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Bettiteramt Bailij Btspafrij THIRTY-THIRD YEAR ^f^STiDPRE*^ HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1010 a'HUS^mauN.)AYT‘£K,i,'UN FIVE CENTS CORY 22 Persons Killed And 137More Hurt In Texas Tornadoes Gets Vet Post IT HAS BEEN announced in Wash ington that Lt. Col. Margaret D. Craighill has been appointed con sultant for the medical care of women veterans. She was named to the post, the first of its kind in the veterans administration, by Gen. Omar N. Bradley, administrator of veterans’ affairs. (International) FDR Barred All Pledges To Nations Warned Envoy* Not To Mislead Britain On U. S. War Plans Washington, Jan. a. — (Al’) — Con grcssion;m vistigat irs hoard today that President Roosevelt was par ticularly caretul to instruct subor dinate' against making any commit ment.- to other nations in pre-Pearl Harbor lays. This testimony came from Admira'l Harold R. STark. who was chief of naval operations at tin.' time. He told of a White House confer ence which he attended along with Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley early in 1941. After questioning by Senator Fer guson, Republican, Michigan, Stark said thp i l'iir tis he could recall Ghormley was being given instruc tions lor his new post as a naval observer in London. “The President told him to be par ticularly careful not to make any commitments which would lead the British to believe we were going in to the war,” the witness said. The testimony turned to a project ed Pa'ritic war plan that would cover Allied operations in event of Jap anese aggression. Stark said that while President Roosevelt officially declined t > approve it. as the com mittee had heard before, Mr. Roose velt gave his tacit approvn‘1 by okay ing a letter Stark sent to Admiral Husband F. Kimmel, Pearl Harbor commander ,and Admiral Thomas C. Hart, then in command of the Asi:' fleet. Stark insisted that, in effect, this was an agrement between the Brit ish, American and the Dutch as to what strategy would be followed in the Pacific if the United States en tered the war. RECOVERY TREND IN STOCKS CONTINUING New York, Jan. 5.—-'(AP)—Scat tered favorites continued to reach for recovery in today’s stock market although animation s*till was lack ing and many leaders hacked into slightly losing territory. In front most of the time were Goodrich, Goodyear, M'ltgomery Ward, Wonlworth, General Motors and General Ele.tric. Rails shifted over a thin and un even trail, as did a majority ol motors, utilities and oils. Occasional losers included U. S Steel, United Aircraft, DuPont anc Westinghouse. ARMyIwEN WARNED AGAINST BUSINESS Shanghai. Jan. 5.—(AP)—Lt. Gen Albert C. Wedemeyer’s headquarter: today warned United States military personnel using official positions h operate busVesses or line up post war jobs that they are violating rnili tary law. Six Are Critical Hurt At Palestine And ?5 Seriously Palestine, Texas, Jail. 5. — (AP)—Tornadoes which dip ped into a 200-square-mile | triangle of northeast Texas last : night killed at least 22 persons ' and injured 137. One man is i missing. Continuing rain .< <1 heavy mud is delaying search for additional vic tims. 1 welvc of the dead have been irientilicd in Snuthvicw, near here. Six others are critically injured and seriously hurt and in hospitals. Twisters left trails of wreckage in at least four Mast Texas . ounties. Sc res were homeless, and many communities wout power. One was islated from outside ci mmunications. Army Slaps Brakes Upon Discharges Washingtu’, Jan. 5.—(AP)—The \imy : lapped the brakes on demob ilization today with a declaration that replacements would be insuffi cient tfi maintain necessary forces abroad at the present rate. By full use of available shipping, all of about 1,553,000 overseas troops who are or will become eligible could be returned to the United States in three months, a War J)e parlmu t official said at a news con ference. Instead, the Army plans to spread the returns over six months. This slower rate, co.j,fined with si placements, will reduce total over seas strength to a planned minimum if 797,000 by July I, Id. Gen. J. Lawton Collins told reporters today. Bail Strike Is Averted Washingtu . Jan. 5.