Hmtlteremt Hatlij Htspatrij
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR 1 Tm':V^lT^n'iV\,;;: A'' HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 22, 19-U> ' V 1 , n FIVE CENTS ( < >i’V
New Move By Russia
May Result In Split
Among Large Powers
To Oppose Osmena
- ' - -•» o V ii..
PRESIDENT of the Philippine Senate,
Brig. Gen. Manuel Roxas (above),
was nominated by acclamation as a
candidate for president of the Phil
ippines at a convention of the "lib
eral wing" of the Naciolista Party
in Manila. He will oppose President
Sergio Osmena. (international)
Labor Bill
Passed Bv
w
Committee
Takes Teeth Out
Of Fact Finding;
Floor Vote Soon
Wadiingtnn, .ian. 111! i .AIM I he
Ho i.-e labor committee t'>■ i-iy appr >v
eri i modified vcision of President
H.' ry Truman's prop .sals tor fact
finding lio.iids to handle major in
daslrial disputes.
The ten to H vote came after the
in.o l.ittee had reject! 1, 1.1 t" l
moti m to approve '.vithout change
the legislation asked hy M'. Ii iman.
The u etis'me accepted hy the
gr.’iij) .' draft1, t l)y Hep. Landis
l It Inch.
It would set ip the fact finding
'hoards 'out would not give them
po\v■11" to subpeon.i witnesses, books
; nd in o: d.-.
P also would eliminate a sccti in
banning strike.' lor Ml days while
the bos rds deli net a t e.
L hh tire subpe inn and the "cool
ing off peri id" had been urged by
Mr. Truman.
Acting t’ha'irman Randolph (O
W. Va i fold new n en he would
seek a floor vote s >on.
Seviral eommitlee members said
they v ted for the : iditied version
m order to insure a vote soon by
the House on some L pe ot strike
control legislation.
l.andi- told reporters "we owe it
to the people h> take some action
to halt these strikes." He added that
"il is quite likely that broader leg
islation" wilt be offered m the House
;,<s an amendment to his measure.
35 Hospitals
Not Suitable
For Veterans
Washington, Jan. 9J. — (API
Most of the army's war-timt hos
pitals are not suitable for use by the
Veterans Administration and com
paratively few of them will be ta.%
en over bv that t.'gcncy, General
Omar Bradley, told a House Appro
priations sub-committee in testimony
released today.
The veterans aamimstrator sub
mitted a list of ten hospitals he said
lie believed can be used tor veteran.^
t.'nd 3a which can not.
"Many of these hospitals are of
frame construction, ten per cent tem
porarily, ” he told tht1 committee it
testimony on the independent of
fices appropriations bill for the 194.
fiscal year.
"Some of them are about 7a pet
Cent non-pormrinenV he said.
“Many of these are in n.'ther isolat
ed places . . .which increase the dif
ficulty in staffing them.”
(Editor’s Note: The name of ihf
Camp Burner, N. C. hospital which
has been mentioned as a possible
site for a new veterans hospital wa
not on either of the two l.sts whirl
Gener;'! Bradley submitted to th<
committee.) _
Reds Counter Iran
Dispute By Citing
British For Action
’ no '.a . .Tm. :’2 (.XT’) Info: .1
I'd obser\ el's exprcs-ed tue >pirn >:>
her t rlav tha* Russ: mi I'!;! ini.in
complaints to the Un:h I \ • • • • . •
(trg inizalion ng in t B ti h policies
in Grocci an 1 .lava might res1.'!! in
. ■ se i ms split .cmmg :he Itve gic i*
powers.
The eninnlaiuts. filed with
the Seeuritv ( nunril. a ciiv"d
Britain of endangering world
peace and Jnlerferl"" with
internal affairs of Greece and
Java. They nnip as a complete
surpiise to British. Greek and
Hutch delegates
Onsi-n Cl'S '.nd t: c :V. :: :n •" s by
the Russian and the U -•• i:"" r!
ti ns unioubldely posed the great
est test yet la,-.>d by the United Na
ll • ■ inizalion, which a ye i l\
h ■ I been handed the explosive Kus
; 'i!:;in.an dispute.
t’ -I'-o c iisiitutc the first in
stance ol action by one armor.- o
the 11-nation Security Council
against another member. In weigh
ing the move, some offi -inis sai l
that the new pefe agency’s success
depended largely upon unity among
the major [lowers.
