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il. uw»Ut PERKY MEMORIAL HuNQuftSGN, H. fl| ^ Henderson Uaily tHspatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. WKN IT-SEVENTH YEAR ^?,aS HENDERSON, N- C., THURSDAY AFTERNOO N, JANUARY 4, 1940 l'u,!,-w,,KikSS"»^BXWS FIVE CENTS COPY Edison Made Navy Secretary Central Press Phoiicpln'to C ' - Edison. ?>->n of the Into Thoma? Edison, famed inventor, is sworn ■ ;a■ y o: the navy it; Washington, taking the oath from Admiral B Woodson (riKht). judge advocate general of the navy. Edison u . ur-si-'arit "-uretary from li»3? until last Juno and became acting .secretary then on the death of Secretary Claude Sv.anson. (Central Press) Early Convention As Coup By Mas Gardner Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel, f.v 1<I.\K\ AVERILL. • . -".it:. 4.—(lnverni)i' Clyde • idea that Xorth Carolina's StaU* Convention should do earlier than ordinal? this - : een received with mixed • who idolize the governor a.-> .test ::i Xorth Carolina his v • re quick to laud his pro the >kie>: but there were •..v..- who quickly elui.-Tit'ied -;t a.~ nothing more »r . an ta~i!y penetrated Max strategem to gain com ntrol ot North Carolina's ; on t«> the Democratic Xa l_ nvention. • ery prom inent Democrat. ; r • : <• quoted by name, i thi- >ch )ol of thought: exactly the kind of Governor Hoey has been giv rig the natimai i.lministra ticn every chance he had", lie "The national party piyn> to have cu. .mented with obviou- sarca>m. its c<invention It.ier than .'.-ual on recount of unsettled u «r'd condi tions. and so tur governor imme diately wants to do exact l\ the op posite." Ke pointed out that to hold the Xorth Carolina conv<?nti:.n before the first groernatorial primary would simply be to make the selec tion of iris Slate'* delegates be fore it :• even known whether or n< t i're^idt nt Roosevelt will run for a third term: and thereby de prive tiio-e favoring FDR of any chance *•> stand out for a delegation oledf'eit to the Pjesident. "The whole thins is so clearly a deliberate trick to turn the dele gallon over to Max Gardner on a (Continued on Page Three.) liberal vs. Conservative Alignment In Air Again I '! MCI•?:> !\ STEWART ft !n! J'rcss ( uiumnist Ji.ll. L — AOCmdofl- j t IJcpublicun and1 • x j ; 'y linos in this co'jn- j try ;md the erea - tion of two new | pai'i"-, ;i 1 j ■ oci'ii i ■ --i .1 ; "on>crv«it»vc j is tin idc;i that's U mi immering for ; ;i long time. It I made its fir>t sure- | enough attempt to rwilizc itself in; 1924. when tliej Hrier Senator Rob ert M. Lit Folletti i ran ior president i <>n tl" Progressive, ticket, iifisiinst thej Republicans, on c Democrats. on the i Occioc!-; I. Senator IHn ton K Wheeler. In t t.ri with li*in. He aN' got eon ic. :abie Kepu'Tcan support N'evertn»*ie.« the et'fo-i li/zled. $n;::e Republican.-- and -nine Dem iicrals d°. f 111 d tlirii original partie to vote lor i ,a Follette and Wheelet Ijut not "ii o! them, combined, t' enable tiic l'rn§r« •• !\<•> to carry nion tha;1. S« nat' i La Fnlietie' hntne stat <»i U'ise*>n-in. it probably v. a n'i that there won not plenty of liberal--:, both fiepub lican and Demon ..tic. but they didn' vote that way. generally speaking Thev eared Ic to. their liberal prin eiples than they did !<»r tiieir re spective liepubiican and Democrati party labels. Trying !t Abu in. Nov. the thing's to be tried agail (Continued on Page Seven) Kiorello l.a Guardia iiui. jitid tfj Horton Not Given Seat With McNutt Daily Disuat' ti Bureau. In tne Sir H'aller ifote' .! r . 4. -Governor Clyde " i! be unable to attend . * <i. i v" Jackson Uay dinner • going to bo in a hos • M " • failure of the Number Fic l Lieutenant Governor P. Horton to be assigned a at the speaker's table for that feast is going to cause a ■ eyebrow lifting, if it does not . < iy little political eontro >■ already pointing out that absence i;I the governor it oe the natural and proper -eat his next-in-hne-of-suc • .it the head table. rt ag from that premise, they ■ i ■ • :ed ou Page Three) By ROGER YV. BABSOX. Copyright 1910. Publishers Financial Bureau. Inc. Babson Park, Fla.. Jan. 4.