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Post War Depression Fears
Haunt Congress, Bust
ness Leaders
SOME SEE COLLAPSE
Mead Assert. U. 5. Umpire
pared To Overcome
Domestic Problems
Nv HELEN ASHBY

WASHINGTON, July %
UP)-Fears of a postwar de-
preston and the problem OF
how to defeat it are haunting
congressional, business and
labor leaders who agree al
most unanimously that the
government has not prepared
well enough for reconversion,
a United Press survey discios-
ed tonight.
The consensus is that. il Japan
surrenders suddenly and soon and
war industries shut down, there
may be an economic collapse which
could delay by many months the
after-victory boom which the ma
ton is counting on. Consequently,
the government is being barraged
with demands for definitive recon-
version and employment plans
which would carry the country
through the "shock period after
japan quits.
The survey conceded with. a
warning by Chairman James M.
Mead, D., N. Y, Of the Senate War
Investigating committee, who said
in a formal report that Should
the war in the Pacific end soon,
it will find us largely unprepared
to overcome our domestic prob
lens" He added:
Sees Unemployment
"Reconversion will not have pro-
crossed far enough to absorb the
manpower which will suddenly be
released. Government work pro.
grams will not have been establish.
ed. Unemployment on large scale
will ensue. Once this occurs, il
icreates an inertia which is very
difficult to overcome and will seri
ously interfere with achieving pros
perity."
He blamed the government fol
not giving enough reconversion hell
to business, particularly in prob
lens where overlapping authorit,
of several government agencies il
involved. This condition exists, hi
said, because of the lack of 'tol
agency with power to get results.
The Office Of War Mobilization
and Reconverson, which should d.
the job, acts 'too often as con
ciliator rather than an executive
and fails to fill this need" he com
nented..
The key to postwar prosperity
jobs-will be tackled tomorrow by
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REVIEWS POLICY
President Does Not Want
Americans To Settle
In Europe
By ERNEST B. vACCARO

POTSDAM, July 29-R-Presi-
dent Truman expressed opposition
today to bringing American SOL
diers wives and families overseas,
declaring he did not want Amer
leans to settle in Europe
The problem of soldiers sep
Grated families can best be solved
by getting the soldiers back home,
Mr. Truman said in an interview
with the Army newspaper Stars
and Stripes. He said the Amer
lean occupation of Europe was
temporary but must be continued
until there is no danger that with
drawal would jeopardize peace.
in the meantime, Mr.. Truman
declared the army will continue its
policy Of bringing low-point men
overseas to replace those with high
er point scores.
The President views were dis
closed as he and the other two
members of the Big Three entered
me final round of their world plan
mng at Potsdam. An official state
ment said the work of the confer
ence is progressing satisfactorily.
1t was believed that virtually all
me major questions on the agenda
nave been thoroughly discussed by
mr. Truman, Premier Stain and
me new British Prime Minister,
cement Attlee, who was a member
Vi me British delegation before he
replaced Winston Churchill.
D.. me task remaining before the
pis lhree now appeared to bring
wsether in a single document their
numerous tentative agreements. 1t
"Oulo surprise no observer here il
t he Potsdam meeting ended with.
'%o or three days.
4. PRESIDENT Truman again observed
m me Sabbath here by attending a
Lhlolhlng Baptist Service conducted
ss Two battlefield Chaplains Of the
seeono Armored Division. After
s his day was governed by
BUSINESS demands.
1, with the end of the conference
~ slght, world interest was in
WIZ Issued N a final communicate n
s "hish the Big Three would revea,
soy ;a' framework of future collabor
'' nv has been built here.
v,a mere were no authoritativ.
As GonoS for anticipation that thu
sna sac war would be mentioned
mp;HIs4llleally, and decis:on affectins
ba l Ly affairs would doubles.
" IN Kept officially secret.
r .ne United States Senate's SO t.
Education of the United Nation;
no rs[ler was a timely boost for tn,
pra a'ioh taken at Potsdam by tn,
~ oent- A quick victory owe
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CRASH OF BOMBER
PR0BED BY ARMY
Workmen Begin Repairing
Damage To The Empire
State Building

