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ΗΈΝ:.ι(=;ί; .qn N. r
THIRTY SECOND YEAR
Li:.\si:ii \vn:i: skhvick of
tiik associated rui-:ss.
HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 1(5, li)J.
JUBLISHKI» M V i: » l Y A I "I Ό UN' " <N
EXCEPT ΗI * ΝI>AY
FIVE CfcNTS COPY
PAN-AMERICAN
DEFENSE PLANS
WIN APPROVAL
New I. S. .Intime
η
1"), >: ι ni' i I Gilliam, of Taroura. lor
more ihan twenty years second tu i
district solicitor, was confirm
ed I ' η 11 e 1 S*. i!es (i. t r ; · · t .in,I.·
f ·;· ':·<· I-'astern Carolina district l>y
• :·■ Γμ ι : oc! States Senate on Tues
day i'iie Senate imanimo ; s ' \* ap
proved Gilliam's nomination by
President Truman. He had been en
di· ·< Sénat n - lîailev an.i 11<>■ - v.
Ile -unies his new duties imme
fi:ati y. succeeding Judge I. M.
Mee'niM.-, who resigned several
months ago.
House Body
Decides For
Tariff Cuts
Ways, Means Group
Wants President To
Have Right To Act
__—. j
Washington, May Hi. (Ai')
— Mit· llonsc Ways and .Means·
( ·. nimittee \ oted toiiay to }dvi ;
tin· 1 'resident new authority to !
reduce tariffs and trade ημτί'ΐ.'-'
ni'iits with other nations.
• . : t mistral···» \ ictory in the
III ' 'Ι',., J ■ .Γ ι- IllUl'essiolia ! test nil
I ' ι ■ international It·:* :i;i I ρ mi wa
Ι·.\ .1 I ! · > I ! te i · inniittecnim
"ι ι ted all ton I iepw! ι lirai ι niombirs
\ ted -·.1 ittly against lilt· lfi·!. lati in
■'"ni ■ fie joined I j y ι Mit· I Jon n u rat.
la ,·. ι-' 11 ; a t i\ c West, ni' Texas.
Ί lie It n i s I a t i < ι η. which li. ■ d lined
tin t Λ-11 pa it i t s up ι in an ancient j
(liit'llni;: h I'··lind, will K'i t>> 'in1 li" ise )
Jl1 " ι 1'ir debate next Tue> ι iy.
iirpre.-entative Kmit.vn, ways and
li" .IP minority leader, said after the
'· ' 'Ilia', tee action, "the : ι. jority vot
t'll today tn create unemploynitTi
V iii'11 war i> over." Knutsen said the
('■ m nitti ι· r e j e c t e tl Republican
a ι t iidinents that would have won
simulated court review pri\ ilexes by
iii.y citi/en who felt aggrieved by
1 eaty provisions; . ο article shall be
Ιίought in at less ΙΙκιη rust of pro
(lacliiin in this country, and the
Km,,te should have ninety days in
which tn exercise a veto over any
trarit trt aty.
I'he Republican leader said "we
will make a better showing when
the bill gets on the House llonr."
Greatest Obstacle
Still Remaining Is
Trusteeship System
San Francisco, .May 1 «>.
( Λ Γ ) Λ I nilcil Slai(> plan
j-iUaranhi'Miji In any j^roup of
l mitfti Nations tlu· rij.;· 111 to or
i-ia il i v,; · tor collective defense
{iocs before the world security
con I en net' today backed I »_\
enough votes to assure its even
tual approval.
l'Ile plan is designed primarily to
give the Pan-American delen.-e y ■
lem .ι strong and permanent pu. ilion
wi.thin the proposed world secwity
organization.
Secretary of State Sletliuius
announced, on authority of I'res
idfnt Tinman, that tin· I nitrd '
StaUs would invite the other
American nations to negotiate a 1
long-term mutual defense treaty
Widowing the eonferenee here.
Formulation of the American plan, j
with the approval of virtually all tile
I .at in-American states and most ol
the big powers—Russia remains to
hi heard fr< m puts this cont'd ence
over one ol it.- biggest hurdles.
