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mpniiersnu flatly Dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. -m-.\ h.YI H \EAR 'thHsSciatIdmLT HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 1,cblishScevptbsu.v£a?rnoon FIVE CENTS COPY European War! Six Months Old! B ;it Still T ame C spared To World War, re Casualties Am Suffered A m dated Press.) war is six months :i;• ii i> t.une by eom • v World war at this F i:nv and Ger - y . e .n a >erious war ::.>t yet had to go • •••■;. did in the first : 'he World war v • nths Britain and ._;ht a war of attrition »;i\ .ontent to hem her ze her economically. i'iy also has waited, 'sc -the war on allied shipping -the • - running ahead of i daily average of • - having been sunk about 4.500 in the >• : >tics give the fol • e the European war >av Hied casualties ibout 1 500 killed and v. th German casual , " richer": the British laities to December 3! i rui wounded and 720 cidents or disease. :: ::r. i^ioti of Poland < de.-:ruct:ve. iIitier list isu»«ltie> there as 10. '.322 wounded and 3. - with 100.000 allied . 25o.ooo Germans killed iy World war battle ot Attorney Charges Duke Power Co. In High Point Case Feb. 2~.—(AP)—An at H ah Point charged be s- te S preme court today <e Power Company was ■ fee oi an attorney ap . Yadkin county in its in • :i to restrain the use . land a> the site for a :• ah Point hydro-electric • y. R'-y Deal, appeared as tr.e city attempted " • Supreme court set aside court injunction. the court should Wambole (B. S. W'ambole -S.:iet: . Yadkin county :> paying him he i'i admit thai he was y "'e D ;kc Power Com • ! .-aid. this situation is Yadkin county and • . <■ not been able to *h: case." he added. He;i\\ Fine For ( deration Of Slot Machines "■■■, L'D CAP)—Meck .'.'y Kecorder Vance .-'in who identified f Bullard. agent for Mar nine Co. of Kay • • i e<>sts today and ontns suspended > -aige of operating ■ > v.a> lined _ <»nths suspended y pleaded that the eli'-n* was e.xces ' ?; : 'ai d and not his r..f <• to fork over : '« <■:. -ayirig he felt •uld provide the ■ "it I hear that ' - to pay the fine • ■ il! give me the ol the firm I i ants issued and • ^ ' ;nto court." Farm Payment Fund Predicted f-'-o. 28.—(AD—Sen • liberal federal farm •: iodav that a Senate ib-ommittee would i .>2'>o.oo(),0U0 to the bill for the Agricul ■ • which passed the u ST 13.896.084. •.id ti t- sub-com ST2.778.812 item for ;j!us commodities and '"iO.jjoo and $225,000, i-aViiittits. ! Activities Onj West Front Increased Significance of Move ments Not Clear, But Germans Believed Strengthening West ern Fortifications As Spring Nears. Amsterdam. Feb. 29.—(AP) In creased activity by German troops j v.as reported observed today at vari ous points along the Luxembourg and Netherlands frontiers. The significance of the troop move • merits was not clear but there were indications that the Germans vwrej taking advantage of the break in the prolonged clear weather to push their ! never-ending job of strengthening j their west wall fortiiications. From Luxembourg came reports of I great activity noted in the Moselle valley. With the convng of milder weather new barracks are said to be springing up almost overhjght. \ oung Briton Is Charged With Robin Hood Act i London. Feb. 29.—CAP)—Joseph Green. 22. was held for trial today on charges of insulting behavior and ' wilfully damaging a pane of glass J vaiued at SI after he allegedly shot an arrow bearing a peace of paper j at a window of No. 10 Downing ! street, the prime minister's resi dence. The sheet of paper attached to | the arrow was handed to Magistrate i Sir Robert Dummett at the police court hearing. Sir Robert said it, was a reference to "social credit and | so on." "I regret having to play Robin i Hood in Downing street." Green | | said. "Today I am supposed to be joining His Majesty's forces to serve j my king and country. I think we i should fight Hitlerism here as well1 : as abroad." Sir Robert replied: "If you join the forces and behave j lyourself you will be doing yourj best to end Hitlerism. Afterwards i j you can talk about social credit to | your heart's content." [ Hoover Into ; Row Over Civil Service Exams . B.v CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press C olumnist Washington. P'eb. 29.