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CHAMPIONS OF CHARTER HAIL RATIFICATION JUBILANT OVER THE SENATE'S RATIFICATION of the United Nations Charter, five of the leading champions of the document are pictured in Washington after the victory. They are (1. to r.) Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, former Secretary of State Edward R. Slettinius, Senator Tom Connally of Texas, Senator Albcu Barkley of Kentucky and Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee. • International SoundDhotn) . --——- . Illness Of Stalin I elays Conference Of Big Three Resumption Planned Late Today, However; Illness Not Serious Potsdam. July •'>!.— (AP) — Premier Stalin,has been slightly indisposed for the last two days. I it was disclosed today, but is expected to attend a meeting of the big three this afternoon. The disclosure apparently ex plained a two-day lapse in his talks with President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov sat in with Truman and Attlee on Sunday, but there was no attempt to rci.tin;.e the talks yesterday 'pend ing Stalin's ■ improvement. Stalin'.- indisposition was believed! to bo no more than a slight odd, but tiie (Iti-year-old leader's physician toon every precaution to protect tain: His condition was reported improved today, and it was Mated . peril ic.dly lii.d a meeting o! the big three was scheduled lor this alU I'tioon. If the Russian leader is lit enough li res one the arduous tiiree-ii" ' disew.-.-M* .- which have been ivp.c.d of the cl nfercncc to dale, it ..- be lieved the parley may be completed by lirarsday or Friday. The l.dk.- are understood to hare reached a point where the heaviest Work devolves upon the big Luce thee selves—in other words, the pay off stage. fells irship forbade spec.da'mu over the interruption ill the "iiur sations, wmcii bectm.e known late -lord 1 v M.eetings * . the An c all. linti.-h . • d Russian toi-eign secre taries have been continuing as usual .since the last meeting between die three top conferees Saturday ntgut. it was nnderstcod. This led to bo.iel the ivntorenee might have pro gressed to the liiial decision stage. There had been some specula' on that the conl'em ce wa.- to 1 ra\ c end ed la-t night, but there was no indi cation nor belief that yesterday, mdure on the part of the big three 1, meet had in any way delayed tin parley’s conclusion. President 11 t ii.an is known to want to get nock to Washinglm to make his "epor: to the American people and concen trate his attention on the war against the Japanese Prime Minister Attlee, while carrvmg on the international duties here left off by Winslu Churchill, is completing his initial domestic program lor parliamentary consideration. (In London, the Ilnysh Pre-s As sociation reported that plan- w c; "under consideration tor Prc.-idenl Truman to meet with King George VI after the Potsdam eu.lerence, possibly at Plymouth.) L nitv Over Charter Is Broken Up Senate Is Split On I ruman Appointment Oi Delegate For U. S. W ■. :ig* ■! Tuty (AIM — S'..' • on the 1’.'lilt'd *« ■ n oke wide . ipen t ■. i.. y '■- '■I ■ ■ ■■1 -.'i till.: Pre-idont '1':' hi it security council dele ft 'S. d"- .; letting Congi,-s define .it: Connolly, of the foreign i'i ia‘ n.» - immiiitv, stirred the .’i ,.:i .mnouncemont that he1 1 the State Department *o del 1 my Iegislal in is need ' d i 1. .a ftte .ji|*<litittnent of Ed- i Ii itett J to the past. ! eaction to C<mnally’s per there no need f.»r 1 . vvi i i ght be attached • • .’a’ m ..n authority to vote for ■ till Aniei .troop-was j ' . - . a. ..lid j'r-•; i: j it. S oat . Y.mdoh'jerg. wild served w ' ' C. 'ittia i.v ,.s a tick gate to the Si I' . : ■ .sco conference, made it I'i a *■ inks Congress should set t.; '■■' 1'■ . e ..nd define :’.s power.-. I " \ •: this kind not only :s • y to .-ati -facturily qualify i ' e I . J lie. hut 1 also tii.nk it was satisiy the .Senate," tor" ,e g t 1 it a reporter. S' o o, Taft ,,f ()hio, chaimum of tin lie.,a o '.,o steering eon notice, ' i 11 eg 111 'the whole Senate whi ,n . t on its being done" that way. Ii v e!e,,riy understood in the denote on the charter tti.it Congress w hi 1 , c oe the ii fire of the dele gate. ,1 :,is appointment would Lie con' : en bv the Senate and that his d .tie ao I authority would Lie care lady . 