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The Alamance Gleaner fd. LXXl GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1946 No. 48 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman Pushes Unification of Armed Forces; U.S. Moves for Active Participation in UNO ?_ Released by Western Newspaper Union. f?IOTI: When eplalens ere expressed is these eelesens, they are these el Mm Weaspem Unften's news analysts and net necessarily mi this newspaper.) CwfnH ef war widows and children and men needed to care for Mb MmSfcs h Japan, first batch of Nipponese repatriates are shown afeanafi ?si steamer leaving Shanghai. In all, some 3M,Mt Japanese, hMhg troops, win be evacuated from the greater Shanghai area. SERVICE MERGER : Om Way With President Truman throwing ?fc fall weight behind a merger of Wm fighting service!, early congres awaal action on unification of the amy, navy and air forces was fore Mi analiile, rougher sailing loomed ? At chief executive's proposal for oagoln; military training for jawths 1> to 20 years of age to build ?V aa experienced reserve adequate te aaeat future emergencies. ba ~his lot for the merger af few armed forces after strenuous naval objections to unification, Mr. Hann called for a single depart ment of national defense under a ?i?Bsn bead, with assistants for fee various branches, and a mili feay chief of staff, with command ers from the three services. The mBStary leaders would join with the fteaadent in an advisory council. Maximum efficiency would result Maaa unification, the President de clared, because close co-ordination waald acquaint each branch of the asaeed forces with the capabilities ad limitations of the others, and economy would be achieved by eliminating a duplication of effort and supply FARM BUREAU: Discuss Parity Despite imperfections in the pres ent parity formula, American farm ers were urged to retain the system by Secretary of Agriculture Ander son addressing the annual convention of the Farm Bu reau in Chicago, 111. Referring specif ically to the gov ernment program fnr nrirn ennnnrt Secretary at 90 per cent of Anderson parity, Anderson aaid varying conditions for differ ?I crops might fail to promote max ?won production. Even with milk at 1M per cent of parity at the BN-14 base, output is below re pmnmts, he said, while eggs at ? per cent might lead to plentiful Declaring that the parity formula tWd be based upon the 10 years preceding the present program rath er Man an the 1910-14 level, Edward A. O'Neal, farm bureau president, eafled far all agricultural groups to ?Ae en an over-all plan rather than AnM on a separate system for each ' Mating 19 the need for addition al rwal health and education facili ties, Senator Hill (Dem., Ala.) said Ant with millions of farm dollars ewAag op as profits in industrial dis Mcts after consumer purchases, only Mnal taxation and expenditures Awnaaial aw 1 ice could assure the Nhasfwm or the ntaqr back to agricultural areas for public pur UNO: <7.5. fa Wh house passage of enabling hghMw, congress joined in mak ing An H. 8. a full-fledged mem Mr at A United Nations organiza ttau. rancaiiid out of the waiter ot operative action and prevent the de traction of modern conflict. Acting quickly on the enabling leg islation, President Truman nomi nated the U. S. delegates to UNO, with ex-Secretary of State Edward Stittinius chosen as the representa tive on the all-powerful security council and senior member of the general assembly group including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sen. Tom Connally (Dem., Texas) and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (Rep. Mich.). Under the legislation approved, the President canr enter into negotiations with the other four members of the security council of UNO for provi sion of military forces to suppress aggression, with freedom to permit their use after congressional sanc tion of the arrangements. The Pres ident also will be able to join in the imposition of economic boycotts to bring a troublemaker into line. LABOR: Talk Turkey With early maneuverings for posi tion jotted by President Truman's request for fact-finding anti-strike machinery to speed settlement of labor disputes, the CIO United Auto mobile Workers and major produc ers entered into discussions of prin cipal issues, with Ford continuing to steal the show. With the UAW's Ford division hav ing provided the first real break in the deadlock with agreement to penalize wildcat strikers hindering output, the company took one step closer toward agreement by pro posing a 15-cent an hour wage in crease. Despite Ford's alteration ot the union's security plan and the UAW's rejection of the company's wage offer, the two propositions pro vided a meeting ground for a settle ment somewhere between. Meanwhile, the Sinclair-United Oil Workers (CIO) pact providing for an 18 per cent wage raise and union assurance against wildcat striking loomed as the model contract for all of industry. In arriving at a settle ment, H. F. Sinclair declared that the two parties agreed that volun tary solution of disputes was pref erable to government intervention, such as proposed by Mr. Truman. SHIP SINKING: Convict Skipper Acquitted on a charge of ineffi