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POPULATION (1940 Census) Lincoln County 24,187 Lincolnton 4,626 Crouse 221 Iron Station 96 Denver 864 : : $2.00 PER YEAR—IN ADVANCE 14,000 Square Miles of Germany Assigned To American Troops Truman's Successor BfoUl s "v * BMBB 1 * * Sen. Kenneth I). McKeller of Tennessee, who as president pro tempore, becomes the senate's per manent presiding officer following the accession of Vice Pres. Harry S.' Truman to the Presidency, ROOSEVELT DEATH CRAZED HITLER Paris, May 17.—Adolf Hitler went into a fit of hysteria when the news of President Roosevelt’s death reached him in his underground chamber at the chancellery in Berlin at midnight, April 12, his former sec retary said in an interview with the Daily Liberation. The secretary, Gerhardt Herrgesell, said Hitler had presided over the usual night conference and stretched out o na divan after the other Ger man leaders had departed. “Suddenly Lorenz, one of the press chiefs, burst into the chamber with out knocking and ran across the j room,” Herrgesell said. “He field a DNB bulletin in his hand and cried out, ‘Fuehrer, great news, Roosevelt is dead.’ “Hitler leaped to his feet, grabbed the bulletin from Lorenz’ hands vio lently and suddenly Darned with a queer fire. Hjs expression was mani acal. Then he began to laugh. It was hideous. He walked up and down the room waving his arms and laughing. • The room echoed with crazy laugh ter. “Suddenely he stopped laughing. Then a spasm of laughter gripped him again. And lie threw himself around the room, laughing and re peating, T knew it, I knew it.’ ” Nobody ever saw Hitler smile again, the secretary said. Times Want Ad Sells Shrum Goat Mrs. S. J. Shrum, who had a milk goat to sell, decided to see what re sult she would get from a ,Times want ad. She, accordingly, called in the ad to b e run last Thursday, and again in today’s issue. Saturday morning she came in to canccel the ad, saying that through it she had sold the goat Friday morning. If you have anything to sell, trade, or buy, why not try a Times want ad , The cost is small, ’ and the re sult is all that could be desired. 92,000 Jobless In N. C. This Year Is Fletcher’s Opinion Raleigh, May 17.—A total of 92,- 000 North Carolina workers may be unemployed before this year is out, Col. A. L. Fletcher, State Unemploy ment Compensation Commission chairman said. He spoke at a two day meeting of the UCC here. Industrial unemployment may Germany Must Pay In Toil For Damage, Says Barkley Pittsburgh, May 20.—Asserting th e entire German nation must be made to pay “for what it has inflicted on mankind,” Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley, Democrat of Ken tucky, said today that unitive mea sures will have to be largely eco nomic. “The Germans must rebuild what they hav e destroyed,” Barkley told a press conference. “They must not be allowed to reconstruct war plants or to have an Army or Navy.” Here to address th e American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Barkley said: “The German nation should be made to feel the results of their evil doing. And we can’t put them all in jail. There aren’t enough jails.” Barkley, who last week reported to The Lincoln Times Getow’s Army To Be En ’ larged; 400,000 Men , In Force. Supreme Headquarters Allied Ex peditionary Force, May 19.—The U. S. Fifteenth Army is ruling 14,000 square miles- of Germany, including the Reich Saar basin, the Rhine val ley and the Western half of the in dustrial Ruhr-, the first official an nouncement of the Fifteenth’s occu pational role disclosed today. According to the best available estimates, from 300,000 to 400,000 U. S .troops will comprise the final American occupying forces. This means that the Fifteenth Army, now including two corps., will be strength ened by numerous additional units oi augmented by another army. Under the command of Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gevow, the Fifteenth Army will control an area about eight times as large as the district supervised by American occupation troops after the first World War. Major cities in the Fifteenth’s area include Dusseldorf, Aachen, Cologne, Trier and Coblenz. In pre-war days the Fifteenth’s area had a population of approxi mately eleven million, but military governors have no