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WEATHER North Carolina; Fair and mild today, tonight and Tuesday with slightly warmer temperatures to night. The Hhelby Baily Stett l CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - “BACK TO BATAAN” Starring JOHN WAYNE VOL. XL111-211 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N C. MONDAY, SEPT. 3, 194p TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5c OCCUPATION FORCES READY FOR ENTRY INTO TOKYO * * Shelby Legion Juniors Cop National Title In Baseball Series TAKE THRILLING 4-2 WIN OVER f TRENTONTEAM . Harry McKee Tosses Sec ond Win In Finals At Charlotte Park WIN TRIP TO SERIES By Catherine Bailey While fans sat on the edges of their seats until the last out in the ninth inning, Shel by’s American Legion juniors nosed out a strong junior team from Trenton, N. J., 4-2 Saturday night at Griffith Park in Charlotte to win the title of American Legion jun ior world champions in the 1945 junior world series held in the neighboring city. It was the hardest fought game the Simmons Kids have worked through this season and the more than 10.000 fans who packed Grtf ith park for the game,. most of them rooting for the North Caro lina boys, held their breath until the last minute of play. The Shelby lads thus won a trip to the major league world series In the fall, all expenses paid, and In addition the Ford Motor company presented each h y with $37.50, price of a war bond, to be used for edu P cattonal purposes. The runner up team from Trenton was presented with a handsome trophy to take back to their home town and the Ford com pany awarded each boy a 17 Jewel wrist watch. The Shelby champions also add ed the name of Shelby to the sil Ter Junior world champions pla que offered each year by the Ford company to the winning team to be kept in that city until the next junior world series. The award was first given In 1943 when the win ners hailed from Minneapolis. Last year It was won by Cincinnati, Ohio. Hurler Harry McKee was cre dited with the win Saturday night, thus taking the honors for two of Shelby s three wins in the national finals. McKee, a steady young tosser for the locals, open ed the final game by dishing out one of his rare free tickets to first on balls and couldn't seem to calm himself to any extent until the New Jersyites had chalked up two runs. After Kalapos walked, Radlce - picked up the bat and bashed out a two bagger to far right field. Strzelec grounded but Jim Brophy. left fielder for the Trenton team, slammed another two base hit into right field and before Furman Webber could heave it in two runs had scored. McKee, unable to ► gain control of the ball, then walk- j ' ed two men. at which time Coach j Fop Simmons put Boots Kent in the bull pen and went out to the mound for a talk w’ith Harry. The mentor’s words did the trick and the young Shelby flin ger promptly whiffed two batters leaving the sacks loaded. For the next seven innings McKee held the Jersey boys in check and faced only 23 bat ters, fanning seven of them. With his teammates behind him covering the field without a miscue, the Yankee lads didn’t get a single runner past first base. Uyhazi, the righthanded tosser for Trenton who won over Oak Sec OUSTS Page 7 Bomb Damage More Than Expected YOKOHAMA, Sept. 2—(Delay ed)—()P)—Three strategic air for ces generals flew over southern Honshu island today and reported Japan’s damage from the Super fortress strikes far greater than they had expected. General Spaatz, strategic air forces chief, was called back to Guam after the signing of the sur render, but his chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Le May, and Lt. Gens. Nathan F. Twining and James Dootlittle of the 24th and 8th air forces made the aerial tour in a C-54 transport. & The generals flew over Tokyo, ' Yokohama, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu and Nagoya. ___ , NATIONAL CHAMPIONS RECEIVE COVETED AWARD <rr C. A. Burgdorf, Charlotte branch manager for the Ford Motor company, presents Ford’s handsome silver plaque emblematic of the national champ ionship in American Legion Junior baseball to the Shelby team which won it Saturday night in the Junior World Series. Shown in back row, left to right, are Don Cheek, Loy. Paige,r Bill Megginson, Jack Bridges, Allan Washburn, Mr. Burgdorf, Coach Pop Simmons, Harvey Bowen, John Weaver, Harry McKee, Assistant Coach Lloyd Little. Front row, B. C Wilson, Charlie Hutchens, Boots Kent, Furman Webber, Floyd Cook, Alfred Bumgarner, Sam Poston and seated in front is Batboy Babe Hamrick. (Charlotte Observer photo.) Released Prisoners Tell Of ‘Horror Ship* Thirst-Crazed American Prisoners Said To Hare Quenched Thirst On Human Blood By Russell Brines TOKYO, Sept. 3.