Itetftersan Hath* Btspatrh "THIRTY-THIRD YEAR LTUB:A8^ATB:nvrR^K HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .JANUARY SI, li*4«> ri l!l'lrV'y'.-A ^ V,11 1 '_H\ K < l.N I - < (>iA Britain Will Send Force Into Japan Commonwealth I roops l o Aid Occupation; Aussics Will Help U ishingtoii. Ian. ill.— ( AT) ,.; I))S for British (opinion wralth forces to lake pari in the nci iipation of Japan were made public today. The terms were set forth in an agreement be tween the t'niled States and \ustralia. acting on behalf of the ( ommonwealth. ,.,1,-r it. the force will lie drawn ... . (i,c United Kingdom. Australia v /.caland, and India with l.t i Xorthcott of Australia ;ec i,, commander in chid un lc . ;,|,rome cmnman I of Clcnera' , Mac \rthir. Beds Fail To Accept, agreement was readied ;u the I'd an invitation extended by .. , rmtod State.- to Britain. China : Russia. China expressed wiil but said she wa - not in a • . n to share in the occupation . • .j, - i mic. Russia has not acccpt < vd in a statement accompanying today's announcement. IVIac.Ar tluir said the presence of the ( ommonwealth forces "will ma terially broaden the base along ■ international lines of a burden which up to this time has, of I necessity been carried to a large extent unilaterally by the Flut ed States." S .ving the agreement “can not • 1; be of overall beneficial el 1, • the supreme commander said s .. ;i enable ";i diminution in our •:, : -1h and will, thereby, bring j wi . me relief to many individuals." 21 Persons Feared Dead In Accident ; ». I •.■or, Jan. 31. -< AD- Hop-.' for ■ , ivcs of 21 persons aboard i ■ i Mii:: United Airlines transport plane virtually was abandoned to i ,after an aerial search disclosed was believed to be the wrock a the plane, high on the ■• it"w i Elk Mountain. 05 miles a. tliwesf of Wramie, Wyo ■.a Frank Crimson, assistant s i p, ■ , t..,ir of flight operations here, ,I|;1 the aerial search which began .a ivlight when the plane was sev i 1 , .ui-s overdue here on a lligld 1 Si attic to New York. in it mid-mnrnmg. he said K . ■aiai ,i lung wide gash in the deep . ■ ... near the top of the mountain w- ■!; towers 11,125 loot m the oast - i : fringe of the Rockies He salt I I : .ken clouds and a stiff wind made . approach to the peak impossi ble He did not report any signs >1 fa• in a definite sighting ot the lied plane, but said he wa., err t i what he saw marked the crash ■ I lit" plane. Market I,cd By Steels. Motors New Yo'k, Jan. 31 -( \R> Steel at • motors led a further quiet re~ t'l-n m today's stock market a> a: v customers continued to cash I : • *i its on the recent sharp upswing. 1 »n the downside were U. S. Steel, 1'cthlehem. General Motors, Ameri * ai Telephone and Northern Pacif ic, la* istant were Standard Gil, Balti more and Ohio and Glenn Martin. WILD WEST DOESN’T IMPRESS THIS MAN Malt Lake City, Jam 31.—(AH) The wild west doesn't im| ess Lloyd Williams, South African newspaper man. Here for the national wool grow ers convention, Williams reportei his fellow countrymen are by far ; ' noisier, tougher bunch.” "Why," he said, "when the boy get together in South Africa the} ieallv break up the furniture." Bell-Ringer Buck ONCE UPOB A TIME in the town of Burlington, Iowa, there lived a cat named Buck—a very smart cat who used to pound on the mailbox lid when he wanted to get into his house. Ups :t by the noise, his own er, Joseph S. Kupka, fixed up a spe cial door-bell which he attached to the mailbox lid. Now Buck just pushes the bell after a hard day of chasing mice and one of the Kupkns quickly lets him in. (International) Lend-Lease Settlement Due Shortly •f $46,000,000,000 In Aid Supplied By This Nation ————- I 'Washington, Jan. 31.—(AP)--Pre-! sidenl 'Truman t.old Congress today that settlement of all lend lease transactions is expected by July 1. lie made this estimate in re porting that lend-lease aid total ing stti.flio.nnn.nnn was supplied by the I nited States from .Viarch 11. 