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Ij.S. Army AndNavy
Agree On Sale Of
planes To The Allies
Adopt Policy That
National Defense
Would Be Best Served
By Expansion of Air
craft Industry and
Testing of Planes
r-tor. March 26— (AP)—
v ard navy stood aside to
■v • _".ve France and Britain vir
• hindered access to the lat
- of American warplanes.
•v..) services formally agreed
-trrday on the new export
ng on the belief that na
; df.or.se would best be served
expansion of the nation's air
• industry and by the testing
\- orican-developed ships
. o In Europe's aerial war.
Congressional interfer
<- .v. .,:;'!e:al* ?aid that the new pol
- ••■<t/ these immediate results:
-:'<>ase to the allies of sonv
e> now under construction
my and navy.
Acrel oration in the placing o*
\,wvd one billion dollars in
;• - ti. b purchases.
... ,.v 0<- war Woodring is e\
• d • ' -ubmit a detailed exposi
tor* new army-navy stand
,■ npo^ars tomorrow before
r: »e military committee which
-• gating foreign plane pur
cha>e> here.
Trade Pacts
Discussed
Senator Harrison Pre
dicts Senate Will Pass
Reciprocal Trade Pro
gram Unamended.
\4t0n. March 26.—(AP)—
n Harrison. Democrat. Mis
. .. of the Senate financc com
predicted after a conference)
President Roosevelt today that
: n to extend the reciprocal
"i agreements program would be
-• :i by the Senate unamended
'r. n ten days.
:: : :son said he ""appraised the
— lent of the situation" and that
? »evelt "is of course intensely
- that the Pittman amendment
others be defeated". Senator
- " un. Democrat, Nevada, is spon
.2 m amendment to require Sen
•.rication of trade pacts.
.' " amendment, Harrison assert
' uld "make it impossible to
y n the program of reciprocal
• ! greements."
r.;ng to another subject, Har
i:d he believed there would
' x bill at this session although
; not taken up that matter with
-• Koosevelt.
*;ie Capitol. Senator McCarran,
■ .at. Nevada, asserted in debate
' <>;' the 22 countries with which
United States has signed trade
- ■ ents submitted them to legis
' • approval before they could be
' effective.
• rr.vhile, the rules committee
• ■ ■■ <i the way for House considera
f a bill to extend the federal
nsurance program to cotton.
< committee agreed to reeom
' fi l ah hours of debate on the
by Representative Fulmer,
"•rat. South Carolina, which
'i authorize insurance of the
cotton crop.
koxboro man dies
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
<• burg. Va., March 26.—(AP)
•'■s Davis, 25-year old mill
of Roxboro, N. C., was killed
three companions injured in
'"mobile accident near Rox
■ last night.
- died in an ambulance.
Disaster In
Third Term
I Try Is Seen
Wiuningtun, March 26 (AP)—
I oenaior ovcnon. Democrat, Louis
.ana. told reporters today that "it
i reciutiii iiuuic\ eit runs again i
am airuid ne may bring disaster
ouui 10 rumselt and to his pany."
" i ae ^twatObt service the Presi
dent coiiui render,' lie said, "would
oe to sena a message to Congress
i proposing a constitutional aiaend
i tut ut against a mud term. Witn
j tns support such an amendment
I woulu oe approved promptly by the
neeessaiy uuee-iourths of the j
i states."
ovt-rton, often a supporter of New
Deal measures, declared that he
j e.aa too much regard for Mr. Roose
veil to believe that he would seek to
i disregaid the two-term tradition.
But. ne added, "tne time lor Hie
President to make a statement is
now."
Another third-term opponent, Sen- ;
ator bnmh, Democrat, Soutn Caro
lina, told reporters that "those who,
want to get back to constitutional
government" should hold a series ol j
meetings over the country m order j
to crystalize their views,
f- Meanwhile, campaign literature
already is telling Wisconsin Demo
crats that James A. Farley is a can
didate against President Roosevelt.
It is being distributed by a group
which calls itself the Democratic
party organization of Wisconsin and
which has tiled a slate of delegates
pledged to support Mr. Roosevelt or i
a successor of his own choosing, j
Kinston Group
Tests Housing
Authority Act
Raleigh. March 26.—(AP)—The
supreme court took under advise
ment today in appeal by a group of
Kinston taxpayers to test the con
stitutionality of a law permitting
the organi7*tion of municipal hous
ing authorities.