—(/P)—A survivor of Bataan related to day the argosy of “Beecher’s Boat,” a Japanese horror ship on which many thirst-crazy American prisoners killed their fellow captives or slashed their own veins and drank the DEFEAT TO ANCESTORS Hirohito Informs Imperial Ancestors Of Japan's Surrender SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3—<£>)— Emperor Hirohito today personal ly Informed the Imperial ances- j tors of Japan's defeat and then prepared to take part In the open-1 ing tomorrow of the 88th session i of the. Diet, the first to be held in' Jajmn’s newly reduced position. The Domci agency, in an FFC recorded dispatch, said the imper ial ancestors were advised of the situation at “most solemn” cere mony. Hirohito, clad in ceremon ial robes worshipped at three sanctuaries in the palace, trailed by the empress, a proxy of the empress dowager, Princess Mika sa and Takamatsu, Premier Prince Higashi-Kuni, Gen. Yoshijiro U mezi, chief of the army staff, and other high officials. DIET OPENS No details were included in the Diet opening tomorrow at 10:40 a.m. (Japanese time.) The Japanese press, splashing news and pictures of the surren See TELLS Page 2 Army Sgt. James P. Schlffner, of ‘ Albuquerque, N, M„ one of nine sur- j vivo of Bataan and Corregidor, re- | lated this latest of Japanese atro- I city stories following an impromptu meal of field rations in the lobby of the Imperial hotel here.__ “It was generally believed only 500 of the 1,500 aboard survived the journey,” Scbiffner said, adding that the ship was nam ed after a Colonel Beecher. He was not aboard "Beecher’s boat” but said the story was widely circulated among concen tration camps for months. “The men aboard the boat were limited to one canteen cup of water \ for three men every two days. Their thirst drove the ship into an uproar. Some drank their own brine," he See RELEASED Page 2 WHAT’S D0!NG~ TODAY 7:00 p. m.—Regular meeting of Junior Chamber of Commerce. 7:30 p. m.—Board of Dea cons of First Baptist church meets at the church. 7:30 p. m.—State guard drill at armory. 8:00 p. m.—Boy Scout court of honor at the court house. TUESDAY 2:30 p. m—County commis sioners meet at court house. 2:00 p. m.—County school board meets in office of Coun ty Superintendent J. H. Origg. Byrnes To Propose Contrpl Council For Europe’s Rivers By juti in in. imiii i un WASHINGTON, Sept. 3— </P) — Secretary of State Byrnes leaves for London this week with detail ed plans to give the United States and other great powers .decisive control over the key inland water ways of Europe. He will lay the plans before a meeting of Big Five foreign ministers. For the United States this Is like picking up the hot potato in stead of dropping it. But President Truman is convinced that only by guaranteeing free navigation of these critical water routes can one important cause or conrnct on tne continent be eliminated. DANUBE AND RHINE The rivers and waterways for many years have been a source of rivalry and fights over economic and political control. Briefly the pans provides: 1. For international commis sions to assure unrestricted na vigation of the Danube and Rhine rivers, the Dardanelles and the Kiel canal and any oth er waterways bordering on two See BYRNES Page 2 JAPAN BEGINS NEW EPOCH Emperor More Firmly En trenched Than Ever In Japs' Minds TAKAHAMA, Sept. 3—(JP)—Ja pan began a new political epoch today with all evidence indicating that the emperor was more firm ly than ever entrenched in the people’s minds as a result of the past three momentous weeks of surrender. General MacArthur, first for eigner ever to rule this country, evidently will utilize both the throne and the existing govern mental machinery for promulga tion of decrees determining the course of future events. Within that framework, the Japanese possibly will have a cer tain amount of leeway in determ ining their own future politVl organization, in accordance with the Potsdam ultimatum. With the militarists eliminated as a political force, there remain two oligarchic groups — the in dustrialists and the politicians. These are expected to return to the influence they shared with the militarists throughout the modern era until the early 1930’s when their power withered progressive See JAPAN Page 2 BUS SERVICE' TO BE STARTED ON WEDNESDAY Through bus service from Tay lorsville to Shelby, by way of Hickory and connecting with trunk lines at Hickory and Shel by, will be inaugurated by the City Bus Lines, Inc., of Hickory Wednesday. Franchise was obtained by the Hickory company for this line sometime ago but on account of ODT regulations, service had been operated in this direction only as far as Banoak. ODT has lifted the ban now and City Bus Lines, Inc., lost no time in making ar rangements for the through ser vice. In addition to the schedules op erating from Shelby to Hickory through buses will be operated on three schedules daily all the way from Taylorsville to Shelby. Con nections may be made with other lines at Hickory for Granite Falls, Lenoir, Blowing Rock, Boone, Sal isbury, Statesville and other points. At Shelby the line will connect with schedules for Gaff ney and other points in South Carolina as well as for all sched ules of the Queen City Coach company. Last Japanese* In Philippines Give Up All Japanese Land, Sea And Air Forces In Philippines Lay Down Their Arms BAGUIO, PHILIPPINES, Sept. 3.