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CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894
TELEPHONES 1100
VOL XL111- 226
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
SHELBY, N. C.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1945
TELEMAT PICTURES
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MARSHALL SAYS DEMOBILIZATION TO BE SPEEDED
THOUSANDS OF
U. S. NAVY MEN
HEADING HOME
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Occupation Forces Will
Rise To 400,000 Before
Decreasing
"EASY OCCUPATION"
TOKYO, Sept. 20.—(fP)—
Several thousand American
navy men headed for home
aboard 17 Third Fleet war
ships today, while General
MacArthur’s headquarters re
ported army occupation forc
es would increase to 400,000
before dropping to his pre
dicted 200,000 “duration” to
tal—and Lt. Gen. Robert L.
Eichelberger said he wouldn’t
have asked for an easier oc
cupation.
Handling occupation problems
through the Japanese government
has made the allied move Into this
conquered nation “surprisingly
successful and extremely easy,”
said Eichelberger, commander of
the Eighth army, which occupies
central and northern Honshu.
If the Japanese government had
been dissolved, many more allied
troops and much more time would
have been required, Eichelberger
told Associated Press correspond
ent Hamilton W. Faorn.
We’ve had a minimum of
friction with the Japanese au
thorities and with the Japa
nese people.” he added.
The Eighth army command
er also announced that Japan's
wartime Premier Hideki Tojo
noon will be moved “into the
local calaboose (at Yokohama)
to join the rest of his Tear!
Harbor gang.
The ex-premier is recovering
from his self-inflicted bullet
wound and should be ready to
move in a week. Eichelberger re
ported. The Yokohama prefec
tural jail—with its small but
clean cells and simple cots — al
ready houses some 32 war-crimi
nal suspects, and Eichelberger said
he thought it was “the most in
teresting Jail in the world today.”
JAPS DISARMING
Tne Japanese aireaay nave ais
armed and demobilized three
fourths of their homeland army
although there are only 150.000
allied troops in Japan, thus far. to
oversee the process. MacArthur's
headquarters reported.
State department expressions
of surprise and concern at Mac
Arthur's prediction of three days
ago on the size of the occupation
forces drew another terse "no
comment" from MacArthur him
self today. His staff officers
pointed out, however, that his an
nouncement of future reductions
had clearly specified a probable
force of 200,000 six months hence.
Troops will continue to pour in
to Japan through September, Oc
tober, November and December
until about 400,000 have arrived.
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f Would Lessen
Routine Duties
Of presidency
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—(A*)—
Rep. Ervin (D-NC) talked with
President Truman today about leg
islation to lessen the routine du
ties of the presidency.
Ervin said he told Mr. Truman
about his bill to authorize the
president to delegate many duties
now imposed upon him by law.
"On the day that former Presi
dent Roosevelt died he was sign
ing appointments of postmasters,
a task that might very well be
performed by the postmaster gen
eral,” Ervin told White House
newsmen.
"The duties now imposed upon
the president include the fixing of
fees of fortune tellers in the Pa
nama Canal Zone and the signing
of commissions for all officers.”
LIFT BURDENS
Ervin said that he told the
president he favors legislation lift
ing some of these burdens as one
means of preserving the health
and efficiency of the president.
He said he also discussed an
other bill to create a foreign ser
vice institution for the training of
foreign diplomats.
The representatives said that he
did not discuss his previous recom
mendation of Mrs. Charles W. TU
& lett of Charlotte, N. C., for mem
u bershlp in the American delega
tion to the United States general
assembly. He said he had already
made clear his position in favor of
bar appointment. r
ROUTE OF JAPAN-WASHINGTON NON-STOP FLIGHT—This map locates the route of the non-stop
flight of three B-29 Superfortress from Japan to Washington, D. C. At the bottom are the three Army Air
Forces generals in command of the planes. Left to right: MaJ. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Lt. Gen. Barney M.
