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WEATHER North Carolina: Cloudy tonight and Saturday, becoming colder to night. Light rain today and to night; rain in east Saturday fore noon. Tshe shkthy Bang thr CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONE 1100 - State Theatre Today - “LIFE WITH BLONDIE” ARTHUR LAKE PENNY SINGLETON VOL XLIII 310 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—6# Nine Killed In Outburst Of Bombings And Gunfire In Jerusalem HUI1 UIKrcW ENFORCED BY BRITISH TROOPS Thousands In Curfew Area Confined To Homes; , Business Halted DISORDERS^ PROBED JERUSALEjiT Dec. 28.— (IP)—Helmeted British Tom mies enforced a tight curfew in municipal and Jewish resi dential quarters of this un easy city today while investi gations began of bombings and gunfire which last night killed at least nine persons and injured 11. Business was almost at a stand still. Thousands of persons in the curfew area were confined to their homes. Local telephone communications went out after 6 a.m. and some morning newspa pers did not appear. Early in the day truckloads of civilians were seen rumbling up to detention barracks for question ing in connection with the bomb ings which destroyed the criminal Investigation department head quarters. Only British forces and govern ment officials were exempt from the curfew, and police trucks, ra dio ears and military vehicles pa ironeo uie sireeui u> eniorce it. Both here and in Tel Aviu, where the whole city is under curfew, parachute troopers armed with! inachineguns stood guard, some in concealed rooftop positions. SEEK BODIES Squads of workmen dug through piles of rubble at the headquar ters in Jerusalem, where seven persons were officially reported1 killed and 11 injured either by gunfire or in a series of heavy explosions which damaged a three block area in the heart of the city. Eye witnesses were quoted as saying that six young men—some 1, carrying pistols, some bomb-fill-1; ed haversacks—shot their way to the gates of the police building, where they planed explosives , which turned the place into a , shambles. i At the same time, terrorists at- i taoked district police headquar- | ters in Tel Aviv, scene of riots last j month in which nine Jews were ] killed, and attempted a raid on the royal engineers arms store at i an exhibition grounds north of j the city a communique said. CURFEW DECREED An 11 p.m. curfew was decreed , for a large part of Jerusalem as the military commander attempt- { ed to forestall a recurrence of riots between Arabs and Jews. The first explosion in Jerusalem occurred at 7:23 p.m., and initial reports said that bombs were be lieved to have been thrown from 1 an automobile. 1 The heaviest blast was at the \ police building housing the crimi nal department, which borders on 1 Jaffa road, the main street in the 1 modern part of the city. 1 FOE SITUATION HERE IMPROVED A check with local coal dealers this morning revealed that the fuel situation In Shelby has im proved somewhat since the first of December with a small increase in shipments noted, but at the same time a greater demand for coal has been brought about by snow and colder weather. Dealers are still striving vainly to apportion their small quantities of coal among their customers as orders continue to pour in. The small allotments per customer do not last very long, and before deal ers can get around with their ser vice, the previously served custom ers return with more orders, having already used up their small sup plies. Stoker coal is being used in grates and heaters, but with not very much satisfaction. Dealers are still limited to the 80 per cent quota, and much relief of the situation was not viewed as likely before next i spring, leaving Shelby with the ’ prospect of spending a cold winter. Wood is being used wherever poss ible, but it was reported this morning to be scarce also. < i l It 1 s r \ t f £ I C t f a t; t n t t o a t: f; ■■ t 'tf. 03 CO RELATIVES OF TRAPPED MINERS WAIT AND WATCH—Huddled around a bonfire, relatives wait and watch at the mouth of the No. 1 mine of the Kentucky Straight Creek coal company near Plneville, Ky., for word of their menfolks trapped far back in the mine by an explosion. Between 30 and 50 miners went to work in the shafts shortly before the explosion. No word has been heard from any of them. Many veteran miners expressed the belief all had been killed. (AP Wirephcto). MINE RESCUERS FIND BIG FIRES Havo Reached Point Where They May Be$in Finding