Itettiteram Batlij Utspafrit
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR 'T^-K!vsxy''V^aVi?V;;!:;ss,t'' * HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 194(5 i-u?.Li8iiB?.KVKKiyvAfT-i4i?N.ioN FIVE CENTS C.opv
HepuMicans
Split Over
Nazi Trials
Dewey And Taft
Argue Fairness
Of The Verdicts
(Hy The A -seriated I'ress)
C! >v. Tlion-is K. Dewey of Now
York ; ml Senator Robert A. Taft of
Oliin. potential rivals for the 11)41!
Rcpt >liian presidential nomination,
split sharply today over the Nazi
war etintcs trials.
As Oct:nerat ; kept tip their attacks
on Ta't's eritici it of the Ynernher?
verdicts. Dewey t niched off the COP
leadership clash in i\ew Yoik last
night when he came out bluntly in
opposition to the Ohio senator's
views.
Without mentioning Taft by name.
Dewey defended the fairness of lite
trials and deiTtrrd that "no one can
have any sympathy for these Nazi
leaders w ho brought such agony upon
the world."
In Washington. Democrats who
have experienced their own iutra
party troubles i f late, gleefully
hailed the Tatt-Dewey cleavage as
likely to lessen the emphasis on the
icecr.t foreign policy schism between
then Secretary <:f Commerce Henry
Wallace and Secretary of State
James Byrnes.
Classic Example.
Senator Lucas (D) of Illinois, de
scribing Tnft's stand as a classical
example of his "muddled and con
fused thinking." predicted in a state
ment that Carroll Keccc. Republican
national chairman, "will not permit
the senator t>. make any more speech- j
es." Lucas added:
"I charge that the senator (Taft)
made the statement about the Nuern
berg trial solely for political venge
ance or advantage. And I predict
that this will be a boom -rang upon
his aspirations for the presidential
nomination in 1011!."
Taft said Saturday that the Nuern
berg verdicts, condemning 12 topi
Nazis to death, were a miscarriage
of justice and "violate that funda
mental principle < ' American" law
that a nvin can not be tried under
a law enacted after the alleged of
fense Wits committed.
Dewey';" statement, in which he
was joined by Irving Ives, GOP
nominee fur U. S. senator Irom New
York, declared flatly that the Ger
man war criminal had a "fair trial."
Death Toll Rises
To 19 As Plane
11 its Into School
Apcldowil, Holland. Oct. fl.?t/l'i
? ?Seven more school boys died in a ;
hospital today, increasing to l'.t the i
number killed by a Dutch naval I
plane which crashed into a school j
gymnasium yesterday, setting It
afire. Seven other boys remained in
a hospital with burns.
Max Christen). 21. pilot of the
Hritish-madc Firefly, was also kill
ed when i) fell :? he was slunting.
His mother, watching, died of heart
trouble.
;
Statehood
Vote Cast f
In Alaska
Juneau. Alaska. Oct. it.?i.l'i?Air- :
niiiule:! Alaska, a cross-mads lot
top of the world flights, decide, to- '
diiv whether to seek statehood.
Despite a last minute flurry ot : j
charges which led to reprinting ol ,
the statchoi .1 ballots because Sen- i
ator Norman II. Walker, author of ,
the statehood referendum bill, called
their wording confusing, the issue ?
gnerally was expected to carry.
Voters also will choose between,
incumbent Dob nartlott. Democrat,
and Aimer Peterson. Republican, for
territorial delegates_?t Washington, ,
name territorial officers and legis
lators and vote un the blanket pri
mary.
With ships tied up for weeks by
the maritime strike and rail and au
tomobile transportation limit e d,
candidates have nvido intensive use
of airplanes in their campaigns.
Opponents of statehood have!
argued the rn;t of setting up a slate
government w tild he too great for
tint small population. A terr tory
since I SHU, Alaska has never . n'ed t
on statehood. and even if passed to- ,
dm- (ir'ioss stdl must pa-, an!
enabling law and a constitution be
written and adopted. I
Weather
FOR NORTH C AROLINA.
Rain tonight. Clear weather
tV e (I n c s d a ,v. with rain. Cool
tonight, with slightly higher
temperatures Wednesday.
Spank Says
Treaty For
Italy Harsh
Belgian Asserts
Pact Doesn't Note
Resistance To Foe
Paris. <>,?!. 11.?(/IV?Paul Henri.
Spank. Belgian foricgn minister and
president of the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly, told a plenary ses
sion of the Paris peace conference
today that the peace treaty drafted
lor Italy is too harsh in its present
form.
."Rr^'ion <>r her colonies.
