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HEN-PERSON'S POPULATION 13,873 twenty-sixth YEAR Target of Nazi Bombers I < . -j ~a/a va l— ■ F "« \ i-, <■ A or >' / L U > /y BRIDGE) tUINBUPGH — PENTLAND ! - .-■- -,lM^JlJJ^^=========== E re is the great cantilever bridge that spans the Firth of Forth in Scot land (shown on map). The bridge, and naval base at Rosyth were objec tives of a German air raid which was beaten off after several bombs had been dropped, killing 15 aboard two cruisers and a destroyer. Four Ger man planes were brought down, according to British claims. 7 3 On Board U. S. Liner Injured in bale At Sea "Enemies of God” Abroad, Pope Says ( astlegoldolfe, Oct. 18.— (AP) —Pope Pius declared today that the “enemies of God” were cast ing “their sinister shadow” over Europe in a more threatening \va\ every day. The pope ex presved his concern in a public address to the new Lithuanian minister to the holy see. whose country recently came under the influence of Soviet Russia. The pontiff said the Lithuan ians showed their intention of remaining the “northern van guard of Catholicism” even if “sacrifice becomes the necessary price for affirmation of the real ization of such an ideal.” Census Plums Available To Congressmen i> uiy imp ucn Bureau, Jii *!i** Si' iiotei. | ■ Oct. 18. —Surrender of | Census Bureau to pressure i noliticians ail over the court- j • handed to North Carolina’s O' ..men a fine batch of patron-, e plums to feed to their con- j t i m l tie eve of next year’s] i-:eeSl-ies. C. v.: 11 have some fine jobs to '• .* a. but three of them, Major L. Bi ]winkle in the tenth; Carl •• nam m the sixth, and Lon Fol m !;.«• fifth, v'ill gfet double ' ■ e 02*' reason of the fact that Guilford and For ce the State’s three most popu ountio . have been designated pecial census districts. ' burea ; nad visions of run the 1940 enumeration on < tiling approaching a merit and "noy basis, out there was such aendous howl from senators epresentatives that the idea oandoned and the old spoils i dopted again. ' that means is that the got the appointment of v a supervisors, and both C irham men for the jobs; -cm of the eleven congress- Cie appointment of district 1 ; and the three men gtt two sets of these. distinct supervisor will o assistant and a staff of live; and, of course, all r.o seek jobs as enumera ontinued on Page Four) Hritilrrsmi -Daily Dispatch l »ased wire service op IHL, ASSOCIATED PRESS. Coast Guard Ships Speed to Aid of Presi de n t Harding 800 Miles at Sea; 20 Ref ugee Passengers Are Seriously Hurt. New York, Oct. 18.—(AP)—The | storm-battered American liner Pres ident Harding radioed the United I States Lines offices here today that , 45 passengers and 28 members of the ! crew had been injured and that Paul I Johnson, a cabin waiter, had pre sumably been lost overboard at the height of a heavy gale. Meantime, the United States Mari -1 time Commission said 300 survivors had been rescued by the American I liner Independence Hall from two British ships, the 10,183-ton passen- ger liner Yorkshire and the 3,09-ton freighter Mandalay, sunk about 5000 miles off the coast of France. In London, operators of the City of Mandalay said they had information the ship had been attacked and sunk. Meanwhile, two United States coast guard cutters sped to the aid of the President Harding and the 3,- 509-ton British steamer Blairbeg. Captain James E. Roberts, of the President Harding, notified the U. S. Lines offices that he was hove to about 800 miles from Boston in ur ! gent need of medical aid for “many I seriously injured in heavy weather.” A later message from the President j Harding stated: J “During heavy storms many sus- I tained injuries, crew and passengers. ; Ten serious. Also No. 9 lifeboat and : davit and starboard side rail swept , (Continued on Page Four) Near 12,000 Miles Rural Electric Lines In State Daily DispatcTi Bureau. In ihe S'* - VVs»!t**r Hotel, j Raleigh, Oct. 18,-Complet.on of 1 378 96 miles ol hne since July has brought North Carolina s rural electric system’s length to a § total of 11,788.04 miles finished and serving 58,804 customers, according to a report issued today by the North Carolina Electrification Au thlntaddition there are now under construction in the State, 1,843.30 miles to serve an additional <,331 customers, while authorization has been given, but construction has not started on 2,245.35 more miles in tended to serve another 8,134 ciu. HENDERSON, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 18, 1939 Chamberlain Denies Losses By Navy * * # * ¥ *********** Holt Says FDR Pledged Aid To Allies Says That’s Reason For The Session President Is Co m mitted to Stopping Dictators by Force; Predicts Another Call if U-Boat Suc cesses Continue. Washington, Oct. 18. —(AP) —Sen- ator Holt, Democrat, West Virginia, charged in the Senate today that President Roosevelt had pledged this country to aid England and France in “an attempt to stop the dictators by force.” “The only reason we are in session —and there is no use trying to fool the people—is to help England and France’ to beat Germany,” Holt shouted, as he pounded his desk for emphasis. Holt agreed with Senator Holman, Republican, Oregon, that, if Ger man submarine attacks continued their recent successes, Congress might be called into special session again to revise neutrality laws to permit direct shipments to England and France. The Oregon senator had interrupted to observe that Germany had scored some “remarkable suc cesses” in the sinking of a British air plane carrier and a battleship. He suggested that if Britain and France failed to have naval supremacy to obtain war supplies here, that Con gress would be asked to change neu trality legislation again. A group of Democrats on the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee, meanwhile, agreed in principle on a plan to relax controversial shipping provisions of the administration’s neutrality bill. The proposal, offered by Senator Connally, Democrat, Texas, would authorize American vessels to carry ail goods except arms to belligerent ports in South America, the Pacific Ocean, the China Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Relaxation of the shipping pro visions was expected to lessen op position to the neutrality bill and hasten a final vote. South Dakota Senator In First Speech By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Oct. 18.