M Hgttïtergpft ®atly ®tspat di J§ TH1R1 Y-S^COND \EAR HENDERSON, Ν. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1!·4δ ^UBLI8Uïkx^kS.^ruvndaatteknoon FIVE CENTS COPY JAPS ARRIVE FOR SHANGHAI TRIAL FLCWN IN FROM HANKOW, these Japanese soldi·,·: and civilians ivait at the Shanghai airport tor transfer under guard to the jail where they'll await trial as the murderers of three U. S. U-2.4 crewmen who crash landed near Hankow. Twenty Japanese are charged with having tortured and killed the Americans and cremated their bodies. (liitcruotioiial) President Urges Ceilings On Horns Building Lots; Priority System Renewed Special Housing Chief Is Appointed; Cei'irigs On Old And New Homes Asked Washing'"'!. Dee- 12. - ( Λ Ρ ) —President Truman today asked that π iiii'iilia! ].i ι ι rty in- placed under priiv control and directed reinstate ment <>: ι lie prion ;y .-.v.-u-iii on i.wilding materials. λ: me saine time. .vir. announced app< intmu'.t of Wilson W. \\ yalt, former tr-'j'iH' ol L,ouis\ ille, Ky., as special housing expedite? under the office of War Mobiliza 11, η and Rcc · ven- inn The Présidents action was taken in approving a recommen dation by Reconversion Direc tor John Snyder. Τη» program calls for ceiling prices "on uld, and new hous-'ig." Air. Truman said the Office of Price administration "is now placing local (ii Mar and cent ceiling on the con struction materials themselves and many services Three Point Program The three p.υ : program .alls for: 1 Speedy relca-e nl government ( wned surplus ho i.-.ng units and I'UiKliti:·. material : t use in hous ing veti rans and t.i.'ir Γ; ι m i 1 i ■■ ·.<. '— \ regulation, now being prepared for release before the n.iiiiUc of til·.· mouth. establish ing priorities on building mater ials. Tii- I': ι .-■ident .-·.··! this regulatiot would establish pri· rim·* for mul tiple dwelling !t ■;'· ' units costing '■ t 0,0(111 or λ ta r unit. He said thi.· v,"ii!d mean a', out "ni per cent of all ! tiilding mat-rials' will be channeled .ι in this type ι 1 building 'with the bakuice available tor commercial, industrial, higher priced dwellings . ' it ! ■ niia r i inistniclion." lie said ii;· w.is acting under the Sec net Wai Powers Ait. Threat of Inflation 3-— Ceiling prices on old and new hnu.-ing, a Held in which he sait sharp prices had brought a threat of iii ! hit ion which has been tin· trios, mi· acing in our economy. •"We are using all the μ nverr. that have been granted the administra tii η to combat it," he added. Ttie President, adopting Snyder'.· w commendations as those of the ad ministration. quoted Snyder as say jug that credit agencies of the gov ernment "are work ι g out ways t( curb un.-aund lending practices." The program would involve vary ing ceilings in diil'er»nt parts of the nation depending up >11 local condi ί .ι s. The President indorsed legis lation now before a House ommit tee providing authority for ceiling prices on the sale of old and new houses. He said such authority is es sential "if we are to avert further skyrocketing ι ! home prices." Chiang Τroops Enter Mukden T ent in. China, Dre. 12.—(AP)— Clvnese military sources said Cen tral Govt rnment troops entered the gre: 1 city of Mukden today whik ether forei's began landing by Diane •■he territorial capital of Chang chun. T; ese s uirces said L*. Gen. Tu Li· tiling's iio'-'ihea-teni forces entered Λτι·':Ηοη without opposition. The Fif'h Div'sion of the SHth Centrai .V ny was reported landing ai Ο'" ir "chon airport. Β th moves were .-aid !o be in line ■ h a "■ -w agreement witih Russia unr'e which Ch "'ngking treaps will (.cc.tpy these two key cities. ai Nuernberg, De.'. 12. — (ΛΡ) —ΙΙπιν than 4,000,000 tiffli uered laborers \\ Ι'Π" I . lived 111!. \ . ,1.: i ·,(· · .V ill ( Π ! ! m\ I iv ill ι ; ι . . . ι . 