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THE NEWS DISPATCHES CREDITED TO IT PUBLISHED HEREIN^ ,I6HT» OR PUBLICATION OR SPECAL OR NOT OTHERWISE IN TH.S RAPE END ALSO THS LOCAL NEWS DISPATCHES HEREIN ALSO ABE »EWV«> WEDNESD’Y, JULY 25, 1945 POTSDAM AND NEWS Since the last time when we had an occasion to men tion the scarcity of genuine news from Potsdam, The As sociated Press by the use of the adverb, “reportedly,” brings | the intelligence that President Truman may be seeking a “Big Three” agreement on a policy that would allow Am erican correspondents to work freely in Europe. We don’t know how the news service heard about it, but the AP states as a flat fact that this matter of access j to news is one of the important points, Mr. Truman has de cided to take up with Marshal Stalin and Prime Ministei Churchill. Specifically the President hopes to obtain ap proval for American correspondents to go to Central and Southeastern Europe, areas occupied by the Russian army. . It will be 0. K. by us if our President can get through | such an agreement as that. We would certainly like to hear ; more about what is going on in Russian occupied Europe. ; We think the folks deserve to hear. But with all of our hankerin’ for word from the hinter lands of Europe, the news we really seek right now should be coming from the temporary capital of the world—Pots dam. We have about given up hope, however, of getting a direct report from this conference. Secrecy comes to be the watchword. St Should the wind take a different direction, however, and the conferees suddenly decide that the public should be let in on some of its own secrets, the Potsdam conference could do no greater service to the cause than by setting the ex ample for the precepts at the shrine of which it is supposed to worship. In fact it would not be necessary to give free range to correspondents in Europe. Just give them a fair chance at Potsdam. The rest would come easily. -V COST AND HUMANENESS We take it that.cost will be a factor in the proposition now pending with the State of North Carolina for the lease of the abandoned army hospital unit at Camp Sutton for the state's senile patients. If this were not so, R. M. Rothgeb, business manager of the state’s mental institutions would not be so busy prepar ing a report on how much the state will have to spend to set up the senile hospital at Camp Sutton. In so doing, he makes the point that it will cost pro portionately more to operate this hospital at Camp Sutton than it does to operate either of the other four state mental institutions. This is so because the other institutions are supported partially by their farms which supply the insti tutions with about $250,000 worth of products in a year. For still another reason the new senile hospital will cost more because it will have less patients to the amount of overhead. Rothgeb has also stated that the four hospitals now caring for mental patients generate their own electricity whereas at Camp Sutton the state would have to purchase current from the town of Monroe. These are details which certainly should be taken into consideration but which we do not believe should blind us to the main fact to-w.it that our mental institutions are badly overcrowded and that many persons are being denied car£ in them for lack of room. What does a little more paid out for food, a little more per person for overhead, a little more for electric current mean when the safety and health of some of our helpless people are at stake? We were glad to see that despite the increased costs he points out, business manager Rothgeb is highly in favor of getting the Sutton site. We think most other humane citi zens will think along the same lines, even if they be cost accountants. -V OVERCOMING SHORTAGES Living in our times is double edged. No better illustration of this fact could be had than an incident which has just taken place at our neighboring city of Kannapolis. Everybody knows of modern scarcities. The war has brought about shortages in certain lines for nearly every body. This became particularly poignant when it was learn ed that an infantile paralysis hospital was trying to open up at Memphis, Tenn., without towels, wash cloths, sheets, pillow cases and cotton blankets. C. A. Cannon, president of the Cannon Mills company also learned of the plight of this would-be hospital. He turned quickly to another modern device, air trans portation, to meet the shortage and within two hours the necessary supplies were on their way to the new hospital. We were just pointing this out to show you that not everything in our age cramps our style. We may be short on essentials but sometimes we can get over them quickly by using contraptions which our time has given us. SHAKING OUT THE MOTH BALLS A Daily Prayer In War Time FOR A BETTER WORLD Beyond the smoke and clamor of battle Thou hast lifted before our eyes, O Eternal lover of mankind, I the vision of a better world, like 1 unto the Kingdom of Heaven. For this great objective we wage war. May no smallness or selfishness of statesmen or