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r^TjKKSON’S PpI'iM.ATION I 13,873 ;x n -SIXTH YEAR 11. S. TO DEMAND RELEASE OF SEIZED SHIP Amendments Placed In 'Neutrality Act Bv Vote Os Senate Accuses Bund T; i ■ iflf Richard T. Forbes Picture 1 identifying a letter shown in \ce, Richard T. Forbes, aV. :ii University student, tC Dies Committee in Washington that he joined the German-Ameri can Bund to spy on its activities. He said some of its members had huge arsenals in their homes. (Central Pres*) i Dies Claims j Evidence On foreigners Has Enough Facts to Prosecute Every Leader of Fascist or Communist Organiza tion in Nation, Chair man Says. • .'Ron, Oet. 24. (AP) —J •: Dies. Democrat, Texas, de- i ■ t ri / tout the House commit- j -ugaiing un-Americanism ■ • f l ( Kence which would per o;•< -eeution of every leader • and communist organiza - in the United States. ■ • i-n't a leader of any of ■■- 1 or communist organiza ’hc chairman declared at an ; ittee hearing, “who hasn’t ' ' a some penal law.” ade the assertion in an that Attorney General ; ir.d a.-signed a special staff i He- committee's request yes- | t action be taken against 1 tiie communist party and - i ; : -American Bund “for y< ter” under the alien •'* ation. lav-' re this request, a Fed ot ;■;< w York ir.dict - o r!co, general secretary i "ni-t party in this coun e' argo ol false application ' - {tort. Suit Marks \V age-Hour Anniversary u ‘.,0 ,X't. 24.—TAP)—The 1 o’ celebrated its first '■■on, . ary toauy with a and an injunction ’ i -iol Pliilip Fleming, -mooting army engineer, • "i no intentions to be a ter", lock over direction our division, while his tad to prepare for oa t test of its powers, ary was marked also m wage and hour r thousands of workers, < lopes or work are af e t. Some 690,000 were pay rai.es, as the mini icquirement changed : 1 cents an hour, where for six years, unless W'YiUiiued on Page Four) UntiTcrsmt Dailti Dispatch SERVICE OP ittO ASSOCIATED PRESS. Ordinary Inland Commerce With Can ada Permitted; Cur tailment of Speeches Agreed to As Final Vote Is Near. Washington, Oct. 24.—(AP) — The Senate, working under an agreement curtailing debate, amended the ad ministration’s neutrality bill today to exempt ordinary inland commerce with Canada from the “title and car ry” restrictions of the measure. The amendment, offered by Sen ator Brown, Democrat, Michigan, y/as approved without a dissenting vote after Democratic Leader Barkley had won unanimous consent to a pro posal aimed at getting a final vote on neutrality legislation this week. As explained by the Michigan sen ator, the amendment would permit the shipment by inland waterway, rail or airplane of any supplies ex cept arms to Canada without the purchaser thus being required to ob tain title in this count;y. Shipments going by sea, however, could not bo carried hi American vessels, and would require title transfer. Biown said the effect of the amendment would be to permit the continuance ol formal commercial relations with Canada and Mexico, (Continued on Page Five) GOOD PRICES PAID FOR LOCAL BONDS Raleigh, Oct. 21. — (AP) —The Local Government Commission re ceived 46 bids today on four bonci issues and sold the securities for the local units at “exceptionally good 1 ’ rates, Secretai/ V/. E. Easterling said. Stranahan Harris & Company, of Toledo, Ohio, took one of the issues, a $65,000 vVlison county general re funding bond issue at a premium of $253.50, with interest on the first $25,000 of maturities at 3 1-2 percent, witn tnree percent on the remainder. Woman Socialite Posts Securities To Free Browder New York, Oct. 24. —(AP) —The prominent Mrs. Hester G. Hunting ton, who came to the aid of Earl Browder “as a matter of principle,” posted $7,500 security today, freeing the communist leader from the Fed eral House of detention. Browder, Kansas born general secretary of the communist party in the United States, was indicted yes terday on charges of fraudulently obtaining and using a passport for travel abroad. He would have been freed last night, but it was too late by the time Mrs. Huntington who had earlier produced a $5,000 gov ernment bond turned up at the fed eral building with an a.liitional $2,- 500 in cash. So Browder spent the night in jail. U. S. Troops on the Move X : ■ I ••V j •: , c riAn e-nprfators throng the Boston Army Base as 1,150 More than 5,000 sp tors d the transport Hunter Liggett, American soldiers from tort sevens M . Cummings, bound for duty in Panama. In command is oiig. (Central PressJ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIT HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24', 1939 War To End Is Given .As German Aim Von Ribbentrop Tells Danzig Audience Conflict Was Forced On Germany; Says Danzig Never Will Leave Germany Again. Danzig, Oct. 24.