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THIRTY-THIRD YEAR ^Ιε^^^ερηγ'^3£γ HENDERSON, Ν. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1946 ,:VV>;\,:Vv" K>-""N F]
I le rocs ι )t bataan Death .March On (ίο Airain
lu Γο,-l :i, on the anniversary of the famous Japanese-inspired death march in the Philippines, survivors
hear cheers of spectators as they commemorated the ο ideal.
Baptist Sub - Committee Agrees
To Accept Gift From Reynolds
Building Fund To
He Required If
Move Is Agreed To
Wake Forest. April 11.- ' ATM -
ι A sub-committee of the Wake For
est College Board <·( Tr.;.-t e- tod.a
recommended to a ,ji int meeting »>:
three Baptist agencies that a c· ι -
ditional giit of the Z. Saiita. Rey
nold.- Foundation t > the college lu·
acci pled.
Ttie three agencies which received
I .ni considered toe sub- mm: tee's
; report were the college hoard of
tra-tecs, trie general boaid <>:' the
Baptist State Ο nvention and tlie
! educatii nal council ol the general
The general board is scheduled
to go into sesri t· mis afternoon t ι
·■ nsidi r the gilt which is eonrii
Ί( · ; ι - f I noon removal ol !he ci 'lege
to Win.· ton-Salem.
T! e s; -ei mimttee, w h i c h was
■ a''t"' » \- former ( >. ern> a" .Î. M.
Broiight;>n, recom mended that tho
c ..or oo ; -e. ill I ι !' ;.η ade'i ■ iatο
building l :nd ··> creel a new plant
at Winstc.n-Srlem can be raised :* d
p'ovided th" State I : , >11.-1 (' nven
ti η not be placed in debt in any
way.
'! ho ■ 1 ; !1 - ' Ό m 11 ' ttee's ro; ·οι ' fu'·
i r recoir •·<·η»'··<ι .. plant 1 .···. ct
i at W'in.-'e n-Sa Ιι ο e a ρ a b I e of
ι 1; η' ! 'η't ; ·ι eni olln en! ■ " J.''tit' t ι -
. ■ η ' ·. Tie e. ι! le..a p' e- en t e! ι r >! Ι
ο· ι- ai; ι ι I.eiiO.
Such a pi ι ' as rco ■ nn adae
' ■ Id c · 1 ah ι t It \y ,·
. ointed out a ι an ; .ai ι ha< been
ι ii"i v. av sinre 10 b! t raie $ii,!)!)(>.
IKH) to enlarge I"ne |··ν.·<·:·ι plant. So
'. a t< t Ί ο1 a oil' S1 .l'âo.DDu h.: -
i eon raised ιir pledge·ι.
it vais revealed that the Roy
t" Iris foundation has agreed !h'.'
t- it' ate of appi'i>xiηlately $12;")!),
(•0(1 ye ,rly, which i - 1» ·. · t · t ho
collc'.'e after the removal is made
would he all» >ved to accumnlale dar
ing the live-year period ted
to he required to make the move and
that this sum of approximately $1.
750,000 could be used for building.
Although the Rentra! beard ha.
the power to lake final actio . it
was expected it would confine it
action to a recon na>ndation and
leave the final dee ion up to the
State Baptist Convention which will
n.eet in November.
NOT REGl'LAR FARE,
Cof feyville. Kan., April 11. ( AI ' ■
—Bus Driver W. P. Dods< η stopped
his vehicle today, climbed >nt, piciuMi
up a dime irom the pavement and
continued his route. "1 collect more
money ihat way," he said. "S2.25
so far."
ihnt this sum of approximately SI
750,000 could be used for building.
Λ lth ο ugh the Rentrai board hn<
the power to take l'in.d aeti<1 . it
was expected it wot.1:1 eon fine it
actir.n to a recon irondution and
leave the final dec ion up to the
P.ar.)i<1 Pi in von I i tin which u'ili
Hollywood Bound
LOVELY Swedish actress Civeca
Lindfors is pictured in a typical
"ship news" pose for cameramen a·
she arrived aboard an overseas
plane at LaGuardia Field, Ν. Y.
J.liss Lindfors is en route to Holly
wood to make her debut in an
American lilin. (International)
STUDENT IS WOUNDED
AT TEACHER'S HOME
Ft. Worth, Texas, April 11.—ί.ΛΡ)
—( >M(' junior high school student
was in a M'riou; condition today and
two others were sult'erin:; from
minor Run shot wounds as a sequel.
