S3£K|?y Jvjf^ORIAL HeniJersmt Daily Dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. .^Vj'N:\-?ed following Sandler's ap v..ii importance was attached • itement made public by .ifi iaring "Finland would • ;»ed war if the northern - earlier had established a -... defense league.*' ■ league would have been .v-t guarantee for our peace ;triility. Perhaps it is not late to fashion such a ivory day is costly r.ow. . week's events have con .o" -aid Sandler, "that the •.:nn of the northern coun . .Id uot be limited to the . nds (fortification) ques .ila embrace military lurkey Again Rocked By Earthquakes Jan. 18.—(AP)—Tur ri ;: ajor earthquake in was reported today to 'i ">'» persons and injured 1 M. tides district 200 miles ' "f here. ' ct. which escaped the ( uthquake of December kd at least 30.000 per ■: 'heastern Anatolia, suf >•: shocks last night, i '■:> were felt in the de «»f the December ' -<)fi miles northeast quake area—but no were reported there. Midwest Gripped By Intense Cold (By The Associated Press.) Intensely cold weather gripped the I'nited States today from the northern Rocky mountains to the frozen cornfields of Indiana. It was 20 below zero last night in most of Wisconsin and the Dakota*. Lcmaiun. S. D.. reported a temperature of 30 beJow. The severest cold wave of the season descended upon New England, driving temperatures down to 21 degrees below zero in the northern districts. Atop Mt. Washington, where it was 28 below, a 09-mile an hour wind howled. Forecasts generally promised no relief until the week-end. Resolution Questions Russia's Acts Washington. .Jan. 18.—(AP)—Sen ator Vandenberg, Republican. Mich igan. proposed today that President Roosevelt inform Congress whether Russia had lived up to the pledges which helped induce American rec ognition in 1933. Vandenberg. who has suggested I withdrawal of recognition since Rus i sia's invasion of Finland, offered tffis j resolution:. i "Reseloved that the President is i requested to report to the Senate if [ not incompatible with the public in > tcrest whether the Union of Socialist ■ Soviet Republic has fulfilled the ob ligations of the Litvinoff agreements of November H>. 1933, upon which our diplomatic relations with the U. i S. S. R. were then and are now made ! wholly contingent."' Vice-President Garner and the board of directors of the National Convention of Manufacturers were listed today among those opposing i further financial aid to Finland, i On the other hand. Senator Wheel er. Democrat, Montana, told report ers. he could see no objection to lend ing the Finns money. j Gamer was reported authoritative ly to have opposed an additional Fin nish loan at a White House confer j ence Monday. The board of directors of the Na (Continued on Page Eight.) 1940 Biggest Vacation ear Country Ever Had Kv KW.KK IV. BABSON. 1 ri^lit i!)tO Publishers Financial Bureau. Inc. . i. V; , J an. 19.—Barrels of i cic> will Z'> by the 1'Jlu. Aviation factories, u.i- stations, power com ic...:ie tool shops, should -ti. .e highs. Iri addition, .:i tourist industry should :. it.- way to new peaks. t>. ii.~t industry, the re the vacation trade, or II—1940 should be the y-'ur in its history. .'•.cation business is not . of as an industry. Yet, cciy a town from Maine • t docs not have a stake ■iv.dreds of communities, holly dependent on the *:"iti<-. " Good times" for en_ are t:ed-up with the resort ■' • Xcw England's fastest - i'i• • *: y. It's the bi^ "cash crop" of vast regions such as South ern California, Western North Caro lina and all of Florida. It gives jobs to hundreds of thousands of workers —directly and indirectly. It produces millions of dollars in taxes. It is a big and honorable business. Six-Billion Dollar Industry Two weeks ago I nominated the machinery and machine tool busi ness as 1940's industry of the year. The recreation trade will not be far behind in performance, while its prosperity will benefit more people than any other activity except farm ing and retailing. My guess is that nearly $6,000,000,000 will be spent on travel, receration, and health building. This will be a gain of half a billion dollars over 1939 and may even out-run 1929 in volume, al though not in dollars and cents. For years, railroads, chambers of (Continued on page two) Washington. Jan. 115. — (AP) — Henry F. Grady, assistant secretary of state, testified today that the ad ministration's trade agreement pol icy was designed to correct the "flaws and weaknesses of the eco nomic policy of the late 2i)'s." Asked by Representative Ge.irhart, j Republican. California, of the house j ways and means committee whether | the idea ol reciprocal trade was not! to "get back to prosperity", Grady replied: "If we haa had a more general un derstanding and cooperation from in dustry we could have gone further, but 1 think that we have gone pretty far." Grady admitted that England's prosperity had increased over 1929 while the United Stales "stands at the bottom ol the list after five years j of the trade agreement program." Asked by Gearhart whether the Hawley-Smoot tarift had brought about the worid-wide depression o* a decade ago. Grady asserted that he believed it contributed to the de pression and was responsible for "ac centuating it". Murphy, Jackson Are Given Oaths Washington, Jan. 18.