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WEATHER North Carolina: Partly cloudy and continued hot today, tonight and Tuesday with scattered after noon thundershowers In west por tion tonight. Tshe Hljelhy Baily thr CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - ‘The Affairs Of Susan” JOAN FONTAIN GEORGE BRENT VOL. XLII1— 187 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c '■ ATOMIC BOMB REPORTED Four Jap Cities Left In Flames A fter Raid By 580 Superforts AIRMEN DUMP 3,850 TONS OF INCENDIARIES Nishinomiya, Maeboshi, Imbari And Saga Feel Lash Of Bombs OPPOSITION LIGHT By Murlin Spencer GUAM, Aug. 6.—(fP)—Four more Japanese cities were left in a mass of flames by 580 Superfortresses today and their destruction appeared certain, returning crewmen reported. Waves of B-29s dropped ap proximately 3,850 tons of incen diaries on the industrial cities of Nishinomiya, Maebash, Imabari and Saga, and demolition bombs art the Coal Liquefaction company at Ube. One Superfort fallel to return. Pilots reported Japanese op position was light, although Capt. Lawrence Bird, Mapleton, Utah, reported seeing a Japanese jet fighter plane over Maebashi. “At first I thought it was a falre or ball of fire. It came to within 500 feet of our B-29", he said. Reporting on the results of the heavy raid on Saga, on Kyushu. 2nd Lt. Gordon P. Marchal, of Sacramento, Calif., said “I could see lines of fire on the ground and believe me, the whole thing was definitely saturated." Over Ntshinomly*, however, one pilot reported seeing more flak, more fighters and more searchlights than In recent fo rays over Japan. Fires could be seen 150 miles at sea. Once again an all but helpless Japan—forewarned that the big bombers were coming on a mis sion of death—was unable to offer effective resistance while the in dustrial areas of Nishinomiya. Imabari. Maebashi and Saga and Ube Coal Liquefaction company burned and fell apart from 3.850 ton* of Incendiary and high ex plosive bombs dropped by a fleet of 580 Superforts. Yesterday air raid sirens scream ed throughout Tokyo in a wam See AIRMEN Page 2 Counterattacking Luzon Japanese Are Beaten Back By JAMES HUTCHESON MANILA, Aug. 6. —W— Desper ately counterattacking Japanese were beaten back as they thrust vainly against the tightening Fill pino-American noose around Gen. Tomoyukl Yamashita's last hide cut on Luzon, General MacArthur reported today. The 32nd division meanwhile of fered a premium—a 45-day furlough in the United States—for the cap ture of “any live Japanese gener aL” Yamashita, whose title has faded from "Tiger of Malaya” to "the Gopher of Luzon”, is still alive and leading his troops’ last-ditch fight in the rugged mountains north of Baguio, some Filipinos in sist. MacArthur’s communique report ed 4,740 Japanese dead were count ed and 444 prisoners captured in the last week raising total enemy losses in the Philippines campaign to 443,012. American losses for the week: 27 dead, 61 wounded. STILL SHELTERED Two squads of the still-battling Japanese counterattacked Saturday northwest of Klangan, only a few miles from Yamashita's last known hideout. They were driven back, but still are sheltered by a well-pre pared trench system and are using mortar and light artillery fire. Smaller counterattacks were re ported farther south near Mayayao against Filipino units. One Japanese company which had been setting ambushes against the Americans in the northeast-Luzon cleanup was wiped out in the Sier ra Madre foothills. Firebombing Mitchells of the 13th air force blazed a flaming pathway for many of the American and Filipino ground advances, and ac counted for a sizeable proportion of enemy casualties. MaJ. Gen. William Gill an nounced the 32nd division bounty on live Japanese generals. The division earlier had to cancel Its standing offer of a case of beer and a three-day pass to Manila for each live prisoner; it already had paid off for 60 of these ordinary captives. i ■■ "■ • ■ ” - — ■ — .■ — — - - ■ —■—■■— - -— FOOu .«„ vi..... «».< Uivi-v.o—A German worn .1 i._v.s war orphans as they pause while traveling through Berlin. Children were orphaned when their parents were killed during bombings.—(AP Wirephoto) mand announced today. Yeungkong is at the Junction of the KAvangtung coastal highway and a road running northeast to Canton and by breaking into it the Chinese secured control of a 50-mile stretch of “invasion coast” eastward from Tinpak east of the Lulchow peninsula. This stretch is now open to a vir tually unopposed landing if Ameri cans should choose it for a staging point for supplies to Chinese arm ies in South China. A stretch of the coast west of the Luichow pen insula as far as Indo - China has been under Chinese control for some time, and a determined Chin ese push from both sides now might seal off the Japanese on the penin sula and on Hainan island. The once-beautlful city of Kweilin was sacked by the Japanese with a thoroughness comparable to the Roman sacking of Carthage, it was reported today, while at recently liberated Kanhsien officials listed 50,000 of the Chinese population dead or missing. Kweilin, once a city of 500,000, was ravaged with a fury reminis See CHINESE Page * Nimitz, Spaatz In Control Of Sea, Air Around Ryukyus GUAM, Aug. 6.