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CHAMBERLAIN SPURNS ANT GERMAN "TKUCE’
t Expecting Calamity From Soviet Demands
Russian Navy Menaces Finnish Coastal Cities
i\epm\s of a concentration of Russian naval power in the Gulf of Finland, in addition to the massing of
yj \ :ot . tro °P s . a^on » the borders of the little Baltic state, emphasized Russia’s demands on the republic.
is a view of the Helsinki harbor, where it is expected the Soviet will demand concessions.
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U. S. APPEALS FOR FINNS
Bailey Attacks Portion
Or New Neutrality Bill
Senator, Says Ship-
Pi n g Provisions
Would Disrupt Amer
ican Commerce and
Destroy Much Os Our
Merchant Marine;
mlcw Speaks.
-Vngton. Oct. 12. — (AP)
r. Bailey, Democrat, North
,)f ihe Senate Commerce!
•tee. declared today that ship-;
provisions of the administra
neutrality bill would disrupt;
• tin commerce and “destroy j
of the American merchant
n L'."
L':.dmibtedly, the most far-reach
ijrevision of the pending bill,”
y sa d. "is the prohibition a
-1 slapping any article or ma
il American vessels to a bel-;
. • at country, it appears that this j
aon will disrupt American com- j
• a e and will destroy much of the
• ei-ican merchant marine
ana tor Burlow, Democrat, South
.'nix, opened the eighth day of
ate on th • neutrality bill with the
.ament that a desire on the part
ome people to profit on muni
des \va; partly responsible for
t to repeal the arms embargo,
iduley, in Ins statement, said that
reason appears why our ship.*
."aid keep off practically ail the
yiiv.ay. of the seas because a few
i lanes are blocked, or purported
> be blocked, by belligerent coun
. nor why normal intercourse
. ' ii nations at peace should be
rupted.
Efiorls to modify the shipping pro
in.- came from half a dozen sen
mi both sides of the arms em
go controversy. In conferences
Senator Pittman, Democrat,
da. chairmain of the foreign re
iotis committee, they proposed a
'•ty of changes.
Saying that Congress was called
> act on a neutrality bill which
mild keep the United States out of
foreign war, Bulow observed the
bate appeared to be turning away
om th..- purpose, and toward aid
ig the /'.Hies. He commented that
"‘iie people say “we ought to go
er and hang Hitler, and maybe
i tier ought to be hung.”
To get our hands on Hitler we
mid have to kill maybe 10,000,-
> Russians, and we would sacrifice
erui million American lives before
: got our hands on him.”
bit rrupling, Senator Reynolds,
• mocrat, Noi’th Carolina, expressed
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FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy, light rain this after
noon and in east and central por
tions tonight; slightly cooler in
south and east portions tonight;
i liday partly cluutly.
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Price of Tobacco
Continues Steady
Raleigh, Oet. 12. (AP)—To
bacco prices were apparently little
changed today as flue-cured mar
kets of the Carolinas continued
to dispose of huge quantities of
the crop.
At Durham an unofficial csti<-
mate of the price was 16 cents, as
compared with an official average
of 15.88 yesterday. Wilson’s aver
age yesterday was 16.26, and
Winston-Salem's average yester
day was 15 to 16 cents.
Bridges Boom
For President
i
Gains Notice
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Oct. x 2 what
reminded Senator Styles Bridges ol
New Hampshire that he wants the
Republican 19 4 0
m&Kfry. v ' vot
from scratch, the
Senator Bridges old Granite states
man is getting himself considerably
talked about.
Not so many months ago I wouldn’t
have supposed that he stood any bet
ter chance of figuring as a White
Hpuse prospect than ? do —and I rec
ognize that I’m too old.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg was
Republicanly prominently mention
ed. So were Senator Robert Taft of
Ohio and Leader Joseph W. Martin
of the G. O. P. forces in the House
of Representatives. And Thomas E.
Dewey of New York. All M. Landon
likewise was spoken of as a suitable
selection for another crack at the
joo. Even Herbert Hoover was sug
gested for a fresh try. Various Re
publican governors of today (there
are darned few of ’em) were pro
posed. , . .
But Senator Bridges? Not a hint
at him!—then. , . .
When he began to be hmted at, ne
furnished the initial hints.
Just Styles Bridges.