Bodies PINEVTLLE, KY , Dec. 28—(/P— Rescue crews trying to reach nore than 30 coal miners trapped »arly Wednesday by an under ground explosion today said on emerging from the pit that they laced their biggest fire yet en :ountered. The weary men said a big tlm jer fire was raging worse than any :hey put out thus far. The rescue squad said they were it least 1,500 feet from the actual scene of the blast but they were it the point where they may begin o find some bodies at any time. As the search for the miners, mtombed in the number one mine )f the Kentucky Straight Creek 3oal company, entered its third lay, new fire fighting crews were >eing called from the surround ng counties to relieve the ex lalisted toilers. Efforts to reach the trapped men vere hampered by blockades of alien rock. low, Medium Priced Furniture To Be Hack By Spring WASHINGTON, Dec. 28— (JP) — tetum to market by spring of low nd moderately priced furniture /as predicted by the OPA today. The agency made this forecast n formally putting Into effect a srogram designed to cut current urniture prices substantially. OPA announced that furniture lealers will be required to absorb ip to the first 12 per cent of •rice Increases ranging from four o 20 per cent granted to manu acturers. The agency said that as a re ult of this, 1942 retail prices for lost inexpensive furniture, kinds rhich virtually disappeared from he market during the war, may o up about five per cent on the verage. For medium priced furniture, Iso scarce during Ihe war, “1942 onsumer prices should hold,” OPA aid. 1946 To Be Political Year For All Offices In County — Cleveland county turns Into a olltical year next Tuesday with 11 hands on deck and every coun f office but one, register of deeds, abject to the will of the elector te. It is yet two or three months >o early for any formal announce lent of candidacies to be made for le Democratic primary but a glit ir can be detected in the eyes r some newcomers on the sceisj nd incumbents are beginning to link. With the exception of one of ce, Recorder’s court judge, it is generally assumed that all incum bents will offer their names to the electorate again. Judge A. A. Pow ell has Indicated to his friends that he does not desire to hold the county judge’s post any longer because of the pressure of private ! practice. James E.-Cline, of Pall- * ston, member of the'Cleveland bar, ] will offer for this place, it is now 1 understood and there may be oth- 1 ers. The other elective post in the Recorder’s court, solicitor is held * by Bynum Weathers and he has 1 See 1946 Page 2 \ ji A _ Communists’ Truce Proposal Is Considered By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, Dec. 28 -W,<— Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is considering Chinese communists’ proposal for an unconditional truce and an official reply probably will be issued at a formal meeting cf government and communist repre sentatives tomorrow, a government spokesman announced today. The spokesman, however, was critical of the offer. He com plained that any plan freezing both sides in present positions would leave untouched “two very important matters,” the restora tion of communications and disar mament and repatriation of Japa nese forces. These were the jobs which Chinese government troops were moved north to do. Government delegates to the forthcoming peace conference par ticipated last night in “an im portant meeting” of the supreme national defense council, the Chi nese press reported today. It gave no details, however. Gen. Chu Teh, Red commander in-chief, told Roderick that he felt “very optimistic" over the future of democracy in China. Parker Leaves Tonight For Return Trip To Nuernherg ” CHARLOTTE, Dec. 28 — <JP) — Judge John J. Parker was sche iuled to leave tonight by train for Washington on the first leg Df his return trip to the war crimes .rial at Nuernberg, Germany. Judge Parker, who came home oy plane to spend the Christmas holidays with his family in Char otte, will fly to Paris from Wash ngton and then to Neumberg. Coal Situation In Piedmont Easing CHARLOTTE, Dec. 28— (JP) —J. : Arthur Eagle, president of the tforth Carolina Coal Dealers as iociation, today reported easing of 1 he coal shortage in the western ; rnrt of the state. i VALMORE CREW REACHESLAND Schooner Reported Miss ing Christmas Day Off Southport NORFOLK, VA., Dec. 28—(IP)— Cold, hungry and utterly exhaust ed, four men rowed a small dory Into New River Inlet, North Car olina, at 5 am. today, after