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H. LESLIE PERRY MEMORIAL LIBRARY ^ HENDERSON. N. C. ImtltersOTi ?atly ?tspairl? THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 17, 194G FIVE CENTS COPY _ _ i " " Firing Squad Kills General Mihailovic In Secret Ceremony Executed GEX. DRAJA MIHAILOVIC* RedsLaunch China Drive On Yangtze Communists Say Nanking Provoking China Civil War Nanking. July 17.?(/II?The Chi nese government charged today that 130.0'tt) Communist troops had open ed an offensive along the Yangtze river and were attacking only 20 miles from Nanking, and 45 miles from Slunghai. The government carried a protest to General George Marshall assert ing the Communists 'intended to sweep up key cities and ports along the 175 miles of the mighty river between this capital and Shanghai. The Communists had complained j to the special U. S. envoy late yes terday charging the goven ment w;n provoking this cast China fighting and the situation was "heading di rectly into a full rcale civil war." The government's ministry of de- ! fense said the Communists had at- 1 tacked Luho. 2(t mites north of Nan- | king ;>'d the city of Ifaimcn across | the Yangtze. 45 miles north of Sluing- . hai, as well as other ports. Hog Prices Set Record ? Chicago, July 17. ? i/l'i? Traders I chalked up a modern price record for hogs at t'nini Stock Yards in early dealings today. A top was established at $21.50. but most of fr?ri?if'< u nrn l-nincr hnl/t fo.- clill I higher cash returns. The all time high h.r hogs is $23.(50. paid in 1919. Cattle and sheep were stcarly at yesterday's new price highs. The level on hogs was fully a dol lar above yesterday's pea*.;, and i' made the third successive day the modern record of $18.50, ret July 1. was beaten. Cheinik Leader Once Acclaimed By Allied World Belgrade, July 17.?</P)?General Draja Milinilovic once acclaimed by he Allied world as Ihe organizer ol he Yugoslav resistance movement, lied before a firing squad at dawn oday?lass than -III hours after his ?onviction on charges of treason and -ollaboration with Germany. Eight other men who were con victed with the former Chctnik ' ?ader were executed at the same time. Private Ceremony. 'I he executions were carried out n a private military ceremony. Mihailovic and 23 co-defendants vere convicted last Monday by a Yugoslav military court, lie and ill alters were sentenced to death and the remaining 13 to prison terms 1 ranging from 20 years to 111 months. Two of those sentenced to death ? nd eight others were convicted in absentia. Meat Buyers' Strike Begun ByCIO-UAW (By The Associated Press.) The CIO United Auto Workers Union projected a meat buyers' strike today in which they invited the participation of all of America's consumers. Fighting the climb in living costs, the big labor union, which helped to set-up the nation's post war wage structure, sought to mobilize the public against high meat prices. The UAW-CIO, calling for coop eration from its own 800,000 mem bers and all other organized labor and consumer groups, ordered it-, strike to start today. It is to last seven days. Workers' demonstrating in several cities yesterday signalized the start of the UAW-CIO's nation-wide anti inflation campaign. R i v a I AKI. unions joined hands with the CIO's auto union in several cases. New Disease Hits Lenoir Leaf Crop Boston. July 17.?(/Pi?A bacteria disease known as "wild fire" is threatening Connecticut's one mil lion dollar tobacco crop according to Dr. Paul Anderson of the Agricul ture Experiment Station. Anderson said that the blight named for the rapidity with whi* h it spreads ? may affect the 194" crop also. Airplane dusting, he added, will be used in an effort to restrain the diseases. STANLEY BRICKHOUSE RELEASED FROM JAIL F.lizabeth City. July 17?(/!')? Stanley Briekhouse. 48. was releas ed under $2,000 cash bond yester day from the Pasquotank county jail, where he has been held in con nection with the shooting last Fri day* of Raymond Mar.n. Briekhouse was released pendinr n nviiritnr'c nnm-l hnnrinn I., tin Iw.l, j when Mnnn is released from a laca' i | hospital, where he was taken fin i treatment of shotgun wounds. I Tlrickhoiise's daughter. Margaret | Ivedean Brick house, was found dear' j July 2 and her death was pro nounced a suicide by a coroncr'f | jury. In a note found after her death she named Mann as the fa ther of her unborn child. IT'S MORE THAN A DOG CAN BEAR TIPPY, PIT OF Mr. ond Mrs. Ivan C. Winters, Los Angeles, C.Mif, enjoyed his dog's life until Teddy, a bear cub, joined them and mac 3 n habit of horning in on his bowl at chow time. Mrs. Winters adopted the cub after its mother was killed by a hunter in the Canadian forests. At that time, the baby bear weighed only one pound. Now he tips the scale at nine, and is still gaining thanks to Tippy's chow. 