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WEATHER Partly cloudy today and tonight; a few scattered showers and thun derstorms in mountains; little change in temperature except not quite so warm in north section. - State Theatre Today - “GIPSY WILDCAT” MARIA MONTEZ JON HALL VOL. XLiIl-202 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. THURSDAY, AUG. 23, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c MACARTHUR ANNOUNCES FINAL SURRENDER DETAILS ,***************** ******* OP A Declares Prices On Durable Goods To Stay Near Prewar Level 1942 CEILINGS ORDERED FOR • POSTWAR ITEMS 252 War Plants Offered To Industry To Fill Civ ilian Needs BUILDINGCONTROLS By Sterling F. Green WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.— (>P)—The OPA says: you’ll pay for the new consumer durable goods—like washing machines — the price you would have paid before the war, or very little higher. This was the rule laid down today by the agency to keep prices from getting out of . hand. It was one of the most important statements to come from the government in the whole rush to change-over to peace. OPA Boss Chester Bowles said that at pre-war prices tor the new durable (roods, manufacturers and everyone else down to the retail stores "can look forward to excel lent profits based on a high sales volume.” In its first postwar pricing of consumer durable goods OPA ord »ered 1942 ceilings on household washing machines, ironers and alu minum kitchen ware. Bowles said: "So that each family will be able to buy a new washing machine or ironer to fit its needs. Its purse and its preference, we are requiring manufacturers to turn out the same proportion of low price units as they made during pre-war years.” Bowles believes washing machines and aluminum kitchen ware should reach the stores in quantity this fall. Production of ironers will be slower. Meanwhile Industry got a big nudge to produce. WAR PLANTS OFFERED The Army offered 252 war plants to industry today. Those plants could make a lot of civlllaA goods and plenty of civilian Jobs. By declaring the government owned plants surplus—no longer needed for tanks, radar, airplane engines and shells—the Army thus provided a >1.500,000.000 contribu tion toward the government's goal of full employment. Under White House pressure for speedy disposal, the Reconstruction See 1942 Page 2 NIP MET TO HOLD SESSION A Will Drive Home To No tion "Stork Reality" Of Defeat SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23—(/P>— An extraordinary session of the Japanese Diet will be convened Sept. 2 and 3 to "drive home to the nation” the "stark reality” of Japan's defeat and to clarify the circumstances leading to the end of the war, the Japanese Domei news agency said today. The fed eral communications commission recorded the English-language broadcast, beamed to America. Domei said Premier Prince Narkhiko Higashi-Runi had ob tained “imperial sanction” for the two-day extraordinary session. Japanese newspapers and poli tical leaders have been calling for an emergency session of the par liament to "meet the new situa tion,” establish controls for recon struction and set up a new politi cal system.” General tenor of the demands has been to break down Nippon’s wartime totalitarian party and replace it with the pre-war mul tiple-party system. Newspapers said that establish ment of a new political system should be followed promptly by an election. Enemy In Burma Ready To Quit RANGOON, Aug. 23. —(£>)— Lt. Gen. Kimura, commander of Jap ■i anese forces in Burma, confirmed ^ the “cease fire” order in a mes sage to allied commanders today. It was the first direct communica tion from the Japanese command in this area. TRUMAN MEETS WITH RECONVERSION ADVISORY BOARD—President Truman (seated in center) laughs as he talks with members of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion Advisory Board as he met with the group in his office in the White House. Standing, left to right: George H. Mead, War Labor Board member: James G. Patton of the Farmers Cooperative Union; Edward A. O’Neal, chief of the Amer ican Farm Bureau; Nathanial Dyke, Jr., of the Small War Plants corporation; Anna M. Rosenberg, member of the Social Security Board; O. Max Gardner, Advisory Board chairman and former governor of North Carolina; John W. Snyder, director of the Office of War Mobilization; William Green, president of the American Feder ation of Labor; T. C. Cashen of Buffalo, N. Y., International Switchmen’s president; Holt McPherson of Shelbv, N. C„ assistant secretary of the advisory board and managing editor of the Shelby Daily Star; Philip Murray. CIO president; William Davlin, executive secretary of the board, and William H. Davis, economic stabilization chief.