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Hwtiteramt Hathj Dispatch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ^7'" V -SEVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 30, 1940 '■ul:us^/^^^7'i,!NO''x ^VE CENTS COPY Churchill Inspects England's Defenses * o -• r Winston Churchill inspects a camouflaged gun emplacement on the southeast coast of Eng a. The channel is lined with heavy guns, ready to blast at hostile aircraft and ships when Hitler's invasion starts. Final Senate Committee Action On Conscription Bill Delayed j Republican Senators, Demanding Roosevelt Make Clear His Views 011 Measure, Are Ac cused of Playing Poli tics. July 30.—(AP)—Final Burke-Wadsworth com v tr;lining bil! was de : y the Senate military , • the conclusion of a ses 1 ed a- one of the bitter •. v was said to have V Hampshire. detnanded • Roosevelt make clear the mea.- nv. Senator South Dakota and ! ai-> Republicans. : vc! Bridges in tiie de •.u heatedly. a com 'i d !.>'<". Senator 1' ci.. ; iid Sen ; ()k!;il;o!!ia. both tiie Pre- ident. ac ••iir !t- • >' trying t< v. l!] :i M-e issue. ■ ci t ! ave raged ,ti* i 1 S; m.tor .John • delay of a v»te on ; worth bill the com hca ings immediately ;!:or /.«• President train the National : • i- < >t l irer^ Reserve Siifppjird said !u ~i • • -hould take u: ■ig on tiie con Vmite Annroves i i I \ A Kxpansion .hiiv (AP)—A 'nil t< i enabl' V •!!. \ ,V:U ..vitv t«' t r power for the ■ ■ |>!-«i't.'ii was ap S' nate tod ay withoii' - >d the legislation .i'il; it up late ves r n.eas'ire was be ■! I- " !. ! )■ ■ :i« rial. Ten i "l.e Senate vote on • t quested by the • 'ti- ion after a r.ci with almost no • r the vast expan !>!'ii.'i'.ict'on in the dependant upon i • <.ii of aluminim 'i'l I power must aluminum plants eoMstruction in the hen ry Ford Is (AP)—Henry 77th birthday an . at ijcacc with him • .v.rid. in excellen uid iiioit optim th»- future. ■: c confident." h< ;i "than I am to ."11 will bring hap : v*nt ; nd prosperity ndustralist. vhos< ■ centers lirselv up ■ ' ■•then- never ha; planned no forma o.» tncuy. Japanese Arrest \ More Foreigners \ ! North Carolina Farmers Receive $55,833,000 Cash | Raleigrh. July 30.— (AP)—North ; Carolina farmers Rot $55,833,000 I ax cash income from principal • farm products during the first « five months of 1910. a grain of 17 percent over the 830,513.000 re ceived in the same 1J>39 period, not including; Federal payments. The Slate Department of Agri culture reported on the cash in ! come today and said that federal j payments dropped '21 percent be ; low t!.e SI 1.013.000 AAA pay ments made in the 1939 period. "Wartime Jitters" Held Responsible For Increase in Deaths So Far This Year. Chicago. July 30.—(AP)—'"War i:t• t• .jitters"—tin* war's psychological fl'cct "ti American motorists—were held partly responsible today for a harp inerea.-e in the nation's traffic deaths. Report ins; an p«*rrcnt m'creasi- in 'raft'ic deaths fur the first half of l!)4i) compared with the same period last year, the National Safety Council .ttrihutfd the rise to greater travel md "wartime jitters." There wen- 14.740 persons killed in motor accidents during the first j ix months of 1940, or 1.040 more 'f'ontimied on P'*—'1 Five) i Arrests Made in Korea Follow Seizure of 13 Britons Charged With Espionage in Japan Proper; British De mand Investigation. Tokyo. July 30.—(AP)—The Japa ncse army announced today that sev eral foreigners whose names and na tionalities were not disclosed have been arrested ir, Koiea in an exten sion of Japan's campaign against al leged foreign espionage in which 13 Britons previously had been seized in Japan pioper. A brief comniuniciue issued in Korea. Japanese colony on the Asi atic mainland, said the prisoners, charged with spying, were undergo ing examination. The Japanese campaign, which has jailed some of the most prominent British residents in Japan and led to the death of one. was discussed to day by the British and United Stales ambassadois. Sir Robert Leslie Craigie and Joseph C. Grew. Arrest of the Britons in the espion age drive emphasize*, that Japan is moving rapidly along two courses to ward economic command of eastern Asia—elimination of foreign influ ence and of economic inroads in key (Continued on 1'age Seven) Conscription l or Canada Proposed Ottawa. .Inlv 30.