'International) She's Left Bare TINY victim of the housing problem, Dawn Martin, aged 7-months, finds life something like a merry-go round. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. .tlartin can't find a home in Houston, Tex., and live in a hotel which bars children and dogs. So Dawn and her brother Ronald, 3, are boarded out of town and see mom and pop on Sunday. Martin was a Yeoman. (International) Talk About 5<V Cotton Being Heard Georgia Official Expects 40 Cents Within A Month New Orleans, July 17.?(/Pi?Talk of 40 and. 50 ecu! cotton is being heard throughout the South sime OPA controls apparently are off the market for good and 35 cents a pound has just passed for the first time in more than 20 years. Discussing the crop which today ii worth a potential $300,000,000 more! than last June 1, J. K. McDonald, I Texas commissioner of agriculture, predicts that the price may soar as high as 50 cents a pon:d within the next few months. Another commissioner. Tom Lin tier of Georgia, comments that "cot ton is cheap up to 50 cents a pound." "Keep your eyes and you will see 40 cent cotton within 30 days" Lindcr predicts. Lintlcr, M' Dcuald and others in official positions think the price of cotton has been too low for some- I time and that the steady rise in > prices during recent weeks wiii bene fit the farmer. Others point to poor crops in the wake of rain and boll weevils. They say the increase in price will anion:t to an economic break for the farmer in view of his increasing labor costs. Jews Stage 1-Dav Strike J In Palestine Jerusalem, July 17. ? i/p??Jews i l>., ?- * I :lay in a one-day genera: strike call ed to protest the continued detention of Zionist leaders arrested by British military officials in a round up June 29. Every Jewish-operated enterprise shut down. The strike was called by the Na tional Jewish Council in sympathy with 2,000 detainees reported stag ing hunger strikes at two detention camps. British officials said delays in the iclcaso of men and women, who .vere arrested in the search for per sons suspected of inciting recent lisorders in Palestine, were largely the fault of the detainees themselves. Many of the latter we.e said to be giving false names and otherwise 'onfusing operations intended to bring about Ihe release of innocent persons. New York Cotton New York. July 17.??Cottcrt futures opened five to 40 cents a bale lower. Noon prices were 31.25 to $2.20 a bale lower. July 34.42. October 34.38, and De cember 34.57. STOCK MARKET DROPS. New York. July 17.?f/l't?Stocks generally drifted aimlessly in today's market with scattered favorites mak ing a little progress and many lead ers shifting to lower levels. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy with moderate temperature tonight and tomor- \ row. Wheeler Is Trailing By 4,000 Votes Reports From Half Of State Arc In; Georgia Is Voting (By Tin* Associated Cross.) Senator Burton K. Wheeler lag ged inoro than J.tMm vole's hohin i Loif Krickson. fomier Montana su preme court just ire in returns today from Tuesday's Demon alio |n hoary j which he had hoped would give tii'.u nomination lor a fifth t no. The 40-year-old Krickm.ii jumped into the lead in urban areas and in creased it steadily as counting pro ceeded. Backers of Wheeler, who differed often with New Deal foreign and domestic policies but who received a helping hand from Pre. idenl Tin man in the late stages of his cam paign, still hoped lie would for; ahead in the late reporting smalt towns and rural districts. Georgia Vote Today. In G29 precincts of the stale's 1 , 156, Erickson had 35,640 votes. Wheeler 31, 410. Today Georgia Democrats selected nominees for governor and ten Con gress scats in a primary which saw negroes and 18 year olds vote for the first time. Candidates in the red hot race for governor are Eugene Talmade. try ing to make a come back and be come governor for the fourth time. James V. Cnrmiaehel .former state legislator backed by Gov. Ellis Ar nall; former Governor D. Uivors and ex-soldier Hoke O'Kellejr. Talmailge campaigned on a "white j supremacy" platform and warned | "wise" negroes to stay away from j the polls. I ~ - 75 Ships Picked For Second Atom Test Underwater Aboard The l". S. S. Mt. Kinley. July 13.?t/l'i?Sovoiily-iive ships wore selected today li> brave the fearsome pressures of llic underwater atomic bomb blast and most of them already .ire in Bikini lagoon. This- is two more than the num ber of ships i the July 1 target array. In addition, ;i dozen small landing craft will be spaced in the lagoon when the bomb goes off July 25. There will be 2!l fighting ships in the lagoon five battleships, two carriers, three cruisers. II do.