—(AP) —Adolf H'tlcr’s foreign minister told the world tonight that Germany now was resolved 'to conduct the war against Rritai n and her allies to the bitter finish, and until the security of the German Reich was assured for all time. Foreign Minister Joachim von Rib bentrop declared that “in the truest sense of the word the war has been forced upon Germany.” His address, delivered to veterans of the Nazi party in this one-time tree city, which was annexed to the Reich September 1, was as detailed description of the diplomatic maneu vering which preceded the British and French declarations of war on Germany. it wa ' absurd to hold either Dan zig or G "many responsible for the conflict, von Ribbentrop said. He ad ded Germany and Danzig nevermore would be separated. When Adolf Hitler, in 1934, ar ranged a new orientation of eastern Europe with Poland’s late Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, the fuehrer left no doubt in the minds of the Poles that sooner or later Danzig and the cor ridor problem must be solved, von Ribbentrop said. Asphyxiation Os 5 Infants Investigated i* Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct. 24. — (AP) —Prosecutor Charles M. Morris an nounced today the Middlesex county grand jury would be asked to in vestigate the steam asphyxiation of five infants in a nursery of Perth Amboy general hospital yesterday. Following a conference with Coun ty Detective William H. McDermott and Engineer Raymond C. Hunt, Morris said he would present evi dence to the jury either on November 3 or 17. Meanwhile, a tiny nine-day-old boy, sole survivor of the nursery tragedy, cried healthily in his crib as police blamed a defective radio valve for the death of his five com panions. Four of the infants never regained consciousness, and the fifth, six-day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hatarick, of Perth Amboy, died in the general hospital several hours after being revived. Only the child of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Abary, of Carteret, survives. Police Chief Seiboth asserted that the escaping steam came from a radiator valve, which had been re paired with adhesive tape. British Honor Nazi Airmen. Slain in Scotland .. - ■ ••• ■M^^^;xy : -:v:;2v.v.v.. v ’ s *' "/ xv< \ M x > . y. • ••••• ••••• : - : ; -xjv '•:•••• x %: ..... < ■■ T!>:• Tm.'q . S:j: fllpf??' 1 Central Pres» 'iadiophoto Members of the British Royal Air Force act as pallbearers and an honor guard of Highlunders stand stiffly at attention as two German airmen shot down during a bombing raid on the Firth of Forth are buried with military honors at Porto Bello, Scotland. The caskets are draped with flags bearing the swastika. Photo radioed from London to New York. Soviets Make Fresh Demands As Finns Return Envoy Home Full Delegation May Go Back to Helsinki For Orders Before AnsVerimg Russian Exactions; Moscow Asking for Islands. Moscow, Oct. 24. (AP) —In- dications of a new Soviet Rus sian demands on Finland or'of an imminent compromise were seen today in the decision of Finnish delegates to return to Helsinki, temporarily suspending talks with the Kremlin. The delegation announced it would leave by train for Finland at 12:30 a. m. Wednesday (4:30 p. m. EST) Tuesday. There was no indication of a breakdown in talks, and the dele gation was expected to return to Moscow within a few days after re ceiving fresh instructions from the home government. Diplomatic sources said the return either meant’ Russia had presented new demands with which the delega tion had no power to deal, or a com promise was near, and final action by Helsinki leaders was necessary. Moscow, Oct. 24.