The Robesonian from Lumberton, North Carolina • Page 1

VOL. LXXVI-NO. 190-6-253. LUMBERTON, N. HIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1945.

Country, God and Truth 5 Ctntf Establiffacd 1870 Only Negligible Price Rises Seen Under New Wage Policy; i Wallace Wains Of Depression JL Secretary of Commerce Missionary Tells Cautiorfc That Disaster Wil Result If Corporate Prof its Stay Up and -wages Down; By Marvin L. Washington, Nov. 2. Any price increases under the administration's wage-price policy 'seemed likely today to be "negligible." -That's Price Administrator Chester view of how President Truman's" pisogranv. of -permitting price boosts only under rigid conditions will work out.

Meanwhile John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers Journal asserted, the wage-price policy would "enlarge the realm of confusion." These were other developments oh the hot issue of "wages and prices: Secretary of. Commerce Wallace said there is danger of another depression "if corporate profits stay up and wages down." He told reporters this could mean four to seven million unemployed for I jyears, once the expected buying -boom is over. announced that retail ceilings lor new automobiles -wHL-be unveiled in four or iive days. They ate expected to be about the same as 1942 prices.

-And he hinted dealers would be -required to 'absorb an increase in producers' ceilings. Would Lead Way De Lacy (D-Wash) said the house that his proposed legislation giving government em- ployes 48 hours' pay for 40 hours "work would "lead the way to a national goal of higher wages and purchasing power." tory workers get a wage increase rthey will have 10 per cent less purchasing power next year than in 1941. In his statement at a news conference yesterday Bowles said the wage-price policy set" forth by Mr. Truman had served to emphasize the administration's "determination to hold the price line against inflation." The policy permits price creases to balance wage hikes only under these circumstances: Zl'. Where' straight time hourly wages lag behind the cost of living-increases since January 1941.

2. In order to correct inequities. 3. Where additional manpower is needed for essential reconver- sion industries. Would Be NefHfible In all of these cases, Bowles asserted, "the price increases which may occur will be negligible." Bowles predicted higher wages generally could be absorbed by manufacturers when costs go down as the result of volume production.

An editorial in the Mine Workers Journal said that in laying down his policy, Mr. Truman had made "one of those down-tne- middle-of-the-road appeals directed to 'we, the people" "The speech xvas analytical of the public welfare and labor and industry's responsibility, but instead of promoting accord it will enlarge the realm of confusion involving government price and wage policy," the Journal said. Robeson Alumni Of Wake Forest Banquet Tuesday Wake Forest alumni in Robeson county will holdt a banquet meeting in the educational building of the First Baptist church Tuesday night at 7:30, the first-such meeting for the past several years because of travel restriction, during -the war. Dr. Stephen Mclntyre of Lumberton is president of the Robeson alumni group.

Featured speaker at the banquet will be Dr. Thurmati Kitchin, president of Wake' FoKest, and he be accompanied here by Jasper L. Memory, alumni secretary of the college, and Eugene Olive, chaplain. AH Wake Forest alumni in Hobeson county are extended a cordial invitation to attend the meeting by President Leprosy caxiied by a bacillus similar to the one which tubcrculotU. Of Life hi Santo Tomas For 3 Years Tabernacle Convention i Through Sunday Night.

Miss Ora Woodberry, Christian and Missionary Alliance who served in China for 33 years.last night gave a graphic description of the life she and several thousands other civilian internees lived within the walls' of Santo Tomas (former Catholic university) in Manila, Philippine islands, from January, 1941, when- 'they were imprisoned by the Japanese, until their dramatic liberation by American Rangers' last February; at the second meeting in the annual missionary convention of the Gospel Tabernacle which continues through Sunday night. By means of a map of the internment camp and charts showing average population, losses in weight of the inmates and nutritive value of their food, the speaker illustrated her clear picture of contrasting conditions in the first tw 0 and a half years of internment with those of the last 6 months, when the progressive defeats suffered by the Japs were reflected in ever-increasing slow starvation, persecution, and humiliation ot the prisoners. Miss Woodberry was literally "caught" in a dangerous place at, war's beginning. On Thanksgiving day, 1941 had come foe order that women missionaries leave da.yg.. JShe.set-saH from Shanghai on the "President which was carrying marines to Corregidor, and she was to be in the Philippines for two weeks before, being sent on home.

