Itettiteramt Bally Btspatrfj "THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C'..1 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, liMC '?L'uu'yll.^;rT -i".s.,:U?'KUXt>f,N FIVE CENTS COPY Georgia And Florida Leaf Markets Open; Prices Average 47^ Valdosta Reports 42 To 47 Cents; Some Piles Higher Valdosta, Ga.July 24 ? (Al'l ?Itriglit leaf tobacco, tbc first ol tlic It. Hi season, went on sale in 17 Georgia and two Klori ta markets totlay. and a strong ilo inanil for quality leaf sent prices as liicti as 50 cents a pound. The Departmen- of Agriculture reported an estimated average for the first hour of sales rang ing between 42 and 44 cents. The bulk of sales were between ttl and tl> cents, with the extre me range s7 to sail. The season average last year was 39.55. gkoisgia and floiuda erx Valdosta. July 24. ?t.l'i? Brisk bidding i >arkeil Hit.* opening today ot the iflll! height lot:f tobacco mar ket in Georgia and Florida and pi! ees for high quality Iciii averaged as hi''ii as 4" cents a pound. The I" cent iivorage was report ed by Howard Griffin who sold 25 piles of leaf !?' the Hahaira. (la., market. 'I iie first row of 51 piles at Hahaira averaged $42.50. At Valdosta. the first two rows wore sold at a.-*i average of 44 cents a pound. This was several cents above last year's opening average. Warehouse floors were filled at Valdosta and prices generally were between 42 and,47 cents with much of the leaf going at 4fi cents. The first row at Moultrie brought from 39 to 51 cents a pound with the average near 41 etc Is. Poorer grades brought from 20 cents to 23 but eiti' pile of "hot" leaf sold for] In cents a pound. The St: lesboro market opened strong with the average price for 1 the lirst row at 40 vents. Three? I quarters of a million pounds were | on warehouse floors and iiuality was described as good. Georgia and Florida tobacco warehouses reported their floors wore filled to capacity as sales open ed on the !!i4(i bright leaf crop. Growers looked lo higher prices r i - nit ? g liom removal of OPA reg ulations and a belter quality of I leaf, to i ff-sot the smaller crop. I Blue mol l struck early this year io curb production. Menafor George (t>) of Georgia! forecast in Washington that tliej crop would be sold wilhoiit price: veilings. The pending OPA bill per mits price ceilings only upon reenm inenilalmii of a proposed decn trol board after August 2u. George .-aid regul.it i? ns .also required board ac tio*! to tie preceded by lull hearing': 'Die I ilior shortage was describe:! as acute in some areas and in some ateas and in many instance:? grow er- were a.-Msted by their entile lam ilie:; in hurry eg the leaf to the barns for drying. New Conduct Code For Yank Troops In Europe Issued Fr.ml:furl. July 24 l/|*i?General .lo..cpb McNarney'.; headquarter-. ha.: issued a strict code of behavior lo Amerlean soldier-, entering liu- ian oi'i'iipied territory m Europe lo pre vent ' embai ra:. iiient" to the I'liit ed Slate. ." Htgid controls. liave been ordered to avoid "prolonged detention" of American army personnel in "east it(, central and soutbcastcrii Euro pean laundries." A directive from headquarters said that certain instances of mis conduct on tbc part of Americans in eastern Europe bad "resulted not only in cmbnirosscmciit to this headquarters, but also in the pro longed detention of individuals in volved in incidents caused by llii> misconduct." Two Americans were released lv Itussia last week after 15 clays de tention and two others are missin; from Berlin. Jewelled Ensemble NAME IT and Hollywood lias it. Hero screen actress Yvonne He Carlo is shown wearing a SI-,000 jewelled ensemble. Gold, diamonds and ru bies make up the crown, necklace and bra. The crown makes Yvonne five inches taller. (International) Reparations Spat Looms With Russia Pauley Reports America May Halt Delivery To Reds Washington, July 24.? (AP)?A two continent diplomatic clash l>?? Iwicii ItusM.'i ;ukI tlic United States appeared to In' sliap'i g up tociiiy ov t'l Cirrmim and Japanese war bi oty. At tilt* rout of tile impending trou ble iii'f there factors: 1 Kcpara lions ('njnnissiniior Ktl I win Pauley's anni unroiiinii tli.il tin country is coir-idciing ;i penoaiiti ! I halt to (ihrmaii reparations delivcr ie.