NEW YORK, July 29.-(R)-An
Army board of inquiry explored
charred and twisted debris high
in the 1O2 story Empire State
building today in an effort to piece
together the last, tragic moments
of the Army bomber that crashed
into the skyscraper and brought
flaming death to at least IS per-
sons.
Even as two more victims OF
the halocause were Identified
raising the total recognized to eight
-workmen crawled through the
blackened wreckage of the 18th
floor-913 feet above Manhattan
to begin the weeks-1ong task OF
erasing scars of the crash from the
side of the building.
Far below on Fifth Avenue, hun
dreds of Sunday strollers stared
skyward at the gaping hole torn
in the structure by the tremendous
impact of the eight-ton Mitchell
bomber.
The B125, cropping it's way toward
the Newark, N. j., airport through
heavy fog, rammed into the sky
scraper shortly before 10 a. m.
(EWT yesterday shaking the
area like an. earthquake and send
ing blazing gasoline cascading
through offices and down elevator
shafts of the worlds tallest build
ing.
The pilot had communicated
LaGuardia field by radio shortly
before the crash and was told by
the fields control tower that it
could not see ''the top of the EN-
pire State building" The plane
continued southwark down Fifth
Avenue and then struck the tower
spiked structure.
The point of greatest impact was
at the 10Th floor offices of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
(Continued m Para Two. Col. v4)
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CHINESE PREPARE
new DEATH TRAP
Advance 20 Miles Beyond
Kweilin To Threaten
$4,000 Japanese

CHUNGK1NG, July 90 U.D -
Victorious Chinese troops have
advanced 20 miles beyond the lib
Grated air base city of Kweilin and
forged a death trap for an esti-
mated $4,000 routed japanese, front
dispatches said today.
Battering at both TANKS of the
enemy's narrowing land corridor,
Chinese troops in Kiangsi province
continued attacks against an iso-
lated unit fleeing northeast of Khan.
Another Chinese Army advanced
beyond Chilling in Kwangtung pro-
vince toward Kukong, vital Canton
Hankow rail city 120 miles north
of Canton.
Today's communique said that
Japanese suicide rearguards yes
terday were being mopped up in
the western and southern suburbs
Of Kweilin, capital of Kwangsi
province. The city was entered by
powerful Chinese forces Friday and
its capture was announced yester-
day. The main Japanese force fled
to the north and northeast and
faced annihilation from several
Chinese groups that recently es-
tablished road and rail blocks in
that sector.
One fast-moving Chinese spear
head moved 20 miles up the Kweil-
in-Hengyang rail line, by-passing
enemy held Lichuan, IS air miles
northeast of the air base city.
Fierce skirmishes were reported
in the northern outskirts of Kweil-
in and along the east bank of the
Ii River, to the east.
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Transportation Relief
Is Expected Here Soon

es as of 27-passenger capacity
and of the "pusher" type, with
the motor in the rear. The
company now has three Of this
type, all on the Carolina run.
Mr.. Baird said that as soon
as the buses begin to arrive
they will be distributed equal
ly on all routes served by the
company.
The Safeway official also
pointed out that by the first of
the year, the company hopes to
discontinue use of all single
door type buses and replace
these with the latest two-dOor
vehicles now on order. The
Transit company does not plan
to purchase any more of lie
single-type buses, which we're
necessary to serve over-crowd-
ed Wilmington.
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FILES APPLICATION
No Explanation Given In
Brief Statement From
War Department

