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THIRTY-SECOND YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 1945 FIVE CENTS (Οιί
ilMiI asked
Bï GENERAL NIOTOHS
Illegal Picketing Being
Charged By Firm In
lis Petition
Ihtroit, Die. l:;.— (ΛΓ) —
(icneral Motors ( 'oropation tu
ita,\ soujrht an injunction
a;' a i list a striking Cleveland,
Ohio, local of tile ι !()'.- I nited
Λ1111 111 « ale \\ oikers union, al
Irging "likgai picketing ' at the
Hsiu-r IJouy plan, in mat city.
1 i.r on punition muve. 111 which
ι, ι ...ι i'.s.;>u ailu iJeiM.n.il
I f IIM'CI . 114.1 i 1 !.> ( I . < M I11 ! IV
lis seeking tu enter the t'levelu.ul
» . .κ',ν», util IIS OV 1 'x*
Hit picketing lsSUO W'L'l'i 111 J). o?.;l\
C..H · I ■ 1 «« ι .v.inilr, u lia.se ptOOUCU'ii
].,ι:· ben. halted lia clays by die C»U
l . \ Vv Mi'lut U\ *.!' a .)y v.lt a^C
1! ι 1 asi ϋΙΊΙΚ.Πα, Wltil JJ.i, !»i) V\ U. Κ
Ι 1 .. MU'. ll.ls UlMsieU 11C : t t in le i:,.i
:. 1 « picketing question be ironed nut
I e!< :c lot v\ ..of 1. -il* is ul. . o.
> ,. . I .qUel il I V . ill ι\\Ί'\ Ci", Lr. λ[. !ia>
loll.· U Wages Wl 11 lilt' UlliOll.
Alleged iiHuicni .\uincil
I i.e petition tn'· «ni injunction was
i;· νi . coll 1111 11 pl. . s co irl in
C i« \eland ;iiitl according 1 ·» «ι Gen
II,l. ..loi "Is .(1111 ^lici'lhl'lit, an mci
(flit oi I aestiay when G0ο employe
allegedly wit·.' prevented i r in ui
; « : ι η κ tin· plain was speciucally
jK.iiK'tl.
.at. » while, union loaders .ι ipe: . !
ly went back i ri t « » con lore η ces today
ti. in. ρ 1'urUuT Μ lately lar ΐφ··ι·ο
nig p .settlement oi tiieir wage iigh:
wan the I· ( id Motor Company.
Negotiators tor todi r<..d and the
I'lO-l'AW appeared still • •neilia
toi y despite a company ο last at >>.ii
.m union policy and a union M dé
ni that the attack was "provoi/a
t i \v."
Leonard Not Happy
liiehard Ί*. Le ι ai J. ι AW-CK
Ι· Ί-vi director, admitted he was "not
\ery iiappy nu-r in·' » il11 « an· «>: yes
a nay':· wuge parh ys. bat . aid he
w ■ uict près: tiie union's demands for
. 30 pei t-* m wage increase at the!
: ·\t ses^i'-n with the company Fn
a,.y.
'•nion oUu ials have expressed the
beîiei a settlement wit π any of the
"big three" auto producers would sel
a pattern which »'· ou Id help suive
dispnUs with the others.
1'he (i.M.-C A.W. session today wa
tt· be confined largely tt> a cii.-ens-'
• et Lit nei al Μι ' Ts charges ot
"illegal p. keling' at some ο 1 the
'j'-odd strik^-oound· plants, when
.Ί 1 :;.()!ID w orker . ha\ e be»-n idle since
N>»\ ember 1! 1.
President Trunin's appointment
m: a lact rinding boar<! in the G.M
(ii j'aie, how-vcr. w : .· ι xpccted to
iι: -:· η the etlorîs el both partit - t
II .eh an agreement over the bar
gaining table.
HailroadPav
TalkSlMiiied
»
Chicago, Dec. 15L— (AP)—The 11a
··;' I'.'iilmuiis toil.iy a.-Ued the gov
çmionfl lu take a nana in wage-Aile
negotiations will) 20 railroad unions
Spoke-.uu I n- tin· carrier.· .-aid
naii η representative.-, were untitled
today that the railroads would ask
' ι Xational (Railway) Mcdi itioa
i "1 ' ι I'd in intervene. after a thre·.
v.i'rk c ·ηΙι·ηΊΗΊ· "Mailed oa tin· :s
Mil· of rule change.-."
