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J SILVER I aN SIVERSARY 1914-1939 enty-sixth year Soviets Mav Cut Finland In Two Britain and France Sink “Subs” Faster 1 an Germans Build Churchill fells Commons Five Destroyed This Week; Naval Losses of Britain 50,000 Tons So far; 1,000,000 Building. Dec. 6.—(AP) —Winston .t lord of the Admiral -v red in the House of Com . that five German sub -1 been sunk by the English navies this j that the rate of destruc •ed Germany’s capacity • j-.er losses. said the Allied drive <•< :■ an submarines was .. trom two to four week he is superior to what j t to be the German power , , ; - ; :z U-boats.’’ 1,(100 Merchant Ships Armed y • .an 1,000 British mer- ! have been armed for U. S. Plans Relief To Be Offered To rsa * I «1« Finnish Civilians ',v tgton, Dec. 6. (AP) • , 7 • Roosevelt conferred with | A-.-t H. Jones, Federal loan admin- ; . and Norman Davis, chair- j : the Red Cross, today on : ,s tor extending help to the . population of Finland. said upon leaving the chief ; e's office that the question | .it might be done for the Fin- ' : - people through the American ; er; :-.ent’s lending agencies was "• discussion. No decisions were :r Tied, he said, but if anything is re t may be a move toward get ' g to the Finnish people things t eri t and wear. Specifically, he mentioned cot- C'irn and wheat—products of this country has a surplus. Germans Held In State Not Spies, Officials Say ngton, Dec. 6. (AP) —Gov- ■ .* authorities plunged a few Met.- which they said were well hed into the capital's latest v-tery today, and, presto! there d nothing more sinister than dozen more or less homesick r '‘ in sailors. started yesterday when the ruard picked up the 42-foot i.ikaia near Wilmington, N. C., * explanation except 'that it mned by a crew of German g seamen. As officials here nod silence on the reasons be > action, all sorts of specula . •••o.se. j today, authorities made pub-1 f count for the avowed pur- j ; oiding what they said might' Congressman Fish May Be j Dark Horse *'■> CHARLES P. STEWART ('ntidl Press Columnist • ngton. Dec. 6. —Representa- j ito.i Fish of New York « ictiy declared his candidacy for the Republican n v ' • '-X-V % ' m II ■ ' ;£l ‘Umiltoi. Fish presidential nomi nation in 1940, but he’s expressed a willingness to “con sider” acceptance of his party’s lead ership if the G. O. P. really wants a man of his type —a World War veteran who’s an -isola tionist from for eign conflicts bu. not from co-opera- th otner countries in the pro ■ Continued on Page Four) Umitersmt Daily Htspafrb WIRE SERVICE OP I HE ASSOCIATED PRESS. defcn c, and there will be 2,000 j soon, he added. Germany’s magnetic mines ac counted for more than half the British sea losses within the last month. Churchill declared. He ad ded that magnetic mines were neither new nor mysterious, and preparations for counter measures already were far advanced before the first magnetic mines were sown in British waters. Churchill said British naval losses for the first three months of the war totaled 50,000 tons, and “we have at present building—much of it in an advanced s'tage—nearly 1,- 000,000 tons of warships of all classes.” Davis followed Jones into con ! ference. and told reporters after wards that he also had talked with ! the President about relief for Fin- I land. May Return Debt. Much is being done already, he said, mentioning the dispatch to Finland of an airplane with a cargo J of medicine. Mr. Roosevelt’s consideration of new methods of extending non military aid to Finnish civilians fol lowed a disclosure at his press con ference yesterday that the next payment on the Finnish war debt, expected December 15, would be segrated in the Treasury pending a determination by Congress wheth er the money should be used to help the Finnish people. develop into a spy scare. Federal authorities have known the whole story for at least a month, and the Germans have been ques tioned in at least three different ports. The men had been employed on tankers of an American oil company until the outbreak of the war, when they decided they had better go home. They have been turned over to the United States district attorney for Eastern North Carolina for com pliance with a law passed in World War days. This law requires nationals of a | belligerent country who leave the j United States to contact belligerent I vessels to supply bond before they ! depart. Tokyo Paper Sees U. S. As Japs’ Enemy j Tokyo, Dec. 6.—(AP) —The United ! States was portrayed in the press to ' day as the potential l'oe of Japan, re placing Soviet Russia in that posi tion. Although Yachichiro Suma, the foreign office spokesman, declared that strengthening of the American fleet in the Orient, was not regarded by Japan as a tnreat, the newspaper Hiyako took a different view. “If America does not want war with Japan, she must reconsider her attitude toward this „ country,” it stated editorially. (On December 1, the United States fleet at Manila was augmented by I arrival of six 1,400-ton submarines, ; announced as intended for normal le placement purposes. No announce ment was made regarding disposition of six older type submarines already (Continued on Page Eight.) HENDERSON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOOJJ, DECEMBER 