FLEET PLANES POUND JAP SHIPS
A BO.V.B BLAST shoots a geyser high Dcnind the stern of the Jap tattle
ship Ilaruna (top,) in Kurc Day as U. S. carrier planes of the Third
Fleet carry out their July 2U attack on the huge enemy naval base. Navy
observers said the warship's superstructure was badly damaged and
large holes appeared to have been blown in the fantail. More accurate
hits were scored on the battleship lsc (bottom) which is shown resting
on the bay bottom after the raid with her main deck awash. These are
official U. S Nnvv Harlionhotos (International Snundnhntnsl
Iranian idea
Of Solution
\\ as Urged
President’s View
Won Approval From
Stalin And Attlee
With I‘ r i s i a e n t Truman
Aboard the r. s. Augusta, Aug.
I. President Truman’s
oft-. \|«n >sed view that a >oIu
lion rail lie i mud lUr every
lee it iuiat e e- ud rie, ersy, emerged
today as me of tile major cun
ti iliulious to the Purlin eonfer
ence.
Ii-.-iu .-ig iiver ' ie -y ■ -i a.- w ith
ge::..i!.t> ,.nd go \l Inini -r, iie early
ii •.. :1 < ; t tie I; :': ii mil H u>s> '
leader a, .1 no o\e:uic of corupro
n ■ be a red
iie ; a • r 7 ivliiiM ' me geii :
lbt . In ■ ot 1 mi: mI,iV V. ;r
ha i\| ia l.a ge ine.ism i upon agenda
t !'■ ill 1. ie: a Ol'' I edit v, it a him in
writing !• tiie first meeting, pre
I'.aea a, .nip,ell. e tisulla linns witli
.he ' I 1 fy i i . .-.ei : cl . r> t .- late.
1 a propo.-g. ] - g,i, e t i a* :.; i e oeSe
gations .i i.asir to. starting immr
ui.i’i ■ eoiis.ultation.-.
W In n t 'ne pi' ipia !■; iv ere | in m-, it -
t'fi. t i i a'ehi 11 added ee: , a m - lure'. -
' rally, as did (in: •! .ii.,giii" Si dill
Thei a agenda Was referred ini
di.iteh a j the 11 i l tgii secrelai ie -.
loaning a basis for mu.-1 o: the fu
tlll e disci!:-sii.ii; .
Tiie derision to csiabli.-h a c'lincil
ol t' i rign ministers ol th • Unite-1
Stall . 1 > i s. ia, 11 real Bi ita i , C!l:no
ami Frailer wa.- based on tile agenda
Mr Tran.an wanted to provide a
in.nr- tor e ntiuuing preparatory
work hr tiie peace settlement and
t' -i ■ . -oIn!ions ol problems oil
wlmh tiie big til ref may n a be able
1" hud themselves hi i : mediate
agreement.
He did much to keep in conferees
• a Hi humor throughout tiie nine
ni1 a tine.-. m which : -r i er Prime
Minister Churchill part.iapateil and
tiie remaining four, involving, his
snccc: i r. Clement K. Attlei lie lctt
Potsdam with the apparent good will
ot Russian and British leaders.
Ronnnel Son
Says Father
Was Suicide
Bad Tul/. Germany, Aug. 4- —
<AP) ,.\ son of Field Marshal Er
wm Rommel declared in a sworn
Oaten ent today that his father com
nu"cri suicide as an alternative t '
a death sentence passed by a pe<>
I'lo- court “because he was s .spect
od in the July 2U, 1944. bomb plot
on Hitler's life.”
file statement, released by U- S.
"r ' Armv headquarters, w.-s made
by Mannfreid Rommel, 17-\ear-o!il
stay of toe German "desert fox.”
iu.gig Rommel conln.ned that h.o
Chinese I)n\ in*'
10 Cut Important
Jap Rail Sen ice
Chungking, Aug. 1.— (AP) —
Chinese troops have launched a
drive to cut the Ilunan-Kwangsi
taihnad ill Hunan province and
blocking the main avenue of
Japanese withdraw I from
Kwangsi province. the high
command indicated today.
