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the associated press. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 29, 1940 r-uBijsiiEu^KH^AFTEft^ooN nVE CENTg COpy
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Catholic Persecution Charged
Killings In
Poland Laid
To Gestapo
Finish Embassy at
H o I y See Charges
Atrocities Aimed at
"Exterminate o n of
Catholic Polish In
habitants".
• </.•>. -Tiiti. L'9 —(AP> —
t ";i.i sy at the Holy
.1-.- public a report
• (» stapo, ino Xazi
• nd other authorities
• "CCitpied section of
* h persecution and
a were said to be
rts. which v. as i.-i-i.ed as
. nd which embassy of
...i cated wa.» based on in
priests. charged the
• <hooting at least i4
- - ,-nu being responsible tor
- o: rive others by mal
with closing churches
:'g the Catholic religion
..nd: with beating, hu
, ..r.d imprisoning: ;>nd with
„ .: • i» migration of Poles.
>ntext indicated that the
-•« reported shot had been
*h< :s.r- the report did not
>:)ec;Mcally.
•i authorit'es in Berlin de
• > comment on the specific
-mat !4 prie>ts had been shot
• ey ciici admit execution of
- : i egedly found armed and
a v. ;th sniping.)
.:ed German sources de
" there was persecution of
• in Poland and stater) that
.t - were open for worship as
Russians Say
Finns Plan
Conquest
•Jan. 29.—(AP)—Rus
. • ed -cant official report
activities and an un
• it — an allegation that the
and contemplates con
L<-i.,n«rad and restoration
Ro.'.u noff.-*.
Lr: igrad communique said
• .'-a of importance took
■ front.
Ms. <i Baron Carl Gustaf
cot: mander-in - chief
• iv, was accused by
paper Trud of believing
: -torca.' mission is the con
L'-inngrad and the re
Romanoff dynasty."
' ;• -.iper added that the
"! j nnexinc northern
i Lapland."'
TRAIN DERAILED
AT WILSON TODAY
•fan. 25).—(AP)—Seven
i ..ay freight cars were
1 <• early today causing
• ■ .<• damage. No one was
'•nt was caused by a j
rigging.
cars were smashed
a- r crashed through
.'•'ill of W. R. Rogers Co.
line of the road \vatf
a block. The engine
' derailed.
Nazi Bombers
Attack British
Shipping
21).—(AP'—Germar
were reported t'
• i fli itish ships along
B tain'.- east coast to
' widespread raid or
• . pted in the war
f el.- were reporter
of the river Tay it
'• • Tcnti-'h coast in thi
onrinued from shortl;
*o midday.
' guns burst int<
Tmeside area and ai
were sounded in '•
: . • »■ i ' district |
Flood Hits Massachusetts
Tide and wind combined to flood scores of homes in Quincy, Mass.,
marooning the families in them. Heavy ice cakes floated in with the tide
and battered at porches. James Ellis is busy removing chunks of ice
from front of his home to keep them from crashing through the walls.
(Central Press)
Japanese Ban Food
Imports At Tientsin
Thousands
Of Russian
Casualties
Finns Claim Victories
On Eastern Front And
Report Driving Rus
sian Plane Attack
Away From Helsinki.
Helsinki. Jan. 29.—<AP)—The
Finnish high command reported to
day that its troops had killed more
than 1,250 Russians in two battles
in which the invaders were driven
back on the eastern front.
"About 800 Russian troops were
killed and Mil) taken prisoner north
east of Lake Ladoga", the army re
ported. and in a sector to the south
"the enemy loft 450 dead on the
field."
While the Finns were acknow
ledging bitter fighting on the east
ern front Soviet planes tried to raid
Helsinki but were driven off by
anti-aircraft fire.
Residents of British
And French Con
cessions Able to Buy
Only Barest Neces
sities And at Double
Prices.
Tientsin, Jan. 29—(AP)—Only
j the barest food supplies were on
| hand in the British and French
concessions today as housewives
1 and servants crowded markets to
| buy provisions at double prices
j amid fear of the worst shortage in
j more than seven months.
Import of all food to the foreign
I controlled areas was banned as the
i Japanese again electrified the block
ade areas and retightened other
measures which first went into ef
fect June 14.