1 rtRppinsgi Amerie. h pw «sa™ tots dis closed today at the *.s ;ir crimes trial f ' L'l Χ.,.··ι war It di : s. The r:! - . t' .11 J):·.IV.Ile VV· ••kl· · I.·.· tit : ail war plants and farms was described .is a "u ;i'.i and ι ι ; t h 1 '/■ m :n-hunt r. Γι il (I ' ι. evt . y ν · .> ·ι ι . : : . Xa/.i labor commissi. rwr's own words, |.resented as e\ idence bfiniT the 1' ur |u)\\\r tribunal. ( Ιι.ιγκι s Λ κ· Pressed Press rg tin· charm.-· ol ".rimes against huir.a'iity" against Adolf llii- ι ler's top aides, assistant L'. S. Pro seeal ι a* *1 ι. ■ .. 1 )i iv ;l a ι Ιι.ν 111·· Ct ra .il.'. ■ " . :: : f<·:' ι lii.i! "t t r A.0(1(1,dill) nil ι·, v. nit·:: ami c.al di cil ni 11 dip· rent nat. naliti > h i.l been shipped to the Reich to bolster il ι Xa/i war machine. Otficial German lineaments liled ν ith the ι tej-aational tribunal nam i'i. détendant Al. tea Uosenber. «ifls— ' e I Xa/i pii.l spile.. .ιΛιΙ Ι·Ί itz S'.; ickol, SS f>. in.·;. ! and Keicii I'bur boss as thf leaders designated by 11 i ι - It · to carry out a rulhle.-.- .oreed labor pr>i.'jram t . («>!.· iv·; Germany'.-| : agging indi.striai a:id i-iri praduv tion after the first defeat in Rus sia. Byrnes Off J For Moscow Washington. Dee 12. (API Sec retary of State P.ynit K it by plane ti day fur Moscow w here he plans to taakle half a dozen critical issacs t;ii which big three cooperation has bet ι stalled. Among these i .- ;es are atomic en ergy and an eventual European peace conference. Brynes' plane roared away from Washington airport at !):20 a. ni : Gi nera 1 Dwight Eisenhower, army chief of staff was present. By ι es told Eisenhower that he would remember him to Generalis simo Stalin. The flight schedule calls lor Byrnes' arrival in time for hi l'irst meeting Saturday for I'' 'reign Commisar Molotov. FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy continued rath er cold tonight: Thursday, in creasing cloudiness a-id slightly warmer followed by rain. COMPLETE PROGRAM Fi STEEL ME Executive Board of USW Is Holding Meeting; Charges Denied Pittsburgh. Dec. 12.—(AP) —A spoke-men for the ("10 I'nited St « < 1 Workers of Ameri ca sail! el,tailed plans for the scheduled January 1 1 strike of '<00,ι.tin steel, aluminum and iron ι re workers wore being draft ■! at a m.eting of the l'SW ι X'rutive board today. St.;·.·· i-ujjt; :,1S were being named and oilier procedure for the union"? ρ. < > ! ; < »1 ι walkout iti support of its $2 a day wage demand were being worked ο .t. Denies Company Claims At a prt : < ci nlerence, Philip Mur ray, pi.'Mdcnt ».l both the CIO and the steel ν .;·!;< rs uni η. flatly dénie: assertions Ί the American Iron and Steel Institute that there would be no strike · it' the CIO abides by its pledged word, given only last Spring." Murray declared the strike in no May violates the contract which the steel workers signed with the steel companies "in either their legal or their moral aspects." Il·' said a for.nal state ment wuilel he issued setting forth fully the union's position. The st. ike date was set yesterday by the I'SW's 175-inan wage ρ > 11 .< committee, under the aulhorizatioi of a live to one vote taken by some 050,000 steel workers two v.ekes ago. The XLHB ii. W..-hington announced a total of 500.4Û4 ballots were east the steel w .rkers strike poll, with 411,401 for and 83,859 aga'i St. V'urthcr ball· ting under NLRB su (Mrvision, affecting about 50.000 more steel workers, will be com pleted by December 21. Apparently only government intervention or the resumpti m of negotiations between the company a d union could avert the strike. Murray left the gate open for fur ther talks with the company when he called the uni m's S2 a day wage ι demands a "negotiable propositi in.' "We are prepared to negotiate about it," he said. Condition Of Palion Is 'Grave' Spends Good Night, Army Report Says; Wife Cheering Him Heldleberg. Gc.'man.v, Dec. 12.