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WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and not quite so cold today; snow In west portion, cloudy with rain tonight and Friday, wanner tonight. The Schelbe Baily thr CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONE 1100 - State Theatre Today - “The Spanish Main” MAUREEN O'HARA PAUL HENREID VOL XLII1 298 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. THURSDAY. DEC. 13, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—8# GM SEEKS INJUNCTION AGAINST STRIKING LOCAL ^ ******** * ****** • ******* Jap House Of Peers Expected To Pass Election Reform Legislation Marshall Says Hawaii Given ‘Definite*Alert Before Pearl Harbor ) WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—{IP)—Gen. George C. Mar shall, flushing with anger, asserted today the army com mander in Hawaii was given a “definite” alert order before the Japanese attacked Dec. 7, 1941, and that he felt he could expect it would be carried out. mursnaii lesunea Deiore me senate-house committee Investigat ing the attack. Previously, the in vestigators had learned that Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, the Ha waiian commander, established only an anti-sabotage alert In response to a warning message Nov. 27 from Washington. The former army chief of staff flared up under persis tent questioning about infor mation given to overseas com manders in the last few days before the Pearl Harbor attack plunged this nation into war. "General Short was given def inite direction.” Marshall said. "He was given an alert order. I still feel that when you give a command to a high officer you ex pect it to be carried out." This assertion followed up Mar shall's statement yesterday that he —Marshall—was responsible for ac tions of the general staff and that he had “full responsibility" for any failure in Washington to see that Short went on a full war alert. His testimony at that time came In response to a question from Rep. Keefe (R-Wls) whether Mar shall, as chief of staff, should not have investigated upon receiving Short’s reply about the sabotage alert. Marshall observed that it was his opportunity to intervene.” ‘‘Opportunity? It was your re sponsibility, was it not?” Keefe asked. "You can put it that way,” Mar shall replied, then he added: "An immense number of papers came over my desk x x x I am not passing the responsibility to the secretary of war. I was re sponsible for the actions of the general staff throughout. I was re sponsible for this, x x x A very tragic thing occurred. I am not attempting to evade that at all.” MIGHT HAVE BEEN Marshall said today that Short’s reaction to the warning message might have been different if the Hawaiian commander had received information, intercepted from To ko, that the Japanese were dis playing great interest in U. S. ship movements around Hawaii. Rep. Gearhart (R-Calif) wanted See MARSHALL Page 2 • Death Sentences For 36 Dachau Guards One Given Life Imprisonment And Three Others Sen tenced To 10 Years Each DACHAU, Dec. 13.—(fP)—A U. S. military court today sentenced 36 officials and guards at the notorious Dachau concentration camp to death by hanging for the murder, torture and starvation of thousands of the camp’s inmates. SEAL DRIVE $700 SHORT $3,303.31 ~Received Up Until Today; $4,000 It Goal With 11 days remaining in the Tuberculosis Seal Sale drive, Cleveland county receipts are $700 short of the $4,000 goal, it was re vealed today by Mrs. Rush Ham rick, county chairman. Latest tabulation of receipts showed that $3,303.31 had been re ceived up until this morning. The sale conducted in booths located in the postoffice and Cohen's de partment store last Saturday net ted $19.87 while Kings Mountain schools reported $43.31 recevied in sales last week as compared with $71.30 received by Shelby city schools. The committee named to canvass negro clubs and residences in Kings Mountain had sold $24.43 in seals and bangles prior to last night. Except for the fact that mail sales have fallen off drastically the goal would be within easy reach, Mrs. Hamrick said. In view of piti fully small receipts through that channel, however, the county sales committee expressed some anxiety over filling the quota before Christ mas and urged that people in rural areas send in their contributions by that means. Supplies Of Meats Likely To Decline WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. —(fP)— The Agriculture Department said today civilian supplies of meats will decline about nine per cent from present levels of consumption dur ing the first quarter of 1946. Civilians have been getting more than their allocated supply recent ly because the government has not enforced rigid diversion of supplies to military and foreign claimants. Arrangements have been made, they added, to hold the civilian sup plies in next quarter to the amount allocated. 