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m0n&0tjS0it Hatlu Utspafrft f^^YENTH YEAR ^gg^™ySPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SE CTION. OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA AS!i,H-1AT^> fKEss, HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 19, 1940 PUBLISIrI\cEf,TE^i*'NDA,?ERNOON FIVE ^ENTS COPY All Britain Made Defense Area .*****#»*♦ ##***#¥###• Roosevelt To Name Defense Board Members At Once Still "Thumbs Up" After Raid 7:... U;censor-approved caption says thc_c are "smiling Croydon v. c.. ; oandages" alter a Nazi bombing road on the London suburb. ; . . - . , v.r.g the R. A. F. a "thumbs up" signal, which means every- j . •. . The girls obviously didn't heed the air raid warning . ; -/a during the raid. Photo cabled from London to New York. Flood Waters At Weldon Receding At Least Four Dead, Hundreds Homeless and Thousands Are Thrown Out of Em ployment in Roanoke River's Greatest Flood : • .u R p ci>. Ang. 19.—(AP) -Flo . iters of the Roanoke river, I . . (.cvdctut'd proportions | • • y rains. rolled seaward • .. _ at least four dead.' ek. and thousands! ■ : employment in thL ■ 114 a record crest of 58 | ' " -.Virion, the river was re-1 rapidly there today. | ■ ii-v diAvn its course" the; . <1 surged over lowlands, I ■' •- crops and threatening - workers joined federal 't agencies in evacuat aanger and caring for . ' in the- vicinity of Wil uted to flooded con V. c Forsythe, 13-year j'.vm.*d yesterday while the muddy backwaters at Black Creek. • weather bureau said ii t Weldon was 56.5 J.. 21.5 in flood. A i< v was predicted for : y Thursday. the Neuse was tfft over its bank ■ 1 fi to seven over At Kinston a four ' .recast by Saturday. '•«. the Tar river was :n f'iod with a 12-foot • "(ted tomorrow. At -'rc;im was 18.6 feet ">d. and was expected t,v ' /' over its banks by Flyim Fiays ^iilkie Bid ;;es Candidate's Cha* :er?ge to Roose velt as Cheap Public ity Stunt." . u iy.—(AP)—Wcn i^uostiun that Pres :teet him in debate IVnvwrntic Nati«m . mtI T. Flvnn tod;:y • i.city stunt." press conference flea James A. Farley Two Men Killed In Plane Crash Canton, N. C., Aug. 19.—(AP)— Two young men were killed in the crash of their airplane atop Beaver Dam mountain, eight miles north of here, today. They were identified as Donald i Philip Letourneau, 19, and Alton Vance Morrison, 2.i. both of Toceou: Falls Institute in Georgia. State Highway Patrolman J. A. Sullinas said several witnesses sawi the plane go into a nose dive buij were unable to explain why it did.; Border Belt Forecasts Good Prices (By the Associated Press)) Millions of pounds of tobacco were carried to the 1G Border Belt markets today while farm ers, buyers and warehousemen alike predicted that opening prices tomorrow would be satis factory. Farmers were pleased over prices paid at the start of the south Georgia sales season, while farm specialists said that prices would be bolstered by a short crop and the recently voted three-year control program. Most of the sales supervisors believed that prices would ex ceed the 15.6-cent average of last season. Yet from at least one market came word that the of ferings were poor and that open ing prices would be low. Several markets, particularly in South Carolina, reported that growers had experienced diffi culty in preparing and getting their weed to market because of last week's heavy rains. New Democratic Campaign Crew Clears Decks For Drive In North Carolina j Daily Dispatch bureau. In tb" Sir Walter Hotel. By HENRY AVEKILL. Raleigh, Aug. 19.—The Democratic party has put a new crew iti charge of its campaign machinery and is now ready to open vigorously its campaign to insure the normal ma jorities for the national, state and county tickets. A clean sweep, from constable to Joint Board With Canada To Be Set "Op President Roosevelt and Prime Minis tei Mackenzie King of Canada Reach Agree merit to Create Mutual Defense Board. Hyde Park, N. Y„ Aug. 19—(AP) —President Roosevelt initiated con- i versations with State. War and Navy j Department officials by telephone ; today to gr.t their suggestions lor j naming American members to a ! joint Canadian-American defense board which lie hopes will be set up by Thursday. An agreement to create the board was reached yesterday at a confer ence at Ogdensburg, N. Y., between the President and Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada. White House officials said the Chief Executive hopes the board's first meeting, to consider mutual de fense problems of the two nations, could be held early next week. The placc for the meeting has not yet been disclosed. A presidential tide said, however that was not im portant since subsequent meetings would he held both in Canada and the United States. Mr. Roosevelt had no callers today, the temporary White House said, but arranged to make a brief talk to night to his Dutchess county neigh bors over a single local radio station. The talk was described as intended to be entirely of local interest. Originally, Mr. Roosevelt had ar ranged to make the address last June, but had to cancel the engage ment. A joint statement issued after the meeting between the President and Mr. Mackenzie King yesterday said: "The Prime minister and the Presi dent have discussed the mutual pro blems of defense of Canada and the United States. "It has been agreed that a per manent joint board on defense shall be set up at once by the two coun tries. "This permanent joint board on de fense shall commence immediately studies relating to sea. land and air f Continued on Page Five) Army Fliers ! Die In Crash Rufton, La., Aug. 19.