Gastonia Daily Gazette (Newspaper) - September 13, 1945, Gastonia, North Carolina The Weather and today and and preceded IK DAILY GAZETTE A A O IV ih VOL. NO. 220. GASTON THE FINE COMBED YARN CENTER OF AMERICA N. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER Local Temperature Mish Low JT Today September to at n. Ah SEPTEMBER 13 1945 fnm mu JAPS ROUNDING UP OWN WAR CRIMINALS NEW YORK'S MILLIONS HAIL WAIN WRIGHT PACK Jap member of the garrison that surrendered Wake probably had wouldn't shave until Nippon won the which explains ple SLEW MAN HERE Prosecuting Witness In Non- Support Case Tells Court Her Dewitt Killed John Jones In 1941; No Action Yet -On Lona 61. wife ol a Kings Mountain taxi threw a bombshell into her non- support case in criminal court Thursday morning bs declaring on the stand that her Dewitt wielded the weight which crushed the life from John Firestone on a lonely country road between Gastonia and Bessemer City back In 1941. The murder of the who died in a local hospital three days after his unconscious form was found dumped by the has never been although the Gaston county sheriffs ed by the State Bureau of has been working on the cafe ever Mrs. Hull told the court that she was riding in the back seat of the car in which Jones was transported to his lonely tryst with She said that her who was driving the and riding in the front seat with the used a weight from a spinning frame at the Phenix Mill in Kings Mountain as an instrument to render Jones mortally After the Hull stopped the car and a woman riding with the said to have been Juanita Bullinger of jerked the body out in- to the She said that Hull then cut a pocket containing several hundred dollars from According to the testimony the car was occupied at the time by Mr. and Mrs. the Bullinger Western Allies Are On Trial In A Big Way In The Occupation Areas DEWITT AP foreign Affairs Analyst MacArthur's is ing finer and aging since studied speed is The situation in East Asia as Anyone who has studied the Far East at first hand knows that it long has harbored much suspicion of Occidental This is a mighty danger which either ill be eliminated or as Allied efforts at re- 17-GUN SALUTE WELCOMES THE HERO LaGuardia Heads coming Committee As Nation's Greatest City Opens Arms To Pacific whole is Japan political is the focal point of the infection It will require both adroit anc quick handling to forestall an epi- demic of and anti- Western in the various For while Japan is thr main source of the evil which has descended upon that part ol the yet because the Allies are now in control they will get the blame if the disorganization isn't righted In the Western Allies are on trial in a big way the and succeed or So it is good get General report that the pation of Japan is proceeding One notes in this con- that it's only a month since Tokyo a short time to jet a tight grip on a country which had some crack troops under and the militaristic clique anxious for ther While the occupation was said See Are Pouring In and a man who is now named Mrs. who was discharged SAYS Hiroshima Perfectly Safe Now MURLIN Sept. It now would be safe to live m the ter of There is no evidence who entered the area after the bombing died from Gen. T. F. Farrell reported Taking cognizance of Japanese stories that relief parties ing the area to assist in tion were injured rell staled that those personnel already were in the area were caught there by the measurable radioactivity was found ander the point of de- tonation elsewhere on the in ash cans or on other on Sept. 8 and hy an American mission gating effects of the said who heads the The Pagt 7----- Gaston People Air Views On Bus P. N. In No Uncertain Terms The tolling into The Gazette office in large Every mail brings an imposing batch of people are registering in no uncertain terms their views on the P. N. track proposition and on the bus terminal The coupon will be found day on this The Gazette is not trying to tell anyone how to vote As in a regular election the publishers of this newspaper believe every person should register his or her views on all matters of vital public The Gazette has endeavored to make its own views plain on these two important Your views may be Whatever they your vote is solicited and will be registered as it it sent in. Propositions before the public right two most pressing problems at any the Queen City Coach Company be allowed to proceed to build on Franklin avenue the tion they have planned and offered to the city council or should the company be required to give tonia and the general traveling public adequate The com- present proposal Is that it be allowed to build a station that any ordinary layman recognizes as en- tirely not only so but to provide a setup that would in- crease rather than diminish traffic hazards on Franklin The proposed station itself contains 31 seats for a number less than that the average coach will while for 84 seats in a It also provides that all busses shall enter the tion on Franklin avenue and depart on the same when the original plans provided for entrances and exits on both Franklin and Since the bus company purchased this property somebody connected with the outfit got the idea that he could make money by cutting the block half in shunting the busses backward and forward from and into Franklin and build a apartment road hot dog stand or thing of the kind on the Second street half of the What do you think about such a of the P. N. tracts GET THOSE PESKY TRACKS OFF AVE. To The City Councilmen or Whom it may If Gastonia never does thing else