Although the blockade was new
j ly clamped down following expira
tion of the Japanese-American trade
i treaties and the British seizure of 21
j Germans from a Japanese liner, it
was said that the blockade was due
• to anti-Japanese elements within
j the concession.
| To help meet the situation the
' British consul rescinded a regula
| tion fixing thep rice of flour. Hold
| ers of flour had refused to sell at
! the fixed prices because their
| stock replacements would have cost
' double.
McDonald's Anti-Diversion
Speech Is Clue To His
Support Of Broughton
Daily l*isr»at« n Sure:;;:.
In tlie Sir Walter Hotel.
By IIENKY AVERILL.
Raleigh, Jan. 29.—The anti-diver
sion speech of Dr. Ral;;n W. Mc
Donald before oil interests-at Dur
ham Friday was more than a ring
ing plea for the sanctity of highway
funds—it was a definite clue to the
McDonald support of J. M. Brough
on in the current gubernatorial
era mole.
Not that McDonald thinks
Broughton would be any less likely
o divert highway funds, under the
ixi»ting tax structure of North
Carolina, than would, say, Com
missioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell;
jut. here's the rub, McDonald re
gards the Revenue Commissioner
asthe very personification of the
'interests" he so vigorously attacked
n the Durham address.
In short, when McDonald attacks
wealthy interests", he feels he is
Hacking Maxwell as their chief
'-'preventative and "friend at court",
n the government. When he says
here can be no tax relief for the I
iverage man "until the State gov
•rmvitnt get.- biggei than Lhese in
teres ts" he is* saying, in effect, that
there can be no relief in sight under
a Maxwell administration.
And there's the key which un
locks the door to any mystery in
connection with McDonald's activi
ties during the current governor's
race Some suspect, or at least pro
fess to believe, that McDonald has
"sold out" the Liberals because he
refused to support Tom Cooper and
because he refuses to urge Paul
Grady or any cither of the group
to get into the race.
The answer to that is simple—Mc
Donald does not think either Coop
er, or Gradv, or any other of the
same ilk has a really goc>d chance
to \vin: and he fears that with one
jf them in the race the path to the
governor's mansion will be made
smoother for Maxwell, whom he is
determined to beat at all costs.
It now appears that the McDonald
efforts to keep Grady out have
[ailed: as reports that annotince
nent of the Kenly man will appear
tomorrow are too circumstantial and
(Continued on Page Four)
Florida's
Truck, Fruit
5,
Damage to Citrus
And Vegetable Crops
Alone Estimated in
Millions Following
Greatest CoM in
Twenty-Five Years.
Miami ..Jan. 29.—(AP)—Sub-zero
temprrnture began a retreat from
tho South today but loft bnh!nH
much suffering, more than 8') do>d
and damage estimated in tho mil
lion:; in Florida's citrus and vege
table-growing area alone.
Gripped by the most acte cold
in 25 years since last Mond»v. sec
tions from Louisiana to Virginia
-inv/lv emerged from snow and icc
I to count losses and make necs-ai-v
j adjustments for return to normal
living.
As Florida's longest and most ex
pensive cold in 25 years began >vr>d
! oration, officials said it would lake
i several weeks to determine actual
I damage. They agreed, however, that
the winter truck crop was a virtual
! loss and that the citrus crop was
I hard hit.
Cold Wave Mo\ es
On, Leaving New
Records In Wake
(By The Associated Tr^ss)
The cold wave that has haras
sed the Carolinas for more than
a week »oved eastward today
establishing low records in the
I Piedmont and east central por
tions while some oi the more
mountainous areas returned to
j normalcy.
At Salisbury, in the heart of
1'iedmont section the mercury
sank to -5 below zero.
Greensboro had a -5 while Bur
i lington had the coldest night in
! many years.
in me east central section, Dur
I ham lea uie neiu vvuii a •*. «4
leign lci'oriea a low 01 11 uc
I SIVV3 ituJlU UaiU ti.e \\ Lu.iai -
sa»u iowv-1 readings were
I uyUi'kvu iuwui u iiic «
line.
On Ml. Mitchell, highest peak
easi 01 ine Mississippi, iuc iu»v
loading was 11 degrees.
Wanner wcamer was promis
ed loiugnt and tomorrow, JLhc
weatiicr bureau also i'orcasi
cloudy and snow flurries in tuu
Mountains.
