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Hpttitersmt Uailu Dispatch A*tt Tr • —p ,, ML ■ •> -SEVENTH YEAR ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 12, 1940 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY rrozen Kussians Captured oy rinns 5" Th >. c\ . -:vo picture, one of first shipment of original pictures from the Karelian front to arrive in the Ur.iU'ti -hows three liussian prisoners taken by the Finns. The prisoners' hands and feet were i't\ zen, and they were extreme!^ ill clad against the Arctic cold of the Finnish winter. (Central Press) (iran\ ille School Bus Overturned |' i tKfnrd. Jan. I?.—(AP)— A j • • c«»unt> school bus carry . ts» the Wilton ' . -a ol u muddy ro;*.d • :) ^ curve and overturned down i t . t int embankment today. No ; • w ,;s >;-riously hurt. New Plastic Inventions Aid Farmersj Babson Calls Chem ical Wonders "War Of Substitutes" And Shows How New Products Are Finding i }i ravor. a 1*\ ROGI K \V. BABSON". ! t <p\ri^ht 1940. Publishers Finuncial v Bureau. Inc. i r Fa:F!a.. Jan. i2.—A | - and far-reaching ' : . .ca" a> those raying . 1 A is being fought , • • v <c" »:'v ii North Amer- . . . i • if Mib-titutes— ; :il: and rayon, plio- > t ig« t; ' rubber and cotton, plas- ! >_ : -t wood and sheet metal. < "• e chemists have won one i ctory after another. Their J i .ci •(•!:. o>n<:ci\ ed in re- 1J . •'!)!(•:-. arc now used in ! ■ e\< r dreamed of five or] PI ' • these new materials arc I ■ ' i • y are a combination of ; - j • 1 in various compounds ! ts. Manufacturers put | po ;nds into molds. die.s, j • •:I:c- and under heat and • ?!.«•>• are formed into var_ 1 • From the molds, for j < ,< the plastic. in its | • ,ri> for u-e,—telephone j '• ■ i\ v. heels, radio cabinets, j . i> ttons and thousands ; 1 ; : "I .••?-. Or the compouno j ■ ca t into rods, sheets, or I t:' ii the>e are sawed, ma- j 'fon'in 'f-d on Pace Five) 23 Bodies Are Recovered And 68 More Feared Dead Hope About Gone For Safety of Men Still Entombed in West Virginia Coal Mine Shaft Following Ex plosion. Hartley, W. Vi., Jan. 12.— (AP)—With pnore than a score known dead, the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Corporation today virtually gave up hope i for the survival of any of the 91 men trapped in Wednesday's ( explosion in the Eartley No. 1 mine. i Twenty-five bodies had been found and 66 still were missing, approximately 48 hours after the blast ripped through the corridors 600 feet underground. As rescue workers pressed their search for more victims, the company issued this statement: "Any one would have to say hope all but abandoned fin- any of the 1 men in the explosion coming out live." A death toll of 91 would make , iie Bart ley explosion the nation's : ,-orst mine disaster since 19.3 were I i 1 led in 1928 at Mather. Pa. A j •last that killed 361 miners at / flonongah. W. Va., in 1907. holds; tie all-tinte record. j' Bart ley. W. Va.. Jim. 12.—(AP)— leovery ot 23 bodies lrom the blast-, orn Barti«y Nn. 1 mine shattered; lope today !or the safety of 68 other ^LUIIUI1UUU UII i. IWK'I laeford Girl Is Killed In Crash Near to Sanford Sanford. Jan. I'J.— (AIM—Miss Virginia Davis, of Kaeford. died of a broken neck .'ast night in a j highway accident near here, in j which four others persons were hurt. State Hi?h\va.v Patrolman J. ifaithcnck said a liijht coach driven hv Sergeant Johnny Cox, 2.">. of Fort Brass, struck the trailer of a truck that Frank j llinsley. 28. of .loneshoro. had stopped beside the highway to repair. liaithcock said flares j were placed about the truck. Wage-Hour Enforcement Gang Swoops Into State Daily I)ispat« li liur«'i«u. I In the Sir Walter Hotel. 1 | ' '4 . I;«n. 12. Almost on the 1 . :h(i:f.% a completely new i : ! • ••■ge and hour law enforce- r ( " ::!i.is»ioner of Labor Forrest! . 'i today urged all concerned to: 1 >>'■ with him. j 1 v effects the entire indus-! I la t ion of our State. We be-J : our people want it en- ' ickly, fairly and honestly,!1 i- .illI.e. and tn;U the best way l>li^h this is through your " ; tf Department ol Labor," he 1 • •vonteen inspectors prepared i 1 -ii. <>n January 15 a program' niosioncr Shu ford believes will be j ar more productive in enforcement j »f tlie act than the mere investigat ion of complaints. Throughout a long talk on the syb ect. the commissioner stressed the. act that the inspectors will be em-, )loyees of North Carolina and not ofj he Federal government, despite the; act it is a Federal statute they vvil'j >e primarily concerned with enforc-j ng. On the 15th the State's present 'orcos of inspectors will be slightly1 nore than doubled. Where there are low seven district inspectors, there I (Continued oa P^Se Tluee) Mine Collapses Cross indicates Bartley, West Vir ginia, where approximately eighty miners were trapped 600 feet un derground by an explosion in mine ! No. 1 of the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Co. Seven bodies were remo%'ed immediately after the explosion | which occurred two and a half mile6 from the mine entraace. Roumania And | Yugoslavia Seek Accord I Bucharest, Roumania, J;jn._ 12.