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Hmltersntt Bally Btsyatrh THIRTY THIRD YEAR thk ass?m i atI:!;xT;'UT HENDERSON, N. C.,"MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 29. 194ft I'l |:|.|SIIKI> KVKKV AKTKIIXOON LM\7tA r'fc'X.Tmo /'nmr Contract Practices Blasted By Warren Before Committee De-Control Board Okeh Is Expected Senate Banking Committee Ready To Approve Men Washington, July 29.?(AIM? The Smalt" Hanking t'ominikrr today inianinmusly approved President Truman's three nom inces for the new dc-eontrol beard. The committee's action sent to the- Senate the names for its consideration possibly today, hut mere likely tomor row. Wasl.'i gton, July 29.- .1 *??! rc-k dent Truman's nominees i?-r the powerful new price do-contnl lour.! seemed headed "v i.v for quick Sen ate confirmation. Even as the Senate Banking Com mittee prepared to pass ?m the n in itiations. Boy L. Tnompson. chair man-designate t f the three-man board, announeed plans to meet hero tomorrow with the other two ap pointees. Thorn p.* on. president of the - Fed eral Land Bank of New Orleans, said he exported to leave trday for the capital to "get things lined up end ready to go at the earliest pos sible time." Bell On Board Along with Thompson. Mr. Truman named: Daniel W. Bell, former u"ting <11 rcetor i f the budget, and undciscr letary of the treasury, now president of a Washington bank. George II. Mead, board chairman of the Mead Paper :? il Pulp Co., Dayton. Ohio, and member of the advisory board of the Office ol War Mobilization and Be onversii n. In creating the board with top au thority over removal and restoration of price controls. Congress stipulated that no more than tivo members should be members of the same po litical party. Mead is a Kepubliean and Thompson a Democrat. Bell said he has no party affiliation. They will paid at the rate of $12, 000 a year. Violence Causes Some Six Deaths In North Carolina By The Associated Press At least six persons died by \ i>> lence over the wecn-cnd in North Carolina, three in one highway ac cident alone. Three youths listed as Kenneth II. Collins, 19. of Greensboro: Pfc. Donald McKcll Black. 1H. of Oreo s boro; and Garland Lee Swinney. 24. of Burlington, were killed early Sunday when their ear crashed through a bridge railing into a vreek near Greensboro. Three other occupants of the car were Vjurcd. Government Official Says Millions Lost During World War \V.". h nlgou. .Inly I'll i.V) I'nnip Irellor Gcii'ral I.mils..y Warren (<?? i.-.v ileniuneeil a, "damnable" what . ? termed til- "wide-spread" prac a? " f a my officers obtaining III fiiliic job? from 111:' war producers I ytrve govcit 'lent ci ntraels th.\ 'ic'iv I draft au<! settle while in tin ' crvicc. Mr laid before the Senate Win 'iirorTigatiug t'linnnittee three s|>e II ifie cases ami declared that as t ? result ?>f their discovery ?the Gen I sral Accounting Office has tltrnwi ?cv ay searchlight' < :i eontrtivi: i Id by the companies employing It" men. Wii'-rcn volunteered 111'- names o( men after making these point, during Iris testimony before tin committee, which branched out to 'ay from its iiupiiry int > the war time opera* inns of a msl-west nut ii'tii ns combine: Millions l.ost. 1?The Government list "untol:! n'ilii ns" l?y not nllti'.vir.:', the flc otmiing office to ? p..h o" the cit 1 raets. 2?Sum'* high gownum nt otfi ?ials made it :i practice to accept -ockl.'.il parties, hotel ai:d travel cx ?tcnscs from contractors. ft- "Krcin my rent, it hi look.>I if everybody ami It's brother were nit to get lit" ? iiveruiaoiit during ? he huh war year.." Chairman Mead (!>> of Now Yor; a filled iieceptiinee and offer of Job army offices by e nnpani' on '.vltii:e contract they have work.'i :.n itidcfen ililo : ? active" and nkl the committee will "dig into it deep er." Itiiit* Nut exception. li was ;i "riik' rather'than ;>n cv 'Tpliiiii," Warren said. fur some '.oVli till 11*lit oil trial.; to accept 1.1 vors ft'i m eontrartor:;. "It got ?