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Henltersnn Batin Btspatrh THIRTY-THIRD YEAR 'Tm1 \ : i \ r/iVV;:!:^1 HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNO()N, JANUARY 25, 1946 ri "N FIVE CENTS CORY PROTESTS SWAMP 'JERSEY' SENATOR _I .... HI mm .US MORE THAN 5,000 PROTESTS, contained ill letters, telegrams and peti tions, have been received b.v New Jersey's U S. Senator Albert W. H.iwkes since announcement was made that t’vt. Joseph llicswa, Wal lmgton, N J„ had been given the death sentence by a comb: utial lor the killing ol two Jap civilians Displaying some ol the protests, Sen. Hawkes advocated "a square deal" for all service men. (International) John Lewis And Miners Return To Fold ,f AFL Lewis Is At Once Named A Member Of Executive Council .Miami. 1 la. .hu . (Al>) —Ar L l’n- -i lent Wiiiiam (liven today announced the re al'filiation ot' -brim I.. Louis and his 5(H),(Kin Lnited Mine Work ups with the American Federa tion of Labor. Lewis immediately was elect ed to the vacancy on the execu tive council created by the with drawal ot Haney \V. brown, president of the machinists, whose 700,000 dropped out of lie federation in (tctolmr. It) LL Green said Lewis would attend next week's sessions of the council, c xpQcted to he merely routine. Green said Iho return ul the rum ors was "sip.il11leant because of t!ss emphasis upon the need lor unity and solidarity. ' 1 interpret this step lain n by th > mine workers a i idenc ■ ut tlu’ir determination to wipe out the di vision ol lib: i" and to establish uu.ty." Green mid ; nev.; ' oiil'cr ence. ■pi miuht he p- « p. n as ■ "f it ' ■ te ipncri to pk ee li e ho:: e ot hi order 0 v. : I ■ h.i ' .1 pro .•Ifeet upon the : : :■ ■ 1 tie ...... ‘i.i :h oi a i life . move MANY GM FAMILIES ARE PUT ON RELIEF Detroit, Jan. —Dan iel .1. Kvan. city welfare direc tor. said today thill (ill! lam ilies ol General Motors sinkers are on reliei in Detroit, anti that l.llit have applications on file. The director explained mat those on relief lure did not have to pyov' the merits of the str ike to ket assistance, addin?: "1 ney had la submit documen tary proof ol I heir need, and where that exided they were qualified.' Three More Powers johi jap Trials Russia, France To Aid Netherlands ! o Aid Crime Prosecutions Tokyo, Jan, IT (API -Ku<*hid Fiance and the Netherlard today joined the international tribuna: that will try Japan's too war crime* suspects, including Heildki _ 1’ojo, j Japanese premier at the war's be ginning. Annoum ement ol their partic ipa fion followed week., ol un .-w taint... during which the t'niied Biale.., China and four mcmbei ■ tit Biu ish Empire had parlici}at'd m pie paration.s for the trial ,which ms start m March All : ign.itom - I" the ■ naa slei of Japan aboard the Moui i ■- ■ < tember J thus w ill take J>ai t in th trial of the Japane o. ■ lid Jo e ih 1 Keenan, duel 1 ■ K pio. ee' uloi . Empn e repre entail as a e ! ei • Britain, Canada. \u ' ra u.i an ->1 Zealand. The United Stale • daft l:. e ic Keenan is busy .. •..•inbl.ng rial which will be ready lor the re presentatives of oilier nations wnca tlie.r arrive. t )n tils* home 1 rout. Mae.V. tn n ordered the Japan"; e government to establish an effcctivi ystem I" iiaroot :r control ami 1 1 cu - eel !e. . . - lation with severe penalties fo. \ inlatol . . Seek Radar Signals To Reach Mars Washington. .Ian. •>.*>.—IAP! — Go ve runic* ni astronomers do dared today achievement ot radar contact with the moon makes it feasible to probe tor the secrets of Mars, where theie may be life, by the same method. The red planet's dead atmos phere will admit passage ot sig nals if radar experts can step them up to span the 35,000,000 miles from earth. said II. L. Burton, of the naval observa tory. A more immediate result ot the Army Signal 1 orps accom plishment, Burton said, may j>e exactor measurement of the dis tance between earth and moon, a basic yardstick of semi-as tronomical calculations. WOMAN WHO HELPED WITH BOMB, ARRIVES New York. Jan. 25.