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Henderson Batly Htspafrij ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA — ~ AA, T A nPTTCT 01 1 O/l A PUBLISHED EV1SHY AFTEKNOON FIVE CENTS COP I I'H YEAR t"SS™Sof HENDERSON, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 31, 1940 except sl-sua . MAN RAIDERS i * ifi uH ni Efl J^Hj ■HK |jH ^^H||HH IB * * >• v * * V **♦****»♦*• Hurricane Nearing Carolina Coast In Ike Hatteras Area j - . of Storm Due Ilk"•. By Night; In of Coast Are \\n> ci To Be Ready To , c: Shipping on Co Advised. Viis. \p>— A i! t.itiiuu luroiiu'tm idee! the approach of a !»u.irtl \»>rlh C'aro • luiik^ country. Mi i u»r lliltcras coast • ••:». observations were • ami (luring the fi.n ur> in tlu* haro t ■ hi to tall. ■ !'i u.in to roar angrily - !M(il>aiiks llial frii»K'.' \ . oluia s coa>t tor nearly |Oil lllill N. warnings were! ■ |) arul down the Hatteius to the Vir- • P.ure iu had not: :ng and vacation t'.> Icavi*. but was >>n- t<« warn them ..'ii a-ce-tain definite . hire the hurricane it "ii "ii the storm : eaded in this direc i arrive between mid ; iy :•■inning. Reports - >h'»wing tendencies to north. however, gave1 • might pass at sea. Aug. 31.—(AP)— A | -me menaced North '• n seaboard today, • • Tainous western sec -• te still counted heavy! flooded streams, i'. reau ordered storm 1 • just north of Wil Virginia Capes, and •:e center of a "severe! hurricane intensity" Cape Hatteras early: advisory, issued by i i". itau at Jacksonville, ■ .e -torm center about '•.east lit Cape Hat It was moving north-, i at 12 to 1.1 miles an ng some tendency to northward. nig trie Carolina '•'i on Page Four) RED CROSS READY \S HURRICANE NEARS Ik Vu.. Alls. 51.—<AP>— 1 ' Ki-:1 ( rnxN began execution t'ul.i v ,| pro-arranged mobl li/ plan as a precaution uii-t tin- tropical storm head fcl this coastal city. Albert V. Crosby, local uan. said be bad been ad Natiooai Kcd Cross id'iii.irters to uet bis commit • <l>'signaled to handle certain •^ <>t disaster work, assem '''•••l imiI readv lor action. Manager ( barles B. Bor also instruct* .1 all depart nt Iwads in stand b.v subject >11 and icady for any even tuality. Young Demos Will Battle for Top Job Daily Dispute li T>ureau, In the Sir Hotel III \RY AVFRILL. l, .'il.—The North Caro >■ -i <x-i-;.t ' presidential 'i'-fI ;il their conven > iihcr 12. 13 and 14. n to a contest of • • • t" ShHby. versus l)avidson county, ice the son of form ' ' Max Gardner must I'M a clear edge over e and State senator ne in mind, how 1 the outcome of '• ' i •; about as easy as weather lor trie 24 July 4. 1952. In fact os usually manage -onie -ni t of program a lot <>t advertising ' ft battling and then v.'.ik out a compromise • -n't any fight at all. • t in surprised if they 1 'hins off—meaning .a on pa;;e two) Got Navy Fees Lawrence \V. Robert Lawrence W. (Chip) Robert, secre tary of the Democratic National Committee, is head of the engineer ing firm in Atlanta, Ga., which, according to Representative Carl Vinson, 01 that state, received navy contracts amounting to $'JI>1,560. The estimated construction cost of the projects he designed amount to $20,851),0S1. . (Central prcss) Times Square Gun Battle Fatal To One New York, Aug. 31.—(AP)—An unscheduled drama unfolded before last-minute theatre-goers in the Times Square section last night as a policeman and a gunman fought a death duel in the lobby of a play house. The gunman, his identity a mys tery. ended his own life with a bul let in the temple as he fell wounded from the officer's fire. Patrolman Joseph Seheeker and a Negro porter at the Plymouth theatre, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue on 45th Street, were wounded in the battle. Customers hurrying for an 8:41) curtain ducked as bullets were sent over their heads. Seheeker. wounded in the left leg, told the story that a stranger ap proached him on his beat, and whis pered, "that man (pointing) has a gun. He's going to shoot me." The informant melted into the crowd and Seheeker started in pur suit of a slightly mustached man who held a pistol. Both broke into a run. As they ncared the Plymouth, dodging among parked autos, the gunman fired a shot that went wild, then dodged into the lobby. James Mitchell, the Negro porter, attempted to tackle the man but lost his grip. The fugitive fired again and wounded the porter in the jaw. As he fled the lobby he sent a bullet in to Schecker's leg. The policeman hobbled to the shelter of a car and fired, striking the man in the chest. Government Plane Orders Total42,000 Two Years New Plant Facilities Being Rushed and the Output Steadily In creasing; Defense In dustries To Be Put Far Inland. Washington, An;;. 