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AMERICAN LOSSES INCREASE
TO 16,42 IN OKINAWA FRAY
ftarines and Doughboys
Mass for Final Assault
on Japs' Southern Line;
Samal Island Invaded
In Philippines; Aussies
Threaten Borneo Oil
Fields
Guam, May 10.—American casual
ties in the bloody battle of Okinawa
have mounted to 16,425, Adm, Ches
ter W. Nimitz announced today as
U, S. 10th Army troops on the south
ern tip of the embattled island push
ed forward slowly under a thunder
ing naval and land bombardment.
The casualties covered the period
.through Monday, or 37 days since
the Americans stormed ashore on
Okinawa Easter Sunday.
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz did
not specify the- gains made in the
southward advance. The Third Ma
rine Amphibious Corps on the west i
and the 24th Army Corps on the left
have massed with Army and Marine
artillery behind them for the final
assault against the Japanese south
ern defense line.
Adverse weather continued to
hamper operations on the impor
tant island only 360 miles from Japan
as Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles, com
mander of the Army Air Forces in
the Pacific* declared that Japan soon
will be rocked by round-the-clock
bombing such as pulverized German
industry.
Giles promised that a heavier
weight of bombs would be dropped
on Japan than the Reich. xNew types
of planes will join expanded Super
fortress fleets, he said, including*
the huge B-32 bomber, jet-propelled
P-80 fighters and an improved A-26
attack bomber.
Flying Fortresses and Liberators
soon will be available in 'strength
from Europe and neV bases will
have to be built to handle the influx
of air power to bring' about the cli
mactic air assault against the Japa
nese empire.
Round For Victory.
Marine aircraft based on Okinawa
and carrier-based planes continued
to support the embattled ground
troops. '
Despite the viciousness of the
struggle every gun ashore and every
gun afloat which bore on the enemy
on Okinawa fired one round simul
. taneously in recognition of the vic
tory of the United Nations in Europe
Wednesday, Nimrti announced.
The causalty breakdown through
May 7 for U. S. forces involved in the I
Okinawa campaign showed: 2,107 sol
diers and 677 Marines killed; 10,103
soldiers and 2^00 Marines wounded;
and 601 soldien and 38 Marines miss
ing. -
Tlie last announced Japanese death
toll was 36,535—a ratio at better than
16 to 1 over the enemy.
British Pacific fleet carrier sir
craft struck airfield* and deftnse
on Miyako and Ishigski islands in
• the Sakishians southwest of Oki
nawa again Wednesday. Three en
emy planes were destroyed. The en
emy retaliated with fit strikes and
caused some miser damage to two
British units, but the force remained
operational.
Nimitx reported that in the Mus
tang fighter raid on the Kisansu
airfield and Tateyama naval.air star
tion southeast of Tokyo Tuesday,
two planes were destroyed on the
ground and five others probably de
stroyed* In other attacks a small
cargo ship and a locomotive ware de
stroyed and a train and a number at
small craft were damaged.
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SAMAL ISLAND INVADED
IN PHILIPPINE STRUGGLE
Manila, May 10.—Samal Irian* in
Davao Gulf wu invaded and virtually
cleared by the 24th Infantry Division
Tueaday while on the Mindanao main
land the Japanese-near Davao fought
bitterly, appamjtly intent on a Woody
stand.
Australian and Motherland
forces secured A«i Hill north at the
Aarakftn airdrome in Dutch Borneo
the Djoeata oO fields. Allied planes
operations, at
tant installations at Brunei Bay, Miri
8MWW0IP
NEWS OF SERVICE _
HEN AND WOMEN
Mis. Lacy InhMtnn Sanity has
been promoted from Lt (Jg) to Lt
in the Waves. Lt Rumley is sta
tioned in Washington, D. C.
Ormw
Mr. and Mr*. L. E Turnsge have
received word of the safe anital of
their son, Sgt. Lester E. Tunafe, m
New Guinea.
