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WEATHER Cloudy and continu' cold. Snow In east and central rtion and sleet mixed with snow in extreme west today and tonight. Tuesday, rain and slightly warmer. Tshe Hhelhy Baily Him - State Theatre Today - “DUFFY’S TAVERN” Starring ED GARDNER, with 32 STARS CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONE 1100 VOL XL1I1— 307 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, DEC. 24, 1045 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5# CIO-UAW GETS SET TO RENEW , WAGE DEMANDS Picket Lines Around GM Plonts Will Toke Christmas Off MEET WEDNESDAY DETROIT, Dec. 24.—(/P)— The CIO United Auto Work ers took advantage of a Christmas holiday “truce” to prepare new data today for a renewal later this week of its 30 percent wa^ increase demands on auto manufac turers. Picket lines around nearly 100 General Motors Corp. plants throughout the nation are due to be abandoned temporarily to al low the strikers manning them a holiday with their families. Approximately 200,000 employes of the largest of the automotive big three have been idle since Nov. 21 In America's greatest post-war labor walkout. Prodded by government fact finders. the UAW-CIO and OM will meet again Wednesday In their first conference since both sides were called to Washington last week. . The government has promised t that It will intervene further un less the two parties adjust their differences. WITH KAISEB-ntAZEB On the following day, Dec. 27, the union will hold its second meeting with the Kalser-Frazer Corp.. latest firm to enter the car manufacturing field. The UAW-CIO has already out lined its demands on this cor poration. Including a proposal for a wage scale 30 percent above that now In effect at t^ Ford Motor Co. The company has said it may have some details of its own case ready for presentation at the next conference. The Ford Motor Co., Its plants Idle during the holiday. Is not , scheduled to meet with the UAW CIO again until Jan. 8. The un ion has turned down the firm’s offer of a 15 percent an hour wage boost. IN ONTARIO Across the Detroit river, in Windsor, Ont., C. I. Hand, a Jus tice of the Canadian Supreme court, will arrive Wednesday to Bee CIO Page X FOURTH SNOW IN TWO WEES | Many Sections Of Two Carolinas Assured A White Christmas By The Associated Press A fresh snow blanket, fourth In less than two weeks, covered many sections of North Carolina and South Carolina today, and the weatherman’s prediction virtually assures a white Christmas over most of the two states. Snow was expected today In the northern sections of South Caro lina, east and central North Car olina and sleet mixed with snow was forecast for the extreme west portions of the Tar Keel 6tate. Freezing rain was forecast for most of the Carolinas area to morrow. TWO INCHES Asheville reported two Inches of snow today with a minimum tem perature reading of 22 degrees. Winston-Salem had one Inch of snow and a 24-degree low, while Charlotte reported two-tenths of an Inch of snow and'a low of 25 degrees. Eastern Air Lines officials In Charlotte reported cancellations of landings there after midnight last night, although through flights bypassing Charlotte were continu ing. Bus service for the most part was continuing In the two Caro linas under trying road condl tlons. I Sub-freezing temperatures pre vailing over the two states found the mercury down- to 25 today in Spartanburg and 28 In Columbia. SE PROBABLY WON’T BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS—A full load. live thousand' soldier#; crowded every vantage point along the rails when the USS Uruguay aftlml from Yokohama m the already Jammed port of Seattle. They will be forced to remain aboard ship for a few days and may not be home for Christmas—(AP Wirephoto). Lean Christmas For Most Of The World In Europeon Countries There Is Not Food Enough For Hearty Feast, No Toys LONDON, Dec. 24.—(JF)—A lean Santa totes a thin pack for most of the world on this first peacetime Christmas in six years. In conquering and liberated countries, as well as in the shat tered remnants of the third Reich, there is not food enough for a hearty yuletide feast, and the children’^ Christmas stockings lit erally gape at toes and heels! American servicemen separated from their families on another Christmas, are filling their now familiar role of foster Santa wher ever they can—for instance, they are entertaining 20,000 youngsters in Vienna tomorrow with food de ducted from their own rations. War orphans in Belgrade and Cairo and the children of released internees in Singapore also will share the Yanks’ bounty—turkey and sweets, movies and laughter. SOLDIERS’ TREATS Some sort of treat is in store for the soldiers themselves, such as canned turkey in Chungking or beer (weak beer) on the edge of New Guinea’s steaming Jungles. Hundreds of English families will share their meager Christmas fare with GI’s “sweating out" the long wait for passage home. German housewives have begged a few luxuries from allied soldiers to supplement their families’ hand-to-mouth existence. In a See LEAN Page 2 POPE DISCUSSES APPOINTMENTS LONDON, Dec. 24 —Pope Pius XII, in a world broadcast replying to the Cardinals’ Christ mas greetings, said