— (iP) —Admiral Nimitz remains in control of all naval functions in and around the Ryukyu islands, while control of all strategic air force units there continues under General Spaatz, a spokesman for Nimitz said today in commenting on the expansion of General MacArthur’s command to Okinawa and the Ryukyus. BIG EYING BOAT CRASHES 7214-Ton Plane Crash Lands, Sinks In Chesa peake Bay ROCK HALL, M<C Aug. «. —<P) —The 72 1-2-ton flying boat Ha waii Mars crash-landed and 6ank In. the Chesapeake Bay yesterday. A single member of the 10-mar crew was injured. No others were aboard. The plane, capable of carrying 138 passengers, is one of 20 ordered by the Navy from the Glenn L. Mar tin company of Baltimore. ; Launched only two weeks ago the Hawaii Mars was on a routine test flight over the bay when, a crewman said, the upper section oi the plane's vertical fin broke away at an altitude of 0,000 feet. “The ship began to flutter im mediately and went out of control,’ the crew member added, asking that his name not be used. "The pilot cried out ‘Prepare to abandon ship’.” CREWMEN RESCUED But Pilot William E. Coney, a Navy flyer on loan to the Martin firm, regained partial control of the giant craft and some ten minutes later ordered “Stand by for crash." The plane struck the water about 500 yards off shore. Impact of the 125-mile-an-hour blow ripped open the metal hull, and the plane sank until only part of its tail and left See BIG Page 2 % CONTROVERSY MOUNTS; Truman May Have To Settle Dispute Over Size Of Army WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. — (/P)— President Truman, as commander in chief, probably will have to step In to settle the mounting dispute ovef the size of the Army needed to whip Japan. This word came today from Capi tol Hill, where a first class row has developed over the size of the fight ing forces for a one-front war. Senators Johnson (D-Colo) and Taft (R-Ohio) openly criticized the War Department over the week-end for its slowness in demobilization, and there were signs that their in dependent campaigns were picking UP recruits among other lawmakers. t i On the other hand, such senators as Pepper (D-Pla) and Thomas <D Utah)—-the latter chairman of the military committee—were standing by Secretary of War Stimson in his decision to retain about 7,000,000 men in uniform as of next June 1. LEFT TO ARMY Pepper said ‘The War and Navy Departments are charged with prosecution of the war and they know more about the size forces they need than the sen ate does, xxx I think the size of the Army is a matter which should be See TRUMAN Face % FIVE DIE IN ‘HOME’FIRE explosion And Fire In De troit Orphanage, Old People's Home DETROIT. Aug. 6.—(&)—Five per sons, including two seven-year-old twin brothers, lost their lives and another inmate was in critical con dition after a Sunday night explos ion and fire at a Detroit orphanage and old people’s home. More than 120 other persons were led or carried to safety by orphan age employes and firemen. Police identified the dead as: Al bert and Alfred Cade, seven: Chris tine Lenth, 80, Elizabeth Berch, 82, and Ida Albrecht, 85. Receiving hospital authorities listed the critically injured as Hel ene reutz, 90, who 1s suffering from shock and smoke inhalation. Inspector George W. Smith of the Detroit fire department arson squad said the blaze broke out in the base ment laundry of the Evangelical home for orphans and old people which is on West Grand Boulevard, PLAYING WITH FIRE He quoted one of the boys at the orphanage as saying that several had been playing with matches ic the vicinity of a barrel of inflam mable liquid. Mrs. Esther Koch, supervisor ol See FIVE Page 2 Juices Removed From Ration List WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—<#) Grocers scratched point values to day from canned tomato juice, mixed vegetable juice, grapefruit juice, and grape-fruit-orange juice blends. OPA’S action in making those products ration-free yesterday fol lowed a recommendation from Secretary of Agriculture Anderson based on lowered military de mands. Anderson also announced that civilian store shelves will get 10, 000,000 more cases of canned vegetables from this year’s pack than had been expected. Despite the 10 per cent increase, however, the agriculture depart ment said the total still will be less than last year’s. Spanish Expected To Ask Franco To Give Up Post MADRID, Aug. 6. — (£>)— Inform ed sources expressed belief today that a group of Spanish military leaders would "request” Generalis simo Francisco Franco to surren der the reins of the Spanish govern ment to Prince Don Juan, exiled pretender to the Spanish throne. The group was reported already to have asked Franco’s “patriotic parti cipation” in its program providing for a national referendum on the question of restoration of the monarchy. STIMSON SAYS NEW BOMB TO SHORTEN WAR Results Of First Use On Hiroshimo Sunday Still Unknown URAINIUM~ORE USED WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.