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HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR BMT/UM PRESSES RUSSIA TOJOIN ACCORD Inaugurating New Air Route t Knfc. I ; : if ' 1 a! am Lddy Rickenbacker, World War ace and Eastern Air Lines ofnciai, is congratulated by Josephus Daniels (right), U. S. ambassador to Mexico, after his arrival in Mexico City on inaugural flight of new air route lrom New York to the Mexican capital. The trip was made in thirteen hours. (Central Press) Issues Os 1940 Campaign Are Slow In Developing Ten Problems, One or More of Which Could Assume Acuteness, Mentioned; Ten Men Named, One of Whom Will Likely Be Next Governor Daily Dispatch Bureau, D» the Sir Walter Hotel. By IIENRY AVERILL Raleigh, April 11. —Issues for 194i/'s Tar Heel gubernatorial sweep stake.- have so far been extremely slow to take definite shape and form although they, like the list of pros pective candidates, are almost legion in the numbering. At this stage four years ago it could readily be seen that the sales tax would be the flaming issue of the 1936 race, with Ralph McDon ald as the flaming personality. Right now no one can safely say what will be the chief issue of 1940 and no one can name the candidate whose personality wall overshadow the rest of the field. The next governor of North Caro lina is probably included in this list of ten names (1) Wilkins P. Horton, (2) Allen J. Maxwell, (3) Charles Committee Chairs Lure Congressmen By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, April 11. —Generally speaking, senators and represcnta t e. like to be members of impor- tant committees. It makes them in fluential in shap ing leg is 1 ation. ’They’re able to get things for their home folks, which naturally helps them on election days. There also is publicity in it for them. It gives them an appear ance o f promi nence, which like wise is a political Borah asset; their coni stituenc i e s are proud of them. Take Senator William K. Borah, for example. He’s a mem her of the upper congressional cham ber's Foreign Relations Committee. That’s a key group just now, on ac count of the disturbed state of in ternational affairs. The Idaho soion used to be chairman. He isn’t today, because he calls himself a Republi can (really he’s an independent), the Republicans are in a minority and all the chairmen are majority-ite;, But, anyway, Borah established his reputation as foreign relations chair man. I don’t say he wouldn’t have established it on his individual merits even without his chairman ship, but that certainly was very useful to him. Senator Key Pittman is chairman now, so that makes him extra-consequential—maybe more sc than lie’s personally entitled to be. Oh, a good committee membership is valuable, but a first class chair manship? That’s the acme. Some Not Important. Parenthetically: Some committee! (Continued on Page Three) Hftthersmt leased wire THIS AsSfg^.^ERVICE^OF M. Johnson, (4) Thomas E. Cooper, (5) J. M. Bi’oughton, (6) Libby Ward, (7) Lee Gravely, (8) Bill Fenner, (9) Willis Smith and (10) Ed Flanagan. The main issues of the campaign j are probably included in this list of ten: (1) Diversion of highway funds; (2) homestead exemption; (3) teach er retirement; (4) extension of ad valorem taxes for State purposes; (5) too many people spending too much money in Raleigh; (6) sales tax; (7) labor; (8) liquor; (9) O. Max Gardner and (10) the New Deal. Look over the list of likely can didates and there’s only a couple who can by any stretch of the imagina tion be called “colorful”. When the names of Tom Cooper and Bill Fen ner have been passed, that’s all there is, there isn’t any more. The other (Continued on Page Eight) Judge’s Wife Denounced In Smuggling New York, April 11.—(AP)—Mrs. Edgar J. Lauer, the 58-year-old wife of a State Supreme Court Just ice, was denounced today by Fed eral Judge Vincent Leibell as a wo man “of insane vanity” and sentenc ed to three months in jail on her plea of guilty to smuggling and conspir acy. She was fined $2,500 as well. Some two hours later, Albert Cha perau, the go-between in a series of smuggling adventures which have involved not only Mrs. Lauer but George Burns and Jack Benny, the comedians, was sentenced by anoth er Federal judge, Murray Hulbert to five years in prison and fined $5,- 000. , . . Thus the government cleaned its docket of the Chaperau affair, Benny and Burns having previously plead ed guilty and paid fines of SIO,OOO and SB,OOO respectively. 