îSensterson
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR HENDERSON, N. C.,
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 28. 1945 pubushed kveky aktehnoon FIVE CENTS COPY
STETTIML S SIGNS SECURITY CHARTER FOR THE U. S.
Sitting before the massed Hags of all the nations participating in the
United Ncrtions conference in San Francisco. Secretary of State Stct
tinins signs ihC historic charter for the United States, the 38th cou try
to sign. Looking on are (left to right) Commander Harold Stasseri,
President Trunvm, Dean Virginia Gilderslceve. an unidentified U. S.
naval aide, Senator Charles Eaton, an ir identified State Department
Representative, Congressman, Sol Bloom and Senator Vnadenberg.
(Internaitonal Soundphoto.)
Tobacco Men Reelect Officers
AndNameDates For Openings
Clean-Up Of
Food Crisis
Is Promised
WFA Is Assailed
In Lengthy Report
Of House Probers
Washington. .June 28 — (APl·- An
immediate check-up .mil clean-op il
necessary was promised t < ; I ; ι y bv
Representative At;·Ut ίι of .Ww
Mexico, who move nlo the cabi el
is secretary of agiv'uh urc Saluday.
His statement to .. . epnrlcr followed
a report bv the House Appropria
tions sub-committee .·.■ eusing the
War Food Admin: ' :itio ol respon
sibility for food i-'.-so: s uming into
millions of dollai
Tlip report ackno λ If iged WFA'
difficult job, however, .md sa id gen
erally it? record is "une i>i which
the people of this country have a
right to be proud."
The sub-committee, concluding a
month's investie iti n. c r i t i c i ζ e d
WFA's wareh using practices, said
its records were inadciiuate and in
correct, and charged sonic oflK kls
with deliberately giving tulse infor
mation to Congress.
"If they find a ■ indition that is
bad and if 1 c< η firm it. then I'll
clean it up," Anderson said. "Con
gress is entitled to periodic reports.
I will tell them how I have !"■ '.nut
conditions as reports indicate them.
Senate Told
Of Germans'
Death Camps
Hendersonville, .1 ne 28.—(API —
F. Edward Herbert, Louisiana's New
Orleans district congressman toid the
North Carolina State Si ■■■ ate : >da.v
that the "horror onmp ·: Ο» ny
will always stand as mute testin >n.v
'o the beastialitv of those who led
the Nazis."
Herbert visited a number of
camps as a member of one of the
congressional committees invited by
General Eisenhower to see for
themselves the conditions disclosed
by the collapse of the German ar
mies. Today he described the oven
built for the cremation of political
prisoners and the piles of dead he
and his fellow representatives saw.
One camp thev visited had a popu
lation of 32,000 and a daily death
list of 200 at one time, he said.
Although the Germans were bru
tal to their non-political prisoners.
Herbert reported that they lived no
pretty well to the Geneva confer
ence regulations in treatment of
American soldier-prisoners.
There is a possibility that the
North Carolina State Senate will
have get-together meetings every
euaimer.
Middle Belt Starts
Gravely Sees Revi
Raleigh, Juno 28.—(ΛΡ)—Tho To
bacco Association of tho United
St.itos. holding it,s mid-summer
meeting hero today, reelected L. Γ.,.
Gravely, nf Rocky Mount, its presi
duit, and reelected a 50-member
board of governors.
Reelected to serve with Gravely
tor one year terms wore Ν. M.
Sohaum, of Wilson, and John F.
Meade, of Danville. Va., vice-presi
dents; and J. L. Parker, of Rocky
Mount, secretary and treasurer.
()ii tho board of governors are
Sehaum and P. T. Watson, of Wilson.
oriMVfi dates fixed
FOR FM lid REI) REI/TS
Raleigh, Juno 28.—(AP)—The To
ll,·'·οι> Associali m of the United
Stales today formally approved
opening dates l'or the various flue
cured tobacco bolts and, in coopera
tion with 1 he board of governors ol
tho Bright Leal Warehouse Ass 'ela
tion. worked out a plan of selling
in the larger Hue-cured belts de
. ■.'■■nri ι ·· Move congestion in rc
drying planta. 3m jAiAi.
The opening dates:
ι.. .·ιί,..ι-r ι· · ma, july 24.
-•''-South Carolina Border Bolt.
August 1.
i.aMorn North Carolina Bi igtil
Bolt. Angus! 21.
Middle Belt, September 11.
Old Bolt. September 18.
Virginia Dark Fire-Cured, Decem
ber 3.
Under the revi.- d selling plan,
the Georgia-Florida belts will op
erate under regulations previously
agreed upon. Markets will be al
lowed four and one-half hours of
selling time each day, with sales to
be conducted at the rate of 40(1 piles
per hour, or 1.800 piles per day. A
maximum weight of 25U pounds per
pile will bo in force on all bolts.
