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* Victory Bonds Are For Your Own Well-Being And Self-Protection WEATHER Fair today, tonight and Satur day; slightly warmer today and tomorrow; warmer Saturday; frost in eastern section tonight. The Hhklby BUle Hielt CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONE 1100 - State Theatre Today - “Senorita From the West” ALLAN JONES BONITA GRANVILLE VOL XLIII— 275 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS * SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 16, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5^ DEMOBILIZING TOO FAST SAYS » NAVY’SCHIEF Warns Against Taking His Word “Disintegrat ed'' Too Literally KEY MEN~LET OUT WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.— (/P)—The navy’s chief of op erations told a congressional committee today that the United States navy is not now prepared to fight a major battle if it were necessary to do so. The statement was made by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King In response to questions by house military committee members aftfr he had endorsed universal mili tary training legislation. King had commented that the rate of demobilization of the navy had resulted in disintegration of units. Asked by Rep. Leroy Johnson (R Calif) if the disorganization was such as to render the navy un able “t fight a major battle” im mediately if necessary, King re plied: "I’m afraid 1 will have to say ‘yes' to that question.” ^ The navy, the admiral said, ™ Is not “the going concern’* it had expected to be because of speedy demobilisation and “it is more or less disintegrated.” “I don't want to be taken too literally on that,” he cautioned, “but I don't know any other way to express It.” Many key men in units have ! been demobilized, the admiral ex plained, and have not been re placed. While fighting units may be up to their usual complement in actual numbers of men, he pointed out, these complements do not constitute what the navy knows * as “ships companies.” Earlier King told the com mittee the atomic bomb in its present form “cannot prevent fleets from operating.” Testifying in support of Presi dent's request for universal mili tary training legislation, the five star admiral said he believed it See DEMOBILIZING Page 2 JACK FROST PAYS VISIT Jack Pro6t painted the window panes, coated the ground with cov ering almost like light snow and altogether heralded the approach of winter in cold-blooded fashion last night. Local thermometer dropped to 34 degrees causing people to reach for extra blankets In the wee hours of this morning. Overcoats were the rule on the streets early to day. Today warmed up as It went, however, and the sunshine was beating back fringes of winter with vengeance. Last night's cold snap ended a long run of mild weather and fur nished a punctuation mark for one of the most beautiful falls on rec ord. For the most part the wea ther has been Ideal for cotton picking and general outside activ ity. For the rest of this week the weather man has promised warm er weather and a fair week-end. Executives Hear Dr. Nash Tonight Dr. Vernon Nash, former Rhodes scholar and for many years a resi dent of China, will address the Cleveland Executives club tonight at its dlqner session beginning at 7 o’clock at the Hotel Charles. Attendance privileges have been extended several new members from the club’s membership wait ing list for tonight’s address as well as that of Robert Kazmayer on December 14, those having been accepted ‘as members for 1946 by the club’s directors. A near-capacity crowd has made reservations for tonight’s dinner, J. W. Osborne, sepretary, stated. k KIMMELL AND SHORT AT HEARING—Rear Admiral Husband E. Klm mel (left), naval commander at Pearl Harbor when the Japs attacked, and MaJ. Gen. Walter C. Short, Hawaiian army commander at that time, listens closely at the Senate-House hearing In Washington on details of the disaster.