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Hfnb^rson Hathj Utspatrli THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C..' TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 23, i!M?i I1:; , ,!,'11 ^ C' v" FIVE CENTS COPY figure in senate war probe v ' ' ? i -S-i. ^ ^ ' S' ^ j M <0"U ? '""iJ.*!** CetiB"?? rt?* Vnfltto Adalts ?TT?Z.. feeuar at tlrpimntantf* S> C. II y 77. Itttl I I ? * de*r uksonal J'aul ??>owed *? the ?1ip of paper you ser.t Hi* a few d?ya ?^o. 3t Is Impossible ? % for s>? express adequate1*. ay deep feeling of fc'iiilui* f o r your helpful cooperation, A considerable share of ay worriee over the situation Paul described to you have ?: been dispelled. Ae your son ia? undo .: tsdly told yen, Ij, ?e were able to be of great help to hi* in i' connection with the irapeetorsblp ares wtiicb c developed at 'he Sand Point project. It tieVled * ae no end to wire hi* the ?*oo;i news follow" ng insistent UcvAnda upon the U, S. Ms A. te ?la * owe thine sbcut it. . # Count on ae to be alert whenever your ' 1 ' interests arc involved. Hastily and sincerely, V f C - PHOTOGRAPHIC copies of llie check and letter above have projected the name of Rep. John M. Colfee (D- . Wash.) into the Senate War Inves tigating Committee probe in Wash ington. The check (top) for $2,500 was made out in 1941 to Paul A. Olson, secretary to Hep. CofTcc, and signed by Eivind Anderson (left), Tacoma, Wash., contractor. The let ter, written by Coffee and dated ten days after the check, was sent to Anderson. Together with a copy of another letter, written b;' Olson to Anderson, the three exhibits were m.idc public by Sen. Owen Ilrcw stcr (U-Me.). (International) New York Judge Is Heard | By Senate Investigators Dickcrson Tells Of Getting Phone Call From Murray Garsson Wash;* gton, July J."! ?(>T*>?Judge Samuel Dickstuin of the New York Supreme Court t"l<l the Senate War Investigating ('iiiutniltel'e today that ? it was "possible" he hud telephoned the Washington office of ttie Kric Basin MetuI Pre duet.- Co. from New York in IIH-. tint only mi a social matter. Dick.slcin formerly was chairman ot the House Immigration Comm ittee. He said lie had no recolleelii ?: o having talked with Murray flarssoti. one el the promoters of Krie and its associate companies now under war profits investigai.on. but added tlu.t lie "m ii y have talked to Joe Fireman." Joseph Freeman was Washington representative for Krie. "lie wanted me to get him some lickots to a theatre or s< mottling." Dieksiein recalled. "1 may have received the ialT but that's ahout all." Tlie eonuiiiltee meanwhile held out to Hep. Andrew J. May (D) of Kentucky, an offer to meet '?morning. 1100:1 or night" so iic may testify without interference with Jiis duties as a legislator. Melodic Chapeau A DESIGNER'S conception of muclc form* the motif of this new hat of opaque plastic in bright fuschia. It embodies an orchestral crescendo in the sweep of the brim and the blare of a horn In the side roll. Despite its fragile look, the hat is made to wilh Aland cleanings, (/ntcrnotloit?I). Wolves No Longer Exist In Detroit (Le^c illy, That Is) I IMroil, .Inly 23.? (AIM?One Detroit poller prreiiirt put a homily today on the masculine leer that usually precedes or fol lows the passage of a pretty girl. Officers announced that an ancient city ordinance has hern invoked to tieket and fine men guilty of "ogling" the female form. Several me nalready have been ticketed, according to l.t. Charles Withrritr. who said he had instructed his patrolmen to eraek down on wide-eyed males within tlir precinct. Market Leaders Drop 4 Points On Sell in <r w ave I New York. July US.? u.-1b)?The Stock market today suffered one of i its worst spills of the year as heavy I selling hit virtually all sections and I knocked over leadei s one to more I than four points at the worst, i C'onspieions on the down side were | U. S. Steel. Itethlchem. . Republic Steel. Chry.-ler, Cieiieral Motors. U. S. Rubber. Montgomery Ward, and Boeing Aircraft. Rends and most commodities slipped. Statue Of Liberty Abused By Crowds Chicago. .Inly 23.?i/l'i?Directors of I ho Monument Huildors "f Am erica. incorporated. today lormod a ! "liidiolinl disgrace" the "present di lapidated and unkept condition of the Statue of Liberty." C. I*. Reynolds of Toledo Ohio, i i president of the group told the di- i lectors that the famous statue "lit-! tered and defaced with refuse and j lipstick drawings and knife carving is a tragic indictment of the Amer ican public and an indication i f Washington's apathy toward one of the world's most famous shrines." | In addition. Reynolds said, thous | ands of persons who visit the monu ! meat daily must approach the statue ' via a "grassless (crracc littered with partly eaten fruit, sandwiches, and soda bottles." The M. !