SPENDING RECORD
SET BY CONGRESS
Election-Year Session Pul
Vast Defense Program
Into Operation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. —1
An election-year congress which
laced a brief, “do-little” session last
January is winding up nearly 11
months of unexpected activity with
a peacetime spending record of
$£5,572,819,337 and with a vast de
fense program approved and in op
eration.
About two-thirds of the money
voted — $16.920,627,477—is in actual
appropriations which can be spent
before next July 1, according to the
figures of Chairman Taylor (D-Colo)
of the house appropriations commit
tee. The remainder represents au
thorizations for future contracts.
Defense expenditures were pri
marily responsible for the huge to
tal, which has been exceeded only
in the World War year of 1918.
Appropriations and contract authori
sations for the armed services ag
gregated $12,136,832,516. In addition,
about $4,700,000,000 was authorized
for eventual development of a two
ocean navy.
Adjournment talk already was in
the air last May when President
Roosevelt, following the German
military successes in western Eur
ope, called for an emergency ex
penditure of more than $1,000,000,000
to speed up preparedness of land,
sea and in the skies. Within weeks,
however, that estimate was doubled
and redoubled and then increased
again.
The money, voted with little basic
opposition, provides for this historic
military program:
An increase in the standing Army
to 1.400,000 men by next July, in
cluding conscripts and National
Guardsmen on active duty; an in
crease in Navy personnel from 145,
000 to 175,000 men and in the Ma
rines from 25,000 to 34,000.
Acquisition of reserve stocks ol
equipment and munitions for 2,000.
000 soldiers.
Start of construction of 292 com
bat naval vessels and 57 auxiliary
ships.
Provision for 25,000 “serviceable”
planes for the Army and 10,000 for
the Navy, along with establishment
Df new air bases.
The only phase of the defense
program which stirred deep con
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Forced To Live
Life in China, never easy for
with tile added weight of war-time
ported sweeping Shanghai. Two
themselves together and leaped in
tured being saved by alert rivermei
gressional controversy was the com
pulsory military service bill. A1
though there was a strong move
ment in the House to defer opera
tion of this selective draft system
it was enacted in mid-Septer.ibei
and already the first conscripts ar
on their way to Army camps.
To finance a part of the prepared
ness measures—big federal dificit
are in prospect for the next fev
years—congress voted various ta:
Increases, including higher levies 01
theater tickets, cigarettes, whisky
etc., and on excess corporation prof
its.
It also lowered the personal in
come tax exemptions, thus increas
ing by perhaps 2,000,000 the numbei
of men and women who will pa;
such levies next spring.
The federal debt limit, which hac
stood at $45,000,000,000, was orderec
raised to $49,000,000,000 because o
the greater defense expenditures
Only two weeks ago Secretary Mor
genthau of the Treasury expressei
the opinion that congress sooi
should raise the limitation, possibl;
to $65,000,000,000.
But while congress was votinj
billions for defense, it was holdin;
appropriations for regular. govern
ment functions to last year’s level!
or slightly lower.
Slightly more than a billion dol
the “little people,” now bears down
privations. A wave of suicides is re
sucli were these two girls, who tied
n the Wangpoo river. They are pie
1, who frustrated their attempt to die.
lars was allocated to WPA and oth
er relief agencies, but with the
provision that it could be spent in
eight months if necessary. Such a
system would permit about 2,032,000
persons to be kept on WPA rolls.
Continuation of the administra
tion farm program was voted, with
its benefits for soil conservation and
special payments designed to bring
■‘parity” to agricultural prices.
Little new legislation; however,
has been placed on the record books
this year.
DIES TO SEIZE
RECORDS OF BUND
‘Agent Of Gestapo’ In U. S.
Witnesses
tioned Yesterday
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—HP)—Chair
man Martin Dies announced today
. he was sending seven agents of his
’ congressional committee on un
American activities to four cities
"immediately” to seize records of
what he described as German and
, Communist organizations.
He said tlie agents, half of his
staff, were dispatched to Detroit,
Mich., two cities in tlie East and
one in the South. Pie declined to
identify the three cities other than
Detroit.
This activity followed raids yes
terday. Dies said, in Chicago, New
York and other cities on "German
and Italian organizations.” Pie an
nounced that documents and records
were seized last night or early today
at five Chicago "German and Com
munist” organizations.
