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Hwtiieraim Hatly Bispafrlj ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPE R PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NOR'iH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ^T7\, V-SKVENTH YEAR OF "HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 2S, 1940 1>\tYTERSUUN FIVE CENTS COPY 17,000 Airplane Engines Purchased fc r A rmyA n dNa vy Formal Contract to Cov.; :ie Agreement r >c-J "^oday With Uni:ecl Aircraft Cor pora-.ion: Army Buys $70 Planes. Aug 29.—(AP>—An cai'Cd between the Aircraft Corpora ; v manufacture of cities for both the \ y . ' . co. t ni $160. ■'e agreement at a •. Scivtarv Knox d "he full approval of • M and woulcl cover ; •. -nts of bi>ih Arinv i'.v ted Aircraft for i 'i't2 fiscal years. rt covering the • K-. \ >a:d. wilt bo nego • fund' !>>;• the en ded !!1 the $5,003,000. •priation bill pend •, . r.gress. Kt. \ <aid. United will .. v!v with a $2,500. •i of its plant at Hart : :i. C >nn. .V :.:.:ral John H. Towers, •f Xavv's bureau of aero i i I the Navy would i retain title to $7,000. acnine tools to equip d plant. i!:r tor the production U'hitnev engines by instituting the largest en i'u:- made under the de v : i >sra:n — wa> the second • ry plane purchasing de announced within 24 ■ Anr.y disclosed yester ' " had signed contracts for ■ ning planes and 20 trans . - :< co;-t $14,410,000. Army Plans Announced Time T ables and Schedules Ready for Building Nation's Big gest Peacetime Army. . .vug. 29.—CAP)—The civ with tentative time ms today to start build ' peacetime force in the torv. :■ President Roosevelt -tv—ive mobilization of G ,ird would start the >ugh its first phases. 4e ot the conscription ia.-t night by the Sen the way for the sec >1 the progiam. '! : obi ligation army of •igr«-v> was an essential 1 tin- training of con . Presidential order is '"n\ itive plans provide the first contingent of • n for a year's train bt r 15 and 165.000 ■ember 1. giving a total • n i-. enacted, the plan have 400.000 con <• year's service by • another 400. i. 1041. and similar :wt-ements until Oc The date of the first ilci depend on how :s approved. .i'.'.uti. Democrat. In ■ " Senate the schedule : by a joint Army and provides that 15 day* >: becomes law some men from 21 thro »•> their local voting .. local boards pro iaw would take uj: fieation and selec - 'o each registrant i ••hosen by lot. drawing of severa : '• en be held and thi v. inch the number: v. ould determine tht " .: ti i an was sub __ possible service. NORTH CAROLINA. ■ !•. tenisrht ar.d Fri • '«vhmi drizzle and ■ .Ju. ilo'.vcis. New Type Of Leaf Is Free Of Nicotine Lexington. Ky.. Aug. 29—(AP)— A type ol tobacco that looks, smells and ta.tcs like liuley hut is almost completely tree from nicotine has bcm developed by the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment station here. itte new type, according to the chemistry department of the Uni versity oi Kentucky, with which the experiment station is connected, con tains ".:n the average only about .2 of one per cent nicotine. Ordinary burley. the department reported, contains about 2 per cent while the dark tobacco such as that grown in western Kentucky averages 3 to 4 per cent. The development of this low nico tine leaf was accomplsihed by plant breeding and the crossing of types rf tobacco in experiments begun in 1935 under direction of Dr. W. D. Valieau. the station's plant patholo gist. Station experts said that if a de mand were shown for the new plant hundreds of thousands of pounds could be produced annually just as cheaply asother types. Tax Bill To | I I House Floor "Gag Rule" Charged as Drastic Regulations Invoked on Debate and I Amendments. I ! | Washington. Aug. 29.—(AP)—In-J j voking procedural regulations so j drastic that the call of "gag rule" was [heard, the House took up the com plicated excess profits tax legislation: I today with leaders intent on driving it through to passage by nightfall. House leaders agreed to restrict : harply both debate and amendment I offers in an effort to assure speedy ' action on the measure, which has been urged as vital for faster pro ! gress in national defense. Designed both to prevent "war j millionaires" and to grant tax eon ] cessions to defense industries, the i bill has three major sections: It would levy an excess profits tax . of 20 to 50 percent on corporations, j It would permit defense industries I to deduct from their taxable income over a five-year period the entire ' cost of facilities installed to handle I Army and Navy contracts. I It would suspend existing limita tions on the profits to be made on i government orders for aircraft and | warships. Representative