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WEATHER Mostly cloudy with light rains to day and in east and central por tions tonight; cooler today; Tues day, partly cloudy, little change in temperature. The Hhelby Baily Stdn-« - State Theatre To Jay - “THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS” Robert YOUNG — Laraine DAY CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL XLII1-247 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, OCT. 15, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c DEMOBILIZATION OF JAP COMBAT FORCES FINISHED .**#*## * * * ,« * * * * A ;* * * # # * * * All Controls On Construction, Airplane Travel Lifted Today Live Allied Prisoners Of War Used By Japs For Bayonet Practice By Dinnne Hennesy TOKYO, Oct. 15.—(/P)—The use of live allied prisoners of war as bayonet practice targets, while allied officers were forced to look on, has been fully established, General Mac Arthur’s headquarters announced today. me new recora oi airocny was developed by the secret alliec translation and interrogation sec tion of the allied headquarter: which worked through the war in terviewing Japanese prisoners anc sorting documents seized in bat tle zones. The secret unit, the ex istence of which was undisclosed until last week, included man> Japanese-Americans and worked often while Shells were still blast ing across contested positions. One of the worst of the bayonet practice atrocities occurred or Guadalcanal where two Europeans and one Eurasian were used as practice targets while allied offi cers were forced to stand in line and watch for six and a half hours while the three were horribly mu tilated and tortured by the stab bing, jabbing Nipponese, the an nouncement said. Enlisted prison ers periodically were paraded past the scene so they could see the death agonies of the three. Records of the ATIS disclose that one of the bayoneted prison ers had been recently married, an other left a wife and two children while the third had a wife and one child. The translated diary of a Japa nese officer gave full details of the horrible scene. Similar instances, in which Chinese prisoners were used as targets, were disclosed by the questioning of superior private Tokuhashi Nakino, who told ATIS agents after his capture that dur j ing basic training in China his j company was provided with live Chinese prisoners on which to practice. HANDS TIED The Japanese officer’s diary said that at Guadalcanal, the three prisoners used were thoroughly beaten and then led out with their hands tied behind their backs. They were fastened to a barbed wire fence and the bayonet prac tice started while the sickened See LIVE Page * War Fund Drive Is Lagging Seriously Few Reports Workers So For Turned In; Heed For Fund Growing Daily Only a very few of the workers in the United War Fund drive which started here last Tuesday morning have treasurer of the fund, and the campaign is lagging badly. Treasurer of the fund and the campaign is lagging badly, MARINES TO LEAVE CHINA CHUNGKING, Oct. 15. —</P>— Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek said today at his first post-war press conference that United States Mar ines would be withdrawn from North China "very soon.” He said they would start leaving as soon as they were relieved by Chinese central government forces. The Marines were sent into North China recently to help Chinese au thorities disarm surrendered forces. Chiang said also he hoped to visit the United States, Britain, Russia and France “as soon as time per mits,” but he added "it is very dif ficult to determine the time before hand.” The generalissimo said he felt certain that Soviet forces in Man churia would be withdrawn accord ing to provisions of the Sino-Soviet pact. He is now awaiting a report from his representative, Gen. Hsl ung Shih-Hui, who arrived in Man churia about two days ago. Chiang said his government Is not considering a shift to Peiping. It would be reestablished at Nan king as soon as conditions become normal—about six months—he said. Gastonia, Gaffney Men Killed In Crash In N. J. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. 