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Imtitemm Hatly Uispairfj ONLY DAIIA' NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA TH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 17, 1940 mnWMI"'"s FIVE CENTS COPY 1 f _ Jg NVENTION ii n TONIGHT / noye Is New Jap Premier; I In European War Moves; S. Warships Leave Hawaii I i Jer Said preparing Peace Offer K iiuye Is Advocate Totalitarian Sys U. S. Warships f icved Enroute to • Patrol" British and }■ rich Islands. • ; I lie \>>itn iatod Press) in tin* Client • d.y -ar: ;d an ominous K a >poan conflict—as new premier t<> carry • f<>:t\un expansion and Si ■ warships were belicv _ • ward the Far East. itions arose. too. in • i- authorized nazis said s-'ate^. following its cx > . •! keeping world trade .-hoitld "condemn" the < .. tie against Germany t Adol: Hitler is pre -t chance" otter to Bri .ai)ly a "surrender or v. d" ultimatum — were i wi'h tiie scheduled de Italy'- foreign minister • for Berlin. •• . due in Berlin Friday. ■ u • confer with Hitler re — ible "terms" to be of • . Britain. .' nese foreign office on ; i'. tain has ngreed to close Road—China's main life - applies—and also shut :!i-w of arms traffic into the British colony of •.'.■ever, ha- ;n-i-ted she • u:'»• '•]> the t'iesht against These amputations. • H;!ohito sum • ci K r.oye to the im i on I'a^C T-*i-.'o> Film Figures Are Named As Communists . Tex.. July 17.—(AP)— n . <t the I>ics coinmit ... vm, un-American acti t i: ii.-t today naming .. H.ci' i•:«».-1 prominent i!i connection with t party. vly ij'i percent of those • . n i-ruber- of the party ' ' . :ii hed money and the committee was fi ' - ion. • ■ported to embrace • ' . directors, pro : tci\s. '.'•■eh of Portland. Ore.. 1 '• d activity in the film •n il group in Holly i-d on Page Eight.) Japan's Duce ^ ^ wr .WtRMRsV Prince Konoye Prince Fumimaro Konoye. former [ Japanese premier, has been com manded by Emperor Hirohito to fo'm ! a new cabine*. following the resig ! nation yesterday of Premier Admiral Yonai. The new government is e.\ I peeted to be more anti-American | and anti-British than was t!r; Yonai government. Prince Konove is an advocate of a totalitarian 'jnc-partv system. I Nazis Are Confident Nation Awaits Hitler's Command to Strike Against England; Look To New Order. Berlin. July IT.—(AP)—Complete confidence in nazi ability to crush England was reflected today in the calmnes. with which the German people awaited a decisive test of ' trenglh which they believe may I come at any minute. The authoritative commentary Uienst aus Dei itsch land. which only yesterday reported everything was in readiness for an attack on Eng land. deelarcd the nation was await ing Adolf Hitler's command to strike (Continued on {Jfiee Five' ! Sale of Yankees To Be Completed New York. July 17.—(AP) — II. Garrison Silleck, Jr.. one of the executors of the Jacob Kup pert estate, today confirmed the New York Yankees will be sold to a syndicate headed by James A. Farley for .S4.0ft0.0ft0. but add ed it would be possibly two months before the sale is com pleted. lie said SI.500.000 would be in cash and the rest would ' be represented by a mortgage. Military | Government For Japan National Policy to be Formulated by Pre mier and Minister for War, Navy and For-j eign Affairs, New Premier Says. Tokyo. (Thursday) July 17.—(AP) : —Prince Konove. premier designate, todny described his plans lor a vir- I tually niiiitary government lor Japan. J in which the national policy will he, . formulated by the premier and by I I the ministers of war. navy and for-j I eign affairs. Japanese expansionists meanwhile pressed for positive action toward the oriental empire of France and the Netherlands. Despite the shift in government policy which may be expected under Konoye. exponent of a fascistie one party system for Japan, observers i foresaw no immediate radical change in relations with the United States. I Foreign relations generally are ex ' pccted to pivot around Japanese: , moves toward the South Seas—now | the paramount field of expected ac j tion. Japs Demand Apology Three Thousand Japa nese Residents ol Shanghai Approve De mand At Mass Meet ing. Shanghai. July 17.