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BatUi he Bfatratrh thirty-third year THE 'QUEEN' IS RECONVERTED K.V' - ? "v 1TniiKAviV,!5K HKKVll'B OP _ IHfi ASM M IATKI ? IIIKSS HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1945 I'L'KLISII Kl? KVKItV AKTCUXUOK KXi"KIT SI'XI >.\ Y. FIVE CENTS COPY THIS STRIKING VIEW of the "Queen Elizabeth" was made as the Riant liner received final reconversion touches at a Southampton drvdock be fore returning to the transatlantic luxury trade. During the war, the ship carried thousands of troops to various war theaters. (international) Committee Claims Fields Refusing To Show Records Washington. Aug. 15. ? i/Pt ? ' The House Surplus Property Com mittee today ci'.ed Contract?Brok er Benjamin F. Shield? for contempt. The committee said in order fib-d in its records that Fields was "wil ful and cm tempt nous** in refusing to produce records o. his dealings in 1 surplus war goods. The.case now will be referred to House Speaker Rayburn (I)) of | Texas- who may refer it in turn to the U. S. attorney for the District of Columbia for possible grand jury art it n. If the grand jury should find that Fields showed \ontcmpt he would be charged and subject to trial. Con viction would entail a possible fine of $1,000 or a year in iait. or both. The portly contract broker, who disregarded three committee requests foi the dorumcnts yesterday told the legisators he has supplied all the data he could find. He added that he is requesting a detailed record of hi", surplus prop erty transactions as requested by i Rep. Ri/.ley (R) of Oklhoma. SurplusGoodsDealer Cited For Contempt Great Carrier On Training Cruise' In Mediterranean Washington. Ave. 15.?(AP>? The mighty new aircraft carrier franklin Roosevelt is due in I.ishon tomorrow, hound for a Mediterranean traininc ernise thai coincides with developing tension in the Near East. American diplomatic offiriaK reportedly are taking a serious view rf Russian demands on Turkey for a direct part in the control and defense of the Ifar danellrs. While it seemed cer tain that the 1'iiited States will hack Turkey in rejecting Rus sian demands, it is an open ques tion liow far this country will go in that respect. Thus the appearance of the carrier and possibly other Amer ican naval units in the .Mediter ranean a few days after the ar rival in Portugal appears likely to he widely interpreted as an American show of force even thourh all official statements in >itl that the only purpose is a training cruise. COBWEBS FOR PROTECTION A Navy destroyer-escort, attached to the inactive fleet, t> ?hown "zipped-up" for peace, at Green Cove Springs, Fia. As pro tection againat rust, the two forward gun mounts are spun with njm-like coverings made of special plastic. oaeid Hary rtviofi* Byrnes Rips Out At Soviet 'Reflections' Finland Is Heard; American Policies Defended By Byrnes Paris. Auk. 15.?(fl'i?The United States and Britain struck back to day with blunt and unvarnished statements at Soviet "reflections" upon their i>eace conference polices. Finland, last of the five former enemy states to be heard, presented a keynote of collaboration "with her grcat neighbor to the east, the So viet Union." Czechoslovakia bitterly replied to Hungarian attacks on Czech treat ment of Hungarian minorities. Cost II. S. $400 Billion. U. S. Secretary of State James Byrnes taking exception to Hussion allegations (lining the debate on Italy that certain nations had en riched themselves during the war. said the war had cost the U. S. $100.000,000,OOtl and "I h(>i>e he (the Soviet spokesman) was not refer ring to the U. S." Finnish Foreign Minister Carl Enckell praised Russia as "generous victor." but entered a plea for a re duction by $100,000,000 in Finland's reparations payments and an casing of the territorial concessions she iias been forced to make. Byrnes said economic treaties in j ? nlradiction to the Potsdam agree ment would lead to "enslavement I and exploitation." Symbol of Democracy. I' "Before America was attacked | Franklin D. Roosevelt announced I that the United States would be the (symbol of democracy. America has | asked for no recompense other than the freedoms she sought for all man kind. America seeks no territories or i iccomiJcnsc." i Byrnes added that the U. S. was willing to help in the economic re birth of any nation. He spoke after Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk of Czechoslovakia had told the conference that the Hun garian foreign minister had tried to "gloss over" his nation's record as an axis satellite by castigating C'zcchoslavakia in an address before the parley yesterday. There was loud applause in the conference chamber when Byrnes said the U. S. would offer "recip rocal friendship to any nation." Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov ?f Russia listened intently as Byrnes spoke in a firm voice, occasionally gesturing with one hand. Truman To Leave Friday For Trip x In Maine Waters ' Washington. Ana 15. (.d'l- Prosi i rimt Truman will Iciivo Washington tomorrow for an I ft-flay yachting vacation in Now England waters. White House Press Secretary Charles Ross disclosed plans lor the icruise aboard the presidential vaeht. Ihe U. S. S. Williamsburg. li will carry the President into the Xarra gansetl Hay area and up the cast coast of Maine. It will he the Williamburg*s first voyage? under Ihe command of ('apt. C. L. Freeman. S. C. Vote Canvsas Is Slated Today Columbia. S. C.. Aug. la.?</!*?? Vote figures in Tuesday's Democratic primary election will be canvassed today by the 46 county Democratic executive committees, who will dc larc the official results as totals in their counties The state results will be declared officially by the state Democratic executive committee next TV-sday unless some contest should develop. I In that case, time will be allowed for , a sub-committee to hear the con-; lesi and ihe general executive com mittee meeting postponed until the following week. Noted Kentucky Sportsman Dies Lexington. Ky.. Aug. 15. ? 1/P>? Col. E. R. Bradley. 86-year-olri sportsman whose horses have won four Kentucky Derbies, died of a heart attack at his Idle House farm at Lexington at 1 a. m. today. Because of his advanced age. Col. Bradley had been less active in re cent years but still maintained a lively interest in horse ra-.j'g and thoroughbred breeding. These ac tivities were centered at his farm near here, one of the show places of the Blue Grass state. Leading Stocks Drift In Market New York. Aug. 15.?f/Pi?Lcnd '?-g stocks, wilh slcels and liquors in front, drifted over a losing course in today's market. In the bsvkward division wore U. S. Steel. Belhlehem. Southern Pacific. Chrysler and Goodyear. Resistant were Eastman Kodak, Phelps Dodge and International Nickel. U. S. Refuses To Take Part In Britain's Plan For Palestine Poison Suspect DECLARING "I am innocent," moth erly-looking Mrs. Lottie Lockman, 62, of DuPont, Ind., has been charged with attempting to murder by poison Mrs. Mamie McConnclt, invalid wife of a prosperous mer chant. Authorities say they have found traces of poison in the ex humed bodies of other persons Mrs. Lockman was nursing at the time they died. [ {International) Both Parties Bid For Aid Of L'Follette Democrats Make Bid For His Support In Fall Elections I Washington. Aug. ....?i/Pi?Bot'i major parties nbviomly li? ped today (or Senator Robert M. I^iKoUetle's support in November :mi"l r?? I lie* - ma f??rer.i..ts of llic political iKirlcub of his defeat. Heat en for Wisconsin".. OOP :.rn jalorial m.minafion |>y .loscph %!?? ! Carthy. 37-year-oM war veteran. LaKolle'te himself kepi mum ? ti fu ; ti.re plans tie fol.l a reporter l?y I telephone thai In- will make no politi | enl ck-. isi< ? s (or several weeks, but he reit.-raieil lie will not run as an ; independent. ; A; a former Progressive who vei led consistently with the Roo.-evelt \ New Deal < n domeslie legislation, the veteran lawmaker had an o|?en | invitation from Sn ator Taylor ?I>> of Idaho to roine bark into tin. ad l ministration fold. | In a statement inspired by parly | leaders. Taylor said J.aKo||ellr's dc fcal in the OOP primary proved ! "there is no room in the Kepi.liran j ranks for men with the interest of i flu |h oik* al heart." CATTLE SALE (TROER. j College Station. Raleigh. Aug. IS. ?All Rra-s-fwl rattle thai are now ready for the market, in the culling | ?f beef cattle herds, should lie sold before the rush of fall marketing. | British Must Cope With Issue Alone London, Auk. 15.?</Vf?Author itative sources in the British K"V crnmcnl said today that the U. S. has refused to participate in the plan for dividiiiK Palestine as rec onunendcd by a British-American cabinpt committee of exfierts, leav ing ftritaai to cope with the pro blem by herself. President Truman made the U. S. decision known in a letter saying lie would neither accept nor reject ; the pi;.n at tin:; time without "the supi>orl of the American people." Hu m- sources saiil. Hritish officials, who bad made it j plain tbnl the plan for dividing I Palestine into four /.ones in a fed eral stale defended upon support nf ! the United States, say I'ncy now feel | that they have to seek a new solu I lion. Will Not Rrlcasr Letter. | The government has decided not to make President Truman's letter public for the time being, these sources said. The Ptesident's decision appar- ' t ntly meant that the admission of \ liin.miu Jews to Palestine, reooni- | mended hy a British-American com - ! mittce of iiupiiry which s|iem months in uivestiKatiiiK the situation both in Knrope and Palestine, would I he |M>st|M:ni*d beyond the end of the : year. Both Arabs and Jews have tie- I c lared the scheme, at least in many t of its phases, was unacceptable. I Jews were particularly inceiiscd by I failure to provide for tno immediate } admission of at least 100.000 