15. — (/P)—Two employees of the Akers Motor Lines, Gastonia, N. C., were killed today. Inspector Joseph Near of the Hudson county police said, when a ten-ton truck crashed into their parked. truck and trailer on Tonnele Ave. near Terrace Avenue. Near said the victims, Lloyd Stacy, 30-year old driver of the truck and trailer, who lived at 214 South Kane Street, GAstonia, and his co-driver, Horace Smith Mc Kinney, 33, of R-l, Box 39A, Gaff- | ney, S. C., were making repairs to their truck. The inspector said the ten-ton truck, owned by the Novack Trans port company, of Roanoke) Va„ was operated by Arthur LeRoy Middle ton, 31, of 1126 Forest Street, Bal timore, Md. With him was his brother-in-law, a voluntary co worker, Gordon Edward Wilhelm, 39, of the Forest Street address. y ne saia. As soon as the canvass of a work er is completed he should make his report immediately to the treasur er, however. Chairman Shem Blackley emphasized that he did not want these reports made so early that would-be donors would be overlooked. Needs for this fund are mounting daily. Disease rates in Holland are now 79 times as great as they were be fore the war. it was stated today by officials of American Relief for Holland, a member agency of the National War Fund. The calami tous increase in illness during the German occupation, revealed in data recently released by the Neth erlands government, was ascribed to the lack of food and warm cloth ing, as well as to a shortage of med ical supplies. WIDESPREAD FAMINE The prospect of widespread fa mine in Northwestern China, among a population of 60 million people, has sent grain and vegeta ble prices soaring and brought an appeal for help to prevent distress and suffering this winter, according to a report of United China Relief relayed to Shem Blackley, chair man of the Cleveland National War Fund drive. Results of the drive conducted In the churches yesterday have not been received either by the treasur er or the chairman but they are hopeful that the church contribu tions will swell the total to a point nearer the quota of $23,932. Neither have the results of the Kings Moun tain campaign been ascertained. Besides the local Boy Scouts, Girl See WAR FUND Page 2 RECONVERSION MAKING GOOD PROGRESS Officials, However, Warn Labor Strife Will De lay Progress WPB PROBING LAG By Sterling F. Green WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.— (/P)—All controls came off construction and airplane traevl today as the nation en tered its third month of peace. Lifting of WPB’s ban on civilian construction was expected to stim ulate business expansion and pro vide a new source of jobs for the country’s rising total of unemploy ed. It came as reconversion of ficials voiced general satisfac tion with the progress thus far made while cautioning at the same time that the upsurge of labor strife would delay the back-to-normal process. From official and unofficial quarters came these forecasts of future trends and actions: Wages—Labor wants a 30 per cent increase to offset losses of overtime. Official sentiment is growing for federal approval of a rise of perhaps 15 percent, but this plan so far lacks White House blessing. Prices—Such a wage boost neces sarily would increase price levels by 3 or 4 percent. Meantime OPA is holding the line, insisting on 1942 retail prices Jot most goods coming back on the market. Strikes—Failure to date in set See RECONVERSION Page * Typhoon Leaves 28 U.S. Navy Personnel Dead By The Associated Press The death tall from the typhoon which whipped across the west Pa cific last week stood today at 28 U. S. navy personnel and seven Japanese prisoners of war of Oki nawa, and 84 persons In western Japan. Meanwhile, fleet headquarters at Pearl Harbor said six enlisted men were killed and 23 injured in an unexplained explosiop at a navy receiving station on Okinawa Fri day. The navy also reported 70 miss ing and 423 injured during the storm. The U. S. army listed no deaths but a “considerable num ber of minor injuries. The army previously announced that 100 sol diers were injured. VESSELS SUNK Navy authorities in Washington said the typhoon sank three naval vessels, beached 30 and damaged three. The total of Japanese dead was reported by the Japanese home ministry, which also said that the storm left thousands homeless, destroyed 350 bridges and badly damaged rice fields. Headquarters of army forces in the western Pacific, at Manila, said the typhoon damaged one third of its heavy canvas on Oki nawa, but that many tents were repaired easily. The army still awaited reports from northern Okinawa and nearby Ie island, both of which have been out of com munication. Three ships and 10, airplanes carrying 1,250 army patients e vacuated from Okinawa—not ty phoon victims—were scheduled to reach Manila- today. TODAY IN CONGRESS: Tax Cutting Bill Is Main Fare On Congressional Mom WASHINGTON, Oct. 15— (/P) — The $5,350,000,000 tax cutting bill began the second stage of Its jour ney through congress today. The senate finance committee opened hearings on the measure which the house already has pass ed. Otherwise on Capitol Hill law makers were busy on such sub jects as the Pearl Harbor investi gation, minimum wages and de mobilization. And there was talk about