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'HENDERSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TWENTY-SIXTH year SENATORS ASK HANDS OFF BT GOVERNMENT ( ermans Begin Storming Warsaw Defenses Safety Zone Around Americas Proposed At Panama Meeting Any Belligerent Ac tivities Within Area Would Be Considered Acts Against Security of Hemisphere; Boun daries Not Fixed. '.a. Sept. 26.—(AP)—The of a “zone of American A -. in American waters, in any belligerent activities o considered “acts against 'tv aitv of the Americas” was td today by Cuban Foreign ; >tv.- Campa. presented his plan to to -.'ion of the neutrality con of 21 American nations. \ ct boundaries of such a e been decided upon, proposed, however, that be bounded by “an imagi ne established on inter a points between Europe and >n the east and America on • t (the line of the Atlantic), : . n imaginary line established •• . ediate points between Asia •;io west and America on the 'the line of the Pacific).” Within this safety zone, belli .. onts will remrain from com ” : a: acts of war or exercising Jits of belligerents which I'.esent obstacles to commerce or A ican relations”, Campa’s .late ent said. Pe _ tes apparently were almost in approving the key h of Panama Foreign (Pray, who declared yes t* . y ‘ • neutrality conference -.an “imperishable glory” if Si our efforts we may de- Cwe peace throughout the world.” French Beat Germans With Heavy Loss iP el, Switzerland, Sept. 26. Alp—French troops were reported •tay to have repulsed with heavy < s a counter attack launched dur - the night by Germany’s Sieg ■t line forces in an effort to re-' e pressure on German key forts a' Zweibruecken. The German drive, the report de -1 ■ i'd, was caught in a heavy cross from French advance posts and 1 ‘ by a wave of French forces on both flanks. The Nazis were said to have with d iwn into fortifications near Mit ‘ '-bach, leaving hundreds of dead and many wounded on the battle liolci. The French themselves, the dis- P ' iios added, sustained heavy los s during the night the sector be ’ l en the Saar river and Blies creek, ■■'.'here they were reported attempt ing to hold newly .won positions un fi< machine gune fire and a bom dment from the Siegfried forti ! 'lions. The report said, however, h ( French had captured and were holding four and a half miles of ah way between Saarbruecken and Z eibreucken. Dr. Armstrong Elected Head Os Kiwanis Kaleigh, Sept. 26. —(AP) —Dr. f arle.s W. Armstrong, of Salisbury, elected district governor, and • n ton-Salem won the 1940 con dition today as the 20th annual mention of the Carolinas Ki ms ended. The report of the nominating ' - oittee was adopted unanimous- Jt named the following lieu ten governors for the nine divisions ' ' he district: Horace Evans, of Shelby, No. 1; ['■ ■ ell Whitener, of Newton, No. C. L. Barber, Greensboro, No. J. Warren Pate, Fayetteville, 4; Hal Pittard, Oxford, No. 5; ■ nk Ream, Scotland Neck, No. 6; m tiiur Ruffin, Wilson, No. 7; Ed (Continued on Page Two) HENDESMN, N fmwrsntt Hailu tltspafrit - _ “Willing to Die” ■ill , a ■Pl| « m w'm IKF Jf S °*\ h JHHHH „ '"*** B B •••(• Senator Pat McCarran i Addressing a mass meeting for neutrality, Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada Democrat, told his New York audience that he and other isolationists in the Senate were “willing to die” rather than permit change in the present neutrality law. r Germans To Ask Soviet War Accord Military Alliance With Russia Reputed Aim of Von Ribben trop Visit to Moscow; Reds Turn Anxious Eyes Toward Bal kans. Moscow, Sept. 26.—(AP) —Tass, the official Russian news agency, an nounced today that German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop would ar rive in Moscow tomorrow to discuss with the government of the Soviet Union “problems connected with de velopments in Poland.” The agency said von Ribbentrop was coming on imitation of the Rus sian government. Unconfirmed reports circulated were that von Ribbentrop was seek ing a military accord with the Soviet Union to follow up the German- Soviet non-aggression treaty, which was signed August 23. Turkish Foreign Minister Sara coglu, who is in Moscow for impor tant negotiations, attended a confer (Continueu on Page Five) 50 Reported Victims Os Coast Storm Lon Angeles, Calif., Sept. 26. (AP) —A death toll of at least 50 and property damage