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- State Theatre Today -
“YOU CAME ALONG”
Starring
ELISABETH SCOTT
CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONE 1100
VOL XLIII— 278
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
SHELBY, N. C,
TUESDAY, NOV. 20, 1945
TELEMAT PICTURES
SINGLE COPIES—5*
Iranian Troops, Sent To Quell Disturbances, Stopped By Soviets
APPARENTLY
HAD CONSENT
OF RUSSIANS
Four Battalions Halted At
Kazrin And Sent Back
To Tehran
SEVEN SAID KILLED
TEHRAN, Nov. 20.—(/P)—
Iranian troops dispatched to
Azarbaijan province to quell
separatists disturbances there
were halted at Kazvin today
by Russian authorities and
ordered to return to Tehran,
the Iranian government said.
Four battalions of troops and
gendarmes had been moving
slowly northward from Tehran,
apparently with' the tacit consent
of the Russian army commander,
to quell the outbreak in which
seven already have been reported
killed.
Kazvin Is about 100 miles north
east of Tehran and approximately
one-third of the distance between
the Iranian capital and Tabriz,
Azebaijan's largest city.
The troops moving to reinforce
government garrisons consisted
of two Infantry battalions, one
battalion of motorized troops and
one battalion of gendarmes, the
latter accompanied by two Ameri
can advisors from Colonel Nor
man Schwarzkopf's police and ad
visory mission in Iran.
The troops were expected to
reach Kazvin by tonight.
Communications between Teh
ran and the northern part of the
country still were cat and no clear
picture of the fighting could be
obtained at the Iran capital.
A government communique said
the situation was calm at Zenjan
Astara and Ardabll.
HARA-KIRI FOR
GEN. HONJO
Leader In Conquest Of
Manchuria Ordered Ar
rested Monday
TOKYO, Nov. 30 —(JP)— Baron
Oen. Shigeru Honjo, accused war
criminal and reputed ringleader
In the conquest of Manchuria,
committed hara-kiri today less
than 24 hours after he was order
ed arrested.
The baron was lying on his right
side In a pool of blood In his of
fice at the former Japanese war
college when allied reporters and
photographers arrived.
Blood still oozed from the body
and the hilt of his ceremonial
sword was thrust up from the
sheet which partly covered the
body. A small cup containing tea
dregs was beside the body.
The old-line officer performed
the Japanese hara-kiri ritual by
slashing his stomach cross-wise,
then cutting his throat.
W JN UNIFORM
But instead of the ritualistic
kimono, Honjo wore his army uni
form. His upthrust boots were
highly polished.
Honjo one of 11 war leaders of
the past lmperiallstis decade or
dered Imprisoned yesterday, died
shortly after his secretary found
his slashed body on his office
floor.
“I cannot endure as a soldier
of our country to appear before
a court of allied powers,” Honjo
said In a letter written shortly
before he killed himself.
*'I find no way of apologizing to
See HARA-KIRI Fage 2
ONE YEAR LATER—Forest (Nub
bins) Hoffman (above), 4 of Chey
enne, Wyo., is looking JOrward to
Christmas on “standard time” this
year. A year ago his parents gave
him an early Christmas party on
Nov. 19 because he wasn’t expected
to live until Christmas on account
of a bladder ailment. An opera
tion saved his life, and now he’s
doing fine. TAP Wirephoto).
KNOX FORESAW
SNEAK ATTACK
Richardson Says FR Loath
To Increase Fleet In
Summer 1940
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 —(F)—
The late navy Secretary Frank
Knox predicted on Jan. 24, 1941,
that if war with Japan occurred,
hostilities might begin with a
surprise attack upon the Pacific
fleet or the naval base at Pearl
Harbor.
His prediction was made in a
letter to Henry L. Stlmson, then
secretary of war, and was disclos
ed in an exchange of correspond
ence made public today by the
congressional Pearl Harbor inves
tigating committee.
Introduction of the Knox letter
was one of several developments
at the day’s sessions. Others in
cluded:
1— Admiral J. O. Richard
son, commander of the Paci
fic fleet until 10 months prior
to the Japanese attack at
Pearl Harbor, testified the late
President Roosevelt was “ra
ther loath” to Increase the
manpower of the fleet in the
midsummer of 1940.