1 ■ led, raft a - se: I eti. lie said lie .had in objection t i President Tt i::■.,11 ypointment o: Stettmius. I", .a-" secretary of state, as a tem po o ', delegati to the internal nmol in gain/,,'.on'.- preparatory meeting. Eat iie added he would light in the Senate force enabling legislation in -ai.l Connolly and others had promised. WEATHIR for NORTH C AROLINA. Partly cloudy, rather humid Wednesday: few widely scatter ed afternoon and evening thun dershowers. Job-Jumpers Blamed For West Manpower Shortage Washington, July 31.—(AIM—In adequate control of "job-jumpers," physically disqualified for military service, was blamed today by a spe ' ad House military committee for a serious manpower shortage for the l’acilic coast. Unless something is done imme diately. or unless Japan surrenders forthwith, which we cannot gamble "pon. an already serious situation on 1he west coast will become more than critical,” said the report of the three-man committee headed by t- hariman Sparkman. Sparkman told reporters the situ ation is threatening to "bottleneck’ the entire war effort. The committee urged that the Of fice of War Mobilization and recce'* MTsion give "due consideration" to "means of inducing 4-F's and work ms not subject t ‘ selective service to remain on war jobs. T i accomplish this, the group sug gested: . "Strengthen the existing job jumper program - » that :ne same factors which have stabili/ed ti'e able-bodied men will be used to sta bilize the 4-F’s and "Assurance of a tail' share of re conversion for the west coast, cou pled w ith agreements by lata and management to permit war woiweis to sign up now tor reconversion 01 existing non-essential work and ge appropriate seniority through re maining at war jobs until release. I Coal Deficit May Cause A 4-Day Week Potter Suggests Army Furlough 30,000 Miners Wash . glim. July i:i. - , AP) — A ' government fuel icxfiert testified to day. 1 expo t <. 11 industry, includ- i ing steel mills, to ‘j*era'u , n a four du> w eei. t: i> year" due I.. a pros pect tve .'{7 11a I li tn mu e,,;11 del icit. Only two flung- could prevent : ■ ueh a dr\ el.ipment. !)r. (' .1. Pot ter. deputy' so!id fuels ad inistrator, told thi Senate War > v e- ligation J Ci mm it tee: 1. The army e *11111 agree to fur- i lough 3U.01H) coal miners to go t■ >'j \vi rk 11\ < )el ■ -ul r 1 12. Pile w:ir w ith Japan could come J to a sudden end. Secretary ot tin Interior Ickes first i testilied that next winter will be the coldest ol the war lor Americans unless enough mine.'., are released . t" make up the pr. sportive deficit. “Tins wo... | iio line even i; we did ii"! send i pound ol bituminous , i 11 ' o Ku rope." I eke - t old i he Sen- 1 ate W ir It > e.v igation C me it tee. which k okiiig into the possibility ; of getting n: mg's discharged from the armed f n o >. Icki ■ .n< nded tl at • O.IIOO.IIOO t a of nail be shipped t ■ liberated and neutral Ear .pear countrie i January 1. ■"ii ediate stej are t taken to inert mo the coal supply in the j lii i-rated natmils of Europe to a point that will ’ . i linm.iii the next i winter." lie e,aulioned f:;,■ senators, i "we ist - xpeet rioting, bloodshed ! and the destructi n of nearly all ' .nnilJ'iitr,' . . • ' ' i i • r I v > > t j t m •«i m I • 111 " t The inn r. • -"a v ary. who is a!.- a solid fuels administrator, told the committee. ”\Vc I'annot produce eoal w i;tiii ,i I uliner.- " I le estimated the demands for bituminous eoal daring the fuel year wliieh began April 1 at 300 million t ms. the pr >s peetive - ipplv under the present n anpower out I ok is 575 milli in tons Corresponding for anthi’ycite woi e j.i mil ion tons and 43 million tons. I>:vvi - ly. lores said tile « ati. n has gotten by throagh drawing oil i o-er1 o st >ekj ties ot 1 tei. Those now ago pr.,1 * 11■'.11 iy depleted lekes said the army. hie! i so reluctant t > relea.-e mine: 1 ':g eoal. took part ., the i . - m v. Inch led to the ■ decision to i.ake the eoal shipment t, Europe, if it imanly possible. He gave assurance "n a a pound ot that ooal vv ■ Mild lie :.u- the people of Germany. ■\V'e aie at a point." lekes testi I ied. 