WEATHER
Clearing and cooler today; fair
and colder tonight; Friday fair
and not quite so cold; tempera
tures near freezing tonight with
scattered frost west and central.
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- State Theatre Today
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VOL XLIII— 274
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
SHELBY, N. C.
THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 1945
TELEMAT PICTURES
SINGLE COPIES—5^
Duke Power Plans Big Addition To Its Steam Plant At Cliffside
$4,500,000
PROJECT TO BE
BUILT SOON
Will Modernize Present
Plant And Add 60,000
K. W. Unit
IN 2 YEARS TIME
Construction of a four and
one-half million dollar addi
tion to the Duke Power steam
plant at Cliffside, virtually
doubling the capacity of the
plant will get underway next
summer, it was announced to
day by W. I. Burkeholder,
vice president and general
manager of the Duke Power
Company.
This project entails the modern
ization of the present plant which
was erected In 1941 and Involves
the Installation of another 60,000
K.W. unit and adding 90,000 horse
power to the capacity of the steam
plant.
This enlargement Is In keeping
with the plans of the company
made when the first two 40,000 K.
W. units were installed.
Duke officials said this morning
that about two years would be re
quired to get the new part of the
jitnin ill uj/v i a uuu no itiuvu
machinery haa to be ordered and
intsalled.
The Duke company haa recently
purchaaed 120 more acres of land
around the plant and will build
twelve additional homes In the
^ village.
TALKSTREET
DECORATIONS
City authorities and Shelby
merchants were being interviewed
today by J. Dale Stents, secretary
of the Shelby Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants association,
on the possibility of having
Christmas decorations and light
ing on local streets this year.
Mr. Stent2 says that it is the
sentiment of a great many that
since this is the first Christmas in
four years hat America is at peace,
something special should be done.
There is also the suggestion that
Christmas music might be played
over the First Baptist public
address system, if the church au
thorities are willing.
City officials say that most of
their surplus electric wire has
been used up during the war and
it might be difficult to arrange
the lighting. However, Mayor
Harry Woodson was out of town
and nothing definite could be de
cided until his return.
If the streets are decorated in
addition to being lighted, it would
mean some expense for the mer
chants. Despite the fact that A
merica s at peace this Christmas
there will still be a marked scar
city of goods and some merchants
are a little loath to enter a scheme
of providing decorations on that
account.
Russians Give Up
Postal, Telegraphic
Lines In Manchuria
CHUNGKING, Nov. 15 —UP>—
Russians, scheduled to withdraw
soon from Manchuria, already
have handed over postal and tele
graphic services of Changchun,
Manchurian capital, to Chinese
authorities an official dispatch
reported today.
Pearl Harbor Hearings
Are Begun In Congress
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 —<A*>—
Congress today turned the calen
dar back to the crashing hell of
Pearl Harbor.
A ten-man committee started
hearing the testimony of those
who can throw light on this ques
tion: Why were the Americans
caught by surprise that Sunday
morning four years ago?
There were two big shows In
Congress today:
1. One was the opening of
the Pearl Harbor hearings.
2. The other was the ap
pearance of Gen. Dwight Els
a
imtun vi yviwic mic iivuoc uu>
ltary committee. "General Ike’’
was expected to argue for a
year of compulsory military
training for every American
boy.
Thousands of persons clamored
for reserve seats at the Pearl Har
bor hearings—but there were no
reserved seats for the public.
There were exactly 263 chairs and
they were flrst-come-first-served.
WITNESSES
Opening witnesses were Rear
.Admiral T. B. Inglis, chief of na
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-V
OUTBREAKS TODAY:
‘Punishment By Death’
Warning Issued To
Rioters In Palestine
JERUSALEM, Nov. 5.—(/P)—J. V. W. Shaw, British
acting high commissioner for Palestine, issued a “punishment
by death” warning today to rioters in the all-Jewish city of
Tel Aviv, where street demonstrations broke out for the
second day.
At least one person was killed
and 50 were reported Injured to
day as thousands of persons milled
in the streets defying a curfew
order imposed after last night's
outbreaks which resulted in the
death of two jews and the injury
of 27 persons.
Unruly crowds again attacked
government property, stoned bar
ricades and stormed against several
British buildings.
The general disobedience of the
curfew order appeared to be a
part of the policy of resistance
ordered by the secret Jewish re
sistance movement against con
j tinuance of the British policy of
| restricted Jewish immigration into
I Palestine. But most Jewish citi
: zens did not appear to approve
l direct attacks against British sol
idiers and activities by the torch
i gangs.
| CASUALTIES
The first casualties developed
last night when troops of the Bri
tish Sixth Parachute (Red Devils)
division fired to break up crowds.