—(AP Wirephotoi Clothing, Textiles Are On Way Back ""Vast Quantities" Should Be On Way To Nation's Stores Within Two Months By Edith Gaylord ** WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—(/P)—Government and trade officials predicted today that vast quantities of clothing and textiles will start their return to the stores within two months. nils was the consensus or in informal survey by# the Associated Press. It was tempered by one re servation : If housewives buy too avidly, in replenishing their badly depleted closets, the relief will be delayed for some acutely scarce items. Federal textile men said that wartime pressure built up pro duction to a rate far exceed ing anv pre-war volume. Therefore Industry promptly ran produce more consumer items than ever before while continuing to turn out the tag ends of priority items. Overnight, as the war ended, the military slashed its textile or ders some 80 per cent all across the board—in cottons, wools, ray ons and nylon. As a result, a War Production Board spokesman said, few con trols will continue over the textile industry. Priorities which manufacturers See CLOTHING Page 2 WHATS DOING TODAY 7.00 p.m.—CAP cadets meet at armory. 7:00 p.m.—Regular meeting of Klwanis club. 8:23 p.m. — "Pep Parade”, sponsored by Junior Chamber of Commerce in high school auditorium. FRIDAY 12:30 p.m.—Regular meeting of Rotary club. 8:00 p.m.—Regular meeting of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. at lodge room. 8:23 p.m. — "Pep Parade” sponsored by Junior Chamber of Commerce In high school auditorium. Communists In China Said Making Attacks CHUNGKING, Aug. J3—UP)—The new China Dally News, Commun ist organ published in Chungking, declared today that Communist forces In north central China had “gathered their strength for an all out offensive” and were march ing on a series of key cities. One Communist column already has reached the west railroad sta tion at Tientsin and street fight ing now Is in progress in the city, the paper declared. Other Communist forces were re ported approaching the towns of Wanping and Nanyuan, close to Peiping, and the Port of Tslngtao in Shantung province was said to have been surrounded. In Anhwei province, the paper said, Communist forces entered Wuhu on the Yangtze river 55 miles upstream from Nanking. It was disclosed here that Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, U. S. comamnder In China, had written Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, telling him an investigation of parts of mortar shells recovered in an area north of Sian in Shen si province after reported clash between government and Com munist troops showed they were not of American manufacture. Wedemeyer said fragments were from Chinese 88mm shells made in Kunming and Chungking. THE WAR TODAY* Japanese Demonstrate Their Reverence For God-Emperor By DeWITT MacKENZIE, *P Writer The vast reverence which the Japanese people have for their god emperor is being demonstrated daily as the Tokyo government proceeds cautiously with the dangerous task of implenmenting its capitulation to the allies—dangeVoua because the militarists are against it, and be cause the general public is under going a terrible shock, having been led to believe that Nippon was win ning the war. Now this reverence has nothing to do with Hirohito’s capaballtles. It would still be, there if he were a moron. It rests in the fact that tne people believe they are ruled by a divine being—a living god. They've believed it since 660 B. C. when, ac cording to legend, the first emper or ascended the throne. The mikado is the last word in the life of the Jap. Actually Hiwhlto has been more or less of sfefigurehead—but even the greatest and most pro gressive of his subjects approach his presence with diffidence. We see an excellent example of the Mikado's power in the attitude of Field Marshal Count Juichl Te See JAPANESE Page 2 IN KURILES Airborne Units Seized Shiimushu Today, Push Southward