—(AP) — Consider ing the possibility of creating a Cana dian army <• I' l.OOO.OiMl. War Services Minister James G. Gardner told the house of commons today every un married man in the dominion the ages of 21 and 45 might be compelled to undergo 30 days military train , ing I "There is no reason." he said "why Canada should not train an army of l.ooo.ooo men under this system ;-»id still operate her industry and pri mary production to meet demands 1 upon it." Hemisphere Trade i'und Runs Into Questioning '! Washington, July 30.—(AP)— [President Roosevelt's request for ci S.100,000.000 fund to assist wester:! | hemisphere countries i:i meeting ■ trade problems caused by war rai; • into critical questions today Iron • : members of the Senate banking com r j nr'fre. Their questions on whether legis 1 lation to carry out the White House c.'j'K • :•) incense the cap'tal of the ; "vrjfij'i-furiii:"' B-':i»< I I 'M: S200.0:)0. • 000 to $700,000,000 might dangerous I iv m rf" •; ,c;ir-n- on fr,rc-inr .-■•Edit were directed a; Jesse H Jones, federal lending administrator. Senators Clark, Democrat, Idaho, Adams, Democrat, Colorado, Tal't, Republican. Ohio, and Townsend, i Republican. Delaware, all brought I up tiie point by asking whether the J measure would remove present re I <ti ictions of the Johnson act and the i neutrality act. The Johnson act prohibits credit «> any nations thai have defaulted on V!'l id war debts to the United States ■ nri the neutrality act war loans to i belligerents. Jones replied "no" after con ulfins a stall ui lawyers and assistants. Nazis Bomb Coast Senator b h e p p a r d, Chairman ok iviiiitary Committee, Declares tie Has "OciLniie im pressicn" Roosevelt Approves Conscription Washington, July ;>•).— (AP) — Sinalor Sheppard, Democrat, Texas, said today lit* hud gained the "defi nite impression" in n>n\(i minus :tii Pn <idr:ii Roosevelt that the Presi dent favored enactment of !!>'• Burke Wadesworth compulsory i!It:iry training hill in its present form. Sheppard, just back from a three day tour of Norfolk, Va., defense works—a trip which he made with Mr. Roosevelt—s;yd he had discus sed the .ill at length with Mr. Roose velt. The chairman of the Senate military committee added that the President's comments were entirely favorable to it. The measure, receiving final con sideration from Shopprir.Ts commit tee today, calls for registration of all men between 18 and 01 years. Sheppard's statement was the first indication of Mr. Roosevelt's view on the bill, although he previously had said that some form of conscription might be necessary in order to pro v:de sufficient personnel for an en larged national defense machine. Heat Wave Is Broken Overcast Skies Plum met Mercury, Leaving Death Toll of Eight in North Carolina, (I'y The Associated TYes-O The summer's inr»:<t pr<>1-heat wave—ten days—to have broken ;i1 least temporarily in most sections of N<-;!h Carolina loday. Overcast skies plummeted the mcrcury to the low 8()'s and the U. S. weather bureau forecast offered at least temporary respite in the heat. The weather bureau forecast part ly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with scattered thunder: howcrs in mountains Wednesday. Eight deaths attributable to 1ho heat wave have been reported in the state- -three from heat prostration and live drownings. In the nation, meanwhile, Ihun dcrshowers brought a measure of relief to some parts of the parched country, but for most of the nation the day was just another lap in the heat marathon. As the mercury again climbed into the 90*:; the number of deaths from the heat wave increased to 7Gf>. Heat deaths numbered 3f!2, drowning Newspapers Hold Own In Advertising Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir Walter Hotel. By LY NN NISiii T. I Raleigh. July 30.—This may .-,r>und like a plug for the busines:; office: maybe it is. But it has miiiic interest as a news story. Despite the encrroachment of ! radio and the increasing popularity | of some national magazines, new - 1 inipers still provide the most accept able advertising media for m:snufac i turers and dealers who want to in I terest prospective customers in their wares. A survey just completed by the ' Bureau of Advertising of expendi tures in daily papers, magazines, farm journals and radio for adver tising last year shows that forty per cent of the total wa- .