G1 BILL IS
DISCUSSED
Gaston And Dixon Attend
Conference In
Charlotte
John M. Gaston, manager and
Joseph N. Dixon, veterans’ em
ployment representative of the lo
cal War Manpower commission,
United States Employment Serv
ice office, spent Tuesday in Char
lotte attending an all-day train
ing session of provisions of the G.
I. Bill of Bights. The training
was conducted by B. G. God
win, state veterans’ employment
representative and B. A. Wads
worth, representing the War Man
power commission.
The meeting was held at the
Hotel Charlotte and was attended
by managers, branch managers and
veterans’ representatives from all
United States Employment Service
offices within the Charlotte ad
ministrative area.
Mr. Wadsworth analyzed the G.
I. BUI of Bights from every angle,
taking special cases and following
them through. “AH the problems
anticipated in the G. I. Bill of
Bights are no longer in the fu
ture, they are here,” stated Mr.
Wadsworth. “Every U. S. employ
ment office must know how to
meet all phases of the bill con
cerning employment and placing
the veterans in suitable work,” he
said. “All U. S. employment ser
vice personnel must be intimately
acquainted with aU rules and reg
ulations affecting veterans. Many
who are in service and who are
coming back to civilian life have i
learned new trades or skills and
who will not want to return to
their former employment. Wher-;
ever possible we must aid them to
continue the skUls learned in the;
service if they desire it this way,”
Mr. Wadsworth added. Mr. Wads
worth further urged all managers
and branch managers to go back
to their offices and hold special
staff meetings with their office
personnel to continue training on
the G. I. BUI of Bights.
Stolen Auto Is
Found Near Toluca
A car stolen In Cheraw, S. C.. j
last Sunday night was recovered
yesterday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff Jerry Runyans and FBI
Agent Kermlt Johnson who were
trying to identify the automobile
found parked near Toluca when
they received a report by radio on
the same car.
Arrested for the theft were Sam
Petty, Rufus Riley and James
Clark who were taken in Cheraw.
UNCONDITIONAL
Starts On Page One
"There were tears of joy and cries '
of ‘God be thanked’ from some j
Berliners, but others were silent *
and sullen.” 1
NOT REPENTANT '
Let’s not forget that—"but oth
ers were silent aifj sullen.” It means '
that these “others” aren’t repent-1 ’
ant. They would provide fertile soil ]
for tillage by another Hitler, if wej j
hadn’t compelled unconditional sur
render and thereby made sure that I
we could complete the task of
knocking militarism out of Ger- '
many.
Prussian militarism is a terrible f
evil, but it probably isn’t so dear- j
ly inbred as is the Japanese brand. :
Nippon’s savage glorification of war 1
runs persistently through the long 1
centuries of her history. The soldier
always has been the hero of the is- s
land empire. 1
There’s another and even more *
important aspect of the situation. 1
This Japanese war of aggression is !
founded on more than the mere J
desire to Increase the Mikado’s do- ,
mains and influence. Underlying 1
it is the devilish design of forming
a powerful Asiatic bloc of nations
which would be pitted in conflict
against the western world. There
we have the makings of the racial J
conflict which even the militaristic
old kaiser of Germany warned the
world to beware as it would the j (
devil. t
PLOTTING ANOTHER I
There is evidence that even re- l
cently the Japanese militarists, ;
realizing that they are losing this ;
war, have been plotting another as- 1
sault twenty-five years hence, j
Were they permitted to carry out i
this scheme, they would he a far i
more formidable enemy next time i
than they are now. ! c
Japan has learned much about i
modem war from her disastrous j 1
contact with the western powers.; j
Her operations in many respects i
have been crude as compared with i
the methods which have been car- J
ried against her from out of the
west. But they won’t be crude next
time.
must be stripped
Thus if there is any lesson which
stands out in our war against Japan ’
it is that she must be rendered im- 1
potent to do further damage. She <
must be stripped of every weapon, t
and must be deprived of the where- I
withal with which to create fresh ‘
war materiel. 1
What then is there for us to do ! 1
but to exact unconditional surren- 1
der? There is no alternative if we
are to have permanent peace. i <
The Japanese have been told
categorically that the allies "have '■
no desire or intention to destroy or 1
enslave” them. At the same time
it has been made equally clear that 1
unless Japan surrenders she will
suffer the same destruction as Ger
many. Actually the punishment
probably will be W’orse, because
Nippon is more vulnerable to bom
bing.
