Bfettîteraon Haîly îHfspatrh THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, Ν. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30, 1946 ;ιΛι;ν/'·ΙίΝ""Ν FIVE CENTS COPY ARCTIC 'SPECIAL DELIVERY' ESQUIMOS WATCH IN WONDER as a glider lands with a new motor for (me of the snowmobiles used on "Exercise Muskox." A plane that towed the glider circles above. The Canadian moving force engaged in the Arctic operation is racing to beat the Spring breakup on the last lap oi the 3,100-mile operation ebove the Arctic.Çirçle, Ctnter«oti c within one week — and I ϋ · -il the last stall in the dog house, ' to ·." lie nvide this statement to a ιο ί' : tor shortly before he opened the I ■ •■Hi ;-tinι::i 1 meeting of the U. S. Chamber. Approximately 2,(KID j ;··· inessmen from every state at tended. j ■ " tun's j isition fell squarely ι ο. , that o! tin Natii :ial A.^si c ,i t ■ ί o| M mut act m er.· w h i c h lia ■ I'd tin· com.pleto elimination ot • l'A t toi its present powers expire οι .June .{ii. It a! - > ind. ated a di'· ideil opinion within the direc '· ate ni the national Chamber of ι ι merce itself. Against Directorate. Chamber directors voted last night to I'fiir ι ι the ci in ι ut a ι floor a s "lit ion ii ruin;; that the "date for oli ination o! all such eontr >i.· i 00 (let. ur 31. 1 !)!(>." ' It WOuM be suicidal if price I "otrol .'.ere ab"h.-iiod m mediately. j I· sine . men have not yot been > κ I d. former U. S. en voy to Germany. Before R.hacht took the stand, the court on motion of Justice Rob ert Jackson struck from the record ai assertion by Julius Streicher that '' S. soldier-guards abused and humiliate;! him in pris in. Testified about Messersmith, who ' nee wa minister to Austria r»d consul general at Berlin, Schacht told the court: ".V.r. Messersmith on the basis or ol two or three discussions with me, calls me .ynical, proud and double tongued. I am unfortunately i.ot η a position to give a comprehen sive characterization of Mr. Mes s'ftsmith but would like to dispute his credibility." Two Blasts Shake Ship At N. J. Pier Vessel Unloading Ammunition At i ime Of Explosion New York, April 30. — (ΛΙ')—The third naval district headquarter:; an nounced that two explosions occur red aboard the U. S. S. Solar, de . 11 i d most of the personnel had the ammunition depot at Earle, N. J., about 10:45 a. m. EST today. Ί he ship sank later at her pier. The first was a moderate explosion an dmost of the personnel had the opportunity to get cicar. the navy said, but several wounded wei ν taken to hospitals nearby. The second blast was described by the navy as of major violence and a lighter across the dock was de molished. Earle, N. J., April 30.—-(AI';—The Harold (". Thomas, a diMroyer es coit. exploded lod'i.v while ammuni tion was being unloaded onto a pier at the Earle naval ile|>"t and tii na\y expressed fear that many live. would be lo: t or w ouii'leu. The Navy said it had but few de tails on the blast which was follow ed by fire on the pier. "It is very bad just how bad w> don't know yet- and we have no re ports on the casualties,'' a naval spokesman said. The blast occurred at il:3r> a. m EOT and could be heard for mile? around. The vibration broke win dows in houses and stores in tin area. Coast guard craft were dispatched All doctors and ambulances in the area were mobilized. The navy said the ship tied up a the pier this morning. Special Issues Do Fairly Well In Stock M ark ei New York. April 30.—(AD—Spe cial stocks did fairly well in today' market although many leaders con tinned to suffer from the lack ο sound bids. Quotations were a shade improve' in most departments in the mornin but slipping tendencies appearei here and there. Dealings taperei alter a moderately active openin and the direction was uitably ob scure near the fourth hour. Producers Told To Save Butter For I . S. Force Washington. April 30.