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j (H R SILVER an mversary 1914-1939 '' : ; Vi Y-SIXTH YEAR U. s. Ready To Join American Moves To ondemn Russians La tn-American Re publics Want to Ex press Indignation at lavusion or I" inland; v uuuenburg Que s tions Soviet Pledge here. . Dec. 5.—(AP)— Sum acting secretary of state, . today the United States had notified certain : .can nations it would oe to participate in a joint on condemnation of Rus- 1 n of Finland. Latin-American nations, did not name, ha\ e ap : government in sup -a id. of the principles of . law. and with reproba ' as a means of settling difficulties. r.ir.cnt, he said, has re ad other American re lortake to formulate such i • n. the United States j . erv glad to take part, ded that many Latin ernments already have position on the invasion g ' statements and mes : icials explained that '.st Soviet Russia brought League of Nations by can republics did not e United States, since it j v ",ber of the League, do. Senator Vandenburg, i . Michigan, called upon i Roosevelt in a statement today to ascertain whether • : government had kept its stay out of political ac-j the United States. The v..-.. senator added that recall - American ambassador to would “reflect our deep od'pnation at the brutal rape FiCand.” J 5 Indictments In Detroit Area In Tile Industry Del it. Mich., Dec. S.J(AP) —A; . i Federal grand jury today in- j : •: r: 35 individuals, eight manu- j ng concerns, three contrac- • ciations, two A. F. of L. ■ iocals. and jobbers, charging monopoly had been created ■ ie Trade in the Detroit area, ndictment was brought un m anti-trust laws. Federal of said it was the first time a .:! indictment ever was re- , inst all branches of an ; , • y indictment charged that a acy exi.-ted to drive out of • - sixty independent tile con by shutting off their tile v and their labor supply. Detroit Tile Contractors As < • .a. the Greater Detorit Tile ■ -rs Association and the Tile ; *()!*< Association of America, • *he defendants, were named e os.ly mediums through which cturs in this area could obtain Soil Payment Rate Revised For Farmers ■•ge Station, Raleigh, Dec. 5.- of payment for soil .. practices in 1940 under the ' ral Conservation Program oounced here today by E. Y. AAA executive officer of i i.ege. The change in the a ciedit farmers can earn by out . il-building practices the most important revisions -U 4O program, he said. ! means of obtaining more >n, the rate of credit has •■uueed for several soil-build * ices which are normally i son a large proportion of Floyd stated. “By reduc te ol credit for these prac -1 sed emphasis is given to o,o:> practices which are not f it:: ;ed out on a large num -9-c) rates are as follows: For pedeza, one-half unit, or per acre, tne same as in seeding alfalfa, one unit, pei acre; for seeding winter uch as vetch, Austrian win ■ end crimson clover, one unit per acre, the same as last ceding timothy and or red -ioutrn unit, or 37 1-2 cents : lor seeding other legumes < , one-hail’ unit, or ia i> ojro; for turning under o nm e and cover crops, such ' vetch, and winter peas, one pi. 50 per acre, the same as •A. and lor turning under in (Continued on Page Five) Untilru'smt ilatly tit snatch leaseD wmp; service op IHK associated press. Tattles on Stalin ■ v "• •;a ■&, ':• * * v v * % Jay Lovcstone Former hood of the Communist party in the United States, Jay Lovestone tells the Dies Committee in Washington that Russian Dicta tor Josef Stalin thought commun ism was “just around the corner” in the U. S. ten years ago and for bade a move to make the party more democratic. (Central Press) Horten Move Futs Many On The Spot Some State Officials Once Urged Him to Run, Then Gave Him Run > Around; Meas ure of Support Re mains Mystery. Daily lusimteU Bureau. In tUe St Walter Hotel- By HENRY AVER ILL. Raleigh, Dec. 5. —Announcement certain and positive by Lieutenant Governor Wilkins P. Horton that he will be a candidate for governor, subject to the Democratic primary of next May. lifts the curtain for the State’s big quadrennial political show. It ends an era of speculation and guessing, a period during which political and professional advertis ing could be had by the simple method of “being mentioned’’ as .a possible candidate. It begins a period in which the news ought to be much more factual than it has been. It puts the spotlight upon—and quite possibly puts upon the well known spot—quite a number of big wigs in the State administration who are reported in some reason ably authentic quarters to have in duced Horton to