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WEATHER Freezing drizzle in north and west; light rain in southeast por tion today becoming partly cloudy and cold tonight with lowest tem peratures 20-24 and 24-32 in east Tth Hhelhy Bnilg Him - State Theatre Today - “THAT'S THE SPIRIT" JACK OAKIE PEGGY RYAN CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONE 1100 VOL XLII1— 303 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5# WESTERN UNION SLATES STRIKE FOR JAN. 7 Union And Compony At Odds On 13 Issues, In cluding Wages 25 PER CENT BOOST By The Associated Press Another nationwide walk out of union workers in sup port of demands for higher wages, involving 48,000 AFL employes of Western Union, was on the January calendar of scheduled strikes today. In accordance with a strike vote last Dec. 1, the general com mittee of the AFL Western Un ion Commercial Telegraphers’ union ordered a strike for Jan. 7, to begin at 8 a.m. The only em ployes of the communications sys tem not to be affected are the CIO-Afflllated Workers In New York. The federal conciliation ser vice failed to settle the dispute between the union and com pany on 13 issues, including union demands for a 25 per cent wage rate boost. Union officials cautioned aU locals against any unauthorized strikes. Other nation-wide walkouts scheduled next month Include the strike call of some 700,000 CIO United Steelworkers for Jan. 14. The union Is demanding a $2 a day if age hike. The CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers union also has announced a strike some time after Jan. 1 by Its estimated 200,000 workers in 75 plants of General Electric, Westlnghouse and General Mo tors. Like tlte steelworker*, the electrical workers are demanding a >2 a day hike. The dispute in the automotive industry between the “big three’ and the CIO United Auto Workers See WESTERN Page t MIGHTY BLAST WRECKS HOUSES SAN DIEGO, CALIF., Dec. 19— 0P)—Seven persons were hospital ized, one of them with serious In juries, and approximately 1,000 others left homeless when a flam ing navy ammunition truck and trailer exploded with a terrific blast on a highway IS miles north of .here yesterday afternoon. Six of the injuries, all marines, were taken to the nearby naval hospital. One is being treated for a skull fracture and the others for lacerations from broken glass. One woman, cut about the face, also was given hospital treatment. Camp Matthews, near the site of the explosion, reported 16 Ma rines were cut by flying glass. HOUSES WRECKED All of the homeless were resi dents of the Torrey Pines Federal Housing project close by. John Arvln, federal housing adminis trator, estimated 85 percent of the 214 units in the project were se riously damaged, with windows shattered, partitions knocked down and ends of buildings blown out. Navy officials reported the truck was enroute from San Diego to Fallbrook, Calif., with a load of 57 rocket motors, 24 depth charge extenders, 49 depth charge pistols, 29 depth charge boosters and .40 millimeter shells. Possible loss of life was averted when the driver, John Ayala of Fallbrook discovered his gas tank aflame, Jumped out and warned authorities at Loa Jolla Junction, 150 yards away, of the danger. Residents of the housing project were evacuated and roads blocked off before the trtick exploded. Con cussion of the blast was felt 90 miles away. A gas main supply to San Diego was broken, and telephone and electric light service in the area disrupted. Army Transport Plane Missing TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 19—(IP)—A C-45, small army transport plane, en route from Charleston, S. C., to Drew Field with four persons aboard, Is missing, officials of the Third Air Force at Mac Dill Field have announced. It may have overshot Drew Field and landed in the Gulf, the con trol center there said. Due last night at 7:30 p.m., it made radio contact about 30 miles north of Mac Dill and again 30 minutes later, when a faint call was received. Flares were reported seen 100 miles out in the Gulf by tbs 88 Carter Braxton. WHITE CALM AFTER BUFFALO’S ROARING BLIZZARD—A thick blanket of snow covers houses, streets, trees and automobiles In Buffalo, N. Y„ after a week-end blizzard, one of the worst in the city’s history. This street scene is typical of conditions throughout the residential districts.