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WEATHER North Carolina — Mostly cloudy and continued cool with occasion al rain this afternoon, tonight and Saturday, except partly cloudy in east portion this afternoon. Tstxk shkihy Bang Hist - State Theatre Today - “Love A Band Leader” PHIL HARRIS LESLIE BROOKS CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL XLIII—239 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCT. 5, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—Be Navy Takes Over Strike-Bound Oil Plants LABOR PICTURE PLAGUED WITH NEW TROUBLES Third Of Nation's Oil Re fining Capacity Taken Over PHONES GO DEAD By Norman Walker WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.— (PP)—The Navy was boss to day over a third of the na tion’s oil refinery capacity. President Truman seized strike-bound plants in 15 stat es last night and put the job of getting them back into pro duction into the Navy’s hands. Twenty-six cohipanies were taken over.. Mr. Truman said the strike of 43,000 workers had caused "seri DALLAS. TEX., Oct. 5—<AP> —O. A. Knight, chairman of the international executive council of the Oil Workers In ternational union (CIO) today notified Texas oil strikers to return to work. ous shortages" in fuel supplies of the armed forces, besides endan gering essential production and “all forms of transportation." Elsewhere on the troubled labor scene: 1. A four-hour interruption in the nation’s telephone service— except for dial phones—was scheduled today from 2 to 6 p.m., eastern standard time, as a protest demonstration by the National Federation of Tele phone Workers. 2. With 12,500 soft coal min ers idle, the government in tervened in another dispate: Secretary of Labor Schwellen See LABOR Page X TRUMAN GETS BYRNES REPORT State Secretary To Broad cast Tonight On Lon don Parley WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 —— President Truman receives a first hand report from Secretary of State Byrnes today on the stormy sessions of the foreign ministers council at London. Tonight Byrnes ■will broadcast to the nation on the slender ac complishments and major disa greements of the first council meeting. His 30-minute speech (CSB, 9:30 p.nj., E.S.T.) is expect ed to carry a plea for patience and understanding and to promise an early new attack on the task of writing the peace of Europe. Differences over how this should be done split Russia away from the United States and Great Bri tain and deadlocked the London conference. The western allies wanted France and China to sit In on the treaty-making. Russia wanted the Big Three to do the Job alone. After three weeks of wrangling the conference broke up early this week and Byrnes arrived in Wash ington by plane last night. He said he would see the President today and make the radio speech tonight and for the rest—he was happy to be home again. Violence Flares '< In Warner Strike BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 5. —(tf)— All available Burbank police were rushed to Warner Brothers motion picture studio early today when Violence broke out in the eight months-old film strike. More than 300 pickets and police and deputy sheriffs, were involved. Pickets were reported to have bar ricaded streets leading to the sprawling studio and halted work ers seeking to enter. Two automo biles were overturned and one man was stabbed. Chief of Police Elmer Adams ask ed help from the Glendale police department and the Los Angeles county sheriff’s office. The studio is situated on a main traffic artery, and many city-bound workers were delayed by the block ids. INFANTRY BEAUTY QUEEN IS A POLIO VICTIM—Julia York, 21, of Macon, Ga., beauty queen of the 398th Infantry’. Second Battalion, now overseas, lies in an iron lung in Atlanta’s Grady Hospital, and talks with her fiance. Pvt. Ralph B. Welch, in Geneva, Switzerland. She was stricken with poliomylitis nine weeks ago. Julia was chosen queen of the infantry from a photo carried overseas by Welch who lives in Morristown, N. J. The overseas telephone call was part of her reward for winning the beauty contest. Agnes Carter, supervisor of the hospital's polio contagious unit, holds the telephone.