That u the final verdict which
the mikados government must ac
cept.
" A
N. C. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION COMMISSION—Members of the North Carolina Unemployment
Compensation Commission, appointed by Governor R. Gregg Cherry, meet with the governor in the capitol at
Raleigh. The Governor is seated and beside him sits Justice M. V. Barnhill. Standing, left to right: C. A.
Pink, Spencer: A. L. Fletcher. Raleigh; R. Dave Hall, Belmont; Dr. Harry Wolfe, Chapel Hill; Mrs. W. T. Bost,
noloiirh onrt C IT Cowan Mortrantnn—(AP Photo).
L H. SINGLETON
DEATH VICI1M
L. H. Singleton, 70, of thii
place died this morning at 2:31
as the result of a cerebral hemor
rhage he suffered in a Morgantor
hospital. He had been in il
health for about two years.
Funeral rites will be held at <
o'clock Thursday afternoon ai
Missionary Methodist church” ir
West Shelby with the pastor ir
charge. Interment will be in Sun
set cemetery.
Mr. Singleton came to Shelbj
from Greenville, S. C., and prioi
to his illness was employed at the
Shelby mill.
Surviving are his widow, whc
makes her home at 717 Live Oak
street; eight sons, Fred anti Floyd
Singleton of Simpsonville, Guy
Clyde and Brooks Singleton ol
Shelby, E. J. Singleton of the
army in Italy, Gentry Singleton
who has been missing in France
since July of last year, and Louie
Singleton who is with the army in
Germany: two daughters, Miss
Bernice Singleton of Shelby and
Mrs. Jeanette Bivins of Shelby;
md two sisters, Mrs. Emily Lydia
md Mrs. Corrie Clayton of Green
•ille, S. C.
FBI SCHOOL
IN 10TH YEAR
The FBI National academy
which serves as the West Point
)f law enforcement, will observe
ts tenth anniversary with the
graduation of the twenty-ninth
iession at Washington, D. C., on
ruly 21, 1945, according to the an
louncement made by Mr. Edward
Scheldt, special agent in charge
if the Charlotte office of the Fed
iral Bureau of Investigation.
Mr. Scheidt stated that number
'd among those police officers who
vill receive diplomas are: William
3. Blakely, patrolman, police de
lartment, Clinton, South Caro
ina, W. B. Julian, patrolman, po
ice department, Durham, North
Carolina, LeDoy Keeble, assistant
(hief of police, Laurens, South
Carolina, Justus M. Tucker, ser
eant, police department, Win
ton-Salem, North Carolina,
Jharles E. Forbes, lieutenant, po
ice department, Charleston, South
larolina.
ITiose concluding the present
ession of the academy were se
ated from 78 law enforcement a
encies in 30 states and the Pana
aa Canal Zone. The new grad
ates will bring to 1,125 the num
er of police officers trained in
he academy since its inception by
Ir. Hoover.
Seek To Reduce Bail
For Mrs. Stevens
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 11.—
Pi—An effort will be made In court
oday to reduce the $50,000 bail set
or Mrs. Imogene Stevens, who has
leen held in jail since June 24 on
. charge of manslaughter in the
hooting of a young submarine sai
or.
Attorney David Goldstein, who
epresents the attractive 24-year-old
rtfe of Paratroop Major G. Ralsey
Itevens III, termed the bail “ex
essive and exhorbitant” in a motion
iresented to Judge John A. Cornell.
Jr. Stevens trial in the death of
ilbert Kovacs, 19, does not come up
intil the September term of Super
or court.
DEATH
6tarts On Page One
vith the late A. P. Weathers as
milding contractor and operator
if a lumber plant. Later he built
he Lattimore Oil mill and was su
jerintendent for 18 years. For
ix years he was building inspec
or for the City of Shelby, which
losition he was forced to resign
>eeause of failing health.
