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i V-SEVENTH YEAR
LEASED wire service of
the ASSOCIATED press.
HENDERSON, N C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 23, 1940
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
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JRGENTHAU WOULD RAISE DEBT LIMIT
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iiussian Troops Taking Terrific Punishment
Casualties
Said To Be
iViiicusands
"ussian Baltic Fleet
Mas Lost Two
L' .>iroyers, Number
if Auxiliary Vessels
A nd a Battleship, Dis
piivhes ^iate.
. . /an. L\">.— (AP)—Kit.—
«>f Lake Lag >
. • .. tcrriisc punishment,
r mush army commnni
- v. «• v reported to have
thousands.
. ; n: ;'li>ne. the comnumi
\.o encr'.y lost upward of
>:id dead in the last two
an isthmus front
• from both sides con
".ci the war was brought to
n tins afternoon by
H :ssian bombing planes.
:me.» were driven off by
i-nti-aircraft fire.
: ng to dispatches from
ti'.e Russian Baltic tieet has
y punishment in the first
• <.it the war. especially
• 4 the tact that naval
- been practically frozen
the pa;t two weeks.
»ns have lost two de
a number of auxiliary
- ur.d a battleship, these dis
.-aid. and the battleship
Revolution was damaged
t and a cruiser was put out
o r.mission.
New Group To
'Protect U. S.
Interests"
..ington. Jan. 23. (AP)—The
H use announced today tor
• by President Roosevelt of a
a.>-. ei t:rnent committee to pre
from arising over pur
. American military and na
- .pplies by foreign govern
- T. Early, a presidential secte
gave reporters a statement
- .id the committee was
. t •. • the duty of protect
•.••■I'c.-ts oi the L'nited States
• " the conflicts with the
of this country and its
::: the market."
• >• pital. meanwhile. Chair
. Democrat. Georgia, of
-• :.aval committee, asked
'Apartment to submit plans
-year instead of a three
• dmg program.
-ed the possibility of an
■; ' - reduction in the ex
_ > already reduced by
•'U.WUKiO.
'i trial fewer cruisers and
ou!d be built if the two
was adopted but said
' • 1! .vouid provide for three
carriers.
••-kid naval officials to
; for the new program
Lboughton Opponents Are
Promoting" Grady As
gubernatorial Candidate
Daily liispuit h Kureau.
i #• th»- Sir Walter Hotel.
K IfrNKV AVKKILL.
Jan. 23.—They (the in
• . ndeiinite "they", iilce
> are st:11 trying hard
Gii.dy. of Ken'y into the
G-.vcrnor. and there ap
>ome possibility the
• iity >:.un will succumb
coupled with the
always present in the
• :.ci: date-prospective.
the situation, coupled
'.<■ inlormation, makes
Hii extremely doubt
l\ in view of the cer
:.uch of the pressure
:terested in Grady's
-ources which are not
;rio contrary, it they
• Johnston county man
v:: ote chance to win.
T*■! that the Devil from
I Analyzing the setup it seems
obvious that Grady is being beset
by advocates of three distinc
groups:
(1) Those liberals who do no
agree with Dr. Ralph ,W. McDonulc
! in support of J. M. Broughtcn.
(2) Those who think that Willi*
Lee Lumpkin of Franklin countj
can win a Congressional race with
I incumbent Hal Cooiey if Grady is
| a gubernatorial candidate,
j (3) Those who are desperate!}
and at all co.-ts against Broughtor
! and who figure that Grady in the
| race would take a minimum of 10.
! 000 votes away from the Raleigh
lawyer in two counties alone (John
j ston and Cleveland).
In the first group are such figures
i as Johnson Njal and others whe
backed McDonald a nd who still
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Learning Army Air Secrets
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (center) inspects an
825-horsepnwer bombardment plane motor as ranking government
officials visit Washington's Boiling Field for a demonstration of the
army's latest a iter a ft developments. With him are Col. Edmund W. Hill
(left), commander of the tield, and Gen. George H. Brett, chief of the air
corps material division. (Central Press)
McNutt Is Assailed
By John L. Lewis
Storm Warnings
For East Coast
Washington. Jan 23.— (AP) —
The weather bureau warned to
day that northeast or east winds
would reach "gale force" tonight
in the area between North Caro
lina and Atlantic City. N. J.
It ordered storm warnings dis
played in the sector, saying:
"Disturbances of moderate in
tensity over northeastern Gulf
of Mexico will move northeast
ward with rapidly increasing in
tensity and it will be attended
by increasing northeast winds
reaching gale force tonight and
shifting to north and northwest
by Wednesday."
Dies Group
Is Attacked
And Defended
Washington, Jan. 23.—(AP)—The
Dies conunittec was accused of un
fairness to "many outstanding men
and women" and defended for its in
vestigators of "various subversive
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CIO Chieftain Says
Presidentia 1 Can
didate Hopes to "Buy
Enough Votes to
Make Him President
Of The United
States".
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 23.—(AP)—
John L. Lewis declared ioday that
Paul V. ' McNutt, federal social
j security administrator, hoped with
' the help ox a "motley crew oi' 2
! percent bagmen" to "buy enough
i votes to make him president of the
United States."
