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"ii"* IHenitersmt Hatly Hispatclj _ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA ^Ts-Ty^EVENTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940 FIVE CENTS^COPY ' OR Greets New Fsirni Secretary • Ki osevelt congratulates Claude Wickard upon being worn ,'n i Agriculture in Washington. Wickard succeeds Ilenry A. . . -tgru-d to campaign lor the vice presidency on the Demo Waves Of German Bombers In Raids Mightier-Than - Ever Offensive Seems De signed To Wear Down Roval Air horce and Prepare for Invasion of Britain. • S'pt. 6.—(AP)—German numetous to count as • •» *>day in a mightrer •< nsivc which seemed .■/ear duvn the royal air -h its bases to clear the i invasion. : the London area and England, the planes ot attack of the day on deienscs came in early 4 a 36-minute alarm, v <>t tighter-escorted ' like a tide against .. following up an ait e i ! steel seven hours ■h London raid was mimstry announc t niR:it <>n the Fiat . :11 Turin. Italy. Id trench harbor •i ( !ai-. and on em range guns thai <i tiie Knglish channel • v. tig in fully half a ••.iti:ea tern England ■ try said at least 34 had* been . hot down ti'l i• tie LJntiih ligiit • downed. In Defense President Rooseyelt Says Costa Rica and Ecuador Are Cooper ating With U. S. n s« t.t. f;. (AP)—Pres ■ !' iiri today that Costa dor were cooperating ' the United States in 'i !i • i <• ..r the Americas, ' ■ " ■::;11 no negotiations for additional naval and ■ now under way with repoits that Costa ' i ' (i to this country .• >;it ROM miles wesl Canal in the Pacific ■ • -<• trie President re • <',uld say was that «-t<- cooperation be kica and the United '• •. defense ot' the Amer ' 'ion at Mr. Roosc "•nu-rence was whether i-lands, about 1,00( ' -t of me canal, were ' ilks with Kcuador. H« reply, namely thai cooperating with th< in defense of th< 'it emphasized, how li.ere were no negotia . . -c-Q on Page Four) House Refuses To Change Age For Draft Bill Wa- hington, Sept. 6.—(AP)—The House refused twice today to change the registration age limit of 21 to 44 inclusive in the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory military training bill. On a voice vote, Representative Reese, Republican, Kansas, lost in ] an effort to broaden the spread to ! include men from 21 to 54 inclusive, | and Representative Anderson, Dem ! ocrat. Missouri, was defeated 161 to 47 in an attempt to make the brack ets conform to the Senate figures of 21 to 30 inclusive. Reese argued that "men are just as fit at 55 as they are 45" and said ; that if responsibility of military ser , vice was to be shared equally "you I might as well include another 10, | 000.000 men up to 55." Nazis Claim Heavy Toll Of British Planes Berlin, Sept. G.—(AP)—German sources reported tonight that 50 Bri tish planes had been destroyed in today's battles over Britain, while German losses were 14 planes. The Germans said two formations ot na/.i planes bombed hangars and airplane works at Henley and Wey . bridge. Four hangars and ten planes were said to have been hit by bombs, I while at Henley hits were scored on | runways. j Bombers set off an explosion in j a plant at Birkenhead which could be heard and felt by airmen nearly three miles overhead, authorized sources said. Reconnaissance planes hovering over Liverpool after an attack re J ported that a gas works, a warehouse, '• {Continued on Pace Seven) Reorganization Of Utility Commission Would Not Be ! ! Entirely Political Move Daily Dispatch Bureau. In the Sir \Valt«r Hotel By HENRY AVER ILL Raleigh, Sept. 6.—Whenever there is talk of the reorganization or shitt ing of any agency of the State gov ernment. it is immediately set down to "politics"; and there's no chance to deny that in almost every case the point is well-taken. There has of late been more or less general discussion of a reor I ganization of the Utility Commission ' so as. to change the present setup i from a one-man full time plus two men pari time to one having three full-time commissioners in the d< partment. Usually the reason assigned t'< this proposed setup is thai next-Go\ ernor J. M. Broughton will want 1 reward two of his most faithful suj porters with good political plum ' your Raleigh reporter would be U last to deny that such an opportunil has occurred to Mr. Broughton ar his advisers, but he is prepared state flatly that the proposal was b< ing seriously considered in sever quarters even before the gubern; (Continued on Page Seven) ROOSEVELT RENEWS HIS PLEAS FOR SPEEDUP IN CONGRESSIONAL ACTION President Declines Comment, However, on House Vote to De lay Draft for Sixty Day Period of Volun teer Rccruiting. Washington. Sept. 6.