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Hgttftgrgmt Bally Btspatrli THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C.t THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 2?, 1<M(> ai-jkkn.hjn in\rv. rv:nt? <<opv T 1 v 1<,,uvu fwt With Hole In Bow % With'a hole blown clear through her bow, the tan er Ecnnnglon nears Southport, N. C., after a mys terious explosion and fire at sea which resulted in fi ?: {Laths, the disappcaranre of one person, and serious injury to another. The tragedy occurred off "-v.v'h Carolina coast j.ist south of Cape Fear. The tanker was en route from Sen Warren, N. J., o Norco, La. (,"vP Wirephoto). Greece Ready To Welcome King As Border Fighting Continues Atom Bomb Search Party Showdown In Heads Toward U.N.Neariilg Land Of Lolas Russia Holds Key To Unanimous Vote On Energy Control i.auc nneeess, y .. in ,)i. i.i'i ' ?Scientists of the United Nations i Atomic Knergy Con.r.issh 11 were .? ready far a showdown vole t >day 1 1 their rep art on atomic encrfiy c 11 trols, ivith Soviet Itus 'a holding the < key ta ,1 iinnnin ?>us cole. The scientific and technical com- t mittoc of the ccn ntssi >11, made up of scientists fir, 11 cacti of .he 12 ] nations mi the con mis ion. wa urn 11 lined t 1 meet in si ere' ..c 1 >n at , the United Natm"; iic tdquas lei - . liere at ft p. in. KIM". Men hers of the o nutter were represented as agreed that -ons" ti na action ivist he taken 1 1 the re port. ? Y h v. 1 tii! ,>!? I after 1"! , meetings. 11 >-tly in A m 1 t and ; which have been waiting the formal approval n| Soviet l?u ia. 1 r .. suit throe weeks. Memwlule. the United \'.a ?>.> Sicurity Council. 1 tiiig after u 1 anis '.lattlcs over n n ??' hip. 1 t"'<raini.it.-Cic k is a t li .1 demand ' ir infnrrr itum ? ' n . di.vpi it 11 n . I'll ned | 1 'V- ? ? ?> ,1 a lively sin le nviller it re nrt I" the (i 1 in"-:-' ' ? 1 ?? v.: . i 1 meets in Mt v Vi 1,. City * >< t lift. Youth Convicted In London Murder I.ondon, Sept. 2<i. ? i.-l'i Ne ville George Clcvelv Heath. was convicted tcdny >f the nuird Mrs. Margery Gardner, Ti-v< ,r- I film extra, and was sentenced t" die. The verdict was returned alt er an hour's deliberation hy a jury cf 10 men and two w< men. Counsel for t e hands.nr.'.* fiver had pleaded that lie be found utiity but insane in the .-laying. Heath, a fr.rrr.or ItAI1 ilot also was charged with the :? :rder < Mis Doreen Mai hall. ' urn or WitK\ whose horribly mutilated body found near a south eo: -t resort within two-weeks < t the Gardner slaying. Chengtu. Sept. L'G.?(/V)?A United Statis ni:r.-y search team today I hinge I dec per iiui> China's wild and ran mta irons far west seeking long a.t A.r.crican airmen feared captive >t the fierce slave-holding Lslos. On the second day of their nis iion into the land of cimtd-capped r nit -1ii an I half-savii?e .\lon ?lian f aland warriors, and pan ias. Ihc si loicrs were helicved to i' in n fixe to 11 days march from heir goal. That goal is the valley of Chin nan;:. which carves its course from icadw.'lcrs have reported at least iuht enslaved xvlii'c men were seen ?rindiir; corn or tending flocks in hat .eeli it. where few xvhite men : ve the missionaries have ever en" re I. I t Col Mrr'icrt \V. Wtirhtzer. and di Viclin*.-nt expected in el up ?eadipiarle:.. a! a ivnt T Catholic : m ;i I try hi learn there if h<- vx"tit eajdixe are It. S. airmen i .vned two year; ago on he peril c . iliehf over the hunffi r ii liiilia 1 i t hina. I. S. ! <> Continue Its Merc\ Work In Ravaged Areas V... aingt >11, Sop!. !'i ? Pres ident Truman told Congress today I ho .(?'?? <>f providing relief for war no.: :cd !.iii I. will in I end this year an a) parent indication that nd li! ! tunds may ho nsi;cd for the iiitornation. I merey mission. In a nivsago neconvianying the istralion's eighth quarterly re pi it oil IJNUHA's oj ,"tiom. Mr. Ti mnn said it Is "essential that to >i; ahead to the relief rcquirc iv 'u vi.ii-li will oonfront war-de vastated areas in the coming year." Mr. Trt: nan's ir..