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I H YEAR HENDERSON. N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, -JULY 23, 1940 l',;l!l"'"V:x™n-KscNi;."KKM'',x FIVE CENTS COPY
I ilain Increases War Taxes
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II Heads Peace Commission At Havana Meet
( erence
( mittees
B in Work
I Melo of Ar
r. i i i it
Heads Neu
Commission;
L :i irdo Suarez of
V .ico Is President of
•mic Group.
>uI* — i \l*>—Tin*
v di * delegation placed
i:ir I'.ii!- \incrican chan
■ itnicivnce today a pro
• • m.:m-d ti> set lip nia
;:nmedi.itely for an ii»
u .ii: mandate over Ku
> in this hetnis
inatiiialc would Ihmoiiic
> 'ii case such possessions
■ii'ii.u ril with a change of
■ .,uif\.
) int-'d Mates project was
:u the form of a pro
i .»ii\cntioii to hind the '21
i: countries into a joint
-iii!) m tlu* various Eu
:: ii>io;it«'s in this heiltis
\ ^ paratf resolution called
• ^uhlishmcnt of a c»m
mi! to Like over any posses
• v in !> might he menaeed
:>« I'm ratification of the
trii^tieship h> the con
\ [>: ojeet for building a great
!•' 11 railway through
:ni:u jungles and nioun
• iv in -south Ameriea as a de
:it .i^'.ire w as expected to
filled to the conference
r hi tomorrow under the
•i diip ol Bolivia.
ly 23.—(AP)—Secrc
C«»rdcll Hull of the
i- t■ ic-ftf"! president
• issiun i<tdiiy a
• • < r11. •:vt"- ol the
» ■ :jlie.- plunged into
I ti e work.
tel. y arid eeono
. fcguaitl the west"
( t: kited into
-legate began
i :>w :u clashing
• fe c<»:: . >11. the
I'M J'age Three.)
Shortage Of
Labor Feared
?- ii. J : ly 23.—(AP)—Rear
,\! •:! ell. duet' ut' the
i • ■ . "' -nti' d today
• ■ »i; .hortage of
• '-M 'hi- new naval
in -et.- into full
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• ?i;i ■! committee
•• tot. Img SIH6.
dni [,i t month
•i.omo tor the whole
•ii year.
on a measure
••ik> eon true
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■ i • i>r»»rain.
Vvang Makes
New Demands
V _(AP)—"Deti
'it :i order in the
■ ■" i> ■•ii-fit ot Shang
■ • (1 today by the
IJ NY v. . mouth
\V! .Japane.;e
> tit tor f'hina.
,!i • i.n require
.• to i.f met:
•. • i :,y the Shang
governing
:..«::.iI . ettiement,
• • arrests are ord
.v. ill . iif. regime.
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fi» i fi l»v the Xan
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V'WvTil t AKOI.INA.
• iinut> tuui^hl and
wti.-ix si-;i!t*rred
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Freckle King
Johnny Rotchford
It's easy to see how Johnny Rotch
for>l, 12, of Dorchester, Mass., won
the title "Kintr of Freckledom" in
the Boston Boys' Club contest.
(Central Press)
Willkie On
Short Tour
Republican Candidate
Says "There Is No
Such Thing As The
Indispensable Man."
Cheyenne. Wyo. July 23.—Wen
dell L. Willkie, starting a two-clay
wing through northern Colorado,
Wyoming and Utah, said today "in
this country there is no such thing as
the independable man."
Willkie made his remark to a
crowd at Brighton. Col. He spoke
Irons the rear platform of a train
taking him to Cheyenne to attend a
rodeo.
The Republican presidential nom
inee asserted "I know it was a series
of circumstances" that caused him
to he nominated for president.
"I know that there are thousands
ol men qualified for any position,
public or private." he continued
"there are many, many men who are
qualified."
"In this country there is no such
thing as the indispensable man.
"The very essence of democracy is
• hat it develops the initiative and
energies of men."
British Raid
Bergen Base
London. July 23.—(AP)—British
dive bi«inbers were reported today by
the admiral to have made an attack
yesterday "ti the German seaplane
base at Bergen. during which they
sank an anti-aircraft ship though
hampered by adverse weather.
The attack on the Norwegian port
was carried out just before dawn,
the admiralty indicated, but because
of poor visibility the raiders were
unable to score hits on all of their
objectives.
Committee
Passes Bill
For Service
Compulsory Military
Training Bill To Be
Ready for Senate Ac
tion Next Week;
Requires Registration
of 42,000,000.
Washington. July 23.—(AP)—The
Senate military committee gave its
approval today to comprehensive
eompui-ory military twining calling
tor registration of 12,ii00.(i!i0 men be
tween 18 and fi! years of age.
