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STATE THEATRE TODAY
“BOSTON BLACKIE
Booked On Suspicion”
CHESTER MORRIS
CLEVELAND COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100
VOL XL1I1— 256
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
SHELBY. N. C.
THURSDAY, OCT. 25, 1945
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EARLY RETURNS FROM G. M. RALLOT FAVOR STRIKE
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M’Arthar Orders Japan To Sever Relations With Other Nations
I
MUST RECALL
ITS DIPLOMATIC
EMISSARIES
£ Jap Diplomatic Properties
And Papers To Be Given
To Allies
PURPOSE UNREVEALED
TOKYO, Oct. 25.—(IP)—
General MacArthur today
ordered Japan to sever rela
tions with all foreign govern
ments and to turn over its
diplomatic properties and pa
pers throughout the world to
the Allied powers.
The order. Issued "by direction
of the allied powers,” told the
Japanese government to recall "Im
mediately” Its diplomatic and con-,
sular representatives home from
neutral countries.
Purpose or the order, other than
the apparent one of revealing to
the allies all Japan's diplomatic
and consular secrets, was not dis
closed. It came to Mac Arthur from
the Joint chiefs of staff at Wash
ington.
(Official explanation for the
drastic order was not immediately,
available from Washington sour
ces.)
In Its sweeping implications the
order was comparable to one is-!
sued by MacArtnur a few weeks1
ago, In which be directed that all
records of Japan's banking and in
dustrial concerns v^ich had fur
thered that nations imperialistic
ambitions be delivered to occupa
tion authorities,
CRITICISMS
The directive followed close upon
criticisms from Moscow to the ef
fect that with the demobilization
of Japan's armed forces, the occu
pation policies In the conquered
nation should be directed by a four
power control commission Instead
of by MacArthur.
The order called for ‘‘prompt
compliance’’ by the Japanese gov
ernment of the following require
ments:
1. In the United Kingdom. Rus-1
sis, China, the United States,;
See MUST Page 2
TERRORISTS !
ATTACK FRENCH
On# French Soldier Killed,
Another Wounded
In Saigon
SAIGON, Oct. 24—(Delayed)—
<&)—One French soldier was kill
ed and another wounded In a bold
grenade attack upon a French
2nd Armored division jeep column
which was returning personnel
from Saigon to a barracks in
nearby Cholon yesterday.
A Japanese-style hand grenade
thrown by terrorists inflicted the
casualties.
Other disturbances which con
tinued throughout the day in Cho
lon resulted in seizure of a dozen
Annamese nationalists and a Jap
anese officer who had disguised
himself in the customary Anna
mese civilian costume of shorts
and a shirt. He was the fourth
Japanese officer to be taken under
similar circumstances In the past
few days.
PUSHED BEYOND
A British-French communique
announced that troops of the 20th
division had occupied Thu-Duc,
eight miles northeast of Saigon,
and pushed 10 miles beyond. Gur
khas encountered fierce opposition
in clearing the village and repul
sed an Annamese counterattack
during the night, the bulletin
said.
Japanese troops were reported
to be sweeping the area south of
Cholon.
Masquerading Japanese discover
ed among Annamese forces have
been turned over to their own sur
rendered army for execution as
deserters. Annamese are tried by
a summary court martial which
remains constantly in session at
the Palais de Justice.
Early today several persons were
injured when another grenade,
whlcn had. been concealed in a
market basket, exploded.
V
DEAD OR ALIVE?—The War De
partment officially reported Pvt.
Haskell Thrift (above) kijf.ed in
action in Europe Nov. 30, 1944,
but his wife at Kings Mountain,
N. C„ received a letter from him,
written in April, 1945, saying he
was hiding in the woods after es
caping from the Germans. Mrs.
Haskell Thrift believes he is a
victim of amnesia. She is hoping
some of his former buddies might
help locate him. (AP Photo).
SEEKSNEWS
OF HUSBAND
Mrs. Thrift Of Kings
Mountain Believes Hus
band Still Alive
The war is still coming home
to some people ....
