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- WEATHER k North Carolina: Clear to partly cloudy and continued warm today, tonight and 'Wednesday; scatter ed thundershowers in mountains this afternoon. Tslye Hhelhy Baily Him« - State Theatre To Jay - “SCANDALS” JOAN DAVIS JACK HALEY CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XLIII— 230 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY. N. C. TUESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c COMMITTEE SHELVES UNEMPLOYMENT PAY BILL l* ******** ,# ******** * w * ,W # < ^ MacArthur Denies Saying Occupation Of Japan Would Be Short ‘MIGHTLAST MANY YEARS’ »HE BELIEVES Hirohito Expected Tojo To Declare War Formal ly In 1941 LANDINGS~AT AOMORI By The Associated Press JOKYO, Sept. 25.—(£>)— General MacArthur announc ed today through a headquar ters spokesman that the Al lied occupation of Japan “might last many years,” al though with minimum occupa tion forces participating. (Emperor Hirohito meanwhile told news Correspondent Frank ! Kluckhorn in an interview that I he had expected 1941 Premier Hi dekik Tojo to declare war against the United States in the usual, formal manner—and that he had hot expected his imperial war re--' script to be used as Tojo used it when Japan launched her sneak • attack on Pearl Harbor.) Combat-clad veterans of Palau' dashed ashore at Aomori today, to; expand the ground-forces occupa tion to Honshu's northern tip, ar.d the navy reported 48 warships carrying 20,000 service personnel home for discharge were schedul-1 ed to leave Pearl Harbor today. MacArthur's statement was is »sued in denial of a report Sept. 21 by Ted Dealcy, president of the Dallas, Tex., Morning New,. Dea- | ley had written that MacArthur j told him the occupation could end In six months “if we are not too ruthless and cruel.” “What he (MacArthur) said.” today’s statement asserted, “was that occupation forces, under fa-; vorable conditions, could be reduc ed to minimum size in six months. “He has stated that the occupa tion itself might last many years.” j DOMEI MAY QUIT Stripped of special privileges by| the Allied command, Domet news agency probably will quit, its pres ident Inosuke Furkno reported today. He said he had decided to recommend its dissolution to the. next meeting of the board of di rectors. Noting that three major Tokyo dailies were considering ] formation of a new agency, he See MIGHT Page 2 CHRYSLER, CIO TO NEGOTIATE First Formal Discussions Of Increase Get Under way Today DETROIT, Sept. 25. —(JP)~ Rep | resentatives of Chrysler Corp. and 9 the United Automobile Workers • CIO) sat down together today for the first formal negotiations of the union's demand for a 30 per cent wage increase. The group convened in private in offices of Chrysler's Highland Park plant for initial discussions of a demand which the union has made upon the entire in dustry with a threat of strike for support of its objective. Neither corporation nor union officials offered any comment as they met for their session. Even as the wage negotiations opened, the union was going ahead with plans to petition for a strike vote at Chrysler plants employing 80,000 persons throughout the coun try. GENERAL MOTORS Union requests for a similar vote among 325,000 General Motors em ployees were granted Monday by the National Labor Relations board at Washington, as it set Oct. 24 for the balloting at 96 General Motors units in all sections of the country. Possible strike action against the Ford Motor Company—third mem ber of the automobile industry’s ‘‘big three”—was withheld until repre sentatives of all Ford locals confer here Sept. 29-30, but union sources said the petition for a vote will be filed about Oct. 1. More than 500,000 workers would be affected directly by strike votes at the plants of the “big three” while an additional 250,000 workers in allied industries are vitally In terested in the outcome, a Both the state and federal gov P ernments moved Monday to end the See CHRYSLER Page 2 1 GEN. HOMMA READS ‘WANTED LIST’—Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, Jap officer suspected of responsibility for the "Bataan Death March,” sits In his home in Tokyo and reads Gen. MacArthur’s list of Jap leaders, •‘wanted” for questioning. Homma was one of the first to surrender. This picture was made by Max Desfor, Associated Press correspondent on assignment with the wartime still picture pool. (AP Wirephoto). Ministers Quitting Without Agreement Many Think Another Meeting Of Big Three Will Be Necessary To Handle Peace Problems By Flora Lewis LONDON, Sept. 24.