On other markets, tho plan calcu
lated lo relieve congestion in plants
includes the reduction of the num
ber of piles lo be sold on any market
by each set of buyers to 1,400 piles.
For most of these markets the num
hei oi selling hours each day will
be three and one-half. However,
where the number of sots of buyers
was reduced on any market last
year, the 1ί·4,ϊ selling t:me will be
based oi three and one-half hours
per day per set of buyers operating
on the san e market the year before.
In effect, this would moan that mar
kits which operated with two or
more sets ol buyers last year, and
China And Russia
Draw Closer W ith
Dr. Soong's Visit
London. June 28—(AP)—The
Moscow radio, quoting a dis
patch from Chungking said that
Premier T. V. Soong had left the
Chinese capital yesterday en
route to Moscow.
The broadcast did not elabor
ate, but it was presumed here
that Soong who returned home
from the San Francisco confer
ence only a few days ago. would
confer with Soviet Foreign
Commissar Molotov on Russian
Chinese relations.
September 11;
val In Exports
were rcduced by one set this year,
would be allowed to base their
number ot_sell;ng incurs on the num
ber of sets m uuyers each market
had last year, providing in some
casts as mucn as four and one-half
hours ol selling time per set of
buyers.
TOBACCO PROBLEMS NOT
EASED BY EM) OF WAR
Raleigh, June 2fi.— (AP)—The
end ni the war in Europe has not
lessened the problems of the tobacco
industry, but rather has served to
increase them, E. L. Gravely, of
Rocky Mount, president ol tne To
bacco Association of the United
States, told the organization's board
ni governors here today.
Delivering his annual address,
Gravely said, however, that victory
in Europe already had improved the
export picture slightly, and predict
ed that this country, under certain
conditions, would reclaim the greater
portion of world markets tor to
bacco.
"Stocks of tobacco held in this
country for foreign customers are
actually beginning to move out," he
said. "Inquiries are beginning to
emanate lrom manufacturers in lib
erated countries. However, with the
high prices now prevailing for our
tobaccos, and low purchasing power
of most of the liberated countries,
(Continued on 1'age Five.)
Bunker Hill Was
Saved In Pacific
By Heroic Action
Washington, June 28. — (AP)—
Sorely wounded and set a fire by
two Japanese suicide planes, the
2'ι\00ίΜοη aircraft carrier Bunker
Hill was saved to light again by a
'danger-lilled maneuver. It consisted
I of dumping overboard thousands of
(gallons of naming gasoline and tons
of water from fire fighting hose.
The story of the Bunker Hills or
deal which ranked her second only
to the Franklin as a surviving cas
; ualty of this war, was told by the
I navy as the ship was undergoing re
I pairs at the Puget Sound, Wash.,
I navy yard. She was described theiv
I as the most badly damaged ship
ever to come into that harbor.
' The Bunker Hill was the flagship
of Admiral Mark Mischer's fleet.
House Blocks Out
Any New F inances
For FEPC Agency
Washington, June 28.— (AP)
—The House Rules Committee
today blocked off House action
on any new funds for FEPC.
while a Senate talk prevented
consideration of a proposed
FEPC appropriation in that
chamber.
The combined actions prewir
ed a demise for the Fair Em
ployment Practices Committee
by the end of the week.
Connally In
Senate Talk
On Charter
Says Accord Holds
Highest Possible
Promise For Peace
Washington, Juno 28.—(ΛΡ)—Λ
highly receptive Senate gets a first
report to: ay on the United Nations
charter that pegs the world's h'/pes
for future peace on the strength and
unity of the big five Allied powvrs.
Chairman Tom Connally, of the
i foreign-relations committee, brings
I to the Senate a report on the 50
nation San Francisco conference.
Connally wa- expected to tell the
I Senate that the charter it will re
I ceive from President Truman next
] week holds the best promise of
world peace that the Allied world
! can devise.
Tomorrow Senator Vandenberg
I will discuss charter provisions he
I helped frame 11 an effort to make
the new organization's general as
i sembly "the town meeting of the
I world."
1 Sonic More Meat
Now In Prospect
in Coming Month
Washington. June 28.— (AP)
—There'll be a little more irwat
on the nation's dinner tables in
July hut not enough to eut ra
tion values.
The ΟΓΛ announced today
that the supply w ill be live per
cent greater than this month:
but al the same time handed out
this gli!om.\ news:
From next Sunday, through
July X, margerine will cost 14
points per pound instead of 12,
while canned fish will require
two to three points more per
pound.
Current ration points on but
ter will he maintained through
the July period.
