Hrnîteramt Βrnlij Dîspatrlt THlRl\-rHHU) \EAR 1 Îm \^^.'v.^^^Vkkss^ HENDERSON, Ν. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 15, lit 10 1 1 1 ■'·'■Λ!.. ,.Λ ; :m-,\VI:N N FIVE CENTS COPY Soit Coal Wage Talks Continuing Reconversion Chief Says Possible Coal Strike Last Hurdle (iî> I Ik- Vssîm î.»tcil I'ress.) Negotiations l'or a 11 \\ \ν.ι;<· < «: 111 Γ.14' 1 i I' " !H»0 soil COill miner.·», who will h» loir! l>> John !.. law is lo strika < » : ι April 1. il their demands are nol met, lo-if) principal atknlioe on tin* n.ilion s labor Front today. bit iminmi · oal · ·;· · ' > '·«» : . I · \V!: . pi t nit :it ι ι th · λ I· ι - ι · toil Mine Worke >. jm e en ted , . · η· ·ι « ! (Ionic! fi1 i « in i t. · < la> . , \ tiii< ι any op; >« rl.: uil.\ t tv - « ! fieials hca · i. ι 1 Le .· a,i,a-!ants involv - 275,000 workers "the erne four* die remaining in reconversion i early, friendly settlement oi lab r t· » · · ' j · · t in the o» >a I indust t y Λ KL President \\ iiiiaa. (ι « a. ai ! κι ah in C'arb< »ndale. 1 \ . i.. ■ ci bod the economic situation a e, a κ and cenfu.se·.I an 1 alla.-'κι d la. ; : 1 anal rat :« -n's now u a^o-p; .···· ,. · - !.■ > He proposed a now t« :■ rη .; Ia. \n I ■ ai e! feet « n!\ fer » η · \ν ta .ι : ' et I 1)\ labor, m i a -· i ry .a ■ a : : - ct ' ιro assistance. At the en'*", of tin > · · . lie said, c t ! I a··' t π a: ·■ at a. ·η ··1 ; ovi r wa.ae and pa.- . η »ala I < an»p|)ed. < Me of the e . u ' · y . 1 *i : t .>·.<· e« ntmucd . !.. .4. »i, 1, .·.. L the u.iae dispute a oh in., , ». -a <"!'> electrical workers at We.-tin·.1 ί «· Kloetrie l'..π . \> .e ,·. 11.11111. ■ 1 "lit .ill agreement. Sî«vi,i \1< i Artlllir Ali \ .■ ,t|,i lie , i. I n ,· '■ · ί ! » 1 fft : 11 l; with roiii]);in\ 01 U11111 Tui'mI;iv λ!ι .iiiwhili·, lin.· 10.0011 strikers lit ' . Κ . who Went I'll M 1111 ; ι · V ith tir·· workers ;it Wostinghouse unci Ocn ral Motors cîcclric division on .l.m I -I. I'M O.I· I · t · l\ t.i, tl to tin·!!· . I lit' un ioi ·' ciii f1 cm · lu ι., r I • · "'.oil the ;■ ·,!'!" mi··;.: :",·: 'in., : ' rents ;iti Ιμίι w ιι:;ι· im: r.i-e.· • nfl early approval was expected •I : licit by the ■ tl ι : !·. I · 1 Stock Mart 1 lends F<>r 1 ,o\\ er ( inhuh! N't Yuri;. M ir ·· 1Γ, « \P Ί · direction w a i r ι ■ t · ■_■ : 11 .· !y ' .· - ci· in today's stock market although . fid Ihen . !.. '·:,··■ ir. . ;« c 1 < ·' !l;c into rte >w ry t » -n i t < uy. i '· rk ward mo ' «1 t ::« · t. · · » · were • ' ' ι Ft\ New Y : i; C "*■ lit : . !. ( ! ιτ.ι* X' ■ .'·.« πι. Crcru'Î-.·! Mol· as. ( ':iry i'd, American Telephone and Du ΐ '· Ίίΐ. Hesi> tance wa.- -1. 1 il ; >y W !wurth, GoinJyear and I ï> >e.rig·. New Go\ eminent Formed In Iran? \n.. .ci, March 14 ( 1 ) : > ■ 1 Iîy ι ·. bip) -r (AIM I >i. .!· ·■· trees said today that the reported v'ement of Russian troops in Iran :>it be aimed at I · ·ι" ! ν at b:n i·· ι i1 a new «■ 'vera · err. -ai to been formed nv> at ! ν . ' Kl, . !. ··. ··! I .ake l*r m;i in I rata là': aaition of a new uo\crûment • ' been annuaia <■■ ί. but !,· 1ère .·· been report« ·>!' i'> ι·\Μ<·ιι.