Senate Treaty Vote
Is Not Likely Soon
Full Report
To Be Ready
Coming Week
Bandenberg Is To
Give His Support
To Peace Charter
Sua Francisco, June —
(AP)- The l'iiitcd Slates Sen
ate, with power enoujrh to pro
mote or kill a I'nited Nations
peace organization. will g;et a
full report on the San Francisco
conference next week from two
of its members.
American delegates expressed
conlidencc that the Senate wilt
ratify the charter of t.ie organi/.at i■ in
which they and representatives of
4J> other nali · : ,· produced here
in nine weeks . : w rk.
But no. e w. 0:1 ι>ι ■ ,i.,■ t ι May that
it would be (.one · ·>.·· liately. in
time for President 'Γι ι to report
it at the July big three .ueeting at
Berlin.
In fart, it appeared ce-faiu the
Senate commii'et er.ii ini:-. a p.-el::ο
ι nary to debate on : at. I 'eat i ι . could
riot begin until tir .-ocoud week in
July, when detailed reports -Ί eon
feienee debates will h a \ e become
available. These and ι : ; t e r |>i'et i\-e
statements on van points of the
charter ut'e coo .d ■ : · i c.-st .".tia 1 t >
Senate discus-r
Chairman Connally ■ : the SenaC
Foreign Relations C ·■:: mittee. and
Senator Vandenburg. both members
«>t the American delegate n, have ar
ranged to leave ht re tv.a In ::rs alter
President Truman addresses the
closing session e\t Tuesday night.
Flying to Washington with the
charter, unies.-. M: Truman himself
takes it back dirictly. Connally will
make a report to the Senate on
Thursday. Vandenberg, who will
travel with him. will then make a
further report and state his own
position as chairman of the Repub
lican senatorial conference < η Fri
day. At San Francise ι Vandenberg
has taken care, even as an American
delegate, lo keep his position lluid.
so that if he did not approve the
charter in its final form he would lie
at liberty to say so II >wever, now
that it is finished, it i- reported that
he will become ι ne of it> most ■> it
spoken supporters.
Senate rati fica U u regarded as
the key to actnaI ci · ' > "I the new
intrenational league I'nle.s ill the
big five countrie ι ..Iil.v it along
with a majority ·.· th. ■ nations, i
it will not becomi et ! cet ι\ ι
More Stocks
Reach High
New Υ..ι-k, .In·;.· 2^ ( ΛI ' ) - ,\s
S"i ted rails, st< els. rubber-;, amuse
mi nts, utilities .1; <1 specialties c■ >11—
tinned to push i..rvv;.rd in today's
stoek market, many 1 ■ > 11 : u 1 : s Inr the
past oieht year:·, allh-'Ugh light sell
ing stalled many leaders.
Among favorites v.ere Canadian
Pacific, Atlantic Coast l.ine. United
States Steel, Γ S. Hut·.···.. Stum
blers included United Aircraft.
Southern Pacific, General Motors
and Sears Roebuck.
Bonds were rarrow and conun^li
ties mixed.
BOATLOAD OF HAPPINESS ARRIVES
KSS-.
HIGH OVER NEW YORK HARBOR a Coast Guard hclicoptcr t< ·· Ί; this photo
of the Queen Alary as she steamed toward her pier, loaded to the gun
wales with 14,526 American soldiers on their way home fr.'rn Europe.
Many uX the men aie slated lur redeiiloymeot- (International)
Negro Saved Ten Minutes
Before Death March Call;
Two Others Are Executed
Raleigh, Jan. 22.—.(ΛΡ)--Clarence
li'M'd. 21 Cabarrus county Negro,
was saved Irom death in the State's
mi chamber today by Governor
Cherry, who ordered his sentence
commuted to lite imprisonment.
News of the commutation reached
I,"I'd scarcely ten minutes before he
was scheduled I- die for the shotgun
slaying of his sweetheart, Elder
Phil'er
Karlier, I.'·: ■ ! had told Prison
Chaplain !.. Λ. Watts. "1 still have
hope that 1 won': die this morring."