WASHINGTON, July 29.-(P-
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, son
of the late president, has asked re-
lease from active duty. The appll-
cation has not yet been acted upon.
This was disclosed tonight by the
war department in the following
announcements:
The office of the commanding
general army air forces has
received an application from Brig.
Gen. Elliott Roosevelt asking his
release from active duty. General
Roosevelt's application has not yet
been acted upon"
No explanation was given in the
brief statement.
An inquiry into financial affairs
of young Roosevelt has been under
way for weeks, originating from
reports that he received 5000, 000
loan from John Hartford, president
of the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea company, which was settled
for $4,000.
Rep. Doughton, D.-N.Co, chair.
man of the house ways and means
committee, asked the Internal Re.
venue Bureau for information On
the reports. He indicated that wher
he received it he will place it be-
fore the house, probably in floor
speech.
Indications are. several weeks
will be required. Congress is not
expected to hear from the investi.
cation until the house reconvenes
in the autumn.
Doughton, together with Rep.
Knutson( R. Mimi, senior Repub-
lican on the ways and means COM
mittee, said their only interest
was in seeing that government re-
venues are protected. in connection
with deductions claimed on bad
debts.
Hartford's 1912 income tax re-
turn has been under study. Dough
ton told the house the Treasury ad-
vised him the return contained a
1928, 500 dad debt" item that had
not yet been approved. Hartford S
attorney has said the $4,000 I'M
paid loan balance was written off
in 1912.
Other reported borrowings by the
34-year-old second son of r. Mr..
Roosevelt were included in. an ex-
pansion of the inquiry into his
dealings, it developed early this
month.
Doughton said in a statement
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Congested public Transports
ton is expected to be eased
here about the middle Of
August, it was disclosed last
night by officials of the Safe
way Transit company who an
nounced that the first of ~
new buses are expected to be-
gin to arrive at that time.
Tom Baird, superintendent
of transportation, said the buses
are now under construction by
the Ford Motor company and
the White Mack company. They
are the latest type of public
conveyance being manufacture
ed by both companies he add
ed. Ford is building IL while
the White plant Is constructing
10.
Mr.. Baird described the bus
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ARMY, NAVY PREP
FOR MERGER FIGHT
Top Officials Intend To Use
Influence To Sway
Public Opinion

WASHINGTON, July 29.-W.H>-
Although the Army and Navy are
working hand-in-hand against jap
an, they are quietly preparing for
a hard postwar fight on the issue
Of a single department of national
defense.
The Army wants one but the
Navy doesn't, and top officials of
both branches are making it clear
that they intend to exert ali the
influence at their command to sway
congressional and public opinion
one way or the other.
According to informed quarters,
the acknowledgements scrap is shap-
ing up as a ''battle of heroes" in
which big names on each side
will be placed on the scales. The
unknown quantity is President Tru-
man who, unlike the late presi-
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WASHINGTON, July 29.-W.D
Top Army air force generals
In the Pacific warned Japan
today that she faces total de-
struct:on by remaining in a war
she already has lost.
The warning was voiced by
Gen. George c. Kenney. COM
manding general Of the far
east air forces; 1t. Gen. James
II. Doolittle, commander OF the
Eighth Air Force, and Maj.
Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, 10th Air
Force commander.
Their summary of the power
now being thrown at Japan
was made on the army hour
broadcast (NBC) as the AAF
completed plans for a world
de celebration Wednesday Of
Air Force day. Exhibitions of
aircraft and demonstrations of
airpower will be held through
out this country to commemor-
ate the beginning Of Army air
power.
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For two hours they sat, fid-
getting uncomfortably as the
service opened with prayers
and singing. They watched as
the "shrine, of divine healing"
was dedicated. '.-.
Two supposedly ailing wo-
men imped up to the altar
where they were taken in
charge by the Rev. Bill Aar-
sons, local leader of the sect,
and 20 felloW-pi ,rs who had
come down for the day to he'll
out with things. After m ap-
plication of olive oil on their
faces and = prayer, punctuat
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Lawrence had read them :
proclamation from, the COVER
nor forbidding such a danger
Gus" practice. =, F,
Some 5000 onlookers the
largest crowd ever to witness
one of these weird demonstra-
tions-witnessed the incident.
Backing up Darden's threat
of the past week that Virginia
law would be invoked to halt
, the snake demonstrations,
Lawrence and about eight
troopers arrived at thc scene
of the meeting early. They were
augmented by a4dozen or more
sheriff's deputies. - ..3.
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ST. CHARLES, Va, July 20.
MH-yirginia state police wad-
ed into a .glory-shouting gath
ering Of Holiness faith healers
at Stone Creek Cove today,
killing four big mountain rat
tlesnakes being used for the
dedication Of ''shrinet of d.
vine healing -
Carrying out the orders Of
Gov. Colgate Darden, Of Vir-
ginia, uniformed troopers I'M
der command of Capt. H. w.
Lawrence, broke up the meet
ing when the sect defiantly
brought forth eight ugly rat
tiers and copperheads after
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FRENCH REJECT
De CAULLE PLAN
Generals Proposal Called
For National Vote On
Constitution

