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01*R SILVER anniversary 1914-1939 W ENTY-SIXTH YEAR Thousands of Turks overed In Ruins esides Known Dead Turk Quake Area I tv CMA/tEST /; *p 7 ANKARA/ . •tAKAt/ if. v \ YoZ ? t s'vas ; VfZVTEfiWVfW 1 ’ 1 . **■—l 1 r rcle locates the Turkish cities of S vas, Yozgat, Amassia, Takat, Lmi sun and Ordu, which were re- i ted left in ruins by a catas- T phic earthquake which rocked ; ; , v area, leaving thousands dead. Newßevenue Expected By Washington j Government Looks to 1940 Both For Polit ical Victory And For More Income to Re duce Federal Deficit. Wash ; ngluii. Dec. 29. —( AP) j \ imstration is looking to the > A . vt : : tor better business in the • • it may bring not only ,1 >access but more revenue , • cat c ;i the Federal deficit. i Good Business Year. G'vernnient economists, though speciiv reservations a roue believe that 1940 will be gen ii pretty good business year • as good as 1929. but better ■ny year since then. l now, factories are shown y ailable statistics to be turn t .about as much goods as they • the height of 1929, so that f the economists’ douots arise . ,m the production outlook but phases of consumption. Cur .. good, are not being bought • as they are being produced. :dent Roosevelt himself has the business outlook into his - problem, predicting that the h . :i/‘t could be balanced without c ing taxes whenever there is ;0.000.000,000 national income. : gure. which approximates the ■ ;il production of wealth in ■ ■ as about 510,000,000,000 more Secretary of Commerce Hop (Continued on Page Five) \ irginia Electric To Cut Rates Soon $30,000 to $40,000 Raleigh, Dec. 29. (AP) r til flies Commissioner Stanley Win borne said today he ex fi-r teil to announce reductions a electric rates of the Virginia i leetric & Power Company in the day or so, which mild n van an annual saving Id s:;o,0(> 4 to S 10.000 yearly to North Carolina customers. The coiupany serves eleven northeastei t» counties. It has ?ot reduced rates in this State ince April, .1938. oach Wolf Vill Remain At Carolina :•<,< | Hill, Dec. 29. — (AP) rd was received here yesterday • Head Coach Ray Wolf would re n ; t the University of North Car a Wolf was recently offered a ,e!,,ng post at Rice Institute, b an A. W. Hobbs received a tele . from Athletic Director R. A. - tzer saying that Wolf had declined It ice of for, which was reported • to be at a higher salary. Roth Fetzer and Wolf are now in Angeles attending the annual feting of the National Collegiate Rhletic Association. Hobbs said the 1 diversity Athletic Council had not a red Wolf an increased salary or tenure to stay here. Hntiirrsmt Datltt Btspatcb WIRE SERVICE OF IHE ASmu. lATEI) PRESS Raging Blizzard, Looters And Perils of Disease Add to Earthquake Horror; Known Casualties 30,000, Mostly Dead. Ankara. Turkey, Dee. 29. (AP) —Mounting death tolls in earthquake - stricken Anatolia today led officials to express belief the total dead might reach 50,090. as starvation, cold and disease created new pmils for survivors of the Wednesday catastrophe. Relief trains rushed foad and medical supplies to the shat tered quake zone, but wrecked communication facilities and a raging blizzard made it seem certain additional thousands would die of injuries and ex posure before help could reach them. Ankara. Turkey, Dec. 29.—(AP) —A raging blizzard, looters and the peril of disease increased a tale of horror today in earthquake-strick en Anatolia. Officials said casual ties totaled 30,000. “mostly dead", ranking the catastrophe with the greatest of modern times. The latest figure evidently did not include exposure victims and the less critically injured, which officials yesterday calculated would bring total easualtis to 60,000, in cluding 20,000 killed. They had put dead and injured in the province of Erzincan alone at 42,000. It was said that “numberless thousands” of persons remained buried in the ruins of buildings. Special trains bearing hundreds of doctors with supplies and medi cines managed today to reach some of the ravaged areas isolated since Wednesday. They were unable to reach many localities because of blocked roads and collapsed bridges. Authorities said more tremors might come in the next ten days. As one single item of the tragedy, relief workers reported finding great numbers of stray children in pitiful condition in the mountainous icy woods. Three additional earth shocks last night added to the dis tress of tho_ ravaged area of east central Turkey. S. C. Governor On Trail Os Hooded Band Columbia, S. C„ Dec. 29.