Pro noted
Fifteenth AAP in Italy.—T/Sf*
James T. Lang, 20, of 304 Belch*"
St, FarmviUe, N. C* whose parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Roland 0. Lang reside
at the same lidrw, was res—tly pro
moted from the grade of staff ser-|
geant. Sgt Lang is an aerial gun
ner With a B-24 Liberator heavy bom
bardment group of the 16th Air
Force.
After graduation from Farmvilie
High School, he attended the Uni
versity of North Carolina until his
entry into the Army Air Forces on
April 1, 1944, at Fort Bragg, N. C.
He received gunnery training at Har
lingen, Texas. v
Since his arrival in Italy, Sgt Lang
has been awarded the Air Medal and
is entitled to wear the Distinguished
Unit Badge and the European-Afri
can-Middle East campaign ribbons.
ProaMted
Quilliver Little, son of the late
Mr. and Mm. J. T. Little, has been
promoted from the rank of Pfc. to
Sergeant Sgt Little is stationed in
Germany at the present
- R. E. Braxton, Jr., Mm off Mr. aatf
Mn. R. E. Braxton, of Creedmoor,
formerly of Farmville has been pro
moted to the rank of Sergeant. He
has also received » letter of commen
dation from his commanding- General
of the 94th Infantry Division which
says "Your division has most ftxpedi
tionly accomplished its mission of
cleaning the Saar-Moelle triangle and
seizing a bridgehead east of the Saar
river and in so doing made a vital
contribution to the capture of the
fortified town of Trier. The aggres
sive and efficient manner in which
these missions have been carried exit
reflects greet crtdit upon the division
in keeping with the high traditions
of the service upon you and its com
manding General. Your ability to
rapidly take advantage of opportuni
ties without becoming involved in un
warranted delay has contributed sub
stantially to the successful accom
plishment of your minion.
Received Air Medal
1st Lt Marvin G. Hinaon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W, R. Hinson, ten been
awarded fee Air Medal for meritori
ous service as aerial observer with
the Ninth Army in Germany.
In recent months Lt Hinaon has
been stationed at a Prisoner of War
camp, where he says in a recent let
ter to his folks, "many axe misepl se
ed persons, not in the armjr, but peo
ple of various nationalities who have
been used as slaves by fee Germans,
among them many women and chil
dren." He says you have only to tell
the German people you have need of
their car, home, etc., and they will
gladly give them to you, offering
them to the Americana as a safeguard
from Russian prisoners of war, nc
released, who they are afraid will tear4
them up. lJmWM >
Pfc. Willis Paul Odotn serving with
* Medical Battalion somewhere in
Germany sent to Hi* Enteepriae this
week a souvenir of German money
and a printed account of the accom
plishments of the 78th Lightning- Di
vision. Space prevents a full account
but the Division acccmpliahraeata
during the past fear months have
haan magmfideat. In eleven day#
says Major General Parker, Com
manding, you advanced more than SO:
miles against the enemy, captured
i?,»l prisoners, including 7 General
officers, captured some 120 towns snd
villagea, cleared over 80©1*iuam milea
of enemy territory, freed iM«y Amer
Farmville Doubles
Quta in Cancer :
ConM€ampalg»
Once again Fanxwille goeaoves'the
Ewd, this time, twice as high a*
mark which y bw nt A
of oipi
ty Commander. Five hundred hav
ing- bam the quota accepted.
These in ehajgee# fee campaign
■wieh to thank every person who help
ed la any wa*—especially do \
thank the Boy Seoota, the membem
of the three federated Club* who
.were reapeodUe for sealer the town,
the Special 64ft Committee, The
Farm ville Enterprise, the wemeti who
eaaeaaead the the Hegeo pepUr
latlon which came up with a large
proportionate contribution and thoee
who aent ■out letter* requesting con
tributions to the moat worthy cause.
We thank thoee people in whose
plates of boainena the little "Give"
boxes ware placed. A nice ram waa
realized therefrom. s
It is earnestly hoped that an ap
proved Cancer Project may be act up
If there are other ]
to have a share in llile g—jlj needed
work, their contribuMaa* may be
handed to |fr. Da*ls, to the President
of any one of the; three federated
clubeuir *ar the Oownandar of the
<^«mnwgn Aa? aMaut», however
small, will be lu'iljM 0*l,gii*lly ap
preciated.