consider becoming (Continued on Page Three.) Russians Call On American Toilers To Grasp Control Moscow, Dec. 5. (AP) — The Communist party organ today called upon “American toilers’’ to defeat the “war plans’’ of American imperialism, and de clared that ‘ the American com munist party is actively plan ning fulfillment of its historic task in the new international situation.” The call was made in an ar ticle in the monthly magazine —the “Agitators’ Companion” —an organ providing propagan da material for party lectures throughout the country. The article was by far the most bitter piess attack against the United States yet to appear here. “President Roosevelt,” said the article, “is more and more siding with the incendiaries of war. The United States govern ment issuing extraordinary de crees, which it is claimed are directed against spies and sabo teurs, but in reality are used against communists and all anti-war forces. American toil ers are faced with a great task —that of crushing the war plans of a powerful foe—Amer ican imperialism.” HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 5, 1939 Japs Trying To Satisfy U.S.Demand £ Paying Off Claims For Property Dam age in China in Hope Os Improving Rela tions With This Na tion; Treaty Expires Soon. Tokyo, Dec. 5. — (AP) —Looking toward better relations with the United States, Japan is paying off numerous claims for damages to American property in China, auth thoritative sources disclosed today. They said Foreign Minister Admiral Nomura informed United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew in a two-hour conference yesterday that Japan was prepared lo settle such claims. Tnese , ources declared, however, the Japanese disliked use of the Unitea .States-Japanese trade treaty as a “club” for influencing policies in China. The treaty, denounced by the United States in July, is due to expire January 26. it was saiu Grew and Nomura temporarily shelved discussion of such problems as the open door in the Orient and the nine-power treaty, Japan being primarily in terested in bridging the period im mediately following the treaty’s ex ; Jration. For this reason, many long standing American damage claims for bombings in China are being compensated. It was understood re liably the government soon would release a compilation of evidences of Japan’s good intentions, enum erating the cases and amounts paid. The list also probably would in clude instances of soldiers being disciplined for face-slapping inci dents in Tientsin and Hankow. British Coaling Steamer Is Sunk By U-Boat Blast London, Dec. 5. (AP) — Tor pedoing of the London steamer Horsted, 1.670 tons, was re ported today after 13 survivors and the bodies of three crew men were landed. Five of the crew were reported missing af ter the sinking in the North -Sea. The Horsted, a coal ship, was enroute to a northeastern port to pick up a cargo wTien a sub marine attacked her off the eastern coast yesterday, it was said. A British warship picked up the survivors and the three bodies. Kuhn Draws Sentence Os 21-2 Years Suspended Sentence Denied by Court; Grand Larceny And Forgery Convictions Basis For Indeter minate Sentence. 1 New' York, Dec. 5.—(AP)— Fritz Kuhn, German-American bund lead er, was sentenced today to a prison term of from two and a half to five years. He was convicted last week of grand larceny of bund funds. The sentence was imposed on the counts of grand larceny in the James D. C. Murray transaction, and on two counts of forgery in that connection. Sentence was suspended by Judge James C. Wallace on the transaction involving the alleged payment of the moving expenses of Mrs. Florence Camp, the “blonde angel” of Kuhn’s love letters. Murray had testified during the trial that he had never received SSOO (Continued on Page Five) v ig/1 Shopping Itl ©AYS TILL Northern Europe Calls Parley To Discuss Crisis In Fin land Dutch Mine Their Vulnerable Harbors ” 1 ~ — ~~ Highly vulnerable to attack from the sea, Holland is protecting her harbors with an intricate system of underwater defenses, supplemented by land fortresses. Here is one of the tiny railroads used to carry munitions to the waterfront. At left, loads of shells are being carried to one of the forts, while at right a trainload of mines is carried up for planting in Dutch waters. (Central Press) Russia Deserts League To Avoid Expulsion For invasion Into Finland Halifax Condemns Russian Invasion London, Dec. 5. (AP) Foreign Secretary laird Hali fax today called the Russian in vasion of Finland an “inex cusable act of aggression by one of