—Chief J. ImI gar Hoover of the justice depart ment's bureau of investigation seems to be getting into a mean row with congress over the civil service-ing of his organization. j Thr FBf (Federal Bureau of In-J j vestigation; isn't generally under; Civil Service rules. The theory is I | that these FIJI sleuths are specialists 1 (Continued on Page Five) "Good Boy"—Teachers'Choice k. Sitting at his desk, his hands folded, his face in repose, with a bright '~ild *1:11' on his book, he is a "very good boy." In a poll of 37,000 New luil; teachers as to their favorite educational picture, this won first prize among 100 photos usc>l to illustrate annual reports for the past four years. France Regimented By New War Orders Fund Provided For Repairing Wright Bridge Raleigh Feb. 29.—(AP)—The State Highway and Public Works Commis sion allocated SI 63.000 today for "eniergeiicy" repairs on storm-buf feted Wright Memorial bridge. Roa noke island's connecting link with the mainland. The commission acted after the bridge department reported that the bridge was in "dangerous condition". The SI63.000 lund will include $50,000 allocated several days ago and $113,000 from a $2,000,000 emer gency repair fund that Governor Hoey transferred from the highway surplus yesterday. Work on the bridge is to get under way immediately, the commission in structed. The commission directed that the remainder ol the $2,000,000 fund which Governor Hoey allocated to repait damages done by this win ter's cold, «nov.- and excessive rains be divided among the ten highway districts on a "basis of need" and ordered the repair program to begin as quickly as possible. ITALY NEGOTIATES TO BUY U. S. COAL Rome. Keb. 29.—(AP)—-Italy was reported in commercial circles to day to be negotiating with the United States for the purchase of approximately 3,000.000 tons of bituminous coal to replace imports she usually received from Germany by sea and which Great Britain threatens to blockade. The negotiations were said to have been conducted by private in terest.-. A government division con cerning them is considered likely within a few days, either approving or rejecting terms. Quarter-Century Brings Remarkable Changes In State's School Bus System Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Wilter Hotel. Raleigh, Feb. 29.—When talking or arguing about the really remark able and significant changes which have taken place in the past quar ter-century. don't overlook the as tounding progress of North Carolina's school transportation system. This month's issue of School Facts, organ of the State Department of Public Instruction, is devoted to the subject and some of the figures it cities are almost worth submitting to Bob Ripley. For instance in 1914-15 the state had six vehicles which carried a grand total of 247 children to schools. In 1938-39. according to the Depart ment's estimates 1 ' ••• .-irved bv 4.378 vehicles which car i ricd 323.241 children daily ovet 1 routes which laid end to end would ! extend lor 150,532 miles. There isn't any estimate of what the hall dozen buses of 2") years ago cost: the first such figures along those lines being for 1921-22 when 528 vehicles carried 20.359 children at a current cost of S284.884.45 or S 13.99 per pupil. Since then the total cost of trans 1 portation has, of course, risen, but the cost per pupil has been reduced in a proportion almost as remark j able as the percentage of growth in children transported, miles traveled, etc. The 1938-39 total cost ran into I real money—S2,251.U20.54—but the average per pupil had been cut in (Continued op Five) Food Rationing Intro duced as Feature of Reduced Consumption And Increased Pro duction; Women Into Munitions Plants. Paris, Feb. 29.—(AP)—The French government adopted today a sweep ing series of economic and financial measures regimenting the nation for the l ight against Get many. The cabinet, meeting under Presi dent Albert Lebrun, approved the institution of food ration cards, low er quality bread and generally re duced consumption accompanied by increased production in order to shoulder the tremendous financial burden of the war. Great Britain and Germany al ready have rationing systems. France also took steps to put wo men into munitions plants and re lease the men for the vital work ol' j farming. It was estimated 250.000 women already are engaged in the highly dangerous work of mixing gunpow der and making bullets and laboring on the assembly lines of aviation plants. JACKSON ACCUSED OF RED SYMPATHY Now York, Feb. 29.