Mettiteratm Hatly Biapatrij THIRTY-THIRD YEAR ' HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 4, 194(5 " FIVE CENTS COPY ??* ?? ?? ? - war-tree fourth Of July Blesses Nation Again ! ES3EBZ9 nt m i ?? JewsKelease! One Hostage' Jerusalem, July I.??.J'i?A Pales tine Government officer ii'noitnccd today that Capt. Charles Warber ton, one of the three British officers held as hostages by the Jewish un derground organization Irgun Zvai Lttimi had been released. There was no further word about the othei two officers, who were ' seized from an officers club in Tel Aviv. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Considerable cloudiness and little change in temperature to night and Friday. Scattered showers Friday. T obaccoDealersWin China Import Fight Approval For March-September Period Given By Government, Royster Advised American tobacco dealers in Shang hai have secured approval in full on their applications for leaf imports into China for the seven-month pe riod from March to September, in clusive. Fred S. Royster. of Hen derson. president of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association, today re . eived that information in a letter from Representative S. J. Krvin. Jr., quoting a letter from Acting Seere tary of State Dean Acheson. Achcson cited a customs notifica tion which, with reference to to bacco imports to Ctvr.a. said: ??Com modities licensed for any quarter must be imported not later than the following quartet, otherwise fu ture applications will be liable to rejection unless there is cvidcir e to prove that delay in arrival is due to unforeseen circumstances." Acheson pointed out that, although stilted negatively, "this is In line with the resolutions drawn tip by representatives of American tobacco growers, warehousemen and export ers. the Departments of Agricul ture and Commerce, the United State Tariff Commission and the Congress of the United States in April, which proposed that 'import licenses be is sues to cover imports for each year rather th'r for a quarter of e? h ; year, but if licenses . annot be made i on a yearly basis, then any import license unused during a quarter should be carried forward to a suc ceeding quarter, not deducted fiom Ihc total amount.'" Rovster also had a letter written by Acting Secretary X. F, Dodd to Senator Richard B; Russell, of Geor gia. quoting the follow Vg official cable from Shanghai: "All American dealers leaf tobnc o here have re ceived authorization to import quan tities and values of American leaf tobacco as applied for covering Mr reli-Scptcmbcr seven-months pe riod." Roysler said the Chinese imtiorl question had been threshed out at a meeting of repres'i'tnlives of all branches of the tobacco industry held in Washington in the spring with Federal officials, and the Slate Department was roonested to protest restrictions imposed bv the Chinese government. lie said the Chinese ruling was rot aimed at barring to bacco Imports, but rnliia to give priorities to essential foods, and that tobr.cco had been accorded a stnius along with kerosene and other high priority semi-necessities. Rep. Cooley Says L. S. In Need Of More Fertilizer Washington. July 4.? i/Pi~ North Carolina and the rost of the coun try i fed ''more, better and cheaper fertilizer," Hep. Cooley (I)) of North Carolina told the House. "North Carolina uses more com mercial fertilizer than any other state in the union." In- said "Our r.ccd is great and fertilizer is now i in short supply in North Carolina and the nation." | Cooley opposed a Scale amend ment authorizing the Tennessee Val I ley Authority to build a phosphate fertilizer at \Iobile. Ah'. The House voted to knock out this amendment. "If 1 were satisfied." Cooley said "that the short supply is due to a lack of efficiency or effort on the part of the fertilizer industry which is now operated by private capital, or if 1 were satisfied that the fhort supply is due to any kind of monopoly or combination 'n re straint of trade. I would be among the first to vote ,'or a bill author izing an expenditure of Fedora' funds for the purpose of enabling some aeency of the government t go in the business of making fer tilizer." Famed Washington Editor, p. m. last night until litis morning The National Safely Cour.