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IfteniterBim Haily H tspafrh ———7— ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA rlV'l;\ f \ -Shi\ kN 1 H I EAR LEASED WIRE SERVICE OK — — T"K ^ss'H'tATKL. 1'UESS1 HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 24, 1940 ™"usl!§iJ^lL£"EESOON FIVE CENTS COPY £ peedy Action On Draft Urged Two Air Raid Alarms Sound in London / gig Guns On French Coast Fire Again Hea»> Bombardment Along 1 hames Estu ary r.ainlv Heard in Lou Jon; The British ; and Long Kange Guns Answer. \ . 24. —(AP) — The .re uiid bombs from the Thames otuary .. ;.U"U tins alternoon : .i;. raid alarm of a v a double-barreled by new waves of and cross-channel .of anti-aircraft i •r.uon with the heaviest :a tiiv.- northeast. • : Heavy bombardment: . ' a i*t.s estuary, broad j London, was heard; v.t : cart of the city even sirens stopped wail-! - standing on roof tops in! out>kirts of the city ] c. 'Rights were raging! ccr: raiders and Brit-, .i:on> took cover fori : • x- at 3:43 p. tn. (9:43 ...-i having been caught j v morning rush hour i alarm. The all clear :;dcu an hour after the sec '■ —UiClcd after a few u tuc afternoon alarm | .l oi planes gradually j . e the sirens sounded. I >-.s 1*. German Dornierj : Messtrschniitt lighters j ::iy over the south iiiid w< < engaged by Brit- j ::i!e Britain's own big! ; ci' a counter barrage : ''at. coast in reply to ... of the Dover area, watrols were fighting a •'.(.• wit:: tilt- nazi craft, _ vcr in groups of 55. State Roads Are Studied Highway Department Makes Survey of Mod ernization of Roads for Military Use. 24.—CAP)—Modern-! ' n arterial roads in ivr-et War depart-; ! ir the rapid trans-1 *'>: ized troops would State Highway ot't'i ri 4 -m.iv. 1 ' "! the Federal Bu-1 the Hmhway depart- | : i survey to deter-1 f bringing certain i: width of 18 feet and bringing d routes to a mini US I'eet and a load cap tons. tandards, 14 new i havi to be built and would have to be ■ <' a total cost of $1, 0' y showed. Grading • d eo>t SI 1)8.000, widen and widening should "-.'-.•jfti*. said they did not '■»" the liureau of Roads fi"i take the work. i*T consideration in c.uolina to Virginia d 1. passing through • . aeon. Raleigh and ' it'olin?! to Virginia 15-A and 1, passing f on Five) l0HN L. LOCKHART TO MECKLENBURG (AP)— John L. ■ s tendon t of Wake ■ he last 22 years. ro!:ie superintend He will L. L. Be^t. British Convoy Shelled from French Coast C. P. Cablcphoto Two h 11.ere geysers spout near a mile-long British convoy as long-range guns concealed on the French coast miss their mark. More than 100 shells were fired. A smoke screen laid down by British warships helped thwart the spectacular Nazi attempt to sink the convoy in the Straits of Dover. Photo cabled from London to New York. ^ Hungarian-Rumanian Parley Over Transylvan ials Failure Reservists Called Out Hungary Takes New Defensive Measures as Conference With Rumania Fails. Budapest. Aug. 24.—(AP)—Hun gary took new defensive measures today, calling up army reservists overnight, as the conference with Rumania over Transylvania ended in failure. The number of reservists callcd up was not disclosed. Additional soldiers were detailed to guard the national railway system and auto, bus and taxicab compa nies restricted their activities, pre sumably to put their activities, pre dispo.al of military authorities. (Rumania called up reserve offi cers last night and cancelled army leaves.) Hungarian newspapers reprinted prominently today Italian press com ments- that Hungary's right to re gain her pre-World War province of Transylvania "is above discussion." Report received here said the Ru manian high command forebade all inhabitants of the border area to listen to the Hungarian radio on pen alty of court martial. British Troops Leave Shanghai Shanghai. Aug. 24.— (AP)—A second detachment of British i troops of the Fast Surrey regi ment embarked from Shanghai yesterday for an undisclosed dc- I tination. The first group of the British ! troops who are withdrawing from Shanghai left Wednesday. Farm Income Is Higher Gain Over 1939 Shown for Eight South At lantic States, Without Federal Checks. Washington. Aug. 24.