—(AP Wirephotos). Pre-Pearl Harbor Convoys In Pacific Witness Thinks No German Subs In Pacific At Time Convoy Order Wes Given WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—(lP)—The navy ordered the convoying of merchant shipping in the Pacific 12 days be fore the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a senate-house in quiry committee learned today. Admiral T. B. Inglis put into the record of the disaster investigation a copy of an order issued Nov. 25, 1941, by Admiral Harold E. Stark, then chief of naval operations. Stark instructed naval offi cials at San Francisco to route all merchant shipping on a southern route and to “provide necessary escort.” Inglis testified copies of the order went to Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander in chief of the fleet at Pearl Har bor, and others. In a series of rapid-fire ques tions, Senator Ferguson (R-Mlch) established that at least two con voys were on the Pacific in the week before the Japanese attack. He asked Inglis if any German submarines or surface vessels were in those waters and the admiral said he thought not. Inglis testified that the heavy cruiser Pensacola was convoying eight ships west bound. He did not mention the makeup of the other convoy. WHEREABOUTS Ferguson asked Inglis to obtain information on the whereabouts at that time of the cruiser Boise, which the Michigan senator indi cated he thought was convoying a number of ships, including the merchantman, American leader. A Japanese message to Tokyo intercepted nearly a month before Pearl Harbor described the late President Roosevelt as believing then that Japan would be “on the move soon.” This came to light today as the See PEARL HARBOR Page 2 HUSS OVEN prison™ Sentenced To Not Less Than 25 Years, Not More Than 30 NEWTON, Nov. 16 —(/P>— Judge Allen H. Gwyn In Catawba county Superior court today sentenced Revis Huss, 27, to not less than 25 years and not more than 30 years in the state penitentiary at Ra leigh in connection with the slay ing of his wife last August 23. Sentence was handed down at 11:45 a.m. today, less than 24 hours after the court began to hear testimony In the sensational case. The trial was brought to a sur prise close when the defense this morning submitted a plea of guilty to second degree murder, which the court immediately accepted. Hearing of evidence resumed this morning with testimony from Sheriff Ray Pitts, who yes terday offered a purported con fession which he said was made before him by Huss on August 27. OBJECTION The confession yesterday was not immediately accepted by the court on the strength of an ob jection by the defense that it had been introduced in a lower court See HUSS Page 2 Automobile Industry, Workers Still Far Apart On Wage Issue DETROIT, Nov. 16 —(/P)— The automobile industry and the CIO Auto Workers union appeared no nearer to a peaceful solution of the wage problem today as further peace feelers stood rejected and sharp verbal blasts were hurled by both sides. In fact the simultaneous entry bt all the “Big Three" car compan ies into the dispute only served to! emphasize the difference between them and the union on the latter’s 30 per cent wage increase demands. This was the picture as two of the big three — General Motors md Chrysler — continued negotia tions with the UAW-CIO after a lay filled with wage discussions, ?ress conferences and formal state nents: General Motors’ latest offer, a general 10 per cent increase above current levels for all hourly - rated employes, was turned down by the union as a “streamlined approach to in flation. Chrysler Corp. was accused by1 i union leader as being "hell-bent See AUTOMOBILE; Page X Russia Holds Key To Atomic Bomb Control By John M. Hightower WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.— (/P)—Russia holds the key to day to success or failure of the Anglo-American atomic control program. American officials say the next move is up to Moscow. Hence the immediate future is viewed as an extremely critical period by those who regard the existence of the atomic bomb as probably the foremost problem of diplomacy in the world. During this period the ability of the great powers to work together in the United Nations for the pre vention of war is bound to undergo a severe test. The outcome of the test may well determine whether the United Nations will be a strong and effective organization in the years ahead. President Truman, Prime Min ister Attlee of Britain and Prime Minister MacKenzie King of Can ada laid the groundwork for the test yesterday with their proposal that the 'United Nations organi zation create a special commission on atomic energy. Russia's reaction may either be made known quickly or withheld until the United Nation’s holds its organization meeting at London during the first week in January. WORLD WHLL LEARN That is where the issue will have to come to a head. Meanwhile, the world probably will learn something more about American thinking on the subject tonight from Secretary of State Byrnes. The state Department said he would devote part of his speech to the three-power declaration when he appears at a testimonial dinner in Charleston, S. C. The Job for the Unit- : Nations presumably will be proposed form ally by the United States as soon as the security council is orf an ized. While