North Carolina Newspapers

Hettiieram Uaily Hispatcb , ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ______ — ~ " T T , xttT A T?V 9 a 10/10 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON FIVE CENTS COPY \ I Y-SKVENTH YEAR L^lSBS^gSS^F HENDERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY -o, l.)40 kxcept sl-sday. A inns Victorious On All Fronts Resolutions Before ; line Workers Favor Third Term .'tie Likelihood of option. In View of ■vis' Domination of rr.ention; Oppose itinuation of Dies Co remittee. . Ohio. Jjrt. 25.—(AP)—j : -o! \;:ions supporting a : • President Roosevelt I a d t >day before the >* •!.> Worker* of America} ;■ \ ;d!n»: an anomalous J i n L Lewis" split with • \Vv. Deal. i! ;.re action was taken by i n; gates op. the resolutions n Ohio. West Virginia, IC ucky. Tennessee. Penn Alabsma. Wyoming and c; t>"iut.ons were offered, _ ,.M- 't United Mine Work political campaigns.1 knt of the United Mine - .1 t Uongre>s for Industrial | . p.:t oti about $500,000' lii.'U? Democratic campaign. : . •.•■pe that Lewis "some day e president of the United . expressed in another! » <n. itleuat«->. t: king off several : : 1.Kimi resolutions submit- j " convention opened, ; ■ opn :ng continuation of n.:ttee. It suggested that be turned over to the • • vil liberties committee. R 'sevelt third term resolu nitrated sharply with Lewis' •':on yesterday that a campaign - 'ret the President would re • rt detent. lo there may be some warm ! • on these resolutions there was id of any being adopted1 ■ Lew strong domination • . convention. Charge Plot Against U. S. Ambassador Jan. 25.—(AP)—Jiro ! c.-e army spokesman. \ ight he had received in W.nking of a Chin r.-t the life of United • -•id->'- Nelson Johnson. • .\'av::.'»L£ thi> morning on 1 .n gunboat Luzon. .• he was informed the ;.!.ried to attack the gun cither mines or ar-i '.he hope of blaming the j ■ and thus causing a crisis I •■-Ar '-rican relations in i with the end of the j • -A:..:-r,can trade treaty." I declined to disclose the j :.i- information. marine is Charged With Little Death i, Va.. Jan. 25.—(AP)—I Stevenson, 28. Phila ?-T; - »■ i nf • private, was : i.':cl with the murder .1 Little. tobacco sales < .be: of a weiWto-do utot X. (/. family, in a war ii. •'.'i.-.y Ly United States • >i.' John W. Monroe, Jr. i nt was given to Fed • L:r.( ligation agents' : « diately for Quantiro vnon has been held for! !' 'ool: along warrants! • ' o: two other Marines vitnesse^. The >ales • ;»1 idgc-oned to death • ;>.• ee grating on a Fort toun:l January 7. a conlession had been S:< • en-ton. Guy Hod ■ - the FBI field office •aid: "Not exactly." ' the Marine had not '«n with the killing.) o< ' t< d the Marines) iii;'.d tomorrow before! ■ after Little's body in- light cotipc was | 11 laiigle, Va., with on the seat, the rear - '5'- compartment, v.a , born in Wash-t • in KYrdoricks- ! Green Says NLKB Guilty Of "Bias" Declares A. F. L. Is "Friend And Defend er" of Act And "Our Protest Is Against Its Administration"; Fa vors Amendments. Washington. Jan. 25.—(AP)—Pres-i iclcnt William Green of the Amer ican Federation of Labor accused the Labor Board today of "mnl-adminis tration and bias in applying its own peculiar philosophy." Appearing before the special' j Mouse committee investigating the agency. Green asserted: "The American Federation ofj Labor cotr.es here as a friend and de-; fender of the National Lfbor Rela tions Act. Our protests are against! its administration." The A. F. L. leader recalled thaf :ie described the act as labor's Magna rarta when it was tirst approved by [Tongress and said hi3 organization maintained that view now. • We seek to zealously guard and :lefend its fundamental provisions". he said. When he reminded the committee that lie previously fvH. testified be fore both Senate and House labor committees in favor of a series of .mendments. Chairman Smith asked whether the A. F. L favored these proposed amendments now. "We still stand by them," Green 1 said. "We hope they will be favor ably acted upon." He promised to detail a number of j the Board's decisions which he said j would establish the "bias of the] board." Nomination Of Caudle Offered Washington. Jan. 25.—(AP)—Pres ident Roosevelt submitted to the Senate today the nomination of Lmvis Compton. of New Jersey, to be assistant secretary of the Navy. Compton was a special assistant to Charles Edison while the latter was assistant secretary of the Navy. Other nommations sent to the Sen ate included: Thtron L. Caudle to be United States attorney for the western dis trict of North Carolina. Highways Of State Still Dangerous Kalcigh, J;m. 25.