— ■4\P) King Carol <;i Roumunia and Regent Prince Paul «»f Yugoslavia A-eie reported in official circles today ;o have held a secret continence two lays ago in a town near Lhc frontier. II was understood thai King Carol ounded out Prince Paul on Yugo davia's attitude toward the Italian Hungarian offer of support of Rou naniu in return for a Roumanian ,11'oiuisc of territorial revision with Hungary after the current war. It was believed ho also tried to as certain what support Roumania could •xpect in her negotiations with Italy jnd Hungary, and also in event of Russian attack. Italy and Hungary ire understood to have agreed to a Intensive alliance in anticipation oi i possible Russian thrust in the IJylkans. Yugoslavia, it was believed, ias been asked to approve the pas age of Italian troops over her ter ritory in such an event. Soviet Airplanes Drop Bombs Over Southern Finland Helsinki, Jan. 11.— (AIM — Russian war planes ranged over southern Finland this af ternoon. interrupting Helsinki's foreign telephone connections by bombs dropped near the city. No planes were seen over Helsinki, but the capital had its first air raid alarm of 1940. Slight vibrations were felt here, and were believed due to bombs whieli the enemy raiders dropped on some islands about 30 miles to the south. It was reported that Turku, port on the southwestern coast, was raided during the after noon. but no details were avail able. The renewal of Russian air raids followed a day of com parative quiet or inactivity yes- j terday, when a snowstorm held , most of the planes at their bases. However, the Finnish army communique reported one enemy plane shot down yester day. May Divert Defense Funds To Farmers #****##**♦♦ Feeler Thrusts In Air Are Continuing British Make Flights Over GermanArea j Germans Claim Sink-; ing of Four Morei British Ships And Warding Off of Brit ish Air Attack on Ger man Island. London, Jan. 12.—(Al»>—'The Royal Air Force, engaged with Gor man aviators in a tit-far-tat war of feeler thrusts, was reported to day to have made successful re connaissance flights last night over j western and northeastern Germany ! and over seaplane bases in Helgo land Bight. The latest operations were re ported in an air ministry communi que. A German Heinkel plane fled j seaward from the Workshire coast I today when British planes swooped toward here. Machine gun fire was j heard and there were scattered re- 1 ports of considerable air activities j over Yorkshire towns. » j Another plane believed .also to be j German appeared at a great height : over the Thames estuary and was j challenged with anti-aircraft lire. What was described as a H<finkal bomber flew high over Suffolk ddas't and disappeared in a southeasterly direction when defense batteries ' Vv. (Continued on Page Fivel Record Crop Of Tobacco i Is Marketed Raleigh. Jan. 12.—(AP)—North i Carolina farmers had sold a record j 74U.954.145 pounds of tobacco at an average of $15.84 per hundred ! pounds through December 31, the I Federal and State Departments of Agriculture reported today. In the same period in 1938, 498,415,541 pounds were sold at an average of $22.97. "This represents the greatest > poundage ever sold on markets in | this State, and is an increase of 49 i percent over sales to this same date a year ago," the agricultural agencies reported. The price average was the lowest since 1933. Through December 31. tjic New Bright Belt had sold 382.211.361 pounds for SI5.98. compared with the 267,903,174 pounds sold in 1938 for $23.15 per hundred. Graham Sees Prosperity For South Raleigh, Jan. 12—(AP)—"We are on the verge of balanced prosperity in the 13 .southern states, and il' fair rules arc made the people of j the South will come through," Pres- ! ident Frank P. Graham, of the Uni versity of North Carolina, told j North Carolina Slate College Ex- ' tension workers today. Dr. Graham outlined the program of the Southern i Governors Conference for a decade of prosperity in the South, and o.'t- j lined ways he thought it could be i iccomplished. Recognizing a pledge of county !1 agents, home demonstration agents > and other workers to support the ! ten-year campaign, Graham said: j "These are