Hettitersnn HatUj Dtspatrli
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR_THirAsso^i^Tii'r.iK^11" HENDERSON, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, 1946 ^;si'Ni^vn-KN'",N FIVE CENTS COPY
EACH CLAIMS CREDIT FOR TRIPLETS
PROUD PARENTS of Francis and Ann and James—first triplets of the year
in New York City—Traffic Officer Thomas Conrad and Mrs. Mary Con
rad of the Bronx were not surprised by the threesome. Pop claims
credit, saying his grandmother had twins, but Mary pooh-poohs his
claim, Oiseiting that hci giandmothcr had triplets, (1 utcruutionul)
China Attempting
Fo Get Reds Fo
Leave Manchuria
Chungking, March (i (A!’) The
( me sc Gov ernm > 1 ha: been pf< ss
i:;g for withdrawal o! R issian
tro ps in Manchuria but Soviet au
rities intimated their delay v\ a
due to certain dil'l seuitie.- which
• . y didn’t spi city, 1 hieh. \ ice
minister of foreign .itfairs, said tn
dav. He did not cl .noru'.e.
lie also said China is keeping tar
I’m ted States in:... med on the
I ,,;rse of Sino-S' vie: i.eg ■: ;,.t ams.
Liu skipped some epu . with,
a laconic "no comment" at a press
, nfercnce.
China Not Informed
Answers he did give showed Mm!
Russia has not informed China ol
the movements and si/.e .>! Soviet i
lot ces at Port Arthur made a joint '
Sma-Russian naval base under I he
Siro-Soviet treaty .. i I a' Aug It
Reports received by Mie ( iuncse
Gm eu ment confirm t d Hus dans
: omnved machinery trsa mdadi.al
plants in Manchuria
Inability ( f the Chinese G >\ i rn
• nent to restore Chun -e rule in
Manchuria was d..< ui general to
th< failure ot Russi ml re. to 1 ith
draw from that \ t te:: ,t. v. par- |
tnularly from Chang.dum. the c,.pi
. ■1 and Mukden.
Gaston Area
(Juict Again
Raleigh. March H 1 A!’' ‘ '
la*r Cherry wa- n11i'11 ! 1111 11' 1
a telephone n>n vei ■ •' i"’i \s 1111 -a- . -
iff Hoyle Kfird ol (Riston » o nil
that no need exi.-Ud Pi di: puP u
mg state highway patrolmen I rein
other .sections into tie <■.. Puna aie.t
where there was an outbreak ol dis
order last nigtit between pienels an
workers at the Ca.-oina Combed
7',irds Corp.
The governor suid he w;i; ml-1 .li
ed that the strike situation was quiet
this morning, and ih> extra pidrul
meii were needed to augment
fixe or six” patrolmen ordinarily
stationed in the Gastonia area.
Housing Measure
Is I p For \ ote
Washington, March d (AIM
The badly mauled administration
housing bill, stripped ol its “very
heart” in President Truman s opin
ion came up today for a tinal vote
in the House.
The chamber has been seeking to
reach final action on the measure
since a week ago and the resultant
delay has brought a watering down
of the measure the White House
asked to further its program to build
2,700,000 new homes in the next
two years.
WAREHOUSEMEN HOLD
RALEIGH MEETING
Raleigh, March (>. (APR -Direc
tors of the Bright Leaf Warehouse
men's Association, com posed
members from Florida through Vir
gil ia. meet here today tor a gen
eral discussion of plans iur market
ing tlie I94(i tobacco ■ u p.
The meeting opened with a lunch
eon followed by a round table dis
cussion of warehouse management,
quotas, buyer allotments and ceiling
prices.
Fred S. Royster of Henderson is
president of the organization.
First Things
First, Says
Road Boss
Graham Outlines
Policy Of State
On Bad Highways
Raleigh, March 0. A policy of I
"meting ;irst problems first” will |
be followed by the State Highway j
i d Public W< ri;- Commissi > . it.
chairman. A. H. Graham, said today
in discussing the stabilization an'
surface treatment of the county ruai
system.