JfaaJk* Hobgood,
Farm ville.
Rotary Out Enjoys
Inttradfre Meeting
Featuring the Rotary -miTting this
week was a taikbjr farm Morgan on
the werk o£ Retery and what H means
to the individual and to the worid.
In mentioning current, activities he
speka of tike poeailfilities of a perma
nent hone for Rotary, International
and the rcdfetrictmg of North and
Sentii Carolina, ao aa to have five
districts instead of the preaent four.
In 12» business period, a committee
was appointed to confer with tfce
Kiwanis Club in relation to sponsoring
a Blood Bank Boater for Farmville,
whereby volunteers would be typed
and-recorded thus delay
in case of emergencies. Another com
mittee was asked to draft resolutions,
recommending aa all time recreation
and athletic director for FarmviHe,
to be presented to the Town Board
in tha> naar future.
L. E. Walston, reporting on Hie
psogreas of the - Seventh War Loan
Drive bare, urged the full support of
tie club. He stated that approximate
ly $18,000 had been sold to date. The
drive officially begins Monday, May
14th, and Farmville's quota is plased
at $224,400.00.
Softball Providing
Good Entertainment
The Baptist defeated the Meth-Epa.
in a cloee iina*«sfc>< ftwe last Thurs
day by tbsacore of 11 to 10. The
league changed aeveral times sad the
final score was in doubt until a
migtoty home run was hit by John
Moore, which brought in the decid
ing ran. Drake was outstanding hit
ter f«r tfee Meth-Eps.
The Christians and Presbyterians
played their second game Wednesday
of this week and the Christians wer»
winners by a close scon of 6 to &
The game was featured by excelta*
fMrifeag on the put of Ffcqggi*
Pickett, Robert Boose and Robert
Pierce. Rouse and Pierce also hit
home runs. The Christians went inta
the league lead by virtue of this vio
War In Empt j
' Comedo an End
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vziKiu Announcement
Made By President
Tranaa €it Tuesday;
Eisenhower Hafls Vic
tory Commending All
Who Had Part In Rid*
dingr World of Nazism
^WithtiwMdlwrt the pe<vle of
pleted conquest in Bump* and pledg
ed themselves anew to the next gnat
task, the crushing of Japan. ,-'
1>» mots of unconditional surren
der which ww signed in a red bride
sekooi house in Rstaia, France, Heed
1.41 a. m., Monday (Britiah doable
Bui—ier time, & p. m., Sunday, East
ern War Time) waa flashed to the
werid early Monday, baft official an
nouncements ware delayed until
Tuesday.
Four identical document*, on* each
for the United States, Britain, France
and Russia, were signed, after which
Sisenfaower made it plain to Ger
man representatives that Germany ia
a defeated nation and that hence
forth orders to the German people
will come from the Allies, and that
they will be ebeyed.
In a message to the aohfi^pi of the
Allied Command, Eisenhower said,
"Though these words are feeble, they
come from the bottom of a heart
overflowing with pride in your loyal
service and admiration for you as
warriors. Your accomplishments at
sea, in the air, on the ground and in
the field of supply hare astonished
the world."
In a ceremony at the White House
ijt Washington President Truman aft
9 a. m., Eastern War Time, Tuesday,
proclaimed the defeat of a crushed
Germany and made it clear that "our
blows will continue until the Japa
nese also*Lay down their arms in un
conditional surrender."
"This is a solemn, but glorious
hour," said tin Chief Executive, "I
only wish.that Franklin D. Booaevelt
had lived to witness this day. Mr.
