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Itenltersntt Batin Btsnatrh THIRTY-THIRD YEAR 'thk AssU'i^,q.!il:\'K|:;ss"" HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 5, 1946 .. EiYE ( ENTS COPY China Talks Concessions With Russia • informal’ Parley Is Now Underway, Chiang Discloses < 'hungking. fob. f.\IM ( Kai-shek told a novtfs enn today that •'informal" dis 1., n;, looking toward economic | ■ ossions to Russia by China are t.‘s ■ ng Place. I |K-|-e was no immediate clabora t !■ n I!, generalissimo also hinted that ought retire from active politico1 u- after a constitutional democrae;. 0 t.iblished. V ked if he would be a candidate 1 president when elections are I , |,| under the projected new con t union, Chiang said "1 haven'' p,,,light of that. As far as I lam cmi 1,10 I. as soon as the power of gov - , u'lvnt is restored to the people, 1 finished my responsibility." I j,;,t was the seei.nd time within ■>eek Chiang had hinted he might t remain in office after the etc | • n>. Constitutional revisions are to i , presented to the assembly May r>. Chinng's acknowledgement that ua was seeking conomie conces ns was made at a conference with . u. rters who asked if discussions 1 .king to concessions beyond pub 1. 'uxi terms of the Sino-Soviet ; ei.iv were in progress. Chiang at first saicl "no formal , issions are taking place between Pie Chinese Central Government and ij:.. Sov iet Government." However. Chiang replied in the ,!1 uinative when pressed to say bother this indicated informal dis 1.. ns were taking place. His ''.dement followed renewal of ru i ..is that Russia is demand'ng join* , , nership and control of mining an 1 mIIici enterprises in Manchuria. Cluang said General George Mar ■ alls activities would center on the ie lion of reorganizing China's uuied forces. These would involve I . lit u a 1 problems in which lie might lender aid. Marshall. President Tru i .in's special envoy, recently arriv i i .it a truce in China's civil strife. iMuterred with both government and c "i.imunist leaders during the re i r:'i political unity conference and u member of a three man army n >i ganization committee. I ekes Would Make Submerged Areas Federal Reserve Washington. Feh. 5.— (AIM — secretary of the Interior Harold l< Urs today advocated holding submerged coastal oil lands as a Federal oil reserve. lie asked the Senate Judi ciary ( ommiltee to reject a House approved measure sur rendering to the States any Federal claim to ownership of submerged laud within State boundaries. The submerged coastal lands are "the greatest potential re serve of oil we have,” lekes told the committee. “It would he far better for the nation if the oil were under Federal rather than State control." ''i amashita’s Fate l p To MacArthur I -y", Feb. 5.— (API- The United !'•> Supreme Court's rejection of I ' (!en. Yamashitn's death sentence • ppcal leaves final decision up to C(.ml MacArthur and confirmed r tint "the trial of war criminals def ■1 it•• ly is a responsibility of the mil itary.” Allied headquarters officers, re I"'fling these e< •■elusions today, said ' at MacArthur has had the records Yumashita’s Manila trial for some days. There was no indication when be might act, and he lias made no comment. The supreme court held that the Tinted States military triaF commis •'i"n preceded legally in trying, con victing and sentencing Yamashita to the gallows for condoning wholesale war atrocities in the Philippines. 47 On Grounded Ship Are Saved Ketchikan, Alaska, Feb. 5.—(API • The grounded liner Yukon broke in two under the buffeting of gale; and waves last night after 47 of the 4!)6 persons aboard had been taker oil by power boats operating Iron a coast guard cutter. the 47 were women and children The cutter’s brief message abort the breaking of the vessel, whi-.h rat aground in Johnstone Bay while out ward bound from Seward to Seattle carried no mention of loss of life. But the little 165-foot craft, light ing a combination of 45-mile winds 15-foot waves red icy Alaskai darkness, said the weather t«> be moderating slightly and tin wind was shifting to a more favor able quarter. A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME DON'T BE TOO HASTY about taking off those long winter woolies. You’ll be needing them another six weeks, anyway, if our groundhog friend lives up to his reputation as a forecaster. Three New York Boy Scouts— (I to r.) I’eter Delgrass, William Doody and Vito Jorelli—test their pet on a little shadow-boxing forecast of. “Winter ahead." (International) Near East Nations Hand UNO Council New Tangle Withdrawal Of French And British Troops In Levant Is Demanded Now London, Feb. 5. iAP) Syria an.l Lebanon handed the I'nited Nation Security Council :t new explosive issue today, asking withdrawal of all British and French troops from the Levant, while the council still sought to unravel the tangle result ing from a Russian attempt to use its veto power in the Soviet-Brilish disagreement over Greece. The veto issue, raised for the first time before the council, blocked ac tion on the Greek question. It also 1 required the council to decide whether Britain and Russia could i vote on the question of whether Brit ish troops in Greece were endanger ing world peace, as charged by Rus sia. The British have demanded I complete exoneration of their actions in Greece. Former French Mandates. Syria and Lebanon, former French mandates in the key Middle Fast, based their case on the claim that British and French troop.-, have ■ - mained in their tei ritone.-, "man..' months" alter the end of war with Germany and Japan and that "some if these troops have been a constant menace to the peace anil security in tins region.” A meeting of representatives of the five major powers Britain, Russia, France, China, an I the U. S.—was called at the British foreign office today to discuss the world food situation and possible United Nations action on it. Private Talk. But some officials speculated that the meeting might afford a chance for the key nations on the security council to have a private talk about ways out of the threatened impasse. Shaken by disagreements, the council scheduled another meeting for 3:30 p. m. (KST) to decide for mally whether Russia can invoke her veto power. The veto was raised by Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet vice committal- at foreign affairs, aft*>r ..even memberfs of the 1 1-nation security council said m a healed debate that Russia's charges against Britain were un founded. The test of the Byi inn-1 .oleinese note was not immediately disclosed. Strike liili Opponents Lead Figiil Renew Efforts to Head Off Broad Labor Measures Washington, l ob. ■> (,\ 11 Lust | ditch opponents renewed efforts in i the House today to head oft sweep ing anti-strike legislation by offering less drastic substitute proposals, but their chances looked slim. The f;ir reaching strike control - bill sponsored by Rep- t ase th-S 1 1) ) still commanded powerlu! bi i partisan backing that was unshaken by all initial attempts to modily it. Tests of strength in voting on j minor amendments indicated that substitute proposals ill tbe oiling would not get far. First alternative plan to be dis posed of was one by Rep. Adams ol 1 Xew Hampshire. 1 twould authorize the President to name fact finding boards in lt*bor disputes, but would not give them the subpoena powet asked by Mr. Truman. It would also set up a federal at - bitration board charged with respon bbility for improving and speeding onciliation, mediation and arbitra tion processes. ( ivil Suits Asked. The Adams' substitute would al low civil suits against either party violating a contract. Compromise, also have been offered by Rep. Voor his (D-Calif.) and Hays (D-Ark.) Voorhis wants to sot up a con eiliation and mediation division ii the Labor Department and to name fact finding boards only alter it tail o settle differences. He would re juite union and management u naintain working agreements whip the boards acted. Hays proposes a federttl induslria elutions board with broad "powers ,t< help mediate or arbitrate disputes ['he board would ask for tact find ng groups if it thought them need J ed. 