PARIS, July 29.-(P)-The French
consultative assembly respected by
a vote of 210 to 10 tonight Gen. De-
Gaulle's plan for a National Refer
endum on whether France should
enact new constitution or retain
the constitution of 1857.
The assembly Immediately adopt
ed its own plan calling for the
creation of one-house National
legislature which would draw a
new constitution and at the same
time exercise other governmental
authority.
The rebuff to DeGaulle came aft
er he had bluntly warned the as
sembly; that he would stick to his
guns" in the controversy.
Some delegates had construed
his statement as a threat to resign
if the assembly failed to support
him. These delegates said the
statement might also mean that he
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Truman Opposes Moui1,g
Troops Wives Overseas
Pert OF Santee Span
Destroyed By Flames

GEORGETOWN. S. c., July
29-(R A fire of unknown origin
today destroyed 800 feet of the
Santee River bridge 20 miles
from Georgetown on U. S. High
way II.
The two and IA ] niles span
is part of the Coastal Highway
between Georgetown and
CharlestoWn. All traffic was be-
ing diverted via Kingstree.
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Gen. Elliott Roosevelt
Asks Release From Duty
Bomb Bounces Off jap
Ship, Destroys Plane

MANILA, Monday, July 30
-Wn)-An American bomber
was destroyed Saturday by one
of its own bombs which b0unc-
ed from the deck of an enemy
ship, hit the plane and blew
1t to pieces.
The medium bomber had
flown in at mast height to loose
the explosive on a Japanese
merchant ship during an attack
on the inland sea.
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CLAIMS AIRCRAFT
OUTPUT BOOSTED
losses Responsibility OF
Defense Into Laps OF
The Strategists

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.
(AP)-Japanese Premier Su-
zuki scorned today as I'M
worthy of official notice the
Allied Potsdam surrender ul-
timatum. He asserted Nippon
csc aircraft production had
been increased and tossed in
to the laps of the Mikad, S
strategists complete respons;-
bility for the defense of the
empire.
Radio Tokyo extensively quoted
Suzuki's statement, purportedly
issued at cabinet press section
conference, but scheduled broad
cast the premier was supposed to
have made last night to the Jaoa-
nese nation on the coming battle
of the streets failed to material
ize.
The Japanese radio acknowled-
ged Saturdays heavy British and
American carrier strikes against
Nipponese targets and the huge
B-29 fire raid which set aflame six
cities of the II which the U. s.
goth Air Force previously an
nounced it would attack.
M Notice
Suzuki claimed the FCC-Moni-
tored broadcast reported, that the
Potsdam ultimatum was merely
an expansion of the Cairo declara-
tom and 80 far as the Imperial
government is concerned no no.
tice of it will be taken.
The Premier paid much attention
to the purportedly increased air
plane production in the Nipponese
underground factories and brush
ed over with a single sentence
questions as to defense against
the heavy air-naval attacks.
II leave this with absolute con
fidence in the hands of our STRAIT
egists," he asserted, shortly after
proclaiming there is no change
whatsoever in the fundamental
policy of our government to con.
tinue the prosecution of the war
Plane production is "far above
that anticipated, he said but
admitted that should his produc
ion quota have been completed
just bit earlier, we would have
avoided causing much worry te
various circles"
Actual production was withheld
as a military secret, but IF you
think that it is in the several
thousands, all in all, however, that
is no mistake" Suzuki said.
The underground plants are con-
nected by a considerably long
underground waterway, Suzuki ex-
planned, adding that because OF
close attention being given to health
of the workers, increased efflcl-
ency had resulted.
The Premier's statement fol-
lowed similar expressions of scorn
for the surrender ultlmatum py
Gen. Jiro Minami, president OF the
powerful political association OF
great Japan, and various unnam-
ed "spokesmen' who unanimously
charged the Potsdam pronounce
ment was issued as home propa'
ganda to relieve the war wear
mess" of the Allied peoples.
Suzuki took notice of the recent
10 per cent cut in Japanese food
rations, which he said was meas
ure to prepare ourselves for a
prolonged war;" but promised his
government would make every pos
sible effort to increase the islands
food supply and eventually to
bring the quota back to its original
figure"
NOT CONSULTED
SYDNEY, Australia, July %
1 y
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/, 900 PLANES ROCK TOKYO;
FLEET SHELLS HAMAMATSU:
suzuki SCORMS UZTZMATL!M
Total Destruction
Promised Japanese

