Paper Is Still Vitally Needed—Have Yours Ready For Sunday’s Roundud WEATHEt Considerable cloudiness, scattered showers’ and warm tody and to night except cooler Ir west por tion tonight; Sundai rain and cooler. Theslxelhy Baily Stett - State Theatre Today — “EASY TO LOOK AT” GLORIA JEAN KIRBY GRANT CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XLIII-234 * ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—fe 400,000 Workers Away From Jobs Over Nation Due To Labor Disputes By The Associated Press The nation’s strike lines, expanding steadily since the end otf the war, bulged today as 400,000 workers remained away from their jobs because of labor disputes. x lie ou tie aiuug urc inuui struck hardest at five major In dustries—automotive, coal, lumber, oil and electrical power—as the number of idle touched a new high for the past several months. There were an additional million and a half workers in New York City affected by a labor controversy. Stoppages affecting two of the Industries, oil and coal, appeared headed for a climax. There also were Indications that a settlement was imminent in a three-weeks old strike affecting some 40,000 em ployes of the Westinghouse Elec tric Oorp. plants in six states. In Washington, Secretary of La bor Schwellenbach was ready to step into the conference between CIO union leaders and represen tatives of oil companies in efforts •to settle a strike of 35,000 workers a In eight states and avert a threat P ened nationwide walkout of 250,000. RESUME TALKS The conferees were to resume their negotiations over a wage-hour dispute, in which the union is seeking a 30 per cent wage rate Increase. The issue failed of set tlement in three days of meetings in Chicago where the union an nounced a nationwide strike would be called if the conference fails. Also in Washington, the next move in the work stoppage in Pennsylvania and West Virginia coal mines, including some 37,000 miners, appeared up to John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers. Bituminous coal opera tors declined Lewis’ invitation to meet until the miners returned to their pits. Lewis had said if they refused to meet, the union would feel ‘‘free to take such indepen dent action as may be required.” “Independent action” could mean See 400,000 Page 2 NO STRIKES IN N.C. MILLS Strike Threat* Among Taxtile Worker* Fail To Materialize I By The Associated Press Threatened strikes of thousands of textile workers throughout the south had apparently failed to materialize in Carolina textile mills today. Most of the textile centers of the two states reported that qo new walkouts had been reported, and apparently the only work stop pages of any consequence were those at several textile plants where operations were disrupted some time ago because of labor I management disputes. Negotiations among management, labor and representatives of the TJ. 8. Conciliation service over a dispute at the Erwin Cotton mills of Durham, suspended over the week-end, will be resumed early next week, according to Herbert Payne, TWUA official. Payne said last night that “we are not mak ing very much progress.” AT WHITE OAK Many workers at th$ White Oak Denim mills of the Cone textile chain at Greensboro were report ed to have signed union cards af ter the inauguration of an in tensive union campaign at the mill for the designation of a bar gaining agent. The strike at the mill employing some 2,000 persons ended its fourth day yesterday. At High Point, some 1,000 hos iery workers without union affilia tion, continued idle because of a boarders’ strike which had spread this week to the 13th plant in the High Point area. In South Carolina the State La bor Board reported that the only Idle plants listed were those at Rock Hill and Gaffney where op erations were halted some time because of labor disputes. BRADEN WILL MAKE REPORT Ambassador To Argentina To Report On Situa tion There WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. —{IP)— A frankly-spoken man with the build of a fullback today was ready to give President Truman and the State Department some first-hand information on Argentina’s military government. Just when Ambassador Spruille Bamden would call at the White House was not certain. Neither was it known definitely when he would taae the oath of office as assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs. It was sure he’d confer with Act ing Secretary of State Dean Ache son early in the day on his new duties and particularly those in volving United States relations