Mr. Crowder was widely connect
ed and well known both as an au
horitv on building and for his
;terling qualities. His children
lave taken prominent parts in the
•arious phases of community en
erprise in Shelby.
Pallbearers will be Russell
jaughridge, Louie King, Luther
:ngle, Buck Hardin, Paul Webb,
r„ Summie Spangler, C. L. Aus
ell and Ray Sain.
Twenty-seven pounds of milk are
leaded to make one pound of but
*r.
! Carver Wood, Jr.,
Gets Appointment
To West Point
■ Carver Wood. jr„ son of Mr. anc
: Mrs. J. Carver Wood of this place
i has received an appointment tc
| the United States military acade
my at West Point, N. Y., and wil
leave Monday, July 16, to enroll at
j the academy.
i Wood, 17, completed his sopho
more year at Davidson college in
the spring, maintaining a high
scholastic record there and par
ticipating in campus activities. He
is the second Shelby boy to re
ceive an appointment to the mili
tary academy, Ben Suttle, jr.
having left recently to enroll in
the corps of cadets.
Many Army
j Units Reach
N. Y. Today
Bv The Associated Press
The following army units arrive
in the United States today from
Europe:
At New York — 103rd General
hospital; advance units of 10 oth
er general hospitals! Eighth Air
Force units; 345th and 347th Regi
ments, 87th Division; 414th and
415th Regiments. 104th Division.
Also 462nd Ordnance Tire Repair
company; 440th. 446th, 458th, 466th,
467th, and 491st Bombardment
groups; advance detachment 624th
Ordnance Base Automobile Batta
lion; Headquarters and Headquar
ters company of 1199th Engineer
Base Depot; 374th. 375th, 376th,
1377th, 378th and 79th Air Service
groups; 349th, 395th, 396th, 397th,
417th, 418th, 419th, 420th. 421st,
j ‘22nd and 423rd MP Gate Detach
ments; Headquarters and Head
I quarters Battery of 87th Division
'Artillery, 87th CIC Detachment;
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company and Headquarters spe
icial troops of 87th Division; Head
quarters and Headquarters com
pany 5th Corps with MP Platoon;
1 Headquarters and Headquarters
| Battery 5th Corps Artillery; 5th
‘Engineer Special Brigade Head
: quarters;
OTHERS
The 205th CIC Detachment; 55th
and 56th Order of Battle teams;
169th, 170th and 171st Photo In
terpreting teams; 329th Medical
Battalion; 804th Ordnance Light
Maintenance company; 104th Quar
termaster company; 104th Signal
company; MP Platoon of 104th
Divisions; 787th Tank Battalion;
47th Bomb group; 84th and 86th
Bomb Squadrons; 794th Air Mate
riel Squadron; part of 101st Caval
ry Reconnaissance Squadron Mech
anized; 781st Tank Battalion;
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company 12th Armored group and
22nd Infantry Regiment, Fourth
Division.
At Hampton Roads, Va —781st
and 787th Tank Battalion; elements
of 22nd Infantry Regiment, Fourth
Engineers Battalion, Fourth Medi
cal Battalion and Fourth Signal
Company.
At Newport News, Va—Part of
8th Infanry Division: 13th Infan
try Regiment, and 373rd Engineers
Service unit.
tree Will baptists
Hold Convention
MIDDLESEX, N. C.. July 11—
(IPi—Dr. J. L. Welch, of Nashville,
addressed the opening session here
last night of a 3-day convention
of the National Association of
Free Will Baptist churches.
The association's auxiliary pre
viously re-elected Mrs. Eunice Ed
wards, of St. Louis, president of
the auxiliary and voted to con
tinue its movement to raise $5,000
and recruit 5,000 members annual
ly for the church.
District Meetings
Set For Dairymen
RALEIGH, July 11 —f/P*— The
extension division of N. C. State
college announced yesterday that
fifteen mastitis-control meetings
for dairy herdsmen and milkers
would be held in all of the larger
milk sheds in the state during a
two-weeks’ period beginning Au
gust 6.