There is a wife in Kings Moun
tain who got one of those letters
from the War Department which
says “we regret to inform you . ,
Yet she has reason to believe
that her husband, reported killed
in Germany last November, is
alive.
Maye an amnesia victim ....
For, after that notification from
the war department, Mrs. Haskell
Thrift received a letter from him.
That was last April.
The letter said:
“I have been in the woods
for so long. The Jerries have
had me. Take my letters to the
Red Cross and have them look
for me.”
Since then there has been no
word.
But Mrs. Thrift has faith that
he’s alive—somewhere.
See SEEKS Page 2
WHAT’S DOING
TODAY
7:00 p.m.—Regular meeting
of Kiwanis club.
FRIDAY
12:30 p.m.—Regular meeting
of Rotary club.
7:00 p.m.—October meeting
of Executives club at Hotel
Charles.
7:30 p.m. —Cherryvllle-Kings
Mountain football game at
high school park.
PASSED BY SENATE:
Senate Tax-Reduction
Bill Heads Today For
Conference Committee
By Frances J. Kelly
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—(/P)—The senate’s $5,788,000,
000 tax redutcion bill, fundamentally different from the
$5,350,000,000 measure passed by the house, headed today
for a conference committee which will adjust the variations.
The senate took a seven-hour
look yesterday at Its finance com
mittee’s handiwork, added another
$155,000,000 of relief, then passed
the bill by a voice vote.
The senate bill proposes to re
lieve Individual income taxpayers
by $2,644,000,000 next year, corpo
rations by $2,934,000,000, and own
ers of automobiles and boats by
$140,000,000 through repeal of the
use tax.
In addition, it would repeal $70,
000,000 in excise taxes, on such
things as stoves, cameras and
sporting goods, imposed in 1941
to discourage the use of scarce
materials.
The house bill called for cut
ting taxes of individuals by $2,
627,000,000, corporations $1,888,000,
000, car and boat owners $140,
000,000, and excise taxes $695,000,
000, through repeal of the war
time levies on luxury and semi
luxury products and through re
fund of the tax on floor- stocks of
liquor and light bulbs.
After the house goes through
the formality of rejecting the sen
ate changes, the house and senate
conference committee will get to
gether—probably Friday—to work
out the final form of the legis
lation.
House and senate versions vary
so widely in so many particulars
that the conference committee is
expected virtually to rewrite the
measure.
Speed is essential. Internal re
venue officials would like to know
the final form of the bill by Nov.
1 so they can prepare and send
out revised withholding tables and
tax blanks to offices all over the
country.
The tax cut would apply to next
year’s income; the tax bill on this
year’s income will be figured on
present law.
In effect, though not in meth
od, the two houses were not far
apart on the individual income
tax cuts. The senate bill is esti
mated to -reduce the burden.ffr
See SENATE Page 2
Indonesians Ready
For Negotiations
Information Minister Of Soekarno Government Says
Nationalists Ready To Open Talks
By Ralph Morton
BATAVIA, JAVA, Oct. 25.—(/P)—Amie Sjarifuddin,
minister of information in the unrecognized Soekarno gov
ernment, announced tonight the formula under which Indo
nesians will open informal talks with the Dutch in an at
tempt to bring a peaceful settlement to the Dutch East
UNITED NATIONS
GOING CONCERN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 35— (IP) —
The United Nations is a going
concern—on paper.
Conceived at San Francisco by
representatives of half a hundred
nations “determined to save suc
ceeding generations from the
scourge of war,” the organisation
came into formal being at 4:46
p.m. (EST) yesterday.
A few pen scratches on diplo
matic parchment by Secretary of
State Byrnes made the San Fran
cisco charter “a part of the law
of nations."
Byrnes subsequently said that
maintenance of peace “depends
not on any document, but what
is in the minds and hearts of
men.”
See UNITED Page 3
FORMALLY RATIFIED:
Will United Nations Take
Hand In Java, Indo-China?
