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It’s Our Job ’Til The Last Service Flag Comes Down-Give To The War Fund f WEATHER Cloudy and continued cool with occasional rains today and to night; Sunday, cloudy and mild preceded by rain in east portion during morning. Tshe Hhelhy Bnily Him« - State Theatre Today - “Love A Band Leader” PHIL HARRIS LESLIE BROOKS CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XLII1-240 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY. N. C. SATURDAY, OCT. 6,1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—fic SHIDEHARA CHOSEN TO HEAD NEW JAP GOVERNMENT SEEK TO AVERT NATIONWIDE COAL STRIKE Walkouts Sp' id To Sixth State; O' Negotia tions Fail 150,000 INVOLVED By Harold W. Ward > WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— (ZP)Secretary of Labor Schwel lenbach called in the United Mine Workers and the soft coal operators today in search of a way to avert a nation wide coal strike. Work stoppages in the mines are cutting deep into bituminous stocks. The solid fuels adminis tration extended its controls over distribution, while the walkouts spread to a sixth state, Indiana. Schwellenbach turned quickly this problem after his efforts at conciliation between the ClO-oil workers and ten refinery compan ies ended in failure and navy seiz ure of the plants by White House orders. In the offing was more trouble foreshadowed by a '‘demonstration” walkout of 250.000 telephone workers which paralysed operator ser vice in the Bell system for a few hours yesterday. President Joseph Belme of the National Federation of Telephone Workers said his union would fol low up with ai petition to the Na tional Relations board for a strike vote. More than 150,000 miners are involved In the spreading coal strikes. Production is down by 748,000 tons daily out of the mil k Mon-ton daily normal overage. ' Solid fuels Administrator Ickes Said 538 mines were idle at the start of business today. SUPERVISORS UNION John L. Lewis is seeking recog nition of his supervisory workers union, a part of district 50. Unit ed Mine Workers. They left their Jobe. Since these employes must make inspections before the work shift begins, production workers also were made idle. The operators twice declin ed Lewta’ Invitations to come to Washington to discuss the foremen's problem — a piece of unsettled business left from lest spring’s contract negotla Lewis said the mine workers would have "adequate representa tion” without saying he would attend the sessions himself. Edward R. Burke, head of the Southern Coal Producers Associa See SEEK Page 2 HAMBRIGHT GETS 6 MONTHS Convicted Of Reckless Driving After Bad Auto Accident ► » Ralph Elmer Hambright, whose car crashed Into another automo bile on the Cherryvllle road near Wilson's gin yesterday afternoon shortly before 4 o’clock, injuring four persons, was sentenced to serve six months on the roads on a charge of reckless driving, fol lowing hearing held this morning in Cleveland Recorder's court. He gave notice of appeal and bond of $900 was fixed. Persons injured in the wreck were Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Willis, both of whom suffered bad cuts and bruises; Mrs. Goldie Dayber ry, who had several ljroken ribs; and her infant girl who sustained a broken arm. BETWEEN CARS Evidence produced this morning tended to show that Hambright tried to drive his car between a taxi and the Willis car when the taxi made a stop on the highway. The Hambright car sldeswiped the Willis car turning it over twice. Officers testified that Hambright was going at such a rate of speed that he slid his wheels 150 feet before hitting the Willis machine. Boyd Tate was sentenced to 10 days in jail for contempt of court In connection with his remonstra tion to the court for a four months Sentence given him for assaulting his family. Betty Green was fined $100 and costs for driving while intoxicat ed. Her driving license was order ed suspended. ‘MOSQUITO’ OYER EVEREST—An RAP reconnaissance Mosquito, flying at about 32,000 feet, passes Mt. Everest, world’s highest peak, on a mission over the Himalayas. Laval Is Expelled From Court Again __ Refuses To Answer Question From Bench; Court Sus pended Indefinitely -- „ . i. By Mel Most PARIS, Oct. 6.