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. "<V*' |W " • IHenfoerann HaUu dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. ________ innn OA 1A4A PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON FTVF! f!F,NTS COPY X .SEVENTH YEAR l™IeL™iaSVp£?ssf HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AITElvNOON, APRIL 30, 1J40 except sundat. Another Neutral Victim of the War . ,^>rMature of the Dutch freighter Spaarndam protrudes through shallow water after coming to >.:ucwhere off the west coast of England. This photo was made from a British warship. (Central Press) Capture Of Dombas Officially Announced In Berlin Today Hitler Signs Special Order of the Day Praising German Arm ies In Norway For Feat In Saving of Trondheim. 1 —(AP)—The cap \ \»l railway janc • -• ith i>t' Trondheim. 4 German forces in . c.aily announced to t.'o: re that. German ad - :i;riher north had ef v.ci lime between Oslo and ecting on the railway; >' ren and apparently lock •;u :n gate of Trondheim. . s..v :u» further details con- : . :no capture of Dombas, J - miles south of Storen. ' ces. landed at Andalsnes ed eastward to Dombas.! bt-en defending Dombas in . ting for several days. • developments exceeded . •»: expectations of German r leaders. Hitler signed a special ord • day praising the German1 .Vii wav for their 20-dayj ■:? Trondheim from an at- j i all ed pincher movement. < i commentators said that military decision" in X vay .-truck "when the soldiers ot the north and | dramatically shook hands) : Storen." NINE HOSPITALS GET DUKE APPROPRIATION . April .'JO.—(AP)—-The • - • the Duke endowment at ^ i •<> today appropriated • nine hospitals in the ;.>>istance in the care • • during 1939. • Tci'.'ing appropriation - i B; ker Sanatorium, Lum . $5,695. WPA Projects Approved u;:. April 30.—(AP)—-Ap WPA projects calling • ':rliture of $596,473 and i :ui'«yment tor 1.013 re • - announced today by . state WPA admin included: Pitt county. • N ry and athletic field > 11.210 and 24 work ■ 'y. improve streets '.'>.715 and 40 workers. Stale Revenue Collections 10,89 Percent Ahead Apr ! 30.— (AP)—Collec d levels -welled state i(i6.006.038.88 lor the ten ' l-cal year ending to .-e of 10.81) percent over i#'i.U0 received during • : iod last year. set a record during and had accounted for ?:;l' «.r the S35,295,037.03 th»* general l'uttd in ten .-ales tax in ten months ,2l»6.14. compared •:-> 21> in the >am»\ pi-riud • ■ ij^.eaied he.id"d .!■) Horton Gaining Strength In All Sections, Averill Gleans From Many Sources Daily Dispatch Bureau, Di the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, April 30. -The guberna torial tide i.s running strongly in the direction of Lieutenant Governor W'ilkins P. Horton. it informants from every part of the state have any real knowledge of local conditions in their sections. These Horton gains, many close observers declare, are assuming pro portions sufficiently large to threat en a genuine upset of the political dopesters who have for weeks been generally agreed that J. M. Brough ton, Raleigh attorney, was in the No. 1 position to make him a certain entrant into a second primary. Most analyses of the situation as of today still place Broughton at the top or in a virtual tie with Horton, but some of the keenest of those making these observations believe that if the present trend continues, Broughton will not only finish back of the lieutenant governor but will be behind Allen J. Maxwell and the l eight ball so far as his guberna torial aspirations extend. There probably ure no absolute "neutrals" in word and deed and thought in this campaign and it is quite within the realm of possibility that Horton has done nothing more ; than secure the largest and loudest collection ol claimers. There does ! seem, however, more than deliber | ate and Horton-inspired propaganda behind the reports of the lieutenant governor's gain. The talk ot them comes from too many places and persons who are not j Horton supporters to discount the whole thing or dismiss the Horton pickup as a myth or figment of fer I tiie imaginations. One ol the significant things about the reports is that within the last few days the very first claims have been made of more than moderate Horton (Continued on Page Two) Methodists Argue Status Of Women Atlantic City. April oO.