-il had forecast 800 immediate deaths, but expected another 500 to die later as .1 result < I '??juries received dtir- j ing the holiday, or for a total of 1.300. The highest holiday death loll since ! 1028 occurred in Hill when 02'-! J were recorded. That was a three day period, since I he F< nrth came o" a Friday. Last years mark was 150. j Truman, Family Taking It Fasv | - i 1 hurmor.t. Md.. July i n.p, 1 idcnt Truman tried his hand at louf-l iiij: today in the lazy 1 ind of Shan- I Kfi I-il. IK' leokori forward in . I 'ij fuuirih j of July week-rnd with Mrs. Trur an ( with nothing to do except .-won. hike a 'on if (In- trails of the Catoegiu man'tains, and sit around resting fiom the strain if Washington. Tile Presidential parte arrived at this sc.ludod mountain retreat lain last night after a 70-mile drive ' Iroin the Capital Tension Remains High In Trieste| Trio.-te. .Inly -i. ? i.l*? I'ettsion re mained high m this strife-paralyzed eity today aftei a night piuie* aate i liy two bomh explosion- which eaased | one casualty Allied troop.- e? nlinned I to maintain an armed vigil ox er the | Giaeomo workers district and Gari baldi Square trouble et? ter in early , rfc is. One woman was slightlv injured I last night when ene of the in nils' went off under a street ai The other exploded at the Savoia hath houses, without causing any injuries. Senators Drafting OP A Bill Holiday Is Disregarded By Chamber Washington. .Uiiy 1?(/Ti?Disre garding the Independence day holi day, senator.. hopefully fitted toget her a price control extension hill to day takiis.- the place of the measure veteec! by President Truman. Democratic Leader Bnrkley said he expected to hacc the new legis lation ready for the Senate Friday, i.nd there was an unucieurront uf optimiMti that it might prove accep table ;it lite White Mouse. '1 he left is hit ion apparently was Ro me to vary only slightly from the vetoed bill, but both licptthlican and Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee were confident it would not he rejected by Mr. Tru man. 12 Month extension Bill In its preliminary draft, the new bill would provide a 12 month ex tension ot the v. or horn p. ice control program and t\. new rental ceilings for a lull year. 1'iit the chances Were that it would contain only a slightly modified version ol pricing formulas which led Mr. Truman to term the origin al extension meant.' an "impossible bill." What is more, one or possibly both of tho. c p: ire formula modifications came into In in:, as a result of tho sponsorship of Senator Itarkloy as Mr. Truman's spokesman in the Senate. Veto Surprised Rarklcy I! has boon generally understood am Capitol Mill thai last Saturday's veto is mo as a surprise t?? Rarklcy. Mr. Truman announced in his ve to communication his "fundnmen tal object inn" to a manufacturers' price setting amendment sponsored by Senator Taft (H) of Ohio and to whole .-alcrs and retailers which was advocated bv Senator Wherry (It) of Nebraska. Rarkley offered the committee i rev ised version ? the Taft ammenri inent and t e -aid lie probably would do the same for the Wherry provi sion ' The Taft amendment said in es sence that price ceilings for pro ducers. i. anufacturcrs and proces sors must reflect the price chanted tor a product in the first half of October IIt-ll. plus the weighted av erage unit cost increases in the af fected industry. LOST COLONY WRITER RESUMES MOVIE WORK Mantco.? Paul (Ircon. Chapel Hill playwright who wrote the Lost Col ony symphonic drama now playing its sixth season on Itoanoke Island, has returned to Hollywood to com plete \vi i k on .1 moving picture for Metro-Ooldw yn-Mayer. He snid he planned to stop at Wil li; lushin g. Va . and confer with of luial of tin .tames!-.wn Drama Cor poration on plans for the Jamestown drain.i. which lie will write during the next few months. Green spent ru ral days on Ron inke Island as; i ting with prepara tions ii?i the postwai revival of his dr. m.t and left after the season's premie'''.* perforin, nee. MONEY TO BURN IN HUNGARY HERE'S AN IDEA of what Inflation has done to the value of paper money; in Hungary. The young lady is lighting her cigarette in Budapest v.ilh a note worth $210,000,000 at the pre-war exchange rate. (International).