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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
SHELBY, N. C.
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1945
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Truman Seeks To Speed
Pacific Victory Ahead Of
Europe’s Reconstruction
Big Three Conferences At Berlin Enter Third Doy
With News Blackout Continuing
By Daniel De Luce and Ernest B. Vaccaro
POTSDAM, July 19.—(/P)—President Truman was be
lieved emphasizing to his Russian and British allies today
the necessity of winning a quick victory in the Pacific in
order to speed the reconstruction of Europe and allow the
world economy to benefit of global peace.
WIUU IIRTUM^ Ui tXIC Dig
Three presumably was scheduled
for this afternoon. The President
will give a state dinner tonight
at the little White House for Pre
mier Stalin and Prime Minister
Churchill and five other represen
tatives of each government.
An official announcement said
the Big Three were meeting regu
larly with an agenda prepared
each morning at 11 o’clock by the
three foreign secretaries. Secre
tary of State James F. Byrnes
presided at the first foreign sec
retaries' meeting Monday, with
Anthony Eden and V. M. Molotov
rotating the chairmanship on suc
ceeding days. The agenda they
prepared was a top secret.
BRADLEY CALLED
Russian and British propo
sals at Potsdam were believed
to be much more numerous
than those offered by the
United States, in view of the
more detailed policies of the
two countries regarding Eu
rope.
President Truman summon
ed Gen. Omar N. Bradley for
a conference tomorrow regard
ing his new deputies as head
of the veterans administration.
Soviet-controlled Berlin news
papers gave front page prominence
to a dispatch in Red Star of Mos
cow on the urgency of clinching
postwar inter-Allied cooperation at J
the Potsdam conference.
"It is easy to think how com
plicated are' not only the Euro
pean. but the world problems that
must be discussed and solved,'’ the
Red Star dispatch reprinted in
Berlin said. "All depends on good
will, understanding and a realis
tic view on all sides of the deep
changes which have occurred in
Europe and other continents as a
consequence of the historic victory’
over the dark forces of Fascism.”
(The Moscow government news
paper Izvestia said the Big Three
were seeking the quickest liquida
tion of the terrible consequences:
of the war and the establishment j
of close cooperation among peace- j
loving nations.'
HARMONY PREVAILS
The momentous conference
swung into its third day to all arp
pearances on a note of harmony.
Chief American interest centered
In what steps the three statesmen!
might take to experite the uncon
ditional surrender of Japan, and if
See TRUMAN Page 2
PLAN$50]000
G-W BUILDING
Planning Committee's
Proposals Go To Ex
1 ecutive Group
{
A projected $50,000 of new
construction to relieve current in
adequacies, including a 48-student
dormitory, at Gardner-Webb Ju
nior College at Boiling Springs has
been recommended by the plan
ning committee which is transmit
ting its proposals to the executive
committee for formal action.
The planning committee, headed
by President Elliott, canvassed the
situation in a meeting last night
and concluded that a dormitory
and workshop are the most press
ing immediate needs of the school.
It was the consensus of the group
that their construction should pro
ceed early In January despite recog
nized higher building costs than con
templated at the time plans were
drawn for them in 1942. Further
delay, it was pointed out, might
Impede development of the insti
tution, but no definite plans for
construction beyond those two
structures were shaped at last
night’s session.
Jack Dover is chairman of the
building committee which would
direct the program if given the “go
ahead” by the executive committee
which Is expected to meet in spe
cial session within a few days. The
plans shaped last night call for a
dormitory to accommodate 48 stu
dents and thus relieve the present
dormitory space shortage. The
workshop will be 50 feet wide and
150 feet long to house a heavy
machine shop, woodworking, radio
and electric shop for which equip
k ment has been secured from gov
i1 ernment surplus property.
The planning committee will
meet again Tuesday with engineers
W> further study the building plans.