Carrier.- claimed w..ge aiui rale
(JteljSands would in rease operating
costs two billion dollar.- annually.
• ι κ i tl. .1 -ι mo âll ι a "■· l'uaiigi's de
n anded by brolhern od.- of locomo
'■ engineers and railway trainmen
■in· would involve an additional
-7.Vi.IMHI.liuu a year.
1 In· railroad labor act call.- lor led
c:al mediation when collective bar
ining tails, .id il mediation ran
"·'t seule the dispute, a laet finding
I" aid must be named by the Presi
dent.
INDONESIAN FIGHT
SPREADS TO SUMATRA
IVtliivia, Dec. 13. I Λ Γ ι Ind mi·
• iti leaders Iri m Sumatra today re
jected Dutch oiler- ■!' dominion
status and declared that liny w mid
support the unrecof.· i/ed Indone
sian republic in its tight tor lull
freedom.
I heir position w as stated by act
ing Governor Amir of the Sumatrian
Indonesian "'government" after a
1 1er· nee with Premier Sutan Sjali
'ι .nul other leaders of the "repub
lic."
I lie principal opposition to Dutch
iule previously has been concentrat
ed in Java with only a lew minor
disturbances in Sumatra.
WEATHER
ΓΟΗ NORTH CAROLINA.
Snow with freezing rain this
afternoon, tonight and Friiia> :
iio change in temperature.
in Palestine Inquiry
Ο. MAX GARDNER
HERE ARE TWO of the six Americans
named by President Truman to the
12-man Anglo-American commit
tee to make recommendations for
handling Jewish immigration into
Palestine. They are Frank Huxton
(top), Boston, Mass., newspaper
editor; and O. Max Gardner (bot
tom), former governor of North
Carolina. A 120-day deadline has
been set for the committee to com
plete its inquiry. (International)
Tokyo Diet '
j
is Studying
Reform Hill
Government Ordered
I ο Outline Broad
Program of Relief
ToU> ι.1, l)oc. l:;.—, MM —1 Tac
tion relorm legislation. revolu
tion.u'N in Japanese history, is
expected (o be approved bv the
II· • use c.f I'eers—prob.iiih I'rida^v I
—a lirst step toward propor
tionate representation,
\\ hill· '.!u Diet wrestled ·. Ih ; i> > 1 i -
tical rol'orm, .General Puiuda.- Mae
AriliUi attacked mi '.he e,· u.nnie
directing tin* Japanese l;·" eri
: ι «'lit In start a broad η la·: p.ugrain
lu ] 11 ■ · ν ϊ ι ί ι · loud, clothing. . loiter,
.nodical care. financial aid and wel
;. re services f< r the w-ernirfoyed this
ν inter.
Ainsi He Approved
Thf relief plan, when ready, must
In- submitted in detail fur Allied |)
j.rnval. Plie iiiH't'ntnieiH alsu was
rderml I 1 lake all noces.-ary steps
!·· prevent discrimination in the dts
. : »i!t iι in ui luud. Allied ii'.idquar
t··. . meanwhile begun survey t ι ite
te: : I ;1 lie the led l'on - . ι:11. )t il 11. . ι .d
physical health of the Japanese.
The political reform hill Mould
double the electorate to about
45,000.000 voters, h.\ granting
wiimen the right la vote lor the
lirst time and redin iiu the vot
iii!î age l" -0 years.
Shaniehi Su/.uki. elee'i 11 expert
ii| the hume ■ inistry. explained that
the government measure provide.
also lor drastic redis:n. 'inn . >d a
, wider choice I candidates fur the
House ot Hepri sentati\ es.
The legislation does not invol\"e re
vision of the 11 ise ol Peer.-, a re
form which was pi· a : ed earlier by
■ Premier Shidehara.
U. S. CRACKS DOWN
ON CLOTHES CROOKS
I I
New York. Dec. 13. (AIM G>\-j
ernment agencies today pressed ■ i
lour way drive to smash black mar
ket sales of clothing and textiles.
