Himîtersmt Bally Btspatrh thirty-third year ^/ΐ^Λ^^τΕον^ί:^ Henderson, ν. c., Friday afternoon, april 19,1946 « ν , . w * five cents copy Innocent Bystander THIS GERMAN CHILD looks at a po liceman with appealing eyes and wonders as some 2,000 Berlin res idents were rounded up in a black market raid. The child was with h is mother when the civilians were Questioned. UntcrimUmiai) U.S. Building Big AirF orce In Europe\ c 71,000 Men Will Be In Organization; B-29's To Be Used Herlm. April IS) ι.\Ρ)—Λ new t '' ^ an- force III 71 .·>()(I lilL'll is bein.î t built up virtually from .--cratch in ι buii'pc undei orders. winch well j qualified sources say, came dircctly f from General Carl Spaatz, comman der in chief of the I'SAAF. Π-29 Superior tresses, appearing for the first time in Kurope, will serve as the basis of the new force _ which is expected to be in full op eration order before the end of the ' summer. Two hundred Superfort resses already have been shipped to the L'nited Kingdom and 300 more 1 1 are on the way or on order. Four fields for them arc being built in France and two more in Germany ' are completed. Λ-26 attack >nii>·.·:·:; and I'-ii'i ' fighters, the new super-.-peedy jet craft developed toward the end >f the war, will also play an important part in the force. Dr. Will ter Dandy, l· anions Surgeon, Dies In Baltimore Haltimore, \ ι nil III. f \IM Dr. Walter I I)a11·ι .. ii.'f known lir.un .-.ni Licon 11 ie1 Dandy's brain work astound ed the world ι ■ : modicin·· and brouuht him international Honors. i:i 1918. he announced tlie discovery and development o! a method of lo cat inn and opérai in·; on brain 1 a - mors and other intracranial lesion.-. This method, le'low surgeons saut, reduced that dilïicuit operation. I> almost an exact science. Ii.v 1 U4 t years pressed through the dingy, cobblestoned streets of Jerusalem's old city. CHURCH GROUP TO STUDY EDUCATION Miss Ethelene Sampley, director of religious education at Centenary Methodist church, Winston-Salem, and chairman of the North Carolina Council of Churches' committee on I visual religious education announc ed today th" completion of plans for the most complete visual religious exhibit yet held in North Carolina. This exhibit and three-day demon stration of the latest visual mate rials and equipment for church Ui,· will be a part ol the statewide con vocation of churches opening at the First Methodist church here Tues day morning, April 23. Dr. F. L. Hill man. president of the North Caro lina Council of Churches, will be one of the principal speakers on the opening day. Reds Claim Capture Oi Changchun Fate Of American» I»i City Unknov n; Ν υ Katiio C'-ntict ( ίί\ I ii" Λ v.οι iaU'il I ri··· .1 *: ii o*! ici ι i f !ι·ι· · t 1. ; ... ι ! :·■ iia .·■ ist f il \ ii.ιιι. ;ι >r ι h' a iqtra 1er*, t·· · τ ρ ι ι <> the «·:ι,»! <ι · οι" { Ιι.ιι- ■ "ii'i·;. ι .ι ·ιίι. ' οΐ e \ U \va: t ι>· ιι ν ". 111 : 'ι·.· lri .nl· ι«ί ιν.ι·» ι -ni-·1 by ;'ι··· .':·>.<>(■ alii! : - in ...ιι c'iM!i l 'SCO. . il ■ i · .; le.· '. >, the ■'<>. in of a v ι - ' in ι * (■·■. , " .·:·, »· Κ or. ru ! ι ·■ ί. II. ill (ίί - ;:;ι t ίι fi - .·: < hutr t Υ· .··, ι " ■ 1: "Πι · city «f t'h ·!> vîi'ui :ia . Lorn eonip'.ftel.v cleared ci anrse .ni:l pupoot trions iaindits (lliis presumably re ferred to < tiiii,· r (n ar:n;.—enier-d ili · cit.v lu establish pcac·:· au I order. ί III NGKING ! Χί*Κ( TS I IK Λ VI ( AS I VI.TIFS Chungking. April 19. -- (AP)— China's Government expected word momentarily today of the fall of Changchun—with heavy casualties— before an overwhelming Chinese Communist attack. Seven American·· were in Changchun but η ι ri-ports have been received concerning thei.· safety. One official Central New.