2— Committee aides said that
Admiral William D. Leahy,
Mr. Roosevelt’s chief of staff
during the war, would be call
ed to testify during the day.
Admiral Richardson also told
the committee that after a July,
1940, series of conferences with
President Roosevelt, Secretary Hull
and others, he left Washington
See KNOX Page 2
Health Program To Get Quick
Attention, Deferred Action
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President Truman's request for a
broad health and medical program
received assurances today of early
congressional attention but defer
red action. Its point also met with
both approval and disapproval of
the American Medical Association.
Rep. Priest (D-Tenn), chairman
of the House Interstate Health
subcommittee promised hearings
soon, but he declined to say Just
when they would start or how long
they might last.
Senator Wagner (D-NY), who
with Rep. Dlngell (D-Mlch) mtro
duced a bill to carry out the Pres
lueui/ s lecuiuiiieuuttUKJns, preuiC'.ea
senate labor committee action with
in two months.
Otherwise, congressional re
action to the message read by a
house to about a score of mem
bers was indefinite. Most of the
lawmakers told reporters they
wanted to know more about it,
particularly if it approached
what some called "socialized
medicine."
"It will receive careful scrutiny,"
said Rep. Knutson (Minn), ranking
Republican on the house ways and
See HEALTH Page 2
COMMUNISTS
INVADING
CHANGCHUN
In Race With Rival Chin
ese Nationalist
Soldiers
u. s. is"accused
CHUNGKING, Nov. 20.—
(fP) — Chinese communist
troops were reported invading
Manchuria’s capital in force
today in a race with rival na
tionalist soldiers, already 35
miles inside the vital indus
trial territory after a break
through in the south.
The China Times declared that
4,000 communist troops had entered
the capital of Changchun, but
failed to say whether Russian oc
cupation forces still were in the
city.
The Times also asserted without
c^firmation elsewhere that new
conferences between China and
Russia on the tense Manchurian
situation would begin soon, either
in Moscow or Chungking.
Unofficial reports in Chung
king said the Russians had laid
down 20 conditions which the
nationalists must meet before
being allowed to fly troops in
to Manchuria, making an over
land drive necessary.
Chungking newspapers asserted
this drive already was well under
way, with nationalist troops racing
23 miles almost unopposed beyond
positions a dozen miles inised
Manchuria to within 190 miles of
the great industrial city of Muk
den.
NEW CHARGES
With these well-equipped, Amer
ican-trained troops apparently on
the loose after having broken
through the Chinese communist
line along the great wall, the com
munist press leveled new charges
at the United States.
The United States is convert
ing China into “an American
colony,” the communist Daily
News charged.
The activities of the American
forces have enraged all patriotic
Chinese, the newspaper asserted.
It compared it with the “impe
rialism” of the British in India,
French in Indochina and the Dutch
in The Netherlands East Indies.
Noticeably, the criticism was is
sued swiftly after the other Chung
king papers had reported the over
night nationalist advance along
the Tientsin-Mukden railroad.
The nationalists occupied the
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SEEKS TO FORM
GOVERNMENT
De Gaulle Confers With
Leaders Of Three
French Parties
By JOSEPH E. DYNAN
PARIS, Nov. 20 —(AV- Gen. De
Gaulle today conferred with Com
munist, Socialist and Popular Re
publican (MPP) leaders of the
Constituent Assembly in his efforts
to form a coalition government.
No declaration was immediately
forthcoming whether progress had
been made in reconciling Com
munist demands for a policy-mak
ing cabinet post and De Gaulle’s
avowed opposition.
Prior to the conference with De
Gaulle, the Communist parlia
mentary group met and announced
it remained firm in its request for
one of three ministries — foreign
affairs, war or Interior.
The Communists made one con
cession in announcing acceptance
of the Socialist amendment adop
ted by the assembly yesterday m
voting on this point.
NO COMMENT
De Gaulle declined comment fol
lowing his conference with the
leaders.
One government official, who
said his opinion was shared by
several others in the foreign min
istry, predicted that De Gaulle
would unify the armed forces un
der a minister of National de
fense, and offer the post of un
der-secretary of air to the Com
munists under a non-communist
minister of defense. If accepted, the
compromise might break the long
deadlock over composition of the
government which will rule Prance
while the constitution for the
Fourth Republic is being drafted.