While she was staying in a hotel in Manila, the Japs attacked; American defenders declared Manila an open the Japs took over; and in early Janary, 1942 she, with all other hotel occupants and scores of other "foreigners" throughout ttie city, was rounded up by the Japs, spent 3 days and nights in a music hall, then was moved to Santo Tomas. Contrasting Conditions At first there was plenty of food and heeded supplies, thanks to Filipinos en the outside, she said. Some well-to-do inmates built "shanties" on the campus and lived in comparative luxury. Later the Filipino Red Cross furnished food for 5 months. It was in early 1944 that the Jap army took over complete control of the camp and degree by degree restricted food and privileges and increased persecutions.

Miss Woodberry paid tribute to the swift organization of the camp by the internees themselves, their ingenuity in making quarters comfortable (with the help of friendly Filipinos) and in smuggling money into the camp when the going became almost unbearable. She described the details -of work, attempts on the part of Christian internees to keep morale high, the ungodly ways of many of prisoners, punishment meted out to tliose who broke the rules, the rescue at the end. She showed how the average loss of weight among men for the first 2 1-2 years was 27 pounds, for the last 6 months, 24 pounds making an average of 50 pounds for the whole period; for women, the figures were 16 the first 2 1-2 years, 16 the last 6 months; or a total average of 32 pounds. Though she herself lost 37 pounds, Miss Woodberry -did not dwell upon the gruesome details of those last days; and she apparently kept her sense of humpr and her deep faith in the God she has Served long and well. A feature of the evening service was" a vocal trio, "The Ninety and by Misses Marian Hall.

Harriett-Slebbins and Dorothy Northcott, East Lumberton com- milnity workers, accompanied by Miss Woodbeny. Burns Seeks Pardon, Arnall Helps WEATHER Fair ami cwnllnned wirm today and tonitht: Saturday. Increasing clondlntjs and mlM, followed by lUrttt, In the mountains Saturday night Robert Elliott Burns (right), celebrated fufitive from a Georgia chainganff, presents himself to Gov. Ellis Arnall (left) who agrees to plead his case before the State Board of Pardons an Paroles in quest of a pardon. In the center is John Shuttleworth, editor of True Detective Magazine, who accompanied Burns from his home in New Jersey.

Arnall meets them in his office at the capitol in Atlanta. Photo). Java Quieter After Fighting; RAF Again Bombs Indonesians Gurkha Brit ish, Witnesses Curse Night Fighting. By Ralph Morton Batavia, Nov. was restored in the Magelang area at noon today by a temporary truce which followed a night of sharp fighting between Indonesian extremists and' British Indian troops, during which RAF planes again strafed the Indonesian forces.

Elsewhere in central and eastern Java were reported generally improved, although the situation at the naval base of Soerabaja was described as "very delicate." Col. C. H. O. of the British garrison at Soerab- aja, succeeded in effecting the 5 evacuation of 1,500 Dutch women and children --and a similar number were expected to embark tonight.

At Magelang, British and Indonesian leaders'-were reported conferring during the truce, effected xvith the aid of Dr. Soekarno, president of the "Indonesian republic," whose cease lire orders previously had been ignored by the extremists. Outcome of the negotiations remained in doubt. The RAF strafing during the night enabled Gurkha infantry to reoccupy Additional areas in. the, town, which is about 260 miles southwest of Batavia, and reduced danger to the previously reported under fire by the -Indonesians.

Pilotless Plane To Be Shown Here In Victory Drive 1 -Aj" 1 Japs, or Yamashita's Death Powerful family Heads Daihatsu Quit Tokyo, Nov. 2--(VP)--Two mem- of the powerful Iwasaki fam- Designed from key positions in Mitsubishi holding company- si of the great financial leads 0 yield to American pres- uie--it was reported authorita- iv.cly today. Baron Koyata presi- ent of Mitsubishi holding and fJikeyata Iwasaki, vice president, afes'gned at a stockholders meeting Jresterday. They had neld their "Positions 30 and 10 years, re- the Company's principal; officials had fold the Associated Press the "Avasakis had no retirement plans. Leading officials of Yasuda and sumitomo--Mrwo others of the brg family combines already resigned and Mitsui has' an- iounced the prospective of members of 10 Mitsui Baron Takaki- Mitsui; president of 'Mitsui folding It is understood- that American Authorities-are concentrating upon fhese combines as the major old- Zaibatsu' and that less pres- flire has been applied to Okura, Considered the fifth ranking fam- monopoly.

