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In this photo, radioed from London to New York, Prime Minister Neville'
Chamberlain is shown as he was driven through the streets of London on his
way to an audience with King George. The British prime minister reported
his grave talk with Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden, Germany, and late l *. on
Sunday, joined with French Prime Daladier in bowing and scraping before
the mighty Hitler in granting the latter’s demands to assure Europe’s peace.
Roosevelt Ponders
U. S. Neutrality In
Light Os War Fear
Trade Treaties and General Foreign Situation
Discussed With State Department Chiefs;
Amendment to Neutrality Act Not Immediate
Prospect
Washington, Sept. 19.—(AP)—Pres
ident Roosevelt arranged conferences
with State Department officials today
on the neutrality law, trade treaties
and the general foreign situation.
He also went over the neutrality
problem with Chairman Mcßeynolds,
Democrat, Tennessee, of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee. Mcßey
nolds recently said hfe had no amend
ments to the act in mind for the next
session of Congress, but expected
some sentiment to develop for giving
the President the right to applv em
bargoes on shipments of war mate
rials and munitions to aggressor na
tions only.
The neutrality act now provides
Chadwick Is
To Be Named
Legion Head
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 19.—(AP)—
WhUe the' rank and file of American
Legionnaires took over Los Angeles
downtown area and sightseeing spots,
leaders of the convention, beginning
its sessions today, settled two major
pieces of business.
All candidates for national com
mander except Stephen Chadwick,
withdrew from competition, leaving
him to be elected by acclamation, and
Chicago had bqen selected as the site
lor next year’s convention.
It was the first election by accla
mation since Frank Belgrano, Jr, of
San Francisco, was voted into office
in 1935.
Chadwick, Seattle, Wash., attorney
and chairman of the National Ame
ricanism Commission for the last
three years, is known throughout the
Legion as the most forceful speaker
in the ranks of the ex-service men,
and to him is credited much of the
anti-colnmunist sentiment rampant
in the Legion today.
The candidates who withdrew to
leave the commander’s red hat top
the Washington State candidate vere
Ray Kelly, corporation counsel for
the City of Detroit; Lynn Stambaugh,
of Fargo, N. D., and Milo Warner, of
Toledo, Ohio.
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embargoes must apply alike to all
combatant nations. After his confer
ence with the President, Mcßeynolds
said possibly amendments to the act
were not discussed and he saw no rea
son for changing the law. He added,
however, he felt a section permitting
the President to require a “cash and
carry” basis for purchases of war ma
terials in this country by belligerents
should be re-enacted, but “a change in
conditions might change my opinion.”
The cash and carry section expires in
May.
V. S. Aid Not Asked
Meanwhile, at the State Depart
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Democrats Os
State Asking
Contributions
Dally Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Sept. 19.—State Demo
cratic headquarters have been opened
here on the mezzanine floor of the
Sir Walter, but, according to State
Chairmar Gregg Cherry and Secre
tary Da\ id Livingston Ward, there
isn’t money enough in the party’s till
to keep things going * **n a short
time.
As a result, the very first job to
be tackled by headquarters is a cam
paign to raise money from the faith
ful from all parts of the State. Where
fore a stenographer is being put to
work writing to the good Democrats
of North Carolina urging them to
kick in with the sinews of war.
Except for the fact that it seems a
good old custom to open headquarters
each general election, thereby giving
some of the deserving—or influential
at least —a chance to draw salaries
during the campaign, there appears
no pressing need for a Democratic
organization * for this fall’s balloting.
This, despite the fact that G. O. P.
Senatorial Candidate Charlie Jonas
concedes himself an “outside chance”
to best Bob Reynolds, and some other
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
Czech Land
Angered By
London Move
Resentment Through*
out Nation Increases
As Result of Anglo-
French Agreement for
Dismemberment; May
Seek Softening of
Policy
Geneva, Sept. 19. —(AP)—Czecho-
slovakia was reported today to have
asked Russian officials here for the
Soviet Union’s support against de
livering over the Sudeten German
area te Germany.
