Uxntitersott Bally Btspatrlj , THIRTY-THIRD YEAR 'TVVK'-Vssyyi^qvi'/V'u'.'^s'' HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 20, 1040 ,'u,"',s,,^^^NPAv?iUN,,ON. FIVE CENTS COl'Y PRESIDED FIRES WALLACE FROM CABINET Conference Upholds Big Four Agreement On Trieste Borders Held for Forgery f Tivm DETECTIVE Roland Sanders (riglit) listens intently as Henry G. Goss, 65, a former cement mixer of Los Angeles, Cal., shows him samples of his "work." Police say Goss, held on suspicion of forgery, admitted taking a correspondence course in printing, then bought a hand press and type and started making checks, taking in $75,000 in 18 months time. (international) Big Section Of Niagara Falls Drops City Is Shaken By Rock Collapse As In Earthquake Niagara Falls. N. Y.. Spt. 20.?olb ?A huge portion o? the brink of the American falls collapsed today, shak ing thi: city with earthquake in tensity as it tumbled down the ICS foot space of the cataract. Witnesses said a section of the rock wall 120 toot in length at the top and aboil' So feet across at the l>< ttom of the falls tun ? tied into the gorge shortly!with a terril.1 roar. They reported it was on this side ? f the V-shaped section which broke off in 1842. Tonie Gnninta. a member of the Niagara Falls Gazette staff, said the blast "shook hell out of the city. Our building shoi k like a maple leaf in a breeze." Purge Is Opened Of V iolators In Red Farm System Moscow, Sept. 2*>. ? iA'i ?Soviet Russia declared today a "liquidation of violators" in the collective farm system, the back-bone of this coun try's agricultural economy, wiln ! prosecution of various officials for theft and other crimes, is under way. Prime Minister Stalin and Col. Gen. A. A. Zhdanov, secretary of the communist party's central commit tee, siened the decree, 'he '*>ti- ? in i a series of measures affecting Rus sia's post-war affairs. (On June 20 officials d'-clo-'- 1 the autonomous republics of the Crimea and Checha-Ingush had been redyc ed to the status of provinces and many of their residents resettled in other parts of Russia for war time treachery. Action has been taken against local party leaders in the Ukraine attempting to revive "bour geia-nationalisi conceptions." and against composers, writers and edi tors who incur the Kremlin's dis pleasure. The release of Maxim Litnivoff, former ambassador to the U. S.. as n deputy foreign minister August 24 has also aroused specula tion abroad.) Weather FOR NORTH CAROLINA, Considerable cloudiness and little temperature chanite. In termittent rain over central and east portions this afternoon, and over northeast portion tonlyht. Saturday, cloudy and warmer. Attempts To Revise Frontiers Rejected In Vote After Vote I | Paris, Sept. 21b?t/Pi--The Pur is 1 peace conference upheld Unlay the I hi". l< tu* agreement en the Italian Ytf.twlav boundary an I ta ? h >r;lors ! of the future free slate of Trieste, I a: the Italian political and territorial comrnii'Mon beat down in vote after | \ote every effort to revise the pro I posed frontiers. i-'uohiui in her in* lour commit- i iiu nl , iiui.ia cast her ballots against , the boundary revision, even though some of them were proposed by the Slav blue, which she frequently has backed. Kdward Kartlelj, deputy premier j of Yugoslavia, declared after the | voting that he "regretted the com missu n preferrefl the method of vote j instead of conciliation" and insisted 1 that his eariicr remarks, in which he declared Yugoslavia would not sign a treaty which lie considered "tin- ! ?air," lie entered in the commission's i record. Took 11 Ballots. The commission balloted 11 times on proposals to change the borders i me internationalized. free-area of] the peri of Trieste, fixed by the big j lour along the so called French line and bounded on lite north by a line [ drawn from Guino to the French ! line, voting down all of them, ex- ! | cept one. by a 13 to 5 count, j White Hussia. Poland, Czechoslo- ! vakia, the Ukraine and Yugoslavia, | voted for the proposed changes in ? i most eases and Belgium and Echio- j ? pia abstained. On the other proposal, t . b> South Africa to enlarge the area | ] so as to include Pola and other Ital- i : ian cities down the Istrian peninsula, j I the vote was 12 twfi with Australia, j j Brazil, Canada. New Zealand and j ' the Netherlands supporting South Africa. Belgium and China abstain- i i c' get it. 1 ,'nme through with the plaint; "Ev erybody i- asking; nobody is tolling anything." Veteran observers of slate politi cal campaigns agree that right now accurate analysis is impossible and most of them expect this condi tion t > prevail until near the close of the next general assembly. U. S. Given Fresh Support For Her 'Open Air' Policy" Washington, Sept. 20.??