Otlier low readings included:
Charlotte 4, Asneviiic 3, cape
Ilatteras 22, Elizabeth City 7,
Hickory 6. and Wilmington 21.
Eight deaths attributable to the
cold wave were reported.
Noah I'ord, 17, was kiilcd at
Ruthcrfordton when .his car
skidded and overturned. At
Greenville, seven-year old Ernie
• Elizabeth Thomas brushed a
gainst a stove, her clothes ig
nited and she was fatally burn
Oil
ivirs. Mary itoacn ivialioncc,
30-year old laboratory technician
and Allen Luther, Jr.. 18, both
ol Ashcvillc, were killed \ViTeii
their sled ran into an automo
bile.
Near Fletcher, the Rev. John
YV. Miller of Spartanburg, was
found frozen to death half a mile
from a sanitorium in which he
as a patient.
At High Foint the clothing of
Mrs. Florence Neal, 72, caught
fire when she brushed against a
stove and she was fatally burn
ed.
At Greenville, William Gor
ham 25-year old Xegro, died to
day of injuries suffered when his
auto skidded on an ice-coated
road and struck a tree.
At Smithfield. Sam T. Honey
cutt. Jr., about 24. of Smithfield.
died in Oak lake near here today
when the ice coatine of the water
gave way under him. Honeycutt
and two companions were walk
ing on the frozen surface of the
lake when the ice cracked. The
other two persons got away safe
ly.
U^BjoJUwi
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Mostly cloudy and warmer
tonight: snow flurries in the
\ mountains: Tuesday partly
cloudy and Mariner.
Cops Halt a "Crime Wave"
only on drug stores loi their holdups, two youth* wore
aiTi-H'.i !»\ Philadelphia detectives who abruptly cut short their brief
crime career. Detective Charles Slienberg counts the loot, $250. Joseph
Case, one of the accused lads, is at right.
(Central frvttil
Farm Parity Fund
Campaign Deferred
Congressional Econ
omy Drive, Plus Un
certainties of Euro
pean War, Cause
Farm Leaders to
Drop Drive For $200,
000,000.
Washington. Jan. 29.— (AP)—
Farm bloclc leaders in the House
have decided to defer and perhaps
[ drop altogether their annual cam
paign for more than $200,000,000 for
parity payments to help swell agri
cultural income.
They said today that the Congres
sional economy drive plus the un
certainties of European war made
j ;t inadvisable to try to add that
sum to the Agriculture Department
Appropriation bill which will go
before the House tomorrow.
Chairman Jones, Democrat. Tex
as, of the House agriculture com
mittee. an active proponent of par
ity payments, commented "it may be
that developments abroad will force
prices up to a point where parity
will not be needed as badly."
Parity payments are designed to
raisr> a farmer's purchasing power
| to the 1900-1914 level.
President Roosevelt suggested
$781,000,000 for all Agriculture de
partment activities for the next fis
[ cal year. Congress voted about $1.
200,000,000 for the current, year but
I that included $225,000,000 for par
ity payments and about $200,000,000
for road funds which 'inder the
President's reorganization program
will be in another bill.
I it was understood that 'he House
I appropriations committee which has
cut more than $113,000,000 from the
president's budget recommenda
tions, would continue its economiz
ing when it approves the farm, bill
tomorrow.
I
For Governor
I
PAl'L GRADY
| Paul Grady of Kcnly v. iil late to
| day become the : ixth Jormaily ;*n'
! nonnrcd candidate fur p;>\ ernor, bul
I the first to inject liquor into his
I platform, according to reliable rc*
j ports received hero today
I The Johnson county n.an will
1 tlotlv advocate ;i St-ileu irie rcfercn
i I
1 dian, although 11i^ Ivme county lias |
A. B. C. stores, and despite the fact J
j that he reportedly urged them in
I local election.
I Grady will strongly oppose diver- i
| sion of highway funds. On the sales
tax, he will swear undying oppo- i
sition, but will not advocate imme
diate, unconditional repeal of the
levy that nets about 5:11,000,000 :
annually.
More Than Half Of State's
Senators Are Ineligible
For Re-Election In 1940
I
Dully Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waiter IJotel.
By HLNRV AVERILL
Jan. 29.—More than hall
of North Carolina's State Senators
arc ineligible for re-election to the
1941 General Assembly, a survey of
the fifty-member roster of 1939\s
legislature reveals.