After recapturing the impor
tant Japanese stronghold of Sin
ning. a Yunaii province stri ngy
hold safeguarding the enemy's
western flank. the Chinese
smashed ahead toward an im
portant rail head town.
Money And
Food Bills
Are Signed
U. S, Commits Itself
To Huge Financial
Work! Obligations
V/a Iiington, Aug 4 i aim Pres- 1
oil ntlaI .-is!lat! o ol three nia.i >i
t .. ' .res |n\ iiiin.e. tor American I
; s rt ici| .a! i 'l in ;: ilerna! lunaI cco- |
i "Pin 1 r i !: "is. . y '|n- aliens w;i:
aniiomucil a day
1 he moo.- an..- are the lSrettun
W ■ d.s iiill, providing tor a huge
IK"notary fund to stabilize postwar
exchange ra'.i s: tile mix.SUIT increas
ing l:te lending au!aunty i i fin
e>.p i*T —....| ■>. t l ank limn STlHl.UOl).
000 t" S'i.aOO.OOO.OOO to aid ill pusl
wa: rear -'.rurtsin. and that prodd
ing I r . i A11:eiae. i: membership in
the lend ,ent .igiacultmv i rganiza
' n "1 trie l'oiled Xali ms.
i ne W'lnte Hoa.se made the an
mci'ineiit tii.tt President Truman
: id approved the thr< ie ilicet s ol leg
islation
With the I 'resident's signal ire on
the Brett"!) Woods agreement, the
1 I ill'll State.- committed itsell to lil
ies! nearly -in billion dollars in a
program In stabilize the world's
economy and promote international
trade. The agreement, worked out at
a conference of monetary experts
from 44 nations at Bretton Woods.
H.. last summer, provides for
i" Tab!i- hment nt a Sll.100.lipo.000 in
ti rnat.ii nai bn k and an $8,800,000,
j iiiiu inti rnatii nal monetary stabiliza
ti n i md.
The railed Nations is the first
e antry to ratity them. The bank and
the fund are not to be established
until countr e. representing On per
ei i t of the total ha\ e approved
them.
ather was wounded on July 1«.
Hi 14. at Ligrot. Frame, dur.ng an
American air raid, but that he was
recovering after treatment in a Pans
hospital for a -kuH Iractlire and
shed splinters 'it his face.
Young Honnnel 'aid that on Oc
tober 14 General Maisel and Gen
eral Burgdorff visited his lather.
Three quarters o! an hour later hi
came from his father's room and
sai Hitler had given hi:n a choice
i! poisoning himself or being placed
n p; ■- m and later condemned in -i
peoples court. 1
Germany To
Lose Areas
in The West
France And Holland
May Get Huge Cuts
Ut Old Fatherland
Washington, Aug. I.-—-(A!’)
—Germany will lose still more
thousands of square miles of
territory, diplomatic authorities
analyzing' the I’otsdam commit-!
nique predated today.
i tiey noted that Hie decisions
reached ny 1 result n! i iinali, Gen
eralissimo Sta 1 in ana I a i, t. e- a la i - -
tir Attlee on t< rri >. . • i i i.,:>geo t o: -
reined only llio- . on.-torn Kurope
uhitii ware a.o- urgent by i • ...- a
"1 Russian and r >li..a demand.'.
Since ii s .k-r.t 'I '.mt:.:i tia a -
Urcii new -men that > > c eret agree
ments were made at Merlin, this
means the western e rdcr.- o: '.Me
new and shrunken Germany are still
n- lie determined. The iask appeals
to he one tor the e lunei! ot i i.g live
foreign aimistc s meeting in Loud i
hy Keplenna r 1.
1'nii. .pal n""ji'wd' for fixing Ge r
many's westera harder- . me tron
,\c the rl uei.- . : i !■': ;mn In.dm' ai
are that nneLhing along the tines
they propi se will no approved even- .
