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THIRTY-SECOND YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY, AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 9, 1045 hjhubhbd ff^NnYTTEKNOUW_FIVE CENTS COPY Drawn Into Inquiry WHEN Congressional investigators of the Tear] Hnr: or attack asked for papers from the late President Ho: sevell's file:-. Michigan’s Senator Ferguson stated that sonic 250 bales of papers wen' < existence and the only i tie to know the contents was Miss (Iracc Tally (.above). F.D.R.’s ene-tinu .-neretarv. President Tru man made available to the investiga tion the pnpc rs. now stored in the National Archives Building. (International) Doolittle Urges Big Air Force 400,000 Personnel Wanted By General; No Draft Hearings Washing!.!:, Nov. 9.— (API—Lt. Con. .lames II. 1> 4,tile gave Con gress a peek today at what the army air forces wants a. peacetime: A force ot 4tm.mill ofi icers and men, bathed by a reserve ot 1,000, 000 Hot tin administration proposal to build up a reserve lor the tinned forces through a year's military training tor yo mg men was in trouble in a House committc. Pro pono ts have disrupted hearings which began c nlv yesterday. llootiittle talked to the Senate military committee he spoke up for a single department of na tional defense in which air pow er would lie on a par with the army and navy. This is needed, he said because: American military planes of the future will be able to ;•> to any part ol the world and return. Other count lies i will have such plan s and atomic bombs. Congress also picked up ,-omc idea: about: Farm l.abor Costs More Far n price.- Several state agri cult 11rnI ci ur.mi m r -ml rising f .rill I;11e r cos'. ,.i e till e.ilening food ) rodui tion. Bol a repri -eiitative ol the Nat 11.11 Farmei s Cn 1 'll :■ .lid it would be inflationary to include labor c si. in farm parity price for mula They appeared before the Senate agriculture committee, which is study i g a bill to change the tur unda tor pat ity pi ices. Wages—An official of the Amalgamated < lolliing Workers of America urged a House com mittee to approve a measure to increase tin' national minimum wage Irom 40 to 65 cents an hour. But a spokesman for the Na tional Cooperative Milk Produc ers Federation said farmers would go bankrupt if they had to pay the minimum wage to their help. Federal wages—Doctor Vannevai Bush, who rie— the Otiiee of Siien tjfic Research and Developimi t told senators government scientists ought to be paid as much as $15,000 a year The top now under civil service i. $9,80(1. Today's sessn n of the House Mili tary committee on universal military training was cancelled. Secretary ol the Navy Forreslal's testimony vvil have to wait, at least until Tuesday YOUTHS ACCEPTED FOR NAVY PROGRAM Washington. Nov. 9.—The Navj announced today that the selectioi ot c;> didates for the March 1, 1941 class ot naval a\ iation cadets ha. begun. Young men chosen now wil lie enrolled in the Navy's gained V-i pilot training program ; nd will re ceivo up to four terms of collegi education, at government expensi prior to beginning actual flight train ing. The training program is considers by many to be the most complet . technical education offered to youn, men today. To be eligilile for this program, candidate must graduate from higi school not later than February -f 194(5, if he is 17 or 18 years of ag( If he is 19, he must have complete at least one term of college an must not reach his twentieth birth day prior to March 1. 1948. Further ir formation can be ob tained by writing the office of Navi Officer Procurement, Washington < the Navy Recruiting Station, Ra Jeigh. Lewis Might Draft Wage Policy, Unite Labor At Conference Murray Resolution Denounced by Boss Of Miners’ Union Wa-hingO i . N ■,. ;i. (Al'i .John L. Lewis may try to dratl a wage I bargaining policy on win h labor's divided forces might unite at Presi dent tluny ."s. Iranians labor-man agement conference here. Lewis, president ot the strong, independent t oiled Mine Work ers union, last night denounced a resolution offered by CIO j President I’hiliip Murray, de claring it would limit labor's wage gains to price advances of j "a Lottie of milk, a