District Attorney AI Clyde .said, to
a rock throw in , incident at the
home of their physical education
teacher, F. F. Watkin..
"I fired at the ground and I
should have aimed the gun lip in
the air," Clyde quoted Watkms as
saying. "If 1 had to do it over, 1
wouldn't shoot at all."
Tobacco Blamed For Threat
Of Farm Land Boom In N. C.
College Station, Raleigh, April 11.
-—The throat of a national farm
land boon) is stronger .1 North
Carolina th; >, ir. any other state
and the virtual Ί at' Heel ma opcly
in flue-ci.red tobacco pradi tion is
the reaM.n, Dr. I. (). Schaub, direc
tor of the State College Extension
Service, .-.aid today.
Present l'ai m real estate values
in tin- state are -M! pi r cent of the
1912-14 av erage, I ·>■ huhest in the
nation, and 45 p< r rent a ove the
previous peak reacaed in 1920. As
o." .March 1, 19i(i. state larin va'ues
pel acre had vaulted J1 per cent
ι the course of one yt ;.r, also
the hii;lie-t one-year π reasc in the
nation.
The state produces· about t>8 per
cent if the nation's flue-cured to
bacco and the 1945 crop averaged
close to Sit per hundred pounds.
"A tobacco allotment on the aver
age farm increases its value bv at
least S1,0(JU," the Extension direc
tor observed, citing the fgports >f
1'; rmers ,.ικί I:· downers in many
(nunties where recent hind sales
lune borne out this tacl.
Dr. Schaub sin nglv advised
against the credit purchase ot 'arm
land now. He also suggested that
studied consideration in· given a
farm':, potential long-time v..lue by
the cash buyer.
Secretary ol Agriculture Ander
si ι. has warned o! an impending
farm land bo >m and c n.n..·»«·,;
against the repercussions · ! an in
evitable recession.
Current per entagc values of lam
lands in states adjoining Ni r t h
Carolina, based upon the 1 ί) 12 -1 4
period and released as official by
the IT. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, are: Virg'· ia. 200; Ken
! icky. 221: Tennessee, 21!i: So.itli
Carolina. 172. Kentucky rural land
values are second only to those in
this state·
Guilty in Bribery
HIS eyes downcast, Lt. Philip R.
Wcintraub, former Army judge ad
vocate, hears the decision of the
court - martial which found him
guilty on two charges of bribery.
He was sentenced at Fort Jay, Gov
ernors Island, Ν. Y., to six years'
imprisonment at hard labor and
dismissed from the army for tak
ing money on the promise of sav
ing accused deserters from long
aautences. (International)
Appeal To Search
Roosevelt's Files
Denied By Truman
Washington, April 11. — (AP) —
I Congre»:'mal investi^ators heard
t ν I'ri' icient Trum: «1 has dé
niée! an appeal by Acini. Husband
t" examine what Senator
Ferguson (H) ol Michigan called a
;per-scciet file "1 the late Presi
dent Ro< .revolt's message.
Ensign John Phelan, representing
Kimmel told a Senate-House com
mittee investigating the Pearl Har
bor attack that A',:'· Trum: m had
written a letter saying the commit
tee alone has the power to look at
such iiles.
Commander John Becker repre
senting tlie navy, substantiated this,
adding that the committee had been
given lull access to the I'ile.
Becker .-aid that when the file
was searched it ontained copies of
I only tw ' messages to the high com
i missioner o: the Philippines n il
had little bearing on the Jap attack.
Asheville Blast
Cuts Off Power,
Is Fatal To One
j Asheville, April 11. (API — A se
ries of throe explosions at the Avery
sticet s:i!'-st.it i"ii .if' tile Carolina
Power and Light Co., early today
t t:mt!y killed William Knapp, about
i fill, of Asheville, employee of the
' firm and ut off about one half
lot the city's power.
S. T. Ballard, chief operator of
tin sub-station said that the blasts
which loll .-.'.I'd each other within
·, a few minutes were of unknown
origin.
ι The -ub-statiou was completely
destroyed.
Government
Moves Into
Cool Strike
Labor Secretary
To Hold Confabs
With Two Partie?
\\ a him.ton. \ j'i'il II.— ι MM
—The Riivi Mii.irnt stru rçli I to
day lo riii-u· nt'\s lite into the
ci.a! talks choke 1 off l>\ John
I,. Lewis M.^.iut resortins lo
seizure fff the sI/uck mines.