I in. My.
'.'Me French t Id deprive C.rr- 1
:i’a y ol i! rira. I ina ast rial area, j
the Rhinelai i The !>e Gaulle gov
ernment la.- eli.-av. . .1 any de.-ire
to add th d terr 1 .r\ lo France, bul
il has : U.L'ge.'lerl Hail <!.e Rhineland,
with its greatest -ourecs of power,
raw material and in'oduclivily. lie '
internationalized under a control i
mechanism predominantly French.
Netherlands ollici..!.' ii.e.e talked
nl ga i ing a large r! n ... Olden
berg. which is H e : i lowest e .me: I
ol Gem any opemn : on the X irth |
Sea. There has bee n - oe i!i .s-ion j
ol mm ir.g Holland's .-hi': east- i
ward ti■ Kn.- ive The Date1. :
government is wailing to determine 1
what p .pular rear! urn 1. tin* pn po- ;
sals may be. The claim is based or.
the fact that while they were occu- i
pying Holland, the Gem ■. tie- j
itroyed hundreds thousands of
acres of rich agricultural lands by
flooding
Spain Much
Disturbed
Over Snub
_
New Y" ... Aug. -t (Ai’l 1 iie |
Madrid rad 1 ad today 'die per ili.i.
derision ol the I’ h.-dam e oilern ee
to ,■ >.( su' Spain 1 lie l. n:u a
Nation, organ;.'.,! ion eansed "p’V
plixity" .!•: nr; S; la u i a rds. wll
anted "to col la le nobly u ith
all other nations m ttieir task."
The lag licac deei ■ *t: "albrats
direetly," the , roadcast said, adding,
"we undoubtedly must assert mr
selves I at this matter. '
The bro.Mrast was direeled t i
l.atin-America tv.d ree<frdtd by tlie
I-'.C.C.
Sjiain, it s iid. now "is creating tile
condition; lor a material and spir- j
itual development o| national and:
rderlv coninmnily in the concert ot |
nations.'
No inentmn was made oi state
ments i. the Potsdam c imn miq le
that the Spanish government of
General Fi.mcis n Fi .mm had had .
• close association » ith the aggressor
states, and was founded with the
support "I the Axis powers," but the
broadcast asserted the Franco regime
had "not rininacwi the German thud
reich.”
Several Senators
For MacArtluir As
Leader In Pacific
Washington. Aug. 4 -(AP) —Sev
eral senators today endorse^ Id. Gen.
James Doolittle's suggestion ot a su
preme commander ol toe 1 acitii, mid
named General D uighis MarAi tluu
as their choice
Doolittle. C< Hill .mder o[ the eight .
air force, said in a speech at Oki
nawa that an overall chiel of all the
armed forces in toe Pacific w as nr. -
essarv. Do, little added tiiat that
t( I had been 1 ied md prm ed i i
North Africa ' d Europe under Gen
era! Dwight I) Ki.-enhnwer.
Senator Johns- ii of C dorado com
mented: "1 w mid l.ke tn e an over
all command in the Pneilic. and ;
think General MacArthur should
head it."
Senator Stewart , ! Tennessee said.
"I'm for it and I am for General
MacArthur ha\ ing it."
WEATHER
for NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday; scattered thundershow
ers occurring mostly in early
evening. Continued warm in
south; not quite so warm in
north portion. ^
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Railroad Network In Japan
Being Destroyed By Planes
EEFORE THEY SAID FAREWELLS AT POTSDAM
_—Mara-—————— —I—... i ■■mi __
INTERRUPTING THEIR FINAL SESSION of the Potsdam conferences, the “Big Three” smilingly pose a moment for ,
the c.M' eramen. As pictured, they are (l- fro r.) Prime Minister Clement Attlee of Great Bn la in, President
Ilarry S. Truman of inc United States, and Generalissimo Josef Stalin < f Soviet Rm\ .a. President Truman if
now on his wav home after a British stopover. Signal Corps Kcdiophuto. Hn ter national SoundijliQlQ)
Invasion To
Begirt From
Island Base
Plans Are Forged
In Ryukyus Region
For Attack On Japs
Manil A g I. (Af>)— Genet U
MacA. :ii -in1 ' mat'd today that no
had '.i;;vti command of all the Am
ir ti - > ■; ' i !.stands in
R.v .ky. .m ath >: .Ii. in
flading Okinawa. as bases lro»
which a ••mighty mva-Mii force is
in am t '. red" : .;• the .subjugation <>i
the enemy.
