WEATHER
Heavy rains and windy today, to
night and Tuesday. Cloudy with in
creasing winds Tuesday afternoon.
Not much change in temperature
except warmer Tuesday afternoon.
Ghd Schelbe Baily Stett
- State Theatre Today -
“JOHNNY ANGEL”
George RAFT — Signe HASSO
Claire TREVOR
CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100
VOL. XLIII— 223
ASSOCIATED PRESS \VS
SHELBY, N. C.
MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 1945
TELEMAT PICTURES
SINGLE COPIES—6c
I
LOSING ns
FURY AS II
HEADS NORTH
Small Tornado Kills Two
Persons At Kingstree
In S. C.
property”DAMAGE
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 17.—(/P)
—The tropical hurricane that
swept southern Florida with
an estimated $50,000,000
property damage has moved
across the coast to South
Carolina with the center near
Parris Island, the U. S. Wea
ther Bureau in Miami report
ed at 10:30 a. m. (E.W.T.) to
day.
The itorm appeared to be ’os
ing its fury as it headed north,
and the weather bureau said hur
ricane warnings would be lowered
at noon today south' of Cape Hat
teras to Brunswick, Ga.
Storm is now centered over land
about 30 miles west of Charles
ton, S. C.. moving almost due
northward,” the advisory said.
The U. S. weather bureau' at,
KINGSTREE, S. C., Sept. 17
—(/Pi—A small tornado was re
ported to have killed two per
sons and to have damaged the
lumber camp of the Camp
Manufacturing company at
Goordin 12 miles tooth of
here today.
|F Atlanta said there was a strong
likelihood that the storm would
spend itself In South Carolina and
that the upper eastern coast would
not be affected.
At its peak, the hurricane
reached a velocity of 143 m.p.h.
in roaring across the Florida keys
at Key Largo, hit 99 m.p.h. in
Miami, took a toll of three known
dead and wrecked or damaged
thousands of homes.
HANGARS BURNED
The great three-hangar navy
blimp base at Richmond, 30 miles
from Miami, was destroyed when
fire broke out during the height
of the storm.
The hurricane, which had lost
some of its force as it raced north,
was described as "a small but in
tense storm.” The velocity of its
winds, about 80 miles per hour with
gusts near the center exceeding
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RIVERSNEAR
FLOOD STAGE
RALEIGH, Sept. 17— l/P) —The
Cape Fear and Neuse rivers are
expected to reach flood stage to
day, the U. S. weather bureau re
* ported.
The Cape Fear Is expected to
I reach flood stage above Fayette
ville, and the Neuse in the Smith
field-Goldsboro vicinity.
The weather bureau reported
that the Neuse yesterday had ris
en 15.2 feet which was a rise of
8 feet over the preceding day. The
Cape Fear at Fayetteville had
reached 30 feet yesterday, which
was a rise of 18 feet over the
same time the day before.
The weather bureau predicts
that other rivers in North Caro
lina may reach flood stage. It is
too early yet to tell what extent
the heavy rains have had on the
slowly rising Tar. Only the lower
part of the Roanake will be af
fected, the bureau said.
CREW ESCAPED SHIP GROUNDED IN FLORIDA HURRICANE — This unusual series of pictures shows the crew of the Honduran schooner
Icaros leaving the vessel in a lifeboat after she was driven aground at North Miami Beach, Fla., in the hurricane. One crewman was drowned
in trying to save the ships dog mascot which had been swept overboard. Upper left: The survivors launch their lifeboat and prepare to aban
don ship. Upper right: They cautiously pull away from the bow. Lower left: The seamen get clear of the listing vessel and pull for shore. Lower
right: Safely past the churning sea, the lifeboat lands on the beach, and spectators help the survivors ashore.—(AP Wirephoto from Miami
Herald). —
JOHN McCORMACK
DEATH CLAIMS
great™
DUBLIN, Sept. 17. —(/Pi— John
McCormack, whose great tenor voice
won him world acclaim as the
‘‘golden voice of Athlone," died late
last night at his home at Booters
Town, County Dublin.
A week-old cold which last Fri
day developed into bronchial pneu
monia caused his death at the age
of 61.
By his bedside when he died were
his son, Cyril, a captain in the Irish
army, and his wife, Lily Foley of
Dublin, whom he married in 1906.
Funeral arrangements were not
yet announced.
McCormack sang an official fare
well to the people of London at
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TODAY IN CONGRESS:
Army, Navy Re-Enli.tment
Inducement Bill Discussed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. — (£>)—
Apples and brickbats dotted the
congressional scenes today.