1 (Continued on Page Five) Albania’s Queen ; Seriously 111 Os : Sickness, Strain e i Larrissa, Greece, April 11. (AP)—- Albania’s Queen Ger s aldine, seriously ill, was remov ed to a hospital today from a e private villa where she had 1 taken refuge from her Italian invaded capital, Tirana. Her six y day.old son, with whom she fled n from Tirana last Friday was said n to be in good health, o The beautiful young queen, of American-Hungarian parent- P age was running a high tem perature as a result of the strain and shock from her trip over rough highways by ambulance “s from Tirana. King Zog was with her and the child. ONLY DAILY Barter Plan Opposed In Some Views Others Give Approval on Ground of War Strategy; Called “An other New Deal Idea for Planned Econ omy” New York, April 11.—(AP) —The administration’s proposal to barter surplus cotton and wheat for rubber and tin met a mixture of approval, on ground of war strategy, and out right disfavor, .a canvas of repre sentative trade opinion indicated to day. Spokesmen for commodity and manufacturing interests declined to oe quoted directly, but discussed the idea informally, borne said they wish ed to see the plan take more con crete form before taking a definite stand. One condemned the plan as another “New Deal idea for planned economy”, and a “disguised” pro posal for a cotton export subsidy. A leading rubber importer, how ever, noted the tremendous growth of plantation rubber production in the Far East since the last war had put a new face on the aspect of the rub ber supply, coupled with the threat of Japanese expansion in the Far East across the lanes of commerce with the supplying areas. FOREIGN NATIONS ASKED ABOUT BARTER PROPOSAL Washington, April 11.—(AP) — The administration, it was learned today, already has sounded out Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands on a proposal to barter surplus American cotton and wheat for two war materials, rubber and tin. Formal negotiations will be un dertaken by the State Department in a few days. The plan was disclosed last night by Senator Byrnes, Demo crat, South Sarolina, who said the barter arrangement could be ex tended to other nations that supply essential materials that might be dif ficult to obtain in the event of war. Byrnes said the plan had the ap proval of both Secretaries Hull and Wallace. Court Hears Plea For Burglar Tried In Wake Tribunal Raleigh, April 11.—(AP) —Oral arguments in the appeal of Arthur Morris, convicted of first degree burglary in Wake county, were pre sented to the Supreme Court today. Morris a Negro, was sentenced to die late in 1938. J. C. Little, Ra leigh attorney, appeared in his be half. R. W. Wettach, of the State altorney general’s office, spoke for the State. Morris was convicted of entering (he house, of Dr. W. B. Dewar, of Raleigh, in December, 1937. The tribunal hands down opinions tomorrow. Nature Halts New Hog Crop Chicago, April 11. — (AP) —Mother Nature is applying the brakes to the rising trend of the nation’s hog pro duction, a corn belt survey indicat ed today. Unusually heavy losses among spring pig litters in important hog producing states were reported. Agricultural experts said nature’s (Continued on Page Three) Beaufort Sheriff Wounded Near Ear With His Own Gun Rocky Mount, April 11. —(AP) — Sheriff J. K. Reid, 48, of Washing ton county, was in a local hospital today suffering from a bullet wound beneath the ear which he told phy sicians he -suffered accidentally Attending physicians quoted Sheriff Reid, who lives at Plymouth as saying his gun fell to the floor when he was in the.act of placing it on the dresser in his home Sunday night. The physician said the bullet did not pierce the bone, but painful ly injured his ear after penetrating and lodging in the skin. He came here yesterday for treatment. {jJsuodth&h FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, showers protnble to night and Wednesday; somewhat colder Wednesday and in north 1 central portion tonight. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 1939 H LESLIE PERRY MEMORIAL HENDERSON, N.Oi Uatut Htgmti tti\ As Italian Troops Landed in Albania Central Press Kadiophoto Italian troops disembark from their transport ship at Durazzo, Albania, to conquer the tiny mountain king dom. King Zog’s puny army made a futile stand against Mussolini’s legions, war planes and tanks. Thi« photograph w«a telephoned from Rome to London then flashed to New York by radio. Roosevelt Again Pleads For Entire Relief Sum He Asked Britain Told Not to Use Greek Port Would Be Considered Hostile Act by Italy, Gayda Says in His Newspaper; Franco’s Army of 1,000,000 Men To Be Held for Year Rome, April 11.