a trip of 64 miles through stormy seas, Coast Guard headquarters here reported. The men were the crew of the schooner Valmore which sank at 8 pm. on Christmas day. The Valmore had been listed as miss ing since Tuesday off the North Carolina coast and an intensive search had been conducted for her by the Coast Guard. The craft was enroute from New York to Florida with the four man crew. She sank about 25 miles southeast of Southport, N. C., but this was not known until the crew arrived on shore today. AUXILIARY YAWL Meanwhile the Coast Guard at Charleston, 8. C„ reported today that a 32-foot auxiliary yawl, the Midget, with Will A. Gubich (ad dress unknown) aboard, has been reported missing off the South Carolina coast. Search for the Midget was con tinuing today. The schooner Dunworkip, which took the Valmore in tow on Tues day after finding the schooner in distress with her sails torn, was totally wrecked, according to to day’s report from Wilmington, N. 0. In heavy seas she had to cut the Valmore loose, and she herself went aground on Wrightsville Beach. South Carolinians Fatally Injured In Car Accident ELLOREE, S. C~Dec. 28—(/Ph Andrew J. Bethea, 66, lieutenant tovernor of South Carolina from L915 to 1919, and Arthur U. Adams, >2, Columbuia business man, were 'atally injured early today when ;he car in which they were re urning from Charleston to Colum )ia went off the highway and dunged into a swamp about a nile from here. Two other Columbians, R. P. McCauley and Wade H. Coker, vho were also in the car, were in ured and were at the Tri-County lospital at Orangeburg, where the ormer’s condition was “poor.” Hurricane Sweeps English Coasts LONDON, Dec. 28—(/P)—A violent O-mile-an-hour hurricane swept he south and southeast coast of England today, washing mines ishore and making the channel mpassable. Lifeboats braved raging seas to dd three admiralty vessels in dis ress. London had its first snow flur ies of the winter. REDS FAVOR UNO CURBS ON ATOMICENERGY Foreign Ministers Confer ence Ends On Note Of Optimism ALLIES TrFuNITED# WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.— (JP)—Russia aligned herself today behind Anglo-American proposals to put atomic ener gy controls up to the United Nations and in turn won a voice in control of beaten Japan. These two results highlighted the 11-day meeting of big three for eign ministers in Moscow—a meet ing which officially re-united the top wartime Allies in their efforts to solve the formidable problems of peace. Breaking a deadlock in their re lations which lasted nearly three months, the United States, Russia and Britain also agreed in a com munique made public simultaneous ly in the three capitals last night 1. The necessity of a unified, democratic and independent China under the National gov ernment now headed by Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. 2. The establishment of a provisional government for long suffering Korea with prospect of complete independence for that nation in five years. S. Broadening the govern ments of Romania and Bulgaria and plans for concluding peace treaties with them, along with Italy, Hungary and Finland. Architects of these arrangements were Secretary of State Byrnes; Foreign Secretary Bevin of Britain, and Foreign Commissar Molotov of Russia. ATOMIC ENERGY In disposing, for the present, of the touchy atomic energy ques tion, Russia agreed to Join this country and Britain in sponsor ing a resolution in the United Na tions assembly which would estab lish a control commission, respon sible to the powerful 11-member See REDS Page 2 Successor To Ervin To Be Named In Special Election RALEIGH, Dec. 28—(JP)—Gover nor Cherry is expected to desig nate a date in the near future for a special election to select a suc cessor for the late Joe W. Ervin, congressman from the tenth N. C. • District. j Cherry said he would like to dis pose of the matter this week, if , possible. However, earliest time for the j actual voting is expected to be early , in February, informed sources said today. Ervin was found dead Christmas day in the gas-filled kitchen of his Washington home. Democratic Executive 1 Committee To Discuss Successor To Ervin CHARLOTTE, Dec. 28 —(JP)— Wade H. Lefler, chairman of the : Tenth District Democratic execu tive committee, said today a meet ing would be held in Newton early > next week, possibly Monday, to make plans for nominating a party i candidate for the House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Joe Ervin