ. Gen. Curtis E.
i be may, newly-promoted from com
: mand of the 21st bomber group;
Army Mitchell medium bomb
iers, Thunderbolt fighters and sec
! ond marine aircraft wing Corsair
I fighters and Avenger torpedo
I planes of the tactical air force
based on Okinawa;
Fleet air wings one and 18, priv
ateers and seaplanes based in the
See V. S. Page ^
TAX PAYMENTS
HERE RUN HIGH
Bost Record Of Collection
In Mony Years
Is Set
Miss Reeves Forney, city tax
collector, reported today that her
office has collected 92 percent of
the city’s 1944 tax levy, a new high
for recent years.
The levy for 1944 was designed
to raise $89,376 and that nearly
$84,000 had been paid to date.
Miss Forney said also that back
tax collections have been coming
in so well that there are fewer tax
delinquents on the books than at
any time in many years.
Privilege license payments this
morning totaled $1,527.25 and have
been coming in at a rapid clip since
July 1 when non-payment consti
tuted delinquency. The privilege
tax schedule is designed to con
tribute $3,500 to the city’s coffers.
Advertising of both city and
county taxes, the county likewise
has the best record of collections
in many years, will start in August
for all property on which 1944
taxes have not then been paid. It
is likely, Robert Oidney, collector,
said, that more payments will fur
ther reduce the advertising list
by publication date August 9.
Superfort Strike
Knocked Out 74 Per
Cent Of Tokushima
GUAM July 6. —OP)— A single
Fourth of July Superfort strike
knocked out 74 per cent of Toku
shima, largest city on Japan’s Shi
koku island, the 'list bomber com
mand announced today in a report
raising the total area destroyed in
Nipponese industrial cities to 120
square miles.
Maj. Gen. Curtis S. LeMay :%id
1.7 square miles were burned out
of Tokushima and 2.13 square miles
razed in, Okayama on Honshu is
land 100 miles west of Osaka.
With the exception of small por
tions in the extreme east and west
outskirts, the city of Tokushima
was wiped out. It was the greatest
percentage destruction ever achiev
ed by B-29’s on any Japanese city.
By Max Hall
WASHINGTON, July 6.—(/P)—Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
will step down as secretary of the treasury when President
Truman returns from the big three meeting in Berlin.
At that time, several weeks
hence, Mr. Truman will name a
successor to the Dutchess county,
N. Y., apple grower who has held
the office 11 1-2 years.
The chief executive told repor
ters yesterday he has a man in
mind 'for his sixth cabinet ap- j
pointment, but he wouldn’t say
who he is. War Mobilizer Fred
Vinson topped a long list of names
heard in speculation today.
Mr. Truman announced accept
ance of Morgenthau’s long-rumor
ed resignation at another headline
catching news conference at which
he also disclosed that:
Supreme Court Justice Owen J.
Roberts will retire July 31.
He does not expect to ac
cept the resignation of Secre
tary of the Interior Ickes who,
in fact, is going to England
soon to renegotiate an oil
treaty with the British.
He gave M^yor Fiorello H. La
See MORGENTHAU Page 2
Treasury Head Tired
Of Resignation Rumors
WASHINGTON, July 6.— (ff) —
The reason for Henry Morgenthau's
resignation as secretary of the
treasury, it was learned today, was
that he became tired of recurring
rumors that he was about to be
replaced in the cabinet.
A source in a position to know
the facts, but who cannot be
quoted by name, gave this version:
Morgenthau, feeling that he
could only work in an atmosphere
of confidence, made an appoint
ment with President Truman yes
terday, went to the White House
and bluntly asked for assurances
as to his status. He wanted to get
it settled before Mr. Truman leaves
for Europe.
Evidently he was not satisfied
with Truman’s reply, for his sud
den resignation followed. His clos
est associates at the treasury were
genuinely surprised.
By Paul M. Yost
WASHINGTON, July 6.—(A5)—Owen J. Roberts’ sur
prise resignation from the Supreme Court spurred specula
tion today that he may be followed soon by Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone, oldest man on the tribunal.
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Roberts’ resignation late yesterday,
to" become effective at the end of
this month. He has served on the
high court 15 years, becoming its
leading dissenter and often caustic
critic of his colleagues’ views.
Powerfully - built and pleasant,
Roberts turned in a new high to
tal of 51 dissents in the court term
just ended. But close associates
said he finished the term “very
happy” in his work.