There wax no immediat*' of
ficial comment from the Brit
ish. One British xpokexmaii said
however, that his first reaction
«as that the Russians were
playing “til for lat” in intro
ducing complaints against the
British to balanit ilu- Iran pro
test against Russian interference
in northern Iran.
Athens, Jan. 22.--(AP) Premier
Snphoulis said today "British mili
tary forces in Greece with the full
consent of the Greek Governmen1
. Md are in earnest colab>-;\,i; ui witu
it in maintaining order. Th - a-ser
lion was the first official Greek re
action to Russia's <rec|'uost t i the
UNO to give early consideration to
the situation i:i Greece.
S. A. L. Puts
Millions In
Equipment
\. rbilk, Va.. .1 m mrv 22, W
Ji.lies, general purchasing agent lm
the Seal" ard Air lane Railway, said
today that purchases m heavy a i
tenals by the railmad assumed
large proportions durii g 194.5. A
lew nl the more important item.
speeitied by Mr. .Jones are these: 1!
oiesel locomotives tor passenger ser
vice costing about $3.1.511.090 i an
ot these engines will be deliverer
m the first quarter ot this year 1 hi
railroad alsi bought lour diese
switchers for an outlay ol $310,000
likewise in the passenger end 0
the business, the Seaboard ordcrei
thirty-eight lightweight luxury pas.
senger ears costing $2.714,000 aiu
850 Ireighl stirs. 'Inc latter a eludhir
box, flats and gondolas, carry a val
ue of $2,711,000.
Fuel to make Seaboard loeomo
! lives go was secured by purchase o
1 1 610,000 tons of coal lor the steuir
I engines and 20,880.000 gallons o
| fuel oil for the diesels. In case v.n
are interested in more tigurcs, tin
coal cost about 7 1-2 million dollar:
while the fuel oil amounted to ove
a million and a quarter. Ol coursi
rails were i ceded too. and cross tie:
to support them. That being so
37,600 tons of steel rail, costing ove
a million and a halt dollars ant
1.392,000 cross ties at a price o
$1,884,000 were bought and put inti
servi1 e. it takes lumber and piiin
to make a railroad tick too. so th
Seaboard ncuquired about 18.000.00
Icet of lumber together with 650.00
piles. Respective costs of these item
were $1,117,000 for the lumber am
$186,000 for the piles.
Wainwright on Job
CARRYING A CANE, Gen. Jonathan
M. Waimvright, hero of Bataan and
Corregidor, is pictui ed on his arriv
al by plane at Brooks Field, Texas,
where he will take over the com
mand of the Fourth Army. Behind
Waimvright is Brig. Gen. Lewis C.
Beebe. (International Soundphoto)
Paralysis In
l .S. Industry
Is Spreading
Plants, Mills Anti
Mines Closed In
Almost 30 States
-gii. .1 i. 22. CAP) Para
lysis g'ip'vd A r- i "A ba-ir irtfl'.is
1 ry today ' ‘he CIO-United Steel
•a i : k( rs -• ike kept 750.000 idle for
tn sr.-uul day.
The biggest waikouf in U. S. his
tory closed no irly 1.300 steel mak
ing and fa'v i" i': eg plants, alumi
num mills and iron ore mines in 20
states T lay its ef'ecf spread
ing to c istruction, railroads and
public utilities.
Production ol steel, the hone
and sinew of industry and re
conversion. had dwindled tn less
than five per cent of capacity,
a 53 year low.
T vi, , o • ; ■: . - ol ' i tlence id Prod
;n (Him 1ml ••:<> ir ■;•!. tile gigantic
stoppage, v 'rich began Sunday mid
. igiit, w ■ ,i 1 ii i nit in goiid order.
laid Conspiracy.
Philip Murray. CIO USW p* wi
deut. s i i a radio irldress thP the
imi'in slriisO in support *»i wn.^e in
erea dem md was ca 'sed by "an
evil conspi icy among American big
husit cl i'e ; hi s ■■ o' out t . de
stroy : or union, to provoke
strikes and < ■ >n . nic eha is and
mulct the Amerw it b ' >ple through
nr-ioltrul 111 > '"'.its and inflation."
