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Truman’s ‘No Territory’
Statement Lacks Clarity
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON, July 25.—(/P)~
President Truman is a cinch to be
asked what ne meant by saying
• There is not one piece of territory
we want out of this war.'
The statement—made at an Amer
ican flag-raising ceremony in Ber
lin—has caused much speculation
here.
Almost certainly reporters wil.
ask him to explain before he leaves
Europe or when he resumes lus
White House news conferences
here.
He could have meant one or both
of two things:
1. We want no territory our
troops took in Europe.
2. We want no territory taken
from Japan in the Pacific.
If he was talking of Europe only
he was saying nothing new We've
never figured on keeping European
territory.
But it was new and startling if
he meant we want no Japanese is
lands as naval outposts to guard
against future attacks from Asia.
The navy is not likely to be ignor
ed.
MAY NOT HOLD
It's possible—although Mr. Tru
man himself will have to clear up
the point—that we do not intend to
hold Japanese islands and say out
right to the world: "These belong
henceforth to the United States."
There is a way in which the
United States could keep possession
of seized Jap territory for genera
tions to come and yet not claim
full possession.
This could be done under the
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. trusteeship system of the united
Nations. That has to be explained.
When the Unite.? Nations drew j
up their charter in San Francisco,
they provided for a trusteeships |
system for seized Axis territory and!
said its purpose would be to:
"Promote the political, economic,
social and educational advancement
, of the inhabitants of the trust ter-,
| ritories, and their progressive de
velopment towards self-government j
or independence as may be approp- j
riate to the particular circumstances
of each territory and its people."
FULL POSSESSION
We could—and no one would try |
1 to stop us—take full possession of.
| seized Japanese islands. Or we
could place them under trusteeship
which, for example, could work
' like this:
Take Okinawa, which we won at
: heavy cost in life and blood. It's
in Japan's frontward and might be
useful as a navy base for us.
We could say to the United Na
! tions: "We don't want Okinawa for
keeps. But we want it for a long
time as a naval base. We'll put it
under trusteeship until some dis
J tant time when we no longer need
it and are willing for the people on ;
Okinawa to have full independence."
TRUSTEESHIPS
We'd draw up the terms under
which we'd place it under trustee
ship We'd submit those terms to
the United Nations. Suppose that
organization was satisfied.
We'd make reports to the United j
Nations on how we were adminis
tering our trusteeship—perhaps on
! how we treated the natives, edu
cated them, fed them—and the1
: United Nations would send com
missions to check up on us.
Thus, by placing seized Japa
nese territory under trusteeship, we
would not be taking full possession
of it.
! But remember' We wouldn't
have to place it under trusteeship.
If we offered to place it under
trusteeship and the United Nations
didn't like our plans, we could tear
up the plans and simply say we
had changed our minds and would
not place it under trusteeship.
In that case wed take full pos
session.
Arline Gosnell Is
Killed By Lightning
TRYON. — Arline Gosnell. 12.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Gosnell was killed by lightning
Monday evening at North Pacolet.
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
'the North Pacolet Baptist church,
with Rev. J. W. St^mkle and Rev.
A T. Howard officiating. Inter
ment will be in the adjoining
cemetery.
Survivors are her parents, two
brothers. E. J. and Dellen Gosnell
of North Pacolet. and a sister. Pe
netner Gosnell, also of North Pa- ,
,colet. i
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TO CONDUCT REVIVAL — The
Rev. C. V. Martin of Anderson, S.
C., tvill conduct a series of revival
services at New Buffalo Baptist
church between Grover and Eari
beginning Sunday night at 8:30.
services to be held each morning
at 11 o'clock and each night at
8:30 throughout the following
week. Horace Lemmons and Miss
Frances Gorman of Shelby will be
in charge of the music. The pub
lic is invited.
S. Sgt. Z. T, Byars
Awarded Air Medal
GAFFNEY. S. C:—S'Sgt: Zach
arinh T. Byars, an engineer-gun
ner flying with the 38th Bomb
group e>f the Fifth Air force, has
been awarded, the Air Medal for
participation in sustained bombing
operations in the Southwest Paci
fic, relatives here have been in
formed. Byars' medal was present
ed by General George C. Kenney,
commander of the Far East Air
forces. His:.wife. Mrs. Ozelle Martin,
Byars, is secretary to / Ray God-'
shall. Gaffney attorney, who for
merly was secretary to U S. Sen
ator Ohn D. -Johnston and is
chairman of the state board of
pardons.
