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r^DEKSON’S POPULATION 13,873 TIVENTV-SIXTH YEAR Senate Would Ban American Flag For Foreigners’ Ships provision in Neutral ity Bill Seeks to Avo icl Custom of British in World War; Penalties Provided Are Relaxed. imton. Oct. 26. — (AP) —The :! >erted into the neutrality 1 • ni.*\ a provision designed to r ,'“ vi >r.t /hips of foreign nations from / .tier the American flag after 11 >’d the.t British vessels used .during the World War to German submarine attacks, a'u nt v as advanced by y, • T.-i'cy, Republican, New vim disclosed that he i • k.-i; the matter up with Sec tll. The secretary, he said. ; ..i. .A ii him that th.ere had been no that the British were nilar use of the flag in the European war. -. \ ho originally proposed the although the Senate acted • severe subsitute put for- Majoritv Leader Barkley, ; the use of the flag by \i.ssel-' would endanger iv" lives and property. I:a .g issue came up a sthe Sen ate .'ped along toward a final vote 0 n the neutrality act tomorrow. dev objected to penalty pro vi> included in the Tobey amend-* raent and his substitute relaxed the penaitß'. Under it. any foreign ves sel which flew the American flag v. .aid be prohibited from entering A • v. ican territorial waters or ports *, a; i. iod of three month. Any ves sel wa.ch violated this regulation e aid seized and its master fined up to $20,000 and imprisoned for not more than two years. Birmingham Steel Industry Strikes World War Stride Birmingham. Ala., Oct. 26. (AP) World War pr duetion levels were surpassed by the giant steel and iron mills of this southern industrial capital today as mills reached their capacities. Prodded by an unprecedented flow of domestic orders, which began immediately after the out break of European hostilities September 1. heavy industries in this district have added 15,009 employees, upping payrolls more than $1,250,000 per month, com petent sources estimated. That production facilities were running at peak levels was well illustrated today by reports that the Ensley rail mill, with an un precedented backlog of orders totaling 140.000 tons, would be shut down this week-end be cause full ingot capacity is being used in other finishing units. Juggling To Replenish Federal Fund Wo hington, Oct. 26.— (AP) —Sec- i" ry Morgenthau announced today the Treasury would add $250,- boh.OOO to its cash fund. It will ac ( inpiish this by helping the Recon ' action Finance Corporation to borrow that much money to pay off U debts to the Treasury. The Treasury head said the date d details of the financing had not ! ‘ f a settled, but the operation would r : ir up all indebtedness of the R. 1 C. to the Treasury. At the be- J of this year, the R. F. C. ow th the Treasury $754,000,000, most (Continued on Page Five) f arm Creditors Blamed For Speedy Marketing Daily Dispute?! Bureau, In tbfc Sir Walter Hotel. baieigh, Oct. 26.—Creditors of ' i Carolina’s tobacco growers gely responsible for the cur -11" ‘ r h and anxiety of the farm f:'' sell their crop as soon as • it anly possible, and the net re that these farmers are get •f for their tobacco than 0 * d be the case were they able ’iket it in a slower, more or- Us *jy fashion. ! : ‘at, at least, is the opinion of competent observers of pres -1! conditions, observers who in ; i l cases nave no personal in i' ■'* in the matter because they , ", n ° tobacco to sell. State Sena ”! J, ' h n Dd Larkins, Sr., of Jones •Hrnfrrrsmt Hatlii ilisuatrli LEASED wire SERVTPP' nu* THU ASH, K.-IATED PRESS?' Tells Legion Stand gS A;' Raymond Kelly National American Legion Com mander Raymond Kelly, of Detroit, on visit to New York, declares “The Legion is against war.” He made it plain, however, that the Legion would fight if the United States were invaded, the Monroe Doctrine violated, or our national integrity threatened. (Central Press) Philippines Big Frontier For States One of Best Trade Sources and Offer Fine Solution for Un employed Problem Here, Babson Says After Visit. BY ROGER W. BABSON, Copyright 1939, Publishers Financial Bureau. Inc. Babson Park, Mass., Oct. 26.