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Hpttbrrsou Hailu SHsuatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. Y-SEVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, N- C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1940 FIVE CENTS COPY udget Program Stoutly Fought Russian Forces In Arctic Circle Area Smashed By Finns Envoy Quits Soviet Sir AVilliam Seeds -.ill of Sir William Seeds. British •assador to Moscow, emphasized ' strained relations which have • eloped as a result of Russia's eiation with Germany and the !' i invasion of Finland. Many ob : vers predict the envoy will not return to his post. (Central Prests) Scandinavia Events Worry ihe Germans Berlin. Jan. 5.— (AP)—Deep «'>:u ern over developments in v aiuiiuavian countries was ex in Germany today as Sweden and Norway were warned in a new press cam I un bearing an official tinge c;ain»t permitting British and i r«-iu li military aid to pass through to Finland. The two northern countries v.i-re told to "clarify their posi tions." The Allies were accused of utilise the convenant of the I.• ague of Nations, under which (id «a> promised to Finland by '.ensue states, as a screen to involve Norway and Sweden in the war against Germany. I'i the Nazi view, the aid the * Hies -ay they are going to give Finland can mean only ■ ransportation through Sweden hk! Norway. This, the Nazis as sert. means a British-French ioothold in Scandinavia against t;u- Keith. ARTILLERY, AERIAL SCOUTING GOES Of I n. 5.—(AP)—Continue • n'i aerial scouting aetivit • .•• • ** ci today in the Genua nrlV communique. Th •r *. covering yesterday said: • y activity on the wester t fwhat livelier at son .:an air reeonnaissaru ' G ' it Britain and Fiance wi •i' .':y continued.*' Murmansk Rail Line May Be Destroyed, Forcing Soviets to Abandon War in Far North. i Helsinki. Jan. 5.— (AS*)—Tin* Fiiiirjt hi~h command tonight • reported continuous successes on the eastern front, with the Finns killing 400 and taking 40 prisoners in t vviv encounters. The communique covered events of yesterday. Today Sov iet bombers :\.umcd their raids on Finland, but did not attack Hel- inki. Nine planes visited Voika. a smill town, and dropped 21 bombs, killing an 18-year-old ! girl and a man. injuring: 15 women and a mail and setting ten houses on fire. Yiipuri also u y j. bombed, but the damage was not ascertained immediately. Copenhagen. Jan. 5.— (AP)—Fin nish'forces were reported today to' have won another smashing victory against Russian troops <»a the Saila i front 125 miles north of L ike Kianta. i where the Finns virtually destroyed; the red army's 163rd division last; week. The Russians were said to have touted at Sulla, just ab.»ve the Arctic circle and to be fleeing in great con i fusion across the frontier. ! Inasmuch as the vital Russian; Murmansk-Leningrad railroad is only Mrtv miles from the imntier. the new I victory, observers s.iid. may mean) the Finns will not only be able to cut j but destroy this line of eommunica j tion. , Persistent reports from northern j and central Finnish fronts of success • fill raids against the rati road led neu tral military sources to believe Rus ; sia would be compelled to abandon • her winter attempt to smash Finland (Continued on P?^e Five) Fairbanks' Widow And Son Share In His Lar<^e Estate New iork. Jan. o.— (AP) — Douglas Fairbanks left half of his estate to his widow, the former Lady Sylvia Ashley, it as disclosed when his will was filed for probate in surrogates court today. He stipulated, however, that her share should not exceed SI.000.000. The movie actor, former hus band of Mary Piekford, died in Santa Monica. Cal.. December : 12. To his son, Douglas Fair banks, Jr.. the movie hero left twelve-fortieths of his proper j tv. the total not to exceed S600, 000. There was no mention of Miss j Piekford. ASKS DIVORCE FROM 1 STAR OF MOVIE EPIC d Loudon. Jan. 5.—(AP)—Bar v rister Herbert Leierh Dolman has j filed a petition for divorce a e gainst Actress Vivian Leigh. star '•*' of tho mo!ion picture, "(lone With the Wind." naming the Bri ll tisb actor Laurence Olivier as e co-respondent. e The action was disclosed todav s, on the undefended list of divorce actions. McNutt Tries To Boost Candidacy By His Visit Duil) Disuati'b Burf-au, In the Sir Halter liotel. ■ . J in. 5. Xext Monday, y <>. i going to be ju.t about " IcXutt as Jackson Day • yin to appear from all po ■ i ;.t»d portents; and there i'.'.