Truman called upon the American
people "to unite in offering thanks to
Sod tor the victory we have won and
to pray that he will support us to the
end of our present struggle and ^dde
n* ia$o the any of peace. He added,
that until the day of complete vic
tory, "let no man abandon his past or I
slacken his effects."
briefly for a V-E day
pMcing ithemMitw tarn
POPPY DAY IS
Aimmmmn
FOR MAY
The little red flowers will <peg* trib
ute both to theee-mm who have died
MBd io ti»« who <ell
thati* r*-|
ceived for the flower* will: te as
to &id the afflicted veteran* of hoth|
their famities.
of
laadi hy the
Auxiliary here
ef Miar Davis jod Ma M E. I
Jone*, Unit Poppy Ohali i**a Every- j
one in the city will be abie to bay l
flowers of reaMnhraace from thai
many volunteer weihaii flora the|
Auxiliary afco will be on the I
ail throagh the day.
iW flower* are marie of
paper an the patten of the wild po0
py at Planrteis. They have been or
dered from Eayettorilla where they
J. 1 -M—»-i - -»
were mw oy uis&oiea
Making the popptae ha* helped thaael
veteran* heap their kinds and Cn-|
get* occupied, eauaing the
tedious month* to pas* quickly anil
at the aame time furnishing the men |
with a mean* of livelihood.
Thia year it is evpectad that i
kaa ever before will1
the ponpiee as a salute toj
the dead soldiers aad their I
families, aad as a financial aid to the |
living but disaHed aoldiert and their)
needy families. ^
Chandler's New Store
To Open Here Today
We call .your attention to the for
mal opening' of Gharaflfr'a 6c to $1.00
Store, at it* new location, 116 -11&[
North Main Street on Friday and^
Saturday, May 11th and 12th. The
new location provides larger quarter*
and mjfcee poeaible the addition of
man# new departments.
Dorsey M. Maione, fff Nashville,
renn., new manager «f the Chandler}
Store here, was formerly with the;
KcLallans Stores, «wi bean in
Aatge of several store* In South
Carolina and Gaocgia over a period;
>f eight years. Ha recently received
i m*iwi discharge from the Marina]
Corps after five year* at service.
Mr. Maione cornea to Fannvil]e>|
thoroughly qualified a* a store man
rer. and ha invitee tha baying public
to drop in to sea him and let him
know their want*. He pledgee his t
beet efforts to eee that your every}
■hopping need - will be jwppMed i
merchandise ie obtainable.
Drop in today and Sattmhy and.
take advantage of the many ites
assembled for year convenience at]
this good state.
nCTORY-IN-MJHOMB
observed here in
' COMMUNITY SERVICE!
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which had
in itleipaliua of V-E Say tf >
local Ministerial Association.
the Baptist Ctrardh which waa filled {
fco capacity. Steripturea read*
sively, apodal music and
were in keeping with the spirit j
of the «y and gave expression to the |
Innermost thought of the
In a-few V-B Dtiy Medttattona,:
C. B. Maahbum charged hi
"« it.- -« *- ■ * |.L,4 ' *
wrai t/ie Btatemenv, wow irint ncwrj
is in the air, what are you going to
fire yean wUL_be e»«n more
ss ?■« tr«
OltfBf;
m&t
a*>
_ 'te
W«
Man tfaan two
uMtaM ftwrf Pn««% A* iHt
pen capital under the Nasi
German pilots «n j<Pl
the city as wall as the
o< Mebiik and
in Mww of the Tuesday
fifing deadline, the
radio said.
Nn Sariena Fighting.
Bat the Germana were not
op a serious fight anywhere
Stalin proclaimed complete victory in
n broadcast to tfce Soviet, people Ha
ordered a mammoth !,fOO-r«i
of SO aaiToe. With a «4-gnn
of M salvos to sahite Pnttfua'k
tion added in, a total of JWVTT# :
burnt in colored brfftif res trrnr Moe
com. Street crowds went wild With
Joy, tbe Moscow radio said.
Sweeping 56 mQaa Qouthwast over
mgiht. Marshal Iran 8. Iimi't First
Ukraine Army fraed Prague, "the
capital at oar ally, Oaochcalosakia."
at 4 a. m., Stalin annoanead in an
order of the day.
Simultaneously, the Second Uk
rainian Army under Winfrai Radian
Y. Malinoviky streaked 71 miles
northeast from tbe Bmo area to
reach Beneeov only 22 miles ftam
Prague. Any Germaus who had re
treated weet of the Ti sine Tlaitsem
line were already virtually in the U.