—Ever since I visited the Philippine Is lands last month, I have been won dering why the United States gov ernment sent several hundred “un employed” farming families to Alaska instead of the Philippines. I confess that I am not an authority on the islands, having stayed there only four days. Certain visionaries, however, have not spent even four minutes in this locality. Hence, for those interested in 1940 “pioneering”, (Continued on Page Four) Pope Pius Issues First Encyclical Os Reign Friday Vatican City, Oct. 26. (AP) Prelates today said that Pope Pius XII had decided to issue the first encyclical of his reign tomorrow. Previous reports in Vatican circles had indicated the en cyclical would be postponed until next week. The pontiff’s views on war troubled European conditions were expected to be set forth in the letter, which by long tradi tion will take its name from the Latin word with which it begins. county, is an example of those who believe that something should be done to slow down the present pace of marketing. , As a concrete step, he suggested that the maturity date of all farm er obligations should be extended by just the length of time that the markets were closed. For instance, he pointed out, a note ioi a fer tilizer bill which is on its face due October 30 should be automatically extended over a period of grace equal to the closed days on the weed marts. The note, Senator Jones pointed out, was made in ex pectation of being able to put to bacco on the market continuously (Continued on Page Five) ■ QNLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA^ HENDERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOO N, OCTOBER 1939 U. S. Seeks Skip Return By Soviets Hull Calls On Russia To Turn Over Crew And Cargo of City of Flint Also; Germany Claims She Will Take Possession. Bergen, Norway, Sept. 26. — (AP)—Reports received here to day indicated that the American radio operator of the City of Flint, United States ship cap tured bv the Germans, escaped the craft at Tromzo, where sur vivors of the sinking of the Bri tish steamer Stonegate were put ashore. The reports said he mixed with members of the British crew and wandered off the City of Flint unnoticed by the German prize crew 7 as the Britains were sent ashore. The present whereabouts of the radio man and his name were not immediately available. Washington, Oct. 26. —CAP) — Secretary Hull announced today the American government had deman ded of.’ Soviet Russia the return of the City of Flint and her cargo to her American crew. The demand, Hull said, was pre sented by Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt and no reply has yet oeen received. [ The American demand, he said, was based on the United States conception of international law. (In Berlin, authoritative persons declared that Soviet Russia had •agreed to permit the vessel to leave the Russian port of Murmansk in charge of her German prize crew as soon as they considered the vessel seaworthy.) Hull said this country’s views of the international law on the matter embraced a United States Supreme Court decision in the case of the British steamer Appam, which was sent by a German raider into Hampton Roods, Va., in 1916, with a German prize crew aboard. The Supreme Court’s decision called for release of the vessel on the grounds that Germany had no (Contnued on Page Seven.) Fireworks Blast At Zebulon Kills One, Injures Two Zebulon, Oct. 26. (AP)—One man was killed, another was seriously injured, and another was shaken up in terrific blast at a fireworks manufacturing concern here today. Dr. Charles E. Flowers said that the dead man was Philip Reglia, 49; that George Wells, 20, was injured so badly he was rushed to a Raleigh hospital, and that William Ceglia, 20, son of Philip Ceglia, suffered slight hurts. The three, Dr. Flowers said, were mixing powder outside the plant of the Dixie Fireworks Company, when it “accidentally” exploded. The doctor said the blast was “terrific.” “It shook practically all the windows in town,” h£ said “We all wondered what had hap pened. We thought maybe it was an earthquake or that the Ger mans were coming.” Liberals In Quebec Win War Voting Quebec, Oct. 26.—(Canadian Press) —The Liberal party swept into pow er in Quebec province today with an election victory acclaimed by Dominion officials as an endorsement of the Canadian government’s war policy. i The vote overturned the Union Nationale government of Quebec’s Premier Maurice Dublessi, who haa called the election after challenging war expenditures approved by the Ottawa administration. Dublessi, who carried his own con stituency to retain a seat in the pro vincial legislature, will be succeed ed as premier by Adelard Godbout, who headed the Quebec government for two months in 1936. Dominion Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, under whose Lib eral government Canada went to war at the side of Great Britain, said at Ottawa that it was “impossible to exaggerate the significance” of the voting yesterday. LVaaihsUi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy and unsettled: possibly light rain in the mountains and in southwest portion tonight and Friday; slightly warmer in southwest portion Friday. Chamberlain Declares Britain Is Ready For Germany’s Worst Lyes of King’s Fleet —On Watch For Subs ' . ' ''' Britain is determined there must be no repetition of the carrier Courageous’ submarine torpedoing, so maintains eternal vigilance for sea raiders. This picture, cleared by the British censors, then flown to U. S. by Clipper, shows a group of British planes in flight above the Glorious, an English aircraft can ,or. Germans Are Fully Prepared For Big Push On West From. His Ship Seized r’" — pay R JHn Capt. Joseph A. Gainard Captain Joseph A. Gainard, skipper of the City of Flint, reported in terned with his crew in the Russian port of Kola Bay, is a veteran of international sea incidents. In World War he was officer aboard a vessel sunk by the Germans and re cently his ship rescued survivors oi the torpedoed Athenia. Dies Group Draws Fresh Criticisms « - ■ Washington, Oct. 26.