'Checks Of j Davenport Inirodiiced j Greenville, X. Feb. 5. ( AIM The Stall' tiula.v introduced testi I mmi.v that Roderick Davenport, fur j mer loan broker, issued or authoriz ! ed issuance of checks totaling over j 52110,001) on a New Bern bank dur I mg a period in which his balance I never exceeded 55,047.14. Solicitor D. M. Clark, introduced i m evidence about 100 cheeks in amounts varying from 550 to 510, 000 which the State says were is ' sued by Davenport as security- for i loans made by various intii\ iduals 1 to his "big apple" loan brokers business. The checks were identified by I. i (’. Fitzgerald, cashier of the New Bern unit of the Branch Banking and Trust Co., who said all the checks bore either Davenport s sig nature or a signature he had author i lzed the bank to honor. Davenport and five alleged asso | ciates in the loan business are on ! trial before Judge .J. P. Frizzelle in j a special term of Pitt county su perior court. The six are charged ! with conspiracy to defraud and j fraud by false pretense. Promise Of MacArthur Being Kept Occupation Force 1 In Japan Slashed To 200,000 Men Tokyo, Fob. (Al l in W . than I ho six month hr ha hern military ruler nl .lap,an. General Douglas MacArthur has made good Ins plan to cut United States occupa tion forces to 200.(100 men in .Japan There are only 20.7,817 Am erican officers and turn in iMppon today, and that includes the air force, headquarters fig ures show. Since Ih surrender five months ago. MacArthur has .sent home un der the point discharge system 221, 820 Pacific veterans from forces in Japan. Meanwhile, Kyodo news agency reported these political develop ments More than fit) tninoi parties thro ughout the home islands have band ed together to challenge the peo ple's front of the Communist, party. This group advocates retention of the emperor system and lirr.inatioi: ol' "old influences." Dr. Matsumoto, minister of state without portfolio hinted at a news conference that the Japanese gov ernment may adopt a tentative draft of a revised constitution that make no change in the emperors status ex cept to eliminate the words "sacred and inviolable." MacArthur directed the Japanese government to take immediate steps for prevention of diphtheria, des ( ribed as "a serious health hazard in Japan.” baiioru Un Stand Anew In Inquiry Officer Says He Tried To Clear Admiral Kimmel Washington, Feb. 5. — (API — Naval Capt. 1K. Sal'ford said to day he acted without the knowledge of Rearl Acini. Husband Kimmel in undertaking a campaign to clear Kimmel of responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster. "Admiral Kimmel did not know 1 was doing this," Salford told the Senate-House committee investigat ing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. Kimmel was Pacific fleet commander then. Sal'ford said he went to New York and saw Kimmel in February. 1941 Uus was one month alter he wrote a code letter to Captain Alwin Kramer, saying that no one in Wash ington naval high command could be trusted and that Kimmel and the 1941 army commander in Hawaii, Ma jor C tenoral Walter Short, had been framed. The 53-.vear-old intelligence offi cer described the meeting with Kim mel under questioning by Kef). Mur phy (D-Penn.) "I was in New York and went to his office and saw him personally,'1 Salford said, adding he had talked to no one else. He said he did not talk to Kim mel's counsel, Charles Kugg, until August or September of 1944. "You made a special trip to New yorkV" Murphy asked. "1 was up there on leave," Sal ford said. "1 took the initiative, not Admiral Kimmel." Higher Prices For Futures Recorded New York, Feb. 5.—(AP>— Cot ton futures opened unchanged to 25 cents a bale higher. Noon prices were unchanged to 35 cents a bale higher. March 25.43. I May 25 41. July 25.41. Close Open | March . • 25.39 25.39 May .. 25.37 25.40 July . 25.37 25.41 October. . 25.24 25.28 | October 25.24 25.28 December . 25.20 25.23 1 March 1940 25.15 25.19 New Government Plan: Hike Wages And Prices To Achieve Harmony Policy Shapcs-l p After (Conference At White H ouse Washington. I'eb. 5.