He admitted \ uting the girl, ex
plaining that Ihey were to bo mar
i ci, and that .-he began goijijr with
othi ι boy-, when he was out ot work
and had no money. He told the chap
lain, "1 feel tha' 1 am a Christian,
and I am not afraid to die."
Governor Cherry said he received
a petition this morning signed by
eleven of the twelve trial jurors in
the Lord case, urging thta the seu
le nee be commuted. Shortly after
the commutation was signed. Cherry
said, the twelfth juror, who had not
been located in time to sign the
petition, phoned the governor, ask
ing that his name he added. Λ letter
sig; ed by Judge Λ. H. Gwyn >i
Iieidsvilie. asking that the sentence
be commuted, reached the governor
several days ago.
Henry French, 31-yiar-old Mont
gomery ,ounty Negro, one ol three
scheduled to die today, entered the
gas chamber at 10 o'clock and was]
prone Linced dead eight minutes later, ι
French, convicted of. fhc murder of
Duck Legrand. ι Negro woman, told
Chaplain Watt.-· this morning that lie
killed in solI'-defense and did not
think he was guilty of first degree
murder. He said he felt ho was a
Christian.
William Jones, â3, Wake county
Negro convicted of iho murder of his
wile, was pronounced dead seven
and one-half minutes after the gas
started rising. Witnesses in Jones'
case tcsHlied that he threw his wile
<m the floor, cut her throat with a
knite ami t.ien, wink· his 12-year
old daughter looked 011. ran his hand
tile knife wound and cut the
woman's windpipe.
Rigid Central Prison restrictions
were relaxed today permitting
.en 1 :'icrs ι 1 witness execu
lions for the first time since the
electric chair and gas chamber were
installed as methods of capital pun
ishment at the prison in 1910.
CZECHS WILL SEIZE
ENEMY PROPERTIES
Prague. June !'2. — (AIM —
President Bent's today ordered
the confiscation of all farms and
corporations in Czechoslovakia
belonging: to Germans. Hungar
ians and "traitors and Nazi col
laborationists of an> national
ity." r CS
House Votes
Extension Of
YearToOPA
Republicans Fail
To Reduce Period
To One-Half Year
Washington. .I111111 22.—(AP)
The House today defeated a
Republican-sponsored effort te
hold Ol'A's new- lease on life te
six months instead of one year,
the vote beinj' 177 to 126.
The vote Ιοί π :ι:1Ι year's exten
. sion eame after Speaker Rayburn
! of Texas, walked into tin· House and
; appealed to the membership not t<
i rle.·· troy ΟΡΑ. Sueh action, he said
would bring inflation, "in which
may people won't have anything t<
eat and wear."
1 "This is a confusing a"d destruc
j live amendment," Rayburn divl.ued
of the six months limitation pro
posal.
$38 Billions
Requested By
Army In 1946
Washington, June 22.—(AP)—A
$38,500,285,951 W :i r Department
supply bill went ' < the House floor
today with an ar ny promise to
speed victory «νιΐ Japan by "an
overwhelming application of force."
l!s approval by the appropriation·;
committee accompanied publication
ni " " •·ιινι· week.- nl testimony by
which high army officials who fore
saw deva-tation loi Japan more pow
e ι Γ11 ! than tiia<, ν men battered tin
Nazis to their knee.·..
Tc -timon.v ot Generals of the
Army George C. Marshall, chief of
stall, and Η. H. Arnold, lu·. Ί of the
air forces, disclosed plans to use 1 ,
000 R-29s daily in the Pacific war
and to drop 2,700,.000 tons of bombs
in the Far East in the fiscal year
starting July 1.
WICKARD APPROVED
AS REA DIRECTOR
I Washington. June'21.—(AP)—The
Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination ot Secretary of Agricul
ture Claude W ckard to a 10-year
term as rural electrification admin
istrator. The vote was 56 to (!.
The Senale already has confirmed
President Truman's choice of Hep.
Clinton Andi-r-mi (D-NM) to suc
ceed Wickanl in the cabinet post.