Seen ':»!·>· o' L. . ι.: Schwclicnuuch
U-ppiitg i:.:·· the lire, h lelt by
Lewis' dramatic walkout, arranged
•epan.te a te · ™n conferences with
the <i] ι · : 111 r.- and !r..iners negotiat
ing coi: mittees.
The Labor Secretary and his top
aides, most experienced m post-war
labor di.· pûtes. w ill try to revive
the conversations which came to a
sadden halt with a declaration from
Lewis that "to cavil further is t
tile."
May Chance Attitude."
"We trust that time as its shrink-;
your purse may modify your nig
gardly and anti-sr ial propn sities,"
Lewis snorted as he left the confer
ence.
The operators, jolted by the move.
g( t out a formal statement contend
ing Lewis has "brazenly refused to
enter into any semblance of collec
tive bargaining."
Challenging the right of any la
bor organization to stall and play
politics when a basic American in
dustry is shut down, the statuaient
expressed hope that Lev. s "will
change his attitude" and a.-:ime
negotiations.
Senate Gets
Long Range
Housing Bill
Washington April I!. — (ΛΡ)—
The Senate shunted today the em
ergency housing bill back to the
House and quickly turned to a com
panion measure intended to add 12,
500.0(10 new homes by 1 i)(>.
The long nn.ge bill came to the
S<>n. te floor with the approval ut
its Banking committee.
l ne Dili i.ι η·>i linked but tit. in
with the emergency housing legis
lation which the Senate passed (1:1
to 14 and sent back to the House
for action on amendments.
The new bin is designed to build
2,700,000 new dwelling units, largely
for veteran , by the end ot η; a1
year.
Before it can ■ each the W'hih
House, however, the Senate and
House must agree on a compromis·.·
version to be worked out by a join',
committee.
The chief pouit of difference is
the Senate provi-i >n for $(!ul),(lOO,(in ·
in subsidies to encourage the pro
duction of scarce building materials.
WEATHER
FOR \OKTH CAROLINA.
Considerable cloudiness to
da\ tonight and Friday. Scat
tered showers and thunderstorms
in '.vest porlicn ard in east
portions Friday.
Βλ (
World's Fair Heme
Will Be Used As
Interim Location
-\cnv York. April 11.— (ΛΡ) -
Mayor Willi;.: ι I'Dwyei' announce 1
t<Hiay t !ΐι· m ii .-! .π of the 1
Wo. ,.1's J·';. 11· KUl>ii:iu'. Mead
ow. Long I. a.-· the interim
meeting pi;; ; !.. ■ tinted Nation.·..
The Sperry ι ro.-,cope 1;iaiit at
Lake Success. 1. 1.. considered as a
possible temporary headquarters site
\va.- i'ln-..in ;, ,;".v headquarters
of the UN. O".Hvyer said.
'lue annouiu ■■:. : : ί was made after
a Jo minute ι:κ·< ' '.his inornin» of
L'N Secre'ary-Giϋ.·: tl Trygve Lie,
Grove: W'hcuiû. lia- ueen as
sisting the United Nations officials
m : cekinj. a ,-st. .11 tne New York
area and the New York City Boar.;
of intimate.
O'Owyer said the city had agreed
to ; .v.iiifc St.-"i i, u> tor improving
llie Li.n:; Island a.v.-i and the in
terior of the nïuûu'.imI building
there, which is ι,.··,, oe;ng used as a
skating ιίηκ.
πι sia ι;.\ΐ'ΐ ( τ; υ
ΤΟ BAC Κ ΙΌΙ,ΛΝ I)
Xew York. Αρ: 11.· Ai')—Rus
sia was expceu-o today lo join Hi
l'olan is demaiH.- that liic united
Nations require Spain accused of
harbor.ng Nazi.- uev ising in-.v means
i of \carlare--to act in accuidance
with t.i.· denui. "i m . ; national
peace and security.
i nlands indictment i.: Spain—
cha; acten/ed by the Spanish press
' a.- Kussian inspired—wa brought
ι before thj security council yester
day under a United Natii 11 ciuirtei
provision which states the organiza
tion "shall insure that states not
members of the L'nited λι.'ι ns act
1 in accordance with tne 1 raiciples «»ϊ
the organization ·> far ... may be
iieci' ;sary."
Although Andrei Groi:i \ k··, who
yesterday was relieved oi his am
bassadorial duties by Moscow to
Irce hiin for full lime w· k a the
Soviet delegate to the ..ecu.ity coun
cil, has not identified himself with
the Polish charge.-. conference 110
st rvei · fully expect.'d lie ν ·aild give
hi: support to Poland 111 pressing
for action.