- In Kn.ssia t" oii-.M-i more than i two billion dollars worth ol Vlae thmi.m industry "in aprintaicd" hy So* let removals from tiiat eomtry. 2 Oisclosiire Iiy *ther olt rial tli.it the United Slate will oppo.e an evperted Km ian (Ictus* tl for .? | share in reparation., troin the Japa nese in.iiiil.mil [ Reporting t a ne ? eon I en nee la.-t night on hi . f11? ? 111::* during i tlt-e. mill iy survey. ."alley charge.I itii.it Ian.-.-iii nriion m Maiiehiirin has up.*el the "live anil wellare ? ?HIII.IIUII.OIMI people throughout tin Kar Kitsl for at lea i .? generation." In ltit* light ot tiii.-. iie said it is ? his "personal opinion" that th?* United Stales could extend its cur rent h.ui on dcli\erics of (ieriirin industrial equipment to Russia with out violating the fo i-powei Pots dam iigreeiiui'.t on repiu alioiis. Cotton Falls ! $5 Per Rale ; New York, .fitly 24.?( \P)?-Cot ton futures aliened to 7a rent ? a hale lower. N'ei n price: were *2.10 to $?"> ; t bale lower, tvtuhe" tll.Ml, Ifeeem her 34.nl. and Mstrch .14.111). FOR HIM-A SWEEPING VICTORY IT'S A TOUGH JOB for this youngster to handle a large broom, but hie heart la in his work. He has watcher his father on His rounds, trying to keep London'# streets spic and spar, and this is the day he's waited for? the chance to give hia father a helping hand. (international) Sweeping W ar Frauds Inquiry Looms; Truman To Act Quickly On OP A Bill Senate Vote On Revival Bill IN caring Washington. July 21.?l/Pi?Quick lirwkli'iitial action was promised to day as Minn as Congress sends an i OPA revival bill to the White j i louse. Charles (5. liuss, press secretary. ! told reporters President 'l'l'itntan will art "very promptly" ami send Congress a message or memorandum ?whether his action he veto or ap proval. lioss Would not forecast Mr. Tru man's action which lie termed a likely to eonte tomorrow. However. House Democratic Leader McCor int.ik has said Mr. Truman will ap prove the newest version of a trim- | mod down OPA. Ihe President's message. Ross mi lled. would he a written one, and not a speech. Senate N'cars Vote. Asked whether the President, in the event he signs the bill, will ap point lift price control board tomor row, lie said he thought it unlikely. "Ihe Senate slowly inched the com promise revival bill toward the tViiitc House. Supporters bached back to listen while critics recited again their rec ord of dissatisfaction with OPA as it was?and a> it may be?before a vote most members doubted would ?onie befo.e nightfall. There was an air of certainty on mtli sides that this vote would com plete congressional action oil the compromise measure. 'Ihe House passed the measure on a 210 to 1 12 vote yesterday after de feating 2211 to K!."> a move to strike cut all hut rent controls. |Reels Reject Li. S. Atomic Control Pla n Development Body, Ending Of Veto Are Turned Down I New York. July 21 f?oTM?An drei Gromvl.o. I;i> i.m ri'piCM'iitatiM ? ii the Ibti'cd Nation \tomie ener gy Commi imi. I ill.iv llatly rejected I major fruited Stales proposals foi I control nl atomic energy. (iroinylo . spe.ikiiio at a so in ? I coiiimillee No. spi ifu ally liirned Idown the U. S. (iroposals for setting liip an atoinie developmetit authori ty and for ruling out the veto on .atomic matters. ? In making his statement, the So ls ict delegate made it lear that his 1 got en nient was rejecting "as -i whole or any pait" of the third memorandum ? ilmiitled by IScrnard Itariieii. L'. S. delegate. This mem orandtim had summed up all main points of the C- S. plan. Meanwhile lh< controversial Pales tine ctuestion was slated for a place | on tile crowded agenda of the United ' Nation.