definite informa tion on the present civil population. Only 60,000 In Cologne. In Cologne, for instance, a recent census under army direction showed only 60,000 of the original 800,000 residents still present. However, thousands of displaced persons of all nationalities who now become American charges partially offset the flight of German civilians. As of May 1, the Fifteenth Army had registered 291,437 misplaced persons in its area and an estimated 100,000 more were still roaming around outside the established camps. i Navy's V-5 Program Being Reopened Reopening of the Navy’s V-5 pro gram to a limited number of 17-year old civilians was announced today by Recruiting Specialist T. H. Gatton, who is located in the Lincolnton post office building each Monday. Gatton quoted an announcement issued by the Navy Department in Washington, which follows: “To meet a current and temporary need for prospective Naval aviators the Bureau of Naval Personnel has authorized local offices of Naval offi cer procurement to enlist candidates as apprentice seaman to becom e en signs, USNNR, upon successful com pletion of approximately two years training starting on July 1. The only civilian eligible for consideration for the limited quota are physically qual ified 17-year-olds who will be high school graduates before June 25. “The Navy is continuing to train pilots as insurance for future needs in the Pacific war. The Naval avia tion cadet training program has been reopened to civilians to fill a portion of the nationwide quota of approximately 2,300 vacancies in the aviation training quota for July 1. “Full particulars on this program can be obtained from Recruiter Gat ton at the Lincolnton post office each .Monday. Accepted applicants will be sent to Atlanta, at government ex pense for final processing by the of fice of Naval officer procurement,” he said. reach more than 47,000 as a result of cutbacks in plants making essential products and the end of the war in Europe, In Col. Fletcher said, these cutbacks may cause fric tional or seasonal unemployment to rise to th e prewar level of approxi mately 60,000. He pointed out that until more is known about the extent of cutbacks in industry, his estimates of prospec tive unemployment in that field "is a matter of conjecture.” Congress findings of the special con gressional investigating committee on atrocities viewed at Nazi concen tration camps at Buchenwald, Nord hausen and Dachau, termed the hor rors there, “calculated, designed, sa distic, brutal and heathenish.” He added. “The people couldn’t help knowing what was going on.” Th e veteran Democratic senator called for immediate punishment of war criminals “without dragging it out or too many legalistic technicali ties.” The job of re-educating Germany is a big one, Barkley said, but he em phasized: “We mustn’t assume that it is im possible, for we can’t leave a fester ing sore in the center of Europe to start another war.” PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY LINCOLNTON. N. C-. MONDAY, MAY 21, 1945. Victory Rockets Sent to Tokyo w . .e.*.-: • . ■ .IpOwfe:-i; . y' KM f Kyjy'*' Flame-tipped rockets etch black lines of smoke against the sky as they streak toward Jap installations, fired from navy LSMRS. The missiles will contribute a large share in the final! drive against the mainland of Japan, as well as adjoining islands. German Manpower, Skill Being Used By Allies Against Japs Paris, May 17.—German manpower and technical skill already have been put to work by the Allies helping to win the war against Japan. This is one of the top priority jobs for the millions of prisoners in Al lied hands. As fast as they ca n be screened, they are being used in ev ery possible way to speed the gigan tic task of redeploying American forces and equipment for the cleanup in the Pacific. Skilled German prisoners are be ing used to recondition equipment to be shipped to the Far East. Others by the thousands are toiling under the eyes of doughboy guards on ev ery kind of job from crating supplies to repairing roads over which men and material will flow back to the Atlantic ports. Next to facilitating the American Army’s redeployment, the most im portant job to which German pris oners will be turned probably will be farming—trying to raise enough food to win what obviously will be a close race with starvation in middle Europe next winter. • Must Rebuild. There is still another job awaiting them —the task of rebuilding ruined Europe. Russia and Britain already are us ing war prisoners for reconstruction. France has put in her bid for tens of thousands for this purpose. It seems likely the Germans may have to out much of their repa rations in sheer sweat, perhaps for years to come. Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Gen. Eisenhower’s deputy for the Occupation of Germany, has said that when the Reich is combined for this labor job. the most active Nazis will be placed on top of the list. Nazis Rounded Up. Supreme headquarters is giving out little information on the exact stage which has been reached in the vast task of rounding up and disarming the surrendered German army. The best available unofficial information however, is that the disarming is complete and that Nazi troops inside Germany arfe all rounded up. It still is not clear what has been done about getting the Germans out of Norway and Denmark. When the end came, the number of German prisoners already in Al lied hands totaled more than those still bearing arms. Members of the Volksturm—the rag-tag, "People’s Army” were turned loose almost as fast as the/ were caught and disarmed. As a Third Army military govern ment officer told Associated Press Correspondent Thoburn Wyant: “We do not want to have to feed these people this winter. They are to have to get out an d grow it. themselves.” Russians Continue Search For Hitler Moscow, May 16. —The Russians continced today to examine closely the bodies of Nazis found in th e un derground city discovered in Ber lin, but there was no official an nouncement that the corpse of either Hitler or Propaganda Minister Joseph Paul Goebbels had been identified. Os six bodies found in the Reich chancellery, four have been declared definitely as not being the Fuehrer. A meticulous recheck is taking place on the other two. The Russians ar e leaning more and more to the idea that the Nazis might have planned some gigantic hoax in reporting the death of Hitler in Ber lin, and all military men have been asked to exercise the greatest dili gence in the identification of dead Nazis. Cowpeas, soybeans and velvet beans planted in' corn will provide excellent grazing for the late fall. 7,865 Pounds Os Clothing Collected A total of 7,865 pounds of cloth ing was collected in Lincolnton dur ing the United National Collection of Clothing for Overseas War Relief conducted during the month of April, it was reported today by S. Ray Lowder, who served as chairman of the drive. Th e clothing has been shipped to national headquarters where it will be prepared for distri bution. ' Chairman powder has asked the Times to express his thanks and ap pieciation to all those who contribu ted clothing or helped in any way in the drive, and also to B C. Moore & Sons for receiving and storing the clothing. Corn should be topdressed when about two feet high. Potash should be mixed with nitrogen for potash deficient soils. Late topdressings do not P a >' as well as those applied ear ly. TO THE EDITOR: Publication of this article, as a public service «o your subscribers, will help protect them •ga-ust loss through check thefts U S SECRET SERVICE. • * frank J Wilsoo. Out/. —'' — ' ^ — frfe THIEF IS THIS YOUR UNPROTECTED MAIL BOX? -IS THAT YOUR UNGUARDED ALLOTMENT CHECK? The Government mails millions of Army and Navy allotment and allow ance checks to families of American soldiers and sailors. Thousands of these checks are stolen and forged every year. p, ci-~\ Every unlocked mail box or opctV mail -y. receptacle is an invitation to the check Wt-%. - thief. Put a Strong Lock on Your A1 ail Box. p A lock may prevent a loss. The check thief watches for your JJy- Q check to be delivered. Do You? Be at m- Home, or Have a Member of Your Family Ji at Home to Get Your Checks When They -/ U i Are Due. Then They Can't Be Stolen. - - vvo &PACi CONTfttaUTID tV The Lincoln Timet COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES JUNE 1 Commencement exercises for the Lincolnton city schools will begin Friday, June 1 and continue through Monday, June 4, Supt. S. Ray Low der has announced. Class day exercises will be held on the high school