Bcttly Btspstrij
» l.KASBO W1HK SKKVICK <»"•
THIRTIETH YEAR w7£"i{M"v,.K,! 8BKVICB or —
—. s"ciatko i-iiKss. HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE M 15)4.i i»uuusiikd bvkky afternoon KIVK CKN'IX COPY
—" _ ' » BXUBI'T SUNDAT. I I V Ij V lii> I D V 1
« v""i /I T\ ■ « ADMni r. « ••• —
AM, nation
BooksNotTo
Be Cancelled
Lilale Liquor Chairman
lays Different Books
W:l! He Isrued in
ijt ccmber, However
|. .• ,;i.. •'■ i• i«» — <AI')—There is
t, i- • :•> reports th.it I|>r i.i
lj,,n I k - will bo called in and
in issued. Carl Williamson.
j;t iif MM" chairman, said today,
i • report probably started, lit'
i i :tcr otficials decided to issu •
,, !. 'ype »l b»ok next DmtnhiT
• . .mill.itc possibility o| exchange,
jti.t.mil ot inserted coupons or the
i... > .mother in'tson's book have
..tfil. Where known, they ie
ilt.'il ;ii i oufi cation of the book.
Wt'lia ; .- 'ii said the new books
I il.lv would be tightly bound to
j iM iit improper insertion of con
|,.i. 1 id ciicb coupon would bear
:i fii.il number.
I ■ c t"p. Williamson said, was but
i n,. i several being contempl.il -d
1 j.t. cnt misuse of the State's liq
• vtfick. It already has been dv
i I to fpeti all stores at III a. m..
at..l • to ,. them at (• p. in., begin
turn: .liiK 1. Each county could
tii.. tin the hours, ir desired, but
i uk! !i' • t lengthen them.
(j'. i mans Gunning
I«»r Churchill hut
(#nt Actor Howard
! iiniloii. June 3—(AIM—Belief
tire, M.I'd here today that the
"'e "tmiinf for Prime
."Minister Churchill when thc.v
* »i iliowi a Britain-hound air
liner liriiigiiiK I.eslie Howard and
I f ether passengers from Lisbon
'I uc-:lay.
ACL MACHINIST IS
TRAIN CRASH VICTIM
' Inn' ce. S. C.. June 3—(AIM —
.' !. .J"!'.: son. a machinist in the
hops of the Atlantic Coast
i I.' ihinv. was killed at 10:25
: id.iv when a double-header
1 ' •:» t;;it train buond tor Augusta,
iv I.cd into the rear end of a
- c ii attached to a wreck train
• is pulling into a siding about
• il"s west of Florence.
' I Kivcrs. wreck train foreman.!
• 'i:;fit to .in infirmary here
..tiivft of injuries.
I» M!: \ I'ltODI'CTION CONTEST
i i Station. Kaleigh. .Iirie •'?
.' : pindiietion contest and two
daily shows, one at States
September 15 and the othei
• .'on-Salcm on September 17.
miouticed here today by .1 A.
1 ^ . ti charge of l>airy Extension
(' State College, lie has im
' i'l : mi agents «>t the Extension
Si : • that the dairy pi-oduction j
• • . open to l-ll boys and girl
the coi'ntics.
Frenchmen
In Africa
Arc Agreed
.M.vi . Juno — CAP) — The
' ■ 'i i-\ertitivo committor was (<«f
i• iiit*li 1 into exisli'nrc t«»«.l.
■ nil :i1 on the mime of tlio National
i !■ 'Hi" ,• <>( Liberation.
I • committee's personnel is the
> picvmusly agreed upon with
•! IIimii Giraud and General
' !>(•(;.mile as point heads al
' •'■tint; id presiding.
I • 'lowing the meeting at which
' • • 'i :;ani/.ation was formed as the
- • mug Imdy tor liberated Kicnch
political quarters reported
1 !• it.mt changvs would lie made
• tin- leadership for Algeria and
in Ii Morocco.
1 • y said General Georges Ca
>"v wh» was liaison officer be
" ii Generals Girand and DeGaulle
•ild suceivd resigned My reel Pey
'"ii as governor general of Al
'' ■ • and Gabriel Paux. former liigli
•iiini-sioner in Syria, would suc
General Auguste Nogues as
'lent i4i-uvi.ll of French Morocco.
