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, Stettiterson Batty Bispafrij THIRTY-THIRD YEAR lehbe28I&ki5trd p,Rl8Rr HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 10, 1040 rL,1,L‘gHtxcKiyauNDAAV;KKNul,N F1\'F CENTS CQl'V New Freedoms Are Offered To Chinese People As Result of Talks Chungking. -Ian. 10.— (AT) —Genera! Chiang Kai-shek an nounced today, shortly alter a truce had brought an immediate end to China's long civil war. that the government had de cided to legalize all political part ic . He said the gov rumen! would free all purely political prisoners, grant the people freedom of speech, and promote local self-government. Chiang, opening the Pol lie: 1 Con sultation Confcru ee. aim's! simul taneously with the conclusion of the cease tire agreement, announced the government had decided to: Freedom of Speech 1 -Grant the people freedom of person, com l ienee. speech, publica tion ; i d association. And to sale guard them against illegal arrests and trial. 2—All political parties shall be equal before the law and may upd ate openly within the law. 3_l.ocal self-government will actively he promoted in all plans and popular elections \v ill be held. 4 Political prisoners -except tai lors and those found to have com mitted definite acts ■ jurious to the republic—would be treed General Chou Pn-lai. number two Communist leader, approved the four-points and said they wore ba-n •for achieving constitutional govern ment. AROUND CAPITOL SQUARE Bv I.YNN NISBET Daily Dispatch Bureau -•"** Rpleigh. .Tan. 10. 1’lnns are be ing laid by the test farm division ol the department of agriculture to re sume next summer tho custom ot having field day exercises and picnic dinners at the several I e-t farms operated by the department. War time restrictions on tiuvel led ■ * suspension of the custom dining tin. p>ast three vei.’rs. Purpose of the field davs i- to have the farmers gather and have technical experts on hand to explain results of experiments conducted. The oeeadon a'-o giver hoard of agriculture members and f. viners generally opportunity to -< “ what the department is doing I.a summer in absence of livid day prn grams, the board members toured the farms. TIC KETS—Ticket - for the special t election m the tenth congressional I district are readv for distribution. Raymond Maxwell, secretary >| . c st:'‘e board of elections, said that within a few hours alter the data pf the election was fixed order was given for the tickets and printers promised to have them ready f >r delivery bv Wednesday. They were scheduled to go out to county boards ol election Thursday and to the pre cincts before Saturday. Speed up ui machinery w;,; possible because De mocratic Nominee Sam Enin lias no Ri • ubliran opposition and absentee ballots cannot be used. Maxwell said that so far as he knew the election machinery in ei.'eh of tho six coun ties making up die district was in working order. He had not heard of ,mv vacancies among judges or pollholders to be filled by county boards. MAXIMS — Governor Grocer Cherry was looking through some old papers and files the other day—even governors do that—and came across a little memorandum book dating back to his grammar school days. The v«*st pocket memo book was " given out as an advestisement bv W. A. Slater Co.. Gastonia clothing store, and upon its front is pasted a slip of paper upon which the schoolboy Cherry had written “Maxims—wise and oth erwise." RANGE—It contains 205 maxims, the first tiring “Learn to labor and to wait,” and the last in the book .reading “Adcrsity is easier borne than prosperity forgot.” Looking through the list seeing some early clue to the future statesman was al most a futile task, for the range was so wide. It might be significant that on the first page appears “Better a poor man's health than a rich man . wei'lth ” (It is recalled that Cherry stressed child health during his pre election campaign last year.) About the middle of the book comes “Don't borrow trouble; any of your friends -will gladly give it to you," and next to that ‘If a man does the best In can and doesn't brag about it, he is (Continued on Page fuu*} 'TORSO BAG' SEEN AS KIDNAP-SLAYING CLUE -*• ~. T .