--a?e left unccr 1 ia the way in w'lirh rear-!; T ?."k i vi nd tiiat fi ? whirh funds al roac'v r vo i? 01*11 provided would bo tarried at: \vbother through an ex tension oi I'Xl'H.V through the United Nations, or indrpondcnliy. Monarch's Return Might Stabilize Nation's Trouble ! ? j Alliens, Sept. 2G?(.lb?The Greek j government completed today its plans for welcoming King George I! I b: ek to his throne despite fierce bor ! dor fighting and eivit strife in north ern Greece whicn Premier Constain Tsalriaris cays has reached the m.ig n'tudc of war. Athens will close down complete ly Saturday morning for tjie king's reception and police announced that all permits for carrying arms had ??been suspended. * 4 Police said persons lining the route of the parade marking the monarrfp* return to Greece after five years ot exile would not he permitted to cir culate and that any person was lia ; blc to search. All persons were forbidden to watch the parade from roof tops or terraces for a depth of about 100 yards from the route of mareh, which will begin at Saleron Bay, ' and continue to the Greek cathedra! in the heart of Allien May Stabilize Situation. In laiirun. a source close to the l ine, summoned hom?* by a recent plebiscite, raid the monarch's return v. ; s e rjjcr'cd to stabilize the tciis? ?itliation in Greece lie was cxiierl i it to depart for Greece either today ?;? Friday.) Informed British sources in Athens said British forces were bo ng riiorgnnize'l and that > no of th" two divi i a in tho region wc.:: l<o ng withdrawn t r??:?i (tiiw. The I.ptartev ?>; Mai C.-oii Kenneth Voel-C'rav. fi nl. co'iitmorter of Brit ish troops in Greece, declined com ment en a statement by a British Foreign Office spoke-mail that the British forces would be used in a last resort. Greek army troops meanwhile, were conducting virtual military op erations to put down the rebellious opposition in Thcssall.v and Mace donia. the major trouble spots, but although an estimated O.ltOfl British troops were dispersed in those areas, there was no indication they were involved in the fighting. New York Cotton New York. Sept. 2(i.?(AP)?Cot ton futures opened 35 rents ;i bale lower to 3.1 cent.; hiuher. Noon prices were five cents n bale to $1.15 low er. October 37.27. December 37.07 ! and March 3H.7S. Court Order Is Lifted In PowerStrike I , Contempt Charges Against 1C Union Leavers Dropped Pill burgh. Sept. 2(1. i.Vi ? Th" ' Allegheny Ciitilily Common Pleas court today dissolved lis stern anli- : strike injunction -crux ol llv city's I three-day-old imwor strike and dropped contempt charges against ten union leader:, who had defied the injunction. Dissolution of the court order was requested l?v the city in an attempt to settle the industry-stifling walk out, which had caused a virtual business holiday in the steel capital. In dissolving tin; injunction, the court said: "And all preceding:. 1 thereunder are hereby dissolved." | Cue of the judges said later this nclude I the one-year jail term im ?csed on George L. Mueller, prcsi icnt of the striking union, for con tempt of court through refusal to end the strike. Other Strikes Threaten. ! Other strikes were threatening in ; pparent sympathy with the walk out by the power workers. ' The strike cn the street car system i of the Pittsburgh Railways Co., ' main method of public transporta I ticn in this city, was called sudden ly at -l a. in., and left thousands of ,'arly morning riders without trans portation. The company announced all cars had been withdrawn front ?service. A company spokesman said the ] stoppage was in sympathy with the j I power workers, but local loaders of ( (the Amalgamated Association of i ) Street and Electric Railway Work ers denied it. They said the strike j sprung from their own dispute witii i ; the railways company. Output Reduced. Both the Pittsburgh Railways Co.. | and the