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Bz Itettltersmt Bally Bisyafrij Bz MMD HIIPTHIM _ r ^ _* MPKilPTWf thirty-second year L^aB2g^TBEnKVP,agyT Henderson, n. c., Saturday afternoon, November u», hus _five cents copy UAW Union Has Weapon In Dispute Auto Workers In Three Companies All Vote Strike (Bv The Associated Press) A .■strike weapon -to lie used if iKTe.'miry—lias been forged by employes <d' the automotive industry’s big three — General Motors, Ford and Chrysler—in support of their demands for a 20 per cent wage rate increase. CIO United Auto Workers leaders have emphasized that despite ?t.e big majorities in strike votes favoring a work stoppage if necessary to gain the union’s wage demands, every effort will he made to set tle tile dispute in a peaceful manner. Ford workers were the last in the big three to p curd their sentiments in a Government-conducted election. They sanctioned a strike by an 11 10 1 margin, compared with the 8 to 1 approval of a walkout givn. at G.M. and a six to one by Chrysler union ists. Not All Voted Not all of the employes in the motor plants voted. Wage negotiations between the CIO-UAW and General Motors ad journed yesterday in Detroit and will be resumed November 15. Neither management « r unions were optimis tic as to the possible results. Stockholders of Higgirs In dustries. Inc., backed up An drew Higgins. Sr., in ordering out of court liquidation of the big New Orleans shipbuilding concern. Future plans of Hig gins were in doubt. He shut dow n his three strike-bound plants November 1 and the stockhold ers. approving the action, ex tended his liquidation order to the firm's subsidiaries. The navy relinquished control of three Ohio oil refineries, seized by Presidential order October 5. alter CIO oil worker;: struck for a 30 per cent wage increase. About 50 other plants remain under navy control. Breadless Weekend A bread less weekend was in pros pect lor S;ii Francisco as the result ol a wage dispute between the AFL’s bakery wagon drivers and the Lang endorf Bakeries, which produce 20 per rent ot the city's bread supply. The drivers struck after a U. S Labor Department conciliator tailed t i bring agreement on the union’s demands for a IT per cent pay raise. A dispute at Louisville which man agement had said threatoed to tie up the city’s costly reconversion building program apparently was settled. AFL 'D amsur.-, Uni n offi cials said 250 building supply truck drivers would return to work Tues day and would receive a 10-cent an hour wage increase, which previous ly had been approved by an arbitra tor. At Baltimore, an AFL carpenters ti ion official anno meed the end of a month-long strike of mine than 2,00(1 carpenters involved in a wage dis pute with contractors. The union had demanded wage hikes of 34 cents an hour. Low Priced Stocks In Great Demand New York, Nov. 10.— (AP) — Speculative demand tor low quoted ntilties, some of which came in blocks ru ning to 30,000 shares at peaks tor almost nine years, again highlighted today's stock market and tended to obscure declining tend encies displayed by many pivotals Sales were about 1,000,000 shares. Registering in the "neigh-high" section were Commonwealth and Southern, once more the fastest mov er; American Waterworks, Ameri can Power and Light, and Republic Aviation. Support was given Standard Gas, Miracle Baby Well SLEEPING QUIETLY in the arms of Nurse Sylvia M. Rennet is tiny Hazel Evelyn Sherman who was 1 delivered by a Caesarian operation in a Rockford, 111., hospital 13 min utes after her mother had died of infantile paralysis. Delivered one month prematurely, the baby has a good chance to live according to at tending doctors. (International) Labor Meet In Recess For Holiday Quest for Method For Ending Labor’s Disputes Continues I Washington, Nov. 10.— (AP)—^ The quest lor a method for ending | labor's jurisdictional strife continued today while most delegates to Prcsi d(i t Truman’s labor management conference began an Armisli e day weekend holiday. The committee assigned to jur isdictional problems so far has offered no report, but it had before it Labor Secretary Scbwellcnbaeh’s proposal of last Monday (bat labor designate a "rzar” to iron out inter-union disputes. Labor delegates sounded out in formally so tar have shown > o great interest for the technique which Schwellenbach suggested, had met the problem in baseball and the movie industry. Machinery is Sought Ne\ cr-tho-Iess "the committee! on representation and .1 urisdictional i questions" was reported to be seeking improved machinery ii.v which unions could settle the troublesome disputes' themselves. Thi group an.' god meetings on Sunday and Monday, but a majority o! the industry and labor delegates gathered here to promote labor peace already were leaving the city for the weekend. They already had one solid ac complishment, reported conference George W. Taylor. Business and labor delegates alike have fully ac