Hmtiterstm Hailtj iEHspatrh_ thirty-third year ,*^KVs^ri'v^!i::V;!^sK henderson, n. c., Monday afternoon, ferreary n. mm 1 111 : ,v; m' MVh rKNI> (l)]'l SUN SPOTS HIT SOLAR PLEXUS BLOW IWO LARGE SUNSPOTS have succeeded in jamming radio communica tion with Europe and Asia, have disrupted airplane ocean flights through interference with radio reception, teave created spectacular aurora borealis dispiays—and kept scientists at their supcr-tclescopes for many days The above photo, taken at Mt. Wilson Observatory, Los Angeles, shows the largest sun spots ever recorded in solar history. One spot alone has a diameter of 60,000 miles—which is seven times that of the earth, figure at top indicates the width of the sun. (International) Jap Lieut. Gen. Homma Sentenced To Be Shot Military Tribunal Convicts Nip Of Many War Crimes a 1,,11i 1 ■ i, i'l'l). 1!. (AP) Lt. (Ion. .... jhaiii linmma was sentenced to I ,:V In bo shot. following his I'lllt ,•11,,n by a military tribunal of war . 11v charges, including llic iu i ,:ms Bataan death march. lloniina was moved imme diately to Luzon prisoner of war camp No. 1, where he joined his successor as supreme comman der of the Philippines during the balmy days of Japanese coii'inest. I t. Gen. Vamashita, anil ten other convicted war criminals. While hearing his sentence, Hom .: -tmul in almost the exact spo' , the r.allrnom of the former Ivan' , : the 1 'nited State emiimissinnei : . the PIii 1 ii>p'tio-. where, heinedal , . is: airn amt aMer tile .hipan ' <’ .-pie I ol the i land . he had rc i ei\ ini the lv:i,ae" of the pnppc' rdi’puii, eiiii'pi ion and eollahora m a widely publicized recep tion. ( mild See Bataan. Wdhm the range of his vision, a : , -timd before the five man enm i,across Manila Hay was the 11,1111; ruck of Corregidor anil the ' shrouded hills of Bataan. I rum Inch he had herded General Jnna 1 si ' i Wainwright, Ma.i. Gen. id, hard King and their lorees along the in -scorched road in the m liiiuons death mareii. The conviction was no surprise, as I lorn mi had expected to lie shot. • Iii.-i before lie was sentenced, llov.ma made a brief .-pen'll thank ing the court for "courteous way I h.i'.e been treated.” Sente..re read immediately altcr ward. .-.aid that "upon secret vvnt II n ballot with two thirds or more ■ d the members eoni'iirring, lilt I'li’niiii nun sentences you to he sh >! lo death with musketr.\1 lunm was char.ted wilh ordering the 1!) B inarch "i American pri. oners Iron liataan lo prisons a march th.i! in-1 the Allied prisoners some l>7. IMH) lives. President s Home Program Expected To Be Compromises Washing ton. Feh. 11.— (AIM — A hack stage pow pow on Presi dent Truman’s “hold" homes fee veterans program held promise loilav for a compromise that might win speed' approval. .Members of the House hank ing Committee indicate:! they might tear up the emergency Gill they approved last week and write another closer to lines ol the While House proposal which fixed a two year goal of 2,700. 000 new houses—most of them to cost Sti.000 or less. Ranking Chairman Spence (h-Kyl and Hep. Wolcott of Michigan, ranking Republican, planned to meet during the day to -ee whether an agreement could he reached on a noil-con troversial hill. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair, with little change in temperature tonight. Colder Tuesday. Highest Tribunal He fuses To Buie On Homma’s Plea Petitions Were Sent Via Air Mail By 1 Convicted Officer | - I Wa. hint! n, Feb. 11 AI ’) The I , . supreme court rein.ml loony ,o in tervene in Manila ;;r ceedi ngs in i whiim Japanese I.!. C.e.. Masaharu Homma was c< m icied as a war . rim i i i! id sentenced t 1 lie h Hu ima sent petitien by nr mail iri.'ii Manila asking the high c< art I, • ike him oat ol ihe hands el the llli lil a i y He aim a -lied re\ ew "I the rclo.