CHALLENGE OF ■ PROGRESS CITED Roy A. Palmer Tells Ro tarians Morol Structure Must Keep Pace Declaring there needs to be re newed emphasis on education ancf character-building agencies if our civilization Ls to harness fully the power of post-war technological advancement, Roy A. Palmer, pres ident of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, in an address to the Rotary club’s Friday luncheon ciied the challenge of' scientific pro gress. WIRELESS LIGHTING A lighting engineer, Mr. Pal mer in illuminating fashion cit ed the advances imminently ahead in electronics, plastics and many other fields, showing wireless lighting made possible through high frequency elec trical advancements. He said that Americans would grumble far more than they do about war-time restrictions if they : were forced to give up the scien tific advances made only since the last war, but he wonders if we are going to let the easier living thus occasioned weaken the Individual moral structure as a nation and cause our civilization to decay and fall as have 21 others before it. “We must develop sound moral character constantly lest history repeat itself," Mr. Pal- I mer declared. J. Frank Love presented the speaker and was program chair man for the day. INTER-CITY MEETING Announcement was made that the local Rotarians would join with the Lincoln ton and Spindale Rotarians in a big inter-city din ner meeting here next Friday at 7 pm. when Charles H. Stone, of Charlotte, governor of the 188th district clubs, will be present also. Guests at yesterday’s meeting included Capt. John Z. McBrayer, James Porter, PHM 2-c, Cpl. Tom Porter, Auddie Blapton of Char-1 lotte, Lonnie Mitchell and Howard j Rollins. POSTWAR Starts On Pare One Britain, he said, has one prin ciple about the liberated or re pentent satellite countries. That is “government of the people, by the people, for the people." The world at large accepts Mr. Churchill’s declaration as sincere. It notes also that not only he but Marshal Stalin has subscribed to the tenents of the Atlantic char ter which, signed or unsigned, still stands. However, without impugning the personal motives of any of Eu rope’s leading statesmen, the cold fact is that circumstances are forc ing the breaking up of the con tinent into spheres of influence. Call it power politics if you want to, and when zones of influence are established, then the small countries within those zones lose some or all of their independence, j In the present turn-over some | states also are losing their right to self-determination. And the re alignment of Europe has only j started. The end of the war will see zones of influence the length and breadth of the continent. STRESS OF WAR Some of these changes are grow ing directly out of the stress of actual warfare, thereby complicat ing attempts to apply the terms of the Atlantic charter. That’s hap-, pening in Poland, Yugoslavia and Greece. Take the case of Poland. The Lublin Polish provisional govern ment established itself in Warsaw yesterday while the capital still burned with the fires set by the retreating Germans. Meanwhile the rival exile Polish government in London, which has refused to agree to Soviet annexa tion of eastern pre-war Poland, is left stranded high and dry. It helps. not one whit that both the United States and Britain still re cognize it, and haven’t recognized the Lublin regime. THE ANSWER? Well, what's tire answer to this? It's clear enough. By the j time the Germans have been evicted from Poland, the Lublin j government likely will have all the country organized under its rule. In due course there will be a plebiscite to see what sort of gov- ; emment the people want, and who do you think will win? Under those circumstances what is there the Big Three can do, within the realms of realism, but accept this? Like it or not, the Lublin regime will be an accomplished fact. There are going to be numerous '•Polands” before the reorganiza tion of Europe is completed. Both London and Moscow have invited America’s advice in solving Eu rope's problems, but we shall do well to note there’s no sign that advice from Uncle Sam or any one else can prevent the establish ment of spheres of influence which, the United States believes, are breeders of dissension. r KILLED—Pfc. Wheeler W. Car son, 31. brother of Mrs. Rex Mich ! am of 201 Broad street and sen of Mrs. Eve B. Carson of route 1, Morganton, was reported killed in action in France December 18. Pfc. Carson worked at his car ; penter trade in Shelby In 1940, l and" entered the Army" in Decem | ber, 1942. LEGISLATORS CONFER WITH LOCAL PEOPLE Senator Lee B. Weathers and Rep. C. C. Horn, Cleveland’s rep resentatives in the 1945 general assembly, are spending this week end in Shelby. This afternoon they l were in conference with school ] teachers and other groups relative ! to legislation now pending before the assembly. So far, no local legislation for Cleveland county has been intro : duced, although a bill providing for '■ the submission to the voters of the 1 question of a bond issue for the! expansion of hospital facilities in Shelby and Kings Mountain is be- j ing prepared. The bill is being drafted by Henry B. Edwards, county attorney and J. R. Davis, ; who represent a special committee I appointed at a meeting of inter ested citizens. Senator Weathers and Repres entative Horn will return to Ra leigh in time for the session Mon day night. 