—(/P)—The last 40,000 Japanese in the Philippines were surrendered in a five-minute ceremony today by the now docile “Tiger of Malaya,” Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, to Lt Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, i the hero of Bataan and Corregidor. CITY SCHOOLS ENR0LL2.8S1 Opening Enrollment Has Increase Of 80 Over Last Year i Walter E. Abernethy, superin tendent of city schools, announced that the total enrollment for city | schools on the opening of the j 1945-1946 school year today was 2,881 pupils. No teacher losses or changes occurred as the young sters trekked to their class rooms for another year with their school teachers. The total enrollment of the white and colored elementary and high schools was 80 above that on the first day last year, but the white elementary classes showed a loss of 51 over last year while the high school gained 68, a net gain of 17. The negro elementary showed a gain of 60 and the ne gro high school a gain of 3, a net gain of 63. Junior high regis tered a gain of 55. WITHIN DISTRICT Mr. Abernethy explained that the loss in the white elementary enrollment may be partly made See CITY Page 2 War Criminal Trials May Be Delayed NUERNBERG, Sept. 3 —(IP)— A delay in the opening of the Nu ernberg war crimes trials until late October or November was foreseen today if the defendants request German civilian counsel. Justice Robert H, Jackson, head of the American staff to prose cute Nazi war criminals, said that i the defendants would have the j right to counsel if they requested 1 it. Employment of counsel must await the filing of indictments in Berlin, and a minimum of 30 days will be required after that for the attorneys to prepare their | cases. vv w j. igiit new xicic num ua pan, where he witnessed the gen eral surrender ceremony aboard the Missouri yesterday, and set tled an old score with the one time boastful Japanese conquerors. Yamashita was no longer the arrogant, boastful general who accepted the surrender of Sin gapore in February, 1642, from Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Percival, the British commander who also attended today’s- signing of terms similar to those agreed to earlier by high Japanese of ficials on Tokyo Bay. The six-foot Japanese general, Nippon’s number one military hero after his capture of Malaya and Singapore and leader of the futile ! fight against General MacArthur’s return to the Philippines, started to sit down as soon as he entered the U. S. high commissioner’s resi dence at this summer capital, but was ordered to remain standing. Later he was allowed to sit down for the signing. LAND, SEA, AIR FORCES The document which gave up all Japanese land, sea and air forces in the Philippines was signed by Yamashita and Admiral Okochi, ranking Japanese naval officer, at See YAMASHITA Page 2 Formal Surrender Ends World-Empire Dreams, Slashes Vast Holdings YOKOHAMA, Sept. 3.—(IP)—Allied Occupation troops eagerly prepared to march into Tokyo today, weather and General MacArthur permitting, after formal surrender Sun-. day banged shut and barred the door on Japan’s world-em HIGH DRAMA IN CEREMONY OF SURRENDER Intensify Of Mac Arthur Like Current Of Electricity By HAL BOYLE USS MISSOURI. Tokyo. Sent. 3 (JP)~ There were tingling moments of high drama in the 18-minute ceremony during which Japan bound herself to lay down her arms unconditionally and bow to the dictates of the Allies. The setting was perfect—on the captain’s promenade of this bat tleship, nicknamed “Mighty Mo.” Allied ships ringed the Missouri in concentric circles of power. Outlined against the murky sky were dark green hills of the na-, tion being occupied for the first time in its turbulent history. The first moment of drama came when General MacAr thur walked up the gangplank and moved across the deck with a stride lithe for a man of his years. You could feel the intensity of this man stimulate the crowd like a current of electricity. It was Mac Arthur’s hour of a lifetime and he had prepared for it by almost half a century of military service. The next moment of emotional impact was the arrival of the Japanese delegation—four in civ ilian dress, seven wearing navy or army uniforms. They stood waiting MacArthur’s pleasure like stone gargoyles. To the western eye they looked like cartoon characters from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mika do.” EXPRESSIONLESS Their stolid features showed neither guilt nor regret, pain nor resentment — only an abiding, watchful animal-like patience. You felt that only time would reveal what that patience stood for. “How did those little men ever think they could get away with it?” one white-uniformed sailor whispered. Next highlight was when See HIGH Page 2 Senator Hoey Goes To Capitol Post United States Senator