—(AP)—An indi cation of new Soviet Russian de mands on Finland was cited in plans of the Finnish delegation to send a representative back to Helsinki to night for fresh instructions. It was even possible that the full delegation would return to the Fin nish capital, but that point was to be decided later. The Finns were believed by for eign observers to be balking at sur render of the Aaland islands in the Gulf of Bothnia, and the quartering of Soviet troops in Finland proper. These sources expressed belief iContinued on Page Five) East Shivers In Cold, While South . Has Mild Season (By The Associated Press) L A cold w r ave struck the east and far west today while the South still had hot weather. Sub - freezing temperatures were reported from the region of the Rockies and there were snow flurries in the northern ranges. Across the country in upper New York Stat“. Albany had the coldest night in 50 years for this date—a minimum of 25. Other cities in the same area reported sub-freezing tempera tures. In the South, the readings in several cities were in the high 80’s. It was 93 yesterday at Lit tle Rock, Ark. Georgia reported an October rain deficiency rang ing from 1-2 to two inches. Char lotte, N. C., 1 p. m. had a read ing of 85, the highest on record for October 24, and both the Carolinas were “very dry.” U)&cdhsih FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy and somewhat tonight and Wednesday; slightly warmer in west and interior of central portions tonight and in northeast portion Wednesday. Gold From Poland Arrives In Paris Paris, Oct. 24—(AP) —Seventy- tarns of Polish gold, removed from Warsaw in the opening days of the war, has arrived safely in Paris, after a hazardous journey by truck, train and ship over 6,- 000 miles. Credit for the escape of the goid was given former Polish Fi nance Minister Colonel Ignazy Matuszuwski, who organized a convoy of trucks. They were or dinary trucks, it was said, since Colonel Matuszuwski felt army trucks would have aroused too much suspicion. Seventy tons of gold would be worth about $65,009,000 at the United States Treasury’s price of $35 an ounce. The newly constituted Polish government in France announced it wiuld not use any of the gold for its own needs, but entirely as a reserve for Polish mongy when Polar/d was reconstituted. America Has Real Complex For Peace Isy CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist, Washington, Oct. 24. —Representa- tive John W. Flannagan of Virginia discussed our “peace complex” over the radio a few evenings ago. The lower congressional chamber will be starting its discussion of the neu trality modification issue shortly and the Virginian’s talk was anticipatory of this debate. He’s one of the legis lators who hold that modification of the preset law will be in the direc tion of more neutrality, not less of it. However, he gives as his opinion that our national “peace complex” is stronger than any law can be. From talks I’ve had with a great many people and from bushels of letters I get, mailed from all over (Continued on Page Three) Two Men Dead In Wreck of Trains At Indiana City Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 24. (AP) —Two men were killed and at least 11 persons hurt early to day in the wreck of a fast east bound Pennsylvania passenger train pulling into the station here. The dead were Robert M. Brydon, 50, Chicago, and Ervin B. Salkeld. of Birmingham, Mich. The train, the Mid-City Ex press from Chicago, was crossing from the Pennsylvania to paral leling Wabash tracks to continue to Detroit, when a backing switch engine ripped off half the side of the steel-constructed third coach. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. U.S.Accused Os Meddling In Far East Shanghai Dispatch to Moscow Says Ameri can Agents Trying to Hamper Soviet-J a p anese Relations for Own Purposes. Moscow, Oct. 24.—(AP)—A spe cial dispatch from Shanghai to the government newspaper Izvestia to day accused the United States of try ing to block improvement in Soviet Russian-Japane >e relations. Quoting “responsible quarters,” the dispatch said “agents of Washing ton are active” in trying to put pres sure on the Japanese government be cause ol Japan’s dependence upon imnnrts from the United States. “Japan would like to improve her relations with the U. S. S. R.,” the dispatch added, “but meets great re sistance from representatives of the United States because improvement of Soviet-Japanese relations would strengthen Japan—which does not correspond to United State? inter ests.” American representatives, the ar-: tide said, continued to “consider neu trality of the United States a com fortable mask necessary to cover the j policy of isolation of Japan, and for , upsetting the relations between Japan and the U. S. S. R.” “Apparently the Japanese people realize this maneuver of the United States, and are beginning to feel un easy under such pressure from the United States,” the dispatch said. ■% Vessel Sunk By German Battleship Oslo, Norway, Oct. 24.