Speakers at each of the meet
ings will include Dr. W. F. Peter
1 sen, of the University of Minne
sota; Dr. George H. Hopson, oi
New York city; and Dr. C. D
Grinnells, veterinarian kt the col
> l««e.
CAFE SCORES
ANNOUNCED
Scores for cafes in Shelby, Kings
Mountain and Cleveland county
j were announced this morning by
' W. C. Stallings, sanitarian with the
! Cleveland County Health depart
1 ment. The top score went to Hotel
I Charles with a score of 90.5. The
' other two cafes in Grade A Clas
: sification were Crowder’s restaurant
and Cleveland Drug company with
[ a score of 90 each.
Other scores were listed as fol
i low's:
GRADE B
Messick’s Soda Shop —..88 5
! Piedmont Drug Store, K. Mtn. 88.5
Midnight Lunch, Kings Mtn... 88.5
| Lily Mill lunch .88.5
I Neighbor's Barbecue .87.5
Shelby Cafe...-— 86.5
Shelby Hotel _ 85.5
Wright’s Barbecue ...._ 85.5
Tommy’s place ..85.5
Cleveland Sandwich Co.
(Boiling Springs) .83.5
Johnson's Lunch_ 83.0 j
Kings Mountain Drug Co._83.0 }
Dedmon’s Barbecue ... 82 5
Spangler Drug Co. _ 82.0 ;
Sanitary Cafe ..82.5 1
Hoffman's Grill .. 82.0
Bus Station . 82.0
Elliott’s Cafe . 81.0
Mountain View Hotel. K. Mtn. 80.0
GRADE C
I Beam’s Soda Shop.78.0
Owl Shop . 77.0
I Costner's Service Station
| (Lawndale) ....- 76.5
K. Mtn. Grocery and Cafe_76.5
Fisher’s Grill, Kings Mtn._75.5
Tillman’s Service Station
Fallston .-.72.0
Bolt’s Drug Store ..71.5
Smawley's Barbecue, Lawndale 71.5
! White House Cafe ..71.5
[Rose and Jolly Barbecue _70.5
'Hilltop Service Station _ 70.5
Plantation Grill, Grover _70.0
COLORED CAFES
Carolina Grill .. Grade B 84.5
Wilson's Cafe . Grade C 71.0
Dreamer’s Inn _Grade C 71.0 1
CLOSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS '
Cafes closed for sanitary im- 1
provements were:
Fairground Service Station_58.0 !
Lawndale Diner ..48,5 !
Mountain Grill, K. Mtn..59.5 |
Midway Lunch. Kings Mtn. .. 42.0 \
'Waffle Shop, Kings Mtn. .... 59.5 ;
'Wigwam _........ 55.5 1
FORMER
Starts On Page One
tion of Canton, a little more than
110 miles southwest of Wuchow.
Counterattacking Japanese troops
I in Kiangsi province struck north
westward from a point 12 1-2 miles >
j northwest of Kanhslen, the Chin-'
I ese said.
Kanhsien, which used to be
the seat af the model southern
Kiangsi district administered by
the Generalissimo’s elder son,
Chiang Ching-Kuo, was com
pletely cut off by Chinese sev- j
erance of communications with
Kukong, on the Canton-Han
kow railroad 125 miles north
of Canton.
The high command belatedly an
nounced that Chinese troops on
July 1 captured a point four and
one-half miles west of another
former American air base, Paoching,
which guards the western approach
es to the vital rail junction city of
Henkyang.
Brenner Pass is the lowest and
one of the most frequented passes
across the Alps.
WEATHER
CHARLOTTE, July 11—(ff^-Of
j ficial werfher bureau records of
I the temperature and rainfall for
the 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m.
