North Carolina Newspapers

yv « •""*" 4 , .j ^ Hsn&prsmt Uatltj 3ispafrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. j w KN'TY-SEYENTH YEAR J™,™"' HENDERSON, N- C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1940 1THMSI1E1* i;VKKY AKTKUNOUX EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY TORMY BEGIN America's Greatest Liner Nears Completion Here is a bow view of the United States liner S. S. America as she appears three months after launching in Newport News, V'a., where she is being outfitted. The forward funnel has been stepped and the after •utck will toilow. The 723-foot ship, newest and greatest American luxury liner, will accommodate 1,219 passengers and a crew of 639. 16,000 Soviet Troops Almost Surrounded By Finn Skiiers U. S. Objects I W Q • io oeizure Of Its Mail i rormal Protests Sent l o Britain on Cen soring of Pouches ; rem This Country to Neutrals And to Ger many as Well. Jan. 2.—(AP)—'The j ' . S'.atr*s formally protested to • government today against '/lire of mail from the <•; Sv-T - destined to Germany. government. a note to Bri -•:> "cannot admit the right ot' authorities to interfere with • n mails on American or other ship- on the high seas, nor j • admit the right ot the British . ent to censor mails on ships' have involuntarily entered ' : pert?. ■ • S'.at^ Department cited four; • • • of British authorities ind 1.750 sacks of mail and! ! post from American or neu-! The United States note,' ' to the British foreign uff'cej • • • Av< r can Embassy in Lon •••.iti.-d that with regard to mail] at Britain, • '.his government 'In: ts tii»* right of the Bri • i rnrnent to censor private < . i«n-:t:ng in or destined to •::r» <•! Kingdom, or private mails .v rmally pass through the 'i Kingdom for transmission to final destination." • with regard to other mails. H-igUf convention was cited as -'n:/mg that "postal correspon ■ n.utrais oi belligerents is ioioble on 'he high seas." Thf* t" Department contended thi.t same rule obtains regarding it' .<[H>iKienv? on ships which " been required by British au '!'■ to p it into a British port." Inote then concluded: • •if United States govern"-"nt r~ particularly objectionable .- .ctice ot taking mails from ves which ply directly between " ican r.ad neutial ports, an.I '* through Mime form of duress •I'iiicd t<» call at designated Bri e atrol bases. This is believed to '' ontinued on Page Seven) Washington bonds TO BE ISSUED SOON X'-. Jan. 2.— (AP) — The Government Commission to I'liorized the Washington pub ■' , district of Beauiort coun t"day to issue $10,000 in refund bonds. New Year Holiday Deaths Total 365 (Bv The Associated Press.) The New Year holiday reaped a toll of one death by violence for every day in old 1.939 — a total of 365. Reports from the 48 states to day showed 188 of these were on the highways. Seventeen per sons died by fire. 40 suicide. 28 homicide, and 92 from various I other causes. Approximately ISO met violent deaths last New Year's. Totals by states this year, in cluded: North Carolina, ten. Finns Claim New, Larger Helsinki, Jan. 2.—<AP> —The rapture of a Russian army base and the smashing of an all-day tank-supported red army attack at two points on th^ eastern front were reported today by | the Finnish army communique. The Russian base at Aittajoki "passed from hand to hand I during the day." before the Finns finally took it. th«» com munique said, adding: that three machine guns, a field kitchen and ICO overcoats fell into their hands. Near Lake Lava.'arvi.. the Russians were said to have at tacked the whole day with tanks supporting the infantry, only tn he repulsed with the loss of a tank destroyed. Gains northea.it of Lake La doga and in the Suomir-salmi region, scene o* i?ic week-end triumph over the Russian 163rd division, also were reported. The Finns reported seven r~d army planes were shot down during raids yesterday in the southwestern port of Turku. Cotton Gains Few Points New York, Jan. 2.—(AP;—Cot ton futures opened eight to 17 j points higher. Midday prices were: eight to 21 higher, March 11.17. f May 10.82. I (jUpjdtlvLh FOR NORTH CAROLINA Fair, with hard freeze to , coast tonight; slightly colder in the mountains Wednesday: fair and continued cold. j Rear Already Cut Off As Another ticns of Turku, Chief Finnish Port, Razed Copenhagen. Denmark. Jan. 2.