—(AP)—Pres ident Roosevelt renewed today his plea for speedy Congressional action on conscription and the defense tax and appropriations bills, but declin ed to comment on the House vote tc delay actual drafting of men for ; 60-day period of volunteer recruit ing. Asked at a press conference tc comment on the House action, subject to another vote before t.he bill <1 fi nally acted upon, the Chief Execu tive said he could not comment on any of the three major bills pending except to say tcmpus fugit (time flies). The excess profits tax bill now i: pending before the Senate finance committee. The $5,250,000,000 emer gency defense appropriation bili awaits final Senate action before go ing to the While House. Mr. I?ooscvelt added that the quicker the three bills go througl' the quicker the government will stcj: up th'- national defense program. Rudely jolted oy their temporary failure to block a postponement oi the draft. House conscription leaders rallied their surprised forces toda\ to stave off moves for the modifica tion of the Burke-Wads worth con scription bill. The unexpected reversal occurrec late yesterday when the House vot ed 185 to 155 to defer the inaugura tion of conscription for 60 days while an effort was made to obtain 400,00( recruits for the Army for onc-yeai voluntary enlistments. Despite this setback, those in the conscription ranks insisted that th< Burke-Wadsworth bill was in nc danger of eventual defeat, and op ponents of the measure did not dis pute them. Moreover, indication: were that conscription leaders migh seek to reverse yesterday's action. Japan Rejects British, U. S. Statements Tokyo, Sept. 6.—(AP)—The news paper Kokumin reported today tha a meeting ol' key cabinet minister! had deeided to reject official state ments ol the United States and Grea' Britain calling Japan's attention tc lln'ir interest in int^nance ol' th< status quo in Indo-China. Kokumin, considered an organ ol the dominant army faction, said the decision had been reached by Pre mier Prince Konoye and the foreign war and navy ministers. Sonic well informed quarters hac believed Japan merely would ignore the British and American state ments. CONCESSIONS TO JAPS REPORTED IN INDO-CHINA London, Sept. 6.—(AP)—Reuters. British news agency, reported in Chungking dispatches today that well informed quarters in the Chinese capital said French Indo-China had agreed to the landing of 12,000 Jap anese troops at three Indo-China ports. Willkie Favors Conscription Of Industries Rushville, Ind., Scpl. 6—(AP)— Wendell L WilJkic is 011 record as favoring a "selective service" pro * gram lor government operation of 1 American industries during emer gencies. After a meeting with party lead ers which he described as harmon ious and optimistic, the Republican presidential nominee told reporters late yesterday: "Under the Overton-Russell amena men I which the Senate adopted to the military service bill, industries could be seized by the government because of the caprice of one man. "If a bill were introduced pro viding that in case of emergencies industries should be selected—just as in the ease of men for the Army— and taken over by the government, under rules and regulations instead of by the arbitrary action of one man I would be for it." Child Killed In Accident | New Born, Sept. 6.—(AP)—David (Grantham, Jr., 11, is dead and a i man hooked as David Tilghman of Kinston is in jail in default of $400 bond on a liquor charge as the result of an aeeident on the Morehcad City highway three miles ea t of New i Born yesterday afternoon. I Highway Patrolman G. C. Bissctte I said Tilghman also was charged with j hit and run driving. » j The child was fatally in j "rod by a j car Bissetle said was driven by Tilgh j man. The officer also said the driv j cr failed to stop but later returned ! to the scone of the accident. ; Alcoholic tax unit and county of I l'icers found a cache of seven cases I 1 nolleg liquor which they accused j Tilghman of unloading from his car. Bonner Is Nominated Selection of Bonner Made Unanimously by Congressional Com mittee Today. Edenton, Sept. 6--CAP)—Tim First District Congressional committee to day unanimously nominated Herbert Bonner to fill the term of Lindsay Warren, representative in Congress of the First Congressional District, who will resign to become United States comptroller general. Dudley Bagloy of Currituck, made the nomination, saying "seldom have the people had a chance to elect a man so well trained in the very of fice he is to assume". Bagley then pointed out that "one town in this district" asked for a primary. He said that action be ing taken was under the laws of North Carolina and the "plan of or ganization of the Democratic party." W. I. Bissette of Pitt county, act ing "under orders" fr^\ the people of Pitt county, nominated Colonel E. G. Flannagan. Mayor Jerome B. Flora of Eliza-; 1 both City, who was elected chair man of the committee succeeding ' Bonner, ruled Bissette's nomination ! out of order because there was no second heard. (l)mihsh FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Partly cloudy tonight and Sat ! urday. with mild temperatures. Senate Committee Said To Have Voted To Restrict Applica tion of Tax; Bill Not Expected To Go To Senate This Week. Washington, Sept. 6.