■--■T"W i Vk "V ; ' The name "Frank" printed with heavy crayon was found on the paper ban containing the tors ' of brutally slain Suzanne Degn. • . H, which as ihc nhoto at top show s had been tossed into a Chicago sewer after the child was kidnapped from her home and dismembered. Photo at both m left shows a closc-up of the bag. High Water Begin Drop; 23 Arc Dead Flood-Hit Sections Begin Dreary Task Of Removing Trash < B\ The Associated Press) Kl<)od—stnek' i ■ <■! the " Hi' today 1 .rued 1" tile drmwy ! ■ . o clearing away n.ud ;t (1 debris .aid providing shelter for those si ill homeless alter swollen river in ni" 1 sections beg. n or ipping. The death toll s:• >< .cl at 21; in l i\ e states. Properly damage wa esti mated in the milli iw The * umtierlaml a it (I Big Saudi llivers in Kentucky. the Tennessee river ill Tennessee, the Coosa river in Alabama, and the Flow ah and the Chattahoo chee rivers in north Georgia all had reached their crests and were falling. The upper Ohio was rising, how ever, as was thi' Hooded waters ot the Black Warrior in northern Ala bama. Army engineers in Mobile, Ala., said no serious damage would lesult Irom stages predicted. Soldiers In Europe Told Delay Cause J Frankfurst, Jan. 11).- (AP)-- Hifil United Stales army staff eflicer; t, l ight told representatives of 22, 000 soldiers tirotesting delays in re deployment that "we have (.'orna ment.-, in Europe and can nut waif off and leave them. These statements were made at ; question and answer conference o two and ire half hours called bj Mai. Gen. Harold Bull, theatre chic of staff, acting for General Josepl McNarey, who has gone to Berlii for the monthly four power contro council meeting. Bull summoned over 50 GF- Iron oil the army units attached to Unitei States forces in Europe into tlie wa I i o m headquarters following las right's protest demonstration. Th soldiers were expected to relay th I official answers to their •problems t 1 a second demonstration of GI's calle, | for later tonight before the gian I Farben building here. Big Tie-Up Of Phones Threatening Picket Lines Will Bet Set-up Around Larger Exchanges New York. .km. Id. .'ATM—('< asl In coast disruption ol teleph me ser vice by tomorrow tlir ugh the eckib I hment ol pieki t lint around m i jor ex hangi ■ w i thro tt» ed today in tin' wake o ;■ t like oi 4.ddd U!i. I hone in-.lnl 1 ilion wo. i.i . - in a 44 sldo area. The men, meml 1 ' 1 A da lion ol ( omnium, alb,;,.-. F. |u mem \Vi I'kel s, in- 'i 4 W I' .i", n I'.iccl: i i (illipment lo: 14e If,41 1 elepn me Sy stem. They ' 1 ick y< '• rday n a v age hi. pule, am! by the end ol ! i day 77a in. tall it ion project in every state but Montana, M..:ne. New 11;nriji.-.liii • ■ and ViTi.."iit had bee; tied-lip, tin Western Electric c m pan.v said. Telephone companies >'i the foar states make ttieir o\\ a in stallation, the company said. t'i. i n leaders iiamed lcly nouneed that picketing wonal begin I : idiiy. adding they Iwd a."U!'n'.ew that other teleph. > e v. sc- .'. eua Imnor the lines. But the Mounter States Federation ol Tclephom Workers dr. lined to observe thi picket lines. The federation repre sents virtually all the employes o the Mountain States Telephone am Telefir: ph C’l mpany ope: at ■ g _ n Colorado, Ari/.ona. Idaho. New Mexico. Montana. Utah. W.v.miiir and El Fan. Tex. In the event the picket lines ar, honored by the Nat oral Ec.lcrnlio: ot Telephone Workers, with its dOO members, and other telephone vi ions, switchboard pi -itions wi tld bo left unmanned and other vHw telephone fundi ms impaired, union leaders said, leading to disruption ot most ot the nation's telephone serv ; ice. Newly Formed l. S. Propaganda Body Hailed By Byrnes Washington, Jan. 10.