On his 70th birthday anniver
sary last May 2, friends said ne
had given no thought to leaving
the bench.
With yesterday’s sudden resigna
tion, persons close to the court re
called that Stone at 72 has been
eligible since 1942 to retire at full
pay of $20,500.
Stone has served on the bench
20 years. He has given no indica
tion that he planned to retire, but
recent visits to the White House
revived reports that he might have
it in mind.
CLOSE FRIENDS
In their long service in the high
tribunal, Stone and Roberts be
came close friends. Both are Re
publicans. They were observed fre
quently in friendly, whispered con
versation as they marched to the
bench to open court sessions. Dur
ing argument of cases, their heads
went together often as they ex
changed quiet comments. Stone
turned in 26 dissents in the last
term.
With Roberts gone, Stone will
be left to preside over a frequent
ly disagreeing court having seven
members appointed by President
Roosevelt. Stone was appointed by
President Coolidge, but President
Roosevelt elevated him to chief
justice. Roberts was appointed by
President Hoover.
President Truman said he had
no successor in mind for Roberts.
See ROBERTS Page 2
BOND ELECTION
ON SATURDAY
Polls Open From 6:30 To
6:30; Four Election
A county-wide hospital bond
election will be held in the 26 pre
cincts Saturday (tomorrow) when
4,600 registered voters will go to
the polls and vote "yes” or “no”
on lour questions on the official
ballot. ,
isuuuvy ncuiy uo
says the polls will be open from 6:30
a.m. until 6:30 p.m. and only those
who registered during the four
weeks of registration prior to June
23rd will be entitled to vote.
A well-planned campaign has
been conducted by a group of lay
men in the hope of providing ade
quate hospital facilities for the entire
county, better and more modem
equipment and converting the Shel
by hospital into a county institution
instead of a township institution.
FOUR PROPOSALS
The county commissioners have
announced thaWinless the four pro
posals on the official ballot carry by
a majority of the registered voters,
none of the proposals can be carried
out.
Proposal No . 1 authorizes the
county to assume the $48,000 out
standing indebtedness on the No. 6
township hospital in exchange for
the transfer of the title to the plant
valued at $300,000 to the county.
Proposal No. 2 authorizes a bond
issue of $240,000 to double the size
of the present Shelby Hospital in
creasing its bed capacity from 100
to 200 and authorizes the purchase
of new and modern equipment.
Proposal No. 3 authorizes a bond
issue of $160,000 with which to build
a new 50-bed hospital unit at Kings
Mountain. Miss Lottie Goforth,
some years ago, left her estate of
$20,000 to go toward the erection of
a hospital to serve that section of
the county and this gift will pro
See BOND Page 2
WHAT’S DOING
TODAY
8:00 p.m.—Regular commu
nication of Cleveland Lodge 202
A. F. and A. M. for work in
second degree.
New Polish Regime
Starts To Take Over
What To Do With Exile Government's Army Is Only
"Polish Problem" Left
LONDON, July 6.—(/P)—The newly-formed Polish Pro
visional government of national unity, recognized by the
United States and Great Britain, started action today to
itake over assets of the repudiated exiled administration of
Prime Minister Arciszewski.
Polpress, news agency for the
Warsaw administration, announc
ed the appointment of a three
member Polish commission "au
thorized to take over and secure
all property of the Polish state in
Great Britain.”
A number of questions remain
ed to be settled. Among these
were:
1. Disposition of the armed
forces, including a decision for
giving the men a free choice
of returning home or remain
ing under the British flag.
2. Control of the Bank of
Poland’s gold reserve.
3. Determination of whether
the new Polish government is
at war with Japan.
What to do with the exile gov
ernment’s army of 250,000 was
about the only remnant of the
"Polish problem” left to plague the
Allies.
The British foreign office an
nounced creation of an "interim
treasury committee for the Pol
ish questions” to supervise the
task of liquidation. Polish forces
which have been serving with the
Allies, receiving supplies from the
British government and pay from
miljfary credits provided the Lon
don Polish government, will have
arrangements for supplies and
pay “safeguarded pending further
decisions,” the announcement ad
ded.
PLAN FOR TROOPS
The troops will be maintained
until a plan is worked out letting
them choose whether to accept the
Warsaw government’s invitation
for all “devoted to Democratic
principles” to come home, or to re
main abroad.