The "immediate objective." h
said, will be to put the farm-to
market >■.tads :n eondifion to with
stand next win’er’s weather. There
are about 4,8,000 mile.- on Ihc min
ty -ystem, and virtuiillv every mil
will require .some degree i t atten
tion this year, for these roads bon
the imint of the d image dn’e i>y
the 111111r 11 ,■ 111 v severe winter last
- nter. fnsl ri irtion have al ready
a nr out i the divi-mn engineers
tin- rhiiir nan a id, that the county
r '.-nl ■ are t i be -tabilized tin.
s|-1 ng. summer and early fall a.
rapidly as hum mly possible.
Shortages K\ist
Acute shortages in equipment
materials and manpower .-till han
dicap even routine highway activi
l - .the chairman staled, and then
appear n be little relief in pros
per! any time in the near future
li-spite de- situation, the highway
nimnii mu go'ng ahead by (loin;
. vet ytlung it can to put the r rid
in .- hope for withslanding the .-trail
o! winter went her. lie said.
■ 1 !;i '. 1 y believe," Graliam -tatei 1
■'Ihal the |icople o| \inth Car >1 in;
will end' r.-o this policy of mcetii'g
iirst problems first, and it is om
c; i nest desire to man . me. as muci
as we can. the handicaps under
which we must operate these days
in conditioning the roads to meet
the traffic requirements demanded
oi them."
As is always the case, primary
attention will be given to the county
roads called (•' to carry the heavi
est burdens of daily Iraffi . These
will include, in the majority of in
stances. rural mail routes and school
bus routes, the highway chairman
said.
Jury Given
%i
Davenport
Loans Case
Greenville. March (1. (API —A
jury i Pitt county superior court
today began deliberating the case el
Roderick Davenport, former New
Bern produce dealer and loans
broker, after hearing a two-hour
barge from Judge Paul Frizzeile.
Davenport has been on trial lor
over four weeks on felony charges
i f conspiracy to defraud and traud
by false pretense. The charges grew
out of the loans business he op
erated in eastern North Carolina ir
1944
Frizzeile completed his charge at
112:30 p. m. and the jury withdrew
immediately to begin deliberations.
Arguments to the jury were com
, pieted this morning when Solicitor
I). M Clark consumed the final hour
ut three hours allotted to ’he state.
He wgan his arguments yesterday.
Constitution
For Japan
Is Revealed
Emperor To Remain
But He Will Be
Stripped Of Power
Tokyo. Marc!i <i.— ( \P) — \
now Japanese constitution re
nouncing war for all time and
prohibiting the maintenance of
armed forces was announced
today.
General nonplus MaeArlhur re
porting it was drafted with his full
appn val emphasized that "the fore
most of it.- provisions that abolish
ing war as a right of the nation
lenders Japan's future sc maty and
very survival subject to the good
l'ailh and justice of the peace loving
peoples of the world.”
Symbol of State
Hirohito, who will be reduced
fr< m "a sacred and inviolable em
peror" to a symbol of state with
very limited formal functions, is
sued a special rescript staling:
"It is my desire that the desti
tution of our empire be revised upon
the basis of the general will of the
people and the principle of respect
for the fundamental human rights.
"I command hereby the compe
tent authorities of my government
to put forth their best efforts toward
accomplishment of this end."
(MacArthur's approval of the con
stitution maintaining the mikado as
a symbol of state, presumably ends
a y possibility of his being arrested
as a war criminal.)
Authority in People
The proposed constitution vests
authority in the people and strips
all governmental powers It >m the
emperor.
It replaces the powerful house of
peers with a house of councilors who
must be elected by all the people
and who may be overridden by the
house c f representatives.
It enumerates a long list of revo
lutionary individual rights for the
people. It renounces "war as a
sovereign right of the i ation and
the threat or use of force as a means
of settling disputes.” i
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Ickes Blasts
I
PauleyAgain
At Hearing
Washington. M ireli li (AT’)
Harold Ickes asserted today that il
i Califon ia conservation measure
upported by Edwin Pauley had bo
urne law in 1939 the navy might
have saved 1 all,000,000 barrels at the
Elk Hills reserve.
The fni'ioer Interior Secretary, i
vhn has blasted at Pauley's nomi- j
nation for undersecretary of the
navy, fold the Senate Naval Com
mit lee lie and President Roosevelt
-upDorted the bill. He also h nk pot
-hots today at some witnesses who
hove opposed Pauley's nomination
at committee hearings.
