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Hettiterann Hatlu ilispatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORM rt CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ->h\ EN'TH EAR THK ASSOCIATED PRESS** HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22, 1940 ''uuus,mS,SrIl'5SI?rn<k'n FIVE CENTS COPY Senate roll sTrade am program I porters of Recip Trade Agree Claim Program Pass Senate By Cos e Margin of Votes. • Y:> '22.—(.W)— An v. as said au- | v t'» have indicat ■ w >.i!ci approve j 1 <■ eciororai trade >-.• :uargm. j oy Senators! Kentucky: Har-j Mississippi: ancl South Carolina.! n administration Kg that if all yt5 •ed the roil call. 49' •; endtnent to re atiiication of trade! \ aid favor it and . • aid be in doubt. tion is expected. i\ .strength on ! ••ndment. support- ' confident of t:nal' ••Sram. The admin- I ist did not count on iuicans vwttna tot > • >*e tomorrow on ! > aol! ackng busmess! ■ .ob:at:i>:i ol Wash-! - . : . leaders predict- j • .v th n 25 Democrats 1 the extetiMon W!1 • : :• > •{ speech in N'cw, • ui-.t by Representative : ' >u the program as " Repubitcans would be . que>tion. — j Franchises Are Granted ________ _______ . Feb. 22.—(AP)—The Car-i ■jr. Co. gut franchises from' commission today to op-1 -•» :r-m Durham via Wake; i! >cky Mount and from Ra . renton to Jackson. .r:t!c Greyhound Corpora-! .'anted a franchise to op • -v:\ Norkna and Wanen ; >n approval ot the I. C. C.! exclusive rights over .ind ina between Ra-1 . ..a and Richmond. Va.. Carolina Coach Co. will i :t.- operations. Rodgers Will Is Probated . 22.—(AP)—The will! i: prominent South-j i!!-* and For nearly 40 inding business man pro oa ted in the of • :k <>t corporation court ■ value of the estate was tit $170,000 was listed • ol d SI.976,000 as per-j 'v Trie v. ill was one of »•: filed for probate in : Norfolk. . i xe<-;;t<»rs <"»[ the will, - of the estate were the! >.crants National Banks1 and John D. Jenkins, an , No "Purge" ! Attempts Are txpected . Feb 22.—(AP)—Scv •■>: '• senators expressed •'i.>v that President floose t.n from any general • ami-administration -■ '! attitude would con i!>oo stand when he) nomination of three Senators and one The President failed tour attempts. a.-Kucd toat White ■ on in ariv printed v contest this spring ■ ! f'oo- evelt's chances '• Democratic presi ' <n it he declined to !■»■> ociat. West Vir -'uation critic, said urprised at a New own candidacy ' but he felt that • * no general drive of ' he had talked with • ;>o»jbIe "purges" and ' ; thought that the ad - going to "gun" for Landy for Finnish Tots Candy makes a big hit with Finnish child refugees sheltered temporarily at a school in Luonenjoki, out of reach of the Russian war machine. The children are wasting no time going after the sweets being distributed by the Finnish Relief Commission, which is headed by former U. S. President Herbert Hoover. (Central Press) Rumanian Military Activities Speeded New Trouble On Frontier Of India New Delhi. India. Ft2-.— (AP) —Bloody combat broke out t<»d.iy on the troubled northwest frontier as British miiitarv foi'CJ-' moved ini> that jagged land ut ambuscade and adventure to clean out marauding tribesmen and perhaps to meet again their old and elusive foe, tho Fakir of I pi. "Our casualties were light" s?id a military communique. "The second of two columns encountered consider able opposition from tribesmen con cealed in caves." ■ Aided by artillery and two com panies of rifles we eventually seized the caves." it said. The newest of nearly a century of campaigns to subdue the wild moun tain men was linked here with ru mors of possible Soviet Russian in cursions through Afghanistan—and a Britain at war in Europe intends to take no unnecessary chances. Patrol Raids On West Front Paris, Feb. 22. -<AP) — French machine gunners drove off three German raids with enemy losses, military sources reported today, in renewal of patrol lighting on the western front. In the sector east of the Moselle fhov sii id. German troops ;it tempting to capture a French out post were tepuised by French cross tire ;ind retired in disorder. Another German patrol was re ported to have skirmished with French gunners west of the Saar river and to have retired, leaving behind an unspecified number of dead. German forces along the Rhine continued to blast away at French loudspeakers broadcasting news and propaganda across the river. Maxwell Does Favor To Opponent Daily liutuatcn Hurr-a::. In tue Sir Walter Hotel. Eialeigh, Feb. 22.