—(AI*) — An administration decision dial llii- natien ran afford to rav some higher prices in return for industrial peace and all out pro duction appeared in the making today. A high Government official, who . can not be identified further, pre dicted the White House will issue an announcement today or tomor row. detailing changes in the present "in.Id the line" price policy. Although the modification will hi aimed primarily at settlement of tlv 15-day-old steel strike, this officia said, its terms also will apply to other major industries. Bowles Key Figure. Key figure in any such revision of President Truman's wage price orders is OPA Chief Chester Bowles, who presumably outlined his posi tion to the President during a St; minute conference yesterday. Bowles, it is understood, ar gued for an across the board policy change, as against "flex ible'' price control advocated by Reconversion Director .1 o li n Snyder. Bowles and Snvder re portedly were assigned bv Mr. Truman to work out a steel price formula which would en abl the industry to settle its wage dispute with the CTO. Bowles has contended that any i special concessions on prices for the steel industry would start a series of "emergency" concessions which would threaten OPA's whole system ( ■in.vuci' Won Over. There were indications that the price chief was beginning to wit1 Snyder over m at least part to his views. One White House official told a reporter the reconversion chief now i: “inclined favorably" to Bowles ar | gunient and that the two men seem ingly have reached a working agree ment. This official, who said lie ex pected the approaching White House announcement to repre sent a "substantial revision" in the wage-price policy, added that its net effect should not be drastic. The point was made that Stabili zation Director John Collet still will have to pass on requests for any price rises and that these request. will he screened carefully. In thi connect ion, one official said Collet recently had made known to Synricr that lie is lined up with Bowles on the matter of prices. The stabiliza tion head previously had shied away from throwing his weight behind either faction. Stamford Section Expected To (jet New l .eague Home London. Feb. a. (AP) - The 13 member United Nations interim committee today approved a recom mendation to put the organizations permanent home in the Stamford Groenwieh-Westchester area of New York and Connecticut. Australia protested, still urging San Francisco. Col. W. R. Hodgson, the Austral ! inn delegate said he would ask re jection of the recommendation to j morrow when it is presented to the' full a 1-member committee on head : quarters. He added he would put up a fight for California. The area was recommended b\ the UNO site inspection committee. TOP RANKING STOCKS SEEKS LOWER LEVELS New York, Feb. o - (API—Bead ing stocks continued to seek lower levels in today s market although scattered specialties attracted sup port. On the off-side were B. S. Steel. Bethlehem, Chrysler, General Mot ors. Sears Roebuck, Glenn Martin and Montgomery Ward. ! Catawba Folks Solve Highway Problem 1 -- College Station, Raleigh. Feb. 5. —Paging State Highway Commis sioner A. 11. Graham. The farm folks in Catawba coun ty have hit upon an idea which I could pull the state’s long-mired secondary roads out of the mud. County Agent Earle Brintnall said today that many rural Catawba cit izens have refused to sit placidly by, cut off from outside activities by • impassable roads, until the over taxed facilities of the highway com mission could clear the way. Forty-two lieignoors of the St. 1 Paul's Church section formed a sliovel brigade recently, pooled trac tors and trailers, hauled in gravel and soon had a usable road. To ‘‘Mean" Horses. H. I,. Drum of Clines Township i also helps himself Keeping the half I mile stretch between his home and i the surfaced highway is made to or , der for Drum who says that he uses ; I two "mean' horses and a heavy ! dreg. Vernon Sigmen and John Ful- j bright of near Statesville base kept j the milk flowing steadily from their j I farms into town throughout the ' . seige of unfavorable weather. When . the going get too tough for trucks they switched to tractors and plow • ed through. "We all concede that roads arc in a mess.” County Agent Brmtnall said, "but many of our farmers have shown that they can help if they will.” Irrespective of who may be blamed tor the current road condi tion, Brmtnall declared, "individuals must become more willing than eve. before to help in every way possi ble, not only with roads but with other problems which now hindei the improvement ol living stand ards.” BUSY PLAYTIME ON NURSERY SHIP BABIES AND MOTHERS AND TOYS are all tangled up in this bit from the ger.:.