The troops were withdrawn tem
porarily. but were rushed back
into the city today when crowds
stoned police trucks this morning
and the police opened fire. Gun
fire was continuing.
Shaw’s warning was read in He
brew at 1:30 p.m., over the Pale
stine radio.
An appeal for discipline and ob
servance of curfew orders by Dr.
Israel Rockach, mayor of Tel Aviv,
was read during the same broad
cast. The appeal was addressed
principally to the youth fo Tel
Aviv.
Jewish workers in Tel Aviv har
bor, meanwhile, received curfew
passes allowing them to continue
unloading the British steamer city
of Agra, which arrived with mili
. tary stores two days ago.
Furniture presumably looted from
the light industries building was
! being burned in the street, the
British declared. Thousands of
persons were said to be milling
through the streets in defiance of
rigid new curfew restrictions.
Many shops also reopened in
violation of the curfew, the an
nouncement said.
Paratroopers of the veteran Bri
tish 6th Airborne division were on
duty in the city after quelling
riots which coat two lives and left
40 injured last night.
Today’s reported fatality was said
to have taken place when police
used firearms against demonstra
tors in the Petah Tikva quarter,
which is near the railway line.
AT LABOR CONFERENCE:
Steel Price Increase
Demands Get Rebuff
Knowland Suggests New Approach To Wage Issue—
Based On Industry's Earnings
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—(TP)—The labor-management
conference today awaited a promised industry statement on
I issues facing the delegates as two related developments at
tracted attention. They are :j
1. An assertion by a reconver-!
sion official that the government
‘'can’t, possibly” grant at this time
the full price Increase demanded
by the United States Steel Corpor- j
at ion. Wage negotiations in the'
steel Industry are stalemated over
the price situation.
2. A suggestion from Senator
Knowland (R-Cafl.) or a new ap
proach to the entire wage issue—
based on industry’s earnings and
lower prices to consumers.
Business delegates to the labor
management conference have re
mained silent so far on many
poir/i in debate by committees
striving for agreement on methods
to smooth reconversion’s ruffled
labor situation.
But both Eric Johnston, presi
dent of the United States Chamber
of Commerce, and Ira Mosher,
president of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers, have told
reporters management’s delegates
might have their views ready to
day.
Secretary of Labor Schwellen
bach told newsmen the conference
was “making definite progress."
However, conference secretary
George W. Taylor said the group’s
executive committee is seeking to
spur action on various Issues.
None of the conference commit
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France Blamed
For Failure Of
Plan For Reich
WASHINGTON, Nov, 15 —(*>)
Byron Price said today that
Prance is “almost entirely respon
sible for failure to preserve Ger
many as an economic unit” a*
promised in the Potsdam agree
ment.
The former chief censor, whc
investigated relations between the
military forces and German civil
ians for President Truman, talkec
to reporters after a call at the
White House to discuss his forma!
report.
Price said Trance contends tbai
Germany "is not ready for anj
sort of central government” anc
asserted her position is leading tc
the "economic dismemberment” ol
Germany.
“As long as you are not going
to have a central government ir
Germany,” he added, "there Is nol
going to be any economic unity.”
WILL NOT AGREE
France, Price said, has objected
to an over-all system of transpor
tation, postal service, and crop
control in Germany and will nol
agree to any kind of central plan
ning.
Price said the four-power con
trol council in Berlin operates or
a unanimity rule and any on*
country can veto a proposal
Prance did not sign the Potsdam
agreement, he added, but has ad
hered to it.
The army, Price said, has dont
a good job under all the difficul
ties. He added that the situatior
In Germany “isn’t the fault of the
army at all. It’s the fault of the
French.”
STARVATION
“If present conditions continue,’
he asserted, “there is certain tc
be starvation—and epidemics anc
rioting usually follow starvation.’
Price’s visit to the White House
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COMMUNISTS
ATTACK AT
TSAOYANG
Move Believed Aimed At
Cutting River Route
Of Troops
RENEW ACCUSATIONS
By Spencer Moosa
CHUNGKING, Nov. 15.—
(JP) — Chinese communists
have attacked and entered
the important highway center
of Tsaoyang, 145 miles north
west of Hankow, an official
dispatch stated today. It said
thht street fighting was under
way in the town, once won and
lost by the Reds in earlier
fights.
