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HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7, 1940
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
FIVE CENTS COPY
S>< te'sRecord 1939
kJ * "
fc hacco Crop Sold
for $121,254,038
ac of $15.66
Percent Un
L3S Average;
prociuc lion Up 54
•i Over 1938,
A v 7
q^: . 5 Percent More.
7 (AD North
U.'OWsTS got 3121.
e >rd 1939 crop
: utids Lu;t the aver
..vci pounds still
,.:..ier the 1933 aver
•;r.ent of agricul
1 States agricultural
released the sea
■ * :.t\.
- up percent over
• received was only
n a year ago. The
'..S 18.000 pounds and
. to. and average ot
.r.ci.vd. *
ue v. is the lowest
ii: irkets in sales.
h'.o " pounds tor pro
ng !l,,.i>l8.722 pounds
.>n average of $16.53.
o t<>p average for tlue
Greenville sola 72.-;
-.a> tor producers with
'4". Tit .it an average!
- .* Car<>hna belt, heav- j
N . Tii Carolina mar-:
b..:nnont where pro-.
. 4J.430.711 pounds at an
i.et's sales were:
Total Sales Average
. 30.027.164 16.02
13.557.764 15.97
63.280.794 15.721
17.082.974 15.83
.... 9.900.240 15.57
. 7.740.002 15.30
. . 29.H69.638 15.64
57.030,483 16.56
29.594.814 15.13
35.404.665 15.661
28.7K4.379 15.00
Sentences
Commuted
Governor Hoey Gives
Lire Imprisonment to
i hree Convicted In
Alamance Killings.
.March T.—(APj—Gover
itcd to life imprison
..sentences imposed in
county on Roy Kelly,
ci and Ralph Hanford.
were convicted in Ala
ry of ti'.e killing during
ution robbery December
Sheriii M. P. Robertson
. .an S. Vv". Vaughn ol
• maMIM
an, who was witn
the robbery, was shot
George Smith, 32, a fifth
the patty, pleaded guilty
'A degiee murder and is
- ~ years in prison.
• ii": issued a 1,750 word
explaining ihat the en
-•y and 7,000 citizens had
i',r a commutation.
been a very difficult
• :tement said. '"The de
: ave bad characters. All
-evicts. (Huffman and
escaped at the time of
. However they are young
■ • e had very poor op
•!any facts were develop
. estigation which tend
not excuse their lives
. 1 am satisfied that it
purpose of these de
coinmit murder."
^ itness Is Fined
} or Failure To
Appear In Court
■V. March 7.—(AP)—Judge
• J-. Williams in Wake su
ir. t today ordered a fine of
'■ft on B. E. Elks, Jr., of
w:.en Elks failed to ap
•Ir.es> when the case of
charged with killing
i'-ay Monk, 25, of Golds
' — called.
iaiordered an instana
'•'i for Elks along with
he be placed under
■ rice bond. A subpoena
'.itehurst, who was with
Elks the night of the
• also issued.
Evans and Fred Jen
■yr«>es. have been held in
ia t November. Solicitor
Hickett said he would
the negroes under
■'Md if Elks and White
st appeared by the end
Speed Champion
Gale Swanson, 13 months old, of
Forest Hills4 N. Y., poses with her
cup after winning the first round
of the General Diaper Derby in
New York, first of a series to be
climaxed by a "world champion- j
ships finals." Tots up to 14 months
are eligible. Contestants who stand ;
up instead of crawling are dis- |
qualified.
Welies Sees
Deladier
Roosevelt's Fact-Find*
in£ Emissary Calls on
Officials In Paris.
^nris. March T.—(AP)—^resident
Roosevelt*-: fact-finding emissary,
Sumner Welles, was closeted for an
hour and forty minutes today with
Premier Daladier, who has vowed
to crush the present German regime.
Plunging into a crowded three
day schedule for his Paris visit, the
undersecretary of state railed first
on President Albert Lebrun before
meeting the premier at his war of
fice headquarters.
