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THIRTY-THIRD YEAR ^THKj^j^ASVu^r HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 19,1940 FIVE CENTS COPY
wiiNn?) AI MUNITIONS PROBE:
WAITING TO TESTIFY before the Senate War Investigating Committee in
Washington arc Mrs. Jean H. Bates (left), assistant secretary, and Mrs.
Eleanor L. Hall, secretary in the capital olticc of the Erie Basin Metal
Products Co. They told the committee that Rep. Andrew J. May called
their office "two or three limes a week" and that the oilice of Sen. Albeit
\V. Barktey, Maiority Leader, called "several times." I International)
Prospects For OP A
Measure Now Dark
Conference Group
Has Found No
Common Ground
Washington, .Inly I!'.?i/Ti?Dei 11 -
ocratie Loader Harkloy of Kentucky
sai<l today a Senate-House confer
ence committee has found "no com
mon ground" for agreement on tlie
terms of an OPA revival hill.
"It does not look so good," Berk
ley told reporters, when asked about
chances of an agreement on the
Senate-approved measure winch ad
ministration leaders are seeking in
revise to meet reported objection
of President Truman.
Hark ley said a piopo.nl declared
by a suh-eoinmilti c headed by Ken
ator lladeliffe ll>) of Maryland to J
provide for the re:.local ion of prb-o
ceilings on major items 'exempted
Iry the Senate was in such "rough
form" that the committee made 110
progress 111 considering il."
lie Inntcd at a possible comprom
ise by which the decision on return
ing commodities to OPA control
might he given to tin- Civilian Pro
duction Administration, lie said tin
would eliminate content inns that the
OPA would he arbitrary in its de
cisions.
Possible Compromise.
The prospects for an OPA revival
hit a new low as the ("It ? called for
a national buyers strike and a new
round of wage increases.
Chairman Spruce (l)i of Ken
tucky of the House Hanking Com
mittee told newsmen "the prospects
are dark for the restoration ol ef
fective price control."
His comment came after Senate
members of the joint conference
committor seeking an OPA com
promise rejected a House proposal
to revoke the Senate hill's ban on
any future ceilings for such essen
tial market basket items as milk,
meat, eggs and cheese.
Meanwhile there were these other I
faa.xt most moving developments:
1?The CIO executive board, do- i
daring that price increases sine -I
OPA died June 3;) have wiped out j
pay raises won by labor this year,
called upon Mr. Truman to arranto
a labor-management conference f?> ?
the presentation of demands for new
wage boosts. The CIO .aid essentia! ,
living costs have jumped 4(t pe ?'
cent in two months?2a per cent in
the last two weeks.
2?Mr. Truman asked for a year's j
postponement of a multi-million [
dollar passenger ship building pro
gram in order to conscrave federal
funds and short materials, and to ?
remove some of the pressure on the
price of materials.
Bo;ird Approves
New Dormitories
For Chapel Hill
ftaleigh. .Tiil.v I!) <1'i The execu
tive committee ? f the trustee-; <>' the |
CIreal Univ ersity of North Corolin i
today approved the building of three j
additional dormitories til Chapel'
Hill
The buildings would lino-e ftnn i
students and cost a total of $1.20(1.- 1
eon. The money wood he borrowed j
from I he Wachovia Hank and Trust
Company al three tier cent and re
paid from room rentals. Dormitories
recently wore authorized for N. C.1
?State College under a similar finan
cial arrangement.
The council of state now must pass
Upon the proposal.
Rep. Rankin
Claims Spies
AtOakRidge
Washington, .Itil.v l!l ? i.l'i Hop.
John K. Kaiikin ? I?? ni .\la?osiiun
repeated in tho llouso todav his,
charge < f earlier th ? we"!. dial "for
I eign spies" ai inv r.ding in tin- Oak
c|?n spies" jire operating in tho Oak ;
I Thoy aro "trying i Rot tho secret |
of tho atom nomii for the purpose
? it using it not only against us.;
1 >111 against some of < ur allies." he j
asserted.
Itai kin then added that "the same
thing has been going on" at the \
Aberdeen. Mid.. pro\ ins grounds for ;
now weapons, where live employes
were released veslerr > by the army.
flaiikin made his statement n> the;
House resumed dihate on legislation;
| for control of atomic energy develop- I
mo t.
