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Hgttftgrgtm Uatly Ufapatrff THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 0, 1S4C |,nM,,^'i':!ai^vrKltNlK'x FIVE CENTS COPY T ruman Confidently Puts Future On Line In Missouri Primary Slaughter Attempts To Retain His Seat Despite Opposition By Tlio Associated I'rcss *" fifHi district voters marked ballots today in a congres sional i. ice iiuii | iron used an insight, by proxy, into tin; administration's popularity in one segment of resi dent Truman's home state. The race, involving an attempt by Hep. 1'ngor c. Slaughter (I)) to win renomination despite public opposi tion from Mr. Truman, drew only a small portion of the voters partici pating in the day's six primaries? Missouri, Kansas. Arkansas, New Hampshire, Virginia and West Vir ginia. Hut because Mr. Truman said that if Slaughter was right, in his fight against White House legislative pro posals. the President was wrong, the contest took on an e.emoiit missing since the late President Itoosevelt aided ill the ltWlt defeat of Hep. .lolm J. O'CVmior. (D) of New York. How ever. Mr. Roosevelt's efforts failed to unseat four other Democrats that year. i Axtcll Is Truman's Choice Like O'Connor, Slaughter incurred the Presidential wrath because of his actions as a member of the pow- I erful House Holes Committee. Knos A. Axtel). Mr. Truman's | choice, and Jerome Walsh, former ; OPA attorney, fought it out with Slaughter for the Democratic nomi nation while the President prepared i to vote oin the adjoining fourth dis- t trict at his home town of Independ ence. There was no indication that Mr. Truman hud taken an active pact i in the fifth district contest since he j went home last week. In Virginia. Senator Harry Flood Bynl. Democrat, opposed by the CIO- ' PAC, seeks renomination in a race with Martin Hutchinson, Richmond attorney who says he is not a can didate of organized labor. There are I also five primary contests for House j teats. Government Of Turkey Kicked-Out Pekcr Undertakes To Set-Up New* Regime In Ankara i Ankara. Turkey. Ana. (i.?i/l'i?Ite- i eepl Pckor, who fought beside Kenril Attaturk yeais ago 111 their sures-i fill revolt against the Sultims. mi' ? took today to form a new Turkrii government replacing thai of Pre mier Stikru, which resigned last in the face of heavy opposition to its domestic policies. Saraaolu's resignation represented one ofthe greatest upheavals in Turk ish politics since Altaturk died in 198H and Ismet Inonii followed as President. II was the result of popu lar dissatisfaction with domestic af fairs. particularly the high cost of living. The official anatolia news agency said the Saraeoglu cabinet would continue to function until Pokes, who served briefly as Saraciig Ill's minister ofintirior, announces the composition of his new goveriuneiit, possilily icxl Monday. Gl Sentenced DEATH by hanging Is the fate await ing Pvt. Leo Christenscn (above), * 24th Division signalman from lona, Iowa, who was convicted in Japan on a number of charges in cluding the assault of a Japanese * woman and killing a boy in a motor cycle smash. He is being held in Yo kohama while the death sentence is c review. (International) Ordered Home FORMER Gl Charles Quatt (above), of Patterson, N. J? who married a German girl, has been ordered to leave Europe and return to the U. S. without his wife. An Army regula tion forbids the marriage of Ameri can soldiers or Army employes to German women. (international) Mac Arthur Is Praised By Two Solons I Ellender, Butler Expect Slash In Number Of Troops Washington. Aug. ti. i.'Vi Sena tor Kl lender (I)> of I.oiii.-iann and lintel* (It) of Nebraska. said today 1 General MacAldliur expert: to !>' able soon to curry o;it lite occupa tion or ? i "with :i handful of olir troops." Hack from ;i ll!-da.v (light lti.it carried Iheni and throe House mem bers around tlic world, the senators credited MacArthur with a lip-In,> jot) ol organizing arid controlling < the Japtinese people. As for China, however, both sen ators stiid in separate interviews they \ favor speedy withdraw d of all Aioer- 1 iet.n troops ? d an i ninediate end of direct aid to that trouble-beset na tion. "We are ("really impressed with I wliiit General MacArthur has doimj iual is doing in Japan. Kllender said \ "He told ns that our troops soon I can out down until the job can be doc with a handful of men." Ihitlcr affirmed this .and added! that he expects MacArthur to re main supreme commander in Japan until the job is reduced to a