—Senator Wil liam J. Bulow originally arrived in Washington from South Dakota with a reputation for the ability to make the most entertain ing speeches of any politician in the country at that juncture. He had n’t made any of them up until then except locally, having only just been elected to the upper congression al chamber. How ever, he’d done Senator Bulow plenty of talking throughout his home state, where he’d served a couple of terms as gov ernor. But he’d made such a hit there that his fame had spread all over. He not only was meaty; he was witty. Folks traveled long dis tances to hear him. The verdict was (Continued on Page Two) tomers. When all the lines now under way or authorized, the state’s total of rural electric lines will reach 15,- 876.71 miles serving a grand total of 79,939 customers. Total estimated cost of this tremen dous system is set by the State REA at $15,152,698.76. Standing out sharply in the newest report is the rapid growth of lines built, building and authorized under sponsorship of the Federal Rural Electrification Administration. The Federal agency has, since establish ment of the state authority in the (Continued on Page Two) World’s Fair Repets "Raid” from Air gllllpk, g&2s8fo8« '■. . ■:<■ , >.< V . "" ■ ■■■■ ■’■ - " • . ■-*" During a partial blackout at the New York World’s Fair, ground forces battle to drive off “attacking bombers,” as spectators crane their necks to watch the spectacle. One thousand national guards'll* 1 ", manned anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, searchlights and sirens around Fountain Lake. They were rein forced by members of the 212th Coast Artillery anti-aircraft unit. (Central PresnJ. German Losses Put At 5,000 Neutrals In Meeting At Stockholm Kings of Norway, Sweden, Denmark Joined by Finnish President; Roosevelt Sends Greetings, Pledging Interest of America. Stockholm, Oct. 18.—(AP)—The kings of the three Scandinavian states and the President of Finland opened their conference today on problems which face the northern neutral countries as the result of the European war. The visiting heads of state, King Haakon of Norway, Kina Christian of Denmark and President Kallio of Finland, were welcomed in brief ceremonies devoid of military dis play, in harmony with the peace policy "long associated with the Scandinavian nations. King Gustav, Sweden’s venerable monarch, at whose instance the conference was called, presided at the meeting, which was attended by the foreign ministers of the four states. How to preserve the neutrality of their nations while maintaining normal trade relations was the question facing the monarchs ot Sweden, Norway and Denmark lust as it was during the World War. To that problem was added the situation of Finland, which existed during the first part of the World War only as a grand duchy of the Russian empire, and which now is engaged in negotiations with Sov (Continued on Page Four) Extradition For Gallogly Granted By Texas Decision Austin, Texas, Oct. 18.— (AP) Extradition of Gray Gallogly to Georgia was granted today by Gov ernor W. L. O'Daniel. The governor said Gallogly’s career might show injustice, but it was not up to him to decide such a matter. Gallogly, member of a well-to-do family, escaped from guards trans ferring him from hospital to prison and fled with his pretty wife to the southwest, saying he wanted “Texas justice.” The life termer claimed he bad ' agreed to plead guilty to a murder | he did not commit because it would aid a companion, and that Georgia officials had promised to release him after a short sentence. He has served i eleven years. Big Powder Plant Damaged In Blast Eldred, Pa., Oct. 18.—(AP)—An explosion today shattered the ex plosive mixing plant of the Na tional Powder Company near here killing at least five men. Forty-five men were employed in buildings clustered about the gelatin pack plant, where nitro glycerine was made, but a prelim inary survey disclosed that no others had been injured. Bradford, Pa., Oct. 18.—(AP) —A terrific explosion shook the National Powder Company’s plant at Eldred, 15 miles from Bradford, and first reports reaching here said that five men had been killed. The blast caused no damage in Eldred, a community of 1.000 persons, but many houses were shaken by the detonation. The powder company is an independent firm manufactur ing nitro-glycerine and other explosives. It was not learned immediately how many men j were at work there. Sub’s Crew Decorated By Hitler Berlin, Oct. 18.—(AP)—Adolf Hitler today received Commander Prien and his submarine crew, credited with sinking the British Battle, hip Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, naval base north of Scotland. Ha awarded Prien Germany’s high est war decoration, the grand cross ,1 the iron cross. The reception was the high point of a gala day in Berlin for the sub viarine men. Meeting the men in his private study, Hitler heartily shook hands with each man and thanked them in the name of the German na tion. Before the reception by Hitler, the men were cheered by a rain drenched crowd as they paraded in open cars. Hitler said the crew’s achieve ment “strengthened the entire Ger man nation in the imperturbable trust in victory.” He described their deed as the “proudest” which a submarine could accomplish. The crew’s arrival followed the high announcement that the French were continuing to re treat from German soil and that ten enemy planes had been shot ("Continued on Page Two) (jJsiaihsJi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; slightly cooler in central and southwest portions toniglft; scattered frost in north central portion: slightly warmer in northwest portion Thursday. