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THIRTY SECOND YEAR LEASED WIHK SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED TRESS. HENDERSON, N. C.. WEDNESDAY rUBLlSHKU KYKKY ΑΚΪΚΚ.ΝημΝ EXCEPT SUNDAY FIVE CENTS COPY Time And Place Fo r Big Three Meeting Fixed, Truman Says 2wo Battle Stamp [■ t-JOBÊEMSm Hf PE is A COPY fif the newly-issued 1 e-cent stamp commemorating 1 achievements of the _U. S. Ma i ■ in World War II. The nc.v ; , which will be of the special ■1 ry : i- e, purple in color, will 1 : . hI on general sale at post s'::,». es un July 11. (International) Fight Over Poll Tax Is Determined Southerners Ready 1 or Filibuster ί ο Beat It In Senate .t in, June 13. —(API — I II III »·],'.-. V." if 11 1.11 i' 0111 : n r lc:;i -lal inn .shnv ii cil ■ κΙ.,v hi ,i Senate •ureal t" .-mother lloiise j |i·:;! lation to abolish poll il·, ,ι il th· House voli·< i 2 fit •, yi I·" ι i.v I■ ' 'nitlaw poll . n'ts . ■ .1 VI 1 n:.; require I'V'ier,11 He ".ι in · i'l'lore lilt !': pi III! I'll iill ull • : t t.ι· η cahute. II ·,. . '. ii loin; 11 we have I, . !.. .<·■;' t'.ii I' ι nie." •., ι : ; Μι.. ι ρ ; 11 Democrat, ■ v;, ■' is11 . ..! t lire It ■ of ,,·!;., I mart ment "f •r.i.-latu '·■ pa.-.eil by the ! .· ι ' ρ····ι·<·.|ΐη« ('"11 S, . ι a ι ι'1!!·: n .»ta'e.· have . ·. 1 iws II ! hi t ; ι 11. : < t s equally ι . ·! n:; up a perma 11, · fair employés practices com i;, !,ι . · · . e \'iii'lon, Xi'W j, , v turned to the Republicans to ,, ι·,|ι·. ι iiniuittee death Conference Moves Toward 1 ull Accord I imci c i. ( ' Juno 13.— I ) < ■ 11 ■ : 11 · I ;iti Australi.in 1 ncri! cleared the way to:i:iy ' r > : ■ iv.il m 1 lie 1 'nited Stales '•nee committee of big four (- · ' : * · < » I I ι· amendment, which would removed the veto from steps ■ttlo international disputes ally and limited it t ι the use '••co. was voted down 20 to 10. 1" !" ι il nations abstained and five u ' 1 absent. •s ■lullaneotisly small nations beginning to rally behind a ;· ' Ί that tliey should bo prom I <■ i another crack at the veto about t"'i .seat's hence. Air Stocks Still Ahead ·>' ·.· York, June 13 (ΛΡ)—Air ' "· continued to advance lrac ' to more than a point : 11 today's v. market, and some selected : '.·· received support, but many II ;i it-: s showed no response one way o> another. Hifitier wore U. S Steel. Chryslei : nd Sears Roebuck. Fractionall> ! jwer were Goodyear, North Amei' i--':'· and Santa l'e. Relations Greatly Improved Also With Russian Government Washington, June P>.— (ΛΓ) President I'niman today re ported complete agreement on a l>ig three meeting soon, a gratitying improvement in Uus sian relations, and said he hoped the Polish issue is on the way toward settlement. The chief executive told a news conference that he and .Marshal Stalin and Prime M in ister Churchill have fixed a definite time and place for the conference, hut said these de tails must he withheld until he arrives at tin· spot. This seemed to clinch his previous informa tion that the meeting will be held away from Washington. Assorting that Stalm is just as anxious to get along with the United States as we are t > get along with thf Russians, the President ex pressed hope for an early and free democratic election in Poland, 'lhat. he safu, is the goal »! a meeting starting in Μ ι scow on June lâ. when représentatives οί the bis three g. v ernments and three Polish factions get together to seek a basis for a compromise Warsaw government. Mr. Ί run..in credited Harry Hop kins, his recuit emissary to Moscow, with a major role in the very pleas ant yielding which he said Stalin had done on the big five veto posi tii η at the conference, as well as a growing willingness to work out other diflerences. The result of Hopkins' trip, he1 said, together with that of Joseph I·'. Davits to London, "have been completely satisfactory and gratify i η g 1 ' · ο · Obviously somewhat concerned about questions by reporters who raised the question of possible in ability to get support irom London 1'oles for the Moscow conference, the President