Giles, and Brig. Gen. Emmett (Rosy) O’Donnell.—(AP Wirephoto). ___
Ministers Discuss
Treaty For Finland
U. S. May Again Protest Unilateral Soviet Action In
The Balkans
LONDON, Sept. 20.—(/P)—The Big Five foreign minis
ters conference discussed the non-controversial issue of a
treaty with Finland today before plunging into the complex
John Foster Dulles, an advisor
on the American delegation and
specialist on foreign affairs in
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's presiden
tial campaign last year, meanwhile
was considering a request from
Secretary of State Byrnes to make
a tour of the continent to gather
an independent report for use of
the State Department in shaping
policies.
A renewed United States pro
test against unilateral Soviet ac
tion in the Balkans may be pre
sented when the foreign ministers
take up the problem of peace
treaties with the former Nazi satel
lite states.
Dulles said whether he would
make the trip for Byrnes depend
ed on how long the Big Five meet
ing lasted. He would visit Ger
many, Italy, Poland, Austria and
France, but not Moscow or the
Balkan satellites if he should de
cide to go, he said.
MAIN BURDEN
Britain and Russia, signatories
of the ''armistice with Finland,
carried the main burden in to
day's discussions on that country.
Since questions relating to terri
tory and reparations already were
defined in the armistice, the draft
ing of a treaty is primarily a ques
tion of procedure.
The council, after deciding last
night to refer the problems of the
ItaLian peace draft to deputies for
further study, turned its attention
to treaties with Romania, Bul
garia, and Hungary.
The Balkan problem may be
tougher even than the Italian.
Both the United States and Bri
tain are on record as determined
not to recognize the existing pre
dominantly communist govern
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STRIKE IDLE
AT 210,000
Additional Strikes In Oil
Industry ExActed By
End Of Week
By The Assorted Press
Disputes along tarnation’s la
bor front, which for more than
week have kept the strike idle a
round the 200,000 mark, spread
today, taking in new groups of
workers away from their jobs.
New work stoppages during the
last 24 hours hiked the army of
idle to about 210,000 and threats
of additional strikes in the oil in
dustry indicated a new high for
the summer would be on the na
tional total before the end of the
week.
There was comparative calm in
the labor-troubled Detroit area
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Higashi-Kuni Calls
On Missionaries To
Help Build Japan
TOKYO Sept. 20. r-m— The
Tokyo newspaper Asahi said today
that Premier Prince Higashi-Kuni
in an interview - incited foreign
missionaries to remain in Japan
and help construct a new nation
with high morals and* culture.
Economic Controls Against ,
Spain, Argentina Reviewed
WAamnuivn, eepi. —pr;—
Wartime economic controls that
were applied against Spain and
Argentina are up for review by
the United States and Britain.
There is a possibility that they
may be sharply modified or aban
doned.
Any such steps probably would
be interpreted in Buenos Aires and
Madrid as a softening of Allied
disfavor despite the many harsh
words recently aimed at their mi
litarist governments.
Nevertheless, there is official
uncertainty here over two points:
1. nnetner Britain ana tne
United States can agree on
measures for continued joint
enforcement of the controls,
and
2. Whether such measures
are practical when applied to
American trade alone.
One of the most effective war
time controls was the limitation
an coal and oil shipments to
Spain and Argentina. These two
badly needed fuels present en
tirely different problems at the
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TRUMAN VISIT
SLATEDLATER
Senotor Hoey Says Presi
dent Hopes To Visit
Battleground
President Truman looks forward
to visiting the Kings Mountain
Battleground on some more aus
picious occasion in the future
where he could give it more time
Instead of reaching here late in
the afternoon for a brief visit,
Senator Clyde R. Hoey said today
in a letter concerning the change
of plans for the President's visit
to North Carolina November 2.
Plans for the celebration have
been cancelled but will be pressed
next year if the President finds it
possible to make the visit then.
Senator Hoey said that Presi
dent Truman found his engage
ments to speak at Statesville and
Raleigh precluded more than a
mere visit to the battelground. It
was thought better to wait until
he could come for a longer stay,
Senator Hoey said after conferring
with local leaders interested in
arranging the celebration.