pair ol shoes or a straw hat." With support Ir an ALL President Will.am Lreen, Lewi; outlined to the conferences executive commit tee—and later to reporters a wage program which would tree labor to see whatever it could "roast' ably" get. Believes In Profit "We believe in the right of inves tors to get a return on their invest- j nr i is, of industry to make a profit, of labor to negotiate freely," Lewis add correspondents after ,u clash with Murray in a closed committee meet ing. Free competition within indus try as peace time production rises, Lewis said, will serve as a "limitation on prices and a brake on profits, while in creased efficiency and competi tion will lower the cost of articles to the consumer." Asked whether he might try to frame some other declaration ot j wage bargaining policy on which all i of labor's 36 delegates to the con- ! terenee might agree. Lewis paused, j then said, "we might come to that." Disputed Resolution Murray'; much disputed resolution, held in the executive committee since Monday, would put the Inbox management meeting on record as favoring full ;i d prompt collective bargaining under the wage policy broadcast last week by the President —that wage rises are imperative Although Murray’s resolution did not mention the price control phases ol the wage-price mes.-age to the nation, Lewis held that these were part ot the policy. 150 Strike In Germany Berlin, N< v. 1). t AP > - German workers in the Thy sen Iron and Steel Corporation t <•(>;iIr shop have staged the first strike in Germany tinder Allied occupation, quitting work for n e day in protest against the reinstatement of a managing director who held the same posi tion tinder the Nazi regime. The sh >|>.s are in the British zone if occupation. About tall men returned to Ih'Ji lobs today after a 24 hour stoppage. The worker.-, contended that (lie di rector served as a liaison man be tween the company and the Nazi gastapo dm ' g the war. Lint Futures l p 75 Cents At Noon New York, Nov. ik-tAP)—Got ten futures opened 10 to at) cents i bitle higher. Noon prices were fid to 7a cents a hale higher. December 24.08, March 24.1.8, May 24.12. Pv. Close Open December.-<♦ i)4 23.96 March. 24.00 24.03 Mav. 24.00 24.02 July. 23.86 23.93 October ... 23.45 23.53 December (1946) . . 23.39 23.41) Ron all (Confirmed Brig. Gen. Kenneth C. Rnyall, (above) today ,vas the new Un ier Secretary ..t War, succeeding Rob ert P. Patter.-on, who was named Secretary. Royal] was confirmed yesterday on a voice vote by the Senate. Royal!, a Goldsboin attor ney, sent an appeal to his family in Gold-bor . yesterday a-king them o send him his r vilian clothes, but they told him he was a little too late—the moths ha- gotten to them first. He has been in the army for a number of years. Strong New Insurance Pittsburgh, f). — (AP)— 'Hie Rockefellers and Mellon.- have band ed together in a new fin i rial com bine with assets exceeding $28,000. 000 to compete v. ill) Lloyd.; ot I,on don. noted Bril; ;h insurance institu tion, it was disclosed today. The new l.nancia] house will handle m- ranee by the milliii , assuming ri--ks too great for any one ir twi insurance firms to toueli Richard K. Mi lion. Pittsburgh banker and nephew of the late An drew Moll ii. announced the new i terpriso, formed by merg' r of the Mellon Indemnity Corporation of Pittsburg!) ami the General Rein surance Corporation o' New York. Tin- new firm will be known as the General Reinsurance Corporation, with main m;ices in New York. FUND FOR NURSES’ MEMORIAL BOOSTED Washington, Y . . i).—(in ei at Jonathan M. Wainwright’s magnifi cent praise lm- die heroic war nurses who laced death on Bataan and Cor regidor has spurred contrinuti'uhs lor thfc $2,0011,000 Nurses Nati mal Memorial wliieii will be erected in Washington, Arthur 11 Johns) n, eh airman of the memorial commit lee announced today. Lett) rs reaching headquarters at 8:25 Wi odward Building, in this city, with donations incluoscd, have de , hired that the "Angels of Bataan” ' ill not be lai'gotten, now that the great war is over. i,a era! Wainwrighl, in his ad dresses and in his own published story, has paid tribute to the suffer ing and the courage of the war nurses and medical women who staved by their wounded, even ’houEh they themselves were sick and wounded. Details Of Mass Murder Told At Yamashita Trial Manila. Nov. 9.