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WEATHER North Carolina: Partly cloudy and continued warm today, to night and Saturday, with a few widely scattered afternoon thun dershowers. »Ehe Hhelby Baily Hielt - State Theatre To Jay - “WOMAN IN GREEN” BASIL RATHBONE NIGEL BRUCE CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XL11I— 227 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c Brownell Says Dewey Knew During 1944 Campaign That FDR Had Foreknowledge Of Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor WOULD LIMIT DRAFT TO MEN BETWEEN 21-26 ) Senator Thomas Wants To Allow Uoys To Com plete Education POINT CONTROVERSY By Edwin B. Haakinson WASHINGTON, Sept. 21— (/P)—A demand to limit the draft to men between 21 and 26 popped up in the senate today. Congress continued to writhe with demobilization pains. To ease one source of discom- i fort Chairman Elbert D. Thomas | <D-Utah) of the senate military j committee announced an attempt to narrow the age limits of the Selective Service system. He wants to attach this to legislation ln ' tended to encourage voluntary en listments. “President Truman has asked for continued Selective Service “Be tween 18 and 26 years.” Thomas told a reporter before calling the military committee into closed door session. “I want to raise the lower limit from 18 to 21 to al low boys to complete their educa tion.” Meanwhile there was a sharp difference among lawmakers over Oen. George C. MarshaU s promises that demobilization point scores will be lowered in each of the next . two months and flnaUy dropped. f Marshall said that during the winter the army will get around tn esls^ng all soldiers who have served two years or longer. CONFUSION "This whole business of releas ing soldiers is in a terrible confu aion and way behind where it should be,” Wherry told the sen ate late yesterday after Marshalls mid-morning appearance before members of both chambers. “The time has come when congress ought to have something to say about the size of this army.” Senator MacFarland (D-Arixl countered that he was “Just as anxious as anyone to see our boys come home. But first I want the Japs to be made to realise they are a conquered nation. To a reporter, Senate Majority Leader Barkley (D-Ky) said he thought Marshall's talk would See WOULD Page 2 SENATE RESTS TO COOLOFF Senators Row Over Ache son's "Crack" At Gen. MacArthur WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 .—UP)— The senate entered a three-day cooling off period today in the matter of whether Dean Acheaon did or didn't take a verbal < 'ack at General MacArthur. Senators Wherry (R-Neb) and Chandler (D-Ky) say he did. They made such an issue of It that Majority Leader Barkley (Kv) recessed the chamber from Thurs day to Monday without acting on a long list of appointments. Among them was Acheson's pro motion to under secretary of state. Barkley told reporters he thinks there’ll be a peaceful confirmation Monday. Others held up Included the nominations of: Frank McCarthy of Virginia as assistant secretary of state, Max well M. Hamilton of Iowa as minister to Finland, four District of Columbia Judges and a scat tering of U. S. attorneys and mar shals. INFERENCE? Some question remained In the minds of most senators as to whe ther Acheson was aiming at Mac Arthur when he said at a rdfcent news conference that the U. S. government, not any officer of the armjy or navy, would fix occupa tion policies for Japan. Acheson’s comment came after the state department, the White ; House and the war department were caught flat footed by the general's announcement that he probably could keep the Japanese in hand with 200,000 American 1 troops six months hence. ■ Wherry said Acheson’s statement was "in direct contradiction to the 1 i See SENATE Page 2 t EPES JURY VIEWS DEAD WOMAN’S FOXHOLE GRAVE—Jurors in the trial of Lt. Samuel C. Epes of Richmond, Va., accused of killing his wife last January, view the shallow foxhole grave on maneuver grounds near Fort Jackson. S. C., in which her body was found. The trial is being held in nearby Columbia. Epes led officers to the body last Feb. 14, and admitted burying it, but deniedJie killed her. He said she took an overdose of drugs.—«AP Photo) Epes Defense To Give No Testimony Physicion Testifies Victim Could Not Hare Taken More Than 6 Capsules Of Her Own Volition By Henry Lesesne COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 21.—(JP)—The case of Lt. Sam uel C. Epes, charged with killing his wife with an overdose of sedative, will go to the jury without defense testimony. Defense Attorney Edgar A. Brown announced the defense would not offer any witnesses, after Judge A. L. Gaston overruled a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. Brown’s announcement came as the state completed the mass of testimony it contends shows that Epes killed his frail school teacher wife for love of anotheA woman. The defense claimed the state had not proved a crime had been com mitted other than Epes’ own state ment he had buried his comely young wife in an abandoned fox hole. The defense of young Epes, while admitting he secretly buried his wife in a moment of panic after she died from an overdose of seda tives. steadfastly has denied kill ing her. Counsel for the 27-year-old son of a wealthy Virginia industrialist Insisted no statement of