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WEATHER North Carolina: Little change in temperature today and tonight. Warmer Sunday. Tshesheihy WILL-tm CLEVELAND COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1894 TELEPHONE 1100 - State Theatre Today - ‘PRACTICALLY YOURS’ CLAUDETTE COLBERT FRED MacMURRAY VOL XL1I1— 311 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SHELBY, N. C. SATURDAY, DEC. 29, 1945 TELEMAT PICTURES SINGLE COPIES—5# NIXON SAYS GERMAN NDUSTR AL STS PAMPERED NLRB Lacks Money To Hold Strike Votes; 600 Requests On Hand NO MORE FUNDS PROVIDED BY APPROPRIATION Only Agency Empowered *To Supervise Strike Balloting GM DISPUTE STANDS By The Associated Press The National Labor Rela tions Board, which since July, , 1943, has spent about a mil lion dollars conducting strike votes, was without funds to day to carry on further bal loting and some 600 labor un ion requests for votes were left stranded. The disclosure that the NLRB had discontinued conducting strike bal lots came soon after President Tru man signed a deficiency appropria tion bill which provided no funds for the activity. The NLRB, an of ficial said, is the only agency em powered to supervise strike ballots. One of the newest petitions filed with the board wm by the A FI. bnilding and construction trades council in New York City for a strike vote among 2M.OOO New York City Building Trades workers. The proposed ballot, the council said, was in protest against a de cision of the Federal Department of Labor’s wage adjustment board which failed to give the workers a a straight 15 per cent wage Increase P that the union and employers had agreed was warranted. AUTO DISPUTE The automotive Industry's major dispute, the strike of 175,000 em ployes at General Motors plants, continued today before the govern ment's fact-finding body, despite the corporation’s withdrawal yes terday. The company said its prices, profits and ability to pay were “not facts but forecasts and estimates of the future" and not “proper fac See NO MORE Page 2 C Of C Housing Committee Goes Into Action Machinery was set In motion by the new housing committee of the Shelby chamber of commerce at Its meeting at the city hall yester day afternoon to use every influ ence on the government to release surplus building materials and to i cut red tape which is now ham pering the operation of saw mills and dealers in materials. An avalanche of letters from local civic club members and other local citizens to the two North Carolina senators and Rep. A. L. Bulwinkle seeking their coopera tion la planned. Petitions will also be circulated locally to the same effect and these will be sent to Washington. PROBE SHORTAGES In addition to this drumming up of public opinion, the committee set up a sub-committee to Inves tigate the shortage of building materials. On this committee are Carl Thompson, chairman, R. J. Rucker and Zol Thompson. This committee will also look Into sources of supply. The letters which are to be sent to the senators and representa tive will contain strong indorse ments of the positions of the Na tional Lumber Dealers association and the Association of General Contractors, favoring the release of building materials from controls and giving the G. Ls preference at all times. WITHOUT HOUSING The committee took official note of the fact that many families are now without decent housing facil ities. No discussion was held with relation of the pre - fabricated houses understood now to be avail able from the government. How ever these were offered as a pos sibility of temporary relief this morning by certain interested member of the committee. Mai Spangler was named chair man of the new committee after it had been called together by Dr. S. S. Royster, president of the chamber of commerce. Gus Evans was named vice chairman and Glenn Summerlin was elected sec retary. Others present included Mayor Harry Woodson, R. J. Rucker and J. Dale Stentz, secre tary of the chamber of commerce. RESCUE WORKERS BRING MINER ALIVE TO SURFACE—One of two miners rescued alive Friday afternoon is brought from the No. one mine of the Kentucky Straight Creek coal company near Pine ville, Ky., by rescue workers. The rescuers are carrying him to the mine office nearby for administration of oxygen. Seven others, entombed by an explosion Dec. 26, were fouiid alive but were left in the mine tem porarily until doctors could complete first aid treatment. (AP Wirephoto). _ I Eight Of Trapped Miners Found Alive 0n« Other Dies While Being Brought From Mine; Badly Burned Body Located By Kyle Vance PINEVILLE, Ky., Dec. 29.