Hrxtitergoxt Batlxt iJtspatrb THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 28, 1946 "‘ ‘ ‘'Vx. , 1 FIVE CENTS COPY 1 \\Y Starts Vw Fight Against G.M. Corporation Faces M KB Charges Of Unfair Bargaining --— I i , j:. .Jan. 2S. -( A!’) — i I • n) I 'uitrd Auto W urki-rs, . i w \\age increases from . | ; .-.I .Motor (’a. and Chrys , i ;-p. .ai'el.\ arranged. i>> I ingei 1 into a new phase i,;ittie with Gtneral -Mo , a National Labor Rela IP.ard hearing against the I'i , began .] Motors, only mcmbi’r o! j tiv industry's lay thro • the union lias reache I , uvement despite a till day NLHB charges of t'ai! ;,iin m good taith. 'lire will be conduete I by trial , G, aid .1 Heilev a . in take the stand early J \l.j-Mi witness was MAW Vice i i: * Walter‘Heuther, who has' i M "Ii must pay a higher j .rase than either Ford or i , : tn compensate its striking , t : increa.e settlements lor an i: airly boost from lord and ■in raise from Chrysler .■■mounced Saturday by the ami companies. The UAW v demanded a 30 per cent , . but sealed down demands I the course of negotiations, i'le union at one time agreed j,. ic -opt ttie fact finding com i ,i 111c 's coni promisc proposal for l !).."> cent increase, but witli ch i u the offer a week asii when h i similar acceptance was forth i le w.-. r extermin:iti1 m .i' the <' - • A i -ch\\ it/ l conrontr.il1 'll .e : r. ed In siteit numbers Hint ■ guards did let run trouble iii' the them, .mils whoa they i " it and marched din tly to ch imln rs, the international ’ v trihnnal was told today, e Marine Claud Yaillant-Cou lendcr 33-yenr-old French Communist member "I sriTihl;-. told the \\ .if ■ :■ coni t in detail or her two and years in Nazi concentration an account which held e\ c n e'endants spellbound. 'lie night." -he test i! iod. ., 1 akened 1 >y horrible n hsc.-. e\i morning wo learned from ' > v.' i king in the gas chamber.-. ' ■ v had hurled live htIdren ini > t . » aces." W- en a convoy of Jewish women • d. older women, mothers and e who were sick or weak were ' i! out and taken imn cdiatclv • .: issed. Women 2tt to 3't >’cars vei-i> sent to the experimental I int Futures Show ' (’limbing Tendency New York. Jan. 28.— (API— Cot futures opened ten to 50 cents a 1 V higher. Noon prices were 85 cents to $!. 05 higher. March 25.35, May 25.30, July 23. Pv. Close Open Mai ch . 25.17 25.20 t May . 25.13 25.15 July ..... . 25.08 25.15 1 'ctoher . 2 t.tili 24.7 5 ’ I Hvombor .... 24.58 24.(U> •Mi'ch 194fi . 24.51 24.57 STRFICHER BACK AT WAR CRIMES TRIAL Nuernberg, Jan. 28. — (AP) Julius Streicher, number one Nazi i Jew-baiter, today returned to lbs I Haro in the prisoners' box before | the international military tribunal, tunnelling an army cracker and an- J parently recovered from a heart at- i 'ack for which he lias been under ] treatment since January 23. PEACE REMINDER Chungking. Jan. 28—(API— Tim government today ordered air raid sirens to be blown at 9 a. m. ohi h j Sunday throughout China, starting I February 2 as a reminder to the peo- | pie of their hard won war and the j £ieat task of Reconstruction ahead. Becomes Citizen "v % LOVELY FILM STAR Maureen O'Hara is shown here signing her citizen ship papers before Federal Judge J. F. T. O'Connor in Los Angeles, Calif., under her tine name, Mau reen Fitzsimmons Price. She was born in Dublin. (International) Committee To \ ole Oil Labor Bill Rules Group Will Make Decision On Debate On Measure Waslunston. Jan (AIM- The House Rules Committee came to a -howiiown vote today en proposed new strike eontrol legislation. Chairman Sabbath (D-lll.) railed 11..• group together to con ah .• tlv Labor committee'.- watered-down version ot the fart finding bill re peatedly asked by tlw I ’resident. S ibb’uth 1 dd new. men, "a hot fight" vva ■ rrtaai o what rules should preva l dui:n : House consid eration ot tile measure .-lavtiug Thursda.' 