— (ΛΡ)—General George S. Palion, Jr., whose m vas broken in a.· auto aeeifknt Sunday spent a "«.mmî night'' but his condition remain. "sravc" an official report said to day. An earlier announcement ^aid t ! it col >rful l'. S. .-encrai was fully con scious. nitit-aal an i taking nourish ment and thai he s lowed "normally votive" tendon re i lexes. Nurses attending l'a (ton des cribed him as "one of our best patients" aiul said lie was ac cepting his paralyzed condition like a "true soldier." One ol' his nurses, said his "sleeping was confused but lu is rational when he awakes." lie doesn't swear like I heard lie does," she said, "lie tells me not to worry about him and go away, but I have to be there be cause he never wants to eat or drink." Dodo: - reported, however, tha: the:·.» were no .-igns <.·Γ improvement in the paralytic condition. The text of the neon bulletin: "Temperature Kill. Pulse GO ("it Rc φ'ration 1 (> 22. "Spent a good night, slep well anr is com foi taible, taking nourishment Has been cheered by the arrival υ Min. Patton. "There is no improvement in paralysis. Condition remains grave.'" A "no visitors" sign was hung on his door yesterday. Reads About Self RKSWûiii INTERESTED but slightly embar rassed, Alfred L. Cline, Columbus, O., looks at a newspaper giving an account of his allegedly illegal ac tivities. He is being held by San Francisco police on suspicion of forging signatures to securities which were part of the $250,01)0 estate of his wile. (International) Russia May Help i iiiang Fight Ileils Chungking, Dec, 12.— ass.i.no responsibility . eii ira-Xationai troops oat Manchuria. The report was re ceived here with so no SKepticlsm, howi ver. If true, i! would entail a virtual Ris .-i.iii campaign against Chinese Cerrmumiii troops in Manchuria, vît i-t ·. k-i \ ( 1 here eon-ider such an eve it unlikely. Russian.* have i.'Aivr:. agreed ta hufp Chi ■ c (I .·,. > ι merit forces move into key M.an .un .a cities. ι'he Chinese Government minister 1' info: :!;:.: ion :neainwhile denied re .1. ■ lat ■ .ta.tions hu\c been or :e in pro'.;ress lor e.»'..i-blislimcnt ol I'niti.l Κ". naval bases in China. rhe mini; a.. K. C'. VVu. t..Id ques tioner.- at a pre·.- conference that: 'Tht-e nr andle-s rumors have been spread by certain q·. >arters t> mis lead the ; ablir and create interna ia::al m anao standing." Ana. ;·»·., 1 aiilit.ary call · . alio wish China i- ih-roted enti'el.. : . the disarming and repatriation of Jap an -e' :·. · 'p.-. he added. Λ projected United States nvlhary missi a tu C: ina. he sa hi. wo iId lie purely an advisory body to help China reorganize and modernise hor army. "II dûij s 'fill ctmstmas Y C. Might Receive I . S. Federal Hospital Funds Washington, Dcc. 12. — (AP) — North and South Carolina will re ceive substantial financial aid in a five year hospital and public health center improvement plan if a Senate approved bill passes the House. Under the bill, passed by the Sen ate yesterday. North Carolina would rtct ve an annual federal grant of $3,546,000 for t'he next five years rroviHed the State contribute^ Sl. 520,000 annually for hospital aad pi lb Ik- heal'b center construction. Tht» :»t:i pr ivides a live veai ! $700,00(1,1100 ι.:. · ;r;i:n of which tihο ; viir';>')« 'ates wiv. Id contribute §325,000,1.00. I'rginR ι-.;». *::se of the bill. Scn ater Liste: Mil! <'Γ Ak'bama told the Senate Nor'η Carolina, 42nd anions the states :: number of hospital beds per :.i ■ ■ : ■ ons and 45tb in number · ■:·[·' >rs needed more health ..