— < 5P> — I)r. Laze Meitner, Swedish wo man scientist, whose research helped in the development of the atomic bomb, arrived by plan*' early today from lluiu. England. A nephew, Stephen Alters, physicist, who Hod Nazi tier many in 1938, said she was en route to Washington, where she planned to teach at t atliolic 1 niversitv. Dr. Meitner declin ed to be Interviewed, declaring: “I really can t. I’m so awfully tiled.” SEIZE MEAT PLANTS TONIGHT * ★★ ★ * * * ★ ★★★★ ★ ★★★★★* ★ Steel Strike Halts More Industry __ i- - f - f JNo Hint Of Break Seen In Dispute Fifty Coal Mines And Few Railroads Unable To Operate I Pittsburgh. ’Ian. 25.— (AIM — i !i ' nationwide sleet strike bit doepci into related industries to day, with no hint that either union or management plans a new move to bridge Uic three an! on--half cents an hour wage ap that lias kept ".5".000 ( ?() steel workers idle ilu* last live (’ays. More than fifty coal mine were ■lo rd in run.' states, with 17.000 j !>■;:! ■ s id In. About 5,000 worker.-, v •<• ill-', tu he.I by railroads serv ing tec! mills. The Ford Motor Company an il unwed d was threaten'd with "a complete shutdown unless the steel strike is settled speed ily.” \ spokesman said 15,009 workers would he laid off to night. another 25,000 in a week I’eaniairin F. Fairless. president of the U. S. Steel Corporation, which is the factory expected bargaining .rant for most of the steel producers and fabricators, as well as ore mines j . n I aluminum plants reiterated hi stand that fifteen cents an hour is I t1:'highest raise the industry can ta ko. President Truman rejected a sug- ; gestion from Fairless for an ail-in clustry conference at the White ! House and reiterated that manage- , ment should grant tho steel workers : a:i 18 !-2 cents an hour raise he has remembered previously. Fairless did not comment on the President’ statement. ALIMONY STOPPED TILL STRIKE ENDS Piti -burgh, dan. 25 (AP) -Strik-1 ing .steel \v. rkers -at least those un der court ordei"; to pay alimonv - had their financial burdens eased today. .fudges 1. Kenneth Harkins and Harry M. Montgomery of the Alle ghany county court, suspended sev eral alimony 'inters yesterday—for the duration of the strike. They said they would similarly approve other ( uses where husbands are unable to make payments. GM NOT TO LAY OFF SALARIED WORKERS Detroit. .Tan. 25.—(AP)— A report , that General Motors is eonternplat i ing laying of! most of its 65,000 ot i fiee and salaried workers, beginning February 1. brought an emphatic denial today from the corporation. ■•The report is absolutely without any foundation.” an official said. Question Is if Workers Come Back AL Group Wilting To Resume Jobs Un Government Order Chicago. .Ian. < AI ’) — t he government was completing' trrangt nnnts today t or taking •ontrol of the nation s strike jound meat industrv at 12:01 m. tomorrow, hut a manpovv :r problem appeared possible. 1- ederai oft icials in cbarge of •arrying out the presidential seizure order had no definite issu ranee that lM.OOO ( 10 strikers would return to work n the government-operated ilants. but unis n meetings u> !av were1 expected to clarify he s'fna*: ”. An AFI. union involved in the ten-day-old walkout, how ever. last night issued back to work orders for its 55,000 mem bers, and officials advised Presi dent Truman "we will cooperate with you in this seizure fully.’ The action of the AFL union wrought no immediate comment iron, die CIO United Packing House Workers, but the union's represen tatives met today t > make a decision. I.ewis .1. ('lark, (TO-l I*H president, who had urged Pres ident Truman to rail a confer enee of Federal officials with the two unions and packers in volved in the wage dispute, as serted that “the decision as to whether we will go hark to work is up to the rank and file of our members." He said the union's mem.br:. hip was “gravely concerned" over sen ure of the packing industry, been.is “they will be asked to return r work without any assurance ol wag« increases. Seizure at this time a.tes ters with the exercise of their ng! 1 as free men to strike in prote.-t a: refusal of the packers to pay a liv ing wage." Most all id' the 35,00(1 strikers n the big Chicago stock yards ar, members of the CIO-United Hack ing House Workers union. COTTON IS LOWER ON SHARP DECLINE Xew York. Jan. La. AH’ -Cot ton futures opened 15 to La cents bale lower. X’oon prices were 30 W 35 cents a bah1 lower. March La.04. Mav 25.