—(AP)—The lin.mm committer was re ported reliably today to have voted to restrict the application of the pending excess profits tax to earn ings above those defined as "nor mal." At tne same time, it was said to have agreed upon an increase of 3 or 4 percent in the normal income tax rate to make up for revenue that would be lost by striking from the bill as it passed the House a 4.1 per cent "penalty" tax on corporations using average earnings in a four year period as a base for computing normal income. Informed persons said the com mittee also eliminated a 5 per cent differential which the House had ap plied to the average earnings com putation as compared with talcula tions based on a percentage of in vested capital. As a result, the excess profits tax under either method of computa tion would range from 20 to 45 per cent. As the House passed the bill the scale would have been from 25 to 50 percent on the excess above average earnings in the 1936-194C base period. The committee met behind closed doors and no official statement on its action was forthcoming from Chairman Harrison, Democrat, Mis sissippi. Several members predicted, how ever, that the committee would fail in its attempt to finish work on the measure this week-end. Two Killed In Accident Lumberton, Sept. 6.—(AP)—-John Fairley Scales, 26, of Weirsdale, Fla., and a young woman tentatively iden tified by Sheriff Clyde Wade as Miss Helen Sloan, of Jacksonville, Fla., were fatally injured in an automobile accident at about midnight in Rain ham. Sheriff Wade said Scales formerly lived in Raleigh and that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Key Scales, Sr., live in Wilmington. A brother, Key Scales. Jr., lives at Ocala, Fla., and a sister, Miss Adelaide Scales, in Wilmington. The sheriff said Miss Sloan ap parently was about 26 years old also, and that she was fromerly from Dur ham. Relatives include a sister, Mrs. I. S. Winston of Raleigh. Young Scales was engaged to Miss Katherine Noell of Raleigh, the wed ding having been planned for No vember. AP Survey Finds Little Damage Done In England By IIUGII WAGNON. London, Sept. 6.—(AP)—A na- ' tionwide survey by the Associated Press, completed today, shows that England is tending to "business as usual" despite the dam'je and deaths inflicted by German air raid ers. From the cliffs of Dover to Land's End on the southern coast, in the industrial midlands and the great harbors of Hull and Liverpool, Ports mouth and Southampton, Bristol and Plymouth, our staff was permitted to go freely to see for themselves the extent of damage—and the lack of it. Dover, focal p^int of attacks by air and artillery across the channel, is surprisingly free of extensive de- 1 struction. The inhabitants are repair- | ing homes and even building new ones in the face of na'zi air armadas which daily roar overhead At the great naval base of Ports- j mouth raiders nncc succeeded in dropping :i bomb in the courtyard of the barracks, but little damage was done and no one was hurt At Southampton, police gave me permission not only to go where I pleased, but also to photograph what I pleased. One bomb had fire to a cold storage warehouse anu a few houses had been wrecked here, but the streets were filled with shoppers. The shops and great l'ruit and meat storehouses were amply supplied. Plymouth and Bristol, although frequently attacked, showed little evidence of bombings. Around the great London area, the greatest toll has been taken in the matter of sleep. High explosives and incendiary bombs have caused neg ligible damage—and that chiefly to residential property. Many of the fire bombs have been extinguished quick ly by auxiliary fire service workers. Strong Man Geo. Ion Antonescu I Premier General Ion Antonescu rises to a position of supreme power i in the strife-torn Balkan kingdom of Rumania with the abdication of King Carol II and the succession of the 18-ycar old Crown Prince Mihai to the throne. The new premier is an extreme nationalist, and the govern ment of Rumania is expected to be a virtual dictatorship under his premiership. Destroyers To Canada First of Fifty Warcraft Traded to Britain Ar rive at East Coast Can adian Port. At an East Coast Cinadian Port, Sept. 6.