<> had in th ' M.uitinv Commission, for instiinci'." Warn n ?lid. "lh.il I called | lies* n i.i 11 v o.i Adin. I.and" (Adm. I'meory S. Land, chairman)?whose name was not mentioned in any of the report;;? "and also wrote him officially, lie i.sncd an order condemning such practices." Warren declared that le.'tislation libcrali/.ing uovermiieiit colli .?irt practices during the war had grc.it ly weakened the power of the CJA' > to prevent extravagance or inistis ? t public funds. Denouncing "ahn e of t^te vastly broadened authority riven to the | procurement agencies, all under tlit rinse of war, as \\ ?!! a- the degen eration of moral standards," Warren said that "eost plus" procurement "is the greatest device ever invent i ed for pumping out the treasury." New York Cotton New York. July 211.?i.l'i?Cotton futures opened SI.40 a hale lower to SI.till higher. Noon prices were S2.50 In $7.til! a hale higher. Octo ber 33.2(5. December 3.30 and March 32.90 WATER RATIONED IN OREGON CITIES A OROUP OP SCVINTH DAY ADVINTIJTS at Gladstone, Ote., are shown getting their dally ration of water. Citizens of this community have be come dependent on water brought from Portland in street-cleaning trucks for drinking and cooking purposes. Recent hot weather caused Uevere water shortage in many Oregon communities. (International} r 'KIT ;:|\|,,\V. 17 X V Hi V^lZilN 1 O \J 1 J, Historic Paris Peace Parley Opens; Bidault: 'Abolish The Plague Of War' Where 21-Nation Peace Parley Convenes to Write Treaties ON Juir 29, In Luxembourg ' pnlncc at Paris a 21-nntion peace conference will be called to order, and delegates from the Allied na tions will draft peace treaties with Italy, Hungary, Romania, jf Bulgaria and Finland. The Big L Four foreign ministers have been I convening in the luxurious palace, R laying the groundwork for the J all-important peace parley. At the | right is an exterior view of the * palace, while at left below is the grand stairway up which dele- g gates will pass to gain the great P conference hall,lower right, where the formal signing will take place. (International) * State Police Minus Clues In Lynching State Authorities Report Residents Won't Cooperate Monroe, Oa.. July 211. nl'i Sink* police re|M.rlecl totlny Ihe.v II inn into !i ".stone well' in trucking down every leal in tie investigation of I In.1 ? inill ? t>lt* i euro lynching nenr here. "We haw talked to a lot i f ixv l?le iind gotten nowhere." said Maj. ! William Spruce. head <f the stale ! poliee. "We think we know who some of tin- men iers ol the nio'a I tire, but we ran t prove it." Meanwhile, the <?< ngrrgation o' the First Metle dist eluu it here ycs 1 lerday by resolution railed on local ;? d Walton county officials to co operate with the Mate autliorit.es. 'l ite rest lotion brought a promp letorl Irom Sheriff K. S. Gordon who said: "We are ready to cooper ate with the State. We've always : been ready. It didn't take any res olution for that." Spenee said the "good people" of Walt-n ?. utility wouldn't talk about the slaying even though some ol them "know who members of the: gang are." I Moslem League In India Won't Back Independence Plan Bombay. .1 uly "!>.?i.l'i?The M<>-- j loin l,i'ai;tK,,!i policy forming Coun cil of Action today withdrew its ii - < coptance of the British oabin-t mi - sion's proposal for granting India independence and in bitp rly phras ed instruct ions told the Icac.i:.' ! , working committee to evolve a pro ' gram of "direct action" to achieve ! an ind'epi ndelil Moslem state. | The Council of Action declared in | a resolution thai "Moslem India lias exhainled without success all (ho : avenues for peaceful settlement of demands for safe-guards in writing a constitution. It accused Britain >f collaborating in a "breach of faith" to the league. INDIA LINT CROP DOWN 2 PER CENT Calcutta. July 21). -iA') India will1 have two per cent less ??