..22.1.1,011,1100 in reparations, refusal
to alk .v Italy to ash reparations of
? cimany and retribution by 75 per
cinl of the losses suffered bv Allied
itittoa:: in Italy." lie declared, is
a kir.j too much."
lie said the suffering which Italy
t?'..;ed in hthiopia and Greece must
? e rcmer.iboud in writing the Hai
ti peace treaty, hut that Italian
<s'.vt.mce to t.ie German ocenpa
on rh uld mil he declared "null
;r.a void."
Elasli Speed-1"p Plan.
Me ^ declared the delegates fori
idoptin j the last minute speed-up I
tinder which insieh of the work or
the conference was done in the clos
ing sessions.
There was. lie said, "too little to
o ai the start and now too much t >i
:Jo at the linislt."
Foreign Minister Rzymowski, of!
Poland, called upon the peacemak- i
rrs to insert a clause in the Italian ;
Ireaty which would guard against
nv f"turc fasci.-t* organization get
tin-.; started.
Rzym -.vski predicted the statute!
t Trieste, as it stands in the Ital
an treaty, will incite "much dis- i
?us-inn" in the United Nations meet- 1
ng of the future because the gov- ?
.nnor i> "to he a foreigner" who
a ill lie unable to claim "the re-1
?pet of the citizens of Trieste." j
Pica For Unity
Made By Bevin
Paris. Oct. 8.? i/Vi? Foreign Scere- !
ary Ernest Hevin of Britain told the'
icaec conference today ?unity was!
he fi undation of our victory and
mist tic the foundation of our peace." i
Foreign Minister V. M. Mnlotov
>f Russia presided at the plenarv
lession.
Bcvin's addre; - foil iwrd a dcrla
?ali'in by Paul Henri-Spank, Belgian
orciim n .in and president of,
he I oiled Nation; General Assem
>ly. that the peace treaty drafted
or Italy was t> o harsh.
Palling Trieste ? nc of the prime
li. ptit< s. B'-vin aid "I confess there,
tave hern times when I hart
toubt.i" as in the settlement of drnw
ng a border between Italy and
f ugoslavia.
Bevin declared "tmlnunded" Slav
?harges that great Britain and the
Jnited State: were trying to build a
'military base in Europe" by mak
ni; Tri-vtc an ir.;erniition:il city
?ather than giv ing it to Yugoslavia
?it I right.
HEID WITHOUT BAIl, Eu2ene Slrip
lin (above), 2G, was booked on sus
picion of grand theft and armed
robbery, in San Bernardino, Cal.,
otter nightclub impresario Karl
Carroll and his chauffeur were
robbed and kidnaped by a lone gun
man and dumped on a street corner
in Hollywood. Striplin was caught
driving Carroll's limousine. The
producer told police the gur.man
stole $400 from him as he was about
to enter his home. {International)
Seized in Theft
Picture Of Wreck Of 'Old97' Danville Found
The famous wreck of the Old 97 occurred in Danville, Va., 13 years ajro?on Sept. 27, 1903. A recently discovered pic
ture ot the wreck is shown above..? The wreck of this Sou hern Railway train has been celebrated in a ballad.
Tropical Storm Heads North,
Greatly Diminished In Power
AMERICA'S LARGEST LINER READY FOR LUXURY RUNS
STAFF SUPERVISOR J. C. LESTER looks down on the newly-painted America, at Newport News, Va., as the giant
ship is reconverted after war service to compete with the British "Queen" ships in the Atlantic. The America
made her maiden run in 1940, then was transformed into a troopship. Now, completely outfitted with new
furnishings, the shit) is scheduled to begin first transatlantic voyage from New York Oct. 17. (International)
Arrest Of Schacht
Brings On Protest
Release Demanded
By State Attorney;
Was Seeing Friend
?Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. i>.?i,V>
Or. liuliaid St iimid, .slate attor
ney of Wu.'itlcinlxTjj-lia'li'n, chal
lenged today the legality yf Hjulniar
Hchaciit': at rest last night and- de
manded that I Ho former German
ccom-mics minister be released un
til he is convicted by a German
denazification court.
Scliimid cited the German dcnazi
ificution law which provides Ger
mans accused of Nazi affiliation
should not be confined until after
ihcl arc convicted by a dcnafifica
(ion court.
Schaclil's arrest was ordered on
charges that lie had been a "lead
ing" Nazi.
The former rcirhhnnk head was
arrested here last night, an hour
after he arrived from Nuernberg,
where he was aconil'erl of wni
crimes charge; by the International
Military Tribunal a week ago, and
several hours after the chairman of
the Nuernberg denazification board
announced that proceedings had
instituted against Schncht, Franz
VonPapen and Mans Fritzsehe, also
arciuittrd.
