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<l
_ |
‘Across The I able’
Talks Arc Underway
In Deadlocked Row
Detroit. Jan. 'API General
Motors Corporal ion and the CIG- j
United Auto Worker., today resumed |
their "across the table" negotiations!
|n the 72-da.v old automobile strike j
with the aid' ol interim "missionary
work" by government mediator
Janies K. 1 iewey.
,\s General Motors and union re
presentatives p.epared tor tIn• Ir see- i
ond gel together ivnewingne.goli.i-;
lions m the long'. ' deadlock m an- j
toniotivc 111.lory, they faced both
wage and in ouh'tiau v-ot-inomboi -
ship is air . s. h i < -11 we i e mentioned
last night in statements from both
sides.
Two Issues lilt.
|'he , I ulcmenl .. wlneil elimaxe:!
dm first "ai the table' meeting
since tlie nmIdle "! ! leeeiiibe;. let i
the two i..sues mown along these
linos:
Wages: Ai. said it had
nothing further to offer in ad
dition to its 111.5 cent hourly
raise until "provisions of the
new contract ire worked out
that rive a-snr Hires of uninti'i
rupted production, efficient
work effort and oilier provisions
which we believe wilt contri
bute to better relations."
UAW dm :ciI ill ' company with j
"bad faith" in renewing its 12.a cent j
offer considering a cent ran |
reeumiiienacd by dr Truman'.- fa " |
finding board and "in the face ol
greater incrcasi agreed to by otl.c:
major aul«> 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<ly has hi
long hearings on nni\ e: .-.al tramn ..
but the new move evidently wi;h ■
out plans to resume them now. Xo
hearing date has i:enn set on t:
question ol extending th" <n ill.
Church ill Is X ;mu‘d
As Pallbearer .\t
I lopkins’ Ser\ ices
Now York. Jan. .1!. AP I ’ ■ *
family ol Harry Hopkins has nan..' ,
former British Prime Minister \\ m
ston Churchill among liu* honmo.;.
pallbearers lor the luneral I* r; •.
of the special advisor the lal.
Franklin Ro«< \ eh
1 lopkins. who died Tue>. 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.