Duquesne Light Co.. whose production of electrical energy to an til7 square mile area has been re- ; I duccd to 1(1 per cent by the power ? | strike, all subsidiaries of a Phila- ! delphia company. I National r.nd local labor leader.: were rallying lo the support of tlv I power workers in their fight against I i an anti-strike injunction handed | down by the Allegheny Common : Pleas Court. Leaders of CIO and i j AFt. organization. in Pittsburgh! with about 375,000 members, called special protest meetings. I Normally, the railways coin pan v | j handles about one million riders J 'daily. However, since the strike Re number of ears has been reduced !?> 325 from 0.50 as a measure to con serve power. Chinese Soldiers Drive On Knl^an Pinping, Kept. ttfi. <;1'i fluvrii infill troop. truck westward from .iehol Province today In nil off tie* communist nrthward iel real route from Kalgan .1 three other force, moved closer in their maneuver to encircle the city. The independent newspaper Hs'll Mill Pago ssi id Chiang Kai-shek's forces approached both Kuyuan. !K) miles north oi Kntifan. sind Tolun. '81! miles north of the red's military l;i:se. Militiiry sources here asserted government forces would con vera <;e < n Kalcan si!on? eight routes and I srid they would close all escape routes. Travelers arriving from Kal r.an said comparatively few com munist troops remained in the city. RCCSEVELT ESTATE WORTH $1,085,486 Poughkecpsie. X. Y.. Sept. 26.? c.-Ti?The lute President Frnnklin Ho: -fvclt left :i not estate before taxc.1 of $1,085,486,486. according to i tax apptaisal filed here today with Dot chess County Surrogate Federirk Quinterro by Henry Hackett. an at-! I torney and an executor o! the estate. The appraisal indicated Roose velt's grogs estate was $1.821.Kit" and was subject to deductions of $736,400 fcr funeral expenses, debts and oth er costs. Corps Of Military Police Five Years Old Today ?f. Washington? Five years ag<> 0:1 J September 26th. IDIt tlic I'mt?i,' ?States Army's Carps f Miiit.irv I'o-i 'ice carrij into being. I ^ Yon might ask the <|iic?lion. , 'Aren't the MPs rrore than five years ( old?' And. of cour;?-?. the answer; , would i?e: "Yes. there v. jre military ( police In every outfit and in every , war in which the American Army , look part." But they were part- , time police . . . chosen fri?TV the , ranks for temporary duty: frequent- , l.v with an eye only to their muscle.' | And therein lies the difference oe- ( tween the modern "career" Ml' and j his countcrpt.rt of earlier -'inflicts. Since its creation, in It'll, die | Corps of Military Police training program has ctr1 ihasi/.cd three things: ,i psychology, per.'iinsif n. and pcrsist tnce. Selected insofar as oof dblo, j ? "n the basis of previous experience. 1. and potential ability ? and having, first of all passed the are v uiforini tlon and aptitude tests with a score <>f mo ? the prospective MP is in structed by convetetjt lawyers, in list inct ions 'I civil and military law, ind also on court w> ccdure. German Methods Studied. The C >i'i>s of Military Police etime into it.' own shrrtly after the fall j if France in ItMO. The advent of: lie Get man "blitzkrieg" left .he' ivorld stunned hut our militai.v lead li s wasted no tin-.* in studying its i methods. It was found that in nd- i iition to using weight o' arm' r and i -jieed of mobility, the (Jernians were creating paralyzing confusion in the achieved in mimeri is ways: as ranks of their on' wenls. This they Ihrottgh fifth eolumnisls and terror istic use air l ower to throw civilians into panic. That is what happened In France in UI40. When the British and French ar- I tnie-' tried <(? tr c in support if the Belgians they found the roads el ;ged with refugees. Fo card r,overrent nf British and French troep not only cam" to a liplt. but the uanic of civilians had a lowering etfeel on the morale of the soldiers. If sim ilar disasters were to be averted by llic I'nOed