The greatest obstacle remaining,
thf opin : of United State.· au
ihorities, is toe developing ol a
liula tor ' ting up internatii >nal
riistëcships that will allow lia·
'nited Stat' - and other powers to
levjlop mihiary liases they believe
ο be n· cessary to security.
This i'ii iniiy is especially eon- ι
■ t rned about retaining Paeiiie l>«s"s j
•apt· ι red Ir -tn Japan. The l'rdish
lelegation last night received L.011-|
Ion approval of a te: talive Angio
•\merican trusteeship formula, lint .
η this, too, Russia remains to be
leard from.
The Pan-American conference to
I raw up long-term treaty to re
dace the wartime blue made at
V]exico City in March probably will
h> held m November. The heart of
he United Slates proposal is that any
ο ο 11 ρ oi nalii.ns has the right to
dan collectively for its own detense
ο that it the projected world secu
• 1 ν coin cil fails to prevent an armed
ittack "li one ol them, all the others
■.m go to its assistance.
Now that the collective defense ι
: eorv ha.' been advanced with as- ·
in· ,11'ces ol acceptance, leal'.·' of .-.mall j
:atioiis about big power veto control j
II peace-keeping machinery appears i
be vanishing.
Allied Rule
In Germany
By Military
Supreme Headquarters, ΛI lied j
Sxpeditionary Force, Paris, May H>· ι
- ( ΛI ' ) Major («encrai Lucius 1). |
'lay. General Eisenhower's depul.v
or the military occupation <>!' Gcr- j
nativ, declared today that "the ΑΙ- ι
ied s·.··, eminent in Germany i j
ng t" be military and the Germans
ire going to know it'.s going to be
η i 1 i t ii ry
"The United Stales is fin ins to
day in Germany in all probability
"·>·· a lone time." General Clay said. I
He explained carefully that Sa- !
jrome Headquarters Allied Κ χ peri -
ionary Force still is operative, and J
hat h^ was speaking for the U. S.
iroup council which will take over |
ifter SHAEF finishes. Clay said
hese would be the initial aims of:
he American occupation:
1. Smash all tha tis left of Ger
nany's potential to make war.
2. Smash all vestiges of Nazism.
.'i. See that all war criminals are!
•aught and punished.
Doughton Wants Broughton
To Be Chosen For Cabinet
Washington, May Hi, -(ΛΡ)— ·'■
Melville Broughton, former North
^ ai'olina governor and now counsel
f'"' tobacco warehousemen, is the
nian Représentâti\'e Doughton wants
appointed to President Truman's
cabinet.
'he dean of the House acknowl
edged that he is doing some concen
trated thinking about a southerner
in the cabinet. He said as soon as he !
is sure there will be a vacancy, he
Will get down to organize 1 wn'k. i
"I don't want to shove anybody ^
"at. he told a reporter.
The secretary of agriculture is the ι
pos! the Carolina congressman most |
wants to see filled by a Carolinian j
—°r at least by a southerner.
Both Broughton and Représenta
tive C'n'ilcy h;ivo been mentioned for
the agriculture job when and it' J
there's a vacancy. Cooley now i- i
heading a delegation studying agri- I
culture surplus markets in Europe. J
Doughton said f)avid S. Houston j
i.-. the only man born in the South
who has served as secretary of agri
culture, and Houston, he said, lived
in St. Louis at the time of his cabinet
appointment, although he was a na
tive of North Carolina. Houston was
named secretary of agriculture by
President Wilson, and later became
secretary of the treasury. Doughton
thinks it's time for a 100 percent
southerner who has stayed in the
South to take over the job. He de
clared. "I want to see a man in the |
cabinet with real tar on his heels." j.
FIRST NAZI SUBMARINE GIVES UP OFF JERSEY COAST
■ y tf-'aayarft.ïi.tmim
Taken from a Navy blimp, ι his photo provides a cloçe-ttp of the activity aboard the Germρπ suhmfrrine
U-851! as it lay off Capo May. X. J., alter its sum nek r. The lirst ship of war to b<· .«ur.-onckTcd in U. S.
vι i·.· ti.o beiMumii» ι . the war, the U-848 \va : v. nandod o.v i»i:ts o. .>«· -» ι
of tiie crew were carefully .searched before being la! en off as prisoners of war. U. S. X. · y Photo. (Inter
national.)