an ac cused could be used against him unless the state proved a crime had been committed. FOOLISH ACTION This, they said, the state had not done. ’’The young man may have acted like a fool in a moment of panic but he is not charged with being a tool in the indictment,” said Brown. He referred to the bizarre burial 3f petite, 98-pound Mary Lee Epes whom the state claims Epes drug ged and suffocated. By electing not to offer any tes timony the defense will get in both See EPES Page 2 Congress Votes To End War Time WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 —(IP)— Congress has voted to end war ;ime at 2 a.m.» September 30. The senate passed a house-ap aroved bill yesterday and sent it ;o President Truman for his cx bected signature. RATIONING OF MEAT GOES ON Low Grade Beef To Be Point. Free After October 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 —</P)— The three lowest grades of beef j will be sold without ration points on Oct. 1, food officials said to day. These grades, known as canner, cutter and utility, are used prin cipally in canned and processed meats, hamburger, sausage and boiling meat. They make up about 20 percent of the beef supply. Pork, lamb and the three top grades of beef—commercial, good and choice—will continue to re quire ration points. The three top grades of beef are the source of most steaks, roasts and other pop ular table cuts. The low grades of beef will re main technically on the rationing list, although their ration values will be reduced to zero. This makes it much simpler from an administrative stand point, officials explained, to re store them to ration control should it become necessary. Henry Ford, 2d, Heads Ford Motors DETROIT, Sept. 21. —(/P)— Hen ry Ford, 2d, today become president of the Ford Motor company. He succeeds his grandfather, Henry Ford, who simultaneously announc ed his resignation. The younger Ford has been exe cutive vice-president of the com pany since April 28, 1944. Regular Round-The-World Air Service Begins Soon By PAUL MILLER WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. —(A>)— ■tegular ’round-the-world air ser vice, dream of American flying men since the Wright Brothers first got )ff the ground at Kitty-Hawk, be gins September 28 from Washington National airport. Six and one-quarter days (151 rours) will be required for the 23, 147-mile flight, scheduled as “the jlobester.” Planes will leave Wash ngton each Friday. As the U. S. Army Air Transport Command made this announcement oday it was learned: 1. Service will be restricted nor mally to military personnel, cargo and mail. However, a civilian certi fied as traveling in the national interest can make the complete flight for $2,431 plus 15 per cent transportation tax. 2. Later, when the Army can get out of the business and planes are made available, U. S. commercial airlines will carry any civilian who wants to go; any civilian, that is, who (a) has the price and (b) is willing to undergo inoculations for everything from smallpox to cholera. The inaugural flight may have See REGULAR Page 2 V TTT-FOR-TAT ISREDS1DEA Russian Control In Europe Versus U. S. Control In Pacific LONDON, Sept. 21—{JPf—Indica tions pointed today that the World War II peace settlement is becoming increasingly a ques tion of the extent of Russian con trol in Europe as weighed against the extent of American control in the Pacific. So far as is known the question of Pacific policy has received no attention from the Big Five coun cil of foreign ministers meeting here. Nevertheless, the British press has seized up«n Russian foreign Commissar V. M. Mol otov’s press conference hint that Moscow is unwilling to give up its demands for Medi terranean colonies so long as the United States wants con trol of the mandated Pacific islands it seized from the Jap anese. While the foreign ministers con tinued their discussions on a Ro manian peace treaty—which reli able sources report may be turned over to deputies today—there were more and more signs that no final decisions could be reached until global political contentions are ironed out. It seems evident that Russia sees no difference in Ani erican claims aimed at insuring Pacific security and its own de mands for central European se curity and commercial outlets. DISAGREEMENT Diplomatic quarters closest to the Yugoslav-Italian frontier ar gument have indicated dissatisfac tion with a communique which appeared to indicate agreement on a racial frontier and interna tionalization of the disputed port of Trieste. These sources say the communi que, which turned the frontier problem over to the council's dep uties, was misleading and that it was worded by the British and Americans without full Soviet ap proval. Authoritative sources reported a major part of the Romanian talks were devoted to the disposal of Transylvania, a point on which the armistice is vague. The So viets feel that the whole province, which formerly belonged to Hun gary, should be turned over to Romania while the United States is urging frontier changes which would give most of the area to Romania but leave a part to Hun gary. U. S. War Casualties Continue To Mount WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 — (JP)— XJ. S. war casualties have reach ed 1,071,266, or 536 more than a week ago. Comparative army fgures in the latest count are: Killed 205,569 and 204,045; wounded 571,698 and 571,608; missing 24,931 and 25, 082; prisoners 120,988 and 120,567. Navy figures: Killed 94,068 and 53,089; wounded 80,236 and 79,752; missing 11,197 and 11,262; prison ers 3,379 and 3,605. f MacARTHUR ORDERS ARREST OF DOIHARA Recently Named Head Of Japan's Army With Al lied Approval PRESS, RADIO CODE TOKYO, Sept. 21.