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Himitersnn Uatly UtspatrJj THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, AUGUST 3, 1946 1 puu^ib^d jkvkuv aktkhnoon PIVF. rrots~rnpv" CRIPPLED GIRL SLAYS STEPFATHER CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR since the ngc of four, pretty Jacqueline Colburn, 19. Springfield, ill., is carried from her home by police after admitting that she killed her stepfather, Lawrence Barregarye, during a quarrel. Jacqueline was released shortly after, when prosecutor termed the fatal shooting a justifiable homicide. (International Soundp'ioto) Truman Heads For Home, And Hot Political Squabble ? # Light Vote Being Cast In Kentucky Brown Appears Man To Beat For Senate; May Is Unopposed Louisville. Ky.. Auk. 3.?</l'>?Firs' j reports on today's I temoernlie ami ] Kcpubli. an primurit . in Kentucky . indicated a liKl't vote was bciiiK cast tor candidates for U. S. senator and nine representatives in Congress. Philip P. Arderly, young Frank fort attorney was* a lieutenant colo nel in the army air forces. Blakley Helm. Louisville attorney who seiz ed in both world wars and several other Democratic senatorial aspirants have declared the man to beat in the nine man party contest was John Brown. Bro\\>\ a Lexington attorney, for mer congressman and slate legisla tor. made only a few formal ad dresses hut conducted an organi/a- ! toinal campaign all over the slate. None of the candidates did any stumping , in the traditional con' try manner. Kentucky's eight Democrats and one Republican representative, all seek renom ? "ition. Four Democrat s j are unopposed in the primary, in cluding Andrew J. May of Preston burg. chairman of the House Mili tary Committee; who has been the subjert of recent tsetiinoii.v in the Mead committee's war profits inves tigation. Legislators Head Home Washington, Aug. 3?(AP)?Law makers sldfted from the legislative to the political battlefield today as the 7!)tli Congress went home ex pcclitig thai it won't be back until after the November elections. :f ever. The vast majority of its members, however, hoped individually to be on hand when the 80th Congress is called to order in January. For most of them the opportunity to get hack home and hoe political gardens was what they had been waiting for the months. Every House seat technically is at stake in November, although some of the contests already have been decided in Democratic primaries in the South. Thirty-six Senate seats are to be filled, and there too some Southern Democrats have cleared their voting hurdles. Show-Down Will Be Postponed On Albania's U. N. Bid Now York. Aug. 3.?f/P)?Several, delegations! to the United Nations Security Council indicated today they would oppose a shown-down on Albania's application for U. N. membership until after the mem bership committee had discussed all applications before it. These delegations included the U. S. and Britain, who took the posi tion that the committee should di vide its work into two phases?dis cussion and voting. President Central Figure In Heated Missouri Primary Washington. Auk. 3.?i/l'i?Pros;- I dent Truman flew today to Mission where lie will Ret a first hand view of the Kansas City Democratic con Kressional primary in which he i the major catnpaiRn issue. His plane took off from the Na tional Airport iit 8:115 a. in. (KST). His endorsement of Kiios Axtel opponent of Hep. Roger ('. SlauRh ter in the first district, lifted an al ready heated intra-party fight into national prominence. Ifotli Slaughter and Jerome Walsh the third man in the race, have re acted bitterly to Mr. Truman's in tervention. disclosed at a recoil news conference. Mr. and .\1 is. Truman will vol I Tuesday at the Memorial buildin in Independence. Their home is it the fourth district of Jackson coun ty, represented by C. J. Dell an adjoining the one represented b-. Slaughter. Consequently, the President wil have* no chance to vote against tic man he said has opposed virtually ; II administration measures its . member of the House Kiilos Coin iniltee. He says lie is for Dell. Independence has prepared <clcbr.il on for the President tin' First Daily, marked by a recent in bv the town folk on the lawn of Hie Truman home. Tennessee City Is Ruled By Veterans 3-Man Committee Maintains Order In M'Minn County Alliens. Teim.. Aiir. 3.?i/P( ? A lirce man eilir.on. committee iiam ?il by politically minded veterans ?vim roinlorccd their I >; 111 < > I s Willi