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Suspended
Sentence For
Henry Y arboro
For assaulting his uncle. Jol
Yarboro, of the Bethlehem c^>n
munity with a rock when the e
der Yarboro attempted to di
suade him from taking his m<
thart wheat to sell without hi
consent, Henry Yarboro. Bethli
hem youth, received a BO-day sus
pended sentence on condition c
payment of costs and two-yeai
good behavior in Recorder s coui
this'' morning.
The uncle, with bandages o
his head and wrist, testified tha
the boy'e mother had asked hir
to try to stop the boy, who, witl
another youth, was about to driv
away with the wheat. When h
spoke to the boy’s companion, Mj
Yarboro stated that his. nephe\
hit him several times with a rod
and chased him across a field.
DRIVING DRUNK
Jamea Sellars of Shelby wa
found guilty of driving while un
der Uu influence of liquor, whei
policeman Paul Stamey testifiei
that Sellars was drunk at the tlmi
be was called to investigate <
wreck which occurred in front o:
the Carolina theatre Saturday at
ter noon. Sellars was fined
and costa and received a four
month suspended sentence witl
suspension of his driver’s licensi
for 12 months.
Frank Oray also received a four
month suspended sentence anc
suspension of his driver’s licensi
for one year on condition of pay
ment of a |60 fine and eosta aftei
ha was found guilty of drunker
driving on highway 74 at aboui
|:S0 Sunday morning.
Evidence that liquid Christmai
sheer was already beginning U
flow Into Cleveland was also In
troduced when Judge A. A. Powel
found 30 offender* guilty of pub
lic drunkenness and A. K. Allen
eolored, of Shelby, guilty of as
sault on a female and public
drunkenness.
COMMUNISTS
Start* On Page One
•d to succeed Hurley. They want
to learn hla policy regarding dis
arming of Jspanss* and to mark
time until “peace taHu" get under
way in Chungking before making
any belligerent move* against Pei
ping and Tatung where, they as
sert, many Japanese remain un
der arms.
“Wherever Japanese and puppets
remain armed in China, we are
det> -mined to annihilate them," he
stated.
b. iw and Keisui in Buly&n pro
> >iow and Kweisui In Suiyan
pi nee could be taken any time
to co so. Peng said, because ol
unwillingness to spread civil war
Both have been reported besieged
by tiie communists. ..
Peng said he “definitely expect
ed” Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Shek's forces to mount a full of
fensive in North China this month
if American help and transporta
tion increased, or in February or
March if American aid decreased.
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WATSON HEARS
ROAD APPEALS
Washburn Switch - N«*
n! House Road First On
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Four delegations, two from Cleve
land and two from Catawba ap
peared this morning before High
way Commissioner Max Watson ap
pealing for roads in this district.
The delegation from the Wash
bum Switch-New House communi
ties was assured that a road lead
* ing off of No. 74 at the Blanton
J farm, extending through the Wash
j burn Switch community to the Pot
3 j ter Place and up through New
' House, is the first on the program.
Location of this road will be made
] as soon as a surveying crew can
. be brought Into the county.
TO DUKE PLANT
A hard surface road leading off
. of 221-A, below dlffside on the
’ Chesnee road will be built into the
j village at the Duke Power plant in
! No 1 township, a short distance.
, The Duke Power Co. will pay for a
hard surface through their pro per
I ty to the plant. Mr. Watson prom
tsed eventually to extend this road
i leading off of 221-A to connect with
No. 150 below Boiling Springs, thus,
affording an east-west road through
a large part of No. 1 township. The
Lovelace bridge at the Ollie Moore
fish fry place at Broad River will
eventually be widened and ;|reng
thened so that it can handle bus
and heavy truck traffic.
Two delegations numbering fifty
persons came in from Catawba
county, one asking for a hard sur
face road out of Maiden into the
Sandy Ridge section. Attorney Joe
Murphy was spokesman for this
delegation.