Buenos Aires Folk
Demonstrate Against
Military Government
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 20—(/P)—
Argentina’s capital city returned to
work today after virtual suspen
sion of commercial and industrial
activities yesterday while a throng
estimated unofficially at almost a
half million, marched through the
streets in a demonstration ar
ranged by opponents of the mili
tary government.
The only incident reported was
a brush between a group of de
monstrators and mounted police as
saber-brandishing officers sought
to disperse the group.
Billed as a “march for liberty
and the constitution,” the parade
was marked by frequent shouts of
“down with peron,” “down with
despotism,” and “death to dicta
torship” as the crowd roared its
defiance of Col. Juan Peron, vice
president and strong man of the
government.
WHAT’S DOING
TODAY
7:00 p.m.—Regular meeting .
of Kiwanis club.
7:30 p.m.—CAP cadets meet
at armory.
FRIDAY
12:30 p.m. — Rotary club
meets at Hotel Charles.
8:00 p.m.—Called meeting of
Cleveland Lodge 202 A.F.&A.
M. for work in Master Masons
degree.
MANY ROADS IN
EASTERN N.C.
STILL FLOODED
Situation Serious Through
out East, Worse Than
Yesterday
continuTto RISE
By The Associated Press
Four turbulent North Caro
lina rivers fed by overflowing
tributaries continued on the
rampage today making many
highways in the eastern part
of the state impassable and
destroying thousands of dol
lars worth of property.
Latest reports to the highway
patrol were that 15-A was open
from Raleigh to Creedmoor; 87
and 15-1 were open from Man
chester to Fayetteville and Rae
ford to Fayetteville, respectively;
1 was open all the way, waters
having subsided at Moncure; 64
was open from Apex to Pittsboro.
No. 258 over the Roanoke river
near Scotland Neck was expected
to be closed this afternoon.
The situation throughout the
east was serious, more so than
yesterday, said Capt. Charles Far
mer of the patrol. He said that
the Neuse might rise higher at
Smithfield and the Cape Fear
likewise at Fayetteville.
The Cape Fear and the Neuse
continued to rise. At Fayetteville,
where the Cape Fear was slowly
rising, the weather bureau observ
er was not allowed on the bridge.
Last night’s reading reported the
river had reached a stage of 65.7
feet.
TRAFFIC HALTED
All traffic into Fayetteville on
the main line of the Atlantic
Coast Line was blocked by the
high waters.' ""
The Neuse had crested at Neuse
and Smithfield, but the crest has
not yet been reached below Smith
field. At Smithfield the river
was standing at 26 feet, where
flood stage is 13 feet. At Golds
boro the Neuse continued to rise,
with the latest reading at 17.1
feet. Weather officials predicted
the river would reach 23-24 at
Goldsboro.
At Moncure, the Haw river had
fallen this morning to 30.8 feet as
compared with last nights reading
of 35 feet.
ROANOKE RISING
The Roanoke, which was reced
ing in its upper regions had reach
ed 45.1 feet at Weldon and was
continuing to rise slowly. The
flood stage at Weldon is 31 feet.
\ Danville, however, the river had
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REV. W. W. LAWTON
PLAN RELIGIOUS
EMPHASIS WEEK
Rev. W. W. Lawton To
Preach At Calvary Bap
tist Sept. 30-0ct. 7
In connection with Religious
Emphasis week to be observed by
local churches September 30-Oc
tojier 7, Rev. W. W. Lawton, jr.,
pastor of Charlotte’s Oakhurst
Baptist church, will come to Shel
by for a series of services at
Calvary Baptist church, it is an
nounced by Rev. H. E. Waldrop,
pastor.
Other churches are planning
their own observance of the week
with special services and speakers
to be announced.
Mr. Lawton was born in China,
the son of a distinguished mission
ary and he lived there until war
conditions made it necessary for
i him to come to America.
BURTON NOMINATED — Senator
Harold H. Burton (above) Repub
lican of Ohio has been nominated
by President Truman for the Su
preme court seat left vacant by the
retirement of Justice Owen J. Ro
berts. Burton’s home is in Cleve
land.— (AP Wirephoto)
litTlenew
IN EPESCASE
Doctor Calls Seconal
"Poison, Given Only By
Prescription"
By JOANNE EDSON
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 20—m
—Trial of Lt. Samuel C. Epes of
Richmond, Va., for the murder of
his pretty, auburn-haired wife was
thrown into confusion today as one
of his former college friends keeled
over in court.