Only such “essential” activities
of the London Poles as education
al and hospital services for Polish
See NEW Page 2
House Likely
To Pass Tax
Measure Today
WASHINGTON, July 6.— </P) —
Congressional tax leaders predicted
today the house will pass before
nightfall legislation to improve the
cash position of business and in
dustry by $5,000,000,000 in the re
conversion period.
However, bitter opposition devel
oped, with some members contend
ing the legislation “cuts a melon"
amounting to millions of dollars
for some railroads.
Chairman Sabath (D-NY) of the
rules committee told the house the
Wabash railroad would get $8,
600,000 from the measure.
Representative Slaughter (D-Mo)
prepared an amendment proposing
to make effective retroactively to
last January 1 a boost from $10,
000 to $25,000 in the excess profits
tax exemption. Tax experts said
this would relieve corporations of
paying $235,000,000 in excess profits
levies this year.
FIRST HURDLE
The bill cleared the first house
hurdle as that body, by a 211 to
131 vote, approved a rule for its
consideration.
The rule denies any amendment
except one making the higher ex
cess profits exemption effective for
1945 instead of 1946 as voted by
the ways and means committee.
The railroad amendment was put
in the legislation by the ways and.
means group. It would let a re
organized railroad, operating un
der a new charter, retain the tax
base which its preceding corpora
tion had before reorganization.
WORKS FOR BOTH
Kep. Martin <.K-rwass>, nouse rvc
publican leader, told the body “we
have got to end the doctrine of
punitive taxation” and go to “the
constructive principle of incentive
taxation.” He added:
“Efforts to give tax relief to the
smaller businesses are not for the
benefit of the businessmen: they
are for the benefit of the wage
earners.' It is true, of course, that
as the wage earners benefit, small
er business will also benefit. That
is as it should be, because the real
interest of wage earners and in
vested capital and business man
agement are one and inseparable.”
De Gaulle To Come
ToTo U. S. In August
LONDON, July 6.—(/Pi-The Paris
radio said today that Gen. De
Gaulle had accepted an invitation
from President Truman to visit the
United States in August.
THE WAR TODAY:
Russia's Request For Part
In Tangier Talks Significant
By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP Writer
Russia’s request for participation
with Britain, France and America
in the proposed conference regard
ing Tangier’s international status
is one of the important (and highly
significant) developments of the
day.
In thus reaching the length of
the Mediterranean to its western
gateway, Moscow has staked its
claim of influence right in the heart
of preserves long dominated by
Britain, France, Spain and Italy.
The United States was invited to
take part in the parley and accept
ed, but Russia wasn’t included. The
immediate reaction to the Soviet
move was a statement by a spokes
man of the French foreign ministry
that the conference had been inde
finitely postponed pending action
in Moscow’s request.
Tangier is a chronic boil on one
of the world’s tender spots. It’s the
southern gate-post of the Strait of
Gibraltar, which obviously places
it among the globe’s most highly
strategic positions. This “neutral”
zone occupies about 225 square miles
on the northwestern bulge of Af
rica. Only fourteen miles across
(within easy cannon range) is the
See RUSSIA’S Page 3
SEES APPROVAL
FOR CHARTER
Connolly Thinks Efforts
To Amend Charter Will
- Be Defeated
WASHINGTON. July 6
Senator Tom Connally (D-Tex)
predicted today that all attempts
to attach reservations to United
States ratification of the United
Nations charter will be beaten
down.
Saying he had been informed
that at least two senators plan to
present reservations, Connally ad
ded to a reporter:
“I’m of the firm conviction that
we shall be able to defeat all res
ervations and ratify the charter
without amendment.”
At the same time, Connally said
hearings before the foreign rela
tions committee he heads will be
shortened as much as possible.
“I hope that we can finish them
in a week.” he said.
The hearings open Monday.
The house, meanwhile, arrang
ed an 11 a.m. (EWT) session to
hear reports on the charter from
Chairman Bloom (D-NY) and
Representative Eaton (NJ) rank
I ing Republican piember of that
chamber’s foreign affairs commit
tee. Both were delegates to the
j San Francisco conference.
LEAD THE WORLD
Bloom called on the senate to
“lead the world” in ratification.
Connally said there would be few
official witnesses before his com
mittee other than former Secre
tary of State Edward R. Stettin
ius, jr., and Leo Pasvolsky, State
department expert on internation
al organization.