1 LABOR - - Starts On Page One | committee also voted to give to j War Mobilization Director James ; F. Byrnes the power to determine what jobs are critical. His classi fications would be followed by lo cal draft boards in assigning war workers. FARM WORKERS Concern over the plight of farm workers reached the point in the house where a group of farm state congressmen got behind a resolu i tion demanding that selective ser | vice Director Lewis B. Hershey “comply with” the present law de- j ferring essential farm workers. Rep. Lemke CR-ND) said local j I draft boards are misinterpreting a Jan. 3 selective service directive and, as a result, are ordering the induction of farm workers who should be deferred. “As a result farms are closing down everywhere," he said. The resolution requires that Hershey issue a clarifying amendment to draft boards telling them that essential farm deferments are still the law. The military committee still is confronted by one of its major hurdles in the path of a manpow er bill: What to do about the un ion status of drafted workers? NO FORCE Some members said they would insist that the finished bill make it clear that no one shall be forc ed into a union if he is assigned to a war plant. The senate war investigating committee, long a critic of what its reports have called failure to obtain proper utilization of avail able labor, began a tour of war plants with a surprise visit to the Norfolk, Va., Navy yard this week. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) said he was “shocked both by the sit uation he found there and by com ditions which led to it." Just what the situation was he declined to say pending a full dis closure to the Senate next week, when, it was indicated elsewhere, | Senator Kilgore (D-West Va) will join in the attack. Other senators said some em-, ployes were discovered doing work having "nothing to do with ship building." Waste Paper Sent From Forest City FOREST CITY—The Lions club of Forest City .hipped a carload of waste paper, totaling 30,000 pounds, which was loaded in two and one-half hours by club mem bers. This carload lot brings Ruth erford county's total waste paper poundage collected and shipped | within the past five months to i 612,991 pounds. At the same time i there has been shipped 22,000 pounds of tin cans from Ruther ! ford. JUST OPENED New Record Shop MEZZANINE FLOOR MAXWELL-MORRIS & KENNEDY FURNITURE CO. PHONE 788 - SHELBY, N. C. JOLLEY NAMED OFFICE DEPUTY Deputy Sheriff M. A. Jolley of Boiling Springs, will succeed Jerry Runyan as office deputy in the of fice of Sheriff J. R. Cline, pending the return of Deputy Sheriff Run yan from the army. Mr. Runyan leaves Monday for Fort Bragg for final induction. Deputy Sheriff Jolley has had considerable experience as an of ficer in Cleveland county and is con fered a valuable addition to the office staff. Bill Passed Today Restores 35 m.p.h RALEIGH, Jan. 20.—(IP)—State highway patrol headquarters here instructed all patrolmen today to resume the arrest ,of motorists ex ceeding the 35-mile an hour speed limit. The general order followed by only a few minutes formal ratifi cation of a bill restoring to the gov ernor all emergency war powers giv en under a 1943 act which expired January 3. The bill revived all proclamations issued under the act by former Governor Broughton and his council of state. From January 3 until today, the patrol made no arrests for exceed ing the 35-mile an hour limit, but the office of price administration and other federal agencies still en forced their rule against motorists exceeding that speed. Normally, North Carolina has a 60-mile an hour speed limit. YANKS Starfts On Page One sociated Press field dispatches re ported : The Japanese threw night coun terattacks at Yanks in the out skirts of Rosario after a push east from coastal Damortis. The Nip ponese were repulsed but artillery duels are continuing. Pour miles southeast, Yank col umns moving north on the Ma j nila-Baguio highway which leads ; in behind Rosario captured Sison. Further southeast down the highway