"ULD AWARDS WINGS AT 'POINT'
CHIEF OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES, Ccn. Henry II. Arnold, pins pilot
wmn.; "n Cadet Thomas K. Oliver, of Virksburf!, M. -i i|>pi, honor
man of the graduating class of (lir-rs at West Point Academy, New
York. Oliver received seven academic awards. (/utcr*mional)
Soviet Envoy Says
Food Conference
Has Speeded Peace
| Hut Springs. V.i. .fun«» —(AP) —
A IV K nitikov, Soviet R'is.vi.Vs
'chief (IfU-Kiitr I.. tll<- I*niS('«| \;iti"li>
' I I ClllV.1 III !', tlfclil! I'll ;it
I!u* parley's «-)**-itijf tfi.tt tlx*
Cli'llVfCtllV ll.nl llll'IT ied tllf I lUI»t
iliK .Mronsth ii,.. l.v anther
RlivtiftthiMiiitK their <oll.ibi.r;Hi«<n
thus bi'oufiht nearer tlii? victori c»us
tcrmiiuiliiin ,,| ttif> \v;u\"
Kriitikov ;ilso asserted ih.it t f if
C'llilcrencc. I>y cir.it my ;m ini -iim
C'iinmissi<iii in formulate pi.his fm ;i
permanent or«anizaii.>n. had "laid i
..mi IimiihUiIiom fur tin1 luturo col
liilxitiilion . I ii.iti'in, m tlic* liold • >:
Hm»l ;iikI •i;*i'ii'iilliir(>."
Any i»•:<I <• Sii■ 1:■ 1 • • .1 ih,. imjiort
;u ri* hi tin- c«ii:it i«-rnv .ml it ivr
f<f nicii'l.'itfiii i. i . .11U• t|i.w lit'
A ..Hi. i .-pf'iiktT. I ('. I*. \y Kim,
• •Il.l;»•!:»;iti tile < . c ,(1.
.Ii i l ncd Hi,,( cvci..-1iiiii'4 "v.v Ii.kI
I ■ |l*-fl 1.1 ;>l •••ill. | >11-: 11 .It I'll-. I .lllcl
onro h;is l«"»ii ,iri-.!ii|>li,hc(| .iii«|
liliflri '.lie in. I 11■ *j»j»*.' 'in!:Tt«in
Pi<- • I'l il lry V ill
r»'f v -ill.-:- ;n.i>r..\,Mi. ||.si,|ii
tii.il crciilini* iniicliiia-ry for ,i pcini.i
* III • .1 I'l .iiiIIhm'.t V.
j Private Enterprise Is
, Essential After War
Business Men, Not Politicians,
Should Define Postwar Problem?.;
Spending Not the Answer
I!y IMXil.K u. ISAIJSON
< "P.wifilil. I'll:!, I'ulilislirrs
Fin.inri.il Itui t-.i ii. Inc.
| H.ti. nil lark. M.i . . ,lu\r -
Military »ir-«-lia*lr slrsitt'ttist <r«* imw
| Ih-IIIC stl|» l<c<|i<| I»v »•>.1 pr-itiv
. "I . | ■ led 1 i||t >n 11 t . • 1 _;.<n 1 / 11 it.
I I'l I inals ;111 • I c\ Vri <•<•! I.ijii • erack
.\|| < 11 tlie.-e li,i\c fiicu | it * |
alcas !'<>r nc mil" postu.ir jnuli
IcilUI. M.iny "t !!.■ 11 1 Ve >•»I! 1 • • HXV
!•> Hi mil Mnrli tiicy oiler 1.
over my head. Ai'«t .ill. I am lit
■*i cMintiiiv 1 •• >> if. nm in thi- u 1.
df Rilh.son I'.u!;. ( *0111111011 <■• •,
Ili'WTM'l', l< 111«* 'hat • • 111 iii'i ( 1 <■ —
, xpgn ililc 1 11 :il • awl liilmi lead
crs !«• Riven tin- 1Hiu'I'i in |n<iv»lt'
lull pnstuai • • i |i|'iyiii<atil
I'osiu ar < niitrol
I My ii'.in. 1. should make ii" mis
| lake alin'i! •• «• lliinu. Wli.il tIn*
I |><ilil < i his, Nrll" Mcali'i <111(1 \ 1 a< 1. -
! puts" ha\ <• " < ay ab" it |>• ■. Iwar
1 planning v. II r 1*»t beai iiiiicIi I i ll 11.