—(AP)—A group of United States destroyers—pari, of the 50 warcraft to be turned over to Bri tain linea r the destroyer-defense base exchange—arrived in port out of a dense log along the coast today. They were the first of the over age vessels to reach a British empire port. More are scheduled to follow swiftly. They will be manned by British crews and brought Jnto the conflict as swiftly ;.»s possible. Meanwhile, from Boston, Mass., came reports British crews lu.d al (Continued on Page Seven I Fishing Tiif* Is Reported Missing Erie, Pa., Sept. 6.—(AP)—The fish- j ing tug Ethel J., cairying a crew of j ! five men was reported missing in Lake Erie today. The 45-foot craft was due in port about }! i). in. yesterday after a 24- i holr trip to fishing waters some three ! or four miles out. The coast guard boat Dix early lo da ystarted a search for the missing ! tuf. Officials said there was no bad weather on ihc lake and theorized the I Ethel J. either broke down or sank, j Mihai Takes Oath As His Successor Carol Flees Into Exile as Wildly Celebrating Crowds Sweep Through Bucharest and Iron Guardists Persecute Jews. (By The Associated Press.) King Caml II of Rumania abdicat ed in favor of his 18-year old son, Mthai, today and fled into exile as wildly celebrating crowds swept through the streets of Bucharest and gangs of Iron Guardists roved the city beating Jewish shopkeepers. The new King Mihai V—who rul ed the turbulent little Balkan king dom from 1927 to 1930 as the world famed "boy king"—took the oath of sovereignty in front of a microphone at 7:30 a. m. His father's abdication came at 6 a. m., climaxing a night of stormy riots, shootings and death as the populace, clamored for Carol to sur render the throne and his stern new premier. General Ion Antonescu, in sisted he yield. To the handsome new king, Gen eral Antonescu pledged his fealty and at the conclusion of the oath-taking ceremony, while disorder still raged in the capital, he shook hands with the new monarch and said grimly: "Sire, a prayer to God to help your majesty and me." The 46-year old cx-king, toppled from his throne by popular indigna tion over the cession of great areas [ of Rumanian territory to Russia and Hungary, was expected to join Madame Magda Lupescu, his red haired Jewish friend, in exile. Madame Lupescu, for whom Carol renounced his throne in 1925, was | reported waiting for him aboard a royal yacht at the Black sea port of j Constanta. Amid this swift moving drama in the Balkans, London's eight million residents underwent a series of air i raid alarms—one lasting seven hours ! and 33 minutes, the longest of the war—and the royal air force fought desperately to smash great waves of German raiders. Berlin's four million were driven into underground shelters for the third successive morning, but au thoritative quarters said British squadrons which touched off the alarm were turned back by anti-air craft defenses before penetrating the city's defenses. At least a dozen big air battles raged over England during the fore noon as waves of German bombers escorted by fighters thundered over the southeast coast. RAF bombers again attacked the Turin industrial region in northern Italy during the night, Mussolini's high command said, inflicting "dam age of some importance" and setting fires. An Italian communique also re ported that fa;,cist dive bombers at tacked British gasoline depots at the Suez canal and destroyed a fort at Britain's Mediterranean base of Malta. Better Leaf Sells Higher Prices Running Two to Three Cents Above Last Year Continue to Hold. Raleigh, Sept. 6.—(AP)—Better grades brought stronger prices on most of the tobacco markets of the New Bright Belt today, as prices run ning 2 to 3 cents higher than last year continued to hold. Quality of offerings was reported picking up, although a large quantity of poorer grades was stiU on the floors. At Rocky Mount, where about 1, 000,000 pounds was on the floors to day. Supervisor E. G. Johnston, Jr., reported 841,282 pounds sold Thurs day for an average of 16.07 cents a pound. Prices were about the same today. Stronger prices for the higher quality weed was reported at Wash ington. where about 100,000 pounds was offered today. A total of 51,230 pounds sold there yesterday brought an average of 17.10 cents a pound. At Greenville, Warehouseman Gil bert Peele said he felt certain that "ail grades are selling slightly bet (Continued on Page Four)
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