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??L LXXI GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1945 NO. 46
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Resume Wage T alks After T ruman
Bid for Anti-Strike Legislation;
Prize Steer Brings $10 Per Lb.
___________ Released by Western Newspaper Union.
(RJillOai NOTE: When eplalens are expressed Is these eelamas, they are these ef
?Mmb Newspaper Union's news analysts and net necessarily ef this newspaper.)
U.S. DIPLOMACY:
Charge t Double-Deeding
In aae of the most boisterous con
piaisal hearings of recent years,
wRy. sdver-haired Maj. Gen. Pat
sick Hmiey ripped into the state
department career men for their al
leged mterference with his efforts to
mMj China and establish it as a
haaa far far eastern political stabil
*r
AHernatelj calm and heated, Hur
hy, recently resigned as ambassa
dor la Chungking, told the sen
ade hreign relations committee that
dmiaf his discussions with Chinese
camanarists he concluded that cer
lam stale department officials had
?aerhrad the Reds that his policy
fcr unifying the country under
CUag Kai-shek would be scrapped,
indeed. the officials were said to
have declared that the U. S. would
sack Is stabilize Asia with a con
haded Japanese empire.
la hitting at the career men, Hur
ky charged that they sided with im
perialist Great Britain, France and
the Netherlands for keeping the
orient divided to permit the con
vened exploitation of the subject
people. ? .
; k alleging underhanded state
department workings, Hurley stated
?ml war plans drawn up for the Big
Sheae meet at Yalta and favoring
the distribution of Allied arms to
Oteeae Reds if they were within
Mmj. Gen. Patrick Hurley
tat area of proposed American land
fats, were communicated to the
communists. As a result, the Reds
?md en masse toward the pros
pective beaches in an effort to se
cure the arms ahead of Chiang's na
tionalists.
Mentioning George Atcheson Jr.,
and John S. Service as two of the
career men working against his
maification plan in Chungking, Hur
ley said they returned to the U. S.
to be promoted as his superiors.
LABOR:
Truman Scare
Because President Truman's pro
posal for the creation of fact-finding
machinery to speed settlement of
todnstria! strife was reported to
bare thrown a scare into both capi
tal aad labor, General Motors and
toe dO*s United Automobile Work
eta agreed to a resumption of
negotiations over the union's de
mands for a 30 per cent wage in
At the same time, expert observ
ers looked to settlement of wage
<io|Qili ii involving two other major
CIO organizations, the United Steel
Washers against U. S. Steel corpor
aboa and the Electrical Workers
against Westinghouse, General Elec
tric aad other corporations in this
Decision of G. M. and UAW to
si sauii bargaining reportedly fol
bsed a secret meeting between
assvaaj and union officials in
nilaliuigh. Pa., in which the danger
ad toe President's proposal to free
nagsfialhn was said to have been
AksbkL Under Mr. Truman's re
paest lor congressional authority to
aat 9 fact-finding machinery, gov
enwaewt representatives would be
eafsecred to look into both com
pany and mion books to determine
enHity ef rival claims and strike
action would be withheld during the
Advanced after failure ef the
lAar ? management conference in
Waatatoptan, D. C? to establish me
chantono for speedy settlement of
Mnrtrial warfare, the President's
pnpaaal drew quick Are from
mton t in lei, the CIO announcing
dpma steps would be taken in
an eflert to divert the requested
to rpanly breaking with the Dem
aaaatfc administration on the pro
posed maaanre, aO Chieftain Philip
ptonr dartsrsd the design of such
legislation was to weaken and de
stroy labor organisation while Ap
peasing American industry which
has refused to bargain sincerely
over wage demands.
PEARL HARBOR:
Prepared: Marshall
Declaring that American military
forces in Hawaii were more ade
quately equipped -than at any other
installation in the army, Gen. George
C. Marshall, former U. S. chief of
staff, told the congressional commit
tee investigating the Pearl Harhor
disaster that he felt Maj. Gen. Wal
ter Short was prepared to meet a
surprise attack on quick notice.