—(AP)—The first details of a mass slaughter carried out last February 1C and 111 by the 1 Japanese in a ravine near Taal, Bat ■ angas province, were related today > by two black clothed women at the Yamasita war crimes trial. i While tears streamed down her > cheeks. Mrs. Conchita Lualhati testi , lied that the soldiers of Lt. Clcn. . Yamashita set fire to a village forc i ing her family to seek refuge in a 1 nearbv sugar plantation. Pursuing - Japanese diverted the fleeing people toward the rav ine. Could Hear Screams 1 - I could hear screaming from men. r women and children as shootings be - came intense and tne ./apnese stall ed showering people with grenades" she told the commision in a halting voice. “The Japanese were dashing around laughing and shouting during the terrible time.” Her husband and one-year-old daughter were anui'g the more than 50 dead in the ravine, she said Juanita Barrion, 2t\ told of los ing her mother, lather, three sisters and lour brothers. They were vic tims of machine guns and rifle fire and granades. She related how, as Japanese tired point blank into the ravine, she pretended to be dead. Tlie Yrma: hita defense lias co - tended the Japanese in the area acted to crush guerilla activities which were hampering the Nippon ese in their campaign. Tax Cutting I Bill Signed By Truman Measure Removes 12,000,000 Prom Tax-Paying Class Washington, Nov. 9.— (AI*) —The White Hmi-o announced today President Truman has signed the bill y i\ iny indivi duals and busim sses a slash of •f5,920,0(10,000 in 19 1(> taxes. Air. Truman thus became the first President in 1(1 years t< sign a general tax reduction measure. Not since Herbert Hoover put his signature on a “Christmas present” slash in 1929 has there been an overall reduction of pocket book levies. Congressional spoil. - r of the leg islation said it would -timulate busi ness in the rcconvci i n period and create jobs. The White House an iiouncoinent said the bill was siy.ee yesterday. The legislation: 10 Per Cent Slash 1—Removes 12.000.000 low-incomi persons from the tax rolls and as seres reduction of In per cent m more for individuals mailing up n $50,000 anually. Smaller cuts an provided for income over SmD.OOO Total redu.tirn tor individual: amounts to S2.644,000.000. 2—Provides special tax treat ment for veterai s of World War II, forgiving all levies on serv ice pay of enlisted men in war time and giving officers three years to settle with the gov ernment 3— Clips S3,136,01111,000 off thi burden of husinex next year, princi pally through repeal of the war-im posed 85.5 per cent rxcv profits tax on corporations. 4 — Repeals the $5 "se tax on auto mobiles o il boats at a savings o $140,000.1)00. 5—Free/-s toe .-oetol security tax in 1940 at 1 per cent on both cm ployes' pay and employers pay rolls. Without ’he l're.e.7.e this tax would have .jumped January I to 2.5 per cent for each. President Preparing For Talks His Weekly News Parley Cancelled; Cruise Is Slated Washington, Nov. !). — (AD — President Harry Truman dc, ided to day to forego his usual weekly news ci •'ference to get ready for the three power discussion of anomie energy this week-end. The parley will bring together Mr. Truman, Prime Minister Attlee of Britain and Prime Minister King ol Canada. The three leaders will confer Sun day aboard the yacht. Sequoia, which ' is the Secretary ol the Navy's utli cial yacht. A state dinner will be held Sat urday night for the v isitors. Attlee will he'a guest, at the White House until M i day morning. I No Appeal From Java Received At W hite House Washington, Nov. !i.