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Itettiteramt Uatlg Uispatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. m^1TnAU « tjOTT To 1 (\ A A PUBLISHED KVERY AFTERNOON FTVF! CENTS COPY ! Y-SEVENTH YEAR HENDERSON. N. C.. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 19, 1940 except Sunday. UV1L Ui S> ighiing On Land In Norway Germany Suspected Of Riding 'Trojan Horses "Into Balkans To Create Internal Crises rx.iiiheastern Euro ii; Countries Wage ; tless Campaign Exterminate Pro Elements And fro-German Nation als. April Hi.—(AIM — Ger ( • ivd today m many • \ Balkans of having :• 1 torses" into the little . i." tntries. < according to these i asked on a policy ot .-:;:ids of Germans int'> Eva rope so that internal ;>e evoked, whenever n.isiht serve Germany's CI my'- aims it is a ;::to:i -tern European ; e waging a relentless e\:er;\:nate pro-Nazi . -acted of preparing the t'. er.tual German invas V u-wlavia and Rumania •cd threat by elamp • _ '• c ntrol on all foreign ■ • ( >t two countries went v fh plans to expel num u e■: tn..ents and Turkey on the alert for na •o-Xa/i leanings. British Efforts Called Stupid April ID.—(AP)—British ::ng about a split between H.'.Vt and the German people •>t stupid phase" of British t:cs. Propaganda Minister I • bt!s said tonight in a radio the eve of Hitler's 51st • i- asserted that in the unity . :< between the fuehrer and n people lies the Reich's • •' strength. • Gc an people laugh at such -aid. He added that the ' i-.-.ention that Hitlerism is :: issue of the war is coir. ci -counted by the German . ( h realizes that the exis " :e Reich is at stake in that • would mean a disastrous DEWEY ENTERS THE MARYLAND PRIMARY lis. Md.. April 19.—(AP)— K Dewey formally entered : yiand presidential prefer imarv today to seek the if> votes in the Republican : convention. IJnion Maps New Course CiO Victory In Gen eral Motors Plants brings Negotiations tor New Contract. '. April 19.— (AP)—A new collective bargaining in of the nation's lorgesl :!'■ rr manufacturer was chart y 'M the wake of a decisivt " y f»vcr an AFL industrial Wednesday's General Mot ovees elect if m. 'i Automobile Workers CIO •; elections in 4" Genera :■ 'ants, gained the right tr !'<»r more than 120,000 ol ■ration's wage earners. ';.nts. with 6.537 worker the National Labor Re el for the elections, se AFL-afliliated United An Voi kers to represent them of the two unions tndi would Dress for negotia ;ep.d the basic Genera ':act. Each union plan: ' .i general wage increase ' <<ns with pay. '•ington. .If)hn L. Lewis '■ftian. haled the selectior • ted Automobile Worker: plants as "a ♦riumpl ' i:ii unionism." FDR Buys a Poppy C. P. Phonephoto [President Roosevelt purchases a Buddy Poppy from 7-year-old Betty I Jane Van Loon, daughter of a deceased ex-service man, as the Veterans of Foreign Wars open their annual campaign for relief funds. The pop pies are made by former doughboys in government hospitals. Hull Declares He Is Not A Candidate . . Yugoslavia Plot Of Fifth Column Is Unsuccessful Belgrade. April 10.— (AP)— Discovery of a plot to overthrow the government of Premier Gra disa Cvetkovic was reported to day in quarters close to the gov ernment following an announce ment that Former Premier Milan Stoyadinovic would be interned in a mountain fastness under heavy guard. These sources indicated that success of the plot had hinged oil entry of German troops into Yugoslavia. Roosevelt To Warm Springs For Vacation Aboard IJoosevelt train enroute to Warm Springs, Ga.. April 19.—(AP) —Hopeful that Europe's war would take no new tangents to force his precipitous return to Washington President Roosevelt rode today to ward Georgia for a vacation at the Little White House ;it Warm Springs, "If another country is invaded I'll (Continued on Page Three 1 Replies to Governor Hoey's Indorsement With Statement That He Had No Political Aspirations. Washington , April 19. —(AP)— ! Secretary Hull, whose name often has figured in speculation over pos sible Democratic presidential nomi nation, declared today that he is not a candidate for the nomination. 