asked that Americans re Irain from muddying the waters. "The all-important things which ci niront us is that the unity, mutual confidence and respect which result ed in the military victory should be ci ntinner! to make sure a just and durable peace." he said. SENATORS ARE DUE BACK FROM EUROPE Washington, June Pi. (ΛΡ)—Six nvinbers of the Senile Military ΛI - fau's Committee are expected to re turn tomorrow from inspection of si .eraI European ivnmtrics. Senators Maybauk ol South Caro lina and Russell of Georgia, who left with the group on May 25, will continue then· trip with Africa as their next destination. Medal Given 'Ike' ; This is the diamoi, .-and-ruiiy ι irdii of Victory which Marshal Gregory Xhuknv presented !·> Gen. I· »!i! 1). Kii i iiln \ver. Field Mm 1 .1 Sir Ucrnard l- Montgomery al-· :;ni ■ ■ ; ι· It is the highest Soviet dero >!i mi ever presented to anyone hi·' ·ι Hit— ! si; n. The word "I'oveda" (hott ■" ol circle) means "Victory Tin· medal is valued at about S ! (Κι,(Hid. ( International.) I Truman Gets Reports On The Soviets Hopkins And Davies Report On Missions To Europe Capitals Washington, .1 une 1 i>. ι Λ Ρ > - I President Truman called .1 breaks I fast table conference t*κι »y · » com plete an imminent }»e 1 - ■ : : . report 011 closer relations w.ti; Ku<sia and progress toward his f:rs· mg three I meeting. Summoned to the Γ» , . White I Housi breakfast were il.i . I., Hop i kins and Joseph Κ i) ie~ lor a last-miniite review of i-ieir recent missions to Mo-vow and London, and Fleet Admiral William I). Leahy. Mr. Truman's ;ν;\- >nal chief of staff. The conference w;n arranged a lew hum's before 11· »}>■ ; as' return to Washington by me ! INDIVIDUAL SALES 75 PERCENT TAKEN Washington, June 13.— (ΛΓ) —War bond sales to individuals in the Seventh War I.nan drive totaled $5.280.000.000 today, or 75.1 percent of the S7.000,OUO.OOO <l nota. ΤΚΙ'ΛΙΛΝ \!I>! <. I \ i Ν .IOI5 IN II 1)1 KM I .OA Ν SKT-ΓΓ W.i iimgtii·!. Jum· l.i. --(AI1)- Kd wa I I ) M.■ Κ : ι. ι ■! 11 ιΊ adm in istra - tive ι istiinl !" I ι lent Truman .it SI I I.I M MI I VI ;ι> 1 ιμιι.-Γιί Γ "J to \\ :·· · the \V ! 11 :. ■ III· ■ .· (If ;ι·! ίκ-.Ι as i:n j'il> <> 1 de;> ·ί,ν ' · Federal Loan Ad· ·· -I r.it .r .1 .! il VV. Snv 1er. Thi'i e was η: ι nlTicial cxplaiia'. i m of tin- flMivt- \nr could i; be con ! ι : 'i.i'd . a 111 h ■ i : a l c I y what McKim's new la ι y . ill ίκ·. I'm Kcdei a 1 loan '! ! ic - a ι lr - 11 tic ν, ι·η Id be ad::aπι-ι ι .·; ;\'c assistant to Snyder rathe; taan clejjii;y. 113,697,584 Man-Hours In Tobacco Harvest Required College Station, Raleigh, .June 13. About 1 13,(597,584 man-hours of work will bo required in the har | vesting and curing of the flue-cured tobacco crop of North Carolina this year. All of this work must be done, i.i 1 the respective sections in about six weeks and this means that the peak labor load will be tremendous. Dean 1. C). Schaub, director of the Extension Service at State College, calls attention to the fact that many ■ of the "primers" and "curers" of the 1943 and 1944 crops are now in the armed services and that extra work ers from the towns and cities must ' be depended upon to help out in the : emergency. The crisis will come just after tnc "lugs" are taken from the plant and I the main body of the crop is har vested. No one is able to predict just , what weather c·unlition- will be at that time. Il there is a per: id of wet I weather, followe ι b,v exceptionally dry weather, the crop will ripen j very rapidly and ! a i >< >i needs will be inereased tremendously. Dean Sehaub a ! ■ ■ p"ints out that ι all ο Γ this work ;n harvesting tobac co is hand work λ ith the single ex : ception of h;«uHni{ the tobacco from ' the field to the tobacco barn in a sled. There are no machines for do ing any of the work and the yellow ing leaves must be handled again, and again, and again by hand. Hoys and girl·, young people, old people—practically everyone can help in harvesting and curing the j tobacco crop. The same leaf of to bacco is often handled by ten or