I'I lie ii"> w 11 < 1 will cuiiici\i» and
1 put in'" ciic't 'mi |x> fwnr wii'imy
1 will lii> "Uc r«-liirniiiu srrviit* niVn.
j "All null'." vu say. "Ihc.-c may ac
I cimnl i n "iil> 1 (•.'MMl.tHio vhIc."." Rut
| I predict that Hit.: croup will lie the
inosl mlelliccnt alld coiislrtl<-ti\f
' mil nt I * croup lliat otu country has
: ex er seen
Oiit.-idc 11I I lie military. Ilivre *s
'still little real leadership 111 our coun
, try. I ha\c in tnilid not only the,
Ihi'oi ,.-.t . dreamers, .sovelicads. labor
Edsel Ford's Estate Is \
Rated At $200 Millions
1'-fn.il. ,|„no 3—(AP)—The will
l.d.cl Brynnt Ford was filed for
•"•ilc today and, because it l>e
'""••iilii'd |)1(, greaje|. p.|t.( ,,f hiS
j 'I Mo'nr Company stock to tli"
( 'j '■"'"idntion, attorneys estimated
■ " inheritance and transfer taxes
, «it not amount to much more
1,1 412.000.000. Karlier reports,
r ' i s"'c'v "P«n conjecture, had
"^'sible tax at as much
p.- >200.000 000.
Attorneys said the estate itself
probably would amount to $2110,000,-,
000,
Kdscl Ford, only son <>f Henry
Ford. ;iriri late president of lite Kol'ri
Motor Coro|>;iliy. died last Week .it
the HO' »' '0.
'I'hiil portion of llic Ford stock not
be<|HV»thcd to tin' Foundation is Irlt
in crpial shares to Mrs. Klcanor Cliiy
ford, the widow, and cacti of the
four children Henry Ford II. Ben
son Ford. Mrs Walter Buhl Ford II.
at d William ("lav Ford. The widow
is made executrix. I
leaders . >t •« I n-ilit in,hi... I.ill ■ it I ii *i
I •« • .}•!«. 'l| Mill l|>||MI| I 111.- V. If, ,).•
|'"'lfl llpiH! p'lll. HI ill. \\.i ,||' |||- } ii |
I'-allcraiy Imi ,i |iv< Iiii.m i|. ||,,. 111! i •
• •I -i km i ill pieture iii Tunc M.i:; i
yine t" th<- cffrcl 111; 11 "mil ivniual
Ml rl*. it ci v." \» I i i j Ignilirallt.
< "II hoys .111 (IfveiopmK character.
cmriiRi' -mil initiative. Tin y v. II Im>
mil" sal atimi in run.I-,, yc.u . I pMii
their p-l'irn. they will |m||hu the
*I'i*ii ( i>111111.iiiilim-ir and itit* iiiiiMi
|>ll(.|I|M|| l.lllll- ,|||(| .s|;i||(| I. ||M
lll'II.SCIIM.'.
(■"lilies vs. Business
l.'i-r'-fly lir 11> u.i. held .it |: ,n mi
I "ark It..- i;r.nil latum i'viiv . <il
•in- In t -: Mil,, .,f HHVill oft if VI! Willi
had cnpiplcti d their {..in i- .it !i,hii.
inn Inv the Navy Supply Corp. The
IIia.iiM jty nl till ,s«. new n|| i*-. .. i-line
11''iii ncliw liusuess. Alter the war,
llie.v want In net back uit" liu-ines-.
Ill my 1111II11 »!«• judgment. I u-.v will
lint like pl.iMneil crntinii > I lie.v arc
already ImmI.iiu: .lie.ul In the 11 mo
when they -iikI uttv.'i nu n rut. with
out SoVt'l'MINI'til ilitei lei i nee. wall'
<•-. (Iiti'in.s lavmalile In ieasmiahly
lull employment .mil tn i h:Kh stan
dard <if living.