Γ. S Attorney General Tom Clark
said the drive. d"-igned t ι restore a
I free flow of .loth* g anil textiles to
the normal market. \\a- being ci t -
ducted by the Popart ment ol Jus
tice. Treasury Department. ΟΡΑ. and
the Office ol the l' S. District At
t> rnev in Mew York cit\
"The four agencies ol the govorn
mi'nt. actively participating i'l WJial
ι expected to result in the create.
round up of bla .k market··"·'■ s, w'l'
u-e evei y federal statut·· applic il.le
· r .·! them Λ-irrvi:·:·. h< ·\y J a ι !
,,·.. ," Chr* .-aid.
Hi » «
AT CHIN TRIAL
Preserved Human Head Is
Also Introduced at
Nuernberg Court
NurniliiTi!·, ! >» . 1°>.— (ΛΡ)
A preserved human head and
lamp shades made of human
skin wen presented as evidence
(Γ atrociiie- in Nazi concontra
tion camps at the war crimes
trial of ill top ranking German
\\ ar leaders today.
The i> ι .hi.ni- were added
11■ the ('. .ι· ν ι r< i oid of mur
der and in' illty placed before the
four-μΐΓ,·, ι ι- a Vi luiti' m;iI military
tribunal by Allied prosecutors charg
ing tin· lit ν 1" .vert'ul Nazi war
inrds wi'h rimes ;igainst human
ny.
Kelatine tId- already revealed
horrors uf the concertatii.n
camps at Mathausen and Buch
I'liwald. ( s. Assistant Prosecu
tor Tlioma- Dodd. declared that
"we toi l i:;) argument is neces
sary ta support our statement
that the Nazi conspirators used
these concentration camps as
places of terror."
The priser .-ii human head shrunk
to the size ι a baseball and resemb
ling ι In u.ii· 11 ; ·. · i ι y oi an barigional
head ·.. ι ti ι. - that <>: .· I'nle who
had bet η caught fraternizing with a
• iei man girl.
The three piee· .- ni human skin
tanned intn parcl^nent I'm· lamp
hade ι.·.· the lft .1 SS ■ >i"ti ial
l'âme from \ictiris at lluehenwald.
^titcled becauf.· "I their "artistic"
:..tt.oing. according to an affidavit
by a lurmer inni..!'· of tin■ camp.
"In lt.!!l. a!i prisoners with
tattooing en them were order
ed to report to the dispensary."
the atlidavit -a'd· "No one
knew what the purpose was,
lui! after the tattooed prison
ers were examined, tin· ones
with the best and inost artistic
specimens were kept in the dis
pensary and then were killed by
injections."
Telling of the shrunken heads, the
former inmate was quoted in the
statement as saving.-: "I also aw
the shrunken heads Of two young
l'oies who h : 1 been hanged for hav
ing had relations with Jewess girls.
The heads were the size oi a lir.-l
and the hair and mark.·, of t h· rope
were still there."
Sr. Paul Tra\eler
Didn't 1 .ike Scat,
So ί le Sought ( )nc
\V. :Γ" >li .. De IT (AIM —
Robery Lee Gruy oi St. l'a d, N. C.,
. r'n', like !.· .· ' ι an A! Ian! ι .·
Coast Line ti . il leaving here tn.-'
morning .-o ..e .'.alke.l back through
the ti a ti -cal. ι · : ι '! her -
He walk ι 1 . i.l .".e walked and the
next thing he ,.· ■ ·.\. theie w as no
train under hi.a. The train had en
tt red a 1 ιπηιΊ : r. I lie ciidn't real,.'.··
m the smoky la. .. taat lie walke i
so far.
Gray piclie I :. self u;> ;,r. 1 kept
on walking l>. ·!; t > Ihi on - talion
where he w;g:\in first aid. Au
thorities said his condition was not
serious.
FEED SHORTAGE MAY
BRING U. S. ACTION
Raleigh. Dei . ι ,\1')— I · l··-.
a st rif.ι< sh >rl;iu'· ot livi·.· ttifk and
Iχ altry feed- or·1 e .-'"on, the
government may (j new re
stricti η.- mi nian'it.icturors Wall··!
Bergcr "i Washing: -a, chiet 11 !" the
Iced d'ivi.-n'ii ι>Γ the Γ. S. Department
ni Agriculture said hen· today.
