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WEATHER Clear to cloudy and continued warm today, tonight and Thurs day; a few scattered thundershow ers Thursday afternoon and in west portion this afternoon. I The Hhelhy Baily Him ~ State Theatre Today - “UNCLE HARRY” George SANDERS r Ella RAINES CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XLIII— 231 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 26,1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c HIROHITO-MACARTHUR MEETING MAY BE TOMORROW .* *■* * * * * # * * * * # * **• * * * _ Swing To Isolationism Would Put U. S. On Road To Ruin-Truman ALLIES AGREED ON OCCUPATION OFJAPAN Disposition Of Japan's Fleet To Be Decided By Committee NOT A_"FAILURE" WASHINGTON, Sept. 26— (fP)—President Truman de clared today that any swing to isolationism in the United States would put this country on the road to ruin. Then, with machine gun rapidity, he replied to a va riety of questions which fur ther revealed some of his plans for American partici pation in remaking the world order. He said: 1. "The disposition of Japan's fleet will be decided by an allted reparations committee just as in the case of German naval force. This would open the way for both Britain and Russia to claim a share as they did at the Berlin Big Three meeting. 2. In his forthcoming message to Congress on the atomic bomb he will say whether he believes the secrets of the bomb should be divulged to other nations. 3. The present organization of Japanese occupation under Gen eral Douglas Mac Arthur was a greed upon by all the governments interested — evidently meaning Russia, Britain, and China. Mr. Truman said he has received no proposal for creating an allied council on Japan. 4. He has no knowledge of any plans for another "Big Three" meeting. 5. In the President's opinion there is no evidence that the Big Five council of foreign ministers in London has "failed"—the word a newsman used in asking the question. Let’s wait until we see what are the real results of the meeting before we call it a fail ure. the President said, and not make a decision on surmises. ISOLATIONIST TREND The comment on isolationism came In a response to a question as to whether Mr. Truman thought the United States was in a more isolationist mood. He was told that columnist David Lawrence had suggested such a trend in an article published in the Washing ton Star last night. Mr. Truman said he did not a gree. If we ever get to that point, he said, we're on the road to ruin Just as in 1920. (A swing into iso lationism following the first world war has been blamed for United States failure to participate ac tively in world organization ef forts.) There were many questions on the subject of Japan. The President told his news con See ALLIES Page 2 CIVICCLUBSTO BOOST CENTER J. Wilson Smith Of Char lotte Will Address Joint Dinner Rally Shelby’s several civic groups will come together in a joint meeting for dinner at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Hotel Charles dining room to hear J. Wilson Smith, of Char lotte, urge the community center project for which a campaign to raise $100,000 this year will occur In November. The program has been arrang ed by Herbert L. Toms, woh is pro gram chairman. J. D. Llneberger, a trustee of the Shelby and Cleve land County Foundation, will pre sent Mr. Smith whose visit here was arranged through his brother in-law, Frank O. Sherrill, native Shelbian who is now one of Char lotte’s business leaders and a mem ber of Mr. Smith’s Carolina’s Y. M. C. A. board. O. M. Mull, chairman of the Shelby and Cleveland County Foundation which is sponsoring the community center as a privately provided recreation keystone for the city, will speak briefly follow ing Mr. Smith’s address. J. Reid Misenheimer, president of the Ki wanis club, will preside over the Joint session.__ _ i 4-! mm POLICEMEN AND PICKETS CLASH IN STRIKE—Policemen and pickets at tfie strike-bound plant of i the Conestoga Transportation company in Lancaster, Pa., engage in a violent clash after the pickets had | overturned an automobile in which four employees of the company attempted to cross their lines. The over | turned car is in the background.—(AP Wirephoto) Fresh Dispute At Big-Five Meeting Flareup Between Soviet, French Officials Postpones Talk Of German Peace Problems LONDON, Sept. 26.—(/P)—A fresh dispute disrupted talks of the foreign ministers of five leading Allied nations today, this one between Soviet and French representatives over wording of a communique last night. Consequently, the scheduled dis cussion of German peace problems was postponed. A disclosure that the United States was preparing to recog nize Hungary had relieved ten sion earlier. The controversial communique said the foreign ministers had discussed “reparation of French nationals in Soviet hands.” Foreign Commissar V. M. Molo tov of Russia was reported to have complained that the wording creat ed the impression that the Russians had captured French nationals il legally. He was understood to have demanded an official correction. France refused to agree, whereupon Molotov was reported to have said he would make a statement of his own on the subject. This might be delivered here or in Moscow. The French citizens under discus sion were residents of Alsace and Lorraine impressed into the German army whom the Russians captured during the war. ACCURATE The French took the position that the reference in the communique was an accurate statement of the discussion. John Foster Dulles, Republican adviser to the American delegation, cancelled his projected tour of Eu ropean capitals