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f oTK v!l VER , | \\i\n i 1914-1939 y\\ t NTV-SIXTH year As Barge Sank with British Bombers " ib!e victim of saboteurs, this barge, carrying two bombing planes consigned to the British air ministry, ‘ ll r vin " °“ Staten Island pier. The T.ockheed bombers, worth $75,000 each, were recovered urdamageu Horn twenty feet of water. John Hansen, only crew member aboard, escaped just before the oaige plunged to the bottom. U. S. agents were assigned to the case. (Central. Press ) Expansion For Social Law Talked Further Government Competition With Pri vate Business Seen in Annuity Insurance Plan Fostered by Wagner of New York. mgton. Nov. 14. (AP) — A ed expansion of the social se c 7 program, under which indivi ctaild buy annuities from the g ent paying up to SIOO a • v maturity, has been submit ;-.d • President Roosevelt for con sideration. S-■ ‘or Wagner, Democrat, New oonsor of the social security kgo-i >n, was said reliably today discussed the annuity pro th Mr. Roosevelt at a recent IV . • H'Use conference. De‘ 7 of the Wagner plan remain ‘ worked out, but well informed ..o said it would provide: I: * any citizen could buy an an rancc policy providing up ‘ -a month irom the government st 30 percent less than he • aid r ve to pay a private insur ance company. Th t annuities be sold through post :n the same manner that pos tw avings and baby bonds are handled. V.'ag: : told reporters he had been ed bv one insurance official ‘ -uch an annuity program would harm to the private msur '.■usiness. Insurance companies, ■ added, are interested pri on annunities paying more . - o a month. COTTON CONSUMPTION SHOWS LARGE GAINS ■ton. Nov. 14.—(AP) —The Hu eau reported today cot ed during October total -986 bales of lint and 97,706 compared with 624,902 ’ and 82.446 of linters dur •>tet ber this year, and 543,- arid 72,692 of linters dur ■ or last year. IAL TKRM IN SAMPSON. Nov. 14.—(A P) —Cover- , iered today that a spe- i '■ .k term of criminal court, Sampson county Decem- Judge Henry L. Stevens,! • ’ * pri.v idc. N. C. Mineral Output Near All-Time High D uiv lr,sp Jt<n l>ureali, In <hf» Si> Wajtor Hotel v 14.—North Carolina’s do ; rv is headed for new 'gilts this year, both in production and value of a, State geologist, esti va value of this year’s duction in the State will duly twenty-million dol • neroo.-e of something like percent over 1938 and ix times the correspond 1‘ • i 1926, the year Mr. dlmued on Page Four) Hiutilrrsmt Batin Btsnatch _ ONLY daily newspaper published in this section of AND VIRGIN Lv ' LF ?.fSED WmE SERVICE OP IHE ASSOCIATED press. Protest By Ireland Stirs Controversy it c* ■ ri • Over U.b. hhipping Transfer of Four Ships Is Refused Washington, Nov. 14.—(AP) The Maritime Commission refused today to permit the transfer to Panamanian registry of four ves sels owned hy the Pacific Steam ship Corporation. The firm. incorporated in Nevada, is in process of liquida tion under the bankruptcy act, the commission said, and the trans fer would be “detrimental to the best interests of the United States.” The vessels were built in 1920. The application did not state what use was planned for the ves sels, it was said at the commission. Muni League Starts Early For Program Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sis- WniT4»r Hoiel. By HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Nov. 14.—North Caro lina’s League of Municipalties is getting an early start in its pre primary legislative campaign and from every indication it plans as ti e objective of its most intensive drive, a larger share for cities and towns in the gasoline taxes and oth er sources of highway department revenue. At present only half a million of highway funds are divided annually among the cities and municipalities for them to spend, on their streets. The League appears to have set $3,000,000 annually as its announced objective, al!hough it will no doubt be glad to compromise in the end for some sum in between the pres ent share and that $3,000,000. Argument of the leaguers is that (Continued on Page Four) McDonald Group Wanted Paul Grady To Run, Then Took Broughton Instead Daily Dispaccft nureau. in thi' £ir U'aftP'’ lioteL By HENRY AVERILL. Raleigh, Nov. 14.