BRETTON WOODS
NEAR APPROVAL
WATCHBERLIN
Lawmakers Look For Big
Three Talks To Have
Impact On Europe
WASHINGTON, July 19.—
(&)—American participation
in a world monetary compact
neared congressional approv
al today, but many legislators
looked to big three agree
rr s at Potsdam for far
greater impact on Europe’s
postwar economy.
The senate may approve by
nightfall legislation dealing this
country in with a $2,750,000,000
contribution to an $8,800,000,000
fund to stabilize world curren
cies and a $3,175,000,000 capital
subscription to a $9,100,000,000
hank to make loans for recon
struction and development.
AGREEMENT ASSURED
The measure then will go beck
to the house for expected routine
agreement on two minor amend
ments and then to President Tru
man for his signature.
it uc 10 montns ue
fore the fund and bank projected
by 44 nations at Bretton Woods,
N. H.. can swing into full opera
tion, leaders sought speedy senate
passage also of a house-approved
bill to boost Export-Import Bank
capital from $700,000,000 to $3,500,
000,000. This would provide funds
to stimulate immediate trading be
tween Europe and this country.
While some supporters called
this a comprehensive program for
ministering to Europe’s ills, others
made it plain they believe Mr.
Truman, Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Stalin must reach
other basic agreements if the war
devastated continent Is to revive
its trade.
For instance. Senator Russell tD
Gai told a reporter he holds the
"devout hope" that the three lead
ers can agree on an overall eco
nomic program. Russell supports
the Bretton Woods bill.
Three New Duplexes
At College Be Ready
For Use This Fall
(hearing of ground has started
for immediate erection of three
duplex houses, to house families
of six married students, at Gard
ner-Webb Junior college Is under
way and construction will start this
week for their use this fall.
President Phil Elliott, in an
nouncing the development, said
there are 15 applications already
on file for the six living units.
The houses will be located on the
northern edge of the Hamrick
tract recently given the college
and which is located on the Lat
timore highway.
OP A Effort To Push Down
Clothing Price Boomerangs
nrujmjiuiun, uujy iw.—\tr)—|
The government’s efforts to in-1
crease the supply of inexpensive
clothing took a boomerang twist1
today. It hit the consumer in the
pocketbook.
A program to boost output of
moderately priced cotton gar
ments has expanded to such an
extent that retailers are go
ing to have to charge more for
them, the OPA announced last
night.
The agency explained it this way:
When retailers’ mark-ups were
fixed last February, only 15 per
cent of the civilian cotton fabric
supply was earmarked for the in
expensive garment program. Now
80 per cent of the supply is so tag
ged.
Merchants contend that their
32 per cent park-up over suppliers’
ceilings put the "squeeze” on them
as government iaoric controls re
duced supplies fo more profitable
expensive garments.
So OPA agreed that beginning
August 17 retailers may add a 34
per cent mark-up for some cotton
garments and 36 per cent for others,
depending on the quality of the
yarn used.
As a result, woman’s seer
sucker dresses that retail now
for $5.10 will cost $5.40. This
compares with a range of from
$5.98 to $6.50 before the cur
rent mark-up was set. Men’s
broadcloth shorts that had a
retail ceiling of 69 cents late
last year will sell for 60 cents,
five cents more than at present.
OPA said the price increase would
not prevent achievement of a six
to seven per cent reduction of
clothing costs, the goal set when
the inexpensive clothing program
was launched several weeks ago.
JAKE LINDSEY BACK TO CIVVIES—T/Sgt. Jake Lindsey (right), war
hero from Lucedale, Miss., who was awarded the Congressional Medal of
Honor, prepares to return to civilian life as an unidentified clerk helps
him select a double-breasted suit in a store at Providence, R. I. Since
receiving his discharge from the Army at Camp Meade, Md., recently, he
has been living at the Cape Cod home of his bride, the former Beverly
Hargreaves —(AP Wirephoto).
