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Ifettitersnn Haifa SisiiaidT QNLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNORTHCAROLINA and VIRCTNia " " ; \t \-SEVENTH YEAR leased wire service of ~ —— A AW V]RGIN1A. > ASSOC,ATED PRESS' HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 8,1940 publuhbd b™, afternoon pivp rFMTC mpv except Sunday. r 1V Hi LiLlNlb LUrY I lore British Aid For Finland jNazis Acknowledge Naval Losses Claim Allied Losses Are • Greater ' A P > Germany ' the loss of 23S, i ■ ins .-into the be- ! • out declared that vi neutrals had lost wore given as 42 ' •• and neutral loss a:' • - >.aik up to the enil ; enemy and neutral | < c taken to German! :< >*»d of in private! •: i'.nji-*. —:•< were put at 13.- ! MS confiscated at • : war in enemy' Mis et/ed and 141.525! ■ i avoid seizure. * : irand and other of- i :n reporting that Al • ' shipping losses wre , ! j 'vooo tons. declar-• •iy'. counter blockade' tightening up on c -rv.merit, however, that the British and had largely swept from the high seas • •. ships were striving to :erce and that conse • e were many move tar Gerrv.an submarines and t.suros are higher than' :• sources. An Associated! y diowed 928.1(14 tons of I :ral merchant shipping i • : the bottom in the f irsr j ; the war. Germany's .vhant losses in the same ' od 159.122 tons). British Reply To German Claims . Feb. 3.—(AP)—Britain ' y to the German claim Gern.ans had sunk 409 . :.d neutral merchantmen! war began with an Ad . tabulation putting at 274J " • ! of ch ships lost. * spokesman said "these "ct figures, the other • figures are false". • ,;.:ion gave the total ..: a neutral tonnage lost as : :tn down thus: '.43 -hips. 505 998 tons: V cncii and Polish), 14, Tti.nriy tons: Neutrals 117 : ',4:i.:5o7 tons. \xw is Charged With Blocking Peace Movement, Ft:, P.— (AP) —The l-prUration of Labor to- j charged John L. Lewis. [ •.vi Mi blocking peace i organizations and; ' >: r Roosevelt to make ' * i i'h of the two labor ; u < ffi to do "so that. ■y <!■ failure to resume • • on- shall be placed • !y belongs". Federation pres-I .-''i Lewis with failure • •' 'I'.-e negotiations and ' ' " AFL had always - work toward har '•tk-:acrit. Committee Approves hade Pacts —(ap>—The: mittee ?'»d;iy ;• ' • ■ ■. ir;«»ithf>rity for • •<> negotiate re *i' '4t f".uents. • ■•'i the vote to report; •ilc to the House was '•p.'.- member voting i - action makes the • '>t the session's mosti — ready for ' '<n. hut when it will '1 depend on the • leadership. 'trier which the Presi de Stuto Department; ti-ide treaties expires /••nding measuie w^>uld 'hree years from that Pelley Expresses Hate Of Jews Silver Shirts Leader1 Tells Dies Committee He Feels Toward Jews "Exactly As The Nazi Party" Toward Race In German, Washington. ir'eD. «.—(Ai')—Wil liam Dudley Policy, chiol'tain of the Silver Shuts Legion, proclaimed from the witness chair of the Dies committee today that he feels to ward the Jews in the .United St>.es "exactly as the Nazi party" dues to- | ward members of that race in Gei- ; many. He qualified this declaration, how- j ever, by saying that he would not i "countenance all the methods Mr. I Hitler may have put in force". In the course of his testimony the I witness, who already had proles.-ed his "admiration for the Dies commit tee" despite the immediate protest of some of its members, said that il the committee continued its inves-, tigation of un-American activities hist Legion members would "hold up", i Pelley said that the Legion with members in 22 states was organized on a "military concept." used military titles and orders and had uniforms "but there was no drilling and no guns". Representative Starnes quoted from a Pelley publication which said | that after the World War Armistice! "we suddenly found'' that 4,1)00,000; Jews had "infiltrated" in the United' States. Starnes inquired whether Pelley j thought most of the 4.000.000 were I sympathetic to communism. "Unfortunately, that's been my ex perience." Pelley said. He said the Silver Shirts was or ganized to combat "subversive forces" such as those which the Dies committee has looked into. "We were looking at a condition where there might be an overthrow of the constitutional government of! the United States," he declared. Russia Will Continue War ) Moscow. Feb. 8.