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Hntbirson Haihj Utapatrlf
TIIIHTY-THIRI) YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 194(> *,UUUW,,1^;.1STO^{7K,,S,M,N FIVE CENTS COPY
m -
Lost none
Is Located
NearGander
Wrrcknp" Sighted
By Search Craft;
Supplies Dropped
W\v York, Sept, I!). ? i/l'i--Al I
lrii-.l 1 i\ c to fcvtii pei-siii; wen' ro
I iii t>.?'I lntki.v I>v separate sources ;is
|ui\ 1114 : Hi vi\eil tile crash ot a Iran ?
Atlantic Dchtirii airliner which
?.?it.: h (I ill the remote wihlorir.-ss >:
Newfoundland.
A Tiaiv; - World Airl'iv> pilot
ahoani an inbound plan - reported
?rein;: t'nee p-sscii ai the .no ...
tlu> wreck and tour nlh-.s WMlki.i .
i'lHl.d ????!?" I. or i I in tic- MYII.'.
coast guard p-.ui ? ionic tci m-'.ii .
live pc ?.n .
The Tiaus-WorM .\nl in ?- plan* ]
xvhiti lit'l I 11 e.i Iv ! -day f r ;
Tan. lit le :iti in ? toward (lander.
.Wwloiiildia.i:!, i a re I -d the scone lor j
an I Will' until older p.ano- could a. - |
rive to lak" tip ill j- search.
All III" survivors were :aid to t> ?
"very active" and waxed their hand-. j
at tlie plane.
The pilot reported, a?cnrdin;; to |
TWA. that the Se'iena plane, was i
completely leaned tnoitjth all in une
piece. Trees weie leveled for ano ,
yards where it had smashed along
the jtroiiiwl, lie said.
Gander Airport, Newfuuiidland.
Sept. If).?(,Vi?The wreckage of a ;
Itcigian airiiiie Iran--Atlantic plana!
cairying 44 person.- was found today
in the hilly, lake studded country i
about 2"' miles southwest of Gander
Airport, the Canadian Press serx'.ce
reported.
The wreckage was repnrted sight
ed by a search plane but it was not
known immediately whether any
survivors were seen 't'li-.- nt.-m ? dro.i
ped supplies near the aircraft be
fore returning to its uasc.
Airport ollieials at Gander (lis- |
patched a land search party to the !
site of the wreckage.
I.ast Contact Tuesday.
The last contact with the Snben.i i
airlines plane with 27 passenger.-- t
and a crew i>f seven aboard was i
made at 3:37 a. in. F.IVI' yesterday, :
when the aircraft made an iustru- |
irieni apnrnaeli t? the Gander field. 1
With a coiling of about situ feet
the plane flew over the field once I
and then disappeared.
The plane left Hrussrlls Tuesday
nighl and made a refueling stop u
Shannon Airport. Kiro. hefure head
ing out over the north Atlantic.
And Still Champ...
1 ,ouis Downs Tami
In 2:09 Of First
Yankee Stadium. \"cw Vorl., Sop'.
1 ,loo I l?otrii|f.s hrnwn
lionilior. Cliioi "j*ed '. lotoruili.- today
Imni lr.. second heavvwcijtht 1 it 1 ?
defense of llu- your, following hi
two-minute, ff-sccund knockout Inst
imtht of contender Tami Mauriollo
Appioximatcly 38.41MI fans paid
$:i:{5.fir>:{ lo see the second shortest
hcavyweisht title limit in history.
The nn.in event had hardly uot
ten underway before Mauriello start
ed poundinf! into the ehampion. Int
tin.4 Louis flush in the month with
Ins first heavy lilow. Louis recover
ed. battered Maiciello into a cor
ner. and the fiuht was all over.
Tami went down for the count of
iitne m a neutral corner, recovered
and it started ail over attain. Joe uoi
him hack into the same neutral coi^
ner and let loose his heavy artil
lery? Tami went down attain, uo;
!<? his knees at seven and stayed
there for the full cunt of ten.
_F,R5T OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE
WEST COAST INDUSTRIALIST llcnry J. Kaiser (center) turns over the
keys for the first of his assembly-line ironies to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Ilinlcy, in Los Angeles, Cal., as their children, Clay, 4, and Cathy, C,
look on. At right is Fritz Burns, president of the Kaiser Community
Homes, which plans to build 100 of the prefabricated dwellings a week.