today his ap pointment of 32 cardinals was in tended in part as a “sign of the universality of the church.” The Vatican broadcast was recorded here. “We shall first point out <#ir sacred college will now be com plete,” the Pope said. “Another characteristic of this new creation will be the variety of nations to which the Cardinals belong. “We have desired that the greatest possible number of peo ples be incorporated as a sign of the universality of the church, x x x Now we have the consolation of seeing new members of the sa cred college coming from the five continents of the world.” In a world radio broadcast he said that for the first time in six years Christmas was being cele See POPE Page 2 1945 Record Buying Year, Merchants Here Report Despite many adverse conditions. Including continuing shortage of merchandise in many lines, the year 1945 has been the greatest buying year In this area’s history, Shelby and Cleveland county mer chants report. For the past week or two the city has been In the throes of the busiest shopping period ever known here as shoppers, apparent ly oblivious to snow, ice and gen eral bad weather, crowded stores and downtown streets. MAN SHELVES CLEARED Merchants said the demand has been so much heavier than sitpply of many Items — and many lines provided the best stocks of the past four war years—that their shelves were left bare in some departments. •'UYING SPLURGE The buying splurge this year is attributed to various factors. One Is the fact that during the past few years many people had to do without things they wanted or needed and now they will buy al most anything whether or not they need it. Another factor is that most people have more money for spending than they ever had be fore. Also, with the war over and the boys coming home, people just feel better and want to give more and richer gifts. Return of service men has drain ed men’s clothing stocks and ve terans are encountering greatest difficulty in getting suits, overcoats, shirts and the like—many are to be seen wearing service shirts and trousers of necessity. Merchants delighted with their Christmas business were regretful, however, that they were unable to supply their customers with all See 1945 RECORD Page 8 Van Mook Favors Dutch Recognition Of Java’s Independence Claims AMSTERDAM, Dec. 24—(/P)—Informants said today that Dr. Hubertus J. Van Mook, Acting Gov. General of the Dutch East Indies, had differed with other Dutch officials over the recognition for the self-proclaimed Indonesian re public. ._ - mminn Van Mook was said to have sup* ported Indonesian demands for recognition of the Indonesian na tionalist government, and to have told the Netherlands cabinet dur ing the past week that Indones ians would accept nothing less than such recognition. The cabi net was said to have opposed the move because of fear that the Dutch parliament would turn it down. BATAVIA, JAVA, Dec. 24—<£>)— British parachute troops have fought into five districts of Ba tavia where Indonesian attacks since Friday have caused eight deaths and nine other casualties, the Dutch news agency Aneta said today, quoting British head quarters. The British communique said engineers demolished three houses in one section where considerable opposition was encountered. In another dis trict, three bodies were found and armed men were encoun tered. Sniping was reported in another area. The British said firing died down in the Kramat district of the capital, scene of weekend violence. In clearing Bandoeng, 75 miles southeast of Batavia, the British took 75 prisoners. Organized snip ing was reported continuing at Semarang, central Java port. East of the town, 50 prisoners were taken. An infantry company with tanks cleared Oengaran, south of Semarang, where Indonesian con centrations were found. Many Service Men Not ‘Home For Christmas’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 24— (JP) — About 3,200,000 soldiers, sailors and marines will spend their first peacetime Christmas either at sea or In foreign lands. The army and navy counted noses today and came up with this estimate. But they added that, even so, this should be a partic ularly Merry Christmas for the armed services because: 1. As you may have heard, the war*8 over. 2. Celebrations can be carried on without worrying what the enemy is up to. 3. Even though 3,200,000 are far away, that’s a numerical improve ment over last year. Last Christmas there were 4, 933,682 soldiers overseas compared with the 2,100,000 who are there now. A year ago 1,750,000 sailors and marines were at sea or over seas. This figure has been cut to 1,100,000. The army and navy did their, Christmas shopping early. Hun dreds of thousands of turkeys, plus all the trimmings, were bought and shipped long ago. The navy start ed moving out Christmas trees as early as October. How the soldier, sailor or ma rine actually will spend Christmas day is up to his theatre com mander or ship’s captain. But Christmas traditionally is a big day on any navy ship. And the army’s special services division hopes that enough entertainment is available to keep the soldiers fairly happy. Your favorite GI may spend part of Christmas day at a movie, in a service club, or possibly he’ll attend one of the