WEATHER Fair and warm today cloudiness with scattered light showers In west tonight and east Saturday; cooler Saturday, clearing in west por tion. The Hhelby Baily Stett - State Theatre Tod “Radio Stars On Par; Starring FRANCES LANGFORD CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XLI1I-251 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCT. 19, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—Bo FIRST WAR CRIMINALS TRIALS TO START NOV. 20 ** * * * * * i* * * * * * * * * # * « * * • » • • Revolution Flares In Venezuela As Military Factions Rebel Army Will Permit Peron To Run For President In April By Laurance F. Stuntz BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 19.—(/P)—Col. Juan Domingo Peron will be permitted by the army to run for president next April 7, a reliable source reported today as a stunned populace dazedly accepted his swift return to power. aut tne army, patently the pow er behind Peron and President Edelmiro Farrell, was reported to: have stipulated further that the government must remain impartial in the elections, giving no direct aid to Peron. This source said the army, rep resented by the powerful Campo1 De Mayo garrison, had laid down conditions for Peron’s return from custody to the dominating posl-; tion in Argentina’s violent poli-1 tics. | Evidently Intent upon retaining its iron grip on the government, j the army was said to have vetoed any attempt to install either Hor tenslo Quljano or Aramdo Antille, both staunch supporters, in the new cabinet. Quljano was Interior minister and Antilie was finance minister when Peron resigned Oct. 9 as war minister, labor minister and vice president under pressure from Campo De Mayo group. Neither Quljano nor Antille ap peared in the cabinet which was sworn ift yesterday. This version would explain a number of puzzling circumstances: The presence In the capital, un molested, of Adm. Hector Varnen ; go Lima, a Peron opponent who served briefly In the past week as I navy minister; and the fact that ! the army stood idly by and per mitted the streets to be dominat ed by Peron demonstrators. As for Gen. Eduardo Avalos, leader of the Oct. 9 movement, who had taken Peron's post of war minister, one report said he had patched up his differences with the strong man after quitting the war ministry. Midnight brought an official end to the 24-hour general strike which had paralyzed the capital and left it in the hands of march ing demonstrators—many of them youngsters below voting age who professed allegiance to Peron be cause their apprentice schools had been formed by him. NEXT PRESIDENT It was estimated the strike had See ARMY Page 2 Luxury Tax Cut Meets Opposition Senate Finance Committee Would Keep Excise Levies Into 1947 WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—(/P)—Prospects dimmed to day for a tax reduction next July 1 on such things as whisky, Allied Advisory Commission Meet Postponed By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. —UP)— The State Department announced today a seven-day postponement ol the first meeting of the allied ad visory commission on Japan. Rus sian attendance Is in doubt. The official reason for the post ponement was that some of the In vited governments would not be able to get their representatives here in time for the scheduled session Oct. 23. Therefore, the announcement said, "It has been decided to hold the first meeting of the commission on October 30." It was obvious, how ever, that this delay allows addi tional time for the efforts now evi dently under way by President Truman and presumably other "Big Three” officials to resolve some of the difficulties dividing the allied powers and assure Russian atten dance. TEN NATIONS Ten nations are supposed to be on the commission. It has been of ficially announced the United States, Britain, China, the Philip pines, Australia and Canada will be represented. Acceptances are supposed to be on the way here from France and the Netherlands. There are reports that New Zealand’s formal accep tance is enroute. Only Russia’s at tendance is completely in doubt. This uncertainty stems from the fact that some time after the United States proposed creation of the advisory agency, Moscow put Its support strongly behind a pro See ALLIED Page * Berlin Newspapers Approve War Trials BERLIN, Oct. 19. — VP) —' All Berlin newspapers printed the lull text of allied Indictments against 24 leading Nazis today with approving editorials expressing hope that punishment would be a long step toward Oerman