—(/P)—Belief that another meeting of President Truman, Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Attlee may be necessary to iron out Europe’s major peace problems was voiced in some quarters today as the foreign ministers’ council prepared to close its two weeks session with the record of important agreements precisely at zero. OUU16 ucic^tttrs oiiu nupc fully of a second session of the Big Five foreign ministers in De cember. but this could be arranged only if the deputies were able to work out solutions to the many LONDON, Sept. 25. — OP) — Secretary of State James F. Byrnes will broadcast a re port of the foreign ministers meeting soon after his return to the United States by plane this week, an informant in the American delegation said to day. problems tossed their way by the foreign ministers. There has been no formal mention of another session of the major powers’ leaders, hut the thought has been express ed by some delegates that top level consideration might be needed to smooth the rocky path to European agreements. These sources felt it might be necessary to include Gen. de Gaulle in such a meeting. The French here have been reported resentful of what was termed an See MINISTERS Page 2 Committee Discusses Pearl Harbor Probe WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -(/Pi Chairman Barkley (D-Ky) called a senate-house committee togeth er today for a wide-range discus sion of the forthcoming investiga tion of Pearl Harbor. Barkley said the 10 members may "talk about a lot of things.’ He was reported not yet ready tc make recommendations on the hiring of legal counsel. j to try mm WRECKCASE True Bill Charging Sabo tage Returned Against Calvin Spicer True bill returned yesterday af ternoon by the federal grand jury ; against Calvin Spicer, 19-year-old Rutherford county boy, charging hfm with sabotage in connection with the -wrecking of a freight train last June opened the way for trial fo this case which was expected to come up in United States District court before the end of today. Judge E. Y. Webb is presiding over the court which was convened here yesterday. The wreck of the freight train which was on its way from Spar tanburg, S. C„ to Elkhorn, Md., occurred near Bostic at about 1 a.m. on June 3. No one was killed but some members of the train crew were seriously injured. The government will attempt to show that the boy took a pinch bar and opened a switch into a side track, causing the locomotive to plow into a coal car. The in See TO TRY Page 2 LANDS REDISTRIBUTED BERLIN, Sept. 25—(A*)—Russian occupation authorities announced today 155,000 acres in Brandenburg had been allocated for distribution to landless farmers in breaking up eastern Germany’s large landed estates. HARD PEACE FOR JAPAN GETS APPROVAL House, Senate Show Their Stand With Approval Of Acheson JAPS GIVEIN NOTICE By Jack Bell WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.— (/P)—A hard peace for Japan had official, if indirect, okays today from both the white house and the senate. The senate’s 69 to 1 ap proval of Dean G. Acheson as undersecretary of state was interpreted widely on capitol hill as a round-about endorse ment of the tough-on-Japan policy Acheson has champion ed. Similarly. President Truman’s clarification of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s authority was looked up on as notice to the Japanese that they will have to obey American orders without question. Acheson’s confirmation came yesterday after a short-lived fight by Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the republican whip. Wherry sought to sidetrack the assistant secre tary’s promotion back to the sen ate foreign relations committee. Wherry contended Acheson had rebuked MacArthur for estimating that he could get along with 200, 000 troops to police Japan six months from now. Chairman Connallv CD-Texl of the foreign relations committee jumped into the debate with the assertion that he, for one is "willing to go in there and teach the Japanese that the will to war will not pay them dividends.” “SMEAR” CAMPAIGN Connally and Democratic Lead er Barkley (Kv) said they couldn’t find anything in Acheson’s re marks disparaging to MacArthur. Wherry retorted that there is a campaign on to "smear” the gen eral. Senator Bridges (R-NH) said he thought that was true but that he didn’t blame Acheson. Senator Chandler (D-Ky), who joined Wherry last week in con tending that MacArthur had been "insulted,” arose to say there had been charges all around. Eleven Republicans supported nomination to committee. It lost, Wherry’s motion to return the See HARD Page 2 Jaycees Roundup Paper, Playing Cards On Sunday "If the people of Shelby knew how grateful those fel lows up at Moore General hos pital are for the 350 decks of used playing cards they would contribute several hundred more decks in this«Sunday’s round-up. President Dick Le Grand of the Junior Chamber of Commerce said today. Playing cards will be picked up along with bundles of scrap paper to be collected Sunday afternoon in what the Jaycees hope will be the final round up of paper, although they will be in readiness to make fur ther collections if the paper shortage necessitates, Mr. Le Grand said. Anyone willing to give play ing cards may leave them meanwhile with Lee R. Shu ford, chairman of that collec tion effort, at Lee’s Home & Office Supply. Government Acts To Check Strikes As Number Of Idle Reaches 350,000 Mark By Tb« Associated Press The government moved today to unsnarl the increasingly heavy traffic of strikes and work stop pages along the nation's labor front. ?he number of