State rn-y. it was iin-1 pcrutivc ti) sit up methods for traf fic <? itrol. Movement of large .nil ilary torees would require advance 11 ovrmcut of small units of picked, i serially trained men. These would have t< m >vc out ahead of inin bodies in order to establish 'igid i and contrrl at all intersections. When participation in the war i*i Europe seemed unavoidable. in port on the continent remained in friend ly hands. This meant that ?f ihe United States had to land troops against the German army, the whole , one urtakmi; would rcipiire an inn i:h'6iot;s i leration on a scale never :ctore attcnotcd. lir.v well these military oollce ir.cn were tra'nerl was apply dem onstrated during the trrrihle days on the Ar.zi > beachhead and again du|1tig the Normandy landings. In (i itr;'?' to he HMO "blit/.kric everybody know how the 'tittle of tiie Bulge turned out for the Nazis. MPs fought with groups ol German soldiers who came down I the roarb in captured American ve Ihides, with captured American unifoini. anil rpeaking llnwlcss English. WJuii they did nut realize wa.< Hint our new MPs maiiiriiiicd idikI controls culling for the use <T official identification. The hopeless stands rr rle y individual MPs (hir ing the days cf the Bulge gave net rby units .1 chnnce t > set up their defenses. The hlack market ring in Sicily and Itiily. the ; 1 'icpling ring in the Chini-Burmn-lndin theater, and the postal robbery ring in Paris ? till were broken up by the Military Po | lice Counter-intelligence Division ? units. Individual eases of homicide. I I larceny and fraud solved by Ihe' I CID run literally into the thousands.! Brigadier General It. M Bryan. , I the i'Ii est marshal general of the United Stales airr.v. today is at the j head of the Corps of Military Police, j ,5 Sri t .> as a separate branch on Scp l tenibcr 2(1. Bill by executive order, II the Corps of Military Police, with its ' insignia of errs: r.d pistols, and the green and gold, braid grew to a wartime strength rf over 8.000 of i ficers and 200.000 men. 25 Per Cent Of Meat Is Claimed By Army; Political Tift Mounts Redskin. Honored GREAT Grand niece ol Sitting Bull, famous Sioux Indian, Miss Evelyn Yellowrobe, an instructor in Eng lish at Vassar College, will receive fhc 194G Indian Achievement Medal during a ceremony in Chicago. She will be tlie fourth woman to receive the special award. (International) GOP Solon Asks Probe Of Housing Michigan Senator , Considers Program Fraud Upon People Washington. Sept. 2(5.?(.MM ?Senator Kilgorc (l>) of West Virginia was clrctril chairman of the Senate War Investigating Committee today after Senator .Head (1)1 of New York resign ed. Kilgore. will lake over his new post on October J. Washing) in. N'|.1. 2(5 - t/I'i - N'-nn 1.>r l-crgi).- m (II) n! Mulligan ma l ed today thai tin- Senate War Iiiv - tiRiilii'v Con rittie clean n > epiiek ? |y or |.n t me ;.!l ,>cn tin.', in-r; in favor o( a tli mi?h inquiry n*. home kuiltiing delays. I'Vi'grsi n said he wo .|<l jiresenl his proposal to lellu'.v con.ijlle' i : lis as ll.oy i pencil IV. i day: ." hearings tn.'ny on (to war-t t.e Cai i! -i! .-.rottef. 'lie ret.irn of . ir plns iiti arty tr. 11 ahr ad. and the inter-American highway through Central America. The Michigan senator told reo rt crs he considers the ac'vinislrnt ion's I ati: hi'J program "a ft nid upon the American people" with ? tii nd-' of hoii.-ing ov ports studying ami planning with ml achieving prodi.c lion. tie said tiic c itr vittce should pal its entire stall to studying the in.as-I in;; situation dm/ping all ether i investigations it necessary i t an c ffort l" get rid of red tape, and build actual living quarters. Ferguson said he had tried to see lfcnsing Fvpodit .r Wit on Wy:i:' to get hit t t.? discii'"... the sitnai. m. bill that Wyatt was out of Washing ton. "Wyait i- C ing around the country telling what ho 's going t<> do. bid is not getting anything done." Ferguson. < onrilnined. Four Persons Die In I. P. Accident Victorville. Calif.. Sept. t+Vt Four persons wore believed In lie dead -iikI 50 In 75 injured when the locomotive and (ho first five car., of Union Pacific passenucr train Xo. \ the wesl-b omd tran: continental li '"'?"d from Chicago went into a ditch oast of hero this morn inc. California lliehway Patro'nian Wal ter Terry, at the scene of the wreck, said the derailed cars were telescop ed. Six other cars of the train re mained on the track. AMERICAN ENKA CO. PLANS YARN PLANT Washington. Sept 20.