MAIDEN DELEGATION
G. E. Mauney headed and spoke
for a Maiden delegation asking for
two east and west all-weather
road projects that "the highway
miles leading out of Maiden. The
need of these roads was admitted
by Commissioner Watson who ad
ded with reference to all proposed
road proects that "the highway
department has not had any new
equipment for four years and is
just now getting into the swing of
road building. Technical men are
still unavailable but the highway
department wants to push the pro
gram as fast as possible to serve
the most people. It must be un
derstood, however, that road build
ing costs are more than a third of
pre-war costs. We can’t build all
the roads requested, but we will
do the best we can as soon as we
can. The people will have to be
patient."
JAP
Start* On Page On*
in the belief that to permit the
Japanese to enter the Gulf of Sl
am would put them on the ‘back
door of Singapore."
War chronologies show that
the Jap move into Thailand came
on Dee. 7, 1941, synchronized with
their other aggressive thrusts.
Marshall made the point, how
ever, that it was his personal opin
ion that the move into Thailand;
would mean the Involvement of
this oountry and Great Britain
in the war. He said the govern
ment* of the two countries held
the final decision, not the military
men such a* he and Stark.
WHAT ALERTS?
Ferguson replied that he was
seeking the views of the chief of
staff, particularly so that he migh,
find out what alerts had been
given to the armed forces.
Ferguson told reporters in ad
vance of today’s session that he
was interested in some secret war
time documents of. Great Britain.
Specifically, he said, he want* to
know:
1. Whether there was a joint
plan in 1941 committing the Unit
ed States and Britain to war
against Japan if certain things
cam* to pass—and if so, what were
those things.
3. Whether the British intelli
gent* service made better use of
intercepted Japanese aecreU than
did the United States In guessing
; when, where and whether the Jap
. anese might strike.
I Gen. George C. Marshall, war
, time chief of staff who is eager
to get away to his new job as spe-;
1 cial envoy to China, was called
bafck to the witness stand for his
fourth day of testimony.
PATTON
Starts On Page One
G. Spurling of Louisville, Ky. al
ready at the hospital are Maj.
Gen. A. W. Kenner, theater sur
:eon, and Prof. Hugh Carnes, a
British specialist who had been
flown from Oxford at the request
of Mrs. Patton.
Mrs. aPtton was expected to ar
rive in Paris tomorrow morning
and go from there to Heidelberg
either by rail or air.
An official army bulletin issued
at the hospital said the fiery
general had passed a restful night,
I sleeping five hours.
Blantons' Infant
Son Dies At Birth
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Baxter Blanton of Shelby, who are
now making their home in Wil
mington while Mr. Blanton is in
the service, died there Saturday a
, few hours after birth. The child
was brought to Shelby for burial,
and funeral rites were held from
: the New Hope Baptist church at
11 o’clock this morning, with the
Rev. Hugh Harrill in charge.
New York in the 1840‘s had less
than 400,000 inhabitants.
LAST LAUGHS?—Nazi leaders on trial at Nuernberg managed these laughs at the Nov. 30 session of the
international tribunal. Left to right, front row: Hemann Goering, Rudolph Hess, Joachim Von Rlbben
trop, Wilhelm Keitel. Rear row: Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder, Balbour Van Schirach and Frit* Bauckel.!
(AP Wirephoto).
Army Recruiting
Officer Here
6-Sgt. W. L. Ney, non-commis
sioned officer from Charlotte’s
army recruiting office, will be in
Shelby at the City Hall through
Friday of this week for the pur
pose of accepting enlistments and
offering advice as to benefits of
reenlistment.
8gt. Ney pointed out that hon
orably discharged men may reenlist
in the regular army in the highest
grades held at time of discharge if
application is made prior to Febru
ary 1 and within 20 days from the
time of separation, and will retain
all benefits and privileges. Men 17
year of age are now eligible for
enlistment, he said, but must have
the written consent of parent or
guardian.