—(AP)—Cash j farm income in eight South Atlantic I states for the first six months of 1940, | not including government payments, i exceeded that of the same period last j year by $2,184,000. This was disclosed today by the! : Bureau of Agricultural Economics. | The 1940 figure was $265,175,000.: (Continued on Page Five) List Of Candidates For Young Demo Presidency Is Continuing To Expand Daily DispaU h Bureau, I in the Sir Walter Hotel. ! Raleigh, Aug. 24.—If reports from usually well-informed sources are tof be believed, the list of candidates fori presidency of North Carolina's Young Democratic Clubs is growing. These reports already list a quar tet and if things keep going at the present rate, the roster of would-be leaders is likely to expand to chorus j proportion. I Possibility that young Ralph Gard ner will seek the YDC presidency is most promising of real political high jinks at the state convention here in September. If. in fact, he is in the race seriously, it means that a def inite coup is in the making—or at least that one will be attempted. Representative Lee Wilson of Da vidson. unopposed for a State senate so;>r in th^ 1941 General Assembly: Kicld Brewer of Elkin: and Bill Med ford of Haywood county, are others who have been reported gunning for the president's poit, with WiLon far at | out ill front on the basis of reported progress. Brewer, in fact, is said to have been practically eliminated, with those who urged him to make the race now actively lined up behind Wilson. Med ford's candidacy has been rather on the quiet side so far, with little heard here about it. Gardner, a state senator and son of the former Governor O. Max Gardner (alleged by a large portion of Tar Heels to be the "boss" of North Carolina) was an active sup porter of Lieutenant Governor Wil kins P. Horton in this spring's gu bernatorial race, and he would, therefore, be commonly thought not: the first choice of J. M. Broughton, the primary winner. On the contrary, it is repoi ted, the Shelby man would be the candidate of a Tar Heel group vigorously and violently opposed to Dr. Ralph W. McDonald and ail his works. Young (Continued on Page Five) Delegations Return Home Rumania Refuses Hun garian Demands for Approximately Two Thirds of Province, vania. Turnu-Severin, Rumania, Aug. 24. —(AP)—The Hungarian - Rumanian conference over Transylvania col lapsed today. The two delegations, admitting failure to find a common ground for continuing the negotiations, prepared to depart for Bucharest and Budapest The collapse of the axis-inspired attempt to arrive at a friendly set tlement of Hungary's claims to the 35,000-square mile province of Transylvania, which Rumania has held since the World war, came after the Rumanians failed to give a satis factory reply to a Hungarian de mand for some concrete territorial concessions. The Hungarians had demanded ap proximately two-thirds of the pro vince. The Rumanians refused and offered to exchange minority popula tions instead. The fact that several hundred j thousand Hungarians live in Tran-j sylvania has been the focal point of the Hungarian campaign for return of the province. Germans Bomb Objectives In Kent, England Berlin, Aug. 24.—(AP)—Gorman | planes attacked today in several, waves and bombed military objec tives in Kent, southeast of London, informed German sources said to day. German headquarters on the chan nel coast declared "terrible" air l ights broke out over the channel, j Numerous foes were shot down and planes are floating on the surface in several places." German rescue planes were dis-1 patched to pick up crews shot down, i Despite the heavy opposition, the German planes were reported to have driven home their attacks on airports in southeast England with "effective hits on hangars." Twenty bombers were renorted in ! each waves, with an escort of1 nine j to ten chasers or destroyer planes. Farmers Are Cheered By Leaf Prices i I I First Week's Sales or Border Beit Estimated to Average 20 Cents a Pound or Better; j Heavy Offerings Ex pected. j (P,v Thp A-i-nci.