Chief cause of the ineligibility is
the "rotation" system which is m
vogue in most of the districts having
more counties than senators in each
Assembly, though a few members
of the upper house have taken other
jobs or are otherwise out of the run
ning.
The survey indicates that not
more than 20 members of the 1939
Senate can return, and there always
exists the possibility that some of
this score will retire voluntarily or.
what is more likely, meet defeat ;:t
the oolls.
, Included in the list of those nor
' mally ineligible to return arc chair
men of the Senate's two most im
portant committees—W. B. Hodman,
Jr., of Washington, and Senator H.
P. Taylor of Anson, though in the
) case of the Beaufort lawmaker it is ,
• an unwritten, rather than a formal
i rotation agreement which bars him. j
, Anson will not have a senator and jn
; Rodman's second dictrict it has been
i the custom for a senator to serve two j
' terms, then retire in order that some
j other county may get the honor. Rod- i
j man has served twice in a row.
Running over the list of twenty
who can return if they want to and [
if they can persuade their consti
! tuents to let them, there are: Second:
D. Bradford Fearing of Manteo. dari
! dy of the Lost Colony: Fourth: W.
! G. Clark of Edgecombe and Dr. T.
i
Xoulinued on Page Five)
Claims She
Refused To
Call Meeting
United Mine Workers
Leader Expresses
Contempt For Per
sons Who "Refuse to
Relieve Distress of
The Jobless".
Columbus, Jan. 29—(AP)—John
r.. Lewis, describing Secretary of
Labor Perkins as "woozy in the
head'' today expressed contempt
for persons "who refused to raise
their hands to relieve the distress
of the jobless".
The UMW president, addressing
the United Mine Workers conven
tion, recalled that he had made re
peated efforts to get Secretary Per
kins and President Roosevelt to call
a conference of labor, business and
government officials to study un
employment problems.
Two weeks ago, he said, he sent
four labor men to discuss the situa
tion with Miss Perkins but she said
that she did not think the situation
serious and to give the Democratic
nar*v time and everything would be
worked out.
Philip Murray, Lewis' first assist
ant, warned that "uprising might
develop from people seeking a right
to live" unless the unemployment
problem is solved.
Speaking in favor of a resolution
urging a White House conference
among labor, agriculture and gov
ernment. Murray told the United
Mine Workers convention "the Fed
eral administration in Washington,
which has 10,000.000 citizens, 1,000,
000 are idle and they represent 3,
000,000 people."
Organized labor would be "a
stupid sucker" Gen. Hugh S. John
son asserted if it fails to follow
Lewis advice and "get sewed up
in the bag of any party or poli
tician".
Nazi Raiders
Driven Off
English Coast
London, Jan. 29.—(AP)—Air
laid alarms sounded a second time
over northern British coast today
after Royal air force fliers and anti
aircraft guns had chased off a first
group of German raiders.
The second was in an area north
of the first which apparently in
volved part of northern England
and Scotland.
Violent explosions were heard at.
sea off a north Yorkshire resort be
fore the first air raid warning
sounded in four towns along the
northeast coast.
An air ministry communique said
no enemy aircraft crossed the coast.
The public calmly took shelter at
one undisclosed inland Yorkshire
town when observers reported what,
they believed were a number of
German bombers.
OFFICIAL OF PITT
COUNTY IS DEAD
Greenville, J<*n. 29.—(AP)—I. C.
Gaskins, Pitt county register of
deeds for 23 years, died at his home
here today of a heart attack. He had
been ill at Duke Hospital in Dur
ham and at home for three weeks.
He will be given a Masonic funeral
here tomorrow afternoon.
He is survived by his v/idow and
twelve children.
Rumanian Oil
Struggle Is
Intensified
Bucharest, Jan. 20.—(AP)—The
struggle lor control ol Rumanian oil
resources was intensified today with
arrival by plane by a 25-member
British-French mission followed
shortly by a new group of German
negotiators who came by train.
A part of the Rumanian press
adopted an anti-Allied tone, accus
ing Britain with interfering with
Rumanian affairs.
One newspaper declared "Britain
and France can buy as much oil as
they want from Rumania but have
no right to oppose others getting
their share."
Foreign-owned oil companies were
accused of reducing production to
prevent oil from reaching Germany.