Mimfttfrsnn BaUtj Utapatrij
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR ‘•TMKi:‘UV^V\^;ntvriVi::ssK HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 1010 1 ': 1 m,.x, iT',1 UAV FIVE ( ENTS CORY
STOCKING RUN BREAKS RECORD
WHEN A NEW YORK DEPARTMENT STORE advertised that it had 2(5,000
pairs of nylon stockings to sell, more than 30,000 customers started a run
which swept innocent passers-by otl the sidewalk and into the mael
strom, clogged escalators and brought out store guards. {International>
Legion Seeks Broad
Investigation Of VA
‘Tragic Breakdown’ In Work Of
Veterans Administration Is Reported
... h iiv,ton. Feb. F A P' 1 ;. •
\ j man Legion railed on Comnss
• ;,,v for an immediate nne-liy;.
,, i a “t ray if breakdnv. n" m the
, a a'is Admimst ration undi . Clcn
, ( :mar Bra< 1 ley. who \ >ok n\ rr
;;.!■; loss lhim . ix m<»nths a o.
' !ni Steele, the I.ey.ion’s notional
made the “de
■ a m letters to all tvn.beiv •*
e. > and .* aid the law-tnak Ts
ild se" that# their "mandates are
i,maer ignored by the Vrtfiiiir
mist ration.”
VA Officials \rr Silent.
•finals reserved eondnent on the
’•tier, but Steele*; aides said its re
. was preceded by an ac nnoni
teleph'>nc battle between Sh .■!•>
■ Bradley over \ A polme-.
-■ •, t• 1,• lei ter to ( ’on i 1' • i 1.i!1 . -
..!. n i q ll 11 V W«i' V. ;in alltol • >• -
i. nolwrcn .Tiu.i'OO and ."a >0,000
disability casts ('in not receive pro
per compeii.-ation without undergo
ing physical examination, because of
V.Vs failure to secure adequate
medical records from the army and
na' y.
ItospitHli/.ution applications
of more than 7,000 veterans
await processing.
3. Thousands of army hospital beds
are not being used at a time when
Veterans Administration hospitals
1 eus are not being used at a lime
when Veterans Administration hus
"pitals are badly congested.
a. Unprocessed applications for
education and training under the
(II of Rights total 102.830 in addi
tion to 2h.non pen ling claims for
ill ui'.ukv premium wai\ ei s, an.I
mu I mall-Wered letters from
wteians eekmg information on va
Russia Endangers World
Security, Bc\in Asserts
Idiicli.il, l et). I -( M* I — ISl il
ish riirei"n Secret.ir’. l-rncsl
lie\ iii tiilcl tho I iiile-l Nations
Seenril> Council !od ■ ■ that
'■Moscow and < ninmuid : part.t
propaganda" endaugcrt ci world
peace.
: ! . he -aid. v I- "lli" real da:. -
.. ■ ■ " hi ilea.'e.
Bet in made tills statement in
Masting hack at ltcissian eliar
es that Britain eirla iuentl
tt arid seem it. by maintainin'.;
trootis w iiich Kussia said sup
ported fascist and pro-monar
c hi ! elements in (•recce.
1 le emanded a straight e - a
\ i-i i In i | rum the counei I cm the i In - -
Argue I or Hour.
If' I .1. through \ It e ' :l I: : 1.
■. . 'i !•, Visliin.sU> , argue,'. Im a i
a-, .r hell ire the council that 1! Iti
v ' re "routrib'.tlmg to .lism -
- i " m (Irecce. I le sai 1 a "tt lute
existed u. that e >ui it ay am ,
II ,! tin Soviet t'liion de u.aiuie ■
u .a h ami unconditional tvithdratval
•a til" troops.
IS. \ iii re .ponded that the real
"dander to the care o‘ the
u orld" today was the "incessant
propadaiula from Moscow with
mi si n ol friendship, This in
cessant suspicion is the dander.'
Bovin asserted. "I ask lor a
stiaiifill veniiet: Have lie been
endan leriiid the peace?"
I 1 "lla‘ roill u'l I’s considei'a
inii if us :a'.s demand for action
. s, i |i■. i ;; ■!‘i. situa1. inn Vishinsky
,ni i ■ |.111‘t‘i iis. |H "iietrated today
: i hivrir, lot' wii in terror. are
v i. •, l. : ■ n to o’. ervime. 11 is not
• :t (•■ s y to prove them here."