—(AIM — Secretary of State James Byrnes has advised President Truman that the departmti t’s new international in formation program "will help T achieve the security and pence wheih our people so ardently desiie. Writing of the department s new ’ international office of information ■ and cultural affairs, created Janu 1 ary 1, Byrnes said the program^will ! be a new departure for the IVited States, being last ot the great na tions <>!' the earth to engage in in ! forming other peoples about its poli cies and institutions.” _ WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA t Partly doudv tonight and t coder. Friday increasing clouii j nes» and continued cool. Big Break Expected In Chicago Slaying Case Is Getting ‘Hotter And Hotter’ Police Officer Says; Lie Tests Given Chicago, Jan. 10. (AP) -Investigation ol the Degnnn kidnap-killing appeared headed for a major development today as police \v M'ked feverish ly lor a possible solution to the brutal crime against six-year-old Suzanne Deiman. Chicago., Jill. 10.— (AI*)— A man once employed at a nursery situated within two block id' the home o! Suzanne llegnan. si\ year-old kidnap victim, wits the object id' a police search today. Mis. Margaret Perry, operator of the nursery home, told police this man was discharged from her employ because of ' iiuos tionaiile haliits.’’ Investigators learned he formally was a men ial patient at the State mental hospital hut has been released as cured. A11 ho ugh several clue-', previously regarded as important. ullapsed * held for questioning today two jiiui iteld !■ ■ r que.xtiniu", today twa jnni hrs .111 c 1 fin:ileiI for a thircl they wanted in ciueslion in connection v, itli 1 iio kiiii • g .,nd slaying-dis membcsmenl of the child. ruder'a ruling h\ a criminal court judge at a habeas corpus hearing, tie- iwo janitors, both of whom underwent "lie detec tor” tests last night will he re vved at 1 o ni. today unless the are dinged with an offense, fi.ii'i .1. -. ,• I li.rold \V..rd i rder- 1 I’d the men n ined by police for an j c: 2 ! h ii. ai ter i’1 'lice Sgt. Jack ii, ■ ■■ ■. i i Stale attorney's of I i ■ ■ |. p|,,;; a ,i lor more lime to ques i on the two janit 'l's. Both are cm- ; pi,,veil in ;,ji -t • (•■id buildings near Im home ii; lhc K,dewater ii distlie', on the North Side, ■•'i'iio (.so i • get ting hotter and • hotter all the tilne,” 1 ianrahan told Judge Ward. ■■in 24 .... , •- we veil know the i Tver." i Thousand G(>tham Phone Operators New York Jan. 10.— (AIM—A union spokesman said today F 000 long distance telephone op erators would leave their posts here at ' a. m. tomorrow and would lie joined by G.000 more during the dav. Such action would he the first step in a threatened nation-wide shutdown of long distance tele phone service as a result of yes terday's walkout h> telephone installation workers. John J. Moran, president of the Federa tion of Fong Fines Telephone Workers announced the action. The walkout would he slimul tancous with the establishment of picket lines around the American Telephone and Tele graph Building. The building, largest telephone olfire in the city, houses all long distance, transoceanic, and ship to shore telephone com inimical tons. First Historic Session UNOAssem bly Opens ‘Life Or Death’ Choice Facing World Delegates 1 -unilnii. Jar. 10.-- < A I’) — I’rimr Minister Clement Attlee opened the first historic mill ing of thi general assembly of the I’nited Nations today with a warning that the delegates must "make their choice be tween life or death" for the peoples of thi' world. ‘'The cimiing i : the aton C imml \va only !lie las! i i a 01 es o warniiv’s to mankind that, unless the ! powers ol de.lruction cnld be con trolled. iiemense ruin and slainan hiliation would be tlie lot o; most ol the highly civilized portions n ffliinkVd,” the Iiritish leader tol representatives of 51 nations as sembled at ancient Westminister Palace. Attire said. "I welcome, there fore. the decision to remit the whole problem* of control of atomic energy to a commission of the Tnited Nations Organiza tion." This docisin-, was made at the pre-t hrislma.