no details have been dis closed officially, it is expected by officials here that the prop/j/sd atomic commission will be set up See RUSSIA Page 2 Industry Promises Statement WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 —WP)— Industry delegates to President Truman’s labor-management con ference promised to make known today their stand on the collective bargaining issue. Indications were it might take the form of a counter proposal or amendment to a request by CIO President Philip Murray that the conference approve bargaining within the framework of the ad ministration’s broad wage-price policy; raise wages generally with out increasing prices. Ira Mosher, president of the National Association of Man ufacturers, told newsmen management’s “10 percent” view would be presented to the conference executive com mittee at its closed meeting today (noon). Presidents William Green of the AFL and John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers have object ed to the CIO resolution if it can be construed as holding collective bargaining within the boundaries of the administration wage-price policy. Green told reporters no labor representative could object to the idea of endorsing collective bar gaining on wages as a principle. CONCURRENCE Many management delegates al so seemed willing to concur on a general statement of that sort. Some suggested amending the Murray resolution to cut out the reference to the President’s pol icy. The executive committee decid ed yesterday to speed up the con ference by insisting on final re ports by Saturday night from the six working committees. One group studying how to min imize disputes over existing con See INDUSTRY Page 2 COMMUNISTS FIRE ON TRAIN OF GEN. PECK General, Uninjured, Asks U. S. Planes To Strafe Village WARNINGls GIVEN SHANGHAI, Nov. 1.—(/P) —The U. S. China theater headquarters reported today that a train bearing Maj. Gen. Dewitt Peck, first marine division commander, was under fire from a communist occupied North-China village yesterday. General Peck, uninjured, request ed that U. S. Planes strafe \e vill age if the firing continued, head quarters disclosed. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, Commanding U. S. Forces in China, in a carefully worded reply authorized “appropriate military action,” but only after "consider able” warning to the village and adequate precautions to avoid en dangering innocent persons. Headquarters was unable to con firm Tientsin reports tVt marines aboard the train returned the fire. The report of the attack was received by Wedemeyer from Maj. Gen. Keller Rockey, commander of the third am phibious corps. Hockey's mess age said the train was en «*rute from Tangshan to the coal port of Chinwangtao, and that the small-arms fire was coming from a village 600 yards north' of Lwanhslen. Rockey instructed Peck to send an emissary to the village to in form the Communist leader that “if firing continues I will order an air strafing mission against the village.” ROAD DESTROYED • Rockey’s message also reported that 300 yards of track and road bed of the railway had been de stroyed by mines, causing several casualties among Chinese workers. No American casualties were re ported. Wedemeyer in his reply said, in part: “After insuring that your warning to said military lead er or responsible authority has been received and understood, and should firing that jeopar dizes American lives continue you are authorized to take ap propriate military action.” Associated Press correspondent Olen Clements, at Tientsin, said travelers reported the Marines aboard the train returned the fire, but Marine headquarters remained silent. “Travelers said that the fight took place at a spot between Tang shan and Chinwangtao, where Communist troops have been giv ing the Nationalists trouble for days,” Clemen/s reported. He said it was not known whether Com munists knew General Peck was aboard the train. TASK INCOMPLETE Wedemeyer told a news con ference today that the task for which Marines entered China — disarming 1,091,000 surrendered Japanese—was two-thirds complet ed. Asked why the remaining one third still carried arms, he said it was due partly to the fact that central government forces were “insufficient” in certain remote areas, and also to the fact that See COMMUNISTS Page 2 Chinese Nationalist Troops To Begin Mass Move Into Manchuria By Spencer Davis PEIPING, Nov. 16.