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WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and mild temperatures today and tonight. Occasional light rain in west por tion tonight. Friday, rain and cool er. Tshe Hhelhy Bailys Hielt - State Theatre Today - “LIFE WITH BL0NDIE” ARTHUR LAKE PENNY SINGLETON CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONE 1100 VOL XL1II— 309 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5$ BIG THREE AGREE ON 4-POWER CONTROL FOR JAPAN COMMUNISTS PUT PROPOSALS INTO WRITING Ask Unconditional Truce On All Fronts In China's Civil War MEETING HELD TODAY By Spencer Moosa CHUNGKING. Dec. 27.— (JP)—Chinese Communists an nounced that they presented a formal written proposal to the government today for an unconditional truce on all fronts of China’s undeclared civil war. The proposal, they said, was de livered at a two-hour meeting with three government representatives The meeting, the first formal 3es-f slon between the two sides since Nov. 17, took place at the head quarters of the national military council In downtown Chungking. Communists said that their proposal was, first, an uncondi tional “cease fire" order by each side; second, settling peacefully of all problems relating to “the Civil war,” and third, sending of Inter-party and non-partisan groups to the various fronts to observe the situation. Government representatives at today’s session promised to deliver the truce proposal to Generalissi mo Chiang Kai-shek for consider ation, the communists said. PRELIMINARIES Preliminary arrangements for the • January meeting of China's politi cal consultative council—the Inter party, non - partisan conference which will strive to end civil war-f were discussed. Government and communist of ficials, until today, had met only Informally or socially since Nov. 17. Date of the political consultative council session was not set, but several Chinese newspapers have predicted that It would not meet before Jan. 10. Gen. Chou En-Lal, top commu nist delegate to yie council, was a luncheon guest of Gen. George C. Marshall, new U. 8. envoy, to day, giving Marshall for the sec ond time a direct report of the communists' vlev xrint. Three Trapped In Ship Explosion Are Feared Dead ' GALVESTON, Dec. 37 -{JPh Three crew members were trapped In the engine room of the Swedish Ship Sveaborg at Texas City fol lowing an explosion below decks at 4:30 a. m. today. At least 17 others were taken to hospitals In Texas City and Gal veston. The vessel was loading gasoline at the Pan American Refining • Corp. dock at the time. A blast tore a 15-foot hole in the port side of the ship and flattened the super structure. The aft end of the ship immedi ately sank. The engine room, in which three men are believed trapped, Is un der water. Efforts are being made to pump gasoline and water to get to the men. Postmaster And Postal Clerk Of Sandusky Abducted SANDUSKY, Mich., Dec. 27—(IP) —Postmaster Horace Parrish and a woman postal clerk were abducted by two men and left bound and gagged near Pontiac about mid night, sheriff's officers reported to day. Sheriff Roland L. Meredith said Parrish identified his abductors as J. C. Vyse and Charles Townsend, both of Pontiac, who broke loose from the Sanilac county, jail a short time earlier. Vyse and Townsend, both 25, were awaiting sentence Friday after pleading guilty to the armed robbery of the post office at nearby Tyre several weeks ago. Parrish and the clerk, Helen E. Shillinger, 25, told the sheriff they • were held up as they left Hie Sandusky post office about 7 p.m. and ordered to ride with the two men in Parrish’s automobile to a tourist camp four miles north of Pontiac. ^Qe/iniYe/v -^zzZSr^iz's *** •». BSs5^^5re' I*****pMnt ir^^SS^°,BW,,“* «*-, ^^sS£?25£*?t ck^sident *« a”nou,ce<)’ PROBE LEADERS SEEK COUNSEL Barkley Returns To Capi tal, Hunts Successor To Mitchell WASHINGTON, Dec. 37 The return of Chairman Barkley (D-Ky) to the capital brought re newed effort* by the Pearl Harbor commi&ee today to find a success or to William D. Mitchell as its counsel. Barkley Is head of a subcommit tee appointed to canvass the field of possibilities. He was called to Kentucky by the death of his moth er. Senator Lucas (D-Ill) arranged a confer«ice with Barkley to urge selection of Weymouth Kirkland, Chicago attorney, for the commit tee post. Rep. Gearhart (R-Calif), also a committee member, has Wvo nomi nees. They are Warren Atherton of Stockton, Calif., and Harry Col mery of Topeka, Kas., both former National Commanders of the Amer ican Legion. EXPEDITE HEARINGS Lucas told reporters he also has a proposal which he believes would expedite the hearings. This is that the members divide up prospective witnesses with each to be question ed by only one or two members. Lucas expressed the view that by advance preparation the mem bers could make their examinations more direct. A division of the wit nesses would afford