the largest on one of the smallest” nations of Europe. The foreign secretary told the House of Lords the Russian at tack was a direct outgrowth of the German-Russian agreement, and added: “Open towns have been bom barded, women and children mutilated and done to death on the pretext that a nation of un der 4.000,000 had hostile de signs against one of 180,000,- 000.” “The British people have been profoundly shocked by the circumstances of the Soviet at tack, and they have profoundly admired the magnificent resis tance of the Finns.” Blockade Os Germany May Aid America By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Dec. 5. —Uncle Sam’s State Department is noticeably silent, among neutrals, in objecting to the Anglo-French policy of shutting off German exports to foreign countries, as well as blockading the Reich a gainst the delivery of imports ship ped from abroad. It’s customary for a nation, if it can “get away with it,” to prevent supplies from overseas from arriving at an enemy nation’s ports. For in stance, during the last World War I crossed the Atlantic on a Danish ship bound from Hoboken to Copenhagen. (Continued on Page Three) Artillery Activity On Western Front In French Sector Paris, Dec. s.—(AP) —Artillery rumbled again on the western front today. This morning’s communique of the French high command said: “Patrols and artillery activity dur ing the night on certain points of the front.” On the home front, police held 15 persons accused of plotting to re constitute the dissolved Communist Youth Association in Paris. They were arrested yesterday. Considers Invitation To Geneva Sessions As Insult; Moscow Claims Soviets Not at War With Finland; Negotiations De clined. Moscow, Dec. S.—(AP) Soviet Russia has given notice of with drawal from sessions of the League of Nations called to act on Finland’;? charge of aggression. Russia, in fact, construes the invitation as an insult. (At Geneva, League circles took for granted, in view of the Russian response, and a movement among American League members for ex pulsion of Russia, that the Soviet Union would withdraw completely from the League or be forced out.) Even as Leningrad military head cm arte rs reported la it night deepen ing advances into Finland, Tass, of ficial Russian news agency, announc ed rejection of the League’s invitation on grounds that the So\ iet Union is not in a state of war with Finland and does not threaten the Finnish people with war.” League machinery for sessions ot the Council and Assembly starting next Saturday, was started Sunday on the request of Finland’s League delegates that the League “take all necessary measures to check the ag gression’’ of the Soviet Union. The League notification to Russia was telegraphed yesterday, and quot ed from the letter submitted by the Finnish delegate, charging that the U. S. S. R. “attacked not only fron tier positions but also open towns of Finland, sowing death and devasta (Continued on Page Three) 18 Plotters Face Firing Squad For Siamese Activity Bangkok, Siam, Dec. 5.—(AP) — Eighteen alleged plotters against Siam’s 14-year-old King Amanda were executed today. They were charged with conspiracy to over throw the boy king and restore his uncle and predecessor, Prajadhipok. Numerous arrests and the “re tirement” of more than 50 high army officers was followed by con vening of a snecial court which passed the sentences. Ixl&cdhsPi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudv. preceded by light rains in extreme north por tion this afternoon or early to night; slightly warmer in cen tral and southeast portions to night: Wednesday fair, slightly warmer in northwest portion. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. King George Sees Troops at Front With the British Expedition ary Force in France, Dec. 5. (AF)—King George VI followed today the World War example of his father by visiting France to inspect the British army in the field. Cheery despite a rough, rainy crossing of the English cannel, the monarch arranged to in specT lhe front lines and sup porting areas, and later to visit Royal Air Force units. His land ing last night was on the 25th anniversary of the first of George V’s three visits to France during the World War. Now, as then. Edward (then Prince of Wales, row Duke of Windsor) was serving in the armed forces. Another brother, the Duke of Gloucester, returning from leave, made the crossing with the king, while destroyers and planes kept guard against pos sible German attack. German Crew Searched In N. C. Sound Wilmington, Dec. 5. (A.P) A coast guard