- General Assembly which , meets :>? New York September 23. Arkady Sobolev. acting secretary general, disclosed that Kgypt and Iraq, acting in concert with five .'other Arab stales, had asked as ; senility potion to help bring the strife-torn British mandate under I". , N. trusteeship. The Palestine disclosure rame i:i the miflsl ot these developments: Russian circles said the Palestiiu qucstim might l>e raised h.v Hussii (Inring the discussion nr Transjor ! dan's application for meinhershi. in the I'. .V. scheduled to be hch 1 within the ne\t few days before i committee of the sccuriy ei mcil. The Security Council was sche duled to meet at 3 p. m. for wltii was expected to be a bri?f sessioi on routine matters. A Russian informant decla od t amplify his statement that the Pales tine question might he inioetcd mt | discussions ol membership npplica ! tions. He also refused to disclose t':i 1 nature of remarks which he said Hi Soviet representative would mak on Trattsjoftlan's aupllealion. Anti-Incumbent Sentiment Hits Okhihomn Voters Oklahoma Oily, July 21.?'.1'' -A wave cif anti-incumbent sentiment swept out throe veteran Democratic 1 conBrossmcn and tliroo long-time j stale official.- in yesterday's Ok In - : hornn run-off primary oloction. Porsonalitio- wore the only issues ! m the riicos. No outstanding state or I national utiostions were raised. In addition to rutins the veteran | offiee holders out. the state's dem ocrats picked Roy Turner, wealthy Oklahoma City oil and eatt'o mvi, as their Rubornatovial nominee for the November fl Renornl election, j BAKER DAY I OPERATION CROSSROADS S, At DC 00 , ICI bo ? 1 ? aJiyJi ? 00 NEVADA SALT LAKE CITY PRINCE EUGEN ? set lCT l" ma ,p, NAGATO ICI APA A I apa . '* ? ARKANSAS 00 APA * * * MIVMTOM ^ DO ICI (U ICI (I) Ul ID ICI (1) ^A|MbLbr| bomb Will BE A I. PENSACOIA DETONATED HERE A?* V- I l_____J NEW YORK aBHMBi' *rA INDEPENDENCE ? ? SARATOGA A,A si . CPs ? s$ ?-? icr SS APA ~ " . ^PENN^LVANlX *'* MS ? O THIS DIAGRAM shows the target array of ships in Bikini Lagoon, in readiness for the "Baker Day" under water atomic bomb test. The No. 5 atomic bomb will be centered between the old battleship Arkansas and the gallant carrier Saratoya. The Arkansas will be the nearest target vessel to the barge beneath which the bomb will be exploded. Just ahead of the Arkansas and behind the Saratoga are submarines which will be submerged at various depths to about fifty feet. The over-all layout, including the placing of the double hulled sub Pilot fish and the spacing of other underseas craft, indicates the Navy is most interested in learning hotv they react to the explosion. The ships marked DD are destroyers; SS (submarine); APA (attack trans port) ;LST (fending ship tank); LCI (landing craft infantry); and ARDC (iloating drydock). (International, Weather Is Key F actor In Test Of Atomic Bomb Number Five Bomb To Be Seen Only By Scientists; 25 Combat Ships, 46 Others Ready A lean I The 1T. S. S. Appalachian. I July 15-1. ci'i?Tilt* In h?rie lest nf i ?*ui underwater at"inic b'?mb ii^iini'.r ;i fleet stroma r th in most navies .if | lIn? world will !>?? sta?;od ?'??unrrow ! (today. United States lime, weather' f xoi'iii 111 iny. I'iiuly I'M I. iy a m.'ii! era It bcliev vi Marshall llolloway. Cor nell physicist, and other scientists from I >i.filly 24.?'