—(/P)—Pierre Laval’s trial was suspended ay after the former Vichy chief of government wag ex pelled from the courtroom for the second time in three days , and then refused to continue his defense when recalled to the chamber . After ordering Laval from the ; French high court of Justice for i failing to answer a question from ! the bench. Judge Paul Mongibeaux announced that the session was suspended for an "indefinite per iod." Laval was brought back into the court a short time later, but went on a one-man, sit-down strike, Mongibeaux immediately discon tinued the interrogation of Laval and suspended the session a second time when there were no witnesses present to continue the trial. Upon his return to the courtroom, Laval raid: "The -nsultlng way you put your questions and the behavior of some of the jurors lead me to believe you are about to commit a judiciary crime in which I will not take part and I. therefore, prefer to sit down.” Laval's expulsion and the day’s first suspension produced an uproar in the court. Everyone rose. SUPPORT FOR LAVAL A juror shouted: “That’s not French Justice!” In the French pres box some one within earshot of Monglbeaux! said: “Laval is right.” Laval, successful yesterday in contesting accusations that he plot ted against France’s domestic se curity, still faced the more serious charges of having had intelligence with the enemy during the 1940 meeting of Marshal Petain and Adolf Hitler at Montoire. Laval was expelled Thursday from the French high court of Justice on the first day of his trial but was readmitted to the courtroom yes terday and made a lengthy plea in his own behalf. The expulsion order today came after a heated argument between Laval, Prosecutor Andre Mornet and Mongibeaux. Mongibeaux attempted to obtain from Laval an answer as to who brought him back to power in the Vichy regime in 1942 after Petain had ordered him arrested. Laval re See LAVAL Page 2 ] TRUMAN OFF ON WEEK-END TRIP WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 —VO President Truman added historic fish-filled Reel Foot lake to his itinerary today as he packed his bags for a five-day trip which will carry him Into six states. The President will spend next Monday and Tuesday at the Wesl Tennessee bass wonderland before moving into Kentucky Wednesday for a speech dedicating TVA’e big dam at Gilbertsville. First on his schedule, however was an engagement at 11 am. to day as best man at the wedding of Bennett Champ Clark, formei Missouri senator and now a judge of the U. 8. Court of Appeals foi the District of Columbia. Judge Clark will be married al the Grace Episcopal church, Ber ryville, Va.( to Violet Heming, the actress. COUNTY FAIR The President planned to go bj automobile (at 9 am. EST) te Berryville to attend the wedding and a subsequent reception at the nearby estate of James N. Thomp son, then drive to Martlnsburg W. Va., to board his plane “the Sacred Cow.” After flying to Blythevllle, Ark —he is due there at 5:45 p.m. (CS T)—he will drive to Cruthersvllle Mo., to attend a county fair Sun day. On Monday, he will go by au tomobile to Reel Foot lake, a re servoir basin of the Mississippi river. He will spend two night! at a private fishing lodge. The President will be up bright and early Wednesday for the drive to Gilbertsville for an 11 a m. <CST) speech. He is expected to outline administration plan: for a postwar flood control and jublic power development. RUSSIANS SPEAK OUT: Big-3 Must Stand Together If Peace Is To Be Preserved By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP News Analyst It’s an old saying—and gener ally true—that when a man has something heavy on his chest, it’s best to speak up and get rid of It. So In the long run the Soviet government organ Izvestia may have helped clear the air by Its sharp charges against the atti tudes of the Anglo-American allies in the inharmonious conference of the Big Five council of foreign ministers which just ended in Lon don. It isn’t that the western al lies agree with the strictures (for they don’t), but that Moscow’s viewpoint has been banged face up on the table where all can see. The conference came to an un happy deadlock over procedure In drawing up the peace treaties for Roumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland. American Secretary oi State Byrnes and British Foreign Minister Bevin held that France and China—as well as Russia, Britain and the United States — should discuss the terms of these treaties. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov maintained that the Potsdam agreement limited the discussions to the signatories of the various armistices. See BIG 3 Page 2 &>'i SET-UP TENSE IN ARGENTINA Mounted Police Fire Into Crowd Of 500 Women Demonstrators By LAURANCE F. STUNTZ BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 6—(JP)— New tension gripped stormy Ar gentina today as the result of a charge by revolver-wielding mount ed policemen into a crowd of 500 women demonstrators last night. One woman was injured by a saber blow when the government patrolmen attacked the group as it sought to enter the Central Plaza in front of the government palace. The women paraded to the edi torial offices of La Nacion and La Prensa, under the leadership of Dr. Alicia Moreau Justo, widow of the founder of the Argentine So cialist party. They requested both newspapers to defy censorship and publish full accounts of condi tions under the state of siege im posed by Col. Juan Peron, vice president and strongman of Argen tina. CLEAR SREETS Three mounted patrols, each made up of 50 men, kept Buenos Aires streets clear. The government, which yester day smashed a week-long protest strike of students in the nation’s six universities, moved against further opposition last night. A decree was issued closing the Uni versity of Buenos Aires for the re mainder of the school year. In Cuba, Havana university students voted a 24-hour strike to show their solidarity with Argen tine student*. One blow against Argentina’s mi See SET-UP Page 2 Censorship For Allied Newsmen In Japan Ended TOKYO, Oct. 6. —UP)— General MacArthur today terminated mili tary press censorship for all Allied correspondents, maintaining only his censorship of the Japanese press and radio. Authorization to lift or to retain Allied press censorship in Japan and Korea at his discretion was receiv ed from the War Department, a headquarters announcement said. Its termination was made effective immediately. The War Department message pointed out, however, that by ac cepting accreditations to the Army, correspondents were obligated to continue all “doubtful material,” even after formal military censor ship had ended. Defer Dover Day Observance Due To Elliott’s Illness Postponement of the Dover memorial service, scheduled for tomorrow at the Dover church, was necessitated early this afternoon when illness of President Phil Elliott of Gardner-Webb Junior college prevented his keeping the en gagement, it was announced by Charles I. Dover, chair man. The church will hold its regular services Sunday but the Dover day observance will be set for a later day and be announced. BYRNES HOPES FOR ANOTHER PEACE MEETING Thinks "A Truly Repre sentative" Meet May Be Held Soon RUSSIANATTITUDE By Graham Hovey WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— (/P)—Despite the breakdown of the five-power conference in London Secretary Byrnes still has hopes today for “a truly representative” Euro pean peace meeting before the end of the year. He indicated Russia’s attitude Will determine whether it mater ializes. Soviet Foreign Commissar Mol otov has not rejected the United States proposal for such a confer ence, Byrnes said in a radio re port to the nation last night. He added he hopes the Soviet Union will agree “that the nations that fought the war—the world war— shall have a chance to make the peace.” Byrnes strongly emphasized hi? belief that this means all allied nations directly involved — not just Russia, Britain and the Unit ed States. At different points in his ad dress, he put it in the following ways: “At Berlin it certainly was nev er intended that the three powers present or the five powers consti tuting the council of foreign min isters should take unto themselves the making of the final peace.” CONCERN OF ALL At London “the American dele gation took the position that, in an independent, democratic world peace cannot be exclusive concern of a few presently powerful states X X X.” “The United States is willing tc dictate terms of peace to its al lies.” Byrnes disclosed that the big difference at London was over recognition of the present Bulgar ian and Hungarian governments. Because the United States and Britain have not yet recognized those regimes, Russia apparently believes they object to the friend liness of the two Balkan govern ments for the Soviet Union, Byrnes said. He asserted: “There could be no greater mis conception of our attitude.” STUMBLING BLOCK Byrnes made it plain, too, that another stumbling block was Rus sia’s insistence on excluding France and China from discussions of peace treaties for countries with which they had not been at war. Russian demands that France and China have no part in the Balkan discussions led Byrnes to formulate a compromise proposal, including the suggestion for a general European peace confer ence. Under the Byrnes plan, Russia Britain and the United States See BYRNES Page 2 Beast Of Belsen Admits Guilt, Trial Proceeds By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN LUENEBURG, Oct. 6—{/P)—Jo seph Kramer, “the beast of Bel sen,’* confessed that he gassed prisoners at Natzweiler concentra tion camp in a signed statement presented today as the prosecu tion concluded its case against 