Ol'R SILVER aN \-|\TRSARY 1914-1939 fU EXTY-SIXTH YEAR FINLAND TO REFUSE DEMANDS OF SOVIETS * V * * * * ¥ * * * * *»**»»»#** *********** Britain Orders Reprisal Seizure Os German Exports British Merchantmen Convoyed to Safety ■ . ** ' N * *** - '•- % \ > • ■* ‘ .. ... v ~' .. G.V -. • ; .s;, : : j:‘,' ;' >'j **• • £ v-a v -v. .v . - .. : .;•>.* • w. . ■•x.*:- x":•:•,•* •:•:«>:* ■•••;-• :•£• • ■*>.•••• • . : •*••••'.•■••. • •.•>*•. •:•.*•:• : :y. • ' ■ —a- ■ *' w ■ , *•. , 'T : : c. <5-r " ... *Uy •'— - • ' " , ~ - » •> Passed by the British censors, this picture shows British merchantmen convoyed by warships off the British coast. On each ship lookouts scan the waters for signs of subs and mines. Germany has avoided possible loss of submarines by sowing the paths of convoys with mines wherever possible. (Central Press) U. S. Has Large Trade Balance Exports Os $332 Million for October Imports Are $215 Millions For Widest Trade Balance Since January, 1938; Tobacco Shipments Away Down, Cotton Up Some. r.ington. Nov. 27.—(AP) —Ex- : ‘ of American merchandise ex- ; fried imports in October by the lar- ; ' . argin in nearly two years, the 1 ce Department reported to- j Ex -rts totaled $332,079,000 and! ■-ts 5215.281.000. The $116,793,- 1 difference was said by the depart l be the widest spread for any nee January, 1938. . ?ev.- war effects were shown by ‘ • 'Hr.' ; and 379,709,000 pounds last h sports amounted to 6,724,000 • !/ id.-, and 64.544,000 pounds, com "1 -vith 6,289,000 and 60,968,000 Republicans To Discuss 1940 Platform n . Nov. 27.—(AP)— Re puny managers likely will !l ir first peek at a possible of their 1940 platform when mnal committee’s executive i ets here December 2. waders said today that Dr. nk, former president of the ‘y of Wisconsin, and head v private committee which mapping a program for the national election, would be ; '■ ! l" attend. E)r. Frank round up all the w his sub-committee in time, "id, the latest draft of his will come in for consider ■'’e. It may furnish at least lor many ideas to be de >' i for next year’s platform. mtxmvrxmx HmUt Utsrratdi leased wire service op THE ASSOCIATED press Budget Director Smith Confers With President Week-End Traffic Toll for State 3 Charlotte, Nov. 27. (AP) Week-end traffic accidents took at least three lives in North Carolina. James Hatley, four, was killed by an automobile in a street near his home a mile north of Greens boro. Clyde Self, 21, was fatally in jured and his companion, Bill Moss, was seriously hurt when a car hit them on the Cherry ville-Bessemer City highway. Mrs. Annie Wilson, 26, was killed and two other persons were injured, not seriously, when their automobile over turned on a road near Juna luska. Many Angles In 1941 Race For Speaker Dailv inspatcli f»wr«au. In the Si? Walter Hotel Raleigh, Nov. 27. —With three al ready-declared candidates in the field, the race for speakership of the 1941 House seems quite likely to de velop into a general free-for-all, catch-as-catch-can affair which will have more angles that the much mud died gubernatorial contest. There will be this important dif ference, however, the speaker is us ually elected on personality rather than on issues or group support, while the governorship in North Car olina has for many, many years gone to the man the powers-that-be de cides to back. This might also be true of the speakership, but tor the fact that there is seldom a clear-cut race between a pro and an anti-admin istrationist, the antis never having enough members to make such a con test possible. The three confessed candidates for gavel wielding are George Uzzell, of Rowan; Joe Carruthers, of Guilford, (Continued on Page Eight.) Philadelphia Man Kills Two Women And Then Himself Philadelphia, Nov. 27. (AP) —Stanley Krygier, 30, shot and killed two women, seriously wounded his wife and her father, and then shot and killed himself early today, Detective Peter Mc- Cormick, of the homicide squad, reported. McCormick identified the dead as Mrs. Josephine Nieckoski, 45, and her daughter, 17, and the in jured as Felix Nieckoski, 57, and Mrs. Regina Krygier, 22. ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNORTHCAROLINA AND VIRGINbv HENDERSON, N. C„ MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 27, 1939 Cutting Expenses Big Job, He Says at Warm Springs, Where He Flies For Meeting With Roose velt; Three Big Items At Issue. Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 27.—(AP) Budget Director Harold D. Smith upon his arrival here today for a conference with President Roose velt, asserted again that efforts were being made to whittle down exten sively the government’s expenditures for non-military activities. But, he added, “it is a whale of a job.” Smith carried a brief case contain ing the budgets for the Treasury and Justice Departments and the Panama Canal. He said a presi dential decision was necessary on the Treasury budget to prevent a week’s delay in the work of the House Appropriations sub-commit tee, which handles the Treasury sup ply bill. An army bomber brought the bud get director from Washington, and he said he expected to fly back to the capital late today after his talk with the president. One Filipino Says Islands Need America By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Nov. 27. —For variety, a kaleidoscope has nothing on an interview with Dr. Vincenete Viliam- in, a Filipino, Dr. Villamin is cam paigning here to prevent the United