1011 to October 1, Iffl.V Hevor.se lend-lease aid given to the V. S. by other nations totaled $0,250,371 Jilin through July 1. 191.'. . the latest date for which informa tion is available. T he reports, 21st submitted to j Congress, covered the third quarter of 191a during which lend-lease out- i lay amounted to $ 1,69a,000,1100. Ini that period the Japanese surrender- ' od and the lend-lea..e program was; formally halted Negotiations (tegun. Negotiations lor settlement o! ae- ! (■(Hints, lie said, have begun with \ many countries. The reports said most ol the agreements will be succeeded by the cud of this fiscal year "although it should he understood that in many | instances the agreements will re I nuire subsequent accounting and lis cal operations to determine the ex act amount The President explained that the ■ lend-lease agreement contain a pledge that final agreements are not to burden commerce between the t inted States and other nations. In I terminating lend-lease aid. he said. this principle, will he "hetore us as a I i eminder ot the goal which this I Government does constantly seek. Lint Futures Show Advance At Noon New York, Jan. 31 -(AP Cot ton futures opened live cents a hale lower to la cents higher. I Noon prices were 35 to 65 cents a j bale higher March 25.26, May 25.27, July 25. 24. Pv. Close Open March . 25.19 25.16 May ... ..25 17 25.16-19 July 25.16 2.1.16 I ()ctober 24.63 24.83 j 1 fecember . 24 , t 24., 6 j March 1946 . - 24.69 24.70 Compromise In Two UNO Cast's Hoped Britain Is Charged With Meddling In Greece, Indonesia l.nndon. .Ian. 31. — (AP) — I Ji lted Nations delegates pri vately expressed hope today that the Security Council's com promise decision on the Kus sian-Iranian dispute might point the way to a peaceful settle ment of the Greek and Indones ian eases which come before llie peace agency Friday. Whether the latter two cases can >c settled without UNO intervention, however, depends largely upon 1Jtu -ia. who tiled complaints with the council charging Britain was endan - gering the peace by military action in Greece and Indonesia . I nique Position. The Russians, if they pressed tilt ■uses, will find themselves in th unique position of asking the UNO i to act in the absence of complaint ; from the countries involved. Greek delegates, planning to be on hand when the questions come up. were ready to argue that British troops are neces sary to maintain order. The Netherlands, as a member of thi ll-nation council, is known to favor the maintenance of Brit ish troops in Java and even the unrecognized Indonesian gov ernment has expressed the view that British troops should re main there until all Japanese troops have been removed. Soviet delegates have given no in timation of their position since the complaints were filed. Moscow radio, however, accused Britain today of exerting 'political pressure” in Greece. The council voted yesterday to permit the Soviet Union and Iran to resume direct negotiations on their dispute but reserved the right to call for progress reports on the discussions. Hospital Is Given High Recognition Maria Parham Put □n Surgeons’ List For Another Year Again 1lus year, Maria Parham hospital m Henderson i on the ap proved list of the American ('>’l lege of Surgeons, according to an nouncement from that organization's Chicago headquarters today. Sia.ii approval means the hospital has met required .standards set up by the board ol regents of the national bodv. Granville hospital in Oxford car ries provisional approval, whim : means it has accepted and is en deavoring to meet the requirements, but for acceptable reasons have not been able to do so in eveiy detail. Maria Parham hospital is listed with a capacity of fifty beds and l I bassinets, and as a general hospital controlled by a board ol trustees, with association owning. Ratings are for l 9 fa, which means, of course, so far as the local hospital is concerned, the recognition has no bearing on the current campaign for $150,0011 to purchase and expand the facilities. Granville hospital is listed ith a ' capacity of 3a beds and nine bas sinets, and as a general hospital un 1 her trustee control and association j ownership. I in 194a there were 5,181 hospital.