—(AP Wirephoto). HOW LONG WILL PROBE LAST? Japs Suspected Code Had Been Cracked In Spring Of 1941 WASHINGTON. Dec. 19 —(JP)— The Pearl Harbor Committee called an executive session for late today (4 p.m. EST) to consider how much longer the five-week-old In quiry shall continue — a question that may eventually bring on a hot fight In congress. This was disclosed by Chairman Barkley <D-Ky), as the senate house investigators received records showing that in the spring of 1941 the Japanese were convinced that the United States w*s reading some of their secret codes. Barkley, who returned to the committee after several days ill ness. did not confirm reports that Democrats will favor only a 30-day extension of the hearing beyond Jan. 3, the date originally set for its conclusion. Senator Ferguson CR-Mich.) is opposed to such a limitation, say ing the inquiry should go on as long as necessary. He has estimated this may take an add\lonal 60 or 90 days. COUNSEL TO QUIT Committee Counsel William D. Mitchell and his staff have served notice they intend to quit early in January. Senator Lucas (D-Hl) told reporters there was little chance of persuading the legal staff to con tinue beyond that time. There were these other develop ments: 1. A move by Lucas to have Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short and Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, the Hawaiian commanders, called to tell their side before the first of the year. 2. A suggestion by Senator Brewster (R-Me) that Owen J. Roberts, recently retired Supreme Court Justice who conducted the first inquiry into the disaster, might be asked to testify. 3. Disclosure that all of the Navy's spies in Japan had been liquidated late in 1941 and that the navy therefore was depending off Japanese Intentions. summary The latter disclosure was con tained in a Dec. 18, 1941 summary, Vice Adm. T. S. Wilkinson made for Adm. Harold R. Stark, then Chief of naval operations, of Wil kinson’s testimony before the Roberts inquiry commission. At that time, Wilkinson, then head of Naval intelligence, said efforts had been made to gather Information on Japanese activities through attaches and additional ob servers. But he added: "We had in the past had secret agents in Japan, but we had none recently, since those we had had, had not survived.” AT WAR CRIMES TRIAL: Many Synagogues Destroyed In Anti-Jewish Outbursts By WES GALLAGHER NUERNBERG, Dec. 19—(JP)—One brigade of Hitler’s brown-shirted storm troopers alone blew up or burned 35 synagogues in a two day outbreak of anti-Jewish ter rorism, American prosecutors told the International military tribunal today. Evidence of violence and terror from the storm troopers’ own re cords was presented to the tribu nal in the prosecution’s effort to place war crimes convictions a gainst thousands of lesser Nazis, as well as the score of Hitler’s top henchmen sitting In the court Requirements For Discharge Are Lowered WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — The army announced today an other cutback In requirements lor release from service, effective Dec. 31. It will make an additional 600,000 men and women eligible for separation. The changes Include a reduction in the point score for enlisted men to 60 and for officers to 70. For the first time, length of service will be computed in the case of WAC personnel. Enlisted WACS will be eligible if they have honorable service. WAC officers will be eligible if they have had three years and three months. SERVICE TIME The length of service required for separation will be reduced by six months to 42 months for en listed men and by three months to 48 months for male officers ex cept department officers. The age criteria was reduced by three years to 45 years few all med ical and dental officers except plastic surgeons. The critical score win be reduc ed by five points to 65 for dental and veterinary corps officers and all medical officers except certain specialists. The factors for re lease of sanitary corps officers, medical administrative corps offi cers, nurses, physiotherapists, and dietitians remain unchanged. MARRIED WACS WAC officer and enlisted per sonnel married to discharged vet erans of World War II may be re leased upon their own application, regardless of the date of their en listment. Other married WAC personnel, who enlisted before last May 12, will be released upon their own application, regardless of the date of their enlistment. Other married WAC personnel, See REQUIREMENTS Fage 2 Highways In W. JV. C Being Cleared Highway crews that worked all night to clear roads of ice, snow and sleet began to get help of relenting weather in early after noon with result that highways were declared open to Asheville. Division Engineer Hugh Noell got word around noon that traffic was moving through the mountains easily with chains and some nego tiating treacherous curves even without benefit of chains. The slush was breaking up ice and packed snow sharply under traffic in the early afternoon. The freeze obstructed roads east to Biscoe and extended back to Murphy, Noell said. room prisoners box. Col. Robert O. Storey, assistant U. S. prosecutor, said the brown shlrted storm troopers, also known as the SA, were organized before Hitler’s rise to power “to beat up and terrorize all political oppon ents.” SIX ORGANIZATIONS The SA is the third Nazi or ganization to have Its secrets laid bare before the court. The prose cution led by Justice Robert H. Jackson of the U. S. Supreme court, contends that six organi se® MANX Pact 3 A EARTH COATED WITH SNOW, ICE Travelers Warned High ways Unsafe; Inter-City Busses Stopped Shelby and vicinity woke up to a world of snow and ice this morn ing. The two inches of snow which fell yesterday and last night was glazed over with a coating of ice paralyzing all but local traffic and making travel on highways and streets extremely dangerous. All bus traffic going west out of here was canceled yesterday afternoon and by this morning all busses had-stopped.