— (APi —The au thoritative fascist spokesman, Vir ginio Gayda declared today that Italy would consider as a I tortile act the use of a Greek port by the Eritish navy. His statement in II Ciornale d’ltalia was made in a de nial that the Italian army’s occupa tion of Albania was a threat to the safety of Greece or meant as an at tempt to gain territory in the Balk ans. It came as the fascist press de clared that Italian assurances to Greece of her safety from any Ita lian aggression were implied ; n an official announcement of the Athens government (and followed London reports, denied by the Admiralty, that British v/arships were concen trating at the Greek island of Corfu) A Turkish newspaper r°norted. meanwhile, that Spanish General Franco’s army of 1,000,000, of whom half are Falangistas (Snanish fas cists) would remain under arms an other year. Nothing was said about | withdrawal from Spain of Italian i troops (whose presence on Spanish ; soil caused concern in London and I Paris). Newspapers cited a government statement broadcast in Greece yes terday which said Premier Mataxas’ regime was in position “to give the Greek people assurances that Greek independence and integrity are fully secured.” Italians added that they could only laugh a.t the suggestion that the Greek government meant Britain had guaranteed Greece’s independ ence. CAFE AT REIDSVILLE IS ROBBED OF S3OO Reidsville, April 11.—The Sanitary case was robbed last night of ap proximately S3OO, all of the money in bills. The safe, located on Scales street, is owned and onerated by Frank Pares and John Menzies. A police officer discovered about 3 o’clock this morning that a win dow was broken at the back of the case, and the owners were notified. Upon investigation it was found that the bills were missing from a cash box kept in the safe. The thieves left §7O in silver in the box. Mere Matter of Arith metic as to How Many Must Loses •' Jobs if Money Is Withheld, He Writes Pepper; Leaders See President \yashingtcn, April 11.— (AP) — President Roosevelt said in a letter to Senator Pepper, Democrat, Flor ida, today that it was a matter ot arithmetic that between 300,000 and 400,000 work relief jobs would be eliminated if Congress appropriated only $100,000,000 for the WPA. Mr. Roosevelt originally asked for $150,- 000,000 appropriation. The House voted $100,000,000, and Pepper has been leading a Senate fight for the full appropriation. Pepper had inquired as to the President’s views on the reduction. “In - reply to your inquiry,” Mr. Roosevelt wrote, “I think there is nothing for me to add or subtract from what I have made clear on so many occasions since last January. The sole question of continuing re lief to July 1 is one of arithmetic. “If $100,000,000 is voted, between 300,000 and 400,000 fewer people can be given work relief than if $150,- 000,000 is voted., and, in addition, practically none of the 700,000 or the waiting list can he given employ ment.” # Pepper and his supporters had been hopeful Mr. Roosevelt would; make some new statement in favor 1 of the full appropriation. Debate on the $100,000,000 bill was resumed at about the time the President’s letter was made public. Representative Rayburn, Texas, ! House Democratic leader, was asked after a conference of Democratic con- 1 grcssional leaders with President Roosevelt if an important decisions had been reached. Rayburn replied : that the President would tell about 1 them at his press conference this 1 afternoon. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh ad- I vised the House Foreign Affairs (Continued on Page Five) Wagner Challenges Foes Os Act to Offer Changes Washington, April 11.— (AP) — Senator Wagner, Democrat, New York, challenged advocates of a re vised labor relations act today to prove that their suggestions would help the operations of the law and not destroy it. “Any diminution of its effective ness would be a national evil,” Wag ner told the Senate Labor Commit tee. “Its mutilation would be a na tional calamitq.” As the committee took up the work of modifying the act, Wagner de clared if the need for alterati6ns were shown, he would introduce amendments or support those of oth er senators. He said repeatedly, how PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Forest Fire Fatal Rutherford Man Rutherfordton, April 11.— (AP) Fires which destroyed huge forests west of here yester day and caused the death of a warden were brought under con trol today. Robert Whitesides, 68, the warden, died last night in a Rutherfordton hospital of injur ies received when struck by a falling tree. New Regime Being Formed For Albania Tirana, Albania, April 11.—(AP) —The provisional Albanian council has convoked a constituent assem bly for 4 p. m. tomorrow, it was au thoritatively announced today, while Italian troops pushed toward com pletion their occupation of the moun tainous country. Calling of the assembly was the (Continued on Page Three) SAYS GOVERNMENT TO GET MONEY BACK Washington, April 11.