—(AP)—Most of North Carolina's highways had slip pery ice coatings early today, High way Engineer W. Vance Baise warned, and extremely dangerous icy spots probably will be found again tonight on highways nearly clear of snow. Baise said he estimated "as a rough guess" that Tuesday's State wide storm had done damage to around $2,000,000 to highways. Around 12.000 highway workers, including convicts, labored yester day dealing main roads of snow and sleet, breaking up icy coatings when possible and sanding ice covered curves, bridges and steep hills where machinery would not remove the glaze. Early this morning the work was re. umed and Baise said all main highways were open so far as he knew except those in Caswell coun ty where the snow was 30 inches deep, and route 107 into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park where there were 24 inches of snow. Word from Virginia was that all main north-:«outh highways were open for travel "but in extremely dangerous condition." Baise emphasized that it was im possible to place t<>o niocli stress uu the i'-v uri-Iul Uii . i Britain's Latest Loss—The Destroyer Exmouth Latest disaster suffered by British fleet during war is loss of the 1,475-ton j destroyer Ex mouth (above). The warship was sunk by "mine or tor-1 pedo," with the probable loss of all 179 persons aboard, according to the British Admiralty. This is Britain's 22nd naval loss since war began. Political Speculation Rife After Lewis, Farley Speeches Mere Engines Are Needed Secretary IVI o r g e n thau Says That Na tion's Airplane En gine Production Must Be Speeded to Meet Domestic And For eign Demands. Washington. J a n. 25.—(AP)— Secretary Morgenthau said today that the nation's airplane engine production must be increased to meet potential demand for the army, navy and civil domestic services and by foreign countries. Morgenthau, President Roosevelt's liaisson man with an inter-depart mental committee coordinating do mestic and foreign airplane pur chases said that "engine production isn't big enough to take care ol' the demand". "I know American airplane manufacturers could handle a lot more orders if they could get the engines," Morgenthau said. Saying that the potential bottle neck in the engine industry had not impeded fulfillment of present air plane orders but might interfere with future orders, Morgenthau re ported that "everybody" was study ing means of expanding production. The need for more engines, he explained, was one of the principal reasons why ho and other officials were visiting airplane and engine "actories. Norw egian Steamer Is Sunk By Mine Amsterdam, Jan. 2f>. fAP) Twelve passengers and 2G crewmen lost their lives today when the t.752 ton Norwegian st-anier Biarritz struck a mine and sank in 30 second'.! in the North Sea. A Norwegian steamer rescued twelve passengers and seven of the crew. The Biarritz went down after a tremendous explosion. Cooper's Announcement To Carry Challenge For Joint Debates Of Candidates New Cold Wave Seizes Nation ! (By The Associated Press.) new cold wave seized the J numbed nation today and no in)- ! mediate rrlicf was in prospect. The middle west and the Rocky .Mountains section again suffered the brunt of the frigid weather but few spots 011 the continent escap ed the Arctic chill. Sub-zero temperatures prevail ed early today in Iowa, the Da kotas. Indiana. Wisconsin, Nebras ka. Minnesota. Missouri and Illi nois. Fresh snow swirled across some eastern states which still felt the paralyzing effects of the season's worst snow storm yesterday. Admiral Says Taper Ships' Can't Fight ! I By CIIARLFS P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Jan. 25.—Congress has ! a habit of "authorizing" expenditure;! I for various purposes without "ap I propriating" a n y — ... bill. This happens quite frequently in connection w ih the matter of u-n ship building. The vessels arc voted for but no cash is provided to shirt work on them. We already have hi.-' additions to our I * ih:lh iiuuioi-i/.i-'i I but no building's bring don'', dii" to I lack of the firymeial wherewithal. ' Now there's plrnly of sentiment nn | Capitol Hill !or another "mithoriza ! t:on" running into 10 figure: . Chairman David f. Walsh of the senate's naval affairs comjn tlf-e isn't hostile to the additional "authoriza tion." Only, he say:-. "First l -t's i-tvi* construction of our previou ly 'au thorized' fighting craft; then 'au thorize' some more." Admiral Harold H. Stark, the navy department's chief of operations (Continued on Page Fivet Daily IJIspaU'h Bureau. Id the Sir Waiter liot-el. By HENRY AVERILL Raleigh, Jan. 25.