- conference i f the bio I hive loreig mninisters in Moscow. I hive foreign ministers in Moscow, man commission. Advantage vs. Danger "I lore is an in\ cut ia on night with Immense possibiltie-: on the me hand ol danger and on Inc oilier ul advantage to the human race," Attlee declared. “It i. lor the peoples ■ the world, through their repiv.-e.datives. 1o malic their ehoav between !i!e or death. Let u.- he clear as to what is our ultimate aim. It is not just the i egat ion o| war. Imt real mn of ; world of security and Ireedor . of ; world which is governed by justice and moral law." In phrases strikingly reminiscent of Abraham Lincoln's words at Gettysburg, he said: “Wo win are gathered here today in thi.- ancient home of liberly and order are able to mend together be cause thousands ol brave ucn ta’d women have suffered and died that wo may live. It i lor us today, bear ing lit mind the great aciitice that have been made, to prove outvelvc. no less courageous in appro *<1 ing our great task, no less patient, no le.-s self sacrificing. We in ist and will sue. cod." Attlee remolded the delegates, who seek to organize peace machinery de si -nod to prevent an atom -powered World War Three liiat “we have learned from past mistakes.' Eisenhower Asks World Ottawa, Canada, .Jan. 10.—(AP) - General Dwight Eiso hower, un der whom the western Allies com bined their might to defeat Ger many. appeared today lor the same kind i l unselfish international co operation to maintain peace and save the world from chaos. Such cooperation, necessary to as sure the success of the l'i ded Na tions Organization, can be achieved only in every nation realizes that “there is survival" maybe at stake. Eisenhower declared in a luncheon address. Nations that "joined together li defeat ruthless enemies have evei greater reuse • s to remain united tot the peaceful settlement o! their dif ference lest new Hitlers rise to throw the world into a ghaos more awtu than the shattered countries of Eur ope present, today," he said. "That is what we squarely lace. I' is up to the ordinary citizen, how ever humble, to take part in thi: taskA Army Redrafts Demobilization Plans Wash’* gton. Jan. 10. (AP)— The War Department undertouk to recast .is entire demobilization pro gram t'M-lay a.. pressure mounted trmn di.gr allied til s demonstrating 0\ O': OHS. Pending this revision. General 1 D\\ig:d i: , i n\ver, ; rmy hie! o! i staff i*ulI 1 l ed theatre commanders 1 , wai' a all point score requiremo ts in gett tig home men not needed in the occur a ion forces. \t the same time, Genei V Jacob !.. Movers, chief of the I array ground forces told the country that public clamor for bringing the boys back immed iately is •‘jecpardmng our se curity and breaking the morale ol men needed to maintain the peace.” The amnuiiv.ement that the army was rc-drat’iing it demobilization program came less than a week alter the War Department ordered its de moHilization slowdown which touch ed oft a series of G1 derm* strations in the Pacific and Europe. First Drastic Change | This slowdown order was the first « drastic change in demobilization I policy sine • a broad general program I u as announced a'1e \ -K day | There w as no hint v. hat tine the i o\v detoobi 1 izati1 >ti pc nnnM would , follow, but the army proa ised that i the revised plan would in ■ * rtlteom ing shortly. Senab r Edwin Johns* n. ncinocral. I Colorado has c; iled be .* "t* p to bot t n m" investigation and Senator itec , ei\rimb, Republican. \t est \ trgirtia. has urged the military committees i to "look into demobilization as the first order of business." RESCUE FROM FLOODED RIVER ISLAND RIDING A BREECHES-BUOY across the raring torrent of Georgia’s Chatta hoochee Hive near Columbus and I-'ort Kenning, James Autry is brought safely ashore from an island (background) where he and his brother were marooned for days by the rain-swollen stream. (futeruatiotuzl) Conferences Being Held In An Attempt To Avert Big Walkouts Next Week (B.