-ptics who are inclined *h» timing of Governor Clyde trip to a hospital as some tnan coincidental with ..ranee here of an active as i iiie Democratic presidential f ••■tion. • - 'i with, many of the impor • cal figures of North Car • received or will receive ti.e next few days. letters eastern manager of Paul V. ■'••t's campaign. O. R. Ewing, a .. lawyer, in which they are urged t<> keep next Monday •'open" in view of the fact that McNutt, Mr. Ewing and other big figures in the former Indiana governor's campaign will be here for the occasion of the Jackson Day dinner. This means nothing if it doesn't mean a series of political huddles in which the McNutt quarterbacks will attempt to convince the Tar Heels that they can get on the right team • ly by learning the McNutt's sig nals. Then the McNutt speech will of necessity be a sales talk for his can didacy, though this bureau would be the last to suggest that he will go beyond the proprieties of the occasion in boosting himself and his personal (Continued <>n Page Four) Hitler's Ideal Returns Home Central Pros* Rudiopholo Miss Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford, 25, blonde friend of Adolf Hitler, is helped from ambulance in Folkestone, England, by her father, Lord Redesdale (left) and a chauffeur. She reportedly shot herself after ar. argument with Hitler. Note bandage around her tlvroat. Photo flashed by radio from London to New York. U. S. Holds Britain Responsible For Damages To Ships Stern Warning Sent to London About Seizures Of Ships Headed For Neutral Ports; Another Vessel Is Hauled In. Washington Jan. 5.—(AP)— The, American government has warned Great Britain it would hold her re sponsible lor damages resulting from . "losses and injuries" if American ships were 1'orced into British con-1 trol ports. ; The State Department released to day the text of a long note given to ' the British ambassador. At the same' ; time it disclosed that an American I ship, the Mourmaesun, enroute to | Bergen, Norway, had been taken into, Kirkwaii. one of the British control ports within The area forbidden by United States \essels by the neutral ity act. The department said that since it was a violation of American neu trality law for American sh;_'s to enter the com oat area, it cabled liic • American Embassy in London last' Norfolk Man Executed As Wife Slayer I Richmond. Va.. Jan. f).--(AI') James C. Abdell |>;iicl with his life! tod;iy lor the slaying l>y asphyxia-; tion of his'wife at their Norfolk) apartment twenty months ago. The Norfolk merchandise broker,! whose last-minute appeals to Gover nor Price tailed to stay the law. was led from his Death Row ceil in the ; penitentiary in the hazy cold hours:) before dawn into the whitewashed!] death chamber. He was pronounced | dead at 7:4.1 a. m„ less than five min-j utes after he was strapped in the i chair. The body of Mrs. Abdell was | found in her gas-filled Norfolk' apartment on the afternoon of May! 11, 193B. The common wealth con tended at the trial that Abdell had i' knocked her unconscious, opened the \' gas jets and left her to die while! he drove to Washington in an attempt to set up an alibi. BELGIAN CABINET RESIGNS IN BODY Brussels. Belgium. Jan. 5.— J (AP)—Premier Pierlot submitted the resignation of his cabinet to day to Kins Leopold and imme diately was asked to try to form a new ministry. Pierlot said he hoped to make some definite announcement on the results tonight. Pierlot, a member of the Catholic parties, lias reorganized the ministry a number of times since he became premier February- 21. i light to communicate immediately villi the master (if the Moormacsun ind obtain a lull statement of the circumstances as a preliminary to possible action. The State Department's note to Britain December 14 made the point il.-o that American steamship com janies are voluntarily cooperating vith the British authorities. The mes ;age then said: "In v;e\v 01 iiiese considerations, t is difficult for my government to ortsee. as a practical matter, any <ccasion necessitating the entry of American vessels into belligerent sorts." Secretary Hull's note replied to a l-iritisii note <>l November 9. in which Britain reserved the right to take American vessels to control ports, Respite the combat area proclama ion. Frigid Wave is Heading Southward (By The Associated Press.) A wedge of sub-zero weather, in on.e districts the coldest in three irears, drove eastward from the plains states today, giving the A'eathei; ;nap its oddest appearance if the season. While the temperature is lower Michigan sunk as far as six below ero, tlie weather in the north cen ral t-'^rt of the state was almost niId. A light snow fell in Nebras ka, where the temperature ranged 'rom 13 above, but farther east it vas a frigid 21 below. Another weather contrast was presented in Kentucky, with the (Continued on Page Eight.; JAP SOLDIER SHOT BY A U. S. TROOPER Shanghai. Jan. 5.