—(AP) — The German pocket battleship Deutschland, speedy 10,000-ton fight ing ship, was reported by authoriat atiye sources today to have been the vessel which sank the British freighter Stonegate in the middle At lantic Thirty-eight survivors of the Stone gate were picked up by the United States freighter City of Flint, which later was captured by a German raider. The British seaman were land by the City of Flint prize crew at Tromso, northern Norwegian port,; and later proceeded to Bergen en route home after being aided by Brit- j ish officials. First accounts of the Stonegate’s' (Continued on Page Four) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Germans Put Vessel Into Soviet Port Washington Holds Germans Exceeded Right in Taking City of Flint Into Neutral Port in Control of Prize Crew. Moscow, Oct. 24. (AP) Soviet Russia today told the United States government that full information would he fur nished as soon as available con cerning the American steamship City of Flint, which was captur ed by a German sea raider and sent to a Soviet Arctic port. United States Ambassador Laurence A. Steinliardt, in an in< terview with Vladimir Potemp kin, vice commissar for foreign affairs, asked for details of the ship’s capture and the fate of her 42 crew members. His interview was described as cordial, and he was promised information as soon as obtainable from Mur mansk, where a German prtye crew took the vessel as a war captive. Washington, Oct. 24.—(AP) — The American government was ex pected today to defnand that Rus sia release the freighter City of Flint, which was taken into the Sov iet harbor of Murmansk by a Ger man prize crew. It was reported in official quar ters that the government would base this request on the ground that Germany, in the absence of extraordinary circumstances, had no right to send the 4,963-ton ves sel into a neutral port, regardless of any contraband she might have carried. While this international aspect of the seizure of the American vessel was fast developing, the White House was represented to have taken the view that, is so far as domestic law is concerned, the City (Continued on Page Five) Dictatorship Is Not Necessary If War Should Come Cleveland, Oct. 24.—(AP)—Colo nel Frank Knox asserted today the United States can have a free enter prise system, come peace or war, “if we take advantage of our insular position and make ourselves invul nerable to attack upon the sea.” The Chicago Daily News publisher, and Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1936. said in a prepared address before a Chamber of Com merce group: “With adequate sea power, we will never need a huge army to defend ourselves, nor any such mobiliza tion of material and manpower that would necessitate abandonment of Democratic processes in government or the enterprise system in business.” “The general assmption,” he added “is that ir we are drawn into the war, all free enterprise goes out the window and we pass swiftly from democracy to dictatorship in both government and business. I am one of those who refuse to believe we will actively participate in this new war—and certainly not to the ex tent of sending an army overseas.” French Say Germans Are Driven Back Paris, Oct. 24—(AP) —French mili tary commentators reported today three German assaults on a German village held by French outposts in the Wandt forest had been repulsed. Patrol attacks on the village, which was not identified, coincided with in creasing German pressure on the French lines last night, the}* said. It was emphasized the action was localized, being one of a series of raids in which the Nazi troops were aiming at recovery of the few re maining portions of German soil held by the French. Military dispatches said the French also made a raid, seizing a Ger man post east of the Moselle river, taking several prisoners and captur ing a machine gun. A French ambush north of Forbach brought capture of a German lieutenant of artillery. While the French strengthened their Moselle outposts near the Luxembourg border, the Rhine front ./as reported completely calm.
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