-itcr] Pre s.) Fnrpi'Ms in Ihf Norlh r-.r | Soulh P;ir"lina Pordor tobacco Brit, 1 recapitulating activity of the first week of the 194(1 auctions, were checrcd today at firm prices and j v{r:>rlv buying. Salfv. brought returns estimated to' average 20 cents a pound or better—' 4 1 > (i cvnts a p":md higher than the j 19-0 season's average. Floors of warehouses at several j markets were cleared yesterday in a j quickened selling pace, but sales were blocked at others. Heavy of ferings were expooled next week. The Lumberlon market reported it had i'.s most successful opening week. More than 3.000.000 pounds were sold at an average of 18.75 cent:; a pound. Prices advanced steadily from the opening day and toward the end of the week closely approached 20 cents* a pound. The Timmonsvillc market reported it sold 1,922.014 pounds during the week for $325,445.48. Reports of yesterdfy's sales includ- J ed: Mullins, S. C. — Approximately 800,000 pounds sold for an estimated average of $20.50 a hundred. Chadbourn—Nearly 300,000 pounds sold at an estimated average of 19 to 20 cents. Tabor City—207,980 pounds sold at an average of 19.93 cents. Kingstree, S. C.—More than 200, 000 pounds sola at better than 20 j cents a pound. Lake City, S. C.—Around 000.000 pounds sold at prices of l'rom 4 to 35 cents. REA Charge Is Rebutted Investigator Finds No Basis for Slattery's Charges Against Pow er Companies. Raleigh, Aug. 24.—Director Slat t(tv, of the Federal Rural Electrifi cation Authority, is slated in the near future to give an unusual exhibition of crawling off a limb. Not so long ago he issued a hot blast against North Carolina's power companies, charging in violent terms that they are sabotaging the rural electrification program in this state. He cited one specific case, alleging that the Duke Power Company deli berately built a line in Stokes which would put about half the county "in darkness." Now it seems that if a graceful method of crawfishing can be dis covered. Mr. Slattcry is coming back from his precarious perch. An inves tigator for the Federal KEA has conn down from Washington; gone all the way back to farmers who make up the co-ops; has found absolutely n< foundation for the Slattcry outburst and is going back to Washington t< give the power companies a clean bill of health and make a strong rec .'Continued on Page Five) Person County Is Voting On Liquor Roxboro, Aug. 24.— (AP) —For the second time in slightly more than three years. Person county residents vided today on the question of legal izing the sale of liquor under the 1937 county option law. In the first election, in June. 1937. the county remained dry by 22 votes. tOontho* FOR NORTH CAROLINA Generally?' fair tonight and Sunday: slightly coolcr in north east portion tonight. -j New Jap Envoy? Yoshisuke Aikaws One of Japan's outstanding indus trialists, Yoshisuke Aikawa is slated to succeed Kensuke Horinouchi, re called, as Japan's ambassador to the United States, according to a report. Four other ambassadors and many consular agents were recalled in th« sweeping shake-up. opkins Out Resignation of Secre tary of Commerce Ac cepted Today by Pres ident Roosevelt. Washington, Aug. 24. — (AP) — President Roosevelt today accepted the resignation of Harry L. Hopkins ;.s secretary of Commerce, and it was announced he would offer the post to Jesse II. Jones, federal loan ad ministrator. Hopkins told the President by loi ter thai he was quitting the cabinet to recover his health. He has been suffering from a stomach ailment for (Continued on Page Fi^e1 New Vork State Has Cold Wave Buffalo, Aug. 24.— (AP) —Now York residents awoke today to find 'top coat" weather as the temnerature tumbled to below freezing levels in some section .v' established new •o'-'o-ds for the date. 4 The mercury touched 28 at Dex ter aii noi l, ba*e for airplanes at the ] rceent war maneuvers, and 26 in northern New York. Frost damaged truck crops in some areas. PLANE CONTRACTS SIGNED Washington. Aug. 24.—(AP)— The defense commission announced today that contracts had been signed by 1he army and navy for about 2,800 of the 4,200 planes for which funds became available on July 1. delivery dates on the planes have lot been announced. HIKING BELL BOYS Elmscreek, Neb., Aufg. 24.