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~ \VFA'TY-SEVENTH YEAR l?i1IeLSatSIdVprIs1f HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1940 'x-ul'si^^ctf^^aftkrnoon FIVE CENTS COPY
Roosevelt Forces Score In Primaries
i
I
94 Votes Go
To President
Dewey Takes Com
manding Lead Over
Vandenberg In Sharp
ly Increased Republi
can Voting in Wiscon
sin.
iU. April (AP)—Presi
sevelt -tnvr.s assured of tiie
, if.nn votes of his home state,
'l ; in- wants a third term.
; • : :oiiit-a!lal campaign man
• • «>l Vice President Garner
: the tioo>eveit third term
• ye.-teiday in New York's
v fiocTton. and failed.
• ■ cii!y tour congressional dis
■re the regular orgatiiza
i.i< unees tor delegates to the
t r • n were opposed. Garner
v beaten overwhelmingly.
,i- . t formally committed, the
candidates of Tammany
• a Democratic organizations
• .v.T-ally certain to support
V -consin the voting D?nio
i < three to one tor a third
:or the President.
V.':v>:her they can back up that
t* 'he party's nominating con
tion this summer remained in
: r today, however, as returns
the state's delegate elections
ur.ttd.
Roosevelt swept the presiden
; u-y anti advisory vote from
:':ts;dent Garner but whether
o-ident would find a solid 24
i"iegation in ins ranks at Chi
• , .as questionable.
There was a possibility Garner
_ • capture some district delegates,
ar.didates were in the running
• least five of Wisconsin's ten
( „ t ssional districts.
and the sharply increased Re
tan vote which resulted in the
- E. Dewey delegate at large
taking a commanding lead over
pledged to Senator Vander
, of Michigan tempered New
! .er's elation.
Kansas City aroused cleanup
- ied by 7.500 actively cam
rig women tore tiie city's scan
:pped cty hall away from Tom
.• ^ast'; machine yesterday.
. » victory, achieved by a fusion
■ 'ion. ncient Democrats. Repub
ar.d civic leaders, was almost
<• ;ve as any the erstwhile Dem
ons; ever achieved for his
■ elected .John B. G;ige.
■< • ■ ir.wyer, as mayor by 20,
• and swept seven of their
■ "u:uiliiitinic candidates into
In Adriatic
Reported Ready To
Halt Yugoslav Steam
ers Carrying Supplies
i o Germany
•. April 3.—(AP)—Un
:iinied reports in shipping circies
'i-y ....id British warship? had en
' i'-o tho Adriatic to halt three
< E4«• 1-1\ freighters carrying baux
for Germany to Trieste, Italian
AdriaMc port.
ft was the first time since the
"break of war that British war
; - had been reported in the Ad
i if tie.
V:' German freighter Ankara i:
'MTi led t»> sail tomorrow From
' -; • > through Yukoslav territorial
- to Trieste on :> test voyage
1,1 >ee if Germany can c^tabli-jh a
' • route for shipping supplies.
German sources indicated they
• ' oanking on the hope that Brit
varships would ^tay out of the
• . tic in fear of offending Italy.
(jOswdhstii
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Cloudy tonight and Thursday,
possibly a few light showers in
west and north central portions.
Somewhat warmer tonight, and
in tht> mountains.
From German White Book Accusing U. S.
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LEGATION
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Pana Ministra Spraw Zagranioznych
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Nawiqzuj^o do raportu z 8 kwietrjia br
S/4 PoeaJLatwo komunlkuje, 4a dalaze informaoje otrzyu
tamat pobytu miniatra Hudsous w Stookholmle dwiadczq,
Aoai^gn^i oo na tutajazym tarania wi$lcezyoh aukojalw.
Wydaja ei$, fee minister Hudson wykeze
/malo zreozno£oi w przeprowadzonyoh tu rozmowaoh 1 zra
do sleble tutajaze afery goapodaroze.
