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SILVER l aN viversary 1914-1939 HX. Y-SIXTH YEAR NINE SHIPS SUNK. 177 DEAD. IN WEEK-END Roosevelt Will Not Consult Members Os Congress Further On Nazi Blacklist? Gen Werner von Blomberg Persistent reports coming into Lon don claim that Gen. Werner von Blomberg, former German war min ister, ha; been interned in a Nazi fortress and possibly executed. Von BVntberg was relieved of his posi tion when he married a commoner. Hoey Group Might Back Broughton Raleigh Gossip Is Ad ministration May Switch to Him From Horton; McDonald Crowd Appears Split On 1940 Pick. Daily lftspat&k Dureau, In ’ho Si s Wilier Hotel. By HENRY AVERILL Ktdeigh, Nov. 20.N0w that the D; -Carolina game is out of the e thousands of football-mind- Heels will be able to get the | frenzy off their thoughts for j at least. As a result a re- j cence of political gossip can ( red for very shortly, although mess of jolly old Saint Nick’s raid on papa’s pocketbook <nd to hold things off until hoe first of the year. , ' g has occurred lately to the previously and often ex mv that the 1940 guber primary is one of the most taide and unprecedented in campaign! but there have • ‘ant developments on sev a other things, the campaign ■'■ady run through one phase il tci every race of its kind. An 1 ror.t nner has been pulled ntinued on Page Five) Road Deaths Less In N. C.; Vance Higher In ’he S<r Walter Hotel- Daily DispatcTi Xmv. 20. —Sixty of North t>: t ■< equalled or bet way safety record in • t'hs of 1939 in the ' iities as compared with . d of last year, accord i-.f the Highway Safety v< . through September ■ <■ ulled on the highways compared with 756 hie months of 1939, net -1 ■<•!. at of 3.3 per cent for decrease made possibly - igh improved showings >1 and October. n tim same periods total t.us year against 6,295 last v-outinued on Page Five) HcitiU'rsmt Datlii Iltsuafrb SERVICE OF iHfc, ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington Learns President Will Ignore Them on Neutrality Problems, Though He Had Asked Them to Remain in Capital. Washington, Nov. 20.—(AP) President Roosevelt was reported authoritatively today to nave aban doned nis plan to consult with con gressional leaders on any neutrality pioblem arising before the 1940 ses : ii n. One of the leaders, asking that his name be withheld, told report ers he understood Mr. Roosevelt had decided tnat day-to-day decisions on foreign policy snould be made by the executive branch. In his message to Congress September 21, the President said he was asking leaders in both houses to remain here between the close of the spec ial session and the beginning of the 1940 session, so that he could con fer with them on foreign problems. Representative Martin, of IVfess achusetts, the House minority ie&d er, is out of the city, but Senator Me Nary, of Oregon, Republican leader in the Senate, remained here. Martin and the Democratic leader agreed to return if Mr. Roosevlt should wish to consult the group. Cotton Spinning Industry Is Near Capacity Output <i- Washington, Nov. 20.—(AP) —The Census Bureau reported today the cotton spinning in dustry operated during October at 97.9 percent capacity on a two-hist, 80-hour basis, com pared with 92.5 percent during September this year, and 81.9 percent during October last year. North Carolina, during Octo ber, had 2,074,743,333 active spindle hours, and an average per spindle in place of 355. TABER AGAIN HEAD OF GRANGE IN U. S. Peoria, 111., Nov. 20.—(AP) — Louis J. Taber, of Columbus, Ohio, was re-elected today for his ninth two-year term as Master of the Na tional Grange. Only One Body Os Ten Drowned Upon Boat Is Missing Beaufort, Nov. 20. (AP) The body of Charles Fulger, of Stacy, one of the two white men lost in the sinking of the fish ing boat Southland in the in land waterway Friday night, w r as found today, leaving only that of his brother, E. J., still to be recovered. Fuiger’s body was seen float ing near West Beaufort, six miles from the scene of the Southlands collision with the tug Especo, bound from Wil mington to Norfolk, Va., and was brought ashore. The bodies of eight other vic tims, ail Negroes, had been pre viously recovered. An investigation was started today by a board of the U. S. Inspection Service. Traffic Deaths Are Nine Over State In Week-End Charlotte, Nov. 20. —(AP) —Traf- fic accidents killed at least nine per sons in North Carolina over the week-end. =. An automobile mishap near Hills boro was fatal to L. A. Allen, 64- year-old Zebulon farmer. Near Greenville, Mrs. Sam Cherry, 47, of Greenville, died when her au tomobile overturned after skidding. Her son, Simon, was injured serious -13 j. w. Hodges, 71, was killed at Dunn when struck by a car. A smash-up on the Seagrove- Hemp highway intersection was fatal to O. W. Farrington, Randolph coun ty filling station operator. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTn CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. HENDERSON, N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 20, 1939 / Soviets urge World Youth To §tpp War Red Army News paper Prints Dispatch From New York Say ing Anti-War Senti ment Is Growing Fast In U. Pact With Japs. Moscow, Nov. 20. —(AP) — The newspaper Red Star, organ oi the Soviet Russian army, urged the youth of the world today to oppose con tinuation of the present “capitalistic war” under the leadership of the communistic internationale. In a special article, the Red Star asserted that students of the United States, Great Britain, France and India are strongly against war. The newspaper said that “while the Soviet is in a strong position, capi talism is falling into ruins.” The tenor of the article was echoed in a New York dispatch to the Com munist party newspaper Pravda, which said anti-war sentiment was growing in the United States. These thrusts accompanied by continued press attacks on Finland, for “in creasing preparations for war,” came as official Russian sources reported progress in negotiations to improve relations with Japan. Tass, official Soviet news agency, announced agreement had been reached on the “composition and functions” of a mixed commission to establish a boundary between Soviet ized Outer Mongolia and Japanese protected Manchoukuo. The commission, which will at tempt to settle frontier problems left unsolved when the two countries concluded a truce September 16, after more than four months of bor der fighting, will meet soon at Chita, Liberia, Tass said. At Morganton, Lestev Mace, a tex tile worker, was killed when his au tomobile skidded and overturned. Will Small, of Valdese, also was fatally injured in an accident result ing from a skid. Eleven-year-old Thomas Sidney Waldrup was struck by a milk truck near his home at Midway, in Ca barrus county, and died soon after wards. An automobile occupied by t,wo men plunged over an embankment near Asheboro. W. D. Wilson, 35, of Asheboro, was killed. William Malcolm Hicks, died, in a Leaksville hospital about two hours after his motorcycle was in a traffic accident. $16,645,388 Excess For Unemployment Raleigh, Nov. 29.—Receipts of the North Carolina Unemploy ment Fund will have passed the 829,000.000 mark by the time this appears, receipts through Novem ber 16, having reached $28,981.- 047.42, of which $28,399,898.96 is in employer contributions and $581,148.46 is jt interest on the State’s balance on deposit in the U. S. Treasury. Benefit payments to unemploy ed and partially unemployed workers through Nov. 16 reached $12,335,659.16, leaving a balance in the fund (in both the “pooled fund” and the employers’ reserve account funds) of $16,645,388.26, as of that date, Chairman Charles G. Powell, of the State Unem ployment Compensation Commis sion, reports. Baptists To Meet Tuesday At Winston Winston-Salem, Nova 20. —(AP) — More than 200 ministers met in the First Baptist church here this after- ; noon to participate in a song and | praise service and to make final plans for the opening tomorrow of; the 109th annual North Carolina State Baptist Convention. Dr. Ralph A. Herring, pastor of the | First Bapi/st church, and official! host for the convention, said that the I total registered attendance at last, year’s State meeting, 1,379 should be! exceeded at the convention this year, j The full statewide convention will; begin tomorrow morning at 10 o clock j Business organization, enrollment! and committee reports will follow.! There will be morning, afternoon and j evening services on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Tuesday afternoon J service begins at 2:30 o’clock, and j the night service at 7:30 o’clock. j Japanese Forces Being Increased Rapidly In China! Ilong Kong, Nov. 29. (AP) Reports from Chungking today said a Japanese force landed on the south China coast, in west ern Kwangtung province, al ready numbered 10,000, and was being reinforced hourly, chiefly by cavalry. The landing was started last Wednesday for the declared pur pose of culling the Chungking | government’s backdoor lifeline j through French Indo-China and British Burma. I Ulstattwh FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, probably oc casional light rains in west and north central portions tonight and Tuesday, and in northeast portion tonight; slightly cooler on coast tonight. Big German Planes Continue Scouting Trips Over France One German Ship Shot Down in Hol -1 a n d; Unidentified Plane Fired on Over London; Weather And Floods Check Operations. Paris, Nov. 20. — (AP) —Germans continued widespread scouting flights over France today, while the flooded Rhine and other border rivers forced suspension of oven local operations along the western front. Military sources said the Ger mans could be seen erecting dykes on the other side of the Rhine and abandoning some small outlying de fense posts which were flooded. Scouting flights caused alert sig nals this morning in widely sep arated points in France. The general staff’s morning com munique said merely, “nothing im portant to report during the night.” Earlier, however, military sources said the French had fought off Ger man patrols near Blythe, killing six Nazis and capturing one. VIOLENT STORMS HOLD UP ACTION BY THE GERMANS Berlin, Nov. 20.—(AP) —Violent storms kept German troops on the Western front busy yesterday re moving uprooted trees, D.N.8., the official news agency, reported to day. The weather prevented German (Continued on Page Three) Problems In Far East Are Worrying U. S. By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington. Nov. 20.