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WEATHER North Carolina: Clear to partly cloudy and moderately warm to day, tonight and Tuesday; scat tered thundershowers in west por tion Tuesday afternoon. Ghe Hhelhy Berily Him - State Theatre Today - “SCANDALS” ia JOAN DAVIS JACK HALEY T'«* CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XLIII-229 ASSOriATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c 0 ADMIRAL HALSEY RIDES A WHITE HORSE IN TOKYO—Admiral William E. Halsey satisfies. In part, his desire to ride Emperor Hirohito’s white horse in Tokyo—by riding a white horse produced by correspon dents after it became evident that the emperor's steed would not be available. Standing by the grounds of the Meljl shrine In Tokyo is Maj. Gen. William C. Chase, commander of the U. S. First Cavalry division.—(AP Wirephoto from Signal Corps radiophoto >. DR. WYNNE C. BOLIEK CHURCHES PLAN UNION SERVICES Program Announced For Religious Emphasis Week In October Plans were completed this morn ing and announced by Rev. J. D. Sheppard, pastor of Ascension Lu theran church and speaker chair man, for local observance of Re ligious Emphasis week in which local churches will participate Oc tober 1-8. In addition to special services In the various churches, a series of morning union worship services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday through Friday in the First Bap tist church auditorium. Speakers will be: Tuesday, October 2, Rev. W. W. Lawton, of Charlotte, who will hold special services during the week at Calvary Baptist church. Wednesday, October 3, Rev. Wynne C. Boliek, D.D., who will hold special services at Ascension Lutheran church through the week. Thursday, October 4, Rev. W. A. Kale, Hickory Methodist minister. Friday, October 5, Rev. Clyde Yates, of Charlotte, who will hold special services through the week at EasLside Baptist church. In addition, several of the churches, including the Presby terian of which Rev. Walter Brown is pastor, will hold special services in their own program supporting Religious Emphasis week. Two civic club programs have been arranged with Dr. Bol leck, pastor of the Columbia, S. C„ Lutheran church of the Reforma tion, who opens services at the Lu theran church Sunday evening to address the Kiwanians October 4 and the Rotary club October 5. Quisling Appeals Oslo, Sept. 24. —(A*)— Vidkun Quisling appealed to the Norwe gian Supreme court today for re duction of his death sentence for treason. The hearing is> expected next week. ‘ . J A AT BIG FIVE MEET: Conflicting Views .Prevent Agreement — ! Ministers Seek Compromise In Effort To Write Peace Treaties For Italy, Balkans LONDON, Sept. 24.—(/P)-^The Big Five council of for ieign ministers sought in two successive meetings today to compromise conflicting views which have prevented essential : agreement on peace treaties for Italy and the Balkan nations. 1 :———— -, Diplomats familiar with the dl- | WASHBURN IS JURY FOREMAN United States Court Open ed With Judge Webb's Charge George D. Washburn was ap pointed by Judge E. Yates Webb as foreman of the federal grand jury as United States District court for the Western district of North Carolina, Shelby division, was convened here this morning. D. E. Henderson, of Charlotte, appointed to replace Lamar Cau dle as United States attorney ap peared for the first time in his new official capacity and began grinding away at the docket as soon as Judge Webb had complet ed his charge to the grand jury. This charge was featured by Judge Webb’s castigation of the liquor traffic which he said had been an evil since Solomon's day. “Some day we will drive it out of North Carolina and out of this nation,” he declared. “I believe that because I have faith in the people and I know' that they will not always stand for such a can cerous growth. MAKE MONEY "The only persons who make any money out of the liquor traf fic are the distillers. Their profits and the taxes from liquor come from the rags and poverty of the people.” The Shelby grand jury will ex amine bills for the Shelby, Char See WASHBURN Page 2 vergent views of the Russian and American-British delegations re garded the sessions as decisive. One expressed it this way: ‘‘It generally is conceded that the discussions will determine largely whether the council should continue its efforts to solve Its problems or seek other means to write the peace or Europe.” Europe’s inland waterways and the immediate future of Austria were among problems to be dis solved. Some observers already are pre dicting that the council may be dissolved and another means found to write Europe's peace. PRESS COMMENT This view was reflected in an editorial today in the Daily Mail which said: “It has become clear that the first meeting of the coun cil of foreign ministers has not succeeded, x x x before the dele gates disperse some face saving formula will no doubt be advised to cover their activities.” The immediate issue threatening Big Five unity is a Soviet objec tion to France and China partici pating in Hungarian treaty discus sions. Russian complaints shelved the Hungarian