The Polish charges declaim..', that
fugitive German dentist- .vere ile
\elopin·.·, ullra-modern weapon-, un
der Generalissimo Fransc, -o Fran
co's piotoction implied that "suca
new means of v. ire fa re" were de -
signed to meet the compil;1i"ii oi
the atomic a,a·.
Irregular Kilrn
Taken B\ Stocks
New York, April 11. — (ΛΡ) —
Stocks turned ere::. 1\ ■ >., t. ί in
today's market .,'.though vcin.ia' was
light.
Down mist ot the ia> c. ere Beth
lehem. Chrysler. Γ. S S·.·. Good
rich, Santa Fe. IV. 1 \ Grey
hound, Allied Chemical, Johns-Man
\ ille. East mai: Κ · . Anaconda,
General Λ1 · 1 -rs, M ' erv Ward.
Genera I Kit- :r . '·· i Aircraft.
GAG DEFENDANT AT MURDER TRIAL
TIRED OF HER HYSTERICAL OUTBURSTS, Judge Samuel Leibowitz ordered
Mrs. Speranza Pisanti gagged during her trial for murder in 13. oklyn,
Ν. Y. Male nurse William Green applies tape to the mouth of the 40
year-old defendant after a restraining garment had been tied about her
buty. She is charged with slaving Mrs. Xaucy Catalane. (luteriuii.inul)
Rep.W.O.Burgin,N.C.,
Dies Of Heart Τ rouble
U Ο. BI'RGIV
G.O.P. Asks
Repeal Of
Sales Tax
State Convention
in W inston-Salem
Comes To A Close
Winston-Salem, April 11.— (ΛΡ)
— No:lh Carolina Republicans to
day were on record favoring a state
wide liquor referendum, election re
form and minority party represen
tation on state agencies controlling
highways and publie school system.·».
Adopted at yesterday's closing
.-e.-sion of it- Mate convention, tit"
platform also called lor repeal of
the .-tale an ta··., ι eductions in
Mai" income tax, increases in income
lax exemption , a comprehensive
he:. i t li pioe.ram. increases in teach
er pay. amendment to the Federal
Constitution providing six year
terms for Prc.-idcnt, a balanced Fed
eral budget and reduction in the
number of bureaus and commissions.
Backs I nitcd Nations.
The party en.ior:* " principles of
the l'uitcd Xali. ii and the use ol
Ic :·.■(·. ,. nee·, ; · ·.. t1 · π pel military
aggression. And at the same time
epi'itsed a plattorm proposal that
pi ace-lime viiMTiption be con
demncd.
Tin e!o;.:ii·.· . ion wa hi hli.nht
cd by an a·, ire- by !!:·..·! ι Sla.
sen. former governor of Minnesota,
who often has been mentioned a.
a possible candidate for the presi
dency in the Kill; election.
Sim K. Lapp v.. - ic-eieited ciiair
man oi the slate executive emomit
tee.
I , S. Loan Racket
Action Dismissed
S. η \ntnni.'. April 11. -(ΛΓ1
111· ί nl η ιι·ι 11.■■an 1 three Carolin
ians named ; : ι an anti-trust suit
against .1111·lι I hiuh rate money
lender- were dismts>cd here today.
At: .·ι. . the IT r .. . wiped from the
l'en a ds were th<>se pendin;; ar.ainst
George Uzzell, Salisbury, and Shel
ley Caviness of Greensboro.
ΊΊΐΐ' indictments wen· returned in
Federal court in May 19Î3. Juduc
Hen II Rice dismissed tHo 17 in
dictments vc.-lerday in motion o[ a
speiial assistant attorney «encrai.
( )ntr-Patient Clinic
At Duke I Iospital
Being Considered
P.a ha;- . April 11. - -1 ΑΓ > Ten
tative plans have been made by
Duke ι ; m\ersit\ official.» for . nn
strnetii η ol .ai out-patient bi; Id
• U ;or 1) ,ke hospit .1. wliich will
ci ah·· ϋ $8o(i.«ii(t. Ha: i (' Mick
ey. h i.spital superintendent re eaied
t od a \
Mickey -..ill plan- I τ the build
ing have been under discussion for
seme tr: c .id that ι di finite de
is.on ma\ he reached within the
next month.