The CIO chief, opening the con
vention of the United Mine Workers
of America described McNutt as "a
i political adventurer."
McNuU's name was brought up as
Lewis recalled what he termed op
pressive legislation against labor
i and displacement of mine workers
by strike breakers by the King and
his troops in England. Lewis added:
"The king sent in his troops like
I when a governor whose name was
i McNutt sent troops to protect the
strangers to take the jobs of mine
workers whose wives were sick and
• whose children were hungry",
( "A political adventurer whose
! name was McNutt who was accom
panied by a motley crew of two per
cent bagmen who he hoped would
! be able to buy enough votes to make
; him president ol the United States
! so that he would have some soldiers
j to play with so that he could pro
I tect more strangers".
Lewis' reference to the "two per
i cent bagmen" presumably referred
| to the political campaign assess
j meats while McNutt was governor
i of Indiana.
To Confer On
Aid To Weed
Growers
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Raleigh, Jan. 23.—(AP)—E. F. Ar
nold. secretary of the State Farm
Bureau Federation, said today that
he expected Congressmen and agri
cultural leaders of tobacco growing
states to meet in Washington in
about ten days to decide on a legis
lative program to ai dtobacco grow
' ers.
Arnold and l'arm bureau leaders
had just returned from a series , of
conferences in Washington.
The conferences will discuss amend
f ments to the AAA agricultural ad
i justment act to make long range pro
grams of crop control, better pro
i visions for enforcement of penalties
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Paderewski
Heads Polish
World Famous Pian
ist And Former Pre
mier of Poland Elect- 1
ed by Polish Leaders
In Exile; Calls For
Polish Freedom.
Paris. Jan. 23.— (AP)—!i>naee .Jnn
Padercw:ki, world famous pianist,!
today wis •. iiannv.ously clectcd pres
ident of Poland's national rounc'1.
the organization of the Polish t;;>v
ernment in exile.
It is Paderewski's first reti'rn to
politics since he resigned as premier
of Poland in 1913 after leading his
country's long fight of independence,
i in a colorful ceremony in the gnu id
ballroom of the Polish embassy the*
former premier was acclaimed by
Polish leaders.
In replying the aged musician ,
brought tears io the eyes of his coun
trymen with call for Polish frco
| dom.
After Germany's conquest of P >1
i and last iall, the Poles set no a gov
ernment in exile at Angers, France,
j Paderewski was prominently men
! tinned for the presidency but was
i believed to have declined nomina
i tion for that post because oi his
! health. He is 79.
No Chance Of
Nye's Being
Nominated
Bv CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, Jan. 23. — Senator
Gerald P. Nye oi' North Dakota took
an entirely unnecessary precaution
the other day when
j i | ^ in declaring his
a tor Arthur .fi. I
Van denberg of!
Michigan as the j
Republicans' 11140 1
presidential nom-;
inee, he added that,
so far as he him- 1
sell' is concerned, 1
isn't a candidate. I
He's perl c c tly j
sale; the G. O. P. i
won't name him— j
nut dL II1U IIt cilJ 111
Senate. A'ye jUs Uckel ynyw;iy (
Not that Nyc wouldn't make a j
good president. His geography is •
what's the matter with him; not his |
quality.
North Dakota hasn't enough con- '
vention votes to wad a shotgun and
it already is dependably Republican, j
There's no need lor the party to make
a bid for ii> wee little hand'ul of!
ballots by picking Gerald as its na
tional standard bearer.
It's true that he's been presidential- |
ly mentioned but not vociferously and
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HEADS POLES
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Ignace Jan Paderewski has been ]
elected president of Poland's na
tional council. He declined nomi
nation for the presidency of his
J country's government in exile,
with headquarters in France.
Mentioned to Succeed Borah
One of these four persons is expected to serve the balance of the lat«
Senator William E. Borah's term, which expires in 1943. Top left, Ezra
Whiila, national Republican committeeman. Top right, Gov. C. A. Bot
tolfsen. of Idaho. Lower left, Donald A. Callahan, unsuccessful can<U>
date in lUoS; and Mrs. Borah, wiuow of the Idaho senator.
England Replies To
American Objection
Says Reluctance of
American Shippers to
Cooperate Is Cause of
Delay In Passing
Ships Through Con
traband Inspections.
London. J;.n. 23—(AP)— A spokes
lrr-n for the ministry of economic
warfare Paid today that the reluc
tance of American shippers to coop
erate in supplying advance informa
tion rind guarantees concerning Iheii
cargoes was responsible for delay ir
passing ships through contraband in
spection ports.
Referring to complaint ol thf
United States government that Anvr
ican ship.: were being detained a!
contraband points for an average ol
12 duys. three times a> long as Ital
ian ship:;—-the spokesman said the-T
additional points figured in tiie sit
uation:
Italian ships for the most part car
ried bulk cargoes whereas Amer
ican cargoes often include as many
as ."ion items, thus requiring the lon
ger time for examination; American
ships usually touched at various
ports all around the Mediterranean
whereas Italian are going only to
Italy.