Blasts Rock Halifax
Naval Armament Depot
Whole Civilian Population Of Dartmouth Evacuated
On Officials Orders
HALIFAX, N. S., July 19.—(#>)—Canadian navy mu
nitions set off by a jetty fire rocked the Halifax area over
l night with four huge explosions and a series of lesser dis
charges which ended only after dawn today.
j_ramaging ana crippling Diasis
persisted tor more than 13 hours
at the depot, in nearby Dart
mouth. One was felt in Saint
John, N. B., 126 miles away.
Fear had been expressed that
the main magazine, containing
50,000 depth charges, would
go up but the explosions dwin
dled and the flames died down
! this morning. A dull thud
about 8 a. m. (Eastern War
Ttme) appeared to be the last
of the series.
13 CASUALTIES
There were 13 known casualties,
12 persons were injured and one
was missing.
The whole civilian population
of Dartmouth, approximately 17,
000 persons, and others living in
the north end of Halifax were e
vacuated on official orders.
Fireworks dotted the sky. Win
dow glass was shattered. Build
ings were rocked on their founda
tions. A veteran naval officer said
the intensity of the explosion was
worse than anything he had ever
seen in battle.
The first of the major explosions
occurred at 5:35 p. m., eastern war
time (6:35 p. m. Atlantic daylight
time). Others followed at 11:20
p. m., 2:55 a. m. and 3:02 a. m.
(EWT).
TERRIFIC BLAZE
The great blaze, sending
awesome pillars of fire 150 feet
i into the air and spraying rock
ets and brilliant flares over
the Bedford basin area, threat
ened momentarily to touch off
the main magazine in the na
val armament depot.
The fire raged beyond control as
the blasts strewed wreckage over
Halifax and Dartmouth and shook
buildings miles away.
AUSSIES SMASH
SIX JAPCRAFT
Infantry Advancing On
Both Sides Borneo
Oil Fields
MANILA, July 19— UP)—Austra
lian Infantry advances on both
sides of the vital oil island of
Borneo were reported today by
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s head
quarters.
In western Borneo the Aussies
occupied Markdi south of the Miri
oil center without opposition. Gains
around Balikpapan bay on the east
coast tightened jtheir grip on that
important refinery and oil ship
ping harbor.
While one group extended
control six miles along the
south coast of Balikpapan bay
another advanced seven miles
up the Riko river across the
bay from Balikpapan town.
Monday night the Aussies
caught a 50-foot Japanese
launch towing five small craft
on the river and destroyed the
launch with an unknown num
ber of enemy casualties.
U. S. 7th Fleet units, whose re
turn to the battle of eastern Bor
neo was announced this morning,
swung into action with a destroy
er and smaller units shelling Tem
padoeng Point a dozen miles up
the narrow twisting bay from
Balikpapan port. They destroyed
three gun positions and three
barges.
In a pre-dawn strike against
north Borneo on Monday P-T
boats strafed Telur island north
east of Jesselton after lighting up
the area with flares. Other P-T
boats operating around the Hal
mahera islands far to the east re
ported the destruction of 21 beach
ed native-type craft which the
Japanese had been using.
Government Takes
Over Strike-Torn
Plant At Houston
HOUSTON, Tex., July 19. — (£>)—
The government took over operation
of the Sinclair Rubber plant here
at 7 a.m. (CWT) today under an
order issued by President Truman.
President Truman's order for
seizure of the plant, which is
threatened with a possible strike
by members of the Oil Workers In
ternational, Local 227, a C. I. O. af
filiate, was delivered to the man
agement of the company by D. H.
Barnes, representative of the Pe
troleum Administration far War.
PACIFIC SKIES
BEING SWEPT BY
U. S. AIRPOWER
Reinforced From Ejrope,
Ranges From Borneo To
Paramushiro
YAP TO~CHINA
MANILA, July 19.—(/p)_
American airpower, reinforc
ed by units from Europe, is
sweeping Pacific skies from
Paramushiro to Borneo and
from Yap in the Carolines to
the China coast.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur an
nounced today that on Monday
the first airmen from the Euro
pean theatre joined far eastern
air forces in attacking the Japa
nese homeland.
