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WEATHER Considerable cloudiness early to day, later, clear to partly cloudy. * Few widely scattered thundershow ers today and Wednesday. Con tinued moderate temperature. Tshe Hhelhy Baily Hielt CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 STATE THEATRE TODAY "TARZAN AND THE AMAZONS" JOHNNY WEISMULLER BRENDA JOYCE VOL. XLIII-194 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, AUG. 14, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6e 1 B-29S RESUME HEAVY BLOWS AGAINST JAPS 5,000 Tons Of Bombs Dropped By Many Sup erforts On Japan RAIDS TO~CONTINUE GUAM, Aug. 14.—(TP)— Superfortresses struck Ja pan with a 5,000-ton demoli tion attack today and head quarters indicated they will continue their crushing blows right up until a final official surrender notice is received. The raid today by hundreds of B-29's was underway when Tokyo radio broadcast that the enemy > GUAM. Wednesday, Aug. 15 —4AV-More than a thousand planes of the strategic air forces. Including 800 B-29's, have operated against Japan In the last 24 hours, 20th Air Force Headquarters announced today. would accept the Potsdam decla ration but there was no hint here that the bare announcement from Tokyo would be sufficient to call off the continuing attacks. The crushing assault may have helped goad the dawdling Japan ese peace negotiators into their decision. The Japanese also had the knowledge that the world's mightiest naval force—the U. 8. Third fleet with a British carrier task force—was idling close off the home shores after pressing home air strikes on the Tokyo area Monday. The enemy had attempted to reach the fleet with a belated air attack. Admiral Nlmltz reported, but 21 of the attacking planes were shot down and none got near the ships. Meanwhile, the American and British carrier airmen knocked out 117 parked Japanese planes and struck ground installations a stout blow despite bad, rainy weather on Monday. So far as has been disclosed, the fleet was not In action any See B-20's Page t ► t Okinawa-Based Planes Batter 43 Jap Vessels OKINAWA, Aug. 14—(jp—Record numbers of Okinawa-based plan es left a Japanese heavy cruiser dead in the water, knocked out 42 other vessels and gave Nippon’s southern islands the heaviest pounding ever delivered by the Far East air fosces against Japan. The cruiser, which attacking airmen said seemed to be one of the enemy's largest, was caught between Korea and Japan by night patrol bombers. Five hundred pound bombs stopped the warship cold. It didn't open fire until the Americans had released their bombs and were well on their way. Shipping definitely sunk In cluded four freighters ranging up to 2,500 tons and ten coastal ves sels. RAIDS CONTINUE Strikes against the southern is lands of Kyushu and Shikolkuwere delivered by 600 bombers and fighters of General MacArthur’s far east air forces Sunday. Gen. George C. Kenney said the raids continued today. Only some small buildings re mained standing after a bullseye bombing of the railway and mili tary center of Miyazaki on south ern Kyushu, crewmen said. The city was “a sea of flames” after the attack, and smoke towered 15.000 feet over the targets. Thirteenth air force Liberators hammered the Heito aircraft as sembly plant on Formosa in a heavy strike. Airdromes of Kanoya, Mitsuia ma and Miyazaki were among tar gets of the Kyushu attackers. TROIAN DECORATES SECRETARY BYRNES — President Truman (left) pins the Distinguished Service Medal on the breast of Secretary of State James F. Byrnea (centerFoii the lawn of the White House in recog nitton of the secretary's service as War Mobilisation director -for two and a half years. Mrs. Byrnes (right) looks on. Behind the President is Oen. George C. Marshall, and in background at right stands Undersec retary of War Robert P. Patterson.—(AP Wirephoto). j Tokyo Says Imperial Decision* Made T oday Weeping People Gather Before Hirohito's Palace And Bow In Shame, Broadcast Reports By The Associated Press Domei, Japanese news agency, said in a broadcast re corded by the FCC today that “on Aug. 14,1945, the imperial decision was granted” and that weeping people had gather ed before his palace and “bowed to the very ground” in their shame that their “efforts w'ere not enough.” The broadcast did not say what the emperor’s decision was. Domei transmitted only about 130 j words of the Item and then broke i off to say to editors: “Hold this Item.” The portion of the Domei dis patch on the “Emperor's decision” said Hirohito had felt "extreme concern” ever since his rescript of Dec. 8, 1941, with which he de clared war. As recorded and translated by PCC, the dispatch read: “How shall the 100,000,000 people, filled