—(AP)—In I the presence of President Roosevelt, official;' high in the government, and friends. Frank Murphy, new as sociate justice of the Supreme Court, took the oath of office to day. At the same time Robert H. Jack son was sworn in as attorney gen eral. Mr.Roosevelt told them of the satisfaction it gave him to have two j old friends move into higher offices I in the government services, and! congratulated each on services al- ! ready performed for the govern- i ment and country. Identify Browder's Passport Signature New York, Jan. IS.—(AP)--Ovir repeated defense objections Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe, today, permit ted a government passport agent to; identify the signature of Earl Russell - Browder. communis!, leader, on a j 1934 passport application. The agent, James J. Hughes, tes tified that the blank indicated that Browder did not present his old pass port when applying for the new one. The defense has already conceded that the 1934 passport was the first taken out by Browder in his own : name. The prosecution accuses Brow- i dor of having previously obtained passports under three other names, including that of Nicholas Dozenburg, a former communist official who has pleaded guilty to passport fraud. Illinois Demo Delegation For Roosevelt | Washington, Jan. 18. —(AP)— Mayor Edward J. Kelly, of Chicago, ■;aid after a White House visit today the Illinois delegation to the Demo cratic national convention would "all be for Roosevelt whether he wants it or not. Illinois will have 58 votes in the convention. j Kelly s statement followed the re cent announcement by the Ohio or ganization Democrats that the Buck eye state's 52 delegates would favor President Roosevelt or the man of his [ choice, though nominally pledged to j Senator Vic Donahey. Donahey. ill at his home here to day. said he had not yet decided whether to file in the Ohio primary j as a "favorite son." Meanwhile New Deal political j (Continued on Page Five) Half-Billion Cut In Navy Plan Urged Chairman Vinson ot House Naval Com mittee Proposes Elim ination of 34 Pro jected New Destroy ers. Washington, Jan. 18. — (AD — Chairman Vinson, Democrat, Geor gia, of the house naval committee proposed a $500,000,000 cut today in the proposed $1,300,000,000 fleet ex pansion program by eliminating 34 projected new destroyers. At the opening of today's session Vinson announced that he wouid ask the committee to cut the proposed expansion from 34,000 tons to 18,000 tons. He said the bill would authorize three additional aircraft carriers of approximately 25,000 tons each ant an unspecified number of cruisers and 34 submarines. Vinsion made it plain that the specific number of ships to be built uouid be lett to ihe navy's direction within the tonnage authorized. In that connection, he said, it would be possible to build four cruisers oi 27,500-tons—as compared with the present limit of 10,000 tons. Larger cruisers have been advocat ed because of Germany's "pocket battleships". New York Coal Drivers Strike New York. Jan. 18.—(AP)— Daniel M. Ruggs, coal dealers spokesman. contended today that if a coal drivers strike went not set tled quickly thousands ol' "homes and apartments would be frozen Friday". Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia cautioned both sides that unless they adjusted their dispute "some body would have to step in". He did not indicate whether he planned any specific action. Schools and hospitals have am ple supplies on hand, city hall at taches said. Small homes and apart ment houses seemed most poorly equipped to stand a long strike. Rugg said the industry was 80 percent shot down yesterday and that today's deliveries would be 95 percent stopped, but Michael J. Cashal, international vice-president said that only 15 percent of ine of the union of drivers (A. F. L.) distribution was shut down and that coal dealers representing 30 per cent of the distribution had locked out their drivers. TWO NEGROES TO BE EXECUTED TOMORROW Raleigh, Jan. 13.