Germans 1 ο Nun Uwn Country
Under Allies, Churchill Says
London. May 1 — ι AT'} - i\ nie
Minister Churchill declared today
hat ih général it 'am? tin· Allied in—
ention that "the C!< .-.!ι add
idiiii ister their i-ounîr.v in i»>ri|:cnce
.. Allied direct:.·n."
The Allies have "no intention of
mdet'.al.ini; the burden o! adminis
ering Germany ourselves," Chureh
I! asserted.
He appeari d hel ι re I ' 'ill ι n 'lis
igi.inst a liackjirouiiil of demands
.cieed in many qti.irUr.·. tor the Al
lés to diselose the e\aet role of tile
egiiru "I iri'and Ail·: :ia Kail IJoe
■ it /. Hut ih·· In it · ο : ai 1er made
in direei mention of Doenitz.
Weighing his v.' ircU carefully,
"nur. ni!I said lie wanted time to
•ast the form of his reply before
iniAveriiiK one member's question as
i/ what was "the ;i ithoiily whiell
mi ι ι · lei I i ·. ·ι · ..ili-.. : i ι. ·ιη Flens
>:ir;; in the name of the .nm eminent
;ill' ged ! ι οι- led bv Admiral 1 ) jcnilz."
"I am nut sure whether any ma
■hi ι ··,. «.! government, whether
central <·r regional, ran he .said to
exist at pre.-.cut in Germany, and in
any e;>- I ίι·u11 d prefer, in replying
'at this ( 1 ' iesl inn, tu speak < ι Γ admin
iitraiien lather than government,"
Churchill ,.nd.
"In ge eral, it is our aim that
tlie Germans should administer
their country in obedience to Allied
din étions We have no intention ot
undertaking the burden of admin's
tei ing Germany ourselves."
•list before going to Conirno.is,
"Churchill ('inferred with General
Eisenhower. Field Marshal Mont
gomery and General Omar Bradley.
Some of the British press wrote ot
the meeting »s relating ^directly with
the administering of Germany, deal
in" with war criminals,- and han
dling displaced pt rsmis.
Λ A- mm.Med Press disp.v, h from
Paris yesterday said a clarification
c»! the status n| ι : : t ■ Diriiit/. govern
ment was ι t'I i" ril nu ι inch1,, but
that meanwhile there was no tend
ency at supreme in;:nl'i rulers to re
gard the F lei is burg gr· up as any
thing in.ire than instrument ul
surrender.
Foreign Under Secretary George
Hall told the Heu>e : ! ι ; 11 the major
pou el's -till have >:e matters to
iron out as to occupation zones in
Germany and Auslri. , Pressed to
outline the zones, specifically how
Berlin and Vienna are to be con
trolled. Hall defined.
"Son;,· aspect- of the matter are
still under consider:·!!' η by the Al
lied gonrnme ts concerned," lie ex
When one member contended the
zones of demarkaUuu could easily
have been settled a yeai ago. Hall
replied that "the hos'iliUes have only
just tome to an end. and troops are
-'ill necess', r: I y ill their operational
positions. and ca not take up /.ones."
CA
Pro
War Crimes
Sidney Alderman, Of
North Carolina, Will
Aid Justice Jackson
W.I . . M '· li;. ( ΛI ') —
\T:i.jι >r C, ·:. \\ .1.1 )uii..van,
♦li iff ·. l ..· ·· ! y et Office of
Strategic . ' ■ help prise
lite I·' >;'·■" ... ι malais.
Supiv: ..· C · .1 . ··· l.t>l»erl Λ.
lackson, designated by President
['rum,in ;i. : :.i ι ι η· ry chief \\ ar
•rimes prosecutor, ι >day announced
he >el('ctii■ π I» ΊΙ.in and t'.v ι
)'.her lii|) @ssi -ί.ιnN:
Sidney S. Alderman, «encrai so~
icitor ! 11 ;· 1,'ie Sou!: : lia I way, and
\ssisi;mt All i:m. y ι ;···»·.·..1 Frances
il. She.ι, !i ah υ! W . · · ngton.