ν Accuses U. S. Reds REVEREND Ji»hn Κ. Cmnui (nl^ve), assistant director of the Social Ac· tion Department of the Catholic Welfare Council, has publicly charged that members of the Coni rrv.nist Party arc infiltrated in high U. S ii 'vcrnnn'nt departments and that top-secret bomb data have been forwarded by them to the So viet Union. ( International) Support For Pa ν Measure » Being Asked S nr.te Is Without Voles To Approve Minimum Wage Bill V.'.i-h η ·'· March 1."). (ΛΡ) — \·. minus : ι κ en" support to pass \ 1 . ! > i Mill ■■! : u-i. Ill : 111 >} Μ , 1 1 1<. pa: s tlio ί«ίimmistration's ·:·> cent mini v. .,·.·»■ hi'· ml; et. 1 >ut ι;-Ί hints that votes could be picked up by eli minating the measure's provisions ! < ι : ' eida rv in l, wa^e-hoar coverage. Senator Snuth i ίι) « » ι New Jer.ey v. ho \ (it·. . I .ι ;aiiist the mt'ii lire m tli" Labor Committee told reporters l··· wa< more concerned over the pi "I m ·" ed expan.^·:!! of eo\era«;e than • . ·ί" me.· ι in the statutory mini !i ι an · e Γη'in 40 to {i."> cents an hour. Mi:;ht Not Object. Similarly, Se»;ai'a Johnston (D) South far-iima aid he "miidd not ( ί ι led t< > (i."i cenls ι Γ cert a in ot her amendment* were adopted These ."i cutiment. would deal with tÎ:·· c j ι ί r : · 11 ο 11 ut who come.; under the Λ · ι· bate reached ii.- seennd dav, t! ·· 1< nier, hip muieae'd it would me:.· : ι ! 11 the . ituati· »n ι clan I ied 1 )\ we« nd c· ·ι 11 crence.-·. The minimum wave law now ap~ to about 21).1 );)'i.DOa w.(.·\Ι'ι ,\l American sergeant was shot t< death in his billet at Hadderheiir yi'.-tciM.i; and military police. liiul ing L'U-\ i'ar-i >!d ( Je: n m gir s;a!lding over hi:n wi'll his owl gun, said they were investigatinj the possibility of murder in a lev· . : >' The sergeant, wh'isi name is being withheld, was sho tar· ac'i the heart. Ί la· girl said tin • : .ι! ι g \\ - accidental. GETTING READY FOR ATOM TEST . WORKING OVERTIME AND AT TOP SPEED in unnumbered scenes like this, men of the Army and Navy are getting ships and planes and instruments ready for "Operation Crossroads" at Bikini Atoll in May. Here you see aircraft engineers and mechanics at Johnsville, Pa., checking one of the control planes that will maneuver the drones on which recording instru ments will be flo'vn c'o=e the bins' o£ 'hi- ..tomic bomb, il»t Relief Work Hailed By President Again Pledges U. S. Help In Feeding Starving Nations ,\!!antic < it.v. V !.. March ! ">. — (ΛΓ) — I'll", i. lent i'riun.in, liiiil'i.· I \Kll.Vs work as en detter Hi.; I "roopcration for ixaccfiil 'il, is is possible," |ilcd"cfl (oilav that America's Γι> 11 lid would l>o mustered t« te· ! (lie slarvisv; millions of arras freoi from v.ar—hut not from hairier. Ί ιτ. i' \ . lit' declared in a ην .-ii 'i1 1o I'XRRA · ft >. ι : ' t ί ι international c 'Μι Μι ί ! ι ) ; ; ; t "i:i I hi.- country. ι tit ι <■ ί !'