—(AP)—Central prison officials fixed things today for the double execution tomorrow morning of Clarence Rogers and Glenn Maxwell, negroes convicted of murder. Paroles Commissioner Edwin C. Gill said there had been nothing to change the decision of Governor Hoey not to postpone the execu tions. Rogers was sentenced to die for the killing of Howard Moore, a Durham newsboy. Maxwell was twice convicted of the killing of Charlie Shepherd in Allegheny county. Rogers also, prison officials said, twice confessed the death row slaying of Guard J. S. Chesser, De cember 28 in an unsuccessful es cape attempt. Vandenburg Most Likely GOP Prospect By C HARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Jan. 18.—The other day I had occasion to remark that congressional chat hints strongly at; the Democrats' se- • Senator Vandenberg I lection of State j Secretary Corc'elli Hull as their pres idential candidate this year. Now I'd guess that congres sional comment hints as strongly at Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg as the Republicans' presidential nomi nee. Straw polls haven't put Hull vanaenoerg ai ine neaa 01 men re spective parties' groups of possi bilities. As to the Republicans, the latest straws indicate that Thomas j E. Dewey's recent speeches have | even increased his popularity lead ^Continued on Page Five) British Embargo On Tobacco May Prevent Exercise Of Options On 1939 Purchases How Plotters Applied MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FOKM - Date CitWi... ty. Nbjhs (print in fuii) .. fr.A VA I C J\:.. iU.Ckwi~e£- • ■ • City Ceaiity ...iJ.1rpn++f £t««t . Vo**CL. T«tepte>«* .J?.. I>»u> of Myth .. . Wharf Bern State . MrtiC^A'H^City . .^XXsC^+^L Married \... hfadL . .■ Children .. Father* >fanw Bern fC^> Mother'* NoiW Ci/1«s**&4cr Where Bom Height -... J'eet »<■?!.,,.. I«cfi«* Compiexiun . Color «»* flftir Nationality ... S><"1Atfcftw. ..... Race „ Citizen .. KeJigiuu .. £T » . .7?:'.. ; .... Des-ra* .. ,-r . Military Keeoni . <. <. rr........ .tt ,r-..... -Jtask ..: It^cm or Soeietie^/C^«, &/V&44< .-.*.&JW|jflr-»<~ ;; mo. k>«< )3^^vr'< fd:fa£e~. f Here is the type of application form which candidates were required to fill out to join the Christian Front, seventeen of whose members are charged with plotting overthrow of the U. S. government. Stress is placed on applicants' military experience. Patrick Lawlor, named in this application, is not one of the men in custody. (Central Press) Senator Borah Near Death As Result Of Brain Hemorrhage Near Death Senator William EL BoraU Republican Finns Claim Victories In Salla Region Has Been in Coma Since Tuesday Morn ing When He Was Discovered U n c on scious in His Bath room; No Hope Given. Washington, Jan. 18.—(AP)— William E. Borah of Idaho, striken with a cerebral hemorrhage, was reported today to be near death. The 74-year-old dean of the sen ate has been in a seldom-broken state of coma since Tuesday mor ning when he was found uncon scious in his bathroom. Mrs. Borah said the senator's physician would give her no en couragement to expect that her hus band might recover. Shortly alter noon President Roosevelt telephoned Mrs. Borah and expressed his sympathy. Vice-President Garner was deep ly grieved over Borah's condition. Usually happy and genial, Gardner went about his capital office today voicing his sorrow. "He'll be missed as murli as any man in the Senate," Ihc \ ice presi dent. said. At their apartment where Borah was under the care of I3r. Worth Daniel, Mrs. Borah said that con trary to first assumptions it was now considered possible that the senator was first stricken with the hemorrhage and that this attack had caused the fall Tuesday. First reports had been that Mr. Borah "had slipped on a rug and fallen, causing the hemorrhage. Embargo Will Be Sub j e c t of Con ference of Agricul ture Department Offi cials; State Depart ment May Be Called In. Washington, Jan. 1«.—(AP)—Agri cultural Department officials said it chy that British action in imposing an embargo on American tobacco might prevent British buyers from exerc'sing an option on about 178, 1)00,0(10 pounds of tobacco being held for them. When J he war started the British government placed restrictions on imports of American tobacco in a move to conserve that country's for eign exchanges in this country for the purchase of war materials. This action caused a sharp slump in prices of American tobacco. The government, in a move to bol ster the markets, authorized the Commodity Credit Corporation to make loans to British manufacturers lor the purchases of a portion of the tobacco crop normally taken by them. ! This tobacco was bought and stored in American warehouses. The British buyers were given op I lions on this tobacco extending to July 1. 