31!—»'AP) — Newly-placed orders for airplane en gines unpc culled the bottleneck of the defense program today broflght prospects for engine production .••breast of the army-navy goal of a 25.000-plane fleet in the next two years. With new plant facilities already under construction. and output steadily increasing, a survey of con tracts showed that upwards of 40.000 motors for all types of planes have been ordered for delivery by mid 1042. At the rate of one and a half en gines per plane, beginning in multiple motored craft, experts estimated that this total would be more than ade quate for the goal of 25.000 planes of all types which defense officials have set for themselves by that time. Other defense developments in cluded disclosure by army officials of a plan ;or spreading strategic defense industries over five inland areas, comprising roughly all those sections of the country 200 to 250 miles or more away from the coast or inter national boundaries. And Secretary Stimson sought to avoid a conflict of interests between man power and industrial production needs by requesting release from the National Guard of all officers and men holding key positions in defense industries. The two largest engine contracts let so far were made public by the army and navy this week. They call for the manufacture of 20,000 Wright motors by tht V/vight Aeronautical Corporation, i nd 17,000 Pratt and Whitney motors t.v United Aircraft Corporation. FORMER AMERICAN LINER TORPEDOED Now York. Aug. :;i._(AP) — Mackay radio picked up a mes sage today stating that the Bel gian passenger ship Ville dc Ilasslet, a former American lin er. had been torpedoed. No de tails were given in the message, which was sent by a station in England. Italy Might Meet Match In Balkans By CHARLES 1'. STEWART Central I'n •ss Columnist Washington, Aug. 3.1—Despite 1 Italy's conquest of British Somaliland ' against pretty weak resistance, there are American diplomatic, army and (Continued on Pijge Four) House Wiil Pass Draft, All Critics Now Agree Washington, Any. 31.—(AP)—Va rious sections of the l.urke-Wads worth military training bill aroused scattered opposition in the House to day, but all critics agreed that even a combination <11 their fryces would not defeat the legislation next week. As preparations to start debate Tuesday went on behind the scenes, informed members predicted that the principal fights would develop over two provisions: : 1. That fixing 21 to 44, inclusive, ! as the age range of men who would : l egister and be subject to conscrip-1 tion. 2. That giving the government power to take over industrial plants | for defense purposes. The draft of the bill app:/ved bv the House Military Committee con- j ta.'ns the 21-44 age range, but sev-1 v.-; ai ieprecfciilutneo »a»d they would seek to reduce the spread to lil to .'3(1. inclusive, the age limits voted on f>v the Semite when it passed the bill this week. On the other hand, Re presentative Thomason, Democrat, Texas, advocated registration of all men 18 to (54, inclusive, though only those 21 to 44 would be subject to the draft. Some Republicans predicted that if the Senate plant conscription amendment were added to the meas ure. by the House, it would make many more votes against the bill on final passage. Representatives Smith. Democrat, Connecticut, and Brooks, Democrat, Louisiana, planned a counter pro position to authorize the government to take over defense plants only on a rental or lease basis. They said this would prevent the accumulation of too much industrial machinery in , '\ u/i«nent hands. British Wrath Vented on Berlin C. P. Radio photo A German fireman looks into the wreckage of a house on Kottbusser Strasse, Berlin, less than two milet from Wilhelmstrasse, where German government buildings are iocated. The house and others in the vicinity were bombed by British airmen retaliating for German bombings of the British Isles. Photo radioed from Berlin to New York. Germans Get Rumanian Eases Morehead's Port May Be Leased Soon Raleigh, Aug. 31.