mllcts kept law and order in em battled MeMinii comity today. Athens?scene ot a violent six hour battle between veterans and deputies over the counting of bal- | lots in Thursday's democratic pri mary?was quiet as the committee took over. Two ex-GI's were in charge of the jail, battered and luillet marked mini scores of rounds of amimiill ? ion. Other veterans patrolled the ?? unity. t inier City l'oliec. Chief. Athens itself was slill under City Police Chief Boh Walker who sai l le would cooperate Willi the vcl ? rans. The committee was named at a ?kiss meeting to preserve order fol owing the mysterious disappearance ?f Sheriff Pat Mansfield. Mansfield, a leader of the long iominanl county political machine vhieh the veterans claimed they usted with a slate of CI candidates, eft town after servicemen routed iiin and 34 special deputies front the county jail shortly alter 3 a. in. . cstcrday. The surrender of the sheriff and lis deputies followed a six hour bai lie during which IS were injured as veterans and deputies besieged in the. jail traded gun fire after a dis uite over ballot counting. RailCollision In New York FatalToTwo Port Washington, N. Y.. Aug. 3.? | ?I'l?A railroad conductor and an j nuineer wire killed today and ten Misseiigers injured seriously wlien a j oenmotive collided head on with a I ?nssenger train on the Dong Island tai I road about one hall' mile from he Port Washington station. The conductor was Joseph lliilser. ?3. The engineer on the same tram vas Daniel Awatta. 33. lie died as wo Port Washington doctors am illtalcd one of his legs in order to silicate him from the wreckage. It was the second railroad acci lent in tin1 New York area in the Mist 21 hours, t'ne person was kili <1 and lui! injured yesterday after iiioii when a Central lliiilroiid of slew Jersey commuter train crashed j ?nto the rear of another conimuter | train at ISaynnne. N. J. PRETTY WAR BRIDES FROM ITALY SEATED ATOP LIFE RAFTS, a quartet of war brides from Italy pose for the photographer in approved shipboard style on the Thomas Harry as it arrived in New York City. They are (I. to r.): Mrs. Gincora Bell, from Naples, who is going to Detroit; Mrs. Bruna Klar, of Milan, also headed for Detroit; Mrs. Mary Lend, who is bound for Memphis, Tenn.; and Mrs. Loray Chirk, Genoa, on her way to Winsor, Conn. (International) Highway Traffic Violations Mounting Ily LYNN NISBKT. Bally Dispatch Bureau Raleigh. Aug. 3 ? Increasing num .r of driving license ? revocations J id convictions for traffic law vio- I tions whi.h do not necessarily can revocation is indicated in the ily report of the highway safety Ivlsion in the department of motor [?hides. After making all proper allow - aces for increased traffic and for etter enforcement, the comparative gurcs of 544 revocations and sus- | pensions Inst month ???<! 328 for July of "Inst ynir do not look good. The record of convictions for minor in fractions of the law is even worse. Total convictions for moving viola tions was 3.795 last month trd 2, 058 in July last year. Drunken driving led in revoca tion causes and speeding held firs', pice in lesser offenses, in each in stun.e the chief causes representing more than half the total. Falling to have driver's license was a poor sec ond and faulty equipment a close third in causes for traffic violations | which did not automatically require j revocation of license. It is also in teresting to note that the proporth u j : of out of state violators increased lover last year. There were many more cars on [North Carolina highways in July of < this year than last, and there were a few more patrolmen on the job. But even the most optimistic cannot juggle .figures to make these condi tion account for 84.5 per cent in crease in traffic violations and 6fi per cent jump in driving license revocations. 'Big Five Powers Will Rotate Peace Confab Chairmanship PROVISIONS OF DRAFT TREATIES I MT CENiskj ^^h?KIOA^^ |pANinLi?ur^ %? 1 I >v_^V_^7 Aj- ? ) ALGERIA AREAS AFFECTED by the proposed treaties being considered at the peace conference in Paris arc shown on above map in black. Slices of territory on Italian-French border go to France. Greece gets the Dodecanese Is lands from Italy, which also loses Libya. Pantcllcria would be demili- : tarized. Albania would be recognized. Yugoslavia gets most of Venezia Giulia and Zara from Italy, and Trieste becomes a free territory. Ro mania gets Transylvania from Hungary, but loses Bessarabia and N. Bukovina to Russia and S. Dubruja to Bulgaria. Finland loses Petsamo to Russia, but will get back Hangoc, where, however, the Soviets will get the right to build a Baltic naval base. Fortification on islands of Sar dinia and Sicily would be restricted severely. (International) , Porter Asserts Production Is Key To Lower Prices Troops From India Moving By Sea On Basra, Iraq Port f London. Ann. 3.?