Schaehl's arrest was ordered by
the Wiierttemlnirg-Harlen ministry
of state despite a declaration ear
J
Agency Is Silent
On Plan To Ease
Shortage Of Meat
Washington, Oct. J!.?t.Pi? The
Agriculture Department maint.iine('
slrel silence today on tentative
plans for easing the meat shortage I
as it awaited a formal demand that
livestock price controls be ended.
This was the ray ail OPA meat
industry advisory committee set last
mouth in announcing that it would
file a decontrol petition under
terms of the new OPA act.
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
Auderson has virtually eommitted
himself to rejecting the petition. The
next step would he all appeal to
i the independent dc ontrol hoard.
| licr l>y l.t. Gen. Lucius Clay, de
puty U. S. military governor, that
tli" military govcrnnirrl preferred
r that the thic- acquitted d< fendunt
; not he arrested until they can h ?
i tried under denazification laws and
' found guilty.
Present when German police loot;
Srhaeht into custody .it the h< me ot
Paul Meiiseh. a German minm g
magnate and a friend of long stand
ing. were the president of the <lr
1 na/.ifieation court of the village .f
; I5acknang, where Schaeht hail plan
' ned to take up residence: and ih ?
! acting minister for denazification i.i
the ,-tatr of Wuei ttem'jurg-B.idc.i.
Schaeht protested lus arrest. dis
playing a letter issued by the Unit
ed States military government
.ranting him freedom of movement,
but when tli.' arresting officers re
mained adamant. Schncht gatherc t
up his pnianimv- and toil: t k t an
lecornpnnied the policemen. Mr.
-eh itjeht accompanied her husbun.i
to the jail.
Friz-chc, one nnv assistant 'o
'ropaganda Minister Joseph Goeb
i)cls. remained at liberty in Xuern
ueri' ? n I D'plomat VonPapcn stay
ed in the Nuernberg jail trying ? ?
tilid a place to live. Moth the French
ii< British zones have turned him
down. There was no indication as
to whom, or if. they would fare de
nazification charge
Envoy Says
China P< ?ace
Bid Rejected
.
Marshall Confirms
Communis! Rebuff;
Red Drive Gaining
Nanking,*-Orl. !!. -fAt'V ? General )
George (\ M:irsh:i1l. 111 an tin pre- ,
dented statement. eonfirmei' today
that enmmiuiist loaders rrj- eli d an
offer of a ten-dav truce in tlie Kal- ,
Ran offensive to permit both .side.;
to "talk thin;:s over."
Is .nance of the statement w,i |
fully as r.ignifiennt as n cmil'iu-.
which some ??;> crvcrf interpreted as
dooming h'i|? foi |> ; c c. ii v.*a the
Mi. I time that Mar liaii. pedal
S. I'eace envoy. i;a ? relea ,od ver
hatnri exchanges of noti In-twcca
his office and the two battling Chi
ne; e factions.
.V if emphasizing th"ir rejection
of ( lining K ii-;nek .. true I.'id, lie.
communists inten-itied thei- as..unit
en I'iKipinR, capture of which would
: ever the government";- communica
tion j liner. In-t-.vocn IV.pino and
Shilu-hiachung. and give the reds n
tr< iig bargain: i : point in iif.nti ?
* a ns. Associated Press Corrospeiv.l
ii.' i'i in Mail.', ' ii reported from
I'ciping.)
Marshall's statement included a
tgliifir; lit par: graph tin t the com
munist true icjeetion litnl eome from
naity li.-adipiarK' at Y iniii
rating the high r mmnnd now di
reetly is guiding ii. sir:'. ?
'i he l oinm ill.-'- t< 1.1 Mar: hail "an
r -ply has been sent to the i iminuni
eat n of t V' l'.'i " (a ,'s pi I
? ..! that tiie <? . ,-cep
state council compromi c and plans
fur reorganizing the arr.v> hceau.-e
?;.e comeuimst pa: tv ha hi ? n hop
ins to have s imc word fn in Mar
hall and Si.i i f. e. ,\mb .- ador
I. L. Stuart1 i-ki'-ifyin- 'ii -dintim
for peaeo. The latest propo :d im
plies that situ.'lien hi- ? lvmtted
much. Goner;'! tiiou I - ii there
fore is preparing a f"ii nl wrliten
reply an I s<c- n ? nec i <>: r turning
to Nanking.
Chini remained in Shan ;hai.
Citrus Crop
Is Not Hurt
\ cry Badly
Miami. Kia.. Oct. ?t.?i/l'i?A hur
ricane which boiled up in the west
1:1 I a: ibbean to wliirl furiously
owartl the thickly populated Flor
ida west coast la.-t its force today,
sparine the area from heavy dam
Tampa. St. Petersburg and other
?(soil cities in the Tampa Bay area
had prepared for the worst.