A 10-minute halt in the proceed
ings came when a young-appear
ing friend or the 47-year-old lieu
tenant collapsed near Epes as a
prosecution witness said Epes had
made only an “alleged attempt at
suicide.”
Identified by court officers as
John E. Griggs, of about Epes’
age. the tall blond man, dressed
in brown, fell from the chair in
which he was seated immediately
behind Epes and the defense ta
ble.
The lieutenant jumped to his
feet in the first display of emo
tion he has shown during the
four-day trial, but quickly was re
strained by Leith Bremner, Epes
family attorney from Richmond
who has_been assisting in the de
Court attendants brought Griggs
to consciousness with ammonia
and helped him from the court
room.
DOCTOR TESTIFIES
Maj. Frank Milligan, Fort Jack
son doctor who attended Epes for
throat and wrist slashes at the
nearby post hospital last February
shortly before he led officers to
Mary Lee Williams Epes’ grave,
was on the stand.
Milligan said the slashes on
Epes’ wrists and throat were "not
deep.
“The main vessels in the neck
were not damaged in this alleged
attempt at suicide,” Milligan as
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Taylor Resigns As
WLB Chairman
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—(JP)—
Dr. George W. Taylor today of
fered his resignation as chairman
of the War Labor Board as La
bor Secretary Schwellenbach sought
to hold the board together by
continuing it as a virtually inde
pendent agency.
Schwellenbach prepared a de
claration of policy following a
conference with the board enliv
ened by heated exchanges over
WLB’s future status under his di
rection.
The Labor Board, War Manpow
er Commission at)d U. S. Em
ployment Service Were shifted to
the labor department by Presi
dent Truman laste* Tuesday.
AH Men With 2 Years’
Service Eligible For
Release By Late Winter
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—(/P)—Gen. George C. Mar
shall told congress today the army will abandon its point
system for discharges by late winter and all men with two
years’ service will be released then.
At the same time, the army chief of staff advised a
joint senate-house session that the present discharge score
of 80 points—based on credit for service, combat and depend
ency—will be lowered to 70 by Oct. 1. Another cut to 60
pumis wm ue maae inov. i.
General Douglas MacArthur,
Army chief in the Pacific, advised
the War department yesterday that
occupation force needs in Japan
and more could be met with 200,000
soldiers plus one Marine dlvislbn,
Marshall disclosed. MacArthur pre
viously had made a similar an
nouncement in Tokyo.
Marshall made it plain that
more than 200,000 troops Will be
required in the Pacific as a
whole. He said the 200,000 figure
applied only to Japan and Korea
and that troops also were re
quired for Alaska, the Aleu
tians. Hawaii, Formosa, and
possibly in China.
Congress, he said, “apparently
was disturbed’’ by an earlier esti
mate that the Army would number
2,500,000 on July 1 next and that
this could include 900,000 for occu
pation in the Pacific and 400,000 in
Europe. The general said these fig
ures were estimates that had to be
supplied in connection with the an
nual budget and that later condi
tions would “give us a new set of
figures.” He did not amplify this.
Marshall said that Gen. MacAr
thur first had requested 17 divi
sions, redeployed from Europe, for
duty in the Pacific but had trim
med this estimate repeatedly to
finally bring it down to two re
deployment divisions. These already
have been sent.
As a result of MacArtbur’s
latest estimate, Marshall said,
the army yesterday cancelled
the shipment of the 1355 air
borne division to the Pacific.
This division was ready to
move.
At the war department, addi
tional details on the point score
were announced.
The discharge score for enlisted
WACs will be reduced from 41 to
36 on Oct. 1 and further reduced
iu on inov. l.
I With the exception of medical
• officers, male officers of all grades
j including warrant officers and
| flight officers, will be eligible for
I discharge effective Oct. 1, if they
i have 75 points. The score for WAC
! officers will be reduced from 44
to 39 on the same date.