6, 1939 Sweden Speeds Her Defenses Against Nazi Menace ' ' " ' , —mmmrnmmmmmmmmmm ■ ■ Sweden declares her army at full fighting strength and all defenses [ best, is illustrated above. Right, twin anti-aircraft guns. Bottom, tanka manned against any attack. Foreign observers see a possible Nazi armed with 37 mm. cannon, two-way radio, and .303 machine guns. Top, thrust as German propaganda machine begins its campaign of vilifica- the Gotland, part of a small, but excellently equipped navy. Inset, King fe.on and pressure. Sweden’s armament, said to be on par with world’s I Gustav and Crown Prince Adolf (right), watching aerial maneuvers. Attacked by Nazis Richard J. Sandler Reports from Stockholm indicated Richard J. Sandler might be re moved from his post as Sweden’s foreign minister as a result of in spired German newspaper attacks. It was believed the Nazis, under Russian pressure, were trying to frighten Sweden into halting flow of supplies into Finland. (Central Pres*) McNutt Men Seek Support Os Tar Heels Daily Burea.ii. bn the w By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, Dec. 6. —State officials here have learned that Paul McNutt has the support of “big" men in his campaign lor the Democratic presi dential nomination. There was no doubt of that after a quartet of McNutt boosters, who looked exactly like four husky and hefty tackles on a Grade-A college football team, invaded this capital city in an effort to spread the Mc- Nutt gospel and gain the good will of prominent Tar Heels for their Hoosier candidate. They were big men, ‘ too, in the sense* that they hold important po sitions in their homes.'There were Frank McHale, Democratic national committeeman from Indiana; Judge M. L. Fansler, of Indianapolis; Oscar R. Ewing, of New York; and Fred l Continued on Page Two) JOE E BROWN HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Los Anrfeles, Cal., Dec. 6.—(AP)— Joe E. Brown, the motion picture comedian, was injured in an auto mobile accident today. At a hospital where he was taken, his son, Don. said his father was shaken and bruised and recniv«d minor cuts, but that no bones were broken. Eoesevelt Again Sends Sympathy To The Finns Expresses Hope For Early Peace in Mes sage on 22nd An niversary of Little Republic’s Indepen dence; Peace Moves Under Way. Helsinki, Dec. 6. (AP) With all Finland fearing a new blow from her Soviet neighbor. President Kiosti Kallio, in an independence day speech today, told the Finns they could “ab solutely trust” their army to fulfill “its heroic duty” in re sisting the Russian invasion. Finnish officials expressed particular pleasure over a con gratulatory message from Pres ident Roosevelt on the 22nd anniversary or freedom from Russia. The message was broad cast, followed by the “Star Spangled Banner.” Bolstering Finland’s courage, the government announced that 2,000 Russian troons had been captured since the invasion started last Thursday, and that 64 Russian tanks had been de stroyed. * Despite the war, President Kallio and his government held their customary independence day reception for the diplomatic corps. Washington, Dec. 6.—(AP) —Presi- dent Roosevelt expressed 16 President (Continued on Page Two) Federal Deficit Rises 2 Billions For Five Months Washington, Dec. 6. (AP) The Treasury disclosed today that it had spent more than 54,- f 00,000,000 in five months and a few odd days. Making public Treasury fig ures for December 4, the Treas ury said that since the fiscal year began on July 1. expenditures amounted to §4,006,334,782, and revenues §2.253.045,181. This made a deficit of §1,753,- 289,601, and established the oros pect that it would be doubled be fore the end or the fiscal year. The deficit caused the debt to rise to a new high of §41,356,- 412,933, not counting §500,000 009 borrowed this week. UJocdthstii FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Fair tonight and Thursday; slightly colder in the mountains and northeast portion tonight; slightly warmer in north central and extreme west portions Thursday. Big German Liner Taken by British London, Dec. 6. (AP) —A Reuter’s (British news agency) dispatch from Cape Town, South Africa, today said British war ships in the South Atlantic had captured the German liner Ussu guma. 7,834 tons. The German officers and crew were said to have been put aboard a British ship, which was expected to bring the Ussu guma to port as a prize of war. Authorities said German at tempts to scuttle the vessel to avoid capture were unsuccess ful. It was the third German ship reported lost in the South Atlantic in two weeks. Destitution In Cleveland Is Charged Cleveland, Oec. 6. —(AP)—-A sur vey declaring needy Ohioans were living under “unbelievable condi tions’’ was made public today in the wake of a sharp word exchange be tween the Buckeye State governor on the one side, and New York’s mayor and the chief of WPA on the other over the relief crisis. The leader of the Council of Social Agencies, reporting interviews by 50 investigators, declared “there were many cases in actual want and acute need —where persons were starving. Investigators reported that many of the potential relief clients were liv ing under unbelievable conditions. Many people were picking up scraps —scavenging.” Officials of Toledo and Cleveland, both industrial centers, have declar ed themselves at wits ends to solve their relief dilemmas without State aid. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York, in an address there, quoted (Continued on Page Two) ■■■■■ Shopping HLULiSHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Roumania Is Warned To Join Russia Article in Moscow Paper Attacks Eng land, France, Amer ica in Advising Bal kan Nation to Sign Assistance Pact. Moscow, Dec. 6. —(AP) —Roumania was urged to sign a mutual assistance pact immediately with the Soviet Union in an article published today in Communist Internationale, mouth piece of the International Communist organization. The publication declared the pact should be similar to the treaties the U. S. S. R. signed recently with Lat- ! via, Estonia and Lithuania, through which she gained naval and military bases on the soil of the three Baltic states. The Comintern article declar ed: “English and French reactionary bourgeoises, supported by the Amer ican financial oligarchy, are striving (Continued on Page Two) Fritz Kuhn Goes Up the Riv er To Sing Sing Prison New York, Dec. 6. — (AP) — Fritz Kuhn, director of the German-Amer ican Bund, started up the river for Sing Sing today as just another con vict. The stout, ruddy,faced bund fueh rer, whom Judge Wallace labeled “an ordinary small-time forger and thief”, was looking straight ahead as he walked sloiidly to the train. He i was sentenced yesterday to serve i from two and a half to five years for! grand larceny of bund funds and for gery. Dies Group Will Summon Leon Trotzky Orange, Texas, Dec. 6.—(AP) — Chairman Martin Dies, Democrat, Texas, of the House committee inves tigating un-Americanism, disclosed through a secretary today that Leon Trotzky and Dieggo Rivera, famed j Mexican moralist, would testify next: month on communist activities in j Latin-America. The committee. Sec retary Robert E. Stripling said, pro bably will hear "'roizky and Rivera (Continued on page two) O PAGES O TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Sweden Is Menaced By Soviet Push Russian Strategy May Be to Seize Swedish Mines For Iron Ore Supply; Finns Promise “Un breakable Resistance” To Reds. Kirkenes, Norway, Dec. (?. —(At the Finnish Frontier) —(AP) —On this 22nd anniversary of Finnish indepen dence, a Soviet Russian army was reported to have driven almost a fifth of the way across northern Fin land —-apparently under orders to cut the country in tv/o. This army was said to have pene trated 35 miles into Finland, reach ing Kuolajarvi, on the seventh day of the war, and leaving only 150 miles to be traversed before Finland would be bisected. Completion of the drive would put red forces on the Swedish border. Just beyond the border lie Sweden's rich iron mines. Observers saw in the relentlessly developing Russian strategy a great menace to Sweden— apart from the disease it might mean for Finnish troops in the far north. Finnish sources contended the Rus sian advance was discounted in ad vance because the region already penetrated is practically uninhabited. The Finns declared the invaders would encounter "unbreakable” re sistance when they reached Finnish (Continued on page two) Western Front Is Quiet, Reports Os Both Side State Berlin, Dec. 6. —(AP) —The Ger man high command summarized a lull on the western front and in the war at sea today with three words: “No special events.” NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE IS REPORTED FROM PARIS Paris, Dec. ti.—(AP) —This mor ; ning’s war communique said: “Nothing of importance to report.” Car Kills Two Men Near Bryson City; Youth Is Arrested Bryson C : tv, Dec. 6. —(AP) —Fran- cis Jenkins, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jenkins, of Buffalo Branch, near here, and Earle Wilke, 23, of Need more, were killed early today when struck by an automobile as they were walking along U. S. highway No. 19, two miles west of here. Several hours after the accident, Sheriff Gomer Martin arrested a youth whom he booked as Clarence Rogers, 20, and placed him in jail here. Martin said the youth admitted having been the driver of the auto mobile. U. S. Intends To Defend Its Rights Washington, Dec. 6. (AP) State and Treasury Department of ficials indicated today that the gov ernment intended to protect its rights under international law, even though this course might mean ex pense and delay to American ship ping lines. The question of American ship ping rights arose informally in con nection with Great Britain’s navi cert system—a policy under which British consulates issue naval cer tificates showing that American ex ports to neutral European countries are not objectionable to Great Brit ain. The system was designed to ex pedite the flow of American com merce through the British contra band patrol to neutral countries— and to save time and trouble for the patrol. In most cases, it would permit a ship master carrying a cargo completely covered by navi certs to pass quickly through the patrol. There were reports that some shipping lines, anxious to avoid the expensive delays involved when their vessels were ordered into port for inspection, would refuse to ac (Continued on Page Four)
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