I rfE NDEKSON’S | ,>O}>ULATION 13,873 year WHm HOUSE CLAIMS NATION BACHS FOB TT% * * * * ' * * * * * * * * * * *********** i Says Submarines Sighted Off U. S. Coast As Cierman Submarine Halted U. S. Freighter "—"—^ •>'’•■ ' ■" • • *' ' x ' ' : •'■•■ « ■ ■?*>*&£■:■ v-.V^ L •>■ > '•■• :X Internal Peace, External Security Aim At Panama Employment Gain In State 7 Prcnt. Raleigh. Sepk 22.—(AP) Employment in 350 manufactur ing industries in North Carolina jumped 7.2 percent between August 15 and September 15, one of the most decided gains of recent times, Labor Com missioner Forest Shuford said today. «£ Shuford said reports from identical firms for typical Aug ti't and September weeks listed 93.253 persons on the August payroll, and 100,357 for the Sep u nibcr list. "This is very encouraging as in as manufacturing in North ! arolina is concerned,” said s liuford. He pointed out that the figures did not include tobacco steinmeries, redrying plants or warehouses. Godwin Dies From Gas In State Prison | !i .>h, Sept. 22.—(AP) —James ‘ Cudwin, 21, died in the gas iher at State’s Prison today for order of Donald Moss, a tex 'i' ni ker, in High Point last year. ( '';(iwin entered the death charn el 10::01, and appeared to faintly and watch the wit -1 curiously as he was strapped the chair. As the chaplain and ! m officials left, Godwin called Warden H. H. Wilson to shake n farewell. W gas was started at 10:03, and minutes, 20 seconds, later the 1 n physician said Godwin was CIATED pSs° P ' r Hull Says at American Day at World's hair Ameri can Nations Uniting to Sateguard Our Own interests in World. New York, Sept. ,22. —(AP) —Cor- dell Hull, secretary of state, said to day the inter-American neutrality conference at Panama was designed to insure internal concord and ex ternal security for the nations of our hemisphere.” He told the Pan-American Union’s governing board that “now that a major war in Europe is a grim reali ty, there is greater necessity than ever before for all nations still In a position to do so to increase their exertions for the preservation of those fundamental principles of civ ilized international relations, through the application of which alone we of the Americas are firmly convinced the progress of the human race can me maintained.” “There is no other basis of endur (Continued on Page Five) Three Injured In Crash at Crossing Below Goldsboro Goldsboro, Sept. 22. —(AP) —Mr. . and Mrs. Alex Johnson and Mrs. Dawson Crumple were brought to a Goldsboro hospital today suf i sering from injuries received in an automobile-train collision at Calyp so, 17 miles south of here. Wayne county officers said the trio’s car was struck by an Atlan tic Coast Line freight train at a crossing adjacent to a package plant, in which they worked. Mrs. Grumpier suffered serious head in ; juries, hospital attaches said. Panama Parley To Study Joint America Defense By CHARLES I\ STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Sept. 22,—The com ing Pan-American conference at Panama City will deal not only wich trade questions of mutual interest to all the Americas; it will look ahead toward possibilities of requirements for the new world republics’ joint defense in the event of any imagin able outcome of trans-Atlantic or trans-Pacific warfare. This will in volve looking ahead a few years. If the Germans win or break even in Europe it will be quite awhile before HENDERSON, N. G., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, S EPTEMBER 22, 1939 Made by Mort Shepard, Jr., of Bethel, Conn., these photos show how the American freighter Wa costa, on which he was a passenger, was stopped and searched by a Ger man submarine, off the Irish coast. 1 op, the U-boat rides the waves a length from the Wacosta, after fir ing a shell across her bow. Left, the freighter’s lifeboat approaches the submarine to bring the Nazi skipper back for his two-hour search. The ship was allowed to proceed after the search. The Wa costa, out of Mobile, Ala., was headed for home from Glasgow, Scotland, when she encountered the U-boat. Passengers were warned to take no pictures during the search, but Shep ard defied the edict, snapping these photos through a porthole. Twenty four passengers were aboard (Central tresa ) Germany And Russia Take All Poland German Armies t o Retire to West of Line Agreed on; Parley in Moscow to Settle Fu ture of Poles; Berlin View on FDR Speech. Berlin, Sept. 22.