< Xk ii.iu a and aii.nit a dozen it -
lands la Hi «•!'•: were conquered
by the ru:. abied torces under Ad
n sal X. v. ;• .vocally MacA -
’is' Fa Fa-t fore lave mov
ed i:i to air ba-es there .m i have
''ad b.> . v i .a the s ill:at : n
uiis! In - i- H ..r Kasim.
l ie -t i i:.i1 s.1 - !! hold is it h
! ions oi ' .r Ry ;ky a ch i.n km r.v i
i - the s group, bet vi en
AMns.vs mil F-irm, v-a, ' sal Ism
Asia. T"i: . a and <)- mi gro.i, ■
jet ■ eea ' >.. aa s and Ky ishn.
Hi statement ■ nphasiz.ed the in
’ri a mg mi..', t.i : ,v s. (tkma a a
i base lor the climatic assaui;
tga.Ust till Japanese home islands.
295.6G1 rOt'XDS I.AHIB SOM*.
Co liege St at it • R; « Aug 3
X H ih Cn.s iiaa : .mors have r< -
ct ally rkcte i 295.601 |• >■ aids
lama in 12 . ••.,»ive sales imi i
until.r the - ai trs sr at oi th. Si.it,
College Mx!' i ■ S' rvicc. 1 ae u
men vi iv !'r;l with Hi
operate, e s lit - aeeallsp thev i ■
able to sell the;:’ s p gIVtle limb- .s
"Chic mo pi i i v ithout
ii , : i i ■ 1 eight i ' i
says Marketing Specialist Hazel
Me ielu.a . Ji . . s in charge of the
sales.
Truman And kin^MeetOn Warship
A.- I'ie.-ii'cnt Harry S. Trur.u.n boards H Al. S. lun nvii .it 1 Ivin i, ih
Kns’.oni. K - George VI r reels hi’ with a hands'. •• > The Ghie'
Exei'iit.ie , i>ed oil to see the l-nglish rul.r be!ere l.e left <’m the
L y. aboard the cruiser Augusta. (International Kadiopn.ito.j
t
P... A A 4 — i AIM — PU . ..
1. . . ny : • > - t i: y 1
broadcast in which he expressed
ho i for o German vi tory, said to
ll y he had t xpfeku-d ais reason
forth tat eht in ; witn .tn
mi.'.i! Wi. :am 11. l.eahy, then Unit
( ed St.itc- ambass.i : • , Vichy
Te-thviny in the ' ,al o. Marsh.U
Petnin. i .n ,d >a:d:
j "A let. days :,:u p |p . t.
Ad I thy d Mi 11 key Tu .
(it.' mseh : t i the U S k:. tassy at
Vichy) i i e to et m I explain! i
1 the seasons Ins l.a ' . emeu;:, ...
I meant by t, ; id s.l ef
I lee'.- of it. ’
1. ... i .1 ’: it : . In ' .el: '
of Leahy, now e.nel ..; to Pie -
I idlin'. Till’ ill. In o let it s is :. 1 at the
Pet a ill t: I.e . o v ex;s-se'l toe
■ tiil-yea i a i
always acted .a. the o-t ml. rests ■ *f
France.
I. ... i s meriti m i>: Leahy came
afte. a defense attorney asked if
the United States a n ale any
nt>ive t» break diplomatic relations
•a do Vi.-by ' to the or...idea-1 by
l. ... •• ■< -pc., .oia . little, victory.