— (AP) — President Truman acted to avert a strike on the St. Louis & San Fran •isco Railway (Frisco) today by miming an emergency board to in vestigate the dispute of the brother hood of railroad trainmen. The strike was scheduled for (> p. m. central standard time today and would affect. 7,000 workers. Under the railway labor act, ap pointment of an emergency board stays any walxout of workers while the board investigates the merits of the dispute. Mr. Truman said disputes existed between the St. Louis-San Fran, isco Railway Company and Ct. Louis, Sui Francisco & Texas Company carriers, and certain of their em oloyes represented by tlie brother hood (T railroad trainmen. New Electric Wage Offer New York. Jan. 5.—(AP)—'The office of Charles E. Wilson, president oi the General Electric company, saic he would announce today a ecu wage increase offer “better than th< ten per cent” recently made to the I'nitcd Ele-.trical, Radio and Machine Workers ol' America CIO. The statement came as unioi leaders met in executive conlerence to determine a date for a nation wide strike of 200,000 worker; against the General Electric Com pany, the General Motors Corpora tion electrical plant and the West inghouse Electric Company. 1 | Wilson’s oflice said the otter wouh be made known at a news confer erne called for 2 p. m. today. Thi ; union announced a news confero ci from 4 p. m. for a statement of it; i decision. The union is seeking a $2 wage in . crease for its workers in the thre< companies. FAMED 32nd AIRBORNE COMES HOME nfcAUj ruRtu IMKUUOH POKIMOLE5 and jamming the top deck rail, members of the crack 82nd Airborne Division arrive in New York aboard the Queen Mary. The famed fighters, who spent two and a half years battling from Sicily to Germany, will take part in a giant military parade in New York City on January 12. (International•) Chinese Factions Reach Agreement To End Fight LNRRA’S Head Is j Ordered To London After His Ouster London. Jan. 5.— (AIM—Lt. (it'll. Sir Frederick Morgan, head of I NItKA in Germany, who was asked lo resign lie cause of a press conference statement on Jewish refugees, lias been instructed to return to London, a spokesman for the in ternational reiiei agency said today. The spokesman said the gen eral would he succeeded tem porarily by his deputy. Brigadier General William Arthur Siaw rll. I* was emphasized, however, that Staw ell's appointment would he only temporary. Morgan has been under fire since slating at his press con ference in Frankfurt that secret Jewish organization was respon sible for a vast exodus from Boland. Taft Says Truman Now Left Winger Washington, Ju •>. (AP) President Tiumnn was pictured by a Republican Senate leader today as a man who has turned from belief in free enterprise to “left wing ’ econo mic ways. Senator Taft of Ohio declared “half the Democrats and most o/ the Republicans” on Capitol Hill dis agree with Mr. Ti uni; n bcc;u f lie “has chosen to follow the C IO-PAC course on every c.onomic measure except to tlie last fact-tinding labor proposal.” As a result, the Ohioan asserted "the Democratic party is hopelessly divided, and the President s legisla tive recommendations are stalled in spite of the party's majority in Con gress and in the commitees which control the How ot legislatin’. Tall, who is chairman of the Sen ate Republican steering committee, broadcast a speech last night. COTTON IS MIXED AS MARKET CLOSES New York, Jan. 5.—(AP)—Cotton i futures opened unchanged to 15 :ents a bale higher. Futures closed 15 cents a bade lower to 25 I igher. Opti Clos ■ March.24 59 24.56 May . 24.55 24.51 July .24.34 24.32 October. 23.64 23 66-67 December. 23.55 23.55 March - 23.48 Middling spot 25.21. Group Designated To Arrange Steps For Cease Firing Chungking, Jan. 5.