Welles alreadv had surveyed the
German and Italian attitudes toward
the present war in visits to Berlin
and Rome. His next stop will be
London after talking with French
leaders a< well jis the Polish gov
ernment in exile in France.
NAZI PLANES MAKE
SHIPPING ATTACKS
Borlin. March 7.—CAP)—German j
scouting pianos TV;t:sV> :mrl )
other steamers in gathering dusk last i
night off the eastern coast of Eng-i
land, the official German news
agenry i eported today.
Darkness made it difficult, how
ever. to determine damage to the
vessels.
(Britain announced a tanker and
a lightship had been attacked by!
German bombing planes.)
(J. 5. Must Choose Between
State Capitalism And Free
Enterprise, Babson Says
By ROGFK \V. BABSON,
Copyright 1910. Publishers
Financial Bureau.
St. Petersburg, Fla., March 7.—
Eight million idle workers and six
teen billion idle dollars is 1940's
strange paradox. It's the result of a|
ten year battle between those who'
want government control ol all
credit (state capitalism) and those
who want a i'ree hand for private
employers and capital. Captains of,
industry can afford to light. So can j
the princes of politics. But you and;
I and our unemployed neighbors'
can't. We have reached the cross
roads and we must choose either [
"the high road or the low".
Eight million unemployed must be
put back to work. Understate cap
italism they could have army or
other compulsory jobs within sev
eral years. Under free enterprise
they could have voluntary jobs in a
similar length of time. But under
today's half-way system, the best
hope is that only a million or two
will "be absorbed in public or private
hands within the next few years. j
Meanwhile, sixteen billion dollars,
greatest hoard of cash ever assem
bled. strains the nation's bank vaults.
V
Wagner Act
Amendments
mittee Suggests
Changes Which
Would Throw Pres
ent Labor Board Out
of Office at This Ses
sion.
Washington, March 7. — (AP)—
prompt creation oF a new three-man
labor board to act "merely as judge"
in collective bargaining disputes was
included in a li.-t of 17 amendments
to the Wagner act recommended to j
v ongre<s today by a spccial house!
committee
Freedom also for an employer "to ;
discuss" labor situations with 3iis '
worker.-" within limitations was in- j
eluded in the changes proposed by
Chairman Smith, Democrat, Vir
ginia. or an investigating commit
tee. The committee majority advocat
ed that the present boaru headed oy
J. Warren Madden be tossed out of j
office at this session.
Smith said his amendment repre- :
••rnied "imperative things that need
immediate attention.''
Aligned with him were Represen-;
tatives Halleck, Republican, In-!
diana, and Routzohn, Republican,
Ohio.
The minority, Representatives!
Healey, Democrat, Massachusetts, i
Murdock, Democrat. Utah, protested!
against the amendment as "emascul- j
atory", and "threatening to the prin- j
ciples and objectives of the act."
Iiealey and Murdock said the j
changes "propose to sacrifice vital j
rights of labor."
Chairman Norton, Democrat, New I
Jersey, ol the House labor committee
to which Smith's amendments were j
referred predicted that the House
would not accept them.
She said she would call a commit
tee meeting next week, probably
Wednesday, to discuss what action
might be taken.
Mrs. Norton also reiterated the
contention that her committee should
take no action until the final report
of the Smith committee is presented.
It recently got anothe^ $50,000 ap
propriation to continue its work.
Proposed
cial House Com
Raylass Store
President Dies
Durham, March 7.—(AP)—Isa- !
dor Raiff, 45, of New York City,
president of the chain of 25 Raylass
stores, suffered a heart attack early
this morning at a hotel here and
died about an hour later at Watts
hospital.
The boby will be sent this after
noon to New York City for fun- !
eral services in Riverside Memorial J
Chapel. Burial will be at New York.
Surviving are his widow, two
sons, three brothers and two sis
ters.
Gravely Is Fifth
To File Formally
Raleigh, March 7.—(AD—L. L,oe
Gravely of Rocky Mount assured the
state today of an unprecedented
Democratic primary by becoming the
fifth man to file for the gubernatoral
nomination. Four more have* an
nounced.
