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HENDERSON, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON,'AUGUST 2, 1940
I'L'UUSUKI* KYKKY AKTKJ'.Ni;<»N
KXOKI'T SIXI'AY.
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j osevelt Declares For Conscription Bill
A. , j Favors|!
i
its Tax
j- .■ ..^i5V
.. ni bays "1 Con
it (Conscrip
; iocnlial to Na
ti ... L>etense"; Early
n on 1 ax Bill Ex
p.uj. '!
_ j
... :aim— p.vs
deeian d today he |
lawr <»{' a >elee-J
.. i>>iI . :;«{ I o>n
adequate na
i: ; '• ade the state
(. nu t-.'.cf a liter a1
his opinion. The!
"t-:i ." \\ ;> go
' the President was .
!h-ut t:.i training.
• replied 'hat it all |
v.-i::t'l; pa|)er vvu !
•• i d ;j•<«tt a leng- j
' e eon.-crintion ques
J
nerd that he and
der» in Congress j
n i-Kiv.v profits ;
i' enai ted v. iihnut delay, j
- . - a mi kinji on de- ,
' " ' »ueh legisla- j
.. ' :»e passed, he said,
t eding to assemble)
' i£h c >ntracts have '
. >igned.
< ■ - --.id ft Chairman
<• . r. Mis>i>sippi. ot ,
c eon.nrttee hoped
n n a month. He (
legislation would i
• ot' amortization i
• rers were interest-j
ng i .: Ions discussion.
Ire training bill.
• : *ted thi< direet
:Iy i t «•!• of a se
ns ill and I
• • • :il to adequate
• Md >ned long
. nd M-! up what
■ d- !>iiN to be
I*< ngre--. Mr. Roosc
■ v..i- -•'•ving to;
' « age brackets for
col pul-ory train
S iss-French
der Closed
; I - (AIM—The Ger- ■
• :: iT• • •?i in France
: the Swiss
' »Lii«' ■ t<> 15i«sc!.
i
■ \ iewed this as a
t the ( lennan* are
• • rhai rn• i through
• •paratitin> l*«»i* in
, reach the
Changes In
Demo Setup
Lxpected
. ■_> —(AS*)—Ke- I
■ ifI"t:ini>traiive j
!)■ i i (vatic national!
I .: ( rtcfl ,:i political
"ai fed when Kd
■ .'.I I' the party
• \::>u-t 17.
!• 1 ynn. New York
;md Bronx
. direct the third
I're* id -r11 Rouse
. « d yesterday,
i. iv. tt. New York,
he v. :1! iii-gin con
A. Farley, re
■■i.;ird:i»j the kind
■ i>crl v it(i parti
• ' of;.I New York
• >i<: ter- will r—
'•< \v York C'itv.
would riot K" be
-'.citen.ent predict
ive Ri»o<eveIt-\Val
• re reports that
":on;.i committee
' 'iiver A. Quayle.
: * he replaced. Thev
the Chicago
Draft Limitation
Proposal Rejected
Institutions
Ask Money For
Expansion
Raleigh. Aug. -• (AP>—State in- I
stitution generally art* asking the \
.iiK i>"! \ RuUget Commission for I
•>ub>?antiai sums" i«»r expansion and
.idilitii-ri. of equipment. members said
today ;they came to Raleigh on.
their inspection tour.
Dr. .1. W. Ashby, superintendent
• ■I thf State hospital her\ presentee! 1
reqi.e. t lor lor new build
,ng>. 1 «.'tn-vation.. improvements and
equipment. lie asked for a water
; system t'"i Raleigh state in- :
stitutions separate and apart from the
Raleigh eity sy.-.tcm.
W. 15. Rodman of Washington, a '
number of the commission, said
"similar" requests had been made
by practically every institution visit
ed. though not in similar amounts.
The Caswell Training school for ,
mentally deficient children at Kin
,-ton asked about SKlMMHJU worth of ,
additions. Rodman said.
l
Japs Hint
At Friction I
Trouble Expected Be
tween United States
and Japan Over East
Indies Rubber.
Tokyo. Aug. 2.—(AP) — Friction I
p. ay develop between the United
States and Japan over the rich rub
ber resources of the Dutch East |
Indies. Genera! Koiso. who is expert- j
ed tu head a Japanese mission to the ;
Indie- shortly, told Japanese report
er.- today. I
Koiso. until recently overseas min-i
ister. has been a-ked by the govern- !
merit t;> undertake the mission to the
Dutch islands.