United Slates Secretary of Stat*
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Walker Signs
New Contract
At Wake
Wake Forest, Jan. 23.—(AP)—
'resident Thurman Kitchin of Wake
Forest eolicge .said today that
Charles Walker, head football coach,
iad accepted a new three-year con
raet.
Walker agreed to devote his lull
ime to college work and give up
nanaging ba.seball teams in the
ummer.
President Kitchen .said that Mur
ay Greason, assistant football coach
or several years, would become
•arity baseball coach, continue in
.-harge of varsity basketball, and
is-ist in coaching freshman j'oot
iall.
Last summer Walker managed
he Snow Hill team of the Coastal
'lains league.
Walker will name his assistant
coach to succeed Greason.
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Snow Is Falling
Over Carolinas
(By The Associated Press.)
Snow fell throughout the
major section of the Carolinas
today and with skies heavily
overcast predictions were snow
would continue through the
day.
At Greensboro, where snow
began shortly after 10 a. m..
the weather bureau expected it
to continue for 24 hours and to
rcach a depth of four inches.
Throughout North Carolina
snow was predicted in the in
terior.
Snow hegan falling at most
points around 3 o'clock. At Ra
leigh the fall started at 10 a.
m. and Weatherman II. K.
Kitchline said a moderate fall
was cxpccted with indications
of a heavier snow toward the
Virginia line.
Probe Auto
j Fatality At
Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount, Jan. 23.—(AP)—J
VV. Thurman, lormer member ol' the
i board oi aldermen and president of
! the North Carolina Plumbing and
I Heating Assn.. was under $1,000
! bond here today as authorities in-j
j vestigated an unusual auto fatality j
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Would Also
Balance
The Budget
Treasury Secretary
Says Expenditures
i Should Be Cut Down,
Taxes Should Be In
creased; See No Dan
ger In Raising Debt
Limit.
| Washington. J;in. 2'.i.—fAP)— See*
I retary Morgenthau contends that the
j limit on 1ho federal debl should
rai.ed 1') $50,000,000,000 and that
| budget should be balanced by re
I duced expenditures and increased
; taxes.
Answering a barrage of questions,
• the Treasury secretary told members
( of the Hou.se appropriations commit
tee during hearing on his department
194 s supply bill:
"I think it (the debt limit) should
be raised to $50,000,000,000."
•'Do J think the budget should be
( balanced? Yes. Do I think expendi
j tures should be cut down? Yes. Do
I think taxes should be increased?
Yos. But if you say, 'Morgenthau,
what kind of taxes should there be?'
I cannot answer that because I do
not know."
i The report of the hearing was
j nrde public today.
Morgenthau said that if it were
I up to him he would recommend rais
j ing the debt limit from the present
; S45.000.000.000 and that he "would
I take another look at the situation
: when the figure reached $49,000,000,
I 000."
I 4'I am willing to say now, gentlc
j men, that there is no particular dan
ger involved if Congress should raise
the debt limit to $50.000,000,000."
Morgenthau told the committee. "Ile
yond that I would not venture an
j opinion."
i He also advanced the opinion that
i all federal expenditures such as pub
lic roads and reclamation projects
should be trimmed or dispensed with
temporarily in view of prospective'
I heavy expenditures for defense.
Morgenthau said that his guess is
that business conditions shouid be 'at
least as good in 1940" as they were
last year, although war conditions
I in Europe and Asia made the con
j dition uncertain.
Browder Is
Speaker At
Lenin Meet
j New York, .);in. Xi. —(AIM -The
government, pursuing its drive a
gainst federal law violations tlial
might have foreign implications, ad
ded to it.s list today the convict'on
of Earl Browder on passport fraud
| charges.
Browder was silent yesterday as
J lie left the courtroom where he had
been sentenced to four years in pri
son and fined $2,000 but he went to
■ a Madison Square Garden Lenin
to lash out against tlic government
I after pleading in court that he was
; the victim of a federal campaign a
1 gainst "civil rights".
j Browder, a native of Kansas and
Mead of the American communist
party, heard the verdict after a four
day trial and a jury deliberation of
only 45 minutes. He was convicted
on each of two counts that might
iiave brought him ten years in prison
At the Lenin mass meeting Brow
der termed his conviction a "great
honor." "The verdict is but one
movement in the drive toward war,"
he said.
tVnatiwi
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy and coldcr tonight and
Wednesday. Snow in the interior:
rain mixed with snow on coast
tonight and probably over north
portion Wednesday morning.
League Of Municipalities
And Commissioners Assn.
Plan To "Gang Up"
Daily Di.spalch Hureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Bv HENRY AVERILL
Raleigh, Jan. 23.—The North
Carolina League of Municipalities
ind the North Carolina Association
)f County Commissioners, two of the
strongest of pressure groups, are
Jlanning to "gang up'' on the 1941
General Assembly.
Executive committees of the two
organizations met .some weeks ago,
it has been learned, and decided to
make every effort to unite forces be
hind a unilied legislative program.
Eariy in March the two bodies will
begin a series of a dozen regional
meetings in all parts of the State to
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