MOSCOW, Aug. 23. —i/Pi— Red Army air-borne units which seized Shumushu, northernmost of the Kuriles chain continued operations southward today toward Hokkaido, one of Japan’s four main homeland islands, without meeting opposition, Soviet dispatches said. At Port Arthur and Dairen, the naval base and port on Liaotung peninsula in Manchuria, Japanese garrisons were disarmed following other airborne landings yesterday. Here too no resistance was reported from the capitulating Japanese. Port Arthur and Dairen, lost by the czar's forces in the Russian Japanese war of 1904-05, were the strategic centers of the former Kwantung leased territory. Shumushu, which Tokyo erro neously reported two days ago was being occupied by American forces, lies but a few miles south of Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka. It and the rest of the Kurile chain form a screen between Russia’s maritime provinces and the Aleutian islands, 750 miles to the east. The Soviet communique announc ing Russian occupation of Port Arthur, Dairen and Shumushu, said 71,000 Japanese were captured, bringing the toal in four days to 246,000. Bougainville Nips Refuse To Surrender SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 23. — (>P)—The Sydney Sun’s correspon dent on Bougainville island report ed today that Lt. Gen. Nanda, com mander of the Bougainville Japan ese garrison, had “impudently re fused” to surrender "until the date fixed by Tokyo.” Kanda messaged the Australian commander, Lt. Gen. S. C. Savice, the Japanese troops, would lay their amis simultaneously with the for mal landing of American troops in Japan and not before, the Sun cor respondent wrote. Meanwhile the Army department at Melbourne announced that all fighting had ceased on New Gui nea. IF NO RAIN— Two Broadcasts On Tap Today Broadcasts of the two games Shelby is slated io play today against East Chicago, Ind., for the sectional title, will be furnished at 4 p.m. and again tonight at 8:30 if rain at Charleston does not interfere. Should either team win both games the series will be over and the winner will move to the "Little World Series” at Charlotte next week; in the event a third game is necessary in the two-out-of-three series it will be played Friday at 8:30, weather permitting. All games in which Shelby partici pates will be broadcast directly from the playing field to the crowd in front of The Star office _ LABOR PARTY MAY PROLONG ITS CONTROL New British Government Would Keep Emergency Controls 5 Years BROAD AUTHORITY LONDON, Aug. 23.—(fP)— Britain’s new labor govern ment introduced legislation today seeking broad author ity to retain for at least five years many of its wartime emergency controls, includ ing the right to peg prices and regulate services and supplies. Majority Leader Herbert Morri son, Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton and Sir Stafford Cripps, president of the Board of Trade, presented the measure to Commons. All are top ranking offi cials of Prime Minister Attlee's cabinet. The purposes of the measure were described as: * "To secure at fair prices a suf ficiency and equitable distribution of those (supplies and services) essential to the well being of the community. "To facilitate the readjustment of industry and commerce to the requirements of the community in time, of peace. | DISTRIBUTION “To assist in the relief of suf fering and the restoration and distribution of essential supplies and services in any part of his majesty’s dominions or in foreign countries that are in grave dis tress as a result of the war.” The measure would give the government power to make “such regulations as appear to be nec essary or expedient for controll ing prices” to be charged for goods or services of any descrip tion. Parliament would have power to annul any executive order within 40 days of its promulgation. The new emergency powers bill would prevent the government from exercising its wartime au thority to detain persons in the interests of public safety, or for the defense of the realm, and would ban the trial of such per sons by special courts. PARLIAMENT TALKS CHARTER Ratification Is Expected Soon; Atomic Bomb Gets Attention LONDON, Aug. 23 —(fP)— Early and possibly unanimous ratifica tion of the United Nations char ter was forecast early today as Parliament prepared to resume at 2:15 p.m. (9:15 a.m., EWT) a de