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Henderson Baiiy Htspatrij ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. % -SEVENTH YEAR l?h^sScR,EatSI?^Is?p HENDERSON, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1940 I'UJiLISIIKD EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY nns Claim Russians Repulsed (_ uinberlain C^Iquns Novway i <.uied To Check On Altmavk/ i escribes Rescue As 'Gallant' ;,i e Minister In House of . nens While De ng Seizure of i.-jrs From Ger » sen Ship. L' —(AP>—Prime .herla;n today de .-ei;:uiv ot 25)9 the German ship >. ; . n waters as "a and expressed " * t'.otise of C'oni : to congratulate vy." declared it now ap „ .n authorities had at >n whale- er ot . . n .-he reached Xor t.'ld a cheering! .• Norwegian author •\vd complete ir.dif se which might u. ritorial waters .. i ; teet." • • >taternent of Xor Minister Hah. dan X rwegian authorities Bt .ti>h prisoners were A.' ■ ark "most su'pris- ! ■ rts t<> that t-fit ct ] • :.td weeks ago. .• three or four times.1 a. Xorway tailed to 1 . per investigation of J t until aftei Xorway ■. e.^'igate. Chamberlain ' H.> Majesty's ships took cheered as Chamber • even it' Norway's "in- 1 '.'.'us due to German pres- ! - nevertheless in view of ! government active j • al exercise of a duty of | .. aid ourselves as belhg Siler, Blythe Back Horton Daily Lusoatrn Bur?-::::. In the Sir U'al(«T »!>>♦«»• Feb 2'».—Judge Walter ( • '• • county and State P'ytho Mecklenburg .gers tor rival pres; r.r;:di'tc>. but are bosom ;..;ort of the same can <r 'rr..:.' <.t North Caro rt.. ^ (unofficially. .»*>•: n X. Garner of •.he designated head ii •: c . ..paign for I'aul exacted. therefore. . '.u!d be going about .1-—the one talk •' the other shout " • i -maturely gray • :.rhing this bu • appears that they ■ ?nan a moderate and McXutt !'• ; 'ifli are 1 igur;< tiie house top; •:i Page Three.) McNutt Will Not Enter Ohio Primary . [•>■:,. 20.—(AP)—Al a tie presidential : peared to be turn ill contest, friends :';i i V*. AlcNutt .-fate ballot. ■ > : a hey, Democrat, • ;• e-tei day to be a • 'i nate. word spread i":.* Darner would i ■■ primary and that v.as considering ; <• touch with Mc expla ined that he | • any primary in | ' ■ * ftno.sevelt or in j pporting a third ' o Democratic lead pledge the state del with the under- ' i ild back the Pres • .1(1 .>eek the nomina- ; : declined. many • • p(-| {he belief i man. C'har • o;id file. i Will Assist Welles J. Pierrepont Moffat Although mission of Undersecre tary of State Sumner Welles, Presi dent Roosevelt's special envoy to Europe, remains essentially a one man show, J. Pierrepont Moffat will accompany him. Moffat is chief of the state department's European division. Roosevelt Explores Canal Defense Aboard The L'.S.S. Lang At Sea, Feb. 2(;.—(AP)—Sunburned from fishing under a scorching sky. Pres ident Ii<>o.-evelt combined business vii'i pleasure today by extending hi.- explorations of the Pacific canal zone defense possibilities. Keenly interested in how these defenses tie in with a broader policy of Central American and full hemis phere defense, the President told a pres.-. conference yesterday his trip 'oore a -pecial relation to distant rather than nerrby delen.es. He broadened the scope of his survey by visiting yever-il Pacific points yesterday but during a dis cussion of defense problems bound new»men to secrecy. He asked that ir. the cause of public interest no menti- n be made of the specific points visited. Louisiana Voting Quiet isrOrleans, Feb. 2').-~(APj— Nati'.iu.'i gu rdsmen remained in bar laek t'id.iy ;i. oniy sc.'iitoreci eases ot violence were reported in the .sec ond iJemoeratic primary to decide vvhetiier tin.- 12-year old political dynji :y i-: iblishod Lv Huey P. Long topples i.r survives. Voters < stiiiiaicci tit almost hall' a million cast ballots either for Gov. Earl K. Long, brother of the late iiu: y. or Attorney bam Jones of Lake C'ha; :e:,\ 'lhcre were scores of reports of n .nor poll disturbances. One was that Sam Zermray, a worker for Jones, had Ov.cn ktmcked dov/n and kicKed and that a companion had been similarly attacked. Governor .Long ordered all the state's militaiy forces, about 3,500 men, to stand reacty for duty. During the last few weeks, State Senator James A. oe. defeated in the first primary January 16 and now supporting Jones, had been mus tering a "Jackson brigade" of 20, \jo*j c.w-.X'i*\ iCv men wmcn he saiu would preserve order and prevent vote irregularities. Long, commenting on Noe's brigade, said they would not be per mitted to "intimidate and browbeat tne people". He said he would not u.se the militia if the brigade were disoanded. NORWAY MAY PERMIT ALTMARK TO LEAVE Oslo, Feb. 2<J.