Monday’s sweep crisscrossed the
important southern island of Kyu
shu as more than 350 planes at
tacked without encountering any
interception or losing a single
plane to anti-aircraft fire.
VARIED TARGETS
Airstrips, warehouses, loco
motives, power plants, factor
ies, bridges and coastal ship
ping were among the targets
of 5th and 7th AAF units
which roared in to strike the
west coast cities of Mizazaki
and Nabeoka; Fukushima and
Tomitaki on the west, and the
Kagoshima Bay area on the
south.
Among the 7th AAF planes in
the Kyushu strike was a unit
manned by veterans of the Medi
terranean theatre and led by Col.
Joseph R. Holzapple of Peoria, 111.
They flew new Douglas-built A
26 attack bombers in the first in
troduction of this plane into ma
jor action in this theatre.
Holzapple predicted that the A
26. which he said has the best
features of the A-20, B-25 and B
26, would be “one of the most ef
fective airplanes of the war if
properly employed, and we are
working on that little problem.”
(Adm. Chester W. Nimitz’
communique today from Guam
reported that planes of the
Second Marine aircraft wing
struck targets at Tokuno and
Okino Yerabu islands in the
Amami group north of Okina
wa on Tuesday. The next day
Corsairs and Hellcats of the
4th Marine aircraft wing
worked over enemy installa
tions in the Palaus. Helldiv
ers ranged far eastward to
strike Yap in the Carolines
and Mitchells of the 11th army
air force struck installations
and damaged two small coastal
cargo boats near Paramushi
ro island in the Kuriles.)
Meanwhile other American plan
es kept up the steady pounding of
Formosa and the nearby Pesca
dores. They hit ammunition
tion dumps at Mako and factories
near Tainan.
AUTOS COLLIDE,
KILLING WOMAN
Five Others Injured. In
Wreck Near
Gaffney
GAFFNEY, S. O., July 19. —(fP)—
One Gaffney woman was killed and
five others injured, four of them
seriously, in a collision of two au
tomobiles on the Spartanburg
highway near here late yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. Margaret Mercelle Ham
mett McCraw, 23, died at the
Cherokee County Hospital about
an hour after the car in which
she and four other Gaffney wo
men were riding was in a colli
sion with a car occupied by a
man and woman listed by police
as Harold B. Walker of Forest
City, N. C., and Sue Cook of
Valley Falls, S. C.
The four women reported seriously
hurt, all from Gaffney, are: Miss
Ethel Batchelor, Miss Lunette Ham
mett, Miss Lanzenia Hill, and Miss
Willie Lemmons.
Rural Policeman B. G. Spencer
said Walker wns held pending an in
vestigation. Miss Cook was hospital
ized, but the officer said apparently
she was not seriously hurt.
Mrs. McCraw’s husband is over
seas with U. S. Army.
Merchants Paying
For OP A Violations
RALEIGH, July 19 —(£>)— Since
July first 11 women’s ready-to
wear stores in eastern North Car
olina have paid $1,442.06 in settle
ment of OPA damage claims for
alleged overcharges for retail
merchandise, the Raleigh district
OPA office has announced.
YANK AND PUP HEAD FOR PACIFIC—Second Lt. Bill Reese of At
lanta, Ga., takes along his pup, ' Butch.'’ as a mascot and boards a river
boat at Camp Stoneman, Calif., for the trip to his troop ship en route
to the Pacific war area. Reese is among new troops headed for the
Pacific war.— (AP Wirephoto’.
Jap Morale Shaken By
| Blasting Of Homeland
Broadcasters Rave In Effort To Alleviate "General
Feeling Of Insecurity"
-SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.—f/f5)—Tokyo radio admit
i ted today that air and sea bombardments have shaken Japa
nese morale, and unofficial spokesmen debated whether
the allied fleet was readying for quick invasion or merely
making “spasmodic” attacks unworthy of being met.
