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Hpuitprsmt Ilailtj HtspatnF ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTJO^£FJ<ORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA — fivf ^ENTS COPY . TTnTTorr no in^A PUBLISHED KVB11Y■ AFTIbRNOUN FIVh 1 O I .SEVENTH YEAR T^^sS'Efr^'iS0*' HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 23, 19 0 kxckpt • c it osevelt Opposes Delay In Conscription Measure To Put 01 r Actual g of Men, Says Would De hole Defense Pre ~m: Senate De l i n: bates .Jul. I'.-J. — (AP> — • d '.i >t!jy that *i a'lvlately up i't o>.n;>u!s<>ry •!';! next year. piv>< confer v-::;cnt> of man it now to learn to ^ equipment that ii. it iis; •>' men. ■y tin- v.hcie de • i C\>n;;ress had , *i;e subject since was *,:l:\int; about 'i L" enacted in <.<. : he ..di!.i d. ' ireal delay in ;•> me cor? • X >t"e Dame t»»'>t— the late Knute '•.fit ; -serted that : uci a season with . • -. i\ «"e players in lull teams—he :: id a winning team, j • cl States is invaded it . -lie Chief executive] , • : :t was better to •. than none at all. e Striate as the Pres - ; n amendment to Burke-Wads worth con v Senator Maioney. ::out. which would -election on men for •ice vntil January • : tri;. was given - S ite debate on coa W ley. Republican. . voluntary serv t-;i . trial before ordered. . ford to has bill. Lvery angle !: ..<• c'.obate tftfs : i \ i 11 not. in ;-dne.-.- x x x <• invaded and ; id." Wiley ;,aL-ly "will pa..s :..van we're going r eates quickly ;• cU nt Roosevelt's !<; r; p the scales amendment, c it. Nebraska, i • ndmg measure, • P i -ident's views .;«• ..t the Burke itiiont "vitiating :> ti e Maioney l;:- si. however, '• >>n the Maioney iy oetoie next ■ i m:oi andtun from S- • .DM. the Pres '! iniormed him yt.:r to I ill up i we Army {(.'t nna men even ! -;ii rate of recruit :i remark that . he continued S- cson memoran • '.• •. r 400.1100 men won Id be need y function as an i. would take an 1 picsent basis of GENERAL METTS SAYS STATE'S GUARD READY North Carolina Units Are Expected To Be Among First Calied by President Under New Legislation; Units To Be Expanded. Raleigh. Aug. 23.—(AP)—Adjutant: Central J. Van 15 Mctts said today, Xorth Carolina's National Guards nan would be ready "at a moment's notice" to answer a call to active duty lor one year by President Itoose Vllt. It was believed certain thai 'he state Guard would be summoned to duty since the Senate sent to the White House today a bill authorizing the cal! by me President .Met!- .-aid War departn ent plans indicated that Xorth Carolina guards nun would begin their year of active strvice on September la or 10. All ot the Tar Heel Guardsmen, with the except: n el ihe252nd Coa- t Artillery, will be sent to C'amp Jackson, near Columbia. S. C.. he said, and the 232nd may be divided between Fort Mouitiie. S. C.. and Fort Screven, Ga. At the same time the adjutant gen eral disclosed that the strength of the State Guard, now composed oi slightly more than 4.000.officers and men. would be increased by 20 per cent it the call for duty were issued by the President. Volunteers .would be asked to swell the state unit, he added. Fot the last three weeks the troops —with the exception of the 252nd coast artillery—have been participat ing in maneuvers in Louisiana and Texas. | Sixteen Killed In British Air Raids On Holland Areas Amsterdam, Aug. 23.—(AP)—Au- i thotities saicl today that first re- j ports indicated that 16 persons had ! been killed by British bombers in I The Netherlands early this morning. Ten were hilled, these sources said, in Rotterdam: six civilians killed. 20 wounded and 80 dwellings wrecked, at a town in the east Netherlands, i Anti-aircraft guns were declared to have driven the raiders from Am -t< > d;>m Unexploded bombs were said to have injured 13 in another town. Nine Army Men Die In Crash Of Big Bomber i Denver, Aug. 23.— (AP)—Two of— | ficers and seven enlisted men were killed in the crash of an Army bomb ing plane on a bombing range 43 miles west of Denver last night. Flares dropped early today from a searching ship located the wreck age after the bomber, from Denver's Lowry Field, had failed to return from a routine bombing practice as signment. A severe electrical storm occurred east and southeast of the city last night. Scene of the crash, southeast of Watkins, Colorado, is a flat, dry prairie country creased by gulleys formed by swift runoffs ot oc casionally heavy rain. Local Guardsman is Charged With Throat-Cutting Raleigh. Aug. 23.