Rain
Station H L faU
Asheville . 85 63 .29
Atlanta ..._94 72
Auguusta _ 96 71 .05
Birmingham — . 70
Boston __ 83 39 .31
Charleston..91
Charlotte .. . 94 70
Chicago .74 55
Columbia .. .....97 70
Galveston .. 90 80
Greensboro .92 69
Los Angeles ...80 62
Memphis . 85
Miami . ....84 81
Mobile .93 70 .01
Mt. Mitchell .62 50 .04
New Orleans .. . 77
New York .88 62 .29
Raleigh .96 69
Spartanburg .93 72
Washington .. ..88 65 .04
Wilmington ... ..86 72 .21
Furnished by J. Robert Lindsay
Webb Building Shelby. N. C.
and Company
N. Y. COTTON AT 2:00
Today Prev. Day
March . —.23.05
May - -.23.05
July _ - —22.85
October _ _23.03
December _ ..23.05
23.04
23.04
22.70
23.00
23.02
CHICAGO GRAIN
WHEAT
July .1.66 >4
September _ -1.63%
December . .1.6414
1.66%
1.63-74
1.64 %
CORN
July _ ..1.18%
September _ .1.18%
December _ _1.18 %
1.18%
1.18%
1.18%
RYE
July .1-51
September _ —.-141
December _ -.-1397s
148%
1.39
1.37%
STOCKS AT 2:00
Amn Rolling Mill - .. 22
American Loco . - 33
American Tobacco B - -
American Tel and Tel . -
Anaconda Ofpper---34
Assoc Dry Goods .. 28
Beth Steel _ . 82
Boeing Air..-.
Chrysler - ...- HI
Curtiss-Wright - - 7
Elec Boat - - 17
General Motors
Pepsi Cola . — -- 23
Greyhound Corp - - 25
International Paper _ — 27
Nash Kelv . 19
Glenn L Martin...
Newport Ind ----
N Y Central.29
Penn R R . - 39
Radio Corp . ..
Reynolds Tob B _ .. 34
Southern Railroad -- 49
Stand Oil N J - -.
Sperry Corp _ ..- 31
U S Rubber_-.57
U S Steel.—— 70
Western Union.. 49
Youngstown S and T _-48
3-8
1-2
79
181
1-8
1-2
1-8
27
1-4
1-8
7-8
68
1-4
1-8
1-2
1-8
28
26 j
1-8
1-4
13 i
3-8
3-8 i
63 |
3-8;
1-4 |
1-8
1-8
5-8
LOWER TRENDS
NEW YORK, July ll—fAV-Ir-j
regularly lower trends appeared in j
today's stock market after an early;
attempt to keep the recovery push ;
going failed to attract followers.
Resistant were Western Union1
“A”, Columbus Gas, American
Smelting, Distillers Corp., Philip
Morris and Hiram Walker. The
4-for-l Sears Roebuck split-up
proposal apparently had been dis
counted and the stock conceded a
point. Backward were N. Y. Cen
tral, Southern Pacific, Baltimore
& Ohio, U. S. Steel. Chrysler, Pan
American Airways, American Tel
ephone and Eastern Kodak.
Bonds were narrow and com
modities steady.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO, July 11—UPb— iWFD-!
A)—Salable hogs 5.000, total 11.-;
000; active and fully steady; good
and choice barrows and gilts at
140-lb. up ceiling; good and choice
sows at 14.00; complete clearance.
Salable cattle 12,000, total 12,
300; salable calves 700, total 700;
choice fed steers and yearlings
steady, fairly active, top 18.00 paid
for 1167-lb. averages; one 1509-lb.
averages 17.75, 964-lb. bringing
same price; medium and good;
grades unevenly steady to 25 cents
lower; heifers steady to weak; j
best 17.75; other killing classes
mostly steady; light cutter cows
B:50 down; weighty 9.00; weighty
sausage bulls to 13.50 and heavy,
beef bulls to 15.50; vealers 16.00
down, steady; stock cattle slow at!
13.0015.00 mostly.
N. C. HOGS
RALEIGH. July 11-<AWNCD
Ai—Hog markets steady with tops
of 14.55 at Clinton and Rocky;
Mount and 14.85 at Richmond.
X. C. EGGS, POULTRY
RALEIGH, July 11—UP)— iNCD- ,
A)—Egg and poultry markets,
steady to very firm.