of business men or of labor, after the war, hinder the achievement of this divine end. En large the minds and courage of all of us to comprehend what is in volved; and to be ready to make the necessary sacrifices. We fight for the freedom of mankind, not only from political oppression, but also from the old fears and hates and I greed that have marred this earth I which Thou meantest to be so fair. , As God so loved the world, so also I may we love it, in soul-deep-com | passion and in self-denying broth ' erhood. Match us with this hour, j that we may be fellow-workers | with Thee, in bringing to pass the Kingdom of which Christ dreamed. Amen. If Today Is Your Birthday By STELLA WEDNESDAY, July 25—Born to day, you have the qualifications for leadership. In fact, your abil ity as an executive, as an organis er and as a glib talker is such that you may become a protagon ist for some social cause. Your gift for dramatic expression, ei ther in art or the written and spoken word, can help you become a person of influence and impor tance in your own circle if not in a wdder one. However, you are too easily depressed and discour aged, and sometimes will cease I your efforts just before you have reached the last hurdle. Make sure that you put forth that “last ounce of energy" at the right time so that outstanding success may be yours. Although you are never one to lean on others or take ad vice, you are a person of moods and your emotional life can con trol your business and professional life. In other words, if you are happy, then your career goes a long splendidly, but if you are thwarted emotionally, you are apt to be retarded in your career. Hence a happy marriage is prob ably essential to your success. Wed someone who sees eye to eye with you, and complete happiness may be yours. Lambs Shipped From Wilkesboro RALEIGH, July 25.—UP)—A to tal of 750 lambs has been ship ped from the Northwestern Live stock Yards at North Wilkesboro since June 15, when first ship ments started. Participating in the sales were Watauga, Avery, Yad- i kin, Wilkes and Alleghany coun ties. R. S. Curtis, sheep marketing specialist with the state agricul ture department, said that about 2.500 sheep would move through the yards during the first six months of their operation. j I Literary Guidepost By W. G. ROGERS Bones Of Contention, by Lord Vansittart iKnopf; $2.5). “The first step must be to get rid of Vansittart; things will be easier afterwards.” So wrote Otto Abetz, Hitler’s Paris stooge, and he had reason to feel that way. Vansittart blames all Germans, “good” as well as bad, for this war. He blamed them so long and so vociferously that some fellow Englishmen accused him of being "off his head.” This new book sums up fairly well .and documents very well, his main criticisms of Germany. It is an extremely vindictive book ... if you think the German peo pie innocent and Hitler alone guil ty, if you doubt the stories about Buchenwald. if you c>n't believe American prisoners of war were murdered by German civilians and soldiers, if in your opinion few Jews were slaughtered, if on the whole you feel the Third Reich's motives in launching this war were not evil. On the other hand, if this is not the way you think, you won't find anything at all shocking in Van sittartism. He wouldn't trust a German as far as he could throw one. He doesn’t want to extermi nate the race, or even enslave it. All he wants is to pull its sting, pull it out by the roots. He's got a plan for doing it. Adventures In Grace, by Raissa Maritain (Longmans, Green; $2.75). Born in Russia a Jew but con erted to Catholicism at the same tird#. as her husband, who is French ambassador to Rome, this devout author speaks principally to Cath niipo Vmt riiccinups nersnns and subjects also of major interest to non-Catholics. Mme. Maritain deals with the period around World War I. She recalls the early promise ... to persons of her religion ... of Maurras’ Action Francaise. She knew Ernest Psichari, Renan’s grandson, and Charles Peguy. Leon Bloy was her adored and adoring godfather. In 1904 the artist Georges Rou ault, who, “faithful to his soul, to his God, to his art, became the greatest religious painter of our time,” was the Maritains’ neigh bor in Versailles. School Book Will Describe Southern Resources, Problems ATLANTA, July 25.