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Lifeboat Drill for Bremen Crew
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One delay after another held the German liner Bremen at New York as
officials searched the giant ship for naval guns. One of the regulations
imposed upon the German vessel governed lifeboat drill and here we. see
the crew going through their paces. A ship of this type would be a major
mize in event of war.
Babson Finds Business
In West Not So Good
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California to Vote Again on “Ham-and-Eggs”;
Labor Unions Have West Coast Tied in Knot;
U. S. Problems Unsolved.
BV ROGER W. BABSON,
Copyright 1939, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.
San Francisco, Aug. 31.—Business
in ti e We t is poorer than it is in
the M dciiev/est or in New England.
Ti : ley conclusion after traveling
thr past week across Missouri, Kan
sf-. Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico,
An zona, and into California. Five
ago, just the opposite was true.
Then the East .was suffering more
West. The reason for the
relative slowing down of western
bu*.is the drop in prices of farm
products, metals, and crude oil.
Oklahoma is the hardest hit State
th" Union right now. With crude
0I - of i 20 cents a barrel and the wells
temporarily capped, the prosperity of
U:,; Vv hole State is affected. Further
Hoey Ruling j
Upon Morris
Is Unusual \
Daily Dispatcn Bureau,
In 'he Slf Waiter Hotel.
By IIENRY AVERILL
' ;• Aug. 31.—-Action of Gov
(hydc R. Hot y in issuing a
half pa/e typewritten
( ‘‘h in connection A'ith denial
' ' *-ncy to Artl ur Morris yes
a.s almost unprecedented
it the pai ole and clemen-
A of the executive office.
senior, ir. discussing his
making such a statement,
‘ q t to a desire to make it
n and clear to the people
why he is permitting
' ' Killing of a man who so
record discloses has never
i, harmed any one during
7 ion of the multitudinous
}.' ;,!l which police charge
i ' uany of which* he has
.A•• Emitted.
c ., ! '"or drew the very logi
irom a thorough re
)/, vase that as long as
bv a V’,'’ 1 ' l ' ijUr Slary is punishable
it . . , unc *p r North Carolina law,
, ' -v ' to be imposed upon the
1? ' r ”. or “eel”, as the Negro
1 variously described.
. ; nt ‘d Morris’ criminal career
( : unmatched in the history
,:1 justice in this State;
olj ' J he has had several
“ Uc-s to see the vicious
(continued on Page Five)
Hiutiirrsmt Hailn Hispafrh
WIRE SERVICE OP
IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
more, cotton and wheat, the two
major crops of the State, are selling
at very low prices. Parts of Kansas
are suffering from a poor winter
wheat harvest. Missouri is looking
up a little—her corn crop is big. The
situation in Texas is similar to that
in Oklahoma, except that the busi
ness and farm life of the Lone Star
State is more diversified. Texas is a
huge livestock State and cattle and
sheep prices are relatively good.
Southwest Growing Rapidly.
New Mexico’s and Arizona’s pros
perity depends on livestock, wool,
mining, and tourists. The tourist
business is splendid. The popularity
of the Old Southwest is steadily in
creasing. More and more people are
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Italian Army
Divided Up
In Two Parts
Rome, Aug. 31. —(AP) —Division
of the Italian army into two parts,
respectively commanded by Crown
Prince Umberto and Marshal R.
Graziani, was announced today. No
explanation was given for the brief
order, made known over the air to
Italians.
Umberto has been inspector of
infantry and a member of the army
(Continued on Page Five)
Jap World Plane
Prepares Flight
To Seattle, Wash.
White Horse, Yukon Territory,
Aug. 31.—(Canadian Press)—The;
twin-motored Japanese plane Nip
pon, on a leisurely trip around the
world, was groomed for a fourth lap
I today, a 1,200-mile hop to Seattle.
■ Weather conditions permitting, the
trim ship will attempt the Seattle
flight non-stop. Otherwise ,it might
set down at either Prince George or
Vancouver, B. C.
Previous to its arrival here yes
terday after an uneventful flight of
500 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska,
the Nippon crossed the Arctic from
Japan to Nome, a distance of 2,400
miles, and from Nome to Fairbanks.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTHCAROLINA AND VIRGINIA
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 31, 1939
Britain Orders Full Naval Mobilizing
Reserves Os
Army Called
For Service
3,000,000 Women,
Children, Invalids,
Aged, Ordered from
London; Few Signs of
Optimism Are Now
Seen in Metropolis.
London,
The British government today
ordered complete mobilization
of the navy and called up the
regular army reserve and sup
plementary reserve.
This move was announced in a
statement from the prime minis
ter’s residence after a- special meet
ing of defense ministers and key
cabinet members had discussed
preparedness steps to meet the
European crisis. It also was an
nounced an undetermined number
of Royal Air Force volunteer re
serves were being called up. It
was understood this would bring
the air force virtually to war
strength, since other reserves pre
viously had ben called up.