in search of infor mation useful to the peace formula. It is understood that Dulles will seek a more precise definition of U. S. foreign policy. The conference is expected to end tomorrow or Friday, at the latest. Planes were waiting to carry home Secretary of State Byrnes and Russian Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov. American officials said they were going ahead of the British in their attitude toward Hungary. Infor mants at the British foreign office said the British view remained the same: That the Hungarian govern ment is unrepresentative. The re gime was established under Soviet sponsorship after the Red army overran the kingdom. Both the United States and Brit ain are known to be disturbed by See FRESH Page 2 China To Send Occupation Troops To Japan CHUNGKING, Sept. 26—(/P) —China will send occupation forces to Japan, a government spokesman, P. H. Chang, an nounced in response to a news conference question today. Size of the force, he added, remains to be worked out on the basis of “future necessi ties,” as decided upon by co operating nations. NO PRICE DROP ON CLOTHING OPA Mokes Price Conces sions To Garment Industry By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. — {IP)— Chances virtually disappeared to day for the six to seven per cent cut in clothing prioes OPA predict ed would be achieved this year. OPA officials who asked that they not be named acknowledged this in the wake of additional price con cessions to the garment industry. These concessions, announc ed last night, mean that for the rest of this year, most manu facturers can make fewer low priced garments than they have been required to heretofore. In another action, OPA announc ed that the public soon may have to pay more for cotton towels and flannel diapers, shirts and night wear. This is expected to result from an increase given to manufac turers under terms of the price control act. 14 PER CENT UP OPA officials held to a hope that there will be some reduction of clothing prices by the end of the year. (They have climbed nearly 14 per cent since the hold-the-line order was issued In May, 1943). The low-priced garment relaxa tions were in the so-called maximum average price regulation vigorously opposed by the industry since it was issued early this year. This opposititon has brought an easing of the order for both fabric and garment producers. Originally the regulation required these manufacturers' to return to their average price lines of 1943, which were lower than those of this year. This meant that if a producer See CLOTHING Page 2 WHAT'S,DOING TODAY 7:15 p.m. — Sunday school council of First Baptist church meets at the church. 7:45 p.m. — Prayer meeting at Presbyterian church. 8:00 p.m. — Midweek prayer and praise service at First Baptist church. 8:00 pan. — Fellowship hour at Central Methodist church. THURSDAY 7:00 p.m.—Joint meeting of all civic clubs in city at Ho tel Charles. 7:30 p.m.—CAP Cadets meet at armory. _ _ FEDERAL COURT COMES TO END Case Of iarl Williams Is Ended In Mistrial; Spicer Sentenced Sessions of United States Dis trict court came to a close here shortly afternoon today when the case of Earl Williams charged with illegally selling gasoline cou pons ended in a mistrial. A sus pended term however was ordered into effect and he must serve 60 days in jail. Calvin Spicer, 19-year-old boy who lives near Harris, pleaded guilty to wrecking a freight train last June and was sentenced yes terday afternoon by Judge E. Yates Webb, presiding, to 10 years in the federal penitentiary. Evidence offered in the Wil liams case tended to show that Williams was driving an Automo bile in which Ken Crawford was riding when they were stopped by a highway patrolman. Crawford had in his possession a large num ber of T-gas coupons and Wil ilams had some A-coupons which he said had been given him by a man from whom he bought an automobile. Williams claimed that he did not know Crawford had any coupons or that he was sell ing any. Crawford pleaded nolc contendere. Samuel Hayes was given twc months in prison for a liquor vio lation and was given a suspended term of a year and a day in ad dition. Alfonso Hector, Shelby negro was given a suspended sentence of a year and a day for violation of the liquor law. Max Goldiner, Cherryville mer See TRAIN Page 2 Mitchell To Head Pearl Harbor Probe WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. -(/Pi William D. Mitchell, former attor ney general under President Hoover, was chosen unanimously today as chief counsel for the joint congres sional committee investigating the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Mitchell appeared before the com mittee and agreed to accept the position. Chairman Barkley (D-Ky) said he was eager to get to work immediately. NEAR 650,000 OFF JOBS DUE TO STRIKES 350,000 Refuse To Work, Remainder Idled Indi rectly In NYC SKYSCRAPER" BUSINESS By The Associated Press An off-the-job army of nearly 650,000 camped along the nation’s troubled labor front today. Postwar labor disputes were directly responsible for keeping more than 350,000 away from work. An addition al 250,000 to 300,000 were idle indirectly in New York city where the most spectacu lar strike virtually closed the metropolis’ billion dollar gar ment industry. A steadily spreading strike of some 5,000 AFL elevator men and building maintenance workers in approximately 1,600 office and loft buildings was responsible for the paralyzing effect on business and industrial activity. The walkout, which began Monday, affected an estimated million and a half per sons. Two reasons were advanced for the virtual