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UJiue Ff RKY MEMORIAL, HENDERSON, It» iftrn&ersmt Haily Hispatrit ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFNOKi ri CAROl ix a AND VIROINia. . KNTY-SEVENTH YEAR prL°sf HENDERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 4, 1940 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY Chamberlain Sure Of Victory Dewey And Roosevelt Lead For Nomination Wisconsin VeteDebated Kepublicans Have Picked 168 of 1,000 De; c ga ies; Democrats j 168 of 1,C94. j n. Aprsi 4.—(AP)—Al-j '.V -cousin's primary ballot-: = :•. > -ly interpreted by po • >i;»v. the fact remained that: sod convention votes Thomas ; and President Roosevelt; d tarts over all other con • •• :--.oio Republican deie i ;•> bo chosen in state con • i-.y four at large in Kan • !.X in Maine. > l.«u<o delegates who will the Republican national lb'8 have been selected. v:\its have picked 134 of i . acquisition of most—and i ;:!! -of Wisconsin's 24 Re-; delegates in his race with ■ \i "hur Vandenberg gave him • pledged support. Ne .v York district attorney, „ .or. is expected to have the _ •! the large majority of New - i'2 .;n;nstructed delegates al- , •y selected. I Republican delegates who! ■vn chosen include: . _ • ;n North Carolina, eight ill . phire. twelve in Florida. I n South Carolina. 14 in Kan-! :• in Louisiana and one in' "he exception of one North1 delegate, who. managers of Robert Tr.ft of Ohio say. was j . . • him. all this group in un-i ed. Taft claims the favor oi . seven North Carolina dele Denmcrats have chosen 134 . \ - »<> far. Unless Vice-Presi • ('• .. ner obtains one or two of :<>i Wisconsin, all are either' i or favorable to the Presi- j he seeks another nomina Newspaper AcceptsDefy St. Louis Post - Dis patch "Will Not Be Gagged5' Its Publish er Declares. !."U> April 4.—(AP)— The • declared tod-ty its con • contempt of court was a to freedom of the press and '»d trie defy with the editorial ■n the newspaper "will not be - d." • editorial, signed by Publisher Pulitzer, was the newspaper's ;•> C'leuit Judge Thomas J. •ho fined the Post-Dispatch hi ye: terday. i' 'zer asserted the bill of rights the real issue in this case'" and ' ;i newspaper is to be gagged • "••rig haled into court to answer ' -nge of contempt whenever a i'4c has felt the sting of editorial ui, that means the end of the • ■ of the press to tell the people •ut the failures and evils of their • it.- That means the end of the ■« dom of the press. do not believe that American ; or the American people will • (>' -uch a revolutionary depar • from American principles. On ' -Ii of American newspapers in <1 x x x we accept this chal ' 'ge." •ntonipt citations against the noted for its fight for pro and reform—were based on ' ': -mi in editorials and a cartoon J -dgo Rowe's action in the extor ' ' 'rial of State Representative Ed d Brady and a deposed labor i!!»on boss. UJ&atfWi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. < ioudy and somewhat cooler preceded by scattered showers afternoon or early tonight. 1940's No. 1 Census Victim i Director of the Census William Austi.-. looks on as President Roose velt, in Washington, fills in questionnaire No. 1 for the sixteenth decen nial census. The President answered, without comment, the questions I which Senator Charles W. Tebey of Xcw Hampshire fought to have j eliminated from the questionnaire. —Phonephoto. Nazis Claim Heavy Damage 1 o Shipping Reynaud Must Show Strength Paris, April 4.—(AP)—Parliamen-! tary circles reported tonight that tne i radical socialist group in the cham- j ber ot deputies had decided to ask j for Premier Paul Reynaud's resigna tion unless he could show that his j government held a substantial in- i crease in support over the one-vote majority it received in its first test on March 22. While Reynaud received only a one-vote majority then, his margin was increased to 17 within two day.; as some deputies switched iheir stand. The reported radical socialist de cision was asserted by some source-: j to mean that the new government i mu.-t face another chamber of depu-J tics vote of confidence soon after the ! senate debate on April 1). Halifax Deputy Is Murdered; Suspect in Case Arrested VVeldnn. April 4.—(AP)—Deputy Sheriff Jack Whitehead reported to day he had arrested PI. L. Keeter, a watchman wanted in connection with the slaying of Deputy William Pope. 24. at a lambermill. Whitehead said he arrested Keeter at Knfield. Sheriff J. L. Riddick said that Keeter. convicted Tuesday in Hali fax county recorder's court on a minor charge, left the courtroom without paying a fine. Pope, sent out last night to ai re: t him. was shot j to death at the mill where Keeter I was a watchman. I Mother Kills 13 Children {And Herself Los Angeles, April 4.