bate punctuated with solemn warnings of the vast potentialities of the atomic bomb. Some members advocated in ternational control of the weapon during yesterday’s discussion. They included Laborite H. L. Austin and Sir Arthur Salter, In dependent. The former expressed anxiety about its possession by the United States because “it might eventually come to be in vested in Wall Street and not in the people of America.” Salter said the military provis ions of the charter would seem ob solete in the light of the new weapon unless it was controlled. ATOMIC BOMB In the house of lords, Lord Jo witt, the lord chancellor, said thi secret of the bomb could not bi kept indefinitely, and that an at tempt to keep it would only en courage research in methods o destruction by every nation. Former Foreign Secretary An thony Eden, now a member of thi opposition in Commons, said tha if controversies could be solvec amicably among nations througl a world league, “perhaps we neec not worry about the atomic bomb.' Even the few speakers wh< criticized the world security leagui plan drawn up at San Francisci gave no indication of an intentioi to vote against it. The Daily Herald* predicte< that "there is every prospect tha ratification will be unanimous.” HERE’S THE ACE OF ACES—Commander David McCampbell (above) of west Palm Beach, Fla., a U. S. Navy carrier pilot with a score of 34 Jap planes shot out of the air, is revealed as the highest scoring ace to survive World War II. McCampbell, 35 years old, became top living ace upon the recent death of the Army's Major Richard I. Bong. He stands beside his Hellcat with Jap flags painted on the fuselage, denoting the number of kills.—(AP Wirephoto from U. S. Navy) Briffsh Will Take Over In Hong Kong Churchill Reminds Attlee Of His Pledge At Cairo To Keep Empire Together LONiDON, Aug. 23.—(/P)—Prime Minister Attlee, under the prompting of Winston Churchill, told commons today ; that plans for reestablishing British administration in the i crown colony of Hong Kong “are fully prepared.” otnicu K/ty me otv/ retary on Monday,” said Attlee, "arrangemeta are being made for the Japanese surrender in Hong Kong to be accepted by a British force commander. The house (Jheered. Churchill had inquired whether the government Was taking action “to restore the British adminis tration in Hong Kong as soon ;/, they receive the Japanese surren der in the colony.” “May I presume,” Churchill continued, "that you recall that on numerous occasions, and particularly at the Cairo conference in 1943, the gov ernment have made it plain that they did not contem plate any modification in sov ereignty of his majesty’s ter ritories in the far east?” “Yes sir,” Attlee replied. “I i have very full recollections of these statements and I bear them in mind.” Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek participated in the Cairo confer ence with Churchill and President Roosevelt. TO CHINESE Chinese instructions to Japanese surrender envoys in China Tues day stipulated that the surrender at Hong Kong would be to a Chi nese commander. Earlier, a foreign office com mentator declared occupation of Hong Kong “will be our responsi bility in that it is British terri tory.” He told a press conference that the British government prior to the announcement of See BRITISH Page 2 , ■ ■ ■■ -- -rap-: Veteran’s Right To His Job Is In Congress’ Hands BOSTON, Aug. 23. —(/P)— The legal right of American war veter ans to their peace-time civilian jobs, rests in the hands of congress, says Major General Lewis D. Hershey, director of Selective Service. Hershey told 300 Massachusetts draft board officials that most of the Selective Service laws would be suspended automatically when con gress adopts a resolution declaring hostilities at an end. (In Washington, the~War Depart ment said it had no comment.) ‘■Unless there is more legislation,” Hershey said, "sections 8-A and j 8-B (which guarantee selectees re turn of their former jobs) will be abolished automatically when con gress terminates hostilities.” ■SELECTIVE SERVICE (The Selective Service act pro vides that an individual upon dis charge from the armed services will be restored to his former job if he makes applications for re employment within 90 days. The See VETERAN’S Page 2 Charter Ratified MOSCOW, Aug. 23. —(£>)— The president of the Soviet Ukraine ratified the United Nations charter today. Indo-China May Be Sore Spot In De Gaulle - Truman Talks WASHINGTON) Aug. 23 — </P)~ President Truriian and Gen. . Charles De Gaulle opened their ■ second round of conferences to day amid indications that French [ Indo-China has become a major i discussion topic. I A British) statement yesterday ' that France would not be per > mitted to administer Indo-China i immediately after its liberation i led to the beliefr that De Gaulle i would ask Mr. 