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IHettitersmt Slaily Hispatrb ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. TENTH YEAR . •** x-ixv ± \j ujuiuiiuiy xn ^— w — — w - • LTi1fSJJSHENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 13, IMP PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. FIVE CENTS COPY IEDEH PREPARES TO DEFEND NEUTRALITY - - - " | /• * * way sShips Taken ■er By Nazi Crews I tiions In | lu-.'way Are l : iiigihened :on of Norway DNB Re ! hile No British At Landings ade; Reinforce-1 ■us Arrive. —( A P>—(tor over Norwegian r.»rbo:x occupied and German aboard the ves <. v. > agency DXB Go :M«n sources re » Gen:.an positions in e :•> strengthened by > norcements reach arge numbers" and v ■. y artillery reach to strengthen the -v.. . t. >n troops east of :: Norwegian port, . p -.-e.-siutt of the rail Sv. edish border. iv; orted that Britain away at German . the Norwegian coast ineffectively, losing - yesterday while the .> were losing only two. •>ans said the British had •>d to land anywhere in • effective British raid, rees indicated, was at „• . re liie bombers came ■ were met promptly by j u-. .. an anti-aircraft fire, j German quarters said j one English plane pene-I -arrage far enough to! ••••*.*. e bombs. « : -t eight planes in an j ' .v a.-sault on Bergen, the :-nri asserted, and later ; two additional planes • " yid ::i this action. . > reported shooting; i • v.: Oslo and another at t old >cts .New Mark At Raleigh i —(AP)— A 291 • i." here early this • o iicip-t April weath ,r{ -itice records were i .. Weatherman H. E. rpoftrd today. . y tei: t<> :>4 degrees in , • . uhT. 27 degrees ?n ' ; 22 degrees in Ashe-; ! liere feared that • s; .nr- ki the tar south uttered damage. es Reveals Red Plotting In Mexico j *'.'1. April 13.—(AP)—} Dies, Democrat, t'.flay he had informa and Germany were ■ mg on a revolution in : i t up a puppet govern duorstep ot the United investigator told news i.'»iiiinunist Russia was ■ • ' c for use in a Mexican t::e same organizations" •■'.ixned in the Spanish a'ion, the Texan de t •uted one oi' the reas committee was ques • loans of the Abraham ,..cie. an organization u■ I for the loyalists in [ 5.000 to 6.000 Ame ■eeruited by coinmun :yade and that a mili ailar strength "might ion" in Mexico. He i. he added, that com i iiirters in the United • ' pared to begin a new >: \e for a Mexican coup, ittee head said that his r eluded "elective offi -!".\ico and "<>ne or two i nators". all of whose ; ".hiield. A Flower for Justice Hughes—78 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Charles Evans Hughes receives some flowers from Helen Ch ipin, a neighbor, as the jurist started his usual morning stroll in Washington on his 78th birthday. Third T erm Decision To Await GOP Meet Third Term Move Headquarters To Open In Raleigh Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. April 13.—Unofficial, but apparently authentic, reports indicate that State headquarters of a "Loyalty to Roosevelt" cam paign will be opened here early next week, perhaps Monday. The objective will he selection at the Democratic State Conven tion in May of a delegation to the Democratic National Convention favorable, if not actually pledged, to a third term for President Roosevelt. John Folger, former State sena tor. and brother of National Com mitteeman I,on Folsrer. will be chairman, and State Senator John D. Larkins. of Jones county, sec retary of the campaign, according to information available today. Witness Say Confessions Freely Made Kaleigh, April 13.—-(AP;—-Deputy Sheriff C. I). Maynard denied today that oil ice is, u>ed any "inducement or threats" to procure alleged con fessions from Woodrcnv Cotton and his wife, Margaret, that tney killed her mother, Mrs. Mary Lee Hern don. Mr. and Mrs. Cotton, on trial for their lives m connection with the shotgun slaying last February 19, were quoted by officers as having confessed separately and then re pudiating their confessions. The defense attorneys, question ing Maynard, attempted to establish that Cotton admitted the slaying on a promise that his wife would be re leased and that Mrs. Cotton con fessed from fear for her husband. The alleged confessions were ad mitted as evidence yesterday by Su perior Court Judge Clawson. Wil liams. Maynard said that following a conference with her husband in the corridor of the Wake county jail, Mrs. Cotton wept and told deputies "I will say that 1 did it." ' When Cotton came in to confess, the deputy testified, he explained that the only reason "that Margaret ) takes it on herself" wa< that he wanted time in which to "get his easiness affairs straightened out." Usually Reliable Sources Predict Roosevelt Will Study Republican Nominee and Platform Before M.aking Statement. Washington, April !3.