- trov ers. and eight submarines. Other major target ships will be 17 transports. 2(1 landing ship:. ; ? .<1 one large landing -.raft. Russians I nahlc To Locate Yanks In Berlin Area Frankfurt. July 17.?nVi?Russian j authorities have told United States | army that the two U. S. officers who supposed disappeared into the Rus sian zme ot Berlin recently can not be located. The missing men are Capt. llarold robin, of New York City and Id. George W'vatt. of Oklahoma City. They were last seen on July 4 board ing a train for Oranicnbtirg. a Rus sian provincial headquarters 2I> miles north of Berlin. < Sen. Barkley's Name Enters Into Munitions Combine Probe BEEF A LA MODE !S UNDRESSED UNDRESSED BEEF, bought "on the hoot" by butchers who said they were will ins l'? take meat that way in order to supply customers, has made its npt'Cr-iancc in New York butcher shops. Here little Harry Gilbert, 3, funis iiis attention attracted to a freshly killed steer. (International) I Optimism High That OPA Deadlock Will End Soon Showdown In Ileirens" Case Sought Chicago. July 17.?i/Pi?Toli e an:l state'. ;ift< nicy'.- official.-: today were seel;mi; a showdown 111 their nearly Hire'?week bug investigation o! William lleirens' ronnecthn willi lie kidnap-slnying of Suzanne Dcglian and the slaying of two Chicago wom en. The Chicago Tribune said today that lleirens' counsel "in the " est few days expects to take a full and written confession" from the 17 year-old student that "lie was the1 slayer" n! the six-vcar-old Degiian l child and also of Frances Drown, 33. a former WAVE, and Mrs. Josephine Ross. 43. Meanwhile, the Daily Times said it had learned from "relial-U sources" that details ol a '"bargain" to spare llcirins* from the death sentence in return for a signed con fession to the three slayings had bien ironed out at a secret confer ?nee. Senate And House Committee Talks Over A Compromise Washington. July 17. ? ifl'i?Op timism that price ci? trol deadlock may be broken before nightfall was \oiced by Senate Democrat. header Haiklcy "f Kentucky cay ?.ior a Hrnate-Ilousy conference committee i canvassed the possibilities of com promise. Senator Downey (D) of Califor nia. another member of lh" t l-man ? iiiiiniittee, told reporters "there is a |.os ability" an agreement can be worked out "bolero the day ends." It was learned that at the meet ing House members insisted that the Senate drop the bans in its new hiil against price control of meats, but ter. eggs, and a long list of other items ot housewives' market baskets. Word circulated that President Truman likely would veto any meas ure which came to him with these i xemptions. While the conference committee was at work, the White House made public a declaration from the war i eeonversion advisory board that handonmeut of price controls will leave the nation unprotected "against a dangerous rise in prices in the in terval before the n u.ii:.: economic lorces are working." I IO|!CI provision SIIOUIU DC niildc to extend Hit1 life of OPA for ;i pe riod not to exceed one year. The I board silid in :i report to Mr. Tru man. At the Capitol there were reports that Mr. Truman's stand was tins: He would sign the new OPA bill, overlooking objections, if Congress knocks out the exemptions of meat, and other foods from price controls. House members of the conference committee were reported urging that as a basis for compromise. Downey told newsmen that "if Senators Tobev <H> of New Hamp shire and Hadcliffc (D) of Mary land will agree'' to the House mem bers' proposal "this conference can end quickly." The California!! added that Senators Bark Icy and Wagner (D) of New York would go along with such a compromise. PICKET LANDLORD IN RENT RAISE 1 ' I IN PROTEST OVER THE ACTION of a Philadelphia landlord who rained rents more than 60 percent, these tenants and members of CIO unions picket his oOlces, He owns 1600 apartment units. (International), Secretary Describes Phone Calls Washington. July 17?