— ( \11 ) - The Agriculture Department t id. ordered producers to set aside Ϊ per cent of their output of creamei butter for sale to the army and nav The set aside program will be cor tinned through June but the pei icntage of June's output which pre ducers will be required to observ will be announced later. Congress Gets Back To Business I Many Problems hace Legislators Before Vacation Washington, \ i»ril HO.— 'AIM — I'll·· 7i)th ( «ingress burkled down today to linish some l>iil not all nl its business. It hop»·:·, to ro home by mid July and sta\ home the rest of the year. This is (it I'll· η year lor all mem j bcrs of the II t· . inl l'or one third ι nl the Si .:;i11·. The long vacatoa will gb e ihcm time to campaign for rc -election. I h'.'l'i ■ .lie MX ·,'» j wlli'. II Congress will try to wind up before κ m ing in July: These are: 1. i :ie f> I,(Kin,ΠΟΟ loan for Britain i:- bel· re the Senaie now. The administration wants this passed but tneix a enanec Ihe lb use j may .--kip I inal act ion oil it. 2. 'Ihe o.'a.t law ends' this May In ί l it (.'ongress extends it. The ;.rn y .· ι d the administration wont it continued at least until May b\ 1!)47 bu tthe House has voted to end it Feb. 15, 1917. 3. The ΟΡΛ. It dies automatically .lune 30 unless continued by Con gress. 4. Atomic energy. The Senaie will take first crack at passing a bill to set up a commission for con boll ng atomic energy in the United State·.. 5. Emergency housii g. The House and Senate passed two differ ent kinds of bills on housing and now have a joint ·.ommittee attempt ing to work out their differences. Cotton Leaders Ask Removal Of Price Controls Wellington, April 30. — (AP) — Harvey W. Moore, of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association aktd today for an end to price cont rol < :i colt ι goods. He estimated this would mean an increase at once of 20 per cent in price but added that greater pro 1 c!i tion would bring prices back down in six to nine months. .Moore, of (.'< ncord, N. C., testified before the Senate Bank ' y Commit tee which if considering legislation to continue price control one i'vfr.r beyond June 30. The committee also heard from C. T. Murchisrn, president of the Cotton Textile Institute that exten sion of Of A "is viewed with grave misgivings by a majority of tile in dustry." Moore cil tended price contr >1 on : cotton textiles "has failed because ; it has n't ii.· rea.-ed ι>n ■ Iu<■ ti u. Ae 'tually, it has brought about a steady ! decrease 111 raw cotton consumption." Marshall Getting ("loser And Closer To Truce In China Nanking, April .'in.—(AP) - Gen eral George Marshall, sp'H'ial Γ. S i iivoy lu China, arrived today air, new reports he was "getting closer and closer" to affecting a truce be tween the National Government and the Communists, now bitterly engag ! ed in Manchuria. The general and Mrs. Marshall 1 Ilew from Chungking. He did not meet reporters '/it ι source close to him said negotiation : en the Manehurian situation were proceeding in an optimistic "atmos phere." General Clark' Plane Is Buzzed By Soviet Craft Vienna, April 30.— (Λ7) — Two Russian fighters "buzzed" the personal plane of General Mark Clark today as it was be ins flow η from Vienna cent V a bale lower. May 27.70, July 27.7: (i ( ' t iber 27.73 y May July Pv. Close 27.76 27.8ή 27.87 07 04 27 9') 27.85 Ope orr η - -> in.v ·- Oct. - Dec. e Mar, May (1947) DEATH PLOT AGAINST in 'Flivver' Flight DIMPLED 10-months-old Anthony Whitehouse is held by his mother as they prepare to leave England by "flivver" plane Cor Uganda, Africa, 4,700 miles away. The tiny plane is piloted by Wing Commander F. A. Whitehouse, a veteran of the Battle of Britain. (International) JohnL.Lewis And Owners Start Talks Two Mediators Also Placed In Meeting Room Washington. April iiO. — (AP) — 'J he gaven ment put John L. Lewi.