—(AP)— Usually reliable sources predicted today that President Roosevelt would withhold any statement re garding a third term until alter the Republican convention June 24. Two administration senators, who declined to be quoted by name, said they had heard from presidential ad visers th.it Mr. Roosevelt wanted to study the Republican nominee and platform before announcing his own intentions. These senators observed thai the Democratic convention hud been de i layed until after the Republican meeting at Philadelphia in order to | give the Democrats any strategic ad ! vantage that might bet gained by : keeping the Republicans guessing. This strategy, they added, virtually i would be destroyed if Mrj Roosevelt made any declaration before the | Republican convention." Increases In Defense Funds Seen Congress May Be Call ed Un Jt'or Possible ^3,UU0,U00 Increase in cudgels For Army and i\avy for "Criti-1 cal>; Equipment. Washington, April 13.—(AD— The .puuu i»i Europe's war brought 1 national defense to the iorelront ol Congressional problems again today | aim signs piiiiiu.'d to a possiule 000,000 ilit-1case in army and navy | budgets, which already total close to ."52,000,000,000. Prom a war department source j came intimation that as much as i $75,000,000 was urgently needed to 1 speed up production of "critical" ! equipment lor the army. Capitol lull likewise heard that an addi tion;il $18,000,000 would be sought to accelerate the navy ship-building program. The Nazi invasion of Scandanavia. i War department sources said, and | the danger oi farther spread of the war made it imperative to obtain I faster production of the so-called "critical" items of army equipment. Congress allotted approximately S262.000.000 last year to provide the army semi-automatic rifle, anti-tank guiis and kindred "critical" equip ment. Authorities said that orders for most of this equipment already had been placed but that the only way to speed up its delivery would be to put government arsenals and private manufacturers on a 24-hour production basis. This, they esti mated, would cost an additional 860,000,000 to $75,000,000. DAY'S WORK Wichita, Kas., April 13.—(AP)— j Census Enumerator Frank Green j spent neai'ly an entire day at the W. ! B. Rogers' home before he listed all ! of the family. Eighteen persons, in cluding children and grandchildren,. live in the one house. W ARD TO RUN New Bern, April 13.—D. L. (Libby) j Ward, speaker of the state house of j representatives last year, announc ed yesterday that lie will again seek the Democratic nomination as Crav en county's representative in the! general assembly, for a fourth con- j secutive term. JAMES J. JENKINS Weldon, April 13.—James Jerry i Jenkins died at his home Thursday I night following an illness of several j weeks. Funeral services were con- | ducted at Williams Funeral home | this afternoon. Surviving are his wife, one half-sister and a half- I brother. (jJsuaih&h FOR NORTH CAROLINA. » Fair, continued cold with heavy frost tonight, except not quite so cold in mountains; Sun day partly cloudy and warmer. OUTLOOK FOR TIIE WEEK. Warmer and unsettled at be ! ginning, scattered showers north ern section; another showery pe riod lattrr part of week, follow ed by cooler in northern sec I lion. I yueen or tne ^nerry Diossoms Rose Colliflowcr, Washinfrton's cherry blossom queen of 1040, strolls through her re-alm beside the Tidal Basin. Bathed in a brilliant sun. the j buds opened with a pink-stained splash of beauty, drawing visitors from 1 all over the countrv. j Nazi And Rumanian Trade Crisis Feared Stiff Demands From Germany Expected to Follow Announcement of Embargoes On Raw Materials Needed By Rumania. Bucharest. April 13.