EZRA POUND JAILED FOR TREASON—Ezra Pound (left), bearded,
65-year-old Idaho-born poet charged with treason for braodcasting Axis
propagana in Italy during the war, arrives in Washington en route to
the District of Columbia jail. He is accompanied by U. S. Marshal C.
M. Kearney. Pound was flown from Italy and handed over to the
Department of Justice. (AP Wirephto.)
$79,309 Pledged To
Community Center
Cosh Of $74,909 Together With Pledges Of $4,000
Made—Number Of Donors Disappointing
A total of $79,309 in cash and pledges has been re
ceived for the Community Center project of the Shelby and
Cleveland County Foundation it was announced today by
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From 455 contributors cash and
bonds in the amount of $74,309 have
been received, while pledgee for
future payments total $4,400, Mr.
Ford said.
The report does not include re
ports from workers in industrial
plants now being solicited, and
Campaign Chairman Mai A. Span
gler expressed the hope that gifts
in process or to be made before the
end of 1945 would lift the memorial
fund to the $100,000 goal set for it
to have by the end of the year.
MEMORIAL
The Community Center is to be
the community’s memorial for all
who served in World War II and
as such it is the hope of Founda
tion trustees that every citizen will
have a part in its provision. The fact
See $79,309 Page 2
WHATS DOimT
TODAY
7 pun.—Scouters club meets
at new Scout hut at Lawndale
with Troop No. 1 of that place
as hosts. Members going from
Shelby meet at Star office at
6:30 to pool rides.
7:30 p.m.—CAP cadets meet
at armory.
WEDNESDAY
7:15 p.m. — Sunday school
workers’ council of First Bap
tist church meets at the
church.
7:30 p.m.—Called meeting of
Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. &
A. M. for work in third degree.
7:45 p.m.—Thanksgiving ser
vice at First Baptist church in
place of weekly prayer meet
ing.
Jaycees And
Ladies Have
Magician Show
Members of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce and their guests were
fairly *agog with attention last
night at the Hotel Charles as Ar
thur Thompson, of Charlotte, guest
entertainer at the annual Jay
cee Ladies’ Night program, demon
strated that “the hand is quicker
than the eye.”
Mr. Thompson, who started his
programs as a hobby a number
of years ago, has come to be well
known as a magician and enter
tainer throughout these parts. He
was introduced by R. T. LeGrand,
jr.
Guests of the Jaycees for the
occasion were their wives and
sweethearts, wives of Jaycee mem
bers now in the armed forces,
presidents of various civic culbs,
including Athos Rostan, president
of the Lions club, and Mrs. Ros
tan; Mason Carroll, president of
the Rotary club, and Mrs. Car
roll; Reid Misenheimer, president
of the Kiwanis club, and Mrs.
Misenheimer; Clyde Short, Cham
ber of Commerce president; Willis
McMurry, commander of the Amer
ican Legion, and Mrs. McMurry.
Welcomed as former members of
the Jaycees were Sherrill Lineber
ger and James Byers.
The program opened with a
See JAYCEES Page 2
HOLIDAY ROUNDUP:
Churches In <
Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving just two daysi
off, churches in the city and county
were making final arrangements
for Thanksgiving services to be held
at various times between Wednes
day and Sunday.
Services open tomorrow night
when the Eastside Baptist church
will meet at 7 o’clock, with the
pastor, Rev. W. P. Biggerstaff, in
charge.
At 7:45 tomorrow evening, the
First Baptist church will hold its
Thanksgiving service. A full pro
gram of music and the expression
of thanks has been arranged, in
cluding talks by John P. Mull, Miss
Hity Plan
Services
Laura Cornwell and O. M. Mull.
Thanksgiving scripture will be
read. On Thursday morning, the
church will join other churches in
a union service at the Presbyterian
church.
On Thursday morning at 8:30, the
Central Methodist church will have
its annual Thanksgiving service,
with Rev. Kale delivering the ser
mon on “A Proper Optimism”. Mrs.