shows put on by the 253 USO-camp units now overseas. If he’s a sports fan, he may holler his tonsils out at the army sponsored Pacific Olympics. If he’s in Europe, he may be on an army conducted tom* of Switzerland. One army officer pretty well summed it up: "At this season of the year, we can’t fill the place of mom and pop and the family fireside. “But we’re trying.” # rAI m dUKIcU EARLY TODAY Representatives Of Eight Nations Present To Pay Tribute LUXEMBOURG, Dec. 24—m— Gen. George 8. Patton, jr., was buried this rainy moming-before Christmas amid the graves of many of his Third army heroes, in the United States army ceme tery at Hamm, five miles east of Luxembourg. Representatives of eight na tions whose victory Gen. Patton had helped win or whose free dom he had helped regain were in the cortege which wound through the crowded streets of this little capital on the way to the ceme tery. THIRD ARMY GUARD Patton’s body was guarded by troops of the mighty Third army, which he had led in smashing down Germany’s fierce counter drive out of the Ardennes across upper Luxembourg just a year ago. Mrs. Patton accompanied the procession and stood beside her husband’s grave during the mili tary ceremony. The general’s body arrived at the Luxembourg station before dawn from Heidelberg by special train which passed through Mainz and Saarbrucken and across the scarred battlefields of Metz and Thionville, scenes of Patton’s vic tories. GW PRESSING FOR $400,000 January 1 Goal In Need Of Further Con tributions Pressing for its $400,000 goal by January 1, 1946, trustees of Gard ner-Webb Junior College today is sued a renewed appeal for Christ mas and year-end contributions to assure success of another of the yearly quotas which have been met without failure each time. Three and fifty thousand dol lars of the sum was on hand at September 1 when the $400,000 goal was .set. Meanwhile, many churches and individuals have worked ceaslessly to get the mem orial fund up to the goal as set and leaders are hopeful that it can be attained if contemplated gifts come through as expected in the remaining week of the year. With actual construction slated to get underway on the expansion program in 1946 officials feel it desirous that the full $400,000 in cash be on hand before any work is turned to the contractors. EVIDENCE IN WAR CRIMES TRIAD—Thomas Dodd, an assistant prose cuting attorney for the United States at the Nuernberg, Germany, war crimes trial, holds a human shrunken head he introduced as evidence of the cruelty in German concentration camps.—(AP Wirephoto), World Expects Good News From Big Three End Of Big Three Ministers Meeting Is In Sight; Ac complishments Achieved By Eddie Gilmore MOSCOW, Dec. 24.—(fP)—The end of the big three for eign ministers conference is in sight, informed sources said today, and good news may be expected to be announced. RECORD VOLUME AT POST OFFICE Shelby’s post office was clean as a pin this afternoon as an over worked staff completed handling the heaviest volume of Christmas mail in history of the local office, it’s learned from J. Talmadge Gard ner. superintendent of mails. Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day witnessed the previous high mark of 30,000 cancellations a day shattered, one day’s reaching 36, 000. Four additional men on rural routes and three In town helped wrestle the heavy mailing, princi pally cards, down to where Christ mas Eve found everything worked out. TOTAL RECEIPTS Total receipts may not reach last year’s previous high for De cember as there was not so much mailing of overseas and service packages nor so much air mail stamp sales this year when so many of the boys are home, but it is possible this year’s increased revenue on cards will press the 1944 figure when tabulations are complete. Complicating work of the office has been the fact that trains are all but swamped under the rec ord volume of mail, the incoming mail being as much as a whole day late. Belgian, Dutch Troops To Join Occupation BRUSSELS, Dec. 24—OP)—Bel gian War Minister Leo Mundeleer said today that Belgian and Dutch troops would occupy territory in Germany early next spring. The territory to be occupied has not yet been decided. The informants stated that ac complishments had been achieved and probably would be announced simultaneously in Moscow, Lon don and Washington. Although the conference has reached its final stage, both U. S. Secretary of State James r. Byrn es and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will be in Moscow until Christmas morning at least, it was said. Meanwhile, it was reliably re ported that Russia had not been let in on any secrets about the atomic bomb, although the foreign ministers were said to have dis cussed the United States-British Canadian policy on world control of atomic energy. OPTIMISM An atmosphere of optimism continued to prevail today as the conference went into its ninth day. The three ministers twice display ed their cordiality publicly last night, at the Bolshoi theatre, by arising and clasping hands above their heads. It was understood that U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrn See WORLD Page 2 Pastor s Burned Books Restored As Christmas Gift A special Christmas gift of $166.50 