Raleigh—U. S. grade AA large
46; hens, all weights, 27 1-2.
Washington—U. S. grade A
large 45; broilers and friers 32.5.
BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO, July 11—(^—Butter,
firm; receipts 1,042,959. Eggs, re
ceipts 12,076; firm.
TUESDAY
Starts On Page One
Jima-based Mustangs at Kobe, a
major port of Honshu on thein
land sea, found virtually no aerial
opposition there either. One enemy
plane was shot down; 18 knocked
out on the ground. The raiding
pilots turned to shipping and
ground targets, burning an aircraft
plant, ravaging two airfields and
sinking or damaging 25 vessels.
Fleet aircraft and southwest Pa
cific planes hit 16 other enemy
ships.
There was no indication today
from fleet headquarters whether
Vice Adm. John S. McCain’s power
ful task force 38 was continuing
its search for targets around To
kyo or had moved elsewhere in its
search for the last of Japan’s air
power.
IN HIDING?
The enemy’s remaining combat
aircraft either were remaining hid
den for invasion day use, or had
been moved—for safety—too far
from Tokyo to rally quickly to that
city’s defense.
The shift in American air com
mands in the Ryukyus will result in
three powerful commands all oper
ating within striking distance of the
Japanese homeland;
Far Eastern air forces under Mac
Arthur’s air chief, Gen. George C.
Kenney, now including the Oki
nawa-based Seventh Air force as
well as the fifth and 13th air forces.
ISLAND-BASED CRAFT
Fleet and Marine aircraft on both
Okinawa and Iwo Jtma, under Ad
miral Nimltz' command.
The newly-designated atrategic
WINS BRONZE STAR—Cpl. Quin
ton E. Buff, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
P. Buff of Casar, has been awarded
the Bronze Star for “displaying an
unusual willingness to assume res
ponsibility. outstanding competence
and the ability to perform numerous
additional duties in addition to his
assignment in the operations section
of his organization”. Cpl. Buff was
in France, Belgium, Luxemburg and
Germany from June of last year
until March of this year.
Miss Ruth Hoyle
Joins Star Staff
_
Miss Ruth Hoyle, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hoyle of
Fallston, has joined The Star
staff with proofreading and ste
nographic duties. She succeeds
Mrs. Wade Hendricks, jr„ who re
signed to be with her husband,
Lieut, (jgt Wade Hendricks, who
is expected to return to this coun
try this month following an ex
tended tour of duty overseas.
Miss Hoyle, a graduate of Pfeif
fer college, was graduated from
Fallston high school in 1941 after
winning the school medal and
schoolmaster's county--wide read
ing medal. She worked for some
while on the Charlotte Observer.
Funeral Held For
Erastus G. Sisk
Funeral was held yesterday aft
ernoon at the Gastonia Church of
God for Erastus G. Sisk. 59. native
of Cleveland county who died in a
Gastonia hospital Monday morning
after an illness of two weeks. Mr.
Sisk was a former employee of the
Shelby mill but had lived in Gas
tonia for the past 27 years. He leaves
his wife, two children, two sisters
and a brother.
CHARTER
Starts On Para One
ed by senator Wheeler (D-Mont>
who said In a separate Interview
he did not believe any reserva
tions would obtain a majority vote.
The committee allotted 15 min
utes each today to about a dozen
witnesses opposed to the 50-nation
peace-keeping agreement. They in
clude Ely Culbertson, bridge ex
pert and author of a world secu
rity plan of hLs own.
Connally tried to get the op
ponents started yesterday, but none !
responded to his call to testify.
Saying he had been advised they
"wanted to go home and study the
constitution first,'1 the chairman
added he thought that a laudable
activity.
Connally said a similar number
of charter proponents will be
heard and the hearings closed, pro
bably this week. It ought to be
possible, he added, to get the
treaty before senate early next
DEFINE AUTHORITY
There are indications that at
that time reservations may be of
fered attempting to defina the
authority the American delegate to
the proposed world security coun
cil would have in voting to use
United States troops to put down
aggression.