ciency in the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis in the Pacific last July with a loss of 880 lives, Capt. Charles B. McVay was found guilty of negli gence in the operation of the ship, with sentence subject to review of the secretary of the navy. Clearance on the charge of ineffi ciency for not issuing timely orders to leave the vessel after it was struck by a torpedo followed Mo Vay's testimony that he had at first believed the ship could be saved but then called for its abandonment when convinced of the real extent at damage. Shortly after the Indianap olis capsized, taking a heavy toll of life. In being convicted on the negli gence charge, McVay was accused of failing to order a zig-zag course during the trip from Guam to Leyte and thus divert the aiming of a U boat. In defense, McVay contended that poor visibility and lack at moon that night governed his decision not to take on a diversionary course. TELEVISION: Charge Restriction Accusing Scophony, Ltd., ot Great Britain and Television Productions Inc. and General Precision Equip ment Corporation of America of re tarding development ot television in | the U. S. through a cartel agree ment dividing markets between Eu- J rope and the western hemisphere, the government tiled anti-trust .charges in New York City. In stating that the companies had agreed to stay out of competing areas, the government declared that the American firms had obtained ex clusive rights to an advanced tele vision set controlled by Scophony, but had done nothing to either de velop and exploit the apparatus here or promote its sale and use. Employing an independent light along the principle of the motion pic ture projector, the British product is capable of transmitting images 20 by 24 inches on home sets, 3 by 4 feet on school and club sets and 12 by 15 feet on theater screens, the government said. In contrast, Amer ican sets are limited to reproduc tions of 4 by 6 inches and t by I inches. JAPAN: Tells Secret In guarded memoirs left after his suicide to prevent arrest as a war criminal, former Jap Premier Prince Konoye left some glimpses of the behind-the-scenes maneuver ing that marked his country's di plomacy before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the top disclosures was Konoye's report on (he evolution of a peace plan covering the Far East after unofficial negotiations in which former Postmaster General Walker and Bishop Walsh of the Catholic Mary knoll missionaries figured with government knowledge. Sabotaged by Ultra-Nationalist Japanese offi cials, the plan called for Jap with drawal from China, restriction of immigration thereto, and co-opera tion in the restoration of the open door trade policy. In return the U. S. was to recognize Manchuria. In another revelation, Konoye re ported Russia's tentative agreement to join the Rome-Berlin-T(*yo Axis in 1940 under inclusion at Iran and India in her sphere of influence. No concrete alliance developed, how ever, because of the failure of the Nazis and Reds to work out details, and the whole plan collapsed with Germany's drive to the East in 1941. Frontier Figure Dies Death of Moman Pruiett, 73, in Okla homa City, Okla-, from pneumonia re called hit one-time eminence at a frontier attorney, with a record ol acquittals fee 303 accused slayers. Having studied the law in an attorneys oftce, where he was employed as a shoe shine boy end janitor, Pruiett, a colorful figure with long, black heir felling below his shoulders, was among the fust to introduce emotion in court practice in the Southwest. On one occasion when the prosecution sneered at his plea of self-defense far e cli ent accused ol killing a man who threat ened him with a pencil. "Old Moman" suddenly seised a juror by the collar? thrust a pencil at his breast etui secured en admission that the pencil resembled a knife under the circumstances. After being convicted at a bay of a rob bery?which ha said he did not commit, i Pruiett resolved to study law. Addressing the judge, he roared: TU turn murderers and thieves loose in your midst." FARM CROPS: Year's Review With a New Year ringing in, American farmers could look back on the old as marking the best in food grain production on record with an all-time wheat crop of 1,123,143, 000 bushels featuring the harvest. At the same time, the department of agriculture reported that feed grains were the third largest on rec ord, though corn feO oil slightly to 3,018,410,000 bushels from the 1944 figure. As a result, huge quantities of feed will be available for fatten ing livestock and assuring the coun try of banner meat supplies through 1946, Along with wheat, new records were established for oats, tobacco, rice, popcorn, hops, peaches, pears, grapefruit, almonds and fresh truck crops, while near records were set for bay, soybeans, flaxseed, pota toes, sugar cane, oranges, grapes and pecans. Despite the general banner pro duction, the cotton harvest fell to its lowest figure since 1898, while ap ples, barley, rye, dry beans, buck wheat, sorghum silage and forage, sweet potatoes, sugar beets, apri cots and sour cherries were also be low average output. With a decrease of 4,000,000 acres from 1944, production at aU crops in 1946 was only 1.9 