-pent in news papers. Only daily papers in towns fContnoed nn Pner Sevrn 4 lOncdhiLh FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy loniirht and Wednesday, scattered thunder showers in the mountains Wed nesday. Agree on Defense of Americas Secretary of State Cordell Hull (left) is pictured with Leopoldo Mela (right), chief of the Argentine delegation after a sub-committee meeting at Havana, Cuba, which ironed ouc the difficulties confronting the 21 American republics in the defense of their liberties. The Argentines gave up cautious reservations in the face of an aggressive attitude on the part of the other 1U reuublics. (Centrut 1'resu) British Navy May Guard W indsors Across Atlantic London. July 30.—(AP)—Regard less of United Stales hiw that U. S. ships shall avoid armed convoys, the American export liner Exealibur may travel under the protection of Bri tish guns 011 its next westward i.t< in;', because the Duke and Duchess ol Windsor will be abo;ird. Three United Suites diplomats as wll ns the Windsors may have Bri tish naval units hovering about them its they return home John Ctidahy. ambassador to Belgium: William Phillips, ambassador to Italy, and George CJorden. minister to the Netherlands. The British are going to 1; i:e no chances lhat tldrke. reeenlly an uointed governor general of the Bahamas, might he removed from the Exealibur by German or Italian pa trol.1. and the navy therefore, iniorm ed sources saiii, will keep a "sort of long distance watch on the ship." Bandits Make Big Haul In New Jersey .Asljtiry Pari;, N. .!.. July —Three men armed with .shotguns held 111> employees of the Ashnry I'M k National iiiin!; and i rust Co. the }><>: loffice 1 <fti.'.y and escap ed with !»;•;* which tmSicv ,-:;iid they believed contained Sloti.OhO. P.ank officials said they were un •ib!p In give Jin immediate estimate !' the I'i' i. :i 11 cash. The money was consigned to the Fedora 1 Hcserve Hank of New York. Vice President .Tame; Fotsylhe •>id the armed m'vsenger-. Clarence Darton and Jojeph Sturm, wt re .ae ro-ted l.'V the Irio as tiiov stopp'd •'•"'ii their car in front of the post office. Argentine Delegation Reserves Right of its Government to Pass Finally on Merits of Western Hemisphere Agreement. Havana, July CAP)—An Arg entine reservation on the nil-impor tant question of foreign possessions in the New World clouded today the solidarity of the 21 American re publics as their foreign ministers reached the end of the conference on hemNohere economic and political defense. The unanimity rule of the conf'T ence. a Pan-American tradition, technically was upheld as the dele gates agreed one after another on the many defense matters, hut Argen tina at the last moinenl of last night's secret plenary session reserved the right of it - government to oass final ly (ill the merits- of the Act of Ha vana. Hence. Argentina'* eleventh hour i"-' *vation somewhat dampened the enthusiasms of some delegates who had predicted there would !>'• no chink left in the armor of continen tal «-o!idarity. Some delegates, however, aid they I »'|ic« ('d the Arifeilt'Ve I'-lii-n wa as the Argentines themselves ex pressed it. "academic". \o Action! akcn In Election Case !?■< I'-it'li July .'VI. C AI' > Attorney ("Jcneral llairv YlcMullan said today if \v«>ul(l wiihhold 11i course of no tion in the third rongre.- ion;i| rjj.^_ trir t primary irregularities ;nv<: 1 mo tion pending arrival of ;i if-tt'-r From C'harlc I.. Alxriuthy. Sr.. former congressman. who <• sort is alleged to hav had some* of the ballots which were removed in Crave n county prior to the May 2f) primary. 'I'l l,-- cider A hornet hy telephoned McMullan today. ilh son was an un succe.s-fill candidate for Congress in the primary and election officials said he gave them some of the ballots he Fore the voting. Norfolk-Cincinnati Air Rente Urged Before CAA I Washington. July .'5ft.—(AP)—Say 1 ing that North Carolina "remain- far behind ino:*t of the slates in the de velopment of air service." Pennsyl vania Central Air Lines today urged the Civil Aeronautics Authority to , authorize it to establish a new route from Norfolk to Cincinnati. Pennsylvania Centrai liied a brief ■lskini that the- authority di-rr.gard n ceir;nend".:i' n. i •• tv.-i Its <\\ ursim r- »ra.V.: ■ i. . i'oll\-Ciiirinn.<ti ro::f. North Carol •:?». ;ne sir line s?. -i. rar.ki tweltv. the states .n population. firth in the payment of ta.