—The machinery and machine tool business wins my vote as the "industry of the year for 1940." Operations in this business in the first half of the year should run 100 per cent above the early months of 1939. "Good times", paced by the heavy industries ind armaments, make the machinery business an odds-on favorite in the ********** ***** *********** Huge U. S. Loans To Finland Likely As Much As Remission of F i n- | land's War Debt Pay ment Also Proposed; , P i 11 m a n Forecasts Aid But Eyes Neutrality Limits. Washington, Jan. ».—(AP)-- lm- j mediate f'inanciriI and other practical i aid to Finland was forecast today by I Chairman Pittman, Democrat, Nov., ol the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and other senators in drawing up a calendar for the com mittee's I'in-t meeting next Wednes day. Among proposals under discussion iii Senate corridors are bills provid ing tor loans to Finland ranging f'-om S50.-.l0.i.OOO to $100,000,000. re mission <>i Finland's war debt pay ments and emoval of all restrictions on s 10,000,000 credits already grant ed Finland. The latter action would | allow the money to be used to buy war and other materials in or outside the United States. Would Kef and Payments. In the House, Representative Hook, Democrat. Michigan, propostd a S60, 000.000 loan to Finland and suggest ed also that interest paid by Finland i on her debt to the United States be refunded. Representative Smith, Dem i ocrat, Washington, offered legislation I suspending payments on the Finnish ! debt. j "Bills which may be introduced' authorizing financial or other aid to) Finland by our government will pro- 1 bably bo the tirst proposed legisla tion on loreign affairs we will have ' to consider, li the question of emer ' gency. in view of Finland's plight, | i> raised, the proposals will have toi be taken up at once." Pittman said, j I I'itimsn said a question "'worthy , of consideration by our statesmen"! 1 was Id watch the extent the United ; States may be justified in going be : yond technical neutrality in assisting : victims of aggression as a matter of I self-defense—a self-defense which superseded the requirements of neu , trality.' ku klux Head In So. Carolina Held j In Flogging Case Anderson. S. Jan. 4.—(AP) —Fred V. Johnson, of Greenville, chief of staff of the Ky Klux Klan in South ( arolina. was taken into custody at a local hotel this morning by Chief Con stable J. H. Jeanes and Special Investigator II. (). Lawson. who also seized two brief eases said | to contain a list of the members | of the KKK in this State and other records of the organization. Johnson was being detained at the Anderson county jail today "for investigation," Chief Jeanes said. In the meantime. Chief Jeanes said that a 8250 reward had been posted for the conviction of lead ers of a hand responsible for re moving Lanier Pruitt from his home here and for his subse quent flogging. Machinery, Machine Tool Business Is Brightest Picked by Babson as "Industry of The Year For 1540"; Heavy Goods Boom And Labor Saving Scramble Are Incentives. ! 1940 Prosperity Derby! Each January I select the industry which I leel has the most sensational outlook for the New Year. My nomi nations for recent years have in cluded building, aviation, and chem icals. All these have rosy outlooks | for early 1940, but I am picking machinery and machine tools for the flashiest performance. There are j eight clean-cut reasons why I cast 1 my vote for this "dark horse" in (Continued on Page Four) Big Four Guide Democrats in Congress SST" m m. M r; Siiar. ?' Here are the Rip Four chieftains of the Democratic party, pictured leaving the White House after a con* ie re nee with President Roosevelt. Left to right, House Speaker William B. Bankhead, \ ice President John Nance Garner, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley and House Majority Leader Sam Uayburn. Finns Far into Russia Red Decapitated Second Red Division Is Surrounded Copenhagen, Denmark, .Inn. 4. (AP)—Finnish troops, chasing ih shattered remnants of Russia's crush ec! lfftrd division, were reported to day to have pushed ten nuK-> inti Sox iet lerriloiy and to have surroun dv?d a sccond rod army division which had