patrol boat stopped and scorched the 45-foot sailing yacht Lekola, manned by a German-speak ing crew, in Toosail Sound near here today, but Captain L. F. Tuten said he found nothing suspicious. Tuten. commanding patrol boat 222 of Morehead City, added, however, that the Lakoia would be detained pending further instructions from his superiors. He received orders to make the search from the Norfolk, Va., headquarters of the coast guard, he said. Tuten reported that the yacht had nothing aboard except food supplies. He said it was commanded by Cap tain Edward Kerling, a German, who gave his home address as New York. A letter from Kerling to the Ger man consul at New York was found (Continued on Five) Soviet Bombers Resume Aerial War On Finland (At the Finnish Frontier) Kirkenes, Norway, Dec. ,5. —(AP) | —Three Soviet Russian bombers i raided Salmijaervi and the nearby aiea today in a renewal of aerial I operations in the war on Finland. j The bombers could be seen from ! Kirkenes and detonations rever- | berated across the border, but it I v, as not learned immediately what i damage and casualties resulted. At the same time, reports of con tinued Russian landings in the j Fetsamo region, northernmost Fin land, about 30 miles east of Salmi jaervi, were received. These re- ! ports said Russian warships wore observed in Fetsamo fjord thi_ . 8' PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Scandinavia j Soviet Acts I Earnest Desire to Re store Peace Voiced as Norway, Sweden And Denmark Hope to Continue Neutrality In Present War* Oslo, Norway, Dec. 5. —(AP) —Nor- way’s Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht •today called a conference for Thurs day of Scandinavian foreign ministers to discuss the ominous situation growing out of the Russian-Finnish conflict. Issuing invitations to Foreign Min isters Richard Sandler of Sweden and Peter Munch of Denmark, Koht em phasized the earnest Scandinavian desire to re-establish peace in north ern Europe. Any speculation that the three na tions might take a stronger stand in support of Finland, however, was promptly discouraged by a statement of the Danish prime minister, that his nation would maintain neutrality. Diplomats regarded the prime min j ister’s stand as inevitable, since Den ! mark has a non-aggression pact with Germany, and thus would not be likely to take any action which might ! depart the slightest from neutrality toward all phases of the European conflict. Koht pointed out that Finland’s plight deeply concerns Scandinavia, “both because of ourselves and be cause of Finland.” Swedish concern for her own safety was emphasized I by additional strengthening of her i armed forces with a slight reference jto “partial mobilization”, a phase i which hitherto has been avoided | carefully. The Danish foreign minister ac cepted immediately and announced lie would leave tomorrow for Oslo. Sandler’s acceptance also was report ed. Finns Strike Back Hard Upon Soviets Helsinki, Dec. s.—(AP)—Finland was reported today to have strucK i back at Soviet Russia by air bom- I bardment of Paldiski, the Baltic port which Russia leased from Estonia for a naval base. The report lacked confirmation, however, and gave no details. Finns had declared that Paldiski was the base for some of the Soviet planes which raided Helsinki last week. i (Dispatches from the Norwegian j Finnish frontier told of unconfirmed reports that 60 Russian planes had been destroyed by Finnish fliers dropping bombs at Murmansk, Rus sia’s Arctic port.) j Finnish hopes that aid might be forthcoming from Sweden was in dicated by quick fortification of the Aaland islands, which would keep open a sea route between the two nations. | Helsinki’s early winter night clos ed down after a quiet day, which (saw no resumption of air attacks on the capital. Movement of civilians out of Hel | sinki to the interior is practically complete. A Finnish government spokes man, discussing Moscow’s statement | that Russia is at peace with the Fin (Continued on Page Three) morning. These were believed to be convoying troop ships bringing troops from Russian Aritis garri sons. Strong detachments of Finns were moving northward toward Fetsamo. Unconfirmed reports received here said 60 Russian planes were destroyed by Finnish fliers drop ping incendiary bombs on the Sov iet airport at Murmansk. Refugees here were a sorrowful sight. Many women had husbands or sons somewhere on Ihe front, and may never see them again. There was some talk of emigrating to the United States.
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