Berger ..ad such an order prob
ably would 11 ait manufacturers t.
tin· amoiuit.- ι protein used last year
He spoke at tlie ai.i.tial meeting of
the Stat·1 Feed λ! initaetuivs As-o
eiation.
Saying tii.it there had been a large
increase in tin· production of ρ >,Ί
try. he rc.ommencled that all chicks
hatched since June be "liquidated"
toward relieving the teed shortage.
Such liquidation he said, would not
affect the egg situation.
He attributed what he termed an
acute shortage of all kind> , ! teed
for poultry ι d livestock to a de
cline in the production of soy beans
and the shortage of cotton seed and
fish.
^9) Shopping
days till
'Ty' α Civilian
mimmmmmmmau
FOLLOWING his recvr.t return from
overseas duty as a pi Κ .t. Marine Lt.
Tyrone Power, former movie star,
smiles as he holds his d· charge pa
pers in San Francisco. On hand to
greet him as a eivij an was his wife,
Annabel la. also » ti : ι and stage
star. (Iiilcrimli-.na! Suuncluhoto)
ISazi Horror
Learn l ate
36 Sentenced to Die
By-Hanging £tnd Une
Receives Life Term
Ihu'hu'ii. Germany, Iloe. Hi.
— (ΛΡ)— Λ I nited Stales mili
tary court today sentenced 36 of
Iieials and guards of the notor
ious Dachau concentration camp
to death by hanging lor the mur
dcr.torture and starvation «I
thousand., of the ramp's inmate.·,.
.Another defendant v. .is sentenced
I·· 11 ; «· impri.- ■ ί ; ; : ι. · t and three niher.
w'i'i e sent'-ruvd to terms "1 ten years
! ivr !><>< Uns Include:!
Tlu· 1" dor η ' 1 .* ι π t .1' were c<>n\ ietcd
yi-.-tcrday i'.v tin· : ι ; 11 ί t il :,v l:i: mil.
which deliberated only ί>;ι minutes
bel ore illuming ils \ ■ rcjι··t. Among
I i ι -.-ι ■ Ι'ΙΙΙΓ, ι 'l'd \ν·ΐι· t i t1 ■ ι : ; μ (i< <·
t rs and three |·.·!.-!mers who hud
collai >< ■: .'I'd v. 1 ' ι X.i/i SS.
\\ ι ι , . ' ·:,!· ι, t.il » .;d that
Γ> ιιικι Jews w i»· .ilUtÉ .it thr camp,
that i m 11 ι ; ■ \ ■ · ι ■ beaten, thon
iv kc'I l'ii'M ν iv ι m ι r-ed in ice
water lia· ι·\,·ι ri · nt and thaï ;>ome
persons tvere sent tu tiie crematory
while Mill . live.
*1 hi camp was tin.· 11 · ■ si nut-,i ious
ι i tlii· ii ι: ;ι ιίι t l'.i t i ι in camps set ρ by
t! .l' X.l/i.- Il : pi Ί 1 il.·.. ! pri < Illi'l ...
jap Oiliet'r
Resented At
Me\ av 1 rial
W i:. ' m. I ii' ·. 13— : ΛΙΊ - C ;·-.
t :. : 11 C':ia:l.s Ii. MeVny's defease ι i
day vigorously assailed the prose
cution t'br "a;: tesque proceedings*'
in seeding ! ■ ofii a former Japanese
■naval ollicer as a witness in hi
.'ii ι· : π. rt i'il.
When tin· judge advocate an
m ",Ί I he w.i s eady to call t i ι < ·
.Ja|:a:i;· ο ο: I ici . I !.o 1 la-'h Jlioto. t.!"
ι .1 :i-t ■ ..·.-.·I. C'. pt. Joan 1'. Ca-.iy
<·η·1ι ·, ί l'irmal injection !·» the ide.·
Ill "C :!.;·' 4 .111 ιιϋΙ.ΊΊ' of ;ιη oneiny
force η .··. I for In achcr.v" to testily
a-iair-i -i-n Ann can officer.
! Ιι· ι·'i.iι·; :r.I t ι : dmitting the .Jap
lainese testimony against McVay on
:· q a 'i. ι involving his entire fu
ture Ca'.'i .': .