>. A. In a resolution urged Congress to provide adequate funds | for the immediate rehabilitation nn.l I future maintenance of the status I and its grounds. CusualtyToll In Holy City ClimbsTo93 Gang Is Denounced By Jewish Agency; Troops Patrol City Jerusalem. July 23. ? ol't ?A swelling "tilery ,,f indignation rose III the iInly Band today as the toil "I dead and mission i" yesterday's terroristie bombing ,>f the King Da vid hotel climbed to 03. As workmen sifted through a ghastly pile of debris for additional .Mimes, tile Jewish Agency expressed horror at the bombing and dcnounc sibl"11" "f (,l'Miera<los" rcspon Police plated the blame on "Jew ish terrorists" and eye-witnesses said that eight young' men who platited milk cans of explosives in the hotel were dressed as Arabs but spoke Hebrew. ?II Known Dead. i lu- Palestine government said the known dead totaled 41. with .">3 missing, and 53 seriously injured. The missing include 12 senior Brit i-h officers of the government scc retariet. l ite explosion blasted the secre tartet and the headquarters of the British army, located in the hotel building and damaged nearby struc tures including the YMCA across the street. Windows were shattered throughout Jerusalem. Troops Patrol City. Fully armed British troops pa trolled the city, which was placed under a strict curfew immediately after the blast. Bren gun carriers passed through the streets. Expressions of horror and bittei - aess were voiced by Britisli sources. A British officer said: "You see that wreckage? That's the wreckage "I tlie Jewish State." A British police officer, wounded in the arm. said: "Three of my bud dies tire on the slab from this and find knows why I fought in Ger many with those lads." "Hell To Tiijr." A British soldier, watching the removal from the wreckage of the body nl a British army woman's auxiliary, asserted: There'll lie hell to pay about our girls." I lie attack was blamed by resopn sible Jewish sources on "either the Irgun /Aid Beumi or the Stern gang,' underground organizations. All facilities of the United States consulate were offered to the Pales tine government by Malcolm P. lloo|>cr, acting American consul gen eral. Twenty five rooms on five floors of the lintel were destroyed by tin blast, which was described as equivalent to that of a 500-pound bomb. Atl ee Denounces Palestine Affair . Bondou, July 23.? i/l'i ? Prime I Minister Clement Attlee told tin J House of Commons today that, "of! ail the outrages in Palestine, many and horrible in the past few months," the blasting of the King I David Motel in Jerusalem was the worst. Attlee said his latest figures for ! "this insane act of terrorism" were 41 dead. 52 missing and 53 injured. "As this House knows". Attlee said. "Ills Majesty's Government are at this moment in consultation with tlie Government or the United States ' with a view at arriving at proposals ' for a just settlement of the Pales tine problem, which will be placed before the representatives of both Arabs and Jews. New York Cotton N'ew York. July 23.?i/I'i?Cotton futures opened lit to 35 cents a bale higher. N'oon prices were !(5 cents to $1.7o a hate lower. October 35.53, Decem ber 35.R2. March 35.27. Long Trip Soloisf HANGING on to a bag and his toy animal, little Dan Sprague, 2, ar rives in San Francisco from Austra lia after making the trans-Pacific trip alone. Unwanted by his Austra lian mother, Danny's on his way to his dad, a former Marine corporal, at Amsterdam. N.Y.f International! Corn, Wheat Crops Might Set Record Bumper Production May Bring Easing Of Restrictions WiishiliRi-Ti. .inly i,TO- I'toi peetive record smashing crop- of corn and whr.'il rni 111 the |>:>sII? 11i ? ty today of whiter broad. laruer loaves and. imrnaps. nvire ueer. oi.vc tlie harvests are in. At the same time, the bumper einp outlook put i>i< tire on govern ment officials In decide son; wlieth er to resume buying ot grain for famine relief. An Agriculture I lepartmonl ofli eiiil told a reporter it is possible