past Pozorrubio, where one stiff engagement of the left flank battle was fought, the Jap anese tried an ambush at Binalo nan. Yank 105 mm. guns de stroyed 10 camouflaged Japanese tanks and bazookas knocked out the other two. RESISTANCE LIGHTER On down the highway past’ Ur daneta, where a 24-hour fight was won by the Americans earlier in the week, Japanese resistance dis appeared as a motorized unit of Yanks sped through Villasis to the Agno river and there seized a 2, 800-foot bridge, partially wrecked. Southwest of shell-shattered Urdaneta, American infantrymen moving into the Cabaruan hills \ have enveloped an enemy force ! between two ridges. Flamethrow ers are being pointed down 10-foot ! deep holes, reaching even the Jap anese hiding in lateral tunnels. In those hills, seizure of the town of Cabarkan gave the doughboys a fine artillery elevation. The Japanese appear to be fighting hardest for Rosario. American planes, many of them flying from the captured Lingayen airfield, wrecked bridges, trucks and trains north and east from Manila and in the Cagayan valley beyond the embattled east flank. CANADIAN Starts On Page One ough troops to ports to “ensure em barkation of the full complement of reinforcements.” “The arrival of these troops has brought the department’s normal reinforcement program fully up to the ftrength planned for overseas to date, while the special program arranged for use of national re sources mobilization act personnel (draftees) overseas is also progress ing according to schedule,” it was announced. The first disclosure of the high percentage of unauthorized leaves came last night in the form of a censorship directive first issued as a confidential guide for editors, and then released for publication. REINFORCEMENTS “There is under way at the pre sent moment a very heavy move ment of reinforcements toward the east coast,” said the censorship directive issued Dec. 31. “It is of the highest importance that the enemy should be denied any in formation xxx “There are at the moment a very substantial number of men over due from embarkation leave. This possibility had been foreseen and contingent plans laid toward it, should it occur.” Warren Baldwin, chief censor, said last night it had been decided to make the announcement be cause one newspaper already had published an editorial to the effect that large number of troops were missing and because sufficient time now has elapsed to prevent Ger man submarines from acting ef fectively. GERMANS Starts On I’age One held by the Eighth army in the i eastern coastal area northeast of FUsivnano, but were cleaned up and ! suffered casualties. Canadian infantrymen and tanks 1 captured a German strongpoint on the east bank of the Senio oppo ; site Fusignano. ' Forced out temporarily by a flur 1 ry of grenades, the Canadians re ! turned and took all the buildings in a new assault. Southwest of Fusignano a Ger man patrol crossed the river, but fled under fire. i 100 BoIik __ Seol Korngibai LITHUANIA Kaunat v ^S— Rocky Mount hog market steady with top of 14.25. N. C. EGGS, POULTRY, RALEIGH, Jan. 20—UP)— (NCD A)—Raleigh egg market slightly weaker, U. S. grade AA large 45; i poultry steady, hens, all weights, 25 1-2. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Jan. 20——Sal able cattle 500; calves none; com pared Friday last week; strictly 1 good and choice yearlings 25-50 lower; comparable medium weight and weighty steers steady; all others steady to 25 lower, mostly weak; common and choice heifers steady, but medium to good grades 25-50 lower; cows generally very active at new high on crop, large ly 25-50 up early but lost part of this advance late; bulls 50 to 1.00 lower, weighty beef bulls off most; vealers strong at 15.50 down, scarce and active; choice yearling steers topped for week at 17.75, but nothing late above 17.00; several loads early at 17.25-17.50; outside on strictly choice 14.50 lb. Steers 17.00, with numerous loads 16.00 16.60; bulk all grades 13.50-16.25; top heifers in load lots 15.50, short 1000 lb. load 15.75, bulk 12.50-14.50; good cows singly and in load lots sold up to 15.00, bulk beef cows 9.00-12.50; on weakening trade cutters sold late at 8.00 dowta, with canners at 6.50*7.25; outside on heavy sausage bulls 13.50 and fat beef bulls 14.00; but largely 10.50 12.50 market late on both sausage and beef offerings; stock cattle I scarce, firm, thin kinds 10.00-12.00, fleshy feeders to 13 00. Sgt. Harry Philbeck Back From England Sgt. Harry F. Philbeck, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Philbeck of i 1004 N. LaFayette street, has land ed in New York after serving 201 months overseas with the Army Air Forces in England with a ! ground crew. Sgt. Philbeck has . been 111 for some time and will be ! sent to a hospital in the south to 1 recuperate. He entered the AAF i in October, 1941, and sailed for , overseas duty in May, 1943. Keaping It Warm EMPORIA, KAS. —(/P)— A member of an Emporia family announced that there wasn’t enough anti-freeze in the car radiator. So the wife offered 1 to cover up the coupe. Came the dawn and the fam ily found a heavy blanket wrapped snugly over the en tire tojT Of the car and wind shield. Sticking out in the cold were the hood and radiator. 