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Hcnfrersmt Batly Btspafrij THIRTY-THIRD YEAR Lf Vkl.W* HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON jJANUARY 15, 1946 -uHLi-agD FIVE CENTS COPY 200,000 ELECTRICAL WORKERS WALK OUT All Eligible Men To Be Out By July 1, Eisenhower Says Invokes Gl Bill r~. .. - •••* FORMER federal judge William Clark (above), Princeton, N. J„ has invoked the GI Bill of Rights in an effort to regain the judgeship tnat he gave up in 1942 to join the Army. Lloyd Paul Stryker, Clark’s coun sel, said there was nothing in the GI bill that “warrants a contention that a judge of a high court is not in cluded in the sweeping terms set forth in the law.” (International) Robt. IN ash Is Accused Of Murder Former Henderson Man Admits Killinc Woman In Raleigh IF,Leigh. .1. t: 1 r. (AIM fjob.vt I,. Nash. 42-yc • - • I novie u' • j. - tionisf. a former Henderson residem, was formerly ch.u ;i I wild mm !■• led iv in emin;.!i m v ith ' e shoot ing of pretty Mrs. Maggie Pa w . 22, on a downtown street earn r ear ly last night. Nash wa’ievd preliminary hearing before .1 dice .Judge Paul I''. Smith early today, and \v.i> i.cov I held lor grand jury action v.dtiiout pri vilcge of bond. I>eti 'live Captain W. E Goodwin said Nash freely ado itted the .hoot ing, lull gave no re:’-on for it. The comely red-haired Mrs. Par ker, wife of a war veteran recently returned from overseas, died in an an,. ulan a en i >uie t - a hospital shortly alter she w is shot twice on Ka’leigh's busy I- ..>w t-‘t■ \ 111 e street about (>:50 o'clock la-t night. Asheville 1 .eaf Market Arranges Sale Resumption Asheville. Jail. 15.— (AP) — The Asheville hurley tobacco market arranged to open today alter sales were halted yester day following a vote by grow ers to close "and prevent possi ble friction between those who wished to continue and those who voted to stop sales." K. S. Witherington, market supervisor, said those who de sired may sell today and others, if they wish, may turn their tags. Sales were halted yester day after 13,63<i pounds were sold at an average price of 39.C0 per hundred, an increase of 5.21 cents over Friday's av erage, when sales were also stopped. Slowdown Nol Pari Of Peace Draft A1 so Denies Jobs L.i Brass Hats Are i'actor In Policy Washington, Jan. lb —• (AT)—- tJcneral Dwight I). Eisenhower told Coughss today every man eligible for dis charge by July 1 will be out of the Army by that time. Explaining the Army’s de mobilization policy at an in formal Senate-House meeting at the Congressional Library, the chief of staff declared that the recently announced slow down in demobilization was nee- ■ essary to prevent tin' Armv front being depleted by March 1. Bui exon xvith the slowdown, he i s:.id: "There is ml a single man who is ' to be discharged by July 1 whe I won't be discharged by July !. lie prefaced ms remarks wiui a flat statement that demobili zation is not tied in with the War Department's sponsorship of universal military training, or with any desire of high rank ing offiers to retain their posi tions. Some offiers and some GI’s havt . suggested such might be the ease | Such conclusions. Eisenhower as serted. are "utterly false." Eisenhower said that id 1.5(H) general officers on duty on A-E, 7fill already have been or are being ! reduced in rank or separated from . erviee. The meeting drew approxi mately 200 Senate and House members. whose complaint about demobilization led to the, extraordinary session. There were fewer than tifly ■ 1 - gressmen seated when General Ei senhower, Admiral Chester W . Nine Hz. thiol of naval operations, and several score Armv and Navy of :leers arrived at 10 o'clock, but they began pouring in a little later. Action On Iturlcv Leaf Is Delayed --- Nashville, Term.. Jan. 15.— (API J —Governor Jim McCord announced today he would withhold temporar ily any action toward bolstering sag ging hurley tobt.vco prices. Alter a conference with State Agriculture Commissioner O. E. Van Cleve, McCord said he would delay action until a report could be de tained from a congressional meet ing on the same subject in Wash ington today. He said he understood , thi.'t officials of North Carolina, Vir ginia and Kentucky also would withhold action until .receiving a report of the meeting. The governor said yesterday, he wuold cooperate with governors of other hurley producing states in ■ any reasonable plan. ' Tennessee’s hurley market opened ;.<t an average of $48 per hundred last month hut have dropped to * about $37. Addressing UNO J. S. SECRETAKY of State -Tames Byrnes is pictured as he address ed the General Assembly <>: t.ie Jnitfd Nations Organization in Bun ion's Control Hall. Byrnes' s..eceh pressed for the election of the se curity council. (International Radio 'hotu). Ceilings On Cotton May Wreck OP A Top Price Limit May. Not Be Imposed, In Opinion Of Bowles Washington. .Ian. 15.