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lintfrprsmt Bally Btsyatrh_ THIRTY-THIRD YEAR '••frKs*'HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRTARY 1. 1040 .1 ■ " ' 1 IN ^ < I.N 1 > < ()I Y_ Safford Can’t Say Who Ordered Winds : Message Destroyed Witness Changes His 1 estimony In Raid Investigation A mgl i , Kuo. 4. i AP i .\,e. ;u { - - o, . .n i,. r. n.,i.. | pm iis Iran ti.i..oi u. .o.oiiy. j s.o.i iouay 'l have n .suspicion., ] against any indiviuuat as lo hign ii'.Mil.imi violation o. laws agalns. ( Cie. : .ying public n cords. j j Laniei in the clay iic had le.-ti- ! , lied that "suspicion exist,' in hi. ; mind Wat General Gouge G. Mar shall. loriner army duel ol stall aim . Admiral Harold R. Stark, for ner chid of i aval operations, had beer. I ^ so guilty. The question at issue was whethe, ■ "winds' message which Safford ! .-aid had given Washington a three dav lip-off to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7. 1941 was receiver here and later destroy ed. i ntler questioning by Senator , Scott Lucas. Illinois Democrat i of (lie Senate-House investigat- I ing committee. Safford said he j did not suspect responsibility j for destruction of the records rested with n group of "aval of ficers as he had said before. "But you do have a suspicion I against Stark and M.n .-mill:' asked Lucas. "1 have no proper basis lor sits- j picions against any indr, idual," Sal- ] lord replied. “Do you want to mange your tes timony of a while ago." Relerring to a ii„e.-aon asked by'1 Lucas and Rep. Bayard Clark, North Carolina Democrat, Safford] said "1 would like to c .aiige my an swer to Mr. Clark's . , d your ques- 1 u n. 1 have no suspicion directed against any individual, who can be named.'’ Rep. Prentiss Cooper. Tennessee! Democrat said he c, uldn't under- ' stand that kind of an answer, that it appeared that if Safford had any -.uspiri ns they must, be d'reeled ' aga i st specitic persons. Earlier Safford was asked this question by Clark: "Do you mean even to rieute the suspicion in the minds o! this com mittee and the public that either Marshall or Stark violated the laws q this land by destroying public records to c> ver lip a mistake'"' "In my mind that s ispieiim <‘x i,a..." Safford replied. He ha.- tes tified previously that an intercepted Japanese message w as received by the navy three day- before the Hawaiian attack and has now vain i i shed. Cleveland Fire Inquiries Start Clcvci.md. Feo. 4. (AIM —Inves tigations by at lea.-t three separate , groups were underway today m the Saturday fin which took the lives ot 13 rc-idents of Jennings Hall, Catholic home for flic aged. Cuyahoga Ci unty Coroner Sam , uel R. Gtirber said his oft ice would conduct an investigation similiar to •that > the East Ohi . Gas ex plosion in which $£8 persons lost , their lives here in October 1944. Tells Navy Order HEAL) of the Intelligence unit of y communications at the time of 1\ id Harbor, Capt. L. F. Salford is' d ,vn testifying in Washington be ! re tlie investigating committee. Action Won B\ Esquire Couit Upholds Mailing Rights ,uton. Feb 4. (AD The . • , t'ourt today st ruck down i ■ Department attempt to ' -ipnro magazine anti it.-- lightly , 11 if. from use ot second clas. ■ I Jouglas delivered the in n decision. Justice Jaek no pat l in the care. Douglas said "to withdraw II; second class rate from this imblii ation today because its (inputs seemed to one official in,l good for the public would ; tii u withdrawal of the sec mi l class rate tomorrow from .,*: ihri periodica! whose social t.r economic views seemed harmful to another official." t. -Douglas aid, "Iui , lett , i in sister (iciicrul with n-> ■i 1.' pi'csenbe st a i id.a i i i - lor the • .• a• or the art w huh a iu.nl .. . .;" iieal di.-.-ei:uiiatt .a .am au examination ol ui I. tpiir" about wide i had been made 'make .'.i 11 uiik, that the v ntlrovei tile n, a garni - published "m ■ is i d a public character oi ■ted to iticraturc or the art. ■sttlier the et aitents a re 'got > i MERCHANT MARINE SEEKING RECRUITS 1 i U i:. , Fei4. Da; mg l!.t V. ar. tlie U. S. Mel chan :.i• : as but n brac ing the peril' o . lacing dangers - -i aerial t and subsurlace attack. 