Pauley has been ritieized in tes
‘im< i y for "deserting" independent
il men and switching to support ot
Hie hill. It was passed by the state
legislature but subsequently was re
•e-ded in a referendum.
Ickes has been ordered by the
■ommittee to produce the memoran
dum covering a 1944 conversation in
which lie said Pauley offered him
"the rawest proposition ever made
to me.”
But the former cabinet member
said he had received the commit
tee's summons too late yesterday to
get the originals out of a bank vault.
Rail Brotherhoods Officially
Set March 11 As Strike Date
BUND MARINE HERO'S HAT IN RING
_ .. . .ngM
Surprise candidate for Pennsylvania State Secretary . ' Internal Affairs,
former Marble Sgt. A1 Schmid is shown with his wife. Ruth, and their
s n Albert, Jr., at their Frankfort honte shortly alter he announced
his candidacy at Philadelphia. Hero of Guadalcanal, winner of the
Navy Cross for killing 200 Japs, and original of the principal character
ina popular movie, the bib ded veteran will appear on the Democratic
ticket in State primary elections, May 2!. (International.)
Truman Pleads Churches
To Back His Legislation
First 'War Groom
5COTSMAN and husband of former
Lt. Pauline Motylewski of the U. S.
Army Nursing Corps, Christopher
Paterson, 28, grins at New York on
arriving by transport from England
—the first “war groom” to come
over on the same basis as thousand*
of recent war brides. Dubbed “Scot
ty” and initiated into the mysteries
of stud poker by GX ship «qmpan
ions, lie was on his way t(*-teunion
with his wife in Three Rivers, Wise.
11 is war service was as a Royal Air
Force engineer. (Xnteniauonai)
WINSHIP DIES
Sebi'ing. Fla.. March 8. t.\P)
Charles Newell Winship. 88. under
wear manufacturer of Wakctield.
Mass., died yesterday at a local hos
pital after a month's illness.
Certain Interests
‘Greedy for Gold,’
Leaders Are Told
Columbus, ().. March fi (Art
President Truman appealed directly
today for church support of his
stalemated domestic legislative pro
gram against the opposition of in
terests he said were "greedy for
gold.”
He urged religious support also for
the rievolnpmu t of at >mf energy
under "a high moral code" to rescue
a “sick” world "in the doorway ot
desi ruction.”
Mr. Truman snnke at a meeting
of the Federal Council of Churches
of Chri'' in America after lib arri
v'd fyrm Fulton. AT1, where he in
troduced former Premie Minst
Churchill for n speech yesterday. He
planned to flv back to Washington
The Pro*i<lcn1 -aid that if the
people "reallv heiieved n the broth- ;
erhood of man it would no! be nec
essary to p'iss a fair emplovnvnt
pr; !ices' act to prevent racial dis
crimination on job giving, and ,
added:
T.css Pressure
"It cert a in inti re,-1 s e on > not si i
greedy for gold there would be less
pressure and lobbying to induce
Congress to allow the price control
act to expire ur to keep down mini- j
mum wage.-, or to permit further
conceotration of ec nr n ie power.
"A t ru I v re! ii Irrvu! mu eg
our people Mould go a long way
toward obtaining a national health
program, a national housing pro
gram. and an oxh > tied and im
proved social security program."
The development of atomi en
ergy. the President told the church
leaders, has left mankind "in the
doorway to destruction or upon the |
threshold of the greatest age v his
tory," and added "only a high moral
code can master this new power of
flic universe and develop it f >r the
ci mmon good."
He called upon the forces of "de
cency and righteousness'" to make 1
full use of their war-won freedom
to save a world beset by "threats ol
now conflicts, new terror, and de
struction.”
Tuesda\ \s Gains
1 a>st By Market
*i
Yew York. March (i i.AP) A
wa’c list i f stock leaders gave
ground in today's st< k market, cm -
celling some of yesterday's modest
recoveries.
In lower ground at times were
Bethlehem, l'. S Steel, General
Motors. M'lolworth, Douglas Air
craft, American Telephone and
Standard Oil.
Eastern Airlines gained a 1-2
1 puii’v on the announcement that
stockholders would vote in a four
for one split up.
‘Progressive’
Walkout Set
For Six a.m.