— (/P)—Secretary Stimson pre dicted today that the atomic bomb will “prove a tremen dous aid” in shortening the war with Japan. The war secretary made his statement as the army report ed that an “impenetrable cloud of dust and smoke” cloaked Hiroshimo after it was hit by the new weapon from the air. An accurate assessment of the damage inflicted by the bomb is not yet available, however, the War Department said. As soon as details of its effectiveness are learned, the department added, they will be re leased. Stimson said in his statement that the explosive power of the bomb is such as to "stagger the imagination.” He added that scientists are confident of devel oping even more powerful atomic bombs. Stimson said that security re quirements do not permit disclo sure of the exact methods of pro ducing the bomb or the nature of its action. He did say, however, that urainium ore is essential to the production of the bomb. <• 3 YEARS’ WORK Development of the bomb cul minated three years of work by al lied scientists, industry, labor and military forces, Stimson said in ad ding that he was convinced Japan will not be in a position to use a | similar weapon. While Germany worked ‘‘feverishly’ ’to develop an atomic bomb, Stimson said, the Nazi defeat now has erased danger from that source. Stimson promised that further statements will be released in the future to give additional details concerning scientific and production See STIMSON Page 2 PETAIN PRAISED BY MERULLON Argument Flares When State Demands Defense Be Brief By RELMAN MORIN PARIS, Aug. 6. —(A5)— Marshal Petain, on trial for his life on charges of treasonable acts, were described today by a French dele gate to the San Francisco confer ence as a man of “perfect patriotism and loyalty to France.” The description was in a tele gram from Pierre Merillon, form er member of the French embassy in Madrid where Petain served. It was read as the third week of the trial opened, just before Gen. Henri Lacaille testified that Win ston Churchill told a Vichy repre sentative to Great Britain: “We have been momentarily se parated. Let us try not to damage each other any further.” ARGUMENT The representative was a Col. Groussard, whom the defense des cribed as a former member of the pro-Fascist Cagoulard and as pres ent representative of the De Gaulle government in Switzerland the gen eral said Groussard was sent to London to inquire if Great Britain could assist the French with mili tary aid in North Africa. Lacaille did not say whether the British made commitments, most of his tes See PETAIN Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 5:00 p.m.—Shelby and Cleveland county foundation meets in O. M. Mull’s office. 7:30 p.m.—City council meets at city hall. 7:30 p.m.—State Guard drill at armory. 8:00 p.m. — Piedmont Boy Scout court of honor meets at court house. 8:00 p.m.—Board of deacons of First Baptist church meets at the church. TUESDAY 7:00 p.m.—CAP cadets meet at armory. SEN. HIRAM JOHNSON deathclaTms HIRAM JOHNSON Dies At Age Of 79 From Thrombosis Of Cerebral Artery WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.— UP) - Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California, militant opponent of the League of Nations and the San Francisco charter for a Unit ed Nations organization, died to day at 79 years. The veteran Republican senator succumbed at Naval Hospital, where he had been confined for two and one-half weeks. His phy sician, Capt. Robert E. Duncan, USN, said he died from a throm bosis of a cerebral ^artery. His political activities extended over a third of a century covering some of the most stirring events in the nation’s history. A striking figure in the senate since first elected to congress in 1916, he played a leading part in defeating President Wilson £ League of Nations covenant and later in opposing United States’ adherence to the world court. THROMBOSIS Capt. Robert E. Duncan, his phy sician gave cause of death as a thrombosis of a cerebral artery. He had been in the hospital for about two and a half weeks. His wife, whom he referred to as “the boss,” was with him at the time of his death. Senator McKellar (D - Tenn), president of the senate, today will appoint a committee to attend the funeral of the silver-haired veter an. One of his last great senate fights was against passage of the ’teen age draft bill. He told his colleagues, with tears in his eyes, that he opposed “calling children to fight our battles.*’ He had been expected to take a lead in opposition to the recently approved world charter, but illness prevented. SENATE BATTLES Another senate battle, in which he lined up in opposition to Sen. Connally and others, was on the See DEATH Page 2 Canadian Vanguard Reaches Pacific GUAM, Aug. 6.—(A1)—Canadian troops, the vanguard of 30,000 men of the Canadian army Pacific force, have arrived in advanced Pacific areas. They will be followed by Royal Canadian air force squadrons and 60 ships of the Canadian navy, in cluding two aircraft carriers, two cruisers, destroyers and frigates. Col. Richard S. Malone, direc tor of the Canadian army public relations, said the Canadians will fight alongside the Americans in the Pacific, using American wea pons, organization, tactics and terms. Hailed As Most Destructive Force In All History WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—(/P)— An atomic bomb, hailed as the most terrible destructive force in history and as the greatest achievement of organized science, has been loosed upon Japan. President Truman disclosed in a white house statement at 11 a. m., (EWT), today that the first use of the bomb containing more power than 20,000 tons of TNT and produce ing more than 2,000 times the blast of the most powerful bomb ever dropped before—was made 16 hours earlier on Hiroshimo, Japanese army base. The atomic bomb is the answer, President Truman said, to