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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
NTY-SEVENTH YEAR
leased wire service of
the associated press.
HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 29, 1940
1'URLrSHED EVERY AFTERNOON
KXCEPT SUNDAY.
FIVE CENTS COPY
TO FRENCH
[ cuments
i iken From
i Sish Office
ncial Comment Is
i i hey Shed 4iA
:>: Interesting Light
Fhe Fart Which
merican Policy
aved" In War.
•• — ( AP>—Sixteen
which German authori
ze :<>itna in the archives
- . i• ; CI ot lice !!l W ill*—
i.v.i '•> the pre.-s today
t: at they >heci "a
:ng !:s;ht on the part
policy played in
. : . • prt m at war."
• Li.••><.. elt and Joseph P.
William C. Bullitt.
- am bassador t > Lon
were named in the
S'l.ine ot them were
confidential report
..iT.ba.-M'dors to Wash
:i . nd Paris.
. are what are r^pre
letter by Anthony Eden.
• i>>rc.gn secretary, a
• Poh.-h general >taii. a
:.e Polish cimr.ercial at
■xv n on .. chat with Ani
:u ur.tdy.
.od German source saict
_e collet ti< n "thr«»w> a
-:ing light on the part
a . can policy played in
..t the present war.
documents were accom
.hotogrtphic reproduc
• c alleged originals.
ie papers was labeled a
i report by Count Jtrz-j
l.shamba^sador in Wa-h
at Bullitt hoped that dar
• .ling two years Germany
,o in conflict with Rus
jiving the western po\\ -
.'unity to get ready.
, ff. ports to President
• -id the State Department
. - >tudied with attention
Hi u report—to the Polish
•i >ter—read.
• spoke with the greatest
. e and strong hatred of
nd Chancellor Hitler this
• ui. : said. "He opined that
• applied at the close ot
n the tuture put an end
i . d expansion. f<»
how he viewed thi~
he replied that the
O France and Britain
.n tie:; endously in order
. German power.
cue-tu.n whether the
, would participate m
• he (Bullitt) replied:
?,"c»!v ve<. but only after
and France bestirred them
r t' 'l*ht attitude in the
States, he said, was so ad
. ;»-£-• and Hitlcri.wri that
there is a psychosis
. • -:cans similar to that be
A-: erica's declaration of war
!iy ill 191".
Communist Is
Cited For
ten tempt
• Mar ch 29.—(AP) —
i fi'.'-fti fl that .i.-itlic
Pittsburgh (.i>mniuni<t
• • b d for contempt <•! the
i i i >i.-.ii 1 to answer (|U(.s
■ I>:«»:•: CO?: i llit
.■ Doi-Cil dC
..>i ; t a committee
: . l Monday n-gardrd the
p' ' '-n responsible lor
• <•! a c>! imuni-t party
- the name "Franl:I.n D.
' • "rib ;! v ith th« t name
i . I>'.l en's po. sion
il po r. v. :«s served upon
c • investigator.
■ ■ said tliat in view
iui and ci< liberate refusal"
• '> answer specified que;
jmnir.tee had been de
iciportant information.
>i that the speake: of the
r the matter to the led
' < t attorney here :-o that
y I.- proceeded u&ain.-.i."
to law.
■ u Dies of the committee
. un-American activities
.-ub poena Issued lor Dr.
Biumberg of Baltimore.
>t tlie co.r.niunist p.aiy oi
i and the District of Colum
.aimberg tailed to appeal
vYeiles Returns to U. 5. With "No Comment!"
|
I'p.cu rsecetary t • State S m rer Welles [ ■ greeted by a bevy of Mews-hun
gry re::<>rt:'r.- as he arrives :t Xcv. York from a l'act-linding tour <>r Euro
pean eapit Mr. We!!e- v. uiirng to discos ::ny subject bui two that
are durest a> tiu herrt <>! ; !; n;d repoiters: Just what's what »n Kumpc
end how Mr. We!!'lee Is a'a-ut the third term question. Said tight-lipped
?.Ir. Welle-: "Xo Comment"; He immediately left h»r Washington.
South Complains Gl
Livestock Freight
Conference With
Welles Scheduled
At White House
Washington. March *2?).—(AP)
—President Roosevelt scheduled
another conference today with
Sumner Welles and Secretary
Hull to discuss European con
ditions as Welles found them on
a vis5t to the Italian. German.
French and British capitals.