( Icveland. O.. March li.—
(\l’i—Heads <il two liig rail
road brotherhoods. the train
men and engineers, today set
(i a. m.. isi March II as the
deadline lor a progressive strike
which would tie tip the nation's
rail system.
The annuli:, einent v as •>, .it* a' I
a pn ss conference called .n intly by ,
I re ident A. F W hit ley ol the
trainmen which has 215.00(1 mem
bers. ; ncl Alvanev .John. tun. grand
chief engineer of the bro1 ... o'
locomotive engs eers with 78,00(1
members.
The actual walkout could be de
layed 30 to 6o days by the Presi
dent's appointment of a fact find
ing committee as provided by the
Railway Labor Act.
S. ch a ■ immittee w mid have 30
days in which to study the strike
call and report recommendations for
a settlement. The panel’s recom
mendations are not binding on
either party to the dispute.
STRIKE THREAT APPEARS.
Chicago. March 0. t AP>— A
threat of a nation-wide railrotn
strike appeared today as officials of
two big railroad brotherhoods in
several cities disclosed receipt ol
calls for a walkout beginning Mon- (
day although at the same time delay i
of the reported impending work j
opage by mediation was indicat
cd.
In Chicago, a railroad spokesman
said that no railroad had been noti- •
lied oflicially ot the reported walk
out.
McCormack Raps
Son iet Stand ()n
Religions Issues
Washington, March (i.— (API
Rep. McCormack (D-Mass) declared
t"dav Russia “is going cut of it
way openly m attack religion in an
effort 1o divide the religions of lIn
western world."
The House majority leader de
luded ‘ firmness” in dealing: or ;
the C. S. with Russia and added
: tutside of the Soviet Cnion a!1 '
noth i s o| the \v<add have shown a
strung desire to wort, tor pea e. I'
is up to Russia to r< opi rate
he charged with responsibility lot
failure."
Cotton l akes Big
Dro p In Forenoon
Mew 5' >rk. Mari'li (i. -■ i AP ) I it
I' m 11 it u res upeneil 50 rents to Si 55
i idle lusher.
Neon prices wore !■> cents in $1.40
a bale lower. March 27.01. May
20.79, July 26.78.
Prv.s.
Close Open 1
March . 27.10 27.00
May . 26.95 26.78
July 27.01 26.70
C> tuber . 26.90 26.70
December . 26.81 26.58
March ( 1947) . . 26.80 26.58
EXTRADITION PAPERS
FOR NURSE SIGNED
Raleigh, March 6.—(AP)—Gover
nor Cherry today signed a request
lor the extradition of Loretta Fran
cos Brozek, 19 year old nursemaid
who is bein gheld by Washington.
D. C. police on charges of abducting
4-year-old Terry Taylor of Char
lotte.
The papers are returnable before
the chief justice of the District ot
Columbia Supreme Court.
!>ure ot UNO Site
r - *
CHAIRMAN of the UNO She Cm
mittee, Dr. Stovan Gavrilovic of
Yugoslavia is pictured on his ar
rival at New York's I.nGiiaruia
Field. He told reporters that he is
“quite positive” that tlic propo ed
world capital will be sit lated in t he
\\ estchcster, N. Y.-Fairfield. (' nn.,
area, desj ite th^'A-to-l oppos ition
vote cast by the residents of Grt en
wich. He added that the tm.vn of
Greenwich will nut lie necc:. ary to
the UNO sc-tuD. (Internationali
Relations Of
L. S., Russia
Arc Strained
Plea Of Churchill
Puts New Element
Into World Issue
Washing1 m. March fi. i API V
disturbing new (demon! mosi'I .■ .
picion-ridilied big 1hre< r< ns 1 -
day - Winsiiai Cb un-hill's plea f, ,,
rp1 i' k <■ rt ait ion a a; Ai; gl, Ann a ■ -
can military alliance
Here in :1k nalion's c.ipltal. Ij
sclloi (Is Ol' diploil al a' 1 ; s j "I p
'r' “d to th" imp.ai : m' 'lie Ci urchiU
address. One : >.•' I • a i p , i I
■ •ring hidden d : ; : op! dp, ting
ol a,a that it v
influence.