·· ι iti a ι <> m \\ ilh tht· soli ci ;il opera tors today and insisted the.v nego tiate a ne v. contrait to end the crit ical 30-(ia,v ok! mine shutdown. .Secretary ■· Laiar Sehv\ ellenhach al.-o stationed two seasoned "um ! pires" in the room with the com mittee of miners and operators ti ] make certain the discussions kepi I go ι g", ii at alt ρ issible. Then he stepped oui ot the picturi and expresed the convi don that tht giounchvork had been laid for con· ; tinning the talks until event··;.! set tlement. The t"· 1 .".ern:;iii t mediati i> are Kdward I McCîradv, one-time assistant secreiary of labor and now \ ici· pre idi if the H idi . Corpo ration of Ai.irira and Paul \V. fit 1 ; 1er. Schwellen: . ι h and his aides wen r, oncoir.in itta I about whether anj specific prop. -ition had been giver t ι the ope: M i s or to Lewis. Mc· Grady sai i it was "too early to lei ■whether any ι royress had beet made at the first session. f·. h we 11' ι ι i:.ch. mindful of drop ping coal stork:-. declared to re porters that tiie meetings has best resumed "at the government's re quest — not the operators or Lewis, and he was trying ta keep the nego i tiations going, despite the stands ο ; the disputing parties. RYE EREAD PRICE BOOSTED BY OP/ Washington. April 3Γ-. —(AP) OPA today raised retail prices ίο most rye bread two cents for a on pound loaf. An official said house wives soon may pay more for whit bread. Bakers, the official said, are seek 1 ing an increase of a cent a poun leaf on other than rye bread. 11 added that some increase "look likely WaslMainied For May Day J J Celebrations One Of Plctters Discloses Scheme; }?cJs Deny Plot Tokyo, April .">().— (AP) — ί Gen. Douglas .MacArihur was marked I'm· assassination May Day — tomorrow — with 1" grenades and pistols "sometime ! d u r i η g Communistic demoii I strations" near his headquar ί ters, his office disclosed today. American officials learned of the plot through one of the par ticipants whom Hideo Toka vanvi, the accused hut unappre ; henchnl leader attempted to no? son. s'lid Firitr- Gen. Fra.vne Baker. MacArthur's public re lations officer. The Japanese government iffieialh : l'cscnted its apologies at Mac Arthur's officer.- as reports of the i plot — spreading like wildfire — i stirred Japanese fears of harsher oc 1 cupation policies. Denies Reds Involved. Kyuchi Tokuda. general secretary of the Communist party, quickly said ί the Communists were > Ί involved ; and added "we have absolutely p· I reason to do away with General MacArthur." Tokoyama, former thought police officer who later became a suicide pilot was known to possess grenades ι and pistols, Baker said. Me was en. ' gaged 1er sometime in preliminary . arrangements to "enli.-t assistance i in a plot to kill MacArthur. a head | quarters statement said. "At one time > his negotiations, j ho attempted 10 kill by putting poison in his coffee (one of the plotters). I because he felt this man would fail.' toe announcenieii! said. "F ut mate Iy the pi i.Min was not im:ia (liait i> j fatal. He was taken*by the Japanese police to an American hô pital." No Extra Guards. No extra g.lards wcr · visib1.· around MacAitnur's heado arter.» tiiday. The ai > ' iincement slated the ["supreme commander of tin· Allied powers has again refused to penni: ! ; : η y unusual precautions to he tak en lor the proti.· 'lion o! hi ■ I:ie." Big labor celebration.- ι .»clu;d u!ed loi· Tokyo and ο; a r sections in Japan's first May Day >i> eivaace in 11 ye.