- Ag ncy dispatch from Mukden asserted - without confirmation that four οι five medium tanks driven and .tun ned by "officers of a certain ι··tun try" led the attack on the Manchur ian capital. "It is obvious," the dis patch added, "that these tanks were I'tiiiii ned by that certain country." Mold Two Buildings. Government dispatches fr ο m Chinhsoin pictured the < itnumbered isolated national garrison as holding inly two building in artillery bat tered Changchun yesterday, : nd un able to hold out longer than morn ing today. There luis been no reported radio contact with Changchun . nice ve. terdav. News of the American- five cor respondents and two i:;ilitary ]-·, ;onnel- have been lacking since tiie U. S. State Department reported them "safe and sound ' up to Wed nesday. The fighting began on Sun day. The battle spread a fieiv back ground for General Ma; hall':· re newed efforts to brio.; ρι-ai e and unity to China. A.·· he be -„.n a se; ·· of truce conferences m Chungking, news from the north ' ο I ci of a bar rage of incendiary and high ex plosive shells blasting. one by one. the few remaining stron , points of Changchun's defenders. Proud of Award EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Joan Dewey M.ickay χ prrienccd h or greatest thrill when she rccXvcd in San Francisco, Calif., the Purple Heart Medal won by hor father. Sit. Everett Doublas Mackay before his death in a Jap prison camp. The child's pleading letter to Gen. Mac Arthur jo "try to find" her dad's medal bi ought about 'he presenta tion. (International Sounclpholo) New Dispute Over J apan Sha ping-Up MacArthur factics Are Protested By Two Allied Agencies Washington, April 19.—(AP) — A first ciass political row appeared to day to be shaping lip between Gen ual Douglas Mar Arthurs command nnd the twn mtei '-Allied agencies dealing with Japanese policy and ad ministration. lu V/ashin ;ten, a committee of the far eastern commission, II nation polity making agency, scheduled a iiicct.ng Li ι (ii.scu.--s the recent United State,. oeci-i".n t<■ ..end more than a h .1! a tr.il i: η tons of food to Japan during the fu-t six months of this y cii r. Ar.'i ir Tokyo, the lour nation ad visory council, whose Russian and (!: :·. member have v<.iced objec tion i-. cei'tain 'actu . of MacArthur and .-· :::e -I hi- officers, adjourned until April 30 without agreeing whether MacArthur should present requested information in writing or by sending a spokesman to deliver Wlii ι. W'.' Zealand. Indian and I '! 1111 ). u- --ι i! -e : · - : the far east - ei !i 1 i"ii exi'.--sed ctmcern at a :!.■■· '.h: ye tviday . \er Amer ican intentions — at .MacArthur's re-* que.-' - t" .-end lood to Japan, it marked the second time that body liau |>o!icies ι f the su preme ι nr.mand. LIKES ONE AS WELL AS THE OTHER ■ · —·. tw. .·. . λ·.·.·:·:· - ---- ·.· · — jMMMM —— WHEN TWO-YEAR-OLD William Francis Hincser went to the Children's Zoo in Bronx Park, New York, he couldn't quite make up his mind whether to give his attention to a baby pig or a pink-eared rabbit, lie compromised by dividing his ailection between the two and every one was happy including the zoo keepers. (International) Ukranian Bands Terrorizing Peasants In Southeast Poland By LARRY \Ι.Γ.Γ.\. Warsaw. April 19—(AP)—Strong ly armed bands (it Ukranian na tionalists are terrorizing .· > itheast ern Poland, erasing the demarkation line fiom the Russian m de Ί the frontier and burning villages, car rying off livestock and leaving thou s; ι ds of Polish peasants iι· ■ i:■ "le - Hands whose strength sonv i t;e nunibers upwards o. l.uOO men ar· (.stiir-ateri to have burned Villi \ ι ! - agi- within the last lew mourns, king peasants' homes and then linging ttrehes ont > the straw th· '"hod roofs. The wave of terror, extending soi't.H'ast of Rzes/ow along the Se San riser, is being fought by sev eral divisk' s of Polish mil.tiamen and security corps men. The bands sweeping across th l'r mtier, usually about midnight, ar· believed l· be act inn in retaliatioi for their transfer from Poland t< thlie Russian /.one under a Polish S· viet emi'nt. Those Ukraniati have ilisi. ted upon their right t ;Γι on Polish soil and also hav i. a: . e : tl. ; th·· Ukraine be tn.au im:i"m pdent tate Many ol th Ρ >1»·.