—I/P)—Plane for a book describing southern re sources and problems, for use in public schools, were made here at a meeting of the advisory commit tee on southern resources in edu cation. The committee, sponsored by the American Council of Education, i Peabody college in Nashville and the University of North Carolina, 1 met to decide upon the best ways to convey information on the re sources and problems of the south to school and adult groups. The volume on southern re sources is to be prepared at the University of North Carolina by John Ivey and Gordon Blackwell, j ^***^*m** • ■ l» H W W W| j The Everyday j counselor! By DR. HERBERT SPAUGH “How can I teach my daughter to make friends?” asked a corresopnd ent. “She is 21 years old. a good sweet girl and very industrious, but she doesn’t seem to be able to make friends. She never has .seems dates and blue and ' lone some.” So manv people suffer from this trouble, while the answer is evident and the remedy is REV. SPAUGH simple. “He who would have friends, must show himself friendly.” Friendless people are those who keep themselves to themselves and for themselves. Speaking on this subject Jesus Christ said, “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but who soever shall lose his life for My sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in ex change for his soul?” A man loses self when he yields his life to his Lord. He finds it again in that new unselfish life which Christ gives. It is this life which seeks not its own, but an other’s good. As we seek to do the will of our Lord and try to bring helpfulness and comfort to others in the name of Jesus, we not only bring them joy and happiness, but win to our OCiVCO bi UC lliCUUO. Ask any successful salesman how he wins new customers. He will tell you that he studies their wants and needs. He studies their hobbies, asks about their families. He knows that if he can win their friend fhjp that he will probably win them as customers. He doesn’t hesitate to spend himself and his money to this end. He doesn’t hes itate to put himself out. He drives himself to it, if necessary. Those who do not make friends simply don’t put forth the neces sary effort. Selfishness is the greatest obstacle to win ning friends. Let this young woman throw herself into useful activity for others. Let her learn how to be cheerful, speak words of encour agement, perform little deeds of helpfulness. She will be suprised at the results. In our cities crowded with war workers, in military camps, on soli tary outposts, on the battle fields, there are thousands of lonely souls hungry for a word of sympathetic understanding and appreciation. Opportunities to make friends are all about us, in our places of work, on the streets, on buses and trains, wherever you are. Friends are easy to make when we have a desire in our hearts to be helpful to other people. The world is hungry for kindness and appreciation. As we in our own small way minister to these needs, we justify our claim to the Fath erhood of God, and promote the Brotherhood of Men The first flight marie by the Alright brothers lasted only 12 sec onds. 4 Merry-Go-Round ‘Spheres’ May Force Truman To Talk Tough By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allfen Now On Active Service with the Army) WASHINGTON— President Tru man has now made it clear at Potsdam that what the United States wants out of this war is no ;erritory but “the peace and pros perity of the world as a whole.” This means he may have to do some tough talking with his two colleagues to battle down the un fortunate tendency on the part of 30th Russia and Britain to domi late certain parts of the world hat don’t want to be dominated. In other words, Truman will lave to re-define, if not wipe out ’spheres of influence.” Last week this column described he Russian sphere of influence in he Balkans and how a combina :ion of Bulgar-Russian Commun sts had ridden roughshod over middle-of-the-road political lead ers, even restricting the move ments of American representatives. President Truman at that time vanted to pull American of ficials completely out of Rumania ind Bulgaria. But now, instead of •etreating, he is in a position where le must stand up and try to rec ,ifv some of these injustices face ,o face with Stalin. Likewise with Churchill. Though he American people have not heard is much about British injustices is they have Soviet operations in Poland, Mr. Churchill’s record in Britain's so-called spheres of in fluence is not one to be proud of. Abyssinia, first victim of ag gression in this war, is still occu pied by British troops. Greece, the cradle of democracy, is now occupied by as many British troops as by Germans one year ago. Foreign troops are foreign troops, and Greek reaction is that they didn’t fight this war to be occupied by outsiders, no matter who tbev are. EGYPTIAN GATES BATTERED IN Strict British censorship has concealed a great deal of what has happened in the near east. Few people outside Egypt, for instance, have known about the high-hand ed way the British battered down the gates of the royal palace and forced the king to appoint a Brit ish- picked prime minister. When British Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson called on King Fouad with the "advice” that Moustafa Nahas Pasha be made premier, the king replied that the Anglo-Egyptian treaty specifically provided there was to be no Brit ish interference in Egyptian po litical affairs. He told the am bassador that Egypt would coop erate in every possible way toward winning the war, but would bit terly resent any dictations as t-c who should be in the Egyptiar cabinet. The king then called a specia meeting of his cabinet and all the political leaders. Unanimously, ever including Nahas — the man the British wanted as premier — they signed a protest against politica interference. The protest was pre sented to Sir Miles at 7 p.m. A 8 p.m., Sir Miles asked for an im mediate audience with the king which was granted. The audience was set for 9 pm but at 8:45 a brigade of Brltlst troops carrying machine guns ap ‘ peared outside the royal palace. 