< Hon. both in yield unci area nV t ciltiva ; lion this year than in I!) 15. In its final forecast for If) 15-III the dc|Nirtnient of commercial Intel- . I licence aid the area under cotton I ' enltivalion durims the year i.-. e\ | peeled to he 111. IIHi.tMin areas ;? <1 production 3.442 00ft hales. Fl.ll It SKNTKNCKI), Doston. July 20. (A't Army LI ? Thomas Knrrell today was sentenced ; j to three to five years in slate prison ' i for branding Ifl-ycar-old llclcn Slav- I I ron. Init sentence was stayed after i defense counsel announced he would ; appeal to the State Supreme Court. Britain Accepts U. S. Plan For Unification Of Reich Diplomatic Sources Expect France To Agree Also, With Russia Refusing \V;i. Iiin: Ii-ii. .luiy i i'l - "I Ii" -tiile lit niuliiit'lil unnnuni ml lnil.iv Mril.iiii h i. ;i? ii'|i?c(l "in 11ri11c1111? thh K'M'criinK'ni's I?ih|m?;iI in unify < (-('ii|>;ilii<ii . ?!<? in (.ci in.in v. ilr' ii* mi.iiiH'iil's minoiinreinoiit lyi'.er.itml liii hope tliiil Knssi.i mid Kriinif wll .1! n iimni. I)t: pitc llii.- imp-. tin- f\|K Tl;ili..ii 1.mull': (lipliiinul- heir is II1.1I tin* I?, s. ninl 15i-i!.-4in ;ti univ will wnrk mil utiiils lor nnif.viin; llioir own /.ones < c?ui?tiiii<M|lv, tli.it France will pro bably join promptly aiul that Kus : in will refuse to ro<?|>crato. I'ii ? announcement which may mark a top hi tin* hardcniiii; ??f Ih * meat power split in Clermany came a. Secretary ??f State .lam - . Byrn ni 1 '? ith 1 i imc Minister Clement and Foreign Ministers, V M Mo|oto\ and Clcorccs llictnnlt in Ih ? first da. of the Paris peace confer ence. Young Man Asks For Boom In Jul! In Order To Study At University Chapel I! 111. .Itilv *J!t. ? When :i vniili-; in.in v ..I is lit : ii In ci>1 U i;< b;ni i imir.Ji In ii In j;nl. lie insist hiivo wiiiil viiii 11:i-.siit cull "cm un ini; iimliiii..n". Here in i li.i|i I lli'l. Iiniii - iif tl Cuivei-il- ni N'i'illi Carolina. II ? Mayor . I llu I-..' n. |{. Y.\ Minify, has lirtn r.'lh'il Upon In help Int.i ilclci i.iiii. ii y mi .ster wIiii ays Ii ? ci n't hi ? llu. mil I a-rati. ? Ii.imi* ii room. Sit In want I ? l.'iki ovc ii cell in lie ,i:?:I heir, where, he ?ays, Ih item*, to he \e y litt: er-nie. Tl: till1 e iv jin-st v . i s-? Slgcbec Miller, Jr., si reporter for the Kli.- ilieili City Ailvnnce. who wishes I-- i-iiii i- Carolina in Se} t -m ber. -I have boon advised that the town of ("1 o.-l Hill i* reiiiiiri-..ih!;. free "f ? oim- siiifl Unit iierhap 111* mil. i.r ;il It .1 I wii? -II. may In* sur plUM Ihmi iiiti thin full," li ? wm! Miiyoi tljulry. "Thin hardly iiectni fan wiili 11!? i.iliri like me li.vin*. In find iiMMinn;: s|i..i*. nl tlu* I'nivri sily. I wnuld i-xiK'i't. ?'f murst*. In imy the usual dnimilcry rental fie. I A k?mkI friend. Kftwin Long, Jr., nf Sii.|.-, \ illt. will In- jjlad In share the i ? 'i Willi iiii*. * i , mi I!', w.i- graduated Irmn Mai Hill ('iilli*.;i* in May nf II i >?*. ? : i ?it the |n*t tut time Jim i ncv. i nri* r<*|n.i*le *. I hope to hike it)i ".ii ? ii.-ni i.1 Carolina. I am lairly -..Iii i* and my nnly had lialii'i ,i.i mraviniiiil smnkiliK and Knro.ei Ami'.', '.vliicli i find inexpressibly \ nl. a . tluii'iiimhly iiiiwhnle.-ome and iilln.*." lie i deli htful. "I*. S If a jail eell i linnvnilal)!** .( ilr- mnineiit. is there i.ny elniiice nf my being ndmitted to the county hnine'.' Just tcmpm-airily, nf cnur: e." TEST FARM GRAINS YIELD NEW RECORD Kiili-iuli. .1 il\ I'll.?While the St ti ll. 11 whole " averaging 32.S bus hels of ... ti> the acre this year. the Piedmont r? -t Form at Stntcsvlltu In.'I an .i\i ' yield of it bush"l.s t<> <?>? ncre. J. W. Hendricks. nssts | taut (i h'C- notified Kred I'. Mill er, In a l " i III" le t farm Ilivi i"i. 'if the M ' Agriculture I>? i?:? 11 - 'Drill. 11 ' ' tit lv. Willi wli's ' lleiidrirl. had a yeld ; it 31 ill-1 t" tlir acre, .mil the \ J*.lid" mrtitv was 1 ft tin ii? I . 