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OUR SILVER ANNIVERSARY 1914-1939 WENTY-SIXTH YEAR New Tremors Heighten Horror ■r Great Turkish Earthquake Turkish City Hit by Quake Here is a street scene in the Turkish city of Ordu, on the Black bea. with children lining up at a relief station, after the last earthquake there.* Reports from Turkey indicate Ordu has again been devastated by quakes ic the disaster which has taken thousands of lives in the Black Bea coast area. Republican Leaders Are Asked To Jackson Feast Train Wreck In Texas Injuries 21 Orange, Texas. Dec. 30.—(AP) —Five coaches of a Southern P?.i ific passenger train piled up i a drainage ditch on the out -kirts of Orange today, injuring :i persons. The injured, first re ports said, included two white • > '•-ons and 19 Negroes. Most of them were riding in the first day coach of the fast New Or : aas-San Antonio Flyer. \ section worker said he be lieved a broken rail was re sponsible for the derailment. U. S. Blamed By Russia For League Action By ' HARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist -hington, Dec. 30. —Washington ' ) smile at Moscow’s account that United States was mainly respon sible for Russia’s expulsion from the League of Nations, because o t the Soviets’ attack on Finland. The talin gov ernment hasn’t made this assertion officially but the Communistic press has made it, and the Russian press is so completely g o v e rnmentally controlled that it is, in effect, ol'fi- P' Josei Jtalia The State Department doesn’t 1 . oi course. Indeed, its spokes » - hip doesn’t deny that the Unit attitude toward the Mos iexpulsion from the league is sympathetic. However, that ck Sam had anything actively to 1 1h it. is referred to as a perfect : idiculous idea. "vs every one knows, we don’t be ig to the league. We’ve no vote in decisions. ihe Moscow press naturally is as •ii aware of this as the rest of the aid. Its story, though, is that ishmgton, as the biggest of the ii-American republics, controlled ballots of the smaller fry, thus uranteeing the league’s anti-Rus n unanimity. ■Stalinists Badly Stung, t hadn’t been surmised in Wash (Continued on Page Eight.; ItettitergafflßaUu Btsuatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINAL LR ASEI) WIRE SERVICE OP IHE ASSOCIATED CRESS Roosevelt Himself In stigates Bid to Con gressional Minority Chiefs; Promises Non-Partisan Speech On January 8. Washington, Dec. 30. —(AP) —With 1 the approval of President Roosevelt, ; the Jackson Day dinner committee has broken precedent to invite Re publican congressional leaders to be honor guests at that traditional Dem ocratic political love feast here Jan uary 8. Added to this innovation, the in jvitations to the Republicans decler -led that President Roosevelt’s speech iat the dinner would be “non-part j isan in character.” These disclosures today came soon I after Chairman James A. Farley I called the Democratic National Com iinittee to meet here February 5 to ■ fix a time and place for the party’s i presidential nominating concention. The invitations, sent out by form ;er Attorney General Cummings, chairman of the District of Columbia Jackson Day committee,* immediate ly provoked speculation as to wheth er the President would devote his address to a call for national unity in solving internal and foreign prob- I lems. Some observers expressed be lief that it meant Mr. Roosevelt ! would not disclose his intentions re garding a third term at that time. Those known to have been issued free tickets to the dinner, which will cost Democrats SIOO a plate, were Senators McNary, of Oregon, and (Continued on Page Three) Hoey To Boost Campaign For Balanced Prosperity Daily IJisiiait’Ti T>ureau. In the Sir Waiipr Raleigh, Dec. 30.—Come January 1 and Governor Clyde R. Hoey is planning to issue an appeal to Noi th Carolina’s eitizeny to unite with the rest of the South in a campaign “f or Balanced Prosperity, 1940-50”. Some of the other executives wih make their proclamations today, a mong them Governor Ed Rivers ol Georgia, but Governor Hoey has de cided that the first of the New Year is a more appropriate time for lus. Action grows out ol the Southern Governors’ Conference which met in session in Atlanta on December 14. Representing Governor Hoey at the HENDERSON, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOO N, DECEMBER 30, 1939 Late Estimate Put Dead at 40,000 in One Province; Air planes Drop F ood And Clothing to Suf ferers in Sub-Zero W eather. Ankara,- Turkey, Dec. 30.