Ifettitersmt iBatlti Btspafdj THIRTY-THIRD YEAR ^APSmc&atSd 'VrmS* HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 17, 11)40 E1VE CENTS C0PY a/miipi mi■» _ rn _ 1 ■ ~ ' ■ ' - _ rviifiM'ici. nns dlm/YIC WIN dUrcKIUKb IN HIS FIRST CHANCE to state his case ocfore a public hearing. Hear Ad miral Husband Kimmcl dramatically points his linger in testifying be fore a Joint Committee investigation oi the Pearl Harbor debacle. Deny ing receipt oi a "war warning", he passed responsibility to his Wash ington superiors tor not informing him. (International Soundphoto) Czech Leader Wants UNO To Control Arms Output France Asks Death For War Leaders Fear Is Brought To Faces Of 22 Nazi War Lords Nuernberg, .Ian. 1 ' A!’ > "France aske i dr.il.n ‘» i * I ' ring leaders of the Nazi re.;. > ana inr pairs1 pent i.f Irna!ri Is 11! tin. sands of men id's o' Ciei nan terror org.:ni/at a >n.~. Francois DcMenttion. war \ct pran w li" is the f vench prose eutor denounced Hitlerism ami all that it stands for with a fervor that brought f-ar to the faees of Hermann (ioering and other prisoners before the In ternational Military Tribunal. “Civilization reounv Vl,; 1 after this unleashing of barbarism U \ et'di t vv! ieh tv il l ! •• a sort o! slip: line a .n m nr. i"' .' * * .* . Justice Must Strike. ".Ins: ire must : "ike I!) ■ c Ki; d.r of tin' elite: prise <•: narbar:.- Ir • 1 which we ha1, e .i s: escaped. I ne reign of justice i- the mist exm" ex;tission ut great human hope. Your decis: in can mark a decisive period i:i its dill.' ’ll purs iits. The ci'icf French prosecutor said that perhaps the punishment of hundreds of th ms:’.ids of men w: a belonged to sucii tenor urgani/ati ar sis the SS and the SA and (iesiapo "awakens some objections im. warned: "Without the exi fence the-e organizations, without the spit .. which animated them, one would no succeed in understanding how so many a'.ro,cities could have been pei ■petrated," Snow, Sleet Cover Most Of 2 States (By The Associated Press.) A snow and ice coat blanketed most of the Carolinas today, cancell ing out bus and air schedules in many sections oi the two States i.'nj making for hazardous motoi nave.. The North Carolina Piedmont seetion saw clearing skies while snow and sleet continued to tall in the east. Temperatures were at sub-freezing levels in both states. Raleigh citizens awakened today to the heaviest sleet in 16 years and light snow and sleet continued this morning. The weather bureau re ported 4.6 inches ol snow and sice., 3.7 of which was sleet. All buses scheduled out oi Ra leigh were cancelled last night c.'t 6 p. m. Greyhound buses expected to resume their schedule this morn ing, but Trailways vehicles were not expected to move out o£ Raleigh until late afternoon. Britain Is Honing To Put Mandates Under UN Control London, .Jan. 17.—(AP) Unitec Natn i s I'tilrol of the entire world’; a;;; ament industry, iDeluding atumii bond factories, was proposed to thi UNO General Assembly today b; Foreign Minister .Ian G. Masaryi ol C/.eeoslovakia. Jobs and protiirms piled up for the assembly as it began the second \frek of its existence with a sobering speech by For eign Minister Ernest Bevin of Britain. 1 ’•(■■.in s;i d I Iril. n was a I road; negotiating to pi.ire three of her lie eld ;. andates re; the League o Nation. aider too projected UN( trastei ship system. Belgian oflieial ■ i I they w on Id anno mee simila uitc* Polls !i r their two mandates n •\ I'riea Palestine .V. linn Delayed. Box in >aid the throe mandate Britain |>a >|)• used to c- over! into th I. \( ) 11 .istoo- in]) were Tanganyika I i .gol.md. and the t' maroons, al in ,\ frira. lie -aid act a n .1 Pales tme w. - being u ithheld \>endipg re .. ;|ts 01 a British-Aii'eriean inquir; ii,u> 1110 Jewish-Ar ih issue there Bevin also told the Assembly tha tie yearly c > t if the United Nation Organization to all 51 member na t, 1 - wo ,ld he less lhan half th amount o! money spent by th United Kingdom in a single day i the war just ended. He did not give any specific fi gures. Under UNO Control. Masai vk told the assembly tha1 in order to safeguard humanit ugaii sl the "latest seientil'ic inven t mis," the world arms industry, ‘ to gel her with the latest devastalin inventions, should be put under th control of the United Nations.” Delegates applauded Masaryk loudly several times, especially \\ lieu he said he hoped that, "not one particle of uranium pro duced in my country will ever be used for wholesale destruc