WEATHER North Carolina: Fair and slight ly warmer today, tonight and Wednesday. Tfhe Hhelhy Bailg Him CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - "CHINA SKY” RANDOLPH SCOTT RUTH WARRICK VOL. XL11I— 206 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N C. TUESDAY, AUG. 28, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES- 6c DE GAULLE AT ROOSEVELT’S GRAVE—Gen. Charles De Gaulle, provisional president of France, salutes at the grave of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park. N. Y., after placing a wreath there. Mrs. Roose velt stands at right. A New York state trooper salutes at left.—(AP Wire photo'. 2)200 Bahaman Workers Stage Riot Low Enforcement Officers From Three Counties Re* quired To Restore Order STUART, Fla., Aug. 28.—(/P>—Sheriff Richard Han cock said today that about 2,200 imported negro farm labor ers from the Bahamas and Jamaica awaiting shipment home rioted at Camp Murphy yesterday and law enforcement of ficers from three counties were required to restore order. WAINWRIGHT IN CHUNKING Accompanied By 8 Other U. S. Generals Released From War Camp CHUNGKING, Aug. 28—

— Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Walnwrlght, 62-yenr-old hero of the American and Filipino stand at Corregidor arrived in Chungking today with eight other U. S. generals and seven British generals released from a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Manchuria. The names of the eight Ameri can generals accompanying Waln wright were not Immediately made public. The British generals were head ed by Lt. Gen. Arthur Ernest Per cival, former commander at Sin gapore. The party included Sir Shenton Thomas, former governor of Singapore. Sir Mark Young, former governor of Hongkong and C. D. Smith, former governor of North Borneo. SAFE AND WELL Gen. Walnwrlght had been found safe and well by a para chute team of Americans at a Japanese prison camp deep In Manchuria earlier this month. In addition hundreds of other American prisoners of war, includ ing MaJ. Gen. George M. Parker, jr., Portland, Ore., who served under Walnwrlght in the Philip pines. were released. Walnwrlght was a prisoner of the Japanese for three years and three months. Corregidor was yielded May 6, 1942. The parachute mercy teams which dropped near the camp where Wainwright was held and at See WAINWRIGHT Page 2 BUSINESS WILL TAKE HOLIDAY Business houses and public offi ces will be closed next Monday in Shelby for th$ observance of Labor Day. Stores will remain closed all day. The postoffice will make one city delivery but there will be no rural deliveries and windows will be closed. Merchants observed Labor day in Shelby last year for the first time with closed doors. A poll yesterday by the merchants association found the majority in favor of the ob servance this year. All banks and building and loan associations will Also dost lor the day. Hancock reported that 27 negro workers were removed to hospitals two with fractured skulls and an other with a broken back, and six men were lodged in the Martin county jail at Stuart. The sheriff said the rioting negroes took over the former army camp now used by the War Food administration, swept through barracks wield ing clubs and destroying cots and furnishings, and defied ramp authorities. A call fox' help from the camp sent the sheriff hurrying there with all available deputies, and further assistance was summoned from Palm Beach and Broward counties. Capt. R. O. Ray, army officer at the camp, said the cause of the trouble had not been determined As soon as the cause and amount of damage have been ascertained they will be made public, he stat ed. HIGH WAGES Labor experts said however that the probable cause was the ne groes’ unwillingness to return to See 2,200 Page 2 Stilwell Orders Jap Forces In Ryukyus To Capitulate OKINAWA, Aug. 28—) —Sullen, tight-lipped Japa nese envoys signed prelimi nary agreements today in a historic five-minute ceremony which paved the way for Al lied reoccupation of Singapore, all southeast Asia and the East Indies. The three envoys sat stiffly In chairs in the center of the flood lighted grand ballroom in the government house, facing a long table around which the Allied rep resentatives were gathered. Prom the galleries hung U. S., British, French and Chinese flags. Lt. Gen. Numata, as plenipoten tiary for Field Marshal Count Juichl Terauchi, commander of the Japenese southern armies, af fixed Terauchi’s own seal with a red stamp. The Allied represen tatives. Lt. Gen. F. A. M. Brown ing, signed on behalf of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, .Allied southeast Asia commander, who told the enemy envoys they must now prepare the way for Allied reoccupation, pending Tokyo’s for mal surrender Sept. 2. AGREEMENT The agreement specified these points: 1. That the Japanese clear the way for immediate movement of British imperials for occupation of Malaya and the East Indies af ter Sept. 2. 3. That arrangements be made for succor to AUMMPsfeoners of war in the theatre. 