.1 The Iwasakis also resigned positions in numerous Mitsubishi sub- 'SKinries. The" newspaper Asahi areported that Ryozo Tanaka, former president of Mitsubishi Trading was named president of the holding company. Haruno- sukc Suzuki retains his "position as the principal managing director. Japanese investors stand to lost 90,000,000,000 you ($6,000,000,000) imested in munitions companies but the government presumably jtvill defray part of the loss. The estimate, due various arms plants for jV.artime losses, was.

made by the aiwl industry Hysteria In Courtroom As More Jap Horrors Are Related. Definite Date i Be Announced by Lumberton Chairman Henry D. Ward Henry D. Ward, Lumberton chairman the War Finance committee, has 'just received word from office that a radio- controlled'target plane unit will give a the Lumberton aii-port within the near future, in connection with the Victory Loa'n drive during which Lumberton is seeking to meet its overall quota'' of $600.300 and bond quota of $301,300. The exact By Dean Schedler Nov.

Filipino and Spanish witnesses who hysterically cursed the Japanese and screamed for" the death of Lt. Gen. Tomojtiki Yamashita. threw the war criminal trial of the former Philippines comrhand- er-in-chief in continual turmoil today. Members of the prosecution staff and interprets both were required to quiet a Chinese woman whose four- year-old son had been snatched from her arms and repeatedly bayoneted.

The woman testified she had lost nine of the 12 in her family, had seen women and children slain and raped when 39 Chinese herded into a lumberyard and murdered last Feb. 10. "I'd' like to kill that Japanese man," she screamed in Chinese at Yamashita as she finished her testimony and leaped to her feet. Scenes "so bestial it is hard to find words to describe them," were related by witnesses of the mass slaying of -from 500 to 1000 civilians who had taken refuge in the Manila German club on the same day. Spanish Francisco Lopez, former Metro-Goldwyn Mayer representative in the Philippines, testified that Yamashita's troops poured gasoline over women's heads and set them afire, made sport of young girls for the entertainment of other Japanese at a club and then raped one of the girls after she Was dead.

Jose Maldonardo, described the tossing of a hand grenade into a bathrooir. where the Japanese had locked up all the men of a group of 50 who sought refuge in a certain home. Five were- killed and many maimed. Wife Bayonettecl He said his 'wife, 22-year-old stabbed in the back. with a bayonet.

The point stuck out two inches from- her chest. To Hold Payroll Of Davidson Board Seeks to Oust Clyde Hunt As Welfare Head. Truman's Blast At Congress May Jar Loose Blocked Legislation Chiang's Armies A i At Manchuria On U. S. Transports Hope Held That Senate Will Kill UNRRA Amendm't Administration Looks To Democratic Leaders to Block Free Press Proviso.

3 Armies Pour Ashore In i Area Where Russians Begin Withdrawal. Party Leaders Think Criticism Will Result In Action Sometime Before New Year And May Even Produce Acceptable Full Employ- -ment Bilt Raleigh, Nov. l--(JP)--Dr: Frank Devyver, head of the state merit system council, announced that he, would take exception to the next Davidson county welfare payroll filed with the state welfare headquarters. The October Davidson welfare payroll is expected here next week. The expected move would be another attempt by Dr.

Devyer and the merit system council to oust E. C.Hunt as head of the a vi'dsbn county welfare on'cbarges of engaging in political activity in violation of the Hatch act. The Davidson county welfare board has contended that it would be. unlawful on the part of the merit system council to take exception to its payroll, basing its assertion on the grounds that the merit system rule is void in this state because it had not been filed with the secretary of state. Dr.

Devyver, admitting that the merit system's rules had not been filed with the secretary of state under the nexv contends that the council in taking exception to the Davidson county- welfare payroll would be operated under a federal statute provided by. the social security board, and not under the state statute. By William F. Arbojrast Washington, Nov. leaders looked hopefully to the senate today to strike a "free press" amendment firom a UNRRA appropriation bill.