,\ a. ir . e i « ; that 1.... I shou i
.mow that h - eparture yes
terday. Mars.-iol ret do -aid that he
m. -ted on lilt return aj of that
phrase front ti.e radio speech. IV
to.li told t.he co .rt lie was amazed
when ito tic. 1.1 tin sperm delivered
■with the passage. Laval testified
ye-terdav lie or >:idc.i-t the state
ment "1 tic- to a German \ ictory"
only altir Pet.mi made ii r. change
toe \\n: mg ii-tiin "1 believe m a
Gem,ail \ tvt-*ry."
J
Bows Inevitable
i
Ferlai, Ai g. I- AI’) — l'lrrlme:' .
'.i ' ;gh their as daily newspape. .
’ . >\\ \' i at i1 i 1 'die i at IV -
darn during tile b.g it.fee meetup:: i
I ::t co i e\\ -1 >aper.~ ti.seii tn >-q .if
t i*■.r are t.. lay ti> print tile It.'I
text .■! the c iinmuna|ue. Tiie n a
p .. i' e 1 x 11111>: \ e - a itiniaries.
N - a., y p. p, ' :, eh any Co
but the Pa
i li>ri:e Fund-! . at organ :
th.i’ So , ie* e. rapyuig In.vc-. reprint
ed .>. .’erda\ - M • raw I’ravda ecli
Inqu at y Gonna: j
e.-poe.ally tito r vei M‘d in interna
1 isial affairs, the foremost react a.n
one u! eel.of tha' Gera.any will
not e dismemboi ed. E\ eiy Cterm; .
\\. .i;’i pared 1 1 learn 1 nat Germany
' i a si : mV ;t'.i\i!y S '!) lo-ses a>
1 ■ > lit 1 t e r
ry sh pping and aviation —seem
ed a be aeeepied a> inevitable. Bui
!a.rr ;va> i»b\ xi:>apjjo:ntment
tlte ( 1 lions quest
was ell in efmite.
rue *wnr;is oi terilory tx> Poland
were regarded as the nardcvt thing
la bear.
Prices Are Firm
After First Week
Of Border Sales
Florence, S. x Aug I - (AP)
"I ■,<■ A; A u.vi; >1 t1 Bordet Bek 1
■ s. east i sell vi -h rday with I
;.. image prict.- vmaming firm at
lex cl- ana v. A. !airly hea\ \
- ilr.- Monday — .. ed . r in; 1 t.- left I
A . ' ; • g grades
; 1 a u; 1 1 . r h. 1 .a; -und.-. Fat; '<
ti.c day . 4c.C.Va-il;g ah .1 .41.
1. : a - conun i.\i to 1 aixe ap An
ajority fterings. but a slig!
inrt'tiM' in in;ter.- \\a- it’ ted.
I ll 1.1 \l)l i:s TO MI IT.
t'.’llegi Stat. a. Id.lcigh. A g. 3.—
An one imp r.ent tor o’.: cor- o'.
X’ ; !!i Cart na 4-11 •- \x ;’.; be
held .,1 Camp Millstone no...’ Pmo
hurst from August T to It*, it .- an- !
'I.u Mtt ,1. S;..’e 4-:l
club leadxT. and Ruby S Pea -
assist;i t club et.de;', •• the Stan
X A go Extension Serx C 'if ’,v
... nt I’d und \y • . ■ L
c aity lid lV.-tri,” II ■ c 1 'em :• -
. ’ n Agent Ann d>el . \rail! evil
• i.'t in ."ndeeting the !•• . -day e; - ;
t canipment.
Shipping Is
Paralyzed,
Ports Mined
Air Force impotent
In Face Of Attacks
By U. S. Bomb Units
- *"*
Guam, Am 1 —(AP)—Her
shipping paralysed. Japan, her
ports milled. 2.M(l.'J.'!2 tons of
her ship' so: k • a damaged this
year hy the Far least air forces
alone, now is seeing her rail
road system torn up by Ameri
can planes, latest official re
ports disclosed 11>day.