Ile s i !:;· felt sure he was ex
; re irg ' ■ fee'inj}s of ,11 A:ncr
.can .'il rs m I e pecially t u·-.
w.i s. ■ . I ' ,c ar.ne I lui'.ί'.
MeVay is I eing tried on c>argc
. Γ 'lie' ; ·!· ; ν · ,Ί negligence ir
Ci'in..·! ii ν "i "'c I >ss of hi- -hip,
1 lie on, ι · " h i.i : ι napol is en ro. ite ;■ <
Lt vto :.·· .. (ί · ι ■ last .1 uiy 20
Labor Ponders Sel Back
\V. ïii . IJt··-· 13.—(APi-Or
ça ni/.el >r r ok vol nee today in
Di)-t S· · ι ι ι 'ι· man:.as il ρ ·π
'.-c.i it« fir : reeenl majoi set-back
il t'ip M use
Fn'lini» t · >' ·ί·ν ι drive that w.m
lopsided · i! tor a hill designed
to make · .. >·ι - ahle to pu * h;ii;n'
for vial: ' ί> · Ί t'ip 1931 Mvti
: ackf'fcrinji ' labor sipparter
s,i;d ν' ey \ ·'! dent they eo.:ld
wi'i m the S· :.ate.
The optimism was summed up
li> Itep. Marcaiilo'iiii of New
Voi·'- (Λ1.ΙΜ who told reporters:
"There isn't any question that
we can stop it in the Senate.''
Mareantiviio and others who
Γι the measure yesterday point
ed out that a similar l>iil passed by
the H uiso in the last ('■>nj;ress died
η S nate <· mmitte*·.
"The . : me thitvi 'λ ill happen
ay.i.n." the New Yoriioi added.
Marshall Claims Short Got
Definite War Alert Order
AngerSliown
1!\ Gen< ral
♦<
Al Hearing
V ι · l. ! ) .13 -( ΛΡ) C· .:
ra; (I. : · Mm t::il, 1 lu .. :
IVIt 1 .il. .. !-{·; .1 1 1 ·;.;>· ' .Kit ' .
IV I ! ι . i:i 11 : ι Λ ;i i
givt : ι a " V : ·(·" .·!«·. ί θ' ..·>
.1 'KeJ tiic Pi
Hat <·· naval ι.: s<· December 7. lull.
M.I.'. ' ■ ' ! ι Ί l)i 1 u ' ii · l
ite-H . Met· investigating
.It* " 1
Previously, the investigators
le.iini.l ili.tl General Walter ('.
short. army commander in
II awaii. established only an anti
sabotage alert in response to a
wanting nit-ssage ot Noveinner
... 1!)11 Irani Washington.
The fortm . u; n.v c .liet 0! 1.ι !
laifJ Γι,) tester p®E?iSteflt question
:ig Sih:< ut information given to over
seas i i in: μ. : ι.!;'..- ι !i 1 lie last lew
jays bel'are the sneak Jr.p attacK
)lui' yc i t-h : - en .lit rv into war.
Definite Directions.
"Gent : ι S κ..'· w;i, given :.u η lie
:i'fi.-tii.r-·. He ··.; - given ,.n alert >. -
:!er. 1 still feel t.hat when you give
. e .ιι.nan 1 t·. a h ι-,Ί ι!f.eer, y 1 ι
E'xptet il to be ea.ri. ! ο he a -
,rt< d.
This assertion followed up
Marshall's testimony yesterday
that he—Marshal!—was respon
sible for any failure of the <«en
eral Staff and that he had "full
responsibility" for any failure
in Washington to see that Short
went on a lull war alert.
The Pearl HnrinT inve-ligit >r
:ilso learned ti.ilay * 11 a t C'ardell Hull
η: ν have me,. .1,· :aru ·· "μ> ->e.· en -
ιόν■■ Decfembor 7, 1841 unaware o!
Ihrir di M .na'i:· i"t.Hv "•hich Amer
ican expel t.- intercepted and began
ice id;:ig the day before.