1 The secretary told reporters em phatically that lie had no political ! aspirations. He spoke alter his attention was called to the fact that Governor Clyde It. Hoey of North Carolina yesterday indorsed him for the nomi nation. The secretary of state said that he ■ had requested persons interested in any phase of the matter not to say anything or do anything contrary to the position he had assumed, which he luid previously described ;i; "no political aspirations and in no sense a candidate." BRITISH DESTROYER DAMAGED BY BOMBS London, April 19.—(AP)—Dam j ;iging of the 1,400 ton destroyer ] Kciipse in a German bombing attack was disclosed today with the an nouncement the vessel had reached her base. New Orleans Publisher Says Huey Long Regime Aimed At Dictatorship Of United States J Washington, April 19.—(AP)— | James M. Thompson, publisher of j the New Orleans Item-Tribune, told 1 newspaper editors from all over the , country today that what happened to [ | Louisiana under the Huey Lung "dic ; I tatorship" might "just as well happen 'I in your state."' I In an address prepared tor the . American Society of Newspaper Edi i tors, Thompson asserted that a man ; j of the late Senator Long's calibi-e i j probably could have established a dictatorship in New York, Illinois or any other state "more easily than it was established in Louisiana." I Huey Long, said Thompson, was building a "dictatorship as iron clad : and air tight as those of Stalin. Hit ! ler or Mussolini" and his ultimate purpose was "to do to the United States what he had done to Louisi ana." "Had he lived," Thompson said, "Long probably would have had as much money to spend on the adven ture as either of the big national parties. Tin ounds fantastic, but it is true," Cromwell To Be Candidate For Senate Minister To Canada Announces He Will Seek Democratic Nom ination In New Jersey; Is Backed By Mayor Hague Forces. Snmerville, N. J-, April 11).—(AP) —James H. R. Cromwell, United States minuter to Canada, today formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination fori United States senator from New Jer sey, and linked himself to the eco nomic and international views of I President Roosevelt. Cromwell was in Canada as the statement of candidacy, expected since state party leaders headed by Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City 1 indorsed him several weeks ago, was! made from his home here. Identifying himself as "what is | generally referred to as a 'liberal'"; Cromwell, 43, an economist, former automobile executive, real estate pro moter and husband of Doris Duke, allied himself to the President with: "Recent years have witnessed great upheavals and radical changes in government throughout the world. President Roosevelt has demonstrat ed that our form of government is adequate to meet changing econo mic, social and world conditions and that our representative constitutional democracy will survive. I stand with him in his ceaseless endeavor to find through our democratic processes se curity and a better way of lilc for j the great masses of our people." Way Cleared For Action On Wagner Act Washington, April 19.—(AP)— The House rules committee cleared the way today for the House to take up legislation to amend the Wagner act. Procedure, which the committee approved 9 to 1, would permit thei House to consider both the set of four amendments approved by the House labor committee and the more sweep ing changes put forward by the Smith committee—the independent House group headed by Representative Smith, Democrat, Virginia, which re cently investigated the labor board. Rules committee men said this pro cedure would permit "wide open" debate on the entire question. School Policies Are Outlined High Point, April ll>.—(AP)—A ployees, the addition of a twelfth ploymees, tnc addition of a twelfth year to the school curriculum and the raising of the compulsory educa tional age limit to 16 years were ad vocated today among resolutions passed by liie State Parent-Teacher Association Congress in the final ses sion of its 21st annual convention. Dr. Clyde Erwin, state superin tendent of public instruction, urged better teaching training, adequate salaries for teachers, mental hygiene programs for parents and teachers, and expansion of vocational educa tion. Unamimous Vote Of Confidence Is Given Reynaud's Cabinet Paris, April 19.