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HENDERSON’S I'OF 11 RATION 13,873 twenty-sixth year BMTMII, FRANCE TO REJECT PEACE OFFERS Count Ciano Off To See Herr Hitler Diplomats Speculate Mission o f Italian Foreign Minister to Berlin; May Make Peace Offer to Al lies; May Join in Fight. K'>me, Sept. 30.—(AP) —Foreign -ut Count Ciano left Merlin tonight to with u an officials at their request. In the absence of official expla l'or the trip, it was thought eign circles that Italy's par v pat ion was sought in peace ef *■. which the Germans and Rus <aid they would make with cooperation of friendly powers. ' me sources believed it likely : t Adolf Hitler had summoned Cano for consultations on Italy’s future position in the European The Italian’s journey was an n' .mced only an hour before the departure of his train at 6 p. m. He was due in Berlin tomorrow after- J st a week ago, II Duce reaf red Italy's non-belligerency, and it was believed by some he was ready to act as mediator in case of a formal German-Russian proposal for peace to Britain and France. But whether such a proposal could be expected, in view of the i r.favorable reactions of London tiid Paris to the German-Soviet ac cord reached in Moscow, remained problematical, fascists believed. I- was in that situation, v. ever, that some sources thought 1 likely Count Ciano had been called to Berlin to review Italy’s position. . Italian cabinet, meeting with i. voted new taxes to meet unbalanced budget, and ' m ilitary expenses caused by *; • :iernational situation.” A levy of one half of one per cent 'it private property was ap p: ui, together with a two per cent tax on general business turn o tr. The property tax is to be levied on all real estate, goods and - ties of all types, except bank ts and personal clothing, ted by all persons, companies, < Durations and societies over the 'tint of 10,000 lira (about $500). MAN FOUND DEAD IN HIS WRECKED AUTO berton, Sent. 30.—(AP) — A white man identified from papers on If' person as Tommy Williams, about 25, of Acme, was found dead in the wreckage of his automobile at Board man. near here, early today. Coroner T>. W. Biggs said an inquest was not necessary. Mew Polish Regime Set Up In Paris Former Polish Senate President Becomes President in Exile of Partitioned Republic; Diplomats Seek Re lease of Moscicki in Roumania. Paris, Sept. 30.—(AP) —A Polish government in exile wa.s officially established in France today as for mer President o£ the Polish Senate Raczkiewicz took the oath of office as president of the republic in a dramatic ceremony at the Polish Em bassy. President Moscicki, interned in Roumania, where he fled from War aw before the German invaders, had announced his resignation to the em bassy a few minutes before the new president took the oath. The Poles thus sought to out aneuver what diplomats called Ger man efforts to prevent the existence of a Polish government by keeping Moscicki in Roumania, unable to ex orcise his functions. The new president succeeded Mos cicki, the embassy announced, “in conformity with constitutional law” embodied in a decree drafted Sep (Continued on Page Five) iunturrsmt Daily Dispatch WIRE SERVICE OP iHL, ASSOCIATED PRESS. Hitler Visits "Nemesis” of the Courageous f —— Central Press Radiophoto Adolf Hitler, standing in his car, salutes “the victorious U-boat crew in Wilhelmshaven which sank the Courageous according to the German propaganda bureau. Later he pinned medals on the sailors. The British claim that destroyers accompanying the aircraft carrier sank the submarine. Photo radioed from Berlin to New York. Garner Is Expected To Support Repeal Os Arms Embargo Germans Seize 3 Danish Freighters Copenhagen, Sept, 30,—(AP) German warships today seized three Danish freighters in the Kategat and took them to a Ger man port, according to a report from the lightship at Laeso island. (The Kattegat is a stretch of sea between Denmark and Sweden. A German high com mand communique earlier tday said 45 vessels had been searched for contraband in the Kattegat and Sltaggerak, between Den mark and Norway, and “a number of them were captured.”) Word from the lightship said German destroyers could he seen plainly as they took the steamers. FDR Seeks Curb Upon High Prices Washington, Sept. 30. —(AP) President Roosevelt asked the tem porary national economic