</l'<?British In dim troops were moving bv sea to day to Basra. Ira?|. port on the Per sian gulf near the Iranian frontier, land the British foreign offi-.e, the 'Indian office in London and the Inriim government expressed vary-; ing views of what I lie movement! meant. An Indian government communi que released in New Delhi said the soldiers were being sent to Basra "in order that they may be on hfnd for protection, should rircumstapres demand it. of India. British and Arab j lives, and in order to safeguard In- ' dian and British interests in south Persia (Iran)." An Indian office spokesman ear lier said the movement was '"purely precautionary" and there was no [ suggestion the units woidd he used in the near future unless "circum stances demand it." Army Discloses Soviet Soldiers Get Secret Data Frankfurt Aug. 3. ? (/Pi ? Tlltf United States Army announced to- j night that two of three Russian sol- | diers, arrested recently in Berlin as j spies and later released to Soviet \ authorities, had forced German em ployes of the U. S. army to hand [ over secret American documents. The announcement ? issued from ] the office of Brig. Geu Kdwln L. j Sivert, U. S. Army intelligence chief in Kurope?followed Russia's char ges that the Ihrce Soviet soldiers were "treated like criminals while in American custody." New Price Boosts On Market Basket Items Announced Washington. Aug. 3.?-(/Pi?On the heels of price increases for bread, flour, and other foods. ORA Admin- j istralor Paul Porter today expressed confidence that before too long pro duction gains will stabilise prices. Taking an optimistic view even as higher ceilwgs went into effect on bakery products, wheat Hour, cereals, macaroni, noodles, corn meal and hominy grits. Porter said: ' I'm confident that before too long production here in this country is really going to take over and gel in its ovui good licks to help lljc gov ernment keep prives at levels every one can afford. It's Hard To Be Sure. "Right now when you are paying higher prices for foods ? and when it looks as though clothing prices and prices for some manufactured goods may have to rise ? it's hard to he sure we are reading the ther mometer correctly. "However. I think the si;?*s very definitely point to a real promise of clear weather and clear sailing ahead." As Porter spoke, OPA had tagged foi announcement soon price hikes on more market basket items ? ceil ing increases of perhaps 8 to 10 cents a pot I'd on coffee and 1 to 2 cents on canned corn, peas, and tomatoes. New Price Increases. Meanwhile, OPA ordered these re tail increases into effect: Bread: One cent on loaves weigh ing up to 2 pounds; in bigger loaves two to three cents. Bakery products: One cent a dozen on rolls: 15 per cent on cookies, ciackers and biscuits. Flour: About one cent a pound. Breakfast cereals: One to three cents a package on all kinds except corn flakes, puffed rice and puffed wheat. Macaroni and noodles: Two -lents on eight ounce boxes, one cent on smaller packages. Corn meal and grits: One to two cciils a pound. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy with moderate temperatures tonight. Sunday scattered shov. rrs and thunder storms. Question Of Voting Rules Not Decided Paris. Aug. 3.?t/Pi?Leaders ??f the Paris iieaoc conference voted 12 to 8 today to rotate the conference chairmanship, as urged by tlie large nations. an<l then turned the question of whether a two thirds vote or a simple majority would decide all issues. 