-There war some in dication that a schedule out of Intercity bus service was resumed here shortly before noon today and it was planned to run regular schedules be tween Charlotte, Shelby and Asheville, Shelby and Spar tanburg and Shelby and Win ston-Salem this afternoon. On the first run from Charlotte to Asheville, four buses made the trip, arriving in Shelby shortly after noon. Charlotte for Shelby might be at tempted by noon. Not only was the footing dan gerous for automobiles but the sleet which fell last night coated windshields and halted vision. TRAVEL WARNINGS The state highway department started running its scrappers on the main thoroughfares soon after nightfall and kept them going until well into the night. The State Highway Patrol keeping constant viligance warned motorists to stay off the highways west of here and if travel is necessary at all urged them to use chains. Particular warning was given against travel in the mountains. Snow which fell yesterday and last night is the third fall of the past five days. The flakes cover ed huge mounds of the discolored dirty snow which had been scrap ed off streets and highways after the first fall. Despite yesterday’s near blizzard Shelby’s coal trucks kept running, See EARTH Page 2 Bretton Woods Bill Clears Parliament LONDON, Dec. 19— (/P) —The Bretton Woods monetary stabiliza tion bill, which cleared Its final parliamentary hurdle last night In the house of lords following ratifi cation of the terms of a proposed $4,400,000,000 United States loan, is expected to receive royal appro val Thursday. The loan terms were approved by a vote of 90 to 8, after two days of debate featured by caustic opposition from Conservative Lord Beaverbrook. Previously the meas ure had been accepted by com mons by a vote of 345 to 98. Patton’s Condition Continues Excellent HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, Dec. 19—{JP)—The condition of Gen. George S. Patton, jr„ recovering from a broken neck, was described as excellent by army medical of ficers today. “General Patton had a very good night,” an official midday bulle tin said. “His general condition is excellent. State of paralysis about stationary. Small degree of improvement noted yesterday maintained. Temperature 98.2. Pulse 62. Respiration 22.” MOLOTOV FETES BYRNES, BEVIN AT LUNCHEON Atomic Bomb Discussed In Formal Conversa tions Today By Eddy Gilmore MOSCOW, Dec. 19.—(JP)— Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov entertained Secre tary of State James F. Byrn es and British Foreign Secre tary Ernest Bevin at lunch today before their formal con versations, in which the atom ic bomb was reported to be of uppermost importance. A spokesman at the United States embassy said Byrnes expect ed to confer with Generalissimo Stalin, recently returned from an extensive vacation. Neither Byrnes nor Bevin has yet seen the Rus sian leader. Gen. Georges Catroux, French ambassador to Russia, conferred with Byrnes for 45 minutes dur ing the morning at Spasso home in what was described as a “court esy call.” Byrnes saw the Chinese ambassador for a half hour Mon day. The question of control of Japan appeared to be one of the topics of the "exploratory” talks. Although the talks were cloaked in the strictest secrecy, observers attached significance to the fact that one of the advisors of Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov at yesterday’s conference was Y. A. Malik, last Russian ambassador to Japan. BYRNES CONFERS They also pointed out that U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes conferred yesterday morn-, ing with John Cartef Vlficent, head of the far eastern section of the state department, as well as Dr. James B. Conant, atomic ex pert of the American delegation. Vincent later accompanied Byrnes to the meeting of the foreign min isters. Another question reported to be high on the agenda was the Iran ian problem. Both Byrnes and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin conferred with their Iranian experts shortly after publication of a new statement by Iranian Prime Minister Ibrahim Hakimi yester day appealing to the United States, Great Britain and Russia to with draw their troops from Iran. There was no announcement af ter yesterday’s meeting, which last ed three hours nad 15 minutes— the longest since Molotov, Byrnes and Bevin started their discus sions Sunday. Informed quarters said, however, that they were well along on the main questions which brought them together. Persons present at the gathering See MOLOTOV Page 2 Autopsy Report On Baby Carlan CHELSEA, Mass., Dec. 19—(JP)— Medical Examiner William J. Brickley reported today that baby Ronald Carlan died of “asphyxia tion and acute general respiratory infection.” Brickley in a preliminary report on an autopsy on the six-months old baby whose “kidnaping” became one of New England's greatest hoax es