— Wilmington's Mayor Tom Cooper probably learn ed today that one of his rivals for the gubernatorial nomination. Com missioner of Revenue Allen J. Max well. has done him a favor, although without meaning to. Tom probably also learned tods:y that Lieutenant Governor Wiikins P. Horton t.'iinks little of the Cooper "let's all talk together" plan and less of his '"no second primary" .sugges tion. Information of ihe Maxwellian favor went to Tom in the form of a letter from Attorney General Harry McMullan informing the Wilmington mayor that he will be able to do all the campaigning he chooses in a sound truck without having to pay any license fee to state or counties— and probably none to any city or (Continued on Page Six.) Germany Reported Challenging Ruman ian Ban on Exports of Gasoline, With Con versations to Start Monday. Bucharest Feb. 22.— (AP)— Ru mania ordered her aiready large mili tary preparations speeded up today following authoritative reports that Germany was challen/*'ng the gov ernment's ban on exports of avia tion gasoline to the Reich. Dr. Karl Clodius, German econo mic expert, is expected here Mon day for showdown conversations to insist on full delivery of Germany's 11)40 quota of oil and oil products. Meanwhile, the government ordered many of 200.000 reservists orginally called for March 1 to start reporting immedirtelv to concentration cen ters. Effective March 1. Roum;»"ia will have 1.600,000 men undci arms—vir tually genera' mobilization. Railways now are jammed with reservists moving toward i'rontiers and with long trainloads of tanks, viiinored cars and artillery. The arrival of Dr. Clodius will coincide with the st;>rt of Rumanian trade conversations here with Italy, understood also to in* seeking a share of this country's oil exports. Germany will challenge the ban on shipments of high test aviation gasoline to the Reich—a measure which Rumania was understood to have taken to placate Britain and France. The German attitude toward Ru mania and all southeastern Kit rope will depend upon tho outcome of Dr. Clodius' visit, observers stated. Hoey Favors Limited Term Governor Believes President Should Serve One Term Only Of Six Years. Rocky Mount, Feb. 22.—(AP)— Governor Hoey, answering a question during an address to Nash county school children here today, said he thought the President of the United States should be limited to one term and that the term should be six years. Hoey gave as his reason what he described as a tendency of elected officeholders to "play politics" when eliaible for re-election. The question came when Hoey mentioned the limitation of Nortli Carolina governors to a single term He said he approved the state practice and thought "the President of the United S'-ites ought to be limited likewise." The governor spoke on North Car olina state government on a Nasi" county school radio council program (Osjcdtksh FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy and continued eold tonight and Friday, pre ceded by snow in the mountains this afternoon and possibly to night. Russian Hammering Fails To | Break Mannerheim Line; Sweden Protests Bombing I Swede Units t* r* a lo hre Un New Instructions Fol low Bombing of Paja la; Swedish Minister To M.oscow Protests Bombardment of Bor der Town. Stockholm. Fob. 22.—(AP) — Swed , ish military authorities, it was an nounced today, have issued new in structions to all anti-aircraft units to fire en any military planes Hying , over Swedish territory. The orders followed the bombing of Pajala by Russian planes yester day. which brought indignant de j mands in the Swedish press that a protest to Moscow be followed by in sistence on compensation and assur ances against a repetition. Under government orders to pro test bombardment of the town, the minister to Moscow was received at the Kremlin late yesterday. No injuries to any of the 3.000 resi dents of Pajala was reported but a number of buildings were demolish ed. The incident brought predictions that the Swedish activities movement for vigorous aid to Finland would gain new impetus. Farewell Address f 1 Of Washington Is Read In House Washington, Feb. 22. — (AP)— ' George Washington's 144-year old i '•farewell address." read to the House today in the traditional observance of the first president's birthday anniver sary, touched on at least three topics currently before the nation: trade, foreign alliances and the third trrm. Public galleries were well filled but | .' the diplomatic gallery was vacant al I though Representative Sweeney. I ! Democrat. Ohio, had invited Lord] Lothian, the? British ambassador, to j attend. Sweeney said that m view of j the presence of Eriti.