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Estimate Is by; French, Who Say Own Losses Were Slight; French Volun tar i1 y Abandoned Their Positions, Paris Contends. Paris, Oct. 18. — (AP) —Sharp fighting accompanying a German offensive along the northern part of the western front since Monday already has cost the Nazis more than 5,000 casualties, French sour ces estimated today. The French said their own losses were slight, as their troops fell back to previously prepared po sitions and met the advancing Ger mans with heavy blasts of artillery fire. Raiding parties from both sides fought a series of localized engage ments during the night, the general staff reported in its morning com munique. These actions were de cribf'd as “ambushes” aryi “trench raids”. The genenl staff also noted “in tense movements” of troops and materials by both highway and railway behind the German lines. The lighting has been centered ; n the region just across the Mo bile river from Luxembourg and in the sector between Saarbruecken and Pirmassens, further east. | French reports said their troops had voluntarily abandoned positions an German soil near the Borg for and Perl, leaving only advanced lookouts on Schneerberg heights, (Continued on Page Four) Finland Grateful For U.S. Sympathy In Trying Ordeal Washington, Oct. 18.— (AP) President Kallio of Finland told President Roosevelt in a tele gram made public by the White House today that his “personal valuable assistance and interest in Finland’s fate and difficult problems will never be forgotten in this country.” The telegram was delivered by the Finnish minister to the United States. In it the Finnish executive, in the name of his people, ex pressed to the President and the American people the “sin cere gratitude felt by the people of Finland for the sympathy and moral support you and the people of the United States have shown us.” Slight Gain For Cotton New York, Oct. 18.—(AP)—Cotton futures opened two to six points higher. Around mid-morning, prices ruled one to four points higher. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Repulse And Hood Suffer No Damages Prime Minister Tells Commons Britain Winning Over Ger many in Propaganda Battle; No More Peace Overtures from the Germans. London, Oct. 18.—(AP) —Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that Brit ain was winning over Germany in the propoganda battle over war is sues. Making his seventh weekly re port on progress of the war, Cham berlain also said that in addition to eight German aircraft known to have been shot down in air battles over the British Isles, “it is be lieved” that several more “may have failed to reach home”. Total German aircraft taking part in the raid, he said, did not exceed 30, and casualties inflicted by British guns and fighters “ex ceed 25 percent, and may have been more.” The prime minister said that j since his last rejection of German ■ peacep -reposals as “too vague, there I has been no indication frfom Berlin of the views of the German gov ernment upon the issues”, and com j tinned: j “German propaganda organs, have used all possible ingenuity so as to twist foreign comment as to make it somewhat less unfavorable to their own point so view. I should doubt whether this effort has had any success outside Germany itself, for it is difficult to conceal the fact that the vast bulk of comment of nearly all shades of political col or in neutral countries has shown a full appreciation of the attitude of the Allied governments.” The prime minister spoke of “fan tastic claims” by Germany of suc cessful attacks on British war ves sels, and declared: “It is not true that the Hood or the Repulse or any other capital ship has suffered the least damage. The same is true of the Ark Royal.” Britain Much Aroused Over U-Boat War London, Oct. 18.—(AT 1 ) — British military experts today rated the sub marine torpedo a more deadly weap on than Germany’s air force. The loss of at least eight German planes in raids on two British naval bases in the last two days was de- I dared to be out of all proportions to the small amount of damage which the communique said was inflicted on British warships. But there was no attempt to conceal the concern caused by an enemy U-boat exploit in penetrating the defenses of the famous Scapa Flow naval base last Saturday and sinking the battleship Royal Oak with a salvo of torpedoes. The London Times called the sink (Continued on Page Five) Swiss Think Real War Is Near At Hand Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 18.—(AP) —Rear areas on both sides of the western front seethed with activity today in the wake of German thrusts which Swiss observers believed were intended to divert attention from preparations for a bigger push. These observers said the offensive, when it comes, probably will be di rected against the Wisembourg-Lau lerbourg-Rhine triangle near the mid die of the German-French frontier. For the third successive day and night, it was reported, the Germans continued to concentrate troops and offensive material at Karlsruhe and other points in the strategic Lauter bcurg sector. The concentration movement was said to have been in no way affected by assaults which the Germans have been making on the north-eastern end of the front near the Moselle j river. The French, dispatches indi (Continued on Page Two)
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