—The forces of which Dr. Ralph W. McDonald is typical in North Carolina arrived at their decision not to offer a candi date of one-hundred percent their own stripe only after they had made determined efforts to induce Paul Grady, of Keniy, to enter the guber natorial race, according to informa tion which bears all the earmarks of being completely authentic. According to this source, Dr. Mc- Donald and some of his chief lieu tenants got Grady into a Wilming ton hotel room late in the summer (at about the same time the doctor made it clear to Tom Cooper that ho would not go along with the Wil mington mayor ) and tried for a houi HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 1939 British Isles Neutral Objects to Being Listed in Combat Zone; Foes of Trans fer of American Registry Press Their Case. Washington, Nov. 14.—(AP)—Con troversy over shipping restrictions in the neutrality law was stirred anew today by Irish objections to being in cluded in the war zone, and by a proposal to prevent transfer of Unit ed States vessels to foreign flags. At the same time, another mari time problem the case of the City of Flint, appeared nearer solution when the German government order ed its warships not to interfere with the American freighter on her way back home. The action was taken the State Department was informed yes ! terday, when the ship, captured by j Germany as a contraband carrier, J and later released by Norway, had j landed its cargo at Bergen, Norway. The Irish complaint was made to j the State Department yesterday by the country’s -minister, Robert Bren nan. He told Adolf A. Berle, Jr., as sistant secretary of state, that Eire had been injured by President Roose velt’s action in putting her in a “combat zone” from which American I ships are barred. | Brennan said his country was neu j tral and would remain so, that she needed American products, parti (Continued on Page Four) Rep. Taylor, From Tennessee, Victim Os Heart Ailment LaFollette, Tenn., Nov. 14.—(AP) —Representative J. Will Taylor, Re publican, Tennessee, died of a heart ailment at his home here early to day. He was 59 years old. Dr. R. J. Buckman said Tay'or was found dead in bed by his wife, who was attending him. He had suffered a heart attack last night. or two to get the Johnston county man to agree definitely to become a candidate. Grady, who lost out for lieutenant governor in 1936 after leading in the first primary, and who was defeated by Stanley Win borne in 1938 for the Utilities Com mission, is said to have refused point blank to make the race. The first refusal wasn’t enough, however, according to the same stories. When McDonald and his aides gathered here last week, they are said to have tried again to get Grady into the race; but again with out success. That left them with the alterna tive of putting up Willie Lee Lump kin, of Franklin, or supporting one (Continued on Page Four) Three British Vessels Sank German Peace Reply Is “No ” Peace Now Impossible, Berlin Says British And French Rulers Made Cessa tion of War Out of Question hy Answers Tc Belgium And Netherlands, Ne u trals Told. Berlin, Nov. 14.—CAP) —Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to day informed the FHgian and Nether lands envoys that'' Germany’s reply to the joint mediation offer from the lowland nations would be a polite ‘(no”. The formal reply to the offer, made November 7 by the Queen of the Netherlands and the King of the Bel gians, will be sent tonight to The Hague and Brussels, with instruc tions to German envoys that it be presented tomorrow, informed sour ces said. Von Ribbentrop was said to have stated that Germanys’s reply was based on answers already received by the two sovereigns from Britain and France, which he said rendered peace impossible at this time. ( r, he French reply, delivered Sun day, declared it was up to Germany to repair “the injustices which force has imposed on Austria, Czechoslo vak’! and Poland” before peace peace could be discussed. (Britain promised consideration of an- German proposals which might “afford real prospect of achieving” Pritain’s avowed aim to halt German ‘Aggression.”) HOUSING PROJECT RECEIVES APPROVAL Washington, Nov. 14.—(AP) The United States Housing Author ity approved today three base bids totaling $664,524 for construction of a 216-unit slum clearance and low rent housing project in Wilming ton, N. C. The bids included: General con st) uction, T. A. Loving & Company, Goldsboro, N. C„ $521,000. BEAUFORT COUNTY ASKS NEW BRIDGE \ New $25,000 Structure Near Wash ington Is Desired by Delega tion In Raleigh ‘Raleigh, Nov. 14.—(AP) —W. P. Rodman, of Washington, State sena tor from Beaufort county, headed a delegation which asked the high way commission today to replace an existing bridge between Washing ton and Washington Park with a new one, to cost about $25,000. E. V. Webb, of Kinston, division highway commissioner, and Chair man Frank L. Dunlap discussed the matter with the group. Dunlap said no commitments were made. Lawyer Says Kuhn Never Paid His Fee New 1 York, Nov. 14.