()!e.\ te: < : nterccptors
showed p •. ’ At istangs
1 e t< '■ - i ' lie 'I ■ >kyo
: e.V, . e; e . m ■ 4 .' Wed 1 t
liicometivi iged lore and
I it ty railroad ■. r.-.
Gene . S; : a t' S A y stra
1 - t 1 •. : . ro|)<>rt
ti.day said the Mus
tang' ,-h Id , ■ . hd a third
nd di ■ iyi ani.iged 14
a a i i . v ...a. d .. l i, y 1 o f
six raider.-.
Hep. rl s ! l ie ! . -1 tiler day
a August S >a tv. i a by
i .1 ! Hi : C ! i •_1111..y. lor the
Far K , e, led eftee
I 've i1 i■ • - . ,d y,. rds and
IX II.- I la e: Ky , , and Honshu.
• h 1Ja::. d: :1 ■ a a :»■ dmvn
' ' < hoi. .July 29
II > sink i n.\ i :: a1; i unit
wel . .act. Ad
: i iral Nimit; . - t day in his
III et comm ait) • I: - the first
ep ted enemy «i 1 >kinawa,
when - di atf n shipping
wen- free cn! : i.iaa ; .at in\asion,
sifiee June 22
At AI: ‘..la. Go i-c Mae Arthur
said bad weather prevented Far Fast,
air ferro p...:ie.- hased on Okinawa
lr.'ii ini ting Japan again. He told
of raids on F riiin-a • nd French
Indo-C'hina. and. . recapitulation,
I...Jed l.(l:i2.1o7 i' 11 Liny uiip
ng s nk, 505.99(1 ably « nk and
1.302.73.7 Una- a, ,.n 1 hy Far Fast
. : c in - pia; i • ..nd itt.ichcd units
a ing the ... -' seven rn<rnths of
1945. '
Tokvo Says
i *
All japan
Is Target
San Franeisc ■, Aug 4.—(API
N'"! .. s.i.elo a.'i'.i id Japan is safe
American bt nbs, the Domei
i vs ageiK'v atliriUca today in de
ayii.a da Faded Sant. State De
imrimen: aeeiisat.an 11...t prisoner of
iva" c: ; - . e placed in military
ins; alia! a >n>.
F\ en ; a . . .■ ■ • • -.•ttirl be cstab
! sited at da s . a Mount Fuji.
: even: ..Mv v d "r a target.
Domei t: >:e<l 'v.tF in:, nncd" quar
tefs in a T b. ad. t.-t monitored
1 y the i t ii :.. 1 C a:imiiiiH'attons
Fiinimissi. .n.
At. tai.it a I), me iva .' that pris
tine i .- wide ■. ten , i 1 —1111 raid
■a a heav ily indust ializi 1 Ttiky >
suburb brought lue St.de Depart
; en: a .test. T. i.lav the first
dim. I) ■ a . 'i ■ 'he e.imp was
in .. V. I a ' ' ;■ He t which
the ;r-.ueid e- . led their
families and was near a hospital.
i :to lii.'i■ d t:a.d the United
St at chargt d c« red An erican
;'11>'Is ' d 1 -. ten:pies,
schools, hospit i Uvellings "It
:r.n rightly hr • d I An eri
, .1 - .t i \ . ' .ie ev ery
thirty ■ ' c .. i 1 ' so soil
evt h'Cyen—»s mil*,
day ' :1 . emarked
Cotton Declines
On D iiv’s I radin^,
Awaiting Report
X X' \ .. • \" Cotton
uluri i hale
', -\\ e t ' ' s ..
■ - ■ la; egis
tered > ■ tge wiling
. mi '. •.■■■< . • in nf; scale
down \ . * st riel -
ed, reflet g the I n st
g.oe a - .. Wednes
F't> a >>ed 1. 'at , iib i 'ale
Close
t\t. *:• i"j a:>.
IX\embe; **■ 22.82
Ma t h 22.0! 22 88
May 87 22.80
July . . . —uU 22.54