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WEATHER Considerable cloudiness today, tonight and Sunday with scatter ed afternoon and evening thun dershowers; Sunday, partly cloudy, thundershowers in east portion. - State Theatre Today - “SCARED STIFF” Starring JACK HALEY VOL. XLill-204 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N C. SATURDAY, AUG. 25, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c SNAPSHOT SAVES SOLDIER S LIFE—S Sgt. Edward L. Steele of Ypsilantl, Mich., 24-year-old gunner on a U. S. Flying Fortress shot down over Germany last April, arrives in Miami, Fla., from overseas, and shows a snapshot of his wife and baby which saved him from execution by a Nazi firing squad. Standing by his own grave which he had been forced to dig. Steele took the snapshot from his pocket for a last look as the Nazi gunners prepared to fire. Suddenly the Germans lowered their guns and took the picture from him. After looking at it, they spared his life.— (AP Wirephoto) Chinese Government Troops In Nanking Chiong Plans To Reestablish His Capital In That City; Su .endcr To Be Signed There CHUNGKING, Aug. 25.—(/P)—National government troops have crossed the Yangtze river and entered Nanking, where the formal surrender of Japanese forces in China will be signed, the Chinese high command announced tonight. ROTARY SEEKS GOVERNORSHIP Shelby Club Nominates Holt McPherson For District Leader By unanimous action the Ro tary club of Shelby Friday proj ected the nomination of Holt Mc Pherson, long a leader in Rotary activity, for district governor in next May's election. The nomination Is entered for the 188th district, but would car ry over into any new districting In which Shelby meanwhile might be placed, President Mason L. Car roll said in announcing the club's decision to bid for its first gov ernorship. Shelby's claim to a Rotary gov ernorship was accentuated in talks by Clyde A. Short, Rev. Paul Hardin, Jr., Jean Schenck, O. Z. Morgan and Ned McGowan, all of whom felt that the club by reason of Its remarkable record and the availability of Mr. McPherson is entitled to the governorship honor. Mr. McPherson, following action of the club, stated he had not sought the nomination and holds no personal ambitions to be dis trict governor except as will bet ter serve and honor Shelby Rotary and serve the district. The club's nominee holds an eight-year perfect attendance in Rotary, served two terms as presi dent of the Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Rotary club when that group won first place and second place hon ors for the outstanding job of community service In all of Ro tary’s more than 5,000 clubs, was program chairman for the ifc7th district’s conference at Hollywood, Fla., in 1940; upon transfer to Shelby, where he is vice-president and managing editor of The Shel by Star, Mr. McPchrson continued active in Rotary, being a member of the district executive committee and district chairman of attend ance and promotion last year, and a leader in work of the Shelby club. All U. S. Submarines Are Accounted For GUAM, Aug. 25. — (AP) — Vice Adm. Chester A. Lockwood, Jr„ commander of the United States Pacific fleet submarine force, an nounced today that all United States submarines not previously reported lost or missing now have been re ported and are accounted for. oeneraussimo cmang ivai-sne* 5 troops first secured the north bank city of Pukow yesterday and then sent spearheads across to the wa terfront of Nanking, It was an nounced. Chlang plans to reestablish ills capital in that city. In coastal Kiangsu province 185 miles up stream from Shanghai. It is 750 miles east of Chungking, the war time seat of the government. Nanking was one of the focal points in the race between Chlang's nationalist forces and the com munists of Mao Tse-Tsung to take over territories relinquished by the Japanese. Shanghai Is another. Three Chinese officers who had accompanied Japanese sur render envoys to Nanking were quoted by the China Times as reporting: “Order in the city is good, but communists are active three miles away.” A broadcast communique from the headquarters of Gen. Chu Teh, communist commander in chief at Yenan, said communist force* “are making forced marches by day and night to Shanghai to aid In the rising of the people against the Japanese." The Yenan com mand declared yesterday that its men were threatening Kaoyu, on the Grand Canal 70 miles north east of Nanking. DISARMING JAPS Chu's headquarters said pro communist peasants are disarming Japanese and puppet troops at Thingpu, less than 20 miles west of Shanghai. Chinese factory work ers were reported guarding against enemy looting, and placarding the streets with slogans to welcome communist troops. Central government troops added to their list of recovered centers in strategic Honan province, be tween the Yangtze and the Yel low river. They entered the an See CHINESE Page 2 Easy Credit Terms On Homebuilding Come Back BRIGHT NEWS IS CLOUDED BY PRICE OASHES First Washing Machines Roll Off Production Lines MORE tTrES SOON WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.