—(AP)—Ad jutant General .i. Van li. Melts said today he had under advise ment a report of an investigation into the throat-cutting of Ser geant J. F. Savage of Wilmington a National Guardsman.. Melts said the man was slashed by another Guardman at an en campment near Camp Shelby, Miss. The investigation con ducted by Major James C. Demp sey. division inspector, was not made public. Metis said that when he lefi the Guard maneuvers on Tues day, Savage was out of danger and the sergeant's assailant was und >r military arrer-1. Tfe assailant ««•; lirfed- a;; Private Koy W. Falkncr of ISeadcivarlcrs and Service Com pany. !03th Mrdical Regiment sta tioned at H"nd«,rson. The adjutant g-nera! added t'»at he would have to studv Major Demps-v's r*»nort before announcing what action, if any, would he taken. Gunmen Rob Vfail Train Bandits, Apparently Seeking $100,000 Pay roll Shipments, Get Nothing of Value. New York, Aug. 23.—(AP)— Six gunmen, flourishing six-shooters unci automatics in emulation of old west ern badmen, held up a passenger train in upper Manhattan early to day, cowed it:; crow at muzzle point, handcuffed two postal clerks to an iron post and fled after carefully se lecting only one pouch containing "mail for Yonkers." The holdup consumed less than three ninnies. Federal and city officers expressed the belief that the gang sought pay rolls aggregating $li:0.0r>() which cus tomarily are sent by registered mail twice weekly frotv New York banks to Yonkers factories. 'i hey added that the robbers had rhosen (h^ l ight train hut the wrong day. Nothing of importance was con tained in the stolen pouch, they said. waae Proposes Probe Of Relief Rail Increases 23.—(AP)—Wen- • -I'd today that Iv ioert Jackson ■\ nether there had : ui the Hatch act,''1 'ii increases in re- , < if-ction years. I '-■••ii and striking" • ;• iici reporters,; veil :*: relief fl'.ct '-ii years .i.uUai lUii inee said he might write Jackson about the situation, but that l'irst he was "calling the attention of the countiy to what goes on in the relief situation." Wilikie said WPA figures showed tfic.-c increases in election were: 1934, !i.(i per cent from June through October: 1936, 14.4 per cent; 1938. 19.L per cent: 1940. 90.000 persons in July over June. In •; n-< iection years since 1932. I j sa id, I he roils showed decreases. In Attacks On Britain British Long Range Guns Fire "A Few Rounds Across Chan nel'7 in Reply to Ger mans; Italy Threatens i Greek Invasion. (By Tho Associated Prers.) j Nazi warphnes dropped salvos of I bombs on throe d°ns"iv notvihter London suburbs today ;md inflicted ;i toll of six known killed in attacks of mounting violence elsewhere in England and Scotland. London reported lhat British long range guns had Tired "a lew rounds .... .w : fh.-innel," by way of reply to newly disclosed German "big Bcr- j thus'* lining the French coast which i shelled British convoys yesterday in , the Slants of Dover and rained pro- j jectiles on Dover itself. British military spokesmen dis-! counted the nazis' new mode of at tack. declaring the bl/ German can non would not make Dover untenable from a military standpoint. Civilian residents of the channel's "Hell's cor ner" town began fleeing, however. Heavy property damage was re ported in the pre-dawn raid on the London area—the capital's first night assault of the war. Few casualties were reported. British bombers countered with | raids over western Germany, the nazi i high command acknowledged, "with ; out special effect" but "a number of civilians injured". The rising sun brought new waves of German bombers ganging over the island kingdom, attacking a northeasl coast town where a large store was wrecked by a direct bomb hit, a hotel was damaged and patrons of a cafe were trapped under debris when a bomb struck the building. An Italian threat to invade Greece if the British occupy any Gi-cek is j lands was reported in a dispatch | from Rome. "If the British move into Greece i we will do the same," a high fascist i spokesman declared, commenting on I rumors that Britain might occupy ' Crete and Corfu. Air raid sirens in the Britirh capi tal sounded a 45-minute alarm end ing at 3 a. m. and London's millions heard the bark of anti-aircraft guns and the roar of bomb explosions in the western outskirts. A British communique said "a small number of casualties" resulted in London, while attacks in other parts of the island kingdom by nazi warplanes "operating singly or in small numbers" resulted in some damage and "a number of fatal in j juries." (jOnaih/'-j FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sat urday: slightly cooler ;n north west and north central portions Saturday. Conditions Change So Fast That Statesmen Alter Views Frequently, Stewart Says By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Columnist Washington, Aug. 23.