Cooper, Democrat. , Tennessee, one of the bill's managers, j estimated that it would yield $300. • 000.000 in 1940 and 5900.000,000 an | nuallv thereafter. I Under procedure approved unani mously by the rules committee only members of the House ways and 1 means committee can offer amend I ments and debate is limited to two I hours. This procedure, described as ! a gag by both Democrats and He publicans, has the effect of insuring ; a final vote within a single day, i barring an unforeseen development. The r Fight Wins in Sen; te Leaders in ihe Senate drive for passage of the Buikc-Yv'ad.:\vorth peacetime- conscription bill arc shown above in conference just beiore the final moves which re-ultcd in the passage of the measure last night by a vote i»l 58 to 31. LlU to right are Senators Tom Connally of Sherman Minton of Indiana, Morris Sheppard of Texas and Edmund Burke of Nebraska. This is a pho i;m.io. Draft Supporters Muster Forces For Fight In House George McManus, Once Accused Of Murder, Is Dead New York, Aug. 29.—(AP)— George McManus, 48. big-time Broadway gambler who once was ac cused of the murder of Arnold Roth stein. died of heart disease last night at his home in Sea Grit. N. J. Alter a long and sensational trial McManjjs was acquitted by the gen- | eral sessions jury which heard the, case—but the slaying ol' Iiotnstein in j 1U2C still remains a mystery. McManus, who had avoided pub licity with great care since the trial, had been ill about six months. Fill Wrecked Modernizing and Re pair of Flood-Dam aged Highway Ex- j pected to Cost Near Half-Million. Raleigh, Aug. 29 —(AP)— Cost of modernizing and repairing a flood damaged highway fill and b^«dge on j route No. 17 near Williainston was placed by Chief Highway Engineer! W. Vance Baisc* today at be* ween! $450,000 and $500,000. Baise made the estimate after com pleting an inspection tour of the fill, i Ho said it took him lour hours to. I travel four miles "on •i'aot and in boats." j The engineer said that approxi mately two-thirds of the pavement: < Continued on page two) Senator Bailey Warns That Preparedness Will Be Slow Work—Vindicates Leaders Daily Dispatch Bureau, in the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. Aug. 29.—The task of putting the United States on a full basis oi' preparedness l'or war is like Jy to be a long one. Senator Josiah • W. Bailey believes. But lack of pre j sent preparedness and slow progress I of the present program is not to be charged to Cie administration, he thinks. The senior Tar Heel senator ex pressed these views in the conclud j >ng paragraph of a lengthy letter to ! Raleigh r o-i Is umber 1 oi' the Amiv - —a let lor written in re . ply to a resuiuuuu ui , ' .11^ compulsory'military training and {Urging that the defense program be, pii '"""d lull speed ahead. i "All of us must bear in mind that 'our primary need now is equipment | in the air, on the waters, and on: the land, and to get this equipment is; f going to require more time than we are likely to think", he wrote. "I do: i not charge this to the administration by way of neglect. The necessities of: modern warfare are a revelation to the whole world, and equipment re (Continued on Page Five) Victory Half Won With 58 to 31 Passage of Burke-Wads worth Bill in Senate Last Night; House Opposi-j tion Expected. Washington. Aus. *J9.—(AD — The House military committee approved today a ilurke-Wads worth conscription bill calling for drafting of men from 2! to -14 years of age inclusive—a much wider age ran-re than that provided in the bill vh!<?h the Senate passed last night. The House committee arled quickly after Senate navs'».ffe on a 58 to 31 vote, so t';at its ver sion of the legislation might be I brought to the floor Tuesday for possible final House passage late next week. Chairman May, Democrat, Kentucky, said the House com mittee vote approving the bill was 20 to 4. At one point, May said, there was some discussion of a pro posal to make the registration and conscription ape brackets | conform to those of the Sen ate's 21 through 30 years, but j the matter never came to a vote. Washington. Aug. 29. — (AP)—| Their battle for peacetime conscnp-; tion half won by a 58 to 3! vote vie- 1 tory i:i the Senate, supporters of the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory mili-j tary service bill mustered their for ces today for the light to come in i the House. Alter three weeks of stormy audi often bitter debate, the Senate gave its approval to conscription lust night ■ at the close of a tense nine-hour ses- j sion. The bill as passed was substan-' tially unchanged in its essentials j from the version originajly recom mended by the Senate military com mittee. One major addition