—(AP)—Two officers and two enlisted men were killed instantly when an Army bomb ing plane crashed, exploded and burned in an open field seven miles west of here, during an electrical storm. Apparently, the pilot had tried to land the B-12 bomber at Arcadia, 17 miles west of here, but failed be cause the storm had disabled the lighting system of an emergency landing field here. The dead: Second Lieutenant James H. Grif fin, 27, of Asheville, N. C., the pilot. First Lieutenant Hubert Elders, 33, of Columbia, S. C. Private E. E. Quinker of Valdosta, Ga. Private Samuel Johnston of Eiber ton, Ga. All four were based at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La. They left there Saturday afternoon on a routine , training flight to Asheville and were on their way back last night. , president, is the objective; and there are no signs ol' unusually heavy storm clouds on the political horizon. Everywhere it is eonccded that in I some of the counties, notably sucli industrial strongholds as Guilford. ' Gaston, Mecklenburg, etc.. there is going to be considerable disaffection ; (Con tin Lied on Page Five) [ After German Airmen Visited London C. P. Cablephoto A demolished house In London Is pictured after it had been struck by a bomb during a Nazi air raid. Firemen are extinguishing the flames. Photo cabled to New York from London. Derense Is Approved Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Measure For Army and Navy Funds. Washington, Aug. 19.—(AP)— The Senate appropriations commit tee approved today a $5,008,11)9,277 appropriations bill providing fund? lor the begmni.'.g 01 construction of a "two-ocean" navy and for equip ping an army 01' 1,200,000 men. The committee acted while on the Senate floor there began another week of sha^p debate on the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill. Differences between Senate and House drafts of legislation authoriz ing mobilization of the National Guard delayed final congressional action on that measure. Despite Wendell L. Willkie's en dorsement of "some form of selective service," anti-conscription forces were confident that the St-nate would vote to defer a draft until the new year instead of approving the Burke Wadsworth bill. GOP Chiefs Are Worried Old Guardsmen Fear Willkie May Prove Unmanageable; Inex perience Is Cited By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. 19 —Chairman Joseph Y. Martin opened his Repub ican national committee's head quarters in Washington a few days igo and did it in very enthusiastic ;tyle. The fact remains, however, that experienced G. O. P. workers are considerably disorganized. It's been thoroughly advertised that the Demo crats are badly split up. The Repub licans have been publicized as ab solutely solid. The truth is that their party's managerial group isn't as sure itself as it pretends to be. It isn't exactly split, but it's uncertain. To begin with, who's running Wendell illkie's campaign? Ostensibly it's Joe Martin, but some of the insiders suspect that Oren Root, Jr., really is the boss of it. Now, if it's Joe Martin it's sll right with the old-time Republican politicians. They have unlimited (Continued on i'age Two) British Withdraw From Somaliland London,- Aug. 19.—(AP)—The war office announced tonight that the [ British had withdrawn from So maliland. i The announcement said the with drawal was decided upon as an alter native to reinforcing the British garrison there with reserves who would be of greater use in places more important to the prosecution of the war. "All guns except two lost in the early stages of the action have been embarked," the announcement said, "A great part ol tiic material stores has also been evacuated and the re mainder destroyed. Our wounded have been safely brought away." Clark Says Bullitt Speech Near Treason Washington, Aug. 19.—(AP)—Sen Tim- clarK. Democrat, Idaho, told the Senate today that* the address of Ambassador William C. Bullitt, pre dicting a German attack on the United States if Great B^fiain is de tected, was "very little short of treason." Bullitt's speech, Clark added, amounted to "an appeal to the Am erican people to go into a unprovoked foreign war now for which he says they are not prepared." This, he asserted, "comes mighty, mighty close to being false to the republic which puts him where he is." Bullitt, ambassador to France, made the address yesterday in Phil adelphia. He asked adoption of con scription anG supported aid for the British fleet. Mrs. Dale Denies Charge Charlotte, Aug. 19. — (AP) — Mrs. Frank E. Dale denied under cross examination in superior court here today State charts that she had defrauded Rul'us Bryant of near Clinton by producing an adopted baby and leading him to believe she had borne it by him. Mrs. Dale, her- husband and Dr. W. E. Wishart, Charlotte physician, went on trial last week on an indict ment alleging that they conspired to deceive Bryant and that the farmer had paid the woman various sums of money and bought her a'home here. Henry F. Fisher, assistant solicitor, Mew from the 90-pound Mrs. Dale, who admitted u^ing the name Rene Duffy when she met B.