opportunity, he contended, for the members to get more information in advance of the questioning as to just what the witness can relate of import ance. NOT OPTIMISTIC The Illinois Senator added, how ever, that he was not very optimis tic that his idea would appeal to Republican members. Asked his view, Gearhart said he would like to see the hearings shortened but would hesitate to support any proposal which might restrict development of the “full story.” Adm. Htxold R. Stark, 1941 Chief of naval operations, is to be the witness when hearings are resum ed Monday. Mitchell has agreed to continue as counsel through the questioning of Stark. He and his staff of three aides originally gave notice that they could not serve after the first of the year. The mills, which are on cotton yarn and cotton mixed fabrics production, will continue to oper ate under present management. Announcement of sale of the Phenix mills, whose 39,000 spin dles make! it one of Cleveland's major textile manufacturing en terprises, is of unusual Interest among textile men as it marks advent into this comity of the giant Burlington Mills corportlon which has 40 plants scattered throughout North Caroling, Vir ginia and Tennessee to make it the largest producer In its field. Bur lington is headed by J. Spencer Love, of Greensboro, who last year was married to Miss Martha Esk ridge, daughter of Mrs. Charles L. Eskridge and the late Mr. Esk ridge of ShelDy. Phenix Mills, Inc., took over in 1932 as successors to the Phenix Mills company when Earle A. Hamrick and associates bought the properties which until that time had been operated by Capt. E. A. Smith. The mills were erected early in the century by the Baker Interests at Kings Mountain. Greece Rejects Proposed War Reparations Award ATHENS, Dec. 27 —<JP)— Greece announced today rejection of the war reparations award proposed for her by the inter-allled repara tions conference as Inadequate and unjust. The figure was reported here to be $10,500,000,000 from Germany alone, against $14,000,000,000 Greece has claimed from Germany, Italy and Bulgaria. Announcing a telegram of pro test to allied governments, For eign Minister John Sophlanopoulos declared: “The quota allocated to the Greeks is out of proportion to the sacrifices and damage sustain ed by Greece through the war and enemy occupation.” WHAT’S DOING TODAY " 7 p.m.—Regular meeting of Kiwanis club. 9 pjn.—Jaycees dance at armory. FRIDAY 12:30 pm. — Annual father son meetings of Rotary club. 7 p.m.—Regular meeting of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. RESUMED TODAY: Shelby Without Wire Service To Outside 3 Successive Days For the third successive morn ing today, Shelby continued with out wire communication to the outside, however shortly after noon wire service was restored to the Shelby Star and its printers be gan to operate for the first time since the sleet storm. Several of the long distance telephone cir cuits were also restored after noon today. During the morning highway and rail lines afforded a courier service bringing belatedly telegrams, stock and commodity quotations, news reports and. other communications l maintained under difficult condi tions. The Star's Associated Press report was handled by couriers plying back and forth to Gastonia almost hourly to bring the wire report obtained through facilities at the Gastonia Gazette. Busses, trains and mail trucks were back to about normal opera tions. Christmas travellers came struggling back into the city all day yesterday after being delayed from one to two days. John Weir, city utilities super See SHELBY Page | ' I * 1 FUNDAMENTAL WAGE ISSUE SIDETRACKED GM Undecided Whether It Will Be Represented At Hearing UNION COOPERATES ■ . DETROIT, Dec. 21.—(IP)— Interest in the General Mo tors strike shifted back to Washington today after an other company-union confer ence at which the fundamen tal wage issue was sidetrack ed. Chief remaining point of atten tion on the Detroit scene was GM’s promised announcement this afternoon as to whether the cor poration would be represented when President Truman’s fact finding board resumes its hearings in the dispute at the capital to morrow. Vice President Walter P. Reuth er of the CIO United Automobile Workers made it plain that the union would send a delegation and said insufficient progress was made at yesterday’s negotiating session here to justify postpone ment of the government’s panel meeting Friday. Agreement was reached, Reu ther^said, on procedure for hand ling such issues as picketing, se niority and lunch periods by col lective bargaining on a local basis in the absence of a contract. GM terminated its contract with the union Dec. 10, four months in ad vance of its expiration date. FACT-FINDERS PROCEED The presidential fact-finders have said they will proceed with their study even if either party Should bolt ' General Motors’ position on at tending further board