strikes and merging the army and navy. Tax cutting, however, still was the main event, The finance committee must pass Judgment on the house bill, then report its findings to the full senate for debate $$d a vote. In contrast to the ways and means committee of the house, the senate committee planned open hearings to hear Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson and oth er1 witnesses. Senator Byrd (D-Va) told a reporter he wants to know first of all what, if anything, is being See TAX Page * w MRS. MARY E. McBRAYER Funeral Today For Mrs. Mary McBrayer Shelby's "Greeting Lady" Dies At Age Of 90 After Prolonged Illness Funeral services are being held this afternoon at 2:30 for Mrs. Mary E. McBrayer, Shelby’s quaint and beloved lady of the past who carried to this generation all the fine tradi tions of Southern aristocracy, gentleness, faith, love and annreciation. The end came Saturday evening at 7:30. Mrs. McBrayer, who celebrated her 90th birthday on February 2 of this year, was born in Lincoln coun ty, the daughter of the late Eli and Martha Lander Fulenwider. She came to Shelby at the age of five with her father who became one of the pioneer merchants of Shelby. Se died in the home where she and her husband, Reuben McBrayer, moved as bride and bridegroom. He was a prominent attorney but died fifty years ago. On Mother’s Day of last year Mrs. McBrayer fell and sustained a broken hip which made her bedrid den until the end came, but her bright and unfaltering memory never failed until a few days ago when she developed flu. It was her custom and pleasure to remember anniversaries of friends and call them up, extending condolence or congratulations as the case might be. She carried thousands of anni versary dates in her mind without the aid of a notebook. After she be came bedridden, one of the first chores of the morning was to have See FUNERAL Page 2 Soldier Husband Held In Slaying Of Youthful Bride CLEVELAND, Oct. 15. — VP)— Corp. Frank Likar, 22, was charg ed with second degree murder to day In the Saturday night scarf slaying of his 18-year-old bride, Mrs. Marie Wilfong Likar of New ton, N. C. Detective Thomas Deveries said the Army Air Corps corporal ad mitted choking his wife to death and leaving her body in a field aft- | er she told him: "I don’t love you and I never did.” Deveries said Likar called police headquarters Satuday night, told officers of the slaying, and then directed them to the body. The soldier, who said he was due to report Thursday at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas, told detectives he had met his wife on a blind date in 1943, and that they were mar ried last July after he returned from England. Deveries quoted Likar as saying: "I knew I did the wrong thing as soon as I choked her. I shook her to return to consciousness. Now I’d like to be a doctor to help other j?eople live.” __ _ ^ v | COAL SUPPLY LOW IN CITY Most Local Dealers Report None In Stock, None Expected Soon The coal situation In Shelby Is pretty bad — in fact, most local dealers when contacted today re ported no coal at all in stock. Shelby dealers began run ning out of coal last week, as the national coal strike was getting well underway, and to day dealers say they have been notified by their d>tributors that no more coal will be shipped until after the end of the strike. One dealer said this morning that he was keeping a few hun dred pounds for use in case of emergencies, but that not another lump was available on the yard. Another dealer said that he had a very small quantity and had been selling as much as a hun dred pounds to a few customers, but that his supply was practically exhausted. RESERVE SUPPLY The dealers have taken the mat ter up with Senator Clyde R. Hoey and with the Solid Fuels Ad ministration in Washington. Distributors have been ordered to ship the reserve coal supply oiily to hospitals and under other conditions of emergency, it was said. With orders staked up for as much as a month or more follow ing the return of coal, not much easing of the situation here was See COAL Page * 60 Injured When Bleachers Collapse SPARTANBURG, Oct. 15. — (£>)— A section of wooden bleachers at the county fair grounds here col lapsed Saturday afternoon, injur ing more than 60 spectators at automobile races. Several were ser iously hurt, and were treated St local hospitals and at Camp Croft hospital, . __ . .. . JAPAN SUPS INTO MILITARY OBLIVIONTODAY Political Leaders To Put Democratic Principles Into Effect CURB ONmROHITO By Russell Brines TOKYO, Oct. 15.