— (AP)—The Chamber of Deputies tonight gave the government of Premier Paul Rcynaud a unanimous vote of confidence. The vote, 504 to 0. came in a public session immediately after a secret debate on general gov ernmental policies and the con duct of the war. • It was the second vote of con fidence for Reynaud's cabinet, which took office March 21. It contrasted sharply with the first vote on March 22 in which there was only a one-vote ma jority. (O&aiPWi FOR NORTH CAROLINA Occasional rain this afternoon and tonight. probably ending Saturday, s ightly cooler Satur day. Norse Commander at Trondheim K«f»:... :.r: ■ 38ggS8Sfl£2.'y vj»:->xx • w. Commander Wage of the Norwegian general stafF, second from left, and members of his staff, arc shown during anti-aircraft exercises at Trondheim shortly before the Nazis captured the important seacoast city and drove through to Sweden, cutting the country in half. The Nor wegians are now engaged in & desperate fight to defend their country. Germany Reports Successes Qn Hitler's Birthday Eve Berlin, April 11).—(AP)— Steady advances in Norway by constantly reinforced Get man troops and new blows against the British navy were reported to the nation today on the eve or its celebration ol' Adoll' Hit ler's 51st birthday. Officially reported successes in cluded: At sea—three allied submarines were destroyed in the Skagerrak and Kattegat and a submarine was sunk and British warships and transports' hit in a German air attack north of German-occupied Narvik in far northern Norway. A Norwegian tor pedo boat was destroyed. On iand—positions are being con solidated in far-flung sectors in Nor way, ranging from the region near Oslo to Narvik. Jn the diplomatic field- Germany ordered the Norwegian minister to Berlin to leave the German capital today, an action tantamount to breaking off diplomatic relations with the royal Norwegian government. In the Narvik sector Germans re ported their own land forces had oc cupied the island of Flato and were tightening their hold on the iron ore railway between Narvik and the Swedish border. The high command enlarged upon an earlier report that a British cruiser had been torpedoed north of the Shetland#. Spending In Campaigns To Be Investigated Washington, April 19.—(AP)—The Senate campaign investigating com mittee today ordered an investiga tion of complaints that "excessive sums of money" were being spent in behalf of some aspirants lor the presidency. Senator Gillette, Democrat, Iowa, committee chairman, said that the complaints had been received "from apparently reliable sources." He declined to name the candi dates or the party involved but said that thus far charges affected only one party. The committee approved a motion instructing Gillette to assign investi gators to study 1110 complaints. "I have not yet acted," Gillette told reporters, "but I will act." Washington, April !!).— (AIM— Whispering; of large expenditures in recent presidential and senatorial primaries assumed sufficient volume today to cause Chairman Gillette t<> call a meeting of the Senate cam paign investigating committee. Gillette said that the committee would consider complaints that large sums of money had been spent in (Continued on Pago Three) Ships Rated As Outdated | I Senator Byrnes Will I Seek Funds To Mod-i ernize Three Dread- i naughts of Navy. I i ! Washington. April I!). -(AI')—The | I I hive dreadnaughh which the Navy i j rales im I it for sea warfare should. | he modernized. Senator Byrnes, Dum- ! j oeral, South C'aiolina, said today, be- i I lore Congress grants funds for the | cm, iruction of any more capital .ships. IJyrues said thai he intended to j I . eck $(J,'»0'i.(Hi0 to rest' ir: the fight j ing efficiency of the New York, Texas, and Arkansas. ! The present limited range of the • i guns, Admiral Harold if. Stark les-j tilied, makes the hattleships of no v.'iltie in a modern sea battle. The major batteries of the three i ships have « range of ei.nlit miles, as compared with 12 and 15 miles for more modern vessels. • J think it's a great deal more im-i I portant to modernize the ships al-j i ready at sea than it is to lay down j I more battleships that will take four' | more years to build," Byrnes said, j Convicts Respond To Chance To Attend School; Many Learn "ThreeR's" In Prison ! I Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April I £j.