run- ! tine. Shortly after MacArthur entered Japan he caused a minor sensation ! in military circles hy annoirring : that occupational tv? ops could he reduced to UllO.hllh within six months. That estimate t*?i ? hod off a flurry of criticism, cumins as it did in the midst of congressional and public I controversies over demobilization and postwar policies. In their mm mo Is "it China, both ! said Ilie current iiltempt to briny a' ! truce between opposing factions in ( is en iim? - ible ta ds. | "We are trying to cure eruditions in China thai have existed for many (<??? ttiricf." Kllender raid. "Our troops there are tml casing a tense situa I tion. There are manv incidents wo j do not hear about back here." |Sonp Shortage For Two Years Bein^ Forecast (Sl.'d ion. flnlcieh. All!!. f>. Th"re will he fin exceptional short see of snap litis winter, much greater ihnn ill present. unless I he salvage of wast" f;ils is s'opped up. says Mrs. Vytulle T. Smilli of State CoHcRe, -.?hniri'i; n of the N. C. Kal Salvage Tommitloo. In n letler to Ihe farm find homo agents of Hi" Kxlepsion Service, sh" 'ies asked that eollection of futs nirl >ils he inerensed wherever possible ?t d thnl fill eoi .tivinilies set tip fat salvnec boards that will arrange for ?i llection Mid shipment of the sal vage mnteriiils. WEATHER FOR NORTH CAROLINA Partly rlo'"'"- i""* j warm today and tonight. Widely I I arattcrcd shotver* Tur* lay aft- I ernoon; cloudy Wtdncatlay, I Help Is Sent Caribbean Quake Area At Least Two Dead, 11 Towns Destroyed By Sunday Tremor I'iudad Trujillo, I fouiinicaii Ite ?niblic, Aiik (i. i/l'i?'Tin? Govern nelil mslus! aid today t?> areas south of the Moule Itreste tuoiinlain range, drieken Sunday by an earthquake ?nd tidal wave which tisik a loll of at least two dead and dnmuKcd .wire Ihan I I towns in this Carib bean republic. Kyewilness reports received today from Matanas on the north roasi, said a tidal wave swept inland as much as a mile and moved so swift ly that it caught a party trying to v-seape in an automobile. Residents Forewarned The cvewilie'Sscs said the residents had been Ion 'warned, however, when the waters lirst receded much below the normal low tide mark and that many had taken refuge in trees and hijjh iilaces. i lily eight of raid houses in iMan tan/as were reported slill standing. At Nagua. fill ur (id houses were lest royed. Wrecked telegraph and connnwni eations facilities made it difficult to obtain a clear picture of the dam igc wriiiKht by the quake which ap parently centered in the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean, approx maloly 511 miles off the oast coast of the Dominican Republic. Low-Priced Men's Wear Will Return Washington, Aug. fi. ? l/l'l ? A | spokesman for retail clothing mer chants said wistfully today that high er textile prices may put $2.25 shirts and 70-ccnt shorts hack on store shelves. "That is our hope." said Iailtie ttothschild. executive director of the Natoinal Association of Retail Cloth iers. lie told a rop< rter thai the average II! per cent ? crease in the cotton tex tile ceilings put ittio effect by OPA yesterday "un-louhledly will encour age greater produelioii" of cotton ap parcl. "Manufacturers will have an in ientire to prod: - e shirts to retail at $2.25 and sin rls il 7!l rents." Kotlis eliild said. "We haven't had ;>'y ot those in a long lime." Up to now. he said, manufacturers have not been able to make a profit on these lower priced items. Heirens Confesses He Killed Degnan Child, Giving Details - South Carolina's Bi^est Tobacco Crop On Sale South Carolina's biggest tobacco crop is on sale in nine market towns of the state, and here are two ty pical warehouse scenes. Left: Brisk selling is under way at Mullins. H. H. Fowler of Walnut Cove, N. C., a tobacco auctioneer for 21 years, stands at left with hand outstrcached as he cants the bids. Right: Buyers grouped around-tobacco piles follow the sales in a warehouse at Timmonsville. High Prices prevail. (AP) Mead Group Will Look Into | May's Vacation In Miami Beach Byrnes AndMoltov ClashAnewAtParis Paris. Aug. C.?