—(AP)—A mother beat her three small chil dren to death today with a_ small i hammer and then died in a naming | mattress after setting fire to her own hair. The dead, officers reported, are ; Mrs. Lolita Davis, 43: Daphne Davis, 10; Deborah Davis, 7; Marquis Davis 3. A fourth child. Chloe, 11. was beaten almost unconscious, but of ficers said she probably would re cover. Air Raids on British Convoys and Other Shipping Result in De struction or Damage of 40,000 Tons, Com munique Says. Berlin, April 4.—(AP)—About 40. 000 tons of British war and mer chant. ships were destroyed or dam aged by German air raids on Brit ish convoys or other shipping yester day afternoon, the German high com mand reported today. Its communique said: "In the west no special develop ments. "In the northern North sea and off the British east coast German fight ing planes in the afternoon of April 3 attacked British war vessels, con voys and armed merchant ships. "Despite recurring air fights with British chasers and hectic anti-air craft defense from war vessels as well as merchantmen, the German attackers succeeded in scoring def inite success. "One destroyer, one outpost boat and two merchant vessels, compos ing a otal of 17,000 tons, were seri ously damaged. "Three outpost boats and one mer chant ship of 5.000 tons were de-j si ro ved bv l ire cau.- ed by bombs. Furthermore, one outpo.;) boat andl three freighters totaling 17,000 tons were damaged. "Two German plane: made forced j landings. The crews were rescued.] One plane is missing. One British pursuit plane was shot down in an j air fight." WPA Funds Are Asked Washington, April 4.—(AP)—Col. F. C. Harrington, Woiks Projects commissioner, asked a House appro priates sub-committee today to recommend an appropriation of S935.000.000 to linance WPA for the fiscal year starting July 1. Acting Chairman Woodrum, Dem ocrat. Virginia, asserted that the only estimate the committee had before 1 it was that contained in the Presi dent's budget. He said that would give S985.0U0.000, explaining that it did not contain appropriations for the Farm Security Administration. Puerto Rican reconstruction, or funds for administrative units of the WPA. The additional amounts would bring the total relief estimates to about $1:125,CC0,0G0. Trade Pads Win Another Senate Test Senate Defeats Amendment Which Would Require Rati fication of Future Re ciprocal Trade Agree ments. Washington. April I.—(AT)—The administration's reciprocal trr»ti • pro pram survived another major Srn ate to t today when the chamber do iCeded, 44 to 33, an amendment to require Congressional approval of in line trad ©agreements. The amendment, sponsored by Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat. Wyoming, would have subjected •>cr«>onients to approval by a ma jority of both houses. 0'Mahcne> sougut to write it into pending legis lation to continue for three years the administration's power to readjust tariffs by agreement with other na tions. j The Senate last week rejected, 44 i to 41, a proposal to require ratifica tion of agreements by two-thirds of the Senate. Today's voic helped clear a way for final action on the trade legis lation. Several other amendments re mained to be disposed of, howevei, and it was problematical whether a final vote could be reached by to night. opponents of the reciprocal trade program sought to put a one-year I limit on the .system. In a series of informal conver sations, opponents decided that a one-year extension would be pre ferable to the legislation as it now is drafted. The House worked meanwhile on the war deparmtent appropriation bill. Senator Vandenberg said in a statement that German publication of reported Polish documents illus trated the need for a propaganda investigation by Congress. The Nazi "white book" linked American dip lomats to war-sponsoring activities j Cotton Market Again Higher New York, April 4.—(AP)—Cot ton futures opened unchanged to 2 higher. Lany advances of 2 to 4 points were sustained 'around noon; Maj (old) traded at 10.(57, October y.5)l, December 9.74. Half-Dozen Congressional Races In State Attracting Little Publicity At Present Daily In.sputch Dum<i>, ill the Sir Walter Mi'iH. Raleigh. April' 4.