—(AP)—The Dies committee encountered fresh criticism from one of its own mem bers today for publishing what it termed a “membership and mailing list” of the Washington branch of the American League for Peace and Democracy. In the wake of a dispute on the House floor over the action, Repre sentative Voorhis, Democrat, Califor nia, told reporters that the commit tee to which he belongs had done (Continued on Page Four) Germany at .Last Admits Sinking of Patrol Boat Este Berlin, Oct. 26.—(AP)—The first public announcement here of the sinking of the German patrol boat Este 7 off the Danish coast October 21 asserted today that possibly 50 of the crew of 55 went down with the shipp, which struck a mine in a German mine field. (Danish official spokesmen said 71 mebers of the crew were lost and five rescued.” The supreme German navy com mand announced 28 bodies had been washed ashore on the Danish island Moorn, and 22 still were missing. Grand Admiral Eric Raeaer ex pressed thanks to the Danish navy for its “magnanimous and com ; radely support” in rescuing survivors. French Scouting Planes Return Withi Data On Huge Con centrations of Troops; 1,500,000 German Soldiers At Front. Paris, Oct. 26. (Al J ) —French land and air patrols were reported today to have returned from reconnaissance assignments with information indi cating the Germans were fully pre pared for a big push on the western front. The French said their scouts told of huge troop concentrations and supply arrangements, usually regard ed as forerunners of a major offen sive. They estimated the Germans now have 1,500,000 men on the front and in support areas. Actual fighting, meanwhile, was limited to minor patrol clashes be tween the lines on the northern flank —the only sign of action along the front since the German counter drive into the Saarland ten days ago. French military sources said their patrols were seeking to take prison- ! ers for questioning on the possibility! of an enemy attack. German patrols,! they said, were met with firm resis tance in attempts to filter through French outposts and barbed wire. For the first time since the start of the war, snow fell in the Vosges mountains as rain and cold swept the entire front, hindering infantry op erations and grounding air forces. Death Decreed For Alsatian Leader by Courts of France 1 \ Nancy, France, Oct. 26.—(AP) —Dr. Karl Roos, 60-year-old Alsatian autoonomist leader, was condemned to death by a Mili tary court today on charges of having turned over French mili tary secrets to German spies. (Dr. Roos, a veteran of home rule for Alsace, was arrested February 7 when French offi cials accused him of being in close touch with Nazi party of ficials in Berlin.) Labor Party Dropped By Rival Groups Washington, Oct. 26. —(AP) —Pro- posals for peace between the AFL and the CIO appear to be getting lit ! tie attention from labor leaders, back j in the capital after their rival con | ventions in Cincinnati and San Fran cisco. Their energies are being poured in to other channels—law suits, grand jury investigations and bigger or ganizing campaigns—and the pro blem of a labor truce to be awaiting some new move by the Roosevelt administration. The AFL’s‘chief concern now is a Federal couid injunction which has tied up the federation’s basic pow ers to settle jurisdictional matters. It (Continued on Page Seven.) PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, Finns May Refuse New Red Demands Helsinki, Finland, Oct. 26. (AP) —An authoritative source declared today that Soviet Rus sia’s new modified demands on Finland still contained points on which Finland refused to yield. After Dr. Juho I'aasikivi had spoken for an hour today with President K.vosti Kallio, the for eign minister and prime minister, a foreign office spokesman said there was “no doubt” negotia tions with Russia could be con tinued, and that Finnish delega tion headed by Dr. Paasikivi, would go to Moscow for the third time. Dr. Paasikivi and the entire delegation returned to Helsinki this morning, bringing the new demands with them. Berlin Warns Britain Os Red Protest Berlin, Oct. 26.