-. or 80.8 percent of those under sur ; vey in the United States, which me' j the minimum standard tor approval. The total was 3,152 in the 1944 j survey. BOSTON’S STREET CONDITIONS BAD Boston. Jan. 31.— (Al’l More i than 100 persons required hospital treatment in Greater Boston today for injuries sultcred in lalls as tree/. | nig rain coming on top of last night i i snow created the worst walking and 1 driving conditions ot the year. More Workers Are Laid Off As Result Of Steel Strike Pittsburgh, Jan. 31.— (AP)— The nation-wide steel strike, now in its '1th flay, picked up momentum to day in its impact on related indus tries, making idle more than 10,000 workers for a total of 54,000 to date. I'he figures do not include the ap proximately 750,000 CIO - United Steel Workers directly concerned in the strike. Another 10,000 workers will he idled tomorrow when the Port! Motor Co. closes six plants—at Buf falo, N. Y„ Chester. Pa , Chicago, Edgewater, N. J., Louisville, Ky. and St. Paul, Minn. Other Ford plants and department shutdowns between now and Feb. i! will make idle still another 10.000 workers or a total of 40.000 in all. The inereasine speed of the lay-offs lent credence to earlier predictions of business and un ion leaders that more than a million workers in related in dustries would he forced out ol work if the steel strike con tinues five weeks. 1 while Reconversion Director John ■ Snyder expressed hope of a settle j ,nent this week, such an outcome | appeared to hinge on whether the Government will allow a price foi steel which industry representa tives consider sufficient to enabU them to pay USW demands. The steel workers asked 18.5 cent. an hour. United States Steel, bar gainer for most ot the steel com panics, says it must have an increas, ■very much" more than $4 a ton be tore it can pay a raise of more tine ! 15 cents tin hour. The Government had been report : ed willing to allow $4 a ton althougi i the OPA has held steadfast to it ! original assertion that no more tha: i $2.5U should be granted. Test Vote Nears In House On Anti-Labor Legislation GOP and Southern Democrats hndorse Rep. (base’s Plan Washington. .Ian. 31.- (AP)—The House railed tor a test vote today, that ran toss President Harry Tru man's fact linding formula out the window m favor of far more sweep ing legislation to curb industrial strife. An admittedly powerful coalition of Republican., and southern Demo crats made the outlook more dubious for the President's fact finding pro posal. 1 his group lined up behind a broad slsiko control bill introduced by Rep. Ca e i ll-S I).), and this wa. tin measure hastening a showdown. The test sole issue was whether the Case hill should be brought up for consideration. An affirmative would make it the only substitute nossible in the House for the diluted version of the fact finding measure asked by the President. Will Alcan Approval. Till>re important, said House lead ers. victory in the test vote will mean the Case bill will be approv ed almost in its present form. However, the bill's opponents would not admit defeat. They pre dicted a "bitter light to the end." These Congressmen, chiefly close friends of organized labor, termed the substitute bill one designed "to break unions." "The t ase bill is an attempt to smash labor." Rep. iUarcantonio. (I.abor-IV.Y ) declared at a Rules committee hearing. "It would bring Pack the yellow dog contract an I allow all the other abuses of work ers which used to presail many years ago." Some opponents of the Case plan told newsmen, however, that then chief hopes of killing the proposal is "to keep it so stringent" that the Senate will refuse to approve it or o Air. Truman later will veto it. Naval Air See Warning Washington, Jan. 31. (AP)—The 11)11 naval an commander m Hawaii lestified today that he did not learn if a war warning sent from Wash melon November 2'), 1941. until days liter the Japanese attacked Decem hei 7. 