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r WEATHER North Carolina—Partly cloudy with mild temperatures today, tonight and Tuesday, scattered showers to night and Tuesday and in east portion today. Tshr Hhelhy Bailg steck - State Theatre Today - “The Naughty Nineties” BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO VOL XL1I1-199 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, AUG. 20, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c TO SIGN SURRENDER IN TOKYO Enemy Sees Armed Occupation Forces Necessary In Japan, China SAYS JAPANESE ► HAVE CEASED HOSTILITIES Intend To Carry Out De mands In Potsdam Sur render Ultimatum promise~to COMPLY MANILA,"Aug. 20.—(/P)— The Japanese indicated in an official message to General MacArthur today that it would be necessary for the present to keep armed forces both in Japan and on the con tinent to maintain order. Tokyo also asked MacArthur to send officiate to investigate “the actual situation In China” In a message heard by the Associated Press monitor. The message said Japanese for ces already had completely ceas ed hostilities and "intend to car ry out the demands mentioned in the Joint proclamation” of Pots dam. However, the Japanese added. “It is deemed necessary to take appropriate measures for the main a tenance of order and the protec w tlon of the general public.” CONFUSION The message made no further statement on the situation In Chi na, which It asked MacArthur to Investigate. "The federal communications commission in San Francisco heard one message presumably beamed to MacArthur saying that Chungking and Chinese Commun ist forces were pushing Jnto Jap anese-held territory making sep arate surrender demands, confus ing the situation.) "Let us add,” the message con cluded, "that the above report and the request of ours is being made out of a sincere desire to carry out. nrnmnt.lv nur rpniilr#mpntjs.° CLEVELAND HAS TWO MEN IN JAP PRISONS i The local chapter oj the Amer ican Red Cross has accepted mes sages from the next of kin of the two Cleveland county men. now reported to be In Japanese prison er-of-war camps. These messages which had to be in San Francisco by August 24 will be delivered to the men as soon as they are lib erated. The local men held by the Jap anese are Pfc. Hugh Hamrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Huff Hamrick, of Boiling Springs and Pvt. Coy Lank ford, son of Mrs. J. F. Lankford, of Double Shoals. Both of these men were taken prisoners by the Japanese in the Philippines and later transferred to other prisons. Pfc. Hamrick was removed to Osaka prison camp and Pvt. Lankford was taken to Fukuoka on Honshu is land. Mrs. Hamrick had a letter from her son in March in which he ac knowledged the receipt. of mall from home and pictures. Mrs. Lankford had a card showing that her son had been transferred from one prison to another. The Red Cross cannot accept messages for those reported miss ing in action, local officials point ed out. - _w...' * vi *-< — ....juj u tab u .uaa Japanese surrenuer arrange ,:t delegation file out of a C-54 transport plane upon arrival at Nichols Field at Manila front Ie Shima. The officer leading his party down the ramp is Lt. Gen. Takashiro Kowabe, vice chief of the Jap Imperial Others in the photo are not Identified.—(AP Wlrephoto from Signal Corps radio from Manila). President Gives Top Spot T o Reconversion 1 More Low-Priced Clothing Expected Soon; Nation To Have Big Christmas Season ByMax Hall WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—(/P)—President Truman con tinued to give top place to postwar problems today, calling to the white house reconversion director John W. Snyder and a | special advisory committee on reconversion problems. The committee, headed by former ! Governor O. Max Gardner of North Carolina, cor of representatives I of organized ness, labor, farm I groups. It was created to advise the office of war mobilization and re conversion when secretary of state i Byrnes was director. Before the committee met, anoth er big cutback In war orders was an nounced. The war shipping adminis tration cancelled 425,000,000 of con-1 tracts for 135 vessels and special military equipment for the navy. Seeking to speed the flow of scarce1 materials into civilian production, WPB Chairman J. A. Krug asked all prime and sub-contractors to i cancel with “utmost speed” all ord-| ers for materials no longer needed. , to fill military commitments. Krug’s letter said that to do otherwise will [ needlessly postpone the full-fledged reconversion effort which Is crucial to the nation’s economic welfare.” SCORE STANDS The score as America entered Its See PRESIDENT Page Z j Force