I)ono\ an. a cmu .mal medal of
ιοηυι* winner in \\ · .1 War I. as
eader .Ί tin· 1.1:1 · ι- "fighting
)9th". I·■ 11 .U was . I t.> as "the
n.vstery man of W.i ί War II." The
itlc grew nt ,1· extensive Eu
ropean travel in 1ÎI40-41 and the
lush-hush a r suit · in ing the Of·
'ice of Strategic Services.
Jackson said :ie was setting up
inly .1 -. 3 :111 > t ; 111" "because of the
.vork already going on in govern
nent dejiartments un the subject of
.var crimes. This staff includes per
-onnel familiar with the problems
ind the available d ita, and the se
ections were made in furtherance of
lackson's dc'.cr nation that the
.rials of the lead ng war criminals
nust be held without delay."
British Minister
Proposes Hnnj^ing
For Η err Goerin^
London, Mav lfi ~(AP)— Minis
cr of State Richard K. Law told a
lieeting 111 London today that he
lopes Kcichinarshal Hermann Goer
ng would be hanged.
"He is full of arrogance and (ins
uring, and 1 don't believe for a 1110
nent that even now Goering under
stands what it is all about," Law
iaid. "I c'o believe that, when the
îangman's noose is fastened about
lis neck, he will just go on saying
hat 'he British are jolly good peo
ile and the Germans are .io'ly good
eople. and that war is war."
\\ ar Crimes Meet
\\ ii! l>e<£in \la\ M
< 1►
! ο I>e lu ! a>iul<>n
l.ondon, May Hi.— (AiM—An
international conference on
Ceiman war crimes will start
in London Ma.\ !»!. it was an
nounced toda> h y the I nited
Slates War Crimes Commission.
The commission also ann aim -
ed it had arranged for "certain
Inn#:.can governments'* ίο semi
investigation officers into (ier
many to help military author
ities gather c\idence of war
trimes tiieie.
Stocks Rise
Fractionally
New V. .. Μ ν 16. - (,\I') —
St'.'iks , . liai advance.· in
today's market, continuation
rising t ·4ι κ it nc < : 1111- pre\ ions
session. 1:11 pi \ι·ι| oro U. S. Steel,
General Λ1 ■ >t ■ : -. S> .Koebuek and
W ο s t i r .υ. 1 κ. 111 ■. I ; : t and (.-ommotii
ties were in.m
TRUMAN TO SPEAK
IN STATE IN FALL
Washington, May 16.—President
Truman will d' it an address at
Statesville in (). · >:,ιτ as a climax in
the summer get-together meeting oi
the North Carolina State Senate at I
Hendersi nville June 2S-H0, Repre
sentative Hubert !.. Doughto.·, oi
Laurel Springs, ami umeed last night.
Doughton's ..nnnuneemem I'ol
' lowed a White House conference, ;
when he relayed to the President
an invitation extended by the State ι
I Senate through Senator Hugh G.
j.Mitchell, of States», ilie.
i Because the chief executive could
not arrange his schedule to appear
during Julie. Dmghton prevailed
ι upon the com mittee on arrange
ments to plan ^ recess of the get
together on June "â until an October
'date to he set bv the White 11 .·
"President Truman expressed his
great desire and pleasure in accept
ing the invitation to visit my c >n- j
gressional district," Doughton de
clared delightedly following his |
White House visit.
Truman's \· rth Carolina isit will 1
climax a parade of national diy i-ί
taries scheduled to address the Hen
dcrsonville confab in June. The par-1
ley was authorized during the recent
session of the General Assembly,
with the understanding that it would
he staged "at no expense to the
I State."
U-Boat Sank
Destroyer Off
Coast Lately
W ;· ,! .> Mi -< ΛΡ)—Tile
> ■ ' m : . . ι ; . : : ·. ι. ' .< ytr ese< >rt
I't'dr, lei; t'. irnrtny SLll)
i . irine in ; it ■ Λ : ' .1.. was un
.· '■ 11 ! i> '■ ι i>.v the ; : (lay.
While ; ill' "unit did n:it
liM'i··.·.·»· tin· i'x. ! ' >: the .sinking,
navy sj'nKi : .1. occurred
ru.i· <lay : ι ;< i inany's sur_
uider I..»: ,. ■ · . c all it·.-; among
lie ' ι il)'.·· c 11 ; : "I about 1200
vert· "hra\ y." ;·.i. X· si of ki ι
; all i <<c. ι notified.