—(AP Photo) Carolina Plants Hit By Strikes, Coal Shortage i Gravity Of Situation And Work Stoppages Stirs Officials | , By The Associated Press Chief concern on the North and South Carolina labor front today, where thousands of workers principally in the textile industry, have been affected by work stoppages, was supplied by the prospect of a four-hour cessation of telephone service in the two states by a strike of workers scheduled —---- i from 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. Strikes At A Glance By the Associated Press Idle across country over labor disputes increase to nearly 1 530,000; major trouble spots: OIL — President Truman ordered Navy to seise strike- ! bound properties of 26 oil com panies in 15 states: CIO union’s next move on status of 43,000 strikers. COAL—147,000 coal miners, more than one-third of nation's total, joined walkout in six states closing: about 450 pits; steel mill blast furnaces began to shut down; government calls confer ence of operators and John L. Lewis. COMMUNICATIONS — Some 250,000 independent union tele phone operators and associated workers expected to leave jobs from 2 to 6 p.m. E.S.T. today for strike vote, threatening to disrupt nation’s telephone ser vice. SHIPPING—Walkout of be tween 35,000 and 60,000 work ers in Port of New York crip pled shipping, halted movement of 166 ships. LUMBER—61,000 AFL mem bers in Pacific Northwest con tinued strike; 41,000 CIO mem bers remained on job during See STRIKES Page 2 All cities in the Carolinas served by the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company were expected to be affected by the temporary lay off which was for the purpose of holding a strike vote, according to Paul Summerville, chairman of the Charlotte branch of the Southern Federation of Telephone Workers. Meantime, another impending work stoppage that caused con cern indicated that South Car olina cotton mills faced a shut down because of a shortage of coal. Numerous mills reported that they had a week’s supply of coal on hand, while several other plants reported a two-weeks supply. Sensing the gravity of the situa tion, Senator Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina, issued a statement in Washington last night in which he declared that coal shipment to Europe “will cease immediately un til this country can see exactly what’s going to happen.” Sen. Johnston said he had con ferred with the Solids Fuels Admin istration yesterday on hearing that South Carolina cotton mills might have a shut down for lack of fuel and added he was assured a study of the situation was being made. Sen. Johnston declared that “if coal hadn’t been sent to Europe we’d have plenty for our South Carolina cotton mills and homes now.” Elsewhere on the strike and work stoppage map in the Carolinas the picture looked like this: Gov. Ransome J. Williams of See CAROLINAS Page 2 ‘Unity Demonstration’ By Phone Workers Underway NEW YORK, Oct. 5—(/P)—About 20.000 employes in 21 Western Electric company plants will “lead the parade” of telephone workers throughout the nation who are scheduled to stop work from 2 to 6 p.m. (E.S.T.) today for a strike vote and “unity demonstration,” a union official announced. The Western Electric workers in the New York area will leave their jobs one hour early—at 1 p.m.— because recommended dissolution of their union is focal point of the dispute, Henry Mayer, counsel for the National Federation of Tele are factory workers and mainten ance men. Union spokesmen claimed that 250.000 to 400,000 operators and other telephone workers will leave I phone Workers (Ind) and the Wes- | tern Electric Employes Association, said. A National Labor Relations Board trial examiner’s report recom mended dissolution of the Western Electric Employes Union at the Kearney, N. J., plant on the ground that it was company dom inated. The union said the report favored a rival CIO union. The Western Electric Employes early stoppage will not affect tong distance calls, since the employes their work. All long distance calls, domestic and foreign, will be stopped, the union said. All local calls but those made over dial telephones will cease in many cities. In many other cities, however, local service will continue. A A McERAVER WILL OFENWARFDND Will Address United War Fund Kick-Off Breakfast Tuesday Morning Capt. John Z. McBrayer, county service officer who lost a leg in the crash of his bomber in China, will be principal- speaker at the kick-off breakfast Tuesday at 8:30 in the Charles Hotel dining room, when workers in the United War Fund campaign to raise $23,932 set forth on their intensive drive, Chairman Shem K. Blackley stat ed today. Announced also were the com munity chairman for the county outside Shelby: Byron Keeter, Kings Mountain merchant, is co-chairman handling the se parate drive in Kings Mountain and Number Four township; John