4> Another defendant was senten ced to life Imprisonment and three others were sentenced to terms of 10 yean each. The 40 defendants were con victed yesterday by the mili tary tribunal, which debated only 90 minutes before briny iny in its verdict Among those convicted were five camp doe tors and three prisoners who had collaboarted with the 8.8. Witnesses at the trial said that 5,000 Jews were killed at Dachau, that inmates were brutally beaten, that naked men were immersed la Ice water for experiments and that some men were sent to the crema tory while still alive. MOST NOTORIOUS The camp was the most notor ious and most feared of the con centration camps set up by the Nazis for political prisoners. The men who operated the hor ror camp received their sentences calmly for the most part, only a few showing any change of ex pression. A life sentence went to Peter Betz, whose record showed little evidence of personal cruelty. Ten year terms were given Hugo Laus terer, who was said by witnesses to have been kind to prisoners; Al bin Gretsch, who was drafted into the S.S. and against whom no per sonal accusations of cruelty were made; and Johann Schoepp, who was drafted from the Romanian See DEATH Page 2 McMULLAN RULES! Principals No To Leaves O RALEIGH, Dec. 13—</P)—Attor ney General Harry McMullan held today that school principals are not officers entitled to leaves of absence under state statute, and that local school boards are not required to restore jobs to return ing principal-veterans. However, he said, ‘‘as a matter of sound policy and in justice to returning veterans, all state and local agencies are complying with government recommendations that Jobs be restored to returning vet erans.” The opinion, prepared especially for the State Board of Education, FIRST SUP ALONGROAD TO DEMOCRACY MacAithur Directs Gov ernment To Begin Re lief Program FOOD SURVEY BEGUN TOKYO, Dec. 13.—(/P)— Election reform legislation revolutionary in Japanese his tory is expected to be passed by the house of peers—prob | ably tomorrow—as a first step toward proportionate representation. While the Diet wrestled with po litical reform. General MacArthur attacked on the economic front, di recting the Japanese government to inaugurate 'a broad relief pro gram to provide food, clothing, housing, medical care, financial aid and welfare services for unemployed this winter. The relief plan, when ready, must be submitted in detail for Allied approval. The govern ment also was ordered to take all necessary steps to prevent discrimination in distribution of food. Allied headquarters mean while began surveys of food consumption, nutrition and physical health of Japanese. ELECTION EXPERT Shunichi Suzuki, election expert of the home ministry, explained that the government measure pro vides also for drastic re-districting and a wider choice df candidates for the house of representatives. The legislation does not involve revision of the house of peers, the reform of which was promised ear lier by Premier Kljuro Shidehara. A bill altering the present highly re strictive selection of the upper house is to be introduced in the Diet after Japan’s first general election of the occupation. Replying to Naoshi Obara, a Peer, Shidehara said the revision should be made before the diet See FIRST Page 2 KILLER’S VICTIM—In her apart ment, Prances Brown, (above), 33, a former WAVE, was found dead in bed with bullet wounds in her head and body and a bread knife stuck through her neck. Police believe she was the victim of a maniac kill er.—(AP Wirephoto). t Entitled f Absence dealt particularly with a situation in which a school principal was discharged from the army and was given his old job back as principal of a negro school. A teacher who filled the post during the veteran’s absence and who had signed a contract for the 1945-46 school term, has asked his county board of education for sal ary for the remaining seven months of the school term. McMullan said that since the principal in question was not an officer entitled to a leave of ab See PRINCIPALS Pace 3 1 ‘IKE’ SEES BYRNES OFF TO RUSSIA—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhowei (left), Army Chief of Staff, says goodbye to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, leaving the National airport in Washington for Russia to attend a Big Three foreign ministers’ conference on control of the atomic bomb. The meeting will be held In Moscow.—(AP Wirephoto). 6-Inch Snowfall Blankets Shelby Local Transportation Halted; Tire Chains, Cold Weather Wm Sold Opt Snow which began falling a few minutes after 8 o’clock this morning had blanketed Shelby and vicinity six inches deep by noon, paralyzed local transportation, swamped the local telephone office with calls, both local and long distance, caused a sell-out of overshoes, tire chains, boots and galoshes and delighted the younger generation beyond measure, as they envisioned prospects for a white Christmas. CC DIRECTORS ARE EECTED Tabulations were completed this morning in the election of direc tors by the Shelby chamber of commerce and showed the following five new directors chosen: Charles Dover, Holt McPherson, Charles Hoey, Henry Edwards and Will Arey, Jr. These new directors will meet with the old board Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Charles hotel to elect a president, a vice president and an executive secretary. The ses sion will be presided over by the retiring president, Clyde A. Short, who will take his place on the board as past president succeeding Jean Schenck, president during 1944. Other holdover members are Doris Bolt, Ray Lutz, Norris Lackey, R. J. Rucker, Lowery Austell and May or Harry Woodson, who is a mem ber by virtue of his office; W. W. Morris and Vance Weaver, recently elected chairman and vice-chairman of the Merchants division, also take their places on the board. OP A Rules No Price Hike On Shoes WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 —(#)— OPA said today there will be no increase in prices the public pays for shoes despite a price hike granted to manufacturers. The agency ruled that a 4 1-2 percent producer’s increase to go into effect soon must be absorbed by retailers and wholesalers. OPA asserted that under this plan, dealers would still make “considerably more” than their peacetime profit. As for retailers, the agency said their current profits are 7.6 per cent, or 6.1 percentage points high er than in 1936-39. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7 p.m.—Regular meeting of Kiwanis club. ■>, 7 pm.—CAP cadets meet at armory. FRIDAY 12:30 pm.—Regular meeting of Rotary club. 7 pm. — Executives club meets at Hotel .Charles. 8 p.m.—Company K reunion at armoty. me weatner man promised ram by nightfall which, if the temper ature remains mild, might help clear the highways and streets. However, a sudden drop in tem perature with falling water would only aggravate the situation with ice. The Shelby Transit company stopped operating its buses at 9:30 o’clock this morning after two of its vehicles became stuck in the snow. Private automobiles were also finding the going tough and PRIDE KNOWS NO PAIN The snowstorm which de scended on Shelby this morn ing curtailed a lot of activity but it did not curb the desire of the feminine heart for Ny lon stockings. While the flakes were falling at their thickest a line of women a half block long stood outside the door of the Martha Parks store wait ing their chance to get a pair of the coveted hose. A few husbands could be seen in the line. The store sold 300 pairs in exactly one hour and 15 minutes. INTER-CITY BUSES No bus service from Asheville has been in effect since the 6:30 bus arrived this morning. This afternoon an attempt was being made to operate buses as far east as Charlotte and as far west as Rutherfordton. Coal was still a scarce commo dity on the local market, however some of the local dealers received small shipments last week. Some of the dealers were limiting their sales to not over 1,000 pounds to a customer. on the East Marion hill eleven automobiles were counted stuck. The state highway department was mobilizing its forces as soon as the snow began to fall in and effort to keep highway lanes clear See 6-INCH Page 2 BLACK MARKET IN CLOTHING IS ASSAILED Government Agencies Launch Drive On Illegal Textile Sales fostersInflation NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—(ff)' —Government agencies today pressed a four-way drive to smash black market sales of clothing and textiles. S. S. Attorney General Tom C. Clark said the drive, designed to restore a tree flow of clothing and textiles to the normal market, wasj being conducted by the department of justice, treasury department, office of price administration and the office of U. S. District Attor ney John F. X. McGohey of New York city. “The four agencies of the gov ernment, actively participating in what is expected to result in the greatest roundup of black market eers on record, will utilize every federal statue applicable, some of them carrying heavy jail penal ties,” Clark declared. FOSTERS INFLATION “Most former servicemen are still wearing O. D. shirts because it is almost impossible to get white shires. The black market in cloth ing and textiles is interfering with the stability of our national eco nomy. It is striking at the value i of the dollar and tends to bring | on a run-away market and infla | tion.” Clark said the first step in the drive was the impaneling here yes See BLACK Page 2 Indonesians Reject Offer for Dominion BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 13 —(IP)— j Indonesian leaders from Sumatra today rejected Dutch offers of do minion status and declared that they would support the unrecogniz ed Indonesian Republic in its fight for full independence. Their position was s/.ated by Acting Governor Amir of the Su matran Indonesian “government” after a conference with Premier Sut an Sjahrir and other leaders of the | “republic.” The principal opposition to Dutch rule previously had been concen trated in Java, with only a few minor disturbances in Sumatra. While today’s conference was in progress, it was reported that a Dutchman had been shot dead near an internment area at Medan, Su matra. Meanwhile, small-scale clashes were reported between British and Indonesian forces at several points in Java. Troopship Sends Distress Call NEW YORK, Dec.. T3—(IP)—The navy said today the troopship Jo seph Hooker, with 562 service men aboard, which radioed a distress call from the Atlantic last night, still was shipping tfater but was proceeding at six knots and ex pected to reach port under her own power. The' air, sea rescue offide, east ern sea frontier, said the ship was 270 miles reast southeast of the Nantucket*light vessel last night. Among the army units repre sented aboard the Hooker is the 141st field artillery battalion. Unemployment 30 Per Cent Less Than Was Expected By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON, Dec. 13— (ff) — The impact of peace on joblessness is 30 to 40 per cent lighter than reconversion officials anticipated. Fewer lay-offs in industry and an unexpectedly high and sustain ed rate of buying are among fac tors that have prompted key fed eral economists to offer this im proved employment outlook: By year’s end, the total of ac tual and potential job-seekers will be 4,000,000 at the most, one-third less than had been predicted for that date when hostilities ceased. By next Marc* Um Jrttem > DOOMED TO DEA*fc—Anton Mu«f sert (above), leader, of. the Dutch ; Nazi party, was sentenced to death In Holland Dec. 12 for collaborat ing with the Germans.