He aid that "the rubber of the I
East Indies is indispensable for the j
industry of the United States and ;
therefore the question may give rise
to friction."
"The solution of this problem de
pend-. however, on our decision," he
added.
General de Gaulle
Sentenced to Die
By French Court
C'learmont-Ferrand. France. Aug. •
2.---(AIM General Charles de Gaul
le, the French officer who formed a
provisional French committee in;
London to carry on the light against
Germany, was condemned to death
today by a military court which tried
him in absentia.
Charges of treason, attacks on the
security of the state, and desertion to
a foreign country m time of war were
laid before the military court.
General de Gaulle is in London. He
sprang into prominence when Pre-j
mier Paul Reynaud dismissed Gen
eral Gameiin and reorganized the
French army.
Senate Military "oorn
mittee Keluses to
Amend i>urke-VVads
woreh Bill to Limii
Compulsory Service to
S00,000 Men.
Washington. Aug. 2.—(A!5)—The
Senate miiitary eommittee rejected
today a propositi to limit compulsory
service ai this time to iJMH.()()() men.
The committee voted do.vn. 7 to 2.
an amendment to the Hurke-Wads
worth bill offered by Senator Lee,
Democrat. Oklahoma, which would
have limited the number of men to
be drafted between Octo'ier 1 and
April !. Hill. t'> 400.000, and between
April 1 and October 1. 1941. to f>00,
(100.
This action and rejection of an
amendment by Lee to>- a i'O-day pe
riod of voluntary enlistments seem
ed to have cicared the way for a
final committee vote on the legis
lation next Monday.
While the Senate committee put
the finishing touches on it> version
of the I'.itrke-W;:dsv.orth legislation,
the H'Hi-e military committee heard
a sticees: ion of witnesses on the same
mcrt-ure. Some urged tt a! voluntary
enlistment be tried before a draft,
other* declared the voluntary sys
tem had "failed" already and the
draft must now be enacted.
As the Senate bill stood, with re
jection of !)''0.0!)0-i -.an limitation,
it would call for registration of all
men between the ages of 21 and 30
inclusive. An estimated 4.5"0.000 of
about 8.000.00!) registered would
qualify for service. Army officials
report.
Krupp Plant
Is Bombed
London, Aug. 2.—(AP)—The
Krupp munitions works at Kssen.
supply depots and airdromes in
northwest Germany and lour syn
thetic oil plants were attacked by
British bombers last night, the ail
ministry announced.
The ministry said considerable
damage was inflicted on the oil tar
gets and that airdromes in Holland
had been raided in daylight attacks
yesterday.
Anti-Jewish Riots
Reported in Nice
Berlin. Aug. 2.—(A!')—The Get-!
man radio said that anti-Jewish i
demonstrations were reported to
have occurred on a large scale last |
night at Nice, franco.
The radio quoted a Nice news-,
paper as saying that large plate glass i
windows of Jewish-owned shops and
stores of Nice were smashed by
demonstrators who wrote such slo
gans as "down with the .Tews and j
Free Masons" in large red letters I
on entrances.
NAZIS CLAIM 1, ?30
ENEMY PLANES SHOT
DOWN DURING WAR
Berlin. Am;. 2.—(AP)—A total pi
1,230 enemy' planes have been shot
down by German anti-aircraft artil
lery during eleven months of war.
authorized sources said todav.
Of that number 1.071 were brought
down between May 10 and June 24. j
Many Americans Are Among
Canadiati Reinforcements
Arriving In North Britain
A Northern British Port. England. |
Aug. 2.—(AP.)—The forces guard
ing embattled Britain were rein fore- i
ed today when another formidable
•
contingent of the Canadian active
service lorces reached here.
The Canadians—with a liberal
sprinkling of Americans—crossed
the Atlantic on an armada of ocean
liners under escort of bristling navy ,
gun« and with the friendly drone I
overhead of British planes.
As he led the contingent ashore.
Major General Victor Odium, com
mander of the Second Canadian divi
ion. declared that until the British
the offensive into Germany
"we cannot feel that we have done
our duty."
One former member of the Michi
gan state legislature declared there
were a number of men from the
United States among the Canadians.
"There would have been lots more"
he added, " il we had not persuaded
them to stay at home to look after
their families."
He said they included .'10 men from
his home town alone, mostly Ameri
can Legion members.