By DeWITT MacKENZIE, AP News Analyst
It Is a pity the United Nations
security organization isn’t yet
functioning, for it might prevent
a catastrophe by friendly inter
vention in the Javanese rebellion
against Dutch rule and the similar
revolt against Prance in neighbor
ing French Indo-China.
Perhaps there still is time,
if the organization which came
into formal existence yesterday
with the ratification of its
charter) gets into action soon.
That is, there may be time if
meanwhile some disinterested
mediator can persuade the
combatants to declare a truce
l
and maintain the status quo
until the United Nations can
set to work.
Certainly there’s plenty of
ground for intervention, since these
upheavals already are inflaming
other parts of the Orient and thus
are endangering general peace.
They can’t be considered as local
“family affairs."
Britain’s General Sir Philip
Christi#on, commander of the al
lied occupation forces in Java, al
ready has put out feelers with the
idea of effecting a compromise
See WILL Page 2
The information minister declar
ed the talks will be held in the
presence of a third party, presum
ably a representative of the United
States, and that the “right of self
determination of the Indonesian
people is acknowledged.”
Sjarifuddin is one of the out
standing moderates in the native
nationalist movement.
The political situation brighten
ed considerably as H. J. Van Mook,
acting governor, invited the Soek
amo cabinet to meet with him.
(Aneta, Netherlands News
agency, reported In a dispatch
from Amsterdam that 11 news
papers have addrrgised a united
appeal to the government to
remove the tensions between
Holland and Indonesia through
democratic means and without
the use of force.”)
Aneta reported a “chaotic and
grave” situation at Soerabaja, Java
naval base, however, where allied
troops were due to land today.
Allied units engaged in the recov
ery of allied prisoners of war and
interwees were said to have been
thrown into jail by nationalist ex
tremists.
“Seventeen Europeans and Eur
asians have died as the result of
beatings they received in the jails,”
See 1NDONESIAINS Page 2
High Winds Sweep
British Coasts,
Western Europe
LONDON, Oct. 26— (JP) —Gales
battered the coasts of the British
Isles and western Europe for the
third straight day today, driving
the American liberty ship Charles
G. Glover aground off St. Na
zaire, Prance.
The ship was carrying a cargo
of coal from Charleston, S. C., to
Prance. A French tug and trawler
went to the rescue but tho crew
said it was doubtful that the ship
could be saved.
Extensive floods caused destruc
tion in Great Britain.
‘BUCK PASSING’
IN WAGE-PRICE
DISCUSSIONS
Vexing Question May Go
To Labor-Management
Conference
t-point’Trogram
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—
(7P)—The door was open to
day for President Truman to
pass the vexing problem of a
•new wage-price policy to the
forthcominb labor-manage
ment peace conference.
A committee planning the agen
da for the meeting suggested that
wages would be proper topics for
discussion by the delegates.
Their Nov. 5 meeting was called
primarily to find a means of set
tling labor disputes after the War
Labor Board goes out of exist
ence.
Mr. Truman was expected to an
nounce the agenda today and to
make an accompanying statement.
It was learned unofficially
last night that the committee
had suggested a seven-point
discussion program touching
only on labor relations, bar
gaining and avoidance of strik
ers.
i It added however there was no
thought of limiting the talks to
thes£"points and that such mat
ters as wages, hours, full employ
ment and labor legislation might
well be brought before the in
dustry and labor leaders.
There were strong indications
the president would submit the
wage-price policy to the labor
management conference because of
its bearing on labor disputes. Un
ions generally are demanding 30
per cent wage increases.
WAGE INCREASES
The administration policy seem
ed to be shaping up as re-emphas
izing the August 18 executive or
der, which lifted the lid on wages
where price increases would not
follow, and reliance on collective
bargaining to cut industry’s own
See BUCK-PASSING Page *
POINT VALUES
TO BE CUT
Lower Values Coming On
Butter, Lard, Shorten
ing, Oils
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 — (AP) —
The OPA announced today that
ration values on butter, margarine,
lard, shortening and oils will be
cut four points a pound n(|*t Sun
day.
For all of these products the new
value, effective through Dec. 1,
will be eight points a pound.