—(AP)—Rep resentative J Parnell Thomas, New i Jersey Republican member of the I Dies committee, asserted today that United States Attorney General Robert Jackson's "extra ordinary" dismissal of recent indictments for Spanish war recruiting in Detroit I was motivated by sympathy for j communists. "When we look at the rccord the i answer to his extraordinary course | of action will become plain." Thom ] as told the Women's National Rc j publican club. !Kentucky Exports Much Liquor Into Neighbor States Frankfort, Kv., Feb. 29—(AP)— Kentucky would lose $480,000 a ' year in liquor taxes, according to revenue department records, if oth er states sold as much liquor in Kentucky's 49 dry counties as the state now exports for consumption in dry territory of other states. "If we set up a system which aids bootlegging of liquor in other states," commented Revenue Com missioner R. Clyde Reeves on a bill now before Gb\. Keen Johnson to legalize special exporters licenses, "we thereby encourage other states j to do the same thing to us." The bill would license exporters; at certain border points to sell liquor! for consumption in dry counties of j | other states. (jJ&cdthstA FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and con tinued cool tonight, slightly war mer Friday. Bill Permitting Loan To Finland Approved, Sent To White House Finns Fall ack Before Red Forces Fighting Concentrat ed at Two Extremities Gf Finland as Finns Dig In Along New De fense Lines on Isth mus. Helsinki, Feb. 29.—(AP) -Finnish troops have fallen back again before Russian forces hammering toward Viipuri along the western edge of the Karelian isthmus, but the Finns said they had dug in along new defense lines to inflict heavy losses on the •nicmy. Fighting was concentrated at two extremities of Finland. While the communique of the Finnish high command said "enemy pressure con tinued" yesterday in the southeast, on the isthmus, fighting also con tinued at the Nautsi river in the far north. The Russians were trying at all cost to push their advances on the western flank of the Mannerheim line so as to encircle ;ind capture strategic Viipuri, once Finland's third largest city. Russian forces also attacked at the eastern end of the front "in great force" at Taipale, according to the high command communique which covered yesterday's action. The Russians lost "heuvily" in men in the attacks along the Bay ol Viipuri and the Finns also destroyed 14 tanks, the communique said, while on the eastern front four tanks and one armored car were destroyed. Welles To Find Nazis Adamant On Claims Zurich. Switzerland, Feb. 29.— (AP)—United States Undersec retary of State Sumner Welles left Zurich this afternoon for Berlin to continue his fact-find iii£ tour for President Roosevelt. Berlin. Feb. 29.— (AP) —When United States Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles arrives here tomor row morning he will find official Germany determined to fight Eng land and France until she has guar antees from both that the western powers will not interfere with Ger many's "lebmrasum"—living space— and that the last remaining "wrong" of the Versailles treaty, loss of Ger man colonies, be "righted". Nazi Germany has defined cen tra] nnd southeastern Europe con sistently as "lebensraum". Fuehrer Hitler is in no mood to of fer Welles any peace plan. If others have any plan, informed circles intimated, Hitler is willing to consider it but always from the viewpoint that Britain must renounce all claims or intentions to interfere with Germany on the European con tinent besides "disgorging"' what Germany believes to be property un lawful Iv annexed from Germany— her colonics. Some authorized commentators event went so far as to claim that mere renunciation by England is not enough—Britain and France must give guarantees that Germany will not be interfered with. Labor Unions In Dispute Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 29—(AP)— CIO United Workers Union forced 19 AFL workers to leave the Auto Lite company plant today and Judge Lee N. Merlin promptly issued an injunction against the CIC union. AFL members charged that they were showered with eggs, that an iron cuspidor was thrown at one member, a bottle at another. One member declared he was knocked down, kicked and beaten. The AFL unionists, charging the dominant CIO union intimidated them and kept tiiem from the plant since February 1, petitioned Judge Merlin February 9 for an inii,v>ctjon. After a Hearing he held action in abeyance and instructed the AFL men Monday to return to work. Fifth Birthday j ... Vivian Elaine Angel A leap year baby, Vivian Elaine Angel, of New York, sits at her desk at Adelphi College, Hempstead, L. I., and figures out her age on her fifth birthday. The answer it "twenty," Elaine. Polish Needs Described Former President Hoover Appears Be Fore Committee Con sidering Appropria tion. Washington, Feb. 2ft.— (AIM — Former President Hoover recom mended today thai congress ap propriate S10,0fl0,ft!)0 to SJiO.OOO. 000 now for Polish relief. "The whole of Kurop? will be a spot of starvation when the war is over," he told the House foreign affairs committee in de claring that the hardest hit of all today is dismembered Poland. Washington. Feb 2'.).