Robert Gidney will direct a program
of special Thanksgiving music, and
Mrs. Kemp Huss will be at the
organ. A special offering will be
See CHURCHES Page 2
BRITISH BOMB
ROADS HELD
BY INDONESIANS
Javanese Armed By Japs
During Occupation Pour
Into Capital
ALLIES LOSFSTATIONS
By Ralph Morton
BATAVIA, JAVA, Nov. 20.
—(/P)—Indonesian-held road
ways into Semarang were
bombed by six RAF Thunder
bolts today and fighting be
tween native and Allied fore-;
es broke out in several sec
tions of Batavia.
The official Netherlands news
agency Aneta reported authorities
expressed belief that a consider
able number of young Indonesians
belonging to the Permuda, an or
ganization armed by the Japanese
during the occupation, were pour
ing into the capital by train.
Allied authorities had lost con
trol of the railway stations.
The action about Semarang was
the first aerial offensive against
the city in the current fighting.
The Indonesians had barricaded
themselves across three roads
which formed the only contact be
tween two Indian forces which
were attempting to link-up against
stiff resistance.
PEOPLE WARNED
After an overnight staff confer
ence, the British dropped^- 10,000
leaflets on the town, warning the
people to leave before the R.A.F.
struck. They were given 90 min
utes notice.
The British officially expressed
anxiety over the situation in Se
marang. A crowd which threatened
British headquarters sustained 50
casualties when it was dispersed
by mortar fire yesterday, and total
Indonesian casualties in the dis
trict were put at 50 killed, 50
See BRITISH Page 2
CAR CEILINGS
CONFUSING
Some New Car Prices Less
Than On Comparable
1942 Used Cars
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20— (TP) —
Ceiling prices for some new autos
will be less than present ceilings
on camparable 1942 used cars, OPA
acknowledged today.
There are “good reasons” for this,
an OPA official said in comment
ing on a congressman’s criticism
of higher prices for used models.
The official, asking anonymity,
noted that when used cars were
brought under price control in
July 1944, used 1942 autos were
given the same ceiling as those
applicable on February 29, 1944, to
new cars still in the ration pool.
Those new car ceilings were con
siderably higher than the March,
1942 price levels at which they
had been fixed originally, the of
ficial said.
INCREASES PERMITTED
The reason: Dealers were per
mitted to increase the ceiling by
one per cent each month to cover
storage charges.
This meant that 24 months of
storage charges had been added
through Feb. 29, 1944. It was at
that price level that ceilings for
used 1942 cars were pegged.
Here’s an example of how this
worked out:
The ceiling on a new Ford V-8
Deluxe Tudor in March, 1942, was
$850. By February 1944 it was up
to $950. West of the Mississippi
river it was up more in accord
ance with traditional price differ
ential).
DEPRECIATION CUT
Thus the ceiling on the same
model used car was $950. At pres
ent it ,is $912 because of a four
per cent cut for depreciation.
The retail ceiling announced
Sunday for the same model 1946
Ford is $882, which is less by $30
than the current ceilings for the
1942 used car.
Only Ford and Studebaker new
car ceilings have been announced,
and at present only Ford’s lend
themselves to this kind of compari
son.
The OPA official said, however,
that some other new autos prob
ably will have ceilings less than
those on comparable 1942 used
models.
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HE TAKES CREDIT FOR PEARL
HARBOR—The Pearl Harbor In
vestigating committee in Washing
ton has learned that Admiral
Osami Nagano (above), chief of
the Japanese Navy general staff,
testified in Tokyo recently that he,
alone, decided on Nov. 3, 1941, to
attack the Hawaiian bastion. (AP
Wirephoto). '
B-29 SETS
NEW RECORD
Lands In Washington
After Non-Stop Flight
From Guam
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—(A5)
—A B-29 which came all the
way from Guam without a
stop landed here this after
noon, and the army air forces
immediately claimed a world’s
distance record.
The plane hit the runways
at the National airport at
1:35 p.m. (EST), approximate
ly 35 hours and some 8,000
miles after it left Guam.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 —(A1)—
The army announced today that
i B-29, winging its way eastward
trom Guam, has set a non-stop
iistance record—and is still fly
ing.
The B-29 passed over La Crosse,
Wis., at 9:30 a.m. (EST.) This Is
7,368 miles from Guam, the army
lir forces said.
The Superfortress had broken
;he record at that point.