Kenney said that U. S. air
operations in the Pacific are
rapidly increasing in scope
and intensity"
eve are liquidating Jap air
power, blocking his coasts and
depriving him of essential raw
materials and food from the
Asiatic mainland" he said.
his whole communications
system is being steadily pound
ed to pieces"
When the time comes for in
vasion, he said, Japan's forces
will be immobilized because
she will have lost all her roads,
br- dyes, trucks and locomo-
tives.
Lemay hailed the 30S mis-
sions by his Goth Air Force
. men against the Japanese-273
of them against targets on the
Jap home islands.
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OFFENSIVE COSTS
JAPS 9l4 VESSELS
Halsey's Mightiest Fleet In
History Energies From
Its Blackout
NO WARSHIPS LEFT

Aboard Adm. McCain's
Flagship off Japan, July 70.
= (Delayed) - (AP) The
Third Fleets devastating car
rier plane smash at the enemy
naval base of Kure today
the third in five days-left
Japan without a single major
warship in operational condi-
ton.
All now have been sunk or
damaged.
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NOT CONSULTED

SYDNEY, Australia, July %
R-The Allied Potsdam surrender
ultimatum to Japan was issued
without consulting the Australian
government and without it's concur
renee. although the declaration is
of fundamental importance to the
commonwealth DR.. Herbert 1vatt,
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FORECAST

North Carolina: Considerable c,oudi-
,sss with scattered showers and thun.
lerstorms Monday and Tuesday. Slightly
warmer in west portion Monday after
noon. otherwise not much change In
temperature.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-22
loves Il LOST

THERE ARE times when a fine
NAV fails 70 work simply because
il is tried against a mediocre play
or. whereas it would have pro-
duced the desired resui; against a
frst-ranker. Under this head come
maneuvers which create an illu-
sion. making the skilled cad read
er picture a situation Of a certain
kind. which does not actually ex-
LIST. The player who never does
any real card reading will not fall
for such a play because he does
not build the false picture In his
mind.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-22

Russians now wear stainless steel
alse teeth. When 4 comr1de aWak-
ms with a vodka hangover he can
)e pretty sure that terrible taste in
his mouth isn't dust to rusty mo!ars.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-22

West acted like a man who had
forgotten all about his partners
doubling of North's spade bid. He
led his club A and then switched
TO the heart @. The deClarer took
Dist ibutcd by King
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-22
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

that with the A and ou;o,,
M diamond Q, A, X and ] wsan
Nlscarding two clubs and "es'
ihen came the crucial PLAY son,s
led the spade J and took !, Nuu.n
the dummy's A. Now he hin WIN
back the spade s. 'sh'
East. if n of the fine ,,o,
In tie tournament, womb US
reckoned from that ,,av Ave
South probably had held the aia
gleton spade j, with two heon.'
He would have decided that -
covered it with the X. South ,aar
ruff. then lead a heart to the dnn
my ana $ the dummy's spade q
and 10 for discards, with Sn,,,xx
probably having three clubs beaa
ed BY the X. but not the G. If tho,
We're the case, East's correct NAV
would be t. duck the spade 3 ey'
pectinE South to ruff ANYWAY
ThaOwould prevent South froy,
ever setting up the spade @ and
10 for discards.
But in the East was a plave-
who did no card reading and
therefore made no such deduo-
tons. So he came in with his x
on the spade 8 and set the slam
contract. making all of South,s
brilliant work a mere case ~
loves labor lost"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-22
Your Week End Question

Do you understand the plav
which experts call the "trumn
squeeze" or the "rutfing ~suueeze"q
Can you set UP an example or two
of it showing the difference be.
tween it and the standard for.
ward. backward and double
squeezes?
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