—P)—Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek’s nationalist troops v/ill begin a mass movement “quite soon” into Manchuria in air transports turned over to China by America, a spokesman at Chiang’s field headquarters said today. Their destination will be the main airfield at Changchun, capi tal of Manchuria, which uncon firmed reports say is in the hands of Chinese communists following a withdrawal of the Russians. (An official Chinese govern ment dispatch received at Chung king yesterday said Russians had yielded control- of Changchun’s pos tal and telegraph facilities to a handful of Chinese government authorities, and indicated that the Russians have not yet completed their planned withdrawal.) Chiang’s men are opposed in a ground movement toward Man churia by Chinese communists and the presence of the communists in two Manchurian ports evacuated by the Russians recently caused ships of the U. S. Seventh fleet to pull away without putting ashore the nationalists on board. American air erew ferrying un marked C54 transports here from ; Kunming protested to commanding officers of the 10th Airforce, that flying without the U. S. insignia increased the hazards of being shot if forced down or flying low'. MORE SERIOUS The generalissimo’s spokesman said that conflict with Chinese communist forces throughout nortn China is becoming “more and more serious.” He voiced a need for more See CHINESE Page 2 JAYCEES PLAN LAD1ESTNIGHT A tinge of expectancy will flavor the interest of members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and their guests Monday night at the annual Ladies’ Night program to be held at the Hotel Charles at 7 o’clock, as T. K. Fletcher, chair man of the committee on ar rangements, promises an eye-full of entertainment for the evening. Guests of the Jaycees for the occasion will include their wives or sweethearts; the local com mander of the American Legion, Willis McMurry, and Mrs. Mc Murry; presidents of various civic clubs and their wives, President Clyde Short, of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Short; Chamber of Commerce Secretary Dale Stentz, and Mrs. Stentz, and wives of Jaycee members now in the armed forces. The program will begin with a song, followed by the invocation, to be rendered by J. E. Noggle. Dinner will be served, and then Lee Shuford will introduce and welcome the guests. Mrs. Rush Hamrick, jr., will give the re sponse. Following a special song, Joe Beckham will make special prize awards, and special gifts to the women will be made by T. K. Fletcher. R. T. LeGrand, jr., will introduce the entertainer, whose name will not be revealed until that time. Concluding the service will be the singing of songs, with Dale Stentz leading, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Stentz. 3 GUILTY IN BELSEN TRIAL Kramer, Grese, Klein Con victed, To Be Sentenc ed Tomorrow LUENEBURG, Germany, Nov. 1 16——Josef Kramer, com mandant of the Belsen and Os wiecim prison camps, and the two other main defendants were •sonviatcd by a British Military Court today of com mitting atrocities and brutal ities. The other two also convict ed were Dr. Fritz Klein and 22-year-old blonde Irma Grese, < chief among 45 SS < guards j tried in the nine-week trial. The court is expected to sentence the three tomorrow. Sentences may range from fines and imprisonment to death by hanging or shooting. Pieter Weingartner, 32, for merly in the Yugoslav army, guilty of two charges; George Kraft, 27, an SS guard and gon of a Romanian miller, innocent. Use Lothe 31, a German prisoner it Belsen who was named as a :amp functionary, innocent; Hilde Lobauer, 27, an unmarried Ger man mother of two, sent to the :amp as a social outcast, guilty of two charges. Franz Hoeszler, 34, SS guard since 1934, formerly a photograph er for a German winter resort, tuilty of crimes at Oswiecim, in nocent at Belsen; Juana Borman, 12, who gave up mission society 4'ork to join the SS, guilty at Os wiecim, innocent at Belsen; Eli sabeth Volkenrath, 26, chief of the 3S women and a former hairdresser in Silesia, guilty of both charges; Herta Ehlert, 40, SS guard and for mer bakery saleswoman at Berlin, ?uilty at Belsen, innocent at Os wiecim. Fire Destroys Part Of Hickory Packing Company HICKORY, Nov. 16 — (&)— An early morning fire today destroyed part of the plant of the Hickory Packing Company, three miles from here on highway 70 to Newton,! killed 10 cows and burned a large ' quantity of meat. : j The fire was discovered during the early morning hours by a night watchman. The fire consumed 71 head of dressed cattle, 40 head of 1 dressed hogs and 10 live cows. It ’ also burned the abbatoir and the refrigeration room on the upper ■ floor of the two-story brick and 1 concrete structure. H. L. Propst, vice president of the company, had no immediate 1 esitmate of the loss. Van Mook Asks New Indonesian Cabinet To Meet Him Tonight ny LMf tKHlVSU.