'DEAD' NAZI CHIEF REPORTED IN MUNICH NiiciiiIm Int.- I'll.?I/I'i \nicii enti nit-ii.:.'n. officers reiioiied in day that Mm tin lli'iiiiiniii. llillei ? deputy |iafty leader, wlm ha . !"?? i inissini; Hire the fall nl I'.n lni. w i seen in Muun Ii only a week a?;ii an I that a house-In-house search for hue is Remit oil. Herman lontt aitu was believed dead, lie i. being tried m absentia as one of 2 ' Nazi defendants by the international military tribunal. House (iiveu (il Furlough Pay Measure U II Illll",lu4l, July 20 ? I "? ? /\ 92," lUI.VtiH.flllf) iilMhiont for Ol fllt'lolliS'i Iiillil .1 sl'li,(Hill,Will fini'l fur III'' rclHirn OI'A tofifrcd ;i 92,179,663,210 | deficiency lull approved Imhiy Ii.. ili< I Appropriation ('iniiniil Ill rhfilnlcd money measure "l tl.?? VSMIi ('?ii!',r(M, (lie lull ill n |ii?i \ nil's: ? ::il, 'lOII, (Mill fur nvi'lllltlt illld In ill ?1.i.v |my uf kh\i'i iiit-i11 winkers. si'.ii'.illMI for 11 if now price i|i*-('ii|l? iiol hoard under i >I*A: I'iuvi .inn fur 11so uf Miitili.ilI;iii I'iiiptiveiinu Itislrii'l (iilnin liiimlt pin in I > fitnils by Iho oiiiniio encrij." ('?iiiiiiilssiini. <iii<| SI!f,7.VI,flO(l of Wnr Department money for military aid in iho Philippines. I ho bill Willi rushed In the Hutis*? floor aft?r two dayt of commltto? hcarinrs, and House leaders urped I immediate passage. Mississippi Is Searched For Bodies Ferry, Oil Barges Collide In River; One Is Known Dead CariilhcrsviUc Mn. .Inly 29.?til'i ; The muddy Mi. ."i-sippi Uivcr was carelied today lor I'ii." in'fi:e.- of at It-a i Ion | i i i.oii... |" i ily inure. who won- l olio" o<l in have iicrisliod in tin* collision nt a ferry i oat and two] ? il ladon Iwr.cs near hero Sunday. 'thirteen other <vii|>ants of the fl'I ly won" ;:a . oil lor tho Hat lioat o\ ortarnod. <ltnn|i ? u at toast fivi car- and thou pa-. elisors into the watoi. The accident oeeurrotl at 0:20 p. in. la.-t niittit. a" yards from tho Mis. o.iii stairo as trie firry uoarifl coin I !i ti> 11 oi it cfi . - from tlio Ten nessee side. f'tio was known dead. (Jerri Vick ies. a-yoai- Id si n ol Mr. :? d Mrs. Claude Viikets. of Cariithcrsville. died alter he watt brought to shore. Headquarters Group Of U.N. ChoosesSites 15 Spots Chosen For Final Home Of United Nations W\v York. .1 uly ?_'!! i/l'i ? The 1 I'liitod N'.il ton lirodipioiters coin - mi I' M oimnimced today lh?" srlee iion i>f l.i p iblc .'-do I'm iIk- Her man! nl 11<>i11. i'f tin I mtcd Nations in Hie We Iche-ler-Kairfirld area of New York ond ("onneetieut. The proposed silo for the world capital i..lice from two square miles |o I'l quale inn ? After discussing e;n li ile v illi the people involved, the eomioi ion will e d I he list down l" five eitie I" lie eepsiderod t iv Hie (ielei.il A ein'ily .il its ! titcvliiifs iii Now York He. foil. I lie prol'.iliilii.v tli.it Hi" I'liiled Notion Alomie I I iv i cv (.'oilillil.i.iofi might l>" forced I i inoke majority ond ininorily leporl weie seen h ilny os tin- Kii.mii plop for controll ing otomie energy went under Hie elo e-: eeui dy ol cumin ion incni liei \ meiiiliei of the II S. delegation to the commix.ion sold it seemed in 1 o\ it ilile to him Hint Hie commission wopld moke two report, to the U. N Security Conned, do potent Xuly. ond lo the 1' N. (Seiicrol Assembly. Declining use of his mime, he said ! (he majority report, favoring the U. I1 S. plan, would he supported by ten delegates on Hie linns of Ihe pres ent .cotisideralinn of the question of control. The minority report, he i added, would h ? made by Russia and 1 Poland and would favor the Russian plan for atomic energy control. President Of France Named Chairman Of 21-Nation Meeting I Paris. July 29.?l/Pi?The 21-nu tion iwict' conti vencc, c livened lor mally in Luxeniwourg Pal;.