tliete may be some easing of do mes! ie reslrietii 11 on eonsiitTiplion ot grain if the excellent crop of pros pects are realized. Present regulations: 1?Prevent tlour millers from pro ducing for domestic demand more than ?5 per celt! ol their iltla oolpnt 2?Require exfrtielion of lilt per cent of wlieal when flour is (pound instead of the normal 72 per rent. It Cut bread loaf weight by to Iter cent. 4?Restrict u e of (train in the pro die, lion of alcoholic beverages. When till* < 'PA died Jure SO. lite Agriculture Deptirttnenl immediafe ly stopped purchasing meat and wheal for foreign relief. The withdrawal was due in part to the desire not !c add to demand at a time when there were no coil-1 it;Us. ami in part. In not knowing whether foreai uovernmenls would! pay the higher costs. Controls ()n Rent Would Be Slapped Back To June 30 Washington. July Hit?</!''?An of ficial said today Ol'A plans 1 <> re establish June 80 rent ceilings if th.1 pending bill. t'> revive enntl'ols be comes law. The Ol'A official h>l<i reporters j that the former rent ceilings wuold be restored in "Oi areas which were] under control- when the law lapsed. Revival legislation pending at the Capitol, ire exn'ained. gives Ol'A /? authority to order refunds in tin ease of any rent increases already collected hv landlords for the pe riod when rent controls were not in effect. Vacationists Are On Move? Toward North Carolina Too BY LYNN NISBET. Daily Dbualell Bureau Raleigh. July Predictions dial the summer of 19 Hi would be :i re cord breaker for vacation travel have been borne out by reports from ! all sections of the country, and es- j penally emphasized by experience ?>f North Carolina resort centers. It | is true that the warning of over crowded conditions might have been ' overdone in some instances to the | point of keeping tourists away, but , despite the warnings they arc com ing in droves. Illustrating the point is the expo ! rienco of your reporter on a cpiick trip to Newfound Gap and Cliu: 1 man's Dome in the Great Smokies National Park last Thursday. The party arrived about three o'clock in the afternoon and learned that the "rush" for the day was over. Yet within the hour and a half requir ed to make the trip from the park entrance to the Dome and hank au | tomobile license tags were seen from I 22 states and the District of Colum bin in addition to several hundred from North Camlinu. Stales repre sented were, hi the order note I Michigan. Ohio. Indiana. (ieorgia Florida. Tcnii" ee. South Carotin ' Kentueky. Pennsylvania, llliii"j Missouri. Alabama. New Jersey Wisconsin. Mi sisslppl, New York. Texas. Iowa, l-ouisiana, Arizona Massachusetts. Maryland and 1 >i -- triet of Columbia. Time did not permit interview ing all these tourist, but several in terviews and direction taken by tin I ears proved a substantial number ?! them had been or were going to oth er North Carolina points while on | tour. Kxpenenee at hotels and oh ' servotion of motor courts supported j the pro-eonceiced idea that Amor ! iea is on wheels, on the move, ami that North Carolina is in favoreo | position to profit from tourist trade , if The "if" means providing I sleeping and eating facilities for tin folks who come from all over the | country to see if the tales they've 1 heard about Tarhcelia are true. | UN's Atomic Talks Start Wednesday Creation Of Atomic Development Group To Be Chief Topic New York, Jui.v 211. cl'i Dele gates to tin" United Nations Atomic Knergy ("oininission will begin dis- ; eussion tomorrow on the Key pro- i posal in the United States atomic ' control plan -ere.ition of an atomic de\elopment authority. Although this proposal already has been discussed both formally and into in.ally, the delegates have now reached the stage where they intend to i:<tI\ a yes or no derision on the broad Miestinn of principles involv ed. Closed Session. The disenssioiis will take plaee in ' a rinsed meeting "I committee No. 2, wliieli lias been set up to make ' speeific recommendations to the alomie roiuiiiissioii on i|iie.s;ioiis of <ontrol. cither eommittees are eon-I sideling problems sueli as devclop ment of alomie energy for pcace time uses and complex legal issue., stieb as the veto. At the initial meeting of ronuuit lee 2 last week, it was decided to dispose of the general question of whether to ercate an alomie devel opment authority before di. cussing Itussia's proposal for an