—(AP)—A ten tative • agreement under which port j facilities at Morehead City may be leased to shipping promoters was I drafted here today at a conference attended by Attorney General Har ry McMullan and representatives of ! the Morehead City Port Authority, j the Port Commission, the Rccon , struetion Finance Corporation and i the prospective lessees. The lease, designed to make More head City an official purl of call for coastwise and foreign shipping, is subject to approval of creditors, in | eluding the II. F. C. and the State ! owned Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad. McMullan said persons i.ttending the conference predicted that 15 to 20 ships a month would stop at the North Carolina port. Under the lease, which runs lor 24 years, port service would be offered to steamship lines. One company j which is interested in the deal is the j Hinkin.-. Steamship Agency, of Bal | timore. 2 Bodies In West Flood Are Located | Asheville, Aug. 31.—(RP)—Bodies of two Western North Carolina flood victims have been recovered, and at least ten other person:., including women and children, are reported j missing as the result of flood; in • the mountain section yesterday. I A check of regions today where, fatalities were reported revealed ths following: East Laporl—Members of a family and two boys reported missing. Sylva.—'The body of an unidenti- I lied woman was found. Albert Me-! ! Call and his two children are feared , ; to have drowned when his home was j washed away. Canton.—The body of a woman j believed to be that of Mrs. Bill I Hampton, wife of Rev. Bill Hamp- i | ton, has been recovered m the Big j Creek section of Haywood county.' i The Hampton home was washed' away by the flood. j LOsiathstTi FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Mostly cloudy, occasional rains I in east and scattered showers in west portions this afternoon and tnight: Sunday partly cloudy, I preceded by rain northeast por- I tion. Populace of Ceded, Transy 1 vania A r e a j Resent the Rumanian Capitulation to Nazis, But King Carol Says He Was Helpless. Bucharest, Rumania, Aug. 31.— | (AP)—The establishment of German I air bases and headquarters for Nazi j tank corp- and motorized units on; Rumanian soil was reported by gov ernment circles today to have been; agreed upon the Vienna conference! yesterday, which gave half of Ru-j mania's Transylvania to Hungary. | German planes and soldiers had not put in an appearance in Rumania today, although the Rumanian gen eral stall began demobilization of; most of the Balkan kingdom's 1,300,-j 000 men under arms. Other plans were being rushed to1 vacate the northern Transylvania area ceded to Hungary by the axis powers in an arbitration award. This must be completed in 15 days. The aroused Rumanian population in Transylvania carried on incessant demonstrations of protest to the gov ernment's capitulation. lens of thousands of Rumanian peasants j Hocked to Cluj, ancient Traiisyl-| vanian capital. Here and elsewhere in Transylvania there were Irequcnt anti-fascist outbreaks, with Italy i blamed largely for "selling out Ru mania", as one speaker put it. Many Transylvania groups sent] teligrams to King Carol declaring thc.v would refuse to abide by the Vienna decision, and "armed dclem-e corps" will be organized quickly, I tiiey said. The tension in Bucharest itself wasj sharpened by the resignation fo Min-j istcr of Public Health Vasile No-1 veSnu, an iron guardist who stepped, out as an admission of his "grave! error" in agreeing to the Vienna I award. Jn a dramatic address to King: Carol and his 40-closest advisors at ;i crown council, Noeanu declared he j had no inkling Germany would im pose such an "injustice" on Ru-i mania. Carol, worn and haggard after twoi sleepless nights, finally called for, siknee, and in a tired voice declared it had been the most "sorrowful mo ment' of his life, but that no other solution was possible. CIO Leader Says Draft Is Aimed At Economic Reforms Chicago, Aug. 31.—(AP)—Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, asserted today that peacetime conscription is directly solelv against tncL wage earners, and part of an effort to "destroy the so cial and economic gains of the past few years." . , , Curran. who also is president ot the CIO Industrial Council of Great- [ cr New York, was one of the schedul ed speakers at the emergency peace mobilization, sponsored by in? Com-, mittee To D-fend America by ivecp- ; ing Out of Wjr. Crew of Eiyht In Plane Chutes Out McChord Field. Wash., Aug. 31. — (AIM—Eight men—the entire crew—parachuted to safety from a falling bomber, a feat described by an army officer as "unheard of." The big bomber crashed in rugged wooded country north of the little western Washington town of Kalama yesterday after one of its two motors went dead. "Its unheard of for so many men to successfully escape by para chute in such circumstances," Colonel Carl.vle H* Wash, Mc Chord field commander, said. The men suffereu no injuries except minor bruises. First Lieutenant Jack N. Dono hue, pilot, stuck to the plane until his comrades left. He suffered a bruised leg in escaping from the crazily gyrating ship. Average For Georgia Leaf $15.48 Total Raleigh, Aug. 31.