Jak mnia poinformowai Jedan
C. P. Kautophote
This letter, purporting to be that of Count Jerzy Potocki, Polish ambassador to the U. S., is among
exhibits in the (iermnn white hook which seeks to pin a share of war guilt on the U. S. The letter, one
of the documents Nazis say they found in Polish archives, reports U. S. Ambassador to France William C.
Bullitt as savin? the U. S. will enter the war. Photo flashed from Berlin to New York by radio.
Senate Group Throws Flans For
Economy Further Out Of Joint
Leaf Growers To
Unite In Efforts
Washington, April 3.—(AP) —
Representatives of southern flue
cured tobacco growers agreed today
to put up a united front before mem
bers of Congress from leaf-growing
districts in urging enactment of leg
islation authorizing a farmer elec
tion on marketing control quotas ex
tending over a three-year period.
At a session preliminary to a
meeting with Congressmen, they
named J. E. Winslow of Greenville,
N. C., president of the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau Federation,
spokesman lor the group, which al
so included representatives of bank
ers. merchants and warehousemen.
J. B. Hutson, assistant agricultural
adjustment administrator who at
tended the preliminary meeting, ex
plained that under the proposed leg
islalion farmers would vote on two
propositions—whether they desired
marketing control for a one-year
period or a three-year period.
If the legislation were approved,
he said, a flue-cured quota refer
endum would be held in July on con
trol for 1941 as well as control for
1942 and 1943. "Hie flue-cured grow
ers approved quotas on their 1940
1 sales last year.
He explained it would be possible
I for farmers to approve control for
a single year. Under the present
control act the secretary of agricul
ture is authorized to call a referen
dum on a program for one year only.
Growers from the flue curnd
growing belt, including Virginia.
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia were represented at the
meeting.
Britain Will
Not Recognize
Wang Regime
i
London. April 3(AP)— British j
Far Eastern policy has undergone no
change and the British government
will continue to recognize the Chung
j king government of Generalissimo j
I Chiang Kai-Shek as the legitimate!
government of China, the house oi l
| commons was informed today.
Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs'
R. A. Butler said of British policy
i in the Far East:
! "it always has been our endeavor
to conduct our policy in the Far East
| in accordance with the principles un
derlying the nine-power treaty and
so keep step with the French and j
I American governments."
j (Under Japanese direction a new'
"central government of China" un-1
der former Premiei Wang Ching-I
I Wei was established at Nanking last'
! Saturday in opposition of Cni ing!
' Kai-Shek. Immediately Secretary of I
i State Cord-^ll Hull announced that[
! the United States would continue to
recognise the Chungking govern
, meat.)
i Luxembourg
Prepares
I Luxembourg. April 3.—(AP)—
! Residents of this capital of the 999- :
! square mile grand duchj of Luxem-'
, bourg, bounded by the borders of j
! Germany, France and Belgium, were
I furnished today with government
1 plans for abandoning their homes in
j case of emergency.
I The population of the whole state
' ii roughly 300,000.
British Claim
Air Victories
London, April 3.—(AP)—The Brit
ish royal air force headquarters in
France announced today that two
Gorman planes had hern "driven
down" and one of its own machines
slv.t down in an air battle over tiie
river sector of the western
front.
/. German plane was shot down
off Britain's northeast coast shortly
before 1 a. m., the air ministry an
nounced.
Frcvh attacks by German bombing
squadrons, striking back against the
intensified allied economic blockade,
put British sea and shore defense on
the alert.
Flood Danger
Believed Over
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 3.—(AP)
The threat of disease, dread after
math of disastrous floods, stalkeJ
weary riverside communities in east
ern Pennsylvania today as high wat
ers subsided and the first of thous
ands of refugees returned home.
The stream's recession was general
from its headquarters in New York
state south to Chesapeake Bay. At
the two hardest-hit areas, Wilkes
Barre and Sunbury, the river crest
ed two and six feet, respectively De
low high marks of the 1936 flood.
