North Carolina Newspapers

Hettitersrm Bally Uispatrh ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA II year HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 29, 1940 FIVE CENTS COPY >oseveli Asks Guard Be Called een Nazi : t Down I i i tie Over h Warfare G £ ws More Intense h Announce Of iu c. i> Ihat 77 Ger ir.ai Airmen Captured in t our Days; British D : rover Admitted .y —lAi')—tight | .:r .vi .--cv <.•£'. escort . >i it >v. ii oy Hoy- j planes :n a mighty j ;:a-a.»tern harbor to- ' n:.»try reported. i ti. plane was lust, c .-.ucl. "although suv~ • were damaged i t ge::.eM. >t.y >a.u it.- tigures j • "reports so lar re • -.u .• e otticia! total; , r.. I; reported a 16th : . a bomber, was siiot ! ".a •[ England dur I ai reports had plac- j caber ot German i i .v.n in the southeast 1 ,:i which at lea.-t 1U0 ■ including 5U to tiu J . ; anticipated. 'tic v Britain grow in trie a::* with each . wa> announced of . G». ;it: .it:. en had ■ x on the Germans attacks to inland ob- ! of d>g figbts oc .y ,-eparated areas. ■ Cner -K g. Kiance. ! German nil, were j a.-.- (. opoed by : .-.-.u ti:-.- f.i 14:it and >n the Xcther a tailed. it was aiiv. ■ • "Unced the loss tnyvr Wren. 1120,' <: :'.unique said a t i.y a bomb dur ■ • i •. patroling j i ■ ' y aircraft and • : ca talties have U ring this engage 'i: d' -trovers, tho • t down tv.o enemy j Dr. Foe Is h orsed I uy.—f AP)—The Agriculture unani ! > ( 'la relict' I'<>e <>l ' th1.' !<<»t <>l sec ' v. lien Henry A. !'■ campaign for ..I The Prngrcs >!.■■! •»11.i!!y recog 'u il I'-ader. > It jr «■ -/ •jt Plans Planes ./lily 2!). (AP)—The flu c(! today that !iitiu"'' airplanes l;'■ as :t.- present bombers. • ..eh :;iu enough t'> ■ 'i and as high as a . :!••? be Hying •• teit years but • ths v . i practical, you built them the • y art-." one engineer - i•• >\v i " dieting at i :yt« n. < >r s »•». a power «• i&n<' i t<: test en iioiicpowtr. Sign of Conquest In the wake ox the triumphant right ing: forces of Adolf Hitler come these police who, in addition to mop ping-up * work, are engaged in changing street names to suit the Nazis. In the midst of shell-torn ruins, somewhere in France, a Gor man trooper is putting up a sign more to his liking. fCentral Press) Roosevelt At Norfolk For Inspection Xor'olk. Jiiiy 2!). -f.\i') Presi dent ixuuM-v I'll ^ >ected the Navy's largest cast const base and the Nor (<>1k Navy Yard today, picking up first hand inhumation on it vital por tion of tlte nation's delense system and commending the "'splendid work" he saw underwav. Disembarking Iron his yacht which hcid brought i:i::: from Washington, the {'resident stopped 11i st at the I X.i \ V .rd when $50,000,000 has i '• ;i . nt and 4.400 workers added i iiiee i;i-' September. A l.i-mile drive took him to the naval operating base, the headquar ter <•[ the fifth naval district and a major supply and operating base lor Atlantic units of ihe fleet. Bi'KXS TO DKATII Wil.-on. July -0.—(AI')—Charles Collins, a Negro, was burned to death last midnighl when lightning j et lire to a tobacco barn near the I Wil on-Xash county line. British Government Aiso Calls For Full Investigation of Death of British Newspaper man, Said to Have Been Suicide. Tokyo. July 29.—(AP)—Great ! Britain has d.manded that Japan | substantiate charge* that a British "espionage network" is operating in Japan, it was reported by unim peachable sources. The British government also has | called tor ;i full investigation of the death of Vclville James Cox. British newspaperman, who. the Japanese said, committed -uic'dc yesterday while being (|Uestioned. British autnoritic.- were said to bo unwiiling t«» accept a< conclusive evi dence a note purporting to indicate that Cox killed himself for fear of conviction of spying. The foreign office disclosed that arrest of Britons Saturday were made j by military police under the direc- j tion of prosecutors "as the first step" j against an alleged "British espionage | not"'ork covering the entire coun- , Wiilkie Asks j Democrat Vote Colorado Springs. July 29.