-al playroom scene aboard the ss. Argentina as it drew near U. S. home shores with 45G war brides and 170 babies of American soldiers —first of the “nursery ships’’ to bring g’.ad reunions. (International) Two-Hour Work Steppage Threatens In New York 600,000 Workers To Stage Sympathy i Walkout At 4 O’clock This Monday New York. Feb. 3. (AP)—A two-hour work stoppage oi all CIO mem bars in New Y irk City except those in "vital” services has been ailed for Monday by the Greater New York Council — claiming tiiili.llOd members i*l the metropolitan area—in support of striking Western Union employes. ----T, 11 . ■.. ...1. . .Ill' mull.' -.1.1 I : ill’, Hi IlCr 015 jt*r:ivos <•: th• im lii.it, fched l!ed til r held lj-i m I !11 (> p m. : were: Del ea i ’ . ('. i e ,-t r:ke con tr"l bill mi imgre ■: termination 'ii-r ii:.-. in drike i" i':.t im- . i w .'liming out , el tax :.\ei- pi. ■ through re j bate pi • el tax laws;'* 1" • ee . er.'i :• lamination a ■ r. in.;' \ elt'i. i ■ ■ ■' V ike .'* to , dc H iiin-1 rate ... t all ot her I w, i: he: ihi ’ii.e : h ruaghout the n..! mu and in ‘'tigi'! aL'^ nst the ‘irike-breaking injunctions how threatened in many states. Services lixcmpted. Kxi m; '. partiripation in ! in.1 de:i.n! :ra! be held at the We.-: eni I'm a’ - main build ing re (hi a ■ hers engaged in 1i g ' . m - iinvr. transit, 1 t'V la per. i ■ ■ ervice, and health oeeupatinns. It is estimated that 60.000 «»f the council's claimed members now arc on strike and that at least 100.000 others arc includ ed in the group exempt from the stoppage. Tin- . 1 in1 i.i resolution said die sinpiiage \v. 11Ti•; ded te ■ om iiat ";.ny i" a . p11 c\ by the mo : i] \ corpor ': ns" to i educe liv • g ' .a : ,d '.• demi • st rate the pen)de's rich m;nation to pro tee: their 1 i ■ g -I aid .rds. Tin:re is im intenti n t > disl icate sen ices.” Liquor Sale $108,396 In Past Month l.iqu a sail by the cminty-owncd ABC store imu' in January amount , t'd b> xlllO.390. si me $38,000 less than tin SI Hi.(182.20 in December, but ,.|ipnixiniately $35,000 more than ; the $73,684.2(1 in January last year, j according to lignres annon'ced to day by the ABC Board's oft ice. Thr December figure was the j biggest bi any month in the ten year history of the liquor store. January sales were exceeded only by November. 1945. at $109,370.15, and the December total. Last October's sales, he however, were $106,891.80. For the calendar year 1945 the store had gross sales of $887,170.20, which was an inrefise ol $368,047.20 I over the 8519,123 total in 1944. To Head Jap Trials'* SUPERIOR COURT Chief Justice oi Massachusetts, Judge John P. Hig gins of Boston lias been named as possible presiding judge at the ap proaching trial of Japan’s top war criminals. He served in the navy in World War I. iInternational) (j<>\ eminent I lasn't Am l sc For Manx Of Its Shipyards Washington. Fell, a iAP' ■ There's no place in Amo’ iea s mari : time program lor most of the 9’J ■ shipyards built by the lyivornmen! under a wartime expansion program 1 which cost over a million dollars, j the Surplus Proportv Administration | said today. Posl-war deolino in ship eonstriu - | tion moans, the agency said in-a re I port to Congress. that ' >a.vessl ul distribution of such property will 1 constitute a very real economic pro ! blem.” In addition to siitM.imn.iiiil' ior new yards, the Government spent $9iio, 000.000 for expansion of 1ft private ly-owned yards, the report said. This does not include additions to ne-wai navy yards VEAIHEH FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonight. Little chance in temperature except not so cool. Occasional showers tonight. Tomorrow showers and a little warmer except colder i west portion.
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