The live basic styles will sell between S0.950 and S8.C50. (International)
Chou Quits Peace Talks,
Blasts U.S.-China Policy
UMW Chief
Wants Meal
Curbs Lifted
Lrv/is Claims Pits
Are Shutting Down
For Lack Of Meal
Wa iri?i;(? li. ; . I I'? '.I"' '? ''in
I. I.rwis (Titled : i| ?? ?! i liio | ?l I* ?" d ?
ciilrnl board ?.(idiiy l i remove
I I lltl'lll (-11 IIK'.Tl. . .T' nr; th?t mill:-:
111 three .,t;te:s .tit liniir.; down be
cause miner cm I buy uic.it.
Tli" ? nded Mai Workei pre. i
dcii1 t.dd Hie It i in n leti'mam
'hat "j'vave iiiip .i" i.- spreadnm
Ihronclirint all llv minium areas, be
cause miners "can not perform the
laborious and hazardous work " of
prnducin'4 co.il on a diet ol rcre.il.->
and vecotabtcs.
Me listed the three ; talcs in which
mines are slmtt 1111: down as Vir
ginia. We i Virginia and Kentucky,
in the heart of the rich .soft coal
belt.
The i: ui on leader's telegram
reached Hie decontrol board as i!
opened the second day of it- liear
itiits " n demands for restoration of
price eeiliii-'s 011 dairy products.
Milk, hotter, cheese and other
dairy products have been free <>f
control since CPA lapsed .line ffn.
Weather
l Ol! \OKTII ( AKOI.IX V.
Mdslly rlotuly with norasioual
light rain oast portion tonight,
heron'in" narllv cloudy Friday.
No. 2 Communist
Says Policy Based
On War Assumption
Shanghai. Sep!. HI.?ul'i?Chnu
Kn-I.ii, number two Chinese comtiut
. nisi, announced tndny he had quit
j the .Nanking peace negotiations smd
? asserted the Cliinc.se and American
government's tar eastern policies are
I bused upon the assumption there
| will :c a KussoAmerican war, with
i : h:n:: as an in: lartant on sc.
C'h<?\ in in'erview, said he
anally <! \s not believe such a
v ar ' "i ;>???? >; ? ! .)!?:? i i;e neither
ihe .*?'>, t ! nor American ??< ptul. a
want war.
lie warned. h swever. "the out
lreil; i a third w rid war will In
evitably lead to revival of Japanese
: ? eiialrm anil i'. p. nelraiiui into
t'hiiin rai icr than victory ha the
t hint c g' vei mreiit."
Would Itrly On .la pun.
Cho i ha.-cd hi c? neh: .oils 0:1 his
i.. ii.i .'.l that the Cmted Slates, if
> engage I in war with Itns ia. would
,;eiy i pon ?!. iane. e support rather
;h.in Chilli e "because .Japan's econ
omy is more sta >le and its manpow
er is more readily rr. bilized alt lough
r :rt'i China <>nd Manchuria would
v. ioni.ly ia otne a major but He
ld Id."
? Such a war would result ill noth
ing but tragi ly for China."
Arkcd it lite Chinese cur-ir-* mists
wan' the Chiic* <? civil war placed
tctore the IVit-e'l Xalions Security
I'i iincil. C'liuii r< plied:
' if the Cniti i States government
inch nis i's position as mediator
I -'.,u fully with the Ku min
(Xutioniili-'i i government. in
t-ir v rd- if it ntimies its prcs
111 policy. .America will find her
cli called upon to render an ac
?o lit t* the world and Chinese pco
t 'c 1 ever, the eouununist party
ly life nt? a iluti rl placing the ease
"... t'eited Xalions."
SURVIVORS OF TANKER SMASHED BY HURRICANE
RESCUED BY THE TANKER GUIFHAWK, which brought them to Lewes, Del., five survivors of the Norwegian
tanker Marit II, which broke in half and was lost in a hurricane off the North Carolina coast, arc interviewed
ta Becbe Hospital. The incn (I. to r.) arc: Knutc Revick, 19; Lief Skorning, 18; Trige Knudsen, 31; Mathiai
Anderson. 28; and J, Thorsten. 54. Shin's skiDDcr. his wife and 14 crew members were lost. (International)
?
Unity Asked
For Europe!
By Churchill
Ex-Premier WanU
France And Reich
To Start Progr?.m
/.urich. Switzerland, Sept. I!>.
?Winston Churchill today urge t
establishment of "siiiiil1 kind of
United States of Europe" in whicii 1
Kfi.net and Germany would take i
the joint lead.
Declaring in iin iiildve. ; a! t'v
University of /'.urich that "tve dwell
strangely and prevai l.i.isly tin ier lite
shield and protects n of the atomic
L'linib." Mritains wartim? Prime!