New York Collon
Χ" ι·ι ι rices were 10 ti 511 cents a
hal·.' !i iwi'i May 28.04, July 28.23.
October 28.19.
Y( rk, April π
it
'· ι wer Ιο ί i \ t h ruber
Mav
July
( let.
l'v. ( lose
28.14
Open
28.14
28.24
28.23
28.22
28.30
28.2(3
Dec. ....
Mar.
May (1947)
8.29
b
Eighth District
Solon Succumbs
in Washington
\V; . All!. (At') —
Rep. W. O. Burgin (D) of North
Carolina who had announced his in
tention to re'.nv Inn:. Congre.-s at
the end of hi? fourth term next Jan
ary r.:e i early ' .day.
He w; 67 years old.
I! :. · t ■ a · to I), ct'.iv lo
pital early last Sunday suffering
what 1 .> physician called a
coronary heart attack.
A busines man and attorney, Bur
gin ser ι ti '·.. a member ol the
X. 1 Ho.-c ι ' Represen
tative.- ι lit: and it \ \c State Sen
ate two years later.
Iilettcd Ιο
He came to Congress .'n 1939 as
representative from the State's
Eighth Distri :
A consistent supporter of the
administration's f< reign policy, Bur
gin was a member of the House For
eign Affairs Committee.
Recently he went to the White
House to ask President Truman to
halt the manufacture of atomic
bombs.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Edith Leigh Greer ι Lex
i gtcn. Whom he married in 1912
and a br: ther. Ralph Burgin o£
Wmston-S .iem.
Funeral services have been set
!' r 4 p. m. Friday at the tamily
home at Lexington.
The House adjourned today's ses
sion out of respect to the Tar Ileel
alter member.- expre.-sed sorrow over
his death.
Speaker San Rayourn < IJ ) of
Texas appointed Hep-. Dmighton
(D.-N.C.). Kerr (D.-N. C.) and Le
Compte (R.-Iowa) as - ί ι ici .1 rep
resentatives of Congress at the fu
neral.
Speaking t the H 1 before it
adjourned. Rep Douuhlon called
Burgin "an outstanding and useful
man who rendered fine service," to
his district and his country.
Decision In
Wheat Crisis
Is llel<i Off
M ore Drastic Steps
Might Be 1 aken To
Feed Food less Areas
Apr.l 1".. ιΛΡ) —
Ί lie Government hold o.f tnla.v any
di I'isii .11 whfi her mi re drastic -steps
are needed a' home to tide lamme
areas abroad over the preset, t crit
··. ..I shortage ι 1 bread.
Althoiiah the du esue conserva
tion program launched a month ago
today has tailed tn achieve the sav
:titt .···· ..nd ι \|»>-rts t« hungry
an a- have fallen behind promises,
>·: !u a Is a· i:.. loreign
ci'mn ir lents will le met.
In the face ·>:' an Agriculture
Department report which raised
doubts whether enough wheat re
.. > - tu ':tft 1 · >th export needs
and (1·;ΐ;ιι>ΐί(' demands at current
levels. So ι re : a ι y of Agr: ulturo
Clint. !. An ler.-ni: l.;id a news cnn
ierenee that this country will ful
i :1. it s ι >i < j : ι ii.-e.
Bul lie said the nation will havo
t · . bse-rve illy all phases of the
wheat ·· :. -ι·;'· ail η program and he
audi d it might e · eeessaiy to Itco
a 11". per c- t.t aon.estie use of Hour
between now , s,.· June 30 when the
new wiir.i-i wheat en ρ starts mov
ing to market in volume.
Dut Anderson made plain that
ι·, η.· -n or rati, ning of either bread
t 11 .r fur r, the present emer
i'e: ν ι oat ill 11ll quest 1:1 .
$ Major Parties
Run Close Race
In Jap Election
Tokyo, \ pr il 11. — (ΛΡι —
T h r c ι· major parties tonight
were running; a close rare for
mmehershin in Japan's house of
representatives.
Communists were trailing far
behind Nine women appeared
certain of election.
Scattered ration-wiJe results
from yesterday's first post-war
('«•(lion save the Social Demo
rats se;><*. the Progressives
tit and the I iherals !?·.'!.
The communists were certain
ol only three so far. At least
si\ Independents and one Peo
ples Party < andidate also w ere
elected. Till Japanese House of
Representatives has 4(i8 mem
bers.
Kesnlts still are too incomplete
to indicate the final make up
of the House.
The Progressives failed to win
a seat in Tokyo on the basis of
eaily returns.