- o more than a year alter the end of tlie Second World War in Europe. was summoned h.v President Georges liidault of Kim re today to abolish "the plague of war". Addressing the I lilt!' delegates of the victoria? Allies ? :i In-half of the host nation, lie pleaded: "The h ng sutiering peoples of the world today look lo you. If we can ot get cone Jet peace solution, 1 hope that at least we will get reasonable ones " Kcfcrcnec To P. S., Russia in an apparent relercp.ee to the | IVited Stall, and It i.Ma. Itidanlt j said that whatever Id.one could be i attached to the tailnre to keep the after the lir.it world war. "a fundamental cause ? f that failure was that the two great powers who laid taken a decided part in the I coiupiest ol arn ?: remaincil on the I side lines during the solution of peace." "The hope:; of plain men are turned toward o.. today," lie raid, concluding his t ? -mniuU-. slowly spoken speech. Ilidanll was tlien named provisional chairman of fhe ?.onferenre en the motion of It. S. Secretary of State .lames K. Ityrncs. i For more than UK hours the dep ] lily foreign ministers ot the four man power?;- P.ritain, l-'ranee. Ros ! sia and the It. s.?had argued be fore agreeing even upon publication ol lite five treaty drafts prepared I by the four power: for submission to the conference. It filially was agreed to release the live treaty text?;, along with statements on dis agreements at 11:00 Greenwich Mean lime (G p. m. EST) Tuesday. Attlcc Replaces Bevin LVited States Secretary of State James Byrnes. who arrived here yesterday, conferred with Prime Minister Clement R. Attlce of Bri tain in an attempt to break the pub lication deadlock. The two also dis cussed various aspects of the Pales tine problem. Attiee is here in the place of his foreign secretary, n est Bevin. who is ill. This peace < <hi fere ce is not sche duled to consider the future of Ger many or Japan, or In take lip such matters as atomic energy, j The question of freedom ol navi gation on the Danni e was shaping up as one ot the major issues. with eastern powers favoring such free dom over the protc.-t of Russia. 11 Horary Also Problem Likewise, Hii gnry, gateway to the Balk.i n.?, appeared to be looming as the principle battering point for American efforts to < btain an open door economic policy in Russian 'dominated Europe. Lt. Gen. \V. Bedell Smith, ambass ador to Russia and craek State Dc partnui t trouble s!n nter. was ap pointed to the suh'committec consid' ering the Hungarian treaty, lt was learned that the draft of the Hun garian treaty contains ostrong pro test by Russia against consideration of ttie question of cavigation on the Danube. An informed source said the protest was contained in a reserva tion clause, and similar clauses np pnrontly were included in treaty drafts with Bulgaria and Romania. Countries alto ding the '.onfcrcnce are: English speaking: Australia, Cana da. Britain. New Zealand, South Africa. United State-. Slavic: White Russia. Soviet Rus sia, Czccholovakia. Poland. Ukraine, Yugoslavia. Other European: Belgium. France, the Netherlands. Norway. Greece. Asiatic: China, India. Other: Brazil. Ethiopia. LITTLE CHANGE IN EGG PRICES I Haleigh. July 20.?Kgg prircs .'ire approximately "eggy.actly" whore I hey wore one year ago, according to It. U. Kelly. Poultry Marketing .Spcciali*t with the Department or Agriculture, who released the fol lowing l?r nl figures. 1 Wholesale prices to farmers .In ly (i. I ft 15. for (irndc A large were II cents. i? <1 on .Tuly 2h. I9l5, same grade. >10 cents a do/en. Kgg.. of the same size and grade on .lulv r>. 1 n 1(5. bo ught farmers 42 to III rents and .Inly 19. 1016, 45 cents per dozen Itet,nl egg pi ices in Haleigh, Kelly 'disclosed, were 54 U? 'id cents a doz en for large tirade A eggs on July 2ft. 11145. and en July 10. 1046. eggs of similar size and grade were 61 ends per dozen, depending on where purchased. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Tartly cloudy and slightly warmer tonight and Tuesday. Scattered showers Tuesday at tei noon.
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