— (/P)—Easy credit terms on home-building came back to the nation today. The home building will follow shortly. Not only homes—but also washing machines, autos, tires, and paper—figured in the news for Americans rap idly reconverting from the nightmare of war. But along with the bright tidings came rumblings of trouble over prices. The government wants to hold prices down. Some manufac turers said the government goes too far. neres me way imngs looseu: 1. The federal housing administra tion declared Itself ready to resume its program of Insuring mortggaes on new homes on a full pre-war scale. The program has been vir tually suspended—except on repairs and resale homes—for lack of new building. Then thousand privat' banks and other institutions sta/.d ready to lend the money with FHA backing. Maybe you can’t build yet, but you can start arranging a loan. .TWiMng machines started trickling off production lines bat the Industry Isn’t satisfied with prices. Washing machine makers are seeking IS per cent more than they' got In May, 1942. General Electric said it will put Its own washing machines hi warehouses until higher pric es are granted. 3. And here’s the dope on other things* to-come: Autos—The automotive council for j war production, happy over yester day’s WPB order removing all lim its on auto output, said 500,000 cars between now and Christmas are more than possible. Unless the rules are changed, these cars won’t have ..pare tires. ARMY TRUCK TIRES Times—the army put 355,000 of its truck tires on the market for civilians. The commerce depart ment will sell them to dealers. The See BRIGHT Page 2 Cherry Calls On Draft Boards To Continue Service RALEIGH, Aug. 25 —(ff>— The selective service system was es tablished for the “duration” and the “duration it still with us,” Governor Cherry said here yes terday in urging all trained selec tive service officials to remain at: their poets until properly discharg ed, regardless of their personal opinion regarding continuance of the draft. “We all have the inherent Am erican privilege to have our per sonal opinion and through proper channels we have the right to question the necessity for a con tinuance of the selective service under present conditions. How ever, it would seem proper and fitting that the trained selective service officials should continue in their respective positions until honorably discharged.” That procedure, the governor said, is required of members of the armed forces. The governor’s viewa were pre sented in a letter to all draft board personnel In North Carolina. Three Rescued Tokyo Fliers Safe, Fourth Has Beribferi MMJ OAU11VUXV ITAW/iSA CHUNGKING, Aug. 25. —(/P)_ Three haggard American airmen, interned since the raid on Japan led by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle 1 April 18, 1942, arrived from Peiping , by plane today. Almost their first words were said in thanksgiving for American food. The fliers were Lt. Chase J. Niel sen of Hyrum, Utah; Lt. Robert L. Hite of Earth, Texas; and Sgt. Jacob D. Deshazer, formerly of Madras, Ore. “It’s good to get some GI food after that hollow feeling,” said Sgt. Deshaiec. LI. Nielsen said: "I feel I am a real American again.1* The three were brought to Chung king by way of Sian, In Shensi pro vince, after a parachuted rescue earn discovered them In Japanese lands. IAS BERIBERI A fourth flier found with them vas left behind with the rescue earn. He is Lt. George Barr, for nerly of Queens, N. Y., who was eported suffering from beriberi, a esult of starvation, and not in a See THREE Page * j JAPS REVEAL NEW ALLIED LANDING SITE IN HOMELAND—Boxes and pointers on this map locate points where Allied forces will land on the Jap homeland—the Tokyo area date being that set by Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Kanoya-Takasu dates being those announced in a joint Jap Imperial headquarters and "mperial Government communique.—(AP Wirephoto). I BAT E. BROWN RAY BROWN TO CHICAGOPOST University Of Chicago Calls Shelbian To High Hospital Post Ray E. Brown, former adminis trator of Shelby hospital, has re-1 signed his post as administrator' of the North Carolina Baptist hos pital at Winston-Salem, to accept appointment as assistant director of the University of Chicago clin ics and hospitals. He will also be assistant director of the grad uate course in hospital administra tion which is conducted by the University of Chicago. He is a son of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Brown of Shelby. Announcement of the resigna tion of Mr. Brown from Baptist hospital, where the well known Shelbian in the past two-and-one half years has made a pheno menal record, was made today by J. S. Lynch, president of the board of trustees. Mr. Brown’s resigna tion has been in hands of the board for several weeks and is to become effective September 1. Reed Holmes, at present assist ant superintendent of the Duke University hospital, will succeed Mr. Brown. WORK PRAISED Mr. Lynch expressed his regret that the Baptist hospital was to lose the services of Mr. Brown, but at the same time expressed his pleasure in being able to re place him with Mr. Holmes. Mr Holmes has been connected with the Duke University hospital since his graduation from Duke univer sity six years ago. He is a Bap tist and is very familiar with the problems faced by a denomina tionally owned teaching hospital. Mr. Holmes’ entire career has been spent In hospital administration, and he was one of the first men to take the intensive internship ' See RAX BROWN Pace % Marines, Bluejackets Poised For Landing Veterans Of Many Invasions Anticipate No Trouble, But Are Prepared If It Comes By Murlin Spencer ENROUTE TO JAPAN, Aug. 21.