—(AP)—'The Sov- i iet Union is determined to continue j its? offensive against Finland until the Finnish forces holding the Man nerhetm line are annihilated, ac cording to Admiral Tributz, com mander of the Soviet navy in the Baltic sea. The admiral's pledge of continued war was made yesterday in con- 1 ncction with the bestoyal of { decorations on 255 naval officers and men for '"exemplary fulfillment of [ tasks on the front against the White ■ Finns." The communist newspaper Prav da at the same time accused Britain | and France of "striving to turn the war tides against the Soviet Union". '"But plans for utilizing Finland as a base for military intervention against the Soviet Union shall be i crushed by Red army blows", the j newspaper declared. Canadians Landed Britain of Canadians oi Canadians. . e , No announcement of the size ot the force or the units it comprises was made. Stamps for Cotton Purchases twenty five gent N ON-TRANSFERABLE COTTON ORTMBR ^ SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS PRESCRi BED BY TH E SECRETARY . OF AORfCULTURE C3JKJSTT ABLE OMBEI1 SUBJECTTO CONDITIONS BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE I ■ i Here arc facsimiles of the special government stamps to be issued to enable relief families in cities where food stamps are now distributed to purchase cotton goods and aid in reducing the nation's surplus., Relief families will be entitled to purchase $1 worth of cotton stamps (green, top) and receive free an additional $1 worth (brown, bottom). Purchases may be made every three months. Finns Capture Red Parachute Patrols Projects Approved Raleigh, Feb. 8.—(AP)— Approval ol' 15 WPA projects calling for the expenditure of S947.83G and the em ployment of 2,177 workers was an nounced today by C. C. McGinnis, State administrator. Projects improved included: Robeson county, construct cafe teria at Lumberton high school $5, 677 and 3r» workers; and build schools at Hopewell Indian school. Island Grove, Lumber Bridge, Lung Branch and Gaddys negro school, $27,683, 35 workers; Green county community sanitation $27,483 and 22 workers; Wilson sewer system, $17,280 and 53 workers. Activity Increases On Western Front Paris, Feb. 8.—(AP)—Steadily ncreasing French patrol ictivity on :he western front was reported in ii.ilitary dispatches today. The French command was said j to have taken advantage of im proving weather conditions to spread out a network of scouts, par ticularly on llie northern flank. Today's French communique re ported increased activity. Military id vices said three patrols filtered 'deep" within the German lines and ! returned with "important" infor- I nation. Four Soviet War planes Downed; Finns Claim Successes on Karelian Isthmus And In North; Many Rus sians Dead. Helsinki. Feb. 8.—(AP)—I'he cap ture of "several" patrols of Russian soldiers who parachuted to earth be hind the Finnish lines was recorted today by a Finnish communique which said four more Soviet war planes had been downed in aerial fiehting. The Russian patrols were disguised in Finnish army uniforms for opera tion behind Finnish lines. The communique described fresh Finnish successes against the invad ers on the Karelian isthmus north east of Lake Ladoga and further north along the Russian frontier. The Finnish command also report ed a weakening of Russian attacks in Ihe Sum ma sector on the Kare lian isthmus, scene of a week-long Soviet offensive, and declared that two assault-, had been thrown back with the destruction of four enemy tanks. The communique declared that several Ked army divisions support ed by ''abundant artillery" took part in the assaults of Tuesday and Wed nesday and estimated enemy losses at "some thousands" in Tuesdays' lighting. A Ru-sjan attempt to cross the frontier was repulsed in the Fuomus saimi sector in which "the enemy's losses were 250 kiJi?d" and large quantities of military equipment cap- ! tured. j Only Three Of The Six Gubernatorial Candidates 1 Are Ranked In The West Daily Dlsiiutch Bureau, Ii» llio Sir Walter iloU-l. By IIENHY A V IK ILL Raleigh, Feb. 8.—Only three of the ;ix candidates for Gov ernor of North Carolina are considered seriously in the '"West". They are Lieutenant jovernor Wilkins P. Horton, Com nissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell ind Raleigh lawyer James Melville 3rough ton. A flat statement to which Lee bravely of Rocky Mount, Paul jrady of Kenly and Thomas E. Dooper of Wilmington may take ex ception; but it is the word unani mously brought into Raleigh by men from the Sunset Section who ought to knew whereof they speak. The ,iew oi Uit^fc uuli'.e wtoternu'o just been confirmed by one oi' the i j State's keenest political observers j who lias headquarters here in Ra- i ( leigh but who has just made a swing i through all the counties west of i i Asheville. ; The Messrs. Gravely, Grady and Cooper, therefore, would seem to have quite a bit of work ahead of them—as there is plenty of territory included in the '"West" even when j it is confined (as it is in this story) j ^ to the area from Buncombe, in- i j elusive, to the Tennessee and Geor- , gia lines. I ( This isn't a propaganda piece de- | f signed to boost the chances or hopes | j 1 (Continued ou Page Fcur) 11 Garner May Contest In Illinois | Supporters of Vice President's Candidacy Say He May Enter Presidential Primary Against Roosevelt; To Decide Soon. Washington, Fpb.. 8.