meetings has remained problematical since last week, when President Truman told the board’s three members they have an “unquestionable” right to consider a company’s a bility to pay as an important fac tor in drawing up their recom mendations for settling a wage dispute. The UAW-CIO at first opposed government intervention in the strike of 175,000 of its members at 70-odd GM plants, preferring to fight its own battle for a 30 per cent wage Increase. COOPERATIVE Reuther said yesterday, however: “We do not say it is up to the government to settle this strike, but we do say that the machinery has been set up and it is up to See FUNDAMENTAL Page 2 ABANDON HOPE FOR MINERS Rescue Workers Dig To Within 3,000 Feet Of Trapped Men PINEVILLE, Ky„ Dec. 27. —(JP)— With virtually no hope of finding anyone alive, rescue workers toiled persistently in an explosion-blocked mine tunnel today to reach the spot where 30 to 50 coal miners were en tombed. Trained rescue crews, working in shifts, inched to within 3,000 feet of the area during the night. Fire, gas fumes, smoke and piled debris snarled every effort for rescue. Hope of reaching the entombed men today arose when the latest rescue team to report announced a penetration of one and one-half miles from the mine entrance. None of the workers, miners or families of the trapped miners, however, voiced hope any would be found alive. Experienced in such disasters, they said the possibility for rescue was small In such an ex plosion. FLAMES ENCOUNTERED Flames were encountered 3,100 feet from the mine entrance, State Highway Patrolman Austin Hall re ported. He said the miners were believed trapped at the dead-end of the two and one-half mile long mine. The fire apparently had been burning since the explosion about 8:30 a.m. (C. S. T.) yesterday in the mine operated by the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company. Mine experts expressed belief that most of the men might have perished in the actual explosion. They added that gas fumes pro bably killed any who "might have survived the underground concus sion. Sober-faced relatives of the trap ped men stood at the entrance of the mine patently awaiting news from the rescue teams. ii i x..wv-; PLUTO’S SECRET REVEALED—Bulldozers carry atvay heavy pipelines which conveyed petrol to Pluto, submarine line from Dungeness, England, to France, which is being dismantled. Pluto supplied Allied forces during the invasion of Normandy. The secret of the line was so well kept that only now are people living in Dungeness learning of its presence. NO COLD WAVE IN THE OFFING Rain, Sleet, Snow Which Have Harried Nation, Easing Up By The Associated Press Heavy snowfalls, rain and sleet, which afforded the nation a va rity of inclement weather on Christmas, eased up today — and there wasn’t a cold wave in the immediate offing. Fresh falls of snow covered a wide section of the northern half of the country and in the south and southeastern sections skies cleared after sleet and rain yester day, New England states got a combination of snow, sleet and some rain while rising tempera tures and a letup in rain and snow was the outlook for the eastern area. An indication was a rise from 1 to 24 above over night in Albany, N. Y. The only cold spot on today’s weather map was in the area around Bismarck, N. B., with the temperature at 3 degrees below zero. Weather in the Florida pen insula cleared and rising tempera tures were forecast for Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and other southwest states. MINIMUM TRAVEL Temperatures in the mountain states, the U. S. Weather Bureau in Chicago said, were close to nor mal, with snow flurries in the north and central rockies. It re ported considerable rain in the western sections of the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific coast. The rain, snow and sleet inter fered with rail, highway and air traffic and ice-coated highways in many sections held travel to a minimum. At Indianapolis, bus companies called their busses off the highways until conditions im proved. LAKE AREA COLD A storm centered today in the northern section of Michigan’s lower peninsula but the heaviest falls of snow were reported in the area bordering on Lake Superior in the northern part (*f the state. The falls around Marquette, Mich., measured more than a foot, while in some parts of Nebraska and Iowa, they were almost as heavy. The falls had diminished greatly in other sections of the midwest area. Temperatures throughout the snowbelt were in the upper 20’s and no colder weather was ex pected. Miami, Fla., and Brownsville, Tex., shared the country’s warm est Christmas weather, each re porting clear skies and a high of 78. Congressman Ervin’s Funeral Held Today MORGANTON, Dec. 27— (JP) — Funeral services were held here today for Congressman Joseph W, Ervin who was found dead Christ mas day in his gas filled kitchen in Washington, D. C. Services were