—(AP)—'Three thousand .Japanese residents approv-j , ed a resolution at a mass meetingl tonight urging Japanese military an- l thorities here t<> "demand the disarm ing of United States Marines unless ' the Marines express their sincerity" by apologizing lor treatment of Japa nese gendarmes July 7. Japanese Major General Mimiia : ! complained the Marines roughly handled 14 Japanese plain clothes of I ficers. Colonel Dewitt Peek, commanding the United States Marines in thei Shanghai defense area, denied that the Japanese were roughly handled. A spokesman ol' the Japanese em-' bassy expressed disapproval of mes i sages sent by a hundred prominent [American residents of Manila to1 j Peck and Secretary of State Hull l urging a strong stand in the incident of the gendarmes. "The Manila action is unfortunate," I the spokesman said. "We fear it will I (■Continued on Page Eight.) m] (bounties Have Lower Rate Of vocation Of Drivers* Licenses Daily Dispatch bureau, in tilt* Sir Waiter Hotel. .. IT. Tin* 27 North in which there are « had slightly bet • • natter of revoca ' i-< tiian did the !i<cl unit.- during ■ : of this year. •.ty aggregate was ii f. • i \ thousand •■•tbili'.-. while the r: :ci a mark of .*>.33 re ' . is.nd registrations. • -tat< thei'e were 2, ;.nd {8K.K"j(» regtstra 'iiintv. with 3.540 auto <'^:st( r»'d and "JO ro ot drivers' l't-t-nses, had '•i "».♦>.■» revocations per ■ 7 :tl,i»vr .»viv,'a?° '"••I '* 1.(4 J . . «> Cv Ju A the average for all counties in i the state. tions. giving a record of 5.63 revoca tions per thousand registrations. These figures were arrived at by I your Raleigh reporter by the tedious, j but thoroughly accurate, method of j taking the revocations by counties for; the fii st six months as furnished by the Division of Highway Safety and dividing the figure for each countyj by the total automobile registration for each county as furnished by the ■ Motor Vehicle Bureau. ■ The result corresponds very closely I j with a comparison of the revoca-j tions in "wet" and "dry" counties on a population basis—a comparison which your reporter made sever;:! month:- ago on the b.\sis of totai re voi it ions in 1939. Of necessity. the :S20 t- pu;«tic»n figures had to ce u» cd. Revocations per thousand regis trations, however, is admittedly a much fairer method of determining the relative standing of the ABC and the dry counties. There were nine counties having more than ten revocations per thous and registrations during the first half of 1940, and every one of them is legally dry. Of the ARC counties. Now Hanover's 8.29 per thousand was the highest revocation figure. When the total revocations were published without relating them to the registration figures, Guilford, Mecklenburg and other large coun ties naturally Miuwed up with the highest totals: but when the rate is figured out the situation is complete ly changed. un die "per thousand of registra (Continued on Page Five) Cheering "Draft Roosevelt" Appeal C. P. I'lionrpliulo Democratic natit nal comention delegates jump to their i'eel, cheering and \vn\ uij; as 'v,i.,.i iC.josevelt" sentiment crystal izes at the comention. Provident Roo cvcU's .statement, announced by Senator Barkley last night, thai he had no '"de.ire or purpose" to run again erved only to send the delegates into a prolonged and noisy demonstration which had all but a lew tate standards parading the aisles and ihe big crowd shouted over and over what had Let. me it theme: "We want Roose . eit." Tar Heels Take Prominent Part In Demonstration Chicugu, July 17.—(AP)—North Carolinians were enthusiastic after the demonstration lor President Roosevelt aJ the Democratic national convention last night. Former United States Senator and Governor Cameron Morrison of Char lotte took a prominent part in the demonstration and for a time curried one end of the large I anner which proclaimed: "North Carolina's i'fj votes for Roosevelt." Governor Hoev and St:11•"* Chair man R. Gregg Cherrv of Gustonia stood in their seats throughout the demonstration and waved to the delegates. Foreign Policy Fisrht Snarls Convention Chicago. July - «* AI * >— Final drafting of a plank mi l"»-sv |.*«»lic-v tangled tlit1 Democratic pl.i I'«n*in coilimitt<'f in rencwe ! I'Mi'iiii.-iT.y today and snarled plan? lor the (•(in vention program. Senator Alben W. liarkley of K< 11 tucky, convention chairman, s id up on leaving a committee .