< ·i ta'.'i· now M'udly behind an ίί :< 'Mr.', l'i ii · i ι ι · ' 11 ■ 1111 y | in igrai Ί intended til relax· a- i;..:e a·- pi — silile a proportion nf niir food s 111 > - lilies lnr export tn tin· starving pen pie-· «Ί the world." Then he added: Ian erg one y llvitlrnce. "As tn the great wnrk whirl, I'XRRA has undertaken, i know nl' no morn encouraging evidence that internatienal coopérât inn for peaee fill ends is passible than 111? record of UNRRA's achievements." His exist frnm UXRRA's activities already announced. Director General llerbeii I.ehnan combined a greet iη<; and a farewell to the delegates in a short, sharp message. Ile de cla red. "Our host nation entered into 111-· combined operation for war with characteristic energy and confidence. Tin* support given t<ι UXRRA by the laconic of Amerii ,i i- indicative of their determination to continue to take part in a combined operation in the interests of peace." Goerini*· Denies I Vint* A i o. >ter ( )f Art Galleries \Ίι(μ nborii. March 1"». -(AIM An anyry Merman (ron in^ denied to the international military tribunal today 1 Ιί ; : t he was a lout.τ « » 1 K.urope'i art eallcries. declaring h" ρ;ι ici for all he received and was ''cheated'' in many of tin4 deals. Sadly, he testified, thai Hit'^r made him produce photographic copies "I nil confiscated art objects whose .Jewish owners had fled. Mil ler took first choice lor the museum he planne*i .t I,in/ h»· - aid and left Goerin<* only "seconds." Although the form··! iïcichsmar shal has freely admitted many pro secution statements conn-mim; hi< part in Germany's a stress ion, he showed indignation at French char yes of his part in th · ι ifflim· of I\urope'> art treasures an ι went into «reat detail to explain his action. Foul Pla\ Feared · In I he Death ( )t Fa\ ette\ 11le \\ oman Fayetlevilk*, M;.rth 15. (ΛΡ) Cor.ΐποΓ W. C. today toi>k tlu body ni Mrs. \Y. Ewing who dio( in a li al hospital Wednesday li Duke Ho.-pital in Durham l'or an au topsy alter it had been viewed bj a coroner's jury. Davis said an inquest would no be held pending the results of the autopsy. Fayelteville Police Chiel 1- F Worrell said bruises on the bod* suggested I'onl play may have cause< the death of Mrs. Ewing severa hours alter she had been taken ti the hospital. Cherry, Envi η To Confer ()n Ralci :h. March 15. CAP) (1 ernor Gregg Cherry said today h expected Dr. Clyde Krwin. ex-ol fieo chairman of the board of tnis 1 tees of East Carolina Teachers Col I lege to ci nier with him soon relaliv ti the salary ot Dr. L. 1·! Spike: ' superintendent of Burlington cit I schools, who was offered the Ka.· Carolina Teachers College piv.-i I iency yesterday. Lint Prices Down 25 Cents At Nooi New York, March 1,1 (AIM i.'ol • il f'ulores ( >i κίιο' I SI.1.1 a I ». ι le low r to 10 cents higher. Noon prie ν ere ;1 cents a bale higher ίο 2 ents lower. March 2(5.til), May 26 3, July 26.63. E.C.T.C. Salan P\. Close Ope iect'iiiut'i March (1 March . lay *>ilv . . · October « •ccember 26.ÎK1 26. t 26.63 26.1 26.6·! 26.1 26 48 2fi.-l 26.4.1 2 6. A 26 44 26 - Scores As Queen ONI OF tHo ki.igs of the sport world, J'·.,' DiMa&gio, places a crown on the pretty head of Silvia Selles, who was chosen qjeen of the first na tional carnival celebrated in Pana ma City in four years. The war temporarily ended the four-day festival that dates all the way back to 1601. (International) British Now Await f»rpl\ From Russia London Is Unable To Judge Policy Of Moscow Regime I. Ma:< h !