1 couple of British tanks battere< down the gates. Machine gun. ■ lined up inside the gates pointini ' toward the residence of the king not his office. And the British ambassador, de spite the fact that he had alread; 1 been given an appointment, drovi ’ up to the palace steps—all thi 1 armed might of the British empiri behind him. Sir Miles then repeated his de mand that Nahas be made premie: ! of Egypt—at once. Significantly the British ambassador added: “Your majesty is very fond o duck shooting. If this order is no ! carried out we will find some ex 1 cellent duck-shooting for you im 1 mediately-|-in South Africa.” This hiflt of exile in Britist j South Africa was sufficient. Naha: ! was appointed. Shortly thereafter ] Sir Miles Lampson got his rewan from Churchill. He was made Lon Killearn. BRITISH IMPRISON GREEKS Several miles from the roya palace in Egypt is another test! monial to what Britain consider her right to dominate certaii “spheres of influence." It is i Greek concentration camp. It was last fall that the Naz conquerors were chased out o ! Greece. Bui? today around 7,00 Greeks still are held prisoners b: the British in Egypt and East Af rican concentration camps. Thes Greeks are neither Fascists no pro-Germans. They are Greek who fought stubbornly to defeni ; their country. But they had com 1 mitted one great political crime They are opposed to the return o the king and Churchill long ha been maneuvering for the king’ return. In the British concentratioi camps are many Greeks well knowi in the U. S., among them Mai Marcos Cladakls, a cousin of Nicl Caladakis, former milk adminLs trator for New York. Nick wa killed when his Liberator was sho down over Taranto, Italy, but hi cousin, fighting for the same cause remains a prisoner of the Britisl because he is opposed to Kinf George II. Prime Minister Churchill showec such great concern for the 16 ar rested Poles that Truman had t< send ex-Ambassador Joe Davie: to London, to get him to accep the Hopkins compromise on Pol. and. But Churchill has shown n< concern for the 7,000 Greeks whoa FRANK JACKSON, A BUSINESS MAN DOWN IN LOUISIANA, has been in Shelby for the past several days looking into the possibilities of transferring operations to this community which he likes immensely and in which he has family connections. His conferences caused him to spend some time with Dr. S. S. Roy ster whom he promptly labelled “the most unforgettable character" in his experience. He was impressed with the way Dr. Roytser seised on butane gas and its possibilities with a vigor that belies his years and which Mr. Jackson said he would have expected from a man 50 years his junior. The youthful enthusiasm Dr. Royster has maintained through the years has been one of the amazing phenomena of this section—he just won’t grow old in thinking or action. If you ask Doc what is the secret, he’ll shrug those tall shoulders and say if you want to emulate him in that you'd best leave alone tobacco, liquor and coffee. He's a teetotaler in all those vices, attributing long life and health to that abstinence. At any rate he sold himself and his spirit to Mr. Jackson who will long re member, whether or not he sets up shop here, his contact with the chair man of the Shelby Chamber of Commerce’s industrial expansion com mittee. So will a lot of other folks. - « PEACH-RAISING FRIENDS HAVE BEEN SO GENER OUS with their fruit that I feel downright fuixy. We haven’t ^ enough sugar to handle the peaches folks have generously con tributed, so I'm eating peaches for breakfast, lunch, supper and between meals until I feel right peachy—and the kitchen is still full of 'em. There's no fruit of which I'm fonder, but for the moment I'm right peached. Clarence Cabaniss, celebrating his 62nd birthday Monday, contributde a batch of beautiful Elber tas along with some figs which endeared him to my “lady of the pink red apron.” She's as fond of figs as I am of peaches—good fruit is wholesome food in any diet. AN ATTORNEY RATHER FREELY USED IN THE DRAWING OF wills tells me it's gratifying to see the way people here are remember ing Gardner-Webb college with bequests. Perhaps, if the school con tinues to grow in usefulness and substance as it has in recent years the situation will develop here, as it did in Boston where It long was considered a disgrace for anyone to die without leavng something to Harvard. ED SPENCER. GENIAL PAPER SALESMAN JUST BACK FROM I military duty, called at thLs office yesterday to renew old tits. He was j put in air force supply work, assigned to a Pacific island where he tad i his principal duties were umpiring softball games. “They called me Blind Ed," by way of commending his judgments. WHEN HIS SPEEDOMETER REACHED 99.999 MILES Shem Blackley had Just driven up to the office of Charlet