He introduced himself in an ori
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presidential nomi
nation isn’t very
clear. I doubt that
the idea had oc
curred to him.
However, since it
did occur to him
he's been rubbing
it in with extraor
dinary energy. As
one-man effort it’s
quite remarkable.
Starting absolutely
HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 1939
Russia Urged to Play
Fair With Little Bal
tic Nation; Ambassa
dor Steinhardt Calls
At Kremlin Before
Finns Arriye,
Washington, Oct. 12. (AP) — The
American government, it was learn
ed authoritatively today, is express
ing to Soviet Russia its “earnest
hope” that nothing may occur cal
culated “to affect injuriously” peace
ful relations between Russia and Fin
land.
It was also learned that the Amer
ican move was an entirely indepen
dent action of the United States gov
ernment.
Instructions covering' the represen
tations were sent to American Am
bassador Laurence Steinhardt at
Moscow.
An official statement by the De
partment was expected to follow re
ceipt of a report from Steinhardt
that he had delivered the represen
tations to the Russian government.
The American action apparently
ruled out joint action by the Unit
ed States, Norway, Sweden and Den
mark on the Finnish situation. Dis
patches from several Scandinanvian
capitals indicated their governments
were also contemplating diplomatic
steps at Moscow.
The State Department had at first
desired to wait until some definite
results were learned of the conver
sations beginning today in Moscow
between Russia and Finland. How
ever, it was believed here that if
the negotiations broke down their
collapse might be followed imme
diately by military action, so that if
a diplomatic move were to be made
it had better be made at this time,
while peace was still possible.
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AT
MOSCOW REGISTERS APPEAL
Moscow, Oct. 12.—(AP)—United
States Ambassador Laurence A.
Steinhardt called at the Kremlin to
day for a talk which reliable sources
said urged Soviet Russia to refrain
from making excessive demands on
Finland.
It was understood Steinhardt ask
ed Premier Foreign Commissar Molo
toff not to aggravate the European
war situation by such demands.
Steinhardt’s visit came only two
and a half hours before Finland’s
special envoy to Moscow, Dr. Juhu
Kusti Paaskivi, entered the Kremlin
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Germans Boasting
Credit for Safety
Os Liner Iroquois
Berlin, Oct. 12. (AP) —Au-
thoritative German quarters said
today they considered the fact
that the refugee ship Iroquois
reached New York safely was
proof that the German navy’s
fraternal attitude toward Amer
ica had yielded a 100 percent
success.
Grand Admiral Eric Raeder,
commander-in-chief of the Ger
man navy, had warned the Unit
ed States government that the
Iroquois would be torpedoed.
Defenses Os
Nation Are
Made Firmer
Women and Children
Calmly Sent to Coun
try; Delegation i n
Moscow In No Hurry
To Meet Soviets;
May Decline De
mands,
Helsinki, Finland. Del. 1 2— / \p>
—Finland prepared today for calam
ity, knowing that peace or war may
hang on the demands of Soviet Rus
sia.
The Finns calmly sent their wo
men and children into the country,
strengthened their border fortifica
tions, and assigned civil guards to
strategic points.'
(In Moscow, meanwhile, a Finnish
delegation was expected to go to the
Kremlin today for political and eco
nomic talks.)
Helsinki authorities announced
that work would be started tylay on
the digging of air raid shelters in
the capital, a city of about 293,000.
The speed with which the nation’s
affairs were being put in order for
a possible emergency, supported the
declaration in responsible Finnish
sources that the nation would oppose
military and economic agreements,
such as its Baltic neighbors yielded,
and, if necessary, would resist.
FINLAND IS TN NO HURRY
TO MEET SOVIETS’ CHIEFS
Moscow, Oct’. 12.—(AP) The
Soviet Russian government was
ready for political and economic
talks this afternoon or tonight with
Finland, apparently the toughest cus
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Finns Hoping
For The Best
From Soviets
Helsinki, Finland, Oct. 12.—(AP)
—Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko ex
pressed the home today that no
difficulties would arise between
Finland and Soviet Russia in their
Moscow negotiations but said there
are certain international rules
which cannot be overlooked.”
“No demands have been put be
fore us yet”, he said. “We have been
asked to exchange views, and we
have no reason to reject such a
request. We would do the same
for any other state.”
He declined to discuss the diplo
matic activity reported progressing
m other capitals, but said Finland,
“of course”, had communicated
with friendly nations in regard to
the : ituation.