Then was no reply from man
agement .
Si:• n « n fr •" U U Steel and
Repti 1 r Steel rel tsed to comment
but U. S. Slei i '.ca it might issue
., stateo ami later tod; y.
ila-old I . Stasscn. former
governor of Minnesota and a
Kepuhliean presidential possi
hility said in a speech here “the
only prospects of an early set
tlement of the strike still rests
with the President of the Cnit
ed States."
There was no report of negotia
lions between the union and major
■ steel pi o i - i" - Management of a
■ panel! il o! .- na!!er plants agreed t
i pay the 18.5 cent an hour wage in
■ i (pe.'a' suggested by Mr. Truman
i and accepted bv the union.
'I
) FOR NORTH ( AROLINA
) partly cloudy and cold. fol
, lowed by clearing and colder
tonight: Wednesday fair, yyarni
er in afternoon.
$20,000,000 Wanted To
Help Care For Veterans
| Washington, Jan. 22—(AP)—Con
I gress today was asked to provide
! hinds for L' 10 per cent increase in
I Veterans Administration hospital
I beds and nearly $20,000,000 for al
| terations and service additions to ex
I isting hospitals.
The House Appropriations
I Committee made the request
public in reporting out the 1917
independent office appropria
i tions bill.
Under its proposed program lor
■ the fisc;.1; year beginning next July
1 the Veterans Administration
wants to build 30 new ims-.n , .
. in 20 stales and construct additions
to tour others at a cost ot about
I $133,500,000,
| These new lacilities with changes
in the 1910 pngra n would add 13,
422 perm;’.lent beds for hospitals in
the nation or a total ol 142.000. The
j Veterans Administration estimates it
then will have about half as many
I permanent beds as will be needed
when the anticipated pea'k of vet
erans hospit: lization is reached
i which is expected in 1970.
The list 1 > states of new hospitals
their locations, number of beds
types of institutions and cost fig
ires : s made public today include
North Carolina: Durhi'.n, 500. gen
eral medical. 53,974,030: Charlotte
, d00, general medical, $3,974,030.
Action Is Considered Now,
His Secretary Says;
Strike Top Issue
"m-Mo . a n. 22 -fAPI Ta.
Whiti House arkn - ' • 11:•.< I 1 n
firs! time today that G . ■■■rna.
m izures in the meal industiy are
undot consideration.
Pri r. Secretary C:i: a . - ■
flOV-O 1 . told a TIC” - C •! I • r -M let
Hi:' imilar action in the -tool ir
dl'sfry ■; n i! yet hl- ;g r a . . 1 v I
In ii Iv to oucs*ion- ho l ild re
el • • •>. might be s line devel
«i i" ••* on in at di’rina the d iy. Ih
didn't know, he said, 1; t "it's p<»
S'.-lc."
"It ion- ssiblc to - ■ t J’
what ".-ill be I’ona." ho said "Thi
matti r of seizure has been under
consideration." Under fa 'her quo
tinnin*r he stated that this did “iW
refet to steel."
Said Finding Continues
Boss made public letter in which
President Harrv Truman instr r-t
ed the steel fact finding bo ir I t •
continue its study of government:,
data and "remain available for fur
ther "onsultation."
Meanwhile, the Government
gave settlement of the meat
strike number one priority,
shunting the big steel walkout
temporarily to second place.
Preparations for Federal sifix.ure
.if the meat packing industry were
known to be well advanced but
there were reports that the admin
isfr." mi intended to offer some last
minute new price iniweasr- t> avoid
taking over plants made idle by the
six day old walkout of 263.000
workers
Hopeful Note Sounded.
Di: pile the dubi his general out
look. Mr. Truman sounded a hope
ful note.