been sent to assist tin beaten 163rd. Supplies Cut Off. The reports on the encirclement o the relief division, which were no confirmed immediately by mi 1 itar; authorities in Helsinki, said the Finn: surrounded them between Lak< Kianta and the Russian border. Tin ied troops were said to be in des perate plight, with food and am munition supplies cut off. Copenhagen press dispalehcs saic that Finnish bombers had raided anc partly destroyed the nc.v Russia/ air bases on ine island- <>i Dago anc Oesel, off the coast ol Estonia. Rus>i; won liom Estonia th»» rigid to fortify these islands last fall. The F'inns who were reported tf have pushed into Soviet km ton were those who last week-end de hated the Russian l(>.'jrd division oi Lake Kianta. this was tne fourth point on tin eastern front at which Finnish coun ter-offensive ski patrol-, have ear (Continued on Page Seven) Here is how "The Worker," giant statue atop the Soviet Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, ap peared after workmen had removed the head during dismantling of the building. Chas. Edison Nominated To Navy Office Washington. J;in. 4.—(AP)—Pres cient Roosevelt sent to the Senate odiiy the nomination of Charles Sdison. who had been given a recess ippointtnent to be secretary of the lavy. Edison was appointed only a few lays ago alter having been acting secretary for several months. J'ol owing the death ot Secretary Claude Swanson. a Virginian, who died ast fuminor. Mr. Roosevelt sent to the Senate] lominations for several vacancies in! he diplomatic corps and State De-j Kirtmt nt. James H. H. Cromwell, of | \rew Jersey, economist and husband1 »f the former Doris Duke, was nom- ; nated minister to Canada—a post | vhich has been vacant for nearly j wo years, with the exception ot ai :hort time when Daniel C. Roper, ormer commerce secretary, filled it. George S. Messersmith, now as istant secretary or state, was select- | •d as ambassador to Cuba, and ireckenridge Long, one - time am (Continued on iJage Two) IOacdJwi FOR NORTH C AROLINA. Cloudy, rain mixed with snow | in the interior, and rain on the coast tonight and Friday: slightly warmer tonight: colder in moun tain* Friday. Edison Requests Further Grant of FDR's Authority Washington. Jan. 4.— (AP)— Secretary Edison said today the Navy's request for restoration of extraordinary powers to tin President. with reference to "procurement of ships and ma terial, commandeering factories and the like" was just part of a "routine" overhauling of defense plans. The newest member of the President's cabinet was question ed briefly during testimony he fore the House Naval Appropria tion's sob-committee on the navy's regular supply bill for the year starting July 1. He told reporters later that "no implication should be drawn from this (the request) that we fear any imminence whatsoever of the I'nited States being drawn into war. But we do feel that all these things should be thought out in advance, so that if in ten years or twenty years we should happen to get into war. there will be no confusion as a result of our failure to take these steps." Edison said. Edison's appearance on Capitol Hill signaled the beginning- of an early start on the major part of President Roosevelt's defense program through congressional machinery. ! Goerin<* Gets New Power In Germany Berlin. Jan. 1.— (AIM —Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goer ins lias deeded to lake the su preme direction of the entire war industry into his own hands it was announced today. The avow ed purpose is to bring about the greatest concentration and unifi cation of everything that concerns Germany's economic policy during the war. Gocring, No. 2 Nazi, thus be comes the "supreme war-econo I mie authority." All chief offices of the nation having to do with war-economic policy are united in a general council under Goering's presi dency. By tins measure, it was stated, the "absolutely essential cooperation is to be insured." I Finns Claim Arctic Rail Line Is Cut With shrt Finnish Forces "n the . Lake Ki.int.i Fro.nl. J;m •!. (AP) , A Finnish division on this northern ; front li.is esVihli hed positions within . five mih's ••if the liusHrm border, I v.hilf bcfoi e ;iti(i Ixhrid ski patrols glide along to clo.se in on the fleeing i rwiny. The :-i-:i troop , which played a I in.ijor rule in di-pf-rsing the Russian j 1 (i.'iifi f!i\ rio:i, kiiiiiii! lln.us.mds <md j capturing hundreds penetrated j Sov iet territory at ;i number of • points. The Finnish patrol.