cepted the principal of sollective bargaining he said. Taylor -aid this was ■ o meager achievement, even though now written into the Wag ner Labor Relations act, because the postwar labor parley of lilli) cracked lip over an inability to agree i 11 a | resolution stating that workers are entitled to be represented by unions or spokesmen of their own chosing. preferred, American Telephone and: Santa Fe. , Lower the greater part ol the ses sion were T. S. Steel, Bethlehem, and Standard Oil. WEATHER FOR NORTH C AROLINA Cloudy with rain spreading over east portion tonight: Sun day mostly cloudy with occa sional rain in east and central portions. Cooler tonight and Sunday. Chinese Buy Surplus LI. S. War Craft Predicts All Yanks To Be Cut of Area By Spring of ’46 Chungking, Nov. 10.— (AI *) —Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, commander of American forces in China, predicted today that all United States forces in China would be out of the country by early spring, and asserted flat ly that the United States would not help China move troops into Manchuria. He emphatically declared that U. S. forces and resources were “not being employed to assist the Central Govern mu t against dissident groups." Difficulties in debarkation of Chinese Nationa id troops in Russian-secured .Manchuria, he added, are matters between the Chinese and Soviet governments. And he added, "we won't be able to move Chinese troops to Manchuria by air. The Chinese themselves can do that." Chinese Get l'. S. Planes The Chinese, he explained, have already obtained 20 American trans port planes and want to buy 50 more. Asked how many surplus' planes were availabl ■ in the area for pur chase by tlie Cninese, he said he did not know, that at army-navy liquid ation board is disposing of surplus goods in China, save for medical supplies', bought by the UNRRA. Other sources had estimated the supply of surplus planes in the theatre as low as 1,000. The American commander assert ed, however, that the United States would continue to assist in the re patriation of Japanese from the Chinese theatre, but that American foi ces would remain mil partisan as far as the strife between the Cen tral government and the Commun ists is concerned. He expressed re gret about isolated clashes between "my men and dissident groups" Attlee In W ashington For Talks Atom Bomb Parley To Start Sunday; " Stalin May Come Washington Now 10—CAP) — •Prime Minister Attlee arrived in •Washington today for atomic bomb talks with President Truman and “prime Minister King of Canada that may shape the world's future. The British leader's plane landed at 9:32 a. ni. EST at the National Airport. He left Eng land at 1:30 p. m. EST yester day flying by the way of New foundland. The talks will begin Sunday aboard the yacht Sequoia. Despite speculation in Britain that Generalissimo Stalin might take part in the meeting, both the Whitt House and Attlee’s office said they knew nothing of such a plan. To Bast Several Days Mr. Truman said some time agi ho would discuss atomic problem first with the lenders nl Britain ant Canada, which shared in develop ment of the homo, and Inter \vu; other coutries. Diplomatic officials said the aim of the conference, which will las’ several days, is to consider wav.-- t> handling the atomic bomb and polity questions on the peaceful develop ment of atomic energy. A variety of other subjects could come up— the whold field of British-Amen. ai relations and the troublesome ques tion of how to get on better will Russia and what to do about thi Palestine-.Jewish problem. Futures Are l p 55 Cents At Fnd New York, Nov. 10.— (AP) — Cot ton futures opened 10 cents a bat higher to to cents lower Cotton futures market was strum today, prices gained as much as at cents a bale. Trading was active am most of the demand was attributed l mills and other industrial user Hedging press .re was light. Futures closed a to 55 cents' a bait higher. Open Close December.24.lit) 24.12 March.24.08 24 15-2 May. 24.09 24.14 2 July. 23.99 24.00-0: CHINA FIGHTING FLARES Wedemeyer Promises No U. S. Help GLORIOUS CHAPTER IN MARINES' 170-YEAR HISTORY SPRAWLED ON THE BEACH at Iwo Jima, Leathernecks dig in under Jap fire in this thrilling photo which portrays one of the most courageous chapters in Marine history. Celebrating their 170th anniversary today, the battle above for the strategic Nipponese island was just one of hundreds in which members of this branch of the service brought victory to the United Slates. This is an official Marines Corps photo. (International) British Troops Begin All-Out Assault On Indonesian Forces Lost in Big City LOOKING FORLORN about the whole thing, tliis tiny fox tender was found wandering around New York City anti turned over to the ASPCA. Completely out of place in civilian surroundings,''the wistful pup wore a plate on his collar which read, “Skivy-type D, Station tiuaru, Squad 1.” (International) Legislators Divided On Youth Draft Washington. .v o . 