Observers here believed the at
tack signaled a communist drive
aimed at cutting the Yangtze river
route west of Harucow and there
by preventing downriver move
ment of government troops.
First step in such a drive likely
would be occupation of the Han
river towns of Fancheng and Si
angyang, southwest of Tsaoyang,
around which the communists have
been active.
Another official Chinese re
port said that communist at
tacks have been rendering re
pairs to the southern section
of the Tlentsln-Pukow (Tient
sin - Nanking railroad ex
tremely difficult, and that the
work might have to be sus
pended.
The Communist New China Daily
News renewed its blasts against
American “intervention” today
with the accusation that a recent
statement of U. 8. policy by Sec
retary of War Robert Patterson
was “not truthful.” Patterson had
announced that U. 8. forces would
protect American lives and prop
erty in China, and that there was
no danger of their becoming in
volved in civil strife unless they
were attacked—in which case they
would “react with vigor and suc
cess.”
“His assertion that American
forces Won't be involved unless
they are attacked is the height of
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Clear And Cold
Seen For Tonight
Clear and cold weather was the
promise for tonight. The temper
ature was expected to drop to the
near freezing point. After the
warm rain yesterday the mercury
dropped rapidly last night. The
colder weather was also accom
panied by considerable wind,
t Although winter does not offi
cially arrive here until Decem
. ber 21, its harbingers have al
5 ready gained considerable foot
, hold. This morning overcoats
were seen in considerable number.
PEARSON SAYS:
Eisenhower Slated
To Succeed Marshall
n. nnvixr priRfinv
i
WASHINGTON— President Tru
man this week will announce the
resignation of Gen. George C.
Marshall as chief of staff and the
appointment of Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower to succeed him.
Eisenhower’s appointment will
be effective Monday, November
19. General Marshall, who is now
past the retirement age, will go
to his home near Leesburg, Va.,
retiring from the army altogeth
er. A graduate of Virginia Mili
tary institute, he is one of the few
non-West Pointers to serve as
chief of staff.
Lieut. Gen. Joseph T. McNar-,
ney, former deputy chief of staff,!
is expected to succeed Eisenhower j
as commander of the American
army in Germany. McNarney, a
native of Emporium, Pa. (Marshall
came from Unlontown, Pa.), was
graduated from West Point in the
same 1915 cfcss with Eisenhower,
though he is three years younger. <
The Texas-born Kansas-raised
Eisenhower is 55. 1
GEN. CLAY
Gen. Lucius Clay will return to
Germany to continue in charge ■
of the civil administration of Ger
many.
Eisenhower is expected to ln
k
SEN. DWIGHT D.’EISENHOWER
ititute a considerable shake-up of
;he general staff in Washington
Host of the older men who sur
rounded General Marshall will be
.ransferred or retired and Eisen
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GEN. EISENHOWER SAYS:
Russia Has Nothing To Gain By War
With U. S., Wants Only To Be Friend
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 —(JP)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower toll
Congress today “Russia has n
slightest thing to gain by war witl
the United States’’ and wants i
be a friend.
He added that “there will neve
be a war between Great Britaii
and the United States.”
Testifying in support of Presi
dent Trunmn’s request for univer
sal military training, Eisenhowe
told the House Military Committee
“I believe Russia’s policy i
friendship with the United States
There is in Russia n desperat
and continuing concern for the lo
of the common man and the;
want to be friends with the Unitei
States.”
The General said he knew
that some Russians are con
cerned over criticism at the
Soviets by the United States
Press. But he added “it is dif
ficult” for Russians to under
stand a free press as it oper
ates in the United States.
His references to the possibilit
. or war with Great Britain or Rus
1 sia were made in response to ques
) cipally Rep. Parnell Thomas <R
i tions by committee members, prin
) N. J.) who asked:
“Who do we have as potential
• aggressors”
i Eisenhower would not specify
any nation because he said he
■ could not fortell International de
■ velopments adding that years ago
- none thought we would be at war
: with Germany or Japan.
; Right now, he said, “there is no
. one nation in the world that can
> challenge a prepared America..”
t “The greatest single motivating
r force for world peace today is the
1 organized military potential of the
United States,” Eisenhower declar
ed.
In testimony prepared for an
appearance before the House Mili
tary Committee, Eisenhower cau
tioned that the development of war
techniques would give the United
States no time to prepare if it were
attacked again.
y “With the introduction of atomic
and electronic warfare and the
astounding advances being made
! almost hourly in aerial warfare,
j the tempo is increasing in geo
metric progression,” Eisenhower
asserted.