-yant in a 'lotel, a statement that her husband's rue name was James F. Saunders. S!ie testified she married him first 'n Covington. Ky.. und"r his correct name smd later married him again at York. S. C„ under the name of Frank E. Dale. Wickard To Cabinet Post Indianian, Former Undersecretary of Ag riculture, Named to Succeed Wallace. Washington, Aug. 19. — (AP)— Claude R. Wickard, Indiana farmer, was nominated by President Roose velt today to succeed Henry A. Wal lace, Democratic vice presidential nominee, as secretary of agriculture. Since last winter Wickard has been undersecretary of Agriculture. Mr. Roosevelt also sent to the Sen ate the nomination of Paul Appleby of Maryland to succeed Wickard ci"< undersecretary. Appleby has served as an assistant to Wallace since 1933. Wallace's resignation, effective September 5, was announced in an exchange of letters released today. On that date, Wallace said he prob ably would begin active campaigning | as Mr. Roosevelt's running mate. Stephen Early, presidential secre ) tary, said Wickard was promoted be cause of President Roosevelt's desire to have the Agriculture department directed by someone from within its own organization. Wickard is the operator of a large ■ farm in Indiana which specializes in the production of corn and hogs. He came to the department sev eral years ago as a lesser official in the AAA. Senate Passes Bill Permitting Rescue Ships Washington, Aug. 19.—(AP)—The j Senate approved unanimously today j legislation to permit America nships to remove child refugees froin war zones. The bill had already passed the : House and now goes back to that body for action on minor Senate amendments. As passed by the Senate, the bill j would permit unarmed, and uncon- j voyed American vessels to transport from, war zones children under 16 j years oi age provided safe passage was promised by belligerents. Here tofore American vessels have been barred by United States law from vis iting war zones. Every cnild brought to this coun try would be requred to be sponsored fc" some American person or corpora tion so that he would not become a public charge. (Ocuth&fi FOR NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy and cooler to night. Tuesday fair and cooler. Island Is Prepared To Defend Soil Germans Believed Nearing Zero Hour for Attempted Invasion of England; The British Planes Raid Coast of France. London, Aug. 19.—(AP)—All of Britain was made, a defense area to day as. the nation, already fighting in history greatest air battle, got set for a life or death struggle to defend its soil. With the Germans apparently near | ing the zero hour for their attempt I to smash Britain into submission by ! direct invasion, the British launched a thunderous attack against the nazi held French coast and claimed their fighters were parrying nazi air blows with an increasingly favorable ad vantgae. The oi der to make the isles a de fense area subject at a moment's no tice to drastic edicts by closely co jparating civil and military authori ties was issued as a' "precautionary measure" by the ministry of home security. Regional commissioners for Eng land, Wales and Scotland will have authority "subject to control and direct of the ministry of home se curity to issue directions or orders required for the purposes of defense within their respective areas." Although there was no immediate restriction of Britain, the new order authorized "any measures which might become urgently necessary through enemy landing by air or sea to be introduced without delay in any part of the country in which they are required." Defenders Of Berbera Said Retreating Rome, Aug. 19.—' AP)—Italian troops have broken t! ' -cond Bri tish defense line out.-":' iie port of Berbera in British SomHiland and the defenders are retreating to their ships, the high command announced today. 1 Today's communique said an Ital ian column had captured La Faruk 'and pressed on beyond it. It said the troops were in persuit of the British, whose retreat was (■Continued on Page Five) Nazis Scout British Air Reconnaissance Planes Check Up On Effects of German Air Siege of England. Berlin, Aug. 19.—(AP)— Nazi air scouts were reported ranging the British coast today as Germany mul tiplied signs that she was getting ready to try a decisive blow against Britain. Two British planes were shot down near Ramsgate at the mouth of the Thames estuary and a third was seen falling in flames to the sea, DNB. official German news agency report ed. But the air fighting was apparent ly minor as the German fliers carried out what was described as "armed reconnoissance" to check up on the effect of their air siege and pre sumably to search for new targets. German planes accompanied by fighters wore .ible to Jake photo graphs at low altitude over southern En^'and with little hindrance. DNB dorlnred. British Soitfires tried to form a barrier to the German olanes. 0N?B r-;^ oniv in p f-mr were able to engage the 'min battle.
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