in excess of $1,000,000 was counted by south ern California today as the tropical storms which brought death and destruction moderated. Still un accounted for were 15 ocean going craft manned principally by ama teur mariners, which put to sea before the storm broke Sunday af ternoon. More than a score of per sons were believed aboard the ves sels. Ten bodies were recovered from the ocean, which claimed most of the victims in wrecks of pleasure and fishing craft. Given up for drowned in similar mishaps were 33 others.. HENDERSON, N. €., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 26, 1939 New Gesture For France Is Rumored Berlin Tale, Wholly Unconfirmed, Says Germany May Re lease French Prison ers to Spread Propa ganda Back Home; Berlin. Sept. 26.— (AP) Adolf Hitler returned today from the eastern front. No fur ther details were divulged. Berlin, Sept. 26.—(AP) —An army communique indicated today that German forces had started to storm the defenses of Warsaw after all ef forts had failed to convince the Polish commander of the “gruesome ness and uselessness of resistance.” The Polish capital has been be sieged since September 3. The final drive to crush Warsaw’s resistance was launched yesterday. In a sur prise attack, the communique said, the Germans captured Mokotowski fortress, and then pushed into the Warsaw suburb. Mokotowski is one of four forts guarding Warsaw from the south and west. Today’s communique said the army in Poland was moving toward the German-Soviet Russian demarkation line, and in attacks 2,000 prisoners were taken by an armored division. Artillery fire and minor scouting activities were reported on the west ern front along with the shooting down of six French planes and tv/o captive balloons. This boasted the air toll in the west, according to the Ger man figures, to 32 planes and six balloons. A new gesture of friendliness to ward France by the Nazi govern ment was expected in informed quar ters. Rumors completely without of ficial verification were to the effect that Germany might release French prisoners taken to date on the west ern front. The same rumor had it that Germany believed the soldiers would be good peace propagandists if they could be convinced the Reich feels no animosity toward France. Official sources contended Ger many had no war aims regarding France, and that her chief concern is that her opponents may violate the neutrality of Belgium and the Netherlands to attack Germany at a spot unprotected by the Siegfried line. SCHOOL BONDS FOR TARBORO ARE SOLD Raleigh, Sept. 26.—(AP)—A $22,- 000 school refunding bond issue of Tarboro township was sold today by the Local Government Com mission to Middendorf & Company, Chincinnati, Ohio* at a premium of $44, with interest to be 4 3-4 per cent. In a Spot . : | Toshio Shiratori, Japanese ambas sador to Italy, is pictured on his arrival in New York on the Italian liner Conte di Savoia. More than 2,000* passengers, most -of them Americans hurrying home from the war zone, were aboard the ship. The Nazi-Russ pact has placed Japan in an extraordinary position as re gards power politics. 1 (Central Press) Britain Arms Merchant Ships To Combat Submarine Menace Naval Convoy System Now in Full Opera tion, Churchill Tells Commons; Allied Planes Fight Off Ger mans and Return. London, Sept. 26.—(AP) —Winston Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty, declared in the House of Commons today that Britain’s naval convoy system “now was in full operation and that “large numbers of merchant ships are now leaving these shores defensively armed against sub marines and airplanes.” Speaking to the House immediate ly after Prime Minister Chamberlain made his fourth war statement to its members, Churchill a full state ment of what Britain is doing to crush the submarine menace. “In a short time, the immense mercantile marine of the British Em pire will be armed,” he said. “All guns and equipment are ready at various stations, together with train ed gunners to man them and instruct the seamen.” “Our attacks on submarines,” he asserted, “have been five or six times as numerous as in any equal period in the last war.” Chamberlain told the House of Commons that last FrMay’s Allied war council in England resulted in agreement “on the procedure for co ordinating and perfecting” muni tions and supplies plans by Britain and France. Chamberlain