—(AP)—Fears that German-Rumanian trade rela tions are rapidly nearing a crisis were expressed hern today as Rumania suspended the loading of freight cars for the Reich, preliminary to impos ing an embargo on export of com modities needed for domestic use. The suspension of car loadings fol lowed swiftly Germany's action in banning export of a long list of ar ticles to Rumania. Loading of Danube river oil bar ges was suspended for several days, but Rumanian authorities said that high water was responsible. Official sources said that the eco-i nomie council ol the Rumanian cab-, inet was drafting .1 list of raw ma terials which would be embargoed on the ground they are needed fori interna I consumption. II was ejected generally thai this action would he followed by stiff demands from Germany— perhaps insisting that Rumania cut her trade, with tlx1 alb'- and direct her exports, almost wholly to the Reich. .Sources close to the government, however, said that any such demands' would be rejected firmly. Broughton Now Leading Candidate In Gubernatorial Race, AveriJi Says, ; With 1 lor ton And Maxwell Close Behind Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 13.—6j.\ weeks from today North Carolina Democrats will ballot on the question ol their nex! governor: and despite the fact that the current flareup in the European struggle has backed the seven can didates completely off the front pages, there is still at least a modi cum of interest in the political sit i nation—enough, at least, to permit ! something resembling a general sur vey of the situation. Before plunging into this survey it should be stated that the conclu sions and opinions expressed therein are based <>n what your Raleigh re j porter has been able to hear and I learn here and there from people | who arc usually well-informed and ! of sufficient veracity to make their views acceptable as basis for form j ing an opinion. It should also be said that there will be violent disagreement with each and every conclusion and op inion expressed: especially from par i tisans who feel that your reporte! has not dune riyht by the candidati i of said iartisctnt' '^nce. Thai is in I evitable. [ Just one more caution. There is i still plenty of time in which to turn this governor's race upside down,! and nobody is urged to bet even so; much as a slick nickel on the basis! of the present outlook. With that, here goes: If the primary were held today,: J. M. Broughton, Raleigh attorney.! would be high man; with Lieutenant Governor W. P. Horton and Commis sioner ol' Revenue Allen -J. Maxwell so close behind and so close together! that it wouid take a photo of the finish to determine who'd get into j i the second race with Broughton. j The other four candidates would j i be well behind this trio. But—and here's perhaps the really! important factor in the situation—i both Horton and Maxwell appear to be gaining rapidly on Broughton, and j gaining at a rate which if continued over the six weeks between now and i May 25 will put both of them safely • ahead of the Raleigh man. j Other indications include (1) de ! velopmcnt of considerable Gravely ! strength in rather scattered areas;: (2; a slight i"'Owning of interest, ill the Tom Cooper candidacy, which is likely to assume threat propor tions in the east, but which hasn't • iven faintly impressed thr> Piedmont jr west at this stage of the game:' (3) complete and rather unexpected Failure of the Paul Grady campaign to gather any semblance of momen tum. 1. In reaching* the above conclusions your reporter has talked to any and ; everybody he could find with any|: information or opinion about the campaign. The result has been as stated, ; i Going into some geographical de tails. it appears that the East is go ing to he split so many different ways that nobody is coming out or that section with lead enough to stand even minor reverses in then Piedmont and West. In the sunrise sector there has been discovered strength for every candidate except Arthur Simmons of Burlington, who for all practical purposes can be com pletely ignored. One very astute politician who has i had years of experience in North {Continued on Page Seven} Winter Strikes East; Heat Wav e In California (_By The Associated Press) Winter paid a belated visit to ; virtually all of the I'nited States east of the Rockies to<>>». carry ing temperatures below freezing almost to the gulf coast as a pre- ! mature heat wave brought 100 [ degree weather to the southern j Pacific slope. At least seven deaths were j charged to the wintry \Jarchack ; that spread from one to five I inches of snow from Indiana to 1 North Carolina. Farm experts feared young cot- j ton plants and fruit trees suf- ; fered extensive damage hut they j will he unahii- to determine ex- i tent of the loss for several days. I Grain crops likewise were dam- [ aged, it was feared. Meanwhile, warmer weather ; in the northwest indicated nor- j inal spring temperatures were on the way hack. British Lose Many Planes Loss Of Eleven Planes in North Acknowledg ed; Secrecy Hides Navy's Actions. London, April ]'.i.