45 SS men and women guards accus ed of conspiracy to commit mass murder. Kramer, who saw duty at five concentration camps, also admit ted that he was fully aware of the gas chamber and crematorium at the Oswiecim camp he command ed. Kramer’s confession contradict ed an earlier statement, which was Introduced by Prosecutor T. M Backhouse four days ago. At that time the surly Nazi denied existence of a gas chamber at Oswiecim and categorically denied allegations of former prisoners that there were mass executions, whippings and other demonstra tions of cruelty. . Kramer’s statement closed the prosecution case. The defense was expected tc summon 40 witnesses, and the trial may continue another three weeks. All the accused probably will be examined individually. WOMAN POWER—Labor problems are so acute in Berlin that women laborers are seen in various parts of the city. Here a gang of German women haul a salvage cart through the street. Shidehara Opposed Japan’s Militarism Forced Into Retirement, Hounded By Police Because Of Fight On Aggression TOKYO, Oct. 6.—(/P)—Enfeebled Baron Kijuro Shide hara, who at 73 has been summoned as premier to lead Japan through a turnabout from feudalism to democracy, spoke out strongly against Japanese military aggression in its earliest stages. I t AfTCinn For this, he was forced into poli tical retirement 14 years ago. And since then he has lived under con stant surveillance of the militarist dominated Japanese police. Before the war-makers took over Japan, Shidehara had served his country as foreign minister twice, and as ambassador to Washington, ambassador to London, and interim premier. He is considered by well informed Japanese to be fully con versant with Allied psychology. His first announcement as new premier was a declaration that he would form a liberal cabinet capa ble of cooperating with the Allied occupation authorities to the fullest extent. His hands visibly trembling but his smile firm, Shidehara goes to work with no instructions from his emperor but to do his best. Shidehara’s 50 years of govern ment service were concerned chief ly with the country’s relations abroad. Now he must direct his ef forts toward straightening out its domestic affairs along lines laid down by General MacArthur. The precisely immaculate diplo mat was named foreign minister for the first time in 1924 and again in 1929. Shortly afterward he broke with the government as it became dominated by the militarists. He was created a baron in 1920. His sole political position during his retirement as a membership in the house of peers, but he chose to remain inactive in post rath er than oppose the war-makers. Interviewed in the foreign min ister’s official residence where he will maintain temporary headquart ers, Shidehara said the emperor “merely told me to do my best to form a new cabinet. The interview was grief. I assured him I would do my best.” It is his first important venture into domestic politics, Shidehara said, although he has been active in foreign affairs for half a century. WHATS DOING SUNDAY 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. — USO center open to service folk visiting in the city. MONDAY 7:30 pun.—Board of deacons of First Baptist church meets at church. UUffltl AltUitb SECRET POLICE News Agency Uses Its New Found Freedom To Voice Protests By MURLIN SPENCER TOKYO, Oct. 6. — (/P)— Condem nation of Japanese secret police and allegations they tortured prisoners to death, were voiced today by Do mei agency which used Japan’s newfound freedom of the press to describe “the bloody trail of ruth less activities perpetrated by the secret police system since it was formed,” The Japanese people lived in “ut ter dread of the name itself for many years,” said the news agency and “indescribable methods oif questioning victims were used by the police. “In many cases the victims were tortured to death by third degree tactics. The ‘death mask’ on the countenance of Yoshimichi Iwata, leader of the left wing after he was put to death was only one proof of the brutality of the secret po lice.” Activities of the police extended into Korea and Manchuria and were “supported by militarism and its catspaw rightists groups,” the agency added. Motion For Retrial Of Epes To Be Nov. 2 COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 6.