S. Third Army lines.
The sightly Soviet
said the enemy in |
wan avokUnc lunsnder to the
Amy end "retreating swiftly j
However, it m indicated that
lug* sections of the tkr»e German
asmy groups in the exe* already
were caught east of the i
jot lina and would have to j
to the lhisrtana unless they fhna>J»
fight to their extermination in the
Sudeten mountains wham the war
had itts beginning*. .
Other
the Sudcnten :
closed up to the vicinity of tiha-W
Monudan bonier in German SUe^a
on a 90-mile front
south of Dresden to south of
■fit-- * J
In Austria, the
the big citiee of Gnu and
to
third of
would be their tone of occupation
of the oouutoy.
SERVICE MEN'S
• CENTER •
Service Men tiding the Center
during ike week end ww £ncifa
Robert D. Boom, Jr., of Fann villa and
Camp Bradford, Vjl
Cherry Point—S/Sgt. Bariin B.
Saundera, Miami, FU* andSgt. Jack
C- Ybder, Crouaa, N. C, who *w
Satuniay night gwsts of Mr.
Mrs. Abe Wooten and dinner gueata
Sunday of Mr. and Mra. J. I. Aber
oattjr; S/Sgt »W. H. Crocker, Borne,
Ca.
. Granville Air Baee-Cpl Charles
C. Sholle* Cleveland, Ohio, who was
a Sunday night guest of Miaa Tabitha
M DeViaconti and supper guest in
the hpme of Mb. J. L Baker; CpL
Felix J. D. Marso, Beaton, Maaa.
Mr*. George Thomas donated a
chocolate cake; Mra. Bennie Wooten
and Mra. B. A. Norman, milk; Miaa
Elizabeth Davis, magazines; and Mrs.
Duckworth of Aatoville and Mia. Boae
of Mkldlelwrg, one dollar each.
A letter from Pvt. Joe Zngeber,.
who vMted Farmville a number of
timee while stationed at Seymour
Johnaon Plekt, gays he is fat the Paci
fic and ia one of the hundreds of boys
in the Service grateful for hospitality
shown him hare. He says his heart
has never left good old Farm villa
for he liked it hen, always wBl and
hopaa to visit it again. Pvt. Zogeber
who left! the states about a year ago,
Cpl. David Morgan, Jr.
Pvt. Ed£e Drake of Cherry Point,
who has beea transferred tempotaH
ly to another eamft writw that the
nukin drawback is that ha haa had to
miaa his week ends km He naps
be ia thoroughly in leva with Am
ville Md everybody hare tor it ia hia
"home away from home," or mrm
move than that, it ia "his other home"
and he will be back as soon aa poaai
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bOCAt BWAM8 PLAN TO -
SPONSOR SCOUT TROOP I
Growing out of m
WMd by J. T. Met*, Divisional
Scout Counaetman, the Kiwania Clab
at their Montey eveaing meeting
unanimously approved a motion :
by J. T. Svtto* local Seoatnaatar, to
■pernor a Scout Troop. Sutton stat
ed that an anatytfe had hem made by
the Reginal and DMafcoal
to thevofenttal here in RnrmviMe for
Scout activities and that this
could wrih afford two
three Trsepa.
The Kiwania Club accepts thia i
sonhip at the hrrllntiun of the 1
Club, Which hi
ac tmy
John Hackney, Divisional Scout Ki
ecutive, will pnatnl Sceatfa* and Ifs
ActWtaw to tfa CW> at their
meeting' Monday, May 14. J.T.I
and J. T. Sutton win aaristia
The Carolina Kiwania held
Divisional meeting in Goldsboro pnl
W«dneaday evening, May 9. TweTwe|
Wi;iMM>a>i»w from the
CSnb attended. They wan
,4aA Lewis, Zeb
ban- Lewis, Ale* Altan and
Tfcr-Ofcib^ni adopted
Urn ot SevMtk \|
a form closing pmenlnre«C anted-1
tag each one to auka aeery mt
tion poaMk. the bond dilia.
the dentanMnt