An army officer s te-rtimony that
10 delivered the 14—part ittsr tip-oil
reply to the State Department just
is the Ihon Secretary of State n.o
ft'Mil Ambassador.* Kuril-.ι aert
Nomura ' - conta ι ne i in a c. it··
ni ai'fidaι it.i made available to tile
L'on' ι ni I it e
Members hoped ι > end their ques
.ioniny of Marsh-all today.
Rep. Koi'lo of Wi -..-in (R
A"ho-e tiara if was to question Mai
-hall said he e.\j cctc i 1 ι end ii..
fuestion- shortly and unless others
Ji'im; ; ; f|iuT t -, Mar aall will t > a
je IV; e to start his ciclayed journey
,o China as President Harry Tru
nan's «·; er-ial envoy t.i ('hnngkiiu.
Questiontei? of Mars-hall about
.·. III ι he r. . ·· ·. Od the ; a ; ■ Mi at 14
mitit me age lias been extensive
Several witns-sss have said the 14U
.art combined with a message 1 ι tin
iat ne.-e t ι deliver i; at 1 p. m.
KST) Dec. 7 was t!ie tip-off action
•vas ι m : i η ι ' η t
Price Plan
For Houses
Is Opposed
Washing! il. Dec. la. ιΛΓΜ Ad
! ini.-tr.itil 11-11 dnr.-ed ■■ a-iati ai t ■
lix price filings on new and k
louses l'an into still opposition to
lay
The most outspoken criticism o!
she prop·-sed control program ap
proved by President Trainan eaau·
rom real estate circles.
()n Capital Hill, a spot check .it tin·
House Banking committee cotisider
i g the legislation showed a number
.: members believed Mr. 't'ruman al»
eady has tli·■ a itliority to deal with
the problem.
This senti meut was echoed by the
X'ational A-s n-iatien ol Home Build
ers which said the restoration ol
■ Hiding materials to a priority svs
lei made price ceilings untie.essary
Frank \\\ Cort.wriglil. executive
ν ice president of the associati >n. said
in.- organization would continue to
oppose ceil ι gs as "unrealistic and
unworkable an . as a stumblmg block
to solving the h uising pr. lilem."
He said the program for channel
ing aO per cent ol all I hiding h'.a
icn..ls to residential dwellings cost
ing Sill.000 or less wuild help kee,·
all prices for home- in line.
AREA OF PATTON'S CRÎTÎCAL HURT
SHOWN CN THIS X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH an rpine s
the area in which General George S. Patton's gravest injury was re
ported centered, his third vertebra being broken ("s mple fracture," i.e.,
a break without rupture of the skin). H:s fourth vertebra was dislocated
but is said lo be returning to place. In laymen's terms, the fractured third
vertebra meant nothing less than a broken neric (lnternatiunal\
Gen. Patton Shows
No Marked Change
Il' idf ibors, ίί·ΊΊΐι;ιη\ i)cc !. —( .MM—Ι)»μ·1 ts iu attendance t*>
Ciencral S. Fatten π porte ) lod;\\ (hat h had spent a good
night and thai his genci . i condt ion remained satistactor\ λ\ i11» no
< oniplira lions.
Λ nit'di al liulVtin however - i;i ti >· ih< r had hn-n no marked
( haime in the paralysis \vhic . h is suite? in .; .is the· result of a
broken luck siisl ai· « .1 in an auto /«·')<!;·.t last Sunday.
!
Ν inter's ί irsf
Snow 1- a! I ί firs
North (/trohna
( I » \ The V-si-ri lied pt"ss i
The ί il-.· ι;π i 1 .πι ι a il >1
wintêr biaeketcd much o) North
{ a. . 1 ; :ι ( · la·.
Cluiriott'e. firce»;>,btiro and
Winstoii-Saîcin i'taortei sirad>
! snow l.lll. u ith ! ι■ :'ιI i' . I>
inch ··. nii thr .,'.'οιιιι·.; it \ o.ii -
lotte lit I I ;t. 1!1.
Ί lu· weather ht.reati pr< . i ι · i s ■ c î
four II! live i!!« !;[■> 11:«■ l!. ■
j ( hulotte a.
S now .il,ο le!! :: Λ ■ !,·■·. :'.l
ti;ti ux a lui e\t> nde.l into smi '■
( ari.tinit .il irtanhur·' l'ail
ol S'iutU ( ί i" ο, · ; j a ;i <1 ( -ι,. . ι ι
w ere liai i u; ι. ce/i n; ι: ,i.