//Tt?Secretary of State .lames F. Byrnes iind Soviet \ I Korvign Minister \f. M, Molotov I vli.shetl on the flfOf of the Paris | ! |:caco conference riot's committee to- ? | day, Byrnes charging the Russian | {dictation to the conference through i j tin* l>ig lour ill Molotov replying j that the big four was an American ? idea. i Byrnes, replying to the Hussion'sj ] charges < t inconsistency read from ; j "the record" and challenged Molo j lov to see I hat the United States j delegates' remarks were published j in the Soviet Ciaon. Molotov repeated his charges of I incM'sislcncy. He said Byrnes was speaking "in a serious and angry tone" and declared "we. almost alone, have to defend the agreed decisions" of the foreign ministers of the four major powers? Russia. France, Brit ain and the L'i'ited States. lie accepted Byrnes' challenge to have ttie Secretary of State's remarks published in the Russian press. The exchange took place in the se:ond week cf arguments as to whether the committee will recom mend a rule that a simple majority vote will he required for the full conference to pass treaty recom mendations mi to the foreign min isters council nf for final action. Stale Forest Lands: A Public Asset lt.v IjVNX NISHKT. Daily Dispatch Bureau Italcigh. Aiin. It. Pamphlets have been distributed conla'i ing results of' a survey of .-t forestry adniinistrn t'i n in North Carolina, recently made , by the Society of American Foresters i in cooperation with the Charles Pa llirop I'ack Forestry Foundation, j which contain some very interest ed, i ?and perhaps surprising?informa tion. After nearly 300 years* < f continu ant cuttini! ad milling (lie state stlil had I ft.dlltl.tlPtt acres (at! per cent of the total state arcat in some form of forest growth. Nearly two million acres is publicly owned in national and stale lores!.-. Indian res- i ervations. game refuges, parks and watersheds. Approximately ten mil-' linn acre; is rlu>>ilied as f;irm woori I; ? (Is in relatively small tracts, while J 111 crest <il I lie nim-piihlie fores I land is owned by indiislrinl iind power plants. limiting preserves and invest ment funds. The wood-using iniliislry h;is morel ? (lividu.il ( t.ilili limetils "San smv idlier kind of business in Nerlli Car oliiiii. ranking se ond only to tex liles ;is u source of employment. The stole stood seventh in Die Union in lumber production n I!l 1H. third in the manufacture i f veneer in III3B j Viiliie of primary nnd seeoiidnry foiest products runs over a hundred million dollars. The survey uses these and other facts as basis for the proposition that the public value of forests i. so high as to justify much more public attention and larger appropriations 1 ? ?r forestry work. liltl only 7:t ppi cent of non-federal forest lands in the stile were umler IV rest fire contril. ;ind funds available aver aged only ;i little over three rent - ;?? aero. At that jnrl about one per rent of tire protected area was binn ed over. The stirx'e.v report xonchides: "In few stales do forests mean more t 1 the economic find oeial well heinii of the peojile than in North C'arolinfi. The stale is richly endowed with forest resources, and its uovernmo t t'fis fi high degree of integrity find 1 growing fippreeifilion of Ihinus Unit 111 ed to he done . . . The stale is : et and th<' lime ripe for vigorous ac tion. Mining this postwar peril d citi/en. will look to the forests tor worthwhile work as a reservoir of payrolls and should ? ot l< ok 111 vain." Highway Accident Kills 1 lirce, Injuries riiteen A large truck trailer is sprawled across the highway near Greensboro, and a bus (arrow) lies in a ditch after a traffic accident that killed three persons and injured 15. The truck was in collision with an auto mobile (not shown), and the bus went into the ditch as the driver applied the brakes to 3ton at the scene. Those killed were in the auto. Ten injured were bus passengers. (AP Photo,. Committee Hears Solon At Miami In Spring, 1944 Washington, Aug. (!.?i/l'i?Senate war investigators wore said today to be pursuing a tip the Bop. Andrew J. May, (II), <il Kentucky. vacationed in Mi.'.nii Heacli, f-'la., with officials of the Caisson munitions combine in March or April. 1944. An official of ific Mr-art committee said the group has received infor mation indicating that the Kentucky lawmaker may have been at the Versailles Hotel on Miami Beach sometime during the period witii Murray am, Henry Cai son. I'tie two iirothers were guiding light-, of the Halavia and lac- Basic Metal I'j ducts Companies find other firms in the combine. Congress was m i<.cc.-.s iroin April 1 to 12. 1941. May Denies Travel Money In a speech In the House last July J. May denied . pecific.xlly thai he had received : ii.v travel expenses from the C'limbe-l.uid I,timber Co., in affiliah <>r the coniliiiie, adding Dial "I never ir ed one penny of an.v i/odvs' money except inv own as Ir.'ivel exiiense or otherwise." Never-the-le:.;.. the committee was understood to lie preparing to (pie, inti May?winli ids health permits 111in to appear about the reasons for and the expense o( the reported Miami I teach trip at a period when War Iteparlnienl wilne ? have t lifnil that Hi" Mop. i- Military ('"in nittee ehairnian wa exei liiifj "cpa nil pre.