1941, on flue-cured tobacco. These options, for which the buyers paid approximately S15 per hun dred pounds, gave them the right to buy all or any part of the tobacco i! a,-.d when exchange became avail j able. Officials said unless the embargo was lifted before the options expired the American government would find ilself with the tobacco on its hands. The British embargo will he the I subject of a conference of Agricul ture Department officials called by Secretary Wallace for tomorrow. No comment on the situation was forth coming immediately from the secre tary or his aides. It was said in well informed quarters, however, that th£ State Department may be asked to consider the question. Loss of the British market would seriously affect growers of flue-cur ed tobacco. This market formally I takes about two-thirds of the export of this type of tobacco. Unless Rn I other outlet for the British portion of the crop is found it may become necessary, some officials said, to im pose further restrictions upon pro duction. Explosions Rock British War Factory London, Jiiiy PI.— (AP)—Five men were killed ;md a number injured in a series of rapid fire explosions' | in a North London war plant today, which damaged houses as far as two miles away. London, Jan. 18.—(AP)—A scries : of rapid fire explosions in a North i London plant today killed an un j determined number of persons, in I jured fifty, and damaged houses in I a radius of two miles. (Information received in New York indicated that the plant was the royal gunpowder factory at Walsham Abbey.) Police said the blast was acci dental and involved "no enemy ac tion". There were two or three explo (Continucd on Page Eight) Helsinki, Jan. 18. — (AP) —The Finns announced tonight that their forces iuid purhed the Russians back 28 miles in the Salla region above the Arctic circle. Meantime, it was reported unof ficially that Finnish pursuit planes shot down eleven of 18 Soviet Rus sian bombers which raided Lappeer anta in southern Finland yesterday. (The Russian communique of last night said that eleven Finnish planes had been shot down in aerial com bat but did not disclose'the location.) Officially the Finns reported that the Russians braved the bitterest cold in 25 years to drop 150 bombs yes terda3* in southern Finland, strik ing six cities. The damage was said to be slight, with only two persons killed, two in jured. and small property damage. Finland's great white slJy—cold— brought temperatures as low as 51 degrees below zero fahrenheit. Finnish patrols said that they had seen hundred'- of Red soldiers frozen at their posts. The invaders were said to be inadequately clad for the cold. IsJmJthsUi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy tonifrht and Fri day: probably occasional snow flurries in the mountains. Doughton s Retirement To Bring Repercussions Daily Dispat'h Bureau, In the Sir Wilter Hotel. Raleigh, Jiin. 18.—Decision of "Farmer Bob" Doiighton to retire from Congress at the end of the cur rent year is sure to cause big reper cussions in political North Carolina; and one of its primary results could quite conceivably be a complete i switch in the aims and ambitions of Stanly county's W. Erskine Smith.) now an announced candidate for lieutenant governor. Your correspondent would not go quite so far as to .say that a Smith withdrawal fro mthe race for the State's number two post is probable, but it is quite within the realm of possibilities and would be more than very mildly surprising to those who profess to know the inner mind ol the Albemarle man. Senator Smith, it is reliably report-! ed, has frequently said he would! much rather be congressman from | his district than lieutenant governor; • and the Doughton retirement has! u^jci.wd the way h.iii to shoot foi'J his preference rather than for the place he is now seeking. If lie should really wish to run fot4 Congress his very first step would almost necessarily be to make a deal with leaders in Iredell and Rowail counties whereby those heavy voting counties would not piesent candidates ol their own. That might be difficult a.- there are undoubtedly ambitious and politically potent figures who might be rivals for the post. If, for example, "Pete" Murphy were not already engaged in the race for secretary of state, it would be quite logical for the Salisbury vet eran to take a shot at the Doughton vacancy. H*.' ran once, "way back when", only to take a sound thump in? from Farmer Bob. There is, too, the young, able and ambitious Murphy colicague, George Uzzell. who is counted -js a candidate for speaker of the next house. Iredell hys Con Johnston who thought seriously of getting into the (Continued on Page Four)