The White House indicated
tliat the rigid rule of secrecy an
nounced during the Roe-evelt
Welles-lIi'.U meeting yesterday
still *»vsuld apply unless .Mr.
Roosevelt consented to discuss
the eon ver jettons at r. press con
ference late t.)da.v.
No Clue In
£ CHiif jf'i Vvitj3;i 3 t a t C
College Students Ask
ed lo Aid in Search
Icr Sex Fiend
Much "J.—
i \''; I ! • i;a tiffinite clue t'>
f.ht.- '\\-ii.;i<i i;d!er <>| :t 17-year-old
i,f iiiu.tii c-w- ti. invc {■•■,;»j{»r.-> today
appealed to l'ctm>y!v:n-i;i State Col
1«* G.OUU vtiicicnt^ to report im
r.«•<«!;.t«-!y any suspicious persons"
find i>. pocialiy "not to :;hieid any
one."
[{■ loor. ran ramjiant. suddenly
ti instorm'f^ thi n ij:;!iy e;i!in com
!:.unitv ::.!u ;i center of ex
C'lit'U:: !it, iy t 13 -■ \Vi:!;lir Leit
z.t ; <xf!n> cr: "then". nn» a single
worthy r!:ic lo the identity of the
slayer vet.?
Stale and i orough police joined
iri the hunt for v.-'lii-1 they described
ti.-' a Irnd who ci minally at
tacked Ilac;.1! Ha'chinson Taylor.
1 .-'.'tiii : •'< !• r death, and dun pe '
tl-e l>; tt' red hody in t.>_- driveway
ol a consolidated ,-cmooI ihree mile
<i>; ide town.
:U preventative- of some 50 frater
nities on the eoil'-^e campus were
fir t to be called into the quickly
made up investigation headquarters
to hear L< ■ t/ell's pica that they re
/< i: suspicious per.-ons.
t'Onaihsh
TOR NORTH CAROLINA
Mostly cloudy with fog to
::isrht. probably lirrht mists in
portion: Saturday partly
cioad.v. scattered thundershow
«•••* Jn mrnitiins. Not much
ihaiigc in temperature.
Public Service Agen
cies Declare Develop
ment of Livestock In
dustry Being Retard
eel by Freight Charges,
Washington, March 29.—(AP)—
| Southern public service agencies de
ck'red today development of a live
stock industry in their states was
being retarded by a system of '"ex
cessive, unjust and unreasonable"
railroad freight rates.
In a coniDlaint filed with the In
tcrsta'e Commerce Commission,
agencies of ei£ht southern states
I charged 400 railroads with violations
i of the interstate commerce act.
They urged an order requiring a
; sc hedul° of "just and reasonable live
1 stock rates to, from and witiiin the
i S-ufth."
Complainants worn the Alabama,
H'loric! Gr*nryi;i. Mi- i• <i{-•,>i. N«-r!h
; Carolina, So«.:th Carolina. fine' Vir
ginia < regulatory bodies.
The southern stag's pboMi- 1 •• ••
■ ICC later to suspend a livestock
rale rsvision whieh cnaer- expcct
j e i to put into effect April 2M.
.v>u turners l::iV" conktuied that
mo. t of the rate reductions inrhaled
m the revisions v<rr' from points
fii moved I>it!:"* or no Ii•
• Yhey raid tho sehedulc. W"iiM in
ia" "runi (an-- of limajor
shipping point •.
AI ion icys ."-aid :i first iirarmj; be
fore ;>11 ox.'inriicr or coo-mis. !o:»#»r
oi' the ICC [" obablv vvoiil I he Id
in IV'a.v. They said it probably would
require a year or more to di po. e of
Hie ca.-e.
£>y Mclotorr
Moscow, March 2D.- (AP)—Pre
mier Fi.:<i;,r. Commi . ar Molotoff
' tcniglil d'.' iKed before ^ i«.-t 1,'u:—
sia's parl ament that "oi-r position
; is neutrality in the war" and '-the
. lieguarciing of our land."
I"i iotol'l. in a repart .
policy before the supr..• • Soviet,
chere.ed France ard Gnat Britain
with "many instance " o! hostility
but said "the hopes of thr> British
! and French rulers to n o the Soviet
Un'nn in v/ai against Germany have
I hcc* frustrated."
"The policy pursued v :r» Soviet
Unicn" he said obviously not pal
atable to the British and French,
whose nerves are not in p.>0d order."