men and women their jobs by strikes and forced shutdowns across the coun try touched around the 355,000 mark, the highest in months. Some 100,000 workers joined the army of idle over labor disputes within the last 24 hours as strife among labor-management gained head way. Increased wages were the prin cipal demands in the majority of the disputes. As the government stepped In to attempt to effect a settlement of a spreading oil strike which already has idled 30,000 workers, there was no immediate indica tion other front-ranking stop pages would be called off. HEADLINER Headlining the troubled labor front was New York City’s strike of 15,000 AFL building service em ployes. Business in the metropolis was partially paralyzed after the workers left their jobs yesterday. Elevators halted in more than 2,000 office and loft buildings, in cluding the skyscraping 102—floor Empire state structure, the fa mous Woolworth building and other tall buildings. Hundreds of thou sands of New Yorkers were in convenienced by the strike, call ed in protest over a War Labor Board ruling on wages and hours. Hotels and apartment houses were not immediately affected by the strike. See GOVERNMENT Page 2 r«“ss«s,Ha z as the policemen arrested them and killed their snake with a shotgun. (AP Wirephoto). Capt. McBrayer To Be Service Officer Offices Opening October 1 Here And At Kings Moun tain To Assist Veterans Plans for opening1 Cleveland county’s veterans service office, with Capt. John Z McBrayer in charge, on October 1, were announced today, by county officials who at a session Monday afternoon completed arrangements for the assist ance of returning service men and women and their families in availing themselves of benefits accruing from a grateful nafinn —-——_—._ The office will be located on the second floor of the court house, but a schedule is being worked out and will be announced for regu lar visits to the city hall at Kings Mountain for the greater conven ience of those in that section of the county wishing assistance of the veterans’ officer. CAPABLE DIRECTION Appointment of Capt. Mc Brayer, a veteran of nearly CAPT. McBRAYER four years in service during which he lost a leg in the crash of his B-24 bomber in China, was made at the recommenda tion of American Legion posts in the county and was heartily concurred in by the commis sioners who expressed them selves as gratified that a man of his capabilities is available for the important work. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McBrayer of Mooresboro, graduated from the Moores See CAPT. McBRAYER Page 2 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—Regular meeting of Lions club. 7:30 p.m.—CAP Cadets meet at armory. WEDNESDAY 7:45 p.m. — Prayer meeting at Presbyterian church. 8:00 p.m.—Midweek prayer and praise service at First Baptist church. 8:00 p.m.—Fellowship hour at Central Methodist church. FATHERS OF 3 MAY GET OUT Release On Request Now For Enlisted Men With 3 Children WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. — (/P)_ The Navy announced today that any enlisted man with three of more children under 18 years of age will be released at his own request. The move, effective immediately, marks a liberalization of policy governing so-called “hardship” cases which are handled outside the point discharge system. Under such con ditions, an enlisted man would be considered a “prima facia hardship case", the Navy explained. The change will not affect the point system, which gives a flat 10 point credit for dependency regard less of number of dependents. The Navy estimated at the time the point system went into effect that there were about 97,000 enlist ed men in the Navy with three or more children. A “sizeable percen tage of that number already have been released under the point sys tem, however. The new rule does not apply for officers. “Hardship” cases involving officers will continue to be consider ed individually. S' HOSIERY PLANTS BUY SITES HERE Hudson Will Erecf Large Plant At Once; Full Knit Plans Unit Purchase was completed today of a four-acre tract of land by the Hudson Hosiery Company of Charlotte which plans immediate erection here of a hosiery manu facturing unit. The site adjoins the new Carolina Dairy plant on the Grover street extension of Highway 18 and is close by a site of almost similar size recently purchased by the Full-Knit Hos iery Mills which plan erection of a modern plant there in the near future. Another industry is reportedly contemplating establishment in that rapidly developing area drawing land from the 50-acre tract owned by Mrs. J. L. Smith there. O. M. Mull handled the transaction for his mother, while Charles A. Hoey represented the Hudson interests which previously had leased quar ters from Carl S. Thompson look ing to launching of early opera tions here. The Chamber of Commerce re ceived yesterday from the Hudson firm's architect a request for a list of contractors able to handle construction of the plant which is designed to be 200 feet long and more than 100 feet wide to pro vide in excess of 20,000 square feet of floor