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Hrniim'smi Baiiit Dispatch „ M i ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ;VENTH YEAR r'?HfL?o\^SVpREs?F HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 28, 1940 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY 1 .gtiting tor His Treaties C- P. Phonephoto ■. administration's drive for authority to concludc more reei ttvaties during the next three years, Sapretary of State • -• :ios before the Senate Finance Committee. He declared o : ••Inderal" trade policies offers the best hope for economic recovery when Europe's wars end. Loans T o Defaulters Vv ouidBeProhlbited ii o a s e Tentatively A_;(v.es to Proposal to . : uture Loans by L .; ore-Import Bank Defaulting Na tions. rY 26.—(API- Tilt* • v ..^reed i.»day to : y t::e E\p< -t . v.:.y cuuu:;y.^n dt? • it'hN to the United • , : i« 1-;t1 • >»i .- . • d record vote. ■ >:i however. the :■ .re th*♦ ;i att - * < v-.. ci ire pr< . ■ defaulting i"v . v.! as the ■ - • - .jid t" .n < »bl. ii the United licprcsi'iitiit*' t* • . 7. . <•» »n>:n. to tht* • !• :t,:d E\;." rt ..t den.ult •m»:W i ! H.'J t< • I -urn^u down an 1 loan bill • A • c-in croun i'ed on bonds ! ' : S- citizens. :< ed by Rep- j : • ic;in. Xev. r :*« ri tin lendinu :ny country in. . ' -to private -i St;:*e%. ■ ' : . ->iio!, ,'f.l t;0 ■ • ' • to ::.;ike : < -peciticat ll«-prt sen . i ■ -st-tuijjed j • ■ Ui ! cl against tak- ; ultimately5 '■> the European' o engaged S«• r 1 - " . ocrat. against exten-1 ' .'ion': reciprocal ' •• ".\ecutive branch j • ' O .\Ia honey told! ' com.nittee. has > " ..' !i over powers 1 _!"(i to Congress. • «■ front S< nator f».-n.-us bureau of! affairs" with 1 ■' uii.iduai income. ^utch Fire At Fcreign Planes I 28— (AP)—! :iy.i;w high over • y ijt o ;«nt ijnti- i • w it apparent 1 A: -terdam air '! 'r:n planes were •/ h;«h that the ' was small. >ince the war ■ ' of neitral : protests to Ger ' ' at ti e Nether y for Brit .11 Germany. live hours end -terdam anti-air . /.ed away inter n . ( Icodu* v isitors on Saturday Talks Look ToWar'sEnd Secretary Hull Says American Diplomats Discussing Plans In iiurope. t\\t>hiugten. Feb. tlci.—■( AF1) — Secretary Hull said today that con versation.- are under way between American diplomats and foreign ijovernments all over the world in t-.'j interest ot preventing the forces : :ta; ciiy. regimentation and totali ty ruini.M. irom gaining control alter tiie end of tiie war. Hull revealed that copies of his •cent statements concerning com pacts made with neutrals with a v.e'.v of e>tablishing a better world order after peace have been sent t>» all American representatives abroad .»o that these diplomats c '.'.Id ■ il! them to the attention of tiie go . ernments to which they are accredited. Asked at his press conference whether this referred solely to capita! oi neutral nations. Hull said .1 meant all capitals. The action was taken, he said, with a view to making prcpara • m. : >r po-t-war adjustments, eco nomic and military. lie emphasized the conversations had nothing to do with conditions during the war. L tiie forces ot peace and stabil tContinued on page two) Goldsboro Man To Be Candidate Goldsboro, Feb. 28.—(AP) — Dr. Z"tio B. Spence, Goldsboro optomct : -t. .>;<id he would file with the state board of elections at Raleigh this aft ernoon hi-- candidacy for the Demo cratic nomination foi Congress from the 3rd district. Dr. Sprnc» said he would stress the Townsend old age pension plan in his campaign. Representative Graham Burden al ready has announced his candidacy for re-election. Two Candidates File Formal!} Raleigh. Feb. 28.— (AP)—At torney General Harry .MeMuIlan and Representative J. Bayard Clark of FayettevilJo of the 7th congressional district filed with the state elections board today to seek renomination in the Demo cratic primary May '25. Neither has announced opposition so far. Reprieve Granted To Pender Negro Raleigh. Feb. 23.