—(AP;—Britain :oday acknowledged the loss of •leven bombing planes in attempts .a dislodge German troops from Vorwegian ports and destroy Ger nan naval vessels in the war-torn 101 thorn waters. British fliers succeeded, the Brit-1 sh -<iid, in blowing up a munitions | louse at Bergen, machinc gunning j i destroyer and a motor torpedo _>oat, bombing German transport and j >upply ships, and shooting down our German fighter planes. Two' rjorc of these Nazi planes were be- | ieved to have been destroyed and jtiicrs damaged. The activities of Britain's power ul navy were clothed in secrecy, i The British announced that eight A-arplanes were lost in bomber at-! :ack> on fleeing German ships. Two liore planes were lost at sea on the 1 ,vay home, the admiralty said. With the sealing of the Baltic sea ' jy a gigantic mine field planted in J ts North sea approaches, the Brit sh and French allied navies count ed on bottling up the remaining: < Herman fleet and thus simplifying he job of cutting the lifeline be- ' ween Germany and the nazi forces 11 Norway. ' 1 Will Refuse Use Of Her Territory Airports Packed With Parked Cars To Pre vent Landings, Bomb Shelters Hastily Erect ed Throughout Nation. Stockholm. April K>. (AI *) Sweden made urgent preparations today to it' necessary in de fense of tier neutrality, while Ger in.'iii troops and war planes strength ened the Nazi hold on Norway. Along tii<- southern Swedish coast, air field., were packed with parked taxicah:. and other automobiles to prevent airplanes from landing. Throughout the country bomb shel ters hastily aje being constructed. The "man in the street," having heard Premier Hansson's broadcast warning last night of Sweden's pre carious position, apparently is re solved to back up his declaration that the country will maintain its neutral ity no matter at what sacrifice. Hanssen declared there had been no demand on Sweden for use of her territory "by any belligerent nation" but that "if such a demand should "V( r be made Sweden would have to refuse to comply with it." In Norway, meanwhile, a German force broke through Norwegian de fense between Moss, .'15 miles south of Oslo, and llolen, 10 miles closer to the capital. Since the Germans were advancing toward Oslo, they were presumed to be newly landed troops pushing up the shore of Oslo fjord to join the invaders' expedi tionary army. Advices reaching here said the German advance caught the Nor wegians by surprise and they had not time to meet it. Defense troops holding positions along the narrow l'jord had estab lished a semi-circular line about Oslo. One Of Alleged Seditionists Found Hanged Now Yuri;, April I3.—(AP)—Claus Gunther Ernecke. *if», one of 17 de fendants on trial in Brooklyn fed eral court on sedition charges, was lound hanged loday in llio collar of ;in apartment building. Ho had boon missing since yesterday when ho fail ed to appear at the trial. Judge Marcos l». Campbell order ed Krneeke' $7.a0f) bond forfeitod when he failed to appear, despite tho pleas of his lawyer that ho felt Kinecke's absence was involuntary. Tho attorney, former Magistrate Leo Mealy, told the court his client had received se veral death throats find was worried over thorn. Mealy said Krneeke had only .$1.20 "to hi:; name" when he last saw him on Thursday. Krneeke' body wa found by the superintendent o! the apartment building. Ii wa.. identified by an au tomobile drivers I icon..o and by police. Mealy aid today "I was afraid tomething like that, might happen." Die attorney aid Krneeke had soein •d Irantic when lie told him of hreats against his life. SNOW IV HALIFAX Koanoke Rapids, April 13.— (Al'l—About one-half inch of snow fell here last night, fol lowing a sleet and rain storm. The mercury dropped to 30 de grees. COM) AXII SNOW North Wilkeshoro, April 13.— (AP)—Snow fell last nieht in Ashe and Watauga counties as the mercury dropped to 20 de grees. The snow measured from one-half to one inch. British Bomb Stavanger London. April 13.—(AP)— British varplane. bombed the German-held iouthwestern Norwegian port of jtavanger today, a British announcc nent said. The announcement said it was be ieved that extensive damage was lone to a hangar and one aircraft. It added that the roar gunner of >ne British plane, although wounded, hot down an enemy fighter plane in lames.
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