was raised by members of Central Methodist church to help the Rev. Lee Barnett, who lost most of his library when the First Methodist church at Cher ryville burned December 16, to re store his religious volumes. The Rev. W. Arthur Kale made the appeal at the morning and vesper services yesterday and the contribution resulted. Further gifts from any willing to help will be received, Mr. Kale said today. Shelby And Cleveland Observing First Peacetime Christmas In Four Long Years With exception of last-minute shoppers—and the late holiday shoppers are finding nearly all stocks in stores running low — it appears Shelby and Cleveland ONE-DAY HOLIDAY Most stores will observe the Tuesday holiday in accord with policy agreed upon by the Mer chants Association, but others will take a double holiday Tuesday and Wednesday. cpunty people this Christmas Eve are ready to celebrate and Cleve land county people are ready to celebrate the first peace-time Yuletide in four years and a white one at that. Stores report the greatest rush of Christmas trade in history, while grocers and other food deal ers say raids made on their shelves by shoppers indicate this will be “the fest eating” Christmas, too. Stores will remain open until 7 p. m. tonight' for convenience of late shoppers however. Happiest families, generally speaking, will be those who will have service men home on fur lough, or where husbands, sons or i brothers have been discharged and f i;. are spending their first Christmas at home in two or three years. BAIL JAM Many families which had ex pected service men home for this Christmas season will, however, be disappointed because jammed rail traffic on the West Coast is hold ing there many who had planned to be at home for Christmas din ner tomorrow. The worst rail jam in history will delay a week or more return of thousands of sol diers and sailors there awaiting travel home. See SHELBY Page 2 TIME LUTON WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPSASKED Say American Help To Chungking Will Aggra vote Civil War LEADERSCONFER By Spencer ftf* >*a CHUNGKING, Dec. 24.— (/P) — The Communist New China Daily News urged Gen eral Marshall to set a time limit on the disarmament of Japanese troops in China and ;he withdrawal of American forces. The newspaper asserted that any American help to Chungking — military, political, financial or technical—before a coalition gov ernment was established would aggravate "the current civil war.” The statement of the newspaper, which has been speaking authori tatively for the communist side, aggravated American efforts to settle China's troubled affairs. After conferring with Chiang Kai-shek, Premier T. V. Soong and three communist leaders of the peace delegation assigned here, Marshall had admitted “it will be some time before I can hope to get a picture of China.” ENVOY TO CHINA This statement by President Truman's special envoy to China, coupled with government suspic ion of a communist truce proposal, strengthened doubt that the civil war would be halted quickly. The communists had suggested imme diate cessation of hostilities and “freezing” of troops in present po sitions. This would mean govern ment forces would halt their move ment into Manchuria. Marshall said It was unnec essary to restate America’s pol icy toward China, as President Truman had made that clear. He had conferred with Soong just before meeting newspapermen, and earlier with Chiang. Yesterday he had a "friendly exchange of views” with Gen. Chou En-Lal, Deputy Chief of the Communist party and leader of the Commun ist delegation to the political coun See TIME Page X SEAL SALES ABOVE GOAL County Retains Approxi mately $3,115 For Local Cases Cleveland county’s seal sale drive climbed over the top yesterday with $4,421.68 passing the goal of $4,200 set with the initiation of the drive. As the campaign ended to day Mrs. C. Rush Hamrick, jr., chairman of the tuberculosis as sociation, expressed gratitude to the people of Cleveland county for their whole-hearted support and announced a tentative schedule to be undertaken by the association immediately after the holidays. With the county retaining ap proximately $3,115 of the total amount received during the drive for treatment of local cases, the severe need of a county health of ficer to put these funds to use in treatment of tuberculer patients was reiterated in a meeting of the executive committee Friday after noon. The program to be initiated at the first of the year includes a survey to be made through the county health office and doctors of known cases, the furnishing of books containing information as to preventive measures to schools and the general public and the pro motion of educational movies in schools and civic organizations. NO INCURABLES TAKEN In connection with the new program it was pointed out by county health ofifce officials that while curable cases of tuberculosis may be accepted for treatment in sanitariums, incurables are refused admission because beds are need ed for tlKxse who have a chance of recovery. These incurables are thus thrust on the hands of the community where they are a greater liability in that they con tinue to spread disease to others.
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