Molotoi'f asserted tin t '•during the
! past five months there have been
' many instances of Franco-British
hostility toward the Sovj->* Union."
| The Russian legislature began a
ses.-ii n to ratily *!>• peace treaty
•.Continued on Page Four)
I Smaller Fundi
!
Release of Latest Typs
} American Warplanes
to Allies Brings
'
Chance of Reduced
Appropriation by Con
gress.
| V/a-hington. March 2!» — (AIM —
K< le ase of tin* mo.-1 advanced tvp
o! American warplanes lt» llie allies
gave Congressmen u talking point
today in advocating a reduction in
i the big aircraft defense program.
The fact that both army and navy
espoused the decision to give France
and Britain the right-of-way in
i aviation purchases was seized upon
by some lawmakers as proof that ne
cessity no longer existed for speedy
construction of a huge American air
; ; rmada.
Senator Clark, Democrat, Missouri,
j said he thought the two ngnting
services had "stated thernsclve
clear out of court" on the subject of
large immediate expenditures.
Barring a change of policy, he add
ed. he and others would demand ap
propriation reductions to cover only
the number of nlanes which experts
estimate would be delivered by
July 1, 1941.
The army's original $300,000,000
program was to expand the air corp
to 5.500 planes by 1941. but General
George C. Marshall, chief of staff,
-aid yesterday the objective might
j be reduced to 3.500 because allied
buying would obviate the immedi
! -tie need for accumulating reserves
[ He looked for a possible saving of
' .$27,000,000 for the next year.
j Germans Claim
Sea Victory
Berlin, March 2D.—(AP)—The
high command said today that one
patrol boat was sunk and hits were
! scored on six large merchant ships
in an air attack yesterday on a Brit
j ish convoy.
The German communique said
••German fighting planes in the
j evening hours of March 2.': tarler
j severe- I weather conditions suc
cessfully .''Hacked a British convoy
in the Shctlands region.
"The convoy was dispersed Si."
! large merchant ships were hit and
• one ship caught fire. The pa'rol
i boat sank. All participating planes
! returned safely."
j
Voles of Two Senators
Ma}' Decide Proposal
to Recuire Senate
Ratification.
\V:v hin!{ton. March 29.—(Ai') —
The Senate's decision on a proposal
' to requir** S-nate ratification <>' trade
■ini'nts may hinge on the vote < f
two uncommitted Democrats—l>>na
K-v of Oiuo and Schwartz of V:join
ing.
The many unofficial polls on the
i:>.;ue*- ■«-ri11ic-ri ior a vote at 1 p. m.
:;;>:ii'lieled in "evrral instances but
ri! shewed that the question would
If*-' c'r eidr-J by a narrow margin.
Generally it was expected that
Schwartz and Dona hoy would not
reveal their positions until they cast
their votes.
The ratification proposal, sponsor
ed by Senator Pittman, Democrat,
Nevada, would require that ail future
agreement-; under the reciprocal
trade law be approved by a two
thirds Senate majority.
Sponsors rnd opponents ratifi
cation were making half-hourl}
checks on their strength but all con
ceded thai it was impossible to fore
' cast accurately.
On the Senate floor. Senator
Adams. Drmocrat. Colorado, attacked
; the trade program as an unconstitu
tional delegation of authoritv to the
President.
FACE NEW DIPLOMATIC STRAIN
I Jriii I'l-Iiui^ian relation:, :xverity strained by on tea i.n ol the British
J blockade to £!;«-* Pacific, were made more difficult today by Ilnti.-ii un
iiour.ciincnt iJ.:st tv.o I.'u. sian mcrchrnt .';hip>, hold in Hon/; IV: ; < n . u
n 01 ci'i iyir." cop'.i'ai.and, lu.d i os n li•:t: ;1 o\?r I • «'•» French t■ >r in
.;pcc.ion. JiUssian Am! ;i; ndor to London Ivan Mai. ky (rifihl) lias pro
test: d vainly lor a month to R. S. Duller (loft) British par'iamoniary mi
lder, cerotary ior foreign affairs, ogaim t detention of one of the sbilip.-:.
I
Raleigh Young
Man P ound Dead !
In His Apartmentj
Raleigh. March 29.—(AI1)—Max
i F. Fisher, 32. a technician in the
j state laboratory of hygiene, was
I round dead last night in his gas
filled apartment here. C'cvnor Roy
M. Banks said death resulted either
from a heart attack or gas.