1 11< com ittee drafts the ink's governing debate and voting i n eaeii lull. Sabbati. said he w.»uUl seek a rule 1<* ban any amendment except those dealing with tct l'mn n^. He termed this necessary to prevent pessage <>1 what he called "\ete:an. labor le.g Hi n. ('u\ (l)-Cia.) and Howard Smith ( I)-\’a ) itporied. however, that they will at lempt l * net an "<>prn rule. which would allow any type <>l an iend! i iei i; > to be '»th*red. ll this is '..runted. Snid h ha> a sub stitute lie Will offer. '1 he 1 .abor < 'Up' bill provides for fact findin . b- >ams in major ia - bor disputes, but it d"<‘- not. as Mr. Tniniim prop*give them sub poena power or I• *i‘bi< 1 strikes while the boards deliberate Tire Smith plan would put the.-e teeth back into the bill. Schools In County Arc Again Open Most Of Buses Are Running As Weather Shows Improvement Rural schools in Vance county re opened today after nearly two weeics suspension due to bad roads and in ability of school buses to Ret thro ugh, but there were no reports to indicate the day's attendance. Super intendent K. M Hollins said today. He added, however, that he thought most of the buses were able to make their rounds. County schools have been able to run very little since Christmas, and :ome of them are considering Sat urday classes to make up time lost by reason of the delays necessitated bv had weather. Schools in the city have not been interrupted as much, although thc\ have lost time also, largely due to the fact that buses which bring chil dren m from Henderson township were not able to run Authorities are hoping for a better I i-eak from the weather from now on. Pearl Harbor Raid Might Launch War, Fleet Chief Told Captain Zacharias Had Parley With Kimmel And Smith _ _ | ii"-:. n. .T in. 28 (AP) -Cant. ' FTi> M Zacharias testified t day he rediried to Hi nr Adm. Husband K',:nii'il in March HITI that if the tapancse decided I' light the Ci ited -a | -, th'*v would begin the vear with an attack against the fleet on i S nil. v morning. The veteran naval officer, appear ing before the joint Congressional investigating .onimittee, said lie made • 'is prediction in a confero ce with Kimmel. the Pacific fleet com ■■■r'-'i.r it Hie time and Vice Adm. W. W. Smith. Kimmel has told the committee previously he remembered no such i conversation with the captain but 1 the latter said he had discussed the incident with Smith s in e the Pearl Harbor attack and Smith recalled the details. "I realize that Adm. Kimmel was a v*’rv busy man and that I was only one of hundreds to whom tie talked," Zacharias said. " He might not re member the details of the cr> ver sation but I am sure that Smith re members." Zacharias, who headed a psycho logical campaign during the war in an effort to induce the Japanese to surrender, said the conversation took place between March 2(5 and March 31, 1J41 at Kimmel's head quarters. Congress To DebateUSES Plan Again Washington, Jan. 28.— (AP)—The controversial case of the United States Kmnloyment Service came up m the House today for the first ma jor test of President Truman's in fluence over the 1946 session of Con gress. Called for debate was a bill from ihe House Labor Committee fixing June 1947 as the date for returning ♦ nrri.niM- In c ♦ fi f cx cmiti'nl THis. would bo in accordance with Mr. Truman's wishes. The Chief Executive brought on the showdown by refusing to sign a bill Congress passed in December to end federal authority over USES within int! clays. It was one of the points lie made in his January chat to the nation. Mr Truman contended that fed eral control v- as necessary to fut - ther the reconversion program, and particularly to insure reemployment of veterans. Republicans decided at a meeting I hoy would press for return to state control by the middle of this year. A vote is expected tomorrow. Residence Destroyed On Sunday Fighting a changing wind and flames that had already enveloped the house, liremeii sought tc save the