with trepidation, reply to the emperor? His majesty's subjects are moved to tears by his majes ty's boundless and infinite solici tude. “Aug. 14, 1945, the imperial de cision was granted. The palace grounds are quiet beneath the dark clouds. “Honored with the imperial edict in the sublime palace grounds, the mob of loyal people are bowed to the very ground in front of the Niju-Bashi (the bridge which leads to the palace.) TEARS FLOW “Their tears flow unchecked. Alas! in their shame, hew can the people raise their heads? “With the words, ‘forgive us, O Emperor, our efforts were not enough,’ the heads bow lower and See TOKYO Page 2 I Celebration In N. Y. Increases As Day Goes On NEW YORK, Aug. 14. —{IP)— A noisy, turbulent celebration gath ered momentum In the streets of New York today in anticipation of a V-J announcement. Jostling, cheering crowds increas ed by the minute—passing the 100, 000 mark in Times Square by mid morning—and a breeze-whipped blizzard of torn paper covered pave ments ankle deep. Fireworks exploded over the heads of Chinatown’s joyful residents, who were joined by neighbors from Little Italy in the quarter’s jam-packed narrow streets. Church bells pealed and worship pers in unusually large numbers knelt in gratitude. Rev. D. G. War field Hobbs, at St. Thomas Episco pal church of Fifth Avenue, asked his congregation to "accept in this mood the obligations of peace. The din of the celebration could See CELEBRATION Page t May Demands Immediate End To Draft When Japs Quit WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. — (JP)— Chairman May (D-Ky) of the house military committee today called for an immediate halt to further induc tions once Japan falls and the earliest possible release of men al ready drafted. May. said in an interview he would introduce as soon as Congress re convenes next month legislation to end all draft calls, thus assuring similar bills before both houses. Senator Langer (R-ND) announced last night he would act similarly in the senate. May added he also plans to dis cuss with President Truman the subject of early action to declare hostilities at an end for the pur pose of the Selective Service act. Such a declaration, hfe said, would mean that inducted men would be discharged not later than six months after its effective date. SIX MONTHS Under provisions of the dtaft act, men must serve for the duration of hostilities plus six months. Army legal authorities said the six months can only start upon conclusion of a peace treaty, upon a presidential proclamation ending the war or by See MAY Page 2 4 CHINESE CUT VITAL RAILWAY Japanese South Of Tun gan Left Without Rail Facilities By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, Aug. 14. — Chinese forces have cut the Hun an-Kwangsi railroad at Tungan, leaving all Japanese to the south of Tungan in Hunan province without rail facilities, the Chinese high command said today. Tungan Is midway between Kwei lin and the rail junction city of Hengyang, a distance of about 180 miles. The Chinese also moved forward In eastern Kwangtung province, re capturing Hweilain on the China sea coast. Japanese remnants, with the Chinese forces in close pursuit, were retreating along the Swatow Hong Kong highway, the high com mand said. Chinese troops, pursuing approxi mately 20,000 Japanese soldiers re treating northward from southern Kiangsi, have reoccupied the town of Fencheng, 35 miles south of the Big Kan river port of Nanchang, a See CHINESE Page 2 Broadcast Of Game Will Be Made From Star Office 8:30 P.M. A play-by-play of tonight’s basball game between Shel by’s Junior Legion team and Norfolk, Va., in the regional tourney at Sumter, S. C., will be broadcast from the Star office tonight starting at 8:30 o’clock. A loudspeaker attached by long distance telephone to the radio loop from the Sumter park to radio station WFIG there will bring the reports inimediately with each crack or'the bat. Cost of the service is to be borne by fans enjoy ing it and will be continued for each game if necessary fi nancial support is forthcom ing, the Star starting the fun with a $5 contribution for each game played. The broadcast will be handled by Frank Con nor. Telephone officials asked that calls be held to a mini mum for the score because Imminence of V-J day has so overloaded the exchange with calls that the limited staff will be unable to handle the usual volume of calls for the score. i REDS CAPTURE LINKOW, CUT RAIL LINES Russian Armies Continue Batter Thrust hito Manchuria ADVANci~28 MILES LONDON, Aug. 14.