talks—last peace terms on the agenda—until the procedure is straightened out. BASIC AGREEMENT Russian foreign Commissar Vya cheslav Molotov reportedly based his protest on & Potsdam agree ment that only signatories to the armistices would discuss the peace treaties at this initial stage. It was learned reliably that Molotov brought up the subject only after the conferees found they were not reaching any basic agreement. Diplomatic sources said the Russians apparently feared See CONFLICTING Page 3 NEW DIRECTORY: Shelby’s Population Is Shown Exceeding 20,000 sneiDy s present population is put in excess of 20,000 by the new city directory which ap peared today in a 398-page vol ume. Thicker and with far more names than any of its pre decessors, the new directory lists names of individuals, bus inesses, addresses and other pertinent information about Greater Shelby. The data for it was collected in the early spring, but war-time conditions prevented delivery from the presses until this week, it was stated by A. E. Miller of the Southern Directory Company which compiled and published the volume. Starting with the AA club and continuing through Zoar school, the director lists the names, occupation, and address of the city’s grownups and a listing in total numbers by houses of those resident in Shelby and the greater Shelby area, which does not coincide exactly to city limits but rather to the natural contiguous resi dential areas. S U.S. POLICY IS TO BE SUPREME IN CONTROL Japan's War Leadership To Be Housecleaned, Top To Bottom LIBERALIZATION By John M. Hightower WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. —(IP)—American policy for controling Japan made it cer tain today American troops will be stationed in that coun try for a good many years to come. At the same time disclosure of United States’ plans for converting the Japanese people into a peace ful people brought to light what probably is the key to criticism ex pressed by Washington officials of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s estimate of occupation force needs. This is the revelation that American policy is to be supreme in the control of Japan. How ever, when possible, agreement of the other big powers—Russia, Britain and China—is to be ob tained. MacArthur said last week that In about six months American forces in Japan probably could be reduced to 200,000 men, a total considerably smaller than earlier estimates. Without explaining why, Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson first expressed surprise at the es timate. Then he sharply reminded the general in * public statement that policy is made in Washington and not at headquarters in Tokyo. Acheson did not explain what was at issue in his criticism. CONFIRMATION DELAYED As a result, confirmation of his promotion from assistant to un dersecretary of state was delayed in the senate last Thursday. Sen ators Wherry (Neb>, the Republi can whip, and Chandler (D-Ky) blocked action because they con tehded Acheson had "insulted” MacArthur. The senate takes up the nomina See U. S. Page 2 323,000 IDLE IN STRIKES Two New Disputes, De veloping Today, Boost Total To New High By The Associated Press Two new disputes entered the nation’s labor picture today, boost ing the number of idle to more than 323,000 and re-emphasizing the wage issue as the crux of most of the difficulties. After 10,000 New York painters returned to work, the total idle had stood at 240,000. ome 60,000 members of the AFL lumber and sawmill workers, however, later were called off their jobs in the Pacific northwest, while on the other side of the continent, New York city building service employes numbering 23,000 also began to leave their jot*. Some 348 mills and logging camps were involved in the lum ber dispute, which revolves about union demands for a minimum hourly wage of $1.10 as well as union determination to force in dustry-wide bargaining instead of individual company negotiations. REDUCED PAY The building service employes— affecting 1900 Manhattan build ings—objected to a War Labor Board award, contending that un der its terms workers in office buildings and lofts would undergo a reduction in pay. The WLB had granted a $2.50 weekly raise to apartment house employes and had reduced the hours of other such employes. The WLB also rejected demands for union security, severance, holi day and vacation provisions. Other disputes were unchanged, the only notable event coming when Chrysler Corp. announced a conference tomorrow with offi cials of the sprawling CIO United Automobile Workers Union on the latter’s demand for a 30 per cent wage increase. STRIKE VOTES Strike votes were in the picture at both Ford and General Motors, the other two members of the big three. More than 90,000 in See 323JM0 Pace 2 ___ INTERVIEW WITH KIDO: Hirohito Ignored U. S. Peace Messages In ’41; ‘War Tide’ Too Strong By Russell Brines TOKYO, Sept. 24.—(/P)—Emperor Hirohito received both President Roosevelt’s peace message and the U. S. state department’s Nov. 26, 1941 peace memorandum but ignored them because his advisers told him it would be “un wise to resist the war tide within Japan,” in the opinion of his close adviser, Marquis Koichi Kido, lord keeper of the privy seal. ! —r--——.