The United States members came
from almost every region. Some
had hitch-hiked their way up and
acros> the continent to Canadian
recruiting stations.
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Killed
Whe;n Passenger, f reight I rain Crash
Forty-three jjcix n. were killed and luui injured when a Mii^le-ear gasoline-electric shuttle tr.ii: of the
IVnn.-yl uniu Kniiiciid eullidid head-on with ;i freight C y;'.hng.i !•'; IK. (>. The Ci I're-- picture
above .-hows the freight inline lele.-eopcd far into the j.'r's.-eugi r ear who e j>; .-eng? i ;• and crew u««»t a I laming
death when the ear ia;:ght lire. Firemen can be seen th i.jh the ear window- a they worked to extinguish
the fk'n.es.
House Committee
Votes to Let Defense
Contractors Write Off
New Buildings.
Washington. Aug. 2.— CAP)— The
Hmise t.'\ ub-commit'e" voted ten
tatively loday to permit national de
fensc contractors :md sub-contractors
to deduct the entire co t of dclense
u!;>nt expansions from their earn
ings.
The dediu-li'-n would be 2u pereenl
annually for five yeais
At the same time, li.e committee
;1 M voted to recommcd to the lull
\v;iys ;md menus eom»i;:ltve that litis
defense pit lit amortization ulan he
incorporaW d in a single bill along
with an excess profit- t '\ end ;i sus
pension of the Vinson-Trammel net
it'-'rii-ti"-!) on warship and military
plane profits.
Representative Coope r. Democrat.
Tennessee. sub-crtmmittee chairman,
announced that both committee de
cisions were unanimous.
The five-year amortization plan
would appiy to income and excess
profit . t;;xes.
BRITAIN CUTS DOWN
ON LEAF WITHDRAWAL
London. Aug. 2.— fAP)—A ten
pemnt reduction in withdrawal of
tobacco Pom warehouse; during
August and September was ordered
today l>v the board of !r; r1" in order
to conserve stocks.
A board of trade official said the
public would not fe"l the cut lie
cause wartime consunmfion had fall
en off about that nnich.
Rural Areas
Fatalities
Daily Dispatch i'urra»
In lb.- \Vali<-r Hotel.
Raleigh. Aug. -•—" you value your
car, it's safest to live in the country,
but if you value your lift*, you'd bet
ter drive in town.
This observation is based on figures
just released by the Safety Division
of the Motor Vehicles Bureau on
traffic accidents for the first six
months of 1940.
A total of 3,709 acrid-, nt- wore re
ported to the Safety Division, of
which .'-ilT resulted in deatiis. In
1.418 aecidint.- one or more persons
su tiered injury, and there were 1.
974 in which only property damage
occurred. The l<reak-do\vn of these
figures shows that 84.5 per cent of
the fatal accidents occurred in rural
(Continued on Page
LOmiPwi
FOR NORTH C AROLINA.
Fiir and mild tonight and Sat
urday.
: British Announce
Widespread Raids
W armer Weather
In Prosoect Soon 1
A
(By The Associated I'ress\
Except for a small section of the!
middle west, must of the nation
enjoyed ideal .summer weather to- I
day. but warmer temperatures were ]
in prospect.
Scattered thunder showers and I
ciii; 1 breezes moderated conditions in
much til the broad area liiat for 13 j
day.-, until Wednesday night. wilted!
in the most severe heat wave of the'
.••.innmer. The death loll exceeded'
1 .(;mi. j
Warm t< mperatures prevailed,*
howevci1. from the cuilral plain?- re-|
gjon ea.-tward to the middle Ivlis. ippi
valley.
I
Panama Aliens
Not "Foreign j
Agents"
. Washington. An;;. 2.— (A11) — The!
War department said today that a'
• : take in lran-mitling a message,'
had resulted in an ermtiimis an-;
I iiotmcemeiit that !<l alien detained in
;!!.(• Canal Zone weie "foreign agent
It ■ ;:!in<»!'i'Ci-nii iii was made ve
'l io:y by Seers lary Slim-on.
! Kighly-one alien- ha*, e been de
i tallied "for deportation or other di -
I po iihiii". tin- department aid. Ij.it
| : v.a jidmitt'-d 11:11 the Army did
not l;no\v whether any of Ihem were
••I'i'.ii agenb'. I'erhap !!'' 01 more
pel' the 81 were reported Irom Panama
: o l>e of German origin.