NO TIME
‘‘If war comes to us again the
fact seems inescapable that we will
not have time to train units be
[ fore we are faced witti the final is
j sue of defeat or victory,
j ‘‘Certainly it would be uncon
scionable to gamble on a fortuitous
recurrence of the time to prepare
| bought by the blood of our allies
; ni 1917 and in 1942.
“Yte. must be prepared on
M-Day—the day the enemy
strikes—or we may never be
prepared to avert defeat at the
hands of any aggressor who
uses against us the weapons of
the future.”
Eisenhower contended trained
manpower and technological ad
vancement are “our greatest as
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BRIDGES HEADS
AVIATION CLUB
Glee A. Bridges, Kings Moun
tain aviation enthusiast, was
named president of the Cleveland
Aviation club at the formal or
ganization dinner of the group at
the Hotel Charles Wednesday
night.
Other officers named includes
Brad F. Moser, vice-president;
Charles Byers, treasurer, and Miss
Carolyn Williams, secretary. The
board of governors includes the
officers, John Anthony, Holt Mc
Pherson John Z. McBrayer W. B.
Biggerstaff and J. C. Bridges.
Following the meeting President
Bridges met with the executive
group, named committees and set
up a tentative working organiza
tion looking to the next meeting
of the group on December 12. The
group launches operations with 40
charter members and is open for
membership by any in Cleveland
county interested in aviation re
gardless of whether a holder of a
pilot’s license.
Charles Byers, who as a cap
tain in the Army Air forces saw
intensive action over Europe, told
of the development and amazing
efficiency of radar in bombing op
erations during the war. He said
that with radar airmen could tell
just what kind of terrain they
were over and just where to drop
their bombs even if the target a
rea were not visible, and he said
it was surprising how seldom er
rors occurred when using radar
directional devices.
Capt. Austell Robert, who also
as a captain served in ground for
ces in Europe, likened his out
fit’s relationship to the air force
like that of a line to a football
team.
Battle Of Soerabaja
Is In Sixth Day
Sjahrir Outlines Principles For Future Of Indonesians;
Atrocities Reported
By Leif Erickson
BATAVIA, Nov. 15.—(/P)—British Indian troops ham
mered steadily at native strongpoints in the heart of Soera
baja today, but with the pitched battle in its sixth day there
was “no slackening in Indonesian resistance” anywhere in
the naval base, a British announcement said.
New Japanese
Reorganization
Plan Evolved
By RUSSELL BRINES
TOKYO, Nov. 15—OP)—Abolition
of the key position, Lord Keeper
of the Privy Seal, but retention of
the remainder of the cumbersome
inner circle around the emperor
was reported today by the news
paper Asaht as the current plan
for "democratization” of the
throne.
The newspaper said the plan
resulted from conferences of rep
resentatives of the cabinet, the
privy seal, the imperial household
ministry, the privy council and
senior statesmen seeking a meth
od of keeping pace with prospec
tive revision of the constitution.
The plan will be effected "at an
appropriate opportunity,” Asahi
reported. Its only concession to
prospective party government is
inclusion of the presidents of both
houses of the diet on a board to
participate in 'the selection of new
premiers.
KIDO TO QUIT
The newspaper recently report
ed that Marquis Koichi Kido, cur
rent privy seal keeper and maker
and breaker of premiers, planned
to resign soon. Kido is away. His
secretary told the Associated Press
he knew nothing of either report.
A limited, streamlined imperial
clique, Asahi said, would replace
the present system whereby the
privy seal is the principal adviser
of the emperor and the most pow
erful individual in the empire. The
emperor would be advised by the
grand chamberlain, the imperial
household minister and the presi
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$60,722 IN CITY
TAXES COLLECTED
The city of Shelby, as well as
Cleveland county, has enjoyed one
of the best tax collection years in
its history. Prom figures obtain
ed this morning from the office
of Miss Reeves Forney, city treas
| urer, it was learned that practi
cally two-thirds of the 1945 levy
has already been collected.
Of a total levy of $91,347.56 for
the year 1945 the city has collect
ed $60,722.47.
This is considered unusually
good by the city authorities who
point out that the rush to pay
taxes is an indication of a gener
ally sound and healthful condition
in the community.
J. nt? i^oiu liiuiau uiiaiibiy i/ir
gade battled into the justice and
government buildings, formerly
identified as major headquarters
for 15,000 Indonesian nationalist
troops. They occupied the build
ings after a bitter fight against
nationalist defenders who used light
automatic weapons, medium ma
chineguns and some supporting
armored vehicles.