It has been reported that Comdr.
See SEES Page 2
Loosen Up On
Truck Sales
WASHINGTON, July 6. — f/P)—
It soon will be possible to buy a
truck without Washingotn saying it
is all right.
Beginning August 1, ODT district
managers throughout the country
will have authority to issue ration
ing certificates for new light and
medium trucks.
But applications for heavy trucks
still must, come to Washington for
approval.
BALIKPAPAN
AND MANGGAR
AIRFIELD TAKEN
Important Samarinda
Fields 55 Miles North
east Of City
JAPS FIRE~REFINERIES
By Spencer Davis
! MANILA, July 6.—(JF)—
| Australian invaders pushed
i across heavily mined areas
today toward the last remain
ing Japanese-held oil field in
southeast Borneo, guided by
the towering fires of Koeala
sambodja, a large refinery
,and pumping station pat to
the torch by retreating Nip
ponese.
ine Dattie-nardened seventh Au
stralian infantry occupied the re
maining Japanese-held part of
Balikpapan yesterday, over ran
Manggar airfield in a five mile ad
vance to the northeast, and plung
ed on toward the great salt-marsh
oil fields of the Samarinda district. '
The Samarinda fields are ap
proximately 55 air miles northeast
of Balikpapan, now a giant junk
pile of burned and blasted refinery
equipment and oil pipes.
Koealasambodja, on the pipe line
approximately halfway between
Balikpapan and Samarinda, is on
the coast.
(Radio Tokyo said today that the
Allies had poured ashore i5,000 men
by Wednesday. It claimed the Ja
panese garrison had inflicted 2,000
casualties up to Tuesday, but Al
lied sources had reported casual
ties as light.
DALLY STRAFING
(The enemy broadcast reported
daily strafing of Japanese positions
: by an average of 150 fighter and
| bomber planes, with “persistent”
night naval bombardment. Tokyo
claimed that despite furious Allied
attacks the garrison was fighting
spiritedly.)
Pitted and cratered roads from
littered bombardments, booby traps
and land mines left by the retreat
ing enemy constituted most of the
hazards encountered by the hard
driving diggers as they doggedly
expanded their invasion area.
The capture of Manggar with its
two 4,000-foot runways gave the
Allies control of the only two worth
while airbases in the Balikpapan
area. Sepinggang airstrip, already
in use by the Australians, fell early
this week.
American minesweepers were
busy clearing Balikpapan Bay,
where two Yankee-manned aiVv
engineer LCM boats earlier steam
ed through the mines to set up
repair shops
SHELLING DIGGERS
Columns of Aussies swept through
the main industrial and dock areas
of the port, then smashed remain
ing Japanese in the Pandansari
refinery region on the left flank
and sloshed through the swampy
Pandansari river to the native
quarters of the town. A flanking
movement from the ridges to the
north knocked out Japanese field
! See BALIKPAPAN Page 2
Jap Homeland Hit
Third Straight Day
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. —(.Ft—
Two hundred and fifty American
fighter and bomber planes striking
from Iwo Jima and Okinawa bases
! hit the Japanese home islands in a
I two-pronged attack today for the
I third consecutive day, Radio Tok
yo reported.
Ninety Iwo-Jima Mustangs, led by
a single Superfort, attacked air
fields and military installations in
the Tokyo area, said the broadcast,
recorded by the Federal Communi
cations commission. An hour later
160 Mustang and Thunderbolt
fighters from Okinawa were over
southern Kyushu but were limited
to reconnaissance by bad weather,
Tokyo said.
British Conservative Press
Says Churchill Sure Winner
lundon, July b—m—me con-;
servative press maintained today
that yesterday’s general elections
had “almost certainly” resulted in
a victory for Prime Minister
Churchill’s government but labor
party organs held the conservativ
es had lost their absolute majority
in Parliament.
Results will not be known until
July 26, after the absentee soldier
vote Is counted.
Observers agreed there was a
near record turnout estimated at
almost 24,000,000 voters—80 per
cent of the eligible electorate of
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and a hectic campaign battle be
tween the conservative program
of free enterprise and the labor
platform of partial nationalization
of industry.
The Daily Herald, labor news
paper, claimed "the least optimis
tic forecast" gave labor 266 seats
in the new house of commons as
against the 163 menders it had in
the dissolved parliament tt said
"there were confident predictions
that the Tory (conservative* vote
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