—JAP) —New violent earth tremors in the vicinity of Tokat, in northern Ana tolia, brought fears today of an additional disaster as officials re ported direct from Erzincan prov ince that deaths there would total at least 40,000. New quakes were accompanied by deep underground rumblings, but the extent of damage was not determined immediately. The first trainload of injured from the great earthquake of Wed nesday was enroute to Ankara. The victims, all in need of surgical at tention, included a number of nigh ranking Turkish officers and one general. Military planes flew over Erzin can, dropping bundles of food and clothing to survivors, who huddled, half naked, in snow-covered fields. Rescue of many persons in the isolated districts appeared hope less as snow continued to clock highway and rail communications. Guieiais said children and women particularly were falling victims to the continued bitter cold, 25 and 30 degrees below zero. The entire Turkish nation was mobilized for relief and help was sent from other countries. Thousands of wounded were brought into Ankara by train today from the area of Wednesday’s dis astrous shocks and told grim stories of horror and suffering. Their accounts were strikingly (Continued on Five) Harry Bridges Is Freed of Charges Os His Communism Washington, Dec. 30.—(AP) —A. report by Dean James Landis, of the Harvard Law School, today cleared Bridges, the west coast CIO leader, of charges of communist membership or affiliation. Landis, acting as a special ex aminer for the Labor Department, advised Secretary Perkins in a re view of an eleven-week hearing that while the maritime union chieftain was “energetically radi cal”, and had “welcomed commu nist support of his labor activities, he was not a member of nor af filiated with the communist party.” If the secretary accepts the re port, Labor Department attorneys said, it will mean cancellation of a warrant issued against Bridges in March, 1938, for his -deportation to his native Australia on the ground that he was a communist. State Taxes Up 14 Prct. In December Raleigh, Dec. 30. —(AP) North Carolina tax receipts tms December totaled $6,756,131.82, or 13.94 percent above receipts for the month last year. Revenue Commissioner A. J. Maxwell re ported today. For the last six months of this year, returns were $33,125,160.35. or 7.69 percent above the same period in 1938. Major increases were made in the revenue division, which col lected $1,862,621.63 this month, or 36.03 percent above Decem ber, 1938. Sales tax collections this month increased over December, 1938, from $945,014.18 to sl,- 132,595.23, and the gasoline tax from $2,079,172.05 to $2,160,138.- 87. session were President Frank P. Gra ham of the University of North Car olina and Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer. They, along with others present prepared details of a program which they be lieve will prove a supreme biassing to the South and result in its econo mic salvation if successfully carried through. The desire is for a “Decade of Pro gress” growing out of a balanced pro gram, in which ten main points are emphasized. Even at the risk of some antipathy because of its similarity in sound to (Continued on Page Eight) Runs War on Finns ’ *_ ... Gen. G. M. Stern Hero of Russia’s 1938 Far Eastern “vest pocket war” with Japan, Gen. G. M. Stern has been placed in charge of the Soviet forces stale mated in their attempted conquest of Finland. He replaces Gen. K. A. Meretskoff, reported summoned to Moscow to explain the Red army’s failure. Battles In Congress Seem Sure Returning Congress man Talk of Govern ment Spending, Trade Agreements And Lifting Govern ment Debt Limit. Washington, Dec. 30.—JAP) — Congressmen, streaming back to the capital for the politically important 1940 session, talked chiefly today about brewing battles over govern mental spending and renewal of the administration’s reciprocal trade agreements program. Despite President Roosevelt’s known desire for a short, har monious session, many of the leg islators concede it would be tem pestuous and prolonged, not only by the trade agreements and pend ing issues, but by such other sub iects as proposed changes in the Wagner labor act, and whether to increase the public debt limit. Sneaker Bankhead lias announced that Mr. Roosevelt would deliver his annual message to Congress next Wednesday. He will address a joint session of the Senate and Hou-e probably about 2 p. m. (EST). The address will be oroad cast. The President’s budget message, containing his recommendations for governmental spending in the fis cal year starting next July 1, will be sent to Congress Thursday, Bankhead said. Henry London Dies At 60 At Raleigh Raleigh, Dec. 30. (AP)- —Henry M. London, since 1919 legislative re ference librarian, prominent Epis copal lay leader, and holder of office in many religious and civic organiza tions, died today of a complication of heart diseases. He was 60. He had been ill for several weeks. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Church of the Good Shepherd. He will be buried at 3:30 o’clock tomor row afternoon in Pittsboro, where he was born April 11, 1879. London had been secretary of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina since 1921. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Elliott London; two sans, H. M. London, Jr., of Winston-Salem, and George Elliott London, of South ern Pines; two brothers, Isaac Lon don, of Rockingham, and Captain J. J. London, of the United States Navy, and four sisters, Mrs. John H. An derson, of Raleigh; Mrs. J. H. Fell, of Trenton, N. J.; Mrs. Betsy Lon don Gordon, of Raleigh, and Mrs Fred Jerome, of Pittsboro. First Major Battle Imminent In Russian-Finnish Conflict As Reds Mass Fresh Soldiers Churchmen Confer With FDR r j Rabbi Cyrus Adler, president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, is assisted down the White House steps by Dr. George A. u trick, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in Aniei ica. In blizzard weather, they conferred with President Roosevelt to discuss peace plans, which include the recent appointment ot Myron lajloi envoy to the Vatican. (Central Press) Hitler Predicts Victory For Reich Arms In 1940 Forty Are Killed In Italian Wreck Naples, Italy, Dec. 30. (AP) At least 49 persons were killed and 159 injured today when an express train crashed into the rear of a troop train at the Torre Annunziata station, 18 miles south of here. Rescuers searched the wreckage for more bodies. The fast passenger train plunged into the rear of the train carrying soldiers. which was standing on a siding at the station. The passenger train had the right of way, investigators said, and was to have passed, but a switch apparently failed to function. The express plunged onto the siding and plowed into the ears full of troops, including high ranking officers. Snow Genera! In East Half Os Country (By The Associated Press.) Snow was general today and last night over the Middle Atlantic and New England States, but normal tem peratures prevailed, and there was little disruption of. traffic, even in Boston, where the heaviest fall—four and a half inches —was measured. Another light snow and falling temperatures were predicted over much of the area. The overnight and early morning fall was of varying depth. Bingham ton, N. Y., saw only a slight trace; Albany, N. Y., had half an inch, while the Buffalo Weather Bureau registered two inches, with a light snow still falling and more expected Sunday. Three deaths attributed to the snow were reported. At Baltimore, Md., a boy was killed in a sledding accident; at Perth Amboy, N. J., an 83-year old woman died of a heart attack while shoveling snow, and Philadel phia reported a man killed by a skid ding truck. U/suaßmh FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Generally fair tnight; Sunday partly cloudy, possibly light srjovv or rain in extreme north portion; continued cold, followed by cold Sunday night. WEEKLY WEATHER South Atlantic States: Fair at beginning, then somewhat warmer, possibly some rain about Tuesday or Wednesday, with colder over northern sec tion: another rainy period in latter part of week, with colder at close. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. •5. ays Germany Is Fighting For “New Europe' ; Says That Cannot Be Achieved By Outmoded West ern Powers; Calls on Army. Berlin, Dec. 30.—(AP)—Adolf I Hitler expressed today his convic- j tion that 1940 would bring victory ; i to Germany, and declared the Reich was fighting for “the construction of a new Europe.” In a year-end message to the Nazi party, the fuehrer stated Ger many’s “clear, precise war aim”: ; Germany and beyond that Europe j must be liberated from the oppres j sion and constant threats which to i day, as in the past, originate in j England. The “new Europe”, Hitler de j clared, “cannot be shaped by the I outmoded forces of a decaying j world”—f‘the western powers,” but I “only those peoples and forces are I called upon which in their conduct I and their achievements can be spoken of as young and productive.” Hitler said in a message to his 1 army: “Soldiers: The year 1939 was a 1 year of a proud test for the great German army. You victoriously ! used the weapons entrusted you by Ihe German people in the struggle forced upon us. It was possible in hardly 18 days, through the co operation of every one, to re-estab lish the security of the Reich in the east, and to set aside t.hc Versailles injustice. “At the end of this historical f Cord innerl on Page F’ive) Federal Farm Payments To Be Harder For 1940 Washington, Dec. 30.