F. Schenck, jr., and C. D. Forney, jr., Lawndale; Tom Moore, Double Shoals; J. B. Lowery and J. C, Jenkins, Pat terson Springs; B. Austell and R. L. Nichols Earl; Mrs. John Wacaster, Waco; Hugh Hoyle, Belwood; C. Tom Stamey, Polk vllle; W. R. Gary, Fallston; John A. Hallman, Lattimore; J. U. Rollins, Mooresboro; C. A. Brit tain, Casar; J. W. Turk, Stubbs. Mr. Blackley revealed also a break-down of the National War Fund dollar, based on tentative budgets for the period from October 1, 1945, to October 1, 1946, as fol lows: United Service Organization .54; United Seamen's Service, .04; War Prisoners Aid, .02; Foreign Relief and Refugee Aid (15 se parate agencies) .35; emergency fund, .04; and administrative ex pense, .01. The highest per capita allocation for foreign relief is for Greece, with 52 cents per capita; the lowest is for China, with 2.6 cents. TWO MISSING IN FLORIDA CRASH LAKELAND, Fla., Oct. 5—<A>)— Florida State Senator Harrison E. Barringer of Sarasota is one of two passengers reported missing in the crash of a National Airlines plane which crashed into Lake Parker about 1:30 a.m. EST. this morning as it overshot the Lake land air field, airline officials stated. Thirteen other passengers, In cluding pilot and co-pilot, were rescued by boat when they crawl ed from the wrecked plane, which plummeted into 12 feet of water In the middle of the lake. The two passengers were pinned In the wreckage underwater. Mac Dill field diving equipment was be ing rushed to the scene from Tam pa. The 13 persons rescued were taken immediately to Morrell Me morial hospital to be treated for shock, bruises and possible inter- | aal injuries. SPEEDY HOUSE SUPPORT SEEN FOR TAXCUTS Both Parties Backing Pro posed Five Billions Tax Reduction VARY VINSON PLAN WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.— (JP) — A $5,000,000,000 tax cutting bill goes before the house next week for debate and almost certain quick passage. Both Democrats and Republi cans were pleased with the meas ure which emerged from the ways and means committee late yester day. In a nutshell, it: 1. Cuts the income tax next year for each individual by at least 10 per cent, trimming a total $2,600,004,000 from levies against personal incomes. 2. Sweeps about 12,000,000 low-income persons from the income tax rolls completely— after January 1. 3. Slices corporation burdens next year by $1,900,000,000. This will be done by reducing the 95 percent excess profits tax to 60 percent; cutting four surtax points from the 40 percent combined normal and surtax rate and killing off, next July 1, the corporation declared value stocks tax. The excess profits levy will be repealed Jan. 1, 1947. 4. Cute back, July 1, the war-imposed excise levies on such things as liquor, luggage, furs, jewelry and cosmetics. This will amount to an overall saving of $550,000,000 to con sumers in the last half of 1946. 5. Freezes the social security tax in 1946; meaning that em ployers and employes will con tinue to pay one percent each on payrolls and pay envelopes. This tax was set to jump from one to 2.5 percent January 1. 6. Repeals the $5 automobile use tax next July 1, for a sav ing to motorists of $135,000, 000. The committee kept within $300,000,000 Of the $5,000,000,000 limit urged by Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson. But it departed broadly from the shear ing methods Vinson proposed. The full house and the senate may make more changes in the bill be fore it becomes law. For individuals the administra tion asked simply that the three percent “normal” tax be repealed. Instead the committee in a Re publican sponsored compromise, applied the more liberal surtax ex emptions $500 for the taxpayer and $500 for each dependent) to the normal levy (now collected on all taxable income above $500 without regard to number of de pendents). BEGIN WORK ON STREETS Brown Paving Company began this week on its contract for re surfacing a considerable mileage of Shelby streets. Work has al ready been completed jon South Washington street and today work was progressing rapidly on East Warren street between Jones and Chestnut street. The contractor plans to add more equipment on the local job within the next few days in order that the work may be completed before cold weather. The contract was let by the board of aldermen several weeks ago and involves a total of $47,762 worth of work. EMERGENCY CALLS WILL BE HANDLED Arrangements were made at the local office of the Southern Bell and Telegraph company to han dle emergency