—r Kido told the Associated Press In an exclusive interview today that he gave the emperor the same advice because Japan was “com pelled” to go to war by the freez ing of Japanese assets and that Kido personally hoped the nation could fight long enough for a “50 50 break” through a favorable compromise peace. The official, who “is one of the emperor’s closest advisers, said he had “good evidence” to prove that the emperor was informed early in 1944 of foreign reports of Jap-1 anese atrocities against allied j jji iouuci o. iic ccuu lie Jidu nu ape cific knowledge of the emperor's reaction, but he believed the em peror told his military leaders and foreign ministry to “take action,” against such practices. Kido said that in his opinion the emperor himself had no ad vance knowledge of the Pearl Har bor attack. PEARL HARBOR SURPRISE The emperor realized, however, that war at that time was immi nent, Kido added. Kido also was not informed in advance that Pearl See HIROHITO Page 2 French Elections Show Swing To Left Socialists, Communists Pile Up Gains In Local Gov ernment Elections By Robert Wilson PARIS, Sept. 24.—(lP)—The people of France appeared today to have swung overwhelmingly to the left as Social ists and Communists piled up gains in local government V1VV V1V11UI Returns from yesterday’s voting are incomplete, but with one third j of the ballots tabulated for 90 councils general—equivalent to A merican state legislatures — com munists had gained 23 seats and socialists 102. The center, represented by the radical-socialists and minor par ties, had lost 53 seats, while the right wing, represented by Paul Reynard’s followers and other groupings, had dropped 121. No complete census of party strength will be available for an other week, since many candidates failed to obtain majorities. There will be a run-off election Sept. 30 to decide these seats. Detailed assessment of France’s political complexion will have to wait until the national elections on Oct. 23 decide the fate of the fourth republic. Gen. Charles de Gaulle was as sured of no embarrassment when all but two of his ministers emerg ed victorious for unsalaried coun cillor general posts, which pro vide for France’s departments. War Minister Andre Diethelm failed to win a majority in the ille et-vilaince department, but his candidate is still subject to run off elections next week. Interior Minister Adrian Tixier was a can didate in the Haute Vienne de partment, where elections were postponed because of strikes. GUARDIAN OF ATOMICBOMB President Assumes Re sponsibility For Policy On Bomb Secret WASHINGTON, Sept. 24—(^P)— President Truman today assumed personal guardianship over this country’s share in the atomic bomb secret. Congress eventually will have the final say. But until it does, Mr. Truman served notice that he and he alone will make the final decision on what his administration's policy is to be on the future use and de velopment of atomic energy. The chief executive’s pronounce ment was delivered to a handful of reporters who accompanied him back to the White House last night from a week end outing at Jef ferson Islands, Mo. FULL RESPONSIBILITY In the final analysis, Mr. Tru man said, he, and he alone, will take full personal responsibility for the future use and development of See GUARDIAN Page 2 Lt, Epes Changes His Name For Convict’s Number, Begins Serving Life Sentence COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 24.—(/P) , —The world he knew has closed behind Lt. Samuel C. Epes, who today changed his name for a convict’s number. After more than six months in the county jail, the 27-year-old son of a wealthy Virginia family was preparing to settle down to rou tine in the white-walled state penitentiary, where he will serve a life sentence. Two avenues of hope lay open for the dashing young medical of ficer, convicted of drugging and suffocating his school teacher wife and then burying her in an aban doned foxhole. One was a new trial, the other an eventual pardon or commuta tion. A motion for a new trial has already been filed. It will be heard later by Judge A. L. Gas ton. CONVICTED An all-male jury—women do not serve on juries in South Carolina —convicted the handsome young officer late Saturday after deli berating three hours. A NELSON KINGSLAND Its verdict — guilty of murder, with recommendation of mercy — made a life sentence mandatory. The state, which charged Epes slew his wife because of his love for a 19-year-old Louisiana war plant worker, Miss Nelson Kings land, sought to send him to the electric chair. Epes received the verdict with out trace of emotion. All through the week-long trial, while he heard the details of his 98-pound wife’s death and grotesque burial, he remained impassive. His only comment after the ver dict was to his jailers — I hope mother doesn’t take it too hard.” MOTHER WEEPS The mother, socially prominent Mrs. Travis Epes of Richmond, Va„ wept when she visited him later in his cell