Minister raid Ktirope ncetled a re- i
ginual organization within the Unit- 1
ed Nation;. v
"Kiiiiiee and Geiv.'.any must take '
the leatl together," lu raid. "Great
Mi itain. the British Uotnttionweallh
ol uaiinr. mighty America, and i
trust. Soviet Kussia?for then indeed,
all would he well ? must he the j
friends and sponsors ol the n \?r Ku- ?
rope, and must ?haiupion its rijlhl
to live and . hiiie.'
Speaks of I'rJ-tiff.
Speal.m : of the urgency of tin I
ing a rotation to the world's pro- j
| hlems. he : aid "the atom boinb Is .
I still only in the hands of a stale or j
nation which we know will never
use it except in the cause of right
and freedom, but it may well hi- that |
in a few year.; this awlul agency
of destruction will b" widespread I
; lid the catastrophe following its use '
by several warring nation . will not
only hi ing to an end all that we j
call civilization, but may probably
disintegrate the world itself."
"There is no reason why a regien
j id organization of Europe would in J
! any way conflict with the United I
Nations," Churchill" declared.
;
Stock Mart
Takes Drop
!
New Voil;, Sept. 111.?i,Ti ? The I
I slock in;?i-W*?? ;oa?,tig?j iwlay drop- !
' ped In a n"\v lew for the past 18 |
; months ? heavy voltjmc nolwith- !
; standing?d(-r;nt.- intermittent .sor
ties which failed to develop any \
; teal stamina.
Dcnlincs, fairly active from the'
I ita:l. picked up steam throicthiiut
: he day whin the ticker tape, for
the first time in years, was seven j
minutes hit" h r a lengthy space as
litis iii"s orlugcd the floor. All de
railments siirfe ed with lo e rams-'
J 114 from i n" to five or ninr ? points,
j Conspic'.aiu oil the relap were
li". S. Steel, Chrysler, Olenernl Mot
I rs. U. S. Iitih'.c.T and Douglas Air- j
i craft.
Ootids trailed Willi stocks and
I ,-iunmoral ies wm " mixed.
City Of Trieste
Should P>e Free,
Knvoy Dunn Says
Paris, Sept. 1!?.?uPi? The U. S. |
erved notice < n the Slsr if bloc lo
t!i: I the low-power agreement
ri Trieste and the iial.nn-YYuu.i
la\ fivnlicv v.w- 'all on:1 decision"
which w<?u!(i stand together or not
it a'l.
J; mes C. Dim. I ". S. ambassador
to itaiy. told the Italian political
?i. mnii-sion i t Hi;" peace conference
ha' tli." An-.c; ?can agreement Irf
eluclcd the creation of a truly free
late i f Trieste.
"The failed States agreement to
?lie part of that program" ho said.
? is colliingi nt on the acceptance of
oi parts of lint decision and the
ir. t'iii of i":i! rights and go.nan
ce.; to a sure 'h free tenantry's se
I urity and intercity."
Dunn snoke during discussion of
'he free territory's boundari".- Slav
lelegnlc". want these restricted to
he city proper and South Africa
v.-nts tIktn enk "god along the ls
-ian I'oa't southward.
T ruman, Byrnes Confer
Via Teletype Machine
A MATTER OF WEIGHT AT DOG SHOW
K.. .. 1. . ....J " ".Ji
ATTENDING THE ANNUAL dog show in Pittsburgh, Pa., little Ruth Ann
Achilles was fascinated by these two extremes of the canine world. The
Chihuahua weighs exactly thirteen ounces, while the St. Bernard with
its cask weighs a mere 250 pounds. (International Soundulioto)
Supreme Court
Reverses Eight
Lower Rulings
BY LYNN NISBhT,
Daily Dispatch Bureau
Italctgh. Sept. It).?!n the fourteen.)
eases on which opinions were hand- i
ail down by the supreme court Wed- j
nesdiiy, first "opinion day" of the
tail term, superior court judges tons
; pretty bad licking.
'1 here were eight reversals or now
.rials ordered, live outright affir
mations and one notation ?'modified
and affirmed." Thirteen of the de
rision.; were on eases argued during
the fall term. One. that of Melvin
Nelson under death .sentence from
itr.'hmcnd county, was a carry-ovoi
from tl.e spring term. The appeal
was dismi -e.l and death sentence
??finnv.'fl, which menus that utiles.
Ihe governor intervenes Nelson win
die in the gas chamber on October j
I.