The amendment was written into the $550,000.000 bill after prolonged debate climaxed when Republicans booed Democratic Leader McCormack of Massachusetts. Republicans made a party, issue of the provision and backed it almost solidly when the vote came late yesterday. It would deny any of the new funds to liberated nations which don't allow U. S. "newsmen free opportunity to report activities of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation administration.

The by Rep. Clarence Brown (R-Ohio), was opposed before the appropriations committee by UNRRA and the state department. They asserted it might cripple the program of the relief agency. There was a strong possibility an attempt would be made to another authorization bill on which the house foreign affairs committee soon will start hearings. The new measure would pave the way for another United States grant of $1,350,000,000 to UNRRA, in addition to $800,000,000 already supplied and the $550,000,000 in yesterday's bill.

McCormack Pteads Hoots came from the Republican side when McCormack declared the Brown amendment would "deny relief to human beings." He pleaded for defeat of the proposal on humanitarian grounds, saying "people can't live on freedom of the press" but must have "food and shelter and clothing." The Democratic leader and others warned that approval of the amendment might cause distrust of the United States. The Ohioan, a newspaper publisher, pointed out the amendment did not undertake to impose a general free press on nations receiving UNRRA aid. DnREPittman Dies Suddenly In Fairmont Today Rites Sunday For Prominent Dentist. By Spencer Moosa Chungking, Nov. nese government troops, pouring irom United States- transports, began reoccupation landings today at two ports in Manchuria on the same day the Russians were scheduled to begin withdrawing from the country, the army newspaper Sao Tang Pao reported.

Japan wrested Manchuria from China in 1931. The landing points were on opposite sides of Liaotung bay. On the west side, Generalissimo Chiang -Kai-shek's men went ashore at Hulutao, 70 miles northwest of the scene of clashes between his soldiers and Chinese Communists in the area of Chin- wangtao. On the east side, the troops were landed at Yingkow, 100 miles southwest of Mukden and 140 miles north of Port Arthur. Both Yingkow and Holytao have rail connections with Mukden.

The landing at Hulutao places Chiang's men near rail lines to the rear of Chinese Communists forces which are opposing any overland movement of central government troops toward Manchuria through North China. 3 Aarmles Moved The army newspaper said the troops, the 13th, 16th and 94th Chinese armies, were taken to TVIanchuria in U. S. transports ftom Haiphong, Indo-China, Hong Kong. governtttentrsoldtens -will-be moved north 'in strength this month to permit complete withdrawal of the Russians by Dec.

1, said a semi-official dispatch from Tientsin. Meanwhile, as scattered fighting occurred in northern provinces of China, a central government cabinet spokesman charged anew that the Chinese communists had threatened to fire on any government soldiers landed from U. S. ships in communist "liberated areas," Truman Appears Giving Ground In USES Dispute Schwellenbach Proposes June 30 As Deadline for Transfer of Offices to States. A pretty 21-year-old girl, who exhibited a'- Girl Scouts Attend Church In Body Sun.

As the climaxing observance of National Girl Scout week from Qct. 28 to Nov. 3, Lumberton Girl Scouts will attend mbrning worship services at the First. Presbyterian church Sunday in a body. The pastor, Rev.

R. L. Alexander, will preach an appropriate sermon. Mrs. C.

Guy Townsend is leader of the local troop, which numbers some 44 Girl Scouts. Assist- Filipino nt eil dcrs ore Mrs. A. G. Wi'lis, horribly i Mrs.

A. and Mrs. Carl date on which the plane will ap- leg, testified how she and Throughout the week pear here will-be announced (some 50 others had been shut i girls have- attempted to do soon as definite word is'-received, a walled yard, the entrances set by Chairman Ward, grenades thrown Only a has them. She 'escaped by running (Continued on Page 5, Col. 6) the flames.

I i their "good deed especially children patients, at the'hospitals with magazines and I Fuller Henry Pittman 68, well-known Fairmont dentist died almost suddenly this morning about 10:30 of a heart attack sustained while he was in Fairmont Drug company store. He was a native and lifelong resident of Robeson county, where he was born on August 14, 1877, son of the late Louis and Sara Easterling Pittman. He was a graduate of Atlanta, Dental college. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m., the place to be determined "later. Rev.

