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WEATHER North Carolina—Fair and contin ued cool today and tonight; Thurs day; increasing cloudiness and not much change in temperature. Ehe Hhelhy Baily Him« CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 - State Theatre Today - “The Brighton Strangler” JOHN LODER JUNE DUPREZ VOL. XLIII-244 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5c RETURN OF SOLDIERS FROM PACIFIC TO SPEED UP ************ * * * .* * *»***## MacArthur Outlines Wide Social And Political Reforms For Japan LIBERALIZATION OF EDUCATION IS ORDERED Votes For Women, Labor Unionization Are Also Listed £ MEETS SHIDEHARA TOKYO, Oct. 11 .-(/P)-* General MacArthur met the j new head of the Japanese gov- i ernment—Premier Baron Ki- i juro Shidehara—for the first time today and gave him in-! structions for wide social and j political reforms which will; require liberalization of the j Japanese constiution. MacArthur likewise put it square ly up to Shidehara to take prompt I and “vigorous" action to see that the Japanese people are clothed, fed and housed during the coming winter. The meeting came shortly after the Allied supreme commander had directed the Japanese government to report within 90 days all foreign exchange assets, including private j holdings and foreign properties of the imperial household. Allied headquarters also announc- i ed revocation of permission to the Japanese to operate an air courier and liaison transport service. The ! Job will be taken over by American airmen. Cost of the war to Japan from July. 1937. to its end was Indicated by the commercial daily paper, Nip pon Dangyo, which said the Jap anese funded borrowings at the end of July. 1945. amounted to 114,289. W 000.000 yen ($6,819,266,666). REFORMS The reforms which MacArthur told Shidehara must be made in carrying out surrender terms in cluded votes for women, labor un ionization. liberalization of educa tion. abolition of all secret govern ment police and revision of indu ct! lal monopolies. Obviously allied investigators are on the search for war loot and for the tleup of Japan's big industrial ists with the military and imper ialism. Today’s announcement said the Japanese government has been ordered to report all foreign ex change assets. Including private holdings and foreign holdings of the imperial household, within 90 days. Previous directives had: Forbidden Import and export of foreign exchange. Forbidden foreign exchange trans actions within Japan. Closed wartime imperialistic banks and ordered seizure of assets. See LIBERALIZATION Page 2 ARMED JEWS SEIZE WEAPONS JERUSALEM, Oct. 11. — f/P)— The Palestine military headquarters announced today that a large num ber of armed Jews raided the Palestine training depot early this morning, overpowered the guard and fled with a quantity of wea pons and ammunition. The raid resulted in a sudden In crease In tension which had been reported lessening last night fol lowing the arrival of several thou sand British reinforcements and the withdrawal of police cordons around the village of Beth Oren and Yagur. Police had encircled the towns In an effort to capture 200 Jews who killed one British constable and in jured an Arab and a Jewish police man as they fled from the clearing camp where they had been detain ed for illegal entry into Palestine. Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv, a police communique said police were ston ed by “ large mob” when they sought to carry on “a routine search” Four Injured In Emergency Landing JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Oct. 11 —(Jf)—Three passengers and the stewardess were slightly injured today, National Air Lines an nounced when its flight 23, New York to Miami plane made an e mergency landing about a mile south of the Banana river naval area Melbourne, Fla. The plane carried 13 passengers and a crew of three. MEDAL FOR OBJECTOR — Pfc. Desmond T Doss (above) of Lynch burg. Va., will receive the Congres sional Medal of Honor from Presi dent Truman Oct. 12, to become the first conscientious objector so honored. The 26-year-old hero with the medical corps of the 77th In fantry division already has the Bronze Star and Oak Leaf Clus ter, and the Purple Heart.—(AP AVirephoto). HOUSEWORKS ON TAX BILL Body Hopes To Pass Tax Cutting Measure Before Nightfall Br FRANCIS M. LE MAY WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. —UP)— The house called Its members to work two hours earlier than usual today in an effort to pass before I nightfall a $5,300,000,000 tax cut j ting bill. The measure, which also must be approved by the senate, would do this beginning January 1: 1. Guarantee every Individual in j come taxpayers a reduction of at least 10 per cent. Total cuts for in dividuals would amount to $2,627, 000,000. 