CHINESE ROUT
JAP INVADERS
—
CHUNGKING, July 19.—(JP)—In
a new outbreak of fighting along 1
the Indo-China frontier, Japanese j
and puppet Indo-Chinese troops j
who launched attacks against three i
points inside China have been j
driven back across the border, the ;
Chinese high command reported
today.
About 1,300 Japanese, aided by
puppet forces, launched the attacks ;
July 14 from Tra Linh, some 13 ,
miles northeast of Coabang. On ,
July 16 the enemy troops were
driven out of China, the high
command said.
To the east, other Chinese forces
continued a multi-pronged drive on
the former U. S. 14th Air Base
city of Kweilin. One column, driv
ing along a roundabout subsidiary
highway leading from Uiuchow to
Kweilin, bypassed the enemy-held
town of Hsiujenhsien, 47 miles east j
of Liuchow, and headed for the ■
important highway junction of
Laipo, where the road swings north
to Kweilin.
A Chinese column pressing down !
toward Kweilin from the north- ,
west captured a point 14 milos j
from the former American base '
and pushed on toward the city.
WHAT’S DOING
TODAV
7:00 p.m.—Kiwanis club din
ner session.
FRIDAY
12:30 p.m.—Rotary club lunch
eon.
one analyst saw in tne fleet ac
tion merely an “insane” effort tc
pep up the American home front
Domei agency speculated that tht
warships might be feeling out coast
defenses for an invasion that mighl
come sooner than expected.
Other evidence of Nipponese
fear came in these broadcasts,
monitored by the Federal Com
munications Commission:
DEPOSITORS WARY
Takeo Irumano, managing direc
tor of the imperial bank, bemoan
ed the “general feeling of insecur
ity" that is causing the Japanest
people to hoard their funds insteac
of banking them. He pleaded foi
immediate deposits.
The Tokyo newspaper Asahi ex
horted the government to forget cli
ques and conventions in the na
tion's crisis and take a "world shak
ing" step to give the people t
greater role.
Even small towns are feeling the
effects of Allied fire raids.
CHANGES TUNE
Brighter words came from Lt.
Gen. Saburo Endo, director of
aircraft ordnance. He boasted
that plane production had made
remarkable progress despite fre
quent raids and soon would be
“numerically superior” to that
of the Allies. An hour later this
was reduced to “numerically
equivalent.”
Aparently Endo and his right
hand man, Vice Adm. Minetakt
Sakamaki, got their signals cross
ed, besause Sakami wrote a news
paper article declaring there wa:
an aircraft production “bottlenecl
He said the tense situation was mak
ing it worse and called on all work
ers to show a fighting spirit.
The Tokyo commentator whc
termed the fleet attacks on the
Honshu coast "insane and spas
modic” contended the results were
so trifling that they could bettei
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Military Planning Against
War To End Of Next Year
WASHINGTON, July 19— f/P) —
Army and Navy leaders are plan
ning for the war against Japan to
run at least until the last months
of 1940.
This is the blunt truth, as of
today, despite a flood of rumors
in Washington that some sig
nificant development is immin
ent in the Pacific conflict.
Military leaders, assuming the
Japanese wil lfight to the bitter
end, also are planning clean-up
campaigns in China, although what
happens there specifically depends
on Russia.
If Russia comes into the war
fairly soon — a development the
chiefs of staff at Berlin could plan
—the western Allies may have very
little fighting to do on the Asiatic
! mainland. (Dispatches from Berlin
J continue to emphasize the part the
i war with Japan may be playing in
the Big Three talks.)
The military plans here—disclos
I eel by both Army and Navy offi
cials of unquestioned authority but
anonymous at their own request—
i all are based on the view that the
! Japanese will do as the Germans
| did—fight on until they are thor
I oughly defeated in battle.