10.—(AP)—The peace time Congri s was military minded to iay. The -it .atk-n in brief: Eisenhowe:' Senators expect to question (done ml Da. ight Eisenhow er on tile merge, proposal :n a lew days. Universal training: Congressmen aid th.e 11 iuse Military Committee is split half in two on the question of whether to continue hearings on universal military training or to end them unt:I 19lti. An ex ’•e.mely el e . ole is expected Tuesday. Pearl Harbor: A Kepi? ,• wan mem ber of the Pearl Hen!"'' ►"nvesUgal ing Committee. Sena lor li > nor : g, son of tVIichigijP said he laid ask ed the c immittee':- lawyer to djI ; n I the offic.al dairy of former War | Secretary Hot try Stimson. Army Doctors: Senator Sheridan i Downey of C diforn a has renewed | a request t * ilia a. w surgeon gen | eral for ul: • • al fig .res on the num ber and lo.on >' d ■ ..oi in the | army. Senator Clyde Rood of Kan sas anplauded this action in an in terview and demanded that doctors | be released faster. Natives Seek To Drive Dutch From Rich East Indies _ | Batavia, Nov. 10.—(AD- British | b'dian troops, engaging in full-scale warfare to disarm resisting Indone- ! si an Nationalists opened an attack on Snerabaja naval base today. Brit- i :sn shells and bombs rained on the city oi aim.non population. Indonesians were evaeauating their a lilies from tlie city. Indonesians spokesmen said British naval suns as well as land artillery opened fire at G a. m. in preparation for the at tack by the full Fifth Indian In fantry division. British planes, Mosquito bombers and Thunder bolt fighters strafed and bomb ed the post office in Soerabaja and one Mosquito was forced don n w hen damaged. Foreign Minister S mrbaj > of the 111 recognized Indonesia republic -aid tlie telephone manager at 1he ( naval bnsi had reported the natives J ■ here had evidently decided to carry nit a "scorched earth ’ policy in their Ighv. This would indicate the natives had little hope of standing and light ing in the city. At stake in the deveiopii g' fight ing is control oi the rich Dutch East [ Indies, with a populati >n of 41,000, i(iii Indonesians. The native Nation- i alists are seeking freedom from I Dutch colonial control. Eisenhower Is Heading Toward U. S. Washington, Nov. 10. — (AD — General Dwight Eisenhower was headed f t the United States today amid indications he will be asked! j lor iii- views m the increasing bit ter controversy over eonsoli at ion of 1 the armed forces. Announcement from E -enhower’s Frankfurt headquaiters that he will I "appear before committees of Con gress" came only a few hours be fore the Secretary of tile Navy, pro tested to the Secretary n! War ut terances by L,t. Gen James Dolittle during the testimony in support of the merger propo.-nl. Secretary Fcirrestal told Secretary Patterson in a letter "if we allow an honeM difference over principle , to degernerate into ati exchange of personalities, we shall do harm to the end which we all seek in the name of national unity: The eiwi rade-ld o of all blanche- of the armed ■ forces." While Doolittle was before the Senate Military CoomiPee, Senator Hill id Alabama remarked that Adm Che-tei Nimitz had said sea-power brought sitrren or to the Japanese and Adm. Mark Mischer had credit ed navy carrier based aircraft with [winning the Pacific air war. Large (iuns Are In Use First Time New Clashes Along Vita! Rail Line Being Reported ('hinwangtao, China, Nov. 10 — (AI’)— Heavy fighting be tween Chinese Communists and troops of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Central Government broke out today along the an cient Great Wall of China north of here, bringing heavy artillery and mortars into play for th$ first time in China's civil war. New clashes were reported along the Chimvanglao-Peiping railroad south of here. American marines reported the booming of heavy weapons could he heard throughout the night Irom the direction of Shanhaikwan. iorlrfss city which is the eastern anchor of the great wall and a key gate way into Manchuria. Large forces ot Nationalist troops, landed Irom American transports here, have ban deployed for sev eral nays her re Shaun okwari where Communists of the 8ih Army are in control ;• d strongly entrenched. Aid Station Set I p The new clashes al mg the rail liti" were a* a city south of the junc tion where the Nationalists have es tablished an aid station to handle the wounded. It was reported that the Communisls had ambushed a Na tionalist platoon and .-la i it, but there was no continuation. Three Chinese were found hanged in the railroad yards, which are 15 miles south of here A sizeable force of National ist troops arc encamped at the junction as a guard and a small detachment of Marines of the First division are billeted there. There has been no incidents in volving marines in the past few days and no marine has been wounded. The presence of the Americans, however, prevented the Communists from carry i g o r an intended at tack on the • Plage ot Hih-lung, which is also on thi- railroad. The Communisls- had adi 'sod the marines of the intended attack and asked them to pull back out of danger during the light. The marines, assigned to guard duty at a bridge at the village, re fused to leave their post. The Com munists tailed to carry out the at tack. Premier Lauds Mac Arthur For His ‘Fair’ Occupation Tokyo, Nov. Id.