per cent off. Out put was 2 per cent below the peak of 1941 Memos to tho Editor: The War Dept. phoned our Girl Friday regarding some unhappy let era from G.Li. in Europe. Gen. Eisenhower personally was contact^ id. said the caller, and "couldn't >elieve anyone would say or write t " . . . The letters, it appears, lealt with a "rumor" that this col imn allegedly published?but we ?ever said it or broadcast it or vrote it or anything! . . . The griev ince was over a report that G.I.s ? the European zone "with 70 mints or more" couldn't come home o the U. S. because they had crim nal records or vd. . . . Drew Pear ion finally revealed that it originate id in London recently over the Brit sh Broadcasting System. . . . We tave since been told that Gen. Eisen lower is so informing all concerned imong our troops abroad. A news weekly recently reported hat two of the eight saboteurs (who vere landed by Nazi sub at Long Is and and Florida) had tipped the 131 of the landings and that these wo men were promised "a break" ind didn't get it. . . . These two are tamed Dasch and Burger. . . . The nilitary tribunal decided all eight >e put to death, but J. Edgar Hoo ?er told FDR that Dasch and Bur [er had helped considerably, and it vas FDR who commuted their leath sentences to 30 years for one ind lite for the other. . . . Dasch, it ippears, is "almost a mental case," ind Burger "still is helpful to our [ov't as a witness against former ?nemies." . . . When the war is of icially declared ended by Congress ihey'll prob'ly be deported to Ger many. The lmte Blaze, owned by the El iott Roosevelts, continues to wield nfluence on air travel. Gen. Hap Arnold and his wile are flying to the Soast about New Year's when the General steps into a top job in non nilitary aviation. They hoped to ake along (by plane) thair cocker. ?paniel, but Mrs. Arnold was wor ried there'd be another newspaper rontroversy. She didn't worry long ?every company on the West Coast iffered to send a plane. . . . Ex Zong. Maury Maverick, now in Ja 3an, says: "Not enough news or broadcasts about the Pacific. Gen. HacArthur is the right man lor raiding down the Japs, and we are iemobilizing in the U. S. A. too last!" President Truman stepped in and prevented the budget director trom (having FBI appropriations. Tru n an is giving the G-Men the same ?upport they got from Roosevelt. ... Xir recent fact that J. Edgar Hoo fer (alter 24 years' service to the J. S.) is broke, brought him several jffers Iron? big firms to take execu ive posts at lancy wages, but he is itaying in Washington indefinitely. . . His former special agent in rharge of the Detroit office (John 3ugas), who resigned to become ienry Ford's public relations chief, s said to be getting $69,000 per an ium. Another report is $$0,000. . . . dr. Hoover gets $10,000. . . At me time he got $8,000 while the Sept. of Justice press agent got 10 3s. . . . Incidentally, the various -eports on LaGuardia's salary as a :ommentator are said to be exag (erated. . . . The report that "$100, 100 is low" does not Jell with what nsiders claim?that It is $90,000. Bigtown Vignette: Reporter* tell t about one of the craft who waa ?ssigned down the bay to meet a Iner bringing home troop*. ... He mi to particularly interview on* rf the heroe*. . . . The reporter waa irmed with copy paper and pencil*. >ut when he cat at hi* typewriter le couldn't dp the ctory. . . . 'Tm lorry." he told hi* city editor, "I ran't even figure how to get two paragraph* out of it. I told him ve wanted to do a nice piece about lim being a hero, and thi* i* all I xxild get out of him. He *aid: First we stood and shivered in the vet. Then we ran like the devil, rhere was a beluva noise and then [ heard a nurse say: 'Drink this, please'." Ike Big Parade: Wally and Noah, he cheery Beerys, looking like WaJdorphans as they waited for mbs in front of that hotel. . . . Ella Raines, the Hollywood eyeful, cross ng Slst and L'Avenue des Amer ques. . . . Walter Abel raiaing Cain with a Sardi'a waiter. . . . Bing Crosby at the Jerome Kern memo rial rehearsal as the rumor spread hat Bing had suddenly passed iway. ... Hat tie Cam* fie, the faah lonist, looking very chic in creations rf bar own. . . . Nancy Carroll and ter tanner groom, producer Jack Kirkland, still the best of pals. Br EDWARD E HE RINK ? WNV Phi tare* TpHE fint settlers In Ohio, remem boring the nation which had ma terially assisted the cause of the American Resolution, named their settlement Marietta, in honor of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. That was in 1786, during the stir ring years of expansion and growth following the birth of the new repub lic. It was a group of New Eng enders, led by Manasseh Cutlqr and Gen. Rufus Putnam, that founded the frontier town at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers. The story of Ohio might be told in the study of names. The word Ohio, from the Indian, means "Beautiful River," bat the names of Ohio's sons are known around the world. Seven United States Presidents were born in that state: Grant, Garfield, Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, McKiniey, Taft and Hard ing. Howard Chandler Christy, the artist, was born in Morgan county. Bnekeyo state