-'ion that agreement had been reached lo re cess this afternoon's . Hicdul<'d . es sion until 7 p. m. (c. s. t.j. The platform had been scheduled to go before the 1 p. ni. session bat the committee was so tied tin on the war plank that a final dr>!) wa- con sidered impossible of attainment un til much later in the day. Bark icy declined to ti'scuss event: in the committee hut it wa- learned that Senator Claud Pepper of Florida had started a determined fight to force inclusion in the foreign policy declaration ol a pledge for " full aid short of war" to Great Britain. As the committee met to consider the platform draft completed by a sub-committee last night and known to include a war plank satisfactory to non-interventionists. Pepper ar rived with tiie announcement: "We have no intention of surren dering unless there is substantial compliance with what we want." Earlier the Floridian. a member of the lull resolutions group, had said only that the draft contained "two obvious deficiencies." These, he declared were tailure to include an "aid short of war" pro vision and a pledge not to yieid to appeasement. U)ncdhs2A FOR NORTH C AROLINA. Mostly cloudy. thund?rshow ers over east portion ionicht and along north coast Thursday; I i, lightly warmer. Suggestions That Roosevelt be Given His Choice of a Run ning Mate Keeps Race Open Among Many Possible Candidates. Chicago, July 17.—CAP)—-Sugges ! turns that President Koosevel! be given nis choice of a running mate I . houkl he accept a draft nomination ; kept the Democratic vice presidential I race wide open today. J Word fro in a high authority that ! ihf Pre idont had indicated that ho : had no objections to either Secrc ! U;rv nf Agriculture Wnilaci or Louis | Johnson. assistant secretaiy of war, j was ; cized upon by backers of these i two men as a talking point. Some delegates clung to the belief that Secretary Hull might be the convention choice despite evidence that he was reluctant to consider the place. !<•)!( -cnl'itivc Albert Core of i Tennessee, Hull's home state, said J that on the basis of a conversation I lie had held with the cabinet mem ! her. Hull did not want his name pre j SMltld. There was renewed specrlation on Mhe possibility that Mr. Pioo-ev; It 1 might give support to Justice U'il l!:m O. Douglas of the Supreme j court. , One report was lhat Postmaster i Ceicral Farley would support Jesse I '"itiitimu-ii nn Pn»r Five) ITALIAN PLANES RAID ALEXANDRIA Alexandria. July 17.— (AP)—-One ! per on was killed and two were iri I iured last night in an Italian air at | lack on the Alexandria area. The j raid lasted about one hour. j One of the.- invading planes was I reported shot down by anti-aircraft i lire. The extent of damage was not 1 reported. I Hoey Advises Compromise On Delegate Fight j Cliioii.no. July 17.— fAP)—If south j orn sliilf-s can gel but one additional i dele gate cadi at this convention they ! ought to take it. says Governor Clyde R. Hoey. He agreed with others, however, that when the two-third- nomination rule was abrogaled four years ago j the southern state:- were led to he lies e they Would •.[<• t even more dele gates In the convention. Hoey said maybe the southerners i shouldn't he too hasty in their de j cisions. | ~ Compromise On Delegates Is Reached i Chicago, July 17.—(AP)—The south and north compromised today their differences over delegate reap portionment to future democratic i national c.»nv'entions. 'I'lli: resulted in rule.- committee approval of a ' plan oi a bunt is ol two delegates-at ; large for each 1;11<■ - going democratic | in a pre. idcnlial eiection. The plan was to he submitted to 1 1he convention for expected accept ance today. The compromise overturned a na ti'.nal committee propo al calling for only one: additional delegate. Each st;»te now ha lo ir delegates-at large. The compromise plan also provid ed that reapportionment be turned back to the national committee for further study before the Hi44 con (Continued on Page Five) Willkie Expresses Hope For Campaign On Issues Colorado Spring.-:, Col., July 17.