—Uncle Sam’s fight to avoid “involvement” (I al ways hated the word, though it’s in the dictionary) in the pending Euro pean muss hasn’t altogether distract ed his attention from his possi bilities of “involve ment” in some su per - unpleasant situation in the Orient, plus its ad jacent waters and islands. In American news papers the |f^4 .p «i >, ■• ■-... * # Jowef St&rin row in western Europe has largely overshadowed the (Continued on Page Three) FUBEISHKD EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Ex-Kaiser Barely Escapes In Storm Doom, The Netherlands, Nov. 20. (AP) —Former Kaiser Wil helm II of Germany had a nar row escape today when a sudden windstorm uprooted three large trees in the garden of Hoorn cas tle. The 80-year-old tormcr kaiser walking with an official of his court, was only 50 yards from where the trees fell, having just passed the spot. He returned to the castle in a highly nervous state. Workers In Prague Back On The Job Prague, Nov. 20.—(AP)— Prague workers, ignoring agitation for a strike to protest conditions under the rule ol' Nazi Germany, went to their jobs as usual today with the assur ance their complaints would receive early consideration. Anxious to avoid further distur bances following recent arrests and executions of Czech student leaders and others, the protectorate govern ment appealed to the workers to re frain from striking. The appeal was accompanied by a promise that pro tests occasioned by rising strikes and other grievances would be studied. Czech police also spread a warn ing through workers’ districts in Prague and four other industrial cen ters that any strike today in sym pathy for executed compatriots would be suppressed sternly. Court of Appeals Backs Labor Board In Another Ruling Washington, Nov. 20. (AP) The United States Court of Ap peals ruled today that it was an unfair labor practice for minor supervisory employes to aid the union preferred by the company. It upheld the Labor Relations Board, which had declined to sanction an A. F. L. machinist’s contract on the grounds the em ployer, through minor super visory employees, assisted in or ganizing tool room workers. The employer was the Cerriek Cor poration of Ohio at Munice, Ind. The labor board had ordered the firm to drop its A. F. L. tool room contract and deal with the CTO United Auto Workers. 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Losses Are Inflicted On 5 Neutrals Germans Deny Brit ish Charges German Mines Are Respon sible; 140 Listed as Dead on Netherlands Liner Sunk on Satur day. London, Nov. 20.—(AP) —Mines, at least temporarily, supplanted sub marines as the leading sea menace off the British coast today, as the floating explosives added still fur ther to the war’s greatest week-end toll for merchant shipping. Eight vessels were reported sunk in the North Sea over the week-end, with 177 persons dead or missing. The sinking included the 345-ton British trawler Wigmore, with a crew of 16, and the 1,267-ton British col lier Torchbearer, which were dis closed today. Four survivors of the Torchbearer’s crew, reported to have numbered 13, were landed at an Eng lish port. The total tonnage of the eight ves sels was 27,748. One ship was lost by each of The Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Yugo slavia and Lithuania. Authorities had not computed the full loss of life in the sinking Sat urday of the The NetlVrlands liner Simon Bolivar, but the number was set tentatively at 140. Eleven were believed drowned or killed by ex plosions aboard the four other ships. The Admiralty accused Germany of laying the mines, and the British press today raged against the Nazi, stressing the presence of women and children aboard the Simon Bolivar, which was bound for the West Indies from Amsterdam. (In Berlin, however, German au thorities declared a “Gorman mine could not have been responsible for the sinking of the Simon Bolivar.) In addition, the sinking of the 4,- 58-ton British freighter Pensilva “by enemy action” was disclosed to day. It was not immediately clear whether the vessel was a mine vic tim. Her crew was landed safely. A total of nine vessels were re ported sunk in the North Sea over the week-end, with 177 persons dead or missing. The total tonnage lost was 32,006. Neutrals lost five ships to Britain’s lour. Plans About Defense In U. S. Stolen Detroit, Mich., Nov. 20.—(AP) — Representative Martin Dies, Demo crat, Texas, chairman o£ the con gressional committee investigating subversive and un-American activi ties, said in an Interview here today that Nazi and Communist agencies “now across the ocean” had stolen “important information” of military value from Detroit industrial plants. Dies was here for a one-day secret conference about such matters. The primary purpose of his com mittee now, he asserted, was to break up foreign spying and to prevent sabotage in industrial plants. He cit ed one case of a lecturer described by him as a Nazi spy, who was en tertained by a patriotic society, given ready access to numerous plants, permitted to take pictures and to ob tain extensive information about in dustrial processes. “This information is now back in Germany,” he said. Dies said much information was obtained from communist party mem bers disgruntled after the German- Russian alliance was announced. Judge Bans Public From Kuhn Trial New York, Nov. 30.—(AP) —Peter Sabbatino, counsel for Fritz Kuhn, German-American bund leader, de manded a mistrial today when Judge James G. Wallace excluded the public from Kuhn’s trial, and rebuked the lawyer for disputing the order. The motion was denied. Kuhn is charged with grand lar ceny of bund funds. The order barring the audience was understood to have resulted from the judge’s annoyance at re * (Continued on Page Three.)
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