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Hntiicrsmt Haily Hts patch ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA 111 YEAR WWWS"' HENDERSON, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 6, 1!)40 FIVE CENTS COPY If' I i nca Spotlight Ties Asks Investigation i t^resge Appeal For Funds Republican Campaign aro Una Sena . r-binits Letter i By Kresge \] and Distrib ; Employees in ti (AI"M- Sen • S > ;h S» • • niintKiign < " u'ttr the . . peal t.. tT.l - S K e ue 0«rp«>ra o>fitribcti«>ns t«» I rps nti il cum [.. U'illkio. ; the Set-ate a i v. a- addressed - by ( . !>. 1 Li!tit'. .1 .is truster but •itified as vice prw tin' v rpura I'.yr;eharUed V: iirnt< ii (illtcttc. the campaign tie Mr. Willkic is ■ n that ite wished t<> I.-. : - f>rpi»iati«>ti r .ercing their em V. an t«>ld Gillette ■ • it the appeai was ■ »!>mi employees in • building .•:!y "has been "i d t'> tilt* apptoxi t ! .>< «•- in the >«>me c« 'i p>»ratioM." pted a speech by J>• : it. New Mex investigation de • vd to the Senate a :> tn the Hatch p«» i. he said would pre ut restriction. Italians Move into Egypt An advance Egypt Ironi • -Jy eom : ; lard of Ital .. ' • ce> to flight •• • •'. into Kgypt. c.)< d Mild two communique tt the Italian for t>vy >tul" the bor on- did not men v.! it extent or i i - in London 111 tion had i considerable comvntrated in ■: :> gmduallv ad KgvptiMti Iron . ;e »«-ported one ;; r: plane lo^t in tioris. rs Wreck 5 wry Told •iciuctor Says Crew >kCiear" Orders track Coach for iii Train. Ann. *i fAP) One eiev.m<-n of the ».irt "dondle bug" ' i: v the crew had '•« sidetrack their ■ > Kt the collision n. Conductor H. :> >ty briellv to .\: • *».-. He offered no :• • n'-i an Thomas : "• ' kr the sirh* a freight ': i rlood te bug ■. killing 4X. ■ - -' i!t: arm "md a leg <t> :11iv did not real • persons -himself, rottd em • ! C; .d ior i. . t raped" !:e Pan-American Envoys on Visit South American delegates to the recent Pan-American ( oiiKrence in Havana, Cuba, arrive at New York. Left to right, I)r. Leopoldo Melo, chairman of the Argentine delegation; Dr. Pedro Manini Rios, Uru guayan chairman; and Dr. Jose A. Mora Otero, Uruguayan delegate. Dr. Melo was enroute to Hyde Park, N. Y., for a conference with Presi dent Roosevelt. (Central I'ress) T* lr3®"SI ¥ JJeiense i ax bill Is : Nearly Completed Rate For Loans On Cotton 1 o Be Announced Soon Washington. At:,",. (»—(AP))—Rep- ! itmntative Fulmer. Demo-rat. South i Carolina. said today i:e had received ■ information indicating Secretary Wallace would announce the 1940 loan riite^ I«»c cotton the latter part of this week, and it probably would be on the same basis as last year. Fuln it joined southern senator, in urging the secretary to announce' the rate ;it the curliest po-^ibk- time in order, he said, "to give some ad- i vantage to : mall growers." The rate ia.-t year varied accord ing to aria and grade of cotton. It . averaged about 8..'}a cents. ! State Labor Federation To | Meet Aug. 12 j Daily Dispatch bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. By LYNN XISBKT I Raleigh, Aug. li.—Officials of the j North Carolina Federation o! Labor j announce completion of the program for the state convention to be held at [the Washington Duke hotel. Durham, Ion Monday. Tuesday and Wednes- j day of next week. August 12-14. I The convention will hear both the 'present governor and the next gover- 1 nor ol North Carolina. a.> well as at •number of nationally known figures I in organized labor. j The Monday morning program will (Continued on Page Eight.) Eure Says State Safe For Democrats Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Wallrr Hotel. By LYNN NISBKT Raleigh. Aug. 6.—Despite the names of some "big folks" in .North Carolina who have made headlines recently by announcing their sup port of Willkie for president in No vember, there is little danger ot North Carolina slipping out of the R'-o»evelt column. That is the un qualified opinion of Seer; tary of State Thud PIure who has j.i.sl re vCualuiued on Pa«;e Five) National Defense Con tractors Urged To Go Forward with Defense Program on Assur ances of Taxation Con-, cessions. Washington. Aug. (i.