Erkko referred to the removal of
women and children into the coun
try and other actions as “precau
tionary measures” similar to what
all neutral nations had taken.
“Modern neutrality is active neu
trality”, he said. “If a neutral can
not defend itself against threats,
then it no longer is neutral and in
dependent. I hope nothing will hap
pen, and I am convinced that the
Russian government does not want
anything to happen any more than
we do.”
First indictment Made
In Building Inquiries
Washington, Oct. 12.—(AP)— A
Federal grand jury here returned
today the first indictment in the
Justice Department’s national cam
paign against alleged restraints of
trade in the building industry, nam
ing one labor union and five labor
union officers and representatives.
The indictments charged Local 639
of the drivers, chauffeurs and help
ers union, an affiliate of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers
(AFL), and five officers with con
spiracy to restrain trade in materials
used in the construction of buildings
and other projects in the District of
Columbia.
Chamberlain Talk
Vague, Berlin Says
Berlin, Oct. 12. (AP)—The
first German reaction to Prime
Minister Chamberlain’s speech
in th * House of Commons was
tipomized in the words of in
formed circles:
“This statement, like Dala
dier’s, is neither fish nor llesh.”
This oft-used Germany ex
pression is equivalent to the
American expression of “strad
dling”.
At the official press confer
rr/e, it was stated that there
would be no official comment
until the complete text of Cham
lipriiin’s speech had been
studied.
Attacks By
Germans Get
No Advances
Hundreds of Casual
ties hy p Enemy
Claimed by French;
No Prisoners Taken;
Weather Turns Sud
denly Cold in West.
Paris, Oct. 12. — (AP) German
patrols battered French outposts
from the Mozeile to the Rhine today,
continuing a series of thiusts report
ed to. have cost the Nazis “hundreds”
of casualties in the last tWrefc' days,
without gaining “an inch of ground.”
French advices, which told of
“very hot” action in one unidentified
sector during the night, said the
latest assault had been repulsed, de
spite heavy preparation by German
artillery. At no point have the Ger
mans been successful in attempts to
take prisoners, according to these re
ports. The French, entrenched in po
sitions from which they raked the
advancing Germans with machine
gun lire, described their own losses
as slight.
As the-fighting increased in scope,
the weather, which has been foggy
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Lee Gravely
Still Saying
He Will Run
Rocky Mount, Oct. 12. (AP)
— Lee Gravely, Rocky Mount to
bacco man who has served sev
eral terms as State senator, and
has headed important commit
tees of the General Assembly, in
dicated today that he might be a
candidate for governor in 1940.
Commenting upon reports
from “unimpeachable” sourees
that he would make the race, the
Nash county man said: “If 1 am
living, I shall make application
at the proper time.”
Dally Dlspaten Bureau,
In ihe Sis Waller Hol«‘i
Raleigh, Oct. 12. — Llovd T.«e
Gravely, who long ago recognized the
political advantage. m i.
name over the first handle and is
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A grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio,
began a similar anti-trust investiga
j lion last week, and orders have been
| given for a special jury to convene
| in New York November 9. Prelim-'
inary investigations also have been
begun by Department of Justice law
yers in six other cities where grand
jury action is contemplated,
j The Department of Justice said
i that evidence here indicated that
| construction work on several stru.c
--j tures, including the Social Security
| and Census Buildings, had been de
i layed by a jurisdictional dispute be
| tween members of Local 77 of the
| International Brotherhod ot Operat
ing Engineers (AFL) and Local 639
[ of tli-. drivers union,
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EXCEPT SUNDAY,
Germany Can Have
Real Peace Under
Proper Safeguard
Invited to Moscow
St
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Dr. Juhu Paasakivi
Although Finland has great con
fidence in ability of Dr. Juhu Kusti
Paasakivi to deal with the Russians
in the diplomatic negotiations at the
Kremlin, the little Baltic country
has put all her resources into *
strengthening the Finnish border
forces. ( Officials at Helsinki, the
capital,’ report Finland will not bow
to “unreasonable requests.’*
Seaman From
Bremen Tells
About Escape
(Copyright By Tnc Associated
Press.)