— i I (AP;—Wendell L. U'illkie said today I he hoped the coming presidential l campaign would be "conducted sole-1 j ly on the issues" but added that "il the- opposition decides to reduce it to I la smear campaign" he and his as so-1 1 ciated would "take care of our-' I selves." Asked at his press conference how his campaign would be conducted, U'illkie responded: "I ;>m hoping that the campaign will he eondt:c!cd njr'y "r tho i.= uo. If. hmvcvcr. :."i opon. i;jnn d' -ides tr« reduce it to i ;:nr?ar carn '^jji-oy di- l ;sing wholly ex i Uancous matters irom the very fundamental and important i/sucs— ivt will do our very best to take care of ourselves. "in ail my puoiic discussions I iiave never made ;.n unkind refer cnce to any individual. I am hoping during thi.s campaign to follow the same course." Willkie predicted that Roosevelt would receive and accept a third teim nomination, and renewed hi-; declaration that i c would rather ruri ;;g;in:-t the President than any other .' )f::i'»emt. V.'.iik ■ .•aid that the Chief Exocu • the be-t representative of 'he f)r j| idr o! t'~e c ;rsin? campaign and that he wouid l:i:e .1a\'C I . o.*:t I . If.l. New Dealers Predict Acceptance Third Term Move ment Sweeps Forward as Reply to Presi dent's Message That He Has "No Wish to be a Candidate." Chicago. July 17.— (AP) —The clamor of "we want Hoosevelt now" swept a third term draft movement forward today in a boisterous reply from Democratic delegates to Presi dent Roosevelt's message that he had "no wish to he a candidate." So rapid was its sweep that direc tors of the campaign to enlist Mr. Roosevelt for another term predict ed the national convention would wrap up the nomination for him be fore tonight's session ends. What the President would do then remained to he seen. P»ut all the chief New Deal lieutenants on the scene predicted ih.it he would accept. Secretary <T Commerce Hopkins • said he had "feeling and assurance" 1 that "when the President is noini I Hated he will accept." For 2f> minutes the delegates had let loose a bedlam ol shouting and marching last night when Senator Alben \\\ 1'arkley of Kentucky men tioned the President's name dur ng his speech accepting the permanent chairmanship of the convention. And then when he finally read the message from the While House for which the delegates had been fidget ing they turned the big stadium into a all-minute clamorous tumuli. Hull Rejects Nazi Views Washington, July 17.—(A!')- Ger man eontcnlions tluit the* United States should protest againsl the British blockade of Germany on the same grounds tluil it opposed the elo.-ing of llic ISurma route to C'liin;i wire rejected today by Secretary Hull. C'omnu■ntiiig at In press confer ence mi the German reaction to his statement yesterday that tin country opposed the closing of the ISurma Road and any other world trade ar teries. .Secretary Mull said there was no parallel between this situation and the British blockade. He explained that nations at war have the right under international law to intercept commerce of bel ligerents or neutrals. In the case of a privately owned highway running through a nation not at war. Secretary Hull emphasiz ed. an entirely different rule pre vails. No Comment From Early White House Cold Shoulders Question After Question On Third Term Issue. Washington. July 17.— fAP) The While House cold shouldered ques tion after question today as to wii'ther President Roosevelt would accept renoiriin.'itjon lor a third term. E<jger tor information as to wheth er the President would take the nomination despite last night's an nouncement in Chicago, newsmen peppered Stephen Early, Mr. Roose ve|f. press secretary, with questions. "As an official close to the Presi dent." Karly ' was asked, "do you think he will bow to the will of the convention?'' • Just for the moment Pin not thinking." Karly replied. A k' d whether the President was pleased with the teccption the con ven'tov.ave hi nam':, Karly .said a previous statement that there was "no news" was supposed to stop re porter. on that. Senator Mc.N'ary. the Republican vice presidential nominee, said that Presiden1 Roo < elt in freeing his pledge'fd delegates to vote lor any pre identiai candidate in the ln.-mo cralic convention "has very con veniently left the front door unlock ed." "Of course that means his. nomina tion." aid Mc.N'ary. Aiies i.] V President Garner taid he .*aa no cor/.ment.
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