—(AP) —Governor Burnett R. Maybank said today that he was demanding “as governor” the arrest of every man who participated in activities of a hooded band in Anderson Wed nesday night, in which a man re ported he was taken from his home and whipped. “I want to publicly condemn such activity,” Governor Maybank said. “Such things are un-Christian and un-American. If there are lawless people in Anderson, or anywhere else in the State, they 'can be ar rested by regular law enforcement officers.” The governor said he had sent Chief J. Henry Jeanes, of his con stabulary, to Anderson with two officers to make an investigation, 'and had asked the Anderson sheriff for a report on the situa tion. Truck Load Limit Same For State I Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Dec. 29. —North Carolina was one of many states which made no change in its truck load limits during 1939, according to a national survey made by the National High way Users Conference, The survey disclosed that what changes were made by a dozen states showed a trend toward greater uni formity in limits; but it also develop !ed the fact that no two of the 48 ! states impose identical limitations dc j spite the general trend toward uni formity. So far as through traffic from North to South is concerned Ken tucky is still found to be the “bottle neck'’ blocking truck transportation* as the Blue Grass state’s legal load limit is 18,000 pounds as compared with North Carolina’s 40,000, and the ! much heavier loads permitted in ! practically all of the northern states. ; As far as North Carolina truck in terests are concerned, however Vir ginia’s 35,000-pound limit is the clos | est thing to a bottle-neck in the way of north-south transport. Truckers (Continued on Page Eight.) ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNORTHCAROLINA AND VIRGINSw HENDERSON, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 29, 1939 Finland’s Fighting Ghosts Speed to Attack Camouflaged i:i the snow, Finnish ski troops streak down a pass north of Lake Ladoga, where thousands of invading Red troops were trapped by the swift moving, hard striking Finns. Fuliv packed knapsacks under their white coveralls give them the appearance of hunchbacks. Their daring raids have helped Veep Finland in the fight despite overwhelming odds. 1940 Tobacco Allotment Made By AAA On Control Mandate Pae And Maxwell Likely To Announce on Monday Daily lir-aiart?i s»*ireasi in tii<* So- Wsilh.tfl Raleigh, Dec. 29.- -Your Raleigh re porter would not risk the family jewels on the proposition, but he would not be more than mildly sur prised if two announcements for the governorship appear in the papers of next Monday morning. If this should come to pass, the announcements will be tho.-.e of Dr. Clarence Poe, editor ol the Progres sive Farmer, and Commissioner of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell. That one of these will appear is an even bet; that both will do so is somewhat less than that, but still probable enough to make a good par ley or “daily double”, so to speak. In considering this rather hedging sort of forecasting, bear m mind the fact that the current gubernatorial situation is one practically without Roosevelt, Jr. And Wife In Auto Crash Winchester, Va., Dec. 29.—(AP) Franklin D. Rooseveit, Jr., and his wife were injured in an automobile accident early today near Paris, about 23 miles east of Winchester. The President’s son and daughter in-law were brought to a Winches ter hospital, where they were ad mitted for treatment of head lacera tions. Details of the accident, which was reported to have occurred between 5 and 6 a. m., were not immediate ly available. The roads in this vicin ity have been sheathed in ice for several days. First reports from the hospital said that neither young Roosevelt nor his wife, the former Ethel Du- Pont, appeared to be seriously hurt. They had attended a party at “Scaleby”, the estate near Boyce, Va., of Kenneth N. Gilpin, member of the State Highway Commission. Dr. Allen R. Dafoe To Drop Duties As Dionnes’ Guardian Miami Beach, Fla., Dec, 29. (AP) —Arthur SJagt. attorney to Dr. Allen Roy Dafoe, con firmed today reports that the famous doctor will retire from his guardianship of the Dionne quintuplets. Slagt said Dr. Da foe would continue as personal physician to the children. Dr. Dafoe’s retirement from the guardianship will be effec tive as soon as his resignation is accepted by the premier of Ontario. T>*e attorney said no decision bsyl been made as to whether the children will leave their special nursery and re turn to live with their parents, “That will he decided in the future to the satisfaction of all concerned,” he said. precedent in North Carolina’s poli tical history—a situation so muddled and confused that putting it together so as to make sense is about as hard as matching pieces of two or three different jigsaw puzzles. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, the Poe and Maxwell announcements are now in the making, with the re venue commissioner a dead certain and sure entrant within the next ten days as an absolute limit, and the Poe candidacy almost as well assured, despite the fact that there are still some who cannot seem to grasp the fact that he is almost as good as in right now. It seems to be a fact that Dr. Poe has reached the point where he very sincerely believes that he is being “drafted” for the race; and when (Continued on Page Eight.) Daniel Bell Gets Job In Treasury Washington, Deo. 29. (AP) President Rooseveit announced today that he would name Daniel W. Bell, former acting budget director, to the vacant post of under secretary of the treasury. At a press conference, Mr. Roosevelt said he would submit the nomination to the Senate when Congress assembles. Bell now is an assistant to the secretary of the Treasury. lie has been reluctant heretofore to give up his civil status to take an appointive job, but President Roosevelt said today he believed Beil could stay out of the civil service a certain number of years and then go back without losing civil service status. Pair Saved From Death To Testify Raleigh, Dec. 29.—(AP)—Two Negroes sentenced to die this mor ning for two capital crimes saw their supposed death hours pass un eventfully as prison officials and police prepared to question them further about the strangulation of Prison Guard J. S. Chesser, 56, early yesterday. William Young, 22, was con victed in Hoke county of murder and first degree burglary and prison officials said he confessed he gar roted Chesser during an escape at (Continued on Page Eight) (jOsrdk&A FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy, rain near coast tonight and probably Saturday morning, and snow flurries in the interior this afternoon and tonight; con tinued rather cold. Acreage 750,000, Compared With 884,- 000 For 1539; North Carolina’s Part Is 509,534 Acres And 446,861,000 Pounds. Washington, Dec. 29. — (AP) —The Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion announced 1940 State acreage allotments today for flue-cured to bacco, totaling about 750,000 acres under a crop control program ap proved by growers at a referendum held October 5. The allotment compared with 884,- 000 acres for 1939. Under the control program, mar keting quotas will be invoked to keep surpluses off the market. Each grow er’s quota will be the production on his acreage allotment. The marketing quotas and acreage allotments, respectively, for 1940, by states, follow: Virginia, 57,318,000 pounds and 72,- 924 acres. North Carolina, 446,861,000 pounds and 509,534, acres. South Carolina, 81,060,000 pounds and 85,326 acres. Georgia, 65,790,000 pounds and 67,- 825 acres. Florida, 10,866,000 pounds and 12,- 154 acres. Alabama, 427,000 pounds and 500 acres. The AAA also set aside a market ing quota of 1,236,000 pounds and 1,897 acres to be divided among farms entering flue-cured tobacco (Continued on Page Five) McMullan Holds Imperial Buying Cannot Be Taxed Raleigh, Dec. 29. (AP' Attorney General Harry Mc- Mullan indicated today that he would rule that cities find counties cannot levy ad va lorem taxes on tobacco pur chased by the Imperial To bacco Company under a con tract with the Federal Com modity Credit Corporation and store'* in warehouses pending export. VV. P. Stradley, city clerk of Oxford, requested the ruling in November. Rail Wreck Blamed On Tampering Washington, Dec. 29. —(AP) —The Interstate Commerce Commission reported today that “malicious tampering with the tracks” caused the derailment of the Southern Pacific streamline train City of San Francisco near Harney, Nevada, August 12. Nine passengers and fifteen dining car employees were killed in the crash. In addition, 99 passengers and 14 employees were injured. The commission said that the evidence showed the train was not moving in excess of the maximum authorized speed of 60 miles an hour when it was derailed. “The train was riding smoothly (Continued on Page Eight) t-cIiiLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Soviet Air Attacks On Finns Renewed As If In Reprisal The Worm Turns I SOVIET \ ( j RUSSIA \£{/SS/4VS I J- / ,„ , Z>AVKSV i( W/fe (I A4CK/Q \ sggN \ 9| SUCMUSSAIMiV " F/ sfc s WSv I Russian W/ 1 V \Jr\ LIEKSAWV \ FINLAND y_L_ ! . wen**/ £%% BLCBEETMAS 1 700 RADS \ small ary K, Ayl k/lled VI!PU .*» Josef Stalin, wrathful at defeat of ] his troops, is reported to have or- \ dered 300,000 of his beet soldiers to advance cn the Salla front (B> and cut Finland in half, following rout of Red army there. In Petsamo sec tor (A), Finns halted Soviet drive and regained lost territory. Reds ; tried new offensive at Kussamo (C), while Finns continued drive past Lieksa into Russia in attempt to cut the Murmansk railway. Big British 151 ni ysii p Is Attacked j German T orpedo Blast Kills Three Men Aboard. Craft of Old Queen Elizabeth Type Ship. London, Dec. 29. (AP) -The Ad-J miralty announced today that a Ger- j man submarine had attacked a Bri- j tish battleship, killing three men and causing “some damage”. It was us- j serted unofficially that the battle-j ship was sale after the attack, ano. i was proceeding on her course. (The announcement followed one; by the German supreme command | that a British battleship of thej Queen Elizabeth class had been tor- | pedoed by a German submarine! “west of Scotland.”) After receipt of the German an- j nouncement, the Admiralty issued a short communique: “A torpedo attack has been made on a British battleship by a U-boat. Some damage was caused ana t-nee men were killed.” Officials declined to make further | comment, and gave no indication i what battleship was involved or when or where she was attacked. The Queen Elizabeth class includes five ships, ihe oldest in the British navy, all laid down before the World War, and completed in the early years of that conflict. Allied Buying Board Talks To President Washington, Dec. 29.