—(AP) —The Ger man press today interpreted Soviet Russia’s rejection of Britain’s contra band list as a “sharp protest against blockade warfare” which might lead to serious trouble between the two powers. Commenting on what to Germany is one of the war’s most serious as pects, Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels’ newspaper, Der Angriff, said: “Moscow’s note con tains a clear warning susceptible of causing far-reaching consequences unless it is observed.” The paper declaied Britain hud two alternatives —either to alter her contraband list or take the conse quences which might result from any seizures of Russian ships. (Russia, in her protest, called the British contraband list a violation of international law and objected to inclusion of foodstuffs, fuel and (Continued on Page Four) British Navy Hunting For Sea Raiders London, Oct. 26.—(AP)—British fighting ships went ahead today with the most active phase of the war. Confronted with the loss of five merchant ships this week, bringing tne war’s total to 45 —amounting to 399,319 tons, by the government’s own figures—the British navy scan ned the seas for a glimpse of one of Germany’s pocket battleships. (Recent reports of the war at sea indicated that at least one of Germany’s three pocket battleships had slipped through the North Sea (Continued on Page Four) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Finish War In Prospect In Straggle Commons Is Told Ribbentrop’s Distor tion of Truth Is De ceiving No One; Pre mier Says England Has Not Challenged Germany. London, Oct. 26. —(AP) Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House ol' Commons today that “there can be but one reply” to German de clarations of war to the finish, and “we are prepared to give it.” He referred specifically to the Dan zig speech Tuesday of German For eign Minister von Ribbentrop. “Ribbentrop has announced an in tention of seeing the struggle through with all their (Germany’s) energy and strength,” Chamberlain said. “If that is indeed their decision, there can be but one reply, and we are prepared to give it. “No one in this country will be decived by its distortion of the truth, and there is already abundant evi dence that Herr von Ribbentrop has been no more successful in his at tempts to mislead impartial observers in other parts of the world. “Indeed, I even chbrish the hope that, despite all suppressions and falsifications, there are still some in Germany itself who see whVre the real truth lies. One of the questions which the historians of the future will have to consider is how far-the great tragedy of our time was due to the failure of Herr von Ribbentrop to comprehend either the policy or the character of the British people. “It is not England that has chal lenged Germany. It is the German government, who by their persistent acts of aggression, pursued in the face of our repeated warnings, have forced us at last reluctantly to take up arms. “It is the German government, who, by their reckless disregard of their pledged word and of the rights and liberties of other peoples, must bear the responsibility for this war, and for ail its consequences.” Soviet Grab Excused By The British London, Oct. 26.—(AP) —The British government partly excused Russia’s share in the partition of Poland today, as it pressed in both nouses of Parliament to seek once more Russian friendship for the British-French alliance. Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax declared that Russia had occupied eastern Poland only after Germany had “started it and set the ex ample,” and that the new fron tier thereby established was “sub siantially the boundary” recom mended by a British delegate at the time of the Versailles conference. While Halifax was speaking in the upper House, Prime Minister Chamberlain was declaring in (Continued on Page Seven) ————— -j Leche Might Try To Get Office Back Baton Itouge, La., Oct. 26. (AIM —State police kept guard at the State Capitol to day as Governor Earle Long feared former Governor Lechc, who resigned in June, might try to regain the office. Leehe, now under several State and Federal indictments, himself expressed doubt at the time of his resignation as to its legality, since there is no State law covering such a contin gency. Long, then lieutenant governor, stepped into the gov i ernorship. Long brought the military into the State political scene Monday and removed from of fice Attorney General David Ellison. It was the first such use of militia since the dicta torial regime of the late Huey Long, Earl’s brother. Long as serted Ellison was in office “il legally,” and ordered the militia i to remove him.
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