The case involving Ihe will ot
Maggie i.omnx. Asheville Negro
chambermaid. whose natural heir
died caveat protesting devise of her
?>12.000 estate to a non-relative, was
scnl back for the fourth time. Writ
ing the opinion Justice Seawcll Oh
io ved that the "shade of Maggie j
Nip.a n Loinax. . may be as hard .
to down as Danciue's giiost." He fur
ther wrote that while he i.ympatlii/
?d with the plea of tnc proponudder.- .
tin cully victorious m the prolonged
cti.n thitt tne ca-e n ?i he sent back
became there so< n would be n a
of the estate left for anybody. lv !
could not accept that as a rule o i
court procedure. .Justice Scawell held j
that Judge Felix Alley had erred in
excluding certain vital testimony so
the martei goes back for a fill.*
i.caring in nuncombe superior court
In another Asheville case Clue!
Justice Stacy writes that .Judge ,
llo.vl" Sink went beyond proper ,
limits in charging the jury that .<
witniv. .against Giad.v Owenb;
charged with carnal knowledge ot j
female under 16. was not credible i
and the girl involved was ?'appar- ;
cntl.v not a delini'iient." The chic!
justice savs Ihe statutes clearly for
bid that the trial judge shall inti- '
mate to the jury what he think;. l>u
shall instruct them as to law. lc.tv -
ing determination of fad and credi
bilil.v of witnesses to the jury.
James L.
Grants NMU
Seamen Raise
New York, Sept. 19.?i/l'i?An sir?
hilratmn award n.v James L. Fly in
the ease of the National' Maritime
Union-t'lO today placed the NMU' ;
seamen and "others' on parity .with
AFL. ship personnel and provided
what Fly described an an adequate
basis for the immediate resumption
of ;.!l shipping activities.
Fly completed hearing Friday on
collateral issues of the June 1 1
agreement which averted a nation
wide CIO niarit:...e strike at that
time. Operators and the union had
agreed to accept his ruling in the
June 14 settlement.
The award provides snlniy in
creases chiefly of from Sit to Sin i
a month. Fly said, adding he was re
questing all seagoing personnel '.o
return to work immediately.
There is no need foi further
paralysis of hipping on all coasts.
Fly said, lie said he would ask all
-hip operators particularly those i ?
the west coast, to reinstate all men
on strike.
Awards in other eases still pc/l
ing will he marie later this week.
Fly said, and will Pillow the same
general pattern.
.New 1 ork rirnis
Name .\I L I nion
In I Action
New York. Sept. II).- -oVi?Suit
fur damanes of SlO.OOO.OtM) was filed
:m Federal court todav by r>."i of the
largest interests and local tracking
concerns 111 Yew York attain-1 '.oca!
807. International Itrothei I:. i o.
Teamsters-.\FL on the j;.\u n>i t!-."
union was ronduclinit an unla'.vful
strike 111 violation of the Smith
Connall.v Act.
Are Scooters Autos?
rv I.VNN MSIJIT.
T>;iilv I>i- inlrh Bureau
T?nl? i'-h. '"epl. Ill A l'>! i>l l id
11 N'< rlli CaroPin won') love Alloc
ii".v fJoii'Tiil Ilii-i v iVIcMu'liii when i
I hoy find what In- Ins done !-? Iliein
?bout rulitl" scooters. In ;i diRed >f
< pillions ret'-a "d for publication |o
dny I hp attorney Kcnorat holds Unit
motor driven scooter ink"., .tii'l
motor driven bicycles in ^civral fat!
within !he r|,Tp of motor vehicle*
as defined in the uniform drivers
license net. and it is illegal to op
| orate one of the hikes without i
driver's license. The knor'crtnt blow
is tluit no peimm under t.'i years
'and inly over Ifi in most eases)
can qualify for a driver's or chat if
lenr's license.
Other opinions held thai county
ABC boards may allocate pari of the
county law enforcement fund to mn
nicipaiilies tor enforcement of (tic
j liquor laws, but a town police chief
cannot also serve as an ABC cn
l foreement officer.
Mumcipal'l ies '"iirvl suppionvm
.ot Moment benefits from lh?* slat'
law rnlorrcmont offices' boiu i
itinri, nor may it tc-cmploy as a po
lice officer any bcnel cimy of the I
fund: such beneficiary, however,
may bo employed by the municipal- i
ity m some capactly other than law
enforcement without .ieopardy to his
retirement benefits from the fund.
Cities and towns are not allowed
to levy any license lax on a con- i
tractor except the latub.ry license
of $10 a year.
I Municipalities have autlimity un-|
dor their general taxing powers to
'cv.v a license or privilege lax for
I he practice of tree surgery.
Accused persons arc entitled Il
legal counsel a( coroner's iii'iuisi
lions, and counsel in siic.i hearings
has right to cross examine witnesses.