—(AP)—Pres ident Roosevelt conferred today with ; officials of the Anglo-French pur-; chasing board in this country on the progress of their acquisition of Amer- ! ican supplies. Arthur B. Purvis, president of the ; agency, revealing the general nature j of the discussion, intimated impor tant developments might stem from j it by saying that the board’s New York office possibly would make some announcement later. Purvis and Rene Pleven, assistant to the president of the Franco-Bri tisli committee of coordination in London, attended the meeting, in company with Secretary Morgenthau, (Continued on Page Eight.) MONTGOMERY WARD MANAGER IS DEAD Kinston, Dec. 29. (AP) —H. Willis Roberson, 37, manager of the Montgomery Ward store here, died today of injuries suffered Monday night in an automobile accident near Raleigh. The funeral will be held at Durham Sunday. Roberson had lived at Durham, Goldsboro and other places in the State. He is survived by his widow and one son. | 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Finns Apparently Have Won New Foot hold on Russian Soil For Drive on Vital Murmansk Railway; Ski Forces Active. Helsinki) Dec. 29. (AP) The killing of 600 Russians in a battle at Kelja was reported by the Finnish command today as the red army launched new attacks along the Leningrad- Viinuri railway, and in the eastern part of the Karelian isthmus. The Finnish communique re ported that the Russians left 800 dead on another battlefield in the Sysky lake sector, where two red army battalions were “dispersed”. The destruction of five Rus sian tanks and capture of two others and smashing of several Russian attacks also were re ported. Helsinki, Dee. 29.—(AP)-With Finns unbowed after a month of attack by Soviet Russia, the red air force smashed again today at southwestern Finland. Almost as if in reprisal for a victory claimed by Finland on the eastern front— perhaps actually the winning of a new foothold on Russian soil for a third thrust toward the Murmansk | railway—Russian bombing planes attacked three railway junctions. Also under attack was Finland’s southwestern coastal base, Hanko. The coastal towns of Kotka and Porvoo were bombed during the night. An army communique, an nouncing that red forces had been rolled back in one sector of the 1,000-mile eastern frontier, at least indicated strong flank support for | one of two defensive invasions by ■ ski troops toward Russia’s far north I supply artery, the Murmansk rail- I way. The communique said that the | Russians were foiled by the guer ; rilla warfare being waged by the I ski forces on Russian soil east of Lieksa, and that “the enemy also has been pushed back across the frontier northeast of Lieksa.” (Dispatches reaching Stockholm from the Salla sector told of a new Russian assault there against Fin land at her narrowest point. The Russians, apparently trying to re gain 50 miles of ground lost in the last few days, had brought up hun dreds of new quick-firing field pieces.) Soviet Peace Plan Spurned i By the Finns London, Dec. 29.—(AP) Peace proposals to the Finnish people were reported by London listeners to have been broadcast today by a Russian I station over the wave length of the Finnish Lahti station, which tem porfcrily went out of action during an air raid. The announcer said Russians want ed to end the hostilities as much as the Finns, and that if a truce were »eached the Karelian area would be returned to Finland, all Finnish’ worker:-; would be given holidays with pay and large estates would be liquidated. (In the negotiations which pre ceded the war, Moscow offered to | cede Karelian territory in return for i Finnish concessions.) Finnish circles in London said the proposals were ridiculous, that Finns | already had paid holidays, and that most of the land was owned by peasants. | Mandate Use Protested By Germany Berlin, Dec. 29, -(AP)—Germany, with a special eye on Syria and for mer Goman East Africa, has pro tested to Great Britain and Fiance against use of mandated territories for war purposes. Authorized quarters said the step, which presumably was made thro ugh Sweden, was “logical and of in terest to all members of League of Na tions, as these territories were en : trusted to Britain and France solely | as trustees.” French action in assembling war materials in Syria and the presence of General Maxime Weygand, head of the French Near East forces, in Syria, is being watched closely by Germany. Close attention is also be ing given to the possibility that the Allies may use Syria to aid Turkey in event the European war spreads to j itte 1 4 ear East.
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