campus at 6:30 p. m. on June 1, and the baccalaureate ser mon will he delivered Sunday eve ning, June 3, at 8 o’clock, in the high school auditorium. Rev. C. C. Her bert, Jr., pastor of th e First Metho dist church, will preach the sermon. Dr. J. F. Bozard, Dean of Lime stone College, Gaffney, S. C., will de liver the commencement address Monday night June 4, at 8 o’clock, at which time diplomas will be j awarded the graduates. Miss Bobby Jean Padgett will de liver the valedictory and Miss Janice Seagle will be salutatorian. Graduating exercises for th e gram mar school will be held in the gram mar school auditorium Friday morn ing June 1, at 10:60 o’clock. John Lowder will be valedictorian and Miss Ann Miller salutatorian. leno¥rhyne~ PLANS FINALS Dr. John L. Yost Will Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon June 3. Hickory, May 20. —Rev. Dr. John L. Yost, president of the Southern Lutheran Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C., will deliver the bac calaureate sermon June 3 at the 54th annual commencement of Lenoir Rhyne College, Dr. P. E. Monroe, president, has announced. The finals begin June 1, continuing through June 4, at which time Rev. Dr. M. L. Stirewalt, professor of systematic theology at Columbia and president of the board of trustees at Lenoir Rhyne, will confer degifces and honors on the graduating class. The annual alumni luncheon is scheduled for June 2, at which John W. Aiken, graduate of the class of 1915, will speak. Aiken is a state sen ator. A musical concert June 1 at St. Andrews Lutheran church will open the commencement activities. The annual play will be presented June 2. Approximately 55 persons are ex pected to be graduated. Americans To Use Okinawa As Base To Blast Japanese LIBERATED. - . ...... * iMp' - S Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Kiger were no tified yesterday by the International j Red Cross that their son, S/Sgt. Charles E. Kiger, Jr. (above), had I been liberated from a German prison camp. No other information was giv en in the message, but it is pre sumed that he will be returned to the States at an early date. Sgt. Kiger, who is a waist gunnner on a B-27, was shot down over Kla genfurt, Germany, February 25, 1944. At the time he was on a bombing mission to Regensburg. Until yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Ki ger had not heard from their son since last November. Miss Louise Wetmore’s Piano Pupils To Give Recital Friday Night The piano pupils of Miss Louise Wetmore will be presented in their annual recital Friday evening at 8:15 o’clock in the high school au ditorium. The following pupils will take part: Anne Rose, Joan McCuteheon, Anne ! Miller, John Lowder, Sue Rhodes, Rebecca Ramsaur, Laura McLean, Anne Nicholson,LLoui e Robertson Warlick, Mary Louise Warlick, Peg gy Martin Rhodes, Mary Miller, Ed gar Love, Jr., Bobby Costner, Jr., j Elizabeth Abernethy, Patricia Owen, Laura Hoffman, Jane Davis, Barbara Kiger, Kathryn Ann Wright, Madolyn Cohen, Margaret Cline, Elizabeth Beam, Betty Jean Conner, Nancy Heavner, Nancy Kessler, Phyllis Rob inson. The public is invited. Farmers Asked To Buy Bonds; Nearly Billion In E Sales Washington, May 18.—Agriculture Secretary Wickard and th e heads of national farm organizations advised farmers today to “buy bonds to the limit’’ in the Seventh War Loan. They issued statements in the third day of the $14,000,000,000 drive. The Treasury, meanwhile, announced that Series E bond sales totalled $991,000,- 000 even before the drive opened for mally Monday. Smokes To Be Rationed Vets Beginning In June Washington, May 16.—The armed forces will start rationing cigarettes, cigars and smoking tobacco at all military and naval establishments and prisoner of war camps in this country Jun e 3. As announced by tbe War Department military personnel, their dependents and authorized civ ilian employes will be allowed six packages of cigarettes, 24 cigars and four ounces of smoking tobacco week ly. Ration cards will be issued to all eligible persons. The Worst Sugar Famine In History Faced By Americans New York, May 17.