'where our only liope of soly i g our 11v\ 11 production pivhlem is to release men from military service. I! we cannot solve our own produo tion. we cannot continue to ship coal to Europe in any amount. 12 Jap Cities (ji\ en Notice Ot Destruction — Guam. J tly 3.. - < API — 3 welve Japanese cities, including four pre viously warned, were given notice today by Maji r General Curtis P. LeMav that they are marked for de structi i by American Superfor t resses. -Evacuate these cities immediate ly." the commander of the 20th air force warned it1 720.000 leaflets dtupped from six Supertorts on the doom municipalities More than 1,300,000 person.- live in the 12 cities. Tliii- ter the second time within four da vs Genera! LeMav g.iv e ad vance notice to Japan of industrial and military targets where the B-2SG [ soeti w111 applj the lOi eh. 207 Jap Vessels, 430 Planed Are Destroyed Or Damaged; Laval Surrenders To Yanks \ ichy Head | Mies Into L. S. Zones Had Been Ordered * By Spain To Leave Barcelona Quarter Frankfort on Main. July 31.— (A I')—l’ierre Laval. expelled from Spain, flew to Austria and surrendered today to Foiled States occupation authorities who arranged <u hand him over to France at once. The swarthy former chief of the Vichy government, who is charged with collaboration with the Germans, arrived with his wife in a Junkers 188 manned by two German pilots. The plane landed at Linz. Austria, where I S. troops im mediately took Laval into pro tective custody. French army headquarters were notified and Laval and his party left later in custody of l . s.. Major General John Copeland for the French occupation zone. In Germany. .Inly :51.— (AIM Pierre Laval has suiTcmlrml to American forces in the Amer can occupation zone in Ger many. it wits disclosed authori tatively today. The former Vichy chief of government, sought by France on a charge of collaboration with the Germans, was ordered by Spain to leave the country. He originally planned to depart yesterday. Plane eujTne trouble delayed his take-off at Barce lona. In his flight t.nitty Lav.a vva.- ac cem|,allied by :.; vile ami two Ger man air 11eve ::icors in lull Lalt vvaffe uniforms, in the twin-engined Junker- riive h.-aincr in winch they I - . , i . ..-1 .4 I , oovotv ,h,e. Tilt- Spanish go < n merit, in a eum ii. imquc. said I tval had been held in the country .> . result of his •.•oiptest to be a i.iwetl to surrender to the United X tion.-. instead of ti France alone. \v ■ ol eady has c>>» di inited him t • tie. .li in his absence. Alter 'die United Nations 'ailed ' > .a vi ; l I. ival's old cr. Laval v\ as ,-sked to leave hccau'c a prolonged stop e Spam "might lead to the supposi tion" the Spanish government was acting contr.ey *,•< "Us decision to shelter no high political emigre" kirke Simpson Leaves C j < ipitol Staff Of AP Washington. July 31.— (AP) — Kirke I. Simpson, veteran ot 32 years on the Washington stall' of the Associated Press, is retiring on a pension. Simps m. who will be (>4 August 14, joined the AP in San Francisco ■ 19118 and came to Washington m 1913 His last war analysis column ap peared in morning papers today. To morrow it will be taken over by James G. White ol the AP stall in j San Francisco. The column lor Mon day will be written by Morris Harris ol Washington. In 1921 Simpson won the Pulitzer prize for his covering1 ot the burial ot the unknown soldier. TELLS HOW RUSSIA COULD HELP SOVIET UNION SIBERIA A /\ a ATT ANAOt-A^p • \ '-’ — _ J _y^ KARAT UTO --- ~s*m\ mAnchuria /■ voui /A - Aaoan* __•"*»•»'* ,, - / °' " I _ 3S&■A tariary - WLADIVOSTC </ - - J CMIMflNO j-1 * "p'-^-eV "'■ '"""" %\ *,,. oV/japan kt°-eja XJAPANA3iToLo _d I IN A NEWS DISPATCH Capt. John Craige recalls that at the Postdum con ference Stalin was reportedly reminded of reasons why Russia should enter the war against Japan. Pointing out that Japan would be faced by the same sort of two-front war that wrecked Germany, Capt. Craige suggests two things that Russia could do to greatly shorten the war and lie k Japan. These are indicated above: fl) launching of a high-powered Ur-1 Army drive into vulnerable Manchuria, and (2) permitting U. S. naval and air forces to onerate in the Sea of Japan. (Inlrrnntional) General Weygand Takes Blame For Capitulation --\ __ French Commander Says Lebrun First To Talk Armistice Paris. July 31.