— (AP) — A schedule of proposed price ceilings on raw cotton were an nounced today by (tie OI’A amid predictions from southern cotton states senators that the action “may mean the end of the whole Office of Price Adminis tration.” Southern legislators, pointing out [hat OPA is d. e i > expire .Tune 30, unless Congress votes its continu ance, iid. however, they didn’t be lieve the ceilings would seriously hurl the price. Out might reduce ciitton aci'i age this ye;*;•. OPA’s announcement, accord ing lo Director Chester Bowles, said the agency's advance notice simply puts it iu a position to impose the controls if it finds them necessary. The announce ment added that "it may not he actually necessary to pul the rollings into effect.” The OPA notice fulfills a legal requirement Hint growers be noti fied of planned price schedules at least 15 flays in advance of the nor mal planting season. In announcing it, Bowles said the rise of cotton prices thre:'tens the whole stabiliza tion program in the cotton textile field. Saving continued increases would mean higher prices for clothing. Bowles added that OPA "intends to d > every filing in its power" to pre vent this. He asserted .fabric nianuafeturers already are deman,ding higher ceil ings “beca' se they s:.'y the high cost of cotton is wiping out their pro fits.” Lommumsts >a\ Forces Of Chiang Disregard Truce Chungking. Jan. 15.— (API — Chou Fn-lai, No. 2 Chinese communist, today sought a meet ing with General Marshall. He was reported ready to complain against alleged government vio lations of the recent civil strife truce agreement. Chou’s move followed a cmo munist charge that on Monday government forces "ferociously attacked" Kwangshan, commun ist-held highway center in southeastern Honan province. A government spokesman denied the charge ,and reported that federal forces everywhere had halted operations at the Sunday midnight rl e adlinc, “except where they were forced to fight in self-defense.” U. S. Group Divided Over Keeping Nippon Islands London, Jan. 15.—(APS—Official sources disclosed today that Amer ican civilians and military officials at the United Nati ms general as sembly were split over whether Am erican-conquered Japanese islands should be placed under UNO sov ereignty. The delegates themselves were said to favor a trustee plan for the Pacific islands, while their speck.'l military advisor, General C. Ken noy, argued that the United States should retail} any islands of mili tary value. Delegates said fh;’. if any held < t. the disagreement could be con sidered as tantamount to an issue between the State and War Depart ments and would have to be refer red to President Truman for settle ment. Kenney, chief of the Pacific a'ir staff, could not be reached imme- j diately for comment. I U. S. 'BIG SIX' CONFER DURING UNO SESSION INTERLUDE L . . .,.w ■ % * SIX MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES DELEGATION to the UNO General Assembly are shown talking things over during a brief lull in one of the sessions in London. They are (1. to r.): John G. Townsend, former U. S. senator from Delaware, alternate; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, the delegation head; John Foster Dulles, New York, alternate; Senator Tom Connally, Texas, delegate; Frank C. Walker, former Postmaster General, alter nate; and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, only U. S. woman delegate. (International Radiophoto) PearlHarborCoaldHaveBeen Defended, Adm. Kimmel Says Washing! on Held Back Information Might Have Made Pearl Harbor An Ambush For Jans Wellington. .Ian. IS. — (AD- - Hear Adm. Husband K. Kin: ' el ‘ .day contended Washington naval j officers denied him information he said gilt hi.V. made Pe iri Hai bar an ambush for the Japanese. In a 2r>,00l)-word statement sub- I milted to the Senate-House iiip dry' c immittee. tile retired commandor in-ihicf of t'lne fleet callid "mislead ing" tile 'Avar warning” message sent to him !>y Adm. Harold It. Sia'rk, then chief of naval operations ten davs betoi-e the attack of Decem ber 7. 1941. Klmmel also contended: 1. He was not suppiie i inf:>rma lion available m Washington Ir intercepted messages "wide i t-o'i.l wium and where Japan w mid pio bablv strike.” 2. Thi.