VATICAN NEWSPAPER ONLY
ONE IN 1TA1.V TOIIAYj
Home. July i!?.? ? A!*>?The Ya
tiean City organ 'a v..lore Ho
mano was the only in wspapcr to
! appear in Home today as a strike
of luil.OO'l meehanieal employes
closed down most ol the country's
publishing plants.
The workers walked out ; ist night
in a strike called in an effort to
force employers to stnndanu. e wa e
j throughout tile nation at the highest
levels prevailing in Milan Turin,
and other large cities in northern
i Italy.
Senate Group Orders May To Testify
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Hospital For U.N.C. Recommended
Report By
Study Group
Is Released
Itnlcigh, .Inly in.? (AP) ? ~/.c
Xonii v aroiiiia Medical Care Com
mission and Coventor K. Gregg
Cherry received today a rocommen
dati< n that a four-year school of
medicine and an affiliated hospital
l?o located on tlie camoiis of the
''nivci-.itv of North Carolina, at
Chapel Mill.
The recommendation was submit
ted by the National Committee for j
a medical school survey.
Five members of the committee [
approved the lengthy report while j
two members submitted a minority ;
..pinion opposing expansion of the |
University's two year medical school.
Financing Key Factor.
The report recommended estab
lishment of the school :il Chapel
Hill provided "that a hospital and 1
health center program to provide :
greatly enlarged facilities he ear
ned forward and tIt;.t a praelirable '?
plan for financing medical and hos
pital care be established."
The school should "be an inte- '
grated part of a State nniversitv
medical center," the report said.
? which will include:
"1. Appropriate facilities for tin
basic medical sciences lor research,
and an adequate general, teacliin--;
hospital:
"2. A school of nursiiiK;
"3. A program for the prepara
In of essential personnel in fields
and ancillary to rendering medical
and hospital care;
Keep School of Pharmacy.
"I. The present school of public
health for tin- training of personnel
in that special field;
The present school of phar
macy;
"ti. An active program for grad
uates and post-graduate education
fur physicians and allied medical
personnel not only for the medical
(enter hut in the State as a whole.
"7. Arrangements to provide hos
pitals throughout the stale with.
? linical consultation;
"11. A competent administrator at
the medical center to coordinate all
the activities of the center and to
integrate these oil a state-wide basis
as needed, and desired, in order to
insure the utmost effectiveness end
providing a better health program
for North Carolina."
The hospital would he one of 401)
beds.
I
Charlotte Building
Collapses, 1 lurting 2
Charlotte, July l!i.? ?At
least two workmen were injur
ed today witeu the supcrstrue
ture of an addition licin: tiuill
to t!ic plant of the Johnston
Manufacturing (' o in p a n y in
North Charlotte collapsed.
Cause of the collapse was not
determined immediately. First
reports that the roof of tire mill
had roved in resulted in the ilis
pateh of all available ambul
ances to the scene. The injured
were employes of the construc
tion company engaged in put
tins up the addition.
Opposition
'Welcomed'
By Slaughter
Missouri Solon
Fcnrs President
Is PAC PrisonR*
K.iii i Cite. .1 iily 1?l. i,1*i IVm
<?< die l>< :? Roger Sl:r.i!<hli*r. I>??.11
Mir miri'.- frith distr'. t today wel
comed tin* opposition <?! Prrsi'teut
Ti ii? I:;i11 1<i his randidary !'? r reimm
ii*-1? :i * a i*li; lice lur what III* rail
ed a "lull)' over-dee showilnvu on
tin* future course of the DrmnoratijJ
party."
Expressing the fi*;ir that the* Pres
ident "is a prisoner of the Politi
cal Aetii its Committee." Pie robust
?10-year-old congressman in a ra
dio address said he was "lad of the
lespoosiliility "to detcrinioe whrlh
| ct candidates for legislative positions
I are to he nicked at the whim ?>( tin*
: executive hraneh of the government."
Slaughter. seeking a third term.
] snake a few hours after President
Truman id a White House press con
ference had endorsed Enos Axle, one
of Slaughter's primary opponents.
SEARCH FOR MARINES
IN CHINA IS OFF
Tientsin. July lit. (API foiled
States Marine: today called off their
search for seven murines held pri
: snner by a hand of ("liiu 'se to per
mit a true headquarter team to
negotiate for their release. The Ma
rine Corps has Ih-cii scouroi!; tli ?
| country north of Cliiiignngtim since
i the detachment was raptured by a
I hand of tf(t armed Chinese a week
ago.