with the Buenos Aires regime which has carried out widespread reprisals against its political foes since Bra den’s departure Sunday. NOT AT PEOPLE Another thing was certain: What ever proposals Braden might make to the President about dealing with the Argentine situation would be aimed only at the present military government and not at the Argen tine people. The stocky, 52-year-old diplomat made it very clear on his arrival yesterday that he had developed a real affection for the Argentine citizens. Braden charged the Buenos Aires government has failed to live up to its hemisphere and United Na tions obligations. Jap Officers In Siam Accused Of War Crimes BANGKOK, Sept. 28 — (Delay ed)—(A*)—More than 30 Japanese officers in the administration of prisoner of *,ar camps in Siam were identified today as perpetra tors of atrocities or as responsible for maladministration which re sulted in thousands of deaths. The identification was made by British, Australian and Dutch for mer prisoners in the first screen ing of arrested suspects. WHAT’S DOING SUNDAY 10:00 ajn. to 8:00 p.m.—U. 8. O. center opens to visiting ser vice folk In the city. MONDAY 7:30 p.m.—City council meets at city hall. 8:00 p.m.—Boy Scout court of honor meets at court house. UNION ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOVER CIO Oil Workers Claim One Company Has Agreed To Up Pay flatly"rejected By Harold Ward WASHINGTON, Sept, 29— (TP)—John L. Lewis today re newed his offer to meet with soft coal operators in an ef fort to settle a dispute over recognition of the foremen’s union. The argument halted work at more than 80 West Virginia and Pennsylvania mines. The operators flatly rejected the United Mine Workers’ president’s invitation for a conference Mon day afternoon, asserting the union was attempting to take over man agement of the mines. Lewis announced his offer as conciliation conferences to settle an eight-state oil strike were re sumed here under the supervision of Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach. The CIO oil workers an nounced they had signed a con tract Wltn a' California oil company calling for a 30 per cent wage in In a telegram to Ezra Van Horn of the national bituminous nego tiating committee at Cleveland, Lewis said: "I fear greatly that your Insolent attitude will have a highly pro vocative effect on the minds of your disappointed foremen and supervisors. “We deplore these circumstances and again ask you to Join us in a calm approach in joint confer ence to a solution of the contro versy.” Lewis made public a letter which the union had attached to the con tract written last spring, giving the background to the negotiations over recognition of the foremen’s union, a branch of UMW district 50. A demand for inclusion of su pervisory employes was dropped by Lewis at that time in a last minute effort to reach agreement on an industry-wide contract. Lewis disclosed that he had of fered a substitute demand, which had been rejected by the opera tors, providing for referral of the supervisory issue to the National Labor Relations board for settle ment. As the contract finally was written, however, it contained no such provision. EXTRA HOUR’S SLEEP TONIGHT WASHINGTON, Sept. 29—® re tired at 62. "I’m an old man. let the young fellows take over,” the graying maned skipper of the Third fleet announced yesterday. His words were strangely sub dued in contrast with the whip cracking way the outspoken ad miral used to refer to his enemy as “those monkey men” and to voice his favorite motto: “Kill Japs—sink ships.” The decision of the rugged, weatherbeaten admiral to bow out of one of the most dramatically enacted roles in navy history be cause of age served to recall a record which, even in summary, catches the breath. DRAMATIC RECORD And here it is: As vice admiral, commanding Pacific’s aircraft carriers, at sea when Pearl Harbor attacked, Went on defensive patrol. Early in 1942, led revamped task force against Marshalls and Gil berts. Won distinguished service medal. Then led force against Wake and Marcus. Commanded warships which escorted carriei Hornet for Jimmie Doolittle raid on Japan April 18, 1942. Following Oct. 18, took com mand in South Pacific (Solo mons). Won battle of Sants Cruz Oct. 28. On Nov. 13, 14, 1J his admittedly "shoestring” fleel sank at least 25 enemy vessels ir decisive engagement at Guadalca nal. Became full admiral. June 15, 1944, relinquished South Pacific command after work ing himself out of job in ares where Japanese lost 150,000 men 