Checks, Receipts
Offered 1 ο Boost
Meadows Defense
Green» :··. -lune 28.—(AP)— The
.defense induced checks and re
ceipts " "i.iv η an attempt to dis
prove S' ·.· .'hnrges that Dr. Leon
R. Mci.ii.a I:ad embezzled more
than SI 'J iH) while president of East
Carolina IV.H'liers College,
In many instances, Dr. Meadows
■ said that ···· showed the receipts and
checks to M. I- Widehouse, State
auditor's representative, who made
the original investigation, but Widen
house disallowed this.
Lengthy arguments were held
over a defense effort to show the
jury that the defendant was acquit
ted in nine counts in the first trial.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy and rather hot
tonight and Friday: widely scat
tered thundershowers in east
and central portions this even
ing. ,
Department Shake-Up
If Byrnes Τakes Post
Luzon Island Liberated
Completely With Close
Of Drive In The ÎSorih
Difficult Task Is
Finished By Forces
Of Gen'l MacArthur
Manila, June 'JS.— (AP) —
American and Filipino forces
have won the campaign for
mountainous north Luzon, "on;
of the most savage and bitterly
fought in American history,'
to liberate completely the big
gest . island in the Philippines.
General Douglas MacArthur
announced today.
Ills triumphant communique add
ed conquest of the 200-mile-iong Ca
gayan valley in 2H days as the con
clusive chapter of an operation
which began .January !) at Lingayan
gulf, swept down the 125 miles to
!VT.''P'la in 28 day-; freed that shell
shattered city after only three weeks
01 oattu'ing in ;,s vnbblr-strewn
streets: reclaimed hallowed Bataan
peninsula; and reopened Manila bay
by paratroop-amphibious invasion
of Corregidor.
A juncture Tuesday in theC'agayan
valley of the United States 37th
Ohio infantry division and the elev
enth airborne div ision wound up the
"major nhase of the northern Luzon
campaign."
"An terrain has ever presented
greater difficulties and none has
ever provided an adversary with
mcv naturally impregnable strong
holds," MacArthur said. "The losses
inflicted on '-he enemy in all north
Luzon were heavy—113,593 dead,
with the graves of many other thou
sands located but uncounted, and
several thousand prisoners. Our
losses were 3.793 dead. 34 missin"
and 11,351 wounded. A total of
15,178."
Joseph Darnard
Urgently W anted
Yichyite, Seized
Rome, .lune 28.— (ΛΡ)— .Jo
seph Darhand. secretary of (hp
interior in thp Vichy regime. and
onp of thp most urgently want
od of Frpneh fugitives, was ar
rested three days ago by Allied
intelligence agents, it was an
nounced today.
Darhand also was secretary
general of the French militia,
lie was accused of some of the
harshest measures a g ainst
French patriots, particularly ir
regulars of the Marquis. Ilis po
sition in the Frpneh regime cor
responded to that of Heinrich
Ilimmler in Germany.
Negro Troops
Take Islands
On Marianas
Guam. June 28.—.AP)—American
Negro troops landed on six small
islands in the northern Marianas
and brought them under American
t domination with a single pistol shot,
j Pacific fleet headquarters announc
! ed today.
It is purely a reconnoitering opera
tion to locate more areas where
! crippled Superforts could crash
| land while limping back from raids
on Japan. Reconnoitering troops left
no holding force behind after dis
covering the Japanese didn't have a
garrison on my of the islands.
The operation was carried out by
two platoons of Negro infantrymen,
aided by native guides, and Japan
ese captives who promised their
compatriots good treatment in the
hands of Americans.
To Join Cabinet
REPRESENTATIVE Clinton P. Ander
son (D) of New Mexico, who be
comes the new Secretary of Agri
culture on July 1, is shown with
his wife and their daughter Nancy
at their Washington home. Λ son
is in the Army. Underwood and
Underwood photo. ( InternationalA
Chinese Take
West Suburb
Of Liuchow
Chungking, June 28.—(ΛΡ)— The
Chinese high command announced
today that Chinese forces assaulting
Luichow had captured a railroad
station in the western suburbs of
that strategic Kwangsi province city
and .ι part of the airfield to the
south. The fighting was described
as heavy.
The development came 111 a sud
den. swift thrust through enemy de
fenses west of the former U. S. 14th
air force base in Kwangsi province,
and followed a bitter ten-day battle
in which 1.30(1 enemv troops were
slain.
The Chinese news sen .ce said
more than 800 of the aemy's forces
were kileld in the tight 17 miles
southwest of Liuchow.
Meanwhile, northwest of tlie for
mel American base, P-51 Mustang
fighter bombers sma.-hed at Japan
ese troops and gun positions.
TRUMANS OBSERVE
26TH ANNIVERSAY
Independence, Jin., June '!8.—
(API—The first lady. Mrs. Har
ry F. Truman. is celebrating
more than the President's home
coming today. This is the Tru
inans' 2(Hli wedding anniver
sa rv.