—Ray Tuck er, the celebrated Washington news paper columnist, rushed into the typewriter room at thp National Press club, threw himself into a chair lacing a machine and began pounding out a story as fust as the keyboard would let him. He was so energetic about it that he aroused my curiosity. "You got something hot, Ray?" I asked him. "I'm writing," Ray explained. ' Sen I ator So-and-So'x repudiation, for to morrow's publication, of that state j ment he's to hand out to the corres ; por.dents -this afternoon." Of course I knew what Ray was hinting at. He was saying diplo matically that, if he had a scoop in his system, he'd reveal it to the gen eral public before handing it out to I the comparatively small circle of hi< I ")uriali~tic brethren: let them hus tle up their own stuff. All the ?;mie. with his remarks he ! scored a bull's-eye. Conditions are so kaleidoscopic a' present that, by the time a politiciar ■ has expressed himself definitely on ! some particular subject, he wishes that he'd expressed himself altogeth er contrariwise. I don't really believe that the av erage statesman, when he coughs up an interview, actually makes sure that he already has a repudiation, prepared in advance, of that same interview, in the hands of the cor respondents, to follow it. , Nevertheless, the sequence of pub ; lication.s and counter-publications, I from identical respective sources, i? rapid enough to make a newsman I wonder it' his interviews aren't doing I it almost intentionally. Questions Versus Commitments i For instance, there recently was i considerable popular agitation in ; favor of an agreement, between President Roosevelt and Car'tidate ' Willkie, upon a national policy which could be carried right along, no mat ter which one wins in November. Candidate Willkie speedily an nounced that, yes. he was quite wili ng to be "questioned'' by the Presi dent. He generally was interpreted as (Continued on Page Eight.; INVENTOR Y OF ARMS REVEALS AMPLE SUPPL Y Jap Envoy Recalled Kensuke Horinouchi In a sweeping shake-up of the diplo matic service, Kensuke Horinouchi, Japanese ambassador to the United States, was recalled, together with many other ambassadors and con sular agents. The shake-up is re ported preparatory to a "diplomatic offensive." (Central Fvess) Better Leaf Is Higher Medium Grades Are Slightly improved in Price on Border Belt; Growers Pleased. (Dy The Associated Press.) Better grades ol tobacco brought decidedly advanced prices on the 16 markets of the North Carolina-South Carolina Border Belt today and gen eral grower satisfaction was evident. Medium grades were slightly im proved in price. Quality of offerings at Mullins was improved today. A total of 717,778 oonnds was sold at Mullins yester day for an estimated average of cents a pound. Lugs and primings brought pre mium prices u:> to 35 / nts at Lake City. A total of 1.775.502 pounds has been mi Id at Lake City so far this season for an average of 1 8.33 cents, compared with 2,1%'.318 pounds and 18.11) cents last year to date. Top grades were icported bringing pmnium prices at Timmonsvillc. "'Toro tluin 500,000 pounds was on the floors. Sales were blocked at Fair Bluff, where the < Vility was reported fair. The average price paid there was be tween ] 9.75 and 20 cents. Common and medium grades were plentiful at Fairmont. A total of 885, 718 pounds was sold yesterday for an average of 19.38 cents. The War Department Shows Supply of All Basic Weapons Suffi cient For Army of Three Million Men; Newer Weapons Are Lacking. Washington, Aug. 23.—(AP)— An official inventory shower! tochy, of ficers said, that the Army has an | sample supply not only of rifles but of all basic weapons for a force of 3. 000,0(10 men—more th::n twice the number that would be under arms in the tint year of a compulsory mili tary training program. Replying directly to critics who have said that the War department could not equip a conscript army. General George C. Marshall chief of stall', declared flatly yesterday: "We have plenty of material to train all these men." Although he derided fears that the United States would have a "wooded gun" or "broomstick" army, General Marshall acknowledged without hesi tation that adequate supplies of new er lightning war weapons were lack ing. He referred especially to anti talk guns, mortars and anti-aircraft guns. Taking issue with the argument i that conscripts should not be drafted | until modern weapons were avail : able, he declared that a soldier's basic training could be given with exist ing equipment. "We have enough .30 calibre rifles I for 3,000,000 men right now. It makes | little difference in the training of a I soldier whether he has a Gerand I rifle or a .30 calibre rifle," General | Marshall said. Backing up General Marshall's statement with its latest count of basic weapons, the War department said it owned 3.000 75 millimeter guns and 75,000 machine guns, which 1 also were sufficient for 3,000,000 I men. Building Boom Continues In July Record Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 23.—North Carolina's building boom continued at ac celerated speed through July, accord ing to figures released today by the Statistical division of the Department of Labor. Every type—residential, non-resi ! dential, additions, alterations and re ! pairs—showed substantial increases I as to number of permits; and only | non-residential construction dropped off from the corresponding figure:; last. July. These observations are based on reports from the 21 citics of more than 10,000 population which report their construction programs to the Labor department. In number of buildings, residences showed the greatest increase, with ! 