—(AP)— Former President Herbert Hoover told the House foreign ;i I foil s com mittee today thilt ;it lea'"t 7,0(10.000 Poles were in need of supplemen tary food. He added th.'it ;i "rough e lima to" i of the cost of carrying over the Poles during their lime of need was ! $40.(100.000 to $50,000,000. Hoover appeared before !!>«• eom millee in connection with bills to appropriate from SIO.OOOOOO lo j $20,000,000 for Polish relief, j Hoover asserted that control Po I land has been shut ol'i! from ii own ; food supply by dismemberment. The bills under cou.-ideralion i>r*> poscd appropriation of from SI0.-j 000.000 to $20,000,000 lor use by the President for relief of the Poles. The money would be spent through some agency like the American Red j Cross. Thirteen Hurt In Railroad Accident Callahan. Flo., Fob. 29.—Thirteen passengers were injured .-lightly when ten coaches of the Atlantic , Coastline railroad "V.-.eationcr" , were derailed one mile south of here ear!}' today. None of the injured required hos pitalization. California Rivers Rise San Francisco, Feb. 29.—(AP)— The Sacramento river, swollen by flood waters, burst through levees at seven places on a 12-mi!c stretch and surrounded three towns in the middle Sacramento valley today. Three feet of water surrounded Princeton, Butte City and Codoras, all small towns. Some ranch families were ma rooned but most of the residents of the country side had amply time to reach safety. There was no re port of death or injury. Congress To Adjourn By June 1st Majority Leader Barkley Predicts Ses sion May End By That Time; Commit tee Hears Trade Pact Evidence. Washington. Feb. 29.—fAI') C"«in gress fin'.ihed work <>m ime piece of much debated legislation today dose oil Ihe hee!> of a prediction by Sena tor Barkley of Kentucky, the Demo cratic leader. l!iat the session should be ready for adjournment by June 1. The Senate quickly accepted House amendments to the Finnish loan bill which the House passed yesterday, and thus ended at least for the time the controversy as to what if any steps this country should take to as sist the Baltic nation. The measure now goes to the White House. The bill does not authorize direct ly a Finnish loan but increases the capital of the Exnort-Import bank by $100,000,000. Jesse Jones, federal loan administrator, has indicated that $20,000,000 would be made available to Finland without delay. The money can be used only for purchase of non-military supplies. A House amendment specified it might also be us»>d for buying com mercial airplanes. On the Senate side, the finance committee heard from Burton C. Budd of Detroit, vice-president of Packard Motors Export Corp.. that the automobile industry believes its best customers, the farmers, have been helped by the administration's reciprocal trade agreements program. Before Budd took the stand, how ever, F. R. Marshall of Salt Lake City, secretary of the National Wool Growers association, testified that the trade program "is trading on agriculture to increase exports of factory products." Reds Advance On Isthmus Moscow, Feb. 2!).— (A!')—-T h e Ked firmy pressed on toward Viipuri tod;iy reporting the capture of six more Finnish towns that brought the Karelian isthmus drive within four miies of the? city, the army commtmi<]Uc said today. Finnish force.. continued to re treat after futile- counter attacks, said the Soviet. Fot ly-t-.vo more Fijuii h defen sive 101 Plications were taken yes terday, with lull data not yet avail able. SWEDEN TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS Oslo, Feb. 29.—(AP)—For eign .Minister Halvdan Koht an nounced in parliament today that Norway would make new representations to Berlin short ly against the sinking of Nor wegian steamers. Koht said the northern coun tries would support such pro tests and he hoped that other neutral countries would do the same. Movie Actress Is Missing Los Angeles, Feb. 2U.—(AJ'j—The Las Angeles Examiner said today that Gloria- Dickerson, young motion picture across, had been missing sincc last Thursday and that her husband, mother and friends were concerned over her absence. The paper cj'">ted the actress* rnd. Perc Westmore, film ;tu dio make-up expert, as saying that Miss Dickson telephoned from New York last Thursday that she was ill and was leaving at once for Hollywood and would arrive Mon day. When she failed to arrive, Westmore was quoted as saying, he checked with a New York hotel and found that Miss Dickson had left Thursday night. Westmore added that he and Miss Dickson had had a "serious dis agreement".
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