—(AD— Aj r-ontc-t betw^n the forces of Prrsi- i ient Roosevelt f>nd Vier-Precident Garner for the backing of Illinois j democrats became a possibility when ' friends -of Garner di'closed that lie might enter the state's presidential, pp'varv on April 9. Mr. Roosevelt's name already has: been not into the rare lor Illinois; convention delegates by leaders the state democrat organization. The chief executive has given no indica tion of approval or disapproval. Garner supporters said that a de-1 cision would be reached in a few J days, although they described the situation as "very much up in the; air". The vice-president's managers have been following the general po- j licy of seeking delegates from states without "favorite son" candidates for the presidency. On the Republican side the cam paign manager of Thomas E. Dewey! expressed regret that Senator Taft, Republican. Ohio. had decided against filing in Illinois. Dewey is the only Republican entered in the state so far and his backers have challenged all other aspirants to fol low suit. Eastern N. C. Rivers Flood Raleigh, 'Feb. 8.—(AP)—Three eastern North Carolina rivers went Into light floods today due to rains and warm weather which melted snow and ice left by storms two weeks ago. The Cape Fear at Fayetteville had reached a depth of 31 feet this morn ing with its upper reaches in flood and a level of more than 55 feet, the flood stage, was forecast. The weather bureau said the Roa noke at Weldon was 29 feet deep this morning and would exceed flood stage of 31 feet by "quite a little". The Neuse at Smithl'ield had reached the 13-foot stage, one foot within its banks. Britain Finances Munitions Plant In United States W'ilmineton, Del.. Feb. 8.— (AP)—Leland Lyon, president of the Atlas Powder Co.. disclos ed today that the British govern- j mcnt had advanced money to his ' company for construction in the Tnitcd State? of a munitions ; plant whose tot?I output would he consigned to the British and French governments. i Lyon said that the plant would be completed in "about six months". lie refused to amplify this statement other than to say that operation of the plant would mean employment of several hundred addition workmen. _ORD TWEEDSMUIR IS GRAVELY ILL Ottawa, Feb. 8.—(AP)—The con lition of Lord Tweedsmuir, gover- j lor general of Canada, is causing j grave anxiety", said a bulletin j frsued today from government j touse. Lord Tweednruir, 64, suffered a! .•oncussion of the brain Tuesday j norning when he fell in his dressing : oom. rwo MEN CONFESS PROPERTY DAMAGE I South Bend, Ind., Feb. ft.—(AP)—| Authorities investigating nine j tombings of Indiana and Michigan i Ilectric Co. power lines, which the . ompany said did 5100,000 damage.! flaimed confessions from two of j our men. Three of them are in jail here. ! "he fourth is held by Michigan Sees U. S. in War Sir Frederick SVhyte I Lecturing at Oxford University, I England, Sir Frederick Whyte dc- j clared America still wants isola tionism and that ^t'ne change de sired by President Roosevelt may be slow in coming, but that U. S. sympathy for the Allies may one day put America into the "crusade." Sir Frederick is director of the American division of Britain's min istry of information. (Central Press) Hull States Relations With Russia I Says Continuance of! Diplomatic Relations Not "Wholly Contin-' gent" Upon Fulfill ment of Litvinof f Pledges. Washington, Feb. 8.—(AP)—Sec-' retary Hull wrote the Senate foreign j relations committee today that the State Department did not consider the continuance of diplomatic rela tions with Russia to be "wholly con tingent" upon fulfillment by the Soviet government of pledges made ! in the Litvinoi'f agreements which j proceeded official recognition in j 1933. The information was given in re ply to a committee request for Hull's | comment on a resolution by Senator I : Vandenburg, Republican, Michigan, asking the department to say whether the Litvinoi'f agreements had been kept. Contending that Russia has violated her pledges Vandenburg has urged that diplomatic relations be broken off. The secretary of state said that his; department on several occasions "has had grounds to believe that the Soviet 1 government was not fully living up to \ the obligations undertaken at the j time of establishment" of relations, i ' He pointed out that the department! had made formal protest on such oc- 1 casions. ! j "Whenever this government has cause to believe thai another gov- j eminent has failed to live up to the | , agreements it is accustomed to make : j use of the •.cry channels which exist j Lor diplomatic relations in order to ■ bring this relation to the attention i 1 )f the government," he said. j I Vandenburg said he interpreted J (Continued on Page Four) ( i | Russian Envoy Ordered Home | Berne, Feb. 3.