—(AP)— The question whether women should receive full ministerial rights has be come the latest issue to divide dele gates to the general conference of the Methodist church. The committee on ministry reject ed yesterday by a vote oJ 48 to 2fi petitions seeking full pastoral status tor women, but a minority member of the committee said the conference might disavow the report. The church now ordains women and allows them to administer the sacraments and perform marriages but does not permit them to become pastors. The plea 'oy five petitioners that the Methodist church revert to the strict anti-divorce rules it maintained before the uniting conference at Kansas C'ity liberalized them a year ago was rejected flatly by the com mittee on the state of the church. The committee upheld the rules which permit ministers to remarry the "innocent party" in divorces in volving '"adultery or other vicious conditions which through mental or physical cruelty or physical peril in validated the marriage vow." Congressman Charged With Selling Job Gainesville, Ga., April 3f).—(AP)— O. John Koggc, assistant United States attorney general, took over prosecution of B. Frank Whelchcl, as the government sought to prove the north Georgia Congressman sold postal jobs. Questioning William S. Elliott, president of the Hank of Canton, Ga., tlie man who directed Louisiana's graft investigations swiftly develop ed evidence which he said would show tii.it the father of a prospective rural letter carrier borrowed money to pay for his son's appointment. Elliott testified that J. H. Hol bomb, Sr., approached him in Oc tober, 1938, asking a letter of re commendation to Wlielchel in behalf of his son. Hulon Holcomb. At the time, the witness said, Holcomb told him he "understood they are offer ing money for postal jobs." Elliott related he told Holcomb such action would be in violat'on of federal law. Two months later, he testified. Holcomb again approached him in Canton and asked for a loan of SI,500. Rogge told the court the govern ment was prepared to offer evidence th;it $1,500 of this subsequently was a record for the fiscal year. The usual business barometers, the sales and gasoline levies, showed in creases in April over April a year ago, indicating that business was bet ter. April sales tax receipts were Sl, 068.134.34 compared with $926,908.52 a year ago. and gasoline receipts were $2,095,018.92 compared with $2,041, 207.41 a year ago. Each item of general fund revenue except gift taxes listed larger re ceipts this fiscal year than last for ten months and each item of high way revenue was increased. paici 10 n. vjri ciuj .jijut.i, inuicit-u jointly with Whelehel on several counts of conspiracy, and that the latter delivered this to the Congress man. Nazis Balked In Narvik Stockholm, April 30. — (AP)— i German troops in Arctic Narvik, j their artillery smashed, were report j ed today to be clinging to shore line machine gun nests under heavy i bombardment. Advices i'rom a Swedish border j station on the iron ore line from : Narvik said that the Germans had lost all their mountain artillery posi tion.- and th;-t a German battery in :i Narvik churchyard had been de stroyed by ii • KHtish guns. Britain Admits Setbacks On Land, Sea, Diplomatic Fronts GERMAN LAND FORCES MAKE CONNECTION Troops Advancing North From Cslo Es tablish Connection With Forces Driving South From Trond heim In Norwegian Campaign. Renin, April 30. -CAI'>- The Ger man high command announced today that German forces in Norway have established land connection between their main bases at Oslo and the west coast port of Trondheim. A brief communique said: "German troops advancing north from Oslo by way of Tynset and south from Trondheim met today on the railroad souhwest oT Storen. "Land connection between Oslo and Trondheim is thereby establish ed." Earlier the high command had an nounced that German troops adv anc ing toward Dombas has forced the allies to retreat all along the line. 11 the German line established be tween Oslo and Trondheim can be maintained and defended. British concentrations at Andalsnes and Namsos can be cut off from each other by land. The German army also is now in a much improved position if suffi cient troops are ai hand to strcnghtcn its forces at Trondheim for drives against British forces in the coastal j legions to the north and south. NLRB Rules Against Ford Motor Company Ord ered To Reinstate Workers and To Re cognize CIO Union. Washington, April 30.—(AP)—The labor board ruled today that the Ford Motor Company had violated the Wagner act at its St. Louis plant and ordered the company to reinstate with back pay 94 employees who par ticipated in a strike in 1937. The board also ordered the com pany to bargain upon request with CIO's United Auto Workers union as (Continued on rage Two) Would-Be Parachuter Loses Nerve Now Yuri;, April 30.—(AI')—A man who said he hoped to get ;i parachute jumping job at the New York world's fair chose the top of the 700-foot Trylon today lor a demonstration. He lost his nerve after a trial parachute with a dummy attached | landed in a pool of water: but lor more than an hour he kept police and more than 100 workmen in su spense until he was yanked back to safety and placed under arrest. He identified himself as Roy Ho>t. 36„ of Manhattan, and was booked on a charge of disorderly conduct. Lexington Man Burns To Death | Lexington, April 30.