and Epes sym pathetically comforted her, jailers said. Epes’ lawyers, who elected not to offer any testimony, contended tha atate's only evidence was the Sec LT. EPES Page 3 i LOUIE LATTIMORE DEATH CLAIMS L.M. LATTIMORE Louie Lattimore Stricken Ten Days Ago While Here On Visit Louie Lattimore, 46, died at noon today at the Shelby hospital where he had been for ten days under going treatment for a heart at tack suffered while on a business visit here. A native of Shelby, son of the late C. Mills Lattimore and Mrs. Lura Wilson Lattimore of Shelby, Mr. Lattimore has many relatives throughout the county. After finishing school in Shelby, he was graduated at State college and at the time of his death was sales representative in Michigan for the Lily Mills company of Shelby. He was a superb salesman with a most pleasing personality and wholesome humor and spirit. Mr. Lattimore was married to Miss Marie Torrence of Gastonia who survives, together with one brother, Col. Bussey Lattimore, commanding officer of the field ar tillery school at Fort Sill, Okla. Both his wife and brother were at his bedside when the end came. Mr. Lattimore was a member of the First Presbyterian church at Jackson, Mich., where he and his wife resided. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at four o’colck at Shelby Presbyterian church with the Rev. Walter Brown, pas tor, in charge of services. He will be assisted by Dr. Zeno Wall. The body will be taken to Oakwood cemetery at Gastonia for inter ment. The body will be at the Lutz Austell funeral home prior to the hour for the funeral. “ WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—Chamber of Com merce directors meet at Hotel Charles. 7:00 p.m.—Directors of Cleve land County chapter of Red Cross meet at Cleveland Springs Country club. 7:30 p.m.—State Guard drill at armory. TUESDAY 7:00 p.m.—Regular meeting of Lions club. 7:30 p.m.—CAP cadets meet at armory. TO CALL ON COMMANDER AT HIS RESIDENCE If Visit Materializes It Will Be Precedent* Shattering RIGID NEW CONTROLS TOKYO, Sept, 24.—(/P)— Well-informed Japanese sour ces said today that Emperor Hirohito has arranged to pay a precedent-shattering call on General Mac Arthur at the lat ter’s residence, the American embassy building. No date was specified. The decision on a meeting place of conqueror and con quered was reached, these sources told Associated Press^ Correspondent Russel Brines, at a recent conference be tween MacArthur and Admir al Fujita, grand chamberlain. Official confirmation was lack ing, although a meeting of MacAr thur and Hirohito long has been ex pected. If the emperor goes to Mac Arthur’s residence at the embassy, it would be the first time in modern history that any Japanese emperor has gone to another ruler for an audience. The allied high command to day blocked any atomic-bomb research in Japan, directed ri gid control of Japanese econo mic life including wages, prices and all traffic in currencies and negotiable assets, and moved toward a free Japanese press. The new order directed the im perial government to remove itself completely from direct or indirect | control of newspapers and news agencies. Stripping the present Domei agen cy of its special privileges, the order paves the way for establish ment of new and truly free com peting agencies. FINANCES Two other far-reaching direc tives aimed at freezing traffic in currencies and other negotiable assets, to facilitate the task of "fingerprinting” Japan’s assets at home and abroad. Prohibited are export or im port of gold or silver coin; gold, silver, and platinum bul lion or currency; and securi ties, checks, bank drafts, bills of exchange, powers of attor ney, proxies and any evidence of indebtedness or evidence of property ownership not speci fically exempted. One of the emperor's closest ad visers, meanwhile, disclosed that in his opinion emperor Hirohito did receive President Roosevelt’s peace plea and the U. S. State de partment’s Nov. 26, 1941, peace memorandum—but ignored both when warlord Hideki Tojo and other advisers told him it was use less to resist the rising war tide See TO CALL Page 3 NEW SCREENING for sons Point Score Lowered For Exemption From Over seas Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 —f/p>_ A new set of screening scores ex empts another 300,000 army offi cers and enlisted men from over seas assignment. The War department last night announced that enlisted men won’t be sent overseas if their point score or age equals or ex ceeds 36 points or 37 years of age, or 34 years of age with more than one year’s service. Officers with 48 points or more as of Sept. 2 will be exempt from overseas duty. Some classes of officers have been even lower exemptions. These are; Medical and dental corps officers, 45 points or 40 years of age; vet erinary and medical administra tive corps officers, 30 points or 35 years. In addition, nurses are exempt if they have at least 12 points or are 30 years of age. So are medi cal department dietitians and phyiscal therapy aides with 18 points or JO years of age.
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