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iE assoc,**sj> press. HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 26, 1940 published e^rv^aftersoon five CENTg cyi,y
Finns Surrender Koivislo Island
Advocates Of Parity
payments Heartened
By Committee's Act
00,000 Is Ap
pro . oci ror Farm
B e n e r i i: Payments,
R e ;s v esenting Ad
var.co Provided For
In • oriciency Bill.
leb. ;ii.-(AP)
•f of parity pay
heart today at the
; ;;so appropriations
.. . r>v;ng 580.00U.000
: • • p ymet'.Ls.
Stjo.ooo.ooo repre
. • vo provided for i:i
.r.-.pr.'priatUm measure
■ y ,i redaction of like
<: y ir"> regular farm
Wallace <aid the two
t;'T;il would be un
. : r a SJOO.OO'J.OOO '
.;. '•• ever, regarded
. • '. :i as indicative I
trend which has .
a " .-.i Republican sup
out.- ot" a busier j
d:-y Capitol Hill:
:• •• appropriations com-i
*•. 2".704 from Pres-iden
: >r supplementary
..■! u- agencies' work
fiscal year.
v Edison told a House i
:. ■ it tee that it would
... e>t of efficiency and;
•'solidute the navy's:
t-; ... and engine* ring 1
: . ie.> committee grant-;
• • right of way today i
"e-.-pproved bill which
e capitalization of the [
* bank by 5100.000.000
•- a S2O.0U0.000 loan to j
"VJ. I
>ure will come up for i
• • House tomorrow. Itj
; * day because Repre-'
sh. Republican. New,
ci .mded six hours debate. '
Ruling Refused
To Committee
u Feb. 26.—(AP)—At-1
.! Jackson declined to-1
House investigators j
X ri'»nal Labor Board|
"> • ia".* which forbids the j
:• ! uppropnations lor lob-j
Ch.«:rn:an Smith that the
. cut makes legal ru!- !
• request of the Presi- ;
• :ead ot an executive de
••(•e recently received:
'i 'A to how that Chair- i
• r. Madden of the board
i.-tants ./tiveiyj
v witnesses in opposi
'• . • act amendments. [
i ;.>U«-d Jackson for a i
• • possibility that the1
v'-'-n? the law by fol-1
" procedure.
In Court Try
Former Judge Re
fused Supreme Court
Review o f Convic
tion; Other Caseso
Washington. Feb. -t>.—(AIM -Mar
tin T. Mnntnn. former state and fed
eral circuit cou,-t judge, lulled today
to obtain a Supreme court review of
his ct>n\ iction on a charge of con
spiracy to sell judicial favors.
At the same time the tribunal
agreed to renew a decision which
held a labor union which engages in
a siidowr. strike was not liable for
damages under the lf-'UO Serman anti
trust act.
hi addition, tiic justices returned
to a -hree-judgc federal court in
Florida litigation involving constitu
tionality of a 1935 Florida law au
thorizing the fixing of minimum
prices based on the cost of production
at which citrus fruit could be pur
chased from the growers.
Mm ton s conviction in federal dis
trict court at Xew York was un
animously ;-,ifirmed by a special cir
cuit court. Fie was sentenced to two
years in prison and lined S10.000.
He was alleged to have accepted
"bribes" from litigants to influence
his decision lie resigned after serv
ing on the bench tor 22 years.
Appropriation
Bill Drafted
Washington. Feb. 26.—(AP)—
Three omnibus bills to authorize
S412.638.600 ol' iederal expenditures
tor navigation. flood control and
multiple-purpose water control pro
jects were dratted today by a Sen
ate commerce sub-committee.
It divided the big river and har
bor bill, which many said could not
be passed, into three separate meas
ures. Without recommendation the 1
sub-committee will submit the three j
bills to the commerce committee.
The sub-committee recommenda
tions provided:
For ilood control, $36,679,500; for
navigation, S161.066.100; and for!
multiple purpose projects, S214.893.- j
1)00.