Amsterdam, Oct. 12. (AP)
A Netherlands seaman on the Ger
man liner Bremen declared today trip
vessel reached Murmansk, north
Russian port, after a thrilling voy
age, during which she flew the Soviet
flag and preparations were made to
destroy her rather than allow her to
fall into British hands.
E. Post, a cook, told his story in
an interview with the Amsterdam
newspaper Het Volk, after his re
turn to his native country.
He said Captain Adolf Ahrens
skirted the blockade of the British
fleet with barrels of gasoline on
deck ready for burning the vessel
rather than allow her to be captur
ed by the British.
The voyage was veiled in such se
crecy, he said, that the crew did not
know the liner’s destination. All
lights were extinguished during the
North Atlantic crossing, and the
wireless answered no calls. The ves
sel was painted grey as she sped
across the Atlantic. She traveled
much of the time in heavy mist,
which helped to conceal her from any
ship near her course.
Big German
Ship Seized
By British
London, Oct. 12. (AP) —The Bri
tish navy was reported today to have
captured the 13,615-ton German
steamer Cap Norte. The report, is
sued by the British Press Association,
said the Cap Norte, a ship in trade
between Germany and South Amer
ica, had sailed from the Brazilian
port of Pernambuco September 17.
The capture of the Cap Norte had
been hinted in yesterday’s remarks
by Winston Churchill, first lord of
the Admiralty, in the House of Com
mons.
Beyond saying the capture occur
red in the South Atlantic, the press
association’s naval correspondent
gave no details.
The Cap Norte was built at Ham
burg in 1922, and’was believed to
have been carrying a cargo of food
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German Government
Alone Stands In Way
Os Peace “We Are
Determined To Se
cure”, Premier Tells
Commons; Hitler
Plan Refused.
London, Oct. 12. —(AP) — Prime
Minister Chamberlain told Adolf
Hitler today he could have peace if
he wanted it, but it “must be a real
and settled peace”, and not as out
linjcd by the German fuehrer in the
Reichstag last Friday.
Replying to Hitler’s peace over
tures, Chamberlain, in his weekly
war report to the House of Com
mons, scorned “an uneasy truce in
terrupted by constant* alarms and re
peated threats.”
He said the proposals of Hitler’s
speech were “vague and uncertain
and contained no suggestion for
righting the wrongs done to Czecho
slovakia and Poland.”
“The German government and the
German government alone,” Cham
berlain declared, stands in the way
of the “peace we are determined to
secure.”
The prime minister said that, lack
ing “convincing proof” by definite
acts and guarantees of Hitler’s will
for peace, Hritaiq and .France “must
persevere in our duty to the end.”
When Chamberlain finished his
comparatively brief declaration, Cle
ment R. Atlee, leader of the Labor
opposition, spoke in support.
Britain, Chamberlain declared,
could not accept such a basis for
peace as Hitler proposed “without
forfeiting her honor.” He said that
even if Hitler’s proposals contained
suggestions lor righting the wrongs
of Poland and Czechoslovakia, “it
would still be necessary to' ask by
what practical means the German
governments intends to convince the
world that aggression will cease, and
that pledges will be kept.”
Looking beyond the war, Cham
berlain asserted “whatever may be
the issue of the present struggle, and
in whatever way it may be brought
to a conclusion, the world will not
be the same world that we have
known before.”
John Lewis
Attacked in
AFL Parley
Homer Martin Says
CIO Chief Aiming at
Control of Labor Em
pire; CIO Snubs
Roosevelt’s Appeal
For Peace.
Cincinnati, Oct. 12.—(AP) —The
American Federation ol Labor re
ceived today the resignation of its
veteran secretary-treasurer, Frank
Morrison, and heard from Horner
Martin, a declaration that the real
purpose of John L. Lewis’ Congress
of industrial Organizations was “to
destroy the American labor move
ment.”
In his first speech to a federa
tion gathering since his faction of
the United Automobile Workers
International switched from the
CIO to the AFL, Martin renewed
many of his “dictator” charges
against Lewis, asserting the CIO
chief held the greatest “contempt
for autonomous rights of CIO af
filiates.” He charged, too, that
Lewis and his organization made
no contributions to the upbuilding
of the United Auto Workers not
aided it with lunds in its strike
against General Motors in 1937. But
Lewis has spent, he declared, up
wards of $1,500,900 since last Jan
uary “to capture and control” the
Auto Workers Union.
Martin charged that Lewis set up
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