^h agents in ♦nisj country "seeking to embroil our na- j tion in the European war it might be; i timely for the ambassador to hcari i Washington's views." Nazi Planes Shot Down ; London, Fob. 22--(AP)—Two Ger 1 man wnrplanes wore shot down by British fighters today, the air min ! ir.try announced, as Nazi airmen I raided Britain's east coast for the sec | onci time? in three days drawing ma chine gun lire from several little trawlers which they attempted to de ' stroy. The downing of the two Nazi planes today brought the total Gor ' man aircraft lost in such raids to an even 50, according to the British. | They estimated the total value of the 1 lost German planes at about $4,000, 000. Royal air force planes were report ed to have attacked German torpedo ; boats in continuing reconnoissance ! flights over Germany's sea bases of Borkum and Helgoland. Details were not immediately available. The air ministry said the planes j downed today were lasers in battles | with British fighter planes, one off j the northeast coast and the other in , Scotland. New Temblors | In Turkey Istanbul, Feb. 22.— (AP)— Four j villages in the Kaisari region of Tur key were reported today to have been j leveled by a series of continuing j earth shocks with a loss of 70 lives. Shocks also were felt at Ankara and Andana. Eighteen quakes were felt in quick succession iate yesterday, in and around Kaisari and temblors were reported continuing at noon today. Peasants became panic stricken during a repetition of the December disaster in which about 50.000 per sons were killed by quakes, exposure , and floods. On Spot in Swedish Crisis The stand of King Gustav of Sweden (right) in support of Premier Albin Hansson (left) on refusal of military aid to Finland brought Sweden to the verge of a constitutional crisis. It was reported the Hansson government may be overthrown, and there were rumors King Gustav might abdicate. Censorship Of Mail Brings New Protests Franco Gives Up American Prisoners Madrid, Feb. 22.—(AP)—The Unit- { ed States embassy announced today! that the last eight. American citizens held as Spanish civil war prisoners, including Harold E. Dahl, Cham paign, 111., flier, had been released and would start soon for home. Dahl and two of the Americano j are to sail for New York tomorrow. The release of these last prisoners' brought to an en:i a long diplomatic! tussle in which the United States: Stair department had sought their) freedom. Dahl, who had been in custody since he parachuted to e;u th behind Gen. Franco's lines in July. 1937, be came the nuvt w idcly known Arner iciiii prisoner of the war as the re sult of his attractive blond wi.'e's ei forts to have him freed. Coalition Republican Can didate, Interviewed At Raleigh, Denies Agreement. Raleigh, Feb. 22.— (AP)—Senator Tail. Ohio Republican seeking his party - presidential nomination, said today "it is absolutely untrue" that he and Senator Vandenburg ol Mich igan formed a coalition against; Thomas E. Dewey m the Wisconsin primary. i Taft. here en route to speak at j Chapel Hill tonight. lau^.ied when asked about the '•agreement" and said he had "heard something about it over the radio." The senator said that he now has no plans for entering any primaries but that Ohio's delegates had been instructed to vote for him. Discussing national matters Taft said he favored a speedy modifica tion of the wage-hour law with a flirt minimum wage. lie criticized the national labor relations board ,nid the labor act. The Ohioan also said he approved the theory of making reciprocal trade; agreements and added he did not be lieve such trrdf treaties should be subjoct to Senate ratific^'itii. Senators Express Re sentment of British Actions at Bermuda, Where Surrender of Mail Was Forced With Bayonets. Washington, Feb. 22.—(AP)—Sen ators critical of British censorship of United States air mail at Bermuda— a censorship enforced in one instance by armed marines—reinforced their protests today with new demands for nrohibiting American planes from landing at Bermuda. Senator Truman, Democrat, Mis souri, proposed that liights to the is land be stopped and s:ud also that English pl;:m s should !)'• barred from landing in tiie United States. Senator Clark, Democr.il. Misoiiri, said latent disclosure*: bearing on the situation "only strengthen my view that we should prohibit our pianos from landing at Kerniud;*," and Scn '•>r Keliwc lienhjich. Demorrnl. Wash ington, asserted thai "if England doe n't watch out she will bring •■•I. out a condition ot de'inite antag oni: !ii to hersoll." British mm me.- with li:-.'*d bay ■ nets. !> was ir.-.rivd last night, forced the first si;i render of United States air a. ;,t Bermuda January 19 alter Charles A. Lorber ot Baltimore, commanding a I 'ail-American Air ways plane bound ior Lisbon, had first refused to turn over the mail pouches. 