Chairman Dies emerged long
enough from liis secret investiga
tion hearing to make these an
nouncements. He said that, mean
while, he was questioning today Ern
est Ten Eiclcen, former president of
the German-American National Al
liance in Chicago.
Dies said that he planned to ques
th.n four persons in a continuation
of the committee's investigation of
evidence unearthed by committee
agents here..
The congressman identified one of
yesterday’s mysterious witnesses as
Heinrich Peter Fassbender, alias
Harry Smith, an agent of the Ges
tapo.
1 assoencier, who is 23, was seized
on the West Coast, taken to Wash
ington and then brought back here
for questioning by the committee.
Dies said that the agent carried
authentic credentials, checks from
the German government, and other
papers in his possession when
seized.
"What he told us links certain
representatives of certain govern
ments with his activities,1’ Dies said.
“He has been working- in the United
States for more than a year.”
The witness told newsmen that
he had been a Gestapo agent, since
1935, working in Spain and Belgium
before coming to this country.
Russia Claims World’s
Largest Fleet Of Subs
MOSCOW, Nov. 18.—UP)—Soviet
Russia claimed today to have the
largest submarine fleet in the world.
The assertion was made in the
government newspaper Izvestia but
comparative figures were withheld.
RED CROSS HERE
COLLECTS $4,000
Definite Advancement
Achieved Toward Chapter’s
Goal Of $5,000
Officials in charge of the annual
Red Cross roll call here announced
last night that yesterday the drive
had reached $4,000 toward the goal
of $5,000 for the ensuing year.
Committees reported that defi
nite advancement toward the goal
has been achieved on receipt of
reports from several workers in
theindus^ria 1 groups.
The committee chairmen urged
theworker s to continue the solici
tation of funds for the local chap
ter through the period set aside
by the National Headquarters end
ing November 30.
Due to the heavy number of en
listments in military service from
New Hanover county, the demand
on the Red Cross, which acts as
an intermediary agent between the
soldiers in the army and their
homes, is more urgent.
J. Henry Gerdes, general chair
man of the campaign, stated last
night that the response sofa r indi
notac thaf thp ffnal will hp sur
passed.
Industrial concerns which have
not yet been enrolled are asked to
call the Red Cross chapter office
in the customhouse and proper cre
dentials will be sent out immedi
ately. ’
REORGANIZATION OF
LOCAL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE PLANNED
(Continued from Page One)
increase its membership and reve
nues and to include other such mat
ters as may be properly considered
by said committee.
“Resolved further, that the com
mittee be requested to make its re- :
port and recommendations at a pub
lic meeting to be called by the com- i
mittee within one month from this 1
date.’’ 1
The resolution then listed the
name of the committeemen.
Introduced By Newman
Harriss Newman introduced the '
resolution, which was carried by the 1
majority of those present after con
siderable discussion from the floor
and the addition of three amend
ments to the original resolution.
Netvman accepted two of the
amendments, one providing for the ,
addition of the name of John Carter, i
the president of the trade body, to ,
the committee, and the other pro- ,
viding for the extension of time from ;
two weens to one moum, 01 nuuui ■
30 days, in which the committee (
would call another public meeting
for submission of its report and rec- ,
ommendations. I
Just before the final vote the ,
group adopted another amendment
calling for the adoption of the ,
names of E. B. Bugg and Frederick
Willetts to the personnel of the com
mittee.
Approximately 100 persons, in
cluding trade body members and in
terested citizens, attended the meet
ing, called by the board of directors
of the trade body to consider ways
and means of increasing the effect
iveness of the organization for com
munity advancement.
Carter Presides
John Carter, trade body president,
presided and outlined the purposes
of the called meeting, and read a
resume of the activities and accom
plishments of the chamber of com
merce during the past several years.
Regular meetings of the member
ship, Carter said, had not been held,
as provided for in the organization’s
constitution because of the lack of
interest of members in its program,
and the board of directors hardly
considered it worthwhile to call such
meetings.
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Hawaii Holds Separate Draft j
Ill the Honolulu palace which was the seat of the ruling monarchy
before Hawaii became an American territory, Hawaii stages its lottery
under the selective military training act. Governor Joseph B. Poindexter,'
who drew the first number, is at extreme right.