would give the government the power to' "conscript" industry for defense, if j necessary. The victory of peacetime conscrip tion in the Senate was expected to hasten the action of the House mili tary committee on a somewhat dif ferent version of trie Burke-Wads worth bill which it is considering. House debate is tentatively sche duled to start Tuesday and forecasts' were that it would consume at least ; lour days. Proponents of cons-crip-' tion were optimistic that the bill, would be passed and opponents ol the measure privately conceded that chances of defeating it were slim, j The bill as passed by the Senate! carries the following major provis- '■ ions: 1—All male citizens or prospective citizens from 21 through 3D would be required to register with few ex ceptions. 2—Registered men would be sub ject to call for a year's compulsory; military service. 3—The men called for service would be selected in an "impartial manner" and in such numbers as the President specifies. The maximum number of trainees at any one time is limited to 900,000. Patrnan Charges Unholy Alliance For Propaganda! Washington. Aug. 29.—(AP)—Re presentative Patman. Democrat, Tex., told the Di^s committee today he believed there was "a deliberate at tempt" on the part of certain "big\ business" groups in this country to i force adoption of an appeasement | program toward Hitler The Texan, urging the committee to investigate what ho said was "an unholy alliance," between certain parts of "big business'' and the dis tribution of nazi propaganda in thisj country, was lold by Chairman Dies that committee agents already were I doing so but had "found nothing so j ScandalCharge In Navy Fees Paid Robert Washington. Aug. 29.—(AP)—Sen ator Bridges, Republican, New Hampshire, called today for the re signation of L. W. (Chi]>) Robert [nun his secretaryship of the Demo- j era tic national committee, saying that' "disclosure" oi" U. S. Navy lees to the Atlanta firm of Robert & Co.! constituted "one of the gravest scan-j dls on the escutcheon of the Roose-| veil administration." Chairman Vinson, Democrat, Geor gia, of the House naval committee, (Continued on page two) Portsmouth Left In Flames; Berlin Has Three-Hour Bombing Wallace To Accept Demo Post Tonight Des Moilies, Any. 2D.— (AP)— Ikniy :v. Vt • liace wili maka his de t;ii- a. li e nomoer one Uuiioeratic ;..uional election campaigner here tonight when t.o formally accepts the party's \ ice pirsldviilia! nun.'.nation. Wallace was designated several weeks ago to eai r> in..- burnt of the speech making in the Democratic campaign alter President Roosevelt said the international situation would keep him close to Washington this fall. Democratic party officials said they were preparing for a crowd of 10,000 for the notification ceremonies. The 30-minute acceptance address is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a. 111. EST. Talks Begin In Vienna Axis Foreign Minister Receives Hungarians and Will Confer With Rumanians. Vienna. Aug. 29. —(AP) — Hungarian and Rumanian dele gations, brought to this eapital of old Austria by axis "peace makers," communicated the sug gestions of Rome and Berlin for a Transylvaniian settlement to their governments today after separate two-hour talks with German and Italian foreign min isters. German spokesmen said "from various signs it can be presumed that perhaps tomorrow conclud ing results will be reached.'' Vicnn;i. Aug. 29.—(AP)—The axis supervised discussions looking to ward a solution of the territorial dis pute between Hungary and Rumania opened today as Hungarian Premiei Count Teleky and Foreign Minister Count Csaky were received by the German and Italian foreign minis ters. Joachim von Ribbenlrop and Count Ciano, the German and Ital ian ministers, planned to follow up their talks with the Hungarians by holding separate discussions with Rumanian representatives later. For eign Minister Maniolescu of Rumania and his aides arrived by train from Bucharest this morning. Long talks with each delegation separately indicated that the axis powers were going veyr thoroughly into the dispute between the two Balkan nations. A German spokesman said the talks would be conducted "in a spirit of comradely cooperation." "No hard and fast program has been laid down," said the spokesman, but the following objectives were summarized: (1) quiet, (2) peace, (3) order, (4) contentment, (5) lasting stability. Babson Urges Labor To Cooperate In Defense BV ROGER W. BABSOX, Copyright 1JM0. Publishers Financial Bureau. En Route to Bnbvon Park, Aug. 29. —Monday is labor's day. Labor has come a long way in the half century since this day was first made a holi day. American workingmen are in the most enviable—but most vulner