Survivors include the lather, S.
| M. Fisher of Lake Landing, three
I brothers and four sisters.
Thirty Die
In Tornado
fnnil Louisiana Set
! ilen:cni Shuck B y
Wsndsiorni About 11
G'Clock This Morning
| ;i". i • ■
I ( AT>- The I.ight «■ n-!
1 r\»wer Co.. r'Trived r'!<"rl loday
i thr>t ;> the ntnll
j-f-liInuen! «>f PiTrrparl. :n mile-:
■ dis'l'inl. I'.'Uc'l about 'i jv i "i:.
j A. !. How;!!'', c-'inp-my «i!!I,
[ -aid I!••• v «'• ■■vvi r-'I'-ifT.' tJi:i' I! " !'.r
* nado r tr:»*•!-: fi'vcit !1 ft. Ml., and ('<•
j ••»>«»I• f' '■)<■ C"5'! "•!"»' 1 lil.-Ul.V home'"
' in 1!i^ inh-ibited by fish'T
I l!i« 'l :■ P'l tJMIinrl'S Tji^ report :• irI
: ! J s:»i "• t I" !; I per oil. were ! i I!«-r?"
! ;md . i i:iv hurt.
iJ'iftnrs and nnr os : p'-d t*» the 11 -
lii|{c ftom here ;md from iJonaldson
ville, and ambulances wtij sent I rum
neighboring towns.
Tie nopulalion of Picrrepart is
i about GOO.
Sheriff IS'Y.in II. reported
ho had b"on informed between S'.l
and i0 were killed.
The sheriff said all his deputies
, and "practically all the resident-; of
, Napoleonville"' had ru. hed to aid.
USHA Loans
i
Washington, March 29.—(AP)—
"'resident ttoo>:evelt today approved
"!! 13,D04.?Hi(i of U. S. Housing Author
ity loan contracts for 18 slum clear
ing and low-rent housing projects
fight tales and Puerto Rico.
Nathan Stn us. administrator of
!u . S H. A., said today's action
reunhi the total of approved USHA
can? to 3634 953.126 for 165 local
■oi'sing authorities and reduced the
JSHA fund for further loans to
•1-.1
The anprovrd !">nns included Kin^
itn, N. C.. 8972.000 lor two low-rent
p*OJCC^Cn
Failure of War To
Flare into Spring
Burst of Activity Be
lieved to Have Reduc
ed R o o s e v e i t's
Chances of Running.
Bv W. B. KAGSDALE
Washington, March 2!) —(AP)—
Failure of the European war to flare
into an early spring, burst of acti
vity has had a depressing effect on
the third term drive.
In spite of the pledging of Maine
delegates for President Roo:;evelt
and a show of enthusiasm in olhcr
sections of the country, New Deal
ers are beginning to wonder wheth
er Mr. Roosevelt will get into the
race.
Apparently Farley has not been
the only official who was convinced
that the President would run only
if the foreign .situation was in .
critical . ta?;e at 1 hf* time onven
'ioil: «»held. Not .since !f> 1 f> hav«
utci national affairs played -nitron'
•| part i*1 si:.-i!i!li;: tiiO otlllil.III til'
Ai: •••! ican political pic'ure.
The hope:- of some third term pro
mutt rs w°> t (iovn w'u n lie Fin
nish pe;ce was irncl. Tlvy cl.lv"
ti'l laiilur v.-l '<p !hr> warfare aiotv
1 lie Mar^inot-SeiglVied lint* maintain
rrl it > |:ilcuiate.
f't rliaps this mainlen:>neo «»f th
talus (loo in the W'<iI ! Ivd pine'
!o do with pu liinri Fail-y in'n tie
I!c has not said hf- v/oiil'l
< l>:-i i> Mr. I'ofi f■ \-r■ 11 f-ir a third
t( i in. There are certain condition
that \v;>i.-Id pro!>al.>lv have 1*» exist
to conipel hi support. I!" fe* I
I hat I he p.uly ha:; more 11 • ■ • 11 "11"
m'ui ii I of national lender h'p.
m /*i 3 II' T I • 11 J®
lo Curb Working Wives
I'.Y KOfiFK W. fiUiSON.
< opvriglil 1910, I'ubli.ijicrs
Financial Ituro;» t;.