*:, withholding this inlorma (Continut'il on Page Kigitt) Sinking Of Liner Told By Doenitz * Nuernberg. Jan. 15. — (APi— An affidavit by Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. inti* >.tuced before the in ternational military tribunal today, i-xi*1 did the German myth that the British liner Athenia was sunk by the British themselves in 1939 in n ■dot to push the United States into the war. Great Britain demanded the con viction of Doenitz successor to Adnl; Hitler as fuehrer of Germany as a "murderer'' for U-boat attacks or. helpless sailors in lifeboats and for irdering the ruthless shooting oi commandos. Colonel H. .1. Fillimore a British - osi'-ntor, to’.d tiie tribunal trying Doenitz. and 21 other top Nazis as war criminals, that Doenitz **w.is no plain sailor” and was a key cog be hind Nazi preparations for aggres sive war. The affidavit signed by Doenitz on November 17. 1945, said the Athenia was sunk by the German submarine U-30 on the day Britain entered the war. On board were 1,500 possen gers, some ot them Americans. Ger man propaganda .it the time tried to lay the blame on Winston Chur chill. Bolstering the case against Doenitz, Lt. Com. Karl Heinz Moe hlo, a German submarine comman der who sunk 20 Allied ships, tes tified against the admiral, asserting that he did not want to be blamed for his former chief's order to shoot ,.p li.eboats. _ « Congress May Take Over Controls In Big Strikes Quick Action Seen Upon Fact-Finding Asked By President W i 11 ” 11 m. Jon Id -(API- C -ii ••ress. bek .>n i b i •••••• -ss I '-o I saw 111ri ■ I i ll ri I" son • cl ti> new pro's., showed sign-; today o! i e irg stviOly into the str ia- pi.' lllll*. Ty i nrt’n id's o the Senate 1 C - i.mi; \ a f-?i . i* 1 it"i .i..i a Dent- \ • ■i-at. f "ecast rj -k room on Presi- j dent Trimion's ronuest for a fad- I I ••--ij-ici mi-. The C"> ■ - nr' tea ro s m • :i ! carings. with William 11 | Ii \ is, I ■ t '.m- Wa r I, ib: I too r i chairman, aid economic stabilizer, as i's lead-off witness. “I ihinh '.vc can have 'bo fact finding measur- ready after !>: < f hcarmgs," Senat r Kllcnde -. T.n ,i-i , na Dini'ocrat. ! -Iri a reporter. 'I mav as eve" sir. nger than tin Pres- i id-mi r'ked.” Senate" .'.ikon. Vi.Tien '• : lican, said ! " was willing lit ir.ik • I the hearings ”s t ind sweet,” 1 ! j ng m all inter'!e w. "I tili Ilk I'm gross is entitled to have a vote j til is quest ion.” Unde ' Mr. Trim- n'x pron >s-ii. such fact-finding boards >se in the General Motors and s'epl asr wu »v I ,• rm< i ith ’■ * il airthor ilv t i sal j iclia corp uniti m bo >ks. and mions would be barred "on. - linking for 3(1 days wliil efad-ldnd mg was under way. Tw i iitbe:' senators. Kn-aland. Mis siss'i i Democrat. and O'D.iniel. Tex is Democrat, south Sen: to act. a: wi: waiting f >r the I. b >r con - mittee to complete its hearings. They noted that Mr. Tr man has asked immediate action eh ly in De cember and announced they would ask the Senate to discharge the la bor c mnmittee and act a- so in as the ! chamber meets again on Thursday. \ C . , —— „ ,-x \ \ ., . . a X - \ M I I I V. * * In Keeping Peace l rged At I .ondon 1 nndon, .Tan. 15.— (APT.The sag- ' acstion that atomic wen nuns bn used *o aid the world peace force in i.’eni'ing the peace was made today hv NT .1 O. M 'cin, Xnstra’ian r.r y minister and head of the Australian delegation to the United NVion- As | scmbly. He issued a statement on the subject as an Iranian rpu-uson tative t'-ld the delegates that con ditions in his strife-ridden country now- iointlv occupied by Rossi;.' and Britain, might present the new w add 1 o agency with a te-t of its ahiliiv to maintain friendly relations among nations. cotton sr».tn cm sm\r.s Washington. Jan. 15.— (APT- The Cposus Burer'i reported toi.av that cotton ses-d crushed in the five months period August 1 to Decem ber 31 totaled 1 924.282. t ns. com cared "dth 2.120.749 tons in the cor responding penod a year- ago. South Carolina Declines Repeal Of Poll Tax Act ( olumhia. S. < . .Tali. l.V— (AIM — The Smith Carolina Mouse of Representatives re jected todav a Senate-approved resolution looking toward poll lav appeal. The vole was 69-40. .Meanwhile, the first horse racing hill proposed in the Gen eral Assembly since the war be gan greeted legislators as they returned for the second week of li e 19 46 session. The Ini! to le galize pari-mutai belting on a eminlv option basis was intro duced In Representative ( leve laud of Greenville. Racing not now prohibited hut not commer cialized because of the anti-licl ting ban would lie licensed and regulated. 