the things you have been i trying to bring about, and with ! united support we will succeed." "When President Roosevelt called the South the 'economic problem number one,' he was not deprecat- j 5ng our section, but instead was ap_ 1 predating the struggle of our peo- j pie." Dr. Graham continued. "One ! Of our great problems is that we are a wealth-producing region, but not a wealth-retaining region. But with the ' (Continued on h*age Two) (jJojcdthsLk FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Rain tonight and Saturday; probably changing to snow flur ries in the mountains: slightly colder in tlic ujomitalui. U^ight. Air Fleet Raids Nazi Bases Aroused by a series of ship disasters caused by air attacks and mines, Britain struck at German air bases with violent aerial raids on the Island of Sylt and Helgoland, shown on this map. Shaded area off British coast shows where the Nazi shipping attacks centered. (Central Press) Emergency Defense Fund Passes House By T remendous V ote Transport Liner Lands In the Ice Molinc, 111.. Jan. 12.—(AP) — Ten-inch ice and some dexterious piloting: saved five passengers and a crew of three from possible .ideath early today when a United Air Lines plane made a forced landing on a narrow stretch of the Rock river. The plane, with one of its two motors disabled, slid across the ice and smashed into a concrete retaining wall on the river bank. Four passengers and the two pilots sustained only minor in juries. The 14-passenger sleeper, en route from New York to San Francisco, developed motor trouble about midnight while near Iowa City. Iowa. Long Regime Foe 'Parades' Its Leaders Now Orleans, La., Jan. 12.—(AP) —Gubernatorial Candidate James H. j Morrison's "convict parade" on broad' Canal Street last night blocked down- \ town traffic lor two hours and drew j ;t Mardi Gras-like crowd of 100,000.1 The greatest political throng in the | history of Louisiana jammed from j store front to store front, chuckled, i cheered and guffawed as it saw its leading State politicians caricatured in convict stripes. Morrison. 31-year-old Hammond i ittorncy, is one of four "reform" can- i rlidate.s trying to smash the old re- j ?ime of the late Huey P. Long in he Democratic primary next Tuesday. Seeking to continue the administra tion power is Governor Earl K. Long, brother of Huey. Many or the top lieutenants of the ' Long organization have been indict-, ?d in the Federal and State investiga tion:-, including former .Governor Richard Leche. Seymour Weiss and Abraham Shushan. Morrison's parade was headed by a float depicting Mayor Robert S.' (Continued on Page Light.) Spain, Italy And Southeast Europe | Supplying Finns; I Paris. Jan. 12.— (AP) — Spain. Italy and southeastern J European countries are shipping j war materials to embattled Finland through France. an ! official spokesman said today. "The material from these countries is considerable." he said, adding that volunteers are enroute with them to join the I Finnish forces. j, Observers understood the Spanish were sending the Finns German and Russian guns which opposed each other dur ing the Spanish civil war. The spokesman did not name the southeastern European countries he said were rally- 1 to F» IjLiiiil i) tildi $264,611,252 Pro vided For Army, Navy, Coast Guard And FBI; Wallace Backs Hull's Trade Program; Theory Is Attacked. Washington, Jan. 12.—(AP)—The House passed by an overwhelming vole today a $264,611,252 emergency defense appropriation for use of the army, navy, coast g»vrd and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Just before the final voice vote, the House rejected a motion by Re presentative Shaffer, Republican, Winconsin, to send the bill back ti* the appropriations committee, with instructions to write in a prohibition against using any ol the funds for construction, maintenance or opera tion of ships engaged in patrol of what he called the "three hundred mile Welles neutrality zone." (Sumner Welles, under secretary of state, was instrumental in bring ing about, the Pan-American agree ment declaring the zone in exis tence.) There were only a few scattered i "noes" when the question was ptrt on final passage. The measure now; goes to the Senate. In a relaled field. Admiral Harold R. Stark told the House Naval Com mittee that if special legislation were found to be necessary the navy would ask Congress for authority to build bigger cruisers than the present 10, 000-ton type. Secretary Wallace, of the Agri culture Department, rallied to the side of Secretary Hull with testimony : before the House Ways and Means Committee in praise of Hull's re ciprocal trade program. Representative Gearhart, Repub lican, California, dismissed as "jus» a theory" Hull's contention that the American farmer would be much worse off without the program of' international concessions on trade. The House investigation of the labor board continued, with Commit teeman Routzohn, Republican. Ohio, j raising the question whether the- j board "juggled figures" to get the labor election results it wanted. A labor board attorney, on the stand, i disputed this. Halt Revolt In Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan. 12.