tion." Uranium is the source of materii for atomic energy and the atom bomb. At another point, he deplored ar I ti-semitism. "Alter what has hafi : pened to the Jews," he said, "soli i tion of their problems is undeniab: i the duty of all decent peoples." i Army’s Discharge System Is Defended Again By Gen. Eisenhower Washington, Jan. 17—(AP) ■—Congress received today a warning from General Doug lass AiacArtliur that any at tempt to cut Pacific forces he lot'. the 40(i,0(iu mark contem plated by July 1 would “wetk en to a dangerous degree’ mil itary control over Japan and Korea. A cable Irom the supreme Allied toainu.naer m me i acme, cunta.i mg this warning was laid bemre a Sen ate committee bv General Dwight D. iaisennuwer, army cmel of stall. Eisenhower Appears. Eisenhower appeared before a special Senate Military sub- com mittee to explain further the army'.' demobilization policilics which he 1 had outlined to an nformal sesson oi Congress Tuesday. it iiiiu me cumnm tee the telegram from MacAr thur had been received in code and lor this reason his exact words were rearranged. Mac Arthur reported there were I. 168,000 soldiers under his com mand in December and that this will he reduced to 660.000 by January 20 and then gradually cut to 400,000 on July I. This number would include the 200,000 men in Japan and Kc rea. Committee Chairman Edwin C. Johnson, Colorado Democrat, inter jected that Eisenhower told the Tuesday sesshn that army -■'rce. in the Pacific theatre would he vut to 375,000 by July 1 or 25,000 less 1 than Ma.Arthurs estimate. Air Force Totals. Eisenhower said the difference represented an adjustment in aii ' force totals, adding that MacAr thur’s command covered all troops ; | in Japan, Korea, the Philip; mes, the Mariannas and Hawaii. Eiso hi wet told the committee he had also: 1: Directed all theatre command ers to get down to rock bottom by releasing every possible servicemai and oflicer. 2: Ordered a halt to ail mass demonstrations by soldiers a gainst demobilization delays. 'j ;j: Dire.ted armv inspector gen 1 ends to visit all armv installation: 1 and listen to individual complai.t: ’ m all "junior officers and men' win believe they are not essential anc 1 should be discharged Johnson Seeks Cut. Earlier. Senator Johnson advoeat ' ed cutting the armv down to it: 1919 size. J Joh son told a reporter he thoivrM the army should be able to get alonf with a million men by .July 1. Thi: compares with 9.331,442 in the ranks . on the .nine date as in 1919. I The armv has been planning ti . have 1.500,000 men by July 1, but Johnson told reporters lie consider: , that figure about 500.000 to high , Eisenhower told Ci» gross Tuesdav i that the army's strength on Jan uary 1 was 4,200.000 as compare! . 1 with the Y-E Dav peak of 8.300.000 . Communists Again Reported Breaking = Chinese Armistic Chungking, Jan. 17.— (API— Tin National Military Council lodai charged the Communists with sex oral new viok.Cions of the Sunda,' truce' which theoretically endec China's civil strife. '1 In Yenan. Communist 8Ui Routi c Army headquarters charged tha I Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek per - sonally and secretly had ordered tn - commander of the eleventh war zon - on Saturdi.'y to seize strategic Com y munist strong (joints before tii cease fire order became effective. Intervention By President In Steel Strike Threatens Union Boss, Finn Conferring \V -’lingt '1, .T O 1" f Ah) President Harry Trnm.in gave ti," two priori. F" ; i tae ' ' 'atened ■-1 Ho e ;' ■ i * ' e', . n • tod a,' to w irk "lit on ' t :it1 "• i t , ;eth■ ■ before he ropo ■ a v. ay to end tile fie •file '|'’i ■ tv Helen4 ga "O ( iff Pro . ion Philin .Murray rod P,i i •• ■, ■ i Fan - less. V. S S’r ’ ii'Mil, • n'.i! t e aft ernoon to settle the’ wage dispute. Should they fail, he - id. to Will Hep in with "a propos:1 in the pub lie interest.” Air, Truman ur °(I F'° two men. .iusi before tliev left tlie White House last night after a dav of fruitless talks I > “stoop over it and pray over it and do their utmost to tI together and come hack a'.ain t* 2 o'clock. e!f| (!»cv would. This sharp focusing of liie s;io‘ 'jo. , a ’ , cruris! Wiiiie House meeting tended to avert t ip atten tion fv i" n"’ - nd'iii'ii.’ t ■ 'i m eff >rt here to find a sol 'ti in for the meat packing strike, already hitting the nation's meat markets. Afternoon Merlin0'. I.:!iir Sr.