let's get the P. N. tracks from lin The citizens from our section who have to across the tracks every trip into town are the ones who should fight to the As a last resort let's pay the P. N. to remove the any amount even up to the 000 to be paid by the thing to get the pesky tracks off our main highway and give tonia a chance to be the town we want to love and be proud of. Is there anything more we citizens can do in this matter? MRS. J. CARL from Franklin Freight trains operate up and down the center of this most heavily traveled stretch of highway in the entire adding to the confusion and traffic hazards would be dent without these The P. N. has a 99-year you But there are various ways in which the railroad people can be induced to take these Would you rather sit still and GASTON FILL OUT THIS COUPON TODAY Then mail it to The Gazette in the paper will place it in the hands of the city it is not for check mark opposite or I favor a bus station with entrances and exits on both Franklin and Second I do favor the removal of the N. tracks from Franklin Signed Address JAMES H. NEW Sept. greatest paper blizzard in the tory of New York's famed financial district showered down on happy Gen. Jonathan M. wright today as the city gave a welcome to the hero of Cor- At Jeast police and claimed the 62-year-old star general on a triumphal motor ride from La Guardia where he was greeted with a 17-gun to city hall where he ly accepted honorary citizenship of New Thousands upon thousands ed him at the airport and along the Franklin D. Roosevelt drive on the East but it was a wild heart-warming demonstration in the hero's canyon of lower Broadway that provided the Gay ticker tape and torn newspaper and telephone books showered down in such ume that at times the general's the head of a 20- car barely be seen fcy the vast crowds turned out to pay tribute to the man who historic stand at Throughout the ride up lower which only a few months for Gen. the tall ago rang to the cheers Dwight D. hero's face mirrored surprise and as if he were unable to believe the ovation paid standing later at city his hands resting on a white turn in the center of a patriotic his thoughts were on the men who withstood with him tbe siege of Corregidor and on the long months he endured in Japanese prison He said of his sacrifice will have been in vain if we ever again allow this nation to grow indifferent to Then he you for your superb The events of this day have moved me You have the profound thanks of us In his address of Mayor La said that the good Lord wants to make a better man he can take Gen. as a The La Guardia the strength of our the endurance of our people and the courage of the American A roar of approval burst from the city hall estimated at as the mayor presented WAINWRIGHT Konoye Says He Tried To Avert War RUSSELL Sept. Prince Japanese vice declared today that be had tried in the summer of to meet President Roosevelt and avert the war but his proposal failed partly through militarist and partly because the Japanese government ed internationally as a Japanese government long thaTe had reputation abroad as he they were unable to control Japanese militarists in the nr often didn't whit the militarists were was thai way I was trying to see The was considered a be- cause M matter what we ed final decision Uie on CUM depended the reason the never premier in that til said thai an the then war feter over peace negotiations led U hn resignation and Tojo's climb te Tojo Had Planned To Kill Himself For A Long Time DUANE Sept. deki in the first interview since he himself two days today he had planned to kill himself for a long time that when he saw American officers standing outside his house he the time had The deposed Japanese tor then shot and wounded self near the heart with caliber but prompt blood transfusions and other treatment by American Army doctors saved his life and he was declared today to be in In talking today Tojo brushed aside many questions relating to war and but when asked if Saburo Kurosu had known about Pearl Harbor plans when he talked to Cordell Hull about Tojo related that he would not answer without documentary Tojo was registered as patient No. and was the 100th tient admitted Tuesday at the Army's 98th Evacuation He looked little like a dictator as he was He was propped up on his bed with a ing chair and pillows behind his He was covered by a clean white but his feet were ing He was dressed in GI mas many sizes too Tojo said felt much tetter but a little pain to his left ride Maj. Elbert at said Tojo's condition was considered but later the former war lord's eyes appeared to become slightly glassy and he complained ol Asked why he decided to shoot himself instead of performing the traditional ceremony of ban hara kiri is the tional manner of ending your I feared I might He explained that the tional ceremony calls for the former to bring the knife up and across his and that a second person stands behind with a sword to cut his He he had no one lo carry out the second part. have nothing to because it is all being decided by the ed States he replied when asked how he felt the fact he must face trial when he SOMETHING FOR THE GIRLS NETWORKS RUN American And National Companies Back On Strike ed Some Programs Last NEW Sept. American and National ing companies returned to the air at 8 a. m. their re- gular opening but engineers who walked out yesterday remained away from their executives and some radio announcers and producers turned technician to put the works on the control pulling switches and ing The engineers