—.'AP)— Switzerland j f loday ordered Soviet Russia's Lea-; \ ?ue of Nations expert Vladimir jr Sokoline, to leave the country with- j , in two weeks. i ]. The order was issued by both the, Swiss federal and Geneva cantonal ) governments rejecting Moscow's ex-, ) plantation for wanting to keep Soko- 1 fc line in Switzerland. Sokoline was j " dismissed as an undersecretary of the j League of Nations alter Spviet Rus- : t sia's expulsion. I t League experts busily cdordinat-. ng League members' aid to Finland 1 b nade no secret of their displeasure | o it having a trained Soviet observer I y lit hand. ' i f, tVcailuiA if FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Increasing cloudiness followed n by local rains Friday possibly j s beginning in the mountains to- ® night. Warmer tonight. Colder P Friday ui^ht. , v Chamberlain Lauds Finn Successes British Prime Minis ter Tells Commons That "Help Given From This Country Has Been of Real Value to Finland". London, Fob. H.— (AP) —Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House or Commons today that further Bri tish aid tor Finland was on the way and that "the help given from this country has been of real value to Fin land". The success attending Finnish arms. Chamberlain s>aid "has evoked the admiration of the world". This statement drew loud cheers from the legislators. The prime minister voiced satis faction over results of the recent Balkan entente conference in Buda pest. Of the Russian-Finnish conflict, Chamberlain said: •'The Finnish people continue their heroic struggle against an enemy who use., his huge air fleet in an effort to shake morale by shattering with high explosives hospitals full of wounded men and by machine gunning civil ians". Of the allied conflict with Ger many the prime minister said winter weather had halted war operation* in recent weeks and even interfered with normal activities so that there were lew events worthy of mention. Of the air war between Britain and Germany, Chamberlain said: "It would appear that instructions have been given to enemy pilots to do their utmost to avoid contact with our defenses." Chamberlain condemned the "kill ing of fishermen, merchant seamen and of lightship crews" declaring1 such acts were "not war but murder and that such acts of gangsterism can have little if any practical effect oil the outcome of the war." Chinese Plan Japan Raids Tokyo, Feb. 8.— (AP)—A Japanese navy spokesman deciared today that "definite grounds" exist for wide spread reports that Chinese arc plan ning air raids on Japan. The spokesman declined to furnish details on the grounds of military secrecy. It was learned that military authorities believed such a threat possible but that the possibility was '"not enough to cause official ner vousness". (Similar reports in Shanghai were described by various foreign military men as "propaganda aimed at taking the minds of Japanese off domestic troubles". (These reports said China does not possess a single aircraft capable of reaching Japan with a load of bombs.) Balkans Get Ready For Spring Crisis IJudapest, Feb. 3.—(AP)—The lit tle neutrals of southeastern Europe, fearful of a .springtime crisis imperil ing their peace, will have their con scrip armies on a war footing by mid-March. A survey showed today that de "ense measures repeating the "mili tary concentrations" of 1939 are •eady to be put into force in Rou mania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Tur key and Greece. Some of these small powers already lave announced the calling of cer tain clashes for "'further training" >ut none permits the use of the term 'mobilization". Roumania. holding about 700,000 o 1,000,000 men under arms through he winter, will increase the total. A 900-mile defense line is being >uilt along Roumania's frontiers most >pen to invasion and King Carol's irmy chief today began requisitions or scrap iron for munitions. Yugoslavia is expected to have an irmy of about 500,000 by spring— nore than double her normal trength. Turkey, officially "not neutral but ion-belligerent", has kept 200,000 oldiers on her frontier with Soviet tussia, despite urgent need for man lower for rehabilitation of areas dc by itcuit fcurUiquuiiti.
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