Carey Herring, pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate. Interment will be in Fairmont cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Maude Mitchell Pittman; three sons, Louis A. Pittman of Jacksonville, Willard Pittman of Fairmont and Raikes Pittman, student at the University of North Carolina; three daughters, Mrs.

Bennett and Mrs. F. L. Rufty of Chariotte and Miss Sara Mauae Pittman, member of the Lumberton school faculty; six grandchildren; one brother and one sisterp Raymond Pittman' and A. P.

Floyd of Fairmont. By William T. Peacock Washington, Nov. 2-- Iff)--President Truman appeared to be giving ground today in his dispute with Congress over how long the federal government should control the U. S.

Employment service. Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach vvas said to have suggested to a senate committee that next June 30 be set as the deadline for returning the service to pre-war control by states. Presumably this proposal by a cabinet member would be with the president's approval, although Mr. Truman spoke on Tuesday of another year of federal control as desirable. In a message September 6 the president had nsked federal control at least until June ,,30, 1947.

The secretary of labor discussed the question with an appropriations subcommittee which has the issue before it in the form of a "rider" to a bill withdrawing $52,000,000,000 in war appropriations. The rider, attached by the house, directs that the employment service be returned to the states within 30 days after enactment of the measure. The subcommittee was to have received Schwellenbach's suggestion cooly-, although it called for a return earlier than June 30 if the secretary of labor, "deems feasible," The states controlled the 'service i from its' creation in 1J)33 until 1942 when the federal government took over'on the ground that interstate migrations of war workers necessitated centralized Bl Clair Johnson Washington, Nov. 2-- -House leaders declared that President Truman's criticism of congress this week did not harm hi? legislative and may help it. This view was expressed b.v Democratic Leader McCormack of Massachusetts and party whip Ramspcck of Georgia when about the president's reference to "damaging by house committees in handling of iobless and "lull employment" diils.

The tw gave a reporter sJighMy varying interpretations of what they expect, but opmions summarized were: 1. Members of the committcps involved resented the criticism, but for the present no minds were changed, one way or the other. 2. The appeal for action nujy stir up public support for the bills and switch some votes, See Acceptable BUI McCormack and Ramspeck said they believed the house PT- penditures committee will approve "some type of acceptable full'employment legislation" before the first of year. The committee has been considering a senate-passed bill on the subject for nearly six weeks.

The two leaders had varying opinions however about prospertn of the unemployment compensn- tion measure before the ways and means committee. McCormack said he is still hopeful for favorable action soon. Tea Democrats voted for consideration ten Kepubllcahs and four Democrats opposed. Kamspeck declared he doubted the committee v. on)(l change its position tin members became convinced through messages from voters that the public it to do 90.

"The entire effect of Mr. Truman's remarks about congress will be the reaction provokes amonjr the people," Ramspeck said. "Very few congressmen arc ever influenced one way or "-r by such a request. 'It's-what the people.want that influences Cairo Arabs In Violent Outburst Against Zionist Windows And Shops Of Jews Broken, Looted, Fired; Arabs Want Nazi Collaborator Released. Cairo, Nov.

2--I7P)--Street ing broke out in downtown Carro today coincidently with the beginning, of a general strike by srsii- Zionists elements and police fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who hurled stones at Jewish establishments. Demonstrators the bazaar, breaking and looting Jewish shops. largest Jewish department store in Cairo was set afire, but the blaze was quickly tinyuirhcd by fire Outside the Azahar niosour lice used tear gas to disperse crowds who stoned the officer- Pamphlets were distributed. among the crowds saving must wake up the Zionists from their dream of a horns in The pamphlets blamed the British for trying to create a rational home for Jews there. Most areas in werr- declared out of bounds for U.

S. service personnel. All communications in Csiro had been halted as demonstrators streets crrryfrtg reading "Down xvith the Zionisms The strike had' bern called protest against the Balfour declaration, which was issued 23 yars. ago- -today. Tt prwnifM as a Jewish national horn 0 rt of Arrvb arsTiVj- on Page 4, Col.

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