of their I ; race. Conference lleld. Just before President Truman's derision was disclosed. Colonial Sec retary George Mali eon ferret I with Dr. Chaim Wei/maun. world presi dent of the Jewish Agency. Dr. N'aluim Goldman. agency represen tative in Washington. Kahhi Stephen Wise, of New York. Beryl Locker, agency executive member for Bri tain. and Elizar Kaplan, agency treasurer. Several of llie conferees came from Paris especially for the meet ing. An informant said the decisions centered on these points: I The release of Jewish Agency loaders. recently arresleil in Pales- i ' line, which 111" Jews maintain is a ! : pierecpicritc for iinv future negotia tions with Britain. British mfoi I mauls have hinted that the agency j j leaders might lie released. 2--TI-C Jewish representation in ' coining talks with Britain on tie* j future of the Holy land. The Brit j isli are trying to work out separate | talks with I he Arabs as well as the ' Jews, before the meeting of the j ? United Nations Assembly September i 23. Cabinet Meeting Hinted. President Truman's refusal to I participate in the* federal ion plan. An emergency cabinet meeting j was ex|M*ctcd to l? held on the que:; j lion liefnre the end of the week. Paris dispatehes said there wen indications of optimism among Jew ish leaders when they left for their j talk.-, with Dr. Wci/.man and Hall in London. Weather i Hi;. NORTH CAROLINA. Considerable cloudiness with moderate temperatures tonight, becoming partly elnutly and wanner Friday. BRITAIN'S NEAR EAST STRATEGY MEDITERRANEAN28^""' Cr"^^'? 1EMGAZI TO?UK canai^ t^'BYA^y^tGYPT ? - W////Zz/Mm/;* BEHIND THE CURRENT TURMOIL in the Near East lies the new British strategy, in which Palestine is the key, following the evacuation of troops from Egypt. Determined to forge an iron chain around the ap proaches to the vital Suez Canal, Britain is reported ready to build new naval and air bases in Cyprus. Tripoli, Haifa, Tobruk and Bongazi. The Tripoli and Haifa anchors would, in addition, llank the tremendously important pipelines to oil-rich Iraq. In addition, British officials are setting up on Cyprus a temporary camp for the detention of Jews ille gally attempting to enter Palestine on refugee ships. (International) CIO Plots Wage Strategy; NMU Lake Seamen Strike Non-Union Members Expected To Back Curran's Actions Cleveland. Aug. 15.?</?i ? The CIO National Maritime Union call ed its Great l.akes seamen out on strike today an'l eftimated that suf ficient non-tuiion memb' rs would ioin the walkout to paralyze Lake shipping within several days. President Joseph Ctirran of the NMU, who sped to Cleveland by plane from Washington to help di iet-1 the strike, estimated the union's Lake members at 4,500. At strike headquarters It c r e. a s|Kikesm.-?n said between 4.0O0 and 5.0IMI other seamen were expected to join the stoppage. He estimated the number of vessels operating on the lakes at 360 and said a "larpi ma;ority" would be idle within a few days. Cooperation Hedged. The S|M>ke.anan said the CIO inemlters from coast to coast have agreed to cno|>eratc. The extent of , the cooperation was not defined. Karly re|x>rts from union head quarters said pickets were posted at all major I.akc ports, including Cleveland. Buffalo, Detroit, Erie. Pa.. 1 >111 iith. Toledo, Milwaukee and Chicago. Union leaders said the "reaction from unorganized crews has hee'i amazingly good" and added that Canadian seamen 'are with lis Id'1 per cent." Conference Held. The strike liegaii at 12:0! a. in. | while Cumin and other union of ficials conferrco in Washington with government conciliators and some company officials. The NMl" originally demanded a 40 hour work week, but officials said this h.iil been discard along wilh wage increases of 10. la and 18 cents hourly for beginners and certain rated men and preferential hiring through union halls. A lint overtime rate that would vary with rating was substituted for original overtime demands for Saturday and Sunday work. Gov. Cherry Lands Kind of Government Enjoyed By L. S. Newton. Aiic. 15.?'1*i?Governor Cherry said here today th:it "in spite of our ricficiences. our form of Rev- 1 eminent hiis brought more men and women of every chin, race ami rree.l n higher. freerer and more progres sive enjoyment of the Wetter things of life than any other form of Rov ernment devised l?y man siiwe this planet bef'.nn to revolve about the sun." Speaking af Catawba county memorial dedication service:;, tin* | governor said As we catlicr around this historic s|mt dedicated lo tin.* heroic dead of Catawba county, we fhontd Rather murage and in jura tion for the liv ing and the genera tions that are to come." New York Cotton New Yerk. Ann. 15.?l/V>?Cotton futures opened 50 cents to St.20 a ' hale hiRhrr. Noon priees were Ro ! cents a balp higher to 45 lower. Oc | tober 36.00. December 36.08, and ' March 35.93. National Officers Meet In Capital To Discuss Plans Washington, Aug. 15.?