3. That the Japanese clear cer tain areas of troops, except for such forces as are necessary to See JAPS Page S Plan Proposed To Cut Taxes By 20 Per Cent WASHINGTON, Aug. 38 —m— With tax reduction a virtual cer tainty, returning congressmen to day studied a new proposal, novel for Its simplicity—just cut each Individual’s tax by 30 percent next year. Representative Knutson (Minn), senior republican on the tax-writ ing house ways and means com mittee, authored the reduction plan. Under it, each person’s tax would be computed a*’ present ex emptions and rates. This would be cut by one-fifth, and what re mained would be the actual tax burden. Knutson wants the plan to be come effective January 1, on 1946 income. He would require em ployers to reduce by 20 percent each payroll pay-as-you-go tax deduction. OTHER PLANS The Minnesotan thus joined several other tax leaders who are unanimously of the opinion that tax burdens—Individual and cor porate—must be trimmed. Ways and means Chairman Doughton (D-NC) and Chairman George (Admiral Nlmlts’ ipress release did not mention tbfc British Pa fic fleet which has been operating with the U. 8. Third fleet, nor Australian units which have been working with the U. S. Seventh. In the absence of word to the con See FOUR Page S l TRANSFERRING JAP EMISSARIES—The U. S. destroyer Nicholas pulls alongside the U. S. Battleship Missouri (right), flagship of the American Third Fleet ih Sagami Bay, to transfer Jap emissaries to receive in structions for guiding American warships into the bay. The ship in the foreground is the U. S. Battleship Iowa.—(AP Wirephoto from U. S. Navy direct via radio from U. S. S. Iowa in Sagami Bay). Peacetime Goods Kill Black Markets Prices On Used Cars Have Started Down; New Cat Prices To Be Kept At 1942 Levels By Max Hall WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—(lP)—Black markets were melting into thin. , air today—because more peacetime goods were coming up fast. Black markets, prices, used cars, new cars, chickens toys, and men wariting jobs—those were big subjects foi j Americans exactly two weeks after Japan threw in the DAHL FREEMAN DAHL FREEMAN REPORTED DEAD Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Freeman of 215 Suttle street have been Inform ed that their son, Sylvester Dahl Freeman, previously reported miss ing In action, Is now listed as killed in action. The telegram came from Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of naval personnel and read: “I deeply regret to inform you that a careful review of all facts available relating to the disappear ance of your son, previously report ed missing, leads to the conclusion that there is no hope for his survi val and that he lost his life as re sult of enemy action on April 2, 1945, hi the service of his country. If further details are received they will be forwarded to you promptly.” IN FEBRUARY. 1943 A yoeman, second class, Freeman entered the navy in February, 1943, and had basic training at Bain brldge, Md. He was stationed in Washington, D. C., in the bureau of personnel for a year and was th:n assigned to a ship. He served seven months in the Atlantic and was transferred to the Pacific in January this year. Born in Gaffney in 1925, he joined the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church in early boyhood and was assistant scoutmaster of the scout troop there. Prior to entering service he was employed in Gaffney. , The Navy Department informed Mr. and Mrs. Freeman that he was i buried in a cemetery in the town of i Zamaml on the island by that name I in the Kerama Retto group located | near Okinawa. sponge. Reputable dealers in used cars and chickens said black markets in those fields are starting to dis appear. Government officials added that black markets in food are dwindl ing. and will fall away in all fields as shortages ease. There was this prime news about prices today: 1. On used cars, they have fi nally started down. 2. On new cars, they will be about the same levels as in 1942—says OPA. 3. On goods in general, an army of retailers invaded Wash ington protest that the OPA is trying to hold their prices below what they can stand. Some more developments in the nation’s ponderous progress from war to peace: Toys—There will be plenty for Christmas, but most of them will be the wartime kind. Men not working—Robert C. Goodwin, head of the U. S. Em See PEACETIME Page “ Kiwanians Plan Inter-City Meet Here On Thursday An inter-city meeting of Kiwanls clubs in this area will be held in Shelby Thursday at 7 p.m. for dinner at the Charles Hotel with Senator Clyde R. Hoey as speaker for the occasion, it was announced today by Fred W. Blanton, pro gram chairman. Kiwanians from the Forest City, Rutherfordton, Tryon, Marion and Morganton clubs will join with the Shelby Kiwanians for the occasion which marks the first such inter city gathering since gasoline ra tioning was instituted. Game Broadcast At Star Tonight A play-by-play broadcast of tonight’s Junior national cham pionship game between Shel by and Tucson, Arisona, will be furnished from The Star of fice starting at 7:55 O’clock for those fans unable to make the trip to Charlotte to witness the game. Lee Kirby of radio station WBT, will broadcast the game which comes to Shelby by long distance telephone through courtesy of Charlotte’s station