1941. Yr-e Adm. T. N. I.. Bellinger told the Senate-House committee inves tigating the disaster that during Oc tober. November and December ol 1941 his only information concern ing U. S. reiations with Japan and the nearness of war "came from the 1 h.noluiu newspapers." Bellinger was called b.v the com mittee to explain why no long range reconnaissance planes were out on December 7 to catch the Japanese stealing up on Pearl I (arbor. ••The information available to me limited and unofficial -did not in dicate that I should recommend to the commander in etiict. Pants Fleet Admiral Husband Kimmei. that distant patrol plane search fot the security of Pearl Harbor be un dertaken at time time,” he said. Bellinger's statement did not say whether he would have recommend ed long range flights if he had seen he "war warnings." Textile Plants In State Grant New Pa\ Boosts (By The Associated Press.) With a BA cent minimum hourly wage the result in most instances, thousands ot North and South Caro lina textile mill workers this week vccived the good news ot pay hikes. Latest to fall in line was the huge j Burlington mills, which operates more than 51) plants m North C'ar jlina, Virginia, Tennessee. Pennsyt 1 , ania. Canada, Cuba and other part. ! if the world. i The concerns' Greensboro office i revealed that beginning February 4 employes would receive their sec oud raise in a year, bringing then new wages to a point 2a per eetv ' above those ot a year ago. In addition to Greensboro, othei North Carolina communities affect ed are Burlington, Randleman, Bel mont, Graham, Central Falls, Ashe boro. High Point, and Reidsville. TRANSPORT WORKERS TAKE STRKE VOTI Philadelphia, Jan. 3')—(AP)—Ap prnximately 5,000 CIO employes i the Philadelphia Transportation Ci all day shift workers—have un mimously approved a strike to en force demands for a $2 a day wag increase, union officials reported tc day. The strike would begin at 12.t k a. m. un February 11. Parka Pulchritude BEAMING from beneath her parka, Barbara White—snow queen of the North Bay, Ontario, (.'an., winter carnival-ogives you an idea of why she came out tops over the other contenders. She’s now ready to take part in the contest for the crown of Aurora Borealis. The winner, who will be chosen Feb. P, gels a prize trip to New York. (International) Auto Strike Negotiations Areltesume romi>.mir^ < orporation 1 n« illing. Maintcnancc-ol - mctnbcrsliip: Cl AI contended a clause in its unio: contract terminated .-evcral w< ago "forced ic- discharge l.liM' satisfactory en ployes on the union': demands because these- employe were not willing to pay their union dues." ('.. M. as: it was unwiUm | to put any sum provision in tlie new i contract. UAW declared the President re ' commended that the old contract lit icmstated" and in asking for ic.icr tion of a maintcnancc-iif-incmbc. - ship provision G. M was "in de fiance of the President. -The strike will continue until the corporation meets its public respon sibility and bargains m good tailh to carry out the recommendations 1 of the President of the United i States," the UAW statement con cluded. NATIONALIZATION BILL AWAITING APPROVAL London. Jan. 21 -i AIM—The La bor Government measure to nation alize Britain .