In a democracy tell a., niirs, it is
important thai w<. I>e a well, anil
lint a sick nation. Kia-ee. Italy and
Cl'.'imany—oncc viu'ii" ;. up-to-date
and modern stales -uradually he
came infccted \\ i'h ' it.ilitarijin l>ae
teriii. Tltey lite .illy cUeiied and
HOW arc facing elr di . lt ictmn. Kus
f-ia, temporarily. lias !■> md a spe
cific for IPt disease. Certainly sin
is recognizing and row irdinu indi
vidual leadership. Politicians, not
ii'.telligt nt nd i -!'i .list-. make sick
nations. The pnlitici.ms of KuropL
(Continued on 1'nge Eight)
POTATO SHIPMENTS
FROM STATE BANNED
Charlotte, .lime .1—(AIM—No
commoti carrier nor contract mil
iar carrier subject to the Inter
state Commerce Act may accept
or move Irish pntat"c.vfe..>m w
eral North Carolina counties
after .lime 7 unless the .shipper
presents a permit from the direc
tor of food distribution. Marry
B. Rubey. of the Federal Bu
reau of Motor Carriers, said
yesterday.
Move Imminent In Coal Strike
Allies Get Four Axis Vessels
Convoy Off
Tee 0i Italy
Is Blasted
Allies Achicvc Naval
as Well as Air
Supremacy in
Mediterranean Area
Allied Headquarters in North
Alrk-n. .June (AI' > — Allied
desl rovers sank two Axis mer
chant vessels ami an e.;corlinn
torpedo hoat ami (Inivr an on
cniy destroyer ashore Inirninvc
Tuesday night in an attack on
a convoy oil' Capo Spartivcnto,
Sardinia, it was announced tu
. clay.
Capo Spartivcnto is at the
tor of lialy.
Tin- daring Allied naval at
tack .-truck at the heart of
Italy's sea communication in de
fiance of the Italian fleet.
T.-ueihet with twii naval hont
hhardtnent* litis week on I'antcllcna. |
it :i>iik-:i'<1 tltal in Italy's southern j
w.iter tlii- Allies Itavo achieved na- j
\;11 .•tiprcmacy to match their uir I
Mipivniacv.
The Italians aty de|»ei»lcnt on the
St ail. of Messina between Sicily and
tin ine ill tlie Italian niainlaitd to
sail carso >>>:|is between the west
at <1 caM coast. Capo Spartivvnto I
Maud* at the southern approach to |
the Strait nf Mcs.-ina.
Itt the air war. American
planes raided I'antelleria and the
southwest roast of Sardinia yes- |
let-lav without loss of a silicic j
plane.
The naval blow off Capo Spar
tivciito. Hue the two naval lioin
hat dm cuts of I'anlelleria, was |
ioinniplislicd without loss of a I
sincle ship.
••(•ill* I• me -uttered no casualties
or damage," j.iid a coniiniini(|iie is
sued Iimiii the headquarters ol flen
ci i| I iv ;:lit l> Kisenhower. Allied
<•• ntmaii'lei in-chief.
(ine i>! ','ie sunken merehanl ves
• I hle\e lip ill i heme set atire liy .
tin- destinyer's Jiurs. the bulletin |
: .ml. Annum the attacking force was :
i lie w. .-el i■ I tii IJoyal (IrceU Navy.
Recoveries
For Stocks
New ViiiI'.. .tune (AIM- I'.nlv j
:11 itjji hi till rid rail.-. dried ii|>
in '.I..v■ : i• ii•. marke'. and hvre
;• i >• i their modest rccnvcriiS wet1'
registered in it the fourth hour.
Tli,. list w.i irregularly lower ;il
tin* • **nitm .*t>ii. while <i numlier ot i
decline. "I ti .li t nuts tn ii |>Ditit m l
sii were i• 11■ 111hi '1 I" |tills marks I i
let-, minus sines -till were well dis- )
tiibuled. Activity expanded ;i Int.
nil the ri.nifli m I:.