Senator Bailey, Democrat. North
Carolina. chairman of the full com
mittee, said the action of the sub
committee was a step toward solu
tion of a "very difficult" problem
which had been intensitied by the
economy drive in Congress.
Instances Of
Attacks On
Vessels Cited
v'.vl '—The gov
iv charged 1.127 irt
oy German air
'i British merchant
*!i:ic» .ess"!s'" irom the
to February 22.
I; itier. undersec
• *4ri affairs. Pave that
■ . question in the
>n .hetner such at
<•'; oi Herr Hitler's
' « Pre; ident Roosevelt
-'M air force would not
'•••• i;.cts were "too well
quire a statement."'
it;t and fishing
X" til sea are now be
i■ * clio o! the Altmark
■ >' ci'ticerning the ex
••! waters along the
vd coast of Norway,
replied that they
of much discussion
determined.
» \cr. that the Xor
'■ vnt, while not tie
■!"r claim for a four
informed the British
■i;i' for the purposes of
<i not except obliga
\v beyond three miies
i CIVILIANS BANNED
FROM ALL NORTH
I SCOTLAND SECTION
London. Feb. 2C.—(AP)—Non
resident civilians were banned
today from all of northern Scot
land. where many important
British war industries are con
centrated.
R. M. Chatham
Dies At Elkin
i Elkin, Feb. 26.—Richard Martin
; Chatham, almost 74, died early Sun
i day evening in Hugh Chatham Mc
| morial hospital, pneumonia develop
I ing alter an extended serious ill
I ness.
I Mr. Chatham was the second son
I of the late Alexander Chatham, as
I sociate founder of the blanket mills
of Chatham Manufacturing com
| pany, and Mrs. Elizabeth Gwyn
Chatham, one of Elkin's pioneer,
; distinguished families. He was a
' brother of the late Hugh Gwyn
' Chatham and an uncle of Thurmond
Chatham, president of Chatham
; Manufacturing company.
j Funeral will be conducted Tues
i day morning, 11 o'clock at the Meth
odist church by Rev. Herman F.
i Dunea»i, pastor, and Rev. L. B. Ab
' ernethy. former 'pastor. Interment
j will follow in Hollywood cemetery.
Nazi's Unrestricted Sub Warfare Spurs French Fleet
Top left, multiple machine guns (or a "Chicago typewriter ') aboard a ]
French warship. Top right, naval anti-aircraft guns with movable tur-1
The misrhty Frcnch fleet has been spurred into renewed activity by the
campaign of unrestricted warfare being conducted by German subma
rines and by reports that Russia is supplying her ally with Red undersea
craft to replace those sunk by the Allies. French authorities declare the
Nazi submarine fleet is composed of the latest type craft, recently con
structed. The Allied fleet, however, appears fully capable of coping with
this newest menace. France is far stronger in naval manpower than
Germany, with 90,000 Frenchmen to 75,000 Germans. Britain tops the
rets to protect crews. Lower left, the mighty "mouthpieces'* of a French
battleship. Lower right, the French fleet on parade.
list with 220,000 men, while Russia has only 50,000. The French and
British fleets are working in close cooperation. Latest development is
that they are reported to have dispatched a joint squadron to patrol the
northern coast of Russia to prevent shipment of Russian supplies and
submarines to the Reich and to prevent any Nazi ships from taking
refuge in Russia. Admiral Nikolai Kuznetzoff, Russian naval com
mander, is reported to have made a flying trip to Murmansk to inspect the
Soviet Arctic fleet us> a result of this Aliied move. (Central Press)
Halt Project
Wallace Defends j
Parity Payments
Welles Calls
On Mussolini
Governor Will Call
Out Guard Unless
State Is Paid For
Highway Damage.
Oklahoma City. Feb. 26.—(AP)—
Governor Leon Phillips pledged
•elf today to use martial law
"if necessary" to halt flooding of the
Grand River dam reservoir until the
state is reimbursed by federal agen
cies for highways and bridges which
would be inundated.
He said he had notified the Grand
River Dam Authority board that he
"positively will not permit them to
finish the dam until we get the
money".