committee today to keep “a constant eye” on increases in prices of basic ma terials to prevent profiteering. In a letter to Committee Chair man O’Mahoney, Democrat. Wyom ing, of the committee, the President said that he believed “constant sur veillance is clearly in keeping with the purposes and objectives for whicn the TNEC was established, and I believe that in carrying for ward such a program, your com mittee can well become an impor tant part in our first line of na tional defense against ugly and in human greed.” Mr. Roosevelt referred to a state ment made by O’Mahoney in open ing the present series of committee hearings last Monday. O’Mahoney said then that the committee’s work would be emphasized by the pros pects of profiteering resulting from the European war. PINBALL MACHINE SALESMAN KILLED Rocky Mount, Sept. 30.—(AP) — Paul William, 23, pinball machine salesman, died today in a local hos pital five hours after a pistol shot pierced his chest. Detective G. L. Pittman said that while the cause of the shot had not been de termined, there was no evidence of murder. Nash County Coroner M. C. Gul ley planned an inquest Monday. Williams came here from Fayette ville last winter. HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1939 Vice - President Said To Have Told Presi dent Nation Should Return Its Foreign Policy t o Interna tion Law Basis. Washington, Sept. 30.—(AP) — Supporters of the administration’s proposal to repeal the arms embar go expect Vice President Garner, an effective cloakroom opponent of some Roosevelt measures, to exert his influence in behalf of the pend ing proposition. The vice-presidi pi. has had noth ing to say publicly regarding the controversial issue. It was reported authoritatively today, however, that lie had advised President Roosevelt at a recent White House conference that “the country should return its foreign policy to the basis pf in ternational iaw.” Under international law, the chief executive would be largely respon sible for foreign relations, directing government policy to a considerable extent by ’ executive orders. War ring nations would be free to buy aims, as well as other goods in this country, and American shipping would retain some of the rights (Continued on Page Five) TWO PEDESTRIANS INJURED BY CRASH Rockingham, Sept. 30.—(AP) — Jack Young and his son, Ben, walk ing along a road near the western edge of the town were severely in jured today in an accident involving two passing trucks. The Youngs were taken to a hospital at Ham let. Ex-Governor Os Louisiana Is Indicted Ruston, La., Sept. 30.—(AP)—For mer Governor Richard Leche and four others were indicted by the Lin coln parish grand jury today on charges of obtaining money under false pretense and operating a con fidence game in connection with con struction of Leche hall at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute here. The others indicted were Monte E. Hart, contractor, and Leon C. Weiss, Julius Dreyl'ous and Solis Sieferth, architects. All except Leche were charged in a third indictment with unlawfully receiving and having in their pos session $55,955, Judge E. L. Walker fixed bond for all defendants at $15,000 each, and warrants are expected to be servea Monday. _ Yields to Soviet Kaarel Eenpalu Estonian Premier Kaarel Eenpalu yielded to Russia as a ten-year mu tual assistance pact was signed in Moscow. It gives Russia the right to fortify two strategic Estonian islands, Oesel and Dagoe, and an Estonian port, Paldiski, in the North Baltic. U. S. Liner Brings Most Passengers New York, Sept. 30.—(AP)— The United States liner Manhattan, car rying 1,368 passengers, the largest number to arrive on board an Amer ican liner since the war began, ar rived today after an uneventful voy age from Southampton and Leverdon, France Daniel Moriarity, representing the Stewards’ union on the Manhattan, said the stewards nearly “mutinied” at Southampton when they were not allowed to go ashore first to get gas masks. They were afraid of an air raid, he said, and the nearest shelter lay 200 yards away. Finally, he said, they got word to the military commandant of South amtpon and protested. After that they were allowed ashore. He also declared the military com mandant told him the stewards of the Manhattan, most of whom are Germans by birth, but naturalized Americans, would be interned