III.wi'i'i• i -hare iinwen. Ciiiii
rnodities re v i \ I'll.
Anion;! lurks I'llH'lllim new I>>|> - I
l«ir 'lie vi'.h i i 1"HKer were General,
Motors. *\1 -tit •mcry Ward. Inter
•t.iti< nal IS.uI .• Wmilworlh .ui<i
Ami i ir.it. 11 tilling.
Air Activity
In Pacific
Stepped Up
Wnshi June 3—(AP)- He
Hewed iieft.i! activity in the smith !
Pacific with American bombers
ponndinc .l.ip.itiesv positions ill Hull |
Kiiiir. 11; w.i reported l>y Ihe Navy
tmliiv in .i - which told i
Hlno hi ;• • • . i•.::ii i.iids nil Kiska in I
thv Ale it .in- .Hid ;i continued wip- '
:iik 'it'l "I -n.iill enemy groups un
Attn.
I,jirce fife- were started :it Tin
pit's 11.it bin ,iti(l Nuniii Niimn har
bor by lie bombers which struck
the northeast mast <>f Bougainville.
Two sniull enemy vessels off Tinputs
were bombed and one Wits beached.
'I'he Ventura bombers p;irtleip;itiUK j
in Ihe r:nd mi Kiskii never before
hiid been mrntiiiiied in Navy com-1
tiiiintiptc- 'lltey were described only
as high peed. two-engined medium \
bombers
Tinputs. raided for the first time. I
I is on the northeastern coast of Bon- ,
I gninviUe in the northern Solomon.'- j
i and t« 389 milvs from Henderson
I airfield on Guadalcanal.
I>\ rncs Promises Aj*enc\ Harmony
Addressing a crowd of •"home lolks" at Spartanburg, S. C\. James F.
liyriies. newly named director of war mobilization, promised the nation
that squalililins governmental aseneies would be streamlined into an |
efficient war niachivc. Byrnes, featured speaker at a eotton-eoes-to-war
celebration. holds a finger aluit to emphasize a point in his specch.
Anti-Strike Measure
Is Nearer House Vote
I
Wnshiii^T* ii. .hi i '! '.MM f i -
fi.s .'in iinli -tril.f . h »wim;
• ii'|»i is:ii \ Mri'ii^fii n liu* H*i
lornfl flu* iiumshiv !i ;i str«ilc*?i«*
position i«.r ;t \ !• k!«iv l>n! ,i stiicl:
• •I !tmt* t;i!.>ii:; .. rn<l:in nl> lint* • !
cnifi t«» drl.i.v ! until '• »
Miiliy I.! lit* t ."IkI-himi! wnt'
ii i»\ :iit* • Nil 'i lir* :» ! .
it won If I < >i a I •: i v\
ftjgjolt t RllVI'I'l ltlV*||| «l|•••: .!*• . i ittri IS*
11 y III U I II I* - Sill • J• III I"
Tlic 11* him*. • •! t«•» ;#.i ii" if ! i. i r •»
ilrh.it-. \olnl y» tii'i.v, II t
to tiila* I lit? |n . 1 ii• ■
Smith C'otinall.v hill—in the fare of j
':'iicmy "! live IhkIi ranking gov
ti iiiikmii otlii'iaU that it would pro
t-i*-if rattier llian diminish .strife in
•almr rani<s.
Tin- .-usacsted amendments j
•" laim (I a number that by their I
ii.'?ti <• indicated stormy debate was t
• ■head.
M'" Im is wlin uppnsi'd these provi
? "M- in cmiiimltec said they would '
I • L*is 1 tlli'ii: "II till" Hour:
Mid mati..n "t two sections requir
, ::<i d.iv rooiinu-otr period and i
■ •cu t i.allot ot workers affected
i i".,. t:ii:c or lockout could bt1
I'HM <• cllecth e. '
Chinese Continuing On
Their I Ictory March
Clrmf.kiti.-,.
i,v ■ • If.. |.
..It Hi" V;.lml/..