— (AP)—Finnish, ski patrols in the central Sails sector were reported to day to threatening a division of 10,000 Soviet Russian troops with encirclement, attacking its flanks after cutting off communications in the rear. It was believed a major engage ment was shaping up similar to the virtual destruction of the 163rd di vision of 15.000 Soviet troops in an engagement near Suomussolmi, as re ported Sunday by the Finnish high command. On the Arctic front, reports reach ing here said the Finns had advanced to within 2.=. miles of Petsamo, stra tegic port city. HISTORIC FINNISH PORT RI INED BY RED BOMBERS Helsinki. Jan. 2.— (AP) —Large sections of Turku, historic port of southwestern Finland, lay in smok ing ruins today, leveled by yester day's Soviet Russian aerial attack. Turku Castle, dating from the thir teenth century, and housing one of Finland's finest museum's, still was in flames. Many objects of art were removed during the raid of more than 20 planes. 'Ihe uatfrwront district was re ported devastated. A government spokesman said the damage was "very great", but that only two per son:-- were reported killed and four injured. With Soviet land loves reported stalled on the Mantvrheim line, on the Karelian isthmus, red bombing raids were seen as reprisals for the reversals. More than fifty cities and towns hav" been raided in the month long war. Some of the cities, the Finns asserted, have no military sig nificance. Turku. i city of 20.000, is the ter minus for shipments of war ma terials from Scandinavian neighbors. Despite too bombings, the railway lines were reported undamaged. A bii/zard swept over southern Finland today, making enemy air raids over this section unlikely. Changes Here In Employment Post Are Made Public Raleigh. Jan. 2.— (AP) —R. Mayne Albright, director, an nounced today the following per sonnel changes in the State Em ployment Service: Joseph H. Cude. Henderson office manager, to Lumber as office man age]-: Isaac L. Parker, Lumberton manager .to Hendersonville as of fice manager, and George Bourdelat was made acting manager of the Henderson office pending appoint ment of a successor to Cude. Battle Im Lar^e See By Bombs. WithNewBuildingRecordSet, Navy Sets New Stakes In 1940 Alien Laws i I i Stem Prosecution of Every Known Viola tor cf American Im migration, Nat uralization, Deporta tion Ai}d Other Laws Urged. Washington. Jan. 2.— (A?*)—The Dies committer, concluding its sec ond year oi' inquiry into un-Amer ican activities, will call, on the government tomorrow for stricter enforcement of alien laws, but again will deter malting specific legisla tive recommendations. Well informed sources said today that the committee's second annual report, which must be filed with the House by midnight tomorrow, when the committee expire?, would contain these two general proposals: 1. An intensified campaign for prosecution of every known viola tor of the immigration, naturaliza tion, deportation, passport and foreign agent registration laws. 2. Renewed publicity for un American activities, which are be yond the scope of existing statutes. These recommendations are. in substance, the high spots of the report, which six of the seven eomrn.i.tterr*cn. came to Washington today to approve. It was learned that Dies woyld use the second recommendation as the basis for enlisting support for his resolution extending the inquiry for at least one more year. However, two committeemen have said that they would insist that the committee, if continued, revise some ol its procedure. They objected particularly to recent an nouncement, without formal hear ings. of an investigator's finding that some consumers' organizations had communist affiliation. oerlin Keeps Watch on Aid Given Finns Berlin, Jan. 2.—(AP)—Germany, according to authoritative sources, is keeping a do-e watch on what kind of aid Britain gives Finland. Germany desire.-, to stay out of the* Russian-Finnish conflict, these sources indicated today, and under stands that the Soviet Union wishe; to settle scores with Finland alone. If British soldiers were to ap pear on Finnish soil, however, or ii (Continued on Page Four* No Ballot for Aged - Dr. Raymond Pearl * Professor of biology in Johns Hop kins Medical School, Dr. Raymond Pearl, addressing the American Sta tistical Association, of which he is president, in Philadelphia, urged that persons "in their second child hood" be denied the right to vote on grounds of being "too foolish." He cited Ham and Eggs and other old age pension plans as proof. » eiC Warships Com missioned in 1939 And 120 More Are Under Way; Huge New Sums Sought by P resident For Bigger V/asi-inril'in, Jen. 2.