>l>)?Brit ish abandonment of a secret Bcr- 1 muda memorandum gave the Unit- i cd States fresh support today for its i open skies aviation policy. The two countries in a joint state- j mcnt declared their faith in the general Bermuda agreement as a ! means of "orderly development and .expansion of intci national air trans- j port." Hence the British reversed thr> stand taken secretly during the Ber muda aviation conference last win- : ter. Under that stand they assumed j no obligation to seek in negotiations ' with other countries the same stand- i ards which they accepted in the 1 American agreement. Last night's statement resulted | from an in formal conference in Lon don last week during which an Am erican group told the British they "had strayed off the reservation" in their air pacts with Argentina, Greece, France, Holland, Portugal and other nations. Possible Results. Possible results of the new declar ations appear to be: 1?Knrlv revision of Britain's agreements with those countries to bring them into line with the Ber muda principle. This |>ermit.s air lines to operate as frequently and as practicable as possible and to pick up traffic along the route to help maintain an economic payload. 2?A push Inward the ultimate goal of world-wide agreement for tin* exchange of commercial air rights. 2?Aii end lo any prospect., that any other countries niigii: v.o re strictive air agreements scith Britain or the U. S. ?I?Strong support for this coun try's effort to complete agreements with India. Argentina, and Mexico. Five Hurt In Collision Below Town Five persons were injured in :in accident tins morning about 9:30 [o'clock three miles south of Hen I derson on the Raleigh road in a col lision between a 1038 Oldsmobile sedan and a 1042 Chevrolet pick ' tip truck, according to a report front the highway patrol office. Victoria Lemberg. of 1350 44th street. Brooklyn. N. Y., driver of the Oldsmobile. received a head injury. ; Sneir Leinberg. of the same address. I also received head injuries. Morris i Lubmaun, of Miami, Fla.. suffered a I fractured pelvis bone and Sylna ! Zierlcr, also of Miami, was injured about the face and head. Driver of the truck. Willard Pred dy. of Franklinton, was uninjured, although a companion. Walter King, i had injuries about the face. I The truck was traveling south and {the automobile north when the col | lision occurred near the Perry Lum ber Company. The Oldsmobile was | damaged on the right side and the i front of the truck was damaged, it I was reported. I The injured were carried to Maria . Parham hospital and all except Lub I mann were released shortly after rc [ reiving treatment. THAT'S ONE WAY. Vienna. Sept. 20.?A young Aus trian couple yesterday pleaded guilty to murder after decapitating Joseph and Anna Schwartz with an ax sc they could have their apartment. Tokyo Folk Shocked By J Crime Wave Robberies, Assaults And Sex Slayings Are On Increase Tr.kyo. St ;;t. 20.?i/l'l?A wave til sex slayings almost unprecedented in Japan ? plus a wild, rusty, jack knife plot against the premier, un solved kidnappings, and a rising tide of robberies and assaults arc keep ing shocked Tokyo folk indoors at night. A pardoned murderer with a gris i'y sense rf humor, who paired bodies of recent girl victints with skeletons of earlier dead, confessed today to five sex killings. Police sought vainly for two kid nappers, one of whom had vanished with the young daughter of one ol Japan's richest families. One Man Arrested, fn custody was a man. who ivai arrested Wednesday while clin .hint the fence of Premier Vorkuta's offi ??irl render. e. Waving a rusty jark knife, he told officers that "my orig inal plan was t > kill the premier i! he did not agree with my ideas." After that, lie added, he thought he would io'o the place?although the residence is barren of loot. I'.x-convict Y? hio Mkodaira, 12. known to tlio Tokyo press as "thr murdering devil." confessed fivr o) the sex slavings - a type of crime hereto very rare in Japan. L. S. And Britain Seeking I o Speed Japs Out Of Asia Washington. Sept. 20. ? (/!'( All XkvI >-.\it;orican decision In speed lie return homo from southeast Asia of more lInn ]00,1100 .1; paiic.