-, were said in ;i ^ i (Continued on page two) $460 Million Defense Tax Is Proposed Roosevelt Budget Proposal Submitted To Congress Asks Spending of $8,424, 000,000; Revenue Put At $5,548,000,000. Washington. Jan. 1.— (AI * > —President Roosevelt urged Congress to^ay to slash farm, relief and ]jublic works spend ing in a budget message asking $460,000,000 of special defense taxes, and proposing one of the smallest deficits in a decade. If all his recommendations are followed, he forecast a net deficit for the fiscal year he ginning July 1 of $1,716,000, 000, c< mpared with an esti mated $3,933,000,000 for the current year. Business ( pturn Helpful. Cutting nearly everything in tin budget except defense funds, the President estimated expenditures for the next fiscal year ;it $8,424. 000,000, which he said would be $675.000.000 less than this year. Not receipts from existing taxes would increase $382,000,000 to $5,548,000, 000 because of better business. Reduced Rations. The message, read to the Senate and the House by clerks, said that the government was "prepared to mbve forward to reduced rations". It proposed "a gradual tapering off rather than abrupt cessation of the deficit." lest, Mr. Roosevelt said, there be a "too drastic or too sud den curtailment" of support afford ed the national economy by govern ment spending. Within Debt Limit. The President shaved things so (Continued on Page Tour) Dr. Sledd Of Wake Forest Dies At 75 Wake Foresl. J;in. 4. (AP)— Dr. I'enjamin F. Slcdrl, 7, who lipcainp 11rofcs; or emeritus of English at Wake Fores! College in 1938, after teaching English at the institution 50 years, died of a hear! attack at 3 o'clock this morning. Dr. Sledd was widely known as a tesicher and au thor. Hp was head of the English r!c partment when he retired. F'uneral services will he held in the Wake Fore: t Baptist church at '.I o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and burial will follow in the cemetery here. Three children survive. Dr. Ar thui P. Sledd, ol the faculty of .lud s-'on College in Alah;ima: Miss Elva Douglas Sledd, of Wake Forest, and Mis; Gladys Sledd, ol Murfreesboro. The beloved professor was a native ol Virginia and received degrees at Washington and Lee University and Johns Hopkins. Murphy, Jackson, Others Nominated By President L W .-hington. Jan. 4.—fAP)—Prcs-j irim' Roosevelt nominated Attorney| Geiu ";il Frank Murphy today to be ; ail associate justicc ol the Supreme j Court, and Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson to succeed him as head' I of the Justice Department. The President also sent to the Sen j ate the nomination ol Judge Francis Riddle. of the third circuit court ol"| appeals, to be solicitor general. The 4fi-ycar-old .Murphy, who had, said he thought others were much better qualified than he for a seat on the high court bench, has been attorney general since January 2, 1939. Biddle. a Pennsylvanian. once was j chairman ol the National Labor Re lation* Board, and last year served as counsel lor the congrc.-.Monal com miUi-fc which invec'-i-.tcJ tin; Tts; nessee Valley Authority. The vacancy 'in the Supreme Court which .Murphy will lili, il the Sen ate confirms him, was created No vember 1f> by the death of Associate Justice Pierce Butler. The appointment was President Roosevelt's fifth to the nine-man tribunal. Thu.>, the chiel executive has personally picked a majority of the members. Although Murphy was named to succeed Butler, regarded by the ad ministration as ;i "conservative," the charge was not expected to have any material effect on the nature of the court's opinions. In general, they have been favorable to the adminis tration since shortly before President Roosevelt submitted his court reor ganization plan to Con«re>> in Feb ruary 1 'Jo".
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