A new hazard was created in Kin
gton. across the river from here,
tvhen two 8,000-gallon gasoline
tanks were toppled by the current,
spilling gasoline over the flood wat
?r>. National guardsmen and firemen
it-ocd lv to « against the out
break of flames. Vf,
Sub-Committee Unex
pectedly Adds $25,
000,000 For Rivers
and Harbors To Civil
Functions Bill of War
Department.
Washington, April 3.—(AP)— A
Senate appropriations sub-committee
threw Congressional economy nlans
further out of joint today by unex
pectedly adding S25.000.000 for rivers
and harbors projects to an approp
riations bill for civil functions of the
War department.
Previously, the committee had
placed in the bill $45,000,000 in funds
previously rejected by the House.
Chairman Thomas, Democrat.
Oklahoma, said the 825,000,000 addi
tion was approved by a 5 to 4 vote
and virtually completed the sub-com
mittee's work on the measure before
turning it over to the full commit
tee, probably tomorrow. The sub
committee earlier in the week had
add^d $30,000,000 for flood control
work and $15,000,000 for a third set
of Panama Canal locks.
If the Senate approves today's
$25,000,000 incof.se, Thomas : ici.
funds will be made available to start
work on about 50 new rivers and
harbors project-.
The sub-eommiMoe's latest in
cren e raised the tentative I-I of
the civil functions nill t<> $70,000,
000 a hove Hie House-approved ap
propriation of $203,472,567. This com
pared with budget estimates of $220,
082,250.
The iIou>c appropriation-; onimit
tee, source of mo:.t of the session's
(Continued on page two)
io Mouse
House Labor Commit
tee Approves Amend
ments; Fight on Floor
Predicted.
Washington, April 3.—(AP)—Tiie
House labor committee gave it fin i
approval today to four Wagner act
amendments which Chairman Nor
ton said were "all that needs to be
done" to improve operation of tho
law.
By a vote of 13 to S the commit
tee sent to the House recommenda
tions to:
1.—Enlarge the three-man nation
al labor relations board to five mem
bers.
2.—Protect craft unions in collec
tive bargaining elections with indus
trial plants.
3.—Permit employers a* well as
union to ask the board for bargain
ing elections.
4.—Require the board to except
(Continued cn Page Two;
Editor And
Fined, Jailed
£i, Louis Post - Dis
patch And Two Em
ployees Found Guilty
of Contempt for Crit
icism of Circuit Court
Action.
M (/mis. April 3.—(AP)—The j
Post-Dispatch was fined $2,000 and I
two ox ecu lives of the newspaper i
were lined and given short jail sent- j
encr.x today by Circuit Jua^e1
'i homas Howe, who found them in
contempt of court for editorially J
crilici ins dismissal of an extortion !
case in his court.
The individuals were Ralph Cogh
lr-ii, editor of the editorial page, who
was fined $200 and sentenced to 20 I
H'iy . i,nd Daniel Fitzpatrick. na- |
tionally known cartoonist. S100 fine 1
and ten days in jail.
A eon tempt citation issued against I
Managing Editor I3rn Reese was dis- I
missed on the ground he had no re- i
sponsibility for the editorial com- |
ment.
Joseph Pulitzer, president of the !
Puli'zir Publishing Co.. publisher
of the Port-Di.- pitch, appeared in j
court !o answer for the company, j
Coghlan and Fitzpatrick wore im- ;
medialely taken into custody by the
sheriff.
After Judge Howe's decision. Pu
litzer i sued a statement in which he
said "the issue will '/ carried to i
the supreme coint of Missouri."
Two editorials and a cartoon,!
which were the ba«is of the cor- j
tempt charge, related to the dismis- j
sal March 4 of a $10,000 extortion
charge against State Representative i
Edward Brady.
The contempt proceeding was is- j
su^d by Circuit Attorney Franklin |
Miller at Ihe direction and request!
of Judge Rowc.