—(/P)— General MacArthur today ordered the “immediate ar rest” of Lt. Gen. Kenji Doi hara—whose recent appoint ment to command Japan’s first general army was given acceptance—and issued a 10 point code to guide opera tions of the censored Japa nese press and radio. Japan’s cabinet met meanwhile for three hours to discuss prob lems which well-informed sour ces said included mounting food shortages and repatriation of Jap anese civilians from Manchuria and Korea. The newspaper Asahi today ad ded another dime-novel thriller to the tales of Japanese surrender chisis intrigue, reporting that for mer Premier Kantaro Suzuki barely escaped with his life from a band of armed Japanese soldiers Aug. 15. The band, evidently an gered by surrender plans, ma chine-gunned in quick succession two houses from which Suzuki had just departed. Boihara, once called Japan’s "Lawrence of Manchuria”, was his country’s advance agent in its As iatic conquest... ! His appointment as commander j of the first general army, suc ceeding Field Marshal Gen. Sugi t yama who committed suicide, was a surprise to many Japanese, who said his past record was not one that would inspire American con fidence. FULL COOPERATION American army officers, never theless, said after the conference that Boihara had pledged full co operation and was “courteous and cooperative.” General MacArthur’s code for the Japanese press specified that news “must adhere strictly to the truth” and said that “nothing may be printed which might directly or indirectly disturb public tran quility.” Meanwhile American marines prepared to expand the smoothly running occupation of Japan to the big naval base of Sasebo on Kyushu. The fifth amphibious force is scheduled to take over the base tomorrow. The only trace of violence in the occupation thus far was an accidental ammunition ex plosion that lulled one Ameri can soldier and injured 60 others near Tokyo. Army au thorities said an American soldier touched off the blast by accident and that no Japa nese sabotage was suspected. The roundup of war criminals See MacARTHTJR Page 2 WHATS DOING TODAY 8:00 p.m.—Called meeting of Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. for work in Master Masons degree. Cape Fear Receding At Fayetteville After Hitting Record Peak FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. 21.—(/P)—After reaching a record 68.9 foot level at 1 A. M., the onrushing Cape Fear river had dropped to 68.7 at 10:30 here this morning. The 10:30 reading equalled the previous record of August, 1908. One of the state’s worst floods in recent years had left thousands homeless and caused uncounted da mage to crops and buildings in North Carolina’s south-central sec tion. Red Cross officials said 2,269 eva cuees had registered with them, with 1,600 of that number fed and sheltered by the Red Cross. The balance have found refuge with friends and relatives, they said. . The Red Cross also said "we have been working very hard, night and day, and without the assistance of the army personnel from Fort Bragg, and the local citizens, it would have been all but impossible to master the situation. “The Fort Bragg authorities have contributed trucks, am phibious jeeps, food, clothing, beds and several types of equip ment necessary in rescue and rehabilitation work. They have even given tents and construct ed a tent city which now houses hundreds of evacuees.” The 171st evacuation hospital was placed in full operation here, while military police, state high way patrolmen and the Red Cross were handling traffic and other problems arising. Schools and other public buildings were placed at the disposal of the homeless and destitute for shelter. UNDER WATER A telephone report last night about midnight, from Red Cross headquarters said that about 20 to 25 per cent of Fayetteville was now under water. The town of Dunn, which is situ ated a few miles on the east bank of the flooded Cape Fear river has also converted schools and public buildings into places of sanctuary See CAFE FEAR Page 2 Aid-To-Jobless Bill Faces Rocky Road Measure, Watered Down By Senate, Is Passed On To Unfriendly House For Action WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—(JP)—Given the severest senate rebuff since he took office, President Truman may be in for even rougher treatment in the house on the issue Workers Wait Showdown On Wage Demands DETROIT, Sept. 21 —(TP)—Man agement and labor sparred again today as more than 80,000 idle De troit workers awaited a' showdown on union demands for a 30 percent wage increase for the automotive industry. Union officials proceeded with plarfs for strike votes in plants of the “Big Three”—Chrysler, Gen eral Motors and Ford—while an augmented force of federal labor conciliators sought to solve sev eral other labor disputes that have seriously affeoted the industry's reconversion program. Charges of “union irresponsibili ty” and “management union bust ing tactics” were tossed around in one of the latter disputes, in volving