—(AP) James D. Murray, an attorney, testi fied today that he never had re ceived from Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German-American Bund, SSOO alleged by the State to have been entered in the bund’s books in the slout bund fuehrer’s handwriting as payment to the lawyer for legal services. Murray appeared as a prosecution witness in Kuhn’s trial on charges of theft of money from his own or ganization. Other witnesses had tes tified that in June, 1938, the Ger man-American Settlement League, a bund affiliate, gave Kuhn money to be handed over to Murray for aid in the legal defense of six league members, who were tried for not filing certain membership lists re quired by State law. This new scrutiny of bund finan ces followed the prosecution’s ef fort of yesterday to depict Kuhn as a man who, at the bund’s ex pense, had telegraphed “kisses” to a woman friend. (jJoaJthsUi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Wednesday: slowly rising temperature Wed nesday; scattered frost in south east portion tonight. Soviets Are Hoping Economic Pressure Will Force Finland Little Comrl'ry’s Mobilization Puts Terrific Stra in on Its Affairs; Finnish Negotiators Not Expected Back. Moscow, Nov. 11. — (AP) — Soviet Russia, hoping the economic strain of counter mobilization still may j bring Finland to terms, probably will I continue massing troops along the j Finnish border, diplomatic i said today. (Finland has been preparing for five weeks against a showdown with i Russia, and approximately one-tenth j of the 3,067,000 population has been I mobilized for defense service.) There appeared to be a general be-; lief here that the Finnish diplomatic; mission, which departed for Hel-, sinki last night, after steadfastly re Nearly All Crop Yields In State increase Some Nobel Winner mm Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence The world’s highest honor in the field of physics conies to Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, youthful Uni versity of California professor, as the 38-year-old scientist is notified that he has won the 1939 Nobel prize for his work in discovering and developing the cyclotron or atom smasher. (Centred Press) Capone Goes Completely Free Sunday Chicago, Nov. 14.—(AP) —Al Ca pone was reported today to have re sponded so well to physical treat ment for physical and mental ills that he will be freed completely from government supervision next Sunday. These reports were that the for mer gang chief had oecn “rehabili ted”, a prerequisite to his release from Federal custody. The City News Bureau said it had obtained "reliable information to that effect from official and private sources, and added that “through ar rangement between the Department (Continued on Page Four) BILLY ROSE WEDS TO ELEANOR HOLM New'York, Nov. 14.—(AP)— Billy Rose, Broadway producer of shows that usually run to hours just before dawn, got up early today. At 4 p. m., he was to be married to Eleanor Holm, swimming star, who is giving up he” career to devote herself ex clusively. as Bill phrased it. to being Mrs Ro«=e and learning how to make good coffee. Rose. 39, recently was divorced from Fannie Brice, stage and screen star, and Miss Holm, 25, from Arthur Jarrett, orchestra leader. FUBEISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. sisting Soviet demands for territorial concessions, would not return. The Finns themselves, silent and serious as they boarded a train, in dicated that resumption of the nego tiations was up to their, government. The delegation is due in Helsinki to morrow. Only one minor Soviet official ac companied the Finnish mission to the station. The delegation, which twice before during the mcnth-long negotiations returned to Helsinki, had had only indirect contact with the Kremlin lor the past live days. Production Higher Than Ten- Year Aver age; Turning Out Better Than Last Year, Crop Reporting Service Announces. Raleigh, Nov. 14. (AP) —North Carolina farmers are busy harvest ing crops whose yields in nearly every case “are higher than the averages for the past ten years”, the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service said today. The tobacco crop this year set records both in total pounds and pounds per acre, the service aaid in estimating this year’s production at 696,525 pounds, 35 percent more than last