(15, July 24.94. Pv. Close Ope t March . .. • 25.!; 25.07 Mav 25.11 25.o.: July . 25.02 LUC. (October 2 4.112 24.54 December 24.a. 24.4 a March 194ti 24.49 2 4.4 ! PRICES OF STOCKS AT LOWER LEVELS New York, Jan. 25.—(AP scattered exceptions, stock markc 1 -rii’es sought lower levels today . Losing ground were, among oth ers. U. S. Steel, American 'i'elephone General Motors. Montgomery War and Northern Pacific TRUMAN GREETS CHAMP BOND SELLER PRESIDENT TRUMAN CHATS WITH Cub Scout Robert Todd of Plymouth, ra„ who won a trip to Washington, D C., for his super-salesmanship of War Bonds. The scout presented to the President some pure anthracite coal shaped as bonk ends Mrs Truman received a pair of earrings and a coal necklace with while cameo insets. (International Soundehoio) FIRST FREE ELECTION IN GERMANY I-1 , -a. Misaks. TAKING PART in the first free election to be held in Germany since the early days ol Nazi party control, residents of the district of Kreis go to the polls to cast their ballots. More than eignty percent of those eligible voted for the first tiim since 191111. (International Radioahoto) Iran Discussions By UNO Protested In Russian Letter London, Jan. 2.5 (AP) -Soviet Russia, in .1 let I e 1 to the United Na tions Security Council today, said lhal she was "rateg a . I ly uapiwd" to tile international peace liudv lair ing up Iran’s appeal for council ac tion to half the alleged intervention ol the Red aruy in Ir:» 's internal affairs, the S.n ie‘ answer dcclari o the Iranian cha : es groundless an 1 incorrect. Insteaii of I'uiic d Nation.-- inler \entr n in the .Mai’-. Ilia- 1 pis •_ posed that the difference between Teh era n ind Mns on be worked out in direct 1 1 got minus between the two countries. The Russian position was set J'orth in a letter from Russia’s chief (ii I. gate. \ ice Foreign Commissar Andrei Y sh> sky. to NT rman Makin, ol Australia, president of the secur ity c< uncil. 'Hie stuten enl was released by the LWO inlorniation scrvi e .iiist two hours hctoro tlv“ security council was to go ini t -e.-sn n to decide whether it s| ien Id c 'ishiT i it only 1: an - charge., gainst Rus ia. out also Rus sia's chargt., about Greece and In doe- i a IIiii-i i does not have a seta on whether the math r will be discussed. Atom Bomb Test By Navy May Cost $500 Millions Terrific Outlay Necessary To See Effects On Fleet Washi■ igloo. Jan. ’a i \P)—The test of the atom: homo versus the • .id* r» \vlip stacked up today i.- a proposition that v ill erst close to a halt bil lion dollars, if n<«t more. The exact tint was impossible to calculate, but Navy figures sup 1 lied an indication o! what would be j mvnlvid in the forthcoming atomic; experiment i:i the Pacitic. Juis is what they show: It c< sts $230,000,000 alone for the! hulls and engines of flic 17 f S combat units assigned to the guinea! pig fleet. II u-1s more than $100,000.000 ! :. i re for the Navy transit r!.- which wall maki ip about hah of the 17 ■ o-fi.nm.it types which also will be targets. Moreover. Navy men have esti mated unofficially that the •motat- : mg expenses involved in staging the expivinient next -tiring '.'ill run ap_ proximo tely $100,000,000. The nay persi t net and cost of supplies would boost that total. Soldier Held In killing Two Jans To Be Returned — v-onb'biiv, V. * . — | O'l_ptn. 1 to f|o;»nt iiv an '’■ mv ■ r nn»-tiTia»*tin I for two lan r«tu~n orl to thp I'pMort n»*omnt lv. ;»nd the f«l«* in 4his c*s« will ; bo p-iv«n to tho iudffo advocate I "“V^U ||1 * V V»«\\ 1|t - f'‘n. i . S. S#»na4nr \iho»*t \V. Hawk ow. Ponn^lirm, Von- .I°r «*»v «a»'i he had *'ppn by the War Department today. Youths In China i.)ei\ The Allies Ch ngkin a J n 25. (API —Five thousand (Tuni ■ stu-dei ts demon strated out.- ,r government lu-ad quart ers today, then paraded \ >as l the P.i dish an! French embassies, shout:n„ ia : , ' ■.; ■ for tno i'<'turn of 1-long Ko.m i..J Mu am and the recall of the F .a: h c t-.d general. I'nifoniu d .. i 1 < ■ • and plain clothes secret seine t on guarded the em bassies, hat the ili inonsMnh rs wade no attempt to enter them. Outside the British tin ba-.