—(fP)—Eight miners, rescued from the wreckage of an explosion-shattered coal tunnel near here, were safe in a Pineville hospital today and two others were dead, as rescue workers pressed their search for the remaining zi men. All but one of the eight, re moved from the tunnel last night, were reported responding satis satisfactorlly to medical treat ment. The eighth. Identified as Tom McQueen of Pineville, was reported In a serious condition. All were intured In the blast Wed nesday. Rescue crews found the severely burned body of an unidentified miner today, near the spot where they expected to locate the re maining miners. The first casual ty was identified last night as Albert Bennett, 64, also of Pine ville, who was found aliye but died before he could be brought out of the tunnel of the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal company mine number one. FAMILIES WAIT A crowd of close to 200 men, women and children huddled a round the mine entrance through out the night, waiting anxiously for some word about the fate of the miners still inside the long tunnel. That word was expected momentarily. Eight of the nine men rescued since 2 p.m. (CST) yesterday were reported on their way to recovery in the Pineville Community hos pital. They were removed during the night from the two and one half mile long tunnel of the Ken tucky Straight Creek Coal com pany mine number one. The ninth man, identified as Al bert Bennett, 64, of Pineville, died before he could be brought to the surface. Full medical supplies and resus See EIGHT Page * 23 Killed When An»n»HP^:6n E^gIMas ROME, Dec. 29—(A5)—The Italian news agency Ansa said 23 persons were killed and 30 injured yes terday in an explosion of an am ! munition dump near Codroipa, 12 miles southwest of Udine. Truman Preparini Broadcast Next ' By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON. Dec. 29— m — President Truman secluded himself and a small staff of aides aboard the yacht Williamsburg today to write a straight-to-the-people speech he will broadcast next Thursday. Secretary of State Byrnes plan ned to join him late today to re port on the Big Three foreign min isters conference at Moscow. The president started His four day trip down the Potomac river to Chesapeake bay after a cram med two hours of desk work at the White House in which he signed 61 bills and resolutions. ( BABY DERBY IS HERE AGAIN Merchants Offer Variety Of Prizes In Annual v Event Cleveland county’s annual Baby Derby, sponsored by the Star and local business firms will begin with the stroke of midnight, De cember 31, and end at noon, Jan uary 2, when all claims must have been filed at the Star or Shelby hospital. Little Mr. or Miss 1946 will, as always, be crowned King or Queen of the coming year and will be showered with gifts by local mer chants. The details concerning the time of birth of the first white baby in the New Year must be authenticated by a practicing phy sician or registered nurse. Winner of the 1945 Derby was little Miss Joan Goodman, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Roy Goodman of Belwood. Blue-eyed Baby Jean was born January 3, just as derby officials were be coming disconsolately convinced that Brother Stork has by-passed See BABY Page 2 36 Killed, 29H art In Bus Collision PUEBLA, Mexico; Dec. 29 —(IP)— Thirty-six persons were killed and 29 injured yesterday in the head-on collision of two passenger busses. yiie accident occurred when the two busses collided, overturned and rolled down a steep embankment into a gorge about six miles west of here. % Speech For rhursday He accompanied his approval of a bill extending the second war powers act six months with the assertion that there must be a further extension. It is from this act that the chief executive de rives his rationing and priorities powers. MORE SHORTAGES "We know that our economy will be plagued with major war-born shortages six months from now, and that the government must have the means of dealing, with these shortages,” Mr. Trubian’s See TRUMAN Page * i I 38 ARRESTED IN JERUSALEM Held On Suspicion Of Par ticipating In Thursday Outbreaks JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 — (fP) — Thirty-eight persons suspected of participating In shootings and bombings Thursday night which resulted In ten deaths in Jeru salem and Tel Aviv were under ar rest today. The Initial result of a police and military dragnet which rounded up nearly 2,700 persons for questioning. The 38 were arrested