"I will use the national guard if
necessary. It might require only I
one guardsman to do the job but
I'll call him out if necessary."
Construction work on the
000,00(1 dam in northeastern Okla
homa is Hearing completion.
On Grand board member said the
question of the state's claim prob
ably would be taken lip tomorrow.
Construction of the giant hydro
electric dam was started in ly.'jfv
Two years later the PW \ loaned
the state $11,536,000 which it im
plemented with an outright .grant!
of $8,457,000.
Wright Bridge
Is Damaged
Raleigh, Feb. 2(5.— (AP)—About!
17 feet of the Wright Memorial j
Bridge, only highway connecting
link between Roanoke Island and
the State, was torn out early today
by a drifting barge during a storm.
Baise expressed hope the bridge
could be reopened by tomorrow
night if the winds subside quickly,
but said this would be possible only
if the highway department could
use a pile driver now at the scene
for work of the power company.
Lumber also must be obtained from
some place in the vicinity to re
place the superstructure.
C. B. Taylor, bridge engineer,
was telephoned at 4 a. m. that the
barge had broken loose a n d
smashed the bridge.
As late as 8!3U this morning the j
wind was still blowing so hard that
no work could be done on the
bridge. Recently the structure was
closed for about eight days when
ice sheared out part of the piling.
IOfucdtk&h
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and not quite so cold hut
freezing or lower in the interior
tonight. Ti'.osrJjv increasing
cloudiness and warmer.
Washington, Feb. 26.—(AP)—Sec
retary Wallace told the Senate ap
propriations committee today that
failure to vote l'arm parity payments J
"or their equivalent" might seriously j
hamper crop control programs and j
create new price-depressing sur-;
pluses.
In giving his advice he joined a I
group of Senators who want to vote i
$200,000,000 for parity payments, i
Economy forces are battling against:
the farm bloc which may u in Re
publican backing.
"The high participation in the pro
gram and the effective farmer con
trol over supplies in 1939 have re
sulted in a large party," Wallace said,
"from the adequate incentive offered!
by the soil conservation and parity I
payments combined."
II parity payments are not provid- j
cd, he said, lai mors will be one >ii*ag- (
ed to return to "big production fori
markets that do not exist".
The sccrctaiy testified on the 1
House-approved agriculture depart
ment bi'J which makes no provision
for parity funds. They are designed
to aid farmers purchasing power to
the Is) 10-14 level.
Recalling that President Roose
velt's budget message had made no
specific recommendations for parity
payments. Wallace said the Chief
Executive had expressed the hope
that higher farm prices would make
them unnecessary.
'"But the farm boom ha* flattened
out." he said. "The war has ended
farm exports. Instead 01 doing away
with the necessity for parity pay
ments the war has made them more
ncces:-ary.v
As "an equivalent" for parity pay
ments the secretary has recommend
ed a marketing certificate plan. Un-l
dcr it farmers would receive funds
coj! ctcd from processing taxes on
dome t'tvlly consumed portions o*
the wheat, cotton, rice tobacco and
peanut crops.
Fifth Statewide Textile
Contest Attracts Big List
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Str VVilter IIot?K
Italeigh, Feb. 2fi.—The filth State
wide Textile Safety Contest, spon
sored by the North Carolina Indus
trial Commission, hits attracted a
record-breaking entry list, statistics
made available by Chairman T. A.
Wilson at the end of the contest's
first period show.
The chairman said that reports
have been received irom 215 of the
294 textile plants entered. IVeviou.
high for competing plants was reach
ed in last year's contest when there
were 28-1 entered plants, of which 228
completed the contest and made full
reports.
Commission records show that each
year has seen a progressive increase
in interest. There were 198 entries in
the first. 230 in the second. 238 in
the third ;-nd 282 in the fourth. Com
pleting the contests were 173. 196.
207 and 228 plants in that order.
As for the safety record set by the
competing plants, first period reports
in the fifth contest show a slight in
crease in lost-time accident fre
quency. but the increase is so slight
y to indicate no serious impairment
of the safety program. Chairman Wil
son is hopeful that reports from the
remaining entries will reduce acci
dent-frequency f igu res.