officials of the strike bound Murray corporation and leaders of the United Automobile Workers (CIO). LOT OF BALONEY The proposed 30 percent in creases were termed “a lot of ba loney” by a Detroit industrialist— Leo Jacques, general manager of the Motor Products Corp. — but he added “bjit of course everybody realizes there are going to be rais See WORKERS Page 2 oi aid to the jobless. Mr. Truman’s proposal for broad expansion of unemployment com pensation was tossed over to the house after the senate turned thumbs down on a large part of the administration program. The chamber did, however, agree to ex tend unemployment benefits to a maximum of 26 weeks at federal expense and to pay travel expens es for displaced war workers. Senator Wagner (D-NY) said the bill, passed by voice vote in the senate yesterday, is greatly “wa tered down’’ from urgent presi dential recommendations. Administration troubles were mul tiplied in the house, as leading members of the ways and means committee declared the legislation, as proposed by the president, would “promote idleness.” The senate rejected Mr. Tru man’s proposal that congress pro vide benefits up to $25 a week by supplementing jobless programs administered by the states. This action left payments at the vari ous state rates, which range from $15 to $28. 26 WEEKS The bill as passed by the senate provides for: 1. Payments to the jobless for 26 weeks, with the federal govern ment taking over after the state’s duration of payments has expired. For instance, if a state provided $20 a week for 20 weeks, the fed eral government would pay $20 for six weeks more. Present rate See AID Page 2 ACROSS THE FLOOD WITH BODY OF DROWNED SON—William Holmes rows across the flooded Cape Fpar river at Fayetteville, N. C., with the body of his drowned son, Johnny, 12, wrapped in a blanket at his feet. Hopeful that the boy might be revived, the father is taking him to a Fayetteville hospital. But his journey was in vain.—CAP Photo) CHARGES WERE WITHHELD DUE TO PATRIOTISM Marshall Reputedly Ad mitted U. S. Had Crack ed Japs' Code respects Confidence NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—(TP) —Herbert Brownell, Jr., re publican national chairman, and another top advisor to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in the 1944 presidential campaign said today the governor knew during the campaign that the United States had “cracked” Japan’s secret code, but that Dewey declined for patriotic reasons to use the informa tion. Brownell and Elliot V. Bell, state banking commissioners, made the statement in commenting on an article in the current issue of Life magazine which says that Gov. Dewey possessed knowledge, dur ing the campaign, that the late President Roosevelt had forewarn ed of a Japanese attack. “Our information indicated, among other things,” Brown ell said in a statement, “shocking lack of coordination between the President, the State department and the armed forces leading up to the tragedy of Pearl Harbor.” Dewey made his decision not to use the infortnafton, the Na tional chairman '&aid, aft#r Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff, had advised him to do so would tip off the Japs that their code had been broken, and might im pede the war effort and Imperil “untold American lives.” CHOSE DEFEAT “In the face of this,” Brownell continued, “Gov. Dewey decided, and told me. that he would not use the Pearl Harbor data because he believed in Gen. Marshall’s in tegrity and he would rather be defeated for president than to risk sacrificing needlessly the life of a single American boy.” Bell, at a press conference, See CHARGES Pag* t 4,500 KILLED AT ONE TIME Woman Testifies Jews Murdered Wholesale At Oswiecim LUENEBURG, Germany, Sept. 21—{/P)—Dr. Ada Bimko, a Polish Jewess, testified today that 4,500 of a shipment of 5,000 Jews were moved into the Oswiecim gas chambers and crematorium on the day of their arrival at that Nazi concentration camp. Her voice breaking, she said her parents, her brother, her husband and her six-year-old son were among the victims. She was among 250 women and 250 men of the group who were spared at that time. The small woman physician was a witness in the trial of Josef Kramer and 44 SS guards on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder at the notorious Belsen camp. Kramer and 11 others were stationed at Oswiecim before be ing transferred to Belsen. LONE OFFENSE Sophia Litwinska, 28-year-old Jewess from Lublin was summon ed by the British court to tell of her almost incredible escape from a Nazi gas chamber, coming “back from the dead” after being order ed into the infamous shower room at Oswiecim. The president of the court, Maj. H. P. Berney-Ficklin, upheld a defense objection when Prosecutor T. M. Backhouse asked Dr. Bimko whether anyone among the 4,500 put to death on the day of her arrival “had committed any of fense other than being Polish Jews.” Dr. Bimko testified German doc tors designated the weakest of the Jews to be gassed on hospital in spections in which the prisoners were forced to line up naked. “Do you know the names of any SS doctors who took part in the selection?” she was asked. Dr. Bimko named five, includ ing one of the defendants, Dr. Fritz P. Klein. Klein was tight lipped as she pointed him Nt
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