Current point costs will be main
tained during the new period for
all prime cuts of beef, veal and
lamb and for lean cuts of pork.!
Lower grades of beef, veal and
lamb will continue ration free.
The only meat changes are re
ductions of two to four points a
pound for six fatty pork cuts and
for barbecued pork.
The point reductions on butter,
margarine and other fats and oils
are possible because o* a much im
proved supply situation, said OPA
administrator Chester Bowles.
SUPPLY DROPS
Over-all meat supplies next
month will be about one half of
one per cent less than in October
and “therefore x x do not permit
the end of rationing," the OPA
chief said.
cm a carcass weignt basis, the
November beef supply will be about
13 per cent less than this month,
veal will* drop off about 19 per
cent and lamb and mutton around
22 per cent, according to agricul
ture department estimates.
The seasonal run of hogs to mar
ket is expected to boost the pork
supply about 41 per cent to coun
terbalance declines in other kinds
of meat.
The domestic supply of beef,
veal and lamb will be down be
cause of foreign requirements, said
an agriculture department official.
He said foreign allocations had
See POINT Page 2
AUTO WORKERS VOTE ON STRIKE—Members of the United Automo
bile Workers Union (CIO), all employees of General Motors Corporation,
line up for ballots handed out by a girl clerk of the National Labor Rela
tions board near a General Motors plant in Detroit. They are voting
on whether to call a strike in General Motors plant. Voting booths are
in the background.—(AP Wirephoto).
Ninety-Fifth Annual
Associational Meet
Theme Of Baptists Is "The Call And Challenge Of A
New Era;" Suttle Presides
The Ninety-fifth annual meeting of the Kings Mountain
Baptist association got underway today in the first day of
sessions held at the Fallston Baptist church, with Rev. John
W. Suttle, veteran Baptist minister, presiding as moderator
for the 33rd successive time. Tomorrow’s sessions will be
held at the Waco Baptist church.
The theme of the association,
"The Call and Challenge Of A New
Era” was the underlying idea of
the meeting of the association with
emphasis centered upon Christian
education at home and strengthen
ing of Christian teaching through
out the nations of the world.
W. Lawson Allen, associational
superintendent of Sunday schools,
rendered a report on teaching in
the Sunday schools. R. L. Satter
field, representative of Meredith
college, spoke on Christian educa
tion, and Horace Easom reported
on the enlargement campaign, of
Gardner-Webb college.
President Elliott of the college
rendered his report and spoke in
place of O. Max Gardner who
could not attend the meeting.
DR. WALL SPEAKS
Dr. Zeno Wall, of the First Bap
tist church of Shelby, preached the
sermon. He took as his subject
“Building for Tomorrow” and
pointe dout that the world could
not hope for a just and lasting
peace by building on the weak
foundations of worldly pleasure,
worldly wisdom, material wealth or
destructive wars, but that the only
i hope was to go out and build
strong Christian lives, live for
Christ, build Christian homes and
churches. “We cannot build on a
foundation of war and expect to
solve our problems,” he said.
In the afternoon session, the
See NINETY-FIFTH Page 2
DEATH CLAIMS
DIXON SMITH
Cleveland Native Dies In
Ga., To Be Buried Here
Saturday
H. Dixon Smith, Georgia state
senator, a native of upper Cleve
land county, died last night at ten
o’clock in Columbus, Ga., following
a decline in health with asthma
and a heart complication. He was
56 years of age, a son of Mrs.
Margarett Ann Smith and the late
Julius Smith of Shelby.
Funeral services will be held in
Columbus, Ga„ Friday morning at
ten o’clock and the remains will
be brought to Shelby for inter
ment in Sunset Cemetery at 11
o’clock Saturday morning, with a
graveside service conducted by Dr.
Zeno Wall.
Senator Smith married Miss
Pearl Weathers who survives with
four children, J. P. Smith of
Shelby, Capt. Dixon Smith, jr.,
just returned from service in Ger
many, Pfc. Ned Smith of Miami,
Florida, and Pearl Smith at home.