WAYS. The Star will furnish tele phonic reports of the game to those who call 1100, and at 11:05 pm. radio st-'i’an WBT will announce final results. m STORM DIMINISHING IN VIOLENCE Leaves Three Dead, Heavy Crop And Properly Damage In Wake BATTERED~400 MILES By William C. Barnard HOUSTON, Tex.. Aug. 28. —(/P)—What was left of the gulf hurricane which caused at least three deaths and mil lions in property and crop damage as it lashed the Texas coast, was fast diminishing inland west of Houston today. The weather bureau, in a final advisory, ordered all hurricane warnings down on the Texas coast at 10 ajn. (EWT). It said the storm was centered between Sealy and Columbus, Tex., 28 to 40 miles from Houston. Prom the base weather officer at the Miami, Fla., Army Air field, came a report that an army hur ricane hunter, flying over what remained of the hurricane area, disclosed ‘no winds higher than 50 miles per hour.” But before it left the coast the storm had battered a stretch of some 40 miles, demolished or heavily damaged buildings in ex posed coastal towns, and scooped high water onto the low coastal plain. Heavy damage to cotton and rice crops was reported. Heavy rains accompanying the inland movement of the storm stopped traffic in Houston early today, and brought a threat of flood to those sections of the city near where Bayous were brimming. THREE DEAD The death toll reached three as : one man was killed in the col lapse of a residence in suburban -JHaateon, buffeted-by a 55-mile an hour gale last night. Earlier two fishermen drowned off Port Isabel, See GULF Page 2 epesTrialto BEGIN SOON Lawyers Confer With Richmond, Columbia Psychiatrists COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 28. —(A5) —Attorneys for Lt. Samuel C. Epes of Richmond, Va„ and Port Jackson, have conferred with Rich mond doctors and Dr. C. Fred Wil liams of Columbia. Williams, promiijent psychiatrist, retired last spring as head of the state hospital hero. » Lt. Epes report® to police offi i dais last January that his wife was missing. After a search that extend . ed throughout thefsoutheast, Epes | led officers to a foKiole in the Fort Jackson maneuver tjirea where his wife’s body was exmimed. , He has been held in the Richland county jail since last spring. Epes has Insisted that his wife died as the result of an overdose of sedatives and that he became alarmed and took the body out and buried it. The body yas placed in the shallow grave without any covering except the clothing she wore. Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell was engaged as chief - counsel and will be assisted by Leith S. Bremner, 1 Richmond criminal court lawyer and ■ Claude N. Sapp, United States dis ' trict Avey here. 1 Approximately 30 subpoenaes have ' been issued at the courthouse for • state witnesses. They are being sum 1 moned for the trial that is expected to take place in the second or third . week of the criminal court term that l opem here next week. Advance Echelon Wili Prepare For Arrival Of MacArthur Tomorrow By The Associated Press MANILA, Aug. 28.—American airborne troops—thi first foreign conquerors ever to set foot on Japan—tool command of Tokyo’s Atsugi airfield today, simultaneous^ with the careful but dramatic entry of the Third Fleet’s special advance squadron into Tokyo Bay. Legion Backs Truman’s Stand On Inductions WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. — (JP)— President Truman was told today that the American Legion is square ly behind his request for the con tinued induction of men 18 to 25 for the armed forces. Col. Johns Thomas Taylor, na tional legislative director of the le gion, told reporters he presented the legion’s view in a conference with the president. “We told him that we agreed with him that the men who have served two or three years should be return ed to their homes and replaced by younger men,” Taylor said. “Our view is that continuance of the Selective Service System is impor tant to national security and to the keeping of our young men in top physical shape.” Taylor said the President’s pro posal fitted into the national de fense program which the Legion has advocated since its existence. “We told the President we were wholly in accord with the continu ance of the Selective Service Sys tem,” Taylor added. Among those accompanying Tay lor to the White House were T. O. Krabbel, national rehabilitation di rector and William T. Comer, chair man of the veterans preference com mittee. NAVY CUTS The Navy set out today to return 2.839.000 men and women to civilian status within a year. And on Capitol Hill, plans for making life in the armed ser vices more attractive sprouted right and left, featuring sug gestions of more pay and short er terms of service. Secretary Forrestal outlined the Navy’s vastly expanded demobiliza tion plans to newsmen late yester day. Previously the sea arm con templated discharging between 1, 500.000 and 2,500,000 within a year See LEGION Page 2 Points To Be Reduced On Butter Sept. 2 WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. — W—Butter will be reduced from 16 to 12 red points a pound be ginning September 2, OPA offi cials disclosed today. The reduction is being made, they said, because of improve ment in supplies and will apply to institutional users, as well as home users. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:30 pjn.—CAP cadets meet at armory. 8:00 p.m. — Shelby-Tucson baseball game, to be played in I Charlotte, will be broadcast from The Star office. 8:00 pm.—WOW meets at woman’s club room. WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m. — Midweek prayer and praise service at First i Baptist church. RUSSO-CHINESE TREATY: Pact One Of Most Hopeful Incidents Of War Period By JSfeWITT MacKENZIE, AP News Analyst The new Russo-Chlnese treaty of friendship is—on the face of it —one of the most constructive pacts of the enf/e world war pe riod. Of course the proof of the pud ding is in the eating, but the 30 year agreement, if \carried out in the fullness of its promise, would go far towards guaranteeing '°ace between Asiatic nations fo> the coming generation. And that oulci do much to ensure global tran quility. This In itself would be an ine'ttmrbt1' boon to hum-nity, but the pact seems to strike ,si A . deeper than that. We have here a gesture by Moscow which appears calculated to dispel suspicions held by the other Allies regarding Rus sia’s ambitions, not only in Asia but in Europe. Those suspicions certainly exfc but they cut both ways, for th Soviet Union also has her doubt about the attitude of her Allle in some particulars. This mutus distrust has constituted one c the greatest threats to continue unity among America, Britain an See FACT Page l Twenty eight of Japan’s remain ing 55 warships were found lined up for surrender in Kyushu’s west ern port of Sasebo. The sole task of the advance echelon at Atsugl was to prepare the way for the triumphal entry of General MacArthur, supreme allied commander, Thursday at the head of 7,500 troops. Joy of the first 150 communica tions experts, who landed at 0 a.m. (8 p.m. Monday night, eastern war time) in hree transport planes, at becoming the first troops to land in Japan was tempered by the an nouncement that 20 of their fel lows had been killed in x take-off crash on Okinawa. Two separate job- confronted the advance group in preparing Atsugl for the general arrival—the setting up of communications with the Okinawa staging area and making as safe as possible the comparatively short runways. Only two runways_ 5,600 and 5,100 feet—are currently usable and none too land for the giant C-54 Skymasters and other troop transports. formal entry when preparations are complete, MacArthur will leave the Okinawa staging are„ for the for mal entry into Japan. About the time he is landing at Atsugl, his schedule calls for 10,000 marines and nt'v Persfonel to begin pccupation of Yokosuka, Japan’s second largest naval base, off which the advance units of the Third fleet MSehbred today. At noon today, (about 11 pun. Ari°mdan easte™ war time), Rear Adm o^ar C. Badger, aboard his flagship, the light antiaircraft crui ser San Diego, steamed through ^Strait into Tokyo Bay. He led a small force of 10 ships, plus mine sweepers. The destroyer-transport Gosselin carried Marines to landon three small islands guarding Yoko 5*? n,aval base- Other ships in Badgers force included the de stroyers Wedderburn, Twining, Yar nall and Stockham and the seaplane ra?HtTS ’ SnSUn’ Mackinac and Gardiner’s Bay. Badger’s force, with a Japanese harbor pilot aboard each shipf^are fully wended its way through 2 1-2 Ura«a strait, until re th.e IJ10st heavily mined stretch of water in the world. Twenty miles away, around Miura Aximh^w11! Sa,gami Bay- much of Admiral Halseys great Third fleet See ADVANCE Pag* * Surrender Talk Reveals Wanton Death Of Airman GUAM, Aug. 28—(JP)—The wan ton killing by a Japanese officer of an American airman who par achuted onto Koror island, in the Palau group, last May was dis closed in negotiations for surren der of the Falaus garrison of ap proximately 4,000 Nipponese. Col. G. L. Pike, marine corps officer who carried on the nego tiations on behalf of Marine Brig. Gen. P. O. Rogers, does not expect the Palaus garrison to capitulate until after formal peace has been signed and reported much hag gling with the Japanese at the Peleliu conference. The Japanese haggled about the words “surrender,” and “prison er,” in the peace terms and cen sured the United States for use of the atomic bomb, Fike reported. UNREPENTANT The marine corps officer said that in probing the fate of the B 124 crewman known to have bailed out on Koror he was informed by ; a Colonel Tada (first name un i available) that details were not available. "Tada said he regretted to In form me that although the Am erican crew member parachuted May 4 and subsequently was tak en prisoner, unfortunately he had been killed by a Japanese officer I between May 10 and May 15,” Pike i said. “He stated the American t was not killed as the result of the e carrying out of the sentence o< s a military court, and added that s although the loss of life was ‘re 1 "rettable it was the opinion of { the Japanese the incident was in -j -ignificant in comparison to the 5 loss of innocent women’s and chil dren’s lives caused by the atomic | bomb.”