—(/P)— Russia’s tank-tipped armies continued their whirlwind' thrusts into Manchuria today i after capturing the three way rail junction of Linkow and cutting the last rail com munication line for Japanese! troops fighting in the Sun gari-Ussuri river valley. The capture of Linkow by Mar shal Kirill A. Meretskov’s first far eastern army put the Russians 177 miles east of Harbin, major Jap anese arsenal city and rail junc tion of Central Manchuria. The line severed is one of three north-south railroads in Manchuria, running from the Korean port ot Seishin tp Kiamusze on the Sun gari river. Russian communiques disclosed also that another vital north-south route, the 950-mile railway link ing Dairen and Mukden, was threatened. Harbin was the goal of a five pronged Soviet drive. Advances up to 28 miles were reported yester day, with the Russians announc ing the capture of at least 22 Jap anese strong points. There still was no Soviet Confirmation of Japan ese reports that Russian marines had invaded southern Sakhalin is land, establishing two beachheads on Karafuto, the Japanese half of See REDS Page 2 FINAL PLEAS IN PETAIN CASE Case Expected To Go To Jury Tonight; Long Deliberations PARIS, Aug. 14—UP)—Fernand Payen, attorney for Marshal Pe taln, opened the last arguments of the old soldier’s treason trial today by telling the high court of justice that “he constantly and scientifically tricked the Germans, but he never tricked the Allies.” The verdict will be handed down by 12 parliamentary jurors and 12 jurors drawn from resistance groups. Some jurors frequently have expressed antagonism during the trial to defense witnesses. Payen, chief defense counsel, compared Petain to Pierre Laval in the Vichy regime. Laval, he said, was convinced that Germany would prevail and he worked for an intimate union with the ene my. “But that was never Petain's policy,” Payen declared. “It never was before and a man doesn’t change in character and manner of thinking at 84. Documents and other evidence show that Petain fought the Germans as hard as he could See FINAL Page Z 2 PRISONERS MAKE GETAWAY Two long-term prisoners of the Stsfte Highway and Public Works commission, Ira Edmunds sent up from Person county for 25 to 30 years for second degree murder, and Nello Faucette, sent up from Durham county for seven to 10 years for larceny, escaped from the road gang working near Polk ville yesterday afternoon. A widespread search of the sur rounding countryside was insti tuted immediately but so far no trace of the escaped prisoners has been found. CONGRESSMAN BULWINKLE BEAM REUNION ON THURSDAY Congressman A. L. Bul winkle Will Be Speaker At New Prospect The annual MWiion of descen dants of John Treeter Beam will be held at 10:30 a.ih. Thursday at New Prospect Church. Principal address of the occasion will be delivered by Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle who will be pres ented by Holt McPherson, manag ing editor of the Shelby Daily Star. Following the program a picnic din ner will be served on the grounds. The descendants of John Teeter Beam, who was born 213 years ago, now number approximately 2,000, the majority of them living in and around Cleveland, Lincoln and Rutherford counties. For more than 25 years those reunions have been held at New Prospect church, site of which John Teeter Beam donated for a Lutheran church that latter became a Baptist church. His grave is in the cemetery there, along with a large number of his descendants. PROGRAM GIVEN The program as arranged by Pres ident Oliver S. Anthony, who in vites all Beams, their families, re lations and friends'to attend and bring a well filled basket, follows: Assembly and worship on the grounds at 10:30 a.m.; prayer and devotional 11; brief history of John Teeter Beam 11:30; special music 11:40; introduction of speaker 11:45; address by Major Bulwinkle 11:50; 12:20 report of nominating committee; adjournment and pic nic dinner on grounds 12:30 p.m. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—Regular meeting of Lions club. 8:00 p.m.—Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. meets at Lodge room for work in second degree. 8:30 p.m.—Play-by-play broad cast of Shelby-Norfolk baseball game to be given by loud speakers in front of Star Of fice. Game to be played in Sumter, S. C. WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m.—Midweek prayer and praise service at First Baptist church. Tokyo Again Says Message On Way WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-(AP)-The Jap anese have not yet replied to the allies’ sur render terms, the White House was informed today. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross made public a memorandum from the Swiss legation here shortly after noon eastern war time saying that coded cables received in Bern “do not contain the answer awaited by the whole world.” (The Tokyo radio at 12:01 p. m. EWT said "the Japanese government's reply to the four powers is now on its way to the Japanese minister at Bern." The broadcast was recorded by the FCC). Ross' disclosure came on the heels of reports, which he had himself passed on to reporters previous ly, that the Japanese surrender answer had been re ceived in Bern. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Byrnes the Swiss legation here said: “With reference to the telephone conversation this morn ing between Mr. Max Grassli, charge d’affaires ad interim of the Swiss legation and the Honorable James F. Byrnes, sec retary of state, the legation of Switzerland wishes to con firm the receipt of the following open (not coded) cable from the political department in Bern, received at 10:59 (EWT) August 14: Very urgent 760—Japanese legation reports that cod ed cables it received this morning do not contain the answer awaited by the whole world. “ ‘ (Signed): Politique.” Ross called reporters into his office to read the memo, as he said, “without comment.” The Swiss memorandum threw back to a Domei radio broadcast from Tokyo the only basis for the report that the Japanese would accept the surrender terms. On Saturday the United States, Great Britain, Russia and China agreed to accept the Japanese surrender with the emperor retaining his | throne if the emperor were subjected to the orders of an allied supreme commander of occupation forces. The Allies also stipulated that eventually the Japanese people must be permitted to select their own form of government. Word from the Swiss came in the middle of a day that had started off expectantly with radio reports from Bern and Tokyo saying the Japanese had framed an answer and that it was on its way to the Allied capitals through the Swiss neutral diplomatic channels. Ross had announced to reporters earlier in the day that Commodore James Vardaman, President Truman’s naval aide, had talked to the Swiss legation shortly after 7 a.m„ and had been informed that the Swiss had received the coded surrender message in Bern. EXPECTATIONS HIGH This raised expectations that the Japanese reply would be in the hands of Allied leaders in a matter of hours. When the lengthy coded message received by Japanese officials in Bern proved to be something other than the surrender reply, Swiss officials there and in Washington were informed quickly of this fact. Because of their previous conversation with Commodore Vardaman the Swiss acted hurriedly to notify Secretary Byrnes of the situation. See SURRENDER TERMS Page 2 Officials Predict 7 Million Unemployed By Christmas WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. — (i?»)— Government officials helping to su pervise the return of American in dustry to a peacetime basis today saw prospects of 7,000,000 unemploy ed by Christmas. These leading federal economists say temporary mais unemployment is sure to come regardless of any thing industry can do. They add, however, that if this mass unemployment is only tem porary “it will not be alarming.” Alike in their views although representing separate agencies, these economists—anonymous at their own request—said unemployment might rise to eight or nine million next year unless the government moves to prevent such an increase. (The number hunting jobs has been estimated at 1,400,000; it stood at 13,000,000 in 1932, low point of the depression.) The economists added that unem ployment should begin shrinking late in 1946 and early 1947. They emphasized, however, that no one can estimate the extent of shrinkage. DEVELOPMENTS Today’s reconversion scene also included these other developments: 1. It was learned that John W. Snyder, director of war mobiliza tion and reconversion, is preparing a general statement on reconversion policy. This statement will set the pace fpr an expected flurry of oth er pronouncements from federal agencies on their own roles. 2. Dr. George W. Taylor, chairman of the war labor board, See OFFICIALS Page 2 Redeployment Plan To Be Reversed Soon After V-J Day PARIS, Aug. 14. — (/Pi— A month after any Japanese surrender is signed a complete reversal In the present European troop deployment | procedure will take place 'that will bring the high point man into his own” a U. S. spokesman said today. i Officials said it would take at least 30 days to put the reversal into effect. Orders were expected to grant priority to high point men on home ward bound ships. At present the low-score men have been given top billing as they were rushed to the Pacific either directly or by way of the United States. These low score men now will be pushed to the end of the line while 85-pointers and above go home. i
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