Clyde R. Hoey leaves tonight for Washing ton to be on hand for the re-con vening of Congress Wednesday. During the summer recess the junior North Carolina senator has been at his home and office here but has found time for con- j siderable public appearances in the western section. Earlier than expected reconvening of the Con gress prevented his making a trip he had planned through the east ern part of the state. SECOND PHASE: Spiritual Disarmament Of Enemy Must Follow Surrender By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP News Analyst With heavy heartburnings and some tears the Mikado’s represen I tatives have formalized Japan’s 'capitulation only four months af--j I ter her German partner in crime | surrendered, and thus, as Marshal Stalin tells his people, "now we can say that conditions necessary for the peace of the world have already been won.” I That is, the Axis brigands are knocked out militarily and the next step in world reformation is! possible. U. S. Secretary of State: Byrnes sums up that step this way: "So we come to the second phase j af our war against Japan — what might be called the spiritual dis-; armament of the people of that j action—to make them want peace Instead of war. x x x To bring a bout the spiritual disarmament oi the Japanese we intend to remove; all obstacles, such as oppressive laws and practices, which in the paJt have closed the door to truth ahd have stifled the free develop ment of democracy in Japan. We shall have eliminated the ultra na tionalistic and totalitarian teach ings, in the schools and among Sec SPIRITUAL Page X j pire dreams. As the last of the historic ar ray of pens inked in the world famous signature that made Ja Japan's capitulation official and final, her empire was slashed to: The four home Islands of Hon shu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shi koku, plus a few minor isles. Back to Russia went southern Sakhalin an dthe Kuriles, stretch Sakhalin and the Kuriles, stretch the Japanese had grabed in 1904. Also removed from Nipponese rule, but not yet disposed of, were the Ryukyus, Bonins, Volcanoes and the mandates from World War I; the Palaus, Marianas, Carolines and Marshalls. Everywhere in the field, surren ders were proceeding. Said Generalissimo Stalin: “Con ditions necessary for the peace of the world have already been won.” And from Washington, President Truman declared, “We can turn now to the grave task of preserv ing the peace.” Within 30 minutes of the sur render signing, a 42-ship convoy steamed into Tokyo Bay, and by nightfall 13,000 Eighth army troops had splashed ashore, swelling Al lied occupation forces to more than 35,000 men. BAD WEATHER The momentarily expected per mission of the supreme commander, and uncertainty of the weather, were all that delayed immediate occupa tion of Tokyo itself. Japanese re ports said the most severe typhoon of the year might strike Honshu Tuesday. If it did, occupation sched ules might be disrupted. Japanese received the news of their country’s first surrender with rigid calm, although the capitula tion-completed aboard the battle ship at 9:18 a. m. Sunday (8:18 p. m. Saturday, EWT)—slashed the empire to the size at which Ameri can Commodore Matthew C. Perry \ found it. He sailed into Tokyo bay \ in 1853 to force open Japan’s doors to worl dtrade. • Emperor Hiriohito’s proclamation agreed that Japan would abide by Potsdam declaration restrictions, which specify occupation until last See FORMAL Page 8 Reds Celebrate Formal Signing Of Surrender MOSCOW, Sept. 3 —{IP)_ The Russian people celebrated today the Japanese surrender ceremony and the formal end of a war which Premier Stalin said would mean the return of southern Sakhalin and the Kurile islands to the So viet Union. The 650-mile Kurile chain, which stretches between Russia's eastern shoreline and the Pacific ocean, and the southern half of Sakhalin, an island reaching with in 30 miles of the northernmost tip of the Japanese homeland, were lost by Russia in her war with Japan in 1904. ‘‘For forty years have we, men of the older generation, waited for this day.” He decalred the Japanese defeat ‘‘means that sou thern Sakhalin and the Kurile is lands will pass to the Soviet Un ion and from now on will not serve as a means for isolating the Soviet Union from the ocean and as a base for Japanese attacks or our far east.” FIRST NEWS Stalin’s address gave the Rus sians their first news of the for mal end of World War Two and j touched off a joyous celebration “ which continued today—a national victory holiday. Stalin said ‘‘the long awaited peace for the nations of the whole world has come." ‘‘Glory to the armed forces of the Soviet Union, the United States of America, China and Great Britain which have won | over Japan,” Stalin concluded. s Subsequent Russian broadcasts \ paid tribute to Gen. MacArthur and President Truman in compell ing the enemy’s unconditional «ur render k
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