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<i\
1.,11,,v.as the result of the su
preme eniirt'.' a''lion n the llunm;
and Yamashita cases.
CHURCHILL TALKS
WITH OLD FRIENE
Washington. Feb. 11. — 'AIM
Winston Churchill tocla\ mstponei
Ins return to sunny Florida mill
tomorrow and settled down m tlr
s i low -e 1 ad British embassy to res
and talk w ith the Mario ol Hahlax
his old friend and retiring iIritis:
| ambassador to the United States.
; The embassy said the forme
prime minister has no definite plan
1 i,,r the day and no conferences,
j The While House said that Prcsi
| dent Truman's eonterence w il
Churchill last night dealt almo.
u holly with a discussion **l plan
for Churchill's speech at 1' niton, Mo
on March 5.
Dutch Spot
Expected To
Be Shelved
Council Resumes
Debate On Soviet
Charges Of ‘War’
T. nd. n. Feb. IF (AT)
Possibility that , ii" Indonesian
dispute might be shelved pend
ing lho outcome of cum nt ne
gotiations in Ihiinvia F'tween
I) 111 c 11 and Indonesian repre
sentatives was forecast in some
quarters today as the I nited
Nations security council pre
pared to resume debate on
Rusian charges that “war is be
ing waged” in Java.
i : ; •!•]•; vere • . ul a e. : boi [.
r vinen! ire: mi the limit outcome
nf tho dispute, which was marked
i by a new rowid <>! 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 <U u 1 eb. I I t AP) Con
; gre: sional in.” liiators heard ln,l.r.
I ilint a woman civilian in the Aa y
; Dcpartnieiit translated on Deecmbc.
a ii, 1941 a Japanese spy's me- a , ■
i- etting lip code signal.. to report
g movements of the United Ktate.
IC fleet at Pea I Harbor.
S e n a t o r Ferguson (It- Mich !
brought out m Ins questioning o|
,.: yjaval Captain F.lwiu D. Kramer
hat a M, I'.dgers. employe ir
it K ramci'V dcp.uMnent, hail mid” <
k iough Iran lation ol . m o a nr;
,age the day bel'o.c die .k. panes'
-truck.
iy , The Senate-House investigatim
to "ommittee was told that the woni.ti
I- translator testmed at a previou:
er I nearing that when she finished tin
n trait shortly alter noon it went li
o vramer. But Kramer said today hi
Id -ould not .em -mber seeing it unti
December 8 1941.
Wants Congress
To Provide Free
Transportation
Washington, Feb. ... (AP)
General Douglas MacArthur eallci
mi ('mi ,res- today to provide l'rci
transportation to japan for wives ol
t’mle.I States mi ill la •> 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 <tm- as economic
si:.', iiizer and .a ceded by OPA
(': i, r Chester Bowies with broad
authority over price Ross .-amply
said there wa- nothing ot Petal yet
. any ehangt s.
"Auv n .-..ability o‘. action on that
today?" rep rter asked
He replied ;n the al'lirmative.
I’ersuns familiar with White
Mouse stragedy slid today a
strike-ending stet 1 price boost
is m ar announcement.
With it. they said, w iil come
a neyy wage-price policy plat ins
(luster Bowles firmly in the
driver's seat.
One of these persons said that
P- -ing unexpected delays. U. S
Steel Corp. was to have received ' <>
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 <tcd ill the
same .-perches.
• r< s Jami 1 •( v. secretary
1: ■■ . (T> 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.