See DEATH Page 2
TODAY IN CONGRESS:
Legislators Expect Prod'
On Full-Employment Bill
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 —(JP)—
Congress got ready today for a
White House prod for action on
the stalled full employment bill.
The head of the house commit
tee where the bill has befn lodged
since it passed the senate, Carter
Manasco of Alabama, had a sum
mons to see President Truman.
Legislators felt the President
intends to “go to bat” for the
measure. Manasco and his
committee haven’t viewed the
idea with much favor so far.
But it’s a key part of the Presi
dent’s reconversion program. It
would set a policy: Federal work
projects when private employ
ment fails to supply jobs for all
willing to work.
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Reviving the full employment
issue just added another topic to
Capitol Hill conversations buzzing
on atomic energy, taxes, army
navy merger, home price ceilings,
and so on.
TRAINING PLAN
Not to mention the President’s
compulsory military training plan,
about which legislators are talk
ing plenty but doing nothing on
for awhile. They’re waiting for
reaction from home.
A quick lock under Capitol
dome:
Atomic—The house military com
mittee decided against giving con
gress a veto on disposing of ato
See LEGISLLATORS Pua 2
1
CHRYSLER
WORKERS MARK
BALLOTS TODAY
Early Unofficial Report
Stands 8/400 To 500
In Favor
FORD VOTES LATER
DETROIT, Oct. 25.—(IP)—»
Counting of the bulk of the
nation’s largest strike vote
under the Smith-Conr.ally act
proceeded swiftly today with
in the panelled walls of a
downtown hotel ballroom.
A staff of some 60 tallymen, re
quited by the National Labor Re
lations board through schools and
:he U. S. Employment service, to
taled up the ballots In Michigan’s
part In the General Motors corp.
rote.
Robert Wiener, chief NLRB field
examiner for the seventh region,
predicted the count for Michigan
would be completed by early af
ternoon.
Some voters did more than vote
on their ballots. One approved a
strike but put in a proviso: “Not
until Nov. 15.” That’s the date
of the start of the deer hunting
season in Michigan.
The formal ballot said: "Do you
want an interruption of war pro
duction in wartime as a result of
this dispute?” In voting "yes” one
man crossed out the words “war”
and “in wartime.” His ballot was
thrown out.
Early in the counting the vote
was running in accordance with
company and union predictions.
After an hour’s tallying, it was
reported unofficially at 8,400 in
favor of a strike and 500 against.
By The Associated Press
Automobile workers in 32 Chrys
ler corporation plants marked
strike ballots today as an early
See CHRYSLER Page 2
CLEVELAND
MAY BE IN
NEW DISTRICT
If the recommendation of the
subcommittee of the commission
on redistributing the solicitoria
and judicial districts appointed
at the direction of the last general
assembly is carried out with re
spect to Cleveland county as it is
understood to have been made
then this county will probably in
herit two additional solicitorlal
candidates in addition to any of its
own favorite sons.
The recommendation which is
understood to have been made will
place Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland
and Rutherford counties together
in District 15. Cleveland is now
in District 16 with Catawba, Lin
coln, Burke, Watauga and Cald
well counties.
Solicitor John Carpenter would
come with Gaston county and So
licitor Clarence O. Ridings, Forest
City will come with Rutherford
county. Neither of these officials
has expressed himself as to whe
ther" he will run again but it is
assumed they are not quitting.
In Cleveland county it is assum
ed that C. C. Horn, member of the
general assembly will also be run
ning for solicitor from here. He
already has the indorsement of
the local bar.
Gaston Association
Joins In Supporting
Gardner-Webb
Gaston Baptist association has
voted unanimously to join the
Kings Mountain, Sandy Run and
Green River Baptist associations in
control and support of Gardner
Webb college, it was announced
yesterday by P. L, Elliott, president
of the school.
In such capacity, the Gaston as
sociation will have the privilege of
appointing seven members of the
board of trustees of the school.
The union with the other asso
ciations means that churches in
the Gaston association will help
with moral support and otherwise
in backing the college, although
no financial obligations are car
ried.