Senator S!,;pstead (D-Minn) led
a futile light η the agriculture com
mittee and oil the floor against
I Wickard's confirmation. He told the
' Senate that I!!·.A had been "misnia;
i aged" as a dr ~mn of the Agricul
1 lure Departra lit under Wiekard. and
ί had been mai,· a "political football."
The Scale approved legislation
ι recently h remove REA from the
I Agriculture Department and make
it an independent agency. The House
I has not yet acted on it.
Shpistead averted that the reason
! loi removing HEA from the depart
, ment was to take it from Wickard's
i "maladministration." He said that
! representatives ■ f several rural elec
tric cooperative-· had opposed con
1 firmation.
WfATHiR
roi: \ortii C arolina.
Partl\ ( Ι·'.ικ1\ and warm to
night: scattered showers south
east (<i sl il section; Saturday
partlv cloud \ with no important
change in temperature.
FONT ANA DAM SIMI.I .WAY ΟΡΚΝΈΙ) FOR FIRST TIME
^ . .. imm
The Tennessee Valley Authority's Fontana Dam in Graham county,
North Carolina, opened its spillways for the first time the other day—
and these were the scenes presented by the onrushing water. Left: a
general view of the water gushing out it 'he two 34-foot diameter
cor.crete-lined tunnels drilled thrnigh solid rock of the mountain.
ι ——— -
Right: a close-up of the roaring torrents The water is traveling at
a velocity of about 150 feet per second and is deflected more than 100
ieei uii· >:it <ai wiu spreaa ian-shaped as spray about 400 feet down
striam to reduce erosion of the rivei bed. ι A ρ Photos)
JAPS ASSERT INVASION
OF HOMELAND IMMINENT
Cabinet Is
Warned By
its Premier
Americans Prepare
Next Advance After
Seizure Of Okinawa
i (.nam. Juin 22.— (AP) —
j Aniericaη ]h"jj- ψ patrols bejian
• tin· jji'iullinjjr job today of anni
j filiating Japanese sniper nests
; on Okinav.a before the next bij^
Allied im is staged from
! the iH-w 1\>11 island base, 325
I miles smith ol' Japan.
j 'Γ ■■.;.· ι i; repor.od Premier
j Su/aa λ .ι i l u ■ : ne! ;in itiva
I sio.i of japan was impending, and
aal '.'il· |je j/.· ■ ·: Kyushu. home
::e e>! ι ι, ι. ; ι ι. were pre
j ,····.'."i ' an i - i, convinced
the enemy will certainly land
there."
Paci;..· lice: headquarters made
no bottes about the fact that Okl
iiiiwii τ t : ■ ι ι · 11111 ■ !u. ■··. ard staging
! 111 m which \> unbeis and fight
; h ι at·.- ran c π r assault waves
.-triai ..' .Japan or China, or both.
An ■■lia . me:: . ndum from Ad
am al Chester Nimitz' headquarters
aid .Is·· an American naval
anchorage, in the center of waters
ri nei'ly patrolled :\v the Mikado's
j imperial iieet.
I'll an-up sip.ads Ί Marines and
; : '.antrymen i mted over the
1 haried hills - : southern Okinawa
i A'ith ! I.' i.i . we:rifles and
■ II·:: '··.·· ''..agi · t ■ add to the
10.401 era": y dead.
.Ι,.Ρ'ίκ-ι ■ : " ay mass suicides
in their caves or drowned in the surf.
The air was permeated with the
stench of death.
( nhe: Yank . en: ι ,t to keep
L*. S. cas: alties from mounting too
far above the ne rd ligure of 36.
">88, pleaded ihrough tank-borne
d s}n'a se:·.- ·' r Nipponese to crawl
•ut of their holes and surrender.
Four thousand already have.
All ! . (.·> .1 a ρ .nos e dead.