Reflecting general military opin
ion, however, Marshall testified that
he did not expect a Japanese at
tack on the big base, even though
both the army and navy were aware
that enemy spies there were for
warding information on fleet move
ments in Pearl Harbor to Tokyo.
A conservative Japanese thrust
southward to Thailand and Malaya
was anticipated, Marshall related.
Acknowledging receipt of Short's
reply to Marshall warning of pos
sible hostilities sent on November
27, the ex-chief of staff said special
attention was not called to the fact
that the Hawaiian commander had
only reported alerting his forces
against sabotage without mention
ing other preparations.
Regarding U. S., British, Dutch
and Canadian pre-Pearl Harbor
discussions, Marshall said their
purpose primarily concerned the de
feat of Germany rather than Japan.
In a message to President Roose-'
velt sometime in the summer of
1941, the former chief of staff opined
that the Allies could not defeat the
Nazis with supplies alone, but large
ground forces would be required.
Jap Chief Faces Death
First major axis personaga to be con
victed of war crimest Japanese General
Tomoyuki Yamashita's life depended
on a U. S. Supreme court disposition of
his appeal that the military commission
trying him lacked authority, and finally
upon Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur if the
high American tribunal denied his
petition. Though Yamashita was not
directly charged with committing atroci
ties, he was accused of having counte
nanced themi With typical Japanese
humility in defeat, Yamashita thanked
the U. S. for supplying him with ubril
liant and conscientious" lawyers for his
trial, and also praised the fairness of
the hearings.
FAT STOCK:
Record Sale
Grand champion of the Chicago
Market Fat Stock show, Tomahawk,
sleek Shorthorn steer raised by
Carl A. Henkel of Mason City, Iowa,
and Joseph Ouea of Belmond, Iowa,
brought the highest price ever paid
for a steer when it was auctioned
off to John R. Thompson, Chicago
restaurateur, for $11,100.
Sired from a Shorthorn bull bred
by Chicago Packer Thomas E. Wil
son, Tomahawk scaled 1,100 pounds,
bringing the owners' return to $10
a pound, $1.15 less than the all-time
top per pound paid to the Eastern
States exposition champion of 915
nnitnHa in 1090 Tni?nKntulr,? hti?*A
return justified the confidence of its
owners, who turned down a $500 bid
for the steer 17 months ago.
High prices prevailed for stock
champions, Karl Hoffman, veteran
Hereford breeder of Ida Grove, Iowa,
receiving $30,660 for his grand prize
carload of 15 steers averaging 1,022
pounds, and George E. Hoffman and
his son, George Jr. of Ida Grove,
Iowa, obtaining $1,742 for the top
carload of 26 Berkshire hogs aver
aging 268 pounds.
Honor 4-H
Climax to the whirlwind 4-H con
gress held in Chicago, 111., 151 dele
gates received approximately $32,
000 in awards at the annual banquet
staged In the Stevens hotel. Of the
total, $17,200 was paid In scholar
ships mostly of $200 denominations
while $14,600 was disbursed in trav
elling expenses and $900 in victory
bonds .
Of five-day duration, the 24th an
nual 4-H convention proved a field
day for the 1.200 delegates in at
tendance, 80 per cent of whom had
never been outside their home states
or stopped at a hotel, and 50 per
cent of whom had enjoyed their first
train ride in coming to the meet.
Stressing the need for individual
progress and enterprise to assure
survival. Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson told 4-H delegates that 50
per cent of the youth living on
farms win have to seek other occu
pations due to increasing efficiency
FARM PROBLEM:
CED Solutions
Broader vocational training, spe
cial types of rural employment
services and an accelerated shift
of manufacturing into country areas
would materially assist in the in
creased use of surplus farm labor
in industry end help solve one of
the primary problems of agricul
ture, the Committee for Economic
Development declared in a state
ment released by Chester Davis,
CED vice chairman ' and presi
dent of the Federal Reserve Bank of
St. Louis.