-ofa y Tw.vi-' Seiiwellen bach invited management and labor representatives t > an nf'ern ; >n The steel proposal Mr. Truman has in mind is hi- own secret, bu4 there was some specula'.i m it niigot involve i'is personal .iudwnont ai wiia't would tie a reasonable adjust fnent tit tin' rival wane stands. Charles G. Ross, press secretary, sai d (a >v. ■ a,v"nt -si " lias ''not entered into the discussions." tin > ugh last night’s talks. H<’ ''ki r•> ported that Fairies.-- and Murray could accept or reject 'lie Presiden Ti, •' nr t isa'i. Fairless has offered to pay 1 o cents more 11 boa:' iv.it Murrav s in 1-0 fin’• ; IV." his 800. 000 CIO steel workers who are due to strike next Monday. The Presi dent already has urged General Motor:' Corp t > accept i (art find ing ho ' i's ra" o - il r 1 0 1-'’ emits move an hour f und. SECOND SESSION OF 79th CONGRESS AT OPENING n IM 1 fEWf® H B A -p WITH STRIKE LEGISLATION and other vital measures awaiting their attention, only a scattering of Congress men were in their seals—ns the picture shows—when the second session of the 79th Congress opened after its holiday recess. (International) Picket Lines Form About Stock Yards TO OPEN OYSTERS, MAKE 'EM YAWN I '&tiP - ini i ■■i i in OoifcRVING STARFISH that lulled luscious, unsuspecting oysters into open ing up, Dr. Herbert F. Prytherch of the U. S. Fisheries laboratory at Beaufort, N. C., discovered that plain soda-water solved the problem of relaxing the stubborn bivalves. The starfish being a stolid and boresome creature, the oysters yawned in their beds—but the scientist substituted a sousing bath in plain old sodium bicarbonate. (International) Japanese Did Impossible At Pearl Harbor Washington. J:m. 17. - (API Rear Admit' >1 Husband 17 Kimmet told Congressional investigators t j day how the lapane'e succeeded :n | launching ueritll torpedoes in the shallow waters of Pearl Haro..r. a 1 teat which navy experts in H>11 | considered impossible. The former Pacific fleet comman der. detailing his own account of the disastrous Japanese raid on Peari Harbor n 1941. said the .\i..-pore-e simply attached wooden fins to tin old style torpedoes to do the job. “That "as the device tin- .Jap anese used,” Kiminel said, "to accomplish the task." He added drviiy "The solution to any problem serni.> easy alter you have the answer.” I Prev ious testimony had showed that the officials entrusted with the defense of the naval base felt rela bvlv sec ire against aerial torpedo allavUs since they knew of none that would operate successfully in the water there The average depth of that anchorage is 30 feet. Kimmci has testified that damage against ships at the ba'se pi pliably ! would have been slight, if the Jap i anese hadn’t been able to use the torpedoes. S 1 UNO Security Council Meets Iran To Provide First Real Test Lond;Jan. 17. — (API —The Ciiiti'i X. :i ms Security Council met today and uas declared "duly con* sti’uted" to begin the task of main taining peace in the world, with force . f necesFt’ry. The 11 members were grouped around i horse-slme table. Xearoy was Xasmllah Entezam, represent ing Iran, whose territorial dispute with Russia' may furnish the tirsi test of the new peace organization'; effectiveness. Entezam may throw the problem into the lap ot tin c incil 1' moi row. Recalling the protracted disputi oxer veto power? at San Francisco ; ’x< t dele > tes ex|iresse i the x iea it was unlikely Russia eo id prexen an a'iring of the dispute Many a!s< expressed the opinion that under tin charter Russi i would hav e to re frain from voting on any recom mendation the council n ight maki tor a peaceful settlement. Edxv :’d Stetinius the America: membei declared xx’hcl a i the bod; "suceeds or nut depend- on the man nor in which the members ot th council dischi.vge the special obliga tion which they have assumed." Market Hindered B\ Profit Cashing X’ew York, Jan. 17. (API Se | lective strength persisted in today' I stock market although many leadei struggled unsuccessfully with ligr profit cashing. In front most o! the day were l S. Steel. Southern Pacific. Norther •Pacific, and Electric Power an 1 ight. Among lasga'.’ds were Chry I sler. Douglas Aircrait, liiternation; Harvestsr and Great Northern. Look To Capital For Settlement Of Paralyzing Strike Chic tgo. .1 in, 17.