Japan’s refusal to surrender. Secretary of War Stimson predicted the bomb will “prove a tremendous aid” in short ening the Japanese war. Mr. Truman grimly warned that “even more powerful forms (of the bomb) are in development,” he said. “If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth. The war department reported that “an impenetrable cloud of dust and smoke” cloaked Hiroshi mo after the first atomic bomb crashed down. It was impossible to make an immediate assessment of the damage. President Truman said he would recommend that con gress consider establishing a commission to control produc tion of atomic power within the United States, adding: “I shall xxx make x x x recommendations to con grew as to how atomic power can become a powerful and force ful influence towards the maintenance of world peace." Both Mr. Trur;an and Secretary Stimson, while emphasizing the peacetime potentiality of the new force, made clear that much re search must be undertaken to ef fect full peacetime application of its principles. The product of $2„000,000,000 spent in research and production— “the greatest scientific gamble in history,” Mr. Truman said—the atomic bomb has been one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Win ston Churchill gave the signal to start work on harnessing the force* of the atom. Mr. Truman said the Germans worked feverishly, but failed to solve the problem. Mr. Truman added: "It is an atomic bomb. It is » harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East." The base that was hit Is a maj or quartermaster depot and has large ordnance, machine tool and aircraft plants. The raid on Hiroshimo, located on Honshu island on the shores of the inland sea, had not been disclosed previously although the 20th air force on Guam announc ed that 580 Superforts raided four Japanese cities at about the same time. The city of 318,000 also contain* a principal port. The president disclosed that the See HAILED Page 2 Oppose Limiting President’s Power Senate Leaders Would Give President Unlimited Au thority In Use Of Troops By Jack Bell WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—(/P)—Senate leaders were re ported today to have decided to ask congress to set up the office of world security council delegate without limiting the President’s authority to use troops. v,..;- , *--—.... ... ___. The decision to bring the issue squarely before the legislators in October was said to have been reached by Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky) and Chairman Con nally (D-Tex) of the foreign re lations committee. Neither would comment on these reports, but it was learn ed they had dismissed any thought that President Truman might name Edward R. Stet tinius, jr., former secretary of state, as the delegate and pro ceed without further congres sional action. But the administration-sponsored resolution Connally is expected tc offer shortly after the legislators return from their summer-fall va cation may be much less a defini tive in its terms than a similar j measure suggested by Senator See OPPOSE Page 2 Russia Works To Increase Power In Mediterranean WASHINGTON, 3 Aug. C. —(/P)— Generalissimo Stalin opened the door at Potsdam for Russia’s possi ble emergence as a Mediterranean power. Focal point for future discussion will be disposition of Italy’s one time possessions. Diplomatic reports received here say that Italian islands in the Medi terranean, especially Pantelleria, will continue a storm center of con siderably greater political signifi cance than the former Axis part ner’s North African colonies. Russia moved openly for a voice in Mediterranean affairs some weeks ago with a request, later granted, f r Soviet participation in a sched uled conference to restore Spanish occupied Tangiers to international status. Tangiers is directly opposite Gibraltar at the western gateway to the Mediterranean. DARDANELLES Russia also has shown a steadily increasing intenfst in the previously British-dominated European sea with Soviet demands for renegotia tion of the Dardanelles’ internation al administration and of her treaty with Turkey. See RUSSIA Page 2 SOLDIER FACES COURT MARTIAL Father Of Girl Twice As saulted By Jap-American Asked Military Trial Acting at the request of the father of a 13-year-old Shelby girl, admittedly twice assaulted here Sunday, local police yesterdav turned over to military authorities from Camp Croft, Pvt. Susuma, a Hawaiian-born Jap soldier of til United States, to face court mar* tial action for statutory rape. Susuma was one of five Jap* American soldiers who were visitors here Sunday. I ADMITS ATTACK To police he admitted assault ing the young girl in the munici pal playground and afterward tak ing her to his hotel room where he committed the second offense. The girl said she went to the hotel room at his insistence and that she had submitted to his ad vances through fear. The father and an older bro ther. learning the girl had gone to the hotel with the soldier, found her loitering on the square, took her to the five Jap-Amert cans and had her identify the one who had assaulted her. Police placed the soldier under civil ar rest and notified Camp Croft au thorities who sent military policy here to take the man after then girl's father had said he prefer- ■ red military handling of the caafcl c
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