\ BATAVIA, Nov. 16—(A>)—Hubert us J. Van Mook, acting governor general of The Netherlands East Indies, called upon the new In donesian nationalist cabinet to night to meet him in an informal discussion at the earliest possible moment, in an effort to save In donesia from further bloodshed and threatened famine. Van Mook made his state ment at a press conference at a time when Indonesian resis tance was officially reported to be slackening at battered Sow aoaja Deiore tne assault or tanks, guns and planes of the slowly advancing British In dian troops. The acting governor general ex pressed disappointment that the Indonesians had been unable tc attend a meeting last night under the chairmanship of Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison, allied command er in the NEI, and said it was im perative in the interests of In donesia aa a whole that both sides cooperate to keep order and pre vent the eoonomlc ruin of Java. All aUlqlal Brtcwh -guaunary to aay said mere was running to re- , port” on the situation at Soera- 1 ‘ baja. A summary of yesterday’s ‘ fighting said the resistance of the j 15,000 Indonesians in Soerabaja I ( “decreased” as the Indian troops I j expanded the area under their;, control. j t (The Hilversum radio quoted a j * dispatch of the Dutch news agen- j ( cy Aneta as saying 3,000 British- [; Indian troops landed on Sumatra \ without Indoneisan opposition and began rounding up Japanese at j See VAN MOOK Page 2 UNABLE TO GET COALITION GOVERNMENT Decision Came From Com munist Demand For Cabinet Posts UNANIMOUS CHOICE PARIS, Nov. 16.—(/P)— Glen. De Gaulle’s office an lounced today that the g/n iral had decided to resign as nterim president of France pecause of his inability to compromise differences with he communist party and form a coalition government. De Gaulle's decision grew out )f a demand of the communist rarty, most important single po itical group in the newly elected :onstituent assembly, for key cab net posts in the proposed three larty coalition government. De Gaulle was elected unani nously by the constituent assem bly Tuesday to serve as president luring the creation of the fourth republic. The general then shed a is uniform for civilian clothing. He became head of the Free French movement after escaping from his homeland to London in mid-June, 1940, and won undis puted control of the French com mittee of national liberation in Algiers in November, 1943, when 3en. Henri Giraud resigned as its ;o-president after a bitter dispute vith De Gaulle over the composi ;ion of the administration. ASSEMBLY TOMORROW De Gaulle’s letter announcing his iecision to resign was expected to ye placed in the hands of Felix 3ouin, president of the assembly, this evening. The assembly will ip convoked tomorrow to hear the resignation and to act on it — lither to reject it or accept it and ilect a new president. The deadlock developed when the communists in two letters See UNABLE Page 2 JEWISiTLEADERS DEPLORE RIOTS British Take New Precau tions To Halt Illegal Immigration JERUSALEM, Nov. 16—(A*)—Brt ish authorities took new precau* ions to halt illegal immigration in o Palestine today as Zionist lead ms deplored a two-day reign of 'iolence in Tel Aviv estimated to lave caused more than 100 cas ialties and $000,000 property dam ige. With quiet at last reported restored to the troubled city, Isaac Ben-Tsevei, chairman of the Jewish national council, is sued a statement attributing the riots to “irresponsible youths” and declaring they were “highly detrimental to the Jewish cause.” He added that Jewish leaders iad urged self-discipline and non ■iolence. At the same time the pro iionist Palestine Post declared eri torially that all responsible Jews trorgly disapproved the outbreaks n Tel Aviv. Describing the rioting ,s “a shoddy episode,” the Post aid: “There is no Jew worthy of the lame but will disassociate himself rom fascist terrorism which swoops nd strikes where the victims are ew and defenseless. iTAIN “That British firms should have een singled out tor destruction nd plunder is a stain which every ew of decent feeling will long arry in shame.” Dispatches from Tel Aviv declnr d the city was quiet last night as Sritish armored cars and troops of he reinforced British Sixth Air lorne division patrolled the streets nforcing a strict curfew Maj. Jen. E. L. Bols, commander of the Sixth, said the curfew probably ,-ould be lifted today. Several hundred persons were re- • iorted arrested, however, before the See JEWISH Page *
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