\ Tin- \ssociatpcl l’ress) Unmii ,,ml management of! mini in luir separate nirctiny.- today, fought to avert t ation-widi sti :es Hod ocsi woo!;, involving more Ilian e m two h mdroU tho i lid worker. in three major indus tries. A.-, cl I or's were made t < i halt or delay the toppage.-. e ’iitmuing s'r.kc- througl'mut tni country kept if.de about 415,0(1(1 workers. lm 1 'Iveu .11 ti'day's meet* y were the steel, electrical and meal pack ing industries, in which walkouts are relied .led to start next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, respec tively. In e :t dispute, between :1 ■. CIO unions .aid maiiage.su t, the chief j.-sue is workers' demands tor higher w ages. Steel Talks in X. V. The sessions between leader.- of the CIO-United Steel Workers, rep i Vs r.'i! i 11 ^ .-'MIC* TOO,1)00 : i :t •] 11 i jc r.-s mi id u!l.ckd> t'l !he United State.-s Steel Cera. v. as caned in New Ymr. City. . Pm-Vtt t Philip Aim SaV raid .: the corporation extended a rah - iaetoiy wage oiler, he’ w-'Uld notil'y union olilcial.- to hold the strike ill m e\ alive." Tin- uni' n is asking a $2.0(1 a day wage inete-ase. ,jg Also meeting in New York were tilth iais of the (.rneral I leetrie Co. and the < I<>-( oiled electrical Workers l nton, whose 2(10,000 members have approved a strike in support of demands for wage hikes of $2.00 a day. In Chicago, I,-a 1 gar Warren, hied of tile Federal Conciliation Service awaited answer' trom two o! the ci urttry s largest meat packers. Swift and Armoar. to his proposal to halt tlie walkout "1 some 335,000 workers in the meat i>aeking m.dustrv. Warren did not disclose the exact term.- . : hi - pr >pi sal, but it industry .-,,,'ke.- : an said the oiler cunci rued a possible .ncreasc in price for the meat bought unde: gi vernment c"n ■ tia.t. File CIO-United Packing; Ho i \\ irkers 1 i ion has asked >< .25 cents an hour wage boost 1 ts l 2011,000 :: embers and 135,000 AFL. ; meat cuttei ha e th eaUt.ed to join } .ii tite scheduled walkout. PHONE STOCK GAINS ON EVE OF DISPUTE New York, Jan. 10. (AP) Seh <• tier slrcngtli persisted in today's stock market although the recent ad vance to a 15-year peak inspired profit idling here ,i d there. On the pride the greater part of the time were U. S. Steel. Bethle hem, Southern Pacific. National Dis tillers and American Telephone Stumblers included Chrysler, General Motors, Santa Fe, Westing house and Standard Oil. j Bonds were steady. Baiter X ternborg, .Ian. 10. (AI’i Het mann Goeriiig's own c n 1 investi g. ton of Julias .Stretcher ill 1939 sh1»wed the liutora ia.- Nasi Jew baiter as a sadist and t; ief. aceord ing to a dueumei.' introduced be! >re tlu‘ 11lternational Milift ry Trittunal I.,<lay. Both me i listened ntently trot opposite sides i I the dock in the war crimes trials ot 22 leading Na i ’1 hey did not gl nee at ... h t ei Earlier, the .judges ’.no I’nite ■ States. Russia. B: ilain and France 1 heard in the words o: another de fendant, Hans Fi nk, how th< Na; j hoped to make the Boles "slaves ol the greater German empire" G oe v i ng’s > ■> t i g a t i o n m 1 while he was still the second most 1 powerful man in Corn any .-aicr. j "Gauliter Streicher likes :■. heat ; pet pie with a rid ng whip, but onlj I jf }w fs in eom|tattv with st 'sera 1 : persons assi.-Ung him. I's :al!\ tl « beatings are carried out with .-.tdistie brutality.” I .int Futures .Mark I p Slight Ad\ ances New. York, Jan. 10.—(AP)—Cot ton futt res o;tetied !11 ' o 25 cents a , bale higher. Pv. Close Open ! March.24 5(5 24.(la , May.2 1.55 24..>7 July. 215)1 24.4a ! October . 24.5.4 24 )15 I December . 24.75 25.80 | .March (191(5) . 23.195_24.(59
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