—(AP) j —Wendell L. Willkie s.iid today that "'the only Demoe ;iis who won't vote j l< r me arc those bound by regard for parties or controlled by the corrupt ;>nd nauseating party machine that dominates some major cities." "J don't see any reason", the !?c- ; publiean presidential nominee said, "why a Democrat should not rota tor me in preference to the Presi dent." "I don't see why any Democrat who subscribes to the party plat- : form of 1932, who subscribes 1o the J historic principles of the party or ; \\ ho subscribes to the principles of Woodrow U'i! on .should not vote for me. not on the basis of personality but on the basis of what we believe ! and advocate." North Carolina Otters A i Varied Program For August Daily Dispatch Bureau, J 111 the Sir Waher Hotel. Raleigh. July L'9. -North Carolina's I entertainment pro,",mm for August is as varied ;itid colorful as a Scotch-j man's plaid. There will bo skeet shooting, horse! showing. operatic performances in the open a>r, the rounding up of wildj ponies, water carnivals, puppy shows. eheek<!- championship.-. !»rit 1^«• tour-; nanun* . a Mo/art musieai festival, j a state tonni.- championship tourney and. of course, ijuite a wide choice of business and fraternal conventions of one sort or another. Naturally. with the thermometer likely to soar into the hish nineties at a!in«'.-i any time, most of the Au gust events are scheduled for the resort sections the mountains of the west or the beaches of the east. There's a rough idea of some of the more interesting events on tap for Tar Ueelia next month: August 2 -Annual Jubilee, Blowing Rock. 2-3- -Hor.-e Show. Blowing Roc!:. 4 -Western Carolina Air Show and Races. Meyer Field. Hendersonville. 4--Bobby Jones Exhibition Golf Match. .Highlands. 5—(and every other Monday): Square Dance. Bryson City. 5_ 1 •» -Wr-tern Carolina's Florida Visitors Shut! leboard Tournament Hendersonville. 7- -' Opera Under the Skies". A: hc v:lle. i }{.]l> — Kith Annual Mountain Dance and Music Festival. Asheville. !i) Banker Pony Roundup. Cape, Lookout. 111—Water Carnival, Wrights-: villi* B» ach. 11—Kennel Club Puppy Show. Asheville. 12-17—50th Annual Men's Invita tion Goll Tournament. Asheville. 14-Hi — Southern Championship' Checker »..;u namenl and Conven-, {ion. i lende: sonville. 15-1-7—Coastal Festival. Morehead City. 17—Carolina Yacht Club Races. WrightsviHe Beach. 22-2'i—1Tobacco Festival. Wilson. 2o-_.r) Third Annual Southern Ap palachian Bridge Tournament. Ashe ville. 25—Carolina Yacht Club Iiaces. Wiight-ville Beach. 2'I-2f; — Annual Mozart Festival.' Asheville. 26-Sept. 2—N. C. Closed Tennis, Championship. Greensboro. 28-21'- Southern Nurserymen's As sociation Convention. Charlotte. 31-Sept. 2—Camping trip in the, Smokies. Carolina Mountain Club. Asheville. In addition, events for which no! definite dates have yet been an luncod. but which will be staged sometime in August include: Men's go if loui nsrnent. Blowing Rock: | I,Continued oi1 Ps-ie Five) Jap Peace Proposal is Rejected , Chiang Kai - Shek Leads Success! ul Fight Against Acceptance of Settlement Largely at ; Expense of Third Powers. Hongkong. July- 29.— fAP)—For-| Vigii 'I'.i.irtfrs do^e to llie Chungking | gi>\eminent as.-erted t«>«i::v th.it China I had rejected unondilimially recent ! ./.•■nanrsv overtures to h:ilt hostilities and conclude an all-embracing set- ! Ik ment between the two nations largely at the expense of laird pow- | ers interests in eastern Asia. Thes<« informants said the propos- | als included: 1.—Outright cession by China to] Japan ol live provinces. 2.—Recognition of Wang Ching-j Wei. Japanese-sponsored jvmpet. as | president ol a Chinese republic made ■ op of the remaining provinces and I also British Burma, French Indo- | China and Thailand (Siam) in which ' China and Japan would share econo mic opportunities. —The status of Manchoukuo • would be left in abeyance indefinite- • ly. i (Manchoukuo. carved out ol ; China's former Manchrrean pro-, vinces. is nominally indeir-ndent but j actually is entirely dominated by the occupying Japanese army.) The Jaoanese proposals. th'*se sources said, were conveyed to 'he I Indo-China representative of Clii-J nese Vice Premier H. II. King and then were transmitted to Chungking for consideration bv the highest fig ures in the govern ment and the Chi nese nationalist party. Chiang Kai-Shek himself led a Micccssful fight against the accept- j ance. Chamberlain To Hospital London. July 29..—(AP)—Former j Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain entered a hospital today to undergo | an operation. The reason for the operation on the j 71-year old lord president of the council was not made public, al though persons close to him said he expected to be away from his office only about two weeks. It was likely, however, they added, ! that he would be able to transact j business before the end of that time. ! Warren Asks Investigation Washington, July 29.