The cm ,,- .a • • i,
discount 1 he apv , ,i , u, :r i. j j j ■;
■ orning - Pi, v did " 1 v ri > (|:.v
'1rr Se< m sip,.,, T
Pivrnc P 'd the ■■ . >:•; ' <• up • v
mu stand rendv to t. if ce -
Uo’i.-d Nation- ah, -p
(In In, of P,\ ' im -i- :
have piled these dm , m,-u‘ u
recent imi;- {., -a-,, ■ n,
meet ing m ,mg the ,-! a • , • .
\ Uniled S! d - ■ .
fnan la, bv the Ml 11.
d.-dV1.
? A |C„ • ■ I
on a Chines,, report 'ha' tH*» S • . <
Uni, n 1 ■ • .■ I .T
trim- in At- a,--: a . - - - ... 1
much of the lerritni
trv
.1—Canada's di, 1 --wo . w, ._
sia's edgemen! 1 ;,
scan agents in C., n a,ia i I
cert a,n inilil a rv secret.- C m ,u t
chl'gcd tilis v. as done In- ,. a- - >
and that the secrets included da' i
on tin' atomic bomb Moscow t
Canadian cid a > s a ■ c S
ministry attacN in Can 1. erta ■
secret inf, rmation which was i , *
special interest to R issia
4—Published reports iron' Pa',-on
that Russian Harms •••.-re dm,sum;
Japanese forces !,, Siberia for n.-e
in labor camps.
Operators To Talk Wage
Issue With John L. Lewis
Washington. March ti. (AP) —
Soft coal operators agreed today t.
talk about higher wages with .John
L. Lewis if the nation's coal re
quirements cun be nvet with a
shorter work week.
The producers, agreed to meet for
contract negotiations here March 12.
told the I’MW president the union
has as great a stake as management ;
in the industry's future.
Lewis has asked that the current ]
contract, negotiated last spring alter
an 11-day strike, be reopened next |
Tuesday on wages, working eondi-I
lions, and the issue of recognizing I
supervisory employes.
A short stri’ie occurred last Octo-s
Inc over organization of about 28.
000 foremen.
The operators, in a letter to
Lewis accepting his request for no
gntial'nns toward a new contract,
suggested that if the I'MW boss
wanted to i-eonen the foremen's issue
he world rP>"i n to the on-• shop
status i.-.evailing prior to 1935.
Tlie operators contended they
agreed to give Lewis a union shop
on April 1. 1939. in return tor his
pledge to exempt management and
supervisory personnel from eligibil
ity tor union membership.
"The continuation of those ex
emptions were the ti'ion's contribu
tion to the ex llective bargaining for
the union shop." the operators said
in their letter to Lewis. "If the
union re laims that contribution,
then consideration of your demand
for changes in the management
persiM'.i'el question should revert to
the heginnin ’ of the i riginal nego
tiations >11 those issues."
(On the natter of wages- and
hours, the ■ no: Uors - iggestcd that
the hi'.'la 'V rk week should he
revised to determine whether nnv
reducti' u "would be justified at this
time" The miners now are working
a 50 hour week, although the con
tracts call for a basic week of 35
hours, evclir’ing underground travel
time lj.o paid lunch periods.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Mostly cloudy and warm to
night and Thursday, followed
by clearing and cooler west
portion in afternoon and east
portion Thursday afternoon.
. Li^ht rain Thursday.
May 2 Sot B\ Democrats
• •
As Date For Com oy lion
Raleigh. March 6 <AP) The
State Democratic Executive Com
mittee last night selected Thursday
i non. May 2. for the State party
| convention. April 27 for the county
conventi ms and April 2(1 t\ r pre
cinct conventions.
Aonroximately 45 persons and 51
i pre x'es were voted out of a possible
144.
The committee authorized State
Chairman W H. Umsiead to ap
point a five man committee to study
proposed changes in the plan of or
; ition. the committee to report
back in the summer.
1 £. Meruit submitted a reap
lution to give Catawba county cun il
representation with Iredell county
in the selection of a state -online,
but the matter was referred to the
district committee.
The executive committee stood in
silent tribute to the late d*iv
Murphy of Salisbury, veteran legis
lator who recently died: and recog
nized Wilkins P Unit m. national
committeeman who is • harge of
the Jackson Dav dinners, set for
March 23.
Speaking briefly. Governor Cher
ry called tor more efforts in getting
out the votes, and remarked that
’'forth Carolina now is almost .tree
at label' difficulties.