shutdown of the city’s huge clothing center and the idling of an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 workers. Workers refused ta pass CHICAGO, Sept. 26 —f/P)— The oil workers international union, CIO, announced today it was instructing all district presidents to notify all locals that a nationwide strike has been authorized, to involve an estimated 250,000 men. picket lines or would not climb long flights of stairs to skyscraper lofts. NO IMPROVEMENT The labor unrest elsewhere across the country showed no marked im provement. New disputes broke out, offsetting the number of idle who left the strike ranks to return to their jobs. In Chicago, federal negotiators See NEAR Page 2 REPORTED DEAD—Witt Hancock (above). Associated Press corres pondent missing since the fall of Java in 1942, is now reported dead. William McDougall, United Press correspondent, said Hancock was drowned when the Japs sank a re fugee ship on which he was trying to escape. He formerly worked for the Hickory (N, C.) Daily Record, the Henderson (N. C.) Dispatch, and with the Associated Press bu reaus in Raleigh and Charlotte, N. C.—(AP Photo) Annamites Kidnap Europeans, Set Fire In Heart Of Saigon SAIGON, Indo-China, Sept. 26— (A*)—Uncontrollable Anna/iites (na tives) who kidnaped 41 Europeans and possibly killed 10 yesterday, burned down their market place last night. The spectacular fire, a few blocks from the city’s center, raged uncontrolled through Sai gon’s largest market place—a col orful collection of booths and sheds. French who gathered in excited clusters on main street watched the flames and charged that An namites stole Saigon’s fire en gines three days ago now were engaged In carrying out their threat to bum the city to the ground. Annamites formerly composed a fire brigade which they now had abandoned, leaving the city with out firemen. 31 RESCUED Two platoons of British troops driving across the northern part of the city Tuesday afternoon rescu ed 31 of the 40 French men kid napped by Annamites. a British headquarters announced. See ANNAMITES Page 2 - Eisenhower Summons Patton To Report On Denazification FRANKFURT ON MAIN, Sept, 26.—(A5)—Gen. Eisen hower summoned Gen. George S. Patton today to make a personal report on denazification progress in Bavaria. Lt. Gen. Walter B. Smith’s Eisenhower’s chief of staff, an nounced that the supreme com mander had called for an imme diate report on Nazis still holding office in Third army territory and also had requested Patton to give a personal accounting of his stew ardship in Bavaria early next week. At a press conference called as the result of Patton’s recent remark that “Nazis might well be compared to any political parties at home—republican or democratic,” Smith said Eis enhower would permit no modi fication of his order that Nazis be removed “ruthlessly from public office, regardless of general efficiency.” Patton acknowledged yesterday that his choice of words had been unfortunate. Smith said that anyone who thought there would be a modifi cation of Eisenhower’s orders was “wild.” To a series of questions by cor respondents as to why Nazis had been left in office in Bavaria, Smith replied: “Let’s wait a week and see what happens.” TROUBLE AHEAD WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—0T»)— It looks like trouble ahead in Ger many. Disagreements in Allied policy plus lack of supplies among the German people are blamed by dip lomatic officials here. Two possible results are fore seen: 1. Politically Germany is be lieved to be moving toward a split down the middle. Under such a split the eastern part of the country now occupied by Russia would come under Rus sian influence as a unit of See EISENHOWER Page X ATOMIC BOMB: Truman In Favor Of {Sharing Secret Believes Process Cannot Be Kept By 3 Nations; Wants Strict Controls By Jack Bell WASHINGTON, Sept 26.—(fP)—President Truman re portedly favors sharing the secret of atomic energy with other nations willing to abide by strict controls. City Firms Plan For Return To Regular Time With the natioh* going back on Eastern Standard time Sunday morning at 2 o’clock, Shelby bus iness houses are divided in opinion as to whether schedules should be changed. At the Merchants asso ciation, it was stated today that no thorough canvass of all the stores had been made but that sev eral of them had indicated they would open their doors at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard time as they are doing now by Eastern war time. Banks and building and loan as sociations had not made out their schedules but there was some in dication they might open their doors at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard time instead of 9 o’clock. Nothing will be definitely decided on this until tomorrow, it was stated. FOLLOW CLOCK Neither have all the industrial plants made out their schedules under Eastern Standard time. The Shelby Cotton mill will stick to the same schedule under Eastern Stan dord time as it is now following under war time, R. T. LeGrand, president, said. Churches will mainly follow the clock with their present schedules. However, in some instances the evening service will be moved to an earlier hour. At the Central Methodist church the same morn ing hours will be observed under standard timfr as were observed under war time: however, the ves per service will be held at 5:30 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. The First Bap tist church will*' begin observing See CITY Page 2 Hamburger, Sausage, Lunch Meat To Go On Zero Values WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. —W— The government is expected