LAWRENCE SPEAKS
AT BAPTIST MEET
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vould make it triumphant abroad,”
laid Dr. Lawrence, adding that ‘‘we
nust make our own land a demon
itration station.”
He asserted that the ideals of the
tospel would be reached only when
Jhrist had been enshrined as Savior
ind Lord in the herats of men and
nade pre-eminent in the arts and
iciences, literature and life, culture
ind civilization, goverment and so
cial order of the world. "The king
lorn of God is to be put on the inside
>f our civic, municipal, social and
lational life.”
The last year has been one of the
)est ever experienced by the Come
Mission board, h said. Mony re
vived in 1939 from all sources to1
aled $544,2S9 and $159,5S5 was paid
>n the principal of the debt. All
lebts, he said, will be liquidated by
945 under the present program, pro
dded receipts do not fall below those
if last year.
Other reports on home missions
ilso were submitted at the session,
he theme for which was ‘‘Jesus
Shall Reign in the Homeland.”
The meeting opened this morning
it the First church here, with R. N.
p • • •> -^vn
Simms of Raleigh, convention presi
dent, presiding. He asked the dele
gates to “stick together and show
the world by the Baptist State con
vention how beautiful it is for men
to dwell together in peace and uni
son.”
Aroused Citizens Halt
Robbery Of Moline Bank
MOLINE, Kas., Nov. 19.—<.?P)—
Roused by a general vigilante alarm,
business men carrying shotguns and
revolvers, surrounded the Exchange
and State bank this morning, frus
trated a robbery, captured and dis
armed the two masked robbers.
Elk county Sheriff Carter said the
two men were hiding inside when
Hayward Johnson, assistant cashier
and Miss Alma Finney, teller, opened
the bank for business.
Jap Warships Appear
Off Indo-China Port
HONGKONG, Nov. 19.—(#1—A
dispatch from French Indo-China
to the British-owned China mail
today reported that Japanese
warships and transports had ap
peared off the Saigon river, the
approach to Saigon, Indo-China’s
chief port.
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ITALIANS REPORT |
RAID ON ISLAND
British Beaten Off In At
tempt To Seize Small
Dodecanese Isle
ROME, Nov. 19.—(#)—Italian
land, sea and air forces have re
pulsed a British attempt to seize
the island of Gaidaro in the
Dodecanese, the high command re
ported today.
Its communique said sharp fight
ing occurred on the Epirus from
in Greece yesterday but resulted
in no material change in the situa
tio no neither side except in the
region of Ezeki, in Alba ian vil
lage, which it acknowledged was
occupied by the Greeks.
Italian planes continued heavy
bombardments and - lachine-gun
ning of Greek troop concentraions,
it said, suffering a loss of only
one plane against three "enemy”
planes in the day’s aer'-il warfare.
British forces attempting to seize
Gaidaro, the communique de
clared, were forced quickly to re
treat.
(Gaidaro is the northermost and
one of the smallest islands in the
Aegean sea Archipelago off the
Turkish coast.)
The communique gave no details
of the engagement.
“Enormous damage” to British
aeronautical and defense works
and barracks in the Siwa oasis in
Egypt by an Italian attack also
said the raiders machin^11^
their targets and dropped
plosive and shrapnel bom£gh 6*'
ting all objectives."
It acknowledged British u
bardments of the Libvan b°a'
Tobruk and Bardia-■ san°rts «
Italian-held position ;n v ‘ ^ S)
Agordat, Corondil, Bun, 1 a;
Ghenlle in East Afri-a h,t ati
there were no "seriow D“‘*Jj
except for three persons killP %
five injured at Salum. ea ac!
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Better Raid Shelters
Are Urged In LonL
LONDON. Nov. 18.-tj,_, 811
miltee charged with inveTti-'^
air raid shelter condition-'
ny Lord Border, urged todll"
immediate removal of the aew *
firm, bedridden and child,
London.
These groups add to “the
culty of supervision" and
the risk of health,” he said ^'
SCORES PERISH
KINGSTON, Jamaica, \ov ,,
OP)—Reports from Jamaica's ror'
east area tonight said scores of v?’
sons perished in a cloudburst • '
sent flood waters raging over mt
districts. raarl
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