Officials oi the iJepublie of Pan
jama said the ali"i- were known
I '.cneraily as "refugee-:".
.Ml lo'd. about ijli't ,ic !ltoo such
"f; ugees" wt re given temporary
haven in the republic several montir
•if o and some were given temporary :
employment on Panama Canal pro
iee*-. the Army .'aid. Ti;e 81 men I
v'(ii:if n detained wen- among |
! the 1; Iter niimher and are subject to
°-'ir'alion simnly beeau.-e their
id' j)1 i! eati'.n and pa-sport papers
• re not in order.
Shorter Hours
Recommended
J Washington, Aug. 2.—(AP)—An
emergency investigation board work
ing to avert ;i ihrcutoned strike re
commended In President Roosevelt
today a reduction from 4f, to 4 4
hours in the bane work week ot 2.i.
;»0?» to .'-iO.OOn cmnloyees of the Rail
J .v " Kvpri" ■ .\u.' ney.
j The board wa- :.;>/>o;M"ed by the
Pre-id- iit J::!v 1 • > indt r railway
I i-ibor act provision.- for trying to
! ,\;:ic labor disputes without strikes.
Hamburg Practically
in Ruins, Authorita
tive Sources Say, As
One of More Than 100
German Cities and
Towns Bombed.
London, Aug. 2. fAP)—The Ger
man port of Hamburg is "now prac
tically in ruins." :>n ;• n 1'1.• t;• Bri
tish .-01110 said today. announcing
1 li;«1 the expanding I »i iti>!» air lni -r
11;i bombed more th:in I'M) Cleiman
cities and lov. lis containing i:ji!; 1:irv
objectives.
The? purl ol Bremen. with its ship
building yard-. 'lories unci :iiirrn!'t
I'iH tory. ha.- "h;id thoiis:inds ol bomb:
ruined on it." while Cologne lur been
heavily pounded.
British airmen were asserted to
h:ive made attacks on more lhau i.~
DOli objective-; in the last three
months attacks of "genuine weight
;md iinpoi tancc."
Many ol' 11ir* p.'.ici hammered by
the British in the air ollen ive are
Oid World cnni.'iunities kno: n to
thousands' ol toiiri Is.
These places, it was a. erled, have
been "'converted into military and
industrial centers vital to the military
net fls of fiennany."
All attacks, this source said, were
•'planned with studioii care with th«
object ol avoiding *i:■:> cm- il po. -ibl»
to towns and citie. v.'iiich are non
military objective
PRESIDENT'S SON
TO TRAIN AT SEA j
Newport. II. I.. Any. 2. f/M'j
Franklin IX'laiio Itoo. evlt. Ji. m c
ond -'ill ill lln !'ic ident. boarded the
l.'. S. S. fit-.-11<»ye>* Lawrence fit New
11'.rt today. Hi' will undr-rgo train
ing as an ensign in 111.- naval reserve
I or the next t wo weeks.
Six Killed As
Train Hits Car;
Ca.-aan, N. H, Aug. 2.—(APj —
Si:-: men v.ere* killed today v.*)ien a
.ruck owned by a Baltimore contract- i
lift company and a Bo: ton ; rid Main'* •
lain collided at a grade crossing in !
lV(;st Canaan.
Officials of the Baltimore con:- '
jany identified one ol' the dead as
Robert Bolick oi West Jefferson.
\\ C. '
'1 wo ol the bod it - were found or.
the cow catcher <■■'. the locomotive,
.vhich travelled approximately 1.000
leet after the crash. Other bodies '
ivere strewn along the right ol way.
The men were enroute to a rural <'
•lectrification project in West Spring
Field and Bolick was in charge ol !
the crew. The railroad issued a
lateinrr!t asserting the accident oc
:•'•:*» d an "opf*n eros-ing pro
c''d ''V a itic l'la he- which
•r if. operating propel ly." adding!
that "it was reported the weather
a; j
remen And
Other Ports
Germans Counter
British Claims of
Three - Months Royal
Air Force Activities
With Reports of Blows
On Shipping.
ii.\ Tiic Associated Press)
Yiriual destruction ol the great
uci man .-eaport oi Hamburg by
I'tijal an Iorce number.- \v;is claimed
.tJ an auihoi itauv c linli. ii source
mday while liermanv countered with
iiiu .sUot 11'i ul ItiiiI its own raiders
nad .struck new. ek \ itali/.ing blows
against Britain > merchant licet.