— (AP)—• Domei. Japanese news a?ency, reported today than an Amer ican sentry near the American barracks at Peiping shot and seriously wounded a Japanese private shortly after midnight. Further details were not dis closed. United States Marines in Shanghai were not informed of the case. UJsuaik&h FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy and colder to night: Saturday fair, slightly '•older in east portion. GOP Backs | Harrison's Senate Minority Cau cus Favors Budget ] And Appropriations Arranged by Con- j gresj, Including Out Jays For Defense. Washington, Jan. 5. -(AI'j -Sen- j ate Republicans, caucusing on tin? 'judgrt. suggested torlay that Con gress invc. iigate the administration's military policy to determine national defense needs and appropriations. Senator McNary, of Oregon, the { minority leader, said tin- i4 l!r*pub- j Means who attended the cor.fer.mce ; lgreed unanimously to support a iropo al by Senator Mmrison. Uem- | .cr.vt, ?Ji.s-issippi, for a Senate-House committee survey for budgetary | nee:i.s if the inquiry v. c r - extended j to include defense requirement.'. When the meeting broite up, the j following statement was issued: "It is agreed that the conference j approve the Harrison propositi for r» ! joint congressional committee to in vestigate and report on budgetary matters, including uoth appropria tions and revenues, and thai it re quest the extension of this procedure through the creation ot an additional joint congressional committee to deal with national defense and appropria tions therefor, including an exami nation of tax expenditures arid ado (Continued on Page Eight) British Cruisers Off Montevideo Is Cause of Rumors Montevideo, Uruguay. .Ian. 5. — (AP)—The concentration of four British cruisers off Mon tevideo caused speculation among Marine autiiorities today day on whether a hunt was on for another German raider like the scuttled pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. After the cruiser Ajax put out to sea from this harbor this morning, a port observer sight ed two other warships, which he tentatively identified as the Cumberland and Shropshire, about two hours sailing off shore. The cruiser Achilles left Buenos Aires early this morn ing apparently to join the squadron. 'Turkish Prisoners Are Given Pardons For Quake Efforts Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 3.—(AP.)— , Pardons for a number "f convicts who scorned escape and risked their lives to rescue more than 1, '100 women and children buried un der the wreckage of the Anatolian earthquake December 27 were re compensed by the government at a special parliamentary session. The men, all serving long sen tences at the Erzinkan prison, dis | played what the government called "magnificent courage". They or ganized rescue squads and dug for days in the ruined buildings of the town, apparently hardest hit by ihc> quake that caused an estimated Joss J of 45,000 lives. The convicts administered first •lid to those they rescued and housed the victims in what remained of their prison. A campaign for adoption of dis aster orphans by wealthy families was begun in Ankara as the first train load of 210 children arrived. Damage was reported today from new earth shocks that toppled buildings in the Smyrna region, and Amasia. but no new losses of life were recorded. Gov. Hoey Submits To Duke Operation P.aleieti. Jan. 5.—(AP)—Gov I crnor Hoey underwent a hernia | operatioii at Duk^ hospital in Dur ham today, and is "yetting: along just fine," his secretary, Robert l Thompson, said. 1 Thompson said physicians term ed the operation a "complete suc cess." As an "encore." the sur geon then removed a mole from the governor's forehead. Thomp son added. Governor Hoey strained himself in opening a window at the exe cutive mansion several weeks ago. necessitating the operation. i Promotion Ahead? Judpre Francis Biddle Washington observers predict Judge Francis Biddle. of Philadelphia, will leave the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to succeed Robert H. Jackson as solicitor-general. Jack son. it is reported, will replace At torney General Frank Murphy, who is slated for the Supreme Court. Power Is Blast of Criticisn Emanates From Con gressmen A g a i n s Secretary Edison' Request; Some Mem bers Are Startled. Washington, Jan. 5.—(AP) — - blast of criticism indicated today the the navy's recommendation to giv the President peacetime emergenc power to commandeer factories IV nava! construction laced formidabl opposition in Congress today. Even long-time supporters of th administration such as Senator Mm ton of Indiana, th" Democratic w'hij joined in bi-partisan opposition i the proposal, made by Secretar Edison in a letter to Speaker Bank head. The proposal, which would broad en the powers now delegated to th President only in wartime, was bein widely discussed as the administra tion pushed ahead with its delens program. Detailing major plans lor the ne> lo montlis. the army and navy di.s closed intention of strenjilheiiinn ma (eriill\ their foriificalions m th Pacific area The War Departinei announced 4>t the same time thai a four field armies made up of regula army and National Guard troop would take part for the first tim late next sMmnier in war games < at least three weeks dm at.'on. Minion said he thought the Ediso (Continued on Page Five) French Artillery Pounds Villages Near German Line Paris, Jan. 5.