year, and 41 percent above the ten-year average. The yield per acre was estimated at 944 pounds, an increase of 99 pounds over last year, and 178 pounds over the average for the past decade. The service estimated a corn crop of 47,151,000 bushels, two percent more than 1938, and 14 percent above the ten-year average. “Crop yields-as a whole are turn ing out better than last year,” said T. L. Stuart, of the service. “Cotton is poor in the northeastern part of the State, and a few other locali ties have not enjoyed as good a sea son as in 1938, but practically all crops are making yields higher than the averages for the past ten years.” HARRY BROWN WILL QUIT HIS AAA JOB Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Retiring for Purely “Personal Reasons”. Washington, Nov. 14. (AP) —Har- ry L. Brown, assistant secretary of agriculture, has tendered his resigna tion to Secretary Wallace, effective tomorrow, associates reported today, but neither Wallace nor Brown would comment on the report. Friends said he was resigning for “personal reasons.” As assistant sec retary he has been particularly ac tive with the department’s programs promoting production controls and the search for new uses for cotton. Committeemen Instructed On Leaf Control College Station, Raleigh, Nov. 14. —A series of meetings outline pro cedure for administering the 1940 tobacco program, including the es tablishment, of acreage allotments, is being held in the flue-cured pro ducing counties of the State this week, it was announced today by E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer of State college. County and com munity AAA committeemen are at tending, together with farm agents and AAA field officers. Meetings were held Monday in Snow Hill, Whiteville, and Hender son, with representatives of Pitt, (Continued on Page Four) 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Two Flying Boats Also Shot Down Germans Claim Hits In Shetland Islands Raids; Destroyer Freighter and Traw ler Admitted Lost by Admiralty Statement. London, Nov. 14. (AP) —The sinking of a British destroyer, three British merchant vessels and a Norwegian tanker was re ported today as sea warfare in tensified. At least 32 dead and missing in the sinking of the tanker, dis closed ween 33 members of her crew were picked up in an open boat after 30 hours adrift. The tanker, whose name was not given, was torpedoed. London, Nov. 14. (AP) —: Three British vessels, a destroyer, a freigh ter and trawler, were listed today as latest casualties in the intensify ing war at sea. The Admiralty announced that a German mine sank the unidentified destroyer first of her type lost hy the British navy since the war began. The freighter, the 8,000-ton Matra, also was believed to have been the victim of a mine. The trawler Cres well was reported torpedoed. Loss of these ships came on the (Continued on Page Four) JOHN LEACH DIES AT WILSON HOME Prominent Tobaeeo Warehouseman, Long 111, Suffered Stroke Last Friday Wilson, Nov. 14.—(AP)—John S. Leach, tobacco warehouseman, died at his home here today after a long illness, which became critical fol lowing a stroke ho suffered Friday. He is survived hy his widow, a son, a daughter; four brothers, E. C. Leach, Washington, N. C.; T. H. Leach, Petersburg, Va.; E. J. Leach, of Hampton, Va., and R. H. Leach, of Kinston; and a sister, Mrs. Vir ginia Cheatham, of Durham. The funeral will be held Thurs day afternoon. 120 Sh ipTTn All " Sunk Since Start Os European War (By The Associated Press.) Sinking of five British and German steamers raised the toll of ships sunk in sea combat to 120 today, and the total known tonnage destroyed to 489,117. At least 1,875 persons have been killed or drowned, and many others were listed as miss ing. Great Britain has lost 65 ships, Germany 14, France seven, the Scandinavian countries 24, and other neutrals ten. Ai Capone Threatened Gang Chief Once Czar of Chicago Underworld Vocative Even in Alcatraz; O’Hare Lieutenant Stabbed in Los An geles Attack. Chicago, Nov. 14.—(AP) —The discovery of a letter relating that Al Capone voiced threats in Alca traz prison against Edward J. O’Hare, slain president of Sports man Park race track, gave an un expected turn today to the search for the turfman’s slayers. Bearing the signature “George.” the letter was found in a book at O’Hare’s apartment. The letter had been sent from one friend of O’Hare to another. The writer said he had been told of the threats by two former inmates (Continued on Page Four)
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