1 mg nwuil./ed lor duty lung ben-i'i -1 ' *\'i [urccs ot 1 .‘u* c>‘imii ’ licet !.. ation • >v United State i . tla- war and ttu-y \\ 111 1 h i • - tv, - hi act i\ e duty lor .-urn ’ i ., eunie, bringing l.ume Ih ;.h res. supplying the 1- -ru- - a. ti, our allies and the liber . j..- pies of the world. . ite heavy losses mtlicled b 1 o:ay. the United State' emerg t -. tlie global w . • v ifn "• t. -.- as many an reliant s!ii|. : - e\ wort- in it' pre-war lice - diselt sed bv the War Shiopin ,lustration. Mt-n ai'e urgenll in the new Peacetime Mere! . • i ti, keen the siipplv lines t- . c- devestated areas movin'!. S|V|.cp-vear-olds and men '.’ll : ■ .-i-t the U. S. Maritime Set i • Fnd 1 ling Office for further d. goj r> amh pi atk: ALUMNI TO MEE >• ■ > r .oo, t r g i i.‘-tm-tni -n 1R f-on^rs will 1 l''1 1 1 U' 11AV< ""V' • • i .... ♦ :,n ;,nMonnaommif 1 ,1 . T •• •' ' t-' , . IP.,, t , ; , .4 J-\ f" * ' r*,f> 1 .t to . -1 i n four*"- '• 4 : ' l' '* I’ -. rtM r1 .in i pi-v1- w 1 -.m 4 ' nic'.l,.- niePiro? Of Wol-o Fo-o^t H * • ;»> on l''** W.' H.iv rw-UiV‘1 t hi v '-. all r’ai-.ilina’s ... * r,... P-1 -,t T... 1 1" ■ • »■ contest won by the Baptists 2ti House Sets Strike Hill Nose Count Vclc To Indicate pleasure’s Fate; Foes Have Hopes Washington, Feb. I. (AD The House begins tentative lose counting today on sweep-| ng new strike control legisla ion. Up for decision is a series ! •f .aniendment s designed to 1 one down t lie bill by Re]), 'ase (R-S.l).) who proposes o set up a national medita ion hoard with power to step nto major labor disputes and orbit! strikes or lockouts for ;n days. To help the board. Case would lermit wide, u -•> nl court injunc ions against cither labor or manage ment, outlaw violence in picketing 'V rogani/.cd boycotts. and provide or civil suits against cither side making a contract. Members said the preliminary test in amendments to eliminate one or nore of those previsions will indi ■np clearly how 1he House will go vhen the bill itself comes to a howdmvn vote. Foes of th" Case bill have two main hopes of defeating it. One is that the Republicans might j fail to support it n a bloc as j some party members have in dicated. t he other is for the op ponents to get together solidly bellind i compromise. So far they haven’t. CIO President Philip Murray J ashed out at the Case measure in otter to Speaker Sam Rayburn ( i > I’ex • tei ming it une ... the most ieious .imi cleverly drawn piei vs >f anti-labor leyislation in eongres ional history.” The labor leafier contended the )dl was not studied in committee nit was jammed through a parked ■joiif) in the Rules Committee as a lubstitute lor President Trumans art finding plan. Homma Desk Brass, Not Field General Jap Censor Claims Manila. Feb. t (AP) Fhc pro paganda section ot the Japanese army considers Japanese (leneral Masah.aru Homn.a more of a des^ general than a field commander, a high Nippon* >e ,-en or testified at the general’s war name- trial to day. The witness wa> Tei.ji Ikeda. IT* said he supervised censorship an! assignment of Japanese ('"nis'pnivl ents in the field. Ikeda said Homma never inspected battlements or per sonnel or the Bataan area even aftei the Japanese victory "so far as I know." General Is Back In Japan After Round World 1 rip Yokoftamma, Feb. 4. (API—Lt Cell. Hubert L. Eichelberger, com mander of the 8th army occupation forces, returned to Japan today completing an around the work flight in a Pi-17 bomber, the .Mis Emm, which he named for his wile The general k ft Washington, I > C. January* 14 and flew to Europe North Africa. Egypt, India, am China, whete he stopped to visit Lt Com Albert C. Wedemoyer, theatn commander. HE HAD A HAT WHEN HE CAME IN A VETERAN OF LANDINGS in Normandy and on Okinawa, Seaman 1/C William Nupp is one fellow who has learned the necessity of pre paration. He heard hats were hard to get in the L. S.. so he picked up fhis version of a sporty derby in Japan. To the amusement of his bud dies, Bill tries on the chapeau on arrival in Los Angeles. (International) .3. ' STEEL SHORTAGE SHUTS DOWN FORD ASSEMBLY PLANT UNFINISHED CARS REST ON ROLLERS in the trimming room of the Ford Motor Company’s assembly plant at FdMwate' N J after about 1800 employees were laid oil -for an indefinite period. Shortage of pa.U became of Uie stiel shake caused the suspension of work in this and other Ford plant,. ffrUentahonoU_ Britain, Russia May Clash Again In UNO Vishinsky Might Push Red Demand In Greek Dispute London, Fob. 4. 