Christmas day. i Will Other Nations Be Allowed To , Witness Army-Navy Atomic Bomb Tests? , The forthcoming army-navy test of atomic bombs at sea poses a military-diplomatic question for the United States: Should the precedent of the 1923 airpower-vs-warships experi ments be followed to permit for eign observers to attend? < The co-possessors of the bomb : secret—the United States, Britain i and Canada—apparently made no commitment at the Moscow for eign ministers conference to share the secret with any other power at this time. This, however, does iUV II Cb^ooai 11J JJIA) iibility that some foreign observ es might witness phases of the jcean tests if visual observation s possible. OBSERVERS THERE On the other historic occasion— vhen the army air corps’ Brig. 3en. William Mitchell bombed and sank German and American war ships off Cape Hatteras — world powers had their representatives ;here to learn what lessons they :ould. They were aboard the navy transport Henderson, anchored k ncu d way xx ism uic iicxxgcv 0111^0. rhey were able to report only what ;hey saw, however. The American navy and army withheld detailed, technical data, especially that con cerning tests against the uncom pleted United States battleship Washington. There is this difference between :he 1923 tests and those of the A jomb: The Mitchell experiment involved no truly secret weapon. Whatever the decision on other observers, it is assumed that Bri t c t ii v r c c t f Sec WILL Page 2 c i McNarney Decries French Policy In Occupation Of Reich FRANKFURT, Dec. 28.—(/P)—Gen. Joseph T. Mc Narney, chief of the U. S. occupation forces in Germany, ex pressed belief today that it would be virtually impossible to restore a minimum sustaining economy for Germany so long as the French hold* out against treating the country as a single economic unit. McNarney’s view was set forth in his first monthly report as U. 3. military governor, which re flected an attitude of tempered confidence. Further progress has been made in de-Nazification, breaking up if German cartels, and laying the machinery for reparations, and there are no immediate threats of epidemics or revolt, he said. But in the basic matter of es tablishing administrative agencies for Germany, McNamey conceded, illied control is deadlocked. “Restoration of a minimum sus taining economy is most difficult f not impossible as long as ar tificial zonal boundaries restrict egitimate movement and trade,” tie asserted. While elections in the U. S. oc cupation zone are only a month iff, McNamey said, it is apparent that the “German masses still See GEN. McNARNEY Page 2 GEN. MeNARNEY WORLD BANK: Russia Only Major Power Not Signing Some Officials Think Soviets Will Join Before Dead line, December 31 WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—-(AJ)—A Russian question mark cast its shadow today over the newly-created international stabilization fund and world bank. me ouyici Luixuii wad uic ui uy najor power among 16 nations whose signature lines remained dank after yesterday’s ceremonies hat brought the two big finan cial agencies into being. Under terms of the 45-nation Bretton Woods agreements, the L6 have until next Monday mid light to sign as original members. Some government officials ex iressed belief Russia would come n under the deadline. There was ipeculation among others, however, hat she might delay action pend ng some word whether this coun ty would be receptive to a Soviet oan application. None of the of ficials would permit their names ;o be used. fOT ALL-IMPORTANT In any event, the Monday dead ine is not all-important. The igreements provide that any na ion desiring to participate in the und and bank after December 31 nay do so if its application is ap >roved by the governing boards of See RUSSIA Page 2 City Schools Reopen Monday All schools in the city of Shelby will resume classes Monday, fol owing a holiday period of two weeks and one day, it was an lounced this morning by Superin ;endent Walter E. Abernethy. Closing of schools for the holi lays originally scheduled to take dace after classes on Friday, De cember 14, was hastened one day when a blanket of snow covered his section the morning of De cember 13. ERVIN WILL ISFILED^ WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 —OP)— A pencilled will, apparently writ ten by Rep. Ervin (D-NC) shortly before he was found dead Christ mas day in his gas-filled apart ment, was filed today in District Court by the police department. The will leaves everything to his widow. No estimate of the value of his estate was given. The text of the will: “I, Joe W. Ervin, of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, do hereby ' declare this to be my last will and testament. “1. I want a private funeral. DEBTS TO BE PAID “2. My just debts which are few 1 shall be paid by my executors. 