--(API - -Parki tg h use workers maintained picket lines around empty pens in nvst ol the nation's stock y:vds today as they looked to Washington for -ct tlcment oi a paralyzing strike in the meat industry. Leaders ol' CIO and AFL unions involved in the huge walkout—-af fecting same 26.3,01)0 workers- an i representatives of the f r major packers needed appoa'is of Govern ment officials to meet in an attempt 1o reach agreement in the wage dis pute. One ol' the unions went to the peace talks ready to modify its wage demands. Meat Situation Acute. As tire meeting by unions, peck ers. and Lab ir Department officials g« rt on lor a ay, i »e sea rcity ol meat became ncrc acute in many sec tions as r a!- of livestock ft nrui. in-,| a mart ts dropped. Current supplies were shrinking rapidly and continuation of the strike which started Tin sday t;ireat i ned ' . re 1 ice toe cmintry’s fresh j meat - ippiy to far below war time ! i aliening. Kcporis mini mrmnnmn me ! nation indicated supplies prob j ably would lie exhausted in from two to ten days. Going into t iday's Wa hington c.infcrence, the AKL. Amalgamated Meat C tiers were prepared tn set tle tor a Wage increase of 15 cell's an hn nd hi.'d urgecI the ('I1 1 United lo.'k.ng House Workers I i st; >mi: a -imilar proposal. CIO Holding Out. The CIO union, however, has held cut for ;■ 17 1-2 cent an hour wage hike immediately, wi'.u later nego tiations on an additional 7 1-2 cents .uai did not comment, on the AFU union's action in lowering its de mand. Original demands were for 25 cents an hour pay hike. Earl Jimseron. president of the AKL union, said the otic: by pars ers of ten cents an hour was "very inadequate." He said the uni m w is ready to accept an oiler of 15 cents promised normal operations by next | Monday in all plants. Some High Point Workers Will C Jet Checks From I CC , Raleigh. Jan. 17.—(API — Mm'1' , than 400 workers from 13 High Point hosiery mills will draw un employment compensation benefit-: r.'t an average of Sin a week as t result of a boarder’s strike, the UCC , decided today. ‘ The benefits were granted only to workers in other than the boarding , department. The UCC disqualifies a claimant from benefits for any week during which his unemployment is caused bv a labor dispute, unless suen ek.’imant satisfies the commission that "he is not participating in or r financing or directly interested in * a labor dispute which caused the stoppage of work." Holding The Bag t Portland. Ore., Jan. 17.— (AP) — A woman reported today a man had offered to hold her heavy shopping a bag while she waited for a bus. d Then he ran away with it. The womr.*n was en route to a ra il lathe's farm to bury a dead dog, which she had in the bag. Next Assembly May Revamp State Highway Commission By LYNN NISBET Daily Dispatch Bureau Raleigh, Jan. IT.—Despite out ward manifestation of harmony and complete cooperation in all phases of activity, close observers believe that under-surface resentment and jealousy may influence the next general assembly to make basic re vision of the highway administra tion set up in North Carolina. There isn't paytiling very tangible in which to hang s. eh speculation. It is a feeling rather than a fact and I perhaps would not have developed to even its present intangible status , xcept for the worst winter on coun 1 try roads since the state assumed responsibility for them coming im medk.'lcly after four years during which war prevented normal main tenance wok. Some of it is inherent in a sys tem which in effect is more nearly a conglomeration of ten independ ent highway suzerainties n.'ther ' than a comprehensive and cohesive state system. Whatever the ca'use or causes and however intangible the trouble may be. fact remains all is not as well as might be in the state highway set up. i Full Time .lob. There is a chainruM of the com mission who has a full time job and is supposed to represented the whole state. There - iis > a chief engines1 who super vis. all mart palnnin and e.instructi >n. Blit the ten d vision ciwnmisMonors and engineei have such disc elinnary powers ;.V t make the divis'nns almost autonon ous in all matters pertaining t maintenance, tepair and location i all except feder; I .'id roads, o which federal engines rs have m ijs responsibility. Theoretically the idea ot relative ly independent division eommissioi ers brin g'h. highway system dost to the pcooie who in last analys pay for the . o .is. act :'hy the sv; (Continued on Page Four; WfATISER 11 FOR NORTH C AROLINA. Partly cloudy in west and cloudy with some rain or sleet in east this afternoon. Con i' tinued rather cold and clearing tonight: lowest temperatures 18 to 21 in west and central, and 25 to 30 in east. Friday fair and i warmer.