—(AP)—Dal 1 las Hunter. 60. was burned to dea%Ti j today by flames that destroyed the finishing and shipping building of the Lexington Chair company here. Manager J. O- Burk said several workmen jumped from second story windows and were unhurt. {jJmihstii FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, slightly war mer: showers in mountains to night: Wednesday cloudy, scat tered showfis in north and west. Merriman Gets Three Years In Federal Prison I Kalcigh, April 31).—(AP)—-Judge | 1. 1VJ. Miir.iii:. in federal court today sentenced Claiborne VV. Woodall : ol Johnston county to Chilicothe ! federal penitentiary lor a year and [ a day after ;i guilly plea to being a party to transporting 55 gallons of i non-tax paid win - key. I Junius Lofton and Ruffin Lofton, i both of Wayne county, were given I KJ months each for liquor violations, lidward Mvrriman of Vancc county \va>> sentenced to three years in Atlanta for violation of the national auto theft act. Slovakia Warned By Hungary Budapest, April 30.—(AP) — 1 Hungary today warned Slovakia, « i protectorate of Germany, that she j would "not hesitate to act in defense I of her national honor" if the right of the Hungarian minority in Slo vakia are not respected. The government declaration, reac by Count Islvan Csaky, said thai the present position of the Hun garian minority in Slovakia musl be quickly remedied and that Hun gary was "not at the limit of hei patience." Csaky's declaration, after assert ing that Hungary has tried its best to establish neighbor!)' relations with Slovakia, said that Hungary I wishes to play her part in consolidat I ing European tranquility, but "there I is a limit when the cup runs over." I VetoOfBarden Proposals Is Predicted i Washington, April 'iO.—(APj—-A prediction thai tlio Burden wage hour amendments would not pass the Senate even if the House approved thorn was made today by Represen tative Tarber. Democrat, Georgia, as he urged the House to defeat the I proposed changes. Moreover, Tarber forecast that if j changes in the wage-hour Jaw as I "drastic" as those proposed by Re presentative Harden should finally J be passed by both branches of Con | gress they would be vetoed. "If you adopt drastic amendments, the Senate will not consider them but even if they did, they will not be signed by the President. It would be wise to abandon attempts to pass dra. tic amendments," he said. Representative Cox, Democrat, Georgia, asked whether Tarber be lieved the Harden proposals were j "drastic." "In some respects I do," Tarber re | plied. "I will say this: if any legisla i lion that goes as far as the Barden | amendment is adopted it will be vetoed." i The amendments by Representative Barden, Democrat, ftorth Carolina, would exempt from both the wage and hour requirements of the law a .-core of occupations connected with processing of farm commodities. Holland Gets 90-Day Stay Raleigh. April 30.—(AP;—Gover nor Hooy granted a 90-day reprieve to Shcpro-e Hoilund, due to die Fri day for the murder of his stepson, Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill announced today. Gill said the reprieve was grant ed to allow completion of an investi gation by the State Bureau of Inves tigation into conditions surrounding the alleged murder for insurance of the stepson. Ray Goodman. The reprieve automatically sets Holland's new death date on August 16. Senator Simmons Dies At New Bern SENATOR F. M. SIMMONS New Burn, April 30.—(AP)—For I hut United States Senator Furnifoid M. Simmons died at the home of his j daughter. Mrs. Wade Meadows, here shortly after 3 (/clock this afternoon. ; He was Mi years old. I Senator Simmons had been criti i cally ill since Sunday. It was said of Fuanifold MeLendel Simmons by an historian of his State, ' that no other North Carolinian ever ! accomplished more for the benefit of I the country and for the advantage: | and honor of the Democratic party. I Senator Simmons was a stalwart ! in the ranks and councils of his party for more than 50 years; also, he was known as a man of strong convic tions, fii mness and determination. He had been a leader in the pro ! hibition movement in his state, con I sequently, he vigorously opposed the ! nomination of Alfred E. Smith as j Democratic candidate fur tlit_- presi-, ; dency in 1928 because of tiie hitter's I attitude toward the Eighteenth j Amendment and the Volstead Act. After the New York governor had 1 been nominated. Senator Simmons, resigned his membership on the; Democratic National Committee and : announced that he would not vote for j Smith. At the s; me time lie made it j clear that he had no intention of j j voting for Herbert Hoover, the He- ! i publican nominee. Recognition as Democratic leader • in North Carolina came to the sena tor because of tiie many political bat tles he waged in behalf and in de lense of Ins parly. With one excep (Continued on Pago Two) | , \ oun# Lawyer On Labor Board Staff : Washington. April 30.