Iir vi·.-.· ri" , - reported
nissing in ··:.
si Ι5Λι.\ι::μ s >i\<. \i\î:
MOI!! I VI* \\i;SK ( RAFT
Washington, Mas Hi. — United
Slate.- >. i:n· e sunk nine
nore . r... including
'ive w.irsii ρ-, ' ··.■· > announced
oday.
Tlii· rr : r.i i.i l a η ' ve-.-cls in-eluded
me destroyer, two small escort ves
iels and two 1 · <·.—rl.· The rr
liaindrr t>t '. .·> .u included one
arge tanker , · 1 ' ..ce cargo ves
sels.
(MARINES SMASH
BLOODYATÏACK
BEGUN BY JAPS
Assault Is Most
Savage Of Campaign
On Okinawa Island
(luani, .May 1 (>. -( ,v i'i Ma
rines smashed repea;.· -la
pan's heavily forti \. in
( Okinawa line today. ·■: ' ■ ; tim
ing back the blood ι ' counter
attack ol' the campaign.
Simultaneously, ! ..-t-t Admi
ral Chester Nimitz ; niKumced
carrier planes destroyed τ dam
aged -'i->7 enemy aircraft and
pounded IS enemy airfields on
the Japanese home islands o!
Honshu and Kyushu. Nimitz
listed 17(> aircralt destroyed.
10X either ilestroyed or dam
aged. and ï'î machine-gunned
without observed π ults.
Japanese artillery hell. .-hriei'.od
overhead as .1 preiudt '.u the ••iioiiy'..
desperate attempt to drive
out of the Naha sector, and a night
and day bat: e ! ajîed wildly.
Marines ol the veteran 22nd regi
ment were .-h"Vod back 200 yards
across .1 v. 11 ley to the left of Naha
before they rallied and turned the
assault.
As ·:,· Japanese attack mounted in
fury. Alarme cooks, bakers and · thei
rear piiard 'roups were thrown into
the hat*:· . Hand grenades flew about
tike baseballs. a..d the dead were
st: own 11 both sides ol the valley.
It was peihaps the most deter
mined enemy attack of the (Jk.na .·. a
campaign, and the emperor's saldier.
l'c : a time r>de a bloody crest. Then
the 22nd veterans of Eniwetok and
O· "to peninsula absorbed the sheer,
.■•nl literally made a step by .-".··v,
advance. At least 400 enemy dead
were counted by . oon. Hrigadie
General Wilham T. Clement, ot Kich
ni'.nd. Va.. assistant com man» 1er ot
the Sixth Marine division, of which
the 22nd is a part, said grimly:
•'We are well bled, but we'll crush
those· buzzards before it's ovei
Doenitz Used
Τ emporarily
By The Allies
Supreme Headquarii . Allied Ex
peditionary Force, May It>. -i.XPi
Supreme Hoadquarte: .·> announced
: 'day th.it Or, ι id Adm; K;.rl Hue
nit/, iiiiii tt! 1er selected German of
ficer.- ;ire being used :· ·:.|ηirarily t·1
carry out duties in c( nncttion with
the feeding, disarm.ι; and medi
cal ca i\. of Gens iaii I orecs, and a tv
not recognized as a constitutional
Gi r ■ an government.
The ; nnouncenient saiti :
Admiral Doenit. and certain
nl ι '! .-elected Gern:a re i >e i rig
used temporarily t j carry " it duties
cune'elien with the feeding, dis
iinû.imei.1 and medical care ot Ger
iian 11 a \ a 1 iorces. These German
m Tit - are fully lontrolled. and are
there .-oh lv te carry out instructions
if the Allied expeditionary force."
Amlias.-.ni Koijcrt .Murphy, pc -
litical adviser in General Eisen
hower. said the a e ί Dot nit/ and
ithers in no v. y · ear: a recegni
.ion of the "Fletish :g group" a.- the
Severn went el Germn v.