1 “3. All the rest and residue of my estate, real, personal and mix- 1 ed, I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Susan Graham Ervin, absolutely and in fee sim- ; pie, and do hereby name her and my brother, Sam, as joint execu- 1 tors, ' “I hereby revoke and declare ut- 1 terly null and void any and all ! wills and testaments by me hereto- 1 fore made. “All of this paper writing is in my own handwriting.” A coroner’s verdict of suicide was ! returned in Ervin’s death. Friends said he had been despondent over i recurrence of an old leg injury. i BOARD WILL CONTINUE ITS HEARINGS Challenges Right To Con* sider Profits As Factor In Strike ACTION pIrMANENT WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.— [IP)—Genera! Motors Corpor ation withdrew today from government fact - finding ward hearings in the auto mobile strike. The fact-finding board promptly announced it would continue Its Hearings regardless. “We have withdrawn permanent ly, and I’m going back to New Fork.” Walter Gordon Merritt, GM attorney, told reporters. General Motors withdrew because It challenged the inclusion of its profits as a factor in settling the iO per cent wage increase demand pf the CIO-Auto Workers Union. Merritt flatly anonunced GM had withdrawn from the hearing after first submitting a ten-page explana tion of the company’s position on the fact finding proceedings. Chairman Lloyd G. Garrison re UV.OOWV* Cl ucaiiug in tuc llivesuga tion until this afternoon (at 2'30 p. m. EST), at which time the board will make a short statement sf its position. ABILITY TO PAY The Chairman said ‘‘the fact finding board has no intention of receding from or modifying in any way its statement of Dec. 21” In which it declared GM’s ability to pay would be one factor to he considered. After the recess, Garrison said, "We will be prepared to proceed. Asked whether the fact-finding board ‘‘could proceed without Gen eral Motors, Garrison replied with in emphatic “certainly”. In outlining GM’s belief that ‘it has no choice but to withdraw from these proceedings” if the board considered profits, Merritt accused the UAW of infringing cn management rights. When Mer ritt finished his long statement, Walter Reuther, CIO vice presi dent, vigorously accused him of ‘deliberately misstating the facts” if the union’s position “because he hopes to gain some propaganda idvaijtage.” CHALLENGED Reuther challenged Merritt to ‘find one word here we have ever said we wanted to usurp manage ment's prerogatives or select man igement personnel." Merritt, asked by reporters if the corporation was withdrawing im mediately from the proceedings in /lew of Garrison’s statement that ward rules would not be changed, ■eplied: “Our chairs will be vacant.” Merritt apparently meant the :hairs would be vacant when the rearing reconvened later. Reuther old reporters there was no doubt >ut that the corporation had boiled he hearing. To Merritt's statment that the inion was, in effect, making a ‘broad attack on American indus ry and free enterprise," Reuther leclared: "If free enterprise in the United States is to survive, it’s got to vork, it's got to create an ability not only to earn dividends for itockholders, but also to give mil ions of Americans economic se :urity. It’s got to demonstrate its :apacity to deal with the prob em of unemployment, and demon itrate a willingness to carry out lational policies.” Reuther contended that Merritt vas arguing with President Tru nan and the fact finding board it elf rather than with the union. Russian Press lauds Results Of %ig Three Meet MOSCOW, Dec. 28—<£>)—Soviet Russia’s two most influential ewspapers, Izvestia and Pravda, 3day praised the results of the Big Three” foreign ministers’ anference which ended here yes ;rday. Izvestia stated “dects >ns of the Moscow conference itness that a new step has been lade toward the development of Elaboration of the allied states.” The atomic agreement, Izvestia lid, “does not present any doubts.” Pravda, official organ of the ammunist party, stated that the jrmation of a commission for the ir east was “of great signlfl ance.”
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