Chairman Sheppard. Democrat.
Texas, said the committee expected
to work out al! details oi the train- i
ing legislation tomorrow and have 1
the bill ready for Senate action next
week.
War Department spokesmen saici
the system contemplated actual mili
tary training to be limited to about
1.50(1,(100 men between L'l and 30
years during the first year, selected
from a group estimated to number
; 11.500.000.
Proposals for compulsory military
I training were criticized by Senator
Vandenbcrg. Republican. Michigan,
j who said he questioned the necessity
| of peacetime conscription till the
expanding ranks of the nation's!
armed forces.
| Vandenbcrg also indicated he did |
[ not see eye to eye wtih War depart
ment proposals for mobilizing the
| National Guard's 235.000 men if con
scription is voted.
NEW EVIDENCE OF
NAZI RAIDER IN
CARIBBEAN SEA
.. I
Bridgetown. Barbadoes. British
> West Indies. July 23.—(AP)—New
evidence of German raider opera
tions in the Caribbean appeared to
day with the landing of 17 survivors
i from sunken freighters.
Forty-one other survivors reached
. Bridgetown last Saturday. The men
; said that some of the crewmen were
1 taken aboard the raider.
Absorption Of
Baltic States
Is Denounced
Washington. July 23. — (AP)—1
Sunnier Welles, acting secretary of
; State, tod;iy denounced as "deliber
i ate annihilation" the ahsori v;on ol
: three Baltic republic Ivtonia, La
tvia and Lithcunia— by Soviet Kus
I sin.
j In a formal statement given out
I at his press conference Welles de
J clared:
"The people of the United States)
! are opposed to predatory activities,
no matter whether they are carried
' on by the use ot force or by the
threat of force."' j
Although the communist parlia-j
j ments of the three small nations have
voted to seek union with Soviet Kus
sia after lied troops had moved into
their countries the acting secretary
of State said the United States would
j continue to recognize the ministers of
' the Baltic republics a: the ministers
of sovereign governments now under
; duress.
Some Hope For Relief In
Weather Forecasts As Heat
Wave Continues Unabated
(By The Associated Press)
The first heat wave of the
summer continued unabated
throughout North Carolina to
day, but the I'nited States
weather bureau's forecast offer
ed some hope for relief.
The bureau predicted partly
cloudy weather tonight and Wed
nesday and widely scattered
thundershowers Wednesday.
Yesterday saw the mercury
rise to new highs in several sec
lions. while at virtually ali points
the readipgs were equal to pre
vious !>irh mark', sti ovtr the
week-end.
Sizzling temperatures that top
pod the 100-degree mark engulf
cd at least three points. At
Koeky Mount the reading at i
p. m. yesterday was lu:>, highest
in the state, and Goldsooro.
which reported a high mark of
102 degrees Sunday, continued to
swelter. GolUshoro had a read
ins ol' 101 Monday.
Thermometers at Fayetlevilie
registered 100 early yesterday
afternoon.
Raleigh reported a high of 99.
Readings of 98 were reported
from Charlotte. Concord, Wius
toii-oalem and Henderson.
Britain Prepares Invasion Insurance
Fcasful of German troops which might somehow pain a foothold in England, Great Britain is prepared for
this eventuality. All signposts have been removed, practically every road has been blocked. This barbed
wire barrier has been set up to block rapid movements of the invader. (Central Press)
Van Nuys, Adams And Wheeler
To Vote For Roosevelt Again
Washington. July 23.— (AP)—
Tliroe Democratic senators who have
opposed third term principle—Van
Nuvs of Indiana, Adams of Colo
rado and Wheeler of Montana—said
today they nevertheless would vote
for President Roosevelt again in
November.
They disclosed their attitude in
talking with reporters. Van Nuys
adding that he was "afraid that tlu
third term issue will he an impor
tant factor with many voters."
The Indianian added that lie- did
not "approve of old line Democrat-,
like himself walking out of the party.
I think it's our function to stay in
the party and restore it to its rev
erred traditions and principles."
"I've always been a Democrat and
I believe in majority rule," Senator
Adams said, "the majority of the
people of my slate wanted Presi
dent Roosevelt and I am their rep
resentative."
No Relief From
Heat In Si^ht
(IJv The Associated 1'icss)
\<» relief from the heat in sight.
That was the weather bureau's
disappointing offering today to
a nation seorehed by a wave that
in many areas has belli sway
for a week.
Scattered showers brought
temporary respite to seine sec
tions bill with them earn- higher
humidity.
Weather conditions in central
Canada, where real relief was
expected to develop, gave lore
casters 011 basic for any opti
mistic predictions for today or
tomorrow.