Yi -liin outlined four main con
teiitions ill Russia's ease
p A \i-ry tense situation in
Greece i- ei idai i per mp ponce and
security.'
" --Tlie presence of British troops
is unnece- ary."
"The presence of British troops
Iii-. hecoi:ie a means of |inlitieaI
I u ess.-:ire on lhi- eonid ry.
p [he troops serve as a means
,,f support for reactionary ele
ments.
Work Due To Start Soon
On Buggs Island Project
Mu- Island amt all tho other
Cost $30,000,000;
First Of Seri es
Of Roanoke's Dams
Karly .-tarl ol work on the Bugg ;
Island hydroelectric and Hood con
trol project on the Roanoke river,
2d mdcs north of Henderson, 'w
seen here today as the result ol ac
tion of the House Rules Committee
Wednesday in clearing the way n»i
lloor consideration of the Maybank
i(‘.solution to declare the war emer
gency ended for purposes of Hood
control and rivers and harbors con-;
struct ion.
The Buggs Island project, ln.-t but
only one of a series ol dam - on Ha*
Roanoke, would alone co.d ,\vPa,S)uu,
0"w. The whole series ol reservoirs
planned by Army engineers will in
volve an expenditure of $124,01)0.002.
it is stated. Army engineers have
recommended eight dams on lhe
Roanoke, two on the Smith river
and one on the Dan river.
projects are in the State of Virginia.
l.ut unl.s a snort distance across the
State line. Thousands of acres ot
land in Vance county, some in cul
tivation and some not, would be
inundated by the Buggs Island pro
tect. .
Congress has already appropi lated
SI,01)0,00(1 for start of work at Buggs
Island. This project, according to
Arms engineers, is designer! to pro
duce .in annual earning oi Si.oh.,
9(1(1 ironi hydroelectric power and to
bring iloud control benefits aggie—
gating §207.000 a year.
JAPAN ORDERED
TO TAKE CENSUS
Tokvo. Jail. 31. -(AIM General
Douglas MaeArthur today ordered
the Japanese government to com
plete a census of Japan in -April.
The Japan bureau of statistics was
told to insure that the basic tabula
tions would be made available to
headquarters not later than 30 days
alter completion of the census.
Republicans
Disagree On
Strike Bill
House Votes To
Over Fact Finding
At White House
Washington. I'rb. I. -i \P> —
Republicans loll out today over
just how lough the Hons,- should
make (lie sweeping new strike
control legislation it hopes to
pass in a matter of days.
There was cold comfort fur the
administration in that, for consider
ation of the bill repre onto. I a .-harp
set back. The Mouse took il up in
preference to an an amc ver am nl
the fact finding in as tiro asked by
President Truman.
Some of tlie House f»Oi’ con
tingent said privately Ihev be
lieve til • pen.list : proposal of
lien. ( as", R-S.D.) should be
modified greatly, but other parly
members thought it would go
through without much rewrit
ing.
Republicans lined up almost solid
ly when the liwu ■ voted 25H to l!t
to give the Case measure immediate
right of way. Only 15 Republicans
were recorded against the move.
Seek Speedy Action.
Later, however, several influential
minority members announced they
had supported the Case proposal on
ly to insure speedy action to curb
and help settle industry strife.
They told newsme nthey consider
the Case measure "too stringent."
They objected especially to provis
ions which would permit injunctions
again.-1 unions and deny collective
bargaining or re-employment rignts
to workers resorting to boycotts or
violence in picketing.
Backers of the bill remain c: •nfid
c nl of success, however, and ll-m.-e
leaders speaking to newsmen Pack
ed them up. The leaders made ii
clear that some modifications are
likely but said they expected few
basic changes in the final version.
W ere More Secret
Commitments Made
At Bio 3 Meet?
Washington. Feb. 1. — (AD - -Pres
ident Truman left open today the i
possibility that the war time big ;
three—Franklin I). Roosevelt, Win
ston Churchill and Joseph Stalin —
may have reached agreements win h .
Mill remain secret
Renewed speculation on that quos- j
tion stemmed from Secretary of
State Byrnes' disclosure that Mr.