329 against 200 for a jump of 64.5 percent. Non-residential permits (Continued on Page Three) FDR Signs Investment Trust Regulatory Bill Washington, Aug. 23. — (AP)—j President Roosevelt signed into law j today legislation giving the securities; commission authority to regulate in-1 vestment trust companies and termed | it "another milestone" in the ad-i ministration's "vigorous program" to J protect investors. In a formal statement, Mr. Roose- | velt used as a good example ol "the j true meaning of this program" the 1935 public utility holding company, act which, he said, was designed To' -hirb "these corporate monstrosities." , During ti.v ]he said, these holding comp-ni " •ru per mitted 11> pyi-'in d hi I'i.'tig.- on top of stock holding?-, untii a few men at the top with oniy it micro scopic investment of their own could j control the smallest action of those, who ran the far-fiung operating com panies at the base of the pyramid.'' "Those at the top juggled corpora- | tions for selfish purposes," he said. "This situation was contrary to the American way of life and, had the holding companies not been check ed, they would have threatened the veiy existence of our democratic pro- ' cesses." As for the investment trust law, Mi*. Roosevelt said it was not neces ary to review ' the many unhealthy practice:;"' il was designed to elimin ate. but that it was sufficient to note th;.t the investment trust': t!>fm.je!. <. ur&ed federal supervision. i Reservists Subject To Year's Duty Legislation Provides For Resignation of Married Gr "\rdsmen Under Rank f Cap tain; Re-Employment Is Required. Washington, Aug. 23.—(APJ— The Senate sent to the White House today legislation authorizing the President to call the National Guard and Army Reserves for active duty lor any period of twelve consecutive months. The chamber completed legislative action on the resolution by accepting without dissent a conference report previously approved by the House. As finally enacted the measure would make approximately 296.000 members of the Guard, Officers He serve Corps, enlisted Resei»Ves and oilier units subject to active service anywhere within the western hemis phere on the Philippine islands. The legislation provides that any Guardsman or Reserve under the rank of captain, who has dependents with no other means of support, could resign within 20 days after he has been ordered into active service. Guard members under 18 years of age would be given honorable dis charge. Re-employment of those inducted into service would be required of employers after their period of ac tive service ended, with a provision that they should not then be dis charged without cause for one year. Four divisions of the National Guard—the 30th. 41st, 44th and 45th —are expected to be called to active duty next month under mobilization legislation. General Goerge C. Marshall, Army chief of vt:iff, recently told the Sen ate military affairs committees that <hof divisions with 22 smaller units would he the first section of the Guard ordered to duty. Person Votes On Liquor Saturday R'ilfj»h. An# 23.—(AP)—Person county voters will go to the polls to morrow to decide whether to legalize the sale of liquor or to remain dry. The county voted on the same question in June, 1937, and the drys won by a 22-vote margin. AIR RAIID London, Aug. 23.— (AP) —Ger man planes made "indiscriminate machine gun attacks" on several areas in Britain today, the govern ment announced. A communique said the attacks occurred during widely scattered raids by a small number of plane:' operating singly. Argentine Situation Is More Tense Buenos Aires, Aug. 23.—(AP)— Victor GuilSot, a member of the chamber of deputies, 'Med today of what police said wa; "lf-inflicted bullet wound, comn ng an al ready critical intern.il >Iitical sit uation created by the ie.ignation of President Roberto M. Ortiz. Guillot's ouster from the chamber had been demanded by a committee investigating the El Palomar land deal, in which the aimy is alleged to have paid five times the value of a piece of land for an airport. Police said he shot himself in the head with a pistol. The president resigned because he said the committee report involved his honor without naming him. Police said that Guiliot, to whom a senate investigating committee had traced part of the funds which it de clared were distributed among of ficials and former officials, left notes to his family and friends. Meanwhile, a categorical "no'* was expected when a joint legislative . s sembly meets tomorrow to consiuer the resignation which Ortiz tendered ye-trrday. Supporters of the ■ -lent considered it certain thai the congress would reject his resigna tion.
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