—(AP)—Gover nor Hoey syid today he had granted a reprieve of 60 days to Jim Moore, Pender county Negro, who had been scheduled to die in the gas cham ber Friday for murder. The reprieve was granted, the gov ernor said. in order to allow ''fur ther investigation ' of Moore's con viction ;n the killing en" Robert Fin ne!!. .mother iVetjro. !,i>? July 4. Finn Airmen j Strike At iRed Forces • . No Definite Reports Of Results In Finnish | Communique; Russian Forces Repelled on Karelian Isthmus, Finns Claim. Helsinki. Feb. 28.—(AP)—Finnish hmnbing planes continue to strike at Russian communications and troop concentrations while land forces have repelled continued Red Army at tempts to follow up its advances on; the Karelian isthmus, the Finnish communique said today. The communique, however, gave! but little indication of the effect ol ! the isthmus fighting, which w.tj h"-j lieved to be raging undiminished in intensity. The Finnish high comtmnd. in on- | I ly a brief reference to Russia's drive j i on Viipuri on the Karelian isthmus,; void the "enemy suffered heavily" m fighting in which the Finnish troops ••fought defensive actions". In this fighting, which occurred v< <»rrda v. several Russian tanks were | destroyed, the Finns said, and "ar tillery action was lively on both siH^". The Finns said they repulsed ilus sian attempts to advance northeast oi Lake Ladoga and that "opera tion:; against surrounded enemy po sitions continued" at Kuhmo, further north. The Finns said their own air force i "bombed enemy troop columns, j munitions dump:, communications and certain military objectives on the Gulf of Finland and it-; coast." Finnish sources announced that 521 ' Russian planes have been shot down since the start of the war and that 1.310 Russian tanks have been de-> | stroyed or captured. Swiss Applaud Sumner Welles | Zurich, Switzerland, F?b. 28. (At')—More than 1.000 Swiss turned out ionight to applaud Sumner Welles, President Roose velt's sproial investigator, as he passed 'through Zurich on his way from Rome to Berlin. Nazis Repulse Assault On Western Front Berlin, Feb. 28.—(AP)—The Ger-I man high command reported today a strong infantry assault supported by j artillery was repulsed by forces east of the Mozelle river last night. "A strong enemy infantry assault supported by artillery east of the1 Mozelle last night was successfully! resisted," the communique said. "The German air force on the night of February 26 and 27 undertook ex- j tensive llights over France in tho j course of which numerous machines for a considerable time hovered over | Paris. "On February 27 the air force made reconnoissance flights over the Brit ish isles, the North Sea and parts of ! France. "Two German machines failed to return from the llight to England.! One English machine was shot! down." Ramsey Is i NewDealFoe His Naming As Key noter Precludes Pos sibility of Stampede Of Convention. Daiiv Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Feb. 28.—Naming Hildcn Ramsey as keynote speaker for the : State Democratic convention here in . May is obvious insurance against the proceeding's taking any slant favor- \ able to the New Deal at the opening of the convention. It is regarded as another step in the Hoey program to make gather ing of the party clans as near a good ; old-fashioned regular "machine" con vention as possible. It is also taken to indicate that the Governor is doing a bit of paying off i for the tremendously powerful sup port that the two Asheville papers, of j which Ramsey is an executive, gave him in the slam-Dung primary of 1936. There can be found plenty of people who nil! tell you that with out the support of the two papers! in Buncombe's capital, Hoey would i (Continued on Page Two) Berkeley, CaL, Cloudburst Does $100,000 Damage In Ten Minutes; Other Places Suffer Radiophoto Of Welles And Ciano In Rome Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeaxzo Ciano chats with Sfiui.er Welles (center;. Pri id- ut Koo e > it'. special envoy to Europe, and William Phillips (right). LT, S. Ainba .sador to Italy, during Welles' f!y '>S trip to Rome, first stop on his tour of Europe in the interests o!' pcaeo. Welles termed his 93-minute eon:'erence with Ciano "gratilying and helplul". Ciano also appeared pleased with the parley, which preceded ;i vi it !.y Welles with Premier Mussolini. This picture was flown to London from Rome, then flashed by radio from Loudon to New York. Roosevelt On Return Trip | ! President Says Pana ma Canal Defenses Must Be Doubled For Full Protection. _____ I Aboard the U. S. S. Lung at Soa. I Feb. 28.