Earlier, the government had or
dered ‘'prcc'jhionary” removal of
approximately 3,000,000 women and
children, invalids and aged from
London and other danger zones.
The London Stock Exchange an
nounced it would be closed to
morrow. No date was fixed for the
reopening of the exchange, although
it was assumed it would resume
operation as soon as transportation’
facilities again became normal af
(Continued on Page Four!
U. S. Liner
Launched At
Newport News
Newport News, Va., Aug. 31. —
(AP) —The towering hull of the 723-
foot passenger liner America was
poised on the ways of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company today for her christening
by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The $17,000,000 vessel, largest
merchant vessel ever built in Amer
ican yards, drew representatives of
the United States Lines, which will
operate her in trans-Atlantic service,
and other guests here for the launch
ing shortly before noon.
Rear Admiral E. S. Laid, retired,
chairman of the United States Mari
time Commission; Charles Edison,
acting secretary of the navy, and
Homer Ferguson, president of the
shipyards, were among those on the
program.
Mrs. Roosevelt had Mrs. Land and
Mrs. Basil Harris, wife of the vice
president of the United States Lines,
as her matrons of honor.
Bremen Is On Way Home;
French, British Delayed
New York, Aug. 31.—(AP)—The
$20,000,000 Nazi liner Bremen plow
ed the Atlantic today homeward
bound after a rigid inspection by the
American authorities that kept her
at her New York pier two days past
her sailing date.
The 890-foot vessel, examined
from top to bottom to make certain
she carried no armaments for poss
ible offensive use in the event of a
European war, had no passengers
aboard as she steamed down the bay
last night.
The ship’s band blared the “Horst
Wessel”, and “Deutschland Über
Alles” as the Bremen slipped out
into the Hudson, but the usual gay
ety of leave-taking was absent.
A few of the crew shouted, “Heil
Hitler,” and the ship dipped her
colors in an exchange with the
French liner Normandie, but that
As Europe Awaits the Decision—Peace or War
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This map shows the situation as Europe teeters on the brink, of war. Bratislava is restless as Poland
masses troops on the Slovakian border. Rome plays a silent, mysterious hand. Russia reinforces her west
ern frontiers. But there is still hope for peace, (Central Press)
Washington
Hoping For
Peace Plan
President, Mea n
whiie, Feels There Is
No More Just Now He
Can Do; No Reply by
Hitler t o Roosevelt
Peace Plea Week
Ago.
Washington, Aug. 31.—(AP) —
President Roosevelt was described
by a high official today as believing
that for the time being there is no
further move which he can make
for peace.
The government, therefore, will
keep its attitude of watchful wait
ing, it was said, in the hope that the
diplomatic changes going on between
London and Berlin will open away
toward settlement of Europe’s ericis.
Officials here viewed the Euro
pean situation as follows;
It is better psychologically, be
cause the nations are talking, writ
ing notes and sending ambassadors.
But the issues still remain. They
may have been narrowed by the
exchanges between Great Britain
and Germany, or they may have been
broadened into the possibility of a
wider settlement than merely the
German-Polish problem;
Hitler has made strong demands
on Poland that will be hard to meet,
(Continued on Page Five)
was all.
The Normandie, at an adjoining
pier, was free to sail at the same
time, but remained in New York on
orders from Paris.
Also sailing eastward at the same
time as the Bremen, but after some
what brief inspections by the cus
toms officials, were the Cunard-
White Star’s Aquitania, and the
Anchor Line’s Transylvania, both
British.
There were reports, lacking con
firmation, that two British navy
ships were standing out to sea to
convoy the Aquitania home. Among
her 450 passengers was Sir Ronald
Lindsay, recently retired as ambas
sador to the United States.
The Transylvania, with nearly
300 passengers, carried a supply of
! sandbags for possible defensive
placement about the bridge when
I she reaches European waters.
More Polish Reserves
Hurry Away To Service
Soviets Consider
Pact With Hitler
Moscow, Aug. 31. —(AP) —The
Supreme Soviet, Russia’s Parlia
ment, decided today to consider
ratification of the German-Rus
sian non-aggression pact at 7:30
p. m. tonight (11:30 a. m., eastern
standard time) in joint session.
Premier and Foreign Minister
Molotoff is expected to report to
the session.
At the same time, Defense Com
missar Marshal Voroshiloff told
the delegates that the Soviet
Union is extending the term of
service for aviators, border guards
and non-commissioned infantry
officers from two to three years.
War Scare
Enhancing
Dies Probe
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Aug. 31.—Congress
man Martin Dies’ committee on in
vestigation of un-American activities
in this country is
indebted to Eu
rope’s war scare
for a deal of ex
cellent testimony
that it probably
would n’t have
found available
without that in
fluence to stimul
ate its inquisition.
What the com
mittee started out
after was proof of
a trio of mission-
Martin Dies
ary campaigns to
Nazify, Fascistify or Communize the
United States.