Ί he amount .·. t !cr: an parla ipa
ion and administra'.. in \\ ill be l
ι long time on low .els. part cula -
ly in the rural are .,r . md t ι
•ities, it was cxpl.m.ed. There will
.)i· no national p. ; .»«·: go\ ernme ;
loi the present. The German high
•i.mniand will be . ί ι - - ■ ■ ! \ ι ■. i
Yanks Attack With
Knives, Bayonets A:id
Even I heir Fists
Manila. Ma) !<>.— (Α Γ) —
J ι ft J > ι ><·( I ·I a ι >; ι ) ι ' ■ -1 ■ * r< » μ κ Γ< > 11 j-Γ h t
ι Scivajrv hand-'
today with .Ann
2 1th inl'ai'M'\ w
jity mi Mindanai
Muii.r Ui ··,·■:■.; .
battlL'-SL'. ..· 11! Γ Ί
with knivi.-. b.\
l lailiny ;. .. ; ■ i«·
1 .11 ii I 1 >iit t U'
ι ans ni the
: ul Davao
12
V\ < draff's
it tucked
mitt even
j^ic mounted
Γ'!ι· raged in
: > 'thills bc
Davao rivers.
.Mac Arthur
communi
ol .Minda
nao. . < -com! iaiK'st island in the
I'hilippincs, had been liberated.
II,. also said ii.'i percent ul the
I >< : ρ u I u t ii> 11. i)ioi>ai)l> exceeding
Kill.(1(111. «as lreed iriini Japanese
Λ t'en lilt· 1 al in" and
General Douglas
announce:! in today'
que that !)() percent
'Γ-.· ι ht· in ii'tnwe.-i the 31st and 40th
11 : ! ; ι π 11'y 111 \ ' isi<-i is « · rc pincerm^ a
1. 4·-' enemy . η in Bakidon
; - : « i nec», where tin· h .ik ·! aa esti
mated Γ.η.1)00 ΛI : it .Jtmanese
were believed !· . ' ■ :> μ1, Jiill pusi
I'he Japanese . .. · · w e ' ··!' Davao
resisted 1 a·. ·'·. retreat eut
! Î.-Î1. the Nipp- in· ι : ! · suicide
I attacks. Yanks .r fi .lapane.se fought
with bayonets and knives, slugged
I with helmets and grappled like wres
tlers. Sum·· combatants rolled into a
rwer. where at least two Yanks held
the l'ie a d > : ad\ t . ries under water
until they were drov ned. Five times
in ■.nx : ; ι' .ι : ; ■! crazed Jap
anese— 75 at the start—rushed a ve
hicle c· »!)(■* ■ : : ' : " : ! ' .· i:. Aller the last
• har;;e, 1 »nly ι ./» : -rmiki!U1 was
lel't ' : i' «' ■ ' he ':.·. ( )ne Japa
n< se ran beneath a cub plai e in the
! i ( nter : .. A:i;··" ■. η ρ··.-:tion and
1 i)K ··.' : ·' ( ■ tlie plane. An
! : In·:·. \ » ai ι : ! J, : < ί le < » Γ dynamite,
lu a.- del· nated y earbon and pistol
Cotton Makes
May Hi.—(AP)—Cot
ased live cents a bale
rents lower. Kcxm val
> ...·· ii ! ι;her !»
\I..\ 2HJ11, July
22.19.
1 ( ', ·. f Open
2:·;.ηιι 23.111
22.08
21.95
V!A3 Ellll
km: \o:; ι :i < \i;oi.i\.\.
I'artb cloudx λ\ΊΙι showers
and thunderstorms and not so
warm tonight. l'hursda>. partly
cloud> and rooler, preceded by
showers in c.isi portion during
forenoon.
FOOCHOW DRIVE OPENS GATE TO CHINA COAST
,τττ-π—-—ι πητττττπτττκ-ο γττ~-> ι T~S ΓνΓΤΓΓΓΓΤΙ
WITH CHINESE TROOPS entering Foochow (1) on the China Coast, and the Japs reported driven from Sinchang
(2), military experts see the beginning of a campaign to clear an area considered the most likely landing
place for possible future invasion. The Chinese successes are seen tying in with the battle for Okinawa
Uiiown in insetl commanding the appioach, where Naha (A) may fall at any moment. i//Urrnatu>uai>