No Pay Cut
For Hill
i
American Tobacco
Co, Management An
nounces Stockholders'i
Approval of Salaries.
•Jersey f'ily. April 3.- (AP)—The j
management "f American Tobacr>j
Company informed its stockholders (
loday i' had won overwhelmingly i
in an plpHii.n to determine whether
there should be any change in the
enmuensation of its officers, inelud- ,
in// George Washington Hill, presi
dent.
Pan I Hahn. vice president, said
the company had received proxies!
cuvering "more than 60 percent" of
the voting stock and that of those
proxies 97.08 pcrccnt were against
anv change.
t,ewi-- Gilbert, the minority stock-j
holder who led a fight 1"i lower the
pay o| Hdl and other executives. «;it
in the front of the room which
housed the annual meeting. Hej
twin ted out to Hahn that he. too, had
• ei .'ired many nroxies hut the tabu
lation of his vol in " «tren*th was not j
•mmcdiat: ly made known.
|
Cotton Market
Gains Slightly
New York. April 3.—(AD—Cot- |
'on I"!iUires opened 2 lower to 1 1
higher.
Around mid-morning prices rang
ed 1 to 4 higher, May (o'd^ 10.50,
July (old) 10.25, October 9 ?'j.
Mid-day prices were 1 to 3 higher.:
Finland Unable
To Organize '40
Olympic Games
Helrinkii April 3.—(AP)—Antii
Kukkonen. minister of educational
propaganda. said today it would be j
impossible for Finland to organize
the Olymoic Games thi~ y°»r "be
cause of the abnormal situation ex
isting between the great powers."
Becomes Citizen
Tula Birell
Former Viennese actress, Tala Birell
became an American citizen in Chi
cago. Appearing in a New York
stage show, she took train to Chi
cago and flew back immediately
after taking oath of allegiance,
without missing a performance. >
States Set
Up Barriers
Erection of Tax Bar
riers Seen as Move
ment Toward Dis
union of United States
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
Washington, April —Do our 4!!
states show a tendency toward de
veloping into 48 separate countries?
Ii' they do, we shan't admit that
they've done sn. of
course. Neverthe
less Senator C.
O'Mahoney's s o -
called monopoly
committee w a s
solemnly warned
by export witness
es the other d;iy
that they do show
such ;i tendency—
in effect.
By the way. it's
quite incorrect to
F>viik Bane .U11" V'.'4I,,~
honey out j it ;) mo
nopoly investigating committee."
Its real purpose is to figure out. if
it can. what's the matter, if anything
with our national economics in gen
eral—not to deal with monopolies
in particulai.
Anyhow, it's widely agreed that
the United .States, in the main, has
■ Ken pretty pro. perous, as compar
ed with most the res1 of "he world.
And even high tariff protectionists
admit, that 11- prosperity probably,
has been largely due to the fact that
.it's been the mo t extensive single
free trade area < n eai th.
State Tax Harriers
But in recent years many slat's
have adopted policies of rr-ciin.! t .
barrier- to exclude other *-t.;i(<•*<"
goods from their variou: individual
nar' els. They don't concede that
they're protective tariffs (that would
be federally unconstitutional.) but
that's what they amount to.
There':: been . ome complaint about
it. and a little le...> of it in the last
year than previously. Still, it's
quite prevalent yet.
It's a sy:.t'm again t which a
warning has in I been sounded, be
fore the O'Mahoney committer", by
several first-rale authoriti--" -—not
ably Executive Secretary Frank
Bane of the Council of State Gov
ernments and Dr. F. Eugene Meldr-r.
Clark university eeonomi t.
Senator O'Mahoney's committee
is described as "temporary." Drs.
Bane and Melder think it ought to
be made "permanent "
They want internal tariff abol
ished.
"Mr First" Attitude
Dr. Bane goes farther than that.