— (AP) — Chinese communists and gov ernment leaders tonight reach ed an agreement on procedures for ending hostilities and restor in'' communications in strife split China. an official an nouncement said. Individual re presentatives of the two fac tions have been appointed to confer on steps to carry out the cease-fire procedures. Gene-al Ge ego C. Marshall, U. S envoy, wh > ha 1 conferred in s\vif‘ sueees ion carder today with lead er-' of both delegations. Knot: Shangh;':. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeycr, e immnnder of U. S. mili'ary forces in China, meanwhile ,.! nii'iiici I tint American ships 'a uild beain moving 2(1.000 Chinese government tr.iops into Manchuria witliin ten days. Airborne movements of ottw virecs were ■ chcduled to begin to day. Simulanfeousl.v. the Chinese Foreign Office announced that China has recognized the in dependence of Outer Mongolia, approved by a plebiscite. General Marshall, new U. S. en v iv, conferred fir an hour with Gencralissi no Chiang Kai-shek, re portedly discussing the communit reply to Chi mp's New Year’s peace hid. Later Marshe'il talked for an hour with General Chou En-lai, lead er of the communist delegation to the forthe iming peace parley. Roth had welcomed Marshall as mediator in current Chinese strife. The tw, ■ factions met formally ..'gain tonight. Discharge > Points Cut In The Navy J Washington, Jan. 5.—(AI1)—1Th< Navy department announced toda; two more dLeha>ge point reductions effective on February la and ot March 2. Scores If r most commissioned ant warm t officers, already schedule to drop from -II! to 41 by Februar; 2, were cut to 40 on February 15 ant 39 on March 2. The total for most enlisted mer wL'ch will be down from 3fi to 34 b; Febru; ry 2, wi" drop to 33 on Feb ruary 15 and 32 on March 2. WAVE o‘ . t rs, new eligible wit £9 points, may be discharged wit! 23 points February 2 and 27 point March 2. The enlisted WAVE scot will be cut trom 23 to 21 on tit same dates. There will be *'o February 15 re 1 duction for WAVES. Any Strike Would Slop All Plants ______ Corporation Won’t Meet With Agents From The Workers Washington, Jan. •">.— (AI’) —President Truman’.- fact-find ing panel for steel wage dis , utes took up its crucial assign ment today—trying to head off i cast strike set for January M. Although only l'. K. Steel Corporation is involved in the hearing, the CIO steel workers minn has called for a walkout if its 700,000 members in steel mills, aluminum plants and iron ore processing units across tin nation. Union leader.-- say any pattern so; for U. S. Steel, the biggest in the business, would apply to the whole industi v. They ask $2 a day highe v;u?es. As the three-man panel pre pared to work out procedure, ick a staff and schedule ses sions. there was no advance an nouncement U.v either the union or the company whether they would cooperate fully. The corporation previously had re jected proposals of Secretary of La oor Sxhwellenbach to get togetnei with the union under auspices ol the conciliation service, or with an arbi trator. The fact-finding board is headed by Mason T. Reinsinger, University of Wiscir.sin law professor, and the former public member ol the labor board. Other members are James M Douglas, ol the Missouri Supreme Court, and Associate Justice Rogei McDonough, of the Utah Supreme Court. In the meantime, the Gen eral Motors fact-finding panel was completing its report to ihe President on the strike of 135,000 < IO auto workers, which began November 21 in support of de mands for a 30 per cent wage increase. The findings probably will he made public .Monday. Conciliation Direetoi Edgar L. Warren planned conferences in Chi cago next week on wage dispute ifleeting the big four meat packers with Armour Wilson, Cudahy ant Swift. The CTO packing house work ers' were first to schedule a striki lor Ji.i.uary 16. Yesterday the live, AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters am. Butchers said they would join in the walkout it' the companies iailct to make a new wage oiler before January 11. The AFL unit, noting that Swift lad countered the CTO demand foi i 25 cents hourly in- rease with an ol er of 7 A- cents, sent : i: urgent pie. to President Truman to call an in dustry conference, lax-vvage-p: ia advisers to President Truman dis cussed the packing house controversy yesterday. £ WEATHEll FOR NORTH CAROLINA Mild and windy with showers tonight, beginning in mountains late this afternoon. Sunday partly cloudy, mild and windy, with slightly lower temperatures in mountains. liman Addresses T he Nation it;a; T. ■ ; si cii here ready to address the nation last Thursday light, urged hi hi.