more people in the harvesting and I curing process. Three State Witnesses Heard Against Meadows Greenville, June 13—(AP)—Three -fate witnesses took the stand tod:iy to testify in behalf of a false pre tense charge brought against Dr. Leon Meadows, who is also charge . with embezzlement of more than $14,000 while president of East Car olina Teachers College. The three were W. S. Shine, a plasterer; Henrv Freeman, a cement worker; and Alnnzo Taylor, a tilt fitter. All are Negroes. They testified that they signed receipts in blank when paid by Meadows for work they did at the college. The State contends that the : eceipts later were filled in by Meadows for amounts in excess of those actually paid the workmen. Two state witnesses took the stand yesterday as the prosecution open ed its case. Miss Lillian Henry, a stenographer at the college trustee hearing given Mea.iows, identified the typewritten proceedings of the hearing. Miss Henry said on cross examination that witnesses at the board meeting were not sworn. The other stale witness to take the stand yesterday was J. B. Congle ton. of the guaranty Bank & Trust Company, ot Greenville. He iden tified approximately 250 items, mostly checks and receipts, as hearing the signature of the defen dant. Okinawa 'sDefenselsCracked ★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ,/aps Burn Borneo Oil Depots Huge Tanks Wrecked As Allies Gain Australians Push Near Big Reserves Along West Coast Mrunei !>ay, lîorneo, .June l.">. — (AI*)—The Japanese fired west I'.orneo's rich Seria nil field storage tanks last night even as Allied forces did before the Nipponese captured the is land with its vast stores of oil early in the war. Hundreds of thousands of gallons must I been de stroyed last night alone. Sena is (ill miles south of the ponit j where Australian troop·.. landed threi davs ago < : ι the Borneo main land at Brunei bay. The Aussies spot) their s'iiith « ai d push in the general direr lion of Seria hy making a small amphibious landing on the l$ru nei river. The landing, fifteen miles Irom the original invasion point, cut behind Japanese who \\ere opposing the push toward Hrunt'i t>\\ 11. The main force was nine miles ii"m Bru: ei when the amphibious operatii η was made to cl'se the pincher. 1)11 I... 1 >i... η island in the Brunei bay. wi : the largest Australia!) I'O! ce is 1: volved. a drive pushed t'.Vi. ! miles beyond the captured air strip. I .Japanese in several strong pock- | et.· resi: tini* :u .stly with ri 1 le- j and machine guns, although one ar- I tillerv piece was captured after it ] was knocked out. : Tin· ίο is η π marl connection he- ι tween thi Ιη'ί areas. but the Japa nese apparently arc taking 11.1 ! chances on having the rich oil reser voirs captured by any surprise ma ι cuver. It is taken for granted that they will also destroy the oil wells, ; it that is 11 ■ >t already done. Allied force- tallowed the same (li truclion policy before the .Jap i ih λ tοιii·. IJnnic" ■ . i\irkwa\ 10 Draw I ,ar<*e Crowds I η \ cars \ttcr \\ ar ch ain Ν pari S1 c; Λ nily tail the par Mi war, Thi Virgil hi. national week. "1 kno anywher with the and the National l'ai Ridge park v..ι "When ve of people thi over the co ι. he added, λ it! figures mi way that w. the war and Great Sni" ..\ Park which old-establishe during the sa point. iHe, June 13.—No commu We.-tern X rth Can lina will ie touched and changed bu ying power of the Blue Ridge and the Great Smoky itinnal Park after the .1 Allen, of Richmond, 1111,11 director of the :er\icc. said here this ii ■ recreational tacility ι- hi ι pare in magnitude landoah National Park a' Smoky Mountains linked by the Blue \Allen said. : in . of the number - will draw from all : \ t sort of scares us." . ι l.i:,gh, and cited the t ι . >ri ion of the park • ι r ivvn open befiire - ι : igures from the M mtains National --nipped even the I ι ai l;s in the west. . .■ period, to pri»ve his Marine Bombers Smash Japanese I)a\ao Defenses Manila. Juno 13.