To be sure, internal tariffs are hi-;
principal grievance, but he points
also to the inclination of each state
to solve its local problems at the ex
pense of all other state;. For in
stance. state No. i reasons that it
has to have help from the other 47
•tate«. Each of the other -17 claims
its share (or more than its fair
share) from ^tate No. 1.
Consequently, asserts Dr. Bane,
individual states (trying to flim
flam other state-) demand federal
legislation of a properly purely
state-wide character.
Moreover, they get it. bv a orocess
of swapping of vote- on Caoitol hill
—thus getting federal legislation on
purely intrastate jssue<.
On the opposite hand, the federal
government, trying to regulate it
npv!npnt? to the various states, un
dertakes to tell said states what to
do in connection with intra-state
management—in violation of states'
rights.
It's All Gcmm?d T*p
In this fashion. Dr. Banc's the- is
Cvi4«*i«w.ed or* Tv» oj
No Hint As
To Time Of
Blitzkrieg
Field Marshal Goer
ing Declares That All
Resources Are Mobi
lized And Hitler Will
Decide Time To "End
The War".
Berlin. April 3.—(AP) Field Mar
shal Hermann Wilhclm Goennfi.
chieftain of Germany's mighty air
force and Adolf Hitler's mimb<p one
aide, declared today that "the lueh
ii'i has mobilized all resources" for
a decisive blow "in the west" against
the British and French.
Goering gave no hint as to when
the signal lor .1 blitzkrieg would bo
given, saying only that Hitler would
dccide v/hen the time had come to
"end the war."
"Having their rear and flanks se
cure." the field marshal said, "the
German armed lorces in one firm
block are lacing Britain and France
in the west.
"It is here that the decisive blow
must be struck and for this decisive
blow the fuehrer has mobilized all
resources."
"iie speech was delivered before a
heiling audience of fledgling airmen
on tin* heels of another German
bombing sortie against the British
naval anchorage at Scapa Flow in
the Orkney islands.
The crews of a flight of Hcinkcls
which swept in upon Scapa Flow in
yesterday's dusk reported scoring hits
on a number of warships lying there.
They radioed that bombs of "the lar
gest calibre" struck some of the war
cralt and that bombs which explod
ed upon hitting the water damaged
others.
(The British insisted that no war
ships were damaged and added that
one of the raiding planes was be
lieved lo have been struck down in
the aerial combat touched off by the
attack).
1>.\B. German official news agency,
reported that warplanes had success
fully attacked merchant ships in a
British convoy in the northern part
of the North sea this noon.
Soviet Votes
Huge Sum
Defense Appropria
tion Sharply Increas
ed Over Sum Provid
ed Last Year.
Mtrc.w. April 3.— (APj -The
I;>iI defen:'- appropriation in th"
of 11Soviet Union was ap
proved unanimously Ij.v the Rir:".ian
parliament lorl.'iy as it adopted the
1940 budget.
The budget provides for defens"
appropriation of .r»7,000.(i'ifi,o(i0 rub
les. w» ll above the la I ar appro
priation.
(The iv• ijii»>:• I value of tli" r111<|r*
i :i'l ccnt . !;iii the currency is not
rpiotcrl on rct'.ul n foreign exchanges
and then lore there is no basis for
in adequate conversion.)
Rural Co-ops
Repay Loans
North Carolina Elec
trification Coopera
tives Pay Interest and
on Principal.
Washington. April 3.—C\P)--Con
gress received figures today tend
ing to indicate that rural electrifi
cation loans made to North Carolina
cooperatives were being repaid and
interest installments met.
Interest payments included: Wil
son County Electric Member hip
Corn.. $9,066: Pitt and Greene coun
ty Electric Membershin Corp.. $1.
565; .Johnson County Elect'ic Mem
bership Corp., $226: Edgecombe
Martin County Electric Membership
Corn.. SI.778.
The following payments on prin
cipal "/ere included:
Wil - n county corporation. S9.
P38: Johnson county corporation.
•58.000: Edgecombe-Martin county
oreorallvn, -.2,027.