Never before had more than four
men filed in a North Carolina Dem
ocratic gubernatorial primary.
This fund could create twice the a
mount of credit necessary to finance
enough new industry to give every
unemployed worker a job.
$30,000,000,000 Needed.
It is estimated thut $6,000 is the j
minimum investment in building,!
machinery, etc. needed to provide j
each new job in industry. Multiply i
it out yourself: 5,000,000 industrial;
workers out of jobs, times $6,000 j
equals $30,000.000.000. We have the
necessary credit and the public needs i
more goods. But private employers
dare not risk their money in new en- ;
terprise. They fear the government, j
its investigations, tax bills, and the)
like. And the government can't yet |
force employers to use their money i
and credit against their will.
The government's game, according
to many people, is to force all cap
ital into government bonds, keep the
fC'mtinued fin Page Five)
DIVORCED
Los Angeles, March 7.—(AP)
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt was
granted a divorce today from
James Roosevelt, son of the
President. I
I
First Photos of Russians in Action
Among the first photos to con:e from the Russian sitle of the Soviet-Finnish war, these were released by
the Moscow censors. Left, an airplane is loaded with newspapers and mail in Leningrad for flight to tha
i'ront. Bight, a light held gun crew is shown in action. (Central Press),
British Liner;
At New York
Queen Elizabeth
Eludes Enemies to
Reach Safety In Neu-i
tral Harbor.
I
Now York. March 7.—(AP)—Bri- j
trap's new 85.000-ton liner Oueen j
Elizabeth, completing on" of the j
strangest maiden voyages in mari
time history after running the U
h>oat gauntlet, dropped anchor in
Mew York harbor without viable
guns on board but with a mysterious
new mine cable guarding her.
Observers were at a loss to under-1
>ta'jd how the cable operated, since'
it surrounded the ship high above the 1
water—with no apparent droo net;
into the water lor a sweep effect.
A member of the crew added to I
Hie mystery. When asked if h e had |
seen afraid of submarines, he shout-j
:d back with a laugh to news men in I
i tugboat alongside:
"No, they keep away from us." |
The British tar. who acted as a I
long distance spokesmen for (Tie i
dozen odd crew members visible on
deck or at open portholes, said it had;
seen a "very nice trip—lovely".
New York, March 7.—CAP)—With j
the Union Jack proudly flying at her |
mast Britain's new $28.750.000 liner
Queen Elizabeth—the largest, fastest!
;hip afloat—arrived within the safety j
of New York harbor todav at the i
end of her bold dash 3,000 miles j
across the Atlantic.
Painted a drab grey, the 85,000-ton \
liner passed Ambrose lightship short-j
ly after 9 a. m. (e.s.t.) with the sky- j
line of New York 20 miles distant. j
A wartime fugitive fleeing the dan- j
gers of German bombing assaults at
her berth in Scotland, the Queen
Elizabeth successfully evaded the
threat of German underseas attacks
and triumohed in the risk of a mortal
blow at Britain's claim of sea- su
premacy.
France Claims!
Sea Supremacy
Paris, March 7. — (AP) —Thej
French navy has sunk 12 German \
uibmarincs, captured 18.000 Ions of j
"Sermon shipping, and with the Brit- j
<<h navy has broken the back of Ger
many's threat to block the sea lanes, |
France's navy minister declared to- :
lay.
In a survey of the first six months j
>f the war, the navy minister as- j
>erfed "the allied navy supremacy
is better than ever and Germany's
main fleet does not move far from
its bases.*'
Plans Approved For
Proposed Hospital
I
Rocky Mount, March 7.—(AT5)—
The build!ng committee of the east-'
?rn Carolina tuberculosis sanatorium,
which it is planned to erect at Wil- :
;on, met with Chairman Lee Gravely !
yesterday and approved plans .for the i
structure.