The apples—figurative ones—are
Inducements the house military
committee wants to hold out to
men now in uniform to sign up
for another hitch in the Army or
Navy. The inducement bill comes
up for house action today. It may
touch off a full-scale draft-demobi
lization fight.
The brickbats—verbal ones—were
tossed out by Senator Clyde M.
Reed (R-Kas). His target: The of
ten swiped-at jobles said bill. It
comes up in the senate tomorrow.
Meanwhile, President Truman—'
back from a week-end in Missouri
—called these capitol hill lieuten
ants to a morning conference at
the White House to go over the
whole legislative picture: Senate
Majority Leader Barkley of Ken
tucky, Senate President McKellar
of Tennessee, Speaker Rayburn of
Texas and House Majority Leader
McCormack of Massachusetts.
TAXES. ETC.
Otherwise congressional atten
tion was divided between:
1. Taxes—How much to cut pres
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Foreign Minister In
Jap Cabinet Resigns
Served In Wartime Cabinets Of Tojo And Koiso
Responsible For Tojo Policies
TOKYO, Sept. 17.—(fF)—Well-informed Japanese sourc
es reported that foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, chief
signatory of Japan’s surrender, resigned tonight and was
succeeded by Shigeru Yoshida, former ambassador to London
ENOUGH MEAT
SAYS ANDERSON
Duration Of Meat Ration
ing Depends On Foreign
Shipments
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 —UP)—
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
said today the duration of meat
rationing depends upon the extent
of food commitments abroad.'
Leaving a White House confer
ence where he went over the ra
tioning and subsidy programs
with President Truman, Anderson
told the reporters:
“If it is necessary to continue
meat rationing, it will be a lib
eral one, equal to a normal peace
time consumption in this coun
try.”
He said there is enough meat
in this country to meet the nor
mal domestic needs without the
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Hospital Trustees
Will Study Sites At
Kings Mountain
Trustees of the county hospital
organization will go to Kings
Mountain Tuesday afternoon to
inspect several possible sites for
the hospital unit to be erected
there in the county’s hospital pro
gram.
Afterward the trustees will be
guests of Commission Chairman
Glee A. Bridges at dinner at his
place.
A committee from the trustees
headed by Arnold Kiser has stud
ied several suggested sites and will
convey its findings to the board
at the session tomorrow. Dr. S. S.
Royster, chairman, stated.
xosmaa, wno lives orj oiso, was
informed of his appointment by
telephone and he accepted but it
was too late for him to come to
Tokyo tonight.
The same Japanese sources said
that Shigemitsu’s resignation was
requested by Premier Prince Nar
uhiko Higashi-Kuni because “the
first stage of the allied occupation
is concluded.”
Shigemitsu had served In one of
the wartime cabinets of Hideki
Tojo and also in that of Kuniaki
Koiso and was considered to be
responsible for many of Tojo’s
China policies.
These sources said Shigemitsu
was appointed to the Higashi-Kuni
cabinet because his past experience
was necessary, since the cabinet
was formed rather hastily in order
to meet the requirements of the
Potsdam declaration.
These sources said that the pre
mier first asked Hachiro Arita,
career diplomat and former foreign
minister, to accept the post but that
Arita declined.
Shortly after MacArthur’s an
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LT. SAM C. EPES
EPESGOFSON
TRIAL TODAY
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 17—m
—A young army lieutenant was
called to trial here today for the
murder of the pretty, auburn
haired girl he married five years
ago this month.
Lt. Samuel C. Epes, scion of a
prominent Richmond, Va., family,
was prepared to answer court
charges that last January he mur
dered 27-year-old Mary Lee Wil
liams Epes by “suffocating and
poisoning” her.
The tall, handsome officer
broke a two-weeks’ mystery of
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HIGHWAY CLOSED:
5-Inch Rainfall In 72 Hours
Puts Creeks Out Of Banks .
More than live inches of rain
fall In the past 72 hours found
swollen creeks out of their banks
today, and highway traffic west
of 74 was interrupted when Puzzle
Creek, about three miles from
Forest City, overflowed to put wa
ter a foot deep over the bridge.
In the northern end of the coun
ty, where rainfall of the past 24
hours had been heavier than in
Shelby, creeks were out of their
banks so that some bottoms were
inundated until only the tassels
of corn stalks were to be seen.
