ftewitersott ?atlij Bispatdjr " THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER r>, ItMG ?:?l.hi.b.>. kvkut. aktkhn..on FIVE OF.NTS r.nvv A * 1 ' ^ /Airliner brashes In Newfoundland NEWFOUNDLANDER^ n QUEBEC / J; fHEMVlllf ?Wm ^^ [RR^RRSR^ j.A German Politicians b Demand Acquitted Nazis Face Trial'p tt Bremen. Oct. 5.?i/l'i?High Gcr man political officials of the British (j and American occupation zones pro- a posed formally today that the three j'* defendants acquitted 011 war crimes ] charges in Nuernberg be tried by nlc| German court on charge of "crimes o] against the German people." The proposal was put forward in a resolution adopted unanimously at j ft a German unification conference at- I tended by Minister-Presidents from | the two zones. Officials from the j Russian and French zones were in vited but did not attend. I ft The resolution sni.i the confer- c ence was of the opinion that the d Nuernberg tribunal had tried the defendants on the basis of interna- e tional but not domestic crimes. o GIFFORD PINCHOT, 81. iJ EX-GOVERNOR, DIES ; i< New York. Oct. 5. --(VT*>?Clifford Pinchot, fit. twice governor of Penn- Cl ay I van ia and an expert on forestry. (| died Inst night in Columbia Presby- !( tcrinn Medirnl Center here. Pinchol. ill for some time, had been in the hospital for a week Mis I wife was with him when he died at I 10:30 p. m. EST. 1 Pinchot gained national fame as a supporter of President Theodrc Roosevelt's conservation program f .He was chief of the federal depart- i c inent of conservation under Roose velt and President Taft. $ Smoke rises slowly from the re tains of an American Overseas Air ner (tofi) which crashed after raving Stcphcnville, .\fd. A young tother. Mrs. Harriet Van Houtcn, !. of Vi nkcrs, X. V.. and her six tenths old daughter. Janet, whom lie is shown holding were among to .19 persons who perished in the rash. Map at bottom shows scene f crash. Gander was the scene of Belgian airliner crash several ?ccks ago. >e<*ion Endorses I nitied Command; Griffith Elected San Francisco. Oct. ft. -i/l'i?The merican Legion over the opposition f its naval bloc added its voice to ay to those who endorse a single epartment of national defense, em racing a unified command and ttual status for the army, navy and ir force. The Legion, concluding its first ost-war national convention yes ?rday. voted its approval of a rcso tion proposing a single department [ national security in the Presi- ? cut's cabinet. Tltc vote followed: half hour battle with eppesition j ?d by naval supporters. Col. Paul H. Griffith of Union iwn. Pa., and Washington, was lected national commander without ^position, succeeding John Steele of. linois. ? 1EAT: TRUMANS FAREi LIKE OTHER PEOPLE Washington, Oct. 5.?The Trumans ire about like the average Aineri an family in these meat shortage ays. If Miss Mary Sharpe. housekeep r o! the White House. can find ment n?the market it appears on the Tru lan table. If r.ot. the main course t fish, chicken, or eggs. The White House declined'to give ul Ihc mentis officially, but it was rarncd that tit a recent luncheon Pern were chicken croquettes. The Trumans have chicken a miplc of times a week. 'Ihe I'resi ent is not too fond of fish-cither > catch or cat. Vew York Cotton New York, Oct. ft.?(/Pi?Cotton utures opened unchanged to 20 ents n bale lower. Cotton futures closed 35 csnto to 2.75 .. '.'ale lugia PeaceP arhy Commission FinisfcWoik Treaties Will Go fcicfore Full Meet For Final Action Paris. Ori. ii.?./i'i?Pence conler nco car.. r.ission.- today coir.ilclcd heir woik o.i treaties, which now a before lull re.-: ion:-, ct the co:i crtnee \ : action. After a 28-hour session, the Bal kan eci.nt.nVc cniHTiission ended a lead lock or reparations, by adopiiiv : British proposal calling lor Bul aria to pay ^12u,0(M),(!().'i jointly I jrecce and Yugo-lavia, liv.* amount a he divided later by the foreign (blisters c< incil. '1 he vote t f nine to live was along '-Si.