(/P) ? The CIO plotted its tuture wage-price strategy today Top national oflicors as well as legional. state and local representa tives gathered for an emergency ses sion to discuss what has happened to the wage earners' dollar in the light of recent price boosts. The meeting, following a gather ing of CIO vice-presidents yesterday to draft formal declarations of po licy was thrown open to newsmen. The policy declarations were not made public. Tito top unanswered question ?n advance of today's session was whether the labor organization would launch a new wave of wage demands. Three big CIO unions already are talking along this line. They are the packinghouse work ers. now in wage negotiations with Swift and Co.; the executive board of Ford Local 600, United Auto Workers; and the executive board of the CIO oil workers, meeting .it Ft. Worth. Tex. The wage stabilization board's two public mcmlicis. Chairman W. W. Wirtz and Vict?Chairman Philip M. Carman, advised the price decon trol hoard yesterday that that the government's whole stabilization program depends on rolling back prices on essential food items. Tin- CIO has made similar sugges tions. And President Philip Murray was scheduled to testify before the decontrol panel at 4 p. m. CIO Head Demands Prices Be Stabilized Washington. Aug. 15.?</l*i?Pres ident Philip Murray of the CIO de clared today (:isit "labor c;in not con tinue to participate in a stabilization program in winch wages are rolled beck while at the same time in creases in lb eco;t of living be a'tnc a daily occurrence" "A stabilization program which means curbs on wage increases and soaring price inci vases." he said, "is not a stabilization program but a fraud." He sail existing standards of the national wage stabilization board rui-t lie revised in the light of high er living costs. The CIO leader renewed his re quest that President Truman call a labor manngcin?? t conference, as serting that unless some "action is taken to proicrt the peoples' liv ing .-tawlarik. the stage will be set foi a new depression." RECKLESS DRIVING IS HIT BY ARMY Washington. Aug. 15.?The army launched today a nationwide drive against reckless driving. The pro gram Involves: Measures to apprehend and dis cipline all violators of safe driving and traffic regulations, and training of teams to instruct military per sonnel at ail army installations in the art of driving safely. The war department estimated that dining world war II approxi mately 50 per cent of all accidental deaths involving military personnel, other than aircraft, were motor fa talities. They numbered about 12,? I 4u0 deaths. Attorney General Rules On Teachers And Schools I By LYNN NI8BKT. Daily Dispatch Bureau | Raleigh. Aug. 15.?Several sia'.u I tes affecting public schools made uj> i | the bulk of the digest of opinions released for publication by the at | torney general's office today, i Teachers and state employees win have previously established pt io. service in the retirement system and who entered the armed forces be tween September IB. 1940. and Feb ruary 17. 1941, (first qualifying date for membership) and who returned to stale employ after honorable dis charge are entitled to full credit for all prior service, (he attorney gen eral held in one opinion. Stale school law inquires that principals and teachers who are not re-elected must be notified of their rejection before close of the term, j Wh?n a school superintendent submits his resignation based upon certain conditions and these condi tions fail to develop, the resignation may be withdrawn and if il has al ready been accepted the acceptance may be rescinded by the school board. Subject to approval of the stale , hoard of education county commis ' sioner may levy a tax for support of vocational and homo economics subjects which arc supported in part by federal funds. Municipal corporations are with- 1 out authority to condemn, under tlv eminent domain statutes, public school property for extension of streets or other municipal uses. Howe or. the rigid of eminent do main provides for condemiiation >f icsidential as well as business pro perty privately owned when needed for street expansion or widening. Proper charges of a licensed chi ropractor fall within the definition of medical services as debts neatest ' an estate. Suspension of proceeding, in relation to settling an estate upon filing of a caveat does not relieve the executor or administrator of re sponsibility for filing annual ac counts or liability under his bond. A register of deeds may issue a duplicate marriage licence front in humation on his office stub. m|hmi showing that the original has been lost. A county has the right In approp riate money for lite community re creational centers, independently or jointly with municipalities, without popular vote if no special tax levy is required end hv Hebt incurred.
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