·">.—( Λ FM — Λ British Fi'i'ci.mi Office spokesman s;« id today that Britain would be unable to juduo whether Soviet po licy in the Middle East is aggressive or defensive until a reply is recciv e d!'> a Biitish note ίο Moscow a. !: ini; lÎus.-ι..η intention in Iran. Λ dispatch from Canberra quoted hi.'h Australian Government circles as : I a t i r ï. that the British concurred with a view ex pre ssed before tne Australian Parliament by Herbert V. Evatt, minister of external affairs, that 1 ίus. ian p<» 1 ie> be regarded by Australia as defer.>ive. The Foreign Oft'iee spokesman however, .-aid he could not lm· be yond tile publie statement of For ei *1 η Sef.Mvl.ary Krnest Bcvin in the I niled A'ahons security council and Him c of Commons expressing Brit ish views on Russian policy. I'ovin li'l : Andrei Vishin ky, Rus sian deputy foreign commissar, in th.* security council, that "incessant pn-pa ;an l i" fr« ι ι Ιίιι. . ia was si ir rin : up trouble and he \ -Id the Ih'U.e he lie.! offered lî.is^ia a 3' year «·\ΐ':·η-ion of the British-Soviet fricn*L.hip t : :aty. Kconomic Matters Washingt >n, Mar.h 15.—(ΛΡ)— A Rusian comn ittniealin ι deîiverec lu Si-ci c'.ii'.\ h! State James I'vrne by Nicholai Y. Niviknv. So\ ie charge d'all lire. , dealt with econo mic and commercial matters anc had nothing whatever ti tin witl the Americ an imte on Iran and Man churia. Michael J. M.Dermott, depart ment pre.-s oiïicer, told reporter, the liu.-.-ian note had a bearing 01 a reeent t ' ited States oiler to dis ι: ss a Hu.-.-ian request l'or a # 1.00(1. ODD,000 loan. MelJern,' 'it said the U. S. eom munication mentioned not only th Russian lean request, but reviewei in detail the entire economic situa lion between the two nations. Leal Entitled To More Consideration li\ Slate Ην LYNX XISHIT Daily Dispatch Bureau Kaleigh, March 15.—Λ group of tobacco L'.'uwvr- and warehousemen ν were disci» in·: the potential value [ of the η? wly formed tobacco coun - cil to the industry, and omphasi/.ed some li.cun·.- which may have been previously published but not fully I ! appreciated. That tobacco is the State's first I cash crop, having an estimated value ι tor 11)1;) of ■ !iil) million dollars, and | I ; that it is grown on ti80,0()U acres arc . familiar itch·.- ·»! kn >wledge. The ad- i vocato ol :i: mc state governnvmtai ι < nsal.'! at ·< ·η for the tobaec > indus- j - I iiy (ii··. . i ;>··.. Jhese primary figure·· s somew i : t fui iher. Γ) It wis ! "'inled out that tobacco ι I; rnieis u. · approximately 350,00U tons of fertilizer a year, upon which η ; they pay a state inspection fee of 6 25 cents a ton! or about $35,00a. 3 Ί hen twarehouse tax. based on 7 poundage >old the previous vea.·. 8 amount- to nearly half a million dol 4 ' !ars annu.My η state revenue. 