*"" Iine:. The delegates were tired as tlu jssit n cnucd. A four-hour virtual lilihuster by ilav delegates, who wanted the Bul garian reparations question referred icts, including a higit dive attrac itates proposal that Bulgaria pay 1110.000,00(1 to Greece and Yugo lavia together and a British pro tosal ti pay that sum to Greece lone. :n.l settle with Yugoslavia a tor. Other conference commissions had completed their work on all other clauses of the five peace treaties? for Bulgaria. Finland. Hungary, Italy, and Romania?after three long days and nights of rush-work at the end of 10 weeks of debate. Market Resumes Saturday Trends New York, Oft. 5.?t/Pi?Little en thusiasm accompanied the resump tion of Saturday stock market ses sions today and leading issues back ed into losing ground on one of the smallest volumes of the past two years. The ticker tape moped along from the start. Sporadic attempts at fe re rery generally failed to follow hrough and declines of fractions o a point or more predominated near I the close. L Transfers dwindled to about 400, 00 shares. HOW ABOUT PACUSAN? Wmh'nstnn, Oct. 5.?i/Pi?Every - ?nriy knows what a tlreamboal 's we hope), but how about "Pacinian" .s applied to the army's llonolulu "airo plane? The War Department explained hnt Pacu-an stands for: Pacific Air 'ornmand, I.*. S. Army. The final "X" was lacked on jus' o round out the word. Ii doe: n't land for anything. P. S : Ac report received by the treat Falls, Mont., army air base t .1 a. m. (MST) today placed the oeord-scekirm plane over Pelly's 'oir.t, between loo and 150 miles onthwest of the magnetic north lole. The big aircraft was flying at i5,000-fcet a n d reported good veather. PROJECTS APPROVED. Ralclglt. Oct. 5. ? The Public :',,r.ds Adirriristrat'.m has agrtcd ! > approve projects of the first par ial federal-aid secondary and urban pads projram. W. Vance Baise. state ishwav engineer, said today. Expenditures of the federal funds illacated .Inly 1. had been halted :y Frcsidcnt Truman's recent cpier tency order curtailing federal pub ic w rks, Baise said. RESCUE LADDER NEEDS HELP NOW HAVING FIGURED in scores of thrilling rescues, a high aerial fire la 'der - finds itself in need of a little help here. Speeding to a Brooklyn, N Y., blaze, the fire fighting apparatus was hit by a milk truck and the laoder now looks as though it had had a double milk shake. (International) Cafe Owners Pleased With CPA's Decision ? Meat Meal Prices Can Pc Increased l'p To 15 Per Cent Washington, Oct. 5. ? (tmcnl was necessary." In abandoning its attempt to hold the price of meat meals at the June ? to levels, OPA announced it had acted "to re.-lorc the prices of res- ? nnrant meat offerings to their nor mal relationship to the prices of other meals." Under the new price order, when [ the increase is applied to a meat offering, which cost 2(1 cents or more ihe pries will be computed to the nearest iiieitlo. Thus a 30 cent sandwich will go up to .'la cents, not 3d 1-2. On charges on less than 2(1 cents, the prices will be raised in even cents. Pittsburgh Strike Now Being Felt* In Other Cities Pittsburgh, Oct. 5.? '.Vi Pitts burgh's 12-day-old stalemated power strike. which has made nv rc than 100,(10(1 wal ke rs idle* here, today be gan to have repercussion, in other sections of the country. The basic steel industry in the district i- practically unaffected ince 10 i the producing coin panic- have their o.\n generating plants. Hard hit, however ie th ? proces sors and fabricatormakers of fin ished and ei i-fim-lvd products. a'ho have ! i e.i fi re< I ' ? -hat down tlir.osl unanimously throughout the ?-17-s:|t?ire-ntilc f/e t.-a area. Ces sation ot shi: ntcnt ?: t! e'r product was beginning t > mala itself felt. At Depot. the Chrysler Corp. .licnt'oiied the r< cr strike a .. contributing fact . i 1 ; n equipment I h >rt etc c\;>"ctcd uae the lay iff if 2.V0U0 Chrysler. and Bnggs j Manufacturing Co. workers. British Aircraft Forced Down By Yugoslav Action Rome, Oct. 5. r A British 1 plan*.* nil- forced th wn in Yngo- ' -hivui today by Yneosiav action, re- i port - reaching Allied headqunrteis ' at Cnsertn said. Whether the "Vugo lav action" was by fighter plane < r by anti aircraft fire was not learned. The plane w is lieiievcd to lie the RAP"s Bar! - Bclfirndi - Bucharest courier plane, which has been fly mc this route for months. Cab Investigators Probe Stephenville Plane Crash Slcphenvillc, Newfoundland. Oct. ?