-siire" in behalf of the Ciiirs on coi 11 pa n lis. t'ommitle recoid. intliealed licit May also will !?? asked to explain his litter of April II!. I It III to (letter tl I iwiuht Is enhnwer. eonceriiin '. court martial prnccduii'... aitainst ('apt. Joseph II. Oar.-am. In his \pril I" letter. May described Mur ray Ciars. ou. the Captain'? father, :is "one of my v.arm personal friends." Market Slide Led By Steels, Motors New York. Ann. 1 ?(/Pi?S1< J and motors led a stork maikrt info 1 lower avenue territory today a! Ihoiigh a few favorites menaced to contest tlie move with some success. Prominent on tlie off-side were U. | S. Steel. Bethlehem. i hrysler, Gen ual Motors. Goodrich. Montgomery Ward and t'mon Pacific, llicher tendencies were shown for Paramount Pictures, Ainerican Wool en and Texas Co. OXFORD STOREKEEPER DIES FROM BEATING Oxford. Auc. (i ? .1 VV. Most.j afip 'lit. died ill (Iranville Hospital at II it. in. Monday after mi illness of six days. Mr. Moss, a rural <tore-kee)ier. five mile, south of Oxford, was badly injured Inst Tuesdi.y when club bed over the head find robbed by unidentified assailants. Koneial services were conducted at .'I p. in. today at I'euee (.'Impel by tin- Kev. E, O. Urtty He is survived by bis mother. Mrs. Susan Moss of Zcbulon ox brothers and sister.1?. Mrs W. II. Hinckley. Henderson; Mrs. (1. i L. Tilley. J. L. Moss. (.). II, Moss, Mrs. J. P. Powell and J. C Moss, nil .if Oxford Girl Chosen At Random, He Asserts j C >i i e a a <>. Aug. (i?i.fi?William lichens. inlti Stale's Attorney Wil ! liam .1, "I in.h.v today ho strangled i .Sufraiino IV-gnnn. age li. with his f'?: I gor> as : lie I; v in her bod. and then hook her body to the basement of a I nearby apartment building and cut I it to pieces. Jle claimed he was in,a sort of j naze when lie killed the young girl : last January V. Alter dropping the I parts of her dismembered body in | sewers in her neighborhood, he add ed. he returned l the "dissecting i room" and wmtfc a note demanding $20,000 lansnm. ! lie said that lie selected his vic I tim entirely hy char-.e. Window Not Closed. lie w.i: it t ie neighborhood car j her. tie related, and observed the 1 window i I iter bedroom was not closed. It was then, lie said, he got the idea of entering the house. lleirens. 17-year-old University of Chicago student, related details of | the slaying to Tuohy. a group of ! police officials and his own attor ney at a "confession conference" in Tltohy's ol I ice. I i The attorney said, in preparing for a similar ? t onfession c ? ference" a | week earlier, that the youth also would confess the "lipstick" slaying last lie ember 10 of Frances Brown. I .'111. former WAVE, and the fatal j slabbing .lone :i, 11145 of Mrs. Jo ; sephine ltoss. 4:i-year-old widow. "Female Willi I.oiir Hair.", i lleirens. in his confession, said he flashed his flashlight n the Degnan girl's mom and saw a "female with long liair" asleep. Me said his vis ion was "not too good." I "Then what did you do?" Tuohy , asked. ! "1 strangled her." ! "When you strangled her, how did you strangle her?" ! "With my fingers," lleirens re I plied. "Around the neck?" "Yes." Make Some Utterances. "Had the child said something to J you before you did that?" "No. She made some utterances. | I do not know what. They were loo I inarticulate to make out." | "How long did you keep your hands on her neck, would you say?" "About two minutes." | "Yen squeezed as hard as you could." "Until everything went limp." , The prosecutor said that he ask ed the youth "did you kill Suzanne ? Deqinii.' lleirens replied, the prosecutor added, "yea sir." New York Cotton New York, Ann <>??t/Pi?Cotton futures opened unchanged to 25 cents i luile higher. Noon prices were unchanged to 90 cents it bide lower. October 34.33, December 34. lit and March 34.25. Lilliputian Bus BUIIT by British Army veteran Sgt, Mnj. Ernest Johnstone, this tiny motor bus is only two feet wide and eight feet long. It doesn't seem much compared to the regular Brighton, England, bus in the back ground, but its one-horse-power motor carries it along at 25 miles an hour. Johnstone carried 1,000 lares in his bus in a day. (International!
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