— (API—Ma rine Dauntless (live bombers smashed Japanese resistance east of Davau river on Min danao. and made possible cap ture of Mandog town b\ the 24th infautr.N division. General Douglas Mac Vrthur's eommuni que reported today. The .Ma rines flow 150 sorties. Fighting slill was intense in hills near Davao eity. Typieal was the experience of a 34th regiment patrol reoonnoitering a pocket into which the Japanese were squeezed. They ran into an almost perfect trap. As the pa trol. led by Sergeant Joseph \V. Helwig. of Ashland, Pa., reach ed a steep cliff along a river bank, a superior force of the enemy attacked from flanks and the rear. NORWEGIANS RESIGN, Osla. .' no 13.- Premier Johan Nycaa-Hsvuld ;mrl his cabinet today presented written resigniations to King Haakon VII, who asked them tn continue in office until a pro visional government can be formed. BORNEO INVASION DRIVE GAINS ]C BRU SANDAKAN ? 'north LABJAN4C "™ > - X^BORNEO 'BRUNEI ' ADVANCING INLAND after seizing four beachheads in the Brunei Boy area of Borneo, .V, Italian amphibious forces, personally directed by Gen. Mai-Arthur and supported by a powerful invasion armada and air force, bona η the reoniquest of the big oil-rich island. The island of Labuan and key : > .its on the Brunei Bay coast (1) were the landing scones. Pre . - c landings, naval an 1 air units pounded the coast for days, lestn; , enemy supply dumps at Sandakan (2) and using Tarakan (,'i) as the original stepping stone. <International ) Moscow Conference Will Seek Accord On Poland Poles Will Join With "Big Three" In Delioerations London, June 13.— (AP)—Poles ;nid big three representatives will uiscuss the organization of the Pol ish provisional government m Mo — ··. v. Friday. .: was announced Ι - Α I5.-iti.-n Foreign Office commen tator said "a very seriouf deadlock hi.s bei η broken." b..t cautioned that "it eontrarv In all our experience to say that it is going to be clear sailing from now on." Λ s iiiultaiieous anno; : cement in Li iidon. Washington .md Moscow aid th.at '.-eorgam/.at 1011 ! the War .-a\\ regime on a broad democratic aosis. "as provided :·■>· in the' Ci agreement on P 'lan.:, would be discussed in the Soviet capital by representatives of Britain, So\-iet Κ .. and the l'n::cd States, ! .-po.uv-men for the Polish govern ment and other leaders. Ale . .h···- ol the Polish govern- ' men! in exile in Loncl. n. . till recog nized by the British and the United I State.-, -.veri conspicuously absent ! from the ol Poles who will take part m the discussions. Hi:·. * : ι 't· representatives .',.11 be Russian Foreign Commissar Molo- | tov, I'. S- Ambassador W Averel! Cotton Mixed In Forenoon Xew York. June 13. AP)—fut- ! ton flu .res opened unchanged to live cents a bale higher Noon values ' were 15 cents η bale lower to five' cents higher. July 23.n7. October 22.82, December 22.80. day Λ lid British Ambassad rci.ibald f i.irk-Kei : . Pv. Close Open 23.in i July October December March . . May . . . Led Amphibians COMMANDER i f the amphibious forces in the spectacular invasion of Borneo was Rear Admiral For re.-t Royal (;ιί· ve) ..£ the U. S. 7th Fleet. Hero no is sImwm on the bridge of h Inp dining the i\lind;.n. >uUi · Πι; !.. a U. S. Νιο ι. 'In: πια'ΐοηηΠ Chinese Say Ishan Center Is Evacuated Chungking, June 13. — (AP) — The I Chinese hi·::: ι· : >d: y e rn l'irmed 1 >d;.,\ \mι :. report that Chinese '· ·ρ- ; .id evacuated | Ishan, 43 miles west-northwest of I Liuehnw. .«η ,>! J-ne 11. after bilter : r ' The Ciiine ι .1 severe lighting was raging >> it-. te tlu· - ty, former ly the .na a .1 ·.. : ; e ι· bulwark I guarding t : ι - · .'. ; . >uieht·.-- of I : he Ann·: ic.m ... ... > , in 1. : . — I chow. C: : : lie ι u ·:·..· 'he city was tile l.rst re. r'e ί ; > .leadquar- j ters ni Major General Robert B. Mulre's Ci.inese eninh.it command, all Λ me; lean lia:>.>n m:t In Κ ai!'.:.- ρ. >\ ncc .-'runai Chi nese units m .1 .:ί· «I .e:ii>trated Ja panese lines between \akang and Sinfeng, cutting the escape routes t.i fie il·».' :>. particularly lor those Japanese ii 'iimj tin· fearer Amer ican ar iM-e j Kanahsien, which .vas abanii ned >n January 3u. WEATEBER ι ok \ortii ( \noi.i\.