E. Heidrich, Czechoslovak foreign
office expert, conferred with Jacob
Surits, Russian ambassador to France
and was said later to have seen
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet commissar
of foreign affairs.
Neither Russian nor Czech quar
ters, however, would say anything of
ficially except that “this is a very
delicate matter.”
Persons in contact with both dele
gations said they understood the
Czechoslovaks proposed that Russia
try to induce France and Great Bri
tain to stiffen their stand against
Germany, should Prague refuse to ac
cept Reichfuerhrer Hitler’s terms.
These sources hinted the Czecho
slovaks also asked the Russian dip
lomats what chance there was of
getting military aid from the Soviet
Union in the event Prague went to
war, and France and Britain refused
to help.
If Germany should invade Czecho
slovakia and the League of Nations
would declare Germany an aggressor,
Roumania, which separates Russia
from Czechoslovakia, might be ob
liged to let red army forces through
to Czechoslovakia. Foland, also a
League member, would be in a
similar position.
INCREASING RESENTMENT
SPREADS AMONG CZECHS
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 19.
(AP) —Amid increasing resentment
throughout the country, the Czecho
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German Plane In
Storm Off Coast
Is Safely Landed
New York, Sept. —(AP) —Pan-
American Airways received a wire
less message today from the German
trans-Atlantic clipper Nordwind that
it had alighted off King Park in Long
Island Sound, about 25 miles from
the Fort Washington seaplane base.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 19 —(AP) —The
Coast Guard reported today it has re
ceived word from the German trans-
Atlantic Clipper Nordwind that it
might have to make a landing off
Martha’s Vineyard, an island off Cape
Cod.
The Coast Guard, fearing a forced
landing in. heavy weather, immediate-'
ly sent two cutters to Edgartown, on
the east coast of Martha’s Vineyard.
At the time the cutters were dis
patched, the Coast Guard said it had
not received word from its New Lon
don, Conn., bases, where the first mes
sage was received, that a landing ac
tually had been made.
Simultaneously, the Pan-American
Airways said it had word the German
ship was off the after a flight
across the Atlantic, and that it might
have to go as far scuth as Norfolk,
Va., to make a landing, because of
the weather.
Senator Walsh
Urges Legion
To Fight War
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 19.
(AP) —Senator David. J. Walsh,
Democrat, Massachusetts, address
ed the opening session of the Ame
rican Legion here today on neu
trality, national defense and radi
calism.
“In the midst of a darkness and
despair that hangs over the world,
with human beings crying out
everywhere for . peace I plead with
this powerful and patriotic organ
ization to accept the challenge to
preserve peace and order here in
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ADOLF HITLER OF GERMANY
Purge Campaign To End
In New York’s Election
To Be Held On Tomorrow
Mussolini Plans
For Second Blast
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Rome, Sept. 19.—(AP) —Premier
Mussolini, keeping pace with swift
ly moving events of the European
crisis, let it be known today that
he would deliver an address tomor
row t« be broadcast to Italy and
foreign nations his second in
three days.
II Duce spoke yesterday at
Trieste proposing plebiscites for all
minor ities in Czechoslovakia
“which demand them”—virtual dis
memberment of Czechslovakia—as
the only' way to European peace.
He said: “Italy’s place is already
chosen” in event of general war.
The announcement today said
Mussolini would speak at 5:20 p. m.
(11:20 a. m., eastern standard time)
at U«*ine, near-the border of Ger
man Austria.
Religion And
Race Issues
In Next War
By CIIAI uES i. STEWART
Centra* Press Columnist
Washington, Sept. 19. —Ts there is
another world-size war soon, will the
United States be less likely to get in
to it than the last time? —or more so?
It can plausibly be argued that,
having had one rather recent expe
rience, we reasonably can be expect
ed to have more sense, for quite a
while to come, than we had on the
previous occasion. Our neutrality leg
islation hints at such a conclusion.