- ureal that the pe -pie of the country bring pressure on ' tigress to e. ... his rcrui- ersion and other programs. This picture was n; de fn m t dt the \\ h t( H us a where the Presidei t spoke. Police Guarding Against Fresh Strike Disorders Ken;.:-.'. X. .1.. Jan. (AP)~ Police Wen.' e . the aiert tod y against . nv . enev. a i , >| | n 'l;et line strife .J the strike!) mci West fen Electric plant, as attempts a' stra. ing a peaceful picketing policy fail ed. Four persons were injured and several othois arrested yesterday as a result ot picket line battles. As the strike ot 70.200 members -it the Western Fleet r.c Employe Association , n wed into its third day at 21 We tern Electric Co i pi.'ny plants in New Jersey and New 7'. irk City, t neiv w eia n ) inch a tions ot immediate settle:; ent ot the di-pule over tin union's demand t ir a .30 percent wage increase. A conference called la-1 night h.v the may ■: to effect a ''peaceful'* picketing arrangement at the large plaMt here, where 12,000 are em ployed, broke up without any agree ment being reached. Company officials argued that all non-union employes had the right to unhindered entrance to the plant, while Frank J. Fitzsimmons, presi dent at the union, accused the com ; any of "1 imenting” yesterday dis lurbaMce us a test case. He -aid n > one would be permitted to enter the plant without Approval from union headquarters. Jap Cabinet Halts Vote On MacArthur Directive To iy11. .! m r>. -I AP)— P.V : ■ ’I Sli irh-h a: 1 • -' -' . , ! a.iim-; wenthering the first ut Gi era I M..- V. ■ u: ; .u:'ir u. day i mod it VIo y t sehi iuled cmergoi il eus.' v. ays o! cua.pli. r.. o. Tlie i 1. • ■ ' v ■ ■ ■ C-ated that the a >\ i.nv " ight a' tempt k> re i. ’ .; in p »\\ t r ;\v rt - gani/.atian, ir.Pa v '■■■' by >\ w re, enmassa* T«>kye new-p..,v.spei -- u la ted t he! the new A Iked dnvetiv*' | would lea\ «■ intouched only the t e I mier hinwii ana h-ivion ''.hu-Tcr The st ei eta ; . Ts igit i, wh i may himselt lie ... ' .a job a- the re : It . the stie A ' ■ i orders to i eliminate a!' \vh i lad Japan into war ! said th ' d ifting ...... :y im perii! irdinai a to carry out the • ditv.t.vc. had dciayed the ses.-i.m scheduled today. S' : I. hara, . i . i to hr home by a e >ld. \v not expected tu attend t nviormw's meeting, and the questi m nt ministerial resign t a: - was not officially on the . rhe dule. CLEVELAND PAPERS HALTED BY STRIKES ■ .■ i ’ i. Ohio, J 11 5. (AP) —■ Cleveland's three daily newspapers today fared a publication ball as AKL pressmen quit to enforce wage de mands. A- a 9 a m. deadline passed, Km !• ett O'Fiat agan, president of the Cleveland newspaper pressmen's union, announced: “The strike is on.” O'Flannagan said no pickets wml l bt l usted today but reported no em ployes i f the two afternoon dailiea, the News and the Press, entered press rooms of the two plants. WAGE STABILIZATION BOARD AT FIRST MEETING TAKING UP THE WORK ol the recently-abolished War Labor Board, members ot the National Wage Stabiliza tion Board are pictured as they met in Washington, D. C., for the first time since their appointment by Presi dent Truman. They are (seated, 1. to r ): Earl N Cannon, industry; Sylvester Garrett, public, vice-chairman W. Willard Wirtz, public, chairman; Robert J Watt, AKL; and Carl J. Shipley, CIO. Standing (1. to r.) are:* lames D. Marshall, a'!c.mate-industry; Colman Barrett, al’.ei nats-hi . istij; John H. Leonard, alternate-AFL: Waiter Mason. alierna.c-AFL; and Oav.d ft. Stewart. ailwrnute-CU). Winterttgftonci^' a -
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