“We are Inn ing many troubles
now," he remarked the White
House last night, “as a result of
turmoil and dissatisf..cti m with
wages and loons and c mditions of
work
"Hut I am not a pessimist. I think
this country is too groa, to allow
person:’1, (list urluinees and interim
turmoil to prevent us I nun enjoy
ing what I consider the greatest age
in the history of the world
Sources close to the meat indus
try reported the price formula—
vigorously opposed by the OPA h
favored by the Agriculture Depart
ment might involve a Government
commitment to purchase some 3,
nno.oim.ooo pounds of meat at a price
increase ol 35 cents a hundred
pounds.
Gourt Hears
Of French
Starvation
Nuernberg. Jan. 22.—fAP) — A
French prosecutor cha'rgcd today
that a starvation diet of privatum
resulting from Nazi looting i an
caused the death of at least 1;ill.(100
Frenchmen. contributed to thous
ands ot other deaths and undermin
ed the nation's hcplth for years to
ponto.
The Frenchman. Charles (tertme
ter. told the International Military
Tribunal trying 22 leading Nazis
that the crime of starving entire
populations "is not less odious'’ that
those of deportati m, murders and
m; 'ssacrcs.
He quoted reports showing thru
| the daily ration of food in France
! fell as low as Hal) calories daily it
I a time when millions of tons of food
I were being shipped into Germany.
Voting Very Slow
In 10th District
Chari tto. Jan 22.—(API Voter?
ol t>’e loth N irth Carolina Congress
ional District w ,'s balloting today
lor a new congressman t > suceeei
the late Rep. Joe W. Ervin. Only
nominee on th.e ticket is the lat,
congressman's brother, Sam Ervit
if Morganton.
Voting was slow through.: it tin
district and promised to set a nee
low in the number of ballots ca-’
In Charlotte, largest voting point h
the district, only 11) ballots were ru
in the first five hours.
MARSHALL. CHIANG
HAVE CONFERENCI
Chungking. Jan 22.— f.-\P)—Gen
cral George Marshall conferred wit'
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to
an hour today Alth nigh there w ■
no immediate .announcement, it w i
believed tliev discussed mean- o
j ending viol''Pons of the truce
China's civil war
Meanwhile, the armistice eommis
sion at Peiping directed opposin
troops to withdraw promptly
least 20 miles from points oi com
i bat. _____
Gen. Short Says Army
Making Him Scapegoat
For Hawaiian Disaster
(,'laims Washington
Did \< >r (ii\ c i! in’.
pjiouHi Information
• ->
Washington. .Ian. '_'2.— ( AI * >
— .Major (ell. Whiter I. 1 .
Shorl <• nit •!»(!«•.! tod:, liit •,
War I Xepartn -nt in •. •■■■■■ r
of silence had attempted to ain
,rle him out as “the scapegoat”
for ttie disaster at i ,.i ar
bor.
In ;i 1R.11(iii ' ir ! 1
befori 1 he Si : . ‘>■ H 11 . • ■
ng committee, the etired U i ' t
army comt mder i ■ i - ■
ofPeers a Washingtii I ; •• i
the back" to him tec
ional inouiry “fore i the re • ' .■!
of facts.”
Short fed
should have a ted >ei .v I >•
7, 1941. on his Move: .,t m
that tie had aemte'l t. • .
against sab'd.ige. Rut t■ a- 1. ■ : - ei
“admission of responsibility” he sail,
canto from General . ae At. A >!l.
former ct.ii •' o! mil I. G ■ t.
I.. T. fle; , f<>r a-i 11..a: ' ■ lt
in the e ;s (-lit tie., -ng.
First Public Tcstim mv.
This • ■ t thru
timity to testify '
of his pre'sai is te- Pm my be!inv ':,e
Robert- C»n:mi -I n. 1 i ••• \
quiry boards a Ire iri.v e boa. <>
leased by the commitfee.
In a. separate opening state
incut. Short said lie was sure
"I would have arrived at the
coin In-ion that Hawaii would
lie attacked and would have
gone on an all out licit if lie
had received ail the information
Washington had on the situa
tion.
Shorn i I he was toC per” if. I
• lo in or other witnesses o: t < it
; examine them in •!• 1 Robert C n
: mission inv estigation.