2. Sweep 12,000.000 low income tax rolls completely. When the war ended there were approximately 50,000,000 individual taxpayers. 3. Lower corporation tax burdens $1,888,000,000 by trimming the ef fective rate of the war-imposed ex cess profits tax from 85.5 to 60 per cent; reducing fhe combined cor poration normal and surtax from 40 per cent to 36; and repealing next July 1 the declared value cap ital stocks' tax. The bill calls for repeal of the excess profits tax Jan. 1, 1947. 4. Cut back next July 1 the high wartime excise levies on such things as liquor, furs, jewelry, lug gage and cosmetics, at a savings of $535,000,000 to customers in the last half of 1946. Some $160,000,000 in taxes on floor stocks under excises also would be refunded to business, 5. Repeal the $5 automobile use tax next July 1, relieving the bur den on automobile owners by $140,000,000. The legislation also freezes the Social Security tax in 1946 at one per cent each on employees and em ployers. Without the freeze this tax would jump January 1 to 2.5 per cent. The bill came to the house floor at 10 a.m. (EST) under a rule vir tually barring any changes. At the requc_„ of the ways and means com mittee which wrote the measure the rules committee laid out procedure prohibiting amendments unless ap proved by the ways and means group. As the house made ready to act, the bill came under vigorous attack from the CIO and 14 other organi zations including the farmers union. The 15 organizations addressed letters to each house member de claring the legislation would “grant huge windfalls to the most pros perous" but permit “only meager relief to low and middle income groups" of individuals. The letter urged outright repeal of the three percent normal tax on individuals and increased exemp tions to put much softer burdens on low and middle income groups. See HOUSE Page 2 Typhoon On Okinawa , NEW YORK, Oct. 11. —(IP)— John Adams, CBS correspondent, said in a broadcast from Manila to day that 90,000 soldiers had been left without quarters five killed and a score wounded in the typhoon which struck Okinawa Island Tues day. CHIANG MAO ARE VIRTUALLY IN AGREEMENT Leaders Of Two Factions Agree On Basic Princi ples Of Peace OUTLOOKOPTIMISTIC By Clyde Farnsworth CHUNGKING, Oct. 11.— (/P)—Chinese nationalist and communist negotiators for a unified China issued a com munique today agreeing upon basic principles of political peace in a nation split for de cades of bloody fighting for government control. The communique alo set forth the negotiators’ willingness to continue the talks which have been underway during a five-weeks-old truce in the ^ghting, and to sub mit complex military and politi cal questions still unsettled to a military subcommittee and a broadly constituted political con sultative council. The statement indicated the de termination of Nationalist Leader Chiang Kai-Shek to achieve “u nity of political authority” imme diately. Mao Tze-Tung, leader of the communist forces, said “the outlook is optimistic” as he boarded a plane in Chungking to return to his headquarters at Yenan, Shensi province. He conceded that some points re mained to bo settled. The communique originally was scheduled to be issued yesterday, China’s big national holiday of the double ten, tenth day of the tenth month, but it was held up for a final, personal polishing by Mao and Chiang. GUEST OF CHIANG Mao was a guest last night at Chiang’s Shantung home. They had a 10-minute chat yesterday See CHIANG Page 2 Senators Would Barter For War Surpluses By JACK BELL WASHINGTpN, Oct. 11. —(A>)— Senators will ask Secretary of State Byrnes this week to put some Yan kee horse trading policies into ef fect in the disposal of American war surpluses aboard. Chairman Mead (D-NY) said the senate war investigating commit tee will call on the secretary in a few days with some complaints and suggestions: Specifically, the committee wants: 1. Certain “tangible" rights for this government—such as oil con cessions, military bases and air plane landing fields—in return for the trucks, jeeps, supplies and equipment other nations want. 2. An over-all coordination of economic and diplomatic agree ments with foreign nations. President Truman recently trans ferred to the State Department the problem of disposing of all sur pluses aboard. Mead told a reporter, however, that members of his committee are not