Roosevelt and Churchill had agreed
at Yalta to support Russia's claim
for permanent possession of the stra
tegic Kurile Islands and Sakhalin,
north of Japan.
Asked at his new., conference,
whether additional international
agreements would be brought out
later, Mr. Truman said he could not
answer hut said there were agree
ments signed in that way at all the
big three meetings.
Rails, Specialties
Top Stock Market
New York, Feb. 1. i AP) -Scat
tered rails and specialties displayed
modest recovery leanings in today's
stock market as many leaders con
tinued to back water.
Ahead at intervals were Santa Fo.
New York Central. International
Telephone and American Tobacco.
Stumblers were l’. S. Steel. Mont
gomery Ward, and Union f’arbid”
Baby Can See Now
BORN BLIND a year ago, little Judy
Levine—safe in her mother’s arms
at Sandy, Utah—peeps at the world
for the first time through an eye
made whole by another's gift and
the magic of surgery. Gift of an eye
cornea came through the Blind
Bank from the late Miss Eve Tobey
of Stamford, Conn. Judy's other eye
may see later. (International)
Government Preparing New
Plan To End Steel Strike
I
PROJECT TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR VETS
ONE OF HUNDREDS OF DEVELOPMENTS started by the Bureau of Reclama
tion in the west which will provide jobs for at least 50,000 World War II
vets and farm homes for some 85,000 families is an irrigation project near
Tucumcari, t\. M. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Reed (above) watch the first fresh
water reach their parched acres shortly after work began. When com
pleted the project will supply water through a 75-mile long canal to
45,000 acres of fertile but hitherto arid land. < luteruationali
Emperor Is Stripped Of
Military Rule In Newly
Dratted Jap Constitution
Chiang May
Quit China
Leadership
Civil Strife Ends
Throughout Nation,
Red Leader Claims
Chungking. Fob. 1.- —(AIM 1 he
emergence of China's million- from
civil strife into a clay of full free
dom for all political parlies was
viewed today by Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek as possible fore
shadowing an end to his leneder
ship.
The man whoso one party rule
has coni inui'b for K> years sum
frankly that from now the heavy
task tit rebuilding the nation rested
not alene o; the Nationalist I'aiiy.
•much less on me as an individual.
“Whether in the g.overnmcni or
out of it." Chian-; told the clu.- me
session of the historic Political Con
sultation conference, he would sin
cerely work for peace and solidar
ity.
To Carry Out Decisions.
lie pledged that all the far reach
ing decision . oi the* unity confer
ence would be carried out. flu1 -c
included:
Free and open activities by
all political parties, nationali
zation ol the army, nation-wide
compulsory education, and eco
nomic reconstruction.
Chou En-lai, number two C om~
munist who helped reach the unity
fere nee accord, today expres a- i lull
confidence that there will he no
more civil strife in China. He said
that apart from minor clashes m
Shantung and the east river dis
trict of Kwantung, near Canton,
peace prevails throughout the coun
try. He affirmed that the Commun
ist party is prepared to cany out
1 ully all agreements reached at the
conference.
Lint Futures Show
Very 1 .ittle Change
New York. Keb. 1. - (AIM- Cot
ton futures opened five cents a bait
'ower to 20 cents higher.
Noon price- wort' 20 cents a ball
'owor to 55 cents higher.
March 25.20, May 25.28, July 25.
>i>. **
Pv. Close Opoi
March 2.5.26 25.2:
May ... • 25.27 25.2:
Tulv . 25.25 25.2.
letober . ... 24.95 24.9l
December 24.90 2 4.9:
March 1946 24.66 24.81
Paper Publishes
Text Of Document
Tokyo, Feb. 1. —(AP)-—The gov
(l'p.m'iit ha. dm Her l tentatively a
new const il ntion stripping the em
peror of his military command but
specifying that Japan shall retain
the throne, the newspaper Mainichi
said lodav.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nara
hashi denied, however, that the
constitutional revision publish
ed h.v the new .paper was the
one which the government was
rciisidf ring. Mainichi's report
might have been compiled from
reference material, lie said, hut
"it is entirely separate from the
one being d< aided h.v the cab
inet now.”
Omitted in the text quoted h.v the
i:< v'..-paper was the clan, e "die cm- (
pen-i' i sacred and inviolable.’