—(AP. - General! M x. re Weygand declared today that Marshal Petain sent a sec el telegram to .Admiral .lean Parian "ordering the admiral to cea-e op erations against United State- and British forces at the tune of the landings in .North Alt ica." The general, who was commutl der-in-rniei of French nr nil's when Ge aany cT'Ushe 1 the republic, w is brought fii the high court of justve under guard and in civilian dress to testily a- the first witness n I’e t,nil's trial on charges of intelligence with the enemy and plotting against the security ■ >1 France. Weygand assumed lull respon- [ sibihty for the armistice. He gave I one ol tit el'irst detailed accounts ol events leading to, and after the sur render ol France. He was the first defense witness; at the tr al of Marshal Petain acus ed oi intelligence with the enemy and plotting against the -ecur.ty of France. He limped ini,, court, bowed low to Petain and described himsell as a "pr .-oner of val de grace." "Coordinated resistance no longer was possible." the gener.il said. | when he decided "to ask the gov- ; nieni to demand an armistice.' "1 considered it my duty as com-j matt der-iti-chief to ask for an ar- i mistice. 1 took the decision myself! and on purely military grounds, j There was no question ol collusion with Marshal Petain.’' He said, however, that the first ] suggestion for an arm.stce came from President Albert Lebrun, one of the lirst witnesses against the old soldier. This was made at a war comm.ttee meeting mi May _V>, 1941). when Weygand stud Leorun asked it it w mid not be better to obtain conditions of ponce before the ar mies were destntyed. "1 was not thinking of an armis tice at that time," he -aid. "I was still lighting the battle of the north an.i 1 had plans prepared for the battle of the Somme-A sue to : >11 >w . I _ He der. ed a statement previously attributed to Petain m which Wey gand reportedly was instructed ' > "light until yo.ir ar > is no longer civ in liaison, and 1 (Pel.bn) will impose an armistice." Motors Dominate Market Dealings New York. July 31.—(API — Motors continued to dominate re covery dealings ,n today stock mar ket although scattered leaders were stalled by night selling. S qiported were Sears Roebuck. . Woolworth. U. S. Rubber and Du I Pont. Occasion laggar is included ! Southern Railw ay. U. S. Rubber and > General Electric. Bonds were steady and cunnnod 1 tties narrow. Change In China Not Completed Chungking. July 31 —(AP*.—Ad ditional changes .n the Chinese gov ernment are expected to be an nounce l : efore Pren e T V. So returns to Moscow to res ante his talks with I ’re: me- Stalin. Soong announce.: yesterday ::iat he had re linquished his post as minister at foreign affairs, which he had held since December 23. 1941, and had turned over to Dr. Shih-Chieh, in a cabinet re-shuffle designed to speed the war against Japan. Soong’s action had been expeete I for some time. The new minister, one of Genera! <sirno Chiang Kai shek's intimates, has a national re putation as a liberal. S nee last May he has been one ot two delegates conducting negotiations with the Chinese communists in attempts to recognize their differences with the nutional government. Cotton Opens Higher Today New York, July 31.—(AP)—Cot ton futures opened HI to 2a cents a bale higher. Noon prices wive five cents a hale higher to ten cents lower. October 22.37. Deeembs". 22 37. March 22 37. P\ Close Open October 22.3(1 22.99 December . . . 22.39 22.94 March . 22.87 22.92 Mav 22.8(1 22.(19 July 22.(13 22.(ill Large Japanese Carrier Badly Damaged At Kure Manila, July 31. -(AIM • A large Japanese nicer.ill carrier was left listing and dawn by the stern at the I\ure naval yard after an attack by Army Mitchell bombers Sunday, (leneral MacArthur reported today in a ci mmuniuae which added 30 n emy .ships to the roll of those sunk 01 severely damaged by the Far Fast (dr farces. The Mitchell pilot did not claim direct hits m the carrier, saying clouds made observation difficult, and that it might have been dam aged by Saturday’s naval carrier plane raids It was positively identified, how ever, as being a different earner from the Kats ibagi, which the Far East forces damaged in their Satur day' raid on Kure. The army an men added another paragraph u> the saga ■ 1 the Japa nese I ittleshpi Hat ina, rep<>rting that sin- \v..s sighted alloaf at Kure hut o!u ioasly heavily damaged. The hardy old ship, damaged set - eral times previously by Army and Xn\y i.irmn . was hit by both on Saturday, and naval reconnaissance had shown her beached and badly burned late Saturday afteru mu Sli.