the next time the ship docks there, as Hitler doesn’t recognize such change of citizenship, and has interned Brit ish citizens of German birth. Ulsath&i FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Probably occasional rain to night and Sunday; cooler Sun day and in north central portion tonight. WEEKLY WEATHER. South Atlantic States: Fair first of week; unsettled middle period, probably showers over north portion; fair weather near end of week; warmer north *„nd central portions about Monday; normal temperatures thereafter. Russian Newspapers Hint Soviet Armed Aid To The Germans Estonians Return Home After En forced Signing o f Pact With Moscow; Turkey Moving Into Russian Fold; U. S. Not Wanted as Med iator. Moscow, Sept. 30. —(AP) —Russia’s official press echoed today the Mos cow accord's implied warning to the western allies—to end the war or face joint German-Russian action— while the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ratified the new Russian-Es tonian mutual assistance and trade pact. Foreign Minister Selter of Estonia' and his delegation, having signed the ten-year agreement which makes their little republic, former Russian territory, a virtually Russian protec torate, returned to Tallinn. Russian negotiations with a third nation, Turkey, were reported fur ther delayed because today was the “free day”, the Russian day of rest. They had been suspended Thursday and Friday by the German and Es tonian negotiations. (But from Ankara and Bucharest came that Russian load ers’ talks with Turkey Foreign Min ister Saracoglu, now in Moscow, might yield far-reaching results. An kara reported the Turkish foreign minister was discussing a Black Sea pact which would close that sea to belligerent forces, which would be Russian-dominated, and for which a pre-condition would be Roumania’s return of territory won in the World War. (Bucharest announced that Rou manian Foreign Minister Gafencu would leave for Moscow Monday.) A Russian government organ sternly warned other powers not to interfere with the German-Russian pacts signed Thursday because the (Continued on Page Five) " - Pope States Poland Not Going To Die Castelgandolfo, Italy, Sept. 30. (AP) —Pope Pius XII coupled his consolation to the Polish people to day with an admonition to “remem ber that Poland is not going to die.” “May Christ, who wept at the ieath of Lazarus and over the ruins of his fatherland, gather and some day compensate you for the tears which you spill over your dead, and over that Poland which does not want to die,” said the pope. Speaking at an audience for Polish residents of Rome “in this frightful, tragic hour,” the pope asked his listeners to place their hope in God, to look forward to the future with j hope, and especially that the Poles would not be deprived of the com forts of religion by the enemies of God.” August Cardinal Hlond, primate of Poland, stood beside the pope as he (Continued on Page Five! Von Fritsch, Reportedly Murdered By Hitler, Is Sign Os Germans f Unrest By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Sept. 30.—Warsaw’s radioed story that Gen. Werner von Fritsch of the German army wasn’t killed in action in Poland, as per Berlin’s of f i cial version, but that he was assassinat ed by Herr Hitler’s Gestapo, or Secret police, is the sub ject of a deal of comment in gov ernmental Wash ington. It isn’t im plicity accepted as the correct ac count; it’s recog nized that the Poles are as likely Gen. von Fritsch as the Germans to be misrepresent ing that matter. Nevertheless, the Polish report is regarded as having 11l frIISMK PERRY MEMORI/i. *—■ • HENDERSON, N.« PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Capitol Guarded * * .♦.*•** **• ’ :3s •••• •• . s ?V.