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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
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) 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
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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^