•Arthur said the Far Fast an lorce bombers and fighters, man.ig mg to fly 500 sorties Sunday, despite bad weather, struck 14 enemy ships 'around Kyushu and Korea, and that new ' telligence added si\ freighter to Saturday's seore. In three day. these taeteial forees have flown 1,5'H sorties and listed five warships .me 01 merehant eraft sunk or damaget in and around Japan. Knock Out Fift\ -Two * s Great Damage Done War Installations Around Inland Sea Guam. .! !>■ :;l — (A P) — Raiding Aliii d carrier planes de stroyed or damaged 1207 Japa nese vessels and Ido planes in two days. Admiral Nimitz an nounced today a-- daring U. S. destroyer.- k■ • i!'<•• I ileep into Su ruga gulf t*. Oomd.trd the ene my's aluminum plant 1'he bombardment. So miles southwest of Toi.y , was the seventh against .lapan and car 1 ied tile combined American Pi'itish sea and air attacks into tin twenty-second consecutive day. I'r< limiiuu \ reports on yester da\ s .*e! i.. I sweeps over 40(1 iiiiirs cl llon.hu island and re vised totals in I a si Saturday's devastating atluek. which wrote the tni (! tin imperial navy, showed a total i ! 5’ enem.i war ships sunk nr damaged. -' i ' • 1 Mill to the hot; 1: at ;■■■ ■ i aval oases— K ti re ami .Mm/ u Revised iiguri 1 Sat ..ai..y's An cncap. . ia p. K c.v added two ain-ralt i-airier- Amagi and the Katubagi—and tiie i raiser Tong to the list of wrecked first line war ships. it/.ii earaie.- ri a,oat. blit ; amir flight deal.- ha\e in ell ripped :i;'o a .-el ess iu - - T ittlesiiips and two cruisers 1 - ■ 1 sly sent t.o tiie butt -. t‘.i !;. S.iUirdav. I.esser \v ar-hips. ranging from (lest 1 n v »• r s dim nw an!. \\ere caught !iy British airmen at the Alaizuru base u.-ierrtai. Mai zuiu. (in l!ii' west coast of .Li lian's main island nt Honshu, lias the most (iisiant point of the 400-mile arc raked In Allied pilots who hit more than sixty airiields. destroyed or damaged sixty ships and small craft and 138 planes. A spec..! .r a. Ad Ill.I al Nimit; 1 m gi inilict cd la.-; Saturday ... mg • a- inland sea ti 292 enemy niie. a:t .aid 147 ships aid sn ...11 ara:; i . 1.imaged. This i- all male.,-a : , ;gnt planes and a do mvard ret • n of 41 ships, but the new *«.;al did not include Kill lugger- amt - .71 a g] credited te British Kars in a previous an 1111 lin emen;. Sim.a; told ot wid( pread damage inflicit . on g na a nsfal lotions and Uictories li aging ;iie iniand sea. but remained silent m ay t ether ac idity at the ti: ad Kee; smae plung ing back .nto ;iia '1 ;v - area yester day. Tokyo acknowledged the de stroyer bun uard net*.' ind reported the great Allied dee! was still rov ing .lap; i e.-e waiters. Shortly ftei idi ght a fast do st ia iyci 1 area .a a ' ■ t ;. aga gulf. Hii miles u‘ e.-t : id • ty o. and hurled 11\ e-m. p. -1.■ • i:.; the indus trial and transp rt • n ty ot Shi ns/;:. The city .a liH.uilU, wn h once handled most of Japan's key exports, houses \ ppoii's 1 .rgest aluminum plant and lit- athwart the major railway lines. Twelve hours previ -; v t a hea v y vombat d i ent force, led by ;iu T S K. Massachusetts . i d tiie I'.; sttlrship King tic i g,- V. i • the i i 1 xx ay bottle , . ot Hamamatsu, 45 miles si with w. .-I i l s, li.nuz.i. _ *' Elliot Roosevelt Out ()t Army On August 15 W sbitigtmi. •' tly M — ( AP) — Hr g..dn Cb :n :. K11 >tt Roosevelt will re'.iirn to tmil .n life August 15. His K'ltvsf tr nt the army air la ees was arranged h iwever, the army in- isted last night, before the rteent headlim flurry that loci to a euogre-: i ma! "quiry nto reported loans madt to the late President’s sell. I* ! .wad Roosevelt’s own re | quest (or rotireim* t, completion of two assignments growing out of his Eu opean war experience and the I i..ct. the army said, that "there was a, ret11 :f rent for his services in i the Paaiti.' which could not be filled | by a mthei available and qualified i officer." .
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