Ami πι·, i: ■ ■su,· !':<■,. Νιρρ< ese pris
iners—were records for any island
taken in the drive which had car
ried Admiral Nimitz's forces from
p,■ , ; ! i| .ι . 1 iie d>">rsteps of
Japan—and Okinawa was the great
■>t prize
jBaruch Asks I'or
Destruction For
German Industry
Washington, June 22— (AP) —
Berna:': ΛΙ B;>riU'h urged today that
the United Nations "break once and
l'or all Germany's dominance of Eu
j :··>:><·" λ :lh -:·· .· ·.!·, industry-by
industry destruction of Germany's
war potential.
I The financier and advisor to pres
idents also recommended, in testi
. ·;.» :·>ι· tne· Sonate Mili
tary Affairs Committee, that "this
• Co. :i 'tli ont lie used as a
I basis for a comprehensive, all-em
I i>i',ii'!r.s an* wth H issia," on
major peace îvnblems.
lie s.id · r.r'A ive age of bomb
shelters" would be "the price of fail
ire ·.· ;,ch:t ο :h -se objectives, or
to I'.itiiy » n:.'-ce by universal
milita', y 1 other 'fceans
the United Xai: >:> charter now
mm π : Μ ι' : '.et m at Su:i Fran
Liuchow Japs
Flee Before
The Chinese
Chungking, June 22.—(API—Chi
M'se troops have ittackivl the for
: ι or American ai:: . !u on the south
ern outskirts m L.i iclniw, aban
doned to the Japanese seven months
ago, and have inflicted considerable
casualties on t! ο enmy. the Chinese
high command announced today.
A Chineso army spokesman de
clared that the bulk ol the Japanese
forces at Liuchow had withdrawn
northeastward to Kweilin, another
tormer American airbase city.
The spokosnι."η said only 1.000 to
2,00(1 enemv tr m;is wore left behind
ι to defend Liucho w .
Major Go oral Robert B. Mc
I ciure's headquarters at Kunming
: said that, acci rding to unconfirmed
I reports, the city ol Liuchow, within
three miles ··! the airfield, was so
closely invested that its occupation
might be a matter of hours. These
reports said tlie city was burning
and the airfield had been destroyed.
Jackson Plans For
Collective Trials
For War Crim inals
High Germans May
Face Allied Court
By End Of Summer
London, .Juin' ΊΊ. (A Ρ) —
•Justice Robert H. Jai'kson an
nounced today a I'niied States
plan to prosecute Germany s
war criminals in one collective
trial and expressed hope that it
! mi^ht start before the end of
the summt'i'.
Justice Jackson, the chief United
Staler, pri sec.itor, emphasized at a
press conference that lie could η )l
speak fui' tin· three other major
western powers, but said no objec
tion to the proposal had yet been
lodged by Britai: . Hussia or France.
Ihe British Foreign Office an
nounced that ι epresentatives1 of the
United States. Britain. France and
Russia would open discussions m
London early next week to draw up
a list of thi- major criminals and
settle plans for their trial.
Jackson elaborated upon informa
tion of the collective trial plan ob
tained earlier in the day from a re
sponsible American source.
The United States plan envisi his
trial by a military tribunal with each
. ol the lour major powers represent
ed by "one or two judges," Jackson
said. As now drafted, it carries no
prevision for representation by Vie
smaller powers.
At the outset o! the press confer
ence, he emphasized that "no man
will be given immunity because he
has held a high military position il
there is evidence to prove he is a war
criminal."
In the first exposition of plans for
the trial of war criminals given to
newspapermen here, the Supreme
Court justice said that the- trials
would start "at the earliest possible
mome' t—just as soon as we have
a reasonably complete case."
Eisenhower
Hurt !n Fall
At Platform
Abilene, K.ins. .June 22. -(ΛΡ)
General Dwight Π. Eisenhower, \vh >
had many nan >w escapes Γπιιη
death or injury as he directed mil
lions through three years of war
fare. turned up a casualty on his
gi/atest day—Ε-Day and his home
coming.
The general was innping noticeably
as the result of a tall last night on
the Topeka railroad platform, where
he got off to greet a couple ot purple
heart soldiers. The train started
without h:m. and as tin· general
started to ran !.>:· it he tell and in
jured his U-g. rather severely.