The couple «ere married
June IS. 1019, in Independence,
shortly after his return from
the war.
Okinawa-Ryukyu Battle
Costs U. S. 16,000 Killed
Guam, June 28.—(AP)—The Ryu
kyus campaign, including capture of
ι Okinawa island, and several asso
; ciated strikes by the navy's fast car
rier forces on the Japanese home
land, cost the United States 46.319
casualties, of whom 1 1.897 were kill
ed or missing.
Naval casualties of 4.907 killed or
missing and 4,824 wounded—a total
of 9,731—for the period March i
through June 20 were announced in
Fleet Admiral Nimitz' communique
today.
1 The navy's first venture into the
Okinawa So.;, wo.-t of the Kuriles. i
penetration which destroyed or dam
aged a fiveship convoy, al<o wa> an
nounced in today's communique. A
task force of cruisers and destroy
ers sank three cargo ships, probablj
sank a fourth and damaged the fifth
in a daylight act;nn west of Haru
: mukotnn island. Snccess of the far
ing thrust indicated almost daily ai:
raids have pretty \vel! neutralize
Japanese airfields in the Kuriles.
ι This was the first task force rail
I sjo far west in the north Pacific.
Truman Not
Ruffled By
Speculation
Washington Thinks
Byrnes To Succeed
Retired Stettinius
Washington, June 28.— (AP)
—If President Truman picks
I James F. Byrnes as his new sec
| retary of state, the cabinet
! shift may be followed by a dras
! tie department shake-up.
The President said in acccpt
! mg· the resignation yesterday of
j Edward K. Stettinius, Jr., as
secretary, that he expects to an
nounce a successor early in the
week. Capitol Hill is convinced
the choice will be Byrnes, for
mer senator. Supreme Court
1 justice and war mobilizer, who
quit the latter job shortly be
j lore Ρ resilient Roosevelt's
j death.
The one likely survivor of the
1 assistant secretaries of state is Wil
liam Clayton, though others may
; be asked to stay on for a while.
Friends thought it likely that if
Byrnes gets the post, said to be the
; only one in the government he would
be willing te» accept at this Unie,
that another place also may be
j found for Under Secretary Joseph C.
I Grew, former ambassador to Japan.
ΤΚΓΜΛΝ NOT DISTI RBED
BV GOSSIP OVER BYRNES
Kansas City, Mo.. June 28.— (AP)
Outwardly unperturbed by the chain
of speculation unleashed by his de
cision to replace Edward R. Stettin
ius as secretary of state, President
Truman today went cheerfully about
the business of celebrating his first
presidential homecoming.
He planned to make the most of
his reunion with the homefolks be
fore starting for Berlin early next
month fir a big three meeting, at
which he hopes to lay the ground
1 work for a final peace treaty "we
hope will maintain the peace of the
' world for generations to come."
The President made no effort to
challenge reports that James F.
j Byrnes is his choice for a new sec
retary of state at his press confer
ence yesterday at Independence. He
declined to talk about other cabinet
changes he may have in mind.
He told correspondents assembled
at his home town of Independence
that the new job Stettinius will
undertake is the most important
within the gift of this government.
The President lauded the white
haired diplomat lV-r his work at the
San Francisco security conference.
No man other than Byrnes, farmer
1 South Carolina senator. Supreme
Court justice and war mobilizer, was
mentioned in speculation over ap
pnintment ol a secretary of state,
ν hich the President said he would
announce Monday or Tuesday, prob
ably Tuesday. Stettinius' resignation
became effective immediately.
M l.SON ROCKEFELLER IS
READY TO STAY OR Ql'IT
.Vow York. Jan. 28.— (AP)—As
.sisiant Secretary of State Nelson A.
Rockefeller. arriving early today by
plane from San Francisco, said his
resignation had been on President
. Truman's desk since the chief execu
tive took office, but there was no
indication that, any action had been
taken on it.
The young assistant to former
Secretary of State Stettirius said he
' would be glad to remain in the
department si) long as I can continue
to bo of service." but he declined
■ to speculate on his future.
*
Chiang Says
Allies Plan
Final Blow
t *■
Chungking. June 2R—(AP)—Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek said to
day the Allies arc getting their
forces ready to deal Japan its final
! blow.
If the Americans land on the Jap
anese home islands, and defeat the
, enemy there, the Chinese will find
il simple to deal with the Japanese
on the Asiatic mainland, the gen
! eralissimo asserted.
I He praised his chief of staff, the
ι commander of American forces in
! China. Lt. Gen. Albert W. Wade
myer, for his distinct contribution
to Chinese-American military coop
eration. He expressed hope that
China would also receive assistance
i in economic matters. _ ^