The 215 plants reporting employ a
total of 76,394 persons who worked
(in the first period; a total of 11,
343.346 hours with only 118 lost-time
accidents reported. This gave the
plants a frequency for lost-time acci
dents of 10.40, which means that in
every million hours worked in all
these plants there were less than
eleven accidents which caused loss of
time through injury. Even this low
ligure. however, is .17 above the
fourth contest mark ot iu.23 for the
221) • which in it> first period
worked 12,^08.715 man-hours with
85.756 employes who liars 129 lost
tmi" accidents.
More than hair ui the reporting
plants had no lost-time accidents,
with 1.'}? t (i4 per cent) in the perfect
record ci'is The remaining 78 plants
averaged 1.5 accidents per plant for j
an accident frequency of 24.01.
During I'^e foi:r previous contest^
190 pilots went through one or more
without a single lost-time accident.
Each of the.-e plants received an ap
propriate silver trophy or certificate
for it-: perfect showing.
One of tne companies which has
nude outstanding records in accident
prevention during the contests is
Tcxtii".-. Incorporated, at Gastonia,;
which iiad seven plants in the first, j
six in the second, ten in the third and
lour in the fourth with perfect marks.
The Efird Manufacturing company
at Albemarle won twelve certificates
in its five plants during four contests,
and in the third these live did not ,
have a lost-time accident.
Groves Thread Company, Gastcnia, j
had one plant with no accidents in j
any of the first three contests.
The Morehead Cctton Mills Com-j
pany. Spray, had no accident in any '<
of the four contests so far completed.,'
Other companies with more than \
one contest without accident include:.
Erwin Cotton Mills Co. No. 1, Dur-j
ham (first and second): Henderson)
Cotton Mills, Plant 2. Henderson;
(first and third): King Cotton Mills!
Corp.. Burlington (first and third);.
Proximity Mfg. Co.. Granite Finish- j
ing Works, Haw River (first and;
fourth): Travora Ml'g. Co.: Plant No. I
2. Graham (first and fourth): Sidney
Bkimentha! and Co.. Rocky Mount!
(second and third j.
Undersecretary
Spends Hour With il
Cuce After Confer
ence With Ciano.
Rome, Feb. 26.— (AP)—-Under
secretary of State Sumner Welles
spent ail hour with Premier Musso
lini today going over European
problems which Welles came to i
Europe to investigate Tor President;
Roosevelt.
The length of their conversation
as well as the hour and a quarter
which the American envoy spent
this morning with Count Ciano
heightened diplomatic interest in his
European trip, which is to include
visits to Berlin, Paris and London.
At (i p. :n. (12 noon, EST) just
an hour and 10 minute.: alter the
under-sccretary had entered tho
•'al'iz::a Venezia. Welles emerged
md stepped into his waiting car for
he return trip to his hotel.
In view of the fad that Ciano had
civcn his father-in-law a prepara
tory report on his talk wiin Welles
f was generally I' M that the hour
Save Mussolini and the American
envoy tinif to probe deeply into
cach others' interests and views.
TREASURY SPENDING
SINCE LAST JULY 1
OVER SIX BILLIONS
Washington. Fob. 26.—(AD —
Treasury spendinc since July 1
lias pass«d six billion dollars.
As of February 23. fiscal s
year expenditures totaled S6.
026.165.192 and receipts were
$3.445.172,539, causing a de
ficit of 82,580.992.653. j '
The federal debt has readied
a new high of S<2,345-443,913,
about S2.500,000,000 more than
a year ago.
Prisoner Beal il
To "A" Grade
Raleigh. Feb. 26.—(AP)— Fred j
Envin Beal, former communist who
lias just completed two years of a 17 ;
to 20 year prison term for con- ; 1
spiracy to murder, has been ad- I
farced to '"A" grade at Caledonia ! <
prison farm.