satisfied that anything much has been done about the matter yet. With Byrnes at the London foreign ministers conference, the New York senator said members couldn’t find anyone who talked their swapping language. Total Of Baffle Casualties Down WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 —(/P)— The count of battle casualties in the war dropped 371 today to a total of 1,070,153 as more names were stricken from the columns of the missing. Army casualties, as reported to the War department through Oct. 7, were 922,583—an increase of 107 over last week. The navy’s total is 147,570, a decrease of 478. Army figures for this week and for a week ago: Killed 207,754 and 206,622; wounded 671,490 and 571, 664; missing 21,510 and 22,552; prisoners 121,829 and 121,638. The navy figures: Killed 55,449 and 54,986; wounded 80,240 and 80,247; missing 9,763 and 10,259; prisoners 2,118 and 2,556. I CHILEAN PRESIDENT VISITS U. S.—President Juan Antonio Rios of Chile waves to wellwishers from the rear platform of the train as he leaves Miami, Fla., for Washington to visit President Truman in the White House. He and his party flew from Chile to Mfami. With him are Brig. Gen. Milton Hill, military aide, (left), and Capt. George E. Mentz, naval aide.—(AP Wirephoto). IN BRITAIN; Cabinet Called To Study Dock Strike Feed Supply In Islands Imperilled; Government May Intervene LONDON, Oct. 11.—(#*)—Prime Minister Attlee sum moned his labor cabinet into executive session today to con sider the dock strike which spread to Glasgow and threaten ed Great Britain with a hungry week-end. xavcu uimuiicuu tleups and delivery of food in these tightly rationed islands was imperilled. No. 10 Downnig street issued no immediate announcement, but the question of government inter vention appeared certain to be raised when the House of Com mons assembles this afternoon. The huge docks at Glasgow were closed down when 4,000 Scottish stevedores joined the strike. In all more than 46,500 strikers are out. Some 2,500 more walked out during the • morning at Lon don and Newcastle - on - Tyne. Thousands more London dock workers were reported planning to strike later today for higher wag es. Well over 50,000 tons of needed food was tied up at miles of idle wharves. Much of the food is per ishable. SKIMPY RATIONS The skimpy British ration of meat, butter, eggs, bacon, lard and oranges was threatened with dras tic curtailment. Warehouse re serves dropped to a menacing low. Hopes for an immediate settle ment of what union leaders called a “wildcat strike” diminished. Strike leaders in Liverpool where the walkout started nearly three weeks ago asserted: “The fight goes on and the bat See CABINET Page 2 German War Losses In Men Ran High LONDON, Oct. 11 It is estimated 7,400,000 German sol diers were killed or permanently Incapacitated during the war. Prime Minister Attlee informed Commons today. PERON REMAINS STRONGFACTOR Avalos Is Power Behind Military Government In Argentina BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 11 —(JP)— Gen. Eduardo Avalos, commander of the powerful Campo De Mayo garrison, took over the Argentine war ministry today as the power behind the military government but there were indications that Col. Juan Peron, though divested of his cabinet status, remained a strong factor in the confused po litical situation. Only a few hours after the government had accepted Peron’s resignation as vice president. War minister and minister of labor and social welfare, he delivered a speech last night to an enthusias tic crowd in which he pledged the remainder of his life “to the cause of the working man.’’ Cries of "our president!’’ came from the cheering throng which gathered outside the secretariat of labor to hear the “iron man’s” speech, which was nationally broadcast. LABOR FIGHT Peron declared that during his tenure of office the interests of labor had been raised to “the high est levels in the nation's history” and added: "Our fight is just. It will win out whether it takes a year or 10 See PERON Page 2 Around 450,000 Idle As New Strikes Offset Returns By The Associated Press The nation’s strike lines held at around 450,000 mark today, only a small decrease in 24 hours, as fresh labor disputes almost offset the return of 42,000 workers to jobs in textile plants. As new shutdowns in the six state soft coal strike area forced additional thousands to the ranks of idle, bituminous operators and United Mine Workers union rep resentatives failed to agree on a compromise proposal to end the 21-day expanding work stoppages. Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach again summoned the con ferees into session today to at tempt to settle the dispute be tween the operators and John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers. The disputants, he said, are not far a part in their controversy over rec ognition of the UMW foremen’s union, and he expressed hope that "they should be able to agree.” REPORT TODAY The secretary was expected to report to President Truman today on the progress of the negotia tions. Failure of settlement is ex pected to see a further spread of See AROUND Page 2 SENATE BLUNT ON LOANS TO RUSSIA, BRITAIN Committee Proposal To Withhold Loans Gets Endorsement ASK POLICY CHANGES By Clair Johnson WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.— (/P)—Congress reacted warm ly today to a house commit tee’s proposal that America withhold loans to Russia and Britain until they make cer tain policy changes. But several key officials said they wished the committee had not been so blunt. They expressed fear that what they termed “un diplomatic language” would place added strains on relations between the United States and its war time Allies. The suggestions concerning American lending policy came from the postwar economic policy com mittee headed by Rep. Colmer (D Miss). Just returned from a two-month tour of Europe the group urged specifically that before any loans are made: 1. Russia be required to adopt an “open door” attitude toward American technicians and the press. 2. Britain unlock trade bar riers “inimical” to United States interests. Congressmen questioned were unanimous in approving the com mittee’s views. NOT DIPLOMATIC However, Chairman Bloom (D NY) of the house foreign affairs committee told a reporter: “They said what most con gressmen probably believe, but that’s not the way to promote good relations. You can’t fight your way through this world. You have to sit down and talk things over with your neigh bors.” A high administration official, asking that his name not be used said in an interview: "I can’t say this for attribution, but the feeling is almost unani mous in congress for cracking down on Britain and Russia. It’s too See SENATE Page 2 U. S. May Have j To Relax Its Wage Controls By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. — (£>)— Many reconversion officials are “pretty well agreed” today that the government soon must loosen its wage controls. This is reported by one of Direc tor John W. Snyder's advisers, al though there is no indication that the conclusion is shared by Snyder himself or by President Truman. Snyder, however, is under strong pressure to set forth a revised wage price policy to check the wave of work stoppages that threatens to delay reconversion. NEW POLICY Three officials of Snyder's Office of War Mobilization and Recon version—all of whom asked anany mity—said the economists and ad visers in that agency were nearly unanimous in support of a new government policy declaration. They have suggested that wages could be increased perhaps as much at 15 per cent (OPA officials say something nearer 10 per cent is likely) without increasing the cost of goods more than 2 or 2,i per cent. Such a government policy would carry assurance to employers that OPA would consider prompt price increases to cover the 15 per cent wage boost. If a higher increase say 20 per cent—were granted, all the extra 5 per cent would have to come out of the employer’s pocket. Duke Of Windsor Leaves For Paris LONDON, Oct. 11 — (/P)— The Duke of Windsor left for Paris today. During his six-day visit with his royal family, he talked with Prime Minister Attlee, For eign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Winston Churchill. PERON QUITS—Col. Juan Dom ingo Peron (top) has resigned as vice president of Argentina under Army pressure. Gen. Edelmiro Far rell (bottom), the president, is still in office, but is dominated by Gen. Eduardo Avalos, commander of Campo De Mayo garrison near Buenos Aires.