He did not read I he cv : !• wu : C -
( on bv the r.mnnission tin: 1 A
1944.' lie sa rl
Didn't Hear Witnesses
. He added in ' i.'ter r.e a ■ ■ I
before th< <rniy Pi 1 ' I
where be did not hoar w i| os'r.a
■ ther wit in"- -o.-, :io v is . v. •• f '•>
load the 'O .-••orel’’ par' if r
to.-ti'i. >ity onlv v. i'l-rt P •• em " os-.
ional I" )hia it tee began a h ■ ■ ig.
Ill Im longer. :n; a ' ■ ■' ai"’:',
Short i aloa od dos.ay t'a■ 1 w
■ had taken before iti • I'.tnf ‘nf
fi nitent tons;
inti tept .1
D tment cne el t>
p. m. December (I. t ' ■ am
l ad struck and taa; a.: wa
, ht.'ntj "
2— di' General a I I Lit ''' •
were security ia•..s .:.- win he < i d 1
la it be given 1 h .s :I.•. >r a' I a. i •
should !ai\ o diia :od a", ah;. i
ah' a; ;n !!Mn.
Raid Not Probable
3— The action n dispatching '.in
armed ho. hors 1■ ai file aa:;da I I
■ H ' 'night if Dec
fi. 1 <141. 'em,!,’ pc.d nte ;n ;.
lief that an air raid was no; p
able."
4— The a it ask
army plain - I. • X . ... 27 ' >
Decea ho" fi to aid m roe,anaa - ■ «
I and to "mo to - mi"’.it that
had deft: '•■ in 'or" .'am ' ' . >
eatjol -s "l -lap.most' f i. a a
5—Had he been given by
telephone Marshalls December
7 message which arriced too
late, he Mould have had tom
hours to prepare for the attack.
I K- -The \V r Depart cent " d -ic
iays aim ' he \ m ■.: - 27 .'
ing message to changi- the mh
s;1 intage alert v : ich ',■■■!
Washington he had put mt i e:to."
but did nothing.
"I do not ted iha I
1 re tied fairly
War I > 'pa ' ' i S
was singled out as n < \ ■ I",
the sci'.iegoat f a' ' io ciisastor VI /
relatively small p..•" n l e t • m-., -
, lion was not explained to ;tie Amo. -
iean people until this 0"iigro iim d
committee forci'd the revelati in k
the facts." * ~J||
1 jnt Futurcs !)r<*n
55 Cents Per l>n!tj*
_
Ncm York. .Jan. 22 AP) Cot
ton f ;ttires npenod 30 cents a halo
- higher to 10 cent 1 'wit
Noon print's wore unchanged ’o 3f>
i cents a halo lower.
1 , March 24.77. M i.v 24.78. .Inly 2 I -
(in.
Pv. Clti.se O i v 'll
c March. 24.82 24 88
. 1 Mi.’v 24.82 24.85
I .lul'v . 24.70 24.70
,. | October . ■ ■ 24.23 23.25
■ i December 24.23 24.21-22
• March 1946. 24.13 24.16
RECORDS A SCENE ON CANVAS
FORMER BRITIS:-; PRIME MINISTER Winston Churchill stands next to an oil
painting which he had just completed of the palm-fringed shores of
Dilodo Isle in Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach, Fla. The eri'ic-s termed it
“top notch." Miami Daily News photo. (International Soundpholo)
Eisenhower Confronted
Ey 20 Service Mothers
Protesting Discharges
They Want Husbands Released But He
Says We Wouldn’t Have Any Army Then
\V i hmglon. Jan. -- -(API- -Geu
i ! i ■■ g i E e cor told ;roup
nf irale y>.... mother.- a ho eon 1 . o lt
. ■ ! today - - C;;i t o 1 11 tha
i 1 lather wen■ d . .. ?< i a
tiie army, "■ ere v. ie no army.
\ score nf women, represent
ing units of tile Servicemen's
Wives and ( hiltlren's \ssneia
linn. met the chief of stall out
side the office of Chairman An
drew May I !• Kyi as he arrived
to explain demobilization policy
In the House Military Commit
tee.
They 1n!d hi ntJy they
ed to talk to ion: and followed . m
i it . May',-, small ..Hire,
Hacked Into (iirnrr.
Backed into a corner ims! a
window, the live star general trie*
for few minilU ' to onswei
ed quest ions tired a! !i
olisly by a 1 nmst .11 .1 'no wa.a
May linally insisted that one
of them do the talking and .Mrs.