Since the hot spell set in HK
persons have succumbed ii» the
heal and 152 have drowned.
Virtually all the nation cast
of the lioekics suffered from the
sizzling heat.
Bondholders
Of A. & N. C.
Cut interest
lialcigh. July -•>.—(Al')—Gover
nor llocy .sold today that private
bondholder- with S'S'iii.tino worlh of
Atliintie find North Carolina Uailroad
bonds had agreed to a reduction in
• heir l!)4(t intere.-l irom (J percent
to percent.
Tiie Stale has also agreed that in
lerest on a loan of Slnii.bni) from the
sinking fund would be 2 1-2 percent
instead of ;» percent.
The .-avings in interest together
with a reduced tax vaiiialion secur
ed fro in the State board of assess
ment will "help greatly in putting
the railroad's financial affairs on an
improved basis" the governor said.
Dealings with H. P. Edwards, who
lias leased the railroad from the
State-controlled corporation, "have
been very satisfactory", the gover
nor added. He explained that the
last quarterly report of the railroad
expert showed that Ed wards had
"done extraordinary work" in re
building the line from Goldsboro to
Morehead City.
Ribbentrep
To Meet With
Balkan Powers
I
German spokesman said today a tri—
power meeting Friday ol Balkan
statesmen and Foreign Minister von
I'ibbentrop, Germany t»> help Ku
maiiia mold relations with all her
neighbors "including Russia, in a
peaceful manner.
Premier Cligurtu and Foreign min
ister Manoileseu of Rumania plan
to leave Bucharest tomorrow, ac
companied by the German minister
; who tendered the von Ribbcutrop in
vitation lor a conference at Salzburg.
I'crlin dispatehes said the premier
and foreign minister of Bulgaria
would also attend. It was .said thai
the conference would discuss a re
ported Russian note < -.^pressing int' i -
:est in a "popular government" for
King Carol's monarchy as well a^
Rumanian-German relations.
Jenkins Sets
21 World's
Speed Marks
Bonneville Salt Flats. Utah.—(Al'j
i—Ab Jenkins braked his Morman
Meteor to a stop here today, ieaving
behind him on the deeply rutted
tracks of three saline race courses the
shattered remnants of -'1 world's
speed records.
The Salt Lake f'it.y mayor flash
ed across the finish line of his 24
hour speed grind at a. m. (m.
s. t.) l'> comphte his conquest of
all the world's laud speed record
from 50 kilometers to 3.000 miles
and from 1 hour to 24—most n| them
his own.
His average for the 24-hour grind,
during which he v.'a- ocea--Ion ally
relieved at l'"- t'-Vc!. ■v.i
faster thai' the v.- 'a"
d:ird he .ct uc ist-t year oi 157.27
_ .viiies per hour.
Offensive
Stagger System of In
creased Activity to Be
Culminated With Ac
tual Invasion.
(By 'I'hc Associated Press.)
Reports of "greatly increased
activity" in dock yards and rail
ways in (Jc-rnian-occupied Bel
gium and Holland heightened in
dications late today that the zero
hour may be near for Hitler's
Jong threatened attempt to storm
tlv I'.iilisii isles.
Neutral sources in London said
the (iermans had been massing
military supplies in the western
lowlands across the channel from
IInt'land with intensified speed
during the last seven days.
Meriin. .Inly CAP) Wide
spread raids on British harbors ;md
airports wen reported by iIn•
• mi;iIi'l today as naze declared 1 li«
war against Hiitaiu we <>n in earue. i.
"The dice are t." authorized
sources said. concluding Hint Britain
definitely Imd spurned Adoll Hit
ler's olive branch.
They accepted a- Britain's I irir>I
ausu'i "i" to 111» • fuehrer'? reicii. lag
speech tin* Briti li air raid on (»er
111;111v nnd British Foreign Secretary
Lord Ilalilax's "light on" declaration
ve.slei day.
Authorized . ourc< intimated 111;11.
as today's high coiuifiiiiid report in
(Continued on page two)
NO DAiW.UiK
London. July l''>. <A\')—Farflung
(Jcrman air raid> during the night
extending Ironi Hie Thames Estuary
on 11 if eaM to Wales on 1 iir- we.- t
and from England to Seot!:ind caused
little dan age and no fatalities, the
government announced today.
Demo Bigwigs
May Support
Willkie
New York. July 2'.',. — (AP)—A
strategy conference of three promi
nent Democrats, all of them anti
New Deal in their sentiments, today
caused their eiose friends to predict
that >hort!y they might announce
their support of Wendell L. Willkie.
the Republican presidential nominee.