—(AP)—Premier Kijuro Shiclchara believes General \ MacArthur is acting ' in a lair and ! effective manner” to carry out his i program of ending militarism and establishing democracy in Japan. I Many Japanese, he added, hope ! the Atnoricrn supreme commander j will succeed in bringing freedom and | lasting peace to Japan. This 73-year-old statesman, call- j ed from a 14-year retirement to lead his defeated nation through the ; ordeal of occupation and dictated revolutionary changes, is among the few declared optimists in Japan Blessing in Disguise “When we contemplate the American occupation as the result of disastrous defeat, we can't help some feeling of bitterness. But we can also hope it will prove a blessing in disguise,” lie said. Shidehara made it obvious tha he still thinks largely in terms of tl : liberalism of the 19110's, when lac ing the task of carrying out the rc voluntionary chii'ges MacArthur dic tated when Shidehara assumed ol iice. On October 11 MacArthur handed him a list ot sweeping changes in the fabric of Japanese life and demanded that the premier effectuate them. These included em ancipation of women, encouragement of labor unici ization. liberalization nt education, abolition of rule by the secret police and issolution ot ills' old economic monopolies and great concentration of wealth. I --—-- - --— Accident Boards To Meet In Winston-Salem Nov. 26 BY LYNN NISBET Daily Dispatch Bureau Raleigh, Nov. 10.—The interna tional association of industrial acci dents board and commissions will convene for its thirty-first annual convention at Winston-Salem, Nov ember 2(1-29. T. A. Wilson, chairman of the North Carolina industrial com n.Rsic i , is president of ihe associa tion which is called 1AIABC lor short. ' I Just ten years ago when Dewey \ I Dorsett, llien state chairman, was I president of the international asso I cialion it also met i« Winston I Salem. Mlistom is to hold the meet ings in the home state of the presi dent. Membership in the association in cludes 41 states and most of the Canadian provinces, and notice of attendance has been received from nearly all of them. The convention will have no big speechmaking, the program being built aro’ > d down-to-earth discus sion of pertinent issues. Except for • short vvek'on ing addresses by the governor ot North Carolina and the mayor ot Winston-Salem, every list ed speaker is directly associated with administration ot industrial accident compensation. The evenings will be given over to entertainment, high spot being the banquet on Tuesday night when Lansing Hatfield, Metropolitan opera star whose home is tit Hickory, will feature the pr 'gram. Arrangement.-, are being made to have a special bus to transport the office person nel of the state industrial commis sion to and lrom Winston-Salem for that occasi < . Monday night several groups will sing negro spirituals and Wednes day night will he given in mountain ■ folk singing and dancing. President Wilson sod he hoped all attendn ts would enjoy these eve- i ning procrams for they would have little time for recreation or enter taining during the day. Strict atten tion to business and problems of ad ministration will be the order from nine to five each day. Free Press Endorsed By Methodists Goldsboro. Nov. 10. — (AP)—The 500 ministers and laymen attending the seventh annual session of the North Carolina conference of the Methodist church at St. Paul's church here today called upon the United States government to insist upon the tactual presentation of the i news ol till nations, with freedom j of communicatii i s at rates which would impose no tariff discrimina ; lions. The conference also went on rec | ord to oppose compulsory military training in time of peace. In a report submitted by the con ference committee on world peace and utianinn -ly adopted, the cct: fercnce urged the church to take the lead in an exchange of ministers and laymen with like groups from other tuitions. It recommended the similiar course to educators, univer sity men. and the professional, busi ness i d labor organizations as a means ot promoting world peace. The first pr< requisites, the report continued for pr< muting better rela tions among nations is freedom to speak, freedom to print, freedom to circulate and freedom to communi cate across and within the boundar ies of all the nations of the earth. "Cue would covenant, with God over all, and the dedemption as our guildii'g hope will avert world cat l astrophe."
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