1 \B' I bo pos bibtv "I a second cia.-h between lima and Britain on then1 counter uirges of endangering world peace as foreseen today a- tile I nitod afions Security 1 oun *il piepated i go into session at 10 a. si. ( LS i i resume consideration ol tii<' Greek ispute. Soviet Vice Foreign Commi.-ar \n rei Vi hinsky. who engage I Friday i an outspoke’n debate with British oreign Secretary Lrnesl Bevin was xpeeted to press Russiao demands lat British troop., be withdrawn cm Greece. Many de!( gat( be eve Vishin ky ha ■ l>een merely jarring thus far and lie would realh pen no today. Most delegates mmimi.'ed the panel's of a compromise on tile riis 111rp.i111>• u!ar 1 > in . lew .4 renew - d attack, on Britain lr. the .\K nw radio. \nothrr Dispute. Be\ n. ltad a. rrte<1 t relay th.it lie Moscow radio's inecw-anl attacK.. , ere endangering world peace. A . soiin as the council finishes d. a ol the Gieek di pute . : 11 t irit to anothei e?> trovei al me,,in n a request i>y the Soviet ksame for investigation ol tile p:e l• 11,-i* g British troops m Indom in. The Moscow radio asserted the monarchist - fa.- ei: t element' ;, I ere encouraged I '■ the : >re-.ri 1 foreign t roops, art* cent ume political adventure against heir in ighbors." rhe roadcast di neighbors, but \ isiim. is.'- a opening he Soviet case last verb said uis •o\ eminent had pointed out at tin. ’ntsdam eold’erenee it tile Greek ment wa? tak . , attitude lin n m: i.ht enciaiigoc pi are an ; ven tlireateneo to dorian war .gainst her neighbors, Albania an I Bulgaria. FAR LAS I EK1N IN. <~. SAID OIL SECTION Chapel Hill, Fob * i 1 ■.1; : jnl for oil in ! 1:is Stale an• advise l In Mi Willian !•' Pmutv. In-ad "I the University oi North l arolina De partment <il Geology and Gemaraphe tn gn all the way In the elongate sand oar (barrier beach) whicn .a • paratos Pamlico ami Alhcmarli Sounds from the ocean "The geological record from thi well n<iw i>eing drilled i ape Hat teras should furnish rather reliable evidence e'oncepning the preibabiiity of commercial petroleum deposits ii North Carolina." Dr. Pmuly says. Pointing out that for many year it has been the opinion of authonln in this field that the most favorai '■> place for petroleum in the l 'em! ra Atlanta area is in the far easteri portion. Di. Pmuly advises those in lori'slcd in petroleum dcvelopmen to ge't as far out toward the exist aiu northeast as possible. STATE FARM LAND PRICES INCREASINC College Station, Raleigh. Feb. I 11 Paoiiks .fame's, agricultural e'eo uomist ol the State College Fxteu sion Service, said in an intere ie\ today that the inflationary boor which has shot the price of Nort Carolina farm lands up 8(5 per cei n the pad sin years still has m rcaclvni it- peak. The state's pci cent: ee increase in farm land ce>: is sixlli highest in the nation. Loan Shark Case Trial Is Starle<l » t< t, Greenville, N. Feb. 1 'AIM d Roderick Davenport, former New Rem prorlnee dealer and ti\c co-- d i defendant:; went on trial today at a h l special ter ’: of Pitt c unity superior j. court on felony charges of eon- <• .|ijraey in perpetuate a fraud and to i defraud by false pretense. The eases mvv. out oi loan opera- 1 tinns allegedly eonducted by Daven port and hi ■ "associates in a numbe • n ut Carolina communities in ID-14. Twelve persons accused of le- -oc , chanter in connection with the loan , ) hui.niess will he h ied at this hum i ;\t the open i m; of court today, i .Indue D- Paul Km'./.ello o-uied lie fen;«• motion to fli.