—(AP 'Wire photo). rf-.JF GEN. CHIANG IN PEIPING First Time In Many Years; His Troops Said Be yond Mukden ■ •r.j 'TIJ^FTSIN, China, Dec. 13 — (AP)—Generalissimo Chlang Kai Shek appeared in Peiping today for the first time in many years, while his troops, last reported 40 miles be yond Mukden, were reported roll ing swiftly toward Harbin, a lead ing Manchurian industrial center. I Other national government for- ; ces were moving to Changchun, Manchurian capital, by air. Observers here viewed these rap id-fire developments as a strong in dication that all Manchuria, rich in industry, will be in the hands of Chiang’s government forces within a few weeks—and probably with a minimum of bloodshed. HARBIN BY CHRISTMAS Harbin may be reached by Christmas or before, informed sources here believe. A joint Chin ese-Soviet board in Changchun has been operating for weeks the im portant rail line from Changchun to Harbin and alren. The' fact this operation has been Virtually* un hampered by Chinese Communists supports the belief Harbin will, be yielded to the National army when it is ready to take control. The almost total absence of any Chinese Communist opposition to the Chinese government drive into See GEN. CHIANG Page 2 Patton*s Condition Said Satisfactory HEIDELBERG, Dec. 13—W— Doctors in attendance on Gen. George S. Patton reported today that he had spent a good night and that his general condition re mained satisfactory with no com plications. The medical bulletin indicated, however, that there had been no marked change in the paralysis from which Patton is suffering as the result of a broken neck sus tained in an automobile accident last Sunday near Mannheim. HEIDELBERG, Germany, Dec. 13—(IP)—The commanding officer of the U. S. Army hospital where Gen. George S. Patton, jr., is un der treatment for paralysis said tonight there was “a good chance” that the American commander might be on his feet again. will number not more than 5, 000,000. This may be the peak tor 1946. After hovering around that mark until about June the total may begin to decline as civilian manu facturing hits full stride. But of ficials are wary of guessing beyond mid-1946. The totals fall far short of re conversion Director John W. Sny der’s estimate, on October 1, that unemployment would hit ,8,000,000 by spring. However, it is known that the See UNEMPLOYMENT Page 2 ] •V ILLEGAL PICKETING’ IS CHARGED Soys Threats And Person al Abuse Used Against Non-Strikers DICKER WITH FORD DETROIT, Dec. 13.—(/P>— General Motors Corp. sought an injunction today against a striking Cleveland local of the CIO’s United Auto Workers union, alleging “illegal pick eting” at the Fisher Body plant in that city. The corporation’s move, in which it charged “threats and personal abuse” were used against tering the plant. THREATENED The pickets, General Motors said, “not only physically barred the way” of the employes “but by threats and personal abuse inti midated them and kept them from entering. Driveways to park ing lots were blocked. General Motors said, and drivers seeking to enter were told they would do so at the "risk of personal injury and damage to their cars.” General Motors asked the in junction against Cleveland local 45 of the UAW-CIO and 30 offi cers and members, incluCNiig John Troeter, international representa tive, and Charles Beckman, presi dent oi local 45. DETROIT, Dec. 13—(TP)— While some union leaders resumed lim ited negotiations with General Motors Corp., others more hope fully went back into huddle today to map further strategy for speed ing up settlement of their wage fight with the-Ford Motor Co. Negotiators for both Ford and the CIO United Automobile Work ers appeared still conciliatory de spite a company blast at overall See ILLEGAL Page 2 MOSCOW AWAITS BYRNESJEVIN Citizens Approve Minis ters' Meet; "It Shows Cooperation" MOSCOW, Dec. 13. —(fl*)— The Soviet capital today awaited with indications of great public interest the arrival of U. S. Secretary of State Byrnes and British Foreign Minister Bevin for talks with For eign Commissar Molotov. To the average Muscovite the dis cussion to have the meeting and to hold it in Moscow came as no surprise. Interviews with numerous Soviet citizens showed that they understand the background and pur poses of the talks, which are sched uled to start Saturday. Maria M. Ivanova, 48-year-old housewife, said she was glad the meeting was being held “because it shows international cooperation is still taking place.” ATOMIC ENERGY “I was glad to read they expect to talk about atomic energy,” she said. “I don’t like the idea of the atomic bomb, but the use of atomic energy is fascinating and I would like to live to see it put into good practical use for the benefit of everyone.” Stephen Vladimirovitch Bobkin, 52, foreman of the tool department in a machine building plant, said: "I never doubted there would be a meeting, because it was part of the past agreements. I am sure it will be more successful than the last one and the outcome wiil be more satisfactory to ail concerned.”
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