calls this afternoon during the work stoppage sched uled to last from 2 to 6 p.m. at all Southern Bell plants while union elections are taking place. The general public is asked to rpake no calls during those hours unless an emergency exists. Spe cial arrangements have been made to care for calls to police and fire departments. HONOR FOR MR. GREENBERG—Honorary President Henry Green berg (left) of the Lakeland, Fla., Chamber of Commerce, better known as Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers, gets a lifetime membership certificate from the chamber. Presenting the certificate at the World Series in Detroit is Sports Writer Whitney Martin of the Associated Press, who suggested the idea.—(AP Wirephoto). Legion Seeking Own Building In Center Trustees Name Committee To Study Details For Unit That Would Include Auditorium A proposal from the American Legion to incorporate its new building, including auditorium and large kitchen and facilities, into the projected community center was taken under advisement by trustees of the Shelby and Cleveland Foundation Thursday evening after Willis McMurry, com mander of Warren Hoyle Post, had voiced the group’s will ingness to contribute “from $30,000 to $50,000” toward the project. Commander McMurry's proposal, tendered following endorsement of the (idea at the Legion's meeting Monday night, found immediate favor with the trustees who felt the Legion, whose program will incorporate thousands of returning service men, rightfully has a place in such a center and especially the memorial feature of it. Chairman O. M. Mull named Mai A, Spangler, sr„ J. R. Dover, jr„ and Dick LeGrand to confer with the Legion’s special commit tee which includes Commander McMurry, Hugh Noell, Jean W. Schenck and Griffin P. Smith to work out details for presentation to trustees at their next session. The plan as outlined tenta tively by Commander McMurry calls for a wing of the build ing to be the Legion’s home, but the auditorium and dining room would be geared into the whole structure and program so that no duplication of such facilities would be necessary. He said the present Legion hut is already inadequate and it is the purpose to sell to the county the Legion's long-term leasehold on that property and incorporate the money, plus ad ditional funds now held, into a fund the commander con fidently expects to reach a $50,000 figure before construc tion could begin. The trustees also approved the suggestion of Finance co-chairman Spangler that the campaign to raise an additional $100,000 this year for the community project get underway November 6. DR. BAGBY DEAD CHESTER, S. C„ Oct. 5—OP)— The Rev. Harry Ashby Bagby, D.D., 81-year-old retired Baptist minister and for many years an outstanding member of the Sou thern Baptist convention, died to day of a sudden heart attack while viisting his brother, Dr. Paul Bag by of LouisbUfg, N. C. LEAGUE READY TO ORGANIZE Stettinius Reveals 31 Na tions Have Ratified Charter LONDON, Oct. 5. -(/Ph- Edward R. Stettinius, American delegate to the United Nations reparatory com mission, announced today that 30 countries had ratified the organi zation’s charter—one more than necessary to bring it into existence. Stettinius, who made the an nouncement at an open meeting of the league’s executive committee, said 11 countries already had de posited their ratifications in Wash ington and that the other countries had sent word that ratifications were on the way. Meanwhile, an argument devel oped within the league’s executive committee over the question of postponing the first formal assem bly of the league until after Christ mas. With it came a hint that the executive committee was running into the same sort of difficulty that caused the collapse of the meeting of foreign ministers—Questions of procedure. Prof. C. K. Webster, alternate British delegate, frankly warned his colleagues that unless the arrange ments on procedure “are well done, it might well wreck the whole as sembly.” But Stettinius stood firm for con vening the league assembly early in December. The executive committee decided to wind up its session on Oct. 18, and to fix Nov. 8 as the starting date for the 50-member preparatory conference, which will arrange for the assembly, probably in Decem ber. Laval Returns To Trial Under Threat Of Eviction PARIS, Oc*. 