— (AP)- -The White House today it had no information today on a reported ap peal to the President to intervene to prevent warfare throughout Java A Batavia dispatch said that the president of the unrecognized In donesian rep ihlic had appealed l 1 Mr. Trum. i and Prime Minister Att lee of Britain. Eben Aver' assistant White House press secretary. w;i; asked at his news conference whether the f’resi dent had received the appeal. He said he had no word of it. Selected Issues Continue Gains New York. Nov. a. - 'AD —Select ed stocks kept the forward drive go ing in today's market although many rail and industrial leaders continued to back water. Resistance " s exhibited by Santa Fe. Glen Mart > . and Allied CJiemi eal. Rncirv ard vero tt. S. Steel. Gen eral M itors. Westinghouse and Sears Roebuck. Chinese Nationalists Are Ready For Battle Along Great Barrier Communists Well Dug-In About Linya •) Forces Carried To Fight Scene By U. S. Troops Chimvangta. N . . !). — (AP) — Amr! lean transom ted Chinese Na tionalist Ip op.- ha, " o\ ed into bat tle positn n opposing the Yenan Communist !■ : > along the eastern end 01 the Giv.it Cuine.-e Wall, boundary between disputed north v hina and Manchuria. , lint. possihlx horause of the reseree of American marines in key positions in the area, fight ing has not broken out. despite the fact that thousands of Na tionalist and Communist troops oppose each other at Linya. tin* ancient city which formed part of the Great Wall and is its east ern anchor on the Gulf of Chihli, ten miles north of C'hir.v.angtao. The elements of two Chinese Nationalist Armies, lire 13th and 32nd. wore put ashore by United States mphibi is formes under Vice \dm. 1 ianiel Barb y. ! loops Spread Out At first the Chinese troops crowd ed into this relatively small harbut city and milled about doing n U.ing oefure they spread out t 'ward the Great Wall ol Chi a and the strong forces of the Communist 8th army • long it. From all indications the Commun ists are well drug-in, both in and around I.inya and are sufficiently mobile to swing in either direction to combat any forced entry into M;i ehuria along that sector. Meanwhile, in Chungking, Ft. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, U. S. com mander in China, just returned to his China command from Washington, found himself involved in a long range c<i trovery with Communist leaders, who renewed charges of U. intervention in China's civil war. Minor Skirmishes Wedemeyer denied intervention, "lit aid bis troops had been caught in minor skirmishes. Simultaneously, representatives of lh< ( hinese government and the Communists reported some progress is they resumed negotiations on a lour pomt peace program. A Red spoke.-man said the chief obstacle was the demand that Nationalist troops be withdrawn immediately ;T m Communist liberated area. The New China Daily News, while specifying that the latest asserted I'. S. intervention had been bloodless, charged that American troops and armored vehicles Spearheaded the Na tionalist capture of a railroad station. Wedemeyer said that American troops definitely were not provoking trouble but said they had been drawn into minor skirmishes. lh e\ identic referred to charges of American actvity in North China in mid-October. The newspaper said new i t inces of intervention oc curred November 1. The Daily News appealed to the Communist , uspaper Daily Worker in New York to urge the American people and government to cease the spearheading of Nationalist troops by U. S. forges to Communist liber ated areas: and finally to discontinue any help to Nationalist accentuated civil war it China.” 1-—— Eisenhower On Merger Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. !). — [API General Eisenhower will leave tor the Foiled States within a tVw hours to testify betorc Congres sional eommittoes, his headquarters said today. The announcement did not state the nature of his lestimo v, hut it is expected lie will support the stand ot the United States Army Chiel ot Staff. General George Marshall, lor consolidation ol the army, navy and air forces into one defense depart j merit. ; While the announcement said Eis i (i hover would return to Europe by 1 November 2.'i, authortativc sources I said hi> stay there would be short ! and in the nature of a farewell to his command in Europe belore assum ing duties as army chief of staff suc i ceeding Marshall. j CIVILIAN WINS SEA-BATTLE AWARD RARE AMONG HONORS is the awarding of the Silver Star to a civilian lor gallantry in combat against the enemy. Shown above i Donald H. Russell, 26. lield service representative, receiving the medal from Rear Adm. Monroe Kelly at New