residence ol Emmett Stanley, Jr., on Lamb street, in North Hender s< i- yesterday at 12:40 o’clock, but iinable to keep the fire Irom destroy ing house and furniture, turned their efforts to adjoining houses. Stanley and his wife were away from heme at the time, they repc rt ed. and when neighbors found them the house was already in flames. Firemen were called, but the blaze had made too much headway to be stopped and was being constantly pined by shifting winds, assistant Fire Chief William Brame reported. File was kept away from nearby houses, and damage to them was only by blistering of paint. Alt of Stanley's furniture was destroyed, it was reported. Considerable damage was also re ported to the roof and atth at the home of Claiborne King, in South Henderson, Saturday night at _-:li) o'clock. Flames were confined to the up per part of the house. 'Caught in Act' I THIS IS NOT a scene from the latest crime film, but a picture ot 16 months old Trevor Woodward at his favorite past'nae of taking out of the safe what his grandfather puts in. Through watching his grand father operate the hotel safe in Wrexham, England, Trevor learned the combination. But somebody's always watching to fake the loot from them. (International) Disarming Conference Now Sought i Washington, Jan. 28. - (API — So ator Millard Tydings (D-Md) demanding in the Senate today that President Truman immediately cal! ; a world disarmament conference to, prevent an atomic world war. Interrupting the Senate filibuster! against the FEPC. the senator said lie doubled that the United Nations' action for "control' of the atomic \ bomb would be sucessful. "I do i ot believe that the United , Nations Organization is equipped to initiate .-urcossfully a task ol this magnitude," he sairi, after pointing cut that all the remaining great world [r wits nv rearming t , the troth. He introduced a resolution calling for tin' wy!d disarmament confer, ence as he began a lengthy speech I its .-II pp •!•>. Earlier, ibe • pi lal Senate com mittee on atomic energy was told by Harrison Dav ies of the Fcderati m of Atomic .Scientist- that develop ment of atomic energy "m ist cer tainly bo freed from every vestige ol military control.” Davies, a native of Winchester, Va., is now ' ■ ,'ed ;.t Oak It;dge. Tenii.. site ol too atomic bon b plant. He said he spoke lor more than 1 .anil scientist and trgineer con nected w it!1, vv, rk i>ii tile new source ot power. British \ o Sec Atom Bomb Test London. Jan. 28.—(AP) - Pi i ic Minister Clement Attlee told Com ic, s today British observers vv mid watch the United States atom bomb test on warships in the Pacific it' May. He said United Cates noth, rities were being consulted about the ob servers. Attlee brushed aside as "a different question" the query ot a Conservative member who wanted to know whether Britain has any right in the atomic bomb now. BRITISH TO REPLACE COMMANDER IN JAVA Batavia, Jan. 28.—(AP) Lt. C.eu Sir Philip Christison will be replac ed by Lt. Gen Montague Stopford as Allied commander in chief in Java, it was announced today. Commenting on the change in command, Premier Sutan Sjahrir ol tin' unrecognized Indonesian repub lic said that "most complication here were not General Christison v fault but the result ol the ambigi otis, unclear British position." Clashes between British and In donesian troops continued in east 1 ern Java. , Labor Scene Much Brighter Hi' i -> <1 ■ ' > state programs. 1 3. Kxtension of jobless benefit rights to all employes in industry's currently covered, and to as many ncn-covered groups "as is adminis tratively possible." i Maximum weekly unemploy ment benefits ut at least j»25, pay able up to 3t> weeks. SAILS FOR ATOM BOMB TES1 ■ AS THE VETERAN BATTLESHIP New York leaves Manhattan’s harbor for the last time, en route to Bikini Island in the Pacific where she will serve as one of the targets in the first naval atom b< mb test, Fred Ellen* berg, who served on the vessel in the first World War, waves farewell to the "grand old lady'’ as she goes to her doom. (.International) Status Of Iran Protest To UNO Very Uncertain U. S. May Become Involved In Dispute; No Instructions Received By Iranians London. Jan. 28.