\es and lir.-i i;i the southeaster!! states ii; manufacturing. •"Because "f it.- economic in.;>or tance," it added. "North Carolina should be adequately served by the air transportation systems of the na tion. Yet North Carolina remain*- far behind most of the state- in ihf df vflopmc-nt of air transportation, r ;i;oi:": Yi. n>> int'f-Cf" a:j iv» dir«'-i ei viee im Knox VliiC' 11!" Cine i:!'i ; < : iol?:, ci:;el port for it. produce.'' Dover Battle Germans Deny British Claims of Successes, Say Swelling. Storm of Air Attacks Are But uPunyJ Sample of What is f.rt Store. (I >\ The Associated I'ress.) The British house of collisions belt! i'« sivlii secret session of the H;ir today as nazi airmen carried oil ti.e prelude of homb in!' I«i She Icltg expected invasion. The secret session for the dis cussion of foretell affairs was voted after ilin.h Dalton. minis ter of economic warfare, indicat ed the possibility of British American cooperation on the general 'luestion of world sur pluses. Dalton als<. disclosed that Bri tain was sending an agent to Spain this week-end to confer with Spanish officials on Spain's ail requirements—a move ap parently designed 1o make cer tain no oil supplies reaching Spain are transshipped to Ger man, The minister denied reports of an extension of the British blockade lo certain neutral coun tries, hnt explained that Britain now must control all shipping crossing the Atlantic. A high neutral diplomatic source predicted meanwhile that Spain would declare war on Great Britain "within a week or so" if the British attempted to clamp a strict blockade on Spain. Italy, this source noted, moved swiftly toward war after Britain I tightened the blockade against her. In the house of lords. Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax declared Japan's allegations of British as pionage in the Far Fast were baseless. (By The Associated Press.) ' iWizi Gei many. disputing British 1 claim^ol .-"t-Vfiitiroyal ;ii|* .1 iK-.-r.. > in \ e mi day'. airbat 'le ol Ir. sent In r Ijimibers across Km- channel today with 1he ii• • J• '.I cm !li11«» Kf1j4li.il morale bc li 11 e tlir lonj»-a waited i in; is ion be t* i 11 s. An undiselo. ed number ol civilians, ajni'llM ih< in an ililant, were killed and buildings v.eie damaged or de inoli lied a the n-izi airmen spiink icd iheir loads up and down the east eoasi. Wlnl" tin- British admiralty was announcing that Germany had sunk :{f>.f>77 loll Ol tin- empire's . hipping in the v.'ci: enditi;> .July 21. the Ger man luyii command inaiiitained that diis much (i.nnaye was done in the iJ<iv• "i alone lour . hips total ing '.',2.'I1)'I ' il: . 'I h<- German iiiyh couiiuand also siid Gciinsii) lirtueii sunk a 10,000 •ii ej i:j i ; m 'i:i Kn/ilish channel, a well a a .mall inn chant vessel. l.iH',!..iifi ela. . • I that ye. "• a day's ■til a!Sac!-, eo. ' the Germans 2a pianes, 17 ol lit- m m tlie I j . er battle where .'id na/.i boii'oe.>> and fighters were lotvjil :iJI iiv royal air lorce men. IjOs: i'I on- I'.riti.h plane was ac l.nov. ledged. (.ieiMiany on the other h; nd. c 1 r1111• ■ d I.) Ilritisii planes were hot down and only three German ill '-rail Were io.-t. The f;« hum pre. aid the swell ;n« storm ol .'i- attacks was only a "Puny" .iii.pl*- ol what Adoll Hitler has :ii 1oi • - out already ha taken a ir< mend'.'j to!' ol llriti. ii shipping. A Berlin new paj/ei said ib.it al Ihougii tin raid so Jar had only •■oil. ii'd" 'in KtmlisJ- defense sy.i lem ior • ■ ie o 'j blow, bombs and torpedo* eo 1 the Briti. h 257,000 vContinued on Pajje Seven* Six May Be Dead In Fire Camden. X. ■!., July .'JO.— (AP)— , Si:-: per 01. v.'to utiaeeounted for 1 'oday t .<< !"» ;iJ't• : a lire broke out ; In H. II'-ilrriJi hf.-.d Co.": block Jong plant i'.li'.ng an explosion. S( • .enu < !. Ci.*;pl' yc-«_- .en. treated at ••o--pital. ' 'J'he explosion nccuivfd at the noon 1 hour. Flame- spread r.ipidly and ' leaped to building- aero.-.-: the street. Iron) the automobile paint and giea.se nianiila'.-turing plant located ! In the.* Heart of Garden. George Gum'aeli. 21. who es eaped I'roii: tii'- ba.-»*ment. said he feared '! • ' Ion g :! and tr.o m?n had beer. trapped there. :.i.. t of the jaetory".- employee* fr'b'. iiaing a :;hort tirr.e t bet ore.
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