— (AP)—Informed Norwegian sources indicated today the government would permit the He-man prison ship Atlmark to leav e Norwegian territorial waters when ever she desued. Activists In Sweden Ask Present Resolution to Premier Declaring "Finnish Front Must Be Held And Helped By Swedish Assist ance". Stockholm, F cb. 20.—(AP) — Swedish activists — advocates of more help lor Finland—presented a resolution to Premier Hansson to day declaring that "the Finnish front must be held and helped by Swedish assistance". With the Swedish press giving unanimous support to the declara tion of King Gu.-tai yesterday rul ing out direct military aid to Fin laud the activists continued their efforts to encourage as much assist ance as possible to Finland. King Gustaf pointed out that Sweden could continue to give Fin land '"the not inconsiderable assist ance" which "she now gets from us and greatly needs." The activists in their resolution today declared "Finland's case is ours. The Finnish front must be held and helped by Swedish assistance. Intervention by states outside the north would threaten to make our country a war theatre. "We appeal to Swedish youth that they fill the gaps in the Finnish army,thus serving the north coun try's freedom and future". Political circles agreed that a political crisis had. for the time being at least, been averted. Rumors that certain Swedish military cir cles mi?ht force the issue are given no support. Mrs.Wohl May Be Candidate Daily Dispatrii Rurff*»u. In the Sir VV-iltcr Hold. Rnieigh, Feb. 2<i.—Mrs. Helen Robertson Wohl, the Guilford I;iriy who polled nearly 1 votes against Charlie Johnson for State treasurer in 1936, is on the verge of running for a statewide office this year. At the recent Gridiron dinner liere there was a skit in which State Au ditor George Ross Poh, Secretary of State Thad Eure. Johnson and Super intendent of Public Instruction Clyde Erwin were pictured as singing "Mrs. VVohl, stay way from my door". It now appeal's that only Johnson and Erwin need join in a second chorus, although the lady herself is more than ordinarily silent on the subject. There is already opposition to both i Pou and Eure and it is unlikely that Mrs. VVohl wants to make either a three-handed game. That's why the State treasurer and the education head are listed as the likely object of her ambitions. That she will run for something i is predicted upon the basis of the | statement she has jut issued, advo cating a novel plan for reapportion ment of seats in the North Carolina House of Representst.ves. Reasoning : is. that if she wasn't in a running mood, there would be no particular point to injectin« herself ir-to th" i-e apportionment scrap which will be fore long be about the most bitter in the state. Briefly, her idea i> to increase the , number of seat.; in the House by the number of counties created since the Constitution ot 1870—which is to say. by eleven. Hereafter it any new county is created, there would auto matically be another membership added to the House roster. Mrs. VVohl proposes that no county ever be en titled to more than one Senate seat, j Otherwise she would continue the ' same plan lor reapportionment as is now in vogue except that the "Hp-isor" to determine representation would be the total House member ship inskad of the 120 now laid down. French Plane Downed by Nazis wbsmt" in Herman territory, not far from a French village on the Western Front, this French plane crashed to earth during n dogfight with Isazi airmen. The fate of its occupants was not disclosed by the censor. ICentral Press) Allies To Stop German "Acts Of War** In Norwegian Waters _ i Neutrals Lose Twenty Ships j London, Feb. 2').—(AD—British j authorities; asserted today that last week's British and neutral shipping losses were the heaviest of the war but asserted that four German sub marines were definitely sunk and i that two others are believed to have 1 been .sunk. The successful attacks on the six ■ U-boats were said to have occurred ' within a space of six days last j week, which British naval sources j said was marked by the return of j the torpedo to first place as a weap- ' on of destruction. The admiralty listed five British \ and 15 neutral ships as lost during i the week ending Sunday with i tola) 1 of 86,077-tons. surpassing the pre vious high mark of 78.193-lon> s.eJ I in the second week of the wpr. The London Evening New rc- i ported that German bombing planes machine gunned the decks oi four ' (Continued on Page Thr-e) Turk Council ; Convenes Ankara. Turkey. !■'< b. 20. 