Nevertheless, in the face of a much
blacker outlook than seemed to con
front the nations in early 1914, Amer
ican sentiment unmistakably tendsS
far more strongly than it did then
toward the idea that we can’t keep
out of the next anticipated struggle.
In fact, for a year and a half after
Europe went homicidally loco nearly
a quarter of a centvry back, we didn’t
realize that, the conflict was pretty
certain ultimately to involve us also.
We know better now—as to what may
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WfATHfR7
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tues
day, with occasional showers in
east and central portions.
Congressman O’Con
nor O b j e c t i v e of
Roosevelt Hate in This
Last Contest; Other
States Hold Primary
Elections, However
(By the Associated Press)
Tuesday’s primaries at a glance:
New York—Representative John
O’Connor, chairman of the House
Rules Committees, seeks the nom
ination over President Roosevelt’s
opposition). Other congressional
and legislative candidates to be
chosen.
New Jersey—William Ely, unop
posed for Democratic senatorial
nomination; former Senator W
W. Barbour seeks Republican nom
ination over two opponents.
Milwaukee—Senator Ryan Duffy
praised by the President, unop
posed for Democratic renomlna
tion. Governor Philip LaFolleite
Progressive, seeks fourth term.
.Boston —National issues lacking
im congressional races; no Senate
seat at stake; Governor Charles
Hurley has three opponents.
ROOSEVELT PURGE EFFORT
ENDS IN NEW YORK VOTE
New York, Sept. 19.—(AP)—The
Roosevelt “purge” campaign, ursuc*
cessful in three other states, ends to
morrow in balloting which directly
involves the President’s prestige in
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Fire Bug In
Brooklyn Is
Real Terror
New York, Sept. 19.—(AP)—A
bug that authorities believe to be an
“alcoholic pyromaniac” terrorized 50
families in six Brooklyn apartment
houses early today, driving them into
the street in their night clothes.
The fires broke out within a space
of 50 minutes in the, Brownsville sec
tion of Brooklyn, all. but one in rub
bish in the basements. The sixth fire
was in a baby carriage near the stair
way landing on the top floor.
Fire Marshal Thomatf Brophy ord
ered an immediate widespread search
of the section. He said he was con
vinced the fires were started by an
alcoholic pyromaniac, who was obsess
ed by the desire to see fire trucks race
to the scene.'
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Britain And France
Desert Their Ally
To Satisfy Hitler
Cabinets of Both Nations Ratify, Apparently
Unanimously, Agreement Reached By Their
Premiere. To Meet Hitler’s Demands for Sude
tenland.
London, Sept. 19. (AP) —The governments of Britain and
France today gave approval, apparently unanimous, to a tremen
dous international deal to satisfy Adolf Hitler and keep Europe’s
great democracies out of war. - v,r
With almost desperate finality, the cabinets in London arid '
Paris approved the decisions made ]&' their premiers here yes
terday, accepting Hitler’s demands on Czechoslovakia and propoa- :
ing a system of guarantees which they hope will bring central
European peace at the price of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. *
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In defiance of Adolf Hitler’s de
mands for a plebiscite in Sudeten
Czechoslovakia, Vice-Premier Ru
dolf Bechyen (above) said, “in this
state there will be no plebiscite. It
would be the shortest way to war.’’
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Florida Now
Is Prepared
For Hurricane
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 19. —(AP) —
A vast relief organization stood ready
today to meet any emergency that
may arise if a severe tropical hur
ricane bearing down upon southeast
Florida strikes the coast tomorrow,
as indicated by its present movement.
With storm flags already flying
from Jacksonville to Key West, the
Weather Bureau urged all interests to
take precautions against the blow,
which Meteorological Gordon Dunn
said might hit “anywhere from Palm
Beach southward to the keys.”