John G. Dawson of Kinston argued
for the Kinston Housing Authority
that the act was legal and that the
Kinston city council and housing
authority had legally proceeded un
der the law. He said a federal
grant of SI,000,000 was being with
held pending action on the case.
Jesse A. Jones, counsel for the
taxpayers, contended the law im
properly delegated legislative au
thority to the municipal aldermen <
and the housing authority.
New Link In
Murder, Inc.
New York, March 26.—(AP)—Dis-J
trict Attorney William O. O'Dwyer
said today Dave Reles, 34, alleged
"vice president" of murder, incor
porated. the Brooklyn crime sydicate
already linked with 30-odd gang
slayings. had divulged new facts in
terlocking the murder ring with a
powerful waterfront gang head by
Joe Adonis.
O'Dwyer said Adonis had been
named by Reles as sometimes call
ing in the triggermen of murder, in
corporated, to "take care of" certain
cases.
The Brooklyn prosecutor said Reles
had given him "an important lead"
regardfng Peter Panto, 28, a Brook
lyn waterfront labor leader who dis
appeared last July 14.
(jjQcdhsih
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Fair, slightly warmer, scat
tered frost tonierht; Wedne /la.v
increasing cloudiness and warm
Power Contained In Secret
Explosive Is Demonstrated
• timore, March 26.—(AP)—Les
- . 1*av gave a demonstration to
ol the power contained in his
■ -'>xygen*carbon bomb—an ex
■■ he contends is capable of vvip
' every living thing within a
-!*jot radius.
(•porters and photographers
• ed behind .>andbags, Barlow
■' an eight-ounce charge of his
<■ and made matchwood of
■'ivy logs. Several pieces were
• 1 more than a nundred feet in
' air.
t ..plosive was set off by an
electrical detonator, the only means,
the inventor said, of releasing the de
structive force.
Having shown how eight ounces
of the explosive could splinter the
logs, Barlow planned later to demon
strate a five-pound charge. Pie ar
ranged to fire the heavier charge out
of a mortar at a piece of heavy armor
plate with the spectators safely pro
tected by sandbags.
The test, arranged after a joint
hearing of Senate and House naval
and military committee?, was to
prove or disprove Barlow'c conten
tion his device is safe to handle.
Warriors to Vote
France's New Premier Hints To
His Countrymen Of Immediate
And Large Scale Action In War
. M ^
Canadian troops training in Eng
land and at the front in France will
get a chance to vote in Canada's gen
eral elections. The soldiers' ballots
will be collected at Canada House,
London, registered as shown here
and shipped to Canada.
(Central Press)
Nationwide State of
Siege Declared After
Revolt of Regiment Is
Put Down.
La Pr.z, Bolivia, March 2G.—(AP)
—The Bolivian government today
declared a nationwide state of siege
(a form of martial law) after an
early morning revolt of a regiment
of fusileers had been put down as
the rebels were marching on the
government palace.
The government said that military
forces under General Ichazo. chief
of the army general staff, had end
ed the revolt by halting the march
ing rebels.
Official accounts asserted that the
majority of the regiment was under
arrest in barracks, but informed per
sons said a number of rebel soldiers
had escaped with several tanks.
Unions Held
Subject To
Sherman Act
Washington, March 26.—(AP)—
Justice Payton Gordon of the Fed
?ral district court ruled today that
labor unions were subject to crimi
nal conspiracy prosecution under the
Sherman anti-trust act.
Dismissing a demurrer by which
American Federation of Labor team
ster union officials sought to be ex
cluded from prosecution on an in
dictment charging restraint of trade
in a jurisdictional dispute, Justice
3ordon said:
"The (justice department) allega
tion as to the prevention by threat
3f force and by force of delivery of
concrete 'mixer trucks' not operated
ay members of the defendant union
_______—
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Opposition
May Refuse
CabinetMove
Liberal and Labor
Groups Are Cold to
Chamberlain's Plan
for Broadened Gov
ernment With Five
Man War Cabinet
London, March 26.—(AP)—De
mands for changes in the British
government lor a harder-hilti' • u<a
against Germany were coupled tn
wiifi »>!•»•• nrtims that liber-1 and
labor opposition leaders would re
fuse to join the administration of
Prime Minister Chamberlain.
There were reports that a five
nan war cabinet would replace the
Present nine-man inner group and
that Chamberlain would ask labor
and liberal leaders to join a broad
ened government, but these men
were believed to prefer remaining
in a position from which they could
criticize.