At Lawndale the river was up
five feet at noon but no damage
from flood waters was anticipated
as rise seemed to be checked at
that point
| More damage to corn than to
; cotton appeared likely in the
: county, as lowlands overflowed, but
wind was beating cotton plants as
this area suffered a backlash of
the hurricane which swept Florida
and across eastern Carolina. No
serious damage to cotton seemed
likely, one observer said, because
the crop is not well enough open
ed yet to suffer greatly; however,
hay, of which much was cut last
week and remained to be gather
ed, was suffering real damage.
The t>us from Asheville came
through on scheduel at 9:30 this
morning but the highway was
closed afterward when officials
j deemed it unwise to let further
traffic pass until waters recede.
Thousands Of Prisoners
Of War Died As Result
Of Japanese Cruelties
By The Associated Press
Five Americans were killed simply because they were
fliers, and three others were beheaded after they were
marched through Japanese streets bearing signs “these are
the American devils who bombed us,” Maj. John A. Singlaub
of Sherman Oaks, Calif., related at Hong Ko.ng today in one
of a series of fresh atrocity stories.
An Australian army intelligence
report issued at Melbourne said
that of 3,550 British and Australian
prisoners taken to Borneo, only six
were known to be alive.
Last January, the Melbourne '
report said 203 prisoners died of
450 sent on a death march
through the Borneo mountains.
Another death march claimed ,
353 lives out of 536 men and the ,
others died later and were kill
ed.
At Darwin, Australia, Pvt. J. W. (
Larkin, in an interview, gave new ,
details of the abuse of Gen. Jon- ;
athan M. Wainwright, commander ,
at the surrender of Corregidor, and j;
Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Percival, com- j
mander at the fall of Singapore, j
“All of them, including Wain
wright and Percival,' had to go on ;
morning parade with the rest of
the prisoners of war and were of
ten struck by the inspecting ser
geant major, who always carried a
bamboo cane,” said Larkin. He was
iberated from a Formosa prison.
At Sydney, Sgt. A. M. Blain, a
nember of Australia’s house of
representatives, charged “every
Japanese guard is a war criminal
juilty of appalling atrocities.”
LOST 72 POUNDS
Recently freed from a prison
ramp in the Singapore area, Bla
lin said he lost 72 pounds, dropping
rom 170 to 98.
The Melbourne radio said a
Colonel Suya, “responsible for all
he 600 prisoners of war graves in
iuching cemetery,” had killed him
self with a table knife at Army
leadquarterr.
Major Singlaub, who led rescue
saratroopers landing on Hainan
island Aug. 27, so befuddled Jap
mese officers in a battle of wits
hat he and his men gained com
nand of their prisoner camp after
hey had been threatened by bay
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Yugoslavia Wants
Trieste, Dalmations
Big Five Ministers To Consider Controversial Italian
Frontier Problem
By Flora Lewis
LONDON, Sept. 17.—(£>)—The Yugoslav embassy pub
lished today a 9,000-word memorandum backing its claim to
disputed Trieste, the province of Venezia Giulia and the Dal
matian islands, which it will present to the Big Five foreign
ministers here this afternoon.
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80.000 IDLE
IN DETROIT
Automotive Industry Hard
Hit By Wage Increase
Demands
DETROIT, Sept. 17—(IP)—More
than 80,000 workers were Idle In
the Detroit area today as the huge
automotive industry and the pow
erful United Automobile Workers
(CIO) union headed for a show
down on the union’s demands for
a general 30 percent wage increase
for the industry.
Strikes and layoffs idled 70.000
in Detroit and 10,000 in nearby
Windsor, Ont., while UAW-CIO
leaders went ahead with plans for
possible strike votes affecting
500.000 throughout the nation’s
auto plants.
This was the situation as far as
the "Big Three” of the auto world
was concerned:
Ford—Representatives of Ford
workers throughout the country
were summoned to a Sept, 29-30
meeting here to decide whether
to seek a strike vote. This action
came as some 50,000 workers were
idle in a company move which
Henry Ford II, executive vice
president, said was a result of
“unauthorized and crippling strik
es” against firms that supplied
Ford with some parts.
GENERAL MOTORS
General Motors — UAW officials
awaited company reaction to of
ficial notification that the union
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Yoshio Shinotsuka
Commits Suicide
TOKYO, Sept. 17. —(£>)— The
newspaper Asahi reported that Lt.
Gen. Yoshio Shinotsuka, member!
of Japan’s supreme war council, I
committed suicide early today by
cutting his throat with a samurai
sword.
Shinotsuka formerly was president i
of the Army Officers’ School, the
"West Point’’ of Japan. i
The Italians and five British
dominions also will put forward
heir views on the controversial
talian-Yugoslav frontier problem,
vhich has been a constant source
)f dispute through two wars.