He declared the disturbance as of
large area, and. moving unusually
fast. This was borne out by a radio
message received at the bureau here
from the steamship Corrales, which
advised it 'rode through “a severe hur
ricane” in West Indian waters last
night. The ship reported the storm
was moving west by north about 20
miles an hour, and was attended- by
heavy gales over an area about 240
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GREENVILLE MAN IS
AUTOMOBILE VICTIM
Greenville, Sept. 19. —fyAP) —Heber
McLawhorn, 45, of Greenville, died in
a hospital here today of injuries he
suffered when an automobile struck
him as he crossed a street yesterday.
His widow and s'x children survive.
BEE DISEASES ARE
SERIOUS IN STATE
Raleigh, Sept. 19.—(AP)—C. H.
Brannon, chief entomologist of the
State Agriculture Department, an
nounced today wholesale shipment of
bees into North Carolina would be
prohibited as a step in the fight
against foulhrood. This bee disease
has been found in hives in 48 coun
ties' and eradication work is now be
ing centered in Beaufor, Haywood,
Hyde, Martin, Robeson and Washing
ton counties.
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Breaking up their 125-minute, ses
sion, the British ministers merely an
nounced they had no plan for a fur
ther meeting today. But, highly au
thoritative sources said they had
made final their previous tacit ap
proval of the French and British pre
miers’ agreement.
In Prague, itself, the Czechoslovak
government faced fateful decisions dn
proposals communicated to it by the
envoys of Britain and France.
There were indication the Czech
leaders still were standing by their
previous determination to defend
themselves, even without the help Os
the western democracies, and . Count
ing to the last on help from Soviet
Russia.
f Here is an unofficial outline of the
Solution of Europe’s deep crisis,
wnicn informed persons generally ac
cept as authentic:
1. The Sudeten district of Czecho
slovakia, which, in district elections
last May and June, voted 75 percent
or more for the Sudeten German
party of Koifrad Henlein, will be con
sidered to have decided on union with
Germany.
2. A new frontier shall be drawn to
include all such districts within Hit
ler’s Reich, as far as it is practical.
3. Districts which voted between' 75
and 50 percent for the Henleiniats
candidates shall be grouped in au
tonomous areas inside Czechoslovakia
4. Arrangements shall be made- by
the exchange of populations to safe
guard the liberties of German minori
ties which do not wish to come under
German rule; there shall be similar
arrangements for Czechoslovakia’s
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CUMBERLAND YOUTH
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Fayetteville, Sept. 9,—-CAP)—*Ezßnd
er Barnes, 13-yearold Cumberland
county farm boy, was reported in a
serious condition at a hospital here to
day with injuries suffered white he
and other hoys were playing cowboy.
Hospital authorities said they were
told the boy jumped from a tree after
a rope had been knotted around his
neck, and the rope was too short to
permit his feet to reach the ground.
His neck was not broken, but lie re
mained in a semi-conscious state, ap
parently from a cerebral hemorrl^aga.
Officials Os
Southern In
Talk To Hoey
Raleigh, Sept. 19.—XAP)— President
E. E. Norris and General Counsel L.
R. Prince, of the Southern. .Railway
system, calleti 'on Governor Hoey to
day and discussed the' proposal that
the railroad take over and operate
the State-controlled and operated At
lantic & North. Carolina railroad.
“President Norris and Mr. Prince
were here on other business and call
ed on me,” said Mr. Hoey. “We talk
ed about the A. & N. C., but there; is
nothing definite as yet, as the rail
road’s committee has not yet report
ed.”
Governor Hoey said President Nor
ris told him he had asked the com
mittee to make a thorough survey,
just as similar checks have been
made within the last year of all parts
of the Southern’s system.
“President Norris said he would
have a minute picture,” said Hoey,
“which would show the physical con
dition, the book and financial status,
and where savings can be made in
overhead costs to offset operating in
creases, such a 20 .percent. pay .in
crease for the workers if the Southern
t&kes over.”«
No date hag been set for the rail
road committee to make ite report.