-o re portedl.v is in the milking today. Its objoetive obviously is to pull the rug from under liny possible Hussion contention that this coun try has sanctioned the use of "slave labor." Officials familiar with llie dis cussions now going 011 told a re sorter that an announcement prob ably w ill be issued 111 a week or so, depending on the shipping situation in the Far Pacific. These officials said it was the shipping situation, now improving? plus the task of corraling the scat tered Japanese ? that has been re ,-ponsible for the delays. They added that they expect the task to tie Vom pleted by year's end. In line with the Potsdam Hit Three declaration calling upon Al j lied governments to permit prison ers of war to return home, the Stati Department stand has been taken ii the fare of a strong desire by some termer occupied countries to use tin prisoners for reconstruction work Red Cross Overseas Clubs To Continue Washington. Sept. 20.?The Wei 1 Department and the American Re< ! Cross have entered into new coop erative arrangements for ccntinuint Red Cross overseas club service fo occupational troops. Red Cross Chair man Basil O'Connor has announced Under the new plan the Arm; wilt continue to provide club quar ; tors and maintenance personnel an 1 will operate club canteen at whirl food and non-alcoholie beverage will be sold. The Red Cross will provide train erl workers to conduct recrcalin i programs and furnish refreshment 1 without cost at special entertain ment events. In addition to mom ? bcrs of the armed forces, club fac i ilities will be available to familic i of servicemen and War Departmer i overseas personel. Truman Reaffirms Support Of Byrnes Chief Executive Says Wallace's Views And U. S. Foreign Policy In Conflict Washing . -n, Sept. 2<>.? < AI *)?President Truman today fired Henry Wallace as Secretary of Commerce in a dramatic reaffirmation of this country's stand at the Paris peace con ference. Wallace l^ued out of the Cabinet with the terse announce ment that "1 shall continue to fight for peace." Ilis aides told reporters, however, that he "will make 110 caivoui;>t> speeches this tall." a Wiile .silidilying American for eign policy abroad, the cabinet up heaval was viewed as presaging a possible snlit m the Democratic party's fight f ir^congrts-sional seats this Novcniier. Mr. Truman said his removal of the last < f the luie President Hoose ecil's "new deal" si vetaries was ; done in friendly fashion." A I t c r a telephone conversation with Mr. Trumhn, Wallace addressed ; a letter to hint as "De.ir Harry" say ! ing simply: Capital Very Surprised, i "As you lequested. here is my res j ignation. I shall continue? to fight for j peace. I am sure that you will ap I prove and will join me in that great 1 endeavor." This turn of events curght the j Capital by such surprise that in. one ! would venture a guess immediately as to Wallace's successor. Until one is chosen, the depart- ; merit will be in charge of Under secretary Alfred Sehindler, who is i now on the west coast. Bruce Catton, Wallace's dire.tor of ! information, told a news confor I once that his chief will not par- j ! ticipato in the congressional cam I aigns but litis in t decided whether , he will take to the radio in further ance of his fight for American pol- j icy changes. Xo Immediate Dans. Catton said fiat so lar as he mows Wallace has no immediate j plans. He said he did not itntiw. whether "Wallace will remain in Washing! ii or go to his sister's farm pi Duchess County. N. V. The resignalion, Catton raid, is llocli ve in nr. i liately. "I am : lire he is net going to liake any spce'.ics t >dav or t might nd I r! n't think he will tomorrow," 'atton said. Ho added Ilia! ho war piitc sure that Wallace will not ake .an active pai l in ihe lall pollli- I a! rtnopai; ii do not me mi lie will icmain quiet uid:'inilely." on for inn policy. ?I'lW. Pi .- !,!?? Ml lill t 'lit W It i ' f ::i'!. ii - 11*;iI <->nifli?-|" between V;i 11;i- < Y. "view >n loror.n ;> lie j rul 11:??si? I administration." "V.'e coul.l in'.." tie said, "permit his conflict I" j< parriizc our posi ion in relations to "llier ountriess." Standing before a jammed new.' onferenee. Mr. Trt-nvin read liis laten --lit slowly It clinvixcd a week ? I furor over foreign policy which (?Ran when Wallace |?r< iiiscd ..miir hangos. The I'resident said first te had approved what Wall c said I Iicii lie declared Saturday that hi ? leant only that lie approved Wal 'acc "s right t > speak. Truman's Statement. Here is the Truman statement: "The foreign policy < f till, coiin ry is the irost in portant question ?onfronting its today. Our respon ibility for obtaining a just and last ng peace extends not only to the ? let ale of thi.. country but to the J nations of the world. "The people <>: the United States may disagree freely and public-ally on any rptesfion, including that of foreign policy, hut the government of the United Slates must stand as a unit in its relations with the rest of the world. "I have today asked Mr. Wallace ; to resign from the Cabinet. It had I i become clear that between his views Ion h reign policy and those of the i administration the latter being , I shared. I am confident, by the great | | body of our citizens ? there was a fundamental conflict. , i "We wotdd not permit this con t flirt to jeopardize our position in t relations to other countries. t Deeply Regrets Action. "! deeply regret the breaking of a long and pleasant official associa tion. but I am sure that Mr. Wallace Will be happier in the exercise of his right to present his views as it prl , vato citizen. "I am confirmed in this belief I by a very friendly conversation I !? had with Mr. Wallace on the tclc I phone this morning. "Our foreign policy as establish ? cd by the Congress, the President r and the Secretary of State remains - ' in full force and effect without I. I change. v ' "No change in our foreign policy - ? is contemplated. NY member in the I executive brat.' "h of the government h will make any public statement at s to foreign policy which is in con flict with our established foteigt - | policy which t in conflict with out ii j established foreign policy. Any pub s' lie statement on foreign policy shal - ' be cleared with Hie Slate Depart - rrsent. In ca-e of disagreement thi - matter will be referred to me. is Confidence In Byrnes. it ' "As I have frequently snid I havi 1 complete confidence in Mr. Byrne Ickes Raps 'Resignation' Of Wallace (By The Associated Press.) Harold L. Ickes, who also served in the original new deal cabinet, said today in Washington that Henry Wallace "comes out of this with more credit than Truman." Ickes left the cabinet several months ago after a row with Presi dent Truman over the nomination of Edwin Pauley to be undersecre tary of the navy. Ickes told reporters "I don't think it is very brave for Mr. Truman's part" to oust Wallace. He added thai Wallace had "over-stayed himself in the cabinet" but said the President "humiliated himself in agreeing io the speech on foreign policy and then throwing Wallace to the Lions" whei? "all this row was kicked up." In Chicago, Senator Taft (R) of Ohio, a Senate GOP leader, said: "I don't sec how Truman could do any thing else and have an administra tion foreign policy at all." Senator Hoey (Di of North Caro lina, speaking from his home in Shelby ' said: "Secretary Wallace failed to recognize that he was Sec retary of Commerce and was not charged with the responsibility for the direction of foreign policy. In this critical time it is important for the full administration to support solidly our foreign policy." Senator Bailey (D) of North Car olina, who is ill at his home in Ra leigh. said "1 think the action is most appropriate." and liis delegation now represent ing this Country at the Paris peace conference. Mr. Byrnes consults with me often and the policies which guide him end his delegation have my full endorsement." Wallace was in his of I ice in the Commerce Building when Mr. Tru man made his announcement at the White House. Wallace's secretary sairl he was coing over a vast ac cumulation of mail thai has been received since his Thursday address on foreign policy which stirred up the conflict. It was understood Walla' e prob ably would have an announcement later, but there was no immediate comment. Meantime, business went on as usual in his office although the President's announcement hit the department like a boiribshcll. ? Ship Owners Approve Pay Raise Award By The Associated Press. Leaders of striking CIO mariners raised hopes today for ar. early end of the shipping strike, as opera tors agreed to a federal arbiter's award in the National Maritime Union's walkout on the cast and gulf coasts. Joseph Curran. president of the NWU. said after a meeting o! the CIO Committee for Maritime Unity that lie believed that a membership meeting of the union today could "result in the men's going back to work." and that he would recom mend such a move ? "all things be ing equal." Curran also ann< unrcd that the union was in receipt of a telegram from Godfrey Emtler, labor director of the U. S Maritime Commission, to Frank Taylor, chairman of the J j American Mor dant Marine Institute which represents the east and gulf coast operators, advising him that the commission had accepted the ' award. ' The award, made yesterday by '?j.T'Mncs 1. Fly, fedon ! arbitrator, ? | granted NMU seamen salary In 1 creases of $5 te $30 rr mthly. bring r ing them to wage parity with AFL ? seamen. 1 NEW YOltK COTTON. ! New York. Sept. 20.?(/Pi ?Cot ton futures opened 15 cents a bale higher to 25 cents lower. Noon ? prices were 10 cents a bale lower s to 75 cents higher.