MacARTHUR
Starts On Page One
Maiaki, once inspector general of
military education; Nagakage
Okabe, who was education minis
ter in the cabinet of ex-premier
Hideki Tojo and Koichiro Ishigara,
businessman.
MAY BUY LAND
MacArthur's newest land direc
tive abolishes absentee land own
ership and provides that millions
of farmers may buy land on long
term at low rates.
The measure threatens a new
crisis for Premier Kiujuro Shide
hara’s cabinet, which is on the
verge of collapse. MacArthur's first
demand last month for Agrarian
reform resulted in a lukewarm
government measure now before a
hesitant diet. Today's directive
cracks the wlyp for prompt action
on a reform which the landowners
are opposing strongly.
The farmers’ warning of rice
riots followed their meeting with
Prince Higashi-Kuni, former pre
mier, in which they asked that
the emperor be invited to visit
Tohoku prefecture to “dispel the
mental confusion now existing
among agricultural communities.’
They said only an imperial visit
would enable farmers to regain
their “confidence and stability."
ARMED
Starts On Page One
northwest part of the city.
An official British casualty
list for the period of October,
November and up to Dec. 5
gave a total of 145 killed, 604
wounded and 167 missing.
Authoritative sources here today
said Lt. Gov. Gen. Hubertus Van
Mook may fly to Holland Thursday
to report on Indonesian political
developments to his government.
The trip was considered routine,
prboably necessitated by inade
quate communication facilities.
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COULD
Starts On Pare On#
fight you, I care not who you are.
I say that for myself and I say
that for labor.”
Mr. Truman's plan is in
corporated in a bill which
would employ fact-finding
boards to recommend solutions
of mayor industrial disputes.
The measure would authorize
30-day bans on strikes while
the board functioned.
Attacking several sections of the
suggested legislation, Lewis assert
ed:
"Why should the 50,000.000
gainfully employed persons of this
nation be placed in statutory irons
by this legislation?”
I “This measure would restrict the
■ privilege of free labor. It would
neutralize labor's strength,” he
said.
ABSOLUTE STATE
"When industry and finance
make such proposals they are guil
ty of taking the first step to cre
ate a corporate £r absolute state
which in the end would regulate
the activities of all citizens.”
Lewis told the committee the
legislation would "impose on labor
: a form of compulsory arbitration."
Speaking casually, Lewis de
clared the proposed legislation
should be entitled "a bill to re
lieve economic destitution of
college professors.”
This remark was in reference to
the bill’s provision that members
of fact-finding boards may receive
as much as $100 a day.
"I judge the litigants wouldn’t
be too hard on the college profes
sors,” Lew-is said. "They would de
cide they couldn’t finish the Job
in 20 days. The litigants couldn’t
say no to a request for more time
and would sit ail summer at $100
a day.”
Lewis said there "would be no
facts of consequence for thq panel
to secure that are not well known
anyway.”
NOT A FACTOR
' The statistics of cost of living
are always available, Lewis said,
although he questioned their re
liability.
Industry’s ability to pay wage
increases is not a factor, Lewis
asserted, since it always can raise
prices to compensate.
"If this is the kind of legisla
tion you want, I have no doubt
that you can get it,” Lewis declar
ed. "But I haven’t yet accepted
the theory that that's what Amer
icans want.”
President Truman proposed this
fact finding approach to the cur
rent labor problem last week and
immediately stirred up a wave of
labor protest.
There are far more extinct than
living species of animals and birds.
Eighty-five per cent of the
world’s birds live in the tropics.
GOVERNMENT
Start* On Page One
as the CIO United Automobile
Workers pressed their demand*
against the strike-bound General
Motors Corp.
The UAW-CIO, seeking a
flat 30 percent pay Increase
from all the major ear mann
facturers, has drawn up what
it termed an "unprecedented"
company security guarantee for
presentation to Ford negotia
tors this afternoon.