of recent years, told District Attorney William J. Foley that as phyxiation could have been caused when the baby might have turned over face down in his crib. KIDNAP HOAX The baby was reported kidnap ed on November 28 by his mother, Mrs. Rose Carlan, 23, wife of a navy enlisted man. She told police later the baby actually had died four days previously, and that she had hidden the body under the drawers of a China closet in her bedroom-dining room. Dr. Brickley said the baby had suffered four separate attacks of pneumonia and on each occasion had Inhaled food. Mrs. Carlan now is under arrest, charged with murder in the baby’s death and is undergoing mental observation for a ten-day period at the Boston Psychopathic hospi tal. WHAT’S DOING TODAY 7:30 p.m. — Fellowship hour at Central Methodist church. 7:45 p.m.—Midweek prayer and praise service at First Baptist church. THURSDAY 7 p.m.—Regular meeting of Kiwanis club. 7 p.m.—CAP cadets meet at armory. Soldiers Marooned In West Coast Ports By Jam In Rail Traffic SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—(dP)—Eighty-two thousand homebound Pacific soldiers may be stranded in wrest coast ports on Christmas unless a jam of rail facilities is cleared, the army predicts. Many navy men due for discharge or leave likewise may have to spend a forlorn holiday away from home, the navy said. No figures were available, however. While the number of soldiers and sailors awaiting transportation mounted to 100,000, the Office of Defense Transportation stepped in and ordered all western railroads to move troop trains or empty cars for troop shipments “just as fast as their regular passenger trains’’ from now until March 1. With Christmas only six days away, the situation will become more critical since the army an nounced it expected 110,000 more troops to reach port by Monday. Chiangs Back To Prewar Capital Generalissimo Approves Truman's Reaffirmation Of U. S. Foreign Policy SHANGHAI, Dec. 19.—(/P)—Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek returned triumphantly late yesterday to Nanking, the prewar capital from which he and his government were driven by the Japanese in 1937. QUOTA DOUBLED But Sale Of Series E Lags; Total Now At $3, 155,636 More than doubling its over-all quota for Victory bonds, Cleveland pressed its total sale to $3,155,636 •with today’s report but E bonds continued lagging badly as only $193,263 of the $325,000 quota had been taken, War Finance Chair man George Blanton reported. Credits of $300,000 on purchases by the M & J Finance company pressed the total past the $3,000, 000 mark, while $25,000 for the Martha Parks store, $2,200 for the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company and $32,900 additional including Texas com pany purchases swelled the total. But in E bonds the need for action was so evident that Mr. Blanton renewed his appeal to all who can do so to use E bonds for Christmas presents or bonus pay ments. Mass Punishment For Sympathizers With North Iran Setup MOSCOW, Dec. 19—A Tass dispatch froin Tehran said today Iranian military and police forces were administering mass punish ment in the city of Resht to those showing sympathies for the newly established autonomous govern ment in Northern Iran. Quoting persons arriving from the northern provinces, Tass said the leader of the punitive meas ures was a colonel Zangine, com mander of an Iranian brigade. In the village of Charbash, near Resht, Tass said, soldiers and gen darmes were reported to have tor tured and shot 16 persons and wounded 14 others seriously. Congress Concentrates On Amended GI Bill Of Rights By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 —(IP)— Striving for final adjournment to morrow, Congress paved the way today for action on an amended G. I. Bill of Bights. Result of a compromise after weeks of bitter Senate-House con troversy, the veterans’ legislation held top priority on today’s busi ness calendar. But it faced one more fight in the house—where it comes up first —over the subject of future bonus payments, if any. Chairman Rankin (D-Miss) of the House Veterans Committee lev . 1 The port of embarkation at San Francisco, where 45,000 servicemen are concentrated, was far from cheerful. Seventeen thousand more are due to arrive today and to morrow. Los Angeles reported 30,000 cool ing their heels in camp and on shipboard. The Army Transportation Corps said the Association of American Railroads’ order for 1,000 more coaches diverted to the west had effected little to date. Some of the overflow in the Pacific northwest was being routed over Canadian railroads. In the Seattle area there were 33,290 troops, many aboard ships in Puget Sound. Accompanied by Madame Chiang, he flew there in a Chinese-manned C-47 from Peiping, where he told correspondents he was glad Presi dent Truman “reaffirmed the orig inal United States policy toward China. “I admire him because he has shown he understands the situation in this country,’’ the generalissimo stated. Meanwhile, this city prepared to welcome tomorrow Gen. George C. Marshall, American