I lit, V" I: i <l|i>
1.1 CiiiiiiKyatiu.
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<.(*<-■ • |>i<*>I tin- '
l;i;ili4. i
:n my i>"k
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Ii.icl; titWiirri •
liver i.n ili"
IriMit. 11 ii •
II.- : ..I.I I
II .rd .. Il• >;;• '
ill 1 tic* l>;iill"
flTC'l llli ' '
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t: .i,l in' i-.-lili.il I "»> I -
•■•.I 'In- I.i'aii
I • ..iilli -.1 11n*
..I l>'h;iM!t. ..Mil ..I:...
:;l/. |...|l ..| I llill
■ , I .i'|.. v, lrl»:iim. ill!
ii iniii..ir i'.-iI t-iliiy.
Iif.nu ilnvi-n
. ulli 1 >:••■!:> "I ili«
,|.|«T V .nt;!/"
in .i: ;nlili'il.
• II,.- .l .|.:i!H':,V I. nl
I 'HI.
■ .| Ii .1 llli'V ll.'lll Mil
i,...| . *i;111 'f:..
I Ii ..i.;y;in_A u.itl
I * ,i •• ri ' ll .idviilH'c 'it ; 11 >< > 111 2<> j
irn- i Iiimc i- Irnops since
mil Y iv.iiiKkw.ili last Sat
..it ■>!, ('liilikiauj;, tin* (
ml iin ii.K'i'fi Japanese
• ni> \\ Mil Ich.illR. Japa
■ • n <mih nl Hit- Yangtze
mi .m extending from ;i ]
!< Ih;in 15 inilc.s vvt-st of
I • in;; !•> l.ih.iien in 111 iti.ni prov-|
; • ( in-, i- .ninniiiicrd yesterday
I Li. i "iifs had i i'i;.iiiu'(l three towns
• , I ilisicn ;ind said the rctivat-|
.1.■ i> nuso mi this area h;id been i
11 1 .mil many had been
v. p.-d ••Ht. I
7 ret nendoi is Ha 111 Made i
By Reds On Luftwaffe j
M"M ..
Ill .ll". I
liu-ki'l
VI-sllIM
;.i-.i :: (AIM A
(III <'<• I l|..Ill pl.lllt'S ill
1;u • i.in ii i.-i* ;ii Kursli
: .ii.n ;illil ;il leiist l-::
I, i v. ii. Ilii* lfus.si.ilt- .ill
The xi •••! llc'l it'iH'.'M'iilcd 11n*,
InrftcHi i'ljtle niiiss tiir Ovrmwu lmv<? •
cnnci i.' ..'i ll ii 110 sivi.'i Inr niiiny
nvnilli - .i' 'I liu'ir fi'pi|n>srs
nuirkH -iic ..i Hi. uttfKi'M (tingle j
rlny> Imc.- 'i iin> the.iiiv of iierial
Will'.
j\ M.im-..\\ i. 'liiiic.isl siiifl !W n( the
I'iiuln «rir bi'.iiiyht down l>y Si "Viol
pilot:. ii .hi <1 .< r. ami Ihiil iinti-.'iir
ci'iift mm* kIm>| dmvn morr, nfterl
m nir i>l.iiif ii"! linn i.'li the iily
";<li<l Ii. |»ti*i/in'fllv (lioppctl linnili^
wllit'll mi ' rlril tn.ilVn.il fl.nn.ii!!' ;nul
CJIfMinll't'*
'I hr I?;i-si.'ii's siiifl they Inst Til)
plane.- nnd drelnred Ihc tally of Nnzi
victims was incomplete.
The Kursk area is a kov tn the
swaying battle for the Ukraine and
wen*
IliHIIH'i "i
[lllfl U '
iiil h.ittl'
. . .•n.i'ii.'iim ii ww
phase -ii tiii- Intler wcr
iin- i-.i in ii frniil.
• ■ It net i>:■ in. From it tiir Oer
. t mri.nl I.ist summer the drive
Vi.'i i- nned liiem 1<• Stiiiintfnid.
111.Hi nli h.ive lino- force* mar-.