Efforts are being made to secure I
federal aid for the project. The 1939
legislature stipulated that a state
bond issue of $250,000 for the hos
pital could not be sold unless 45 per
cent of the cost of the construction
and equipment of the hospital was
Financed by a federal grant.
U)sailwi
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy; rain Friday,
probably beginning as sleet or
„sno\v in west portion late to
night: slightly warmer tonight.
Sweden Seeks End
Of Russian War
!
Noted Educator
Dies In Sleep
L -M
* Dtz.dotlH h.FihlsJ o
New York, March 7.—(AP)—Dr.
John H. Finley, educator and editor
emeritus of the New York Times,
died in his sleep early today.
Dr. Finley was born October 19, i
1863, in Grand Ridge, 111. He for-1
merly was commissioner of education
of New York State, and president
of the College of the City of New |
York. He had either taught or lec-i
tured at Princeton, The Borbonne, I
Paris, North Carolina, Virginia, and
Edinburgh universities.
British Report
Air Activity
Over Germany
London, March 7.— \AP) —Air j
Minister Sir Kingslry Wood told ihr-i
House of Commons today that the j
Royal air l'orce had carried nut more'
than a thousand forties in German i
territory by day and night since the
outbreak of the war.
Sir Kingsiey spoke in presenting i
secret air force estimates which he j
said involved ' the greatest expen-1
diture" of this kind in Great Bi i-1
tain's history.
In surveying the air war to date,,
he said 44 German aircraft had been
brought down around the British,
(Continued on Page Five)
Negotiations Carried
Cn Through hussian
Minister to Sweden,
Finnish Minister And
Swedish Foreign Of
fice.
Stockholm, March 7.—(AP)—
Sweden is fccking to arrange an
armistice in the Russhn-Finnish
war, usually reliable sources said
loday, adding that Russian peace
terms recently had been presented
lO Finland.
The e.\uct nature of the terms is
btill the subject of speculation, but
there was unconfirmed reports that
Russia demanded surrender of the
Karelian Isthmus, Viipuri, Lake
Ladoga and part of -thf> far-northern
territory in the Petsamo district. It
was said the negotiations would be
followed by further efforts to ar
range a peace settlement.
Official Swedish circles said they
could neither deny nor confirm re
ports that Sweden had .submitted
peace terms from Josef Stalin to
the Helsinki government.
One theory was that negotiations
thus far had proceeded through the
Russian minister to Sweden, the
Finnish minister here and the Swed
ish foreign office.
Manton Begins
Prison Term
Now York. March 7.—(AP)—Mar
tin T. Manton, former presiding judge
of the United States circuit court of
appeals, surrendered today to the
United Slates marshal to begin a
two-year prison term for selling
"list ice.
Manlon. his faep cast in its usual
scow), went to the United States
courthouse at 9:25 a. m. and walked
directly to the office c»f the marshal.
Ho is to serve his sentence in the
federal penitentiary at Lcwisberg,
v/here numerous men on whom he
once passed judgment have been pri
soners.
RUSSIAN DEMANDS.
Helsinki, March 7.— (AI') —
The official Finnish press bu
reau tonight declared it believed
Russia planned presentation of
territorial demands "more far
reaching in character than those
rejected by Finland prior to the
present war."
Wang Ching-Wei Describes
Japanese-Sponsored Regime
He Would Head In China
BY GEORGE LEE.
Shanghai, March 7.—(AP)—Wang!
Ching-Wei, speaking soltly in the in- [
ner reaches of his home in Shanghai's;
jadlands scction, predicted today the!
piecemeal pacification of China un-1
der the government he expects to!
head for Japan.
The slender Chinese who was pre- i
mier of the Chinese nationalist gov
ernment before breaking with Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek said that!
his Japanese-sponsored regime would 1
be inaugurated probably late this,
month nr early in April.
My admission to his home, which,
is guarded like a fortress by Chinese
and Japanese, to prevent assassina- j
tinn iittempis. foliowed six weeks of f
negotiations through Wang's assis-!
tents and a premise not to "^rgue"
with Wang's answers on the motives \
of his present course ol' cooperation)
with the Japanese—a course which
has lead the Chinese government to
denounce him as a traitor.