In Ramth Gan, a village near the all-Jewish town of Tel Aviv where 682 per sons were questioned. The remain der rounded up in Palestine’s big gest manhunt were seized in Jeru salem. Every male under 60, including the entire guest list of the Eden hotel, was arrested in the Bezalel section of Jerusalem. The curfew was lifted in Tel Aviv today, but remained in ef fect in Jerusalem. Private tele phones still were not operating in large parts of the city because of security regulations. DIG IN DEBRIS British tommies in full battle dress patrolled in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Squads of workmen dug through wreckage at the police headquarters See 38 ARRESTED OVER HALF OF SELECTEES ARE OUT OF ARMY More than half of the selecteei who entered the armed service! through the Shelby draft boarc have now been discharged, it wai revealed this morning by Mrs Clara Newman, secretary to thi board. This board has processec the entrance of a total of 3,87! men into the armed services anc of this number a few more thar 2,000 have now been released. The draft office will be closec next Monday and Tuesday but wa! open today despite the fact tha it is usually not open on Saturday The office will also be open nex Saturday. Five Children Die When Home Burns BRIDGEPORT, CONN., Dec. 2! —(/Pi—Five children, ranging ir age from one to nine years, diet of suffocation today in a firi which swept the home of their pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Car care. Fire officials expressed thi belief that the blaze was causec by Christmas tree lights. The children were alone in thi house, officials said, their parent! having gone to open a gasolim station operated by their father. The fire was the third in Con necticut within a week to taki a heavy loss of life. Nineteen persons died as a re suit of Christmas Exe fire in t convalescent hospital at Hartford while a fire in Meriden earlier thi same day took the lives of fou children and their parents. Reds Said Welcoming Nationalists To Mukden CHUNGKING, Dec. 29.—(fi*)—While communist lead ers here awaited a reply today to their truce proposal, Peip ing reports said that Russians sent a message of welcome tc Chinese government troops moving toward Mukden, leading industrial city of turbulent Manchuria. .me v/ciibiai v/iiiucoc ucwa reported General Tu Li-Ming’s army about 70 miles from Mukden, but said he dispatched officers to ren dezvous with the Russian officers to arrange for entrance of the Chinese forces into the city. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s troops also are planning early as saults against Red-held Kalgan, capital of Chahar, and Chengteh, capital of Jehol, the Communist dis patches alleged. The dispatches also reported: That government troops were continuing attacks against Com munist positions in northern Honan, both east and west of the important Peiping-Hankow railroad, and Na tional reinforcements were swarm ing into the north-Honan railroad town of Anyang to support these of fensives. That the National government is utilizing in western Liaoning for ces carried to the Manchurian por of Hulutao by U. S. Seventh-flee transports. SHAOPO, KAOYU TAKEN That Communists captured Shao po and Kaoyu, on the Grand Cana north-east of Nanking on Christ mas day, killing “a great numbe: of Japanese and puppet troops am seizing a large quantity of war ma terial.” Nationalist sources here said thi attacks on Shaopo and Kaoyu in dicated a possible Communist at tempt to cut Nanking-Shangha communications. Government quarters reiterate! “no comment” today to repeate< reports that Chiang Chung-Kuc elder son of Generalissimo Chiang had resigned as commissioner o foreign affairs in Manchuria am gone as special envoy to Moscow Crew Members Riot Aboard U. S. Ship x Strong Force Of Harbor Police Required To Break Up Knife Fight Between White, Chinese Seamen PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND, Dec. 29.