The smaller group would be com
oosed of Chamberlain; First Lord of
.he Admiralty Winston Churchill,
who would be given increased au
thority as spokesman for land, sea
and air forces, and for the ministries
of supply and shipping; Chancellor
of the Exchequer Sir John Simon;
Lord Halifax and Sir Samuel Hoare.
Scattered "end the war" votes by
labor unions and peace organizations
over the week-end which members
of parliament criticized but the gov
ernment left unmuzzled, gained lit
tle public attention.
Instead, the public was intent on
the tightening of the blockade of
Germany and upon beating German
propaganda.
Seven Billion
Dollars Spent
In Fiscal Year
Washington, March 26.—(AP)—j
Federal fiscal year expenditures j
passed seven billion dollars today.
So far in the year which will end j
June 30 the treasury has spent $7,- |
009,169,559 and taken in $4,302,052,
872, causing a deficit of $2,647,111,
687. In the similar portion of the pre
vious fiscal year expenditures
amounted to $6,617,588,488, receipts
.$4.344.537.466, and the deficit $2,
273,051,022.
The deficit, however, has been de
clining in the last three weeks, due |
to the filing of income tax returns.
The public debt on March 23 was.
reported at the record figure of $42,- j
525.475,883.
Weather Predictions Far
Ahead May Become Practical
Bv CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, March 26. — The
Smithsonian Institution is going, in a
big way, into the problem of long
distance w e ather
forecas ting. Dr.
HenryKe Arctow-1
ski is in charge of j
t h e investigation..
Dr. Arctowski is a!
Pole and a world-!
renowned m e t e - j
orc'.ogist. His la-1
bora to ry in War- ;
saw and his in- j
valuable re cords
were d e stroyed
when the Germans
and Russians
Charles Aboot • ^.aeai'oiana Be
tween them. The
doctor is in exile, but the Smithsoni
an has requisitioned his services.
The agriculture department's
Weather Bureau and the Smithsonian
Institution long have been in more
or less disagreement on the subject
of long-distance forecasts.
Secretary Charles G. Abbot of
Smithsonian contends that the sun
provides our world with most of its
weather, which can be predicted at
least a season ahead, if Old Sol is
kept adequately checked up on. The
Weather Bureau's version is that no
body can guess beyond a few days in
advance with any accuracy.
The late Herbert Janvrin Browne
' • one of t' c original proponents j
of -'long-distance forecasting'* pos
sibilities. Browne wasn't » member
of any official staff. He was an in
dependent investigator.
Sun Spots.
Here's what he said:
"The sun is gaseous, but, under
pressure of its own gravity, it's com
pressed to about the consistency of
very hot asphalt tar. At its surface
it's incandescent, but, at intervals,
some of the comparatively cooler in
terior stuff boils to the outside. These
boilings-up are known as sun spots.
They're like a few fresh shovelfuls
of coal onto a fire. They're going to
blaze up presently, but momentarily
they're a cooling influence.
"As they cool off the sun, the sun,
in .turn, cools off our oceans, which
are our great solar radiator. Our
ocean streams (like the Gulf and
Japan currents) swish this coolish
ness from earthly shore to shore, thus
affecting our weather.
"Periods of sun spots are pretty
regularly at 11-year intervals.
"If mundane forecasters keep track
of the sun's spottiness, they can make
at least seasonal predictions very re
liably. That is to say, they may not
be able to predict an individual
storm, but they can predict a wet or
a dry, a cold or a hot season."
Solar Radiation.
Dr. Abbot of Smithsonian may not
be a 100 per cent believer in Janvrin
Browne's theory, but he tends toward
it.
An out-and-out believer in it1 is
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Costa Rica s Prexy on Visit
Says Duty Of
Nation Now
To Make War
Rafael Alltel Calderon Guardia, president-elect of Costa Rica, and his
wix'e, arrive in New York aboard the Veragua enroute to Washington,
where they will be White Ho use guests.
Commercial Airlines
/
Set Safety Record
(pomplete Year of Fly
ing Without Fatal Ac
cident or Serious In
jury To Passengers or
Crew; Two Million
Passengers.
Washington, March 26.—(AP)—
Commercial airlines in the United
States completed today a year of
flying without a fatal accident or
serious injury to passengers or crew
members.
The record was made a few min
ute* before 4 a. m. (e. s. t.) To sig
nalize the event Chairman Robert
Hinckley of the Civil Aeronautics
Authority dispatched this message
to airmen over the agency's teletype
writer circuit:
"Heartiest congratulations to all
airline, Civil Aeronautics Authority
and weather bureau personnel upon
completion of an entire year of air
line safety. This is one of the'out
standing achievements in the his
tory of transportation."