—(AP) Carolina farmers receiving Federal government soil conservation and improvement programs will have to cooperate to a greater extent in 1940 than they did in the outgoing year, if the financial assistance they received remains at the same level. Agriculture Department officials explained today this was the pur pose of the revisions in the land programs recently announced by Secretary Wallace. Benefit pay ments to farmers for cooperating in the land conservation and im provement programs have been re duced, but farmers can earn just as much by increasing the scope of their cooperation to include a great er number ot acres. Thus the pro gram may be expanded, but with no additional costs to the govern ment. In announcing the changes, 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COPY Experienced Troops Sent Up To Front Relieving Y oungsters Finns FI ave Beaten Back Since War Started; Finns Claim 10,000 Russians Are Surrounded. Helsinki, Dec. 30.—(AP)—The war’s first major battle was immin ent today, many military experts believed, as veteran red troops re placed callow conscripts under cover of a continuous artillery bombardment of Finland’s Kare lian isthmus defenses. With Soviet Russian cannon raking the woods in front of the Mannerheim line, Finnish officers said experienced soldiers were re lieving in some sections the young sters whom the Finns have beaten ! back since the war started Novem | her 30. Vnpuri, largest city on the isth mus, and the second largest in all Finland, continued to undergo ar tillery fire. The coastal base of Koivisto also wa s bombarded heavily, and active fighting was noted along the Leningrad-V'iipuri railway in further support of the theory that Russia was massing strength for an attempted break through on the isthmus. (Reports in Copenhagen said Fin nish ski scouts had cut off 10.000 Russian troops from communica tions with their base near Salla, on i the eastern front. These dispatches indicated the Finns were gathering a force to surround the Russians and push them into a decisive en counter.) 1940 French War Budget $5 Billions I Paris, Dec. 30. (AP) —France i winds up the year 1.939 with plans to spend almost $5,600,000,000, all to be raised by loans to wage war in 1940, and with hints from her premier of some kind of a European federation after the war is finished. The French today reported sinking a German submarine, with a British bombing plane helping a French warship, and reported successful forays into German territory on the ! western front east of the Moselle. , Premier Daladier, in presenting the 1940 budget to the Senate yesterday, i asserted that the French-British eco nomic union was “open to all,” and added: “A New Europe will have to re i ceive a larger organization than that I which has existed so far, increasing ; exchanges and perhaps envisaging ] federate bonds among the various | states. A clause in the military expense bill published in today’s Official Gazette, after completion of parlia j mentary approval, authorized eight ' ministers to contract expenditures for war purposes during 1940 totaling (Continued on Page Three.) I Wallace said farm land was : ti! 1 I wearing out faster than it could be restored. “We are making substantial progress toward conservation, yet we realize that all we have done is only a start in the right direc tion,” he said. “As a nation, we have not yet succeeded in holding our own in the conservation bat tle.” Officials explained the rate of benefit payments for planting of soil building crops had been re duced from $3 an acre to $1.50 for alfalfa; $1.15 to 75 cents for le gumes and grasses; $1.50 to $1 lor lespedeza in southern states. Hereafter farmers receiving aid from the Farm Security Adminis tration will not be eligible for loans or grants if they follow a | policy of growing only one cash I crop; in the case of the Carolinas, . cotton, tobacco and peanuts.
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