ambassador who probably will fly on to Nan king the following day. Plans for a Chiang-Marshall meeting have not been formed, but in Chung king the World Daily News said Marshall would meet the Chinese leader in Nanking and then ac company him to Chungking. MARSHALL ARRIVES Marshall arrived in Manila to day and plans to leave for Shan ghai tomorrow morning. Crowds greeted the Chiangs at Nanking as their fighter-escorted transport landed at 4 p.m. at the Ming Toms airfield. Accompanied by Gen. Ho Ying-Chin, command er in chief of Chinese ground forces, and Nanking’s mayor, Ma Chao-Chun, the official party toured the city in which most of the executive Yuan (council) and other governmental branches al ready are established. GREETINGS Before leaving Peiping, Madame Chiang wished American wives and mothers a happy Christmas and said “for those whose men are still away in China, I hope this is the last Christmas they will be separated.” All over China the people pre pared for the yule season, their first peacetime Christmas since See CHIANGS Page 2 ‘Farmer Truman Gets License Tag JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 19 —</P)—President Truman's applica tion for the No. 1 1946 automo bile license in his home state lists "farmer” as his occupation. A secretary filled out the appli cation, but Secretary of State Wil son Bell says the word “farmer” is in the president's own hand writing. eled his oratorical guns at a com promise recommendation that no payments under either the original or the amended G.I. Bill be de ductible from any future bonuses. The original G.I. Bill set down as a future deduction all tuition, unemployment compensation, or defaults on loans, but not the loans themselves. The house left this pro vision in the proposed new law but the senate removed it and the con ferees followed the senate. Calling this proposal "a vast dis crimination against the man who See CONGRESS. JPage t i WOULD MAKE AIR ARM EQUAL TO ARMY, NAVY "I Urge This As The Best Means Of Keeping The Peace" 3RAVE RESPONSIBILITY By Ernest B. Vaccaro WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.— (A5)—President Truman called today for merger of the army and navy into a single depart ment of national defense with the air forces fully equal to ; the land and sea arms. Stepping squarely Into the mid dle of the long and bitter struggle between the army and navy top commands, Mr. Truman followed in virtually every detail the official war department plan for unifica tion. An he dashed one prinig navy hope by declaring in a special 5000 word message to congress: “Further studies of the general, problem would serve no useful pur pose.” Declaring that ‘1 urge this as the best means of keeping the peace,” Mr. Truman pro posed that 11 e new defense department be headed by a single cabinet member operat ing with one undersecretary and several assistant sceretaries, all civilians. There would be a de partmental chief of staff, with a commander for each of the three component branches — Army, Navy and Air. Either the president or the secre tary of defense could take up di rectly with the separate command ers matters of basic military stra tegy and policy and the division of: the department’s budget, -/ KEY POSITIONS Key staff positions in depart ment, Mr. Truman said, should be filled with officers drawn from all the services “so that the thinking of the department would not be dominated by any one or two of the services.” "As an additional precaution,” he added, “it would be wise if the post of Chief of Staff were rotated among the several services, wherev er practicable and advisable x x x.” Referring repeatedly to the possi bility of future inroads upon world peace, the Chief Executive declared that “a grave responsibility will res> upon the congress if it contin ues to delay this urgent and most important measure.” ANOTHER ESSENTIAL He termed unification legislation "another essential step — along See WOULD Page 2 Commons To Vote On Public Ownership Of Coal Mining Industry LONDON, Dec. 19—(iP)—Legisla tion to put Britain’s coal mining industry under public ownership— one of the key points in the labor government's program—was intro duced in commons today. Mid cheers from the labor benches, the minister of fuel and power, Emanuel Shinwell. submit ted the measure to “establish pub lic ownership and control of the coal mining industry and certain allied activities.’ It was given a formal first reading. 79th Congress To Reconvene Jan. 3 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19— <JP) — The house today shouted through a resolution to convene the second session of the 79th congress on Jan. 14 instead of the customary |Jan. 3. Only a few “noes”—led by Rep. Rankin (D-Miss)—were heard as the resolution was sent to the senate for consideration. The current session is due to close tomorrow. Rankin complained that the long holiday would delay consideration of legislation dealing with armed service discharges. SHOPPING OAYS^f -TN O _ ~ O n ftiMj CHftfSTMAS SEA1S
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