' SEPARATE SYSTEM
i Medical department officers, in
cluding nurses, will continue to be
released under a recently estab
lished separate system for release
of medical corps officers.
All of these new discharge scores
will be based on V-J day compu
tations of Sept. 2.
The army announcement also
said that the scores which de
termine an individual's eligibi
lity for overseas shipment are
under study in the depart
ment and that any changes
“required to keep in step with
new discharge scores will be
announced in the near future.”
Speaking quietly and informally
in a dark basement room In the
old Library of Congress across the
street from the Capitol, Gen. Mar
shall carefully reviewed the mili
tary manpower program since the
start of the * war.
He asserted that the Sudden Ja
panese surrender had nullified ex
tensive plans for a huge invasion
of Japan on Nov. 1.
That surrender, he explained,
had reversed numerous personnel
plans for the army.
RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE
Marshall assured congress that
demobilization was going forward
as rapidly as possible. He said
there was no relationship between
the rate of discharge of men from
the army and war department
plans for a postwar army.
Any such postwar plan, he told
congress, can wait until the mid
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MARSHALL TALKS:
Congress Hears
About Discharges
Senate Talks Tax Reduction, Unemployment Pay,
Full Employment Bills
By Max Hall
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—(JP)—General Marshall spoke,
congress listened. This was the No. 1 news on capitol hill
today.
Five-starred George C. Marshall, army chief of staff,
won high respect from law-makers whenever he talked to
mem uurmg ine war.
Now he would see what he could
do in peacetime. His task was to
tell the story of army discharges,
to explain why soldiers aren’t be
ing released as fast as some an
gry congressmen think they should
be.
He was invited to address (10
a.m. EWT) an informal joint meet
ing of the senate and house in the
green-domed Library of Congress.
Meanwhile:
1. A new tax-cutting plan took
shape in congress.
2. The senate made ready to
complete its action on the unem
ployment pay bill and send it to
the house, where the rumpus will
start over again.
3. The house prepared to debate
a bill to give the states an undis
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Japan Da America Non-Stop
Flight Just Short Of Mark
By JAMES jl STREBIG
Associated Press Aviation Editor
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20——
Beaten by a 50 to I shot, Lt. Gen.
Barney M. Giles believes the Ja
pan to America non-stop run soon
will be flown in both directions—
and often.
Giles led a flight of three-strip
ped-down B-29s in an unsuccessful
i attempt to reach Washington from
: Sapporo, Japan, without a pause.
The big Superfortresses had to
1 sit down at Chicago iate yester
j day to take on fuel after stubborn
.headwinds blew away their chances
some 6,100 miles and 26 hours af
ter their take-off.
“We hit weather you wouldn’t
hit once in 50 times,” Giles said
after the planes covered the re
maining 600 miles to Washington
in just over two hours.
SHORTEST ROUTE
He added that the great circle
route over which he led the
flight is the shortest one and
that the United States will use it
often.
Giles disclosed that the fueling
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SMALL DAMAGE
TO CROPS HERE
Farmers Are Cautioned
However Not To Pick
Lint Wet
Cotton, Cleveland county*! ma
jor crop, escaped serious damage
from the recent heavy rains, farm
leaders advise. But farmers are
cautioned not to pick the lint wet
else they will have a lower grade
of staple.
O. Z. Morgan, seed and feed
dealer who has recently made a
tour of many Cleveland county
cotton farms, believes that this
county will produce this year in
the neighborhood of from 45,000
to 50,000 bales.
Cotton gins are standing by
ready for their heavy season and
within a few more weeks they
will be running steadily.
Heaviest damage to crops ex
perienced by this county was to
lowland corn. Water stood over
some of these fields and ruined
the prospect of a harvest in
many instances.
Despite swollen creeks and
streams no bridge of any
consequence were washed out by
I the high waters, and Hugh Noell,
division highway engineer, said
that damage to roads and highways
was not as great as first feared.
What repairs are necessary will
get underway immediately.