—< AP)—The ^ Navy broke its peace-tin,e records in warship building during 1939. • and i-: preparing to stop up the rate j of riveting. Officials listed today 30 cruisers, ' destroyers and submarines that were completed and put in com mission during the last year, com pared with 10 in 1938 and 24 ihe year before. With 130 major lighting ships, auxil arie.-> and t'maM "mosquito fleet" motor torpedo boats and sub marines chasers already under con- : i struction or ordered, the high ! command has a:>ked decided in creases in the building estimates ! prepared ior Congress. Well informed administration | quarters have hsard that the navy's , budget, as approved by President Roosevelt, includes a supplemental fund of some $160,000,00, largely to advance construction aside from in- j creased sums to carry on work already in progress. Chairman Vinson. Democrat, Georgia, of the House Naval Com mittee, has proposed authorization i for 96 more warships, and others in j Congress have .suggested that 65-, ! ,000-ton battleships be undertaken. Without waiting action on such pro posals, the Navy is going ahead will the two capital ships of 45,000 tons voted at th.p last session. The keel of tne $88,000,000 bat tleship Iowa is to be laid at the New York navy yard this month. The sister ship, New Jersey, is to be [ started in the spring at the Phila delphia navy yard. The North Carolina, farthest ad vanced of a fleet of six 35,000-ton battleships, probably will slide j down the ways at the New York { yard in May. It is not expected to j be in service, however, until the j end of 1941. Hull Denies Ambition To Presidency Washington, Jan. 2.—(AP)—Sec- j rotary Hull disclaimed today per- j sonal ambitions for the presidency. At his press conference he said that he knew nothing o'f reports that i President Roosevelt had chosen him as his successor. He added imme- I diately that he had made all the j comments that could be made on this subject six to twelve months ago. when, in writing to various: persons, he stated that he had no personal purposes in any sense of a ; political nature. Hull said that he al-o told those,1 persons that he was not giving any persons permission to do or say anything contrary to that attitude, i Some of the letters to which he fetferred, he recalled, have been ' published. Immediately following the press ' conference, a State Department of- [ ficial was authorized to say to cor- j respondents that Hull is out of poli- : . and that he does not want poli- j ti>s mixed in with departmental J » >airs. The official added that | when some persons have arked Hull for permission to advocate his can- 1 dicacy for the presidency, he has specifi^lly requested them not to do so. This spokesman said this was in j line with Hull's deep-rooted belief that there should be no politics in the conduct of the nation's foreign J affairs. Stocks Show Mild Gains New York, Jan. 2.—(AP)—The stock market bowed to 1940 today with a slow, mild rally. Although the ticker tape freauenUy was at a standstill, gains of fractions to around a point were fairly well maintained near the fourth hour. Hopeful, but cautious, predictions for the new year found traders none too sure of forthcoming j trends, the inclination of most was to limit commitments, pending the start of Congress tomorrow, i Minister at Large II. G. Tatsuo Kawai , Unti! two months ago spokesman for the Japanese foreign office, H. E. Tatsuo Kawai is traveling now as minister at large. He is pictured in San Francisco preceding visits to New York and Washington. Later he will fly to South America then proceed to Europe. AFL Loser In Court's Decision Labor Board Scores New Victory in Su preme Court Ruling On Its Powers in Col lective Bargaining. / \ n \ T1!-* WHMlinjllUU, ociri. u. — v<»» / Supreme Court upheld broad powers claimed by the National Labor Rela tions Board toilfv by ruling that a Federal court of aooeals does not have the right to pnss on the board's certification of a CIO union as the exclusive collective bargaining a^'-n cy for all Pacific cia-t longshoremen. This opinion a defeat for the American Federation of L"bor. sus tained a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that it could not review the board's action in lumping all west coast longshoremen info one voting unit. The federation had contended that th" longshoremen of each individual employer should be permitted to de termine their collective bai gaining representative. In two other decisions, the court also upheld the contention of the Labor Relations Board that i! had the power to direct