able—position of those of any nation in the world. I sincerely hope that thoir blessings—and their dangers— will seriously be considered and dis cussed on Monday because the luture of their blessings depends on the rec ognition of their dangers. This especially applies to labor's nart in thn defen^ nrogram. Defence is not only a milit'-rv n>-ob!em for us. It is a coivtrurtion and produc tion nrohiem. Before c»n turn out 50.000 planes, gigantic plants must be put up. Before we can launch our "second" navy, more shipyards must be constructed. Before tanks can be tin ned out in real numbers, new ma chines and new machine shops must be built. Thousands of homes near the defense areas must be put up. Airfields, barracks, supply depots, thousands of auxiliary items must be planned and built. In short, the first step in defending America is a mam moth construction job the like of which the world has never seen. Heaviest Since 1930. This first step is already under way. Awards, covering both indus trial and home building, this summer were the heaviest since 1930. Of these awards. 25 per cent can be traced to defense work. As the weeks wear into months, as summer turns into winter, current defense build ing may seem like a drop in t';e (Continued or) Pa.se Five) High Explosives and Incendiary Bombs Rained on England and Berlin; Censor ship Veils Number of Casualties. (By The Associated Press.) Cannon-blasting royal air force lighters intercepted a wave of 200 na/' raiders flying at a great hciffji over the southeast coast of England late today— apparently in the Dover region— and drove them '/aek. The German planes apparent ly were headed for a mass at tack 011 London or some indus trial objective beyond it. Some of the nazi airmen pene trated the first coastal defenses and roared inland toward the British capital, but they fled without dropping any bombs when attacked by royal air force pursuit planes. (By The Associated Press.) German dive bombers smashed at Britain's great naval base of Ports mouth and reportedly left "a sea of flames" today after a night of double-barreled terror for 12,000.000 civilians in the fiercest air raids of the war over London id Berlin. Untold numbers w • killed, and i great fires set by incendiary bombs blazed in both capitals. In a single London district more than 60 fire bombs fell amid tightly jammed rows of houses as a mara thon of nazi raiders pounded the metropolis for seven hours and ten minutes—the fifth straight night at tack on London and the longest'sus tained attack of the war. British royal air force bombers struck back with a three-hour at tack on Berlin before dawn, raining high explosives and incendiary bombs within two miles of Reichs fuehrer Hit It chancellory and tak ing a toll ol leu known dead and .'10 I injured. Roof fires were reported in many sections of the German capital. Cra ters ten leet wide and five feet deep yawned in street pavement blasted out by 100-pound bombs. In one London section, four mem bers of a family who had taken ref uge in an underground shelter were killed when a bomb scored a direct hit and blew it out of the ground. The semi-official Brit5 Press As sociation. taking note of the whole sale use of fire bombs, called the raid "the most venomous attack of the war against Britain" and accused Hitler of sending his "fire raiders «> scatter their incendiaries indiscrim inately" against "towns, villages and open hearths". Censorship kept secret the number of British casualties and the official statement was only that there were "some deaths." The Italian high command, mean while, reported that fascist planes bombed the Suez canal—Britain's vital life line to her far east colonies (Continued on Page Five) Five Killed In Explosion Ten Others Burned in Blast of Petroleum Pipe Line Last Night in Oklahoma. Buffalo, f)l.\i.. Aug. 29.—(AP)— Five men were injured fatally and ten others burned, in a thunderous explosion at a nearby Phillips Pe troleum Company pipe line project last night, just ten minutes after the men accepted temporary jobs. Company officials worked on a theory th.it a blow torch being used in repairing « leak touched off the blast. Ten horses also perished. The animals as they died in the flames made "the mot tersrifying sountd I ever heard," said Clyde Storer, 45. one of the four men who suffered critical burns in llecing the scene. Storer. i\'ho had gone to the scene in search of work, was only 100 yards away when the pipe line blew up. A wall of flame swept across the sage brush in the lield. "I tinned and ran out of danger, then looked back." 1- '-'.ted. "There a great cloud o{ ce ana men were running madiy out ui it.-'
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