—(AP)—President Roosevelt headed for home today aboard Ihei cruiser Tuscaloosa after telling news! men that the Panama canal delensej must be doubled. j He said that doubling the present j number of planes and guns defend- j ing the canal is necessary for long range defense of the vital link be tween the Atlantic and Pacific. Such a program, he said, con 1 em-' plates defense operations extendin;' | if necessary throughout Central j America and as far south as Rqis-tdoi. • Colombia and Venezuela. The third term subject popped up! against the press ennferenep when j a reporter a .iked whether he li.id anv i statement aoout March 'i the .seven h ! anniversary of his first inauguration, j The President smiled and replied' in the negative. Mr. Roosevelt said more guns and planes arc needed at the Panama! Canal to permit bolter opportunity! to discover any attacking force—by \ air or by sea -at a much longer dis tance- from the canal than ever had' been provided heretofore. i Beal Attorney! Makes Inquiry Raleigh. Feb. 28.—(AP)—Lewis i Waldman. New York attorney who j sought a pardon or parole last year | for Fred Erwin Real, former com- i munist now in prison for conspiracy ' to murder a Gastonia police chief: in a 192!) strike disorder, inquired : today the status of the Beal case. Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill said lie had a short letter from Waldman and would reply that un der regular procedure Real's case would be reviewed in May for pos- . sible clemency. Beal became this week an "A" j grade prisoner. Normally clemency is not extended to a prisoner until; he is in "A" grade. (Osalhsui FOR NORTH CAROLINA Mostly cloudy and somewhat 1 unsettled tonight and Thursday. Possibly light rain or snow in i the mountains. Likely colder to night. British Volunteers On Way To Finland Hosier)' Mill For Henderson Gets Charter Jlaleijrh. Feb. :»8. — fAPl — Sflven business firms ffot charters today. They included Vance Hosiery ."Mills, Inc., of Henderson. Lloyd George Warns Britain Of Dangers j I.iti'I'ii, Feb. 2u. —Ger i many has learned flic k\ son of the ■ last war and kept her doors open j to Russia, Italy and Rumania lor supplies, David Lloyd G«?orge, j World War prime minister. declared today, while "frankly in respect of | food we arc not so well off as we ! were last time for a Ions war". I Addressing the national defense and public interest committee, he | hi ged the government to '"make it 'clear" lhat :iir altarf's on civilians would bring retaliation. "Don't run any more risks," the veteran s;iid. oncoming the chance i of war with Uussia. "1 would not allow any reckless or inconsiderate steering on icy roads to >l:id us into war with Rus |sia. It is ;i big job we have under taken. I* will need ail our strength to get through." Of peace he said: "When the peace comes it must no longer lie a sham pact that will not stand the first shower that falls upon it." Two German Planes Downed Talis, Feb. 28.— (AP) —The downing of two German planes which took part in massed German flights over France during the past 48 hours was announced today by the French high command. These were in addition to two other German planes which the British announced yesterday they hud shot down on their eastern coast after the flier-; had crossed France and the Engli.-h channel. K e r m i t Roosevelt Considered For Post Of Commander of In ternational Force, Fourth of Which is Now Enroute to Fin land. London, Kcb. 2K.