What Price The College Yell?
linlciyh. .July lit.?What price the
college yell?
Dr. I. (>. Schaul?. director (.f ih,.
Slate ( olienc I'Atcnsion Service ami
a State (A and M) maduaic with
lh ? class nf '}l!l. recalls that every
(iillefjiate athletic victory around the
turn of the century was celebrated
vibrantly with student ttnnkc dnnces
and numerous lull-throated school
yells.
The victory demonstrations were !
not always kindly received by on
lookers. however. I)r. Scliauh sav-.
producing a dipping from the Chi- 1
tsiKo Timc--I lorald of (tclobor, lll!>!?.
which is <;uotcd below:
?The mental condition <>1 the oil
lew yell maker just before? and id
the moment o| production would
programs to he pliiced tinder eon
isi.se. could it he promptly observed.
Consider what must the present tor
ture and suhsciiucnt exhaustion of
the mind that produced this, just
adopted hv an Ohio college fresh
man eliiss:
?? 'Cio whi". go what;!
'? 'do iiisuetv j;m!
'? '.risyjeiy eec' What are Wo?
' "'Hoopla! Dcnison lit-.'i!"
New Munler
Charged To
School Boy
14-Year-Olt! Youth
Tells Victims He
Fell Like Killing
< Mnvillr. Ciilil.. .Inly lit i.l'l \
second death was I?;? i*i*>*?I today to
Alher! .I* iir:., H-year-'dd : rhool h??v.
who is <| tinted I?y ? itiu* ill his :il^
Icjjed vi'lmis id asenilt .1 : saving.
"I just I eel like* killi'ij'. sometimes."
Iiislriet Attorney .1. M.
tiled ;? 111111*<l?*r ftmfile* ajia ? >1 the*!
youth in tin* <lo:ith of Patricia \?ri
('randall, 1f?, ;i 1 irl >;? ict lie would make
j il a ctoiihh* charge a., a result id
j tin* death fr? m hutlet \v? : 111 I ??*
1 Mrs. Man.hi .1. Nielsen.
Mrs. Nieh i'ii. a housewife ?!??*?? in
a hospital last ninht alter .Ion*
previously hail hern charged wil l
attempting in murder her. Mrf'hi ? -
son (pmted the youth as ailmitt ? .
he sli<?t her in the hark last Treat iy
as she turned ti net Iti 111 . ?me co\
icst and a glass ol water.
The district attorney al- > ? aid.
.lours had roiites.ed : Iraiie.liiu* :!???
(Tandall yirl in her home, rettiir*
lire lo the house and walking away
after the flames had heipm to burn
her hair.
McFarland
Electrocuted
For Murder
Washumti n. IS).?rV??Karl
i MeK.at land. in a r i n o vrlrrnn ??!
I Cinadalranal. died in I lie electt tr cli.in
I Indav for tlit- rape-slaynit; ??! a yotrn:
j };<>vi>rnmii I Kirl.
The JS-ynir-nld Mi-Karl.nwl. '.vim
saw service in the I'acifi- carnunirir .
Weill In the chair in the Ihstriit ?
j t'olilliihia jail at lll lia a. m. and
was pronounced dead seven iiini'.le
later.
lie walked calmly to the chair, a
i cigarette daiiKliiiK ll'i in his lip-. In
pay Ihe penally lm Hie intir'ier i I
ll;-ycar-n|d Itomthy I'ei run of .""hip
pewa Kail:.. Wies.. in October. !!I4|.
i .hist before he started on Ihe last
lull paces In tin execution i hnaibr:
the bovish a;i|H'ariii)J veteran, a >1.1
itive of Knowille. Tenn.. i?: crl a
.statement reiteriitiiiK his ei nti' lion
II if innocence.
Britain Protests
Red Interference
In Balkan Nation
London. .1 ily III ,l'i-?Itritain h;
mi I a note of protest to Mio 'V .
eotnplain nr. of extreme and unwar
ianted inlertereiiee in the interna!
altair-- ol IIttncai'v the Koreiitn Ot
fiee said today.
A spokesman s id the repre di
lation followed Russian dctn:? its fm
? dismissal of tiie viee-ntinistc ?!