Of Competition “The secret of America’s great power Is the force of competition,” reveals Henry J. Kaiser In an article In The : Washington Merry-Go-Round appearing on page 4 in today’s Star. 1 "America will go on growing Just as long as we enlarge the scope and widen the opportuni ties of competition.” Kaiser lists his four-point program which competition will speed forward for the creation of employment. He urges the building of health clinics throughout the United States. Homas, highways and trans portation are also in his plan. LEND-LEASE IS CLOSINGDOWN More Than $40 Billions In Weapons, Food, Etc., Sent To Allies WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 —<*V Lend-lease, a 45-billlon-dollar pipe line to victory, Is closing down. President Truman, it was learn ed over the weekend, has decided to end the mutual aid program under which this country has pour ed more than $40,000,000,000 worth of weapons, food and equipment to bolster the Allied fight against the Axis. In return, some $5,000,000,000 has been chalked up as reverse lend-leaae. With victory now won on all fronts, letters of notification al ready have been drafted to advise foreign purchasing missions here that they will have to make some other arrangements lor future supplies. RETURNS Presumably the action will lead to an early decision by this coun try on which goods it wants re turned and which are to be left with the recipients for some fu ture settlement. Even before Mr. Truman's de cision to terminate 1 end-lease op erations became known, an Influ ential London financial magazine took note of the fiscal problem Britain will face in the Immedi ate postwar period. > The publication, the Economist, See LEND-LEASE 'Page 8 High-Ranking Nazis To Testify Against Quisling As He Goes On Trial Today By NED NORDNESS OSLO, Aug. 20. —(IP)— Testimony of Hermann Ooering, Joachim Von Ribbentrop and other high-ranking Nazis will be Introduced against Vidkun Quisling, the prosecution disclosed today as the former puppet premier of Norway went to trial on charge of treason. State Prosecutor Annaeaus Schodt announced that Allied and Norwe gian officials now are taking the testimony of the Nazi witnesses in Germany, where the Nazi leaders themselves soon are to be tried as criminals. [ He said that those whose testl | mony was being taken included Alfred Rosenberg, former German minister of affairs in eastern occu pied regions, Field Marshal Wil helm Keitel and Col. Gen. Gustav Jodi. The surprise disclosure came as Quisling presented a 21,000-word 60 page statement detailing his own defense. , Defiantly picturing himself as a | patriot and a prophet, the man | whose name has become a synonym 1 for colaboration declared that "Hit | ler has proved to be right—It Is not England who has eventually won. but bolshevism.” t DANGEROUS PO#ER “England has attained her war aim as far as beating Germany goes, but in Russia an even more dangerous continental power has arisen,” Quisling declared. He de manded "rehabilitation and indem nification for the insults and harm” be said had been heaped upon him. Scornfully he told his accusers that their campaign of sabotage and resistance had played only "a nega See HIGH BANKING Pace * RADIO STATION SUE BOUGHT Local Station Hopes To Get On Air By End Of This Year A nine acre tract of land has been purchased from Oren Ham rick at the corporate limits m West Warren street for the radio station which the Western Caro lina Radio Corp., a newly charter ed firm, expects to build in Shel by at an early date. The tract fronts 200 feet cm the highway, extends to a depth of 256 feet, then forms an eight acre square on a knoll where the 300 foot ra dio tower will be erected. FCC FREEZE The delay in getting a radio station was due to a "freeze” or der made by the Federal Commu nication Commission in Washing ton which forbade any private construction during the war so that all communication equipment would be diverted to war uses. This "freeze” has been lifted and the FOC will begin granting con struction permits and franchises Oct. 7. The local radio station has pur chased most of the necessary eoyipment and part of it has al ready been delivered in Shelby. Other^,vital items such as radio tubes, copper wire, etc. will soon be available. YEAR AGO “While we got a charter and set out over a year ago to provide a radio station in Shelby, we en countered many difficulties due to the heavy demand for war mate rials,” says Lee B. Weathers, pres ident of thfe corporation. “The FCC has also been working to provide more air channels for Frequency Modulation (FM) broadcasting, television and facsimile. The whole system of transmission by