1 PROMOTED—Lt. John D. Shytle, jr., has recently been promoted to the rank ol Captain while serving with the 14th Army Air Force somewhere in China. His wife, the former Miss Lois Shell of Gaffney, and their daughter, Lin da, are making their home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Shytle, at 211 Crawford street, while he is in service. Mrs. Shytle and daughter have just returned to Shelby after visiting her sis ter, Mrs. T. K. Vassey, in Augus ta, Ga. INAUGURAL Starts On Page One time. As I stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office in the presence of my fellow country men—in the presence of our God— I know that lt is America's pur pose that we shall not fail. WORK TOGETHER In the days and in the years that are to come we shall work for a just and durable peace as today we work and fight for total vic tory in war. We can and we will achieve such a peace. We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immedi ately—but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes—but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandon ment of moral principle. I remember that my old school master said, in days that seemed to us then to be secure and un troubled: "Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to re verse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilisation itself is forever upward; that a line drawn ; through the middle of the peaks and valleys of the centuries al ways has an upward trend." CONSTITUTION Our constitution of 1787 was not | a perfect instrument; it is not 1 perfect yet. But it provided a firm 1 base on which all manner of men. or all races and colors and creeds. I could build our solid structure of democracy. Today in this year of war, 1945, | we have learned lessons—at a fear ' ful cost—and' we shall profit by | them. We have learned that we can not live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations—far away. We have learned that we must live as men, not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger. We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human . community. We have learned the simple , truth as Emerson said, that "the only way to have a friend is to be | one." We can gain no lasting peace i if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust—and with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding and confidence and courage which flow from con viction. The Almighty God has blessed our land in many ways. He has given our people stout hearts and strong arms with which to strike mighty blows for freedom and truth. He has given to our country a faith which has become the hope of all peoples in an anguished world. We pray now to Him for the vision to see our way clearly—to see the way that leads to a better life for ourselves and for all our fel low men—to the achievement of His will to peace on earth. Who's Got The Pig? ALAMEDA, N. M. — (IF) — Abundio Tafoya reported to Sheriff Harold Hubbell that someone had stolen a pig and a jug of wine from him. Sheriff’s deputies recovered the wine but so far have found no trace of the pig. WANT ADS LOST: BLACK BILLFOLD IN Webb Theater containing army registration paper, social security card. Please return to Webb Theatre. Ben King. ltp WANTED TO BUY A BUSH AND bog harrow with eight, 24 inch disc. J. C. White, route 1, Lawn dale, N. C. 2t 20p FOR SALE: 3.000 lb. Kobe Lespede za seed, the kind that grows knee high. Velus Ivester, Star Route, Lawndale, N. C. 3t 20p FOR SALE: LARGE §IZE ESTATE heatrola. Cali Telephone 349. It 20c FOR SALE: BALED STRAW, wheat, oats and barley. B. T. Falls. 3t 20c HEARTENING MESSAGES By ZENO WALL Simple gospel truths from the heart of a gospel preacher fourteen brief devotional, ev angelistic, and inspirational sermons. Clear, honest, heart ening, these are messages that people today need and are hungry for—messages that will give them strength and courage for these strenuous, anxious, crucial times; mes sages that will calm strain ing nerves, give hope and as surance for the future, and deepen spiritual resources. HOME & OFFICE SUPPLY NEXT TO A&P PHONE 853 r STOCKS, BONDS AND COMMODITY. FUTURES J. Robert Lindsay & Co. 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