-aui -s the eiiaru* ol conspiracy I > perpetuate a Ira . and to defraud by taisc pretense. Def< use consul sucees sfull.v '111 ’ “< ed to a stoutest ion In Solicitor i i. fj. Clark that sin ilar ehai re pet 1 nil*, in Craven euinity hr eonsolaia. ed for Inal hi*re. --— A rim Recruiters - I lere \\ edneschiy In place "i i i ■ Mobile Reel . ing station which It:.- been in 1 ten - i dersoii at the post oftiee each wee'-;, i a representativ e oj the Anny :>> - cruiting Service will be heind in ; Room 10 in the post oftiee basemen on WeiInesdays and Th n days • | each week. The large silver trailer ; which lias become familair to tie i people of tins section during ice d months will be oil' the road for sev era! weeks for repairs. Sgt. James Allen who ha heel with the Mobile l'nit for sever.d months has been replaced by Set Curtis D. Ware of Belmont. C Sgt. Ware and Sgt. Bailey will b happy to have any interested piv sons come in and discuss any paa* i of the Regular Army. Recent legisla : tion has added many inducemei.P J for veterans who are considering rc i enlistment. All interested veterans | are urged to contact the Recruiters j as well as young men who have re:-' ! istered with Selective Service Board* I but have not been ordered to re port for induction. Seventeen year old men may enlist in the Regular i Army with the consent of their par ents or guardian OXFORD WILL HAVE TOBACCO MEETING Oxford, Keh. 4 In order that the ■ late's tobacco farmers and intcre.-i >d business men may have lirst halt I Ihe latest information on leaf prn iuction and leal control, a .aerie* ot neetings at five large tobacco cen ers has linen scheduled on Miece vive Wednesday evcniiigK with na 1 'dial export* as poakors lmginnui ; :t the <txtord loiidhoiN' at 7 :U p. ' n. February 1.1. it was announce I oday by Granv ille County Agent C .'. Morgan. Suh-oquent meeting., v ill be held in Rocky Mount, Lum j lerton, Greenville and Reidsville. 1 Or. W. W Garner of Washington. ; '). C„ will lwad the group of speak j is which w II appear at each >f J hese meetings. Tug Boat I Workmen Open Strike Longshoremen Back Big Harbor Strike; Conferences Slated \Te\v York. Fel>. -t. ,\i' i A strike of Taim dm Foal worker.-.. | supported by Ha.lHIO long . Iv.rcmen. ’ tied up shipping in the vast NT York harbor today and rut off a I large portion of the city's food and [ fuel supplies. i hr workmen, members oi lo cal 4ilk. 1 nited .Marine Division of the AFt. International l.oir: • horer.it n'- \s-o; i ltion officially left their .jobs at i Fill a. m. as the result ol it wuiit* dispute with the tug h«..t operators, or gaui/ed as til ■ New York lug Hoal I '.change. .In eph V. i’yai. p.e ident ot th ' : IIA. •• d th I . b lnngsl .. 1 1 of th- parent union w-old snppo, ; the walk "!! by refusing to load -■ ml '.'id any ship.- which normally , 1 nion p,.t!i Alert. Mnrniii'. meeting-- were planned , with, botn union ana company oi - ' , . .1. i,v i- du tit'd Magiiire. laboi Mayi 1 >" yer. . ,.,1 W:lnam Liller. of the United st.Pe Uonciliation Service m an al !,•!! pt In end the trike. The union itsell planned a mem bership meeting m ii )>. m. Troon ships returning GI s homo i-abroad will mil l"' affected rhev will be serviced by a my tugs. Only other shipping expected not to be disrupted e<>nsistod < >! railroad t I\v!:ui i 1 mil 1 G l'-*\v i " AOW\S two oil y tut\ aie m>1 al'toeled. Ii. Washinuton. Keoeial seizure w a> seei. as a p< sib: i sty in the event pie eily - sup) i\ need became des nerate S!.< »u le ci i e:ii;i.-taiices war :aml the Labor Iiepartmcnl would lie cM'ivleii to recommend sued a step. Mill U Ml (.KOI i1'' TO Mi l l Halcigb. Feb. 4.- The annual .... ui the North Cat >1 ina Com j mitt-o-l'niled States Brewers koun ,iati, a will be held m (ireensbon, A ednesday, dime ■>. State Director l-.dgar H. Bain of Goldsboro, wl." has supervised the Induslr\ seli icguUition program since it was be in in North Carolina seven years ag<), anniluneeii that the one-day session will be at the (V Henry Hotel. CIO Leader, Labor Secretary In Conference With Truman Fast Parley Is Held At While House Renewed Atten.pt To Enel Deadlock; Murray Optimistic Was I . ' ■ Feb I (AP)- Pres nt II;.: . v Truniaii held a hurried v called nf rei e tins morning cith I al ii t! Secretary Lewis Schwel • nbach .me ('!’