/l'i IV' .i lent Tnimiin signed today two bill.. uitliot:/.ing flood control. navigation, hydroolcclric power and oilier water projects 1o cost ultimately two lei lion dollars. All the country's major river i basins arc affected by the hit; pro gram II is a Inns; range undertaker; lor which money yet must tic ap propriated by Con mess before the work ran cot ; larted Annual appro priations for water projects approxi mate $30(1.00(1.000 in normal peace time years. Thus, the huge authorization cre ate a shelf of public works Vhicli proponents said will make jobs in hard times an did the same time as sure orderly and full developments of the country's water resources \1r Truman and the late 1'iosi dent h'liosovoll advocated noli t.iriv scale authorization in llie micro Is of enioluymenl. I'nr.nieer estimate thai 7;> per cent of Hie nolo y spot for nvei and harbors and flood : control goes for labor. The navigation loll covers '.."vera! major projects Th?* largest is lie $5(111.000.00(1 Arkansas River In gram for which llioic is an inil'il authorization of sri.iiitU.Oiin. Tic flood control loll can it $7.1 JU.O'i' anlhori/atioii for Hi" Yadkiu-IYf Dee lot ill in Nor!It Caiolurt. SELECTIVE RECOVERY ENJOYED BY STOCK? New York. July I i/l*i -Stock enjoyed a ipiiet and eledive rail in today's market with a number o yesterday's weak industrials aiv rails retrieving fractions to a pom 1 or more. Arabs Urge British Act In Palestine Jerusalem. July 21.? f/l'i '1'i-iisi<>n in Palestine. scene of ;i vast inan iiiint f that if (In- I * i" i t i> h failed to halt terrorism in the Holy Land tin Arabs would be (orcrd to take ; hand. While rescue workers continue' to dia tht'ouuh the debris of tin hotel in hope of finding addition:, persons still alive. British troops an Palestine police combed Jerusalem for leaders of the Jewish under | cround orRuiii/.alion Irsun Zvn ; I.etmii. An announcement purported', from that orcani/.ation. reeciveri las nichl. said llial lrRutn /.vai l.eiin "soldiers" staked the bombing. whic resulted in at least 1II persons killer a.j injured and f!5 mi.- 'iik. Six persons have been taken frot , tile ilehns iilive. A military enttiii" t in ch o ke ? the win kin;: parte'. said Helical i.itliin: of the rubble would i;o i "until tlie melius assure us Ilii've lio chance any lioily else i.: aliv then we'll Im iiii; Sherman tanks ;u te.o it to piece . " Many ill it*titticii' - marked "lop s eret" fro inlii" wrecked British mil , taiy tic ..I'piai lei were found sea tried aloud Chief Secretary Jo! J Shaw. observing one them, t marked: "If there weie . -eci dociiiiielil ? ill the world Here win . lie les. destruction like llii.." WI4THIH r Milt NOItnt CAROLINA. 1'arlly cloudv and ratlin t warm tonight and tomorrow : Afternoon showers Thursday. Whole Show Of Influence To Bo Bared Washington. .Inly L* 1 ',1*1?Sena tm llrcw tc; ('! i ??! M:iiiu? today termed tin- Senate Win* Invcstigut init Committee >1ndy ?>; ;i mid-west combine "only a peek tinder the tent" hi its !>!:?? is to scnilnizc the "whole war-time ilimv nf corrup tion ami inlliieilfC." tlis imtcmcnt in newsmen entne as the eomrnittee: ? 1?Called upon the White I louse for menus tax ccurd of undisclos ed persons in the combine. Army Help \skcd. " -Asked tli W;? Department for i help in its investigation tif defective shelh fi in in tmiileiitified source W'hieh killed American soldiers, and , :f?Drafted a budget of $.ii tli" I'l'i iliiii" curried hiis Iiliy a 11111ml 111 In:, pocket in that size currency. Brcw-tei' .said th.it hi' had believ ed that tli" "'iiiitiiitti'i' prevented iituelt i-"i 1 it|it>11 iliinir; the war. "It seems." lie raid, "that a moat deal ef criticism v.a . nhmerged ill dofen'iiee to tin nerd Inr rpiick pro diK'tiuii. That 1 - evid"iit limn the fined nt tin-, ii"." pouring into the committee." He said that one "f the first jobs notv facing the committee is a de termination id priority up the cases called to its attention. Simultaneously, it demanded from the army till repmi on defertive 1,2. mortar hells. "Mai Cen Alden Wait/, chief of chemical \v;i if a re service, has acknowledged these killed some Ameri> an soldiers. Drinking \lcohol Fntiil To Sailor At Bikini 1 >a^oon 1 Abo,nd The I*. S. S Mt McKin lev. .lil. i 1 r>> <'lie n ew man tin j hip Hag-lop of l'ie atomic I" mb te 1 opei l: o -died and six wen- ously i'I io