4,800 planes and “so many ships 1 cannot count, them.” Was awarded gold star, in lieu second DSM, foi a job well done. HEART’S DESIRE June 17, got the job his hearl desired — commander of Third fleet. From then on the record ii too voluminous for even a sum mary. Halsey was highly influen tial in the selection of Leyte foi the re-invasion of the Philippines His warships helped keep the Jap anese navy away from that opera tion. At war’s end, Halsey’s big Thirc fleet was roaming at will off Ja See HALSEY Page 2 INSPIRE CONFIDENCE: Occupation Commanders Showing Their Authority By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP News Analyst I General Eisenhower’s firm ac tion in summoning General Patton to account for reported slowness in the denazification of Bavaria, over which Patton has command, is calculated to inspire confidence here at home and to increase Ger man respect for the allies. As one of the greatest leaders of the war we owe Patton more than we can repay. However, the Bavarian situation needs the straightening up which Eisenhow er is bent on giving it. Patton remarked a few days ago that the Germans were' docile. and ^ J would likely remain so “becausi their fangs are drawn,” and tha “the best thing the United State can do is let the German peopl see what a great people we are b; mixing with them.” NOT THE WAY Well, of course we want to !e the Germans see what a grea people we are—but the concensu is that we can’t do it by fratern izing with them. You could do i with many folk, but not wit! Nazis and Japs. You can make . See OCCUPATION Fa«e 1 _ L hito visit to MacArthur. The ministry had suppressed Tokyo and Osaka newspapers ih effort to keep the news from the Japanese people. It was a major move by MacAr thur toward eliminating the aura of mystery surrounding Hirohito by prohibiting one of the most important methods of preserving it. For Japan, the publication of newspaper interviews with the ruler was epochal. Non^y^ad appeared heretofore; thcjlMv erament carefully kiUi made certain of th»*. The hDme ministry's explanation of its attempt to block circulation of newspapers carrying American correspondents’ interviews with Hirohito. was that the subject was “too awesome.” Apparently the ministry’s thought was that the Japanese were not entitled to know that their emperor had chat ted with foreign newspaper men just as ordinary government of ficials had done. STATE OCCASIONS That clashes with the purpose fully nurtured idea of an unap proachable, mysterious sovereign who leaves his imposing palace only on important state occasions. Nippon’s War department mean while reported to the allied com mand that 1,833,634, or 81 percent of all Japanese soldiers in the homeland on Aug. 15, had been de mobilized by Sept. 24; and allied headquarters simultaneously ap proved dispatch of eight small Japanese ships to bring 16,000 Nipponese soldiers home fr»m Tsu shima and Iki islands, between Kyushu and Korea. (Chungking reported that See HOME Page t FRIERS GIVES TRAVELOGUE "World's Greatest Vaga bond" Tells Executives Club Of Trips Robert Friers, who left college in his senior year to go around the world on a $5 bet, recounted his experiences of that bit of globetrotting for the Cleveland Executives club last night, keep ing a large audience of men and women entertained with his sly wit and the accounts of the fi nancial maneuvering of a “busi ed” traveler. The youthful adventurer was presented to the club by Holt Mc Pherson, managing editor of the Shelby Daily Star. Phillip El liott, president of Gardner-Webb college and also president of the Executives club, presided at the session. Before Friers started on his jaunt around the world he had done extensive traveling in the western hemisphere, having hitch hiked through Canada to Alaska and through Mexico and Central America to the Panama Canal. It j was after one of these western ! hemisphere trips that the New i York Times described him as the “world’s greatest vagabond.” $5 BET “A fraud on the world” declared Robert’s roommate at the Univer sity of Michigan. “You are no world vagabond. You have not been out of the western hemis phere. Here’s $5 which says you r can’t go around the world. “I counted up all my possessions, borrowed all I could from my t friends which was $1.67, sold my t clothes and my roommate's cloth 3 es and somehow managed to raise ■ $82,” recounted the speaker, t “I started east because that was i the way the first car was going i j which came along. I got to Mon gos FRIERS Pago I jv