WEATHER North Carolina—Fair and contin ued warm today and tonight, Sat urday, increasing cloudiness and mild, followed by light showers ii„ mountains Saturday night. Tshk Hhkihg Bang Haus STATE THEATRE TODAY “The Crime Doctor'* Warning” Starring WARNER BAXTER CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONES 1100 VOL. XL111-263 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 2, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6c TEMPORARY TRUCE REACHED IN JAVA FIGHTINI i* * * * * .*•,*.* * * * * ■*. ********* Street Fighting Breaks Out In Cairo; Anti-Zionists Begin Strik CZECH TRAITOR EXECUTED—The body of Joseph Ffitzner, No. 3 war criminal of Czechoslovakia, hangs from the gallows In Prague Just after 4 he was executed for high treason. He had served the German Nazis as deputy mayor of Prague.— to 4bb,UUu. The newest and biggest strike was the walkout of approximately 16,500 CIO textile workers in 19 plants in three New England states, Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut. Another 5,000 work ers in the San Francisco bay area were made idle because of the strike of AFL and CIO machin ists, making the total idle in the region 60,000. Some 10,000 textile workers in nine plants in Maine left their jobs in a controversy over wages, which vary according to the type of work performed. They have asked for a raise of 10 cents an hour. Eight mills in Connecticut employing 2,500 and two mills in New Hampshire employing 4,000 struck in a dispute over demands for a closed or union shop. No wage issue was involved in their demands. There was little indication of a settlement of the strike of AFL and CIO machinists in the San Francisco bay area as an addi tional 5,000 workers were made idle because of shutdown of in dustries. Some 60,000 workers in about 200 plants are affected by the walkout, which started last Monday over demands for a 30 percent wage increase for the ma chinists. MILK SUPPLY LOW Retail store milk supplies were reported shrinking because of the closing of a carton producing plant. A union spokesman said See NUMBER Page 2 CROWDS STONE OFFICERS, LOOT JEWISH SHOPS General Strike Called In Protest Against Bal four Declaration BRITISH BLAMED CAIRO, Nov. 2.—(/F)— Street fighting broke out in downtown Cairo today coin cidently with the beginning of a general strike by anti Zionists elements and police fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who hurled stones at Jewish establish ments. Demonstrators went through the bazaar, breaking windows and looting Jewish shops. The largest Jewish department store in Cairo was set afire, but the blaze was quickly extinguished by fire bri gades. Outside the Azahar mosque po lice used tear gas to disperse crowds who stoned the officers. Pamphlets were distributed among the crowds saying “wo must wake up the Zionists from their dream of a home in Palestine.’’ The pamphlets blamed the British for trying to create a national home for Jews there. OUT OF BOUNDS Most areas in Cairo were de clared out of bounds lor U. B. service personnel. All communications in Cairo had been halted as demonstrators paraded the streets carrying signs reading "down with the Zionists.” The general strike had been called in protest against thd Bal four declaration, which was Issued 28 years ago today. It promised Palestine as a Jewish national home. ARAB PROTESTS Delegates of five Arab associa tions presented a note to all for eign diplomats which said: “We beg to inform your country all the Arab world is starting today this active struggle against the Zionists, who will threaten the Arab world by their existence in Palestine. We demand that the British government halt atrocities and unjust treatment against Arab leaders' and im mediate release the leader of Palestine, Grand Mufti Haji Amin Al Huseeini—now a prisoner of the French In Pa ris x x x ” . Demonstrators had started a march to Addlen palace, the resi dence of King Farouk. The newspaper Egyptian Mail said that strike leaders had threatened to wreck shops unless they remained closed. Postal Receipts On Increase Again Shelby’s postal receipts, which took a bad dip In Sep tember doe to the drop off in overseas mailing of packages this year, came back strong in October to register an Increase of nine per cent over the pre ceding October, Postmaster R. M. Laughridge announced to day. October receipts totaled >13, 163.03 compared with last year’s >12,119.58, or an increase of >1,043.45. The year’s total, January through O t o b e r, continues running approximately nine per cent over last year for a to tal of >109,806.73 compared with >100,82940 last year. Witnesses At Trial Curse Yamashita, Demand His Death By DEAN SCHEDLER MANILA, Nov. 2—(/P)—Chinese, Filipino and Spanish witnesses who hysterically cursed the Japan ese and screamed for the death of Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita* threw the war criminal trial of the former Philippines commander in-chief into continual turmoil to day. Members of the prosecution staff and interpreters both were required to quiet a Chi nese woman whose four-year son had been snatched from her arms and repeatedly bay - oneted. The woman testified she had lost nine of the 12 in her family, had seen women and children slain and raped when 39 Chinese were herded into a lumberyard and murdered last Feb. 10. “I’d like to kill that Japanese man,” she screamed in Chinese at Yamashita as she finished her testimony and leaped to her feet. BESTIAL SCENES Scenes “so bestial it is hard to find words to describe them,” were See WITNESSES Fi|i 2 Vigilance Urged Against Outwardly Pleasant Japs Who Dream Of Conquest TOKYO, Nov. 2.—(3>)—Vigilance against resurgent Japanese who still dream of reconquest and revenge while outwardly appearing complacent, an allied headquarters au thority declared today, is more imporant at present than the rounding up of war criminals. Brig. Gen. Elliot R. Thorpe said, however, the attitude is limited to a few individuals with small fol lowings. “We are more interested,” he said, "in what’s going on day by day in Japan and less Interested in what was done in the past by men who have already been ar rested by the Japanese police and have no chance of escape.” Simultaneously, allied headquar f ters disclosed that three Japanese army officers under arrest are be ing questioned about the execu tion of three Doolittle airmen on Oct. 15, 1942, at KiaQgwan, near Shanghai. Two members of the powerful Iwasaki family resigned from key positions in the Mitsubishi Hold ing company — last of the great financial family heads to yield to American pressure—it was re ported authoritatively today. RETIREMENT Baron Koyata Iwasaki, president of Mitsubishi Holding Co., and Hikoyata Iwasaki, vice president, resigned at a stockholders meet ing yesterday. They had held their positions 30 and I(J years, re spectively. Previously one of the company’s principal officials had told the Associated Press the Iwa sakis had no retirement plans. Leading officials of Yasuda and Sumitomo—two others of the big four family combines—already had resigned and Mitsui has announc ed the prospective retirement of members of 10 Mitsui families, in cluding Baron Takakimi Mitsui, president of Mitsui Holding Co. It is understood that American authorities are concentrating upon these combines as the major old line Zaibatsu and that less pres sure has been applied to Okura, considered the fifth ranking fa mily monopoly. SUBSIDIARIES ALSO The Iwasakis also resigned po sitions in numerous Mitsubishi subsidiaries. The newspaper Asahi reported that Ryozo Tanaka, for mer president of Mitsubishi Trad ing Co., was named president of the Holding company. Harunosuke Suzuki retains his position as the principal managing director. Japanese investors stand to lose 90,000,000,000 yen ($6,000,000,000) invested in munitions companies but the government presumably will defray part of the loss. The estimate, including $42,000,000,000 yen due various arms plants for wartime losses, was made by the ministry of commerce and indus try. Government Seeks To Halt Bus Strike WASHINGTON, NOV. 2 —(#)— The government attempted today to halt a spreading Greyhound bus strike that has tied up serv ice in 19 eastern states. Howard Colvin, assistant com missioner of the government’s conciliation service, told a repor ter he was trying to bring the workers and employers into a new conference. He said he didn’t know when or where the confer ence would take place, but any spot agreeable to both parties would suit him. Pour thousand drivers, garage tt.en and terminal men are out in a dispute over wages, and a union official has predicted if a settle ment isn’t reached soon the strike will be nation-wide. Servicemen traveling on govern ment orders or on government paid tickets have been issued ex change tickets good either on the Pennsylvania railroad or the na tional Trailways system bps lines. George E. Siff, president of New York local 1202, declared yester day “if a settlement is not reach ed soon, the strike may spread throughout the country.’’ The walkout has affected opera tions pa far west as Chicago, north to Montreal and Portland, Me., and south to Washington, D. C. _ C ' ■' > ‘ MRS. BEAM IS ACQUITTED Cleveland Jury Deliberat es 45 Minutes In Drown ing Case After 45 minutes deliberation yesterday afternoon, a Cleveland Superior court jury found Mrs. Ethel W. Beam not guilty of mur der in connection with the drown ing of her infant daughter last June 12. A defense of temporary insanity had been set up. Trial of this case in which the state sought a verdict of second degree murder or manslaughter was started Wednesday afternoon and continued through the whole of yesterday. The defendant herself took the stand yesterday morning and tes tified that she remembered she felt her child was in grave dan ger and that she was trying to put her In a safe place., Since her arrest soon after the tragedy, Mrs. Beam had been confined in the state hospital for the crimi nal insane. After the verdict acquitting her of any charge re turned yesterday afternoon she returned with her husband to her home at Waco. , SESSION RECESSED Judge Allen H. Gwyn, presiding over this term of court recessed the session early this afternoon for the week but will return next week for the completion of the criminal docket and the trial of the civil calendar. Prayer for judgment was con tinued in the case of Robert Lee Perry who had been charged with the theft of $45 from his em ployer. Evidence was offered tending to show that he had al ready returned this money to his employer. Prayer for judgment was also continued in the case of Muriel Rippy, charged with the theft of the personal effects of Jewel Hombuckle. BLANTON HEADS KIWANISCLUB C. M. King And Hugh E. Noell Elected Vice Presidents Fred W. Blanton was elected president last night of the Shel by Kiwanls club to take office In January succeeding incumbent President Reid Misenhelmer and serve for a one year term. Mr. Blanton, organizer and second president of the Tryon Kiwanis club Is president of the M. and J. Finance Co. and the Blue Ridge Insurance Co. of Shelby and is active in the civic and business life of the community. C. M. King of the Shelby school faculty and Hugh E. Noell, engi neer for the state highway de partment are the two vice-presi dents. Rush Hamrick was re elected treasurer. Six directors were also elected to serve next year: W. L. Angel, J. H. Grigg, A. V. Hamrick, D. H. Harris, Cline Hendrick and J. S. McKnight. These directors will select a secretary, a position now held most acceptably by Henry Edwards who succeeded Charlie Burrus last year after Mr. Burrus had served twenty years. The Kiwanis club now has a membership of 107, the largest in the history of the club organized about 23 years ago. This, howev er, includes members who are in service, honorary as well as ac tive. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:30 p.m. — Revival service at First Baptist church. ..J JOHNNY COMES HOME TO CHILDREN—Young Johnny Walsh, naval sailor whose wife vanished two months ago while he was on Guam, comes to his home in Seattle and is greeted warmly by his three small children whom he hardly knew. The Navy gave him an extended leave and hurried him home after it was learned that it was he whose father wrote President Truman and the Navy department: “For God’s sake, send my son home: his wife has disappeared.” The children, left to right, are John Patrick, 5; Maureen, 3, and William, 16 months.—(AP Wirephoto). Reoccupation Of Manchuria Begun Government' Troops Landing From U. S. Transports At Two Points On Liaotung 'Bay By Spencer Moosa CHUNGKING, Nov, 2.—(/P)—Chinese government troops, pouring from United States transports, began re occupation landings today at two ports in Manchuria on the same day the Russians were scheduled to begin withdraw ing from the country, the army newspaper Sao Tang Pao reported. Japan wrested Manchuria from China ion 1931. Outlawing Bomb Will Be Very Difficult Task Washington, Nov. 2 —(^—Presi dent James B. Conant of Harvard; University advised today against pinnnig hopes on outlawing such terrible weapons as the atomic bomb. For example, he said, poison gas was not used in the World War 2 "not because it was outlawed, bpt because it was not an effective weapon.” The atomic bomb, he commented, is effective. Dr. Conant, an eminent chemist, was a witness at the last day of public hearings by senate military commerce subcommittees on legis lation to set up a national science foundation. Senator Fulbright (D-Ark) asked Conant whether it would take three or five years for other coun tries such as Russia to catch up with America in the field of atom ic energy. "I’d put the figure at 5 to 15 years,” Conant replied. "It’s a guessing game.” As Conant saw it, there are three lines of defense against the atomic bomb: (1) International arrange ments, (2) military preparations and (3) basic research. He also said that just as the atomic bomb "is peculiarly the pro duct of highly industrial society, it is peculiarly adapted to the de struction of an industrial society.” The landing points were on op posite points of Liaotung Bay. On the west side, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's men went ashore at(Hulutao, 70 miles north west of the scene of clashes be tween his soldiers and Chinese Communists in the area of Chin wangtao. On the east side, the troops were landed at Yingkow, 100 miles southwest of Mukden and 1401 miles north of Port Arthur. Both Yingkow and Kolytao have rail