iiilcriiatiun al eonvention outlawing the produe I lion and use of atomic weapons. ' III of 12 Approve. Although at least 1(1 of the 12 dc I legates already have expressed ap proval of the t\ S. plan in principle, some of them expressed belief that the discussions might he prolong.;! by iiiissian opposition. Ilussian Delegate Andrei (Irniny- < ko indicated la t week thai lie would speak tomorrow on the lengthy t 'nited States memorandum dealing with the question of relations he twren the atomic development aii tliorily and tile organs of the Unit d Nali. us. This memorandum not only goes ? nlo III** whole question ot what powers the authority should have anil how its regulations should lie *iifo,red. I.ot also proposes that the five permanent members of the Se curity Council should agree by treaty to give up their veto rights on atomic matters. Anti-Poll Tax Bill Placed On Senate Agenda Washington. .Inly l!lt. (</I*i?---Tin ar.ti-poll tax bill landed firmly mi thi- Senate calendar tniltiy. Democratic Deader Uarklcy of Kh lucky promised Hint before Con gress adjourns lii' will cull up the measure to outlaw State poll taxes as a ri'Httircriiciit lor v< ting in Fed eral elections. Bark ley's pleiluc was made al ter Senator Morse (15 > ui ('regon tied the Senate in knots tor two hours yesterday bv offering the- poll lax repeater ;is a rider to legislation t. give the states title to ocean tide lands. When the Southerners beaded by Sirator Uusscll (l>) of Georgia threatened a filibuster. Berkley moved to pigeon hole Morse's ,!dei The Senati responded with ;? 54 t 23 vote to put it on the' shelf. But Barklev said he will help pro pononts get the '.-.casino up on i' own merits in a tew days. Southern ers who oppose it said thev expect to talk as usual until supporters, wis claim a majority favors the bill - finally decide they can't get a vote ami give it up. Opponents Of OP A Launch Final Drive To Prevent Revival NcwOPABill At-A-Glance Washington. July 22.? (J'i?lleie major provisions <>l tho new compromise OI'A l>ill a- il went to the House and Senate lor floor ac tion today: 1?Revives OI'A until June JO. 1 I 947. 2?Prohibits price ceilings before 1 August 20 mi meats, dairy products. (Trains, cotton seed and sov beans and food and feed products made fiiim them, tobacco and its prod ucts. and petroleum and its product-. J?Minitowers a new three-man i control board to be named by the i Pre ideid i.nd confirined by the Senate, to decide b -tore August 2d whether those* items will be restor ed to price control oi left free of ceilings. OI'A Can Act. 1 Provides that if this hoard fads to act one way or lit - other. OI'A tu its own initiative may re: hire iniitrnls on meats, dairy products. I (.rains, cotton : red and t.y beans, i and lootl and feed products made | a IV-rmits OI'A. on direct :ui- ] inn of the board, an I only | mi that lia is, tn icnevv ri l!111:',: mi I I'"iiIIrv. eggs. I""ii anil luml pro- j duels mail" Iri'in thi'lii, (i>1 *:ci*i*?? and j ii i>ri' Inch; and |iolt"i>it-oi11 and it' t:?Uovives wit In nit change h'ed i"al rent controls which expired .iniii' lin with Mr. Tinman's vrln of rigiual ? il'A oxten -inn lull. 7 Provides fur "reasonable pm tit." !?? inaiiiilactiiici'.. in a piicnr.; f ?> ii 11111 a based nn the inilii: try-wide a.'ertii'.e in III In. fin indio.tiy-wido ,iM ia:;i' cat uicrea e me llicn. !! I* ixca March 31. Ill Hi lead "I Ii 1_"J. Ill III. a.- lb-- Senate had [Voted .. the ha. I I'll' percentage discounts and mm h-up- In lie al Inwed wlnilcsalei s and retail dis I'llnilnra in setting their maximum ; | H ire:;. II?'Transfers price cntrnlr. nv r I.niii eniniiKKlitiCii tn the Secretary 1' of Agriculture. IIS?(bants an additional one bd lion dollars for subsidies, but bans | any fooil subsidies after April 1, III17. II- Tin.Haulers auti'iimhile and appliance dealers lull pre-war mar gin and thscnnnt ? mil11 sales ro 'iiiii t" the l!Ki!)-ll average. II! Kill (il'A.. maximum avoi ,igo price regulation winch was in tended I" in nre a supply "l low priced clothing. President Sibils Money Measures Kor OPA, L NKRAi Washington. July 23. ?el*>--? Presi dent Truman signed into law today a lull providing seventy five inii linn dollars fer OPA operations dur ing the fiscal vear which started July 1. The measure contains a ban on use of "propaganda" bv the iigenev in support of price controls. The legislation also includes ap- j proximately s:!.till(i.lHHI.