'I'll·· ηΐιτνιΐΓλ iropped ;.ι in
Greensboro and l'a\ ■ 11 <· \ I ! i;·.
in Winston-Salem. Snow hrovui.t
a drop oi three decrees-—l'r Mil
:2!» tu .'(i—in ( harolttc.
Snow and · h'ct he:;an iii'lin::
in llalrigh shorlh heloie 11 ■ κ ■, t
Tiie temperature there was ::ί
decrees.
Western North t aroliua re
ported two ..nil one halt to . ^
i lie lies of snow with snow con
tinning to till in inan\ parts.
Mi Buncombe schools were
closed lor tin· da\
State liiithwav patrols ofticers
advised ail diivers in that sec
lion and in Piedmont North
Carolina to dri\e carrftill\ as
the snow is parkin·-' and trce/
iilon 'lie roads. No sct.ons -
cidents had hern rcpoited vet.
Mow ever. no buses from tl**
\\ est had arrived in Asheville
11* (111.
BRITAIN, FRANCE
SIGN SYRIA PACT
London. Dec ι:ι (ΛΓΊ F.i.vifjn
Minister Krnest Bevin t'ùrf Com~
ni. - is ii ι· I. y : : ' ; : , 'ui V"., :κ·ι
had agreed it) .! « > i : 11 withdrawal of
11 fir tr ι. ι·.· It···:! Syr.a .-nit Lebanon.
Byrnes Reaches Paris
Paris. IVi·. 13.— (AIM—Secretary
n: State Jainos Byrnes, fly il s 1 ' the
Mrsci w CHinier* iK'e of foreign minis
11 ...ι.. : ,· u : u - .op ' 11 Pi : ; i
|ate ι id.iy while h.- plane relueled
Unemolovment
X. fo·'
in U, 5. Lower
Than Expected
• ' ■ 13. -(AIM The
... : ■ it mi joblessness ι ->
' IiuMt : Hum r··
. : !L-! . 1.- ι ■>. ι ICl'tOd.
; ■ : ' in industry and an
... ·. \, ■ . ' ■ il> high and sustained rati:
. : ■ ■ H· : ill· i« lacl·-rs ι ia£
have prompted key federal econo
....,·!··>·. i-d em
i '.; ' · ■ ii ! tat ot actual
.t j··.·,. ι.ι.» .»cekiT> will be
• niu-third less
e< : -Cteu lor that
I.. ' M . the : hkss will
ηι ι 'in Γι,11(10,000.
pe l: r 1046.
■■ ιι.»; and that mark
: i.il :n;iV begin
it decli e s ci villein pianuiaetur j :g
·: Meials are
Vvary ot guessing beyond mid-1946.
-bin : ei Kn't'll
m'iii'ii Hiι·ι·, t. i' John Snyder's csti
· 1. ! . ' :lu1 .le: nph .ν»
;.π, hι ι ni. ι ; ly .-1 ni ng.
Meat Supplies In
Kar!\ Part Of'46
Expected I ο I )r<»p
\·. . iX I ί AD —Tin
AgripuliBt'e I >··.·...·; nvnt .•-aid today
ci ι!ι m supplies ι I nielli will decline
! t ί» ;.· :· · ::· . :·. i ί - · lil levels
t■· ·ι ■ in: ii <1 ariir.i tiic first quar
ter ol 1 S.I46.
rhe ■ . . II be ι > ι nigh t <»
i ι ! !o\v pt ..pi: ι et. 11. mipt ion at an
... .'I ..I'll . I l'e o! 150 pounds,
ι iu' .ι,-;. in"ι' - ■■ civilians ha\ ο
■πι; -et·>·.· · η· " ιι their allocated
I sttppjy because the government has
nut ei'.lorc d sel ..m le orders,
j Arrangements have been made,
·!·<·;. >...(!. 1 ' Id Uie civilian sup
pιi*■ > in tin next quarter to the
an t ι tit 11 located.
l! i> expected that civilians will
! get more pork than during Ihe pres
ent . .;ι·η·ι>. .l'omit * lie sane amount
in, l ut !■ ss beef and veal.