—Tom Cooper i will jump into North Carolina's gub i ernatorial race with a ringing chal lenge to all other aspirants to make a tour of the State's one hundred counties in a series of joint debates ' from a hundred rostrums (or is the plural rostra). : The Cooper deli will be hurled the i very first of next week, probably making its printed appearance in the morning papers of Monday, January I i The Cooper platform, upon which i he stands rt:ady to do verbal jousting with all and sundry contenders, will be brief, sharp and in the character- ' istically colorful language of Wil- j mington's energetic s;harp-tounged | Mayor. j The statements of facts arc not > quotable passages from the mayor! j himself, but they are based on in-, formation so reliable on its face as J to approach the ideal of "unimpeach- j able". The platform to be announced at! ! Continued ou Page Five) Political Washington Ready to Lay Odds Lewis Will Endorse Wheeler; Farley's Ad dress At Winston-S.a lem Is Discussed. Washington, J;m. 2:5.—(AP)—Pol itical Washington, stan.ju by John L. Lewis' anti-third term statement, was ready to lay odds today that thj CIO chieitain is thinking ol" endorsing Senator Wheeler of Montana for the Democratic presidential nomination. One report circulated in author itative Congressional circles was that Lewis had turned thumbs down on several different ticket combinations suggested at White House con ferences. At least one of those had Wheeler in second place—the nomination which Wheeler had said he would not accept. Wneeler will address United Mine Workers tomorrow night fi-nm thr> same platform from which Lewis let loose nis attack yesterday. A few thought Lewis might be threatening to run himself if he fail ed to get his man nominated, whue one Democrat predicted the laboi leader would "kiss and make up" with Roosevelt before the national convention. In the wake of Lewis attack on the President, a paragraph in an address by Po tmaster General Farley la t night at Winston-Salem, N. C\, aroused capital curiosity. Wn.it' deveioping the theme that governnv ill should be an umpire for business, Farley digressed to say: "1 want to make it clear tiiat if at any time I am confronted with the issue of the welfare of my party on one side and my country mi the other side, that issue has already been settled. My country copies first." Politicians wondered if the statc .n':r.t might have some hidden mean iig in regard to the presidential con tort for there has been speculation as to whether Farley would support a tiiird term or perhaps become a can didate himself. U. S.-Japanese Relations 'Under Strain' Tokyo, Jan. 25.—(A1J)—The for eign office s.'iid today that the ex piration of the United States-Japan csc trade treaty would put the gen rr.il relations between the two na tions •• s well a.-, trade relations "un„der strain". The foreign office expressed t'jc hope that a new lieaty would be ap proved. Jt was said that negotiations still were in progress regarding a new treaty or a temporary arrangement • but unfortunately no agreement has been reached so far, leaving Japan and the United States without a treaty." Noting Washington's decision to refrain from levying additional duties on Japane c goods, the for eign office said the Japanese gov ernment "has no intention of dis crimination against American goods or vfssels and already has taken the jieco.^ary steps in that direction" h)&aihsji FOR NORTH CAROI* <A. Mostly cloudy and continued tonight and Friday exccpt •-•lightly colder in north pur Gold Hoard Of U. S. is Dangerous Nation May Be Left Again Holding Bag in World Currencies; i Situation Causing Concern Here. BY ROGER \V. BABSOW Copyright 1910. Publishers . Financial Bureau, Inc. Washington, Jan. 25.—First big un- ; ' disputed victory of the war to date! has been won by the American Dol- J lar. Our Dollar has become the acknowledged top currency of the; world. New York, not London, Paris] nor Amsterdam, is the financial cen ter of the world of 1940. This does, not mean that our monetary prob- j lems are all settled. In. fact, as long! as the "fever of the currencies" con- 1 tinues to rage, being "king" of the; currencies is a debit—not an asset. Winthrop Aldrich, head of the! world's biggest bank (Chase National] in New York Cily) has just trained; the microscope of the nation's money! doctors on our currency problem. He! proposes that we open up ihe gola' market which we closed in 1933. It is | not a new cure—it has been brought | up again and again. The suggestion, I when probed and dissected in the j oast, has been found wanling. The ■ currency situation, however, has bor n | growing steadily more acute. Con | equently, Mr. Aldrich\s proposal is I now rightfully receiving wide dis cussion. What the Problem Is. The problem is this: We have 70 J per