The train was halted for several
minutes while the general was help
ed aboard and the injury treated
Overnight, the sprain gave him a
noticeable limp.
Cotton Rises
By Fractions
New York. June 22.—(ΛΡ)—Cot
ton futures opened unchanged to là
cents a bale higher Noon prices were
unchanged to ten cents a bale higher
July 22.95. October 22.76. December
22.69.
March 22.60 22.61
July . .
October
December
Pv. Close Open
. 22.93 22.95
. . 22.76 22.77
22.69 22.69
May
22.56
I
Invasion Symptoms
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MABUAN6'. Λ
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BALIKPAPAN
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i
PRESENCE uf Allied minesweepers
in I'alikpapan Bay, together with a
terrific air attack on this rich Bor
neo'oil field center (1) and the
presence of large naval units off
shore, have caused Radio Tokyo to
predict an early landing at Balik
papan. To the north Aussie forces
are sweeping steadily toward the
Seria oil fields (2). (International)
r mal Luzon
Battle Forced
On Japanese
Manila, Juno 22.-~(AP)—Λ bat
tic, probably the final one ol' impur
I '.iinee in the Luzi : campaign, was
being ! ι.i ci'tl up· ι the Japanese in
I tin· Can .van v alley ' day iiv Filipim
I y I. icM-ri I la.-, : ! 11 ». king : ii r | iath of rc -
! ".'cat I r ■ 111. the Γί 7 ! ! i Ohio inlantry
An estimated 30,000 Japanese in
I the valley, cut in h.. ny guerrilla
seizure 11 : Tuguegara ■ wore expect
i el to risk their few ·.·.· ,-lining Han e
:i,rowing tanks in .. 11 attempt to re
."■·\ο the highway i:ve bio<-k be!. :.
the .S7th can reach ,· irom 35 miles
an ay The Χ ι ρρι e,-. mist d 1 that
j ii they are able t.. keep open the
: way tu Aparri. (i.~> ti.li·.-. north o!
Tu guegurao.
Headquarters announced the guer
rilla seizure of Tuguegarao in a
con ini:!ii(|ue today, which also dis
closed a new landing on west Borneo
by Au. "'.man ninth division ipie.ps.
putting the aivaders both north and
south of the prized Seria oil fields.
Cherrx Appoints
State Commission
On Stream Purit\
Raleigh, June 2:] (ΛΡ>- -Gover
! nor Cherry : 'day i| (pointed -ax
J.St ate officials to serve as a State
stream sanitation and conservation
commission, and name ! ten repre
sentatives of industry and the pu: -
lie to serve with them.
The State's will ser\e as
ex-oflicio member- on the commis
sion, which will have as its purp >se
the coordination of activities "f
State departments in the mainten
ance of sanitary, quality and econo
mic utility of North Carolina watc
courses.
The commission was authorized
by the 194.Ï legislature.
A representa'ive o! the l'e*./ilizei
ι industry to serve for ι period o;
five years is Τ F. Bridges ol Wil
son.
26 Superforts Claimed
Lost In Raid On Japan
Guam, .lune 22.— (ΛΡ)—Four
hundred fifty B-2i)c t iday attacked
Japan's large naval a:>^"ial a:"d riv»·
big aircraft factories with 3,000 tons
if demolition bombs in a precision
raid made visually from medium
altitude in clear weather.
Seven other small industrial tar
gets were lire-raided Monday and
Wednesday.
Japan's two large arsenals, Osaka
and Hiro, previously were virtually
destroyed. The Kure plant, blasted
today, manufactured guns up to 16
inches, projectiles, fuses, propellants
mri torpedoes. It covers app n\j
nately 11,000,000 square feet The
>ther five targets were the Mitsu
bishi and Waw.tsaki aircraft plants,
20 miles north of Nagoyp; the Kawa
nishi aircraft plant and the Kawa
saki aire: a!". plant at Askashi. both
in the Kobe area, and the Mitsu
bishi-Mitsumina aircraft factory
ninety a iles west oi Kobe.
Λ Japanese communique claimed
26 ot the aiant raidets were shot
down r damaged·