^. Thre·· h mlrvri sand are expected in gather in fru l of the imperial palace toi speeches and a parade. QUADRUPLE AMPUTEE GETS $101,119.78 Philadelphia. April 3a. —i..\P) — j Jimmy Wils ίι. -1 - yea; -old lormer first class pii, ite ι the army air forces who 1' st ji. i ts of all four limbs in the er..-a oi i. 11 army 11-24 bomber in li)44. today received a $101.1 tru I land collected by tin Philadelphia Inquirer through a Γ ι nation-wide .-ab.-'cription campaign Provi.· ions were made for the pur ι chase ol an auto — Jimmy ha.» I learned to drive one expertly — money to go into business and fund l ; to complete his education. WEATHER FOR NORTH C AROLINA. Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Wednesday. Scattered showers over north anil west portion this afternoon and in mountains. Iran's Man In The Street Skeptical Over Negotiations .-?> losi i'ii c.oomviN. Tc: ΌΓίΐι.. April 30.—(AP) Iran'* s man in the street vciwed with some skepticism today the current > ou< - s 11 .tions hctv eon Azerbaijan lead 1 ors and th.- Central Government tor return of the province to Iran, ii The average man seemed to agivo 3 with a venerable statesman and ad 1 visor to the Shah who told this re 3 porter that a "deal was made weeks 2 ηρ ι and the talks are now be ι s "ι staged to ra n uf'a?e a foreign vuh'e U in the actual negotiations." Meanwhile the Tabriz radio an aotineed that the Red army liai 'formally left the capital of Azerbai ian." yesterday morning. Λ reliable diplomatie sonne sal· [hat an agreement on Azer'.iai.i; > ■ lia oeen reached and governmental an : 111 > 1 >matic circles expressed th opinion that Azerbaijan would re turn to the Iranian fold with th Azerbaijan premier as the province governor general, with his cab'f a- department head- and w th hi parliament as a provincial counci AS TOUGH IN PEACE AS IN WAR , — PURCHASED FOR $100 from tho Rock Island, 111., arsenal, a command tank ia given a tough peacetime test by Frank Waters, Davenport, la., who demonstrates how stumps can be removed while you wait. In the eld days, dynamiting a stump was a two-hour job. The tank rips 'em out in 15 minutes. WiUi hundreds of them on the market, farmers hav· been checking on their use lor pasture clearance. (International) 4-Power Aid Pact Is Drawn By Byrnes Committee Of Council OpensProbe : 11 Evidence Is Being ■' Taken In Secrecy; !i Rtds Don't Vote Now Vm i.. Λ ; ί i ι ΛI ' ) - - I : ι· ' ; I *1 ill·, I '. ' 1 ! : -, · i I :i|]l ' ! I tf 1 tin· Γ nil ι i \ ;. ' ■' : So ■ ι '..■·■ · cil b c· g a η ι m; ! 11ι . :. Λ·ιn··.· i· secrecy today to determine whether f] Fran· < > Spa in me: : : ·, · < · - w ι !· : ι · ■ u as charged by Poland. ι 11 As the ίir.-ί ; .· an inouin authorized ycster'..y l>v a ro-uir tioil stating tin ci ι nciiv "lit: ai a- Λ mous moral condemnation"' on tin I1 Franco regime. .· ··-■· · t'v. > disclosed it was committed to keep S certain docuni· nt . c< r. ι :1.it-i >" lal. The sub-committee called first foi l> data un Spa.·· 1 ■ :n ilu hand ! the \ ariicι.· Γϋ < ' Nations. Thi i ' will be supplemented by other evi- η I deuce including that oi Spanish re- ί η publier η leaders now in exil e. I el The in\ ι·.·' gap :·. dirt not ,i; -ci ■ : I the source.- · : do -unient on S:iaii '· whicil '■ !' ■ CI. I : ■ e ί .. ' ο I I ie\ I to be aire.I in p:tldie no,'. . Shortly «!ι«·ι 1: e b-co vm Me· '· was named by the council, on a ba!- ν lot of 10 to 0, with Russia abstain ing, the Mosct vv radio said a signed ■ draft o!' a .-caret lit-1'ϊ Spanir-h-Ger 1 man ·! .lit .·y ρ; .·.· Ί ■ d i» >·ι ' : l'oi.nd ι :: e Corn .ai foreign mai- a ' i.-trv during the battle of Berl.i: a .·!·«· ' ; than a year au 1. j __ ï Anderson Fears Drop In Return For I. S. Farmers 1 c ! t Atlantic City. April ,'il).