cent of the world's gold. That is J too much. Other nations have little j gold to pay us for the goods they j j ■ Continued on Pace Five) j Pocket Battleship j Is Given New Name JSerlin, Jan. 25. (AP) Tin- pn«rk«*t battleship Deutsehland "returned home recently" after warring on mer chant shipping in the Atlantic since( the start of the war, an official com munique said today. The communique mid: "Air force units carried out rcciii uaissancc flights over France and Britain. "The armored ship Deutsehland which has been conducting mercantile warfare in the Atlantic since the out- i break of war returned home i re cently." ' It was also announced that Reich fuehuer Adolf Hitler had ordered the name of the Deutsehland changed to the Luet/ow, to re-erve the name Deutsehland for "a bigger ship." Doughton To Be Candidate Salisbury, Jan. 25.(AP)—The Salisbury Post said this afternoon that Congressman Robert L. Dough ton would accede to demands that he seek another term and would pro bably choose to announce reeonsid- j eration of his retirement decision tomorrow In Washington when he is ' i visited by a delegation of ninth dis trict citizens who will urge his cam paign. ! The paper said the prediction was based on reports from two source.-;, ' both of which had been in contact < with ttir Congrc: .<i• u11 within the I.;o Reds Suffer Heavy Loss, Finns Say Leader of British La bor Delegation Visit ing Finland Says That Help Reaching Finland in Greater Measures Than Com monly Believed. „ Helsinki, Jan. 2f>.—(AIM—All day >!id all nielli Russian attacks con en t rated northeast of Lake Ladoga ihere the Red army has tried to outflank Karelian isthmus defense, vere repulsud with heavy losses, lie Finnish communique said today. The Finns described success on ill fronts as the leader of a visiting British labor delegation, Sir Walter Citrine, declared help was reaching Finland from Britain in greater neasure than commonly believed. Northeast of Lake Ladoga there A'as heavy fighting near Aittojoki ill yesterday, the Finns said, re iiilting in "heavy losses for the neniy". The Soviet forces "again lost sev ?ral hundred killed" by the time lie attacks were turned back this norning. the Finnish communique >aid, reporting additional success in repulsing enemy thrusts in the far lorth. Russian pounding against Finnish defense lines near Kollanjoki "con tinned at intervals throughout the night," dispatches said, asserting that three Soviet tanks were de stroyed on this front. On the central front a §oviet blow was warded off and two simi lar attacks repulsed in the far north ern region where two more tanks were destroyed, the Finns said. Artillery .-helling of Viipuri, coas tal city near the Karelian isthmus fighting zone, failed to do any dam age, the Finns said. Hague Rejects British Bid The Hague, Jan. 25.— CAP)—The Netherlands rejected today Britain'.; recent bid for cooperation of neu trals against Germany. Closing a foreign affairs debate in Parliament after speakers had re fused the plea for "united action' <ounded Saturday by W i n s t o n Churchill, first lord of the British Admiralty, the foreign minister said The Netherlands was under no ob ligation to denart from ber policy of -triet neutrality. The name of Winston Churchill was not mentioned directly. The foreign minister, however, lift ; ay: "From the British hide there has •oine a voice which declared that lent'-;.I nations have a juridical ob ligation as members of the League jI Nations to go into a v/ar. "I strongly deny lliere is a juri lieial or a moral obligation for The Notherland to participate in the ivar. "Our ta k in no collaboration •villi others. That is a positive at itudc and a positive policy and Moreover our right." House Makes Appropriation For Navy Washington, J;m. 25.--(AI') - The House pjs.-ed with little debate to iay a $52,5')2,fj(J0 deficiency approp riation to provide money for nava! irmament and for internal revenue jureau tax refunds. The measure was shoved through lhead of SI,032,000.000 Trcasury 1 Offiee hill, v/hieh the House Waited debating yesterday, because t was s'jid the money was needed mmediately. The bill, passed on a voice vote, contained 529.000,000 for armor and ;rmor plate for the Navy and S2!i, $00,000 for tin internal revenue bu eau to make refunds on tax colJee ions for the current year. Immediately after the deficieney jill was passed the House resumed consideration of the Treasury-Post Dffice bill on which a vote Jate today vas possible. Tin; d»:fiei» ncy l»ill repre.senU'fl a >1,842,000 rut in estimates. No attempt was made mi the fl«•'-r 0 write into the delicieney measure* 1 Department of Agriculture requ' .-t (ConUliUcd on i'ugfc 1'ivtij