\. I'artb elonclv and continued hoi tonight and Tiiur»da> seat tered afternoon tiiundi'ishowers tonishl and tomorrow. U. S. Losses Serious In Cliff Fight «II Tokyo Writes Off Okinawa And Talks Of Home Defenses fiiiarn. .luin ΚΙ. (ΛΡ)—Si multaneous American pro-dawn attacks oil both flanks of "1 aeju plateau caught the Japanese napping and apparently cracked the enemy'.- last-ditch defense line 011 < )kiiui\\ a. front dis patches reported today. The .Japanese came to life at daybreak and attacked with machine guns and knee mor tar.-. Hut it was too late. . dr. ...π in fantrymen tore the Nipponese sut·· .nu· Ι· .· il;· sum Marines ν- iTc ' ru ;· ■ .1 : t.. ··, {ho western .inch, r 'hit·· m:li·- away .And lrom Die nerih. Λ ■ ·. lield artillery unleashed one of the heaviest bar rages el the campaign against two ..! 10,000 tn 15,000 enemy troops dug into caves atop t'-e plate. Fighting was so lien ο that ill :i<; hauls battling for the slope ni cue hill. 137 men in a single Marine company, including all ol its officers, were killed or wounded. That is more than half the company's strength. 1 μι ί .-··>.<- : 11 c-n mol ι ne '•unliT attack vit h machine guns and a i.ranci- r\v flame-thrower technique. ΛΙ:.. !. iin· "uns were placed al the top of the escarpment on the Yanks' scaling rops, hand over hand: Tankmen bri night flame-souring 500-foot hose extensions connected to their ta: ks at the base of the cliff. The Okinawa battle was ko nearly ended that Tokyo turned its back on the dying garrison, 325 miles south of .Japan. The eta ; y radio, instead, switch ed ;' - ! '" : ' ' ■ 'in menace of a In ■. land it It .)u itecl the Χ;|·|Η>η Γϋΐν . > .ng ' -lapan will do; end lie ·. , : I inch aigly and in; hakeai Ίν ,, ; her ve y ox ten.'e in icrerl . lea Is are throaleni d." t or of the l'. S ·>.·· r:;i\ Ma Me and Midlers ο 11 il,.:; . ent at am night ascent up '.ho .-!!<·»·!· ! ..·< i>: ci ι ! t,- by ropes, pi ·.·■I d η t ii : · at \vi : ;. !i tin X ipilonesa ach η ledgei i : ·> n i \ y ni : ι er at tacks and iiitenso il e ! ι ■ im caves. Senate Is To Get Treaty By June 25 Washington, June 13, — (AP)— Senate officials .hoard today that Pi\ -.dent T: ..··. .:. plans to submit the S.i.n F rani".*··· > treaty to the oiiamber h\ M'-iulay. .1 me 25, with i· roques: : η : ..tit on by July 15. The President was reported to be . tats' · : the as.- iniptam that the United X " o:is Conference will be cot κ-. a · ή · i · We aic-day. June 20. Mr. Truman it is understood, has • rdi red : ill spot .i tihoad m the tech ot delivering the for mal d·· amen: ' 'lie Senate He : · .os. Sen.i'e - . · - -a;d, that the United States will be the first na tion to rathe tiio pact. The l.'Tijii rel,,t : ms committee •λ . d he.· · .g o:; the treaty, λ îh Ch.ι .·· Continhy, of Texas, and Senator Vandenburg, of Mich igan. ' · ο: t ι a locates t ο the west coast conference, as principal witnesses thurchiil-Attiee Debate Is Growing More Heated 1 m>î' ·μ. Jimt' 1M I Λ!')-—Λ sharp | l'V.-hangi' between Prime Minister Churchill and hi.s former deputy. | I.ahorite Clement Attlee, m which j eaeh accused the other of precipi tating the general election next j nonth. added new heat today to Hiitain's already warm political campaign. In a -\r.; '.'Ct issued fr->m Ν ». 10 Down r.g Street. Chmvhill brought into the open priv ate discussi ns which had pre ceded the break-ιιρ of his coalition government by declar ing Attlee had given him the im | pression the Laooi members of the cabinet iv.uild bo willing to carry on until Japan was defeated. Attlee. In s.iiri apparently changed his mind ·· c nsulting with other Labor party leaders. Attlee issued m immediate reply den"1 living Churchill's statement as a 'sedul.uis attempt in make out tl.t tie l.ab ministers deserted the government." Attlee repeated the Laborite as sertions that tin· Conservatives had furred an earlv election in order to capitalize on "Churchill's great serv ices to the country m their party interest."