—(Delayed)—(£>)— Ten thousand American and British marines and bluejack ets, spearheaded by a crack United States marine regiment, have been poised within 300 miles of Japan for days awaiting orders to move on and begin the occupation of Nippon’s BUS SERVICE TO HICKORY SOON Four Round Trips Daily To Start In Two Weeks Bus service between Shelby and Hickory, which was authorized on petition of Hickory’s City Bus Lines In March, 1944, will be established within the next two weeks, It Is an nounced by George Bowman, of Hickory, head of the transportation line. Judge Joseph L. Murphy, attor ney for Mr. Bowman, said that the service had been held up until the war’s end by direction of the State Utility commission, although the line already operates buses as far as Banoak, in southwestern Catawba county. Four round trips per day are pro vided under the tentative schedule to be put into operation, Judge Murphy explained. He also pointed out that the line connecting Shelby and Hickory will prove of great public convenience, inasmuch as It will enable people to travel directly to the Catawba metropolis without going around by Charlotte. Judge Murphy also said that via Shelby people from Hickory and back through the mountains all the way to Wilkesboro will be able to go to Atlanta and South Carolina points such as Spartan burg, Greenville, etc., without going 50 to 60 miles out of their way. Legion Drafting Bill To Protect Veterans WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. —tfP)— Volunteers, as well as draftees, would get their old Jobs back under a bill being drafted by the American Le gion. The lefcjon said today it wanted no doubt that all veterans will be re-employed if they apply within 90 days after discharge. The question has been raised whether veterans still in the armed forces could legally claim their jobs if hostilities were declared to be terminated. For the termination of hostilities woull mean the end of the Selective Service aot, with its job guarantees. President Truman promised yes terday that if any legislation is needed to correct this technicality, he will recommend changes. sacred soil. Backed by Admiral Halsey’s Third fleet and supporting units of the British fleet, the destina tion of the landing forces was Yokosuka naval base, 39 miles southeast of Tokyo, with its air field and prisoner of war camp. Marines who are veterans of many Pacific landings anticipated no trouble but were prepared for anything. They were completely equipped for battle. Tanks, artillery and oth er instalments of wkr accompan ied them. These men have been in structed by their commanding officer to treat the Japanese with proper respect but not to fraternize with them. The Am ericans are expected to be stern, efficient, businesslike. They were told that what formerly would be souvenir hunting would now be looting. Japanese soldiers who lay down their arms will be held in bar racks under their own offi cers. Within six hours after Presi dent Truman formally announced Japan’s acceptance of the Allied surrender ultimatum Aug. 15, six fast transports moved out of Guam headed northward under destroyer escort. They obseryed every war time precaution -4 nightly black outs, anti-submarine evasive ac tion, guns uncovered and ready for action. The rendezvous was made with See MARINES Page 2 ■ Unofficial Report Says Landings Rescheduled To Take Place Sunday By Russell Brines MANILA, Aug. 25.—(/P)—Japan’s occupation and formal surrender have been postponed at least 48 hours by typhoons, General MacArthur announced today. (An almost simultaneous dispatch from Okinawa, un confirmed in Manila, reported that first Allied airborne land ings in the Tokyo area have been rescheduled for Sunday by the 317th troop carrier group. The dispatch said the ty phoon threat had dissipated. Whether MacArthur’s post ponement followed—and overruled—this rescheduling could not immediately be determined.) t £ I Urges Three Neighbor- { hood Playgrounds, Great Community Center > A recommendation that the Carl ' S. Thompson offer of acreage for a city park be accepted and that the ! development there become one of I three neighorhood parks—another' would be in South Shelby and the third in West Shelby—was made by Dr. Harold D. Meyer, director of the North Carolina Recreation Commis sion, at a conference with Mayor Harry S. Woodson Friday. Dr. Meyer went thoroughly into j the parks and recreational needs of I the community and urged strongly, that major emphasis be placed up on an adequate community center! complete with an all-weather swim- j ming pool to serve local needs in all! seasons. He sees a challenging op portunity to build with that as its center a community recreation pro gram that will extend its usefulness into the neighborhood parks de-; signed to serve adjacent communi ties. I ROOM FOR GROWTH After being shown about the city extensively, Dr. Meyer said there are excellent sites not built up in both South Shelby, West Shelby that could at no great expense be j converted