-al hy lae Philippines supreme court to grant him a writ nt ha!teas corpus. Hi mm a s pet:1, ms were shnilai ti. those sent earlier by the cmvirt ed Japai lese General Yamashita The court last Monday rejected all , ■ Vnmnshita's contentions. Justices Murphy and Mutiedgc j disci* ted to today's decision, as the} did in last weeks ti to It decision ii the Yamashita action. Morphy saic procession of judicial lynching.' without due priices - • ■: law- may n! debate between sov iet Vice- Foreign ('nmmisnr An drei Visiiinskv > d Rritish Foreign Secretary Ernest Bovin. New Dutch Proposal. S ime suggested, however, that tin 1' nut mighi decide t • await th*1 frrrlr "esi in roplv to a new Dutch propcisal for an lnd mesian e< in i' . in we a 1th, wade pnblie in Hatavu a, before taking action on Vishinsky s' demand for ; i investigation ot the crisis in the Hutch Fast Indies by a five-power com mi > a n. Meanwhile. UNO committees plugged away al a mass o| uues I ions which neeessil atod a three 1 hour sessii n • ttic* General Assem blv Sunday. Pressure b r adjournment was heavin' than evrr. but some members • f the 1’nited States delegation ex pressed doubt that the tin'll wssion ..Id be held before Wednesday or Thursday. Man Offered Big Sum Not To Talk About Davenport Greenville, N. ('.. Feb. 11. phi ) i \Vil; on Hoyles of V nston-S'.ucm. I former employe in Roderick Haven port's "big apple" loan business, testified today he had received a telephone call from a man ollormg him $5,1)110 not to testify against , Davenport. Boyles said the man was not Davenport and the caller was nd i immediately identified, but il was i indicated that the State will attempt , to identify him later in the trad. ; Hoyles said the incident oceured : alter lie wa ' indicted in HD4. I Davenport and three eo-detend ants are on trial at a special session of Pitt county superior court on charges of conspiracy to deiraud and fraud by false pretense. The charges i-rew out of the alleged "big apple . loan brokerage business operated by Davenport in several eastern Ncnlli Carolina cities in 1944. The trial which started iast Monday, enterec . its second week today. I jnt Futures Show Bi<^ Drop At Noon New York. Feb. It.—(AP)— Got I ton futures upend 25 cents a ball j lower to 25 cents higher. ! Moon price's were JO t<> {>•> cents . * i bale lower. March 25.79, May 25.81 July 25.78. Pv. Close Opel March . 25.91) 25.8 Mav . 25.91 2a, I I July . . 25.98 :0.8 ' J (kdober . 2adn I i December 25.0 [ ■ i March ( 194(5) - 25.fin 2a.b i ( AWING riCTIltES. i College Station. Raleigh, Feb. 11 , ; _Three new motion pictures i color and sound on canning pork i - the hotnc, preparation of fruits I" i freezing, and raising sheep in X'ort l Carolina have been presented to th - State College Extension Service b, Richard J. Reynolds of Winston Salem. _ White House Admits Changes In Administration Set-Up Due WANTS ARTIFICIAL FOOT BACK SITTING IN HIS HOME in Philadelphia with his wife is Ignatius Miedz wiccki, 22-year-old war veteran, who has petitioned a Quaker City court in an attempt to recover his artificial foot lie charges that his former landlord, Joseph Galzarano, seized and sold his artificial loot along with his furniture for non-payment ol $2.'i in rent, lie lost In. left foot in the North African campaign. The court held the landlord in ffOO bail on a charge ol fraudulent conversion. (International Suundohoto) Mac Arthur Wants Wives Of OFs Sent To Japan Quaker City Drivers Out ,St?.ge Walkout In Wage Controversy Philadelphia Feb. i : ("AIM A , strike iii l! <>p- ' ating and main tenance employe.- of I tie Philadel phia Transportation Companv In - i gun at ld:l)l a. m. today - cut oil all trolley. Inis and subway service t" some :t,0('ill.0()n daily rid”.'- including 81)11,000 workers who have no other public mean- 1 > gat to tnetr .lobs. Local 631, Trail-port Workers t uioii ol America KiOi order ed the strike upon collapse of negotiations for a ‘15 cents an hour wage hike anti other demands. The company offered a I J cent boost. Failing in last minute peace making efforts. Howard Colvin, assistant director of the I nitrd Stales Conciliation Service, said he would hold conferences with IV T. C. and union i epresenta tives "until a settlement i reached." Atavai Bernard Samuel told Phii 1 I t.delphians to "be calm and cnoper ate so as !o prevent disorder. All city policemen were ordered to work 1 every da,, for the duration of 1e strike, while some patrolmen were 1 placed on a Id hour basi-. Spokesmen for the company said ! i no attempt will be made to operate I 1 any buses or subway- or trolley ■ > ; during 1 he walkout. Th ■ muon sai l picket lines laid been established ai : all P. T. C. di puts an i cai bai n , • subway terminals and bus garage ' and that they would "be