There vvn- little other chan . how
ever, in the In t heir article deal
ing with the tin ■ i. ■
Tliese other donge were also
noted:
People Declared Fquul.
< |
light - of the few vveie c
Fl ft . it > j ; ] () | i t m V, .IS prov i < loci
i;(1 s})(■<• i;11 right gi \ en to shmto
shrin 's were abolished
Ivights and obligations ol tin*
people were reeognizpd and ilie
right and duty of every person
to work was established.
1 lection of the Hon e of Kepr.es
entalivt's hy -rnvt ballot was pro
\ ide< i.
Mini, tor w('i * made re.-pimsibie
to the diet instead of to the emperor
and the diet was given the light to
change the- constitution.
The present system tor creating a
peerage win abolished
The diet was author.1 red to ap
prove all treaties. A deliberative
: body was established wdhm the diet
to consider urgent imperial ordin
ances while the diet is not in ses
sion.
Stool Moot
To Ho Hold
Washington. I'eb. !. : \P) Pres
ident Han;. Truman tnda> summon
ed the steel tael finding board and
Price Administrat.01 Chester Bowles
to the White House amid reports
j the Government is ready w i111 a new
proposal for settling the 12-day-old
steel strike.
The White House said the fact
finding board had been called to a
] p ai ronferenrr with Traman.
In Oi*.\ official said that
Bowles had been asked to cut
short a vacation in South Caro
lina and return to the Capital,
lie was expected to arrive
cither late tonight or tomorrow.
Bowles, who favors at $2.50 pet
I ton increase in the price of steel, ha
intended to stay in South Caroline
j until Sunday.
Choking Effect On Other
Industries Causing Worry
Washington. ! r'>- 1 —' \P*—
To;) level White House advisors
were reporter! nads todav with
a new plan for < nrling the steel
strike, hut Fedora! seizure of the
industry still is out of tlie pic
ture.
Some form of showdown ac
tion i- embodied in the new pro
posal. according to an official
who withheld his name, and it
will he submitted to President
Harrv Iruman once its details
are revised.
Mounting urgency purred work
' n the now font d. . for Govorinnen*.
aides are frankly e< ncerne l about
the strangling eltects on the steel
shutdown on othei industries
At the same time, a high Laboi
Department official indicated the
Government's late, t move m the
General Motors strike appeared h
have missed lire--temporarily, at
least.
Settlement < hail es Slim.
Chances for an early end in that
73-day old walkout once more were
rated slim.
Federal seizure of steel plants wu
i uled out for the present by Mr.
Truman yesterday when he told <
press conference that .-uch a stej
was not n >w cont.miplatt d.
The t hief Fxceutive declined
to predict a “break** in the steel
stalemate, although he did say
in response to a requ.st for
romment that he believes the
general labor situation is im
proving all the time.
There was no indication what
lresh steps Government advisor
were considering in the steel situa
tion. but persons (dose 1o policy
makers explained that price x ob
viously are the main obstacles to a
steel wage agreement.
Seek Over S(i.25 Increase.
The United States Steel Amp.
ina statement which caught Gov
ernment officials by surprise, de
clared a steel price increase “greatly
Governments Told
Russia Has Split
Key Bomb Element
Mo..cow, Feb. 1 — i APi rim Unit
ed Slates embassy and othei 1»»rt :gn
mission.', m the USSR have reported
to then governments that Russian
scientists have suceedeed m splitting
the ui'amnum atom, one o! the step,
in producing the atomic bomh.
Foreign missions here ha\c a
.-limed tor some time that
has made much progress m this fjei'i
and recei\'ed then* first emitirmati-»n
of this when Stalin pri/.es wer
awarded .January 27.
l ax 1 listing E<>r
CountN Extended
10 February 15
Tux listing for all townships
in the count' lias been extend
ed to February 15 because of the
dilliciilt' of travel over county
roads, it "as announced today
b.\ 'Miss Dorothea Woodlief, tax
supervisor.
Listing "as to bate ended
yesterday, but because so many
citizens have been unable to get
to the places of tax listing, the
time lias been extended.
GI BRIDES. BABIES
WILL SAIL SUNDAY
Southampton. Eng., Fob. 1 (Al1
The first contingent of 2,4U0 Unit
ed Statcs-bound GI brides and
babies marched aboard the Queen
Mary today preparatory to a Sun
day sailing.