With agriculture destined to look
more and more to the co-operative
effort of government for assistance
in resolving problems arising from
heavy mechanized production and
pressure on commodity prices, the
CED foresaw a need for three types
of federal payments within the near
future: (1) to enable farmers in de
pressed regions like the cotton belt
to shift to other crops or occupa
tions; (2) to compensate operators
for the effect of severe industrial
depressions, and (3) to permit reali
zation of the government pledge to
support farm prices for two years
after the war.
In reference to long-range price
policy, CED asked for re-examina
tion of the whole cost system, be
ginning with a redefinition of parity
in relation to existing conditions.
GOP:
Map Platform
Making no bones about their
conservatism. Republican members
of congress drawing up a campaign
platform _ for 1943 called for bal
ancing the budget, economy and re
duction of bureaucracy and repre
sented themselves as the counter
weight to what they styled Demo
cratic radicalism.
In rounding out their domestic
platform, the GOP solons backed
collective bargaining with govern
ment provision for speeding settle
ment of disputes, and also stood for
government support of farm prices
in the readjustment period and agri
culture's future fair share of the na
tional income.
In foreign affairs, the Republicans
favored the United Nations organi
zation, the right of individual na
tions to self-government and exten
sion of relief to the needy in war
torn lands abroad to prevent chaos
and misery. Advocating a well
trained armed force, the GOP also
asked for scientific research to as
sure the most modern weapons.
Cocky Hermann
Now heading the list of tM top
Nails being tried for war crime* in I
Nuernberg, Hermann Gearing
found diversion in palmier dags
playing with animals tram Ida mini
ature too at Karin Hall estate.
Blandly assuming responsibility far
all ef his olBeial sets and eon tinning
to swear by national socialism, ]
Goering has been the most aggres
shre of the Hltlerian big-wigs at the
trial, now in Its second phase with
British prosecution of principals on
charges they violated International
treaties.
BRITISH LOAN:
Trade Help
In what the British termed "a
magna carta for world trade," the
Truman administration replied to
their appeal for a loan to permit
an orderly resumption of their for
eign commerce by agreeing to an
advance of 4.4 billion dollars subject
to congressional approval.
Flatly turning down British pro
posals for an outright grant on the
strength of arguments that their
early stand had prevented a Nazi
victory, the administration agreed to
spread the loan over a 50-year pe
riod at a 3 per cent interest rate,
first payable in 1961.
As a result of the loan, Britain
will be able to pay off wartime
debts by shipment of finished
goods to creditor nations, while still
Importing material to maintain an
adequate living standard. The two
countries also pledged to week for a
reduction hi tariffs and the elimina
tion of quotas and other restrictions
en world trade.
The Big City:
The iron coughing of trolley* as
they rumble from corner to corner.
. . . New York servicemen (just
back from overseas) strolling- along
Bright Light Lane and warming
their spirits over familiar sights.
. . . The sunrise festival of vivid
hues celebrating the birth of a new
day. . . . Broadway's visual poetry
punctuated by skyscraper exclama
tion points. . . . Hot-dawg addicts
gulping the delicacy as if it was
the last h. d. on earth. . . . The
numbing surgery of a comely wait
ress' sharp glare cutting off a Ro
meo's spiel. . . . Cabbies bullying
their way through traffic. ... A
beanery with a caviar tag: Rendez
vous de Leon. . . . Film box-offices
growing tails of waiting patrons
blocks long. . . . Shadows scribbling
grotesque murals across the street
The furry waves of mink-coated
first-nighters drowning a theater in
luxury. . . . Side-street hotels
bruised with age, where misery
goes to find company. . . . Vain
Stem thespians basking in the spot
light of their bragging tongues. . . .
Weary night-workers squatting on
the masses' throne?a subway seat
Their cob-webbed orbs peer at each
other as if they weren't there. . . .
The well-heeled set pulling them
selves up by their own booty. . . .
Salesgals tucking the frayed edges
of their patience under a smile and
pinning it with a dimple. . . . The
rainbow glint of jewelry on a Money
Lisa. Her diamonds are campaign
stars for boudoir battles. ... A
deep, blue-eyed noon sky twinkling
with sunshine, scarcely noticed by
lunch-hourites.