— | (AP)—Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, a presidential candidate apparently de feated in two days of voting just ! closed, led an uprising of aviation of ficers at the military aviation field today, but the insurrection was quickly suppressed by army sergeants and a group of about 30 soldiers. Some 200 civilians joined the raid. Valasco Ibarra was arrested. Velasco Ibarra, a former president, j ivas one of three candidates for the presidency in elections held yester day and the day before. On the basis ' af early returns, he was running ;econd to Carlos Arroyo del Rio. ! The uprising began shortly after 1 nidnight, when the government at 3uito announced that Arroyo del >v.O CJUld 'jL' lul'i cd wltlLlwd. May Restore Budget Cut In Benefits Some Congressmen Not Convinced Huge Sums Asked By Pres ident Are Now Neces sary For Defense of Nation. Washington, J;m. 12. (Al*) Sen timent in favor of diverting the $460, (1110,000 asked by 1 he administration for defense purposes to restore bud I get cuts in farm benefits increased today as Congress bogged down to its customary early session pace after a ! spirited start. The House was expected to pass before nightfall a deficiency bill pro viding 5267.000,000 for the army, navy, and the anti-spy force, which President Roosevelt augmented un der his September emergency pro clamation. Picking up the suggestion of Sen ator Adams, Democrat, Colorado, that the emergency defense item be transferred to non-mintary activities, Senator Lucas, Democrat, Illinois, j said: "It might be possible to cut sev eral hundred million dollars from defense appropriations and use it for farm parity payments. That would make unnecessary any additional taxes for financing farm payments," Senator Heed. Republican, Kan sas. joined Lucas in suggesting trans fer of money from defense to farm purposes. A Qj oposed $5,000,000 ex penditure to improve the Guam har I bor, he said, could be well spent for j farm relief. "I want to have an adequate de i fense, but I have yet to be convinced that the amount asked by the Presi dent is necessary," Reed added. Jap Cabinet To Quit Over U. S. Crisis Tokyo, Jan. 12.—(AP) —Premier General Nobuyki Abe announced to day that he would resign Sunday, hearing out predictions that his gov ernment would fal! if the United States failed to react favorably to Japanese proposals for reopening the lower Yangtze river to third power trade. The entire cabinet was expected to resign and there were indications a "stop gap" cabinet would be chosen because of the inability of military and civilian factions to agree on a strong premier. Sources close to the government, liowi ver, said that Foreign Minister Admiral Nomura might be re-ap pointed because of the progress he is considered to have made toward im proving Japan's relations with the United States. Abe announced he would file his resignation at a special cabinet meeting Sunday morning. FDR Seeking Congress Aid For Finland Washington, Jan. 12.—(AI'J^— I 'res ident Roo.sevelt .said today "no had asked congrcs sional loaders of both parties t'i work out the problem of giving assistance to Finland. The chief executive had disclosed Tues day that he was discussing the mat ter o< aid to Finland with the State Department. Asked at his press conference to day whether the conversations had resulted in any decisions, he replied in the negative. He went on to say, however, that the question of providing assistance to the Finns ought not to become one of partisan politics. In other words, he said, the Russian attack on Fin land, the destitution of large num bers of people and the need for main taining Finnish independence should not be a party matter over here. He said he understood that at his sug gestion congressional leaders were trying to get together to see what might be done. But. asserting that he had not the faintest idea of specific steps that might be taken, he turned aside ques tions about whether aid might be ex tended in the form of loans or the celling of the army's garand rifles to the Fiiiiii JLl -
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