—(AP)— Con gressional tax leaders called on na tional delenso contractors today to go forward with the defense program: on the strength of assurances that they would In.- permitted to deduct IYomi their taxable income the cost of defense plant expansions. Chairman Cooper. Democrat, Ten- ' nesser. of the tax sub-committee gave out the full statement in the presence oi William S. Knudscn, na tional defense commissioner. Cooper said that the sub-committee1 had agreed on a plan for amortizing the cost of plant expansions for tax purposes at the rate of 20 percent pet year for five years and in addi tion would recommend to the fuiii House ways and means committee i that in case the present national emergency was o\\:r in less than five years the amortization could be taken in a briefer period. "i am authorized to state that Chairman Houghton of the House ways and means committee and Sen- ! ator Harrison of the Senate finance i committee feel conlidint that the! recommendations made by the sub committee will be approved by tile full committee." Cooper said. Iri addition to the plant cost amortization plan. Cooper reported that the sub-committee had tenta tively approved the repeal of the Vinson-T:ammel act's limitations on the profits on warships and Army and Xavy aircraft. Disclosing that an excess profits; tax will be included in a singlt bill along with the amortization plan and the Vinson-Tramnv i repealer. Coop er said the committee was working "diligently" on the tax and he felt confident it would be able to com plete a proposal by tomorrow. Powell Heads Food Dealers fialeigh. Aug. fi.—(AP) — The Xorth Carolina Food Dealers Asso ciation re-elected K. D. Powell of Kakigii as its president today. The association voted to meet in Ashcville next year and adjourned its three-day convention. Other officers re-elected were J. Leroy Allen of Raleigh, first vice prcsidnt: Joon May of Ashcville. o'o'id vice president: L. B. Wiy Ci.'is of Charlotte, treasurer, and James H. Volger of Charlotte, secre tary and manager. Calling Of Guardsmen Senator Gilieiie As serts it Would Be '"Crime" To Upset Present Laws Govern ing MoLiM;:r=*"T-n of National Guard. Washiugton. Ann. <>• *'AP) Sen ;11 • >|- f • >11«-t 1'I >'*»»!• •(*»•;11. ! m-:i oppos ing ;i hill 1" :n:1hn»,i/" 11 •• 'V*\;iden1 to call 11:«• N;i1«"n::l fI• •; »-ri nod llie ()n'i(.,.rs |»m (.j-vc )'i :i»•! flu! v, as sertf,rl in the* SpivI'' llvit il would h" ;i "crime" 1*> mwt presold laws governing mobilization of the Gu;-rd. '1*1 ic* Iowa senator con1:nued lhat many j'M.-d-fJsnwii lis*rl <nlist'vl will) the understanding that "><•>' would he called into IVdtTciI scrvic only in time of war. He ;»s:cited that it would hp an "inju-dioe" to elmnre the ni'mise on which federal service would he re nin red by giving the President the right to order the militiamen into service now. "hi behalf o| members of the Na tional Guard and having in my thoughts the hearli:-) sympathy with every eflort thai is loiig iivrie to build up our national dHVnsr I can not see a crime like this committed," Gillette declared. His was the first voice raised in opposition to the measure and Gil lette himself said he believed "a great majority" of the Senate favored the bill. Huil Calls For n • /»• np bacrmce 1 o Keep Peace Washington. Aug. f>.—(AP)-—Sec retary of State Hull cm I k-ci on 1 he ] American people today ft»r individual) sacrifice and "hard personal service": to help keep the nation at peace. Withoi'l men'inning specifically | the controversial que.tion nf con-| scription, he counciled ag.iin t <•0111- j placency "in the lace of terrific I"'"- 1 blein- and conditions" and declared:' "The one and only .sure way hrr j (Continued on f'aue Kivel Gulf Stcrm Nears Coast First Hurricane of Season Due to Strike Louisiana and Move Inland Today. New Orleans, Aug. <i.— (AP)— Carrying winds close to hurricane force of 7f> miles per hour. a tropical stonn rumbled toward the Louisiana- | Texas gulf coast today and was 1 slated to move inland near Franklin. La., in a few hours. The year's first sever" gulf dis turbance already has di-abled sev- j er.'.l vessels. Persons in low and ex- j posed places between B\v St. Louis. | .Miss., and Galveston. Texas, were! warned to flee the dangerous cast and southeast wind.