Once a teacher is employed and
is under continuing contract Willi a
local school committee. Ilic law does
nut require that the supcrinlcndcnt
of the administrative unit must ap
prove or reject the action of the
Wallace Agrees
To Keep Silent
On I. S. Policy
Wusoitr.'t i. Sept. 10. i/Vi- Pres
ident *1 riiticiii :iik1 Secretary <>! St;iie
.1. :i ?> I'yi.if ill-id :i 20-ininutc
I' jiivi- liifi i" i-.v Washingtc.n-1-aris
| 11*1111 m? tn lav. ii.it what they said
i to ?-ai !i i th< ! w:i.. m-. disclosed.
It was the iiist direct exchange
jit ween th ? tv -? sin v Secretary of
j (" .m .i -.-i-f Met", r.v Wallaec eriticized
Uv! :h-s' i :eigit policy in a speech
lust \vi?.:.
Wait- !! e Secretary Charles
111is; r e n ortcrs only the bare
inloi ni-iti -1 that the President and
: > t* i- ! ? ta: . '- '.ate nail been in
o i', . ; i. !!'. ; would not say
" ; had , i .-ed lietwcen them.
I. a oiH !?:???> i nfit n specifically
,h: t the ""s'l . toat'on was men
tier.eil. Ill" Commerce Secretary
\ ''.lit ? > a i'.n ? c aicrence with
Mr. Truman vcsierdav by announc
er; he w 11 !;oi > silent until after
trie Pari- e iinference is ever.
With an ' .lerators handling Uie
i . 'I :t-n n stood beside
a tityp : r tine in the White
Jhnisi- n i : e:n !? coir'.TMmicntp
visually w it i r.vi-ira. What llyrncs
had to say <?;me in on the ma
chine and 1'ie I re idem told the op
erator what to send haul;. The
Chief Kxe-ntivo had tried to tele
phone Mycins earlier this morning
out was | re. enled in* ausc of ntiivj
. pliei ic ill duia aiires.
t WAIJ.ACE ('NI)KK
TKMI'OBAItV GA(I.
Washington, Sep'. !!).?(,T> Henry
A Wallace. still Secretary of Cum
! nieroo but under a le t, jorary pres
idential gag. stepped l.i the sidelines
of the row over American foreign
policy today. But the dispute he
started raged unabated, inside Pres
ident Truman's cabinet.
Moreover, top administration c.f
' finals made clear the cm Cipro mi se
truce by which Wallace will make
j no public utterances until the end
! of the Paris pe:.' a conference next
month floes nf>t settle any of the
i basic issues he raised?either con
jcorning American relations wit>>
, Russia or Wallace's own future in
the cabinet.
Mr. Trumm did. hewever, act
jwiftly ti make public a joint army
navy declaration that this country
has no thoir.hls ot making war on
the Soviet Union.
While Secretary of Stale .lames
Byrnes, whose policies have been
the target <.t Wallace's criticism.
I maintained hi- silence in Paris. Se ?
rotary of War Patterson and Navy
Secretary Forrestal became the lnt
i est to jump into the affray.
In a letter to Mr. Trimv-m which
the Chic! Kxecutivc made public last
night shi rtly after he ended liis two
hour and IRl-ninute confccnce with
Wallace. Pattcr-on and Forrestal de
nounced as untrue a Wallace charge
that one "school of military think
ing" advocate- a "preventive" war
i am irs; Russia before Russia nvikes
atomic bombs.
Release of the letter was widely
regarded as a gesture to reassure
the Kremlin of .Mnurica's peaceful
intentions toward Russia.
CATAWBA REPORTS
1ST POLIO DEATH
Newton. Sept. 19.?ifJ'i?The first
C\'itiiw'.::i i niy infantile paralysis
tenth < the year was recorded to
I j day.
lirily Jean Simmon. 14-year-old
?1 ?1 -t.irient (f Conovcr. roulo 2.
'iv'l ye-ter iav in the Orlhrpedic
ho.-pr.,.; ,it trastniiia where she was
'aken. ii'tor her illness had been
diainose , s |-on Monday.
Kiaht p< li' eases have been re
port d in the <?> :nty since April l.
TALKING DOG' AT LOSS FOR WORDS
m m &"" & ? ? i rr t * r * -
ENGLAND'S FAMOUS talking dog, "Ben" resorts to good old-fashioned
doggerel as lie meets up with an inarticulate cocker spaniel (left) on a
Birmingham street. With his mistress, Mrs. M. Brissenden following an
appearance at a factory canteen, where he went through his "I Want
p-i" r&'iljnc, ' Ben" trocars at a loss for words, now. (.International^