—(AP) — Jesse H. Jones predicted last night “very little ultimate loss” from the government’s vast lending program. In a broadcast the chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corporation said temporary government agen cies had authorized about $20,000,- 000,000 in credits to provide employ ment and promote the economic sta bility of the country. “There will be very little ultimate loss of the federal treasury from this volume of credit,” he said. ever, that the basic pi'inciples of the act are sound. He said he would support pro posals to let employers petition for elections to ascertain which bargain ing agency should represent their workers, but contended that a ruling ol the labor board and not the act itself prevented such petitions. A comprehensive series of amend ments have been proposed by the American Federation of Labor as an aftermath of controversies between its craft unions and the industrial unions of the CIO. The AFL also would restrict powers of the labor board to invalidate existing union contracts. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COP Polish Pact Alone Can’t Stop Hitler Soviets Propose Wide Agreement To Include Most of Balkans; Brit ish Fleet in Mediter ranean Is Concentrat ing at Malta London, April 11. —(AP) Prime Minister Chamberlain laid his plans for a broad anti-ag gression alliance before King George in a long conference at Buckingham Palace today after . the sovereign had broken his Easter holiday at Windsor Castle for a swift review of disturbing political maneuvers over the eastern half of Europe. The king decided, however, to return to Windsor Castle tonight. An authoritative statement, evi dently intended to put a halt to rumors that he was considering cancellation of his visit to the United States and Canada, said the monarch's sole purpose in coming to London was to learn of international events at first hand. ,It was explained he had made the trip rather than have Cham berlain take the time to travel to Windsor Castle. London, April 11.—(AP) —Prime Minister Chamberlain intensified to day his efforts to bring Soviet Rus sia into a European anti-aggression pact as reports reached London of mounting Rome-Berlin activity in Spain and the Balkans. Soviet Ambassador Maisky visited the foreign office this morning for a confei-ence with Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax. It was reported re liably that he had expressed the Soviet view that the British-Polish mutual aid pact was not enough to stop the axis powers, and to have discussed the possibility of a wide agreement .which would include Roumania, Turkey, Greece and Bul garia. The diplomatic activity coincided with concentration of the British Mediterranean fleet, which was hastily mustered from scattered ports and steamed toward a rendezvous said by the Admiralty in London to be Malta. 1 a show of power, ap parently intended to reassure the Balkans against any aggressive Rome-Berlin move. Admiralty officials denied that any British ships were near the Greek island of Corfu, off the Al banian coast, or in any other Greek (Continued on Page Five) Assurances Sent Greece By Italians Integrity Will Be Re spected Along With Corfu; British Fleet Movements Still Mys tery Athens, Greece, April 11. —(AP) — Greek newspapers announced today “we are in position to assert that the Italian government gave to Greece categoric assurances” that it would respect the integrity of Greece, in cluding the island of Corfu. Editorial statements along this line were print ed in morning papers as footnotes to reports from Berlin and London Italy had assured Britain she had no intention of infringing on Greek territorial rights. The mystery concerning. British fleet movements in the Mediterran ean deepened when responsible Athens sources were unable to con firm reports that British warships were plying the waters off the is land of Corfu. At the same time, Greeks said they considered it only natural if Britain should take steps lo guard the intergrity of Corfu. They pointed out that neutrality of the island is guaranteed in perpe tuity by the terms of a treaty of 1862 among Britain, Denmark, Russia and Greece, by which the island was ced ed to Greece. (The island was under British ad ministration from 1809, when the French were driven out until its ces sion to Greece in 1862.) Public uneasiness growing out of Italy’s Albanian invasion was par tially !■. ieved by reports of Italy’s non-aggression declaration to Greece.
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