„ j ■ : ' x •> • >• 3 f "M f ; '} With every war come fanatics, so Washington’s government buildings have been placed under strict guard and sightseers restricted. Above, a capitol guard searches a news photographer’s camera case. *Cenbml Press) Reichstag Will Listen To Hitler Fuehrer Expected to Outline Partitioning Os Poland and Peace Offer to Britain and France; Two Peace Conditions. Berlin, Sept. 30. (AP) The Reichstag, called only to hear Reich fuehrer Hitler give an exposition of his policies, was summoned today to meet “in the coming week.” The Reichstag last met September 1 and heard the fuehrer proclaim himself “the first soldier of the Reich” just before he plunged into Poland behind the Nazi legions which since have ended the eastern republic’s existence. The announcement that the Reich stag would meet again said only it would hear a “declaration of the gov ernment.” It was assumed this time it would (Continueu on Page Five) the earmarks of considerable prob ability. If it’s true, it’s interpreted as strongly indicative of extreme dis satisfaction with Hitlerism in the up per ranks of the Fatherland’s mili tarists. There have been rumors before that Germany’s old-time army chief tains disliked Adolf. They were and are a quarrelsome, overbearing class, but they always have'been aristocrats and he’s a plebian. It would be na tural of them to resent him Von Fritsch was a super-junker, or war lord. He had the nobleman’s “von” in front of his name. He for merly was commander-in-chief of the German army. It’s well known that he didn’t like Hitlerian policies. He disapproved of the Fuehrer’s mili tary program, he wasn’t a Nazi, he didn’t think the German Jews ought (Continued on Page Five) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Large Scale Mobilization To Continue \' France Intensifies Preparations to Meet Feared Big Scale Nazi Offensive; Fin ish Fight With Ger many Is Aim of Both Nations London, Sept. 30.—(AP) —The air ministry announced tonight that British planes had engaged in an air battle over enemy ter ritory and “some” British casual ties had resulted. London, Sept. 30.—(AP)—Au thoritative sources declared today Britain would reject emphatically Adolf Hitler’s offer of peace at the price of a partitioned Poland. The government, to all appear ances, went ahead with mobiliza tion of its entire fighting power for a finish fight with Germany. An army of census takers completed a register of some 46,- 000,000 persons in England, Scot land and Wales to provide the basis for food rationing, and conscription of manpower for war. A formal reply to what the Brit ish Dress called Hitler’s “peace threat” was deferred by the war cabinet pending consultation with France. * (Paris dispatches told of official indications of a France rebuff to the German-Russian overtures.) The Prime Minister Chamberlain was expected to give the official reaction to the German-Russian agreement in a statement before the House of Commons Monday or Tuesday. The Times of London, which ac curately mirrored government pol icy in critical events of the last year, led the chorus of the British press demanding rejection of any peace proposal based on the Nazi- Soviet partition of Poland. The Times also hinted that the government’s war aims do not necessarily include restoration to Poland of her territory now oc cupied by Russia. FRANCE IS BRACING FOR BIG GERMAN OFFENSIVE Paris, Sept. 30.—(AP) —The (Continued on Page Five) Turkey Will Quit Britain And France Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 30.—(AP) — Turkey was reported reliably today in have notified Great Britain and France that her mutual assistance pact would he annulled if the Allies became involved in war with Russia. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Sara coglu has been in Moscow since ear ly this week discussing Turkey’s role in the Near East, greatly altered by Russia’s emergence as Germany’s partner in re-drawing the map of eastern Europe. Informed persons said a proviso releasing her of her obligations in event of war between the western allies and Russia had been put into definite agreement between Turkey and Britain and and France and is now ready for signature. Necessary preliminaries to a Black Sea pact would be some kind of set tlement of Bulgaria’s claims against ftoumania for Dobruja, which Rou mania gained from the Bulgars in the Balkan war and World War set tlements. Roumanians Are Called In By Russians Bucharest, Roumania, Sept. 30. (AP)— Foreign Minister Gafencu and a staff of experts will leave for Mos cow Monday, it was announced to day, to confer with Soviet Russian officials. It was said they would participate in talks already started by Russian, German and Turkish leaders. At the same time it was reported in official sources that Germany had received assurances through a third party that Russia had no intentions to seize Bessarabia. (Bessarabia was gained by Roumania from Russia af ter the World War.)