- and accompany- , ing flood tides. While this blow heralded the ar-J rival of the tropical hurricane season j in the gulf, th;- Jacksonville, Fla. weather bureau reported another disturbance moving cast-northeast-1 ward near Haiti. Caution was advised in the south- j < a tern Bahamas, where the center 1 \v:,s supposd to pass late today, but j the bureau said the winds \vre only 'fresh to moderately strong.'' Coast guard officials "-aid the; Greek freighter Crnpos wirelessed it ! was in distress abut 30 miles south of | the mouth of the MissLsjnni river | and that the schooner J. W. Cline ' of Tampa. Florida, had been aban- j d >ned 135 miles south of the river's ( mouth after the crew wa- rescued. (jJmiksh FOR NORTH C AROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and | Wednesday, possibly a few lis hi. ! scattered showers in north and west portions: slightly cooler north central northwest portions Wednesday. Uncle Sam Gets New Warship AuRinuntinff Uncle Sam's rapidly growing fleet, the destroyer Livcrmore is launched at Bath, Me. America's latest warship displaces 1,G30 tons, measures 341 feet at the waterline and carries 5-inch guns. Cuduhy Says Near Famine In Belgium United States Am bassador Says Bel gians Will Be "Close to Famine" By Mid September Unless Food Is Received London, Aug- (i.—(AI') — John Cudahy. United Stale: ambassador In Belgium, declined tod;iy that un less supplies of I'ood from America reach Belgium by mid-September, pceple will be reduced to a condi tion "elo.-e to famine." Cudahy said he would present the situation when lie returns to the United Slates next week and "fur ther present the reality of dealing with force a. the only power." The ambassador declined to am plify tlii.-> remark, leaving some of his hearers with the impression thai he meant the United State- must be preparer I to deal economically and politically willi fjermany as the dom inant no .er on the continent of Europe." "W hen the truth is known about King Leopold (of the Belgians)" he said, "his decision to surrender will not only be accepted but will be ap plauded." t'udaliy said the question of Unit ed States supplie- ol food was "aca demic" until "Britain knows where If- .-tands." He said he understood the minis try ol economic warfare at present wriuld refuse to allow any supplies of food to reach the Belgians. 'Their situation i very. very seri ous." he said. 'Belgium imports 75 per cent of her wheat. Present sup eli": with severe rationing—half a p •" rd of bread per per. on per day — (Continued on P'-ii" Five) THREE GUARDSMEN DIE IN ACCIDENT Alexandria. I*a.. Aue (i—(AD —Three Natinal Guardsman at tached to ComiMiiy 1. Medical Detachment. 112nd Infantry of Gainesville. Texa*. were killed early today when an Army water truck overturned. Five others w-re injured. Henderson Protest On Highway FuikIs Will Be Submitted Raleigh, Aug. (>.—(AP) — Chicr Engineer W. Vanee liaise .aid to day he would hear protest.-, of mun ieipulilit- on miiii? recently allocated tliem for the maintenance ol ;■t;11«• highways tomorrow afternoon. IJai.-e said hvn oi* Hire municipal i 1 it: . including- I lender.,on. had pro tester! their allocations and that he expected others. VViilkie Favors Keeping Farm Program !)(■:• Moine-. Iowa, An;1,, H.—(AI'J ; Wendell L. Willkie said today that : he did not favor "changing the pies I ent farm program unlcs, a heller one i: gradually evolved." Willi:ie added, in a statement { shortly before hi scheduled plane j departure for hi Colorado Spring-. Co.. vacation resort, that he would •not take away any ol the hem-lit gained hy agriculture during the j past few years." The nominee voiced his apple-j eialion to those v. ho iittended hi farm conference here yesterday and added he recognized "as farm leader I Siave recognized that tSic* welfare ol ; agi icullun rcfjuire.^ industrial re-j covery. too." "I shall therefore exert myself to the utmost as president to create I new jobs in the cities and thereby produce more purchasing power lor American farm products. j "If elected president," the nomi- , nee continued. "1 will not take away ! any of the benefits gained by agri- : (■•illure in the pasl few year.