—(AP)—French ai ti!!ery today pounded German vil h.ges ten miles behind the wester front, military sources reported, z patrol activity continued along th entire northern flank. French heavy shells were aimed <j breaking up concentrations of Gei man patrol troop-. At the same tim< 75-milimc ter shells were rained o the German side of no-man's-land t hinder enemy scouting forays. Roth French F;.nd German patn activities were accompanied by in cessant automatic fire. Harrison Is Not Strong For New Tax Fea*s It Would Dis i courage Capital And Intensify Unemploy I ment; Effort to Cut Deficit Meets Ap proval, However. W• i«»-•»!:»m. .I;m. 5. fAi') — A ; I)'iMMcrs'li'* proposal 1h;il Congress | work on its ihvii Federal budget and ; compare it with President Roose I volt's before voting jiny appropria tions or new taxes stirred strong "P p< sition and some qualified approval today among leading legislators. Chairman Harrison Democrat. Mis j si sippi. of Hie Senate Finance Coni - mitteo, whk-h .handles tax legislation, ] advanced the novel suggestion for a ! 24-member Senate-House committee ! to study budget and tax needs for tin days while Congress concerns itself ; with other measures. House Democratic leaders gave the idea as cold a reception as they did j when Secretary Morgenthau offered I it last session. They objected parti j eularly to the proposal that an ap propriation bills bo passed until the hP""!yl ioint committee reported, i The House Appropriations Com mittee has worked out a 14-week ! schedule providing for consideration I on the floor of one measure a week. ; To abandon this would leave the j House with nothing to do, its chiefs 1 said. I Representative Taber, of New " York, senior Republican on the com l | mittee. said he would "welcome any ^ 1 study that would tend to show what . | the situation is," but added: ! "I'm sure we could get along with . 1 considerably less than the $8,424,000, . 000 the President estimated was need j od" for 1940-41. With both houses in recess until \ Monday. Senate Republicans cal'ed ^ a conference to go over Mr. Roose c | velt's "bed rock" budget, and his y| recommendation that new taxes be ,. j levied for $460,000,000 of extraor 0j dinary defense needs. Harrison said he was "not strong" e | for the tax request, and expressed _ | opposition to any levy that would 5 ! "discourage capital" to the further ,j detriment of the employment situa y j tion. Most members of both houses expressed gratification that the Pres | ident, iii proposing lower appropria _ | tions except for defense, and a con ,, sequent diminished delicit, at least had made a start toward balancing I income with outgo. . Uoughton In [Support Of ; Harrison Plan r! i 1! Washington, Jan. 5.—(Al'i — Chairman Doughton. Democrat, i North Carolina, of the House | Wa.vs and Means Committee, 1 tentatively endorsed today the i Harrison proposal that Congress J make up its own budget and tax program this session. > i After a conference with Pres j ident Roosevelt, who had sub ! milled his budget yesterday, -j Doughton said that for some - j time he had had in mind the ii same kind of fiscal study which .s | Senator Harrison, Democrat. L- Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, ad t i vocated lust night. - j Doughlon said at Hie White House that he thought "there t should be close cooperation be rj tween th.e finance, ways and means and appropriations com ] mittccs" before their various fi nancial measures arc started through Congress. Roosevelt Men lo Rule High Court Many Years Washington. Jan. 5.—'APj—Ele vation of Frank Murphy to the Su preme Court will give Roosevelt appointees majority control of the tribunal for possibly two decades, barring deaths, resignations or re movals. Nomination of the 46-year-old at torney general yesterday as Mr. Roosevelt's fifth appointee on the nine-man court may well imprint Ih»* Ken' Deal hallmark on its opin Jo: man} years aftei '.he Presi dent's own retirement from office. Discussing Mr. Roosevelt's lower 1 court appointments, Murphy him self .said yesterday that "for years j the country will watch the work and receive the benefits of the wis dom of these men of lea.ning and integrity." Senat£. comment indicated that M u r p ii y would be confirmed promptly, but he may no! take his I eat for a month, in order to clean | up his work in the Justice Depurl |..:eat.
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