·.· ■;<·<ι .ue living in h. me ι nee m i ipied by I'kranians. The destruction of a dozen village along the San is also π almoi nightly occurrence. The terror ha struck so deeply that the peasant no longer 'ndn··- when they g to bed The villages have impro \ t.-ed alarm systems. Rail Strike Threat Still Is In Offing Walkout Depends Upon Acceptance Of Board Findings Washington. April III - '.MM —The throat el a nation-v. i(l«' I lailroad strike hinges t<> î.t\ «m liiM.ing 1'oa.rii's wage boost roe oinmendatit.n for in ire tha ι JOP.IOO locomotive engineers aiul trainme n. Ί ho government heard siig. gested a H> cent, hourly boost, with certain changes i:i working conditions, bui the tindings can lie either accepted or turned down by the carriers or the two unions involved. The Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Ί rainmcn had post poned a scheduled March 11 strike ι pending the board's study. Under the Railroad Labor Act, the strike1 now is b;:rred until May 18. Most i .·. h fact finding reports in past disputes Jh.ave led 'to settlements ' without strikes. The two ι ions called a meeting next Wednesday at Cleveland to de termine their stand. Alvanley John son. head of the engineers, told re porters at Cleveland the b ο a r d's I recommendations were "not as much I as we asked lor." A. F. Whitney. j trainmen's president, declined com* mo t. SC mVFLF.NBACII PLAN'S m;\v coal parley. Washington, April li). — (AP) - ' I Secretary of Labi r Schwel lenbaci >:iici today he would talk with .Johi I. Lewis and th·· s >fî coal opera - !> r s so. ara I ly again next week ir. in effort to end a strike of 400,00·! niners. Srhwellenbach told White Hons. I i ei>< liters that he wanterl tail; ! with Lewis, près alert ot the United ! Mine Workers and his group in one (ι ference, and hold another eon-1 erenee with the operators Monday ι j or Tuesday. The operators announced vester I day they were earn: to their home •ities after waiting eight days for ; ι resumption of the contract nego . iations. Soft coal management represen ' ative.·; left Washington, telling the I a bur se"]··. î.i ry that they would re j urn hniuediat'-ly on his call that it j vi m Id be "possible to negotiate a ■ ntraet." As the strike entered its '9th day, additional workers in r. ated industries were made idle and lroduv'tion -} ar.perl in steel mills . — (ΛΡ)—Prince ■ Ι· ν.;ιΠ;η· Firou/, minister ot state· .nd director o! propaganda. cate .(irieallv denied today that the re çut suppression of two dispat. hes y the London Times correspi ndo :t instituted an Iranian censorship. He denied that "any censorship vbatsoever has been imposed." (An official U. S. State Depart - nent announcement Wednesday said: ('The An.eric; ι embassy in Tehe ,.n has in'ormcd the Deparment o! state and foreign correspondents in ran have been notified officially by ne Iranien ministry ol posts and elegraphs that it henceforth will wercise censorship ol dispat hes iled by loreign correspondu ts here.") Firouz said the ministry of posts ind telegraphs refused to transmit he telegrams to the London Times • accordance with the provisions >!' article 26 of the international nosts and telegraphic convention to .vhich both British and Persia 'Iran) ■ire signatories. He said the telegrams 'Vontained •intents against the throne and oth m fantastic stories and rumors, the •irculatii » of which in this coun try is contrary to law and can at my time be followed up by public prosecution." RUSSIA WILL GET COAL FROM POLAND Warsaw. April 18.