connections with Mukden. The landing at Hulutao places Chiang’s men near rail lines to the rear of Chinese Communist forces which are opposing any overland move ment of central government troops toward Manchuria through north China. ■ BY TRANSPORTS The army newspaper said the troops, of the 13th, 16th and 94th Chinese armies, were taken to Manchuria in U. S. transports from Haiphong, Indo-China, and Hong; Kong. The government soldiers will be moved north in strength this month to permit complete with drawal of the Russians by Dec. 1, said a semi-official dispatch from Tientsin. Meanwhile, as scattered fighting occurred in 11 northern provinces of China, a central government cabinet spokseman charged anew that the Chinese Communists had! threatened to fire on any govern-; ment soldiers landed from U. S. ships in Communist “'liberated ! areas.” I Bowles Promises Increases In Prices To Be Negligible By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH | WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 — (£*)— Any price increases under the ad ministration’s revised wage-price policy seemed likely today to be “negligible.” That’s Price Administrator Ches ter Bowles’ view of how President Truman's program of permitting price boosts only under rigid con ditions will work out. Meanwhile John L. Lewis’ Unit ed Mine Workers Journal assert ed, the wage-price policy would “enlarge the realm of confusion.” These were other developments X on the hot issue of wages and prices: •Secretary of Commerce Wallace said there is danger of another depression ‘if cor porate profits stay up and wages down.” He told report ers this could mean four to seven million people unemploy ed for years, once the expected buying boom is over. Bowles announced that retail price ceilings for new automo biles will, be unveiled in four or See BOWLES Page 2 1,500 DUTCH NATIONALS EVACUATED Indonesian Forces Straf« By RAF Planes Dur ing Night leaderT”confer By Ralph Morton BATAVIA, Nov. 2.—(/ Peace was restored in tl Mageland area at noon todal by a temporary truce whic] followed a night of shar fighting between Indonesial extremists, and British India! troops, during which RAJ planes again strafed the Indq nesian forces. Elsewhere in central and tern Java conditions were repor generally improved, although situation at the naval base Soerabaja was described I delicate.” Col. C. H. O. Pugh, command^ of the British garrison at baja, succeeded in effecting evacuation of 1,500 Dutch tionals,—mostly women and ch dren—and a similar number we expected to embark tonight. At Magelang, British and In-1 donesian leaders were reported I confeiring during the trace,} effected with the aid of Dr.[ Soekarno, president of the "In-| donesian republic,” who cease fire orders previously been ignored by the extremists.| Outcome of the negotiation remained in doubt. The RAP strafing during night enabled Gurkha Infantry reoccupy additional areas in town, which is about 260 mi] southwest of Bay*via, and redn ed danger to the hospital, viously reported under fire by Indonesians. OUT OF CONTROL A British commentator said fighting involved extremists a| parently out of the control of Soekarno, and added that a peac ful solution depended upon wh tiler the extremists would ob Soekamo’s instructions to ce See 1,500 Page 2 RESIGNATION OF GORTTOLD Quits As High Commj sioner For Palestine;] Disorders Continue By HENRY B. JAMESON LONDON, Nov. 2—(JP)—The ignatlon of Lord Gort as high missioner for Palestine was nounced to Commons today as recent outbreaks of violence tl were branded officially as a “v ton resort to force” which nullify Britain’s attempts to the Jewish problem. Apparently there was no connection between Lord Got resignation and the disturb however. Making the ar ment, George Hall, secretary of colonies, said the high commissi er had stepped down because oil health. A curfew was impose i ye in Palestine following a night I which railways were cut in at If 20 places and explosions were off at widely scattered points. | STREET FIGHTING Street fighting broke out downtown Carlo today, coincide al with the beginning of a gen strike by anti-Zionist elements ^ distributed pamphlets dem that the Jews be awaked their dream of a home in tine.” Police fired shots in the in attempts to disperse the crov In Palestine, the post said outbursts there indicated the Jd ’’have gone over from defensive | offensive action” in their ca for the lifting of British white per quota restrictions on Jewish migration. The newspaper said acts represented “a new x x x in defiance which the Jewish pie were driven to proclaim cause it was clear that the paper, far from being revoked, to be continued in force,” Hall told commons casualties! the outbreaks in Palestine five killed and at least eight i ed. adding that because of widespread nature of the renorts on them Were