The men Alfred K. Smith, the
IH2H Democratic presidential nomi
nee: John J. Raskoi) and Joueti
Sh ou.se met for dinner last nighl
and continued their conference until
• «-■</»' • midnight.
J?askoi> is a fori; *r chairman of !hr
! >'"• f-inPlilt re r>»";
' Ik i.ri ••••.•<■ at ''ii" iii"» f•"
. tiinal committee.
Income Tax
Rate Without
Precedent
Income Tax of 42 1-2
Percent to Be Deduct
ed From Wages; Brit
ish Leadership Re
frains From Notice of
Hitler's Offer.
I,<melihi. .Tuiy '1?,. (A!') (heat
Britain'.- leadership increased the na
I it hi' i 11<*« i!»t» • tu >: today 1< > ;ni un
l>ri,ci,df,iili,(! rah- <>r 1'J 1-2 {»€•!■<•«'ill to
help meet ;iii emergency war budget
equalling s I;').}{(!!!.Ill ill.I UK I.
The Sinn' leadei-hip refrained,
how* ver, ! r«>iii further official notice
of Adoll 11.t i« i' peace bid ;iikI look
every step in it- power to light to
th.- hist.
Perhaps i'.c tin»-l startling tiling
about the staggering income tax is
that it is to Pi' deducted arbitrarily
from the wage. of England's men
•ind women.
The emergency budget presented to
the house o| commons bv Chancel
lor o! the K.\che(|uer Sir Kingsley
Wood called lor other drastic taxes
and announced the government's in
tention of further restricting home
consumption of "a \%de r.ange of
gin ids."
Winston Churchill. answering
f|Uestioiis of members, said nothing
i whatsoever aboul Hitler's so-called
! "appeal to reason" made last Friday
i in his rcichstug speech.
Churchill declined to commit Bri
| tain on whether she would make re
prisal raids on Rome and Berlin if
London were bombed.
The prime minister mildly reprov
ed consei vativc Oswald Lewis for
asking that such raids be made, de
claring:
•ii the answer were in the negative
it would remove a deterrent upon the
enemy, II it were in the affirmative,
il might spur him to Increase his
oreparation- and ;>dd to the difficul
ties ol our airmen. II it were non
committal. il would not add to the
enlightenment ol Mr. Lewis.
P.lllTISII It AIDS
London, July !!:*.—(AP)— Air at
tack last night on the aircraft fac
tory at firemen and airlield at
Paderbiiru ;>nH military targets in the
Kulir. including a ynthetic oil plant,
by aircraft of the l» mbcr command
were reportefl loday by the air min
istry.
Give
Shipping Loss
London. July -fAI')--The ad
:■ iii;111 v :miioime d today 11;• t nine
I'.i iiv li in' j' M iiti 'lips totaling j,
'.Hi'.i lop i'. .i . -1! ;• (J hips totaling
.i• <iI and i.«•:11 i.'iI ships total—
nt; I I'.H v.<•('• sunk hy cnomy
action in tin ;• i t I. ended July 14.
An ;iirlli<>ri!;• ti\ •• source denied
Cjcn rin ciii;i.i i'< having Mini: "an
• 11c11:.i<>11. iiii.ii hi merchant shipping"
. ik! ;11• i Jhr- ii. /.i. had "purposely
ii id \ aj-'.U' t« i ni and mixed naval
with 'ii' n-;.!!»il'- I". (■-.
I'iij source p-called a German
foiiiiiiuiiioui ..I .J .i> 12 which he said
declared that 4..'52!t.lf Itons of
"eii"my .-liipp.nu "i -liippinj; useful
1i> the enemy' tiad heen link sine®
ih<- i/t-X ntii: ,. ol 'lie war.
Ii thi da in included Jii|ish, al
lied and nei.iial hips, it was more
'h;.n L'.U'i't.iMH; ton in excess of ac
tual I'' U <• i rcc declared, while
i! ii included only Mritish ships it
v.a. ni.ai iv jour times the true fig
ures.
Nazis Charge
U. S. Plans For
Hegemony
JJei j in. July i'.\. f AI * > —The L'nit
'•(> Slates v.a- declared hy the offi
cially inspired Dn-r.-t an.-. iJeutsch
laiifl today t'. !/'• aiming at the
Havana meeting of American fore
ign mini '(.•!> to "e tal>l; h a sort of
protectorate over the entire Ameri
can continent. <■ pccially over South
.\rI ' i ieaii co mtrie-."
So ajjpM'ij' art these efforts, ae
ro: ding t'1 the new commentary.
• i* r v,•(•;/• ,|y H-h'»R-elf deemed
r.ccc.. -ry to deny all thoughts of