While the fighting continued
unchecked in Soerabaja, Sutan
Sjahrir, youthful new premier
who is pledged to attempt to
end the hostilities, Issued a 15
page pamphlet in Batavia, out
lining his principles for the
future of the Indonesians.
Sjahrir deplored the Japanese
propaganda which he said taught
his people to hate all foreigners,
and asserted:
“All the unrest in the commu
nity is directed to an aversion to
foreign peoples present in our
country, to marching with lances,
that has how already grown into
murder and robbery and other
tendencies that, seen from the
viewpoint of the struggle for social
reform, signifies nothing and is
reactionary, as every fascist deed
will always be reactionary.”
atta’ck slowly
The British, using a minimum
of forces to prevent heavy casual
ties, pressed the attack slowly in
Soerabaja.
A report, based on accounts _of
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WHAT’S DOING
TODAY
7 p.m.—Regular meeting of
Kiwanis club.
• 7:30 p.m.—CAP cadets meet
at armory.
FRIDAY
12:30 p.m.—Regular meeting
of Rotary club.
7:30 p.m—Called meeting of
Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. &
A. M. for work in third de
gree.
Spectre Of Full-Scale
Civil War Haunts China
By sriniiB u.-ms
PEIPING, Nov. 15 — <£>)— Three
months after Japan's capitulation,
the situation in North China and
Manchuria is described politely as
“delicate.”
Chinese Communist and Nation
alist forces jockey for position and
occasionally clash for control of
territory which belongs no longer
to a foreign enemy.
The Japanese wait for their ar
mies to be disarmed and sent home
but the process still is far from
complete.
American marines wait impa
uenuy ior orders to return nome
and frequently wonder what
brought them to China in the first
place.
Some 100,000 Koreans in North
China are waiting repat.iation.
Small numbers of German Na*
tionals know that eventually they
will be sent to the Reich.
THREAT OF WAR
Over all. hangs the threat of full
scale civil war. This far t,he Chinese
civil strife has been more a battle
of wits and maneuver, more a
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1 \ t i
SECRET OF
ITS MAKING
TO BE KEPT
Conferees Recommend
Special Commission On
World Controls
ENDED LAST NIGHT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—
(!P)—The United States, Erit
ain and Canada today propos
ed to hand over to the United
Nations the task of arrang
ing world controls foi the
destructive forces of atomic
energy.
The three powers made plain
that the know-how of making the
atomic bomb would be kept secret
from all other nations — which
would include their Russian ally—
until ‘‘effective, reciprocal and en
forceable safeguards acceptable to
all nations” are devised.
A statement signed by Presi
dent Truman, and Prime Min
isters Attlee and Mackenzie
King laid down the conditions
for the reciprocal sharing of
atomic information for indus
trial purposes.
Their statement, issued the press
at the White House after six days
of conferences, proposed that a
special commission should be set
up under the United Nations as
soon as possible to work out re
commendations designed “to at
tain the most effective means of
entirely eliminating the use of
atomic energy for destructive pur
poses and promoting its widest use
x x x for industrial and humani
tarian purposes.”
RUSSIAN QUESTION
While Russia was no where men
tioned by name, the question which
immediately rose among diplomats
here was how fully acceptable to
Moscow the Anglo-American-ran -
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dacRTunazis
GO ON TRIAL
Prosecution Witnesses
Will Be Former Inmat
es Of Camp I
DACHAU, Nov. 15 -(/TV- The
trial of 40 top Nazi officials of
the notorious Dachau concentra
tion camp is scheduled to open
here today before a U. S. military
government general court, which
will hear the testimony of more
than a score of prosecution wit
nesses, among them former in
mates brought back from seven
countries to testify.
The defense, headed by Lt. CoL
Douglas T. Bates of Centerville,
Tenn., is expected to seek a last
minute postponement on the
ground it needs more time for pre
paration of the cases. ,
The prosecution is headed by Lt.
Col. William Denson of (39 5th
Ave.i, New York, assisted by Capt.
Richard G. McCus/ey of Canton,
Ohio. Aiding in the defense will j
be Capt. John A. Way of (43
Glendale Rd.) Houston, Tex.; Maj.
Maurice J. McKbown of (i Lenox
Pl.> Maplewood, N. J., and Capt.
Ealwin J. Niles, of (1917 Mayfair
Rd.) Schenectady, N. Y.
JUDGES JURY
The eight officer members of
the trial court will serve both as
judges and jury. They previously
sat in a case which resulted m
the death sentence for a Nazi con
victed of killing captured American
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