—(AP) —' Charging that unnamed potato buy-' ers and contractors were violating j anti-trust laws, Representative War ren, Democrat. North Carolina, ask-! ed Attorney General Jackson today to conduct an investigation in North, Car-ilina and Virginia. \Vancn said he was "confident that tlif anti-trust laws wore being eon-j siantlv violated by price fixing and depression of the market fluting the digging season." Prices have been lorced below cost of production, he added. Rumania | To Cede Land i I Bucharest. July 2f).- (AP>— The j Rumanian government's willingness j to cede quickly a narrow border strip of Transylvania to Hungary was j indicated in official quarters today. j The government, it was said au thoritatively. will propose that Hun gary. which claims Transylvania as historic Magyar soil, content herself I j with the cities of Satu-Marc. Ojadea, ] and Arad and their environ and j agree to an exchange of population.; ( in other districts. • j This report followed a meeting be-! ( tween King Carol II and his premier and foreign minister this morning | almost as soon as they returned from visiting the Rome-Berlin axis leaders in Salzburg and Rome. ^ ________ ^ (OfucdSasih \ FOR NORTH CAROLINA. ( Generally fair and continued r warm tonight and Tuesday, Studied by Army and Navy First showing of the new PA-36 autogiro is staged at Pitcairn Field, Hatboro, Pa., for benefit of army and navy observers. Pictured soaring over a ribbon hazard, the machine can rise vertically, needs no runway. Act Of Havana' To Be Adopted Today Carolinas Death Toll From Heat Rises To Seven (By The Associated Press.) The death toil directly attri buted to the current heat wave in the Carolinas rose to seven today and the weatherman pre dicted "continued warm" as the two states continued to swelter in nearly 190-degrcc weather. A Barnwell county. South Car olina. Negro's death was attri- 1 buted to heat prostration, the ! second in that state. North Carolina previously re ported three deaths from pros trations and one drowning dur ing the eleven-day hot spell. With the mercury up to 80 at > i Kalcigh at 9:30 o'clock l>d.:y. 11. !] F. Kichlinc. government weather < observer, predicted a record s"i ( in July, IfJ.'J'J. when the tein- j perature was .09 or higher eleven ( days in succession, would be equalled today and possibly ! broken tomorrow. J Raleigh readings yesterday :' were the highest reported in the Carolinas. 102 decrees at the [' weather bureau and even hotter ' at the airport. The summer's most extensive I( heat wave held its grin on a major portion of the nation. An Associated I'rcss tabulation ' showed that 303 persons sue- '!■ ciimhcd from heat- prostrations i and 325 drownings were report- i ed. Pan - American Con ference Expected To Adopt Measure Against Transfer of European - Held Pos sessions In Occident. Havana, .July 29.—(AI')—The con erenee of Americ;»n foreign ininis ers in plenary session was expected ii adopt today without a dissent ng vote the American republics ioctrine of defense against the trans er by conquest or other means of Surope«m-!icld possessions in the vestern hemisphere to any non \merican power. Final committee action on a pro ect expected by observers to tak-' ts position in history alongside the Monroe Doctrine was completed I •al ly this morning when the peace ( rommission of the conference ap- 1 Moved the draft of the convention 1 overing the legal phase of the plan. The plan itself, embodied in a I raft resolution called the "act of Iavana." provides thai the American epublics may establish "regions of irovisional administration" in any reas now held by non-American na ions which "are in danger of bo oming the subject matter of e.: •lumge of ten itoi v or sovereignity." Such administration, which may K' put into effect by any one or any roup of the American nation- if the mergency is too great to permit (Continued on Page Five) Old Line Democrats Regret ^ "Two-Thirds Rule" Change Bv ('IIAKLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington. July Ji'.i.- As gloomy i faee as there is on Capitol Hill, vith congress getting b:• t-k to work after the Chicago r convention, is tne i visage of Senator ? Bennett C li a in |) } Clark dI' Missouri, f Nut only did the Democrats do what in: didn't want them to do, in ses sion in the Windy J City, but he was, mainly responsible for their ability to do what they did do. Senator Chirk. j Senator Clark s we)I known, is a .strenuous anti-| Cew Dealer. He- al.co was an anti-i hii-cl tenner. Furtherwore, he was ipposed to the vice presidential noin nation of Henry A. Wallace, on the1 [round that he's a Republican. Now for a glance backward into listofy. Until quite rcccnt years there pro- | ■ailed at Democratic national con-j entions what was known as the! 