> President Philip lurray in a renewed White House fi'ort to end the steel strike < lead - nek. Neithei - hwe cnbach or Mia - •av wi.ii". i'1'i: menl as they emerged niRi tin i nif-hntu session which be an at 9:30 a. m.. but tlie Labor Secretary said: “Wc came out smiling." Murray, v/ho also is head ot the • io United Steel Workers said on "The President asked me to come iver and talk with him about the ,teel situation. What ever is said lias ;ot to come from him". Forever An Optimist. Asked it lie v a optimistic for a .cttlemei.t. he said merely "I’m for mer an optimist." Administration sources ap peared to becoming more cheer ful about prospects for a break in tlie deadlock between Mur ray's union and the steel com panies. Immediately alter the conference, White ib i• e aides said OPA Chief Chester Bowles would see Mr. Tru man at 3:30 this afternoon Bowles ha.-, been holding out lor a $2.50 a ton in 'case m -tee, prices while the indu.-try -coking a $0.25 boost to compensate for a wage increase. The President is reported to be sticking by In- proposal that th» 7fi(l,i)00 trifling steel workers be gr, en an 18.5 cents an hour wage hike. (An icnl i 'inferences apparently hm ,• i.i i., v. ith i de ision on how snrii aii i! i trial h"iiId be granted iu.rmifad ni ei's in tile price of steel. S, nv I deni mi said he did not ku v whethei the President had any tmmoi Benjamin Fairless, . -re- iden- o< United States Steel for a Wiide lb 'Use talk. After the de:'.artlire of the union leadei and Schwellenbach, the Pres deni ci ■: gre a na leader.- went in |er a w • . ■ n If net' with him. At UP > !.",i<ion , tor-, a spokesman M . was railed late Sun nit an . :ed to come to the White H"u -e ih. i::"rn,iig Schwellenbach i. a- I' i a t some si *rt of Imv.dim i were due this week were seen in Mr. Truman’s plans to vave ihe Capital lor a two week fishing cruise ill Florida waters. High Court Refuses To Pardon Jap Was;. If. a. Feb. 4. i AP) The supre" a court today refused to save .lapaue-e C, one i a 1 5 am a shit a t roni deatii mi the gallows. VEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. ( onsidcrablc cloudiness with occasional light rain or steel oxer northwest portion and oc casional light rain over west and centra! portions tonight. Cloudy and tain Tuesday. First (> I Brides Arrive Nov. Yoik Fell. 1 i Al' ■ Btui- l tus'i’il tiiid tired i) u t r. • i t.. i. t w.ft nil ieiji.it urn the first group "i Bi it : h liride.- Knglish women who i m.irned Amerii’iin soldiers during lilt* war reach* d New N ork toilay en the army transport Aigentma, after a nine-day night-marc voy age across the Atlantic, i A total of tai women ami 175 children were aboard the sliip which docked shorllv lie fore 7 a. m. The wives range in age from Hi ’ to 44. , Thirty of the women were o\ , pectant mothers. Three literally I risked their lives to make the voy t age. They wore in advance stages <>t pregnancy and when the stup on 1 i ountered the tirst of m*' cral recor 1 orea.-vmg storms, inry were romiUsi to the .'hip's lui'tui.ii I |u> iiniii ' - .mic limn England. Ireland Seotl;i::-i Wales and Malta. I I .,.N wen- or 1 mod lor homes in 4) diffeient slates New York led the list with 44 women and children IVnnsv i\.mis will receive tH. Cali !'i,i 11in an I Illinois 40 each, Michigan :> i. X’ew .lei ey 41 Socially they represented in the majority Britain’s middle and upper-middle classes. Most of them took the army trans ient only because it was the quickest means of rejoining their husbands. The 4a 1 aboard the vessel were given passage from among some 27, iHHi applications under an army sys tem ot priority. They first were "screened” in ail American camp in England.
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