- (Delayed) (AP) Fon-ign trade exnerts sa.v 1 c » i«·* !!··.-- ι 'irobablv will tot vir - tuallv all ol P< land's coal export fi ι the next year. Under a new s · ommercial agreement signed re t i centl.v in Moscow, Russia and Polan" s have aereed to exchanges équivaloir s to $196,000.non from April 1, 194« r> to April 1 IP1" ;· d coal is the prin - nle product wtj:rh Poland at presen I is able to export. IT'S NO JOKE, SON!-NEW CAkS ARE ON THEIR WAt ABOARD A NEWIY-DESIGNED FREIGHTER, with a t'

:■ th..· ύ· -t ι:iing on the council's docket when it reconvenes Tuesday. Ί iir v..... v. ,i · .. ne i ',.<]■ a new floor fi.iiht on the Iranian question \v r.en l he ί ■ : .iillee n( ex perts on rules and procedure report ed tl,.·. ι.: ■ l· . .. Willi t he : ·· ι "uneil has full authority to keep a ease on the age mia as. 1·.;. , a.· ϋ inmKs neces sary. Λίαν Accept Ruling. I'!;·· ι · iously had I ICI Γ, ... , Ihl' (| I lOStlOll ι ! ... : if the case, was expected to accept the opinion : i!.· ' .·. then \ ote to keep the question on the agenda un 1.1 Mil · i'.v which Russia is supposed to have all Bed army troops "lit of Iran. The three members of ihe com* ·:·■■■: ι ■·. ., ,:i the minor ity were the representatives <>i" Rus :a, Kr;.!i.-i i'< . ·. the three I v. ι v. ι f.ivnivd dropping the Iran:,ai c a-c. The council was expected to come back to the Spanish case by Wed nesday or Thursday at the latest. It was generally agreed that the Pol ish proposal for a world-wide rup tu.c . it <. i ! ι ) ί · · ι · . t ΐ ie relations with the I Franco regime had little chance of • Licci'^.- il brought to a vote now. Solons I neertain I low Homefolks To Take \ ote On ΟΡΑ Washiitttti·' At. ιi 19. ( AP>—· House members crossed their fingers ami headed I. >mcward today for a short I'.'ι>tcr mi·-, thai eiiuld change» the pietiiM· el the iltimate fate of draft and OI'A U .^i.-lation. A number of departing lawmak ers intm:..H'd 1 hi > are not exactly Mile whethei they voted right on those two burning issues but that they hoped ti· fmd out when they got back among the "grass roots" of then home districts. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair this afternoon, tonight and Saturday. I.iitic tempera ture change except slightly warmer in the «est portion to i uigl^t v| d in the s<>itli and west portions this afternoon, t Sunday, partly cloudy and mild. Congressmen Head Home, With Many Tasks Undone Washington. April 19. - (ΑΡι Administration leader:- rcpuriwi i\ trimmed their legislative sails today to live " must ' subjects m an ettoi; to get an irritated and often rebel lious Congress out of Washington by early July. The unofficial dcci.-ion appeared likely to direct major efforts toward salvaging ΟΡΑ and the draft, pass ing regular appropriation bills and getting approval for the 7 Γι ι ' .()()(>, - 000 British loan and a loug-ranyo housing program. If this program is follow··. . legis lation to merge the arm. force . increase the minimum w.iue rate, broaden social security, c mail la but disputes, -et up a pern:;.:: ·η' !-.rr Employment Practice (.'onimissin: and abolish state poll taxes won! ι go by the boards until the next ses sion in January. Two Hills Approved. Of these, only the mina iuni wage and anti-poll tax bill ha\e approval of either house. The Senate loaded the wage measure with ! am prie·· boosting anviidment the .. In mi t.a t ion oppose:·. The I Ion · -appro\ · ■ poll tax bill laces a Sen . fil bn. l■ . any time it is calird up. Also marked !'· m· di ■; it h Under the program would bi· many relatively less uni ' ■ r t ;. 111 measiies nil a wide variety ni .