·λ and physicians. Τruman Names Judge Stacy Of North Carolina To Head G. M. Dispute Fact Finding Board Eisenhower, Garrison To Help Jurist Washington. Due. 12.— (AI') — President Harry S. Truman stepped into the General .Motors • ' - ■ r ι κ - ,· ut i. η labor dispute today with the appointment of a fact finding hoard headed by Judge Walter 1'. Stacy, chief justice of the NYrth Carolina Supreme . 'ourt. Stacy. chairman the recent la· bof-inaruigenicnt γο:ι:ι·ι···:κ·»·, will serve with Llovd K. Ciarris ·π. chair man of the War Labor Board and Milton F.iseniiowr. pre aient <>· Kan sas State college and m.thrr >·' Gen eral Dvvight 1». I·', -"lili 'V ei. a ny chief of stall To Name Steel Board At tlie same time, Mr. T-runvK paid he would soon apopint a similar board lor the steel industry t lie CJO-Uniled Steel Worker.-, rejecting his appeal t > continue work, has set January 14 for starting a general strike in the nation's .-'.eel mills. I'mlei· questioning at liis news conference. iHr. Tinman indicat ed lie did not take seriously some claims b> organized labor that the fact findiii': process might re sult in long delays on union pleas for «age increases. He said it was specifically stated in his recent proposals to end strikes that the period of fact finding would be limited to 20 days. Five days prior to the board's inquiry and Vive days after it cu-cluded its work, strikes would be prohibited under legislation Congress has been asked to enact· Labor Plan Of Truman Abandoned Washing! >n. Die. 12.— (AP)- — CNmgivssii · ;»l leaders abandoned hope today of granting President Tinman's re;pa ·. grew on' ol yesterday's Η are action in ret'iifing to ι n.-ider a union-curb bill which backers ol' the President's I-roposal liad hoped t.i use as a club over the Hons·· labor committee. The labor committee, with strong1 pro-n?ion membership, has been con sidering Mr. 1 ruman's nine-day- 'Id request for legislation calling for fact finding boards ti handle major labor disputes and forbidding strikes while the boards were operating. Group Rejects Education Bill Wa hington. Dec. 112. — (ΛΡ)— A bill proposing federal aid for state school sy.· ton is was k-.lled today by the margin of a single vote in the House Education Committee. The vote was 10 1 > nine, member» -aid. following an executive session ol the group. A gr up of more than 30 bi-par ti.-ati members of the House and Si :e drailed and si ported the i:ie measure which vvou'd have ap propriated SâO.OOD.OOO the first year and $100,000.000 the second. RAILROAD FIRM SEEKS CONSTRUCTION FUNDS Washington. Dec. 12.—(AP)—The Aberdeen and Rockfish rail, ad ο North Carolina asked interstate com merce commis-ion authority today to issue SâO.OOO of unsecured 3 pei cent notes to pro νide furJJd» for con struction purposes. DUTCH NAZI CHIEF SENTENCED TO DIE The Hague. Dec 12. (AP)—An ton Mussert, leader of the Dutch Nazi party, was su Ρ need to death by ,i special court toda\ . Ίlowing hi.·, conviction on charge·; of colla borting with the Germans. TAPS CODE LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS k " . FOURTEEN YEARS OLD but bed-riddea, blind ar.d deaf, Jin iny Surchot of Detroit lives in a dream world where news of Christmas enters only by means of a finger-tapped coiie which he and his family understand. Di.-abled by a spinal injury, he is pictured with his mother. Mrs. Fred Sarchet, "writing'' a letter to Santa Claus. (International Suundphoto) In Late Summer Of 1941 Marshall Saw War Coming To An4Unprepared5 U. S. Navy Officer Toid Secretary Knox Of Tokyo Code Message Washington. Dev. 12.— (ΛΡ)— General George ('. Mar.-.;iaU testi fied today that he was convinccd as early a- Λ igu.