States from grant ing to the Philip pines any greater measure of inde penden c e than they enjoy already. He’s a world-poli tician, an econo mist, lawyer, * a writer, an all - around savant and he’s traveled in more countries than any other globe trotter I ever encountered. All the subjects that he’s familiar with and all the places he’s visited (from astronomy to retail merchand ising, from Manila westwardly a round the earth to San Francisco, from Canada to Patagonia) he dis cusses miscellaneously. He doesn’t deal with them sep arately. He mixes ’em up # regardless of consequences. Os course, his favorite theme is the Yankee-Filipino relationship. “Americans,” he says, “are the (Continued on Page Seven) Blockade Os Germany To Be Tighter Further Ship Losses Reported as Drastic Counter Measures Are Ordered in Lon don; Two German Freighters Reported Captured. London, Nov. 27.—(AP) Four seamen and an elderly woman passenger identified as an American, were killed in the sinking of the 8.859-ton Hol land-Amerika freighter Staarn dam by a mine in the Thames estuary, it was announced to day. A Reuter’s (British news agency) report from Amsterdam said the woman passenger was a “Mrs. Steffen”. Previous re ports said the crew of about 40 and an elderly woman passen ger were rescued. London, Nov. 27. — (AP) —An or der in council for the seizure of ex ports was signed today by King George VI as an avowed reprisal for German mine-laying warfare. The order for the complete block ade of Germany will be published in the London Gazette tomorrow and probably will become effective in a few days. The action came as new shipping losses were reported bj r the Ad miralty. The Hoi land-Amerika 8,- the Thames estuary. The ci'ew about (Continued on Page Seven.) Eight Prisoners Granted Paroles By the Governor Raleigh, Nov. 27.—(AP)—Gover nor Hoey announced today he had paroled eight prisoners, including Gray Woodard, who entered prison in February, 1937, from Wilson coun ty, to serve 18 to 20 years for second degree murder. Among others paroled were Henry Wade, given 24 months in Greene county in January for abandonment and non-support; Marvin Oxendine. sent up in April from Robeson coun ty to serve 12 months for larceny, and Dock Harper, sentenced in Greene in May to 12 months for driv ing drunk, and assault on a female. Americans In Protest On Britain Washington, Nov. 27.—(AP) Representatives of the board of trade of German-American com merce, urged the State Department today to protest Great Britain’s de cision to seize German exports. Dr. A. J. Reiner, board president, and Paul Pickrell, board attorney, both of New York, made their re quest to Green Hackworth, the State Department’s legal advisor. The men argued that seizure of German exports would violate in ternational law. They said also that this country was in need of certain German products, such as dyes, precision tools, toys and optical in struments. Shopping / \ ©Ays TILL , ***««« EXPLOS/VE MINE l „ a WROPPED FROM PLANE sea " FR A ' DOWNED CT ' OVER WESTERN FRONT: T V /''AT-' "V LONDON REPORTS 150 CRAFT i" TOOK PART IN ACTION fggfca yj Europe’s war has shifted to the sky as latest dispatches tell of fierce activities over the Western Front. Allies claim a number of Nazi planes have been shot down during the air fights in which, they say, large numbers of planes have been engaged. From the north come reports of deadly parachute mines being dropped into the North Sea and Thames. (Central Press) Vessel in Pacific Sends SOS Appeal San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 27. — (AP) —The Quaker Line steamer Peter Kerr, broadcast a general call early today asking ships to “please stand by us.” Glove wireless said the ship messaged she had a “hold full of water”. Her position was given as about 600 miles east of Hakodate, Japan. The weather was clear but the sea was rough, the message said. The ship sailed from Los Angeles November 4 for Vladivostok. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 27. (AP) —Globe Wireless reported the freighter Michigan was moving through rough seas off the Japanese coast toward the Quaker Line steamer Peter Kerr, which broadcast a general call for ships to “please stand by Us.” The Globe report quoted a message from the American President liner President Cool idge as follows: “Peter Kerr No. 1 hold full water but no immediate danger as long as bulkhead holds out. Michigan is bound toward Kerr.” Abductor Os Sheriff Is Still Hunted Pittsboro, Nov. 27.—(AP) —A man Sheriff George H. Andrews said was believed to be Bob O’Con nor, escaped Florida convict, was hunted in this section today. The man was surprised at a still whifch officers raided near here last Thurs day. He escaped after forcing the sheriff to drive him 12 miles up the road. The sheriff and his deputies, while surrounding the still, came upon the man believed to be O’Con -nor. The Negroes fled and the depu ties put out after them. The sheriff began searching the white man and a scuffle ensued, during which the sheriff lost his gun. The sheriff reported that O’Con nor, at gunpoints, forced him back into his car and made him drive down the highway. Then O’Connor jumped out of the car and ran. Bids Called For Upon 16 Road and Bridge Projects Raleigh, Nov. 27. (AP) —The Highway and Public Works Com mission today called for bids to be submitted December 7 for construc tion of 16 highway and bridge pro jects. Among them were Halifax county, grading, structures and surfacing on 2.76 miles of Route 561 between Route 321 and Spring Hill. Pitt, widening 8.70 miles of Route 11, between Ayden and intersection , with Route 274. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Germany Is Backing Up Soviet Act Berlin, Nov. 27.—(AP)—Ger many sympathizes with Russia’s de mands upon Finland, according to the informational service Dienst Aus Deutschland, which often re flects foreign office views. “This opinion prevails here,” said the service, “that a first class power ox the rank of the Soviet Union has the undeniable right to secure for itself access to the sea and by an amicable agreement with its neigh bors to safeguard vital defense in terests. Previously, authorized quarters had stated that Germany officially was disinterested in the dispute be tween Russia and Finland except to “read with extraordinary interest” that “Russia regards England and France as responsible for Finland’s unyielding stand.” Kuhn Lawyer Renews Claim Os Politics New York, Nov. 27.—(AP) — Fritz Kuhn’s counsel today reitera ted his charge that politics was be hind the prosecution of the German- American bund leader on larceny and forgery charges. Coming up at Kuhn’s trial, Peter Sabbatino declared the case was not a routine matter as the district at torney’s office contended, but “one in which the motivating force was politics.” Before argument started, Judge J G. Wallace announced that he would allow the jury to take the case on five counts of the original ten-count indictment, and after he had dismissed 32 motions for mis trial based on various grounds. Arguing against the district at torney’s statement that the- case was routine, Sabbatino pointed out to the jury that Assistant District (Continued on Pagi B’our) Negro Workers Jeered By Chrysler Plant Pickets Detroit, Mich., Nov. 27.—(AP) — Approximately 200 Negro foundry workers entered the Chrysler main Dodge plant today unmolested as several thousand United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) pickets jeered but offered no violence. “Let the strike-breakers go in,” a union spokesman cried through loud speakers. “Don’t stop them. There aren’t enougTi to operate the plant and what the corporation 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY B Red Army Men Killed Near Border Form Resolutions Passed Enmasse by Soviet Soldiers De manding Triple Blow By Government; Finns Accused of Being Tools of En emy. Helsinki, Finland, Nov. 27.—(AP) —Finland will refuse Soviet Russia’s demands that Finnish troops be with drawn from the common border north of Leningrad, it appeared to day from comment in government circles, which suggested that Rus sian forces themselves fall back. The cabinet discussed the demand this morning, and Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko began immediately to draft an answer which may be pre sented today after cabinet approval. Despite the pressure, implicit in the note delivered yesterday to Fin land’s Moscow legation, a Finnish government spokesman chose to call it a “friendly proposal,” not an ul timatum. He pointed out that the note carried no time limit. It called for withdrawal “without delay.” FORM RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY SOVIET TROOP GROUPS Moscow, Nov. 27.—(AP) —Soviet Russian troops, in mass meetings following a “border incident” yester day, in which Finnish artillery al legedly killed or wounded 13 red army soldiers, today urged the gov ernment to “adopt strictest measures” The meetings were held as Moscow awaited an answer to an ultimatum like note in which Russia demanded that Finland withdraw her border garrisons to prevent a repetition. The press campaign against Fin land v/as strikingly similar to that which preceded the invasion of Po land, and no mention was made in the newspapers or over the radio of the denial issued in Helsinki that Finns had fired on the Russians. The press v/as filled with stock re solutions rushed through mass meet ings of workers on night shifts urg ing, among other things in denuncia tion of Finland, that the Soviet Union “reply with a triple blow.” Finnish leaders were accused of “fulfilling orders of their imperialis tic masters,” presumably Great Bri tain and France. Troops in the Moscow district adopted resolutions declaring “there is a limit to patience” and request ing the government to “bridle pro vocators of war.” First Lady Is Willing To Testify Washington, Nov. 27. (AP) —Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said today she was willing to be a Dies committee witness if she had any information f/hich might be helpful. She made these remarks at a press conference about the same time Major Hampden Wilson, an investigator for the House committee on un-Americanism, was testifying that the American Student Union was an instrument used for spreading communism among stu dents. The first lady, who has addressed the American Youth Conference, and said repeatedly that she did not be (Contnued on Page Seven.) wants is for you to stop them and start a fight.” A force of 1,000 police, warned that an attempt would be made to enter the strike-bound plant, stood ; by to prevent a possible repetition ; jof Friday’s violence, but they were I not needed. The picket line began ’ to form at the plant gates long be i | lore dawn. Police estimates placed . I the number of pickets on hand when ; the group of workers began to en -I,l*l* at upwards of 3,500.