Morning stripping the Big Alley
of its sparkling fig leaves, while the
sun exposes is nude ugliness. . . .
Shooting galleries recruiting custo
mers by playing martial music. . . .
Dusk prowling about the horizon as
The Street puts on its mazda apron'
and goes to work impressing pass
ersby. . . . Professional mendicants
who are skilled window-dressers of j
their sympathy display. . . . Five
ayem, when Broadway's raucous
roar subsides into a comforting
purr. . . . The Saturday evening ju-1
bilee spree, when Neon Valley is
packed to the brim with humanity
attempting to smuggle a little
amusement into their harried lives.
. . . Midtown's paralytic traffic
snalling its way forward. . . . Tin
Pan Alley's jittery tempo striking
up an overture for songwriters' in
somnia.
Midtown Vignette: George Mann
reports about the kindly gentleman
on a park bench, who was break
ing bread crumbs (or the pigeons.
One pigeon fluttered down on the
old man's knee to peck at crumbs
that had (alien there. . . . "Do you I
like these crumbs better than pop
corn?" asked the kindly old (ellow. |
. . . The pigeon cocked his head up
at him and then resumed eating.
"WelC continued the old man,
"here it is nearly December. I sup- j
pose you birds will be leaving ma
soon (or the Southland." . . . Again ;
the pigeon looked up?said nothing i
and went on eating. . . . The old
man got irritated and yelled:
"Whatinell's the matter with you?
Are you too good to talk to me?"
. . . This time the pigeon didn't even
look up but went on eating. ...
"How do you like that?" asked the
old gentleman shaking his head. "A
deaf and dumb pigeon!"
Sounds in the Night: In the Metro
pole: "Waiter, bring me a skirtcb
and soda." ... At Endure: "She!
stays out until the woo hours at
the morning." ... At Armando's:
"They've Just been divorced. She i
got custody at his money." ... At
the Henry Hudson Terrace: "He's
a heeluva guy." ... At Lum Fong's: ,
"She used to be his heartache. Mow
she's just his earache." ... In the
Stork Club: "Mayor LaGuardia will
be the first guy in show business,
who knows enough about horses not
to bet on them." ... At the Cha
teaubriand: "Ob, well, here's mud
in your mind."
Manhattan Murals: Placard in
an E. Mth St. candy store window:
"Welcome Home, Tony, You
Phony!" . . . The 98c packages ot
Jap souvenir invasion money sold
at newsstands in Penn depot. . . . j
Jimmy's Sawdust Trail where the
covet charge is ten cants. . . . The
"No Dogs Alowed" sign outside the
Pea Circus on 42nd Street . . . The
tiny restaurant near Toots Shor's on
W. 81st 8treet, which advertises:
"Lunch 88c?Positively No Celebri-;
ties!" . . . One ad agency is so,
snooty it won't hire any office boy
"below the rai* et Lteut-Colooel."1
"This Is Our * * A A
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FASCINATING CONTRASTS I j
By Edward Emerine, WNU Feature*.
"p HE mellowness of the old, the
*? bustle of tha new, tha promise of
the future. That is Alabama.
The stately ancestral mansions
still remain but coal and iron mines
nearby now teem with human activ
ity. A forest of virgin timber may
surround a forest of active smoke
stacks. The easy-going crossroads
general store is not far from a mod
ern highway or an airport. A great
oak which sheltered Fernando De
Soto holds its hoary moss over a
laboratory where chemical magic is
performed. Here is a hall where
once swirled crinolines beneath
thousand-candled chandeliers, and
down the same street is a modern
office building where business af
fairs are discussed. That's versatile,
gracious Alabama.
The word "Alabama" in the Mus
kegean Indian tongue literally
means "vegetation gatherers," or
"thicket clearers." And well the
word may, for Alabama's 200 types
of soil grow mora than 4,400 species
of trees and plants as well as most
of the agricultural products known to
the temperate zaoel Average annual
rainfall is 53.87 inches, while the
average annual temperature ranges
from 80 degrees F. in the northern
part of the state to 87 degrees F.
near the coast. The growing season
ranges from 190 days in the north
ern part to 300 days on the southern
coast.