Negotiations between Ford and
the union have been in progress
since Nov. 31. but discussion of
wages has been delayed by the
company's demand for protection
against unauthorised work stop
pages and slowdowns.
Richard T. Leonard, national U
AW Ford director, aaid the union
feels its plan for penalising ‘'wild
cat” strikers was "so good it will
be readily acceptable to the com
pany."
Leonard turned down a Ford
proposal to assess the union IS for
each day a member engages in an
unauthorized walkout but declin
ed to divulge details of his coun
ter-proposal. It was given the fi
nal touches by union leaders yes
terday and has been approved by
international officers, he aa!8.
BALKANS
Starts On Page One _
sta can have "friendly" govern
ments in the Balkans without mak
ing them Into puppet regimes, a
solution will be at hand for one
of the most critical issues involv
ing the big three powers.
It is to attack such issues on a
broad front that Byrnes proposed
the Moscow conference at this
time, immediately before the for
mal organisation qf the United
Nations at London.
There is apparently well found
ed speculation here that the three
foreign ministers may move on
from Moscow to London to par
ticipate in the United Nations
launching. There, if results are
good at Moscow, they may task
to revive the five power foreign
ministers council to consider such
difficult questions as the organi
zation of peac* in Asia and tha
improvement of allied controls IA
Germany.
Byrnes’ first consideration In
proposing the Moscow gathering is
understood to be a deaire to end
the "dangerous drift” in big three
affairs which high officials here
consider threatening th* whole
United Nations plan.
The forest area of Canada is
1,220,406 square miles.
Thirty-five per cent of Canads's
total land area is forested.
Vancouver is Canada's largest
Pacific seaport.
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BOMBER STARTS RECORD FLIGHT—The Army's r, ::;criment?I Bomher the XB-43 made by Douglas folds
up its landing gear after It took off on a record-breaking flight to Washington, D. C.. from Long Batch,
Calif, The plane made the trip In five houra, 17 minutea, 34 seconds, cutting 46 mlBUtaa off tha previous
West-East record. (AP Wirephoto).
MOrta^UWaitkA
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Webb Building Shelby, N. O.
V.. ”
■pet Cotton, Middling 1”-2*%®
N, Y. COTTON AX 8:00
Today Frev.Day
March.24.58
May . ..244«
July .24.12
October - ..23.34
December . --.24.85
24.57
24.44
24.12
23.36
24.85
CHICAGO GRAIN
WHEAT
December - -.1.80H
May .1-80*4
July .I-’7*
CORN
December---.-1.18*4
May .1.18*4
July .1-18V4
RYE
December
May . ...
July . ...
.1.83
.1.67*14
.1.44*4
1.80*4
1.80*4
1.77
1.18*4
1.18*4
1.18*4
1.77
1.64 Vi
1.44*4
STOCKS AT 8:06
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American Tob B . .....
American Tel and Tel . ..
Anaconda Copper . -
A woe Dry Goode.
Beth Steel . ..
Baldwin Loco . ...
Chrysler . ---
Curtiss-Wright . -
Gen Motors . ..
Elec Boat . ..
Pepsi Cola - ..
Greyhound Corp . ...
International Paper . —
Nash Kelv..—
Glenn L Martin - -
Newport Ind _ .
N Y Central .
Penn R R . ..
Radio Corp .
Reynolds Tob B . -
Southern Railroad . -
Stand Oil N J.
Sperry Corp . --
U S Rubber . ..
U 8 Steel.
Western Union . *.
Youngstown S and T - .
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40 3-8
.... 89
191 1-2
_ 47
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.... 98 I
35 3-8
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8 7-8
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42 5-8
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42 1-2
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19 1-4
37 3-4
59 1-2
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68 3-4
85 1-2
53 1-4
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INDUSTRIALS RISE
NEW YORK, Dec. 10—Se
lected nock market industrials
today added fractions to a point
or more, a number at 15-year
peaks, but profit cashing stalled
many leaders.