-. I do not I;.voi changing the present farm program unless a better one is grad- , ually evolved." Subversive Activities Evidence To Grand Jury i Los AnflHc.s Aut{. (AP)— A count}- grand jury met today to re ceive evidence from District Attor ney Buron Fill- of aliegcd wide spread communist subversive acti vities on the Pacific coast. Fill- >aid ihat there were sonv "b?K n-'ines in I! •ily.vwd" ;.:- hij 111» 15 |K iv«<:i.- *ii. • •'! ' «■• ;!••• :' ;k fere the jury, i :t ' ".•> jr-rsor;-. who •aid tiicy had i >" '-i • • y werf t». e summoned —■ Actoi' L:o.';ei Stander ;md Dir'-ctor Herbert Bicrmun—do- i nied receiving subpoenas. Pitts said ail of the witnesses | would be a4:ed to explain their con nection with the communist party j ;md to tell whether they attended' nvotinp- wheie forcible overthrow of ih'- '-ov'Tir. "Mi hs.d been urged. He add --i *?.-»l i ' •> <d r vl- \'/ i •'.-lartiirg .«m'»•.r»1 '•! * .Hi:—" pointing to a plot io ?. p > Amti ;Cc • b;io CeC.i-.fe a j'c. olut.on. Columns Of | Italians On Offensive New War Centers in One ot Hottest Spots on the Earth; Along Channei, Nazi Activ ities Reported Aiong Wide Front. (B\ Tin- Associated Press) Tlit' war spotlight. focused for weeks on (h;- !'.n^Iiyli channel and North Sea. switched today to Africa where liner columns of Italian troops moving under the blazing sun were driving into British Sonialiland while I another force thrust into Kg.vpt. Thus ihc mini same for dom j iivtlion of a continent was being played out in one of the hottest .spots on earlis—in the area lie twen Ethiopia and Italian So malilaud. fronting on tin- steam ing («iilf of Aden. The British communique an nouiu-iug lite new action noted optimistically that Mie British were prepared to resist the Nazi allies. Clover to lairope, Italian troo;»s were aUo reported h.v the Italian hi-;h coiuinand to have advanced into tiu.vpt from Libya. The pJuse and the extent of these operations were not dis closed. Another Italian column alrcad.v lias thrust deep into northern Kenya colon> adjoining Ethiopia. British air raids last night on : Kiel, important Nazi naval hase. and the great port of Hamburg I were reported by the British , air ministry. j (icf in.tr, anti-aircraft lire drove olf a large number ol British nh.'it rai'lers attempting to at la'k Hamburg before dawn, the (i' lmao radio reported. ( ny *i iis A nriated Press.) fl' M' . ii ;"i;«iiIjt» |i!;<H( s jabbed ;it Ml*ii i . '.' .in 1«<ci;ibut tin1 attaeks v.<n si".!ii ii-(i mil ;■{j|<;ir«'ii1 ly rela li . i-iy i;;;lit ;.;id she blitzkrieg i11— \ ' 11J TI »• *1 •:.«II Jf <! Iilih a 111 r< MI. A Hritain 1'ought against isulated ,'.,i in not t.'ieast and 'iiilii'.i. I'.n:'i.'ili'i :111ri in Wales, her people <i ' ii »•(! the ebanees «if ;iii iii\;.. ion : ' ' ,i>|>T. Some thought the ;it!;u . in.: hi ('.ii .•.'ill,in ;i lew days, nine 11 i:! ii I'>!'t 11it»lit. sonic loll — H' i. All ./ I.; i'tl tfi:11 il il did corne tin- linti i .ill I- re< -,.o'ljd have 1') I iv.lit altai .:ni;.' plan' coming in \va\e oi ;i.. !ii.*iny as 500. Urili.^li . -,<ii!'i : ;.y llif Germans Ii«"i\ •• ii< i n ! y preparing in north i rn Franre ;.t d .In in llie Ha I tip. There an > in i mors of enemy ;i«■ livily • • i ,\'iiv i.v. ;). It.'iliiins being sent there. "i'ih• Germans were rc l»<>i!i(! be m.iimy ready to em l>;11.. ! -oop 'ii ii,- lialtie, as they did \vl."ii N'.i v'/iy '.i invaded. Then- v. i talk among Germans, I'mi. about 'lie .jtt.nl; oil fcngland but no Inn! ol 'he time when it might mine. Tin IJrili Ii air ministry said today (Conlirmed on Page Five) Hull Urges Loan Fund Secretary of State Asks Increase in Loan Authority of Export Import Bank. Washington. Aug. fi.—(AI'i—-Str ict;, ry !i .1! !• :'i 1::e Hou.se uanl'.ing commit-'<■ tod; v ?h,r a S50O.000 000 l ian authority i'< y toe Kxport-Jmport Bank v.'.j: "« en'ial" to United States coop< ra' *iii :n ti.e "economic de len-e" of •■:(■ v.'c tern hemisphere. A I'.it'Krar: fro.*.'. the secretary of .State v. a. read the committee when it opened hearings on an ad :n.ni-lr;'ion bill 'o grant the half tjii!:'j»: fl<•!i j::-a <■ in the bank'-; :i • '! uy m: i . I /.a?: rouid be made to rj. op oi(l' .'iy Pan-Amei lean , ,i. \ V -tabili/.c? .irid er, . c«: noRiip re
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