—While half a dozen gubernatorial candidates are finding it hard enough to stir up public interest and break onto the front pages of Tar Heel newspapers, half a dozen red-hot Congressional races are in progress almost com pletely ignored and unsung by the public prints. In Districts One. Two, Five. Seven and Ten incumbents Lindsay War ren. John Kerr, Lon Foiger, Bayard Clark and Bon Dough ton can si l back and enjoy this line spring weather, with nothing more serious than Re publication opposition in November to worry about—and that's nothing to lose weight over in North Caro lina. But in the other six districts it's very ditl'erent and the half dozen' sitting Congressmen must more than occasionally worry about the fact they are more or less tied down in Washington while their opposition has the run of the land and can do all the handshaking and baby-kiss ing without competition. In practically every one of these contests the present job holder ap pears to have the inside track, though more than one is regarded as more or less of a toss-up: but it's a motto of good politics nev er to overlook or underestimate the opposition and so the sitting six are probably not at all comfortable. Here are a few sidelights and in dications on the various and sundry races: Third: Young Charles Abernethy. son of a former Congressman, is Nine Lives Safe in Flood Kitty rides to safety on a miniature raft after beinj* ninroone i by the flood waters of the Susquehanna Itiver in Plymouth, J'a. (Central Picsb) Landon Wants No Superman Wichita, Kans. April 4.—(AP)— All .ii. Landon. conudent that 1940 "is our y, ;u-; cautioned the nation's Republican today against seeking a; •supeiman ' For president and coun seled "we make generals from col onels who have shown outstanding ability." The 1!).'!(! Republican presidential nominee uiged that the rank and i'ile have the 1'inal word at the Phil adelphia national convention. "Our Republican convention must not be the oil' ridden kind that the • Democratic convention will be," i Landon said. "We must not permit one man or ! any group of money raisers to pick I our nominee." Sharply attacking the administra- j tion of the man who defeated him J in 1936, Landon said: "I don't view a sound social pro- i gram incompatible with a sound J lliviiv. -I pp.wiii but I do view the; uivound fi.cal imlicies of ti.e na tional admini iration as incompat- | ible wilh a durable, successful so cial policy." milking iii--* third < Hurt to boat Gi'.i na:n Baidun. while a third diiiy is Zeno P). Spenee of Golds- j l;<1.1j. />!<'.'riict!iy, u.ing the Town- ' .it..I j<!;mi at. Jiis main plank, couldn't win wficn iif was the only Barden opponent. Now he shares that plank \ m.i .->pence and there seems little reason to believe that Harden is 111; any more danger than he was two. ye- ago. Fourth: Willie Lee Lumpkin of j Fran.\im county was expected to op p«e Congrcs man Harold Cooley, uut at tiie minue £dward F/'Jril fin, also of Franklin, turned w.. to! dc 11.e lormal Cooley competition. Gnli.n denies there are any un um:ji \jjiltical angles to his candi dacy v. men lie says is not based on any deal or the result of any ma chinations. Si.il and all. it has not btcome quite clear how and why Grill in did get in. though there is a strong suspicion in many quarters that Grilling entry was engineered in order to keep Coolcv so busy about his own ailairs that he will not haVe either the time or tiie inclination to "put out" in behalf of Raleigh's Joseph .Melville Eroughton, -listed among the top-flight contenders for the governorship. So Jar there has been almost no open interest or loud talk about the race and on the tasis 01 the old say ing "them as has. keeps", the in cumbent is a logical betting favorite. Sixth: Here, perhaps, is tne widest open race in the state. A l'our-county 1 district with one entry from each j and every county. Inasmuch as Con (.Continued on Pag*- Tlacc.) Tang Leang-Li Says Hull's Refusal T o Recognize New Gov ernment Is Based On America's "Selfish In terest in China." Nanking, April 4. —CAP>— Tang Leang-Li, so-called ambassador on special assignment «#1 the Jap"iese dominated Nanking government and regarded as spokesman for its head Wane Chine-Wei. today denounced the United States policy of non-rec ognition for Wane's regime. He declared that Secretary of State Hull's statement last week in con nection with establishment of tin Nanking government -that the Unit ed States would continue to recog nize the Chungking government ol Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek was based on America's "selfish in terest in China." Tang's statement in part asserted that Hull's declaration "with its de rogatory implications is based on misreading arid nnn pK•.-«-nr.-ilr«ol the situation in whic.'i pnbhe pro nouncemenls and 'wlemn pin;n> both leadeis of Japan and Pre id-%i;: Wang Ching-Wei are ignored in ot ter disregard of all tents of inter national courtesy and good will." Tang also suggested an "open door" policy in tiie LiuUd Slate.. t»v.ard L lunrse. asking if ike l.n'-d Mat... would "abandon he r 01 -ei u.nii >loiy policy again, t Chine" who v.'i. ii t<j enter her dominions". Many Bids Made On Road Projects Jtaleigh, April 4.