—(AI1)- The ■ lus of Iran’s protesl against the So viet Union remained m doubt today as the United Nations security conn cil prepared to go into .session to ((insider charges of Russian inter ference in Iranian affairs. Although speculation increase that the Iran delegation might ask the council to shelf or drop the ; - cusation. the delegates still had re ceives no instructions to that eg ■ . from Iran's new premier. Ahmed Qazam Es Saltaneh, who is known to be friendly to Russia. ( . is. May Be Involved. Informed sources said the I mte I States might find herself in J.o :i tin.' .ii-;o:t- ; wcli ;• ei the dlS , ; ■ ■- ] i ■ t j o: i ■ it yy y‘‘oy fit l)V RtlS a atH til-- UI-: ram that Britain is llllyfly; '111! ( , » ■ • - t ay I 1 1 Kloni’Sia. Mia United State., views on 1 ran were r.vd Saturi a> m a note filed by tliy Irai,am delegation which said mat -ii i yy nl Russian interference will: lb, mu affairs could be fully pro' y a!, i ay pointed out that 11,;• United States had favored the thd; a ■ ,1 week- ayu <>!' Britian and lb..- ..I'.- i: mi the near east countr.\ lily ia-i Aui'-rican troops already haw left tlie country. Diploma!- .-1 ie '.dated that Britain nuyht , aim Amcricao stipport of In ■■ pulii a . a. Greece and Indonesia. Steak And ('hops Start I rek Back To Dinner ! aides Chicago, Jail, 28. (AP) Steak and p were heu indicated that i ly all t lie 248,0(10 A FI.. Ch > w< industry workers would rein. 1 he 124 parkin;', plane ei/"d S..1 - urday b.v the Cnite ; st.de 1 lepart inent ol Agriculture A It'll' i; .n slang! lei us \> a- to quant ity '11 ti."nnh ■ : ’ ■' shops will l tart lore Wed la 1 in v 1 low art'. '• n >\c. olive won be re mate,', il eat taken 1 rot < on hand DOZEN TAR HEELS DIE IN ACCIDENTS 11»\ The Xssociated Press. Twenty-tour persons lost then lives in week-end tire- tmou.neai tin; nation. Kan.-a - City had the ■ ■ • -! • • . hla/.e vit.1 let per; least lour hurt in a; apartment house lire Si\ o! the ■ e., children. Week-end violet a • i a.imr : lives of at least 12 North Carolin ians. with all except one . n .-eo i y Iraftle accidents. Seven of the 1 2 tral! ■ \a '. ' death m a t wo ear roll - ■1 neat ':’ I Airey. Friday. Four persons were k.llc i , . ’ ly and 1 hree ol hers in i late Pi | ime of fhe eight pel i. .-till ahi e Truman Will Ask Approx al Of I .oan Washington, Jan 28 ( \P) -- ! President Harry Tniri m told ,>n* i ’.ressional leader- today lve will sen j i message to emigres- this wee I ask ng ratification of tin k 1.4h i.'iOu, 100 British loan. Senator Albeit Barkley of rCen urky, majority leader, told report - : u s at the White House the messag ■ will go to the Capitol about the mid j die of the week. "We will also expect to get stm - ■d soon on the legislation extending he econo:i.ic stabilization act and | the authority of the OPA." he said. U. S., Britain In Agreement On Air Pact i .. ! i Jan. 28.— \ | • . .o' the Unit , > sia'n inn.! have reached ... , i new commer : ,,. a: : tiie principals reterred In* I i tin toi study pli-n a n dele :ah mrnt. an . ..'ip hut gave no , i: Brit i.si iele n ■ ... ■ !laker of 1 he a they would 11,i p.o .•. . t lii.-euss the • • . . >„* ee said dis i -nit in ; about as p.iS : .1 asovmcnt: , ;. wi; in11ially by at a nil i lerence later aial reiicwed at ha' es \\ ould be based n operating posts. 1 . :i e. nt trips to be flow it by e; nh an aie will be unlimited in to i ai ry i .as.-engers ]i n.. n.. . . ■ ; ■ ■ 11' e - fr. uii one i oun trv i" another will also be unlimited. Market lias Fasl Drive Ne •. ■ \ 1 ’ i 1 .ml by Steels • - stocks sailed lip ii ■ ei ■■ points today m on* ibe • ' miles "i the past y»‘