Touching highs for the move
were TJ. 8. Steel, Packard, Stude
baker, Shamrock Oil and Pan
handle Producing. Ahead most of
the time were Youngstown Sheet.
General Motors, Standard Gas $4
Preferred, ISnerson Electric, Am
erican Telephone, Boeing, Ameri
can Can and United Aircraft. Oc
casional stumblers Included Sou
thern Pacific, Oreat Northern,
Loew’s and International Nickel.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO, Dec. 10—UP)— (USDA)
—Salable hogs 13,000, total 32,000;
market very active, complete
clearance early; barrows and gilts
180-240 lbs. steady to 15 cents
higher than Friday; weights over
240 lbs. unevenly 15 to 35 cents
higher; sows 35 to 50 cenU high
er' virtually all good and choice
barrows and gilts 180 lbs. and over
at i486 celling; weights under 180
lbs. scarce; most sows 14.10 ceil
ing, few heavy roughs 14.00; all
interest in trade with broad out
side orders here, some unfilled.
Salable eattle 17.000, total 17,000;
salable ealvee 1,500, total 1,600;
fed steers and yearlings, including
yearling heifers, steady; good and
choice grades both classee active;
other killing classes mostly steady
to strong; cows In moderate sup
ply; bulls and vealers very scarce;
stock cattle scarce, strong; nu
merous loads fed steers and year
lings 18.00. bulk 16 00-18 00 ; 3
loads choice heifers 18.00; most
heifers 1360-17.00; weighty sau
sage bulls to 13.00; heavy beef
bulls to 14.00; vealers 15.50 down.
BUTTER AND EGOB
CHICAGO, Dec. 1—(/PH- Butter
firm; receipt* 307,780. EBB* re
ceipt* 18,838; firm.
N. C. HOGS
RALEIGH, Dec. 10—(/PH-MNCDA*
—Hof market* active and ateady
with tope of 14.88 at Clinton anci
Rocky Mount and 14.80 at Rich
mond.
N. C. EOG8, POULTRY
RALEIGH, Dec. 10—UP)—(NCDA>
—Poultry and e«B market* »t*ady
to firm.
Raleigh—U. 8. grade AA, extra
large, 80; hen*. 25.3. Young hem
and tom* ateady at 34 to 38.
Washington — U. 8. grade A
large, 88; broiler* and fryer* two
lb*, and under 33, few higher; 2
1-3 to I lb*. 30. Live turkeys
somewhat stronger In anticipation
of approaching holiday*. Hen* and
light tom* 38, heavy tom* 32 to 36
Dressed turkey*. Market steady to
firm. Hen* 44; light tom* up to
18 pound* 44; heavier toms 18 to
33 pounds 43 cents, over 23 pound*
40 cent*.
IRREGULARS
Starts On Page One
road all the way from the City
of Harbin some 880 miles south
ward to the free port of Dairen
had been open since Nov, *5,
Indicating the Communists did
not control any part of it.
Tills account said a board of
auditors for the railroad had been
set up in Harbin under the Chln
ese-Russlan agreement. The board
constats of three Chlneae and three
Russians with a Russian chairman.
A report on conditions In Man
churia was submitted to General
issimo Chian* Kai-Shek yesterday
ty Oen. Tu Ll-Mlng, Central gov
ernment commander In that terri
tory.
Ecuador can claim one bird out
of every IS on earth.
Forest City Man
Wins In State
Cotton Contest
RALEIGH, Dec. 10—(/P)—George
H. Blanton, Forest City farmer,
was adjudged winner of the state
flvfc-acre cotton contest at a lun
cheon meeting today which fea
tured the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Cotton Ginner’s
association.