—(/P)—A stronj detachment of harbor police broke up a knife fight betweei white and Chinese members of the crew of the 7,240-toi American ship Anna Dickinson last night. ——— ■■ ’’ --—— An RAC from tho voccp! fn "Rri DREISER, NOTED AUIHOOIES Outstanding Realistic Novelist Of Present Century HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 29 —{IP) — Theodore Dreiser, one of America’s leading modem novelists, is dead. A heart attack last night claim ed the 74-year-old writer, an out standing realist who came in with the present century and rose to | literary eminence through critical derision after abandoning a news paper career, which he claimed was “too brutal.” Physicians said the writer, whose novel, “An American Tragedy,” published 20 years ago, was one of his greatest literary works, appeared to rally after the first attack early yesterday, but succumbed to the second, 15 hours later. At his bedside was his second wife, Helen. His first wife, the former Sarah Osborne White of St. Louis, died in 1942 at the age of 63. There were no children. ' GERMAN DESCENT wui at icne xattuic, xxiu.f in I 1871, the son of a German couple, ; John and Sarah Drieser, Theodore began early to brood over the See DREISER Page 2 PRICE INCREASES GRANTED WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 — (/P)— The OP A has granted price in creases, effective Jan. 2, on brick and tile produced in 10 western states as a step toward speeding the flow of materials into home build ing. • The boost was provided in one of a series of pricing orders on various items. 1945 REVIEWED: ; City Looks Tc Money On Hai The city of Shelby goes into i the New Year with $250,000 salted l away in the old sock and with an executive head, Mayor Harry S. ! Woodson, who has definite ideas ; about some municipal needs. i First on the list of needs for the city of .Shelby, according to the mayor, is the completion of a : street resurfacing program which was begun last fall with the ex penditure of around $60,000 and i which will be carried on with , about an equal expenditure next > spring. This will be supplement • ed with work in curbing and gut tering, now badly needed. Con tish naval authorities brought har bor police swarming over the sidi on rope ladders under threatenini knives and axes brandished b: white and Chinese seaman engag ed in a riot. The ship, registered under th U. S. war shipping administration had anchored in the channel be tween the Isle of Wight and thi English mainland after taking i heavy battering by gales androugl seas. Police said several arrests weri made and the incident was re ported to U. S. naval authorities. DISCIPLINE Portsmouth authorities arreste< three merchant seamen and lef Americans In charge of the ves sel. Police officials conferred wit] American authorities on board th ship this afternoon concerning dis ciplinary action. The police, who were unarmed restored order within an horn Shortly afterward an America] boat from Southampton arrive* with a U. S. provost marshal an a strong detachment of America] military police. The fighting between the crei members broke out after the Ann Dickinson had dropped anchor. Far Eastern Advisor Group In Honolulu HONOLULU, Dec. 29—(£>)— Th Allied Par Eastern advisory con mission arrived today en route t Tokyo to investigate how Japa is carrying out her surrender term The 40-member group, arrivin at Hickam Field in two C-54 tran; port planes, transferred to th U.S.S. Mount McKinley for the re: of the journey. • 1946 As Yea ad To Finance tract has already been extende with the Brown Paving compar at a price which the mayor n garded as extremely reasonabl Eight miles of streets were resin faced last fall and a prograi about equal to that is planned ft the spring. Streets are regarded as an ei sential part of the public servit and must be maintained, accorc ing to the mayor. WATER FILTERS Item number two on the maj or’s must list, not so expensive i street surfacing, it is true, but ju i as essential, is the rebuilding i TEACHER IS SLAIN—Mrs. Rub; Clark (above), 24, school teacherol San Bernardino, Calif., was shot t< death as she sat in a parked autO' mobile with Don Wallis. Mrs Gwendolyn Wallis (bottom), wifi of Don Wallis, was held on suspic ion of murder. Sheriff E. L. Sha; said Mrs. Wallis confessed she fir ed the shot because she feared he home life was imperiled by the oth er woman. (AP Wirephoto)-. ; STRIKES SLOW RECONVERSION ; Industrial Output Risinc For First Time Since V-E Day , WASHINGTON, Dec. 29— (JP) - John D. Small, while reporting sig , nificant reconversion progress, sayi , there can’t be “full speed ahead’ l until current industrial dispute; are ironed out. 1 The chief of the Civilian Pro , duction Administration asserts thal , when these “widespread” labor management differences have beer settled “all-out production can b< I expected rapidly.” . Small made these statements ir . reporting that even though in 1 dustrial output has turned upwart „ for the first time since victory ii Europe, “the heavy demands o both consumers and producers an not being met in all cases.” In addition to work stoppages ' continuing scarcity of some mate j rials is holding up the full flow o . many consumer products to mar ket, Small said in a monthly re view of production last night. 