Babson Park, Klu., Mai eh Sj. -The
big#- l u eurch j';b ever undertaken
by any nation in any age begins en
Monday when ihe i'JV) census starts.
Each decade t!»i- va.-t no.-ecounting
project get.-, bigger, the blanks longer,
the questions m»re persona!. How
ever. a. long a - people want to turn
i to Ir.c'i Sam for help when they are
; :n trouble they iust eapeel to iur
niih th<' information which the gov
| eminent needs in order intelligently
to provide .such help.
Notwithstanding ail the hullabaioo
about "your income", most anxiously
awaited reply will be to the question,
I "Are you employed'."'. I fear the na
! tion will be shocked when the an
j fiwcis to this queiy are added, tabu
j latcd, published. However, it will be
; impossible to compare this figure
with any previous totals. Our nation
; al ideas on unemployment have
I changed drastically in the past ten
' years. We went "unemploymont
I con.-ciou>" during the 30':;. Ten years
I ;igo a jobless family of four was con
! tent to consider that one person—
! usually tiir lather—w s unemplevod
o^ lwim.lj v. oula revert
Contraband
Inspection
To Be Made
I
Allied Relations With
Russia Given Fresh
Prominence As Two
Vessels, Intercepted
in Far East, Are
Transferred.
Condon. M;irch 23.—(AP)—Great
Britain throw allied relations with
Soviet Russia into fresh prominence
today by announcing that she was
turning over to French authorities
two Russian freighters which were
intercepted in the Far East enroute
to Vladivostok, one of them from
the United States, on suspicion of
carrying contraband.
Officially, the1 two merchantmen
are to be taken from Hong Kong
"for administrative reason-" authori
ties asserting the French navy is
boiler able to continue contraband
examination because of "more oases
in the Pacific."
Cut the development, coming at a
time when allied naval men gave
close attention to reports that some
20 German freighters were prepar
ing to try te dash from the Nether
lands East Indies to Vladivostok with
cargoes meant for Germany, was set
u/rninst this background:
1.—Russian ambassador Ivan
Maisky only this week has been dis
cussing the detention of the freight
ers in Hongkong with British au
thorities.
2.—The British are turning over
the vessels to her ally whose rela
(Continued on Page Four>
Turks Agree
On War Plan
Plans Perfected With
British and French in
Case War Comes to
the Balkans.
Ankara, March 29.—(AP)—Turk
ish military quarters declared today
'hnt a full afireeniLMit bad been
cached with French and British
army, navy ;:nd airforce chiefs on
»lans for tri-power cooperation in
o comes to the Balkans or
\'e?o* Kasl.
officer : i r 1!;e three countries
were said to h.ive drafted minute
olans for d• 1 phases of military acti
ity at thei> recent ni°:'.ng and to
vive }jpre°d iurther *-'rentithen
r.( the T'riti h-French armies in
he K'.'r Ki t.
At the same time all French and
P.riti h cnv»ys Iho Balkans pre
pared to rcPnn to iheir canitaN for
■•onf.-irnc" : on the rMuntinn in sonth
■a:tern Kim-ojv ;-nd the N'ejir ha: t.
[t \«/*i; r''j)'n ted thai in ca~e of
•.vai ;ili Miy and Russia in the
i>iithca I t! • '!'• i |i British-French
forces wool'! tiil;e immediately ;it
r'-; • i:>i. oil li< Ids.
there are lour out of work.
millions of Working Wives.
During the la.-t dccade, bu.sine.,.;
iui.s Lien unable io absorb the trek
of womoii in to industry and find new
jobs for l!:e di.-placed male.,. It is es
timated thai there are three to lour
m.hion i.:.jrricd women holding jobs.
Of course, in many eases these wives
are the sole support of their own
lamiiy. of their «ged parents, or of
::o;ne other family. My hat is of I to
any wife \.Mh guts enough to sup
port the family if hej* husband c.rn
not or u iii not do . o. But many peo
ple bei.eve something must be done
about tho. e eases where both hus
band and wife are holding down
good jobs.
Under norm..! conditions I would
lee I that nothing need be done legis
latively about the problem of work
ing wives and husbands. Today's
conditions, however, are not normal,
ihere are millions of men out of
work, the government is supporting
upwards of twenty million people,
icuerai expenses have soared to an
al;-t:me peak. At least one-quarter
l!:i- r.i ney goes directly lor relief
and another 2i per cent for recovery
(Continued on Page Three)