- fAI') -About , 500 British volunteers, members of en international bridgade organized j to help Finland against Russia, were disclosed today to be already on 1 heir j way t»i the northern war front. I The first contingent comprises | about a quarter of the international 1 force enlisted in Britain to give* un official military aid to the Finns, .sup plementing undisclosed quantities of war materials which the British gov ernment has sent Finland. II \:m reporled that Iv-mii' Roose velt, son of the late President Theo dore Roo evelt, .vas considered for the |'-»st. of commander of the brigade by Field Marshal Maniierheim, Fin land's defense chief. An expeditionary force supported' by men-of-war and planes and de igned to strike at Russian forces in Finland has be en the subject of seri ious discussion in military and naval I i sources for months, j;. was learned authoritatively today. Talk of such an expedition has, been inspired by protests against I half-measures of aid for Finland ex pressed by such divergent persona I i ' Con tinned on Page Two) S-'• m I'Vaitei co. Feb. UH. ( AI' i A i '.tisdliiii : en) I'nvo raging stre.nnx di.v:; t>:i U'm kflcy, C;il.. and caused e innated :it $100,000 v iihiii tell 11:; • i. I '* • lodllV. Harry Good; ich, c-itv engineer of !i-. i ::c|< y who r• 1 iij.•; 1 • *rt the damage, •■aid the mo* t severely .-truck section.; look "like they hud Ijfc-n struck by ;ui earthquake." Al f;idy ih!":»ii,ijii many parts ■»( nor'ri't;: (":«!'!*irii '' floods had lorced or.i" 3.000 person-; from then home.-,. AI Ik'rkolcy, Strawberry creek v. i ;ch ri n- through the Universily of California campus. swept into cne • :>u i;irss m ctiop. it !nrc stoew. front shelves, uvertornc ci showcases. The flood wept He; r.-t Avenue to Ber keley".- main bu;ne. district, leav ing » h ot o! mud :n its wake. Torrential rains of unseasonable wai n.th poured down on the moun tain snow. 11 ehing it into the already flooded valleys. At Sacramento, ihe millions of gallons of water was divided through a by pass and flooded 80,000 acres of garden crops. At Gerber. midway between Sa cramento and the Oregon line, 500 persons became alarmed when a river levee weakened. Crews remov ed refugees. Dckhama. near Gerber, was isolated. The business and resi dential district of the town was awash. Ice Association Holds Convention Rocky Mount. Feb. 2.S.—(AP) — The two-day 31st annual conven tion of the North Carolina Ice Asso ciation opened here today Edmund H. Harding, secretary of the Washington, N. C.. Chamber of Commerce, will be the principal speaker at the annual banquet to night. Johnson Urges Pension Plan Ifaleigh, Keh. 21!. (Al') — 'Die school j>i>«»|»lr* of flto slate are almot unanimously in Itvor of sonif re tirement |»l;m lor teachers ;ind state employees. Treasurer Charles M Johnson said today, and they should interest thein fives in getting ap propriated for a plan funds which are not counted in the regular school I mid. Johnson is chairman of a commis sion studying the retirement matter, lie adrl"d: "II I ant not mistaken all the can didates for governor have stated that they are itt favor of retirement plan and I do not think that, there is any question of passage oi a plan by the next legislature". Nazi Guarantees To Rumania Offered Iiiichiirc.-t, Feb. 2'».—(AP)—- Au thoritative quarters -aid today Gcr-j many has o He red to guarantee R u- j mania's borders in return for huge increases in oil, wheat and other raw material shipments t othe Reich. These sources said the plan was submitted while the Romanian cab-! inet considered issuing a royal de-1 cree for virtual civil mobilization to accompany military mobilization al ready under way. Acceptance of the German plan. it. was said, would oblige Rumania to abandon her plan for civil mobiliza tion and send at least 1,000,000 of her 1.400,000 men bark to their jobs in fields and factories. The German plan also wi-s said to include a promise to prevail i jon Hungary, Bulgaria and Russia l<j abandon their territorial claims upon Rumania. Germany was' reported ready to sponsor a railway agreement between Rumania and Hungary to make it easier to transport vital supplies to the Reich. Authoritative quarters said it was extremely doubtful wnether Ru mania woulgi accept the plan be cause the price—a virtual Nazi monopoly of her exports—was con sidered far too high. The presence of allied and Tur kish armies within reach of Ru mania's border was said by dip lomats to be making the Balkan country cautious about accepting German guarantees. Floods Drive 3,000 From Their Homes Torrential Rains In Northern California Flush Snow From Mountains; 80,000 Acres Flooded At Sacramento.
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