7 t 9 9 o n g e t STEEL STRIKE Questioned at a news conferenc about the impact of a steel strik scheduled for next month on re conversion, Small said “we wouli be in a mess all over the coun try.” He added that if a strike shouli occur, CPA would reserve avail able steel stocks for public utilitie and emergency cases. Small also announced that CP; soon will issue a revised regulatioi requiring strike-bound plants t cancel orders for materials afte a work stoppage has lasted 3 days. They will be allowed to kee; on hand a 45 days’ inventory t speed resumption of operation when a strike ends. r Of Growth; Developments d y D the water filters at the pumpin station. These filters have bee in use for nearly 20 years an have become less efficient. Th job will take between $2,500 an $3,000, it is thought. if e JS it )f Coming next on the mayor program is the purchase of aboi $50,000 worth of new rollin equipment, including at lea; three fire trucks. Five tras trucks also need to be replace and also the police cars. One of the most ambitious un dertakings for 1946 is involved i See gif ¥ Page 2 INDUSTRIES NOT BEING DESTROYED Believes Leaders Should Be Arrested Under Al lied Directive 'PRESSUrFrELEASES By Charles Chamberlain BERLIN, Dec. 29.—(/P)— Russell A. Nixon, deputy di rector of the division of in vestigation of cartels and ex ternal assets of the American military government, assert ed today that military author ities in the American zone were “pampering” German industrialists. Nixon, former Instructor In the economics department at Harvard University and later CIO Wash ington representatives for the Unit ed Electrical Workers, declared in an interview that German indus tries were not being destroyed and that industialists were not being arrested as he believed they should 1 under a directive of the joint chiefs of staff. He also declared that “pres sure” forced his division to re lease from jail a number of leaders of the I. G. Farben Industrie, gigantic German chemical trust, after they had been interrogated. Lt. Gen. Lucian D. Clay, dep uty military governor of Germany, said, “I found out about the, re lease of these Farben leaders only the other day. If any pressure was brought for their release, it cer tainly did not come from this of fice. We still have ten in custody, however.” Col. E. S. Pillsbury, control of , ficer for the Farben Industrie, in formed Nixon that “if and when this office obtains information which provides a basis for sub stantive charges against these of ficials which provides a basis for substantive charges against these ficials or any of them, such See INDUSTRIES Page * Military Leaders May Meet Soon To Talk UNO Force By JOHN A. PARRIS 1 LONDON. Dec. »—(/F—Diplo i matic quarters said today they ex i pected that a five-power meeting , of military leaders would take place in January to discuss establish £L r* UQ t i i i s .1 ft t n ment or the international peace preservation force contemplated by the United Nations charter. A British foreign office spokes man neither confirmed nor de nied reports that plan* for a meeting of the military chiefs of the United States, Britain, Rus sia, France and China were under discussion through diplomatic channels on the initiative of the British government. The spokesman, however, drew attention to provisions of the United Nations charter which au thorizes establishment of a mili tary staff committee to work with the security council. SECURITY COUNCIL The charter says this eotnmit tee is to assist and advise the se curity council on all questions re lating to military requirements for the maintenance of international peace and security, the employ ment and command of forces plac ed at the disposal of the United Nations and regulation of arma ments and disarmament. “This committee,” said the spokesman, “will be constituted when the security council is es tablished.” It was generally assumed in au thoritative quarters that this meeting would be held at the ear liest possible moment after or ganization of the peace agency’s security council by the United Na tions general assembly which will hold its first session in London January 10. WHAT’S DOINGS SUNDAY 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.—USO cen ter open to service folk visit ing in the city. MONDAY 7:30 p.m.—State Guard will drill at armory. !».’»***
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