conducted at the home of his mother, Mrs. S. J. Er vin. He was buried in Forest Hill cemetery. The Reverend Joseph B. Clower, pastor of Morganton’s First Pres byterian church, was in charge of the services. Ervin, who for several years had been suffering from a bone dis ease, and more recently from a heart disorder, had been released from Walter Reed Army General Hospital shortly before his body was discovered Christmas day by a friend. British Leader Plans Active Java Campaign By VERN HAUGLAND BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 27 — (A>)— Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison, Al lied Commander in the Netherlands East Indies, informed Indonesian leaders today that he planned “more active measures" tp restore order in strife-torn Java. He also called on the Indonesians to place under his command what ever units of the Indonesian peace preservation corps (TKR) he might need to assist British troops in sup pressing disorders. Christison outlined his plans at a conference with Premier Sutan Sjahrir and Information Minister Amir Sjarifuddin of the unrecog nized Indonesian Republic as large-scale fighting flared anew in Bandoeing, Java’s summer capital. HEAVY FIGHTING In one sector of Bandoeng Brit ish Mahratta troops cleared an In donesian training center after six hours of heavy house-to-house fighting. They found a well-organ ized defense system of trenches, trip wires, boobytraps, mines, road blocks and snipers. In another sector Gurkha troops, with tank support, attacked a suburban area held by Indonesians, but were forced to withdraw. Other outbreaks were reported in Soerabaja, where 50 Nationalists at tacked a British patrol base with machineguns and grenades, wound ing two British soldiers. In the vi cinity of Semarang, two former Japanese 75 MM. guns shelled Brit ish positions. Marshall Has Talks With Deputy Chief Of Chinese Communists CHUNGKING, Dec. 27 —(£>;— Gen. George C. Marshall, new U. S. envoy to China, entertained at lunch today Gen. Chou En-Lai, deputy chief of the Chinese com munist party and leader of the communist delegation to the forth coming peace and unity confer ence. It was their second meet ing. Chou and his delegates had been scheduled to meet with govern ment delegates yesterday to prof fer in writing a truce proposal, but negotiations were postponed. An earlier caller at Marshall’s residence was Chou Chin-Wen, Manchurian member of the Demo cratic league. The new envoy also received Dr. Arthur Young, American financial advisor to the Chinese government, who was ac companied by Walter Robertson, U. S. charge d’affaires. Marshall was scheduled to dine tonight with Robertson, who was entertaining prominent Chinese government, communist and de mocratic league leaders. LITTLE TIME TO CONCILIATE Electrical Industry's Strike Deadline Set For January 5 WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 —(A*— The government was given scant time today in which to conciliate a wage dispute in the electrical industry before a strike decision deadline set for January 5. Westinghouse Electric and Man ufacturing company said it would send representatives to Washing ton January 2 to talk over the CIO-United Electrical Workers’ demand for a $2 daily wage in crease. U, S. conciliation Director Ed gar L. Warren had invited both Westinghouse and General Elec tric company to a meeting Friday. Warren said General Electric re jected the Friday session, as did Westinghouse, but left the door slightly ajar for meeting next week. W. G. Marshall, Westinghouse vice-president, said next Wednes day’s meeting should not be taken as an indication of any “breach between the parties.” The union contends that negotiations with General Electric and Westinghouse broke down last week. Talks are continuing, however, with Gen eral Motors, the other unit in the electrical industry’s “big three.” INEVITABLE -'The union, in a statement is sued in New York, termed a strike “inevitable on the basis of conditions which exist at present.” It scheduled a meeting of its general executive board January 5, to proceed with plans for strike action. The union membership vot ed nearly five-to-one in favor of a strike in balloting conducted by the National Labor Relations Board on December 13. The union said: “The coordinating committee de , cided that all local unions be , advised to complete immediately See LITTLE Page 2 Committee To Seek UNO Home t LONDON, Dec. 27—(/P1—A sev ■ en-man committee appointed by , the United Nations preparatory commission to make an “on the > spot” investigation for a perma , nent United Nations headquarters • site is expected to leave here for r the United States by plane early , next week. : Sources close to the group said ■ members of the committee might , defer any narrowing down of the area of choice until after they ! have reached the United States. ; Diplomatic quarters said they be ! lieved the site area would