atonement. Extra paper rations were furnish ed to attain maximum circulation and reprints were posted on bulle tin boards. I fur coats and jewelry. Heavy opposition developed with in the senate finance committee against cutting back the special excise levies on that date to their prewar levels, as voted by the house in the pending tax reduction bill. Experts estimate the half-year revenue loss from such a reduction at $535,000,000. Other tax cuta already ap proved by the committee ag gregate $4,780,000,000, and Chairman George (D-Ga) is trying to hold the total slash to $5,000,000,000 limit recom mended by Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson. Motions have been made to de lay the excise reductions until Jan. 1, 1947, or even until the fol lowing July 1. RATE CHANGES When and if the excise taxes go back to their pre-war levels, here are some samples of the rate changes: Furs, Jewelry, cosmetics and luggage, from 20 percent of retail price to 10 percent; liquor, from $9 a gallon to $6; beer from $8 a barrel to $7; electric light See LUXURY Page 2' Belgium Proposes Debate On Leopold BRUSSELS, Oct. 19. —(A")— The Belgian senate indefinitely post poned a scheduled debate on King Leopold’s future today after the government confirmed press re ports that it possessed a full account of a 1940 meeting between the King and Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden, U. S. EMBASSY OFFICIAL AT CARACASSHOT Trouble Began At 4 P. M. Yesterday; President's Home Seized HEAVY FIGHTING WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.— (/P)—A United States embas sy officer at Caracas was fir ed on last night in the course of spreading revolution in Venezuela. The conflict is between rebel mili tary and government forces. The incident involving the em bassy official was disclosed by the State Department today in making public dispatches from Ambassador Frank P. Corrigan on the revolt. The upheaval, according to these officials, began at 4 p.m. yesterday at San Carlos barracks near Cara cas and by 9 p.m. last night the rebels had control of the president’s residence at Miraflores and the nearby military academy. They had set up headquarters in the academy. MeanwhUe, government forces under the leadership of President General Isiah Medina y Angarlta, who has taken personal command, have captured the San Carlos bar racks. At the town of Maracay, about 30 miles east of the capital, it was re ported that there was heavy flght See V. 8. Page t BUTTER POINTS GOINGDOWN Price Will Probably Go Up; Meat Rationing To Continue WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. —UP)— Butter may cost fewer red points next month. But housewives pro bably will shell out more cold cash for it. They are likely to pay five to six cents more a pound beginning Nov ember 8. That’s because cancella tion of a government subsidy to bat ter processors will push up retail ceiling prices that much. On the other hand, there is a good possibility that the current butter ration value of 12 points a pound may be cut to eight, effective October 31. j, One reason, said food officials who asked anonymity, is the recent release by the Army of 80,000,000 pounds of butter. MEAT RATIONING At the same time there was an indication that the better outs of meat will continue to be ration ed in November; OPA already is printing meat point charts for next month. Withdrawal of the flve-cent a pound butter subsidy, effective Oc tober 31, marks the beginning of the end of this wartime method of handling food cost problems. Secretary of Agriculture Ander son has said that all but a very few See BUTTER Page 8 WHAT’S DOING TODAY 51 7:00 p.m.—Duke Power com pany dinner for farm leaders at Hotel CharlM. 730 pm.—Masonic fellow ship supper at lodge room in temple. Vv TODAY IN CONGRESS: Strikes, Taxes, Unemployment, Atomic Energy Hold Stage By MAX HALL WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. —td. CAVALRY MOUNT AGAIN — After changing of guards, the Life guards and Royal horse guards are shown coming across the parade ground at Whitehall, London. Communists Oppose Shidehara Regime National federation Of Toilers Holds Moss Meet, De nounces Suggestion TOKYO, Oct. 19.