—(AP Wirephoto). TRUMAN FACES MANYPROBLEMS Returns To White House Today After Week End Trip By ERNEST B. VACCARO WASHINGTON, Oct. 11— (/P) — President Truman faced spreading mine strikes as * well as interna tional problems upon his return to his desk today from a five-day va cation. He put out the welcome mat for President Juan Antonio Rios of Chile who will arrive at the White House to be an overnight guest. Secretary pi Labor Schwellen bach, to whom the president dele gated the task of solving reconver sion labor disputes, may visit the White House soon to discuss his efforts to get an agreement from John L. Lewis and soft coal op erators to end the mine walkouts. Mr. Truman outwardly was op timistic over what he called "our little troubles.” Terming them “just a blow-up after a let-down from war,” he told an audience at Gilbertsville, Ky., yesterday “we still have a few selfish men who think more of their own personal interests than they do of the public wel fare.” NOT IDENTIFIED The chief executive did not iden tify the “few selfish men” in his impromptu remarks which follow ed a formal speech dedicating the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Ken tucky dam, but he said: "They are not going to prevail. You are not going to let them prevail.” He concluded: “Now lets all go home and go to work. Cut out the foolishness and make this country what it ought to be—the greatest nation the sun has ever shown upon.” The speech marked the last stop on a trip which began Saturday morning when Mr. Truman drove to Berryville, Va., to attend the wedding of Judge Bennett Champ Clark. He returned to Washing ton for a plane trip to Blvthe ville, Ark., a visit at the Caruth ersville, Mo., county fair and a two-day. rest on Reelfort lake in West Tennessee. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:00 p.m.—Regular meeting of Kiwanis club. 7:30 p.m.—CAP cadets meet at armory. FRIDAY 12:30 p.m—Rotary club meets at Hotel Charles. 7:30 p.m.—Called meeting of Cleveland Lodge 202 for work in first degree, at lodge room. 60.000 COMBAT TROOPS TO BE KEPT IN JAPAN Will Be Sent Horn# At Rate Of 200,000 Month ly For 6 Months ESTIMATES LOWERED By James Lindsley TOKYO, Oct. ll._(/P)_ American G.I.’s will be return ed to the United States from the Pacific at the rate of more than 200,000 a month for the next six months, allied head quarters announced today. By the end of March a total of 1.250.000 men will have been re turned to the states, leaving ap proximately 400,000 men in the oc cupation forces and units manning army installations in the Pacific theater. In Japan, four divisions (ap proximately 60,000 men) of combat troops, air service troops and spe cial occupation units will remain. The Pacific forces will include, 200.000 in Japan and Korea; seven thousand in the Philippines and 36.000 in Okinawa and the rest of the Ryukus islands. The rest of the 400,000 will be troops and ser vice forces in Hawaii, the Marianas and other Pacific bases. PREVIOUS ESTIMATE General MacArthur estimated previously that 200,000 men would be needed for the occupation of Japan six months after surrender; today's announcement cuts that figure by the two divisions (ap proximately 30,000 men) which will be deployed to Korea from the total of 200,000 for the dual Korea-Japan occupation area. The mass movement from the Pacific will be handled through eight big processing centers at Honolulu, Okinawa. Saipar, Taclo ban, Jensen and Manila. Before any divisions are sent home the low point men will be screened out to remain with the occupation forces replacing high point men from the units in the field, Gen eral Headquarters said. THOSE TO STAY As of January I, the divisions in the Pacific will be located as follows; On Japan, 11 divisions—the 11th Airborne, First Cavalry, 77th, 81st, 25th, 97th, 32nd, 41st, 24th, 98th and 33rd. Korea, 7th, 40th and 6th. Philippines: 93rd, 96th, 86th. The divisions which will finally remain as occupation troops are the 11th airborne, 24th, 25th, and First Cavalry on Japan; the 7th and 6th divisions in Korea and the 86th in the Philippines. Reynaud Joins Others In Demanding New Trial For Laval PARIS, Oct. 11 —(tP)— Former Premier Paul Reynaud, condemn ed and imprisoned by the Vichy government during the German occupation, today headed a list of prominent French figures de manding a new trial for Pierre La val, his political arch-enemy. Laval, dressed in a condemned man’s suit or burlap sacking, was transferred yesterday to a cell in death row at Fresnes prison and chained to a wali with leg irons. Reynaud. the last pre-Vichy premier, was quoted by the news paper L'Ordre as saying that ”il the verdict could be submitted to the court of appeals there is not the slightest doubt it would be re versed.” Two Americas Nearer Continental Unity Says President Rios RICHMOND, VA„ Oct. It—(^Pj— President Juan Antonio Rios of Chile said today events occurring in Argentina were bringing the hemisphere closer toward the goal of continental unity. The president arrived here early today by train from Miami. Fla., enroute to a meeting with Presi dent Truman at the White House in Washington at 4:36 pm. today.
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