1 Nobodv has been found willing to hazard a guess on what the tobacco manufacturing tympanies pay in State taxes, but the amount is tar above what i> usually meant by •■cigarette money." running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. On baMs 11Γ this State revenue de rived directly from tobaeco, it i.s ar «_ued ίhe State could well afford to invest a quarter million dollars a \ear 01· more for promotion ot re search, culture and marketing ol tin4 trop. Actually the State is spend ing through the department of agri culture. State College and tin· sev eral expniiiiciit .stations, not much more than fifty thousand. Spoil-ors ol the tobacco council -ay indications ai«· North Carolina loi.iacc·· growers will be iaci d with keener competition and more com plex ρ oblem every year, anl un ies: aided by adequately supported îesearch and marketing programs they may be in for pretty hard sled ding. Some of the more pessimistic growers see danger of killing the goo e that laid farmers H60 million dollars last vc.ir and netted the state several million dollars in tax money. Iran ReadyT ο Fight, War Minister Asserts Tdinm (ïciiLTîil Asserts Capital 'ί ο 15c i X tended Tehran Iran. Marrli I >.— ( % . I .< III" il * hni< liïlit to the l,:-l maii ' il liiissia'i troops move toward Tehran Itom lia i .· ·. J: mi··.·, n irl !i « est of h το, where h" mi.I train !...i ! . of troops .'ii Î umnv.iiiiiiaii are ar riviir: m.;ht!.v. "Iran lia lnnvn to tin· world il is it . -Ill III, 1-1.ι! ι fius-ia ( nil" , :1s ||. . I . lit at··. Il i llll'.V eve ii·! luil ι \ it;. o· ; an i .u; 111 ill the streets will ujit tu defend their . ι j 111.11. " tin· ;,ι ncral ail in ;.n , lit· ■!■ ν ι v. iir: ledialoly 1 ·: l< iwinn .ill ;:.liiii:iri with \ i I il l ;. I · :i. ■■ 1 lïe/a Pahlavi, Shah, nf Iran. Ί lie Shiih, Ii·.· .-aid, plan-; tu pics cut tin· 11.111 : all qiiestii ι. a a m t " · the Unite i Nation.· Seeciirity Coun cil which will m 'ft m .New York City late, tin- month. Gam on increased. Ahmedi said Ine RusMim garrison at Karaj had been "increased four lui··.- and that there were "three till!'.· :···. in: :iy III; -an- in ,\. ·ι ba;- ; jail as a month ago.'' 11< termed tiie repiirted .· ·π· en trntion ul troops and eqiiipni.-u! ,i ' definite 111ι·ι·: * to Tehran-- and ad ded that ul! nee,·.-., ury precaution were be in;.1, taken tu meet it. Ί li'■ gem -rai " aid that 1 ran an Willi Id not ";;o out to ι avt the Ru.· Man ι r even erect furtili. atiuli out side the city. Iran's intentions are · only peaceful, but our national se curity i.. at -talie. Tehran will ba defended to the last man- even bays ; ami ills will help if thi- extreme and unlucky mer. u *e becomes nee- ! essa i.v." ί he genera 1 said the I ί : ι.- ian have "oi.iy partially evacuated Semnan. Miaiirud and Meshed. towns in northeastern Iran, when they an nounced they had begun évacuation March and tiiat he had recalled to Tehran an army eoliri.n which Soviet ti'iiii|is turned back at Gar 'nsar two weeks a-4·.. He said ho eon idered it "hopeless for forces to sit there on the plains awaitim; the pleasure of the Russians/' Mc( j! 11 Professor ( ia\ e Reds ί )ηta ( )n Secret \\ ork Ottawa, March 15. — ( AP)—The I {ova! ( ".· ι m ι s η .·· ι id ι ■<'<; y th.il ! il.· in > f -1 ! ;·! !1 . ι ■ ·Γ the Canadian .·- py I case had disc;<:.-cd lhat Di. Ka.v ! mond I'oyer. asseyant pi*· 'fessor of ι Chemi-lry at MeGill IT»ii\ c-rsity, , had 1 ran-milted to Hu.