—(/P)—Japanese leaders asked the socialist party today to join in a united front against the Shidehara government, which they said “has no ability to cope with the present situation.” The socialists did not reply im mediately. Further talks between the groups were set for tomorrow, but the National Federation of Toilers, a workers’ organization, strongly denounced the commun ist suggestion at the first toilers’ mass meeting since the surren der. Meanwhile Foreign Minister Shi geru Yoshida told his first press conference the chef task of Pre mier Kijuro Shidehara’s cabinet was to carry out terms of the Pots dam conference smoothly and as rapidly as possible “to demonstrate our good faith through deeds.” Communist leaders Yoshio Shiga, Shigeo Kamiyama and Ichizo Matsuraoto called at the office of the Japan socialist party and for mally asked the party to join in opposing the cabinet. The communists and the social ists once were bitter political foes, but Shiga expressed belief that the groups could cooperate in a "unified single trade union.” FIRST MASS MEET The toilers drew a capacity au dience at their first mass meeting. After four of their leaders attack ed the communist plan for one front opposition to Shidehara, they affirmed support of the imperial institution, said Domei agency. Domei called the meeting notable for “its open denunciation of com munism in the face of growing communist activities.” The agency also reported that the cabinet today discussed a por tion of the democratization in structions General MacArthur gave Shidehara when he assumed the premiership, and decided to call See COMMUNISTS Page 2 Reports Asked On War Fund Monday A call for a full report to date on United War Fund contributions in the Cleveland county area was received today by Chairman Shem K. Blackley who in turn urged all campaign workers to press their solicitations through Sunday, when most of the churches will make their appeals, and get reports to him or Treasurer Paxton Elliott at the First National bank by Monday. Preliminary reports from rural churches showed response last Sunday with further appeals to be pressed this week and at the meet ings of Sunday. Several firms and individuals not yet contacted have mailed do nations directly to Mr. Blackley who asked that others not seen by solicitors do likewise. President And Cabinet Talk Wages, Prices WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 —(^>)— President Truman discussed wage price policies with his cabinet to day, but there was no • immediate announcement on the results. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said that a statement on policy and new machinery to deal with labor disputes probably will be deferred until Monday. President Truman told his news conference yesterday that he would have a statement after the cabinet meeting. He did not spe cifically say that it would be made today. Ross said the scope of the Pres ident’s statement would depend upon the cabinet’s discussion. Present administration policy is to allow wage increases only to correct any inequalities and where no compensatory price increases result. Administration spokesmen, however, have leaned recently to ward more liberal wage policy while holding the line against price spirals. KEY QUESTIONS Ross also told reporters the President is not ready yet to an nounce his selection for chairman of the labor-industry conference convening here November 5. Both labor and management See PRESIDENT Page 2 Troopship Crashes, Leaving SO Dead PEIPING, Oct. 17—(Delayed)— An American crew were killed to day when a troopship crashed at tempting to land at Nanyuan air field near here. The plane was one of the first arriving today with Chinese gov ernment troops on an accelerated schedule under which 29 planes began bringing the soldiers from Shanghai to Nanyuan. (The cable did not specify the number of crew members killed or the type of plane.) Other government troops con tinued to arrive at Peiping’s west field from Hankow in an overall air movement which will trans port the 92nd army and other for ces from Shanghai to North Chi na within three weeks. REPEAL OF STRIKE NOTICE ACT IS URGED Measure Binds Govern ment To Conduct Strike Votes On Notice "NOT WORKABLE" WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.