'AD - Turkey": . uprenie war council con vened loilay lor a week s session ex pected i" be devoted largely to plans J for coordinating Turkey's armed! forces with the armi -s which Britain ; and France are concentrating in the Far Ka;t. For the last month, competent! sources disclosed, the Turkish aimyj has been in a state '■! gradual mobih-i zation; men were said to be j arrayed along the Russian ir«-ni;cr, ■ three times the normal border gar- i rison. The supreme war council meeting; finds Turkey ready for war Iiouldi it come. The national economy has i been gradually mobilized and mar tial tow has been applied in the Iron-! tier districts. The French and British military missions, charged with coordination of the British-French-Turkish forces, I will take pari in the supreme \.ai '■ council meetings. Nazi Planes Raid Shipping) London, Feb. 20.— (AP)—Wide spread German warplane attacks on shipping off Britain's east coast were reported today. Radio operators said they heard the S.O.S. of at least one vessel. j A life boat was put out on receipt of word that Nazi planes were blast ing on steamers about 3U miles out at sea. Machine gun fire was heard in 1 Essex and residents <■! that sec'ion scurried n> shelter a.- an air raid warning s-nindert. The all .He; r ••jg nal Tvas given ov minutes later. French Spokesman Declares Germany Abusing Norwegian Neutrality to Avoid Blockade And As Na val Base. ppb 21.—(AP)—The French and British navies will take "all measures" to make sure that Nor wegian waters are not lived for bel ligerent purposes. a French spokes nr»n . aid tonight. The spokerman said that a stop would have to be put to "acts of war" being carried on by the Ger man navy in Norwegian waters. He maintained that the German navy was "abusing" Norwegian neu trality and has been using Norwegian waters as a base for operations In the North Sea. J!e charged that German merchant ships are using Norwegian waters to 'void the British blockade and make 'rrvr way to Germany. CNotahly the >2 *,000,000 German liner Bremen va believed to have st".*imed down the Norwegi.-n coa't to safety in Ger many a'trr having laid for some time n "'urman'.k. Hn.ssian nort). "The French atiri British navies will all measure:-. Jo in uro the ..I nr.-c" in waters" he said, declining to give de tails as to the measures planned. The Norwegians should have handled Hi" Altmark as 1 hey did the American steamer City of Flint, he declared. Loans Refused Th ree Firms Washington. F _• b. 20.— (AP)— .Vo'l Sichrani, chairman of the lie— con • iriict ion I,'i,.;i"»*e ( ::*i)orai|<iii. .-aid today the RFC! had ordered loan disbursements temporarily withheld I rum three companies which the la bor board had accused of violating the Wagner act. He gave the information to the Hou.se committee investigating the labor board. Edmund M. Toland, committee counsel, has aecusrd tip board of attempting to "black jack'' employers by akirg other govern ment agonciei to withhold contracts and the like from alleged Wagner act violators. Before Sc.hr?m took the tarid To land di do ed that the committee ht»d obtained records from govern ment oific-'s in an effort to deter mine whether they had taken any action against alleged violators. Tnesc records were obtained, he said, in response to subpoenal served yesterday upon cabinet member-; and bureau heads. Schram denied that t.ie RFC had any agree.'ant with the labor board to withhold loans l:*oiu firms again-! which labor act actions had beer taken. (jJocddwi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Cloudy and unsettled tonight arid Wednesday, preceded by snow in the moar.ta'ns and Mirht rail, in cast and ct i;«»"•? 1 pori'o -s '.'.is afier"ion and tonisht. cjlder. ■jpv !* m Russians I o Intensify Isthmus Drive I Moscow, Feb. 20.—CAP) — Soviet I ) forces expressed confidence today j | thiit Russian troops would smash | ! completely Finland's Mannerheim, line in time for the lied army's 22nd j anniversary celebration next Friday. I Indications that the Russians would' intensify their efforts to cm h the l Finns were seen in Soviet press re-, j ports and public declarations that the' j anniversary would witness an I nouncement of a break in the Fin-' I nish maze of forts on the isthmus. The regular Russian communique i from Leningrad said the Red army i was busy mopping up areas : ix miles i /• utli of Viipuri, where the Soviet It oops were reported to have isolat i ft! the defense force- ;>1 Kiovi to. Vcgler To Be Candidate Daily IMspr.i. h Biire.nj. !<• flu* Sir VV:i!t»*r Raioij;!:. Kri». 2H. There are Ihree aiino".ne"d candidate:- for Spea|;er ;h;p of th" 1341 Norlii Carolina ilou <• of Representatives, but before •nd of the current unprecedented po litical campaign there are likely to i>" twice that many. One who cannot he counted out of consideration at this state of the 3a.':;e is J. 13. Vogler, 1937 and 1939 i<epre. entative from Mecklenburg. I.'ir. Vogler hasn't even said that i he i.