- (AP) An un usually large number <»l bids. 1711. were submitted today on 17 road budding projects. Total cost was estimated to be about SI.441,000. The commission will meet tomor row to consider award ol eon tracts. Low bidders and projects included: Perquimans county, grading 4.11 miles of county road between trie Chowan county line and Hertford, F. J. McGuire of Washington. $40, i!6. Wayne county, grading, structures and surfacing of 6.83 miles of route 53 near White Lake, roadway, F. J, McGuire, S74.633.88. structures, F. J. McGuire, 810,674.25. GERMAN PLANE SHOT DOWN BY BRITISH AS SECOND IS GROUNDED London, April 4.—(AP)—A Brit ish plane on patrol over the North sea encountered six German Junk ers planes, the air ministry an nounced today, and shot dewn one of them. The British plane returned with part of its controls shot away. Two officers were slightly wounded. The account of the battle said another German plane was damag ed so badly that it landed in Nor way. where the crew was interned. (An Oslo dispatch said a Ger man plane, which appeared to have heen damaged in a battle. landed pt Stavanger and was burned by the crew). Says Hitler War's Start Prime Minister Says Britain Building Up Her Strength, While Germany Is Close To Liriiic oi Her Strength A} it! 4. - < AI *) — Prime Mini !. • ' 'imiberliin declared today I !,.• v.• i. tis:i«*. as Confident" of • ctory isu'. a lie va when tin- Will' iK-caii:■■■• Aci..lt Hitler "missed the bus" I'.v tailing to use the arms . .:[»( I I'll it\ ('•' I'lliMiy had :il tilC stili t. Tin- iii'in i' minister addressed his - > a1i\ e parly eoiineil proudly today ;:lti baking up .'lis govern ment tn kuil it into a tighter organi /alio-i aad 'o put ciii''l responsibility i i«ir war .-uitegy mi the shoulders of Winston i I urchill, energetic lirst ; joi\i oi' il.e admiralty. Cl.amht i lain also announced that a svirU't . < ssi*»ii of tiie liouse of com mons would lie arranged for next Thursday i". debate the government's economic warfare policies. Britain still is building up her .{length. Chamberlain declared, wh.le Germany is close to the limits of i . i- sin nglli. Chamberlain hinted at impending new measures to make the allies' blockade .»!' Germany escape proof. "You c-.tii take it from me." he said, j '.I.;11 oii«- by one leaks and loopholes ! are being slopped and that as the war goes on that strangling effect will nioic and more drain the life— i blood of our enemy." On the other hand, the prime min j isler dcciared, there is no shortage of lood in Britain. He said consideration for neutrals had hampered the allies' blockade .but wan.i'd that "it cannot be "X 1 pceted Hi:-1 we should allow Ger niany indefinitely to profit by our : ei upulousiiiss and to draw ;iid and comfort Ironi neutrals who are not tree agents and who know in their hearts, whatever they may say, that four victory spells freedom for them whereas our defeat would doom them to slavery/ Kind's I nde Is Named As Canada Governor-General | London. April 4.—CAP)—The Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen Mother Mary and a former gover nor-general of the Union of South Africa, last night was appointed governor-general of Canada to sne ered the late I,old Tweed; nuiir. I The tall, soldierly earl, who will i be fj'i on April 14, is expected to i leave fi r Canada in two or three weeks, aee"ejr»:inied by his countess. Princess Alic. a granddaughter of Q'jef n Victoria. A Buckingham palace announce ment :aid that King George VI was "graciously pleased" to approve the appointment of hi:, uncle, a football enthusiast and big game hunter and veteran of military service in India and in t'ne \v,< r and world wars. The ci-rl ae'ioallv was appoint"d th»* (>tt >• a po t onee before, in 1fii ( jic} I "fore tb" world war i i».!:e out. • I,-n war rune, however, 1) e appointment was canceled to enable him t > erve in the army. Another Red Is Defiant Communist Cited for Contempt on Refusal To Answer Dies Com mittee Questions. Wo-hmelon. April 4.--'AP>—Th" Dies cor. jrit 1» " met dr fiance today from ?>n< th'-r communist party lead ( r. Phil'p FivirikTHd, of Boston, ;ind voted to cite him for contempt in an uproarious session from which Frankfc'Irj —ild he was ejected by Capitol police. The Boston communist, executive ceerets-ry of the. communist party in New England, refused to answer a circle committee question unless he wa<-- ci-.en permission to read a re.flution. which he said 10.000 <^1 '"zr-ns of Massachusetts had adopted in the Boston arena last Sunday. "I will not answer a single ques *:on until v-u listen to the voice of 'he Ar"er'can oeoole." he shouted. i 'v>an ry^-. Democrat, of the investigation group, refused (Continued on Page Three}
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