(IOI) for the , \ ell-rails Administration and a new I s Hia.illiii.non eontrihntion to the! I'nited Nations Hclief and Itchahili- i la' on Administration. | Tlw I'NliKA alloeatioii contains a! -trlion permitting the Secretary oi ! state 'u> deny two "f the funds in i.y countries wlu^P he finds do not c ini: "a i..so'iable number" ot ariviited pit > representatives !o report on the sgonov'* "nc-ations without censorship restrictions. Final Vote Due In Both Houses; Signing Certain House Passes OPA Bill Washington. July 2:5.? (AP) ?Tin' House tr.-.lay approved the new compromise OPA re vival Will. The action sent the measure, worked out in a Sen ate-House conference commit tee, to the Senate for action there. The plan was to obtain 'Senate action later this after noon, so that the measure, if fin ally approved might go the White House by night fall. Pass age was on a vote of 210 to 142. Washington. July 'Jit.?l/l'i?Ol'A'u o|)|HMienls began a final drive in the House today to prevent a revival ot price controls. Itep. IJiown (It) of t lino luld the chamber that such a revival would "he a slep backward to scarcities and hlaek markets." There was talk in the cloak rooms of an effort to whittle down the compromise legislation to an author ity over rents, with all other con trols eliminated. The Ohio member said that he Imped the House would have the "eonraise" to vole down the com promise hill. Hope Is K\pressed. Administration leaders meanwhile voiced hope that OI'A, dead for 23 days, would lie reborn by midnight. Adniioisl ral ion leaders drove hard to gel the House and Senate okays that would i>i11 the compromise leg islation on President Truman's desk by night I all. The President's signature then would restore Irinuned down price controls and full rent controls au tlloi ily immediately. Capitol Hill fell certain Mr. Tru man would sign the measure even I hough i I ) lie vetoed Hie first con gressional allenipt to tinii OI'A's powers, and (2) the new eoinproiv ise bans price ceilings on major foods for at least tin days. If OPA is reborn. Hie agency mils! determine immediately at what levels prices are to he enforced pending foil compulation of the new and in many eases higher prices called for under the lull. These need not be announced for 3d days. Showdown voles wen; ret today, lii . t hi tlii' I ton:e and then in the Senate. Tin lloii. e meetiiic, at III a m. was expected to ad ipiickly, but there were some i" ability Senate foes of the price agency might wish to do a lot of talking in advance of (lie \o|e in that chamber. Bodies Are Taken Down In La Paz l.;i P.r/.. .Inly At the insistence (it' .1 u iintiin civic lender. T:it- bodies o: President Gualberto Villarrocl ;md three i f his aides wire eut down Hum lamp posts durinu the night and taken to a rri rtsue today to await burial "as Christians. The bodies had been h; > uinu in Iron! ( I the presidential palace for over 2t hours, where they were icwcd by thcus inds nf persons, 'ili.i: rncl ;ui(l '-is aides wi re killed lindnv at the conclusion of a four av rovolu'ion which resulted in riftO casualties. Maria Thcvt a Snlari. chairman r the women's civic union, do fled that the hnrlic> he lemoved (spite the fact th t she had opp scrl V llarroel's strong man regime mre 1944. WEATHER rou NOKTII CAItOMNA. Partly cloudy and little rliansr in tcmpeiattire tonight. Scallered showers Wednesday. l>oli\i;i I>t'C<lines Country ()l Men Without Neckties I,a Pa/, .Inly \P> ? Neckties ilKap pen red today liom the itpliarel of Itoliyla. Slodenl revolutionist* start ed the lad liy discarding the neckties as a "s.vniiilil of ?rr vMlty and coiiformllv." All re volutionists soon adopted the ' off the necktie" gesture for Identification. Other Itnllvians regardless of political sympath ies. complied to prevent hos tilitv. Pven the Chilean ambassador and other diplamats appeared without neckties. ? GREEK TRAGEDY HAS HAPPY ENDING ' ri HIS MOTHER DIED of starvation in Pat rid, Greece, during the war years In which everything facing Christos Chnmis, 10, appeared hopelessly tragic. But there's a happy ending to his story as Christos arrives in New York to bo greeted ^y Papa James Chamis, of Middlctown, Conn., and sister Helen, 13, who hid come to America before him. By way .?< celebrating, Chruios sips from a milk bottle. (international/ 1
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