16 Slates Affected By mr New Strike Tin ec Bi<^ Concerns Tied I p B\ Newest I Gibor Disturbance* XYu York, Jan. 15—(AD — Two hundred thousand electri cal workers in 1(5 states from Massachusetts to California struck today against their com panies. which produce the maj or part of the nation’s home and industrial electrical appli ances. Albert J. Fitzgerald, inter national president of the C.I.O. United Electrical Workers, an nounced at 8 a. m. that the walkout in plants of General Electric, Westernhouse and General Motors was “one hun dred per cent effective," ac cording to all bulletins received at UE national headquarters up to that time." Fitzgerald said 57.000 women an;! 25,000 salaried and white edlar workers were among those who left their jobs. lie said this was the largest number of women to strike m recent years. Women and white collar workers will he represented in picket lines, he said. The union president declared the walkout was 100 percent effective at 8 a. m. in plants in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa., Lvnn and Springfield, Mas-.: Srhc.n tadv. N. V.: Broomfield. Newsvk and Jersey City, N. .1.. and Dayton. Ohio. A. total <>f 98,000 workers are employed in these plants. International headquarfeis of the ininn announced shortly after fi a. m. that “the walk art beg..;! cm srhc “Because of the refusal of the General F.lcrtric. Westinchouse and General Motors Corpora tions to grant the union's $2 a dav wage demand, 200.000 cm nio.vees have heen compelled to go on strike." \pproximately 30.00(1 wirkrrs Jett their jobs in I'.mr Mass'. husetts cities. Fitzgerald announced at 7 a. i that G. K.'s t)ig plan' at Lynn, Mass., employing 16,000 persons, was shut down. Several thousand pickets were at the plant, he s:.'id. Picketing began at 6 a. m. at the Westinghmi.se lamp plant and the G. K. air conditioning and industrial controls plant in B! vunfield, N. .1,. and witnin two h airs ha't swelled, to pr .portions of a mass demonstra tion. By union estimate. 3.500 pickets, incl dmg four on horseback, pa ts.,lied the Westinguuuse gates and 1.500 marched at G. F. entrances. 190 Men May Be Trapped In West Virginia Shaft Welch. 4V. Va.. Jan. 15.— (AP)—Seventy-five enal miners miraculously escaped alive to day after a tremendous blast in the No. !! llavaco mine on the outskirts of Welch, hut the fate of 1!)J others was in doubt as rescuers drove into the smoke and dust-filled shall workings. E. L. Chat field, an inspector ut i rue of Me Stole Minis Hep; rtment so : 1 he was informed that 107 men were in the workings when the ex plosion iceurred around 9:50 a. m. The force was so terrific that Negro ; tipiin a sen ml home and workers in till' store and oft ice of the New River and Pocahontas Con solidated C ml Coo . i.oiy, Ironi 500 to 1,000 feet .’.vay. acre injured by shattered glass and debris. The mine is oix ati i by Ncvv River and Pocahontas. t nolfiei.il estimates said from a third to one half of those com ing from the mines alive walk ed up the shaft steps, which somehow remained intuet, al though the tipple appeared to he a total wreck. The shaft is about 400 feet deep. Hospitals ■ Welch, a city of 7. 000 pnnulati n. ami the county seal 0 t!u biggest bituminous coal pro during county in tile United States were quickly tilled to overflowing w ’h injured miners and children irom the scho 0 house. Ed vva>rd Mullins .'.id his son James, who apparently were no' hurt, t ild newsmen they were the ties’ to reach the surface from the inner workings. The father said they I were at work about one mile from the shaft in No. if entry when they j heart the blast and immediately : stavted r timing. They said the workings inline I diately became so dark from smoko i and dust that they had to si top over and tra'in their lights on the steel n me rails in order to find their way I to the opening. Welch. W. Ya.. .Ian. 15.— (API —An explosion apparently deep in the workings belched from the opening of the Havoco No. !) coal mine today with such force Negro children in a grade school 500 feet away were in jured. and the fate of 250 to 300 workers was immediately in doubt. l Before leaving Charleston for the scene, state Mine Chief fi. K. Spindlrr said he was inform ed by one of his inspectors that 250 to 300 men were believed to have been at work in the No. 0 mine of the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company when the terrific blast occurred. Spindlrr left Charleston for the scene, which is about one half mile from the outskirts or Welch, a coal mining city of about 7.000 population, accom panied by John H. Hansford, State director of mine rescue work. The chief said he was in formed by E. L. ('Hatfield, an inspector-at-hyrge stationed at Welch, that rescue crews already were started in the sloped mine. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Rain and cool tonight, becom ing cold in northwest portion tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy and colder.
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