even ■ tually narrow down to the New York and Boston regions. President Ends Holiday; Will Address Nation Soon By ERNEST B. VACCARO KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27 — (A*)— President Truman, preparing to put his struggle with Congress over labor and other legislative proposals squarely up to the peo ple, brought his Christmas holiday at home toward a close today with a final round of Informal visiting with old friends. The President disclosed at an informal press conference here yesterday that he plans to speak to the people in a nation-wide ra dio address right after the holi days, probably the first week in January, on his over-all legislative % program, including labor and uni ■ versal training. ’ The speech will be followed by ’ a formal message to the new ses : sion of Congress on the state of ' the union, which White House officials said likely will be deliv J ered in person. If he goes to : Capitol Hill, they said, the mes sage may be broadcast by televis [ ion, marking the first use of that ; medium by a chief executive. ‘ | In it, he likely will review the ’! proposals he submitted to Con gress during the last several months See PRESIDENT Page 2 WASHINGTON, LONDON REPORT AGREEMENT Byrnes Says "Atomic Agreement" Also Readi ed By Ministers TALKS ENDED TODAY By Graham Hovey WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.— <7P)—The big three /foreign ministers have agreed to es tablish a four-power control council to administer Japan, United States officials said today. These officials said the impend ing communique from Moscow would announce the plan for such a council, on which the U. S., Russia, Britain and China would be represented. The communique will be released tonight. (London sources also reported that such an agreement had been reached in the U-day tri-partite conference which closed today in Moscow). The control council for Japan, officials here said, will have head quarters in Tokyo. It will carry out the policy recommendations of the far eastern commission, which has been functioning in Washing ton for two months and is now en route to Japan. RUSSIA TO JOIN Russia, which thus far has re fused to participate in the com mission, will now come in, it was said, thereby increasing to 11 the number of nations participating in its deliberations. The Soviet union repeatedly had insisted that it would not join the larger commission until the pro jected smaller, more powerful coun cil was established for control of Japan. Officials here were unable to ex plain immediately how the opera tion of the four-power council for Japan will be related to the ad ministrative powers of Gen. Dou glas MacArthur, the allied sup reme commander m Japan. CRITICISM Establishment of the council was certain to bring much criticism from the smaller Pacific nations which have been asking that more actual power be given to the larger far eastern commission on which they are now represented. Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand and Foreign Minis ter Herbert Evatt of Australia have been among the most outspoken opponents of what they regard as big-power domination of far eas tern affairs. MOSCOW, Dec. 27— OP) —U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes indicated today that the “Big Three” foreign ministers had reach ed an “atomic agreement” which he said would be outlined In a communique at 6 a.m. Friday (10 p.m. Thursday E.S.T.). The communique, summarizing the achievements of the 11-day conference between Byrnes, Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Mo lotov and British Foreign Secre tary Ernest Bevin, will be issued simultaneously in Moscow, Wash ington and London, Byrnes said. He took off from the Moscow airdrome on the first leg of his trip home shortly after making his statement. “There was no agreement on any subject which will not be covered in the communique,” the secretary of state declared. “When you read the atomic agreement you will know that no phase, other than that set forth, was discussed.” Italian Press Speculates On Idea Of ‘Foreign Pope ROME, Dec. 27—UP)—The news paper Liberia Stampa, comment ing on the new college of cardi nals with its membership of 42 non-Italians, speculated today on a ‘-foreign successor to Pope Pius XII. “In all probability,” said the newspaper, “we will have a for eign pope”—an event which has not occurred in the church since the election of Adrian VI of Ut recht, in 1522. Meanwhile, an anonymous book entitled “will we have an Ameri can Pope?” has been circulated in Italy, with a picture of cardinal designate, Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York greeting American soldiers on its cover. WANG KEH MIN DIES CHUNGKING, Dec. 27. —(A>)— Semi-oficial dispatches from Peip ing reported today the death in prison there yesterday of Wang Keh-Min, formerly Japan’s No. 1 puppet in North China.
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