—(AP)—A Ger roan-Russian agreement under which Germany is withdrawing her armies in Poland to .the west of the continuous north-south line formed by the Pissa, Narew, Vis tula and San rivers was announced here today. Warsaw, on the west bank of the Vistula, will remain in German hands. The announcement described the line of the rivers as the “demarka tion line”, but it was pointed out that future boundaries would not necessarily follow it. Russian armies; however, will occupy eastern Poland up to this line, including the cities of Lublin. Luck, Lwow, Brazesc, Bialystok* and Wilno. The fate of Warsaw was under si ood to have been ope of the last points agreed upon in the Nazi- Soviet negotiations on immediate apportionment of Polish territory. Diplomatic negotiations to settle the future of the Polish people, so far as Germany and Russia are concerned, and to establish future German-Russian boundaries, were continuing in Moscow as staff offi cers fixed terms of army move ments. The “perfect unison” of German and Russian armies operating in Poland was announced in a high command communique, which told of union of German and Russian troops fighting near the southwest Polish city of Lwow. Only isolated shock troop opera (Continued on Page Five) they can have rested sufficiently to tackle anything on this side of the water. If Japan gobbles China it will take them a considerable spell to digest that mouthful before attempt ing to take a bite oue of the Latin American west coast. All the same, these contingencies are foreseen, as conceivable. We rec ognize them here, and so do the countries south of us. These countries like us now very much better than they did as rccent (Continued on Page Five) Seen Near Alaska And Off Boston Not Identified but Known Not to Have Been American; Seen by Ships at Sea; Neu trality Patrol Operat ing on All Atlantic Coast. Washington, Sept. 22 . —(AP) — President Roosevelt disclosed today that submarines which he said were not identified had been sighted off southern Alaska and off Boston. The Maritime Commission, the chief executive told reporters, had been informed of the presence of the two undersea craft. The submarines were not American, Mr. Roosevelt said, and were sighted by ships at sea. He declined to disclose the spe cific source of the government’s in formation about their presence, but said those sources were perfectly re liable. The submarine in the Pacific, Mr. Roosevelt asserted, was off the south ern boundary of Alaska, where it joins Canadian territory. That in the Atlantic, he said, was 50 to 70 miles from the southern tip of Nova Scotia, half way between there and Nan tucket Shoals. Asked whether the government’s “neutrality patrol was in the vicinity (Continued on Page Five) Turkey And Russia Plan Agreement Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 22.—(AP) —Authoritative sources said today that a Turkish-Soviet Russian mu tual assistance pact would be con cluded by Foreign Minister Sara ccglu, who now is enroute to Mos cow. They said the projected treaty was expected to reinforce strongly the Turkish position in the Dardan elles, and to assure safeguarding trie Balkans from invasion by “an unfriendly power.” Turkish officials said the pact would complement Turkey’s agree ments with Great Britain and France. (Great Britain announced on May 12 she and Turkey had pledged aid to' each other in event of an act of aggression leading to war in the Mediterranean. France and Turkey signed a declaration em bodying the same terms on June 23.) The foreign minister, accom panied by a staff of aides, arrived today in Odessa, enroute to Mos cow. He planned to stay in the Russian capital for ten days. Mutiny Upon Polish Ship In New York Yonkers, N. Y., Sept. 22.—(AP)— Police boarded the Polish shin Ba tory in the Hudson river today and relieved the captain of his com mand after the captain had re ported a mutiny aboard. The po lice acted at the request of the Po lish consul general in New York. The Polish ship has been tied up in Yonkers since she arrived hhre from Europe September 5. The ship, which was the pride of Poland’s merchant fleet, nor mally carries a crew of 307. Police Captain Henry Murphy said he was informed the Batory had been taken over by the British Admiralty, which ordered it to pro ceed to a Canadian port and take on supplies for England. The liner’s captain reported to the Polish consul general, Murphy said, that many of his crew refused to make the trip. Irisiaihstii FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sat urday; little change in tempera ture. Thousands Executed By Roumanians In Revenge Os Premier Heavy Blood - Price Exacted from Nazi Iron Guard for As sassination; South eastern ' f Europe Is Watched Nervously. Bucharest, Roumania, Sept. 22. (AP) —Thousands were reported executed today as Roumania’s vir tual military dictatorship exacted a heavy blood-price from the pro-Nazi iron guard for the assassination of Premier Calincscu. Reliable sources said thousands of members of the outlawed iron guard had been taken from concentration camps throughout the country and shot to death to avenge yesterday’s killing of the premier, who was an implacable foe of the guard. These sources also said that some women had been shot. It was announced officially that 44 iron guard ists were executed at a concentration camp, while 32 were shot by firing squads at Prahova. Mass executions were said to be con tinuing. Reliable sources said a minimum of three iron guard members were being taken from each of Roumania’s 72 administrative districts for the firing squads. The whirlwind clean-up of alleg ed pro-Nazi elements was pushed also with widespread arrests by the quick acting government. At the heas of the government stood General George Argesanu, “tough disciplin arian” of 56, and a friend of Calines cu. Observers expected the general to follow Calinescu’s advocacy of closer Roumanian economic coopera tion with Great Britain and France. Observers watched the situation nervously as Germany, who wants Roumanian oil, and Soviet Russia, who seized former Russian territory, a part of Roumania, drove their troops further into Poland, north of Roumania. Seven blood - spattered bodies sprawled awkwardly in one of Bucharest’s main streets, provided grizzly evidence of the government’s vengeance for Calinescu’s' assassina tion yesterday. Meanwhile, the slain premier was (Continued on Page Five) Many Lives Lost In Smyrna Quake; Property Losses Istanbal, Turkey, Sept. 22. (AP) —A heavy toll of lives and property was taken by an earthquake today at Smyrna, reports received here said. The Pergame, Kotchili and Fotcha districts were said to be the hardest hit, with more than two thirds of the number of buildings there destroyed. Britain to Hold No Elections For Duration of War London, Sept. 22. (AP) The British Press Association reported tonight that represen tatives of Britain’s principal Political narties had agreed there would be no parliamen tary or municipal elections while the war continues. Before the war began, it had been expected a general clee -IL>n would be held in Novem ber. Siege Os Warsaw Still Going On Vereczke, Hungary, Sept. 22. — (AP) —(At the Polish Frontier) — The Warsaw radio, back on the air after going silent yesterday, broad cast a shrill air raid alarm today in evidence that the Germans were still attacking the besieged capital of Poland. The alarm sounded clear in this lit tle frontier village at 5:15 p. m. to day (11:15 a. m. EST), and was suc ceeded by defiant calls and appeals to fight to the death. Polish solaiers retreating into Hun gary through this small village were cheered by the information Warsaw still was holding out. The final internement of thous PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. . Pro-Nazi Victim Armand Calinescue Rumanian Prime Minister | French Open Fresh Drive In The West ■Heavy Gun Duel in Progress; Daladier Speech Taken as Hint of Defensive War by Allies; Large Scale Drives too Costly. Paris, Sept. 22. —(AP) —A new drive against the German industrial city of Saarbruecken was reported today by the French general staff. A military communique, which gave few details, indicated a recent lull had been shattered by new French maneuvers and advance guard : kirmisnes. Artillery on both sides, the com munique said, was active along the entire front from the Moselle river along the Luxembourg-Germany frontier to the Rhine river, which becomes the boundary between France and Germany 100 miles to the southeast. French advance pa trols were described as feeling their way cautiously deeper into German territory south of SaarDiuecken| Small patrols were sent out to learn the strength and future plans of the German defense units. A heavy gun duel was reported in progress, although firing on both sides was characterized as sporadic. The French Empire’s black Sene galese troops Were reported en route to the western front in the war which Premier Daladier de