walked out at S p m. disrupting service and causing of some A. T. president of the Independent Union the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and said last night the men would be asked to return to work He was not available ly for comment morning as the networks went on the atr Immediately after the walkout Page 12___ ROCKY MOUNT MAN LIBERATED IN JAPAN Sept. 13-Wj-Amer- liberated from the Chapel in- included H. v. nard whose wife lives at 954 Hill Rocky N. It was Members of the group said they escaped starvation only by ing Cross Sept I be jears A hero In the classroom is worth innumerable Sinatras on the radio as the old saying And the girls can't keep their eyes on their books with a Congressional Medal of Honor winner the next desk Gmo 21, recently returned from making is studying It now in his senior year at Blakely High May Adopt Lenient Byrnes Conference With Greek Regent On Balkan Issues Sept. of State Jarnes F Byrnes talked today with the Greek Archbishop perhaps about the with Italy and Balkan Byrnes took advantage of a day recess in the ence of five leading Allied foreign Staff of the United Great France and China held secret conferences and studied documents which were so complicated as to postpone the third plenary session until Diplomats say the Greeks are willing to join the United States and Great Britain In a lenient at- toward even though Mussolini attacked the little It is believed that Damaskinos has the assurance of the United States and Britain that Greece vill get the largely by at the of the The Greeks have other territorial claims against Albania and Bulgaria and there seemed little that Byrnes and the regent talked of There were strong indications the Greeks also will insist tions from Greek domestic problems are con- linked to the general unrest In the It appeared possible that Americans and Britons would discuss these with the Russians France was reported to have of- detailed plans for the German Ruhr and A French official said ay France had no desire to annex any part of the but wanted it and the Ruhr served promptly from Germany in time to prevent effectively any resurgence ol man nationalism The French are reported to be GIVEN A CHANCE TO BRING REST OF CULPRITS IN Privilege Will Be drawn If Results Aren't ial Headquarters Formally Japs By Associated Press Sept. Army headquarters empowered the Japanese today to round up the remaining on General MacArthur's No time limit was set but it was indicated that the government would have to show some progress within two days or the privilege would be The government had asked mission lo handle further arrests after deposed time shot himself two days ago while American officers hammered at his Now in condition and able to talk with correspondents Tojo had headed list of those sought for ing about war Japan today reported formally that its imperial headquarters had been abolished in compliance with MacArthur's and MacArthur announced that Gen. Walter ger of the Sixth Army and Vice Adm. Harry Hill of Fifth would enter Sept. 20 to prepare for its occupation two Tojo offered no defense of his militarist government which ed the Pearl Harbor white Prince present vice blamed militarists like Tojo for his own failure to avert Japan's business leaders sized In an interview today that both the militarists and the in- knew before render that the war was before the first atomic bomb but that wouldn't admit it and in- were too cowardly to speak The they was industrially and on the verse of As raised to a ate his first food since his attempted suicide who had played major roles with him since the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor either were being rounded up or were doing a more effective job of The navy minister in Tojo's in- famous Harbor cabinet Adm. Shigetaro rendered quietly at his home to an American saying he had contemplated suicide but changed his Like he faces questioning and possible court martial as a war But the man whom the Japanese war machine had planned to lead the defense of Honshu's vital Kanto plain against American Field Marshal Gen. killed himself with a pistol through the head at his office near the em- regret the war ended in such a he had told his as I was in an im- j. A. rung Post I keenly feel my re- Administrator Chester and am awaiting a opportunity to do away with One of Japan's three field member the army clique and a former war that op- yesterday while his wife was killing herself at her He had not been named on a list of more than two score whose ar- Page 5----- SHOE RATIONING MAY 1 Will Come Off Restricted List If WPB Follows L. Sept. Shoe rationing may end October 1. It will if top officials of the War Production Board follow of the leather It's the job of that bureau to know the shoe situation A decision will be made in the next week or so. afler conferences between WPB Chairman J. A. Krug and OPA OPA shoe officials are not ex- to voice any strenuous ob- jections to the WPB though October 15 and November 1 have been mentioned more ly within OPA as likely dates for ending the There is not complete agreement in WPB on the October 1 The Figure Sounds Good To Senator Army To Release Men Monthly By Dec. 1st ASSOCIATED Sept. The today M will be men a Chilian life by SemUr C. Johnson of what he has reporter tbe War ment had him this Johnson saW it U new ante ta the other Utt There several waken the House from New a statement they had ferred on Army ami officials treat from their stand in the statement were Republican Dean P. their news h present at tin Kearney saU hi an ARMY