York. The accompanying citation praised Russell's leadership in jettisoning bombs and shells from the burning aircraft carrier Franklin, valiantly helping to keep the ship afloat after ii was hit by a Japanese dive-bomber. (International) G. M. Asserts It Hasn’t Broken Wagner Measure Wage Disputes Between CIO and Two Large Firms Hold U. S. Spotlight (By The Associated Press) Wage (Imputes between CIO uni' • and G"' < . al Muter Corporation, and l niled States Steel Corporation held the i,,p a.a along the nation'# lab".1 I font today. The st re> ol work stoppages in '..minus industries and businesses kept idle st me 275.000 workers. In Detroit, General Motors termed “unjust and ah.-mrd" the charges by the CIO United Auto Workers that it had violated the Wagi er Act by re fusing to bargain collectively on the union's demand l'or 30 per cent wage rate increases for the firm's 325.000 workers. Ill UiiMimglUll, til' v. Hill'll G..., tv Steel C er,).nation told the National labor relations board it would coop erate in making ar. i gements for a strike vote November 28 among 500, 100 CIO employes' in 13 ol' its sub sidiaries. Ford Workers Back Strike In a statement. General Motors, shortly tiller the CIO-UAW tiled a complaint with the NLKB accusing the company of unfair labor prac tices. said tile union's position was not born out by the facts. Preliminary reports from the strike vote anions 80.000 i ord Company employes indicated today they had followed the lead of (i.M. and Chry sler workers in favoring a work stoppage to sup port their wage demands. Another strike vote was tentatively set by tile NLKB h r December (i. a ballot ; moo.t; hundreds of thou sands of CIO United Electrical Workers at plants ot General Elf c trie, Westingltou.se and Gentval Motors Electrical Manufacturing works. The uni-1 lias asked a 82 daily wage boost. Threat.- of a Pacific vast shipping tie-up came from a CIO union which announced it would back up the Nath nal Maritime Union demand that: "Unless by December 1 proper guarantees have he. n g:\cn that our troop.-' are securing every possible means ot being ret i r.i ir m \yar areas, we will provide crews for troop ships only and deny them for vessels - I commercial operators.' Churches l r^cd To Devote Sei\ es To Durable Peace T-tkyi . Nov. it (API Emperor Hirohito today evpre-sed hope that "Christian churehe- of the world will now devote the > selves to a just and durable peace.” His statement was made during an audience granted to five Ameri can Protest; i t church leadets. | WIASISM FOR NORTH CAROLINA Ircreasing cloudiness with showers in west and central por tions tooii’ht: Saturday mostly cloudy in east portion with showers in forenoon. Colder [ Saturday. Newsprint Production Is Dropping Washington, X v. <>. — (AP) — Newsprint pi o-hirlii.n .if United States nulls already is 600,000 tons less than e timated for the fourth quartet 1945 nd is still i ailing, L'i loud .1. 11. S.i iiim.iii .-aid. today The 1 :ne. ..mi publishing chief c the :i■ • \■ C i Priiiiuction Ad min..-tt ' "ii .. .i oiiie northwestern n 1 :1 -;it deliveries by 20 per cent. This creating over order on. Canadian n il'.'. v> ilicit already sup ply al.i - n ho pel" cent of the paper on which net apers are printed, he said. One mice expected to encourage U. S. n i'.cv. sprint is an increase :n the price ceiling, which OPA • expected to grant soon. The in.Teaaccording to CPA inform ant.-. will to d'out So per ton, e£ teetivo the fir.st of the year. Furious Six-Hour Bucharist Riots Are Fatal To 6 Bucharest, Nov. 9.—(API— \ furious sis-hour riot between Communists and supporters of Rumanian King Mihai was halt ed last night by the intervention of a Russian general after at least five persons were killed by gun fire and possible 100 others w ounded Soviet General Susaikov, I head of (he Allied control com mission in Bucharest, ordered troops of ,i Romanian Commun ist division to cease firing. Rus ■ sian troops took no part in the fight. Violence broke out when troops fired on 59.000 demonstra tors who ignored an order of the Soviet - sponsored government i banning celebration of King Mihai's 24th birthday. j
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