. :■ it 1. tin* m'uimii mil the MlrciiKth
I • • ,;y Iiiur- was held llVre t'»
i" < .ilclnim hi hi <in olfnrt
I • • ,;.iiil hi- s. I• ■ •111.11 y belol'e .my fill'
II .ii liii I.iml li.itiliv Ileum
Cotton Prices
Rather Mixed
\ \ V'lii;. .fimv :t—(At')—Cnitnn
I ]ii ncil 10 lii 20 rent* n bale
mvi \' iiiii \ iliu'K were 15 cenis
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. li.il. |n\v<*r t<> .*< rents higher, .1111 v :
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her. 19 82. 19.80: March 19.60, 19 58: 1
May 19.45. 19.42.
FDR Facing
Three Moves
As Solution
Miners May Be Asked
to Return; Roosevelt
and Byrnes Working
Close Together
Washington, June — (AT) —
President Kooseveit culled ih<>
CIO-AFL labor war board 10
the White House for a confer
ence today amid increasing
signs of some presidential ac
tion designed to end I he .stop
page of coal production by John
L. Lewis' United .Mine Workers.
Observers of the tangled sit
uation. which has half a million
men staying away from their
jobs in the mines, saw at least
three possible roads open to Mr.
Roosevelt: an order appealing
to the miners to go bacK 10 work,
the invocation of sanction such
as a draft reclassification, of
denial of other work to the min
ers, or a compromise with
Lewis.
The possibility <>1 any action be
fore la'.e today, or perhaps toni"rruw,
appeared remote, however.
There was evidence that Hip
White House anil .lames F.
Byrnes, war mobilization direc
tor, were working behind the
scenes to brine the coal strike
In a conclusion.
Nevertheless. Presidential Sec
retary Stephen Early said that
he assumed that tli<> War l.ahor
Board order that negotiations be
tween the operators and miners
he halted until men are back in
the eoal pit still stands.
The members • >t the combined
labor war board met periodically
with the President to considei ill
matters pertaining to labor in the
war, effort. There was no penti-.
indication that the chiet e\e<'iiive
would bring l'ie coal (lis|>ui<- bet -re
it, although chance> appeared t" i»e
good that he would g" over tin- mat
problem with the l'I< > and AKI. lead
ers! The United Mine Workers have
no representatives on the board
Those coining to the White
House included President Wil
liam Greene of the \l'l.: I'hilip
Murray. ( IO president; .Itilin*.
Empsak. secretary treasurer of
the (TO Electrical Workers I n
ion: It. .1. Thomas, president of
the CIO Automotive Workers
Vliion. and (ieorge Mean.v, Al l.
secretary. Early told the pres>
hp was neither foreclosing nor
anticipating any While House
statement or action on I!•«- eo.il
situation later on in the d.i\.
Meanwhile. .«»li < ■■■ out
United Mine Worker » ie| • -i' ' ve*
resumed their joe.t 'it'ivme
this morning altlv uu
of operators have id\
Labor Hoard they < II »
not to negotiate II ■ i
sties while prod etion 1 i.
156 Tons Of
Bombs Fall
On Jap Bases
Allien 11'|ii.<> Iin Ah -h'.ilin.
June 3— IAI') In six raids williiu
ii wt'ek. 1 .*)Ii 1 • «ii- n! in.'i n.i\ c In iMi
dropped i>\ I..hcr.it.irs and !•'Iv11• i»
Flll'll'CSfCS "II -1. • |». 11: • I' t'.IM ill
Wrwiik and I<'•(. New (in.iv '
The sixth raid ycstcrdav u.i m.ide
by mixed formation^ nf the >u:. tmii -.
cnKined hmnhcrs .iu.iiiis! iniii iii
dro nil's in till' Wrw.iK >ci (<ii .m New
Guinea's multicast i.M i. .'S2i> nnit'4
north west of l.ae. It \\ \Vcw.ik'.<
third mid in a week's period. dtiruii;
which 5fi t"tis of hotnhs have rocked
it Yesterday's renders started tire*
;imona parked aircraft on the fir
dromes of But. Uaana. IJoram and
Wewak and destroyed ;niiiniiniti'.>n
dumps.
As in the other two r.uds on Wc
wak find the three in which Kid loiif
were dropped on L;i<*. not ,i sinul"
Japanese plant* ros<. in opposition.
V I A I III f
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Continued warm this afternoon
and tonight. j