(/i'i?Veteran investigators of tiic lT. S. Civil Aeronautics Board lilted bits and pices of a giant (cur engined airliner today trying to learn why the crash hurled head-on into a 1.200 toot wall of rock Thurs day morning, smashing 39 persons to death. "It is the worst crash in my 37 years experience." said George Gay. regional CAB chief, after visiting the scene of the tragedy. From eye witness accounts and the flame fused remnants of the American Overseas airliner the pro bers fashioned this version of the crash, the worst in commercial avi ation history. The plane was a DC-J Douglas Skymasler. It had stopped overnight at Harmon Field, on the southwestern coast of Newfoundland because of bad weather at Gandei airport across the island. Carried 31 rasscimers A crew of eight and 31 passengers were aboard. The tanks heel been | illed with 2,fl0t) gallons of high octane gasoline for the long over seas hop to Sham. >n. Fire. The plane used a run-way pointing in a nnrth ?astcrly direction toward a range if rock rapped mountains eight miles iistr.nt. which ranged up to 1,200 and 1.500 feet. Oround crews watched the craft ; ice normally, a half-hour before lawn, with an estimated 150 feet >f altitude before it reached the 1 end of the runway. Suddenly a | groat billow of flame flated into the sky and d> ivn t ic stone face <>| the iroiiniuiii. There had boon 1:0 iixli.'.i'ion the plane h;irl been in Inmblo. Democrats Unleashing Heavv Artillery CJ * J uatcigh? rue heavy nrtith rv <>| i I the Drirocrn' >? paity will ^vt ihtu I action next w eek in (he campaign lie win the general election.- when the "Democratic Caravan" moves in to Lexington tor the lirst of the '.scheduled t'ongrcs-ioiuil District' Rallies. The "Democratic Caravan" is com posed of the (I?ivernnr. Lieutenant Governor, both t'nitcd Slides Sena tors. the Congressmen and l'< ngrcs sioniil Candid itos. the elective heads of government departments at lla Icigh and the State Detnorrntic chairman and \ ice-chiiirntiin. Also included a special campaign speakers an former Governors I Khringliau ?. Morrison and Mrouch ? t( n. The first rally will take place Friday. October It at 3 p. in. in the , courthouse at Lexington, and the headline speakers for that occasion will be C. H. Dcanc. candidate for ] Congress from the 8th District; Wlll I 'am R. I'rr.stead, State Democratic Y Chairman; and. Mrs. 0. It. Kvcrott. cii State Democratic Vice-Chairman. At- ; Tl i so expected to he present at the m Lexington Rally arc Lieut. Gov. L. 4 'Welcome I Ionic' ll.il-icli?A "v.rl'iimr home" to vdrrans of World War II and an invitation "actively la participate" in the affairs of the Democratic Party, was issue:! here today by William It. I in stead. State Democtalic chair man. "'I he generation 'a which the voting veteran,, helone nil! soon he a dominant inf luelie in ract.v and governmental af fairs." drclared Vr. I instead, and added that 'the Democratic party is counting on the veterans of World War II to provide a stabilizing inflneore. 'o the end that this ere. : dale and nation ran maintain an even keel and a true course til roue li all the storms of doubt and dissension that niav arise." . "Stntt" Bnllontino; the nnopprscH mdidato for speaker of the House, hennas .1, IVnrsall. and. several embers of the (Yuficil of State. Several opening guns of the cam paign iilro:: ?2.30 p. m, at Motion. Oct. 10?3:00 p. m. at Morgantofi. Oct 17 10:30 p. m. at Statesville ' Oct. 18?2:30 p nu at Reidsville. Sharp Protest Sent President By Attlee In Palestine Issue U. S. Sl.U:incr.! Cn Jewish Immigiation Rc:^n!eti In L:.nJ:ja L: lu ? II. I ' .1. .'? i .1 ? ill ill: ! i. i'. II ,1'ice r. it'll'..: ( today I.I I I IK . Hi t'V l kill li . I'.n ilii cut ;i iiHi1 ii si.mi : 1:1 . :. .i.nu .11 i?.,.... hi. i it in i<> 'r ? i.l -i." r. iii.'iii i i i.u.iui in in.1.1 . mi :;b..t;.;i.i::l .!:>'.vi U ii .iin .i;i;.?. i nu nk'i IIII J. A.-' 11*1 I tj ' t. Il J! ? .-? lli .'.i l- O.I I' ? \v\v ? . ( i i til. U.'ilv iiiul as :i ri-.-.iiil nf the President's lUtt'll'.Cll :? ho.ci il l.iiiv 11.1,to, ?sun, i is '? :i;; tlu note u.'i t [ .11. til.! t V il ? IKJ.'.M II..." illl I ill' I.'. OXprCt illiit il i.' till b J Iliad. 1 Millie. lie ai I Britain v.'i ' p.iz/L'ii' t< earn 111 .I Mr. 'iY'.mia.i acted : I>it'fi;>11:111;ly" end thiil t!i ? Presi .lit ciiti I ml accept til - (liii-'ii :i :il IK t;! >\*CI 11 111 .'til "'v.'i i 111 ? the IV ;>. n ihility for Pales ting." iirilalii Sole Hirer. Tims the spok '.iii'.im mi lerlinei in- vi'-w th.