— (!P)—The labor department to day urged repeal of the strike ■notice section of the war lab or disputes act. Tiie department said this section is “hurting rather than helping the cause of industrial peace.” The request was made to the house military committee by Dan iel W. Tracy, assistant secretary of labor, during hearings on a bill to repeal the law known as the Smith-Connally act. The measure binds the government to conduct strike votes if unions give 30 days notice. Tracy did not advocate repeal of other sections of the law, en acted several years ago over a presidential veto. But the section providing for the filing of notices of labor dis putes and the holding of elections on the question of whether there should be a strike, he Said, “is not workable.” ihe National Labor Relations board, Tracy said, "just can not handle the volume of work” that Is being piled on it. During the week ended October 17, he added, there were 123, no tices filed, compared with 23 filed during the same., period last year. POOR RESULTS "We are not getting results that justify the amount of time and money we are putting into the job,” he declared. Tracy said he believed the strike notice section “serves to increase friction between management and labor” because “the advantages of a strike vote conducted by the gov ernment have not been overlook ed.” The 30-day “cooling-off” period provided by the section he told the committee, "frequently becom es the white heat point of the dispute.” As to other sections of the Smith-Connally act, Tracy said consideration of changes would be “more timely after there has been an opportunity for manage ment and labor to discuss,and de velop their views on ther subjects” at a labor-management conference called by President Truman for November S. Chairman May (D-Ky) told a See REPEAL Page 2 Britain Said Not Able To Help China SHANGHAI, Oct. 19. —(ff)— British Ambassador Sir Horace Seymour asserted today that Brit ain “simply isn't in a financial position” to help China through long term lend-lease, as the United States is planning to do. “We must remember,” the ambas sador said, “that Britain’s whole position has changed and that she now is the world’s greatest debtor nation.” Sweden To Control Uranium Output STOCKHOLM, Oct. 19—W)—The Swedish 'foreign office announced today that a bill would be intro duced in parliament to forbid the mining of uranium,—chief source of atomic energy — except under government license. Export would be prohibited. Indictments Served On 23 Defendants; Bormann Still Free NUERNBERG, Oct. 19.—(/P)—The world’s first great! war criminals trial of 24 high nazis and German militarists and industrialists will begin in Nuernberg on Nov. 20, the International Military Tribunal announced today. AUTHOR, NATIVE OF AREA, DIES Hatcher Hughes, Writer Of Pulitzer Prize Play, Is Dead Hatcher Hughes, 65, author of a Pulitzer prize winning play and Columbia university professor, who was a native of Cleveland county, died at his home in New York last night. He had been assistant pro fessor of English at Columbia Uni versity since 1922. He is survived by a brother. Gor don Hughes, who lives at Kings Mountain; two sisters, Mrs. Molly Neal, of Blacksburg, S. C„ and Mrs. Fannie Adkins, who lives near York, S. C. He also leaves a large group of cousins who live in this vicinity, including Dr. Ben Gold, of Shelby; Mrs. C. A. Hamrick, of Double Springs, Mrs. Frank Cabiness, Shel by, route 5; Mrs. N. A. Miller, of Brevard; Mrs. Frank Cline, of Lawndale; Mrs. D: P. Ramsey, of Polkville; Mrs. D. D. Lattimore, of Polkville; Mrs. Foster Elliott, of Polkville. RELATIVES HERE Many of his relatives here rem ember him well. Mrs. Hamrick says that she recalls as a schoolboy he was extremely bright and witty. She went to school with him at Polk ville. From 1906 to 1909 he was a mem ber of the faculty at the University of North Carolina. He was also a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He had not been in Cleveland county for many years and left here when quite young. Work Resumed At SO Idle Coal Mines PITTSBURGH, Oct. 19. - (JP) — Work was resumed today at more than 50 of the 1,000-odd bitumin ous mines made idle by the great 27-day strike of mine bosses seek ing recognition of their union. There was every indication that by Monday, the day set by UMW President John L. Lewis in his “back-to-work” call, the great majority of 216,000 strikers would have re-entered the pits. The steel industry, still crippled by the coal shortage, will continue curtailed operations until more fuel is available. It was hoped that full production could be re sumed in 10 days or two weeks. Bulletin WASHINGTON:, Oct. 19 — (fP)—The senate finance com mittee voted today to forgive all federal income taxes daring war years on the service pay of enlisted personnel in the armed forces. Veterans below the grade of commissioned officers won’t even have to file returns on their service income if Con gress finally approves the pro vision. Montgomery Ward Regains Control, Again Defies WLB CHICAGO, Oct. 19. — m— Fresh defiance of War Labor Boeld