—f AI —A 27-year old lawyer tolfl I lie IJou :e J committee inve: ligating the labor i boa;d today that lie was appointed to the board's stail ol review attor- ! neys two months after his admis- I j sion to the bar. The witness, Roseoe L. Harrow, a naiiw of l.aCiange, N. t; tilled that lie was graduated from law | J school in 1038, was admitted to Ihe j 1 bar in December of the same year. , 1 In re-pon e to questions Barrow said ; : he nc.-vi r had engaged in the practice of law. I Nazis Take Storen, Key Norse City British Admiralty An nounces Loss of Two Submarines, Bringing to Seven The Total Lost In War; Trade Talks Hit Snag. London, April 30. f AI') Tin* British conceded setbacks today on the hind, sea and diplomatic fronts. Military sources said the Germans had captured Storen. railroad junc tion 30 miles south of nazi-held Trondheim, which may prove to be the key to the whole campaign in Norway. The admiralty announced that two submarines were overdue and must be regarded as lost. They are the 1095-ton Tarpon, which carried a normal crew til 53, and the (578-ton Starlet, whoso normal crew was 40. This raised Britain's loss of under sea craft to seven of the 57 with which she entered the war last Sep tember. The admiralty also disclosed the .-inking of two trawlers, but said there was no loss of life . As trade talks with Russia struck a .-nag over Russian exports to Ger many Ronald H. Cross, minister di recting the British blockade, pleaded for American "understanding" of war conditions. Cross said that rubber, tin and other materials, much from the Unit ed States, were reaching Germany through Vladivostock in such quan tities they were an "undoubtedly serious" leak in the blockade. Prime Minister Chamberlain told the house of commons "1 do not think it would be in the public .v.. I" t > make any announcement ; .s to meas ures adopted by the allies in Norway. The royal air force swung into ac tion on the Norwegian coast bombing Fornebu airport and engaging Ger man bombers in several air battles. Two nazi planes were shot down, it was reported authoritatively. While the war office kept silent, a military source said the Germans had taken Storen and described the allied position in the Dombas sector, HO miles south of Storen, as "dif ficult." HEAVY NAVAL FIRE OFF SWEDISH COAST Stockholm, April 30. fAI')—Ac counts of heavy naval firing last night off the Swedish west coast were puhli-hed in Stockholm news papers today. Reports of naval engagement:; in those waters, the sea approach to Norway Irom Germany, have come from point along the coa t on :.ev tal recent nights. Probe Alleged Use Of Flag Washing! on, April (Al't — L'ihI't <'n • l;ny ol State Welles ;nicl In .. ;sociate: pit>hcd an investiga tion today into the first ofliei;jI •liarge of the iiii-ii.-f dI the Aincii •an flag in the European war. 'I iicy wen- .striving to assemble lull nlonnation on the statement Sunday <1 ('. Ilainhro, president ol the Norwegian parliament, th.it a Nor wegian pilot had .sworn that the 'Jerman supply ship which he: pilot ed into Narvik harbor Hew ;in Ame iciin flag and had American flag; jainted on her sides to di .guise her rue nationality. Carey Calls On Business To Meet "A Great Crisis" Washington, April 30.—(APj—W. | "In the future, however, through Gib-.on Carev, Jr., president of the, °U1" activity and that of others we a> ... , ' people mu;:t sec that v/e effect cor Lnited States Chamber of -ornme.ee. | r(.cljons„ Carey ..Here arc lhojjC called on business men and other.-: ( that seem most fundamental: to meet "a great crisis" by cam-1 "Carefully but surely v/e must re pawning for an end to federal poii- duce federal expendfturps and bal cics which he said were undermin-i ance our national budget including ing American institutions. I our vast federal corps of employees. In an address prepared for the "Then we must begin paying our annua! meeting of the organization, j debts. the New York manufacturer ad- "In due course we should further van red the slogan "Build America." encourage productivity and the full He said that the notion's great use of our resources by reducing need was for sound leadership in taxes, which are a first charge on government and added that in the the standard of living of every citi py-t business men had failed in the zen because they inevitably are re fieM .if citizenship. ^lleeted in prices."
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