The boundary sought Gy the
Jugoslavs runs about 40 miles west
if Trieste to the town of Mon
alcone. (Trzic in Slovene).
The Yugoslav document,
which will be backed by argu
ments from Vice Premier fcd
ward Karelj, head of the Bel
grade delegation, declared that
the “whole problem has been
created by Italy’s greed.”
The Italians have prepared
:ounterclaims although they are
;xpected to concede the Yugoslavs
he Port of Fiume.
Representatives of Italy and Yu
goslavia, as well as five British
Dominions, were ready to argue
heir cases.
The question reflects a whole
panorama of divergent big power
views and many delegates have
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WHAT’S DOING
TODAY
7:30 p.m.—State Guard drill
at armory.
TUESDAY
7:00 p.m.—Scouters club meets
with Boiling Springs troop at
Woman’s club house there.
8:00 p.m.—w. o. W. meets
at Woman’s club house.
200,000 MAY
BE SUFFICIENT
IN 6 MONTHS
Thinks Regular Army
Forces May Be Able To
Maintain It
NO AMG~NECESSARY
TOKYO, Sept. 17.—(ff»)—
One of history’s greatest mili
tary gambles—the American
landing in armed Japan—has
paid off so handsomely that
occupation forces probably
! will be cut to not more than
j 200,000 within six months,
General MacArthur said to
day.
As a result of the successful
penetration of this conquered na
tion, he added in a formal state
ment^ troops will be returned home
as rapidly as ships are made avail
able. Regular army forces, he said,
probably will be able to maintain
unaided the 200,000-man force —
“which will permit complete demo
bilization of our citizen (draftee)
Pacific forces ”
“There was probably no
greater gamble taken in his
tory,” his statement explained,
"than the initial landings” where
ground forces were outnum
bered 1,000 to one by armed Jap
nese. But, he added, “the stakes
were worth it.”
MacArthur’s estimate of 200,000
occupation troops is just h^lf the
number which Lt. Gen. Robert L.
Eichelberger, commander of the U.
S. Eighth Army, recently said would
be necessary—and Eichelberger’s
figures were at that time consider
ed low. At the start, some 800,000
men—including air forces — were
scheduled to participate.
“WITHIN A YEAR”
Only Saturday, however, Eichel
berger forecast that the entire oc
cupation might be "washed up”
within a year if it continued as
smoothly as it had started.
MacArthur’s statement said that
the unknown quantity at the outset
of the occupation was whether a
military government would have to
be established. This would have in
volved several million troops, he
said; but by working with the exist
ing Japanese government, purposes
of the surrender terms can be ac
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JOINTMEETING
TO HEARSMITH
Toms Announces Plans
Complete For September
27th Session
J. Wilson Smith, of Charlotte,
Carolinas secretary of the Y. M. C.
A., will be principal speaker at a
joint dinner meeting of local civic
clubs on September 27th promoting
Shelby's community center project,
it was announced today by Herbert
L. Toms who is program chairman.
The Kiwanis club asked the Ro
tary, Lions, Jaycees and American
Legion to come together in the joint
session which will be held in the
dining room of the Charles hotel.
The other clubs are foregoing their
meeting in order to participate in
the combined meeting.
J. D. Lineberger, a trustee of the
Shelby and Cleveland County Foun
dation, arranged the visit of Mr.
Smith, a gifted speaker greatly in
terested in community youth pro
grams, who will be accompanied
to Shelby for the occasion by Frank
O. Sherrill, a native Shelbian who
is a member of Mr. Smith’s board.
Kramer And 47 S.S. Henchmen
Go On Trial For Lives Today
LUENEBERG, Sept. 17 —(JP)—|
Josef Kramer, director of the no- j
torious Belsen concentration 1 n
lamp and 47 S. S. (Elite Guard) i b
henchmen go on trial for their | o
lives today before a British mili- ] v
tary court. j g
Most of the first day probably | c
will be consumed in arraignments, I
with the trial expected to last t
about three weeks. Conviction can
mean death by hanging or shoot- s
ing, or at the discretion of the t
court imprisonment up to life,
confiscation of property or mere
fine.
Kramer — popularly known as
rhe Beast of Belsen”—Is the
lost widely publicized defendant,
ut the spotlight also was focused
n bland 21-year-old Irma Greese
'ho served for three years as a
uard at the ill-famed women’s
amp at Ravensbruck. north of
lerlin, and at Auschwitz in Poland
efore going to Belsen.
Uncensored horror films of Bel
?n and Auschwitz are part of
tie prosecution’s evidence.
The court was convened by or
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