Dorothy Gclonb of Wilkins
DeGaulle Aide
Proposed For
French Post
Puri.-., Jan. 22. CAP)- The So
Ciali.-1 Party voted an.an mousA :
day 11> pro- use General Gharirs IV
Gaulle's tanner minister »> 1 state
Vincent Ann d, a '••Ctali-l. as : ie
president ol‘ tin* Fretuh i '\i>:un.!
. government.
The Socialist choice came alter
Communists had 1 ailed to win sup
port either irom the Conservator
Pop .... Rej • 1 a ns *i the Social
,>t> loi a proposed Gumm inist-lec
government.
T c S >c:a!i>! ciio.et* cane aiten .
ng j rt\ d( jpte >n a < ei
1 back Annul nr Feiix Gouin. Social
i.-1 president ot the constituent as
sembly whom the Communist.- pro
post'd today 1C ihc presidency itte
withdrawing their own candidate.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
BIDS ARE OPENEI
j H ileigh, Jan, -- (API Th
I Stale H'ghway and P blir Work
1 •i mi.-sion ‘.id y mieiH'd b: I- es':
1 mated at close t i S1.500.('!)ll m 1
•lew highw ay ..nd e»nstt-let. >n pn
is cts in . S many c u it it s
The bid opening ii d in '.
i -tale's post war planning and ini
nivement program w..s i'.eld i
■ 1 the hall n! the House. Cha: man -1
H. Graham said several bids yve.
i ! uhmitted for each project, some .
- I wh ah v. tie tor bridge structure
. 1 only. _
hunt. I*a., secretary of I lie*
group, was designated spokes
man.
S:v .. .1 i I;' y *'.t tnntlu r ; ,v!e> .■
husbands are in .service arc dis.-a'is
fiecl v. i:;i di ui >bili/.n1 cin procedure
111.!1, r! i :i .1 i that One ou! of e\ cry
gt ..- ending i i ree
.v.ti: ■ : ■ , iamiiitas invailved :u
11111-1 u! them.
They I rust tlales But
Declaring that mot in
; t eii ■1' ■ : i- ; . r '
• ■ pictures ot fraterni;
■I overseas, she a ski 1
fcasonhmver:
“Hir.v <l.i y ill think we mother
feei?"
Kisen'iu'wci. v.brp he g chance
III gel in a le'.V ,V >l(i . to i Iris' wo
lien there a n - a: ■ cal Tilb.i an I lather.
n the - d everyt eing
d.iin f get ir.t i ■: ia :’.i • irderiy
less i! mo 2' m 4 y for release,
* .here \:v i 1 bo n - .•. any."
OH it*iills Of
Draft Board
Get Honors
i Raleigh, Jan.. 22. - ( ATM- - Ouvt r
H. G egg Cherry !oda\ .w .1 rder
medals and certificates •>: merit U
Hornby 100 non-paid M’iooti'v 1 m:
iieiaU 21
( .... i ' - t •'
hen*.
Tht eeiv o*>ny \v.*s • 0 irst .0
mtii > if 1 i\ e to he held at \ ari uu
c Stab .
! ii.irri pers nmol who hare serve:
Iwii mart vear-' \\i*hi>ut p. y.
Tiie med.ils ,<iu; et : t i! a'ah 'S v. m. *.
designed tsprei.ii v t u dr ill b ah'
workers . '.id authon/ed by Con
gross.
Draft hoard official* !ruci \ .mo
county wore unions tn<'sc receivim
the honors.
> Steels .And Gold
Mines 1 ,ead Mari
New York. .Inn. 22. i AP* Si
i and g Id mines lc 1 .a rec 'Very sail
in tod v - -i.ick mai st .Ltho ...
demand s*ill was restricted an
[ tinny . isers persi. ted
K ' u c i most if the lime wor
. Bel del > m. l • s. Sleek Repubti
sieel. Vivvr.own Sac ,. c'iirysle
■ i' s Rubbi r. ('onsolidat( 1 Kdis :
: 1 H mu' take Minina. Dome Mine
s -Voe ican Woolens. Northern Pai
t ilic and New York Central.