-it Britain under i'. ? Lca 4tie of Nations mandate remains m nie t i nti'i'l nl Pales'.nie :i? i:t lias n i biigation o ar ce |>i suggestions made by the U. H. oi any other oul titlc j lower. Last night, an official speaking ror the Prime Minister saitl flatly :liat Mr. Truman's statement "may well jeopardize" British snonsored negotiations to determine Palestine's future. Earlier the foreign office said Britain would not act upon Tru man's appeal "until the whole poli tical future" of Palestine was set- ' tied. The President had said that further immigration could not await a settlement. By diplomatic st.ai. <..v, Win.: hi l It irchill P day tli.>: I", itain'.-. tabor gi comment wn ; "vacillating j without any plan or policy" for i ?'alestinc anfl u >s "holding onto ;i nnnriatv in v. hich the y ha ve no v ital nterrst." The former Prim? Minister, speak ing in IJlackp ol at ;i nat or.at oon ference of the (' nscrvat've Party, ?aid the government's tactics "were gaining distrust and hostility brth < f the Arab and nl' the Jew and ex posing us to world-wide reprobation for their : rami lest incapacity." Churchill a! o charged that the \t:!ec government had mishandled ho Indian pr. bicm to badly that no one can tren-'.iro ihc misery and J >ri.chcd which will ivcrtakc those nor mens masses < f hum lie help- j ess millions or under what new power their future and destiny will lie." Capital Confirms Note From Attlee Washington, Oct. - .p> Presi dent Trim n nut Prime Minister Altlce of Britain have exchanged ?onfiilenti it i mi ati 11.- in the Palestine f| iostmn. Write 1! i.-e of ficials said, however, they were not .t liberty to disclose the contents ol the exchanges. Feathers for Fall FOR that chic appearance on a Fall day here's one of the latest crea tions seen at a New York hat salon. It's a three-quarter type beret of tnauve felt, heart-shaped in con tour. Pink coque feathers create a graceful effect. (international) 2 Acquitted Nazis Taken From Prison New Appeals Filed For More Germans; Von Papen In Jail Nuernberg. Oet. 5?(/Pj?Hjalmar Schaclit and Hans Frilszche. were spirited nut of t'.ie Helacc of Justice jail during the night and hidden from the public in private residences in downtown Nuernberg. The two were "protected" by Amer ican and Herman police, who had orders from the American Military Government to keep visitors away from their refuge. The former Nazi financier and ra dio broadcaster were released with out advance notice shortly before midnight and whisked in jeeps to homes obtained for them by U. S. army authorities. Clemency pleas were filed for Herman Gocring. Walter Funk. Karl Docnitz. Arthur Seyss-Inquart. Al lied .Joril. and the SI) (spy organi zation) just before the 3:-15 deadline today. This mr.de 11 individuals and three organizations that had pleaded lor lighter sentences. The final de rision is up to the Allied Control Council in Berlin. Gocring. Sess-Inqiiar'. and Jodl tire under sentence of death. Funk was sentenced to a life term and Docnitz to ten years in prison. Von I'apen In .fail Pleas already had been filed on behalf <>! Martin Hermann, Hans Frank. Wilhclm Frick, Julius Slrci chcr and Alfred Rosenberg, sent enced to hang, and Rudolf Hess, sentenced to a life term. Bormnnn. tried in absentia, is misisng. Von I'apen remained in jail to day. His appeal for permission to enter the French occupation zone was denied vest. r.la;. by the French mili tary govci nmcnt. He asked officials to try to arrange for his entry into the British zone, where he originally was arrested when Germany col laspcd. The British army, however, an nounced at Herford that it would not let any of the three acquitcd Nazis into its occupation /.one. Schncht and his wife went to a house i n Freling Strassc. and the aging financier spent the morning pacing up and down, trying to . de cide what to do next. Leo Stahl. German police chief, arrested Schncht sometime after mid night. but freed him immediately because a proper warant had not been prepared. The chief said po lite would arrest both "later," when American guards had been with drawn. Ill s CONCERNS '"'ARMED Raleigh. Oil. 5.?Bus companies opcraling in North Carolina were told by the State Utilities Commis sion today they most rest' re serv ice to prewar standard or face pen alties. Comm s.-lon In: ureter John T. Armstn ne said that in tlTc agency's opinion bio linos have had sufficient lime to cease overcrowding and use of unsafe equipment. He said most fines owned enough buses to prevent overcrowding but failed to do so because of the increased overhead. Weather FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair with little change In temperature tonight and Sun day.