—<7P>— Motion for retrial of Lt. Samuel C. Epes, 27-year-old army officer of Richmond, Va., who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the mur der of his wife, will be heard Nov. 2. Arrangements for the hearing were completed by defense and pros ecution officials before Judge A. L. Gaston yesterday. Epes, son of wealthy Industrialist Travis Epes, was convicted last month on a charge of “suffocating and poisorfn^ his pretty school teacher wife. Mary Lee Williams Epea of Jacksonville. Fla. By the Associated Press A breakdown of negotiations be- j tween the management of the Er-, win cotton mills and union workers! with the threat of a strike next Monday of 4,100 operatives, and a temporary suspension of telephone service because of the walkout of Southern Bell Telephone Co. op erators represented the chief de-! velopments yesterday (Friday) on j the Carolinas strike front. Herbert Payne, representative of j Textile Workers union of America j (CIO) announced last night at | Durham, N. C., that conferences between anion members and tne management of the Erwin plants had been discontinued and that more than 4,000 operatives of the three mills at Durham, Erwin and Cooleemee would not return to their posts Monday unless the management came to terms. WORK-LOAD CLAUSE The dispute at Erwin has been in connection with the word-load clause in the contract with the union. Negotiations have been un der way for the last several weeks See UNION Page 2 HOPES TO MAKE NEW REGIME TRULY LIBERAL First Official Act Is To Reappoint Yoshida For eign Minister FORMS NEW CABINET TOKYO, Oct. 6.—(/P)—Th« trembling old hands of Baron Kijuro Shidehara, who fough' Japanese military aggressioi# from its start, today picked up the reins of Japanese gov ernment—which he said he hopes to make truly liberal. The 73-year-old enfeebled baron was summoned dramatically from 14 years of retirement, forced upon him by the militarists whom he op posed, to become premier of Japan at its most critical point in history. He promised Emperor Hirohito to “do my best" to form a cabi net that would meet with the approval of Allied occupation authorities. Ex-Premier Prince Higashi-Kuni and the first post war cabinet resigned en bloc yesterday because they were un able to put into effect sweep ing measures designed tp "sub stitute democratic freedom for feudalism in Japan. Shidehara's appointment elicited a bare "no comment” from Allied command headquarters, but it was assumed that General MacArthur had been consulted before the new premier was named. Yesterday Hir ohito said he would ask MacArthur s prior approval of his appointee. MacArthur's aides said the general didn’t wish to make any statement approving or disapproving the se lection. YOSHIDA REAPPOINTED Shidehara’s first official act was to reapoint Shigeru Yoshida as for eign minister, Domei reported. Yo shida, who had stepped out with the Higashi-Kuni cabinet, was said to have accepted the reappoint ment. The new premier announced that he expected to complete his cabinet within two or three days. Shidehara was invested by the emperor at 1:22 p.m. (11:22 pm. Friday, Eastern Standard Time). The baron appeared at a pres* conference dressed in formal aft ernoon attire—cutaway coat, strip ed trousers, stiff collar—and told correspondents his appointment came as a surprise. He said the emperor had given him no directive, but merely asked him to try to form a new cabinet. brought him out of retirement, Shidehara said: "I don’t ask the emperor ’why did you choose me?”' Formerly Japan's ambassador to the United States, the new See HOPES Page 2 KERR PRAISES WAR FUND UNIT ! State Director Commends Blackley And Foresees Prompt Victory Chester A. Kerr, of Raleigh, i state director of the United War Fund, was a visitor in Shelby to day to commend the organization i set up by Chairman Shem K. Blackley for the community war ! fund drive opening Tuesday when i canvassers will go forth for the county’s $23,93.1 part of that hu j manitarian fund. Mr. Kerr was impressed with | the completeness of the organiza | tion effected by Mr. Blackley and his associates and predicted a j prompt response that would put the fund “over the top” well with in the next two weeks. He said the campaign is shaping up well in every section and that prelimi nary response has been most heartening. KICK-OFF BREAKFAST Meanwhile, arrangements were pressed for the kick-off breakfast Tuesday at 8:30 at the Hotel Charles. Working materials foe , the various county chairmen went : out today, while the local workers will pick up theirs at the Tuesday breakfast. An expansion of the Patterson J Springs committee was announced by Mr. Blackley who said that J. D. Ellis, Braxton Bowen and Miss ! Cleopatra Latham would join J, B. Lowery and J. C. Jenkins in conducting the campaign in that I community and at the Sulphur , Springs and Patterson Springs | Baptist churches. Union, Management At Erwin Mills Fail To Get Together
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