The B-29 is expected to arrive
it Washington National airport
ibout 1:30 p.m. (EST) today.
The previous mark of 7,158.44
miles was hung up by the British
in 1938, flying from Egypt to Aus
PREVIOUS TRIALS
Last month three Superfor
tresses, carrying three generals,
tried for a non-stop record in a
flight form Japan, but failed be
cause of unexpected headwinds.
That flight, from the Japanese
island of Hokkaido to Chicago,
was about 7,000 miles. After
landing to refuel at Chicago, the
planes continued on to Washing
ton.
An army official said today
that the Guam flight is longer be
cause the B-29 did not take the
short way home—over the top of
the world.
Slight changes were made to fit
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INDICTMENTS
READ TO 20
DEFENDANTS
Prosecutors Of U. S., Brit
tain, France, Russia
Read Charges
bormanTTat LARGE
By Daniel De Luce
NUERNBERG, Nov. 20.—
(#*)—A strangely assorted
score of gloomy nazis sat de- .
jectedly today before an in
ternational military tribunal
and beard themselves formal- J
ly accused of nazi war crimes,
the murder of 10,000,000 Eu
ropeans, plunder, horror and
torture.
Throughout the opening session
of the historic trial for their lives,
Hitlerian followers such as corpulent
Hermann Goering, vague Rudolf
Hess and defiant Field Marshal
Wilhelm Keitel listened through
earphones while spokesmen of tha
nations which crushed their hier
archy recited crimes the world had
never before witnessed.
By turns, prosecutors of the '
United States, Great Britain,
Fiance and Russia droned through
the four counts of the 35,000-word
indictment accusing the last of the
leading Nazis of conspiracy to com
mit crimes against the peace, actual
commission of crimes against the
peace, war crimes and crimes against
humanity.
Even the appendices containing
individual charges against the 20
defendant were read, meaning that
the men who terrorized Europe
only a year ago could not be ar
raigned until the Wednesday ses
sion.
The Nazis sometimes sat with
earphones clasped on to hear trans
lations in German piped to them as
the prosecutors read in English,
French and Russian. Robed attor
neys sat beside them.
TRIED IN ABSENTIA
Of the 24 originally indicted, one
is at large, two are too ill to at
tend and one has committed sui
cide. Martin Bormann, Hitler’s de
puty, was being tried in absentia. *j
Robert Ley, the labor leader, tool* |
his own life. Ernest Kaltenbrunner
of the Gestapo and Gustav Krupp
von Bohlen und Halbach were ill.
After the indictments are read in
full, each defendant will plead eith
er “guilty” or ‘‘not guilty”. Then
the prosecution wiil make its open
ing statement.
Rudolf Hess, an almost im
pish grin playing about his sun
ken mouth, was lined up in the
dock with the Nazi defendants
—20 in all. The 21st, Martin
Bormann, Hitler's deputy, is be
See INDICTMENT Page 2
Eisenhower Would
Let Wives Go To
Occupation Troops
BOONE, IA„ Nov. 20—(A3)—Gen
eral Dwight D. Eisenhower, who
spent most of two days at the hos
pital bedside of his wife, recover
ing from bronchial pneumonia,
says he favors taking the wives of
occupation troops to Europe “af
ter we have gotten down to occu
pation forces.”
General Eisenhower, In a press
conference prior to leaving for
the American Legion convention
in Chicago and after being advised
by physicians that his wife was
“on the road to recovery”, said
his policy “will give the wife of
the lowliest GI the same right as
any officers, wife, or my wife, for
instance.”
Labor-Management Groups
Act To Prevent Stalemate
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. — (£>)—
Management spokesmen, complain
ing of what they termed “unreal
istic” work being done in commit
tees of the labor-managemest con
ference hinted today they might
file separate reports for conference
consideration.
This development came as the
“big six”—the heads of the two in
dustry and four labor organizations
represented—took action designed
to prevent any of the committees
from winding up in dead-locked
disagreement.
The six set themselves up as a
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dering committee could bring its
problems before arriving at an im
passe.
In the background was this situ
ation of committee progress:
Of the six spadework committees,
only one has filed a progress re
port. All reports were called for on
Friday.
Two other committees turned in
reports, then pulled them back for
further debate.
Still another committee, the one
seeking remedies for jurisdictional
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