clared would end German attempts at “world domination.” Sharp-shooters mobilized from France’s colonial reservoir of man power were said to be moving up the west coast of Africa in guarded transports. . Observers saw indications in Daladier’s world broadcast speech last night that France and Britain may wage a “defensive” war, at least on the land. The premier’s’ speech, accepting Adolf Hitler’s’ statements at Danzig as a challenge for a fight to the finish, pictured (Continued on Page Five) ands of Polish soldiers and officers, routed by the German and Soviet Russian invasions, were started here on Hungarian soil. Meanwhile, German units con solidated their occupation of fron tier points as fleeing Poles moved down one side of the Carpathians, the conquerors of Poland climbed the other toward the strategic bor der passes. Reports on how the Germans and Russians would divide the Polish Carpathians were still confused. Gen erally, Hungarians believed the di vision would be about equal, with the Russians taking the two large passes which link northeastern Hungary to Poland. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Congress Is Receiving Opposition ‘ | Members Hearing | from Home Against President’s Arms Em bargo Repeal; Isola tionists Digging in for Battle in Senate. Washington, Sept. 22. (AP) — President Roosevelt reported today that he had received a big stack of telegrams about his neutrality ad dress to Congress yesterday, but had personally seen only forty or fifty, sent by governors and personal friends. When the subject came up at his press conference, the chief executive was asked whether he knew, as some reports had it, that congressmen were receiving an increasing volume of correspondence opposing his proposal | for repeal of the arms embargo. Replying affirmatively, he refer red to a secretary, Stephen Early, a question about sentiment expressed in telegrams to the White House. A tabulation, Early said, showed that, with the exception of probably eight or ten messages, two of these not in exact opposition, the wires were all “pi’o” repeal. To Limit Legislation. Meantime, 20 leading Democratic senators voted unanimously in favor of limiting legislation at the special session to neutrality. , A joint meeting of the Democratic steering and policy committees, head ed by Majority Leader Barkley, of Kentucky, adopted a resolution stat ing that “legislation at this extra ordinary session of the Congress should be limited to the purposes for which the President has convened it.” Barkley explained the resolution meant that the leadership would work to prevent consideration of any measures not dealing directly with neutrality. Also, two determined senatorial factions began digging in for a con clusive battle for the President’s re newed appeal to scrap the arms em bargo and substitute a “cash and car ry” system under international law. Led by 73-yearyear-old Hiram John son, Republican, California, 24 sena (Continueu on Page Five) Britain Very Hopeful Os U. S. Supplies London, Sept. 22.—(AP) —A Brit ish government announcement to day described a victory fdr Royal Air Force planes on the western front for the first time in the 1939 European war. A ministry of information com munique said that “during the course of air operations on Wednes day, one German fighter was . shot down br our aircraft in France.” This was the first official in timation that British planes on the western front had taken the of fensive in anything more than re eonnaisance fights. Meanwhile, the nation viewed Vvith guarded optimism the prospect that the United States Congress may lift the embargo on arms at the urging of President Fgbose velt. Banner lines, editorials and cartoons reflected Britain’s popular belief that Mr. Roosevelt’s message would result in access to American (Continued on Page Five'* Long processions of Polish infantry men and cavalrymen, with their guns and supply carts, moved through darkened frontier villages before dawn enroute to internement camps. Silently the tired men and their weary animals slogged through the mud. Occasionally, dim light from a nearby window fell upon drawn faces, but most of the time the marchers were muffled in darkness —> ghostly procession of the defeated Refugees coming through the Car pathian passes brought tales of wild rule over a small section of Poland by roving bands of Ukrainians whose signal for action apparently was th<* start last Sunday of the Russian oc cupation.