LIONS CLUB .
HEARSMORGAN
Aviator Tells Of Para
chuting From Bomber
And Capture
Sgt. Bruce Morgan, liberated
from a German prisoner of war
camp shortly before V-E day gave
the Shelby Lions club at its meet
ing at the Hotel Charles last night
a vivid and detailed account of
his experience from the time his
bomber was attacked by 20 Mes
sersmitts on its way to Berlin,
through the period when its crew
had to bail out over occupied ter
ritory and his subsequent life with
the French underground and his
capture by the Germans.
Sgt. Morgan was presented by
Robert Gidney, who had charge of
the porgram. The meeting was
presided over by Athos Rostan,
Lions president.
On account of engine trouble,
Sgt. Morgan said that his ship
was forced to lag behind the force
which was on its way to bomb
Berlin. On account of being sep
arated from the rest. Sgt. Morgan
said his ship was fair game for
the German fighters which at
tacked about 20 strong and left it
with only one and a half of its four
engines.
The attempt to pet back to the
base in England had to be aban
doned on account of the loss in al
titude by the plane and the men
bailed out over occupied France.
It was while the crew was prepar
ing to bail out that Sgt. Morgan
thought the jig was up for him.
He spilled his parachute and found
that a spare had not been brought
as ordered. However by merest
chance the bombardier, who was
never known to bring an extra
parachute before had one this time
for Sgt. Morgan. Two of the men
suffered broken bones in the land
ing.
The group which included Mor
gan, wandered for six days across
the French countryside before
coming in contact with the French
underground. Sgt. Morgan says
they were accorded the finest
kind of treatment- by the French
who investigated their status by
making them write the words of
their national anthem which Sgt.
Morgans aid required the com
bined energies of the whole crew
They also had to sing "Pistol
Packin' Mama."
FRENCH UNDERGROUND
After several weeks with the
French underground Sgt. Morgan
and his fellow crew members
were betrayed into the hands of
the Gestapo which had a full rec
ord on each member of the crew
1 from the hour they had bailed out
The German Intelligence even in
formed Sgt. Morgan that he was
born in Shelby and told him of
his record at Wake Forest col
lege.
Life in the German prisoner-of
war camp was pretty bad at times
he said with the scarcity of food
but the receiving of Red Cross
packages made things more bear
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able. The first day these packag
es began to arrive, Americans shed
tears of joy.
MISTREATMENT
Sgt. Morgan said that he began
to hate the Germans when he saw
how they treated certain other
prisoners wrho were being evacu
ated from another camp to the
camp where he (Sgt. Morgan) and
his crew were staying. The men
were shackled at the railroad sta
tion and made to run through a
bayonet line two miles to the camp.
; Most of them suffered numerous
j bayonet wounds some of which
j were fatal.
! As the days wore on, however,
I said Sgt. Morgan, the Germans
knew the jig was about up and
they began to treat the prisoners
better. By the time the British
i_
Second army hove over the hill
in sight of the marching prison
ers of war "We were being treated
fairly respectably’’ said Sgt. Mor
gan and we had nothing to say
"when members of the Second
army asked us to point out any
body who had mistreated us.”
SINGING AT
PROSPECT IS
WELL ATTENPED
PROSPECT—A large crowd at
tended the singing convention at
Prospect Sunday. Good singing was
reported.
Rev. Grady Fletcher of Gaffney
filled the pulpit Sunday evening
at Prospect in the absence of the
pastor. Rev. Guy E. Johnson.
Several from here attended the
funeral Saturday for Mrs. Shiver
McCraw at Cherokee Baptist
church.
H. H. Ruppe of Cherokee com
munity is teaching a singing school
at Prospect this week.
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Jolley
and twin babies, Richard and Ra
chel, of Mt. Pleasant community
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
James Jolley.
VISIT PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Cabe Wood. Mrs.
Paul Beam and daughter, Nancv,
of Gaffney, visited Mrs. Wood's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. El
more Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Jolley visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jolley at
Mooresboro Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Clapp and
son, John, spent a few days last
week with Misses Nina and Pettus
Mosteller.
R. B. and K. D. Martin, who
are in the U. S. army have been
visiting relatives for a few days
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elmore and
daughter. Mary Charles of Greer,
Mrs. Lois Taylor Westmoreland and
Mr. Williams of Washington spent
Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Ira El
more.
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*23.000,000 in 1943. and $22,000,000 in
1941.
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