air is undergoing a change and most of the receiving sets now in use will See RADIO Page 2 SMILES DRUG STORE ROBBED Suttle’s Drug Store, on LaPayette street, was robbed of between $25 and, $50 In cash and an unknown quantity of narcotics by a thief who dropped in from the skylight some time Saturday night or Sun day morning, according to report made to police yesterday. Police are at a loss to understand how the intruder got back out of the building after he had entered by way of the roof and the sky light which was left open. There is a 12-foot drop from the sky light to the floor. All other doors and windows in the building were found locked when the robbery was discovered. To reach the sky light the thief would have had to climb a partition and made his way by overhead pipes. So far no clues of importance have been foupd by the police. WAINWRIGHT MAY WITNESS SURRENDER Released General Due In Chungking; Other Pris oners Freed HELD OVER'S YEARS By Spencer Moosa CHUNGKING, Aug. 20.— (A5)—Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, the tall hero of Corregidor who was rescued from a Japanese prison camp by a humanitarian team of American parachutists, is due in Chungking shortly and may witness the formal sur render of the forces which held him more than three years. Among the hundreds of Allied prisoners released by the sudden arrival of the Airborne teams car rying relief supplies were Maj. Gen. George M. Parker, of Port land, Ore., who served under SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20— (fP)—The Japanese general staff protested to General MacAr thur that the dropping of hu manitarian teams of American parachutists at prison camps in Japanese-held areas endanger ed the smooth' cessation of hostilities and asked him to see that no more such “inci dents” occur. The complaint was carried in message No. 13 from the general staff to MacArthsr’s headquarters. It was recorded by the Federal Communications Commission. Wainwright in the final days of the battle of Philippines, and A. W. L. Tjarda Van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, governor-general of Thp Netherlands East Indies. Also with Wainwright in Man churia, it was learned on high au thority, were Lt. Gen. Arthur Per cival, British commander at Sin See WAINWRIGHT Page 2 Rain In Charleston; Game Play Doubtful Some doubt as to whether the Shelby-Meridian baseball game would be played tonight at 8:3( o’clock as scheduled was expressed early this afternoon at Charles ton. Rain was drizzling dowr slowly and the ground was in none too good shape. As soon as defi nite word is received from Char leston it will be posted on the bul letin board in front of the Stai office. If the game is played, a play b> play broadcast will be given tc fans in front of the Star office This broadcast will come directlj by wire from Charleston, S. C. Congress Wants Firm Hand On Pacific Bases By Wililam F. Arbogast WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.— (A5) — Strong congressional' backing lined up today behind a house naval committee’s rec ommendation for firmer Unit ed States control of Pacific bases than through “gentle men’s agreements.” This country, the committee said, should at least have a work ing aaree^ent for use of bases on islands held by our own Allies as well as by Japan. Just what Congress could do a bout this was uncertain. But in dications are that both senate and house will be asked soon to go on record as supporting the com mittee's position and urging the State department to strive for a strong United States hold on any islands neded to keep peace. “It is apparent that we must be given very definite and tan- . gible results with resoect to the use of such areas,” a na val sub-eommittee declared in a report made public by Chair man Vinson (D-Ga). “Nor can we rely upon ‘gen tlemen’s agreement’ in these matters,” it added. XX wic Uiixtcu. 16 bU CU5 charge her responsibility as keep er of the peace in Uie Pacific, the committee said, ytt'muSF have the bases from which .to operate. And these bases, the report con tinued, were taken at great cost in American lives and were built at great cost in American money. OUTRIGHT CONTROL The committee urged outright control by the United States of Japanese-mandated and outlying Japanese-owned islands and re tention of “very definite rights” to American bases built on islands controlled by our Allies. It with held until later recommendations as to Formosa, Ponape, Jaulit and Yap, still held by Japan. The report recommended “at least dominating control” over the Marshalls, the Carolines, the Ma See CONGRESS Page 2 WHAT'JD0ING~ TOD/fr *, 7:00 p.m.—Jaycees meet at Hotel Charles. 