elections to de termine collective bargaining repie Fentation without interference by the Federal circuit court. C)ne of the decisions sustained a board order placing the name of only ore labor organization fa CIO af filiate) on a ballot for a run-off elec tion to determine collective bargain ing representation for employees of the Consumers Power Company, of Jackson. Mich. The other sustained a board order directing the complete dis-ostablish ment of an independent union of em ployees of the Fa Ik Corporation, of Milwaukee. All three decisions were unanimous when more light on taxes and poli tical ieaninis was expected. American Radirtor 10 1-3 American Telephone 171 1-4 American Tobacco B 87 3-8 Anaconda 20 1-2 Atlantic Coast Line 21 1-4 Atlantic Refining 20 7-8 Benaix Aviation 32 Bethlehem Steel 81 7-8 Chrysler .90 Columbia Gas & Liec Co .. 6 3-4 Commercial Solvents 14 3-4 Consolidated Oil Co 7 5-8 Curtiss Wright 10 3-4 DuPont ' 187 7-8 Electric Power Light 7 1-2 General Electric 40 7-8 O-neral Motors 55 Liggett & Myen. B ... 107 1-4 Montgomery Ward & Co .... 55 1-2 Reynolds Tobacco B 40 Southern Railway 211-2 Standard Oil Co N J 44 1-2 I" S Steel fifi 3-1 Efforts For Harmony To Be Futile President Advises With Leaders Over Legislative Program; Peace in Campaign Year Unlikely; Lynch -iii Up Monday. Washington, Jan. 2.—(AP)— Statements by individual law makers gave the "trouble ahead" signal today to leaders seeking to avoid major controversies dining the election year congressional idea tion. President Roosevelt, who will ad dress the Senate and the House •hortly after ihey convene to morrow noon, called Democratic chieftains to the White House for a series ot conferences on legislative business. Among tho«e invited was Vice-President Garner, who had not seen his "chief" since an nouncing his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomina tion. There were reports that Gar ner would be willing to cooperate with the administration in trying to keep controversial issues off the congressional calendar. The President and his associates have been represented as desiring a brief session that could wind up before the summer political con ventions. Against this plan, however, is balanced the desire of many legis lators to obtain action on pet measures, and the projected vigor ous battles over the reciprocal trade program and fiscal legislation. Senator Connally, Democrat, Texas, a member of the finance committee, raised another impor tant contrt /ersy with a statement that he would re-offer his proposal to require the government to match state grants to .the needy aged on the basis of $2 and $1, up to a maximum aggregate of $15 a month. The first important issue will come up next Monday when the House considers a bill to impose Fedeeral penalties for the crime of lynching. Although the House is expected to approve the legislation after two or three days debate, the situation in the Senate is different. Connally, who led a successful fili buster against a similar measure two years ago, told reporters "there will be no anti-lynching legisla tion." Leaders presumably will seek to keep the measure from reaching the Senate floor. A few Republicans made it clear that they would wage a vigorous fight against the administration's projected record defense appropria tions, but Democratic leaders pre dicted these would be approved. British Navy Shuts Harbor Of Hong Kong Hong Kong, .fan. 2.—(AP)—Tho British n;ivy closed the crown colony harbor of Hong Kong today as a necessary defense precaution. The order was the result of an alarm from an offshore patrol. The cause of the alarm was being in vestigated. Ships of all nationalities were prohibited from entering or leaving, pending further British Admiralty orders. Heavy Rains Add Horror For Turks Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 2.—(AP; — Toriential rains caused new havoc in earthquake-stricken Turkey to day, swelling Hooded waters which were believed already to have caus ed at least 1,200 deaths. Whole villages ot the Brusa region in west Turkey were reported swept up by the torrents and carried into die Sea of Marmora. Some new quakes were lelt in the northeastern region which sullered devastation last week, but because of shattered communication lines, it was impossible to determine whether there had been new damage. Officials estimated that last week's earthquakes resulted in 45,000 dead, 100,000 injured, and 500,000 home less. At least 25.000 were said to have been made homeless by floods.