Beal entered prison February 16. <
1938. to start serving the sentence '
imposed on him in 1929 at Char- i
lotte. He was convicted in con
nection with the death of Police
"hief O. F. Aderholt of Gastonia in I
a textile strike riot. J
In June. 1938. Beal was placed in I
solitary confinement for ten days
for fighting, but otherwise has no
misconduct ayauist his record. 1
Strategic
Points Taken
By Russians
Russsan Land Forces
Only Few Miles From
Viipuri; Finns Say
Batteries Taken At
Great Cost to Rus
sians.
Helsinki. Feb. !!«> (AP) Tin- Fin
11i.*■ ii high rcpun.' Mfi acknowledged 1o
d;\y that Finland had surrendered to
•nvadiiii? Russians 11 «e strategic is
land dI Kni .*isto, whi.h is armed witli
great coastal batteries anchoring the
v.o ti i n i nd Ml. Ihe 7\1unnerhfim line.
These islands, >iU;atcd off tho town
of Koivisto, are 2'i utiles south of
Viipur*. lying in tlx- (Julf of Finland
near ihe "lit ranee to Viipuri Hay.
(Possession of the islands presum
ably would give the Russians a ww
advantage in their drive on Viipuri,
normallv Finland':; third largest city,
by aiding an attack irom the sea as
weli as from land.)
Russian land forccs alieady have
driven to the isthmus it elf along a
railway toward Viipuri a.s far as
Kai.-lahi. only seven on"-ha!f miles
due south ol Viipuri, according to the
Feins' own admission. The Russians
apparently are cleaning up the area
between ihe railway and the coast.
Today's daily army communique
said "on February 2"? the enemy con
tinued ni.s attacks on the western part
')I the isthmus. The attacks were
checked by fire from our artillery
and inl'mtry and the enemy suffered
heavy loss in men.''
Chinese Mass
In Kwangsi
Hongkong, Feb. 2(J.—(AP)---Japa
nese military dispatches today repot t
ed Chinese were masking in Kwangsi
province, South China, lor another
attempt to recapture Manning, the
provi: ional capital.
Chinese reports said 1.000 Japa
nese were killed and eight armored
cars and two field guns destroyed
in sharp fighting at Wutang 15
miles norihcast ol Manning Saturday.
Japanese dispatches confirmed re
ports of action in Kwangsi pro
vince, saying Japanese infantry had
engaged three Chinese divisions 40
liilea northeast of Manning.
Wore Ships Sent
To Bottom of Sea
London. Feb. L'(>—(AP) The Glas
gow ;->1 earner. I.och Mackly, 4.DOfi Ions.
,vas torpedoed in tho Morlh Atlantic
Thursday with the lo.s of four lives
nd a Drili. h warship v Iwh re.eued
15 '••uvvivers was believed to have
»unk the submarine attacker.
The Exchange Teiegraj.h Company
•eported Hi.it tlie year-old Hauib'iig
fuuerican liner Ori/.aha, 4,345 ton:,
lad gone aground near Hammerwesl,
Vorway. and apparently was sinking,
[t .said tho crew was rescued.
The Swedish trader, Santos, .'{,#40
ons, wa; reported to have sunk in
lie Morth sea. There were 12 sur
vivor;; and .'{0 of her crew were miss
ng.
Hull Says
Trade Pacts
Necessary
Washington, Feb. 2f>.—'Af')— Sec
etary Huli today described con
inuance of the reciprocal trade pi o
as necessary to help establish
ound world conditions alter the Eu
ropean war.
Jubilant ovci- House approval o£
.lie iidijunistration bili to extend the
rade agreement act lor three years,
lull told the Senate linance com
nittee:
"The need for keeping' alive the
principles which underiy the trade
igreemenl- prog ran: is crucial now
iuring tee war emergency and will
>e of even more decisive importance
d'ter the war."
"Even a temporary abandonment
•I' the program would be construed
•Isewhere a.- its permanent abandon
nent," he said.
The secretary of slate was the first
vitness before the committee. Op
>onents want to require Senate rati—
ication of each trade agreement, but
lull declared:
"The only rr^uit (of such a re
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