—(fl5)— Japan slipped quietly and with mingled feelings into military oblivion today as its demobi lization was completed on schedule, and for the first time in history these islands held no combat military force, J either in fact or in name. As the fighting force of 7,000, 000 soldiers and sailors at home and abroad was reduced to noth ing, the translation and interroga tion section of Allied headquarters produced evidence that Japanese troops had used live Allied pris oners in bayonet practice on Guadalcanal and in China. With the exit of the defeated, discredited warlords, Japanr/e po litical leaders stepped onto the national state to put into effect a list of Democratic principles pres cribed by Allied headquarters. prince jrumimaro Konoye, one of Emperor Hirohito’s close advis ors, said in an interview that “his majesty is anxious that revi sions be made” in the constitution to bring about the reforms decreed by headquarters. CURB POVVkR * Konoye, who was boomed as the head of a new political party, add ed that constitutional revisions under consideration would curb Hirohito’s almost unlimited power over his 77,000,000 subjects and give the Diet some supervision over expenditures of the imperial household. Another being mention ed prominently as a prospective party head was Gen. Kuzushige Ugaki, 77-year-old militarist poli tician. Japan’s Incubator of imperialistic schemes since 1878, the imperial general staff headquarters, was dissolved formally yesterday and the general staff went out of of fice today, in accord with Pots dam declaration terms. The once proud and powerful army and navy ministries contin ued to do business but merely as “ministries for demobilization.” Allied headquarters announced See JAPAN tsige 2 Unidentified Plane Wreckage Sighted Atop Mount Guyot ATLANTA, Oct. 15. — (/P) — Army search crews have located the wreckage of an unidentified plane atop Mount Guyot in the Tennessee - North Carolina Smoky Mountains, the Atlanta Army air base announced today. The Army spokesman said the plane is believed to be a C-45 trans port which was reported missing October 5 while on a flight from St. Louis to Charlotte, N. C. Mount Guyot is on the North Carolina side of the state border about 50 miles due east of Knox ville. Army rescue parties from Ashe ville, N. C., are now enroute to the mountain top under the guidance of U. S. Forest rangers, the public relations office said. Since the C-45 planer was report ed missing, the Army said search crews have covered the country from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic ocean. The wreckage, still to be identified, was first spotted by a C-47 search plane from Scott Field, 111. I --.. Laval Executed As Traitor After Failing In Suicide Attempt By Mel Most PARIS, Oct 15.—(TP)—Pierre Laval was executed as a traitor to France todav after failine to cheat the firinar FIVE KILLED IN ACCIDENT One Body Thrown Clear Of Car, Four Others Burned NEWTON, Oct. 15. —(/P)— Ri chard Turner Summers, 36, of Statesville, driver of a truck which yesterday was involved in a collision that claimed five lives, was at li berty today, under bond pending an inquest into the deaths. The dead, all of newton, were Fred Holler, 33, Will Sweezy, 45, John Sigmon, 40; Jule Towery, 29; and Walter Towery, 7, son of Jule Towery. The accident occurred on a curve on the Shelby highway, about 15 miles west of Newton and in Lin coln county. A 1930 model sedan in which the five victims were riding crashed headlong with an empty milk truck-trailer owned by G. H. Gantt of Statesville and driven by Summers. According to highway patrolmen who investigated, Holler was thrown free of the wreckage but the other accident victims were pinned in their cars, which burst into flames after the crash. The four bodies in the car were burned beyond rec ognition. ' Sheriff George E. Rudisall of Lincoln county said Summers was released under bond until an in quest. MRS. BENTON FATALLYHURT Mrs. Ida Painter Benton died in the Shelby hospital Saturday ht at 9 o’clock, from injuries s. ceived when she was struck . car driven by Talmadge Rippy ne Grover Saturday about 5 p.m. Mrs. Benton had been to Grover to buy groceries and was on her way home when she dropped a package and stooped over to get it. While she was reaching for the package she was struck by the car driven by Mr. Rippy. Funeral for Mrs. Benton was held this afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Draytonvllle Baptist church with services conducted by Rev. Clar ence Hampton and Rev. Pink Wright.. Interment took place in the church cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Horace Benton; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Earls, of Clinton, Term.; a son by a former marriage, Paul Davis; a brother, Billie Painter, of Gaffney, S. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Jim Godfrey, of Spartanburg, S. C., and Mrs. Ada Thompson, of Pacolet, S. C. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—Junior Chamber of Commerce meets at Hotel Charles. 7:30 p.m.—City council meets at city hall. 7:30 p.m.—State Guard drill at armory. TUESDAY 7:30 p.m.—CAP cadets meet at armory. Truman May Demand Postwar ‘Little Steel’ Wage Formula By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. — (/P)— President Truman may tell the War Labor Board today to fashion a postwar wage formula similar to its wartime “Little Steel” yardstick. Six members of WLB—which had considered itself a dying war agen cy until a few days ago—had a White House date to talk over the present rash of management-work er unrest. Earlier Mr. Truman had in structed WLB to liquidate as soon as possible. The group summoned to the ft I White House was led by Acting Chairman Lloyd K. Garrison, form er University of Wisconsin law dean who succeeded Chairman George W. Taylor. The latter left the gov ernment Friday due to what he thought was the imminence of WLB's liquidation, to write a dis sertation on the ‘‘Little Steel” for mula. “LITTLE STEEL’* Taylor wrote that decision in the “Little Steel” wage case during the war. It later was made to apply to See TRUMAN PAGE 3 squad by swallowing poison. The man who collaborated with the Germans as chief of government in old Marshal Petain’s Vichy re gime died from a coup de grace, fired through his ear, when a volley from the firing squad did not kill him. Doctors restored the swarthy traitor from effects of poison taken fonr hours earlier. He was led to the courtyard of the bleak old Fresnes prison and died with a cry of "Vive La France” on his lips. He was refused a final request to give the order for his own death, to the execution squad. Laval refused a proferred blind fold and faced his executioners. These were his last words: “It is not the soldiers’ fault. They know not what they do. Vive La France!” 12 FIRED The twelve riflemen fired. Laval fell only to his knees. An officer rushed up immediately aimed his revolver into Laval’s ear and fired. The coup de grace dis patched Laval at 12:32 p.m. and he fell dead into the, dirt of the courtyard. The man who before the war had thrice been premier of France and a dozen times a member of her cab inets was condemned by the high court of justice last week—the same court which condemned former Marshal Petain and Joseph Dam and, the head of the Vichy militia. Petain’s sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and disgrace; Darnand stood before a firing squad only a few days before Laval. It was not the first time Laval had felt the steel of a bullet. While leading the Vichy government, he was wounded and almost killed by a youthful assassin. Laval testified during the trial of Marshal Petain that the wounds from that attempt still bothered him. TUMULTOUS TRIAL The trial of Laval was cut short by Laval’s own sitdown strike against the proceedings, which he termed a "judicial crime.” His first statement had been greeted by a burst of jeers and shouts from the •residing judge, prosecutor and urors. Twice during the first three days, Laval was ejected from the courtroom. His lawyers quit at the start of the trial, but returned only when threatened with disbarments After his second ejection from the trial, Laval was confined in a dungeon beneath the courtroom. He wrote some brief notes outling his defense. A coffin lay near the spot where Laval had pitched forward in See LAVAL Page S DEATH CLAIMS MARVINLUTZ Prominent Farmer Of Bel wood Dies Of Stroke; Rites Tuesday Marvin L. Lutz, prominent far mer and fertilizer dealer of Bel wood died Sunday afternoon, fol lowing a stroke of paralysis suf fered Saturday morning from which he never regained con sciousness. Mr. Lutz was 62 yetrs i of age. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at Ka ties h church of which he had long been a faithful member. He had served as steward for many years. The body will lie in state at the church for a half hour before the services. PIONEER FAMILY Mr. Lutz was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Luther Lutz, a pio neer Cleveland county family. He was first married to Mamie Eliza beth Elliott who died Sept. 8, 1924. His second marriage was to Amy Cansler of Hickory who sur vives, together with the following children: Mrs. Guy Brown of Flay, Mrs. Burgin Brown of Morganton. i Marvin Lutz, jr.. Billy Lutz, Rob j ert Lutz, and Everett Lutz, who i live at home. Mr. Lutz was one of the largest and most successful farmers in the Belwood section and highly esteemed by his host of friends. t
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