—Grandma’s cookie jar will be nearly like Mother Hubbard’s cupboard for the rest of the year. With sugar supplies the lowest since the war began* American eat ing habits from breakfast cereal through dessert will feel the pinch. “The people of the United States face the most critical sugar famine in their history,’ Ody H. Lamborn, president of Lamborn & Co., sugar brokers, declared. The recent cut in consumer sugar lation, effected by extending stamp 36 through August 31, is just the first step in the general curtailment program. Industrial users are expected to have their allocations reduced sharp ly for the last half of 1945 —and that means less commercial baked goods, Lincoln County's Favorite Family I Newspaper SINGLE^^^Sg Citadel Is Chief Strong Point In Jap Defense; Marine Units Advancing. Geam, Monday, ' May 21.—Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce’s veteran 77th Division infantrymen, repulsing three counterattacks, captured a strong point 900 yards northeast of Shuri yesterday as the Tenth Army’s slow envelopment of that Okinawa for tress city continued against fierce I resistance. | While th e 77th pushed its frontal I assault on Shuri’s fortifications, tha , First Marine Division, under Maj. Gen. Pedro A. Del Valle, drove 800 | yards south from Dakeshi town to : close in on Shuri from the north- f West. On the east flank. Maj. Gen. James Bradley’s 96th Infantry Division, fighting eastward from bitterly-con tested Conical Hill against intense fire, reached an elevation 1,600 yards east of Ishimmi town. Th e Yanks throughout the day met strong resistance from caves and pillboxes and intense small arms fire. A few Japanese planes raided American positions early yesterday but no damage of consequence was reported. Thunderbolts of the 318th Army Fighter Group hit targets in tha Ryukus north of Okinawa Friday night. Sunk Jap Ships. Bombers of Fleet Air Wing One sank a medium freighter and two small freighters in waters around Korea yesterday. A number of land ing craft were damaged. Search planes of Fleet Air Wing Four attacked Kokutan on Shimu shu in the northern Kuirie islands with bombs and rockets on Friday. Liberators of the 11th Army Air Force bombed Kataoka naval base on, Shimushu the same day. In continued mopping up opera tions on Io Jima, the Marianas is lands and the Palau islands, 141 Jap anese were killed and 167 captured in the week ended May 12. The Japanese appeared today to be scraping the bottom of their troop reservoir on Okinawa in suicidal ef forts to hold the final American drive. They are fighting with undimin ished fanaticism as if sensing the realities behind a statement yester day by Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buck ner, Jr., 10th Army commander on the island, that Akinawa will become a base “from which the death blow can be dealt the Japanese empire." Awarded Combat Decoration In Italy With the Fifth Army, Italy.—Pvt. James C. Peninger, Sr., ammunition bearer, whose wife, Margaret, live* at 212 South Cedar street, Lincoln ton, N. C., has been cited by the 342 d Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Army’s 91st "Powder River” Divis ion and awarded the Combat Infan tryman Badge for actual participa tion in combat against tthe enemy in Italy. Standards for the badge are high. The decoration is awarded to the in fantry soldier who has proved hiß fighting ability in combat. Th e handsome badge consists of a silver rifle set against a background of infantry blue, enclosed in a silver wreath. Thief Takes 5 Bible* And Picture Os Christ Officers in Greenville, S. C.„ are looking for a prowler who on Satur day broke into Brandon Methodist church there. He stole a drape from the picture of Christ, a table scarf and five Bibles. less ice cream, soft drinks and candy. Ralph Ward, chairman of the war committee of th e American Bakers’ Association, said: “Further reduction will have the effect of indirect ration ing of bakery products.” And ice cream manufacturers have indicated that even on a 70 per cent allocation of sugar, they would be uable to fill their full civilian needs this year. Government estimates set scgax available for civilians for all of 194* at a maximum of 9,000,000 tons—e drop of 1,100,000 tons from the total civilian consumption last year. Greatest single factor in reduc tion of sugar supplies i% said to be % drought in Cuba which cut the crop, there 600,000 to 700,000 tons belott advance estimates.
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