-y they screamed I back in Kindi-:.. "We want Hong : Kong back; v.c v. nit Kalloon bank: I we want Macao b ick. I In trout o the French Kmbassy, t ii'ly 21)0 cards ami liie British, the demonstrators .-heated, "We want i uismissal of the French consul gen I ei al at Shanghai | Two officials 1 the Chine.-e For. i eign Ollice maie.ned with tae den - onstrators i i dissuade them it liny attempted violence. Ti.ere v.; s none Correspondent.' a iced < no of tin si uden, leaders \ hy they weri ni it demanding tretorn oi I); in n and Port Arthur l China. He replied that the Russians were ill those cities by treaty. A British correspondent said, "So I are the British n Hang Kong." | "Yes. tilin'- K it that's nmiei j an equal t e tha students re plied. 1 Ml AM ST MAX'. Goldsboro. .Ian. 25.—(AP) — Goldsboro police today lioniiiiat 1 od a new "inranest thief.” Chief II. T. Hines reported a “March of Dimes" collection box was | stolen. Tells Steel Stand PROSPECTS ol an early settlement of the steel strike were declared remote by Benjamin F. Fairless (above), president of the U S Steel Corp., as he announced a firm stand on union demands. “The responsi bility for this strike rests with the union,” he asserted. (International) Republicans Might Seize Leadership Minority Weighs Attempt To Shape Laws On Strikes Washington, Jan. 25 < A i ’ > II • publican congre. .-.ruco wangled toil.,;/ ■: .1 disability oi a i >id nova io seize eatit i 1 leteri ning what fun'- oi strike control legislation : hall pass the House. Minority Leader Joseph Martin "t Massachusetts declared tiiat it tie..' acted in concert they could eu-; take the ball away from the De OCT cits. The majority is sharpi' d viuoi.i m the sfiki control question. So'uc leading Democrats crii'i"1 ed Marlin wa: right l'hey skeptical, however, whether the lb , . ieasis co Id put up i olid £1 1 . ( ither. "The Republicans ire ju. t a- wea r and v acillating as some iih'ihIh'i .- oi OI r II-vil party ." said Hepresi nlat e* Cox. Democrat, Georgia. Martin said the minority wo dd meet next week to decide vv :eti. ■" i,, t.!. 1:.ck action on v ..no .j pending labor bills. Kin NORTH < \KOI.1N \ Partly cloud v, with little change in temperature in i > cast: slight!' warmer west no: lion tonight. Saturday. mostL cloudy with showers ami enolei beginning in mountains in earty morning an:l spreading over * yy , sl and north portions during the day. Early State Action Seen About Bus Station Here By LYNX MSB! T Daily Dispatch Bureau Raleigh, .Jan 24 Stanley Win borne, chairman uf the t tilitics Commission, said today that ver\ slow progress is being made toward solution of the bus station problen in Henderson. He intimated that lin k's.-. the bus company and local in terests reach early agreement on a satisfactory location the commission might take a more positive stand. Atlantic Greyhound Corporation, only bus line serving Henderson, was ordered last fall to provide more adequate station facilities, and that order required a new location i i>n the north side of the railroad so I as to eliminate a dangerous grade j crossing in the southern part of town. Winborne said that immediately I after issuance of that order. Hen derson business men tiled vigorous I protest against locating the station I at a point that would necessitate use of the main street as a bus mu'1', so elfective date ot the older ” i. indefinitely postponed- but it fin » not been rescinded. Both Chairman \Vmborne • i l C liief Inspector John Armstrong em phasized determination on pari of tlie Utilities Commission to elimin ate tile grade crossing. That ran bo done only by putting the new M i tion on the other side of the rad road or lay routing buses clown Main street to an underpass and doubling back to the present site. Kxeept for the railroad crossing, all purlin.; agree that the present location is entirely satisfactory, being near the hotel and railroad station and a ; close to the heart of the business section as a bus terminal could be expected. The Utilities Commission will have to approve any location ■ selected, but presently its primary concern is to see that Henderson has an adequate bus terminal, with the railroad grade crossing eliminat ed. l
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