5—W—Pierre naval returned to the high court of jus tice which had ousted him from his own treason trial and assert ed today that the authoritative powers granted Old Marshal Petain after the fall of Prance “would be useful to the country.” Laval had lawyers today, three of them. They refused to attend the tumultous opening of the celebrated session yesterday but repented overnight after being warned of disbarment. “I demand for Pierre Laval the same rights that are being grant ed the monsters of Belsen in Lueneburg,” chief defense counsel Albert Nard insisted. He referred to thr current trial of 45 Nazi concentration camp fui^'uonaries before a British military court. Mucn ot tne session was aevotea to Laval’s final and futile plea for a postponement. When Judge Paul Mongibeaux denied this, La val asked the jury to “reserve your judgment until I have fully ex plained my case.” The former premier of the Vichy regime said he had wanted to be a buffer between the French and the German occupants. He recall ed there had been no protest at the national assembly against the armistice. "I am accused,” Laval said, “of trying to overthrow the 1875 con stitution, but on Oct. 21 the French people will go to the polls to de cide whether that constitution will be done away with, x x x if the 1875 constitution is dead, it died before I touched tt»” _ EMPEROR MAY ASK MacARTHUR FOR YOSHIDA Freedom Policy And Oust* ing Of Home Minister Draw Action KONOYE MENTIONED By Russell Brines TOKYO, Oct. 5.—(/P)—Ja pan’s post-surrender cabinet quit today because it couldn't —or wouldn’t—enforce Gen eral MacArthur’s revolution ary freedom policy and oust it home minister—and Japa nese newspapermen said for mer foreign minister Shigeru Yoshida “might” be the new premier. Emperor Hirohito accepted the resignation of Prince Higashi-Ku ni and his entire cabinet with the comment “that is good,” and made it clear that he would ask Mac Arthur's prior approval of the next premier. FOXY CHARACTER Yoshida, a career diplomat, told Japanese interviewers that “it is not 1,” but they pointed out that he “is always foxy and wouldn’t admit it beforehand anyway.” They added that two visits they said he made to the imperial palace today—and two calls at Mac Arthur’s headquarters — indi cated his selection and ap proval. They reported this itinerary for Yoshida: Visited Marquis Koicho Kido, who with Baron Kiichiro Haranu ma is reportedly advising Hirohi to on the new appointment, at 6 P:m. - .Tttoo ..ttaft... am. ks.t.)^ going a half-hour later directly to allied headquarters. Returned to the palace at 6:55 for a second conference with Ko do, and 20 minutes later visited the foreign minister’s official res idence. Prince Fumimaro Ko noye, reportedly also a possible choice as new premier, visited Yo shida at 7:30 p.m, Kido left his office Immediately after Yoshida's second call. Yo-i shida earlier in the day had con ferred at length with MacArthur’s chief of staff. Headquarters explained in a press release tonight that Yoshi da’s first call had been to inform the allied command officially of the resignation of the cabinet and Sec EMPEROR Page 2 ARGENTINEENDS STUDENT STRIKE Surrender Barricaded Uni versity Buildings After Police Fight BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 5 — (A5)— Col. Filomeno Velazco, chief of the federal police, announced that the siege of Argentina universi ties would end today, when stu dents barricaded within the in stitutions are expected to surren der the buildings peacefully. Police this morning occupied buildings of seven schools of the Buenos Aires national university and arrested a large number of students. The police chief said he had ordered withdrawal of main police forces, leaving only guards at the universities. The week-long strike of 30,000 Argentine students reached a vio lent climax last night when a 20 year-old student was killed by re volver fire during a student clash with nationalist groups in front of the University of Buenos Aires engineering school. The death was the first in the rebellion of the students against the government’s reimposed state of siege. The revolt began when the students of the six Argentine universities occupied their build ings in protest against repressive governmental measures. Navy Promoting 60,000 Officers WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. — UP)— The Navy has promoted 60,000 of ficers of grades through comman der who had been unchanged In rank for 18 to 25 months. Most are naval reserve members, many of whom the Navy Is anxious to have retain their commissions after the emergency. To encourage the reservists fur ther the department plans soon to nominate about 50 for flag rank* commodore or higher.