'truman how the United States views the potential [ ly-troublesome matter. French officials in Washington, like those in were deeply T \ disturbed by the statement, at tributed to a British foreign, of fice commentator. One highly placed Frenchman here, asking no! to be identified by name, told t reporter: ‘‘The facts are that we have th< forces necessary to occupy anc administer Indo-China any timi the Allied shipping pool will givi us our own ships to transport then out there.” He added that 6,000 French sol diers already are in China read; to enter Indo-China with Cliinesi See INDO-CHINA Page 2 FIGHTING SHIP TO BE SCENE OF SIGNING Japs Ask Permission To Send Food To Their Island Garrisons to aidTrIsoners By The Associated Press MANILA, Aug. 23.—Con quered Japan and the con quering Allies will formally end the war Aug. 31 by sign ing the surrender document in Tokyo bay aboard the su perbattleship Missouri, which only a month ago was hurling 16-inch shells into the Japa nese homeland. General MacArthur an nounced these final details to day, while his headquarters disclosed actual capitulation in the field is proceeding in advance of the official cere mony. Surrender of several thousand Japanese in Northern Luzon was arranged yesterday despite "ada mant” opposition of their comman ders, and similar negotiations were moving ahead on Mindanao and Cebu. Japan meanwhile appealed for permission to send ships to ill and starving garrisons on Marcus is lands and "various isolated islands in the south,” adding that food on Marcus, 1200 miles southeast of LONDON, Aug. 23. —(A1)— Emperor Hirohito’s cease fire order now has reached all is lands, the Tokyo radio said to day. Tokyo, would be exhausted in two more days. Tokyo also messaged MacAr thur’s headquarters that Japanese Red Cross workers aided by Swiss and Swedish legations are pre paring to visit Japan’s seven ma jor prisoner-of-war camps Friday to assist in evacuating prisoners and civil internees to embarkation points. Whether the missions ac I tually will transport prisoners to the ports or merely plan their la See FIGHTING Page 2 LUZONJAPS CAPITULATE By JAMES HUTCHESON WITH 38TH DIVISION, Luzon, P. I„ Aug. 23. —(A*)— Surrender of several thousand Japanese in the northern Luzon mountains was ar ranged yesterday—over the “ada mant” opposition of their com mander. Allied headquarters in Manila today reported similar ne gotiations proceeding on the impor tant islands of Mindanao and Cebu. Display of an Associated Press story in a worn American army news sheet pulled from the pocket of a G. I. convinced Japanese attending one of the war’s oddest peace par leys in the northern Luzon moun tains that the war was over. Their lieutenant colonel promised to no tify his highest-ranking comman der—who still opposed the move— that they were yielding. A visit of a Japanese emissary to an American army radio over which he heard Tokyo peace news broad cast speeded negotiations on Cebu. UNARMED AMERICANS Twenty-five unarmed Americans negotiated the northern Luzon ca pitulation under the muzzles of enemy guns. A group of five 38th division of ficers and 20 enlisted men hiked deep into the Madre mountains to confer with the enemy at a previ ously-designated spot. Under a Jap anese battle flag on a hillside, of ficers sat around the edge of a specially dug pit, legs dangling, dis ' cussing the capitulation while Am erican and Japanese enlisted men traded pistols, sabers, watches and personal items for souvenirs. Maj. Richard F. Jeffers, Terre Haute. Ind., leader of the American , party, said Lt. Col. Shizume Sushi ' mi, who had seven officers with him, , promised that the sizable force of Lt. Gen. Takashi Kobayashl would . be surrendered Aug. 28. By coincidence, the date was that , on which Tokyo says American oc cupation forces will begin entering Japan.
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