-.-ia lull in | formation regarding his secret ! work in explosives. The et mmissii η also said three I other scientific workers engaged ! 11 secret research fur 'he govern ment had given Russia highly eun ficiential data. With publication of : the names of these foi. . the com mission now had ideniiiied eight (government employees il said were operating in a Moscow-directed net work in Canada. WEATHER I OK NOICTII CAKOI.INA Clear to partly eloudy and warm this afternoon and to I I niftli'i. Saturday (liSudiness ! with showers, little ehaiiKe ill temperature. WHERE RUSSIAN CRISIS NFARS AZERBAIJAN Β ΪΜμ TURKEY MOSUi BAGHDAD * IRAQ SUlflAMAPAD PERSIAN GUI? WITH RUSSIAN CO.\iSAT TROOPS accon ι an cd by tanks and planes re ported within 20 miles of Teheran (1), Iranian capital, the area shown in the above map becomes the centc·.· of a grave political show-down. The Red advance was believed to be a direct threat to Turkey (2), where Shaded section indicates territory that Soviets have broadly hinted should beo-iin. ":.c i>: roily of the USSR. ι : 11 s 11 Coiiip;. · : ι \\< alth. If he doe. ο elect, it must be by her own tree will, for the British commonwealth and empire is not hound together by chain* ol ox1crn.il compulsion.' Alloc .-aid that Britain :a makn a I : i ι a ! t: o.-t.v with III' aa, v. as. η · ί ".π.; ' I ho! out anythiii ; to .... own advantage that would be to the disadv au'a e of im a. ' He .-a:d he t h ίι:;! it In. .. w. >; I. ! "find great advantages within the commonwo; it):" ; nd v. a η -d th ·! "no ereat ration can .-tan . alone to day." HOVAl I. IN H.'iMi. M in la. Vlai l-> Un :. . . retarj I.· ! · and ! as pa: 'y rr ' ■ ί t Ό ,y : r.■ > ■Shanu!. ■ i i t.. ' aiy proper! V disposal :>d methods of reducing militarv ncr.-onuel. Λ ί, i r s ! ! ; î i i Returns, I * ! ; ι η s ( mference With Mr. i rurnan Washington, March 15.—(ΛΡ)— <;■·':· i (ί>· " uc Marshall, Presi ' 1 a i ·1 1 special envoy 1 r» ' ι . ni·,I 11 · the Capital to day and was summoned promptly : ι ■ a IV! ; a e 11m -e conference. I'lTR'i chie! ol staff, dc i ' 1 ■ 11 . ir. a a. a e η iment on con :t. 1 i.i ..a. where he lias ■ : » : ' ' ■, !;>-'! ^ hri-i· months in a pt - ιi:(■ r between Com n1· : ' t : ! ; ·.. ·.■· and Chiang Kai shek's Nationalist Government. He ν e 1 a i"d to see. Mr ΊΊ ■ a ,· :.li p. , . ally live Cm- alter his ar ia', ai bv plane. ! 11 l* ! ι ( jcrman Army ( )tticLT Λ Suicide Ο· : mai:y. March 15.— < Λ i · > Ala-1,:! Walther Von VM ..a : een h aited since e i in '.he Ruhr \ .. U.ok his own life : Apr: 21, 1945, B: i • : a : : e:·.- said today, he ieared that if he ·<···.it· a a', ι he would be ■ the Ka.-sians as a war criminal. DROPS STITCH TO GET SHIP HOME ·■ - - m WITH TIME ON HIS HANDS—and knitting needles In them—Pvt. Joe Fazzio was taking lessons in Frankfurt, Germany, from Miss Dina Morelli, Red Cross club worker from Quincy, Mass., when word came that he could ship home to Brooklyn, Ν. Y. So Joe is bringing camples of his handicraft to Mrs. Faz:.io and their two youngsters, who have been τΦ-ised that he « .11 scon be brck from the wars. {International),