authors, teachers, lawyers and doctors are known around the world. Thomas A. Edison and Orville and Wilbur Wright are examples of Ohio names in invention. Others now household words include Van j Sweringen, Goodrich, Firestone, Sei . berling, Willys, Proctor, Gamble, Flint Creek Gorge < Kroger, Oldi, Patterson and Ketter- , ing. The lilt is too long to publish | here. , Rich la Retearees. ( There are many empires hi the I state of Ohio, for it is rich in its ] natural resources as well as in men. i The farmer's Ohio is 22 million acres of agriculture. The business < man's Ohio is the fourth wealthiest state in the Union. The manufac turer's Ohio is the factories, the mines, the products shipped around the world. The homemaker'e Ohio ia blessed with an abundance of hu man and material resources for wholesome, happy living for typical Americans, urban or rural. The va cationist's Ohio provides parks, game preserves, smooth highways, 110 lakes, many rivers, good Ash ing, deer and small game, rugged hill country, archaeological relics ! such as Indian mounds, and, caves, geological formations, etc. Ohio is largely a manufacturing state, deserving this industrial prominence mainly because of its natural resources. The advantages afforded for transportation by wa ter as well as by rail cannot be overestimated. Lake Erie and the New York state barge canal make a direct outlet to the Atlantic, while the Ohio and the Muskingum livers offer communication with Pennsyl rania and the Mississippi basin. The manufacture of iron and steel and their products constitutes the most important industry in Ohio and entitles the state to a place only be low Pennsylvania. It includes the work of the blast furnaces, rolling Tiilla and steel plants. Pig iron pro iuction in Ohio represents approxi mately one-fourth of the nation's total. World Rabber Capital. Akron is the rubber manufactur ing center of the world. Cleveland and Cincinnati are the centers of the itate's clothing industry. East Liv erpool has one of the world's most extensive pottery works and togeth er with other nearby towns produces about half of the nation's pottery. Ohio ranks Brat in the production >( tires and tabes, machine toe is, itevei, ranges, furnaces, electrical appliances, printing and publishing ?f periodicals, soap, matches, pot tery and porcelain ware, pumps and pumping equipment, coOns and (team shovels. The state ranks second in the pro duction of motor vehicles, bodies and part*; blast furnace products, iron and steel; generating, distribu tion and industrial apparatus; and machine shop products. Ohio rhnks high in meat packing, bread and baked goods, eggs and poultry, dairy products, hogs, sheep, cattle, wheat, corn, oats, soy beans, hay, apples, grapes, peaches, pota toes, sugar beets and vegetables. Ohio grows more vegetables under glass than any other state in the Union. A Leader Is Manufactures. Ohio is also in the top ten states in the production of paper, chem icals, paints snd varnishes, men's clothing, footwear, rolling mill prod ucts, petroleum refining, stamped and pressed metal products, hard woods, limestone, dolomite, clay, sandstone and graveL As a part of the vast region wast of the Alleghanies, what is aow Ohio was once claimed by Prance. It alas formed part at the grant made from ocean to ocean by Eng lish kings to various colonies along the Atlantic seaboard. After the settlement ef Marietta, a considerable migration trans Vir ginia was directed to the senthsm part of Ohio. A great impetas wan thorny Wayne defeated the Indiana of the Northwest in ths Battle ef Fallen Timbers near the Msnmsn river. By an act of congress at April 30, 1002, the territory was author ized to draft a constitution; and em February 19, 1803. Ohio was de clared s state. Edward Tiffin was elected the first governor. Chillkothe became the first capital and Lancaster, Newark and Zanesville each shared . the honor of being the seat of state government before it was perma nently located in Columbus in 1CML Mysterious Monads. - .sg Even back in prehistoric days, men must have found Ohio a goad land in which to live. The Mound Builders, whose origin is as mys terious as their destiny, devoted an estimated 100,000 man-years of la bor to the building of 10,000 moonda and earthworks. These village sites, fortifications and burial places re main in Ohio as the record of these ancient people. Intermingled in the fabric ef Ohio's history and romantic heri tage are the French explorers, Jesuit priests, British officers, French traders and Colonial frontiersmen. George Rogers Clark, "Mad" An thony Wayne, Ebtneasr Zane and "Johnny Appleseed" march at roan its pages of history, for Ohio wad once the wild frontier, the uacaw quered Northwest Ohio's governor was born In Cleveland in 1896, the son of Slo venian parents. On Cleveland's sandlots he became a star third ? 1 mw i. uwcn baseman, and waa playing prtrfea * ?ional ball for Duluth when WocW War I broke oat. He served as a second lieutenant, and when ths war was over, studied law. Ha served as a Judge in Qaveland and was elected mayor at Us bona town ta^HMU and UO.^U^UM ha waa - ? . * Boat m the Mukimrua River.
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