J lie iJrilssli source, suiiiimng up the
work <>i tit* niv.iI air lorcc in the
l;i I three ni<>nlii . said Hamburg was
i.lily one ol the port.- attacked,
i nuti.-aiiii.- ol bombs nave been rain
ed on tin- port ol Bremen, with it.s
.shipbuilding \. ui , docks and air
crait lactone . tin .same source said.
. i.u ad(!"ii that i::>uv titan 100 Ger
man cities and towns v.here nuii
i.iiy oujieiive: an Mluated had been
..Hacked.
Ullicial Gennanv had said little
about tin- laid.-, cairi'.d on day and
night, beyond in:-i ling that they
wile again i non-military points.
Today's nazi claim was thai liie
ait force had mil. .i large meichant
laan, a tanker and a mine patrol
boat ye: teriiay and that a ; i! ii;i
rme had reported ."inking 72.011(1
oais il ship|iing.
'I ne ( ierman air force as usual
continued it attack; on ilie British
Isles, dropping bomb- on Scotland
and W ale- and varying the daily
eu.-tom in Kngland by dropping Hit
ler "peace or destruction" pamph
lets.
Italy reported her air lorce had
attacked a British naval squadron
in the Baleare.-> Islands and said a
battle liip had been < t on fire and
everal oilier warship.-- had been
hit.
The I' lian liigh command also
said th«- iw iii h Miltmai ine Oswald
had bein torpedoed and i:nk and 52
,! its dev. ol .I;") lal:en pi isoncr.
I"'ini • iv.e* leaflit- cap!tuned "A
I .a t Appeal to IN a. on by Adolf
Hitler' fluttered down in Ihe pre
da\V! I • lie ..I on! ill " !I and : ollth
'.vi.-tirn part i.i Kngland. The
pan.p!il't ei.nt'ilned extract:- from
I iit lei .1. I v !!) p i .-!i extending a
peace a el< i.
Moml- dmpp'd |»y raiders were
re|;or!ed by 'In Briti h I'.overnment
I . e can ed light damage and
"lew" ea liall e
Skeptical ul f! rman tatcments
that inva: ion may be held off in
definitely m favor ol bomb attacks
■ *!. i an and mail i --a blockade, lirit
i-h i b i • point id out that the
; hnanac indicate next Monday to
I-1 :day iao i ag a thi lime high tides
would lav oi attack. Alt/r that the
I'avorab! • mo ning would be Scp
t< mix r 2 to 7.
JUDGE MYERS DIES
IN CHARLESTON, S. C.
ri,;.i i. i.,.i. s. r . An?'. 2.--(ap) —
Kodorsd iifii*« i i .t:l' K< rohnor Myors
lied ;:l hi- ; »>i»i«• 11«-i• • t'»d;iv siftor sin
111»• of i-i i;il months. Mir wns fifi
yen i s o|fi.
jtidyo Myi-r \v;i born ;it Wilminp
li»n. N. Hi- i> survived l).v his
vi'l'iv.-. ti ' I■ <»ir11 r .VIi I»«»!*rt;• At
ki'i 'in Smith 'il lisiloigh, and two
j;:ii.rjht< i - snid :i son.
Maneuvers Of
Army Begin
in Four Areas
V;ashi;i8tf*ri. Aug. 1.— CAI'J— At
jinc *i :c pcil:. in training and
•fjuipin'»11. Ufii'- of four United
iij.lc- ;.i ini(.-.- v.i.iv moving by mil
ind i'.ad l».day towsird imaginsiry
ron> !In' - on '!.<<n < tic.ii bsittlel ie|rl
.V'lnhil'/In;; lor i'io mo: t extensive
!"hi < yiji ci tin- World war,
U1 IHH) rr-tfi/i.-jy Anny. Xationsil
III,.i-d ;.iid i!'. ' troops propai'd
o give :» i<- .' o! ji • i - insmeuver:;
'. hich. i! <"•'li'j. ■ approve*, may bo
omo si regular practice.
Kxl'-nfi " •' i'lrnii.-r policy of
. old Ing . .. i:'' in only one sirmy
i;oa c.'if!: via:. *hc- Wsir department
Ui- orris-rod • . < in sdl four
iroas this summer. They will be a
to po .sibio mobilization .f
|| < j- j,: ,! i,i * i'- *\.iliofisd fjuard lor
it:! 1 yf-ar.
I-'."U-i'i maneuver? has
• tndic .rom 14 days to 21