Dover. Both were curious to see what would happen with the next mile, so they drove over to the Ora mill and saw not 100,000 but 00000—they claimed the old buggy ran like a new car when It turn ed the point. MILTON LOY, EXPANDING INTO ENLARGED QUARTERS, stands to lose the title of the “nation's smallest business man" which he claimed when he dropped in on the Little Business conference at (j| , Washington some years ago. Flanked by Bill Blanton and Guy Laugh* ■ ridge, Loy showed up at the hearings where one speaker was proclaim ing himself the “littlest business man here because I haven't but 76 em ' ployes.” That was too much for Loy who seised the floor and laid 1 claim to the honor, saying he operated his own business, was his only employe and had with him his two customers. That brought down the house as Loy was acclaimed the epitome of little business! D. D. WILKINS JOINS HEARTILY THE CRUSADE TO dress up the court square with better grassing of the rough strips between sidewalk and curb. He also suggests that the green benches be restored to the other side of the sidewalks where he feels they’ll be more used and enjoyd than in their present dis location. Britons Will Know Outcome Of Election Vote Tomorrow : LONDON, July 25—UP)— Britain ' I counts the votes of her July 5 ' election tomorrow — and learns ’ what sort of a government she ' j will have for possibly five years | to come. Here, under English procedure, ’ is what will happen after the re 1 suits are tabulated: Winston Churchill, as prune j minister, will submit to King ’ George the name of some political . leader whom he (Churchill) be lieves should be appointed by the ' king to form a new government, ■ that is, to set up a new cabinet. I i Traditionally, the prime minister j nominates the leaders of the po ‘ litical group which has won the 1, most seats in Parliament, and tra ■ j ditionally, his nomination always is accepted. The man appointed J 1 by King George becomes the prime minister. FOUR POSSIBILITIES I With the political scene as it is \ now, four things can happen: ’ | 1. If Churchill's Conservative II party wins the largest bloc of Par 1 j liament seats, Churchill would no I minate himself. J 2. If Maj. Clement Attlee’s Labor ;, party wins, Churchill would noml ‘ nate Attlee. 1 3. If neither of the major parties, ' Conservative and Labor, win a - clear majority, Churchill’s Con : servatives might bargain for and ’ win the support of the Liberal 1 party. In that case the Conserv atives allied with the Liberals would ■ have a majority and Churchill [ would nominate himself. ’ 4. Or, in the event of no strong 5 majority, Attlee’s Labor party ra ther than the Conservatives might 1 reach an agreement with the Llb 1 erals. In this event, Churchill • would nominate Attlee. ‘ In exchange _Jor the Liberals’ ’ support, the Conservatives or La ; I bor might offer the Liberal party ; such inducements as a promise to ’ appoint one or more Liberals to • cabinet posts. 1 LABOR STRENGTH : On the eve of the election, Chur chill and his Conservatives were he has imprisoned in Africa. And i if President Truman really means ; what he says about wanting to , straighten out the world’s ills, he ; can talk to Churchill at Potsdam > j about his rectification on this i j wrong. ruled a slight favorite in general political forecasts. But an In crease In labor strength In Par liament was Indicated. The Conservatives now have a parliamentary majority of 189. They expect to lose ground as a result of the election. All parties are pledged to the same foreign policy that England has followed during the European war. Hence, whatever the elec tion's outcome, its Immediate ef fects would be felt only on the home front. Churchill’s party backs free en terprise and wants all wartime ( controls on prices and business a bollshed as soon as possible. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Attlee, a former social worker, and the Labor party have called for government ownership of key industries—coal mines, railroads, waterways, civil aviation, utilities, iron and steel—and public con trol of the Bank of England. Although the voting will not af fect foreign policy, other affects may be felt abroad. Churchill has said that if England swings to the left, a large part of Europe will follow suit, taking its cue from the British. The new government would stay in office five years — barring a continuing war emergency or a de feat in Parliament on a major is sue. Average GI Is Infantry Private FORT OGLETHORPE, Oa., July 25.—(/P)—Any one of the returned veterans due to pass through the redistribution station here likely will be an infantry private with 34 months’ overseas service—and no tice girls—28 and single. Based on the record of some 60, 000 men who were processed by the station before it was transferred here from Camp Butner, N. C., the public relations office said today the "Composite GI” also: Would be five feet, eight Inches tall and weigh 154 pounds, and would have attended but not been graduated from high school. Steel has been called the life blood of modern war.