- considering the matter: but his :ciion:; indicate tna.t he has some such de.'iKn in the back of his mind, at least. XiC hain't stopped politics for so ! much as a day since the 1939 Gen eral Assembly adjourned, and he is still hard at it—going from one end : of the state to the other, with busi ne:of the Food Dealers as his an nounced reason. Last time. Vogler craftiiy lined up I behind Bill Feriner. a maneuver ' which |)i t liim in a very strategic > ;<o.,;!:on. Fenner. everybody knew, i>dn't i i ve a majority ol the votes tind wasn't likely to get the post; but it tiie .same time he held the balance >1 power between Libby Ward and Victor Bryant and his supporters .'ere really in better position to gel ,ood committee c'ssignrnents than if ihey had backed either Ward or Bryant originally. As the result of the Ward-Fenner ; liiance which elected the Craven man, Vogler got chairmanship of the mporlunt Labor Committee. Now he is> mulling over the mat- I fer and making a try for the Speak ership himself. I '<■ Doliniteiy again.-t him is the fact | that he has been Anti-Administration >n the sales lax is-vie. but he might < live ti"'t down if he can pie : the w:n- • ning candidate for gov.nor ai.d get I -'•-hin:! him before the fir. t primary ' Reds Try To Cross Ice Of Lake Ladoga Finnish Army Com munique Says Rus sian Attacks Re pulsed In 20-Day Old Battle Below Viipuri; Helsinki Raided. !l"l>>m;i. HO.—(AP) --Sma b i 11.:-, of a 1 •'11.-.-i;i11 attempt lo advance across ilif ice ill Lake Suvento on iKarelian isthmus and the re pulse oi other attacks in the Ver dun-like battle below Viipuri were r>"ported today by the Finnish high niMi;;ind. The daily communique also re ported "continued clearing up of haves taken finrn the enemy" north i ast of Lake Ladoga where yester day the Finns reported the destruc tion of the lied army's 18th division. It told of the capture of ;i few strong points in fighting with Rus sian detachments in the Kuhmo area about halfway up the long boundary line. Of the great 20-day old battle bc iow Viipuri where the Russians have reported their advance units w th-n a few miles of the city the communique .iaid: •On the isthmus enemy attacks continued between the Oulf of Fin land and Lake Muola. The attack; were repulsed". At the caster!', end of the K lian isthmus the Finns reported heavy io. ..c. inflicted on the Rus sians when "an attack in great force was repelled at Taipele. The appearance of "air motor sleds" described as bob sleds with propcllors—was reported in the Taipele battle. With the support of these and tanks the Russians tried to advance past Taipele across Lake Ladoga's ice but the whole detachment was dispursed by Finnish batteries with at least 200 men killed and one tank and one sled destroyed. Helsinki spent almost the entire day in air raid shelters, six separate alarms being sounded. No bombs were dropped in Hel sinki. anti-aircraft guns keeping the Russian planes out of sight. Several other cities and towns were report ed heavily raided but details were lacking, the communique said. WILSON BOiNDS SOLD AT RALEIGH TODAY Raleigh, Feb. 20.—(AP)—The [«'iCfi| Government Commission sold 5537,000 worth of bonds ;ind notes V:r !'jr.r;»] units tod;iy. A RHOO.'j'iO electric light and v.v/er bond r-.siif of the Town of IV'il' on sold ;;1 a premium of $K4H, t'. it.h liie fir I $22"),000 of maturities o bear 2 1-2 nercent interest jind !he remainder 2 1-4 percent. The ;r.- ncii Ranking and Trust Co.. of Kii••holer and Arnold. Iiv\, if R:il'*i;,h. end Kalman and Co., of St. Paul, Minn., to k the issue. Second Day Of Debate On Trade Pacts Wa iiinglon. Feb. z<l. (Al') Rep resentative Hotline, Uemocrat, Iri liana, advocating renewal of the rade part- program, told the ilouse: oday that a "precious opportunity-' 0 »•» store soi:nd world economy after he war would be lost il the United States v< turned to Republican tariff 'embargoes". Uoehne was lead-off man for the econd day's debate over returning he reeiptoeal trade agreements for hree years. "It is true that the work of re building international trade on a ;ouna basis has been rendered quite iilficult by the outbreak of a new najor war,"' he suid. "it is safe to say that the scope ol iperatlcns of a new trade agreements urogram wiii be restricted by war :or.d;t.or.s but that is no reason for ibandoning the entire program. "Those wi;o take that position •verlook the important fact that •hanees for sound economic restora ion after the v.*::;• will be almost ion-existent if we now abandon our vork in behalf of sound trade jolxves." The American Pre:.- Society pi »> >o.:ed to the House labor committee 1 prohibition ?ig;.inst "close shop" igreements for editorial workers of iewspapers.» Oliver Holden. New fork Time employee and the so iety's executive director, said "tl.e •loseu in news rooms >s -j:i in lingenuju uii' the ireedom of •pinion and affiliation of new., work
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