(A*)?Pretty, i ed-haired, .Icon Bates testified to day that as a secretary for a Mid west munitions combine now under war profits investigation, she hand led fre<|uent telephone calls from Rep. Andrew J. May (D) of Ken tucky and on "several occasions" from the office of Senator Barklcy (D) <>r Kentucky. M rs. Bates told her story to the Senate War Investigating Commit tee in its inquiry of the war-time operations of a group of companies in which the Garsson brothers, Henry and Murray, were active. Calls From Mav, She said that "two or three times" a week the Washington office of the combine got calls from May, chair man of the House Military Com mittee. The calls from Barkley's office, Mrs. Bates added, came from a wo man site believed to be the secre tary of the Senate majority leader. Mrs. Bates did not know, she said, whether Bark ley himself took part in the conversations. Today's mention was the first time thai Barkley's name had come into (he committee's hearings. M rs. Bates named six congress ional offices which she said cither had called or had been called by Joseph Freeman, sales agent for the munitions makers. Offices Arc Named. She named the offices as those of: Senator Barklcy; House majority leader MeCortnaek: Rep. May; Rep. Sabbath <D) of Illinois, chairman of the House Rules Committee; former Rep. Dicksteui (IJ> of New York, then chairman of the House Immi gration Committee; Senator Cape hart (K) of Indiana. Mrs. Bates told the committee that Freeman would call Sabbath "may be once a week" and that Sabbath called Freeman a couple of times. She said that she had. in searching for Freeman by telephone, located linn in Sabbath's office "six or seven tunes" and "sometimes in May's of fice."' She said -die had called Capehart once for Freeman and telephoned Dick loin "quite frequently." i : i i Red Agent Is Acquitted In Seattle ?Seattle. July 17.??/!*??Russian Na val Lt. Nicnlai G. Rcdin was arquit ted by a federal court jury today on espionage and ennspiravy charg es. The 30-year-nld. former Soviet purchasing commission representa tive. was found innocent on govern ment charges that he purchased sec rets about the U. S. S. Yellowstone, a new type destroyer tender, from Herbert G. Kennedy, shipyard en gineer. The jury of seven men and fiv? women brought in their verdict on the 2Und day of the trial. They had been out since IMS p. m. yesterday. BRITISH AWAITING OPA BILL OUTCOME Washington. July 17. ? IA*t ? A spoke.'man for the British embassy said last night it was "very likely" Britain would hold off spending any of the $3,750,000,000 American loan 1 until Congress, decides the fate of price c<? trol. "As the situation stands now." the .spokesman said, "one can't be sure I the price situation won't change be fore we get a .able across the At lantic telling London we've placed ' orders." Austin Joins Vandenberg In Strong Stand Against Russia Washintth .Inly 17.- i/l'i?Senator All; till (H) of Vermont today joined J ! Senator Vandenbrrn (It)) of Mifhi gan hi declarinx that ?United States will nol lie "coerced" into in ternational dceisii ? "The sooner the world learns that, the heller," said Austin, who has heer. ; named hy President Tn...um to rep rcsenl this country on the United Na* liens Security Council. Thu All tin forces:.t the same 1 sort of firm It s. -t.i d hi tlie U.N council that Vniidenhcrjs's ami Sec rrtary of Stales .lames Ilvrnos took id the Paris foreign ministers ? on I fcrencc. The Vermont senator's declaration! I came in approvinc what he called the frankness of Vu.dcnbcrg's ap-1 praisai of the accomplishments and failures (if tin* big four meeting. Noting tli.it tliere was "appalling disagreement" among the major powers "vei the in mediate and long range future of Germany, Vnndcn berg. called n. Hussia to help re place willi dependable friendship the ; distrust and suspicion he said now exists b e t v/ e e n Washington and Moscow. (-indorsing this, Austin told a re porter lie believes a candid diseus s'.on of the troubles- the American delegate? encountered in Paris will I help solidity public opinion. "I think I lie public announcement, that it is not our purpose to yield to coercion is very important he .said. '"The sooner the world undcr | stands that, the better."
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