- i/1't ?Son ;il<>r MrKollar (()) <>r Tennessee an ?"hiivc-1 1 rl.iv lh" Civilian f'rodur lion Administration has given its :n tr.aval t <r the Ar.'"rienn Kn!<n Corp.. < r Asheville. N. to build n S20.npn.000 synthetic yarn plant at Morristewn. Tenn. M-Kollar told a reporter the plant wc old serve a highely useful put on*? in reducing post-war unem ployment in the east Tennessee area. GOP Head Brands McCormack's Plea As Cheap Polities V.'ashingtt u. Srju. 2t> < -1 ?? 'I ii-? iiimy shipped a claim today on a fourth i l all meat 1 1:11 out by federally inspected slaughterer. a the pre-t It eliin j t? ???-> in uvea bar. meat counters mounted <n in-. :> uy With tin1 administration aires: 1 split inn the issue of keeping price litis on the rapidly \sinish.n . c.in inotlilv, top Don. end e p:irt> em.: assembled heie for a hu.iPle that pea led certain to l:.k ? note of t i ? whole sittiala r.. The congressional el. ft it :i just -tO clays away. But the army showed n.? di.-p i titm to await possible set. a hy any other branch of the government. Visible Supply Slim. Reporting that i.s "visible supply of meat is less than a month's re quirements," the army served prior ity papers on all packers opc-itm. under federal inspection ordering them to set aside 25 per cent 01 their total output for th ? armed forces, the War Shipping Admini stration and veterans hospitals. While reminding tiiat "punitive action" awaits those who violate th ? set-aside order, the army announce ment left unanswered whether its goal of fill.OOO.OOO pounds of meat a mt nth could be achieved. "Meat slaughter is descending to j the vanishing point," it declared. Asks Control Suspension. The political storm broke in ear nest yesterday after House Demo ? ratic I.oader MrCormnck demanded ?n a telegram to Price Chief Paul ?orter that OPA suspend controls ! over meat and other scarce food I | products so "our hospitals and our I j iii/.ens" can have enough to eat. Republican National Chairman Carroll Rccrc, branding McCor nack's action as "cheap politics" j noted in a statement that the (it)-day l>criod proposed would carry the ?suspension just past the Nov. 5 elec tions. Declaring McCnrmnek is trying "to kid the voters," Recce added I hat if Hie administration "had 11-1 - i ned to Republican advice during j lie last session of Congress, such hieanery as Mr. McCnrmack now I I imposes would be unnecessary." Recce called the present control j ; .lent "unworkable." WD1RSON HINTS MIMV I f.KA Tf> ftl'l "?lA.N'ri l). AI >iiquerq::o. N. \io.? Kepi '<> ?pi The army's reqtic-1 Ihrl 25 jic n nt of meat rla,,".hterM in ti derail; ; n. ctcl ; Ian! Ic 't ii-iric army use pr .?!v w II ? e granted j Serrvtary of Agriculture Ailder.- r. aid today. It has been the ; oliey i. hi- de part n it, Anderson tald. '? ? ? tolyl with Pie amy's requests ror t od. I I* ? declined nmiivcr: on what ct ict t!ie ai.ry's sla n will he-, c on j current short ? applies. Cherr\ 's Action In Nelson Case Given Approval My I.VN'N \1SBF.T Daily !)i t<-It ^iirrau Kalcigh. Si; t tilt. Ouvcrn a Cherry's iicli< 1 in een voting '< ' iifo improsor.iiignt the death cnt ence imposed by Judge I. It. Cle ment upon Xelvin Neb on >f ficn i mond county n et general approval' ami .ii; those familiar with the case .Nelson was loiiviotrtl of fir si de gree murder for killing a white .liar last year. There were -ome extenua ting circumstances out elements ?? the case seemed to indicate premedi tation. 