The recent waves of “peace
talk” have left this view un
shaken. although officials point
to the ever-present possibility
that Japan might decide to
surrender at any time.
Should the enemy wish to
take that step, the terms still
are “unconditional surrender”
as explained by President Tru
man to mean the end of Jap
anese militarism but not the
utter destruction of Japan.
RECORD FORCE
OF SUPERFORTS
STRIKE HONSHU
Core Of Nip War Machim
Being Burned Out
And Blasted
choshFIlaming
GUAM, FRIDAY, July 2C
—(/P)—A force of more thai
600 B-29s, the greatest Super
fort fleet ever sent ou1
against Japan, put the torcl
to four Nipponese citie^earlj
today.
ITie targets included Hitachi
shelled recently by American anc
British warships, and an oil re
finery, the latter blasted with de
molition bombs.
DROP 4,000 TONS
Striking in the morning dark
ness, the giant bombers carried
a load of nearly 4,000 tons of
explosives in the 57th of their
incendiary attacks, which have
charred 46 cities to date on the
Japanese mainland.
Most of the Marianas-basec
planes pounced on the Honshu is
land cities of Choshi, a primary
source of protein for Tokyo, Yoko
hama and other large populatior
centers; Fukui, one of the mos
important industrial cities on th<
west side of Honshu; Okazaki
which took the industrial overflow
from nearby Nagoya, and Hitachi
A smaller force hit the Ama
gasaki branch of the Nippon Oi
company, just north of Osaka. I;
was the tenth oil target singlet
out for destruction by the 20tfc
Air Force.
RECORD STRIKE
| Once before more than 600
Superforts were assigned a sin
gle mission but more B-29s be
gan today’s 3,000-plane-trip to
the target areas than for any
other previous strike. How many
reached their goals with their
clusters of incendiary bombs
and demolition explosives was
not known immediately.
The strike continued the program
to burn out and blast out the cori
of Japan’s war machine and slast
at its ability to feed factory em
ployes working on armaments foi
the nation’s defense against in
vasion.
Flames licked Choshi, seconc
largest city in the China prefec
ture and most important fishini
harbor on the east coast of Hon
shu, and undoubtedly affects its
output of food for the great cities
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PLAN BOOKLET
FOR SHELBY
A new booklet on Shelby, the first
issued in several years, will be off
the press within the next 90 days,
if the chamber of commerce direc
tors ratify a plan formulated by
Clyde A. Short, president of the
chamber of commerce, at their
meeting Monday night. This ap
proval is considered a foregone con
clusion.
As now contemplated, the new
book will contain 25 or 30 pages and
will <|arry new pictures illustrating
; life and industry in the city. It will
. be illustrative of Shelby’s past and
present and will also take a peek
into the future with a section on
i post-war planning.
The theme of the book will be
"See Shelby Grow". Collection of
material will get underway as soon
as the directors put their approval
> on the project.
New literature on Shelby has been
an urgent need of the chamber of
commerce for some time. The pre
sent plan calls for furnishing copies
of the booklet to business men and
manufacturers at cost price and use
them for one of the largest mediums
of distribution.
Storm Brewing
In Mexican Gulf
NEW ORLEANS, July 19. — (A’)—
The U. S. Weather bureau advisee
today that a tropical storm was
forming in the northwest area ol
the Gulf of Mexico. It is expectec
to reach the coast between Freeport
Texas and Lake Charles, La., earlj
Friday with winds up to 55 miles ar
j hour.
The weather bureau said the
disturbance was apparently about
280 miles east of Brownsville, Texas,
toward northwestward or north
northwestward at 10 to 12 miles per
hour.
! The storm was attended by winds
i estimated at 35 to 45 miles per hour
over a small area near the center,
but the advisory said strong winds
and squalls extended 150 to 200
miles to the north and east of cen
i ter
A