'two-thirds rul"." Tht i- to say,' wn-thirds or thr» deli^ntr- IvH ote for pr<vidrnt?'il and \ >•'? prrsi lential aspirant;- in order to nomi iate them. Senator Clark didn't like this rule, i He said it \v:is undemocratic -that a 11»;|jI«• majority ought to be .suffi-i cifiit In choo.se candidates, a- ;• t lie-; publican conventions. Some folk con tended that his real reason foi ob jecting to the rule was different.! Their account was that he hated it because his lather, the late Speaker Champ Clark, although he could get a majority, couldn't get two-thirds, and thei elore was prevented from. (Continued on Page Five) Canadians in i England Ottawa, Canada, July 2'.).—CAP) — Defense Minister Ralston told the house of common.- today "the front line of the war i- the island fortress of the British isles" and Canada "wil shortly have a corps; of two complete divisions and artillery troops in that front line." Outlinjmg Canada's military pro gram he expressed belie! that "it ivould not serve the common cause t thi-' time" to send more troops to it t \rr r^i^emhri rr! ?hrt t i~ at the moment no - -.or*3"p rr n&npower in England.'' he cia. "The real demand is for equipment." FDR Says Security DemandsCall Draft of Legislation Accompanying Letter to Senate Specifically Limits Training Period 1 For Guard to One Year. i Washington. .Inly •><).—<AP) — President Roosevelt, saying lie was "now convinced that the se curity of the nation" demanded it. asked Congress today to let hitn order the National Guard and the Officers Reserve Corps into "intensive training." "I cannot with clear conscience longer postpone this vitally es sential step", the President said . in a letter read to the Senate. "This group ill men. who of neces sity must lie among the first to fight in the tuition's defense, lutvo ;i right to the best preparation tluit. time and circumstances permit." lie added. ;ifter noting that "we know too well tin- tragedy that ensue- when inade quately 1 rained men are assailed by a more skillful adversary." While the President did not men tion in hi*- letter any specific period of aetivc training for the Guard, the draft ol accompanying legislation would specifically limit such train ing to one vear. The extraordinary authority which wolild bo given the President would expire June o". 15112 under terms of the dim do-eel mra ore. Service of the Guardsmen would lie limited to the western hemisphere except for posses-ion ol the United States and Ihe Philippines. Democratic Leafier Bark ley of Kentucky said the bill as submitted by the President probably would b° submitted by Chairman Sheppard, Democrat. Texas, of the military af fairs committee. Conscription Debate May Be Delayed Washington, .July 25J.—(AP)—A delay 111 congressional debate on con.enption appeared likely in vie v. ul "eoiiiijronii.se" talks Ue.»>iyned t<; avert a Ij 11 Hour light. While John L. Lewis, CIO prcsi dt-ill. ;iiid Senator Till I. Republican, Uluo. ,jui:i( it the •oppo.iiiTon to euni pul.-ory inihtiiry training, Senator Bark ley. iJeniocrat. Kentucky, tho majority li mei. ici i:«• ia\ored giv itu; membei time i«i study Uie issue. Biirliley m ull* it clear he personal ly approved ,-omi -oil oI a conscrip tion program, hut lu comment rais i (I the pos/ibilily thiit the senate might not lake up .<n Wednesday the Burke-Wad-worth bill as originally planned. In the Hon. e, influential Demo crats .said ihey wanted to "make haste lov.i'v" ui'n the manpower phase ol the deleii.c program. The Hon e military committee will rc iiinii! hearing tomorrow on the con scription legi. ialion with Secretary if War Stim-on a.s ;i witness some time this week. Abernethy Case Pending Statement Raleigh, .July 2'.).—(Al')—Attorney Of !i< r;:I iy MeMMilan withheld until at least tomorrow revealing what ii< 2-!;ij■ to do about the allega tion that f I, i! !»•> L. Abernethy, .Jr.. nf Iv w iif !■ was involved in irre gulariti' L' f'the May 25 Demo cratic |j! i;: ;ii'V. Mc?.Iui!i»n planned to reveal his course of iifil*>!i ihi.-; morning but re ceived a t< legram from Abernethy a.-ktd that he await a statement about the matt' r. Th' attorney gen eral said that he would wait until tomorrow hut that tin:'- granted Abernethy to !:!•• hi- side oi the case expired last we< k. \V. A. Lucas: ol Wilson, state elec tion board chairman, said after an h;v. ' Ration in .May that he found •. •• . .... s- ion of third cori ■ • tj- d: • ri« • • • ii'it.. ,\H baj •>t fjj-inT'd and u.-'-d. Aber i iui congres . ion:-' r nd.