—One out of every three North Carolina convicts takes advantage of the chance of fered him to go to school during his term of confinement. As one outstanding result of this willingness, even eagerness, to learn, 315 illiterate prisoners have been taught to read and write within the pi.st year. Even more would have learned at least the rudiments of the '"Three R's" if the opportunity had been open to them, it is shown by figures given your reporter by J. Loy Sox, educational director of the Prison division. During the current school year, thr Sox figures show, 24 .schools v. e^e conducted in as many convict camps over the state, the Prison division working in close cooperation with the statewide WPA adult education program, which furnished 60 teach ers to instruct the 1,447 prisoners who enrolled in the schools. The "one in three" ratio stated in' paragraph one was reached on thej fact that fewer than half the camps; throughout the state had schools fori their prisoners. There are. in all, <i6 camps in the state, with approxi- J mately 9.000 inmates altogether. Inj the 34 camps having schools there; are something less than 4,500 pri-! soners, and with 1.447 enrolled, it I follows that about one in every three embraced the opportunity to improve 'Continued on Page Three) Battle Said Under Way At Namsos German Forces Rush ed to Battle Scene From Trondheim; 60,000 Nazi Soldiers Reported in Norway; Martial Law In Hol land. (By The Associated I'ress.) Tlu« land forces of Great Britain and Germany wore reported today finally to have conic to grips in Nor way, opening up a phase of combat which probably will decide the fate of Scandinavia and with n may de termine the outcome of the war. A Norwegian government official in London estimated that 2,000 Ger man troops were being flown daily to Norway: other sources estimated GO,000 German soldiers now had reached the kingdom. There were no estimates of the British soldiers. With the war swirling around the Netherlands, Prime Minister Derek Jan De Goer told his nation that mar tial law, already in effect in consid erable areas, would be extended to the whole country and proclaimed that it would resist with arms any attempt of outside powers to extend protective help to it. "We ourselves are perfectly able as well as determined to protect our neutrality," he said. The Tommies which the British* war office announced had landed in Norway and joined forces with Nor wegian troops were reported to have clashed with the German army at Namsos, on the Atlantic coast 10(1 miles north of the key city of Trond heim from which the Germans ap parently had been rushed to halt their enemy. The report said that the Germans had been repulsed. The usual military secrecy hid the size of the opposing forces. Hardy Crew Are Welcomed London, April 19.—(AP)—Winston Churchill told the survivors of the destroyer Hardy tonight that they were "the vanguard ol the armies which we and our French allies will use during the summer to purge and elean.e the soil of the Vikings, the soil ol Norway, from the filthy pol lution of Nazi tyranny." The first lord of the admiralty .'.poke at a welcome to about 100 men of the Hardy, back from Narvik where their ship was grounded in the first battle ol that far northern Norwegian port on April 10. The Hardy's crew, which landed near Narvik when the rest of the British llotilla withdrew after the combat and maintained themselves ashore despite German occupation of the port later, were rescued by other British war. hips and returned to Kngland. Netherlands Under Martial Law Decree The Hague, April 19—(AP)— Martial law was proclaimed throughout the Netherlands by Koyal decree today. The decree, effective immedi ately, came after Premier Derek Jan de Geer had announced in a broadcast to the homeland and overseas colonies that such a step was being taken to "anchor more solidly" the government's posi tion in the face of external and internal dangers. Jury Has Cotten Case Raleigh, April 19.—(AP)—Thir teen men heard Judge Clawson L. Williams instruct them for nearly four hours today, then retired to con sider the fate of Woodrow Cotten and hi.s young wife. Margaret Hern don Cotten, charged with the murd er of Mrs. Mary Lee Herndon, moth er of Mrs. Gotten. Judge Williams told the jurors they could arrive at any one of live verdicts: 1, convict Cotton and Mrs. Cotten of first degree murder; 2, convict both of second degree murd er: 3, convict either of first degree murder and acquit the other; 4, con vict either of second degree murder and acquit the other; 5, acquit both.
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