'the development, coining on the heel.-- of State department protests again:-1 mail seai che . and resultant long delays to Ainei ican vessels (Jibralter, evoked the late, t expres sion oi Congressional criticism. Truman said that if "we took a firm stand, stopped the clipper from running, and refused to let them (Britain) land their ships in this country they would stop interfering with our mails." "I'm not neutral but I don't like that sort of treatment," he said. "They are not making any friend snips that way." Senator, Nye, Republican, North Dakota, said he thought the use of armed marines showed "a nice 'riennly attitude toward a possible ally." Senator Van Nuys, Democrat, In diana. declared that it's just another step to provoke us and edge us into another world war." FORMER N. C. JUDGE IS FOUND DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS HOTEL New Orleans, Feb. 22.—(AP) — Walter E. Brock. Go. a former Su perior court judge and legislator of North Carolina, was found dead in his hotel room here yesterday. Coron er C. G. Cole said death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. He practiced law in Wadesboro innd served as district solicitor before be coming. a Superioi .ouri judge. Finns Call Two Classes Of Reserves Two Thousand Rus sian Soldiers Killed at Taipale; Finns Acknowledge They Are Pushed Back to Kamara Railway. Helsinki, Fob. 22.— (AH)—The Rod army's hammering ;tt tlic Manner iieim lino : .till is being repelled with heavy Russian losses, Finland an nounced li-day as she called up a new hateh of older men to bolster her forces and placed faith in a February mizzard t > help hold back the Soviet military machine. Two thousand Russian soldiers were killed at Taipale, eastern sector ol the fortifications planted to plug the Karelian isthmus. The Finns ac'.rovviedgcd. however, that lighting on ihe western end had reached the K inara railway station. A Rod army attack near the sta tion 12 miles southeast of Viipuri was repulsed, the Finnish high com mand reported. Finland called tho classes of lfl94 and 1895—men 44 to 4(i years old— to report to mobilization centers. The three preceding classes were mobilized last week. The high command reported a few scouting flights behind the Soviet I lines and bombing raids on Red army troops by night. I t a: — j :„ i ill LUlillUUCU avi IU1 uv«-. » IVJ v, the war zone, the Finns said, several Russian formations with as many as 5U planes each had been sighted. Today's was the first admission by I the Finns that fighting had reached | the neighborhood of Kamara. al ! though the Russian.-: previously had repot ted their forces driving through that station. The high command declared that figiiting on both sides of the IVIan nerheim line had raged far into the I night. A large number of tanks were re ported destroyed and !.'i Red army planes shot down. The communique said more Rus l siun strong points and 200 prisoners were captured northeast of Lake Ladago, where earlier this week the Red army's 18th division was report ed destroyed. Weir To Head GOP Finance Wellington, F.-b. 2'! — (Al>) - Ch;i:ihi.m John Hamilton of the He puhiican National Committee an nounced today the appointment ol Ki in'. { T. Wfir, the Pittsburgh steel ! man, as chairman of the party's finance committee. Weir is the chairman of the board ol the National .Steel Corporation and I is president of the Iron and Steel i Jii-tituU'. The announcement of his | appointment as party fund raiser I noted that his company "is famous for having! made a profit every year ^ during tlie depression." ! Indictments In Detroit Detroit. Feb. 22.- (AlJ)—Gambling conspiracy indictments against I Wayne county's own prosecutor, | Duncan CI. McCrea. and iH other men i set in motion today a police :;earch I lor him and other defendants char acterized as "missing." Long-rumored to be aiming at ! "high places." Circuit Judge Homer i Fcrgu. on's one-man grand jury last night accused Prosector McCrea, Fred ; W. Frahm, former police superinten j dent, and lour policemen of conspir | ing to opera ie a Si ,000,000-a-year baseball pool. ! The indictments climaxed six ! months ol investigation into gambling ! arid alleged police graft. Only last month Frahm was lired j by ihe new commissioner, Frank D. i Eaman. Since last fall Judge Ferguson, em I powered under Michigan law to act j alone as a grand jury, has been ex , amining suspected gamblers and un I denvorld figures. Two detectives in , volved in a "fixed" holdup have j served jail terms for contempt. A 1 police otticial was similarly penaliz i -d'
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