Charter supporters made It
plain at yesterday’s hearings
that they believe Edward R.
Stettinius, jr„ designated by
President Truman as this coun
try’s delegate, ought to have
wide power to decide upon the
use of U. S. military forces in
such a venture.
Senator Millikin (R-Colo) brought
up the question by asking whether
it would violate the charter for
the senate to reserve either to the
president or to congress the deci
sion on use of troops.
Connally replied that this would
violate the spirit of the charter.
Senator Vandenberg (R - Mich)
went further to stay a reservation
of that nature might violate the
constitution. The American dele
gate, Vandenberg added; would oe
the instrument of the president
and hold the president’s power to
order the use of troops. He insist
ed this would not encroach on
congress's right to declare war.
Only two naval officers have ever
held seats In the U. S. senate: Com
mo. Robert F. Stockton of New
Jersey and Adm. Thomas C. Hart
of Connecticut.
air force command of Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz, which will include the stra
tegic-bombing B-29s of the present
20th and future eighth air forces
In the Pacific. Presumably It will
also include the now-independent
seventh fighter command on Iwo,
whose Mustangs escort B-29s and
frequently make their own strate
gic strikes at the empire.
Indicating the stranglehold of the
American aerial blockade of Japan,
Admiral Nimitz reported planes of
fleet air wing 18 alone have sunk
50,000 tons of enemy shipping and
damaged 57,000 tons, all in enemy
waters, since April. Fourth Marine
aircraft wing planes sank 5,000 tons
and damaged 50,000.
k
WPB May Throw
Priority Plan
Out By Oct. 1
WASHINGTON, July 11 —(£>)—
The possibility developed today
that WPB might throw overboard
Its complex system of materials
control by October 1.
If adopted, the proposal
would place American Industry
under a simple priority system
three months ahead of the
year-end date presently set for
that action. The remaining
priority rules would be design
ed to protect war production
almost exclusively.
Officials familiar with an inter
nal WPB contest on the issue say
that the steel division is advocat
ing early scrapping of the con
trolled materials plan, or ‘‘CMP”,
under which steel, copper and a
luminum are allotted to war and
essential civilian users.
Chairman J. A. Krug, while lean
ing toward the proposal, report
edly has notified steel division of
ficials that the division, and the
steel industry itself, must provide
greater assurances that essential
metal needs will be met before he
will approve the plan.
TWO-FOLD PROOF
The proof requested is two
| fold:
I First, that the present acute
! shortage of sheet and strip steel
—needed in automobile bodies and
hundreds of household items now
i released for production — be
1 straightened out.
Second, that adequate guaran
tees be given of meeting the needs
of petroleum producers, the trans
portation industry, farm machin
ery makers and other essential
behind-the-lines industries.
The agriculture department, ODT
! and other agencies have resisted
early relaxation of controls. They
contend that metal producers
| would tend to sell the biggest cus
[ tomers or the best-paying mar
kets, leaving important war-sup
■ porting industries to scramble for
materials.
The steel industry has told WPB
! that it will be able to meet all de
! mands of the Japanese war and
! civilian reconversion, but Krug
points to the sheet steel problem
as evidence of the dangers he says
1 are involved.
—
Mrs. Truman Heads
Book Collection
For Russian Nation
KANSAS CITY. July 11. —<JF —
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, the first
lady, has been named honorary
chairman of an organization which
hopes to collect 1,000,000 books for
Russia to replace those which the
Nazis destroyed.
A nationwide drive will be start
ed Immediately by the organization,
which is called the English classics
collection of books for Russian war
| relief.
Stokes Held In
Death Of Sgt. Pope
TAMPA. Fla., July 11. —<A>>—
Weldon W. Stokes. 29. truck driver
was held under $25,000 bond today
on charges of manslaughter grow
ing out of the death of Sgt. Harry
Pope of Valdese, K. C. here Mon
| day.
| Pope was stationed at Drew Field
here. Police charged Stokes with
1 driving while Intoxicated, without
headlights. Police said the soldier
was hit by the right front fender
: and headlight of the truck Stoke;
was driving.