maintained 1 continuously Navy Translated Jap Spy Message Day Betore Raid Wa dim i" : onnel ol "all ranks" stationed there. MacArthur .in a statement ir Tokyo, said that he plans 1.0 opei oeeupied areas to wives ol servico men about Mav l an i In n na hooo anirl\ that Congress will broadei tha base of pending legislation u include free transportation tor at ranks." He p..ink'll out timt lie mg condi li.ins are "no! e imparnble in many many ways to those 01 Am mica." ['hare w;is no immediate com ment by the War Department o: Token reports that the departmcnl was t. llin "ii alio ng wives t< to gii k. Jaii,an by refusing to sanc tion housing projects there. ! jijiiors, Specials Aid Stock Market XT w York. Ki a M. ' AIM - Liquors and assorted ; leeialt ie rallied in today'- sin k market al tla.ugh many loaders m'lkiiuied t( Adi met i ■ i i s to three o re pi I'D were ec rdi 1 Schen ; X'a 1 ion D t ... America Radiator. D iPont. Geiieral Motius U. S Stei 1 and N Y. c '■ ntral. (>n : lie do.\ i: -.(i. ■ most - u the da ere Sa it , Fe Ana. relephom U. S. ... ■ tad Intel a ti a Harvester. ( Ol N I t \{i I \ I ' JH11 College Station. Hole.ah. Pel.) 1 County agents and ! i eu assi tan* in 52 counties in North Carolina wi gather at Charlotte on Ft bi uary 1 and at Clinton and Tat 1 >oro on Fes ruo ry 21 and 22 11; . i i net Isxlei ; sion Serviee as it relate; to the Xi I lioual Seven-Point Cotton Prograr Ross S;i\ s Steel Pa\ Formula Di ie For Release Soon Wa.-liington. I;m 11 (A11,1 Thi White lh.:: c said o..ie: il % <*r tile first time t lay ' ing< j-rurpc I in 1‘ p ad11:1 nisti .11ion pet .i ‘im I and indieated ;mn Hineement i f a 111! :aula ' setti • g tile slefci Press S- an •ary vTu.rl. IP . t Id ; newt ' lercnce, t r< ily t ques tions. that personnel cnangrs "are in prospect," i> it he declined tf* eiahorate. Asked whether they had to ft . with the stabilization high o.t a and he left it for reporters to tse their "own judgement." Full Fxplanaiion. At the .-ante time. Hoss - ud. "when and i! a steel settlement is anno me ed, t here will be a full expl; < ation nl' all the matliamatics entering into it.” pa . id the iiu merment would come from the White House. As to whether there would be a fi rn al announcement today. Ross -aid he did not know but he repeated that changes in personnel are in prospect. A.-ked about t. • ■■■ .bilii.v that Joi n Collet will tiee of tlie new price last night He added his belief that it would bt high enough to permit early settle ment of the strike. The government's new economic line-up as h recast by several of ficials would giv OPA Boss Bowles full authority over wage and prim r|nest ions as head of the Office ol Stahili/n ion Ad n i inist rat ion. dm OSA, it was forecast, prob ably will he split off from .J"hn W Snyder's Office A War Mobili/.ati.u end Rceonversii ' and the set up a. an independent agency. II. N. C. Is Given $1,000,000 Fund For Art Gallery Planetarium Also Will Be Provided By Morehead Fund Rnleirh. Feb. 11. (AD — Ap pealing at the annual winter meet 1 ing i : tiie board el’ trustees here to day. John Motley Morehead o! Ryt .Y. Y. presu ted the University u ■ North Carolina at Chapel Hill a on ' million dollar trust fund for th • erection of an art gallery an planetarium or "theatre of the hea Veils." The planetarium, which will b 1 similar to those located in five me tropelitan centers in tlie countr, will be the only one in the south an the only one in the world to b owned by a university When the building is completec 1 Morehead said, the plans to traits '< for to the university the famoi - collection ot paintings, rare glas - china, lace and other objects of a - collected by his late wife, valut i. at appi oximately $250,000. Wins Her by Mail A romant-e t: has been conducted entirely by lctte: will culms ate in in.’trriagi* in Wist Fivhb irjj, Mass., when 20-venr-' 'Id Fie: nm Maficr I weds cx-Kut. Vein Tons..-. 25, o£ Hanker Hill. Kan. Eleanor and Venn u : ' h.rre yet a. mo a started t he i r roaianee in 1 IMS when they were introduce'! by letter by tier brother Da'rid. Vein'- buddy. (Inter national. ) i ~~ Conflicting Views Aired At Meeting Industry, Farmers And labor Differ (At Farm Parley lty i i'\\ MSBi.r, Daily Dispatch Bureau Rail i.gh ■ ■ J : Ca nit ■ d square attendant- at ' r St. ■ ■ K irnt Bureau eonvc mi-.n a \V" mo-Salem last w• ■«■ t: a: i ■ .t ■ i I * '' : - ig about the -• r:k;irn ■■■ it - ■ • ' ;>rossed opin a in.