In disclosing some hitherto un
known details of his agreement with [
Japan, he said establishment of his j
regime was not expected to bring an
immediate end to the war with China
or instantaneous withdrawal ol Jap
anese troops.
He expressed confidence, however,
that the Chinese people would be
ivon over to peace and that Japan j
would fulfill promises regarding;
ohina.
Even Chiang would not find the j
ioor closed to peace negotiations if j
le would cease fraternizing with j
communists and would abandon his'
r-i-istfcnis, Wang said. I
Finns Call
More Men To
The Colors
Russians Suffer
Heavy Losses In At
tempt to Tighten Ring
of Steel About Viipuri
After Week of Little
Gains.
Helsinki. March 7.— (AP) —Soviet
Russian troops, seeking to drive
across the ice of the Bay of Viipuri
to tighten ;i ring of steel on the sen
port of Viipuri, suffered heavy losses
under the lire of the Finns, the high
command said today.
Meanwhile, the Finnish govern
ment called up the military class of
1!)2D—mo.tly youths of 19—anH all
men of other classes scheduled for
re-examInation this year or in .suc
ceeding years.
Most of the second group pre
viously hud been rejected for reasons
of health.
The new call to the colors come
while the vanguard of the Russian
besiegers of Viipuri still were in vir
tually the same positions they oc
cupied almost a week ago outside the
key Karelian isthmus city.
Military observers expressed be
lief that the final Red army assault
was being delayed by failures of
Soviet attacks on Finnish lines east
and southwest of Viipuri.
Unless the Russians can break
through these lines and flank the de
fenders, observers said, invading
troops entering the city would be in
a pocket with Finns on the east, west
and north.
Finnish sources denied reports
abroad that Baron Field Marshal
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Finland's
commander-in-chief was ill.
Rumania To
Keep Neutral
King Carol, Opening
Parliament, Says In
dependence Will Be
Preserved.
Bucharest, March 7.—(AP)—King
Carol II opened parliament today
with a declaration that all the re
sources of Rumania would be thrown
behind her army as a "supreme
guarante of our independence and of
the integrity of our borders."
Disclosing that taxes would be
materially increased to bear the cost
of keeping 1,600,000 men under arms,
(he monarch said:
"I am sure my people will accept
such a sacrifice for the sake of the
country and peace".
Strict neutrality, he declared, will
be continued even in the field of for
eign commerce ''in order to assure
the flow of essential supplies to our
army and our people."
Carol's statement was approved in
a long session of the crown council
last nighl amid signs of an even
.••harper struggle between Germany
and the allies for Rumania's favor in
exports of raw materials.
Fate Of Hatch
Bill Uncertain
Washington, March 7.—(AP) -
Senator Hatch, Democrat, New
Mexico, author of legislation to
broaden the anti-politics law which
bears his name, conceded today that
"there is a good chance" the expan
sion bill might be pigeon-holed this
session.
Opponents of the broadening pro
posal, by which Hatch would extend
to state employees, receiving some
federal pay the prohibitions against
federal employees taking part in
elections activity, claimed that they
had a 50-50 chance of returning it
to the elections committee.
Such a maneuver, if successful,
would tie up the legislation in com
mittee for the rest of the session.
Before considering this crucial mo
tion. however, the Senate reconsid
ered and by a record vote reversed
its standing vote of yesterday on an
amendment by Senator Donaher
Republican. Connecticut, to give
state-federal employees accused of
illegal activity the right of direct ap
peal to the federal courts. The vote
in favor of this right was 48 to 36.
The Donaher amendment would
not affect the Hatch anti-politics law
already on the books but would
.modify the broadening legislation.
Senator Norris told his colleagues
that appeals would involve endless
delay in administration of the law
and would "cost thousahds of dol
lars."
He argued also that if they were
to be granted to state - federal
workers then they also should bo
granted to all federal workers.