-t, 1941. that a Paci u war was iη<·\ ii.il. U· ; nd knev thai the United Slates was ι o! ready for it. .Marshall began tiis sixth day of testimony alter a Senat; Ilouse eommiitee learned of a na\ > oilieer's report· d predic tion to \av> Secretary Irank Knox, December 7. 1941. that an intercepted Tokyj message meant "a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor tudn.t and i-ossibb a midnight attack on .Manila." Λ hitherto "top secret" report oi an ;Aiy inquiry board -aid another navy otficer quoted Captain Alwin Kramer as having said in 1943 that ho s< 111 a notât i η : > this c ;':t at t Knox, ll with ; i ι e Toko· mes sage in»!roct ι g 1. ·. . ι : ι. .-ο "ρο ce' envoys here to deliver their diplo matic ι···ρ1ν a: 1 .. in· Wusinngtot t .me. Deceit it- 7. Did Kii.>\ Receive It? There was no indicalton in tin report when Ko received this no tali.·», if !:·· ' > ci :· ed i at ail. Marshall was questioned by Rep Keefe of Wi-eon.-i'n, who ti.u-ed Ihi events of the summer ι f 1941. Keefi said that war 11« »ion was grow in;, then at:.'! Marshall agreed. "Von ν ere con\ inced as earl\ as .\URUst that ii the current events continued we would in evitably be drawn into war x\ i t h Japan, weren't you?" Keefe asked. "Yes sir," Mar.»:.. ·1 ι ep.a-.i. '"Van knew at î—t time th..· w· weren't prepared 'or a war in thi Pacific.'" Marshall replier! that was trite adding that ho wis be· g pashei ■lorn all sides f. r additional men an· equipment, but \va» concentra!:ng ot attempts t > build ιι» Philippines' de lenses a> a p.issible deterrent to l Japanese move to the si uth. Cotton Crop Hits New Low Raleigh, Dec. 12. — (ΛΡ)— North Carolina's 1 !U5 eettoft croo is ox ; e 'ted to t ' ! ·> ilv 4.'ia.000 b . ο- ;ι~ 1 compared with 710.000 bales las' I year my' a ten year average ot 600. 000 bales, a state department >; ! agriculture report disclosed today Approximately 85 per cent oi the ; present crop has been ginned. The acreage of cotton for harvest in ! te State rom 1945 crops, esti mated i* >o (inn ->■ tthe 1,-vwO1*' I lot any ve..r 1872. Nazi Concentration Camp Defendants Are Found Guilty Dachau, (ii rmany. Dît. 12.— (Ait—Ail 1!! defendants ill the lia; nan atrocity tria! were con viite.l ii\ a 1 S. military rov crnmriit court today of partici jiatioi in the cruelties which made lliis one of the Nazis most notorious concentration camps. l>ι i («cil. John M. Lentz. pif-ident of tile ci;:ht-officer court, said tlie convicted men would be sentenced later. The court deliberated for SO minutes after a - « dav trial. The defendants, who face the maximum penalty of death, took the verdict stocially. There was no vi-.ihi·· reaction irom the aud ience el over 300.'! most of whom wen· German civilians. W ar Crimes Upper-Most With Japs Toky· . Do.. 12. (API—A pi.rade ■ w;ι·.ί.>·..·» suspect?, headed by ..■! penal Prince Mr.nmasa Nashi : surredered .it Sufiamo prison ■ ii;.> iiii-ir t :t;;t I day ο I grace under (in era! MacArthur's arrest order. Nine had arrived by 10:30 a. m. )tners «.it the ,">9 top ranking Japa ese asso iated with war and mili aiism whose arrests MaeArthur or -It red ten days ago were checking .t grim Sugano at five minute inter nals. War crimes were uppermost in niild.s o: Japanese. Kyodo news gencv rep : ted at least 30 members tin H" is.· ι I Peers designated as suspects have reached a secret agree ment to reta i: their seats. The tiis; 300 Japanese war crimes st spects are !■ .heduled t" go on trial ne.· t T.iesday. They are accused mainly ol air· ities" against prison ers of war. Steels And Motors I ,ead Market Drop New York, Dec. 12. —(AP)—Size able selling caught up with today's stock market and piv ta Is last frac tions to over 'two points in active dealings. Lower were I*. S. Steel, Bethle ! he.· . Geneial Motors, Chrysler, I'ae'.ard. Goodvear and Montgomery [Ward.