Cheaha mountain, the state's high
est point, is 2,407 feet above sea
level. Alabama stretches 336 miles
from the Appalachian mountains to
the Gulf of Mexico.
Not only is Alabama the land of
corn and cotton. It also grows pea
nuts, hay and oats, truck crops and
fruits, and in many sections has
specialties such as water cress,
gladioli and peonies, as well as its
famed azaleas and camelia japoni
cas. There are many commercial
nurseries.
In 1944, there were 1,259,000 head
of cattle in the state, both beef and
dairy type. Alabama has over a mil
lion head of hogs and 17,000,000
chickens. (Southern-friedT Yes, lots
of 'emI) Alabama leads the nation
in the shipment of live bees and
queens.
Beneath the rich top soil, too, Ala
bama has great wealth. Its mines
produce coal, iron ore, flake graph
tie, and clay and shale (or brick
making. It has sandstone and marble
(or building, bauxite as a source (or
aluminum, quartzite and rock as
phalt Five oil wells are now pro
ducing in Choctaw county.
In industry, the state has lumber,
shipbuilding, textiles, mines, ce
ment pipe plants, chemicals, steel,
aluminum, hydroelectric plants and
dozens ot others which use by-prod
ucts and (arm products in manufac
turing and processing.
The annual value of products
manufactured in Alabama is more
than twice the value ot all (arm
products. Large industries using the
itate's natural resources have been
successfully operating over long pe
riods ot years. The largest manufac
turer ot cotton ginning machinery
in the world began its work in Ala
bama 136 years ago in Prattville.
Large textile mills have operated
100 years.
The iron and steel industry Is con
centrated In the Birmingham dis
trict. Necessary coal and ore an
readily available tor the manufac
ture ot iron and steal.
Alabama'* state government has
been streamlined. The state treas
ury holds a surplus of 40 million
dollars. Its industries are expand
ing. Agriculture is prosperous. Na
tural resources are being conserved
and wisely utilized. Rich by na
ture, Alabama is made richer by
man's skill and intelligence. Ala
bamans travel toward new horizons.
But they do not forget their heri
tage of the peat.
DeSoto and hie Spaniard* passed
through the lower Gulf country in
1540. Once a part of Louisiana, it
was old Fort Louis de la Mobile
on Mobile river that was made the
capital in 1702. Mobile at its present
site dates from 1711. Later Alabama
was a part of the territory of Mis
sissippi, formed In 1796, but be
came a separate territory in 1817
and a state in 1619. St. Stephens
was the territorial capital, and
Hunts villa was the temporary seat
of the first state government Ca
hawba was the first state capital
site, but the government moved to
Tuscaloosa in 1816. It was not until
1847 that Montgomery became the
permanent seat
When Alabama seceded from the
Union on January 11, 1861, the dele
gates from the southern states met
at Montgomery and eelactad Jeffer
son Davis as president of the Con
federacy. He was inaugurated at
the present state capttaL
^Alabama^ pa^ ^throu^ the
Civil war, but emerged into a nMr
era of development which continue* .
steadily. With a temperate climate,
fertile soil and raw materials, the
possibilities for advancement end
progress are portrayed vividly
against the mellowness of the old
South down in Alabama, where peo
ple are proud to say: "This is o*r
homeland."
GOVERNOR CHACNCEY SPARKS
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INDIAN MOUNDS, WATERFALLS Alabama'!
food highways aad an ? 7oar - 'round climate briaf
?eenie point* close to tbooo who live la the cities. A bore
pic tare shows the highest of the many Indian monads
found la the state. On the rifht Is owe of the state's
famous waterfalls. With a rich historical background.
Alabama has hundreds of old mansions aad other spots
for tonrtsts to visit. The Alabama Memorial balldinj
is a treaaare house of documents, pictures aad relies oi
the stirring days of '<1 aad other periods of the state's
history. Every town retains Its historical interest. Is
sharp contrast to virgin forests and waterfalls are the
smokestacks of Alabama's industrial plaats, the bus]
Ufa of its cities aad its many airports.