1 he jury consider*d t ie mat ter fi r some time hi'or - returning! a verdict. (iocrnor Chevy did not in.lic.iti any of this in his formal statement announcing con rotation i f sent ence. but it is can inn know ledli around the i.tuarc. that the jury's verdict of first degree w it Ii rccinn luc'idatiou of mercy was predicated on the sincere belief iliat verdict carried mandatory life sentence. Ii is known that tw o men. >crs of the jury were font -r South Caroli nians and In that state there is .he tame provisii n lor murder and rape ?that first degree verdict without reccrrirendation for merry carries the death penalty, with rc onviicn dc.lion mandatory life mpro-on 1 tr.enl. It is reported that several jurats in the Nels n case hold nit fir a iccond degree verdict, were swung over by arguments that the reremMiendation would n< t send the man to the gas chimiher. When thc.v learned what their verdict had done, the jurors ioincd 'he oresid ing judge in asking for executive eleir.cncy. Weather FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair weather. Moderate tem perature this afternoon and ^ Friday. Cool again tonight. Typical Nurse' NAMED the "Typical Nurseo! 1946," Elizabeth G. Brooks, of St. Louis, Mo., is a veteran of three years overseas with the Army Nurse Corps. She won the title at the 50th anniversary convention of the American Nurses' Association in Atlantic City, after national poll of 200.000 nurses. (International) Institutions To Receive More Meat Order Now Being Drawn In Capital. OPA Boss Asserts 3ant :< Ko.. N. Sept. 26.?</P) Paul ! ortcr, tia'tcna! director of <l'A, raid today that an order is cm!! prepan I in Washington to make ir.'.re meat available to hos pitals and . miliar institutions throughout the country. Porter, here to attend a regional (ou.lerei.ce ->l < >P.\ otfieials. said ni ker- v add be directed to set side the -aire anr nut ot meat for l o ; itals that they delivered during l 10 nasi- i eri'xi in 1044. lie declined to elaborate on the plan, saying details would he an 11.in., .a ,ti W.i:'tington, perhaps to day. i'.>rter told a press i?(inference he ad a (i :?y s pension on meal md i.ther .'.aire !:.ads. saying he (iii\cd > eh a suspension would risi:^ * in just what we've been going through." "I lie .' i.-peiisian would bring a ?p.ii.e holiday" .and perhaps inr.rc mm.,bate .i at supplies, but "would cm hi in reduced supplies over the long haul." Porter said. "K.Hi., ible livestock people and paeke ? h tee told m. :? privately, "he .. i. that u temoorary suspension would "strike a pretty severe blow" t> tiie n industry. Breeding stock li ?!it i :? irketcd a.- a result lif the lni'lw.v nriiw." h? ,.M Market Is Hurt By Light Selling Now V?rk. Sept. 20? (AP)? Stock market loaders. with scattered ex ceptions. yielded to light early scll ine in today's market, but trends eventually stiffened. Resistance favorites included Chrysler. Goodrich. U. S. Steel, noughts Aircraft and Woolworth Backward most of the time were General Motors. Scars Roebuck and Intern: I ma) Nickel. WAKREN NEGRO IS HELD FOR FRACAS YVnrronton. Sept. 2fl.?.lamps Wil liams. Nrgr'i, of Fork Township, Wnrren county, is in jail here as a result of a fracas on Monday after noon with his landlord, Frncst Har ris. prominent fanner of Inez. The trouble was caused about a pasture which Williams had been using on the Harris estate and as a result of ihe arcument. Williams at tempted to strike Harris with a tock and Harris in turn was alleged to hf ve shot him with a pistol and the Negro was wounded twice in the leg. He was brought to Warrcnton, and received treatment from Dr. O. II. Macon, local physician. He will be given a preliminary hearing at an early date. Unless complications set in Williams will recover from his injuries. He was arrested by F. E. Harnhart. highway patrolman of ' Warrenton.
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