—(ΛΡ)— ' Secretary of Agriculture Clinton An- ' derson said today unless there i. "nationwide higher productivity ana 1 full employment" the time will come ' when farmers must resort to restrict- I j ed output to protect their prices. 1 "Unless people are able to buy I at fair prices all the balanced pro- : duction that agriculture can turn out. farmers soon will be going broke and consumers going hungry," he ! said in an address before the United J States Chamber of Commerce. "If we find that at present wage I levels some employed families can- | I not buy all the farm products they ought to have, it would be a wise - ! national decision to invest in I In· i j health of the whole population," he ! said, adding: "1> am thinking, of course, of . pe i c ial programs like ihe school lunch ι plan which has proved so success i lui and popular." ~ ANOTHER MISSOritlAN. s Washington. \pri 1 311. The Senate t yesterday m n'irmed Lowell C Pink > erton. of Mi-soitri. to be United . States minister to Iraq. Would Pledge U. S. To Keep Peace In Germany 25 Years I'.!:· . April 30.—(ΑΓ')-—The fOr L'.a Ί1ΙΙΙ! llT C< I! 1 ference derided to ■ η· it miit>· session today to a c.i .κ· : of Trieste and the I Lai— n-Yiiu": lu\ frontier issues after re •ινίιιμ from Γ. S. Secretary of Stale ι me.- Byrne- a proposal for a four iwer mutual assistance pact to keep ι peace in Germany for at least ι year.··. 1'he ministers of Britain, Russia, ..»>· 11 Γ. S. roceiv ed copies a boundary commission report on lezia-Giulia, one of the most dif •ult pi"! 1 .πι of the ciinferenre. No -lei., s ol the report were dis i · 1 . it v. ii- believed to con .ii both majority and minority op ions. New Forrisrn i'olir.v. liyrne:·' proposal would pledge meric.e, η ; 11 Ha ry miuht to keep the •a ι- in ( ί m 1aιiv for at least 2Γ> • 1rs a- ι'■ t m! ,i Ion;; term United ates foreign policy, : ι · ■ h.H-to ·ο·Γ. t Γ lined States • ι ... ι Inch · ·. ■ aild continue the • 111 ; 11 ; '·>·.·. >>f the t ·. S., Russia, ritain and France to insure a per I:' lie·! ,.ii disarmanent was iade public by Byrnes at a press inference. The secretary also disclosed he had rafted a similar pact to keep Unit i Stati·· an·! other Allied forces •ι alert .·„ n-1 .. revival of mili i ι. ! ai .I., ; ι :n but declined to re eal details of his proposal. Vandcnliprs Backs Byr|ps. Meanwhile, Senator Arthur Van-· ι·.·: u i; ι ··: Michigan said today I ι ■ ι :.. ·.. Rus.-ia and France a ι s. ,· .-iaiy ·»( State Byrnes' .■..posai : >r (iei man disarmament, • would fight to put it through the enate. \ .aie. nberu is a member of the elegation which accompanied the ere!.,ry to Paris for the current >roign ministers conference. The :·>·..r power mutual assistance act proposed by Secretary of State iyrnes n Paris was described by iploni. tic officals today as design d to m\e responsibility for control f Germany to the nations most abla ο exercise it. These officials said there was no • inflict between the proposal, which las been developing at the State De partment a long time, and the Unit ed Nations security system. American peace planners have in— isted all along that there are really wo major problems in winding up he effect of the second world war: 1. To provide machinery to maiu ain peace among all nations. 2. To block any new aggression jy Germany and Japan. In respect to Germany. American ifficials have said for some time that one ot the underlying fears of France. IS: itain and Russia is that l he Γ S. would pull out of German nl ο 1 ai i·· iiçementS in the next f( w years and upset the balance ot political forces in Europe. PHILIPPINES LEGISLATION. Washington, April 30. — (AP) — Legislation designed to put the Philippines on their feet economical ly during the early years of their freedom was signed by President Truman today.