- • slit a c lli i, v.' a - came down !!•'-. \f a : cgtc -i- t - s| e x for or gaiii/cd la: 11c are a*d against allowing corii rations like General Motors : | -lie*' icile dollars, in .-:slins tIlex' ":,g!it to .a disttributed hack to tin- |a* -)ac in highcr wages and h wi r prices ! " a r> -duets. -M the - a i r■ i ■ ! me. la- a;- wl tilt- idea of establishing i products ii. : ! i11 w larm ers to:. ting 'try in their piu'kets or in the bank. Tiu ! a - .a - ' 1 - a - i a dal n*’s G. Hant s • i • sir. .u i r in - .-try. who delivi red ! :- j rr;r rod -i-oh and ‘ 11-• • i i '.:.g !or rebut tal the thr y r auid table • fiat s- .• | no- it a :is o' laii >r. in 1 du: 1 r\ 1 a: e k : -a Whether in ti i rfci a- :-r11- i-ob ■ i ty»1 some ‘ ni tin- Far I’u .can members took ' it that way On- ol-ser\ at i m was ■ • at * has issued its de cree and ! . n ' : thei interest in pr< faiaiuigs da ■ - ( u'*'y nd lad ‘ o'Nrul. -a -|M‘f*uve spoke-men for lull : a:i• i ,g ie-ilture. staved with 1 the prog:: in and had their second L‘ opport aiita-s to present their eases. Industry had retired t-> the eloister ' cd towers. Then there wa-ie the speeches' by s C-ngn--.-. t n dol l Folger and .John Fiannagan. K dgci endorsed the poli ' ay ol gi , eim-a-iit su'osidies in lieu 1 o! adequate pri os lor farm crons, expressing ah: ost the same senti liH-nt - ’ ltd e : lie: by the CTO ri'presental r, e Then he introduced Fiannagan. Virginia ci • 'gressman and chair - m -a the House Agricul . ture I'tce, who waded into the sullsidv !. a I'd. t . - SI- 111:-. IIWII expression, "g ivc it hell. FI.inn,.gall also pointed out the diffen i oo between government credit to mdn-lry and to agriculture. He i- spot:.-a ing a bill lor an agri culture bank omparuble to the 1 federal res- rve system, independent of any cabinet officer. He got a laugh out ol his audience when he pictured tmw the farmer si-eking a loan must go down a back alley around the o urth-m ■- only to f‘« d in the wrong office and" then ha- t ' go downstairs or upstairs to the proper place tin ilic other bend lit saiil the indiml ri'd'st walks i-’to a handsome bank building on the main street to negotiate his loan. Ci •'gressman Harold Cooley of North Carolina, high ranking mem her on the agriculture committee ’’ | headed by Fiannagan. is lighting 11 the farm bank bill sponsored by c~ the -hainnan. a situation that lent i inteiesl to the emphatic presetl u'.tion of the case for the bill. DUST STORM CAUSES TRAIN WRECK I Wrapped In A Blanket Of Dust whipped up bv a Kansas storm, a scat ot wreckage i.f the Hock Island's crack train the Rocket—can be se ' ihn m'li the partial black-out after it had hit a truck. Although the p tUie was taken at high n on, just outside of Wichita, the u gine’s heg ! light is on. Visibility was reduced to 1-16 of a mile. (International) Congress And National Democratic Committee Splitting Over Pauley Wa .hin;;t< 11. Fell. 1 >. ( -\l )- -A , pi between on nitre ion il and na tional committee Democrats appeal ed to be developing bida.v o\oi i ev ident Marry I ruman .■ eontroveisial nommat ion of Fdwin 1’anley as un dersecretary of the navy. \{(ministration supporters on 1 ( apitol Mill complained in pri i vote t{> reporters that they had not been consulted about Mr. Truman's final decision \> sub mit Pauley's name. They said further they had not jeon asked for their views before the President made it plain he did lot plan to withdraw the appoint nent despite indications n laces nra'iist certain Senate defeat. On the other hand, -National Chairman Robert Hnnncgan and h associates on the Democratic Natioi at Committee were quoted as sayn the administration leadership m tl | Senate had done little 1o advam Ran lev's chances for confirmation Significantly, administration aid i said they had made no poll of Sei I ate sentiment on the appointme ! |)Ut were certain after a cross chci that there is little hope of obtainii a favorable vote. There was no indication that ai major effort was being exerted line im supporters for Pauley, to mor Democratic national treasui whose chances of coniiimation we damaged greatly by testirn: ny Secretary of lue Interior Iiaro | Ickes.