[ justice and b t withdrawal ol i -
ni'.inity for some deputies whom Rus
sia accused of anti-Russian state
ments.
Reluctant Male
A SUDDEN SMACK from little .iudj
I'alodna, 2, catches Jeir (livens, 18
inomh-cild, oif his guard after tha
two wore named winners in the Red
Head Division 0f the I.nj Angeles
Lsaby l'ageant 'international)
Seii.Coiinall)
Pleads For
Cooperation
7-Point Program
To Prevent War
Given By Texan
\\ , f 111?-4' ? >1 ? a I v 1!> i Th?Ch.ur
1 ii;11? ninally (l)i i>t Trs.i ? of till*
Hon.'ilc Kiuciim isolation ('??mniiit'.'c
outlined Unlay a se\ i ti point prn
jtinni l?'i I *ii11? I SI ill' .? lit n in prc
\ i 'i11 I lit* "iinl!iink;il>lt' IraKt'ily" of
a Until w'tirlil Win*.
In .i ?'<>;?? >i I nit tin- lii^ lour ferritin
mini Ins onfi'i'i iiiT ;il Paris. ("mi
ni.Ily ti'lil 1 Ik* Scilalr tl woiiltl !???
'"i.iiil: in auity" lor any ol the great
world | ii .wit.-: in desert :tl 1 > 11 - time
the objectives of llir United Nit
lions."
None /if litf iit.ijor nilioii: wirts
v. ii lln' Trviill s;i'11
Urging this country to "pin its
hope and l.iilh" .ii llir United >
l:oiis. ('nun.illy I'lnpi !? I Unit in in
ternntii.1 ol dealings. "we just 1;i*>rl
firmly on those principles of law
niul justice cxpresied in the char
ter" and "i'MiitI other nations to
(io the same."
TO It! V W Alt SI KIM.I'S.
Washington. July ill ? i.p. I'lii?
j'.u Ii;.- signed alt agrrenu nt wiiii
the r S. t I h v ..Ill million dollar.-,
woi111 of Mirpli - war stocks in i'iic
llir in< its.
WEATHER
I'OR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly r In ml > ami s 1 i u Ii 11 y
warmer tonight ami Sunday.
Tliiimlersliiiwcrs in mountains
Saturday.
HOBBYIST EXPLORERS SEEK CAVES AS SHELTERS AGAINST A-BOMBS
r J'-* ?? .Is/mamai
A RECENT WAR DEPARTMENT REQUEST to the National Speleological Society to find 50,000 square lcct ot
cavern space for factories, shelters, and storage, met with the enthusiastic approval of Ihoso persons who
make a hobby of exploring caves. The request followed President Truman's statement that the danger of an
atomic bomb attack on the U. S. "is real." A group of speleologists, or spelunkers, is shown above at a meet
ing in the Strickland Quarry Caverns near Portland. Conn. The gathering is called to order by Chairman
F. W. Wilson. Assisting are (right) Secretary Lydia Ncubcck, and Cloy Terry, the president. (International)
THE WAR DEPARTMENT told (lie spclunkcrs that it prefers dry eaves for
Its shelters and slorago space, but running water in Uio lower levels
doesn't necessarily mean that upper sections arc not available Exploring
lor dry areas in tin Strickland Quarry at Portland, Conn., these mem
bers of the National Snelcologicai Society use a kayak and h rubber
llferaft to set around tl.o underground waters. <IntcrniU,r.al)
Subpoena Is
Issued For
Kentuckian
Washington. July lit. i/1'i?The
Senate Win In\ c-tiga! ng Committee
issued a ,-;ilipn? n;i h day tor the ap
|ii'iii:ili'< n| Hep Andrew J. May
(I)) el Kent ii"ky ami Chairman
Mead (ID <>( New Vnrli said it ex
pects Inn tn testify Tuesday.
.May tnld repi rlciv he had "no
comment."
Mead .< d In:- colleagues want to
In-iii" I rum May. in pulilie. on his ac
tivities in c 11neetnhi with ii mid
west munitions e-nnhine. whose war
profits the Si note eonimittey is in
vest i gating.
To Take All Sli-|is.
Senator Ferguson (Hi it Michigan
siiid the committee will take "all
slip the inn lit ale? will allow"
in getting May on the Maud.