11iv vote on mo ciiaiiniansmp was Ihe first outright test in the dispute between large and small nations, and was a victory for the United States and Russia. The chairmanship will rotate among the United States, Bri I.ain. China, France and Russia in that French alphabetical order. The nations voting for the rotat ing chairmanship, proposed by the foreign ministers council, were: U. S. Canada, China, France. Bri tain. Norway. Poland. C/eehoslavika, Ihe Ukraine. Russia, Yugoslavia, and White Russia. ICthiopiu Abstains. The nations voting for a single permanent chairman were: Australia. Belgium, Brazil, Cireece, India, New Zealand, Holland and South Africa. Klhiopia abstained from voting in the action. China was not an inviting power due to the insistence ol Russia, hut as a member of the foreign minis ters council will lake its turn in tlv; chairmanship rotation, l-'.ncli chair man will serve three days. The (inestion ol a two thirds ma jority, favored by Russia anil the U. S? promised to be .mother- fight between large and small nations. The rules committee adjourned un til Monday without reaching a de cision. Britain To Back Ministers. A British spokesman, meanwhile, said Britain would go down the line in support of every compromise reached by I lie foreign ministers on peace treaties. He expressed the op inion there would be no reopening of the Trieste question, despite Yugoslavia's opposition to the min isters' decision to internationalize that disputed city. The rules committee wrangled all day yesterday on the chairmanship question. It was turned in favor of the big powers when U. S. Secretary of State James Ryi lies said lie would support the big four decision be cause the widening split developing over it menaced both the conference and later meetings of the foreign ministers. After the vote the conference moved to the question of extending invitations to former satelite coun tries to sit in the conference as well as to other countries not members of the conference. Attlee Will Confer With Ailing Bevin Paris. Aug. X?f/Pi?Prime Min ister Attlee headed for London to day to confer with Krnost Bevin. In., ailing foreign secretary and pos sibly h* decide whether Bevin is well enough t" lake Attlee'.. place as head of the British delegation to the peace conference. <H i:i;.N IXIZABKTH 16 SUNDAY. London, An:1.. X? t/P> ? Queen l.h/.abclli celebrates her 46th birth day tomorrow at Windsor Castle. A small family luncheon will be held. Restaurant Prices j1 Back At Old Level j Raleigh. Aug. 3.?There are no i chances in OPA rrsiilations gov crninc restaurants. OPA llisti ict Price Executive W. A. IJrclian said today. "Prices wiiicli may have been raised durine tlie OPA I hiatus have not reverted to lecal ceilinc nriecs in cffrcl 011 .tune 30. 1946" I.inch.111 declared. II n d e r the provisions of Amendment 13 of the OPA res taurant regulation, restaurant operators are allowed to recal culate the eeiling price for any meal, food item or beverage, the major ingredient of which is exempt front price control at all | other levels. Any prices com puted under this provision must be filed in duplicate with the lo cal Price Control Board. Liue han said. i Mead Group To Continue Fraud Probe Committee Taking Month's Vacation; May Might Testify | c Washington. Aug. 3. ? i/pi ?The ! Senate War Investigating Committee] began a vacation today along with the rest of Congress but posted i'o-| tice that its search for war time, frauds will go 011. Its' formal warning that it is bent | upon ex|Hisure of fraud in war-time | spending in general and "dishonesty j on the part of public officials" in I particular climaxed a mn th of in- ] vesligation into the complicated op- i erations. of a munitions combine. Wlnle Congress expects to take the rest of the year off. the committee dc.ided upon a month long recess of public hearings, "except lor an emergency." Krom sources close to the commit tee. it was learned that tin: phrase was inserted t" cover the possibil ity that ftep. May (In i f Kn lucky would volunteer to appear before the committee to tell, under oath, of Ins intervention in behalf of the combine. May. whose counsel pleaded ill ness on bis behalf, has been absent j [from Capitol 11111 since his collapse! I on the eve of a scheduled appear ance before the group, lie has de-: ? i:ed profiting personally through j that intervention. The commit IceV aiinoiineeinent or | its plans for working during the con- i gressi'inal recess ? ante on the heels I ] of a disclosure by Klislia Walker. ; 1 New York banker, that he held a j j five-year-old unpaid $5,000 note,! (.signed by May. FIRST PHOTO OF TEL AVIV ROUNDUP TWO BRITISH SOLDIERS stand guard outside a barbed-wire enclosure, Tel Aviv, I'alcstinc, in which over 500 men and women are being held for questioning in search for Jewish terrorists. A "shoot on sight" curfew by the British has restricted the 200,000 inhabitants of the largest all Jewish city in the world to their hornet, '.International Radiophoto^
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