- mat industry was ] overwhelming approved by Uv House of Commons on second read ing last night and now awaits only a perfunctory third reading and li nal passage by the House of Lords WEATHER FOI! NOKT1I CAROLINA, i Showers rasi portion with mostly cloudy in west tallowed by clearing tonight. Cold this i afternoon over extreme west - and central portions and miieli a colder tonight. Friday fair aud , rather cold. JAP RE-ENACTS YANK EXECUTIONS ON HIS KNEES near Shanghai, Chinn, Jap Warrant OlTircr Mnynma, who witnessed the execution of three Doolittle fliers after their spectacular raid on Tokyo, shows how the Yanks were bound to eraser-- and shot. Looking on are Col. John H. Hendren (left). Kansas Ci’v, Mi.,., and Capt. Robert N. Dwyer, New York, trial judge adwi an n ti; ii .pi : - ing war-crime trials against seven Jap oilicers and men v. h - arc ck . d with executing the captive airmen. (International Uvuudphvlo) Congress Planning To Concentrate On A New Defense Act Draft Law Extension, Training Bill Sidetracked For Work On New Laws W ashington. Jan. •> I.— ( V!’1 —The House tlililarv Commit ter spiked administration hopes today of early action on a con tinued draft law and universal military training. It derided to rnneotP rate .i now national delense and (Xh.iirm.m Andrew May (D-Ky 1 ; ■ mi 'o.i n r that all ot her a .any pn >j > . at i iee essarily will hinge on tlw new at!': contents. The committee alrea. lay. a- - companied Mr Roosovell m till' .\; - lantic Charter mc-dim: Churchill and oilier con a ■ < Others named as honorary pa1 bearers included Bernard Barm;:, presidentiaI ad\ is<>r. .Senator Bilbo Is About Flic Busiest Man In W ashington Washington. Jan 31. •. APi Sen ator Bilbo. Mississippi Ikanoerat. was just about the busiest man in town today with a filibuster, a per sonal picket line and an 13 1-2 : pound country home on his hand.-* He acknowledged that the filibus ter and the ham shared first plan j in his affections And. of course, he j had no affection loi the picket line deployed in front of his apartment [ by people who don’t see eye t> rye . ! with him on various pieces of legi. . j lation. TO IMPOSE PENALTY FOR UNPAID TAXES A penalty of one percent mi m I. j paid 1945 taxes will become effect ive after Friday on accounts owed i) both the city and the county, an i ; inth collecting agencies have issued , , warnings to property owners that _ 1 cttlement must be made on or be _ I fore Friday to escape the levy Dur L. ■ ng December and January all sel lements have been made at face 1 value of the account. Discounts wei 1 allowed during the summer and fall through December 1. cinch i due t«» expire .1 <«y ],V. Sul»-< ormnittcc .\.inu‘i{. A special siib-n.immil.t-v was a 'g?i■ *' i I-- v. .»rl: m i? r,-, • • :11■ e•!i iatmu • or Uii (i * ■ I e!. -e act willed vill blueprint the overall peace time • ten in) the in • \\ of ih.*» ' ■ a- meiit. !«», .>ng- er\ me (; 1 The tram va, ordered cut h- e■; .ht weeks. Pre ciously 13 to I V wee!-; trainiu;*, v. a , (.'({11; re< i T!: A a; 1 >■ •; -a si men l 11.1 • eon Haimmg p is he: • i put h • pi’- • - ride enough ivnlacemem to k,*ej> pace with tin ] . cm nt rat ol’ «*«• China i uih China's unity nmlorciiiv. with Cieu charting the nation's future. With that action taken, Urn uiWy the P -Li It at ion Conference. then ad; con ed 31 day s after it was com rued C'niang entertained the delegates afterward at a dinner in the Hall of Ceremonies at Government head quarter.-* where the all party tarn.* began January 10. I NO i rusteeship For Indonesia is Suggested !»\ Kerr r"*"* r“* Singapore, J 31 \ Archibald Clark Ke r. en nuiir in Batavia h» represent Britain at neg* >t ia.tion - between the Net Inn lands du\c. i im iil and the tmrc'cMg nized Indonesian republii . -aid i•» day he bojievod Indone ia might i><■■ come a United Nation * 11 u.teeslnp when the | >re. « 111 (lift icult tea are 1 sett led." Sir Archibald, who will he-nine British amha- ad«n to tlv Undert 1 States in May . ■. re- i h; heliel at t 1 p:o s conference in re-pun e 1o ques - tions on the Indonesian situation. He made it clear that his statement was merely a persona! observation and not a recommendation, declar ing that the question of eommittin \ Indonesian territory to trusU'eship was one for the Dutch Government t<» decide and not an affair of the British Government until the mat ♦ m i v hed the United Nations Organization.