into useful play areas. He ■ feels that an investment of $10,000! to $15,000 ought to be sufficient to provide highly satisfactory and use ful neighborhood areas suitable for present recreation needs and ca pable of expansion and development further as need appeared. But he sees the community center the heart and core of the program and he urged that the community rally strongly to support of that venture that it may be carried through on a scale in keeping with the needs of this community, present and future. Dr. Meyer feels the Thompson property has remarkable capabili ties of development as a play cen ter, but he also feels the swimming pool should be located at the com munity center rather than there. However, he said that in later years it may be found feasible and desir See MEYER Page 2 WHAT’S OOMT SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.—U. S. O. center open to service folk visiting in the city. MONDAY, 7:30 p.m.—State Guard drill at armory. MEYER STUDIES PARK PROGRAM NO CODDLIN0 HERE: Japan Being Stripped Of Her Empire, Army, Navy, Airforce By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP News Analyst A reader of this column, who belongs to the “hang Hirohito club,” demands to know why the devil we are coddling the Japs— allowing them, among other things, to maintain a government contains names that we long have associated with aggression? This inquiry seems to voice a fairly wide-spread impression that Japan is “getting off too easy.' It probably arises from the fact that the mikado has been allowed thus far to continue on the throne, since a lot of f lk mis-1 takably hold him mainly respon-j \ sible for Nippon’s sins. Actually the conclusion that we are coddling Japan is about as far from the truth as it would be possible to get. Even if it were true that we are going a bit easy at the moment, let me ask this: I How are you going to police a t country, and put handcuffs on malefactors, before you have oc supied that country? What more could MacArthur, or anybody else, have, done than has been done? As matter of cold fact, the Am See JAPAN Page i MacArthur’s headquarters gave his surrender timetable: The surrender signing aboard the attleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, cheduled for Aug. 31, will take lace Sept. 2. The initial landings of American irborne troops, scheduled for to riorrow, will take place Tuesday at itsugi airfield, 18 miles southwest f the imperial palace in Tokyo. The large scale airborne land ngs, headed personally by Mac irthur, at Atsugi and the marine ■nd naval landing at Yokoshuka laval base in Tokyo Bay, schedul ed for Tuesday, will take place next rhursday. Even those plans were tentative. “It is hoped that by that time vihd and seas will have abated to m extent that will permit our for ward move »ient.” said the supreme jommander of the allied powers. The dramatic postponement of listory-making events was decided tpon as the first movements already :iad begun. FROM OKINAWA The initial airborne landing forces were making final prepara tions to depart from Okinawa. Seaborne forces already were at sea. Several convoys of supply ves sels have left Manila. Others are leaving today. Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, Fifth fleet commander, said the landing of seaborne forces will be hazardous, even though no Japanese opposition is expected. B-29s have sown the coastal waters thickly with mines, he said, adding “I don’t want to bump into any of our own mines. Aside from the damage, it would cause repercussions at home,” in the erroneous belief Japan was sabotaging the landings. “As far as I can see, the Japanese government is doing everything pos sible to accede to MacArthur’s wishes.” Presumably the 48-hour delay re sulting from Tokyo’s typhoons would allow additional time for mine sweepers to clear the mine fields. NO DISRUPTION The delay was not expected to dis rupt any aspect of the preparations. It now can be disclosed that Mac Arthur’s plan were sufficiently fluid to make quick changes, particular ly if the advance party reported the See UNOFFICIAL Page 2 BIG LOAD OF SDGARSTOLEN 25,000 Pounds Hauled Off From Kings Mountain; Truck Abandoned Theft of a truck load of 25,000 pounds of sugar from Kings Moun tain Thursday night was reported to officers here today and every effort of the state highway pa trol, the FBI and the police was being bent toward finding some trace of this valuable commodity. The trailer truck which was used to haul off the stolen sugar was found abandoned on Highway 274 nine miles west of Cherryville last night but the sugar had al ready been unloaded and so far no trace of it has been located. The sugar was consigned to Ware and Sons, wholesale grocers, of Kings Mountain. The trailer truck on which it was being haul ed broke down in York, S. C., some time during Thursday and a tractor was sent by A. P. War lick from Kings Mountain to re place the bad unit. The load of sugar arrived in Kings Mountain about 1 o’clock Thursday night and was parked at A. P. Warlick’s terminal. Around miC^ght the truck was seen to leave in the di rection of Shelby. This was the last seen of it until officers found it abandoned at Play An Lincoln county. >
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