also launched anew into the effects of the Russian in vasion of Poland, but said Soviet troops apparently had not yet “oc cupied all the territory allotted to them under the arrangement (with Germany), which amounts to more than half the total area of the Pol ish republic.” Also, the air minister announced that Royal Air Force planes, in re connaissance and leaflet dropping flights over Germany yesterday, fought oil’ German attack planes and returned safely to their bases. Paderewski Likely Polish President Bucharest,, Rournania, Sept. 26. — (AP)—Authoritative Polish circles said today that Ignace Jan Paderew ski, world famous pianist and for mer Polish premier was a likely choice for president of Poland to succeed former President Ignace Moscicki. This was learned as refugee Polish political leaders, negotiating to con struct the government, whose lead ers now are held in Rournania, were reported near a successful comple tion of their plans. Authoritative sources disclosed plans called for: 1. Resignation of Moscicki, now living in “restricted residence” at King Carol’s hunting lodge. 2. Appointment of a new president by Moscicki, acting under power granted by the Polish constitution, permitting the president to discuss his successor pending an election. 3. The new president’s organiza tion of a completely new govern ment, with an “absentee” capital at Paris, cooperating with the Allied government. * Informed sources reported the election of a new president and nar rowed down to a choice between Paderewski and former Foreign Minister Caleski. Final decision on Moscicki’s resignation and appoint ment of a successor was expected later todaj' or tomorrow. FRANCE DISSOLVES COMMUNIST PARTY Paris, Sept. 26.—(Ai*) Premier Daladier’s war cabinet today decreed the dissolution of the communist party in France. The action was taken as reprisal for Soviet Russia’s non-aggression pact with Ger many and her invasion of Po land, France’s eastern ally. (Osaitwi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, showers tonisrht and Wednesday; slightly cooler Wednesday in northeast and ex treme north portion. Plane Sinks Raiding U-Boat Survivors of the British freighter Kafiristan, torpedoed by a German submarine, clamber aboard the American Farmer (left), off the Irish coast. Just as the United States ship reached the scene, an Allied plane darted up and machine-gunned the sub, then bombed and sank it. Photo (right), made from the American Farmer , shows scene as the U-boat exploded after a direct hit. Germans May Attack In South At Swiss Border Germans Hope For Freedom From Hitler By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Sept. 26.—1 s Germany pro-Hitler? Would Adolf win in an honestly conducted election? Nobody can tell, of course. But I have some family connections in the Fatherland and I’ve tried to find out from them, personally. If they’re there at this time, naturally they don’t tell. But I’ve seen several of them on visits td this country. Since they’ve intended to go back; it goes without saying that they’ve expressed themselves only in the faintest whispers. The consensus I got, though, is this: With the war on, the Germans want to win. At this juncture they wouldn’t dump Der Fuehrer. In the long run, however, the German bulk appears to be anti-Naziistic. It wants to get back, ultimately, to democracy. It harks into a past when young Ger mans immigrated into the United (Continued on Page Five) Hoey Expects FDR To Win Daily DispatcTi Bureau, Tn th<> Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Sept. 26.—Governor Clyde R. Hoey is hopeful there will be no delay in congressional revision of the so-called neutrality act, and is convinced that there will be ultimate revision substantially in accord with President Roosevelt’s recommenda tions. “I hope there will be no long and vicious fight over the bill”, he said, (Continued on page two) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Continued Con centration There Learned by French, Whose Big Guns Con tinue Shelling Ger mans East of Rhine River. Paris, Sept. 26. (AP)—French ar tillery continued today to hurl shells across the Rhine river in an effort to break up new German troop con centrations reported north of the Swiss border. The dispatches also disclosed con tinuing violent bombardment of the main Siegfried lines by French heavy