space. City Hall To Get New Coat Of Paint Shelby’s city hall is getting a new coat of paint both outside and inside, working having been started this morning by Grover C. Hamrick. This is the first coat of paint the outside of the build ing has had since it was erected several years ago. Some painting has been done on the inside since the building was put up. THE REAL RULER: Can Hirohito Do Homage To Mac Arthur And Keep Face? By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP News Analyst Emperor Hlrohito’s hold on his i 2,600-year old throne Is mighty te- ' nuous, and while he is doing all he can to maintain his position, it won’t be surprising to see him ab dicate in due course, either of his own volition or because of pressure. The report from usually well in | formed Japanese sources in Tokyo | that the Mikado is preparing to pre | sent himself at the American em bassy for an audience with supreme Commander MacArthur is as signi hcant as it is sensational. Such a j tiling is unprecedented, and if the imperial descendant of the sun god dess can thus walk among mortals : and do homage to his conquerer ( without losing face with the Jap anese people—then he is a wizard. From time immemorial the public of Nippon has been taught that the Mikado is a living god. They may not approach him, or look directly upon his face. Before he passes through the streets the police close the windows and pull the shades above the street level so that no one may look down upon him. Tbj crowds along the line of procession bow low as the god-emperor passes and only peek at him through their eyebrows. Now, we are told, the mikado is See H1ROHITO Page 2 ACTION WAS RESULT OF MANY STRIKES All Further Consideration Of Bill Postponed Indefinitely TAX RE~UEF NEXT WASHINGTON, Sept. 25— (A*)—With members voicing alarm at idleness in spread ing strikes, the house ways and means committee today shelved all legislation propos ing liberalization of unem ployment benefits. The committee, by a 14 to 10 vote, brushed aside President Tru man’s request for the legislation. Chairman Doughton (D-NC) an nounced immediately that the committee will turn tomorrow to writing of the first peacetime leg islation trimming down wartime tax burdens. Rep. Knutson of Minnesota, ranking ways and means Republi can, told newspapermen "the strike feature was the deciding fac tor.” In the committee’s action indefinitely postponing all further consideration of jobless pay ex pansion. Knutson told newspapermen that those supporting the res olution argued that, with thousands of workers on strike, it is impossible to tell what the unemployment situation is. “We must wait until the strik ers get back to work and the hundreds of thousands of jobs crying for workers have been fill ed,” Knutson said. _ Several Democrats and Repub licans told newspapermen priv ately they were unwilling to ac cept at this time even a trimmed down version of legislation passed by the senate. The senate brushed aside the See ACTION Page * Schwellenbach Favors 65-Cent Minimum Wage WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. —(/P)— Labor Secretary Schwellenbach to day supported a 65-cent hourly min imum wage for workers covered by the Federal Wage-Hour law. “A minimum standard of Dy ing supported by a guaranteed wage at the suggested level will strengthen our economy by maintaining national purchas ing power,” Schwellenbach said. The secretary testified before a senate labor subcommittee which opened hearings today on legislation to raise the minimum from the 40 cent level established in 1938. The bill, sponsored by Senator Pepper (Fla) and nine other De mocrats, calls for a step-up to 70 cents the second year the legisla tion becomes effective, and to 75 cents an hour in the third year. Schwellenbach did not comment on the proposed increases above 65 cents. Schwellenbach said many work ers have never received enough money to maintain an American standard of living. The rising cost of living, he said, has cancelled part of the benefits of the 40-cent minimum, and “a substantial part of the proposed increase is required merely to reestablish the congres j sional objective of 1938.” “The remainder of the increase,” he said, “represents what I have described as an advance toward the goal of a minimum American 1 standard of living. NOT SUFFICIENT “The committee will probably re ceive detailed testimony on the question of the money amount re quired for a minimum budget. I doubt whether any of that testi mony will show that 65 cents an i hour, representing $26 for a stand ard work week, and $1,300 for a year of work, will be sufficient to meet | the minimum budget of the aver i age working man.” Schwellenmach said only a small percentage of workers receive less than 50 cents an hour now, so that in most instances a 65 cent mini mum would mean only a few pen nies an hour increase. He also favored a section of the bill which would end the exemption of certain agricultural processing industries from minimum wage and | overtime pay requirement*.
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