—CAP) —Archie Bell, Kearney policeman, recognized immediately two hitch hikers he picked up near Odessa —they were his own sons. A. W. O. L. Willkie Advocates New Aeronautics Secretary New York, Aug. 24—(AP)—Wen dell L. Willkie advocated today that a secretary of aeronautics be added to the President's cabinet because, he said, that branch of the military service is the most important and should not be subordinated. It would be much better, the Re- I publican presidential nominee told ;i j press conference, "if we had one i cabinet member in charge of military, navl and aeronautical operations' and under him men in charge of the J three branches. However, because 11 t'iln!: that would take some time, in ' -o jntrr'm v.*o >■: > !d cf'te a cabi net member in charge of aeron i-iti s "Fmphasis in d'-veiopin" miliUirv strength should be on the branch. Senator Quotes From Nazi Book Senator Gibson of Vermont Says Senate Has Spent the Same Length of Time De bating Conscription as French Conquest Re quired. Washington, Aug. 24.— (AP)—Ad vocating speedy action, Senator Gib son, Republican, Vermont, told his colleagues today that the Senate hod taken the same length of time lo de bate the Burke-Wadsworth commi sory conscription bill that had been required by Hitler to conquer France. "No wonder that Hitler has the Utmost contempt for democratic in stitutions which are incapable of | prompt and wise action in times of emergency", the senator declared. He spoke as Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the Democratic leader, prepared to seek an agreement to limit debate. Senator Austin of Ver mont, acting Republican leader, told reporters he thought no Republican objection would be raised to such a limitation. Gibson took the floor after the start of today's session had been de layed 25 minutes because a quorum of senators was not present. "I have heard on this floor," Gib son said, "many expressions by able members of this Senate that they do not believe theie is any possi bility of attack on this country, fn all courtesy to them, their beliefs amount to nothing. Better see what the one man who knows believes about the possibility of this attack. "A short time ago one of Hitler's most intimate friends wrote a book —I refer to the 'Voice of Destruction' by Hermann Rauschnig, very recent ly published. Listen to one short quo tation from that book and then let any senator arise and say he doesn't believe that Hitler will possibly at tack us. I quote: "'National socialism alone is des tined to liberate the American peo ple from their ruling clique and give them back the means of becoming a great nation. I shall undertake this task simultaneously with the restora tion of Germany to her leading posi tion in America.'" Italians Bomb Alexandria Rome, Aug. 24.—(AP)—-Italian plane.) yesterday bombed the naval base at Alexandria. Egypt, and the Egyptian air fields at Sidi Barrani and Khr.rtoum, as wel as British concentrations at Mersa Matruh, the Fascist high command announced to day in a communique acknowledging Joss of an Italian submarine. The communique said the subma rine was sunk by a P :?h torpedo carrying plane in the ' ■ f of Bom oa. Libya. The RAF yesterday r'aimed de -t ruction of two submarines, a de stroyer and a submarine depot ship in a bombing raid on the Bomba roadstead Thursday. The Italian raids on objectivos in Egypt were said to have had "con siderable results" with large fires observed "everyvhere." The communique reported that all • Italian planes returned to their bases. that today is most important. My impression is that in our air con struction and training of pilots and mechanics we are hopelessly unpre pared. "Il England had a trained force equal to that of Germany she would not be lacing her present crisis." Willkie began work on his first major campaign addresses, concen trating on one which he said would try to show "why New Deal pol icies lead to business stagnation " The Republican presidential nomi nee said the speech would "make :i comparison between recovery from this depression and recovery from previous depressions." He did not fix the place 01 date for thj dj livery.
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