Now, a very large number of peo
ple initially didn’t take any of these
three movements at all seriously.
Nazi bunds made most folk pretty
tired, just as the Ku Klux did, but
the average citizen didn’t regard
them as genuinely dangerous. The
Fascists weren’t even as noticeable
as the bunds have been. Neither were
the Communists generally deemed
formidable enough to worry about—
sufficiently bothersome to be heartily
disliked, not as any actual
menace.
Consequently the Dies quiz start
(Continued on Page Six)
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FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy, possibly show
ers near coast tonight and Fri
day.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTER <J
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Realizing She Is
Gravely Menaced,
Poland Has Over 2,-
000,000 Men Under
Arms; Turn of Fate
Is Anxiously Waited.
Warsaw, Aug. 31.—(AP)—Thous
ands of grim-i'accd Polish civilians
donned khaki uniforms and marched
off as soldiers today to answer Presi
dent Moscicki’s order of near-gen
eral mobilization for defense of the
republic.
The order calling all .reservists un
der 40 years of age to the colors was
expected to swell Poland’s armed
manpower from 1,500,000 to well
over 2,000,000.
Pink mobilization posters were
headed, “The president has ordered
geenral mobilization,” but inform
ed persons said exceptions provided
for in the order made it somewhat
less than a general mobilization. Pol
and decided upon the measures to
strengthen her security yesterday
about the same time that the gov
ernment heard a foreign office
spokesman say that Adolf Hitler had
replied to Great Britain “in terms
even more bitter” than his message
to Premier Daladier, of France,
(Continued on Page Five)
Sudden New
0
Peace Move
By The Pope
Vatican City, Aug. 31. —(AP) —A
sudden new peace move by Pope
Pius XII appeared to have been
launched today * with the handing
of notes to the representatives of
the five principal powers involved
in Europe’s crisis.
Papal Secretary of State Luigia
Cardinal Maglione hurried back to
the Vatican from a papal audience
at Castel del Gandolfo to consign
notes to the envoys of Italy, France,
Germany, Poland and Great Brit
ain.
An informed prelate said they
contained a peace appeal.
Cardinal Maglione also talked
with representatives of Yugoslavia,
Hungary and Roumania. The pre
late indicated the notes to the five
powers were identical.
He said they contained new and
more tense entreaties and the pope’s
orayers that the present situation
be solved by peaceful means and
not buy recourse to arms, which in
any event would be extremely dis
astrous.
Vatican sources said they thought
the present state of crisis could not
endure beyond Sunday.
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Military Aid
From Soviet
New Menace
Hitler Wants Poles to
Come to Berlin to
Negotiate; Preparing
Answer t o Newest
British Note; Ne w
Power in Berlin.
Berlin, Aug. 31. (AP)
Adolf Hitler was reported to
day to be ready to play a Rus
sian trump card in an effort to
convince the Poles they should
come to Berlin and negotiate.
The Russian councilor of embassy
called at the foreign office while
hints were spread that unless Po
land bows to pressure being put
upon her, Hitler intends to an
nounce some degree of military
cooperation with the Soviets.
Would Crush Poland.
Should Hitler win Stalin over to
actively assisting Germany mili
tarily, Poland would find herself in
a highly precarious position.
Further mobilization orders in
Poland yesterday were interpreted
bv the Berlin government as the
answer to efforts to bring Poland
to negotiate. Astonishment over
the Polish move was proressed in
informed quarters which spoke
about the possible military coopera
tion with Russia.
To Answer Britain.
Meanwhile, Hitler and Foreign
Minister Von Ribbentrop were pre
(Continued on Page Four)
Foreign War
Vets Divided
On U. S. War
Boston, Mass., Aug. 31.—(AP) —
Proposals for war rel'erendums and
neutrality legislation found Veterans
of Foreign Wars divided today as
the 40th national encampment turn
ed to a stack of resolutions waiting
action.
Many of the proposals struck at
aliens and particularly so-called sub
versive groups. Pennsylvania pro
continued on Page Four)
Hurry Meet
Os France’s
Cabinet Had
Strict
Orders for Paris are
Issued; School Chil
dren Being Ev a eq
uated from Capital;
Railroads Taken
Over
Paris, Aug. 31.—(AP) —Premier
Daladier today summoned the cab
inet to an urgent meeting at the
Elysee Palace at 6 p. m. (noon east
ern standard time) immediately after
a conference with 6ritish Ambas
sador Sir Eric Phipps at the war
ministry.
President Lebrun will preside over
the cabinet session. The French gov
ernment drove swiftly ahead with
its preparations for war, if it must
come, by decreeing that Paris hence
forth must be blacked out.
Meanwhile, the diplomatic lines of
peace negotiations were kept open,
awaiting the next move by Ger
many’s fuehrer.
Across the Rhine border, how
i (Continued on Page Five)