» i *"ii would be
• ... 1 ry coulf 1 cif
i icairly wage in —
» i < a ( j •. <»i 1 •: by M r Truman.
•i \. .-lor! price study
o . • •- .dent s request,
'• a ton js all it
■ a o . < M iior Government
... • :• ina. • • . • i-sed a figure of
"4. ' o rrnnient price
a.' • a e b > tec . at tha present time
o•.i;11 i, • otr '<i t<> corn pen sate for
i. l oot ; i jt .a., rating losses
..nd ! i ■! u ! a. hi no*.* wage raises, of
ficial- said.
: 1 !b- mirp<)se would
nient review
of the industry’.-, position.
It's Rain Proof
AMONG the more practical models
shown at New York’s Spring Fash
ion Show is this snappy little rain
repellent and transparent plastic
chapeau which can be worn in sun
shine or in storm. (International)
Searchers
Seek Bodies
Of \ ietims
50 MP’s, Ranchers,
Others Prepare To
Climb Up Mountain
1- . W.vn . Feb. 1 —
A i' i i ,: i -ri i!v -earchers, in
eludim 1 tary policemen, gim -
cd 111< • 111 - (■; \ • ■- ; ■•. i: i > ini an a Item pi
l'd a ■ i n; it idc mow covered slopes
■ : 1 :.! 1A Id k Mimnlam upon
\*'hi■ ri : -u mid a Seattle to
New Yuri; I'tiiicd Airlines transport
l.;.u.,- iv ii'iii' cd in have crashed
\r ic.ii,.' \' id. J1 iH'i.cius aboard.
A ib:/,:n:\i ia.-1 night. which forc
ed a an i :'y to turn back with
'. . . ■ ': ■ sim unit, had
tici'pcikm bn i.'.c or more of
ire' . ci'ii I n" mountain with
Ul foot drifts in places.
I'liitm A.. I .mo • officials hoped
Hi.,' ok, c , ,11,i take off lrom
l 'hey o'.i :c l,,d i;. fill a close survey
ot :!., peak, Id', imics noi l hwest of
l.araciio. W\o. but they said that
uin-t i lau: weather might prevent the
flight.
I ci Irmd,d ■! IsIk Mountain with •
in the httdi .' ol ; he peak itself was
the -relic ol mu anted bustle of of)
! 1 ; 1 ; 11.. 1 \ 11, il Ire' inn 1 1 roll! ft . Wk ITI’n,
o.iu 11 '| icd, to .-in slice] i hordoi s,
uiiii'iiors an. i i .1 sice officer.-- in the
da:.e'er,no climb up tile gaunt moun
tain's slopes.
HEATHIR
Fair anil continued rather cold
tonight. 'Saturday partly cloudy
and slightly warmer.
Cloak Of Secrecy Around
Atom Bomb Draw slighter
Washington, Fell. 1. iAI’i Fore
ign observer., may go to the Bikini
atoll test but they wni see the
atom bomb.
This became apparent today is tic
cloak of security wa- drawn slid
tighter around this country's num
ber on' secret. (Miicia’s concerned
with Hi secrecy phase ol the ted
said these are top paramount re
fill itv points:
The nature of the bomb it
self and the precise, measurable
results obtained against military
and naval equipment.
The reasons for the second point
arc based on the desire to withhold
details of the bomb's action as well
as to guard against letting out tech
Ill a i II: o' 111.11 I • '111 jll.it llll'.V vul
nerable \ 1: ■ ■ ; . ai; equipment wlil
lie : 1111w 11 1 • i lie, Inal in ea.se soma
iinr cl i should build a bomb and
tleeide in use it.
I- iua . _ui i .li.si-i \ ai.- need not teet
slight! d ii Hi”;, fail tn see Die bomb. •
I lu'.vdl In- e •• impimy in that.
Person'- t'Uiili.i with the history of
the a11■ i-11- bomb estimate that not
more than a few hundred persons
ever .-aw tlit weapon in its ready for
use state. At least 106,000 persons
worked on the Manhattan project,
making the components of the bomb,
but only a handful of persons were
present when the first test bomb
was assembled and exploded last
summer. ^