Mead raid tin- ecinniillee had giv
rii May "iiniple ?>p|n.rlimity" to ap
pear and wa- re oiling to a subpoena
"only became it i. iilisohitely nec
cs.-ar.v fi.r us to do so."
The committee ha ? re ejvcd testi
mony that May interceded on be
half of tlie Kric It -in Metal Prod
ucts Co.. I!iita\ ia Metal;, Products
Co. and allied linns that got some
SVJI.linii.tilin < w;u cnn'racts.
!\lav Itenics Profiteering.
Miiy has said in public statements
tliiil lie did mt profit personally.
1 hill lie wa; merely i crying the war
eff >rl and doi g wliiit all other con
gressmen had done.
Chairman Mead read the constitu
tional re notion in iiitc trot incin
hers oi Senate or lion e during a
session, except on ttea on. felony
or breach of peace charges. Then
he siiid:
"Tli" ? onuTi'tlce cvpeels Congress
inan May to rcsnect tin ; subpoeca."
Itarlilcy |v llearil.
Far lie r Senate I >enio'-ratic 1 .eadi* ?
lliirhlcy of Kcntueky testified that
I the Garssoti nnmitions combine nev
j er asked his help iti getting war
contracts.
Immediately afterward. Hon*#
I eadcr McCorinack, also lestified to
the Semite Wiir Investigating Com
mittee that tie never received any
calls from the Wash'union office
ol the Illinois combine, or made any
' calls to that office.
The two had requested that they
he allowed to appear. Also waiting
to testify voluntarily was Chairman
Sahatli < 1 > > > "I Illinois of Die House
Unices Committee.
A secretary. Jean Hates, had tnld
the committee earlier in the week
of calls between the munilionsfum
bine's Washington elf: e and the of
fiees of Bark ley. MeCormaek. Sa
hath d Hep. Andrew .1. May (II)
ol Kentucky.
Son Worked For Group.
Dill K11'V Si.Ill Kl.il !T s true innt
his miii. David Wiirked lor :i while
for one nt tin* eempanies in the
, niiiihino. ilthe g:. h. diil not Unmv'
the title el the .lob.
Alter the .-on w;i.- discharged Irnm
the iirniy air forces ;ifter the war.
Bark Icy said, lie eamc to Wmhinf
ton iiiui .on : > ? I various people
about .1 I e senatoi .-aid thai
Murray Crarsson. <?e of the broth
ers involt ed n the n unit ions group.
|i its it ill scire way the sin: was
: looking li r a job had him come
down to a meeting.
; "And when I got home that night,
he had hired him." Rnrklcy said. "I
thought i1 looked like (|uiek work."
Veteran Is
Badly Hurt
?
In Shooting
Havm/md li.ili. \nii) Henderson
while iniin. wa.- in Maria P.irliam
hospital tin iiliiTiini.li said I" he
m ,-i erinn condition Irnni ;i pistol
Wound |ii I ;iimve the heart which
i.Unci ,iiil w.i ell-inflieled The
shoot a'i; iicriiiicd :il><iiit I la p m.
Mcmlicl i I liic I nnily Wc'e (pint
cd i. nyiin: In- had liccn ili'i|inn(l
cut ind :i li.- ins; reniiii kod lie was
tiled ?>l liv nit:
Af'ci Hie hoot in: Hide w i ; placed
in an aiit'i|ii"liile and failed ('? tlit?
l-iv pilal, Ind an i a 11 a daiv c liirl the
en mi N'mlh '111101' lree| and
ti 1 lii red t in In thai vehicle 1(1
ciiiilinnc In the Ink nihil
I'.,lice Chill .1 I I'nl:... Sheriff
I \ ('id I cell and Highway Palrnl
trait M (' I'.vii ii 1 in .iig.aied the
i .i c. and llvnim minted Albert Hat
Inn as -aviag he awl hi. mother
had passed Hale nil Wigcin ? sheet
near In home, md a few seconds
l.ilct heard I he ic|vtI nf the pistol
awl a Kiev turned aw llal? fatl
iiiii li the ground 'I'll, htillcl look
e|feel in Ihe I?? 11 ehe 1 awl passed
ilnniigh Ihe body. il was said. Hal
inn was diluted as aying lie found
an open knife in Hale's pocket nnd
removed it.
Hide wns a World War It veteran
but had been out of service some
months. ?
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