di rectives came from Montgomery Ward and Company today as it re gained from the Army control of properties which were seized in seven cities by the government more than nine months ago after a pro longed dispute with a CIO union. As the Army yesterday prepared to relinquish its control of the huge mail order house, effective at 11 '59 p.m. (EST) Thursday, Sewell L. Avery, board chairman and dentral figure in the controversy with the union and the government, an f 4 nounced abolishment of compulsory! i maintenance of union membership | and check-off of unlcn dues. I These were the principal issues by the CIO Mail Order, Warehouse, and Retail Employees Union in contract negotiations. Ward’s re fusal to obey WLB orders embrac ing them precipitated two seizures of the company by the government. The last seizure, on the late Pres ident Roosevelt’s order, was on Dec. 28, 1944, and its legality still is in dispute before the U. S. Supreme I See WARD Page 2 The date for the beginning of the! proceedings to establish responsi-| bility for the Second World Wa andits cruelties was set by the tri bunal shortly after the massive in-1 dictments presented to the court| yesterday at its first sitting in Ber lin had been served on 23 of the de-| fendants here in the Nuernberg jailil The 24th defendant, Martini Bormann, apparently still is atl large and probably will be tried in| absentia. The indictments were served on I the defendants—politicians, mill-1 tarists, industrialists and other! functionaries in Hitler’s Nazi reg ime—at 2:15 p.m. (8:16 a.m. East ern standard Time). Maj. Anthony Neave, a British] lawyer, gave copies of the 24,800-1 word accusation to the men ia| their carefully guarded cells. He I explained to all exactly what| their rights were. The indictments were served on I Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, I Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Robert I Ley, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kal tenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, I Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Jul-1 ius Streicher, Walther Funk, Hj-1 almar Schacht, Gustav Krupp Von I Bohlen Und Halbach, Karl Doe-1 nitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur Vonl Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodi, Franz Von Papen, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, Con stantin Von Neurath and Hans [ Fritzsche. The formal indictment was pre-1 sented yesterday in Berlin to the court which will try this great-1 est war crimes case in history. Judges and prosecutors of the I United States, Russia, Great Bri-1 tain and France participated. The defendants have 30 days in j which to prepare their defenses. The survivors of Hitler’s regime, which sought at the cost estimat ed at 10,000,000 lives to dominate the world, were charged individ ually and collectively with con-! spiring to wage war—a crime a gainst humanity. In addition to the individuals, the prosecution will attempt to) establish the responsibility of sev en Nazi organizations — the Ger man general staff and the high command the German cabinet, the leadership corps of the Nazi party, the SS or Elite guard, the Gestapo, the storm troopers and the SD or secret service. The indictment charges a com mon plan or conspiracy to over throw the treaty of Bersailles, re arm Germany and to acquire ter See INDICTMENTS Page 2 FIRE DESTROYS HAMRICK GIN Loss Upwards Of $20,000 In Early Morning Fire At Boiling Springs Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed completely the C. J. Ham rick and Sons gin together with 60 bales of cotton badly damaged early today at Boiling Springs. Loss was placed at upwards of $20,000, partially covered by insur ance. The frame and sheet iron struc ture was so far burned when the fire was discovered around 3:30 a. m. that all efforts to save It were futile, but people rallied from the surrounding territories and col lege to play water on the burning cotton so that it will not be a to tal loss. The ginning equipment had been installed anew for this sea son while the drier was put into service last year to make it mod ern in equipment and causing it to represent much additional in vestment at the time fire rased completely the gin. The insur ance did not begirt to cover the loss. Shelby’s fire department ans wered the call and Joined the ga thering of townspeople in salvag j ing the burning bales of cotton. The gin was located just back of the store at the northern edge of the Boiling Springs commun ity.