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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<w»ei)
Johnston Comes Out
For Continuing ΟΡΑ
Chamber President
Against Resolution
Passed By Beard
Atlanlic City. April 30.— (ΛΡ)— I
! :·· .Johns n. president of the
I oed S tu tes Chamber of Com
cice. contended today that if fed
i . l price co trol were wiped out
i: tiii· immediate future," business
v. uld be back in the national dog
. > 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
<o d.tii nod tor such a step. They!
ι t bo educated to hold prices in
line. Tin.' worst thing that could :
1 o pen would be for prices to spiral
and i'H' os η have a period of boom j
and burst," Johnston asserted.
j
Schacht Hits
Messersmith
Testimony
Nut rnberg, April nr. — (AP) .
H.i; lmor, Schacht, on trial with 112
Gil-mans as a war criminal, vigor
ously assailed tonay the statements
o' two American diplomats against
him.
Schacht angrily attacked an af
fidavit by George Messersmith, now
C. S. 'n.bassador to Germaty which
■'•'oil the defendant repeatedly told
him of Germany's plans for ag
gression.
Il- al ο challenged the credibility'
o! the published dairy of the late
William Κ. I >> 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 <o I.·»/
by Brig. Gen. Ralph A. Snavely,
commander of the I . S. air ui.
vision.
This was tb" third incident in
volving Soviet fighters and
American planes in 10 days.
Clarke was not aboard his
plane, a It-17 l iving Fortress.
He made his (bird protest
airains! the Russian actions when
he learned of today's attack.
New York Cotton
S New York, Api il 30. —ι AP) Col
(on futures opened 10 to 2.i cent
a bale lower.
N't on prices were 30 to (!.*"> cent
V a bale lower. May 27.70, July 27.7:
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Pv. Close
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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.