-abjects ranging iron: public works t(< presidential succes sion. Kk'kod .■·undly in the teeth by the H'ai-'.· '·η Oi'A and draft extension, the administration was represented in sor.H Capitol liill quarters a.-, be licv.iiK that it might be better for all concerned to let the legislators go home as soon as possible. Senator Claud® I'epper (D) o! Florida, a supporter of the Truman program, said that on the basis ol the House's recent actions. Congres: app'-ared in no mood rmu to do any ti; '11 , about a lot of problems he fell were pres-:lig. Kven the sliced down program is e::|lectec! to require Congress' pre sence here until early in July. With the House off on an Faster recess that la ts until April 31). the Senal·· ι . pectcd t . clea away today addi ti n il debate obaacles that till ι,ro bably will delay a vote on amend ments to th·· 1 !ri1 :sh loan |>iopo.,al uni il si .nie tune n« st week. Russia Is I rn. Jap Premier jWon'l Ο nil Tokyo, April 1H.—(AP)·—Premier Shidahara ilaily :>·. ise't tomghï ν ai·.ede to dca and.- ol hu r p. hi:cai parties that he rt.l» He gave l:i< a ι : - \·. er ι η I ν few hour-' after MVllaro M 'M.-ler Tilosh. As'hida tinned in 11> p< 1". iolio r support h, the liberay party's nxovt to oust the Shidahara guvea :ia al Ashida is a liberal. The liberal party demand for tin cabinet's resignation was supporte, by the social democrats, and tw< minoi p; rties. the cooperate ,.n· communist.- Althi .ugh the li.viai. led in the number of seats '.< in it 139. ι ο parly obtained a mm : .!·. ot ll;o -166-seat diet at the riven elect i' >n Shidahara said he W".il ) 1" ra his e! loris to fi rm a en,.1:1.· η .;<>\ - eminent for the May diet se - on. Xo other cabinet resignations a party reasons were anticipated. ! Arthur Chevrolet, ^ioneer Maker ( )t Autos, kills Soil S; a loll. La.. Λ prit 1 , ΛΡ) Λ. Ίι u' Chevrolet. > ι ο oi the founder h the Chevrolet Motor C'o commit rd suicide by haii'"ng I ίό-.Ί. γ hi.- home late last nieht. act nj cor oner H F. Gautreaus of, St. Tam ■rany parish reported t 'day The automotive pi' neer. v. ha cen despondent, was a native ο Switzerland. , Λ Ρ .1 t! ιί ru; 1 loua. 1,900 ιNazi <* η ïi « Prisoners Ρ oisoned Fi; nkturt. ,\. : 19. ι AI1) — Λ 1 my ■ t .ι ι. .i i.- .i..'. I » · istmini· ha struck down :.:<>> German p: i. "li er.·· cl \v;,; at ■ : American intern mcnl »·;«!!.i· ·.· .. Νucrnbui « dte au. ι the past ΐί-t hours. U. S. army head I quarti-i'.- ai>; nuiiced t·,ulay. AU the vicMn.. ait1 •"soriou.-ly ill' , it \\.ι· said. Nu deaths were reported I ht· pii··1 :h.t> wi'i'e seized with | arsenic ρ* ι · i:!::.; ivi Stalag 13 nca I Nuernberg, the announcement said. Marly reports ironi the camp show ed bread containing arsenic had beeii iound and was believed tu be i the· cause. Hea.dq-uart.crs said the bivad fo· ι he prisoner.-. "in accordance with normal pr<>cedure." had been secured !'π·η. a local German bakery by cun t ract. Housing Bill Snugs Again Washington, April 19. - ( Λ Ρ ) — The administration drive to provide •J 70(1,1 in-1 new hoi :c thi.- year air •. ·■ t - i : 11 led ΐΊ· >lt.· 1 eenl er tm ta\ \\ ; * : iuii hope it! action for ai leas If? · Frantic el forts t·· work ι ut a las n.in,'te ompioinisi o! Senate-Houst diiference before representative: jit sail their Fa-1er recess tailed dc spite twii set's i' t s yesterday in thi 1 I ο : : ,.ν ot Maioritv Lcade 1 iai! kley Ha: . ley My told t he Senati was "-i.u.-: liait rhinate" that tin veteran's housing measure had no l··. en ι It ared. The Senate ρ ·.-.·«·ι! the emergenc; housing measure April 10, writ ι n,4 into two provisions the Hons - hati omitted One calls for $600, - OIH'.OOO in > ι li s i cl i es to break bottle net's- in e ι struetion materials th I ι ther guaiantees manufacturers • cet 'm ,.j) to L!U0,U0U pretabri cated houses.