guns, which opened on the German fortified zones yesterday. A general staff communique issued at 10:15 a. m. reported that German batteries likewise were active south east of Zewibrucken, near the left center of the western front. New combats between French and Ger man fighting planes were noted, but no details were given. Meanwhile, Premier Daladier sum moned a meeting of his cabinet for a general discussion of war problems. Advices from the front said the combined French and British air forces had played a new major role in detecting new disposition of the German troops. French sources speculated that re ported German concentrations near the Sv/iss border might presage a possible attempt by the Nazis to cross the Rhine below the Black Forest at the extreme southern end of the Maginot line. These sources said, how (Continued on Page Five) STORM WARNINGS ON GULF ARE REMOVED New Orleans, La., Sept. 26. (AP) —Storm warnings along the Gulf of Mexico were ordered down today after a • disturbance quieted down. A Weather Bureau advisory c aid squalls would continue during the day and advised caution for smaller craft. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY White House Advised Not To Meddle State Department Also Requested t o Keep Hands off Neu tral it y; Roosevelt Calls in Six Cabinet Members to Check on Program. Washington, Sept. 26.—(AP) —Six cabinet officers were summoned to the White House today for a confer ence on neutrality measures and domestic problems born of the Eu ropean war. President Roosevelt, it was report ed, desired to review with these six, the attorney general, the acting sec retary of the navy, and the secre taries of state, war, agriculture and labor, the progress made on “pre paratory” work assigned their de partments in the interest of keeping the United States at peace. Meanwhile, Senate leaders were reported authoritatively to have ad vised the White House and the State Department to continue their “hands off” attitude toward the administra tion neutrality program. These lead ers were described as holding the view that if the executive branch made no attempt to influence Con gress, the neutrality program built around the proposal to repeal the arms embargo would have a better chance of enactment. Among the chief neutrality opera tions already undertaken is a naval patrol of the American coast. Step hen Early, White House press sec letary, was asked whether any more unidentified submarines had been sighted near the coast and replied: “Well, I don’t want to talk about them.” This aroused speculation as to whether further reports of submarine activity had reached the White Hcuse in addition to those made public last week, with the lyinouncement that one undersea craft had been seen off the coast of Alaska and another in North Atlantic waters. Foreign Sales Increase.. Meanwhile, the Commerce De partment told of a gain in United States merchandise exports in Au gust, the month before the start of the European war, which officials expect to enhance United States for eign trade still further. August fig ures, available today, showed that expoits increased nine percent over July, while imports increased only four percent. August exports totaling $250,839,- 000 were $75,083,000 in excess of the imports for the month. FIFTH VICTIM DIES OF NEWTON CRASH Newton, Sept. 26.—(AP)—R. E. Drum, lfl, ol Balls Creek section of Catawba county, died today of in juries received in an automobile ac cident early Sunday, the fifth victim of the wreck. Their car crashed into the side ol a railway bridge near here Another Big Navy Battle Off Norway ft Three Large War ships, Two Sub marines, Many Small er Craft and Some Airplanes Engaged, Shore Watchers Say. Oslo, Norway, Sept. 26.—(AP)— Dispatches from Farsund, south west Norway, reported that a na val skirmish occurred today just west of Norway’s southern ex tremity, beginning about noon and ending at 1:40 p. m. (7:40 a. m. EST). Watches from the shore said they saw three large warships, two submarines and many small craft taking part in the action and air planes maneuvering overhead They estimated that between 30 and 10 i hots were fired. First reports did not identify the ships, which shortly disappeared below the horizon, or estimate any damage caused. Three Norwegian airplanes (Continued on Page Five)
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