7:30 pjn.—State Gqard drill at armory. *' 7:30 p.m.—City council meets at city hall. 8:15 p.m. — Broadcast from Star office of Shelby-Merid ian Junior Legion baseball game played in Charleston, S. C. TUESDAY 7:00 p.m. — Scouters club meets at Bethel Baptist church with Troop 9. 7:00 p.m.—CAP cadets meet at armory. 7:00 p.m.—Rotary club di rectors meet at Hotel Charles. ... * MacArthur Sees Formal Wind-Up Within 10 Days By Russell Brines MANILA, Aug. 20.—(fP)—Formal surrender of Japan will be signed in Tok’- within ten days, General MacArthur announced today. Only adverse weather ca.n delay the formal end of the war, the supreme allied commander said, as he sent Emperor Hirohito's delegates flying home with detailed instructions on the allied occupation. • Within 24 hours after their arrival in Manila, the Mikado’s emissaries left Nichols Field at 1:03 p. m. today. They left behind full detaiJs needed by MacArthur for im minent victorious entry into Japan at the head of ground, air and naval occupation forces. They will be prepared, said a headquarters spokesman, “for any contingency.” ine envoys were toia tne dare Mac Arthur and his accompanying forces intend to arrive in Japan and instructed to prepare the nec essary airfields, harbors, and other facilities for their arrival. It was expected that Lt. Gen. Takashiro Kawabe and the other emissaries would report immediate ly to high government and military officials and perhaps to the Em peror himself. “We will do the best possible to make sure that all arrange ments are completed on time,” the emissaries said before leav ing Manila. It was understood that the formal surrender will be sign ed by General MacArthur in or near Tokyo. Thereafter, a statement issued by the supreme commander said, he will direct the Nipponese im perial headquarters to issue in structions for the unconditional surrender of - aH Japanese com manders abroad to surrender their forces to the appropriate theater commanders. It was understood that all See MacARTIHJR Page * Balkan Governments ! Not Representative BeYin Agrees With Opinion Expressed Saturday By Byrnes; In Soviet Sphere By Alex H. Singleton LONDON, Aug. 20.—{IP)—Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevi-n told commons today that the governments of Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary—all in the Soviet sphere—“do not represent the majority of the people.” He expressed conviction that the crown colony of Hong Kong on China’s coast would revert to Great Britain, al though he foresaw possible difficulties. He said the new labor govern ment would welcome a change in the Spanish regime of Generalissi mo Franco but would take no steps to “promote and encourage civil war in that country.” Bevin called on all Poles, mili tary and civilian, to return to their country and said Generalis simo Stalin had assured him Rus sian troops would be withdrawn See BALKAN Page 2 mts®* mam - ..«<i .». AMERICAN GENERAL GREETS JAPS IN MANILA— laj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby (extreme right), rep resenting Gen. Douglas MacArthur, greets members of the Japanese surrender arrangement delegation at Nichols Field in Manila at the end of their flight from Ie Shima.—CAP Wirephoto from Signal Corps via radio from Manila). JAPS QUITTING IN MANCHURIA Resistance Almost Com pletely Ended As Result Of Ultimatum LONDON, Aug. 20. -UP)- Swift Russian occupation of all key cities in Manchuria was forecast today as Japan's highly-trained Kwangtung army, estimated to number at least 1,000,000 men, surrendered garrison by garrison to the advancing Red army. Dispatches from Moscow said resis tance had ceased almost everywhere in compliance with the ultimatum issued last week by Marshal Alex ander M. Vasilevsky, Russian far eastern commander, who gave the Japanese until noon today to lay down their arms. Soviet airborne units already had landed in the key cities of Mukden, Harbin, Hsinking and Kirin, and re ported that the Japanes. garrison was ready to give up. The Russians said last night their ground forces were on the approach es to Mukden and Hsinging, puppet capital of Manchuria, and indicat ed that occupation of the cities might be -dnly a few hours away. SURRENDER DETAILS Surrender details were arranged Saturday when a Russian plane flew representatives of Lt. Gen. Otozo Yamada, the Japanese commander in Manchuria, to Soviet headquart ers. A Russian communique last night s:id the three Russian armies In Manchuria had eased operations on all sections where the Japanese were laying down their arms and [were “accepting the surrendering See JAPS Page 2
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