—(AP)—The to bacco division ol' the Federal Mar keting Service estimated today thai !)6,7.j(i,l)<J0 pounds of tobacco were .sold this season <jii Georgia and Flor ida markets, which closed during the week. The season's average price for IS or Hi markets, which sold a total ol 79,805,745 pounds, was $1,458 pei hundred pounds. Prices this week were somewha' lower than during the first week ol sales. Quality of offerings this week were the poorest since the market started. Venzuela Tanker Caught In Center Of Big Hurricane Norfolk, Ya., Aug. 31.— (AP)— The Coast Guard said today an SOS had been received from the J8.000-ton Vcnczuelian oil tanker Acosta, in the center of a tropi cal hurricane about 200 miles Cutters were dispatched to her soltheast of Frying I'an Shoals, aid from Norfolk and Morchead City, N. C., but they cannot reach the Acosta before tomor row. The Acosta reported that the wind was blowing from 80 to 90 triors an hour and fiat her radio v. as bcinsr flooded. his not been heard from wince 'be distress call at 11 p. ni. last night. Retaliation By Nazis For Berlin Raid Only One of Three Thrusts Penetrates the London Area; British Claim Night Raiders Dispersed in Many Areas; Berlin Hard I.oikIoii, Auk. 31—(AP)—Ger man bombers damaged a Koyal Air Force airdrome in eastern England oday and attacked* an other near the Thames estuary, causiiing some casualties, the Air Ministry announced. London. Aug. 31.— (AIM—The Air Ministry announced tonight that 38 German planes liad been destroyed so far today in at tacks on Britain. The announcement said: "Reports received so far today show that 38 enemy aircraft have been shot down in attacks on this country today. Sixteen of our fighters are missing, but eleven of the pilots arc safe." Berlin. Aug. 31.—(AP)—BNB, the official news agency, an nounced today that German bombers successfully raided sev eral Royal Air Force airports north of London this morning. The planes flew over London re peatedly, it was stated. London. Aug. 31.—(AP)—The fourth air raid warning of the day for this British capital was sounded at 5:50 p. m. (11:50 a. m. EST). (By The Associated Press.) Germany replied to a direct attack of the Royal Air Force on the heart of Berlin today by sending over waves of war planes in thrusts at London, whiei. sent residents ol the British capital scurrying into air raid j shelters three times in five hours. I Only one of the throe thrusts pene trated the city's defenses, the Brit ish reported. The air ministry said at least six Nazi planes were shot down in the raids and three of its own were , missing. The third alarm was Lon ! don's twenty-first since Nazi planes j struck at Croydon airport on the l outskirts ill the city August 15. The bombs dropped in the center of Berlin were the first in its his tory, and fell as Nazi bombers roar ed and fought over London in a night raid that lasted six hours and 39 minutes, keeping citizens awake un til nearly dawn. Widespread sections of Berlin felt the impact of British bombs. Sev eral apartment and business build (Continued on page two) Hit. Revenues Of State Still Bounding Up $5,987,843 for August, Against $5,585,601 in August, 1939; General Fund and Highway Receipts Share in the Gains. Raleigh, Aug. 31.—^AP)—State tax receipts continued their upward trend during August, totalling $5. .037,843.90, compared with $5,585, <501 81 in August, 1939. All items which generally are considered barometers of business showed increases over the month last year. Total collections to date this fiscal vear. the Revenue Department an nounced. are SI 2.734.190.83. com pared with SI 1,661.027.78 during the •ane period last year. General fond recants during Au - ...t i.<53.422.496.95. a<= ag*invt "V*•.?«<!« r;t ;n August. 1939. High •iv vc'nts v""-" SfS 431.95. com *r?d with $2,173,! 1 -.17.
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