This message was re-tran-milled
by radio to 208 airline planes, then
in flight.
The aeronautics authority also
noted that for the first time passeng
ers carried by the airlines exceeded
the two million mark.
The hst fatal aircraft accidcnt oc
'•'•rred March 26. 1939, at Oklahoma
City, Okla. Seven passengers and
one member <<f the crew were killed' (
America Is
Generous To
War Countries
V/arhington, March 26.—(AP)—
The wars of Europe and Asia already
| have called forth American donations
| r r piiliion dollars or more for the
relief of distressed civilians.
A ttate department summary of
: contributions under the neutrality
I act showed today that more than $5,
i 000,000 in dollars and goods has been
: collected privately for relief in Eu
| rope. As much or more has gone to
j China since hostilities with Japan
, began.
i The department reported that cash
i ;iH in European belligerents totaled
! $4.8*1.358. Other gifts were valued
; at .*•754.890.
The tabulation, however, omits the
American Red Cross—the orgpniza
; tirn which le?ds in funds raised.
This aid was solely for the bel
! liferent countries mentioned in the
neutrality proclamation —Germany.
France,' Poland and the British Em
pire.
State Income Tax
Receipts Near To
Setting New Mark
Raleigh, March 26.—(AP) —
State incomc tax receipts edged
nearer a new record today with
collections for the year amount
ing to $11,012,288.62.
The h»»st nrevious record was
Sll,364,598.68.
R. L. Ward, Jr., director of
the division of accounts and col
lections, figured that a new rec
ord would be set during April.
Wallace Favors
Farm.Credit Bill
Washington, Marcn 26.—(AP)—
Secretary Wallace approved in gen
sral today a sweeping farm credit
reorganization bill proposed by Rep
resentative Jones, Democrat, Texas.
Appearing before the House agri
culture committee, Wallace describ
ed as "a highly desirable objective"
the measures proposal to reduce fed
eral land bank and land bank com
missioner loans to three percent.
Land bank loans, first mortgages,
are now 3 1-2 per cent. Commis
sioner, or second mortgage, loans
:>re 4 percent.
Wallace also approved provisions
for re-amorlizing outstanding land
bank and commissioner loans and
ror the scaling down of loan princi
pal in cases where the loans exceed
he value of the lands.
"Shall we allow the enemy to be
strengthened by these conquests so
that liberty will disappear?
"The duty of the French govern
ment is clear—to make war.'"
Mauretania Goes
Through Panama
Canal to Pacific
Cristobal, Canal Zone, March
2fi.—(AP)—Britain's big; new
liner, the Mauretania, bent on a
secret war mission, went through
the Panama Canal to the Pacific
Ocean today.
The 35.739-ton liner, on Ger
many's official list to be attack
ed on sight as an armed raider,
was believed to be enroute to
Australia to carry troops from
there to the Near Cast.
Heavy Damage
To Peach Crop
Fayettcvillc, March 26.—(AP) —
Peach orchardists said today that last
night's freeze caused heavy damage
to this .season's crop.
They said all open blooms were
killed and the 1940 peach crop would
come only from blooms which open
after today. It was estimated that
fully half of the blooms had opened.
The minimum temperature for this
I vicinity was 16 degrees early today.
Week Passes Without
Allied Shipping Losses
t
London, March 26.—(AP)—A
week without allied merchant ship
ping losses was announced proudly
by the British admiralty today,
amid reports Germany had summon
ed home outbound ship* to avoid
Britain's newly tightened patrol of
sea lanes to Scandinavia.
The week ending Sunday mid
night was the first without allied
merchant ship losses sinro the war
started, though eight neutral ves
sels were sunk and two German
r»mo boats were sent down by the
British.
' Informed sources declared that
squadrons of »i."-iti~h destroyers and
mbnrrines. attempting tn rh^kp off
Swedish iron ore shipments to Ger
many, had made parage impossible
through the Skagcrrak, the arm ot
the North sea which leads to the
Baltic.
As a re.'ult, Berlin was reported
to have ordered all outbound ves
sels to return to port.
Sinking of two German merchant
men by British submarines during
the week raised German losses by
capture and destruction to more
than 300,000 tons or about seven and
one half percent of her pre-war ton
nage.
The week's record for Britain was
not completely clear, for loss of a
na.vs] <»-?»wler Jiy niinini' was re
ported by the Adi liralty and during
the week two mcchant ships had
been reported overdue and presum
ed lost.