Blanton produced 7,080 pounds
of lint cotton on five acres, or
more than 14 bales, at a cost of
eight cents a pound. As winner
of the western district first prize
and of the grand prise for the
state, he received $1,100 in prizes
—$350 for the district and $750
for the state. Using Coker Strain
cotton, he produced all-8 staple
length.
DISTRICT WINNERS
Other district winners announ
ced by Director I. O. Schaub of
the State college extension divis
ion were:
Central: H. H. Godwin, jr., of
Harnett county, with a yield of
5,224 pounds on five acres. He
received a prize of $35o. Second,
third and fourth place prizes of
$250, $100 and $50, respectively
went to T. M. Webb of Scotland
county, Robert Flowers of Hoke,
and D. D. Wilkerson of Scotland.
Eastern: R. Hunter Pope fo
Halifax county, with a yield of 5,
990 pounds on five acres. Second,
third and fourth places went to
V. I. Hockaday of Halifax, W. R.
Powell of Edgecombe, and C. M.
Britton of Northampton.
WESTERN DISTRICT
Other award winners in the
western district were Clegg Medlln
and Carl Price, both of Union
county, and B. F. Baxter of Lin
coln.
Schaub said all winners kept
accurate records on the cost of
production and the quality of their
cotton. Blanton grew his crop
with hired labor and cleared $1.
442.83 on the five acres, or an av
erage of $288 56 per acre.
The contest was sponsored by
several state agricultural agencies
Plans are to repeat it next year.
The Rav. Mr. Brown
It III At His Homa
The Rev Walter Brown, pastor
of Shelby Presbyterian church, who
became suddenly ill yesterday at
church and was unable to deliver
his morning sermon, was resting
comfortably at the manse this
morning after auffering another
attack last night.
II
Warning For I
Christmas
Holidays Given
Heads of the local fire and po
lice departments issued warnings
today against practices which they
maintain will make the holiday
season more dangerous.
Chief of Police W. K. Hardin
urged merchants to take every
precaution to protect themselves
from being duped with bad cheeks
which ha said are more prevalent
dining the Christmas season than
at any other time'.
Fire Chief Paul Hawkins urged
care used in the handling of in
flammable Christmas decorations
and Christmas trees. These are
frequently the cause of fires which
turn Christmas into tragedy for
the family.
Santos, Brazil, is the leading
coffee port of the world.
WANT ADS
LOST—BLACK BILLFOLD * CON
taining $88.00 in money, driver’s
license and other identifications.
Liberal reward. Clyde Julian ’
Campbell. St lop
LOST SUNDAY NIGHT BE
tween First Baptist church and
Osborne street: Small birth -
stone Earring with short chain
containing two Amethyst birth
stones. Finder please return to .
Barbara Elam at Shelby Daily I
Star. Reward. at lOp
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slightly used. Sununie Canipe,
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mobile with '48 license plate,
Radio, heater, fog lights, and
good tires. Can be seen at Roy
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rion St. It 9c
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cle, Elgin make. $35. Call 408
or see me at 905 N. LaFayette
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ing address, Belwood, N. C.
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4 things all mothers
should know about
FLETCHER’S CASTORIA
1 U Fletcher’* Castoria made
especially for children ?
TIS. Because children’s delicate*
systems need a special laxative.
2 Is Fletcher’s Castoria pleasant
to take?
YES. Children like the taste—so
there’s no struggle over getting
them to take it.
3 Is Fletcher’s Castoria safe and
mild, yet thoroughly effective?
YIS. It works efficiently, and
gently, without upsetting the child’s
sensitive system.
4 Is Fletcher's Castoria free from
harsh drugs?
YES. There is nothing in
Fletcher’s Castoria to cause griping
or discomfort.
t
Fletcher's Caetorle answers every need
in a child'* laxative. Atk your druggiet
for the package with the green hand
and laboratory control number on it.
Always lake a laxative only as directed on the
package or by your physician.
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