But the worst turned out to he
only moderately high winds early
today which swept < n up the Flor
id;) mainland, turning inland and
heading toward south Georgia and
South Carolina.
A freakish twist, as often is the
history of tropical storms, brought
relief to the worried, rich west
coast. The 125-mile-an-hour winds
suddenly dropped to gusts ol' 50
miles an hour. There was no offi
cial explanation?only relief.
Even the bumper citrus crop ap
peared to have escaped. First re
ports from Lakeland, heart of the
grapefruit and orange belt, said the
loss was minor. A record making
crop with a value of SlaO.OOO.OOG
has been forecast for this season.
The weakened hurricane which
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Woman Dies
In Collision
At Man son
Truck, Two Autos
Involved, And Two
Burn In Forenoon
Mr. . Dora Willis. 72, of Naples.
Me., was killed instamiy in a three
way collision involving her 11)4(1
Plymouth coach, a Vrable Motor
Lines tractor and trailer and a 1933
Chevrolet sedan at Manson in mid
morning today.
Mr Willi:, was pinned under the
steering wheel of her automobile
and ei aid not be removed until the
real had been cut away front the
ear. She suffered a fractured skull,
broken right leg and crushed chest.
'lite Plymouth automobile and
tractor and trailer both caught fire
from the crush and were burned be
yond repair. Firemen held the
flames off the Chevrolet and only
slight damages were done to it by
fire. Mrs. Willis was removed front
Iter automobile before Mantes reached
her. except that her hair was slight
ly singeri.
Mrs. Willis was traveling south
to Miami. Fla.. it was said: the truck
w traveling north and the Chevro
let was entering the hignway from
a side i iad. the highway patrol re
nt rled Ernest Linwond Dunnavanl,
Jr.. of 1714 It street. Norfolk. Vn..
was operator of tVe truck out of
Norfolk and Carlet Jefferson, col
ored. was listed as d r I v c r of the
Chc\ relet.
1 he Plyrr >uth was damaged in
the front and the truck had dam
ages <?:t the right side before both
wen birred, highway patrolmen
reported The Chevrolet had minor
damages on the left front.
Xrs. Willis is survived by two
d "hteis. Mrs. S- m Snlvin. of
Shorchani Intel 33 W. 53th St.. New
1 ? k < itv. and a Mis. Dickermun,
rt llo tot. Mae. The body is being
held ' Kesler F metal home pend
ing instructions from relatives.
Harry 15. Caldwell, Crusader But Not
Radical, Takes tip N. C. Health Post
isurniim. ? ti. <? -mirrv
?I!*?< return 1" North Carol in I
brings back to the stale ii nt;.n wi
tho uni jiif (listiiit-;ion of li.tvin ; v. <?, i
rocojj?i1i?.ii <i< .1 crusader willum
tilMi being tagged :i radical.
Caldwell. ex-lout liuios nia.-lcr o
the State Grange. resigned this woo.
as secret!,ry-troasurei of tho Amor
lojiii I liitit food Council in Wash
ington, !). to take ovff tho oxo
ontivo secretary post of tho North
'ii.obiia C food I It-, i fill Association.
'Hairy Ciildwoll is ono mint \vh<
on champion it o iiiso he believes in
without oiimhinc. on i. nap-box ?m<
playing for tho giand stands." Gov
"i nor Gregg Clton v raid when in
tovinorl ( f fnldw di's tt"V/ position
'The Good Health Association '
very fortunate in scooritr; his lend
ership."
Caldwell assumes his now duties
with a long-standing concern for
! tho improvement of health condi
tions in North Carolina.
As head of tho Orange front 1937
?until 1945, he campaigned tirelessly
? I- tV n! i n nf an over-all state
health jilati.
While championing the cause of
tlio (iiange ami stressing the necfl
lot unproved health tandards in
\i rth Carolina, Caldwell remained
hi active foe of socialized medicine.
?We h'-lievr the health needs of
in people can be met without ro
-ort to Socialized 111-dicin" within
tlu t'nitcil States," lie said, speak
n v. as in a lei of Hie Orange.
As a result of his outstanding re
cord with the tale Orange, Cald
well Wii:- named chairman of the
agricultural ronimittee of the Na
tional Orange in 193(1 and again in
III 12. lie also served as chairman of
various other committees with the
natlonal organization.
Iti 11141 lie was named "Man of
I he Year" by the Progressive Far
mer. and on .Inly 2t). of this year,
received a special certificate of rec
ognition for his services as manager
from 1943 to 1944 of the North Car
??loni Milk Producer's Federation
Cooperative.
HENRY R CALDWELL.