Pope is survived by his widow,
Lorena Pope of Rutherford Col
lege. N. C . and his mother, Mrs.
Mattie G. Pope of Valdese.
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Up no lat«r than 6 a. m.
every day, Mr. Truman wears
a sporty cap cocked on the
side of his head and obviously
is enjoying himself. He is sun
tanned and looks as fit as an
athlete.
On Monday the President con
ducted his newsmen companions
on a tour of the battle-tested ship.
It led from the boiler rooms to the
highest control towers and took in
everything—the giant engines,
kitchen facilities, living quarters
of officers and crewmen and the
air-conditioned sick bay.
Chatting with seamen patients
there, Mr. Truman voiced the hope
to one youth he would recover
soon, then added: “It looks to me
like yotl are getting pretty good
care.”
The chief executive made easy
work of the ship’s ladders despite
his 61 years.
Leaving Washington last Friday
night, the party sailed Saturday
| from Newport News, Va.
In the group—smallest staff
ever to accompany a President
to such a meeting—are Secre
tary of State James F. Byrnes,
Fleet Admiral William D, Lea
hy, the President’s personal
chief of staff, and his military
naval aides, Brig. Gen. Harry
H. Vaughan, and Capt. James
K. Vardanian.
From the port of debarkation
the party will fly to Potsdam
where it is understood they will
be met by army chief of stafi
George C. Marshall, Fleet Admiral
Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval
Operations, and possibly Gen
Henry H. Arnold, chief of the
army's air forces.
Mr. Truman will make the flight
in his C-94 luxury plane in which
he crossed the continent last
month to address the United Na
tions conference at San Francisco.
X .
IN CALIFORNIA—Bonnell Queen,
seaman first class, is now at the
naval station at Shoemaker. Calif.
He entered service in November of
last year, had boot training at Bain
bridge, Md.. and remained there as
an instructor. His wife and son
make their home in Morganton.
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city’s milk supply were tied up by
a walkout of 1,000 creamery com
pany employes. Efforts were push
ed to end the stoppage, but CIO
United Dairy Workers officials said
no home deliveries would be made
before tomorrow, should a settle
ment be effected today.
Other labor disputes, some of
long duration, affected the fuel and
arms Industries. In Detroit alone
controversies curtailed or halted
operations in six sparate plants in
volving more than 8,000 workers.
The striking CIO United Dairy
workers in Detroit were to vote to
day on the proposal to go back to
work and their local president, Rus
sell Ballard, said he would urge
ending the walkout. The regional
War Labor Board Issued a back 10
work order and chairman Louis C.
Miriani asserted he “was amazed
that this insignificant matter can
endanger the welfare of 500,000
people."
CREAMERY WORKERS
The walkout at the Detroit
Creamery company and the Ebling
Creamery company stemmed from
a dispute union spokesmen said was
over “accumulated grievances of of
; flee workers" at the latter company.
Other stoppages in Detroit were
at four war plants, with 6.400 CIO
United Automobile Workers off
| their jobs, and at 13 lumber yards
! idling 700 AFL workers.
There were disputes involving CIO
oil and gas workers in the United
I Fuel Oas company serving six east
! cm states; United Mine Workers at
i five mines in Pennsylvania and
i Ohio; shipbuilding employes in New
| Jersey; and workers on B-29 bomb
ers in Chicago.
, The country's largest single strike
l was the 11-day walkout by 16,500
! CIO United Rubber workers at the
Firestone Tire and Rubber com
pany in Akron. O Three strikes
were settled yesterday; others which
} have been in progress for a week
or longer continued with no immed
iate indication of settlement.
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Germany.
“We shall long for our country."
he said, "but we shall wait pa
tiently Our task; as a division of oc
cupation on German soli, which
was trampled by us, has been as
signed to us by our superior author
ities. and we shall carry out this
task loyally and honestly."
The British foreign office de
i dined to comment Immediately upon
| Rudnicki s order of the day, in
I which he informed his troops that
Britain and the United States had
withdrawn recognition from “the
legal government of the Polish re
public.”
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