to announce tomorrow that hamburger, sausage and lunch meats made from lower grades of beef will be reduced to zero ration values Sept. 30. Secretary of Agriculture Ander son disclosed last week that the three lowest grades of beef—canner, cutter and utility—would be put on a zero ration value for the October rationing period. Mr. Truman has yet to draft recommendations to Congress. But he is represented as having indi cated clearly that he believes the process which produced the de vastating bombs dropped on Ja pan cannot be kept as a three nation secret. The President has said he alone must make the decision on what policy he will recom mend to Congress. That policy, however, must be tempered to fit the views of Great Britain and Canada. They aided in the development of the atomic bomb. Whether they will agree to in ternationalize the secret remains to be seen. In any event, the President and others who have been studying the problem are said to be determined to make sure that adequate controls are set up. In this connection, Mr. Truman reportedly was favorably impress ed by a proposal by Senator Mc Mahon (D-Conn.) McMahon suggested to the sen ate that the United States, Britain and Canada turn over to the world security council what they know of atomic energy in return for their knowledge on other advanc ed implements of war. INSPECT PLANTS Under McMahon’s proposal, the security council could inspect all plants and laboratories to see that the agreement was kept. If Mr. Truman recommends something of this nature, indica tions are it will be studied by a See TRUMAN Page 2 | Argentines Restive In Military Setup BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 26. — (/P) —The Argentine people, showing growing signs of restiveness undei the current military government, \ re offered the prospect today of a general election possibly before the end of October. Foreign Minister Juan Cook told a news conference it was “within the realm of possibility" that the elections promised by President Edelmiro Farrell might be called within the next several weeks. In any event, he said, “the pro mise to call elections before the end of this year will be faithfully fulfilled.” The government appeared to have the situation in hand today follow 1 ing an armed revolt yesterday under Gen. Arturo Rawson, leader of the 1943 revolution that overthrew President Ramon S. Castillo, JAPAN'S ARMY, NAVY STOPPED OF EQUIPMENT Stocks Of Food And Cloth ing To Be Given To Civilians STRICT ACCOUNTING TOKYO, Sept. 26.—(£■)— Unconfirmed Japanese re ports tonight said that Em peror Hirohito will met Gen eral MacArthur tomorrow, presumably at the U. S. em bassy which is the supreme allied commander’s residence. Well-informed sources earlier had said such a meeting—un* precedented in modern Japan —was being arranged but had cited no date. Official army Sources remained silent but MacArthur’s public re lations office announced that cor respondents would meet at 9 am. tomorrow (8 p.m. tonight, eastern war time) for instructions on cov ering “a forthcoming event.” General MacArthur today stripped Japan’s army and navy of ail equipment, direct ing that their stocks of food and clothing be turned over to the famine-threatened civ ilian population under a strict accounting. A member of Japan's house of peers, meanwhile, proposed in an interview that Emperor Hirohito withdraw from all political affairs, in order to eliminate “the clique around the throne,” and thus make democracy possible. If the emperor withdrew to the background as a spiritual adviser and avoided political matters. Marquis Yoshichika Tokugawa as serted, there would be no political clique surrounding him. Reorganization of the Japanese agency through which occupation headquarters works its will upon the conquered nation also began today to shake off clinging domin ation by Japanese foreign office personnel. (Occupation forces will be bol See JAPAN’S Page X RAIN-SWOLLEN RIVERS RECEDE Crests Passed On Four Of State's Major Streams RALEIGH, Sept. 26.—(IP)—Waters were receding slowly but steadily today in major North Carolina rivers which a week ago were flood-swollen by near-record rains. Crests had been reached, or were scheduled to be reached today, on all of the four major streams whose flood waters caused princi pal damage to crops and highways in the eastern part of the state. The Roanoke, last of the four, was due to reach its peak of overflow at Williamston today. Meanwhile, inspectors of the State Highway and Agriculture de partments were continuing their tours of the flooded area to de termine the amount of damage, expected to run into millions of dollars. In one highway district alone— No. 7—a “preliminary” and con servative estimate of *1,770.000 damage, mostly to bridges, has been received. NOT COUNTED Chairman A. H. Graham of the State Highway commission said, too. that the estimate did not take into account actual damages to highway and road beds and to repair work which may result later. Little damage was reported in the first district, through the Roa noke river flows, but “critical” re ports are expected from six other districts—Nos. 2. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. With reopening of U. S. 27 at Goldsboro, due today, all state highways are now operating nor mally except Nos. 87 and 53, both in the Elizabethtown area, where the Cape Fear river is dropping from its crest. In many areas cotton farmers said they faced a loss of *15 a bale from discoloration of lint. Fall truck crops in South Caro lina were washed out or flooded to such an extent that oatOMlve replanting* wCl be necessary.